今天早上起来（应该是中午才对），My roommate said: You know the clock changes? 我听了很久才听明白，还奇怪电脑的时钟自动倒退了一个小时，让我以为又是病毒来袭。原来是冬季，所以倒退了？所以生活也倒退了一个小时，不是懒觉而是早起。星期天远处传来的教堂的钟声也不再准了。时间大概是世间最最奇怪但是每个人都自觉遵守的规矩吧。
自己今天摸去号称伦敦最大的书店。Piccadilly Circus的Waterstone's. The College Newspaper boasts that if you cannot find the title you are looking for, you gotta check out whether it is printed at all. 确实有五层，分类很齐全，如果是fiction大概是比较全了吧。每一层都不大，所以其实规模比不上新加坡的纪伊国屋。毕竟那个书店虽然只有一层，但是打通英文华语和日文。这里的书倒都是个位数卖，但还是比运到海外买到的要贵。好的是木制地板和沙发，可以坐下来看白书，大量的空白和相对疏散的书架，还有ground floor的咖啡香。
可能又是下着小雨的关系，Fremyn street远没有我想象的繁华，宽阔的马路和零星内敛的商店，还被脚手架挡住了店门，但是窗外精美的茶壶瓷器，还是让人叹为观止。
误打误撞进入的National Acedemy of Arts，雕塑，还是雕塑，风衣老先生，风衣老太太。门槛大开，但其实要门票，而且价格不菲，但是那个亲和的大门就是那么地开着呢。徜徉的是好奇，时间，瞻仰，精雕细琢，还是温暖的光。
于是四点刚过向外看去天已漆黑黑，夜提前来临了。我买了红白两个蜜瓜。＝）
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
谁比我更宅。
这个地方有时候让人觉得非常cozy,有时候又全然不是。大概是早先看过某节目的某人说过这样的话：休息天的话不管天气怎样都要出门。然后我就变成这样一个人了，每天都要出门，不管怎么样。然后每次到一个新的住处就会看着那里的大门想我到底以后会经过这里多少次。每次出去这个千篇一律宅子的大门有时候会不禁想到那个黄黄绿绿色彩明媚的我住了两年多，开始有点尴尬后来十分舒服的大门，不知我还有没有机会回去，就是能够回去也物是人非，除了很少的几个马来西亚，印度尼西亚同学。
食物，睡眠和天气绝对是影响我心情的重大要素。光线不足得好像总是脏脏的黄昏，让人想给相机调上曝光过度。但是没有打开的温暖的街灯，有的是黑漆的古董车和停靠在巷口的交通事故处理吊车。虽然我常常看见笑容，但是有点难以判断真假，而且密度有点小。难道这个就是所谓的心理距离？今天打扮停当出门，门口的小雨，预见的寒冷天气于是折返。但是刚刚回屋不久天气又仿佛变好，就像阴晴不定的感冒。于是我慒懂。
好像被放出笼子的鸟，突然间有了自由却对着天空无所适从。要么是喝酒废话打发时间，因为真的有大把时间可以挥霍。要么就是呆在屋子里“宅”么？还可以做健康运动，还可以了解艺术。但是这个连文科都寥寥无几的理工科学校，艺术社团便也可以归到饮酒社了。所谓文科的不实用，但是所教的理科也未必实用，于是我又碰到我最最讨厌的电化学，看那些恶心的图，纯粹的应付考试。但目前没有考试不想读书，没动力。节奏不快，没有压力，事情拖着，空气进来了。只是期待下下周能看到苏格兰的天空，以不再疲惫，不再睡眠过度，最好睡眠不足的眼。
本来参加了一个交流学生的社团，今晚组织喝酒，但还是没有勇气只身去呢。周五闹市区也八点钟关门的夜。
还有让我非常之介意的明明打过招呼说过话再见却装不认识的中国男。
但是厨房的电视，广播，街头的免费八卦小报，高高的窗户，食堂超美味的猪排，一些木呐但友好的男生，还是让我觉得很舒服。握着一些东西，会让人觉得很安心，但是有时还是觉得得到太少。
心情需要表达。请让我努力做一个能使你快乐的人。=）
食物，睡眠和天气绝对是影响我心情的重大要素。光线不足得好像总是脏脏的黄昏，让人想给相机调上曝光过度。但是没有打开的温暖的街灯，有的是黑漆的古董车和停靠在巷口的交通事故处理吊车。虽然我常常看见笑容，但是有点难以判断真假，而且密度有点小。难道这个就是所谓的心理距离？今天打扮停当出门，门口的小雨，预见的寒冷天气于是折返。但是刚刚回屋不久天气又仿佛变好，就像阴晴不定的感冒。于是我慒懂。
好像被放出笼子的鸟，突然间有了自由却对着天空无所适从。要么是喝酒废话打发时间，因为真的有大把时间可以挥霍。要么就是呆在屋子里“宅”么？还可以做健康运动，还可以了解艺术。但是这个连文科都寥寥无几的理工科学校，艺术社团便也可以归到饮酒社了。所谓文科的不实用，但是所教的理科也未必实用，于是我又碰到我最最讨厌的电化学，看那些恶心的图，纯粹的应付考试。但目前没有考试不想读书，没动力。节奏不快，没有压力，事情拖着，空气进来了。只是期待下下周能看到苏格兰的天空，以不再疲惫，不再睡眠过度，最好睡眠不足的眼。
本来参加了一个交流学生的社团，今晚组织喝酒，但还是没有勇气只身去呢。周五闹市区也八点钟关门的夜。
还有让我非常之介意的明明打过招呼说过话再见却装不认识的中国男。
但是厨房的电视，广播，街头的免费八卦小报，高高的窗户，食堂超美味的猪排，一些木呐但友好的男生，还是让我觉得很舒服。握着一些东西，会让人觉得很安心，但是有时还是觉得得到太少。
心情需要表达。请让我努力做一个能使你快乐的人。=）
Friday, October 19, 2007
V&A Some Others
When can your outfit be displayed in V&A?
