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老人與海

老人與海 -- 一個月了,11/9; 老人跟海的孩子離開的日子; 老人,或多或少的都會有準備,是人誰能永恆? 離去,是對生命的一個交代,一生的結句。 海子,一個莫名的驚嘆無預警,是海天的作弄? 不捨,是對年少的一絲遺憾,一首無言曲。 生亦何歡?離別的情傷,是人不可不遇的考驗,一天,兩月,三年,日子,依然故我循轉。 那,遺留下的,是什麼?? 是,兩個遺去時,我都不在身邊,還是,兩個約好一起回歸沒通知我? 也好,海子啊~ 挑日子喔?挑個我一定不會忘的日子喔? 順便喔?? 還怕有人會忘了你嗎? 出門前一天還和你一起吃飯的說,回來你就沒了喔? 沒事愛下海作啥? 海龍王讓座給你了嗎?這麼急著去赴位? 我哥倆三談天說地的場景,就沒了喔? 抬頭看天,天烏隱,招手曲,西來亦,遙遙兩忘遺留情。。 情缺兀補,悲地現,蕭遙遊,落雨煙,細細談笑落山風。。 水長流,細水穿還,我,固然是我,她,殘留一絲血,處處滑過我的體內,四分之一,應該也是我,我,血,想想還挺複雜的。。 也許,人就是要不斷的傳承,傳血承淚,責任,歸屬於誰? 誰是祖?祖是誰?還循倒旭,因古朝今,有,無償無止。 過了,過了一段橋,走了一段路,時光也廢了,一朝回首,過往無煙。 前望,煙雨上佳餚,雲中陰陽路,了了也忘了,兩面圓鏡,相望無言。 一月,兩情,三心,四盼,無奈。 落下的種子,寬廣的洋海,屬於平凡的故事,不停的上演。 老人,與海,揮揮著手, 默默懷恩,細細追尋,朗朗乾坤,頁頁光明。 一月,留下心止。。。 末葉新枝待牙。 -木桐

Open Hearts

Open Hearts -- Open Hearts by Jane Seymour Saw the commerical couple times before, like the design, the meaning behind it; two hearts connectd together, though it look kind of like a snake... It's not that expensive as well, though as a nice item to give out... Like Jane Seymour said, if we can open our heart, then isn't it nice to have two open hearts connected together to share this world of wonderfulness? Well, open heart, is not an easy task for modern people to have, it's becoming a luxury item to have, 'cause many of us don't trust each other, there's always a motive behind things we do now, even if we don't, people will think we do, thus, open heart, is, well, sort of difficult... By the way, tonight's episode of 'Fringe' is interesting... -TT

精神。

精神。 -- 好累耶。。 真的累了。。 也許是事情多吧,今天才和朋友午飯聊聊,也沒幾個鐘頭,就已經覺得累了。。 吃也吃不太下。。 可能也是要講的事情多吧,不過也有發現有些精神不集中時。。 OM... ㄜ。。 年紀大了嗎?? T_T --- 唉,禮拜六,該如何呢。。 真想像 Luke 說的,可不可以不去啊?? 傷心的場面,總是,別太親近的好。。 只是,陪陪人家媽媽吧。。 人生,的確,很藝術。。 --- 想躲到山上過日子說。。。 這平地日子,也太刺激了吧~ -TT

Motorola U9...

Motorola U9... --- Well... first of all, this cell is quite good to use, it's light, long battery, and cheap... suitable for mom's use... plus the digit is larger than most Moto cells... So it's actually a deal to get. So, updating all the contacts, ringtones, wallpaper, etc... is a must... Was waiting for the 'micro-usb' cable to come by, since it's the new standard for Moto these days... Honestly speaking, just do the usual works... don't try the update thing from "Motorola Software Update"... Since I got the Chinese version from Taiwan, I was pondering what sort of the 'New Update' it will give me over internet... so, trusting Moto... I clicked the 'Update'... Guess what... after ten min. or so... the cell won't boot up... Hmm, a nice DOS message pop up: -- Bootloader 06.28 Err:A5,70,27,00,1F MEM_Map Blank Service Reg'd Battery OK OK to Program Transfer Mode: USB -- If you never seen this, I suggest y...

花生。。

花生。。 --- 回到家了,我想一直抓著花生吃。。 不停的剝,不停的吃,看多吃點會不會改變一些事實, 一些不願相信它發生的,事實。。 莫名的,老的,少的,同一天約好似的離開了。。 年老的算是預料中,悲傷是難免,畢竟有所準備了。。。 在台北接到蘇媽媽的留言時,我,整個人傻住了。。 聽她那又急又期盼的聲音時,我不知該如何是好; 我好想回說,對,他是在我這。。。 雖然我在台北。。 趕緊 email Luke 去想辦法,雖然,心中的不安勝過於盼望。。。 總希望有奇蹟。。 這次的回家,心情是低到的不行。。。 家事,友事。。 一上飛機就昏睡了。。 不睡的話可能空姐以為我被人拋棄了。。 人生如此安排,考驗是吧?? 整人喔? 也別搞得太認真吧。。 -- 生亦合歡? 死亦何苦? 生死相交間,拿捏分寸不由人。。。 人,的確挺渺小的。。 那,也不用裝了。。 裝久了,也不像說。。 總是自然天道贏,那,妳爭什麼? 無法訂生,無法註死,無法訂則,無法自在。。。 一切切,都是旁人給的規矩,守則,大家,都是遵守者。。 自然法則等妳突破。。 請通知。。 -- 這兩日看到一些天才們的自以為是。。 我也不知道要說什麼。。 應該都是好人啦。。。 只是,沒有病痛過的,其實,都不會瞭解生病的痛苦。。 你們這樣做,其實是給家屬更大的痛苦,何必呢?? 這場合,不是你們的表演舞台,不是聚眾的題材。。 更別說,你們,跟他的交情,不太深說。。 還莫名的一句,"嗯,對阿,他媽媽都會打電話給你。。。" 你他XXXXX.... 那你去接這種電話好嗎? 麻煩都交給你了。。。 另一天才搞聚會,妳是開 party 還是什麼? 找一些不相關的人,或是交情不深的人,嗯,搞母姊會嗎? 胡鬧,年紀也不小了,人情世事沒人教你嗎? 那,妳回家算了。。 家屬需要的是什麼,真實切需的,才是重點。。。 別,玩了。。 傷人啊。。 --- 花間流水, 生死無言, 了凡塵世, 望切自然。 -TT

