拿香港BNO都可以在德國投票?

我這個政治白癡,一定要多謝2008年在香港議會裏掟香蕉的一位議員。雖然他沒有把目標打中,卻把不少像我這種白癡掟醒了。自2006年起我一直追聽、追看網台的政治、時事評論,一邊看一邊在想,為什麼連這些這麼簡單的政治常識我也不知道? 我以前的幾十年是怎麼搞的?在學校裏我究竟學了什麼? 怎麼老師從來沒說? 覺得自己很無知,人到中年還顯得無知,實在很難看。回望年少時浪費了很多時間在無聊的學科上,虛耗生命,立下跟自己說不自覺而無知還可以原諒,醒了還無知就萬萬不可原諒。

所以多年來我不斷的找資料看、在網上訂書、聽網台節目、緊追網絡政治名人面書貼文等等,一切從最簡單的開始學起,慕求把不懂的慢慢補回來。先天不足,唯有將勤補拙,總算把基本常識補回來,雖不懂發表什麼偉倫,大事大非還是懂的。多年來雖身在外地,卻能從另一個角度跟香港一同成長,看著以香港為首的華夏大藍圖漸漸成形,慶幸自己生在大時代,有緣目睹世界即將來臨的大變。

話說回來三月時德國舉行四年一次地區政府選舉及社區選舉,所有德國人及居德的歐洲公民也有權投票。來德十多年已收過幾次投票通知單,卻懷疑是地區政府攪錯,因我拿的是BNO,身份值得考究,怎麼也有權投票? 再加上忙工作、忙家務,一直沒有把此事放在心上。

兒子及女兒在學校上了幾年政治及公民課,知道投票的重要,是義務也是責任,更是不能被剝奪的權利,知道我有資格去投票,他們千叮萬囑我這一次一定要去。星期天到來,打算食過飯後一家散步去投票站投票,煮飯前拿來投票通知書再看看,才發現投票原來只到下午6點,我還以為到八點。看看時間已經是下午五點四十五分,急忙找來丈夫和女兒,一同開車去票站,關門前我們及時趕到,丈夫不是歐洲公民,女兒未夠十八歲,兩人都無資格投票,唯有在門外等。我一個人進去小小的投票站,迎接我的是站內幾個工作人員的歡呼聲,皆因我是最後一個前來投票,進去後他們便立即把門鎖上。

五、六個工作人員各司其位,幫我核對身份的、給我選票的、把我帶到填表房間的、收選票的、監票的等等,跟著他們團團轉的我很大鄉里啊!這次選舉地區政府要選出93人,社區選舉則要選出19人,而每一個選民都分別有93票和19票,對,沒聽錯是93加19票,兩個選舉我一共有112票!我可以把93票投給93個不同的候選人,也可以給同一候選人最多3票,直至93票用盡,也可以把93票全給一個政黨,然後政黨內部自行分配選票,聽上去有點複雜但不難明白。

我全數93票都給了一個政黨,所以只需在我心儀的政黨旁劃上一個”X”就可以了,不要看輕這小小的一個”X”,這是一個充滿能量且背負著重大意義的”X”,能否有好的生活、理想的家園都要靠一個又一個的”X”去達成,填之前我還要深深的吸一口氣,重複檢查後才很認真的填上我授了權的”X”。從投票房出來後,工作人員指導我怎樣把選票摺好、封好,然後我就把它投進大大的選票箱裏。任務完成,工作人員護送我離開,還祝我有一個愉快的晚上。

第一次在德國投票,實證了我是香港人也是歐洲公民這很exclusive的身份!

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選舉前一個多月,Wahlamt選舉局已經寄來跟真實選票一樣的超大型模擬選票及說明書。

 

拿BNO的香港人也是歐洲公民,有心人可以繼續進行該做的事情!

後續:二零一六年六月二十四日英國公投脫離歐盟,第一次在德國投票,也是最後一次。

 

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Time Dimension

Time Dimension
August 4, 2014 by Energy Kool

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Every day we look at our watches and at the public ones. They are very physical objects making part of our day to day life since we become aware of the universal surroundings. We know what they are showing us and the meaning of the circle with numbers or 4 digits in a row we understand it very well. Or do we? It appears The Time has Density.

Time is a Concept WE invented. And we putted so much energy into it and so we reinforced it so much that it became quasi material. We created another dimension. But this dimension is not really existent. It’s an illusion. But how is the real deal standing? And is it WE that invented it or is it somebody else?

