<A week in the Playoff>

I always wonder why the Jockey Club does not offer any betting opportunity on NBA. I mean, if there were some legal ways that i can bet for NBA Playoff results, i should have earned pretty good return, though not as profitable as in those crazy IPOs.

In retrospect, I think my views towards the first round are largely correct – Pistons just swept 4 – 0 the little Howard-Magic, Cavs three easy wins over Wizards, Bulls 4-0 over Heat (and more importantly Walker doesn’t get as many 3s as he wishes). My prediction : Cavs 4-1.

Golden State successfully stole one from Dallas (not surprising), Dirk sucked in Game 1, Golden State offensive shined etc.  Dallas is so strong to come back in Game 2 (that’s why they won 60+ games).  Golden State still have good chances of sending Mavs home, but i think , seriously, if they are to win the serious, they cannot have any of their offensive weapons being tossed anymore. In Game 2, both Baron Davis and S. Jackson were ejected. When you don’t have any defensive, you cannot lose any of your guns at the offensive end. This will be a tight series. Golden State in six or Mavs in Seven. Prediction, G.S, 3-1, G.S. 3-2, G.S. 4-2 evetually.

Rockets won 2 straight in a row and then lost 2 straight. Not really surprising. Another tight series, Mcgrady first will enter the second of Playoff in his career.

Another not surprise, Suns 3-1 Lakers. I bet Suns 4-1.

I watched Game 2 of Suns and Lakers yesterday. Instead of watching Kobe vs Bell (and i don’t think Bell himself can defend Kobe, honest), I enjoy the Marion vs Odom matchup. Versatile, long arms,  well-rounded,  seriously underrated all star. If choosing between being Jordan and being Pippen is possible (READ: there is no such choice), not many want to be Pippen. But Pippen does have a market. Pippen himself cannot lead any team, but if you put a superstar around him, he life himself to that superstar level (at least 80%).

I think both Marion and Odom do not want to be Pippen. But if they try to leave the team, it will be a complete disaster – Remember Joe Johnson? Three years ago, Joe was the most improved player in Suns (YES, exactly the first year Nash rejoined the Suns. You know why I love Nash so much). Unsatisfied for being the 3 or even 4th best player in a successful team (A. Stud was healthy, alongside Marion and Nash. Richardson broke the record of 3s make in Suns made by D. Majarie in that season), Joe opted for a lucrative contract and joined a lottery-bound team – Atlanta Hawks (In the sign-and-trade deal, Suns in return got Boris Diaw, the most improve player last year). I was really upset by Joe’s move. I am sure playing around Nash is really the funnies thing in playing basketball – in no less than 10 different games, i saw Sun players smiled while playing the game seriously. Joe is still good in Atlanta, but not as good as he is supposed to be. He is a good player, but not a great leader, which is an essential element in building a team.

<C side – Bonus DVD>

從網誌得知, 她和他近日後翻看了我的舊照. 嗯… 我好像沒有台灣黑澀會的小妹妹般, 拍下許多裸照吧.

哼, 即使拍了, 也不是件怎么難為情的事. 那時候的我, 雙十年華, 一對深溝, 蛇腰一舞… 好了好了. 當年, 他不知對我有多迷戀. 每天接送返學放學, 外賣早午晚三餐, 呵護備至. 比起家中的賓賓, 只懂叫 mum, 但乜差都唔識做, 他體貼得多. 男人能給的溫柔, 他與我一起時, 早就做到一百分了.

我也當然愛他.

儘管妒忌我吧, 妒忌我這個他愛過的女人.

沒有妳的妒忌 我也記不起我是曾經這麼的美麗.

畢竟這都是過去了. 年少氣盛, 即使那時大家深愛對方, 一言不合, 大罵一場, 繼而分手. 至今好像已經有八, 九年吧…嗯, 記不起來了.

其實誰又有空理會咸豐年代的事? 今天大家都有了別的伴侶, 生活應該蠻寫意 – 起碼會妒忌這么一個我的女孩, 大概是深愛著他吧.

<當十分鐘的內輪佐助>

究竟男人何時會想起舊女友?

所謂的想起, 是 “掛念” / “懷緬” 那一種.

