Sword can be easily pulled from a broken stone

When you are separated from someone

not on your own accord, for any reason,

it is advisable to take control and 

separate your thoughts from them.

If you can't pull the sword from the stone,

break the stone.

———————

Passenger - Sword from the Stone

.

How you doing, darling?

How you getting on?

Any horses running?

Worth betting on?

How's the weather down there?

I hope you're keeping warm

How you feeling, sweetheart?

Are you moving on?

Are you sleeping okay?

Or do the nights go on and on?

I hope you're eating well

I hope you're staying strong

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

And I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

How are your mum and dad?

How's your brother too?

My folks are holding up

My sister's pulling through

Both the cats say hi

I know they miss you too

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

'Cause I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Because I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

Time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

See, I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Before and after one has become famous and successful

Before one becomes successful and famous,

being someone known only to his mother,

he will only talk with his mother 

about the ways he can go:

"Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys?"

"Should I make my way out of 

my home in the woods?"

After one has become successful and famous,

he has become someone

who can frankly talk with his mother only 

about his ups and downs on the way there,

just because only his mother couldn't fool him 

and tell him her real feelings.

"Hey, Mom, do the papers say anything good?"

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and Brown Dirt Cowboy

Captain Fantastic, raised and regimented, 

hardly a hero

Just someone his mother might know

Very clearly a case for Corn Flakes and classics

"Two teas both with sugar please"

In the back of an alley

While little dirt cowboys 

turned brown in their saddles

Sweet chocolate biscuits and 

red rosy apples in summer

For it's hay make and "Hey mom, 

do the papers say anything good?

Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys?

Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?"

Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing

City slick Captain

Fantastic the feedback

The honey, the hive could be holding

For there's weak winged young sparrows that 

starve in the winter

Broken young children on 

the wheels of the winners

And the sixty-eight 

summer festival wallflowers are thinning

For cheap easy meals, 

hardly a home on the range

Too hot for the band with 

a desperate desire for change

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

And all this talk of Jesus 

coming back to see us

Mmm mmm couldn't fool us

For we were spinning out our lines 

walking on the wire

Hand in hand went music and the rhyme

The Captain and the Kid 

stepping in the ring

From here on sonny sonny sonny, 

it's a long and lonely climb

For cheap easy meals, 

hardly a home on the range

Too hot for the band with 

a desperate desire for change

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

Stairway to Heaven at Work

The Peter Principle is a human resources theory 

proposed by Laurence J. Peter, 

stating that in a hierarchical organization, 

employees will continue to be promoted 

based on their success in their current roles 

until they reach a level 

where they lack the capability 

to carry out the work required at that level.

An employee's incompetence is 

observed and evidenced by their stress in 

carrying out their work,

which results in lowered work efficiency, 

failure to meet work quality standards, 

poor implementation of tasks, 

deteriorating staff relationships, 

or even making mistakes in their duties.

The employee is described as 

having reached their level of incompetence.

The employee, of course, knows their situation 

and may feel frustration and dissatisfaction 

with their work. 

However, they may not admit it 

unless they are willing to 

step back from their position.

In rare cases, some people may recognize that 

they don't have the capability 

to be promoted to certain levels, 

so they will refuse to be promoted. 

This is often mistaken by outsiders as a sign 

that the employee is not ambitious.

____

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

There's a lady who's sure all that 

glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

When she gets there she knows, 

if the stores are all closed

With a word she can get 

what she came for

Ooh, ooh, and 

she's buying a stairway to Heaven

There's a sign on the wall, 

but she wants to be sure

'Cause you know sometimes 

words have two meanings

In a tree by the brook, 

there's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get 

when I look to the West

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen 

rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who stand looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon 

if we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn for those 

who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter

Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, 

don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May queen

Yes, there are two paths 

you can go by, but in the long run

There's still time to change the road 

you're on

And it makes me wonder

Ohh, whoa

Your head is humming, and it won't go, 

in case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? 

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one, and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

Thank you to some persons in my life.

