May 19, 2005
夢想的勇氣 - 上京
Copyright ©2003-2004 Peggy
雖是週四夜晚,
車站前有大約三組年輕人,正在街頭演奏著
二組四個男孩的團體,一邊唱著舒情的歌,另一邊帶點搖滾的味道
最受注意的位置今天是個漂亮女孩, 長髮,一邊彈著電子鋼琴,一邊用甜美歌聲忘情唱著
二歲開始學習鋼琴的女孩,懷著對音樂的熱情上京,帶著喇叭和電子鋼琴,為5天後即將出版的新CD在東京各大車站附近表演,宣傳
一邊聽著甜美的歌聲,一邊望著彈奏著電子鋼琴年輕女孩投入的表情,宣傳文字中
「上京」兩個字,觸動了自己
「上京」, 為了對音樂的熱情由京都上京的女孩; 為了實現「我想去東京當插畫家」的夢想,從老家三重縣一個人上東京的高木直子, 唔,還有我...
「好幸福哪!住在東京~」常常有人這麼說
除了吃Mister Donuts不必排隊之外, 「上京」生活究竟是怎麼一回事呢?
幾個月前,在書店偶爾看到高木直子的一個人上東京,扉頁大約是這麼寫的 (摘自近日出版中文序) :
一個人離開老家到大城市闖蕩，初次面試的緊張心情、迷路在猶如迷宮般的地鐵、遇到怪怪的推銷人員、面對穿衣服比炫的都市人，面對不習慣的都市生活，辛苦的事情比開心的事情多，有時候還會浮現「我到底離開老家做什麼呢？」「搬到這裡是不是一種錯誤呢？」的心情。
可愛的書封插畫,是密密麻麻的東京街頭:
"追求理想奮鬥記，卯足精神求生存，一邊擦乾淚水，一邊勇敢向前走！" 宣傳文字這麼寫
雖然是本溫馨有趣的插畫文集,對於居住在東京,時時得 "一邊擦乾淚水，一邊勇敢向前走！" 的自己而言.讀著這本出版社所謂 :"你一定會備感溫馨且開懷大笑"的小書,情緒反應卻比看"鐵達尼號"電影更高低起伏
更糟糕的是高木直子另一本插畫集, 一個人住第五年 , 1974年次的直子一把鼻涕一把眼淚地收拾行李,告別父母家人和家裡的汪汪,在父親的目光下,坐上新幹線從老家三重出發:
上京生活,已經第五年了...
剛開始一個人住的時候，也想有過「想把房子弄得很可愛」、「想過著很時髦優雅的生活」、「每天過的開開心心」等的夢想和理想，但實際一個人住了一段時間之後，到了第五年,又會變成什麼模樣呢?
疲累地坐在(竟然還有位子)由渋谷出發末班電車往自己的小公寓移動,一邊讀著 高木直子"藉著浴沐逃避現實, 一邊洗澡一邊哭,淚水就看不見了...", "生病的話一定得趁還有體力的時候先出門買好未來幾天的存糧" , "每次回老家把家裡的東西搜括一通", "父親送自己到車站坐新幹線的時候不敢回頭看...", "畫著畫著自己都忍不住哭出來了..."的片斷, 我的淚水也不可抑制地....(偏偏在電車裡)
如今的直子,已經是五本插畫集的作者,作品也翻譯成中文,泰文和韓文,當初那個「我想去東京當插畫家」的夢想,應該算是實現到某種程度了吧?
然而,讀著直子坦誠的文字,我卻深深能體會,實現夢想,需要多麼大的勇氣和毅力....
女孩繼續用甜美的聲音唱著:
無數的日子裡, 彷彿迷了路
是笑是淚, 一步一步走過.....
再過五天,女孩的全國發賣CD即將出版, 過去二,三年,女孩也陸陸續續帶著自行出版的專輯在日本各地巡迴演出
從女孩的美麗的眼神中,我看到一股追求夢想的勇氣
雖然辛苦的事情比開心的事情多,但是:
"如果留在老家，也許現在會過著另外一種幸福的生活，但是想想現在也不賴啊！！"直子可愛地寫著...