Victoria and Albert Museum is another gigantic museum on Cromwell Road. Furniture, fine crockery and everything about interior design are displayed there. I did glance through the British part last Friday and was marvelled at the collections they have. The exhibition is divided according to time. Rococo, Baroque styles are discerned and introduced in full details. Some of the pieces are really interesting such as the great bed of Wares, which was ancient and well-decorated, appeared in Shakespeare's lyric lines.
There is also bright-colored tiny oval-shaped drawings, on which special red pigment was used to mimic the luster of ruby on queen's crown. This did remind me of what I have seen in the Natural History Museum, a box containing hundreds of precious stone studded rings preserved by a single bishop in church! =)
Dated old music instrument exhibition is also interesting. Pity that people do need some professional knowledge to actually gain an appreciation of them. I've seen various kinds of pianos of weird shape and size.
The most fascinating section may be the fashion display. 1970s to 80s London, Paris, NYC and Tokyo top designers' classical pieces. One of the Japanese stripe dress with slid-open belt around waist is fancifully sexy.
Recently I had sore feet for walking a bit too much, but I do enjoy the big windows in my room where the not-so-bright afternoon light come in with a stroke of autumn green. =D
Victoria and Albert Museum is another gigantic museum on Cromwell Road. Furniture, fine crockery and everything about interior design are displayed there. I did glance through the British part last Friday and was marvelled at the collections they have. The exhibition is divided according to time. Rococo, Baroque styles are discerned and introduced in full details. Some of the pieces are really interesting such as the great bed of Wares, which was ancient and well-decorated, appeared in Shakespeare's lyric lines.
There is also bright-colored tiny oval-shaped drawings, on which special red pigment was used to mimic the luster of ruby on queen's crown. This did remind me of what I have seen in the Natural History Museum, a box containing hundreds of precious stone studded rings preserved by a single bishop in church! =)
Dated old music instrument exhibition is also interesting. Pity that people do need some professional knowledge to actually gain an appreciation of them. I've seen various kinds of pianos of weird shape and size.
