We miss the Best, and I miss Shadow.

The Best has gone.

George Best has gone today. He's the most gifted footballer from the United Kingdom (pity he's not an English but a Northern Irish, or else I do think he got the World Cup medal already), that I know when I am very young. Dont get me wrong, I haven't born when he was a footballer.

Best is the dribbling genius, the wing wizard, the wide boy, from footballing terms. I love Chris Waddle and Ryan Giggs, coz they are all this kind of footballer. And I am never a dribbler in ground, so I specially like to watch and enjoy this kinds of players. My regret is, I born too late to really watch Best's best moments, I can just watched the past DVD to see how good he is.

He has a good enjoyable and memorable short life. His skill is so good that born to be a star, he's handsome, he's rich, and he has been wif so many gals and women u won't count all, he drank a whole lot till every part of his body totally broken down. He is, simply a legend. And he's the number 7 from of Manchester United in the 60's. I love Ryan Giggs much, but Giggs is just a half clone from George Best. If u know football, u know what i mean.

I am in company's canteen when I got known he's dead. I am holding my sandwish and stand still in front of the TV wif E. I am sad inside, Best weights less than 90 pounds at the end. I dont understand why such a legend died at only 59-yrs-old. Maybe God envy him.

I miss u, Best. I have checked yr news everyday in Soccernet when u r in hospital these weeks, coz I want to read that u recover again but good news never come out. U ended the golden period of 60's and 70's football.

May peace be with u. Your name says it all.

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And I steal many songs from Ho's iPod tonite. I am listening to DJ Shadow now. And I think of my Touch's days.

Our team was strong, very strong in that days, much stronger than any magazine nowadays: Mandy the-editor-now-Detective-wife always set us free, Detective the crazy fun and chaos maker, Joel the mod guy (but he's fat now), B the gadget expert, Johnny the older round one, and me.

Even we band together so well just like bros, but our music tastes differ a whole lot: there are no MP3 in those days u must know, we just got a CD player, which is a gift from some company for reader but we keep it in office. Detective always play Ben Folds Five, Joel is hardcore for Oasis, B ok he dont listen to music, Johnny dreams he's the Metallica's drummer, and at that time, I am into DJ Shadow.

So when I listen back Lonely Soul from Psyence Fiction and Guns Blazing live from Shadow tonite, those days come back totally: the day we stay at kowloon bay overnite only to wait for enemy Easyfinder available at Wednesday morning, the day we steal food coupons from boss's drawer, the days we smoke all boss' cigarettes secretly but buy him back the wrong brand, the day we overnites everyday and wake at 3pm but go back office only for tea eating...

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Those were the days that I never regret.

A genius' work.

I am messing around with one of my beloved designer Snake Ming (don't let me told others that why I call u this, ok?), to urge another designer of this generation, Fay, to draw me, and what u see is the result (he just draw freehand in between his overnight work). Genius he is.

I must be grateful I have the opportunity to get know these three designers: Fay, Ming and Joe. All 3 r not the small fishes in the little poll. My old saying: when I sit besides one designer for 5 mins, I know well what they can do. And so I know well who can do it and who can't. They can.

Ok, Fay, I am wearing Clarks but not Birkenstock anymore when I stay late in office, and I have neck, pls revise yr drawing. And Snake Ming, it's your turn to do it now. I am waiting for something in your style. U know, I am crazier than what u think, check that guestbook if u r not a good boy...And Joe, don't be lazy, do what I ask u to...

Thx mates.

i am happy tonite, reassure I know u all 3, in different stages of my life.

Let's be the cast in South Park.

From a frd's recommend, I go to play this good-time-killing-self-drawing game.

And this must be me, if I am one of the cast in South Park.


Special thanks must be given to:
http://www.vexatori.de/zib/spstudio.html

Trust me, Segway is funny and meaningful.

Some old tall frd sms me yesterday, we have some happy stupid time together in the past (b4 we lost contact for quite some time).

From his blog, I am so grateful he find someone of his already (the 3rd of my frds that told me they will get marry very soon, holy...), and will move to Aus. I am really happy for them, though I didn't know who his gf is, to be precise.

