Friday, July 06, 2007

CHANGE / 改變

在年紀很小時,我就知道自己是個小眾的人,我不擅長也不喜歡和一大群人相處,有時幾乎近於自閉,但是和我熟悉的朋友都了解,我對人和人之間的互動很敏感,也很容易受人的情緒影響,所以我的故事主題都以人為主,去旅行也不放過觀察陌生人,看電影也絕不看人以外主演的作品,我一直以為自己會這樣走下去。

Since I was little, I've known that I don't go for crowds. I am not fond of nor good at being with a large group of people. Sometimes I am nearly autistic. But people who know me well are aware of the detail that I am very sensitive to the interaction among individuals. I am also easily influenced by people's feeling. That is why practically all of my stories centered around humankind. I was constantly observing strangers when traveling. I never watched films without any real human actors. I thought I wouldn't change all my life.

最近對人很失望,我對人的大小惡心理都有個譜,但是卻沒有想到親身遇到時,感覺真的很糟,積極陽光如我,也因此有些心灰意冷,暫時我不想看那些黑暗。

Lately I've been very disappointed with mankind. I heard about all kinds of human vices and believed that I was always ready for the worst. But hell no, they are so much worse when you are confronted by them. Optimistic as I am, I can't but kind of despair. For the moment, I refuse to look at the dark and evil in the face.

以前我不喜歡小動物,看到狗便花容失色,現在我倒覺得牠們坦白直率地可愛,目前我的最愛Shorty,看到新朋友,忍不住熱情地衝向前去,又親又舔的,把對主人的記憶拋到九霄雲外,不過看著主人要離開時,又很不要臉低著頭的跟在屁股後,那般善變真是明白啊!但是當牠不顧一切地撒起嬌來,牠的不守規矩也被主人拋到九霄雲外,和狗相處,頭腦的神經沒必要繞一大圈,舒服又自在。

I didn't like little animals. I would scream and run when seeing dogs when I was a kid. Now I find their frankness to be quite adorable. My current favorite, Shorty, never leaves a stranger without a stain of saliva on his/ her arm. It is so passionate about new people that I doubt if it still remembers who its owners are. Yet when the latter are about to go, Shorty does not forget to follow them, shamelessly with its head lowered. Its fickleness is so direct and obvious. On the other hand, the owners do not hesitate to forgive it when Shorty falls all over them and asks for love like sweet babies. Being in the company of a dog, one does not have to rack his brain. Life is so easy and carefree.

等我年紀大了,看透了人的爛把戲,我也要養一條狗,過著我的簡單生活,別人看到我們會說:「啊,那個帥氣的單身女郎和她的愛狗‧‧‧」

When I get so old and see through all the dirty tricks of human beings, I want to raise a dog and live my simple life away from all that sucks. Others will remember us as the dashing-single-girl-and-the-dog pair…

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

不知怎樣的,我今天來到了你位於遙遠異鄉的部落格。

感到開心。

最近正在思考我的"宅"的內在...

呵呵,希望住在美國的你,還了解最近台灣的流行用語。

Good Day. I do enjoy your painting and words a lot.

Anonymous said...

It seems that my comment in Chinese couldn't work on blogger's system. I am not good at writting in English.

All I want to say is that...it is really nice that i bomp into this lovely blog so that i can learn more about you, your lovely words and paintings.

All my best for your life in US.

Anonymous said...

希望你心情好點
人的事情本來就複雜
還是開心點面對比較不會傷身體

對了
貓咪也會東東東的就跑過來跟你磨蹭喔

纖毛蟲 said...

你還好嗎? 一向開心的人也會有不開心的時候. 不過壞人會敗退, 壞事會消散. 過了就好.
祝你週末愉快囉!

Anonymous said...

最近一切都好嗎?
週末愉快了!

Weichuen You said...

wisla: 其實我住在台北,學生每天和我說話時會使用到「宅」這個字呢!

