how have you been

你, 好不好？周興哲
How Have You Been? by Eric Chou



是不是 還那麼愛遲到
Shi bu shi hai na me ai chi dao
Are you always late as usual?

熬夜工作又睡不好
Ao ye gong zuo you shui bu hao
Staying up late to work and not sleeping enough?

等你 完成你的目標 要戒掉逞強的嗜好

Deng ni wan cheng ni de mu biao, yao jie diao cheng qiang de shi hao

After you've achieved your dream, you have to quit the habit of overexerting yourself

都怪我 把自尊放太高

Dou guai wo bai zi zun fang tai gao
It's all my fault, for letting pride get in the way

沒有把你照顧好
Mei you ba ni zhao gu hao 
Not taking enough care of you

驕傲 是脆弱的外表最怕我的心你不要
Jiao ao shi cui ruo de wai biao Zui pa wo de xin ni bu yao
Pride was the exterior I use to cover up of my vulnerability, the thing I fear the most is that you don't want my heart


Chorus
能不能繼續 對我哭 對我笑 對我好
Neng bu neng ji xu dui wo ku dui wo xiao dui wo hao
Can you continue to cry to me, smile at me, be nice to me?

繼續讓我 為你想 為你瘋 陪你老
Ji xu rang wo wei ni xiang wei ni feng pei ni lao
Allow my to think for you, get crazy over you and grow old with you

你好不好 好想知道
Ni hao bu hao hao xiang zhi dao
How have you been? I wanna know badly

別急著把回憶都丟掉
Bei ji zhe ba hui yi du diu diao
Don’t be in haste to throw all the memories away 

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我只需要你 在身邊 陪我吵 陪我鬧
Wo zhi xu yao ni zai shen bian pei wo chao pei wo naoI just need you by my side, even to fight with me or just make some noise

用好的我 把過去 壞的我 都換掉

Yong hao de wo ba guo qu huai de wo dou huan diao
Let the good in me replace the old, bad me. 

好想聽到 你堅決說愛我
Hao xiang ting dao ni jian jue shuo ai wo
How I wish to hear you say that you'd love me no matter what, 

可惜回不去那一秒
Ke xi hui bu qu na yi miao

Unfortunately, we can't go back to that moment


你好不好
Ni hao bu hao
How have you been?


Verse 2 
天知道 我快要受不了
Tian zhi dao wo kuai yao shou bu liao
God knows... I can't take it any anymore

後悔鑽進心裡燒
Hou hui zuan jin xin li shao
The regret is burning in my heart

擁抱 再多一次就好
Yong bao zai duo yi ci jiu hao
One more embrace would be enough

你要的我都做得到
Ni yao de wo dou zuo de dao
I would do anything you want

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Chorus2
能不能繼續 對我哭 對我笑 對我好
Neng bu neng ji xu dui wo ku dui wo xiao dui wo hao
Can you continue to cry to me, smile at me, be nice to me?

繼續讓我 為你想 為你瘋 陪你老
Ji xu rang wo wei ni xiang wei ni feng pei ni lao
Allow me to think for you, get crazy over you and grow old with you

給你的好 還要不要
Gei ni de hao hai yao bu yao
Would you still accept it, the good I'd give to you now 

答案我卻不敢揭曉
Da an wo que bu gan jie xiao
Yet I dare not hear your answer.


我只需要你 在身邊 陪我吵 陪我鬧
Wo zhi xu yao ni zai shen bian pei wo chao pei wo nao
I just need you by my side, even to fight with me or just make some noise

別用離開教我 失去的人最重要
Bie yong li kai jiao wo shi qu de ren zui chong yao
Don't use leaving as a lesson to teach me 'you only realise the importance of someone when they are gone'

別說 你曾經愛過我
Bie shuo ni ceng jing ai guo wo
Don't tell me that you loved me

讓我們回到那一秒
Rang wo men hui dao na yi miao
Let us go back to the moment

你好不好
Ni hao bu hao
How have you been?

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Last chorus 

能不能繼續 對我哭 對我笑 對我好
Neng bu neng ji xu dui wo ku dui wo xiao dui wo hao
Can you continue to cry to me, smile at me, be nice to me?

繼續讓我 為你想 為你瘋 陪你老
Ji xu rang wo wei ni xiang wei ni feng pei ni lao
Allow me to think for you, get crazy for you and grow old with you,

你好不好 我好想知道
Ni hao bu hao hao xiang zhi dao
How have you been? I wanna know badly.


