playing with cat?

when my cats first arrived, i played with them constantly. but now i did not play with them as often as i used to. i started to ask why is that? i love to play with my cats just as they were still new to this family. i knew that because when i played with them, it still gave me such a delight and excitement like always. i wonder if it's because of toys. i exhausted most of the toys i bought from stores. i kept thinking of making some toys myself with the resources on hand. however, i was lazy and lacking ideas. i bought some new toys from stores eventually. i played with them for sometimes, then i cut my time to play with them once more. i felt the toys were easily destroyed by them. i do not make money myself. so i hesitated to buy toys. but on the other hand, i have to play with my cats. i need to find a means to play with them. if i did not have toys to play with them, how should i entertain them?

a new light dawned on me recently. am i really entertaining them? or i used them to entertain myself? play with them can be seen as a way to distract myself. the beloved cats are like toys for me... and i need to entertain my toys with another toy... this reasoning might propel myself to buy toys for my cats, or disgusted myself. how could i see my cats as toys...?

but philosophy aside, i do need to find a way to entertain them, keep them stimulated... sleeping, napping, eating, sandboxing(toilet), will dull their minds, make them fat, and might even be dangerous to each other... the current situation just won't cut it. but it is as important that i find a way to keep myself regularly playing with them as playing with them... le sigh. i love cranberry season... cranberry is the best toy for my cats. they love to chase the berries, and the berries are safe to eat. plus, my cats enjoye eating them... i bought something i know they will be very excited about lately, a very furry toy. the only thing is they might be overly aggressive. it will be quickly destroyed. also...i still need to find a way to regularly play with them...

i'd like to build a castle for them with cardboard boxes. maybe that will stimulate myself while a great place for me to play with them as well...

蔥薑引起的

蔥薑的故事媽媽實際上已經說了好幾次了. 我每次都想記下來. 這一次終於來寫了.

蔥和薑的用法在台灣和蘇州似乎有不同. 在蘇州, 也或許是蘇州附近的地方都這樣, 炒肉都是用蔥, 很少用到薑. 至少, 根據媽媽, 外婆是不用薑來炒肉的, 他只用蔥. 但是台灣人好像用的是薑. 這裡就產生一些滿有趣的故事. 其中一個就是以前在爸爸的診所裡有一位陳太太. 媽媽說他以前常常給我們家魚. 這位陳太太有時候在診所裡會提到他自己的姊姊嫁給了一個上海人. 以前有一陣子, 陳太太在他姊夫那邊工作. 有一次他和他姊姊在廚房裡炒菜. 他姊姊說要他炒個肉, 不要用薑, 說完就去做別的事了. 他一聽, 糊塗了. 因為他是台灣人, 自小吃到的肉類幾乎都和薑炒在一起. 他怕自己聽錯了, 但是又不願意再問. 於是他就把蔥薑一起放下去炒. 結果他姊姊回來的時候看到了, 把他大罵一頓... 原來姊夫是上海人, 炒肉也是習慣只用蔥不用薑.

挺有趣的...

樂事

熱天吹涼風, 冬天暖被窩.

炒肉絲

炒肉絲. 這是一個很有用的東西. 最好的材料是裡肌. 把裡肌先斜切片, 再逆著紋理切絲. 熱鍋, 加油, 油不可少, 因為這個是做來佐菜用的. 每次用一點, 油多才能放的久. 切蔥姜下去, 香味起來後, 下肉絲. 中火泡到熟. 媽媽都是用高罐子裝, 通常都是外面我們買韓國泡菜的罐子, 口夠寬, 身子夠高.

這個東西通常可以在清炒青菜的時候加一點. 會有一點肉味. 很多菜都可以用, 我們用最多的有, 大小白菜, 清江菜等等. 也可以下個麵, 無論你是想吃湯麵, 還是拌麵, 加一點這個肉和清炒的青菜混在一起, 再灑上一些黑胡椒, 真是美味. 也可以炒個蛋!

媽媽說這個方法是來自外婆. 他們小的時候是不吃大塊肉的. 一方面大概是因為他們是蘇州人, 另一方面也是因為小時候肉比較貴. 當我想吃大塊肉的時候, 有時候媽媽就會提到這件事情. 這個方法有個好處就是, 吃的肉的確少了. 肉的肥在泡熟的過程裡也都出來了. 裝在罐子了, 和青菜一起炒或加在麵裡也就加了一些香味! :D 所以是肉吃少了, 但是味道沒減少! 麻煩的地方就是切絲. 但是, 味道是真的很好!

