Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

Empire State of Mind, Emipre State of the World, New York State!




[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new
The lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new
The lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
No place in the World that can compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say yeah
come on, come on, yeah

[Chorus]
[End]

Choose Not to Answer

Reality always stings me no matter how hard I try to escape or pretend not to face. It's not bad though, like the medicine you take whenever you get dizzy without any notice of danger. Parents are usually those who shower me a bag of truth needed shouldered, and the response I make is definitely an unhelpful and irresponsible one, say "Yea, right."

What should I do? Study all the time? I know a mountain of textbooks digested effectively can probably bring me expectation and, in a better way, lead me to success. But that's is just gonna happen with a chance of uncertainty. It is truth that efforts can, in general, raise the percentage of getting over barriers, but it's more true that fate is not written by myself. How should I keep going without knowing where to go? It feels like keeping running to the horizons which I will never reach. Worthless, useless.

People around me, since years past, have started to bombed me questions like, "What will you do?" "Any plans?" "You sure you like law?" Well, I can answer all those questions, though I didn't. Since words count, I'm afraid that once it is out of my mouth, everyone will wait and see how you perform and fail. And later they will tell you, "It's ok! Everybody does, but you just shouldn't do that in the first place." Then, why did you guys ask me in the very beginning? See? There is no reasons why I should tell you all that wishful thinking because it means nothing!

I'm glad that I'm pretty blessed to have such a wonderful family so that I don't have to deal with butter and bread. Moreover, my parents always remind me to cross the t's and dot the i's to avoid any risk of falling from the edge of peak. They are always there, I know, to hit the ceiling whenever I go astray and help me stand my ground whenever I map out the future I wish.

I understand why people ask those questions, but I just can't stand the look they give me when I don't want to answer or just simply pretend that I have no idea. In this case, it seems that privacy issue is not involved, since they see their questions as a way to care about me without noticing that the answers are still my privacy which I can choose whether to expose or not. It' about promise as well.

Addicted to Sounds

There is a group of people who listen to English or foreign songs only, while most of them sing them without memorising the lyrics, titles or the artists. They choose whatever sounds great and let it flow away. What really matters is the melody. Why bothers to name all the artists or titles?

Well, I do. Once a CD is put on, I've got to recognize the artist or even the song's name. There is no reason why I love doing this, and there is no way to describe how excited I am when the artist's name come out from my mouth according to the voice only. This has been and always will be my little pleasure, speaking of music. Two of my friends can do this and love doing this, too. This can be another chat beside our girl's talk. When the music is on, the brainstorm begins. I'm glad there is one more person loving to do this. To my surprise, I'm only a beginner since even Frankie J and Michelle Branch are nothing but a piece of cake to her.

How does it feel when being beat down? Sucks! Ha! But it's awesome. It's amazing to find another one to share the same interests. I bet we can talk by sending songs to each other, because the titles say all. And my iPod is waiting for you.

Speak

Aha! I'm finally back! I had been overwhelmed by the most heavy finals I had ever had. That resulted in 1 post in December, and now the first post in 2010, even though almost half of January has past. This semester I took 25 credits which I thought my sophomore year would be fulfilled and hard-working. I was proud that I had more credits than others at first, but in the end, I was totally regretful. Seriously regretful! I must admit the stress and tension had gone too far for me to handle with. But what on the earth pushed me to select those courses was that I really wanted to unveil the mystery of law. Yes, I mean "law." I wasn't interested in law at all before I majored in law. It used to be an image of a mountain of books and something for nerds. The symbol of lawyers that Hollywood movies give us is usually cold-blood and, at times, too holy to be real. I never planned to stand in a court or even speak to the Judges. I can't speak!

Since I was little, I have always told that speech or public speaking would never be my career. The public had always been my biggest fear. But, nobody ever told me this kind of ability could be trained! Well, some of the speakers, like B.Obama, Bruce Y.H.Liao, (XD) are born to be! They just can catch your eyes and let your minds be drunk. Every words coming out from their mouths are priceless, no matter which way they put it. I truly wish I could be one of them! To be a leader, besides charisma, power of speech, I believe, is the invisible weapon to control the crowd without failure. I guess some of the law students are pretty afraid of speaking in public, since what they are usually talking to are books or textbooks, which don't make any response or comments needed. And I, needless to say, am one of those who need to be trained to speak in front of people.

There is no doubt that law, as an oldest field that have last for centuries, is a subject hard to be digest, and absorb. Even for those who have taste it for the rest of their lives, from time to time, law books are still uneatable. How could you expect any layman to listen to any legal terms or understand any reasons that cases represent. Therefore, a translator is much more important than anything else. Who can be the translator? Spearker! A speaker of law. A speaker who study in law and know how to put it in a way that anyone can take it as a famous public debate. Stir the words, and the tide will be in. This is what law is for, not to cause the fight, but to teach them how to fight within boundaries. Of course, the speaker is the one with the sword.