Turnabout

Despite the little voice deep down in my heart that keeps telling me about the nude truth of human nature, I have always tried to look at life from a "positive" and "moral" perspective. How wrong I have been.

Now I know what I have to do.

Sometimes You Just Have to Let Go ─ a Little Reflection about Finding Nemo

How far can a father go for the life of his son? if this sounds a difficult question to you, Marlin in Finding Nemo may give you some ideas.

The story of Finding Nemo is anything but a complex one. Over-protective father, rebellious son, adventure, happy ending. Cliche? Ya...but there's something profound in it. For one thing, the way Marlin treats Nemo at first is so familiar that I bet almost any child can strike a chord with it. 

Parents just don't get it. Instead of encouraging and inspiring their children, they often discourage children from doing anything they think not suitable or too dangerous. Yes, it's good intentions. But is it really good for the children? I seriously doubt it. Just look at kids nowadays.Pay special attention to those children of the rich. Some can't even dress by themselves.

The world is complex and dangerous. Every adult knows it. But is it a reason for parents being over-protective? If a child never fail under protection, how is he supposed to take the failure when he's not protected anymore? More importantly, can one get any level of success without taking any risk? 

Decisions have to be made. Not by parents, but by the child himself. 

網購的樂趣

終於入手想買很久的背囊了! 120大元，到手後讓我愛不釋手。。。本以為起碼要三百元以上才能買到個像樣的背囊。。。想不到無意下到雅虎拍賣一看，２００元下的選擇多不勝數，簡直讓人眼花瞭亂！同款的還有超過8種顏色任擇，更讓本就深思熟慮的我難以抉擇！幸好在多位友人的幫助下，終於下了決定。結果到手後發現深綠真的好襯我，鳴謝所有幫過眼既朋友！

網購真是個偉大的發明，哈哈！

諸葛亮的知人論

讀書看到，挺有意思的。

諸葛亮說知人有七：

一。問之以是非而觀其志，

二。窮之以詞而觀其變；

三。治之以謀而觀其識；

四。告之以難而觀其勇；

五。醉之以酒而觀其性，

六。臨之以利而觀其廉；

七。期之以事而觀其信

滄海桑田，人心不古。這七招放在當今社會似乎還是一樣有用。

Finally, A Favorite Poem

Finally. My last literature lecture of this semester has ended. As always, Prof Ding did a pretty good job, both in explaining to us the "valid" interpretations of the poems and giving decent inspirations. I think I can write a thousand words just giving credits to him, but I don't plan to do it today. Besides, this entry should be about literature.

Thanks to Prof Ding's effort, I finally feel like entering the threshold of literature, poetry in particular. Robert Frost's works may be "deceptively simple", but without our dearest professor's guidance , we are simply clueless. With it, however, it doesn't take long for me to see, finally, the beauty and profoundity of his poems.

So, finally I have at least a poem I would be proud of referring to as my favorite:

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

The Road Not Taken


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;


Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,


And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

最好的投資

明明就很窮，可是一到書店就瘋了；結果兩日內花了差不多四百多元買書。不過真的太便宜了，叫我如何忍得住呢？

部分戰利品：

看來是該好好學習理財的時候了。雖然買書可以說是一種最好的投資了，但還是不能見獵心喜，不計後果的買；而且一次買太多我也看不完。 就從Simpleology 102和這本<花小錢過優越生活>開始吧!