T.W.T. Tsai (木桐無語)

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 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。。。" ---- 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。。。 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 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 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 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... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...