回首2010

相比去年的豐收年，今年該是一個大倒退吧。不，應該是新開始，所有東西也要重新建立，還原基本步，看起來比較吃力而已。

上半年是畢業習作的衝刺期。所有工作也必定進行得如火如荼，坦然只有我還有閒情逸緻做兼職﹝本身有兼職的另當別論，當然他們也盡量減少﹞說到這裡請先讓我申報利益，我有盡自己的本份及責任。只是同學把所有空閒時間都放在學業的時候，我去了賺生活費及經驗。﹝※這裡要特別感激筠和翹對我的忍耐和幫忙。妳們是我的好組員。沒有妳們俩，我不能這麼順利畢業！再次萬二分感激，鞠躬！﹞

如是者，我平平淡淡的沒準備便考試，平平淡淡的就畢業了。驚訝的是竟然不用補考。﹝抹汗... ...﹞

過了好幾天，第一份長工來了：客戶服務員。嗯，它真的沒前途，我又不相信自己找不到工作，也想返回校園，因此毅然做了二個星期便辭職，至八月中正式離開。
○ 認識了好哥哥好朋友
○ 學習了專注
○ 見到了原來可以有另類的人生
● 惜人生應有追求，不能故步自封，原地踏步

接着立刻到一間酒莊上班。雖然這是一份只有三個星期的的臨時工作，卻讓我看在眼裡的實在太多，非常刺激。
○ 學會了一些品酒的知識
○ 體驗了中庸之道的實踐
○ 賺快錢一流！
● 太刺激了，不適合我

休息一個星期，又回復兼職自由身。
○ 認識了會教我東西的人(s) ﹝笑﹞
○ 同樣賺快錢一流！！
○ 突然面對了過去，突然率性而行，或時任性，或時感性
○ 是我一個成長的地方
● 太快，太生活化，容不下我這個浪漫主義者

昔已說，今又如何？

我愛現在像貓一樣的生活，有時緊張，有時輕鬆，有時刺激，有時自樂，有時忙碌，有時悠閒... ... 這裡每個人都很疼我，又是一個能滿足我的求知慾的地方，還有很多機會耶！總之，穩定之餘又或有暗湧。不能不說的一定是眼界擴闊了... ... 不多說了，否則會變成廣告文了。﹝開懷﹞只是我要財政獨立，要養家，吃力是必然的。在此感謝曾出手相助及拒絕我的朋友們。非常感激！


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這幾天都在想該從哪裡開始寫這篇回顧文，想着想着，我就哭了，哭了好十幾篇，很心酸似的。我在想啥？其實我知道。不該做的做了；我想做的做了。是時候承擔後果。

我始終相信。我一直相信。無論事實是多麼殘酷，現實如此，我遊戲人生，還有什麼承受不了？我還是相信，從未有變改。

我還在等待。

寫於二零一零年十二月二十八日

【節錄】玫瑰不怕刺

我們總是喜歡以眼神開始

以唇語相戀

而最後

可能總是以一個擁抱作結

以唇語告別

再以眼神看着彼此的背影漸行漸遠

然後夜裡，我們只能擁抱着自己

想念。

玫瑰總是被詩人或劇作家隱喻為愛情

我想，不只是因為它的嬌柔美麗

更是因為它的刺

即使有刺

仍誘人摘取

所以，那是一種愛

即使有刺

也僅僅只是大口一句『不怕』

便愛了......

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You plucked my love, but it grew back

I taught

my arms

to stop

reaching for you.

My eyes

to stop

searching for you.

My lips

to stop

speaking

your name.

But, my heart -

Oh, my heart.

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每次說再見，每次說分手

我相信每個人都有這樣的經驗

每次都下定決心 要把這個人從心裡拔除

質本潔然似的

但也一定某些時刻 某個轉角

才突然發現 怎麼有些感覺 還是會自己悄悄長回來

像是很有生命力的小草

不知不覺 就佔據了整顆心上

愛情

之所以迷人

或也是如此這般的

我的心

從來都不是『我的』啊

反倒更像是你的一樣。

Some words from Bob Marley (請原諒我不負責任的翻譯！)

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. Buit if she loves you now, what else matters?

也許你不是她第一個男人，不是她最後一個男人，也不是她的唯一。她曾經愛過，也許她將來在愛誰。但如果現在她愛的是你，其他還重要嗎？

She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can.

她不是完美 - 你也不是，你們倆也可能永遠不是完美的一對。但如果她能令你笑，令你行事三思，令你了解自己也不過一個可能會犯錯的人，請珍惜她，並給她所有你能給的。

She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give.

或許她不是每一天每一秒都想着你，但她所給你的，是她的心，是脆弱得容易被你弄碎的。所以，別傷害她，也不要試圖改變她，不需要試圖理性分析並貪婪的允求她所能給的。

Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.

當她能令你開心，請給她一個微笑。你不開心的時候，也請讓她知道。最後別忘記，她不在你身旁的候時請想念她。

-- Bob Marley

【TTL】幸福

所謂「幸福」是有一顆感恩的心﹝我有！﹞，不個健康的身體﹝逐漸康復﹞，一份助人的事業﹝勉強算有吧... ...﹞，一住深愛你的愛人﹝從來 (？) 沒有﹞，一幫值得信賴的朋友﹝一定有！﹞。那我又幾幸福啊！

P.S. 有人說：「當你三心二意的時候，當然不可能有那個THE ONLY，那個唯一出現。因為每個人都不會是完的啊。」

P.S. 2 很久沒UPDATE BLOG了。

有一種女人嫁給誰都幸福

有一種女人嫁給誰都幸福

『女人要有讓自己幸福的能力』很尬意這句^___^

我見到明依是在好友的聚會上，一個35歲的女人，中等姿色，學歷也不高，卻嫁了個氣宇軒昂的好老公，他據說是碩士，後來做傢俱生意發了家，結婚10年，有一個粉雕玉鐲的小女兒，好友說完後半妒半羨地感歎，嫁到這麼好的男人，明依真幸福，我笑著不說話，想來她的故事不會這麼簡單。