The Fox and the Little Prince

It was then that the fox appeared. "Good morning" said the fox."Good morning" the little prince responded politely
although when he turned around he saw nothing.

"I'm right here" the voice said, "under the apple tree."

"Who are you?" asked the little prince, and added,
"You're very pretty to look at."

"I'm a fox", the fox said.

"Come and play with me," proposed the little prince, "I'm so unhappy."

"I can't play with you," the fox said, "I'm not tamed."

"Ah! Please excuse me,"said the little prince.
But after some thought, he added: "What does that mean—'tame'?"

"You do not live here," said the fox, "What is it you're looking for?"

"I'm looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean—tame?"

"Men,"said the fox, "they've guns, and they hunt. It's very disturbing.
They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"

"No," said the little prince. "I'm looking for friends. What does that mean—tame?"

"It's an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"To establish ties?"

"Just that," said the fox. "to me, you're still nothing more than a little boy
who's just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you.
And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I'm nothing more than a fox
like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other.
To me, you'll be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world …"

"I'm beginning to understand," said the little prince.
"There's a flower. . .I think she has tamed me…"

"It is possible," said the fox. "On earth one sees all sorts of things."

"Oh but this is not on the earth!" said the little prince.

The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.
"On another planet?"

"Yes"

"Are there hunters on that planet?"

"No"

"Ah that's interesting! Are there chickens?"

"No"

"Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.
But he came back to his idea.
"My life's very monotonous," he said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me.
All chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike.
And in consequence, I am a little bored.
But if you tame me, it'll be as if the sun came to shine on my life.
I shall know the sound of a step that'll be different from all the others.
Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground.
Yours will call me, like music out of my burrow.
And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder?
I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me.
The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad.
But you have hair that is the color of gold.
Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me!
The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you.
And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat…"

The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
"Please—tame me!" he said.

"I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I've not much time.
I've friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."

"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox.
"Men have no more time to understand anything.
They buy things all ready made at the shops.
But there's no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship,
and so men have no friends any more.
If you want a friend, tame me…"

"What must I do, to tame you? asked the little prince.

"You must be very patient," replied the fox.
First you'll sit down at a little distance from me – like that – in the grass.
I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing.
Words are the source of misunderstandings.
But you'll sit a little closer to me, every day…"

The next day the little prince came back.

"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox.
"If for example, you came at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock
I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances.
At four o'clock, I shall be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am!
But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour
my heart is ready to greet you… One must observe the proper rites…"

"What's a rite?" asked the little prince.

"Those also are actions too often neglected," said the fox.
"they're what make one day different from other days, one hour different from other hours.
There's a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they danse with the village girls.
So Thursday's a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards.
But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day,
and I should never have any vacation at all."

So the little prince tamed the fox.
And when the hour of his departure drew near—

"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."

"It's your own fault," said the little prince.
"I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you…"

"Yes that is so", said the fox.

"But now you're going to cry!" said the little prince.

"Yes that is so" said the fox.

"Then it has done you no good at all!"

"It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields."
And then he added: "go and look again at the roses.
You'll understand now that yours is unique in all the world.
Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."

The little prince went away, to look again at the roses.
"You're not at all like my rose," he said.
"As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one.
You're like my fox when I first knew him.
He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes.
But I have made a friend, and now he's unique in all the world."
And the roses were very much embarrassed.
"You're beautiful, but you're empty," he went on. "One could not die for you.
To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you
–the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she's more important
than all the hundreds of you other roses:
because it is she that I have watered;
because it is she that I have put under the glass globe;
because it is for her that I've killed the caterpillars
(except the two or three we saved to become butterflies);
because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled,
or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing.
Because she is MY rose."

And he went back to meet the fox.
"Goodbye" he said.

"Goodbye," said the fox.
"And now here's my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"What is essential is invisible to the eye,"
the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"It is the time I have wasted for my rose–"
said the little prince so he would be sure to remember.

