Which Tarot Card are you?

You are The Moon

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Moon is a card of magic and mystery - when prominent you know that nothing is as it seems, particularly when it concerns relationships. All logic is thrown out the window.

The Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition. You may be going through a time of emotional and mental trial; if you have any past mental problems, you must be vigilant in taking your medication but avoid drugs or alcohol, as abuse of either will cause them irreparable damage. This time however, can also result in great creativity, psychic powers, visions and insight. You can and should trust your intuition.

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一首诗

《我不叫笨》

我忘了父母给我的名字

不是不愿记起 但

叫我怎么忘了

笨




*分享一首短短的诗。若干年前看了电影《小孩不笨》后的有感而发。*

Sharing Good Music

《夜宴》的配乐里面那几个“咚咚咚”的声音，哪里需要朗朗？简直是大材小用。这张专辑展现的才是朗朗真正的实力。

我是因为《黄河协奏曲》才买这张专辑的，但是初次完整地听乐曲，怎么听都没有我想象中的豪迈壮阔。可能是越对事物有诸多美好的想象，对它的要求越高，又可能是这首写于上世纪30年代的作品还没有沾上现今“抄袭”西方交响作品的陋习吧，所以听起来还很有“中国风”。最令我惊喜的是第4乐章《保卫黄河》，听着听着，怎么出现《东方红》的旋律（让我想起黄歆峰老师曾经在小组练习时提起“东方红，太阳升，中国出了个毛泽东……”哈哈！）！请原谅我的孤陋寡闻。

其他的乐曲如《春江花月夜》、《平湖秋月》、《望春风》、《牧童短笛》和《翻身的日子》等都是很传统的民乐，在这里却很fusion，但朗朗好像都是“牡丹”，为这些乐曲伴奏。

我本身最喜欢的是《枫桥夜泊》，因为很有诗意、很有意境，是那种会让你仿佛身临其境的乐曲。当然，在听完这首乐曲时，我还是回到现实，想到了几年前到寒山寺的那个冬天。站在重新粉刷过一番的寒山寺外，什么“江枫渔火对愁眠”的感觉都没有了，只有眼前黄得刺眼、丝毫没有古意的围墙，上面写着“寒山寺”三个大字。那座真的是张继诗中的寒山寺吗？我想，有时保持距离还是好的。诗里朦胧的美，就让它继续朦胧，若硬要去揭开面纱就太残忍了。所以，还是念念诗、听听音乐好了，别去找朦胧中的“寒山寺”。

I had been eyeing this CD since I first saw it HMV (last year?). Put 4 handsome and talented singers together and you get a winning formula! This album was #1 in music charts of countries like UK, Canada, US, Netherlands and Australia etc. If you wonder what they sing, they sing Operatic Pop, complete with the backup of an orchestra (not the synthesiser, mind you) . A mouthful, isn't it? So it is Opera or Pop?

Il Divo is Italian for "divine male performer". They sure can sing like The Three Tenors but at the some time, the music has the pop element that will not bore the avid pop listeners (like me) to death. The songs are in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Latin, mostly non-English. If you feel that the language barrier in most songs will hinder your appreciate of their voice, rest assure. You don't need language and words to appreciate good music. The first piece of music human beings create certainly has no word. Personally, I like their renditions of Toni Braxton's hit "Unbreak My Heart" (Regresa A Mi), Frank Sinatra's hit "My Way" (A Mi Manera) and "Passerà". I would strongly recommend this album if you are tired of singers who can't even sing.

比之前还“猛”

11月5日下午，我做了一件比前面两次去为周华健“站台”还更疯狂、不可思议、“勇敢”的事。在这里不跟你们说白了， 让你们自己 figure out。


准备工作：
1）开始把自己所有的流行乐专辑挖出来
2）物色适合自己音域的歌曲
3）因为家里的流行乐专辑实在有限（好几张都是周华健的），所以买了孙燕姿的最新精选集
4）把孙燕姿的一些歌曲听了几遍，选了几首合适的
5）开始学习那些歌曲，然后把我唱的用mp3录下
6）Playback，继续筛选
7）躲在房里闭门修炼，最后锁定两首歌曲
8）继续修炼…… 一直唱…… 有空就唱……
9）临时恶补，上网查有关资料

**我平时都不在家里哼哼唱唱的，连朋友相约上ktv我也再三推辞。我想弟弟和妈妈会觉得很奇怪，怎么我最近老爱在三更半夜时唱歌，而且唱的都是那几首。其实作出这个决定之前，我考虑了近一个星期，就连打好了履历表后都在挣扎要不要把它发送出去。


2006年11月5日下午2.30pm 事件发生顺序：
1）填表格
2）被带到排练厅，先做热身运动
3）做自我介绍
4）听一段音乐，然后自由发挥，要怎么摆动身体都可以
5）在走廊焦虑等待
6）演唱准备的那两首歌曲

** 热身运动还好，但那段自由发挥就……嗨，我平时也不跳舞，身体僵硬，四肢不听使唤，怎么摆动都很滑稽。后来在走廊等了好一段时间，我去了厕所，一回来还没准备便被唤去唱歌了！吓死人了，我还没回过神来咧！紧张紧张紧张……第一首歌的歌词忘得七七八八。我想大概听不出那是一首歌吧？我都不知道自己因为忘词停了几次。第二首在低音部分还是失手了，一些词也唱错，但是我用了在华乐团混了8年学到的一招——take cover，勉强唱完了。真是不好意思，我不知道可以带歌词，不然也不用那么狼狈。嗨……害人家耳朵受罪了。

看，大家等待的样子。

焦虑的脚

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过后实在太饿了，到Carls' Jr 吃了一个Portebello Mushroom Burger Combo。因为不止是早餐不敢吃饱，连前一天晚上的晚餐也不敢多吃，所以真的很饿！不知道是不是我太饿，汉堡的cheese + portebello mushroom 实在是太好吃了。尤其那些塞得满满的蘑菇，只能用fat and juicy 来形容。