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Monday, January 26, 2009

方大同: 四人遊

四人遊
曲:方大同詞:林夕編:方大同

你的長髮為何不留 
你幹麼會學懂喝酒
你那個男朋友 酒量也算一流
聊個一整夜只怕不夠

你為甚麼跟他鬧酒 
你莫非要借酒澆愁
你那個女朋友 到底還有沒有
搞不好我們四個人 去旅遊

*原來一回頭 原來才顯出你溫柔 
我當時愛得不夠 
原來只能夠做朋友 從前快樂沒變哀愁 
原來在那關頭 全因捨得分手 
你說是否荒謬 我們比從前看起來更熟*

改天你母親搞賀壽 我帶女友出來走走
你就知我理由 不外乎太羞
如果要一起去旅遊 去歐洲

REPEAT *

那天澎一聲關門 就走
很想問 你有沒有眼淚 想流
你以為 你的魅力大得足夠
少有 我們像在迎新懷舊

原來一回頭 原來才顯出你溫柔
我當時愛得不夠
原來只能夠做朋友 從前快樂沒變哀愁
原來在那關頭 全因捨得分手
還去不去歐洲 四個人不許酸溜溜

Happy Chinese 牛 year!

2008 was the year of the Rat. When Rat people meet Rat year, they always have something to worry about. Career should had something, which didn't meet their expectation. Health might not be in a perfect condition. In the beginning months of 2009, Rat people won't see any good fortune sign. From the Spring time, their luck will be getting better. They will see people are coming to help, guide and support them.

Career: In year 2009, a couples of career related Lucky Stars are coming into your life. The signs show people will support and appreciate your working quality and you will have a chance for promotion. Therefore, you do not miss the unique opportunity, show all your job skills and abilities on your position, then you should get more responsibility, get a higher title or get a higher pay job.

Money: Rat people in the year of Cow, they don't have real money luck. Since Rat and Cow have attraction relationship, it looks everything will go well, but something uncertain is coming behind the scene. If you are taking salary, then your pay will get raised, but not too much. If you invest your money on stock market, you might earn some, but will lose more. Most of investment, you will buy high and sell low. If you own your business, then the business looks good, since many customers come to visit your store or company. But they wouldn't buy or order your products too much like before. Anyway, you shouldn't do the risky business in 2009 to avoid decreasing your wealth.

Love: Rat people in Cow year, you should have joyful people relationship coming to you, because Rat and Cow have attraction relationship, which is a love sign. But there is a Lonely Star appearing in 2009 for Rat people. That means you have good and bad news in your love relationships. If you don't have a boy or girl friend now, then you have the chance to meet him or her, but your relationship will face the challenge. Yow won't enjoy the feeling of true love. If you have your boy or girl friend now, then it looks that you are still holding the relationship. But you and your lover won't have too much time to stay together. In this case, most of time, you will feel lonely.

Health: One Sick Star is coming in 2009 for Rat people. That means the health condition of Rat people is not 100%. Rat people will have more chance to catch cold or get sick in 2009. Therefore, for senior citizens with poor health need to pay more attention on their health in the year of Cow. Therefore, if you have a senior Rat person at home, you need to make sure he or she have good nutritious food and maintain adequate sleep daily. When you have a poor health, then you should try not to visit the sick friends or attend any funeral.

Fortune: The luck of Rat people in the year of Cow is fine. They can get help from supporters in their Career. Therefore, you should take this advantage to show all your strengths to people and don't miss this golden opportunity. If you lover or companion is a Rat people too, you have to manage your time well between your job and your love. Please do not leave your lover alone to damage your love relationship. In general, the only issue in 2009 is your money luck. The performance of your money investment or income will be below average. But it won't be too bad. As long as you keep a positive working attitude, stick on your position, then you have the chance to overcome the coming obstacles and you will get the reasonable returns.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Beethoven!

I'm the 6th generation of Beethoven. My god!!
Beethoven is my great great great great great grand sifu. Unbelievable!

Amstutz --> Leon Fleisher --> Arthur Schnabel --> Leschetisky --> Czerny --> BEETHOVEN

Amazing isn't it!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Keith Urban - Tonight I Wanna Cry



Alone in this house again tonight
I've got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine
There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me
The way that it was and could have been surrounds me
I'll never get over you walkin' away

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I've thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To Hell with my pride let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry

Would it help if i turned the sad song on
"All By Myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone
Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters
It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better
But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

Cause I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I've thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To Hell with my pride let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry......

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I've thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self control
But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain
To Hell with this pride let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry......

Saturday, January 17, 2009

The cultivation of a brilliant idea

I have a fabulous, fantasic, brilliant idea!
muahahaha... *evil grin*

you'll see..

Music vs Love (part 1)

The connection of music and love.

Today I had an inspiring piano lesson.
Not that I learn a lot of pages of notes, or I learn the virtuosic techniques, but I learnt about fundamentals - The most primitive reasons of being a musician.

Human being is easily diverted. Manipulated.

When things get piled up, or when we are too 'into' it, we often forgot the original purpose. Like music. Too busy practicing the notes, getting everything right, fully informed of the history background, but somehow... sometime we still do not get it.

