心高氣傲

早陣子看陳惜姿的專欄 , 題為 "考第一的女孩". 陳惜姿寫她們從小就有一點高傲, 免不了過份的自我中心, 成長中有一段時間都是班上的言論領袖, 說一句話總有一班人和應.

一間學校, 每級五班, 考第一只有5個. 有些奇怪的學校更大膽地把全級的排名也弄了出來, 於是那位"全班考第一, 全級也考第一" 的女孩 (ok 可能是男孩) 就更矚目了 ! 真是神級呀, 更成了其他同齡孩子中的領袖, 說什麼也是對的.

我, 從小就是這種神級女孩. 直至學校不再為學生排名, 成績單上不用再刻著 "名次 : 1" 這玩兒.

考第一, 不好嗎? 可我從小就在思考 "考第一到底是好還是不好" 這問題. 要讓我說真心話, 我只能說,  考第一的孩子其實很累, 這其實是一個不能回頭的遊戲, 考了第一, 只要再考第二, 就是退步了. 可能你不是真的退步, 只是旁人進步了, 但這也算是你的錯, 要挨罵的.

要是考第一的煩惱慬止於此也罷, 大不了就再用功一點. 最徵結的還是那點該死的傲氣及自以為事.

從小我就很有一股傲氣, 眼中看不起人. 老師寵愛, 同學羨慕, 父母稱讚, 受不了 " 竟然有比我更棒的人?! " 先入為主已經視對方為眼中釘子了. 有一群人開派對聚會什麼的, 一定要親自來邀請我參加, 要不就是看不起我囉, 而你, 憑什麼看不起我 ?

這樣的成長背景, 這種橫蠻的性格, 實在是害慘了我.  費了很大的勁, 才擺脫了一點成長累積下來的陋習, 讓旁人以為我是個隨和的人, 是個開心果, 是個知性有個性慧黠的好女孩.

但其實我不是, 我是個小心眼,心高氣傲, 善妒多疑的女孩.
又或是 每個人心中都住著 Evil 及 Angel , 同生共長, 你永遠沒有法子擺脫他們其中一個.

No.
You can't do that, not even have a try.

Somebody I used to know

"Somebody That I Used To Know"(feat. Kimbra)

[Gotye:]
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and I feel so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Part of me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and I feel so rough
And you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)

(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody