To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn't have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane..
To realize
The value of one-second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.
Remember....
Hold on tight to the ones you love!
2010年3月19日星期五
2010年3月17日星期三
鱼狗的故事
孩提时,父亲生意失败,家道中落,受尽亲友白眼。父母为了一家七口的温饱,无奈改变方式谋生——父亲当流动鱼贩,母亲则重作冯妇当起胶工来,大哥辍学当学徒,姐姐作学校老师的帮佣,几乎一人总动员起来,连我和弟弟也要跟母亲到胶园讨生活,凌晨割胶,下午或雨天替园主除草拔草,有时砍柴锯木。打从一年级开始,我半工半读,环境逼我早晚与胶园为伍,生活仿佛与橡林结了不解之缘。
就这样,我与橡林有了相当深厚的感情。它简直就是我们的衣食父母,使我们念念不忘的是一切在胶林所经历的事故,被野狗追得哭哭啼啼,遇见毒蛇吐信时的恐惧感,被大蜥蜴吓得屁滚尿流的狼狈相,最尴尬的是冒雨抢收胶汁,被树根绊倒,胶汁淋透头发,整个星期头发都觉得粘粘,很不舒服,更不能梳理好,到学校被同学嘲笑。还麻烦赵老师动手替我将后脑部分的头发梳理干净。
在胶林里,最难忘还是那段在溪流捞打架鱼的情景。涔涔的溪水清澈见底,一群群的鱼儿,轻摆着绚丽缤纷的鳍尾,自由自在的游动,吐口水,鱼儿就聚在一起,冷不防我用胶桶将它们一网打尽。这时耳根听到一阵熟悉的声音——拖长音的尖叫声。果然是一只鱼狗停栖在树枝上,探出蓝色的头来,颈侧白色,下半身浅橙棕,左右挥动着黑色的喙嘴,向四周仔细环顾一番,正在寻找小鱼的踪影。我静悄悄的趋向前,蹑手蹑脚地,小心翼翼的掏出弹弓,瞄准它,突然它迅速飞到溪流中间,低身子向水扑掠而起,黑色嘴刁着一条小鱼,轻巧的在我眼前,顷刻消失的无影无踪。回头看看胶桶,小溪流水纹渐渐扩散,我心头的涟漪也被一对浅蓝绿色的翅膀所拨动,逐渐扩大,直到消失。
又有一次,在胶林里捡拾枯枝时,不期然又遇见熟悉的鱼狗(翠鸟的别称),只身静静的站在树上,用黑嘴啄啄翅膀,我已掏出看家武器,正要把弹弓射出时,忽然间一声橡果爆裂的巨响,惊动了在树枝上栖息的蓝耳鱼狗,它一飞冲天,留下一阵尖叫声的长长回声。
在胶林生活的整七八年的岁月里,甚么鸟都被打中过,乌鸦,八哥,麻雀及火鸠等等,唯独鱼狗就从来没有被打中过,我也觉得奇怪,或许是我与它有一丝灵犀,总是在要发生冲突时及时化解。奇哉怪哉!后来升上高中就离开了橡林,从此就再也没有看见一只鱼狗了,可是说起鸟类,我总是对它印象深刻,是情有独钟吧,还是另有因由,我一时也说不出来。
自到如今,看到胶林,看到的听到的是火鸠,麻雀,乌鸦,八哥,燕子,偶尔清早也可听到猫头鹰的鸣叫声,一雄一雌,此起彼落,前后呼应,爱好大自然的我,也感到很宽慰。写作时一想到胶林就会联想到久违了的鱼狗,如今家里除了两老,平时生活作息,就是五条鱼与西施狗与我们相依为命了,于是我就把个人创建的部落格命名为:鱼狗部落格,投稿报章时采用新的笔名就叫做“鱼狗”——就算我纪念我养过的四条狗与五条鱼吧!
2010年3月15日星期一
Marriage Humours
Wife: 'What are you doing?'
Husband: Nothing.
Wife: 'Nothing...? You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.'
Husband: 'I was looking for the expiry date.'
Wife: 'Do you want dinner?'
Husband: 'Sure! What are my choices?'
Wife:' Yes or no.'
Wife: 'You always carry my photo in your wallet. Why?'
Hubby: 'When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.'
Wife: 'You see how miraculous and powerful I am for you!'
Hubby: 'Yes! I see your picture and ask myself what other problem can there be greater than this one?'
Girl: 'When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden.'
Boy: 'It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any worries or troubles.'
Girl: 'Well that's because we aren't married yet.'
Son: Mom, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to give up my seat to a lady..'
Mom: 'Well, you have done the right thing.'
Son: 'But mom, I was sitting on daddy's lap.'
A newly married man asked his wife, 'Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?'
'Honey,' the woman replied sweetly, 'I'd have married you, N O MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!'
Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I'll be yours forever .
The guy replies: 'Thanks for the early warning.'
A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?'
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: 'I ike your sense of humor.'
Husband: Nothing.
Wife: 'Nothing...? You've been reading our marriage certificate for an hour.'
Husband: 'I was looking for the expiry date.'
Wife: 'Do you want dinner?'
Husband: 'Sure! What are my choices?'
Wife:' Yes or no.'
