Saturday, September 22, 2012

張芸京新專輯《小女孩》之非專業の樂評/純粹の碎碎念


論西洋文學,特指希臘的戲劇史,悲劇比戲劇更具有文學價值,因為形成它的元素更可以反映出當代的生活與價值觀,帶有諷刺意味地延伸到現代的觀點與思想模式,並作出兩個時代的比較。
論張芸京的歌,詮釋得最到位、最好聽的,總是悲歌。因為它們觸動了人類的情感,歌詞再加上京式唱腔帶領人們去思考生活,比起快歌更具有實在感。


小女孩

第一首已經不是第一次聽了。比起看MV,比較喜歡純粹的聽歌。是個人覺得MV沒重點嗎?可能是因為有了MV,剝削了可以有的想像空間。其實小女孩該是什麼形象?長髮?裙子?幼稚?天真?柔弱?彩虹?鋼琴?玩偶?還有一大堆與性別差異有連貫的字眼…… 這些名詞也不就是從一個框架中拿出來的嗎?可以不要那個框架嗎?
可以說這首歌是整個專輯裡較正面歡樂的歌曲。第一次在電台聽到她唱的時候,刮目相看,是張芸京的聲音顛覆了大家對歌名的質疑。她的唱法是一種獨特的甜美、不膩、不是在做性別。相信如果把歌名歌詞改成「小男孩」也可以很順利地唱下去吧。
張芸京可以並願意唱這樣命名的一首歌,對她來說是跨了一大步。在最淺白的層面,或許會有人認為這首歌當主打是為了要大肆地向大家宣布她是女生。如果想達到這個目的其實不會大費周章。想了解的人會了解,不想知道的人也不會管。
是因為聽了這首歌之後,我把轉型理論收回來了。忠於自己的阿京,不會隨隨便便就轉型。

喘息

       第一次聽這首歌是412在公關河岸留言的迷你售票演唱會,在這之前真的很少活動。她沉寂的這段日子,就是讓自己有喘息的空間。
       那晚聽她演唱這首歌,我當場留下了幾滴眼淚,也是那個時候決定遠遠關心就好。把關於他的事情慢慢地放下,自己不要那麼執著,她的人生她的路她自己決定自己走,不再因為她而編一堆只讓自己陶醉並盲目相信的假象。
       這首歌的意境較為亢奮,好比如走過了黑暗終於見到光明。山窮水盡疑無路,柳暗花明又一村。阿京感覺是這樣吧。畢竟低潮期的一點一滴只有她自己清楚。
歌詞寫的當然很棒,但當大家沉浸在優美的歌聲與氣氛當中或許很少會嘗試去領略歌詞中的暗喻。當然,找到人生的新方向是值得恭賀恭喜,然而人生的時間隧道是沒辦法一刀砍下去。有些不堪回首的過去,還是沒辦法丟棄,儘管這首歌寫得多麼理想型;每時每刻的自己一直都是自己,沒有什麼原本可言,儘管這首歌寫得多有哲學性。
還是實在一點,不要自欺欺人。不是「以前的我」與「現在的我」這麼分清楚界限,而是「以前我會怎樣怎樣」和「現在我反而怎樣怎樣」之間建個橋樑、溝通、矯正、反省、接納。在我們追求目標的過程中疲累不堪的時候,聽這首歌,讓自己喘息一下。休息是為了走更遠的路。Don’t lose sight.

萊特兄弟

       這首歌的前奏加了電音的元素,但一方面又把我帶到萊特兄弟發明飛機那歷史性的年代。隨著整首歌曲的播放,我可以想像張芸京她本人在駕駛飛機……
       很像在嗆聲呢,對象就是那些看不起她/看不好她的紫烏鴉。其實人們憑什麼說對方在發白日夢?就憑自己的主觀認知是不可能認定一個人的勝敗,因為這樣也只是用自己的價值觀來評量自己,什麼都還沒開始就已經將自己受限了。
       這世界太多夢都會被擊落,就比如準備踏入社會的大學生被央求畢業之後好好按部就班、腳踏實地當個薪水穩定的上班族就好了,不要去想什麼作家夢、明星夢、環遊世界夢。現實的逼迫是真的,不可能實現 是假的。如果當時萊特兄弟因為身邊人的冷嘲熱諷的放棄的話,我們現在哪來的飛機?
       張芸京也這樣啊。
       這首歌的歌詞比較簡單,曲風簡單,歌曲朗朗上口,字少當然是其中一個原因。
       要實現夢想,當然要先醒過來。可是要有夢想,當然要先做夢。
       執著,看你用在什麼地方。

