Counting Stars

Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But, baby I've been, I've been praying hard
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be-we'll be counting stars

「如果沒有人傾訴，我們就會忘記。」

Kyushu/太宰府天滿宮

太宰府天滿宮是一個我自己超喜歡的景點，他是一個神社，主祭神是學問之神，所以學業御守很有名。我很喜歡他的建築還有從車站走過去的表參道，沿路應該是傳統的日式市集(自己取名字)，很美很好逛，有很多特別的小店，是個很棒的徒步區。太宰府慢慢逛也可以走一段，是個知性舒服的景點。

Kyushu/豪斯登堡

豪斯登堡是個大家玩完後都直呼好玩的地方！他是一個走荷蘭風的遊樂園，裡面的建築都超美超適合拍照，不過遊樂設施沒有像雲霄飛車那種很刺激的，都是走比較高科技路線(?)，有點難形容但我們自己覺得還是很好玩，像是全部都是鏡子的迷宮、聲光音效很多的這種遊戲，雖然不是很激情但是也是不同的享受。

Kyushu/福岡運河城&一蘭拉麵

福岡是一個非常熱鬧的城市，我們在這裡前後住了四個晚上，最後三天是住在福岡運河城裡面的飯店，雖然房間還是一樣很小(第一天看到床的時候大家都哀嚎了一下哈哈)，不過住在福岡運河城裡面真的很方便，搭電梯到地下一樓就直接到美食街了。

Kyushu/熊本

到熊本後我們搭電車到飯店，他們的電車感覺很厲害，司機穿著制服戴著車掌帽，還有戴白色手套，還一直用很磁性的聲音廣播，雖然我們都聽不懂他在說甚麼XD

Kyushu/阿蘇

早上起來後先到外面走走拍照，阿蘇就是一個鄉下小鎮，空氣好新鮮。我們悠哉的吃了一個豐盛的日式早餐，一桌滿滿的小菜和好吃的白飯，還有超好喝的鮮奶。

Kyushu/由布院

由布院是九州著名的溫泉勝地和避暑勝地，是一個山嵐繚繞的美麗小鎮。

Kyushu/七天六夜行程&JR PASS

旅遊時間：2015九月

我們是搭乘國泰航空，晚去早回，所以其實是完整五天在玩，因為很早訂又剛好過暑假了，機票來回買到才八千多的價錢。這次去的地方我個人都覺得超好玩，每個地方都很值得。九州是個很適合自助旅行的地方，交通方便，食物好吃，日本也玩得很安心。

Kyushu/致青春

Maybe we feel empty because we leave pieces of ourselves in everything we used to love.

之前在IG看到R.M.Drake的這段話就好有感觸，大學最後一個暑假經歷好多事，三次旅行一段實習一次考試和好多讀不完的書，構成充實的夏天。

Starlight

And I said, "Oh my, what a marvelous tune."
It was the best night, never would forget how he moved.
The whole place was dressed to the nines,
And we were dancing, dancing
Like we're made of starlight, starlight
Like we're made of starlight, starlight

Italy/義大利印象

關於行程

這次是跟團，所以沒辦法寫甚麼建議XD

Day1
早上抵達米蘭購物好地方[米蘭大教堂/艾曼紐迴廊]
下午維洛納美麗老城[競技場/精品街/茱麗葉之家/領主廣場/老橋]

Day2
多洛米堤山渡假勝地[湖景山景/度假小鎮/纜車]
塞車好久終於到威尼斯

Ialy/羅馬Rome

羅馬，就像一本精彩的好書，每走幾步就可以翻閱到完全不同的時空，交錯縱橫的時代記憶在石頭街道上和陽光陰影間，好像有羅馬人的涼鞋在兩千年前經過，這是個難以形容的氛圍，這個城市本身就是一種浪漫。一再走過歷史課本裡的古羅馬，兩千年前的興盛今日留下的遺跡仍存在，證明著羅馬帝國的輝煌不是想像。

