Thursday, February 15, 2007

Psychological Age

iust did the psychological age test again, http://www.soku.net/Heart_Default.Asp (chinese), last time i was 35 and now i'm 42... ...
http://www.thedollpalace.com/iq/index.php?manual_article_id=15#ans (english), also, 46

many small events occured since december, like books i read, place i visited, work, dad moved to spain, stress and etc. have changed my perception of a lot things

i know i always think and act like people older than me. some of friends also told me i'm so much more mature than my real age - 中年人的感觉
sometimes i'm confused myself too. when i was 24, sometimes i would think "right now i'm 26 already, i probably should do this or that", then i would realize i'm still 24. it's a very weird feeling. as if i lived in a different speed than other people, as if my life burns out quicker.

maybe i'm really a person like mr Cecil Vyse in A Room with a View: "conventional, Cecil, you're that, for you may understand beautiful things, but you don't know how to use them; and youwrap yourself up in art and books and music, and would try to wrap up me...... You were all right as long as you kept to things"

Sunday, February 11, 2007

The Living Road & La Llorona

前两天听了Lhasa De Sela的Decara A La Pased后,就买下了她的2张CD: The Living Road & La Llorona。
封面是一白一黑.
个人来说,更加喜欢The Living Road一些。
也许是对漂泊不定的人来说,都是很有感触地一张CD。
她的声音也非常独特,如黑暗中的流水声,一点也不柔和,带着撕裂,冲击着岩石。

The Living Road的ANYWHERE ON THIS ROAD

"I live in this country now
I'm called by this name
I speak this language
It's not quite the same
For no other reason
Than this it's my home
And the places i used to be far
From are gone

You've travelled this long
You just have to go on
Don't even look bank to see
How far you've come
Throught your body is bending under the load
There is nowthere to stp
Anywhere on this road"

想来大多数离乡漂泊了足够久的人都有这样的感触。名字也换了,讲着不同的语言,曾经叫做“家”的地方再也不是“家”,唯一的方向是继续往前走。

Con Toda Palabra作为主打歌曲也非常动听, youtube上有MV。


La Llorona的主题更为常见些,还是感情所带来的痛苦
La Llorona是一个很有名的墨西哥传说。

“Many versions of La Llorona's origin exist. Some describe a beautiful young woman in Mexico or New Mexico, who married or was seduced by a local man, by whom she had several children. The woman is sometimes given a Christian name; Sofia, Linda, Laura, and María are sometimes used. The man leaves her, sometimes for another woman, sometimes for reasons of employment, and sometimes just to be away from La Llorona and her several children. At any rate, La Llorona chooses to murder her children, almost always by drowning, either to spare them a life of poverty, to free herself to seek another man, or for revenge against their absent or stray father.
The tales vary mostly in the several motives they give to the mother and father for the murder. The version popular in Las Cruces, New Mexico says that "La Llorona" drowned her children in the Rio Grande when she could no longer support them. On nights with a full moon, says the story, La Llorona can be heard crying near the river."

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona

De cara a la pared是描写她的悲伤吧
El Desierto和Desdenosa都带有强烈的愤怒以及无助的悲哀

"He venido al desierto pa' reirme de tu amor/Que desierto es mas tierno y la espina besa mejor" (I've come to the desert to laugh at your love/The desert is more gentle and the kiss of the thorn is better)

西班牙语的歌曲都感觉很有西班牙的风格。也许只是我的想象。很推荐的2张CD。

Saturday, December 23, 2006

希腊游记(一)

其实今年一年都是打算年底度假时候去瓜地马拉或秘鲁背包的。结果到了12月份才发觉,自己什么都没有准备。查了机票,自然因为旺季而价格昂贵。再加上是第一次独自去旅行,对独行陌生的中南美也有点惧怕。正当我有点心灰意冷打算假期就在家附近逛的时候,在Orbitz的主页瞄到去欧洲的机票都有特价。随意点了去巴塞罗那,发现才7百多。狂喜。但是当时还不太想去西班牙,对法国没有兴趣,然后想到希腊。希腊和埃及,是初中就在心中列为此生必去的地方。输入雅典,原价730,加税保险杂费什么的930左右,座位就剩下2个。当晚就下定决心,定了机票。包括来回的飞行时间,一共是9天。
接下来就是到处查旅馆,交通,景点等等资料。自己对遗迹一类的比较感兴趣,可惜到达后的2天,博物馆和古迹都会因为节日而放假关门。粗略地列了一个行程表,给了自己一个做好了准备的假象。然后因为工作繁忙,就再也没有去仔细看。
直到离开的前一天,才发现自己很多东西还未准备。比如怎么搭车去各种景点,地方小吃,以及路线等等。看了一天,头晕脑转,就心一横,决定到了地再决定玩什么。
于是乎,打了一件Carry On行李,加上一个挎肩的包,就这么出发了。

