The Land of Conjurors

I find it hard to play the role of Antonio accurately in Shakespeare's The Merchaint of Venice . What I am playing marks having the bond taken by Shylock and Antonio. The treatment to Bassanio and Shylock presents an extreme difference. First of all, I need to show my faith to Bassanio because he is my friend who beyond our usual relationship, so the trust between us pours into the dominance in this part. Nevertheless, I have to treat Sylock badly since he is the Jewish whom I loathe, and I once have spat on him, exposing my discrimination for him. Here, Antonio is a Christian but you can see how Christian behaves in a thoughtless way while having the discourse with Shylock. Antonio's melancholy has been given by the outcome of the trial, which leaves him the foreshadow in this drama. But it doesn't bother here. The key point here falls on the struggle in interacting with Shylock and Bassanio for both extreme treatments and the balance of keeping bearing. Antonio here sur

Oh, time flies, next year is coming soon, the horrible linear time makes me hard to accept this truth at present. Still, loads of assignments to do. And something surprised me yesterday. David decided to assign five to eight pages term paper! Oh, no. How can I handle this work by far. And he made this decision rather than assign the oral presentation. So the oral presentation has been ignored at present. However I find it easier and sooner to prepare the oral presentation instead of writing. If doing the term paper, the form, topic and thesis statement are all required in MLA academic style. I am just feel a bit anxious about it because the quantities of paper pages are quite more than before. Pretty worrying. Besides, I'm going to graduate from college, can't believe it! Four years, and the graduation will have been waiting for me in no time. And the next stage might be the graduate school if lucky. Hope that I can make it good on my assignments and research papers. Most impor

The anger made thee so necessary To blurt out thy emotional plea Surprised that we all watched thee For the way thou showed indeed We are all impressed by thee Just consider twice before doing please Though the crowd are satisfied as they see They do nothing harm but thee 'Cause she's someone whom we want to pee If there were a time that Shakespeare took a peek He might have felt sorry learning her trick That his work has been tricking with the dim No matter how tough and mean she is She can never and ever tear our dream Like a gigantic monster with which we confront Even though powerlessness stays within And when catching a big fish in the stream Don't forget to let it go under the lee of thee. Dear, Just consider twice before doing please Though the crowd are satisfied as they see They do nothing harm but thee.

It's hard to find art rock music in my opinion because art and rock seem to conflict with each other in some way. Based on the information of Wiki, art rock embodies the elements of art, avant-garde and classical music. This type of music is quite odd that it tends to form the fantasy or open a door for entering a peculiar world of selves. It is like you are looking some pictures or other artistic work that make you feel unusual after plunging into the works' image. The part of avant-garde can be the interpretation of ourselves in terms of creativity and capability for imagination. Nevertheless, who would have thought that Kate Bush had hit the ground in her young age, carving out the art rock of her own, showing her unique perspective in composing music with artistic and literary elements as well as her dancing within the songs she expressed in the musical video such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Running Up That Hill." Besides Bush's songs, it occurs to m

In order to build up my confidence more strongly, some great songs I would like to recommend to all of you. I've been listening to these songs recently, exploring the meaning and its melody that I'm truly gratified in the whole process of listening. Perhaps they don't work for you but me, anyway, to try listening to new types of music is always a good thing as far as I'm concerned. And these songs just blow my mind. Ok, no more craps, let's cut the chase. Firstly, of course, Keane's "Leaving So Soon" is one of my favorite, and be sure to pick out the Live version (O2 Arena is the best in my opinion) cause it'll make you feel bursting with all your eagerness to do something you want right away. This song actually is like a counteractive reaction for showing the personal grievance in a flashing mood. You might burn with your anger step by step and then explode right away, feeling that you're truly not afraid of the difficulties you're confro

You know that we can never be numb all the time especially when you are really not that type. Truly, I am not the person like that. David told me I should be more open-minded, and he considered I might be the one in heaviness for dealing with the perspective which is different from others. Yeah, I should be more open-minded, I couldn't agree with you more. And this occasion seems to back to the way I am, it appears that nothing changes but me, and it's always me who should be changed in the overall condition. And you know that why I love to listen to rock music is not the question of the degree in terms of affection but the technique the musicians would like to express. What's more, the personal experiences of ourselves which are reflected by those songs and images emerge from unexpectedly. You know that people tend to avoid the bad condition or feeling they truly have and would like to transform it into something positive for the circumstances of fitting the plea and reque

