一月 31, 2007

Meeting kills one's creativity and productivity

It's true -_-

I am not able to listen to a single word uttered during the meeting. It totally sucks -- I am still sitting in the meeting, looking as if I'm concentrating typing something which is related to the meeting contents..

but in fact, I'm actually blogging -_-


first it was a productisation meeting, then ppl begin dragging the topics, now it is being drifted towards the project-based meeting.


*10 minutes later*

omg, now we are talking about schedule -_-
but the productisation progress still not yet even covered!


hahahahahahaha
anybody can tell me how to increase productivity and maintain my focus? :D

一月 30, 2007

忽然想起

今天早上拿了半天假跑去看医生,
其实是因为我的皮肤最近很容易痒,
拼命抓的结果就是皮肤拼命红 T__T

今天的重点不是"我去看医生",而是"我在等医生看我的时候发生的一件事".

有个小女孩因为哮喘症发作而咳嗽不停,
医生让她父亲帮她将气态状的药物泵进器给套上.
小女孩不停地咳嗽,父亲心急却又不得不耐心地抱着小女孩,
不时地叮咛她要尽量把药物给吸进,
还要一直安抚着两眼通红的小女孩...
看起来她真的很难受.


我有过哮喘,就在八岁那年.
呼吸忽然变得很困难,怎么大口戏,肺部都不满足.
那种痛苦与彷徨,我今天也在小女孩的脸上看到.

所以我知道,做父母的也一定很痛苦.


那几年,几乎每个星期都会发作一次,
有时候是白天,有时候是很深的凌晨时分,
父母都得爬起身把我载到24小时诊疗所看病.

罩上药物泵,大口的呼吸,感觉肺部没那么紧绷了以后,
才赫然发觉自己脸上早已流了两行清泪.

小孩子哪记得那么多?现在回想起来,
只依稀记得父母脸上又是担心又是难过又是心疼的脸..

然后,小女孩/小时候的我就会脱口问道:
"为什么只有我才要吸这个药?我其他朋友都不用的啊?"

我看到小女孩的父亲眉头一锁, 只能答道(竟然和我父母一样):
"因为你生病了,生病了要吸这个才会好,等你长大了就不用吸了好不好?"

难过吗?有点.
经过药物治疗后,小女孩蹦跳着走出诊疗所,
大大眼睛再看不见阴霾. 应该算是小小的欣慰吧.

一月 29, 2007

最靠近的天堂3

白色病床上空荡荡一片,
医护人员已经将薛鸣关的遗体给运往太平间.
许伊婷独自一人愣坐在床边.

"走了,真的走了."
许伊婷喃喃说道.

天边升起第一道曙光, 这是她第一次没有他陪.
而且从此以后,薛鸣关再也不会陪着她起床, 上班, 下班, 回家...

这是一种什么样的感觉?
对于他的离开,她是早知道的.
心理准备不是没有做,而是真的发生时,
心中那份迷惘与空洞,是任谁也没办法泰然处之的.


(时间推前到前一天的晚上九时左右)

"薛先生的意识开始不清醒, 间歇性地陷入深度昏迷状态.
薛太太您要随时作好心理准备."

"那...他会感觉到痛苦吗?"

"应该是不会的, 这点您可以放心."

"那...他还能撑多久?"

"情况并不乐观,估计是三个小时左右."

许译婷忽觉得天旋地转,双脚无力.
"你们不会再对他施救了是吗?"

"是的, 您先生在尚有意识时已经签下了同意书,
一旦他失去自主呼吸的能力,我们将不干涉而让他平静的走."

"这样反而更好,是吗?"许伊婷想再次确定.

"是的, 这样对病人反而比较好. 薛先生如果继续让我们施救,
寿命或许再能够延长,可只是痛苦的延长一两天而已..."

此时卧在床上的薛鸣关, 原本半开没有焦点的双眼忽然有神了起来,
喉咙插着许多塑料管子的他并不能说话,只是双手挥着,没有意义地.

"关...你想说什么是吗?"
薛鸣关点了点头.
许伊婷将纸和笔递上.

薛鸣关吃力地用笔在纸上写下:
"婷我对不起你要照顾自己好吗"

正当许伊婷还想说些什么的时候,
薛鸣关忽然抽搐了一下,两眼随即往上翻.

医生赶紧过来为薛鸣关检查一番,
"薛先生又陷入昏迷状态了.看起来,他已经处于弥留的状态了."

许伊婷早已泪流满面.
"你真傻......"

瑋倫 .再见.


图片取自新浪娱乐(http://image.sina.com.tw/news/ents/sinacn/cn/2007-01-29/1170027463_9GOBSR_max300.jpg)

我不认识你.也没看过你什么剧集.
但对于你的离开,是难过且震惊的.

年轻,前途一片大好,你曾经有过很多梦想吧?
新闻上说你出书,唱歌,样样都在努力尝试着.

人啊,祸与福都是不能避免/多求的.
庆幸的是你于深度昏迷中,应该如雨生哥那样不觉得痛苦吧?

人世的折熬你就免了,在天国(我是那么觉得的,你一定在那里)要时刻守护那些爱你的人啊. 一路好走.

