my childish adult life

Night 2 In Burma

2012-02-12T00:58:00.005+08:00

As fate has it, still no luck with Myanmar cuisine. I was able to try the fish broth rice noodle at the hotel breakfast. While walking on the street today I saw similar street vendor preparing it, and some locals sitting right next to the the preparation desk for lunch, only they mix it right with their hands. Not yet ready for that.

While trying to search a biryani restaurant recommended by wikitravel, I missed it by one street and walked a long way along another road. However, it was wildly interesting, with endless street vendors trying to sell very basic, non-tourist-oriented goods such as tools, comb, shirt, etc. In terms of food there were a variety of fritters, garlic, peanuts, small tangerines, a big presence of BIG avocados, small bananas, etc. I took the hotel owner's advice that it's completely safe to carry around a camera. Also thinking that today is a weekend, must be other tourists on the road, so I brought my camera and took loads of photos, though in fact there weren't that many tourists at all. Other than while I was in the hotel, I probably met less than 10 total foreign visitors on the street today.

Within walkable distance I quickly visited the Sule Pagoda today, then walked along the wrong road I mentioned above for a long time, where I came across my first proper supermarket to get some water, and having run into nearly no restaurant, settled with a Japanese food restaurant I found before returning to city center again. Photos from Day 2 trip can be found here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyEhYfi

Slightly discouraged with the food hunt, I decided for dinner I'm going for proper Burmese restaurant called Sandy's at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, BY TAXI no less. It's a very nice hotel on the outlook. When I got there and asked around - the restaurant is closed for renovation indefinitely... I ended up picking the French restaurant over the yet again American restaurant.

The restaurant and food was nice, though only two tables were filled the whole night. and it was slightly over priced; considering the country I'm in - okay, but for the same dollar amount in TAIWAN, I definitely expect better. Kudos to Taiwanese, so hardworking and so skillful.

Okay so since arriving here, I've had American-American-Hotel Breakfast-Japanese and French cuisine, despite my efforts since the start really. Seriously, I'm not trying to avoid the local cuisine at all. In the midst of trying to do something about this mild helplessness, I decided to walk to the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, which I see lightening up afar.

It took about 15 minutes walk along the Kandawgyi lake then the U Htaung Bo Road. and the sudden arrival at such a large structure was a completely awing experience. Still lots of people entering at past 8pm. Immediately past the front gate people are taking off their shoes, and so I did. Walked up roughly 150 flights of stairs through a wide tunnel, along which had shops selling - not touristy stuff - but stuff to be used for worship, such as flowers, fortune umbrellas (said to deter bad luck), small buddha statues, etc.

Arriving at the top - wow.. seriously a city of gold.. with a mixed crowd of local gatherers, devout prayers, and a small batch of foreign visitors. I was immediately greeted by a young guy in dress shirt asking me for entrance fee of USD 5 dollars, same as I expected. and other than the shoes I was already holding in my hands, I was asked to remove my socks as well.

This had a special effect on me: I was somehow in awe of where I was and charged with a sense of humility. I am stripped of what shielded me to mother earth, and I felt connected again with the universe, and though I am with a bunch of digital equipment, I am no different than any others here.

The place with all the spotlights on the centerpiece and all the colorful LED lights around buddha statues was almost blinding, sometimes Christmas like, and the place almost felt romantic, in a way, with the holy presence.

Descending, shops are closing and hallway lights are starting to turn off. At the bottom, I was greeted by two monks who so happily chatted with me. I was genuinely at ease with strangers for the first time as they no way wanted to sell or grab anything from me. They live right at the pagoda monastery and simply are a representation of friendliness in its purest sense. We chatted some basics in English, took photos together, and they ran on the streets to enthusiastically help me with a cab.

A very grateful night, in conclusion. Thank you.

(The photos ended up finished uploading as I type up this entry, so I'm putting them atop - only the night version.)

Day1 in Burma

2012-02-11T18:10:00.002+08:00

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Long story short, I'm on biz trip to Burma on a short project.

The typical impression of Burma by a Taiwanese really usually falls under "behind, poverty, at war, no human rights" etc. But the more well-informed can easily prove otherwise. The recent but strong determination to bring government direction to democracy is really changing things. The surrounding countries have been working around the government (rather leveraging the lack of proper laws) to make profits for a while, especially the Chinese. Now that things are about to formally change with the release of hundreds of political prisoners from the past, the West is about to step in for a piece of it as well.

and thus, I couldn't get a hotel room and needed to go for the more expensive for less option.

On first arrival at the RGN (Yangon/Rangoon) airport, I found the airport to be more modernized than what I was expecting. The sun was amazing, coming from a under 15 degree country to a 35 degree one. The airport seems to have just started a more rigid inspection system where they are taking their time to photograph all visitors with one of those Logitech eyeball webcams (so reminiscencing of the time US started doing this after the 911 attack).

Though feeling quite foreign being alone at the airport exit, getting a SIM card was easy enough (as long as you aren't crazy about the details on what cost how much). There's a ready amount of people who will start speaking English to you for whatever touristy service you might be looking for.

The trip to hotel though.. was slightly off my expectation. After a week's worth of lesson from Google Search Engine, I was under the impression the place might be a little closer to Bangkok, though of course not as modern in every way, and that coming for investment here may almost be too late cuz plenty of people saw the opportunity earlier. While that may be the case, the most advanced city in the country, Yangon, still had most parts of the city with narrow streets, worn-out buildings, roadside fruit and fritter vendors, much of what you would expect from a Southeastern island country.

I like to walk through new places as a best way to get an accurate feel of what's going on, as opposed to taking taxi's everywhere. and so I did. However on the first day I was quite timid about taking my big DSLR with me and pointing at everything new I see. Instead, I used only the smartphone camera on a really discrete practice.

Speaking of which, no international roaming here, confirmed (I've already heard so, but the MOHT - Ministry of Hotel & Tourism of Myanmar - told me otherwise). WiFi and Internet Cafe's are easily found but sometimes with unreliable speed and connection.

By fortune I was able to run into a hotel guest welcome cocktail party though they haven't had the chance to put invitation card to my room (okay, I was uninvited, so what?) Met the hotel owner Ram Nurani, quite young. The Park Royal Hotel was founded by a Singaporean parent company 14 years ago and admittedly they are seriously running out of rooms and is looking at the next good site to start the next hotel, but "hard to get land". Oh no.. are you for real?

At the same time I was not yet courageous enough on the first day to try any of the street food. and proper restaurants are harder to find than I thought. I ended up having to go American - first from the Aroma Cafe which was recommended by Wikitravel but kinda sucked, and again for dinner from the hotel lobby bar. However, I had the Tiger beer and Myanmar beer which were both good. Better luck tomorrow.

Cheers.

New Year 2012

2012-01-31T01:54:00.001+08:00

Another year has passed... wow.. how time flies by.

The North to South climate change was especially significant and heartwarming this year. The good mood brought by sunshine is so long missed. I feel fortunate to have Wanluan, PingTung as a hometown to which to return. CNY is the weekend of a long week - without it, I wouldn't know how to start my Mondays without being incredibly suicidal (figuratively speaking).

Visited the Chaozhou 3-day-only night market and Hakka Cultural Park again this year. More crowded than ever, but what is CNY without it?

Especially thanks to the people (non-family included) who brought all the comfort food on the table. Yes, they were rejuvenating (as well as to the belly). Thank you.

I can never say enough, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Maggie早午餐

2012-01-14T18:08:00.000+08:00

Maggie早午餐

台北市松山區南京東路五段123巷1弄11號

(02)37655883

Facebook Likepage: http://goo.gl/RabNt

三義, 台灣 / Sanyi, Taiwan

2012-01-12T11:51:00.000+08:00

2012.1.10

三義 - 勝興火車站, 龍騰斷橋

Shengxing Train Station, Longteng Broken Bridge site (both of which deserted and turned into tourist attractions now)

Picked up the long forgotten DSLR, out chasing the last grace of sunshine during the bleak winter.

Work-less, companion-less, and all is well and filled with benevolent God's love.

retro

2011-10-15T13:36:00.001+08:00

we all have a little bitterness in the past

i choose to embrace it

週一到週五 8:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m.
週六 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m.
每個月倒數第二週日 11:00 a.m.~ 6:00 p.m.
Tel: (04) 2375-5592
台中市五權西路一段116號

a.k.a mojocoffee

Sesame

2011-09-28T01:01:00.001+08:00

作曲：阿超
填詞：阿超

可不可以只是　一個　平凡的人
可不可以只是　隱藏在人群裡面
可不可以只是　擁有一個簡單愛人
一起吃飯　說話　擁抱

我想我們都是
無法停止慾求的人
不能改變的事是我們想改變的事實
所以人們減肥　健身　看不懂的書
穿上流行的衣服　終於被人潮稀釋

我們都不過是
末日前　一段段芝麻小事
流光所有眼淚　也換不回　一段平凡往事
他們發明了酒　煙霧　和情歌連環攻勢
擊敗我　好不容易　自我安慰的理智

我們都不過是
宇宙裡　微不足道的分子
卻還不願承認
還堅持　用力活一輩子
我們懷抱夢想　愛情
和紀念回憶的方式

只希望
另一個人　不小心記住
我的名字

Ueshima Coffee

2011-09-18T11:28:00.001+08:00

週一至週六 7:00 ~ 23:00
週日與假日 8:00 ~ 23:00

台北市大安區敦化南路一段199號1樓
TEL: (02)2711-7573

www.ueshima-coffee.com.tw/

Recliner

2011-09-12T12:27:00.005+08:00

許久沒有來這裡更新自己的生活..在忙什麼呢? 玩耍,找工作,工作,試著照顧自己的健康,思考,解決困難的問題,陪蝦寶看巧虎. 真的很忙啊.

上班人一定都懂獲得一個放星期一的長假是一件多麼珍貴的事 (即使公司很賤的宣布下一個星期六改成加班). 不過就是這樣多了一點點時間, 上來更新網誌的時間就製造出來了.

上圖是上島咖啡店的新八德店內窗邊很特別的椅子. 雖然在咖啡館, 卻是很佔空間, 很不圖利的一人座斜躺椅. 很有質感的布料, 手把延伸出來的一人用小咖啡桌. 假如能在這裡吃個三明治, 花一個下午看看書上上智慧型手機, 不小心睡著, 那是多麼開心的事啊.

終於在漫長的搜尋生活之後, 雖然不是為了正確的理由, 但總之強迫了自己還是開始一份上班有穩定收入的工作, 也就是為五斗米折腰了. 我想比這句話發明的時代更強烈的是, 現在的世界更強烈的對你說, 折吧, 折吧, 沒有關係, 每個人都要妥協啊, 別當一個不成熟的傻子啊. 所以, 就這樣吧. 對抗世界累了.

不斷的經歷一些波動. 有些是身邊朋友的, 有些是別人推過來的, 也有些是我推給人家了的. 漣漪不斷的牽繫著, 製造出很多複雜的圖案. 很漂亮, 但是已經有點看不出是那裡先開始了的, 要推去那裡, 什麼時候才會恢復平靜. 也許乾脆下一場雨是最好了的. 好好的來亂一場吧, 然後也沒有誰對誰錯.

其實, 沒有別的, 心中充滿了感謝. 謝謝你.

Hope for Japan

2011-07-24T11:40:00.003+08:00

Hope for Japan, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

感謝日本曾經有一位這樣偉大的漫畫/動畫家. 在近代較有名的大師如鳥山明, 宮崎駿等都公開的說過他們深受手塚治虫的影響. 透過展覽可以感受到為何他被譽為「漫畫之神」. 許多我們現在習以為常的漫畫手法, 都是他當時劃時代的發明.

(以下為spoiler, 打算親自去看展的人可不讀以下個人感想)
如圖中的多角色大場面, 是透過大師非常有系統的建立了各式各樣角色的模組, 供在不同故事或系列中可以適當的重複使用.

另外, 現在漫畫中如電影般分鏡的概念, 鏡頭拉近臉孔的畫法, 用片假名表現音效, 背景用幾何圖形製造出光的樣子以顯示角色心境或注意力的變化手法, 都以大師為開天闢地的始祖.

有趣的是, 手塚大師的志願其實是當動畫家, 在當時是截然不同的行業. 之所以先成為漫畫家, 對他來說只不過是一個攢錢最快的方式. 當時的他不斷的產出一個接著一個膾炙人口的作品, 還曾經被其他眼紅的同事諷刺說「大阪人就是很會撈錢」. 當時他雖然很氣, 但眼睛從來不離開他真正的目標, 直到他終於有一天被動畫界大人物看上, 授權去開始做動畫 (似乎在當時是一個砸錢多於賺錢的一件事情).

