在一陣混亂的溝通之後，終於敲定了這個週末的行程... (well, 事情的複雜程度，真非常人可以想像，這部份細節就省略了吧)

 

星期六是個大晴天，聽說這兩天會下雨，但湛藍的天連都一片烏雲都沒有，完全沒有任何要下雨的徵象。到了二姨家，先去拜拜觀世音菩薩，小老虎阿姨說，菩薩非常靈驗，我的問題應該要向她請教一下。

 

我誠心的向菩薩介紹我自己，說明了我的第一個問題，紅豆豬的媽媽這兩天住院，我又做了個奇怪的夢，讓我心裡很不安，所以在菩薩前擲了個茭，問她的身體會不會好轉呢? 菩薩給了個成茭，於是我接著問我的第二個問題，我等了許久的通知，到底何時才會到呢? 難道我還要在這裡繼續靜靜等待它嗎? 這一回，菩薩給了個笑茭。(我一直到第二天，才懂得這個意思) 我想，咦，難道是我問得不夠仔細嗎? 於是我再慢慢問了一回，這次菩薩給了我一個成茭。我很難形容看到成茭的感覺，因為我一直在掙扎，是不是應該先離開，現在要我靜靜等，我還真不知是喜是憂呢。

 

陽光充沛的下午時光，有人在煮飯，有人切菜，有人挑菜... 我挑的broccoli被歸類為嚴重不合格，需要重新挑一次，(懊悔一: 忘了把我挑的broccoli照張相，證明它有多醜) 因這這個重大疏失，被罰坐到一旁涼快去， 哈，這麼好的懲罰當然要多多益善，就在此時，Tracy姐姐帶著好吃的homemade chocolate brownie (懊悔二: 為什麼又沒把這可愛的甜點給照下來呢?)  及幾部電影進來，我這個做冷板凳的球員就喝著熱茶，在不知不覺中嗑掉了快10個brownie... (懊悔三: 唉~又要肥了) 自己突然驚覺不能再這樣下去了，偷偷把它用蓋子蓋上... 向Tracy要了recipe，回家一定要試著做做看 :) 接著，大家開始看起"滿城盡帶黃金甲"(諾諾說，這部片應該是"滿城盡帶布拉甲"吧，哈哈)，明明是一部嚴肅的歷史劇...ㄟ...怎麼會讓我們笑到不行，大家狂笑著看完這部片之後，吃了頓飽到不行的晚飯，接著全體成員排排坐好，把燈滅掉，開始專心的看"詭絲"，這部片還不錯看喔~

 

這天晚上，已經失眠三天的我，在吞下一整顆Stinox之後，竟然還是熬到三點半才睡得著。在睡了六個小時後，Candice & Camerion來給大家

morning call, 趕緊起床準備中午這場"小朋友們的飯局"~

 

"小朋友的飯局"已經快要變成傳統了，這個聚會是上次我來美國時開始的，大姐頭Theresa召集了年輕一代的小朋友，包括她、我、諾諾、妹妹、阿丹、 小軒、弟弟一起到cheesecake factory享用一頓美味的大餐，這一次，地點換成Johnny Carino's, 來賓少了妹妹who went back to Taiwan to deal with some family matters. 但是多了一個可愛的小女生Sherrie(小軒的女友)，大家還是一樣笑笑鬧鬧，without all the gossip and complains that we hear almost every day, 這是很開心的一頓飯。但愛搞神秘的諾諾在接了一通"神秘電話"之後，竟跑到餐廳門口去"情話綿綿"，我們故意去鬧他，到他電話邊大聲說"王董，好久沒來囉~..."哈哈，他一定恨死我了啦!

 

飯後大家決定到Coffee Bean去享用咖啡，嗯~我的white chocolate latte真的是很好喝呢! 聊著聊著，我們決定續攤到電影院看The Messenger, 這部片拍得還不錯，但我真是搞不懂我自己，明明看到一半已經猜到後面劇情，知道會發生什麼事，還是被嚇得哇哇大叫，沒幾分鐘就會尖叫一次... 電影散場後小軒說:"姐，和妳看鬼片真的很有恐怖的感覺..." 哇哩勒.....你以為我願意這樣啊，我快要被嚇死了好嗎! 哈~

 

看完電影，阿丹先把車開回家，我就順便開信箱看看，沒想到，Bingo! There it is!! 我苦等多日的notice終於在我手上了! 開心的我立刻到market買了一瓶香檳，準備好好慶祝一下啦! 晚上，到菩薩前說謝謝，我突然懂得昨天笑茭的含意...原來，菩薩是在笑我，「妳這個笨蛋，通知信早就在你的信箱裡面了啦!」

 

I was surfing on the internet when I came across a familiar name. My curiosity drove me to look deeper into this. I was right, he's the person I used to know. The images of my meomory start to flash through my mind. He's a lot order than me, whom I referred to as a "teacher", specialized in astrology. I met him through my old job. I couldn't remember much about our interactions, but the image of us in the NCCU sportsfield vividly burned in my head.

