位在wedding，一個很大很大很不真實的公園，
感覺有規劃過，但是又很原始的感覺，
我很喜歡啊。
a huge park in Wedding, it seems to be well planed,
but somehow you will feel kind of rough or raw, I like it here.
Volkspark Rehberge, Berlin
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Living in Berlin x interview 013
曉潔，來自中國上海，來到柏林即將滿五年，學習聲樂。住在wedding區，（是的，我們又回到這個熟悉又熱鬧的地方了！）
Xiaojie comes from Shanghai, China, lives almost 5 years in Berlin, her major is vocal. She lives in Wedding, yes, we are again in this familiar and vivid area!
Xiaojie comes from Shanghai, China, lives almost 5 years in Berlin, her major is vocal. She lives in Wedding, yes, we are again in this familiar and vivid area!
為什麼是柏林？
WHY YOU COME TO BERLIN?
這還真是個有趣的問題，高中畢業後想要出國學聲樂，當時有兩個選擇，美國或是德國，後來也記不得是什麼原因，總之就決定來德國，那時候沒有別的城市可以選擇，所以就這樣來到柏林了呀。
This is an interesting question, as I remembered, after graduating from senior high school, I wanted to study vocal abroad. I got two choices that time, USA or Germany, I can't tell the reason now, anyway I decided to come to Germany, and there is only one city on the list that I had, so, here I am.
喜歡柏林嗎？
DO YOU LIKE BERLIN?
DO YOU LIKE BERLIN?
說不上喜歡也說不上不喜歡，住在這裡快五年，這裡就是另外一個家的感覺，就是從別的地方回來的時候會有種回家的感覺。感覺柏林是一個很有包容性的城市，相較之下感覺比較不會因為穿著而有大小眼的感覺，可以隨意的穿著，不會有人用異樣的眼光看你。我覺得這裡可以讓人好好發展個人魅力。
Well, it's hard to say yes or no. I've been here for almost 5 years, and this is just another home for me, when I come back here, I feel home. Berlin is a city with great tolerance to people. The most people won't keep stare at you whatever you wear. No need to live by other's preconceptions and expectations. I feel it's a place where people can develop their own style.
不過感覺治安有漸漸的變不好，社會的不安定份子有變多的感覺，還有就是偶爾會有很熱很熱的夏天，可是沒有冷氣！！！
But I feel the public security is getting worse, the social unrest element is increasing, and the summer is sometimes quite warm just like in Asia but without air-conditioner!!!
Well, it's hard to say yes or no. I've been here for almost 5 years, and this is just another home for me, when I come back here, I feel home. Berlin is a city with great tolerance to people. The most people won't keep stare at you whatever you wear. No need to live by other's preconceptions and expectations. I feel it's a place where people can develop their own style.
不過感覺治安有漸漸的變不好，社會的不安定份子有變多的感覺，還有就是偶爾會有很熱很熱的夏天，可是沒有冷氣！！！
But I feel the public security is getting worse, the social unrest element is increasing, and the summer is sometimes quite warm just like in Asia but without air-conditioner!!!
中間有短暫的住過漢堡，可以稍微比較一下嗎？
CAN YOU COMPARE HAMBURG AND BERLIN SINCE YOU HAD LIVED IN HAMBURG FOR A WHILE?
漢堡感覺比較像個大都市，應該是因為有港口的緣故吧，每個人都很注重穿著，可以看到穿得很正式的人們，感覺跟上海很像。柏林就是隨性了一點，而且生活速度比較慢。
I felt somehow that Hamburg is more like a big city, maybe it is because of the harbor, and everyone do care about what to wear, the taste is different, you can see many people wear really formal, kind of like in Shanghai. Berlin is a little more casual, and the tempo of life is also slower.
求學過程有想過要放棄夢想嗎？
HAVE YOU EVER THINK ABOUT GIVING UP YOUR DREAM?
HAVE YOU EVER THINK ABOUT GIVING UP YOUR DREAM?
