2009/05/31

阿勃勒花 Golden Shower Tree

這次我們回台南全家團聚算是剛好慶祝端午節, 延後慶祝母親節, 提早慶祝老爹的生日. 一劍三貂. :-P

老爹帶小外甥安安到台南大學和南師實小爬樹屋是每次姊姊一家回來的固定爺孫行程, 這次按照慣例爺孫兩滿頭大汗回來, 說著爬樹屋的點點滴滴, 還有阿勃勒花多美多美, 老爹一直要我去看, 於是我就騎著摩托車載小安安讓他帶阿姨去賞花嚕~

This time my family got together to celebrate the Dragon Festival, the late Mother's Day, and the early Daddy's birthday. ha ha... killed 'three' birds with one stone...

When my sister's family comes back to my parent's home, going to the Tainan University next to my parents' home is always a "must" trip between my dad and my nephew . This time as usual they came back home, sweating and describing the details of climbing the tree house and making new friends. They mentioned how beautiful the Golden Shower Tree was and suggested me to take a look. Therefore taking my excited nephew with me, I ride the motorcycle heading the nice scenery.

2009/05/23

BBQ at Ashley's house

一陣子沒看到Ashley了, 今天和部門同事一起到Ashley漂亮的家烤肉, 和這群有趣的同事共 同悠哉地渡過一個下午和傍晚愉快的時光.

花園和周邊的環境都有種說不出的閒情, 男生留守看火, 女生在社區附近散了一下步, 剛好有一間重新整理的希臘藍白屋即將完工, 主人認識Ashely, 我們就進去參觀了一下, 看看主人如何建構他們夢想中的家.

回到烤肉, 食物可是多樣又美味, 有來自新竹的自製醃肉和甜不辣, 有花蓮的西瓜, 台北的甜點, 忘了哪裡來的香腸, 還有好多各式食材. 此外, 我以前怎麼不知道原來烤皎白筍是如此人間美味~ :-)

Today the colleagues of my department and I had a BBQ party at Ashley's beautiful house. It's very nice to see Ashley again and to spend the great afternoon and evening with my interesting colleagues and their families.

The garden and the surrounding environment were so easy. We took a walked around the neighborhood. (The guys stayed to take care of the fire. :-P) There was a house remodeled with the blue-and-white Greek style still under the construction. Since Ashley knows the owners, we visited the house to see how the owners designed and built their dream house.

Back to the BBQ, the food was various and delicious. We had the homemade-preserved meat and tenpura from Hsinchu, the watermelon from Hualien, the cakes from Taipei, the sausages from somewhere which I don't remember, and etc. By the way, how come I didn't know that the water bamboo can be so delicious at BBQ~ :-)

2009/05/12

three videos

1. Team Hoyt

You must see this video if you haven't! "How much love can be" was the e-mail subject when I received it from a friend. When I searched and read the story of the Team Hoyt, I was impressed and touched deeply. Dick Hoyt is really the man, with incredible determination, strength, and love! I think that it's fundamentally based on the faith in and the passion for his life and his love to his family.

No matter how good or bad our lives are, we are the ones to make them really good or bad. When a person is over 2o years old, he/she can't blame anyone for his/her life. No one can make us change but ourselves. Team Hoyt shows the world the best spirit and execution!

如果你還沒看過這個影片, 強烈推薦一定要看! 收到這封轉寄信時, 標題是"How much love can be". 網路上搜尋閱讀了這個故事後, 被這個爸爸深深懾服. 他有的不僅是決心毅力, 強韌的體魄, 更有那份驚人的愛, 我想那來自於對生命和家人的愛的信仰與熱情.

不管我們的生活有多好或多壞, 我們才是真正讓生活好或壞的那個人, 人過了二十歲就不能因為自己的生活而責怪任何人. 除了我們自己, 沒有人能夠改變我們. Team Hoyt這對父子對全世界做了最好的示範!


2. Why do you have to be like others?

It's a nice video to tell people, especially the youth, that we don't need to be like others. Everyone in this world is equal. We all have something similar to others, and something different than others. We all have something better than others, and something worse than others. Meanwhile, who are we actually comparing to? the people in Asia? the people in US? or the people in Africa? What we really need is to compare ourselves yesterday with ourselves today. Have I had a better heart? Have I learned something I didn't know? Have I continuously improved myself?

