Objective Subjectivity

Opinion is always subjective and personal. Even those official histories we read from authority are no exception. During last four year education from university, I notice we have more opportunities to speak out our personal viewpoints toward everything and explain the reasons. The reasons will be told in a logical and well-evidenced way. However, its background is just a combination from our chosen information of books or on the internet. That means we actually created the background which seems totally objective for our saying. Take TV news or documentary films as an example. The videos or interviews were filmed without predisposition, but before it is broadcasted, it will be edited with his point of view. As a result, the information we see is barely close to objectivity.

I like music. And I want to take this object as my main theme for the following year graduate design. Therefore, recently, I traced back to the classic album from Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Most of them were released during the mid-1960s.(The Hippie) In fact, I am only 23 years old. The war is too far away from me. How can I make myself really understand that period? There even nothing about Taiwan. I am still thinking and trying…

A0893 of OASIS Pilgrimage

Oasis did come to Taiwan. Due to China's ban on Noel's visiting, Taiwan got the chance to invite this over 15 years British rock band for a gig. Two days ago, thousands of young people spending whole day time standing in lines as if making their pilgrimage. Madly, I am one of them. lol

2009.April.03, at 0700am I was awaken by my friend who had a long journey from Kaohsiung one day before the concert. Few days ago, the organizer announced that the top 1,000 audience will get the number tickets for the guaranty of entering the hall at beginning and receiving the free poster at the end, so we decided to set off two hours earlier from Chung-li. With exciting mood and "Morning Glory" from iPod, we took the bus all the way to Taipei.

When arriving there, we found out there were already hundreds of people standing in the line. Actually, we even not sure if we still can get the number tickets, but all we could do was pray in our mind and W-A-I-T. However, it was only 1100am. Sadly, gossiping was the only time-killer. Meanwhile,"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you... " was sung with guitar. Someone was entertaining everyone. Good job!;) And, since we got there, there has been always an approximately 60-year-old lady in the line. EXACTLY! Rock 'n Roll is never too old!:D

After one hour the number tickets delivered, I am the 0893 of top 1,000 audience. whew...

Finally, the most nervous moment came, but it was the worst of all. Messy and unorganized ticket checking system brought the entering process into a chaos. sigh... There were too many things to complained about. Let me skip it. By the time of am0700, we took the escalator up to the 4th floor of hall. WE quickly crowded to the right side of the stage which is in the front of where Noel stands and we were only 10 meters away. :P When the warming band, 1976, walked on the stage, I knew tonight i will jump all the way...

Like the online pre-published setlist, "Fuckin' In The Bushes" was playing as an opening. At the same time, i started to search Liam all over the stage even though i had to stand on tiptoe but still only can look through the interspace of two tall guys in front of me. Shortly, "Rock 'n' Roll Star" tune was running. We can't stop pushing ourself jumping closer to the stage, screaming and singing. Suddenly, it got extremely crowded and the air was getting hot and thin. I even barely breathed so that i jumped higher to catch more fresh and cooler air! Looking at Liam under the spot light, it's definitely the craziest concert i have taken part in.

I thought it's impossible to be worse until a group of drunken English squeezed in with elbows. Ho ho... The situation became a real CHAO. :D It incredibly got crowder and we were moving like a wave with sweat from people around me! Of course it is not comfortable so there two girls were really pissed off by those foreigners. They were scolding back to those 1.8 meter-height guys. sooo MAD! Like band, like fans. Hahaha...

Even if there were so many weird things happened around me, I still felt so thrilled to sing along with them. When Liam sung "Oh, let me be the one that shines with you and we can slide away...", my tear dropped down slowly. And, my dream came true when the hall was full of the singing "So Sally can wait. She knows it's too late as we're walking on by. Her soul slides away. "But don't look back in anger!" I heard you say." by everyone and Noel. For the best of all, I heard my very first song from OASIS, "Champagne Supernova." I even cried twice that night. It was really awesome. Thank you. :-)

One of my friends fainted away during the concert. Fortunately, a heart-kind girl helped her at that moment and she was fine at the end. Otherwise, this memory will be full of regret. Good luck for your graduate project. ;)

I LOVE YOU.

多簡單 愛情 像就做完的夢 清楚 模糊
多簡單 像第一次問你愛不愛 你說愛 愛...
多美麗 回答 它輕輕的掠過 不願 落下
這一些熱的烈的情和蒼白的浮冰 多無影
散散落
那些忽而現又有時隱而不見的飛
啊…散落
那些抓也抓不住的 才是 真的 ...

Texture of Decease

Have you been thinking about what you will look like when you are dead? Exactly! Such a weired question. However, you might start to think about it after you check my recommendation.

Last weekend I watched the movie, 送行者(Departures), which won the best foreign language film of Oscar. It's a story about a man discovering and learning a job as a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for cremation. With the emotional soundtracks, it is easily to be touched by the plots. For the best part of the film, when the man is scrupulously cleaning, dressing and making-up for the dead body, it's as if you could feel how he conducts it on their skin and the process is still deeply sacred and solemn.

Actually, before going to the movie, i am reading a book, 死前活一次(Noch Mal leben vor dem Tod). The author and photographer documented 25 patiences for their last periods in their lives. Because of the terminal cancers, most of them were informed how long they could live at the most. In other words, they were just forced to face the death... with no hope. Moreover, every individual story comes with two pictures in the first two pages. One was taken on the day they informed the deadline and the other was on the day they died. Indeed, they are all sad stories and even telling you the life is still cruel at this hopeless moment, but it reminds me of the importance of health and treasuring my families and friends before the death comes to me.

Big Winner!

This film just won the best picture of the year in Annual Academy Awards. It deserved the reputation. For me there are so many culture shocks in the plots. Especially those children living in the slum and the film ending Bollywood dancing made me impressed.