從來沒有。一年365天，我可以說我有300天都在練習，真正休息的天數其實就只有65天而已，堅持自己的夢想是很重要的，我很確定這是我要走的路，而且感覺這條路越走越廣了。
NEVER. I can tell you that I practice 300days a year, the days that I don't practice is really little, it's important to stick to your dream and I'm pretty sure this is the way that I want to go, and I also feel the road is getting wider for me.
NEVER. I can tell you that I practice 300days a year, the days that I don't practice is really little, it's important to stick to your dream and I'm pretty sure this is the way that I want to go, and I also feel the road is getting wider for me.
平常喜歡做什麼？
WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?
除了唱歌以外也很喜歡跳舞。
Singing and dancing!
對自己的造型很在意的她，有一雙很會化妝和弄頭髮的巧手，不僅僅只是會弄自己的，也會幫別人弄，是我在這裡最重要的髮廊啊！
She loves fashion and has a pair hand which can do good make up and hair style, not only her own style, she also helps others, I am the one who always get benefit from it!
採訪之前我們討論了一下，決定以照片為這次訪問的重點，因為她自己覺得自己沒有什麼特別可以跟大家分享的，於是換了三套不一樣的衣服，讓大家感受一下不一樣的她，唱聲樂的模樣，青春的模樣，還有專業的化妝師造型。
Before starting the interview we had a small discussion about what to do, since she felt that she has not much to tell, so we decided to let the photos play the main role this time, she changed 3 different clothes so that people can feel the varieties, the one who sing, who is young and the professional sight.
我很喜歡這樣的討論，不一定是由我主導，每一次的採訪都可以有自己獨特的地方呀！
thank you, 曉潔！
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Living in Berlin x interview 012
Daniel，來自哥倫比亞。是一個設計師，專門使用舊材料做出新東西，有一間自己的店El Reinventor-the other side在Friedrichshain。我們第一次見面是在今年的DMY( International Design Festival in Berlin)，因為覺得他的作品很有趣也很幽默，所以那時候聊了好一陣子，然後就心裡默默打定主意，一定要去他的店裡參觀一次，於是訪完Rahel以後，我就散步到他的店裡去了。
Daniel comes from Colombia, he is a designer, who is good at using/combining old materials into new products. He has his own showroom "El Reinventor-the other side"in Friedrichshain. The first time we met was in DMY( International Design Festival in Berlin), I found his works are interesting and humourous, so we talked for a while that time and I made up my mind to visit him, so after interviewing Rahel, I walked to his Showroom.
為什麼是柏林？
WHY DO YOU COME TO BERLIN?
之前在哥倫比亞的時候，大學念的是財經相關（大驚），雖然我當時就想要念設計，不過還是乖乖的把財經念完了，念完以後去了倫敦也是念財經相關的碩士（再次大驚），念完以後我真的覺得，這不是我要的，這不適合我，於是我開始自己手做一些東西，然後在倫敦的市集賣，成果也不錯，我想，就決定是這個了。後來因為娶了德國太太，所以我們就來到柏林了。
I studied finance in university in Colombia, though I wanted to study design, but I still finished my study and then I flied to London for the Master degree( also something financial), but after that I did feel that is not what I want, so I started to do something and sold it in markets, and it worked well, so, I think, that's it. Since my wife is a german and studies in Berlin, so here I am.
喜歡柏林嗎？
DO YOU LIKE BERLIN?