看過相簿, 不一定會掛念舊女友 (看裸照又是另計). 我想, 午夜甚至乎係凌晨夢迴, 都未必會想起以前的女友. 女人感到寂寞時或會想起以前的男友, 但男人不會. 在街上見到舊女友拖著比別的男生, 案件發生時/後, 男人很少會想起女友. 當然, 部份是由於 “她居然搵個咁醜樣” 而掛住沾沾自喜, 唔記得諗起女友.

有女友, 也不代表不會想起以前的女友. 不是你銀包袋住張一千銀就唔可以袋多張五百銀. 無錢另計.

很多男人是與別的女人做愛, 射精時會想起以前的女友. 她的胸脯, 她的蛇腰, 她的口技, 她的呻吟… 好了…  至於她的面孔, 反而記不起來. 怎樣記, 也記不起來. 除非是她那一副興奮的面孔. 這是為何看舊女友裸照, 會想起舊女友.

這種掛住, 老實說, 幾低層次. 但炒冷飯也要說, 殷海光說不能解決金字塔中最低層次的需要, 其他的想也不要想; 千萬別學坊間的所謂投資者, 未學炒股先去炒窩輪 (其實殷海光唔知乜野係窩輪). 何況, 男人根本是種低層次的生物.

也不是男人射精時才會記起以前的女友. 說得闊一點. 當男人與女性有交流時, 偶爾會想起以前女友.

到加連威老道, 和女友人吃番茄餐肉撈蛋面時, 忽爾發現冰室一角坐著的小情侶, 正在研究吃甚么. “他們大概是第一次來吧” 老闆也認識的你心想. 這時候, 你不期然想起第一次跟前女友來到冰室, 就坐在小情侶的位置. 你們也正在竊竊私語, 搞不清楚甚么值得吃. 你轉頭望著坐在旁邊的友人, 想起她的笑容, 你差點就把她叫作傻豬, 然後用力擠她的面豬登.

再看真一點, 你才發現冰室那部 16 吋電視, 又正播著旺角場的足總盃. 電視下面的月曆, 又是九月. 你和她分手, 又整整一年了.

然後吃面時, 你腦海就不斷浮現昨日的情景. 每一次和她吃番茄面, 你也能夠記起. 來了好幾次, 才發現最好吃不是番茄面, 而是番茄撈蛋; 油占多的麵包, 其實是隔夜的, 還是隔了很多夜那種. 其實是 “叔” 的. 口中的午餐肉, 開始溶化. 與她經歷的一切, 就像傳說人臨死前會想起生前一切片段般, 片刻傾瀉.

身邊的只是女生, 未必是你有意思的人. 所以你不算偷情, 不算欺騙. 但心神恍惚得像吃了大麻, 女生怎會察覺不到? 於是乎, 大家默默的吃完一頓番茄面. 你也不知怎么, 硬是覺得像幹了虧心事, 也頓時不想有個人在身邊 – 儘管明明是你致電人家, 說很久沒有吃過, 硬要最討厭番茄的人家陪你吃. 你隨便找個借口, 說有點事要幹, 然後一個人行加記.

才不過過了加拿芬道的十字路口, 你就發現, 甚么也記不起來了. 望著陌生的女生, 你又再記不起舊女友的容貌. 一切如煙.

為何這種感覺和女生一起才有, 而和男生時沒有. 我倒不清楚. 但蠻清楚的是, 當有女伴在身邊, 那所謂 “when you were here, you are everything; when you weren’t here, everything is you” 的感覺就會噴出來. 大家就像擁有了寫輪眼, 什么法術魔法雜耍記憶愛念也一次過湧出來.

掛念人家, 為甚么不索性去找人? 好些事情, 過去就是過去, 沒有現在, 沒有未來. 偶爾懷緬一下, 這樣的人生, 可能會快樂一點.

靈感來源 :

下雨了

失戀太少

煎熬

<當一千步笑一步>

審計署發表報指應科院用 十八 萬睇風水後, 傳媒及評論員一窩蜂批評應科院.

好些批評, 是說竟然浪費公帑 十八 萬.

好些批評, 是說竟然用公帑看風水.

