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Asian eyes

Last saturday, I met oz friends. it'd been long since we met last time. Had lunch together and i don't remember why but Cris expressed asian eyes as she pulled the outer corners of her eyes, making them thin and long. So I told her that she shouldn't do that 'cause it makes some people feel bad, I did't feel anything myself anymore though(I'm already sick and tired of handling those cases). Then all other friends started to defend that they aren't trying to undermind when they do that. I explained that people don't feel good for that and that's what people should keep in their mind. And many asians think having thin and long eyes are less good then big and round eyes. Because asians eye are often called "small", mainly asians call it in that way as they have an inferiority complex about their own aspect. Some of us manage to operate there eyes to have double eyelid or bigger eyes, whatever, I explained that to my friends. So my friends explained back some people here also operate theirs to have them like the asians. But I don't think they have any kind of an inferiority complex. And asians do. I've always thought that's a very foolish thought but I wanted to depend and tell them how it works for asians.

When I came to Spain for the first time, until then I didn't know that kind of unpleasant expression. Well, at that time I didn't kno but it really felt bad. and I knew that was how some western people do. They say they don't have any intention to laugh at us but it does feel unpleasant.

Last year in Beijing, in the Olympic period, some spanish players took a photo as every member doing that expression. I don't exactly know how it went, but after the photo was published, I think all the spanish people found it funny 'cause they do that too. But I thought, how embarrassing! And my thought naturally went to imagine how it would be like, it was Olympic period, sure it was full of people out there, full of local people, and also people from overseas. But there was no doubt to make me imagine most of the people there were asians. I was picturing myself as if I was one of chinese passing there when they were doing that. "I had no idea what it was so I just saw them with half curiosity and half ignored and after I realised it was the way to express us!!"

Once a photo of Miley Cyrus was criticised by many people 'cause in the photo she was doing asian eyes thing with her friends. I read that article in a korean web, and I even didn't get surprised.(No me extrañó por nada!) But I think after she tried to apologise to public about her behaviour. There I found a difference between her and those spanyards. (Well I know an actress must concern much more with public than sport players do)

People sometimes confuse being ignorant and being naive, especially in Spain, I've seen and I've met a lot of people. They simply don't know certain things, and they are such an honest and kind people, warm-hearted. Molt simpàtics! But way ignorant. Racism does exist in this way. They act in certain way since they haven't got the foggiest but it could hurt some people and they don't know!! They seem to feel cool about that I was bothered hundreds of times but I started not to consider that as nothing but they are still bloody ignorant.

Have you ever tried to do those eyes? Try it. Jeez, I am not seeing well. Doing those eyes are so annoying. Feel like I got lame eyes. So, those who have thin eyes have any problems with their vision? I dunno but I don't think so. This thought made me feel unpleasant again.

Let's go back to last saturday with my friends, I think I made them a bit embarrassed and way shocked. They were trying to depend as persuading me so they were telling me how nice is that I have "cabell llis i lacio", soft and straight hair. And some other things but after all we are the same, they concluded. Well, they'd just said how different I was than them!! But I knew they didn't mean to be bad. People who don't want to hurt anyone say that, "We are blah blah blah and you are blah blah blah but either way we are the same!". Ha, of course, genetically it's true since we are all human but we know we are all different. But not after it's already dwelled on! I know I'm not the same as a girl from Norway, or a girl from Tanzania. Just the important thing is we got to accept the difference and we shouldn't act weirdly. Nobody is perfert and so anybody would commit a slight mistake and that should be forgiven but we should remember not everything is Vice Versa. Some feel good and fun about something but some don't feel in the same way. Anything can bother others 'cause we are all different. It's the same logic as a rich don't know a poor. Just let it go.

Sunrise - Norah Jones

Sunrise Sunrise

Looks like morning in your eyes

But the clock's held 9:15 for hours

Sunrise Sunrise

Couldn't tempt us if it tried

Cuz the afternoon's already come and gone

And I said

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

Surprise Surprise

Couldn't find it in your eyes

But I'm sure it's written all over my face

Surprise Surprise

Never something I could hide

When I see we made it through another day

Then I say

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

And now the night

Will throw its cover down, ooo, on me again

Ooh, and if I'm right

It's the only way to bring me back

Hooo, hooo, hooo

To you

Hooo, yeah, hooo, hooo

To you

insomni

어젠 잠 못 이루는 밤이었어
늦잠을 잔 탓도 있겠지만
심한 sentiment

옛날 생각이 너무 나더군
과거로 돌아가고 싶다는 생각이 무척이나 들어서는,
어쩜 그렇게 생생하게 기억이 나는지,

나는 바보다 싶기도 하고

왜 그랬을까 싶기도 하면서


눈물도 나고

하지 못했던 말들

대체
왜 그랬던거에요?

라는 한마디를
다짐의 다짐을 하고서도

침 한번 꾹 삼키면서
말도 꾹 다 삼켜버리고

그랬던 것들이

벌써 일년 이년 삼년 오년 칠년
막 이렇게 지났다니

믿을수가 없어 고칠수도 없고
하하

그저 말대로 I should seize the day
I gotta do what I gotta do

필요한 건 관대 여유 친절과 부드러운 말 한마디인데
널뛰기를 뛰듯 왔다갔다하는 이 감정의 기복은

떨어지는 빗방울 따라 같이 떨어지고
찡그린 하늘만큼 얼굴을 찡그리고
섭씨 100도근처에서 끓는 물 처럼 확 끓어버리고

에어컨을 틀어버리면 cool이아닌 cold가 되어버리니



그래도 웃음이 나고 눈물이 나고
하는 순간도 있는거지

감정백만가지

가볍게 더 가볍게
깃털보다 더 가벼운 발걸음이 되어라

날다 날다 지치면
무중력공간에 가고 싶다

그래 난 옛날부터 우주가 좋았다
그리고 옛날부터 높은곳이 좋았지

페루에 가서 살자니 고산병이 걱정되지만
구더기 무서워서 장 못 담그는 가

앞으로가 두려워서 발을 앞으로 못 내밀라고
그렇진 않잖아

나는 우뚝 설 줄 아는데 앞으로 내미는 걸
두려워하면 어떡해

일을 저질러 놓고 두려워 하고 후회하는 건
그건 아니잖아

resposiblitat

날카롭지 않게 blunt
뭉뚝한 연필을 항상 날카롭게 할 필요는

없다

Regina Spektor - on the radio

This is how it work

It feels a little worse

Than when we drove our hearse

Right through that screaming crowd

While laughing up a storm

Until we were just bone

Until it got so warm

That none of us could sleep

And all the styrofoam

Began to melt away

We tried to find some words

To aid in the decay

But none of them were home

Inside their catacomb

A millon anciet bees

Began to sting our knees

While we were on our knees

Praying that disease

Would leave the ones we love

And never come again

On the radio

We heard November Rain

That solo´s really long

But it´s a pretty song

We listened to it twice

´Cause the DJ was asleep

This is how it works

You´re young until you´re not

You love until you don´t

You try until you can´t

You laugh until you cry

You cry until you laugh

And everyone must breathe

Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works

You peer inside yourself

You take the thing you like

And try to love the things you took

And then you take that love you made

And stick it into some

Someone else´s heart

Pumping someone else´s blood

And walking arm in arm

You hope it don´t get harmed

But even if it does

You´ll just do it all again

And on the radio

You hear November Rain

That solo´s awful long

But it´s a good refrain

You listen to it twice

´Cause the DJ is asleep

On the radio

(oh oh oh)

On the radio

On the radio - uh oh

On the radio - uh oh

On the radio - uh oh

On the radio