在這個寒冷的冬天，跟大家講一個故事，不，應該是回憶一個故事。北京奧運和其他所有熱閙一樣很快平靜下來，緃然開幕的盛況得獎的喜悅又或中國的造假會成為記憶的一部份，大家沒有記起一個故事？這個故事可能更值你長久回味。

        Matthew Emmons是一個神槍手，他是青少年50米步槍三姿射擊世界記錄的保持者，同時也是2002和2003年ISSF世界射擊冠軍，2004他參加雅典奧運，50米步槍臥射和50米步槍三姿射擊金牌都應該是他的囊中物，結果他順利拿下了50米步槍臥射金牌。進行50米步槍三姿射擊時，他頭九槍遙遙領先對手，最後一槍，只要會板槍，就可拿金牌。嘭! 現場觀眾、攝影記者和電視觀眾的目光都聚焦在他的靶----但竟然，找不到任何彈孔!! 上帝跟他開了個玩笑----他的子彈射在對手的靶上，結果，他失去了獎牌。

        一個陌生的少女過來安慰他，她是Katerina，捷克射手。後來，Emmons回憶說：早知道Katerina會來安慰我，我第一槍就打失。2007年6月30日Emmons和Katerina步入教堂，完成了一個美麗的愛情故事。

        2008北京，Emmons捲土重來，誓要奪回那屬於他的金牌與榮耀。2008年8月17日，又是50米步槍三姿射擊，頭九槍每槍都過十環，情況和四年前一樣----最後一槍只要會板槍就拿金牌。全世界都在看他，並同時想起2004年他的最後一槍。結果呢？嘭! 一點靜默之後，鏡頭聚焦在他的靶上----竟然是4.4環! 上帝又跟他開了那麼一個小小的玩笑。 是的，兩個小小的玩笑，8年，錯失兩枚奧牌，就是這樣。 任何人都無法去猜想他的心情。請你再看看這照片----這一次，Katerina微笑著捧起Emmons低垂的失落的臉。是的，全世界只有Katerina有資格這樣做，Emmons失掉了兩面奧運金牌，全世界只有Katerina在那一刻有資格對著Emmons微笑。那是愛。

        這不是一個童話故事也不是一個寓言故事，這是真實的生活。有人能愛能幸福能快樂，並不是因為命運對他怎麼樣，而是在於他怎麼樣對待命運。

昨天看財經新聞，新聞報導員說：受到以色列攻打加沙的支持，黃金價格上升……世事一切就是如此荒謬，巴勒斯坦150萬人生活在戰爭中在死亡邊緣，但對我們來說，這只是一個經濟上的機遇。

幾乎每一個種族都有戰爭血淚史，但聰明的人類永遠得不到教訓，人類只會改良武器，希望下次可以殺更多的人，我們談道德談人性還有甚麼意義？大家近年看關於伊拉克戰爭的新聞，看得最多的一段可能是：美國自攻打伊拉克以來，死亡人數已增至二千多三千多四千多……其荒謬之處是：幾乎從來沒有新聞提過死去的伊拉克人。

戰爭對美國人的教訓是：上次越戰美國死亡超過23萬人，下次戰爭要死更少美國人。越戰一樣，美國人沒興趣計算或提起戰死的三四百萬越南軍人或平民。或者全世界都一樣，關心的只有美軍的死傷數字。

戰爭對全人類的教訓大概都一樣，所以武器越精良，殺人越來越多。

 例如集束彈，貧鈾彈，伊拉克戰爭後討論最多的兩種炸彈，GOOGLE一下，你就知道，它們如何殺人，它們的目的就只有殺人，前者殺傷範圍大，後者可以絕子絕孫，再GOOGLE一下，你就知道美國在伊拉克投下多少集束彈和貧鈾彈。08年12月3日110個國家代表聚集在挪威首都奧斯陸，簽署禁止使用集束炸彈的國際條約。美、日、俄拒絕簽約，台灣也不肯簽約。拒簽禁止使用大殺力武器條約的目的只有一個：就是他們還要殺大量的人，並且只許他們自己殺人。就像全球武器最強的國家指責其他國家擁有大殺力一樣，就像擁有核武最多的國家到處去禁止其他國家發展核武。今天新聞說，以色列在加沙使用白磷彈，那是禁用的化學武器，當然，美軍在伊拉克也用，可毒死人可把人燒成灰。你們說，全人類的文明道德智慧良心如何可消除這種罪孽。 

