Look back, look forward?

Do you ever find yourself thinking back to some great times and wishing you could be there again to live it again?
Or do you prefer to forget what has gone before, let it go and look towards something better, work towards a dream that needs to be chased?

有時候我們會想到過去，會想要回到那時候的時刻，再一次享受那個經驗。有時候會覺得過去是個最好要忘記的事。
我自己很喜歡daydreaming，我可以一樣容易回到以前或飛到為來花很多時間都在我心中演我那時候做的或要做的事。

Actually daydreaming is quite fun, but there is something interesting about where we come from and where we're heading in life. These two things don't always correlate, but if there is a way of finding strength and encouragement from past experience, that can provide confidence for building a future then it's a good thing.

如果我們可以從我們的過去得到信心和靈感這真的是一件好事。真的是有要忘記，要方手的過去，但記得一些以前成功過的事，記得一些朋友，家人或上帝幫過你的時候會真的鼓力我們！

So let's try to leave behind what's unnecessary and be inspired by what's gone before and build a future that learns from the past, is inspired and encouraged by the past, but reaches further on for something fresh.

我希望我們可以把你不好的經驗方下，從你好的經驗得到鼓力，然後勇敢地往前去選一個新鮮的為來！

Trip to the Forbidden Country

Well, the past month has been quite a whirlwind of changing worlds.
我從英國的安靜輕鬆最好的成市Bristol回台北然後過了幾天就去北景！
我去是要看那裡有什麼機會讓Transition去。剛好我也有北景的朋友們讓我住他們家，也帶我去去看北景的一些重要的地方。很感協他們！

So for a part business, part fun trip, I think it was quite a success. Perhaps Transition will go back early next year for a festival, a few other concerts and to release an album, although many things are yet to be planned and prepared for.
I also had the privilege to see many places that I'd only ever seen on tv before. In fact, going to the forbidden city was quite stunning, you can really imagine the emperor and the armies there (having seen so many films of that).

其實很有趣得是我星期天去北景的故宮看原來黃帝住的地方然後星期四去台北的故宮看北景的故宮裡面有什麼東西！！
歷史就是個很奇秒的故事！

The actual forbidden city was such an amazing place, then it was fascinating to visit the national palace museum in Taipei and see everything that used to be in the forbidden city in Beijing. In fact, looking at lots of Ming Dynasty pottery reminded me of things I'd seen in museums in England (I guess the British stole some of most things from most cultures during the height of the empire).

History really is stranger than fiction.

Home

This month's excuse for not writing any blog entries is the moving around the global village excuse again. I've returned to my home country of England for about a month (half of which has gone already) in order to remember who I am and where I come from.
Actually of course not, the reason is just to see family, friends and sort out a whole load of not so interesting things (tax receipts, new passport, driver's licence etc).

在這裡我真的沒有幾會練習我的中文所以我還是要寫一下，不然我回台灣之後我就不會打字！！
其實，這次回英國就是為了看我的家人，他們今年吃了一點苦，特別是我媽媽所以回來有辦法配她很直得。

It is a bit of a strange feeling though, coming back to a place that's so familiar, having been away for some time (in my case about a year). Some things are exactly the same, some things are totally different and every person has moved on in life in some way (that doesn't come across via email or phone).

我剛回來時，真的有個很怪的感覺。好像這裡是我家，可是我已經變了，家也變了，所以我們不太收。

Well, despite a mix of emotions it's been nice to be back and timing was such that I was able to see some of Bristol's Harbour Festival last weekend!