Darkness at Noon
最近一股作氣看完了兩本之前從台灣帶來的日本小說- 江國香織的”金米糖撒落的地方”以及柚木麻子的”書店的戴安娜”. 覺得也許我的閱讀勁回來了, 便想要趕快再找一本書來看, 以免隔太久好不容易回來的勁頭又離我而去. 看著書架上好幾本這一兩年從台灣帶回來的書, 都沒有一本引起我的興趣. (目前剩下的都是中文作家的作品, 有一半是散文, 而我目前實在沒有看散文的心情.) 打開 Kindle,...
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re-arrangement
So I’ve started listening to Cortex (after Daniel started to re-listen to it and Hello Internet), because now I do want to manage my monkey better and through that, live a better life. The first few...
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It’s been a week since I finish Imagine Me Gone. While I’m still trying to digest it and hopefully write something coherent about what I think and, more importantly, how it made me feel, I’m on a quest...
View ArticleThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin
Somehow the title of the novel was not at all appealing to me. That’s why I hesitated to open it even though I’ve had the book for a while. (I don’t even remember what prompted me to get the book. It...
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When I was in the bathroom, I remembered you’d poke your nose in, push the door wide open. You might even walk in, make your rounds, barely acknowledge my existence. It was kind of a nuisance but of...
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We didn’t ask to keep your ashes. (We chose cremation because we cannot bear your little body being eaten away by maggots, at best.) Because, what are we going to do with your ashes? It’s not you. When...
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You were never a puppy — when we first met you, you were already 11, allegedly. Your heartless previous owner only told the shelter that you were about 11. You were 24 pounds, a chubby little thing....
View ArticleArya: Part 1
We adopted Arya (Aiya, 哎呀, puppy) on the labor day weekend of 2013. We were planning to go somewhere but we got lazy. Instead, because I wanted to look at cats at the shelter (even though we kind of...
View ArticleArya: Part 2
Arya doesn’t like to go out. She doesn’t even like walks if it means going further than 100 meters away from home. She absolutely abhors car rides. She would always pant and prance. She would try to...
View Article[Deutsch] Das Learnen
大學畢業之後每隔幾年就會冒出要來複習德文的念頭。但沒有一次可以複習超過 Lernziel Deutsch 的 Lektion 2. 大概在三年前我不經意地發現 ‘Deutsch: warum nicht?’的 podcast, 便開始有機會就聽一聽, 但是成效不彰。直到後來找到了的教材本, 認真地認單字(仍舊像學英文一樣不背單字), 吸收文法, 做練習題。有些練習題感覺很蠢, 但後來想想,...
View ArticleSF Ballet 2017: The Joy of Dance
A few weeks ago, I sudden felt a craving for ballet. Luckily, SF Ballet’s season just started. I got to choose between Program 1 The Joy of Dance and Program 2 Modern Masters. It was this clip, an...
View ArticleCloudy
Feeling depressed. Nothing catastrophic yet I feel something on pressed on my chest and it’s hard to breathe. My mind cannot concentrate. I tried doing my daily German — an episode of Jojo, 50 Lingvist...
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I have (finally) come to the realization (and accepted) that most interpersonal relationship has an expiration date. The idea was raised to me (not in these words exactly) over 10 years ago, but back...
View ArticleOrphan Black s1-s3e3
一開始覺得十分精彩，欲罷不能。尤其是Tatiana Maslany 的演技實在驚人。 但是第二季開始慢慢覺得劇情不斷繞圈圈，一個問題接著一個問題，一個機構後面又有一個機構，感覺很像為了有謎團而有謎團。越來越不耐，引入 Castor 之後覺得劇情應該會因此會更緊張沉重，而有點反感。但沒料到第三季看下來，倒是Castor的部分有觸動到我。本來覺得Mark很陰森詭異很討厭的 (Seth...
View ArticleMade for SF Ballet
TRIO Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson GHOST IN THE MACHINE Composer: Michael Nyman Choreographer: Myles Thatcher WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR© Composers: Ezio Bosso and...
View ArticleMemorable dances
The feels 2010/05 Royal Ballet – Chroma by Wayne McGregor 2012/11 國家戲劇院 – Rossini Cards, Mauro Bigonzetti – Fondazione Nazionale della Danza Aterballetto 2017/02 SF Ballet – Jiří Bubeníček’s Fragile...
View ArticlePlays
Plays that moved me 6/3/18 NY (Public) Cyprus Avenue 9/28/17 SJ (Hammer) NT Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 11/17/13 SC (Del Mar) NT Live: The Habit of Art 5/3/13 NY (Gerald Schoenfeld )...
View ArticleEveryone Brave Is Forgiven – Chris Cleave
The first few sentences of this book charmed me. I always have a soft spot for clever humor. However, 1/10 through the book, I started to feel like my emotions are toyed with a bit too much for my...
View ArticleThe Prodigal Son
It’s rare to have a satisfactory/watchable procedural nowadays. It’s either very corny or sloppy. (I couldn’t stomach The Blacklist–no matter how much I like James Spader.) Ever since Instinct, which...
View ArticleSea Kelp Gin
Tried the Tyree gin (from Isle of Tyree) in Edinburgh 3 years ago out of pure curiosity and was really impressed with how nicely it invokes the sea while not tasting disgusting. It was definitely a...
View ArticleMindfulness
paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally. – Jon Kabat-Zinn who introduced Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)Mindfulness is just about...
View ArticleNov 30 2023
Heute beginne ich mein Tagebuch, weil ich etwas tun sollte, um Deutsch zu lernen. Gerade bin ich bei meiner Fruendin zu Hause, um auf ihre Hunde und ihre Katze aufzupassen. Die Katze ist sehr...
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