一月 26, 2007

Kitty, we will miss you.

"This is depressing..." I couldn't agree more on what Wei Kiat (creator and owner of The Wicked) has said about the death of Kitty, a member of The Wicked and BizFantast Puzzle.

Kitty was young, she's not even 20! Yet she was weak, she may seen this coming, but she did not bring up anything to me (nor us).

Was it a heart attack? Or was it an accident? Or was it...?

We miss you dearly, your nudges, your drawings through MSN. The days where we solved Mystery Challenge together, the way you teach me PhotoShop...

Just an SMS from Medi, and thats it. Everything's gone.

G.O.N.E


You take care over there, ok? Shall meet you someday, I'm sure of that.

一月 25, 2007

The 5 things you may not know about me

5. I play guitar
It all started when I was in High School (16 years old). Both of my sisters picked up guitar courses as they are naturally gifted in music. Not me though, I had this organ classes back at kindergarten years and freaked out at the first lesson, got scolded so badly on the fourth lesson that on the verge of the fifth lesson I'd rather die than go for the class :D

So, we had this classical guitar at home, in which I'd used to play around with. What triggers me off to pick up guitar is the trend on our class. I was in the Art & Commerce class, there were 40 gals and 8 guys in the class. Two of the guys played guitar, GOOD guitar because they've spent much time at courses.

I didn't have the money, so I decided to learn by myself. And once again, I started from scratch and what made me proud of myself is that, without attending any courses, I'm able to play the guitar (with chords and melodies) now :D

4) Write lyrics
Again, it started out in high school days where I was hyper-actively involved in almost everything happening around me. A senior from the debate society I was in has formed a band. And he was looking around for some people to write lyrics for them. I volunteered as I wrote a song before (the lyrics only of course) for my class back then.

It all started well and they used some of my lyrics (I can't remember well, 10-20 perhaps?) Some of them even went for contest, but I lost contact with the band as my senior dropped out and headed for Taiwan, he is a Taiwanese and was at Malaysia for study purposes only.

3) I am a BIG eater
How do you define a BIG eater? Take this for example, when I was a kid (at 9 perhaps), I finished 3 sets of cheeseburger meal (excluding the drink) from McDonalds at one go...

While during high school, due to the sports I'm playing (basketball), I consume lots of energy and needed to eat more. I used to wallop 2 big bowls of rice and 1/3 of whatever there is left on the table whenever dining out :D

Now, I AM ON DIET, but I couldn't control my appetite. Just yesterday, when PY and I were dining at North Point. We ordered two sets of dishes and 1 side dishes. The portion PY ordered was too spicy and she couldn't eat, so I finished two sets of dishes PLUS the side dish :D

2) I fart when asleep
This is a bit malu, but according to PY, I fail to control the muscles of my butt and air will be let go when I'm asleep. Luckily, no smell la...

Very stressed now, I need to make sure whoever sleeping beside me (especially got outings or whatever) be asleep soundly before I fall asleep... Why not just let me snore when I sleep? Why fart T__T

1) I learnt to swim by almost drowning
Thats the way my dad taught me how to swim. No theories, no preparation. He just threw me into the swimming pool and I struggled to stay on water, subsequently almost drowned, and finally managed to paddle to keep my balance.

So, whoever saw me swimming, do not laugh (or, if you wish to laugh, keep a distance from me), wahahahahaha, because many have said I swim as if my life depended on it, and my body movements were too stiff and caused a big splash of water :D

The way I swim, its not freestyle nor any other style, I call it Drown Style (溺水式)

一月 24, 2007

The 5 things I liked about Singapore

5) It's clean
Relatively clean in neighbourhood places like market and hawker centres, if compared to the markets and hawker centres in JB. And in commercial districts or shopping districts, its impressively clean -- You litter, you get punished.

4) It's safe
Safe as when compared to the lack of safety in JB, you would not dare to walk alone on the street of JB, it isn't even safe to drive alone! In Singapore, you don't worry much about disasters nor riots.

3) It's where I earn money
$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Money!~ Nice huh :D Whatever I earned, when converted back to Ringgit Malaysia, will be 2.26 times more :D

2) The people here
And I mean cute people :D Friends and colleagues that I've got to know throughout these years. Yes, they are arrogant and ignorant people out there. But there are good guys too :D

1) Its geographical location
Wahahaha, I'm able to go back to my hometown easily. No plane, no long-hour buses... just a simple bus and a cab ride and I'm back home! :D

一月 23, 2007

最靠近的天堂2

薛鸣关将耳机套上,沉醉在悠扬起伏的乐章里,
手指时而划圈,时而上下摆动,
嘴角时不时泛起一抹浅笑 --
看得出来,他相当地享受着忙里偷闲的时光.

白色办公室里, 白色的日光灯照亮了原本属于黑夜的空间.
薛鸣关紧绷了一整天的神经终于放松了下来,
"该赶的,都赶完了."他对自己说.

桌上的电子时钟显示着11:03 PM.
"差不多该回去了."
薛鸣关站起身来, 让自己僵硬的身体做了几个简单的伸展运动,
随即便收拾东西准备回家去了.

