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Saturday, June 5, 2010


After being bed ridden for the couple of days, i think my old bones are really calling for some

stretching.. Seems like my lady luck has gone for a nice vacation which left my bread not really well buttered. i guess the only thing i could do is to stay positive and deal these rubbish with rational actions. Sometimes i really can't help but take my hats off to myself. kudos to me! Why so amazing? consider that i am able to grief along with my emotions and picked myself up and continue to do the sensible right thing and not vent my anger ( oh believe me i really really want to do things out of spite. But i think my character is just to practical and suppressed myself not to do things so that i do not have to clean my ass on the later part. Pros and cons to be too practical. )



Recently i had my photo taken for my uni 's matriculation card, looking at the photo . oh the photographer did a lousy job. Ying Ying pls next time get your own photo taken and printed on your own , gota to trust your own skills! Well thats not the point, the point is , although looking at the previous passport side photo i have taken , i haven change a bit since i was 16. Not a tiny bit. However the feel that i portray out in the photos are way different



photo at 16 :

look young / kiddy / innocent?



photo now :

erm.. it look a bit more hm.. say feminine , more mature ? but from what i cal tell, i still lack of an element . Its hard to say what is it, but i think it is experience. One need to been through things , experience things and learn things to have that confidence that u can manage and deal life with grace.



It was said that Women are like wine, the older it get, the better it will taste. ( of coz there are some part where maintenance of looks came in ) It is tied with experience. After been through something , we grew, learn to take things differently and deal things with a bigger heart , with grace and wisdom. I remembered some celebrities gave me this feeling. Hm.. who is it? haiz. i seems not to remember them right now.. think think think........tick tick tick..... 2 min has passed.. still remember nothing...5 min has past after googling , well.. memories start flooding. Top on my list will be Michelle Yeo 杨紫琼 and 刘嘉玲.. and not forgetting 邓萃雯. The last women on my list , she is not someone that everyone would know or remember. i have a deep impression of her from the show 《金枝欲孽》 . Despite there are a lot more pretty young actress like 黎姿, Charmine Seah, i got to say she really outshine them in the show. She is all i could remember when you talk about this show.

随着岁月洗礼, 美貌总是逐渐褪色,韶华逝去,令人不胜唏嘘!随着年月磨练提升,历尽几许风雨,在她们身上我只能说她们风韵犹存, 所散发的气质, 味道 是就像陈年老酒,越陈越香醇, 懂得细细品尝它的韵味



here is another small story , how true this story is i am not that sure -- “徐娘半老,风韵犹存”的典故

徐娘指南朝梁元帝的后妃徐昭佩。《南史》:“徐娘虽老,犹尚多情。”后因用以称尚有风韵的中、老年妇女

徐昭佩是南朝梁武帝第七个儿子萧绎的偏妃,萧绎当时为湘东王,手握重兵镇守江陵。徐昭佩在素蝶向林飞,红花逐风散,花蝶俱不息,红素还相乱的江陵是一个十分活跃的女人。“徐娘半老,风韵犹存”的典故就出在她的身上。

湘东王萧绎自幼爱好文学,对政治了无兴趣,更受他父亲的影响,身着布衣,饮食惟豆羔粗粒而已。正当梁武帝在建康城西设立士林馆,延集学者讲学论文的时候,萧绎也在风光旖旎的江滨,天天与文人雅士谈玄说道。

徐昭佩美丽,聪明,长于诗词,正值花样年华,加上热情如火的禀性,正是需要爱怜的时候,虽然每天打扮得花枝招展,然而却始终撩不起萧绎的情兴,为此她悒郁寡欢,不知如何自处?

最直接的办法莫过于接受丈夫的生活方式,试着打入丈夫的兴趣圈子,因此她一改常态,淡妆素抹地去参加丈夫的诗酒之会,经常与萧绎左右的文友酬对,从而使她的精神领域与情感生活,得到了相当程度开展与疏解。

尽管她的美艳,她的才情,已经得民了客观的肯定,然而萧绎仍然丝毫不为所动,于是徐昭佩更激越地在她的夫妻生活中投下一副猛药,故意在化装时只化半边脸庞,时人称之为“半面装”。

一个女人搽粉,抹胭脂,涂口红只及半边脸庞,想想看那是个什么样子,不但是糟踏了自己的美貌,更是有意虐待别人的视觉。而徐昭佩则是要借此渲泄她心头的愤怒与不平,甚至用以来羞辱萧绎。

侍女们生怕徐妃的这一狠招,会使王爷大起反感,甚至会在盛怒之下弄成可怕的后果。但徐昭佩却要侍女们放一千个心,她说:“王爷父子讲仁义,说道德,断乎不会因这样的小事焚琴煮鹤,顶多只不过是逐出宫会,眼不见心不烦。这样也好,与其维持有名无实的夫妻生活,倒不如另外择人而嫁。”谁知萧绎的修养确实到了炉火纯青的地步,虽然明明知道徐昭佩故意要意他生气,却视若无睹,好象什么事都没有发生过一样。

