It's Sunny, No It's Raining

This morning as I drove to work to start a new week, there were subtle, light rain drops falling from the sky. And yet, the sun was out, bright and strong. This combination is definitely one of my favorite type of weather conditions, giving me a bright road ahead, yet letting me feel the liveliness of the cold water.

Let's just hope the U.S. financial crisis will start looking this way soon.

You Are My Eyes - 你是我的眼

So I'm stuck on this one Chinese song for the past 2 days. I think I have teared up a few too many times already. At work, at home, in the car, you name it. I think the lyrics and melody both move me. The song is about you being my eyes and showing me the world as you see it. The song is by a Taiwanese artist, whom I really know nothing about other than that he has lost is ability to see. I thought about what it would be like to lose my sight, and I know my life would be completely different if that were to happen. Time to stop things for granted, right? To the right is what I did get to see in D.C. which I am now just showing.


Version 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDU6jebYHd0
Version 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbcJ0QFfPIo

I found another blog with his own English translation so I won't bother translating: http://xinqing-xinjing.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-are-my-eyes.html


你是我的眼
作詞：蕭煌奇　作曲：蕭煌奇　編曲：陳飛午

如果我能看得見　就能輕易的分辨白天黑夜
就能準確的在人群中牽住你的手

如果我能看得見　就能駕車帶你到處遨遊
就能驚喜的從背後給你一個擁抱

如果我能看得見　生命也許完全不同
可能我想要的我喜歡的我愛的　都不一樣

眼前的黑不是黑　你說的白是什麼白
人們說的天空藍　是我記憶中那團白雲背後的藍天
我望向你的臉　卻只能看見一片虛無
是不是上帝在我眼前遮住了簾　忘了掀開

你是我的眼　帶我領略四季的變換
你是我的眼　帶我穿越擁擠的人潮
你是我的眼　帶我閱讀浩瀚的書海
因為你是我的眼　讓我看見這世界就在我眼前

The Decision

Can't View It? Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6j-HwNazGo

This is what happens when I prepare an exercise in class and we decide to have the class direct and shoot it. In case you can't tell, it's about a relationship gone sour. She comes home to him sleeping and leaving a mess, but decides not to stay in the same room as him, therefore making her final decision to... (watch the video). Edited by Jack H.

It's suppose to be a sad scene, but I can't help but keep giggling.

Project created by: Jack Hannibal, Sachin Mehta, Nicole Rosselle, Tofiq Sajawal, John Scillieri, and Shawna

Loss of Innocence

Perhaps I'm over thinking it. It's sad, but the truth is, I'm feeling a loss of innocence lately. No I haven't done anything crazy, over my head, or simply bad...at least that I would admit so. It's just that somehow a protection shield formed around me that's preventing me from caring. No, I haven't lost hope or the sense of optimism, but I can see myself falling into the trap not allowing myself to be vulnerable, therefore not feeling.

If this is what comes with age and experience, it's sure a funny thing.

Addiction

What is an addiction? What kind of personalities are more prone to addictive behavior? I often ponder on these questions and have never been sure of the answer. The two traits a person needs to have to become addicted is weakness and boldness. Normally, addiction is a negative thing, however, it often comes with passion and adventurism, both of which can be considered good.

After watching the season three episode of Grey's Anatomy - Love/Addiction, I couldn't agree more with the few ending quotes by Meredith Grey.

“The thing about addiction – it never ends well because eventually whatever it was that was getting us high stops feeling good and starts to hurt.”

“Still, they say you don’t kick the habit until you hit rock bottom. But how do you know you’re there?”

“Sometimes, letting it go hurts even worse.”

I normally don't allow myself to get to addicted to anything, fearing that will it hurt me the deeper I let myself go. But of course, there are certain things I cannot resist and have been a victim of this process. I just hope in the end, after the addiction is long over, it can only make us stronger.

痞子英雄

First of all I apologize if you don't know understand Mandarin but it's not that important. After watching this clip of the process of making this new Taiwan drama from a director I simply love, I feel extremely emotional. For one, to me, this is what film making is about. It's where the passion really lies. It's also extremely inspiring to me, to find that the drive to creating this project is not just to tell a story or to make something great, but to create an environment where everyone is just as passionate about it. It's truly amazing and I can't help but wonder why I'm not on that road yet.

My Blueberry Nights

I finally completed my mission to watch My Blueberry Nights, a film by Wong Kar Wai, one of my favorite directors. The performance by Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz blew me away, and of course Norah Jones' character kept me wanting to know more. I won't go into detail about style or the filmmaking process, even though there's a ton to say about that. I will say that theme of this story, or stories rather, is about letting go. We often hold on to things that are so important to us that we have a hard time letting go at the moment. Timing is everything. Up until lately, I thought I was good at it. I certainly have a lot to learn.

Summer is Coming to an End

Today I spent 90 minutes to travel 25.3 miles in the morning. This must mean school has started, which then means summer is almost over. I know it's time to pack the laziness away and get going with life again, but it's not easy this time around.

Anyhow, I was reminded recently of the song "Full of Grace" by Sarah McLachlan, which has been a long time favorite of mine and thought it would be some what appropriate to the atmosphere these days.