]]> http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1861646.html http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1861646.html Others Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:23:05 +0800 在跟 J 通過電話之後，心情豁然開朗，終於可以放下我心中深藏已久的石頭，可以做朋友的就不該是敵人，生活中只要沒有敵人心情就輕鬆了許多，該是重拾生產力的時候了，感謝老天爺，一切又回歸正軌了。

ps. 剛剛完成報稅, 2005 年是連續六七年來收入最少的一年, 這樣也好, 政府還得還我錢, 趕快給我拿回來!!!! 唉...

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Here is some disenchantment from all these days when I confused myself by accepting too many gray areas in my life. I even allowed some selfish people to take advantages of me because I thought things like that could be hard to define. Now I just realized how important it is to tell back & white from things instantly instead of always looking at the aspects which we cannot easily say that’s absolutely right or wrong.
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I still thank people who always show me the ambiguous things, they make me learn more from life. People who can tell the gray areas are actually fortunate because they are not blind; however, there are people who can firmly tell things from black & white truly virtuous and supportive for our lives. Thanks both for your existence.
 

]]> http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1672354.html http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1672354.html Others Sat, 27 May 2006 23:30:38 +0800 原本的計畫是這樣的, 我要幫每個來光臨我新辦公室的朋友們拍照留念, 不過今天攝影師Vincent來的時候, 因為聊天聊的開心, 又忘記要拍照這檔子事了.
總是, 謝謝每一個來踩過這間小辦公室的足跡.

壓力很大. 奇怪的是, 不論生活有多忙碌, 一些該忘的人或該忘的事卻不曾忘記. 有時後覺得即使贏得了全世界, 卻不能得到自己真的想要的, 這一切就都沒意義了. 人的心, 怎麼可以如此貪婪呢?

對生活的體悟, 總是不斷推陳出新. 離大智慧的距離彷彿還有好遠好遠.
加油呀...加油呀...菜艾拉  @_@

PS. 還沒向菜艾拉辦公室報到的豬朋狗友們, 趕快來報到喔!!

]]> http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1643106.html http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1643106.html Others Sun, 21 May 2006 18:41:13 +0800 接過了Ansuya的案子以後，生活在剎那間陷入極度的忙碌，新辦公室的設備採購、國外來的畫作處理、網站的架設、朋友們的寒暄問候、兼差的案子、不能省略的家人時間… 這一切彷彿如同大大一桶水從天上猛然地潑在我頭頂上，忙的有點超現實。  

詭異的是在這陣混亂中，我還能如願完成幾件關於書的大事，一是終於讀完了「追風箏的孩子」，這真是一本值得推薦的好書，是我最愛的風格，有時間必要為這本書寫些文字；另一是歷經千辛萬苦之後，終於能成功地從一位老朋友那裡要回了一本心愛的書，這書原是我送給他的，事後卻又覺得後悔，不得不硬著頭皮向他要回，對方雖然是個可恨之人，想想他願還我一本書，也算有他可愛之處，雖然還有另外一本書未能如願取回，或許也該知足了。  

攪和著忙碌與書的日子裡，酸甜甘苦，如人飲水，冷暖自知。

   
          All my memories about you are warm and sweet.
                         Whenever I think of you, I still smile. =)
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然而, 今天的我好難得, 腦袋分外的清醒, 荷包裡有多少錢, 銀行裡有多少帳, 每件事都忽然清清楚楚地條列在自己的眼前, 是啊...該是終止迷糊的日子了, 未來的路還有好長, 眼睛睜不大總是不行的, 今天的我, 將開始認真了喔.

早上去還掉中華電信的爛帳(還是相信那些錢一部份是被坑掉的...), 下午為了兩顆惱人的智齒向台北醫院的牙科報到, 醫生很開朗, 胖胖的好可愛, 預約了下禮拜拔牙, 領了四種藥, 顏色還挺美的.

買了兩樣水果, 租了兩張韓國電影, 將兩個早該裝箱的愛情輕輕地歸入記憶的資料庫裡. 星期三, 天氣晴朗. 我的心, 也是.  =)
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]]> http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1439333.html http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/1439333.html Others Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:21:41 +0800 People change. But they will never change to the way you want them. I am going to change too. And it is the same that I will never change to be some type that some people around me wish I were. 

Even I myself can hardly believe I've completed so much work in one day. Now I know I am a truly super woman.             