"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
You are responsible for your rose…"

"I am responsible for my rose,"
the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

From "The Little Prince" by Antoine de St. Exupery. A most lovely chapter from a most lovely book.

storyboard

there's a 40ish ex-FBI agent became a private investigator. background is Chinese from ROC. an incredible martial artist in secrecy. he's crazy to study anything. he's very uptight about anything sexual, except academic stuff. he's short and skinny, almost like a monkey. he loved Chinese opera or other traditional musics. he's a weird sense of humor, which is not inappropriate, but not easy to understand.

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two teens met at library. background was: the boy was really good at dancing; the girl was a foreigner from outer country. the boy's parents were ball room dancing instructors. the girl's parents worked high in some entertainment company. the girl was homeschooled. her parents were afraid of letting her out. they got familiar with each other and the girl got to know the boy's friends well. through four years of friendship, they separated after a night of awakening, through which they realized how much they were meant for each other. the girl disappeared. the boy gave up ballroom dancing. went into college to study stage drama. after graduated, he went to canada to visit one of his old pal. he went into a huge concert. the center star is the girl. he felt a huge urge and started to write a script. he sent out the script until he found a man willing to publish his script. the real story begins with the start of the movie production. the boy used all the girl's music as movie's soundtrack. the story was very basic, it basically his experience with that girl up until the separation. the real meat was when both the boy and the girl casted as the main characters.

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a ghost story. an 20ish guy came to boston to look for a missing girl. both were chinese. the story of the girl was that as an ambicious girl, she came to harvard to study something. a very competitive nature made her lonely around the harvard campus. she got an american boyfriend. on a trip with the boyfriend, she was claimed missing. now the background was set, the chinese guy learned from 茅山. he's a sort of a chinese warlock. he's search for the girl led him to the girl's boyfriend's car. the car was transfered through two people. there's a huge rumor about the haunted car...

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there you have it. i wish to develope those into some stories... lol in my dreams...

who let the cat out...

i usually brought my cats outside for a few minutes of walk if weather permits.
today, one of my cat ran away... he knew i was watching his every movement. so he lurked behind bushes pretending he's chewing grasses. he went left and right. finally he saw an opportunity and grabbed it! he ran like a leopard trying to catch a prey... i really should tape it next time...

eventually he came back, with a mouse... like last year, he went outside without a leash. i caught him when the mouse slipped out of his teeth and went into a hole...

darn it...now i have to give him a bath...

中文譯音

常常在看到中文的文章裡提到非英文的中文譯音時, 一定是會在中文後面加一個用羅馬字母拼出來的字.

有時候想一想, 感覺很好笑. 因為那字母和中文比起來, 還不見得真能代表那個發音... 舉個例子, 英文的耶穌是拼 JESUS. 這和中文譯音大大不同, 殊不知, 當時在譯的時候, 這些羅馬字母不是用作英語的發音. 他比較可能是拉丁的發音. 也就可能比較接近義大利, 西班牙, 或者是法國的發音. 可是, 也不盡然... 因為即使是上述的三個國家, 他們怎麼稱呼這些字母上也稍微要不一樣... 當然, 華語的方言也很複雜. 但是用中文譯音, 因為現在國語的通行, 反而要比那些字母準確的多的多!

剛剛我在查一個詞, 我看到羅馬字母拼成, khoomei. 我查了老半天才查到中文是啥. 他是一個蒙古音, 這個詞是蒙古歌藝裡的一門技術. 中文的音譯是呼麥... 乖乖... 如果我看英文發音, 我一定不唸呼麥, 我大概會唸成哭麥... 當然這個譯詞一並不是英語翻譯, 但是, 英文如此的普及. 那些不大懂外國東西的人大概都以為這就是英文了... 還把他唸成哭麥. 不對, 我想想, 很多美國人, 在我看來很有可能也會唸成哭麥... 笑!

但是以羅馬字母之盛行, 中國人真的能夠認為呼麥可以成為這一項技術的專有名詞嗎? 還是他們在學校的時候, 他們也得學寫 khoomei, 然後認為, 啊 哈, 這才是這個詞的寫法呀!

memorable movie quotes

(lords of the ring fellowship of the ring)

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought.

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(kingdom of heaven)

Balian of Ibelin: What is Jerusalem worth?
Saladin: Nothing.
[walks away]
Saladin: Everything!