些許。。。

些許。。。 --- 些許累了,兩三個禮拜的行走與傷神,一攤又一攤的交際,不大清楚為的是什麼,只知道,每一次的交談,都,花費了不少的精神,其實,對我而言,出門真的很累。。。 待在家睡覺多好阿~ 只是,人生真的能睡睡就好嗎?? 那麼,文聖孔老夫子也就不用那麼累了。。 嗯,我沒說我要跟他比。。 只是碰巧到過台南那樹枝多多的孔廟晃晃,印象深一點。。 喔。。 前幾年是扛了個孔子回家說。。 因為,在三義看到時,覺得他可愛。。。 嗯,個人偏好是有點怪怪的。。。 偶爾扛些莫名其妙的東東回來。。 這次還好。。 茶盤而已。。 嗯,石頭做的。。 十多斤吧。。 Checking 時那長榮小姐好奇,我只好說,沒辦法,台灣的石頭重些。。 其實,我買了兩個說。。 另一個,比較大,嗯,善心友人出貨時再寄來。。 其實,我家是挺怪的。。 專買些莫名無比的東西。。 東搬西搬,發現,嗯,應該再買一間房子了。。。 我也好奇,我是住倉庫還是房間?? 還挺能堆的。。 也許,大峽谷有天會開放民住。。 -- 些許忙碌,些許哀愁,些許,些許。。。 不斷的提醒自己,凡事,些許就好,陷入了,也許就出不來了。。 出不來了,看事情,就盲目了。。 逃避吧,浪跡吧,絕緣斷情,或許是個方式。。。 山上的清境,無礙,純真,還真是個過日子的地方。。 雖然當時前一兩日有掙扎過,但挺過了那兩日就覺得山上的情境真好。。 西安老工頭的野菜井水,對身子,還挺不錯的。。 少了塵世的糾擾,腦子也清醒多了。。 那井水嘛,喝就好了,不用太細看。。 沒喝到蝌蚪就好。。礦物質挺豐富的。。 我,可以自私的繼續留在那嗎?? 或許,當我想再去時,就如那武陵桃花源似的,消失了。。 -- 小小枝頭上花轎,轎內姑娘心徬徨,轎外鼓手翻天亂,手心緊握直問天,嫁入他門對與否? 幽幽一聲己是緣,早晚還清是上策,彈琴相望無言語,只待來世齊天眉,今生好香不絕緲。 良良憂語,幕幕皆心,有情無景,它山雲霧,縱是枉然,子手他人,皆為秋冬,還轉不缺。。 落葉了,茶涼了,客離了,主倦了,物舊了,山,清了。。 -- 小樓昨夜又東風,思綺殘音腦相隨,姍姍羽衣細流沙,些許茗香暗留根。 -- 無言妄語,朝若夕陽。。 些許岔題了。。 也許,無題。。 菩提種子,皆為心種,春發幾許,冬收幾束,笑笑無言,意在止中。 -木葉木頭。

似水流年

似水流年 -- 生命,如期的短暫,分享的美好,不滅的回憶。。 忙完了,一場生命的告別,一個人世的悲歡,落幕了,些許的憂愁,得到的,失去的,理想不滅的,都,結束了。。 剩下的,是那,依稀殘留於後人的回憶,思念,與,一些些,不知所措的生靈們。。 流水,是需不停的往前走,恰如那光陰,永不回頭的衝向那,未知的永恆。。 時光,那是個永不知盡頭的不歸路。。 沒人能知她的好與不好,只能,乖乖的順著她走。。。 也許,我們都是那,配角的配角,乖乖的待在一旁,靜聽那某位大人物的支配。。 夜至了,星空翻起,月光幽至,抬頭仰望,低頭靡音, 過往的青春,今日的黃土,一切皆是空望,留落的種子,低待那,無盡的未來。。 淚盡歸土,黃沙遍遍,紅塵依舊,星月無損。。。 末了,無盡。。 -TT

浮萍

浮萍 -- 歲月悠悠,九轉秋冬,餘音團繞,芷玉常岑。 -- 回家了,家,生命中的補給站,孕育出凡人中的不平凡。。。 家,有好也有。。。 -- 生命中的老人家,都走了。。。 外曾祖母,外公,爺爺,外婆,現在奶奶。。。 也許,我沒有資格再當小孩了,也許,無知是最美,無情是本事; 沒有不揪心的人,只有沒觸動的心弦。。 -- 命運的輪轉都有一些無名的規律; 早感覺我不會守在她身旁,卻沒想到我是替她老人家回台灣循走她成長,打拼的地方和以往的工作夥伴。。。 或許,她那幾日惚恍的神識是導引我在台南,台北遊走的因素。。 或許,借由我的眼,可以安撫她的心。。。 也許,這才是我回台灣最大的目的。。 也,能平撫該安定的情。。。 -- 觸動的心旋,無情的掩飾。。。 離台前三天,還,真痛苦。。 一臉無情樣,如常的交際; 最怕好友的關心,一關心,就崩了,別問了,不說了。。 還要打點。。。 老交情的同事們,一臉愕錯的不捨,也許,是她老人家最大的幸福。。 畢竟,老交情的價值在於,她,還挺有人緣的。。。 嗯,沒欠債。。。 辛勞了一輩子,身後評價中上,值得了。。 值得了。。 問心無愧,永保安康。。 -- 嘿喔~ 台南耶~ 小小姑娘離開囉~ 那南都的水土,孕育出一番人氣,造就一個平凡人,木易為首,蒼天居中,梧桐斷後。。 蓋棺,蓋棺了。。 生命樂章的休止符到了,止了,停了,歇了。。。 -- 須彌山上問如來: 了凡生死亦為人乎? 無情約是有心人? 丹心殞落化粉果,照見晚霞粉太平。。。 如來回首道光明: 不生不滅無了情耶? 有情常伴癡心人? 足跡浪蕩續養瑞,招招明月對應心。。。 -- 無根,無滅,無悔。。。 -- 落葉浮萍子相隨,散手八方除餘蔭,手持茉莉賽牡丹,眼明心碎斷續情。 -木頭梧桐

安平追想曲

安平追想曲 安平追想曲 歌詞詞:陳達儒 曲:許石 身穿花紅長洋裝,風吹金髮思情郎,想郎船何往,音信全無通,伊是行船遇風浪,放阮情難忘,心情無地講,想思寄著海邊風。海風無情笑阮憨,啊~不知初戀心茫茫。想思情郎想自己,不知爹親二十年,思念想欲見,只有金十字,給阮母親做遺記。 放阮私生兒,聽母初講起,愈想不幸愈哀悲,到底現在生也死,啊~伊是荷蘭的船醫。 想起母子的運命,心肝想爹也怨爹。別人有爹痛,阮是母親晟,今日青春孤單影。全望多情兄。望兄的船隻,早日回歸安平城。安平純情金小姐,啊~等你入港銅鑼聲。 簡介 民國40年,陳達儒來到台南的安平古堡,他不自覺地神遊到了三百年前,被荷蘭人佔據的安平港口,幻想著一段淒美的異國之戀,故事就如歌詞內容所敘。當他回過神後,立刻將所有的幻想寫成這首「安平追想曲」。 --

當信任瓦解, 社會也就崩潰 (??)

