Gold and Youth

Both gold and youth are splendid and dazzling.
Yet, you can not buy youth with gold.


(For arts' sake, i took this artistic picture without its owner's consent. Mr. Ryan, please forgive my rudeness, for I couldn't find a better picture to match this statement.)— 與 Ryan Angkor 

＂無用物＂

記得國小時，曾有一回，某個富有又慈祥的鄰居順手給了我一個蠻精美的"無用物"。我歡天喜地的把它放在家中某個顯眼之處，就像是要向全天下人炫耀自己是一個多麼富有的小孩一樣。後來就跑出門找街坊玩伴玩耍去了，一整個下午的無憂無慮。返家後，發現那個美麗的＂無用物＂由原位消失了。原來是媽媽將它丟了，因為是舊的，是沒有用的，因為是華麗的，和家裏擺設格格不入的。就袛是一個打掃過程的必然結果。

而小孩如我，很不甘心的哭呀鬧的；好像一陣哭鬧後，結果會不一樣似的。

長大後，這些年，這旅途中也曾偶然看到精美動人的＂無用物＂；它們也不知如何的，就忽然出現，也忽然消失在生命中；＂無用物＂消失的那麼乾脆，那麼的無影無踪，那麼的無可挽回。但那被勾動的心弦，波動不止，時時刻刻提醒你，折磨著你－看呀！那些如果若能維持著，是件多麼美好的事情呀；你看，你錯失了什麼！假如你......

現在，知曉某些道理之後，看過不少別人的態度後，對這些偶而出現的＂無用物＂倒還蠻看的開的。心情調適的也快，一轉身就忘了，像個八九十歲的老頭兒，心無波瀾的繼續那日常的生活，那日常的動作。如此這般的平心靜氣，如此認命的活著。這算是一種成長還是認命的放手呢？

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照片中是一包裝精美的洋菇培養包，要給女兒當表現良好，故事朗讀比賽拿到佳作的獎勵的；另外一包培養包，順便回禮給常常拿二手童衣給我的同事，因為這些料好質美的小孩衣服，替我們家省了一筆開銷。謝謝。

快樂歌咏

神呀,就讓大樹倒下吧,
讓樹苗們,忘了自己的種族,認不出自己的國界,
就用笑容為國旗,使夢想成為憲法,以熱血為基準,向天空奔馳。

倒下吧,大樹
在大地上放下你的身軀,讓陽光灑入,讓樹苗成長
讓樹苗成長,倒下吧
讓春夏秋冬,讓太陽月亮輕撫你身軀,再讓大地為你鋪上暖被
讓樹苗忘了你的名,忘了你的仇,忘了你的愛。

你我的名字,你我的仇恨,你我的愛怨,擋住陽光
孩子們也學著你我的名字你我的仇恨,互相憎恨
這森林的孩子們,看不見陽光和希望,失去笑容和夢想。

就讓一切重頭
讓小樹們,忘了自己的父母,認不出自己的國界,以世界為家
用笑容為國旗,使夢想成為憲法,以熱血當基準,為未來努力。
不再有國界和他們,讓小樹們同唱一首歌,同聲歌頌太陽/風和雨的滋潤呀。

大樹你別難過，
這片青空會為你歌唱為你哭泣，
我也會和你一起躺下，為你啍唱那首睡眠曲。
輕輕的，我們一起入睡吧。
我們的名字,你我的仇恨,你我的愛,都忘了吧。

輕輕的，我們一起入睡吧。那一切，都忘了吧。

讓樹苗忘了你的名,忘了你的仇,忘了你的愛。
也許,當我們再次起身迎向陽光時,不再相互仇視,
不再分你我那一國,不再有心頭傷痛,可以相視而笑,
可以像小樹一樣,一同攜手,放聲快樂歌咏,這片如此美麗的青空與大地的恩竉。

一群小魚

A neighbor gave us some guppies and they quickly gave birth to a school of small guppies. Lisa and Joy, love these million fish.

