The reason I’m into crypto and NFTs:
_I’m so glad there’s an alternative investment and currency for us at this moment in time.
_I’m so glad we don’t have to depend solely on certain currencies, which is worrying and dependent on a country’s stability and political situation 😰👀
_While I love creating huge installations, I feel relieved that there’s an option to own digital artworks which can be stored and transported around so much easier and efficiently!
_I’m so glad the NFT community is much more inclusive than the s̵n̵o̵t̵t̵y̵ traditional art industry 🤣
_I’ve realised one of the reasons why “the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer” is because of the lack of financial knowledge and education. I realise I had to continue learning and educating myself instead of always falling back on that notion. Hopefully with the internet, more options like a decentralised system, and a community to teach, learn from and support each other, we’ll be able to bridge that gap.
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過2,960的網紅Annie Tran,也在其Youtube影片中提到,PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE: I worked together with my awesome friend @juliedvhuynh to bring the Vietnamese letter for black lives come to life in a video ...
knowledge gap 在 Nowhere Boys Facebook 的最佳解答
感謝 The Underground HK 舉辦野豬音樂節, 好耐無出show, 上到台嘅感覺真係返晒嚟, 仲要係對住中環摩天輪嘅舞台! 多謝Angus Leung幫我地記錄低🤘
希望盡快可以再同大家見面🥺
另外附上Underground網頁裏面Cyril Ma寫嘅show review, 多謝你, 我哋睇到好感動!
An Underground show is special because you get new bands, veteran bands, English bands, French bands, marching bands (we did have one) and of course good old fashioned Cantopop bands. But that’s not what Nowhere Boys is. They’re Cantopop, they use ‘old’ music (we’ll get to that), but they’re not old fashioned.
What first struck me was the violin. Standing in the corner was keyboardist Fisher Kan who decided to whip out a violin for their first song 天外飛仙 (Little Fairy). In their musical video, the band members dress up in classical Chinese outfits and do Kung-fu outside Yau Ma Tei Tin Hau temple, and rock-out next to the Star Ferry pier. They didn’t show up in costume but the whimsical, yet hardcore vibe was just as present. The violin was a little quiet, it could have been the mics, or it could have been their placement, but it would have been great to hear it more.
The second song 狂想曲 (Rhapsody) gave more surprises yet. Released in 2015 near the beginning of their career, the song is an eclectic mix of hard rock, Baroque piano, choir music, rap and more. Nowhere Boys is a band which excels in both recorded and live forms; they understand the difference between the two media and artistically transform themselves depending on what their stage is. In the Rhapsody music video, the band members don different outfits showing the many sides of the band, someone’s the Joker, someone’s a cop, they’re in an old timey Hong Kong style barbershop – then everyone changes roles. The chorale section has very strong Queen vibes and seems to reference Bohemian Rhapsody. For such a chaotic video, the performance is actually incredibly tight but not overwhelming. On stage, however, they change completely. The whole performance is a musical whirlwind. The hard rock starts, pinning you to your seat. Then the baroque piano solo comes in – in the video, it’s underscored by black and white visuals – here the whole band stops and points synchronized at the pianist to great applause. The performance is intense; they’re jumping around the stage yelling into mics but then comes the chorale. Everyone stops and sings in perfect acapella harmony despite having just run a marathon.
There’s something to be said for a Cantopop band incorporating so much classic rock, pop and classical music into their performances. Hong Kong is a city where almost everyone has a Grade 8 in musical performance, but becoming a musician is not a career most people will consider. It’s unrealistic, useless, for a hobby only. Our professional choirs and opera groups are performed in by amazing award-winning singers who are actually bankers and doctors. This means that just in terms of classical music knowledge, Hong Kong really is world class – much of local slang actually comes from musical terminology – but it’s ignored. Nowhere Boys whether they know it or not, is bridging that gap. As a rock Cantopop group, they excel perfectly with creative lyrics, great stage presence and top-notch performance, but more than that, they encompass the musical soul of Hong Kong, telling those that play classical music that the pop world does have a space for them and simultaneously letting popular music fans know that the classical side also has a place. Their creativity and performance style weren’t just for a good show, it was inspirational. At least it was to me – a classically trained musician writing rock show reviews.
– Cyril Ma
#UndergroundHK #NowhereBoysHK #WildBoarFestival #野豬音樂節
knowledge gap 在 Facebook 的最讚貼文
French Press就好似月供ETF又或者叫女朋友飲熱水,明明好有效,卻被低估得好緊要。
每次同新識的朋友講起沖咖啡,唔知點解,大部份都會assume你用espresso machine,要不就是手沖,再然後是aeropress、虹吸式、moka pot。最後你忍唔住,答了一句:「哦我平時用french press沖㗎。」然後,話題終結,周圍靜晒。
但如果你真的想自己沖一杯好好地嘅咖啡,French Press其實是最理性的選擇。
首先,其他沖咖啡方法,對技術有一定要求。又或者掉轉講,沖泡技術唔好,對咖啡的質素好大影響。例如espresso壓粉壓得唔好、手沖注水控制差,好容易就會破壞整杯咖啡的味道。Moka Pot更加唔好提,難用到痴線,都唔知邊part出事。
第二,技術是要花時間練的。除非你職業是沖咖啡,否則永遠都不會有足夠的練習機會,去沖一杯比較「職業」的咖啡。例如你要練壓粉,但自己沖自己飲,一日頂盡俾你沖夠四杯,練到幾時先稱得上熟手?
而French Press就没有上述的所有問題。點解?因為French Press跟本無技術可言,只有三個steps:磨粉,沖熱水,然後等。磨粉用機、熱水用煲、等用光陰,基本上已經將人為失誤的機會降至最低。所以French Press是最親民、最没有skill gap與knowledge gap的沖法。一壺在手,人人平等。
但不代表French Press不需要講究。點講究?Patreon有講
knowledge gap 在 Annie Tran Youtube 的最佳貼文
PLEASE WATCH AND SHARE: I worked together with my awesome friend @juliedvhuynh to bring the Vietnamese letter for black lives come to life in a video so you can share this with your families. We want them to HEAR this generation pleading for empathy and understanding. I recently mentioned the toxicity and racism that is embedded in the Asian community, specifically the Vietnamese. I know many of you are struggling to communicate with your families whether it’s due to a language barrier, generational gap, or blatant refusal to listen. Julie and I hope you can use this video— play it in your home. Make them listen. Please share the hell out of this until everyone LISTENS. Our parents pushed us from the time we were born to GO TO SCHOOL, GET AN EDUCATION. Well, share that knowledge my friends. I encourage you all to keep having these uncomfortable conversations— if they learned racism, they can unlearn it. #VietnameseforBlackLives #BlackLivesMatter
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Thank you @kleonares for inspiring me to make this video. If anyone knows the IG handles of the original translators for this letter, please let me know so I can credit them. Their first/last names are credited on the written letter via the website www.letterforblacklives.com.
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