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King Baldwin IV: Come forward. I am glad to meet Godfrey's son. He was one of my greatest teachers. He was there when, playing with the other boys, my arm was cut. It was he, not my father's physicians who noticed that I felt no pain. He wept when he gave my father the news, that I am a leper. The Saracens say that this disease is God's vengence against the vanity of our kingdom. As wretched as I am, these Arabs believe that the chastisement that awaits me in hell is far more severe and lasting. If that's true, I call it unfair. Come. Sit. When I was sixteen I won a great victory. I felt in that moment that I should live to be one hundred, now I know I shall not see thirty. You see, none of us chose our end really. A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convinient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.
Balian of Ibelin: I will.
King Baldwin IV: Then go now to your father's house at Ibelin, and from there protect the pilgim road. Protect the helpless. And then perhaps one day when I am helpless you will come and protect me.

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Godfrey of Ibelin: Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.
Godfrey of Ibelin: [cuffs Balian with the back of his hand] And that's so you remember it.
Hospitaller: Arise a knight and Baron of Ibelin.

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and many many other quotes from THIS MOVIE!! :D

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(the 13th warrior)

"Lo there do I see my father.
Lo there do I see my mother.
Lo there do I see my brothers and my sisters.
Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo they do call to me;
they bid me take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla,
where the brave may live forever."

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(the passion of the Christ)

Jesus: See, mother, I make all things new.


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(the matrix)

neal: wow...

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(titus)

Titus: He that wounded her hath hurt me more than had he killed me dead.


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(gladiator)

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Commodus: Rise. Rise.
[Maximus stands up, clenching an arrow head in his right hand]
Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name.
Maximus: My name is Gladiator.
[turns away from Commodus]
Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
Maximus: [removes helmet and turns around to face Commodus] My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
[Commodus trembles in disbelief]
Quintus: Arms!
[Praetorians point their spears at the gladiators while the Colosseum crowd chants for them to live. Commodus shakes his head and motions the crowd for silence. He then raises his fist and reluctantly gives the thumbs-up signal]

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movie characters

there're many movie characters that are unique. just to mentioned a few that i liked.

Ripley from Alien and Aliens. I don't know why, but i really liked the character. to me, it's extremely unique. i guess she did not demonstrate some super human ability or character. but she was more closer to what a person could do gracefully under pressure! that's what very attractive. you can see her scare, you can see her care, you can even see her struggle inside. but eventually, you saw her overcame the fear inside at the end of Aliens and tried to rescue the girl. i guess that girl could be seen as herself but scared! hehe, psychology...

Don Vito Corleone from Godfather. i certainly know the real deal in mafia was horrible. but i can't say how much strength this character showed. i wished i could be as strong and cool as him. he had his own doctrine, which i don't think any of his kids understand much, espeically michael. Sunny know well, but i don't think he had the control of his old man, or even michael. Don Vito Corleone was the one with control, coolness, strength, and wisdom rolled in one. he had his own idea of mercy. it's ancient. but somehow i felt familiar.

Tom Hagen. i liked him. a very good staff character. loyal and smart. i liked him.

maria. i loved this character. in fact, i loved most of julie andrew's character. resiliant, joyful, and passion for life. plus, maria can sing. but the most important thing is she loved somebody, ran away, but she summed up courage to face it once again. she's true to herself which is not a easy thing, to me at least. i just loved this character!

milton miles

the more i think about him the more i think it's sad. for all of his intelligence work, none of which went into how much sweat he put into his work. there is no recognition anywhere to be found anywhere, except his own book and books written by soldiers working under him.

but the more i contemplate about it, the more important i value his work. i can't really dig into his story about the weather intelligence and the pacific warfare in WWII. but i could just imagine how important his intelligent report really was for the fourteenth Air Troops. only with the service he provided, could Clair Chennault's air force be as effective as they were on the south china sea. and for fourteenth air troop to be effective at bombing enemy supply line, the intelligence in the front would be crucial as well. all this intelligence was milton miles' contribution. and yet, nobody mentioned about it anymore. For the USA people, there was only corruption, imcompetence, and revoltion. It's incredibly sad that there was man, who successeed in working with Chinese with an attitude that ALL Chinese should remember, celebrate, and cherish. And yet, none of them will be remembered.

I read three USA military memoirs in China during WWII. One was Clair Chennault, one i only finished half way was Joseph Stilwell, the last one was Milton Miles. What was so striking from reading Milton Miles memoir was the attitude he had towards Chinese.