在當時的第一部動畫是在1963年, 把1952年開始的原子小金剛作品製成每周半個小時放送的卡通. 在當時答應這個project的時候, 業界的許多人還笑他是個外行人, 肯定他做不到或者一定是個賠錢生意. 在這裡大師做了許多決定性的改革, 透過動畫畫面的嚴選製造出動感需要的最低畫數(12fps->8fps), 建立可重複使用畫面的bank (即database概念), 或是尋找最少需要重畫的部分(如發言的人物只重畫幾個嘴型便可製造動感), 等等概念, 完成了這個奇蹟般收視率4成, 家喻戶曉的作品.

在這當中, 其實原子小金剛對大師本人來說是個帶著諷刺的作品. 手塚原本的用意為透過科技進入人類世界所帶來的不自然, 提醒我們埋頭於科技的發展終將帶來的一些副作用, 但諷刺的是作品卻被人們解讀成代表了對未來世界科技發明的期許.

像許多偉人, 總是孤獨的活在超越他當下時代的小房間裡, 不過在他晚年的訪問裡, 他是快樂的, 總是充滿了笑容看過去的一切. 我想他高興的是他完成了自己做動畫的夢, 而且我想他也意識到了他的作品是不斷地會影響數十年之後的人.

在他1948年的第一部長篇漫畫中, 他是這樣用了一個空白頁開始的:
「這既不是漫畫, 亦不是小說」（原文：「これは漫畫に非ず小説にも非ず」）

感謝他的作品, 尤其是怪醫黑傑克帶給我的感動以及智慧.

以下為展覽中可拍照部分的照片(主要的原稿等禁止拍攝), 可按進至flickr有詳細介紹.

手塚治虫的世界特展
2011.7.9~10.6
09:00~18:00
中正紀念堂一展廳

Rothenberg Germany

2011-06-15T04:15:00.002+08:00

Rothenberg was one of the most beloved little towns during our visit. Entering the castle-like townhood was exciting for us from Asia, as we only read it from novels or see it in motion-pictures.

Walking down the stone paved town, we first stop at Brot & Zeit (Bread & Time, interesting combination of what is good, isn't it?) The bread, sandwiches, cold cuts and eggs were of course delicious.

Later in the afternoon we visited again, another location which specialize in Schneeballen (Snowball), a dessert which is similar to Funnel Cakes in the US or Sachima in Taiwan. It was a very delicate dessert and very satisfying, especially the chocolate glazed ones.

Another one of our favorite restaurants during this trip was called Louvre, a Japanese restaurant, and ironically a best version of one in small town Germany. It was run by a couple - husband being the chef and wife being the only waitress. From food and service it was done with a very, very refined touch of Japanese humility and respect to food and people. As for the food, on top of the truly authentic recipes, the potatoes and duck meat stand out as best utilizing of the better ingredients in Europe.

All the shops were very relaxing to look at too. This is definitely a place to visit again.

Hong Kong

2011-06-14T21:48:00.002+08:00

Hong Kong, a set on Flickr.

12 hours only by transit in a city, what can you do?

Well, apparently lots in Hong Kong.

With just a 20 minute train ride we arrived at the mall Elements, had a great Dim Sum lunch and proceeded to shop around TST (Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙嘴). We enjoyed the Hui Lao San (許留山) fresh fruit dessert, shopped until we drop at relatively-cheaper-than-in-Taiwan UNIQLO, and finally to our often visited ESPRIT outlet. At night we dined at Wu Gong (滬江飯店) which was a culinary explosion. The seasonings were profound, ingredients complex but each cooked perfectly, and the baked noodle soup was a concentrate of UMAMI, and although it is a rare taste for us, you can tell it is one those warm comfort foods local people come back to.

A place that never fails to fill me with satisfaction.

Monkey's

2011-05-18T01:12:00.001+08:00

Monkey's, a set on Flickr.

醫龍2醫學知識

2011-05-11T00:24:00.001+08:00

在醫龍2完結篇中的 VT = Ventricular Tachycardia 室性心動過速

Rose Mary

2011-04-03T16:23:00.001+08:00

Rose Mary, a set on Flickr.

台北市南京西路12巷13弄9號
02-25219822

鉄人九番

2011-04-01T00:57:00.001+08:00

鉄人九番, a set on Flickr.

台北市大安區忠孝東路四段223巷10弄9號 - 02-2776-1108

dinner at the Diner

2010-12-15T21:24:00.000+08:00

106台北市大安區敦化南路二段103巷6號
02-2754-1680
捷運/地鐵：捷運六張犁站

A place for good times..

2010-11-21T20:36:00.000+08:00

好時光迴廊 Hiiir space

台北市大安區忠孝東路三段251巷4弄1號

近台北捷運 - 板南線 - 忠孝復興站 (步行約6分鐘)

2011傳奇再現夢幻球星邀請賽主題曲〈Fight again〉--滅火器樂團(HD)

2010-10-25T11:51:00.000+08:00

All the things you don't know

2010-09-05T01:47:00.005+08:00

蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星但幾顆會落地
我飛行當妳墜落之際
很靠近還聽見呼吸
對不起我卻沒捉緊妳

妳不知道我為什麼離開妳
我堅持不能說　放任妳哭泣
妳的淚滴像傾盆大雨　碎了滿地在心裡清晰

妳不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在妳看不見的高空裡
多得是　妳不知道的事

Old brand hot shredded ice

2010-08-21T00:59:00.001+08:00

Old brand hot shredded ice, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Haven't laughed so hard in such a long time.

I'm not sure, but maybe actually haven't laughed at all for quite a while. In the past three years in electronics industry, probably never did except maybe once or twice at those crazy exhausted-hyper nights.

For business trip, we went from Taipei to Kaohsiung, and since we're in the South, we traveled to Ping Tung for some famous local food e.g. pork knuckles, rice noodles, and shown here in the picture, "THE old brand cold hot shredded ice" (it needs a cooler name, i know).

Recently our biggest job is to pull in sponsors to support our exhibition next year, and we started going crazy about having every single store as our sponsors. We came up with ideas such as Wanluan Pork Knuckle Cup, or Fried Chicken Cup, or Old Brand Cold Hot Ice Cup, etc. etc. We were imagining all the wild possibilities and laughing them up uncontrollably.

How damn fortunate I am.

A flashback to the past

2010-08-13T02:28:00.002+08:00

634_3410, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

It's been a while.

Work til quite late recently. Today was a big milestone for my company to release official website for the upcoming exhibition in Taiwan.

Things have been different since joining this company. Whenever I have the chance to take a breathe, the thought inevitably comes to me - what makes this job different? I am able to go on a ledge to try things. I am satisfied with hard working. I am content. I like people.

I like people? Such.. an ancient concept.

I came home tonight late as everyday this week. I put my laundry in the machine and start taking shower, watching tv, a little facebooking. As I went out to hang the clothes alone, something clicked. I thought about what Nelson Chang said as our reporter team interviewed him.

"I am I. I don't care if people regard me by a businessman or a life artist or whatever"

and it transcends into the hotel which he built, "c'est bon. c'est magnificent. c'est Palais de Chine". It compares itself with no others. It's good. It's magnificent. It's Palais de Chine.

Aren't we all? I am good. I am magnificent. I am I.

And I find my mind wonder back to pre-college years, where I enjoyed company, believed in friendship, and opened up myself to others.

A bizarre trip to the past from my tiny balcony.

misty reflections

2010-07-25T02:29:00.002+08:00

misty reflections, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

I am... sailing into uncharted waters.

After months of unemployment (by choice), I will start my new job starting next Monday.

So many life questions awaiting to be answered, so many uncertainties in mind. Even stupid questions such as, will I be great? Not so much I but how does a person know? How about why life is hard? ha.

I actually brought myself to write down the reasons why I took this job.. Not sure if it's alright to publish it like this. But then again I don't have many readers and I need to do this for soul searching purpose and/or track my mind for later reference.

The reasons are as such:
1. Need to end unemployed life to stop all the questioning from people around.
2. Need income to feel secure
3. Do not yet have life direction. Short projects up to January is a good compromise
4. ISports purpose is right. Help Taiwan gain international awareness. Help tennis development.
5. Help out a family member. Experience working with relatives closely.
6. Experience start up companies. Take experience in entrepreneurship and tiny details.
7. Networking with entrepreneur people and people in general.
8. Convenient location accessible by MRT in 20min

I wrote this the night before. The last one was kind of funny.

Go have a good time, myself.

Friends

2010-06-18T02:47:00.012+08:00

In the mood of missing good old college buddies, a song came to mind called "Friend".

There was never an official MV made for this song.. After searching here and there I discovered the song seems to be from the 80's. What I heard was the re-make (sung a few keys lower than the 80's version) roughly 10 years ago in Koji Tamaki's (玉置浩二) best collection album.

Better yet, I found a guitar cover of this song. I hope I will be able to play it like this, within this life.

*****************************
作詩：松井五郎作曲：玉置浩二

さよならだけ言えないまま
きみの影の中にいま涙がおちてゆく

つめたくなる指・髪・声
ふたり暮らしてきた香りさえが消えてゆく

もう　Friend 心から　Friend
みつめても　Friend 悲しくなる

想い出にはできないから
夢がさめてもまだ夢みるひと忘れない

もう　Friend きれいだよ　Friend
このままで　Friend やさしく

もう　Friend 心から　Friend
いつまでも　Friend 今日から Friend
*****************************

Although the Japanese lyrics are not describing "friendship" per say and are rather describing two lovers who have now or will soon become "only friends", not knowing Japanese at the time, the mood of the song and the singer calling out to friends still made an impression on me as a song I relate to friends.

I especially like the line "想い出にはできないから夢がさめてもまだ夢みるひと忘れない",
which means "I don't want it to just become a part of memory, so even when I have awoken from the dream, I do not want to forget the people I saw in the dream."

Sweet sadness.

There were lots of youtube covers of the original song (the later version which I heard). I picked the one below which I think done a fitting imagery of it.

Although I know Taiwanese singer Shunza has done a cover of this song in Mandarin (called Dear Friend), I was surprised to find out that Jacky Cheung has also sung this song in Cantonese (called Silent Eyes), back in 1987. Below is the MV of that song, seemingly copied from VHS or something. Skip to second 21 to go directly to the beginning of the song.

Although this is making this entry slightly longer than normal reader's patience, I must bring up that I also surprisingly discovered that Tamaki Koji also wrote another great song which I only first knew sung by Jacky Cheung. The song is called Ikanaide (行かないで - Don't go) in Japanese and 李香蘭 in Cantonese. Paste the Japanese song (youtube user cover) below.

This was an interesting discovery for me because it's done in a different key than I am used to, but still very good. And, what kind of a good composition that can last across decades! Always amazes me.

As I always say, enjoy.

Idea

2010-03-07T15:00:00.002+08:00

New book titles seem more appealing when one is waiting for seats at a restaurant.

Idea

2010-03-06T01:16:00.000+08:00

Ordinarily extraordinary

In memory of

2010-03-03T08:23:00.002+08:00

Sodagreen from live concert

詞:姚謙曲:Tanya
想念變成一條線在時間裡面漫延長得可以把世界切成了兩個面
他在春天那一邊你的秋天剛落葉剛落葉
如果從此不見面讓你憑記憶懷念本來這段愛情可以記得很完美
他的樣子已改變有新伴侶的氣味的氣味
那一瞬間你終於發現那曾深愛過的人
早在告別的那天已消失在這個世界
也許那一次見面是生命給你機會了解愛只是人所渴望的投射面
只是渴望會改變他的愛已經不見已不見
那一瞬間你終於發現那曾深愛過的人
早在告別的那天已消失在這個世界
那一瞬間你終於發現心中的愛和思念
都只是屬於自已曾經擁有過曾經擁有過曾經擁有過的紀念

From original composer:

Caught the song from 蕭敬騰's new album. But there isn't an MV for it so it's not on Youtube. Go find the MP3.

Enjoy. from March 2010.

林映聲川

2010-02-16T11:15:00.003+08:00

http://www.new-gourmet.com.tw/

台北市內湖區內湖路三段420號

(02)8791-3125

Treated my family there for a nice and quiet lunch.

