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上星期天,我到一間小花圃做春節直播。
以我的慣例,我如果用到店家的地方,我都會買些東西,不佔他人做生意的便宜。
那天開直播前,本想通知店員一聲,但因為急著在一個時間點前結束,忘得一乾二淨,就有勞我師兄去物色購買適合的盆景。
當時有三位員工 - 兩位華族女子,一位異族外勞男子。
開播到一半時,男員工看到我先生的手機正播映著我的直播。
「哇!這是現場直播嗎?」他很興奮地問我先生,「在哪裡可以看?」
「你可以在臉書看。」
男員工二話不說,拿出手機,開啟臉書應用程序,請我先生為他找出我的臉書。先生輸入我的名字後,接下來就更好笑了。
我當時毫不知情,因為專注在直播。
結束後,我翻看按讚名單時,還想著怎麼會有異族朋友的名字。後來,先生才告訴我事情的來龍去脈。
昨天在剪輯直播,想這星期上傳到Youtube時,才發現那位男員工還向我鏡頭揮手,並展示播放著我直播的手機螢幕。😂
雖然我全程都說著華語,但想必他應該或多或少都聽得懂吧!
這畫面非常有趣,因為幾天前,一位女讀者來訊詢問我批八字的收費。(我服務的收費都列在:www.qianyu.sg/consultations 有中文網頁功能)
這女讀者說,我影片裡的資訊非常準確及珍貴。
我感謝她告訴我,因為我沒有印象在臉書互動裡看過她的名字。
她說她害羞。
這讓我想起另一位女客人,也曾說過類似的話。她說她一向很低調,所以雖然獲益匪淺,但從沒想過要按讚。
我問她:
萬一我寫了那麼多,卻得不到觀眾按讚的肯定,以致我放棄寫作與拍片呢?
她沒回答我。
我笑說,我雖不會因此而放棄,因為我曾經發過願,我也會用我的一生去履行我的發願。
但是,只拿不給,非君子所為,而是自私自利。 我也是人,自然也會需要認同感,尤其是寫的又是一些較另類的課題。
給予鼓勵是一種善行,也是一種感謝,無論是通過按讚、留言、分享,或告訴我。
直接與我貼文互動的好處是有時,可以利益其他比我們更需要這訊息的人。
打從我在去年六月底每星期更新Youtube影片後,我收到的詢問也多了。這些詢問當中,好一些是因為他們的臉書朋友分享了我的影片,而認識我。
他們的臉書朋友並不知道他們來找我服務。
畢竟,我們不會向全世界公佈我們的貼身問題。很多時候,向一個陌生人傾述你的問題,比向朋友訴苦還有用,因為那位陌生人有解決你問題的能力。
我在網路寫作已有三年半的時間,看過數百人。表面上看來是我在幫助人,但如大聖佛陀所言,眾生讓我們實踐自己的修行,幫助我們開悟成佛的人。
這是個互相利益的循環。
見的人越多,我越覺得娑婆世界如浮雲,終究沒有任何人事物是自己的。
寫作拍片越多,自己的思維與志向越明確。
我看到到因果的可怕,不想要我客人那般的命運,因此我更加謹言慎行。我親眼目睹貪、嗔、痴如何能毀掉一個人的人生,所以我打開自己的心房,學習把大愛放送出去,放下不利益他人的固執想法。
因此,感謝妳、你、您幫助我成為一個更好的人,幫我找到我的人生目標。這輩子,我從來沒有做一件事那麼開心過,我也想要一生就這樣做下去。
希望我也能幫助到你,盼你也能幫到別人。
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So last Sunday, I went to a plant stall to do a CNY Live.
As per my usual practice, I would always buy something from the shop if I use its premises. I don’t take advantage of other people’s businesses.
That day, I wanted to preempt the plant stall staff but in my haste to start my Live, I plain forgot about it. So the husband went about looking for a plant to buy on my behalf.
There were about three staff - two ladies and the gentleman standing behind me in this photo.
Halfway through my Live, the male staff saw the handphone screen of the Husband’s.
“Wah! It’s Live ah?” He excitedly asked the husband. “How to see?!”
“You can see on Facebook!”
The staff whipped out his mobile phone and opened the Facebook app. Then the husband typed in my profile name and what followed next was comical.
I wasn’t aware as I was very focused on presenting to my Live audience.
After the Live ended, I looked through the list of Likes to see who engaged with my video.
And I was wondering why there were some foreign names.
Then the husband told me what transpired.
Yesterday while editing the Live for my Youtube upload this week, I realised at one point in time, the staff also waved to my camera and flashed his handphone screen of my Live. 😂
I bet he somewhat understood what I said, despite it being in Mandarin.
It was an interesting moment because few days ago, a lady PM me to inquire about my Bazi consultation fee. (It’s all listed at www.qianyu.sg/consultations btw)
She told me the information in my videos were accurate and valuable.
I thanked her for telling me because I had never seen her name appeared in my engagement list.
She told me she was shy.