幸福能力一，會做菜、會煲湯、會踏實過日子。

明依嫁給老公的時候，他還是大學裏年輕的講師，站在講臺上激情飛揚地大談犬儒主義和叔本華，台下的女生們多數是沖著英俊老師來的，明依全身心的投入和迷戀這份感情，那時候她當然不會去考慮臺上氣質非凡的男人名下只有一間20平米的筒子樓宿舍。

婚後的現狀雖然不盡如人意，但如膠似漆的愛情可以彌補一切。小倆口一起在公共用水間洗衣服，一人一頭擰床單；在煙薰火燎的樓道裏做飯，飯後老公陪著她邊洗碗邊聊天；週末手拉手去看場電影或是回婆家吃頓飯。

明依覺得小日子雖然清貧，但一樣覺得幸福甜蜜，她把眼光從簡陋的家，樸素的衣裳，自己光禿禿的脖子手指上移開，每月精打細算的捂著手中不多的錢把日子過好，明依做得一手好菜，老公最愛喝她熬的湯，排骨燉蓮藕、鯽魚蘿蔔絲、芋頭娃娃菜... ... 每次喝的肚兒圓圓才放下碗。看到老公簡單滿足的微笑，明依覺得，這就是幸福。

幸福能力二、對婚姻別期望太高，少抱怨，少糾結於小事。

懷上孩子的時候，老公的事業剛起步，天天周旋于客戶和朋友間，請客吃飯，陪酒，陪玩，每晚不到深更半夜回不了家。明依非常難過，面前的男人雖然還是熟悉的面孔，卻好像完全換了一個靈魂。他沒時間對著大肚子的老婆噓寒問暖，沒精力回應老婆的溫存關切，在生活的殘酷考驗下，他還原了男人愛事業不愛美人的本質，簡直就是一個工作狂。

明依覺得自己的溫柔克己完全白費了，眼前的男人已經不是當初自己深愛的那一個，再勉強下去還有什麼意義？定居美國的大姐回來看她，明依哭著告訴她：老公給不了我想要的幸福，我想離婚。

大姐緘默，第二天給她帶來一本美國專欄女作家的暢銷小集子，裏面有一句話讓明依有所觸動：有一種女人，不管她嫁的是建築工人還是國會議員，她都有能力讓自己過得幸福。

沒錯，女人的幸福，為什麼要靠男人給呢?每個女人，都應該有讓自己，讓家庭幸福的能力。

大著肚子的明依向父母求援，請媽媽過來幫忙買菜做飯，照顧這個自己無力兼顧的小家。

她強迫自己不去想煩心的事情，每天吃好睡好，安心養胎；她不再等老公夜歸，再像以前那樣每天纏著他問長問短，不再拿雞毛蒜皮的小事去煩他；在他偶爾有空的時間裏讓他攙著自己散步，彼此取笑著對方為孩子取名字。也怪了，一天天平靜安穩地過去，原本覺得天昏暗地的生活，漸漸變得陽光燦爛起來。

女兒快3歲了，他們搬了新家。錢都花在房款上了，明依雇了個油漆匠把牆一刷，購置了簡單的傢俱，就這樣湊合著先搬進去了。

老公每天回家都能看到一點點新的變化：客廳裏別致的燈罩是用硬紙殼蒙上米色暗紅碎花圖案的棉布做的；自己到海南出差帶回來的椰子，吃剩的硬殼被巧妙改造成了造型可愛的小豬撲滿；捲筒紙用完了，明依給簡芯細緻地裹上了一層米白色亞麻細布，教女兒用蠟筆塗鴉，畫出五彩的虹，綠的樹，藍色的河流，金色的太陽公公，這樣一個DIY小筆筒擺在書桌上，做爸爸的每次看到心裏都暖洋洋的。

一個原本平凡的空間在明依手裏漸漸改頭換面，一天比一天豐富，一天比一天有情趣。

幸福能力三、培養自己的興趣愛好，照顧好自己在前，不冷落家庭在後。

湯妮的出現差點兒擊碎了明依的幸福夢想。她是老公生意上的重要合夥人之一，年輕，家境富裕，有生意頭腦和管理能力，帶著一種咄咄逼人的美和氣勢。

湯妮明顯地向老公老公表示好感，根本不在乎他的已婚身份，男人到了這種地步，不免有些心猿意馬，曖昧不明。

很多人都「來」向明依告密，有的是打抱不平，有的純粹為了看熱鬧。

明依卻還是和以前一樣，看自己的書，種自己的花花草草，照顧剛上小學的女兒。在老公回家的時候，給他送上舒服的拖鞋；在他起床洗漱的時候，提前給他擠好牙膏。她對烹調的興趣越發濃厚，時不時來些新奇的花樣。

比如把香蕉切成小塊，澆上優酪乳，然後裹上全麥餅乾屑；去鳳凰旅遊的時候學會了用蒜葉和新鮮芫菜加幹辣椒熗炒；跟婆婆學會了做四川泡菜。

種種小創意讓在外面吃慣了大魚大肉的老公回到家來就會忍不住多添一碗飯，讚 一句，還是家裏的菜好吃。明依把週末的時間精心策劃起來，老公有空的時候，帶上孩子，開車到附近的農家樂，踏青，看紅葉，老公沒空陪她，她就自己帶著女兒去兒童樂園，或是看最新上映的動畫大片。每次娘倆兒都開心的手牽手回家，女兒歡聲笑語，明依紅光滿面。

