:: no decision makes all happy :: monogatari ::

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:33:04 GMT

MoiMoi's birthday... I have no idea how to type those Finnish letters so er, happy birthday? And Ran-san! (Hmm am I right about this nick.) Why does Ran-san look chotto scary? I think it's time to read up on history of the Netherlands.

Randomly, in the JLPT listening there was this voice that sounded a lot a lot like Okki and made me miss 80% of that passage because I was in awe/shock/etc. Lolx.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:25:11 GMT

Mousou Electel - 里中会長にベタ惚れです。 I think I've finally found my favourite Yuutan voice. そうかオレは梶のドS声がよかったのか。あの声は尋常じゃない！！！里中会長と桜田君の話もぜひ！（笑）でもフリートークでの「俺はかわいいだろう」発言はないと思います。梶君はかわいいよ？かわいいけどあんな開き直り方はないわ！と、思います。「里中はやりにくかった」って？とんでもない！私の中では超絶ハマリ役だと思ってますよ。梶君の声普通はああなんだから今回は本当に異常に男前でしたよ！声がな。広げていきましょう、フェイスの力を！（何これ梶宣伝？）

SEVEN DAYS FRIDAY→SUNDAY - 2 years ago eh, the previous CD was. Not only they don't remember anything, I also don't remember anything from Mon-Thurs lar. でもこんなに心地のいいドキドキをさせるドラマCDって久しぶりな気がしますね。フリートークで「静かな雰囲気」が難しいとか言っていましたが、そここそCyberさんの本領発揮だと思います。Cyberさんの作品って繊細で雰囲気がありますね。重い内容が多いけど。

Voice Charabii - is ending!??? IYA DAAAAAA. It's one of my favourite radio shows ehhhh. 子安さんとみっちゃんの絶妙コンビが！！！子安さんのたまに出るやる気なさとみっちゃんの空回り感がよかったのに！ Maa I understand what Koyasu is trying to say (and I can't agree more) but... 寂しくなるよDx I wonder if it's because Animate Concierge's radio is starting. Or is it really because Koyasu don't want to do le. でもアニコンのメンツもそんなにラジオ向きなメンツじゃないんだよね…プチ絶望した感が…

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:13:35 GMT

This is probably my... 12th? Time watching the Moira con DVD. But it's the first time I went to look for the 2 extra 2 encore songs that are only in the limited version DVD. I must say, Heika outdoes himself rearranging Eru no Rakuen [→side:E→] (as Artemisia no Rakuen [→side:Elef→]) and Hoshikuzu no Kakuhimo (Hoshikuzu to Unmei no Kakuhimo). Of course as usual at Eru's side there is ~~dojikko Heika~~ the Aramary with/without battle going on between fans but I shall say that OMG THE SEXTET (+1. Hmm. Septet?) VERSION (FOR BOTH SONGS). OMG. HEIKA KAMI!!! And I must say I like Kuribayashi Minami's voice in this song a lot. (I like her voice. In general. Even though I don't like her songs.) And then Hoshikuzu to Unmei no Kakuhimo. TOMOYO-CHAN OMG WHY ARE YOU SO FREAKING CUTE. THIS MADE ME CRY. BAWL. OMG. (”涙腺崩壊”タグ了解。) Haha. Like every song with Tomoyo-chan close-ups makes me cry lar. I cry at Dorei Ichiba -Douloi- (the "MISHA!!!" "ELEF!!!" scene) and Seinaru Shijin no Shima -Lesbos- (the "arigatou") EVERY SINGLE TIME I watch this DVD. At the ちょっとした段差でも転んでしまう part there was really a step for Chibi Misha to trip over lar!! You know I was wondering what that step was for throughout the whole show =.= Endou Mari's normal singing voice (as in not the 美聲唱法) is so so nice. Endou Mari/REMI duet lines. And this makes me realize that YUUKI's voice is not that high up my list. And then Tomoyo-chan is a genius. I can totally understand why the tag says they can see Pleut. I think I can see her too. OMG TOMOYO-CHAN YOU ROCK. She is a much better actress than all those main characters in TV dramas in recent years k.

PS: Knowledge of the lyrics/what the songs are about is recommended. Or should I say you should go and find out if you don't because it's really worth your time?

I just watched Hoshikuzu to Unmei no Kakuhimo a second time and cried a second time. (Randomly I don't know whether to use "kakuhimo" or "harnais". Lolx. After ranting on for so long.)

Sigh. It's actually starting to make me want the 3rd Expansion tour/Seitansai DVDs. To be released next Wednesday!!! And it's making me want to see the Sound Horizon movie... tomorrow is the last day of its run le... Maa tabun DVD ni naru kedo na. I wonder if the M-ON TV special will ever make it onto the internets. I think it will? Want to watch. Want to watch.

ARGH. ARGH. ARGH. OMG WHY DID I STUPIDLY GO AND LOOK AT THE SETLIST FOR THE 2 DVDS!!! OMG I WANT THIS OMG OMG. I want to watch like, like, the Yaneura series songs, the KuroSeka songs etc etc etc REARRANGED!!! OMG. And schwarzweiβ ~kiri no mukou ni tsunagaru sekai~ and Umi no Majo (it's a pity that there is no Shizunda Utahime)!! I hope Shimotsukin sang these SOLO. FUKAMI RIKA/OOTSUKA AKIO LIVE NARRATION on respective days. ARGHHHH!!! I think one very obvious thing is that Heika's composing/arrangement skills has improved a lot, a lot ever since... er the oldest song there is I think... Kowareta Marionette? Maa. The Thanatos CD. Aramary or no, I think I'm into Sound Horizon because of Heika's songs. Really.

I guess another reason why I want these DVDs is probably because I thought the money I spent on Moira con was very, very very worth it bah. I think even within the DVDs I buy there are those that I buy "to support the artistes" and those that I buy "for pure entertainment". Maa I think SH DVDs are the only one that falls within the second category so far...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:52:57 GMT

Was FINALLY listening to the Olimpos drama CD. Hmm. I kind of thought Ishida-san will use a more bishounen voice for Apollo. But I guess this makes sense too, the very bored side of him (It?) ne. Hades ga yokatta!! Hmm I wonder if there will be any chance of the drama CD continuing too, because the first drama CD already finished up the half the second volume of the manga. BUT BUT BUT I still haven't heard the Apollo-Ganymede-Hades convo!!! (I finally decided to look up Ganymede's name in English. His wiki article was rather interesting. Greek mythology wa... iyarashii ne.) That was probably the most interesting part of the story. Oh speaking of which I think the part when Iris saw Hades as a monster was also cut away right... It was quite interesting to see the difference in Iris' and Ganymede's responses towards Hades. And then the "I think I saw Zeus smile" "not possible lolx" part. Arghhh I want to hear them!!!

