28th August 2008 Thursday

Caught Wall-E on the big screens last night. It was better than I imagined it would be. I loved the way the film-makers imprinted the personality and acute feelings, supposedly only capable to be possessed by an animate object, on "supposed-to-be" inanimate robots. And all these with surprisingly little speeches along the way. In fact, I personally felt the magic of the show lies in the lack of proper speeches in comparison to the average film. How the feelings of Wall-E and Eve and of course, the feelings between them, were brought out by simple actions and how feelings of curiousity, concern and anxiousness were brought out simply by the different tones in the way they addressed each other. A heartwarming film reminding us of loneliness and friendship when Wall-E was all alone with only the exception of a cockroach friend, of love when Wall-E met Eve and how it did all it could to protect her, of sacrifice when Wall-E nearly sacrificed himself for the big picture and of how efforts will eventually be rewarded when Wall-E finally won Eve's mechanical heart. A superb fairy tale with a superb happily ever after ending. And all these reinforced a hundred fold with the brilliant computer graphics technology of Pixar. And did I mention that it is definitely suitable for all ages? =)

23rd August 2008 Saturday

有些人认为随着身边的人的增加，寂寞感就会相对的减少。但我认为不然。寂寞感与身边的人的多寡并无直接的关系。较真确的说法应该是寂寞感与心里的人的多寡是成反比的。所以有些人在最热闹的场合，心里还是寂寞的。而另一些人却能在最寂静的夜空下感受到幸福，快乐。

我不曾认识寂寞。因为我的心里从来就不曾有一扇门，也从来不曾有一个人，包括你。我可以这样相信吗？

22nd August 2008 Friday

走在人生的路上难免会遇到一些时候，会让你忽然特别特别地想念一些人，事，物。这些人往往是曾经掏心的，这些事往往是曾经在心里流下涟漪的，这些物往往是曾经赞叹的。但这些想念的人，事，物往往也都是在岁月的蹉跎下而变质的，而失去的。在岁月的流逝中，我们到底遇到过多少人，事，物？又几经失去？我想，失去一些，获得另一些，这就是成长的过程吧。但我想大概没有人会习惯如此的过程吧。人生就是那么地可笑。那么的令人伤感，但又那么地令人无法逃脱其过程。

或许因为最近离开公司的同事渐渐地增加了，感触特别深吧。尤其令我感叹的是曾经在人生的路上掏心的知己大概已没几个留在身边了吧。又或许自己从未真正的掏过心，所以也从不曾有个知己。我不知道也害怕知道答案。因为人都是爱做梦的。至少在梦里，我是被身边的人爱着的。有时会想，如果生命从头开始，我是否会选择走不一样的路，酿造不一样的自己。但如此的自己，会比现在的自己好吗？会较快乐吗？我想，当一个不可能发生的状况被放置一个假设性的问题，唯一的解答应该是无解吧。那即是无解，也不必多想了吧。

写在每一个想念一个人，一件事的夜晚。。。

17th August 2008 Sunday

Finally the last album to complete my collection of all of Yu Heng's album. Had quite some trouble looking for this album in Singapore. All the shops I went to gave me the same response that they no longer have any stock. Well, some of them did tell me that they do have the China version though. However, for those who know me, I don't really fancy buying China versions of CDs. And that is especially so when it explicitly says on the back of the album that the album is restricted to sale in China only. So what is it doing in Singapore? Or perhaps the print is too small for the censorship board or sellers to notice? Perhaps they should do it in font size 30 for people to take notice? Well, I don't know. But that is besides the point. As I was saying, I had quite some trouble finding the album in Singapore so I had to get my friend to order it online and ship from Taiwan. Thanks to ZJ for helping me order and getting it to Singapore. Had to get a friend to order as I do not possess any cards that enable me to make online purchases. Gosh. I must be a living artefact in modern Singapore. I hope I don't get moved to the museum soon.

