Love with no boundaries (translation of a previous post entitled "Un amour sans frontière" by Do Huong Tra)

One fine day, a young gurl travelled to Mars by rocket with her dog. That day, Pierre, a Martian was resting in his tent. The first time he saw this young gurl, he was taken in by her undulating gestures (dunno what the heck that actually means, i’m just a humble translator...). It was love at first sight... He then placed the words “Invitation of my Love” and placed it on his tent. Then, taking his flute he started to play a beautiful traditional Martian tune. He waited, and waited... The young gurl listened attentively... the tune bringing back long lost memories of when she lived with her large family. She approached the tent, climbing upon the rocks, her little dog always close by her side. Pierre, being behind the curtain, heard her deft footsteps approaching, and out he came. Four eyes met for the very first time. Each finding their equal halves.

A year flew swiftly by, and they decided to wed on Earth, where they returned to by a highly modern elevator (makes me think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Birds sang, and both worlds wished the newly weds happiness, great health and longevity.

An event marking the very first marriage between two people from totally different worlds. Simply signifying love with no boundaries.

comment; while tis is a beautiful story inspiring young lovers out there that there is such a thing as love with no boundaries, one has to wonder whether it really exists... love with no boundaries? come to think of it, there always is something holding u back... keeping u apart... language barriers, distance... don't u think? well, i would really like to know what u guys out there think about tis, so keep em ideas and opinions flowing in the comments section oki...?

tis story was written by a mum of a fren... found it a lil amusing and really moving... especially the last line... which is why i decided to place it here...

-aDRiANo-

Christmas holiday - Prague, Vienna and Paris From the 23th Dec to 1th of Jan, I went to the 3 places mentioned above along with Alvin, Wani, Zaid and Yilie...it was a really nice trip, with lots of laughter, card playing, binge drinking, crap talking and nice places to visit. (ok, the drinking part isn't true)
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To be brief, we took a 14 hour trip from Paris to Prague, which I would never take again because it's really tiring...People in the Czech Republic do not use the euro, so we needed to convert our euros into CZK - Czech Republic Koruny, at a rate of 1euro to 27.4czk. Feel rich? Abitlor...things there are generally cheaper, especially the food...

There, we meet 3 of Yilie's friends: Amelia, Xin yi and Winnie the pooohhh. They were very friendly with lots of humor...you won't get bored travelling with them. They are first year med student in the Czech republic. Anyway, we visited Prague abit: Charles bridge, the Astronomcal Clock, Prague Castle and the old town. The buidings there give you the impression that you're in the 17th-18th century.

To quote wikipedia:

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's (and the world's) most popular tourist destinations. It is the sixth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.^[2] Prague suffered considerably less damage during World War II than some other major cities in the region, allowing most of its historic architecture to stay true to form. It contains one of the world's most pristine and varied collections of architecture, from Art Nouveau to Baroque, Renaissance, Cubist, Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern.

According to the receptionist in the hostel we stayed, this year marks the warmest winter in Prague since everyone could recall, about 10 degres above average, which is around 2 degres...Hmm...blame it on global warming or whatever, but I am certainly not against it, coz it was reallly cold there...Next time,I'll avoid travelling during winter :)

It's 4.35 am now, got to catch some sleep, I'll write more later, ciaoz!

-gAvIn-

Food for thought

"The vice of capitalism is that there is an unequal share of blessings; the virtue of socialism is that there is an equal share of misery."

In my opinion, this basically sums up the left-right debate, with the leftlist arguing for more equality and in the process, less efficiency; the rightlist, more effciency and less equality...

I vote for the right ;)

-gAvIn-

阿拉伯传说中有两个朋友在沙漠中旅行，在旅途中的某点他们吵架了，一个还给了另外一个一记耳光。被打的觉得受辱，一言不语，在沙子上写下："今天我的好朋友打了我一巴掌。"他们继续往前走。直到到了沃野，他们就决定停下。被打巴掌的那位差点淹死，幸好被朋友救起来了。被救起後，他拿了一把小剑在石头上刻了："今天我的好朋友救了我一命。"
一旁好奇的朋友问说：为什麽我打了你以後，你要写在沙子上，而现在要刻在石头上呢？
另个笑笑的回答说：当被一个朋友伤害时 ， 要写在易忘的地方 ， 风会负责抹去它；相反的如果被帮助 ， 我们要把它刻在心里的深处 ， 那里任何风都不能抹灭它。
朋友的相处伤害往往是无心的，帮助却是真心的，忘记那些无心的伤害；铭记那些对你真心帮助，你会发现这世上你有很多真心的朋友...

