Chris' Wonderland

蔣勳﹕ 生命的領悟，不只是貪戀青春、歡樂，也是認識了衰敗、死亡、凋零與鬱苦。生命的完全，是在頻頻回顧的路上，終於懂了，連同傷痛與喜悅，連同恩與怨，連同生之喜樂與死亡哀傷，都應一一感謝。 (citing from 馬雨沛) 楊牧谷博士﹕ 生命的安排並不是在我的能力範圍內，而意外本來就不需徵詢我的意見。 Murphy's law: If anything c an go wrong, it will. Chris: We cannot blame Murphy’s law or Dr. Yang's theory for everything that goes wrong. If our car breaks down on the way to a job interview, we cannot say it unlucky because we did not have our car maintained and repaired. If we fail in business or schoolwork, we have no right to say God does not stand by us because we did not prepare ourselves well. If we are sick, we cannot say illness is an accident because we do not take good care of ourselves or we ignore our health for long.

Flora Expo, wait for me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 原來台灣花博是這樣的                   2010/10/19 22:28 1995年前，我常在美國帝國大廈遙想成長的故鄉。在紐約一片燈光星海中，我看不見盡頭的另一邊，有一個島嶼，它是我安身立命的地方。在世界地圖上它那麼小，卻決定了我們的命運；除非選擇棄絕，當外國公民、拿美國護照，我們就是台灣，台灣就是我們。 2006年11月由於台北花卉協會極力爭取，台灣第一次擁有了主辦國際花博的機會。它或許沒有奧運重要，沒有世搏偉大，卻也是國際相傳了的五十年的盛典大事。與2009年高雄世運、台北聽奧不同，它展覽的期間長達半年，仿若上海世博。它不是一場開閉幕式，中間二十天體育比賽就了結了。 自1960年荷蘭鹿特丹發起國際花博以來，它已是各國展現、花卉、藝術、科技、劇場、綠色建築的比賽。 自1960年至今，50年來，這是台灣第一次，不只是第一次花博，也是史上第一次舉辦時間最長的國際博覽會盛事。 這本應是小小的台灣，史上最珍貴的榮耀片刻。但2006年11月，當台北爭得主辦權時，台灣靜悄悄的。我們國人常自嘆自己是亞細亞的孤兒，可是當少數偉大的孤兒們在海外為台灣爭取難得主辦權消息宣佈時，從來沒有如韓國麗水、中國大陸北京、上海市南京西路群眾狂歡，大放煙火為他們慶賀。相反地， 台北花卉協會寂寞地去，寂寞地回來。2006年11月那一年也正是紅衫軍倒扁的高潮，中央執政的行政院長蘇貞昌決定當一個漠視花博的主角，他帶著政黨偏見，把台北市當敵人，拒絕給予台灣史上最大國際博覽會應有的預算補助。( Why? Just because of the political issue?) 2007年郝市長上台，聽奧沒錢，花博更沒錢；一切都延到2008年5月馬英九上台後基本費用才全部到位。然而由於一切皆太匆促，這場目前被民進黨議員譏稱為「郝貴」的半年期國際花博，包...

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Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me anymore Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost your love I wake up in the morning and I wonder Why everything's the same as it was I can't understand, no I can't understand How life goes on the way it does Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye Why does my heart go on beating Why do these eyes of mine cry Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when you said goodbye

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My friend gave me a book and bade me to read it carefully. In fact, this is the fourth book that I received during the week. Haha, it is very interesting. While putting aside the English textbooks and papers, suddenly I have many Chinese textbooks on health to read. I guess my mom was right: I will be buried in books all my life. Well, that is fine with me to read different kinds of books. Here are the notes I took about the book: 1. If you can be a vegetarian, be one. Keep away from eating meat. 2. Get rid of the salty and fatty food as well as food in high sugar, but go for more fibers. That is, eat fruit and vegetables. 3. Milk is noxious (Really? I didn’t know that. I doubt actually.) 4. Exercise at least 15 to 30 even to 45 minutes per day. (Haha, I seldom do it.) 5. Think positively. (No problem at all.) 6. Eat organic food. 7. Vitamin C. 8. Take steam shower. 9. Contact music and flowers or art to relax yourself.

It is Chris, who just had surgery and came back from the hospital. Everything goes fine with me. (No worries.) The medical treatment still needs to last a few months. What I feel uncomfortable is I cannot have fun with you and I cannot be active and energetic as I usually did before. You know, Chris is the person who never stops. Getting together with you is especially interesting and always makes me young. Haha! My sweet students, do you still have fun learning English? Do you all pay attention to the substitute teachers? Perhaps it is lucky for you to have different kinds of teachers. I believe you can learn a lot from them. Though I have been feeling tired, I still have some energy to read your paper. Hey, the ones who do not finish assignment and the ones who do not work hard must be very careful--because I am WATCHING YOU!