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My published book “The adventurous journey of love: from homophobia to being an ally, memoir” is now available in the permanent collection of the Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library in University of Toronto: https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/nde/search?query=Yuen%20Chun%20Chan%20(%E9%99%B3%E7%88%B0%E7%8F%8D)&tab=Everything&search_scope=UTL_AND_CI&vid=01UTORONTO_INST:UTORONTO_NDE&lang=en The rehearsal video of my solo performances of my memoir are also available to watch: in English: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/e415db1e4619223d36ffac53bfeb3025 In Cantonese: https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/d6f813c4b8c16eab16d2525000c17a17 To order the memoir online: https://www.lulu.com/search?page=1&q=Yuen+Chun+Chan&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00

再見吧 Goodbye

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  記得去年六月,整個禮拜在橦景著一個狀態:「我是水」。 川流不息 細水長流 滋潤流過之處 那怕是小小的石罅 但我不能停留 亦不必回頭 我會向前 繼續向前

重遊母校 My University

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  崇基眾志堂前的荷花池,現在還有荷花嗎? 今天是中文大學舉行畢業禮, 1977年我在此畢業,今天重遊,53年前中學畢業的同學,看了我的回憶錄,跟我聯絡,今天架車來接我和老公遊了一小時多,感激他,重遊中大,感覺相當複雜。 因為有車,我們看見前幾年社會運動時的二號橋,段校長跟警察和學生接觸的地點。現在兩旁已經被鐵網圍住了,有鉄刺的鐵絲網,像監獄的外牆。   眾志堂後面的草地,當年小女兒在學行,我扶著她上樓梯到這草地,跟四歲的姊姊跳舞,還有好朋友的女兒,三位小姐快樂的渡過一個上午。 今天這草地已經被這個東西霸佔了! 原諒我,我雖支持環保,但這個空間如此使用,心裏很不舒服,嘆一句「舊事不須記」! 還是在聯合書院飯堂吃一個雞蛋三文治加咖啡,$12,望着湯若望宿舍來得舒服,我50歲生日那天,老公和我在這飯堂慶祝,是離開香港十三年重踏校園那一天。今年70歲,見到住過的宿舍,需要時間觸摸這感受。 回憶至親身重遊,是一個什麼的旅程? 回家google, 原來有「回憶文學」這詞,典範是琦君,馬上找到「橘子紅了」網上看。第二天,星期六的沙田新城市廣場找到圖書館的寧靜空間。

共創空間 Collective Project

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   Singapore  Melody 離開多倫多前一天,有機會跟她認識,她看過我的回憶錄,今天帶我去看彼此支持的空間,這個讓LGBT及任何有興趣加入活動的朋友可以歇息的地方,牆上是一位 gay artist 的藝術作品,其他有興趣的塗上不同的顏色。看著這些色彩,給我不少活力! She left Toronto the day after I met her. She read my memoir. She took me to a place for LGBT people and anyone looking for a place to chill and chat. This art work is a collective art project led by a gay artist. Other people involved put in different beautiful colours. Looking at this colourful picture, I feel energized. Just feeling so grateful today.

My ancestor 我的祖先

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  Second generation seeds from daughter’s organic black beans  查看加拿大華人歷史 維基百科 Wikipedia: Chinese Canadian history  第二次大規模的中國移民是在 第二次鴉片戰爭 後(天津條約同意向外國輸出中國苦力)。當時的中國移民從 廣東省 台山縣 ,來避開國內的貧窮和政治不穩定狀況。來加拿大的廣東人大多數都是從 香港 進入加拿大。 I am still contemplating my story weaving my friend’s.  I am facilitating antiracism group with Quaker. We are reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin K. We meet once a month by zoom. This month, we shared our stories inspired by the chapter on “The offering” (p.31). We shared our stories of our ancestors when they came to Canada. El (Anonymous) shared that on mother’s side, her grandparents were Holocaust survivor.*  On her father’s side, her great grandfather was who surveyed the railway across Canada with other people. I know that many Chinese were recruited to Canada to construct the railway. In hearing her story, I felt pretty heavy and I did not know why. Today, Victoria day, it’s holiday, relaxed. I just checked Wikipedia And discovered: (The fol...

Meditating artwork 默想藝術

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  Inspired by Piaget Bowen , I want to practice this meditation with my art making. I am making my bed like the world in the evening. Meditating places I got these stories. I bought the bell in Italy, to be exact, Assisi, with Veronica Needa who brought Playback theatre to Hong Kong in 1997… Mm… St Francis of Assisi…oh…  Veronica passed away last year because of cancer complications. She was building a house at the back of hers, in London, UK,  hoping to help young people from Hong Kong. I remember she was two years younger than I.

