新竹出差 Business trip to Hsinchu 2009/10/19 ~ 2009/10/23

這個禮拜到新竹出差, 入住煙波大飯店都會一館, 雖然沒有湖畔主館的景色, 但有離市區較近的地利之變. 這次一起來的還有香港和荷蘭的同事.

I went for a business at Hsinchu for one week, staying at the Lakeshore Hotel. Three colleagues from Hongkong and the Netherlands also participated in this trip.

星期一 Monday

新竹同事帶我們去吃活蝦, 也帶老外去嘗試鮮芋鮮.

The colleagues in the Hsinchu office took us to the restaurant with all kinds of shrimp dishes, and later to a store for local desserts.

- 易鼎活蝦餐廳 -
03-656-5223
新竹縣竹北市光明六路91號

星期二 Tuesday

今天安排和我的好友也是我的大學室友佩真見面, 只是因為有外國同事在我們沒有真的好好聊聊, 只好之後網路補聊嚕~ 那天我指定去民歌西餐廳, 之所以想去民歌西餐廳只是因為有一天突然想到n年前去聽歌的感覺, 於是上網查到火車站前的這間餐廳. 我們聽了兩個歌手, 還不賴, 食物也不錯.

荷蘭同事指名要吃Cold Stone的冰淇淋, 我超愛冰淇淋的, 當然一定要排到行程裡啦~ :-P

I scheduled the dinner with Fareh, my good friend and roommate at the university, at a restaurant with live folk songs. My colleagues also joined us. Upon one of the colleagues' request, we went to Cold Stone for ice cream. (Since I also love ice cream, of course we needed to put it in our schedule. :-P)

- 吉普塞民歌西餐廳 -
03-5257115
新竹市信義街30號2樓

- Cold Stone -
03-5241685
新竹市北區民族路14號1樓

星期三 Wednesday

任維廉教授是我的恩師之一, 在交大時就跟著老師做國科會的案子, 不只在專業知識上, 老師的身教和言教也都讓我受益良多. 畢業後只有一次和老師見面, 之後幾次到新竹都很匆忙, 這次終於又能和老師聚聚實在很開心. 當然, 還有特別從台北下來的靖媛和俊廷, 以及在新竹開戰鬥機的曉榮, 大家好像都變了, 也好像都沒有變. :-)

Professor Jen has been one of my highly respected teachers. In the university he guided me for some National Science Council's projects. I also learned from the way he behaved and talked. Therefore it's always nice to be able to meet him. To join this dinner, Lucy and Jun-ting took the high speed train from Taipei. Leo is an aviator of battleplanes at Hsinchu, so he also joined the gathering. It seems that everyone has changed, but sometimes it seems that everyone hasn't changed. :-)

- 川流日本料理 KAWANAGALE -
03-5589-393
新竹縣竹北市文田街15號
note. 算是價格品質蠻實惠的日本料理~

星期四 Thursday

高中好友玫玲結婚時我在荷蘭錯過了, 現在寶寶剛出來幾個月, 趕快去抱抱~ 本來就很溫柔的玫玲現在更多了母愛的圍繞喔~

今天還有第二ㄊㄨㄚ. 雖然隔天就要去老姊家住, 但兩個小外甥還是吵著要來找阿姨, 當阿姨的當然是很高興啦~ 每次和他們玩完都睡得超好~ 小朋友的體力真的很好ㄟ... :-P

I missed Mei-lin's wedding because I was in the Netherlands. Now she just got the first baby born, so of course I wanted to visit her. After the gathering at Mei-lin's apartment, my nephews asked my sister to take them to my hotel, although I will see them the next day. I always have extremely great sleep after playing with them, the super energetic little guys. :-P

和媽媽一起渡過的900天旅行 A 900-days trip with Mom

It's one of the books I read in these days. A 74-years-old man ride a tricycle with her 99-years-old mom in the back from the north, to the south, and back to the north of China. It took them about 900 days. The reason of this trip was just that traveling was his mom's wish. There is no doubt that their souls and smiles are incredible and beautiful.

I am not going to write further in English because it might take forever and I still couldn't exactly express how I feel. :-P

"和媽媽一起渡過的900天旅行" 這本書無庸置疑地描述了一個令人印象深刻的感人故事, 一個難以致信的孝道實踐. 然而, 就像作者說的, 他只是一個平凡人, 是我們把他的行為看得太偉大, 其實我們都可以做到.

一個74歲的老先生騎著一輛三輪車載著99歲的媽媽出去看世界, 歷時900天, 從中國東北端的塔河, 往南走至海南島, 再返回青島. 出發, 只因為旅行是媽媽的願望.

三輪車含母親重約200多公斤, 遇到騎不動的山坡或天候時, 他就用麻繩拉, 拉斷了再換一條. 三輪車後面的空間只夠媽媽用, 所以遇到冰刨時躲在車下, 夜晚若是騎在前不著村後不著店的地方就睡在外面, 早上為媽媽做完早餐後開始騎車身子就熱了... 這是體力上的考驗. 長期的旅行母子兩總會累, 總會有些衝突, 母親也難免返老還童... 這是心靈強度的考驗. 然而, 哪個快樂不是在矛盾中獲得? 生活總在高高低低中來來去去, 只是我們都要學會不僅享受快樂的時光, 也要享受低潮的時刻, 因為, 低潮總是朝向下一個快樂時光的出發點~

看著他們的笑容, 充滿著大富大貴都買不到的滿足與快樂, 多麼美麗的人生啊~ "白色巨塔"的書中主角曾無奈地陳述說"每個人都為了一些理由活著, 不管你自己喜不喜歡." 但我覺得那個理由可以大, 也可以小; 可以為自己, 也可以為他人; 可以心不甘情不願地面對, 也可以歡天喜地地實踐; 最終, 都是自己的選擇, 最動人的, 則總是簡單的純粹.