Claire Chennault did not know Chinese before 1927. He brought what the Chinese most needed at the time. Chinese government treated him well, and he used his knowledge and ability to fight with Chinese. His attitude towards Chinese was that this was a people that i could help. they respected my work and knowledge. i will in term fight with them with all i got. so he fought hard with the chinese.
Joseph Stilwell on the other hand, was quite familiar with Chinese custom, language, and politics. many people who knew china like Joseph Stilwell was weary of the Chinese politics. The best among them kept a cold and calculated mind. The worst of them looked hard to see where he could profit. Joseph Stilwell was among the best of them, who were unsatisfied with current government. They laughed at the the government's every effort, they pitied that Chinese people was led by this pooly trained people. Joseph Stilwell was one of those with the thoughts.

Milton Miles, an USA navy served in China just like Joseph Stilwell was vastly different in attitude towards Chinese. Milton Miles could speak a few dialect, he traveled through mainland China with his family well into Burma once. He was assigned by Admiral King, then USA Pacific Navy Commander, to China to prepare for USA Navy landing in 3-4 years. He then end up working with Dai Li(戴笠). They signed a treaty to form an organization called Sino American Cooperative Organization. Trying to work with Chinese, Milton Miles decided that he wanted his staffs and soldiers to have no previous knowledge of China at all. His reason for this was if you want to work with Chinese, you have to have no prejudice against them. He thought many foreigners including USA people, who knew China too well, will ruined the cooperative mood he tried to built between Chinese field soldiers and guerrilla. USA OSS, CIA's daddy, thought it was an absurd comment. Many Old chinese hands, who knew chinese affair qutie well, was ridiculed by the comment as well. Milton's attitude towards working with Chinese was that he was a foreigner, who had the same goal as Chinese people. He viewed Chinese as in a turmoil time in desperate need for help. He wanted to fight Japanese, but he also very much in need of chinese cooperation for him to gather weather report for the pacific Navy operation. He strifed very hard to find a way to truly find a way to work with Chinese. In the end, He was the only two USA people succeeded doing just that.

He tried hard to describe why other people failed in getting cooperation out of Chinese in his memoir, a different kind of war. The genuine respect for chinese was shown between lines and words. He trained Chinese guerrilla with fresh USA soldiers, who knew little about China. Those young USA soldiers dined the same thing Chinese soldiers dined. They lived with Chinese on the battlefield, when most of foreigners were not allowed to go to the frontline. Milton Miles worked with Dai Li, who did not easily trust anyone. But Dai Li trusted Milton Miles and his men. That's a shocking news to many other foriegners.

the piano--animation

媽媽的翻譯

condone: 茍同

人之常情: it's only human.

媽媽他是非常喜歡英文的, 花了一大堆時間研究英文. 他常常為了一個字想了很久很久, 還到處問人. 有時候他如果有一個字無法譯成他認可的中文時, 他就要絞盡腦汁. 往往經過他用力思考出來的東西, 或著是努力尋找到令他滿意的時候, 他最終的答案都非常的棒! 就像 condone 這個字. 其他的字典翻譯時都是同意, 甚至有譯成贖罪. 但是同意是一個不完全的翻譯. condone 最常用的英文解釋是:

To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure.

和同意有一點類似. 但, 是在同意者實際上並不贊成的情況之下, 沒有反對的表現而產生的同意. 茍同精確的表達了這一個意思!

這實在說明了, 要真的翻譯別人的文字, 自己的文學底子真的要很好.

Rob Roy Swordfight

one of the best swordfights i've ever witnessed for movie!

歌的故事

歌的故事

英雄本色難忘的台詞

>>豪哥：「小馬，我拜託你醒一醒！」
小馬：「算了！我不要你可憐我！我不會逼朋友做他不想做的事！我有我自己的原則，我不想一輩子被人踩在腳下！你以為我是臭要飯的？我等了三年，就是要等一個機會，我要爭一口氣，並不是想證明我了不起，我是想告訴人家，我失去的東西，我一定要拿回來！！」

豪哥：「阿杰！」
阿杰：「不要叫我阿杰！ 叫警官！」
豪哥：「警官...我沒做大哥很久了。」

小馬：「你看清楚！他是你親哥哥！不管他以前有什麼錯，現在也全都還給你了！他有勇氣改過！為何你沒勇氣接受他！？做兄弟的...」(爆頭)<<

英雄本色第一集! 中國影史上最好的影片之一!!