And then I think of the stupid-boys-unrealistic-dream again. When we are young, we all want to be an intellectual, someone others will remember, or even a cult icon (tall boy, u know it). The point is, the world molds us so much, and we need to eat, let alone paying rent and whole lots of daily expenses. Then we got to learn the meaning of compromise.

Compromise is not a bad word, after u learn it. At least we are stepping on the ground now, at least I enjoy pulp fictions and blockblaster movies and canton pop now. Yes, it's our world. We cannot not join in. And if u really need to join in, pls carry a smiling face to join. That's really what I've learned after 8 yrs working life.

And so when I step onto the new toy from Segway today, I am really happy. From the functional aspect, I do think it's the most meaningful and innovative invention, after Google's birth on 1995.

The experience is, step on it, learn to control and communicate with it (which is so easy u won't believe), then enjoy it. I just like the simpleness and enjoyment it brings me.

Yes, get it simple and just go enjoy. If life is like that, how can u complain anymore?

Steve Jobs: You've got to find what you love.

It's not something new. I find this speech from my idol Steve Jobs monthes ago, and I always bear in mind about what he said. Then I sent to some of my frds, and more of my frds ask me for that, so I post the whole one here.

It's the best speech I have ever heard. Hope everyone understand what Mr. Jobs said. I do think the whole world will be more lovely then.


(Steve Jobs 在2005年6月12日對全體史丹佛大學畢業生的演講內容)

今天，有榮幸來到各位從世界上最好的學校之一畢業的畢業典禮上。我從來沒從大學畢業。說實話，這是我離大學畢業最近的一刻。今天，我只說三個故事，不談大道理，三個故事就好。

第一個故事，是關於人生中的點點滴滴怎麼串連在一起。

我在里德學院（Reed college）待了六個月就辦休學了。到我退學前，一共休學了十八個月。那麼，我為什麼休學？

這得從我出生前講起。我的親生母親當時是個研究生，年輕未婚媽媽，她決定讓別人收養我。她強烈覺得應該讓有大學畢業的人收養我，所以我出生時，她就準備讓我被一對律師夫婦收養。但是這對夫妻到了最後一刻反悔了，他們想收養女孩。所以在等待收養名單上的一對夫妻，我的養父母，在一天半夜裡接到一通電話，問他們「有一名意外出生的男孩，你們要認養他嗎？」而他們的回答是「當然要」。

後來，我的生母發現，我現在的媽媽從來沒有大學畢業，我現在的爸爸則連高中畢業也沒有。她拒絕在認養文件上做最後簽字。直到幾個月後，我的養父母同意將來一定會讓我上大學，她才軟化態度。

十七年後，我上大學了。但是當時我無知選了一所學費幾乎跟史丹佛一樣貴的大學，我那工人階級的父母所有積蓄都花在我的學費上。六個月後，我看不出唸這個書的價值何在。

那時候，我不知道這輩子要幹什麼，也不知道唸大學能對我有什麼幫助，而且我為了唸這個書，花光了我父母這輩子的所有積蓄，所以我決定休學，相信船到橋頭自然直。

當時這個決定看來相當可怕，可是現在看來，那是我這輩子做過最好的決定之一。當我休學之後，我再也不用上我沒興趣的必修課，把時間拿去聽那些我有興趣的課。

這一點也不浪漫。我沒有宿舍，所以我睡在友人家裡的地板上，靠著回收可樂空罐的五先令退費買吃的，每個星期天晚上得走七哩的路繞過大半個鎮去印度教的HareKrishna 神廟吃頓好料。我喜歡Hare Krishna神廟的好料。追尋我的好奇與直覺，我所駐足的大部分事物，後來看來都成了無價之寶。

舉例來說：

當時里德學院有著大概是全國最好的書法指導。在整個校園內的每一張海報上，每個抽屜的標籤上，都是美麗的手寫字。因為我休學了，可以不照正常選課程序來，所以我跑去學書法。我學了serif與san serif 字體，學到在不同字母組合間變更字間距，學到活版印刷偉大的地方。書法的美好、歷史感與藝術感是科學所無法捕捉的，我覺得那很迷人。

