why do people leave ?

People come into your life for a reason. Do they leave for a reason, too?

I experienced my first episode of someone's departure when I was in kindergarten. I think I was too young to feel anything that I am feeling now.

I always thought people that I know and care about would always stay in my life forever, or maybe until the day I no long live. Some of the aging symptoms have been creeping onto my parents lately. DJ has decided that he wanted to move away from Taiwan next year.

The familiarity that I once had is changing. I am scared. It's not that I am scared of changing. I am perfectly alright now that I moved to my new place in the east district, and I am used to the new daily/weekly routines. It's different from before. But no matter what, all the people I care about are still reachable in a short time.

I just feel sad. Why do people, even the ones that care about you, leave your life?

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Slumdog Millionaire / 貧民百萬大富翁

I saw Slumdog Millionaire, the Best Picture winner of the Oscars this year, last night. The movie itself was good, depicting the lives of people growing up in the slums in India.

The main character, Jamal, answered correctly all the questions on TV show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" based on his personal experiences in the past. His love for Latika is also worth mentioning even though this movie is not about love at all, I think. It's more about life, rich and poverty. (I don't know why the poster makes the movie seem like a love movie...)

I also like what Latika symbolizes in the movie, and the symbolization is the most highlighted in the final question Jamal had to answer to win the biggest prize.

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小時候的歌 / songs from my childhood

不知道為什麼，最近忽然復古了起來，一直找小時候聽的歌來聽，可能是跟認識的人有關吧，哈。

楊林 - 情人：


藍心湄 - 一見鍾情：


草蜢隊 - 暗戀的代價：


郭富城 - 對你愛不完


伊能靜 - 悲傷茱麗葉



還有更多 ...

ONE YEAR

I have been working at my current job for one year. I really enjoy working here. I am glad that I made the right decision to change jobs a year ago. The parent company of my previous company has really serious financial problems right now. Even the U.S. government can't just sit and let such gigantic company crash.

Anyway, I get to learn different translation techniques, and knowledge about laws. I also get to know some nice people here. The colleagues here treat each other very nicely and the company treats all the employees equally and generously. I am so happy to be able to work here.

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加州見聞錄03 (Clapping Lady on Treadmill)

啪啪，啪啪，一陣熟悉的拍手聲響起。我順著聲音的方向看過去，原來是她，想想自己也已經好久沒看到她了。

記得剛開始到加州時，經常看到一位嬌小女子在跑步機上自得其樂，邊跑步邊拍手，不過如果只是拍手，那也沒什麼值得在這裡介紹這位奇人物。這位鼎鼎大名的小姐呢，她還會在跑步機上吆喝、揮手、跳躍、碎步、倒退走、橫著走、單腳跳、抬腿、用雙手撐起身體等等，高級動作更包括了變換跑步機迷離步法、跑步機速度調整步法、以及合併上述所有動作。

她帶給許多新加入的加州會員歡樂，讓人耳目一新，讓人捧腹大笑。希望她可以持之以恆，散播歡樂，散播愛。

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Ricky Martin

Well, where do I start? I started to notice Ricky Martin when I was in high school. His album "Vuelve" was released in Taiwan around that time and La Copa de la Vida was chosen as the theme song of World Cup in the same year.

Then I started to look for his older songs, and there were actually some good songs. I continued to purchase his albums released subsequently and really enjoyed them a lot, but the later ones are not as good as earlier ones, I think.

He is also why I started to learn Spanish because I wanted to understand his Spanish lyrics. I bought some self-taught Spanish program, and later on took 2 years of Spanish courses in university. However, I never managed to actually speak good Spanish, except for getting high marks in classes, and also due to the fact that I spent more time studying French in university because of another hot reason.

Anyway, I just suddenly feel like listening to Ricky Martin again this week. Those old songs still rock and the singer... I don't know...I haven't seen any of his new photos for a long time.

Check out this good song from Ricky Martin. The music video is presented in a special way.
Click here: Private Emotion

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Confessions of a Shopaholic / 購物狂的異想世界

昨晚看了購物狂的異想世界，看電影前我沒看過小說，同時也只知道這是一個購物狂擔任理財專欄作家的故事。

進了戲院看電影後，覺得這部電影還滿好看的，有許多幽默好笑的地方，也有許多發人深省之處（???!!!），想想自己到底是不是有時候也會有那種瘋狂買東西的心理（我好像有過），不過還好，我還沒有像女主角那麼嚴重，不過女主角是因為購物狂才認識了她的完美伴侶，不知道我可不可以因為亂買東西，把信用卡刷爆，而有同樣的結果 .. :P （想太多... 倒不如買東西送給花癡的對像，還比較有可能....）

想看輕鬆浪漫喜劇的人（不過這不是愛情電影），可以去看。

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Anansi Boys / 阿南西之子

尼爾蓋曼（Neil Gaiman）繼美國眾神（American Gods）後，最新出版的中文翻譯長篇小說「阿南西之子」，我今天在書局看到了，實在太令人驚訝了。

這本小說還滿幽默的，故事敘述流暢。以美國眾神中的一位神祉「惡作劇之神」的兒子作為主軸，讀起來輕鬆愉快。

最近想看書的人可以去買來看看，哈。

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