if there’s a rocket tie me to it

"A fire, a fire
You can only take what you can carry

A pulse, your pulse
It’s the only thing I can remember

I break, you don’t
I was always set to self-destruct, though

The fire, the fire
It cracks and barks like primal music"

[Snow Patrol, If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It, A Hundred Million Suns]

Hitlist #421
March 30th, 2009
1. 1 (4) SNOW PATROL, If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It
2. – (1) ALEXANDER RYBAK, Fairytale
3. 3 (6) JJ LIN, 期待爱
4. 13 (8) KELLY CLARKSON, My Life Would Suck Without You
5. 2 (10) 周杰伦, 魔术先生
6. 11 (2) PLACEBO, Battle For The Sun
7. 19 (6) MANDO DIAO, Dance With Somebody
8. 7 (9) ARCHIVE, Bullets
9. 4 (4) 萧敬腾, 王子的新衣
10. 5 (7) PET SHOP BOYS, Love Etc.
11. 9 (5) DEPECHE MODE, Wrong
12. – (1) U2, Magnificent
13. 6 (8) BANG GANG, Ghosts From The Past
14. 8 (9) U2, Get On Your Boots
15. 12 (5) 王力宏, 春雨里洗过的太阳
16. 15 (3) TAKE THAT, The Garden
17. 10 (7) COLDPLAY, Life In Technicolour II
18. – (1) PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH, Black Hearted Love
19. 14 (14) THE KOOKS, Mr. Maker
20. 20 (2) JAMES MORRISON, Please Don’t Stop The Rain

impressions

Lots of food.
Drinking vodka.
Crazy weather. Snow. Sun. Rain. Clouds. Cold. Getting warmer.
Meeting friends. Adrian & Asia!
Visiting relatives.
Going to the office.
Trying to set up the company. Trying – that’s the key word.
Jogging and riding bicycle.
Preparing to go to France.
Helping others. Interpreting Chinese into English and Polish.
Calvin is a local celebrity now.

happy

So happy!
Happy happy happy!
Very very happy!

at home

Hitlist #320
March 23rd, 2009
at home

1. 13 (3) SNOW PATROL, If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It
2. 1 (9) 周杰伦, 魔术先生
3. 3 (5) JJ LIN, 期待爱
4. 6 (3) 萧敬腾, 王子的新衣
5. 4 (6) PET SHOP BOYS, Love Etc.
6. 2 (7) BANG GANG, Ghosts From The Past
7. 7 (8) ARCHIVE, Bullets
8. 5 (8) U2, Get On Your Boots
9. 10 (4) DEPECHE MODE, Wrong
10. 11 (6) COLDPLAY, Life In Technicolour II
11. – (1) PLACEBO, Battle For The Sun
12. 14 (4) 王力宏, 春雨里洗过的太阳
13. 9 (7) KELLY CLARKSON, My Life Would Suck Without You
14. 8 (13) THE KOOKS, Mr. Maker
15. 17 (2) TAKE THAT, The Garden
16. 12 (16) 周杰伦, 龙战骑士
17. 20 (7) METALLICA, All Nightmare Long
18. 15 (9) KASIA STANKIEWICZ, Run
19. 16 (5) MANDO DIAO, Dance With Somebody
20. – (1) JAMES MORRISON, Please Don’t Stop The Rain

music safari

Hitlist #419
March 16th, 2009
1. 1 (8) 周杰伦，魔术先生
2. 2 (6) BANG GANG, Ghosts From The Past
3. 6 (4) JJ LIN, 期待爱
4. 3 (5) PET SHOP BOYS, Love Etc.
5. 4 (7) U2, Get On Your Boots
6. 13 (2) 萧敬腾，王子的新衣
7. 5 (7) ARCHIVE, Bullets
8. 7 (12) THE KOOKS, Mr. Maker
9. 8 (6) KELLY CLARKSON, My Life Would Suck Without You
10. 12 (3) DEPECHE MODE, Wrong
11. 10 (5) COLDPLAY, Life In Technicolour II
12. 9 (15) 周杰伦，龙战骑士
13. 18 (2) SNOW PATROL, If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It
14. 16 (3) 王力宏，春雨里洗过的太阳
15. 11 (8) KASIA STANKIEWICZ, Run
16. 15 (4) MANDO DIAO, Dance With Somebody
17. – (1) TAKE THAT, The Garden
18. 14 (10) JAMES MORRISON & NELLY FURTADO, Broken Strings
19. 20 (3) A.R. RAHMAN, Jai Ho
20. – (6) METALLICA, All Nightmare Long