Originals' link
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TEN屋

2010-02-14T11:12:00.007+08:00

http://www.tenya.com.tw/

台北南西三越店台北市南京西路14號新光三越（原衣蝶一館）B1

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Had my farewell dinner with firmware RD team from 4F here.

Good times. Thanks guys.

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The days gone by

2009-11-28T10:18:00.002+08:00

最近覺得好聽的歌:

作詞/作曲：蔡健雅
編曲：蔡健雅/Doug Petty
製作：蔡健雅

我的脆弱堅強　互相作戰
理性與感性　失去平衡感
不想讓自己　活在過去的遺憾
問宇宙　他是否還愛我嗎
這問題　早就有答案

＊若你碰到了　替我問候他
　告訴他　我過得很美滿
　已忘記他　已把淚水全部擦乾
　若你碰到了　替我問候他
　祝福他和他的另一半
　不在乎他　不再愛也不再等待
　就這樣吧　若你碰到他＊

我的自私慷慨　互相挑戰
黑夜白天顛倒　造成困擾
常在最樂觀時　突然跌進沮喪
為何失戀後想恢復　那麼困難
只好找些催眠的話

＊

愛　沒有絕對　雖曾經以為
我終於體會　愛不能倒退
該讓它頹廢　收起心碎

＊

就這樣吧　若你碰到他

每次來出差一陣子,休息的時候都會不由自主的哼起這首歌.

落葉歸根

作詞：Kuang Y. M. 作曲：Kuang Y. M.

舉頭望無盡灰雲
那季節叫做寂寞
背包塞滿了家用
路就這樣開始走

日不見太陽的暖
夜不見月光的藍
不得不選擇寒冷的開始
留下只擁有遺憾

命運的安排
遵守自然的邏輯
誰都無法揭謎底

喔～遠離家鄉不勝唏噓
幻化成秋夜
而我卻像落葉歸根
墜在你心間

幾分憂鬱幾分孤單
都心甘情願
我的愛像落葉歸根
家唯獨在你身邊

但願陪你找回
所遺失的永恆
當我開口你卻沈默
只剩一場夢

我卻像落葉歸根
墜在你心間

幾分憂鬱幾分孤單
都心甘情願
我的愛像落葉歸根
家唯獨在你身邊

每天都要哼情歌

2009-09-03T18:15:00.004+08:00

真的是一個怪咖的藝人... 可是很真實,也很有舞台魅力. 故事不可思議的有起承轉合.

接下來是一首很好聽的歌,詞曲都是徐佳瑩自己寫的,MV也拍的亂有詩意的. 這兩年的新人真的很強.

這首附上歌詞. 主歌唱完的地方就覺得有點哽咽了. 過來人應該都懂吧.

哼情歌

詞曲:徐佳瑩

再無關緊要的場合都會想起這首歌
是因為你曾經哼唱著
再平淡無奇的眼神都會想起你呢
是因為我曾被你凝望著

我只好夜夜哼情歌
是因為他擁著你了
不想往事因為你們背影而毫無氣色了
是不是還愛著你呢
所以我心還在跳動著

還有什麼捨不得也只能哼情歌

going with Summer sky

2009-08-16T15:31:00.003+08:00

going with Summer sky, originally uploaded by mistubako.

This is a photo taken by my favorite photographer on Flickr, usernamed "mitsubako", who has also became my main influence in the recent years, opening my horizon to photography with "storytelling".

I cannot describe by technical terms what is good about this photo.. of course, the color is very vibrant, impeccable composition and the setting is country side Japan which I love, but what is most striking is what story it tells for me. It seems to call up my memory (although I have never lived in this area of Japan) of going back to hometown in a summer vacation, traveling by myself on a soul searching trip to visit the old nostalgic place, breathing in the warm and clean air much different from that in the city, sipping chilled green tea and flipping through a magazine until falling asleep genuinely.

Wouldn't one like that?

Slideshow: VVG Bistro

2009-07-24T13:22:00.004+08:00

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忠孝東路180巷40弄20號

(02) 8773-3533

營業時間：週一至週六12-11 pm；週日 12-8 pm；全年無休

週末早午餐：週六日 12-4 pm

Cool Cat

2009-07-20T01:06:00.005+08:00

Cool Cat, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

This is from a book written by a Japanese, and translated into Chinese. about some life message with simple illustration on the side to deliver the message. It's called 找自己 (今の自分は本当のあなたです). Pretty cooked down wisdom and easy reading. Perfect for lost people.

Google has a very cool (for me) gadget on the igoogle webpage which is called "天, 自從上次" (day since...). It can be used to keep track of many things from how many days since I last ate something, since last exercised, to how many days since last unemployed or traveled to Japan, etc. For example, it's been 0 days since I ate Subway, 48 days since I last had popcorn, 67 days since I last slept before midnight, 105 days since I last went to Yilan, 112 days since I last had a cold, 157 days since I last did a pushup, 362 days since I visited the US, and 805 days since I was last unemployed. It's fun. It says something.

So, it's been 196 days since I last enjoyed karaoke. A nice friend of mine picked up my electric guitar a while ago to help me fix it. and last night he also delivered it to my house. He's a known good singer so I took him up my house to enjoy a short session of Karaoke (It was already late). We were only able to get a few songs in.. and some we cut short because we weren't able to reach the high pitches easily like we used to. We've both been working quite a while in electronics firms. (It says something). We were kind of knowingly straining ourselves, but.. it was fun. Fun like I wasn't expecting.. because I think I've just been out of proper "friendships" for so long. I'm not blaming anyone or any environment, because yes, I push people away sometimes (most of the time). and I just notice myself.. really polite, when interacting. As much as I tried be more close to them, I don't know how. I like them, in my heart, but I have lost the ability to be more personable. Instead, I am polite. It says something.

Here was our song list from last night:
說好的幸福呢? by 周杰倫 - Wen (He calls it 說好的bonus呢?)
李香蘭 by 張學友 - me
I don't wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith - me then Wen
最長的電影 by 周杰倫 - me
逆光 by 孫燕姿 - Amelia
一了百了 by 信 - me then Wen
鱷魚的眼淚 by 林志炫 - me then Wen

It says something.

nijyuhachi

2009-06-24T02:30:00.002+08:00

Play loud your dreams, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Hey.. I am 28 now.

Haven't really thought about "age" that much since maybe like from 19.. through 27. Those were the blank years, when one year difference didn't seem all that much. My friends from Japan tried to joke about it and scare me on my 24th birthday that "you know, 24, man, that's year when everything starts to go downhill." They were indeed trying to make fun at the time, but boy, should I have taken them more seriously.

What starts to catch up is first the physical health.. You can't afford to stay up effortlessly like you used to. Each staying up past 2am becomes a hopeless goal to catch up on the sleep. All nighters seem like the impossible fantasy and you wonder how you could do it before. When you do pull an all nighter, you really just go to bed in the morning with death wish on your mind. You just never want to wake up again.

Then, slowly, you notice it's the mental health that starts to catch up on you. Your mind bends less easily. Your values are fixed. Your mental habits are fixed. You grow the worthless adult pride that stops you from doing the things that helps you grow. You become bound by society terms and conditions. Your emotions develop a mind of its own and go off in a direction not set out by "you". Worst of all is I think, you stop recovering as quickly as you'd like from a pain. The pain from parting, the pain from memories, the pain from loneliness.

This year's wishes were that 1) my parents can keep good health, both physical and mental. 2) my family and friends can all find good jobs and make good stable money.
3) There's supposed to be a 3rd which I keep to myself. But I forgot what it was I made. It must've been a.. general.. about achieving peace or happiness thing.

I'd be happy to save my wish for you, if anyone's got a good proposal.

多希望你在

2009-06-15T16:44:00.005+08:00

So tired lately.. how many times I have said that.
Still hope to update blog.. but always warm up with some copy and paste first.
Enjoy it, anyway, I hope.

蕭敬騰 - 多希望你在
作詞：蘇打綠青峰 / 作曲：蘇打綠青峰

直到白雪都已畫滿了腮眼前風景也浮出了白
直到美麗早已置身事外路燈也輕易背叛色彩
妳的眼是一顆小小塵埃卻又將我全身都覆蓋

笑容被鎖在遠遠城外高塔上的妳是什麼情懷
來不及防備就已被打敗瞬間瓦解失所流散

lelio~ lelio~ko
只是想起妳天真的臉龐
lelio~~ lelio~ko
只是想見妳專注的眼光
可惜身邊找不到妳肩膀
可惜妳不在身旁
lelio~
妳卻壓在我心上

悲傷已著火多少話說不由衷
整個世界只剩下風和我

而妳妳已經不在
可惜妳不在
多希望妳在
可惜妳不在

And from the original composer:

I seem to prefer the original composer's interpretation of the song and lyrics better.

A new project in life

2009-03-08T04:16:00.004+08:00

I am a project manager.
This is what I do for work.

In doing so, I have overlooked the more important projects.
The projects of life.
Recently, taking the opportunity of cleaning up the house, I have dug up a bunch of old things - photos, notes, journals, objects.
I started a new project, called "The Nostalgia Project",
in courtesy of Flickr.

This is a first completed set of this collection.
I put the slideshow below, but you need to enter and view the descriptive details. (only in Chinese at this point).

Finally, I attach an excerpt which motivates this project:
"It takes time, though, for Naoko's face to appear. And as the years have passed, the time has grown longer. The sad truth is that what I could recall in 5 seconds all too soon needed 10, then 30, then a full minute - like shadows lengthening at dusk. Someday, I suppose, the shadows will be swallowed up in darkness. There is no way around it: my memory is growing ever more distant from the spot where Naoko used to stand - where my old self used to stand. And nothing but scenery, that view of the meadow in October, returns again and again to me like a symbolic scene in film. Each time it appears, it delivers a kick to some part of my mind."

from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.

過年大三喜

2009-01-22T23:08:00.004+08:00

最近有很多好聽的歌,連心情都好了起來.

跟另外一首:

兩張都是整張CD都很好聽,過年在路上不會無聊了.

還有,原來張學友會出演唱會專輯. 而且出的是收錄第96場... 也就是我看的那一場!

謝謝這些用心的藝人.

Flickr Slideshow Generator

2008-12-20T01:40:00.002+08:00

有時候不知道為什麼我拖那麼久才做一些想要做的事.
這是一個很方便的工具,可以直接放映flickr上的照片在部落格裡.

這是一個叫做Night的Set.

謝謝最近很多人對照片比較捧場.

One or two things that I like

2008-12-20T00:42:00.004+08:00

梁靜茹又出新專輯了..
真想要親自謝謝她不斷的唱好歌,
好像把我的寂寞淡淡的帶走.
我喜歡的歌星很少,都是一直重複的聽就那幾個人的歌,然後等他們出下一張專輯.
這次周董的專輯令我很失望,是我第一次沒有買他的CD. 不過他還是陪我度過國外大學時光的好伙伴,是我唯一對台灣音樂的聯繫. 我想這種感覺只有留學生懂.

我很喜歡這樣簡單的MV,
其實簡單比複雜更難.

讓我想起,第一個讓我覺得簡單的美的MV.

很不可思議, 不是嗎? 整個MV她就只是在洗碗罷了. 而且攝影機架好後動也不用動.
每個動作,歌詞的橋段到下一個卻是那麼的沒有縫隙.

好羨慕.

五月天 - 你不是真正的快樂

2008-11-13T23:03:00.008+08:00

最近覺得好聽的歌.
阿信的詞曲,配上阿信的唱腔,很有力.
是上一張專輯沒有的五.月.天.原點的聲音.
歌詞也有那麼的一點感觸.
在MV 1:01分的時候往洋裝滑過去的構圖跟色調都很有感覺.
[2:08] 讓女孩哭起來的笑話到底是什麼呢
[3:50] 笑一笑想起自己該是哭, 好像可以體會那種感覺.

可以讓人從黑暗的深淵看到一點光,好像這是人類的原點.

