Good Dream Good Luck

All along, I always have bad dreams. 

Last night, however, 

I had a few good dreams, 

and I became quite worried because 

I was told that, in dream-interpretation, 

what happens in a dream corresponds to 

the opposite situation in real life. 

So a good dream means bad luck. 

I must be Ah Q at this time: 

I told myself, this time is an exception—surely, 

a good dream means good luck.

一直以來,我總是發惡夢。

然而就在昨晚, 我發了幾個好夢，

這反而讓我十分擔心，

因為曾有人告訴我:

在釋夢的領域裡，

夢中所發生的事，

是對應著現實中的相反情形。

所以, 好夢就意味著壞運氣。

此時我一定得像阿 Q 一樣自我調解，

我對自己說，這次是個例外——

肯定是, 好夢意味著好運氣。

Ruth B | In My Dreams | CBC Music Festival

The lights are bright tonight, the music loud

A perfect mess, that's what surrounds me

Then I see you over there, 

I can't seem to break the stare

Maybe it's 'cause your shirt is my favorite color

Then you walk on over with a smoulder

And you hand me your number, 

I say, "What is this?"

You say, "Love at first sight, it exists"

But I've had my heart broken 

so many times before

Yeah, I've walked through 

so many empty doors

But if I see you in my dreams tonight

Then maybe you were right

Then I'll call you in the morning

If I see you in my dreams tonight

And you take my hands and tell me

"I've been waiting for you"

Then I'll tell you, "Me too"

If I see you in my dreams tonight

I start to drive away and smile like I'm insane

How can I feel this way? 

I don't even know your name

The napkin doesn't say

Then I remember that I vowed not let 

anyone enter my heart

I say, "What is this?"

I know love at first sight can't exist

But if I see you in my dreams tonight

Then maybe you were right

And I'll call you in the morning

If I see you in my dreams tonight

Then you take my hands and tell me

"I've been waiting for you"

Then I'll tell you, "Me too"

If I see you in my dreams tonight

Maybe we'll meet in a different dimension

And you can tell me all the things 

you didn't mention

Maybe we'll meet in a different dimension

And you can tell me all the things 

you didn't mention

You'll say, "What is this?"

I'll say, "I guess love at first sight exist"

'Cause I saw you in my dreams that night

And I knew that you were right

So I called you in the morning

(In the morning, in the morning)

Yeah, I saw you in my dreams that night

And you took my hands and told me

"I've been waiting for you"

And I told you, "Me too"

Yeah, I saw you in my dreams that night

If I see you in my dreams tonight

Bad Friends

Looking back, every stage of life

came with a few “bad friends.”

Spending time with them can

make life feel a lot diverse.

Different “bad friends” contribute

in different ways,

so in my mind there’s even

a “best bad friend” vote.

But as time goes on,

I found my personality traits and life views

did not really match with 

those“bad friends”.

But the truth is, these so-called “bad friends” may

simply be people whose values,

lives and day-to-day routines

moved in directions that diverted from mine.

And yet, if I forced myself to keep

treating them as close friends,

it would become really tiring and painful.

If being around them caused

negative changes to my life,

then I could only, reluctantly,

create distance from them.

However, there should be some other people

who could share these ”bad friends” ’s 

ways of thinking 

would consider them as 

real “good friends”.

回想過去，每個人生階段都有些損友。

與損友交往能令生活的內容豐富了不少。

損友的貢獻不同，

所以心目中有最佳損友的選舉。

但時間一長，

損友與自己不契合的性格及人生觀漸漸顯現。

但所謂損友，

可能祇是大家道不同，

與他的人生及生活相左，

但焗住做好朋友就會好辛苦。

與損友交往若會對自己人生有負改變,

只能無何奈何與他疏遠。

其實損友對與他道相同的人往往是真正益友。

Bees Gees - Sweet Song of Summer

I can feel you sweet song of summer
Your music comforts my lonely reign
I can hear you in evil darkness
That empty feelings, I'm near you again

I am yours forever and this I emphasize
Your never-ending hurting and criticize

We are friends forever and this I emphasize
Your never-ending hurting and criticize

Be Who You Are

It is not easy to be who you are.

Life does not allow you

to make no compromise

when interacting with others.

