Couple of days ago, I was walking
towards that huge flight of stairs outside the Mong Kok train station
when I saw I'd say about 40 people stuck at the top of the stairs,
everyone is moving at a snail pace down the stairs, it took a few
minutes for me to get to the steps and then I saw what the hold up was
about...
There was a woman in her 60's
dragging a huge 2 wheeler piece of baggage down one step at a time... I
watched as almost 20 people in front of me, side step around her, then
making comments like, "hey old lady, you are in the way!" all the while
men and women alike, walked right past her...
I was getting closer and closer to
her and realized, it will be my turn to contemplate helping her or
not... and when I got there, my mom's voice popped into my head... if
that was me, would you lend a hand to help... so right then and there
I stopped, stepped up to the old lady and asked if she wanted my
help... she looked at me, startled at first, and started speaking
mandarin... so I reached for the end of her huge bag and pointed down
the stairs, she smiled then said in mandarin, "Thank you, but please
don't grab that part, get a hold of this metal part..."
Anyways, who am I to argue with her
about the ergonomics of her bag and since I took Infotech instead of
physics in high school, I did what I was told...
If you know the MK train station,
you will know that there are two seperate flights of stairs, one leads
to a bridge, another set leads down to the street... in my mind, I was
being the good samaritan and helped the lady down the first flight of
stairs... then at the end she stopped to take a rest... as did I... but
just as I was about to leave, she turns and asks," are you ready ?"
then I realize she wants me to carry the thing all the way down... then
I heard my mom in my head again... so I did.
This is when this whole encounter
gets weird... I carry the bag down the second flight of stairs, then it
was time to part ways, she said thank you, I said you're welcome and
she put her bag back on the two wheel tray and starts walking... I
happen to be going the same way as her, so I followed behind her... for
about 20 meters, I was walking at a 45 degree angle behind her and on 3
occassions she turned to look at me with this worried face, finally she
stopped and said "Thank you, I am okay now, you can go..." so then I
realise my presence was spooking her, so I walked a bit faster and took
over her...
2 minutes later, we find ourselves,
me and this old lady standing by a set of lights waiting for it to
turn... when she looked up and saw my face, she literally grabbed her
bag and moved it away from me shielding it with her body as if saying,
you are not going to get my bag you thief...
naturally when I saw my mom the
next day I told her about hearing her voice in my head and helped the
old lady and end up being accused of being a would be thief... my mom's
response was, to the old lady, almost 40 people walked past her at the
steps calling her names, telling her to get out of the way... then
comes a young man (me) who offers to help and even goes the extra yard
of bringing her bag down a second flight of stairs... in her mind, she
has to be thinking, why is this person being nice, and then a thought
comes to her head, this guy must want to steal my stuff... and what's
more, may be she didn't think she needed help in the first place, and
when you offered by grabbing her bag, she was just trying to be nice to
you..." my mom was making fun of me cos of my long hair... she doesn't actually mean what she said... but for what it's worth, it's mostly true...
So the next time I see someone who
looks like they are in need of help, I really should ask if they want
my help and stand there for a moment, let them judge me by my
appearance then be polite about it if they decide to turn me down...
afterall no bad deed goes unpunished and no good deed goes
unquestioned...
UFC made it to their 100th show over the weekend, the main event featured Brock Lesnar VS Frank Mir for the Heavy Weight Title...
By the way things look, Brock Lesnar may very well be the best Heavy Weight in the world, the way I see it is that you have Fedor who fights out of Affliction and probably will never move to the UFC so to compare Lesnar and Fedor on paper, Lesnar would be my choice for number 1, here is how I would break it down.
Fedor is good with submissions, but nowhere near the level Frank Mir is when it comes to BJJ, although Fedor is a great striker, his is prone to be taken down, in comes Lesnar, who can pretty much take his opponents down at will, his heavy ground and pound game would pretty much nullify Fedor's submission game as we can see on the video below, where Lesnar pretty much held Frank Mir down and pounded his face into a bloody mess.
Of course I would love to see Fedor fight Lesnar, but will it ever happen, I doubt it.
Below the Brock Video is the ending to another fight on the same card...
This is the first time a karate fighter has become world champ of the UFC, Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans were both undefeated before the fight on Saturday night, and the outcome was nothing short of spectecular...
OPENING FILM: AN EYE FOR AN EYE starring Han Suk-kyu
ME...MYSELF - amnesiac transvestite falls for a woman KEEPING WATCH -split personality love story THE DETECTIVE - oxide pang GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 DREAM - Kim Ki-duk AFTER SCHOOL - japanese comedy caper LEGENDARY ASSASSIN - return to good old fashioned hong kong action ZOMBI KAMPUNG PISANG - malaysian zom-com GOD MAN DOG - taiwanese arthouse MUAY THAI CHAIYA - kick boxing action! HIGH KICK GIRL! - karate kid esque action
CLOSING FILM: SPARROW
Thurs 21st - 24th May at Prince Charles Cinema £7.50 per film (£6 PCC members) £65 FESTIVAL PASS (£49 for PCC members) for all 13 films, includes reserved seating, and automatic guestlist entry to our official after parties
Tickets available in person at Prince Charles box office, just off Leicester Square.
Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1981 and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He wrote, directed and produced his first English feature film ‘Half Lit’《暗火》in 2003, It was hailed by critic Dr...
Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1981 and grew up in Brisbane, Australia. He wrote, directed and produced his first English feature film ‘Half Lit’《暗火》in 2003, It was hailed by critic Dr. Stephen SZE Man Hung (Chairman of H.K. Film Critic’s Association) as ‘a relentless and uncompromising vision’, labeling CHAN as ‘a rising filmmaker to watch.’
Upcoming film projects as writer/director include, “Coming Up Roses” 《玫瑰未來》(Producer: Stanley Kwan Kam Pang) “Jiang Hu 2” 《江湖2 (義)》 (Producer: Eric Tsang Chi Wai) and he is seeking financing for his sci-fi epic “The Battle of Hong Kong” 《九港大戰》about a war between Kowloon and Island City of Hong Kong.
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