Recently I've found some great bands and their songs though they've been popular for a long time and the other were old-fashioned. Well, anyway they are still fantastic as far as I'm concerned. Pulp and Red Hot Chili Pepper are two great bands that I discovered the other day. Pulp's "Underwear" and "Disco 2000" are so fabulous because the voice of the vocalist is so low that reminds me of the style of "back to the ancients." And a band that can be heard at least one or zero times since I bet you've never heard of them, The Wedding Present's "Interstate 5." And Smashing Pumpkin's "1979," a recollection of past in young age when studying at school. Perhaps I will have cried by the time I graduate from university and have more sense of sentiment for being sad, ha ha, who knows. Well, these are great songs that I've been listening to. In addition, I'd like to recommend Red Hot Chili Pepper's new song,

I found that I kind of like the literature step by step. I mean I used to take it as my burden for taking the exam which was to be the ultimate goal. However, literature arouses my interest because of the cram school teacher, Ms. Chen. She might be the one I admire since she has the capability for organising the key points and then intergrating them in a new meaning. This kind of "montage" technique becomes one of the skill in deep reading and memory of mine. And I apply it to my literary research pretty well, considering that it also develops my creativity and critical thinking. Everytime I expect the class on Saturdays for listening to Ms. Chen's lecture. Though it take long time from 12:30 to 17:30, sometimes she runs out of time, it still worthy to learn those rare and unexpected stuff. I know that perhaps it is not for me by taking the course as a mean to get touch with a great future but the greatest moment for being bound with my excitement and confidence. In addit

Who can imagine that to recall you falls on this kind of way. You have once said that this is the life we're going to pay. Here, I am on shore, watching you boarding the ship for being a sailor you're meant to be, drifting to the other side you will see. By the time your shadow draws back to a needle piercing hearts of a huddle and leaves them a moment recalled of transient being. And the world is still spinning.

You said that life makes you become a fool Whenever you keep your strides out of frame As struggling before being drowned in a pool None of us can protect you from being lame Because you believe there is a gigantic monster  Moaning through the wall that is totally invisible You choose to take it as your alternative cloister, Where no one will scare you to be explicable But now there's nobody who holds your hand  Everything gradually turns out to be blur Only if you strike on it through touching sand Will you be led to the horizon you emerge from And then to somewhere you swim for being clear.

Struggling with secularization and sacredness consumes me with a great deal. I've been thinking and still haven't figured out this question at all. Life of human being is so hard that it turns you down or lifts you up. Nevertheless the most difficult thing might be the struggle and suffering which are in the middle of determination. Hamlet's words "To be or not to be, that is the question" can be true that we consider the purposes or even the completeness of something crucial in need. But if we keep ourselves with sacredness which falls on the face of pursuing soul, we would contemplate the condition more deeper and wider so as to follow our beliefs. The emotion and perception accompany us for we show the truth and belief of our own even though the result from the public might be hard to tolerate the decision we made or even lay the condition in negligence by a glimpse. And sometimes I doubt it due to the sake of human emotion and its complexity with the outcome f

The biggest warmth today might be the encounter with Lucas. I've been snowing under with loads of assighments and research lately and even feeling annoying these days for the difficulties in my creativity. But Lucas is always gentle and kind as if I were a good child of his when he treats us. Yeah, for the moment of meeting him, I have got rid of the mind on my uncombed hair, on my oily face and on my tired eyes. That was a very subtle and tiny feeling that others were hard to imagine. Oh, Lucas, how can I live without your inspiration? You should know. And Lucas, it seems that he can feel every moment I feel, asking my opinions and perspective, not letting me get down with my meditation so long. He truly knows me even though I will not say any words out loud. He feels me with my eyes, touching me with his unspeakable verve, alluring me with his gentle character. Oh, god, if flowers had spirit as human being, theirs would never wither, and that person might be you, Lucas. My mind w

