Friday, November 5, 2010

A long hiatus

oh wow.... this blog is.... still alive!!! hmm... i'd almost forgotten about its existence until suddenly being linked back to it while browsing someone else's blog.

Well, fate seems to have that I should chance upon it again and be reminded of it.

I'll write again i think, i suppose... maybe... :)

Sunday, November 16, 2008

听了让人心酸的《家后》

上星期认识了个新朋友。一天在他MSN昵称上看到了一句很有趣的中文。追问之下,才知道这是一首台语歌曲《家后》的歌词。

我会让你先走,因为我会不甘放你为我目屎流

读了之后让人有一阵鼻酸的感觉。歌词并不哗众取宠,但却充满着真挚的情感。好好奇哦!在youtube上抓了一下他的MV视频。真的好令人感动的词曲,第一段副歌后,两行泪已经情不自禁地流下。眼眶里充满着泪水,把视线变得模糊,电脑荧光屏上也变得格外朦胧,MV里好像正在下着雨。。。

短短四分多钟的MV很快地播完,但心中的阵阵抽蓄却仍旧余波未平。之后的几天,歌曲似乎已经留下了深深的烙印,在巴士上,在电梯里,口中不自主地哼着《家后》的曲调,脑子里不断的倒带MV中的影像,仿佛仍听到心中无声的哽咽,一次又一次地被感动。

有一日咱若老
找无人甲咱友孝
我会陪你,坐惦椅寮
听你讲少年的时裪你有外擎
食好食歹无计较
怨天怨地嘛袜晓
你的手我会甲你牵条条
因为我是你的家后

阮将青春嫁置恁兜
阮对少年随你随甲老
人情世事已经看透透
有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生献乎恁兜
才知幸福是吵吵闹闹
等待返去的时裪若到
我会让你先走
因为我会晤甘,放你为我目屎流

有一日咱若老
有媳妇子儿友孝
你若无聊,拿咱的相片
看卡早结婚的时裪你外缘投
穿好穿歹无计较
怪东怪西吗袜晓
你的心我会永远记条条
因为我是你的家后

阮将青春嫁治恁兜
阮对少年随你随甲老
人情世事已经看透透
有啥人比你卡重要
阮的一生献乎恁兜
才知幸福是吵吵闹闹
等待返去的时裪若到
你着让我先走
因为我会晤甘,看你为我目屎流

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


我非常喜欢的黃小琥 bossa nova unplugged 版



广泛流传的闽南语天后江惠版本

Mynah on the ledge

It was a cold and quiet afternoon in gym. The lunchtime crowd had more or less dispersed leaving behind some familiar faces sparsely scattered around the place. I was at one of the weight stations, taking small breaks in between sets and happened to look out of the glass window. Outside was a mynah, standing albeit barely on a thin ledge, with heavy raindrops beating down hard on its wet feathers. It looked visible perturbed by its circumstances. It opened its wings and beat them frantically in attempt to shake off the water, but to no avail; rain just kept coming down nonchalantly. It seemed to be in an attempt to fly off somewhere to seek shelter but dare not, as the weight and wetness of its wings could mean a direct plunge on to the busy street traffic below. I stood there, seemingly in a trance for sometime, thinking what it would its next step would be when my thoughts were abruptly truncated by the deafening clump of weights clashing down on a machine nearby.
How many a times in life are we faced with dilemmas of such, where ambivalence creeps in unknowingly and the notion of "choice" seems so distant. The mynah, was "checkmated" at that juncture of its life, cornered by the crushing forces of the elements. To jump or not to jump? A leap of misplaced faith might end up a plunge to its end. Sometimes its not really a choice. Take calculated risks, one might say. Easier said than done, at the spur of the moment.
After finishing another set of weights, I returned to find the mynah no longer there on the ledge. Where had it gone? Should I even be surprised? Curious it might be, animals seem more willing to take risks than us. Proscrastination seems to be a human invention. When we have been (not become) civilised, we lose our instincts to make decisions for ourselves, preferring to sit on the fence to wait for something happen, or letting others make the decision for us.
"What would I do if I'm the mynah on the ledge?" I wonder.

