of archive and aspirations

i managed to get the archive going! check it out up there yo! see the obviously-named tab next to Home? humour me and click click! or you can just click *here*! so happy about it cos i've been wanting to do it for a while now.. i can be neat sometimes, see ;) hehehehehe.. ^__^  i'm so easily amused that it amuses me *grins* mm I did think that I did more than just those 18 songs, ah well.. slow and steady!

this song [At This Moment Who Are You Thinking Of 此刻 你心裡 想起誰] has long been a favorite of mine. i don't know how i got hold of the album Unbelievable (it was the only complete album of wlh i had before this.. that's unfortunate really, cos had it been any of the later ones i might have turned big fan earlier.. what am i saying? i take that back. it was i who have never really gave the album a proper listen.. that, and i really didn't dig the hip-hop sound (and lyrics -_- case in point: Not Your Average Thug? "I've got the love for the ghetto"? really?? i probably should examine the lyrics better if only it hadn't thrown me wayy across the room.. -_-)

bacckkk to the song (i tend to digress a lot hor?) -- although this song has some fair play time, i didn't really know what it was about until today when i did the translation.. had just assume it was him asking a girl if she was thinking of him. anyway, it's a song about dreams and aspirations. got me thinking: i don't know if i ever had any. i've always just went with the flow. maybe i'm unambitious like that, taking the day one at a time, not planning ahead. i really wish i was more driven though. maybe i'd have made something (else) of myself. maybe.

mm not going to dwell on that for now... cos it's time to go home! goodbye.


可能是轉角的便利店 大夜班兩點或三點
在收音機的旁邊 她幻想著 新球鞋
點著別人的錢 不發一言
probably it was at the convenience shop at the corner
it was the graveyard shift, at around two or three A.M.
she sat beside the radio, dreaming about a new pair of sneakers
as she took hold of the customer's money, she did not utter a single word

在兩坪租來的房間 她盯著在泡的泡麵 若三分鐘 就能實現
她許願學費能輕一點 但明天像利息 在循環今天
in a small rented room, she stared at the instant noodle boiling in a pot
in just three minutes, it would be a ready meal
she wished that her tuition fee would lighten
but tomorrow is like a loan interest circling today

誰會給你 (安慰)安慰 (瞭解)瞭解 (當覺得傷悲)
此刻 你心裡 想起誰
誰會陪你 (流淚)流眼淚 (面對)面對 (當意冷心灰)
此刻 你心裡 想起誰
who would give you comfort or understand when you are sorrowful?
who are you thinking of at this moment?
who would accompany you, cry and face your problems with you,
when intentions become cold and the heart gray?
who are you thinking of at this moment?

又是一次空白的考卷 努力也未必能勝天
她永遠是不起眼 沒有面目跟在後面 沒有人在乎她出不出現
again, the exam papers turned out blank
even if she were to give it all, she might not succeed
she would always be inconspicuous
just a follower with a forgettable face
nobody cares whether if she would turn up

Why 我一樣也有我的夢 Woo 我和你並沒有不同
但誰會懂
why, I also have my dreams, I am no different from you
but who would understand?

她想起遠方媽媽的臉 生命是艱難的考驗
she thinks of the face of her mother who is far away
life is just a difficult test


today's list of new words
盯 dīng - stare
循環 xúnhuán - circulate, cycle
艱難 jiānnán - difficult



此刻 你心裡想起誰
王力宏

可能是轉角的便利店 大夜班兩點或三點
在收音機的旁邊 她幻想著 新球鞋
點著別人的錢 不發一言

在兩坪租來的房間 Woo 她盯著在泡的泡麵
若三分鐘 就能實現 她許願學費 能輕一點
但明天像利息 在循環今天

誰會給你 (安慰)安慰 (瞭解)瞭解 (當覺得傷悲)
Woo 此刻 你心裡 想起誰
誰會陪你 (流淚)流眼淚 (面對)面對 (當意冷心灰)
Woo 此刻 你心裡 想起誰 Woo

又是一次空白的考卷 努力也未必能勝天 Woo
她永遠是 不起眼 沒有面目跟在後面
沒有人在乎她出不出現

誰會給你 (安慰)安慰 (瞭解)瞭解 (當覺得傷悲)
Woo 此刻 你心裡 想起誰
誰會陪你 (流淚)流眼淚 (面對)面對 (當意冷心灰)
Woo 此刻 你心裡 想起誰

Why 我一樣也有我的夢 Woo 我和你並沒有不同
但誰會懂 (但誰會懂) (但誰會懂)

(安慰)安慰 (瞭解)瞭解 (當覺得傷悲)
Woo 此刻 你心裡 想起誰 到底有沒有這個誰
(流淚)流眼淚 (面對)面對 (當意冷心灰) ya..ya..
此刻 你心裡 想起誰 誰...

他想起遠方媽媽的臉 生命是艱難的考驗