此时电话想起, 单凭铃声他便能知道是谁打来的了.
"喂, 我正准备回家,你要是累了的话,就先睡吧,别等我,知道吗?"
"我都等到这个时候了,哈哈.我也是刚到家而已,我买了宵夜,
等你回来一起吃好不?我先去洗个澡." 电话那头如是说着.

"好呀,我现在就回来."

电话那头的许伊婷挂上电话,将身上的外套脱下挂好.
转身走入浴室时不经意地看到外头下起了大雨.
许伊婷的心顿时抽了一下, "关应该不会有事吧?"

The 5 things I just couldn't tolerate

First, I began reading blogs entry like this, it seems like sharing with others "the 5 things...(blah blah blah)" is a trend now.

I had other things to blog yesterday, so I didn't start it out. But Suki happened to asked me this -- What are the best 5 things your gf has done for you?"

I was like... whoa! Destined liao la! I shall start today's "The 5 things..." with the 5 things I just couldn't tolerate!~

5) Inconsiderate people
Inconsiderate people are every well, there are people who hogged the bus/MRT seats as if they'd owned it, there are people who cut queues as if they do not know whats queueing up all about, there are people who block the escalator as if their big bodies are small enough to let us squeeze through... there are such people everywhere.

4) Ignorant and Arrogant people
At work, there are people who just won't listen to others, and wanted everybody else to follow his/her instructions, and in the event that something went wrong, its the whole team's fault! At life, there are people who will not heed your advice and yet complain to you for not guiding them to the correct directions.

3) Kappas
"Kappa" is a generic term (from the japanese river imp "Kappa") the SingTel bunch named to a specific type of person. I'd extended the meaning on my own so that, all Kappas are supervisors that simply are not capable enough to keep up with the pace of the current world, yet holding on as tightly as ever on whatever they own now, thus causing others to falter under their "friendly guidiance".


2) Extreme weather
Read "Extreme weather", its not like "very hot sun" or "very humid rainy season", its BOTH, and when I say both I mean -- Why the hell I can't just have normal weather and let me do what I want? I've got the laundries that never get dry, I can't possibly play basketball under the hot sun as well T__T

1) Being looked down
Never, NEVER EVER look down upon a Leo, wahahahaha, you'll get 3 times in return. There was once a snobbish guy at college where he scored 4 A's in his first semester, and I got 3 A's and 1 C, he was so snobbish that he condemned me, saying, "Oh, so those who come from FY are not capable at all". At the end of our diploma course, I got 13 A's and 1 C, he got 10 A's and 3 B's and with me offering to help him do his project (he know nothing in programming at all), managed to "pass" his project module with a "C". Now, thats what I called sweet revenge.

一月 22, 2007

Yummy!~

Long long long long time ago, where Jusco Tebrau City first opened, PY and I went to this Italian restaurant, which the services and atmosphere were impressively high standards. Yet, we decided not to pay this restaurant another visit due to its "relatively large portion of food and the not-so-delicious factor"...

Till then, I was browsing a thread on a forum that discusses the "Best food at Tebrau Jusco City", to my surprise, my favourite "Secret Recipe" and "Kenny Rogers" all fell short to this Italian restaurant...

So, PY and I decided to give it another chance, this time, we ordered the stuffs that were recommended by the forum members.


First, the starters will be this Fried Calamari (RM 17.90), the sotong was fried delicately and declicously, not to mention that the marinara sauce added some tender flavour that washes away the greasy feeling caused by fried food.

Yummy!


Next, there is this pasta that we ordered (Shrimp Linguine, RM 29.90 for 2 person), this time we got the size right, just enough for the two of us (we didn't manage to finish the Meat Ball Spaghetti on our first visit).

The prawn was astonishingly fresh, and the cheese and linguine blends perfectly fine! Another Yummy!~~~


I do not know the name of this restaurant, but there is only one Italian Restaurant at Tebrau City Jusco, its on the ground floor, its not possible to miss it, go try out if you have the chance! :D

新加坡人的反思

http://rudesingaporeans.blogspot.com

很多大马同胞不爽新加坡人的嚣张与高姿态.可我想说的是, 我们不能一竹竿就打翻全船的人. 我在新加坡工作了四年,生活了两年.认识了很多很可爱的新加坡朋友 -- 其实,世界就是这么样,一个国家有好人,当然也会有败坏该国风气的不好的人.

以上那个网站是一面从新加坡人的眼睛看新加坡人的陋习的镜子; 不是只有外国人才会对新加坡人的行为做出批判. 我个人觉得,这样的批判才最具震撼力 -- 因为发自内心,发自自己人的手.

当然,我想,大部分朋友还是带着看热闹与好戏的心情来看待该网站的, "我早就说过新加坡人都是那样的", "现在知道了吧?新加坡人每一个好东西".

我想,这样的人应该没有仔细地,好好地品读这网站.

我又在想,我们大马人什么时候又会有这般勇气检视我们自己呢?在大马的华人长期受到压迫,已经养成了"这就是马来西亚,做什么都没用"的心态了.无限度的放大自己的不幸的当儿,却还在沾沾自喜于别人的疏失与不足. 这能叫人不心痛吗?

