投訴劇

今天下午五時許，我隱約聽到街上有人在演講似的，沒有在意下面發生什麼事情。後來發現下面有一名男子站在行人天橋頂用自己的手提揚聲器向著一位警方人員訴說一些東西。

原來那時消防隊已經張開了救生墊以防該男子跳下輕生或失足跌到街上。這位戴上帽和口罩的男子披著寫滿中文字的白布步步為營，不時左顧右盼，恐怕有消防員或警察去接近他似的。警方談判專家不斷用揚聲器與他對話。

可惜的是我一些都聽不清楚談判專家與該男子之間的對話。從管理員口中，大約知道該男子是控訴威爾斯親王醫院不給予其癌病母親適當治療。

擾攘了個半鐘頭之後，該男子终於肯返回地面，隨著警察上了救傷車，相信是他要接受調查。大約十五分鐘之後，救傷車駛往威爾斯親王醫院急診室作檢查及解決其問題，同時間各消防車與警車陸續開走，終於一場投訴劇下幕了。

The largest mirror in the world

The Uyuni salt lake of Tunupa, covers 12,000 sq. km, making it the biggest salt lake in the world. It is located 3650 metres up in the mountains of Bolivia, and is considered as one of the seven natural marvels of the world.

After rain, the film of water on the salt-covered floor acts as a mirror which creates very beautiful reflections.

Another Snake Bus

It so happened on April 14 that this Year of the Snake bus (a tunnel-bus from New World First Bus Company) stopped a few feet before me at Choi Hung Bus Terminus. This startled me for a few seconds, with my mouth opened. I marvelled at this wonderful “toy”, better say in Chinese (飛來蜢) and simultaneously took out my camera to take a few shots of this pink giant.

In a skilful manner, the bus driver closed the doors of the empty bus and left it there. Most probably he should be on his way for his convenience.

The snakes on the bus were cartoon-like, nothing fierce at all as compared with the KMB’s. This NWFB bus is painted in pink while last time the KMB appeared in red.

I wonder if any snake-buses of this kind wiggle slowly through the streets of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

難得的雨傘景

  
 上星期五是佛誕日(香港公眾假期之一)，時睛時雨。在這裡，行人和車輛皆稀少，想不到我竟然可以照到一張這麼美麗的相片(左面那幅)。

讓我指出這張照片特別之處:
[1] 這個時刻行人過路燈正是亮起──幾位途人不約而同沿對角綫走過十字路口，而他們手持的雨傘顏色特別艷麗奪目。
[2] 剛好下了一陣雨，地上表面留下一層薄薄的水膜，正好造成一塊平面鏡，產生了一些優美的倒影。
[3] 雨傘下的人究竟是男抑或是女直是一些謎，待我們去估一下。
[4] 相片的構圖不可能由我控制的。它的好與壞要視乎途人走動的方向而構成的，所以這張相片肯定是撞彩攝回來的！

Look like blotting papers

What a big discovery I had yesterday at Orchid Corner below!

These orchids look like blotting papers with purple ink soaked in. I don’t know their names. Hopefully some day someone tells me so. Meanwhile, let this kind of flowers be a mystery to me.