I was saying, I missed watching Eiki Eiki and DAIGO on this show. (I randomly saw the news because I randomly went to Zaou Taishi/Eiki Eiki's homepage.) Haha. It's one week ago le. I kind of miss Eiki Eiki's works ne...

[Edit] After looking at the EOY2009 page, I realized this is the first time ever that I'm in SG when EOY happens. Apparently they are more focused on performances this year? Made me have the really bright idea that we go join and sing Sound Horizon songs. ("Naze... naze nano? NAZE NANO YO!!!!") Lolx. Makino Yui concert huh. But I don't really like her voice/her songs leh...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:11 GMT

Because it was annouced to be animated next year. I went to read Saraiya Goyou 1 (さらい屋　五葉 by オノ・ナツメ, and if it helps, the official Chinese title is 江戶盜賊團五葉 by 小野夏芽). Sasuga Ono Natsume! OMG THIS IS NICE. To the point that I want to collect this series. Damn. Ono-sensei is dangerous. At first I only planned to read the free trial on the official website but I, er, can't control myself from reading on? 6 volumes out so far. Hmm. Maa maa anyway. I hardly ever say this kind of things but omg Yaichi is freaking cool. (第一話のその見下ろしショットたまらんっすね！) Masa is, lolx, adorable. It looks like Masa is trying to convince himself that Yaichi and the Goyou gang are actually good people. Lolx. Nice try. I guess people who dare to admit right out that they are bad people are indeed, in a way, nice people. Masa, if Yaichi wants to use you (without even you knowing it), you seriously have no chance against him. Haha. And the fact that I like this kind of settings tells you that I'm most definitely 中二病. Lolx. ARGH I WANT TO READ ON.

I'm rather disappointed by UraBoku's key visuals btw.

And rather zetsubou-ed by the Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge TV drama news. I seriously don't mind Uchi definitely (he's probably Ranmaru? I guess) but Kame + Tego double punches me so. (Although the fact that I will definitely watch if Tego was Okita in Gintama live-action still holds true.) Ouch. Can I cry. Lolx.

Yes, yes I have an exam tomorrow. I know.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:48:42 GMT

K8's 3 singles are already leaked. ALREADY. It's a total of 24 days before the first of the 3 singles are released. I'm impressed. And is considering whether to wait for their release days before listening to them.

Randomly I just started using Google Chrome. For no apparent reason. Lolx. It's easy to get used to, I guess.

Watched the PV for Sora no Oto... I kind of get why ~~FictionJunction~~Kalafina is singing OP for this anime. Although. I still don't get what the story is about. I can see it should have something to do with music from the words, but somehow the pictures (other than the trumpet) tell me otherwise. I wonder if they are going to fight with music (Polyphonica?? Lolx). I was at first thinking that the art reminds me of K-On! but after wiki-ing I agree that it does look more like Kannagi (same chara-de person). FictionJunction, btw, is singing the OP for Ookami Kakushi instead. (Nanri Yuuka is singing the ED although it's not a Kajiura song...) The Ryuukishi007xPeach-Pit one. I wonder if I should watch these 2 just because of Kalafina and FictionJunction.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:26 GMT

Somehow I think the people I know have such big reactions on the whole Chinese matter has something to do with the fact that we are all from rather Chinese-oriented schools. Or rather everyone is from LEP. Lolx. Nvm.

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Loveless 9 - Apparently it's been 1 year and 8 months since the release of the previous tankoubon. NO WONDER I don't remember a single thing about what was happening. But it's like every time I read it I will feel that I really like this series. Poor Yuri-sama. I actually rather liked Yuri-sama but I doubt he will have chance to appear much in the series again. Hmm. Oh but of course the main point is the Mimuro and Mei-chan omake in this volume. OMG. To borrow a word from Nanbara-sensei, 鬼キュン♥ Nagisa is really only cute when in front of Ritsu-sensei ne. I like the new development about Kio!!! OMG INTERESTING! Yappari Natsuo to Youji ga ichiban suki☆ （見事に主人公たちをスルーしちゃった。）

07-GHOST 9 - I don't remember anything about this too. Although I remember this one the previous volume was like around June this year. Hmm. Oh but Teito finally remembers his name! What a mouthful lolx. Ouka-sama!!! The appearance of a rather promising female lead? かな！？ Lolx. Somehow although Saitou Chiwa is already Kuroyuri/Burupya (Mikage?) in the show I kind of read Ouka's lines in her voice.

TOV II - パティが出ないのじゃ！何故出ないのじゃ！寂しいよのう。Why is there no Pattyyyyy. Hahaha. Maa I have finally reach the part where I started watching the gameplay from so I was rather skipping my way through. But why is there no Patty. CRY. ~~フレユリの初めての萌シーンが！！~~ And I like Morita Yuzuka-sensei! (Ok what is new.)

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The question for today's JS paper was actually on the recommendations on how to serve the Otaku market (3 main points being Collection, Creativity, Community) and how it relates to concepts of current marketing and consumer cultures in Japan etc. Although it has totally no link to the paper I (揚揚灑灑地) wrote 3 whole pages on Vocaloids as an example for the 3C framework. Lolx. It's the first ever time I wrote 10 pages for a single essay (well sensei did ask us to leave a line). And still finished with half an hour left. Our group got A+ for our BritishIndia project!