Do we need the Time? I would say that as long as we don’t master the mechanism of synchronicity, then we need Time because we all need to interact each other and we need to meet and not waste the energy of the others, standing with doing nothing and waiting for us to appear. When in synchronicity, this doesn’t happen. If someone is not coming for some reason either the others meet without this one or they meet when they feel everybody will be there and all this outside of any time concept.

But what’s wrong with the Time? While it is just a Concept, a notion, an idea, is nothing wrong. We can have a meaning on planetary daily rotation and equinoxes and seasons etc. so we know at what point we are in all those big universal movements. Nothing wrong up to here.

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The problem arises when the Time in our lives creates density and so becomes another dimension. Physically we have three dimensions and that’s a constraint. It’s called “the 3D World” or “the Box”. So how can a Concept, aka the Concept of Time, create another dimension? It looks complicated but with patience, actually is amazingly easy: by making all people to act upon another Constraint called Time and to subconsciously keep the awareness (of this concept) present and manifesting in the day to day life no matter what. And this way this Concept materializes in our Lives. So we don’t talk anymore about “a bridge built over a river because it was needed”. Instead we talk about “a bridge built in 6 months that was done over that river and it was so much”. Or, instead of saying “we need to meet” we say “we meet at X hour at the meeting point”. And this way we create our own constraint that materializes in our lives. It creates not only constraint, but density, stress, hurry, rush, pressure, why not illness and a special type of extra energy consumption.

Let’s think at the old times. Some people needed a hut. They were just building it. Period. Today we make a Project and a Timeline that we impose ourselves to stick with and that’s because it is involved a budget. And that’s the Fourth Dimension: Time Constraint. Today we can call it this way because the presence of money did that. If we think a little deeper we will see that all characteristics of Time Dimension are given by the interaction and hand-in-hand going with the money. We could call it also “Time Density”.

As soon as the money concept is taken out of equation the time dissolves into a simple concept. After all we cannot stop the movement of universal bodies who were the origin of what imagined. They are just there doing what they always did and we just noticed and putted it into a concept.

So the concept of Time, a mind creation, together with the concept of money, again a mind creation (materialized into our lives through coins, first, and then through paper money), are creating together the 4th Dimension of Time. Think about when the boss says: ”be in time, I want you there” you really feel the Time’s Density. You try to become good friend with the second, moreover in a big city where every second counts. So, in other words, instead of just make public some thing that needs to be done and let things happen at the most convenient time for everybody, we make a push of a shock wave of moving things towards a self imposed goal in an self imposed time frame. We switched from the importance of doing a needed something into doing it with so much and in this much time.

To enforce that – it was created the clock… and not only the clock, but an entire industry with competitive brands trying to be the first on the market, the most famous so you watch and the others just… and so on. And for what, people? Only for being able to show the world the expensive gold plated watch that somebody wears and to let everybody understand his or hers social status? In other words, the money that somebody possesses and already has makes the others want one, otherwise said “to spend time and energy to win that wanted money to have a watch like his”.

Here might be the big trick. We said “spend time” (concept), “to win money” (concept), “to have a watch” (time concept – physical reinforcement), but also “spend energy” !!! And that last one (not so visible) is real and is yours and represents your life and your creative spark. And what do you do with it? It is your decision to see or not to see how things are around us. It is up to each of us to understand and to enforce or not those concepts, even if we still interact with them every day. At least we could see from the other perspective too and not only from the one from inside. Perhaps it´s impossible or very hard to move on with your life living in other perspective starting from now, but having the concept of the outside picture, that is being more aware and seeing more clearly. I believe that is a good thing for each one and everybody. It’s like looking at a house from a perspective but in the same time being able to completely visualize what’s behind also.

As a little conclusion, we don’t know if we created the Time Concept. Maybe we did in another life, but we can think at answering these questions: is it us we are maintaining it dense or not? and if it is so in which way? and after all what do we want? keep it or get rid of it? Either one or the other, why?
Just try to find out how we can materialize the “Happiness Dimension” or “Happiness Density”.

