1/08/2008

A Proud Taiwanese, our beloved president: Chiang Ching-Kuo

Great appreciations to Pololins (http://tw.youtube.com/profile?user=pololins2) who uploads all these footage and allows me to embed them in my blog; and the production group and the broadcasting channel. I am very touched by this documentation, just want to share it with my friends and hopefully there will be more and more viewers for this great film.

Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 1


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 2


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 3


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 4


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 5


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 6


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 7


Documentation: Chiang Ching-Kuo part 8

10/03/2007

唉,信樂團!

大概我太有破壞力了,唸過的國中改制成高中,唸過的高中百年大整修,大學系所合併,研究所州際公路改道,公司整棟大樓重建…當我瘋狂的驕傲的喜愛上一個台灣的搖滾樂團,也會有主唱出走的情況。

一個很偶然的機會讓大部分時間在半個地球外美國東岸的我發現了信樂團。這一聽非同小可,終於有一個有力道有聲音的華人歌手,還是一個台灣本土人高馬大氣勢驚人的搖滾樂團!誰知道懶惰的我還不及在我的部落格宣傳一番(為了信樂團,本來要做一個每隔一段時間一個台灣人或團體的英文介紹的~),吉他手先告假很久,隨著時間的拖長,我差點寫信給我們前校長請他拜託他兒子歸隊,結果主唱給我跑了!唉!唉!唉!我正努力跟這些死老美死老外炫耀說,比聲音,我們唱的更好,比身高,我們更高…比…本來想說哼,這些外國團算什麼,就算紐澤西的本土樂團 BON JOVI 又怎樣?我們也是主唱命名啊,還叫信SHIN,多炫!
唉,居然這樣的黃金組合給我拆了!@#$%︿&*OX~
啊!沒去過我心目中的信樂團的演唱會呢!就這樣改朝換代了,唉~好像另一個最完美破滅。
信樂團,我這樣的喜歡你,以你為榮,不能再在一起嗎?
又一個我愛的台灣的一份子消逝中~

http://www.avex.com.tw/shin/
http://www.avex.com.tw/ashin/

6/26/2007

Old classmates, New-claimed friends ~

Old classmates, New-claimed friends ~
Getting married is a whole lot of tasks itself, especially when in a place like Taiwan -- a combination of traditional Chinese and newfound Western flavors. Although we've cut out 2/3 of the typical Taiwanese wedding procedures, still, the preparation work makes me wonder if the wedding or the marriage itself is the part of the most work.

In Chinese traditions, once one is invited to a wedding banquet formally with the invitation card, then one needs to give money as a gift even not going to attend the banquet; therefore the often red color invitation card has a nick name "red-bomb", since whoever gets "bombed" needs to pay. So, it becomes rather hard to send the invitation or not; some people may consider being "bombed" to get certain wedding invitations; some, on the other hand, may consider being insulted not getting invited.

I tried to ask my friends as personally as I could if they could come, and only send out the invitation to those who will come to the wedding. The whole process allows me to get re-aquatinted to my old classmates, and that is a sweet-bitter very unique experience. I've been outside of Taiwan most of the time for the past 9 years, so I am really touched to see some of my friends to be so excited and helpful.

I wish I can spend more time in Taiwan with my family and friends here in the future, and I wish I can spend more time with my friends anywhere in the future.

6/11/2007

6/11, 我的婚紗經驗2

一個小動作,may cost your business.

婚紗應該算是服務業吧?至少台灣把什麼業都做成服務業。

之前在兩家婚紗店中做抉擇中時,最後因為門市小姐的一個小動作和態度,讓我做了最後決定。

一家很新的婚紗店以品味時尚著稱,我也很喜歡他們的衣服。但是很可惜,門市小姐有個小習慣,喜歡在客戶面前跟她的同事講悄悄話,甚或做一些表情。殊不知客戶除了看婚紗,也看服務啊!陪我去的媽媽和乾妹也發現了這點,大家都覺得這很讓人不舒服,總覺得她似乎在說些什麼關於我們的壞話;而這位悄悄話小姐還一直透露她的職業倦怠症,雖然她只做了一年多。就這樣,因為悄悄話和不完全的敬業,我選擇了另一家婚紗公司,一家有著很熱誠真實婚紗門市小姐的公司。