在新加坡工作的这几年里, 我遇到了很多好人, 有来自大马的朋友,中国的朋友,印尼的朋友,更有很多新加坡的朋友. 大家的想法或许不一样,可是只要把成见搁在一旁,用宽宏的心看待每一个国家民族必定存在的不足,那大家的相处会是又快乐又有意义的.

Blood Diamond 血钻石


片名: 血钻石 Blood Diamond
演员: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Honsou, Jennifer Connelly

对李奥那度不是没有期待的, 尤其是看过故事简介后.

虽然故事开始的三十分钟着实让人摸不着头脑 (其实最大的问题应该是在影片的中文翻译, 在大马看戏就是有这种烦恼 -- 中文字幕永远翻译到莫名其妙), 直到中段至结尾的高潮戏码,才真正地让人觉得值回票价.

T.I.A (This is africa), 戏里的的李奥和一手栽培他的师傅总是挂在嘴边


影片真实的让人浑然忘却在观看的是一部商业电影. 适度的暴力加上紧凑的剧情让故事情节一如猜测般的挺进,却多了份人情味. 纵然结局不无遗憾却又遵照"坏人有坏下场"的经典模式, 我却认为导演不必要将结局说得太白,让观众有能力自己去分辨是非对错或许可以更让人有共鸣.

李奥是精彩的,每每出现在银幕上,总是不能将视线从他身上移开.土生于非洲的白人,表面上是无恶不作利益为先的坏胚子,操着一口非洲式的英语,完全无法想象他就是N年前风靡全球的"杰克" (Titanic). 李奥欲用演技征服观众的野心又是一例(之前有Departed).


戏里黑人父子的情深, 我却更喜欢李奥和女记者似有若无的感情.

一幕她将要远行离开非洲,知道或许此生再没有机会见面. 只是一句"You take care, ok?" 连最过分的动作也只是拉起她的手臂说了声 "You should go now." 生离死别拍的如此轻描淡写,反而更揪着人心久久不能言语.

最后,这部戏或许真的能改变一些人.有人因为见识到钻石对于人类贪婪的影响力有多大而决定以后都不买它; 有人因为见识到非洲的贫穷而重新检视自己. 这都是人性 -- 只可惜不知道这部戏的影响力究竟能去的多远.

世界还是很乱. 可能正如李奥戏里所说的"上帝或许早已离开我们这里很久了".



阿木给分: (前三十分钟) ***, (剩下的时间) *****

一月 20, 2007

最靠近的天堂 1

"天堂有多远?"

"关, 你在哪里?"

"是不是上了天堂就能见到了你?"


"关... 别不和我说话, 别这样好不好?"


* * *

薛鸣关动也不动, 两眼直直地望向远方.
眼神没有焦点, 身体没有温度, 瘦削的脸上插满了不知名的管子 --
虽然此刻已经都没有意义了.

薛鸣关于凌晨三时四十九分停止了呼吸.
至此, 他与病魔鏖战的一生便悄然地划下了句点.
对于他来说, 这未尝不是一种解脱.

只是许伊婷的眼泪敌不过地心引力的牵引,
成珠成串地落下, 沾湿了白色的被褥.


* * *

站在一旁的医生面无表情地走上前,
用手将薛鸣关的眼睛给阖上,
小心翼翼地将原本用于维持他生命的管子给拆下.
连接心脏部位的心电图感应器是医生所拆下的最后一样东西.

就像电影里的一幕一样, 医生将白色的被拉起,
将薛鸣关与这个世界硬生生的分了开.

许伊婷再也忍不住, 崩溃, 痛哭.
医生照例的说了些什么"节哀顺便", "人死不能复生",
"这对他来说反而比较不痛苦" 之类的话.
没有感情, 对于见见惯生离死别的他们来说,
如此抽理冷骏的话,反而更客观,更能让人安心.

而许伊婷只是将头抬起, 红肿的双眼迷惘地看着医生.
"医生, 最靠近的天堂在哪里?"

一月 19, 2007

Damn odd T__T

It has been weird, damn weird.
After I've seen this doctor because of the bloatedness in my stomach,
I've been feeling great -- really great.

The medicine he gave solved my problem, as long as I'm on medication.
And after three pleasant days without any bloatedness or tummy upsets AT ALL,
I finally completed the portions prescribed by the doctor,
thats when the problem comes in.

On the first day without any medications, I had the nausea feeling,
it was so terrible that at points I thought I would faint -- AT WORK!

That was the first time I had that feeling,
something you couldn't control, nor you would like having again,
head's been spinning, you can't focus your mind,
and you felt yourself shivering even though the temperature had been average.

Odd, just odd.

As and when I returned home, the symptoms worsen till late night,
where I dozed off on the bed and woke up in the mornign...

MIRACUROUSLY! I was fine!
Not only am I alive, I'm actually feeling better than ever!~
T__T

What's going on??
Am I addicted to the medicine prescribed? If so, then its damn scary lor!

一月 17, 2007

Course regarding communications skills


Been away for two full days, been busy attending a course :D
I was supposed to take this course after converting to perm..
But SBTL delayed my courses twice because of the MMC project...