我沒有瘋

       最具爭議性的一首歌,之前因為知道作曲人/作詞人的身份之後,全城有少許的動搖,甚至因為這個超瞎的理由而選擇不聽這首歌。
       可是這首歌很讚耶!它揭開了人們歇斯底里的一面卻根本不難聽,反而會無形中釋放出聽歌者的壓力。我總是在上學的路途中,不管是在走路、等公車、乘公車,隨機播放的音樂盒一播出這首歌,很難不對著口型跟著唱(要真的唱出來就只是留在家裡唱)。
       這首歌的「我」聽起來很清楚自己內心的狀況。她承認自己難過、脆弱,即使旁人認為她一定是失去理智了,但她知道她在做什麼,然後坦白地說、坦白地面對。神經質的唱法唱出主角的存在感,揮灑了滿天滿地的搖滾精神。面對感情問題,或什麼其他的,我們也該這樣吧,畢竟自己的事是不可能嚴重到像世界末日,沒有什麼事是解決不了,不是沒有了誰我們便活不下去。
       拿到這專輯前後,我還是找不到激動。我沒有瘋。

你走了 我往前

       生命像一個旅途,我們一同搭上了車,經過的每一個車站,有人上車,有人下車;你身邊認識的,就算是親戚朋友也不會一直陪著你,甚至他們幾時下車你也不清楚。每個人有每個人的故事,不會一直陪著你,所以就算他們走了,我們還是要繼續往前。
       歌曲的前奏第一個讓我想到的畫面是,有個人走上階梯,不知道是前進還是離開。鞋子是白色的,褲子也是。其實聽起來真像一個分手歌,可是就這麼簡單/既定嗎?撇開男女之情,只要是跟誰離開都要說再見吧。
       可是這首歌的主角,雖然心是有裂痕的,但她還是讓悲傷/遺憾存留在回憶中。沒有稀里嘩啦的哭到半死,沒有試著挽留而糾纏不放,沒有很頑固的無法接受,只是很平靜的goodbye.
       如果有一天她不在樂壇了,你會往前嗎?

對不起

       當然不是第一次聽啦。看歌名就知道是一首藉以道歉的歌。聽了整首,感覺不是唱這首歌的人在說對不起,只是在於領悟了感情中的不適合。歌詞盡是灰暗的顏色,很像主角被鎖進一個黑暗的世界。
如果這首歌是一幅畫,我把它想像成一座陰森,一個騎士騎著一匹俊馬正穿越這個遍地樹葉的叢林,落葉隨著風與速度飛散起來。她是在逃避,還是想找一個地方整理自己的心情?
       有時候道歉不是承認自己犯了錯,而是願意放下身段去維持一個關係。就很像我們時不時地會說「不好意思」或「麻煩你……」都只是出於禮貌與對他者的尊重。
       其實這首歌多了幾分無奈感。它認定了愛就是這樣,事實就想撞牆一樣的痛,就像說變就變的天氣,對方突然之間拋下一句話而當事者被期待立刻去接受。因為一時想不通就會質疑這到底是不是愛情/真相,會覺得奇怪。沒有誰對,沒有誰錯,只是自己先道歉,先離開。
       它很平淡安靜地開始,也很平淡安靜地結束;她揮一揮衣袖,留下歌曲的雲彩。

夜光

       有個京迷提醒我這首歌會很驚艷。其實在還沒聽之前在網路上也看到許多京迷大力地推薦這首歌……(應該說是大力地推薦整張專輯)
       前奏的確帶有一種在夜晚行動的感覺。的確會很驚艷,因為這樣的曲風有別於張芸京以往的嘗試,一點一點鋪成地把整首歌帶進高潮。一下子讓我聯想到街舞,一下子又讓我聯想到舞台劇。燈光一下,只有她站在舞台的中間,全世界為她鼓掌。舞台旋轉著,讓我們可以在各種角度看見她,從她的細緻表情到她精緻的肢體語言。
       到了最後,歌聲漸漸退去,留下來的是樂器的彈奏,非常特別的編曲,非常有力量的一首歌,一個驚呼連連又很成功的嘗試。
       本來藏在雲朵後面的滿月也露面了。是的,在漫長,都會天亮。
       這首歌可以出英文版嗎?我覺得很有潛力。
      
