The day I died

        最近愛上Just Jack的音樂，Jack Johnson般的調調雜著濃濃英國倫敦腔。那名號總讓我想到Will & Grace。



        ICRT狂播他的 The day I died.



        一開始以為我聽錯了。廣播永遠開著當背景音樂，很少注意歌詞內容是什麼。直到這個週末，靜下心來。



        The Day I Died - Just Jack



        Drag myself from my bed Around 20 past 6

        Get my kids up make breakfast 1 egg 2 toast 3 weetabix



        And as I sit down I look up

        And your standing in the doorway sun at your back

        in my old brown dressing gown

        Well no one can love you more than I love you now

        but I



        Gotta go running for the bus

        Coat flying and i try not to miss it this time

        But the drivers waiting and that's strange

        Kids on the top deck quiet for a change

        And theres no rain and no roadworks in the

        Bus lane and all my hurts run away

        And im smiling as I'm punching in



        (Chorus)

        The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)

        Tell my friends and my kids and my wife

        everything will be alright

        The day I died was the best day of my life



        Now the secretaries they got a smile for me

        and the in tray on my desks almost empty

        I get a memo from executive joe

        saying Rob the gob is getting kicked out

        for embezzling funds from the company account

        and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't chuffed

        cos i always hated rob

        and now they'll probably offer me robs old job



        And in the park at lunch

        Theres no whinos on my favorite bench

        none of that drunk chatter none of that pissy stench

        and the scrawney little pigeons with the gammy leg

        decide to dine from someone elses sandwich instead

        and there's something about the city today

        like all the colours conspire to overwhelm the grey

        and this close to the fire I can feel no cold

        but a rainbow halo around my soul



        (Chorus)

        The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)

        Tell my friends and my kids and my wife

        everything will be alright

        The day I died was the best day of my life



        So I leave work get to the high street and i miss my bus

        Should i wait for another no I can't be arsed

        I begin to walk and rush hour crowd seem to part

        Like the red sea, and im stopping at the offy

        20 cigerettes and a 6 pack to relax me

        And as I cross back over the street

        I guess i never saw that taxi

       

        dodododododododoood!



        (Chorus)

        The day I died was the best day of my life (2x)

        Tell my friends and my kids and my wife

        everything will be alright 

        The day I died was the best day of my life



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Did you know?

有鑑於上週有人莫名跑到我這裡亂吠的事件。



我只是分享一部短片。並沒有認定中國印度是我祖國或者美國觀點一定正確。



但是，美國人的國際觀還有未來觀讓一位老師做出這個比較。對於一些認定台灣最棒最強的朋友來說，或許有必要看看這種資訊。



人自謙，才能有機會去成就大事。一個國家也是這樣。

中國人台灣人華人

        還不都是地球人?



        在英國待了將近三年後，對這樣政治敏感的議題其實很有感觸。我曾經聽說過，對有些人來說，是不是Taiwanese非常重要，到私底下不跟中國大陸來的Chinese同學相處的地步。



        好在，我們班上、宿舍裡都沒有這種問題。或許是我很幸運吧。



        其實對外國朋友來說，很多時候Chinese代表的是一個種族，而不是單一國籍的人民；所以當有人振振有詞的說I'm not Chinese, I'm Taiwanese的時候，對他們來說是創造了另外一個新的種族民詞。



        所以人家只能尷尬的愣住，然後恍然你在講的，是國家地位問題。



        午休時看到陳昭榮寫的部落格文章上了新聞。



        我想起有一回四個室友請了班上四五個中國同學一起回我們家吃飯，招呼著唯二的兩個台灣女孩一起吃特色料理。少數族群的我們，一邊聽著她們講各自家裡的笑話，一邊默默扒著飯，想說拜託不要問統獨問題...



        一個男孩突然傻呼呼的大聲吆喝：欸，那麼，你們是想統一還是怎麼著?



        兩人對望一眼，臉上三條黑線還沒來的及冒出來，男孩旁邊兩個女孩大力的往他頭上拍下去：人家本來就是獨立的國家，你別無聊了扯什麼政治。



        一陣大笑，我們說：原來你們已經幫我們獨立啦?謝謝謝謝...



        這個話題就此結束。從此以後我們聊的是晚餐要吃什麼、哪時候有空一夥六個人圍著圓桌一起吃飯、什麼時候一起去逛街、誰的報告要怎麼寫...



        講的是同一個語言，那個根源是一樣的，難道不夠嗎?



        一起念中英翻譯的女孩們，彼此之間只分是不是火星人。至於哪個國家來的，只有碰到各自特殊中文用詞才會突然發現：so there is a difference!



        時間久了，台灣來的女孩繞著京片子說下崗；內地來的女孩笑著罵"么壽"。



        其餘的時間呢?逛街、吃飯、拼報告、趕作業、抱頭哭、愛上、失去、生病、發肥、消瘦...一起有的生活，一起有的記憶，一起的曾經。



        Taiwanese or Chinese doesn't really matter anymore.