大家的戰爭也來了，請好好備戰，馬虎上陣，必然戰死沙場，戰場上的生環者就是最後勝利者。切記：生活從來都不容易。

晚上回到家的時候已經超過十二點，確實有點累，還是把大家的心意咭再細細又讀了一遍……謝謝大家對我的包容及給我的關心、建議，考試在面前，這應該是你們最艱難的時刻，但反過來要你們安慰我關心我，我實在實在……夜深的時候，靈魂特別清醒也特別脆弱，好在看到ELMO說我好MAN，否則…否則…堂堂男子…

早前，輔導老師特別提醒我，畢業班，公開試壓力大，要多加注意。我說，他們終日都笑口常開，沒問題啦。我果然沒錯，現在看來，脆弱的是我，疲累和壓力掛在臉上的是我。

真的，謝謝大家，謝謝大家的包容，本來很悶的是我，大家卻說悶的是文化，把我的粗心說成男人的通病，為我的疲累找到合適的理由，甚至有人說我很有趣……

大家都是通情達理的人了，無論考試結果如何，我相信大家將來都一定能過自己無悔無憾的生活，一次考試的成敗對於將來的生活也真算不上甚麼，你們看，就算如我，幾乎所有考試都成功，如今也只是一個悶悶的中學老師而已(不是自卑也無意貶低老師這個行業)。

你們年輕，未來，地闊天長。

向麥凱恩學習，學習如何失敗得漂亮。

Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him.

 Please. To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound. A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine....... at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. here is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now...Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.

Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.

Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain.

These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans...I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

It is natural. It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought -- we fought as hard as we could. And though we feel short, the failure is mine, not yours.

I am so…I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends.

The road was a difficult one from the outset, but your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.

I'm especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother...... my dear mother and all my family, and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign.

I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.

You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude and the promise of more peaceful years ahead. I am also -- I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I've ever seen...... one of the best campaigners I have ever seen, and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength...... her husband Todd and their five beautiful children... ... for their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.

We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.

To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly, month after month, in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.

I don't know -- I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine.

Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been. This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life, and my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.

I would not -- I would not be an American worthy of the name should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century.

Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone, and I thank the people of Arizona for it.

AUDIENCE: USA. USA. USA. USA.

Tonight -- tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama -- whether they supported me or Senator Obama.

I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.

And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history.

Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.

今天你們在課堂上提出：老師，不如我們現在看看選舉結果，這是重要時刻啊！奧巴馬大勝，你們歡呼你們尖叫，我才知道奧巴馬竟然也是你們十八九歲的年輕人的偶像。

你們還告訴我，奧巴馬的外婆去世了，並且在去世之前已寄出選票。我說，多麼扇情的一個荷里活劇情啊！

雖然你們抗議我的口吻，但是，我們的美國印象大部分就是來自荷里活，所以我看奧巴馬看麥凱恩各種選舉活動就像看荷里活電影，那些美國精神、自由、民主、獨立宣言，就和電影裡的一模一樣，奧巴馬就是電影中的英雄，金融海嘯來了，大時代來了，彷彿就是等待一個英雄的誕生，然後奧巴馬外婆的一點人情點綴，這個英雄就有血有肉有淚起來，所以你們幾乎哽咽著說奧巴馬的外婆去世了，她去世前就寄出選票。

你們說我太冷漠。

故事的高潮之後，鏡頭就可移至千里之外的香港，12：30pm，一個中學課室，一個老師在講課，突然一個學生舉手說：老師，重要時刻啊！不如我們現在看大選結果。12：45pm，老師開了電腦，開了投影器，338：156，然後一陣尖叫一陣掌聲，然後，鏡頭移至天空，藍天、白雲……

這是個多麼光明的結局呀，雖然今天陰沉有雨。

大家都知道，大家都不認識奧巴馬，這是一套電影，而我也愛看荷里活英雄片，大場面，杜比爆炸聲迫真，比007震撼(上一集的007已經很震撼，新一集值得期待)，奧巴馬也可以成為我的偶像，老人麥凱恩呢，只能嘆一句廉頗老矣，尚能飯否。或者跟董建華一樣，他頂多是一個慈父，給大家講講越戰故事就好了。Rambo 4是一個啟示，大概麥凱恩和Rambo是同一個戰場上的英雄，Rambo 4中的Rambo 幾乎老得跑不動了，只會站著開槍，Rambo 的風彩？那是三十多年前的往事了。

