Sound of Silence

on AIR!

2006-01-13T00:28:00.000+08:00

For the first time, CookieT's sound
wave radiated in a new form -
electromagnetic wave!

On January 4th, CookieT was on air
during a 30 min program, the DJ was
Helen at Police Radio Station(PRS).

(more pictures in full article)

Here we go!!

Upon arrival at the PRS...

Jerome and CookieT decided that "Cuties"
would be the theme of the day.

In the lobby of PRS-Hsinchu ...

Sometimes you just have to show your respect
explicitly, rather than hiding it in your mind.
PRS, in Taiwan, plays the role of a lighthouse
for every driver on the country roads and on
the highway. PRS broadcasts realtime traffic news.

Before going to the broadcasting room...

"Hope I won't get cold feet at the opening..."
"I have to tell the public what's the alternative
service all about."
"And of course, beware of making a spectacle
of myself, coz' the program goes live~~"

And the show begins...

We talked about the duties in Public Health
Bureau, what we do off work and our plan after
the fulfillment of our service term. CookieT
really likes the way Helen conducted the
interview... it was smooth and easy. She was
also easy-going during the commercial time.
Being on air wasn't that hard any more ;)

Time flies, only when it's happy.
Cuties and the beautiful DJ, Helen...

Going on air was quite an memorable experience.
I see why Helen is an awarded DJ!
Thanks to Jerome for being my one-day
photographer.
I've landed safe and sound.

~The End~

NewBie on Wheels

2006-01-12T23:46:00.000+08:00

This guy works for the government now,
He knows no fear,
He knows no danger,
He knows nothing!

He has never been on a motorcycle,
He has no experience,
He has no license,
But he's so excited about flying solo!!

Due to strict limitations, I can only reveal this
much through the picture...

Cozy Mornings

2006-01-12T22:28:00.000+08:00

Good morning, Everyone!
This will mark one of the starts of my
trying to keep a jounal on the blog.
I have been quite lazy updating it for
quite a while..(again)

The easiet way to inform all of you with what
I've seen these days is through the lens.
Good pictures are worth a thousand words.
As for my photos, they're just intended to save
me from elaborating on my trivial life:P

A morning with sunshines on my desktop...

A week later, sunshine spilt over the desktop again...

(End of Article)

What Do You See in the Picture?

2006-01-06T22:07:00.000+08:00

Several days ago we got a box of potatoes, it was delicious and tasty!!

It's hard to stop eating until we saw our motherland Taiwan...

A Post From Treonaut

2005-12-20T12:04:00.000+08:00

I've landed on the "wireless" planet!!

From now on, mobility is unlimited;-)

~衛生局健康操比賽~

2005-12-07T21:09:00.000+08:00

早在幾週之前，比賽當天要請假無法比賽的風聲
開始在課室間蔓延...
結果今天衛生局六隊快要變成請假來參賽了
(從早上練到下午...幾乎沒在辦公 = +)
所有人都好有活力蹦蹦跳跳，完全一反平日窩在辦公室
的處子之靜，以脫兔之姿在舞台展現風采！

這個比賽的由來是因為平日十點跟下午兩點約半個小時
只要大家有空，都可以到中庭隨著音樂舞動身體
局長鑑於大家認真練習
（我們替代役懷疑是因為平常都沒去跳要逼咱參加）
提議辦一個健康操比賽
昨天晚上趕緊抱佛腳苦練一個小時
今天上陣大家都超嗨的
沒想到衛生局也有如此活力的一面
希望以後天都能有如此高昂的士氣:P

以下為此次大賽的各參賽隊伍：

彩球活力奔放之嘰哩呱啦隊（上班也會嘰哩呱啦聊到翻?? )

聖誕快樂之0066隊（聖誕禮物會哩哩落落不見嗎）

綠光超有活力之健康飛揚隊（沒想到飛騰的羚羊也可以組隊參賽）

聯合國奇奇隊（萬紅叢中一點藍，舞蹈萬人一心）

客家風情辣媽隊（辣媽們舞蹈實在精實）

恐舞有利之猛男隊（奶爸副局長背著輸贏都要給獎金的壓力）

< 替代役之歌 >

2005-11-24T17:19:00.000+08:00

MV下載

在衛生局的健康操課室比賽迫在眉睫，
辦公室內外都可以發現同事間的舞步教學
『前點點...後點點...踏～勾！』
不禁讓我想到在成功嶺新訓時
替代役之歌比賽前的情景...

比賽在新訓的第三週。

第一週大家都還在適應，長官下馬威
恍惚的恍惚...被罵的被罵...受驚的受驚...
數秒的數秒...（一小時太。漫。長。）
自由像剝洋蔥般被一層層削去
我們的心中也淌著剝洋蔥的淚水
有女友的想女友，沒女友的想家人
『立正站好，抬頭挺胸，五指伸直併攏貼緊褲縫
兩膝夾僅兩腿打直，頭要正，頸要直，口要閉！
兩眼凝神向前平視...還瞄啊！再瞄你們就
倒大楣啦！！』
外在環境雖然緊繃
可是我們大家似乎都領悟到了自由的最後一塊聖地
就是『回憶』
昔日的快樂時光成了我們最重要的資產
我們不能亂動，不能亂瞄，不能出聲
可是沒有人可以阻擋我們的胡思亂想！

哈哈，現在看來那時候真的只是個育樂營
可是一群頂著奇異果小毛頭的新訓生
當下培養出特別的同盟感情
雖然彼此素昧平生
可是現在你的敵人就是我的敵人
我的無奈也是你的無奈
我的不爽你能明瞭
你的鬱卒我能體會
我的床頭就是你的床尾
我是你的鄰兵你也只好做我的鄰兵

雖然一天就像一年一樣漫長
但是造物主總是公平的
我們並沒有因此賺到任何時間
替代役之歌的編舞與排練眼看就要沒時間了！
每個中隊還需要自己用力唱！
之後把握每次中午和就寢前的空檔，我們從生澀的
動作，無力的歌聲，一遍又一遍地把這首歌唱到爛！
這個時候長官也難得會跟我們打成一片～

