Ferinelli !!! The Legend !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mvN-WTAY8&feature=em-share_video_user

ARIAS FOR SOPRANO BY: 

RiCCARDO BROSCHI (c.1698-1756)
15:54 - "Ombra fedele anch'io"' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act II, Scene XI, from Opera 'Idaspe'. 
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice.

28:47 - "Qual guerriero in campo armato' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act I, Scene XVI, from Opera 'Idaspe'
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice

44:31 - "Son qual nave ch'agitata" (excerpt) : Arbace's Solo, from Opera 'Artaserse' 
London, 1734, in collaboration with J.A.Hasse.Libretto by Pietro Metastasio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Broschi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaserse

JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE (1699 - 1783)
57:59 - ​"Generoso risvegliati, o core" (excerpt) : Poro's Solo: Act II, Scene 4, from Opera 'Cleofide' (Alessandro nell'Indie)
(aria for male soprano sung by 'Farinelli' at 1731 a Venice)
Libretto by Michelangelo Boccardi after Pietro Metastasio. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adolph_Hasse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleofide

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)
1:19:07 - "Lascia ch'io pianga" (excerpt) : Almirena's Solo: Act II, Scene IV, from Opera Rinaldo at King's Theatre, London 1711.
Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo

1:20:34 - "Cara Sposa" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene VII, from Opera 'Rinaldo' at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

1:24:28 - "Venti turbini" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene IX, from Rinaldo's Opera at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

NICOLA PORPORA (1686 -1768)
1:40:02 - "Alto Giove, è Tua Grazia" (excerpt) : Acis Solo: Act III, Scene V, from Opera 'Polifemo' at King's Theatre.
Libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, London, 1735,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Porpora

1:46:41 - Instrumental of Aria "Se Al Labbro Mio Non Crede", from Artaserse's Opera by Riccardo Broschi/ J.A.Hasse, sung by "Farinelli" in London at 'Opera Of The Nobility, 1734.


FARINELLI'S VOICE provides by:
Soprano: Ewa Mallas-Godlewska and Male Alto: Derek Lee Ragin, who were recorded separately then digitally merged to recreate the 'sound voice' of a Castrato.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Mallas-Godlewska
http://www.derekleeragin.net/

Why Meditate ??

What is Meditation ?

頂果欽哲法王and 宗薩仁波切

In the stage of Non Distraction is Meditation !
If you would be distracted, you are loosing yourself; you are not being mindful !
And this means that you are not in meditation !
Meditation is a status of mind that you are with your nature of mind without any distractions from any thoughts, any thinking, anything ! You are the light shinning through the clouds residing in Rigpa !

The purpose of meditation is not to feel tranquil and peaceful, but to gain Wisdom !!

----- Dzongsar Khentze Rinpoche,  The Way of Bodhisattva's Life

Love is in the Air ~~~~

Love the atmosphere in the wedding ~~~

Love is an enteral giving and forgiving , that manifests not only while  the roses blossom, but also while the blossom withers , as everlastiing as the universe, as pure as the space !!

At Friends's Wedding ~~

Music and Architecture ~~~

Venice Opera House ~~

音樂是流動的建築，
建築是凝固的音樂！

In Greek Language, Muzike means Muses , representing by 8 goddess, who govern various areas of art !  As in a famous saying, " Everything is Numbers ", music and architecture are both corresponded with numbers and structures !

Thanks for 炎江老師

Imperial Chinese Cuisine in Taipei !!

「宮廷菜」終於來臺北了喲！好吃精緻的料理不是French , Japanese 的專利，「中國料理」也可以好好吃也好精緻！很開心！

 — at Family Li Imperial Cuisine.

Yosemite Meditation ~~

As I can breath through the golden clouds into heaven,
I bow to the profoundness and awe,
I pray for the bliss that
arises in  each array of the light !

I surrender to the you…
I am you;
I am the nature,
I am the emptiness,
I am the light !

