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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Mamma Mia 如果20年後我的女兒出嫁

今天去電影院看由舞台劇改編的電影 Mamma Mia, 故事是在希臘一個漂亮的小島上, 梅莉史翠普演的唐娜(Donna)經營一家民宿, 單親家庭中長大的女兒蘇菲(Sophie)即將結婚,但是因為偷看媽媽的日記,發現當年媽媽懷他之前有三個男友哈利(Harry),比爾(Bill)和山姆(Sam) ,他們都有可能是自己的生父。於是婚禮前夕瞞著媽媽,把他們三個都邀請來到了島上,希望在婚禮上有親生父親的陪伴, 在試著找出生父的過程之中, 發生了有趣卻又感人的情節。

Mamma Mia
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how but I suddenly lose control
There's a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything

Mamma Mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma Mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma Mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go

I've been angry and sad about the things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything

Mamma Mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma Mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma Mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
Mamma Mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever



故事雖然有點荒誕, 現今社會上還真的相類似的故事層出不窮. 但是我要說的並不是我, 還是我所認識的其他人遇到這樣的事, 而是我看到她女兒要出嫁的情節時, 不禁想到如果20年後, 我的小瑜要出嫁, 我這個做爸爸的一定會老淚縱橫, 難過到無法主持婚禮, 躲在房間無法出來, 而搞砸了婚禮吧! 做父親的應該一向對什麼事情都很堅強, 是一個家庭的支柱, 可是惟獨無法面對女兒要出嫁. 我在電影院中看著電影, 聽著唐娜唱著 Slipping Through My Fingers, 眼角不禁留下淚來, 為可能是20年後的那一天擔心不已, 而感傷莫名.

Slipping Through My Fingers
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
And why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile




兒女總是會長大, 都會有自己的夢想, 我認為兒女能追求或是完成他們自己的夢想, 我也會與有榮焉. 當小蒼鷹拍動翅膀想要練習飛行時, 父母就會知道他獨立自主的日子就快到了, 或許不是永遠, 長久的分離, 卻是人生中一個重要的轉折點. 看著蘇菲在離開小島的船上唱著 I Have a Dream, 彷彿聽到我曾經在唱, 所有長大的苦澀青年在唱, 那看似迷離, 卻又望向遠方的眼睛, 一手扶著船邊, 一面思索著方向, 悠悠地唱著 I Have a Dream ......

I Have a Dream
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream

Sunday, August 03, 2008

思樂冰

家裡附近巷口, 已經有3家便利超商, 7-11, OK, 全家, 最近在社區旁另一棟大樓一樓, 又開了一家7-11, 不到短短100餘公尺, 就有2家7-11, 而且這家非常近, 看起來生意還不錯, 我們是贏了方便, 傷了荷包. 這家7-11裡面有設個小小的吧檯桌, 可以在裡面吃東西, 所以阿內有時都帶兩個小朋友去買東西, 吃東西, 尤其是思樂冰. 他們兩個已經對買思樂冰的方式與程序熟悉不過了, 雖然買東西是一件很簡單的事, 但是買思樂冰可以自己選杯子的大小, 取相對應大小的蓋子, 先壓出一些出冰口已融化的冰水, 再注入一種或是兩種以上的口味到杯裡, 到櫃台結帳, 要根思樂冰專用的吸管, 不同大小的杯子不同的價格都知道得非常清楚, 可以說是思樂冰小達人了.

露肩小背心加上思樂冰, 真是清涼到不行!

一人一杯, 可樂口味和芒果口味.



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