第三週很快就到了。
比賽結束，新訓也只剩下十幾天。
這時我們才發現原來歌詞已經成了烙印的記憶
一直到現在來到PHB
有時候還會模仿成功嶺，早上起床放這首歌呢
因為那是我們的回憶
一塊新拓展的聖地！

今夜美食

2005-11-11T00:27:00.000+08:00

洋肉炒麵！

晚上室友小光帶菜餅跟小資到
新竹市區一條巷子中一家羊肉炒麵店

在這之前我和小資先去理頭髮
理髮前我們兩都已經肚子餓了
到快要七點我們終於會合
這個時後我可以確定我已經血糖不足啦
因為給小資用機車載，我在後座差點睡著@@
小光迅速地在高朋滿座的餐桌間找到一桌空檔
點完菜來的第一道是羊肉湯
夾一塊品嚐，真是太Q太有嚼勁了!!!
熱湯喝一口，羊肉味搭配薑絲，實在舒暢～
再來是羊肉炒麵，麵條軟硬適中，羊肉配著
沙茶醬讓味蕾充分滿足
最後還有一盤炒羊肉配青菜。青菜汁多鮮美
羊肉照樣是好吃到『讚不絕口』
(這並非形容詞而是實況，小光說我一副美食家一樣
邊吃邊發表高論:P)

大伙吃完晚餐後，又殺到有名的阿忠冰，我們三個
各買了個綜合冰，到附近的公園護城河畔在夜空下
滿足的吃冰閒聊，實在是無敵悠閒～很愉快^o^

受訓結束

2005-11-08T16:20:00.000+08:00

其實一個月前成功嶺的基礎軍事訓練
跟兩週的專業訓練已經結束，
在新竹縣衛生局當准公務員滿一個月了
現在生活慢慢上軌道
也逐漸找到自己的步調
有忙碌的一天
有清閒的一天
有超down的一天
有很high的一天
只是我好懶阿拖了一個月才來這兒動筆
其實很有可能繼續偷懶
只是最近看到遠在荷蘭的Yugo日誌愈寫愈精彩
我也想起而效尤
所以就在快下班時偷偷寫了這篇
目前規劃『菜餅成功事件簿』系列
希望一週至少能一篇囉

七夕入伍

2005-08-11T02:45:00.000+08:00

這個暑假有很多美麗的事情
沒能在這好好記錄
我會等下次放假一個月內
再來這跟大家見面

情人節愛江山不愛美人
各位同胞們我去成功嶺了
祝大家生活充滿驚喜
然後是世界和平～

Smaller than Ever! Ipod (hehe)

2005-07-13T11:05:00.000+08:00

The trend of today's gadget: more compact,
lighter and cooler.

iPod gave us the solution. They also gave us
loads of accessories to buy our money. Such as
adapter for memory cards, radio module, flash
light module, iPod skin, iPod socks...etc.

Accessories, by definition, should be supplementary parts.
However, they can be your MAIN burden.
See the teaser in full article...
(Warning: you might want to turn down the speaker's
volume if at work:p)

Completing the Circle

2005-06-01T01:42:00.000+08:00

I draw circles throughout my life.

circle of college

When I was in the kindergarten,
circles wasn't so much like circles.
In fact the lines were shaky,
my hands were small.

Now as I've grown up,
circles are not necessarily drawn by hands, solely.
They could be drawn by minds and imagination.
Through deeds and acts.

In college, I drew circles when writing
the 'zero' for the temperature of absolute zero.
I got circles from the score 40 in the exam of English
Contemporary Plays. Still pingpong balls were
flying circles as one of my college hobbies.
These circles, however, are of smaller dimensions.
My college life itself is a circle to be drawn. In each
stage - freshman, 'suffer'more, junior, senior - I left
the trace of my life behind. Each color segment
shows the state of mind or what I was doing then.

(Mathematically,) A circle has 360 degrees. Today
I reached 357.6328767123.... soon my college circle
will be completed.
Will it be colorful? Does it matter?
As long as I'm not out of ink, I will keep on drawing
plenty of circles.

第一次看首映星戰第三部曲

2005-05-19T11:32:00.000+08:00

昨天下午跟星戰迷表弟約在美麗華
排隊拿著很漂亮的首映票 -
那種換個角度看會有不同圖案的冬冬
一邊是安納金俊俏臉龐，另一邊是投靠
黑暗帶上冷酷黑面具的維德大帝。
前後排隊的影迷也都說這種票做得似乎
可以當滑鼠墊 @@ 就像一張厚紙卡片

以前從沒想看什麼首映，超級星戰迷表弟
這次利用家裡買家俱在美麗華刷卡超過一萬
的機會拿到首映票，幸運地俺也能湊熱鬧
排隊並不會無聊，因為前後左右也都是同好
很容易開啟話匣子，天南地北閒聊一番
時間不知不覺就到了晚場開演時間了～

內容...開頭有星戰...然後...(保密)...一道雷射
(保密)...(保密)...(保密)...嗯，然後就是結局。
在華納影城的音效真是不錯，影像的特效
加上環繞音響真的很有立體感
(有幾幕飛艇出現的感覺是從我的右後方飛入
視野，而不是一般突兀地從畫面中出現)

預告片裡面中"a Hero will fall"說的太好了
他為愛而傾心(fall for love, as in falling in love)
也為愛而沉淪(fall for love, as in falling down)
原來維德大帝的黑暗力量並不是只有冷酷
而是有愛的催化 (-_+ 這番體悟會不會白爛了點)

一個月

2005-05-15T03:06:00.000+08:00

好段時間沒有波文章了

心情有盪有嗨
認識到了新朋友
也跟幾位久不見的老友敘敘舊
在台大體育館看了精彩的熱舞社成果展
在台北體育館見識了國標舞的國際邀請賽
在台北101看到E=mc^2的愛因斯坦百週年紀念
在墾丁享受了熱帶般的假期與南洋的美麗海灘

考完期中考
做了幾份報告
也有幾份報告遲交
接下來還有更多報告

在三重高中打大電盃桌球
在台大體育館打台大盃桌球
下禮拜不知在哪打北區南友杯桌球

電影『無人知曉的夏日清晨』和『就是不親嘴』
夏日清晨中有無人知曉的感人小朋友故事
就是不親嘴中有不親嘴的可愛與俏皮
接下來我還想看更多台大電影節
喔耶下禮拜要看星際大戰首演

生活輕鬆如流水
先行筆至此
流水帳:P

Azalea in NTU

2005-04-08T17:20:00.000+08:00

Go to Album

Recently I took some pictures on our campus.
There's an azalea festival annually, and people
come to enjoy the ambience of vitality ~*

A Confession to Spiderman

2005-03-25T23:56:00.000+08:00

With great power comes great responsibility!

