Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Night colour of London

For some unknown reasons,
London in my memory is always in grey tones,
though this city is, in fact, very colourful,
particularly the night colours--

-Golden Jubilee Bridge






鄰近皇家節慶音樂廳的橋上附有行人專用道
對剛剛聽完音樂會的人來說彷彿是一種緩衝
讓人不疾不徐地沿著橋走回原來喧囂的世界
(Royal Festival Hall 非常體貼地將當日沒有售出的票改成六磅的standby ticket賣給貧窮學生們,對那時的我來說,真是無比的享受。)

-London Eye & Big Ben












有時候會留戀、或是貪圖這醉人夜色
而改走另一座橋,可以一直走回羅素廣場的宿舍
算是相當好的夜間運動。

-Theater for Lion King













Lion King的舞台是我看過最多采多姿的
還沒開場前就覺得很熱鬧,忍不住拍了一張
不過音樂就是沒有其他的音樂劇感人。

-Moving along the Oxford St.


















深夜坐在沿著牛津街前行的巴士上
可以感受到城市生命的律動
不過多半時候我都和人群方向相反
希望早點回到住所
安眠一晚
也許倫敦的夜色對我來說從來就是色彩而已 ,

-Flying above London










要站得夠遠、飛得夠高
才能看到這樣的美麗。

Sunday, April 02, 2006

California on the track

2 years ago, travelling in California.

while it only took 2 or 3 hours to fly from San Diego to San Jose
i chose to take train
because of its slowness-literally "slow", took me more than 12 hours
but it was fun.

the train was called "Coast Starlight"-海岸星光號












attached with dining car and sightseer lounge
the flloor-to- celing windows gave the magnificent scenery along the coast-I spent most of time here when i was awake.










we passed the pacific ocean,









the swamp,









the vine yards,









the state penitentiary(we were informed by the train driver- he seemed to enjoy himself as a tour guide, always remind us to see the "unmissable" scenes),








the "bigness" and "emptiness" of land,








the solitude of a streetlamp,










the stylish but abandoned station,









the seemingly timelessness scene,









and even the rainbow.