BEFORE AND AFTER
Yesterday is past and Today is now.
What would happen when Tomorrow comes?
I really don't know but I ought to find out.
When Tomorrow comes it would be Today.
And Today would just be Yesterday.
This will repeat again and again.
I wonder why these things do happen.
Maybe I think of Yesterday.
Maybe I might reflect on Today.
Don't you think I should just learn from the Past.
And let my Future last.
My three chosen videos were all by Rainie Yang. The videos are Guo Min, Ai Mei, and Breathless. I like the artist but I really don't understand the meaning of the songs. I just heard these on some drama series that I've watched. Based on their videos, I can see that they are all sad love songs. All the videos revolve around a girl who experienced love but later on she was left all alone.
In the Guo Min video, the girl seems to have nothing to do with her life. She lives alone in her house. She just used up all her energy being depressed and miserable. She recalls her life with her loved one. She always cries and goes to their dating place. She seems to have difficulty moving on and looks like she cannot live without the guy.
The story of the video is nice but I can't get a good look of the guy. Maybe because I just watched it from the internet. But only during the reminiscing part that it seemed bright. I find the video intriguing because it was not clear if the guy jumped off the window and then die. But I think he really did jumped because the girl repeated that same scenario, wearing the same jacket and at the same spot. And she was looking down. I think the girl jumped also. But I can never be sure because it was not shown in the video.
In the Ai Mei video, the girl was in a beach and remembering things with her guy. This is same with Guo Min because the girl lives alone. She was staying in a place where all their memories together were kept. They have pictures and even videos. The place was not well maintained that cold air and snow could enter. The girl looks pathetic that she just let the snow cover her as she recalls her past and watch their sweet videos.
The story of the video itself was not clear on how the girl ended up all alone. But for those who have watched Devil Beside You, they will have an idea of what the video symbolizes. I like the effect on how the snow slowly covers the place. And also the effects of the ice to the girl's body, how it formed on her face and hair. It was also not clear if the girl was frozen to death because of too much cold. But I like it that way because we can think of our own ending. The girl might or might not have survived that extreme condition.
The third video is Breathless in English. This is similar to the previous two that the girl is living along. The differences are the girl is locked up inside a glass thing and she hasn't found her love yet. She is still looking and dreaming for it. She was able to find her love and had wonderful memories. Unfortunately, that happiness did not last long. The girl was left alone again.
I like how all her furniture fit into her tiny place. The effect when they dramatically parted was good although it does not use high level graphic arts. I don't like her hair in this video but she still managed to look cute. Her red dress is well suited in the video.
Maybe I will be able to appreciate the videos more if only I can understand mandarin…
The URL’s for the videos are:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/showmedia?id=20896
I am in school because my parents send me to school. But as I continue my studies, I learned that I am studying for myself. My parents pay my tuition, allowances, and all but my output in school reflects me and not them. Yes, they want to know my grades but I found out that it doesn't matter whatever was written on my course card. They don't comment anything negative about it. They just seem to accept whole hearted what I have given to them. Then I began thinking again that I really like what they've been doing all this time. Because of them, I have my own will and freedom to do what I want in school. I have the liberty to spend my time in studying and doing other stuffs. If I did well in school, then I would have high grades. My parents would be really proud. But that high grades don't belong to them, but to me. Therefore, I am studying because of my parents but not really for them. But it can show my gratitude to them. I am studying for myself so that someday, somehow I can live and become a good human to our society.
I am currently taking up ENGLONE. One topic that is on my mind right now is about logic operations. Therefore, I will discuss some basics about logic operations.
Binary variables and logic operations compose the binary logic. Binary variables are letters of the alphabet such as A, B, C, x, y, and z whose values can only be 1 and 0. The three basic logical operations are AND, OR, and NOT.
The AND operation is represented by a dot or no operator sign at all. Examples are x.y=z or xy=z. This is read as “x AND y is equal to z.” This logical operation means that z=1 if and only if x=1 and y=1; otherwise z=0.
The OR operation is represented by a plus sign. An example is x+y=z. It is read as “x or y is equal to z.” This logical operation means that z=1 if x=1 or if y=1 or both x and y is 1. If both x and y is 0, z=0.
The NOT operation is represented by a prime or an over bar. An example is x’=z or x (place a line over x) = z. This is read as “NOT x is equal to z.” It means that z=0 if x=1 or z=1 if z=0. This operation is also referred to as the “complement operation” since it changes 1 to 0 and 0 to 1.
Source:
Mano, M. (2002). Digital Design.