當信任瓦解, 社會也就崩潰 (??) Link: [文章分享] 1. 當信任瓦解,社會也就崩潰 - 狗狗的楓葉小窩 2. 當信任瓦解,社會也就崩潰 - 山居歲月 3. 由整個社會風氣構成的現象..顯示教育的失敗 --- 嗯,會看到這文章是因為。。。 做了個莫名其妙的夢而醒,想說不知道有啥事。。 其實也沒睡多久,就被夢境搞得很'悲傷' 的醒了。。 又輾轉看到這文章。。 嗯,有點趣味吧。。。 --- 悲傷的夢? 嗯,模糊的印象是: 不知與何人在搶啥,好像一張可以算是中獎或是換啥東東的一張紙吧。。 喔,現代,古代,老實講,沒印象。。 ㄜ,古代可抽獎?? 好像後來沒興趣了,但是就擁有了那東東,只是我把它放在一個類似蛋殼的圓物裡面,隨手一放。 哪人翻到後,認為不起眼,就隨手扔了。。 繼續埋頭苦找。。 我在後面看到,撿了起來,想想後還是塞到他的包包還是啥的裏頭。。 嗯,挺莫名的夢說。。。 尤其是。。 我又沒睡飽。。 有必要這樣整我嗎?? 真是。。。 但,醒來之後,其實挺無奈的。。 --- 既睡不著了,就開腦,電腦,看看。。 結果看到這文章。。。 ㄜ,有神喔?在整我是吧?? --- 這文章看看了,老實講,挺無新意的。。 因為這是滿久以前就發現的'社會現象',在美國的話,會占這種便宜的人不算少數,其實各種族裔都有。。 只是我們算是較熟悉我們自己的圈子。。 而會占此便宜的人,幾乎,整天都在占便宜。。 找便宜占。。 不好聽,但,事實。。 題外話: 關於這文章,好像有點時間了,似乎沒有人確定是誰善心寫的,也許不想被攻擊說; 有趣的是,這也可以有不同的版本。。 最後還有少了一小節的,換了一個標題,就把自家報社和大名放上。。。 說真的,我不清楚是誰寫的。。 但,應該不是記者吧?? 不太想汙辱記者,但實在是不太常發現什麼有內容的文章在報上。。 所以,早就跟中文報絕緣了。。。。 根本不知在看什麼說。。 算是我中文不好吧。。 --- 信任,占便宜,教育。。。 現代人,應說是城市人,可能早就沒有那種純樸的信任了。。 占便宜,其實,大家都會想占便宜,只是占便宜的方式不同。。 教育,本來就應該失敗的,沒有一種世界性統一的教育...

水 -- 似水流年,時光流逝。。 水,人生必需品,無水不能活,水濁不能飲。。 水,妳我她的一切支撐,一方水養萬世人,遠古至今,一樣的恆河,黃河,長江,。。。 等等等,孕育了多少,人才,也,造就了多少,混吃等死的天才。。 水,一如往昔的,時而緩流,時而沖流,偶爾,斷流。。 天地萬物間,自然為大,人力不可及之。 物轉星移,多少先賢們的發現與心血,都,不及那自然界的一份,純真。 無悔,大自然中,無聲無息的按照一種莫名的定義,輾轉流回,似乎是那麼的,自然; 人類追求的,究竟是什麼? 反普歸真? 還是再造? 人,有本事無中生有的造個自然嗎? 應該是不能吧。 也許地球只有一個,也許自然在哭泣,也許人們會毀滅,也許,也許。。 但,水,應該還會,好好的活著。。 有水,就會有希望。。 人類的文明,始終是跟著水走的。。。 也許,我們應該禮拜於它,或許,水,才是我們應該膜拜的對象。。 畢竟,活命重要說。。 那麼。。 ㄜ,要拜空氣嗎??? >_ 嗯,嗯。。 這個嘛。。 下次寫空氣時再說好了。。。 ---- 水靈靈的妹妹啊~ 妳在哪裡噎? 憂憂愁愁的等妳好久乎~ 妳可知,阿哥哥,雙手滿花要給妳,獻給那,芙蓉出水的仙女ㄟ~ 喔~ 喔~ 那賽過天仙的妹妹,妳可別,辜負了,阿哥哥,滿山遍野的辛勞,就為了,看妹妹,那絕世無比的,開心~ 微~笑~~~ ---- 山歌,部落間的語言,也許是我們該回歸的一種方式,它,傳達了人們的基本需求,簡單又純真,少了些作做虛假在裏頭。。 想到什麼,就唱什麼,沒有對與錯,它就是純真。。 跟水的純淨,算是一樣的,純。。 --- 水過無痕,淚過無情。。 亦非無情乎,蓋去有情已。。 兩兩三三,世人望雨。。 悠悠我心,雲中滴淚。 -- 水,無情為好。。 有情,它,就濁了。。 -木頭桐。

Pal, old one...

Pal, old one... --- We often know that a wine is at its best when it is stored for certain years before drinking, call aging; likewise, a good piece of steak also need a 21day period before serving. So, do friends 'aging' as well?? Well, that I'm not sure, but I did spent five hours at SFO tonight, or last night, to meet with an old friend from elementary school, whom, I have not seen for twenty years; yeah, we graduated from that 6th grade twenty years ago... It's a warm feeling to actually see one another after such a long time, yet we were 'small' when we departed, but the reconnection just seem, so natural, so, it-should-be-that-way sort of feelings. We do, have many connections with old classmates in the last couple years, not sure who started it, but just one by one, each of us appears out of no where and regroup again. Each of the regrouping just felt right on the spot, and each of us, enjoy it, every moment of it. We, all came out of an elementary...

