C'est LA viE

 好久都没看宫崎骏的动画了，但这部电影他担当编剧，导演棒交给了新人米林宏昌

不过反正我就是爱吉卜力工作室的作品，哈哈

这部电影真的是出乎我预料的好看，而且配音员竟然是志田未来和神木隆之介！我的妈，后来我才发现原来神木弟弟帮不少吉卜力工作室的动画配过音。。。==

回到这部动画，我很喜欢这种带有神秘，故事色彩的动画，就像龙猫一样，阿莉埃蒂一样可能，或不可能存在在我们的世界。。

在动画里，他和家人不知道他们是否是最后剩下的族群，他们其实是非常害怕，战战兢兢的过日子，然而和人类一样的是，他们也必须用和人类一样的柴米油盐，日常用品，所以这就是借物的由来，但其实他们也不是借，因为最后都没还。。。==

不过这不是什么好追究的，毕竟他们拿的可能根本不会被发现，但是每次借物时都须小心翼翼，动画里阿莉埃蒂不小心被小孩翔发现了，但是病重的翔其实并没想过伤害阿莉埃蒂，从中也看得出来翔的寂寞。。

但是并不是所有人类都像翔。即使是翔，也曾经自私的擅自帮阿莉埃蒂换了厨房，导致翔的管家阿春发现小小人，并加以逼害。当然最不能原谅的是阿春，这该说是人类的好奇心驱使，还是只是因为想要成为发现者而成名？

其实反映在小小人身上的，也是在世界上濒临绝种的动物也行对吧？当然人类有加以去保护那些所谓濒临物种，帮他们找栖息地，帮他们繁殖，这样或许是对的，但我在想那些被保护的物种怎么想？

感觉就像擅自把阿莉埃蒂留在身边给他漂亮的衣裳，繁华的家具，但却放走了阿莉埃蒂的父母，等到阿莉埃蒂可以独立后，再去让他自己找寻他的父母。。。怎么说好像不能这么定义在濒临物种上，但是我们有怎么知道他们怎么想？

人类好像就真的有强大的好奇心，对身边看到的一切都怀疑，都不知道科技的发展是否也驱使濒临物种面临灭亡？

So, is Sunday, but still have plans today, looking forward to meet up Jessie later

Wann zhen made yum and healthy breakfast for me, steam corn and kumara~

Really feel bad to wann zhen, knew that she will go to city, but still felt like using her somehow, although I didn’t....

And then Jessie changed venue in last min, to somewhere closer to nan’s house, luckily wann zhen didn’t mind, but i still felt very sorry for her when I off from her car, she just like my driver =(, sorry darling...really owe u heaps!

Was a long time since last time I met Jess, she had a longer hair now, but still the one I familiar with. We spent sometimes at the Palmers cafe with her friends, and then moved to a Korean BBQ at Dominion St. Before I started my meal, my sharp vision immediately spotted the French bakeries shop beside the Korean bbq!

I quickly sneaked into the shop with Jess, and bought a box of macaroons!!! Yum~

and jessie treated qing so well, she bought a bag of bakeries for him, and I can now call myself: transporter! ^^

The BBQ was awesome by the way, sorry I was busy eating, so no photos. We used 2 BBQ pots, and thanks to Halim, finally learnt the way for proper korean BBQ, no wonder I still missing the BBQ experience at Dai Cheong Kam in Malaysia with Nicky. I found the missing pickles that always should accompanied with the meat~

I am no longer sick with Korean bbq now, regardless of the bad experience at Takapuna with Huey yee last year (nearly choked in that smoky environment, and I was having bad diarrhea)

We BBQ so many types of meat, from bacon, to marinated pork, prawns, marinated chicken, onion rings, beef, kimchi! (that's very smart, so nice!), squids, mussels and fish! (both the first time!) The kimchi BBQ was just smart, Halim, our life will be bored without u! and the fish, omg, it was not fishy ever, tasted so fresh and chewy!

I shud have taken photos!!! ><!!

And not to mention, the cooked dishes were amazing. Ok, some explanation here, Korean BBQ (at least in Auckland) always come in buffet style, u can take as many raw ingredients as u want, and there are also cooked dishes such as those Korean entrees, fried rice, fish cakes, wontons, or sometimes they served yummy pork rib stew (I tried once at Pakuranga!)

We have full tummy after the lunch, and only paid NZD17! I was so satisfied! Totally can skip dinner tonight (and yes I did, just have my French bakery)

Then we moved on to a cafe named 'Circus Circus'. They did have a circus style outdoor~I ordered berry frappe~

We chatted for like an hour, and then, time to say goodbye. So glad that I get to know Halim and another guy (shit, forgot his name), and what's a coincidence, Halim's landlord is a friend of my cousin, Sze Sze. I figured out through his dog, called tofu~ haha

Guest NZ still tiny enough to meet people right?