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Kobato 7 - I must be the only one who finds Kamiyan's voice for his chara kimochiwarui.
Railgun 9 - Kuroko kakkoii!!! The eps reminded me of "いじめ　かっこ悪い" randomly.
Kimi ni Todoke 8 - Kurumi is scary.
Gintama 184-185 - End chara ranking arc, random eps (gosh the parody of Charlie and the Chocolate factory =.=). I personally found the arc quite fun. Lolx. Chaos. Okita's (hmm and Kagura's?) arc starting next week~ Have I ever mentioned that OkitaxKagura is my Gintama het OTP? Lolx.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT

I was telling my mum and sis about the letters in Straits Time about the chinese language thing that has been circling around our LEP ppl. Well. The best solution I can think of is, bring forward the subject combi system to primary school. Don't want to study Chinese? Fine, we can start to have students studying only Eng Maths Science. Then people like me can do without English. Or maybe Maths. I mean, really. Complaining that we shouldn't place too much emphasis just because your kid is bad in it? Fine. Then if my child is bad in English can I say we shouldn't place any importance in English? In the first place it doesn't make sense that we do without Chinese, the subject your kid is studying is called "Mother Tongue". The main point of studying MT is NOT because of China blah blah blah. And MT is not just Chinese. Singapore has FOUR official languages for a reason. If we downplay the importance of our MT why not just cut official languages to English only? Because by then there won't be anyone who can use Chinese/Malay/Tamil. Reminds me of the article that Ong xx wrote ok. About how SG is too lenient with students for MT. He talked about how he was from a Chinese background and thus his English is not as good but because the requirements for English in SG education is ver high (compared to for MT) his English now is good enough for his academic works. The way that MOE is simplifying and simplifying MT (ok Chinese) syllabus it's just making Chinese standards worse and worse! That other article that said that Chinese in SG is too hard. Omg do you know how simple our Chinese is compared to other countries. And do you know what is called 貽笑大方? For chinese-speaking countries they study English as a SECOND LANGUAGE, so you can't really blame them for how simple their English is. But SG dare to call their MT syllabus as FIRST LANGUAGE/mother tongue. Don't you think it needs to be as difficult as English is at least?

Another thing is that there are Koreans who came to SG in the middle of primary school and getting As and Bs for Chinese. Are you going to say it's because they have the APTITUDE but your kid don't? If so then I guess it's too bad, your kid will just flunk PSLE. (Just like, well, there are ppl who get straight As but fail GP and cannot get into university? It's the same thing. So, what, scrape GP?) What is there to say? 你把那些努力把不上場的科目的成績拉上來的人看成什麽了？爲什麽他們就需要埋頭苦幹，你的孩子就可以不讀華文就算了？ Sadly, I can only call that arrogance. Chinese is not important? I suggest you find out WHY was there a MT programme in schools in the first place. I'd guess you've heard this before, but what matters is not aptitude, it's ATTITUDE. If the parents think MT is not important, why would their child put in effort to study it? 像嵇康所說的：“夫民之性，好安而恶危，好逸而恶劳，故不扰而其愿得，不逼则其志从。” (Ok I am purposely quoting chim stuff here.) If you don't force someone to study, he won't, because it is not in a person's instincts to motivate himself to study. For so many years SG stressed that we are producing people with talent and bilingual abilities. I wonder how many percent of each year's university graduates fit into that category? Because I really don't know anyone whom I can really consider as someone who is bilingual.

The conclusion is. お前は中二かっ！つー話ですよ。 If you have so much time writing letters to complain, why not start studying Chinese yourself and learn it together with your kid so your kid can get an A in his/her Chinese? Learn from Thomas Edison.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMT

~~プロ忍フェスが！！！~~

Exam countdown = 1 day 7hr 30min = I hate JS.

Someone please tell me what is so postmodern about consumer culture and what exactly is nothing/something.

Sigh. Tmr is a public holiday but I am still stuck in a mugging spiral (ie the more you study the more you feel that you don't know anything. Tends to happen most before exams). Sianz.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:58 GMT

双忍に目覚めさせるわ、これ。もともと双忍好きですけどね。でもこれ本当三郎のキャラめちゃくちゃｗｗｗｗｗ最高！で、ミクの方の歌詞を見てたら。「うわ最低ｗｗｗｗ」と。噴いた。「だまれ！だまれ！」のところめちゃ好き。私やっぱりちょっとM入ってるかな。

Ahh... JS kirai.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:19:07 GMT

Kobato, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, Kimi ni Todoke. These are the three titles this season that I'm still actively following atm. Omg this list is so shoujo. It must be the most shoujo (and the shortest) list for me in a long long time. I shall get around trying to start/continue other stuff after exams are over. Right now I want to start Tegami Bachi and Fairy Tail lolx. (Right to the other extreme!) Actually I watched the first 2 eps of Tegami Bachi... Miyukichi!!! And I need to buy Tegami Bachi 8. Ok. And then (slowly) continue with Shinkenger/Kamen Rider W/ROMES.

Anyway! All the new charas on Ioryogi-san's side in Kobato 6! Hahaha. Omg this is getting so much more CLAMP-ish and interesting all of a sudden. ~~Chicken~~ Zuishou kawaii! And seriously what is with this overly sparkling cast!! Lolx.

Railgun 8. Finally you see the plot, and you realize, the first 5 eps or so aren't really just there for nothing.

RL: "I hate English" part 5, and "I hate JS" part... 3? I think.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:05:01 GMT

K-ON live afureko!!! OMG TOYOSAKI AKI OMG I SAW HER LIVE!!! It's a pity that Hikasa Youko wasn't here today but the rest of the K-ON 5 was there!! Satou Satomi is so so so adorable I LOVE RICCHAN MARRY ME PLS *SPAZZ*

Live was, of course, Fukuyama Yoshiki + May'n. I think I said this before and I will say this again... I think May'n needs a change of producers. And I need to stop spazzing over Fukuyama Yoshiki. Acoustic live FTW!!! Actually I was rather surprise that this is their first time collaborating, considering the Macross family events this year, but omg I think AFA 09 was super lucky. Diamond Crevasse acoustic DUET version. OMG THIS WAS SO AWESOME. LIKE REALLY. Pretty pretty harmonizing *kira kira* Fukuyama-san said it was very hard to learn how to play Diamond Crevasse on guitar. Lolx. Then they dueted Dynamite Explosion also (but this wasn't acoustic). But then omg why is Fukuyama Yoshiki so freaking cute?? Emcee no tokoro.

The staff were throwing light sticks at the audience to use. They should have done this yesterday too... もっと盛り上げたのに！

I wonder who will come next year. Lolx.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:33:34 GMT

Tegaki report of today from me.

OMG I LOVE SHOKOTAN.

OMG WE SHOOK HANDS.

OMG SHE CALLED MY NAME.

OMG I GOT HER SIGNATURE.