Someone may be clever enough

to allow himself to make

only small compromises

without breaking his bottom line.

But the bottom line is always set

to be broken—

uncontrollably, unexpectedly,

and unpredictably.

The Bee Gees - Be Who You Are

Be who you are
Don't ever change
The world was made to 

measure for your smile
So smile

Those crazy dreams
We threw, we threw away
I've never been alone with you
I never could
They say

That love will find a way
And love will never be set free
And I won't ever let you be
You could not understand
You never will

Be who you are
I bless, I bless your name
And all that summer madness 

caused the rain
And we, we

The glory that we made
My love will grace the halls of time
For love that never can be mine
You could not love me then
I love you still

 

Professionalism in the Age of AI (Professionals 3）

With the advent of AI,

everyone is expected to be

professionally competent

in every aspect of their work.

The reason is that AI has raised the standards

and expectations for professional conduct 

from professionals, and also non-professionals.

Therefore, when people communicate 

with one another in the same field, 

they can speak using the same—

or very closely aligned—

standards and terminology, or jargons,

with content that is often very similar,

and sometimes even identical.

Leon the Professional (1994) 

(Sting - Shape of My Heart)

Happy Mother’s Day!

Every Mother’s Day,

everyone cheers—either 

for themselves or for others—

“Happy Mother’s Day!”

This is a kind of wish or hope,

not necessarily a statement of fact.

Mother’s Day—

can it truly be happy?

It depends on 

what kind of person the mother is;

and it also depends on 

what kind of person her child is.

Do the mother and her child fit well together 

in some aspects of life?

每逢母親節，

大家都對自己或别人，

說句「母親節快樂」，

這是一句祝福或期許的說話。

未必是事實的陳述。

母親節一定可以快樂嗎？

要看母親是怎樣的人；

也要看其子女是怎樣的人。

母親和孩子在生活上，

有些方面有好好的契合嗎？

No “Dream Lover” in My Dream

When I was a teenage, 

I have feelings for several singers 

in different time periods—

all of them were in my “dream lover” category.

However, these “dream lovers” can’t become 

real-life lovers of mine, 

because if their images were truly real, 

their personalities, life experiences, 

and their life styles 

wouldn’t suit them to be my partner.

Now I seldom have feelings for 

 a new-generation singer on the premise of 

being a “dream lover” ,

because our age gap is too big, 

and their carefully crafted “persona images” 

often don’t match my character.

But that doesn’t mean I never have 

a good impression of anyone. 

Sometimes I end up being 

attracted to a new singer 

because of their talents for composing, 

the content of their lyrics, or 

their attitude toward creating music.

Without having any "dream lover" 

appearing in my dream, 

it’s hard not to feel a little lonely.

讀書時，在不同時段，

喜歡過幾位歌星，

都是「夢中情人」級數的。

其實這些「夢中情人」，

不可能成為現實中的情人，

因為她們的形象若是真實，

她們的性格、經歷及生活風格等

都不適合作為我的情人的。

現在很少以「夢中情人」的前提

去喜歡新一代的歌星了，

因為年齡差距太大，

而且他們太刻意的「人設形象」

往往不合我的性格。

但可也不是完全沒有喜歡的。

有時會因為作曲的天份、歌詞的內容，

或創作的態度，

去喜歡一個新歌星的。

夢中少了情人出現，

難免有點寂寞。

Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes

I hear him, before I go to sleep

And focus on the day that's been

I realise he's there

When I turn the light off and turn over

Nobody knows about my man

They think he's lost on some horizon

And suddenly I find myself

Listening to a man I've never known before

Telling me about the sea

All his love is 'til eternity

Ooh, he's here again

The man with the child in his eyes

Ooh, he's here again

The man with the child in his eyes

He's very understanding

And he's so aware of all my situations

When I stay up late

He's always waiting, but I feel him hesitate

Oh, I'm so worried about my love

They say, "No, no, it won't last forever!"

And here I am again, my girl

Wondering what on Earth I'm doing here

Maybe he doesn't love me

I just took a trip on my love for him

Ooh, he's here again

The man with the child in his eyes

Ooh, he's here again

The man with the child in his eyes

Learning From Mistakes

Sometimes, I learn something 

from my own mistakes.

