兩首詩 Pushkin

I loved you

I loved you, and I probably still do.
And for a while, my feeling may remain...
But let my love no longer trouble you,
I do not wish to cause you any pain.
I loved you, and the hopelessness I knew,
The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain -
Made up a love so tender and so true
As may God grant you to be loved again.

(Original Russian:

Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может
В душе моей угасла не совсем;
Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит;
Я не хочу печалить вас ничем.
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно,
То робостью, то ревностью томим;
Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно,
Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим.)

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Night

My voice, to which love lend a tenderness and yearning,

Disturb night's  dreamy calm...  Pale at my bedside burning,

A taper wastes away...  From out my heart there surge

Stift verses, streams of love, that hum and sing and merge.

And, full of you, rush on, with passion overflowing.

I seemed to see your eyes that, in the darkness glowing,

Meet mine... I see your smile...  You speak to me alone,

My friend, my dearest friend...I'm yours...your own. 

(Original Russian:

Ночь

            

Мой голос для тебя и ласковый и томный

Тревожит поздное молчанье ночи темной.

Близ ложа моего печальная свеча

Горит; мои стихи, сливаясь и журча,

Текут, ручьи любви, текут, полны тобою.

Во тьме твои глаза блистают предо мною,

Мне улыбаются, и звуки слышу я:

Мой друг, мой нежный друг... люблю... твоя... твоя!... )

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Both from Chocolate wraps...  :)

Thoughts on movies

captain fantastic:

a movie about a father leads his children with his ideal, living in the woods, hunting, farming...  far far away from other people, and outside world, until his wife's death... 

A very fun movie to watch.  Conflicts happened within family, with father's sister's family, with in laws.  One of the best scenes was when the father and father's sister trying to explain the death of the wife, that scene was brilliant!  But what came out for me was the togetherness of the father's family and the independent of each individual in the family.  Most of all though, the movie showed love, through children's tolerance of their father, sister's never waiver effort in talking to the father, and father's decisions in making compromise in the end.  I love this movie. 

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Only Yesterday,

a movie about a Japanese lady realizing her love of countryside, and a man on a journey while she recalling a lot of her memory at 10 years old.   it is an anime by 宮騎駿. 

This movie is slow and delicate.  it showed many detail in  little girl's life, her first time having pineapple, first period, first and last time, her father slapped her.  The independence of this lady was overwhelming.  From her youth, she is different.   The pacing of the movie was slow for me.  But because of the protagonist's uniqueness, I was very much engaged the whole time.  Japanese anime really is different from other world's cartoons.  The extreme thoughtful setup, like many of the memory sequence was delicately portrayed.  The blurred line and blank space, was really a nice way to express a certain memory.  The narrative of a mature woman and a young girl seemed to be a continued line without too much interruption.  Even at age 27, the lady does not have boy friend, spent her vacation working as a farmer in a countryside...   The music in the movie was special as well, they used a lot of periodical music in japan.  I loved that!    I loved the ending as well. 


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The edge of seventeen

It is a movie about a 17 year girl, with her best friend and her brother together, felt a crisis on hand. 

I loved this movie.  The narrative was purely from that girl's perspective, how she felt, what she saw, what did she do...etc.  I wanted to watch this movie because of woody harrelson.  but what i saw was way beyond him.  a refreshing script, and great acting.  The movie showed by her perspective.  But without being one sided.  The actress in the movie was purely fantastic, grasped the character's mood really well. 

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Logan

i went to theater in the morning, expecting little crowd.  It was filled up! Last portrayal of wolverine by hugh jackman. 

The movie was gritty, real, and filled with emotion.  I heard one of the review said it's like the new batman movie!  I whole heartedly agreed.  I do not know why I love this movie.  The hero was beat down to the ground, the air of hopeless was immense.  Yet, the emotion between professor X, Wolverine, and the girl was such a plot to lure me in! 

I love this movie.