《你不是真正的快樂》
詞曲:阿信　編曲:五月天　演唱:阿信

人群中哭著　你只想變成透明的顏色
你再也不會夢或痛或心動了　你已經決定了　你已經決定了

你靜靜忍著　緊緊把昨天在拳心握著
而回憶越是甜就是越傷人了　越是在手心留下密密麻麻深深淺淺的刀割

你不是真正的快樂　你的笑只是你穿的保護色
你決定不恨了　也決定不愛了　把你的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

這世界笑了　於是你合群的一起笑了
當生存是規則不是你的選擇　於是你含著眼淚飄飄盪盪跌跌撞撞的走著

你不是真正的快樂　你的笑只是你穿的保護色
你決定不恨了　也決定不愛了　把你的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

你不是真正的快樂　你的傷從不肯完全的癒合
我站在你左側卻像隔著銀河　難道緊緊的抱著遺憾一直到老了　然後才後悔著

你不是真正的快樂　你的笑只是你穿的保護色
你決定不恨了　也決定不愛了　把你的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

你不是真正的快樂　你的傷從不肯完全的癒合
我站在你左側卻像隔著銀河　難道緊緊的抱著遺憾一直到老了

你值得真正的快樂　你應該脫下你穿的保護色

為什麼失去了　還要被懲罰呢　能不能就讓悲傷全部結束在此刻　重新開始活著

Subconscious test result

2008-10-09T18:37:00.001+08:00

The Worker

You want only for what you really need. A loyal, honest and hardworking type who requires only the simplest things from life; a home, a partner, a family and a good meal. You are prepared to work for all you earn and these strong principles will see you right. There are some around you that seek to take to take advantage of your generous and selfless ways so be wary not to give so much of yourself that there isnt enough for those that truely matter. But there are also some around you that wish only to have some of your good natured ways rub of on them, and you must learn to judge this difference and act accordingly. You are a good soul, keeping things simple will keep you happy.

很多人的救星

2008-09-22T21:12:00.005+08:00

想要介紹一下正露丸.
正露丸為什麼叫正露丸,以及什麼時候該服正露丸,其實在它的名字裡都有說明- SEI RO GAN.

[SEI]第一層要服它的症狀就是"瀉",假如你在瀉了,你可以服用正露丸. 它可以止瀉, 真的很有用.

[RO]假如你不止偶爾瀉,連一般的時候都覺得有"漏"的情況,應該就是一定要來幾顆正露丸. 它真的很臭,但是它也能幫助你.

[GAN]第三個境界應該還是有不少人經歷過,而且應該都是不太好的回憶,就是你的症狀1&2已經讓你坐在馬桶上完全的一個覺得很"GAN、" 這個時候假如有人告訴你其實一次吃十顆比較有效, 你也會照作.

這樣大家對正露丸有了更深一層的了解了嗎?

在大陸

2008-09-22T20:25:00.008+08:00

1. 這是沙縣小吃..店面看起來很不乾淨..出差大陸第六次了才敢去吃.
可是一吃就發現,其實好像不會不乾淨,而且比又油又鹹的湘菜好吃多了..
我跟ME的工程師Albert&Nike吃到都出"一號餐"了(小的乾拌麵+排骨湯).
一號餐才8ＲＭＢ...(其實這才是我的重點...)
二號餐是大乾麵+雲吞湯...

圖為二號餐.
大家都要帶自己的筷子才環保唷!

2. 在過了兩個半禮拜的大陸小鎮生活之後..到了香港機場想做的第一件事就是找一個像樣的東西吃..
(順便一提,可以活著到香港簡直是奇蹟.司機開飛車就算了,我一從照後鏡看他,竟然發現他快睡著了.XX的.請大家不要坐從大陸返港的永東巴士.)
因為很早到機場,把所有的餐廳都晃了一遍.在外面,沒有看到想吃的.過了關以後,看到很多餐廳,不過跟外面大同小異.重點是,隨便一個飯啊,麵啊,湯啊,就要六七十塊,實在不太想讓阿共的陰謀得逞..走啊走啊,到了最後一家,是"大家樂".我看到了我的救世主 - 海南雞飯HKD$39.
原本還是有一點怕怕的..因為以機場的標準..太便宜了嘛!
不過真的很好吃.香港的海南雞飯,雞肉就是很嫩,很"乾淨",肉多骨少,也不會有切的碎碎的雞骨頭,吃起來很危險.
不但如此,39塊的飯竟然還有一碗白菜,一碗煲湯(而且很好喝),跟普洱茶..太不可思議了.
吃的很飽..不坐列車,改成散步到登機門口..

3. 這是無聊排的小花.真是個方便的糖果.

很感人唷

2008-09-21T19:28:00.000+08:00

Men

2008-07-29T02:00:00.000+08:00

張學友 - 寂寞的男人
作詞：潘源良 / 作曲：彭妮 / 編曲：Jazz Chen

繁忙的工作　加一把勁來過渡
無聊的交際　祇管把笑容製造
回家　打開一副電腦
模擬找到　模擬傾訴　模擬很好

從來不知道　怎麼竟各行各路
從前的一套　今天仔細仍照做
夜深　粉紫色這外套
模擬起舞　模擬擁抱　模擬得到

仍然能擁有夢想跟前途
仍然能擁有自尊跟自豪
仍然明知許多女伴　一轉身會遇到
為何感到　這不算最好

明明從不信天荒跟地老
明明從不會後悔得不到
明明從新掌握去做　我總可以做到
為何今晚我不懂如何　告別煩惱

浮華掌聲裡　祇想一個人讚慕
從難關出發　心境可向誰透露
是否　悲歡早有定數
何時得到　何時失去　誰能猜到

江蕙－落雨聲

2008-07-21T00:19:00.002+08:00

每次聽到這首歌都覺得很感動,也很貼切.

江蕙－落雨聲
作詞：方文山　作曲：周杰倫　編曲：陳飛午

落雨聲　哪親像一條歌　
誰知影　阮越頭嘸敢聽
異鄉的我　一個人起畏寒　寂寞的雨聲　捶阮心肝

人孤單　像斷翅的鳥隻　
飛袂行　咁講是阮的命
故鄉的山　永遠攏站置遐　阮的心晟只有講乎山來聽

來到故鄉的海岸　景色猶原攏總無變化
當初離開是為啥　你若問阮阮心肝就疼

(1)你若欲友孝世大嘸免等好額　世間有阿母惜的囝仔尚好命
嘸通等成功欲來接阿母住　阿母啊　已經無置遐

(2)你若欲友孝世大嘸免等好額　世間有阿母惜的囝仔尚好命
出社會走闖塊甲人拼輸贏　為著啥　家己嘸知影

你若欲友孝世大嘸免等好額　世間有阿母惜的囝仔尚好命
嘸通等成功欲來接阿母住　阿母啊　已經無置遐　哭出聲　無人惜命命

Jacky Cheung 張學友 - 眼淚 Live

2008-07-15T23:53:00.001+08:00

本事

2008-07-10T13:19:00.001+08:00

Jay上天下了...

2008-07-09T09:59:00.001+08:00

東風不破周杰倫　全方位創作藝人
# 2008-07-08 文／馬岳琳
(更多內容，請詳閱本期《天下雜誌》)
八年來，華語流行音樂的主旋律是周杰倫。而「亞洲小天王」的封號，只能代表他未滿三十的年紀，卻已不足以象徵他在娛樂界的全面影響力，周杰倫的真本事打哪兒來？他光環的底下付出過什麼樣的努力？

本期《天下雜誌》封面(圖／天下提供)

台北，幼稚園，三十個小朋友一個挨著一個，手舞足蹈練習著母親節要唱給媽媽的禮物，「聽媽媽的話」：「聽媽媽的話　別讓她受傷　想快快長大　才能保護她」。

北京，工人體育館，六萬人，許多站上座椅，跟著演唱會上刻意咬字清楚的主角搖晃，「菊花殘　滿地傷　妳的笑容已泛黃　花落人斷腸　我心事靜靜躺」。

濟南，實驗中學，四、五個學生邊討論邊慶幸，山東省全省高考語文考題中出現：「素胚勾勒出青花筆鋒濃轉淡」、「色白花青的錦鯉躍然於碗底」，還好那首「青花瓷」的歌早研究得滾瓜爛熟，否則可真要「試紙上走筆至此擱一半」了。

首爾，中央戲院，「不能說的祕密」電影首映會，韓國媒體竊竊私語，「為什麼我們沒有像這樣又導、又演、又譜曲、又演唱的全方位創作型藝人？」

東京，日本流行樂壇指標武道館，近萬歌迷揮舞著雙手，跟著他「快使用雙截棍　哼哼哈兮　是誰在練太極風生水起」；還來不及慶祝成功進軍這亞洲屬一屬二難度高的日本音樂市場，他主演的「功夫灌籃」已在上映短短八天後，全亞洲票房就破了五億。

往南，新加坡、吉隆坡、曼谷，年輕人為了理解：「妳髮如雪　淒美了離別　我焚香感動了誰　邀明月回憶皎潔　愛在月光下完美」，在網路上瘋狂搜尋學中文的軟體，最後乾脆架起網站，和同好一起練歌學中文。

讓「滿城盡吹中國風」

八年來，華語流行音樂的主旋律是周杰倫。而「亞洲小天王」的封號，只能代表他未滿三十的年紀，卻已不足以象徵他在娛樂界的全面影響力。

即將出第九張專輯，過去幾年來，每一張專輯在全亞洲動輒兩、三百萬的銷量，得過亞洲各地各式各樣、不計其數的金曲獎；拍了四部電影，其中自導自演的「不能說的祕密」，讓他和李安一起入圍金馬獎年度台灣傑出電影工作者，最後還抱回了年度台灣傑出電影獎項。

在光碟燒錄、MP3下載張狂的年代，高中生會堅持買他的原版ＣＤ，只因為「要支持他繼續做音樂」；在西洋音樂強勢、日韓音樂充斥的時刻，他和作詞搭檔方文山卻有本事變化曲風、精鍊詞藻，讓「滿城盡吹中國風」。

在他快節奏的RAP曲風下，所有人甘於瞇起眼細讀共有四百四十四個字的「無雙」：「聽我說武功　無法高過寺院的鐘　禪定的風　靜如水的松」；在他抒情慢板的二胡小調中，人們豎起耳傾聽「誰在用琵琶彈奏　一曲東風破」，彷彿自己人生那個荒煙蔓草的年頭，都得到了些許安慰。

要細數周杰倫在當今樂壇上的強烈個人風格，已經有研究生以他為題寫了一本論文叫《周杰倫現象》；他的一舉一動總是登上媒體娛樂新聞頭條，給人的印象不外乎音樂很屌、個性很酷、十分孝順、緋聞無邊。

但實際上的周杰倫呢？他的本事何來？他的本心何在？

在杰威爾嶄新的辦公室裡，周杰倫剛從代言的手機品牌新機發表會上「晃」進來，他走到同事們的桌邊東看看西問問，難怪「周董」的綽號一直沒變。

好勝的心苛求完美

他的皮膚很好，額前的瀏海變得比從前短，讓人可以清楚看到他的眼睛，當他手上拿起籃球把玩，整個人的線條也輕鬆起來。

他說他喜歡人家稱呼他「導演」，覺得自己最大的優點是「創造力」、缺點是「沒耐性」，要他用一句話形容自己，他想了好一會兒，吐出「好勝」兩個字。

關於他的好勝心，身邊的人都有深刻體認。半夜兩點上完通告，他收工後不是回家休息，而是繼續回到剪接室剪帶子；深夜從海外飛回台灣，仍然跑到編曲老師家樓下，買了飲料上樓繼續討論編曲，第二天早上依舊進錄音室錄音。

他對工作的激情能夠掩蓋他的疲憊，「你甚至會被感染，願意跟他去辛苦，因為你感受到他在與你分享他的夢！」幫周杰倫化粧化了八年的化粧師杜國彰說，那股對作品完美的執著，讓人不得不佩服他的成功其來有自。

周杰倫對自己的音樂苛求完美，拍戲時則是擔心別人不好意思苛求自己。第一次拍「滿城盡帶黃金甲」，第一場戲對上的就是鞏俐，他怕導演張藝謀對他客氣，特別把在旁盯場、一樣緊張的經紀人楊峻榮叫到一旁，「榮哥，你跟張導說一下，一定要要求我，真的可以要求我，我可以再來一次的。」

「他很拚命，每一分每一釐都很介意。」楊峻榮指出，從來沒見過那麼愛面子的人，不夠好的東西絕對不肯拿出來。從前在阿爾發、現在在杰威爾的同事們都知道，帥跟屌是周杰倫的最高指導原則，永遠只願意呈現完美的成品給別人看，無論是音樂、舞步還是小魔術，「他絕對不會讓你知道他到底在家苦練了多久！」擔任宣傳經理的張藍云說。