痛也愛你

       歌名立刻讓我想起她第一張專輯中「偏愛」這首歌裡的一句歌詞:痛也很愉快。
       這首歌似乎在述說一份無條件的愛,但仔細地想,「無條件」用得太偉大了,應該說即使對方遭遇了不測或有一些不足的地方,愛著他/她的人即便心中再折騰,再不認同,還是會嘗試去接受、去愛。
       其實,很像這兩年我對她的想法,一變再變,還經歷了反反复复的憂鬱糾結,到現在放下了所有心結,真真實實的「痛也愛你」。並不是她不好,只是我接受了,她不可能依照我的想法、我的期望去出專輯、做造型。不管她的決定怎樣,或者是不是公司的安排,我為自己準備最好的理想與最壞的想像,還是會跟著她走,只是遠遠關心就好。
       在第一專輯中,我「偏愛」張芸京,那是真的是痴痴的愛,容易為她抓狂,特別被她帥氣的外表吸引;在第二張專輯中,我不會對她說「我不愛你了」,還是很固執地抓著她不放,又剛好第一次在台灣追她,好幾次心臟都跳出來,每次提到她都像個瘋子似的滔滔不絕地說。很快的,我身邊的人誰都懂我喜歡張芸京;在等待已久的第三章專輯,反而冷靜代替了激動。公司的手段還是一樣,但這次每張版本只買一張,財力有限,那份心在就夠了,而且在台灣這兩年也經歷了那麼多風雨,所以,我「痛也愛你」,我有你有我。

小秘密

       這歌名真沒梗,誰叫826那天還是「小秘密音樂會」,你還否認「小秘密」這首歌。
       真像晚安曲,聽了好有安全感。It’s like telling me everything will be alright, and I know so. 像「小王子」一樣,會安撫不定的人心。像「小王子」一樣,都提到星星/行星。 (Note: 摘下最遠的星星 & 小行星 摘給你)
       應該不會變成主打啦(直覺在說話),我也想不到什麼畫面。
       張芸京又一個創作,挺激勵的一首歌,不同於「喘息」的澎湃,記憶點也不強烈吧,只是很輕鬆的一首曲子。
       我不解的是,小秘密在這首歌中代表了什麼?是「我」和「你」之間的連接點嗎?
       想念的心依然沒變 等你的心依然沒變 真是說出了我的心聲。

若無其事

       最後一首歌了。我覺得整個專輯歌曲的排列很不錯。從一開始的「小女孩」,到中間的「夜光」,到「若無其事」,從爽朗、亢奮到平靜…… 若無其事地結尾了,似乎在說:期待下一張專輯的我。
       人與人之間,一旦熟了,真的很容易就把對方的作為視為理所當然,久而久之變成若無其事。我們說謝謝,對陌生人/不熟的人比對親近的親戚朋友還多。說好聽一點,就是一切盡在不言中,反正你我都知道。可是有些事情不能到最後關頭在說出來,很大可能到時都來不及了,挽不回來了。是在說樹欲靜而風不止嗎?
       我看見一個高塔,住在裡面最高處的是一位姑娘,向著窗外高歌一曲。一群侯鳥飛過,風景真優美。她的頭髮在風中飄呀飄,載走了她的心事。高塔是在象徵她孤單了好久吧。
       閉起眼睛唱完/聽完整首歌,結束之後發覺雙眸在泛淚。想起誰了吧?不要把人與人之間的感情當作若無其事,你會認識到他//它是一種緣分,不管你相不相信上帝的安排。生命中遇到的每個人,都值得寫儘自己的故事裡。
       寒假要回馬,我不會把那兩隻兔子當作若無其事。

新專輯歌曲以喜好憑直覺排名:
1 夜光
2 痛也愛你
3 我沒有瘋
4 你走了我往前
5若無其事
6 喘息
7 小女孩
8 對不起
小秘密
10 萊特兄弟


Saturday, August 11, 2012

The Hunger Games: Between the Book and the Movie

Okay, so I'm a bit slow with popular trends. I went to watch the movie before deciding to buy the set of books, and after I bought them, it's a month or two later that I start flipping the pages.

The movie's exciting. It's like a mix-up of all genres available, and above everything that's obviously made-up, it's so much in tune with the dog-eat-dog world we live in today. Well, they might have exaggerated on the differences between the classes (ie. the Capitol and the Districts); or maybe they didn't. Maybe they just showed us what we haven't been seeing, what we think that didn't exist.

