[Series] Big Bang Theory
November 04, 2009
一開始看到這部影集的時候心裡還滿反感的:"喔~~拿宅宅開玩笑是有很開心嗎~~" 後來才發現真的有好笑. 雖然我對漫畫梗一點都不熟, 但是物理梗卻讓我笑翻了, 我真是無可救藥的宅啊~~~
最近無聊的時候再整理以前硬碟裡面留下來的照片, 偶然看到當年 Drake 物理獎的得獎名單, 突然才想到我也曾經想要當個kick-ass的物理學家的啊~~ 如果那次考的再好一點點, 拿到全額獎學金我應該就真的會變成Leonard了. 實在很想說現在好一點, 不過還不是死阿宅一個, 哈哈.
我很少會喜歡每個人物都神經質過頭的影集, 這大概是個例外吧.
P.S. Lie to me 也非常好看. Tim Roth 走路的姿勢真的有G到. XD
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[Photo] 又是夏天的布魯日
July 27, 2009
每一年的夏天總是有些意外, 今年最大的意外是接了這一個拍婚紗的case, 又再一次的去了布魯日.
一直都覺得現在台灣流行的婚禮照片平舖直述沒有趣味, 而婚紗有的時候為了所謂亞洲人的美觀, 太刻意的隱惡揚善, 反倒修到最後我看到的不是新人的照片, 而比較像是模特兒跟假人的綜合體.
很久以來照片裡面看的到的大部分都是朋友. 會拍朋友也不是刻意去拍的, 而是一起出去玩, 想要留下那個瞬間, 那個一閃而過的表情, 就這樣而已. 本來的想法, 也是希望可以這樣做, 邊走邊拍, 不要有太大的壓力. 如果可以, 我希望可以把婚紗拍成兩個人相處互動瞬間的集合, 而不是一直換上平常根本不可能穿的那些衣服, 扮演那些兩個人平時不會扮演的角色. 常常在想我如果真的要拍, 我就給他便服上陣, 約攝影師一起去吃夜市逛街最後去星巴克喝咖啡了. 
雖說講是這樣講啦, 不過拍照當然不是我說了就算的事情, 還是要顧慮到新人, 和新人的朋友跟長輩的觀點. 好在最後拍出來還算可以交差, 因為天候和許多光線複雜場景的考驗, 我也學到很多東西, 也算有一部分有拍到我想做的東西, 真的是很難得的經驗.
其實一開始的拍照並不順利, 只要我一拿出相機, 陽光就躲到烏雲後面去, 甚至更不賞臉的直接下起雨來. 第二天也好不到哪去, 只不過運氣很好的躲過了本來應該在 Amsterdam Bos 被淋濕走不回車子的慘劇, 意外走到了一開頭這張照片的地方. (也因為這場雨原本計畫的都沒有拍到...)
只有帶著反光板小弟/小妹跟兩台破爛手動閃燈的我, 沒有天氣幫忙就會開始綁手綁腳. 而天氣不好還有個壞處, 準備時間會被拉長. 婚紗也不是在拍專業model, 動作表情只要一定下來就僵硬也是沒有辦法的事情.
好在那一天去布魯日來回共計十小時的火車行相當值回票價, 天氣非常幫忙. 而且彼此的配合也漸漸的熟悉起來. 邊走邊拍邊玩, 這才是兩方面最好配合的節奏. 
後來搭馬車的時候還受到外國人的熱烈歡迎. 
最後大家玩開了, 跑去找市政廳前面的一群外國人合照, 這大概是我第一次有明星的fu吧!
"Make some noise please~~"
腦中浮現了NBA總冠軍賽最後一場讀秒時刻, 主場球隊剛蓋了對手一球火鍋, 主力球員對著球迷大喊: "Come on!!! Come on!!!" (這好像不用到 NBA 就可以喊了就是...)
至於為什麼外國人看到我們都很開心的跟我們 congratulations, 最近看到這段影片終於讓我有點豁然開朗的感覺.