 

So much fun and touching feelings start to trigger my emotions, so I decided to look for some other people who used to be very important to me.

 

The next person I looked was  "Tutu the glasses man". I found a video of him being interviewed by reporters, because he's won a award for producing a very good news piece. He's a little chubbier now, but still the same old friend I used to know. He helped me go through a very tough time. We shared a very special memory together.

 

After that, it was Mr. Mustache, the cute little college boy when I first knew him. He turned out to be a very successful photographer now. I am very happy for him. Then I found out he got married last April, with a very cute wife. I bet he took her bridal pictures, and they're very good ones, gees, better than a lot of wedding photographers I know.

 

Of all those important people, the one I still get in touch with is my dear little brother. (That's how I call him anyway), he gave me a lot of encouragement throughout years. In the past, I was kind of mean to him. He was very nice to me, he took me to see the Leo meteour shower in Mt. A-Li. There were lots of sweet memories.

 

After remembering so much memories, I couldn't help but wonder, why am I still stuck in the same place as I used to be? Look at all of them, they all reached their goals, they all became someone big and important, they all have good lives... What about me? What is wrong with me? Is it because I chose the wrong direction in my life? Is there anyone who can tell me?

Today I find myself have the urge to talk to a stranger... a kind stranger.

 

Sometimes, I just want to share my personal & intimate feelings with people I don't really know or whom I've never met. No troubles this way, don't have to worry about too much this way. I have to rely on the kindness of the strangers to comfort me... is it sad?

 

Where is my stranger?

今日在張徐府有場「壽生經」世紀大辯論。要探討這場argument的起因，就要說到何謂「壽生經」了。

 

Aunt Alfa不知在哪個寺廟帶回這部經書，起先大家一聽名字，都誤以為是"瘦身經"；表妹甚至說，要是唸了能夠瘦的話，她一定唸。

據Aunt Alfa表示，人在來到這個世界的時候，是從另一個時空進入到我們現在這個空間，那個時候就向另一個時空借了一些錢來當旅費，所以在我們這一世過完前，要把這些借來的錢還清，才不會帶著債離開，當然，每個人欠的數目不同，經書中都有教你如何計算你欠了多少"壽生錢"，要唸幾遍"壽生經"才能償還。小老虎阿姨用我的生日幫我算上一算，「天啊」，她說，「妳欠真多錢，妳要把這部經唸上324遍才能還清!!」

 

我有疑問? 我只聽過心經、金剛經、地藏經... 我真的從未聽過壽生經這名詞耶! 打開經書一看，我的媽咪嚇了我一大跳，裡面講到如果不唸這部經還清上輩子帶來的債務，可能引起許多恐怖的結果，像是壽命不長、眼盲耳聾...等不好的結果。但其中最讓我的在意的一句，就是如果不唸這部經，將會"醜陋不堪"...這這這.......有人敢不唸嗎?

 

接著，大辯論就開始了，老張同學表示，這部經太偏激，出處不明，小老虎阿姨表示，這是唐三藏取回來的經，一定要相信... 我和淘氣阿丹在一旁默默的打著我們的電動... 最後，淘氣阿丹終於表示: 這個問題，我們就不要再研究了吧~

 

是啊，信者恆信，相信它就認真唸它，不信它也不要勉強，人生中的每件事不都是這樣嗎?

My new favorite book character: Happy Bunny by Jim Benton.

He is cute and smart, and he would say something that makes you laugh so hard until you have a stomach ache. Here are some of his quotes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How can you not love this happy bunny?

 

今天發現自己，原來是可以忍受老歌的...

 

以前，只要聽到媽媽阿姨們唱什麼"相思河畔"、"綠島小夜曲"... 就會覺得很受不了

但現在自己年紀也有了點，雖然嘴裡還是唱著時下最新流行歌曲，但對老歌已經不再那麼排斥~

 

昨晚一群叔叔阿姨們在家唱卡拉OK，一群老人家明明唱的都是老歌，還要硬拉我們這些孩子們一起唱... 我突然覺得，如果挑首新歌來唱 (所謂的新歌，是大概10~15年前的歌)，老人家們一定是"安靜"的聽，因為不能認同...唉~ 那就我們這些年輕人來唱老歌吧~ 所以當我把鄧麗君都點出來之後~ 老人家們樂了，原來他們也是可以瘋狂唱歌到半夜的