Final Connected Whispers

Have a timely talk with loved ones.

Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth Of July" (Official Audio)

The evil, it spread like a fever ahead 

It was night when you died, my firefly 

What could I have said to 

raise you from the dead? 

Oh, could I be the sky on the Fourth of July? 

"Well, you do enough talk My little hawk, 

why do you cry? 

Tell me, what did you learn from 

the Tillamook burn? 

Or the Fourth of July? 

We’re all gonna die." 

Sitting at the bed with the halo at your head 

Was it all a disguise, like Junior High? 

Where everything was fiction, future, 

and prediction 

Now, where am I? My fading supply 

"Did you get enough love, my little dove? 

Why do you cry? 

And I’m sorry I left, 

but it was for the best 

Though it never felt right My little Versailles." 

The hospital asked should the body be cast 

Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky 

Such a funny thought to 

wrap you up in cloth 

Do you find it all right, my dragonfly? "

Shall we look at the moon, my little loon? 

Why do you cry? Make the most of your life, 

while it is rife 

While it is light 

Well, you do enough talk My little hawk, 

why do you cry? 

Tell me, what did you learn from 

the Tillamook burn? 

Or the Fourth of July? 

We’re all gonna die." 

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

We're all gonna die

Embrace What You Feel

Be yourself in these chaotic times,

and when love is not easy.

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Passenger - 

The Way That I Love You (Official Video)

How many times 

can I tell you 

You’re lovely just the way you are 

Don’t let the world come 

and change you 

Don’t let life break your heart 

Don’t put on their mask 

Don’t wear their disguise 

Don’t let them dim the light that 

shines in your eyes 

If only you could love yourself 

the way that I love you 

How many times can I say 

You don’t have to change a thing 

Don’t let the tide 

wash you away 

Don’t let worry ever clip your wings 

Discard what is fake 

Keep what is real 

Pursue what you love 

Embrace how you feel 

If only you could love yourself 

the way that I love you 

And if you ever choose a road that 

leads nowhere 

All alone and 

you can’t see right from wrong 

And if you ever lose yourself out there 

Come on home and 

I’ll sing you this song 

So how many times can I tell you 

You’re lovely just the way you are 

Don’t let the world 

come and change you 

Don’t let life break your heart

She is still a Grade A student

She is not good at biology,

but she is good at dieting.

She is not good at chemistry,

but she is an expert in cosmetics.

She is not good at physics,

but she fully utilizes her electric household appliances.

She is not good at geography,

but she likes to travel.

She is not good at accounting,

but she controls her daily expenditures well.

She is not good at physical education,

but she enjoys physical fitness.

She is not good at art,

but she enjoys reading Japanese comics.

She is not good at Chinese literature,

but she is fond of writing new-style Chinese poems.

She is not good at the English language,

but she likes watching English films.

She is not good at arithmetic,

but she is very calculating.

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她不擅長生物學，但她擅長節食。
她不擅長化學，但她是化妝品專家。
她不擅長物理學，但她好識使用家中的電器。
她不擅長地理，但她喜歡旅行。
她不擅長會計，但她能很好地控制日常開支。
她不擅長體育，但她喜歡健身。
她不擅長美術，但她喜歡看日本漫畫。
她不擅長中國文學，但她喜歡寫新詩。
她不擅長英語，但她喜歡看英語電影。
她不擅長算術，但她凡事“算到盡”。

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許冠傑 Sam Hui - 學生哥

A Dialogue About Life Between Two Cherry Blossoms

One cherry blossom petal said to another,

"When I fall, I hope I can fall on the moon!"

"Why do you want to fall on the moon?"

"I want to live a little longer!"

"How can you live longer on the moon?"

"The moon's gravity is one-sixth that of Earth's, 

so I can fall a few seconds more slowly..."

兩片櫻花瓣有關生命的對談

某一櫻花瓣對另一櫻花瓣說，

“當我要下落，我希望我能下落在月球上！”

“你為什麼想下落在月球上？”

“我想活得長久一點！”

“在月球上你怎樣能活得長久一點？”

“月亮的地心吸力是地球的六分之一，

這樣我就可以下落得慢多幾秒......”