我沒預期過學的這些東西能在我生活中起些什麼實際作用，不過十年後，當我在設計第一台麥金塔時，我想起了當時所學的東西，所以把這些東西都設計進了麥金塔裡，這是第一台能印刷出漂亮東西的電腦。如果我沒沉溺於那樣一門課裡，麥金塔可能就不會有多重字體跟變間距字體了。又因為Windows抄襲了麥金塔的使用方式，如果當年我沒這樣做，大概世界上所有的個人電腦都不會有這些東西，印不出現在我們看到的漂亮的字來了。當然，當我還在大學裡時，不可能把這些點點滴滴預先串在一起，但是這在十年後回顧，就顯得非常清楚。

我再說一次，你不能預先把點點滴滴串在一起；唯有未來回顧時，你才會明白那些點點滴滴是如何串在一起的。所以你得相信，你現在所體會的東西，將來多少會連接在一塊。你得信任某個東西，直覺也好，命運也好，生命也好，或者業力。這種作法從來沒讓我失望，也讓我的人生整個不同起來。

我的第二個故事，有關愛與失去。

我好運－年輕時就發現自己愛做什麼事。我二十歲時，跟Steve Wozniak在我爸媽的車庫裡開始了蘋果電腦的事業。我們拼命工作，蘋果電腦在十年間從一間車庫裡的兩個小夥子擴展成了一家員工超過四千人、市價二十億美金的公司，在那之前一年推出了我們最棒的作品－麥金塔，而我才剛邁入人生的第三十個年頭，然後被炒魷魚。

要怎麼讓自己創辦的公司炒自己魷魚？
好吧，當蘋果電腦成長後，我請了一個我以為他在經營公司上很有才幹的傢伙來，他在頭幾年也確實幹得不錯。可是我們對未來的願景不同，最後只好分道揚鑣，董事會站在他那邊，炒了我魷魚，公開把我請了出去。曾經是我整個成年生活重心的東西不見了，令我不知所措。

有幾個月，我實在不知道要幹什麼好。我覺得我令企業界的前輩們失望－我把他們交給我的接力棒弄丟了。我見了創辦HP的David Packard跟創辦Intel的Bob Noyce，跟他們說我很抱歉把事情搞砸得很厲害了。我成了公眾的非常負面示範，我甚至想要離開矽谷。

但是漸漸的，我發現，我還是喜愛著我做過的事情，在蘋果的日子經歷的事件沒有絲毫改變我愛做的事。我被否定了，可是我還是愛做那些事情，所以我決定從頭來過。

當時我沒發現，但是現在看來，被蘋果電腦開除，是我所經歷過最好的事情。成功的沉重被從頭來過的輕鬆所取代，每件事情都不那麼確定，讓我自由進入這輩子最有創意的年代。

接下來五年，我開了一家叫做 NeXT的公司，又開一家叫做Pixar的公司，也跟後來的老婆談起了戀愛。Pixar接著製作了世界上第一部全電腦動畫電影，玩具總動員，現在是世界上最成功的動畫製作公司。然後，蘋果電腦買下了NeXT，我回到了蘋果，我們在NeXT發展的技術成了蘋果電腦後來復興的核心。我也有了個美妙的家庭。

我很確定，如果當年蘋果電腦沒開除我，就不會發生這些事情。這帖藥很苦口，可是我想蘋果電腦這個病人需要這帖藥。有時候，人生會用磚頭打你的頭。不要喪失信心。我確信，我愛我所做的事情，這就是這些年來讓我繼續走下去的唯一理由。

你得找出你愛的，工作上是如此，對情人也是如此。

你的工作將填滿你的一大塊人生，唯一獲得真正滿足的方法就是做你相信是偉大的工作，而唯一做偉大工作的方法是愛你所做的事。如果你還沒找到這些事，繼續找，別停頓。盡你全心全力，你知道你一定會找到。而且，如同任何偉大的關係，事情只會隨著時間愈來愈好。所以，在你找到之前，繼續找，別停頓。

我的第三個故事，關於死亡。

當我十七歲時，我讀到一則格言，好像是「把每一天都當成生命中的最後一天，你就會輕鬆自在。」

這對我影響深遠，在過去33年裡，我每天早上都會照鏡子，自問：「如果今天是此生最後一日，我今天要幹些什麼？」每當我連續太多天都得到一個「沒事做」的答案時，我就知道我必須有所變革了。