很喜歡，我可以用很便宜的方式買到很多材料，或是得到很多材料。這裡的市集很多，我可以用很便宜的方式買到或是幾乎是撿到各種材料，因為開了店，所以也有很多人或是朋友會打電話給我，跟我說他們有什麼什麼可以給我，或是跟我交換。木頭材料也都是免費的，或是有些人搬家的時候就會把不要的東西都出清，我就會去找找適合的材料。這裡很適合做自己，做自己想要做的事，成為自己想要成為的人。而且這裡的生活速度不會太快，騎腳踏車剛剛好，而且治安也不錯。
I like it, I have lots of ways to get cheap materials or just get the materials for free. There are many markets that you can buy or pick what you need, since I have my own showroom now, many people or friends will call me and tell me that they are willing to give me or exchange the materials they have. The wood that I use a lot is also for free, or when people move out, they normally will have bunch of things to give away, and I'll go take a look. I think Berlin is a good place to be yourself, do your things and become the one you want to be. Besides, the tempo of living is not too fast, right for biking, and the surrounding is also safer than Colombia.
你在柏林是怎麼開始自己的事業的？
HOW DID YOU START YOUR OWN BUSINESS HERE?
一開始有在市集擺攤，例如mauerpark/ RAW/ Boxhagener Platz，我在那裡認識了很多人，夏天也很愉快，大家就一邊擺攤，放音樂，喝啤酒，是很棒的經驗，後來冬天休息了一陣子，也決定開始主要都在自己的工作室販售。目前營運的狀況也越來越好，沒有賺很多錢，但是足夠。
At first I sold my works in many markets, like Mauerpark, RAW and Boxhagener Platz. I met a lot of people there, in summer it worked quite good, we all just sold works, played music and drank beer, it was such an excellent experience, but then I took a rest in the winter and decided to sell mainly in my showroom. It works better and better, I don't earn a lot but enough!
Boxhagener Platz flea market
http://www.berlin.de/special/shopping/flohmaerkte/1998240-1724959-flohmarkt-am-boxhagener-platz.html
RAW flea market
這麼喜歡動手做東西的人，當然店裡面的裝飾也都是自己弄的，我對他身後的牆壁非常有興趣，果然，也是和朋友們自己完成的，非常好看阿！裡面的牆壁則是貼滿了樂譜！
People who are in love with fixing things of course will do all the decoration by themselves. I asked about the wall behind him, and, it is undoubtedly made by him and friends, it's so cool, I need to say, and the wall of the room inside is full of notes, totally different atmosphere!
創作靈感是哪裡來？
WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEAS?
有的時候是先想到要做什麼，然後再去找材料，但是也有很多時候是反過來，因為朋友給了我材料，那我就開始想我可以用這些材料做什麼。就像是衣架作的燈，純粹就是朋友給了我一堆衣架，我就開始想，那我可以做什麼？然後後來就看到腳踏車的輪框，就這樣結合了他們，完成了一個新的作品。
It depends, sometimes I thought about new product and then I look for the materials, but sometimes it is just opposite, instead of thinking first, I'll have the material first, play around it and then get ideas. For example, I got a whole box of hangers from a friend, then I started to think, what can I do with them? Then I saw the frame of the bike wheel, and I just combined them into one piece!
因為有自己的工作室，所以其實也有很多時候是客戶來，可能自己有想法，就帶著自己的材料來，然後我們一起完成，或是他就交給我來完成，沒有一定的形式，類似這樣和顧客一同進行的workshop大大小小各種產品，總計應該超過五十個了。
Because I have my own place, sometimes costumers will come to me with their own ideas and materials, then we just design together, or some will just give it to me and I'll finish the work, there is no formula to follow. I've done over 50 workshops like this way.
可以比較一下倫敦跟柏林嗎？
CAN YOU COMPARE LONDON AND BERLIN?
倫敦很貴，但是那是讓我大開眼界的開始，是我打開眼睛的第一站。我一直都住在東倫敦，怎麼搬都是在東邊。柏林就像我說的，是一個我可以得到很多資源的地方。但是我開始騎腳踏車和開始留這個招牌鬍子都是從倫敦開始的。
London is expensive, but it was the place where opened my eyes, I mean widened my horizon, it was the very beginning and the first station for me. I always live in east London, no matter how many times I had moved, I was in east side. And Berlin, like what I have said, it's a place where you can get lots of sources. But, I started riding bike (as transportation) and having my beard (my logo) since I was in London.