就这样又过了若干年。

当年梁武帝以“天心不可违,人心不可失”为由而当上皇帝,灭了南齐,开始也注意励精图治,观政听谣,访贤举滞,悉罢女乐;尤其自奉俭约,衣食简朴,为听取民情,更设傍木肺石,使下情得以上达,于是到处出现一片升平气象。但他老人家有一个最大的弱点,就是尊信佛教,相传现在和尚头上留戒疤,就渊源于梁武帝。梁武帝三次出家,三次被赎身再为皇帝,除了天天诵经念佛之外,更常往同泰寺讲经说法,常常夜以继日,一连讲上七、八天才告一段落。那时全国僧尼只几全国人口的一半,仅建康一地,便有佛寺五百余所。梁武帝再也没有统一中国,澄清天下之志。国事多流于形式,终于酿成候景之乱。

侯景本是北朝东魏中原地区的太守,因与东魏宰相高澄有隙,以河南之地来降。这本是一件好事,但梁武帝三下五下,又使反复小人候景转过来反梁,对侯景的叛乱,开始梁武帝还大言不惭地说:“是何能为?吾折鞭以答之。”但不久建康就被攻破,梁武帝在幽禁中死去。

侯景之乱平定后,萧绎在江陵即帝位,改元承圣,成了梁元帝,徐昭佩被册封为贵妃。然而萧绎仍旧习不改,依旧以读书属文为乐,动辄与文武百官讲授老庄的道经,久久不倦。徐昭佩仍然是深宫寂寞,芳华虚度,这时她已经年近不惑了。

萧绎对后宫佳丽均不屑一顾,于是宫人们纷纷找寻情感出路,徐昭佩在大势所趋的情况下,终于按捺不住。她找到一位眉目俊秀,举止风雅的美少年暨季江。初时还自遮遮掩掩,后来居然公开来往,每当萧绎在龙光殿上与群臣大谈老庄之道时,也正是徐贵妃与暨季江在深宫内苑中尽情欢乐的时候。

有人曾开玩笑地问暨季江:“滋味如何?”暨季江毫无隐讳地回答:“徐娘老矣,犹尚多情。”或者回答:‘’徐娘虽老,风韵犹存!”后世形容中年妇人的风情不减,常说:“徐娘半老,风韵犹存。”便是由此而来。

暨季江的轻薄话很快传到了梁元帝萧绎的耳朵里,奇怪的是他仍然无动于衷,左右的都为之愤怒不已,但也无可奈何;

梁元帝久滞江陵而不还旌建康,使得与梁国接壤的西魏大起恐慌,因为江陵靠近西魏,以为萧绎是要进攻西魏,于是紧急整军经武,准备向江陵用兵。根据西魏的估计:梁元帝萧绎跃军沔南,还旌建康,乃是上策;退保子城,峻其陴谍,以待援军,乃是中策;若难以移动,据守江陵,乃是下策。经过周密部署,西魏大将于瑾领军五万直追江陵。

其实连老婆都不爱,老婆偷人连醋都不会吃的皇帝,哪里知道什么上策、中策、下策,他纯粹是沉浸在老庄之道中。等到西魏大军围困江陵,他尚且集合百官大谈老庄之道,及至敌兵攻城甚急,他登城近视敌情,还口占一诗,群臣中竟然也还有唱和的人,迂腐如此。不由人不浩叹。南城已陷,火光冲天,萧绎来到东阁竹殿,命左右尽烧古今图书十四万多卷,又用宝剑狂坎竹柱,仰天长叹:“文武之道,今夜尽矣!”

那徐昭佩呢?她在后宫之中紧紧拥抱着情郎暨季江,原以为海枯石烂,此情不移,不料暨季江听说都城已被攻破,在此紧要关头毫无留恋地挣脱了情人的拥抱,一溜烟逃得无影无踪。徐昭佩悲从中来,放声大哭,恰好萧绎来到她的身边,徐昭佩发疯似地抱住她的皇帝丈夫;是悔恨,是求助,说不清的感情一齐涌上心头。拼命地摇晃着梁元帝萧绎。良久以后,梁元帝萧绎冷冷地问道:“那人呢?”’徐昭佩无言以对。萧绎无可奈何地说:“事已至此,尚有何待?”

徐昭佩心碎了,泪也干了,在晨鸡初唱,魏兵大举入城之际,自缢于宫苑中的葡萄架下。

Source :http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/10933803.html

After reading this, kinda salute to this lady and moan for her. salute to her that she have the courage to do that half make up, with her status and position in the ancient time. It is a sad thing that she can't see thing beyond living in the palace. If she has the courage to cheat opening , to do that make up , why she doesn't have the courage to flee the place?

From another point of view, if i were her, i don't know if i can see things differently.Once you are in a certain mindset , a mindset that whoever you are married to you are bonded to him . I guess thinking out of the box is hard, and sometime lies on the hands of fate. Either you see it or you do not see it. Pretty sad ah?

Jumping on another view, I can't help but to wonder, if she survived through that attack and not being that old at that time, would she give up on love? For her first husband, she met him when she was still soo young, first introduced to love. He probably has hurt her and disappointed her. Later on, her lover gave her what she thought was happiness, but it is not a Halcyon Day. A betrayed love which is build on money and fame. If she was given another chance to be in love again. What would she do then?i have really nothing much to do recently so just can't help but to daydream and wonder....

sweetdreams to myself and dream on an ending to this wonder. here i am coming, bed!


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