In the past weekend I went to Taichung with my family for my grandpa’s funeral affairs. There were so many cars on the highway.
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Today I can finally come back to my house, and there are tons of work piled up now. Nice.

The first job for me is to learn the spirit from some top salespeople: 
Some guy said to me today "Hey! I am the top!" 
Well...that is really cool.

Now I know I need more confidence in myself.
I will get control of everything. Yes, I will.  =)
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It tells a story of a family with 7 orphans and the things happening around them. From the family, I learned what can be truly called a family; and from some romantic sections, I learned what can be called true love and a mature man. There is a character in the drama who is extremely lovable. I adore him so much. Really nice.   
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Flowers in my father's small yard.

I am very grateful to have some support from my family members recently for my business that is about to take off.
In my mind, I've promised myself that I have to succeed no matter how. Go. Go. Go! 

Now I believe love has its limits, but nobody can live without love.
Thank you, sincerely.

Embarrassment over, today the marketing person Vincent contributed a very good business idea that will require me to talk more with the other Vincent who is a photographer. From now on I have no worries if I dial the wrong number again, because I will have something to say anyway. Besides, both of them are excellent professionals. Good for me.

I've been working at home lately and actually spent more time on work than before. Although new troublesome matters still keep coming up, the most of things have been better than earlier this month. Somehow I knew I would go through all these difficulties that I am bound to come through just all right, since I am a very bold woman. It is difficult to find someone kike me nowadays. Hope I am still on the right track to tomorrow. So far everything is still fine. Very nice. =)

Does that mean there could be somebody over there in a corner of the world who can still read my mindset in some way, the way that he or she can easily paint my way of painting?

This guy had better be somewhere, or I must have been too naïve.

Hope that something we are painting the same is not something too terrible, just like this will be nice:

Fortunately, I have some friends who are 'simpler' but 'smarter'.
Thank Lin and his friend A-kai. Tonight has been a great night with these handmade steamed dumplings - not so good-looking but extremely tasty. Yummy yummy!!!   

SUMMER SNOW by Elizabeth F.

It's summer snow in the deep blue sea
I try to touch, but it fades away
It must be a dream I will never get
Just like my love that's crying for you
If there were something not to
change forever
We could feel it deep in our heart
Today was over with a million tears
Still everyone has a wish to live
Oh, I do believe everlasting love
And destiny to meet you again
I feel a pain I can hardly stand
All I can do is loving you

I quicky got balanced by seeing this cutty in a pet store near my house. What a sweetie! Cute! Cute! Cute! (^.^)

Some say ‘Life is all in your mind.’ The differences, if any, between how you see things today from yesterday just depend on you and yourself. Sometimes when you lose, you actually win.

Tonight I will still go out with Aki as before.
I got good luck. Wish you have the same.  =)

Somehow I realized it’s better to embrace a rabbit than a crocodile. Did you see the girl's smile is bigger? For anybody who wants to know, these cards are made by Jimmy. Truly cute!

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My mom got this bead ring for me from the temple.
She said it can beckon good luck for fortune.
Oh, Yeh...money, money, money - my first and foremost wish in this year!  p(^.^)q 
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See what kept my mom busy!

Recently I read that the Broadcasting Development Foundation just announced the top 10 most invasive news stories in 2005. They condemned some coverage last year that invidiously peered into the privacy of public figures, disseminated untrue information, or puffed up misleading social values, such as unmarried pregnancy, celebrity suicides and unjustified menacing affairs. These negative reports have plagued news coverage and deprived people of their rights to take care for the  concerns of others or help build a well-balanced society. I am not conservative, but I truly feel comforted knowing that there are still some people guarding our community.

Perk Up, Miss! You’ve got to catch up with those good people and keep in step with them!

I fell with a guy, who was supposed to be my boyfriend out over some stupid thing when my mind was yet to recover from a big fight with my mom. So what? Am I supposed to feel bad? Ironically... I feel okay.

On my way to lunch, I ran into a woman running her three passionate dogs and naturally I played with them for a while. Then I went to a convenience store and happened to hear a brisk pop song that I love very much. Plus the sun is shining through the trees today, there is nothing to be called a big deal in my mind.