Hence, if I'm bearing no responsibility then
I have no power. This will certainly let me
down, but that doesn't mean being powerful
makes me happy.

Now, I have a confession to make:

(wow, I see the ears turning in my direction, now this
IS what grabbing the audience's attention all about~)
I'm no spiderman.
Alright, I'm LAZY...REEEEEAlly really lazy.
I'm a procrastinator; I don't pay any tiny winny
bit of attention to what I'm responsible for until the
last minute. Say, there is a project paper on
"photonic crystal" due tomorrow, which was
assigned two weeks(14 days) ago. During the past
two weeks whenever I had time to work on it
(and should), I'd rather be lazy and go out loitering.
If it was raining, then movies would become my priority.
Yes, I PROCRASTINATED the tasks, for my LAZINESS!!!

What's worse, I have the "ability" to ignore what
should have been done and is still undone. Suppose
it's midnight and the paper is due tomorrow at
17:00(meeting time). I'd tell myself there are still
17 hours to spare, who cares?
(only a shit like me won't care about a 2-week
assignment and17hrs left with no efforts made!?)
Therefore at midnight I'd make myself a cup of
coffee and probably insert a sitcom VCD of
FRIENDS into my computer.Then I'll be laughing
and 100% enjoying for the next 2 solid hours,
totally IGNORING that the bomb of irresposibility
is about to blow!!

Next noon (not morning 'cuz I'll still be sleeping...),
5 hours before due, I'll hypnotize myself to believe
4 hours are still more than enough so that I can have
a leisure lunch....and then come back for a lazy cup of tea.

As the clock ticks, I will finally start to get a little nervous
about having nothing for the meeting when there's 1.5
hours left. Unfortunately, I'm neither Spiderman nor Einstein,
it's impossible to do all the derivations and analysis in such
small amount of time. With no alternatives left(I, myself, am
fully responsible for this), I'll quite possibly spend most of the
time thinking of excuses instead of doing what's supposed
to be done. (excuses such as too busy studying english for
GRE or have to practice pingpong for the upcoming
inter-college game....etc)

Finally, with all excuses prepared (it feels awful
to say so><), I'll meet the professor and show him the paper which is previously done last semester - with minor changes. Along with the "well
thought" excuses, the professor seemed to
appreciate my busy hard-working life style.
This might be a relief at that moment, but after I
come home, the bomb will still go off!

Because shunning responsibility makes me feel
so guilty and incompetent.

The leisure from responsiblity-shunning is just
a flash in the pan. And if someone think that
it's possible to brighten up his life with
these successive flashes, he will be DEAD wrong.

His life will be trapped by the cobwebs of
rotten overdue responsibilities!

Azalea Season

2005-03-25T10:05:00.000+08:00

NTU Azalea

The weather in Taipei became better recently
(rains less often), and the azaleas on campus
are flourishing~ Bathing in the fragrance and
spring sunshine really brightens your life!

電影與政治

2005-03-10T22:59:00.002+08:00

這學期修了電影與政治這門課，既可以看電影
又可以腦力激盪討論政治，滿有趣的。老師要我們在
課程網頁中跟同學自我介紹一番，說說自己的背景。我也
藉機檢視了自己對這議題思路。結尾那句放火有沒有
龍應台在野火集裡面的氣勢呢? XD

--以下摘錄--

電影與政治正好可以作為我生活中的兩個溫標：
如果說電影是沸點，那政治就是冰點了。

熱衷看電影...FTP/eMule/電視/出租店/電影院，
明的暗的都是取得電影的管道，如嗑藥般嗑電影，
上癮似地無法自拔。上學期起統計(俺夠無聊吧=.=)
電影劑量，今天課堂上注射的動物農莊是第97劑。
看多了一事無成...影評仍不會講，手法也沒感想，
剪接更沒概念...反正看電影就像聽故事一樣，完全
沒有壓力。

政治(人物)，國中前不知為何物，高中看了反感
且心浮氣躁，大學起漠不關心(電影都看不完了
還看新聞，甭說一再重播的政治戲碼:P)。偶爾在宿舍
或外面餐廳的電視乍見幾幕(國內)政治新聞，
關鍵印象都是『鬥，吵，打，罵』，鮮少見聞
有建設性的良性互動。那些畫面對我而言只是
視聽感官上的刺激(同娛樂新聞)，別無他用。
也因為如此，我對政治的興趣並沒有受到啟發，
就像火星人對注音文般一竅不通。

那為什麼每週四下午我會把自己丟到這堂課中呢？
或許是因為對政治冷淡久了，慢慢發現以往對它的
反感程度可以稱的上偏激。而且政治話題同愛情
千古不墜，似乎有它的玄妙之處。我有電影這把火，
也有在冷凍庫冰封已久的政治(組員們，這就是平常我
話少的原因啊>"<~~)。以電影之名行政治討論之實，
會不會是一個解凍方法呢？星星之火可以燎原，就讓
這把火燒下去吧！

Welcome Back, Sunshine

2005-03-04T18:45:00.000+08:00

After several weeks of cloudy and rainy days,
the sky has FINALLY cleared up this
morning! (hooRAY~)

Sunshine

It really made me feel a little melancholy
and I chafed at the non-stop "bombarding"
showers along with cold winds.

The humidity was so damp that it took
over 3 days for my washed clothes to
dry up, even with the aid of an (small)
air drier. What's worse...I usually go to
school by bike, but it proved very
annoying either holding an umbrella
or wearing a rain coat and ride in the
rain. I do have alternatives - take a
bus or taxi. However, bus doubles the
time to get to school and taxi is simply
too expensive.