先說浪費公帑. 浪費了的何止 十八 萬? 把大埔的最後一塊海景地皮用作科研, 已是一大浪費 (幸好數碼港有個貝沙灣). 還有應科院, 一眾政府資助機構一年數百億經費, 說不出那項不是浪費. 當然, 政府也是一件廢物.

再說看風水是浪費. 這更令人感到撲朔迷離. 當徐步高犯案到張柏芝懷孕到特首選舉到世界杯到恒指2007年高位到樓市買賣整份報紙雜誌A-Z版也充斥各式各樣的風水專家通勝指南五行術數諸多意見時, 傳媒還好意思批評看風水是浪費公帑. 當龔如心遺產全數付予風水師曾蔭權找人看官邸風水新鴻基找一眾高人唱好比華利山馬榮成靠其命書一句 “一遇風雲便化龍” 起家時, 誰還敢說付鈔幫人看風水是種騙子行為? 我 buy 應科院總裁 楊日昌 (台灣人) 說以為風水是慣例是習俗. 何止是慣例? 簡直是會考必修科目.

老實說, 若我是楊日昌, 立刻訂閱 wisenews, 把過去三年有 “風水” 的本地文章一次過下載, 每個傳媒發一個 hardcopy. 當然也順便發一個給王永平.

當然, 楊日昌也要檢討一下, 風水師傅功力不夠. 下次應該找鍾應堂 .

<It’s SHOWTIME>

Didn’t write about NBA for quite a while (Indeed I didn’t write anything serious for quite a while). Anyway, officially the NBA now enters the Playoff, so, it’s time to Payoff -  I just feel obligated to write something about NBA.

This year is unique (as were the past years).  I believe (READ : I have no solid evidence) that this is the only year when the top 5 pick in a particular year can join the Playoff together.  Which year? Of course the most talented draft in recent NBA history, 2003 – L. James, D. Milicic (he does so well in Magic compared with days in the bench of Pistons), C. Anthony, C. Bosh and D. Wade. This was and is a crazy year. If you scroll down the list in (http://sports.espn.go.com/nbadraft/draft/tracker/histround?year=2003) you can see even more amazing names – B. Diaw, J. Howard and K. Kolver. Anyway, four of the top 5 will continue to dominate NBA in the coming 5 years.

Most Valuable Player. I will definitely vote for S. Nash… there is simply NO, repeat NO, player in the NBA history could or can single-handly lift the level of the players around him so significantly. Last year, the Most Improved Player was B. Diaw (he really sucks this year though), this year most likely to be L. Barbosa, who is 120% sure to be the Best 6th Men. He is so quick that I think he should quit NBA and join Lau Cheung for 110 hurdles in the coming Olympic. It is true that Marion is great, A. Stud is talented and others in Phoenix are good (esp. Kurt Thomas’s low post defense is really impressive).  But it is Nash that pull them together. In terms of contribution to Team Success, Nash is undoubtedly the best point guard ever in NBA. If there is a dictionary on NBA, the picture next to Point Guard is no longer Magic Johnson/ Issiah Thomas or anyone else not named Steven Nash.

But realistically, Kobe Bryant will probably get the MVP – scoring champ, 10 games over 50 points (including 4 games in a roll), bring K.Brown to Playoff, huge elbowS in killing foreign players…. he just simply deserves it. Dirk should have good chances, but he is surrounded by too good cast – J. Terry, J. Howard, J. Stackhouse. This tends to reduces the significances of Dirk’s role in the Mavs, though he is still the most important guy in Mavs.

This year is very competitive (READ : No team is outstanding), making it really difficult to guest the conference champion, leaving alone the NBA champion. But it is pretty sure that Wizards (no C. Butler, no Agent Zero), Magic (Playoff green D. Howard facing veterans Pistons) can play no more than 5 games more. Nuggets… well… should be thrown out by Spurs in 4 or 5 games – because not only Crawford will not be there (and hence Duncan wouldn’t be tossed for no reason), Parker/ Gino is a true defensive problem for AI. G. Karl simply can’t beat Popovich (yea typo, but I can’t type his name correctly anyway).

