All true language is incomprehensible,
like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.

-Antonin Artaud

11.21.2010

How do you say this in Cantonese?

After a few attempts to say this sentence during their lesson, Brian and Richard almost thought that it was a mistake to start learning Cantonese!

"The ghost of my expensive turtle is sometimes strange, and sometimes well-behaved."




Hints:

Ghost: gwái

Expensive: gwai

Turtle: gwāi

Strange: gwaai

Well-behaved: gwāai


Have fun :-)

11.14.2010

Under The Hawthorn Tree



“我不能等你一年零一个月了,我也不能等你到二十五岁了,但是我会等你一辈子。”


“我不能等你一年零一個月了,我也不能等你到二十五歲了,但是我會等你一輩子。”


This was the line that first moved Zhang Yimou. You need to watch the film before you can understand it.


"Under The Hawthorn Tree" is the latest film directed by Zhang. The film was based on a true love story during the Cultural Revolution in China.


I was moved by the film,


more than once.

11.06.2010

An Empty Glass with Happiness



An Empty Glass with Happiness


空杯子的幸福


我常常去我房子对面的餐馆,


是一种习惯。


工作后我很累,


想喝酒一杯。


那个时候,


没有做菜的理由。


我穿舒服的衣服,


慢慢走路。


买半只鸡,一碗玉米,


一杯啤酒,我想这就是


世界上最足够的幸福。


都在转眼间,


但是我看见


微光里一种热情的招待。


一个人和自己温暖的宴会,


一瞬间结束,


剩余空杯子和幸福。




Ji Hoon was asked by me to write a poem with rhyme, I fell in love with it when he read it to me...

We are supposed to talk about this in class tomorrow, but I don't think he will mind if I share it with you now!

This is his poem with a few lines changed by me. I hope he likes my title.