Well, there IS one good thing about the
inconvenient rainy days, they made
sunshine even more expected and
adorable~

Traces of Rain

Delta

At The Table

2005-02-18T23:23:00.000+08:00

MeiMei: Hello~ When's my turn?
You guys talk too much!

MeiMei: (Hmm...guess I'll have to
wait for a while...)

MeiMei: (Coughing, clearing throat)
Alright! May I have your attention
please....(a moment) ....I want to wish
all of you a happy chinese year of chicken!
(everyone applause)

And since Buddha said a dog is not
considered a good dog because he
is a good barker. A man is not considered
a good man because he is a good talker.
Next time don't let me wait too long, ok?

--
MeiMei: Hello everyone, my name is
MeiMei. My mom is CookieT's grand-aunt.
We had much fun during the vacation.
I'm truely-barkingly-tail-wavingly happy
to have my photo posted here and meet
everyone on the internet. Feel free to drop
me an email and I'll have CookieT reply
for me (bark!)

Ballroom Dance Camp

2005-02-09T17:32:00.000+08:00

05'Winter SML Ballroom Dance

Last week my sister and I went to the Sun-Moon-
Lake Ballroom Dance Camp during Feb 1st~5th.
Both of us were novices, but there were some
veteran dancers in the camp.

We had classes about tango, rumba, samba,
waltz, jive...you name it. It was really a
comprehensive introduction, but a little too
rich for me as a beginner :P

There is so much to say but I'll keep the details
for myself, haha (now it's time to PLAY..Chinese
New Year!!). In a nutshell, life is all about dancing
and making new friends with nice people~

"Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we're here we should dance."
-Anonymous

感覺胸口...

2005-01-22T01:48:00.000+08:00

...侮賽，心中就賭濫ㄟ！

下午在準備預官考試，什麼憲法與立國精神，還有
鼓舞國軍信心的國防報告書，俺知道要愛國...
但是像這種考古題，雖然是屁，可是他是萬年的...
死幾個腦細胞把他背起來，就可已有一些分數了：

題：根據民國九十一年國防報告書預估，中共海，空軍
傳統戰力，在質的方面有可能在何年超越我國？
A.2025 B.2020 C.2015 D.2010
答：D
邊記邊賽：管你哪年被超越，有差嗎？知道這個
會讓我成為更精良的預官嗎？俺只知道我的一些大陸
朋友在作學問的用功度與毅力早就遠遠超越俺這狒狒
大學生。

題：國父實業計畫中的第一計畫以何港口為中心？
A. 東方大港 B.西方大港 C.南方大港 D.北方大港
答：D
邊記邊賽：台灣島北方嗎？上網查一下....在天津至
秦皇島間...這關俺啥事!? 況且前幾個月上海已經躍升
為國際第一大港了，顯然實業計畫過時...但是為了分數
還是背吧...把這沒用的垃圾知識記下來orz

...繼續念吧，明天過後就要結束了...

Subway

2005-01-18T21:15:00.000+08:00

Recently a Subway restaurant opened around my
home, and reminded me of the trip to Time Square
last summer...

Yugo and I were strolling excitingly on the streets,
people's just everywhere!

NYC Summer 2004

Before dinner we had to catch a bus heading
back to my auntie's home in New Jersey.
Moving along with the crowds, we tried to spot an
entrance to MTA(Metropolitan Transportation Authority).
Suddenly I saw this somewhat familiar sign:

Ha! This way...the subway! By the time we got
there, I knew why it was familiar...It's an entrance
to sandwiches I've also had back in Taipei...
Disappointed yet in a foreign place it always feels warm
to have common things in hometown~
In the end, we had a really nice day :D!

Studying Hard.....

2005-01-11T01:42:00.000+08:00

....for the classes I've skipped in Chemical Mathematics.
(I don't usually skip class, follow the link and
you'll know why >_^)

After this finals' week and the exam for Military Officer
awaits my winter vacation!!

喔耶～前系桌隊長榮耀返國

2005-01-05T01:30:00.000+08:00

週一與Yugo，Jarway晚餐，跟前後系桌隊長
一同閒談。在這新年嚴寒的考試季節，與球友更是
好友們聚餐真是無比的溫暖啊

Yugo在Tufts（塔芙特）讀經濟的Master，
04年暑假跟yugo一同參觀塔芙特校園，很漂亮，
現在下雪聽說還有斜坡可以滑雪
超羨慕～我也要努力！:P

另外Jarway隊長在系桌版波了一篇"文謅謅"的日誌，
深得我心，借他的話來抒發一下

『幾經寒暑，游哥風采依舊不減，
今夜忙裡偷閒，與游哥菜餅同席而飲，
笑談海外二三事，實乃平生之幸。
寒冬遇故人，心頭暖意倍增，
無奈近日繁忙，今夜尚未盡興，便即匆匆離席，
待學期結束，自當於球場上再聚。』

--
ps. 游哥就是(Company in alpha)裡面列的deyugo喔
他的blog有在塔芙特的生活點滴~*

Welcome...

2005-01-01T20:45:00.000+08:00

Time to Get Back on Track

2004-12-30T01:27:00.000+08:00

Better late then never...for quite a period I've been
fed up with studying technical books. I adore the eternity
in art and culture more than the rapid evolution of
technology. Still I want to make our lives
more convenient through high-tech implementation, but I'll
bear in mind that technology is not everything. There are
always new roads to travel, new horizons to explore, and
new dreams to call our own~

Maximus(Russell Crowe) said, in the movie Gladiator,
"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."
An echo requires a source of sound, and it takes action to
discover that source.

Do I Look Like...

2004-12-28T17:44:00.000+08:00

...a 5th year senior majoring in Electrical Engineering?

Yesterday during the French class, we had to have a
conversation with another classmate (with our poor French><).
After my partner and I finished, we introduced ourself
to each other.(this time in Chinese) He's a sophomore
majoring in Geography. When I told him I'm in my 5th year
of undergraduate, I was expecting him to be a little
suprised (it seems that I look younger than my age),
and he did. He thought I was a Freshman....this is Ok,
but he was also surprised at my major...he told me that I don't
look like a person in the engineering field....
Man...frustrated(I want to look like a PRO~~:P)...
after 4 years of hardwork in EE,
the first impression I made on him was,
as if I've learnt nothing, A Beginner...

