The Beauty of Simplicity

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Not a very good morning. In fact, it is rather crappy. I had the misfortune to meet the same uncle-almost-grandpa man on the bus. Few months ago, I had began to realize that there was this man who would come and sit beside me when I sat down in the bus. At first, I did not realized that, I was too terribly pissed and annoyed by his actions whenever he sat beside me that I failed to notice that he actually boards the bus before my stop. For the first few times, I had always thought that he was one of those people who were standing and had just moved to sit beside me. But one day, when I sat down at one of the seats at the back, he moved from the seat behind and sat right beside me. And there were some totally empty seats all around!! So that was when I realized he actually boards the bus before I do.

On to what he did to piss me off during all those times when he sat beside me. I am a person who appreciates my personal space. GREATLY appreciates. Of course I understand and know that at times when the MRT train or bus is crowded, personal space is a no-go. In the worst situation, everyone would be pressed against each other. I have been through that, in fact most people have been. The point is, that is when you are standing in a sardine packed train or bus!!!!! I was always sitting down whenever he sat beside me and did that!

Did what?

Ok, when he sat down, it was an alright and acceptable distance away from me. Meaning, his body and his butt remained on his own seat. This man is thin, with slightly broad shouldered (this is important, you will see why), he is not fat. So, why is it that after some time, I will find his body gradually touching me?!!!!! At first, it was only his sleeves, then later..it was his shoulder, next was his arm then finally it was his thigh. He isn’t asleep, alright? I looked. Many times. Why must his legs be so WIDE OPENED?? Like he is a woman opening her legs for a man?

The problem is that all those things were done gradually and he was not aggressively close. Just enough to make me uncomfortable and incredibly pissed. I had plastered myself as humanly close to the side of the glass panel as I was able. Yet, the above-mentioned still happened. I even had to hunch in on myself, if not at the rate that he moved, his arm would eventually touch my chest. I don’t know why he didn’t sit back and let his shoulders rest against the seat, not that he was sitting up either. It is just that his shoulders were not against the back of the seat. If they were, why is it that his arm was almost resting on my chest (if I had not hunched my shoulders and stretched out my arms in front of me so that his arm was touching my arm, instead of my chest)??

So many times I had wanted to up and find another seat, but there is almost always no available seat left. In addition, because he wasn’t leaning bonelessly against me, that left me unsure of the situation. Made me think that perhaps he is just damn thick-skinned, clueless & stupid, to not sense my anger, angry sighs of annoyance and gradual plastering against the glass panel. Is he really like that? Or is he obnoxiously couldn’t-care-less?

Anyway, I have had enough. From now on, it is either I take the earlier or later bus or I make sure that I sit beside someone who alights later than that asshole.

Light my path
9:08:00 am

youdrovemydarknessaway`-//*

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Thursday, 15 October 2009

张信哲 - 早知道爱上你 (粤语)

想让我想一生到老怎可以看得到
是否这种爱衷心细诉都不会求得到
一天一天的消耗终此一生怎过谁人能预告
最好不要期望太高

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看你看不老
永远那么深奧別告诉

讲任我讲卿卿我我比小说更优美
或者一出戏精采结尾得不到才紧记
即使多么珍惜你多多少少需要毅力和运气
这些真理谁愿说起

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看你看不老
永远那么深奧別告诉

从爱上你早知道就算与你再拥抱
与你跳一天舞未必可到老
爱看你的双眼沒法看到终老
永远那么深奧別告诉
永远那么深奧谁做到

Discovered this song while I was listening to Jeff's other songs. His songs are so yummmmmmmy. 'Yummy' as in good, beautiful, wonderful, heartstrings-tugging 'yummy'. NOT 'yummy' as in 'the food is yummy' sense.

Nothing like Jeff Chang's stirring voice to brighten up my day!!=)

Light my path
8:48:00 am

youdrovemydarknessaway`-//*

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What are you hoping for, when you did all that?

Whatever it is - cease and desist.

For you will not achieve whatever it is that you are hoping for.

