╰☆BOSSA⌒NOVAtion☆╮

When Disney meets BossaNova

最近手机里一直放着一张专辑, Disney Bossa Nova,百听不厌.i mean, how can it go wrong when you have Bossa Nova and Disney songs?!说实话,除了比较新的Disney movies,我几乎没有看过几部所谓的经典,譬如白雪公主,小美人鱼,但是她们手托着脸颊笑靥如花的形象连在我家盐罐上都能看到.而每每想到那些善良,可爱,被魔法环绕的女子我也会心情轻快许多,仿佛那是女孩的终极典范,和松鼠跳舞小鸟唱歌就能引来happily-ever-after的王子.这样完美,这样随心所欲,正是Bossa Nova摇摆起来的感觉.

很喜欢Bossa Nova版本的Beauty and Beast(by Miucha),那首被改编成无数形式的经典.不同于原曲梦幻般的前奏,bossa版以低沉的女声开头,奠定其感性的基调.而在那莫名语言的低吟中,又仿佛能看到那个经典动画渐渐模糊的情节.
还有一首很喜欢的对唱,Não É Fácil, from Pete's Dragon,似乎是一部很古老的Disney电影.伴着简单的爵士钢琴,一男一女似乎对话似的唱着"its not easy",千回百转地却也不知到底在说些什么.
女生唱Portugese似乎会不由自主地为歌曲汇入一些慵懒婉转的因素.而我又想学Portuguese了...唉喜新厌旧的老样子

Album menu:

1. Cruela Cruel (“Cruella de Vil”) Marcos Valle - Walt Disney’s 101 Dalmatians

2. Beauty and the Beast Miucha - Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

3. When You Wish Upon a Star Joyce - Walt Disney’s Pinocchio

4. Under the Sea Bena Lobo - Disney’s The Little Mermaid

5. In a World of My Own Ana Martins - Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland

6. À Voar, À Voar, À Voar (“You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!”) Joyce- Walt Disney’s Peter Pan

7. Um Mundo Ideal (“A Whole New World”) Ivan Lins - Disney’s Aladdin

8. Parte de Seu Mundo (“Part of Your World”) Claudette Soares - Disney’s The Little Mermaid

9. Ciclo sem Fim (“Circle of Life”) Edu Lobo - Disney’s The Lion King

10. Uma Canção (“One Song”) Carlos Lyra - Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

11. Hi-Ho (“Heigh-Ho”) Joyce - Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
12. Es Tu o Principe Azul (“Once Upon a Dream”) Wanda Sa & Joao Donato - Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
13. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Joyce - Walt Disney’s Cinderella

14. Não é Fácil (“It’s Not Easy ”) [amusement mix - remixed by IWAMURA manabu] - Disney’s Pete’s Dragon

Girl from Ipanema

Girl from Ipanema

(Vinicius DeMoraes / Norman Gimbel / Tom Jobim)
Tall and tanned and young and lovely 
when she passes each man she passe
the girl from Ipanema goes walking and
s goes Aaah! When she moves it's like a samba 
n she passes each man she passes goes A
that swings so cool and sways so gently that wh
eaah! Oh - but he watches so sadly How - can he tell her he loves her 
he sea She looks straight ahead not a
He - would just give his heart gladly But each day when she walks to 
tt he Tall and tanned and young and lovely the girl from Ipanema goes walking and when she passes he smiles 
but she doesn't see no she doesn't see 
she just doesn't see...

dedicate to my favorite girls

dont know if you ll ever see this, but i just wanna write something to dedicate to you, my most supportive friends ive made here in college (and for life...i hope). ive been thru a lot of hardtime this week. nothing feels right. i screwed up in two math tests in a row; i realized that there's something wrong with my "love-at-first-sight"; i started doubting about myself whether i ll ever be able to love someone with my heart and soul and actually be crazy and dizzy for someone and be honest to myself. but its not until i talked and laughed and be silly with you girls that i realized how lucky i am and how grateful i should be to have them back me up.

