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《尋秦記》 電影版 (2026) ～ 滕麗名 飾演 善柔

巧合：🪦🧹 & 🐣🐇🍫?

某人嘅祭品好似畀烏鴉友🐦‍⬛輸咗去喎…希望某人嘅祖先唔會介意同烏鴉一群分享啲燒雞髀🍗啦！😸［尋日公曆四月五號，清明節頭一日 —— 咁啱，今年嘅清明開頭同西方嘅復活節喺同一日！—— 喺廟同骨灰龕拜見姑媽姑丈時睇到嘅場面。］

新詞：骨灰龕 (🥮 gwat¹ fui¹ ham¹*)

一年先嚟一次，唔怪得我爲呢個日子冇記性喇！一時之間都唔清楚應該寫咩先好……忽然諗起到聽日5月8號係 「驢子之日」，就嚟一張我家驢仔 P.P.喜士定 嘅靚相吧！(笑) 相係上個禮拜影嘅，而家就有個好籍口將佢曬出嚟畀大家睇一眼喇！(笑）

睇到呢兩隻驢馬仔，我就諗到一番學咗冇幾耐嘅新成語。就係：驢年馬月。意思就係話 「等到頸都長咗，都唔會發生嘅某件事」。換言之，就係話 「唔會發生嘅事」。好喇！都諗唔到仲有咩多講，今日就到此爲止！聽日先同 P.P.喜士定慶祝 「驢子之日」 吧！(梗係係講笑㗎喇！)

本應該係河國榮先生59歲嘅牛一，

一個小小嘅貼文向佢致敬。

On what would have been Mr Gregory Charles Rivers's 59th birthday this April 30th, a little post in tribute to him.

相 ①–②：80年代尾。啱啱嚟到香港冇幾耐，後生嘅河國榮。

Photos ①–②: The late 1980s. A young Rivers, still fairly new to Hong Kong then.

同太太Bonnie。兩人結婚卅幾年，夫妻一向恩愛。因為太太早有心臟病所以兩人早已決定唔要生仔。河太最終病情惡化比先生早先逝去。河國榮 (根據朋友口供) 哀傷過度，到最後決定跟隨太太。太太過咗身兩個月左右，好遺憾，河國榮選擇自盡。

With his wife Bonnie. The two had been lovingly married for over 30 years and decided not to have children because of Bonnie's heart condition. His wife's illness eventually took a turn for the worse. Rivers (according to friends) was overwhelmed with grief and regrettably, decided to join his wife barely two months after her passing.

同佢收養嘅狗仔。河生河太都好鍾意狗。有一陣仲收養咗總共十三隻狗仔添！

With his rescue dogs. Mr Rivers and his wife loved dogs and at one time had as many as 13 rescue dogs under their care!

近排屋企多咗個新成員…聽到屋企有新成員到達，犬夜叉同鷄蛋仔嚟湊熱鬧。睇起嚟戇居居唔識反抗，背上仲有埋個鞍嘅一條龍，兩隻嘢都忍唔住即刻騎坐佢背脊！

佢哋將無牙當成搖搖車嘞！🙀 喂！你哋一個二個真係嘅！雖然佢係好欺負，但係你哋都唔應該蝦佢嘛！你哋噉叫歡迎新成員咩？！該偎囉！

Was looking up some old videos of Gregory Charles Rivers (aka 河國榮) and just have to share/archive this one here too.

Because… he's being adorkable, his deep love for 廣東話 (Cantonese) and 中文 (written Chinese) is lovely to feel and see here, and (hopefully) he will/still can inspire and encourage Cantonese/Chinese learners now and in the future through a video like this, as he did for me.

When you remember he only started learning (Cantonese) in his 20s, in an era where there was no widespread Internet, and book resources for learning Cantonese were even more scarce and non-Standardised than today, it makes his achievements all the more impressive!

For anyone who thinks Cantonese/Chinese is impossible to learn well, Mr Rivers is proof that (barring disabilities like dyslexia, economic barriers, etc.) it can be done with the right attitude and often, just the willingness to put in the hard work!

n.b.: Video was first shared c. June 2023.

English Translation Under Cut Below

《說筆 》 🖋️

「嚟到香港三十幾年嘅我，睇中文字，完全冇問題！打字，都唔差嘅喎！我打過粵拼音都可以打到幾快下嘅。噉但係，寫字呢，heh heh…差啲呀！

寫字真係差啲。因為寫字呢，係需要練習。你唔練呢就唔記得點寫嘅，或者係寫得肉酸。

我覺得中文字可以好靈嘅喎噉所以呢，我決定咗一定要練習寫字。噉，但係如果喺電話度呢，用手指去寫字我真係唔得嘅，我嘅手指太粗。Heh！

所以呢…我買咗呢枝筆！

『大家都學種菜好唔好？︶‿︶』

所以呢！以後喺電話度寫中文字嘅時候我都會堅持用枝筆去寫字，希望越寫越靚。

對寫中文字呢樣嘢失傳嘅話，大家都要 「說不」 ！

「說筆」 …明…明…明唔明呀？「說不」，「一枝筆」，「說不」 又唔係 「筆字」 嘅 「筆」 …又係 「不」，不過又唔係 「筆」 …heh heh！

總之，大家都堅持寫字嘞！」

十幾年前買咗呢本書但從冇將佢由頭到尾連續讀完過…直到先排！而今晚終於畀我睇完嘞！好開心終於可以對自己有所交代！(⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠) 亦都可以話我總算喺呢本書上冇嘥到錢！(笑)

當時買呢本書時係全因為畀當年嘅日劇 《新參者》 影響到。多得嗰齣劇我先對東野圭吾呢位作家嘅作品開始多留意幾眼。之前雖然都有同佢嗰個 《嫌疑犯X的獻身》 嘅作品接觸過，又好鍾意嗰齣福山雅治主演翻拍戲，但係只係睇咗 《新參者》 之後我先開始真正欣賞到東野先生嘅作品。

睇我呢本書嘅封面都可以估到同查得我到底幾時買到呢本小說㗎啦！(笑) 除咗呢本之外，我仲有多幾本東野先生嘅作品，當然包括 《新參者》 在內。但係，當時多數係一時衝動～當年冇得選擇，想讀由日文翻譯過嘅東野作品，就只有中文翻譯版可揀～先買咗咁多嘅嘞（東野當時係喺日本同其他東亞洲國家最紅嘅時期嘛…雖然已經以作家嘅身份出道好多年嘞～呢本 《沉睡的森林》 亦都係佢其中最早嘅作品之一，故仔期間係發生喺80年代，而睇下出版日期亦都係1989年初印），但憑我嗰時嘅中文水準，真係冇信心可以順利睇完一本實質嘅小說…結果一年拖一年，買咗都係嚟擺靚㗎！(笑) 咁多年嚟，冇抖過幾次！(囧)

而家仔細睇翻封面先留意到，封面上嘅描述詞有啲好笑添！「獵犬般的名偵探」…「《新參者》 帥哥刑事過往大公開！」…「獵犬般」 就可以講得通，但係 「帥哥」就有啲誇張啩？(笑) 講到底，我哋嘅刑警靚唔靚仔完全都（應該）係要靠讀者嘅想像力先嚟決定嘛！唔係咩？(笑) 睇嚟，寫出呢段簡介嘅人太畀阿部 寬（演飾偵探加賀恭一郎嘅演員）受到影響嘞！亦都對佢有啲偏心眼喎！雖然話我都覺得阿部 寬真係幾靚仔嘅！(笑)

Posted this on my Insta Stories, and thought this is the kind of silly info post Langblr will appreciate too! 😺