Keane has mentioned that their new album would return to the previous style such as the album Hopes and Fears . Still, there is a mixture feeling for me to consider as a combination of excitement and anxiety. Well, let's talk about the excitement first. As they have changed their musical style in gigantic way since 2008, their uniqueness has lost for a great degree. But it turns out that I am kinda like thier breakthrough even though Perfect Symmetry and Night Train had decreased the degree of affection from their music. So what I am expecting from them might be inclined to the original style attached to the other various tune and musical elements. This is quite essential for taking a look at Coldplay's music and can do a very great job. And... alright, I know I shouldn't have compared Keane to Coldplay 'cause they are totally different bands. However, as Keane mentoined that they will not try to apply "sprawling concept album" this time but the belief and

After suffering from that foreigner's confession, I learn to be more alert to everything related to my photos, personal profile and people unknown. These days for me are pretty a hard time since I need to try my best to confront him with proper words to show my turndown for his affection for me. The crucial factor is that he is wierd very much, and keeps asking me why I don't want to talk to him. I said to him I was very busy with my research paper, and our affection could never work out. So please leaved me alone and no more connection with each other. And I lied to him that I was a lesbian for considering he was a girl at first, but feeling disappointed at last. I know it's harsh with my excuse, but he can never let me go if I don't do some harsh action and expression. Thus, he will keep asking,"why don't you talk to me?" ... In addition, he only judges peolple by their appearance based on the fundamentality for further relationship, totally sucks! Very

People always get confused for what they do. Sometimes they want to be low-key, but sometimes they desire to be crazy. Well, it seems now I am in this kind of awkward condition. Nevertheless, for me, I decide to choose more reasonable one at last. And to be honest, I am a coward,  just a coward totally, believe it or not. I am so scared for other's confession. Few days ago, a foreigner, tried to get to know me closely and even showed his feeling to me... It's so weird! Still I faced this condition with my courage and turned him down with more proper words. God, it was horrible, I know I was a coward. However, it really shocked me at the moment. I think he just eroticized me as a girl of the Orient since he mentioned that he considers I look beautiful and then wants to make friend with me. And we actually spent a good time on chatting until in the end, he said to me that he's just falling in love with me... To be cruel, I replied to him, "you should control yourself!&qu

Coldplay has released their new album, but this time might be their first try and experiment since the style tends to be more baroque way. The new album, Mylo Xyloto , reveals unique elements and even let others be curious about the origin of its name. Well, Wikipedia has said it all, so I won't make my explanation once more. One of the new songs, Paradise, unfolds a musical style of Chinese songs' elements if you can feel after listening to it. However, the more I listen to this song, the more I get involved in it, just weird. And this album presents an experiment of concept for composing such various musical elements, it's quite distinctive from their previous albums. Their musical elements, are more subtle and then put emphasis on the parts which others might pay less attention to. Sometimes I can feel I am in the science museum exploring some innovative devices and the wonders in the cosmos, or I am just escorted to the different dimension for digging out more pot

She is glad she made a proper decision. This time, she's very certain for what she has made. Yes, she is nobody no matter how hard she tries, no matter how hard she has overcome, 'cause the results are always not her expectation. Sometimes she didn't even know why she lives with happiness in this strange world, this unjustfiable world, and this emotionless world. The striking has falled down on her for a long period of time, and she didn't speak to anyone. Sometimes she sees so many elites who are good at flattering and endeavoring to disguise themselves as a helper, intending to get closely to the upper one for a promised recongnition. Perhaps she just cannot stand it very much  and feels a great burden that almost beats her down to the waterfall. And the world inside the waterfall might do her better as far as she is concerned. Because she shouldn't have opinions on it for this absolute phenonmena has occured, it should be no doubt at all in this organized society

A leaf was blown in the wind from a giant tree. The wind turned it over and over in the air As if it had been flying ups and downs with a bee For the aimless spinning falling down in a pair. And the leaf was falling down into the ditch cover. Suddenly its background switched the bright to the black When it occurred in the lovely morning this October, Which it seemed to have gone without a mark. But the heavy rain showered all of a sudden later, Moistening the leaf at the bottom of the ditch cover. Picture source