Life with doubt

Life is a difficult book to read. 

Many words, paragraphs, 

and meanings between the lines are 

hard to understand. 

You can ask AI, Google search, 

or on-line dictionaries 

for answers in any areas of doubt. 

But some answers can only be found 

through an inner search from 

concrete living experiences throughout life.

Emilio Piano ft. Lucie - Maison

Where do we go? 

When we have no home to return to? 

Flowers beneath concrete, 

Mother, Tell me, Where do we go? 

Do we ever truly know? 

Or are we always pretending? 

Where does the heart wander when it's lost? 

Through doubts and winter frost? 

Why do all days blend into one another? 

Do we eventually see what we've been building? Mother, tell me. 

Beyond The storm, 

there lies Love, love, love, 

When the sky opens, 

Everything grows calm again 

And all is well. 

Where does it go? 

Happiness, that fragile thread, 

When it wavers and breaks? 

Mother, tell me, Where does it go? 

Why does the world seem so vast, 

When we grow just a little taller than before? 

What becomes of dreams that flee? 

And memories we forget? 

Will I always have these questions? 

Perhaps I'll turn them into songs. 

Mother, tell me. 

Beyond The storm, 

there lies Love, love, love, 

When the sky opens, 

Everything grows calm again 

And all is well.

Leave or Stay

Different people choose 

different ways of living 

based on their unique 

personalities and characters, 

even when faced with 

the same environment and circumstances.

No one can definitively say 

who is right or wrong, 

or who is better or worse, 

as these choices stem from 

personal experiences and values.

Each choice represents 

how a person deals with his fate, 

and his fate is also unique and 

will not be the same as

 anyone else's.

________

Theme from "Papillon" / Jerry Goldsmith

Start VS Stop

For some cases, 

it is not difficult to 

find the right time to start, 

but it is not always quite easy to 

find the right time to stop.

 

Elton John - Someone saved my life tonight

When I think of those east end lights

Muggy nights the curtains drawn

In the little room downstairs

Prima donna Lord you really should have been there

Sittin' like a princess perched in her electric chair

And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore

We've all gone crazy lately

My friend's out there rolling 'round the basement floor

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear (sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh...)

Never realized the passing hours of evening showers

Slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams

I'm strangled by your haunted social scene

Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen

It's four o'clock in the morning

Damn it listen to me good

I'm sleeping with myself tonight

Saved in time

Thank God my music is still alive

(aah-aah-aah-aah-aah...)

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear

(sugar bear sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river

Clinging to your stocks and bonds

Paying your H.P. demands forever

Coming in the morning with a truck to take me home

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

Someone saved my life tonight

So save your strength and run the field you play alone

And someone saved my life tonight

Sugar bear

(sugar bear sugar bear)

(sugar bear...)

You almost had your hooks in me

Didn't you dear

You nearly had me roped and tied

Altar bound

Hypnotized

Sweet freedom

Whispered in my ear

You're a butterfly

And butterflies are free to fly

Fly away

High away

Bye bye

Come Down In Time

Time goes by fast.

we should take any

available opportunity

to get what we want,

such as love, money, or both!

Time will steal from you

what you are pursuing

 if you fail to get them in time.

Elton John - Come Down In Time

In the quiet silent seconds 

I turned off the light switch

And I came down to meet you 

In the half light the moon left

While a cluster of night jars 

Sang some songs out of tune

A mantle of bright light s

Shone down from a room

Come down in time I still hear her say

So clear in my ear like it was today

Come down in time was the message 

she gave to me

Come down in time and 

I'll meet you half way

Well I don't know if I should have heard her as yet

But a true love like hers is a hard love to get

And I've walked most all the way and 

I ain't heard her call

And I'm getting to thinking if 

she's coming at all

Come down in time 

I still hear her say

So clear in my ear like it was today

Come down in time was the message 

she gave to me

Come down in time and 

I'll meet you half way

There are women and women and 

some hold you tight

While some leave you counting the stars in the night

Your name is beautiful.

