Friday, April 2, 2010

Please Love the Earth

Once again, I am fascinated with the scenery and squirrels on my way to the language lab. Spring sunshine is so warm, and yet sometimes comes with little breeze…(of blossoms). I know I am getting late for work, but can not help taking pictures of the cute tiny flowers in the tree. They look like "HOPE," growing from an old man's withering finger.

This reminds me of a blog entry composed by a Taiwanese journalist: 揭開中國繁榮的真相It's about the environmental truth behind the prosperous China. The blog owner and I don't know each other, but her blog almost burst me into tears.


If Chinese people keep destroying the environment like that, prosperity will not mean anything. I've heard that Chinese government has spare no efforts saving pandas in recent years. The milk powder they use for panda babies has to be imported from foreign countries. Well, since pandas are under such a "luxurious" protection, what about human beings? A 15-year-old boy has to work in a mine all day to make RMB $16 (USD $2.34), but a panda baby can drink imported milk every day!!! What an ironic living condition!!!


I have to say that…I would feel strongly ashamed of being a citizen if my nationality were PRC.


(If my comments cause any inconvenience or offend the blog owner, please inform me and accept my apology.)

It's now spring time here in Terre Haute: beautiful days…gorgeous weather…and most important of all, unpolluted natural environment. The bass I got is safe to eat, but I still released it. (I've been fishing in Indiana for two years, and I only ate two trout.) Bass fishing has been becoming more and more popular in China recently. I bet it's owing to the widespread of American sports!


Let's cross our fingers that Chinese people can learn from the spirit of catch-and-release and raise their awareness of environmental protection.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

別再玷污這份單純的快樂


親愛なる君へ :


這是一部多年前的電影,那時我記得是在台灣看的:「往日柔情」!片名譯得很浪漫,片中也的確有段溫柔俏皮的愛情故事,但讓我感動的卻不是男女間的情愛,而是片中主角對於棒球的熱愛!前幾天我在網路上又再從看了一次,直接聽英文發音、不看字幕;短短一個多小小時的老電影,勾起我小時候的憧憬、長大後對於美國大地的嚮往!


別以為我真的是「城市孩子」,小時候,我還真的有一段時間拿著竹竿當球棒、一顆五元台幣的棒球、幾塊石頭當壘牌,和同學一起在巷子裡打棒球!一到台灣或是日本有棒球賽事,就會跟表哥擠在房間看比賽!我第一頂棒球帽,就是政憲表哥送我的日本西武隊的(藍色帽子+白色的獅子隊徽)! 跟同學們打球時,我很明顯不是當投手的球員,也不是強棒!但是我跑得快,往往只要打得到球,我都一定能跑上壘!我那時就很羨慕當投手,控制全場比賽的節奏,也通常都是隊長;談判是他,有時,跟他隊開扁,也是他帶頭(威風吧)!


雖然,「投手」夢在我開始戴眼鏡、升學壓力、和身高限制之下漸漸破滅,但那份對於棒球的喜愛還是有的:誰能忘掉小時候的夢想!


第一次看這部片子,讓我感到羨慕的是美國的棒球環境、以及人民對於棒球的熱愛!我並不是說美國就什麼都好,說實在,來到美國這麼多年,我沒花錢去看過任何一場球賽,就是王建民投球我都沒看過(是真的連電視上的都懶得看)!最主要的原因是:我覺得美國職業運動現場只適合中高收入的人民;窮人,在家看電視就不錯了!當然,這都是什麼因素下的結果,大家都心知肚明!


今日再看一次,我感觸更多!台灣沒有人家那麼好的體育環境,剛剛起步沒多久的職棒又再度爆出打假球的醜聞!我一想到有這樣的同胞,心就一陣痛、一陣強烈而又無地自容的羞愧、憤怒!新聞上老在談什麼「台灣之光」,台灣要是真有光也被這些無恥之徒給抹去了!那些收賄、打假球的球員還要出來道歉!!省省吧,你們應該都要被判刑,然後永遠退出職棒,終身不得參與有關職棒的任何活動!


去年回台灣一趟,我要是一提到美國那裡好,就有一股「視力」飆過來,好像就是在告訴我:「喔!念幾年書,美國的月亮比較圓是不是!?」 我其實很冤,我其實愛這塊土地,我也希望在這片福爾摩沙終老!就是因為愛、關心,所以我會痛心,會生氣,會想要改變啊!


我很希望不要再聽到任何台灣職棒的壞消息,也希望台灣人不要再濫情地任由那些犯錯的球員再踏入球場(我之前說過,所謂無恥,就是知道是錯的還去做!他們要為自己的行徑受罰,想贖罪,下輩子再說吧!)


踏入球場你就該承受一切壓力之外,還要盡『全力』打好一場球,否則就不是職業球員!你的責任是要讓觀眾都覺得,花錢來看你打球,是一種享受、是值得的!


那天,台灣職業球賽有這種球員,那怕門票一張三萬元台幣,我都會搶著排隊去買!

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