閑人說：這些工人每天七點到，三點就下班了。 如果在台灣就給他們煮個綠豆湯。
閑人說：你這個百葉窗真不錯， 我每天都可以玩升降旗的游戲！
閑人說： 你家院子的鳥有兩種，一種喜歡叫三聲， 一種喜歡叫四聲。
閑人說： 我最近想幫你的鄰居前院拔拔草，真的有點不太好看。
閑人說：第四條巷子的牡丹開了，去聞一聞吧！
閑人說：太陽出來了，我不用烘衣機了。
閑人說：我今天只掉了五根頭髮
閑人說： 你知道自己的大便有多重嗎？ 我大前大后各量了一下。 有一磅呦！
閑人說：沒問題，穿的給他很隨便，反正沒人認得我。
閑人說：看見有人在排隊，我也來排排吧！
（ 如長的跟某人很像，純屬巧合）
After eight-years fighting with cancer, Dad passed away on April 12nd, 2010.
Here are some stories about my Dad, a great teacher and the best Dad!
Dad was wild: when I was little, dad loved to take us to the sea in the midst of a storm. while others were hiding at home, dad would zigzag through the falling trees and take us to the shore. Pointing at the 2-story tall waves, he said "look, nature is so beautiful and powerful!"
Dad was romantic: In the trunk of dad's car, one could always find a hammock, a portable stove, a tea pot and some cups. Whenever he passed by something beautiful, he would pull over, brew tea and enjoy the moments.
Dad was adventurous: I remember the first time dad set foot on Manhattan, he pointed at the bridge miles away and said "is that the Brooklyn Bridge?" I woke up the next morning and saw dad come back from his run. He had just run along the east river, up to the Brooklyn Bridget and made his way back.
Dad was a language genius: Since I was a kid, I had never seen dad read anything other than newspapers and Kung-fu novels. As the best English teacher in town, he always managed to send the students to the best colleges in Taiwan. After some GRE vocabulary crunch, I threw some big words out to test him. He smiled and threw the translation right back to me. I was left with my jaw dropped to the floor.
Dad's journey here has ended but I hope his next journey will be even greater! He will always be in my heart, as well as many others......
經過八年的奮鬥, 爸爸在4月12日離開了我們...
爸爸的告別式中, 我寫下有關爸爸的故事...
”李培梓老師”的厲害從我五歲的時候就知道了, 那時鄰居的大哥哥們,
總是讓我和姊姊三分, 嘴裏不甘願的唸著 “卡歲離哩,
那是李培梓的查某兒”
爸爸的嚴厲是出了名的, 爸爸的不修邊幅也是遠近皆知的.
那個喜歡用粉筆丟上課講話學生的神射手, 那個嘴裏常講 “啊,你是哩寫什麼碗糕”的台客英文老師,
那個刁根煙, 滿頭亂髮, 像個工友的李老師,
總是學生眼裏的朋友. 他教過台大醫科的榜首, 也教過幾乎被退學的問題學生,
他是少數放棄資優班去帶 “牛仔班” 的鬼才老師,
也是三十多年來被他教過的上萬個學生心中, 永難忘懷的人生導師.
”
李培梓老師”的厲害是眾所皆知的!
李老師也是一個充滿愛心的爸爸
上了中學, 我們就沒吃過一頓 ‘蒸過” 的隔夜飯, 當老師的爸媽,
總是輪流的排開第四節課, 回家幫我們準備熱騰騰的便當和現切的水果, 或許這是為什麼身高168的爸爸和155的媽媽,
會養出 “LOU 腳”的我們.
對我來說, 人生的幾個重大的選擇 – 選填志願, 選擇廣告業, 選擇出國,
嫁給了 ”阿兜仔”, 爸爸從來就沒有抬出什麼 “高分低就”, “起薪太低”, “離家太遠”,
“語言不同” 等一般爸爸會說出的話來阻止我,
他總是說 “人生海海, 你歡喜最重要!”
