Tracing the World Cup theme song 'wavin' flag' back to its artist,
K'naan, and his other politically conscious music, I found a
surprising resonance in his lyrics. Besides loving his
beats.
These struck me, from some articles on his life:
'He quit school in Grade 10, restless. Travelling alone, he
lived, briefly, in Washington, D.C., Minnesota, Ohio, England and
Switzerland. He returned to Toronto after two years’ time, although
he says he will never feel settled here: “[In Somalia], we would
walk without shoes all the time. We understand that the earth is
where we’re from, the earth is where we’ll return to. I’ve been
wearing shoes since I left home. It’s as small as that, but it’s as
significant as that.”
... We have all been
injured, profoundly. We require regeneration, not rebirth, and the
possibilities for our reconstitution include the utopian dream of
the hope of for a monstrous world without
gender.
...我們總深深受傷。我們需要的不是由死復生（rebirth）而是從傷處再生（regeneration）：我們需要的是那些重構的可能、那朝向一個不再有性/別（gender）之分的駭人世界的烏托邦之夢。
A Cyborg Manifesto, Donna J. Haraway
Just uploaded lots of pictures. Directions for English-speaking
friends:
See the horizontal tabs on the top of the page? Click on the
second tab starting from the left, which says '相册'. From there on,
it's pretty intuitive. The different albums can be accessed from
the panel on the left.
(2009-12-19 02:20)
The official press release, for now:
Chinese
LBT Youth Showcases Collective Power
— 2009 “Lala Camp” A Resounding Success
If pain breeds art and poetry, then loneliness gives birth to
thought and blog posts. I don't mind the lack of art/poetry, but I
value my time/space to think. There's been a lot of happiness and
companionship in the last few weeks of my life, and a few special
people who will, I hope, remain in my life for decades to come.
I have to note down the Capricorns who have recently made
contact with my soul, though for us to have done so is like, as
Mandy (another amazing connection--someone from my line of
'lineage') put it (apparently according to an English proverb I've
never heard before), 'two ships passing in the night' -- silently
in the dark, neither is aware of the other...
Nana: the girl with my name. It's meant to be. Though we only
met for an hour or so, during my brief visit to Shanghai, it was
enough to sense the chemistry. I mean, we have the same name, and
more... We write to each other with a special tone that I don't
quite
我喜欢:
上海的精致. 满街美女五官清秀. 喜欢外面下着的大雨---过瘾, 抒情, 不像冷酷无声的雪, 不像卖弄压抑的大风. 还有下雨的时候,
空气中的香润.
上海的淮海路边, 树上挂着小灯, 是小巧的. 建筑都是矮的, 没有威胁性的.
(2009-11-05 04:58)
The view from my porch window, during the sunset. Or was it the
sunrise one very late night?
Walking down the street where I live, there're often bird cages
hanging on this tree on sunny days. Their owners have taken their
birds out here for some air.
(2009-11-05 04:50)
This is my little room.
A small delight I can afford very easily in China: fresh
flowers.
(2009-11-05 04:43)
I saw the first snow in Beijing, the first time I've seen snow in
China. My China never snowed... it was always summer when I came in
the last few years, or it was my Southern home, always hot and
humid. In my memories of summer, we'd lie flat on the bamboo bunk
on the ground, with the screen door closed, despe
I only realized the last couple of days what I've done. What am I
doing here? I am not visiting, not traveling... I'm here to live,
to stay. I'm suppose to build myself a life here, by giving up the
life I had back there. All of a sudden, the good things I had seem
so precious. But of course I had to go. I couldn't have been
content staying in Boston. The comfort wasn't enough, a home of my
own wasn't quite enough. So far Beijing had been comfortable:
getting my own space, still having a partner to fall back on,
having enough social life with friends that I already know, keeping
busy. It wasn't until last night, going out with Eva and a few
other friends I haven't met before, did I feel a sense of not
belonging. They were very good friends, I didn't know them well.
The contrast was obvious. I couldn't keep up with their co
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