.:miscel laneous:. http://channel5.ycool.com/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:04:33 GMT Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:04:33 GMT http://sta.yculblog.com/images/logo/general-88x31.gif .:miscel laneous:. http://channel5.ycool.com/ 对小孩的爱/Love for a Child http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3074323.html
不知不觉手上这个银白色的Apple Shuffle已经买了一年有多, 这可能是我花的最好的428块钱(之一).
300多天来, 无论是阳光刺眼的白天, 还是灰红的黄昏, 是为了昏昏欲睡却赶着上班的我, 抑或是一身疲倦, 旁带苦闷的我, 你总缠绕在我耳边, 夹咬在我包沿, 或是被怀揣在兜里… 谁都来去匆匆, 你却一直都在(当然, 请小偷和粗心远离我…), 有了你的陪伴, 就连车窗外那再枯燥得不行的街灯, 都活像最美的霓虹灯, 伴随着耳中的节奏一闪而过的闪烁着, 躲到我身后, 在空中划出一道道最迷你的银河… 是的, 每当在这样一个时刻, 公车(虽然有时我也会幻想是在自己的私家车里)在路上驰骋的时刻, 我都有一种’我仿佛感觉到深圳的心脏在跳动’的感觉(更有一种’心随我动, 大洋摩托’的感觉, 哈哈~~)
 
没有显示屏的你(是的, 我只买得起这种价位的你), 总需要我在iTunes里将所有的音乐按表演者的顺序排好, 以便我辨识或搜寻… 这样的好处是即便是像在路上听歌这样一件小事对于我来说都充满了意外 – 因为我常常被自己所挑选的曲目’惊喜’ 到, 或者, ’惊吓’到.
 
今晚, 是个惊喜.
 
也该是时候了.
 
我不知道在去年我初听 We sing, we dance, we steal things 这专辑的时候, 这歌是如何被自己overlook 掉的? 或许在等某一个更恰当的时候被发现吧.
 
自从列侬之后, 就再没有任何一位歌者能写出让我这样有共鸣的东西, 也从没有一个人的博客能如此牵动我的情绪:- 他那搞笑的巡演时间分配解析图让我差点没在死寂的办公室里捧腹大笑出来; 而他那关于”除夕是如何过的也预示着你新的一年将会如何度过”的博文, 当他写到除夕之夜当家人都在屋里等待新年的到来, 他却一个人偷偷跑到屋外抬头询问宇宙他当时所做的一切是否会有益于他自己的生命时, 空中突然有一颗流星一闪而过, 一颗喜悦的泪珠在他被冻僵的脸上划出了一个道子… 我的眼眶也莫名地湿了, 他的确是幸运的; 还有他用一种极其平静却又透着爱国主义的语调描述这圣地亚哥大火是如何步步逼近他的家, 而他需要紧急赶回去为遣散做准备时,我的心也被紧紧揪住, 只希望他和他的猫都没事, 虽然我非常清楚这场大火已是两年前的事了…
 
他就是一个这样天生的会讲故事的人. 一个等同于芝麻一样体积的容易被人忽略的细节, 放到他手里都可以变成最引人入胜的故事…
 
噢, 我回来了…
就是为什么今晚会是个惊喜?
 
因为, 从没有显示屏的shuffle里流淌出来的是一把难得的班卓琴, 然后就听到他轻轻的唱着:


Jason Mraz - Love for a child

There's a picture on my kitchen wall
Looks like Jesus and his friends involved
There's a party getting started in the yard
There's a couple getting steamy in the car parked in the drive
Was I too young to see this with my eyes?

By the pool last night, apparently
The chemicals weren't mixed properly
You hit your head and then forgot your name
And then you woke up at the bottom by the drain
And now your altitude and memory's a shame

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I like to believe it was all about love for a child

And when the house was left in shambles
Who was there to handle all the broken bits of glass
Was it mom who put my dad out on his ass or the other way around
Well I'm far too old to care about that now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd like to believe it was all about love for a child

It's kinda nice to work the floor since the divorce
I've been enjoying both my Christmases and my birthday cakes
And taking drugs and making love at far too young an age
And they never check to see my grades
What a fool I'd be to start complaining now

What about taking this empty cup and filling it up
With a little bit more of innocence
I haven't had enough, it's probably because when you're young
It's okay to be easily ignored
I'd love to believe it's all about love for a child

It was all about love... 
 
这可能是迄今为止我所听到的Mraz最富自传色彩的一首歌. 他在用非常乐观的态度看待多年前父母离异对他所产生的影响. 但其实众所周知这样的事情能对小孩有积极影响的是少之又少.我想除了JM本身希望他的音乐充满着POSITIVITY这一根本原因外, 更重要的是,用如此乐观的TONE调来描述负面的事情,其产生的化学作用与强烈的反差效果是非常明显的…
或者因为他已经过了30岁, 这样的经历需要一定时间的消化和沉淀. 或许也像他歌里唱的, 无论父母间发生了什么事, 换个角度看都可以是父母对小孩的 “爱” – 哪怕是对你的忽略, 不理睬, 不关爱, 只要你扛得住并熬过这一切, 你对生活, 挫折, 人际关系及其它一切都会有不一样的理解, 这样对你也是 “爱”啊! 哪怕可能这种 “爱” 是在不自知的情况下给予的.
  