Joyce Jonathan - Je ne sais pas (Clip officiel)

rench

Je ne sais pas

Il y a des mots qui me gènent, des centaines de mots, des milliers de rengaines qui sont jamais les mêmes

Comment te dire, je veux pas te mentir, tu m'attires et c'est là que se trouve le vrai fond du problème

Ton orgueil, tes caprices, tes baisers, des délices; tes désirs, des supplices; je vois vraiment pas où ça nous mène

Alors, on se raisonne
C'est pas la fin de notre monde
Et à tort on se questionne
Encore une dernière fois

Je ne sais pas comment te dire
J'aurais peur de tout foutre en l'air, de tout détruire
Un tas d'idées à mettre au clair depuis longtemps
Mais j'ai toujours laissé derrière mes sentiments

Parfois je me dis que j'ai tort de rester si passive, mais toi tu me regardes, moi je te dévore
Et c'est parfois trop dur de discerner l'amour
Mon ami, mon amant, mon amour et bien plus encore

Alors, on se raisonne
C'est pas la fin de notre monde
Et à tort on se questionne
Encore une dernière fois

Je ne sais pas comment te dire
J'aurais peur de tout foutre en l'air, de tout détruire
Un tas d'idées à mettre au clair depuis longtemps
Mais j'ai toujours laissé derrière mes sentiments
(x2)

Je te veux toi avec défauts et tes problèmes de fabrication
Je te veux toi, je veux pas un faux, pas de contrefaçon
Je veux pas te rendre pour prendre un autre
Je veux pas te vendre pour une ou deux fautes
Je veux tes mots, je veux ta peau, c'est jamais trop
Je te veux plus, changé d'avis; j'ai vu un autre un peu plus joli
Je ne veux pas, je ne veux plus, jamais voulu
Et puis t'es qui ? Je te connais pas, t'as dû rêvé, ce n'était pas moi
Mes confusions, tu les connais, laissons tomber

Comment te dire, j'aurais peur de tout foutre en l'air, de tout détruire
Un tas d'idées à mettre au clair depuis longtemps
Mais j'ai toujours laissé derrière mes sentiments

Je ne sais pas comment te dire
J'aurais peur de tout foutre en l'air, de tout détruire
Un tas d'idées à mettre au clair depuis longtemps
Mais j'ai toujours laissé derrière mes sentiments
(x2)

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English

I don't know

Versions: #1#2#3

There are some words which embarass me, hundreds of words, thousands of same old things that are never the same

How could I tell you, I don't wanna lie to you, you attract me, and this is where lies the true heart of the problem

Your pride, your whims, your kisses, your pleasures, your desires, torments, I really don't see where this is getting us

So we pull ourselves together, it's not the end of our world
And we wrongly question ourselves again one last time

I don't know how to tell you, I'm afraid to screw up everything, to ruin everything
A lot of ideas to clarify from way back
But I've always been leaving my feelings behind

I sometimes think that I'm wrong staying so passive, but you look at me, I devour you
And it's sometimes too hard to distinguish love
My friend, my lover, my love and even more

So we pull ourselves together, it's not the end of our world
And we wrongly question ourselves again one last time

I don't know how to tell you, I'm afraid to screw up everything, to ruin everything
A lot of ideas to clarify from way back
But I've always been leaving my feelings behind
(x 2)

I want just you with flaws and your manufacturing problems
I want just you, I don't want a fake, no forgery
I don't want to return you to get another
I don't want to sell you up for one or two mistakes
I want your words, I want your skin, it's never too much
I don't want you anymore, I changed my mind. I've seen another one a bit better-looking*
I don't want, don't want anymore, never wanted
And who are you, I don't know you, you must've been dreaming, it wasn't me
My confusions, you know them, let's give up

How to tell you, I'm afraid to screw up everything, to ruin everything
A lot of ideas to clarify from way back
But I've always been leaving my feelings behind

I don't know how to tell you, I'm afraid to screw up everything, to ruin everything
A lot of ideas to clarify from way back
But I've always been leaving my feelings behind
(x 2)

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/je-ne-sais-pas-i-dont-know.html#ixzz3GNUJaVyn

Harbor View from my room ~~~

Hong Kong ~~

To the other Shore ~~~

Angel 可能是嚴肅的深思的，也許是甜蜜的光明的。。。
也許是。。。
沉浸在。。。
心經中的到達彼岸。。。

:):):):)

Superb French Restaurant in Hong Kong ~~

 1982 Festival ~~~   at Amuse Boche 


1982 Pichon Lalande
1982 Mouton Rothschild
1982 Hunt Brion
1982 Chaval Blanc
1986 D'yquem
1986 Krug Champaign

To celebrate friends' Birthday, 12 of good friends flew all the way from Taipei to Hong Kong, and nothing disappointed us. The wine and the meal were superbly flawless and amazingly luxurious and  delightful , while the traffic was blocked by the protestors, I had the first time experience of using the MTR in my life .  

