年初家中的大掃中,在一些書本中找到一些戲票存根,噢原來我當年曾在澳門看午夜塲呢!

原來還有這幾張戲票


票根的那些戲院,全都結業或原址清拆重建,利舞台那一張票根,是1990/1991年的,票價是$30-!現在香港看的優惠票,也只是$45-,所以看著它,見証這時期跟以往的消費模式。那時娛樂不多樣化,也會願意花費看電影,現在只需有台電腦也可安坐家中免費觀看......有時侯原來清理物品不夠徹底也有好處。
有陣子每天總聽著低收入人士的苦況,社會團體說著會要增加資源、要政府多些派錢去幫助他們………
有需要幫助的人,我們當然願意伸出緩手。但如果只想當然等著他人幫助的時侯,是不是會失去改變命運的動力?
早些時侯看了一齣費林明高舞蹈,對當中委內瑞拉音樂十分喜歡,在網上找有關資料的時侯,意外地看了一個有關[委內瑞拉國立青少年管弦樂團系統”El Sistema”]計劃。
El Sistema是由何塞•安东尼奥•阿布莱乌博士(José
Antonio Abreu Anselmi)於1975年本著”用音樂改變貧窮孩子和問題少年的命運”建立的系統,三十多年,這個計劃已由只幫助10數個年青人的計劃擴展致數十萬委內瑞拉青年受惠的系統。
視頻中每位年青音樂家在演出中百份之二百的投入,用演奏表達他們對音樂的熱情及希望,看的時侯真的很感動。一個機會、無數個渴望、希望,不斷努力的成果, 所產生的化學作用,不能用言語來表達,只能用心去感受!
人窮志不短,只要努力,追求心中的理想,機會永遠只會留給有準備的人!
外部資料:
1.阿布莱乌——委内瑞拉音乐奇迹的杰出创始人
http://www.venchina.com/noticia/venezuela/2011-05-31/71937.html
2. 音樂改變命運--委內瑞拉少年交響樂團El Sistema
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/tranquil555/21832909
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI3MDc3Mzg4.html
有陣子每天上班在公車的廣告屏幕都看著兩兄弟唱著兄弟的情義,甚麼貸款一筆清,聽著聽著,那刻的心涼了一截,這廣告全不說貸款的利息及還款額,此種貨款利息最少20%年息,一個平凡人跟它借貸十數萬也得跟你糾纏數載………
好兄弟嘛,不就要兩脅插刀,錢全拿去吧,不用還嘛。我想這真是痴人說夢話!
又云,假如你已過著安逸的生活,有一天,一個表著光鮮,穿金戴銀的A君走來,跟你說:你想每天吃著鮑鮑參翅肚,到名店購物…下刪千字,這才是生活享受啊!接著,這人又說:這是每一個人的夢想,只要你跟著我的方法做,包你衣食無憂!
面對著這誘惑,你會如何決擇?我真的不知道,或許真如跟A君說的一樣,夢想達到,衣食無憂。但我知道的,更多如希臘的狀況,本可自給自足,但只因一念之差,聽著銀行家的誘惑,做假數貸款,掉進還款的深淵,沒完沒了。還要將國家最珍貴的資源賤賣,繼續給那些大國牽鼻子走,不能自我決定命運……..
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記得很久前看到的一篇文章,
銀行家與漁夫的故事(摘自網絡)
........ 話說這位投資銀行家在墨西哥某海灣度假,
看見一個年輕的漁夫在碼頭釣魚,手到拿來,
不到半句鐘時間便釣了十多條肥大的活魚,塞滿整個水桶。漁夫收桿離開,投資銀行家語帶不解問道:「為什麼不多呆一會兒,可以釣更多的魚?」
漁夫回道賣掉這些魚已經夠換來好幾天的家用,等需要時再釣吧。
投資銀行家好奇,問漁夫除了釣魚,是怎麼過日子。
漁夫答道:「我釣魚的時間不多,沒錢用時才到碼頭或出海捕魚。
白天我和我的孩子們玩、睡午覺,下午和太太漫步、溫馨溫馨,
晚上和朋友們喝酒吃飯、唱歌跳舞玩結他,一直玩到深夜。
我們平時睡覺很晚的。」
投資銀行家於是教訓他:「你太不思進取了。
你應該花多點時間去釣魚,多釣多賣多賺,然後買一隻大漁船,釣更多的魚。」
漁夫不明所以:「之後呢?」
投資銀行家續道:「之後賺了錢便換更大、
更多的船,把船租出去,再把你村內的漁民組織起來,變成為你賺錢的船隊。
到那個時候,你就不需要自己出海,你可以自己開一個魚食加工廠,
做自己牌子的魚肉罐頭,自己生產、推銷。」
漁夫更加不解瞪大雙眼問:「那我豈不是很忙碌?
