糖果

你看，袛要有心，一根糖果也是可以很有內容的。

所附連結的心理學實驗中,明示一件事實: 若懂得心理學原則，並能在特定的環境中，給予'適當'的命令和要求，絕大多數的人，會執行所謂的"命令"...而不會質疑這個權力/命令的正當性，或是執行後是否有人受害,.....

而身在大環境或團體之中的你我，有許多實驗條件和命題都不是我等所能控制或被明確告知的；但若能由細節中來反思並洞察整體架構和被設計過的"選擇"，或許我們有機會可以不再隨波逐流，不再隨便盲從，並能真正明瞭自己的決定。

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實驗所引起最主要的評論不在於實驗方法的倫理爭議，而在於實驗所代表的意義。一位在1961年的耶魯大學參與者在Jewish Currents雜誌上寫道，當他在擔任「老師」的中途想要停止時，便是懷疑到「整個實驗可能只是設計好，為了測試尋常美國民眾會不會遵從命令違背道德良心—如同德國人在納粹時期一樣」而這便是實驗的初衷之一。米爾格倫在他《服從的危險》一書中便稱：「我們所面臨的問題便是，我們在實驗室裡所製造的使人服從權力的環境，與我們所痛責的納粹時代之間有怎麼樣的關聯。」............

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/米尔格拉姆实验

小心謹慎

剛剛去7-11繳款，拿了蓋完店章的信用卡帳單和電信費，本要轉身離開； 不知怎麼回事,突然找起了收據.....抬頭和櫃台人員要收據...她，是一群客人圍著她要結帳要拿咖啡要收據的左支右拙，看著我的眼神好像是我要找她麻煩；好不容易說服她，收據她沒拿給我(錢包和口袋全翻給她看過)...她才由櫃台下翻找出那張收據。

哎～我怎麼日子過的這麼小心謹慎啊。

這成績？

在試題讀卡成績出爐後，出現了如此對話：

＂這孩子平時小考成績差，作業也亂寫，上課睡覺叫不醒，怎麼突然拿到這成績？＂

＂看考試時是誰監考吧～＂

＂本想說是這學生開始奮發向上了，可是手寫題一題都沒動，真是奇怪？＂

＂那個監考坐前面看雜誌的，學生其實也會看啦，真是差勁；那學生，上課時考試成績登記就多注意；這回，你就先依他考試成績登記，有機會再找其它同學來佐証查清當天狀況啦。＂

感恩珍惜

This doggy bag is a way to say to them that we cherish what we have now, and they didn't die in vain.

我，不敢不願也不會忘記你們所付出的一切；也會告訴孩子們，餐桌上每一口食物，得來如此不易，應要感恩珍惜。

月台

月台上的等待，
等著思鄉入站。
在軌頭的兩頭，
火車一路咯達咯達，
陪我想著爸爸媽媽。

國殤日......

這些花,是給那些在國共內戰中,不幸被捲入戰火的平民百姓同胞；國殤日......也許這個國家能抛開彼此成見,是在彼此同願同心同悲之時。國共內戰是場悲劇，死去的同胞，應被紀念。他們的逝去，應以鮮花音樂和紀念日／碑紀念。那些開啓戰端的元兇生前擁有權力財勢，死後還有紀念堂和國定紀念日？若有紀念堂，裏頭鮮花供奉儀隊致敬的應是那些逝去的無數人民百姓，而不是個.......政治無賴漢。這塊土地和人民，應有一個國殤日，哀悼早逝的青春，來不及長大的小孩和那些未能完成的夢想..... 

Wish You Success

Wish you all a wonderful new year. Fight like the rising sun, steady and invincible. Walk like the morning breeze, cool and pleasant. And live like a tree, tall and strong.

Struggles and Protests

Struggles and protests forge a nation's soul, awake people from that daily stupor, and free people from mundane constrains, to what really matters.

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A Nation's Architecture

A nation's soul presents itself in the visible and tangible form of architecture. A nation preserves its historical buildings because these buildings host its people's common memory, or history. A country that does not preserves its old buildings, is condemned to suffer from loss of memory, forgetting where they come from and which direction they should go.

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A Young Damsel

You see. This paradigm of a young damsel, letting go of every piece of her, looking for an near-impossible romance, and reflecting many, if not all, young ladies' heart, shows itself in arts and everywhere you look.


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Mothers, Beware

One particular strong drive behind a person's deed comes from stories. Stories chanted, stories remembered, and stories told all build an everlasting image or paradigm that people follow subconsciously.

