Crossing Road

 
Toshiba的客戶將這張照片寄給我
讓我想起當時在東京參加動畫展的每一天
成天都在奔波競走，走得我一雙腳疼到發腫
最後一天TAF，在會場上遇到東芝的客戶
他正好帶著這一位外國人Cosplay(我也不知道他是啥角色)
一看到我，就把我拉過去，對我說：「ハンサムでコスプレー、Gloriaさん好みでしょう！一緒に写真を撮っておこうよ！」
不顧我拚命擺手搖頭，他很熱情地替我拍了這張照片
嗯…
發現我自己真是有夠蒼白
映照於相機鏡頭下，白到會發光…(不要再靠近了！)

後面有一位優雅的老先生
哈！
那可是我偷偷鍾意的日本動畫客戶
(日本動畫就是出品Hunter X Hunter的大手商社啊！)
也好，正好了卻我的心願~
跟格好いいおじさん合影~
 
 

 
這一集依然很歡樂
上一話最後一景是一個陌生的高聎帥哥突然親親愛愛地衝上來抱住小泉
一票收視群大概十分在意此人身份(認不住跑去抓出原作來看)
原來混血帥哥遙是小泉的青梅竹馬
而且小時候還是個超級鼻涕蟲
女巨人小泉總會在他遭人75時現身
所以遙將小泉當成英雄般崇拜。
與小時青梅竹馬喜相逢的隔天
一行人前往附近神社『初詣』
小泉使出零丁15年的怨念
拼命祈求今年一定要交到男友
然後大谷的前女友又出現──
小泉為了撮和兩人，拼命撇清自己跟大谷的關係
不過聽了前女友的說詞，發現她不是欲跟大谷復和
而是發覺自己當初喜歡上巨人而拋棄大谷的行逕會招人誤會
結果完全是小泉會錯意…只好拼命向丟臉到極點的大谷道歉
不過大谷人雖小心胸倒是挺寬大
雖然沒辦法跟前女友復合有些失望
但總算一揮分手的陰霾
 
寒假結束後日本的小女生就開始忙碌了
因為一年一處的情人節又來了
小忍跟千春很熱烈地討論著要做哪一種巧克力送給自己的darling
小泉也想湊一腳，不過想到沒有可送的對象
忍不住頹喪地想，自己會不會終其一生還沒送到巧克力就掰了
大谷適時出現，很"好心"地說，如果巧克力做出來沒有人可以送
他願意代勞收下那個可能會吃壞肚子的巧克力
小泉雖然還是嘴硬不肯送大谷親手做的巧克力，想到神崎一事對大谷頗為內疚
於是就跟著小忍還有千春一起DIY。

 
大谷終於向小泉詢問那個屢屢出現就抱著她不放的混血的來歷
小泉一時口快，忘了利用此機會板回一城
(誰先交到男/女朋友之競賽)
我們的小遙也不是省油的燈
不只個兒長大了，嘴也變得超毒
看到小個兒的大谷老在小泉身邊出現
很不是滋味地指著他：「這個微型生物是怎麼一回事！」
 
大谷聽了可不高興啦
嚷嚷著要遙別把他當寵物
遙接下來說的話更絕：「理沙是我的英雄，這麼帥氣的她怎麼可以跟這麼遜的小生物擺在一起！」
這話一出殺傷力過強，震懾住的不止大谷，連其他都呆若木雞……
大谷掄起小拳頭就要跟遙拼命……
隔天遙又到教室尋找理沙，看到大谷又是一番奚落──
竟然兩個高個將大谷夾在中間，表演挾持外星人的遊戲……(可憐的大谷)
青筋爆到掉無路……
最可惡的是，旁邊的同學竟然還起哄──
平常看到小泉跟大谷在一起都只把他們當大阪巨神搞笑雙人組
一旦跟遙那種身高的男孩在一起，一雙高聎的身影真是如詩如畫啊！
亂箭齊發……
 
小泉手製愛心巧克力蛋糕完成
送給大谷那小子時，他竟然死也不肯收
(連續來自遙的打擊令他十分火大)
小泉感覺委屈又氣憤
剛好回家路上遇上遙，就把手上被退貨的巧克力送給了他
同時怨氣難平的她拖著遙上遊樂場
總算發洩過後心情好過一些。
與小泉併肩回家的路上，遙向她表白自己對她的情感
然後又開始攻擊小個兒大谷
小泉終於忍不住護衛大谷
娓娓想起他與自己的點點滴滴……
儘管兩人總是爭執不斷，他總會在她危難時出現伸出友誼援手
她開始有些迷惘……
下一集又會有新的人物出現囉
突然出現的謎樣可愛少女
撲身向大谷就是一個甜蜜KISS……

　『悲観主義は弱さを招き、楽観主義はパワーをもたらす』
Pessmism beckons weakness while optimism brings about strength.
　　　　　　　　　　                                                    by William James
Not to confront with others doesn't necessarily mean you bend you head to the wall to cater to the needs or demands of others, but that you step back , careful with your move and see the whole situation from a different angle.
By doing so, you are not to please others but to make yourself better.
Those who initiate a battle may boast of their overwhelming strength, but the one ceases fire wins out  with one's courage.
It takes simply one tiny match to set fire on ignitable stuffs, but requires more than one people to extinguish the flame ball!