I got a free ride to airport (thanks jess and dephany), but means I wasted NZD16 for the shuttle! I could have saved 49 dollars if I dint book the accommodation and transport, well, who knows. I guest sometimes I shouldn’t be that well organized aye?

Note: The flight was delayed for half an hour, thanks nicole for waiting me. Felt so loved with my life nw, I have good friends by my side! <3, appreciate and grateful!

Good morning Auckland, good to see u again, the big little city.

Last night was like a bi-impression for me, it was good as I did get some sleep, it was bad bcz it was so cold whenever the bus left the door opened widely when the driver was taking rest in a couple of stops....Poor me was sitting right beside the door, coldddddddd......

Is still summer tho, just is winter in the night. I am sorry....TT

Anyways, I am happy that I am in Auckland today!

Arrived at 7 ish in the morning, and finally back to the city centre. I dint have chance to back city centre during my last visit, so this time is like a long hello~

Never thought x base only allowed ppl to check in after 1pm, but glad that they allowed me to leave my luggage there.

I was wondering around before meeting up Michaella at half pass 10, with my empty stomach. I thought Auckland might have a busy morning, forgot the fact that Auckland is still in NZ. Sigh....

Finally, I went into Wendy’s for the first time, and tried their breakfast. Thumbs up for the varieties, but sorry for the tasteless hot chocolate. I would like to thumb down for the poor service as well, but I think Aucklanders act that way do they? That’s the difference, the missing of friendliness in "big" city.

Another great approach for me was I able to connect to wireless via my phone, just what’s app bean and kokchin. Surprise!

Too bad it was only 30mins, that’s another difference from NZ compared to other developed or even developing countries, their wireless coverage indeed lack of effectiveness......

I was counting down the time, and started seeing people walking around, shops opened on time, and traffic became busy. It’s 10.30pm, and I met Michaella near IMAX.

We went to Mission bay for a gourmet brunch!And have a good seat!michaella's egg benedictI ordered the waffle and cranberry juice.

We were so full after the breakfast, but we would nt like to miss the famous mussel here, after 20mins,Tada, we have a 1kg pot of steam mussels (come wit fries). Really loving the steamed mussels now, thanks Michaella!

Then we walked around mission bay, and saw this 2 naked kids playing around, cute!

We tried to walk around the bay, but we got bored quite instantly, lol, then we took the bus back to viaduct harbour and just wondering around the 2012 volvo ocean race events.  

Again, it was not a fun event, we were bored~ kakaka.

Then I back to main st to buy some Asian bakeries, is a MUST mission this time after disappointment last yr, got Nicole and Ping heaps of bakeries....and eventually realized myself were not into those bakeries, WTH? But I eventually bought some for myself too, is just like why not? as I am here....

(note: ppl were looking me weirdly when I bought so many bakeries....==)

Then, I checked in (arg, i shouldn’t do that, wait, I will explain why) and go into my assigned room. The bunk bed was so high, I tried my best to climb up, but I struggled to come down...== Why they had to design/include such a high bunk beds? Ohhh, do they think they only will serve Caucasians? Hmmm....

Anyways, I left problems/worries behind, shop with Michaella first. Yeah she went back to her temporary house at city for a while to pick up some gifts for me. That’s very sweet of her. =D

We met up and went to High st, which is a very popular, claimed to be fashionable st in Auckland. Hmmm, probably I don’t understand fashion, I would describe it as a normal, fancy and costly st. Not sure about the food, as we were full and ran out of time.

Lastly, we went to this Korean groceries shop opposite Michaella’s house, was not my intention to buy Korean stuffs, and I am more like a Japanese fans now. Anyways, things happened. After a big farewell with Michaella, not sure when is the next time to meet again, I moved on to Parnell.

The street, the atmosphere still very clear and memorable to me, how I missed Parnell so much! <3

  Wann Zhen was abit late, but not too late as I am the one who always earlier. (don’t like being late, that’s me...)

Finally went into moto sushi again, but I bet there must be other great and authentic Japanese restaurants in Parnell.The shrimp bento I ordered, yum!and wann zhen's unagi bento

Should we try them out next time? =)

Then we went into the chocolate boutique which was just few shops away and tried their well known chocolate.

I still preferred cold drinks, another own nature of me...white chocolate frappe

The shops were full of Easter chocolates, kind of reminding me it is time to plan for trip! Hmm, too bad wann zhen was lazy to plan trips for fox glacier, it could be a nice trip. I am thinking ending up my holidays in Auckland again. Is not a bad choice, just still wondering if there are other options.

I was supposed back to my extremely tall bunk bed after the long day, but wann zhen’s suggestion really made me hesitated to stay at the base tonight.