鄰居給我們一批孔雀魚,放到魚缸中,很快就生下一群小魚。小朋友開心的很,特別是小的Lisa,因為是她接回家的魚魚。

Education, Brainwashing and Confirmation in Individuals

The bugle is sounding, the crowd is roaring and it is only fitting to follow the drummer in this marching. Your body and soul seem work in unison with the whole crowd and you are being brainwashed. There are moments in life when one chooses what to believe in his/her whole life. Be it a radical political gathering, a traumatic experience to survive a disaster or a war, or a moment when one chooses to confront a pistol regardless of one's life. Moments like these confirm one's internal values and make us who we are throughout our life.

The issue is whether this decision is based on one's free will, or just an inevitable 'next step' in a 'calculated,' staged setting. Nazi youth rallies are often used as examples in setting up a stage to unite and consolidate its believers. These rallies created monsters who would commit horrendous crimes against humanity.

Some of the staunchest Nazi officers would go as far as murdering babies and children to achieve what they believed to be divine and holy.

There is nothing divine and holy in killing babies and children. And they did it. Simply because they believed it was 'correct.'

What has it got to do with you? You may ask. Advertisement and political propaganda all ask the same result with different degrees of persuasion techniques and brain-washing tactics employed in these Nazi Youth Rallies. Whereas, an liberal education, when it is notorious for its lax structure and failing to instill specific aims, requires one's thinking and regurgitating of what has been presented. Only through constant thinking and examining what is in front of one's eyes can one gain the true freedom of making a responsible choice. Knowing this would free one from the invisible shackles imposed by others, help one see the value of independent thinking and most importantly, aid one's confirmation of what is right and wrong.  Such is education.

衷心祝願

今日一景, 我衷心祝願, 孩子笑容時時在, 戰爭永不來。

And this I pray, that children may sing with a joyful heart, and war should never come.

躲貓貓

This morning started well, and my kids and i even had a chance to do the dishes together. Next, the remote control that she held in hand moments ago went missing. So, I told her we needed to find it or we couldn't really find the TV cartoon channel. During this roughly 30 minute hide-and-seek game, I gave her a lecture on the importance of keeping things in their usual place. When we finally l

ocated that remote control in a corner, that facial expression on her face told me that she may have really learned the reason behind that house rule.

太座出差勤,早上帶孩子,從準備早餐/吃飯/一起洗碗,一切順利; 袛是,我們家大姐不知怎麼回事,找不到她剛才拿在手上的電視遙控器 0..0 心想就順便機會教育一下(平時要求物有定位,也好省下找東西的時間),要她一定要找出來(不然她也沒法兒看她愛的卡通)也沒刻意幫她找,這30來分的時間內,督促她找東西,也拿著掃把,將客廳打掃一回....後來,在客廳角落裏的玩具收納裏找到....這回,由她臉上的表情來看,她應不會再亂扔東西了。

錢包遙控器和鑰匙,是否也常和你玩躲貓貓?

台灣長尾水青蛾

晚上出門交水電費,7-11門外遇上美麗的台灣長尾水青蛾。它的體形真是優美，令人驚艷。許多人都拿出高性能相機拍照，手上袛有簡單的手機，袛能留下這張照片。

Tonight had a wonderful chance to see a beautiful moth. She is a beautiful one, and her shape and colors are truly heavenly made.　It is a pity I didn't have any high-performance camera with me. Took this picture with a five-year-old camera phone.
http://www.nkps.tp.edu.tw/00075/nature/insects/moth-longtail.htm

台灣長

記於十月十日

"她的日常生活/她的喜怒哀樂/她內外的美好特質,會引起你的注意,一點都不令人意外。可是...乖女兒呀......他們也不盡然全是那麼優秀的;在某些層面上,其實他們就和我們一樣,也有缺陷的。....她的父親,和其它千萬個父親,在國家至上的威權教育下,成為國家機器的一部份,攻擊侵略鄰近國家,也因如此死在戰場上。"

在那個沒有個人,袛有國家的年代,持反對意見者被冠以叛國罪名,或被卑劣處決或強制軟禁而失去自由;那些其它的人,失去個人選擇和意志,被塗上一致的顏色,被要求整齊一致揮動一面旗子....