可憐那個佩琳，連你們，女同學，竟也討厭她，所以我也放膽對你們說，所以呢，美國人寧願要一個黑人總統也不要一個女人總統……荷里活英雄片偶爾也有一些反派女角，在你們心目中，佩琳竟然就是這種人，我為佩琳辯護說：她可是一個堅強的母親呀！你們就很不屑，你們說她抱著孩子出來扮可憐。我知道，那一次，佩琳把奧巴馬與恐怖份子拉上關係，你們就覺得很不爽，覺得她很小家；我也知道，你們女孩子覺得奧巴馬有型，像個有為的男人。我想，如果一個年輕貌美的女配角，會不會討你們歡心一點？我想起蘇菲瑪素做過反派邦女郎，我還是很喜歡她。

為甚麼美國精神那麼容易就可以宣之於口那麼宣之於電影，而我們的文化精神那麼虛空那麼沉甸甸那麼皺巴巴，張藝謀的《英雄》李安的《臥虎藏龍》你們也看到要睡，而我越講你們就越想睡覺？

邀請大家去行山的十個理由：

1.      這是大家畢業前最後一次旅行，希望這次遊行與其他學校旅行都不同。

2.      可能是你人生中唯一一次行山。(如果你不喜歡行山)

3.      香港有60%土地是郊野公園，希望大家見識一下香港的山野樂趣。

4.      香港的秋色很美，沒見過，你不相信。

5.      給自己一次體能或體力的挑戰，挑戰會令強者愈強。

6.      大家自備食物，體驗野餐及分享食物的樂趣，增加大家的感情。

7.      考試前夕，大家都很苦，一次難忘的活動不可少。

8.      我見青山多嫵媚，料青山見我應如是，情與貌，略相似。

9.      體驗人與大自然和諧合一的境界。

10.  相信我，那是你前所未有的體驗。

R：
你還在看嗎？請先讀新聞一則：

一項調查發現，中小學生是非觀念模糊，顛倒是非情況嚴重，超過兩成會在測驗或考試時偷看別人答案，當中有小部份人認為此行為是對的，只有四分一人會向老師舉報同學作弊。建議家長要多關心子女，學校亦要加強學生辨別是非能力。香港女教師協會在上一個學期，用問卷訪問了超過3000多名小四至中七學生的是非觀念，當中以中學生較多。發現有超過兩成的受訪學生，即使知道是錯，在測驗或考試時，都會偷看別人的答案，當中小部份人認為此行為是對的；亦分別有約四成半和四成的受訪學生，會抄功課和冒認家長簽名，超過一半人都不覺得這樣做有問題；至於會向老師舉報同學作弊的受訪學生，只有四分一人。另外，有五成人會不按照交通燈指示過馬路；亦有大約近兩成人會大量影印書本，和未經授權上載朋友的相片上網。調查亦同時顯示，學生最大惡夢是父母離婚，而美夢是得到幸福家庭，反映新一代年青人，家庭觀念仍然穩固。協會主席周蘿茜認為，學生顛倒是非情況嚴重，相信是受同輩影響、家長缺乏身教及沒有時間照顧子女有莫大影響。她指，現今家長普遍工時過長，無時間灌輸子女正確觀念，導致小朋友是非不分，呼籲家長要注意自己的言行，對子女付出時間關心和教導，不要為賺錢和升班，不擇手段；學校亦應要向學生灌輸正確價值觀，遇到學生做錯，就要糾正。(星島日報  9月15日)

你知道嗎？我最不想說的話是：一代不如一代。因為我相信，這只是成年人的偏見，我們這個年代還有精英，人性人情依然可貴。報上所說的關於青年人的那些不堪的事只是少數，而我們這個社會，已習慣把醜事化大，而隨著年紀漸長，我們也開始習慣指責年輕人。

當有朋友討論大學生抄襲事件，當我知道大學裏面有很好的軟件去檢查學生的功課有沒有抄襲，當在大學教書朋友告訴我，她面試了的大學尖子如何平庸，當我見到他們對生活的慾望只有考試和分數，當我收到那麼多馬虎的書寫，當一切都只那麼急攻近利……

你說，他們該怎辦？我們該怎麼辦？

十八歲，該承擔甚麼？功課嗎？夢想嗎？良知嗎？社會嗎？

三十幾歲呢？你看到新聞嗎？三十幾歲同樣可以為了小事而互相撕殺。

我們有甚麼資格說一代不如一代呢？

剛看了《ONCE》，世界還有那麼美好的故事和音樂。否則，我將絕望到失眠。

CHAN

日子逝去如水。

最近十年逝去如水。

1988至1998應該是比較緩慢的十年。

無論如何。

中秋節快樂。

並謝謝我的小天使。

你送給我第一份中秋節禮物。