Random

Random -- Well, I guess I suppose to write something about the trips from Asia in Aug., and one for N.Y. back in Septs .... then it's almost end of Oct. now... hmm ... I'm quite lazy~ Yeah, I know, c'est moi~~ ^__^ Then again, I'm off to Taiwan again this Sunday night... so... things can wait lo~~ hahahaa ~~ =p --- Ok , recent events... what else, stock market crisis + harsh recessions + world economy dominos + lack of confidence + .... etc, etc. In my honest opinion, yes, my 'honest opinion'... this is normal, and should go even deeper, lower... for one, everything thus far is, in fact, overpriced... The world market is built on a mock up foundations, if there is an actual foundation, that people are playing with the numbers, it's the numbers that fools people. Whatever indexes are a mere illusion that controlled by few powerful hands, not you or I, it's only in the hands of the minor 'elites'. In the year of 2008, man...

Raining night.

Raining night. -- I guess it's the first raining night of the season, I think, since I'm not around home for quite a while... well, autumn is coming for sure; cool winds, swooshing leaves... all indicates... Halloween's coming!!! hmm... k, I'm not craving for the candies... Just thought I should buy some to fulfill the task... Anyhow, in the midnight of the dripping rains... thought of something, of someone, of... quite a lot of things in the mind... while listens to the 'sound of music album'... just rid of the sleepiness... hmm... did I drank any caffeines today?? can't recall... Who said music helps sleeps?? Thoughts in the rain... is the brain at work while I'm sleeping? or it just get into different realm, then process a world of unknown? Would we ever know a thing about it? or ... we are the butterfly after all... a pivot of... nothing... a shadow of nonexistence... hmm... maybe some life science genius can figure that out som...

Autumn 秋。

Autumn 秋。 Autumn again, season of falling leaves, and a comma to my travel tales since mid-Aug. This is, by far my busiest year of travel ever... not sure it's good or bad, or just a glimpse of what will to come in the future... Like every travel, I met friends old and new, all excited part of my life and enriched my limited mind... for that, I thank you all... for showing me every corner of the world, for the stuffs I can't imagine if I only stay at home/work... thus... wish everyone, a bright path ahead of you, each of you... always, have fun~ -TT

Tomorrow

Tomorrow... Tomorrow, somehow this word stuck with me the entire day... yeah, travel around, got to figure out what to do the next day, and what events, appointments, etc... Then thought of the song from Annie... and 'Tomorrow, is another day...' Scarlett's quote... We live around to wait for, tomorrow, not sure of what will happen, yet, a slim hope of future is, well, better than nothing at all... thus, we should, always keep a hope within us, to push us further, have more confidence in ourselves and the society... The sharp contrast of China and Taiwan during this trip is so vivid that half way of the trip is enough to predict the future for both place... one is at its high with enormous confidence and pride; the other, well, seems to be at its lowest, lowest of everything... lack of ... many things... each encountered individual are in the sorrow mode, yet, honestly, nothing worthwhile to be sorrow about... Confidence in the future, in self, is one thing one ...

心旋

心旋 旋律,優雅的曲調可以調怡性情,可以激發立志; 憂思的詞曲,詩歌,彈動內心的感動。。 遙想那境界,或,觸景傷情。。 其實,人的情緒,還挺容易。。 影響的。。 -- 人的情緒,在中國人的社會,其實,都被限制住的,一切都會被大眾,格式化;基本上,算是不自由的。。 因為,他人的話,太多了。。 老實講,關你啥事?? 你管我那麼多做啥? 沒事做嗎? -- 心旋, 心中的旋律,到了特定的地點,聽到某類的歌曲,思想起某些往事,都會勾起那一絲絲的,也許是無奈吧。。。 不過嘛,某位老師有說過,別以為是妳感情豐富,搞不好是妳肝腎兩虛,動不動就弄個花落花飛花滿天的與林妹妹比比美。。。 -- 觸景傷情,感懷人世,出旅是遊玩亦是感傷?? 真是個搞不清的題目。。 當作是肝腎兩虛吧~ -TT

撫媚

撫媚 夜深了,流星般的星火也歇息了,那徹夜長鳴的烏鳥也倦了,繁華的城市,到了短歇充電的時刻了。。 一切,都靜了。。。 匆忙的城市,無盡的繁華,述說著細小又無關的百姓事,記錄著他人的辛勞與汗水,那,都是妳我應學習的對象,也許,會是我們的動力與願力,來實現我們應做的任務。。。 -- 妳那迅速又鋒利且無聲的溫柔,是我無法接受的,真的,每次妳那一聲不響的接觸後,我都要多花費精神和時間來消化妳的撫媚; 老實講,這樣的接觸,我也是會累的,不論妳通不通知,我,其實都不太希望妳的到來,畢竟,沒有妳,我真的會好很多。。。 生活也會正常靈敏如昔。。 為何,每次途經上海,都會被妳的撫媚給抓到呢? 我,真的沒有招惹妳啊?? 我知道上海的,空氣,水質,潮溼度等,都屬於下等級的。。。 但,我也只是說說而已啊。。。 妳,沒有必要每次都讓我生病吧?? 這樣的撫媚,我是萬萬不能接受的。。。 真的,我必須要提出嚴重的抗議。。。 抗議,抗議~ 我不要妳的關懷,我不要妳那痛苦的撫媚與接觸,我不要妳上身~~ 可惡的感冒與過敏。。 我知道,妳倆是一夥的,我,都不要啦~~ 快走,快走,我不需要妳們~ 麻煩的東東。。 欺負我可愛是吧? 我,我用養樂多來消滅妳們~~ >_ --- 是的,可以看出,我不正常了。。。 唉~ -TT

