Saturday, June 30, 2007

话,一段。


由于拍班的缘故,接下来的七月,我会值得班次, 是在星期六,拔刀相助绥莲顺利完成她的终生大事!所以,请留意收听咱们家1003的广播!
好久值班了,是不是有点生锈了?
在台湾看了好多综艺节目,五花八门+眼花缭乱 听朋友说,好像我回来后,讲话开始在每一句的后面加上一个“噢”,好像感染了一个“台湾腔”?!
咳。。下个星期一,又要归队,回兵营继续多3个月的服役。感觉百感交集,又有了好几年前姚入伍前夕的感觉了。。。

Friday, June 29, 2007

台湾旅 - 1

一个旅程的开始,因该要在一个有意义的地方进行。机场和飞机舱,会不时地令我有一种想出国的感觉。就算有时只是到机场去逛逛,吃东西,那种出国喜悦的感觉会不时地受到周围旅客的感染。而这一次,轮到我自己出国了,心情当然是兴奋外加一点过瘾。


我不太喜欢吃机舱里的食物,但因为是早上的班机,肚子空空的,所以饥不择食。(哎呀,是挺丰富的啦!新航呃!)

从一段高度往下鸟瞰,什么都没有,什么都看不到。蓝色的天空外加片片云朵点缀,栩栩飘过机翼边。从玻璃窗的反射中,看到微微带着笑意的自己。
空中娱乐服务:我看了还没在新加坡上映的Zodiac。对话太多,乏味的情节,使我在清醒与失去知觉之间徘徊。可能是太早起床的缘故吧。小小的休息。
似乎前几张拍的照片都没有什么内容。可能头脑还在热身当中。所以就只有这一些了。接着看到的是台北桃园机场。
(为什么没有照片?)

在机场时,可能是因为我不想和其他旅客去抢搭去往市区的客运(巴士),所以就索性在机场先吃了午餐。有点令人失望,牛肉煮的太久,变得好硬!卖相好看,口味却又进步。(谁知道,接下来的几乎每一餐,都会是类似的!)
台北还很盛行抓娃娃的游戏机,怪可爱的。(包括我自己!)
晚上到了新开张不久的新百货商店New York New York 经典的装潢,少不了自由女神像啦!虽然是迷你型的,但里头的商店还不错,挺有看头的。待我再慢慢为你介绍! 在商场的四周都在进行类似艺术节的特别展览,非常有趣。这里看到的就是利用纸为基本材料所作出的公仔,而且有许多都是由当地的艺术家们所精心设计的杰作。非常难得的一个展览。
另外,对我比较有印象的就是另一个,似皮影戏的小舞台。但它奇怪的地方就是四面都被一层布料包围起来,而观赏的方式,是从在布料上的一些小洞孔窥视,好像peeping tom 这样。但是,看不看得懂艺术家的含义在哪里,那就因人而异了。
可能因为我太勤劳了,把拍的照片都先进行剪接后才上载,导致进度较慢。可能以后的posting就原汁原味将照片放上来吧!

Monday, May 28, 2007

开心的进攻台湾


放假该有1个月了,还没完完整整得去一另个国家去happy一下。终于有机会到台湾去好好的玩一玩了!会将看到的东西拍下来回来和大家分享!请拭目以待!:)

Local Band Aspidistrafly


Got to hear them first time round, when Ah Dong send me an email of their Myspace. I realised their unique blend of ambience and haunting voices not only was so soothing to the mind, but also great for chilling out with drinks.


Do check out their Myspace and sample their music, its really terrific.


P/s: Perhaps can try the music out during a daytime period, cos it might occur to some as too frighteningly scary sometimes...

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

许哲佩 Finding N'verland


许愿盒里的一首主打。
有点她前一张专辑里的《白色婚礼》的感觉,但少了点“无所谓”的清新感觉。
却感觉到了她的一点无奈,和梦想化为灰迹的错愕感,由衷的感慨,和学习到的成长。
她的歌,总是制作的如此一股完美的悲伤。
有些事请不必解释的太过清楚 偶尔模糊不算犯多大的错误
我只相信眼睛看到的世界 什么错与对和我没有关联
恐惧占领我的思绪那当没有勇气 是谁将我的城堡粉碎省下灰迹
怎么耳朵听见天使的声音 可我听不见自己的呼吸
My Peter Pan 带我飞往世界的角落 紧握住手中的梦 别让那尘风吹走
Where's Nverland承受住守护梦的乐园 我乘着白色翅膀飞多远 恐惧占领我的思绪那当没有勇气
没有悲伤 没有眼泪 我还学着飞寻着远方美 阳光它指引我们在眼前会实现

又一段你从来没有听过的废话


曾经有想过
一切拥有的回忆
放在水中让她流走去
让美丽记忆再次死去

才发现水流过的时候是
从心里涌出的爱
从眼中泛出的情
怎么飘都还在水里
在海浪中游走

曾经快乐的回忆容易忘记
垂手可及的爱情容易放弃
有了他以后 你离我而去
难道4年的感情全是一场儿戏?

单靠临场表演维持的爱能持续多久
演技再好 也骗不过自己
放空的回忆 复杂的思绪
剧情多浪漫还是难敌悲情的结局

Everything Is Iluminated


Everything is illuminated in the light of the past

So much movies, so little time


There's some kind of regret in me, for being really unable to write more about the movies I've watched. Basically, because the rate I am watching and experiencing the movies far exceeds the time I allow myself to write my blogs to record and recount my experience and the lessons learnt from each movie.


I have this ambitious idea, that I should try to write as much as I can to review, recommend and discuss the movies I've watched. More also, because if i don't, its pretty easy to forget them easily. And also, it provides me more purpose in watching movies in the first place.

(so if you know any other blogs out there discusses movies as well, please leave me a comment and tell me their URL)


There are definitely more movies that I have watched from the New Zealand Film Festival and the consecutive European Union Film Festival. So I guess, in order to just record certain minimum details down, just their titles perhaps, for references. In case, one day I do have the time to return to this blog now and rewrite more things regarding them.


NZFF - Sione's Wedding

EUFF - Simon -- I remember that this was a great movie, dealing with devation from the norm, accepctance and euthanasia. Very good story and acting there.

EUFF - A Friend of Mine - Germany

The Wind That Shakes the Barley - Just remember that the Irish accent takes getting used to.

Buddhist Film Festival - Travellers and Magicians


There!

乌冬面的故事 Udon


又看了一部,又好笑又感动的电影。其实原本想看其他的,但因为买不到票所以就索性看这部了。总觉得能将一部关于食物与人生的电影是一件不简单的事,又像纪录片,却又不能忽略剧情的需要来塑造人物的故事。可能就因为如此,所以在看的时候,感到故事很牵强。


有戏剧的感动泪水,又有惹人发笑的剧情片,不难买座。但我觉得,只可以来天牙缝,不能饱肚,难有值得票价的感觉,还是周日时有空才看吧!

Monday, May 21, 2007

A little bit of self discovery

I just realised today, this very morning that nobody in life is perfect. Myself included.

Its like a little thread of your life that most people can see, can feel, but never tried to pull on and really see what's behind that at the end of the line.

Perhaps, once people get to see that other end of the thread, and get to know more of you, they become indifferent to you from then.