OMG SHE IS SO MUCH CUTER THAN ON TV/PRINT.

KYAAAAAAAA SHOKOTAN!!!

That was the main gist for me.

[Edit] I think I should mention. I'm a bit tearful at how much she improved in singing in these two years. Actually you can hear it in her recorded songs too, but live is more obvious! If you watch her con DVD from last year and this year it's so diff. Seriously. And today (although she still did go out of tune a bit here and there) it's really good!! Shokotan♥♥♥

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:29 GMT

News from hiroki_chan. Rest of Corda 3 charas!

Er. Maa. Given that I like Hihara best from Corda 1-2, I guess it isn't that strange that I have my eyes on Mizushima Arata. TROMBONE NE!! KAWAII!!! Sorry the only thing I can think of about trombones atm is that they can play all Just/Pythagorean/equal tempered scales. (Thanks to Science of Music.) Trumpet is equal tempered, strings can play all 3 also. But apparently most play Just scale because it's supposedly the best scale? Ok that is not the point. Er you know, am I the only person who got reminded of Victor (Ange) looking at Hazumi Shirou? Lolx. Maa the face and the scar and the hair colour ne. Personally I'm really looking forward to hearing ItouKen's Yagisawa. これ絶対面白い！そして絶対合う！ MASUDA YUKI IS ALSO DATABLE!!! I mean. She is also voicing a chara that is datable! OMG. Haha. Well ignore me. I'm the kind of weird person who like to listen to female seiyuu voicing male charas ok. If I ever get the game I might even go for the 2 female seiyuu routes before... some others. And then Kiiyan@Tougane Chiaki. I think this is the kind of chara that I like Kiiyan best in!! 超楽しみ！ Lolx. Maa other than these I shall continue my random comments when the official site updates next week (24th Nov). Please imagine for yourself how wrong my brain is when I can start linking up pairs from the short descriptions alone. 神南コンビとかパネェそうっすけど！しかも制服がすごく私好みで関西出身！ktkr何なのこの神設定！！！もうやばいこの二人CPにしか見えなくなってきたんじゃないんですか！ってあたし何興奮してきてるんですかね。

Anyway I think you can expect another round of outburst from me next week.

Btw on the topic of Neoroma. NOJIMA KENJI♥ ノジケンさんで腹黒ドSって、わかってらっしゃるんじゃないですか！そして内山昂輝が気になる。 Sapporo-only anime... but well I guess eventually it will get DVD-ized. Haha.

[Edit] ミュージカル「忍たま乱太郎」。主演は食満留三郎！？どんだけけまけましいですか！！でもちょっとは見たいですね、ステージ上で食満がすごいカメラ目線で解説とかするとかさ。リアル犬猿もちょっと見たいかも。あと誰かが穴に落ちるシーンを入れて欲しいですね。この場合六年メインですからやっぱり伊作か？単純にどうやって落ちるかに興味があるんです。でも乱ちゃんきり丸しんべヱのキャストが気になるなあ。しんべヱマジ難しいし。

てか最近ミュージカル多くないっすか？

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:28 GMT

「腐男子彼氏。」だと？！しかも腐男子彼氏役に岸尾大先生。ちょっ、美味しすぎるんですけど！！！

May'n & Shokotan are already talking about SG. Lolx. I was so amused that May'n is starting on her デ部 activities already. Chilli crab! And the phoenixhime was saying she thinks she knows which hotel Shokotan is staying in. I suggested stalking her. Lolx. しょこたん☆好きだお！ AFA tmr and Sun!

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:44 GMT

THERE IS KALAFINA ON MUSIC JAPAN ON 10 JAN 2010!!! (Omg this is so far away lolx.) I was just watching the extended repeat of MUSIC JAPAN's anisong SP and. OMG. Haha. KALAFINA ON NHK OMG OMG. NHK is really trying to bring revolutions to what is considered "mainstream". Lolx. KEIKO ON NHK OMG. KEIKO IS SO PRETTY. ← Is in total Kalafina flail atm. Full guest list:

ELISA、Kalafina、JAM Project、中島　愛、堀江由衣、水樹奈々、May'n、妖精帝国

May'n and Mamegu are singing a duet. I THINK it's Lion. JAM Project is SKILL. Hocchan... I THINK it's JET!... This is from the preview at the end of today's eps.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:08 GMT

Watching Kimi ni Todoke real time atm. AHHH RYUUXCHIZUUUU!!! (← 本筋ぶっ飛んでるぞおい) And I'm rather interested to see Pin and Yanocchin get together. Oi. Lolx. 竜本当にチズ好きすぎるよ～ Why am I always like that lolx. I am like starting every single KimiTodo comment with Ryuu and Chizu. Don't get me wrong! I like Kazehaya and Sawako also! It's quite rare/interesting to see the main guy so shy/blush that often and still so obviously head over heels with the heroine in recent shoujo manga I think. (?) Er I think the impression of Kaichou wa Maid-sama is much too strong in my brain. Lolx. やっぱり少女漫画は純愛に限るね！エロスは必要ない！

Er. Just saw Pi's Loveless single CM as I was writing this. Hmm. Not that I have any comments on it. Apparently next season getsu9 is him again? In Code Blue season 2. "Shortest span between being a getsu9 main character", apparently. I guess Ma will be happy over this? Lolx.

Oh and then I was listening to a bunch of stuff that I didn't have the chance to unzip for this like past 1-2 months on random. One of the albums was Shimotsuki Haruka's Griotte no Nemurihime. I was reading somewhere that it feels a bit SH. But the first song from this album I heard (Hane ni Sugaru Mono) it reminded me more of Kajiura Yuki with all the intelligible language. I guess Shimotsukin her music is more "ethnic" whereas SH under all the stuff it's actually rather Western music-based. But then after everything I decided to listen to the album in the correct order then I realized that was where it was SH-ish. As in the whole album tells a story? And the excessive need for furigana in the lyrics booklet =.= I think Ohime-sama to Doukeshi is a very interesting song btw (probably because I could catch almost all the lyrics on first listen). The world Tindharia that appears in the album reminds me of that Zero Sum comic that Shimotsukin is 原作 for. (Er turns out, no I'm not mistaken about that.) I shall read the tokuten booklet when I have time, it actually even has a original way of writing music score in that original world =.= And I really like Kienai Uta, Madara no Kuni and Owari no Toki he btw.