悄悄話也許只是他個人的小習慣,但這真的不是一個好習慣,不論做人處事,待人接物,任何一行,這也許就是失去客戶或朋友的關鍵。

6/06/2007

6/5, 我的婚紗經驗1

好,我壞毛病又犯,總是先說不好的。
這是我第一次看婚紗,之前做功課時也是這輩子第一次研究甚或是想到婚紗這件事的存在。

第一天就殺去所謂最有名的婚紗店之二,之前有聽說有些店家會狗眼看人低,不過還是想親身試驗。第二家去看的「茱X亞」(請自行解碼),我到現在還在想為什麼這家可以定價這麼高?首先,服務態度真的不是很好,店裡員工都是較年長的,在說明時,他們能做的說的不多,倒是先調查起客人,外請新密是誰,在哪宴客等等,而且對每個問題的答案都可以提出意見,一副我都知道的樣子。攝影我也很有疑問,店員搬來的相簿中,除了指定(額外再加錢)攝影師拍的不錯,其他的相本都是我已經看了半本多,店員提醒一句:這是XX主播,這是XX明星,我才恍然大悟(因為看不出來)。別家我是以為路人是名人,這家我是錯把名人當路人。店家並再三強調他們不喜歡用名人背書,然而卻是唯一一家我看到展示的相本中有明星客戶簽名的地方。再下來服裝,店員當場拿出三套白紗做展示,因為是同時展示給一堆新客人,所以我猜是他們家好的婚紗,樣式其實普普,都是裙襬秀一圈珠花亮片這樣,我這人還蹲下來仔細看繡的珠花亮片,ㄟ,~ 還可以看見線頭。我還因為親友推薦下特地看了某一套晚禮服,只見深藍色的很普通的亮片禮服上,露出白色的線頭補綴。等到展示完這些,初次見面的店員還會開始說他們的老闆優惠只給兩種客人,一種是在別家拍壞的,一種是很相信他們家的,從小立志當茱X亞新娘的 ... 所以基本上是要看我們的喜歡度跟信仰 ...
ㄟ,我從小連立志當新娘都沒有,還哪家婚紗的新娘咧,再加上我平時也沒有信仰,這時要去信仰一個婚紗公司也難 ... 所以我回家就把名片給丟了(喔,對了,店員還給我們兩張說可以去幫他們推薦 ...)。我還是納悶,我去的真的是大家現在很熱門的那個茱X亞嗎?比別人高的定價卻沒有一樣讓我覺得可以及格之處。

6/04/2007

6/4, Taipei, Taiwan, Home.

My plane landed in Taipei early morning local time; it's the raining season and the dense white fog outside of my windows confused me if I'm still up in the clouds. I couldn't wait to be back home; rainy, finally pulls me back to the fact that I'm in a Taiwanese airline plane for the past almost 20 hours, despise that more than 80 % of the passengers are transferring to their destinations in the South-East Asia. Once I walked out of my plane, the humidity adds on to the rainy weather, I know I'm home, that's how Taipei should be, and that's how my home should be. I'm glad, I'm home.

5/16/2007

扯扯扯

有些人事物,真的很扯。有些人把事物連起來,弄得更扯。

多年以前,一天鄰居來我家借可收式鋁梯,因為他家在裝潢需要使用。不記得那天那鋁梯是被借走還是正在用還是怎樣,反正就是不在我家所以借不出去。鄰居就說:那我借你們餐桌的椅子好了。我跟我媽很狐疑,心想:你們家沒有餐桌椅嗎?鄰居解釋:因為我怕把我家椅子弄壞啊,所以借你們家的。 !!! 真的,那真的是一場多年來難得忘記的對話。

所以了,大隱隱於市,隱於鄉,都不對,隱到哪都有不要臉的人扯來不要臉的要求。加上中國人講人情,總是說情理法(應該是法理情才是正道吧!?),情理法,情字放上面,但這可能只是人情,不是真情。說到人情,這就更難了,扯人扯事扯物一發生,我替他難為情,他還不見得要臉咧。

扯啊!~

1/07/2007

AMC 8

But of course, another news besides the Global Warming that you will never hear it from the US media.

AMC 8, the American mathematical test given for the 8th graders, the results for the 2006 has just been announced. Out of more than 147,210 students world wide (8th graders or below) who took the test, 289 students got perfect scores, and 121 of them are students in Taiwan (6 of them are 6th graders and below, one of them is a 4th grader). This has broken the record in Asia once again, but the percentage of students for perfect score is slightly less than the record set by Taiwanese students in 2002.

http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e4-amc08/e4-1-8archive/2006-8a/2006-amc8Perfect.shtml

11/29/2006

Balance and Trust

I'm in a lab. that the postdoc can't even balance the rotor of the centrifuge, and I'm in a lab. building that although I'm wearing a photo student ID, I've still been bag-checked more than 5 times in the past 3 months when I leave the building for my class or for the day. Not when I walk in, they don't care what I bring in, but they do care what I bring out, in case I stuff the ultra centrifuge or the mini-prep kit in my backpack, I'm sure.

