Archive for January, 2006

"Whether you think you can or cannot, you’re absolutely right."

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"聪明的人懂得说;智慧的人懂得听;高明的人懂得问."

                    ——A clever person knows what to say; an intelligent person knows how to listen; a wise person knows what to ask. 

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爸,

      当听到你沉重地说“我人生最后悔的决定就是送你出过深造”时,我的心里好不是个滋味。这就话正好击中我了这几年来藏在内心里对你们深深的内疚。当你说出了这就话时,我知道,你已经无奈地接受了一颗已经下定决心要漂洋过海的心。

      爸,你没白送女儿出国深造。在这国外独立生活的几年里,女儿长大了,眼界开阔了,知识面加宽了,更重要的是,女儿找到了自我,知道如何做人,选择做什么样的人。爸,生活是人创造的,女儿想先学会做人,在一步一步创造生活。也许,在选择照顾父母和完成自我期望的过程就是一种学习。请允许女儿慢慢地感悟这人世间深厚的亲情,女儿有一天最终会找到一个让您满意答案。爸,请对你的女儿有信心。女儿是有心的。

      爸,你没白养女儿。女儿在外漂泊,爱您的心随着年龄的增长,也越来越深厚。您的爱和关心一直以来都是女儿的支柱,心灵上的,精神上的。你的精神,无时无刻地鼓舞了女儿    顽强和自尊

      爸,我想好好了解你,就像希望你能好好了解你的女儿一样。我想自豪地对每一个人说,“我了解我的父亲。”  但是我知道,您所拥有的一些品质,女儿这一生都无法真真正正的体会和继承。

      爸,你是女儿心中的神。

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每次回国,都会有一种重拾起自己遗忘过去的感觉。自己的身世和家境多多少少让让我感到有一种‘离奇’的幸运。从爷爷奶奶大上海那儿辈,到爸妈文革,饥荒,两次越战,三十几年部队服役那种漂浮的生活和最近的市场改革。我就是在这三代的抚育和影响下长大。

身为第三代人,我的‘根’参杂前两代复杂的情感和被时代所冲击的辛与酸。再加上在几年国外的生活,到我这代,回头看看爷爷奶奶那儿辈,离的太远,爸妈的生活体验也不能就这样按部就班。三代的隔阂是遥远的,却又是相似的。好在作为第三代的我还可以隐隐约约体会到前两代的是是非非。想一想我的今后下一代又可以体会到我这一代的所面对的种种选择与取舍吗!

我所追求的是一份宁静。我想要的,是下一代的稳定。

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Billplympton

Check out Bill Plympton’s short movies, very funny…some of them are quite rude (hehe), the rest are very ‘inspirational’!

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         存在是一个很主观事实。而存在的苦恼便是区分

         当自以为是的事物,突然有一天发现其实是的,或者,觉悟到一直以来,是自己在让自己相信 - 的是的。再或者,一直都深信是的事物,因为某种冲突,产生了疑惑,这时,经常会去选择相信是还是。 这种对‘实’信念上的动摇,就是所谓的空间。也就是说,选择是因为这个空间而存在,是被动的,是对所处环境的反应,不是主动的。

         问题的根本是,的永远不会是的,的永远是事实

        事实是不可以选择的。

        选择是一种主观存在

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         有两种人,一种享受舞台的绚丽,一种欣赏舞台的绚丽。先来说前一种人,他们天生的就是属于舞台和目光,当站在舞台的那一刻,所有来自他人的注意力为他们注入了兴奋与激情,而兴奋和激情才是他们存在的原动力。他们享受着被别人衡量的洗礼,站在那个完全属于他的舞台上,尽情的发挥,宣泄。他们把他们的喜怒哀乐,对万事万物的理解转换成一种能量,然后用一种艺术形态表达出来。当这一切在这舞台上完成了,他满足了。他希望永远生活在他为自己创造的那个舞台上。

         另一种人,欣赏站在舞台上那个人的勇气。也努力权衡着如何不让他人的光华掩饰了自己的独特。他问自己,‘哪里是属于我的舞台?’可是有一天,他明白了,他所需要的,并不是舞台。而是舞台所不能给予的一份真实。

         对第一种人来说,最大的牺牲,是为一个爱他的人走下舞台。于是,当第二种人爱上第一种人,也就变成他所要面对的最大的考验。

         

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I am very much looking forward to seeing the movie “Memoirs of a Geisha”. I read the book by Arthur Golden few years ago, and I am quite amazed by how similar traditional Japanese women and Chinese traditional women’s destinies are – passive, dependent, worthless, yet having the urge to change their own destiny.

At first, I was very excited when I heard it will coming to the big screen. And the more I found out about it the more I felt how bizarre it is. One, none of the Geishas in the movie are Japanese, in fact they are all Chinese (two from China, my country, one from Malaysia); secondly, they are speaking English in the movie. Well, I understand that the movie needs to market itself to an international standard, but my question is how true this movie can be if the fundamentals of the movie have been changed or exaggerated. Thirdly, I am not sure if the director, Rob Marshall, has enough credibility to direct a foreign historical film, but I certainly hope it won’t become one of those typical Hollywood productions.

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Another reason I feel strongly about this is that people are drawn to Japanese culture more than any other Asian cultures. I feel very emotional that while Japan protecting the core of its nation, China on the other hand has more than 2000 year of history but is slowly losing its originality.    

Interestingly enough is how Westerners see Japan or China’s culture so differently from how the locals see themselves. That could be one of reasons why ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ was such a success overseas, but failed so miserably among its own audience. Newspapers in China claimed that it was a movie to only please Westerners.

Using the same rationale to “Geisha”, it would be very interesting to know what the real Japanese would think after watching it. A-ha, now, I am really looking forward to seeing this movie.

 

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