http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:28 EST Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:28 EST Zorpia.com http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1836522 <p>celui qui ne voyage pas,<br />celui qui ne lit pas,<br />celui qui n'écoute pas de musique,<br />celui qui ne sait pas trouver<br />grâce à ses yeux.<br />Il meurt lentement</p> <p>celui qui détruit son amour-propre,<br />celui qui ne se laisse jamais aider.<br />Il meurt lentement</p> <p>celui qui devient esclave de l'habitude<br />refaisant tous les jours les mêmes chemins,<br />celui qui ne change jamais de repère,<br />Ne se risque jamais à changer la couleur<br />de ses vêtements<br />Ou qui ne parle jamais à un inconnu<br />Il meurt lentement</p> <p>celui qui évite la passion<br />et son tourbillon d'émotions<br />celles qui redonnent la lumière dans les yeux<br />et réparent les coeurs blessés<br />Il meurt lentement</p> <p>celui qui ne change pas de cap<br />lorsqu'il est malheureux<br />au travail ou en amour,<br />celui qui ne prend pas de risques<br />pour réaliser ses rêves,<br />celui qui, pas une seule fois dans sa vie,<br />n'a fui les conseils sensés.</p> <p>Vis maintenant!<br />Risque-toi aujourd'hui!<br />Agis tout de suite!<br />Ne te laisse pas mourir lentement!<br />Ne te prive pas d'être heureux!<br /><br />Pablo Neruda Prix Nobel de Littérature</p> Books http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1836522 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:14 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1833260 <table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="30"> <p>http://www.oushinet.com　　　　欧洲时报</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p><img src="http://www.oushinet.com/news/newsphoto/38505-0.jpg" /> <br />中国驻法使馆曲星公使（右侧大屏幕显示的人物）参加法国电视二台辩论的现场。（视频截图）</p> <p><img src="http://www.oushinet.com/news/newsphoto/38505-1.jpg" /> <br />上海《文汇报》驻法记者郑若麟在法国电视台数次参加辩论。（视频截图）</p> <p><img src="http://www.oushinet.com/news/newsphoto/38505-2.jpg" /> <br />资深媒体人董纯经常出现在法国电视中，代表中国传媒人发声。（本报记者黄冠杰摄）</p> <p><img src="http://www.oushinet.com/news/newsphoto/38505-3.jpg" /> <br />积极充当反对北京奥运急先锋的法国人梅纳尔。（法新社）</p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p class="news_word" align="left">　　从“3·14”西藏暴力事件，到巴黎奥运火炬传递，西方媒体空前团结起来，枪口一致瞄准中国，弃新闻理念和新闻道德如蔽履，赤裸裸地利用虚假新闻围剿中国。此种行径极大伤害了中国人民的感情，特别是一直把西方作为榜样的中国年轻人的感情。在这其中，为了显示西方新闻的“公正”，他们也邀请部分中方人士参与辩论，这里面有资深媒体人士，也有中国驻法使馆的官员，还有在法留学生，但在辩论会上他们无一例外处处受制，无法公平表达意见，本报记者为此特意采访了他们中的一些人，让他们现身说法，亮出西方新闻媒体所谓的“自由理念”。<br /><br />　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　“一个人的战斗”<br /><br />　　中国上海《文汇报》驻法高级记者郑若麟最近参加了除法国电视1台、2台、3台综合台外的几乎所有的法国视听节目的辩论会，《欧洲时报》资深编辑董纯参加了覆盖法国、比利时、瑞士、加拿大法语国际电视台（TV5Monde）时事评论节目《报亭》的时事辩论会。中国驻法大使馆公使曲星更是以使馆官员身份参加了法国公营电视台法兰西二台（FRANCE 2）3月27日西藏问题讨论会。他们共同点都是：一个人的战斗。一位观众一针见血地指出：法国媒体与其说是让他们发言，不如说是把他们当作审判的对象。<br /><br />　　先看一看曲星公使面对的阵势：政府人权事务国务秘书拉玛·亚德、前社会党总理法比、主张抵制北京奥运会的田径运动员协会代表和对中国抱有极深偏见的《解放报》主编约弗兰，再加上操纵舆论的主持人：以一敌五。4月7日法国5台辩论节目《巴黎无圣火》上，郑若麟一人面对四人，董纯4月13日在《报亭》参加的辩论会上共有一名主持人和五名外国驻法记者，而站在公正立场上的只有一位非洲记者，等于也是一对四。从一开始，他们就处在这样的阵势中。<br /><br />　　郑若麟质问：在这样的环境中，真话说一遍，谎话说五遍，你能记住哪一个？他告诉记者一个例子。他与法国人权事务国务秘书拉玛·雅德和绿党国会议员诺埃尔·马梅尔那场电视辩论，在开始时，电视台通知他，只有诺埃尔·马梅尔一个人。郑若麟知道该人是电视记者出身，能说会道，于是提出要求：你要给我们一样的时间，虽然法语不是他的母语，语速较慢。电视台保证，一定给大家同等的时间。但就在节目录制前半天，电视台打来电话，说人权事务国务秘书拉玛·亚德要来，你还参不参加？郑若麟考虑如果不去，就把整个话语权交出去了，要去，他要求要给他尽量多的时间，不然不公平。对方一口答应，但事实上15分钟的节目，给郑若麟的时间不足3分钟。<br /><br />　　在人数上占劣势的同时，在话语权上也无法占主动。郑若麟指出，主持人占有绝对的优势，他知道要问你什么，要把你导向哪里，他总能找到一些你准备不到、很难应付的角度，最重要的是他掌控绝对话语权。他们会在节目中安排你最后说，而且在关键问题上打断你，或转移话题，或控制你的时间，或用手势干扰你的思路。重要的是给你戴帽子，例如说你是政府的代言人、被政府洗脑等等，以降低你话语的可信度。<br /><br />　　3月27日，曲星公使参加的辩论会就是一个典型的例子。主持人娴熟运用话语权的给予和转换，让提倡抵制北京奥运的人士充分表达意见，同时在顺序上采用先在位政界人士、再在野政客、接着职业团体和媒体人士，这样给人一种面面俱到、各界看法齐全的错觉。既然他们都要求抵制北京奥运会，舆论就可一面倒了。然后，让曲星公使表态回答问题，却不让他说透，到关键时刻，予以打断，使之无法完全表达自己的看法和观点，给人以一种中国官方说法站不住脚的印象。<br /><br />　　董纯指出，新闻工作者的天职使我们不停息地追求真理，而有机会能在国际同行聚集的环境下展开辩论，实是幸运，自己坚信“兼听则明”的道理，不仅个人孜孜以求，同时向身边的记者朋友们介绍中国，希望自己的祖国能在“言论自由”的国度里进一步获得更多人的理解。然而事实远非如此简单。今天的西方媒体由于被金融利益集团收购，新闻界的所谓独立言论连他们自己都不相信。表面上的自由言论实质掩盖着根深蒂固的一言堂（la pensée unique），正在往偏见执拗的死胡同里越走越深。而形式繁多的传媒工具并不能使公众听到更多符合实际的声音。<br /><br />　　事实上，讨论会基调早已确定，主持只是引导大家往其结论走，他们并不真正关心事实真相。他们提的问题就是一个陷阱，让你处于被告的地位，无论你怎么摆事实讲道理，他们的根深蒂固的偏见不能扭转。<br /><br />　　郑若麟在电视辩论过程中指出，真相是“汉人遭到少数犯罪分子的残害”，于是议员先生便说他是“亲政府的记者”；当记者批评对方偏听达赖流亡政府一面之词时，法国人权国务秘书便质疑他为何不相信她得到的信息。但当记者请他们拿出“残酷镇压”的证据时，却没有一个人能够提供。郑若麟一针见血指出：法国媒体上的喧嚣底下，是可怕的“政治正确主义”的专制，是政客玩弄民意、操纵舆论的图谋，而失去了话语权的法国普通公众，则成为这场空前规模的舆论操纵的真正意义上的“牺牲品”。<br /><br />　　董纯女士在参加了十几年的法国电视辩论后，深感偏见离谬误只一步之远。她借用德国女哲学家汉娜·阿杭特话说：“当真相不被确认时，所谓的言论自由只是一出闹剧。”她表示，若非亲身经历，可能会天真地以为，在此地可以真正获得“真理面前人人平等”的言论权呢。 <br /><br />　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　石头里喷出的火焰<br /><br />　　尽管他们的话语权一再遭打压，但是只要他们一有机会，还是勇敢地面对讥讽、挤压、误解和嘲笑，坚持发出自己的声音。他们的目的只有一个：尽量让被蒙蔽的法国受众知道更多的真相。<br /><br />　　在与法国人权事务国务秘书拉玛·亚德和绿党国会议员诺埃尔·马梅尔电视辩论时，按以往的经验，郑若麟深知，对方不会给他很多发言的机会，而且对于“为反对而反对”的政客，说服他们改变立场完全是徒劳，那么他所做的就是，利用一切时间，说明事件的真相。因此，在辩论中，他坚持自己的思路，将自己所了解的西藏“3·14”真相讲出来，虽然他的话屡次被打断，还是顽强地讲完。他描述了法国媒体避而不谈的3月14日拉萨发生打砸抢烧暴力事件时在场的加拿大、瑞士、法国等国游客所写的“现场观察”或“亲历”，以及被众多媒体“忽略”的法新社的一则报道，一位名叫奥雷利安的法国游客详细描述了他所看到的骚乱分子如何残忍杀害一名无辜过路青年的事实经过。节目播出后，一位家住里昂的法国妇女千方百计找到郑若麟的电话，就是想告诉他：她长期以来就是“藏独”、“台独”等的支持者，因为她并不了解事情的真相，现在她知道了事实的另一面，她为自己过去的作为而羞愧。<br /><br />　　法国人以其价值观而自豪，很少顾及他国，甚至不屑一顾。董纯谈到，最有效的办法就是从西方人的价值观着手进行辩论，“以子之矛攻子之盾”。在先前的辩论中，董纯曾试图讲述一些西藏历史事实，对方根本不听。她转而问道，勃朗峰属于法国吗？答案当然是。那么它从来就一直属于法国吗？答案当然不是，那是后来的事。董纯指出，对。可是在勃朗峰还不属于法国的时候，西藏就已经是中国的领土了。主持人语塞。谈论到“3·14”事件，对方说中国政府“镇压”了。董纯反驳说：你怎么说是镇压？是“藏独”分子挑起事端。对方说：“我们没看见，你们不让我们记者进去。”董纯反驳：“你们没有去，怎么就说是镇压？西方不是崇尚尊重事实吗？”对方哑口无言。<br /><br />　　一位比利时观众在看了辩论直播后，给电视台写信，指责他们阻止中国记者说话，以推论当事实，欺骗了法国公众。“西方尊崇‘疑罪从无’，你们根本没有看见中国犯罪，就给人家判了刑，这不是打自己的耳光吗？”<br /><br />　　号称在北京奥运圣火来到巴黎时进行了“客观报道”的《解放报》，在4月7日报道奥运时封面大标题是“解放奥运”，头版刊登着将奥运五环变成五个手铐的画面。在记者收看、收听、阅读的电视、电台、报刊上，到处贩卖“手铐五环”的“记者无疆界”主席梅纳尔无处不在，成了法国反对北京奥运的急先锋。在这样媒体一边倒的情况下，西藏问题的真相根本就不可能为法国公众所了解。而法国电视台处理画面时的裁剪方式令电视观众几乎无一例外地以为，4月7日的巴黎“全都是抗议者”。在一次电视辩论中，郑若麟展示了他收到的一个法国电视观众自己制作的漫画，上面也是五个手铐，但铐住的却是梅纳尔、巴黎市长德拉诺埃等人，题目是《和平的敌人：巴黎；2008年4月7日：强盗无疆界组织》。当他在镜头前展示时，主持人立即说：“这是宣传！”但问题是，“记者无疆界”组织将奥运五环扭曲成五个手铐，这难道就不是宣传吗？当郑若麟反问对方时，对方哑口无言！“如果你也承认这同样是宣传，为什么法国媒体如此广泛地将‘记者无疆界’组织的这幅宣传画到处传播呢？”这自然是一个法国媒体无法回答的问题，只能“王顾左右而言他”。<br /><br />　　对于中国人尊为英雄的保护圣火的残疾人金晶，也成为法国媒体取笑的对象。在辩论中，电视台播放了一段录像：金晶抱着火炬，在她前面一米远的地方，警察将抢夺火炬的“藏独”分子扑倒。然后主持人就嘲笑说，这就是你们所尊崇的“英雄”，就是这样保护火炬的。郑若麟彬彬有礼地要求把电视片再倒回来，回到前面警察逮捕“藏独”分子之前。主持人说没有了。郑若麟说，就在这之前，这个人已经抓住火炬，并对金晶的身体进行了攻击。主持人说：“没有，我没有看到。”郑若麟指出，是，因为你们没有拍，或者没有播放出来，可是中国记者拍到了，并且现在全世界人民都看到了。你怎么会没有看到？因为不符合你们的新闻标准。<br /><br />　　董纯认为，参加这样的活动，一是让人进一步认清了西方媒体的“客观”和“自由”，了解了他们的操作方法，二是坚信登上这一讲坛完全是值得的，因为记者面对的是全球法语国家广大的电视观众，为帮助他们了解中国，尽管任务十分艰巨，但“滴水穿石”，必有后效。<br /><br />　　郑若麟表示，他参加辩论、接受采访，就要起到这样几个效果：一是要让法国人知道，他们的媒体没有说真话，在这样一个大是大非的问题上，他们的媒体不老实；第二，让他们看到一个温文尔雅、彬彬有礼的中国人形象，不是他们所宣传的中国人穷凶极恶的样子。相反，衬托出对方蛮不讲理、自以为是、目空一切的狂妄。三是通过他们自己的表演，戳穿法国媒体的假自由、假公正。<br /><br />　　　　　　　　　　　　　　被挟持的法国民众正在觉醒 <br /><br />　　正如中国记者所想，他们在电视台的表现正让越来越多的人了解到西方主流媒体的虚伪，越来越愿意接近中国事实的真相。他们发现，一些普通法国人对中国怀有敌意，主要是受蒙蔽不了解中国，而他们是可以改变的。<br /><br />　　在看了曲星公使舌战群“儒”辩论的电视节目后，一位17岁的法国小姑娘愤怒地指出：“他们那么多人围攻一个人真可耻！更令人气愤的是他们不让那个中国大使馆的人说话。他（指曲星）应该到人权法庭去告他们。”一位观众在看了这个节目后，给本报来信指出：“这次法国电视二台的节目，显示了西方媒体的一个重大缺失：这就是职业道德和操守的缺失。对一个问题不了解和不理解不要紧，可以通过报道讨论来澄清。但如此一面倒的倾向性，却扼杀了事实的真相，误导了公众舆论。尤其是这样的节目由法国重要的公营电视台法兰西二台来播出，由大腕主持人阿莱特·莎伯主持，就更不一般。这样的报道方式，很难说是民主国家应有的方式。在这次节目中，人们还嘲笑中国对媒体的管制，显示法国媒体的自由，但这恰恰是个极大的讽刺：连对西藏问题不同的看法都不让多说，哪里还有媒体的公正？无独有偶，最近以来，凡是有关中国的、华人的报道，法国和西方媒体不公正的地方数不胜数：从中国制造的商品、食品质量问题、到中国人消费影响西方物价的说法，以及“中国留学生等于间谍”到“华人黑手党”等等，期间的报道又有哪些是经得起事实和时间检验的？”<br /><br />　　郑若麟参加各大电视台辩论后，他的电话与邮箱被一些热情的不知名的法国观众打爆，手机一天要换几次电池。在他与法国人权事务秘书拉玛·亚德和绿党国会议员诺埃尔·马梅尔电视辩论后，一位网名为费尼毛尔的网友对法国媒体提出强烈质疑：“法国电视、广播、报刊对这一事件的报道显示出它们是受操纵的，建筑在谎言的基础之上的。这场针对中国的仇恨宣传是如此虚伪，证明它是非常精心策划和组织的，这些人只字不提发生在西藏的真实情况，也不解释西藏僧侣政权的真正目的……”随后这位网友提供了所有他了解到的西方游客和“最后一位留在西藏的”英国《经济学人》记者所写的所有文章的链接，要让更多的人了解真相。<br /><br />　　观众贝诺瓦·卡扎班在给郑若麟的一封信中一针见血地指出：“必须纠正这一切，你出现在电视上使真相得以重现，同时也使一边倒的舆论重新略为平衡，因为从这一事件开始至今，法国媒体就缺乏职业道德。”<br /><br />　　在看了他4月7日晚的电视节目后，一位名叫克洛德·朗格雷的法国人发来电子邮件，谈到他是如何看待那一天发生的事的：“4月7日是奥林匹克运动最为黑暗的一天。这些职业挑衅者和跪倒在他们脚下的媒体精心策划并毫不受惩罚地干扰了圣火接力。”“请相信我，昨天这件事……远不是如《解放报》等声称的是他们的一场胜利……因为只要仔细看一看就知道，在圣火经过的全程，并没有十几万人，仅仅数以千计而已；更何况其中还有很大一部分是前来支持圣火的人。他们手持五星红旗或奥运五环旗，他们才是大多数（就像在市政府前那样）。所以，反对2008北京奥运的人仅仅几百人而已……”<br /><br />　　董纯在参加完《报亭》节目，指出了3月14日西藏事件的真相后，一位加拿大电视观众在给她的信中说：“我十分气愤地看到，中国记者被阻止澄清（西方）公众如何被操纵、误导的事实。而这正是引起西方抗议浪潮的原因所在。主持人藉口他的节目不是政治论坛因而打断发言。有人声言，如果确有舆论操纵，最好的办法是让外国观察家进入西藏。我们要问，那是什么‘观察家’？是西方人民的真正代表呢，还是新闻贩卖者？尚未了解真相便以先验指控对方有罪的所谓记者能给公众带来什么客观公正的消息呢？”“媒体要塞给我们的就是西方报刊天天吹嘘‘中国没有’的这样一种‘言论自由’吗？”<br /><br />　　董纯告诉本报记者，从1996年起，她就参与该台电视辩论节目，这么多年鼓舞自己坚持走下来的，正是这些电视观众。她收到很多电话和信件，都是对她表示支持的。曾有一位台湾观众给她写信，表述他的兴奋：“终于有中国人在法国的主流媒体上为我们中国说话了，讲事实，我们为你鼓掌。”她好几次走在路上，会有人突然对她说：“我看过你的节目，说得非常棒。”她觉得，我们要有耐心，把该说的话说出去，“润物细无声”。东方与西方的交往，相信通过对话能推动，用冲突的方法是解决不了的。<br /><br />　　郑若麟参加完法国有线电视四台的“晨间新闻”节目刚回到家，就收到了网友雅克·贝拉格发来的一封电子邮件：“我想告诉你，若麟先生，‘晨间新闻’记者，以及大多数法国媒体的看法并不是大多数法国人的意见。法国人对有人将奥运会挟为‘人质’非常惊愕！现在在法国时髦的正是贬低你们的人民，我认为这是有组织的，而且酝酿已久。但请你相信，大多数法国人并不支持这种行为，相反，我们祝愿奥运成功。这个世界并不十全十美，但我们拒绝由一小撮所谓的巴黎‘知识分子’来代替我们思想……”<br /><br />　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　本报记者 黄冠杰</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> News & Sports http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1833260 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:52 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1830904 <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">Yesterday evening&nbsp;at a big subway station&nbsp;in Paris, a man was fighting between life &amp; death....</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">Wanting to catch up a train, he unfortunately missed the step. The train started, he felt into the tiny space between the quay &amp; the train. Before the train could stop, the lower half of his body has been dragged by the train for meters....</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">When he was taken out, he was still alive. A woman stayed with him, holding his hand tight to comfort &amp; encourage him... The police &amp; the emergency medical team<span class="trad-sup-bleu">&nbsp;</span>arrived rapidly....