Found this from a chrismas message people send to friends...how true it is!

An early Merry Chrismas to everyone!

-gAvIn-

寂寞，字典里形容成冷清孤单，也是我近几天来的感受。
当平时跟你很好的两位朋友开始谈恋爱时，你就像旧袜子
一样被丢到一旁去。。。实在是很无聊！
唉，只好借酒消愁了 J

汉仁

Some pictures of Bordeaux (okla, not that beautiful....need to borrow Zarf's SLR)

城市：未命名的辭海 作者: 王沛芬

當列車交會，我俯身看你
語言飛翔在窗口的瞬間
化作一雙灑落微光的翅翼
掠過黃昏的書頁，輕輕圈點

你的呼吸是永恆的潮汐
溫柔地撫愛我赤足的信任
單行道流動如無聲之河
光與影清澈了擁擠的分貝

星光漂流，穿越細密建築
月色是一張探險的風帆
你悄悄尋覓未眠的燈塔
為我索引湛藍的遠方

旅人的鄉愁回到了航向
失落的記憶重新拼圖
而你成為我生命的部首
刻印著夢想的出處

我翻閱線裝的風景
沒有難以檢索的想像
湧動的語言拍岸而來
你是未命名的辭海

第八屆台北文學獎現代詩佳作

I wish I could write poems as beautiful as this...can someone explain the title for me...wo can lai kan qi kan bu dong...

-gAvIn-

Found this on the net... translations on the way...

Un amour sans frontière

Un jour, il y a une jeune fille qui fait le voyage sur Mars avec son chien par la fusée. Dans ce jour – là, Pierre – un Martien est en train de rester dans sa tente. A première vue, il est très étonné par les gestes ondulants de cette fille. Un coup de foudre qui vient à lui. Il coupe une lettre " Invitation de mon amour " et la colle sur la toile de tente. Il prend la flûte et souffle une chanson traditionnelle de Mars. Il l’attend, l’attend…. La jeune fille écoute attentivement cette chanson et elle se souvient tous les bons souvenirs quand elle vivait dans sa grande famille. Elle s’approche de la tente, elle doit grimper difficilement sur des rochers blancs avec son chien. A ce moment là, Pierre est derrière le rideau, il entend des pas très légers. Il sort de sa tente. Cette fille est surprise devant sa beauté et son géant. Quatre yeux se voient. Ces deux personnes trouvent leur moitié.Après un an, ils décident de se marier typiquement sur la Terre. Ils y retournent par l’ascenseurs très moderne. Tous les oiseaux chantent, tout le monde des deux planètes souhaitent à ce couple bonheur, bonne santé et longévité. C’est le premier mariage de deux personnes qui viennent de deux planètes différentes. C’est un amour sans frontière.

Do Huong Tra

-aDRiANo-

Time flies

The first semester is going to end soon, or has it already? No idea. The point is that time flies, it has been more then 3 months since we quitted Colmar, yet, the time there seems so distant. In 3 months, we have moved to different places, met new friends, had new classes, speak better French, I would never dream of returning to life in Colmar, even if I miss some good friends and teachers there. Life just continues, swiping you along whether you like it or not.

-gAvIn-

Birthday
Although there were many people who came to my birthday party on the 25, the thing that actually matters the most were the few close friends that were there with me…the others…they are the others, they are there to enjoy only. I treasure my good friends as they have helped me immensely, you know, friends that are willing to stay back with you after the soirée to help you clean up ;)
For my part, I always hope that I can be a trusted friend.

PS: I received a birthday card from my family and I can say that I was very touched…it is very different when you write to someone with your handwriting than some plain emails.