5/31/2006

觸摸一下回憶…

凌晨三點半,不知什麼原因,從沉睡中醒來。月光透過新裝上的窗簾,神秘又不可捉摸的顏色…

我無法克制的去觸摸那月光,只能感覺到窗簾細細冷冷的布料,但在指尖下好像逐漸溫暖…

我是個念舊的人,每次每次,人忙到一種地步,都會想起從前,想一些如果、想一些可能。尤其是想念自己,那個昨天的自己,不是想要回到過去,只是總覺得好像現在的自己不認識以前的自己。

翻翻桌上剛洗回來的照片,拖了半年,有兩百多張,但裡面的人真的是我嗎? 站在朋友婚禮、坐在火車上、和女友合照,每一張看起來都很開心,那真的是我嗎? 為什麼現在都感覺不到那時的快樂?

我總在夜深人靜時,觸摸一下回憶,感覺一下許許多多的喜怒哀樂,回憶不像照片,永遠是快樂的一霎那… 在指尖下流過那刻苦銘心的痛、那朦朧的月光、那狂喜的心跳、那茫然的焦急、那漠然的眼神、那逗留在胸口她的睙、那莫名的害怕、那幸福和痛苦交集的感覺、那完全不需妥協的快樂…

沉澱感情,觸摸一下回憶,才知道自己呼吸過空氣…

5/30/2006

As matter of Exs...

Last night, I had a nice dinner with a few friends at home. When I was reading some fashion magazines from TW. I heard one of my friend said, “shhhh… he can hear us...”

Not trying to be paranoid, but I was the only person not involved in the conversation.

“Okay, what were you guys talking about?”
“Er… we were just talking about which of your Exs suits you the best…”

That was interesting, even though they were all history; I definitely wanted to know what everyone thinks!

”Well, I think Ms. A is the most suited as far as personality, you guys are both out going and sociable, you are very compatible.” said Mr. B, the graphic designer.
“Really? Other than the fact that she can’t determine what she wants to do?”
“I think Ms. N is the best for him, she was nice, quiet and very housewife type, probably balance out his life better.” said Ms. J, the marketing entrepreneur.
“Ya… and she is currently married with a kid…”
“I think Ms. C is the most suitable one, you two look good together.” said Mr. A, the usually quiet professional photographer.
“Right… because we took salon pictures together?”
“I think Ms. L (not herself) is pretty, why do you like her again?” asked Ms. L, the real estate agent.

Me: er… (trying to think…)
Ms. J: If you have to think, then you don’t really like her.
Me: hm… (trying to think… with a smile on my face)
Ms. L: That’s right! You don’t like her.
Me: Did you guys know we have the same birthday?
Mr. B: No way…
Ms. J: So you are saying you have similar personalities?
Me: Ya… but we use different parts of our brains, I am the rational one, she is the artistic one.
Mr. A: She uses right brain, you use left brain.
Me: And, without going into details, with her family situation, she is the person I really want to protect and share her burdens.
…. (everyone)
Ms. L: Hey, what about Ms. R I introduced you the other day? Isn’t she pretty?
Ms. J: I don’t think he is interested… (others echoed)
Me: Well, she is very pretty, but I don’t think I am ready to be in a relationship yet. Let me rest a little first.
………... (everyone)

I couldn’t remember how the conversation ended, but I think it was a discussion about how I spoil my girls, and how I will get a trophy wife at home, she doesn’t even have to work after I get married. And of course, about how I would eat McDee everyday when single, but nice meals with girlfriends.

I couldn’t sleep last night, I couldn’t help to think, to think about how each relationship started and ended. Some started romantic, some started passionate, some ended with understanding, and some ended with a lame phone call. They are all very different, but they are all very independent in their own ways…

The only person who was involved in all these was me. Have I changed over the years? I think I have. I understand more, I care more. Most importantly, I think I know what type of girl I really want.

Have I changed the way I love? Probably not, as a few friends pointed out, I jumped into a relationship too quickly; fell in love too quickly, without making sure if others can return the same feelings.

I agree with the above statement. Some people go into relationship with extreme cautions because they don’t want to get hurt, and they will run at the first sign of trouble. I have to admit that I am quite picky when choosing a girl, but once in a relationship, I would pour in my feelings without reservation, hoping to receive something back.