In Love and Light
Energy Kool

Reblog from The Prepare For Change

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重拾舊歡

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自從有了自己的花園後,心思都放到那裡,家裡的大露台凌亂不堪,個多星期前丈夫終於下定決心,把露台執拾乾淨,把該掉的都丟掉,能賣的便放上網去拍賣。收拾妥當後丈夫還安裝了一些照明裝置,晚上亮起來還挺有氣氛的。

踫巧長週末,又踫巧天氣異常温暖,陽光普照,我和丈夫決定什麼地方也不去,留在家𥚃享受。整個早上我們都坐在陽台上喝茶、看書,我還把丟下了十多年的織針拿出來,織起我生平第一隻冷襪。我是個愛工作的人,手和腦總停不下來,編織這手藝正好把我的能量貯下,加上小小創意便變成不同的製成品,決定以後要多做。

幾小時坐在陽台上,發現不久以前在樹上搭的鳥屋住了新房客,聽見小鳥在屋內孜孜聲索食,鳥媽媽一個早上來來回回的,不知飛了多少遍。

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兩盆菠菜,個多月前下的種。摘了一些再加上蕃茄和牛油果便成了我的午餐。

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“Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?”  -Jon Jandai-

「生活其實很簡單,為什麼要弄得這麼難?」

我雖然不能做到如Jon Jandai一樣兩袖清風、歸隱田園,但簡單而可持續的生活是我的夢想,而且也進行得不錯!

 

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福岡正信與自然農法

春天剛到,又是農忙的開始,上星期我用了三天旳時間把一百五十平方米的土地都翻過了,別看我身材矮小,「歪挑鬼命」,可我雙臂的雙頭肌還是挺發達的。農務之中我最喜歡翻泥,其次是發芽和播種,最不喜歡的工作是除野草。

很喜歡翻泥這個動作,拿著大鏟,用力把它插進土壤裏,把泥土挑起,再翻下,重複又重複的做著這單一的動作,單純而原始,沒有旁䳱,專注於每一個動作,而每一秒我都覺知自己在做什麼。專注於當下中,很多時一些念頭、想法會突然撲出,很多想不通的問題就這樣「叮」一聲,想通了。

朋友知我喜歡耕種,問我有否聽過福岡正信和自然農法。「自然農法」不就是不施農藥和不施化肥,我一直都這樣做了,而且我還自己堆肥,很了不起吧!過後好奇心推使下到維基百科看看,原來完全不是我想像的那麼簡單。依他的概念除了不施農藥和不施化肥這些最基本的操守外,除草、翻泥和剪枝等基本農務也是不必要的,你只需播種和收成,實行「無為而治」,我想沒那麼簡單吧?內裏一定隱藏不少學問。還有他也重新研究古埃及用來修補耕地的粘土球*clay seed ball,更到非洲幫忙開墾荒地,九十歲高齡還週遊演說,如此猛將實在令人欽佩!

看來要當一個有良心的好農夫還需好好努力,與一切同道中人共勉。

image很多的葱,聖誕前下的種,整個冬天我也沒理他,連水也沒灌一滴,任他自然生長。三月中一整塊田都長得滿滿的,這也算是無為而治吧?也是我的專利「懶人農法」。

*(Wikipedia)Fukuoka re-invented and advanced the use of clay seed balls. Clay seeds balls were originally an ancient practice in which seeds for the next season’s crops are mixed together, sometimes with humus or compost for microbial inoculants, and then are rolled within clay to form into small balls. This method is now commonly used in guerilla gardening to rapidly seed restricted or private areas.[20]

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A字頭上的眼睛

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德語有二十九字母,比英語多了三個,那三個分別是a、o和u頭上多加兩點,像多了雙眼睛一樣,德語叫”Umlaut”。瑞典語、挪威語、芬蘭語及土耳其語也有Umlaut,但德語卻是Umlaut的生母。

這三個字母其實是”ae”、”oe”和”ue”的合併體,中世紀時德語系的人們為了方便,開始把”e”字縮小而書,後來越縮越小,最後剩下兩點,其他語言也跟著採用。

看了一些文章,知道很多以英語作為母語的朋友對”Umlaut”很是著迷,皆因她給人一起種外國或歐陸感覺。N年前美國突然出現了一隻神秘牌子雪糕,價錢很貴,大家都不知道它是那裡來的,有的説丹麥,有的説是荷蘭,甚至是冰島,全因它的牌子名上的Umlaut,這個神秘牌子就是大家熟悉的,Häaxxx Dxxs。在大家吃得津津有味時,神秘面紗逐漸打開,發現它的生產商原來是在最正常不過的美國紐約,一時間大家都好失望。牌子加上Umlaut原來只不過是銷售策略,目的是給美國銷費者聯想到歐陸風味、歐洲傳統等。

還有七十年代有幾隊英美搖滾樂隊,名字都有Umlaut,如Blue Öyster和Mötley Crüe。其中有一隊叫Motörhead的,名字上的Umlaut全是平面設計師的傑作,當時的主音解釋説:「加上兩點看上去憤怒些,很配合我們的風格。」而帶頭用Umlaut的Mötley Crüe,則説:「樂隊名字的靈感來自我喜愛的飲料,德國啤酒Löwenbräu!」