SAFAR project Performance

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 I still remember one of them was refugee from Syria a few years ago. I invited him to join one of our theatre of the opera’s practice. There was one moment he was hugging my knee and leg, while I was sitting, when we were doing our image, he said, “ I feel so warm”!  We became friends. One time when we were waiting for subway, I asked him about Syria, He said, “ I don’t want to talk about it.” Today I witness what empowerment means through theatre. I just feel so moved and grateful 🦋

今天的雲 The Cloud Today

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           Memoir by Ting-China Wang:  The Cloud Yesterday  2024-04-14 昨天的雲 我充滿矛盾。 我放下這本書,不能禁得住腳步,必須外出。 今天太陽實在可愛, 16度C, 下午五時都是陽光普照,既柔和,又溫暖。外出走走,嫩芽爆出小葉,一隻Robin 在路旁草地好安靜,對不起,我走近又嚇了你一跳! 將黃色風褸除掉,又將彩色毛衣除掉,走到Drewry大草地,沒有人,  你想我會做什麼呢? 躺在草地,帶着太陽鏡望着無瑕疵藍色的天空,白雲順着微風慢慢散開,噢,原來月亮彎彎已經在天空了! 在路上走着的時候,思想着明年保育大地120可以教一個課程,四月至六月,每星期鼓勵學生自己到外面走走,寫札記,寫下對上帝創造的感受… 冷不提防有一個人拖着一隻大黑狗走逝我旁,面似賴皮狗,幸有狗鏈拉著,主人的皮膚跟牠一樣顏色,也高大,主人走來問我:”Do you fear dog?” I don’t know how to reply him. Of course I don’t want the dog running around coming close or sniff me, he is not Kobe, not Ria, my daughters’ dogs. I don’t know this dog . How do I know if it is a risk. I asked him “are you going to release the leash?” “ Yes, that’s why I have to ask you first, if you’re not fear of it, I can let him run around on the whole lawn”. “I will leave in five minutes.” I replied to him. So he was still holding the dog with the leash on. During that five minutes I look at the clouds, the sky, I asked myself....

大家姐 • 瀟灑走一回 Eldest Sister

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  2017  · 12月,邁亞美重聚 這個月一直想起跟大家姐跳舞,她唱這歌自然,跳舞又自在。想不到那天她選這歌,如此地代表她。三年前,微笑揮揮手,離開我們了! 拿起 回憶錄 ,重閱「鮑魚海參也是素」,回想那天她蒸熟阿拉斯加新鮮蟹, 促我趁熱吃,我不太享受吃蟹的過程,我將蟹放在嘴裏咬,吐出來一半蟹殼一半蟹肉,堆成小沙丘。 大家姐拆蟹肉的確有一手,他拿着又大又長的蟹鉗,一拆一拉,露出長長的鮮蟹肉,她把去殼的蟹鉗肉遞到我嘴,嘴唇接觸到濕潤而滿了蟹汁的手,現在這溫暖的感覺閉上眼仍懷念,甜絲絲的。 我 63 歲人吃蟹都要大家姐剝殼,唔…. 好幸福囉!

Capture the moment 一望

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  放在案頭很久的一雙小趣怪,今天突然望到,一個聞另外一個的屁股,太有趣了,馬上影! 這是大女兒四歲生日時,在沙田沙角邨,買來送給她,不久,她已忘記,都是這送禮物的人一直保存着。又是美好的回憶。 唔,將回憶錄其中一篇錄音,教我兩個女兒都開懷大笑!趁着今天的興緻,送給好友! 回憶錄   p. 197 多倫多生活· 低級趣味

Adventurous Journey of Love

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Solo performance  Adventurous journey: from homophobia to being an ally The Adventurous Journey of Love -From homophobia to being an ally 2nd Edition: (2023)  Paperback – March 14 2023 Chinese edition   by  Yuen Chun CHAN   (Author) ( One third of the book is in English)   To order: https://www.amazon.ca/Adventurous-Journey-Love-homophobia-being/dp/131277990X Foreword   At one summer night in 2017, I thought I wouldn’t wake up the next morning. So I wrote a short will. Throughout that process, I discovered I had unfinished business.   I must write down this story and tell everybody that I know. I did a solo performance of this true story for 10 shows in 7 cities: Toronto, Harrisonburg, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Taipei. 2017 Each solo performance was followed by a performance from the local Playback Theatre so the audience can tell their stories and have them immediately enacted on the stage. I called it the ...