So I picked up Book 1 and I must admit, the first few pages seemed boring to me. Perhaps it was because I had been expecting more from Suzanne Collins; judging from the movie I watched with my friends, I thought her book should be another Harry Potter: deep and complicated and extremely detailed. Well, that was kinda my fault. What I've learnt from a year of reading and conversation classes with Dr. Don Gilleland is that each writer has his or her own unique writing style. Of which the lesson didn't occur to me until halfway through the book, and by then I was already sucked into the world of Panem.

What's different about the movie and the book is that the movie shows us stuff; the book tells us the story. Katniss' story. Well, writing in first person helps. Although both centers around the heroine, the movie being an adaptation of the novel, I was given separate perspectives of the character. The movie pictures the sixteen-year-old as strong, tough, independent and most of the time fearless. In the book, readers are welcomed to her gentle side, her sisterly love, her responsibility to family (no matter how many times she say about how much she hates her mother), and get in touch with her inner self, all the insecurity, the worries, the contradiction going on in her mind, the adrenaline rush, and every bit of hurt and pain she received in the Games. I would like to take note here about her transfer from her District 12 to the Capitol. In the movie, she seems to be in absolute denial for a certain period of time. Her attitude kinda stinks. And real bad, compared to the book, which showcased her as quickly adjusting to her environment. The conflict between Katniss and Haymitch is there in both material, and while the relationship between Katniss and Effie in the movie is considerably distant, the book shows them as relatively indifferent. By the way, I didn't take note of Effie's name until I read the book. In the movie, I just remember her as the annoying-lady-in-pink. Turns out she's not that terrible in the book. Sure, a bit lost about using her words, but I just might like her. 

The movie shows us everything in general, but the book takes us in through the eyes and mind of Katniss Everdeen. So I believed the filmmakers added some extras of their own. Like at the beginning of the movie, Prim was screaming in bed like crazy as the day of the reaping draws near, but there was nothing in the book. Prim was calmer than she appeared to be in the movies. She didn't make a scene like she did in the movie when her name was called out at the assembly. And when Katniss volunteered as tribute there wasn't any fuss, no complications, no struggle with the officials. Gale just took Prim away with little argument and Katniss just walked on stage. The movie went a little dramatic with this part. But that's good, in a way. Makes things go a bit more lively. So, Prim was an insecure little girl who's even afraid of her own shadow, but from what Katniss says in the book, Prim's alright as long as she has her goat Lady and, as a bonus, she knows some stuff about herb and medicine from helping their mother with the patients that come every once in a while. Katniss ditched these times to go hunting, running away from the fear of looking at people in deadly situations with little chance of recovery.

Most of everything else in the movie remains loyal to the original, especially the trials in the arena, and when Katniss' feelings about Peeta kicks in. Before we go any further, I would like to point out that Katniss wasn't sure what to do about the relationship between herself and Gale. She didn't refer to him as her boyfriend (which I assumed he was before I read the book) but more like hunting partners looking out for one another's family. So when Peeta got into the picture, she got even more confused and tried to put the two of them on two different pages, knowing that she had to face it when they return home, although she had been juggling with the probabilities of survival. In the book, she keeps thinking about whichever champion that emerged in the finale would bring more benefit to Prim and their mother back home. First, she was considering either she or Peeta survive will do, hoping that the latter won't be killed by her own hand, but when the odds are slowly leaving her, she was hoping that Thresh from District 11 could win, after Rue's death and his letting her go just once. I think it was overcome by respect, or the idea that Katniss didn't want to keep owing him. Oh, about after Rue's death, there was an addition in the movie not mentioned in the book. A riot broke out in District 11 right after Katniss surrounded Rue's body in flowers and left her, and as she did, she put three middle fingers to her lips and then raised them high for the viewers to see. It is an indirect sigh of rebellion. That and the thing about the flowers. I made a personal comment that the person who started the riot (as pictured in the movie) could be Rue's family.

Another thing that leaves me thinking about the aftermath of Katniss' and Peeta's victory is a short scene in the movie that shows us the chief Gamemaker having some time alone with a bowl of berries. Obviously he was pushed into it and worked it out very quickly that it was the Mayor's decision to get rid of him. Those aren't just ordinary berries. Those were the berries in the arena which Peeta had nearly taken and which both he and Katniss had planned to take at the end of the Games as a showcase of rebelliousness against the Capitol. What was the name? Nightlock? Berries that will have you dead before they even reach your stomach. Right. The book didn't mention a thing about the chief Gamemaker's execution. Maybe it does in the second book, which I haven't started reading. 