老公終日擔心，如果明依提出那個難堪的問題，他不知道該如何回答。但明依開開心心地過自己的日子，從來都不多問一句。當然明依也有變化：她恢復了幾分婚前活潑可愛的樣子，穿衣打扮越發精緻；她參加了瑜伽課，學打網球；她組織姐妹旅行團去尼泊爾，回來容光煥發，給女兒帶回一條手工繡花的小裙子，送老公一個烏木鑲銀的煙灰缸；她甚至開始學習英文，居然可以磕磕巴巴地和美國網友聊天。

這個跟了自己10年的女人身上原來還有那麼多自己不瞭解的特質和能量，這一切都讓他感覺既陌生又熟悉，並深深為之吸引。

湯妮的事情居然就這麼慢慢地淡了，沒了，女友去看明依，崇拜無比地追問她處理方式。明依笑說，見怪不怪，其怪自敗。

以前我老覺得嫁個好老公就能幸福，現在看起來，女人的幸福不是靠男人給的。女人要有讓自己幸福的能力。熱愛生活，照顧好家庭，不冷落自己，這才是女人真正的幸福。這話有道理，一個家庭幸不幸福，80%以上取決於女主人。有能力讓自己幸福，有能力給男人幸福，才是聰明的好女人。

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非常喜歡這樣的一個故事。遇到什麼不開心的事情或者想不通的事情就翻出來看一下，然後學著釋然。人最大的幸福應該是自己給的，尤其是女人。生活從來都不乏色彩，只是有時候我們會被悲傷仇恨嫉妒蒙蔽了雙眼，一頭紮進去不願意出來，畫地為牢。

一遍又一遍地重複自己的悲傷。其實女人不必如此，不用委屈著自己的心情。快樂永遠不缺少理由，沒有誰必須是誰的太陽或月亮，也沒有誰離開誰就會窒息而亡。學著自己給自己製造快樂和幸福，用自身的魅力去吸引著別人，而不是死纏爛打地拖著某人。

學著去理解去體諒；學著去遺忘一些不愉快的事情；學著放棄糾纏於雞毛蒜皮的小事；學著忍耐淡然;學著忽視表面的不安；學著深信愛著的人。

女人該做一本讓人忍不住讀下去的書而不是一眼看穿的花瓶。

-- When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.

[Share] 16.09.2010 Dongwan's memoblog: Voice of the Heart

Please take out eith proper credits!

It’s not that I’m quick-witted, just that you’re slow to catch on.
It’s not that I’m smart, just that you’re foolish.
It’s not that I’m fast, just that you’re slow.
It’s not that I exercise everyday, just that you’re living a lazy life.
It’s not that I watch my diet everyday, just that you eat recklessly everyday.
I drink occasionally, you occasionally don’t drink.
I said this…
To a junior
From the bottom of my heart.
Because I want to be a good senior.
I’d hate to be a naggy granddad…ㅎ

Credits: Dongwan’s Naver blog + Absolut Shinhwa + The Six Men In my Life - SHINHWA

Lohas life

Today I did some shopping with mom. I brought a grey (again?) cardigan at Cotton On. I did some charity there too: I brought a charity eco friendly bag and I donated the changes!

To enjoy your lohas life, we can also start it with some charity donation!

Cheers,
Nita

Starts working + oil!!

September 28, 2010 Wednesday

Wow! It is my first real job in my life. I haven't expected I could get it. It's really the greatest birthday present for me!

Happy my greatest birthday~!

Love you, all my beloved ones, to give me such ah wonderful birthday. ^^

How to use time

Please do not take out without proper credit. Thank you!

One.

You have to pay attention to the quality of sleep.
Most animals spend a much longer time being asleep than awake.
For example, pandas and koala bears are only awake for 4 hours in a day, for the rest of the time they are sleeping.
Human beings sleep about 6-7 hours a day and work for more than 10 hours a day..
In order to remain active while you’re awake you can’t slack on the quality of your sleep!

The recommended method for sleeping is that you must be asleep between 23:01 and 01:03.
[This is the sleeping time recommended by Western doctors and traditional Korean doctors.]
It’s good if you’re lying in bed anytime from 11pm onwards and before 1am.
Sleeping on time for 5 hours, compared to sleeping for 8 hours from dawn onwards, is better for health.
Try it and you’ll know it~

One.

Fix your own rules for drinking.
The culture that prevails in Korea is to ‘eat til you die’.
Which means ‘If I drink til I die then you must drink til you die too’.
How wrong can this behavior be….
Drink selfishly.
Drink only when you want to..
Drink only as much as you want to.
Because since time immemorial, in order to be healthy one has to work out a plan and follow it…

One.

…..
There’s no way to use time.
Just a few months ago I believed that we can use time.
From the moment we know about time we have already become enslaved to time.
Peace of mind can be achieved with a good night’s sleep,
And although drinking is something unpredictable…
I believed I could control it.
It took only a few months for me to realize how ignorant I have been~ ㅎ
There’s no way to use time.
That’s the conclusion!

Credits: Dongwan’s Naver blog + Absolut Shinhwa

Life is attitude. Attitude is life

Due to the invitation from Jacque, I attended a local seminar organized by a company. It took me a whole day from 10 to 6... so tired. But I must say the speaker has excellent presentation skills that I am the one who can't focus on the same sedatary activity, such as studying, more than a couple of hours. Otherwise, I must fall asleep in the middle.

However, I didn't sleep, though I still felt so sleepy, in the talk and I can remember what she said and did there.