That is why I still get burnt, no matter how long a relationship lasts. But without hesitation, I would do the same again. Like what I have heard before, “Work like you don’t need the money, Love like you haven’t been hurt before, and Dance like no one is looking.”

Would I change the way I love? No dear, I won’t!

5/29/2006

Cool

It was brought to my attention that this song has been on the airwave for the past 2 years. I have to admit that I have never seriously listened to the lyrics, until a week ago. It reminds me of another song, 明年今日. Similar story, different attitudes...

It has been probably one of my biggest regret, that I have lost my best friend, someone who knew me dearly, when we broke up...

Cool

It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life
Passes things, get more comfortable
Everything is going right

And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool

We used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain

Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown, oh
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
I know we're cool

Yeah, I know we're cool

And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles
And now we're hanging out with your new girlfriend
So far from where we've been
I know we're cool
I know we're cool

C-cool, I know we're cool
I know we're cool
___________________________________________

"We have changed but we're still the same"... I am happy for you, you are happy for me too, right?

5/26/2006

「但我真的真的很愛他…」

「那我們呢? 」
「我們不該存在…」

「你陪我幾十年,會不會寂寞,會不會? 」

在構思幾年後,最近終於有動力把我心中的短篇小說寫完,當感覺對的時候,真的停不下來,從下午三點,一直寫到晚上十二點,寫完之後,有點惆悵,比起之前試著寫的小說,時間差了十一年,每一段,都是自己的故事...

http://girlseyes.blogspot.com/

5/23/2006

You are beautiful...

My friend said,
Come by my house after work, I still have some whiskey,
Let it go, it is better this way,
You are too good for her,
Please be strong and continue to have faith in love,

I say thank you, but I was thinking...

Maybe I should have held you longer,
kiss you longer,
listen to you more,
talk to you more,
hear you sing...

Maybe, it was not suppose to be...
Maybe, if I had met you earlier, or later...
Maybe, I will never be with you... or never should have...

"You're Beautiful"

My life is brilliant.

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.


or never should have...

5/22/2006

給自己一個機會去愛...

過去幾個月, 工作、社團讓我喘不過氣,從台灣回來後,生了場大病,突然覺得好累好累,如果有人可以分享我的快樂悲傷,寂寞不會是有人陪的唯一理由,等待也絕對不是愛情空檔的原因...

在朋友的遵遵勸導下,我給自己一個機會去愛,畢竟放自己去忙,回到家,還是要面對自己...

真的去愛了,還會怕傷害嗎? 當然不怕,我怕的是沒有痛的感覺,如果都麻木了,愛還是愛嗎? 我想妳也認同,不是嗎?

妳是一個跟我同月同日生的可愛女生,非常勇敢,非常獨立,但也非常寂寞,我常跟朋友們開玩笑,我喜歡的對象一定不是單身又快樂的,單身又不快樂的或非單身又快樂也不 行,好像一定要非單身又不快樂的,才會激起我的雄性細胞。而妳,也不例外,每次聊到感情,都會說到妳以前的事,不是第一段感情,就是最近的一段,我才發現妳還真的很可愛,說自己的事,敘述得像別人的故事一般,有聲有色。每次每次,都是聊到深夜...

就這樣,像普通愛情故事的開始,我們走在一起了。年齡是我一開始還蠻介意的事,畢竟之前有試過年輕又不定的對象。後來,我慢慢的相信,也許,真的也許,我們的故事可以有快樂的結局。因為妳不一樣,妳真的不一樣。

去妳同學的畢業展,和妳朋友們吃飯,和我朋友們吃飯,參加社交活動,細細的觀察,好像喜歡的感覺越來越強烈...

通常,太過美好的事情都不是真的,一個念頭可以改變所有的事,一時的固執,妳選擇妳的過去,我可以了解妳的困難,自己經歷過,再加上天平的個性,我不贊同,但我可以了解,因為,我也說過: 不知道是不是對的選擇,但不試,我將來一定後悔...的話。

雖然,那一瞬間的感覺很像永遠,但妳並不是,我以為找到一個可以為我付出的人,但妳並不是,我認為我有愛過,那是真的...

感謝妳給過的一段情,我相信妳是真的,妳真的有試過,雖然我並沒有太多東西可以給妳,謝謝妳,我給了自己一個機會好好去愛,那一瞬間,我感覺我腳有離開地球,有真的被愛

謝謝妳,我哭了...