好勝所以成功，周杰倫除了天賦還有拚勁。他對現在的自己很有自信，可以毫不猶豫地說，「我的風格就是沒有風格，因為很多元，什麼歌都能寫。可以寫和費玉清合唱的『千里之外』，也可以寫給江蕙唱的『落雨聲』，」搖滾的、抒情的、講孝順的、諷刺狗仔的，菜色多到講不完，「我是一個貪心的藝術家，一切，全部都給你們了，不要說我沒有改變。」

要求愈高，愈要證明自己

談起自己的音樂，周杰倫的語調裡有一種不張揚的霸氣，人們對他的要求愈高，他愈要證明自己。「說我沒改變？是你們聽不出來嗎？好，來一個『牛仔很忙』，沒話說了吧？開始說別的，反正要說話的人總是說不完，我可以選擇聽或不聽，」

周杰倫曾經很在意自己的作品能不能得獎、有沒有好評，但銷售量讓他體悟到自己的實力和幸運，「我覺得自己真的很幸運，我認為好聽的，你們也覺得好聽；我喜歡的，你們也喜歡，我不是在迎合別人，而是照自己喜歡的去做，對一個創作的人來說，這真是很難得。」

再怎麼天縱英才，每一次的創作，都還是一項全新的挑戰。周杰倫音感絕佳，在鋼琴和大提琴的底子上，其他樂器學得飛快；他對生活周遭的各種聲音敏感，什麼元素都可以放到歌曲裡而不顯突兀，乒乓球聲、訂便當聲全都成了周式幽默。

「我看不出他有壓力，因為全都是他擅長的東西。」純粹喜歡，不用刻意，方文山解讀周杰倫在音樂上的游刃有餘。

分析自己的音樂為什麼能引起那麼多的共鳴，周杰倫從來不會忘記他的最佳拍檔方文山，「文山的歌詞真是開創了一個新的潮流，寫的內容不是很嚴肅，但卻又總意味著什麼。像他寫『髮如雪』，什麼紛飛了離別、什麼我焚香的，剛開始我還看不太懂，但他解釋一遍，你就覺得哇他真是太厲害了，」

周杰倫忍不住笑說，方文山才是一路走來轉變最大的人，「他原本整個是內向到不行，但現在真正的職業是演講，大學邀他、內地也邀他，還去了北大，真是酷！」

周杰倫是個很念舊的人，不僅是方文山，身邊的錄音師、化粧師、編曲師，都是從第一張專輯起就開始合作的朋友，他相信這些人會跟著他一起成長，「所以我們這些跟他一起工作的人都戰戰兢兢，他如此挺你挺到底，我們就更要回報他，」杜國彰和周杰倫合唱了一曲「周大俠」，哥兒們間培養的信任，讓彼此在工作上都有了新的嘗試。

懷念單純的歲月

或許是時間美化了記憶，也或許他真的就是那麼樂觀知足，當年蜷窩在阿爾發唱片公司的小辦公室裡，不停寫歌、經常被退稿的日子，如今回想起來似乎也沒那麼艱苦。「以前最早的大樓是在通化街那邊，常去逛夜市啊，跟方文山穿著拖鞋短褲就去吃鐵板燒、撈金魚，現在經過通化街都會很想下去再看一下，但已經不知道該怎麼下去了。」

周杰倫很懷念那段單純的歲月，還沒有成名，但心裡隱隱有一種踏實感，自己選擇的會是一條對的路。

「那時候的壓力只有一件，就是我的歌會不會被用。方文山自己騎摩托車去送我們錄的demo帶，然後我們就在公司等，等到對方打電話來，吼，多開心呀，就去通化街好好大吃一頓，」

提到過去，周杰倫說了很多次「幸運」兩個字，外界覺得他那時很困頓很可憐，但他心裡想的不是自己有多苦，反而是充滿了希望，「我沒有考上大學，但我還是有工作啊，這是一個動力，我一定要把歌寫好，不要辜負我媽，證明我可以靠音樂吃飯！」想考音樂系，但連續兩屆都只通過了術科敗在學科，講到這一段，周杰倫又把方文山拿出來講一遍。

「你知道方文山以前做什麼的嗎？他幫人家裝監視器，但他會寫歌詞，也是怪咖一個，可見每個人都有隱藏的天賦，」周杰倫講起方文山當年五次投稿給阿爾發、每次都是厚厚一本上百首歌詞的行徑，特別有一種革命情感的惺惺相惜，兩人差不多時期進阿爾發，那時譜曲寫詞的有八位新人，至今只有他倆還留在歌壇。

周杰倫曾寫過一首「紅模仿」：「就算我站在山頂　也只不過是個平民老百姓　但我的肩膀　會有兩塊空地　那就是勇氣與毅力　我要做音樂上的皇帝」。

這個音樂上的皇帝，靠的還真是勇氣與毅力。

當年身為阿爾發總經理的楊峻榮，在聽了周杰倫唱「可愛女人」後驚為天人，「和聲很美，而且我聽到一種音樂的生命力，打破我對華語歌曲既有的框框。」

楊峻榮欣賞這小夥仔的氣質和才華，說服阿爾發的老闆吳宗憲，決定賭它一把。

出第一張專輯時，除了音樂的特異，楊峻榮對周杰倫的形容是，「平凡到不行，而且還有些破碎。」平凡，是指他大學考不上，父母又離異，「他真實的背景，看起來好像有那麼多負分，但他卻能把音樂做得那麼好！」

歌壇前輩高凌風曾對楊峻榮形容，周杰倫的出現，就像從此把華語流行樂壇一分兩半，過去的都叫古典，自他之後，華語歌曲來到了新的境界，那是一個沒有框架，什麼主題、聲音、旋律都可以入樂的時代。

在楊峻榮看來，周杰倫的聲音接近於樂器，他也會刻意把聲音當樂器用，唱腔或許含糊不清，但相對的優點是不容易聽膩。「他很有勇氣去嘗試，唱著唱著就去導自己的ＭＶ，導完了ＭＶ又跑去導電影，這裡面要『很敢』才行啊。」楊峻榮認為，周杰倫從小有很多夢想，所以他寫的歌充滿畫面感，他譜完「雙截棍」的曲，可是直接跟準備填詞的方文山說，「文山，我這歌寫的是雙截棍哦！」

不必衣錦，還是可以返鄉

這樣畫面型的創作者，寫歌寫著不能滿足他的夢想，就開始拍電影。「我想帶給大家歡樂，這是現在我做任何事的一個重心，拍電影，結局是好的，帶給大家希望；以前做音樂，會覺得要做很屌的，不管歌詞是什麼，只要屌就好了，但現在會多了一份以愛為出發點的心思。」某個部份的周杰倫孩子氣地不肯長大，但另一個部份的周杰倫，卻也隨著年紀開始不一樣。

「我有一種使命感，想以愛為出發點，最近剛好在寫一首歌，跟家有關，家是每個男人應該要保護的地方，它是你最安全的城堡，就算在外面沒有衣錦，但還是可以還鄉，家人永遠都會支持你、陪著你，」聽周杰倫這麼說，突然有一種莫名的感動，他說自己沒有兄弟姐妹，所以爸爸媽媽就是家，「在外面不管受到什麼委曲，回家就好了。」

果然如楊峻榮所觀察，周杰倫對父母離異這件事承擔得滿好，沒有讓它成為自己的困難。「媽媽用了更大的愛去關懷他，他也很感恩媽媽並沒有因為單親家庭的緣故而疏忽掉他。」杜國彰認為，周杰倫很早熟，能正視父母理念不合而分開，至今跟爸爸的互動也很良好。

媽媽的一路相隨、全心支持，還有外婆的關愛，是周杰倫很大的成功動力，他總想讓媽媽、外婆以他為傲，所以他會以媽媽的名字「葉惠美」作為第四張專輯的名字，把對沒有入圍金曲獎的在意，寫進「外婆」一曲的歌詞裡。

可以說沒有葉惠美的殷殷栽培，今日華語歌壇將會清冷不少。

四歲半的那一年，葉惠美決定讓周杰倫開始在鋼琴老師甘博文的指導下一對一學琴，甘博文要求嚴格，只要音高、節奏、指法、樂句其中任一項彈錯，就會用尺板輕敲手指，那滋味可不好受。

為了怕被敲手指，小杰倫每回和媽媽提早到老師家樓下等上課時，都會在公園裡的座椅上隔空練習指法，「那時老師還在教別人，我其實很怕被他打，但嚴師出高徒嘛，否則我可能會很懶散；另外是怕被媽媽罵，因為如果臨時退縮說不學，我媽肯定會把我打死！」

周杰倫邊說邊甩了一下右手，當年那個還不懂什麼叫做「毅力」的小男孩，在怕挨打、又怕辜負媽媽期望的心情下，曾經一次又一次的對著黑白琴鍵反覆練習。

媽媽給的天份還有愛

「他在我這兒學了快十年，一直到國中二年級，是學最久的學生。」甘博文觀察，周杰倫在學鋼琴上的恆心與成就，媽媽居功最多。周杰倫總是說，媽媽是藝術家，他的天賦都是遺傳自母親。但其實媽媽給他的不僅僅是天份，還有讓他在青少年時期安然度過父母離婚風暴的愛。

後來周杰倫出第一張專輯，周爸爸特別打電話給甘博文，說兒子出了一張ＣＤ，「我以為他是出鋼琴演奏專輯，結果周爸爸說是唱歌的，我心想，怎麼杰倫改學聲樂了？搞半天竟然是一張流行音樂！」

聽到爸爸還特別打電話給小時候的鋼琴老師講自己出第一張專輯的事，周杰倫又變回了原本那個愛面子又孩子氣的兒子，「我爸很無聊哦，他那時還去告訴所有人，我出唱片了，還叫他的學生去買，讓我覺得很糗，好像沒人買似的！」周爸爸其實不用擔心，你的兒子挺有本事。

周杰倫，東風不破，震動所有為音樂而熱切的心。

華人樂壇的金三角

文／陳世斌

「我沒有兄弟姊妹，他們就是我的家人。」念舊的周杰倫，這樣看待他的同事。這其中，方文山和楊峻榮更是關鍵，他們是周杰倫笑傲樂壇一對最有力的翅膀，沒有他們倆，周杰倫在華人星空也難如此閃耀。

二○○七，周杰倫、方文山和楊峻榮合組了「杰威爾音樂」，杰威爾ＪＶＲ是他們三人英文名縮寫的組合。曾創下連續八次入圍金曲獎紀錄的方文山，是當代最頂尖的華文作詞人。他和周杰倫還合組出版社，方文山可說是居於「文案創意總監」的地位。

「我是用功型的創作者，他是天才型的，我們倆正好互補。」長周杰倫十歲，和周杰倫一樣沒上大學的方文山分析。

去年還應邀到北大演講的方文山，回想起六年前，第一次到東吳大學演講，他花了比演講費高兩倍的錢買書做功課，擬大綱，做小抄，「嚇得皮皮剉！」

最近方文山出了兩本詮釋他和周杰倫著名的中國風歌曲的新書，書中以花費四十萬台幣打造的長安城建築群模型入景。「簾外芭蕉惹驟雨，門環惹銅綠」，這等絕妙好詞的氤氳氛圍，是他用google和陶土模型，「上窮碧落下黃泉」，逐字打造出來的。

想要投資房地產，「媽媽覺得我是小孩子，看不準，只有榮哥看上的，她才考慮。」一向「聽媽媽的話」，由媽媽理財的周杰倫，一句話道出他和家人對楊峻榮的信賴。

從歌手到專業經理人，從幕前到幕後，杰威爾音樂總經理，也是周杰倫經紀人的楊峻榮，看盡這個行業的起落，他也是把原本替大牌藝人作曲的周杰倫推上亞洲流行音樂天王的「伯樂」。

擅長行銷、包裝，以及和媒體溝通的楊峻榮，在沒有預告片可看的狀況下，僅憑「周杰倫」三個字，就讓全大陸超過五百家片商在二○○七年七月底，同步上映「不能說的祕密」。認為周杰倫才是凝聚杰威爾軍心士氣的核心，楊峻榮並非僅止於在幕後運籌帷幄。

「嘿呦，嘿呦，拉！」在拍電影、拍ＭＶ時，他也和現場工作人員一塊，揮汗幹活。台大農業推廣系畢業多年，楊峻榮反倒在流行文化上栽出傲人的奇花異卉。前一陣子，另一位在亞洲有相當知名度的藝人言承旭的經紀約也簽給了杰威爾，成了周杰倫的師弟。

從默契出發，這支夢幻「金三角」組合的黃金團隊，顯然有更遠大的夢想和企圖！

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 2nd Mov.

