What I've learned in the past decade....

-Karma.

-Quantum physics.

-imperfections are poetic.

-tongue piercing doesn't last more than a decade.

-there's really no point getting 7 piercings on your ears, just more holes to fill.

-don't blame peer pressure, you are responsible for all your stupid choices.

-if you must have cats, 2 is better than 1.

-yoga, still changing my life everyday.

that's all I can come up with...

very important lessons...

老牌髮型師

地點:Milk Studios Penthouse

第一次遇見Christiaan.

一個上了年紀的髮型師

穿著白T白牛仔褲綠色球鞋

橄欖綠羊毛帽上有一塊被漂白的痕跡

撇開穿著不看

就是個老人

他慢慢的拉著一卡行李走進來

身邊沒有任何助理

點了一跟煙（紐約室內是禁煙的）

慢慢地打開箱子拿工具

沒有滿桌的產品display

也沒有由大至小排列整齊的電棒家族

吹風機 是迷你折疊旅行用的....

他走向我

仔細地抓起我一束頭髮

梳開...再拉起來...再梳開

我不知道他在幹麻

但連我的頭髮都感覺到這不是普通的手

當他在工作的時候

很難不一直盯著他看

我想我從沒看過這麼仔細在分區噴產品的

噴～等產品降落在髮片上

研究一下產品的分布狀況

再噴～再等產品降落在髮片上

似乎是要確保每一根頭髮都沾到等量的產品

我老闆Mark問我知不知道他是誰

我說在雜誌上看過他的名字但從沒遇過他

Mark說在他剛入行的時候Christiaan就已經是超厲害的髮型師了

基本上undercut是他發明的

媽呀

腿軟了一下

I'm inspired and touched.

這麼多年的經驗

帶來的不是無謂的排場

而是始終如一對這份工作的熱愛與認真的工作態度

I LOVE my job!!

I'm a make-up artist.

got into assisting after working freelance for some time.

we are not just selling our skills,

there are so much more attachment to it,

the job description is beyond.

the more I realize about how challenging it can be,

I find myself more attracted to it.

Assisting is so different with being key artist,

easier, I would say....well, mentally, at least.

I'm perfectly happy with where I am now.

being around talented people, learning new things everyday!

是要感謝老天還是我爺爺奶奶有保佑

讓我可以在我喜歡的地方生活

做我喜歡做的事

My San Francisco

it's a slow city,

where people really take their time...

it's a fun city,

the city itself is a giant roller coaster.

it's a spontaneous city,

things just happen without any plans.

it's a warm city,

I always end up chatting up strangers on the street, and I don't normally talk.

it's a cold city,

fucking freezing in mid-August I had to buy a pair of uggs.

it's a foodie's city,

great food=happiness.

it's a beautiful city,

the colors of cute houses and the mist in the air....

it's a hippies' city,

there's a "burning man" section in thrift shop.

it's a liberal city,

you can find friends of any combinations.

Thank you San Francisco,

we had so much FUN!!

it's a magic city....

Writing down thoughts....

if only it(my hand) can catch up with my thoughts(my brain).

it's not suppose to.

that's why they are hands,

writing down words, sentences...

much slower than brain-waves.

damn.

space travel

haven't been traveling across continent in couple years,

this is exactly what I needed, to get away from New York.

I flew through space and time, take in the feeling with every breath.

so new yet so familiar, seems the same but somewhat different.

so this is what it like to be back at home....or.....is it home?

being back to this magical island of Taiwan is always a trip.

it's different every time.

this time, I felt the amazing warm energy of the mountains.

it was out of this world- beautiful!

well, maybe the acid helped a little.

being in the mountains with sweet native Taiwanese people helps too,

they are warm and open and they love their land, they love to party and make sure everyone is safe and have a blast, awesome hosts!

Thank you 復興鄉！I'll be back someday!

大師又一個

I'm so damn lucky.

繼Stephane Marais之後,我又莫名其妙的當上了Mark Carrasquillo的第一助理....

Mark所屬的經紀公司Art+Commerce是旗下有Steven Meisel等經典傳奇人物的夢幻公司.

跟他合作的人也幾乎都是像Fabien Baron, Karl Templer...這些power people.

國際化的production,跟top artists & models一起工作....

忽然之間變成了我每天工作的環境,

害我就算很操也不好意思喊累,

這不就是我丟掉舒適的生活隻身飛到紐約的目的嗎？

是我自找的,也沒想到真被我找到了.

Mark是個很妙的人,somber, cynical, free minded and very artistic.

這些特質其實跟我有點像....I look forward to know him more....

He's very sophisticated and gentleman, 箱子不用我提還幫我開車門,我可是他助理耶...

最重要的是他的great skills and impeccable taste.

I have a feeling I'll learn sooooo much from him.

woo boy I'm so excited.

it's going to be interesting....

偶像劇啊

是真的當了家庭主婦吧

開始愛看偶像劇....

劇情越瞎越愛看

覺得那些編劇可以編出粉紅色泡泡真厲害

現在的年紀

充分了解浪漫情節不切實際,有錢有才華又專情的帥哥不存在

是得看清這一點,才有可能抱著少女情懷看戲的啊

是重返青春期

當個老少女也不賴....