It sounds weird, but I guess that's how it is, I'll always be the yellow skin foreigner with accents here, most people will still ask me how the weather is in China ? Or Taiwan, Thailand, Macao, and Hong Kong won't be too much different in any sense to anyone. I've been asked many questions, besides above, besides bag-checked, such as if Chinese were in WWII (my grandpa fought 8 years for that and 3 of his family members die from it); does Taiwan need to pay tax to China; why Chinese never EVOLVED to use forks ?

I've tried, for a while, I think both China and Taiwan should grant me as a culture ambassador. But I've come to realize that no one ask me to do so. I'm just a fool myself who tried to fool myself.

11/28/2006

9th Thanxgiving ~

Post Thanksgiving, Pre Xmas, if you will.
It's a time for especially Americans to prepare for the holidays and the new year. A little bit similar to the post New Year, pre Chinese New Year time in Taiwan.

My mom thinks it's not really a benevolence to have all these holidays, because it will just make people with less feel even worse.

As for me, the older I get, the less spirits I have for these holidays. Well, the Chinese New Year is still fun with all the food, but even that I don't feel too much necessary to wear brand new clothes for the first day in the Chinese New Year according to the traditions. Probably in this aspect I grew into an adult, -- it's just nice to have some days off.

The funny thing is that, we always have our Xmas tree set up from the Xmas to the Chinese New Year during my growing up years back home in Taiwan. And here I am in the US, as a foreigner and as a constant traveler, family and home are terms half earth away, rental apartments and visa jobs are neither words for even temporary relieves, Xmas trees are equivalent to wishes: better not to have them.

According to the story of the Pandora's box, when it was accidentally opened and all these negativities coming out to the human world, but one thing left, hope. Hope is maybe a more moderate word than wish, but I still can't say that since my reality costs too much to spend any on those words. I don't think I lost the ability to dream, but I think I lost the ability to believe dreams, and make them true.

11/11/2006

11/07/2006

between thinking and dreaming ~

Has again been awhile to do something on my blog.
Too busy, too lazy, too happy and/or too sad is neither way to write.

When reality becomes unbearable, imagination took over and brains re-prioritized. In the twilight zone of consciousness, fractions of the past start to collect, I start to remember things I like, people I love, dreams I want, feelings I need, and everything almost like in the past lives.

I think my mind is sorting and analyzing, without my knowledge. But I can feel it's important; a 31 years old unmarried woman living in a foreign country as a foreigner for more than 8 years; things learned: many, lessons learned: better never been here in the US; questioning the meanings and existances.

Once heard a saying: it's not the length of life that is important, but the width.
Why ? Shouldn't it be the depth ? Shouldn't it be all dimensions ? Even dimensions beyond our recognizing.

Life is important, and the importance is life.

10/10/2006

中華民國生日快樂!

上次小綠綠學妹們要求陳水扁不要再亂說什麼用北一女門口交錢,不要髒了北一女門口;我今天要說,陳水扁一家請不要髒了台灣,不要髒了中華民國!

今天是國慶,中華民國95歲生日,中華民國是中國人有史以來第一個完全民主自由自治正統的地方。我從小一直以身為在台灣長大的中國女生為榮,來到美國後更是每天都在想“好加在”,要是當時投胎時投到其他任何地方,我都不願意。我覺得,台灣是全世界最好的地方,我以台灣為榮!

今天,這個全世界最好的地方,卻要讓這全世界最無恥最齷齪的一家人予取予求,為什麼?

陳水扁唯一的用處是可以捐個血做研究用,因為生物中最骯髒齷齪最卑鄙無恥的基因他都有,還是絕對顯性遺傳!一家子連姻親都是。不知道是物以類聚還是遺傳兼傳染病。

台灣是我的家,我是台灣人,永遠都是台灣人。祝福中華民國生日快樂!早日甩掉陳水扁這不要臉的一家!

9/30/2006

碧海情天

不知道有沒有看過或是記不記得一齣大約十五年前的電視連續劇:「碧海情天」?
楊佩佩製作,葉童、劉松仁主演。一個不尋常的官家女子岳瑛,跟一個小山賊天養的故事。

記得當時,我唸高二,北一女的課業重,說看連續劇會不好意思,但是大家還是看,升旗回來前後一路上討論。之後還寫信給葉童,她也很有誠意的隔段時間就回一張有著她照片的卡片,一定是黑白個性照,一樣有著小愛心的簽名。後來出國,也就沒下文了。

