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April 15, 2007

San Francisco Pictures 2007

As my time in San Francisco coming to an end, I start taking pictures of the city wherever I go. Last night, I was walking by myself on Van Ness Avenue and took some pictures. This album will be updated throughout April.

San Francisco April 2007

Amazing Lexus Multimedia Ads



I saw the above ad displayed on the windows on a vacant storefront on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. As a person who is deeply interested in createive arts and advertising, I think it's an excellent design!

April 06, 2007

快樂不是用追求得 來的,而是發現得來的

I received this through an email from my friend. I think it's very meaningful.
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如果也可以”分期付款”
那我就可以一天快樂一點兒 每天都有一點兒

周末午後,無緣由被點名訓話,
帶著一肚子氣步出辦公室,迎面而來是冷的天氣;
加上陰冷的情緒,心情一下跌至了谷底。

細雨紛飛的站牌下,不禁對諸事不順遂而怪嗔、怨懟起來。
無意識上了公車,
在擁擠的沙丁魚陣中仍為自己的際遇不平而怨天尤人。
想著他人憑著家世背景,一進公司便在眾人之上,
而為公司賣命多年的自己,仍只是別人的出氣筒,想及此,
臉色就更加陰黯了。

快要下車前,走到司機身旁摸索著找零錢,
卻越摸越著急,身上竟沒有半個銅板!
眼看車已靠站,司機、乘客面面相覷,卻沒有一個人準備同情我!
不得已之下,我只好拿出千元大鈔,
顫抖著手準備投入「恕不找零」的投幣口,突然.....
一位婆婆丟進十五元,告訴司機:「兩票」便拉著我下車。

下車後我才知道其實婆婆自己坐是不用錢的,
她身上的零錢只是隨時為有緣人準備;
而且今天也為了我提早兩站下車,
只因看我臉色不佳,想陪我一下而已。
知道這件事後,我滿臉羞赧,
想到婆婆剛才就站在我身邊,而我卻沒有起身讓坐……
後來反倒讓她來幫助我,真令我無地自容,
一小段路程,婆婆一直溫柔地執著我的手,
解開我的眉梢,融化我的怨怒。
臨別前她送了一個晴天小和尚給我,是她親手縫製的,
上面寫著:
「手把青秧插滿田,低頭便見水中天;心地清淨方為道,退步原來是向前。」
婆婆說:
世上本來就不公平,我們際遇不好,卻有人比我們更糟;
我們怨上天不公平,那麼換成我們是老天爺呢?
我們能做得更好嗎?
凡事要多方面想想,其實自己是很幸運的了。

當婆婆說這話時,陽光在她慈祥的背影後綻放,
而我也才發現她的腿不太方便,但竟為了一個陌生人,
辛苦地多走一段路,反倒快樂無比……
我的淚水滑落,自己的任性造成了別人的不便,
原來自己也處處給別人惹麻煩哪!

婆婆謝謝您!您說的話我都聽進去了,
現在的我每天都努力過得很快樂。

快樂不是用追求得來的,而是發現得來的,
凡事總有好的一面,只在於我們願不願意去發現而已;快樂的人懂得惜福,他們從不埋怨自己缺少什麼,
而會去珍惜自己擁有些什麼。
朋友!你發現快樂了嗎?

April 04, 2007

Worried


Since I returned to the States, I have quickly gone back to my normal state at work. However, I have been thinking so much about my mum. I wish there were more things that I could do to help her. Sometimes I just want to escape to some places and pretend that I don't know about it and it is just a bad dream. In reality, I do have to face it and see what the best I can do to help allieviate her pain during the kidney dialysis process.

It doesn't help when things at work aren't going as smoothly as I hope. Therefore, everything gets a little bit more complicated at the same time. Anyway, I just hope that whatever happens at work can be resolved soon so that I can refocus on figuring out what I should or have to do to help out my mum.