The point that impressed me most is success is defined from you attitude. If you can show anybody that you are a successful person, you are on the way to it. And Attitude is from how to be yourself. You need to trust yourself. You need to have goals for every single days, months, years, and even family if you have, and then think it big and whatever methods you use, you have to try your best to achieve it. (Certainly, those methods should not hurt anyone including yourself. ^^) Sometimes, don't haggle too much on the progress because you may need to sacrifice something. Just like the speaker, she wanted to be a professional hairdresser and worked in the biggest hair salon, she went to be the assistant of the no.1 hairdresser at that time for free for the sake of learning his skills. you also need to know that there must be some barriers on the way we achieve our goals, so we have to persist in accomplishing the goal. If you can do all of those, success is right in front of you.

Also, you should not be too normal also. Too normal makes you normal. You have to know what is sharing and be good and care about people, lending helping hands to the needy. It is important to be humble as well that people like offer chances to them.

But for me, success should be happy in life. And I think I am there.

神話成員烔完寫給彗星的信

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最近在日本以新人的態度出道的申彗星，他的神話成員們都已入伍，申彗星因腿部的舊傷不用參軍。

2月，申彗星在日本正式出道，最近烔完為了表達對彗星的想念，而寫下了一封信，以下是信的內容：

彗星啊！

是我啊！

你的英雄金烔完，想到在遙遠的日本想著我，無法入睡的你，我淚流不止哦！

但是你聽著我的《手帕》，能夠忍受吧。

最近，我把你的《為什麼打電話？》設為我的短信鈴音了。

雖說大家都變得不想打電話了，我可一直是這樣哦。

因為愛著你，我感到無論何時，在日本我們的心也在一起。

開心的、不安的，即使寂寞、即使悲傷，也都不要哭泣。

加油，從日本的FAN得到很多很多的愛。

我12月預定去日本哦！

那麼，再見哦~

來源：RP王

翻譯：紫菜&蔥&小小@百度東萬吧



ps.一個人守護歌謠界很辛苦吧，再等待一下，回歸的日子總會來的。不是說，“不管2PM撕裂衣服，還是SHINEE露出笑容，我們都不會看一眼”嘛，就 算看，也只是瞧瞧而已~~放心吧~~^^

剛出道的新人，加油！！↖(^ω^)↗

An Interview with Paul Draper

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Source: R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine

Paul Draper
On Attack Of The Grey Lantern – 3CD Special Edition
June 2010
Questionnaire: Steve Bateman

In 2007, a special 10th Anniversary AOTGL Mansun MySpace blog stated: “Released on 17th February 1997, Attack Of The Grey Lantern shot straight to number one in the UK charts in its first week of release. Combining rock, pop and even dance elements, the album sounded like no other yet it proudly wore its influences on its sleeve. Prince, U2, Tears For Fears and Duran Duran were just some of the comparisons people made when they listened to the album. The band were on tour during the recording of the album so it was recorded in various locations around the UK. Paul explains: ‘The first tracks were started at a cheap 24 track studio in Ealing called Sonic Studios where we recorded She Makes My Nose Bleed; this was before we were a band and before we were signed. We then moved to Tim Speed’s studio in Liverpool and recorded Naked Twister and then on to Parr Street in Liverpool where the bulk of the album was recorded. Most tracks started off with a drum loop printed to tape then I’d put a rhythm guitar track down with a hum vocal. It didn’t really make sense to anyone but me, but I had it sketched out in my notebook how it was gonna end up, minus the track changes here and there.’”

Another part of the blog added: “Ever the perfectionist, Paul cut some classic Mansun songs from the final tracklisting: ‘It started off as a studio project encompassing lots of songs that were eventually cut from the final release. The Most To Gain, Moronica and Flourella were supposed to be on it but they fell by the wayside as I didn’t think the songs were good enough.’ A little known fact is that Paul recorded a few of the songs on his own: ‘The tracks I played on myself were You, Who Do You Hate? and I played Wide Open Space minus the drums. Everything else was myself with Dom Chad playing his little lead lines in bits of verses and choruses which lifted everything quite a bit.’ The album was also unique in that it found commercial success without much promotion and, more importantly, without trying to be mainstream: ‘It wasn't meant to be a commercial record but it just sort of clicked at the time because people liked the EPs we’d released over the previous year. What it did do was free me up to make some more creative music over the next couple of years as I never felt too comfortable with the more commercial elements of the album and the band in general.’”

Having answered an in-depth Q&A for R*E*P*E*A*T in Spring 2008, Paul has now graciously filled in another Questionnaire for us (which also acts as a companion piece to our Attack Of The Grey Lantern – 3CD Special Edition review), where he peels away some more of the LP’s layers and addresses the magic and math behind AOTGL, his memories of that era, as well as shedding some light on his solo material. Famously impressing and influencing scene labelmates, Radiohead, upon its release in ‘97, Paul, Dominic, Stove and Andie, celebrated having a # 1 Album in the company of DJ Steve Lamacq after completing a week-long run of promo! And full of gratifying and mesmerising songs, Attack Of The Grey Lantern is a record that 13 years on, keeps on giving…

Lucy: Your band have been quite quiet for the last few months. Are you looking forward to playing gigs again?
Katie Jane Garside: I think I give very obtuse ans

1.To begin with, why did you decide to release the Attack Of The Grey Lantern – 3CD Special Edition now, and what are some of your fondest memories of writing and recording the long player?
“It was EMI's idea originally, but I’d wanted to get the other tracks from the bands EPs out there for a long time, as they hadn’t seen the light of day for a long time and haven’t been available for a long time. I remember we spent a lot of time in the studio as we'd recorded about 36 songs for the sessions. Mostly the recording sessions were in between touring and I’d spend quite long hours in the studio; the best times were when one of the songs would be recorded and it'd be obvious it stood out and was destined for the album, that was the most enjoyable part of the process.”

2.As you were the producer, what do you feel the sound engineers and mixers brought to these sessions + did your original demos / ideas change a lot, or are the finished studio tracks faithful to those early versions?
“Oh a lot, my part was arrangements and ideas, sonically I knew nothing at that point and learnt a lot from the people we worked with. I never did original demos but had the idea for how I wanted the song to be in my head and tried to implement it accordingly, so there were no early versions, the record is just what came out in the studio from the songs I’d written.”

