oh yay holidays...
had a good party last night.

Listening to Audioslave : Like a stone

我

我很敏感，時常因為一件小事情而放不下，
那是因為我的懦弱，而不是關心
我是在逃避受傷的可能...

Kasey Chambers - Lyrics translation practice

嗯...關於情感的掙扎，跟中文讀者們介紹一位英語女歌手雖然在亞洲不怎麼有名，但是曲子以純樸踏實的感情，大概能跟聽慣中文抒情歌（其實也跟鄉村音樂有關係）的各位起不少共鳴。其實這首曲子裡的用詞很簡單，多聽幾次大概就能瞭解裡面的英文。

Kasey Chambers

凱 茜-凱博是來自澳大利亞的鄉村少女，今年26歲，在父親彈奏的吉他聲中長大，曾經與家族樂隊一起 錄過唱片，家鄉的鄉村搖滾把她造就成一顆搖滾新星。她的兩張在美國發行的唱片，為她贏來了一連串的贊譽。凱茜-凱博大約10歲的時候開始學習吉他，但「實 際上有一段時間我並不懂什麼是真正的玩吉他。在我和家族樂隊合作的那段時間里，我很想通過我的吉 他表達點什麼，但是由於害羞，我從來沒讓人聽明白過我到底在彈些什麼」。

推薦曲目（外加我粗略的翻譯）：
Not pretty enough - 不夠漂亮

"Not Pretty Enough"

Am I not pretty enough 　　 　我是不是不夠美麗？
Is my heart too broken 　　　我是不是太心碎？
Do I cry too much 　　　　　我哭太多了嗎？
Am I too outspoken 　　　　我是不是太坦白？

Don't I make you laugh 　　　　　我不是能讓你笑嗎？
Should I try it harder 　　　　　　我該更加努力嗎？
Why do you see right through me 　為什麼你直接看穿我？

I live, I breathe, I let it rain on me 　　　　　我活著、我呼吸、我讓它落在我身上
I sleep, I wake, I try hard not to break 　　　我睡、我醒、我試著不崩潰
I crave, I love, I've waited long enough　 　我渴望、我愛、我等的夠久了
I try as hard as I can 　　　　　　　　　　我盡力的嘗試...

I laugh, I feel, I make believe it's real 　　　我笑、我感覺、我假裝它是真的
I fall, I freeze, I pray down on my knees 　　我落下、我愣住、我跪下來懇求
I hope, I stand, I take it like a man 　　　　　我希望、我站起、我像男人一樣承受
I try as hard as I can　　　　　　　　　　　　 我盡力的嘗試...

Life

Not one day that you are here has been promised to you. So make the most of every day as if it was your last, and every breath as if it was the same.

Listened to Blindspott - Phlex

Found this quote, really meant something to me.

goodnight people.

Blindspott
Phlex

Sometimes when you lose you head
when you get upset
We’re there to break your fall
And theres no reason yet
why they took your friends
theres no reason at all.
At all.

No reason at all.
At all

No reason at...

When you want to rest your head
On a shoulder that
You know wont turn on you
We’re all here till the end
With you my friend
There’s no reason to go

There’s no reason to go
To go

We wont let you go
Dont go

Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
(said by Kitchener Powell "The Wizard")

Not one day that you are here on this earth
Has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday as if it was your last
And every breath, as if it was the same

the same
as if it was the same
the same
things will never be the same
the same
We will never be the same
The same
the same
things will never be the same

the same

never be the same...

Not one day that you are here
has been promised to you
So make the most of everyday
as if it was your last
And every breath
as if it was the same

Summer-ize Pizza Cat

First day of Uni, been rushing around trying to get everything, including all the freebies from Outback (a pub) , free beer, free calendar... At least they are making a contribution after scamming money off from us. Nude swimming wasn't so much of an entertainment, considering it was a guy and the pond was filled with duck poo. The lectures seems pretty nice and this year might be just bearable enough for me.

Although I thought the summer was already over, the sun is still blazing like an oven on full heat, but once under the shade of trees, there are cool breezes flowing by. Cicadars singing their final song of summer. People everywhere. Maybe, we are just like the cicadars, doing what we thought was important in our short pitiful life, but in the end, what do we really want?

Life is to be Lived

Oh noes.... :(

Uni starts today.
On Saturday, we had a great time in The 40th Anniversary of Waikato University. Listened to Zed, Goldenhorse... but we missed Dimmer 'cause I was at a baseball game (still have muscular pain from that atm) sorry guys.

Had some fun with the amusement ride, although the fear of falling out of that little shuttle thing was the main excitement. After Zed it was the cool Brazilian dancers shaking that ass...

The Maori and Samoan performances were rather long and cumbersome, especially the quiet performance before the ending was abit of anticlimax, however all were forgiven thanks to the lovely firework displays.

The burning beauty of fireworks exploding right on top of everyone marked the ending of the night, falling light trails, smokes, the shockwave of each explosion...

I don't want to record my emotions at the time, because they will eventually fade away, but this memory with friends, will stay with me forever. It was a great night, and I hope this Uni year will be just as spectacular as the fireworks in the sky.

New Zealand Rock

New Zealand music is booming at the moment, the quality of work has become more diversed and refined, thanks to home support (partially due to government policy) With market support there's always need and therefore competition. Gradually these bands will start shaping NZ's own media image, style and identity. Soon enough NZ won't just be the land of hobbits, but a cultural exporting country.

listening to The D4 before going to bed. Great stuff :)
if you can't buy their album, have a listen to their music from
http://www.thed4band.com

Ah ah... Don't know what I want...