家。聚

2004-12-14T01:35:00.000+08:00

上個禮拜六回家，妹妹第一次投票，選務人員核對完
身份證後以迎接新公民的口吻說了『你好小喔！』
我跟在老妹後面，他看完我的身份證後說『你看起來也好小！』
（當然嘛，我跟老妹也沒差幾歲....）

投完票後與家人跟妹妹以前的老師到一家餐廳吃晚餐
喔不，應該說是一個花園...前面有一片草地跟繽紛的造景
木屋後面是一大片盆栽種植區。被這樣的景色包圍
立刻有種遠離塵囂出國度假的感覺，把功課拋的一乾二淨
（那時兩天後要meeting的東西還沒生出來呢）

妹妹老師介紹我們每個人點不一樣的主餐
吃飯的時候每樣我都品嚐到一點
該如何說的...調味恰到好處，十分下飯...
（像Curry的味道真是清淡中帶點辛辣香）
不多說，如人飲水，還是要請您自己品嚐啦:P

美景。美食。家人。閒談。絕配。

Reading "Man and Boy"

2004-12-01T23:26:00.000+08:00

Bought Man and Boy at the Eslite bookstore around NTU yesterday,
couldn't help reading straight through. A family seemed so perfect starts
to break up. A loving single father Harry who still longs for his own
romance, he gradually grows into a man through looking after his
lovely cute 4-year-old son Pat. I can see that Harry was also a
boy before he went through all the craps in his life. Pat carves him
into a man. This reminds me of the movie About a Boy starred by
Hugh Grant, he's also a big immature boy(mentally) but eventually
being taught how to be a grown-up by a boy(physically).

The richness of the story is way beyond my description above.
What I can say is that Man and Boy is among one of those few
novels I've read that eats my heart out, yet also makes me burst
into laughters once in a while. Tony Parsons made an ordinary
divorce-story with extraordinary humor and insight. Let's see what
others said,

"A funny yet penetrating look at divorce, parenthood, and
generational conflict...the strength of Man and Boy lies in its
plainspoken honesty." -----Vic Vogler, Boston Herald

"This story of a thirty-year-old finally growing up is told with
grace and wit; it delivers laughter and tears without stooping to
cheap sentimentality...One in a million."
-----Robin Vidimos, The Denver Post

I think I'm gonna share my book with my family :)

感恩節**

2004-11-25T18:27:00.000+08:00

今天中午到舅舅家聚餐，
舅媽準備了一個全隻的火雞
加上暑泥，玉米，豌豆，Pasta...
飽餐一頓後還有
茶點蘋果派和巧克力派
超豐盛，呵呵，也稍稍感受到感恩節的氣氛～

美食物語

2004-11-22T13:46:00.000+08:00

瀏覽PDA論壇，拜讀網友my138191的中篇文章，
品嚐美味之餘，細數人生點滴，不禁令人莞爾一笑：

喝杯茶吧
那杯茶閒置太久，已經冷了。冷茶沒了香味，卻多了一股
鐵鏽般的澀味，你是不愛喝的，因為喝下去沒有樂趣。
同樣的，當一顆心被閒置太久，也會逐漸變得冰冷。
冰泠的心很難再加溫，就算千方百計送進微波爐去
調整溫度，這顆冷過復熱的心，也不再是從前那一顆了。
一段已經冷卻的關係可以挽回嗎？不，沒有什麼能挽回的，
你只能重新開始。即使是面對同一個人，也是用一種新的
態度去建立新的關係。過去心已不可得。就像倒掉那杯
冷茶，再泡一杯熱的。

Buffet
你走進Buffet餐廳，琳琅滿目的漂亮食物讓你目不暇給，
但其中總有幾項是你不想拿起的，因為你知道你的
胃容量有限，無法接納全部的食物。你走入茫茫人海，
來來去去的人們在你身邊流動，但其中也總有一些人
是你只能維持表面上的客套的，因為你知道你的時間
與感情有限，無法對所有的人付出關心。每個人對
食物都各有偏好，就像人與人之間亦各有磁場，這其中
無關是非好壞，只是吸引與否的問題，而你必須做出
最能讓自己快樂的選擇。人生不過是一個Buffet餐廳；
人世一遭，也不過是吃一客隨緣順性的Buffet。

烤麵包
你把從超市買回來的冷凍麵糰放進烤箱裡，設定了時間
與溫度之後，就能烤出你所期待的、香噴噴的麵包。
而你可曾想過，為了滿足你的舌頭，這麵糰在烤箱裡必須
承受多麼炙烈的痛苦！人生不也是如此嗎？一個青澀的
少年要鍛鍊為成熟的大人，同樣需要一定的時間與熱度，
這熱度是烈火般的燒烤；如果無法通過炙熱的考驗，
終將只是發不起來的麵糰罷了。與其停留在一塊冷澀的
麵糰狀態，還是寧可忍耐捱過高溫，成為一個長大的麵包吧。
畢竟這樣的人生比較耐嚼。

煮咖啡
每天起床以後，你總要灌下一杯又苦又濃的咖啡；只有你的
喉嚨醒來，你的腦子才會醒來。與喝咖啡的道理相同：
常常需要經歷某些痛苦，你才能認真把事情想清楚；
只有心被灼傷過，你才會學習堅強與沉默。所以，就把痛苦
與悲傷當成上等的咖啡粉，把思考當成滾燙的熱水，煮成一壺
又苦又濃的咖啡吧。喝了它，讓它幫助你清醒。慢慢地喝，
當心別燙了嘴。懂得人生是怎麼一回事的你，一定也懂得怎麼
煮出一壺醒腦的咖啡。

Recently Seen Movies

2004-11-19T02:22:00.000+08:00

Seeing a movie is undoubtfully easier (and more enjoyable?)
than dealing with the equations, so lazy me went off the
equations' track and down the movies':

Wicker Park on Nov 12: Obsession, obsession, obsession....
it's all about love making us an imbecile or even a
paranoid (sort of creepy)

The Chronicles of Riddick on Nov 14: Exciting action movie.
However, the plot isn't so interesting.