中秋月餅

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    回憶錄 34 頁 寫我在澳門的生活,今晚竟然吃到那裏的月餅!  月亮把我們帶回很久很久以前美好的回憶,也把我們不同地方的人拉在一起。 再過兩小時就可以看到圓圓的大月亮掛在天空了, 既想念又祝福你們呀!

松子

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  松子,南瓜子,pecan, 黑蒜多士。 種子是從加拿大帶回來的,隨身帶着健康的蛋白質,不必周圍搵嘢食。 黑蒜是從北角馬寶道琴行街買的。那天在觀塘換領身份證,坐船到北角,老公對這條舊街很熟悉,幫他皮鞋打鞋掌的是一位名叫「容姊」的師傅,皮帶加了兩個窿。買了五件菊花牌背心、為孫子買了10條全棉手巾仔。 麵包是四天前,跟舊同事在金鐘廊吃晚餐剩下的,仍保持新鮮味道。 吃松子,想起母親。她特別愛吃這種子,她在邁亞美跟阿哥一起住的時候,阿哥買餸回來就帶着一大包松子,她又笑了,露出金牙! 食物把我與離世的母親結連,溫暖我心。 ( 回憶錄  頁41) 能打發老公自己去旅店餐廳吃早餐,享受獨處。

還有多少

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  回香港差不多一個月了,今天才有時間親自上基道書樓看我的 回憶錄 實體書,見到只有少量放在架上,如此暢銷?看見職員忙碌,不好意思打擾。 以作者身份,親筆簽名,榮幸! 位於弼街的基督教大樓10樓,看見這書室比我想像中寬敞得多,感恩。

哀悼

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  終於去到「一拳書館」找到西西這本書。由去年10月西西離世,我就開始追踪這書,尋找的就尋見! 若在香港時間多一些,我會常在這裏打躉,太多我喜歡的書在這裏。 書館裏有一個空間可以圍坐,我想像有一天,我會坐在那張高櫈跟讀者對話,談我本 回憶錄 。

到了

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  見到擺放我書的攤檔,一位社工買了,大家同行,份外喜悅。 回港踏入第25天了,今天見到2006年返城大教書時的舊朋友,新成立的志願團體,年青的一輩有幹勁,我吸收了他們一些活力,身體裏有些想舞動的能量…

回憶錄在書展

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我的書於今、明兩天在 ELGBT Ally 文化節展銷。 朋友傳來這相片,知道後決定明天親到現場,「要作者親筆簽名嗎?」 單單想像一下,身體已經飄到天空中…  

祈禱要小心

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  回憶錄  121 頁「神啊,求祢給我一個同志做朋友。我只求一個!阿們!」 135頁: 接下來這十年,天父真是為我帶來好多同志朋友…天父真是很偉大的,祂聽我祈禱是超過我所想所求。 今天翻開電子版這一頁,看着這彩色的劇照,張開的口型,充滿期待的眼神,我知當時我在說:阿(們)。 出於真心的祈禱,是一件危險的事!

看見

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 看見藍天白雲,寬闊草地,就感激母親。是她當年做了勇敢決定… ( 回憶錄  31 頁)

如此母親節

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  下午四時自己外出,明天一早要上飛機,應該執拾行李,只是實在需要離開家,要休息,需要有自己的空間。 想去Congee Queen食炒蓮藕片*,紀念母親,只是4:30已超級多人,很嘈吵,全個餐館滿人,還有10幾個人站着等枱。 過來韓國人開的甜品地方,叫了一個特別要求的crepe, 平放在碟上不要卷,蛋放在旁邊。記得阿媽在我們少年時在澳門,我們放學回家,有些肚餓,她也想休息一下,於是就用麵粉造了薄餐 (似今天我們的crepe), 上面放砂糖,椰絲卷起上來,好像有壽星公煉奶,總之很好味,一家人吃得很開心。 當時母親帶着三個孩子,阿哥七歲、我四歲、阿妹兩歲,一個人靠取衣服回家缝紉養活我們。 今天只記得當時我們吃椰絲砂糖薄餐那一刻,她的笑容,見到金牙,面頰上的酒窩,薄餐的溫度溶了一些砂糖,甜,好味。 此刻這片段浮上腦海,甜在心裏。 快要乘搭長途飛機回到我成長的城市,沒有興奮,只有沉重。似乎不能預計,可能發生的困難會出現,教人傷痛的城市面貌…很多人和事的失去… 不過記起母親過去在香港面對的困難,都以堅持毅力走下去,使我們成長。 媽,向你說聲:「感激有妳!」 母親仍然與我相隨。 —————- * 回憶錄  41 頁   煲湯的蓮藕像鉛筆刨