All Kinds of Birds Sing

My home was once plagued for years

by flocks of pigeons.

Pigeons don’t really “sing”—

they just emit a low, “gulu gulu” noise, 

and they leave droppings everywhere, 

making the place dirty, shabby, and

foul-smelling—unbearable.

Residents repeatedly complained 

to the authorities, 

and the pigeon-repelling efforts 

eventually worked.

Now we only occasionally

see a few flying by,

and it’s no longer a major nuisance.

But recently, I’ve noticed

some twenty parrots

moving in and staying long-term.

Their loud, ear-splitting chatter 

constantly disturbs me.

I have already lost control and

felt mad.

One evil fades, only for another

to arise—

life has non-stop nuisances

I can never avoid.

我的家居附近多年被白鴿群聚騷擾，

牠們不會唱歌，

淨是發出「咕噜咕噜」低頻雜聲，

且到處排便，污糟邋遢，臭氣難忍。

居民多次向當局投訴，

驅鴿行動終見成效，

現只偶爾看到幾隻飛過，已不足為患。

可是最近又發現十多隻鸚鵡長駐，

吵鬧刮耳，長期被擾好易失控發顛。

一惡減、一惡生，

人生總是不停有控制不了的纏擾。

The Beatles - Blackbird

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly

Into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly

Into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Anchors in the Chaos in Life

Life is adrift—

we must find some anchors in the chaos.

浮生漂浮。

在失序中尋找依靠。

tuki.『声命』Seimei~TBS系日曜劇場「キャスター」

(Caster 新聞主播) 劇中歌

甚至不記得了 

我被迫攜帶的東西 

我走路，儘管我的腿感覺​​到它

如果只有一個答案 

我可以毫不猶豫地留下來嗎？ 

這真是太幸福了 彷彿在呢喃

迎著風吹散沙的時候 

用布把字藏起來

這爆炸的人生 

我正在尋找我可以相信的東西 

我們手牽手走在人行道上 

因為溫暖依然存在 

我無法拋棄小小的自己

感覺手掌開始乾燥 

即使你感覺不舒服 

那聲音瀰漫在我的身體裡 

就像沙子剝落落下

這人生爆炸了 

我想知道他們正在努力留下什麼。 

我踩著影子追去 

因為你的背還在 

我無法拋棄小小的自己

Jokes in the form of Lies

Many people like to tell lies (false statements) 

to protect themselves.

Among them, some tell lies in exaggerated ways

 to make sure that other people understand that 

they are not making false statements.

Don't worry, many people know that these liars

are not being literal when they say these things—

and kindly treat them as making jokes.

tuki. - 《騙シ愛》（Damashiai)

(TBS 電視台日曜劇場（Caster）主題曲)

在這充滿欺騙的愛情世界裡，

我苦苦尋找可以信賴的東西。 

我不會再失去它。 

我為什麼要說謊？ 

為什麼我無法說出真相？ 

你會露出怎樣的表情？ 

你不是在保護自己嗎？ 

這一切都不是我想要的 

我讓你看起來如此悲傷 

甚至還不知道月亮的陰暗面 

我只是在做夢 

在欺騙的愛情謊言中 

我想要一雙能夠找到信仰的眼睛 

未來仍充滿未知 

但請不要背叛我的心，

我不會再失去它 

我為什麼學會了說謊？ 

我為什麼要隱藏真相？ 

我會假裝不知情 

我已害怕觸碰 

如同青澀中成熟的果實 

在我悄然凋零之前 

我只想你輕咬一口 

在虛幻愛情的黑暗中 

我只記得曾經感受到的溫暖 

未來仍充滿未知 

但請不要背叛我的心，

我會過自己的生活 

我越掙扎，就越迷失，

真相也漸漸消逝 

我還能記得觸碰你手的感覺嗎？ 

在這虛幻愛情的世界裡，

我渴望擁有能夠看透一切、

找到信仰的眼睛 

未來尚未定論 

請不要背叛我的心，

摸索前進也無妨 

讓我塑造自己 去遇見你，

一個可以與我分擔痛苦的人 

我們終會相遇 

An Astronaut Far From the Earth

Becoming an astronaut is so awesome。

I admire them for having

the intelligence, knowledge,

and physical strength required

to become an astronaut.

What I admire even more is that

they don’t have the claustrophobia (幽閉恐懼症) .

Earth is so near, yet still so far.

能成為太空人真勁。  

我很羨慕他們擁有成為太空人所需的

智力、知識與體魄。

我更羨慕的是，他們沒有成為太空人不好出現的

幽閉恐懼症（claustrophobia）

地球似近還遠。

————

Barclay James Harvest - Negative Earth 

For fifty-five days

I've been flying around the world

Didn't anybody know, 

didn't anyone suppose

That my life up here was 

slowly drifting by

And all I've got to do is 

sit and cry

The Earth is so clear and 

it's simply a reach away

I just had to laugh today but 

the news it seemed to say

That my life once full was 

surely running dry

I prayed a while but then 

I had to cry

Look in my eyes - I know

That man is surely just a man

It's no surprise - I know

The road is far too long

And life too short to carry on

For fifty-five days 

I've been flying around the world

Here in syncopated time, 

while my tangled web of rhyme

Dangles aimlessly, time drips slowly by

And all I've got to do is 

sit and cry

Look in my eyes - I know

That man is surely just a man

It's no surprise - I know

The road is far too long

And life too short to carry on

Harm is Still Done

In normal human relationships,

people often hurt each other.

Some people even devise plans

to hurt others on purpose.

