A Terrific Night

I don't know where to start now, kind of lack of inspiration because I have read two free sets of newspaper. I did not think of anything to write during the bus ride.

Maybe I should talk about last night. Eva L and I had dinner in an Indonesian Restaurant. The food was tasty and look nice. The decorations were slightly too dark, but some of the customers were loud (Typical Chinese Style... just like the Wet Market...) It was my first time to meet her in person. She is a sweet person.

On the other hand, my workload is fine now and ready for new challenge. How's about you? Are you having a good time in the workplace? Anything new? I have a few friends who are looking for jobs in Hong Kong.

That’s it for today… hope I will have something better to write about tomorrow.

FOCO Guitar Quartet Concert

All you need is LOVE and Music is LOVE too...

Winnie Chan has invited me to attend her incoming Guitar Quartet Concert at the end of July. She is one of FOCO Guitar bandmembers, plays classical guitar for many years and my schoolmate from KTL. If you want to come with me, please feel free to email me.

Date: 30 July 2005 (Sat)
Veune: Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall
Time: 8:00pm       
Ticket Price:$80 (Open Seated)
(Tickets are available from 30 June 05 at all URBTIX outlets)

Program
Hungarian Dance No.5/ Johannes Brahms
Day Suite/ Metheny Choi
Let the Devil Swing/ Annette Kruisbrink
Contrastes/ Jaime M. Zenaomon
La Raspona/ Giovanni Legrenzi
Concerto Democratico/ John W. Duarte
Lotus Eaters/ Andrew York
Toccata/ Leo Brouwer
Grand Solo/ Fernando Sor
Verano Porteno/ Astor Piazzolla
Dance of the Miller/ Manuel De Falla
Sonata in A   L.483/ Domenico Scarlatti
Pavane pour une Infante Defunte/ Maurice Ravel            

For more details, please visit FOCO at

www.geocities.com/focoguitar/

or Email at

focoguitar@yahoo.com

Many Thanks!

Love,

Candy Mok

A rumor behind the death of Wong Ka Kui

My friend has sent a Chinese FWD email about the rumor behind the death of Wong Ka Kui. I am not sure it is real or not. I had watched and listened to Beyond's songs throughout my teen. They were an awesome band and their music was exceptional brilliant. Anyway, please take a look and feel free to give me a comment. Thanks!

一度聽說日本光本村有個叫馬句的人是家駒的再生，他唱了那首在日本並不流行 的 《海闊天空》日文版。我聽到了，那正是他……”昨天，看到一篇《一個振奮人心的消息——家駒沒有死，這是真的！》的文章，不管是不是“真的”，這個故事卻也值得一讀。 12年前，一個歌壇英才由於受到香港演藝圈黑道的迫害，被迫…… 12年後的今天，某位當年參與迫害行動的黑道中人曝出內幕——家駒當年並沒有死，只是身受重傷後被轉移到日本鄉下。5年前，在日本北海道一個華人開的歌廳就出現了一個跛腳的歌手，自稱馬句，專唱日文歌，聲線與家駒極相似。 誰也沒有料到，這個人有可能就是黃家駒…… 家駒被黑道陷害

據說黃家駒和 BEYOND赴日發展的原因之一是家駒對當時香港樂壇的現狀十分不滿，著名的《俾面派對》就是表現家駒對香港樂壇的感受——不明白為什麼玩音樂的要常去參 加一些“俾面派對”(宣傳和遊戲節目)，被人當小丑玩？所以寄望成熟的日本市場能充分表現自己激昂的音樂。 正是由於家駒的直言，得罪了圈中的諸多人物，於是有人搬出黑道來對付家駒！其實這種事情在香港也是司空見慣的啦！ 黑道出手這是家駒始料不及的。為了達到既可置家駒於死地，又不露任何痕跡，黑道收買日本電視臺的人員，故意在安全設置方面佈下陷阱。其實日本方面已發生過不少類似“意外”，而且好幾宗都同樣發生在富士電視臺，1985年苦柿隊成員藥丸裕英於五尺高臺上跌下，右手腕骨折斷，1988年本本雅弘拍《希望擁抱你》劇集受傷，右手手腕縫了十四針，而1991年藝人Hiromi亦曾被煙花燒傷。據事後調查，這幾個人都是因為情性 太過耿直，得罪了圈中人，終致出現“意外”。

家駒發生意外後，日本警方曾懷疑電視臺方面有與黑道勾結共導此劇的嫌疑，於是要求有關人士到警署錄口供協助調查。據了解，調查中的確發現了諸多疑點，但後來黑道 又通過進一步的活動，調查中途無故停止，胡亂下了一個結論。當時最大的疑點就是，據現場勘察，被家駒衝破的那塊擋板，竟然是一塊用於電影拍攝的道具木板，其硬度與泡沫塑膠無異…… 忠勇歌迷出手相救 事實上，家駒尚活人間，這一點連其他BEYOND三子都不知情，一切都在極度的秘密之中進行。也多虧了黑道之中同樣也有BEYOND的忠誠歌迷，於是由他們上演了一齣“調包計”，但因此也犧牲了一位BEYOND迷，如果沒有他的捨身取義，也就沒有家駒的脫身。 對家駒實施迫害的黑道之中，有兩人正是BEYOND的鐵桿迷。為救出家駒，其中一人自願做家駒的“替屍”，這真是世間少有的俠義豪情…… 18年前，一個越南的貧民偷渡來到香港，由於得不到當地政府的認可成了無名戶。該人在越南名叫阮忠元，只比家駒小一歲。來到香港，為了生存，忠厚善良又老實 的阮忠元竟然迫不得已加入黑道。雖然身在江湖黑道，阮忠元依然在反復多次聽了家駒的歌之後成為忠誠的歌迷，在諸多的家駒名曲中，阮尤其中意? 漱@首《誰 伴我闖蕩》……