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Florida周年

去年的8月31号放弃在温哥华喜爱的,熟悉的一切人和物来到佛州,还有3天便是一周年了。
在没有冬天的南方,我仿佛改变了很多,似乎什么也没有改变。
飓风的季节又一次来临。老板们计划着一但确认Ernesto飓风会往迈阿密袭来,便马上搭飞机飞往Orlando。没有那样资源的人们只好马上开始准备度过也许1,2星期无水无电无车的生活。加油站都已经排满了长车队,商店里都是疯狂采购备用物品的人们。
以自然灾难来庆祝周年吧,也是对自己的一个remider,人的力量在自然面前,依然渺小。

Saturday, April 8, 2006

人体的能力

上个周末去参加了MAP(www.martialartsplanet.com)组织的seminar。
因为每个session都同时有3个class进行,我选择参加了
- 太极
- Groundgrappling
- Hapkido
- Blindfolding
前3个session,我发现其实很多东西还没有忘记,而且同时有那么多好的老师出现,实在是非常让人兴奋。

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Storm Rita

Florida终于迎来了今年第二场台风 - Storm Rita。天色非常阴暗,站在落地窗前,雨真正的是到了倾盆而下的地步。在自然的面前,人力都是如此渺小。


越来越相信冥冥之中有着一只不可见的手,在扯着你走向不可预知的未来。
一个月以前下定决心离开温哥华,到两个星期前来到迈阿密,到一个星期前开始找工作,到这个星期得到工作,一切都看上去那么不可以思议。如果时间上差了一点,这份工作恐怕就不是我得了。这种高层管理的机会本来根本不是我这样小的年龄,不过大学毕业的文凭和两年的经验/而且还不是管理经验,所能拿到的,也许过上5年或者有可能;可以说是为我的人生打开了一扇新的门。
我应该感到骄傲吧 - 24岁,某个中美投资公司的Accounting Executive;习武7年,黑带;在网络上小有名气的塔罗占卜师;4年的WWF Canada的支持者。


可是我不happy。难道是到了心理学里Self-actualization的阶段。一直反复在问自己,what's the meaning of this life? will i tell myself i had a good life and didn't waste it when i die? what's the point of live a life everyone else lives, to spend all my life try to buy a house, a car or whatever other material things? what do i want in this life???
太现实和冷静的性格一直压制自己不顾一切去做自己喜欢的事情。比如大学选专业时放弃我喜爱的考古去学Accounting。 而问题是我还是理想主义者 - 环境保护支持者。一直对自己说,只要挣够足够的钱就能够去做自己喜欢的事情了。可是真正工作了,才发现离自己真正喜欢的事情有多远。工作的时候没有自由。不能一下子放下工作,然后去Peru做1个月的义工考古;不能花两个月去徒步西藏;不能去非洲3个星期帮助那些War Child。。。。。。还要考虑大学的贷款还没有还好,什么时候能买一个属于自己的小apartment;爸爸妈妈的退休金,自己的退休金。。。。。人生那么多的不由自主。


只能勉励自己说,穷则独善其身,富则达济天下。首先要照顾好自己和自己的家人才能去做其他。

Saturday, September 3, 2005

miami - day 2

昨天一到老妈的家,稍微整理了一下,洗了澡,几乎是一上床就睡过去了。早上7点半醒了过来。
起来之后unpack,到了下午3点才差不多弄好
出去对面的plaza逛了一下,在一个小小的chinese shop买了一包麻花和一罐冰绿茶。出来后走了几步后就有一个跆拳道馆。我进去想看看class schedule。一位教练就过来问我。晚上我回去try out 一节class。如果还不错的话,而且他同意我一个月一个月的付钱的话,我就只能先在这里先练习一段时间了。
miami的天气很热。才两天前,温哥华下雨,结果冷的像冬天一样。来这里就热得仿佛6,7月的桂林。因为飓风的关系,每天会下场小雨,因该算是比较凉快的几天。

When it Hurts - David Usher