3.Are there any songs in particular, that surpassed your expectations?
“Not really, I always felt like I’d push a track as far as I could take it then abandon it – you can never fully-realise what’s in your head but you get as close to it as possible.”

4.In your liner notes, you wrote: “I never said it in the press but Lennon (and Prince) were my inspirations for most of this record.” Could you expand on how they influenced you?
“Prince, as he was a writer and producer and played different instruments and I wanted to emulate how he made records, and Lennon in terms of lyrics. Those 2 are my musical heroes.”

5.Was there a moment where you felt like AOTGL was starting to come together / its character was beginning to shine through, and then, do you remember how you felt when the LP was finished (along with the artwork), and you could hold your own record + buy it in the shops?
“It only fully came together in the mastering room on the last day, as I had all the different parts in different places and joined them together at the end. It was great having the final record, particularly the vinyl version as it felt like a culmination of a lot of work. I never actually saw it in the shops as I was away touring most of the time back then.”

6.Were there any alternative titles / artwork ideas?
“I had the artwork idea right from the start so that was always fixed. The opening track was called Desperate Icons originally and She Makes My Nose Bleed was originally She Makes Me Bleed, but I thought that sounded too earnest. In retrospect it wasn’t.”

7.Are there any major changes that you would now make to the album, and what was the most valuable lesson that you learnt from the sessions?
“I like the album as it is and have never thought about making any changes to it. The most valuable lesson learnt from this album is get a proper bass player in the band who is not sociopathic.”

8.How involved was the process of remastering the record for its 2010 reissue, and do you have any plans to release a Special Edition of Six in the near future, perhaps with The Dead Flowers Reject included?
“EMI looked after the mastering side of things and I’m not sure of the exact plans for the rest of the b-sides coming out, but I’m sure that will unfold in due course.”

9.Do you think the length of an LP is important, and what are some of your favourite long and short records?
“It depends on the record, I like Dark Side Of The Moon and With The Beatles. Long and short records respectively, it depends on the songs.”

10.For people who might just be getting into Mansun for the very first time, I feel that the Attack Of The Grey Lantern – 3CD Special Edition, shows how versatile a songwriter you are, from creating songs with elaborate arrangements right through to simpler acoustic tracks. But from all of your favourite artists / bands, are there any intricately produced and stripped-down songs that you admire?
“I like a broad spectrum of stuff; I love Kate Bush and some of her productions and arrangements are very intricate, but also I love early Beatles which is straight to the point, before they expanded into something else more complex before exhausting that direction and going back to their roots. It’s about the feel of the song and how to present it, not how complex the arrangement is. Some of Prince’s stuff is stark and bare and its brilliant for it, Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), Darling Nikki, Head, Bob George, Movie Star, genius stuff.”

11.Ian Curtis believed that “every song you start, you should finish.” Would you agree with this?
“I’ve got loads I’ve never finished now, but back then I finished everything up to a point and put it out, but I’d say every song you start, you abandon at some point and let it go, you never truly finish anything.”

12.In reference to how much The Music Industry has now changed and with less pressure from some labels for artists to have massive commercial success, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore recently said: “Bands can be themselves again.” What are your feelings on this statement, and how do you think Mansun would have fared if starting out in 2010?
“Oh, I don’t know how we'd get on now, we had a rough time back then ‘coz it was all about lad rock and we didn’t fit into that scene. Anyone can do what they want now if you want to do it for fun or you have a passion for it and stick it on MySpace, which is dead anyway or give away mp3s of your songs. The thing is, most bands don’t want to be themselves, they want to be whatever it is that makes them rich and famous and get laid, read a bit of Freud.”

13.Speaking of new groups, did you enjoy working with The Joy Formidable on Greyhounds In The Slips and how did this come about?
“The Joy Formidable are from a town near to where I grew up in North Wales so I knew about them because of that. I went to some of their gigs in London and we were introduced by a mutual friend, so it was a bit of fun and also helping the cause of North Wales!”

14.Can you tell us anything about your solo material, and also, a lot of fans still wonder why the exclusive track for subscribers to your mailing-list was never sent out?
“I am up to my neck in production work and writing for other artists at the moment, but I will definitely let my solo material hear the light of day sooner rather than later. Just let me deal with it in the best way I can, but I would say thanks for the patience you’ve shown in waiting to hear new songs and they will definitely come, I’m just waiting for the stars to align if you know what I mean.”

15.Lastly, is it rewarding for you, to think that Attack Of The Grey Lantern is regarded by so many people as one of the great debut LPs of all-time, and do you have any favourite debut records?
“Hmmm, not sure what my fave debut album is, but probably Never Mind The Bollocks, just for the sheer impact on the whole music world and quality of the songs and the production is truly explosive. Nevermind had the same impact as well, sonically and culturally. As regarding our record, I do hear that a lot about the best debut thing, but there were loads of issues regarding that record that I only found out about retrospectively, which makes it less rewarding as it impacted the following records. But that’s just me, I’ve always been a cynical bastard LOL!”