提醒自己快死了，是我在人生中下重大決定時，所用過最重要的工具。因為幾乎每件事－所有外界期望、所有名譽、所有對困窘或失敗的恐懼－在面對死亡時，都消失了，只有最重要的東西才會留下。提醒自己快死了，是我所知避免掉入自己有東西要失去了的陷阱裡最好的方法。人生不帶來，死不帶去，沒什麼道理不順心而為。

一年前，我被診斷出癌症。我在早上七點半作斷層掃描，在胰臟清楚出現一個腫瘤，我連胰臟是什麼都不知道。醫生告訴我，那幾乎可以確定是一種不治之症，我大概活不到三到六個月了。醫生建議我回家，好好跟親人們聚一聚，這是醫生對臨終病人的標準建議。那代表你得試著在幾個月內把你將來十年想跟小孩講的話講完。那代表你得把每件事情搞定，家人才會盡量輕鬆。那代表你得跟人說再見了。

我整天想著那個診斷結果，那天晚上做了一次切片，從喉嚨伸入一個內視鏡，從胃進腸子，插了根針進胰臟，取了一些腫瘤細胞出來。我打了鎮靜劑，不醒人事，但是我老婆在場。她後來跟我說，當醫生們用顯微鏡看過那些細胞後，他們都哭了，因為那是非常少見的一種胰臟癌，可以用手術治好。所以我接受了手術，康復了。

這是我最接近死亡的時候，我希望那會繼續是未來幾十年內最接近的一次。經歷此事後，我可以比之前死亡只是抽象概念時要更肯定告訴你們下面這些：沒有人想死。即使那些想上天堂的人，也想活著上天堂。但是死亡是我們共有的目的地，沒有人逃得過。這是註定的，因為死亡簡直就是生命中最棒的發明，是生命變化的媒介，送走老人們，給新生代留下空間。現在你們是新生代，但是不久的將來，你們也會逐漸變老，被送出人生的舞台。抱歉講得這麼戲劇化，但是這是真的。

你們的時間有限，所以不要浪費時間活在別人的生活裡。

不要被信條所惑－盲從信條就是活在別人思考結果裡。

不要讓別人的意見淹沒了你內在的心聲。

最重要的，擁有跟隨內心與直覺的勇氣，你的內心與直覺多少已經知道你真正想要成為什麼樣的人。

任何其他事物都是次要的。

在我年輕時，有本神奇的雜誌叫做 Whole Earth Catalog，當年我們很迷這本雜誌。那是一位住在離這不遠的Menlo Park的Stewart Brand發行的，他把雜誌辦得很有詩意。那是1960年代末期，個人電腦跟桌上出版還沒發明，所有內容都是打字機、剪刀跟拍立得相機做出來的。雜誌內容有點像印在紙上的Google，在Google出現之前35年就有了：理想化，充滿新奇工具與神奇的註記。

Stewart跟他的出版團隊出了好幾期Whole Earth Catalog，然後出了停刊號。當時是1970年代中期，我正是你們現在這個年齡的時候。

在停刊號的封底，有張早晨鄉間小路的照片，那種你去爬山時會經過的鄉間小路。

在照片下有行小字：

求知若飢，虛心若愚。

那是他們親筆寫下的告別訊息，我總是以此自許。

當你們畢業，展開新生活，我也以此期許你們。

求知若飢，虛心若愚。

非常謝謝大家。

Allstars.

Winter comes, 5 all time brands throughout my life.

1, Duffer Of St George,
2, 45RPM,
3, One True Saxon,
4, Double RL,
5, Muji.

I hope Hong Kong won't have summer from now on. I hate melting.

I haven't write for so long.

I haven't write a word for totally 2 weeks now. And I re-confirm that, I love writing. When I have to write a lot every day in the past, I hate writing so much; but when I have no chance to write now (even it's just trashy mass wordings), it reminds me how i miss writing. And I really hope I can meet Alan Zeman next week, for myself and for responsibility, he must be a very clever man to talk to and to write about.