陳納德, 短文

這是我在一個網上寫的短文. 題目是在介紹陳納德. 我很有興趣, 又看了一兩本有關的書. 所以稍微就我所知也介紹一下. 前一陣子我試寫了幾次我對陳納德的心得感想都不是很滿意. 這一篇倒還可以. 有時候, 讀到的東西, 在肚子裡放一陣子再拿出來, 好像會比較實在一點. 語氣上也不會太衝.


文章的資料好像有一點過時. 尤其是數據上...
數據好像是引用陳的資料, 那多半誇大了...
但是他帶領的飛虎隊在戰績上是的確佔優勢.

另外, 俄國的志願隊在民國廿六年十二月就已經來了. 武漢空戰時, 他們貢獻卓越.
就算在往後, 陳納德和他們合作仍然是非常佩服他們.

根據陳納德的回憶錄, 他十四歲就當老師教十七八歲的人了. 是一個天才型的人物.

陳辭去美國空軍職務美國空軍職務是拿耳聾做藉口, 實際上他是很令美國軍部討厭的人物. 當然陳自己也是灰心的不得了.
一方面是因為空軍不被重視, 在當時(也就是一次和二次世界大戰之間), 很多人認為空軍只是配角. 因此, 美國的空軍很晚才真的成為獨立軍種...
另一方面是, 當時的經濟恐慌讓美軍軍費捉襟見肘, 海陸軍下的空軍部隊已經很少錢了. 空軍部隊把僅有的錢通通花在轟炸機上. 這令陳納德憤慨不已.
當時的空軍理論主流是一個義大利人(忘記名字了)主張的. 他認為轟炸機才是最有效的戰術. 這個理論和當時把空軍作為配角的想法一拍即合...
這個想法不僅僅是美國, 幾乎所以所有當時的軍事家們都認同.
這也是為啥在抗戰初期, 國軍可以在空戰上達到一定程度的勝利, 因為日本也是這個學術的支持者. 所以轟炸機在初期不怎麼設防.

陳納德本身是一個非常高超的飛機駕駛. 他為了證明戰鬥機的飛行能力, 他和其他兩個人組成了一個飛行特技團, 經年到處表演. 當經濟恐慌來到後, 他在空軍部隊裡和別人大起爭吵.
因為他認為, 轟炸機和戰鬥機是同等重要. 他完全不贊成把微薄的經費完全花在轟炸機上. 他還為此向轟炸機迷挑戰. 當時的轟炸機裝甲厚, 周身又有機關鎗.
再加上那時(1930年代初期), 美國還沒有雷達. 要戰鬥機在轟炸機來到之前升空到有效高度並不容易. 陳納德在提出挑戰後, 設計了一套防禦系統.
這個系統是他在夏威夷時, 把日本當假想敵的時候就有雛型了. 而這一套, 也就是後來在整個中國, 從重慶到延安都成功利用的那一套系統!
他的挑戰完全粉碎轟炸機支持者的迷夢. 但是, 那些轟炸機迷到最後竟然不准他用這一套防禦系統!
之後他仍然不斷宣傳他自己的想法, 甚至頂撞上司也在所不惜. 但是在不斷的爭吵中, 他煩透了!
就在這時, 他以前的一個學生從中國來找他, 於是他決定去中國.
我認為在提到陳納德的時候, 一定要把他的空軍理論提出來. 這是他畢生的心血, 也是他一輩子的戰場... 甚至他來到中國就是希望他可以施展他的抱負!
不提這個, 在我看, 陳納德只剩下半截陳納德...

美國的援華志願隊的確是費盡陳納德的心血. 不光是很多美國的年輕人想往歐洲跑, 更重要的是當時美國飛行員幾乎都沒有人會飛戰鬥機... 因為都他們都只學轟炸幾... lol! 並不是說沒有人會開戰都幾了. 但是在陳的眼裡, 那些會開戰鬥機的人, 他們的技術通通不合格... 他在民國卅年前半年, 才開始訓練他的隊員. 同年十二月, 日本轟炸珍珠港. 在這期間, 根據陳納德的回憶錄, 他是怎樣也無法睡好覺. 不僅僅是因為他為訓練飛行員而合不上眼, 更因為他在這個期間看到一架架的日本飛機進駐就在他隔壁的泰國. 這讓他冷汗直冒! 每天都在害怕日本飛機會隨時飛過來把他辛辛苦苦小群飛機給炸光... 當然, 他也很想要去炸就在隔壁駐咱泰國的那些日本飛機...lol