This reminded me of a Bazi client who told me the same thing. That client said she had always been low profile, so she did not think to Like my posts even though she benefitted from it.
I told the client:
But what if I stopped writing and filming because I received no or little affirmation from the audience?
She didn’t answered me.
I laughed and said I would not stop because I had made an aspiration in the past. I had made it my lifetime goal to keep my words.
But to be only taking and not giving is always selfish. I am human. And humans always need to feel belonged in one way or another. Even more so when I am writing about unorthodox topics.
Giving encouragement is a form of kindness and showing appreciation, be it through post engagements or telling me now.
The good thing about direct post engagement is that it benefits others, who may need the message more than us.
Since I started weekly uploads to YouTube in June, a lot more queries come in every month. A number of them know me, due to their FB friends sharing my videos on their timeline.
Thing is, their FB friend does not have a clue that they watched my video and came to seek my service.
We don’t go around telling the whole world our problems, you see.
Sometimes, it’s easier to tell a stranger who has the solutions, than a friend who can only tell you to think about happier things.
I have been posting online for 3.5 years and have met hundreds of people. Perhaps to you, it seems that I am helping people.
But like what Buddha says, the sentient beings are here to help us actualise our spiritual practice, to attain enlightenment and Buddhahood.
It is a reciprocal cycle. The more people I see, the more I realise how transient this Samsara world is. The more I write and film, the clearer I am in my thinking and aspirations.
I don't wish to have the kind of destinies I deal with, so I am more careful in my doings and thoughts. I see first-hand how greed, ignorance and anger can kill people, so I have opened up my heart to give out more love and let go of stubborn beliefs that benefit no one.
So thank you to you, you and you for helping me to be a better person and giving me a holy purpose in this life. I have never been happier in my entire lifetime and I want to do this for as long as I live.
I hope I can do the same for you, so that you will do the same for others too.
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寫得挺好的,我喜歡
***以下內容來自 不務正業小醫師的唱跳讀寫誌 ***
[特別篇01]
Still embrace:偶像出題的填詞挑戰,我怎麼可以錯過!
講了很多別人的作品,不知道大家會不會已經聽膩了呢?好像該分享一些自己寫的作品了──
正當我這麼想時,正好就看到吳海文這個有趣的小小社會實驗。本來覺得英文歌詞我並不拿手,沒有打算挑戰。但是看完影片後,我覺得實在太有趣了,忍不住想了一個晚上,於是也填了一個自己的版本。
這篇創作分享影片真的很有趣,大家也點開來看看吧!
我的粉絲專頁教的是歌詞創作,有歌詞賞析、創作故事、創作雜談等分類,以華語歌為主,但是也接受台語歌或英語歌的挑戰。
#阿凱老師的歌詞教室
#歌詞創作教學 #填詞挑戰 #lyrics
Verse 1
Do you still remember then?
When we first began a dance?
I asked your name. They passed the chants along the shining band.
If once again, would you still hold my hands?
Chorus 1
If after all, love is a maze,
All the fairytales are covered half in haze.
If after all, you're not my babe,
I won't escape, once I learned how you taste.
Verse 2
Is this where the story ends?
When we lied we'd still be friends?
I guess that's why young lovers were never considered wise.
As I looked back, I finally knew the price.
Chorus 2
If after all, love is a maze