七夕

七夕。。。 情人節 --- 夕陽無限好、約是曉晨亦黃昏? 左手圓方、右手方圓、男女陰陽補殘缺、合掌為向天。。 地火遙望星夜空、嘆道佳人無遙影、窕窕淑女凝相望、君子遠行無影蹤、青草遍野獨缺牛、蠶絲萬丈女揪心。 小寒夜、七星齊、銀河喜鵲稻香濃、兩目含玉苦難開、形色無語兩結心、化卻彩衣撒人間、觀星無語齊相對、落落凡塵幾夕休? 悵愁春秋無了時、夏冬轉圜幾世蟬、鳴聞它山湘女琴、悠悠滴採旋樑音、聞取意中相思骨、捧提於心久相長、離別封心獨孤曲、嗷嗷以待再會首、夕落夜盡、相思以待。。。 -木桐 --- Wiki Link 七夕、乞巧節、亦是中國人的美麗日子、形形色色的故事、詩詞、都把國人的期望加入到這個細緻又悽美的節日。 只能說、人的盼望、都是美好的、而現實中、都是、 恩、 反方向的。。 白居易的《長恨歌》: 七月七日長生殿,夜半無人私語時;在天願作比翼鳥,在地願為連理枝。 其實、有必要在夜半無人私語時嗎?? 古人是在教我們要偷偷摸摸的嗎?? See, ㄧ年才會一次面的牛郎織女、不知。。 平時在做啥?? 這一年ㄧ次是正式的、還是。。 非法的?? 不過、好像兩人本來就算是非法私交喔?? 我想、它倆、應該是最早反對包辦婚姻的代表。。 只是、 好像、根本沒人替它倆安排婚姻喔。。 這、是自由戀愛嗎?? 結果也太慘了吧? 搞到一年ㄧ次。。 永不停息。。 也、夠累的。。 算是、有恆心吧。。現下有恆心的小朋友不多了。。@_@ 乞巧、盼望、希望、能、跳脫平時的生活規律、不論是好還是差、人、總希望能更好、有個夢想支撐著、總比沒有好。。 我想、這是這節日的基本定義。。 對現代人來說、算是更寫實的吧、因為每個時代的牛郎織女夢想都不盡同、定義永恆、彌補不足、展望未來不可能的希望。。 悲情的渴望、以星辰日月來歌頌凡人的無奈與痛苦。。 女子乞巧、男子亦或不是呢? 話說、國人的愛情故事、仔細想想、從來沒有好結局的、也許開頭很精彩、過程很過癮、但是、結局通常都是無奈又無奈的淒涼。。 梁祝、董永七仙女、唐皇楊貴妃、寶哥哥黛玉寶釵、加上牛郎織女。。 通通都算是悽美悲慘的產物。。 沒法子、導演有交代、沒事不能給好結局、不然不賣座。。 外加觀眾愛看悲情劇、才會有滿足感。。 台灣布袋戲名言:別人的失敗就是我的快樂!!! 是的、關於此此觀點、各大愛情名劇、幾乎都是悲悲唉唉收場。。 搞得太快樂的話、旁人會說...

iPhone 3G exp...

iPhone 3G exp... --- Once again, this experience is somewhat close, yet, not quite for myself... Due to certain unexpected reason... a replacement cell is needed, well, almost needed... So, the idea of an iPhone just pop up... was plan to wait bit longer to dive in the iPhone wave.. oh well... Ok, since its selling date back on 7/11, I did drove by the Apple store in Los Gatos, near my house, to check the 'phenomena'... that Friday, was really amazing... people lined up throughout the entire section of Los Gatos town, that's a first I even know there are people in town... not to mention the desire for the fashionable techie toy... I guess people truly are rich in Los Gatos... or the marketing people score again w/ 2.0 all over the world... Anyway, there are internet blog/vlog about the back order issue with hot demanded iPhone, iJustin was funny when she document about it... so, is there any iPhone on store anywhere?? that, would be the question... Interesti...

July 26, '08

July 26, '08 Well, nothing special about today, I just not sure what to title it... =p Toward the end of July, once again, midsummer, well, no midsummer night's dream of thing happen yet, just, waste of time I suppose... ^^ Hmm, well, I suppose to have tons of things that need to be done, but seems like life slow a lot of them down, thus I'm still busy for nothing yet to happen... planting the seeds, as one of my teacher once said, blossom when time's right... en... If you ask all the Eastern philosophers... you probably will hear the similar things... take your time, slow down, let life take its course, etc, etc, etc.... Yet... I live in America... how slow can I be?? I know Europe is harmonize in each country's lifestyle, not as rushing as U.S. or Asia... in today's world... well... maybe slow is good... we all need to slow down and watch, feel the surrounding a bit, just a bit... to appreciate what we have thus far... I did slow down, in fact, hasn...

胡光墉

胡光墉 胡雪巖 胡雪巖(1823年—1885年),名光墉,字雪巖,安徽績溪人,晚清時期的紅頂商人。 --- 不知為何、今日突然想起這名字。。 ㄜ。。 提前開鬼門了嗎?? 我、應該沒欠他錢吧?? wait... 應該沒有喔。。 >_ 恩、j/k... Silicon Valley 壓力大、壓力大。。 --- 猶記小時後。。 唉、居然要用到小時候了。。 T_T 恩、那時無天無地的狠讀高陽老大的作品、那字小小、書厚厚的七大本。。 七大本虐待雙眼的書。。 前幾年看到新版時、非常想致信問候出版社。。 #$%#@.... 早十多年前不會改啊!!! 紙便宜時在省、現紙貴了、出大字板了喔。。 邏輯真好。。 恩。。 小小牢騷。。 ^_^ --- 胡哥、光庸、號稱是紅頂商人第一。。 廢話、清朝時才用紅頂。。以前都是黑黑的。。 恩、中國人好像頭髮是黑的喔。。 啊。。 別打。。 都說了壓力大嘛。。 其實、如果胡雪嚴沒垮的話、晚清會是甚麼樣的局面呢? 胡雪嚴撐著左宗棠、「排左必先除胡」。。。 以左宗棠的思想理念來說、多少是比李鴻章要強的些。。 分析看來、兩人的見識策略都是一等的、但在執行上來說、還是左宗棠無私些。。 紙上談兵來講、兩人都差不多、結果來說、左宗棠收復了新疆、李鴻章輸了海戰、掉了疆土、以致後來的一連串山倒割地等。反正、簽名、李鴻章都有份。。 輸多輸少、都是輸。。 如果沒輸的話、清朝還是一樣的混混、我們還需要全世界到處亂跑嗎?? 歷史、永遠沒有小說好看、小說、永遠不會照著歷史寫的。。 沒聽說明朝是張哥無忌打下的嗎?? 唐朝是張大鬍子不要的次等貨。。。 所以、胡光庸到底如何、誰知道。。 商人、以利益為先、其次之、胡老闆的愛國情操如何、也是靠走軍火旺起家的、只是他聰明的留有一個胡慶餘堂、算是半慈善事業、以保名聲。。 Bill Gate 可能也是向他學習的。。 官場、商場相鬥、自古有之、鬥到國家都沒了、也不是甚麼了不起的事、一己私怨蓋過其他。。 人之常情。。 大家也不要太高調了。。 把妳放在那位置、也許妳更不如。。 平常心、平常心。。 中國人的腦袋很好、反應靈敏、資質有佳。。 通常、用於內鬥較多。。 散沙、是一種通稱。。 表面和諧、裡子黑白距分。。 猶如燕窩當糨糊、魚翅來洗地、浪費之極。。 ...