陳納德和史迪威之間的爭吵有很多因素. 我還有看過其中把美國南方北方人性格教育的不同拿來做因素, 大意是說, 陳納德為了滿足他的空軍, 他甚至進口印度妓女. 當史迪威這個美國北方人(大多有清教徒的影響)知道了以後, 和陳納德大吵一架... 這個故事的真實與否我不知道, 只是滿特別的, 故此提出... 他們之間的爭吵, 在我看來遠因還是空軍陸軍之爭. 近因則是美援實在太少, 完全無法適當的分配; 另外就是史迪威和國府的關係. 美國給英國援助大約是 29 billion, 美給俄的援助大概是 9 billion, 美給中的援助不到一個 billion (來源好像是一寸河山一寸血). 美援那麼少, 再加上史迪威一心只想先打回緬甸, 完全無法和中國軍部的想法一致! 爭吵扯上陳納德, 因為陳納德想要在中國戰場作戰, 他對緬甸戰場反而沒有那麼在意. 這裡有可以講講空軍和陸軍不同的思路. 史迪威自己是很傳統的陸軍. 他認為空軍是用來支援陸軍的. 這個想法和陳納德相衝. 陳的想法是希望得到美援的支持, 然後, 陳納德的空軍可以在中國上空取得絕對制空權. 但是這個制空權不僅僅包含中國上空, 範圍甚至包含整個南海(我想也包括緬甸上空). 他的意思就是要癱瘓日本的海上運輸. 但是史迪威認為, 這樣會使日本盡全力搶奪中國國府控制下的所有空軍基地. 對於這一點, 陳納德認為中國的陸軍在他的空軍保護下儘可能守得住這些機場甚至如果美援充足, 甚至可以攻擊日軍. 史迪威認為那是笑話, 史迪威完全不想信國民革命軍的能力. 他認為他們是腐敗顢頇. 這個爭吵在 trident 會議上, 由羅斯福決定按照陳納德的腹案來進行. 但是根據陳納德的回憶錄, 他並沒有從史迪威那邊得史迪威承諾的美援... 但是在史迪威的傳記裡, 卻說, 史迪威一開始有按計畫行事... 這個...就得交給專家學者去鑑定了... 我還看過說, 根據魏德邁(也就是繼任史迪威將軍成為中國參謀的那一位)的調查, 一發美援來的子彈都沒有進入國民革命軍的手裡... 我是不知道情況... :p 不過, 就我現在的認為是, 不應該把史迪威就看成是個笨蛋, 或著說他就是高傲... 他的出發點, 和他之前在中國的經驗再加上美援如此的少, 有時還要被英國人偷, 他的任務注定失敗... 往往, 國府的人就說史迪威的壞話... 共黨的人就說史迪威的好話... 都有失偏頗...

陳納德的離華是被迫的. 不是自願的... 反正可以說, 美國馬歇爾的人都極端恨惡陳納德. 想盡辦法要把他弄走... 到現在, 美國軍史上對陳納德的評價不過普通. 甚至在提到對於空軍的貢獻時, 也很少提到. 去看看英文的維基講美國空軍的條目時, 陳納德是不會被提到的. 如果要提, 他們寧可提飛虎隊. 但是路易斯安納州的人都還是很喜歡陳納德, 那邊有陳納德紀念館, 還有陳納的的像...

陳納德對中國的貢獻是巨大的. 這個巨大的貢獻不僅僅是在數據上, 更是在心理上! 在抗戰時, 如果沒有他的防衛系統, 重慶可能早就得投降了. 中國無論是老百姓, 軍隊, 還是政府, 當他們仰起頭來看到日空軍的轟炸, 那種無力的感覺不是史迪威或者任何其他西方人是所能夠了解的. 陳納德在這一方面提共了中國當時無與倫比的強大保護! 這個貢獻在我看來要比長城更巨大!

全軍破敵論壇(http://www.twc.idv.tw/main/?action-viewthread-tid-2202)

曠野寄情

實在好聽... 張清芳實在好棒... 靳鐵章(詞家)實在好棒!