有时的不作为, 多年以后, 经过不同人的消化, 也可以成为某种程度的一种作为.
 
感谢JM, 让我对爱的定义有了全新的理解.
 
眼泪跑出来是因为它们希望主人有天回首看待功能紊乱, 运作不良的家庭, 父母间灾难般的婚姻及荒谬难以理解的糟糕母女关系时, 也可以耸耸肩, 这样说到:-
I’m far too old to care about that now / What a fool I’d be to start complaining now / I’d love to believe it’s all about love for a child.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Insensibly, this silver white Apple Shuffle has been owned for more than a year, this is probably the best 428 RMB I’ve ever spent.
 
For more than 300 days, whether it’s the bright eye-stinging sunny day, or the grey-red dusk; whether it’s for the drowsy rushing-to-work me, or the exhausting-dejecting me, you are always there, enwinding around my ears, clipped to my bag edge, or held inside my pocket… with your companion, even the most boring street lamps become the most delightful neon lights, flickering and bouncing to the beats inside of my ears, hide behind me and turn into dozens & dozens of mini milky ways… When it’s a moment like this, a moment that the bus is galloping on the road (although sometimes I’d picture myself in my own hypothetical car), I would have this ‘I can feel the heart of Shenzhen is bouncing’ kinda feeling…
 
You don’t have a screen (yes, I can only afford this version of ‘you’), that’s why all the songs need to be arranged in Performer’s order, so that it’d be possible for me to recognize and search… The good thing about this is that even the tiny thing like listening to Shuffle on the road is filled with surprises – I would be surprised by my own selections, but not always necessarily in a good way.
 
Tonight, it is – in a good way.
 
It’s about time.
 
I don’t know how this song got overlooked during my first listening to We sing, we dance and we steal things album last year? Probably was saved to be discovered at a much more appropriate moment…I guess?
 
Ever since Lennon, there hasn’t been any thing anyone wrote could give me such strong connections, nor any blogger’s blog could affect my mood in such a way:- I almost burst out laughing in the dead silent office because of his hilarious tour time proportion graphic; and his blog on his belief that however you spend your New Year’s Celebration, it will be reflected in the year ahead -- there was a circle of moist laid under my eyelids when he got to the part that while his family was waiting for the new year he snuck outside and asked the universe whatever he was doing back then with his life was... working, then he caught sight of a shooting star & a joy filled tear picked up where it left off and carved a frozen path down his cheek… he is very blessed & lucky indeed; and he seized my heart when he used this flat yet patriotic tone describing how the big San Diego fire was coming towards the foot of his house and he was forced to rush back before final evacuation, I just wished the complete safety for him & his cat – although I am fully aware that this fire was almost two years ago when I reached his blog.   
 
He is such a natural story-teller, even the most-likely-to-be-ignored detail with the size of a sesame, he can still turn it into a most intriguing story…
 
Oh, I am back… as to the why tonight it’s a surprise… in a good way?
 
Because, there was this god-given banjo floating out of the no-screen Shuffle, and then I heard him singing softly:- (please refer to the song & lyrics pasted above)
 
This is probably the most autobiographical song Mraz even written that I know. He is using this utterly positive attitude to look how his parents’ divorce effects on him. But it’s a well-known fact that the positive impact that such thing can give upon children is absolutely limited. I think not just JM has always wanted his music to be filled with positivity, but also, the chemistry & strong contrast emerged by using positivity on negativity is incredible & obvious.
 
Maybe because he’s reached his 30s, he has enough time to digest & settle this kind of experience. And maybe as the message he brings out in this song, whatever the parents did, if you look from a different angle, it’s all ‘love’ for a child -- whether it’s ignoring you, indifference to you, or no affection on you, only if you can stay strong & get through it, you’d have a whole new level of understanding towards life, setbacks & relationships. This is also ‘LOVE’! Even if this kind of love is given unconsciously.
 
Sometimes nonfeasance, after years of different digestion, it can be turned into some kind of efficiency.
 
Thanks to JM, I’d have my whole new definition towards LOVE.
 
Tears came out because they would like to give this follow message to their owner:- One day when you look back on the dysfunctional family, the disastrous parents’ marriage and the ridiculously-beyond-understanding horrible mother-daughter relationship, you can shrug and say:
I’m far too old to care about that now / What a fool I’d be to start complaining now / I’d love to believe it’s all about love for a child.
... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3074323.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT 父母 shuffle 离异 jason_mraz love_for_a_child flied-over baby blue box on one 13th-Friday afternoon http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3059424.html
It's been one of those frustrating, low-end depressing weeks - don't ask me why, ask the universe's energy - it was all negative for me... nothing worked, whatever I tried to do just tend to make things worse, or make myself feel worse... of course few minutes/hours' meditation, a walk in breeze, or music (recently is Jason Mraz's, in fact I am blogging now to 'Childlike wildlike' + 'Life is wonderful' + '10,000 motherfuckers' from his former acoustic album - Selections for Friends - Live From: Schubas Tavern, Chicago, Montalvo Winery, Saratoga California. GGGGGet this album on hand dudes, it's awesome!! ) would help... but solitude, oh my old friend solitude, sometimes you stay with me for so long that you just seem to have turned yourself into one demon dressed in camouflage inside of my head... struggles to fight against you are no stranger to me, sometimes it takes a big army of elephants... I wonder if you would conceal yourself a little bit?
 
