Monday, October 31, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 29 / 我的戀愛超人 29

by Weichuen You 2004

Pipi and Poopooman, unable to fight against the situation, hesitated in fear before walking past the door that would change their destiny forever.
"Oh la la, what can we do?" Poopooman signed.
"Do I look like someone with resolutions to our PROBLEM?"
Then they both signed again and again...


「現在該怎麼辦才好?」「連上帝都遺棄我了,我哪來的答案呢?」

Sunday, October 30, 2005

來自小島的祝福

妳不是我見過最勇敢的女生,事實上,我常常覺得妳過於杞人憂天,不過我不得不承認,我肯定沒有辦法像妳在異地獨自生活多年,妳的勇氣和堅持是內斂的,我一直都知道,只是我不想對自己承認,妳居然比我還勇敢。

上個月初,妳還對我說,結婚是多麼充滿危險的承諾,想不到過了不到兩個月,妳作了人生中最重要的決定,其實妳心裡有數,他是妳願意託付終身的對象,我很開心妳拋開了猶豫和謹慎,小心如妳,也知道人生偶爾也得冒個險,特別是和妳喜歡信任的人‧‧‧

我不克前往妳的婚禮,但我為妳設計了一張婚卡,從台灣小島流到美國大陸的水中,漂著香氣淡雅的野薑花,花帶著我的祝福,帶著媽媽、哥哥、姐姐、所有摯友的祝福,我們小小的願望是:希望妳成為最幸福的新娘,我還要給妳很多的勇氣和信仰,讓妳在未來的婚姻裡看到美麗和希望。

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Broken




Ladies and gentlmen, I have to admit to you that my idea today is rather silly:-). I just want to say that sometimes we start a thing with a perfect idea or that we are fully prepared. However, it does not always turn out perfect. This is especially common in the culinary domain. How many times have my eggs, my crepes, my pancakes turned out broken while what I have in mind is perfect circle?

Just don't be too hard on yourself when the above-mentioned situation happens. Real life is full of "broken," i.e. imperfect situations. Sometimes we have to take them easy...

Friday, October 28, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 28 / 我的戀愛超人 28

by Weichuen You 2004

Auntie Annick couldn't wait to drag the two young people upstairs for a refreshing wash, a long chat and maybe something else. "Who knows?" She thought to herself.

However, Pipi and Poopooman tried hard to resist such a fate arranged by the hospitable dame. "Mom, I still have an appointment with God! You know I'll be late!""Madame, I have to go home. Though it's faraway, I can't stay..." Unfortunately, none of their mumbling was heard by Auntie Annick, who was carried away by the imagination of her son's future with the new-found girl.


「說著說著居然忘記要歡迎客人!孩子們,我們上樓坐坐吧! 」「那個,我趕著去赴和上帝的約呢!」「阿姨,我也得上路回家了,可不可以改天再來拜訪妳?」

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 27 / 我的戀愛超人 27

by Weichuen You 2004

Auntie Annick was REALLY happy to see her son coming home with a charming young lady. She was eager to show Pipi how friendly she was.
"Come here and let me give you kisses on both cheeks!" She held out her hands, wanting to hold Pipi in arms.
"What...what do you want?" Pipi was frightened to death.
"My mom only wants to tell you how she likes you. This is nothing but a tradition to greet people here." He tried to calm her down and stop her from running away.


「真是這樣嗎?那一定要讓我親親臉頰囉!我們家阿迪的朋友也就是我的朋友,一般的禮貌是不能省的啦!」「這,這大嬸是要幹嘛?」「我媽沒有惡意,這是我們的禮節,和朋友或親人會親吻左右臉頰,以示友好,不要擔心,她不會把你吃掉的!」「好,好吧!不過,你們會不會太熱情了點?」

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 26 / 我的戀愛超人 26

by Weichuen You 2004

At this moment, Auntie Annick, Poopooman's mama, showed up.
"What's all the din about?" She looked at the two young people puzzled.
Pipi, who had been on the point of attacking poor Poopooman, moved her limbs wildly to hide her original intent.
"Well, we are...dancing!" She grinned stupidly at Auntie Annick.


就在此刻,迪媽出現了!她適時解救兒子,使他免受小艾拳打腳踢之苦。「咦!小迪,你不是上山去了嗎?怎麼還在這裡逗留呢?還有,這可愛的小妞打哪來的啊?」「嗯!她是‧‧‧天上掉下來的‧‧‧禮物。」

Monday, October 24, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 25 / 我的戀愛超人 25

by Weichuen You 2004

Pipi: "Who IN HELL is your beautiful?"
She couldn't stop imposing her physical violence on Poopooman.
Poopooman: "Well..."
He started to have a bad feeling that maybe it wasn't a "princess" that God gave him.


