2011/04/29

女人要有錢

這陣子因為面臨了類似的困境而

有些不開心

這幾天想了很久

除了得承認自己懶散造成問題

最後也歸納出一個自己不開心的結論:

out of money!


只是為了如此微薄的金錢

必須在生活裡、工作上、感情中一再委屈?

我想這樣的問題無法歸咎給任何人

也因此腦中開始一直有句話迴響著告訴自己:

「女人要有錢,有錢有信心!」


沒有錯!這是吳淡如最近新開的一個節目的Slogan

不知為何就如此釘進我的腦袋中

在這樣的時刻不時就浮現出來........

當我對他的 sweet talk but no plan 感到心灰意冷

當我在工作中有所感卻窒礙難伸

當我在一個人面對對未知的不安時

該如何先靠自己讓自己安定?

而眼前的答案 只有一個

努力賺錢吧! 親愛的!

從今開始替自己打造自己想要的人生!

他無法承諾的未來、我夢想的Audi A4、他老掛在嘴邊的房子

(but all sounds so much alike just lip service)

甚至是所謂對我的Promises.....

都別再幻想吧!

讓我為自己來實現願望,不要再因此等待而可笑地受傷了........

就以這幾天在鏡子上看見的甘地名言自勉:

You must be the change you wish to see in th world!

是的!我絕對可以!

2011/04/24

Adele-Chasing payments

如果你還說沒聽過Adele

那麼我只好先來一首她第一張專輯"19"裡的

強打好聽之作"Chasing Payments" 讓你先聞聞香
















她嗓音裡的爆發力和穿透度

讓人很難相信  這是來自一個十九歲而已的英國女孩......

Adele... 是一個絕對值得你聽進去的聲音~




















Chasing Payments 


Songwriters: FRANCIS EG WHITE, ADELE ADKINS

I've made up my mind
don't need to think it over
if i'm wrong i am right
don't need to look no further
this ain't lust i know this is love 


 
But if i tell the world
i'll never say enough
cos it was not said to you
and thats exactly what i need to do
if i end up with you 

 
Should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads no where,
or would it be a waste
even if i knew my place should i leave it there.


Should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads nowhere

I build myself up
and fly around in circles
waiting as my heart drops
and my back begins to tingle
finally could this be it

or

Should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads no where,

or would it be a waste
even if i knew my place should i leave it there.
should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads nowhere

should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads no where,
or would it be a waste
even if i knew my place
should i leave it there

should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads nowhere

yeaaah ehh
should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads nowhere
or would it be a waste
even if i new my place should i leave it there

Should i give up
or should i just keep on chasing pavements
should i just keep on chasing pavements

ooooohhh
should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads no where,
or would it be a waste
even if i knew my place
should i leave it there

Should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads no where


2011/04/22

自得自在 ~ 宜蘭 野夫炊煙

野夫炊煙 Caf'e

ADD: 宜蘭縣員山鄉雙埤路21-8號 (雙連生態教室旁 )

TEL: 886-3-9228966

BIZ HOUR: 11:00~19:30(Tue Off)

INFO: No Credit Card Service; No regular food menu



一向受生態保育人士推崇的

宜蘭福山植物園區

經年管制入園人數,還要事先申請才能進入參觀

如此才得以讓園內生態

不受人為因素過度破壞

2011/04/21

Empire State of mind

這兩天由於工作使然

心情有很大的波折起伏

處在驚恐的心裡狀態中卻只能告訴自己不能慌,不要怕

好友Maranda還有M也給我很大的支持和加油

除了這些外援給了我穩定的力量外

我也只能對自己默默地說著: YES I CAN MAKE IT!



Empire State of mind / by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys



至於對於那些莫須有的傳言及欲加之罪

我也把它視為提醒自己要謹慎再小心的一擊

此時又想起自己很喜愛的紐約

正值秋天,陽光映在落葉上的光影讓我久久無法移開視線

連等待渡船的空檔在遊人眼裡都顯得那麼美

當時即使隻身走過、看過這個城市而有些孤單

但這城市帶給我的刺激和本身源源不絕的活力

卻同樣令我在異鄉的任何角落都感到全身的細胞被

興奮感滿滿充塞的痛快......

晨起時停在我房裡的陽光也讓我感到夢般的目眩




















藉由Alicia Keys的嗓音

我再度回到了當時身在Time Square、Central Station、Central Park

Brian Park、Empire State 、 Little Italy 還有 Statue of Liberty等

種種美好而繽紛七彩的紐約區

當然要停留一下午的Central Park













 


GoGo Girl! 讓我一步步走向成功的道路,而且有一天要

再回到我心中最美的 New York City!

前往Statue of Liberty路上的天空...藍得太美!



I love N.Y! I will be back!




































[Jay-Z]
yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm down in Tribeca.
Right next to DeNiro
But I'll be hood forever
I'm the new Sinatra
And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere
(Yeah they love me everywhere)
I used to cop in Harlem
All of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)
Right there off of Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
(but BK, it's from Texas!!)
Me I'm out that BedStuy
Home of that boy Biggie
now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ta-ta
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N**ga, I be Spiked out
I could trip a referee
...tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...

[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York


[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and they're naked,
city it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,
If Jeezy's payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley,
Labor Day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade,
long live the king yo,
I’m from the Empire State thats…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

Welcome to the bright light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now you're in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim.
good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
no place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,

[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

2011/04/11

Adele-Rolling in the deep

這兩天因為阿嬤離開的緣故

實在有點沒心情寫東西( :P藉口...?)