The most fascinating section may be the fashion display. 1970s to 80s London, Paris, NYC and Tokyo top designers' classical pieces. One of the Japanese stripe dress with slid-open belt around waist is fancifully sexy.
Recently I had sore feet for walking a bit too much, but I do enjoy the big windows in my room where the not-so-bright afternoon light come in with a stroke of autumn green. =D
Monday, October 15, 2007
13日的四季交响乐
奉命来写Repo.
13号顶着伦敦的瑟瑟寒风去了灯光掩映的Royal Albert Hall.就在学校的Royal school of Music对面，也是每年举行毕业典礼的地方。如照片所见是个圆柱形的建筑，进去以后发现很像古罗马斗兽场的格局。中间椭圆的地方可以在举办网球大师明星赛时撤掉椅子来放网球场。沿着椭圆墙壁二，三层是包厢，我们坐的是四层正对舞台的地方。就是远了点，而且没带望远镜。阶梯式的座位非常陡。
看的Concert是属于Royal Albert Hall的常驻公司RG-Raymond Gubbay，这个集团号称是Europe's most successful opera promoter，出品过很多歌剧。Royal Albert Hall是其大本营了。乐团是Mozart Festival Orchestra,特色是采用十八世纪的服装和烛光作setting。用的应该是钢片琴，管乐和定音鼓只有在一首曲子上来。基本是弦乐。指挥是用钢片琴来指挥的，时而弹琴时而摆手，也没指挥棒，兼当MC.选曲非常的四季分明，都是非常熟悉的段子，鉴于我不是学这个的，没法name them all.开场是春季的鲜花烂漫，然后是一个女高音唱了段图兰朵。小号协奏，花腔女高音。夏天风驰电掣。中场休息。下半场全部小提琴协奏，小提琴手是个很厉害的家伙，甩弓八字的样子真的非常帅。鉴于我没钱买program booklet，只能用听的来拜服他了。秋的曲子非常华丽，冬天的曲子又拨弦来营造落雪和很多的钢片琴，这种乐器有点教堂的意味，声音又比较象高音的电贝司，反正给弦乐的声音增加了底音和厚度，透出冷冷的忧伤，所以到后来坐我旁边的英国老太太哭得一蹋糊涂。形成对比的是坐我前面的金发小姑娘，大概是被父母带来熏陶的，就是睡着了。
由于小提琴手特别出色，最后在经久不息的掌声后又安可乐一曲，搞得我有听演唱会的感觉了，笑。值得一提的是指挥者明显的有很重伦敦腔，还会开开玩笑什么的。来者也大多穿着随意，有很多和蔼的爷爷奶奶，在中场休息时出去买冰激凌吃。当然也有中场时走道里捧着香槟的时尚男女。最囧的是我们回家时那女高音（原来是奶奶级的了）穿着大红大金的礼服戴着高高的假发左手挽着儿子（白衬衫背带裤）右手挽着老公（拿着暖壶的西装小老头）就在我们前面走着拐进了一个街区。那裙摆落在楼梯上真好看。这时候我就想：啊，这就是伦敦呢。=）
那video鸣谢金鱼同学。
13号顶着伦敦的瑟瑟寒风去了灯光掩映的Royal Albert Hall.就在学校的Royal school of Music对面，也是每年举行毕业典礼的地方。如照片所见是个圆柱形的建筑，进去以后发现很像古罗马斗兽场的格局。中间椭圆的地方可以在举办网球大师明星赛时撤掉椅子来放网球场。沿着椭圆墙壁二，三层是包厢，我们坐的是四层正对舞台的地方。就是远了点，而且没带望远镜。阶梯式的座位非常陡。
看的Concert是属于Royal Albert Hall的常驻公司RG-Raymond Gubbay，这个集团号称是Europe's most successful opera promoter，出品过很多歌剧。Royal Albert Hall是其大本营了。乐团是Mozart Festival Orchestra,特色是采用十八世纪的服装和烛光作setting。用的应该是钢片琴，管乐和定音鼓只有在一首曲子上来。基本是弦乐。指挥是用钢片琴来指挥的，时而弹琴时而摆手，也没指挥棒，兼当MC.选曲非常的四季分明，都是非常熟悉的段子，鉴于我不是学这个的，没法name them all.开场是春季的鲜花烂漫，然后是一个女高音唱了段图兰朵。小号协奏，花腔女高音。夏天风驰电掣。中场休息。下半场全部小提琴协奏，小提琴手是个很厉害的家伙，甩弓八字的样子真的非常帅。鉴于我没钱买program booklet，只能用听的来拜服他了。秋的曲子非常华丽，冬天的曲子又拨弦来营造落雪和很多的钢片琴，这种乐器有点教堂的意味，声音又比较象高音的电贝司，反正给弦乐的声音增加了底音和厚度，透出冷冷的忧伤，所以到后来坐我旁边的英国老太太哭得一蹋糊涂。形成对比的是坐我前面的金发小姑娘，大概是被父母带来熏陶的，就是睡着了。
由于小提琴手特别出色，最后在经久不息的掌声后又安可乐一曲，搞得我有听演唱会的感觉了，笑。值得一提的是指挥者明显的有很重伦敦腔，还会开开玩笑什么的。来者也大多穿着随意，有很多和蔼的爷爷奶奶，在中场休息时出去买冰激凌吃。当然也有中场时走道里捧着香槟的时尚男女。最囧的是我们回家时那女高音（原来是奶奶级的了）穿着大红大金的礼服戴着高高的假发左手挽着儿子（白衬衫背带裤）右手挽着老公（拿着暖壶的西装小老头）就在我们前面走着拐进了一个街区。那裙摆落在楼梯上真好看。这时候我就想：啊，这就是伦敦呢。=）
那video鸣谢金鱼同学。
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Out-datedly Blur
Maybe I am numb with environment and food. When I stepped in the Waitrose supermarket on the path to the college, I was more than glad to see a whole store of food. They have Sushi, particularly nice bread baking and Italian food dressing. So I was very satisfied. =)
Serpentine Gallery.