Other than these 3 series, all other are 5-5 ball. And here could be another thing making this year unique – last year’s conference champions could be home in series 2. Bulls vs Heat. Ben Wallace is a disastrous given his payroll (I lover T. Chandler more). But T. Thomas (I bet him the Rookie of the Year) should make up his offensive slack. If they can kill Wade (serious, I mean kill him) or sacrifice Wallace in return for Wade’s left shoulder… But I bet the Bulls can contain Shaq and partly Wade. Unless Walker can put in 10 3s (not attempt but field goals), Bulls should kick Heat out in 6 games. Or heat wins in 7.

And Golden state vs Dallas. Just feel so sad that Nash isn’t in Dallas (and the Suns isn’t facing GS). Else we will have the most entertaining playoff series EVER in human history with FG 70%, 3FG 75% and final scores like 190 vs 195 for each game. GS is too quick for Dallas and they have too many guns (Richardson, my best-friend beloved Davis, S. Jackson, R. Ellis, A. Harrington). And D Nelson can simply forget about defense.. indeed none of the above 5 guys know how to defend… If GS can steal one from Dallas in the first two, they could probably win the series. No kidding. No one else in the world knows Dirk more than D. Nelson does. So we shall see M Cuban in frustration (again) very soon. Anything more than 5 games will belong to Dallas.

This leaves us Sun vs Lakers, Rockets vs Jazz (I hate Jerry Sloan very much by the way. I hate him so much that I once doubted he is the father of J. Stockton AND K. Malone) and Net vs Raptors series. Sun could probably send Kobe home in 6 games (depends on whether Kobe can get 100 for each game). Rockets… um… see AK47 can shut down T Mac and uphold his first round curse. Yao really has to step up to get 35 points per game. Don’t be blocked by D. Williams or anyone shorter than 6-5… But Boozer and Okun (this tall man can shoot from the MidCourt. Think about a 7 foot Reggie Miller) are not stupid. We are not stupid… Net vs Raptors. Not easy for the then Air Canada to play in Toronto. and if R. Jefferson can’t slam, he is just a crap. I love Bosh (the ratio among his body, legs, hands and head is peculiar and he looks too like a monster). But Kidd+Jefferson+Carter is too high a wall for him alone to get over. So we have to bear with M. Moore for another series. If MorPet can make 7 3s from the corner every night, Raptors win.

A picture says a thousand words… how about two?

圖片副題 : 喬妹 (宋慧喬) 吃雪糕仍保持儀態 (圖一)，最後這頓下午茶由她簽卡請客 (圖二)。

我心中的疑問 :

1. 她是食雪糕, 不是吃雞脾或者原隻火雞. 難道記者吃雪糕時是飛擒大咬, 連膠杯匙羮一起吞的嗎?

2. 佢簽咭有乜好影?

3. 若記者相機的解像度夠高, 是可以拍下簽賬單上的資料 (姓名, 咭號碼, expiry date). 據聞只要知道個人生日日期, 就可以發假咭了. 記者是當車手的嗎?

疑問當然無聊. 但比起上述圖片, 這簡直是九牛一毛. 老實說, 娛樂版報導的當然是無聊貨, 但無聊也要有點意思. 像明報這樣連人家簽咭也要影, 仲登埋出黎, 簡直是低能. 比起方向報去拍人地用過既紙巾 m 巾毛巾, 或是數字傳媒拍濕身照偷拍人家換衫, 更低品味.

圖轉載自明報 (http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/star5.cfm?File=20070418/saa01/mba1.txt)

<Time heals…what if it doesn’t?>

據聞, 每當一個人既某種情緒到達頂點, 就會出現反常. 大概等同一個行將就木的人出現迴光反照, 或者股市狂瀉後出現所謂的技術性反彈.

於是乎, 上一陣子去 AIA 世界嘉年華, 坐在 G-FORCE 上面的我, 竟然情不自禁咁傻笑. 玩跳樓機個陣, 我揀左個面向維港既位, 一心諗住可以望下風景. 點知… 原來係上面等係好恐怖, 腦海一片空白, 就算有個冇著衫既薜凱琪 (well…. 佢冇乜身材. 改做林嘉欣好了), 你都唔得閒理.