1993年初，阮忠元所在的組織接了一單“生意”——就是要……(難過，不忍下筆)聽說自己的組織要對自己的偶像下手，阮該是一種多麼難過的心情，為了拯救自己的偶像，於是阮忠元進行了一系列的計劃與努力，首先，給家駒的BP機留言臺留言，提醒家駒的日本之行。關於這一環節，在家駒事發後，家強也證實當時收到了一則莫名的留言，內容是：“表哥，日本的天氣很糟糕，暫不要過來！……”當然，這是阮出於保護自己的需要，不敢過於明白指出而發出的留言，可惜的是，沒有引起家駒的注意，以為是誰發錯了號碼。 家駒入院，昏迷六天，其實就在第六天的時候家駒已有明顯好轉，這一點家強都可以證明。但有誰知道，好轉對於家駒而言，也就意味著將很快要再次遭受補充的襲擊。處於關鍵時刻，阮忠元作出了他一生之中最後的也是最偉大的一個決定，並立即實行，通過他的打點和他另一位鐵哥們的努力，家駒很快被轉移。接著，按照忠元的遺命，那位鐵哥們將忠元用鐵錘打死，以作為家駒的替身。同時，家駒被秘密轉往日本鄉下，這一點當時沒有第三人知道，了解真相的僅有兩個人，其中一個就是獻身的阮忠元，甚至參與秘密運送的人，都不明白真相。 是誰幹的，說實在的我不敢說出來！說出來也解決不了問題！有空我會再接著披露一些可以披露的情況！ 為救家駒提前整容家駒從有意到日本發展，及至真正成行中間有三個多月的時間，而阮 忠元在這期間，為了能夠在必要的時候為自己的偶像捐軀，進行了相關的準備，其中，最重要的準備就是易容。本來阮、黃兩人年齡相倣，身材相當，只是在臉型上有點差別。籍貫為廣東臺山的家駒與來自越南的阮忠元都具有南方人的特徵，所以在易容的時候並不困難。 據說，在家駒入院期間，家強就曾見到過電臺的工作人員之中有一人與家駒長相極為相 似，其實那就是阮忠元。 另一方面，家駒入院之後，為便於治療將頭髮全部剃光，這樣一來，長相其實給人的視覺又有了很大的改變。還有，家駒入院後，整個的頭部都處於腫痛狀態，臉型也因此有所改變。有了這幾個變化，從而讓阮的替代行動得以順利進行。於是人們在不知情的 情況下，將阮忠元當作家駒。而家駒在被秘密送往日本鄉下之後，經過一年多的時間才 逐漸恢復，但由於頭部受傷，造成了一定程度的失憶。幾年前，坊間就有人傳說家駒在 日本成了植物人，其實不是這麼回事，失憶倒是真的。

Fish Tank is broken

Unbelievable force! The Fish Tank was broken by a heavy force from the Fish in my workplace this morning. The Tank was about 60cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 180cm (L) and the fist is at 5 pounds with a 40cm length.

"Gosh! It is broken..." my coworker told me when I entered my office at

8:55am ... The first thing came up in my mind was not the fish but the bathroom's sink. I never expected the tank would be broken by the fish. The water has covered all over the office and we could not do anything except sweep the floor. Well, my personal belongings will never be put down on the floor because it is not a secure place. I hope the fish will get better soon.

Kento... forget about you.

Sorry! I have forgot that Kento and I share the same birthday. How are you, Kento? Did you have fun in your special day? Did you get loads of gifts in Japan?

Anyway, Happy Belated Birthday, KENTO~

I have called Peggy, my talented AIS Hong Kong Schoolmate in the bus this morning. She is majored in Graphics Design. I remember that we met each other in the hallway near by the School Culinary Department in May 2003. She saw me wearing a facemask in the school and guessed I just got back from Hong Kong during the SARS time. Eventually we said "Hi!" to each other and exchanged our contact info.

Today, she has told me that she is ready for the new quarter and there is 4 classes left before graduation. The weather of Seattle is wonderful. Ten seconds of sunshine, another ten seconds of shade and a few drops of rain... The temperature is comfy. Of course, there is her personal sharing with me.

On the other hand, I had a family dinner last night. Siu Ying and Dennis are my cousins. We have not met for at least two years. Either I was in the US or they were in Hong Kong, or the other way around. Finally we could sit back, relax and chat face to face instead on the phone. Siu Ying looks taller and prettier, so does Dennis looks stronger. She plans to continue her studies in Hong Kong and Denise spends his summer vacation with family. I look forward to hanging out with them often.

That's it for today... I shall blog some more tomorrow. Stay Tune for the next "Episode"!

* Special Thanks to Peggy and Dom! They cheered me up when I had a hard time during the US trip in May 2005. Now, I can say to myself "I get over it!"