A small fancy house at the Kensington Garden, admission free! Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint. The frame is also part of the drawing piece and the key point is material. He did decorate layers of petroleum oil, plastic and polymers (mainly transparent) onto ingenious place of drawings. The sculpture is really using plastic and pigment as well as dead insects to mimic platform of wretched ship under the sea. Oh of course not as tremendous as the Titanic. It was just occupying most space of a room and visitors have to squeeze in and explore the different part of the "wreck"!
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
The architecture is a big magician's hat! What you can do with it besides appreciating its shape are sitting inside sipping hot coffee or revolving around it to visit the tip of the hat and peering inside from the "hole". By the way, there is also no roof for this strange building and I do worry about the raining day well being of it. =)
Bought Ticket for Mozart Four Seasons Orchestra Concert when I visited Royal Albert Hall just behind my school. Full 18th century costume, I'm looking forward to it!
Special thanks to Sonny and his two friends for guiding me to the Buckingham Palace, Thames River and London Eye. Sure I will take photos next time and they shouldn't be missed out in my post in the future. =]
Serpentine Gallery.
A small fancy house at the Kensington Garden, admission free! Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint. The frame is also part of the drawing piece and the key point is material. He did decorate layers of petroleum oil, plastic and polymers (mainly transparent) onto ingenious place of drawings. The sculpture is really using plastic and pigment as well as dead insects to mimic platform of wretched ship under the sea. Oh of course not as tremendous as the Titanic. It was just occupying most space of a room and visitors have to squeeze in and explore the different part of the "wreck"!
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
The architecture is a big magician's hat! What you can do with it besides appreciating its shape are sitting inside sipping hot coffee or revolving around it to visit the tip of the hat and peering inside from the "hole". By the way, there is also no roof for this strange building and I do worry about the raining day well being of it. =)
Bought Ticket for Mozart Four Seasons Orchestra Concert when I visited Royal Albert Hall just behind my school. Full 18th century costume, I'm looking forward to it!
Special thanks to Sonny and his two friends for guiding me to the Buckingham Palace, Thames River and London Eye. Sure I will take photos next time and they shouldn't be missed out in my post in the future. =]
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