Occasionally, I like to play a "thank you" game:

I would think over to list 

the first five people in my life 

to whom I would like to say thank you.

This list changes 

both in people and their ranks over time.

I hope that the list will keep on changing, 

proving that I have new encounters with new people 

in my life ahead.

偶爾喜歡玩一個「感謝」遊戲：

我會思考列出我生命中前五個

最想要說謝謝的人。

這個列表隨著時間的推移

在人選和他們的排名上都會改變。

我希望這個列表會不斷變化，

證明我將會在未來的生活中與更多未遇見過的人相處。

____

Thank You - Dido (Acoustic Cover by Sierra Eagleson)

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why

I got out of bed at all

The morning rain clouds up my window

And I can't see at all

And even if I could, it'd all be grey

But your picture on my wall

It reminds me that it's not so bad

It's not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay

My head just feels in pain

I missed the bus and there'll be hell today

I'm late for work again

And even if I'm there, they'll all imply

That I might not last the day

And then you call me

And it's not so bad, it's not so bad

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

Push the door, I'm home at last

And I'm soaking through and through

Then you handed me a towel

And all I see is you

And even if my house falls down now

I wouldn't have a clue

Because you're near me

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

And oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

Everything coming to an end

Everything will come to an end,
Some people and things will also disappear from around us.
Not talking about dreams.

But about life.

一切都會結束， 

有些人與物也會在身邊消失。

不是說夢，

是講人生。

Humbert Humbert - 横顔しか知らない

你可以在這裡再坐一會兒

好好看看這座城市的景色

太陽快要下山了，你會看到夕陽

我會等你，直到日落

一切都會結束，你也會消失

至少讓我陪在你身邊直到最後

你消失得無影無蹤

照片裡你笑了

你可以在這裡再待一會兒

我們繼續前幾天的對話吧

很快整座城市都會被染成鮮紅色

日落時分，我得帶你去

一切都會結束，你也會消失

夜色深沉，別丟下我

你消失得無影無蹤

照片裡你笑了

你消失得無影無蹤

只剩下我的影子

“Yum Cha” Friend

He moved out to stay overseas 

for around one year.

He recently returned to live here.

He moved out and moved in.

I treasure that I can occasionally call him out 

to Yum Cha to chat about everything 

and nonsense.

————

他搬出去在海外待了大約一年。 

他最近回到這裡居住。 

他搬出去又搬回來。 

我很珍惜我偶爾可以叫他出來去飲茶，

月旦天下。

________

Eik Octobre - Everyone goes to this place

After Rain

The old tree,

having many leaves.

After the rain,

listening to the rain.

老樹葉茂

雨後聽雨

水墨幾筆：聽雨（15cm x15cm) （2025）

________

坂本龍一 - Energy Flow

To forget the dreams that cannot come true

When I was young, I had many dreams.

But I did not have the required resources

to make my dreams come true.

So I worked hard to secure the resources.

Now I have secured those resources,

but most of my dreams

got lost along the way, or

have been shattered

due to some uncontrollable reasons.

So I choose to let go of these dreams,

not allowing them to

weaken my sense of fulfillment.

Hollow Coves - When We Were Young [Audio]

We took time to see the sun 

Crossing rivers as we'd run 

Chasing birds down by the lake in the mud 

We would climb up in the trees 

Up high among the leaves 

We were wild and 

we were free 

when we were young 

[Chorus] 

But now we’re older 

And we feel the world at our feet 

As time turns we drift away 

Wish we were young again 

[Verse 2] 

We built castles in the sand 

Felt like emperors of the land 

Making walls to stop the waves 

from coming up 

We found joy in little things 

Like imaginary scenes 

Oh I miss the way we were 

when we were young 

[Chorus] 

But now we're older 

And we feel the world at our feet 

As time turns we drift away 

And oh how time flies 

Then you realize forgotten dreams 

Got lost along the way 

Wish we were young again 

Wish we were young again

 

But there's still so much to see 

in this life in front of me 

Like pages of a book still unturned 

We could sail the seven seas 

Even raise a family 

We could dream just like we did 

when we were young 

[Chorus] 

Cause now we’re older 

And we feel the world at our feet 

As time turns we drift away 

And oh how time flies 

Then you realise forgotten dreams 

Got lost along the way 

Wish we were young again 

Wish we were young again

There is a full moon every month

2025's Mid-Autumn Festival is on October 6th.

