JAMES TAM  谭炳昌

聖誕期間，我和家人在芬蘭北部 Lapland 做了“蝗蟲”，在冰冷的北極圈內受到當地人熱情招待，頗有感受。在分享蝗蟲經驗前，先來看看芬蘭著名的聖誕村是個甚麼模樣。 聖誕老人在小鎮 Rovaniemi 的家，是個小精靈購物村。跟他老人家拍照留念，除了要付款，還得排隊半小時以上...

This X’mas, we were part of a locust cloud in Santa’s homeland, warmly welcomed by the cool Finns. Before getting into all that, first a...

Populist Democracy controlled by money is a political dead-end. A Second Enlightenment is urgently needed.

肆意式西方民主，搭个资本主义，对老百姓来说是末路一条。连当初宣布“历史终结”的福山教授也改变了看法。我们都是这个小恒星的过客，有很多事情非要共同解决不可。瘟疫，环保，气候转变，资源处理，金融稳定等都是急切问题。大自然的反应期，却远远超出民主大佬的竞选周期。

I suggested a National Security Law imposed by Beijing back in 2014, during Occupy Central, in order to reoccupy HK belatedly

北京应该趁“占中”这颜色革命，运用基本法赋予的权力在香港实行比过不了立法会的“23条”更明确实在的 “国安法”。一国之下，香港与全国的安全法律接轨其实十分合理，顺理成章。也可以收回被殖民势力占领了的三大沦陷区：司法，教育，传媒。股市大泻的话，便是明眼人发财的好时机！

His wife is giving birth to their first baby, while his mother is dying at the same time, in the same hospital.

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......

習慣了西方 “自由傳媒” 招牌菜的人，都知道中國是 “極權國家”，令人心寒。我希望多些瞭解，於是決定反潮流，實事求是探索一番

A partial list Authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics which worries people who see China through the mainstream western press

兩位“筆友”，最近經電郵激烈辯論 “科學迷信” 這議題。一位認為科學是探索宇宙最高智慧的優雅手段。另一位認為科學無非人類又一偉大幻覺，與最終 “現實” 拉不上關係。兩位都是僑居海外的教授級學者，都曾經在大學教理工科。我覺得他們兩位的論點精辟，...

Science is in crisis. Reality is not what it seems. Application has been hijacked. A very different approach is needed to breakthrough

Long time no see Finland. I saw light everywhere, gleaming, glinting, blazing, more dramatic than before, enchanting as usual. And thank...

Ulpotha has been named the “Best Yoga Retreat in Sri Lanka” for good reasons. It’s a truly unforgettable experience for anyone seeking a...

轉眼又到「六四」。這年頭的香港，光陰依然似箭，不過是電影里的火箭：看上去很快，卻去不了地方，只在原地噴火，隆隆發聲。散場後坐著不走的話，電影還會重播，內容一模一樣。我在09年6月5號寫的一篇遊戲文章，看來在可見將來也不會過時。那麼我也每年六三重貼一次，算是贈慶吧！...

Photos from Iran, Bush's "Axis of Evil". It turned out to be the most friendly and beautiful country I've visited. 美国口中的“邪

Tehran Bazaar 德黑兰市集：Markets tell me a lot about the locals’ lives, habits, social order, living standard 每一个地方的市集是观察当地民生民风的最好地方

Tower of Silence 天葬场的寂静塔 There is no better place to contemplate "life, death, and nature" than Iran's ancient "sky buria

Persepolis was the capital of the largest empire 2500 years ago. But Iranians venerate their poets more than warriors and conquerors. Persep

Isfahan Square 伊斯法罕的广场 Two weeks in Iran showed me the extent to which a country can be savagely demonised by the corporate free press....