Forever 21
每到你生日的前夕,我總是會夢見你,好像是要提醒我你的生日快到了。

西樓, originally uploaded by yGeeGee@歪姬.
11月26日,像是一年一度的回憶日。你讓我們每一個人在這一天回到過去,那段我們依然穿著藍色制服的日子、那段我們快樂得連未來都懶得計畫的時光。
有時候我不禁問自己,到底這樣的懷念是想念你,還是想念那個再也回不去的藍色大門?離開大門以外的世界,時間彷彿被龍捲風帶著走,每一年是過得那麼飛快不已,令人目不暇給。我們很少有時間停下思考到底自己經過了哪裡、做了什麼。上一段完整的記憶,就是那無憂無慮的那三年。所以每當過了一個年歲,但又好像不是那麼確定自己到底成長了些什麼,我們就不禁想起那最初的始點,至少在哪裡人們還保持最純真的樣子。如果還看不清未來,那也不要忘記最原始的自己,而你的樣子,就代表那時純真年代的我們。
倫敦的空氣很涼,我總是用羊毛圍巾裹住脖子、拉高風衣領子蓋到下巴,讓街頭的車水馬龍淹沒我這個旅人。如果你還在,現在你會在哪裡呢?是在上海的夜店、還是台北的升展台?說不定你還會在出現在偶像劇裡。不過,現在的你,該是帶著永遠的廿一歲微笑,在天上看著每一個當初跟你一起坐在教室的我們。今年我沒有太過想念那扇藍色大門,因為我想為你好好體會這個英倫城市,而我想你也會希望我這麼作的。
生日快樂,永遠的凱渥名模。
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Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild (2007),由西恩潘導演,改編自真實故事小說【阿拉斯加之死】(1996)。講述一個甫自大學畢業的優秀學生 Chritopher McCandless ,出生於富裕家庭,但他決定放棄一般人的生涯步伐:工作、結婚、生子。他將自己的積蓄部份捐給慈善機構、部份當作他獨自勇闖阿拉斯加的旅費。
Photo by wildaboutmovie.com
這部電影如同阿拉斯加這個地方給人的印象一樣,寂靜、美麗、處處危機。一路上 Christopher 以搭便車的方式前往目的地,同時他也遇見了許多有趣的人,他們給他生命的啓發,而身為一個獨特的過客,他也在他們生命中留下深刻的印象。
他遇見了嬉皮夫婦、並且跟他們一起住了一小陣子。他遇見了十六歲的音樂才女 Tracey (由暮光之城女主角 Kristen Stewart 飾演),她想要獻身給他。他遇見了獨居的退休軍官 Ron ,他們一起登上高峰俯瞰城市。
而當他獨居阿拉斯加時,電影寫實地呈現他如何隻身對抗自然、獵捕動物為食、征服惡劣的地形氣候。獵捕,在這部電影中毫不做作地呈現文明化人類與大自然之間的矛盾關係。
他曾因為看到母獸背後的小孩而心軟放下獵槍。他也曾因為不熟稔野獸的肉質,發現糜鹿肉根本無法吃而對於親手結束一條生命感到痛苦不已。
我最喜歡的一段是當他離開前夕與 Ron 一起攻頂的那天下午。 Continue reading ‘Into the Wild (2007)’
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I’m following Karl Lagerfeld
Yes, I’m following Karl Lagerfeld, but not literally. I followed him on Twitter.com.
To be honest, I don’t really get the concept of Twitter. I am kind of spoiled by other social networks like Facebook or MySpace which provide me unlimited sharing capacities for my favorite music or photos. In the other hand, Twitter is a relatively simple medium for those on-the-go mobile users to constant update their lives. To this point, I don’t really fancy telling people what I am doing 24/7 (I only have 49 tweets since last year I created my Twitter account).
However, I still have a Twitter account- not to update my life but to follow up what other people are doing. And the point is, most of them are not in my friend list in Facebook, such as, Karl Lagerfeld.
This is (maybe the only) point makes Twitter appealing to me. Everyone wants to know what are their favorite politicians/ celebrities/ sports stars are doing. Reading their tweets is like peeking their personal lives through a digital window (or screen). It is a first-hand observation and costs nothing.
Karl Lagerfeld who, my favorite fashion designer, doesn’t tweet very often. But I found his tweets very intriguing to me. Here are some tweets of his: Continue reading ‘I’m following Karl Lagerfeld’
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Tommorow’s Darling- Leah Weller
I love beauties. Compare with real people- the people you encounter on the streets, in the supermarket, while wait for the bus-, those pretty faces in the glossy magazines are more forgettable to me. But lately I found a rising star in Britain. She is the daughter of singer Paul Weller, she is Leah Weller.
Photo by dailymail.co.uk
At the age of 19, she did her first catwalk in London’s Graduation Fashion Week this year in June. She has this mysterious eyes, sexy lips, and delicate body figure. With three different nationalities running in her blood, Leah does look very outstanding among other Western models. Continue reading ‘Tommorow’s Darling- Leah Weller’
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Conversation #2
Federica: “My mom is going to visit me next week. She will be sleeping in my room, wait, actually I should put her on Roberto’s bed. They both snore”.