他們是好人嗎? 不是...是壞人嗎? 也不盡然...孩子，你看，紅花坂上,每一天,昇起的是一個女兒期望父親回家的心聲，並不是那面國旗。那是個如此沈重的抗議呀!

我和你母親對你的期許，希望你能平安長大，發揮才能，追求你的夢想，也讓整個社會能由你的努力,互利互惠而成就更好的未來。切記！切記！國家二字不能超越人民意志。更不能讓披著愛國主義狼皮的獨裁者來左右你的生命,操控你的選擇!!!

『人總是活在矛盾之中～對人類的絕望以及信賴～ 我們都是在這狹縫間生存～ 』

記於十月十日

機會就是給有準備好的人啦

打了一手好牌

＂A, 你聽說了嗎？＂

＂什麼事？＂

＂Ｌ這回又要帶人去參加小兵中區初賽；而且這回聽說上頭拿了不少采頭出來。＂

＂Ｍ桑不是上個月在忙這回事？聽說徵人時，小朋友聽到週六日都要來訓練／沒有經費的前提下，個個都打退堂鼓了嗎？那來的參賽呀？＂

＂廢話，假如通知你比賽，而準備時間僅有一個半月；除非你有長遠的準備--超過三年的經驗/去年的班底，不然就算給你出隊，不是帶人去含淚鼓掌歡送其它有專班訓練的學校嗎。而且她　把發球權一直都捏在手上，今天［出賽權］當下丟給你是她說＂這次輪到你＂；連著那些年不丟給你，也是她說＂要增加有出賽勝利的把握！＂

"哇! 這這這好像三國演義某一章節喔!!!"

"你看，機會就是給有準備好的人啦。這回你知道人家怎樣向上頭要資源／又可以踩別人的方法了哦。"

價錢真嚇人

下班後到菜巿場買菜,沒想到那價錢真嚇人;和平時相較,達七倍的價格令人瞪目結舌,不敢置信。 A silk gourd is a delicious, inexpensive and popular dish on the dinner table. Now the typhoon is coming, its price has risen to 75$NT, 7 folds of its original price. This is .... daylight robbery.

Like

深怕嚇跑顧客,賣牛肉的拼命說我們的不是美國牛。那個按讚的機器,可能很快就會出現在許多許多地方。不曉得有無可能全公司職員桌上和學生桌上都裝一個。

Beef-burger sellers emphasize the fact that they don't sell American beef. "It's 100% Australian!" That 'like' button has materialized itself in the real world. Guess it will make its presence more noticeable around you and me. Do you 'like' it on your office desk?

今年夏天，最令人膽顫心驚的謎底

今年夏天，最令人膽顫心驚的謎底，要揭曉了!

                                        Let's see how much your electricity bill is!

專心一意的學習

今天上課，刻意的放慢步調，要求學生閉上眼，將呼吸調緩，清空心底雜念，用一份寧靜的心情，將空中英語教室的朗讀，在心裏頭，轉化為一份專心。因為專心一意的學習，是一份快樂；今日在課堂上，確實的將此訊息傳達了給學生。

    In today's class, deliberately slowed down pace, and asked kids to close their eyes, and regulate their breathing to clear up all those passing thoughts popping up here and there inside their mind. Then, with an air of calmness inside the class, they started that concentrated process of learning - listening to a lesson with their ears and hearts only. Today, instead of just following up that hectic and demanding curriculum, I followed students' heartbeats.  This, I hope, would help students understand the idea that learning is such a wonderful thing.