好耐以前去海浪公園 (好似未夠 18 歲), 玩機動遊戲誓必要玩到嘔, 於是乎連續玩六次海盜船. 今次也不過是玩了數項最激的, 就被迫宣佈收皮了. 之後個整個星期, 五臟六腑也像搞作一團, 飯吃不下…

也記得有人說過 和她一起時, 她就是一切; 和她分開後, 一切都是她. 在天勝吃的吉列五花腩; 在銅鑼灣逛的 $10 店; 就連呆坐在家裏, 也彷佛看到她. 她在我電腦中的檔案, 我想, 我會繼續讓它們原封不動留在那裏. 永遠的留在那裏. 今日阿媽又問… 做乜咁耐唔見女友咧…

然後, 發神經地看了很多電影.

<拳王再臨>, 悶到腳震. 我頂佢個肺, 真係悶到抽筋. 史泰龍既英文, 我一句, 重申, 係一句都聽唔到. 但留意套戲係講多過打. 於是乎, 狂飛. 打個部份我又唔覺得特別好睇.

<門徒>. 就憑 “早熟” 加 “門徒”, 爾冬陞應該改拍 ETV. 佢差在未係套戲完之前走出黎, 講食白粉會死人破財含家剷, 然後播國歌. 至於金三國個幕戲, 世界各地既環保組織可以用黎做教材.

<愛
與淚相隨>. 前兩日睇魔疫, 同行人土話 “愛在遙遠的附近” 好o岩俾d 失戀既人睇, 我心諗咁我唔o岩睇, 皆因肯定會出事. 叫得愛與淚相隨,
肯定要又係韓國武警咁, 狂放催淚彈. 長澤正美一出場… 腦海頓時出現兩個人, 知道投入去睇, 一定出事. 於是乎 skip 黎睇.

<詹
端文, 單人匹馬>. 前排係銅鑼灣見到舖頭播, 超搞笑. 如果唔係小弟覺得太貴 ($140), 應該買左. 過左兩日, 同友人講開,
無一不破口大罵, 悶到抽筋. 當然唔信, 借來一看… 我無睇過咁悶既楝篤笑. 除左食字玩粗口, 真係悶到訓著… 點解會咁嫁.

<魔疫>. 佈局不錯, 最錯係 (1) 結局既爛 gag (大概和異形中女主角懷有異形啤啤一樣) 及 (2) 為搞呢個gag 而安排一場沒甚看頭的床上戲. 完全沒有必要.

聽說 <生日快樂> 的 DVD 有國粵語配音, 即係有返劉若英既國語. 但一諗起古天樂既國語, 電影公司肯定又會找來為古作國語配音…有冇朋友買左? 係咪只得一個主角有原聲?

Happy Friday, 去了唱k. 與友人把列表上周杰倫的歌也唱一次 (好些是兩次)… $120 一個人… 周杰倫是她最愛的明星呀… 去唱k, 某程度上是為了平復心情. 臨放工才收到一個電郵, 公司又有人走… 三年以來, 同在那個金字塔底層的, 11 個走了 7 個, 2 個調走了. 轉眼間, 我已成為年資第二高的人 (也不過是三年多). 看著管理層一錯再錯, 實在令人氣餒.

不論是一個辦公室還是球隊, 任何團隊最重要是成員各有所長, 各司其職. 好些隊員, 能力及效率不夠高. 如何令他們明白自己的弱點及於團體的位置, 將他們融入團隊, 欣賞他們的長處, 繼而令他們對團隊作出最大貢獻, 才是管理層首要任務. 最差的管理曾, 就會想盡辦法將他們趕出團隊, 一遇到不同心意的成員, 就將他如人球般推來推去, 無人肯接收; 或是從多方打壓, 務求從精神上打倒你.

誰不想當米高佐敦? 若球隊有五個佐敦, 我想, 球賽一定不好看, 球隊也一定不會成功. 若團隊太多聰明, 有實力的成員, 而晉升機會不多的話, 各人肯定會各自為政. 我想, 管理層 – 講明是管理層, 他們大可以舉高雙手乜正經野都唔做 – 的職責是組織團隊, 動員下面的人地做正經野, 而不是推波助瀾, 煽風點火, 搞分反, 搞鬥爭.

總有人負責防守, 總有人負責組織, 總有去搶籃板, 總要有人得分.

管理層整天也在說, 部門 2-3 年後會有另一翻景象. 我已在這裏工作了 3 年了, 還不是一樣的紊亂嗎?

咪撚再用口放屁咧.

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