我的心一如碧海情天,從未變。光陰似箭,人事已非,僅以這歌詞,紀念逝去的一些歲月。

碧海情天

唱:萬芳/詞:廖瑩如/曲:李宗盛

一直在承諾天 別讓真的心改變
就讓完美的誓言 守著你我的一份情
不癡不怨 等著你給我一片天
怕是要的情 要的心 你不給
要是你懂得海 飄盪還是為靠岸
命運狂妄的註定 卻讓你我共這一生
不厭不倦 望穿了每個日日夜夜
盼望風停雨停過後 你會想起我
就像是海天沒有邊 請記得我唯一的願
不想情深是怨還是願 儘管只能在夢裡纏綿
就像海天般的相連 寧願活在你的思念
才知情深是怨還是願 誰負心留給世界去爭辯
我不再以為誓言需要天 流轉的人世你一定暸解
只是與你相守這個願 不改變

情天不老老凡人
人生如戲戲如歌


9/19/2006

《2008過後》(書摘)-- 中國時報連結

《2008過後》(書摘)

藉由一段家族漂蕩在動盪時局裡的故事,
深刻地描寫了在大時代下小人物的痛苦;
家族新人逃難離散,朝北往南、各自一方,
手足之情被迫徹底決裂,
夫妻之愛僅存於軍艦上的短暫團聚,
而迎向黎明,則是完全不可知的未來……

在2008過後,
所有的亂象、對立、分裂、惶惑,
譜成台灣人的悲歡狂想曲,
而命運的答案,即將揭曉……?


2008的未來 現在已在發酵!
95.9.19【作者李鋅銅-中時郭至楨】
2008對所有台灣人都是一個敏感的數字,在這一年台灣與大陸都要發生許多事情。對於2008的未來,大家都非常關心。自己從小就生長在特殊的環境中,父親是大陸來台的老兵,母親是二二八的受難家屬,自己因此對於台灣藍綠對立的體會非常深。短期看來,藍綠的對決似乎沒有消除的跡象,讓人非常擔憂!...

文/李鋅銅(更多詳細內容,請看《2008過後》(三采文化提供)

第一章 2009.02.26 逃難大塞車
2009.1.1,台灣一分為二。
原訂續留台灣共和國的范輝安一家人,
在中共動武期限前,決定轉往台灣聯邦,
途中卻與共和國軍人發生衝突……。


車過了東港,范輝安的眼神不停地向左望,幾年前他曾來過這裡。

在記憶中,只要過了一座高架橋,再向左彎,就是一條寬敞平坦的大道。大道兩側除了少見的幾棟二、三層樓房,多數都是有一樓平房。有餐廳,也有休息站,還可看到許多賣海產的大招牌。

多年以前,只要被兒子帶著到墾丁,或是台東,這條路總是必經之路,一路上來來往往的人車,熱鬧得很;尤其是每到周末假日,或是東港的大拜拜,這裡少有不塞車的,在一面面廣告招牌旁的停車場上,大小車輛常停得滿滿的。從停車場向餐廳望去,一桌桌的食客,有的低頭猛吃,有的抬頭拿酒猛乾,此起彼落,一個比一個動作大;要不然就是斜躺在椅子上,或伸懶腰,或是手掌在肚皮上轉圈磨蹭;再不然就是張著河馬般的大口,用牙籤進進出出地剔牙,一副酒足飯飽模樣。

范輝安從不曾在這條路上任何一家餐廳吃飯,因為這裡是東港,不遠處就是女兒范海英的婆家;因此,只要經過東港,十之八九都是到親家看女兒。有的時候,即使被兒子女兒開車帶著出遊經過這裡,若不到親家走一趟坐坐,一旦被親家知道,是說不過去的;如果只是到親家小坐,又堅持不吃飯,那也很奇怪。所以,只要是在東港吃飯,一定是在親家,從不曾在這條大路上停留。

........

http://news.chinatimes.com/Chinatimes/Moment/newfocus-index/0,3687,9509190361+0+0+115723+0,00.html#

9/15/2006

9/15 圍城之戰 禁止阿扁裝死行為


9/15 圍城之戰 禁止阿扁裝死行為

如果您人在台北 9/15又有空 懇請您務必前往
如果您人不在台北 有MSN 懇請您在暱稱前面加上(N) 會出現倒扁手勢
如果您有朋友在台北 跟我們意志相同 懇請您將這份精神 發揚光大
讓我們寫下台灣民主運動史最壯麗的一夜

9/06/2006

Why am I here ?

Why am I here ? That's really a good question. (You know that professors/teachers always say this when they don't know how or what to answer, and they need a term to catch the falling weight of the question.)

Actually I ask myself the same question everyday, "why am I here ?"; I tried to ask myself quietly because of the fact that I'm still here.

But being pointed out by someone else, especially someone I don't know, a fellow reader for my trivial blog (glad someone reads it), then it is not quiet any more.

I can not run away from this question, but I just don't know what to do now.