人之常情篇--器量

他那麼快的舉起手指責他人，這是意料之內；在被指出這是無地放矢，毫無事實根據而胡亂地指責之後，若他能說聲對不起，承認自己有錯，那方才是意料之外，這人才是有所容納的大器。－－－－－－＜人之常情篇>

人這種生物

那不服輸的鬥爭之心,高二第一次段考後,在B君的眼神中出現,特別當他看到那個每次名次都排在前的H君,對那個全班第一名,絲亳一點都不在意。

之前,高一時,連續在班上的高分群中領先,B早已習慣其它人的羨慕眼光; 這一回的落敗,反而讓B更願意付出更多的心力,上課時更努力的發問。因為＂第一名＂應該是她的。

那個Ｗ君, 加入某社團球隊後,卻刻意的放掉高分群的位置,袛為同伴的"接受"。隨著家長工作不斷變換學校的ＡＢＣ,"朋友"是比什麼都重要的存在；即使家中衣食無缺,身為海外學人的孩子,他卻無法在同一學校讀完課程。朋友二字，對這孩子而言，是如此珍貴。

人這種生物，別人的言語或外加的刑罰是無法改變的，可能窮其一生都在追求心中企求之物，至死方休呀。

Making it count

今一天,值得...不是因為上菜巿場買幼兒教具成功拿了個好價錢(ps. 自己要求丟照片上來宣傳,獲取值X$不知數,由二個教學玩具總價中扣除),是因為成功的按計劃讓一天的流程順利的跑完(晨起打掃/練英文/晾衣...帶小的去公園運動/菜巿場看萬象/竉物店觀察小動物....找到孩子的焦點/陪孩子玩/收衣服/倒垃圾),而且沒讓情緒控制太多的自己......這是勝利的一天! 也願明日能勝過今日!

Today was worth it! Not because i got a bargain while shopping for kids' edu-toys, but because today somehow managed to control "self" and followed a planned schedule to keep the house tidy and clean and to provide chances for our little one to see more in an open market, and a pet shop. Dear Lord, now I can proudly say I didn't waste much of the precious day You gave.

含淚播種者

指考前,特地晨起到廟宇為考試學生祈福,在文昌君前希望他們能用這些年的努力來拿到最滿意的成績。袛是有時會感概－同一間教室，同一組教師，同樣三年的學習，可這結果卻是截然大不相同。有學生的修行早已明確的可進入和其努力相對的理想學校，也有學生必須被迫面對不理想的結果，低頭蹲下，再修行四年。

雙月方成友

天上人間，若無雙月相映，朋字可難成，又何來天外一字友。

With this Internet social utility, people connect to people, or, who knows, a computer program which 'behaves' like people online. Friends have taught me to reciprocate - to give and take mutually.  If i receive a befriend-request, I wish you would show me the real you on an equal footing.

What is your face-value?

願這風雨快快過去,家戶都平安....

幸福的條件

He was just right about three things.  One, I couldn't produce evidence that he once told me so and hence the lost the right to claim that reimbursement.  Two, no one would side with me at that moment, on that nickel-and-dime NT$ 1200 issue.  Three, I couldn't produce a gun or knife from my pocket to kill him there.

慈母多敗兒

今天天氣好, 傍晚夜騎 22 公里完成--出門前接了通公務電話,話來畫去的,為的是那個＜考試不考＋上課猛看小說＋又講不聽叫不動罵不得 precious媽寶＞想再靠特別優待要我的簽名,集滿點數拿到一張証書。學校又不是 7-11,花錢集點數咧! 真嘔！教訓輔的合作變成各自獨立作業,更別提那插花二年多的圖書館義工証。掛電話後,其實心情有點激動起伏。

學校的教育功能並非萬能(很多老師在人本基金會的作為下,在強勢又護兒心切的家長要求下,態度均由全然的投入變成明哲保身的不再雞婆)....家庭中家長的陪伴和指導/身教和言教永遠無法被學校取代,再多的錢和藉口都無法幫孩子成材,袛有花時間和孩子慢慢磨慢慢教,家長的言行和教誨會慢慢轉化成孩子的處事態度;第一是態度,第二是態度,第三還是態度,是我等下一代成功(或失敗)的關鍵。

開始騎腳踏車上下班

今天上指考作文猜題: How to Save Energy

恰好頂樓教室旁最近剛鋪上綠草皮來降低日曬溫度,學校屋頂也裝設太陽能面板,惠小門口也有風力發電機,也指出來給學生作寫作補充。也開始騎車上下班;因為馬路兩旁很多違規停車或佔用,在車陣中必須很小心騎,也要提早出門。平時騎機車沒發現,騎上車才想起...上班路線全是緩上坡.....