5/20/2006

要賺很多很多的錢...

家裡的教育,讓我至小對錢有些不削,但家裡的人一旦講到錢,又嚴肅的不得了,這種矛盾讓我對錢這個東西,產生極大的興趣,所以在商學院選主修時,毅然決然就選修金融...

事實上,現在社會的開放,你可以跟知心朋友談感情、談政治、談宗教、甚至談性,但談起錢,好像就很傷感情,例如問你的朋友,啊你都賺多少錢? 啊你每個月存多少錢? 而且年紀越大越不可說...

我每次和祖母的對話都類似以下:

祖母: 啊你每個月賺多少錢?
我: (努力換算成台幣,再除以十二) 哦~大概是xxxxx...
祖母: ....(不知道是覺得少還多) 那你有沒有在存錢?
我: (努力回想每月的預算報表) 大概是10%到15%吧...
祖母: (搖頭...) 怎麼存那麼少...
(祖父加入)
祖父: 要多唸書...
我: 阿公啊~我都畢業那麼久了,還唸哦~
祖父: 反正去考一些牌照,還有不要跟女朋友太近
我: 阿公~我都快半年沒女朋友了...
祖父: 不要太早結婚...
我: (啊我不是都說沒女朋友,要跟誰結?)

這次見到祖父母,終於忍不住問祖母...
我: 阿媽啊~幹嘛存這麼多錢? 阿公都說不要早結婚了
祖母: 存錢才會有錢啊~
我: 怎樣才算有錢?
祖母: 就有很多地,很多房子
我: 哪一種房子? 透天宅? 公寓? 還是皇宮?
祖母: …. (被我問到昏頭) 啊就是要有很多錢就對了

不過最近,我媽也開始類似的對話,以前她是真的不管的,她現在會面帶神秘又八卦的表情,好像是問我的感情事一般,啊 你每個月會存多少錢? 問她為什麼想知道,她就會理直氣壯的說,關心啊,不行嗎? 說真的,我要問她,她以前每個月都存多少,或她現在有多少存款,她大概會翻臉吧…

之前的工作,每天應對的客人是銀行所篩選出來的有錢人,所以我見了不少上流人士,但他們就像平常人一樣,擔心小孩的教育,擔心自己的婚姻,擔心錢不夠用,擔心借不到錢... 有沒有比較快樂,不用我說也知道當然沒有...

印象最深刻的是一位六十多歲的先生,第一次見到他是為他做信用貸款,為數不少,這位先生面帶笑容,看得出來是很樂天的人,但他說到他最近發現前列腺癌復發,他說著說著就哭了,面對這個第一次見面的客人,我真的不知所措,但這位樂天的先生,擦乾淚說我一定可以打敗病魔的,我也真的相信他做得到...

但幾個月後,我常常見到他,見到他慢慢的消瘦,態度也不再樂觀了,他在一次投資回顧時,跟我說他好累,作化療很難過,他真的撐不下去了,但又很擔心他的太太,他這次掉眼淚,不再樂觀了...

又幾個月後,他走了... 這個經驗我大概一輩子都忘不了,錢怎麼多,都換不了他自己的健康,這個每個人都知道,但為什麼每個人都瘋狂的跳同一個舞步呢?

5/15/2006

Where is lamb?

Yesterday afternoon I had a chance to volunteer at the International Children's Festival, to help setting up a tent.

The festival is held at Vanier Park. It was a gorgeous day yesterday. Green grass with white tents, blue sky, blue ocean, with kids playing kites, and birds flying by. With the warm breeze gentlely touching my face...

Turning around, you would have seen the Burrard bridge standing in the middle of the city, at a distant, you can almost hear the cars zipping over the bridge. It is quiet, maybe children's laughters far far away...

After exposing myself under the sun, I had a great dinner with 2 best friends and one really really special friend. It makes me wonder, why does anyone want to leave this city to go somewhere else?

5/09/2006

Michelle...

我的台灣行收穫最多的,居然是CD。去了那麼久,才買兩件T-shirt,CD卻買了5-6張,其中一張披頭四的CD,聽得非常感動,一些熟悉的歌,像 imagine,hey jude, let it be, help, yesterday... 其中的Michelle 還是第一次聽到,Paul有點懶懶的聲音,加上那句法文 Michelle Ma Belle Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble (Michelle my beautiful, these words go so well together),很小品,很甜蜜,就好像我嚮往的愛情,不是轟轟烈烈,死去活來的...

