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我的‘包子’老师
“包子老师”以三毛钱启发了我对很多事情的看法和判断,得益匪浅,多年来随缘分享,今天心血来潮把它写下来。
轉眼間,北京已變成另一個世界,是傳統,革命,與科幻未來的混合體,依舊充滿活力和憂慮,依然懷著難以捉摸的心情疾步前行。老北京抱怨今天街頭的包子不是以往那個味兒,
譚炳昌
Mar 10, 20214 min read


Mysterious Inspiration
Compared with deductive or analytical intelligence, creativity is abstract, even mysterious and spiritual. Spiritual? Yeah, seriously
James Tam
Oct 18, 20202 min read


创意灵媒
「灵感」哪来的呢?「灵感」一词虽然经常被乱用滥用,但实际上就如字面所说,是「灵性的感觉」,是形而上的「灵机一触」。有那么玄?有!简直玄之又玄!推测没错的话,那么「静坐」会否比一般为求显得不同而拼命标奇立异的「创意训练」更能培养创意呢?
谭炳昌
Oct 18, 20202 min read


Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Asha, a Hong Kong born Nepalese, is charged with manslaughter after being attacked, and became a stage prop in a public show of justice
James Tam
Jul 11, 202020 min read


法網“灰灰”
阿萨是香港出生的尼泊尔人,为人谦厚乐观,最大的缺点是比较穷。在一次交通事故中,他被控误杀,身陷古典严肃的程序公义。阿萨相信法官陪审员都有天生良心,没有利害冲突时真心维持公道。他还押候审时的印度囚友维星哥认为在种族歧视,制度虚伪和社会普遍神经衰弱的影响下下,司法程序只不过一场大戏
谭炳昌
Jul 11, 20203 min read


Coronavirus, Rumours, and Man’s Last Song
Yet another plague scare is in the headlines, reminding me of Man’s Last Song, and the mass neurosis and media manipulation of plagues, whic
James Tam
Jan 24, 20207 min read


武汉肺炎,谣言与“笙歌”
在 “笙歌” 的未来世界中,病毒经常肆虐,人类的反应却越来越荒诞失衡。这一点,起码在香港是实现了。 武汉肺炎,现称 SARI。无独有偶,正是“笙歌”里遇害人的名字。看国家对SARI如临大敌,不敢轻视,证明这病毒的潜在危险可能十分巨大。
谭炳昌
Jan 24, 20208 min read


香家的小強
話說香家兄弟姐妹某天團聚於長兄家中飯局,準備用膳之際,嫡孫香耿,時年十五,走進飯廳中央,在古董波斯地毯上鋪了報紙,蹲下來要拉屎。
谭炳昌
Aug 25, 20192 min read


Phoenix Moon
Feel free to use my body —— just the body. Don’t say you haven’t been warned…
James Tam
Apr 2, 201920 min read






Tuning into Man's Last Song
I’ve never managed to give a talk according to script. But this is a reasonably close approximation of my presentation at the University...
James Tam
Apr 13, 20169 min read


Gollum's Demon
Gollum will soon be discharged. 13 years had passed slowly. Life is hard, but starting a new life is much harder. Is Demon still alive?
James Tam
Nov 29, 201512 min read


咕嚕的心魔
短篇故事:十三年的牢獄生涯快將過去。雖則度日如年,回頭看也不過眨眼之間。再過五個星期,咕嚕便可以恢復自由,重新做人。他現在才發覺,做人難,重新做人更難。太陽出來之後,心魔還有活下去的空間嗎?
譚炳昌
Nov 29, 20152 min read


香江山賊
話說伶仃洋外,有小島香江,遠看似仙山,近看像沙灘。島上住了六七百人,打魚摸蜆為生,也算安居樂業,戶戶炊煙。島民捕來海鮮,自吃不下,剩餘炒炒賣賣,供應夷船商販,日子逐漸富裕。唯富不過三代乃不易真理,靈驗如同魔咒,十中難一幸免。三代下來,不少香江小子變得渾身妖氣,頭腦恍惚,口臭異常
谭炳昌
Aug 11, 20154 min read


中国的假蛋风云
还记得大陆的假鸡蛋吗?我当年目睹不少亲友因为假蛋而失明或思想瘫痪,而自己也为了假鸡蛋而饱受随时破产的心理威胁,弄到精神衰弱,毕生难忘。
谭炳昌
Apr 17, 20153 min read


Fake Eggs of China
Chinese fake eggs caused blindness and cerebral seizure in many innocent Hongkongers, and nearly bankrupted me
James Tam
Apr 17, 20153 min read


Between Lives
His wife is giving birth to their first baby, while his mother is dying at the same time, in the same hospital.
James Tam
Oct 23, 201412 min read


生 死 之 間
他正準備第一次做爸爸!當太太臨盆之際,媽媽在同一家醫院內臨危。習慣了的愛早已變得平凡,甚至令人煩厭。永別在即,遺忘了的歲月被赤裸裸地翻出來算帳。無法填補的懊悔,注定永成追憶。生命的始末在同一時空相遇,碰撞,卻不能互相抵銷......
谭炳昌
Oct 22, 201411 min read


The Justice of Sin
A prosecutor, a politician, and a journalist seek commonalities over happy hours. Each with his own agenda
James Tam
Apr 29, 201415 min read
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