</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">I went there several minutes later, so I didn't see&nbsp;the horrible tragedy.&nbsp;I just heard people around talking about what happened....</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">At this moment, besides feeling deeply sorry for the horrible suffer that the man was enduring, I realise at the same time just how much I'm lucky&nbsp;being alive.</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">Sometimes we may complain that life is not always pink &amp; easy. We are disappointed if we don't get what we want. We tend to forget the most precious thing that we are lucky enough to own: life &amp; good health. Comparing with death &amp; suffer, the difficulties we may meet are really insignificant.</font></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB"><font color="#3c3c3c">So just stop complaining &amp; enjoy life as much as we can....</font></span></p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1830904 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:28 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1827135 <p>Des Français réfléchis et objectifs, qui ne se contentent pas d'être malmenés par la presse, qui ne répètent pas simplement ce que l'on leur dit, qui n'affirement pas ce qu'ils ne&nbsp;connaissent pas, ça existe! </p> <p>La preuve? Il suffirait de lire les quatres premiers commentaires ce cet article de presse, négative comme ce que l'on a l'hatitude&nbsp;de voir avec la presse française à l'égard de la Chine: <a href="http://commentaires.lesechos.fr//commentaires.php?id=4759453">http://commentaires.lesechos.fr//commentaires.php?id=4759453</a></p> <p>Sinon, la presse française continue à se montrer une négativité excessive et mal intentionnée vis-à-vis de la Chine:</p> <p>Exemple: Les échos:</p> <p><a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/info/analyses/4758835-la-chine-a-deja-perdu-les-jo.htm">La Chine a déjà perdu les JO</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/info/sport/4759453-jeux-olympiques-le-defi-demesure-de-la-chine.htm">Jeux Olympiques : le défi démesuré de la Chine&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.lesechos.fr/acces/53/4759453.gif?11" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Mais ça fait quand même plaisir de lire certains commentaires plus objectifs pour se rendre compte avec rassurance que tous les Français ne sont pas des aveugles, des donneurs de leçon à la con.</p> <p>D'ailleurs, grâce à un Français, j'ai découvert l'article d'un journaliste The Economist, le seul journaliste présent lors l'incident Tibet a eu lieu en mars 2008. The Economist&nbsp;a sorti bien des articles anti-Chine. Mais cette fois-ci, le journaliste a tout simplement raconté ce qu'il a vu sur place, malconnu du monde occidental qui s'en prend&nbsp;au coeur joie de jetter&nbsp;des pierres sur les Chinois, sans se préocupper de connaître la vérité des choses:</p> <p><strong><font color="#ff1010">Fire on the roof of the world</font></strong>:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10870258">http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10870258</a></p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1827135 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:53 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1825622 Treat them mean, to keep them keen.... Well, I'll think about it... Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1825622 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:42 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1800444 Very busy these days. Havent been here for 10 days.<br /><br />Last time, I received a long reply from you, which made me soooo happy.<br /><br />I didnt even have time to answer you with a long reply, you have just disappeared, in the air....<br /><br />Why? Why even havent said goodbye? You knew how I care about you, dont you, my friend?<br /><br />I miss your intelligent, passionate &amp; sentimental true words which give me always so much joy &amp; inspiration.<br /><br />Come back to me, plz, Linda-Sillydreamer...........Hope you are happy in real life........<br /><br />For your memory:<br /><br />***************************************************<br /><br /> <div class="comment_text">Here is my reply for a topic on Zorpia Forum:<br /><br /><strong>]ღ[ How romantic are you? ]ღ[</strong><br /><br />I am hopelessly romantic :-) <br />I've done many &quot;silly&quot; things because of that! :-)<br /><br />I was in love with a very handsome boy in university, <br />but was too shy to tell him what I feel... ;-)<br />He often worked late in his workshop.<br />So I decided to make him a surprise.<br />(how I LOVE to make surprises to people that I like! :-) )<br />I prepared some delicious snack &amp; put it <br />in the bascket of his bicycle outside his workshop.<br /><br />In order to savour the surprise-effect<br />I hid myself behind a tree for hours! It was summer. <br />A group of mousquitos have enjoyed a great meal of my sweet blood! <br />I've got so many boutons the next day! :-)<br />But was still happy to have seen the expression on his face<br />when he discovered the surprise! So sweet memories...:-D<br /><br />Another experience was with friends. I'm quite nostalgic. <br />I've been abroad for years without opportunities <br />to sing with people those songs of my youth that I love.<br /><br />One winter evening, before his going back to my coutry<br />a friend &amp; another boy accompanied me to the &quot;Art Bridge&quot; in Paris,<br />an old wooden bridge famous for lovers :-)<br />We have sung so many beautiful songs of my youth on that bridge<br />under a beautiful &amp; bright moonlight, again &amp; again....<br /><br />It was very cold that night &amp; I was in skirt!!!<br />I was almost trembling but my heart was so warm &amp; so happy!!!<br />We were singing with all our strength &amp; passions!!!<br /><br />My blood was burning, my soul so PURE, my heart full of JOY...<br />I leaned on the bridge railing<br />looking up at the bright Moon while singing<br />completely lost in a dreamland...<br />My mind went back to my happy youth, acrosing time &amp; space...<br />The moon illuminated my dreamy face &amp; the FLAME in my expressive eyes!<br />I know that I must have been very beautiful that night....<br /><br />My friend was so moved that he hold me gently <br />&amp; gave me kisses on my hair like a lover :-D<br />I can perfectly understand his behaviour <br />because it was such a romantic night!!!<br /><br />Really wonderful experience that I'll never forget!!! <br /><br />***************************************************<br /><br /></div> <div class="comment_text"><strong></strong></div> <div class="comment_text"><strong>Sillydreamer&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>United Kingdom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2/25/2008 13:28 </div> <div class="comment_text"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<br />You wrote it so beautifully, when I saw the response in Zorpia forum,<br />I actuall thought it's a poem you cited from somewhere...lol.<br />You have a lovely voice, and a simple page to make &quot;feel&quot; it more beautiful and soothing. <br /><br />Great choice :)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"><br />***************************************************<br /><br /></div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true">Pauline&nbsp; 2/25/2008 15:10 </div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true"></div> <div class="comment_text">Now it’s my turn to say “such a sweet message!!!” So happy to see you here!<br /><br />“I love this song, I love every bit of it, every single sentence of it. </div> <div class="comment_text">Such a simple way to express one's feeling when you feel blessed in love”<br />OMG, it’s EXACTLY what I feel for “My Baby You” you know!!! </div> <div class="comment_text">Thank you so much to have spoken out the words in my heart! It touches me!!!<br /><br />I lOVE the beautiful Hindi song playing on your page too, how I wish that I understood it! </div> <div class="comment_text">You know the tune &amp; the voice remind me the beautiful Hindi songs </div> <div class="comment_text">of beautiful Hindi love-story films that I LOVE much in my youth. </div> <div class="comment_text">And even now, I still remember some words of a Hindi song </div> <div class="comment_text">although I don’t understand the meaning! </div> <div class="comment_text">Those songs &amp; films have given me deep impressions!!! </div> <div class="comment_text">And I’ve learned a little bit traditional Hindi dance </div> <div class="comment_text">which tells stories by gestures, soooo beautiful!!!<br /><br />I LOVE your picture in traditional Hindi dress, really SPLENDID!!!<br />I like wearing traditional dresses too, Chinese ones :-) I’ll show you… :-)<br />I think that wherever we live, it’s important to preserve our own identity,<br />to be proud of &amp; try to promote our culture, our roots !!!