读龙应台《目送》有感




龙应台出新书了。心中有一股莫名的兴奋感。记得第一次接触龙应台的文章是在中学时期。当时的华文老师,欧老师每星期必给的一份功课便是从上星期日的《联合早报》中剪下一篇他已挑选的文章,从而对他所设定的题目作答,写下读后感等。因为这一份作业,少年时家境不是很富裕的我也只有在周日这一天家里才能有报纸看。而这每周一份的报纸也开启了我看新闻,论时事的这一扇窗。


当时欧老师偏爱挑选社论版的文章。记得当时《联合早报》转载了一片原载于《中国时报》的文章 “还好我不是新加坡人”。 我忘了欧老师当时选得是否是这篇文章。只记得读完它后就是连“哇!!!”了三声。在这篇文章被发表后,新加坡各大报章收到了许多读者们的“回响”。把整个社论版炒得沸沸扬扬的。其中有正面的,也有负面的。有称许的,也有抨击的。但也因为这篇文章,我开始对她产生了许多的疑问和好奇,开始认识用笔如此犀利, 如此果断,如此痛快的龙应台。

http://club.yule.sohu.com/r-savage_garden-42184-0-0-0.html

转眼间,十四载就这样如梭般地过去了。从一个初生之犊的中学生,已变成一个慢慢地步入衰老的社会人。但唯一不变的是,我变成了一个龙应台迷。
今天刚下午从书展上买到这本书。在回家的巴士上开始翻阅。 第一篇就是与书同名的散文《目送》。

“我慢慢地,慢慢地了解到,所谓父女母子一场,只不过意味着,你和他的缘分就是今生今世不断地在目送他的背影渐行渐远。你站立在小路的这一端,看着他逐渐消失在小路转弯的地方,而且,他用背影默默告诉你:不必追。”


短短三页的短文,牵出的却是她同父亲和儿子大大小小,但却让人牵肠挂肚的离别之情;倒出父亲对她的抱歉,她对父亲的疼惜,儿子对她的冷漠和她对儿子的无奈。

回想起,自己在人生当中也曾经历几次的目送。最早的一次,应该就是十八岁被征召入伍那天。长那么大,第一次真正离开父母的身边。记得爸妈有到部队送行。记得军车逐渐远去,妈妈哭了,我也哭了。

第二次的目送,应该是第一次出国的时候吧。因为是第一次搭飞机,第一次离开国门,心情格外兴奋紧张。妈妈去庙里求了一张平安符,在机场时,她千交待万嘱咐一定要随身携带。 进闸门时, 我一路走着不敢回头。因为我担心看到妈妈,我会再次掉眼泪。读到龙应台写到她儿子同样的举动时,我心里在想,到底华安当时的感受是否同我一样。

最后她写到同父亲最后一次的道别,是在火化厂。读到这里我突然感到心中一丝丝抽拔的感觉,挑起了一条条无形的心弦,却促成如此强大的共鸣。四个多月前,我祖母走了。记得小时候,祖母带我到处溜达,时而上菜市场, 时而到荒郊野岭采集一些看似不起眼的草药。长大了,因为学业,工作以及更广的社交圈子就很少去探望她老人家。记得当她紧急送院时,已经陷入昏迷状态,再也听不到我喊她一声“阿嫲 ”,树欲静而风不止了。

在人生当中我们无时无刻需要扮演多个角色。而人生道路即短暂又漫长,身边的亲人挚友又岂能只用“过客”两个字把他们给轻描淡写地带过去呢?即使是目送,但毕竟一起走过。大家的路可能不一样,大家的终点可能不一样,但不管是为子女,父母,朋友者,不管心中有多少得无奈,疼惜和抱歉,都应懂得珍惜身旁的每一颗对我们真挚的心,懂得惜福,惜缘。

不止不觉中,巴士已经到了站。我从容下了车,眼角泛泪光,但心中却感到一丝的暖和和豁达。