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Welcome to my virtual home. This is a little private space for me to put my thoughts and share my feelings since 2005. Due to my wide range of interests, there are perhaps too many tags. I would explain some of the less obvious tags:

"About Life" is really about how I have been pondering about life and what enlightenments and paradigm shifts I had experienced.

"About Psi" contains most topics about happiness, optimism vs pessimism,
confidence, comparison, pride and prejudice and other psychological aspects.

"About Logical Thinking" is about my own way of interpretating and explaining
certain issues, aiming to debunk (or create?) superficialness of them.

"About Ideology" is about my thoughts on big concepts like freedom, justice,
fairness in society and religion.

"About Society" is more about my observations about the society, often through interactions with different peoples.

"My Country" reveals my frustration, critics and hope
on my homeland - Malaysia.

"My Little Pieces" has more short posts though mostly are written in Mandarin.

While I do have some posts on book reviews and business, I am planning to
separate them into author-specific and content-specific blogs. Stay tuned.

Enjoy your reading!

Friday, November 17, 2006

虚?实?(1)

日前韩国老师在教数字和日期时提了提11月11日是빼빼로节(빼빼로是类似1字的巧克力棒,빼빼在韩语是干瘦的意思),并说对于这些如春笋般冒起的新节日感到有点难以适从。第一次听到的时候觉得还挺有趣的啊,毕竟巧克力棒的魅力非凡啊!

后来和韩国朋友聊天自以为有趣提起这个属于“他们”的节日时,遭到强烈的反应。这哪是什么节日嘛,不过是商家炒作的结果,而且还是从日本传过去的。原来还有胸罩节(11月8日- 把横卧的8放在11下)呢……至此我才懂这些不过是无聊的节日,都是商家宣传的手段。嗯,我记起了在日韩所谓的“白色情人节”也是70年代日本商家炒作的结果,但到现在已没有几个人懂这节日的由来。

在这个商业盛行泛滥的年代,所谓新起的节日都不过是虚无空洞的节日……背后值得让人纪念或思考的意义一点都没有。我才开始明白为什么他们的反应会如此强烈,因为商业气息太过浓郁的节日让人窒息。记得我刚到新加坡时,家人叮嘱我记得享受一下那里圣诞节的热闹;同样的,在我去香港之前,我也收到了同样的讯息。感受一下绚丽灯光、拥挤人潮的热闹,有什么不好呢?难得的佳节,轻松一下嘛……

可是,在和一些西方朋友谈话过后,我才开始感受圣诞节在他们心中带来的温馨:严冬时一家人聚集在温暖烛光的融洽和快乐。我没经历过严冬的冷酷,也不属于上帝,过什么圣诞节呢?无聊。沉浸在人潮中的狂欢不过是在享受佳节带来的轻松,而不是在欢庆这个节日。那些节日值得欢庆?属于自己原本文化的那些吧,因为只有在拥有那种文化背景才能和节日产生共鸣……其他的全都是“友族的佳节”,属于难得的假日。

所以,与其去欢庆那些不知所谓的节日,倒不如欢庆一下家人朋友的生日,抑或一些世界的重大节日,抑或对自己意义非凡的日期……至少有一点实际意义。

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