V Day’s over

It’s 15 Feb and it means V Day’s over. What’s more, it marks the end of the long long holiday season of Christmas, new year and CNY. One of my mottos (posted in social medias) is “Hate festivals”. In no way does it mean I don’t enjoy spending time with my loved ones. But it’s nice to see people become rational again, rather then spoiling themselves in the festive atmosphere which results in low productivity at best and often inconvenience to others.

Speaking of online mottos, what are my other mottos? I remember there’re a few. The current one is “Coffee, food, photography, and a bit of dentistry”. That one speaks for itself, but if you find it difficult to comprehend, I have talked about it before.

One other motto was “If you are going through hell, keep going.” It turns out I’m in living hell more often than I thought. Some of those hellish scenarios are self-created. For example, I may subject myself to challenges like exams, or I may want to help a kid or an elderly ending up starting a treatment I hate. I’m glad in the past I just rose to the occasion when facing adversities. Sadly, I still cannot convince myself I will overcome every new challenge.

Perhaps it’s time to adopt a new motto?

12 Years

Today is a special day which, unfortunately, is easily forgotten: it’s the anniversary of this site, Anzyme.com. It’s so easily forgotton that I didn’t remember it until this morning. Yes, this site was deliberately chosen to be opened one day before V Day, so that for the lonely few, myself included, there’s something to celebrate.

12 years shouldn’t be a special occasion for great celebration, but since we’re Chinese (genetically), 12 is a magic number: a complete cycle of the Chinese zodiac. When Anzyme.com was first created in 2003 it was the Year of the Sheep, and we’ve come to another Year of the Sheep this year. What does that mean? Well on one hand, it could mark my perseverance. Anzyme.com is probably the most persistant thing I’ve done. If you know a little about human physiology, the huamn skeleton is replaced every 10 years (under normal bone turnover rate), so this site is comfortably older than my skeleton. On the other hand though, it could just mean I’ve done something recurrently without any meaningful achievement, just like most other events in my life.

OK, enough of crap. We all understand that the finest hours of my site is gone. To those who read this, meaning you still read this site, thank you. I may be living an average simple life, but I’ll try to be an average hero and add some spice to my life.

Never give up

還記得七年前,在準備高考的黑暗歲月,放學途中收聽電台節目成為我的唯一娛樂。當時卓韻芝在節目中以廣播劇形色說出幾個虛構人物的故事。故事中的主角儘管在多年來的情人節均有不幸遭遇,但沒有放棄人生,繼續向目標邁進,最終苦盡甘來。

當年的情人節,我都有一段小故事,七年後的今天,我總算成為一個牙醫,當年在自修室的日子總不算白費。驀然回首,許多艱辛往事已經過去。情人節將至,我也想和大家分享當年的往事:

07年2月14日, Anzyme.com:
情人節 – 有人說這是個不應光顧自修室的日子,
因為在這天出現,等於告訴全世界,你今日將會獨自度過。
這亦是我最初的想法。
但見到你孤然一人的人,自己又何嘗不是?
 
到了自修室,今日不比平日冷清。但明顯地,
平日打得火熱的情侶,今日不復存在。
今夜,在自修室留下的我,見到的,盡是扒兒。
各位,情人節快樂。

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如果陳奕迅的 “Lonely Christmas” 是聖誕節的代表歌,那麼Twins的 “雙失情人節” 必定是情人節的代表歌。

各位,情人節快樂。