Remains of the Day

"However, ‘certified organic does not mean ecologically sustainable’ – sustainability would involve the recycling of nutrients and developing strategies concerning products exported outside of the country ..." Cited from "Cuba Sustainable Agriculture Study Tour May 21 - 30, 2003 Sponsored by Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources Led by Food First " Interesting. I got to think about that.

I didn't instantly fall in love with their music when I first listen to Metric. I thought the vocal was too soft, not powerful. But then I found "Grow Up and Blow Away" on YouTube, and many songs in this album went into my playlist. The whole album is great. The lyrics are rather poetic and full of imagery.  If I were given a chance, I would love to do" white gold" at least once in public. I would probably setup a red table at the middle of the stage with a projector on the side. I picture myself sitting behind the table, singing calmly. I'm so happy that I discovered another great Canadian band. Now I listen to them everyday. Thanks ant.

This piece resembles Amano Yoshitaka's style, which I admire.

Something that I need to add to the previous post. In hindsight, while I was blaming everyone, I have to admit that I hadn't been all that great. During the time in HKUSU, my self-righteousness and arrogance had made me looked stupid. I had no patience for people whose opinions were different from mine. Stupid, but anything "in hindsight" is pretty pathetic. We get to move on.

All right, I have a 3-hour break before class. Three weeks ago, I was in my best friend's house in Hong Kong. She's a newly-wedded, and I missed her wedding because of the final exams. Plus, she didn't invite me. If my brother didn't tell me, I wouldn't have known that she was getting married. Computer! I haaate computer! She thought that I had somehow replied a thread on her blog, and somehow she thought that I had learnt about it a long time ago. Anyway, I will take her excuse. Well, you know, I love her very much. I could only be grateful to have such a friend, I guess. I met her in HKU when I was a undergrad. We were the executives of the student union. We had the worst, and yet, the greatest time together in that ghetto. "A ghetto", that's how I would describe HKUSU, and by which I'm talking about a psychological or a spiritual state. I was too young to realize that universities were not the place for people who believe in justice, not even fo...

Here's my New Year's resolution. Put my thougths into words. It's not easy. The fact that I couldn't write as good as I wanted to had successfully prevented me from trying. I gave up writing a few years ago, since then I had been emotional detached from words. The only kind of writings that I could still do was very techincal, such as lab reports and assignments. "In this experiment, 8 subjects were tested..... no significant difference was found between the control group and the experimental group...... similar to the effect of oxytocin, when acetylcholine with high enough concentration was introduced to the reaction chamber......" Impersonal and precise. Not that I dislike tech writing, but once in a while, the other half of myself would yell and say "merely by not touching it won't make it go away, you idiot." Now I don't care. Let this place be flooded with words. No more self-judging. Like music, writing has its healing power. I'm le...