<br /><br />OMG, you really think that my writing is poetic? It makes me SO HAPPY!!! </div> <div class="comment_text">Thank you so much for your encouragement! </div> <div class="comment_text">Coz I didn’t believe that I could write well in English. </div> <div class="comment_text">In fact, English is my 3rd language now. It was once my main working langue </div> <div class="comment_text">but when I came to live in France, I had to “forget” it a little in order to learn well French. </div> <div class="comment_text">It has been years that I’ve not practiced it. </div> <div class="comment_text">How I’m frustrated when I don’t find the right words </div> <div class="comment_text">to describe my delicate &amp; complex feelings! </div> <div class="comment_text">But I need to express myself, to get out all the feelings burning in my heart, </div> <div class="comment_text">by singing, by dancing &amp; now by writing. </div> <div class="comment_text">My Net brother Prince boost me much to write. </div> <div class="comment_text">And now I’m even more encouraged by your kind words. </div> <div class="comment_text">Maybe sometimes, the lack of vocabulary can be compensated by rich &amp; strong heart feelings… :)<br /><br />Glad that you like my voice :-)<br /><br />For my page, I wanted to make some decorations too. </div> <div class="comment_text">But finally, I found that, sure I enjoy the visual pleasure of beautiful pictures, </div> <div class="comment_text">but what interest me most are WORDS. </div> <div class="comment_text">They can be simple, but sincere, having real ideas &amp; meanings, coming from the heart. </div> <div class="comment_text">That’s why finally I prefer to keep my page simple, to highlight the contents, </div> <div class="comment_text">which don’t give direct visual pleasure, </div> <div class="comment_text">but touch more the heart &amp; in this way, they are more valuable in my eyes !!! </div> <div class="comment_text">You really have a sensitive heart you too. </div> <div class="comment_text">You are the first person who has noticed this point! Amazing!<br /><br />I’m so happy to meet you, thanks to “frog”, hahaha…<br /><br />And I’m eager to know you more &amp; see you often. </div> <div class="comment_text">I’ll begin by reading all your journals. </div> <div class="comment_text">I have already begun, but not finished!<br /><br />*hugs &amp; kisses*</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text">***************************************************</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text"><strong>Sillydreamer&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</strong>/25/2008 15:15</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<br /> <div class="comment_text">hahaha...you are a free spirit. So refreshing you are!<br />Are you a Gemini? :)..btw..your English is Great..trust me! </div> <div class="comment_text">I wish mine is anywhere near you. Take care.</div> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"> <div class="comment_text">***************************************************<br /></div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true"></div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true">Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2/25/2008 15:28</div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true"></div> <div class="comment_date" nowrap="true"> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text">Hmmm, FREE SPIRIT, REFRESHING, I love these descriptions!:-)<br /><br />Haha, non, I'm not Gemini, but I could have been.:-)<br />Think about the eternal inner flames &amp; you'll get the answer... :)<br /><br />Thanks again for your encouragement! I'll read a lot to enrich my vocabulary. </div> <div class="comment_text">What a pleasure it will be to be able to describe delicate feelings </div> <div class="comment_text">with approprate beautiful poetic words!!!<br /><br />Take care, you too! :)</div> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text">***************************************************<br /></div> <div class="comment_text"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text"><strong>Pr!nCe&nbsp; </strong>2/24/2008 18:14&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>You too, havent seen you for weeks, where are you,&nbsp;sweet brother?</em></div> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text">wow pauline...your beautiful romantic memories really touched my heart :) </div> <div class="comment_text">and bring me a lot of memories that actually I was hiding of my mind...</div> <div class="comment_text">as I do my best to erase my last 20 years on life and start a new life from now on...</div> <div class="comment_text">but that is just words, as memories never fade or go with the wind by days :)</div> <div class="comment_text"><br />well I was always so so romantic...and it was strange for many people, </div> <div class="comment_text">as not many boys are romantic, I took it as advantage sometime, </div> <div class="comment_text">but at times it turned to be disadvantage of some kind </div> <div class="comment_text">even I tried to change myself to cold and a person without feeling! :P </div> <div class="comment_text">but thank god it never worked cause its me! :) so I kept being romantic but with some edit! :P </div> <div class="comment_text">and I think this edit work well cause after this edit I never felt bad for being romantic :)</div> <div class="comment_text"><br />I was going to go on my memories now...but well almost all my memories was with persons</div> <div class="comment_text">that came to be fake and not that people I thought they love me...</div> <div class="comment_text">so they don't worth even the memories about them :P lol</div> <div class="comment_text"><br />Iam just so happy I read your beautiful happy memories :) </div> <div class="comment_text">and that really show ur beautiful romantic character :)<br />keep it up always :) keep romantic :) </div> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text">***************************************************</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text">&nbsp;</div> <div class="comment_text">Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; 2/24/2008 19:51</div> <div class="comment_text"></div> <div class="comment_text"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<br /> <div class="comment_text">Hehe, I knew that if on Zorpia there should be only one romantic person </div> <div class="comment_text">who would be interested in my memories &amp; give me a reply that should be YOU!!! </div> <div class="comment_text">Glad that my stories can touch your heart :-) </div> <div class="comment_text">We have the same kind of romantic &amp; sensitive heart, </div> <div class="comment_text">that’s why you can understand my feelings &amp; get vibrations easily :-)<br /><br />Try to erase 20 years’ memories, that’s not a good idea. :-) We are made of our memories.</div> <div class="comment_text">Without memories, happy or painful ones, we would become NOTHING. </div> <div class="comment_text">That’s why I found it funny that some people believe that there are life before &amp; after this one. </div> <div class="comment_text">Nonsense! When we die, our brain will disappear with all our memories. </div> <div class="comment_text">Without those memories, even we can continue to exist in other form of life, </div> <div class="comment_text">we wouldn’t be what we are in this life, </div> <div class="comment_text">our&nbsp;existence in the “next life” would be totally no meaning. </div> <div class="comment_text">While, the knowledge of humain-beings are still poor </div> <div class="comment_text">comparing to the huge &amp; mysterious universe. </div> <div class="comment_text">Maybe there can be miracles. But I still don’t believe. </div> <div class="comment_text">In any case, what’s important is to fully enjoy this life.<br /><br />Whatever the disadvantages can be, </div> <div class="comment_text">I still think that being romantic is a great chance for us. </div> <div class="comment_text">We are more sensitive to the beauty of life. </div> <div class="comment_text">We have much capacities to create joy &amp; happiness. </div> <div class="comment_text">Even finally it was for people that don’t really deserve, </div> <div class="comment_text">but the feeling of happiness of the moment would never change. </div> <div class="comment_text">Nobody can steal that from you.<br /><br />I don’t know what edit you have found to live better your Romanism. </div> <div class="comment_text">For me, I’m lucky that my memory is naturally selective. </div> <div class="comment_text">I forget more easily the painful moments than happy ones. </div> <div class="comment_text">It’s also because I always try to think on the other one’s side, </div> <div class="comment_text">try to understand &amp; be tolerant. </div> <div class="comment_text">My father always tells me:” don’t suffer for people </div> <div class="comment_text">who don’t deserve or use the other’s fault to punish yourself”. </div> <div class="comment_text">Now, I’m still romantic &amp; will always be. I offer happiness, </div> <div class="comment_text">create perfect moments, mainly for my future memories, </div> <div class="comment_text">&amp; at the same time, bring happiness to people that I like or love, </div> <div class="comment_text">but I don’t wait anything in return. </div> <div class="comment_text">The less you wait from others, the less you will be disappointed. </div> <div class="comment_text">That’s actually my principle. For now, it works well. :-)<br /><br />You too, sweet Net brother, keep on being romantic &amp; enjoy the pleasure of it…</div> <div class="comment_text"><br />***************************************************<br /><br />Where are you, my friends? &nbsp;I miss you two....... </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /> <div class="comment_text"><br /></div> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1800444 Sun, 04 May 2008 08:33 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1799946 <p><span lang="EN-GB">&quot;One day, whole </span>Paris<span lang="EN-GB"> will be at your feet...&quot;, he told me seriously the other day...</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">If it was 4 weeks ago, I would have laughed &amp; taken it just as a joke with a bad sens of humour.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">But now, I almost dare to believe it, even it seems still to be a crazy dream...