BRUSH the SCAR LEMON, despite the laughable title, is an awesome album. Kind of rekindled my GR love that hasn't been flaring up lately. I think GR has nicer album songs than single songs. Weird. Lonely Fighter was the song that caught my attention the most! I don't like Sheryl's pink monsoon single. But Fire Bomber's Re:FIRE!! album is all sorts of greatness!! I'm so excited to see Fukuyama Yoshiki at AFA after listening to this album! Ma-ya's Magic Number is a nice single (I like the c/w more, but I think it has probably been quite long since Ma-ya sang something this... cute and upbeat? The only thing that I can think of to compare to is her Platina), and Only My Railgun is probably my favourite OP this season. 36.7C (Shuujinkou Sono Ni) was surprisingly my favourite song off the new Zetsubou Sensei chara song album. Which is brilliant. And I like this album more than the previous chara song album. As I've mentioned before I have a new found liking for Sakakibara Yui. NYANDAFUL (Nyankoi OP) is so cute! I shall go get her previous album soon. Kalafina~ I was listening to the "progressive" single... while the c/w song Utsukushisa felt very typical Kajiura Yuki-ish, progressive was rather different. Hmm. Don't really know how to explain though. Was also listening to the Daemon Bride OP... poor Katou Emiri, she gets totally drained out by Kiiyan's voice (er not her fault though, Kiiyan can probably drain out nearly everyone when the song is this rock). Lolx. Oh but she was cute in her Bakemonogatari song!Hmm. But I actually didn't like the OLDCODEX mini album as much as I thought I would. Hmm. Maenu's single was surprisingly good though! Although the bonus track was a bit... Hare no Hi was interesting too.

まったく関係ないっすけど、右鉢美味しい過ぎるvvv私の中に鉢は右です。右しかありません。例え双忍でも右です。あ、でもCP関係ないとしたらほのぼの学級も好きです。最近プチ鉢ブーム中です。はい、すみません失礼します。

てか勉強します。学業的な勉強をします。今日は挫折しましたが明日こそ！（うわダメ人間丸出し。）

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:34:24 GMT

1. 23, 24, 25 Dec 3 consecutive single releases. Apparently this is a first in history. Hmm as part of 5th anniversary celebration? Haha. 7 songs in total, 888yen per single. So now we get 7 more Christmas songs on top of Juunengo no Kyou no Hi mo = 8 Christmas songs? ~~Too many!~~ Lolx. Needless to say I'm planning to order all three. Lolx. Which is 2664yen? If my maths don't fail me. Which is quite reasonable a price for 7 songs = 1 song more than a normal (Lantis) mini-album I would think.

2. When I wake up it'll be interview day. This will decide my life, I guess, more or less. Well if I flop it my life will just stay the way it is. Haha.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:39:18 GMT

From hiroki_chan!

* Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper on their LiveJournal.
* Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
* Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!

1. I saw this two pics (yes obviously they were originally seperate) in pixiv and went "I NEED THAT ON MY DESKTOP".
2. That was around 3rd October (ie when TOV ~first strike~ opened).
3. Btw I have been using the official TOV screensaver for a long long time ever since the screensaver was released before the XBOX360 version was out. 1 year++?
4. ~~FureYuri~~ TOV is one of my obsessions.
5. Tori-san!!

Before this I was using a super pretty Northern Europe Hetalia fanart from pixiv as wallpaper for around half a year. Before that was an all-star Hetalia fanart also from pixiv (around 3 months?). Lolx.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:16:53 GMT

Return of food blog! (?)

Since these few days I'm alone at home again cooking ensues.

Lunch:

Macaroni (somehow) stir-fried in Campbell cream of corn. Cocoa with condensed milk that turned out rather tasteless.

Dinner:

Curry. Hmm well I found all the necessary ingredients in my house so curry it was. I added 3 teaspoons of cocoa powder inside for fun but in the end it doesn't taste much different. The problem was the rice. My mum was explaining about the whole water-rice ratio (because I've only used our microwave rice cooker and not the normal rice cooker that she is using now) and somehow in the end I still got it wrong so it ended up really hard. Er. Inedible. As can be seen in the picture.(?) So in the end I put it back into the rice cooker, added more water and cooked it again. Lolx. It was still rather hard but still edible... Maa. I shall keep on trial and error-ing.

You know. I haven't opened the front door for 2 days. I'm such a hikikomori. Lolx.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:18:44 GMT

yumegal, if I get to go TW during December I want to see this!

I just saw this person talking about this exhibition on 沈春華 Live Show and I got interested. Cos you know, TW shows we get to see here are not real-time, so I was kinda scared that the whole thing was already over. Lolx. But it kind of made me realized again why I like 李白 more than 杜甫. Ok no link. Although the event for going to see him draw the rough sketches is over long time ago, the exhibition is just starting... 行きたい！ Haha. I just realized that I am the kind of person who will get excited over art exhibitions.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:04:10 GMT

Er. Can I say I want the JunJun album just for CLAMP's portrait? もう本当にズルいしかいいようがない！ I am totally not interested in the album (you know what I always say about JunJun's singing) but. BUT BUTBUT!!! THE PORTRAIT!!!

Speaking about JunJun! Corda 3's site is updated with the first few charas and voice samples! JunJun seems to be in the "main chara" position ne. Kisaragi Kyouya, childhood friend, hates troublesome things but transferred to Seisou together with heroine and ended up in the orchestra with her. Is rebellious against his brother Ritsu, the buchou of the orchestra. いい設定だなあ。 My moe point (?): MIZUHASHI KAORI IS VOICING A DATABLE CHARA (Mizushima Yuuto) INSIDE YESS!!! Maa basically that means no Lili in Corda 3? Wonder if there will be any fairies there at all. But but but. Mizuhashi Kaori @ kouhai-voice!!! SO. CUTE. I am super looking forward to her in Seisou Gakuinsai 3. O~hohoho! And then Uchida-san @ Sakaki Daichi (fukubuchou ie 3rd year) is all sorts of wrong. 爽やか過ぎるよ！（苦笑） Kisaragi Ritsu brings Konitan back to his normal voice range ne. Ousaki-senpai was a bit... lolx. （まあ、好きですけどね。） Mamo @ Amamiya Sei. Seems not to be a high school student? After listening to the sample voices... conclusion: アウトですね。まったくもって圏外。 Can't wait for the rest of the charas~!! Especially Daisaku. (オチになってくれ！)