結婚本來就應該是這樣開心的事情啊!! 難怪會說在台灣拍婚紗都沒人理了, 我沒有參加過太多同輩的婚禮, 但印象裡就是吃吃喝喝卡拉ok, 加上標準配備投影片, 介紹認識過程大家感動一下就這樣. 當外國人對婚禮的印象是 party, 而我們的印象比較接近 presentation, 反應的差異好像也沒那麼難解釋了.
雖然我不是什麼嗨咖, 但萬一(嗯...萬一...)我要結婚我也要來個嗨咖, 屬於 close friends 的婚禮!! (握)
P.S. 也要謝謝黑寶樂團的兩位主唱, 以及緯蓉同學, Douglas的大力支援, 沒有大家的幫忙就沒有這一次特別的經驗.
當然還有要感謝這次出點子的新人albo跟fy, 沒有你們的信任, 這次的婚紗也沒辦法拍成. 當我前一兩天一直熬夜跟朋友討論照片時, albo跟fy也是連上廁所都在研究前一天拍的照片, 看怎麼樣可以不要那麼僵硬一點. 還有第一天的時候開到太累回家前還在車上小睡了片刻. fy不只身為新娘還要身兼新娘秘書(因為我們這裡沒有會化妝的人...)... 但如果每天都像布魯日那一天的拍照行程的話, 我可以多拍幾次都不會厭倦的. 哈. :)
Posted by Yugo 11:50 PM 2 comments
Andrew Bird @ Paradiso
May 08, 2009
Violin, guitar, whistling one-man band.
從來都不知道小提琴可以這樣玩, 唯一對小提琴在band music的印象大概就是那種以前美國高中校車上總是停不了的半音階solo了. Andrew Bird 剛好把小時候到現在喜歡的東西一整個湊在一起, 因為手指太粗音感不好放棄的小提琴, 到現在的吉他, 小時候的古典音樂, 到現在的jazz, 通通揉在一起而不感覺突兀.
感謝小黑大大的推薦, 要不然我大概也看不了這個到目前為止看到最有誠意(每首歌都玩那麼兇當然很容易拖到兩小時...), 也最有意思(現場比CD好多了, 大概只有一半的歌我會拿來聽吧), 看的最舒服(坐在樓上不用跟巨人一起擠) 的演唱會了. 兩個暖場團雖然都不值一提, 但推一下paradiso讓我們事先知道他們是誰, 心裡早有準備了, 不會像某海開頭的, 亂找一通, 也不選一下...
NPR all songs considered archive
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100059244
推薦 Natural disaster, starting from 28:30
Look upon the field of snow
To find the desert sea
Under the ice the springs will flow to release
Fecundates like a natural disaster, disaster
From the first drop of water
To the rage of Niagara
Collapse upon the forest floor and down
upon your knees
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath
The canopies like a natural disaster, disaster
It's the one that's been happening over and over and over again
No peace in the valleys
Malarial alleys where the kittens have pleurisy
Donning our goggles
Valerian ogles
To see microscopically
A colony of dermestids
Undressed and digested
A grey spotted owl
And a wolf with a lung disease
Collapse upon the forest floor
And down upon your knees
Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath
the canopies like a natural disaster
It's the one that keeps happening over and over and over again
Hmmmm
Quote from HIMYM: "The greatest moment of your life won't necessarily the things that you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you."
"The universe has a plan. The plan is always in motion."
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又是很久沒文章的碎碎念
April 13, 2009
親愛的澳洲萬人迷攝影師說我這blog是不是掛了, 好像的確也是啦, 自從facebook成為在辦公室閒暇的調劑之後, 就越來越懶得寫blog這種東西了.
太硬的東西就不在這裡提了, 只想說我現在進度有些落後, 其實還滿緊張的...