The research is shadowing My face  The eyelashes are following The eyelids The monster is swallowing My brain seeds It's thy better knowing Without any limits Still it has been snowing In my heart of hearts Well Before thou may Show me the way L et's call it a day And to hide in the bay Albeit I always delay The paper that  should be  Handed today Fie, fie! Thou and I No more fights And no more lies Let's be in a tie But why I saw thou S uddenly Throw me a pie From the sky... And research paper,  Research paper Makes me no longer  Pamper My train of thought Cause they turn me Into something  More wiser And now Just keep my finger  Crossed This semester Alas!  Bless me i f thou hear My plea o f mutter Many thanks.

Recently my friend introduces me to listen to the music of DJ's. Well, to be honest, I feel quite antipathy towards electronic elements for sounds that DJs ususally apply to. Perhaps I still need some time to get accustomed to adjusting the habit for listening to this type of music. As for DJ's music, most people are familiar with DJ Tiesto so far, the popular Dutch musician in Taiwan. However, I found another DJ older than him, ha. And I prefer his works to Tiesto's. This guy is DJ Shadow, haha~ It's too late to hear his name, but anyway, never too late too learn. In my opinion, DJ Shadow is very good at mixing various musical notes and then displays a brand-new style, way and the meaning he would like to expresses. His debut, Endtroducing , catches my eyes immediately because it somehow mixes some sort of classic and electronic elements. In addtion, this song is according to Giorgio Moroder's "Tears," which is also a great Italian song producer but is ki

Oh, god, I've just finished making a troblesome presentation. And the teacher, as usual, was so talkative. But this time, I think we should applaud her since she let us perfectly finish the presentations. Oh, thank god, her talkative charater didn't affect us to our task today. Charming, you're fantastic, especially for your eloquence for your presentation, which I should learn from you in this part. In addition, learning that you woke up at six this morning for preparing your presentation makes me surprised. Just wanna say to you that you really did great job! And you are unique, feel free to be overpraised by me, ha, just accept it 'cause you truly deserve it! We'd been conquering the works of Virginia Woolf, yes, we did, and finished at last, what a great moment for both of us! It's like there's a halo upon my head, and I'm living in the kingdom of Brtish rock n roll, those musica are coming over me. These songs are right beside my articles, try to li

The master who guides you Had been gone through The things we all knew For you he casts an elaborate mask To accomplish his glorious task And to let you know he is the boss In this wasteland where is full of loss As hovering between right and wrong You wear it to which you faithfully belong And all the waves vehemently stir Under the mask you wear But if you have made up your mind The hereafter might no longer be blind Perhaps his own magic wand Can allure you into his wonderland Still I'm touching you solely But that invisible shield Has been wonderfully Sealed In your untrodden field. Picture source

  There are a great many interpretations for Coldplay's song, Yellow , and I'd like to try mine. Well, Yellow marks the popularity of Coldplay and then becomes the classic. As Chris Martin(the vocalist) had mentioned that he could not find the right words for the song's lyrics and its specific notion, which he deemed a missing key word in the lyrics, to fit the song's concept. He looked around the studio and found the telephone directory, Yellow Pages, which happened to be situated nearest to him. And Martin later titled the song "Yellow" as a reference to the directory. This kind of spontaneity pours into this song and presents the elements of simplicity in nature and the transformation between the lines. First, the natural archetypes of this song can be the "stars," "skin," and "bone" since they don't need to put something artificial with embellishment. Seen in this light, these features somehow relate to the

I've been snow under with researches lately and have less time to compose poetry. Well, anyway, it's ok. I can experience things more til I find the epiphany. But today, it appears that my presentation catches teacher's eyes somehow. For this presentation, I prepare it for two weeks, can you imagine? Two weeks I could not even sleep well and have foods normally since it was a very huge plan to get down til the end. However, the presentation has still been continued due to teacher's talkativeness and interruption of my presentation. But it's ok though, at least I have relieved the anxiety in some sort of degree. There was no denying that it took me a long time to research the issue and details for Virginia's work, Orlando . Nonetheless, the more information and text I dig it out, the more treasure and notion I obtain. Some might be cool, but others might be boring. No matter what, I still wish I could do something for the analysis and reflection of any types of a

