Monday, February 19, 2007

Gap Year

Yesterday I went to my mom's place to have dinner with her. I told her that I plan to take 2 years off to travel around the world on july 2008. Meaning I'll quit my current job, which everyone thinks is great, and face a very uncertain future.   
Of course, my mom is oppose to the idea as expected. She wants to keep me close and keep away any ideas foreign to her from me. LOL   I called up my friend Y, see if she wants to travel with me. Two females travel together will not only save money, but also makes the trip a bit safer......    
(后面的没存,忘记了,oh well, i made my effort ^^)

New Year Resolution

一直想keep a journal  
也一直很羡慕那些可以很努力地每天坚持blog的朋友  
今年的new year resolution中就有坚持写blog这一项目  
希望我能坚持住    
The Holy Isle of Avalon always has fascinated me. The Mists of Avalon也是我最喜欢的电影之一。
在此祝愿自己能有一天进入那个mystery realm。也许,只是也许,在我剩下在earth的日子,我会learn the secret of life and obtain wisdom.......

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。

When it Hurts - David Usher