Feeling very Grateful !! 

 — at Amuse Bouche.

The most relaxing sofa in Taipei ~~

 Post the mid autumn, suddenly I felt a bit chilly but somehow loving the breeze so much that I smiled…

Perhaps, I have the affinity to this pink sofa where , as I recalled,  the same outfit I wore playing with the mini i pad so amusedly a year ago ….

Time does not soar as people say in my perception,  on the contrary, I do realize the frozen period of calmness and tranquility that appeared in my mind … in the meditation stage.  Why do you wish to stay in sadness or agony instead of feeling grateful and appreciated? 

As I noticed in the photo,  the Louis Vitton Bag displayed as orange color, and it was originally bright yellow though; however, the tone color of  warmness comforted my afternoon ~~~

Nirvana Yoga Meditation ~~~

Chiva Some in Thailand ~~

Nirvana Yoga

《今日的瑜珈沈思》

～所謂由惡夢中清醒過來，
意味著你不再接受自己天生就不值得愛的那個幻覺。
人間有些愛常是發自內疚和憂懼，
你不知不覺地從人們身上學到了有條件的愛，
並奉它們為你學習的典範。
這不是你的錯，你只須覺察到這一事實即可。

從嬰兒時期開始，你就以人們是否
正面回應你來評斷自己的價值，
從那當中，你學會向外建立自己的價值，
此信念根深柢固地滲入了你每一個生命經驗裡。
你父母的經驗與你的沒有兩樣，
你子女的經驗與你的也毫無差異，
你們都承受了類似的創傷，有待治癒。
然而，你必須先清楚意識到自己所受到的傷害，
才能釋放從中滋生的種種情緒，
而這是所有心懷傷痛的人學習把有條件的愛
轉換成無條件的愛的必經之路。
在療愈過程中，首先，你必須無條件地愛自己，
那是你不曾從親生父母那裡獲得的禮物。
經過療愈，你，重生了，好似再次被撫養長大一般，
但這回可不是仰賴另一個權威，而是靠你內在的愛之源頭。
要學會去愛一個心靈受創的人，你必須先扭轉自己的信念，
只因你一向相信自己的價值是建立在別人對你的看待上。
如今，你慢慢訓練自己，
知道如何憑著自己當下的真相來自我評價，
在那當中，全然不加任何條件。
那是任何人都無法為你做的事，別人只能協助你、鼓勵你，
但沒有人能教你如何愛自己，
那是每個靈魂必須為自己做的工作。
每個靈魂進入肉體，
都是為了解決“自我價值” 這個問題而來的。
然而，靈魂一但進入肉身，
它與生俱來的愛的能力就已受到了限制，
這種限制會把周遭的人一起牽連進去。
解除這些限制，成了人生最重要的課題。
靈魂在離開人世之際，
若還認定自己的一生純粹是個受害者的話，
那它勢必會再度被拉回人間，
來試圖扭轉這一信念。
反之，靈魂惟有覺悟出：它的價值，
原本就不是建立在心智或經驗之外的任何人或任何事上的；
惟有如此，它才能重返愛的源頭，
並從歷盡滄桑的惡夢中覺醒過來。
所謂由惡夢中清醒過來，
意味著你不再接受自己天生就不值得愛的那個幻覺。
藉由無條件地愛自己，你證明了愛的存在。
而且，當你這樣做時，
你會吸引許多無條件愛你的人進入你的生命裡。
向身外尋求愛，注定會失敗！
因為你無法從別人身上得到你尚未給予自己的東西。
你若吝於疼愛自己，
必會吸引那些同樣不愛你的人進入你的生命裡。
無條件的愛，這種經驗必須從
你的內心開始，而不是向別人索求來的。
切莫將別人愛你與否視為你能否愛自己的先決條件，
更別將你的信心放在愛的條件或它的外在形式上。
因為所有那些，都是變化無常的，都是遷流不定的，
只會隨著每一時刻的遭遇，生滅起伏不已。
真愛是不會改變的，
它的存在絲毫不受愛的外在形式所限。
這個永恆不變、無所不在且
無形無相的愛的源頭，一直就在你內邊。
你的信心只能放在這個源頭上，
因為這種愛經得起千錘百煉，
遠遠超過你所認識的一切事物。
它一旦深植你心，你就再也不會往身外尋找快樂了。
在你一生種種際遇裡，人們來來去去，
有些人對你很好，有些人則顯然不夠友善。
但無論如何，你應先肯定愛的存在，同時也試著看出，
那些缺乏愛的言行背後原是一個受傷的人在哭求幫助。
因此，你會鼓勵別人也像你一樣，往內去尋找愛的源頭，
心中明白自己無法解決別人的問題，
他們惟有自願往內心去找，才可能扭轉悲慘的遭遇。
能無條件地愛人的人，不會對自己或他人的自由加以設限，
也不會故意吝於愛人，因為那樣只會失去自己的愛。
愛，在任何情況下都是有求必應的，
而且給予者永遠知道要何時給，或給予何人。
愛的行動並不復雜，惟有當你有所保留時，
愛才會變得複雜起來，而這種愛，其實已經變質了。
愛自己的人，不會害怕孤獨，
因為孤獨給人一個更深地愛自己以及接受自己的機會。
如果她的愛人拒絕他，她會覺得自己沒有價值嗎？
她會自艾自憐從世界退縮，或焦切地四處尋找替代品嗎？
不會的，她只會繼續在自己的每個遭遇、
每個步伐中，依然吐納著她的愛，延伸著她的愛。
能無條件地愛自己的人，她的愛是沒有程度之分的，
也不會附帶條件，她不會特別偏愛某個人，
她愛的是眼前的每一位，不會有這位比那位
更值得愛或更不值得愛的問題。
愛不會勒索，不須討價還價，也不會向恐懼讓步。
事實上，愛所在之處，
恐懼與它的爪牙就無立足之地了。

