Intro: The Way Out

So I have decided to start a blog. Actually two blogs, the other one is my serious work/school blog which can be accessed above.

Why two blogs? Well, "Midway Stop" is for more "serious stuff": school, work, academics, transportation, (limited) politics, technology, programming, or even some boring STEM stuff, who knows what will come up.

The blog "Di-dar" (this) is for life updates, less important for sure, but still quite "serious". Our lives are the foundation of everything, and without any idea of where our lives are heading, nothing else can be achieved.

This partly explained the name of the blog - "Midway Stop", as not just a lame reference to my interests in transportation, but also "stops" along a life journey where I can rest and look back, and more importantly, look forward and embrace or fear for the future. The sky isn't going to fall, of course.

These two blogs are primarily in English, and I have planned to start a third blog in Chinese. I apologize for my poor English writing as a non-native speaker/writer. However, I believe that the purpose of "Midway Stop" , the more technical blog, is to communicate and exchange concepts, thoughts and information, hence language shouldn't be the overwhelming issue here.

The reason why I said they'll be "primarily" in English is because there'll be exceptions: I like to blend in song lyrics to lazily express ideas. Each of them is selected for a reason or a specific meaning, and I'm reluctant to write out plain paragraphs myself. I'll be much more satisfying and expressive to translate well written and beautiful lyrics to tell the same (or better) story. This usually won't happen on "Midway Stop", but this is a common post across the two blogs so it's another exception.

As one may have guessed, the title of this post is a reference to a song.

出路
The Way Out

作詞：王菲 

作曲：王菲
Lyrics / Composition: Faye Wong
編曲：竇唯
Arranged by: Dou Wei
監製：梁榮駿
Producer: Alvin Leung

Translated by: KC

聽說1999年是世界末日

到時候我們一定要結婚　並且有個孩子

在他還沒做太多壞事之前　讓上帝把他帶進天堂

也許我們也能沾光

Rumor has it that doomsday's 1999

Hopefully we are married by then and have a child

God will take him into heaven when he's still benign

Perhaps even shedding on us some light and sunshine



我有很多問題　解決不了的問題

我缺乏耐性　沒甚麼事能讓我滿意

我常得罪人　這好像是天生的本領

我討厭當明星　又希望引人注意

I have tonnes of problems that do not have solutions

I am lacking patience so nothing yields satisfaction

I upset and displease people like it's a natural talent

I loathe to be a star but want to draw attention 



翻開娛樂版　慈善大表演
大家都來捐錢　這就是我們的貢獻
我不喜歡政治　因為覺得充滿危險
關心社會　可社會淪陷　當然有好的一面

There is a charity show on the entertainment section
Our contributions generate all that huge donations

I can't like politics which seems evil and rotten

Care about society but it's sinkin'

Well, it's not all that terrifying

唯一相信愛情　渴望有個幸福家庭
可算命說我們的婚姻並無那麼如意
說你到四十歲的時候會有外遇
這讓我擔心　真讓人擔心

I only have faith in love, so yearn to have a good family
but the fortune teller said no good thing 'bout our marriage
He said you'll have an affair when you reaches forty
This makes me panic; this makes me worried



我想找條出路　到底有沒有出路
我信佛　這有沒有幫助
我試圖接近幸福　可甚麼是幸福
我概念模糊

I need a way out, but is there really an exit?
Will it help, if I convert myself into a Buddhist
I tried to be happy, but what is happiness?
I have no clue; it's too obscure



唯一相信愛情　渴望有個幸福家庭
可算命說我們的婚姻並無那麼如意
說你到四十歲的時候會有外遇
讓我擔心　我擔心

I only have faith in love, so yearn to have a good family
but the fortune teller said no good thing 'bout our marriage
He said you'll have an affair when you reaches forty
This makes me panic; and I'm really worried



我想找條出路　到底有沒有出路
我信佛　這有沒有幫助
我試圖接正幸福　可甚麼是幸福
我概念模糊

I need a way out, but is there really an exit?
Will it help, if I convert myself into a Buddhist
I tried to be happy, but what is happiness?

I have no clue; it's too obscure

I don't know whether or not Faye has found her way out, but I'm trying to discover mine. These blog-posts will serve as trace or evidence of my path to finally find out.

Note: Di-Dar is the title of a song (and the album it belongs to) performed and composed by Faye, and lyrics written by Lin Xi. The phrase itself is an onomatopoeia of a heart beat.