就來分享一首很好聽的歌吧~


Rolling in the deep, 

又是我愛的Adele的超級好聽之作!~




其實愛她的音樂主要是因為她令我超驚艷的嗓音

後來發現她的幾首曲子除了音樂、唱腔深得我心之外

連歌詞描述的心境和情形都和我從

與M這段磨人的感情裡所感受的一切一切

超吻合!~(不知該哭還是該笑阿)

首張專輯《19 十九歲》就拿下 Grammy葛萊美「最佳新人」、「最佳流行女歌手」! 強!




再來一張



































因此每次聽到她淋漓盡致的嗓音揮灑

除了過癮之外

還有種被聲音裡的強大力量激勵的感覺

對於年輕的她有如此天賦和對歌曲的精準詮釋

我不僅祝福她大紅大紫(就算人美體不優)
















還要盼望她能繼續唱很久很久

讓更多人能感受到像我所感受的感動.感覺 和力量

Here she is... Adele!


第二張&最新專輯《21 二十一歲》



















Songwriters: EPWORTH, PAUL / ADKINS, ADELE


There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

Finally, I can see you crystal clear,
Go ahead and sell me out and a I'll lay your ship bare,
See how I'll leave with every piece of you,
Don't underestimate the things that I will do,

There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
I can't help feeling,

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hand,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared,

The scars of your love remind me of us,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
I can't help feeling,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,


(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep,
You had my heart inside of your hands,
But you played it with a beating,

Throw your soul through every open door,
Count your blessings to find what you look for,
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown,

(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
We could have had it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
It all, it all, it all,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

We could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
And you played it to the beat,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),

Could have had it all,
(You're gonna wish you never had met me),
Rolling in the deep,
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep),
You had my heart inside of your hands,

But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat.

2011/04/07

自省

最近身邊的朋友要結婚了

看起來和曾聽她敘述過的愛情史篇篇精彩

讓我一度以為這朋友會再這樣周旋遊走眾蜜蜂間

因此當聽到她要結婚的消息

不禁為她感到高興外

自己也思考著一直以來的問題

到底自己何時能和她一樣呢?


一直在情海中浮沉

也在這些男友中分別付出過好幾個四五年、六七年

卻終歸無緣

即使是當初擁有如Cece'這般

幾乎已是百分之八十符合我所夢想的對象出現

最終仍然放棄和他共度的想法

也讓他因此再也不願和我連繫.......


兩年過去了,而我還在這裡

為了一段沒有結果的關係而受困

看不到和任何人的未來

也不相信和M如此下去會讓我滿意甘心

因此見到身邊的朋友如此Happily forever的結局

我有悔恨

卻是恨自己的不果決

我仍有對愛情的憧憬

卻又自甘被他這般消磨殆盡

這是為什麼?

總說人要選擇與愛你多一些的人共度

我卻被自己的心迷惑

以為讓自己沉迷其中的才是愛情



願我能清醒阿

早些從你的sweet talk魅惑言語裡掙脫

錯不在你

是我沒有踏出去的勇氣

沒能認為自己做得到

但是在紛擾的這麼多年

我想我該走了

是時候要告訴你我要的是甚麼  不要甚麼

畢竟

如果你無法愛我多一些

你又為何值得我這樣的愛呢?

2011/04/06

Keep doing it

曾經訪問過一個年輕輩的作家

談及初出道時自己的文筆曾是一團糟

但在前輩的指點下開始嘗試每天書寫

同樣的

當代作家九把刀也在無數次的訪談中提過

他規定自己每天一定要騰出三小時書寫至少三千字


這樣的決心為這兩個人帶來甚麼?

出版著作? 有的!

名聲? 有的!

工作效率? 有的!

保持對文字的熱情和敏銳? 有的!


其實做完那次的訪談帶給我心裡相當的震撼

那位年輕作家看來就像時下追求流行、不問世事的青少女

但是點閱過她的部落格

拜讀過自她所見所聞轉化而成的文字後

卻讓我對她有了共鳴


寫吧!

我一直都有太多藉口和理由不做這樣的事

曾看過有一份研究報告說

要改掉一種習慣並不容易

但是要培養一種習慣

只要持之以恆連續執行21天

就會習慣成自然  跟著你


所以即使工作很忙碌

就算聚會到很晚

我決定就從現在起天天書寫


九把刀講過的一句話讓我很是認同

他說:
 
「說出來會被嘲笑的夢想,才有實踐的價值;即使跌倒了,姿勢也會非常豪邁。」

可不是嗎?

我決定往國際作家 / 文字工作者的夢想邁進

這必定需要時間和我的堅持

相信也會有人說

這是不可能的夢想

但我答應過的自己呢...我也答應過Cece',我也答應過Ed,

我將成為一個能寫會拍的國際知名攝影兼文字工作者,

有甚麼好害怕的呢?


害怕的時候

做,就對了!

Karen,加油!















放不下的是...

阿嬤今天下午走了

接著我晚上在電話裡跟他分手了

我的眼淚一直停不了

不知是因為想起阿嬤臨走前幾天

我到醫院看她時,幫她按摩說笑話給她聽的情景 讓我

停不住哭泣


還是 因為


真正要跟你分開了的原因......



兩個我都捨不得

所有人我都放不下

我不想失去你們

 為什麼人生這麼難??

好個結束...

我很傻

我知道 .....

早就該做的決定

幾年前就要下的決心

我都知道.....

可是我怎麼都做不到................



給你再久的時間

也不會有改變

你也不會做任何的努力


所以才說我很傻

不是嗎?

還這樣亂七八糟地哭了好多遍

最後還是走到同一步


真是好個神經病阿! sigh......