pouring rain

I slept too long last night, perhaps because of the pouring rain. That’s unbelievable, it’s been raining so much recently. Only this week we’ve had 2-3 clear days. Too few, too few. For the last 3-4 weeks… the sky cried.
I listened to U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon again. It’s very good, I enjoy it more with every listening.
I’m thinking much about home. Really much. I’m happy to go there, but on the other side there’s something which makes me anxious. Feeling uncomfortable. Let’s see how it goes.
There’s always something happening. Life’s interesting, life’s exciting, life’s not empty.
Everytime I close my eyes, I can see the lightning.
Everytime I fall asleep, I can hear the thunder.

gerunds

Planning the big trip.
Next week!
Listening to JJ Lin.
期待爱, 小酒窝, Always Online, Baby Baby.
Denying being sick.
Having white face doesn’t mean anything.
Admitting being thin.
It’s genetics.
Learning new phrase.
无师自通。
Drinking coffee.
Eating chocolate.
Watching Hitchcock.

ghosts from the past

 

Hitlist #418
March 9th, 2009
1. 1 (7) 周杰伦, 魔术先生
2. 6 (5) BANG GANG, Ghosts From The Past
3. 3 (4) PET SHOP BOYS, Love Etc.
4. 2 (6) U2, Get On Your Boots
5. 5 (6) ARCHIVE, Bullets
6. 10 (3) JJ LIN, 期待爱
7. 11 (11) THE KOOKS, Mr. Maker
8. 9 (5) KELLY CLARKSON, My Life Would Suck Without You
9. 4 (14) 周杰伦, 龙战骑士
10. 12 (4) COLDPLAY, Life In Technicolour II
11. 7 (7) KASIA STANKIEWICZ, Run
12. 16 (2) DEPECHE MODE, Wrong
13. – (1) 萧敬腾, 王子的新衣
14. 8 (9) JAMES MORRISON & NELLY FURTADO, Broken Strings
15. 18 (3) MANDO DIAO, Dance With Somebody
16. 19 (2) 王力宏, 春雨里洗过的太阳
17. 13 (8) THE KILLERS, Spaceman
18. – (1) SNOW PATROL, If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It
19. 14 (12) SNOW PATROL, Crack The Shutters
20. 20 (2) A.R. RAHMAN, Jai Ho

millionaire

Just watched…
"Slumdog Millionaire" – I quite enjoyed it. It got 8 Oscars this year, including the one for the Best Picture… It’s with happy end!
Who wants to be a millionaire?

 

Just listened…

U2, No Line On The Horizon

New album from one of the most popular bands in the world. Some of the songs are bombs!! Great, great, great. Some of them are a bit boring… but that’s life. Let’s enjoy what we can. Magnificent. FEZ – Being Born. Moment Of Surrender. Get On Your Boots. No Line On The Horizon.

 

Just bought…

周杰伦，龙战骑士

A DVD-collection from my favourite artist, Jay Chou. 2 discs with 20 music videos! Oh yeah. That’s what I like. That’s what is my number 1.

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Hitlist #417
March 2nd, 2009
1. 1 (6) 周杰伦，魔术先生
2. 2 (5) U2, Get On Your Boots
3. 4 (3) PET SHOP BOYS, Love Etc.
4. 13 (13) 周杰伦，龙战骑士
5. 3 (5) ARCHIVE, Bullets
6. 7 (4) BANG GANG, Ghosts From The Past
7. 6 (6) KASIA STANKIEWICZ, Run
8. 8 (8) JAMES MORRISON & NELLY FURTADO, Broken Strings
9. 12 (4) KELLY CLARKSON, My Life Would Suck Without You
10. 15 (2) JJ LIN, 期待爱
11. 5 (10) THE KOOKS, Mr. Maker
12. 17 (3) COLDPLAY, Life In Technicolour II
13. 9 (7) THE KILLERS, Spaceman
14. 10 (11) SNOW PATROL, Crack The Shutters
15. 11 (7) STARSAILOR, Tell Me It’s Not Over
16. – (1) DEPECHE MODE, Wrong
17. 14 (12) ENIGMA, The Same Parents
18. 20 (2) MANDO DIAO, Dance With Somebody
19. – (1) 王力宏，春雨里洗过的太阳
20. – (1) A.R. RAHMAN, Jai Ho

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