　　Shared a typical and politically correct title "How to Save Energy" in today's compo class. Several patches of grass and green plants had been installed on nearby rooftops and used them in this practice. Also promoted the idea of buying local food produce instead of getting imported items. Alternative energy sources - solar panels, wind turbines on nearby building tops were pointed out.

想開口

問,為什麼用口頭問,是保固過期了;其它同事問,卻還在保固期內....那我自己還花自己錢修保固內的產品.....人家看你沒靠山,被當皮球踢來踢去,......以後和行政人員打交道,看來也袛能靠書信紀錄來往了。

2011/9/6 3C用品

new casing for mini-lap-top
現金 1,200

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.

Spring fish

反潮現象

Sudden gusts of warm and moisture-rich air currents coming from the south contribute to this condensation on the wall. Have to turn on air-con all day just to make humidity level down to a comfortable level.

sweet feedback

桌上的小點心是學生很貼心的感謝--她在這回的學測中取得佳績,如願在繁星計畫中進入台大理想科系,恭喜!

Calls from an unknown source

For the past five days, have been receiving calls from different cell numbers. Won't call back because these numbers probably come from the same schemer who wish to profit from people's calling back. These telephone fraud cases sever connections and trust that exist in people. These perpetrators ought to be put into prison.

消失中的農地 encroaching city and disappearing farmland

Here, in the central part of Taiwan, farmlands are disappearing right under our nose. More and more fertile rice paddy fields have been converted into lands for building houses, while there are surplus supplies of housing units.

謝謝您

好突然...下午辦公室,同事驚呼著這則令人難過的消息。覺得無法接受也好難過,怎麼就這樣突然 。記得小時候,她的好歌聲和亮麗風釆帶給我和家人很多快樂的時刻--[一道彩虹]一開播,她和其它真的學有專精的藝人,為我們一起帶來歡笑,暫忘日常生活中的種種煩心事.爸媽會停止為生活的爭吵,我們小朋友也會忘掉學校兇巴巴的老師和寫不完的功課,一起看著她唱著好聽的歌,在檢場/張菲/費玉清之間演出詼諧幽默的短劇。她的歌聲帶來歡笑和希望,她也是我和家人們的共同美好憶........這些美好的回憶因為有你..鳳姐,....,謝謝您,一路好走

日常生活中被忽略的: "隱形"的臉書朋友

請檢查<帳號設定> --- <帳號保安> 項目下 <有效的連網>
也許你會看到,你的臉書不只是你一個人用.....假如有超過一個以上的登入,
請儘快改掉登入密碼

日常生活中被忽略的: 電池篇

小小玩具堆中,有不少是靠電池驅動的...最近趁年假大掃除,將這些小東西全拆了,看看有沒有問題,測試沒電的也順便拆下,送到便利商店回收。

What sums it up

I'm on your team and like every one else, I want to make the team a winning team.

iPad and its iBooks

Sure is to usher in a new era for teachers and students. This killer application, i guess, will also bring down its potential competitors. A monopoly on the most favorite learning gadges in classroom? We'll see.

http://www.zdnet.com.tw/news/web/0,2000085679,20144922,00.htm

Instead of filing a complaint,

假如我是公司老板,新進人員的訓練中,一定會加入這麼一段:
I would put in this in the training of new recruits, if I were in charge of a company.

讓受訓人員當消費者,指令是要完成退換一件貨品, 過程: 給她/他不同的退換貨電話和一堆擁有"其實這不干我事/不是我的球"的sales,總機小姐和搞不定貨品收件地址的收件駕駛。然後在完成退換貨和程序後,再加入相互衝突的電話通知/簡訊/email,使受測者完完全全搞混,無法得知貨品是否已完成退換貨...(當然,要加入焦慮因子: 限時完成或處罰等等來模擬實況)....