Be Seeing You
Drapes
x

A very special thanks to Paul, and to Scott @ EMI Music, for all of their time and help.

www.pauldraper.net

www.pauldraper.net/links.php

“I’m in a wide open space, it’s freezing
You’ll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me”

沒有優質這回事

Source: http://blogcity.me/blog/reply_blog_express.asp?f=YKQTHMZ4W1117674&id=248964

跟做零售業的朋友聊天，我叫他們不要相信甚麼「優質服務」，也不用要求自己做甚麼「優質服務」。

服務，只要做到「合理」，就已經夠了。

「合理」是有標準的。

「合理」的標準，就是「舒服」。只要令人在付出代價之後，得到舒服的服務，這個服務，就合理了，就好了。或許你會問，「舒服」有沒有標準呢？「舒服」的標準，就是「合理」，在合理 的範圍內你如果還覺得不舒服，那就是你有毛病，是你不合理，那麼，你舒不舒服，人家如果不理會，也就活該。

不是個個都在叫要「公道」、「公平」嗎？不是個個都同意社會要有「公義」嗎？

「公平」、「公正」、「公義」，說穿了，就是「合理」。 合理了，就公平公正，就有公義。

如今世界太多包裝，一件簡單的事情，也要包裝得令人目迷五色，好像不這樣，就追不上潮流。

凡事，太過花巧了，就應該正本清源。做零售業，如果服務不合理，自然沒有生意，但你還要強調沒有標準的「優質服 務」，在刁民當道的今天，只有自討苦吃。「今時今日，咁嘅服務態度唔得啦！」這是一句廢話。「唔得」的服務態度，幾時都唔得，不是「今時今日」。服務態度 唔得的舖子，客人自然不會幫襯，舖子自會執笠，何須人教呢？

做生意，合理交易，做零售，合理服務。

不要相信「優質服務」的神話，那叫「假、大、空」，自己給自己下套，並且為社會培養刁民。努力做到「合理服務」，提倡「合理風氣」，我們生活的地方，才能真正祥和。

李純恩

是遺憾？

今天是最後一天參加考試。每次考試我也會跟自己說，如果我不發白日夢，我就有更多時間作答題目或者多覆幾次答案。不過，我再不會有這個自省的機會，因為我畢業了，再不用為考試溫習到深霄。但，今次的考試，是我浪費了最多的時間在發白日夢的一次。那我只能帶着這個遺憾離開這所學校。

聽說，其他同學今天會拍照留念。可是，我要早退，不能參與。不過要是拍照留念，我不知道可以有多少人可以跟我拍或者想跟我拍。

有同學在網上留了一段文字，內容大概是，他在控訴在課室裡面不公平的現象。什麼不上學不交功課也可，只要在考試前努力溫習一下就行。那他就正正忽略了人家的失了。

我明白他的想法，他是那種辛勤的，有責任感，不遲到早退，交齊功課，是老師心目中的好學生。所以老師們都很器重他。因此在他眼中，學生就只有這個模樣。不過，這世界豈只他一類的學生呢？沒錯，他說的同學在學校的聽起來真的沒有一點付出，只是在考試前夕才稍為用功一點，然後就得到好成績。但是這個只能說那個同學本身的短期記憶過人，根本毫不涉及公平與否，因為要算得上不公平起碼是當一個人沒做到應當做的事當負的責任，就能得到跟那些盡心盡力做好事情的人一樣甚至更好的待遇，報酬等。那個同學得要付出他的時間和才能，才有好成績。那個是他努力得來的成果。要是因為他不常上學不交功課就忽略他的努力，那個不只是控訴者的個人固執而已嗎？

別忘記，他不上學，失的是平時分，聽課時應得到的知識，老師在課堂裡額外提供的例子和個人生活和工作分享，更重要的是跟同學相處的機會；不交功課就沒了那部分的分數，還有老師對他留下壞印象。難道，失去的那麼多也不夠，還要帶走他努力得到的分數才是公平嗎？怪不利索的。

話說回來，我走出試場，本想在學校到處拍拍照，尋覓自己兩年來在學校的身影，但是，找不到。其實對一個畢業生來說，那個絕對是一個遺憾，因為他的學校不能成為他的家，他對學校更沒有歸屬感。但是我沒有「遺憾」的想法，只在想要走，就走吧。嗯，這個... ... 沒只能說是沒有留戀罷了，小事一則。

這個又是我太灑脫了嗎？

最後只好放幾張在回程巴士上拍的當成在學校的回憶吧！

王丹网站 Wang Dan's Page: 有一些早晨（《聯合文學》2010。5。）

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有一些早晨
王丹

你知道嗎？
有一些早晨是顏色昏暗的
這樣的早晨
像慢慢從黎明生長出來的夜
還帶著一種因為不協調而呈現的靦腆
可是氣味濕潤

那些時候我會坐在床邊
對于窗簾外的世界屏息期待
仿佛在一個錯亂的迷宮中期待線索
我惶惶不安但是目光堅定

這樣的早晨我們用狐疑的姿態蘇醒
輕輕觸摸世界
如同那是一片易碎的玻璃
或者根本就是一種心情
浸泡其中才能開始洗漱

沒有所謂的曙光和車水馬龍的聲音
沒有蕨類植物開放的華麗
有一些早晨我們安靜地起來
時間像雨水一樣滲入心里

[轉貼] 如果你到了20歲，還沒到25歲

如果你已經過了20歲但還不到25歲的話，你必須找到除了愛情之外，能夠使你用雙腳堅強站在大地上的東西。你要找到謀生的方式。現在考慮不晚了。

我從來不以為學歷有什麼重要，天才都不是科班，但，不是科班，連龍套都跑不了。

你必須把那些浮如飄絮的思緒，漸漸轉化為清晰的思路和簡單的文字。華麗和漂浮都不易長久。你要知道，給予文字閱讀快感不夠的，內容，思想，境界，靈魂，精神和智慧，這些才重要。不要多看那些和你一個路數的女作家的文字。不要瑣碎，無病呻吟。不要想到什麼就寫。不要流連於小感傷和小感動。

我要你相信溫暖，美好，信任，尊嚴，堅強這些老掉牙的字眼。我不要你頹廢，空虛，迷茫，糟踐自己，傷害別人。

我不要你把自己處理得一團糟。節制自己的感情並且珍惜它，明白這種感情不是任何人都能要。

體驗生活，是另外一回事，並不意味著墮落和放縱。千萬不要認同那些偽裝的酷和另類。他們是無事可做的人找出來放任自己無事可做的藉口，真正的酷是在內心。你要有強大的內心。

