tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46131706414716281502024-03-08T07:26:08.775-05:00Shen-anigansAndy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-58070852596236517412024-01-11T22:37:00.003-05:002024-01-11T22:37:35.372-05:00RamenSitting there after enjoying bowl of ramen with a beer. They both sat there in front of the noodle bar contented."So... show me the photos, where's the bling bling. I know for a fact that there's always an obligatory ring picture."The engaged one took out the phone and after searching and swiping for a bit, produced a photo of the happy couple..."Wow the ring looks great, that's a big rock"The Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-76781314516522829022023-06-18T17:50:00.008-04:002023-07-19T19:32:29.272-04:00Past Lives“But the the truth I learned here is, you had to leave because you’re youAnd the reason I liked you is because you’re you,And who you are is someone who leaves…To Arthur, you’re someone who stayed”"The Na Young you remember doesn’t exist here But that little girl did exist, she’s not sitting here in front of you, but it doesn’t mean she’s not realTwenty years ago, I left her behind with you”Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-74898008709264131632023-05-25T01:00:00.001-04:002023-05-25T01:07:10.710-04:00LionStanding there in the room where the crowd had almost cleared up after an event. She recounted the troubles of trying to work through their differences, efforts. What he said, what she said, what he did, what she did, what he didn't do...At first, she was still smiling, words laced with anger, sarcasms abound."I'm done". She said that with such confidence you almost believed her."So Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-53212726621062315272023-03-01T00:31:00.004-05:002023-05-19T18:12:06.702-04:00牛肉面店老板I finished "Women in Tapei" (台湾女子图鉴) in December. There was a character in the earlier episodes, when the main character first got to Taiwan. She met a young man who is the owner of a beef noodle shop, and they started dating.She however in the next episode, decided that she didn't want this, as the man was content with being a beef noodle shop owner for the rest of his life. This was therefore Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-13843484501506325642022-10-25T00:00:00.006-04:002023-05-25T01:01:01.548-04:00Summer and Fall我不是流言 不能猜测你疯狂的游戏 需要谁准许 别人怎么说 我都不介意我爱不爱你 日久见人心爱久见人心 - 梁静茹 下雨只不过 有谁为你刚哭过 孤独只不过 一人走一段缓坡 成熟只不过 等一切都不假思索 心偶尔执着 在过于喧嚣的场所在青春迷失的咖啡馆 - 王心凌
我好吗 有谁能倾听 有谁会同情 独自等雨过天晴 等不回当时 拥抱的激情 我很好 说给昨天听 跟今天一言为定 换一张明天的风景 自己和自己同行我好吗 - 梁静茹Summer has come and gone. Fall has almost come and gone.Wish everyone's operations are successful, focus.When I'm feeling it, I should translate the Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-15007578012528283492022-08-30T00:47:00.004-04:002022-08-30T00:47:47.618-04:00PhoHe look relaxed, sitting back in the chair."I mean, I went to the doctors and got the diagnosis, it wasn't great."He pointed to his head area."Scheduled for more tests going forward."He leaned forward... "well I wanted to get an opinion of someone who's on the other side of things...""Right, well, I mean, the first thing that you need to deal with... is the parents. And I'm all about problem Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-66365574311474550462022-06-11T21:46:00.002-04:002022-06-11T21:46:29.211-04:00Chapter 8.3: Moving (on)I moved.It's exhausting as all hell and extremely taxing on myself. Moving while during a pandemic doubles that exhaustion. I do appreciate the help that I’ve gotten from friends and family. Though I’ll definitely be looking at movers if I’d ever do it again.I’m still picking up the pieces of this new place. These last couple of months were me going through and reporting issues with the place. Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-20467194751125853332022-01-04T02:15:00.012-05:002022-04-14T01:47:56.594-04:00Chapter 8.2: AnxietyAnxiety.I stopped my Instagram this year. Truth is, I didn't want to check up on people. I keep thinking if this is me running away in the umpteenth time. Yet, I know, if I didn't stop... the anxiety will creep up again.This year, the first half of the year, I experienced insomnia for the second time. It was sobering, I honestly didn't think I would be suffering from that level of anxiety, all Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-58925906564207156252021-12-29T23:00:00.001-05:002021-12-30T01:29:24.403-05:00Chapter 8.1: SongThis year, I found a song that's... closer to the heart.From Chapter 1... to now.Older - Sasha Alex SloanThe older I get, the more that I seeMy parents aren't heroes, they're just like meAnd loving is hard, it don't always workYou just try your best not to get hurtI used to be mad but now I knowSometimes it's better to let someone goIt just hadn't hit me yetThe older I getI'm at that point where Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-26584627970106691252021-07-18T19:29:00.001-04:002021-07-18T19:29:07.323-04:00Bench