這首歌我聽過李建復, 黃大城, 和施孝榮唱過, 男的唱非常雄壯有力. 但是張清芳唱卻真的是高亢清脆, 又帶有一股柔美! 兩種我都很喜歡! 希望有一天我也可以唱! 哈哈!

漁唱

黃大城 -《漁唱》

收錄在1980年出版的【今山古道/漁唱】專輯。

黃大城 -《漁唱》
作詞：靳鐵章　作曲：靳鐵章

茫茫滄海中　有我一扁舟
碧海藍天為伴
啊　我隨輕舟航　航向海天會
海鷗輕風為伍
我把網兒拋灑　像我飛揚的心
我將兒女情絲　忘懷於碧海藍天
滾滾江水東流　洗去塵勞憂傷
喜見魚蝦滿船　溫暖在我的心房
啊　晚霞紅魚帆　快樂歌聲揚
自由自在徜徉

時線

我的中國抗戰時線做好了. 這個時線花了我實際動手所花的時間至少三個月. 從決定要做到正式完成至少四個月, 因為我的動作太慢, 也是我亂拖的毛病. 如果不是有金庸茶館的論壇, 沒有裡面和別人的吵架, 我大概也不能夠完成.

但是現在完成了後, 卻感到極度的空虛. 我想要在繼續下去, 至少要察對大致上的日期都是正確的, 或糾正一些錯誤. 然後我想或許可以放到網上. 但是現在我卻覺得好累. 因為我知道裡面還有一大堆沒有完成的東西, 譬如說陳納德離華, 宋子文啥時到美國... 共產黨的活動也沒有太多的紀錄, 一方面我實在不大相信他們的紀錄. 可能的話, 我將用維基的資料來充數.

但是目前最讓我不爽的是有一個戰鬥的中文譯名我不找不到. 然後呢, 我有些書也不知道可以到哪兒去找來看... 像是張玉法和郭廷以的書... 當然, 我現在也只能將就了...

大概是我不會找資料, 尤其是中文的資料. 很多東西我都找不到... 英文的還好找一點. 但是我實在很想找以國民政府時代為出發點的資料... 中文的資料是很難找的. 一方面我覺得資料的數量不能和英文的比, 質量也不能和英文的比. 中文的網上資料我實在得持更大的保留態度. 一方面他們很少有列資料來源, 但是最大的地方往往是他們政治態度... 當然這並不是說我就可以客觀. 客觀是完全不可能的. 就算美國的資料, 也不可能, 絕對完全的不可能.

但是也正因為如此, 事件發生的時間地點和軍隊的動向, 加上多方資料的核對才才有可能呈現接近事實的可能性, 雖說百分之百是不可能達到的. 在我的認為裡, 時間地點和軍隊的動向是唯一可靠的客觀. 之後, 我們參考說, 軍隊為啥做這樣的動作, 事件在啥情況之下發生, 雙方發生戰鬥的動機, 他們戰鬥所想達到的目的則已經有更加遠離客觀很遠了.

在兩岸的比較上, 我覺得很有趣值得一提的東西是, 大部分討論中國抗戰的論題多半會變質為國共內戰的爭論. 在我現在的認為是這都是感情問題. 很抱歉, 共產黨在那時做的實在是少, 更糟的是不斷的宣傳國府不抗日最後造成兩面的傷害. 大部分大陸朋友上論壇的都無法承認這一點. 大部分的人就喜歡提, 國府的腐敗, 軍隊的無能, 再不然就是大刀... 至於台灣的朋友, 我只能說, 還是有不少人承認中國抗戰的歷史是自己的一部分, 當然另一部分是完全看成外國史的人, 為數稍微少一點. 但是在我看來, 最多的是中間那些模糊不清界線混淆的人. 這完全就是民進黨執政的結果嗎? 在我的認為不完全是, 這是一種自然的趨勢罷了. 雖說, 我對這個現象只想哭...

抗日戰爭, 可以說是最重要的課題. 我還是希望我可以繼續下去. 這場戰爭的戰線並不僅只在戰場上, 雙方軍人互相砍殺射擊. 這是一個內政外交經濟軍事的搏鬥. 我始終都覺得抗日戰爭在本質上和歐戰是不一樣的. 大大的不一樣. 但是我現在依然無法說出有啥不一樣. 希望有一天我可以說出我想說的.