These trainees will complete the process of returning a commodity to its original seller. During the process, s/he will be given different phone numbers to call and answered by those who would mislead them with wrong addresses and refund procedures. Once s/he completes the phone calls, trainers will give them conflicting text messages and emails to confuse these trainees. Factors such as time limits and penalties are given and constantly mentioned so as to create the anxiety experienced by customers in the real process.

目的: 這能使新進人員體驗消費者的處境和心情,將客服的程次,由外顯的口號和微笑,內化成真誠的服務和關心 (當然,這群新人通過這程序後,有人心中也會冒出疑問: 靠! 這根本就是公司制度/規模的問題,干我什麼事呀! 人家有錢有規模的,就指定單一客服,單一案號,一直到case結案為止; 我們公司小,賣貨的/製造的/出貨的/送貨的,全都是不同的公司,誰那麼牛,可以打通全脈呀!)

This is done to help new recruits to learn and internalize what a customer will go through in such a situation. Hence cultivate sincere care and service in their heart, transforming superficial slogans into real, authentic concerns for customers.

PS.在一天的課程結束後,還記得所有來電者的名字,又能劃出子母公司上下和交貨橫向關係圖的,可以送到會計室深造。 而那個臉上始終笑瞇瞇，口氣婉轉客氣毫無變化的，適合當客服。 那個很明顯什麼都沒記住，卻又能掰的頭頭是道，厚臉皮到極至的，絕對是跑業務打廣告的料。

When a day's course comes to an end, the one who still remembers all callers' numbers, and is able to draw a diagram to indicate the hierarchical structures of the companies involved, should be sent to the accounting apartment. And the one who maintains a constant smile and politeness in his/her conversation, should be in Customer's Service.

那位能善用手上iPhone和iPad來記錄來電和追踪聯絡公司和退換貨紀錄的,另帶入<退換貨共管系統>來整合整個過程的受測生,絕對擁有改善整個進出貨倉管系統的潛能。 能針對上述情形，交上一份公司營運分析和對進出貨各節點建議作法的，是企管出身又能學以至用的，屬於管理職。 至於提交出法律訴訟程序書，引用各法條來爭取自身權益的，則分發到公司法務室。

A reading for a new year

"The language that prevails was (is) that of a victor's."

Time waits for no man.

Old Exam 考古題

There is no way for me to find out why this co-worker sent that old exam for a new midterm request. ......Several years ago,after several heated discussions, a conclusion was made that the one who puts the exam together should hold the final responsibility; given this fact, have less respect for this act. This old exam item was sent back and was prepared to do this part on my own. What to do next? Guess the best thing to do is to leave it here and carry on life as it is.

" Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." Steve Jobs

開箱文: eWonder Pad 好奇精靈學習平板電腦

This article is not to compare this NT$ 6,000 children's e-reader to a NT$ 20,000 tablet computer. 這個電子書包在2011上巿時, 標價超過 NT$ 12,500大洋, 一年後以分期方式買下後. 發現它有許多好用的功能,也發現它的使用上的一些限制。以下詳敍之：

這個電子書包,在生產公司的展示攤位上,有標示出<國中小學習電子書,前期產品實驗計劃>,算是一針見血的點出這個兒童平板的"實驗"性質。可能以後還會有第二代第三代的產品出現,能避開某些缺點--

　　　　1) 面板的顯示內容,在戶外日光中,幾乎無法閱讀
　　　　2) 無法下載新的程式, 不似其它平板,可以到 Android market 下載學習軟體
　　　　3) e-wonder pad 的網路瀏覽器進入 <文建會兒童繪本> 　
　　　　　http://children.cca.gov.tw/home.php 此類的網站,並點選 flash 的童話繪本後,
　　　　　會有當機的情形,播放時是畫面的一半,未完全顯出該動畫繪本的全畫面。


以下引用其公司在Yahoo http://buy.yahoo.com.tw/gdsale/gdsale.asp?gdid=2483349 所列出的內容:

"產品預置內容 主要： 康軒TOP945精選主題單元康軒BOOK945暢銷書籍LiveABC集團雜誌、叢書 國語日報繪本、叢書 親子天下雜誌、叢書大家說英語雜誌其他如影音多媒體等相關書籍."