</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">&quot;I would like that ten years later, you become my successor&nbsp;&amp; take the presidency of&nbsp;this group.&quot; When I heard these words two weeks ago, I laughed. But he looked at me with determination and said seriously: &quot;You must be more ambitious.&quot;</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">He was right. I made much progress rapidly. I become more self-confident &amp; have more and more ideas. For the first time in my life, I believe that I am&nbsp;able to do great things...&quot;You are more &amp; more beautiful day after day.&quot; Again he was right. I felt it,&nbsp;in other people's eyes.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">I thank him so much. It was him who discovered me, trusts me, gives me many encouragements, teaches me a lot, helps me to develop my self-confidence lost before. He made me a new person. I'm now ready for more &amp; more responsibilities. He protects me and does all his possible to make me evolve my career. I feel so good at his side.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">Hope this nice dream will last a long time....I'll do my best for it....</span></p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1799946 Fri, 02 May 2008 13:58 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1792706 <p><u>Français:</u></p> <p>Après une soirée sublime, rouler dans une belle Jaguar sur les Champs-Elysées est une sensation fort agréable. Le monde&nbsp;réel n'est pas si mal que ça finalement, haha! Voilà un excellent départ d'une nouvelle vie colorée et excitante! A moi de jouer pour mettre en valeur toutes mes capacités. La réussite m'appartient, j'en suis convaincue!</p> <p><u>English:</u></p> <p>After a sublime party, rolling on the Champs-Elysées inside of a beautiful Jaguar is really a&nbsp;pleasant feeling.&nbsp;The real world&nbsp;is not so bad finally, &nbsp;haha! A great beginning of a colorful &amp; exciting new life is in front of me! It's my turn to show fully my capacities. I'm convinced that I'll succeed!</p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1792706 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:03 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1782917 <p align="center"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"><font face="times new roman,times,serif" size="5"><strong>IF A MAN WANTS YOU</strong></font>&nbsp; </font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Courier New"></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that's not meant to be. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Slower is better. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>then heck no, you can't &quot;be friends.&quot; A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Don't stay because you think &quot;it will get better.&quot; You'll be mad at yourself </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>a year later for staying when things are not better. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>The only person you can control in a relationship is you. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>why would he treat you any differently? </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Always have your own set of friends separate from his. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>If something bothers you, speak up. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are...even if he has </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>He is a man, nothing more nothing less. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Never let a man define who you are. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Never borrow someone else's man. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Oh Lord! If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>All men are NOT dogs. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is a two-way street. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>You need time to heal between relationships. ..there is nothing cute about </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationship consists </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>of two WHOLE individuals. ..Look for someone complimentary. ..Not supplementary. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Make him miss you sometimes... when a man always know where you are, and you're </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>always readily available to him- he takes it for granted. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Keep him in your radar but get to know others. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Share this with other ladies..... You'll make someone SMILE, another </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>RE-THINK her choices and another woman PREPARE. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>them, a day to love them and an entire lifetime to forget them. </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><strong><font face="Verdana"></font></strong></p> <p align="center"><font face="courier new,courier,monospace"></font></p> <p align="center"><strong><em><u><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">BY THE WAY, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A MAN</font></u></em></strong> </p> <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><br /></p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1782917 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:07 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1780763 <strong><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="5">For Prince</font></strong><br /><br /><font face="Georgia">For you, my first fun :) my sweetest brother. For your&nbsp;purest,&nbsp; </font><br /><font face="Georgia">most romantic loveable heart that I have never ever seen... <br />LOVE you! Hope you will like these songs. :)</font> <br /><br />_________________________________________________<br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="5"><strong>Vincent (Starry Starry Night)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><font size="3">★<em> sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">One of my FAVORITE songs. LOVE sing it in the starry starry nights....</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Don McLean wrote Vincent in 1971 after reading a book about the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh. In the 1970s, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam played the song daily and a copy of the sheet music, together with a set of Van Gogh's paint brushes, is buried in a time capsule beneath the museum. </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">The song itself was an even bigger international hit than American Pie. In 1972, it reached number 1 in the UK and number 12 in the USA. </font><align="left" /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">In recent years, the song has become even more well known thanks in part to Josh Groban's successful version and to the song being sung by contestants on high profile shows such as American Idol and BBC Fame Academy.</font><br /><br /><align="left" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=ee7704e52b1149ada2caecf596d75706&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="136" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </embed /><a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26598136.b423cf"><img height="277" alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org35.zorpia.com/0/4155/26598136.b423cf.jpg" width="305" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br /><align="left" />_________________________________________________<br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="5"><strong>Edelweiss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong><font size="3">★ <em>&nbsp;sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">One of the songs in &quot;<strong>The Sound of Music</strong>&quot;, the&nbsp;favorite movie of my youth.</font>&nbsp;<br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><strong>Edelweiss</strong> is the <strong>national flower of Switzerland</strong>. Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), one of the best-known </font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">European</font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> </font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">mountain</font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> </font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">flowers</font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">, belongs to the sunflower family (Asteraceae). The name comes from </font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">German</font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> edel (meaning noble) and weiß (meaning white). The flowers are in bloom between July and September. It is unequally distributed and prefers rocky limestone places at 2000-2900 m altitude.</font><br /><br />Edelweiss是德语，edel的意思是“珍贵（的）”，weiss则是“白色（的）”。这种花一般只长在高海拔的阿尔卑斯山脉的寒冷贫瘠之处，雨水多，阴冷的天气似乎特别适合雪绒花（Edelweiss）的生长。因为耐寒而稀有，所以显得珍贵，是瑞士和奥地利的国花。特别是电影《音乐之声》中的插曲《雪绒花》，这种花的名字脍炙人口，但亲眼见过这花的人，似乎还真不多。