For all of the teachers vary, I know the differences of their temperaments. But now, I'm too excited to talk logically, not sure for the drugs(coffee) or musica or something that push me to the highest peak. David, thank you, thank you so much for appreciating my film review. However there are some mistakes in grammars and collocation, anyway, you see I can't even write well in this article, not to mention the logical way of thinking. I don't need to reason right now, and don't want to reason somehow. Lucas, you made me. Thank you so much again, I do love you indeed 'cause you are my inspiration, which is always on my mind, there's no one like you, one of a kind. A humane doctor exists, I believe; you, a humane teacher right there catches my eyes! I LOVE YOU, Lucas, very much with all my heart, no less than Keane since you light up my life in every moment when I stumble along.

Today I had a terrible treatment from one of my teachers. Her class could be more meaningful if she had treated her students well. But today, as usual, the day for students to make their presentations turns to Mike. I think he did a not bad job for his presentation even though it was not the academic style. But it seemed that the teacher didn't please at all for she considered that the notion and viewpoints were too shallow to be demonstrated. She should tell us what to do rather than show her depreciation right on the ppt. And the point was that, she didn't even make it clear for how to make ppt of our own and exemplify the model for us. We are just senior, what does she want us to please her depends on how she clarifies and demonstrates the ppt making for us. In general, the ppt made in academic style must be annoying and complicated at first for seniors. Nevertheless, her patience, concern and encouragement are extremely in the shortage of learning. In addition, there were s

These days something irritated me since my headphone got stuck. Maybe it was nothing for other people, but I was pretty anxious and angry about its failed function. The reason was that the sound of my headphone could be listened very clearly; however, the voices from the people were barely heard. This odd phenomenon began the day before yesterday and I could hardly deal with it 'cause it occurred so immediate that I was too late to react. But, no matter what, it was a tough time for me to endure the problem of my headphone. If you were a music maniac, you might feel what I truly felt! Due to my enthusiasm for music, especially British rock 'n' roll, I live for music with all my heart. So if there were no voices from those bands, only melody presented might make me feel a bit lonely though those bands have a great talent in composing such tremendous and unusual melody. Well, perhaps I just need somebody to talk to me at night, privately 'cause for me, no musica, no vid

I'm pretty glad I've made the decision of my own. Because I have been always recognized as the Hamlet who seems to live in this modern time, I usually become very indecisive and melancholy. Oh, god, yeah, it is me, truly me, believe it or not. Besides, it occurs to me to think about a character in The Merchant of Venice , written by Shakespeare. That guy is Antonio. This week teacher asked us why Antonio still lends a great deal of money to Bassanio. My interpretation for this question might focus on the psychological aspect of Antonio. The story is set for them as a pair of good friend. However, Antonio is born to be melancholy for no reasons, but he sometimes is looking forward to seeing Bassanio come over. Seen in this light, I wonder Antonio has a great passion on getting together with Bassanio since Antonio feel a great comfort and relief from Bassanio through talking with and getting together with him. The moment they spend seems to give Antonio an inexplicable feeling

Today I'm not going to take the pills 'cause I'm too tired to have it. And you know, the consequence... might do me no good as sleeping at night. But anyway, David's course always surprises me since his thinking and perspective are so unusual than any other persons! He just showed us the movie today and through watching that movie, it seemed that I could feel his way of observing and interpreting for his viewpoints that he was eager to expressing. It also made David so different from other teachers and people. But why, it seemed I understood solely what the notion he tried to imply. Why couldn't others feel the same as I do? This kind of intensity from David and the meaning of this movie conclude the importance of individual existence against the absolute code in this institutional society. "To see others don't." Yeah, this word is what I exactly want to illustrate. So many times I try, and so much failure I suffer from. Perhaps it's not the failu

She patted me on my shoulder, Asking if I was alone I straightened up my trouser, Replying, "oh, I, um, ready, to go..." Then she said, "yeah, come on, It's time you went home." My mind were just in a whirl, For I must have lost in words And she kept asking me with a smile, "Where do you live? I can take you home." "Where? my home?" I pondered It seemed to me it was long time ago, And something was off top of my head, "What does home look like? I don't think I have one But there's one thing I know That's You and I For now, here, this moment, To where I belong."