Let's put it this way, I will not mention the course,
had the course been totally unfruitful and uneventful.

Instead, I enjoyed two days of relaxed learning and eye-opening skills demo..

The trainer of the course is Mr. Sid Jacobson, he is an expert in NLP..
NLP does not mean Natural Language Processing (in A.I term of course),
it stands for "Neuro-Linguistic Programming"... in short?

Interpersonal skills.

Sid was good. Damn good. He has this charismatic voice and he creates a comfortable atmosphere in which resulted in all 22 participants felt relaxed.

The topics were unbelievable for a technical person like me -- I've never thought that I've had so many problems during communication, and I have never thought that conflicts can be resolved by making the correct choices...

Moreover, topics like "what kind of person are you" and "how assertive are you when a conflict arises" caught my attention, I was introduced to stress management and problem solving through a new dimension -- something I've never thought I was responsible for.

It was fun :D The test on your "DiSC behavior style" is genius, its a pity I can't share with you how exactly the test was carried out (I can't find a free one on the Internet), but I was correctly categorized to the "Stable, Support" group -- another thing that I didn't realize till it was analyzed.

Will be going for another training tomorrow, this time around, it'll be a training on Borland's new content management system... :D

一月 14, 2007

死神的精确度 -- 伊坂幸太郎


在PageOne看到这本书便毫不犹豫地买了下来
事后证明自己的直觉并没有错
"死神的精确度"的确是我看过题材风格最特别的一本小说

在这之前 我并不知道伊坂幸太郎是哪位
这书会吸引我的地方是它的文案
故事之没有逻辑却又天马行空的入情入理 --

利用一个星期观察, 接触特定的人类,
判定是[认可](死亡OK)或[放形](生)后,再向上级呈报.
这, 就是我的工作.

...

六篇别树一格的推理故事, 六段不同的人生切片,
宁愿一整天泡在CD唱片行的死神,
是否能精确无误的执行任务?

我承认我是个想很多的人 所以故事看到一半
便忍不住揣测结局会是如何

遗憾地 往往无往不胜的我
在这七篇(其实有七个故事)里, 只猜重了最后一个故事
其他的结局都意外得我不得不佩服

还好它是短篇故事集 不然我大概会彻夜不眠

伊坂幸太郎的推理故事 是推理故事
同时也是爱情小说 公路电影小说 青春小说...

打破推理小说的框框 随即海阔天空起来
情节有点类似我在评论"伤城"里的一样--
结局已经明了 耐人寻味的是动机而已

唯一不同的是 我有时候会连结局都猜不透

我同意翻译人对于伊坂作品的诠释--
他只是用"推理"这工具来表达故事而已

真正动人的地方是死神"千叶"那绝对绝对的冷峻和可爱
这两元素完美的结合却又不觉得突兀
矛盾激化后流下的是许多主角耐人寻味的说话

看"死神的精确度" 的确是一大享受
我很庆幸自己没有错过伊坂的书



阿木给分: ****/ (4 1/2)

一月 12, 2007

Everybody wants an iPhone

And I mean EVERYBODY

Since Wednesday morning Annabel has been telling me about the new iPhone and how great how great it was -- I couldn't picture really well by judging on her description.

So I went to look for the images of Apple's iPhone, and WOW!

The design was cool, way too cool. A phone without any buttons!

Then yesterday at home, while I was surfing the net I came across this youtube video--




Boy was that cool or something?

Now even Cruz Teng is drooling over this phone, although he just bought a new iPod :D

机会

案例:
一个人去看相,想说问问算命的自己为什么总是没有偏财运
相士的看了看说:
"你下个星期财运亨通,应该会有不错的收入!"

那人开心的道了谢,回家等待下个星期的到来.

然后,过了两个星期,那人又回去找那算命的,
"你骗我!我都没有什么意外的收入!"

算命的看了看,问道:
"你难道没买万字,博彩还是什么幸运抽奖吗?"

那人答道:
"没!我上个星期整天坐在家里等那偏财运到来,
结果什么都没有!我不相信你了~"




机会不是每一次都是等来的,
有时候要付出一点,才能得到更多.

运气有时候也不是注定的,尤其是不劳而获的例子更是少之又少.

偏偏,我们都太习惯于等待,
久而久之便研磨出让人啼笑皆非的习惯--
说很多,却从来没有做.

我们总是听说我们周围的谁谁谁有什么大计划,
可是过了半年,那计划始终还是完美的呈现在一张嘴上.
问起为什么没有实际行动,答案不外是:

"我在等有缘人来投资在我身上"



"我在等一个机会"



机会真的是等来的吗?