&nbsp;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=8e79668689404c599562ba2367403cdc&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="136" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </embed /><a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26598221.7d404b"><img height="385" alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org35.zorpia.com/0/4155/26598221.7d404b.jpg" width="275" border="0" /></a> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><em><strong>The Sound of Music</strong></em> is a </font><a class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theater"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">musical</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> with music by </font><a title="Richard Rodgers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Richard Rodgers</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">, lyrics by </font><a title="Oscar Hammerstein II" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Oscar Hammerstein II</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">, and a book by </font><a title="Howard Lindsay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lindsay"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Howard Lindsay</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"> and </font><a title="Russel Crouse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_Crouse"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Russel Crouse</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">. It is based on </font><a title="Maria von Trapp" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_von_Trapp"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Maria von Trapp</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">'s book <em><a title="The Story of the Trapp Family Singers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_the_Trapp_Family_Singers">The Story of the Trapp Family Singers</a></em>. Songs from the musical that have become standards include &quot;</font><a title="The Sound of Music (song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_%28song%29"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">The Sound of Music</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&quot;, &quot;</font><a title="Edelweiss (song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelweiss_%28song%29"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Edelweiss</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&quot;, &quot;</font><a title="My Favorite Things (song)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Things_%28song%29"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">My Favorite Things</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&quot;, &quot;</font><a title="Climb Ev'ry Mountain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climb_Ev%27ry_Mountain"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Climb Ev'ry Mountain</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&quot;, and &quot;</font><a title="Do-Re-Mi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-Re-Mi"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Do-Re-Mi</font></a><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&quot;.</font><br /><br /><a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26604075.382af7"><img height="363" alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org38.zorpia.com/0/4156/26604075.382af7.jpg" width="317" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26604077.81d1ad"><img height="317" alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org38.zorpia.com/0/4156/26604077.81d1ad.jpg" width="395" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<br /><br />_________________________________________________<br /><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><strong>Unchained melody&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><font size="3"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>★<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></font></span><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">I LOVE this song, I LOVE the movie &quot;Ghost&quot;. This version is not at all perfect, even with a mistake at the end. But I prefer the way that I sung it,&nbsp;more than the other technically better ones with a better register quality, because here you can feel more my heart &amp; emotions.</font><br /><br /><class="default" /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">The raunchy pottery scene between Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in hit movie 'Ghost' has been voted the most romantic film moment of all time. </font><class="default" /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">The scene, in which the couple make passionate love after making pottery together while The Righteous Brothers' <strong>'Unchained Melody</strong>' plays in the background, beat the moment in 'Titanic' where Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet 'fly' at the ship's prow.&nbsp;</font><br /><br />&nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=855f38ae35e240f59ac4eab4e2f2fa1a&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="136" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" /></embed />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26598222.201e10"><img alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org35.zorpia.com/0/4155/26598222.201e10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />_________________________________________________&nbsp;<br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="5"><strong>Follow me</strong></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Georgia"><em>&nbsp;</em>★<em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">One of my favorite chinese songs of my youth. Sung originally by Su Rui, a famous Taiwan singer.&nbsp; </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">I waited for your arrival with such dreamy joy &amp; expectation... Follow me, you don't have to say a word, your eyes tell me all your secrets... We are not abel to foresee&nbsp;how will be the future. Just follow me, in that beautiful romantic tender rain....</font><br /><br /><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=30935fe60f57419981bc75102a49dca7&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="136" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp; </embed />&nbsp;<a href="http://photos.zorpia.com/PureLinen/photo/26603649.186854"><img height="340" alt="Zorpia Photo Sharing: Free Unlimited Storage &amp; Bandwidth" src="http://org38.zorpia.com/0/4156/26603649.186854.jpg" width="370" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1780763 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:13 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1774205 <font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="6"><em><font size="3">This is...</font></em><strong>&nbsp; <em>my voice</em></strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;<font size="2">:)</font></font></font></font><br /><font size="5"><br /></font><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="5"><strong><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><em>Pauline's Personal Concert</em></font></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></font><font size="3"><em>hahaha...</em></font></font></font><br /><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="4"><em>S</em></font></font></embed /><em>ome songs that I sung</em></font><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></font><font face="Georgia" size="4"><em><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Q</font>uelques chansons que j'ai chantées</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> <p>&nbsp;<font face="Georgia" size="4"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;Without music accompaniment &amp; not at all skilled&nbsp;:)&nbsp;&nbsp;Just sing with my heart...</font><br /><font size="3">Sans technique ni accompagnement, je chante tout simplement avec mon coeur...</font></font><br /><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><strong>《</strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><strong>Lucky Star》</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; <em>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em><br /><br />The original music is very light, tender&nbsp;&amp; joyful ...</span></font><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=97e69fca8c374bcf85dbef50d84866aa&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img style="WIDTH: 277px; HEIGHT: 232px" height="232" src="http://www.poofcat.com/oldies7.jpg" width="277" /></p> <p>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥</embed /><br /></embed /><br /></p> <p>&nbsp;<font face="Georgia"><strong>《</strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>黄土高坡 /&nbsp;</strong><font size="2"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><strong>Loess Plateau</strong></font> </font></font><strong>》&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><em>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></p> <p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">If you have seen the film &quot;Red Sorghum&quot; (le Sorgho Rouge, 1987) of Zhang Yimou,&nbsp;a famous&nbsp;Chinese film director, you may have been&nbsp;impressed by the&nbsp;immense sterile land in Sha'anxi Province. Life is difficult there.&nbsp;From generation&nbsp;to generation, the way of life has&nbsp;almost never changed. It's always the same songs that people sing on the top of the hills&nbsp;facing the wind, witness of&nbsp;a extraordinary vitality.....</font></p> <p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">I&nbsp; <font face="Times New Roman">♥ </font><strong>LOVE </strong><font face="Times New Roman">♥</font><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;this style of&nbsp;strong, straightforward, rugged folk songs.</font></p> <p><font face="Georgia">Imaginez quand les habitants locaux chantent cette chanson&nbsp;travaillant sur des collines, en&nbsp;face de l'immencité d'une terre jaune&nbsp;pauvre &amp; sterile, le vent souffle et apporte des sables venant des deserts du nord, et porte leur voix loin, loin..... que peuvent-ils ressentir? C'est une terre dure&nbsp;à vivre, mais c'est aussi là où ont vécu des générations de leur ancêtres. Ils y sont très attachés......