Best View French Restaurant in Hong Kong ~~~

Before getting on the "Hello Kitty Flight " we went to the 3 Stars Michelin Restaurant " Caprice " for Luncheon ~~~ The amazingly delicious Watermelon lobster and the mouth melting Waguee Beef were Definitely top top rated !! 🍷🍷 

10/12/2014 

The universe and Greek Heros ~~~

" The Universe, the Gods, and Men " 

In this enchanting retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his deep knowledge of the subject with an original storytelling style. Beginning with the creation of Earth out of Chaos, Vernant continues with the castration of Uranus, the war between the Titans and the Olympian gods, the wily ruses of Prometheus and Zeus, and the creation of Pandora, the first woman. His narrative takes readers from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the terrible destiny of Oedipus to Perseus's confrontation with the Gorgons.

Jean-Pierre Vernant has devoted himself to the study of Greek mythology. In recounting these tales, he unravels for us their multiple meanings and brings to life the beloved figures of legend whose narratives lie at the origin of our civilization. With remarkable psychological acuity, Vernant presents a picture of the world as the Greeks understood it. The relationship between the human and the divine -- realms that have always been intimately connected -- and their place within a world of potent natural forces are evoked effortlessly in a narrative that retains the magical quality of myth and reads with the compelling momentum of a good novel.

In my opinion, you need to first have some knowledge of the Greek Gods in order to connect all the stories together smoothly without flipping back and forth the reference for the names. He not only tells the story of the gods and also the Ancient history of man and Greece, so that we have the opportunity to travel through time to explore the inner minds of these heroes and monsters.  In addition, the author provides an in depth thoughts on how the Ancient Greeks perceived the creation of the universe and the philosophy they withheld, which was not far beyond the Ancient Indian and Buddhist thinking. For instance, he said, there are three categories of the perception of the time: first is  the Eternity, with no beginning and end and no consistent perception of good and bad; secondly, the cycle of lives as human beings and the whole phenomenon, which consists endless cycles of birth, growth, deterioration and death; thirdly, in  the gods world, everything is created by mind and their life span is at least 500 times longer than man. 

Therefore, to have a clear diagram of the Greek Ancient Mythology, I recommend to read the other interesting book as a complimentary, " Heros, Gods, and Monster of Greek Mythology" , in which portrays every god's characteristic and related stories through a list of different stories. Besides, the audio reading was fantastic, as the narrator was actually telling a dramatic story to children. It was very entertaining !

Jupiter and Psyche

「Oh ...邱比特， 你是人神共寵的王子！！」

平時，Angel 超不喜歡愛情故事的，今日午後，卻也被這個希臘愛情故事著迷著～

可能因為他太不真實!

為了愛，他不惜放下身段，放棄神格，放棄神權。。。

這是希臘神話裡，最唯美最純情的一幕。。。

感謝邱建一老師 , Carolyn !