最近接了一個case是到MVRDV去幫忙拍採訪的照片, 第一次接到這樣的assignment還滿緊張的, 再加上突然改時間, 我連閃燈都來不及買, 只好拿著我的metz小手動閃燈(常常會故障 = =)加上道格拉斯兄贊助的40D就硬上了... 好在辦公室的台灣人很熱心的打點了一切, 雖然很多model都不能拍但最後還是拍了應該ok的幾張照片可以交差. (MVRDV辦公室的人真好, 讓我有信心不少 XD)
桌球季也在上周的全勝之後到了一個段落, 最後整季只輸了三場球, 應該是這個division裡最佳的個人成績, 希望下一季可以打更高級的比賽. 下周要幫另一隊替補上場. 對手是據說相當火爆上次差點幹起架來的老人隊, 應該會很有趣. XDD 不過最近去練球進步相當緩慢, 不太有計畫的練球真的沒有甚麼幫助.
吉他課教了好幾堂joe pass的東西, 回來練的也很爽. (其實fingerstyle彈這個比彈一些有的沒的演奏曲正點多了) 可是視譜方面還是遜到掉渣, 基本的爵士和絃轉位都要想好久好久. 到底哪一天才能去bimhuis跟大家一起jam呢...
去了一趟英國, 深深感覺到可以聽得懂旁人在講甚麼, 不必帶著耳機當作甚麼都聽不見的感覺真好. 希望可以努力點可以到想去的地方吧.
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Thrilling Tabletennis Experience
March 27, 2009
After meeting with my new master students in the afternoon, I was expecting to kick axxes in a title-defending tabletennis match tonight (which I did), but it turned out to be one of the most thrilling experiences that I had here.
One of our teammates failed to show up, so we were forced to play the other team with one handicap. That also means there's no long breaks between games. Virtually we played non-stop. My teammate wasn't having his best day. He missed a lot of shots that he normally makes, and he looked to be a bit tired, but still it's certainly not something that I would worry about.
Right before his final match he told me that he has some pain in his chest. I didn't think that's anything serious 'cause he looked to be okay. But after a few points suddenly he couldn't move anymore. He was in severe pain and was struggling to move toward the bench.
In the end he did stay conscious, but to be sure that he's really okay, we stopped playing and called for an ambulance. So then I got my first not-so-exciting ambulance ride. :P I called another teammate of mine to show up and we waited there until his family came around.
It's too bad. I was feeling great tonight and we could have easily had a 6-4 victory if my teammates did his part. But the bottom line is he's alright now and we are also safely home.
P.S.
The story how we got home from the hospital was also a good thriller. The other teammate offered to share a Taxi ride and I kind of voted against that because it's too pricy. Luckily we made it to the last connection all the way from the west of the city to the east.
There were some drunk young people on that tram as well. One of the girls' comment just made my day.
"That girl there said you're really cute." My teammate translated her comment for me.
"Yeah, then she's clearly drunk."
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Sigur Ros @ Heineken Music Hall
November 20, 2008
Wow, that's a two-month drought at this blog already. Things have been going fine. Tabletennis is working for me, and I am also picking up some guitar lessons.
I went to the Sigur Ros concert in Amsterdam. They were really good - for some songs I mean. I have to say that I have a bias toward appealing melodies over anything else. Some of their songs were a bit monotomous for my taste.
The band played in front of them was not so good for the exactly same reason. They have some interesting climax and did a decent job arranging the tune. But the theme was simply too dry - even some ppl who are really into post-rock got tired of it. 
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Game Night
September 15, 2008
今天美國人室友跟未婚妻邀了些朋友來家裡玩 board game, 一開始看他們好像人數四個人剛好, 我就自顧自的跑去看我的周日棒球了, 不過邊看球也是有邊看他們玩. 今天玩的是荷文版的 Civilization. 以前在系康常常看同學在那裡玩各式各樣的 board game, 總是沒啥興趣, 不過今天跟他們玩還滿有趣的, 新手上路最後還應該是第二名吧. (如果沒有聽錯規則, 要把搶劫卡翻出來, 而不是藏起來的話, 我應該會贏這局... ) 以後應該有空也會試試看 Risk 這類的遊戲. :P
不過 SET 這遊戲真不是我的菜, 我的圖像記憶真的有夠差, 只有在很慢的大家都想不出來的 matching 狀態才能偶爾拿到幾分.
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