</font></p> <p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">&nbsp;</font> <embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=e007432416ec4e36a5497b575bd4edb2&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img style="WIDTH: 352px; HEIGHT: 217px" hspace="0" src="http://shaanxi.cnwest.com/images/site1/20070517/xin_26050417092406940924.JPG" align="baseline" border="1" /></embed /> </p> <p>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥</embed /><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><strong>《</strong></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><strong><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4">Right Here Waiting》</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><font face="Georgia"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Liked so much&nbsp;singing it in the evening, alone, </span>at the end of&nbsp; classroom building aisle of my university, facing the enormous campus dark &amp; almost arcane, with all my force and&nbsp;passions... as if the rest of the world didn't exist anymore.....</font>&nbsp;</span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=360ab3ce275e41a785d31441d9460abe&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img style="WIDTH: 318px; HEIGHT: 336px" height="336" src="http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/aais/EMI/media/richardmarx/0094636650357.jpg" width="318" /></p> <p>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥</embed /><br /><br /><font size="4"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: SimSun"><strong>《让我们荡起双桨 / </strong><font size="3"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><font size="4"><strong><font color="#0000cc">Row, row row our </font><font color="#cc0033">boat</font></strong></font></font><font color="#0000cc"> </font></font><strong>》</strong><font face="Georgia" size="3"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><em>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></span></font><br /><br /><font size="4"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="3">In the beautiful Beihai Park (North Lake)&nbsp;of Beijing, children boat on the lake with much pleasure, enjoying freely their childhood.&nbsp;<font size="2">&nbsp;A<font size="3"> </font><font size="3">cool wind </font></font>comes to caress their faces....This song has made deep impressions on several generations in China. It reminds&nbsp;me so many&nbsp;tender memories of my happy childhood.</font></font><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=fecaa6983bc64837bc344a1f40029336&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.bbker.com/img2/F767931093.jpg" target="_blank" rel="lightbox"><img class="docimg3" onmousewheel="return bbimg(this)" style="WIDTH: 322px; HEIGHT: 226px" height="226" alt="北海公园-琼岛和白塔,广西,秀色精华,琼岛,景点,风光,冬天,初冬,北京,北海公园,北海,白塔" src="http://www.bbker.com/img/F767931093.jpg" width="322" /></a></p> <p>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥</embed /><br /><br /><font size="4"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><strong>《Love Story》&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><font size="3"><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></font><br /></font><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">A great classical song which has touched so many hearts. <span>&nbsp;</span>Still remember that late cold winter evening long time ago, alone on the way back home by bicycle,&nbsp; singing it on the big avenues&nbsp;very loudly&nbsp;with all my force &amp; passions.....</span><br /><br /></font></embed />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=bc13e6ab37524326b63d626d9a8f6385&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" />&nbsp;</embed />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img height="297" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000026E2H.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="274" />&nbsp;</p> <p>♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥</embed /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><strong><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4"><br /><br />《</font></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><strong><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="4">Que Sera Sera》</font></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Georgia"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><em>- sung by Pauline&nbsp;&nbsp; :)</em></font></span></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px" align="center"><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">One of the first english songs that I learned in middle school, sweet souvenirs.....</font></span></span><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Base/swf/FliqzBasePlayer.swf?playerSkin=http://cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production/players/Zorpia/swf/player.swf&amp;window=_blank&amp;watermark=http://www.zorpia.com&amp;staticPlayer=1&amp;serverName=cdn1.fliqz.com/fliqz/production&amp;ismuted=0&amp;file=de4d8938f6b349fb852dfa986d4d90a6&amp;autoplay=0&amp;progressive=1&amp;wsdl=http://services.fliqz.com/api/videoservice/052907/wsdl.xml&amp;allowFullScreen=true" width="180" height="150" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" /></embed />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img style="WIDTH: 305px; HEIGHT: 230px" height="230" src="http://www.kt8.com.cn/upload/video/20070309161844bi.jpg" width="305" /> </p></span></span> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1774205 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:37 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1773751 To learn love - I found this song yesterday on Zorpia. Simple but well written. Share.<br /><br /><strong><font size="5">Happy Valentine's Day to you!</font></strong><br /><br /> <p><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/01geJOKowgk&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" /></embed />&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong><font size="4">Don Juan DeMarco - Have you ever really loved a woman ?</font></strong> <br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">Genre : Comédie dramatique 1995<br />Réalisateur : Jeremy Leven <br />Compositeur : Michael Kamen / Bryan Adams<br />Interprète : Bryan Adams&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">To really love a woman <br />To understand her <br />You gotta know her deep inside <br />Hear every thought <br />See every dream <br />And give her wings when she wants to fly </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">And when you find yourself <br />Lying helpless in her arms <br />You know you really love a woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's really wanted <br />When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's the one <br />She needs somebody <br />To tell her that it's gonna last forever <br />So tell me have you ever really <br />Really really ever loved a woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">To really love a woman <br />Let her hold you <br />Do you know how she needs to be touched ? <br />You gotta breath her <br />Really taste her <br />To you can feel her in your blood <br />Then when you can see your unborn children in her eyes <br />You know you really love a woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's really wanted <br />When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's the one <br />She needs somebody <br />To tell her that you'll always be together <br />So tell me have you ever really <br />Really really ever loved a woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">You got to give her some faith <br />Hold her tight <br />A little tenderness <br />You gotta treat her right <br />She'll be there for you <br />Taking good care of you <br />You really gotta love your woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">And when you find yourself <br />Lying helpless in her arms <br />You know you really love a woman </font><br /><br /><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif">When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's really wanted <br />When you love a woman <br />You tell her that she's the one <br />She needs somebody <br />To tell her that it's gonna last forever <br />So tell me have you ever really <br />Really really ever loved a woman <br />Just tell me have you ever really <br />Really really ever loved a woman <br />Just tell me have you ever really <br />Really really ever loved a woman. </font><br /><br /></p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1773751 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:58 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1773177 <p>Tout a commencé avec cette vidéo que j'ai vu sur le blog d'un ami: <br /><br /><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C3gwp_M6_hc&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" /></embed /><br /><br />Il fut un temps où j'allais danser quand j'étais encore à l'université, long time ago. Cette&nbsp;fameuse scene&nbsp;de Tango du&nbsp;film &quot;the scent of a woman&quot;&nbsp;a réveillé en moi une envie folle de danser. <strong>Al Pacino</strong> est vraiment un GRAND acteur qui a magnifiquement joué cette scène de danse. Il n'est pas super beau, mais il a beaucoup d'élégance, de profondeur d'esprit, un charme FOU. Je le préfère que bien d'autres acteurs qui, n'ayant&nbsp;qu'un beau physique et donc superficiels, ne me touchent pas du tout.<br /><br />J'ai commencé à prendre des cours de danse il y a un mois. J'ai même essayé de trouver un cavalier sur Zorpia (car vendredi soir lors d'un cours d'entraînement, sans cavalier est une pure perte de temps), mais finalement c'était tombé dans l'eau pour une raison que j'ignore. Une de mes camarades de classe, une jeune retraitée super bien foutue, très active et&nbsp;qui aime prendre soin de moi,&nbsp;a même mis une petite annonce&nbsp;dans un journal en vue de&nbsp;chercher des cavaliers pour nous deux, c'était sympa de sa part même si je n'y compte pas vraiment.