Sample translation : Penfolds Bin 620

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Penfolds Bin 620: Australia's Aspiring First Growth

My gym X'mas party dance

Hello Crosby :)

When I started craving these, they were already sold out at J. Crew:

But I found an eBay listing for a pair of size 7.5 Crosby lace-up peep toes in this beautiful shade of windsor grey. I normally wear 7; the eBay price was higher than J. Crew sale price (but only black left at that time)...all that didn't stop me from clicking "Buy it now", as I just couldn't afford being outbid this time. I love them as much as I do Bing Crosby; or rather, I knew I'd love them so much. Wasn't disappointed in the least! They were (two of) the best Christmas gifts for myself :)

With J. Crew Cotton cady Erica dress in fresh mint. I grabbed this garb half a year ago during a final sale for less than 50. Haven't been wearing it out though :'(

Can somebody please invite me to something, now that I have great heels to match??

They are two shades darker (I'm a prospective artist and color-sensitive, m'kay...) than I expected.

Still love them. They aren't too huge either, phew!

3 1/2" heel with interior platform really is comfortable. I can totally trot up and down the overpass (which I curse on a daily basis) in them to catch my bus. 95% of the time, I catch it ;)

Recent prints

A long artistic hiatus. Is no good for me :(

Fortunately I found someone and somewhere to pick up print-making. I hope this year painting will be back in my life too!

2010

Double plate intaglio with chine-collé

Lift ground

An etched zinc plate (print coming up soon)

Some paintings and prints from college

2007

Untitled

Untitled

A year of pig

2006

"Journey to the West"

The potluck

Of tango

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

5th Ave

Untitled

2005

First ever painting project- color theory

2006 prints

Prey - Relief monoprint

5th Ave - Line etching and aquatint

I can't believe it's been more than 5 years... My college drawings

Doing something about my nearly abandoned blog was one of my new year resolutions. That something didn't turn out to be deletion, because the blog is useful again thanks to someone I've acquainted with from the office, who is kind enough to be interested in my artworks from what seems like a previous life to me. You saved my blog! :p

They are old works, but this is still a fresh start, so to speak~

2D design, 2005

Drawing, 2004-2005

Senses

African mask

The artist's wife

Megan "Presley"

Self-portrait

The very J. Crewish new AE dresses

I finally learned how to do a screen shot -_-'

Our wedding Part 2 to 6

Our wedding Part 1

猫

星期天晚上7点，我，DY,和MM一起在Esplanade theatre看了正在新加坡上演的Cats.

不行，情绪不对，重来。

前天上述三人激动的看到了大名鼎鼎的，盼望已久的，连去纽约的时候都再也观赏不到的Cats！！！我梦想多年的“很多很多只猫咪”，终于被我在新加坡等来了！为了庆祝这件了不起的事，从今以后改属猫了。Meow~

三人的座位不都在一起，我和MM一起坐在剧院二楼左边的包厢，DY坐右边的包厢。我们丝毫没有要放弃这个可以让周围的观众都明白我们几个其实是同党的机会，十年不见般的不顾整个剧院的距离，遥遥相望，互抛媚眼，挥舞手臂，感人程度催人汗下。

熄灯。听到悉悉邃邃的声音从身后传来，回头一看原来是几只猫儿分别从二楼的几扇门溜进来了；再朝下面看，一楼的观众也被猫群偷袭了，想必三四楼也一样吧。立刻在心里默念，那个独坐右边厢的胆小又怕猫的肥耗子可千万别给吓得大喊大叫，不然刚才人家都看见他和我们是一伙人了，我们该多丢脸啊……总之，演出就这样开始了。一群Jellicle cats在舞台上喵舞了一小会儿后，又有些猫儿重新溜回观众席，让我有机会和一只美艳猫女有了一小段近距离的深情对望——她先是走到我左侧，把脸推送到我面前，用一双鬼魅的猫眼凝视我片刻，带一点威吓的嘶了一声，缓缓的爬上了我面前的包厢壁（此前被我和MM做为架手臂，垫下巴的东西），扭动几下柔美的猫的身躯，然后仰起头，用一把梦幻的嗓音加入了所有jellicle cats的轻声吟诵。我如同冻结住一般，仰望着她冷艳的侧面被舞台上洒来的寒光笼罩，一切让我有种不真实的感觉，好像另一个自己应该在另一个方向观看着我几乎被摄魂的这一刻。最后她的脸再次转向我，仍然带着梦游般的表情望着我，口中轻诵着The naming of cats的末句，声音逾轻逾远，影子般的退去了。可是那声音还在我耳边回荡，已然褪去了其中的语言，却一直像被微风吹皱的水面，荡漾，荡漾……

结果整场音乐剧我有一半的时间在这种恍惚状态中度过。发呆，兴奋，崇拜，羡慕，幸福，伤感，不安，疑惑，会心……还有很多形容不出的感受，同时汇聚。这么奇妙的感受，我仔细想想，原来只有当我现场观赏音乐剧的时候才体会得到。而且音乐剧的特殊形式，也让我得以在观看之后尽情表达自己的感受——那么多歌曲，足够我在家里伴着itunes开上数天的巡回个唱，直到我最后悲惨失声。或者，直到家里某人忍耐许久，然终于彻底爆发，坚决封杀我主要由简单的jazz walk和声嘶力竭的高音构成的歌舞表演……

中场休息的时候，我和MM激动讨论猫女和我们的近距离互动（互动？？真的有吗……），MM总结道，我当时的恍神，仿佛小fans见到了大明星。的确。I'm such a sucker for musicals.每次看完一场音乐剧，其实除了兴奋不已，我还会很有些惆怅的感叹自己永远也没有那样的才艺去参与他们的演出……此时似乎听到类似“神经病”，“做梦吧”等等旁音 -_-'

不过话说回来，谁没有些fantasy呢。DY还常常问我他的投球动作怎么样，有没有可能加入major league baseball呢。我说，如果不看年龄，也许little league还有希望。对别人的梦想总是要多一些鼓励嘛。

我不能再写了。不仅仅是我没有什么可说的了，也是我要趁着还没被封杀时再好好练练Macavity. 很有自知之明的放弃Memory了，我有感觉Memory会让封杀来得更快……还是练比较适合我音域的(here I go) Macavity~Macavity~~Macavity~~~~~!

Hello, Blogger

Hi, I'm Tian, and am back to blogging (I hope). I've done a bad job with my Windows Live Space since I graduated nearly two years ago, now I want to leave that behind and restart here. Anyway, my former blog is here in case anybody's interested.

I've been wanting to write a first post ever since I quit my job last November but haven't been motivated. Now I have something to post about- my pre-wedding photos in Taiwan. I really love the work of the photographer (his blog) and the stylist. I just realized I've been talking about how amazing (I think) my photos are every chance I get. To think I used to laugh it off - glamor shots, posing, how silly! Now I'm just too happy about them! Didn't expect they'd make us look this good, and I don't think I'll ever look this good again. Check them out here

I might also post in Chinese sometimes, when I don't mind typing...nah that wasn't a very good reason. I will when I don't mind my mom reading it, in case she learns how to read my blog one of these days ;)