----使用後感想: 未發揮 touch screen 的魅力, 文章內容和課本內容一樣,問題發問和作答,也和傳統作答方式一樣.....書面的填空題在此平台上也僅是變成了以觸控筆輸入方式的填空題作答,換湯不換藥。教學目標和方法,和"互動"較無關連---因為若以<多媒體影片講解> + <多重選擇方式> <錯誤選項內容的釋疑> 也許能較快速的達成教學之間的"互動";而多媒體的呈現,可以避開平面教材的缺點--如'數學的量化/點線面上無法'立體活化的呈現。

平板電腦的多功能, touch screen 和內容的成功結合運用,應會有更佳的學習效果....結合度不高的介面,反而會因其介面的不成熟,造成使用上的不方便,阻礙學習目標的達成。

家政婦三田

A story that shows the curious, if not cruel, side of our casual life.

教室內優秀的學生--共同特質

少小離家從軍,部隊裏有長官訓導,三餐也定時,可心中時時有個疑問....在走過許多曲折和困頓後,回到當初沒有機會走入的世界,在這些年的教學相長和經驗歷練之後,心頭上也算是解了點疑問。

班上有一群成績好／品性佳的學生,也有單親家庭/低收入戶的,而那些父母社經地位高的,也並非是孩子是否’優秀’的決定性的條件....也有家裏有錢,家長有學歷,但小孩的心智仍停留在口腔期,玩的更兇,搗蛋的級數更猛...那些心智成熟,在校表現又好的,父母親的身教言教是他們的規矩,不須他人提醒;和師長同學的相處,不卑不亢--來自從小就在教會或是父母身旁觀察學習的結果(家庭和周遭社會組織有相當程度的正面互動).... 和他們父母接觸觀察的結果---父母相處是平和的,並無爭執吵架;收入或高或低,共同的條件是父母的心智成熟度/處事哲學皆有一套完整的架構....

啦啦隊的加油聲

爬行比賽進行中，看終點線的父母使出各種方法，要讓小小朋友快快的拿到第一名。有人拿最愛的玩具或是零食，也有人高聲呼叫小朋友名字。隨歲月流轉,孩子轉眼成長,父母也白了頭。

惟一不變的是那個祝福: 袛要是人，都想飛高看遠；是父母的，莫不希望自己的孩子，能成材。孩子們，加油！

花季

雜記

下班回家路上,到全聯社買了洋葱和みそしる
路口前,學生三二個走過,有愛心媽媽和導護,站在兩旁,擋著車子,護著這些孩子
......good samaritans.....那個小小孩,還有那十八個冷陌面孔,以及事件後引發的討論和行動
洋葱和みそしる是要煮熱湯暖身,而悅悅,是個天使,用她二歲的血肉身軀,開始融化冷漠的人心,

希望這一切都是值得的.....

The evil book behind every dictatorship: The Prince

"Dear reader,

This world is a dangerous one and, remember, power is the most important thing. Without it, you will be subjected to other people's wants and wanton whims. To hold power, it is necessary to be a realist and an actor. A realist recognizes what is presented and what is painted; an actor can project an image that helps him/her to achieve his/her goals.

Have no illusions about going to Heaven because you have to go to Hell to reach your goal. Use whatever means necessary - be it deception, empty promises, or straightforward murder and arrest - to build a leadership that is 'loved and feared.'

Best regards

Niccola Machiavelli

=====================

It has been a haunting question to many that why a leader, who always appeared kind and wise, should be later held responsible for countless murders and slaughters. This book, the Prince, written by Niccolò Machiavelli, may hold the answer.

