旅行的定義--偽文青的工商業服務時間

看鴻麟哥的blog不知道幾年了
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/kenlin-kenlin/

去丹麥之前 人還在台大水深火熱(?)的年代
每晚睡前 作業考試報告終於告一段落之後 一定會去他的部落格走走看看
因為有賞心悅目的照片 還有他在不同地方發生的有趣事情
無論身體多疲憊或心情多不美麗
在他的園地嘴角很難不上揚
然後就可以安心的上床睡覺了

之後透過沙發衝浪的網站
http://www.couchsurfing.org/
去年12月在巴黎就住他家
此後對我來說變成有點像mentor的人物
有些困擾的事情他短短幾句話就讓人豁然開朗了
很妙

旅行的定義是鴻麟的第二本書
http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010454461
書中紀錄的每段旅行提供他對於旅行不同的詮釋
是少數遊記中讓我願意買回家慢慢閱讀的
這是我喜歡的人寫的我喜歡的書
希望讀了之後你也喜歡:)

Eternity and a Day

1998, by Theo Angelopoulos

時間 記憶

碎片般的記憶 消逝的時間

在歐陸的最後一段日子裡 有時會無法抑制的哭泣著

因為那些美麗的瞬間注定成為過往

經過的人 遇到的事 什麼都留不下

大概因為這樣覺得寂寞吧

.....

8 1/2 Women (by Pater Greenaway)

smart, passionate, grotesque

You need to have some ideas and feelings on the women of Jane Austine, Hardy, Renoir or... to laugh with the father and son's comment. You need to know a bit Japanese, Chinese, and English to know how the translator plays with languages and contexts. Western men's fantasy to Japanese (or Asian in general) women....

Very smart movie with its allusion, an entertaining piece for the intelligent: People come, people go, someone dead, but nothing really happen, nothing change.

on the surface, men seemed controlling

but they don't know what they want as other women do

they try to play and then are played

Vitus (by Fredi M. Murer)

Probably because I'm not very happy with the way I grew up, I don't know how to teach a child, especially mine, and thus not confident enough to want them. It's somehow a bit sad and scary to watch this movie before it approaches to the end. Not sure why many adults satisfying with their secure life and constructing their happiness on other people's acknowledgement. Will I become one of them? Won't I become one of them?

The six-year-old actor is super adorable; Bruno Ganz, attractive:)

Guess the director is a big fan of The Little Price.

Departures and other stuff

Many people asked me why I liked Japanese culture during my stay in Europe. I tried to answer and somehow I often felt bad after because what I said didn't seemed attractive or convincing even to my own ears. Once Stine asked me this question and I told her that there were many ideas which existed only in Asian culture I couldn't explain in English. She asked me to explain it in Chinese instead. I tried, but it didn't work. The truth is, I didn't think about why I like Japanese culture before I left Taiwan. Most Taiwanese people adore Japan so no one asks me this question and I don't need to think about it. I guess the situation will be quite similar if a Dane is being asked why there are so many irony in Danish language or why Danes like Lakeries? These are something we aren't aware of if we're still in the environment.

When I watched Departures(by Yojiro Takita) this afternoon, suddenly I felt I could provide a more proper answer now: I appreciate Japanese people can lead their life in such a modern(westernized) way but at the same time their traditional spirit is still deeply rooted in their daily life. Besides this charming and smart mixture, their tradition itself is fascinating, ex. ceremony, ritual, philosophy...etc. It's also one of the rare cultures that always try to deal with the issues of death: death, the passing of time, ever lost moment... and face it in a special way.

Departures, a beautiful movie http://www.departures-themovie.com/index.html

these 2 are also nice:

Sweet Rain (by Masaya Kakei)

Cherry Blossoms- Hanami (by Doris Dorrie)

room hunting

14. Aug.

I went to more than 20 places last 2 days in order to find a room in Taipei. The quality of room is rather low compared to the rent. Kitchen is unavailable in most places. Many places are allowed only single gender, and friends of opposite gender are not allowed to visit or stay overnight. I tried to explain the idea of couchsurfing to one of the potential landlords. She looked weird and probably thought I was either sluty or crazy. I didn't realize the place(hopefully can become a country at some point) I came from was so conservative at this point. Interesting~