i made the worlds most comforting dumplings with Rose which had the healing power of a upset heart(both food and you); i sang and hula-danced along the "over the rainbow" Shino played on ukulele and laughed at ourselves like tw

o idiots(Ashley joined the mocking); i sat on Anita's bed and we bitched about the crazy people at ASC talent show that we knew; Jamie was cheering me up by showing me "poker face"mv and how her sister mistakenly thought its some black singing "cant read my mocha face". when i was laughing my lung out i suddenly said to Jamie "i wish there's someone who can make me laugh like you" and tears tickled from my eyes. she didnt notice; i try to hold it back because i know i should stop being so emo. at least i shouldnt make them worry about me cause all i want for them is carefree happiness.

here are my most beautiful and kind and laughable ladies:

Rose & Xanadu(死孩子在北京逍遥呢):

Shino & her favorite thanks-giving meal:

Anita & her graceful EMOness:

Jamie & the sunshine around her:

this crappy week surely ended happily. and i just want to say i love you all, very very much. <3

cinema paradiso - 天堂电影院

Phillipe Noiret and Salvatore Cascio in Cinema Paradiso

昨天晚上,一个人窝在冰冷的entertainment room,看完了一直想看但没有机会看的cinema paradiso.电影太家喻户晓.想必所有人都能模糊地勾勒出一个小男孩多多,那个老爷爷,一台手动的老式放映机和闪烁的霓虹招牌"Cinema paradiso",哪怕从未看过老爷爷的一生很可悲.他活在一个关于电影的梦里,只能靠摇着手中的放映机才不会醒来.多多也很可悲,他的初恋潦草结束,他没有勇气面对过去的小镇,过去的人们,而他的现在也是些被利益趋势的女演员睡在他旁边.他牺牲了爱的权力,换来的只是"名导演"一个头衔.多多的母亲也很可悲.她一遍遍拨着多多的电话,一遍遍被陌生女人嘲笑并挂断.她明知道儿子在经历着怎样的生活却没办法把他捞出苦海.影片充满可悲的人,所以很压抑,甚至胜过感动.但每每电影主旋律响起,我就不能自制地流泪,电影中点滴的可悲像是胶片一样在眼前回放.

所以,请静静欣赏这伟大的电影配乐.我认为最成功,最催人泪下的电影配乐.

我为什么这么emo

这个星期一直在考试,加上许多感情问题的发生,我感觉想得脑子快要炸掉.但想得太多,就停不下来.我一直在想,爱情究竟意味什么.是那一瞬间目光交错的火光,或是他的呼吸落在我脖子后的温热,或者是一些更深的东西.不否认我很享受前者带来的心潮澎湃,但我更希望相信后者的存在.我一直相信柏拉图式的爱情,两个人相视无语也舒服得像回家一样.我一直没有找到.每当我看到一丝曙光,又总是在转瞬间幻灭.这也许是我的问题.我对这种精神恋爱的向往和期盼值太高,高到一不小心就会摔下来,一摔就会很痛.与其伤害我自己和别人,我不如平平淡淡地,享受一个人安静的电影和咖啡.这样对谁都好.

黄水仙开了春节快乐

如果不是在美国,我不会理解过春节的幸福.我把一切看作理所当然:和老妈去超市采购零食,在爷爷奶奶家热火朝天的包饺子,和老爸开车到郊区买最漂亮的烟花,起床收到无数肉麻的拜年短信,闻桌子上那盆水仙的清香.如今,老爸老妈不在身边,朋友散播各地,只能买一盆水仙慰藉自己过春节的小小欲望.在seattle买不到一般的水仙,我就在trader joes买了盆黄水仙,叫daffodil.这是株很小的水仙,长在土里,没有一点点清香,但是当我望着她,时空似乎默默转换,转换到我北京的大沙发,木茶几,和电视前那株每年都会如期盛开的香气逼人的水仙.我没想到水仙可以抒解乡愁,哪怕只是一点点.

上周六(1/24)在hub,我主持了UW CSSA的山寨春晚.主持前我很紧张.自打离开八一就再没有声调那么洪亮地念过稿子了.但一走到台上似乎又找回了那

个事了吧唧主持班会时候的我.我看着台下黑压压的一千号人,听见他们窃窃私语我的名字,看到他们被我的言语逗笑,我觉得舞台是属于我的,尽管她不是.我享受镁光灯下的注视,出风头总比被遗忘好.我知道这是我想做的,哪怕只是在这个瞬间,因为我没有迷失的感觉.所以新年加油,实现这一瞬间的白日梦.