別急著把我的愛丟掉
Bie ji zhe ba wo de ai diu diao
Please don't be in haste to throw my love away.

我只需要你 在身邊 陪我吵 陪我鬧
Wo zhi xu yao ni zai shen bian pei wo chao pei wo nao
I just need you by my side, even to fight with me or just make some noise

別用離開教我 失去的人最重要
Bie yong li kai jiao wo shi qu de ren zui chong yao
Don't use leaving as a lesson to teach me 'you only realise the importance of someone when they are gone'

別說 你曾經愛過我
Bie shuo ni ceng jing ai guo wo
Don't tell me that you loved me

讓我們回到那一秒
Rang wo men hui dao na yi miao
Let us go back to that moment

你好不好
Ni hao bu hao
How have you been?

true love

You don't want to experience true love
Because once you stumble upon it
You will know all the rest is not the real thing

Do we choose to love or do love choose us?
How is loving one seems so easy and effortless?
Yet another so hard and so trying?

Can one ever experience a love greater than true love
Can one actually feel true love without the other feeling the same
Will one, one day discover that this great feeling is not true love just yet

Will one truly be happy if her true love finds another true love
If not what kind of love is that?
But if true love actually finds another does it mean that love never actually existed at all

tokyo kyoto: day2 omantesando / harajuku

omantesando, the high end side, right next to harajuku
















kiddy land in cat's street




takeshita street, harajuku


the new craze at calbee




the simple udon that i can have everyday...

more photos here

tokyo kyoto: day1+2 shibuya

this is the second time im in tokyo. so we just eat and shop all the way.


too hungry, we need to eat something near our hotel first






this is for chai qiao... yum yum


here we are, shibuya


we look high and low for this restaurant, i been there the last trip and i was determine to look for it... i need to gratify that craving.






day 2 dinner...

the crowd at shibuya in my blk and white collection.
















more photos here

the end and the beginning

wake up this moment standing at the end of the chapter of this year
not sure if i had pushed myself to be the best
not sure if i had really make the most out of it
definitely sure grace had accompany me throughout

i wouldnt say it is the most eventful year
nor will i say it is any less eventful
nothing i say i cannot forget
yet a lot i know i will say one day i treasure dearly

i thank God for the friends i made
i thank God for those i did not
i thank God for those far away
i thank God for those next to me

i thank God for the conversation made
i thank God for the crazy things we do
i thank God for the people that shower me with love and smiles
i thank God for the cakes, chocs and coffee

i thank God for the noisy time we had,
and the quiet space we had
i thank God for striving through the busy schedule,
and the hardship we go through together

mistakes i make this year may i find more grace to not repeat it again
may He keeps me close to his heart, may i live with more passion
may i recognise the greatest that He has install for me, may i see the beauty all around me
may grace, love and hope bring me and you through the next chapter

i wrote

i picked up my pencil for the first time after many months
this journal which used to be my only outlet to keep my heart intact
Oh how i forgotten you
like i forget many things in my life

maybe i have not forget you
maybe im just fearful to write anymore
maybe i dont want to admit im lost
maybe i dont want to face the fact -- im far away from home.

God where are you?
and i dont mean you are hiding
God where are you?
i meant im lost
help me find my way back home

i cant remember when
i cant remember which direction i took
not too long because i cant seem to forget you
yet long enough, i dont seem to be able to trace my way back home

God where are you?
i seem to see you but i cant touch you
at times, like a dream
and i lost you again the next waking day

is the way back home that far?
will i ever find my way back?
honestly it's hard to believe the possibility
yet i believe, and i want to keep this hope

that one day, i'll be home again
one day, i'll be back in your embrace
one day
i only hope one day will not wait no more
and when one day come, i'll still recognise home when i find it
one day


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i wrote the above after coming across what Vance Havner observed: "How long you've been a Christian tells you how long you've been on the road, but it doesn't tell you how far you've come."

exiling love by jie wei ling

Sometimes, I feel so lonely
Even though you haven't said anything
You just held me tightly
but said to me gently
I'm only a friend
The love is different
The love I give bears no fruit

I don't get it, I know I'm not wrong
Forgot to put lock on the heart that loves you
Foolishly let love became a torture
You don't care about me at all
I still love without giving up
I choose to step aside for the love of you

Being exiled to the cold border
Learning that ambiguity is not sweet
Not caring the so called unfairness
Quietly leaving, gently closing my eyes
Quietly put it there