忘了書中哪一段老先生有提到飛鴻雪泥, 那是我高中時相當喜愛的一首詩"人生到處知何似, 恰似飛鴻踏雪泥; 泥上偶爾留指爪, 鴻飛那復計東西", 時間過去了, 詩的意境依舊~ 老先生在母親生前讓母親圓夢, 不留下遺憾~ 佩服!

Restaurants at Taipei 台北餐廳 - 鹹花生咖啡館, 京星港式飲茶, and 草山餐廳

Sault Peanuts 鹹花生咖啡館/展廠

02-23681019
台北市泰順街60巷23號
Note. 10/11和麗紋一起光顧師大附近的這間咖啡館, 嘗試了全天候供應的土耳其早餐, 實在的價格讓人很難不懷念學生商圈的多樣化.

Citystar 京星港式飲茶
02-27771717
台北市忠孝東路四段166號2樓
Note. 10/15和Wendy, Mel, Peter Paul, Martin, and Mark一起去, 生意超好, 蠻好吃的~

草山餐廳
02-28611501
台北市陽明山湖山路一段14號
Note. 10/17去台北幫外公慶生, 中午在陽明山六窟溫泉大飯店集合吃中餐, 下午到草山行館和陽明山公園走走, 傍晚泡完溫泉後在草山餐廳用餐. 這間草山餐廳小小的, 但是菜比較不油, 和中午的餐廳比起來這間可就比較合我們家的口味了.

飆未來 Futurism

和麗紋一起去看最後一天的"飆未來: 未來主義百年大展"展覽, 大概因為無法認同未來派藝術的宣言 , 我並沒有對這些畫作產生太大的共鳴或感動. 然而, 他們的堅持與創意還是值得讚許, 畢竟嘗試將速度, 時間, 甚至聲音等元素帶入畫作中算是很突破性的嘗試.

1910年發表的"未來主義繪畫宣言" 表示: "我們將竭盡全力的和那些過時的、盲信的、被罪惡的博物館所鼓舞著的舊信仰做鬥爭。我們要反抗陳腐過時的傳統繪畫、雕塑和古董，反抗一切在時光流逝中骯髒和腐朽的事物。我們要有勇於反抗一切的精神。這種精神是年輕的、嶄新的，伴隨著對不公的甚至罪惡的舊生活的毀滅。" 未來主義者甚至大肆揚頌戰爭, 認為戰爭是藝術最終極的形式.

未來主義試圖將當時剛起步的現代化機械之美容入藝術, 其實是一種活在當下的正面精神, 可惜那負面信仰難免讓人感覺失去了美的純粹, 我還是相信懂得欣賞別人的智慧才是王道; 包容讓人的視野更寬闖, 更寬廣的心靈才會創造出真正美好的事物.

很高興去看了這個和自己認知不一樣的展覽, 就像聽聽不同的想法, 看看不同的世界, 見見不同的人, 也蠻有趣的. :-)

I went to an Futurism exhibition with my friend Li-wen. At the end I was not really touched by those works of art, although I admired their courage to break the normal way of thinking and try to involve the elements such as speed, time, and even sound into the paintings.

I can't echo the statement which the Futurists made for the Futurism. Futurism rejected any love or consideration for past arts, and even promoted wars. While it's good to live at the current moment and try new subjects or techniques, the negative statement unfortunately missed the pureness of beauty. I believe that a wise man must admire others. Toleration can expand our view about the world. A fine work of art must be from a broad and beautiful heart.

However it's still nice to go for the exhibition to get to konw the particular style of art. Listening diverse opinions, seeing different worlds, and knowing various kinds of people are always fun.

展場在中正紀念堂, 好久沒去了, 來兩張用手機照的照片.

The exhibition was held at National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. I took few photos by my cell phone.

倒是我很喜歡這張在捷運中正紀念堂站照的照片, 我覺得蠻符合今天的主題 - "未來"!

My favorite photo of the day is the one which I took at the metro station. I like the feeling of seeing through the wall and it's quite fit today's topic "future", isn't it? :-)

BBQ's

九月19日才到Whye-choy家烤肉, 今天公司又舉辦中秋節烤肉活動. 中秋節即將到來, 不管是家人, 朋友, 同事, 大家來團圓嚕~ :-)

雖然這兩個活動都沒有照片, 讓我放一些平常可愛同事的照片好了. 每次有人生日我們就會有慶生下午茶, 這些照片只是一部分. 最後一張是某一天有個同事突然照我們的中餐, 就也放一下好了~ :-p

On Sep 19th we had a BBQ party at Whye-choy's home. Today my company held a BBQ for the Moon Festival after working hours. Although traditionally the moon festival is for the reunion of the members of a family, let's have it extended to friends and colleagues. :-)

Although we didn't take any photos in these two events, I would like to put some photos of my lovely colleagues, which were taken during the birthday celebrations. The last photo, taken by one of my colleagues, is just a lunch plate in our cafeteria.