買了一張女孩的CD, 比她們從更遠地方上京的我,也要和她們一樣堅持夢想哪....
對了,這個是女孩的網站: 黒木あすか
July 26, 2004
阿姆斯壯六連霸
Copyright ©2003-2004 Peggy
“I believe that the man who works the hardest is the man who deserves to win.”
2004年七月二十五日，阿姆斯壯贏得環法自由車賽六連霸接受採訪時說了這句話。
早知勝利在握的他，在抵達終點之前，就已經開香檳慶祝，一邊啜著香檳，一邊騎，身邊則圍繞著等著捕追鏡頭的攝影記者們。
～是什麼塑造阿姆斯壯，成為美國總統小布希所形容「令人敬畏的勇者」？阿姆斯壯說了一個故事，13歲時，我和朋友一起騎著新腳踏車，當我們說要比賽時，我無論如何都想要贏，就是這麼簡單純粹為了樂趣。～
無法騎著機車或開車跟在阿姆斯壯身邊捕捉這個鏡頭，從電視轉播中拍下來，也算一種記錄吧?
摘錄的是今天的幾則相關報導,總之是個值得紀念的日子：
環法6連霸 壯哥喝香檳奪冠
【記者王樹衡/綜合報導】
生命總是會出現奇蹟！堅強的「抗癌鬥士」阿姆斯壯，今天騎著漆上「livestrong」鐵馬，奔馳在環法自由車賽終點前巴黎香榭大道上，夾道擁擠的人潮，目賭這位英雄及歷史一刻的到來。隨著他衝向終點，「阿姆斯壯6連霸」歡呼聲響起，締造環法百年以來一項史無前例的光榮紀錄。
環法自由車賽經過長達22天3500公里比賽，出發時188名選手中只有147人能騎完全程，今天在20站也是最後一站蒙特勒到巴黎長達160餘公里賽段，所有人的焦點，不是摘下個人第二座分站冠軍比利時車手布南，而是落後19秒，夾在第二集團中穿著黃衫的阿姆斯壯。
阿姆斯壯得知自己冠軍在握，最後一站顯得輕鬆自在，比賽時還喝著一杯香檳酒，為自己慶祝，並一度將鐵馬停在路旁，調整至最佳狀態才上路，不急於跟著第一集團百餘名車手一起衝線，將自己最炫的身影，留在人們的心中。
阿姆斯壯表示在最後一段時，本來想多繞繞，想著自己可能以後再也沒有機會再享受這種時光也說不定！
在阿姆斯壯抵達終點那一刻，所有人無不興奮，迎接這位英雄，阿姆斯壯打破過去4位車手奪5冠紀錄，成為史上第一位6冠得主，連美國總統小布希都還特別打電話致賀「你棒呆了！」
是什麼塑造阿姆斯壯，成為美國總統小布希所形容「令人敬畏的勇者」？阿姆斯壯說了一個故事，13歲時，我和朋友一起騎著新腳踏車，當我們說要比賽時，我無論如何都想要贏，就是這麼簡單純粹為了樂趣。
~【2004/07/26 聯合晚報】
環法自由車賽》阿姆斯壯 6連霸
【編譯朱錦華／綜合外電報導】
九年無悔，六六大順。經過23天的壯絕旅程後，來自美國德州的「神鬼鬥士」阿姆斯壯25日「王者再臨」，終於在第91屆環法自由車大賽完成前無古人的六連霸大業。
最後一站由蒙特魯到巴黎，全長163公里。阿姆斯壯和他「郵政車隊」隊友25日是伴著勝利氣氛出發的。途中，他們甚至提早喝香檳慶祝。隊友們把阿姆斯壯圍在中間，把他保護得很好。
當大夥兒飆進巴黎香榭麗舍大道，逐漸邁向衝線點時，沿途群眾不時向他們揮舞著美國國旗。早已穩操勝券的阿姆斯壯，頻頻向大家比出六個指頭，預告自己的六連霸美夢成真。
登月先鋒阿姆斯壯在月球上的一小步，是人類的一大步。環法英雄阿姆斯壯完成第20站的最後一段路，亦等於征服了他人生旅途上最險峻的高峰。
阿姆斯壯的奮鬥和成功，帶給世人許多啟示。這位自由車好手1996年時發現自己罹患睪丸癌，許多人以為，他的運動生涯就此結束，但是他始終秉持著「騎士」精神，不退縮也不減速。他展開兩面作戰，一方面跟癌症搏鬥，另一方面更努力的在環法衝刺。結果，經過「九年辛苦不尋常」的奮鬥後，25日終於成為環法史上六連霸的第一人。
阿姆斯壯表示，他目前尚未決定明年是否會繼續參賽，向七連霸挑戰，或是休息一年。他說：「很難想像自己會在環法缺席。但我只會在處於最棒的狀況下才會參賽；我是來競速，而不是來散步的。」
事實上，阿姆斯壯24日在貝桑松贏得第19站冠軍時，領先第二名的德國車手克雷登多達6分38秒，幾乎已經穩贏，25日的最後一站，已無異於「勝利大遊行」。
~【2004/07/26 民生報】
阿姆斯壯 翻越痛苦寫環法歷史
【編譯張佑生／綜合外電報導】
絕大多數的人沒有在7呎長人頭頂上灌過籃，不曾投出過時速150英里的球，但每個人應該都騎過腳踏車，在近鄰之間穿梭。