The Incredibles on Nov 14: ...go to the theater and enjoy it!!
the audience with me clapped and shouted for the Parr's, jovial ambience!

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind on Nov 17: Wow, Jim Carrey
CAN look coool when he's not making a rubber-face comedian
performance, haha... In the film I found that at a certain angle
he ressembled Colin Farrel (to me, Carrey has always been an
extraordinary comedian since Ace Ventura-Pet Detective..but
never thought of him as such a...a serious, romatic man :P)

So Daring Towards Tomorrow's Midterm

2004-11-15T21:38:00.000+08:00

There's a Chemical Mathematics midterm tomorrow,
but I still don't have the textbook....
Why didn't I get the book? Because I'm required to pick up this course
in order to finish my second major, yet I've already studied similar
materials in other two different courses. The textbook is 1000NTD and
over 95% of the contents are covered in my book collection....
it'll be a total redundancy.

Still, I don't feel right taking a test without even having a glance of the
official textbook...so I went to the bookstore Einstein in the vicinity of NTU
and spent about 1.5hrs going through the pages. I've never actually studied
(preparing for midterm) at a bookstore, while the book is fresh new
and I don't even plan to buy it!? (...this gives me a feeling of taking advantages :P)

Well, now I'm going to brush up on my fading knowledge with books
lying on the shelf....good luck ~*

Rumour of CARS

2004-11-11T01:59:00.000+08:00

Once Disney said, "If you can dream it, you can do it."
The animation comes from Disney(where dreams come true)
and Pixar(the cute jumping lamp in every beginning of Toy Story,
A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo
and The Incredibles).

Maybe someday in the near future our car will be so cute as well :)

The rumoured release date of this film is November 2005.
Let's wait....for one year, haha. By then we can have a peak
through this trailer.

沒力...

2004-11-09T01:20:00.000+08:00

信仰、希望、好運、幸福

總是摸魚，提醒自己現在的付出就是對未來的投資。
只是我的付出會不會太單調了？
未來跟現在其實沒有什麼差異，現在的我必成為將來的我，
回顧過去也不過是以回顧促成更遠的自己。
分分秒秒都以打造自己的未來為責任會不會壓的自己喘不過氣？
我可能對未來有一個憧憬，
但是對他的必然性感到無趣...沒力...沒力...
沒力時要來一瓶活力飲料
不過我還沒法遇到我買得起的...

--
.....回歸現實，繼續準備期中考吧，耶耶

休息前，好好地走下去！

2004-10-24T23:23:00.000+08:00

spr 編導了一部約三分半鐘的Flash短片，
看完了以後給我莫大的鼓舞。
各位認識與不認識的朋友，
雖然不知道誰會先休息，
但我們要一起努力向前走喔！
因為，還有更多人在為我們加油~

需要安裝Flash Player，請點選Start觀賞，有聲

今夜，與NSO交響樂環遊世界

2004-10-23T23:37:00.000+08:00

下午先去參觀美國教育展，來的學校不多（現場還有華視攝影機耶）。但有機會跟校方代表簡單聊天，我和系上同學在還來不及感覺自己外語破之前就有說有笑，真的讓我們感覺他們很親切健談。

晚上在兩廳院廣場享受國家交響樂團的精彩演出，各國的曲風，心情好悠閒～
之後在停車場附近還遇到妹妹的小提琴老師...今晚太有趣了！

附上曲目資訊：

演出者：指揮／邱君強小提琴／呂思清女高音／許育甄國家交響樂團（NSO）

趙菁文：開場樂《星夜新樂》（92年星光音樂會徵曲首獎）
葛羅菲：〈荒徑〉，選自《大峽谷》組曲（美國）
夏布里耶：西班牙狂想曲（西班牙）
浦契尼：〈大家都叫我咪咪〉，選自《波西米亞人》（義大利）
巴爾托克：羅馬尼亞民俗舞曲（羅馬尼亞）
德弗乍克：狂歡節序曲（捷克）
約瑟夫‧史特勞斯：《天體之聲》圓舞曲（奧地利）
布拉姆斯：《大學慶典》序曲（德國）
*西貝流士：《芬蘭頌》（芬蘭）
*玻羅定：《中亞草原》（中亞）
*薩拉撒特：《流浪者之歌》（吉卜賽）
柴科夫斯基：《一八一二》序曲（俄羅斯）
- 其中*曲目因為飄雨，主辦單位縮減演出而未演奏

DIY-able Greek Costumes

2004-10-19T20:38:00.000+08:00

The teacher introduced us to the two simple forms of Greek costumes today:

Doric Chiton Ionic Chiton

Theye're very easy to make nowadays with a bed sheet and several pins. The design is simple yet you still can enjoy the vision of lines from the naturally wrinkly cloth.

Maybe someday I'll show a picture of myself in a bed sheet:P

I got the pen to write DC diary~

2004-10-17T22:13:00.000+08:00

Welcome my new Panasonic FX7 :)

A close-up shot at about 4 cm...

From now on he will help me freeze the frames in the play of my life~

Here is a snapshot at the National Theatre

Bad story by this poor teller

2004-10-12T01:10:00.000+08:00

Once upon an october,
there was a boy and a girl named
Jack and Jill, went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.

Jill was very angry about Jack's plan on going up the hill,
which ended up a misery.

"JACK! Since now I have muds all over my pretty new clothes...
there better be a good reason for why we were going up there?" said Jill.

"I was going to give a talk on philosophies about life to you...
the pail of water would serve as an opening. You know, the
old saying goes 'We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.' "

"That's it!?" Jill said. "If you want to tell me something considering the
value of life or somewhat philosophical, you don't speak of them. You
make implying stories. Everyone gets the idea of love when they read
the story in the Bible...listening to 'You have to love others.' is such a
nuisance." Jill just couldn't help lecturing Jack. "You think you're making
others smarter by telling them the core concept, but they only take you
as a didactic pedant!.....You act or you tell stories, period..."

The End.