So at the end, I checked out, as expected without getting back my refund, here I wasted my 32 buckss....TT

Back to nan’s house again, and really felt very sorry for such an interruption, hate myself in this situation..such a trouble maker!

I know they are kind, but just somehow I really don’t like bringing troublesome to others especially to my friends, i just wonder why i felt that bad?

Anyways, thanks to wann zhen’s family, I had a good sleep tonight, good nite, Auckland

Travelling sometimes is tiring, I wish to stay at home sometimes, but then I will feel boring if i stay at home during weekend, and think over and over again: why I waste my weekend at home?

Human is complicated, and complex animal, and they don’t know how to be satisfied, don’t they?

Therefore, Vivian, u must learn, appreciate what u had and be grateful~

Yeah, so I kept my mouth shut, and took on the overnight bus to Auckland tonight. Another long nite, why Auckland, cz Michaella is here!

She’s friend from HK who I met at Otago in past few years, we were not that close, and not even now, but somehow we kept in touch via fb/msn since I last met her at Auckland when she left HK for good.

Well, the reason I travel, mainly to meet her, and part of it, bcz is at Auckland and I love Auckland, I do really thinking to move there.

But i really hate overnight bus. Hate bussing, hate the fact that this is the only choice if I do wanna save some money, TT accept it and don’t complain! TT

Good nite Palmy......

起初，对这部剧不太感兴趣，就名字还有海报都好像很‘地味’（日文：普通 的意思）

不过，真的好久不见松岛菜菜子姐姐了，而且这部剧收视竟然超越南极大陆，整个就好奇起来了

基本上熟悉的演员只有松岛，男主角还真的没有见过，然后知道演大女儿的勿那夕里也是天才童龄少女，就这样。。。啊，竟然忘了有相武莎季！

不过有时演员阵容不重要，剧本才是最重要的，能明白为什么收视能那么高

因为主要是家庭伦理剧，然后很现实的讲述现在可能在日本社会的现象，在公司，还是在中学，在小学，就故事中的一家6口每一个成员的问题都有说明，也是一贯日剧都会用的手法

故事大纲：

原本幸福的阿须田一家，一夜之间因为妈妈在大海离世，家庭陷入破灭的状况，爸爸聘请了家政妇，三田，但是这位家政妇从来都不笑，对所有事情都没有见解，非常冷漠，但是却非常能干，没有他办不到的事，而且只要是主人吩咐的事，即使是杀人，他都会一一履行。。。。

久违了的菜菜子还是那么漂亮，但这套剧里真的太严肃和冷淡了，我看这套戏的时候同时在看lucky seven,我的妈，2个菜菜子差个天和地。。。我一开始还以为菜菜子会不会其实是机器人，但是后来稍微看了百科发现不是，不过我还是没看剧情，很认真的看完了整部戏。万万没想到真的会让我欲罢不能的看完

我觉得剧情其实很写实，也可以说很现实。妈妈其实不是意外死亡，是自杀，因为老公有外遇，这一点其实很难接受，因为无论如何也不应该丢下亲身孩子不理，所以难怪在后来孩子们也质疑妈妈是否选择丢下他们，所以我愿意相信三田所说，妈妈的死可能是意外，他断气前绝对放不下孩子们的。其实我看剧情是感觉爸爸和妈妈结婚好像是真的被逼，因为有了小孩，爸爸为了负责任所以娶了妈妈，但是因为他一直都觉得自己是为了负责任而扮演父亲的角色，所以他自己也不知道自己如何去扮演这个角色，甚至因此背上了很大的压力，带着面具嘻嘻哈哈的面对孩子们。在看到最小的女儿希衣问他爱我吗？他竟然回答不知道！，我当时真的很生气，但是是不是因为他从来都不肯接受自己的婚姻，因为他只是为了负责，所以他没打从心里去爱他的孩子，所以他也疑惑自己到底应该如何去爱。其实这也是一个很值得探讨的问题，我们经常说父母可能用错了爱孩子的方式，宠爱还是放纵，认可还是严厉，民主还是独裁？这其实没有一个对错能评论的，他们都是爱，只是方式不同。我相信爸爸是爱他的孩子的，只是他对自己能不能去爱他们没有信心，因为他已经犯了不该犯的事。所以他最后诚实面对自己作为一个父亲的失败，还有还要面对自己的至亲对自己的眼光，那是有多大的勇气。。想到这时，我好想为自己的老爸鼓掌，想过他告诉我的事，爸爸一定作了很大的牺牲，下了非常大的决心和耐力，坚定的去爱我们，给我们最好的。谢谢你啊，我最爱的爸爸！阿须田爸爸其实在这剧里绝对是个弱者，也或许说是把一个男人的脆弱描写的淋漓尽致。。