驚覺今天竟是黑色星期五
莫怪一早上就諸事不順
打開信箱發現NTV把我寄給他們的櫻蘭高校第三卷DVD弄丟
要求我重新提供
為了追加調度，我又得請對方提具證明
然後又得翻譯上呈通知相關單位
快到中午時接到一封MAIL更令我Shock
香港商品送審出了很大的問題
日本想要把最終貨樣退回
香港客戶實在是很難溝通
常對我轉達給他們的日本的監修意見相左
我傳達某些須修正處，他們就會以自己的標準說他們的品質是沒問題
而且老是拿上市壓力來要求放行
當時給他們方便，後果就是我得承擔了
日本發現我們送給他們的大貨樣有些問題
開始懷疑我是不是沒有確實傳達香港須修正處
我實在是有苦難言
的確是我放行讓客戶快些量產以應預定上市日
但該傳達的我確實都一再地提醒對方，但他們沒有如實做到
責任就會落到我頭上……
站在客戶的立場，他們只想快些讓送審完成以在最佳時期上市
而日本則會處處以維護自己的作品為top考量
而身為夾心餅乾的我就得居間協調
如何在兩端取得平衡
溝通真的不是一件容易的事
尤其面對你無法使出全力對付的人而言
客戶永遠是對的，日本也不能得罪
夾在中間，真是難為啊！
經過社內討論，老闆要我先發信通知香港
讓它們知道我們替它揹了大黑鍋
然就接下來最大的難題就是向日本賠不是啦
跟日本監修窗口聯繫
我常常都是挨打的一方
因為我還得顧及客戶的利益，被打也無法還手
打這封信花了我異常長的時間
發現我用12的字形單行矩竟然塞滿了整個word版面
信發出去後，我也請主管替我再發一封信給對方
讓他們知道我們非常重視此問題
總之千錯萬錯都是我的錯…
唉
果然是被詛咒的13號星期五啊!
明天還要上班 ，唉…

鼻子冒出個白色粉刺
向來最討厭鼻翼長怪東西
儘管只是一小顆，自己看了還是覺得很傷眼
忍了一個星期，它始終盤踞於我左鼻側，不肯脫落
於是我再無法耐心等待，祭出土法煉剛之道──擠！
結果如何，自不待言！
每次擠粉刺都是如此，就差那臨門一腳，我們於是殺紅了眼
一直告訴自己，就差一點點了，無視皮膚已被自己蹂躪得紅腫甚至皮破血流！
昨天去上班，下雨天就讓我很是低沈了，再加上這管帶著明顯傷口的鼻子
真的很想躲在家裡不出門見人！
抹上厚厚一層遮瑕膏，效果還是十分有限
且因為傷口未癒，怎麼塗都沒法均勻，只把自己的鼻側弄得疼痛不已
因為鼻翼兩端的皮膚較薄，一有傷口往往牽一髮動全身
帶著個痛口，一呼吸縮張都覺得刺痛不已
真的是自找苦吃吶！

2006年及2007年版的『翼の折れた天使たち』完食並非喜新厭舊，但2007年的四個故事著實令我感動較深

作者Yoshi是個全能型創作者，活躍於radio主持、作詞、作曲，監督

早上忙大統百貨母親節活動送審一下子來了20多份宣傳物填表格跟畫圖標註，並且向日本解釋已修正處為了趕上今天日方的監修會議，從八點半一直忙到11點左右因為我的英打速度較快，所有內容敘述全都用英文結果發現自己手動的速度比腦動的速度快想用的字以不可思議的節奏不斷在鍵盤上跳動二個多小時後，終於把所有作業都完成覺得自己打字打得手都抽筋了…… 

終於回來了一星期日本出差之旅待到最後一晚，突地興起強烈的鄉愁打包整裝後，蜷縮於溫暖乾淨的旅館被衾無由地感到悲傷 21號時，因為當天日本放假我們三人安排了一天搜尋相關產品的採購行程既然要買動漫相關產品，首推動漫迷聖地──秋葉原！延途我們踅到上野公園，欲備一窺櫻花丰采

One morning, a seemingly average and generally solitary IRS agent named Harold Crick begins to hear a female voice narrating his every action, thought and feeling in alarmingly precise detail. Harold's carefully controlled life is turned upside down by this narration only he can hear, and when the voice declares that Harold Crick is facing imminent death, he realizes he must find out who is writing...