But what can you do? You just need to hope that life would only get better from here...
 
And then, still while I was pondering, on this said-to-be bad luck Friday, the 13th, office door bell rang at the most neglected moment, colleague called out my name saying there was a package delivered for me?? Usually they would slip this notice inside the mailbox first to notify you and ask you to collect the parcel. But strangely today with absolutely no sign, it just came directly to my office, and of course I had to pay the mailman but I definitely wouldn't mind it considering the surprise itself is bigger than anything else.
 
You know we all like to give people things and stuff as gifts. Especially me, a lot of the shopping errands that have taken place in my life so far are for other people, people that I love & adore. Usually don't do it intentionally, just when I see something then someone's face would appear in my head... But wait, do not think I am that selfless, in fact I am totally selfish – part of the reason why I like giving people gifts is that I enjoy watching the anticipating + wondering look on their faces while they are opening up the thing. That is also why I like wrapping gifts too, because packaging IS always important. There's something about this whole 'opening up' thing, it's always so intriguing:- like opening up a parcel, a letter, or even, why do you think people (men particularly) like to watch ladies stripping?
Humans are always curious about what lies underneath, the unknown...
 
So there it is, the big white thing with post stamps on lies in front of me. I cautiously sliced it open, and took out the essence that was wrapped with the cutest brown wrapping paper printed with birds, leaves, flowers and owls, and a silver string tied around it... There was a moment I just wanted to leave it as it was - wrapped. But too soon, the curiosity wanting to know the unknown crept in, so I just had to destroy the beautiful outfit, and things just couldn't get any better – one baby blue square box appeared!!
I wonder what's inside?
 
In fact I think at this point what this baby blue box is containing is not the most important thing any more. The fact that it flied over to me all the way safe & sound from the other side of the world and reached me unexpectedly is the highlight of this one particular difficult week... Thanks Steph, your stuff always arrived at the right time...
 
Did I mention that this baby blue box comes with the nicest smell in the world... oh I see it comes from the round little red/silver thing marked with the wording 'special travel edition'... 'DKNY perfume'... I WILL be delicious...!!

Yes I did open the parcel... of course...


the baby blue Thing with a wicked cat riding on it~


up close & personal look of the wicked kitty~~


the variety of the essence ~~~

**One side note: check out the site here: freshness factor five thousand. It's my newly formed habit to check it out first thing every morning when I get to the office... it helps enable me to get on with the rest of my day... believe it or not, but this is the very first blog I visit that makes me laugh & cry while reading it...... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3059424.html Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:03:43 GMT 礼物 杂谈 包裹 jason mraz gift thoughts parcel 春spring http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3056132.html


**beautiful verdure of new born leaves in spring**
住所楼下那刚出生的, 郁郁葱葱翠绿叶子

This is one of my favorite parts of a year, one of those moments that reminds me life is worth living, pain is worth suffering, boredom is worth enduring... yes, it's spring again. Here in Shenzhen, it's not as humid as it back home, and with the drought this year, no, it's not rainy at all... except for these a couple of days, man, I've never thought that spring rain could be this lovely...

Went to church last Sunday, it was the monthly Eucharist day. And usually before the bread & wine is served, the priest would call upon us to have a look back on the past month or so, and survey our own actions or words upon others, ourselves, and more importantly our interaction with God. I haven't been to church at least for 4 or 5 weeks (maybe even longer... no, I am not religious at all). And this Sunday, while others were still praying (I accidentally found myself finishing the survey faster than others, ooops~~), and I couldn't help but notice, not one, not two, but 3 ladies around me were tearing up in their prayers... 
Me, myself I am absolutely no stranger to this kind of atmosphere. In fact when I was a kid, and when my parents were up there preparing their services in the choir & everyone else were getting ready for the service in church, they would play this song in the speakers with the very holy soothing melody and calm words like 'Be quiet.. be quiet... You should be quiet...' (years later I came to know the title of this song is 'When God is in his sanctuary'), and this was the time I would close my eyes and pray and then tears would come down along my cheeks... Some years later when I was telling my father about this, and he asked me why: I don't know if it was the song, or the feeling or the prayers, but somehow I felt that I was lifted, and I was lighter, you know, lighter than before I came to church. (And I still feel that way nowadays...)

I always have my own thoughts about God and religion. And as a 'self-proclaimed' rebel, I refuse to consider God in the same way as others. To me HE is not just a higher power, a light that guides us, but also someone with spirits & humanity, and that's why HE can always be there as someone I can count on. Yes, I refuse to think of God as just God, I would like to think of him as my friend, and that is why when I am happy I can sing rock'n'roll to him, when I am sad I can sing a soulful blue song to him, maybe even when I am pissed I would curse (forgive me father for my bad temper). But HE's my friend, and HE's here with me all the time experiencing all the emotions I have in life, and the situations I need to go through. Life is full of pain, struggles and complexity as it is, what we need is someone we can release our burdens to, and search for some comforts. That's what I am looking for in religion belief. Not that "I am better than others because of what I believe", nor "I can get what I want because of what I believe & whom I pray to", nor even "I can commit as many as crimes as I want because my Lord would always spare me for what I've done and wash my sins away with his blood"... etc etc etc...