The book is a good few hundred pages, not as thick as the Harry Potter series can go to, and it makes much lighter reading. It was difficult to make peace with the book during the first half of the reading, when I was still heavily influenced by what the movie has showed me. Last night, I took off from where I left at Page 196... and zoomed all the way to the end of book 1. That took a few hours, but I just couldn't put it down! I was reading about their win just as the rays of the sun began to seep in through the windows!


Sunday, August 5, 2012

Kink 糾結


So let's talk about Christianity.
Note: Really! No offence! Request for personal safety after this.



It's possible that, because of where I come from, I might have a fear of religion.
Either that or the fear of being targeted just because of not believing in one.
Top that with the news we saw, see, and will still be seeing about the relationship between a particularly strong nation and the Middle-East. Oh, let's not forget the terrorist bombings and the war and what-not.

And the part where extreme devotees like to preach whenever, wherever and whomever they meet really chills me to the bones.
I guess those are roughly where the fear comes from.
Scratch that. Fear might not be the right word. I know religion is for the good intentions of mankind.

But an overdose of its teachings would really hurt.
Especially when believers take them out of context.

Especially when believers take a stand for their opinions under the name of God (whichever God), of which such behavior usually leads to hate crimes. For example, "God hates _______ so we must banish ________". 
Or that when discussing a social issue, there is the excuse that "It's unnatural because God says so, so we shouldn't do it." FYI, birth control is unnatural, so what else do you have to say?
Or the heated debate between or among different religions who insist that their God is the only God. Personally, I think this is a waste of time and energy and brain cells, because has anyone heard of freedom of religion? Or in a simpler sense, "you don't bug me, I don't bug you?" 

This headache about the study and controversy of religion within myself started when:
1 The christening of my idol about two years ago.
2 My approach to literature of the Bible during my first year of double major in English.

So each time the name Jesus is pronounced (by whomever), I get a kink. 


The teachings I read in the Bible are interesting; the posts shared by my idol are are so true and meaningful as well. Maybe throughout the year, I have been thrown at too many times by the knowhow of Christianity, either in English or Sociology classes, from time to time that I might have gotten a little sick of it. I know my professors do it for the sake of knowledge and appreciation, and representatives of the Christian community do it out of love, but personally I have had enough of this approach. The mentioning of Jesus everywhere really got on my nerves, (OS: As if He is the only right path and that all else are fools) and during one session of Classical Selections of Art I nearly hit the table when the professor mentioned Jesus and the Last Judgment. 
And let's not forget Dies Irae!

I also have an unresolved contradiction where, in the Bible, women are subjected to men (because Eve is created from Adam's rib and such). So this sense of gender inequality really fires me up. I'll be glad if someone enlightens me on that.


I used to mingle about God's saying to "be fruitful and multiply", and I used to interpret that as "get married and have children OR ELSE". So that really scared me at some point. Luckily a fellow Christian friend told me that, yes God says so but people can think for themselves! I was relieved. (whew!)

So if people can think for themselves, why do so many just take something from the Bible out of context? And what's with all the hatred still going on out there that just seems irrational is religion is all about love and morals and doing the right thing? And I don't think that just because one has sinned and confessed to the Father means it's okay to repeat the same mistake (and confess again). If so, what's the meaning of confession in the first place???

On a lighter tone, if there really is a God out there, I thank Him. Why? In an unrelated note, for guiding my idol to the light. And for allowing me the chance to get to know Him. But I wouldn't want to get to know Him that much.


There is a particular section in the Bible section of my literature class that struck my attention. St. Augustine's Confessions. I even wrote a report on that, although I don't think the professor commented on that as much as my other one. It's interesting the way he relates himself to God and even though he only realizes God after his twenties (or was it his thirties?) he can still make connections between God and his early life. Especially the pear tree incident, where he accounts in great detail about sin. He does it not because of the pear (for it is not that special) and not because of his friends but because of the stealing itself. It was exciting for him, because it is wrong and he couldn't resist the temptation.
And there are several other episodes in St. Augustine's lifetime written in black and white that are just as interesting, but the one part where he gets to know God after flipping to a particular page of the Bible and assuming that this is what God wants him to know, leaves me with question marks.

Has anyone heard of coincidences? I wouldn't pinpoint that everything that happens to someone is because God did it, because people can get lucky and unlucky, or that one really worked hard (or not) to gain (or lose) something. So before thanking God after surviving an accident, why not thank the one who saved you first?

I don't believe in any god, but I don't doubt what everyone else believes. There's no proven right or wrong. In fact, if the only one in power of judging is God (whichever God), who are we to judge?