Light my path
8:45:00 am

youdrovemydarknessaway`-//*

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009

话剧《露露听我说》剧情简介

演员角色：四人
　　维诚：中年男主人(张信哲)
　　丽芬：中年女主人(黄韵玲)
　　露露：一只小母狗(苏慧伦)
　　邻居、女性友人、心理医生(一人饰三角)：(吕曼茵)
　　年过四十的先生维诚，最近常在办公室发呆，因为﹍没什么事该愁，好像人生该努力与奋斗的动力渐渐消失，为家庭打拼的任务也好像告一段落，自己还想完成的梦想，好像这年纪也完成不了了，所以只好发呆。
　　但是太太丽芬，就不一样了。对于小孩都已长大，重返职业妇女的行列，丽芬正为自己出版的新书四处忙着演讲、座谈，充满斗志，容光焕发！
　　一天下午，维诚因与公司老陈为芝麻小事大吵一架，翘班到公园以示抗议。这是他这几年来，觉得做得最有意义的一件事了！当维诚正在为中年危机恐慌，找到一丝丝出口而痛快，但却又同时悲哀找不回年轻热情的当口，一只流浪狗正笑瞇瞇的向他摇着尾巴，缓缓伸出牠的前脚，搭在维诚的膝上，这是一只年轻的母狗！于是，维诚把这只狗带回他高级的公寓，帮她取名叫“露露”，维诚发现，生命正在用全新的姿态向他招手，他决定收养“露露”！
　　而他的妻子丽芬，在“露露”进入她的家庭生活中之后，渐渐发现一个惊人的事实：她正在失去她的丈夫，他们的婚姻因“露露”开始出现一个可怕的黑洞，这位“职业妇女作家”的婚姻受到空前的威胁，维诚眼里心里，已然只剩下这只母狗？！她深信“露露”正是她婚姻最大的破坏者！“露露”不只是一只母狗！她要为她的婚姻做最后的反击，唤回老公的心！
　　你的婚姻给谁咬了个大洞？
　　露露，是一只“狗”，但在舞台上，是一个“人”演的，一个充满年轻活力的“女孩”演的，这“女孩”崇拜他的主人，这“女孩”除了偶尔狂放不羁，她乖巧听话、善解人意。维诚与露露每天开心的面对他们的新生活，维诚重新启动失去已久的生命冲劲，露露也渐渐找回生存的安全感，生命突然变得美好而有意义，这不是很完美吗？但是，他的老婆丽芬，并不高兴，而且越来越恐慌！一对夫妻与一只狗，不是应该是完美的生活吗？为什么他老婆，最后要用尽各种方法赶走‘露露’！
　　一个述说“狗”与“人”的故事，其实，是述说一个“人”与“人”的一出剧。剧作家，要你大胆抛去既定道德的框架，假设你婚姻的第三者，不是个专门拐骗人家老公的狐狸精，而是一只惹人疼爱的小母狗，那问题到底出在哪里？为什么先生会对一只小母狗这般迷恋？而又是谁，不知不觉在两人婚姻关系上，筑出一道分裂的冷漠心墙？舞台上演的是一对夫妻与一只狗，可是你却看到一对夫妻与一个饰演小母狗的“可爱女孩”在一个屋檐下的生活冲击。是你看到两个女人与一个男人的感情冲突？还是只有舞台上的太太“丽芬”把小母狗当成婚姻第三者？
　　而你对一只狗的价值，一只狗的情感，是建立在什么样的基础？“爱”与“责任”为何跟对待“人”有差别？你有想过站在一只狗，甚至站在“被遗弃的角色”的心理是怎么想的？
　　在这个寻求进步与发达的城市里，剧作家要你放慢脚步，停下来想想人类最根基的“感情交流”。如果你失去了这项珍宝，你的人生还剩下什么？是高处不胜寒的名？取之不尽的利？还是有张证明一生到老的婚姻？有了车子、房子、钞票，为什么通常你还是不快乐？
　　无论是从人与狗的角度，还是人与人的立场来说，“露露听我说”都提供了一个新视野，新的生活哲学，让我们重新来面对人生的态度与意义。如果现在的你，对生活感觉疲累，对工作产生厌倦，对人生失去热情，那或许，是该让“露露”重新让你看到自己的价值，与检视自己，是否对人生给予，有了足够的付出。
　　一个真诚的故事，给一个需要感动的你。

十分依恋男主人

无法接受的现实

可爱的小母狗

新好男人

甜蜜依偎

For a listing of locations where this will be staged at - http://jeffchang.tw/.

Light my path
10:08:00 am

youdrovemydarknessaway`-//*

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