When I have no chance to write, I watch Jamie Oliver's DVD at home alone, then I am happy and satisfied. There must be some relationship between writing and Jamie the chef, I need some time to figure out what it is.

P.S. Thx for the book from someone. I enjoy reading it, very much.

Pls don't call me a betrayal.

I am a Mac man.

I love Mac computer much more than PC. I love Steve Job's character much more than the richest man Bill Gates. I think Mac's OS is much user-friendly than PC's. That is, I love Mac coz I love the more clever one.

My first computer, that I buy when I even don't know what a computer can do, is an Apple IIe. I am in primary school. The milky white color Mac used to use, molds my love and hatred of color scheme from that day. Yes, Mac is just subtly cool, if u look at it carefully.

But at the end, I bought a Dell PC which will be delivered to me next week. There r mainly 2 points for me to make such a decision.

1) for my lovely iPod. All u iPod-users know that, if u r using a PC at office but using a Mac at home, your iPod can't connect to both platform well. I can't push my company to change a Mac for me in office (that I ask for many times), then I have to compromise;

2) for the display ability of chinese. Mac, even how I love it, can't display chinese language well on desktop (and some scroll bar of some websites). That's one of the deadly disadvantage of Mac, even till now.

Of course, PC still has some bonus when u utilities it fully, like BT, like PPlive etc all those ethically illegal stuffs. That is, PC is much more evil than Mac, and I finally choose to use (I will never use the word "love" for PC) something evil at home. And I am very evil now...

This writing is for the memory of my iMac which besides me for over 5 years. Pls don't call me a betrayal, or else my iMac and I both will hug together and cry. Thank you very much.


photo caption(1): my first Apple IIe
photo caption(2): iMac with me for over 5 yrs (mine is a red one)
photo caption(3): My coming evil Dell, 19" LCD mon is even bigger than my TV.

311005-081105, 5 boys r wif me again.

I am grateful I have holiday last week and 5 boys r all wif me. No matter what's N's unreasonable reason to ask me to look after doggy boys, I agree and do it.

There's always fools in the world that don't think clear in mind what's rite and what's wrong, what's important and what's not. I am glad I am not the one. I wish boys r all enjoying the short days wif me, even though they have to listen to too much Cheers, 500 and J.

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Holidays for me, is busier than normal working days. Yes, I have too much to do packed within 1 week. My best frd has also lots of unpredictable weird experiences during these 7 days (like go to police office for stupid reason that I can't stop laugh. He's really my best frd that always entertain me, and he's such a good person as well).

Anyway, we work hard for what we want, we are coz we do.

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Am I lonely and unhappy and unsatisfied? Yes I am and No I am not. Yes coz I am working alone, pass my day alone, working hard for my own; No coz I know growth is not an easy task. Growth is to do it, even when the real situation is totally fucked. I eventually know what is mature now--keep your mouth shit, just do it.

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Boys are waiting for Mummy now. Tomorrow morning some boys I luv (Casey and Ceska) will leave. I don't want to go sleep till then, afraid I can't touch them and hug them and bite them and kiss them, after i fall asleep.

Furniture of the year.

I love furniture and I love fonts (fonts for me are the most attractive element of graphix design). I am not lying, I have think of producing furniture in fonts shape b4 (I can't do it of coz due to shortage of money capital), but Set26 of Swissland did it.

26 letters they provide (I am not that happy they don't provide numbers, and of coz I wanna order number 7!), with several colors and u can get whatever words by your own. Obviously it's my furniture for 2005. Hope other fonts will be added by them, apart from Helvetica which most easily produced (I want Cooper Black! I want Cooper Black!!).

The last pix is my stool of the year: Pantone produces color scheme stool. And it's a pity they just have 4 colors now for web order (all are variations of color yellow, you are yellow lover, you must love it, rite?). I want green and bungundy and grey, that they don't have. All in all, it's already comes up on my list for the X'mas gift for myself (though it's quite expensive actually), and my Pantone-Ryan-McGinness-Supreme-skatebroad needs a partner, or else he will be too bored.

Wake up by N's sudden phone call at early morning makes me feel not so good whole day, so, gdnite.