"阿姨、我要結婚了。。。"

"阿姨、我要結婚了。。。" ---- 先聲明、與我無關。。 (怎麼最近老碰到與我無關的事啊?? T_T ) ---- 話說、幾年前手癢、家裡換裝了 VOIP 後、亞洲八卦不斷。。 其實、我只是想試試 Vonage 好不好用、誰知道它居然打亞洲特便宜的、去年還是前年、外加 u.s.$6/month, 就可。。 打中國(cell/landline), 台灣(landline), 不要加錢。。。 $0..... 從此後。。 真是。。 電話會燒斷了。。 不過、Vonage 還是很好用的、機器帶著到處跑、有 broadband 就插用。。 much more freedom than it used to be... god bless technology/internet.... ^^ --- Anyway, 正題。。 前兩天老媽打給她那三十多年的老友。。 因為阿姨她今年真是倒楣到底了。。 騎車被撞還一堆官司。。 真的知道 嘔 是怎麼寫的了。。 例行公事招呼打完、安慰完畢、後。。 說了一件搞笑事。。 話說: 正當她寶貝女兒上禮拜生日時、全家出動吃飯、女兒男友請客。。 恩、應該。。 飯後回家。。 應該、不然飯吃完就打發人走喔?? 阿姨正回房休息沒多久、就見那老實人老公滿臉憂慮進房、口中直嚷著: "著稀咩啊諾、著稀咩啊諾。。" (閩南語:這是要怎辦。)....... ㄧ付天要塌下來了。。 阿姨莫名其妙的問道啥事。。 老實人老公斷斷續續的說: 啊。。 啊。。 他說要娶妳女兒啦!!! 結果、兩老乖乖的傻在當場、不知如何處理。。。 外面兩人左等右等、搞不清兩老在房裡搞啥、後決定直接殺入~ 恩、這是我想的。。 =p 然後、那位小弟弟一見到阿姨就說: "阿姨、我要結婚了。。。" >_ 搞不清當時是發生了甚麼事啦、(我們有不在場證明)、 大概阿姨就神識恍惚的說: 慢點、慢點、不要哪麼趕、明年、明年好了。。 ---- 老實講、我聽到時。。 我真的是要笑死了。。 認識兩位長輩那麼久、我真的可以想像她倆那副手足無措的樣子。。只是、我真的是被那位小弟弟給絕倒。。"阿姨、我要結婚了。。。" 阿。。 請問你要跟誰結婚啊?? 這。。 算是通知還是啥?? 可否考慮講清楚些??...

肚子餓

肚子餓。。。 先說好、無聊的言語。。 --- 肚子餓、小小 baby 肚子餓了、哇哇大哭、招尋您的注意、奶瓶、食物隨哭而到。。 肚子餓、幼小孩童肚子餓了、吵吵鬧鬧、盡量吸引妳的目光、在不被挨罵的情況下、應該有的吃。。 肚子餓、成長中的孩童肚子餓了、上課時禁食、下課時喝水、中餐時沒帶錢、一切基於等待中。 肚子餓、成年的小孩肚子餓了、沒的說了、一切自理、該吃啥吃啥、自行處理、因果自負。。 --- 肚子餓、 隨著時間的遷變、待遇也跟著轉圜、哪種為安? 不覺自覺。。 一樣的感覺、不同的待遇、改變的暱食法、都是、在填補ㄧ樣的需求。 需求改變了嗎? 本質是一樣的、生理上的哀求、不曾改變。 變的是、妳那腦海中的結構。 肚子、還是ㄧ往如習的餓。。終期ㄧ生、做著相同的功能、處理妳的程序。。 肚子、應該餓了、它、本來就該餓的、因為、這是它的使命、賦予給生物的生存功能、肚子、肚子、肚子、 可以沒有你嗎? 餓了、餓了、每天餓三次、也許更多、真的、需要那麼餓嗎??少餓幾次不行喔?? 找吃的、也很累耶。。 你只要待著等吃就行了、不知道、現在要有的吃、也不是那麼容易的說。。 肚子啊、肚子、你好像、很好命喔?? 八字拿來算算、天生富貴嗎?? 坐吃等死、百年如一日。。千古如一。。萬眾一心。。 久久長長。。 喔、肚子、你知道、有多少人沒的吃嗎? 你、可以分點出去嗎? 當然、在你未吃之前。。 瀟瀟稀稀、瘋瘋傻傻、隨遇而安。。 落下的細雨、灑下的雨露、終歸是、要落入塵土的。。 肚子、妳、又餓了嗎? -木桐

Roadtrip to China: 8 rules for work and play

Roadtrip to China: 8 rules for work and play July 17, '08 Roadtrip to China: 8 rules for work and play Replies: Posts -- It's funny to read this newsletter today, 'cause I was only recently discuss about the lowdown of the Chinese behaviors with a friend... then this article come out to coincide what we mentioned. I have to agree, most of what Anne mentioned is true, and to the point, which, on the other hand is bit embarrassing to admit it instead of embrace it. We all have travel to certain part of the world and meet different cultural, race, and groups. Thus, no one sentence can explain them all, 'cause each individual is different, we don't want to stereotype a fixed group and label them otherwise. Although it is easier to stereotype, for simpler interaction and recognition, we have to bear in mind that what you learn from text, is always different than reality, until you meet, experiment in person, to fully understand. This is, least what works for me, ...

Close your eyes

Close your eyes Closing your eyes for a moment... let the worries fly, fly away to the other realm, let it be, be the one who sense the soil, touch the scent, and, and free the soul... Let us wander in the forest, feel the growth around you, the power of nature, the dwelling that suppose to take place... Can it be, can it be the one whom set the elves free, free in immortality that desires many... Oh~ breath the freshness inward, the freshness that started all, cure of the sins among us... What is it? what is it that we struggle with without outlet? should it be, be the trap we set for ourselves... how, how sad... out of the loop I see, a path less traveled, brighten up ahead, yet, still less traveled... Closed my eyes I see, I see the image of blur, blur like nature saint, pointing to the darkest part in me, gloss dark dot, growing, shouting, dangering... spreading out and taking apart of the stem that was once... there... Sunlight strike down to my heart, waken the one whom slept yea...