『超人』飛走了

2004-10-11T17:01:00.000+08:00

聽收音機得知今天飾演超人的Christopher Reeve離開我們的世界了
當超人騎馬受傷癱瘓後跟妻子說
『你還是離開好了，我覺得會耽誤你一輩子。』
妻子說『只要你沒有放棄自己，我就不會離開你。』
於是他致力於很多公益活動，不只是電影中的超人
更在現實生活中展現出超人的生命力。

DJ說『超人』是他從科班出道的第一部電影，
時機的巧合似乎他就是生來演超人，
世界對他的印象總是與超人連結著，
而他也會以超人的形象在我們的記憶裡永遠遨翔。

當我們一同壓狗屎

2004-10-10T23:48:00.000+08:00

話說今天跟老同學吃完晚餐一道回家後，在樓下停放腳踏車的時候我...
踩到了一陀『不小』的狗屎!!（shit！這時後再貼切不過了）
它覆蓋了我約四分之一的鞋底，沒踩扁前厚1cm。恩，很紮實的中了一標。

真朋友是什麼，就是有福同享（吃大餐），也一定要能有難同當。
俺這個老同學真是夠義氣，跟我分享了今早他的遭遇：
早上騎腳踏車到學校路上，一瞬間似乎碾過了什麼東西，
老同學可不是肇事逃逸的壞人，萬一是個可愛的小松鼠怎麼辦？
於是趕緊回頭勘查事發現場，赫然發現有一個已經給腰斬的狗屎橫屍街頭...

今日是個好日子，『狗屎運』當道！我跟室友說你好心有好報，
後天的托福考有今天狗屎加明天生日庇蔭加上實力的發揮，
沒在怕啦。而我呢？晚上去中正紀念堂跑步晚風徐徐，
涼爽中帶點寒意...突然間天空中綻放出一朵朵五彩繽紛的花火！
映入眼簾的原來是國慶煙火，國慶日都要結束了還讓我遇到，
狗屎，您真是太神奇了～

德式黑森林

2004-10-10T23:36:00.000+08:00

跟室友（高中大學七年同學）去黑森林吃了頓晚餐，為他明天生日以及將要考的托福還有入伍後的新生活一同慶祝。
價位中等，味道不錯，精緻但份量對我們兩個有點餓的男生來說也不嫌少，飯後甜點可任選店內蛋糕（約二十種）。酒足飯飽盡興聊天後相當舒服，一同快樂回家後室友繼續用功讀托福，我休息一下拖著慵懶的心情到CKSMH跑一圈，結果也很慵懶-_-
Distance: 2150 meters
Time: 11min 38sec
Speed: 184.81 meters/min

[Glog] Cool Weather

2004-10-09T23:13:00.000+08:00

Distance: 2150+2150 meters
(2 laps around CKSMH with 10min of rest in between)
Time: 11m17s/ 11m17s
Speed: 190.55/190.55 meters/min
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It wasn't my legs that got tired...I felt like my lungs shrunk smaller in the 2nd lap. I had to tell myself keep breathing to keep on moving (and to my surprise I made it at the same speed as that of the 1st). The tip for me currently is to breathe rythmically even when I feel tired, i.e. I have to improve my lung capacity by constant exercise.

[Glog] Cool Condition

2004-10-08T01:50:00.000+08:00

Distance: 2150 meters (1 lap around CKS memorial hall)
Time: 11 min 20 sec
Speed: 189.71 meters/min
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What's a Glog? I coined it with the analogy to "Web Log -> Blog".
Glog is a Jog log, a log of my jogging distance and time.

Tonight when I was passing an intersection around a corner of CKS memorial hall a man zealously said "Jia-yo! (means Go dude! in Chinese)" to me(because it was obvious from my sportswear and a bottle of water in hand) . It was so kind of him that I replied "thank you~" spontaneously. He really gave me a good mood during the jog; hope I can be a friendly stranger to others as well :)

Air-condition Day

2004-10-07T11:34:00.000+08:00

comfortable temperature.
neither cloudy nor burning sunbeam.
sunny, just the right way.
no sweat this morning, not even a bead,
when I rushed my bike to school at breakneck speed.

hmm...Taipei city seems quite happy today;
often she cries when I feel blue and gray...
Ma'am, how about having a cup of coffee
this afternoon? I'd be merry and gay~

It Looks Like This...

2004-10-07T01:39:00.000+08:00

right after tidying up. But everything goes wild the next day (as usual...)
Well, you know, the entropy is ever increasing. I'm not to blame, it's nature :P

Dear Mr. Einstein...

2004-10-04T23:33:00.000+08:00

...22 years have flown by...
The slightest change in the universe reminds
us the concept of time,
and yes..time waits for no man,
for he is so ruthless and merciless.
Fortunately, we have one and
the only one weapon against his cruelty -
the time dilation - in your famous relativity...
Although time flies,
tell me please,
can we seize the day if we run at the speed of light?

錯綜的2046

2004-10-04T01:58:00.000+08:00

只能說我不太懂王家衛在做什麼實驗...

卡司確實很強，可是我只知道2046

是這個故事的一個樞紐，一個交會點

故事繞著周先生（梁朝偉），我的頭腦也在打轉 :P

給人強烈又冰冷的風格，就如同駛離2046列車上

的1224-1225車廂班的冷淡...

在這稍有秋意的夜晚

我還是搞不懂王導想訴說什麼影片 -_-

『生命』- 比好萊塢沈悶，卻比九二一震撼！

2004-09-26T23:51:00.000+08:00

片中對生命的啟發如蒼穹繁星，這裡述說的僅是我找到的一顆：

一個健全的家庭（親情）為我們打下深厚的地基，使我們能夠在這個地基上建造我們的信心堡壘，讓我們能夠『獨立』接受挑戰披荊斬棘。這種獨立是個體相對於家庭依賴的獨立嗎？其實是家庭（父母）給我們很大的信任感與安全感，在背後支撐我們，讓我們獨『立』。如果有一天，這個支持不見了 - 地基淘空了，我們還能獨立嗎？