After seeing the trailer embeded in my Feb. Biz Magazine, I decided to download this movie, Stranger than fiction.
It's about a man who's name is Harold Chrik (sounds strange enough to me)who leads a monotonous, bland everyday life; he is always alone, bears no interests toward others, pays attention only to numbers. (He is an IRS agent)
What get to be staired by Harold most of the time is his wrist watch...(What a dull life!) 
One day, when he woke up and think of nothing but his brush strokes, suddenly out of nowhere, he heard a female voice narrating what he'd been doing!
He was totally freak out after hearing the voice said"Harold Crick is facing his own imminent death."
Since no one but he heard this strange voice, he tried to enlist help from his shrinks; he was told to get a good rest, and that he might suffer from some mental disorder.
Harold insisted his sane and being sober, so instead, he went to a literary theorist named Jules Hilbert, who suggests that Harold might be able to change his fate by turning his story from a tragedy into a comedy.

And to do this, he would need one very important element, that is,love!
It dawned on Harold that he had been always alone, owning to part to his work (everyone hates IRS agent), part to his personality!
To save himself from the "imminent death", Harold made up his mind to be nice to a lady who had been very pissed off by Harold.
It seemed that the lady had her own philosphy of paying taxes, and that resulted in Harold went auditing her several times.
One day, on a bus ride Harold ran into this lady, Ana, she tried to ignored him, but Harold extended his sincerity and broke the ice between them by complimenting her beautiful teeth.
Their hostile relationship made a twist, and when Harold dropped by Ana's a few days after, she offered Harold her hand-made biscuits.
Harold hestitated but could not turned down her hospitality, he nibbled one bite of the cookie, and felt he himself dipped in a warm, sweet embiance, which he had never experienced before.
They were supposed to have a good time triggered by the biscuits, but Harold screwed it up when Ana haned him her cookie, he went so far to try to pay her to out off the hook of he involed in bribe.
It goes without saying, Ana was so mad at him.
Harold realized that it's not his imminet death will lock his fate, but his pessimistic and lacking in consideration for others incurs his doom.
The next day, he came to Ana again, with a box of flowers (probably be seeds or something~) and told Ana he wanted her.
Ana felt touched for his act, and invited him to her home.
They made out that night, Harold forfilled one mission in his "turning tragedy into comedy" ordeal.
Meanwhile, who is this voice kept haunting Harold?
She is an once famous novilist who's name is Karen Eiffel, and she was now struggling to come up with a master piece again to make a come back.
Since her own distinctive style of writing is make the protagonist die, there should be now exception in this latest work.
Little did she know that while she racked her mind to find a splendid way to kill "Harold Crick" in her novel, the man in his real life also struggled between living and dead.

And it turned out Harold finally did find Ms. Eiffel, and plead for his own verdict. ( ha ha, funny I should say that)
Eiffel gave her manual script to Harold and promised not to kill him, but Harold handed the draft to Mr. Hilber, and he recommended Harold should let Eiffel finish her MASTER PIECE!
To trade his own life for a master piece, Harold thought Mr. Hilber was out of his mind.
But on his way home, he read Ms. Eiffel's book and could not help but feel obliged to let her finish that touching work.
After all, people dies someday, sonner or later; if his death can accomplish a master piece, it's a worthy death!
We can  see Harold had changed totally, from a egocentric and lonely person to a caring and thoughtful one.
His life was pre-set at the begining, but then he tried to change, so he became the master of his life.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
And there are always more than one answer to that one question!
I do like this film, for that it handled a comedy plot yet will make you ponder over some parts of yourself.
As an office worker, I sometimes feel irritating and impatient to the clock work, but I should feel grateful at least I've got a trail to orbit my daily life, even though I may go astray from time to time, there is always a central point draws me back. You may call it "security" or "monotony" depending on what kind of attitude you'd like to take toward your own life!

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228和平紀念日撿到一天假由於3月出差在即，頭一遭出國的我得開始著手申辦護照發現之前拍的身份證大頭照氣色糟到不行
反正才剛過完年，口袋裡頗有閒錢為了一甩身份證照的陰影，決定重拍護照相片。為此，特地請來美妝大師替我加持；不愧是娃娃，道具之齊全令我瞠目結舌。