這個影片主要是告訴我們 (尤其是年輕學子) 其實我們不需要像其他人. 每個人在這個世界上都是公平的, 我們都有一些像其他人的地方, 也有一些和其他人不同之處, 我們都有一些比其他人利害的地方, 也都有一些不如人之處. 更不用說, 我們到底在跟誰比? 跟亞洲人比? 跟美國人比? 又或是跟非洲人比? 我們真正要比的是昨天的自己和今天的自己. 我的心有沒有變更好? 我有沒有學習我以前不知道的東西? 我有沒有持續改善我自己?


3. 王彩樺的台灣英文

This video shows a funny way of indicating certain Chinese words by very poor English. It's a bit stupid but really creative. You won't understand it if you don't know Chinese.

王彩樺超有創意的, 我真的很佩服她的反應速度. :-)

我的音樂 My Music

音樂是一種頻率的共鳴
當旋律對上了
描述不出的暢快
音樂是一種靈魂的牽繫
當靈魂接上了
掙脫不了的喜愛

愛pop
不愛rock
愛爵士
不愛藍調
愛古典
也愛交響樂
...
這樣的分類
有點太籠統
因為愛的當中有不愛的
不愛的當中也有愛的
因為愛的當中有以前不愛的
不愛的當中也有以前愛的
誰又知道愛的當中會不會有以後不愛的
不愛的當中又會不會有以後會愛的

描述音樂很像在描述愛情
沒有什麼一定的條件
端看演出者如何詮釋
激昂的樂曲可以很迴盪
平淡的樂章也可以很感動
擺脫音樂分類
感覺對的音樂就是我的音樂

Music is a resonance of frequency
When the melody matches the heart
Can't even explain the pleasant
Music is a connection to the soul
Once it's connected
Can't get rid of the love

Like Pop
Do not like Rock
Like Jazz
Do not like Blues
Like Classical
Also like Symphony
...
This classification is a bit too general
Because among what I like I don't like some
Among what I don't like, I like some
Because among what I like, I didn't like some
Among what I don't like, I liked some
Who knows in the future whether I would like some among what I don't like
Whether I would not like some among what I like

Describing music is like scribing love
There is no certain criteria
It depends on how the performers interpret it
Passionate music can be echoed
Ordinary music also can be touching
Break away from the classification
The music brings the right feeling to me is my music

2009/05/10

心不在焉 Absent-minded

一個週末, 呆事一堆...

找東西開了上櫃忘了關, 頭就硬生生撞了個大包, 還多了個讓我五分鐘內痛得說不出話來的紅色三公分髮線. 冰箱裡朋友留下的冰塊對消腫算是貢獻卓越...

到板橋辦點事, 結果在反方向等公車沒注意, 上了車也沒注意, 一直到車開到舊林口我才從自己的思緒中醒來, 不過也不急, 下車後慢慢走到對街等車, 沒什麼大不了...

難得在家開火, 已經煮幾次的魯味居然也會失敗...

心不在焉的最佳寫照...


It's a weekend with some silly things...

Forgetting closing the door of the upper cabinet, my head hit the corner of the door hardly. I couldn't talk within five minutes because of the swelling and the three-centimeters red line in the hairs. The ice left by the friends in the refrigerator was very helpful.

I waited a bus on the wrong direction. I paid attention neither when I was waiting for the bus nor when I was in the bus in the first 15 minutes. Anyway, it's not a big deal in such a lazy weekend, so I just got off the bus, walked to the other side of the road, and waited for the next bus coming from the other direction.

I cooked something I was familiar, but totally failed...

I was absent-minded...

2009/05/06

Bye 50; Hello 125

跟了我八年的小50在地下室idle了三個月後, 我終於將她報廢了. 這台小50陪我渡過在桃園, 台北以及林口工作的日子, 我出國唸書時他留在台南, 我去荷蘭出差時警衛伯伯還幫我每天熱車... 蠻多美好回憶的.

順便介紹一下我的新夥伴 Zuzuki Address V125. 我喜歡這台的原因是她比一般的125機車輕很多也更加靈巧, 很適合女生喔! :-)

Parking my 8-years-old 50cc motorcycle in the basement without riding it for three months, I finally took actions to declare it no longer usable. This motorcycle accompanied me from my first job in Taoyuan and my second job in Taipei to my third job in Linkou. When I studied abroad, she stayed at Tainan. When I had the business trips in NL, the guard helped to take care of her by starting the engine everyday... There were lots pleasant memories with it.

Meanwhile, let me introduce my new friend, Zuzuki Address V125. I like this one in terms of the weight. Comparing with other 125cc motorcycles, this one is really light and easy to control.