And that is also why, my friends, when you choose a religion, when you choose Jesus to be your savior, you believe it/Him just because you believe, not because of any substance. Because if your belief is based on some substance, then how would you stand on your feet and acknowledge your belief when that "something" has been taken away?

 

这是一年中我最喜爱的部分, 这样的一刻提醒着我生命是值得的, 痛苦是值得的, 苦闷也是值得的... 是的, 又是一年春来到. 深圳不像家里那么潮湿, 而且因为今年的旱情一点也不多雨.倒是这两天淅淅沥沥的下着. 但是, 天, 我从来不认为春雨会是如此可爱...

上周日去了趟教堂, 又是月首守圣餐的日子. 通常在掰饼喝杯前, 牧师都会要求我们回首过去那一个月或是某一段时间, 来审查我们对他人, 对自己说过的话, 做过的事, 更重要的是我们与神之间的互动. 我差不多有一个多月没来教堂了(可能更久... 是的, 本人一点也不虔诚). 就在这个周日,当别人还在祷告的时候(我赫然发现我的审查完的好像比别人快...), 我不禁发现, 不只一个, 不只两个, 是同时我周围有三位女士, 在祷告中落泪...

自己, 其实对这种气氛一点都不陌生. 事实上当我还小的时候, 在父母正准备着进场献唱还有其他人在预备心情礼拜的时候, 扩音器里就会响起那神圣, 抚慰人心的旋律和使人平静的话语:"肃静, 肃静, 应当肃静..." (后来我才知道这歌的名字叫"主在圣殿中"), 这时我总会紧闭起双眼开始祈祷, 然后眼泪就会缓缓从我双颊滑下. 多年后和父亲说起这事的时候父亲问我为什么: 我也不知道是因为那歌? 还是那个氛围感觉? 或是我心中的祈祷? 总之在那个时候我总觉得有股力量将我举起, 然后我就感觉我变得很轻, 比进教堂之前轻... (至今这样的感受未变...)

对上帝, 宗教, 我总有我自己的见解. 自认叛逆的我拒绝和别人一样看待神. 对于我来说, 祂不仅是一股崇高的力量, 或是一盏引导我们的明灯, 祂更是一个充满灵魂精神与人性仁慈的朋友.祂总是在我需要依靠的时候出现, 永恒不变. 是的, 我拒绝把神只当成神. 祂应该还是我的朋友, 所以当我开心的时候我冲祂大唱摇滚, 当我伤心的时候我会对祂唱忧愁的蓝调, 更或许当我愤怒的时候我会咒骂(神啊~原谅我的臭脾气). 祂是我的朋友, 祂与我同在, 感受我生命中所有的情感, 所有我必须经历的境况. 生命中充满着痛苦, 挣扎与复杂.  我们所需要的是一个我们可以依靠, 可以将我们重担交托的对象, 从而寻求安慰... 这也是我想从宗教当中索取的, 而不是"我因为我所信的而比他人优越", 或是"我能得到我想要的因为我向神祈求", 抑或更糟糕的"我可以随心所欲地犯罪因为神总能宽恕我所做的并用祂的宝血将罪洗净"... 等等等等等等...

这也是为什么, 我的朋友, 当你选择一种宗教, 当你选择耶稣作为你求主的时候, 你相信只是因为你相信, 不是因为任何一种东西. 因为如果你的信仰是建立在某种实质东西的基础上的话, 那么当这个"东西"不复存在的时候, 你又何以两脚站稳予世宣称你的信仰呢?
... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3056132.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:03:26 GMT 宗教 春天 green spring 上帝 基督教 绿叶 religion leaves christianity The MrAz concert http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3051779.html 从年前忽闻卡门传来消息后的两度犹豫, 到下定决心后慌乱的网上订票, 再到询问安排来回的路线, 终于, 我,迎来了Jason Mraz首次登陆香港的concert day. 或许是近来公司搬迁的疲惫以及生活的百无聊赖, 又或许是让人睡意浓浓的春天, 又或许是从订票, 拿票到concert day中间隔了整整两个月的时间, 让我发现其实自己好像并没有想象中的那样兴奋与期待. 和同学联系上后, 抓起一个大包就匆忙上路了.

一路上说说笑笑(前往九龙塘的火车上洒满了我们的冷笑话, 至少我们的那一截车厢是被冷笑话塞爆的), 路途变得不是很远, 传说中不太方便的九龙湾国际展贸中心忽而就近在咫尺了. 饥肠辘辘的我们一定得填满肚子才有力气为'男巫'呐喊啊, 所以:-



不用介绍也了解这是间法国餐厅了, 在门外就感受到了浓浓的法国风情,还有浓郁的芝士夹杂着烤面包的味道.