至于家里的4个小瓜，也很现实的反映现在不同阶段的小孩遇到的挫折，和内心的恐惧还有想法。大女儿，结，是个高中生，正值对恋爱憧憬的时候，他和社团的学长在一起。作为长女，家里没了妈妈，整个家乱七八糟，他非常无助，这一切对他来说可能太突然了。平时就没帮忙家务，所以最后爸爸不得请家政妇，但是当他得知爸爸外遇，自己都觉得被背叛了，任性或说非常自然的生气要求爸爸离开。其实他也想过挽回这个家，但是女儿多少都会觉得自己爸爸是最厉害的（感同身受 =P） 所以在爸爸继续追求外遇对象，并说出不知道怎么去爱他和他的弟弟妹妹，自然而然的也觉得这个家不需要这种父亲。但是他始终觉得自己无法去承担这个已经快破碎的家，所以他选择逃避，彻夜未归，和男友一起，从而也发现自己的男友对自己并不认真。。。这时候他觉得自己失去所有，但三田毅然的想杀了他时，他才领悟自己其实不想离开，努力的去承担应该作的事。

长子，翔，是正直青春期的中学生，是最想承担，保护阿须田这个家的人吧。他很努力，但是爸爸的懦弱让他沮丧，姐姐根本不想好好的承担家，成天都和男友鬼混，弟弟也不想理会即将破灭的家，加上隔壁烦人的邻居经常加以挑衅，他也越来越反叛。但是他的反叛是因为讨厌自己没法保护这个家，所以他吩咐三田作了很多不应该作的事，直到最后他诚实，勇敢的说出自己想保护这个家的想法，勇敢的去保护这个家，弟弟也好像被鼓舞了，爸爸也感动了，知道自己在孩子心中的价值，和在这个家到底是多么的重要。

幼子，海斗，非常聪明的小学生，愿望是进名校，妈妈一直都非常支持他。妈妈离开后其实感到很伤心吧，所以无论如何一定要完成对妈妈的约定，考进名校。即使在学校遇到经常欺负他的朋友也一一忍受，或是说不敢面对，只想快点结束所有事情，考进名校，即使是对家里的崩裂也爱理不理。但是当最后三田想把他的同伴置于死地时，他勇敢的站起来去面对他害怕的人，从那以后，他也勇敢的面对家里迸裂的事，也想办法让家里重新整合。

幼女，结，非常可爱，正读幼儿园，很多疑问，是最想家里所有人都紧紧依靠在一起的人。所以他由始至终都相信家最终会整合起来，其实也是他让这个家重新回到原点吧？因为他是最单纯的，但是就是这么一颗纯真的心都明白怎样才算是一个家，是谁都不能少的，所以他把代表所有家里每一个重要的成员的石子都收藏在他的宝物箱里。

剧里另外一个重要成员，相武莎季演的小丽其实也是一直很努力帮过世的姐姐打理他的家，只是每次他的努力都似乎用错了方法，搞到一塌糊涂，麻烦多多。

所以剧里每一个人，包括那个不靠普的爸爸都努力的，一心一意的想把这个家整顿好。当然不能不提贯穿整部剧的三田，真的是个悲剧人物，他对自己作了最大的惩罚，他放不下发生在他身上的事，他选择承担一切责任，痛苦的活下去。他完全认为自己就是个不幸的人，会带来祸害，所以他冷淡，他沉默，他不给意见，他执行一切任务，即使会迫害到他也没关系，因为他其实就是想利用这种途径来结束自己的人生，他是那么痛苦啊！他的挚爱在一夜消失，他能够明白一个家的意义，他知道去保护，维持，整顿一个家是多么的重要。他没有给意见，但要不是他，阿须田这家肯定无法受到启发。。。。三田最后的笑，我和其他家庭成员一样落泪了。我们都很开心，他放下了，终于他不再痛苦了，因为他也明白有人爱他。

这部剧真的很值得一看，那么高的收视绝对不是浪得虚名。在异乡的我更能深深体会，明白家是如此的重要，意义非凡。父母永远站在我身边，支持我，鼓励我。弟弟和哥哥也一定很担心我。家，永远都是最能够真实的回归自己的避风港。我们不许要去猜测他们的爱，不用可以在乎我们的形象，因为我们就赤裸裸的面对彼此。每个成员都是不容缺少的，也就像三田说的，我终究不是你们的家人。我也能感受那种血脉相连的关系，是多亲密，多熟悉的朋友，死党或其他人可以渗入的。以前常嫌父母严格，没有自由，一直想往外去，现在不管家里承受多大的压力，我也愿意回去面对。只是只身海外的我，想到远方思念的家人，又不能回去的无力，和失望，真的是希望家人一切无恙，身体健康，平平安安，快乐安康。我永远爱你们，保重啊，我一定回来的！