Everyone hopes for a reunion with their loved ones,

wishing for a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

In fact, except for a few situations,

we can see a full moon every month.

There’s no need to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival

to enjoy the beauty of the full moon.

The round shape of the moon is auspicious,

and viewing it can easily bring joy and happiness.

Since there is a full moon every month,

it's beneficial to appreciate it more often.

Enjoy the moon regularly, not just during festivals.

水墨幾筆：無節常觀賞（15cm x15cm) （2025）

2025年的中秋節在十月六日。

人人期許人月兩圓，

都希望過一個快樂的中秋節。

其實，除了少數例外，

每個月都可以看到一次圓月。

無需等到中秋節才觀賞圓月。

圓月形狀吉祥，觀賞易生喜悅開心情緒。

既然每月都有圓月，多賞有益。

無節常觀賞。

_____

 Moon Shadow - Cat Steven

One Life One Person

One person has one life.

Another person has another life.

Two persons have two lives.

Two persons can hardly have one life.

陳奕迅 Eason Chan - 與我常在 

曲：林健華 of Black Box 詞：林夕 

在一起看每出戲 在一起嘆每口氣

再細嘗 同偕到老的況味

每分鍾也抱緊你沒有一秒共你別離

還攜手看著生與死

坐著卧著都分享日日夜夜也為彼此設想

站著望著都分享就在夢內發掘這真相

除非你是我才可與我常在

一個人從鏡內發展恩愛

除非你是我才可晝夜同在

戀不來從厭倦里面偷取恨愛

在一起與你工作在一起與你摸索

兩個人同時占有的快樂

每分鍾與你揮霍

沒有一秒沒我在旁

還攜手看著天空黑與光

坐著卧著都分享日日夜夜也為彼此設想

站著望著都分享就在夢內發掘這真相

除非你是我才可與我常在

一個人從鏡內發展恩愛

除非你是我才可晝夜同在

戀不來從厭倦里面偷取恨愛

除非你是我才可與我常在

一個人從鏡內發展恩愛

除非你是我才可晝夜同在

戀不來從厭倦里面偷取恨愛

除非你是我才可與我常在

一個人從鏡內發展恩愛

除非你是我才可晝夜同在

戀不來從厭倦里面偷取恨愛

在一起會有多美

在一起也會不美

一個人同偕到老不靠運氣

Heart of Gold

One with a heart of flesh is

searching for a heart of gold.

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Ruth B. cover)

I want to live, I want to give

I've been a miner for a heart of gold

It's these expressions I never give

That keep me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Keep me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood

I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold

I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line

That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Ruth B | Lost Boy | CBC Music Festival

Ruth B | Lost Boy | CBC Music Festival

There was a time when I was alone 

Nowhere to go and no place to call home 

My only friend was the man in the moon 

And even sometimes he would go away, too 

Then one night, 

as I closed my eyes 

I saw a shadow flying high 

He came to me with the sweetest smile 

Told me he wanted to talk for awhile 

He said, "Peter Pan, that's what they call me 

I promise that you'll never be lonely, " 

and ever since that day 

I am a lost boy from Neverland 

Usually hanging out with Peter Pan 

And when we're bored we play in the woods 

Always on the run from Captain Hook 

"Run, run, lost boy, " 

they say to me 

Away from all of reality 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

He sprinkled me in pixie dust and 

told me to believe Believe in him and believe in me 

Together we will fly away in a cloud of green 

To your beautiful destiny 

As we soared above the town that 

never loved me I realized 

I finally had a family 

Soon enough we reached Neverland 

Peacefully my feet hit the sand 

And ever since that day 

I am a lost boy from Neverland 

Usually hanging out with Peter Pan 

And when we're bored we play in the woods 

Always on the run from Captain Hook 

"Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me 

Away from all of reality 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, 

Wendy Darling Even Captain Hook, 

you are my perfect story book Neverland, 

I love you so 

You are now my home sweet home 

Forever a lost boy at last Peter Pan, 

Tinkerbell, Wendy Darling 

Even Captain Hook, 

you are my perfect story book Neverland, 

I love you so 

You are now my home sweet home 

Forever a lost boy at last 

And for always I will say 

Setting off for a new land

When we were young,

We usually didn't have got 

much real estate in hand.