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參考資料:《Der die was? Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth》by David Bergmann

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尋找小蜜蜂

今年冬天德國天氣反反覆覆,凍幾天又回暖幾天,雪下得不多,卻陰陰沉沉,才三月底,花園的小杏樹和小李樹開花已數星期,實不尋常。別以為開花總是令人高興,還要看開在何時。花早開了,卻不見蜜蜂的蹤影,沒有蜜蜂把花粉傳播是結不成果的,實在令人躭心。

幾年前讀過一段新聞,説美國的蜜蜂少了九成,養蜜蜂的蜂農發現大部分蜜蜂飛走後沒有回巢,美國”H”字頭知名雪糕品牌出資委約研究人員找出原因,得出結果原來是單一品種種植、基因改造、過量剎蟲劑等等。動物昆蟲也認不出我們今天的食物了,別以為跟你沒關係,連雪糕公司都把這事放在眼裏,皆因蜜蜂是在食物鏈的很低層,沒雪糕吃事小,整個食物鏈摧毀的話,後果何其嚴重。想一想大家可以做點什麼吧!

二零一六年三月十六日德國大紀元時報:

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鼠尾草

買下花園的第一年,看見草莓田旁邊矮矮的幾棵植物, 對她一點好感也沒,因為她有一股我不太喜歡的特殊氣味,還有花園的上一手主人,沒有好好打理,弄得在這幾棵植物旁生了一大堆雜草,縫頭亂髮般,很難看!花園裏的鄰居跟我們說這是一種香草叫Salbei,中文叫鼠尾草, 可以用來燉肉、淆湯。那年秋天過了一半時,鄰居提醒我們是時候把她修剪一下,待明年春天到來,就會生得很好。

我聽見後很開心,立即拿來剪刀,鄰居提點,一般攀爬類植物如Himberry, Raspberry 和香草類植物都可以完全剪掉至剩三、四公分突出泥土外。我聽後便三扒兩撥便把她剪掉,剪的時候更是一點愛心都沒有的,因為她實在很醜而且氣味古怪,心裡想的就是把她快快弄走,剪好後的幾棵鼠尾草像三個修了平頭裝的大叔㚲在一起,清爽多了卻仍是那麼醜。

秋去冬來,冬天是農閒,花園裏沒有什麼好幹,丈夫利用這段時間修理工具和籬笆,我這個耕種初哥負責睇書、上網找資料,安排明年的耕種程序。找資料時無意間看到有關Saalbei的資料,才知道她原來是個寶,真是有眼不識泰山,罪過、罪過!

「鼠尾草又名洋蘇草、丹參,在強韌生命力的繁殖下,原產於地中海的它,如今全世界都能見到它的芳蹤。 鼠尾草品種繁多,聽說有七百多種,春天一到,便綻放藍紫色的脣形花。 鼠尾草的藥用價值,早在中古時期,即為世人所熟悉,在東方茶葉未傳入歐洲前,歐洲人便普遍沖泡鼠尾草來保健。 希臘人、羅馬人將鼠尾草稱為「神聖的藥草」。 它的學名Saivia,拉丁語就是「拯救」的意思,其意是說鼠尾草可解救世人免於疾病之苦。 自古以來,歐洲人就廣泛的使用鼠尾草來治療疾病,他們用鼠尾草的汁液來幫助婦女分娩,或消除更年期的障礙。

現今醫學實驗證明,鼠尾草含有雌性賀爾蒙,對女性的生殖系統確有幫助,它還含有苯酸和崔柏酮成份,可殺菌預防感冒,活潑腦細胞增強記憶力。 鼠尾草沖泡後當茶喝,清新的香草味中,帶有點苦澀、辛辣,可加些蜂蜜調和口味,可當它當成養生飲料,但不宜大量長期飲用。 將新鮮的鼠尾草枝葉或花浸於水中,除了可散發芳香外,更可當作簡易的消毒水來使用。乾燥的花葉可作為薰肉的香料,或以小布袋包置於室內有驅蟲之功。 今人常將鼠尾草用來滋養腦部、幫助消化、降血壓、減輕婦女經痛、預防感冒治喉痛。 更年期的婦女飲用鼠尾草,有助消除潮紅的不適感,但哺乳期間的產婦絕對不能喝,因會妨礙乳汁的分泌。 鼠尾草雖然保健功能頗多,但是因還有崔柏酮,長期大量飲用會在體內產生毒素,喜愛者不宜不慎。」資料來源 http://www.sln.ks.edu.tw/plants/sanway/san25.htm

