Awakenings

沉重的真實故事。一種統稱為sleeping-sickness的疾病，患者會在日常活動時，肢體突然停頓，猶如睡去。每一次的停頓時間會越來越長，到最後不再甦醒，但仍然生存 (alive but asleep)。這群病者一直沉睡，一年，兩年，十年，三十年......直到1969年Dr Sacks試用新藥L-DOPA，這藥在某些病人身上起了作用，有些醒來並痊癒，有些間斷地沉睡甦醒沉睡再甦醒，有些醒來一段短時間再進入永久的沉睡，直到老死。病者一覺醒來，幾十年的光景，身體是成人甚至老人，心智卻仍停留在沉睡之前，人面全非......一個病者的讀白讓人心碎: “At first, I thought L-DOPA was the most wonderful thing in the world, and I blessed you [Dr. Sacks] for giving me the Elixir of Life. Then everything went bad, I thought it was the worst thing in the world, a deadly poison, a drug which sent one down to the depths of hell; and I curse you for giving it to me.”

醫者用盡方法喚醒這群沉睡者，把未知的藥打入他們身體。但到底，清醒是否他們自身的願望，還是第二身的一廂情願。

Welcome back to the real life~~ (in low voice of an old man)

After 5 days of intensive summer course, I have to get back to the real world!!! When I was working in the office, those drama pieces were floating in my mind, The Wise Woman, The Congo, Last Text Message, The Arrival, I just can’t stop thinking of all these. In the pass few days, we left Hong Kong with our imagination, we had been to the ancient village, where people believed in the god of the sea, where the wise woman betrayed us and killed the new born baby of my neighbour. We had been to Congo, where Dr Smythe took human as specimens. We faced lots of difficulties, and our lives are enriched. The world is much larger that I thought it was. Now, I just feel like a kid, discovered that there is a new world behind the door, a brand new place to be explored.

Just remember, "Get your job done on time." said the boss T.T

We play and we learn

This is really a nice course, differ from the drama classes I had in secondary school, drama education focus on playing rather than performing. That’s what they called a “process drama”. Though I was tired everyday after school, I still enjoyed my time being with you all great and lovely people. In the sharing with a group of secondary school students today, a S.1 girl asked “so did your parents support you to get in the drama field?” and I found quite a lot of us had tried to apply APA when we were YOUNG (haha, not now), but with the objection from families, we chose another path which most of the people will choose, to get into the university. But, as Oscar said, “if you want to get there, you will be there finally, need not to think too much.”, and i think to myself "Yes, I’m here, finally."

I shall never forget the vision you’ve shown me.

I shall never give up the dream you’ve given to me.

Fish Tank

終於有機會把大半年前剩下的半齣電影看完，是一個生活的故事，一個渴望愛和夢想的故事。在Mia的單親家庭裏，只有一塌糊塗的酗酒母親，和年紀小小已會抽菸的小妹。母女仨的每句對話都夾雜粗言，她們過著這種沒完沒了的日子。直到有一天，母親的男友來了，那男人很親切，他帶她們去郊外遊玩，他鼓勵Mia去追逐成為舞蹈員的夢想，他，似乎讓這個破碎的家變得完整......

電影像詩。最終母女仨分別時，在凌亂不堪的家中隨著音樂踏舞步，我不能說起舞，只是踏舞步。沒有起舞的輕快，沒有飛翔，是活生生的無奈的別離句子。

故事和畫面都很不錯，除了那爛透的中文片名。

載一船星輝

一個客人來訃聞稿，上面寫著徐志摩的詩句「悄悄的我走了 正如我悄悄的來 我揮一揮衣袖 不帶走一片雲彩」過世的是一位老太太。我想，她是個高貴祥和的老奶奶。看到這幾句，腦裏就浮現出，她穿著旗袍走在陽光明媚的路上，回首跟自己親人揮手作別的畫面。當有一天，一個人走到盡頭，留下的不是呼天搶地的悲哭，只是幾句詩，只是一抺淡淡的雲。這是最美好的。

《當星星憂鬱》

孤寂時你都去哪裡?
憂鬱時你都去哪裡?
孤寂時你都去哪裡?
當星星憂鬱時，我將跟隨你。

嗨!

熱得人也溶化的週未，我們去溶了自己。衣服再藍也藍不過天空。七月起飛。