Saturday, February 9, 2008

髮梢裡的記憶

今天陽光挺大的,地上的積雪頑強地抵抗著!
我伸手摸了摸教室窗台上的玻璃,打了個冷顫,外頭還是零下的低溫!
那女孩不像是美國人!那種細緻的氣質是裝不出來的!…..至少,在粗魯的美國女人中式看不到的!
我聽得出她的口音,她肯定是會說兩種以上的母語!
細白的皮膚卻沒有多少雀斑,棕色的髮絲看得出她用心打扮過! …..很明顯,她是有男友的!
這一小時裡我格外多看了她幾眼,不是覺得她美,而她也沒有特別『魔鬼』的身材!
捉住我的,是那陽光灑在她髮梢上...淡淡光影扶疏間的...眼神!!!

不陌生!從側面看,一下子就喚起我的記憶。
這個眼神,曾經望著我的眼神,在夢裡思念過千百回的眼神!

見不到妳,聽不到妳,都不是最痛的!
凌遲在心裡的,是好像處處都留下妳的記憶,妳的蹤跡,妳的一言一行!
一分一秒、一草一木,妳好似在我身旁…
伸出手來,卻觸不到妳的溫柔,握不住妳的髮梢!

妳好嗎?親愛的天使:
記得那家咖啡館嗎? 妳還喝同一種咖啡嗎?
今天下午的陽光是否也溫暖妳的臉?
髮梢裡的浮光掠影是否也曾令妳想起我…..?

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Lousy Bank, Poor Service (Not research-based, but authentic)

I have never felt so disappointed at a bank…Chinatrust Commercial Bank!
The story started with the problem of the annual fee. I was being charged $NT600 because I have not used my credit card "enough" for the past year. Well, I currently live in the U.S. so that I may not be able to use that credit card so often. Feeling that I should not pay that annual fee, I called and asked for the cancellation of the annual fee. Then, guess what! The bank clerk on the phone dared to say: Since you have not used your credit card, you have to pay the annual fee…or you can cancel the fee as well as the credit card.

Wow! What kind of bank is this? What a service!!!!!

First of all, why should I pay the annual fee since I did not frequently use the card? Maybe this was just because of the poor service from Chinatrust bank.
Second of all, I did not say that I will not use the card any more. I did explain that I will use the card soon after I go back to Taiwan. Just because I do not use it right now does not mean that I will not use it in the future. How dare you tell me to cancel that card just because of the damn $ NT 600.
Finally, this was how Chinatrust bank treated a customer who have kept business with it for more than ten years. For Citi Bank, just a phone call solved everything. (Oh, by the way, it seems that credit card users do not have to pay annual fee in the U.S. SO why banks in Taiwan are so special?????)

To sum up, I strongly suggest people in Taiwan stop business and service with Chinatrust bank. In this modern world, you want to make money…..you got to have good service!!!

Morning Breakfast in Mid-Autumn Festival

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