GM blues

GM blues General Motor, once a mighty titan of them all, falling, sliding, taking the market with it... GM, the mighty symbol of U.S.A., #1 car maker for, well, a long time until last year... What's wrong pal?? Can't keep up with the technology? the hit trend? or simply just unlucky??? To be honest, GM's product are better than ever before, to a sense, already catch up on par with the imports from Germany or Japan while taking over the crown in China's market share... So, what went wrong??? The 'sayings', 'pressure', and 'union'... from my view are what's driving this company down. To these day, fuel saving is a slogan, a marketing tool, yet, the usefulness to everyday people maybe is effective... yet again, what did you trade in for the mpg?? Hybrid is hip, yet not very utility to the American lifestyle... should the trend move back to small car sector like in the '70s oil crisis? Yes, it will... but this time around, some people will ...

iPhone Crazy...

iPhone Crazy... On the way to drop off mails to postal office I saw... saw lines of people lining up to the corner of Santa Cruz/Main St. of Los Gatos... must to be the iPhone line, which I thought should be less in town of Los Gatos... guess wrong then... was tried to take picture of it, but didn't have the time to grab the phone and cars are moving... oh well, people knew about the phenomenon anyway... no need to add more to it. then cruising some model homes and enjoy a lunch at the clubhouse Eagle Ridge... then, more showcases... which was fun. K, back to iPhone... I like Jobs since early '90s, the Steve Jobs, did read stories about him and video documentaries of him and Gates. The rivalry effect that early tech geeks like to contrast to which camp are you... Even though I like Jobs more, I never really own an Apple product, nor familiar with it, besides some Jr. High's Basic programing... moving turtles around as an accomplishment... For the reason, don't like...

心痛

心痛 聽、聽到了風帶來的訊息嗎? 聞、聞到了他人的故事嗎? 想、想出了無奈的感覺嗎? 震動的心、無情的雨、漂流的希望。。 深深的、敲動、該被敲動的生物們。。 多少、希望、默默的由手中流逝、 眼見、繁華的需求、暗暗的交流著、 回想、幾世的輪迴、無助的黑暗、 它山、猶若磐石、細細的沙石、緩緩的消落、 人世間、膝下的孩兒、猶若菊梅、花開、花解、花逝。。 解開、無數的結、讓那寬越的心繩、回歸、應有的、心量。。 心量、一切動力的起源。。 卸下自身、沈入深海、寬越的心海、 海裡、萬物應有的原身、應印出、我們自身忽略的美。。 完美、在妳身裡的深處、永遠、等著妳。 -- 木桐

Child Slavery

Child Slavery News clip: How to Buy a Child in 10 Hours -- Often I ignore the nightly news... maybe wish I do so tonight... flip the channels and saw the title... which already hinted the ungraceful part of human nature... well... I can only sit through and watch it entirely... For those unfortunated swing by this entry... might as well read the article to fully understand what it's about... -- This story, actually isn't new, BBC covers years ago, and G.I. about it, thousands hits reply... so, it's actually not a new story. Just ABC put it into action and videotape the entire process for show. I'm not sure I should applaud ABC for doing so or otherwise... but uncover the darkest part of human nature isn't always soothing. I think, sometimes, it is necessary to bring it under the sun for the public, least grab the attention for a while, until it dies down again, root to where it was... thus, business as usual... -- This story reminds me about the sex traffickin...

Asian Migration

Asian Migration USA Today: In a twist, USA's Asians are heading to the Mountain West --- So... Asians are on the move once again... from the initial gateway of CA to inner cities... For case of Los Angles, after forcing Anglos out of the city, now it's new immigrants from Asia that are forcing old immigrants out of the city... New wealthy immigrants with new found money that raise up the cost in housing, and other immigrants, legal or not, lower the labor costs for some sort of jobs which make it harder for older immigrants to have a decent living, thus the migration. Well, land of America is large, and it is a good thing for Asians to move inland, just don't establish 'Chinatowns' everywhere they go... just not healthy... seriously... - TT

缺點

缺點 在我的認知裡面、有很多字、名詞、動詞、形容詞都是被大眾歸屬於不好的、帶有貶義的。。 美與醜、善與惡、優缺點等等。。 --- 道德經 第二章 天下皆知美之為美斯惡已; 皆知善之為善斯不善已。 故有無相生, 難易相成, 長短相形, 高下相傾, 音聲相和,前後相隨。 是以聖人處無為之事, 行不言之教。萬物作焉而不辭。 生而不有, 為而不恃, 功成而弗居。夫唯弗居, 是以不去。 --- 我想、古人的經典、多半是有含意的、有時候看看會覺得說學了一生的學問、well, 至少被迫在學校待了二十多年吧、>_ 東、西方都一樣、上古的學問、老實講、好像比現今更先進喔?? 我們是進步、還是退步?? 缺點、是人應該都有缺點吧?? 只是、我們都羞於告知大眾我們的缺點、因為、沒人會喜歡、重視、和。。 因此奬勵妳。。 現今教育、恩、 中國人的教育、都是要好的、出眾的、可以、恩、炫耀的。。 有缺點、那就是妳不行、東方/中國人的社會視你為負擔。。。 對與不對、我不知道、畢竟離開久了、沒那麼熟悉。。 但感覺是如此。。 也許我錯了、因為社會、是多方面的、並沒有特定的一種絕對。。 只是我們習慣於歸類法、以我們認知中的'認知'來區分彼此。畢竟、這樣簡單多了、大腦少轉幾圈也好。 就此而言、缺點、那是個禁地、是個絕不能提起的領域。。 也許、有些好事情就會因為那少許的缺點而喪失了。。 找個盒子、珍知又珍的密封起來、謝絕參觀。久而久之、自己也忘了那些'缺點'。。 那、缺點是好還是不好呢?? 老實講、人有那麼多優點嘛??? 我是認為我沒什麼優點的。。 總覺得大多數人都會比我好、因為自己知道自己的缺乏處、永遠屬於學習階段。。 套句老話、沒出師、就是學徒。。 甚麼時候出師? 生命結束的那天、因為不會再有學習的機會了。 這、是很實在的說法、絕不跟妳謙虛、因為、我寫不出老子境界的道德經、我畫不出吳道子的山水畫、掰不出那堆唐詩、宋詞、元曲中的意境、也說不出接近 Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle 的哲學道德思想。。。 說白了、我、甚麼都不會。。 只會看書。。看完了就忘。。 注意、看書而非讀書。。三行看兩行、忘一行。。 書倒是很多。。 因為都是用看的。。 沒事腦袋記那麼多幹嘛?? 需要時、偶爾會浮現就好。。 畢竟 memory 小、沒機會 upgrad...