一月 11, 2007

Duhhhhhhhhhhh

>_<

6 months ago I mentioned that my shoes was stolen, 6 months after I bought this BATA shoes it 竟然狮子大开口 -_-




OOOOOHHHhhhhhhhh MMMMMYYyyyyyyyyyy GOOooooDDDDDDDd
What happened to my shoes >_< now I pray everyday don't rain leh,
or at least don't rain when I'm on the road T__T

Otherwise.... arghhhhh T__T

must quick quick go find a new pair of shoes liao :D

一月 09, 2007

了解了以后

这次不是要说什么感情泛滥的陈腔烂调
是想再做一次总结

昨天写了一篇五月天<为爱而生>的blog
今天suki 就把五月天此张专辑的blog 传了给我看
整个午餐时间就在读着他们的录音日志

读了两遍 才了解到自己在听着MP3的时候
践踏了他们多少个晚上对于那些微小到几乎被忽略的细节

<为爱而生>马莎的贝斯
<香水>里冠佑的鼓
<我又初恋了>石头的吉他
<快乐很伟大>怪兽的吉他
<米老鼠>阿信的vocal

不写出来 有多少的理所当然在里面
我们 竟然一直都被如此坚持的音乐宠着而浑然不知

是以 现在我正用非常大声的音量重复的聆听着
那些用无数次讨论与实验堆砌出来的音符

很感动!

一月 08, 2007

五月天 Mayday 为爱而生 Born To Love


喜欢五月天 其实很单纯
五个大男生玩音乐玩得疯了 是认真的疯了
所以特别精彩

<为爱而生>作为五月天的第六张专辑是非常贴切的
许多团员都步入了人生另一个阶段--
冠佑和石头当了/即将当上爸爸,
团员开始步入三十大关...

因此这一专辑一"爱"为出发点 并不会感觉到任何的不贴切
编曲依旧精彩 专辑随CD附送的海报很美
滑鼠垫更是又美又炫得让人舍不得用

我是先听了网上MP3试听后才决定买专辑的
2007年 要重新支持正版

前传
钟兴民的音乐为<为爱而生>下了个很让人期待的伏笔
也是整张专辑唯一一个部分不是由五子创作的环节

为爱而生
即使不是主打 这依然会是整张专辑我最喜欢的一首
阿信包办词曲 惊艳的是曲与词的完美结合
编曲更应记上一功

很喜欢阿信飙高音的部分 比较起<盛夏光年>里的挑战极限
这一次飙起来更是游刃有余 配合着编曲的进程
精彩绝伦

就等你的一个眼神
就能为你长征
为你占领所有边城
和天上的星辰
如果你一个笑
如果你一个吻
更多伤痕更多牺牲
就让爱更动人
就让爱更永恒

天使
喜欢怪兽的曲的张力 这首歌让我想起了同是怪兽作曲的<牙关>
脑海很轻易的勾勒出阿信在演唱会上唱着这首歌的样子
万人大合唱 很K的一首歌

特别欣赏阿信反朴归真的词 和五子回归简单的配乐

飞过人间的无常
才懂爱才是宝藏
不管世界变得怎麼样
只要有你就会是天堂

我又初恋了
只看歌名我会以为这是一首走<小护士>路线的歌
一开始听的时候 那编曲更是让我吓一跳

还好 相比于<小护士>的搞笑
<我又初恋了>的曲更清新讨好 怪兽应记上一功
词方面就稍微逊色了一点 不过依然非常可爱讨喜

作为新一代年轻人代言人的五月天 开始步入壮年
或许需要开始唱些更适合自己年龄的歌?
或许吧 不过我觉得最重要的还是他们的心境
若他们继续唱 我们就继续听 :D

我爱你 你爱我 我们再也找不到借口
就像是 第一次 一起飞着爱情的自由


香水
或许有人会说阿信的词像是在模仿方文山天马行空的词
可我觉得<香水>更注重人文思想的部分
这一点和张雨生很像 或许是个人主观的想法
觉得这首歌很张雨生 :X

你的出现将气氛改写
空气转变圣洁感觉
青苹果是你野蛮的甜
牛奶与蜜是你的语言
沈默尤其是一种迷迭

本以为冠佑将为人父 心态上该是平静且充满父爱的
没想到创作出来的曲如此有爆发力 是一小惊喜

歌的中间部分 阿信的RAP是另一惊喜
有个人风格 只此一家

摩托车日记
音乐未开始的摩托车声会让人联想到美国西部的豪迈
阿信一开始唱 还是蛮"台湾"的

谁愿意和我
一起写一个传说
你还梦不梦疯不疯
还有没有当初浪漫温柔

怪兽的曲所用的和弦应该蛮特别 至少我听起来很Catchy
会让人想多听几遍

阿信又一次精彩呈现年轻人流浪的梦想与现实不妥协的叛逆
这歌 应该会引起很多共鸣

最重要的小事
个人还蛮偏爱这首歌 一样画面感很强烈
或许是因为知道了作曲的是马莎后
更容易联想到马莎在演唱会上一边弹奏手上的贝斯一面帮阿信合音的样子

对对 这又是一首很"演唱会"的歌

不知道阿信写的是不是马莎和绯闻女友梁静茹的故事
哈哈 听的人总爱对号入坐 不好意思

世界纷纷扰扰喧喧闹闹 什么是真实
为你跌跌撞撞傻傻笑笑 买一杯果汁
就算庸庸碌碌匆匆忙忙 活过一辈子
也要分分秒秒年年日日 全心守护你
最小的事

快乐很伟大
又是先入为主的观念 以为这样的歌会像<终结孤单>一样青春四射
结果 除了编曲的热闹外 还真找不到什么共同点 (这是好事)

