Category: 5. Current Affairs
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Do you remember where you were on September 11th, 2001?
I do. I have a personal story of 911. I have my own narrative of how I participated in that moment in history. I was in Ann Arbor, walking down South State street. In the air, beneath the warm confident blue sky, a whisper of the dry Midwest cold to come. I have memories of…
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The Complete Summary Of Hong Kong At #Tokyo2020
A summary of all the medals won by Hong Kong Athletes.
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When Emotions Overwhelm #Tokyo2020
Photos of the instant emotions overwhelming Olympics athletes. These moments are so mesmerising because they are so rare and dear and visceral that they are almost mystical. These photos are magical also because we can somehow feel exactly how they are feeling even though they are just static images. There is very little confusion whether…
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CCP @ 100
Anything that generates a lot of internal resistance is probably something we should pay the utmost attention to. Understanding Communist China is one of those tantalizing things. On one hand, the naive part of me wants China to be good. This is not because I am Chinese, it is because we all are stuck on…
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「佳節之思」寫一抒情文
沒想到，在短短25年，這個社會裏所有的真相，都變得模糊。 原來每6件我的事實當中就有4件是別人的fake news。原來低脂可減肥可致肥可減肥。原來運動是暴動是運動。 你我看到的、聽到的、體驗到的、原來是都不可能一樣的。我們可同意的、可共覓的，越來越少。 現在我們只可以依靠別人替我們的warrior hearts代言。我們只可以透過暗淡的顏色尋找共鳴和同志。我們只可以把我們對土根的愛與抱負，寄託於灣仔長大的小肉鮮22歲的壽辰派對。 我覺得很懦弱。自己所有的選擇，都很自私。我在逃避、在放棄。我是一個活廢老。每次當孩子問及一些連我自己這個成年人也不明白的問題時，我都會騙他說：「你長大後就會明白的。」我很討厭自己為什麼找不到勇氣，跟他說實話？「孩子，你長大後就會明白如何妥協的。」 維克多·弗蘭克在「Man’s Search For Meaning」一書裏說：「當一個人成功找到『意義』後，他會找到快樂，也會找到應對痛苦的能耐。」 所以每逢佳節，我都會問自己：「我是否每天都在做連三歲小孩子都知道是有意義的事情嗎？」 對我而言，唯一能幫助自己找到在這個社會偷生的能耐，就是常常認真地回答這個問題。
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Review: “How to Start a New Country”
By someone straddling between the real Hong Kong and a Hong Kong in the cloud Article reviewed: https://1729.com/how-to-start-a-new-country/ SUMMARY: The article does a clarifying job laying out the foundational questions of what makes a cloud country. The version of citizenship in the cloud it laid out echoed with what suppressed citizens in Hong Kong have…
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Quietness in the Era of Clubhouse
I installed Clubhouse in late January, after the VC bros used it. I got in just in time for the famous Elon Musk chat. I have been spending hours on it. I put my hands up. I stalked my idols. I hosted rooms. Clubhouse is heaven to someone like me. I found it very safe…
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“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman
First, guilt and shame. I kept thinking, what the fuck am I doing in this world? Look at her! Second, unsatisfied. I wanted more. I didn’t want this to stop. I worried that this moment was forever gone, this special moment of absolute awe. Third, jealousy. Why does this kind of spectacle tend to only…
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Honestly (The 2021 WhatsApp Exodus)
The day I saw the pop-up on WhatsApp, I decided to try and ditch WhatsApp (again). What was I thinking at that moment, honestly? I did not even think about looking into it deeper. I felt it was an ultimatum, and I decided to ditch it. I ditched Facebook because of how much it took…
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做就，斡旋。
在回顧2020年的過程中，我與忽略了很久的詞語，「斡旋」，乍然重逢。 從2000年開始，世事感覺越來越混亂。我知道，理智和歷史提醒我們，現在的情況肯定不是最壞的。但當我們每刻每秒都被爭論、慌亂、矛盾、和荒誕支配時，實在很難不感到絕望。 然後，我開始想起兩個英文動詞：facilitate, mediate.。我在尋找方法，活用自己的能力，為改變現狀而出一分力。而我的強項，就是facilitate和mediate。而當我在幻想如何向香港的朋友解釋我的意願時，想到了「做就」和「斡旋」兩詞。 究竟我們還有機會回到較理智、更包容的社會環境嗎？事實很可悲，因為今天的動盪，並不是因為一小撮無知、心術不正、或心懷不軌的人所造成的。這是發生在歷史上最多人得到文明、財富、教育的時代。換言之，現在的狀況，是最理智、理論上最包容的時代的產物。那試問，我這個平凡無奇的人，憑什麼可能改變這條大洋船的航道呢？不被她的漣漪淹死就該還神了。 唉，所以啊，能對得住自己，能向我的兒女交代的唯一做法，就是盡力而為。而我這刻覺得需要嘗試的地方，就是育成一個能做就大家互相斡旋的社會。 如何去做呢？