<br /><br />Je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi il y a si peu de gens qui soient intéressés par la danse alors que c'est si agréable, romantique et ça fait tellement de bien sur le physique et le moral! Chaque cours de danse me met dans un tel état de joie, totalement libérée de la routine et des petits soucis de la vie quotidienne, même si ce que je sais faire reste encore un peu limité. Non pas parce que je n'apprends pas vite. Au contraire, étant amateur de musique, j'ai vraiment le sens du rythme et je pige au quart de tour. Mais, les cours sont&nbsp;collectifs, il faut les faire au rythme acceptable par tout le monde. Pour la Salsa, j'ai eu une demie heure de cours quasi particulier, qu'est-ce que j'ai fait comme progrès!<br /><br />Vendredi dernier, je suis allée à&nbsp;une soirée de&nbsp;la Danse et de l’Elégance&nbsp;avec des copines de mon école de danse. Il y a eu les Finales d'un “Grand Prix” de danse, quelques show de Tango Argentin et de Salsa, et de la danse libre. C’était magnifique, romantique, sublime, divin… pas assez de vocabulaire pour décrire. De belles musiques, de magnifiques robes de danse ou de soirée, de beaux corps (hommes &amp; femmes) qui dansent de façon élégante ou sensuelle, beaucoup de “belles plantes”, vraiment au plaisir des yeux ! <br /><br />Si vous étiez là, vous aurez vu&nbsp;mes yeux briller de mille feux, le cœur rempli de passions ! J’ADORE la danse, tout comme la musique, “it makes life worthwhile” (j'emprunte la parôle d'un ami très cher à moi). La danse embellit. J'ai vu un couple dont le monsieur est un asiatique très ordinaire, moitié chauve, pas grand et un peu mal habillé. Mais quand il danse, c’est tout simplement DIVIN, avec de tels beauté, élégance et plaisir. Son partenaire est une blonde qui est pas mal du tout. Ils ont une grande complicité, très distingués sur la piste, forment un très beau couple. Dans le spectacle, il y a eu un garçon de 1m80 qui faisait danser une fille de 8 ans faute de danseur, et même deux “couples“ d’enfant de 6 dans qui étaient habillés et dansaient comme des grands, trop mignon !!! <br /><br />Après les spectacles, il y a eu une heure&nbsp;de&nbsp;danse libre. J’ai eu plus de chance que mes copines ayant été invitée plusieurs fois à danser. Pas terrible le Tango car je ne connais pas encore assez de figures et donc de variations pour m’amuser. Mais mon prof m’a dit que je peux déjà aller en boîte de Salsa vu mon niveau, bien que je n’aie eu qu’environs 8 heures de cours. J’ai vraiment un grand plaisir de danser la Salsa, et au fur et à mesure que la maîtrise des figures agrandit, je me lâche de plus en plus et mes gestes sont devenus naturellement de plus en plus sensuels ! How I LOVE it ! I LOVE SALSA ! <br /><br />Mais là où je me suis plus amusée c’était la dernière danse, du Rock. Je ne connaissais même pas les pas de base. Mon danseur a fait &quot;wooowww..&quot; en remarquant que j’avais une robe mi-long serré à la taille et très large en bas, en tissu fleuri et frais. Quand je tournais vite, elle s’ouvre comme une belle fleur, très jolie. Donc ce qu’il a fait c’était de me faire tourner, encore, encore et encore…en circulant sur la piste. J’ai vite compris le mécanisme et tourné de plus en plus vite suivant sa conduite. De temps en temps, on fait quelques pas de base pour retrouver l’équilibre. Ainsi je tournais, tournais, tournais…..ma robe fleurissait, fleurissait, fleurissait… et je riais, riais et riais….Qu’est-ce que je me suis amusée avec cette danse complètement dingue sans style, inspirée et créée sur le champ et totalement crazzzzzy !!! J’ai vraiment adoré!!! Le seul regret que j'ai eu ce soir là serait de ne pas avoir pu danser le Valse que je trouve très romantique. J'ADORE!<br /><br />Aujourd'hui, à ma grande surprise, le danseur de Rock en question m'a appelé, me demandant s'il pouvait m'envoyer un bouquet de fleur pour le Saint-Valentin (haha), ce qui m'a tellement surprise que ça m'a donné une folle envie&nbsp;de rigoler. &quot;Non, merci, je ne cherche rien d'autre que la danse. Si vous voulez me faire plaisir, emmenez-moi danser à l'occasion....&quot; je lui ai répondu polimment. Il va donc prochainement m'inviter à dînner avant d'aller danser, &quot;au nom de l'amitié&quot;, il précise. haha! Ainsi, il me semble que je me suis trouvée un cavalier, en plus de mes profs qui veulent&nbsp;vraiment me donner des cours particuliers mais n'ont pas encore pu le faire faute de&nbsp;salle. <br /><br />Bonne nouvelle! Un de mes profs m'a appris aujoud'hui qu'il me prépare une surprise: une petite salle pour m'apprendre à danser toute la journée! Trop bien! Et il me taquine: &quot;j'ai tout de même peur car tu apprends trop vite. Quand tu auras tout appris, tu me considéras peut-etre plus&nbsp; plus comme copain&quot;, haha, quel idiot! C'set vraiment pas mon genre de faire ça! Et puis, ma jeune retraitée protectrice m'a donné deux robes de soirée très originales toutes neuves qu'elle n'a jamais réussi à mettre car trop petites. Vraiment très gentil! Hmmmm,&nbsp;ça fait du bien de se sentir &quot;gâtée&quot; parfois. :))<br /><br />La saison de danse va donc commencer pour moi! SUPER!!!<br /><br /><br /><img height="8" src="http://tech.china.com/zh_cn/home4u/sucai/gifanimation/line/0162.gif" width="565" border="0" /><br /><strong><font size="4"><br /><u>Les Gentilemen à Paris</u> :</font></strong><br /><br />Si vous êtes <strong><font size="4">Bon Danseur</font></strong> et que vous voulez faire ma connaissance,<br /><font size="4">alors vous pouvez m'inviter à&nbsp;aller danser...... </font><br />mais que pour le plaisir de la danse, RIEN d'autre.... :))) <br /><font size="5"><br /></font><img height="8" src="http://tech.china.com/zh_cn/home4u/sucai/gifanimation/line/0162.gif" width="565" border="0" /><br /></p><br /> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1773177 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:08 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1771347 <p><img alt="Could I have this kiss forever 永留此吻" hspace="0" src="http://www.24en.com/d/file/funny/music/jinqu/2007-02-07/56c00938468a924ca57f81612fd44cc1.jpg" align="left" border="0" />这首《Could I have this kiss forever》堪称20世纪末最动人的男女对唱情歌，由流行天后Whitney Houston和拉丁天王Enrique iglesias联袂献唱。他们的表演激情肆意、默契十足，无不令人心醉神迷。</p> <p>　　一代天后Whitney Houston（惠特尼-休斯顿）有许多耳熟能详的作品，像《I Will Always Love You》(《保镖》插曲)、《Saving All My Love For You》、《You Give Good Love》等。而拉丁天王Enrique iglesias（安立圭-伊格里莱斯）最负盛名的歌曲莫过于那首如泣如诉的《Hero》，而充满拉丁舞曲风格的《Don't Turn Off The Light》听后更是让人心潮澎湃。</p> <p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="5"><strong>♥&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Could I have this kiss forever</u></strong>&nbsp; <strong>♥</strong></font></p> <p>Enrique Iglesias &amp; Whitney Houston</p> <p><strong>♥Over and over I look in your eyes♥<br />♥you are all I desire♥<br />♥you have captured me♥<br />♥I want to hold you♥<br />♥I want to be close to you♥<br />♥I never want to let go♥<br />♥I wish that this night would never end♥<br />♥I need to know♥</strong></p> <p><strong>♥Could I hold you for for a lifetime♥<br />♥Could I look into your eyes♥<br />♥Could I have this night to share this night together♥<br />♥Could I hold you close beside me♥<br />♥Could I hold you for all time♥<br />♥Could I could I have this kiss forever♥<br />♥Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever♥</strong></p> <p>Over and over I've dreamed of this night<br />Now you're here by my side<br />You are next to me<br />I want to hold you and touch you taste you<br />And make you want no one but me<br />I wish that this kiss could never end<br />oh baby please</p> <p>Could I hold you for a lifetime<br />Could I look into your eyes<br />Could I have this night to share this night together<br />Could I hold you close beside me<br />Could I hold you for all time<br />Could I could I have this kiss forever<br />Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever</p> <p>I don't want any night to go by<br />Without you by my side<br />I just want all my days<br />Spent being next to you<br />Lived for just loving you<br />And baby, oh by the way</p> <p>Could I hold you for a lifetime<br />Could I look into your eyes<br />Could I have this night to share this night together<br />Could I hold you close beside me<br />Could I hold you for all time<br />Could I have this kiss forever<br />Could I could I have this kiss forever, forever</p> <p><strong>For you,&nbsp; my precious one....</strong></p><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nlr2lMN75vo&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" /></embed /> <p><br /><strong><u><font size="4">可否永留此吻？</font></u></strong></p> <p>安立圭-伊格里莱斯＆惠特尼-休斯顿</p> <p>一次又一次 我注视着你的眼睛<br />你是我向往的一切 你俘虏了我的心<br />我想拥抱你 我想亲近你<br />我再也不想离开你<br />我希望这个夜晚永无尽头</p> <p>我可以与你共度一生么<br />我可以注视你的眼睛么<br />我可以与你一起分享今晚的快乐么<br />我可以靠近你一些么<br />我可以与你相伴一生么<br />我可以永留此吻么，永远永远</p> <p>一次又一次<br />我都梦见这样的美妙夜晚<br />像现在一样 你就依偎在我身旁<br />我抱紧你 亲近你&nbsp; 亲吻你<br />让你除了我之外不再想任何人<br />我希望这一吻永远不要结束</p> <p>我希望这个夜晚永远不要过去<br />没有你的黑夜我是多么难熬<br />我只想天天陪伴着你<br />为了爱我愿意耗尽一生</p> <p>Entre le plus grand bonheur et la plus grande tristesse, il n'y a qu'un pas.....</p> <p>so what mood are you in now? </p> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1771347 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:11 EST http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1770254 <p><strong>ღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღ<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><font size="6">In the Mood for Love</font></u></strong><font size="5">&nbsp;<br /></font><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><font size="4">I&nbsp; LOVE</font><font size="4">&nbsp;this movie</font></strong>&nbsp;<br /><br /><font size="4"><strong>which makes my heart&nbsp; <font size="3">♥ </font><u>palpitating</u></strong> <strong><font size="3">♥&nbsp; </font><font size="2">&amp;</font>&nbsp; <font size="3">♥ </font><u>trembling</u></strong><font size="5"> </font></font><font size="4"><strong><font size="3">♥ </font>!