This time the story seems to be their orchestra competing in some nation-wide competition? いや、青春だな。 To make it sound very Singaporean it will be like... heronine Kohinata Kanade transfers to Seisou Gakuin to improve her violin skills, enters their orchestra, and has to go through trials to be selected as part of the performing members, with the aim of winning Gold with Honours at SYF. Lolx.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:25:06 GMT

1. First of all, thanks for the comments on yesterday's post. The gist of it is, my grandmother passed away yesterday. Says that funeral will probably be not so early, probably around the time I go back to HK yup. Just that no one will be around these few days cos they will be back in HK. Let's put it this way... 私は元気ですよ？一日は自粛してましたけど。

2. （知り合いに読んでる人いないのでネタバレになりません！）「きり丸…これで私の分と合わせて一年分の学費が免除になる」激感動！！！中在家先輩は学園一無口な男ですけどやはり情に厚いですね！きり丸が先生のものを売り飛ばすことにはたぶん変わりがないだろうけどな。「お父さん」ってとこはさすがに噴いたね。きりちゃんと5歳しか違わないのに！！というわけでようやく落乱４６を手に入れたんですが、やはりすごかったんです！主に七松先輩がね！いけどんスパイクですべて持ってかれちゃったんですけど！私の中には！惚れ直しました！で、今回の五年生たちは本当にいいとこなしだな。あわれだ。勘ちゃん16年ぶりの登場なのにね。それと、粉もんさんは伊作をどうしたいですかね。なんか意味深。以上個人的の落乱46の見所でした。

3. Olinpos 2 (er this seems to be the official spelling). Aki-sensei is amazing. Firstly, poor "Artemis". I wonder what will Hades look like in my eyes. Er. I personally hope I'll see the human form, even knowing what it means to see Hades like that. But. Hmm. 「バッカじゃないの？」Er, my first reaction was "あむちゃんかッ！" Lolx. Personally I think if gods are really that bored it'll be quite interesting. And the fact that it seems totally inclined towards Hades and anti-Zeus ne. Lolx. Randomly the 0-1-2 theory reminded me of Sound Horizon's "Tasogare no Kenja".

4. Haigakura drama CD. I actually started liking Tenkou after the drama CD eh. I'm surprised. Tenkou is ウザイ in an entertaining way. I LIKE RAN-SAMA. Especially when he is tsukkomi-ing "歌のお兄さんならぬ謎のお兄さん". Lolx. Rakan-san sugoi!! 長台詞すごい。 But Seioubo-sama & Tekkai-sama... ちょっと微妙。 ICHIYOU!!! OMG. Namika-chan pittari (I randomly came up with this nickname for Namikawa Daisuke, lolx)!!!

5. Voice Charabii's Sanhora DVD CM. Hahahaha 噛み噛みやないかい！

6. So, mock interview with Morita-sensei today. Apparently the most important thing is... to know what you want to do after finishing the programme. So I linked what PS said about regional culture and stuff and decided that I want to do tour planning. On the spot. Hmm. Maa. Betsu ni ii kedo. We talked about 1. differences between tourism in JP and SG, what is lacking in which (I have no idea about tourism in SG! Then can only talk about very old memories of the time I came SG on tour in... before primary school. Which was only for one day! And which made me own up the fact that I want to go Hiraizumi solely because of Yoshitsune legends. Cos I was talking about going to less city places. Oh yes and 3 hours after the mock interview I thought of what you can bring tourists to do that is SG-ish! Go pasar malam!! Lolx), 2. what am I studying in JS and I was crapping about the BI project this sem, 3. what kind of things do I think need to learn in order to do tour planning, 4. how to lie about my motives (oh I want to do tour planning and I saw that one of the possible internships is tour planning in JTB blah blah blah), 5. discussed questions to ask. Interview ga kirai. The best thing that came out of it is "no, I think you don't really have to wear a suit. But I think it's better to wear a shirt. Don't necessarily have to wear a skirt too."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:10:21 GMT

Rest in peace.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:03:38 GMT

Why, I feel accomplished. And wow, look at the time. 555. Kamen Rider is it. Lolx. I just sent an email to Morita-sensei at 0555h. Gosh. I hope she thinks I wake up early instead of I sleep very late. If she notices the time at all.

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高速道路の無料化は交通業界に大きな影響を与える。それ以外にもいくつかの問題点を抱えている。問題を解決できなければ、高速道路を無料化しても誰も得しない。なので、高速道路の無料化は見直すべきだと思う。

高速道路が無料になったら、誰にどのような影響を与えるかを認識することが重要だ。民主党は高速道路が無料だと、交通費が減り、地方経済の活性化に繋がると主張している。これはあくまで、国民の多くは車で移動していることを予想して出した結論だ。

現に、土日千円の高速道路割引はいくつかのフェリー会社倒産の原因になっている。その前例もあって、長距離バス、鉄道、海運なども減便になるほどの悪影響を予測している。運転しない、或いは車を持っていない人はもちろんこれらの交通手段を使う。もしこれらがなくなったとき、この人たちはどうやって移動すればいいだろうか。長距離バス、鉄道や海運の会社は利益を得ることを元に経営している。利益にならない事業の持続を強要することは出来ない。儲けない線路を維持するために値段を上げるか、政府が支援するかになるが、そのどちらの負担も結局民衆に回ってきてしまう。ならば、最終的に損するのはやはり車を持っていない人たちになる。

これだけでも高速道路無料化を見直す理由になるが、ほかにも財源のために増税になるかや、高速道路が無料になった際渋滞と環境汚染が悪化する恐れなど、さまざまな問題点があります。

確かに、高速道路が無料になれば、高速道路を使った移動は安くなる。一般使用者にとっては節約になる。業者も貨物の運送費用が減り、値段を安くする余地を出来、消費者にもメリットがある（が、業者が値段を保ち、利益を図る可能性もある）。このように、得する人たちもいるはず。しかし、上述の問題について民衆が納得できるような解決策がないと、無料化の実現も難しい。なので、これらの問題を正視し、高速道路の無料化を見直すべきだ。

I actually spent much more time looking for an article (3h) to respond to and reading up background knowledge (1h) than on writing it (less than 1h).