Michelle (1965)

Michelle, ma belle
These are words that go together well
My Michelle

Michelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
tres bien ensemble

I love you, I love you, I love you
that's all I want to say
Until I find a way
I will say the only words
I know you'll understand

Michelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
tres bien ensemble

I need to, I need to, I need to
I need to make you see
Oh, what you mean to me

Until I do I'm hoping you will know what I mean
I love you I want you, I want you,
I want you I think you know by now
I'll get to you some how
Until I do I'm telling you so you'll understand

Michelle, ma belle
Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
tres bien ensemble

And I will say the only words
I know that you'll understand
My Michelle

我的Michelle到底去了哪裡?

5/08/2006

Celebration...

I had 3 songs that have brainwashed me all through the Taiwan trip, this is number 3. I hate to admit that, since this is performed by someone who is probably in the early 20s, and the original is from a korean group consist of kids 4-10. Nevertheless, it is a very invasive song...

楊承琳﹏慶祝‥

每個夢都得到祝福
每顆淚都變成珍珠
每盞燈都像許願的蠟燭
每一天都值得慶祝
當年的你什麼都怕
怎麼會變成女警察
妳不是說永遠不嫁
搶先生了個胖娃娃
我們都在偷偷的長大
當簡單都變的複雜
當初就簡單的夢可別忘啦,歐~~歐~~
每個夢都得到祝福
每顆淚都變成珍珠
每盞燈都像許願的蠟燭
每一天都值得慶祝
沒有一點世俗尷尬
尖叫著彼此的變化
誰發了財誰苦哈哈 
這一刻煩惱誰理它
我們還在慢慢的長大 
遲早會看見白頭髮
女生天生的單純 不會氧化
每個夢都得到祝福
每顆淚都變成珍珠
每盞燈都像許願的蠟燭
每一天都值得慶祝
看不到成熟的辛苦
聽不見世界的忙碌
夢穿著無憂無慮的制服
在心裡長成一顆樹
每個夢都得到祝福
每顆淚都變成珍珠
每盞燈都像許願的蠟燭
每一天都值得慶祝

5/06/2006

reamt of getting hit by lightening 9 times...

When the Lottery money is high and I am feeling the pinch from work. I would spend that two dollars to dream about not needing to work for a while.

Last night's winning was 35 million, just imagine how all the material things you can get with that kind of money... Unfortunately, the odds of winning is about 1 in 63 million, that is 1/63,000,000, to put it another way, it is more like getting hit by lightening 9 times.

Although we can all agree that money is not the important thing in the world, it is pretty up there on the list, wouldn't it be nice that you don't have to worry about it?

I think there is another way, if your luck proves not to be 1 in the millions, how about arranging your own finances? Starting from today, find a good investment advisor (like me), and make your hard earned money working harder than you!

5/02/2006

我要快樂...

前幾天,少有的機會和朋友半夜長談,聊的是感情,我問她,妳現在快樂嗎? 她說,好像不怎麼快樂,一點都不快樂...

回到家,居然失眠了,反反覆覆想的是,什麼才是真正的愛? 過一天算一天,天若有情的愛,還是平平淡淡,沒有味道才算愛? 是不是快樂開心都只是片刻,傷心流淚才是永久,才是真?

想著想著,就想起張惠妹的歌...

我要快樂

又被愛傷了一遍 無所謂 當作成長
剛剛走開的人 煙還點著 味道卻淡了
我並不是天生愛寂寞 卻比任何人都多
就算把世界給我 我還是一無所有

我要快樂 我要能睡的安穩
有些人 不抱了才溫暖
離開了才不恨 我早應該割捨

我要快樂 哪怕笑的再大聲
心不是熱的 全都是假的
只有眼淚是真的

把從前想了一遍 謝謝了 傷我的人
想做樂觀的人 每種雨聲 聽了都不冷
我並不是天生愛寂寞 卻比任何人都多
就算把世界給我 我還是一無所有

我要快樂 我要能睡的安穩
有些人 不抱了才溫暖
離開了才不恨 我早應該割捨

我要快樂 哪怕笑的再大聲
心不是熱的 全都是假的
我的決定是對的