Dumplings, oh I love dumplings.

I’ve been quite engaged in the political news and social (in)justice, until I realized after the HK riots that engagement is really just enragement. For some reason nothing constructive gets done as we mistake discourse as dialogue. So in re-starting my little corner of the web*, I’ve decided as part of a regular posting, I’m going to share some of my favourite contents online. Oh there will still be the usual rants but you know what, for a positive beginning, I’m going to share this absolutely awesome video on dumplings.

These guys are the real deal is terms of Chinese cooking. They are incredible chefs and really talks about the essence of each dish – way more informative than the eye candy epic B-rolls. Not to slam the extra slow-motion + shallow depth of field style, they do look epic, it’s just that they can often be visually rich while information-poor.

Plus their Beijing accents just makes me miss Beijing. I’m starting to shift focus back to Taiwan to spend more (and important) time with family but hey, it’s a place I would like to call home as well.

*by removing most of the useless rants and keeping just a few from way back while organizing into some new categories.

RIP, O Captain my Captain.

Robin-Williams

I am still thinking about the passing of Robin Williams. Reading about so many wonderful memories of him online, about his work as an actor, a comic, and above all, just an outstanding human being. I remember somehow every time I laughed out loud watching his performances, there’s always a hint of sadness in his eyes. I still don’t know why. But perhaps I could identify with it. And upon hearing my wife telling me the news this morning, I actually said… I felt that’s the way he’d leave. Continue reading “RIP, O Captain my Captain.”

致臺灣的科學盲

實在寫得太好了!不只是能源方面,包含高雄這次的災難也一樣:很受人民歡迎的就是說,所有危險管線不得通過高雄市,但是哪種管線都有危險,都需要維護。並不是發生事情了說完就好。我還蠻期待看高雄怎麼定義「危險」怎麼定義「高雄市」,周邊的城鎮又會如何要求避免管線埋在他們那邊,與這次爆炸無關的其他「危險」企業又該如何立刻想出解決的辦法然後有資金執行。

並不是說花媽是在造勢,我相信不是,而是說很多時候,順著民粹的決定是最容易做的,而正確的決定卻是最難做的。我很擔心台灣從太陽花學運到現在這一連串的問題,將會選出一群順著民意做事的人,而正確的事卻沒有人做,甚至產生很糟的長遠後果。

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台灣是病了嗎?還是這才是真正的台灣?

台灣是病了嗎?還是這才是真正的台灣?
首先,我一直很奇怪為什麼這些企業大佬都有個三妻四妾(儘管我很佩服他們的成就以及有些人對社會的貢獻),但是一夫多妻不是「違法」嗎?那麼憑什麼這些人能有二房三房?還可以是公開的?好吧,或許是老一輩的人才有的吧。

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A well built physique is a status symbol

A well-built physique is a status symbol. It reflects you worked hard for it. No money can buy it. You cannot inherit it. You cannot steal it. You cannot borrow it. You cannot hold on to it without constant work. It shows dedication. It shows discipline. It shows self-respect. It shows dignity. It shows patience, work ethic, passion.

Billy Tam (my high school friend)

This is when I realized that my body is a temple, but it’s one of those temples in Thailand where they let monkeys shit all over the place.

真正扭曲的國際觀

在朋友的臉書上看到這篇文章: http://mag.udn.com/mag/news/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=522381,無法翻牆的朋友我有摘錄在下面。

看完了以後我卻覺得作者的國際觀也非常扭曲 – 因為他完全忽略現實的國際情況。是的,我非常認同他提到有關我們對東南亞的人的事情,但是扯到兩岸問題的時候怎麼突然又不清楚實質情況了呢?更何況他說的「國際觀」根本就是人品道德(這部份我很認同),但這樣的寫作讓我覺得他是用讓人會點頭的點,來逼你吞下他對中國的厭煩。 Continue reading “真正扭曲的國際觀”

原則不清楚,身段極硬就是虛張聲勢。原則清楚,身段極軟則是值得敬畏。

在臉書上看到這篇文章,實在說到我心坎了。值得思考。

我又想到三國演義(這次不是火鳳燎原就是了),最後一回(120回)薦杜預老將獻新謀,降孫皓三分歸一統。東吳陸抗是如何在邊境與羊祜保持和平的?有在爭「國格」嗎?沒有。羊祜有在用武力震攝嗎?也沒有。都在經營人民的生活。人民才有和平,才有生存的機會。吳主孫皓要陸抗出兵晉國,抗回草疏,「…疏中備言晉未可伐之狀,且勸吳主修德慎罰,以安內為念,不當以黷武為事。吳主覽畢,大怒曰:『朕聞抗在邊境與敵人相通,今果然矣!』遂遣使罷其兵權,降為司馬,卻命左將軍孫冀代領其軍。群臣皆不敢諫。」接著,「…丞相萬彧,將軍留平、大司農樓玄三人見皓無道,直言苦諫,皆被所殺。前後十餘年,殺忠臣四十餘人。皓出入常帶鐵騎五萬。群臣恐怖,莫敢奈何。」試問現在誰在不斷的扣帽子,用各種製造與論的霸凌方式「殺掉」理智的聲音?帶著「路過」的「和平」群眾製造「非我類即匪類」的恐懼?但,一旦挑起事情了,我們有陸抗嗎?對面可多的是羊祜、杜預、王濬等人才啊。

Continue reading “原則不清楚,身段極硬就是虛張聲勢。原則清楚,身段極軟則是值得敬畏。”