TV News

I like watching news. Before I got married, I could watch Cable TV news continuously. Now I am more selective. Everyday I watch it once, or maximum twice. And recently I prefer watching news in the English channels. Why? Because the Chinese media, no matter TVB, ATV or Now, are unprofessional. Besides they report less on international affairs, this is what I can accept, they like to report trivial facts with unbearable remarks.

Two examples, the first is whenever the weather gets cold, the Chinese media always has a reporter report that "The weather gets cold, and people on street are wearing more clothes." Is that news or a teaching lesson for small children in kindergarten? Change of weather is worth reporting but not the rest. The second is whenever there are some minor things happen, such as an increase of electricity price or a redirection of driving route for special occasion, many Chinese reporters always like to put words into others' mouth by asking leading questions such as "Do you think that the increase of electricity price/change of driving route is not good/convenient?" They have an answer in heart and they just want it from others. Why not just report the facts and forget the rest? You never find the above examples in the BBC and the English channels.

過年

農曆新年眨眼便過，當中總不免到長輩家中拜年。雖是例行私事，但一年能有機會和親友相聚一次也是好的。

在年少時要跟隨父母在農曆新年拜年總不免覺得煩厭，但想到有紅封包可拿便只有隨時候命。那時總覺親戚很多又麻煩，但在年紀漸長後知道親戚是你生下來便是你血緣的一部份，不能像朋友一樣可以選擇不交往便只有欣然面對。

到了現在，人變得成熟了，更明白親戚是你家族中的一部份。 無論你喜歡與否他們都是你的親戚，所以自已亦變得較為關心他們。每年農曆新年間更喜歡與他們見面，大家交換近况，暢談一番。

不少人喜愛在農曆年間出外避歲，我卻寧可去拜年，和親戚朋友閒話家常。就算是不想見的人，最多亦只是一年見一次，每次半小時左右，絕對可以接受。