So we set off for a new land 

to seek our fortune.

Now we are old,

We usually have got 

some real estate in hand.

So we set off for a new land 

to invest our fortune.

America - Simon & Garfunkel

 (Cover by Jack & Daisy)

"Let us be lovers, 

we'll marry our fortunes together

I've got some real estate here in my bag"

So we bought a pack of cigarettes and 

Mrs. Wagner pies

And walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded 

a Greyhound in Pittsburgh

"Michigan seems like a dream to me now

It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw

I've gone to look for America"

Laughing on the bus

Playing games with the faces

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy

I said, "Be careful, 

his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, 

I think there's one in my raincoat"

"We smoked the last one an hour ago"

So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine

And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, 

though I knew she was sleeping

"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

They've all come to look for America

All come to look for America

All come to look for America

Creating my own tunes

Though I am not good at music,

sometimes I try to murmur some

self-invented musical tunes to myself,

imagining that I am a songwriter.

_______

 

Andrea Vanzo - Find a Melody (Official Video)

 

Lovely to have made the decision

There are always both push and pull factors 

when deciding to stay or leave someone or somewhere.

It is lovely if one can make a decision genuinely 

based on one's unique life circumstances.

Lovely- Billie Eilish

Thought I found a way

Thought I found a way out (found)

But you never go away (never go away)

So I guess I gotta stay now

Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Isn't it lovely, all alone?

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home

Walkin' out of time

Lookin' for a better place (lookin' for a better place)

Something's on my mind (mind)

Always in my head space

But I know some day I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Isn't it lovely, all alone?

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home

Whoa, yeah

Yeah, ah

Whoa, whoa

Hello, welcome home

Dog down on the ground and butterfly up in the air

When you come across 

a dog chasing a butterfly in the garden,

don't disturb them, 

let them play on,

until they separate on their own.

Dog and Butterfly - Heart

There I was with the old man

Stranded again so off I'd ran

A young world crashing around me

No possibilities of getting what I need

He looked at me and smiled

Said no, no, no, no, no child

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he likes to fly

Dog and butterfly

Below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground, laughing

She don't know why, she don't know why

Dog and butterfly

Well I stumbled upon your secret place

Safe in the trees you had tears on your face

Wrestling with your desires frozen strangers

Stealing your fires, the message hit my mind

Only words that I could find

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he like to fly

Dog and butterfly below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground

Laughing to the sky, up to the sky

Dog and butterfly

We're getting older the world's getting colder

For the life of me I don't know the reason why

Maybe it's livin' making us give in

Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide

We're balanced together ocean upon the sky

Another night in this strange town

Moonlight holding me light as down

Voice of confusion inside of me

Just begging to go back where I'm free

Feels like I'm through

Then the old man's words are true

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he like to fly

Dog and butterfly, below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground

With a little tear in her eye

She had to try, she had to try

Dog and butterfly, yeah

Up in the air he like to fly

The dog and butterfly, 

below she had to try

She roll back down to the 

warm soft ground, laughing

She don't know why

But she had to try, she had to try

Dog and butterfly

A Day in My Life

1 year has 12 months.

1 month has around 4 weeks.

 1 week has 7 days.

1 day has 24 hours.

1 hour has 60 minutes, and

1 minute contains 60 seconds.

Interestingly, some people choose to 

focus on days as their primary time unit 

to measure life.

A single day, plus a number of days,

sums up to make one's entire life.