餐厅内的每一个细节都写着"法国"两字:-


每次到香港都有一个最直接的感受就是:专业+ 服务香港. 不管是百货公司品牌店里的销售员,小餐厅的服务生,报亭的老板娘, 还是地铁里的售票员,清洁工人或是帮忙维持人流秩序的指挥员, 所有的人只要你有疑问, 无论是方向上的还是为了解答你体内大自然呼唤的, 抑或是买哪一种临时电话卡最划算, 他们都会用礼貌客气的态度耐心为你解答. 或许这就叫"专业"的服务态度... 我常常在想, 其实做哪一种工作不是从属服务性行业? 只要培养出好的服务态度, 你在哪一行吃不开?

时间临近7:30pm, 为了避开shuttle bus 站前那长长的人龙,我们仨跳进红的终于准时8点前准备进场:-


+

 

说到票, 我得再次向Casper道歉啊, 呵呵~~~ 因为位置似乎有点远... Casper似乎有点失望... SORRY...!!!

我为什么没有DV呢?(因为没钱-.-!!) 用相机拍下很多段, 可是终究相机就是相机... 先PO张截图出来算咯...


(这段大家可能要把脖子向右歪并做伸展动作来看...因为我忘了我的相机拍视频时必须得横着拍$_$!!) Mr.Curiosity中他用歌剧花腔唱出的一段, 确实厉害:-



我是看了他live @ Eagle ballroom那张演唱会DVD后才开始喜欢Mr.Az的, 不愧是从咖啡厅和地下pub唱出名的, 他的live现场真是赞!!! 无论是声音的稳定性和临场发挥, 演奏技巧还是与观众的互动, 赞赞赞!!! 一开始我还担心会不会全场就我一个人跟疯子一样high? 没想到灯才一暗, 全场都已尖叫声四起...他热场的能力真是没话说, 舞台的感染力非常强, 而且小M好像有在keep fit哦,套着一件纯白T恤的你离我有至少100米远, 但是我还是能看到你身上那迷人的线条,看得我口水哗哗D...

I'm yours 



P.S 薛凯琪和方大同是表演嘉宾, 各和Mraz合唱了一首... 表现还可以吧, 但在国际级艺人面前多少还是显得有点单薄...


    按Mraz的惯例, 还有一项就是用立可拍相机给乐队各个成员(当然包括他自己)拍照然后丢给观众... 不过小M啊, 你丢的好像大概都是同一个方向哦... 那一票人爽死~
    据说陈奕迅,容祖儿,黄耀明,李玟,张敬轩,梁咏琪,赵学而等都有到场捧场。

今天我先到这, 太累了... 有时间我继续PO...

找到这个他在韩国acoustic的现场, 还没看现场的Mraz迷先解解渴吧:-



对了, 我有说他长得很像休.格兰特吗?
... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3051779.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:03:07 GMT hongkong live 演唱会 香港 jason mraz New office http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3049382.html 酝酿了近半年后, 终于搬离了战斗了4年的岗位. 这时体内的怀旧因子不免俗的要出来闹腾一下, 毕竟是一个呆了那么久的环境, 在那个地方的时期里遇到的人, 事, 有过的争吵, 伤心, 快乐, 甚至换过的发型, 都一起变成了历史的历史... 但是新办公室的采光, 通风都比原来的好上N倍, 以至于从来在办公室里无论一年中哪个季节都是短袖背心的我, 昨天居然要穿起外套, 不禁让同事们啧啧称奇~~

上周MSN的签名档为 you'll never realize how many stuff you have or how long you've stayed in the same company until you are moving to a new office...!! 人呆得越久, 东西就越多啊...周二大搬迁真累人~~ 而且集体劳动的时候就容易看出某些人的自觉性... 唉, 没办法, 你跟这个环境的缘分还没尽, 还要继续与他们共事, 你就得去适应, 得去接受... 昨天把MSN的签名档改成了..1809 - I wonder how long this number will exist in my life...? 确实, 心里有太多的不安全感, 不知会在这里呆多久, 心里有个声音一直在怂恿我离开, 因为这不是一份能发挥我长处的工作, 更不是我的兴趣. 但是人,为了生存你就不得不妥协, 没有温饱哪来的理想?? 看看现在的就业形势就更是动都不敢动了, 2008年毕业的大学生是5,990,000, 之所以599后面不用"万"代替是为了要体现后面是有这么多个零的. 那天还打趣地跟同事说, 这些大学生就每人给我一块钱, 我都可以在深圳买6套单价为一百万的房子了, 要不就他们一人给我5毛也行, 我可以买3套... 人啊人, 中国人啊中国人, 繁殖能力怎么就这么强? 每次挤公车, 在厕所门前排队, 看到人才市场,医院里人头涌涌的时候我都会有这样的疑问, 以至于有段时间我非常反对别人生第二胎, 尤其是那种自己都不太顾得了的父母, 你自己照顾不了自己, 都还不确定你自己幸不幸福, 为什么要把另一个生命带到这世界上来重新经历这一切? 

得知要搬迁前就留下了旧办公室的倩影几张, 借此缅怀一下已经流逝不复返的年华:-






老岗位:-


新办公室我座位旁边窗外那毫无遮挡的风景:-
... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3049382.html Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:02:55 GMT 就业 办公室 搬迁 人口 2009惜恩歪记忆碎片 http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3040217.html
在回家的路上~~ 毫不知情的情况下手机在包里不小心被压到按键改变了拍摄模式... 误打误撞的一张照片~








以上图片为'也门咖啡', 地址: 体校斜对面


每次回家必有的项目: 吃烧烤!! 物资真是丰富啊, 每次看到这张照片我就觉得我是幸福的!!!


