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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:19:35 GMT

靚無... ?

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:01:52 GMT

焉能獨善其身...

當發現父母的年紀越來越大
身體也一天比一天退化的時候
為人子女也有點感同身受

但除了多給些關心和體諒以外
好象什麼具體的忙也幫不上

有病對所有人來講都很不方便
但也無可奈何
他朝君體也相同
何況是至親

面對著生老病死
誰也不能獨善其身

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:34:34 GMT

The Chinese Inferiority Complex...

A bold argument made by Orville Schwell in this Newsweek article adapted from the full essay published in the New York Review of Books: "China's Agony of Defeat".

This is a highly delicate topic but I confess that I mostly agree with the argument. Here's the gist of it:

"The most critical element in the formation of China's modern identity has been the legacy of the country's "humiliation" at the hands of foreigners, beginning with its defeat in the Opium Wars in the mid-19th century and the shameful treatment of Chinese immigrants in America. The process was exacerbated by Japan's successful industrialization. Tokyo's invasion and occupation of the mainland during World War II was in many ways psychologically more devastating than Western interventions because Japan was an Asian power that had succeeded in modernizing, where China had failed... This inferiority complex has been institutionalized in the Chinese mind."

Monday, July 21, 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:40:12 GMT

Le Sigh...

It never works when I try and it never works when I don't try.

But in the end, I still believe that things should be effortless. Like the push of a tailwind moving things along, when things are meant to be all the right elements just fall into place. I've seen it happen.

For some people, it happens repeatedly and continuously. For others, it only happens ocassionally or may only be a once in a lifetime occurence. But it does happen.

Everything happens for a reason. But the reason, who really knows and who really needs to know.

精神虐待終於都結束了
忽然有一種解脫的輕鬆
一切歸零好安靜
雲淡風清的寂寞也在所難免

Friday, July 18, 2008

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:11:49 GMT

精神虐待...

忽冷忽熱喜怒無常讓人無所適從... 好困擾
冷言冷語還帶了一點嫉妒讓人聽了不舒服... 好可怕
怎麼會這樣子? 這怎麼行!... 好恐怖

Monday, July 07, 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:42:03 GMT

Love It... !

This song is brilliant! It's especially amusing that Lily Allen can be so happy go-lucky even when she's seriously dissing somebody. Wish it came out earlier though. It could've been the national anthem for these past 8 years.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:47:49 GMT

I'd Rather Be Singing...

Than waiting for the long weekend to come. Just one more day until the Fourth of July weekend!

No plans are the best plans for me as I'm too lazy and tired for action-packed social calendars. Since there isn't much that's interesting to me in the theaters as of late, I will likely spend my time catching up on sleep, spending time with family and friends and some nice down time with all the new books and DVDs that I've acquired recently. I also have a stack of travel books about Argentina and London from the library that are about to be overdue. Online renewals!

This short week has got me in a good mood. I just recorded this 10 minutes ago. Maybe I should round up my peeps for some karaoke this weekend?

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:44:57 GMT

Two Steps Forward and a Few Steps Back...

Read about a government scandal in China involving murder, possible suicide, rape, use of violence by the police and media censorship here: "Thousands in Southwester China Riot Over Alleged Coverup."

Things like this are so complex, disheartening and discouraging. I don't think I could ever adequately put into words my thoughts on it and make sense at the same time. Le sigh...

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:50:58 GMT

有時寂寞...

陽光明媚的星期天
心情有點害怕
想起明天一大早就要飛了
不情願的... 特別戀家

出差其實沒什麼大不了
工作跟平常也差不多的
可是我最討厭的就是應酬

公干的時候
就算下了班也別妄想有私人時間
別人一番好意的招待
盛情難卻就變成了全天候的工作
人 "on" 的久了特別累

本來三天的行程
現在又延長到四天了

這歌詞大概是我現在的心聲:

我有權自願寂寞
最愛是獨自玩樂
看戲和閱讀直落是種收穫

放過我吧不必找我可不可
人間煙火別來纏繞我
撩亂初衷不會是我

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:06:42 GMT

Sometimes...

There are times when I feel like I'm in love. Not in love with anyone in particular but just in love. It makes me want to take good care of myself. Work out. Eat right. Read interesting books. Kick ass at work. Make time for family and friends. Buy new clothes that fit the feeling at the moment.

I could listen to a song about a love lost and shed tears like it was my own story. And when I feel my eyes swell and that tingling sensation in the nose, I'll remember that fluttering and try to capture it in the tattered Rollbahn notebook I take with me wherever I go. Except the feelings are too much for words. So I tuck it behind my ear, waiting to recreate it in front of the camera during my next close up. For tears are not to be wasted.

但願你的眼睛只看得到笑容﹐但願你流下每一滴淚都讓人感動...