我也很喜歡你的文章,我們都是那種很低調的人,我想。

最近好像有很多新訪客,這大概是夏日美麗的驚喜!

louis: 其實我有試畫你家Mochi,在我的札記本裡,但是畫得不太好,那是我下一階段的目標!

小曹:我已經沉澱好一陣子了,現在又可以大步邁開,謝謝你!這週有去度國慶嗎?

johnny: 我想都還在控制之中,謝謝你!

Callipygia said...

Our 4 legged friends do certainly show us the way towards a magnanimous heart and carefree attitude. Humanity does hold darkness and complete ugliness at times, I guess the work as we become more aware of this is to learn to embrace life anyways & being a daring girl & dog duo certainly sounds like a good way to do it!

Anonymous said...

Maybe a cat will suit you better... I have five and they are just so adorable. They go to their own litter box with training, while a dog, yes, I have one too, you need to take him/her out. It's nice to have either a cat or a dog, anyway.

harlequinpan said...

真是令人愛不釋手的畫面啊!

別讓煩人的事壞了妳的畫興!別忘了妳的Slogan "不管世界怎麼變,就愛畫畫和寫字。"

Anonymous said...

La vie n'est pas toujours rose,
s'elle était, tu ne pourrais pas apprécier ce que tu as.

Je suis comme toi, aime dessiner et raconter la vie avec la differente expression artistique.

Petit fleur lyonnais

Weichuen You said...

Kate: Well, I lived with a cat for a short time, but I think I still prefer dogs. I don't mind taking them out since I go jogging every day. Cats are too mysterious for me. I like dogs' straightforward ways and faithfulness.

Harlequin: 有些事得花點時間才能放開,不過我真的不再想了,只有美好的事物才是王道!

petite fleur lyonnaise: C'est vrai qu'il y a des cotes gris dans la vie mais ce n'est pas grave. Par penser aux belles choses, la vie n'est pas tellement insupportable:-).

Si tu reviens, j'espere que tu me montes ton art!

Anonymous said...

Miragee, reading this makes me want to drive home to my parent's house and hug my dogs (though I just did that yesterday)....

Have you read Ni Quang's stories before? I can't remember the title of that one particular story that he wrote, but it's about how human are actually degrading slowly, how we act so inhumanely...it was quite frightening, but somehow, when we read about all those crimes, those abuses in the papers, one just can't help but find some truth in his fiction...

yawen88888888 said...

心情不好似乎變成一種習慣
總歸就是一種解體的混亂

Anonymous said...

讀你這篇文的同時,
我家阿比正在一旁調皮著呢!
很多時候,動物確確實實是比人還可靠貼心的夥伴!
不過別忘了,還有一群好心人仍然熱情地在關照著自己唷!:]

isay said...

beautiful drawings!

Anonymous said...

wierd, the systems just doesn't work right, guess my pc got virus.

well, i began to read your very first and two posts and reply on your kitchen story- a very disctintiv and poetic way to share your love story.

Anonymous said...

hey guys, thank you for your kind messages. i am currently traveling in shikoku, japan, and i will not be home until a few days later, so take good care of yourselves and i will reply in more details after i return from my trip!

from miragee

Weichuen You said...

constance: Yeah, it's quite horrible to have to look at the evil sides of human nature in the face. But I am ok now. I thought a lot during my trip and I think I am strong enough again!

Thank you for sharing the stories with me!

sorrow: 最近的確覺得自己會習慣性地發脾氣,不曉得是不是和天氣也有關係呢!

spookie: 我最近有一天夢到你呢!謝謝你的安慰,有時候就是會忘記不要庸人自擾,真是想不開啊!

isay: Thanks!

wislawa: I did receive your message to the kitchen story. Sorry about getting back so late, because of my trip:-).

Few people read my early posts seriously, and I am flattered that you did. It's the record of my previous love affair, which didn't turn out to be everlasting. Anyway, I am still glad to have experienced it and learned, especially about the lesson that love is not just about two people. It's also about families...This is quite real, but we just can't get away...