被人请去吃大排档~ 也是相当美味~~


临走前, 留下你的倩影一张~~ 我的家乡... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.3040217.html Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:02:32 GMT 春节 假期 烧烤 咖啡厅 2009 Vogue http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2995887.html ++年届五十的娜姐又开始世界巡演了, 这次顺着Hard Candy专辑的势头, 来了个Sticky & Sweet的演唱会. 话说娜姐还真的很少在演唱会上现场唱这歌, 而这个与4 Minutes相混的混音版本也是相当有创意; 舞蹈编排, 赞一个!! 在旧Vogue动作的基础上创新... 下面是外国那些幸福的, 可以到现场去看演唱会的粉丝们现场拍的Vogue片段, 然后出了个很强的粉丝集大家所成, 还自己加入字幕,剪辑出这个很强的版本, 算是解解我们这些苦等演唱会DVD粉丝们的馋, 以便我们有更持久的耐力来熬过这漫长的等待...  
娜姐, 何时来中国巡演啊?

Madonna, who's already turned 50, starts her world concert tour again.And because it was shortly after launched of her new album Hard Candy, this concert tour is named Sticky & Sweet.

As far as I know, Madonna rarely performed Vogue on live or at concerts, and this version mixed with 4 Minutes is just something ‘out of the box’; the choregraphy is great, good to see some new moves added to the old Vogue moves… hehe~~ Below is a powerful clip edited by a very spectacular fan, who used clips from all the lucky M fans who were able to watch Madonna live… he even added some subtitles!!  So that at least we unlucky ones would have something to hold on to, and survive the long wait for the ultimate Sticky & Sweet concert DVD… 

Madonna, when will you come to China?




++ 这是很经典的一个MV, 也是我很喜欢的一个... 十多年前拍的, 现在看起来时代感还是这么强... 黑白就是永不过时的色调!!!
This is a very classic video, one of my favourites... it's more than 10 year old but still looks classy & tasteful, black & white is never out of style!!!




附歌词:

Vogue

What Are You Looking At?
 
Strike a pose.
Strike a pose.
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue

Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go [look around]
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know [life that you know]

When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for, so

Chorus:

Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music [move to the music]
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow [go with the flow]
You know you can do it

All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for [that's what it's for]
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door [open up the door]

It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it

(chorus, substituting "groove" for "move")

Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor

(chorus)

Vogue, [Vogue]
Beauty's where you find it [move to the music]
Vogue, [Vogue]
Beauty's where you find it [go with the flow]

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers, dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue, vogue, vogue, vogue

Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to just,
Vogue!
... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2995887.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:12:13 GMT mv 音乐 madoona sticky sweet演唱会 Beethoven vs. Alicia Keys http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2991379.html
贝多芬 - 月光奏鸣曲 (Beethoven - Sonata Moonlight)

可能也只有贝多芬才能写出这么忧伤, 悲怆, 看似自由散漫其实节节都遵循乐律和情感在走, 画面感极强的乐章... 平静如塞纳河面上的流水, 其实缓缓奏出它的高潮, 悲观中仿佛带着一丝盼望... 然而作者似乎是努力着在自己说服自己, 从高音与低音的交叉出现就可见一般... 很难想象这是一个失聪者写出来的音乐... 

有那么一点点悲凉, 一点点凄孤的感觉, 可是每次我听的时候, 它都能给我带来平静, 因为它娓娓诉说着, 我所经受的痛苦, 煎熬, 挣扎, 孤独, 彷徨, 绝望, 其实每天都在我们每个人身上不同程度地上演着, 我并不是唯一的一个... 早在几百年前就有一个才华横溢的失聪音乐家用自己的乐章记录下他独自彷徨在月光下的情绪...



Alicia Keys - Piano & I

这厢, 另一个新生代, 接受过古典钢琴训练的 R&B 歌手 Alicia Keys　却能将这么悲情的钢琴奏鸣曲改编成动感十足的流行音乐, 艺术总是相通的. 无论你听的是什么, 看的是什么, 艺术家最终追求的境界都是要懂得如何融汇贯通, 汲取他人的精华再转化成自己的养分. 不能因为不懂任何一种艺术表现形式就排斥, 我们希望看见的是多种多样, 可供选择的, 宽容的艺术氛围. 这样最终受益的大众, 借由许多先锋人物带给我们更多冲击, 更多思考.... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2991379.html Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:12:58 GMT 古典音乐 贝多芬 杂 情绪 艾莉西亚凯斯 08 Dec 80 ---- 08 Dec 08 http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2989030.html
每年的这个时候, 都会要写点什么, 但又好像什么也写不出...

生命就是这样无常... 今天在写工作日记的时候发现, 这两组数字的排列真有趣:- 

生命被夺于    1980 / 12 / 08
今天是       2008 / 12 / 08

上两个礼拜回家的时候刚好看到国际频道的经典金碟节目在介绍他在1970年正式发行的首张个人专辑 -- <Plastic Ono Band> (这是令人震撼的John Lennon的首张个人专辑, 被《滚石》音乐杂志评选为历史上最伟大500张唱片之一, 名列第22位)... 自己也收有这张专辑, 不禁就拿出来细细品... 