就這樣一個與眾不同的爸爸, 也讓我有勇氣活出一個與眾不同的人生.
接下來的一些小故事,
讓你能拼湊出爸爸是個怎樣特別的人
爸爸是個瘋狂的人: 記得每到強烈颱風襲台時, 爸爸就會載著全家到外澳, 一邊看著狂風巨浪, 一邊得意的說 “你看, 足水的!”
爸爸是個浪漫的人: 他的車裏, 總能找到吊床, 躺椅及茶具, 隨時看到了美麗的風景就架起吊床, 泡起茶來
爸爸是個老神在在的人:
記得大學聯考的前三天, 爸爸問我, “要某, 今天我帶你來玩?”,
然後不以為然的說 “到這了,考得上就考得上,
考不上就考不上!”
爸爸是個愛趴趴走的人:
爸爸屬馬, 媽媽常無奈的說, 自己嫁給了一匹野馬, 記得第一次來到紐約的爸爸, 指著遠處的橋說:
“ 那是布魯克林橋嗎?” 說完的第二天, 就一個人沿著河慢跑到橋上,
還跑到橋的對岸
爸爸是個語言天才:
台大外文畢業的他, 英文說得比他的中文還標準, 從小到大就沒看過爸爸在我們面前讀過除了報紙及武俠小說以外的東西,
記得唸了台大外文第三年的我, 忍不住丟出了幾個GRE字彙想糗糗他, “爸,
serendipity是什麼意思?”, 他頭也沒抬的說 “巧合的意思”,
留下一個下巴脫臼的我
爸爸是個好哥哥,
好弟弟:
來自八個兄弟姊妹的大家庭, 爸爸常提起在雲林吃地瓜簽,撿林場火車掉下來的甘蔗的苦日子,
排行老三的爸爸主動挑起了姑姑的大學學費, 在林口住院的那段日子裏,
還不斷的告訴我們 “我真好命, 能有這些兄弟姊妹”
美國有一句哩語 “父母能給子女最寶貴的兩個禮物就是 “根” 和 “翅膀”, 爸爸, 謝謝你給了我們生命中這兩個寶貴的禮物,
捨不得您走, 卻也知道您這裡的旅程結束了並展開了下個旅程...
您的一切將永遠在我們的心中...
Baby shower is an interesting American tradition which the family and friends get together for the expectant mom and shower her with tons of baby gifts before the baby is born. The shower is usually held for the first born since the mom-to-be needs the most help/stuff. No offense to the second born (as I am one of those) the shower for the subsequent borns is usually called diaper shower at a smaller scale. It sounds like all they do/need is XXX. The highlight of the shower is for the expectant mom to unwrap each gift.
I attended damon's cousin, Nicole's baby shower last Saturday. There were at least 40 girls there and it seemed 2/3 of them were either moms or expectant moms. When it's time to unwrap the gifts, they were cheering and sharing some parenting ideas. It's almost like a classroom prepared for the new parents. I've definitely learned a lot from this shower. Nicole spent at least 1.5 hours unwrapping the gifts and she must have received at least 100 pieces of clothes...and of course, she is expecting a baby girl.
A cake made of diapers
Table setting with sparkles
One of the nice gifts, hamper with a whole line of clothes
Nicole unwrapping the gifts
Aunt Gail, me & Lisa
No big deal" is Damon's POV on his birthday.
Here is deeper insight about "no big deal":
No gift necessary!
No celebration necessary!
No card or greeting necessary!
No cake baking, candle blowing or wish made necessary!
= No wife spending $ necessary!
I like this equation!
We did go celebrating damon's and lisa's (d's sister) b-days (few days apart) over the weekend. Here are some cute pictures of the family!
Daniella, Angelina & Lisa
Damon's angel is made of sticky sticks by the girls
Girls with the sticky sticks
Keri Russell & Jonathan Rhys Meyers: August Rush: Music From The Motion Picture