However, most people hurt others accidentally

without even realizing they have done so.

But the harm is still done,

and God will treat them the same.

________

King Gnu -「白日」

Sometimes, without even realizing it,
I accidentally hurt someone.
Only after losing everything do
I begin to understand
the mistake I made.
It’s already too late, you know—
like it was in the past.
Even that dazzling, brilliant time
from long ago—
I still have to take steps
forward toward tomorrow.
Even if it’s snowing a whole sky full of snow,
it’s the same.
For the me of right now,
what exactly can I do?
what exactly can I still become?
If it’s for the sake of living for someone—
then it isn’t possible to
just “do the right thing,” is it?
If we could meet one day,
somewhere on a street,
would you still remember my name?
At that time, surely—
there will be the gentle breeze of spring.
Transfom into a brand-new self—
start over, begin again,
live a whole new life.
On the tightly connected
endlessly stretching road,
I am moving forward right now.
Say goodbye to
everything pure and spotless.
A whole sky full of fluttering,
scattering white snow.
Please, accept all of me.
At least, for today is enough.
Hide away everything.
It’s already too late, you know—
like it was in the past.
Even if it’s so enviable—
I still have to take steps forward
toward tomorrow.
Even if it’s snowing a whole sky
full of snow,
it’s the same.
Back then, laughing as we always did—
I mistook it,
thinking we could understand each other.
We missed the signs—
those ambiguous hints.
A never-ending searching,
looking for where the problem lies.
Over the seasons.
If we could still meet—
could you still call out your name?
Transfom into a brand-new self—
start over, begin again,
live a whole new life.
Just a single layer of skin left there—
connecting the head and the body.
This helpless “now.”
No matter what, I have to keep living.
Say goodbye to everything
pure and spotless.
A whole sky full of fluttering,
scattering white snow.
Right now, please freeze my heart—
so that I can forget all of the past.
Can I open my eyes one day morning
and become someone somewhere else?
That’s impossible, isn’t it?
Just pretend you didn’t hear anything.
In this everyday life that isn’t busy,
the only thing that gets layered
on top of everything is age.
On the other side across the way—
waiting for me, in the end:
is it heaven or is it hell?
No matter when,
humans are slow to realize things.
Not knowing what they’re plotting
in their stomachs.
But even so, they still love—
and are loved.
To know that living on is already a fate
that’s decided.
What a life full of regrets—
and mistakes that can never be made up for.
There’s always one or two,
everyone has them, don’t they?
Isn’t it just like that?!
So damn frustrating.
Transfom into a brand-new self—
start over, begin again,
live a whole new life.
On the tightly connected,
endlessly stretching road,
I am moving forward right now.
Say goodbye to everything
pure and spotless.
A whole sky full of fluttering,
scattering white snow.
Please, accept all of me.
At least, for today is enough.
Hide away everything.

有時會在不知不覺的之中不小心傷害某人

當失去之後才開始意識到自己犯下的過錯

已經回不去了喔, 要像過往一般

就算是那麼的閃閃發亮的從前

也必須要向明天邁去步伐

就算下著漫天大雪也一樣

對現在的自己來說

到底能做些甚麼

到底還成為甚麼

如果是為了甚麼人而活的話

是沒辦法竟說些＂做正確＂的事情的吧

如果能在某處的街上相遇的話

還能記得我的名字嗎？

到那個時候一定　吹拂著春風的吧

蛻變為一個全新的自己　重頭開始再一次人生吧

在緊緊相連不斷延綿的道路上現正邁步

向純白無垢說掰掰

漫天紛飛的白雪喔

請包容我的全部吧

至少今天也好

將所有隱藏起來吧

已經回不去了, 要像過往一般

就算是那麼令人羨慕

也必須要向明天邁去步伐

就算下著漫天大雪也一樣

那時既如往常般的笑著

誤以為彼此能互相理解

看漏了的曖昧的徵兆暗示

沒有終結的尋找著問題所在

越過季節

如還能相遇的話

還能呼喊你的名字嗎　

蛻變為一個全新的自己　重頭開始再一次人生吧

靠僅剩連接頭與身體的那一層皮

無能為力的現在

無論如何也要活下去

向純白無垢說掰掰

漫天紛飛的白雪喔

只有現在請冰封我的這顆心吧

讓我將所有的過去都忘記吧

能不能哪天早上睜開眼後變成某處的某個人呢

這是不可能的吧

請當作甚麼都沒聽到

在這不忙碌的日常之中

被重疊增加的只有年齡

在對向的那一邊

等著自己的究竟

是天堂還是地獄

不論何時人類都是遲鈍的

不知道肚子裡在打著甚麼主意

不過就算這樣還是愛著與被愛著

知曉活著走下去是已經決定好的命運

真是充滿後悔的人生

怎麼也無法彌補的過錯

總會有一個或兩個

任誰誰都會有的吧

不就是這樣嗎？！

真是不爽

蛻變為一個全新的自己　重頭開始再一次人生吧

在緊緊相連不斷延綿的道路上現正邁步著

向純白無垢說掰掰

漫天紛飛的白雪喔

請包容我的全部吧

至少今天也好

將所有隱藏起來吧

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)

"Shape Of My Heart"

He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He don't play for respect 
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance [Studio version:]

The hidden law of a probable outcome [Live version:] 

The hidden laws of a probable outcome

The numbers lead a dance 
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart 
He may play the Jack of diamonds
He may lay the Queen of spades
He may conceal a King in his hand
While the memory of it fades 
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart 
And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one 
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear a loss 
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart 

Sting - Sounds Like Art

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