農曆新年快到了。這本是個父母們封利是給子女﹐充滿祝福的節日。

在以往物資相對匱乏的日子裡﹐新年穿新衣﹐收到用新鈔封利是﹐讓孩子在一年裡的這一天﹐雀躍地期待著﹐也處處流露著父母長輩的關愛。

如今﹐物質豐饒﹐要甚麼有甚麼﹐孩子收到禮物時已毫無幸福感了。

有沒有想過﹐為提供市民封利是所需的新鈔票﹐香港去年特別為此額外印製了超過3億張新鈔？這批新鈔共重300公噸，用了400公噸棉花製成﹐存放時佔去20個廿呎長貨櫃。

在世界充斥著無節制的消費和消耗的今天﹐如果仍堅持用新鈔封利是﹐就相當於放火燒了孩子未來的家園。

封利是﹐用新鈔還是舊鈔？利是為孩子帶來祝福還是未來的連年惡夢？父母們﹐三思！

Once I spoke loudly to a female colleague, "Men wear ties and women wear high heel shoes. Both are stupid enough to unnecessarily restrict their own movement. And we call this civilization."

I tried to elaborate further, putting on ties in the summer heat and sweating a lot is a torture to men. Likewise, women wearing high heel shoes can go nowhere and would risk injuring their knees. High heels are a trick men play on women while ties are a trick men fool themselves, I concluded.

Then I found my boss was standing behind me, wearing a tie. My colleague hurriedly refined my wordings, "Only those men who wear ties in summer are stupid. In winter it’s OK." Anyway, the boss is a kind person and has been used to my talking like this.