While I am writing this, I wonder how many people are living a similar life as mine? I mean to stroll on the streets seeing playful dogs, drifting alone in the convenience store listening to music and loitering away all the time with music, magazines, wine and all the trivial stuff. What an ordinary person I have been! Nice.  (^_^)

http://66.49.190.33/scans/a/audreyhepburn02.html

http://cine.publispain.com/PELICULAS/seabiscuit_fondo.jpg

Last night I went out with Oil and Mystic. We enjoyed good food, good wine and the extraordinary warm friendship between each other, plus Tammy's Jazz vocal, very pleasant. Thank God I have all these wonderful opportunities to enjoy. I just realized that the more you mingle with people who have the beautiful souls, the more you can absorbe the beauty and grow in your mind. 

A draft PR plan for the art fair is finally done, in which I wrote:

We shall emphasize that Taiwan – as an island that has been secluded and secured, multicultural in mixure and highly affected by cutting–edge technologies and molded by the powers with information; home to artists who long to create niches and the imaginary heaven, as so start to create paradise beyond good upbringing – has burst into all kinds of joyful, hilarious, humorous, vulgar, strongly outrageous and rich imagery.
Well done.

I have been viewing some good art gallery websites these days. They brought me peace in mind. And it seems to me that we should have some bigger scale not only in our vision, but also in our execution plan.

http://www.faggionato.com
http://www.galerielelong.com
http://www.blumandpoe.com
http://www.mckeegallery.com

Keep going…

Yesterday a relationship between one of my friends and I just finished. I actually cried for that, but it was a good cry. I knew it would end someday anyway, just sooner or later.

An interesting subject came to my mind. Christian religion says that people are born with original sin, when Confucian teaches us that people are born with kindness. Does this make Western think different from Eastern?

When we studied in elementary school, we were educated to take Chiang Kai-shek as a model because he returned evil with graciousness at the end of World War II, he didn't claim much indemnification from Japan. But, you know, Chiang Kai-shek ended his life as a loser. How can we take a loser as a model? This must makes our life philosophy twisted so that in reality we always lose some cruel games.

I've done my best to be an understanding person, and there's nothing more I can do to rescue a relationship when the thoughts of two people are far too distant from each other. Learned the lesson and move forward. So called life.

I put most of my efforts into preparing for the launch of our gallery website these past two days. I’ve made very very slowly progress due to my scant energy in this cold weather.

Some news came out earlier this morning. I was very surprised to find out a man whom I've known for a period is bisexual. I don't have any prejudice against bisexual or homosexual people, on the contrary I like them very much, but, I was still shocked. Can you believe that?  How come among most of the men I know, who have refined taste and are kind of good looking, ALL ARE NOT STRAIGHT!!? This has beaten me!

Later I went to my Jazz dance class, and during that one hour I missed 4 calls from the same man. Funny that I couldn't reach him after the class. I actually couldnt reach anyone whom I really want to talk to these days. I must have been cursed.

Anyway, since then I haven't had the mood to talk to anybody anymore. This has been a blue day, even though I really wish it could be more green.

A photographer came to photo our gallery yesterday and took this:

Paris Erupts
The rioting began on 27 October when two boys died accidentally while fleeing from the police in Clichy-sous-Bois, a poor suburb largely populated by North African immigrants and their French-born descendants, where there was already friction between residents and police. After 10 days of violence, the rioting by youths in the run-down suburbs around Paris still dominates the front pages of French newspapers.

Nearly 1,300 cars were burnt on the tenth consecutive night.

With this good time to celebrate, Aki and I went to a restaurant called "Haw Jhi" for dinner. A big crowd was waiting around when we got there. It's a chic place with abundant decorations in a traditional Taiwanese flavor. That really made me miss the old times in Taiwan very very much. I love this place and what they use to advertise themselves - 'Taiwan. Go! Go! Go!' 

(繼續閱讀...) ]]> http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/645369.html http://blog.roodo.com/ellacf/archives/645369.html Others Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:39:07 +0800 Tonight was great. Lin, Sandy and me. Eating, drinking and sharing. 
We all stepped a little bit further from where we were.
Lin will go to Guangzhou tomorrow to see his supplier's factory. Sandy is still taking her dance and aroma therapy classes. She will complete her English study early next year and now is looking for a job. As for me, I've overcome the limitation of myself to work for this art gallery for over 1 month. It's difficult, but thanks to Aki, I am able to make it through my days. Besides, it's fun that we all watched the TzuChi TV programs.