______

 A Day in the Life with orchestra - The Beatles 

(arr. Sam Haug)

The Analogues - 'A Day in the Life' by The Beatles

I read the news today oh boy

About a lucky man who made the grade

And though the news was rather sad

Well I just had to laugh

I saw the photograph

He blew his mind out in a car

He didn't notice that the lights had changed

A crowd of people stood and stared

They'd seen his face before

Nobody was really sure

If he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today oh boy

The English Army had just won the war

A crowd of people turned away

But I just had to look

Having read the book

I'd love to turn you on

Woke up, fell out of bed

Dragged a comb across my head

Found my way downstairs and drank a cup

And looking up I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat

Made the bus in seconds flat

Found my way upstairs and had a smoke

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

I read the news today oh boy

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all

Now they know how many holes 

it takes to fill the Albert Hall

I'd love to turn you on

Who Envies Whom

Envy might be a part of human nature.  

Feeling envious of others is 

a common emotion, and such emotion 

often drives behavior in two main directions:  

1. To hope that something 

happens to the object of envy, 

making them worse off than oneself;  

2. To hope to surpass the object of envy 

through one’s own efforts.  

The direction taken depends on 

an individual’s personality tendencies.  

If one can feel envy toward others, 

is it possible to also feel envy toward oneself? 

If so, the actions driven by such emotion 

would similarly have two main directions:  

1. To hope that something happens to oneself, 

making oneself worse off than before;  

2. To hope to surpass oneself through 

one’s own efforts.  

But when envying oneself, 

would one truly hope to 

experience something that 

makes oneself worse than before?  

Human nature is complex, 

and interpersonal relationships are often tangled.

Perhaps it’s not entirely impossible!

誰妒忌誰

妒忌應是人性一部份。

妒忌他人是一種常見的情感，

而情感往往推動行為，

主要向著兩大方向：  

一是希望妒忌的對象

會發生一些事情之後差過自己；  

二是希望自己努力進步超越妒忌的對象。  

而向着那個方向取决於個人性格傾向。  

妒忌別人的情感，

會不會也用來妒忌自己的呢？

如果會，情感推動的行為，

會和妒忌別人的方向同樣有著兩大方向： 

一是希望自己會發生一些事情之後差過自己；  

二是希望自己努力進步超越自己。  

但妒忌自己，

會希望自己發生一些事情之後差過自己嗎？

  

人性複雜，人際紛亂，也不是沒有可能的吧！

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Tenille Arts - Jealous of Myself 

She's a little bit younger

Call her baby, drives me crazy

'Cause that used to be me

She knows all of your secrets

And your dive bars and your back roads

That you drive when you need to think

She gets to call your momma, 

talk about you

Say she'll see her soon

She gets to do all the things 

I thought I'd always do, ooh-ooh, ooh

Ain't a day that I don't wish that 

I could be her

The way you hold her like 

you'll never gonna leave her

How they love her in your hometown too

I'm jealous, I can't help it, I want

Every second that your hands are on her body

How you put her name in every prayer to God

She has it so good, but she has no clue

I'm jealous of myself when I had you

Gotta look at the pictures of you with her on my mirror

'Cause I still ain't took 'em down

And I still got the t-shirt that you bought her at a concert

Now the tour dates are faded out

She gets to know your number, never wonder

Who's been on your mind

She gets to keep you up at night

And it's keepin' me up tonight

Ain't a day that I don't wish that 

I could be her

The way you hold her like 

you'll never gonna leave her

How they love her in your hometown too

I'm jealous, I can't help it, I want

Every second that your hands are on her body

How you put her name in every prayer to God

She has it so good, but she has no clue

I'm jealous of myself when I had

You, ooh

You, ooh

You, ooh

She hasn't had to miss the way 

you need me

Have her whole world shattered when 

you leave her

Hasn't had to see you with somebody new

I'm jealous, I can't help it, I want

Every second that 

your hands are on her body

How you put her name in 

every prayer to God

She has it so good, 

but she has no clue

I'm jealous of myself

I'm jealous of myself when I had you

I'm jealous

Mm, mm-hmm-mm

I'm jealous