《效阮公诗十五首》——说“人生无常”
1. 简介

江淹（444-505年），字文通，济阳考城（今河南）人。他曾在南朝宋、齐、梁三朝当官，更是南朝著名的文学家。他写的辞赋尤其出名，代表作有《恨赋》、《别赋》等。钟嵘《诗品》评江淹说“善于摹拟” ，而他的《杂诗》三十首正是模仿了三十个不同诗人的写作手法而写成的。除此之外，江淹的《效阮公诗十五首》也是模仿了阮籍《咏怀》八十二首的写法而写成的名作。

这十五首诗大约写于宋明帝死后不久（472年后），当时江淹是建平王刘景素的幕僚。那时候的政治环境十分混乱，皇室众人对于身为宋文帝的孙子的刘景素十分猜忌，令他开始拟计以自存。再加上景素受到身边近臣吹捧，以为自己当上了皇帝才是顺应天命，因而心生篡位之念、谋反之心。江淹认为这并不是对的时机，如果在这个时候起兵的话打败仗的机会比较大。因此他写了这十五首诗，目的是要讽谏刘景素，劝他不要谋反，所以通篇主张“人生无常”，要告诉刘景素生命中没有什么事一定的，也没有人能知道谁才是真命天子。

在这十五首诗里江淹利用了各种意象来说明“人生无常”这一个主题，而这些意象大多属于抽象的意象。所谓“抽象”的意象指的就是眼看不到的一些概念，包括有哲学思想、时间、命运等。反之，“真实”的意象是指所有用肉眼能看到的东西，像是各种的自然景物。而下来看看诗人如何运用这些意象来从多方面解释“人生无常”。

2. “抽象”的意象

“人生无常”本身就是一个十分抽象的概念。“人生”就是一个人的一生；“无常”则是指“时常变动”。人生是每个人都会经历的东西，而一个人过得每一天当然都不可能是一模一样的。这样看来，“人生无常”不就是理所当然的吗？可是很多时候大部分的人都不会注意到一些生命里细微的变动，又或者是对着小小小的变化太习惯了，反而不觉得他们像是在变。诗人就是想把这个理所当然的现象清楚的摆在读者眼前，所以便使用了各种不同的例子来试着将这个虚无缥缈的概念描绘的历历在目，像是真实的景物般跃于眼前。

既然“人生无常”这个主题本身就是个看不到、抓不着的概念，所以诗人当然也会先想到同样抽象的概念，而抽象的意象也占了十五首诗里的意象的大部分。虽然同是抽象的意象，其中也有分比较笼统的和比较具体的，分别有思想，命运，时间三种意象。

2.1 哲学思想

“人生无常”不是诗人第一个提出的。这一个想法早就在各个哲学家的著作里出现过了。诗人利用了前人的智慧，引用了各种哲学思想，例如儒家的“天命”思想，《易经》里的卦象等，说明“人生无常”这一个道理。

《效阮公诗十五首》里的第三首就提到说“天命谁能见？人踪信可疑。”“天命”是指上天赋予人们的命运，一个人的命运里包含了什么、有什么起起落落是没有人能看见、能预知的。既然天命是无人能知的，那如果有人说他能够了解天命、掌握命运的话，他的说辞当然就是很可疑、不可信的。這就説明了詩人的態度是：天命不是人类能够猜测的，生命中的变化更不是人类可以预料的。

接着在第四首里面就有“飘飘恍惚中，是非安所之。大道常不验，金火每如斯”四句。人世间的很多事都模糊不清、捉摸不定，因此我们很难去断定什么是对的，什么是错的。大道是指正确的道理，包括伦理纲常等。这些正确的道理本来应该是要劝善惩恶，但在生活中往往都未必会这么理想。“金火”指的是《易经》里的“革”卦。这个卦象代表的是两股势力水火不容，必然会想要除掉对方，带来变革——这更是一种会得到人民支持信任的变革。这种变革是适当的、必需的，所以不会让人感到愧疚。就像商汤和周武改朝换代是顺应着天命人心的，意义重大。用在这首诗里头是指刘景素让位自己谋反是顺应天命，会带来人们所需要的变革。可是，诗人说，这种变革就和正确的道理一样，在现实生活中不能发挥真正的作用的时间还比较多。也就是说，真正是顺应天命的变革是少之又少。应之前提到的“天命谁能见？”一句，又有谁能够肯定自己要带来的是人民所需要的变革？

在第五首诗里，诗人说：“同情沦异物，有体入无形。贤圣共草昧，仁智焉足明。变化未有极，恍惚谁能精！”头两句紧接着之前的四句所讲的武帝招李后魂魄一见的典故，感叹说李后和武帝一样，曾经都是拥有情感和血肉之躯的人，现在竟化为没有形体的灵魂。无论你是贤人、圣人也好，有仁有智也好，死了也不外乎是跟李后一样的命运，又有什么好自豪的？生命里的各种变化不停发生，没有止境，会成一片模糊、难以辨认，又有谁能够精通理解这些变化？诗人以人死后的形态来更深入地说明了人生的无常。

在第十五首诗的最后，诗人说到“天道好盈缺，春华故秋凋”这一点。“天道”所指的是天，或者说是自然世界的运行变化。也就是说，就算是大自然也会有盛衰，不可能会一直都是处于华盛的状态，一定会有衰败的时候的。就像是四季里，春天时各种植物都是生气勃勃的。可是到了秋天，花朵都会凋零，树木都会落叶。天道听起来虚无缥缈，但诗人接着以四季的例子补充，立刻让天道这个抽象的概念显得鲜明，犹如四季的景色般跃于眼前。这两句无非就是在说万物都会有盛衰，人类也不例外。这是自然界的定律，是人类不可以反抗的规律。

前人所理解到的、流传下来的道理，到了如今仍然历久不衰，在诗人的时代当然也是如此。诗人提出“天命”、“天道”这两个概念，《易经》里的“革”卦和死后的世界，从而分析了“人生无常”是如何的难料，又是如何的难以违抗。

2.2个人命运

如果读者觉得上述的只是读书人讲的大道理，诗人还举了不少比较个人的例子，让读者能够切身地感受到人生的无常。诗人觉得在人生中有很多东西都不是自己可以控制的。就算今天命运让你应有尽有，让你在高位、享富贵，那也只是一时的荣华，很可能隔天就一无所有了。