平常休閒時間在幹嘛？
WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO IN YOUR LEISURE TIME?
在工作室啊！ 這裡就是我的地盤！
In my studio! This is my place!
哈哈，那如果不是在工作室呢？
HA HA, WHAT IF NOT IN YOUR STUDIO?
跟朋友們玩Boule(一種丟球的技巧性遊戲)，和我的小孩玩，騎騎腳踏車，喝啤酒，放音樂，音樂很重要的。
Well, I play with my kid or play Boule with friends, ride bike, drink beer and play music, music is really important!
既然有小孩，那你有幫你的小孩做了什麼嗎？
Since you have a kid now, did you already made anything for her?
一個廚房！（大驚）她現在還很小很小，不過我已經想好要怎麼幫她弄她的房間了。
A kitchen! (I was so surprised!) She is still small, but I already have some ideas about her own room.
上一次見面跟這次覺得他長得不太一樣，雖然招牌的鬍子不變，但是感覺總不太一樣，一問之下才知道，為了DMY特地整理了頭髮和鬍子，還穿上了白色的帥氣袍子，而平常的他則是一頭自在的捲髮和休閒的裝扮。
I felt something different between this time and the last time I saw him, though he still has his stylish beard, so as a curious person I asked, and he said, he did shave his beard, cut the hair and wear the white suit special for DMY, and this is the normal him, casual and comfortable.
And he said immediately as I showed up from his doors: We have met in DMY. (It seems Asian is not so hard to be recognizedXD)
訪問的過程中，一直有他的朋友出現，大家都很有趣，很自在地加入聊天，然後自在的移動，感覺很酷的人，然後就像磁鐵一樣，大家會互相靠近（都騎著腳踏車出現！）。
As we were talking, many of his friends kept showing up, they are all interesting, joining the conversation easily and moving around, it felt like that the cool people have magnets in their bodies, they just come to each other naturally (and all with bikes!).
Thanks, Daniel!!!
El Reinventor-the other side
Gryphius Str 10, Friedrichshain, Berlin
Tue.- Sat. 12 to 8pm
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Living in Berlin x interview 011
Rahel, 來自德國（是的!第一個德國受訪者！），來到柏林已經三年，目前有一間自己的店，Lashopp，自己設計衣服/販售，店裡還有許多漫畫（因為他本人熱愛看漫畫），以及一些別人寄賣的手作物。店在Friedrichshain，一個我還沒有很熟，但想要開發的地方。
Rahel comes from Germany (yes, the first german interviewee!), she is here almost 3 years, now she has her own shop "Lashopp", you can buy the clothes she designed/made, many comics(cuz she loves comics!) and some other handmade stuff from others. Her shop is in Friedrichshain, an area I'm still not very familiar with but would like to know more, haha.
為什麼來柏林？
WHY YOU COME TO BERLIN?
在科隆念Bekleidungstechniker(服裝設計)，之後去了西班牙念，並在那裡工作了一陣子，但是在別人的店裡工作了以後，開始有了自己的夢，想要有一間自己的店。以前曾經來過一次柏林，因為參加展覽的緣故，但是那一次的印象並不是特別好。但後來結束在西班牙的工作以後就決定來柏林，因為這裡是首都，很多藝術家，年輕人都喜歡來，於是我也來了。
I studied Bekleidungstechnik (clothing engineering) in Cologne for 2 years, and then studied and worked in Spain, because of the experiences working for others, I decided to have my own shop as well. I had been in Berlin for once, due to join an exhibition here, but I didn't really have a good impression that time. But after quitting the job in Spain, I decided to come, because, it's the metropolis all the artists and young people come here, so do I.
你喜歡柏林嗎？
DO YOU LIKE BERLIN NOW?