Taiwan has not always been so democratic. It has had its share of dictatorship - mass campaigns aimed to promot a single political ideology, to worship a single leader, and to cover countless dirty jobs - arrests, tortures and murders.

Why? Why should a kind and wise leader order the death of his own 'beloved' people? The answer is in this book.

自己找的書,比較有趣--閱讀 Galileo Galilei

在一連串的問與答後,找到了一張書單;單上列出的書,其中一本是 Galileo Galilei: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems . 書名中第一個字 Dialogue ,其基本意義就是兩個人的對話,此外還有被延伸,運用在戲劇和文學作品上;這種文學形式源頭甚早就被人類所使用,最早可回溯到古希臘。也許是因為＂對話＂本身是溝通表達的第一步,它是容易讓人親近的。建構在這最基礎的表達方式上,則是伽利略這位科學家化繁為簡的精妙文筆...(未完成)

........其實,他的書,要由上下文來看的話,引人注意的是他勇於挑戰權威(由教廷所主張的天動說),以客觀証劇來建立論點.....也為後來的人建立一個好樣本。

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Summer (lazy) recipe

炎炎夏日 懶人食譜:

茭白筍/菜瓜/地瓜----(經濟/健康/重點是:不用洗太多鍋碗瓢盤)

一袋地瓜 85元 三條菜瓜50元 茭白筍X 12支 120元

黃肉地瓜先丟入電鍋蒸,放涼後,放在冰箱冷涷庫,食用前拿出解凍---早餐

菜瓜,去皮切片後,炒....(不知多久/軟熟就可)...加入麵條,再煮熟---中餐

茭白筍,水煮開後,丟入,悶熟----晚餐

ps. 這比煮碗泡麵等級還要高一丁點兒。

十年

在照相機前, Twins 人沒變太多,攝影師如是說........當年的青春面孔,是如此昂然如此的無塵埃,和現在相比,神情裏多了一份怯怯不願回首,另一頭,也有連三年的情義相挺和那不再單純,不再一切了然於心的相識相知.......十年前,昂首開步前行,要看天有多高地有多遠,沒想到,卻被那好傻好天真跘一跤;十年前,是個直腸子一句話,這十年後,漫天紛擾之中,肚裏話不願再明說,一路瞻前顧後,袛怕遭著兵刃命隨傾。人海江湖裏,十年轉眼即過....

A faraway swimming pool

小朋友和她娘說，想學游泳....這並不是什麼很大的要求;袛不過,住家方圓15公里附近,沒一座較俱規模的游泳池。若是弄一個塑膠充氣泳池，池小水淺，好像也不能教小朋友學游泳，也是浪費水。找了座有教學課程的游池，開車半個小時帶姐姐去上課；我們家大姐姐很高興，有那麼一大片水池可玩，教練也有方法來帶小朋友邊玩邊學。真希望住家附近也有管理較佳／水質也好的游池可供選擇。

Poison that you pay for

The full extent of this food contamination is yet clear. Consumers are given a rude awakening in this incident: tainted health supplements, beverages and food have been poisoning our body all along for at least five years. Parents are especially angry because they purchased nutrient supplements for kid out of love, but only to find their kids' health irreversibly damaged. The government is a total disappointment in this nation-wide scandal; when a lab technitian detected this abnormal presence of prohibited chemicals, the health authority didn't respond immediately. Instead, it withheld this piece of information for more than 1 month, and subsequent responses failed to convince people that the government is here with people, or for people's rights and interests.

中華民國消費者文教基金會 www.consumers.org.tw

Faith and a free ticket

Tomato and Tax Season

More and more neighbors have decided to utilize their small path of garden to the fullest. Herbs, common veges, and fruits have been the favorite choice now instead of the old-school flowers. So much for the tax season.

Sony ICF B02

News anchors keep telling the world that the end is coming. Scientists and politicians could not guarantee anything. Even if tomorrow is the final chapter of the world, many probably will still remain who they are and celebrate life the way they have been doing. Life is so wonderful.

One Aspect of Truth

Springtime and her dazzling beauty