Wife: 'You always carry my photo in your wallet. Why?'
Hubby: 'When there is a problem, no matter how impossible, I look at your picture and the problem disappears.'
Wife: 'You see how miraculous and powerful I am for you!'
Hubby: 'Yes! I see your picture and ask myself what other problem can there be greater than this one?'
Girl: 'When we get married, I want to share all your worries, troubles and lighten your burden.'
Boy: 'It's very kind of you, darling, but I don't have any worries or troubles.'
Girl: 'Well that's because we aren't married yet.'
Son: Mom, when I was on the bus with Dad this morning, he told me to give up my seat to a lady..'
Mom: 'Well, you have done the right thing.'
Son: 'But mom, I was sitting on daddy's lap.'
A newly married man asked his wife, 'Would you have married me if my father hadn't left me a fortune?'
'Honey,' the woman replied sweetly, 'I'd have married you, N O MATTER WHO LEFT YOU A FORTUNE!'
Girl to her boyfriend: One kiss and I'll be yours forever .
The guy replies: 'Thanks for the early warning.'
A wife asked her husband: "What do you like most in me, my pretty face or my sexy body?'
He looked at her from head to toe and replied: 'I ike your sense of humor.'
2010年3月14日星期日
何止于米,相期以茶
据新加坡《联合早报》报道,华裔科学家杨振宁近日到新加坡出席南洋理工大学高等研究所为美国诺贝尔物理奖得主葛尔曼举行80岁生日国际物理学家会议。已经88岁高龄的他在接受该报专访时,以灵活炯炯有神的眼睛,敏锐的思路,还有利索的行动告诉记者说:“我要活到108岁。”
88岁中国人称为“米寿”。杨振宁借用中国学者冯友兰88岁那年写给同龄好友金岳霖的两句话说:“何止于米,相期以茶。”,表明自己不仅以“米寿”知足,还正信心十足向“茶寿”进发。
88岁所以是“米寿”,因为“米”字上下两个八字,中间十字,所以是八十八。“茶”字上面二十八,下面八十,两者相加,就是108。
杨振宁(1922年生)比葛尔曼(1929年生)大七岁,葛尔曼与他同行,既是他的好朋友,也是他的竞争者。杨振宁在出席葛尔曼生日晚宴上说:“20年后,新加坡会变成世界人均收入最高的国家之一。到时,南大高等研究所为葛尔曼庆祝100岁生日的时候,我一定会来参加。”届时,杨振宁108岁。
杨振宁去查了资料,了解美国88岁的男人,一般可以再活五年。他说:“我会比他们活得更久,因为现在88岁的男人很多都在生病,我却一点病也没有。到我‘茶岁’的时候,翁帆还很年轻,再过20年,翁帆54岁,还是风韵犹存。当然我明白,要‘相期以茶’,是个奢望。”
杨振宁是香港邵逸夫奖的评审团主席,每年在这个被誉为“东方诺贝尔奖”的颁奖礼上,邵逸夫都亲自出席。相对于今年103岁的邵逸夫来说,88岁的杨振宁只是小弟弟。
杨振宁说:“103岁的邵逸夫,状态还是很好。去年10月,我们刚和他见过面。在颁奖礼的鸡尾酒会上,他先和宾客喝酒,仪式上,他走30米长的路颁奖,之后,再和我们一起吃两个钟头的饭,完全没有问题。每次他看到翁帆,总是很高兴地跟她拉拉手,用英文说‘我们每年见面一次’。”
杨振宁谈到自己的身体,他说:“我能这么健康,跟我有很好的基因有关。我也很幸运,没有受到物质上和心理上的极端压力。除了杜致礼(前妻)生病的那几年,我稍微狼狈,这么多年来我一直很好。后来碰到翁帆,她把我照顾得很好。北京清华大学和香港中文大学都为我提供种种做研究的方便,使我日子过得很舒泰。” 他承认自己身体好,也跟现代医药科技发达有关。
他说:“1997年,我在美国做了心脏搭桥手术,很成功。去年我在北京协和医院做MRI(磁共振Magnetic Resonance Imaging),发现12年前心脏搭的四个‘桥’很好。很多人说,心脏搭桥的有效期是10年,过了10年,‘桥’阻塞了,必须重新再‘搭’,我很幸运,没有再搭桥的需要。”
杨振宁认为,一个人要长寿跟心态很有关系,需要对很多事物都感兴趣。
他说:“我想,一个喜欢看书的人,不容易老。多看书,可以跟得上时代发展,与时并进,人就显得年轻。我比较多看评论,只要他们推荐什么好书,我会立刻去图书馆借阅,或者请秘书去买。”
杨振宁说自己很“懒惰”,并没有经常运动。他只喜欢坐着喝茶看书,偶然会骑一下家里的健身脚车。不过,年轻时候的他,却是很喜欢运动的。 他说:“我喜欢走路,年轻的时候,每到一个城市,我是以步行去认识这个城市。记得有一次在台北,我从台北火车站走去台湾大学,走了一个多小时,这条路是我喜欢的。我很明白,虽然爱走路,年纪大了,却切忌跌倒。现在因为有一条坐骨神经容易碰到脊骨,走多了感觉不舒服,路也就少走了。” (潘星华)
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