石头就像马莎和怪兽一样 写出了一首听到就立刻联想到是他们的歌
中间副歌部分参考了贝多芬的<快乐颂>是一次小露身手的精彩

电吉他再一次疯狂玩美呈现BAND SOUND

越玩越high 越玩越大
快乐无限 梦无价
天都不怕 地也不怕
大声的唱 快乐很伟大


忘词
<忘词>或许会成为2007年最受落的求爱歌
气氛营造得暧昧又甜蜜得要死

你 你的温柔感动了我
我 忍耐太久内伤太重
在 豁出去的那一秒钟
却又忘词 我噢噢噢
上一句好像是有关你的形容
下一句好像希望你能答应我

阿信最精彩的时候总是自己包办词曲的时候
虽然这次的副歌部分绝对熟口熟脸
我忘了是像哪一首老歌了 不过这不是我第一次听到类似的旋律了

宠上天
整张专辑最可爱的词 阿信把我们男人的苦处都说了出来
而且不落俗套 为整首歌加分不少

阿信的曲就相比下比较普通 又或许是歌词太突出了?

你爱看鬼片 又怕看鬼片
又要我陪 坐在你身边
很想告诉你 我比你还怕鬼
我无时无刻 都无怨无悔
让你无忧又无虑 每一天
你一个口令 我一个动作
绝不拖延 你一个皱眉
我三条黑线 整个高度警戒

米老鼠
出生在八十年代的我们应该对这歌有共鸣才对
以"草莓族"作为对象所写的词
阿信点出许多年轻人最害怕面对的东西 --
自己

有时候残忍的是前一代人们为下一代的青年所订下的标签
不允许脆弱 不允许任性
任何尽情点的事情都不能做

活得像温室里的小花 不是大人们从小就要我们做的吗?
为什么现在又给我们这样的标签?

谁是草莓族
你才是榴连族
一身伤人顽固
伤害我还要我不哭

这歌 希望给大人们一个反思

一千个世纪
石头的曲很清新 阿信的词玩电玩游戏独有的魔幻风
看了文案才惊醒 -- 知名电玩品牌的代言歌

整体来说就是很平铺直叙的一首歌 最大的惊喜是在吉他Solo部分

啊啊 我要和你一起走过一千个世纪
每次诞生我都要与你相遇
每次轮回都为你

胎音
石头为还未出生的儿子写的歌 +
老婆狗狗第一次献声演绎Demo 带 +
冠佑女儿出生后的第一发哭声

没有歌词 却感动得莫名其妙
期待配出歌词后的这首歌会是如何精彩

满城尽带黄金甲 The Curse of The Golden Flower

片名:满城尽带黄金甲 The Curse of The Golden Flower
演员:周润发 Chow Yun Fatt 巩利 Gong Li
周杰伦 Jay Chou 刘烨 Liu Ye

看<满>,是需要抛开一些成见的.

你必须相信唐朝五代十国时期众国之王是过得如此奢华糜烂

这是看完<满>后的第一个感觉: 当你将奢华与浮夸当作艺术来经营的时候.

所以打从一开始,你就必须忘掉<英雄>里老谋子用颜色来经营艺术, 
<十面埋伏>里则用用竹林与季节来表达的手腕.

这一次,当真是豁出去似的大手笔--
菊花台上用了多少朵菊花?黄金甲一套要多少钱?
美得不像样的宫殿里七色斑斓的屏幕应该要很贵吧?

看的时候不能投入.或许是出于对于那个年代淫糜的生活的不认同.
又或许是整座戏院的观众的不投入,讨论,嘲笑,甚至哭闹.

菊花总要盛开一次

巩利/王后对周杰伦/杰王子说的,义无反顾.

这也是我对巩在戏里的印象.张艺谋说这是为巩量身定做的戏,
我也如此觉得.当今中文影坛上能集艳丽妩媚怨恨温柔激情于一个眼神的,
不作第二人选.

对于周润发/王,是有些失望的.
深不可测,暴戾残忍潜伏于和善冷骏的眼神中,
开场的气势煞是惊人--
却也只是开场.

剧情高潮处一统天下的气势突变成很草莽草根的气质,
完全颠覆我的期待.

周杰伦/杰王子表现中规中矩.
自然,讨好的角色,自<头文字D>后又有突破--
菊花台一人挑万夫的悲壮,老实说,
不比成龙在<神话>里最后一幕的逊色.

最惊喜的莫过于刘烨/太子详.
影评人呈现两极化反应--演技流于表面浮夸无实 VS 精彩的演绎
我选择了后者

一幕临死前悔恨的眼泪和着满口的鲜血,
忏悔.

一句<我对不起你>,看得人心纠着,久久不能忘记.



阿木给分:***/ (3 1/2)

一月 05, 2007

涌动

情绪呈丝状 化开
如水 于暗波中悄悄涌动

只能用颜色区分 是静谧的
是混沌的

我没能掌握 只能凭感觉分辨
是蓄势待法的那种不安 在蛰伏了好些时候以后
伺机爆发

所以真切

琉璃色的光 颓废地照着
空间被隔离出来 是一寸又一寸的妥协

涌动的 是希望 还是欲望?

