Sunday, July 27, 2014

尼泊尔(2)米提拉绘画艺术 - 女性的星星,月亮,太阳,农村与森林


来到尼泊尔,其中一个让我深深入迷的是米提拉女性的艺术画,这种夸张华丽的绘画方式,据说已经有3千多年的历史。

在那个没有纸张的时代,妇女们用独特的绘画方式,在自家墙壁上涂鸦,或加上富有想象力的配色,来记录特殊的庆典或生活的大小事。这种绘画艺术一直被保存下来,直到60年前,才从墙上走入纸面与陶器,让米提拉艺术扬名国内外。


其中,让我最爱不释手的米提拉作品,就是当地人称为“Magic Calendar”的可爱日历了。



它怎么“magic”法?呵呵,它明明只能打开一页,但是却有两页的日历表;加上色彩鲜艳华美的手绘图,可爱的农民生活与动植物憨然的摸样跃然纸上,绝对是最好的尼泊尔手信!


如果没有办法来到米提拉的原创地Janakpur拜访这些手艺高超的女性们,那在尼泊尔首都加德满都也可找到这些手绘图作品。其中一间提倡“公平交易”的商店Mahaguthi,就位于Patan附近的Kopundole大街上:

 Kopundole Street, Lalitpur Tel: 5521607 (10:00 am-5:00 pm)


Wednesday, July 23, 2014

再谈GST - 公然骗人的政府

看到很多政府人员与所谓“专家”为GST开脱,说了一堆似是而非的谎言,忍不住叹息。 来,看第一个无耻之极的说法: 財政部副部長拿督阿末馬斯蘭說,消費稅落實後,有689種物品被徵收消費稅,只有其中10%物品會漲價、48%物品價格保持不變,以及42%物品將會降價。 他也舉例,目前被徵收10%銷售稅的家具、服飾、電視機和冰箱則會跌價,而徵收6%服務稅的服務業收費保持不變。 http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/365438?tid=1 是财政部副部长在说谎,搵人民的笨,还是他真的就是太笨。 简单地把销售税等同消费税,玩弄数字游戏,让两者之间的差异神奇消失,用10%比6%大的表面数字来试图蒙蔽人民:呐,有了消费税后,东西还跌价呢! 放屁! 原有的销售税是个单一层面的税收,就算是10%或20%,也只课征一次 - 在制造商或进口商的层面。而消费税是多层面的税收,在售卖货品的供应链上,从制造商,到批发商,到零售商,再到最后的消费者,每个层面的增值上都课征6%消费税。 因此,这些存心骗人的财政部公务员,为了让人民甘心接受这劫贫济富的GST,不惜公然说谎!而且一说再说! 而我们的会计专家们呢?GST来了,赚大钱的时代来临,政府说法有问题?管它的,自己的荷包最重要!

Saturday, July 19, 2014

你喜欢自己吗?


化好妆 涂指甲油 卷起秀发 再接再厉
保持苗条 他们才喜欢你 他们喜欢你吗?

抚媚性感 别害羞 女孩 袒露身体
这是你的追求与归宿 他们才喜欢你 你喜欢自己吗?

Oooh
Oooh
Put your make-up on
Get your nails done
Curl your hair
Run the extra mile
Keep it slim so they like you, do they like you?
Get your sexy on
Don't be shy, girl
Take it off
This is what you want, to belong, so they like you
Do you like you?

你不必逼自己用尽全力
你不必逼自己毫无保留
你只需要振作 振作 振作 振作起来
你不必逼自己做任何改变
你不必去试着 试着改变
你不必尝试 
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
Yooou don't have to try

疯狂购物 逛遍商场 刷爆信用卡
你不加选择 都买完 他们才喜欢你
他们喜欢你吗?
Oooh
Oooh
Get your shopping on, at the mall, max your credit cards
You don't have to choose, buy it all, so they like you
Do they like you?

等一等 为何你非要在意 他们对你的看法
当你独自一人 你喜欢自己吗?
Wait a second,
Why, should you care, what they think of you
When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you?
Do you like you?

你不必逼自己用尽全力
你不必逼自己毫无保留
你只需要振作 振作 振作 振作起来
你不必逼自己做任何改变
你不必去试着 试着改变
你不必尝试 
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to bend until you break
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
Yooou don't have to try
Oooh
Oooh
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to, give it all away
You just have to get up, get up, get up, get up
You don't have to change a single thing
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try, try, try, try
You don't have to try
You don't have to try

卸掉妆 披落秀发 深呼吸 对着镜子
看看自己 你不喜欢自己吗?
因为我喜欢你

Take your make-up off
Let your hair down
Take a breath
Look into the mirror, at yourself
Don't you like you?
Cause I like you

(歌词来自网上,中文版稍作修改)