When he walked past them, their backs were turned against each other on the bench.It was as if they were talking to imaginary people on either side. They weren’t talking, yet their expressions said everything. He sat down near them, purely out of necessity. There weren’t any other available benches to sit on. All of them were taken up by people wanting to enjoy the sun out. He needed Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-46404356723649119222021-07-17T17:20:00.000-04:002021-07-17T17:20:26.904-04:00Playlist/播放列表: 5 Stages - DepressionEdit 7/17:Added someone I found recently, JP Saxe.Depression (沮丧)
Won't Even Start - David Choi
渐渐 - 赵薇
搞笑 - 罗志祥
Wish You Were Here - Avril Lavigne
失忆的金鱼 - 杨丞琳
Happier - Ed Sheeran
就让这首歌 - 张震岳
冰雨 - 刘德华
眼泪的名字 - 谢安琪
Consequences - Camila Cabello
참 쓰다 - Lee Ming JungA Little Bit Yours - JP Saxe
Everyone feels sad in their own way.
In that sense, you tend to gravitate to the songs that speak to you.Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-69331712769668097552021-06-20T02:13:00.005-04:002021-06-23T21:28:28.821-04:00Father / SonFather's Day wasn't something that was in my lexicon for the longest time when I was young. These days it carries a little more weight, though it's not official celebrated.There are two songs that remind me of dads in general. 1 in English, 1 in Chinese.Cat Stevens - Father and SonThis song is in the perspective of a father giving his son some advice. I actually heard it first in Guardians Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-70292229263599838362021-06-12T01:15:00.004-04:002021-06-28T00:02:13.850-04:00Past + Present: Past Life3/3I'm trying to be honest with my happinessDon't know why I'm bad at this, uhAnd I don't wanna sit in all my sadnessI know it's a habit of mine我试图坦诚面对我的幸福不知道为何这么难而我不想一直沉迷于我的忧伤里我知道这是我的嗜好Perfect, perfect timingI start what I don't know how to endDon't re-, don't remind meI ruined it before it began, oh完美,完美时机我开始了但我不知道如何结束别再,别再提醒我我在它开始前就把它搞砸了Last night was the last night of my past lifeGot me here Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-15562210892768933912021-05-31T00:59:00.002-04:002021-05-31T00:59:33.299-04:00LightsHe set a direction in this GPS for home.Wait, is there still light out? He looked at his watch, 8:30, there's still time perhaps.Updating his destination, he started driving.________It was already very dark when he got there, almost.He walked up the hill, he didn't expect there to be the overgrown trees, though to be fair the last time he was here was in winter.At the spot where he took the last Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-77984057527722586782021-04-25T23:40:00.000-04:002021-04-25T23:40:10.494-04:00Present: exile 2/3I can see you standing, honeyWith his arms around your bodyLaughin', but the joke's not funny at allAnd it took you five whole minutesTo pack us up and leave me with itHoldin' all this love out here in the hall亲爱的,我看的见你站在那里他的手搂在你身上笑着跟本不好笑的笑话你只花了五分钟的时间结束了我们,留下我一个人在走廊里守护这余温____________________I think I've seen this film beforeAnd I didn't like the endingYou're not my homeland anymoreSo Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-11281323554148454132021-04-24T23:30:00.000-04:002021-04-25T22:35:33.305-04:00Past: cardigan1/3A friend to all is a friend to noneChase two girls, lose the oneWhen you are young, they assume you know nothin'若都是朋友就是没有知己脚踏两船,得不到唯一当你年轻时,他们都觉得你什么都不懂_________________But I knew youPlaying hide-and-seek and giving me your weekends, II knew youYour heartbeat on the high line, once in 20 lifetimes, I但我懂你一起玩捉迷藏,于我共度每个周末我懂你你的心从未如此悸动,是20个来生里第一次_________________To kiss in cars and downtown bars was Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-13090078939349612482021-04-04T02:53:00.003-04:002021-04-11T15:14:53.362-04:00This is... AsheI have never heard of Ashe until this song came on as part of YouTube's recommendation.The lyrics are so personal that I was wondering if it was personal experience.Turns out it was.I'm not going to repeat what the video at the end is going to tell you, but this talks a lot about her journey and how she came about to write this song about her ex-husband.Moral of the Story - AsheThis song is Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-15248441336809682362021-03-20T00:23:00.001-04:002021-03-20T00:44:31.656-04:00Minari: what it means to be foreign