This album was not disappointing and I doubt that Yu Heng's songs will ever be disappointing. However, I did find the starting song - "Happy Day" a little too commercial for my liking. Yu Heng sang it well but it is just so not her style. Watched her online interview some time back and apparently, this album was released in Taiwan and wanting to attract the attention of the younger generation over there, the record company decided to add the "cute" factor in to boost the acceptability of the album. Apparently, they justified the act as the Taiwanese music industry then is fueled by the younger generation while the teenagers and adults are more inclined towards online downloading piracy. Well, they do have a point but I still prefer the Yu Heng in 十一楼日记 and 就是我, non-commercialised and true to herself. But I could not blame the record company for considering the commercializing factor as a more important factor. They are afterall a commercial company.

There are only six new songs in this album. The rest have already been presented in her first album which I guess was probably not distributed in Taiwan. That is probably why this album was produced and released. New songs include Happy Day, 深呼吸, 哎呀, 问号, 爱情天气 and 地球.

I especially liked 深呼吸. Inspiring lyrics and I guess it gives you comfort at times when you are really down. I want myself to be strong and I know that I can do it. I will live better than before. Isn't that how life should be? Life is about picking yourself up with every blow and living stronger and better than before. We fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up and carry on with life's journey ain't it? Kind of reminds me of a part of some story I read some time back. Don't really remember which story it came from but it kind of goes like this - "When you fall, lie back, look up and appreciate the blue sky. It isn't all that bad about falling." Nice inspiring song.

地球 is good too and kind of fits into the whole theme of the album. Well, it is about the Universe ain't it? The Sun and Earth and isn't it amazing how they seem to revolve around each other? People from the past used to think that Earth revolved around the Sun you know? Before they found out that it was gravity that caused the Sun to revolve around Earth. Nice song about light years of love.
The rest are really good songs too. For those who have the album, listen to it again and appreciate it. For those who don't have, I am going to repeat this again - What are you waiting for? You are going to regret not getting this album!

8th August 2008 Friday

已经好久没有一个歌手能让我在听了她的专辑之后，开始追溯她以往的作品，从第一张唱片开始收集她的每一张专辑。近几年来我想宇珩是第一位吧。听了她的REAL2006专辑之后就不断地在寻找她以往的作品。找了好多家唱片行，终於让我找到了她的第一张唱片。我想让我寻找她的作品的原因大概是因为我在她的专辑里听到的并不只有曲与词，还有好多好多的努力和满满的感动。我一直都觉得一个好的歌手并不应该只有一副好嗓音(当然好嗓音也很重要)，而也要把感情放入所唱的歌曲之中，把歌曲唱入听歌的人们的心中，产生共鸣。所以即使是平淡的曲，简单的词，也能让听歌的人感动好久好久。感动的不是她的声音有多么多么的好听，而是歌曲满满的把感觉传递了。宇珩做到了。所以即使歌曲并不是音乐市场的大鱼大肉，但简单的茄红素感动了我。

网主特别推荐[依然是朋友]专辑里的歌曲：

依然是朋友：应该属於KTV<必点的抒情歌曲吧。K歌风味十足。唱出了忧伤与忧伤后重现海阔天空的味道。故事的最后睡也不曾失去过什么。。。

微笑的理由：与网主也非常喜欢的梁静茹合唱的歌曲。很有梁式情歌的驾驶。唱出了友情的一首歌。你的脆弱，你的难过，我真的都懂。。。

星期三的约会：唱出了恋爱中小女人的心声。轻轻松松，甜甜蜜蜜，无负担的一首歌。爱情中的约会不就应该是这样的吗？我喜欢这样渺小的世界，这样雨后的天，没有一点压力的感觉。歌曲有唱掉压力的功效噢。用心在雨后的天听。。。

十一楼日记：用音乐写日记应该就是这样的吧。并没有别人的喧哗，只有自己的心声。就是要有独特的想法，才能有独特好听的宇珩。

拥有专辑的朋友们用心听。没有专辑的，你还在等什么呢？好的专辑不要犹豫收藏，否则来日找不到了再来后悔。。。

5th August 2008

一生一世对於很多的人来说是一段相当长的时间。毕竟每个人的一生只有一次一生一世。但我们的一生一世就如时间的海洋里的一颗沙粒。对於拥有正片海的时间，或许一生一世只不过是瞬间的事吧。活得越久，看到的事情越多，对於人事物的失望是不是也会越来越甚？对於永远追求着完美但却离完美越来越远的自己的厌恶是不是也会越来越多？