羅佩如，在逢甲大學大四那年發生芮氏規模7.3的921大地震，九份二山的父母雙亡，家中只有他和二哥倖存。趕回九份山上的家，他無法做任何事...只有無法接受。環顧四周，從前的青山繚繞，炊煙裊裊已不復在---『...記得某個很冷的除夕夜，爸爸看到我穿著薄薄的外套...牽著我便出門想買件大外套給我。到精品店一家家仔細地挑，後來我走累了，想說隨便買一件就好了，可是爸爸最終還是買了一件打對折還要三千多的外套...爸爸是木訥老實的那種人，平常很省...』紀錄片回憶著，這樣愛我的爸爸與家人們，『你們在哪？』

雖說登高望遠，但我們能看到的只有黃土一片，地形地貌已經徹底改觀，伴隨著搜索掩埋者的怪手們所發出的低吼與揚起的塵土。『戰場！』我想。七七四十九每天都到山上一個人枯坐著，時而遙望，期待著什麼，時而將頭趴在弓起的雙膝上，讓自己跟紛亂的思緒獨處。『...什麼是枉死谷，什麼是地獄，我想這就是了。太陽還是這樣照，微風輕拂還是那麼的熟悉，以前回家就是這樣的感覺。可是呢，所有都變了，一夕之間，全都不見了，七百頭鹿耶...還包括所有的樹，只有一片死氣沈沈。...』

最後，家人的遺體還是沒有找到。

愛我們支持我們的家人瞬間消失，地基給淘空，獨立的我們仍會倒下。因此佩如多次有輕生的念頭。在『生命』紀錄片團隊的幫助以及自己的探索中，佩如最終還是勇敢的扎下自己的地基，重新給了自己活下去的信心。回憶著執愛的家人，在自己建造的地基上，他真的獨立了！

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今天跟表弟們去欣欣影城看『生命』這部九二一紀錄片，述說著我們的故事，不只是共鳴，而是切身的感動！由衷為所有經歷地震的人們加油，也向所有勇敢生活的人們獻上敬意～

爸媽，謝謝你們！

Plot on Palm

2004-09-26T11:33:00.000+08:00

plotted by TungstenT with powerOne Graph

Is there a sink(sinc) function...a snail...or an orbit?

童心

2004-09-25T00:40:00.000+08:00

記得婦幼節時聽飛碟的『週末亮一點』，接到很多小朋友的call-in，有位10歲女孩嫚嫚喜歡跳芭蕾立志要成為一位一流的芭蕾舞者，豪氣甘雲。人小志氣高，他們想到的只有夢想，也許因為太過單純而而無所畏懼或不夠『實際』...沒有想到實際會遭遇的困難...但這不就是為夢想努力所應有的態度與勇氣嗎？如果夢想值得自己追求，那麼路上的困難是真的困難嗎？在夢想之下，困境在小朋友眼裡是不存在的！
嗯，永遠不要忘記自己當初童心看世界的單純與勇敢，無畏得向夢想努力！

Just finished my French class...

2004-09-23T11:48:00.000+08:00

...and killing the 30 mins before lunch.

It's virtually Greek to me, but there was this song that I recognized at the first note: "Helene, je m'appelle Helene... ", and that's it. Being innocent to a new language is so much fun, every word I meet and speak gives me the excitement of learning!

gonna spend some time on French no less than English...hope one day I can become tri-lingual, gogogo~

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je m'appelle CookieT <-- is this right?

This blog rocks!

2004-09-22T22:08:00.000+08:00

I've been playing on the blog for over 3 hours today, getting familiar with the settings and some email-related functions.

Guess I'll update here as frequent as possible and share my life with all of you~

Oh, and for the passerbys we've never met before...if you feel like building a new friendship, just drop me a letter, I'll be your co-builder :)

I want to fly SR-71, said little CookieT

2004-09-22T18:29:00.000+08:00

My favorite aircraft since childhood - SR-71 Blackbird.
I even made a flying rocket resembling the model :P

Once the fastest(3 mach) and highest air-breathing plane on the planet. It flies at an altitude that is far beyond the range of ground radars.

微行天使，你遇見了嗎

2004-09-22T13:34:00.000+08:00

『Be not inhospitable to strangers,
lest they be angels in disguise.
勿冷待陌生人，他們可能是微行的天使。』 --Anonymous

我想人們的缺點與優點是相平衡的，只是顯隱的差異罷了：

一個癌症末期的病患，在身體方面有了嚴重的缺憾。但在他面對思索自己的死亡中，心靈是要比其他人更堅強/正面/活躍，也許只是因想要留住生命的最後一瞬間，但這樣的心靈看世界，會覺得一切都是如此美好/幸福/珍惜。

一個無家可歸的遊民，雖然有著沒洗澡令人掩鼻的汗酸臭與難堪邋遢的外表。他寄宿街頭的生活模式，在我們看來就是無所事事，行屍走肉。但我們可能因為太忙沒有時間停下腳步仔細看這世界，而他確因為『只能』駐足街頭，用那似乎無神的雙瞳監看著人來人往形形色色...我很好奇在他的腦中閃過些什麼念頭呢？這不是我有機會體驗與經歷的。

每個陌生人都有他們自己的經歷，千萬不要因為不起眼或遭遇不幸便吝嗇自己對他們應有的關懷。天使就在你眼前，只是他不會顯身，因為他要的是真誠的愛心與付出！
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Originally posted@ famoussaying - zoo.twbbs.org

My DOB

2004-09-21T01:00:00.000+08:00

DOB: Date of Birth

Some basic geometry facts first. Sit back, and relax~.

- The most rudimentary thing is 1 point,
and the dimension is zero(0D).

- Then comes another point,
and 2 points form a line - one dimension(1D).

- Still another point joins,
and 3 points are just enough to define a plane - two dimensions(2D).

- Finally comes the last point,
and 4 points give the simple tetrahedron - three dimensions(3D).

Since the space around us is a combination of
the above 4 cases (0D+1D+2D+3D), we come to
a particular integer by summing up the
corresponding numbers of points: (1+2+3+4)=10.

Here it goes: 10 points construct the 4 possible
geometrical cases in our daily life. 10/4 is, coincidentally,
my date of birth - October 4th (Wahaha~)

Note:
For the passerbys we've never met before...if you feel like
building a new friendship, just drop me a letter, I'll be your co-builder :)