maybe it's not about anthropology this entry, maybe it's about the work of a person who wanna do anthropology.
what I realise about the teaching material used by the teacher is that it turns the cram school industry into a war. The comic strip in the text virtually antagonizes counterparts, namely other star-like teachers in the cram school sector. On the other hand the teacher and his teaching assistants were portrayed as a team of heroes, they are labelled as the good and played the 'friends of justice' role and their enemies became the villainous bad guys. In my point of view this is done as a part of the whole grand, overwhelming idea to make students (customers) feel as being inside a group, that is to build loyalty to this certain consumption. There is actually a term by which students are called, XXXians. Such collective-identity building actions are many and seems to occupy a crucial place in the operation of the 'team'. This construction of collective identity is not directly linked to the antagonization of the teacher's competitors but if students associate their sense of identity to this polarization of good and evil, stronger and weaker teaching style and cooler and asshole like personality, this could greatly strengthen not only the bonding between the service provider(the teacher) and the customers(students) but it could also create a greater atmosphere of fierce competition in the whole industry.

One thing I would like to emphasize is that the 'antagonization' is not necessarily rational or logical. Regarding this teacher I am focusing on and his chief enemy, their styles and approach in pedagogy is entirely different and I won't even define them as competitive goods. And according to my observation the teacher does not fail to see this. Clearly, by analyzing the success of the enemy he can benefit when his own flaws can be improved.

Flipping through the pages of the crafty books on the desk it is hard for anyone unfamiliar with the local cram school culture to differentiate a book of notes and a local entertainment magazine. Featuring handsome and striking faces of teachers and assistants, these notes are not only rich in graphic details but they even contain cool English comic strips featuring teachers and tutors of the group as superheroes. Little did I understand at first glance the purpose of these ultra-fancy works of teaching materials, it is not until later when I start participating in the process of the production that I began to have a glimpse of the reality in the industry.

這是一套我覺得好適合MELISSA個COURSE的電影，是一個關於創作的創作。an META﹣ART.

故事是講一個舞台導演面對一個危機，他家庭破醉，江郎才盡，衰老患病，將精力盡放在最後一套作品上。這是關於他自己，他的家庭，他作為一個藝術工作者，他甚至想作品可以是關於每一個人。他安排演員飾演眾人，身邊的人，自己，甚至自己的演員。失去家庭的他開始讓自己的劇作進入自己的生活，舞台劇一拍便十幾年，直至他的親人，演員都過身，其他人早已離劇場而去，最後只剩導演一人。電影去到這個階段在技術上亦不可能再繼續下去，也一併完結了。

裡面有一個特別的角色，叫SAMMY，他跟蹤了主角20年，到最後他發覺自己是不了解主角所以跳樓自殺。我猜導演知道自己要理解所有人是不可能的，所以他的劇作也不可能會實現。但不能實現也不等於要放棄，他唯有用生命繼續他不可能完成的作品。某程度上這是浪漫的，而不幸地浪漫的事一般都不太現實。


一開始想看有很大部份是因為PHILIP HOFFMAN，他很好看，還讓我第一次如此深刻地感受：為何一個外貌不討好的男人可以吸引不同類形的女人。原來一個人的言行可以令他的外貌不重要：搞到我都想做男人。

昨天有幸看了「原罪犯」，故事大概是一個男人小時候與自己的姊姊明知不可以但相愛，有一次在學校裡親熱時俾姊姊的同學發現。同學只和一個人講過祕密，但同學搬走後那個人便將祕密傳開去。最後男人的姊姊受不住壓力投河死了。多年來一直心愛著姊姊的男人認定姊姊的同學是令她自殺的原兇，便用十五年時間設局報復。最後男人成功了，他把仇人囚禁十五年，把他妻子殺掉再祕密養大他的女兒。之後使催眠師把仇人和女兒催眠，使他們相愛並結合。男人得知真相傷痛欲絕並將自己惹禍的「長舌」剪掉，懇求男人不要把真相告訢女兒。大仇得報，男人也對自己開槍自殺了。後來催眠師看到仇人的手記中的一句：「縱使我是禽獸，難道就沒有在世上生存的權利嗎？」感動起來，便把他催眠，使他的意識回到當日真相大白的時刻，使知曉祕密的仇人轉身離開，只剩下不知道亂倫真相的意識。

本來看「原罪犯」是因為看了早前上演的「饑渴誘罪」，又聽別人說「原罪犯」為同一導演的「完美之作」便一直很期待。看畢的第一個感覺是：「還是饑渴誘罪更勝一籌！」晚上乘車回家時不斷回想劇情和那一句說話。我跟朋友講：這一種非常殘酷的復仇比許多我們身邊的事物來得真實，起碼在整個過程中我知道誰是在為誰的利益做什麼。復仇的人最後不能不死，因為復仇成功亦等於他不用再為其他事生存。我覺得這種模式的生活比起我們現有的生活更加容易明白。仇人再舌頭剪掉因為他再不願開口說得罪人的話。女兒本來就是女人，姊姊也是女人，卻因為社會的認知，人的道德，本來可以成就的變成不被允許的。我不是說這些發生在電影裡的是好事，但我確實嚮往一個真實如電影的世界。

我有一刻覺得，如果一直都可以觀看出色的電影，閱讀精彩的故事，那在世的確是很不錯的事情。唯有通過作為觀眾與藝術對話才有可能更深入地接觸現實，而這種對話並不是你那一天和朋友傾談時可以造就的。通常看完電影不會和人討論內容，因為一旦用話語表述出來，電影便脫離了銀幕，不再是你在電影院中神奇的經歷。

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=a0wBuGY249Y

lately i hav watched this over and over again- i lovee these surreal stuff so much  and i think if we r willing, our life can jus be as insanely beautiful=] a never-been close friend called one day and said he's gettin married! its super joy bringing! despite my own view of marriage i dont expect a news from a distant friend (i dun evn got his no. /of i marry i may not tell him) n it suddenly make me see a more pretty world- human relationships r all of a sudden great ! ! n life's cool- exams r so tolerable as well- n i mean it :p

one day i m gonna swim in the local pool, to immerse, to merge, and dissolve- to incorporate, myself into those sparkles of silver, diamond and h2o+ people say women are watery- how can they be and they really can be- one day a drop of water say hello to me and i hi it with the transparent tip of hair, not black, like glass. I wil b able to see through myself, which i m not too capable of doing at the meanwhile- if it is possible i wanna be a splash of chlorine added, pool water- a clean one.