On 021105, I go with Cowy to Joey Yung's last nite concert.

It's a good concert and a good nite.

I love Joey Yung coz she's not pretty but being one of the biggest star now in HK, I love Joey Yung coz she loves to sing and she can sing well. I love Joey Yung coz she loves to sing and can do what she likes for her career. Actually, I want to be Joey Yung, and everyone wants to be Joey Yung. She works hard, no matter what cost she has to pay (u all know what I mean), and she succeeds.

The show, especially the last nite, has every element to be a good show: clever arrangement of run-down, clever picking of songs being performed, clever encore moment, clever picking of guest appearance (the sad Wong Kit and one of her mentor), singing wholeheartedly, dancing wholeheartedly. Yes, I just love mass concert like this, when I got older and older. Like I love more and more hollywood blockblaster movies when I got older, that I hate most when I am young and studing in film school. Human changes, I am human, and so I am changed, too.

I must admitted that, many time when I am listening to her performance, I am touched. I almost cry out when she sings for several songs. When I choose to join Easyfinder, I know well I have changed inside. Mass is something, it means some kinds of collective enjoyment, and niche is nothing, at all.

Hope the freshing and bright and lovely Cowy enjoys like I am. Hope she has a good nite too.

3 songs below, melodies all so good and pop in quality, lyrics are written in a manner I should learn to write my words: direct yet in-depth yet touching: one is I like most, one is someone told me to listen b4, and one is what I think in this moment.

Gdnite and sweet dream.
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啜泣
作曲：舒文
填詞：林夕
編曲：舒文
監製：舒文

誰明白我想　想一覺熟睡
誰料我竟　參加這派對
期待你陪著我不登對都有趣

就趁你快樂問你喜歡誰
你卻說是否指戀愛伴侶
若是那種　自問怕累
然後我咬著唇勒住眼淚

＊如若我肯　撫心去自問
　其實我想　得到你一吻
　然後你承認我　我是誰的候任

　就算我已鑒定你非好人
　也至少換得到一個烙印
　但是我想　並沒有問
　其實你這壞人　從來未為女生虔誠認真＊

＃我愛你這秘密誰願意去證實
　得到這憂鬱症也不委屈
　將燈光關上後便放心懷念你
　只可惜只夠力啜泣

　我對你再老實難令你變老實
　單戀者都可以勇敢呼吸
　趁你我還未消失
　寧願別公開秘密（明白就公開秘密）
　直到末日＃
Repeat＊＃＃

其實我想　躲於你附近
其實我想　賭賭我命運
然後我想…

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心淡 容祖兒

作曲：徐繼宗
填詞：黃偉文
編曲：唐奕聰
監製：陳永明／舒文

想不起　怎麼會病到不分好歹
連受苦都甜美
我每日捱著　不睬不理
但卻捱不死　又去癡纏你
難道終此一生
都要這麼　不可爭一口氣

＊很謙卑　只不過是我太過愛你
　連自尊都忘記
　跌到極麻木　只好相信
　又再爬得起　就會有轉機
　若我不懂憎你　如何離別你
　亦怕不會飛＊

＃由這一分鐘開始計起　春風秋雨間
　恨（限）我對你以半年時間　慢慢的心淡
　付清　賬單
　平靜的對你熱度退減

　一天一點傷心過　這一百數十晚
　大概也夠我　送我來回地獄又折返人間
　春天分手　秋天會習慣
　苦沖開了便淡＃
Repeat＊（＃）

（說甚麼再平反）
只怕被迫一起更礙眼
（往後這半年間）
只愛自己　雖說不太習慣
畢竟有限　就當　過關
Repeat（＃）

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分身術
作曲：徐繼宗
填詞：黃偉文
編曲：唐奕聰
監製：舒文

一出街　能重遇你不禁心中暗喜
一轉身　為何又有一個分身的你
這裡有你　那裡有你
每個途人亦似足從前的你

彷彿將　藏在下意識中黑盒揭起
鎖起的　舊愛記憶集體傾巢逃離
四百個你　八百個你
企滿行人路裡　步步露殺機

無謂太過　我欠你什麼這麼迫我
你不是那一天　已撇下我麼
還是我　被害後幻像太多

＊怎麼我眼內　人人像你　人人是你
　沿途萬里　完全被封鎖
　前方街角尚有幾多個　徘徊著
　未散的　靈魂在共我拍拖
　你的分身　怎麼緊貼著我
　到底真的假的經已混和＊