2008-05-08T01:21:00.004+08:00

This.. is my favorite piece ever in the genre of classical music.. i love it.. i see images when i listen to this.

A new born boy is in a crib. Singing angels descend from the heavenly bright lit sky and down to sing to him. Soft and gentle words washing his face. Praises and reassuring words of strength to him like in fairy tales the gifts from the wise men.

[01:20]The image shifts to the baby grows up to a young boy, having his share of play time and schooling in the country side. at the end of the day, when it turns dark, he goes home and fall asleep, and hear the same songs in his ears. the same song that the angels sang, putting him to sleep.

[02:48]In the deep end of the dream... darkness. things are not as simple as it seems. The image shifts to a jungle, where the boy is chased by something. Something dark and forbidding. The boy flees with unreplenished energy from the interrupted sleep. and he's cut by thorns, tripped by thick tree trunks and tangled by tough, slippery vines...

[03:35]That's when the same music rang in his ears.. and soothed his body.. pushed away the tiredness in every strand of his muscles from head to toe. in a blink of a moment he was rejuvenated. He pushes himself and, he's out, the jungle is now behind him.

[04:03]He never realized in his struggle, but now he finds tears on his face. streaks of dried and undried lines of emotional discharge. he sat down and wondered where that music that saved him came from. in a flash of light in his head, he remembered the melody that echoed at his birth, the images by looking up at the angels surrounded by white light.

[04:53]he closes his eyes and thank them, and drifts off to a most unflustered sleep.

the end

Affinity for cats

2008-03-20T23:48:00.001+08:00

It's not the greatest video, but I just find these cats so cute.

am I getting soft?

Uncertainty

2008-02-12T01:22:00.001+08:00

九型人格分析
第四型	藝術型、浪漫者、自我型、憑感覺者 15%
第一型	完美主義者、完美型、改革者、改進型、秩序大使 13%
第五型	智慧型、觀察者、思想型、理性分析者、思考型 12%
第二型	助人者、全愛型、助人型、成就他人者、博愛型 11%
第三型	成就者、事業型、成就型、實踐型 10%
第六型	忠誠型、忠誠型、尋找安全者、謹慎型 10%
第九型	和平型、和平者、和諧型、維持和諧者 10%
第八型	領袖型、能力型、挑戰者、保護者、權威型 9%
第七型	快樂主義型、豐富型、活躍型、創造可能者、享樂型 9%

我的九型人格分析？

A married balloon

2008-02-01T00:41:00.001+08:00

IMG_3897, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

假如我是一台電腦的話, 我一定是那種好像中毒了, 又抓不到, 處理個什麼就要跑個半天. 要報廢又嫌浪費的電腦.

最近真的超累, 很像感冒了, 頭暈暈的, 身體很緊, 只要稍微少休息一下, 就感覺像快要發燒了一樣. 腦子裡知道自己想要做的事情很多, 可是又太累, 腦子太沉了, 沒有辦法好好思考把它完成, 就要放棄了.

尾牙沒中獎, 只有椅子下貼了一張50元的大樂透. 明天開獎.

累啊.. 就只能想這種守株待兔的事...

還有啊, 阿扁, 要選舉了趕快把台股做一做啊, 還在等什麼? 你應該很少有機會大家這麼期待你唷. 加油!

Thanx, J.C.

2008-01-14T02:30:00.001+08:00

20080113, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

學友光年世界巡迴演唱會07encore, 2008.1.13
第96場次

經過了幾番波折, 終於順利的聽到了張學友的演唱會.

跟張學友最早的緣分, 只有拘限於他在台灣紅的幾首歌, 吻別, 忘記你我做不到, 情書, 失眠夜.

真正覺得張學友不可思議的好聽, 是在96年剛去香港時買了一張他在雪狼湖正式上演前出的CD, 收錄了十首左右的粵語歌. 在那之後很幸運的從朋友那裡獲得兩張免費的票, 跟媽媽一起去聽. 那時候不太聽得懂廣東話, 不過還是很看得懂故事, 真的是好看到翻了. 我那時候就覺得, 原來不是只有國外有音樂劇.

直到大前年, 張學友又再度開演國語版雪狼湖, 而且還是在台灣, 當然要去. (簡直想每場都買) 結果證明, 真的沒有每場都買是錯的! 我買了2006.12.3的場次, 也就是他生病唱不下去了的那天. 雖然這對大部分的人沒有差別(可以看一週後的補演), 可是對我來說是個真正的惡耗, 因為我在12.6號正好要入伍! (我不知道討厭國軍的理由還可以多這一項)

這還只是跟學友的第一個無緣. 接下來買了他2007.7.7的個人演唱會的票. 卻剛剛好要在7.4出差去大陸... (我也不知道討厭去大陸的理由可以有這一項-害我聽不成張學友!)

於是在今天的第一首慢歌, 真的好感動. 在十年多後的今天, 終於又能再享受到歌神的魅力.

這是他今天的曲目:
開場:
愛火花 (從銀幕中走出來, 真的是太帥了)
頭髮亂了
和好不如初
聽天由命 (這首歌真的很厲害, 在歌進行中連升5個key)

(他真的很會跳舞.. 而且為什麼都不會喘? 太神奇了!)

一千個傷心的理由 (太感動了, 我重新認識了這首歌)
一路上有你
只想一生跟你走
走不掉
餓狼傳說

(他獻以下的歌給他的家人跟朋友, 很感人)

遙遙 (大女兒)
講你知 (給老婆, 這兩首都是自己作詞作曲)
大地恩情 (學友第一次歌唱比賽的歌!)
給朋友 (給我們失去的.)
在你身邊 (給兩歲的小女兒)

紅色
屈到病
每天愛你多一些
吻別
忘記他

音樂劇:
是否在戀愛
愛是永恆 (這首歌真的好好聽)
男人本該妒忌
你是愛我的
一個人的犧牲
命運曲
如果愛 (這可能是這兩年最喜歡的歌)

(他在這裡說了"再見", 心裡怪恐懼的, 還好, 後來真的有-)

安可曲:
今晚要盡情
非常夏日
我等到花兒也謝了
忘記你我做不到
情網
真愛
她來聽我的演唱會 (今天這首歌特別有感覺, "半年的積蓄,買來門票一對")
誰想輕輕偷走我的吻
好久不見
暗戀你
煩惱歌
月半彎
想和你去吹吹風
心如刀割
還是覺得你最好
祝福

我來聽你的演唱會, 等了好久. 不過, 像所有的等待一樣, 都是值得的.
謝謝你, 我學到了很多東西.
有緣就能期待明天, 是嗎?

warmth

2007-12-27T03:11:00.001+08:00

warmth, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

I dreamed a dream.

In it, I was content. I was free. I was loved, and I loved. I had time. I had goals. I had vision. I was creative. My imagination went far.

I had a space, a room. I decorated it with photos, books, records, toys, collections, movie tickets, postcards, memories.

I had a girl. We loved each other whole-heartedly. We understood each other. There was warmth. There was trust. There was forever. and we did not understand what people meant by lonely.

I was relaxed. I was free from pain. I was I, and I was happy.

And then I woke up from it.

Star

2007-12-02T23:10:00.001+08:00

330_3064, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

The beauty of losing focus a little.

Have a little adventure. Get lost, lose yourself, lose focus, digress, go the long way.

It's the best way to know a little more about yourself.

Thanx, J.C.

2007-11-09T02:09:00.000+08:00

I'm been pretty troubled lately and find myself in enough pain but no source of outlet. I kind of wish I could cry it all out and then I know, somehow life will be better after that. But none of any feeling came to bring me to the right emotional state to even tear a little. I tend to think of it as some kind of adult syndrome, really.

But two occasions this week stirred up a little feeling in me:
1. when I was lying alone in bed, I played Jay's latest album to sleep. and the last song, just the mood of the song itself, made me feel really melancholy, even just the piano in the beginning.
It goes like this:
最長的電影
作詞：周杰倫作曲：周杰倫

我們的開始是很長的電影
放映了三年我票都還留著
冰上的芭蕾腦海中還在旋轉
望著你慢慢忘記你

朦朧的時間我們溜了多遠
冰刀劃的圈圈起了誰改變
如果再重來會不會稍嫌狼狽
愛是不是不開口才珍貴

再給我兩分鐘讓我把記憶結成冰
別融化了眼淚你妝都花了要我怎麼記得
記得你叫我忘了吧記得你叫我忘了吧
你說你會哭不是因為在乎

Especially the part that says, "just give me two more minutes"
I find it really amazing and I guess, so relate-able. and so sad, that the person just wants two more minutes to salvage it all..

2. and then today, when I was checking out new Jay MV's on youtube, I discovered MV I haven't seen for a song I really liked before called "grandma":

I've always been really touched by the line, "她要的是陪伴而不是六百塊比你給的還簡單"
and when watching the scene of Jay Chou taking her grandma out to the restaurant, along with the song and lyrics...

it's just... too much (pardon my lack of vocab now.)

Thanks, Jay Chou.

p.s. forgot to mention, your movie was freaking amazing... it was so good.

The dark alley of China

2007-10-24T00:23:00.001+08:00

The dark alley of China, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Took this photo on the way back to the dorm from the restaurant streets. This view, is bound to be best forgotten by some and most nostalgic for others. Every night, we get home late from the factory, taking the 9pm or 10pm bus and then off to dinner. Just half a year into the company I've already visited China for business for 4 times, and tried about maybe 80% of the restaurants that people have been to. Most of them, is within the few blocks of our dorm.

Human beings are always able to adjust their standards, always flexible, I believe. and the reason is survival, be it related to the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the tidiness of your living environment, the amount of work, hours of sleep needed...etc. All is adjustable. And the best thing is, it is often when we are pushed to the edges in these above-mentioned conditions that brings the best work out of us.

Such is the irony and pride of being a human.

this is not a pornographic website

2007-10-16T01:20:00.000+08:00

never has been and never will be.

ha, I've just been coming to my own page and always felt like the cleavage is a little too much. Oh well, I still like that line and what is written is written. You can't take words back in cyberspace.. no.

The past few days at work had been even more interesting than previous visits to China. I'm a project coordinator, and the previous few stages had been to monitor "trial run" productions at the factory. These trial runs are usually in smaller quantities to verify a product's design and last stage issue fixes, the q'ty being about one or two hundred.

The stage I came for this time is called MP, short for Mass Production, which means the quantity reaches thousands and the product is ready to go on the market.. well, given that the production is successful!! which I realized in the past few days the wide range of things that could go wrong and make "successful" synonymous with "impossible". Always on the day of production of something, we would get emails telling us, actually a part is missing, please shift back the production, or the factory secretly changed production to one day later without notifying everyone, customer telling us they want our production to be earlier without any consideration of material preparation, new hardware issue, new software issue, new logistic issue. Everyday, something happens. If you've watched "The apprentice", you'd know that the Project Manager is responsible for everything, be the fault or mishap directly caused by the Project Manager or not. and so everyday we're put in between, should we invest our personal time to solve issues caused by other functions, or should we let function fix its own mistakes and watch the project/production suffer the time/quality lost. The former solves the problem in front of our eyes but the functions may repeat mistake again in the future or not show any sign to care; the latter takes a shot in the dark in hope that the function will hurt and gain from the pain.

Of course, there's the in-between: solve the problem and give the function a review lesson. The catch is it's kind of a two persons' job, and Project Managers, surprisingly like any other human beings, tire and need sleep.

It's one for the adulthood - always the imperfections of reality. You can never have the best of both worlds.

inrin

2007-10-10T02:28:00.001+08:00

inrin, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

I just read the funniest line ever and had to find an image to explain it. I apologize if there are any mentally immature readers to my blog.

"Time is just like cleavage: you can always make it if you squeeze enough."

and you know one of the fundamental principles of something being funny: because it is so true.

Same theme is always recurrent in project controlling.

It's an endless scene in movies, especially action flicks. There is this cool boss that when people reply to him, "sir, it will take 48 hours to examine the DNA and provide matching report.", and the cool sergeant/captain/boss replies, "well, Jimmy, you have 2 minutes. Get to it! What are you staring at!"

In real life it's much not the same. We needed a report from circuit board factory to tell us if a certain defective board has bad connection. Even with endless emails, phone calls, contact of their bosses to push for this seemingly simple task, it still took from last Thursday to this Tuesday afternoon to get some acceptable result we want to see.