就像诗人在这一组是的第十一首里提到，“扰扰当途子，毁誉多埃尘。朝生舆马间，夕死衢路滨。”这四句说的是当权的人容易惹是非，令到声誉受损。早上还好好的当着官，享受着荣华富贵，到了晚上就很可能已经死在路边了。以一天这个十分短暂的时间来表示一个人的命运里的各种转变可以来得很突然，既不能预料，更不能回避。

再如第十三首里的“性命有定理，祸福不可禁”两句，点出了虽然命运是早就被上天或者是一些非人的力量所决定了，不可以更改。不过，这个“被决定了的命运”是祸是福就无人知晓了，而且不管是好是坏，一个普通人是没有办法阻止它发生的。当你以为这是一个生机时，它很可能其实是一条死路——虽然早有定数，但定数是什么我们无从得知，更不可能改变。

诗人以生死和祸福这两种人的命运中必然会出现，但几时会发生却不能预料到的事情来表现出世事难料、今天不知明天事的道理，进而更深入表明“人生无常”这种思想。

2.3时间流逝

命运和生死云云可能离日常生活太远，对一般人来说比较不能在一时之间体会到。因此，诗人选择以每个人都一定会经历过的“时间的流逝”来进一步说明人生的无常。不管一个人有没有成大业、发大财，时间也是会一样地过。

譬如第六首诗里面说的“千龄犹旦夕，万世更浮沉。”诗人利用了《神仙传》里的典故，说的是马明生和神女游动还以为才玩了一阵子，但其实已经过了两千年之久的故事。这是比喻说时间过得飞快，虽然千年的时光已过，但感觉上就像短暂的出游一样。“万世”这里是指天子或是诸侯去世，也就是指改朝换代；“浮沉”则是比喻盛衰。整句说的就是在很短的时间里，国家经过几许盛衰，权力多次转移到不同人的手中的意思。诗人写诗时正值政事纷乱的时代，很可能就是在说当时常发生这类权力的转移，当权者常常改变，以瞬息万变的政局来比喻无常的人生。

诗人在第九首诗里更说：“绮缟非无情，光阴命谁待？”就算是过得再风光、再体面，这段光彩的日子也是会一转眼就过去了——不管你怎么留恋那段时间它还是会逝去。不过，美好的日子会逝去不是因为它对人特别的无情，每个人都会经历到时间的流逝，它对每个人都是公平的。第十四首里的“光色俯仰间，英艳难久恃”两句说的也是这个意思。不过它就点得比前一个例子更明白，明显地提到了要美好的东西（“英艳”）长久地持续是非常艰难的。

第十首诗里面说：“寒暑有往来，功名安可留。”前一句和后述的 “寒暑更进退”的意思相仿，都是指季节不断地交替。但在这首诗里面，因为前面说的是“少年学击剑，从师至幽州。燕赵兵马地，唯见古时丘。登城望山水，平原独悠悠”，所以这里的“寒暑”应该更有泛指“岁月”的意思。诗人在幽州看到的景色让他想到以前在那个地方发生过的战役，但看到的就只是当时遗留下来的坟墓——言下之意就是说就算你打了胜仗，获得了功名，最后还不是化为一堆白骨？功名乃是身外物，生不带来、死不带去，又何必如此执着？这跟第五首诗里面的“贤圣共草昧”如出一辙。岁月不停的过去，得到的功名又能维持多久？

所以说，一个人所拥有的美好的东西，无论是幸福、荣华还是权势，这些都只是暂时性的，都不会长久。人生本来就充满了未知数，好的日子会持续多久没有人知道。诗人以时间的流逝说明了“人无千日好，花无百日红”的道理，由此带出通篇“人生无常”的主题。

3. “真实”的意象

诗人虽然已经以上述的“抽象”的意象来多方面探讨“人生无常”这个主题，但说到底这些意象都不是明显能看到的东西，还是不如肉眼能看到的东西来得有震撼力，容易理解。因此诗人也利用了不少“真实”的意象，感叹着人生的无常。

例如第七首诗里的“四时有变化，盛明不徘徊”二句。“四时”指的是一天里的朝、夕、昼、夜，而“盛明”指的是太阳。这两句在说的是随着一天里的时间的转变，太阳在天空的位置也会有所不同，不会留在同一个地方。这就说明了移动、变化乃是自然的规律，也就是说人生里“无常”才是正常的，不断的变化才是自然的。两句把“人生无常”定位成人生的常理，而非偶然的变数。“盛明”的另外一个意思是指“皇帝”，语带双关，更指说在位者也不会永远在位。

第九首诗则说“人道则不然，消散随风改。”这两句其实是接着前面的两句“不与风雨变，长共山川在。”这里将人向永恒不变的希望比喻为河川里的一滴水的愿望——不想因为天气不断变化而化为风雨，想永世一直是高山河川的一部分。“人道”是指为人之道，也就是做人的道理。在人世间有着的各种变化，所以这个愿望是不可能成真的，而水滴也只能蒸发成水蒸气随着风变成云、变成雨。人类也不外如是，只能随着世事的变化而变化，不由得自己控制。

再如第十四首诗里的最后两句“寒暑更进退，金石有终始。”前一句说的是季节会不断更迭，是一种不断持续着的变化。而后一句说的则是“金石”这两种给人一种会长久不变的物质其实也有始有终，不会永远的存在。连“金石”都可能变，还有什么是不能变的？人生中的事情当然更是如此。由此，诗人说明了“人生无常”的必然性。

“真实”的意象人人可见，比起“抽象”的意象来说容易明白，给人的感慨更是生动、深刻。和“抽象”的意象一并使用，更有一种将不明确的概念刻画得更具体的作用、层层递进，让读者更能感受到“人生无常”的全貌。

4. 总结

诗人觉得“人生无常”是必然的，没有人可以预测会有怎么样的变更、更没有人能够违抗这些变化。他更认为人生里会有好的日子，但好的日子不会永久，有好一定有坏、有盛一定有衰，每一个人的生命里都会有起有落，而这些起落也是不可预料或避免的。生死、祸福就更加不用说了。诗人用了思想、命运、时间等“抽象”的意象和自然景象等“真实”的意象说明了上述“人生无常”的各个方面，层层深入，让读者能够对这个抽象的概念有更好地掌握。

Sorry I don't love 江淹. It's rather boring. The only part I had fun writing was the 《易经》 part.