2007/06/10   16:25

《不願面對的真相》片尾曲 -- I Need to Wake Up

願面對的真相 片尾曲 -- I Need To Wake Up,由美國搖滾女歌手Melissa Etheridge(瑪麗莎伊瑟莉姬)作詞、作曲和演唱,榮獲了今年第79屆奧斯卡最佳電影原創歌曲。

瑪麗莎獲得過數次葛萊美獎,她也是公開的同性戀者,可是她並不介意世俗眼光,反而經常參與反歧視同性戀活動,並且和同性伴侶擁有一對龍鳳雙胞胎小孩。不過於三年前檢驗出罹患乳癌,但是她依然樂觀勇敢的面對並積極治療,此後多次參加抗癌宣導活動,並且不介意用化療後的光頭造型亮相,這種勇氣令所有人敬佩,更成為美國罹癌患者們的精神楷模。

I Need To Wake Up / Melissa Etheridge
 
Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see
 
Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
 
And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth
 
That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
 
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
 
And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
 
I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

2007/06/03   13:30

台中最高樓 Hotel One

時路經台中市英才路或是到龍軒電腦書局買個書籍,總是不自覺被NOVA旁那棟昂立高聳且散發出冷藍色調的大樓所吸引,畢竟要在台中市看到超過30層樓的建築並不多見。

台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店
台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店


這棟就是號稱全台灣排行第五、全台中最高的大樓,「台中 Hotel One 亞緻大飯店」。它最醒目的建築風格就是向上延伸的樓層類似錐形般逐漸縮小,到了最頂端則呈現出流線圓弧造型,因此遠觀倒有點像是風帆矗立在繁華鬧市中;外圍則覆滿一片片的玻璃帷幕,到了陽光和煦的好天氣,不僅鏡射出藍天白雲,透過落日夕陽更反射出刺艷的金色光芒。

Hotel One樓高175公尺,總共46層樓,有一半是辦公樓層,27樓以上才是飯店樓層。其飯店經營講求的是workstation式的客房商品和高科技的3C服務享受,因此客源大部分是頂級商務人士,本想進去拍一下內部裝潢和設施,可惜服務人員不給拍,只好自己在外面頂著大太陽,拍拍建築外觀囉。

台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店
頗有"撥林見樓"的感覺


台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店
廣場前有一廟宇,剛好構成不同時空的畫面


台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店


台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店


台中Hotel One亞緻大飯店