https://watsonhugo.github.io/tags/essays/Recent content in Essays on 華生的珈琲館Hugozh-TWThu, 10 Nov 2011 23:56:09 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2011-11-10-cursive-note-on-a-rainy-day/Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:56:09 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2011-11-10-cursive-note-on-a-rainy-day/Winter is imminent, for summer time suddenly ended last week. My mood these days is just as sombre as the weather. The shttps://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2011-09-29-wandering-between-pillars/Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:24:35 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2011-09-29-wandering-between-pillars/<p>I had a mixed feeling two days ago when finding one year had passed away since I came to England. As my house mates were about to leave, they reminded me of some tourist attractions in Exeter that I had no opportunity to pay a single visit in the past year. The unwitting lapse of time galvanized me into action.</p> <p>Although unbeknown to most people in China, Exeter still bears its fame as an ideal city for British families to spend their weekends. As the capital of Devon County, Exeter is regarded to be a transfer stop for those who want to take a breath of the remote rocks and capes in the very southwest corner of Cornwall. Many people will go to see the renowned Exeter Cathedral located in the city centre as its main sight. The church has experienced a radical refurbishment during the past year when two big scaffolds were attached to the front gate, which partly prevented my visit in those months. Fortunately, the overhaul project was finally close to complete and I can take a detailed look at this magnificent building at length.</p>https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-05-23-mass-at-international-communion/Sun, 23 May 2010 12:56:40 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-05-23-mass-at-international-communion/<p>The sensational “Ten Jumps” of Foxconn employee has become a bustling motif after people’s dinner these days. The reason of a simple suicide case may be ascribed to emotional vacillation. However, the consecutive events of such kind can not just be subsumed glibly to the first category, but, as a matter of fact, a malaise towards the whole society caused by class polarization.</p> <p>Unlike those nonchalant dignitaries, the status of an ordinary Chinese currently, especially those called “nongminggong” by citizens, usually with a derisive tone, is equal to helplessness as well as inferiority when confronted with an autocratic and unwieldy leviathan. Working thirteen hours a day in sordid conditions, most of them are suffering from not only physical devastation, but also mental torture. In my opinion, it is the diligent and docile disposition of most Chinese people that buffers the grievance from the low-rank under the taut ambiance. We can hardly imagine what the situation would be like if a same case is transplanted in other country.</p> <p>Sometimes, psychological hurt can lead to more serious consequence than maim in a work accident and the former is usually fatal. The tragedy mentioned is the best exemplification. As a result, according to someone’s logic, they have no choice but to culminate their life. Meanwhile, religion proffers a shelter for other helpless as a recess for their psyche. Linking this event with what I have seen in the church several weeks before, I gradually come to know why there were so many youngsters beyond my previous imagination coming to the Mass in the interval of their busy life.