小艾一聽到陌生男子的回答,立刻回過神來。「你,你是何方神聖!竟然用如此輕蔑的口氣和我說話!」話才剛說完,她愛動手動腳的老毛病又犯了,咻一聲拳頭就要朝阿迪飛去。「拜託不要!」阿迪苦苦哀求。

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Remote

by Weichuen You 2000

I sank into a fit of blues during my days in Rochester, NY. One year before I was a young girl full of ambitions and dreams, but the difficult life of a foreign student wore me out mentally and physically. There were always tons of books to read, cold and snowy days seemed endless, and I was never in a satisfactory relationship. I was so far from my original expectations. I was far from where I had come from. Worse, the future goal was equally remote. I was in the middle of nowhere.

On a gray May morning, the drizzling rain triggered off my nostalgia. Somehow the snapshots of my childhood came back to me. I thought of something that had been buried deep in my memories. My grandma and I watched the traditional Taiwanese opera together when I was a little kid. I had never liked the noise and the dazzling colors of the shows. Yet every remote detail came back and it was so pleasant. I could feel the air, the passion of the audience, even the hot and humid air in summer. In a way I crossed the boundary of time and space. I felt so warmly wrapped inside while my body still remained in Rochester. Then I realized that maybe what I considered remote wasn't that faraway...

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 24 / 我的戀愛超人 24

by Weichuen You 2004

Pipi: "Oh, I am still alive! Thank God!"
Poopooman: "Yeah you are beautiful!"


兩人還算安全降落之際,小艾不禁發出驚喜聲,而阿迪則喜孜孜地望著她。「天啊!我還活著嗎?」「是啊!美麗的姑娘‧‧‧」

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 23 / 我的戀愛超人 23

by Weichuen You 2004

Then they were both pulled back to the reality as they were about to "land" in a very dangerous way.


還好,真實生活比他們想得單純些。

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 22 / 我的戀愛超人 22


by Weichuen You 2004

For Pipi, it was a totally different story. She saw a pervert trying to take advantage of her and that really scared the shits out of her...


而從未見過大場面的小艾則冷汗直流‧‧‧「媽媽咪啊!我該不會是碰上書裡說的大野狼了吧!怎麼辦才好呢?」

Monday, October 17, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 21 / 我的戀愛超人 21


by Weichuen You 2004

Before the final fall, both of them had thought of very different things. Poopooman was amazed at his good luck. "I can't believe that God is sending me a lovely woman, my princess. How can I be so luckyyyyy..."


在這場完全無法預料的意外之中,單純的阿迪心中想著‧‧‧「這是一場夢嗎?我的公主自己找上門來了‧‧‧我有如此幸運嗎?」

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Cold 2

That summer she gave up the hot sunshine in the subtropical zone for the cool sea breeze of San Francisco. It wasn't really any sacrifice. She knew something was wrong between them. She had to deal with it face to face with him.

By the time she arrived at the lodging place in Latin area, the sky had darkened. Besides, she never expected the summer in the bay city to be so chilly. Desperate to get in touch with him, she stood in the wind, with only the protection of the phone booth. She trembled every time the wind blew. Yet the telephone at the other end kept ringing as if he had moved away right before her arrival. At the one hundredth try, he finally picked up the phone, answering in a naturally weak voice, "Oh, I didn't hear anything before. I happened to get up for nature's call and voila..." Her heart sank even deeper and the coldness seemed even worse than a moment ago.That was the coldest summer she had ever had in her life.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Cold

Adeline was a winter baby. When most people are daunted by the idea of the cold winter, she loves the thought of the hot sweet soup going down her freezing throat to the stomach that opens every cell to embrace the lovely warmth. Besides, the beautiful plum flowers blossom right during the coldest season. The fallen petals and snow flakes blend. To Adeline, that's the most fantastic scene in the world...

What soup does Adeline eat? Here is the answer to the mystery. Chinese people eat a hot dessert with tiny pieces of red and white flour butter cooked in boiling water on winter Solstice. This is supposedly to keep us warm.

Special thanks to Adeline who gave me the inspiration during our break from work yesterday as we sipped over the hot herbal tea she made for us.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 20 / 我的戀愛超人 20

by Weichuen You 2004

What happened in reality was that Pipi "landed" on the poor Poopooman. She almost crushed him to pieces...


但,人生是真實的,往往還會帶點傷‧‧‧

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 19 / 我的戀愛超人 19

by Weichuen You 2004

A romantic version of the encounter would be so: Pipi fell into Poopooman's arms, roses flew around them, the scent of love filled the air and they hit it off at first sight. However, life is often real and less beautiful...


第一次的見面,如果能以這麼浪漫的方式呈現,該有多美好‧‧‧

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 18 / 我的戀愛超人 18

by Weichuen You 2004

As if by fate, the little birdie spotted the promising young man who was about to start his brand-new career of serving God.


「萬能的主啊,我來啦!」

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 17 / 我的戀愛超人 17

by Weichuen You 2004

The little bird dashed downward in fright as well. Then as if by fate...


「我‧‧‧好怕喲!這女孩好像挺認真的!」

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Lost

by Weichuen You 2002

When Chichi and I traveled in France for the first time, we were really confused by the intricate systems of roundabouts French are crazy about. In the beginning, we were so lost and out of fear, we would randomly choose a direction just to get away from the circular labyrinths. Unluckily, Fortune hardly smiled upon us. Then we would make great efforts to drive all the way back into the roundabout to make another choice.