I have a friend whose name is very beautiful. 

One time, I told her, 

"Your name is so beautiful." 

She angrily replied, 

"You're just saying that to imply I'm not pretty!" 

This friend has a beautiful name, 

and she herself has well-defined features; 

she is not ugly by any means. 

When I said her name was beautiful, 

I was only referring to her name and 

not implying anything else. 

She overthought it and 

has been hostile to me for a lifetime.

As I write this, 

I still remember her name, 

but my impression of her features 

has become somewhat fuzzy.

中譯

我有一個朋友，她的姓名很美。

有一次，我對她說：“你的姓名好靚。” 

她很憤怒地回答我：

“你即是曲線話我唔靚！” 

這個朋友，她的姓名很美，

而她本人也五官端正，怎樣說也不算醜陋。

我說她的姓名很美時，祇是指她的姓名，

並無涉及其他範圍。

她想多了，因此嬲咗我一世。

我寫這篇文的此刻，

還記得她的姓名，

但她的五官印象卻有點模糊了。

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周杰倫 - 七里香 

作詞：方文山 作曲：周杰倫

窗外的麻雀 在電線桿上多嘴

妳說這一句 很有夏天的感覺

手中的鉛筆 在紙上來來回回

我用幾行字形容妳是我的誰

秋刀魚 的滋味 貓跟妳都想了解

初戀的香味就這樣被我們尋回

那溫暖 的陽光 像剛摘的鮮豔草莓

你說妳捨不得吃掉這一種感覺

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

窗台蝴蝶 像詩裡紛飛的美麗章節

我接著寫 把永遠愛妳寫進詩的結尾

妳是我唯一想要的了解

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

那飽滿的稻穗 幸福了這個季節

而妳的臉頰像田裡熟透的番茄

妳突然 對我說 七里香的名字很美

我此刻卻只想親吻妳倔強的嘴

雨下整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

院子落葉 跟我的思念厚厚一疊

幾句是非 也無法將我的熱情冷卻

妳出現在我詩的每一頁

整夜 我的愛溢出就像雨水

窗台蝴蝶 像詩裡紛飛的美麗章節

我接著寫 把永遠愛妳寫進詩的結尾

妳是我唯一想要的了解

And so the story began

Life is a story of ups and downs.

Some parts hold many ups and few downs;

others, few ups and many downs;

some only ups;

some only downs.

From one part of life, 

it moves to the next—

a new story begins,

it may be in similar patterns; 

sometimes not.

So when the story begins,

wait and see what it reveals.

_______

And So the Story Began · Jef Martens

One-sided Love Will Never Sour

I experienced a love affair of 

one-sided love in my youth. 

It will never sour as long as 

I keep that feeling deep in my heart, 

free from interference by others, 

including my one-sided lover.

HY - NAO (Official Music Video)

我無法忘記你的聲音，

也無法忘記你的容貌。

我們在一起的日子讓我越來越虛弱。

每次見面，我都會再次被你吸引。

我知道，但我還是會去看你。

我的心在吶喊：“我想見你。”

只需要一句話。

你什麼也不說。

我不想放開你，

我不想分開。

即使有別人。

回想起我們的過去，

彷彿無窮無盡。

現在我的心裡充滿了你，

我走不動了。

無論我們在一起多久，

我們都無法理解彼此。

這世上只有一個你在乎。

我想成為你愛的女孩，

聽到你說的話。

我想感受聽到你說「我愛你」時的幸福。

我被你吸引，我愛上你了。

我愛你，所以我會和你一起奔跑。

但你卻離我越來越遠。

請了解我的感受。

即使我想放棄，

你也會再對我好，懂嗎？

如果你感覺不一樣，

我不需要那些言語或行動。

但我越愛你，就越傷痛。

無論如何，我都想陪在你身邊。

因為我知道這份愛永遠不會實現，

我的感情變得更加強烈，

更加熱烈，也更加悲傷。

我只能在你面前微笑。

因對你心碎的思念而流下的淚水，

是我強大的愛。

我那偉大的單戀，

只因為一個感覺：“我愛你。”