除此之外根據*Hildegard von Bingen 的草葯配方,鼠尾草也可以紓解喉嚨不適、牙齦發炎。市面上很多喉糖的成分也有鼠尾草,例如很多人都熟悉的瑞士奸人堅喉糖。我常常要教課,對著十幾個小孩大聲解説,聲帶、喉嚨都很攰,所以晚餐後很多時都會冲杯鼠尾草茶喝。由於她味道很濃,每次只需三、四片葉子便可以冲上幾杯。

*Hildegard von Bingen(1098-1179), 德國中世紀最有創作力的音樂家、德國神學家、天主教聖人、教會聖師,同時也是作家、醫師和預言家。

 

自家製鼠尾草,吸收了日、月、空氣、水、蟲叫、鳥鳴的大自然養分。

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笑話一則

媽媽去年暑假來德國小住了一個月,回香港後的某一天。

晚飯時兒子說:「婆婆今日打過電話嚟!」
我說:「佢同你講咗乜嘢!」
「佢問,媽媽食番嘢未?」
說完兒子忍不住笑,丈夫在旁邊更哈哈大笑,我則搖搖頭苦笑。

吃生的朋友一定懂得笑。

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心靜自然涼

德國三十九度高温,已進入第二天。家裡沒有冷氣,只得一把座地扇,收在地牢儲物室多年,但一家人都不喜歡吹風,崇尚自然風,於是我也懶得把它找出來。 香港的家人擔心,問我又不開冷氣、又不開風扇,怎樣對抗這酷熱天氣?方法就是不和它對抗。天氣熱就做些天氣熱時該做的事。 靜下來,不勞心、不勞身。天要你靜下來就該乖乖的聽話,把平常的速度減下來。

本來星期五要教舞蹈課,因為學校也沒裝冷氣,比較熱,我提前一天發電郵,提醒學生帶多點水,還有帶毛巾等等,殊不知,一半家長回覆我說:「這樣的天氣還是去游泳適合一些。 」就這樣四堂課取消了,留在家過了一個懶洋洋的週末!

 

四十二度高温是西斜及沒樹陰下錄得。

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貓貓也透不過氣了!!

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消暑良方除了心靜外,還要靠它!

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的起心肝

今年春至的第二天,即二月四日那天,早上六時多如常醒來,送了上學的兒子出門後,是心血來潮又或者是內在聲音,竟然想到要練瑜珈,馬上上網找片看。

我從來沒上過瑜珈課,但憑著幾十年的舞蹈底子,也曾經非常了解身上每條肌肉與筋骨,很多基本的瑜珈動作,只消看看畫面便能跟著做,動作雖不難但頭一星期還是感到週身肌肉酸痛,應該是沉睡多年的肌肉被激活起來的訊號。就這樣我天天早上練起瑜珈來,至今多月,一天也沒偷懶,是自己也沒料到!

但更神奇的是我那曾經擁有六件腹肌,現在變成擁有一塊綜合腹肥的丈夫,看見我天天練,練得那麼起勁,竟然跟著我一起練,至今我仍有點不相信。 丈夫和我都有深厚舞蹈底子,但已十多二十年沒練功,雖然我教課時會儘量做足示範,一來是為了照顧那些需要從視覺上吸收的學生,二來是自己也可活動下筋骨,但始終是游擊式的,慢慢地便退功了。 當了職業舞蹈員多年,身上傷痕累累,脊椎多處輕微移位壓著神經,大腿經年累月有麻痺的痛楚,也試過多次急性坐骨神經痛,最嚴重一次是好幾天連站也站不起來。

瑜珈每個體位需要保持三數分鐘,這樣肌肉才能夠舒展開,有時停留在一個體位時,會突然間聽見啪一聲,本來脊椎移位的地方因肌肉放鬆了而慢慢復位,一日復一日,隔一兩天就會聽見關節劈啪一聲的歸位,這些劈劈啪啪聲實在美妙,現在背痛已經好了七、八成,每天都輕輕鬆鬆的,多暢快!

小貼士:每天瑜珈結束時我都會靜心五到十分鐘,有一段時間可能是工作壓力關係,心口悶悶的,靜心時我便跟自己説,放鬆放鬆,然後我把注意力集中在心(心輪),還嘗試用意志把心提起,的起成個心肝,果然感到輕鬆好多!

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幾個月努力的成果。

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每天早上太陽照進屋內就是練功之時。

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