Ovaltine

回復 8# fibbi


    that is true, my father has traditional Chinese ideologies, he probably expect me to reproduce. you can call me weird, but ever since I was 4 years old, i had this notion that i would not get marry or reproduce. no homo, but again other people think otherwise due to their narrow-mindedness.

fibbi

回復 11# Ovaltine


    as a new parents, I guess I would understand what your parents expect.
Having kid or not is one thing. But I do vote for getting married if the right person appears. Having a companion is just better than not having one, IMO.

raffaello

回復 11# Ovaltine


Just a piece of my mind to share...

Parents can expect a lot of their grown-up children but it doesn't mean you have obligations to satisfy all of their expectations. Good parents let their adult children plan their own lives. They give sensible opinions, not straight orders. Bottom line, follow your heart and your head but don't do anything stupid.

fibbi

Back to topic...Didn't have much time for reading recently...but I do check if 蔡智恆 (taiwanese writer) has new novel...

raffaello

I have just finished "Making a Living Without a Job" by Barbara Winter. A good book for people who want to start a small business.

老友四號

大江東去，重讀 万历十五年。

fishbelly

辛亥： 搖晃的中國 （張鳴） - 一本絕對值得一讀的書本。 作者從辛亥時常被忽略的人， 事， 物作起點， 進而分析當時形勢得失， 文筆通暢易讀， 立場中肯， 分析亦算精闢。
大力推薦此書。

看懂世界格局的第一本書 （王偉） - 將 100 年來的世界大事以通俗易懂的文字娓娓道來， 分析當中的關聯以及因果。看到一半已經有點茅塞頓開的感覺， 對世界格局的博弈有新體會。

作者隱約透露一種民族主義， 對歐美國家的文明不以為然， 覺得只是西方國家其中一種政治宣傳伎倆。 但瑕不掩瑜， 有意了解西方各國崛起的來由的讀者可以一讀。

而家真係越來越少見到人 （尤其係後生仔） 拿起本書睇 （工具書除外）， 希望呢個 post 可以堅持落去。

fishbelly

大江東去，重讀 万历十五年。
老友四號 發表於 2011-10-15 10:14

大江東去睇左大半， 正如其他評論一樣， 有點龍應台式嘅煽情。 但整體來講此書確實以小人物的角度敘述時代的變遷。 早年龍應台到溫哥華演講賣書時亦講話此書是關於親人家庭， 而非 1949 的大是大非。

萬曆 15 年太耐之前睇， 我都要重溫一下當中的深意。 好書就是這樣， 每次看會隨著時勢年紀有不同感受。

fishbelly

黄易 尋秦記

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睇過黃易其他武俠小說， 都係睇完就算， 完全無印象， 無感覺， 無 insight， 甚至連睇過邊本都唔記得， 純屬 bubble gum 閱讀。 我地呢 D 比金庸小說寵壞嘅人， 真係好難返轉頭， 正所謂 “由貧入富易， 由富入貧難”

老友四號

回復 18# fishbelly
唔好意思！係司徒華回忆录嘅大江东去？