阿姆斯壯的「近鄰」是一座山，一座由痛苦折磨堆積而成的大山。阿姆斯壯是山大王，痛苦之王。回首蜿蜒崎嶇的山路和電光石火的計時賽，三周共3390公里的嚴酷考驗，阿姆斯壯說：「我無法解釋，但是感覺很好。」
其實，根本不需要解釋。數到六，就知道阿姆斯壯為何是昨天全巴黎最快樂的人，因為他成為環法自由車賽開辦101年來，首位拿下六座總冠軍的車手，而且是六連霸。阿姆斯壯說：「站在冠軍頒獎台上締造歷史的這一刻，我會永遠記得。」
大會執行長勒布朗以「數字會說話，是的」來回應阿姆斯壯是否為環法史上最偉大車手的問題。八年前，阿姆斯壯在三個月密集化療後又動了兩次手術，才從閻王手裡搶回一命。罹患睪丸癌前只是個普通車手，如今卻貴為「車神」。這不只是極致成就，更是奇蹟。
今年的環法未必是阿姆斯壯歷來表現最強悍的一屆，但肯定最輕鬆的一屆，主要對手幾乎都早早出局，剩下的勁敵也無法造成威脅。32歲的阿姆斯壯不會再進步，但同期的對手也一樣。國際自由車界揣測，23、24歲的下一代車手比較有機會，但不是現在。
~【2004/07/26 民生報】
History: Lance’s Sixth Victory!
by Tour de France Website
“I believe that the man who works the hardest is the man who deserves to win.” Lance Armstrong’s philosophy seems like a simple notion. There are many riders who sacrifice years of their lives with the hope that one day they might participate in the Tour de France. But never before has anyone achieved what the American has this year.
The history of the Tour is filled with tales of toil but Sunday July 25 will be remembered as the day that Armstrong became the first rider to win the race six times.
Lance’s cycling career is filled with highlights which have been attained because of his commitment to the sport he loves. He was not interested in winning the 20th stage of the 91st edition of the Tour but he did want his US Postal team to lead the peloton into Paris. Once that was achieved he followed the wheels of other riders and patiently waited for the sprinters to fight it out for line honors. Lance rolled across the line 19 seconds after the stage winner, Tom Boonen.
The only prize yet to be determined in the 2004 race was the green jersey. Robbie McEwen just missed out on a third victory on the Champs Elysees, but his fourth place was good enough for him to earn his success in the points classification. He is the most consistent sprinter in the race, a first-class champion but the day belongs to another.