Most of the time I'm kind of hard to define what I am truly holding on. A new semester has begun. It's time to do things regularly and to plan the future seriously. But why do I have this isolated feeling and try to escape from the reality? It's quite weird. Well, I am a Senior now, the elderest in the university. I've noticed that I get no attention at all while walking on campus. I am out of the family, apparently, the family of OUR school. This era is not my time, my days, and my lives. I am like an old earthworm, creeping along from the highest to the lowest, from the lightness to the darkness, and from the happiness to the hopelessness. This transformation processes in a silence, moves around without any trace. But somehow I feel peaceful all the time when staying at school. This feeling is more stable and confortable as if I rambled through the river in a boat. It seems I am a monitor, passing by the river, watching the plant flourish on shore without any voice

I saw him in frock coat and stumbling along He seemed to wander through the Wall Street all day long Here my coworker messaged me for waiting a song So I could keep watching him that others did none He glimpsed at me And he was walking toward me Seemed to say something to me Then he started fixing his eyes on me Before brushing past me slowly I became frozen as looking steadily At his unutterable countenance For I had never seen such tired eyes Trying to be such a dauntless guy Someone might call the police He was aware of it but didn't please To be sent to the corner in particular Where was full of terrible junkers But since when my mouth didn't close which I might not notice I...I think I had nothing to say I was just waiting for someone the other day. Picture source

     This year I'd like to thank a gang who makes me strong in mental side. Perhaps they are not so popular that most people have heard of them in Taiwan. However, their music has rooted in my mind and cannot be taken place by any other bands.      Most people regard Bach as a great musician composing such the sublime music, but Keane also unfold another face of composing such the sublime music in this modern time. Keane's songs might be contributed to Tim Rice-Oxley, who is the composer, keyboardist and soul of the band. Keane, as a piano rock band, contain the richness of constraint on the surroundings they've perceived and gone through in their music. The detail of each notes implies and even reveals the emotion and contemplation of me. Besides, it's weird that their songs can hardly please me at once but have to listen again and again as I explore the tune which might be paid less attention to. With Keane's music, it arouses my memory by revisiting

Everything that she needs to be cynical for she can hardly bear something faithful and it brings her a great feeling that's wonderful You tell her: be cheerful about it He says to her: be grateful for it I tell her: be yourself toward it As you absorb the immense smell Now the sea should lie peacefully but this spiral is blew quite powerful in the wind only if the wave feels in a silence at the end of the coast and that may turn out to be wonderful.

Today I asked my classmate a question about the talent in our age. I’ve been wondering about my talent and capability at present because there are lots of young stars such Taylor Swift, Scotty McCreery, the Wanted…etc. who have been nowadays singing so well and become the popular stars little by little. Nevertheless, the importance is that I am as young as them; we even have the same age. But why, I am almost nothing to show or perform in front of the crowds. Perhaps I don’t have the background of entertainment, of musical talent, and of any professional performance skills. What’s more, the culture in Asia actually still lies in the condition of study─You must study very very hard to get good grades, stable jobs and even better life at last. But sometimes I wonder why I need to do these things for “good”? Are those things really good for me? How do you know what I feel about? Therefore, doing those things makes me confuse and blind the future from time to time. The young singers have r

            If you want me to describe how I feel about the songs R.E.M.(Rapid Eye Movement) composed, I will tell you it's like you are drinking a cup of ground coffee which has poured some milk inside a moment ago. Why do I need to put this kind of description? Because the ground coffee is like the traditional element, it seems that a coffee bean is perfectly made, sharpened or even undergone a period of washing, becoming much smaller for making a cup of drink. Then pouring some milk to "fresh" this hot coffee means it can contain a new element and even combine both of them. Finally, it becomes a cup of good fragrance coffee which lights up your extraordinary exploration. And its amazement is that their music somehow presents the old-fashioned tune and rhythm. Yet its lyrics imply the flaw in this modern society. Seen in this light, there is one song from their new album   Collapse Into Now , called "Uberlin," which shows this kind of style for it.