我豈不是沒有時間陪伴家人,不能晚晚和朋友吃喝玩樂?」
投資銀行家安慰他:「我是投資銀行家,我可以幫你,
把這個業務做大做強,然後安排公司在紐約交易所上市,
到時你便是千萬富翁了。」漁夫聽罷有點興奮:
「這要用多長時間?」投資銀行家回應:
「如無意外的話,只需10至20年時間。」
漁夫心裏冷了半截,續問:「公司上市後又如何?」
今次是投資銀行家有點興奮了,他回道:
「公司上市後你可以退休,搬到一個美麗的小漁村去生活,
白天和你的孩子們玩,中午睡個午覺,下午和你的太太一起溫馨溫馨,
晚上你的朋友們喝酒唱歌跳舞玩結他,一直玩到深夜!逍遙快活,多麼寫意。」
漁夫冷然回應:「哦,我現在不就是這樣生活嗎?我為什麼要等10至20年?」
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感覺最少那個漁夫故事的銀行家還有點正派,其他的.....唉!
我們所追求的生活,不就是安逸,細水、長流嗎?!
性格使然,看來我今世都不會大富大貴了!
Lin-sanity has swept up the NBA over the last week. Now it seems like the phenomenon has gone worldwide.
Friday’s 38 point performance by Harvard grad Jeremy Lin for the New
York Knicks against the LA Lakers was his greatest performance yet as a
starter, since he burst on to the scene and propelled the team to 4
straight wins.
Lin now has over 200,000 followers on Twitter. He’s got over 800,000
on Weibo – including 200,000 new ones in the 24 hour period after
beating the Lakers.
But there’s more to this story than basketball. This isn’t just a
modern-day, real-life version of the Hoosiers movie. The Jeremy Lin
story is incredibly popular because we can all see a little bit of
ourselves in this man’s struggles and now successes.
What can all of us learn from this young man — and how can we apply
these same lessons to our own lives when we go back to work on Monday
morning?
1. Believe in yourself when no one else does. Lin’s
only the 3rd graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA. He’s also one
of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the
Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie,
PA. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the
Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no one
else does.
2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up. Lin got
to start for the Knicks because they had to start him. They had too
many injuries. Baron Davis was gone. The other point guards were out.
Carmelo Anthony was injured. Amare Stoudemire had to leave the team
because of a family death. Lin could have squandered the opportunity
and we would have never have noticed. But he made the most of it. You
never know when opportunities are going to arise in life. Often,
they’re when you least expect them. Make the most of them. Don’t
fritter them away.
3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them.
It wasn’t until a few days ago that Lin got his contract guaranteed by
the Knicks for the rest of the season. Before that, he could have been
cut at any time. He had to sleep on his brother’s couch on the Lower
East Side to get by. His family always believed in him and picked him
up when he could have gotten down on himself. That made him continue to
believe. If you want your family to believe in you like that, you’ve
got to be there for them too when they need it.
4. Find the system that works for your style. Lin isn’t Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant.
He’s not a pure scorer. He’s a passer and distributor – who can also
score very well. It didn’t work for him in Golden State or Houston
– where he was before landing at the Knicks. But Mike D’Antoni’s
system at the Knicks has been perfect for him to show off his strengths.
You’ve got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and
then ensure that you’re in a system (a job or organization or industry)
that is a good fit for those strengths. Otherwise, people overlook the
talents you bring to the table.
5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team.
You probably manage people at your own company today. Are you sure you
don’t have a Jeremy Lin living among you now? How do you know that
“Mike” couldn’t do amazing things if you gave him a new project to run
with? How do you know “Sarah” isn’t the right person to take the open
job in London that you’ve been talking over with your colleagues? We
put people around us in boxes. He’s from Harvard. He’s Asian-American.
Not sure he can play. How many assumptions have you made about talent
around you? Don’t be like the General Managers in Golden State and
Houston, and let talent slip through your fingers. With all their
money, scouts, and testing, they didn’t have a clue what they had in
their hands. Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really
capable of? Take off the blinders of assumptions you wear when you look
at the world.
6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else.
You’ve got to be you. You can’t be some 2nd rate copy of Michael
Jordan. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Just be Jeremy Lin
— yourself. Whatever that is. That doesn’t mean you don’t work hard —
it just means you find what you’re good at and do it. Fans will love
you for being you, just like they love Jeremy Lin. Judy Garland said it
best:
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
7. Stay humble. If you one day are lucky enough to
have newspapers want to put you on the cover in order to sell more,
don’t let it get to your head. It’s been remarkable watching how humble
Lin remains through all this media frenzy. It makes his teammates and
fans love him that much more.
8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever.
I didn’t know how good Tyson Chandler was, until I saw him playing with
Jeremy Lin. Lin has set Chandler up many times over the last week for
easy dunks because he drew the defense and then passed the ball. That’s
partly why the Knicks are playing so well. They are all working harder
to share the ball with others. And it’s beautiful to watch. And when
the media swarms Lin, he tells them how good his teammates are. Do the
same with your peers and reports.
9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life. Some people believe in God, some in destiny, some in luck. Whatever you believe in, be grateful for it.
10. Work your butt off. Lin couldn’t have seized his
opportunity if he hadn’t worked like crazy for years perfecting his
skills. There are no short cuts to hard work. Success is a by product
of that. If you’ve got a Tiger Mom who’s always pushed you to work
hard, great. If not, let your conscience be your own Tiger Mom! Get up
early, stay up late. Nobody gave Lin any free passes. Why should you
get any? You can only control what you control and that means you’ve
got to work harder than anyone else you know.
I hope the Lin-sanity continues. And I hope we all can apply these lessons to our own work and family life.