Classic Nivea Creme

Everyone loves a good classic.

Nivea 一直是家喻戶曉的品牌

其中又以Nivea Creme最為經典

research之後發現他的歷史還真悠久

有興趣的人可以看一下

http://www.nivea.com/history

可能小時候媽媽有在用吧

它的香味帶給我熟悉的安全感

進而莫名其妙的信任它

但這東西能歷經歷史的考驗不是沒有原因的

它真的是好用又萬用

而且便宜的要死

Here are some advice on how I use Nivea creme~

• Hair Cream- sometimes i just need something for my dry ends without hold, it moisturizes the hair and leaves a matte finish! my favorite hair product so far, and it doubles as a fabulous hand cream!
• Makeup remover-dab a little with Q-tips and erase your makeup mistakes, or smooth all over the face and massage to remove full make-up, gently wipe off and follow with face wash.
• Lip Mask- apply a thick layer to lips and cover with plastic wrap, leave it on and hop into the shower.
• Super moisturizing Mask- it's a great base for mixing your own masks, add honey, essential oil...etc.
• and of course it's great to apply on any dry skin like it's invented to do, just find out in can also heal minor injuries, pretty awesome huh?

經濟不景氣,試試好用的便宜貨吧大家～

Nivea people, please contact me about compensation.

Recession = Depression?

Joseph Hirsch, Lunch Hour (1942)

Louis Lozowick, Brooklyn Bridge (1930)

Blanche Grambs, No Work (1935)

Mabel Dwight, In the Crowd (1931)

Mable Dwight, Banana Men, n.d.

Nicolai Cikovsky, On the East River (c. 1934)

Raphael Soyer (1899-1987), Furnished Room

James N. Rosenberg, Oct 29 Dies Irae ("Days of Wrath"), 1929

Alice Neel, Investigation Of Property At The Russell Sage Foundation (1934)

check out these art works from the depression era

Dark eh?

it's just the other side of the happy-joy-commercial scene

it's real and it exist

all over the world

people do suffer

recession or not

it's just life.

but of course, if you live in a time between WWI and WWII like them

your life sucks more.

尋根 tracing back to my roots

you have to be away from your roots to get back to the roots.

that's when you realize who you really are.

不知道別人的國家怎樣

但台灣還真不賴

這就是為什麼很多ABC都愛回台灣玩或工作

即使不是在那出生長大,也能找到莫名的認同感

台灣人也特別愛ABC不知道為什麼

NY其實也有這優點

自由度高瘋子又多

不像我在台灣容易收到異樣的眼光

我剛來的時候就覺得, 我找到了,適合我的地方.

where I can be myself.

so I started to be myself.

I youtube 康熙來了＋王牌大間諜（有其他好看的要告訴我）

I cook 滷肉飯＋肉羹 （我的媽呀好屋好吃）

最近練的歌～海海人生＋愛到才知痛（沒錯是陳盈潔跟黃乙玲）

start a blog and 開始靠杯我在紐約的生活

開始作一些我在台灣時從沒做過也不會想到要做的事

記得在New Zealand的時候

we have to drive to video shop to rent Taiwanese shows

租的是一個月前的龍兄虎弟錄影帶

now with youtube and all the Chinese sites

節目根本快要同步live了

the distance of time adds confusion

好近又好遠

I love my life in NY

part of it it's because it's totally different from my life in Taiwan

在台灣的生活好像是上輩子的事

I've changed and transformed

away from home but closer to my roots

I'm a Taiwanese living in New York.

大師

自從來紐約生活之後,最開心的事就是能跟很多厲害的化妝師一起工作.

其中我最喜歡的就是Stephane Marais.

他一向是業界的傳奇,自80年代一直到現在.

he ranks as one of the world's most famous make-up artists.

我一直覺得我怎麼這麼lucky可以跟到他.

He's a true artists with impeccable skills and taste.

also with a big personality.

跟他合作的攝影師跟髮型師也一定來頭不小.

Steven Klein, Solve Sundsbo, Craig McDean....

Julien, Garren, Eugene, Luigi, Yannick.....

可以跟這些人一起工作,在有才華的能量中長大真好.

而且他都化一線大名模,

有二線以下的就讓我們化,

但是注意了....

他的二線都已經是其他工作碰不到的大牌了,

幫名模化妝還真有不同的成就感.

跟他真的學到好多好多.

不管看了多少次他化妝,每一次都還是會打從內心的驚呼....哇....也太美了...這個妝是有靈魂的....

跟了他三年的助理Asami也說,

she tried to do every step like him, but it always looks somewhat different.

whenever Stephane puts his fingers on the face, the look transformed.

anyways,我有他的簽名書.

bilingual

so this blog is going to be bilingual.

like how it is in my head.

no it wont be translations,

coz there's no reason to repeat.

but I think most of the times it'll be in English.

just because I can type faster.

start writing, again.

I've been avoiding writing in a way.

because i always write when I'm not happy about something.

blahs and complaints, things nobody would really care but me.

what's the point? just so I can look back and think, hey my life doesn't suck that much... I feel good about it most of the time.

well, guess that's how it works.

so, here we go.