要有任憑時間流逝，不會磨折和屈服的信念。不是因為在學校的象牙塔中，才說出我愛世界這樣的話，是知道外面的黑，髒，醜陋之後，還要說出這樣的話。

好好去愛，去生活。青春如此短暫，不要歎老。偶爾可以停下來休息，但是別蹲下來張望。走了一條路的時候，記得別回頭看。時不時問問自己，自己在幹嘛？傷心和委屈的時候，要嚎啕大哭。哭完洗完臉，拍拍自己的臉，擠出一個微笑給自己看。不要揉，否則第二天早上會眼睛腫。

給自己一個遠大的前程和目標。記得常常仰望天空。記住仰望天空的時候也看看腳下。任何時候，任何人問你，有過多少次戀愛，答案是兩次。

一次是他愛我，我不愛他。一次是我愛他，他不愛我。好的愛情永遠在下一次。別給同一個人兩次傷害你的機會。

不要與浪子，文藝青年交往，別和沒心沒肺的人在一起，別和沒有正當職業混日子的人在一起。別把犯賤當真愛。一個人作賤自己來取悅你的時候，千萬不要因此感動。一個男人的煙頭燙在他身上，下一個就可能燙在你身上。同樣的，當這個女人的刀片割斷她的手腕，下次就可能割斷你的。

千萬別相信一個不準備將你介紹給他的朋友圈子的男人。一個女人只肯喊你「寶貝」的時候，堅持要她喊你的名字，因為你是男人。一個男人或者女人不再來找你的時候，就不要再去找他或者她。不要相信在戀愛上用手段的人。分手時不要口出惡言。吸取教訓，但不要後悔。後悔沒有用。

別去做撕照片，燒信，撕日記這樣一類三流愛情電視劇中才有人幹的事。相信愛情。相信好男人和好女人還存在，還未婚，還在茫茫人海中尋覓你。別說「男人﹝或者女人﹞沒一個好東西」，這樣使別人誤以為你閱人無數。

愛物質，適當地。永遠知道精神更重要。比起那些名錶，名牌，時裝，更加美麗的是勤奮而有朝氣的你自己。如果你20歲以後所花的每一分錢還都是伸手向父母親人要來的，那你的滿身名牌就只能襯托出你的無恥。別以為穿上名牌你就有品位，要知道如果沒有真正的內涵，騾子配上金鞍也不會變成駿馬。你還年輕，先不說開始你的事業，開創你的未來，但你已經成年，至少也要讓自己不再成為父母的負擔，讓父母看到20年辛苦養育的希望。

無所事事只會把你變成一個廢物，一個被所有其他人鄙夷的廢物，因為這樣的你是一個不折不扣的寄生蟲。別以為弄個怪異的髮型，穿上不男不女的衣服，噴上刺鼻的香水，別人就會注重你，要明白那樣招來的眼光就是別人在看一隻與眾不同的猴子。許多有教養的人對另類的你的反感並不寫在臉上，但這種反感確鑿無疑肯定會給你帶來極其不利的後果。

別瞧不起勞動人民。不要為勞動羞恥。土地不髒，汗味不難聞。請尊重那些似乎生活狀況不如你，但仍然用自己的雙手誠實勞動養家糊口的人，因為這樣才是尊重自己。永遠體恤那些生活在底層的人們，因為我們的親人就是在這些人群中。我們不嬌貴。我們必須能夠自己養活自己，這是你的尊嚴所在。

不要小看一分錢。不妨自己去掙掙看。做人有時要強悍一點，被欺負的時候，一定要討回來！但是不要記恨。小人之見，隨他們去好了。有原則的寬容和憐憫，會使你高貴。有小心機的女生是可愛的，但別把這種心計用在勾心鬥角上，那樣會很累。做人不要太高調，高調容易招惹是非。但也不能太低調，該強悍時則強悍，但切不可咄咄逼人。

被朋友傷害了的時候，別懷疑友情，但提防背叛你的人。原諒， 但並不遺忘。做人存幾分天真童心，對朋友保持一些俠義之情。要快樂，要開朗，要堅韌，要溫暖。這和性格無關。但你要忠誠，勤奮，要真誠的尊重別人，這樣你的人生才不會黑暗。

寬待自己，也寬待別人。當你不會因為小小的不如意小小的事而生氣或難過的時候，你會輕鬆很多。

要原諒這個世界和自己。要告訴自己，我值得擁有最好的一切。

【六‧四】Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989

Sources from wikipedia, wenweipo, taikungpo, mingpo and http://ngszehin.net/research/4771/

We can't forget what did happen in 1989!

































I hope my article will not be forced to delete. (he xie)

中大校方拒納民主女神 稱堅守政治中立 學生會斥向中央示好

Source: Yahoo News http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100602/4/iduy.html
(明報)2010年6月3日 星期四 05:10

【明報專訊】旅美藝術家陳維明創作的「新民主女神像」，繼被警方扣押多日後，再次掀起爭議，中文大學學生會較早前提出，待女神像於明晚維園 的燭光晚會展示後，移送到中文大學校園永久擺放。校方昨晚回覆，表示要維持大學「政治中立的原則」，拒絕學生會申請。中大學生會會長黎恩灝直斥校方的決定荒謬，認為是校方管理層要向中央示好。

學生會申請永久擺放校園

中大公關部昨日發信回覆提出申請的中大學生會會長黎恩灝，信中表示，「中大向來尊重言論自由，有責任維護所有大學成員享有表達不同見解和持有不同立場的自由」，而學校行政與計劃委員會以不記名方式投票，一致決定重申大學必須堅守政治中立的原則，「如有行動或活動反映政治立場，而對大學政治中立的原則有損者，大學不應涉及」。