Italy/梵蒂岡Vatican

倒數第二天的晚上我們抵達羅馬，在義大利繞一圈後回到一切的起點。羅馬的夜晚在古老建築的燈光下美麗非凡。

Italy/Milan&Verona

寫了好久還是還沒到重頭戲羅馬XD

【米蘭】
米蘭是我們整趟旅程的第一站，和往後的其他城市相較之下個人覺得反而沒有什麼比較特別的地方，大概是因為我們只是很短暫的停留加上初抵義大利的疲憊使然吧，印象最深刻的竟是有強迫推銷騙錢的黑人們。

Lost Stars

Who are we? Just a speck of dust within the galaxy?
Woe is me, if we're not careful turns into reality
Don't you dare let our best memories bring you sorrow
Yesterday I saw a lion kiss a deer
Turn the page maybe we'll find a brand new ending
Where we're dancing in our tears and

God, tell us the reason youth is wasted on the young
It's hunting season and the lambs are on the run
Searching for meaning
But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

Italy/佛羅倫斯Florence

一路上聽了很多關於佛羅倫斯的種種，比方說：今天在那邊的同事說佛羅倫斯40度。當然還有從小在歷史課本裡對於這個地方的敘述，我想這是除了羅馬以外會最有熟悉感的地方了。早上我們坐車到了車站，當地導遊來接我們，之後都是徒步的行程，導遊是個充滿藝術家氣息的人，據說他去過非常多國家和城市，直到來到佛羅倫斯決定要在這邊住下來，因為他實在太喜歡這個城市了。在這邊玩了一天之後我絕對同意這是個會讓人著迷的地方，這裡和很多城市一樣熱鬧美麗，深深的藝術文藝氣息自然地流瀉讓她更顯優雅，確實有種不知不覺誘人上癮的美。

Italy/古城風華Pompeii&Caserta

第七天我們去了龐貝古城和卡賽爾達皇宮，一個是西元元年左右的古城，一個是十八世紀的皇宮，都是歷史，剛好一個新一個舊。

Italy/五漁村Cinque Terre

五漁村其實是五個靠海的小村莊：Riomaggiore, Manarola, Cornigli, Vernazza, Monterosso，漁民的房子沿著陡峭的山壁而建，房舍五彩繽紛和海景非常美麗，很多月曆都會拿五漁村的照片代表義大利。其實最美的村莊是Manarola，也就是平常看到五漁村時會用的照片，但是這次因為時間關係我們只去了第四村和第五村。

這絕美的山海景就是五漁村的招牌，可惜只能買明信片品味了。

Italy/威尼斯Venice

水都威尼斯，獨一無二的美。真正到了這裡才發覺原來這真的是一座徹底建造在在水上的城市，島上沒有車，有水上計程車、水上救護車，只能走路或搭船穿梭在巷弄和水道間。

Italy/卡布里島Capri

卡布里島是我整趟旅程中最喜歡的地方！

(google map)分成Anacapri和Capri 

Italy/Pasta&Salad

讀書兩個禮拜和旅行兩個禮拜是完不一樣的風景。

Reading Challenge/ The Mother-Daughter Book Club Series

A book set in a different country

A funny book (sometimes it can be really hilarious)

A book you can finish in a day (I couldn’t put it down)

A book with a love triangle (they’re high school girls, duh)

A book set in high school

A book set during Christmas

 The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick

Best Day of My Life

I hear it calling outside my window
I feel it in my soul (soul)
The stars were burning so bright
The sun was out 'til midnight
I say we lose control (control)

This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-i-i-ife
This is gonna be, this is gonna be, this is gonna be
The best day of my life
Everything is looking up, everybody up now
This is gonna be the best day of my life
My li-i-i-i-i-ife

American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

Reading Challenge/The Giver

A book that came out the year you were born

The Giver 1993

With the chant, Jonas knew, the community was accepting him and his new role, giving him life, the way they had given it to the new child Caleb. His heart swelled with gratitude and pride.

But at the same time he was filled with fear. He did not know what his selection meant. He did not know what he was to become.

Or what would become of him.

麻醉風暴

我已經分不清楚對和錯了。

這就是我看完麻醉風暴後最簡短的心得。一場醫療意外，牽扯出過期藥品、醫師過勞、權力鬥爭……短短六集卻發人深省，還記得看完前兩集的那個晚上心驚的睡不著。我知道我們的醫療體制有很多問題，不論是現實制度上還是法律上對醫療糾紛的各種爭論，只是從醫刑課堂上的東西突然這樣真實無保留的出現，即使了解這些問題仍然沒有解決的無力感真的好深刻。

Sleep Peacefully

The story should I tell, well I'm happy where it turned out, well
what dreams do I own? can I call any place my home?