</p>https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-04-28-photo-day-thoughts/Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:05:14 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-04-28-photo-day-thoughts/想想日子過得真快，一轉眼又要畢業了。今天去拍了集體照，站在由防盜窗改裝而成的架子上，睡眼惺忪間看見了四年沒見過幾次的「校領導」，還有許多別的同學，彷彿劇終曲散時演員的謝幕，好像是從「厄里斯魔鏡」里看到這些人物，心中竟有些凄楚。四年的日子就這https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-29-what-will-late-june-bring/Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:37:31 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-29-what-will-late-june-bring/在松江的日子不多了，面對這四年的課本，有多少還有用呢？大概也就兩三成吧。https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-27-untitled/Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:28:04 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-27-untitled/<p>今日整理電腦文件夾，無意中翻出幾篇陳年舊稿。想想存在電腦中畢竟不太保險，所以乾脆貼出來，存照以誌。</p> <p>無題</p> <p>這天凌晨，肖克又像往常一樣把車子慢慢停穩，拖著疲倦的身子踱到了位於底樓的家門口。他耷拉著極困的眼皮，一隻手在口袋裡尋到了鑰匙開了門。</p> <p>肖克是這座城市一家出租車公司的司機，平常開車可以碰到形形色色的乘客，和他們偶爾聊上幾句，查看人間百態，倒也算有趣。唯一的缺點就是疲勞，干這行要做一整天，然後休息一天再上路，生物鍾難免紊亂。</p> <p>經過一整天的交通喧鬧，這一刻，他已經倒在那張屬於他自己的柔軟的床上了。他沒有鼾聲，只有那因為墜入夢鄉而從鼻翼里吐出的均勻的呼吸。</p> <p>他住的小區里的居民大多和他一樣，是從城市其他角落被迫動遷過來的，原因很簡單——因為市政建設的需要。他們是第一批，和小白鼠無異，因為政策不成熟，所以根本沒有分到錢。還有一些本來就住在這里，只是他們失去了原本作為耕地的這塊地，所以人們稱呼他們為「征地農民」，這些人和許多動遷過來的人一樣，雜居在這里。他們倒有一個共同的特點：文化程度不高，城裡人卻更加因為他們的身份自以為是，常常整天高談闊論，搬弄是非。「鄉下人」倒不這樣，他們有他們自己的小圈子，從他們的生活習性可以看出：他們還保留著在居室周圍飼養動物的孓遺。</p> <p>肖克喜歡讀書，看些各種方面的書，甚至有些冷僻。譬如一些研究這個國家疆域變化的書，一些音韻學方面的書，或者一些稗官野史。他從不和他們糾纏，在他眼裡，這些人既討厭，卻又有些可悲。他們應該受教育的最好時光都被大大小小的政治運動所擠佔了，留給他們的只有無知和乏味的晚年生活。但是他住在這里，又不得不每天和他們朝夕相處，鍛煉自己的忍耐力。</p>https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-13-who-is-the-barbarian/Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:38:09 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-03-13-who-is-the-barbarian/<p>今天是三月十三號， 明天那部片子據説就要下檔了。本來想跟風一下，去和平影都體驗一把，不料竟然拖到今天。這會兒看，已經不能叫做跟風了，因爲大家都跟瘋了，連票都難買到。好不容易有個機會在家附近，只是也不是巨幕的，罷了，能看就不錯了。</p> <p>幸好它沒有讓我失望。整部片子雖然近三個鐘頭，已經超過希區柯克所說的好電影對觀衆膀胱忍耐力的限度了，不過仍是不忍轉睛（3D眼鏡看起來還是非常累的，我覺得畫面大概是有三層，最遠一層左右焦距和最近一層正好相反，中間一層沒有變化，以此來造成遠近不同的三維感覺）。即使身為人類，在看到納威人團結在一起，奮力抵抗“外星人”的入侵時，我還是在心中默默地祈禱，希望老天能夠幫幫他們。在人類發達的科技面前，納威人的武器遠不如前者那般具有大規模的殺傷力且又冰冷無情，看到他們一次又一次被人類殘酷的攻擊所打退，真是讓人悲憤交加。整部片子，大的看來，是人類自以爲是的“發展”對大自然的破壞。在科技日益發達的今天，又有多少人看到那是以犧牲環境為代價的呢？野蠻的推土機伴隨著伐木工毫無人性的摧殘，森林和動物不堪一擊。人類仿佛是勝利者，傲慢地踐踏著哺育自己的地球，殊不知其中的荒謬與悲哀。當今地球的負擔日益沉重，貪婪的人類在將來的某一天可能就會因爲資源枯竭，人口膨脹，土地稀缺而殖民其它星球，到時別人會不會遭殃，那還真是未知數。有時候真的不知道人之初，性善耶？抑或惡耶？或許是好壞參半吧。電影中總算是那位科學家團隊和主人公還心存良知，在做臥底的時候良心發現，反過來加入納威人的行列，誓死抵抗自己的同類。我想，那是因爲主人公和納威人具有共同的一樣東西，那就是“良心”。</p>https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-02-14-new-year-older/Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:11:18 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2010-02-14-new-year-older/前幾日天天面對電腦屏幕，苦熬論文，終於完成了，粗略算來，不下八千多字，也算是了了一樁心事。https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2009-11-28-our-era-tv-drama/Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:34:18 +0800https://watsonhugo.github.io/posts/2009-11-28-our-era-tv-drama/這兩天忙里偷閑看了一部電視劇，叫做《我們生活的年代》。中午在文藝頻道看到，想不到非常精彩，于是便迫不及待在網上把它看完了。三個男主角在劇中都是70年代生人， 是很要好的朋友，大學畢業以后的生活，大家同甘共苦，在隨后的十年里悲歡離合，面臨友情