今天就借此链接几首自己很喜欢的歌做下小小纪念... 总觉得他能说出自己心里的思绪, 总觉得自己的言语在描述这个人, 还有这个人与我的联系, 对我的影响的时候, 是那么, 那么的软弱无力... 也总觉得如果这个人今天还在世, 会是怎么样呢? 

约翰列侬的理想世界


Love


**** 什么是简单就是永恒经典的情歌, 这是最近例证...

Love is real, real is love,
Love is feeling, feeling love,
Love is wanting to be loved.
Love is touch, touch is love,
Love is reaching, reaching love,
Love is asking to be loved.
Love is you,
You and me,
Love is knowing,
We can be.
Love is free, free is love,
Love is living, living love,
Love is needing to be loved. 


God 

****(从I don't believe, 列侬开始列举所有一切他之前曾经拥有的信仰... 请注意另一前Beatles成员Ringo Starr敲出的鼓点, 每一个I don't believe后面的鼓点无一重复, 相当精彩... )

God is a concept,  By which we can measure, Our pain

I'll say it again,
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I don't believe in magic,
I don't believe in I-ching,
I don't believe in bible,
I don't believe in tarot,
I don't believe in Hitler,
I don't believe in Jesus,
I don't believe in Kennedy,
I don't believe in Buddha,
I don't believe in mantra,
I don't believe in Gita,
I don't believe in yoga,
I don't believe in kings,
I don't believe in Elvis,
I don't believe in Zimmerman,
I don't believe in Beatles,
I just believe in me,
Yoko and me,
And that's reality.
The dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over,
Yesterday,
I was dreamweaver,
But now I'm reborn,
I was the walrus,
But now I'm John,
And so dear friends,
You just have to carry on,
The dream is over. 

已从当当网订购<解密列侬>, 在线阅读:

... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2989030.html Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:12:31 GMT 枪杀 约翰列侬 <解密列侬> 被遗忘的小抄 http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2987591.html   
"感情这东西最麻烦的地方就是一旦开头, 自己都做不了自己的主. 而且爱和恨不可以互相抵消, 爱不会因为恨的存在而减少一丝一毫... 爱恨交织, 善恶并陈才是生命的真相. 从某种意义上说, 能够体味这种互相矛盾, 互相妨碍的情感在你的体内冲撞原是值得庆幸的, 因为它们彼此停战, 握手言欢的日子, 也是你的心开始荒凉, 冷漠的时候. 不用着急, 生命还有一个真相, 就是它决不会让你在一个事情上保持一个温度过久...

很多成功的婚姻给我们的启示是: 看他身上有多少优点可供自己欣赏, 远不如看他身上的弱点你能接纳到什么程度可靠. 从最弱的地方接纳一个人其实是给自己的婚姻系上一根最安全的保险丝..."


  这是最近在一本小发型书里发现的, 一张很久以前的小抄... 从夹着的书里来看, 应该是在发廊里做头发无聊看杂志时, 抄下的一段... 今天读起来, 仍然别有一番感受... 仍然感觉很受用... 如果没有记错的话, 应该是在04年左右抄下. 如今, 当时所拥有的那样强烈的爱啊, 恨啊, 厌恶啊, 复仇啊等情绪早就散落的无影无踪了, 不得不承认自己老了啊, 不可能再像当时那样地去爱一个人, 不求回报地去为他付出, 也不可能再那样去恨一个人... 现在可能有的更多是自我保护, 因为受过伤害, 所以面对感觉的时候, 时时提醒自己要注意踩刹车, 也更不容易对人敞开心扉, 毕竟, 这世上可以信靠的东西, 可信靠的人实在太少, 太少了. 其实这么多年了, 有时我还是会想, 如果我所要的'绝对'得不到的话, 那我宁可一无所有, 让我忍受别人理所当然的怠慢, 我宁愿孤身一人.

谨以此文致天底下所有劈过腿的,正准备要劈腿的; 或是因为目前的伴侣不够理想而把他/她当替补,偷偷在背后物色其他人选的; 又或是因为异性缘好就以为"仔(女)死仔(女)还在"的男人, 女人们... 
人心的改变是人本身所无法控制的, 可能连你都不知道自己下一分钟的想法, 所以"变心"处处存在. 但是, 正因为这样, 我们更需要道德和良心的约束. 因为各种各样的因素而导致感情的, 人心的变化, 我不想过多评论, 但是, 感情上的伤害是可以致命的, 所以当你的心有了改变的时候, 要向前move on 的时候, 请你小心处理你的过去, 或是你的现在... 如果已经没有了感情, 就请尽快放手, 在你寻找幸福的同时, 别人一样有同等的权利. 不要因为你的自私而浪费了别人的时间. 而为了要保证自己至少有个"水泡", 即使不喜欢也拖着人家, 而一旦遇到更好的就把当前的一脚踢开... 这样的做法实在令人不齿.

I believe in relationship karma, do you?  