Lies too many promises within a haste.
If that's not all, pain's what it takes,
I'll still embrace, cuz you're my best mistake.
(填詞挑戰 Still embrace 吳海文作曲)
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不免俗地,還是按照我的課綱架構來賞析一下自己填的詞。
一、押韻
因為作曲者有提示押韻的方向,所以韻腳的挑選就明確很多,朝著常用的套路,還是可以發想出許多漂亮的句子。最後,還剩一些韻腳blaze、face、pace沒有用到。
不過我發現,英文的押韻寬鬆化還是跟中文不太一樣,對於不同的結尾子音-aze和-ake有時候不影響聽覺體驗,但長母音的/e/卻明顯比/æ/或/ε/來得悠揚許多。所以,我沒有挑選head、bed、thread這些短母音的韻腳,主歌則是挑選hand、dance、ends這些鼻韻的字來延長尾音,配合樂句的節奏。
二、結構
兩段主歌本來打算使用倒敘法,先講即將分開的現在,然後回頭看剛認識的時候,帶出不是每段感情都有結果的主題,再用回頭看起來,任何愛情都還是很值得開始來做結尾。
不過,Is this where the story ends的畫面感比較模糊而且偏直接突兀,不太適合用在開頭,所以還是把它拉到主歌二做自問自答來讓主角糾結。
兩段副歌我還是使用排比手法,第二句用空間的景色covered in haze和時間的倉促within a haste來呼應,第四句用感情開始前的心情「即使不順利我也不會逃」來對應結束後的心情「再選一次我還是會擁抱」。
副歌二第三句我稍微改了一下,把if after all改成if that's not all,唱到這類的小轉折時容易打動聽眾的淚腺。
三、主題
我非常同意吳海文在影片裡面講的「punch line」,也就是一首歌最重要的一句詞必須要是情感強烈的,而不能純說理,會讓人難以共感。同樣的,也不能每一句詞都是punch line,每一句話都正中不同的紅心會讓一首歌語詞太銳利,主題也會無法聚焦。
Punch line通常也會跟歌名有關,歌名最常出現在一個段落的第一句和第四句,其次是第三句。在這次填的詞裡,Love is a maze、still embrace、best mistake都是比較強烈的,可以當作歌名,最後不選Love is a maze是因為以前好像已經有同名的歌曲了,不選Best mistake則它似乎無法代表整首歌的主題。
而選擇了Still embrace是因為embrace也代表探戈舞的舞姿,和主歌的dance、hold my hands都跟跳舞有關,可以互相呼應。不過整體而言,我還是覺得punch line稍弱、主題(在舞會認識)也稍嫌老套了點。
四、修辭
原本寫All the fairytales are meant for those insane,韻腳insane音律勉強可以合,但語義不夠明確。特別去查到haze這個韻腳的意思(陰霾),可以表達意境就改為現案。
原本寫When we said we'd still be friends,檢查的時候覺得太多歌使用過,有些了無新意,改一個字lied比較畫龍點睛,效果很好。
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因為有好一段時間是自己作詞作曲,很久沒有填詞了。這次有機會填出自己也很喜歡的英文作品,感覺能力也往前跨出了一步,真的很感謝有吳海文的這個企劃。
如果你也喜歡,也順手幫我分享吧!
***以上內容來自 不務正業小醫師的唱跳讀寫誌 ***
haste中文 在 蕭叔叔英式英文學會 Uncle Siu's British English Club Facebook 的精選貼文
好型好型的文字。
#蕭叔叔講莎士比亞【煽動顛覆分裂國家的文字】
[明報專訊]話說四月二十三號是英國大文豪莎士比亞的四百週年忌辰,不少英美作家都在不同的傳媒寫文拍片悼念這位argubly是英國語文最偉大的作家。蕭叔叔也湊湊熱鬧,在自己的Facebook專頁做講故佬,拍幾段短片分享自己最喜歡的莎劇對白。今天蕭叔叔選了其中一段同大家分享,這段來自莎士比亞的歷史悲劇Julius Caesar凱薩大帝。這段文字不太出名,但是很有「火」,很具煽動性。
話說古羅馬時代的凱撒大帝打了幾場勝仗,在左右手Mark Anthony協助下準備稱帝,打算獨攬國家的權力。當地的仕紳豪族當然不願,於是密謀刺殺凱撒。蕭叔叔選的這段對白,說話的是仕紳Cassius,對象是同樣是當地貴族的Casca。
Cassius:
And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep:
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds.
Those that with haste will make a mighty fire
Begin it with weak straws: what trash is Rome,
What rubbish and what offal, when it serves
For the base matter to illuminate
So vile a thing as Caesar!
頭三句的大意是:為什麼凱撒能成為獨裁者?為什麼他會成為嗜血,嗜權的豺狼?歸根究底,是因為羅馬人都是乖巧聽話服從的綿羊。留意第三句的but字,不是「但是」的意思,而是「只是」。所以Romans are but sheep意思是:羅馬人只是綿羊。
第四句是差不多意思,假如羅馬人不是容易捕獲的羚羊,獵物,凱撒又怎能成為這頭猛獅?留意後半句用了倒裝的詞序,以表達condition的語氣。用比較常見的詞序寫,這後半句是:if Romans were not hinds.
中文有句說話:星星之火,可以燎原,是說熊熊的山火,也是由零星火頭開始的,指做大事不怕開始時力量微薄。想不到莎士比亞的文字也有相似的一句:Those that with haste will make a mighty fire begin it with weak straws. 大意:熊熊烈火,也是由小小的稻草開始的。Cassius說這句話的意思很明顯:凱撒好像力強勢大,但拯救羅馬的大業,就是由我們這些小勢力開始的。
最後一句很長,句式複雜,但意思深遠,用字狠辣,大家可以學學。蕭叔叔試翻譯為現代英文:Rome is only trash and rubbish and offal, if all it does is to serve as the fuel for the fire that brightens up so horrible a thing as Caesar. 中文大意:假如我們把羅馬用作照耀凱撒這個壞人的燃料,那它羅馬就只是個垃圾山。
在Cassius銳利的詞鋒下,Casca毫無抵抗之力,最後加入了刺殺凱撒陣營。
想聽蕭叔叔聲音演繹同解釋這段對白,可到蕭叔叔新開的Facebook專頁《蕭叔叔的英式英文學會》。
蕭叔叔
作者簡介
蕭愷一,aka蕭叔叔。夢想做男神、現實是大叔的英文教學狂熱分子,law grad,哲學碩士dropout,語言學愛好者,以speak English like an educated native為教與學的終極目標。Facebook專頁:《蕭叔叔的英式英文學會》
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