Roberto: “I don’t snore…. well.. occationally”.
Federica: “Yes, you do snore”!
Roberto: “Let’s ask her”. Turned his head and looked at me: ” Can you hear me snore”?
Me: “Well, if I stay up till pretty late, yes. But I grind my teeth in sleep since I was little”.
Roberto: “All crazy girls grind their teeth in sleep”.
Me: “… I take it as a compliment”.
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Conversation #1
Me: “I think in general I am a very peaceful person. But if necessary, I would do whatever it takes to win”.
Roberto: “Yes, I think you are the kind of person”.
Me: “What? I thought I look very harmless and naïve”?
Roberto: “Well, I can see you become very driven in achievement something if you want to”. “And it is good for you”, he added.
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對話
其實很多時候,「對話」之於我只剩下「聽話」的意義。
兩個主體,輪流扮演聽眾與講者,交換意見,這是字面上對話的意義。但就我的經驗裡,人們較喜好扮演講者的角色,即便在輪到他們當聽眾時,人們也僅僅截取自己想聽的部份。所以在大部份的對話當中,我習慣擁有百分之三十左右的時間發言,就對象的不同,我的比例從百分之十到百分之四十不等。但從未超過百分之五十。
或許這與人格特質也有關係,因為我的擅於傾聽,讓我的對話者感到發言的必要性。從每一個個體的口中,我聽取了許多的人生喜怒哀樂,他們讓我認識百樣人生。不過絕大部份,他們都是重複的。常常在同一個人口中聽取一樣的故事或煩惱千百回,直到他終於決定要換一個故事講為止。有些對話不容易消化,有時候掛上電話我必須要放送 Craig david 或 Nick Drave 的音樂,讓旋律鬆馳我的情緒。或許我的使命就是當一個傾聽者吧,有時候我會這樣子告訴自己。
但是,一個人的使命要在她的生命時間扮演多久呢?
隨著年紀增長,有時候我只感到越來越無奈,對於千篇一律的故事和毫無下文的討論,我開始懷疑這些對話的意義。從過去的耐心傾聽,現在有時候我只想打斷對方,詢問重點是什麼?不過,話說回來,對話對於人們的意義其實只是抒發,所以到底表達了多少重點、解決的多少問題,其實都不重要。重點是,他們找到了一個聽眾。
過去我認為,透過抒發,當事人可以獲得適度的幫助,並且有助於問題的解決。你描述一個故事越多遍,就對細節越清楚,同時也對未來的可能看得更清楚。不過,我錯了。過度重複一樣的問題,只會使人沈迷於對於過去的感受,並且對於未來的感覺越來越模糊。同時,在收集了這麼多人生故事之後,我開始不能只滿足於當傾聽者,我希望分享自己聽故事的心得,讓那些走在相似人生路徑的人可以獲得幫助。
這個心態的轉換十分緩慢而細膩,同時也一半出自於我日益減少的耐心。對於自己不能提供無止盡的傾聽服務,有一段時間我感到非常罪惡,彷彿背棄了那最單純良知的自己。但既然我們只活一次這輩子,我希望能夠讓生命被使用到最大化,而適度的停止人們那些無止盡的抱怨,就是幫助他們善用生命時間的第一步。
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Backstage
20/365 – Walking Backwards Face First Into My Past, originally uploaded by S.Mae.
Your Emotion Is Your Backstage
從小,我學會在爭吵的父母中間隱藏自己的情緒。
那是沒有人可以輕易探視的空間。
在我的小腦袋瓜裡面,
我學會理解父母失敗的婚姻、
觀察身邊的人事物、
咀嚼人與人相處的微妙界線。
我的情緒,就像是我的後台。
每一次面對人群,
都是在我已經整裝完畢後,
將布幕放好,再離開後台。
大了一點,
後台依然是緊閉的。
因為我曾經試著發出進入後台的VIP,
但並不是每個人都會感激你讓他進去參觀
尤其是在後台,
我看起來不會像平時光鮮亮麗、
也許蓬頭垢面、
也許抱著馬桶嘔吐昨日的回憶。
但這不是人們預期看到的。
人們只想看到,
他們在舞台上所熟悉的你,
而不是後台那真實的你。
每個人都是脆弱地活著,
與其強求自己被人了解,
不如好好挺直腰桿,
沒有人應該同情你安慰你。
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Make a wish to the moon
The way the two branches posed made me think of wishbone.
My Italian friend from Bologna told me a legend from her hometown. Every month when the full moon rises, people would bow to the moon three times and make a wish. She loved this tradition very much and so she led me to make my first wish to the moon with her. That night, the full moon shined beautifully in an extraordinary way. As the other night we made our wishes to the moon together, tonight the “wishbone” seemed broken and I felt like it was a lucky break to me.
Thank you, Camuela, for telling me this beautiful legend. And I know the full moon has promised me the wish that I made to her.
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