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花期

LI HAN — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 06:30:29 +0000

「妳給我滾！」燈光昏暗。她溫柔地蹲在床邊倒水遞上，他卻隻手一揚打翻。咕咚咕咚。不遠處有人疾步走來。臥榻獨臂男怒目側視，滿臉分明寫著「關你屁事」幾個大字。第九代人類表情識別中樞在三千毫秒之內精準地讀懂了這一幕，智能看護聳了聳肩，便中途折返總台繼續充電。深夜病房大廳再次寂靜如初。晨曦鳥語。靠窗床位的銀髮大爺開始跟早班義工閒聊。「明明女友不離不棄，他還不知足。現在年輕人實在脆弱。唉！」「呵呵。子非魚。他可能只是不想連累別人吧。有空掃掃你自己門前雪，成天貪玩偷跑出院，也不關心一下這幾年的藥費⋯⋯」「怯！反正人生終須轉世，過眼雲煙浪費時間！」「呵呵。像我一樣投胎成人工智能，你願意麼？」「啊⋯⋯」...

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Who’s Your True Friend, Fish or Banana?

LI HAN — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:33:51 +0000

That night, winking stars decorated the peaceful sky curtain as usual. Our protagonist Audrey was on an ordinary business trip in Manila. She felt hungry all of a sudden, and walked in a nearby local restaurant. She browsed the menu, and found a familiar-looking fish name there, then confidently ordered the dish ‘ steamed saba’. Not long, a plate full with steamed bananas was served to her table.

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牽

LI HAN — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 07:23:09 +0000

世界末日那天你在寫詩窗邊斜陽伴隨筆尖流逝美景良辰也終有盡時紅塵兒女將學會懂事就算相信人生如戲風雨彩虹仍難預期看不透追名逐利誰甘願顛沛流離若為俗事執著難免徬徨失措何須怕落寞前路比海闊紛飛勞燕天涯眷戀醉幾年半夢間癡心有情命定...

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小插曲

LI HAN — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:30:09 +0000

細雨霏霏初春夜，我兩手空空站在澳洲牛奶公司門外，緩緩抬頭仰望皓月星空。鬼話連篇！下雨天上沒有月亮好不好⋯⋯　街對面靠跑車抽煙的西裝大叔看表情估計想衝來掐死我。別以為在香港街頭迷路忘記帶傘手機沒電就可以扮文藝黃金小時代！我鎮定地從袋裡掏出一塊澳洲巧克力餅乾咬了一口。油尖旺一帶永遠燈紅酒綠，冷雨寒夜亦不例外。佐敦彌敦我連走九遍依然熙攘新鮮。疲憊的中產剛放工匆匆行過，焦慮的師奶正搶購最後折扣，徬徨的外勞在街頭閒敘自樂，半醉的洋漢攜友人無處尋歡。我也不清楚自己在幹甚麼，散漫走到街口發呆，幻想轉角會遇見⋯⋯　還沒想好，警察已經過來叫我「唔好阻街」。我尷尬地笑了笑，繼續走下去。香港軒尼詩、上海南京西、臺北忠孝東，我喜歡漫步這些悠長老街。不拍照，不問路，不著急。東張西望，完全瞎逛。賞景，閱人，見世態。這時，耳邊響起那首熟悉的蕭邦夜曲九章二段，配霓虹雨絲夜色，悠揚且浪漫⋯⋯　哦，那是電話鈴聲，

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Which Direction Is Your Future?

LI HAN — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:38:08 +0000

Everyone has past and future. But not everything has a direction. Thus we can’t travel through time as we like. To refer to a point of time, we have to make use of spatial metaphor to reason it. We convince ourselves, time is on a line: up & down, left & right, front & back. And, here comes interesting cultural difference. In English, we’re used to past on the left, future on the right.

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幾度月明

LI HAN — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:50:17 +0000

我放緩腳步，佇候在金沙煩囂走廊邊。望過去，對臺鋪滿國際影展紅毯，正私映一齣文藝好戲。恰逢導演也在場，筆挺俊朗，面帶微笑。他自稱姓趙，係緬甸華裔。在南洋遇上趙姓華人，我總一廂情願地臆想他們血緣可上溯宋代宗室。雖說南宋末年皇族逃難或有流亡安南緬甸暹羅諸邦，但世間已過千年，頗難考證。厓門海戰後趙氏多數留居廣東，只可惜不少後人在文革浩劫中丟了族譜。依「禮失而求諸野」一說，海外遺珠確有可能。法國畫家趙無極，香港藏家趙泰來皆自居宋王後裔，姑且信之。戲中講述緬國華裔非法移民泰國打工的血淚史，想必定有趙導親歷或耳聞摻雜。片名取作《再見瓦城》，可全劇至終絲毫未提「瓦城」，實在蹊蹺。瓦城乃緬甸古都，古往今來皆屬重鎮，地位僅次仰光。三百多年前，南明永曆帝避清逃至此地，獲緬王收留。不巧緬王之弟弒兄篡位，平西王吳三桂又追兵臨城。新緬王無奈獻出永曆歸降。此時京城韃子皇帝染天花駕崩，幼主繼位是為康熙元年。

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From Yankee to Chinaman

LI HAN — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:08:36 +0000

We know, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg was trying to please the world’s largest market, where unfortunately the government blocked his most valuable property for years. Once, he even claimed he’s Chinese during a trip to Mainland China. By marrying an American lady of Chinese descent, he really thinks he’s a little more Chinese than ever, although he probably cannot tell the difference between China Proper...

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雜碎英文

LI HAN — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:55:43 +0000

大清帝國內閣李總理於光緒廿二年率團訪美，成就了北美招牌中菜「李鴻章雜碎」。英文稱 chop suey，以粵音輔義，譯得不錯。幾年後，大清叛臣廣東人梁啟超逃來新大陸，嚐過這道經典李氏雜碎，非常不以為然。【註一】在花旗民間，雜碎早贏盡人心。於流行文化中，最知名莫過於爵士樂大師路易阿姆斯壯（Louis Armstrong）自創雜碎短號（Cornet Chop Suey）演奏。後來更有爵士樂手錄製一曲《我不在時，誰人為你切雜碎（Who’ll Chop Your Suey (When I’m Gone)）》，光看歌名就知深情款款。英文收錄外族詞彙並非罕有。譬如英文自古稱「幫助」為 help，到中世紀後期貪圖舊法文assister和aidier高雅，引入寫作assist和aid。其實兩詞舊法文源自拉丁文assistere和adjuvare。拉丁文在中世紀等同於歐洲共同語，與英文關係千絲萬縷，

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Learning Language Like Infants? Forget It.

LI HAN — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 06:59:24 +0000

Apparently you’re not an infant if you’re reading this. Then why should you be one? Though it sounds reasonable, learning a new language like an infant is actually not what you think. Does an infant acquire a new language in order to pass an exam? Probably not. For them, it’s more about better communication to survive. Infants learn to speak from words they hear all around them.

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