校方於信中表示，鑑於上述原則，行政與計劃委員會決定不接受學生會會長提出的申請，由於校方了解到學生會正探討舉行相關活動，特委派大學輔導長與學生會會長繼續聯繫溝通。

學生會會長﹕倘要中立 校長不應當政協

對於校方解釋，黎恩灝直斥荒謬，「若學校注重政治中立，言論自由，就應該接納各方意見，而不是排拒個別意見」。他又說，若校方管理層重視政治中立，身為中大校長的劉遵義 ，就不應該接受委任為全國政協委員 及行政會議 成員，認為今次學校管理層的決定，只為向中央示好。

中大29最高層一致決定

今次作出決定的行政與計劃委員會，是中大校董會轄下的委員會之一，有29名成員，全部為中大管理層及各書院學院的最高領導，包括校長劉遵義及6名副校長；而逸夫書院院長、候任中大校長沈祖堯亦為成員之一。根據中大的信件，所有成員都同意拒絕讓新民主女神像進入校園。

新民主女神像於明晚的六四 燭光晚會展示後，去向一直未有定案。直至近日，中大學生會提出，把女神像移送到中文大學長期擺放，與香港大學 的「國殤之柱」互相呼應。黎恩灝表示，學生會考慮將女神像放在大學港鐵站與巴士站附近草地，或選在大學本部的文化廣場空地，但如今校方領導層作出如此決定，兩個方案都不可進行。

日本拒變革 鳩山下台亦枉然

Source: yahoo news http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100602/23/idq4.html

(經濟日報)2010年6月3日 星期四 04:20

【經濟日報專訊】日本 首相鳩山由紀夫昨宣布辭職，表面死因是未能履行將美軍基地遷出沖繩島的競選承諾，更根本是不論政治、經濟都做不到「變革」選舉諾言。日本政黨與民眾若不能痛定思痛、忍痛大舉改革，日本勢將繼續迷失年代。

軍事政治經濟 「變革」淪為口號

鳩山請辭並不令人意外，畢竟其民望已跌至百分之十七的超低水平，若執政民主黨 續由他領導，勢在下月參議院選舉慘敗。政治現實下，鳩山不得不下台，惟此凸顯了日本政經的難以救藥。民主黨去年八月能擊倒長期壟斷政權的自民黨 ，皆因日本民眾厭倦自民黨的貪腐與無能，鳩山仿效美國 總統奧巴馬 以「變革」為選舉口號，正符日本人求變之心。鳩山上台時民望高逾七成，便反映日本社會對政治新氣象的期望。

由八個多月前的高民望至昨天下台，直接死因是鳩山沒有履行將美軍基地遷出沖繩島的競選承諾，朝野壓力四方八面襲至。

美軍駐日基地是碰不得的燙手山芋，事關亞洲軍事平衡、美國在亞洲的軍事部署、日本在區內的軍事安全等，更何況，美國影響力深滲日本政經領域，才是日本決策的真正一哥。民主黨在野時可肆意要求美軍撤離，當權則必須面對現實，那得不焦頭爛額，更得失美國，失去助力。

然而，美軍駐日基地只是鳩山下台的導火線，更深層原因是鳩山政府上台八個多月，日本民眾看不到有何「變革」。

政治上，民主黨高層再三被揭發政治獻金事件，反映日本政制的結構性貪腐問題，幾乎是天下烏鴉一樣黑。經濟上，日本不但未能走出迷失二十年，更已重墜通縮泥淖。民眾由期望變失望，鳩山民望那能不持續下跌。

那鳩山下台，可能由副首相菅直人接任，又或日後日本再變天，由自民黨重新執政，就可改變日本政經迷失的困局嗎？答案是很難，因問題不但在政黨，還在公眾。

提出變革的其實不只民主黨，自民黨的小泉純一郎 就任首相時便曾推動經濟改革，但不是最終半途變樣，便是胎死腹中，改變不了大氣候，底因是日本人雖知要變，但卻怕痛拒變。缺乏民眾真心支持，日本始終邁不開政經改革的步伐。

民眾害怕陣痛 難脫迷失困局

日本的根本問題，既在政黨，更在民眾；若民眾與政黨不咬緊牙關忍痛改革，再更換首相、再政黨變天，日本在迷失十年又十年後，只會再繼續迷失下去。

Hong Kong Art Fair 2010

The Hong Kong Art Fair 2010 begins today. But I am so glad that I have a free ticket to join this event. I haven't gone to art fairs for a long time. So thanks Vivian so much!

what a unlucky day....

A night before yesterday, a cockroach climbed on my leg *Yuck!* And I knew it was not good omen to me, there should be something unlucky going to happen. That really came!! I took a bus to go to school as usuall yet I went out 20 minutes earlier than I used to be. However, I was still late for more than an hour due to traffic congestion. What's more, I had a presentation yesterday. We needed to choose the order of presentation from draw lots. The smaller the number, the earlier the presentation order, and we got 0. That means our group was the first group to present our project. *F..* (Let me hold me F word back.) That's shXt! I cannot come back in time to have the presentation and my groupmate helped me to do it. #%^$^@$ *Sigh*

Xpress Teppanyaki

Starring: Vivian and me
Place: Hollywood Plaza, Diamond Hill
Date: May 20, 2010

I suddenly come up with May 20, 5.20, in Putonghua meaning "I love you." Haha! I can't really imagine that I would have that day with you, gal.

Go on to the dinner. Yes. There are many different set of teppanyaki for you to choose from, such as, cod fish.

The chef would prepare and serve the dishes in front of us. It's just like a cooking show. So enjoyable and it makes sure all dishes served are fresh.