</strong></font><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="4">For sensitive and romantic hearts</font></strong>&nbsp;<strong><br /><br /><font size="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For hearts <font size="3">♥</font>&nbsp;in the mood for love </font><font size="3">♥</font></strong><br /><br /><strong>ღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღ<br /></strong></p> <p><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pa0JAvjx05c&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" /></p> <p></embed /><embed allowNetWorking="internal" AllowScriptAccess="sameDomain" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZMKnqdn_Xlg&amp;rel=1" width="425" height="355" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allownetworking="internal" /></embed /> </p> <p><em><strong>In the Mood for Love</strong></em> is a <a title="2000 in film" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film">2000</a> <a title="Hong Kong" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</a> <a title="Art film" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_film">art film</a> directed by <a title="Wong Kar-wai" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai">Wong Kar-wai</a>, starring <a title="Maggie Cheung" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Cheung">Maggie Cheung</a> and <a title="Tony Leung Chiu Wai" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leung_Chiu_Wai">Tony Leung Chiu Wai</a>.</p> <p>The film's original Chinese title is <em><strong>Huāyàng niánhuá</strong></em> (<a title="Traditional Chinese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese">Traditional Chinese</a>: 花樣年華&nbsp;; <a title="Simplified Chinese" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese">Simplified Chinese</a>: 花样年华&nbsp;; <a title="Yale Romanisation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_Romanisation">Yale (Cantonese)</a>: <em>fa1 yeung6 nin4 wa4</em>), which means &quot;Our Glorious Years Have Passed Like Flowers&quot;. This title derives from a song of the same name by <a title="Zhou Xuan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Xuan">Zhou Xuan</a> from a <a title="1946" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946">1946</a> film. The English title derives from a <a title="Bryan Ferry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Ferry">Bryan Ferry</a> cover of the song &quot;<a title="I'm in the Mood for Love" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_in_the_Mood_for_Love">I'm in the Mood for Love</a>&quot; that is also used in the film.</p> <p>The movie forms the second part of an informal trilogy, together with the first part <em><a title="Days of Being Wild" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Being_Wild">Days of Being Wild</a></em> (released in <a title="1991" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991">1991</a>) and the last part <em><a title="2046 (film)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2046_%28film%29">2046</a></em> (released in <a title="2004" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004">2004</a>).</p> <p><span class="mw-headline"><strong><font size="4">Plot outline</font></strong></span></p> <p>The movie takes place in <a title="Hong Kong" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a title="1962" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962">1962</a>. Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), a <a title="Journalist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist">journalist</a>, rents a room in an apartment on the same day as Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk), a secretary from a shipping company. They become next-door neighbours. Each has a spouse who is working and often leaves them alone on overtime shift. Despite the presence of a friendly landlady, Mrs Suen, and bustling, <a title="Mahjong" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong">mahjong</a>-playing neighbours, Chow and Su often find themselves alone in their rooms, and they begin to strike up a friendship.</p> <p>Chow and Su finally admit their shared suspicions that their spouses are cheating on them with each other. Chow persuades Su to re-enact what they imagine might have happened between their partners' and their lovers, and slowly the line between playacting and real romance blurs.</p> <p>Chow invites Su to help him with a <a title="Wuxia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia">martial arts series</a> that he is writing for the newspaper. As their relationship draws closer, people begin to notice, and Chow and Su try to persuade each other that they will not end up as their spouses. When Chow gets an offer to work in <a title="Singapore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singapore</a>, he asks Su to go with him. She rejects his offer and Chow leaves on his own. Four years later, Su and her young daughter visit an emigrating Mrs. Suen at their old lodgings. Chow, revisiting the place, narrowly misses out meeting up with her. At <a title="Phnom Penh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phnom_Penh">Phnom Penh</a>, <a title="Cambodia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, covering the visit of President <a title="Charles de Gaulle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a>, Chow visits the <a title="Angkor Wat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat">Angkor Wat</a> and whispers several years worth of secrets into a hole in a wall, before plugging the hole with mud.</p> <p><span class="mw-headline"><strong><font size="4">Style and Themes</font></strong></span></p> <p>Wong states he was very influenced by Hitchcock's <em><a title="Vertigo (film)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_%28film%29">Vertigo</a></em> while making this film, and compares Tony Leung's movie character to Jimmy Stewart's:</p> <dl><dd>&quot;the role of Tony in the film reminds me of Jimmy Stewart's in <em>Vertigo</em>. There is a dark side to this character. I think it's very interesting that most of the audience prefers to think that this is a very innocent relationship. These are the good guys, because their spouses are the first ones to be unfaithful and they refuse to be. Nobody sees any darkness in these characters - and yet they are meeting in secret to act out fictitious scenarios of confronting their spouses and of having an affair. I think this happens because the face of Tony Leung is so sympathetic. Just imagine if it was <a title="John Malkovich" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Malkovich">John Malkovich</a> playing this role. You would think, 'This guy is really weird.' It's the same in <em>Vertigo</em>. Everybody thinks <a title="Jimmy Stewart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Stewart">Jimmy Stewart</a> is a nice guy, so nobody thinks that his character is actually very sick.&quot; </dd></dl> <p>Two novel artistic devices are used in this <a title="Film" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film">movie</a>. One is the use of seemingly repetitive scenes and the other is that certain sequences which look like one scene are actually a <a title="Collage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage">collage</a> of numerous encounters of the two main characters in the movie. These techniques gave the audience the impression that these two characters were doing the same thing over and over again over a very long period of time. However, paying attention to the dresses (<a title="Cheongsam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheongsam">cheongsam</a>) that Maggie Cheung wears reveals that she wore a different dress in every single shot in those sequences. They are more likely artistic shots with different costume and makeup for each shot.</p> <p>Chow and Su's spouses are rarely shown and in those occasions their faces are not seen, resulting in brief one-sided scenes in which Wong uses only the angle showing either Chow or Su.</p> <p><span class="mw-headline"><strong><font size="4">Title song</font></strong></span></p> <p>The track song <em>Hua Yang De Nian Hua</em> is based on a song by famous singer <a title="Zhou Xuan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Xuan">Zhou Xuan</a> from the Solitary Island period. The 1946 song, used in Wong's film, is a peaen to a happy past and an oblique metaphor for the darkness of Japanese-Occupied <a title="Shanghai" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai">Shanghai</a>. Wong also set the song to his 2000 short film, named <em>Hua Yang De Nian Hua</em> after the track.</p> <dl><dd>花樣的年華 The years slipped past like flowers... </dd><dd>月樣的精神 the vigorous light of the moon </dd><dd>冰雪樣的聰明 bright, clever as glacier snow </dd><dd>美麗的生活 our beautiful life </dd><dd>多情的眷屬 my affectionate spouse </dd><dd>圓滿的家庭 this happy and fulfilled family... </dd><dd>驀地里這孤島籠罩著慘霧愁云 suddenly gloomy clouds and fog loom across this solitary isle </dd><dd>慘霧愁云 clouds of gloom and melancholy </dd><dd>啊，可愛的祖國 Ah, my lovely native country </dd><dd>几時我能夠投進你的怀抱 when can I go back into your arms </dd><dd>能見那霧消云散 and see these fogs dispel </dd><dd>重見你放出光明 and behold you give off light again </dd><dd>花樣的年華 as in those flower-like years </dd><dd>月樣的精神 and of the moon...&nbsp;</dd></dl> Personal http://www.zorpia.com/PureLinen/journal/1770254 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:19 EST