Between the little peons at work and the customers, there's the project controller defending every dumb mistake of the peons, so we were literally under fire to get that report ASAP.

But in reality, people who do not understand things take time, and just keep requesting, "well, you have two hours to give us the report." "we want a status report every hour on the progress of acquiring the report", "please conference with us and tell us why you still can't provide the report." and etc., are really.. somewhat.. just a bunch of bureaucratic jerks.

Movies are nothing like reality! surprise, surprise..

items & items

2007-10-08T00:27:00.001+08:00

items & items, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

I'm going to China again..

I wanna let you guys in on a big time secret:

Actually, I don't fancy China all that much. Granted, it's not fair because all my experiences with China associates with work, unclean apartments, insects, and just away from friends and home. But.. there's just this unknown stress and instinctive aversion once you enter that place.. or even when you know you're going.. or.. you're going when it's supposed to be a holiday in Taiwan and you lose one day to take a rest..

Today is 5 months anniversary of entering my 1st career. If you look at one of my modules at the right column, one of them counts how many days I have "entered Adulthood". So much has happened.. so much has changed. Yet even at so much sacrifice I cannot feel I have really grown. I understand the saying "no pain, no gain" very well, but just how much more does it take to grow up sooner?

Maybe I'm being too harsh on myself.
Or too soft?
What do you think?

Some directions for the lost sheep

2007-10-03T22:23:00.000+08:00

100 %

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder
about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been
in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving
101%? What equals 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these

Questions to ponder upon:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

and
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

but,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

AND, look how far the love of God will take you

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D
12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, ... It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

I'm no preacher, but I'm an engineer that is interested in numbers.

How about it?

只有詼諧能溶化這個世界的悲傷

2007-10-02T00:13:00.001+08:00

只有詼諧能溶化這個世界的悲傷
英國插畫家Simon Oxley 這麼說

詼諧指的是包含著什麼呢
而在這個世界上的悲傷是那麼那麼的多
活著認真的每一天不能少了那麼一點幽默感

就算是一丁點兒也好
來化解心中的淡淡失望與悲傷

像似回不去的青春記憶的憂傷
蔚藍的天空翠綠的稻田夏日的風的憂傷
迴廊琴聲和窗前剪影的逆光
都只能用微微上揚的嘴角經過失去的感傷
然後心頭只有自己知道的揪住一緊

微笑著是那麼的重要
幽默著就不會是輕佻
如果你聽懂了那叫溶化這個世界的悲傷。

(Not written by me)
(http://www.fishleong.com.tw/)

Travel plan for my cousin

2007-10-01T23:05:00.001+08:00

Dear Peter,

Sorry I lost track and forgot about this completely. I think it's because I had too many ideas for you I thought I should reserve a lot of time to give you more details. But I should've thrown some sites at your first and maybe you can figure out quite a lot for yourself.

First, their general travel sites for your own reading:
http://www.japantravelinfo.com/top/index.php
(general travel info for tourists)
http://www.walkerplus.com/
(very detailed local events and local trips)
http://transit.yahoo.co.jp/
(input two station names and it will tell you the proper route/transfer for you)
http://www.yadojozu.ne.jp/
(reserve hot spring hotels by searching which area/theme)

Ok.. now for a little more detailed ideas based on my personal travels:
For near Tokyo hot spring and more suburban travels, the choices are quite easy.
Most people go to Hakone because it's only 1hr away from Tokyo.
It's convenient. But if you have time, I recommend Izu, which is a peninsula 2.5hr going Southwest from Tokyo.
The reason is that it's more quite, a little cheaper, and.. I just enjoy it more.
I just went to this site:
http://www.yadojozu.ne.jp/onsen/tokai/
and because I had 3 days for travel, I just picked 3 different places randomly: (all have different types of hot spring)
http://www.yadojozu.ne.jp/onsen/tokai/atami.htm
Atami is famous, it's at the entry into the peninsula, so the closest. Pretty developed.
Famous food is little sweet buns. We stayed at Hotel Jyuraku and the service is amazing. It's like on TV where you go enjoy hot spring, and they prepare great food in your room. The meals are luxurious. During the day you just walk around. There's a beach if you like that.
http://www.yadojozu.ne.jp/onsen/tokai/shimoda.htm
The second place I chose is a really, really small town, at the south tip of peninsula. It's really like a forgotten fisherman's town. It's only famous because Americans first came at this port. There's not much famous here. But I also really enjoyed walking around the old, quite town. There are a few small cafes owned by retired couples from the city and it's just quite nice and quiet. but you also can't expect the hotels in this place to be that modern.
http://www.yadojozu.ne.jp/onsen/tokai/izukogen.htm
The place is pretty amazing. There're endless museums and hands-on craftshops for pottery and glass and lamp and stuff. We stayed at a southeast Asian styled little hotel, and it was quite special. The hot spring was nice, and dinner prepared by the hostess is pretty special fusion southeast asian/japanese food. You go from one museum to the next by bus. You can try to find some brochures at the train station for small discounts to museums. A bit of walking the hills is required in this area. One memorable little shop/museum was this http://www.roseterrace.jp/ which exhibited a lot of special ceramics stuff.
You can view above travel photos here: http://ashyu.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!1A89253402788804!601/
You can also choose the place I haven't been to in other Tokai choices.

Depending on how much time you have, you can also visit Nikkou, which is Northeast of Tokyo, about 2 hr travel. It's said to be one of the top three scenery in Japan.. or something. You can view my photos here: http://ashyu.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!1A89253402788804!567/
quite a lot of walking everywhere, really. I only spent a one-day trip here. so you should look up the details of where to go once you're in Nikkou. I only had time for the temple.

In Tokyo, once you're ready to enjoy the city, I recommend staying in Shinjuku.
http://www.southerntower.co.jp/
This is my favorite hotel, for its modernness, service, and view, but prices vary based on season. only 5 min walk from station
http://www.shinjyuku-wh.com/
This is a cheaper hotel, needs to take a shuttle from Shinjuku station. but it's cheaper and still pretty modern. Breakfast on the 25th floor with view of city and the City Council building is pretty nice. http://www.flickr.com/photos/manami369/1137548334/
Also enjoying night view at the City Council building is free.
No matter what hotel you find or how much you're willing to spend, don't be shocked when you find out the rooms are super tiny, and you need to breath in in order to squeeze into the room, or that you need to close the room door in order to open the bathroom door. It's quite common in Tokyo.

Already in Shinjuku, you'll find yourself busy enough. And if you enjoy shopping, you can probably end up throwing away all your travel plans and just stay in Shinjuku for your entire Japan trip. So be careful of that.
The Takashimaya and Isetan department store are famous, along with a lot of other stuff on the street. If you're lost and don't know what to eat, go eat on the restaurant floors of Takashimaya. All restaurants are amazing.
While you're in Shinjuku, you can also check out Nakamuraya Curry, or Jiro Ramen (http://www.geocities.co.jp/Foodpia-Olive/3433/ ) This ramen is to die for.. once you have it, everything else becomes tasteless.. and you'd dream about eating it at night.
Walking around East Shinjuku, there's also Kabuki-cho, Kabuki is traditional performance art of Japan. but that area became sort of a shady area where business men go for a good time. It's not too bad to walk around a little to check out the streets before midnight.

Other places people must visit when they go to Tokyo are:
Asakusa: traditional temple and small vendor district. [Famous food] Imahan Sukiyaki (http://www.flickr.com/photos/manami369/1150318619/ )

Ueno: Famous for Ueno park, just a very large park with small temples and modern art museum and a Zoo
Shibuya: Like Ximending of Taiwan. gathering place for young people. you'll see a lot of typical japanese teenagers. There's a good sushi place here ( http://gourmet.yahoo.co.jp/0000926001/M0013004700/) The queue is usually 30min. but the wait is very worthwhile. The eel, toro, salmon, grilled fish heads will change your life.
Harajuku: Famous for Meiji-shrine, most famous in downtown Tokyo. This place is kind of worth the trip. Right outside is also Snoopy town and a lot of good dessert/food places. next to Harajuku area is Aoyama area, which has a lot of small clothes stores. Aoyama is also for young people but a lot more refined. The clothes age is for about from close to 30 to 40-ish. If you visit Meiji shrine on Saturday or Sunday, you will also run into a lot young people dressed in Anime costumes.
Roppongi: Famous for bars and foreigners gathering at night. Roppongi Hills is a big department store. but what's more attractive is the Roppongi Hills architecture, if you're interested in architecture, it will be interesting for you. Also doraemon has a shop here...
Kichijyouji: Inokashira Park is famous. Also Ghibli museum is here. This is a quite place to walk around. I like this place very, very much. It's a very warm place. A lot of good, small restaurants are hidden here.. but hard to find. Need proper research and luck.
Ginza: Like the Manhattan of NYC, it's an expensive place. lots of Cartier and LV shops http://www.burberry-bluelabel.com/
etc, etc. Business man come here at night to social. You can also try to walk around the streets here a little.. just to get the feeling.
http://www.manneken.co.jp/index.html
is a good waffle place in Ginza.

Ok. please read up first and let me know what other questions you have. gotta go!

Regards,

wraaaaahh!!!

2007-09-25T11:47:00.001+08:00

oh man..
when i started to play with the custom modules, and moved around my Google Analytics code, I must've copied the wrong stuff..
I lost visitor's count for two weeks!

umm.. anyway.. i don't know why that's so important to me..

Perhaps Love..

2007-09-21T01:01:00.000+08:00

Thank you
and thank you

如果．愛　張學友
作詞：姚謙　作曲：金培達　編曲：金培達

每個人　都想明白
誰是自己生命　不該錯過的真愛
特別在午夜醒來　更是　會感慨
心動埋怨還有不能釋懷
都是因為你觸碰了愛

＊如果這就是愛
在轉身就該勇敢留下來
就算受傷　就算流淚
都是生命裡溫柔灌溉
愛　在回憶裡總是那麼明白
困惑的心　流過的淚
還有數不盡黑夜等待
如果這就是愛＊

如果你　當時明白
後來的生命裡　是快樂還是悲哀
特別在夜深人靜時　想起未來
是否能平靜不會像現在
只是因為你擁有了愛

REPEAT＊
如果這就是愛

feather

2007-09-18T16:41:00.001+08:00

feather, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Feathers are such beautiful things in macro.. why? I think it reminds us that there are these tiny details in life that we're not aware of. and in life, every once in a while we need someone to bring those tiny beauties in front of our eyes. Then we can stop, take a deep breath, think, and appreciate life a little.

Falling...

2007-09-14T03:54:00.000+08:00

I can't speak words that do not surmount to nothing
I have no freedom, no power
I have no control of how far the pain goes
I have no I
Where did it go?

'm sorry
but 'll always remember

Night

2007-09-09T23:22:00.000+08:00

星期六的深夜
作詞：王力宏作曲：王力宏

星期六晚上哪兒都不想去也無法入睡
看著電視機持續在發呆喝了七分醉
閉上了眼睛試著不想你但已來不及
忘了如何讓眼淚停止流下
還好沒人看見沒人會說話

星期六深夜我想起了你
沒什麼特別只是回憶
你讓我自由我很感激
星期六深夜哦～永遠不會有任何人能代替你

星期六晚上哪兒都不想去也無法入睡
看著電視機持續在發呆喝了七分醉
閉上了眼睛試著不想你但已來不及
忘了如何讓眼淚停止流下
還好沒人看到沒人會說話

星期六深夜我想起了你
沒什麼特別只是回憶
你讓我自由我很感激
星期六深夜哦～永遠不會有任何人能代替你

這就是遺憾的滋味陪著我形影不離
明天我會面帶微笑但無法忘記你

讓我自由我很感激星期六

永遠不會有任何人能代替你

Complete

2007-09-09T22:49:00.001+08:00

143_4339, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Oh boy, oh boy.

I haven't felt this terrible for a long, long time. It's almost interesting to have this feeling washed anew.

Time to turn to my many unhealthy outlets..

Light on every soul in the city

2007-09-03T22:28:00.001+08:00

Light on every soul in the city, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

A long time ago, on a bus headed to nowhere, a very dear friend and I enjoyed a view similar to this one out the windows. The vast, magnificent sky, with rays and beams of the sun breaking through the clouds and shining down on the city, far, far away.

That's when she said, "I've always enjoyed this view. It makes me feel like there's one share of the light for everyone." (or something to that effect, of course.)

I was so touched back then.

