釣到的大魚

今天跟咱家兩個女兒說,以後嫁人後,若她們老公正在別人前大大地吹噓上回去釣到的大魚有多大(雙手一整個平伸),千萬千萬別立刻打斷這男人的"吹噓",又舉出食指和大拇指,強調這才不是那回事,那"拉上岸"的也袛不過"小魚"一隻,而你,這個"剩一張嘴"男的太太,才是"事實"的擁護者那種態度和高度啦.......(常被拆台的老公)

Today I gave a solemn lecture to our two daughters about NOT to correct their husbands, especially when their husbands are bragging about how big the fish they dragged ashore, with their arms fully extended.  Even though that fish is just a small one, that scientific attitude won't help you get along with your husband.

Time is the substance

Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
- - - Jorge Louis Borges

that darn, high, suffocating humidity

Summer is here and so is that darn, high, suffocating humidity. 熱熱熱....可是辦公室後座的外國老師卻說,和加州比起來,台灣一點都不熱....是太濕太悶了...那個濕度顯示居然到66%啦....教室兩旁上層氣窗(應有可開可關的設計),當初因為經費不足,結果全用玻璃封上...教室內温度和濕度反而比外頭高呀.....最好的比喻是家電用品中利用熱風+溫度的旋風烤爐!!!!之前沒有裝冷氣,上課,對前面嘮叨的和下頭的,可是十足十的夏日蒸汽浴.....這種變來變去的天氣,唯有下班後外出運動,才能解開那一整天累積下來的悶呀....

Memory

回憶....就像這張照片----明確的細節和線條已然失去;可那色彩卻是更加鮮明; Memory is like this picture. Details and distinct outlines fade with time while colors brighten and shine in time.