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Tuesday, Oct. 02, 2012 11:11 p.m.
Done my first shift at Camden Arts Centre on Sunday. Chatted with a Brazilian girl who seemed slightly lost and nervous about life and a guy who just finished his MA a few weeks ago, had a girlfriend in London but moved back to Leicester to save money. Read captions carelessly and finished a few more pages of Perec, kept record of visitor number, answered a few questions, kept churning on the words by the artists in the artist talk on Thursday and re-evaluated some of the exhibits in my mind. The day had been long but not too bad. It was amazing how some people could spend over an hour on such small shows and kept coming back within several hours to 'squeeze meaning out of the pieces' (the shows were okay interesting but I didn't think it's possible to spend more than half an hour on them given that one went alone and had no discussion with anyone), and as usual, there were of course people who spent only 3 minutes for the whole floor, leaving you to wonder why they should come to the centre at all. --- ��從此以後，每炒一次豆角都是一次紀念，但那碟用印了A-Z讓小孩子邊食飯邊學英文的圓盤盛著的餐肉煎蛋飯（豉油窩在煎蛋上的每一個凹坑），那條早已拆掉、聽說以前有很多黑社會的屋邨的大排檔西多士與紙包鳳爪排骨飯（排骨總是埋在白飯下，像尋寶遊戲，讓我們很驚喜），這一切的味道都只存在於回憶裡，再也不會回來。 --- Finished Life: a user's manual last night. What an achievement for someone who has never been able to finish one single book in years! I love Georges Perec. I wanted to write a note on the book but due to my limited intelligence and language ability, I am sure that my poorly written words won't do it justice. The reviews out there would do a much better job in summarising this book and convince you of its beauty. 'This is a book of nothing. This is a book of everything.' This guy on Goodreads has written a great review. Respect for this kind of people who have such passion and dedication. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/90744279 ---- 再多寫幾句。 這，可能是我在倫敦能夠住到最好的地方了。現在我坐在閣樓的小廳，關著燈，漆黑的房間背著窗外的一片白夜，城北，近是聖安德魯教堂的尖頂，遠是那掛著紅燈的電視塔。這是喬治亞式老排屋上加建的頂樓，窗是斜的，木框，白色的牆和門，那啡白色調和斜度加起來造成身處另一個年代的船艙的錯覺。凌晨的雨拍打在斜窗的玻璃上。 |
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