Sugar coat the situation all you will
Outsiders may be fooled by the pantomime you perform before them
But being here, behind the curtain, makes me sick.

How do you have the nerve to ask for money to perform your duty as a son
How dare you mask your greed under so called "care and consideration"
Your selfish actions are no different to the former's.
You don't deserve my respect.

Happy Birthday



A simple life with simple people... Is that too much to hope for?

Late shift for the past two weeks
Starting when others finish, finishing when others sleep
Daily life cycle has been shifted forward several hours, a majority of companionship coming from work colleagues

That which brings most joy to the day is contact with someone outside of my predictions
It's been a long time hasn't it?
What I thought was behind me had been merely sealed away and stored subconciously; not forgotten.

"20.rar" has held all related files for close to two years
Banished to an obscure directory in a photo archive, the contents had recently returned to the light of day
Upon browsing through the files, memories flooded the mind, bringing old feelings back near the surface
I don't dislike them anymore

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Other news, Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 GET!

Foreword:
21st Birthday took place on Sunday
No partying, no gathering, no dining.  I didn't need any of those things
Just being here - where I have longed to be, is enough
An unexpected revelation followed soon after
Thank you all for the birthday wishes

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Hong Kong, the fragrant harbour
Capitalism has given beauty to the region through architecture that touches the skies
But walking the streets today made me sick with sadness

The middle classes chase trends blindly and are slaves to brand names
Wallets and accounts are emptied to buy the next big thing
Banks advertise the "easy solution" irresponsibly and approve loans customers can't afford
Buying and commerce continues and the customer is happy
Up until the banks ask for the money back.
Law firms "help" customers declare bankruptcy or IVA
What happens next, the capitalist society doesn't want to know.

All the while in the background, the rich build their luxury homes and drive trends for the middle class to chase
While the poor wander the streets for aluminium cans and cardboard.

Money breeds complacency
Money hates the poor
Money makes enemies
Money betrays friends
Money forsakes family.

Make no mistake, in this society, money is KING

Will a Robin Hood be elected on 16th May?

最近每日反工放工, 大部分同事都係女性

估唔到第21歲生日會喺機場過

日子算平靜... 至今日唔記得攞個証反工
重要係上到巴士先記得果隻
攪到今朝跑黎跑去, 跑到氣喘


近日又到荃灣某人鄰近既餐聽食飯

Memories of that period that I thought were forgotten now replay themselves constantly.
Two words best describe the memories - the former "immaturity";

...and the latter "happiness".

3 years have not aged well with her

Her baptism confirmed for this Sunday
Is this what she really wants?  Does she knows what she wants?
No way to know.

Those encouraging her to: what are their selfish motives?
Those allowing her to make her own choice: how objective can they be, when their thoughts are on their faces?
Two sides of the coin.  Both sides are tainted.  Granny in the middle.

I hope He will light the way amidst all this bullsh*t

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The streets and buildings are my canvas; humans and machines my paint.

元郎









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