Matryoshka

 
[picture from vladstudio.com]

今天我是綠色那個。

Bonjour Tristesse

I live with melancholy
My friend is vague distress
I wake up every morning
And say, "Bonjour tristesse"

The street I walk is sadness
My house has no address
The letters that I write me
Begin "Bonjour tristesse"

The loss of a lover is pain
Sharp and bitter to recall
I've lost no casual lover
I have no pain from which to recover
I've lost me, that is all!

My smile is void of laughter
My kiss has no caress
I'm faithful to my lover
My bitter-sweet tristesse

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Depuis qu'on est ensemble
Tu viens chaque matin
Me donner la première caresse
Bonjour tristesse

Amie qui me ressembles
Tu est le seul miroir
Où je peux contempler ma jeunesse
Bonjour tristesse

Tu sais le secret de ma peine
Car c'est toi qui l'a bercé
Et s'il le faut que je me souvienne
Tu viens poser ta main sur les miennes
Et toi tu n'oublies jamais
Depuis qu'on est ensemble
Tu es mon seul amour
J'ai trop de faiblesse
Pour te quitter
Bonjour tristesse

Depuis qu'on est ensemble
Tu es mon seul amour
Et j'ai trop de faiblesse
Pour te quitter
Bonjour tristesse

星

剛在房裡關上燈，想影一影我那蘋果蠟燭時，看見我天花板和牆上貼的夜光星，發出微弱的綠光。

我立刻想起一件往事，想起在這個微弱的星空下聽過的一句話。

其實我比別人想像中簡單。甚至比我自己想像的簡單。

Slowly cultivating this small garden

[picture from vladstudio.com]

This is what I am doing now: slowly cultivating this small garden. Myself really want to walk very slowly, water the plants very slowly, fertilise them very slowly, and watch them grow very slowly too. If they grow too fast, I can’t take care of them, I can’t enjoy their beauty, and I can’t make them to grow into their best state, I may even destroy them accidentally.

This time, I want to take everything slooooooooooowly, if “slowly” is not enough to describe.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Wallpapers

Vlad Gerasimov is one of my favourite digital artists. I love his wallpapers.

Tonight I am going to see Alice in Wonderland. Yes, today’s the official release day in New Zealand! Before that, let me share a set of Alice wallpapers by Vlad.

“… Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?..”

Look at the top right circle, it writes “New Zealand” and “Australia”, ya, the other side of the world, which is, this side I am in.

 

“…but, alas! Either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them…”

“…Oh,my poor little feet,I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I’m sure I shan’t be able!..”

“… I wish I hadn’t cried so much! ” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. “I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer today…”

This, really, makes me think.

She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself: “That’s quite enough - I hope I shan’t grow any more - As it is, I can’t get out at the door – I do with I hadn’t drunk quite so much!

“…One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter…”

“I didn’t know that Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn’t know that cats could grin…”

In the movie Alice in Wonderland, Stephen Fry is the Cheshire cat, that should be really cool.

I really love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, not so much Through Looking Glass though. But Lewis Carroll is always my hero. Look forward to tonight’s movie, because Tim Burton is my favourite too (yes, and Johnny Depp…).

If you’ve never read the story, you really should.