Advice for tourists who plan to visit France: The only solution to the delimma is to take a French attitude. Relax and take your time. It's not illegal to spend more time than usual in roundabouts. If you haven't come to any conclusion on which way to take, enjoy the scenery outside and before long you'll find your way.

Oh My Loveman! 16 / 我的戀愛超人 16

by Weichuen You 2004

In chasing the bird, Pipi lost her balance and fell from the top of the clouds all the way down...


「來吧!鳥兒!看我的瑜珈翻滾術!」

Friday, October 07, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 15 / 我的戀愛超人 15

by Weichuen You 2004

Poopooman waved goodbye for the last time to his mom before leaving for the abbey. "Do take care of yourself mom!""Oh my poor son...It hurts to think he is going to spend the rest of his life with a bunch of men..."


另一方面,下定決心出走山林的阿迪一身樸素打扮,他帶著簡單的行囊,不捨地和媽媽道再見。「媽!要保重啊,我會為妳祈禱的!」「喔!我可憐的兒子就要一輩子困在修道院,叫我這作媽的怎不難過呢?」

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 14 / 我的戀愛超人 14

by Weichuen You

Pipi, while drifting aimlessly, couldn't stop being naughty. She spotted a little bird and it aroused her desire to be playful again.


流浪中的小艾不改調皮本性,她似乎已經忘記自己已遠離家人和故鄉,在空中依舊淘氣。「看你逃到哪裡去!」

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 13 / 我的戀愛超人 13

by Weichuen You 2004

After he found the perfect solution to his dilemma, that night Poopooman slept more soundly than the other nights. And the shining stars seemed to wish him good luck in the days to come.


下定決心之後,大便超人心安許多,對於未來他不再那麼地恐懼,當晚的星星似乎也特別地閃亮 。

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 12 / 我的戀愛超人 12

by Weichuen You 2004

Poopooman thought, "If I dedicate all my love to God, he won't refuse me like everyone else."


「不如,接受主的召喚,上山修行去吧!這樣就算大家不懂我的苦心,我依舊可以默默地服務大眾,好,就這麼決定了。」

Monday, October 03, 2005

Oh My Loveman! 11 / 我的戀愛超人 11

by Weichuen You 2004

Poopooman had never been so frustrated. He wanted desperately to love, but it seemed that he never found the right way. In the despairing moments, he hit upon an idea.


大便超人傷透了心,在黑暗的夜裡,他想也想不透為何世人不了解他的心意,悲傷之餘,他突發奇想‧‧‧

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Float

This is a story about a family that lived on the islets of Maldives. About nine months ago, they were still a happy family living their calm lives away from the world. They didn't know anything about the latest inventions or modern culture. Air-conditioners, IPod, depression, Prozac...These were words all too foreign for them even when translated into their language. They thought life was nothing but simple and they would die still believing so.

December, 26, 2004. Dad was watering his plants. Mom wove the baskets for placing the fish for everyday meals. Elder sis was toying with her beautiful ivory black hair while Elder bro was singing a folk song into the air. Rosan, the youngest kid in the family, played the rusty old coin he had found the day before at the shore of his islet. Before the fatal tusnami, everything was as quiete as ever. Then without any warning, gigantic waves lunged towards them at unimaginable speeds. They were first dumbfounded and fear rose in each of them like the waves shot out of nowhere. That was the kind of fear that froze people, deactivating their instincts to run or to seek shelter. The only audible voice before they were completely devoured by the waves was from Dad. He shouted for everyone to hear, "RUn..." The last consonant was even cut off. Afterwards, there were only the roaring, wrathful sounds from the waves.

Rosan opened his eyes. He couldn't remember what had happened a moment ago. He got up from the previous crouching position. Slowly, he looked around. The sea was calm, but his family's islets were nowhere to be seen. He thought hard to recollect if the adults in the family had planned to sail out for fishing. He just didn't remember. He screamed, but he heard only his own echos. He started to think this was an awful joke...

Rosan's islet was the only one that floated while the others sank to the bottom of the sea. But it was really hard to say those who stayed afloat were more lucky...

Not to mislead my readers, I have to say that this is a fictional story. I learned that some islets had sunk forever because of the tragic tsunamis that occurred at the end of last year. I couldn't stop thinking if the disappearance of people that dwelled on those islets was ever known. Their death might not be witnessed, but it was no less sad than those whom we saw on TV. This is a story for them, also an apology to nature for human beings' presumptuousness and waywardness.

Oh My Loveman! 10 / 我的戀愛超人 10

by Weichuen You 2004

But it seemed that Poopooman's voice wasn't really appreciated. He received very unfriendly welcome...


大便超人嘔心瀝血的演出只換來滿牆的蛋黃汁流溢,公寓外滿目瘡痍。「這陣子鋒頭太健,還是先躲個一陣子好了。」