But I always remind myself,

I can’t only learn something 

from my own mistakes.

I should learn something 

from others’ mistakes 

to enable me to make less mistakes.

The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

 

Change your heart, look around you

Change your heart, it will astound you

I need your lovin' like the sunshine

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Change your heart, look around you

Change your heart, will astound you

I need your lovin' like the sunshine

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Everybody's got to learn sometime

I need your lovin' like the sunshine

Everybody's got to learn sometime

Everybody's got to learn sometime

The Contribution of Every Single Cherry Blossom

A beautiful rain of cherry blossoms.

There isn’t a single fallen cherry blossom

that makes no contribution.

一場美麗的櫻花雨。

沒有一片飄落的櫻花

是沒有貢獻的。

_______

Sakura - Ikimono-gakari 

Cherry blossoms, flutter, drift down, fall

I held tightly the tip of my swaying longing

That dream you and I wished for in spring—

It’s still visible to this day, 

as cherry blossoms scatter

What I saw from the train window

was the shadow of some time long ago

The spring bridge we walked together

When graduation finally came, 

you left your hometown

Searching for that day along the river 

that was turning beautiful

We chose our own paths, 

and the two of us ended spring

The bright blooming tomorrow (the future) 

makes me feel impatient

This year too, cherry blossoms reflect in 

the window of the Odakyu Line

And your voice reaches my heart again, 

I can hear it

Cherry blossoms, flutter, drift down, fall

I held tightly the tip of 

my swaying longing

That dream you and 

I wished for in spring—

It’s still visible to this day, 

as cherry blossoms scatter

On the letter I started to write, 

I wrote: “I’m doing fine”

But that little lie—

someone like you would surely see through it

This ever-circling town also accepts spring

And every year,

that flower opens again from its buds

I’ll get through the days without you, 

and I’m becoming an adult too

Will I end up forgetting everything like this?

“I really loved you,” 

I reach out toward the cherry blossoms

Now this feeling is being 

gently wrapped in spring

Cherry blossoms, flutter, drift down,

I drew them close and 

held tightly the trembling longing

The strong words you gave me

Still remain in my chest—

cherry blossoms drift on

Cherry blossoms, flutter, drift down, fall

In a faraway spring, 

the days I dreamed of

Will disappear into the sky

Cherry blossoms, flutter, drift down, fall

I start walking beyond the spring ahead

Stronger than ever is this dream—

what I swore to in spring with you

Held close to my chest, 

cherry blossoms scatter

櫻花　悠悠飄落　輕輕落下
緊抱著　搖曳不安的思念之劍
與你　曾在春天許下的那個夢
至今仍清晰可見　櫻花再度飄散

從電車中看見的　是某天的回憶幻影
兩人曾走過的　春天那座大橋
畢業的時候來臨　你離開了故鄉
在染色的河畔　尋找那天的你

各自選擇了道路　兩人便在春天的終點分離
綻放的明天（未來）讓我心急不已
今年也有櫻花　映在小田急線的窗上
你的聲音　仍在我心底聽見

櫻花　悠悠飄落　輕輕落下
緊抱著　搖曳不安的思念之劍
與你　曾在春天許下的那個夢
至今仍清晰可見　櫻花再度飄散

我寫到一半的信上　寫著「我會好好活著」
那小小的謊言　也被你看穿了吧
這座正繞轉著的街道　也終於學會接受春天
今年那花也再次打開　小小的花苞

跨過沒有你的日子　我也正在變得成熟
就這樣　會把一切都遺忘嗎？
「我是真的很喜歡你啊」　伸手去觸碰櫻花
這份思念　如今也被春天溫柔包住

櫻花　悠悠飄落　落下飄走
我緊緊抱著　那搖曳不安的思念之劍
你曾給我的　堅強的那句話
至今仍留在我胸口　櫻花正緩緩飄遠

櫻花　悠悠飄落　輕輕落下
抱住那顫動的思念之劍
在遙遠的春天裡　夢見過的那些日子
正向天空消失不見

櫻花　悠悠飄落　輕輕落下
朝向春天的彼方　邁步前行
與你在春天立誓的這個夢　更加堅定
緊抱在胸口　櫻花飄散