I'm into Mandarin lately and I was listening to a song titled Rang Zi Ji Wei Xiao by Shi Xin Hui. One would be fooled into thinking it's some Barbie-girl song due to the upbeat melody and tempo. Somehow, unlike any other Mandarin composition so steep in flowery word, this one's quite easy to understand.
Listening and reading the lyrics (in pinyin of course) for the third time, I noticed upon the following:
How true. To loosely translate the above:
In this world, who determines whether one is better than the other, or who is more glorious / stood out more [from the crowd] . The word rong yao, to my understanding means glory (used in Christian literature but I'm not sure how it's used elsewhere).
Well? I'm thankful I find a little "advice" from the most unlikely of sources. Often, one would try so hard to fit into the mould made by other's. To follow what's hot and to flow with the current fad. It may be in the form of possessions. Or feel less than a turd because everyone is abroad studying, working. Now, who sets these standards i.e. good job, good looks, good clothing, branded apparels? Who says one have to have the aforementioned to be accepted?
Let's not try so hard to look good since if people are myopic, and most are, so be it.
[Looking into the mirror]: Julian, at least you appreciate music so just sit down and enjoy. If everyone plays, who listens? If that's the way you do things and you'd sleep at night then continue doing it. Man and his standards. People and their expectations. All of these amount to nothing more than to gratify their desire. Set out to do what you have planned and don't bother offering an explanation if in the first place they don't try to understand. Know that you can't meet all their expectations. It's pathetic how childish and selfish their school of thought is.
Listening and reading the lyrics (in pinyin of course) for the third time, I noticed upon the following:
zhe shi jie shei lai jue ding
shei bi shei hao
shei geng rong yao
How true. To loosely translate the above:
In this world, who determines whether one is better than the other, or who is more glorious / stood out more [from the crowd] . The word rong yao, to my understanding means glory (used in Christian literature but I'm not sure how it's used elsewhere).
Well? I'm thankful I find a little "advice" from the most unlikely of sources. Often, one would try so hard to fit into the mould made by other's. To follow what's hot and to flow with the current fad. It may be in the form of possessions. Or feel less than a turd because everyone is abroad studying, working. Now, who sets these standards i.e. good job, good looks, good clothing, branded apparels? Who says one have to have the aforementioned to be accepted?
Let's not try so hard to look good since if people are myopic, and most are, so be it.
[Looking into the mirror]: Julian, at least you appreciate music so just sit down and enjoy. If everyone plays, who listens? If that's the way you do things and you'd sleep at night then continue doing it. Man and his standards. People and their expectations. All of these amount to nothing more than to gratify their desire. Set out to do what you have planned and don't bother offering an explanation if in the first place they don't try to understand. Know that you can't meet all their expectations. It's pathetic how childish and selfish their school of thought is.
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