還是以前的事　不捨得的一個是我

小小的提示　亦會將你清楚記起
不小心　望見某君像你一堂濃眉
看進眼裡　也變作你
陳年舊戲幕幕又揭起

無謂太過　我欠你什麼苦苦追我
你不是那一天　已撇下我麼
還是我　極念舊　後患太多

REPEAT＊

還是以前的事　最拋不低的那是我

沒有人懲罰我　完全是我　難平復淒楚
憑空的塑造出幾千個
徘徊著　未散的　靈魂在共我拍拖
那些追憶　本可一躍就過
我偏喜歡給它一再折磨
其實滿懷執著　不甘心的一個是我

We are all Duffer.

I just love Duffer Of St George from day 1.

Duffer, if u wanna know the meaning, means the one who is Stupid. It's a subtle brand that combines England's tradition with American college style (or Ivy League stuffs, if u want naming and iconing).

If u like english football, vintage stuffs, fonts, brit-pop music, color of green and brown, london, nerd, geek, Rayban-type thick black or horn-rim glasses etc, Duffer is undoubtedly your choice.

I always think Tomas Chan the famous stylist is a fan of Duffer. I also have seen the famous culture icon Lam Yik Wah wearing the same Duffer classic zip-up hoodie as what I am wearing when I came across him someday. Yes, Duffer means extra somethings to me, or us.

N knows well how I love Duffer (that I wear XL and at the closed Ad Hoc shop by Joyce they have only L clothings from Duffer, I still buy them without thought). If there is no Duffer in the world, there won't be Slam City Skate, Holmes, 6876, Silas, One True Saxon, Gimme Five, the Hideout shop, Jamie Oliver style, Tonite and Pam.

And I am real glad Duffer finally have online ordering now. So apart from www.wellgosh.com, I can order them at www.duffer.co.uk.

AA.

Yes, I am 30mething now. And I remember how the minimal cult of us 30's built up, which stems the root at the 80's.

80's is the period of bad taste. Loudness, big logos, color of gold, big padded shoulder, all makes me sick (of coz, if someone is flirting with bad taste, like Jeremy Scott the icon man of that, it's another story coz it contains creativity inside). But for me, never. Just like the new term "bling bling", is nothing but bad taste.

So when we are young as students, we are so excited: when Muji finally come HK, hillside A.P.C. small shops, all those Go-Stanley-GapChino&PocketT-Hunting-Saturday-trip, RRL shop opened in TST, Joyce warehouse wandering for Helmut Lang off seasons stuffs, asking friends to buy Carhartt Europe when they go London, go Tokyo buy the best jeans of 45RPM silently, Urban Outfitter being the only must visit shop when I go US (and the hk copy-cat version Issue.com still do some goodness for the mass, if I have to conclude), water shops' introduction of Silas and One True Saxon collections, Tom of Tom (it's the famous hk stylist Tomas Chan's own clothing shop! Mr.Stephen Chow is a fan, and Max of Dusty being salesman there b4!) shop opened in Style House (with a big egg and a grass ground as window display, which still infulencing Jan Lamb), Shopaholic shop opened in Yui Wah street (don't tell me u don't know this nice shop, which closed in pity yrs already, a shop we should support till we die), Duffer Of St George and 6876 (still) being low-key must have, MM hits I.T, and the final coming of Kitsune at Dmop (trust me, top quality fabric as well as top class subtle graphix).

Because of 80's ugliness, we want to go the other way: as subtle as we can. Fashion is nothing for us, we just need clothings, fine quality daily clothings, to state precisely.

And AA that haunted me for over 3 years, finally can be ordered by web. AA for me, is a funny sexy yet more colourful version of affordable Helmet Lang (look at the vest and bags and wind jackets then u will know what I mean).

Yes, for daily use of clothes, I just need them to be plain.

www.americanapparel.net