It was during the early months of my dark years to come. I was very drowned, lost, and terrified. But at that precise moment I was not. I saw a glimpse of hope and I struggled to hold on to it. I fumbled for a pencil (those short ones you find at miniature golf courses) and paper (ended up writing on my bus ticket) and tried to capture this moment with words.

It didn't work out, of course. I ended up back to where I started and went through those long years. But whenever I see a view like this, I still remember the exact view out the windows when she said it. and I still try to remember that there is light for everybody. That God is looking down and taking care of each and every one of us.

I'm struggling so much now.. with work, and with life.. I feel dark and lost. I could really use more of these lights..

Fishball and thick noodles

2007-08-26T00:41:00.000+08:00

shoot me

2007-08-06T01:44:00.001+08:00

shoot me, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

朋友變情人再變朋友

作詞：張覺隆/五月天-阿信　作曲：張覺隆　編曲：Mac Chew

安靜的房間　還有你的溫柔　躺在棉被上　看著多的枕頭
為何分手後　回憶就被偷走　愛情走到盡頭　是否可以做朋友

你和我　以前是朋友　心情不錯　就想約你走走
你聊電影　我聽你唱歌　我們總是　無話不說

還能做朋友　或許這是　最好的結果
朋友變情人再變朋友　誰懂這坎坷

愛上你以後　失意也很輕鬆　現實太殘酷　夢中你會擁抱我
當愛上以後　如今我們分手　我變成情歌手　是唱太多芭樂歌

你和我　現在是朋友　你那麼好　卻只能做朋友
你裝冷漠　我裝無所謂　我們如何　要求更多

還能做朋友　或許這是　最好的結果
朋友變情人再變朋友　只能寫成歌

朋友變情人再變朋友　祝我們快樂

Mountain pass against neon lights

2007-08-05T23:42:00.001+08:00

Moutain pass against neon lights, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Who of us do not seek an escape from time to time?

I just watched an idiotic but Laugh-Out-Loud movie, by Rob Schneider, called "The benchwarmers". Just a small budget silly film but really, interesting enough to have kept me watching. I don't think I've laughed out loud for a long long time.

I also haven't exercised for a long, long time, which I did today. and it really cleared up a little of my terrible backaches. My entire back and these two days, my shoulders, are really killing me and making me tired since the moment I wake up because my sleep quality is not good at night either.

My dream is to be free.
from any bodily aches
from humid weather and bugs
from stress
from China
from time
from chains

or something. Actually, I don't know what my dream is.

Ohh.. I had a dream once.. I think maybe I'm ready to tell about it, publicly. I think there may be one person in the world who already knows what I'm going to talk about.

When I entered college, in my first year, I wondered what I really wanted to do for my life, or something. and I thought about how some people have dreams, even childish ones. Like some typical ones would be "I wanna grow up to a fireman", or pilot, or police man, or the president, for that matter. And never, ever, in my life have I felt that way, as a kid or not. I never admire something or someone so much that made me felt like, I wanna grow up to be like that in the future. Why? I don't know.

And then I thought about what my dream would be.. and at that moment, when I realized it, it was clear to me.

It starts in a tiny piano practice room. One of those with soundproof carpeted walls and thick squeaky doors. I ask a friend to come in, and I play a song for that person, on guitar or on piano (i guess there are two versions of this vision). A short piece that lasted forever, and I play it with all the care and all the benevolence I can summon. and after the piece, without words, we part and go on our ways. but from our last exchange of looks, I see that this has brought that person new strength, it has brought that person out of dark days. And the person's life sails a different direction because of what happened in that little room.

Nothing like a proper realistic dream, really.

But after I said that I realized "realistic dream" is kind of a oxymoron in itself.

Down the alley

2007-07-29T18:44:00.001+08:00

Down the alley, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

You've been down that road before. Can you walk through it without turning back this time?

tomorrow

2007-07-16T23:48:00.001+08:00

tomorrow, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

A long long time ago, actually on July 25th, 2005, I wrote this, "...inner strength is about knowing what the right thing to do is and executing it, even when times are rough and you'd rather be doing something else..."

It's strangely amazing how right I was back then, and even more strangely, how lost I am now that I can be so shocked by something that I said myself long time ago.

I felt the world crumbling my shoulders last night after I called, and part of me wanted to run away from all this. The world is such a rough place and people struggle on with so much on their shoulders and sadly with such numbed senses.

With just a little faith that tomorrow will be better, I sleep at night.

海へ

2007-07-02T23:03:00.001+08:00

8218m8536, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Once again in the ocean of life I set sail for a next destination. But the next destination has never been so unknown, and so foreign. Is it to light or to darkness? I sit down at the table and play my biggest hand in life.

As I enter the deep and vicious sea, I hope you remember. I hope you forget, and I hope you remember. This is the first entry in July, 2007. This is my first entry since becoming 26 yrs old.

What is love? Where is forever?

Silent night

2007-06-24T01:01:00.001+08:00

silent night, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Can you live like there's no tomorrow?

Such a simple idea, but how many of us with all our tryings and hard work can defend our everyday lives against that idea? At the end of the day, can you answer yourself if you would've done the same thing for the day if there weren't going to be tomorrow?

If there were not going to be tomorrow, I'm going to track down all my friends and tell them how thankful I am to have them. I'm going to speak with absolute honesty, no games, no tricks, no deceits. I'm going to thank God for the brief but meaningful time. I'm going to finally sit with my family at the end of the day and just wait.

I think I'm going to sing to you too, if that's not too much to ask.

Shannon with crayons

2007-06-19T00:10:00.001+08:00

Shannon with crayons, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

This is another one of my childish wishes, but what I wouldn't give to be able to return to childhood for even just one day.

Things used to be simple, and worry-free. The only colors you know are not more than what's in your box of crayons. Your favorite snack is lotte chocolate cream koala cookies, and you love checking out what each koala is doing before you start nibbling on them. A day out in the park riding bicycles makes your day. An aunt spoiling you and taking you out for ice cream at Baskin Robbins brings you happiness like no money can bring an adult.

Why are we all living backwards? This is not how things are supposed to be.

It's so immensely painful that we can't talk.

night

2007-06-03T22:37:00.001+08:00

night, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Things have the appearance to begin from daybreak, but it is really at night when everything slows down and come to a rest that all the energy starts restoring and building up again. Thus, when it gets dark, just try to close your eyes and let that energy well up again. Slowly but surely, another day will come, and there will come time to get busy again.

One can become so perplexed sometimes. Even when you think you are already experienced and fully prepared, things have a way of sneaking up on you and totally striking you at that left temple you forgot to guard. You lose your balance and slip. You feel your world has been turned up side down, all that you were sure about starts to crumble and you don't even know whether to fight or run.

As we humans are really so vulnerable.

2 0 0 3,

2007-05-27T00:06:00.001+08:00

20070525, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

hmm... how should i put this.

i'm a little surprised when i heard you describe your little midnight drive home, during which you started wondering, "seriously, why am i working so hard?". And perhaps you sounded a little depressed and of course, stressed, as the world is falling on your shoulders.

a night of a little self-doubt and unknowingly a little self-exploring. And this in part, was triggered because I asked that question which I ask a lot of people. "What drives you?"

And like usual, people become very perplexed as they're suddenly struck with such an unusual question and of course, realize i'm such a complete freak but still stuck on the spot to answer the question.

My intentions are two. One, you know, because I think so much, so much more concerns come up, and I can never just relieve all thought and do things all the way through. I never really knew what /I/ want to do anyway. I'm interested in many many things. I seem to be good at many many things, so I try many many things, but I always end up only half way into those many many things. Finally and inevitably, failing in many, many things. It's a frustrating process. Is there a job in the world for people stuck in such a situation? Perhaps like a "B.S. Specialist" or something. So my intention, was simple curiousity. I'm hoping to find some admirable motivation that I can apply on myself, and start moving somewhere fast, or I'd be crushed by the falling sky.

More importantly, the second reason, is that I've always really wanted to tap on the shoulder of people who are, unlike me, running full throttle ahead. I want to tell them, hey, slow down and enjoy the journey a little. Looking ahead is good, but look at this mountain on your left. It's more than three thousand meters above sea level. Farmers spend their whole lives to work on little fields on this mountain to grow special tea leaves. Through different pressure and climate on the hills of the mountain, they manage to grow tea leaves that are enduring and with intent aroma. Do you know what keeps the farmers here? Every evening, the farmers look out from the hill and they see a sky with bright orange, silk red, and fluorescent shades of blue. This view fills them with energy and invigorates them for the next day. Breath in the air, and hold, and listen, and lie down on the gentle soil.

Wouldn't that make you want to take a little detour?

Doubt is a good little process. It's the first step to believing, and through which you will yet again gain more inner-strength. Your hardwork is not meaningless. It's changing people's lives. It's changing my life, for one. And your growth and strength will be seen. You'll realize your true rewards in these heartbreaking efforts.

locked up memories

2007-05-20T01:01:00.001+08:00

locked up memories, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

不如不見 - 陳奕迅
曲：陳小霞
詞：林夕
編：孫偉明 / C.Y. / 陳珀
監：Davy Chan / C.Y. / Eason Chan

頭沾濕　無可避免　倫敦總依戀雨點
乘早機　忍耐著呵欠　完全為見你一面

尋得到　塵封小店　回不到相戀那天
靈氣大　概早被污染　誰為了生活不變

越渴望見面然後發現　中間隔著那十年
我想見的笑臉　只有懷念　不懂　怎去再聊天

像我在往日還未抽煙　不知你怎麼變遷
似等了一百年　忽已明白
即使再見面　成熟地表演　不如不見

The raindrop dampens my head. London's always had an affinity for rain.
I leave on an early plane, holding in my yawning, just to see your face again.

I went and found our old hang-out, but it didn't send me back to those days.
Our dreams and aspirations did not stay pure and untainted.
Who hasn't changed, to lead a grown-up life?

The more I yearned the more I realized, it's been ten years.
The smile I longed to see again, now only lives in my reminiscence
What are we supposed to say?

Like, "remember how I didn't used to smoke back then. How have you changed?"
It seemed like I've waited this moment for a hundred years. Yet I suddenly realize,
even if we meet again, acting mature in front of each other,
isn't it better off that we just lived on with those memories?

(translated by me)
dedicated to my high school friends.
miss you all.

Young Joan

2007-05-11T00:27:00.001+08:00

Young Joan, originally uploaded by Jane Jones.

Isn't she adorable?

I took this with my old Canon S45. The second stage of my digital photographic life. It must've been a summer during my plodding college years.

We spent a lovely afternoon together just talking outside her living room, because her family had some neighbors over for tea and chat. We stayed out the living room and just played outside. Then I remembered having grabbed some candies from a wedding banquet we had just attended. I showed and tried to explain to her the flavors. Minutes later, after I've forgot it all, she holds up one of the pieces of candy and says, "this is butterscotch, right?"

Children are something amazing.

my childish adult life

Night 2 In Burma

Day1 in Burma

New Year 2012

Maggie早午餐

三義, 台灣 / Sanyi, Taiwan

retro

Sesame

Ueshima Coffee

Recliner

Hope for Japan

Rothenberg Germany

Hong Kong

Monkey's

醫龍2醫學知識

Rose Mary

鉄人九番

dinner at the Diner

A place for good times..

2011傳奇再現 夢幻球星邀請賽主題曲〈Fight again〉--滅火器樂團(HD)

All the things you don't know

Old brand hot shredded ice

A flashback to the past

misty reflections

Friends

Idea

Idea

In memory of

林映聲川

TEN屋

The days gone by

每天都要哼情歌

going with Summer sky

Slideshow: VVG Bistro

Cool Cat

nijyuhachi

多希望你在

A new project in life

過年大三喜

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One or two things that I like

五月天 - 你不是真正的快樂

Subconscious test result

很多人的救星

在大陸

很感人唷

Men

江蕙－落雨聲

Jacky Cheung 張學友 - 眼淚 Live

本事

Jay上天下了...

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Op.13 2nd Mov.

Affinity for cats

Uncertainty

A married balloon

Thanx, J.C.

warmth

Star

Thanx, J.C.

The dark alley of China

this is not a pornographic website

inrin

items & items

Some directions for the lost sheep

100 %

只有詼諧能溶化這個世界的悲傷

Travel plan for my cousin

wraaaaahh!!!

Perhaps Love..

feather

Falling...

Night

Complete

Light on every soul in the city

Fishball and thick noodles

shoot me

Mountain pass against neon lights

Down the alley

tomorrow

海へ

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