After I saw Minari, I told someone that I found it "generic".I would like to take that statement back.Minari is a 2020 film starring Steven Yuen, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung.A Korean family that moved to Arkansas from California to start a new life, along with their daughter and son. I see a dad trying his hardest to make something of himself. To have a new start. I Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-1584253639383545762021-03-11T23:50:00.005-05:002021-03-20T00:18:02.349-04:00CakeHe was crossing the road, warm day, picking up some groceries.He saw her. Though, she looked disheveled, unsure of her surroundings. Not going to lie, he thought she was one of the homeless wanting some change.Unconscious biases can be tricky to dismantle, as he walked past she reached out to him, trying to flag him down.In that moment, he stopped playing his music."Hi, can you help me take a Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-42325678508228896632021-03-06T20:28:00.001-05:002021-05-19T21:46:17.397-04:00drivers licenseUsually songs that have explicit versions and clean (Radio Edit) versions are either censored or edited to a way that's unnatural.Take P!nk's "Fucking Perfect" vs "Perfect"Explicit"Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel, like you're less than, fucking perfect"Clean "Pretty pretty please, don't you ever ever feel, like you're less than, less than perfect"The lyrics removes the burst Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-70117151123090341492021-03-04T00:10:00.000-05:002021-03-04T00:10:57.586-05:00Playlist/播放列表: 5 Stages - AcceptanceUpdated: 04/03/2021Removed a song and added "Moral of the Story" - AsheAcceptance (接受)
Let Her Go - Passenger
还是要幸福 - 田馥甄
我很好, 那么你呢? - 王心凌
那些女孩教我的事 - 品冠
Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson
爱的代价 - 张艾嘉
开始懂了 - 孙燕姿
Always Remember Us This Way - Lady Gaga
我好吗 - 梁静茹Moral of the Story - Ashe
如果这就是爱情 - 张靓颖
Acceptance in any way shape of form.
It could be bittersweet, could be liberating, could even be taking Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-49410314901240044492021-03-02T00:39:00.002-05:002021-03-02T12:30:11.810-05:00BeachHe brought along one of those smaller beer cans, ones that could fit into a soda sleeve.Despite it being a good sunny day, the wind was still blowing strong, doubly so where we are. The ice, now broken up into large pieces by the warming weather, is moving along with the current. Two birds stood on top of one of the pieces, seemingly enjoying the trip they are on."There are 3 women I've ever Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-74355776220387829982021-02-20T12:39:00.006-05:002021-12-09T23:57:24.659-05:00Quotes"But I met someone. And she's helped. And now I want to stay clean. And shit! Maybe that's... Maybe that's me being selfish. And Ali just scared the shit out of me because he told me that it wasn't gonna last. And, fuck, you know what? Maybe you're right. But I really, really, really, hope you're wrong."- Rue (Euphoria / '03 Bonnie and Clyde)____________"Everything that's good to you ain't alwaysAndy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-73330285700808914102021-02-14T23:32:00.001-05:002021-06-29T23:51:29.885-04:00Pomelo Looking out the window, people at the skating rink are leaving. It is getting late, isn't it.A thought suddenly pops into his head... huh that's weird. Why is this thought suddenly coming up, and why is there an urge to speak it.Throughout the night there's been a lot of conversations going on, a lot of talking, a lot of understanding and heartfelt feelings.It's beginning to turn into a Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613170641471628150.post-25489720680462718862021-02-08T00:13:00.003-05:002021-02-20T12:20:06.469-05:00后来的我们 / Us & ThemI never thought to watch this movie when it first came out. Though because of Hebe Tien (田馥甄)'s song in the OST that I already knew about this film. I believe it was Netflix's first distribution of a film made in China.Though this was before I saw who directed this film. Rene Liu (刘若英), and this is her directorial debut. If that name rings any bell, she sang a lot (read a lot) of ballads in the Andy Shenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454858337613741233noreply@blogger.com0