現在很喜歡。這裡的確很有趣，有很多各樣的活動可以參加。因為自己開店的關係，關門的時候都已經八點了，如果天氣很好，我就會去附近的公園。夏天就會去湖裡游泳，或是去Mauerpark。目前找不到任何不喜歡的點。
Yes, I love it now. It is quite interesting here, there are many different events and activities to join. Since I need to take care of my own shop, I work till 8 o'clock, if the weather is still nice, I will go to the park. Summer I loves to go swimming in lake, or to Mauerpark. So far, there's nothing I don't like about Berlin.
有什麼特別推薦的地方嗎？
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLACE TO RECOMMEND?
Rummels Bucht！可以划船！You can drive a boat here!
你開店到目前三年了，感覺如何？
HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER HAVING YOUR OWN SHOP FOR 3 YEARS ?
自己開店就是收入很不固定，但是每個月固定的開銷就是那麼多，有時候可能會這個月非常緊，想著這下怎麼辦，可是下個月突然拿到一大筆訂單（網路商店），但是可以有自己的地方，做自己想做的事情還是很好！
The income is not stable, but the bill I need to pay every month is the same, so sometimes it's really tough but the next month I just got a big order (from online shop), but it's still good have my own place to do what I want.
因為很喜歡手工藝，所以他每個禮拜有一天會去教小朋友Papier-mâché，她笑著說，平常沒有什麼耐性，可是對小朋友卻很有耐心，有的時候可能累了很多天，但是小朋友只要說一句，噢你是我最喜歡的老師，瞬間就會快樂起來了。
商店/工作室/家，結合在一起，到處都貼滿了他喜歡的手繪作品。店內的陳設也都是自己打造的，整體都是木頭的櫃子，給人很舒適的感覺。
Shop, Studio and home are together here. You can find many handcraft works on the wall, some are from her, some were bought. The interior in the shop is also all from her and a friend, they build all the things by hand, a comfortable space.
介紹自己的時候她說，我不是裁縫師也不是走時尚的那個路線，我做我自己喜歡的事情，她設計的legging都很有趣，大部份都是兩面不同的材質，希望給人特別的感覺，她開玩笑地說：兩面都一樣的legging大家去H&M買就可以了。 所以他的大部份衣服都是結合很多種不同的布料，我問，這樣做的想法從哪來？她說：直覺。
She said, I'm neither a tailor nor a fashion designer, I 'm doing the things I love. Her leggings are all unique, she uses different textile or patterns for front and back, so that you will feel yourself special! She joked, If you need the basic leggings, then you should just go to H&M! Not only leggings have this unique combination, the most clothes from her are made at least by two different textiles. I asked, how did the idea come to you? She said, Intuition!
說來好笑，介紹我們認識的朋友告訴我，她是西班牙人，但是其實她是德國人，或許是因為她待過西班牙，而且講的一口流利的西班牙文，不過她本人對於這個美麗的誤會倒是很開心：我覺得我裡面的靈魂是西班牙人沒錯。
It's kind of funny, cuz the friend who introduced us to meet told me that she comes from Spain, but she is indeed a German, maybe it's because that she had lived in Spain for a couple of years and can speak very good spanish, but she is quite happy about this beautiful mistake, "I also think that my soul is a Spanish"
我們一邊訪問，她一邊做她的工作，從剪布開始，讓我突然想起我小的時候，我奶奶也是這樣，幫我做了好多衣服啊，只是當時年紀小，還不知道有相機這東西，一切的一切就都只能留在腦袋裡了，她聽完以後說，希望我以後也是這樣疼愛孫女的好奶奶。
She was working while we were talking, from the first step of cutting, it reminded me of my grandma who was a tailor, she made so many clothes for me, but I was too small and had no camera, so all the things can only stay in my mind, I told her and she said, I wish I will be a good grandma like yours one day.
Thank you, Rahel!
Thank you, Rahel!
Lashopp
Jungstr.13, 10247 Berlin
Di - Sa 13 - 20h
https://www.facebook.com/lashopp
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