And I rock myself to sleep, and I tell myself "don't get cut too deep"
'cause I know by now, you're not coming for me.

And I tell myself "move along" and I tell myself "you were all wrong" 
but I know by now on what was right for me.

Sleep peacefully.

Recht auf Vergessen

Recht auf Vergessen

被遺忘的權利。

As It Seems

Well in this life you must find something to live for
Cause when the darkness comes a callin'
You'll go back to where you were before
Cause this life is as
Fragile as a dream, and
Nothing’s ever really 
As it seems...

As it seems
As it seems
As it seems

Well I lost my innocence when in I let him dive
But the way that he looked at me
Made me feel alive
And now I know
Nothin' at all 
But the release that comes when you're
In mid fall...

Reading Challenge/The Miniaturist

A book a friend recommended

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Nella feels weighed down by the pointless loss of Marin’s life, the many unanswered questions. Frans, Johannes, Otto – this trio of men, did they know her sister-in-law any better than she?

  “Well?” asks Pellicorne impatiently.

  Nella clears her throat. “T’can vekeeren,” she replies.

  “Is that all?”

  “Yes,” she says. “T’can vekeeren.”

  Things can change.

Reading Challenge/逃

A book with a one-word title

逃

作者： 布萊克．克勞奇Blake Crouch

譯者：卓妙容

Edge Of The Dark

On the edge of the dark I wait for the sun to rise

oh there's still little light that shines deep in my tired eyes

And when I sleep I will dream of the sweeter things

cause there still a little light that shines deep in my tired eyes

On The edge of the dark I will wait for the sun to rise

cause there's still a little light that shines deep in my tired eyes

And when I sleep I will dream of the sweeter things

cause there's still a little light that shines deep in my tired eyes

Hello World

Well, hello world, how you been?

Good to see you, my old friend

Sometimes I feel as cold as steel

And broken like I'm never gonna heal

I see a light, a little grace, a little faith unfurl

Well, hello world

Ordinary Human

Today I felt a switch in my vein
Today I felt a switch in my vein
Used to be a shadow
Now a shadow scream my name
And in the daylight I could swear
We’re the same
But I’m just an ordinary human
(Ordinary ways)
I’m just an ordinary human
But I don’t feel so ordinary today
I’m just a picture perfect nothing
Sometimes I medicate
I’ll be a picture perfect human
Before the sun goes down today

Rude

Saturday morning jumped out of bed
And put on my best suit
Got in my car and raced like a jet
All the way to you
Knocked on your door with heart in my hand
To ask you a question
'Cause I know that you're an old-fashioned man, yeah

Can I have your daughter for the rest of my life?
Say yes, say yes 'cause I need to know
You say I'll never get your blessing 'til the day I die
Tough luck, my friend, but the answer is 'No'

Why you gotta be so rude?
Don't you know I'm human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
I'm gonna marry her anyway

Marry that girl
Marry her anyway
Marry that girl
Yeah, no matter what you say
Marry that girl
And we'll be a family
Why you gotta be so
Rude

Reading Challenge/ The Next Always

A book based entirely on its cover.

The Next Always by Nora Roberts

Book one of the Inn Boonsboro trilogy

12 Years A Slave

Bass: The law says you have the right to hold a nigger, but begging the law's pardon... it lies. Is everything right because the law allows it? Suppose they'd pass a law taking away your liberty and making you a slave?

Edwin Epps: Ha!

Bass: Suppose!

Edwin Epps: That ain’t a supposable case.

Bass: Because the law states that your liberties are undeniable? Because society deems it so? Laws change. Social systems crumble. Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, it is a plain fact that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.

(imdb)

Reading Challenge/失落的符號

寒假就是要複習好看的小說和好吃的丼飯。

Reading Challenge/ The Longest Ride

A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit.

嚴格來說，The Longest Ride不是2015年讀的書，但是因為是在英國機場買的，對他有種特殊的情感，當然要當作reading challenge的第一本書。