Wimbledon '08

Wimbledon '08 Interestingly woke up early around 6am today, was wondering what's wrong w/ it and realize it's the final between Nadal and Federer on this breakfast on Wimbledon Sunday... Funny thing is that as I watched first two sets where Nadal is strong, a stupid rain delay paused the action... I just dose off to sleep in front of the TV... just when I thought I missed the end two hours later, they still in the 5th set and... another rain delay... Dude, that first rain delay saved Fedex from quick ending... otherwise Nadal would have won already... well, he should won last year as well... =p Nadal, just like a boxer or Spanish bull, full of energy, my eyes was with him ever since '04, now he finally achieve what he deserved, now let's work on the hard court and win some U.S. open.. ^_^ Fedex, I don't know... he's good, just don't like him that much for some reason... but his skills are good, no doubt.. his serving sets are often quick and ea...

4th of July

4th of July Fireworks, BBQ, days off work, etc, the fundamentals of the 4th of July holiday, a celebration of United States of America, the land of freedom, so it says. Freedom, to what extent is freedom's true form? no one will ever know. Yet, spread across, 4th of July to many, is just another long weekend, a chance for friends/family to gather together, to, eat... Spectacular fireworks brighten the night sky, indicate years of revolution that actually succeed, just, how many of us truly appreciate the works done by the founding fathers?? Founding fathers, whom are they, what they done, etc, etc... a long forgotten piece of U.S. history that existed in textbook ready for next gen's test-only... People often taking things for granted, not appreciate the difficulties of early ancestors, their hardships and struggles... I'm not sure which category I should fit in, yet just feel more and more inrooted into this land, where I lived for twenty years... It's a major part...

白月光

白月光 夜月初曉落花迎、 夕水含玉斷雪飄; 牡丹映首耀滿天、 手心遙應掌中人。 留亦水流、川息澤岳。 --- 白月光 作詞:李焯雄 作曲:松本俊明 編曲:Terence Teo 白月光 心裡某個地方 那麼亮 卻那麼冰涼 每個人 都有一段悲傷 想隱藏 卻欲蓋彌彰 白月光 照天涯的兩端 在心上 卻不在身旁 擦不乾 你當時的淚光 路太長 追不回原諒 *你是我 不能言說的傷 想遺忘 又忍不住回想  像流亡 一路跌跌撞撞 你的綑綁 無法釋放 白月光 照天涯的兩端 越圓滿 越覺得孤單 擦不乾 回憶裡的淚光 路太長 怎麼補償 Repeat * 白月光 心裡某個地方 那麼亮 卻那麼冰涼 每個人 都有一段悲傷 想隱藏 卻在生長 --

竹葉青

竹葉青。 竹葉青、晨筍嫩、節節高上支粗壯、紛紛出土水靈艷、鮮味道地天曉時、棟樑無雙九節風。 粗搖擺、細曲婉、喲喲隨風道禪機、曲曲自然吾妙言、欲朗長歌與月眠、星辰斗帆霧中居。 笑亦空、空則凍、凍卻七情兩袖風、止欲六道陰陽木、庖丁解骨與蝶舞、颳塵留瀝返渾屯。 青葉竹、筍甘甜、嘗過香嫩苦它人、三兩小菜道世事、手起心落楓葉竭、飄然無語影長留。 -木桐

Pursuit of disasters??

Pursuit of disasters?? Exactly what made our mother nature so excited this year?? From the winter storm earlier this year, to cyclone, then earthquake, now fires, drought, floods, and tornado... eh... any other more to come?? It's only June... still got another half year to go... don't think any President can change holy mother's mood... I suppose we seriously need to probe the mother and dig out what's wrong w/ it... global warming is a slogan, not solution, greenize at this marketing rate isn't going to help at all, just drive price higher for consumers... and feed the bosses quite well w/ sales figures. W/ Midwest in flood zone, sure the commodities will cost more, make it even tougher for everyone. Damn those future players, keep driving costs up for everyone while they enjoy the enormous profit. I suppose it feel good to have control of things around... People pass away in various settings, it is always uncomfortable to hear news like that, four teenager...

虞兮虞兮奈若何?

虞兮虞兮奈若何? 垓下歌 - 力拔山兮氣蓋世,時不利兮騅不逝。騅不逝兮可奈何,虞兮虞兮奈若何? -- 虞姬咽遠走、江山無復反、安將奈 予 何、手起亦遁首。 燎起煙花景、孤閱雲中鶴、賞卻彩雲泊、落下相思雨。 雨落山風起、招魂寒世間、對弈闕休禪、兩望斗星辰。 沈枕勾往幕、殘念無朝筱、虛彌三世情、悠悠百葉竹。 -木桐

落葉

落葉 春過了、夏臨了、 葉落紛飛予待瞭、瀟瀟無語道蒼傷、夜臨了、卸悅了。 堆堆落葉顯繁華、曾己歡笑它日遠、低頭悠鳴思夜曲、轉摺羽鶴掛影憐、幽幽睢睢願未了。。 春冬兩極蔓虛影、青藤浀浀烙石磐、細水聽曲棋未斷、思緒踏雲兩相遠、臥塌塵土蟻相隨。。 小寒冬、花葉落、霧裡芯、水月影。 -木桐

Orphans

Orphans AP - orphans Devastations aside, large number of killed, 41k+, orphans, are inevitable consequences. The vivid trauma, both outside and inside will take a long time to heal, if, can be cure at all. I think China government is doing quite well in this tragic incident, protecting the children since the quake happened. A sharp contrast compare w/ Burma... well... it's a different world. Maybe part of the reason is the 'face' issue and the upcoming Olympic game in the summer, regardless of the intention behind it, they done it well, which is all that matters, keep the children safe as possible. When we saw numerous news about the collapse of school buildings, we began to wonder, don't those contractor/builders every had a heart?? Using low graded materials and ... ay, don't want to go into that.... May the eyes above, regardless of religious belief, have the solution for those individuals... U.S. is the number one foreign adaption nation for China...

Disaster Fatigue

Recent news article regards "Disaster Fatigue" Associated Press : Disaster Fatigue CNN article Disaster Fatigue More of less the same article from AP went public yesterday to various major newspaper, focuses on the rational behind the reduction in donations giving to recent disasters in Burma & China. Reason for me to post this? Well, cause I do have doubts... doubts about the scenario, strategy, purpose, action, and practitioners behind many major disaster funds and the way it went on. Each and everyone of us are mostly emotional driven, whenever we hear, see, and felt about tragedies, our inner soul often direct us to do the right thing: to help out the needed, in the form of physical aids to simple as giving the funds we can provide, in hope for the aid to perform their best in needed area, cause that's what they were trained for. Simply speaking, leave the jobs for the professionals. Normally we trusted the major charity organization, Red Cross, WorldVision, etc...