Armstrong may have lost some of his advantage over Andreas Kloden in the final sprint but it matters little for the American achieved the goal no one else ever has.
“If I make it [to the finish in Paris] in yellow,” is what Lance nominated as ‘The Moment’ of the 2004 race after his fifth solo stage win this year. In the post-time trial press conference he repeated the words he’s stated at the start of the race in Liege three weeks ago. “If I can climb the top step and make history, that will be the moment that I care for.” There was never any doubt that he would make it. Nothing, it seems, can stop him from achieving his ambitions.
Cancer attacked Armstrong’s body but he fought the illness with vigor and, at the end of 1998 returned to the pro peloton with a new team and a different attitude. Most people in the world now know the story of his recovery. Lance has become the most complete stage race rider of the current generation.
Lance now gets to cherish the moment that he works for 12 months of the year. When asked what the highlights of his Tours de France were, he remembered the moments which mattered most to him for each year he’s won.
In 1999 the prologue victory was special because he acquired his first yellow jersey. The next year the day to Hautacam was special because he had demonstrated that he could still win when riders like the two former champions, Jan Ullrich and Marco Pantani, were present. In 2001 the day to L’Alpe d’Huez was special. Nothing stood out from his fourth overall success – “No highlights that I care to remember”. Last year his only stage victory, at Luz Ardiden won’t be forgotten.
There was a pause before Lance realized that the magic moment of this year’s race will be when he accepts the final yellow jersey. Once Armstrong had stated that, however, he expanded on why the day in Paris will be the biggest highlight. The final day is more significant than being the only rider to ever win four successive mountain stages in the Tour; it’s more inspiring than stamping his authority on the lead by finishing over a minute ahead of his rivals in the final time trial; and more impressive than surviving the first phase of the 2004 event which was raced in pouring rain, over cobbled roads and included a multitude of accidents all of which Armstrong escaped.
It’s a historic day for the sport of cycling.
The victory is a confirmation of Lance’s rise and rise in this sport.
Armstrong’s first time trial success was at the start of the 1999 Tour. And his premier success in a mountain stage came in stage nine the same year ahead of the eventual runner-up in 1999, Alex Zulle. Since then numerous riders have talked up their chances of beating Lance, but none have succeeded. No matter how strong his rivals are, the Texan has always been at least a step ahead.
Jan Ullrich understands what it takes to win the Tour but since the reign of Armstrong began he has had to settle for second place in each of the three races he contested between 2000 to 2003. This year fourth is all the German challenger could conjure. Jan’s runner-up position has been inherited by his domestique, Andreas Kloden. The T-Mobile duo are a formidable pair. They have helped their squad win the team classification but it’s a far cry from what was expected at the start in Liege. What should have been a big duel through to the finish was effectively over after the first mountain stage, the only one Armstrong didn’t win.
Armstrong was once a rider who was considered a star but little more than a potential stage winner. Now eclipsed the efforts of the greatest riders in the biggest race. Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain all worked hard. Each of the five-time champions tried but failed to claim a sixth title.
After the time trial of stage 19, one journalist wanted to knwo what is special about what he’s accomplished? “We’re going to have a great meal, maybe a little wine and reflect on six Tours,” said the Texan. “If you come and you don’t prepare and you’re not motivated and you don’t win, you don’t get to have those highlights
“When it’s pouring rain and you have to go and ride six hours in the mountains, there’s not fun in doing that. There’s no one cheering – or booing – on the side of the road, but that’s what makes the difference. And that’s what allows for nights like tonight.
Lance’s impact on cycling is now even more complete. Beyond the fact that he won a world title in his first year as a pro, or his tribute stage victory to Fabio Casartelli in the 1995 Tour, or the numerous events which have since unfolded, Lance will be remembered as the first to win the race six times. He is a cancer survivor and an inspiration to many. He suffers the criticism of others and thrives on the motivation that offers. He is insecure yet strong enough to respond. He is a man who rides a bike for his job. And he just happens to love the work he does.