Oh yeah, please don't point a finger at atheists, who are minorities. What did we do, besides not believing?

A "brother" of mine said that God is interested in me, for He has been passing by me too many times for so long. And you know what, I think so too.

Am I being hypocritical in this post?

Again, I ask for my safety.

Impulse 衝勁

或許會想問
大半夜的干嘛突然更新?
除了有一部分是因為睡不著之外,另一個說法是因為衝勁。
好希望在面對報告、考試以及小說的時候,我也可以這麼說。
現在還是暑假,很明顯的,自己沒在幹什麼事,除了寫作、下廚、以及反省?
向誰反省?對像是我腦中的小天使!
反省自己這二十年來有什麼成就、什麼展望;反省自己對未來有什麼打算、什麼結論;反省自己暑假的計劃做到了哪幾項;反省自己日夜顛倒的主因是什麼;反省自己待人處事有什麼缺陷;反省自己為什麼跟別人比較時總是那麼自卑!

唉,實在想了好多,當你一個人的時候。

不知道今天怎麼補眠……

So maybe there is a question
Why the suddenly update in the middle of the night?
Well, partly because of insomnia, and that of a sudden impulse.
How I wish I could say the same for my reports, my exams and my novels.
It's in the middle of summer vacation, apparently I'm not doing much besides writing, cooking, and confessing.
Confessing to what? To the little angel inside my head!
Confess about, throughout these twenty years, what achievements have I made, what aspirations do I have; Confess about, for the future, what plans do I have, what conclusions have I made; Confess about the many goals I have planned for the summer and how many were written off; Confess about the reversal of day and night routines and the main reason why; Confess about the drawbacks I have in socializing; Confess about why the hell it is that, when comparing with others, I feel so self-abased!

Yes, there's a lot going on in my mind, when one is alone in the apartment.

I wonder how I am to get any sleep today...


A bunny's behind view. I feel its loneliness...

Revival 重生

復活了!

跨別兩年多了,忽然萌生重新開啟的想法。

這個決定來自於幾個動機:

1 媽前幾天說不要一直在FB上更新日常生活的狀況,會有少部分的人別有心機。至某個程度我認同。反正部落格這東西在FB、微博、Google+的肆虐下已經不怎麼夯了。但,會看的人自然是那些在乎你的人。與其把自己的心情隨隨便便攤在陽光下,不如放在一個隱秘的地方,想知道的人自然會自己去找。
2 FB可以寫的長度有限,我也不想時常放在網誌上。更何況我的網誌也挺亂的。重溫這裡的環境,我可以把我的文章設定成好幾個文件夾,方便搜尋方便整理。
3 記載我的日常生活從瑣碎至重大的事件,只要能擠出時間可以大寫特寫。FB能寫多少,除非你一po再po,但這樣的話會有一部份的人覺得你囉嗦、麻煩又無聊。
4 把自己冗長的想法記下來,這下或許可以減少我每晚東想西想以致難眠的問題。
5 偶爾來個雙語註解,刺激又好玩(又可開拓雙元市場)!

不知道還有幾位朋友還在使用部落格,不知道有幾位朋友還在關注彼此的部落格。So, 重新開始吧!

It's alive!
It's been over two years and suddenly I'm thinking about restarting this blog.
This decision comes from several motives:
1 A few days back Mum ranted about my constant updates on FB about my daily life and I was told not to do so, because there will be a handful of people with ill intentions. To a certain extent I agree. Anyway this blog thing, under the invasion of FB, WeiBo, and Google+, it's not exactly very hot right now. However, those who want to look at it are those keeping you at heart. Rather then casually spreading one's feelings under the sun for all to know, why not put them in a secret shelter, where those who wanna know will lead themselves.
2 The length one can write in FB is quite limited, and I don't want to constantly write in notes. Moreover, my stash in that place is really messy. Returning to this environment, I can set up my articles into many different folders, great for searching and managing.
3 To jot down my everyday life, from those of non-importance to really really big ones, as long as I can squeeze some time to write all I want. How much can you write in FB, unless you update again and again, but this will let a handful of people think that you are long-winded, troublesome and dull.
4 Putting down my extended thoughts might reduce the problem of my non-stop pondering almost every night which usually results in sleep difficulties.
5 Put it in bi-lingual once in a while (like this article). Exciting and fun (and opens up to a dual market)!

I don't know how many friends are still using blogs, and I don't know how many friends are still following one another through them. So, let's start over!



Random pic of Jing