附百度百科: 劈腿... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2987591.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:12:38 GMT 心情 日记 杂 relationship karma 劈腿 忠于原味 http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2985406.html 事实证明, 录音师的调教是可以很厉害的, 被姐姐说成是一个五音不全的男生可以唱成这么真诚, 呵呵~ 当然他的卖点并不是他的唱功, 淳朴的吉他弹拨和曲风很适合他近乎于阐述般的唱法...


郑元畅 - 忠于原味

阳光照亮世界 却 涂鸦不了黑
就像 我怎么完美 也得爱上谁
爱情 要靠感觉 幸福靠智慧
我的心却 理所当然 往你身上偏

喜欢的 还是喜欢
讨厌的 还是讨厌
这口味一旦养成
就注定很难改变

喜欢的 还是喜欢
讨厌的 还是讨厌
有些事可以妥协
有些事就必须绝对

喜欢你单纯 喜欢你怕黑
喜欢你的缺点 那么讨厌
ALL I WANT 只是想
爱得不虚伪 不虚伪

喜欢的 还是喜欢
讨厌的 还是讨厌
不需要去在乎谁
让自己忠于原味

喜欢的 还是喜欢
讨厌的 还是讨厌
I LOVE WHAT I LOVE
I HATE WHAT I HATE

...


铁竹堂的Jason和南拳妈妈的Lara为<恶作剧之吻>谱出的主题曲, 内容挺符合剧情的... 

每次我只要一听到开头钢琴敲打出的主旋律的时候,都会心情大好 - 无论是在阳光普照的清晨, 还是阴风阵阵的秋天傍晚, 抑或是刚从医院做完检查出来的路上, 它都会帮我一扫头上顶着的乌云阴霾... 也不知道为什么, 呵呵~~ 记得去年的这个时候也是一直在听这个歌("一直"的意思就是会在MP3里不停地不停地循环播放...), 现在又开始了... 这或许就是流行音乐的好处吧, 很阳光, 很轻松, 让你感觉良好...

听的歌真是越来越杂...


Jason + Lara - Say you love me

(*)Say that you love me
Say that you care
Say that you love me
Say that you care

(**)遇到对的人 是种缘分
我不得不承认 女生还是该要有分寸
你要去瞄准 你要的人
不再被动的等 送上嘴唇变成你的人

我认识一个女孩 她天真活泼可爱
在等待 有个人可以给她一身三千宠爱
不需要很有钱 不需要很帅
她脾气古怪 有时候包容有时候你必须忍耐
为什么 她竟然爱上他
她到底在想什么 她是否忘了帅哥不能爱
是什么 让她乱了方寸
不知道该做什么
我想说这怎么可能
她舍得 舍弃自己的尊严与爱好
女追男的游戏 一点都不害臊
一天到晚在他身边又闹又吵
只为了能够被他瞪一眼就好
看她在这边 而他在那边
而她想被他捧在手心上面
而他装做视而不见 脑袋中却浮现
眼前尽是她在微笑的画面
而她说

Repeat  (**) + (*)

从头来过 要快乐不要难过
不要谎言要承诺 他和她的爱情
决不懒惰 就算有不安定的因素随时出没
他也能排除万难和她一起度过 度过
车，慢慢昌多昌多
后，外边春风春风
吹到他的心中 心中
尽是无限的感动
他独自去注意她任何的一举一动
才发现自己早已不消息怎么轻松
他知道 我想是他知道
所有他的一切她都知道
他看到了她如此掏肺掏心
心里早就想把她抱紧
不管未来艰难嫌隙再多
只管现在能够相爱再说
想一起完成的事情太多
就怕时间不够

Repeat  (**) + (*)
 ... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2985406.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:12:59 GMT 郑元畅 杂 恶作剧之吻原声大碟 一个人 http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2983957.html 一个人, 挤公车...

一个人, 看电视...

一个人, 蹲马桶...
    
一个人, 发呆...

一个人, 去超市...

一个人, 做饭...

一个人, 吃饭...

一个人, 洗衣服...

一个人, 晒被褥...

一个人, 换灯泡...

一个人, 拖地板...

一个人, 查电闸...

一个人, 去逛街...

一个人, 去泡吧...

一个人, 去教堂...

一个人, 清早5点起床去医院排队挂号...

一个人, 去检查...

一个人, 去抽血...

一个人, 过生日...

一个人, 过中秋...

一个人, 过圣诞...

一个人, 大笑...

一个人, 痛哭...

一个人, 抓狂...

一个人, 崩溃...

一个人, 说话...

一个人, 放声高歌...

一个人, 希望...

一个人, 失望...

一个人, 努力着不要让自己绝望...

一个人, 出生...

一个人, 死去...

因为你们都不要, 所以只有一个人


The Carpenters - Solitaire

There was a man
A lonely man
Who lost his love
Through his indifference

A heart that cared
That went unshared
Until it died
Within his silence

(*) and solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him
Takes him down
And by himself it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again

(**) and keeping to himself
He plays the game
Without her love
It always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire

A little hope
Goes up in smoke
Just how it goes
Goes without saying

There was a man
A lonely man
Who would command
The hand he's playing

Repeat (*)
Repeat (**)
Repeat (*)... ]]> http://channel5.ycool.com/post.2983957.html Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:11:34 GMT 心情 孤独 日记 杂