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.