只有天知道

一月 02, 2007

伤城


片名: 伤城 Confession Of Pain
主演: 梁朝伟 Tony Leung,金城武 Takeshi Kaneshiro, 
     徐静蕾 Xu Jing Lei, 舒淇 Shu Qi

第一次到Bugis的Shaw Cineplex 看戏,感觉还不错.
虽然地方窄了一点,位子坐得不是很舒服,
可是却没有那些很没有公民意识的观众.

110分钟的港片,唯一小小的遗憾,就是没办法听到粤语发声的原版本.

在一个没有快乐的城市中,故事展开,
看似没有关系的许多人,其实命运在互相牵扯,不休.

很多人都说梁朝伟状态颠峰,架上副眼镜扮演心机极重的警官简直是绝配.
对于梁的演技,着实没话说--
嘴角似笑非笑,除下眼镜光芒更是慑人心魄.

一幕哄妻子入睡后独自在灯光下思考的样子,
不是魅力,他不再需要卖弄魅力; 而是一种涌动原始力量的野兽.

相比之下,金城武的潦倒侦探光芒怎能不比下去呢?
有人说武是没有演技的,但我必须承认对他有很大的偏爱 --
是因为长得太帅以至于让人们忽略他的努力?

整部戏两人同场出现的戏,焦点都在梁.偶尔瞄到阿武,
竟觉得震撼:
伤心的表情能牵动人心,崩溃痛哭也会让人觉得像个小孩般无助.

称职 -- 虽然梁的一个背影就比武的一个眼神更牵动人心.
只能说,对手太强,不弱的武,已经打了漂亮的一仗.
结果如何?得益的当然是我们观者.

影片的基调是暗郁的,即便是间中插科打诨的杜汶泽也好,
在因为他的傻和可爱大笑的时候,影片还是会提醒你 --
其实故事还是很感伤的.

我看过很多悬疑片,但没有一部一开始就和你说谁是凶手.
迷底既然已经解开,就只剩下干案的动机而已.

精彩,着实精彩.影片的节奏与生命力是近来港片所少见的.
黑白与彩色世界的重叠重现案发经过与调查心得,
交叠得浑然天成,实属神来之笔.

但是...

影片最后着重的还是情.

个人最喜欢的还是武和舒淇的感情戏 --
由一夜情延伸出来的感情,是真的?还是寂寞而已?
武自己不知道,观众也不知道.
等到回过神来的时候,武已经对淇动了真感情.

徐静蕾颇让人惊艳,知性美的当儿在自己所爱的人面前,
时而娇羞时而妩媚,尽显新时代女性的特质.

走出戏院后,脑海剩下梁蛰伏于黑暗中饶富深意的一丝浅笑.
影片或许不会留下什么,但人的形象却是永恒.



阿木打分: ****/ (4 1/2)


阅读2007


下收集我在2007年所阅读过的书籍:


1. 死神的精确度












2. 成功人想的与你不同












3. 奥杜邦的祈祷












4. Harry Potter And The Order Of Phoenix











5. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood-Prince











6. 重力小丑











7, 8 : 地下道杀局+幽灵湖畔
9: 幽灵游园会
10: 幽灵纪念日









11: 献给少女的犯罪











12. 孩子们














13. 哈利波特与死亡圣徒 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows











14. 时间管理的50堂课

电影2007

以下总结我在2007年所观赏过的电影.

1. 伤城 Confession of Pain










2. 满城尽带黄金甲 The Curse of The Golden Flower








3. 血钻石 Blood Diamond











4. An Inconvenient Truth










5. Death Note 2: The Last Name










6. Spiderman 3












7. Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End












8. Shrek 3











9. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer










10. Transformers 变形金刚








11. Harry Potter And The Order Of Phoenix 哈利波特与凤凰会的密令

一月 01, 2007

2007 开始篇 -- 除夕

要先描述一下除夕夜是怎么过的, 原本打算去Esplanade倒数的,
结果在Vivocity 玩了一整天,累到~~


在那里看到从瑞典开过来的帆船,很有型,原来两百多年前的船是长成这样的,哈哈.


试看看用Panaroma 来拍,效果好像很不错酱!~~~~~~



过后去PageOne逛了一下,看到很多书都有20% discount,爽到~~~~~~~~~~~
买了两本,等我看完了就会放上来:D (2007年目标是要看15本书...)


晚餐吃了日本料理,是那个有碳烧的 (Charcoal Grill), 店名有个Shin 字:D
很好吃,只是贵死了 >_< 不过2006年最后一顿晚餐,吃得好一点也不要紧啦:D

音乐2007

以下为我在2007年里所拥有的专辑:


1) 五月天Mayday 为爱而生 Born To Love










2. S.H.E 移动城堡DVD演唱会











3. 陈升 Bobby Chen 这些人那些人











4. 曹格 Gary Superman









5.陈绮贞 Cheers 花的姿态2005-2006演唱会经典实录










6. 五月天 -- 离开地球表面












7. Olivia Ong - Fall In Love With Olivia






8. S.H.E PLAY









9. 张惠妹 The Power Of Love 竞选