What stories mothers tell decide what their children may follow or avoid. A story that all mothers tell to their children is a story that reflects common themes, fears or desires within a particular people.

A country without traditional stories, or paradigms, is a country subjected to the influences of other cultures. A country which could build their own fables and children's stories is a country that has its own soul.

Political emblems and all that ubiquitous propaganda vanish as soon as their masters are out of power simply because they're not true and faithful to the nation's heart and soul.

That soul, though intangible, has the power to revive a country after 2000 years of wondering. That soul, though seemingly vulnerable, makes a world of brave samurais and devoted mothers. That very soul dictates a nation's direction, and ultimately, its destiny.

Then, are there any children's stories that you still remember? Or, do you recall only what Disney Channel has been broadcasting? Mothers, beware of the stories you tell, for they may very well make up your children's character and destiny.

Sony ICF B03 and Philips (AE1120) 開箱文

商品的比較 Sony ICF B03 and Philips (AE1120)

----請看兩者設計上的用心程度: 電池蓋設計--一個是雙層防水半固定式；另一個是非固定式單層蓋,容易脫落,且電池糟內電池裝入後容易翹起。

Please note the difference between the battery covers. One is securely attached and the other comes off easily.

想問的是---PChome 是國內的大型購物網站,為何拿不到質精料美,價錢佳的貨品? Sony 這台,功能佳,設計貼心,附件多,(到手價格2120,內含抽佣500,快遞120; 附件有攜行繩/攜行袋/手機插座轉接器和連接線,甚至還附上一個黃色的求救口哨); 反觀 Philips的機子,單單價格就要2450!!! 圖中的攜行繩也不是它附贈的..........真心希望國內的購物公司,能真的替廣大的消費者多著想,多爭取好的產品和價格。

Household chore

國文古文選沒一篇文章有提，世界各地歷史文獻上也沒記載，洗碗，特別是冬天用手洗碗，真是.......TMD 千古萬難呀。

It is such a torture to do dishes "by hand" in this cold winter season.

政戰系統

政戰系統: 君子持之,護國之公器; 小人弄之, 逞個人私心之兇器。

記得有一回，打師對抗時，在山腳下挖陣地，抬頭聽到連長開玩笑的問輔導長,＂打仗時，輔仔，你手上的槍是對著誰?＂

手持干戈的軍人除了有保家衛國的使命/不斷的訓練和莒光日教育之外,其實身旁都有古稱"監軍",當今稱為"細胞"的政戰士官兵......

這些細胞，明的和大家是好朋友....可是私下真正的心態，完全是上級對下級的"管理和掌控" ..平時和你稱兄道弟，一臉笑容可掬地...可是背地裏，你可能袛是他的監視報告對象之一，袛是個業務項目。而你說的每一句怨言和家裏剛買的東西，都是他向上報告的內容。

報告內容往那兒去? 每個服役的士官兵，都有一個忠誠資料袋；這文件資料夾內,除了你自個兒寫的身家資料，其它一張張，都是別人針對你每一段時間，每一件重大事件的"觀察報告"。在職業軍人的昇遷調職中，"忠誠度"和"思想內容"都會被列入考核。可是，考核你的人是你看不到的，考核項目和分數，你也沒有申訴的管道。

另一種報告的結果，倒很明顯：晚點名就寢後，若晚上突然有急哨有口令，要人人下床，床前立正站好，接著連上某些幹部進來瘋狂的翻床翻內務櫃的搜東西，那是接到了報告，要找違禁品。這時，輔導長和政戰士，就會在這混亂中盯著找著他們的目標物。

輔導長和政戰士，是明的編制....細胞－或是政治作戰士兵，是暗的； 因為這回報內容裏,若有"實質收獲" 或是"配合得當",都會有獎勵 -- 榮譽假/獎金/記功等等...另有些"福利"，你我可能聽都沒聽過(退伍後的"無名"海外高額獎學金/有固定薪給的某某基金會"志工"--工作內容無外乎回報特定對象的情資等等).....重賞之下..這些細胞都很願意配合。

考核眾人的,卻沒有人可以制衡...獎金拿慣了,若沒獎金時? ......結果? 對岸就找到一個可以弄到真正機密文件資料,又是管保防的下手....當然也是用錢來買他的忠誠....

......也難怪,當初有名將挑明了說,不希望他部隊有這種事情這個編制....

.......誰言一朝天子一朝臣；呼誓漢賊不兩立?　
       君不見那顏色迭更替，六朝賢臣永帝寶。
       可憐馬革裹屍臣，誰見戰場丹心碧血情！

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.