Why?

Because we forgot the basics! To enjoy and to love the music.

And also to breath and relax naturally.

Making adjustments and judgements is different. Musicians make adjustments when they perform. Probably adjustments to the acoustic, to the instrument, to the technique... many many adjustments while we play. (you think so easy to perform ah!? haha) However, we do adjustments so that we are not judged brutally? Or we do adjustments so that we fit the music and follow the flow of this universal language. For me, the most cruel critic is.. forever myself. I cannot help it, and i guess it's normal for every musician. But, to think in another way, judging is like a 'fear' haunting our thoughts. As my professor said:" every person has a skeleton in their closet". What a way to describe :p Seriously, that really gave me a light bulb! *blink* I'm giving myself unnecessary phobia and judgement when I haven't even start to play. Isn't that extra pressure and weight on my shoulders? That's why the first lesson, I actually learn how to relax my muscle.

Ironic isn't it. Relax is easy! We like to relax and watch tv. We like to relax and do nothing. We enjoy the feeling of relaxing. So, why the trouble to learn relaxing? Do we need to 'tell' our muscles to relax? Well... yes. (at least for me) I need to relax while I play. Too tensed up. Probably due to many reasons, coz i'm kancheong, little devils on my head are telling me that 'hey, don menxiasuikan' .. Hence, relaxation is what I need to learn this week. However, this act should not be done by purpose. It should be as natural as sleeping. I do realise sometimes I tensed up my shoulders or fingers or wrist. Probably that's why I have muscle aches all the time. Yes! I'm trying very very hard to relax! grr....

Anyway, after so much babbling, you must be thinking 'what the heck this girl's talking about?' Haha. It's alright. That's just my unedited, raw thoughts. Ok, here comes another professor. He says: Do we write because we have intuition? We find writing is a difficult task because we try so hard to write? JUST WRITE! Erm. Sorry. This is another class. haha! But, I think both the professors have something in common --- Don't try too hard. Just go with the flow!

This week's lesson: Thinking too much is bad for health. Go back to our natural default mode. In a Malaysian way: Aiya, very easy only mah!! (somehow, this has some truth in it)

p/s - will write about the connection of this lesson to the subject of love! stay tuned for part 2 ;)

Monday, January 12, 2009

雪花

外面下着大雪, 应该是两个星期里最凶的一次。

美丽的风景,真令人赞叹大自然的奇迹。
望着大大小小的雪花,慢慢地飘落。
夜晚的宁静,时间仿佛瞬间凝固在这一刻。

没有任何大动作,只剩浅浅的呼吸。
轻轻触摸熟悉的表面,一股温暖涌上心头。

多少雪花才能铺盖一片白茫茫的大地?
多少思念才能填满心中的爱?

雪花,冷风,白色。
太阳,炎热,彩色。
异国风情固然新鲜,可是最美丽的原来还是 - 家。

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Happy New Year

Realised I haven't been writing for awhile. Well, was really busy to get myself to Morgantown. Anyway, I had a memorable 'new year celebration' which I think I won't forget for the rest of my life. (Probably I would not want this to happen again. haha!) I start 2009 in an extraordinary manner.

Seriously, many stories to tell, very adventurous too. But to cut it short so you guys are not bore to death.. I've been through 6 airports, take more than 23 hours of flight, (mind you, without calculating transit hours!!) had a difficult time on carrying luggages, lost 2 of my luggages, then found it, and delayed of flights and lastly different cars to reach where I am now -- Morgantown in West Virginia, USA.

So, to further elaborate my adventure. Let me tell you in detail on my route to get to Morgantown. Started from KLIA.. then i flew 4 hours to Taipei International airport. Sit there about 5 hours..waiting waiting.. Then fly..er..ar.. i cant remember probably 11 hours to reach LA? When I reach LA, my uncle suppose to fetch me, but he was late. I don't have phone, tried to call from public phone but don't know how to use. (somehow the phone is a bit cacat!) Finally my uncle arrived and followed him to San Diego. Again, 2 hours drive from LA to San Diego. I stayed there for 2 days and suppose to fly to Morgantown on 30 Dec. However, due to bad weather at San Diego Airport, my flight was cancelled and rescheduled to the next day. So, I came back the 2nd day and checked in. Everything is smooth and fine. So I flew to Washington from San Diego.. I think 5 hours? Then transit to Morgantown from Washington. Now, here is the best part. My flight was delayed in San Diego and so when we arrive at Washington, I'm late for my next flight. So have to run run run to catch my plane. However, my check in luggage did not run with me. So when I reach Morgantown at 11.20pm; 31 Dec 2008, I do not have my luggages. I have to countdown in this small ulu airport, while my luggages are having a feast at Washington. Great. So I bunked in to my senior's apartment and finally came to my own apartment. That few days was very very busy. Cleaning, shopping, tidying, sweeping, wiping, scrubbing... all the chores you do when you move new house. And still, i'm without my luggages..sob sob. They actually arrive only on 2 January 2009, 3pm.

Hence, I think that's my New Year's story. Need to grab some sleep now. Will see if I have time to post up photos of my new apartment here! If not, check my facebook :P

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