十一月 17, 2011
Three Cups of Tea
我不常買書,卻常看書.學校圖書館有些還不錯的書,也有些很新的書,
我借書有時是看書評或因別人推薦,但很多時候是憑直覺....
這本" 三杯茶"就是憑直覺挑的書,不過卻是很棒的一本書
今天看完了這本"Three Cups of Tea" (中文版),感動 !
十一月 03, 2011
About Movies
今天早上看HBO--"The American President" 是很久以前的片子了(1995)，但很好看。
尤其現任總統終於出來針對另一位總統候選人一些無謂的攻擊做出回應時，真是說得太好了!
原文照錄:
He is interested in two things and two things only:
making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it.
那就是總統的高度!
另外一部電影也顯示了總統的高度--"Invictus" (打不倒的勇者)，
描述Nelson Mandela,
雖無從得知他實際上如何當總統，但是在電影中，他做了總統真正該做的事--
To unite and inspire the nation
許多人也做不到的事情是-原諒
"Mandela could spend thirty years in a tiny cell, and come out ready to forgive the people
who put [him] there".
下面這首詩是在獄中鼓舞著他的詩句: (Invictus)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
八月 23, 2011
《Speak》我不再沉默
這是一本描述一個中學女生被性侵之後把自己封閉起來的故事。透過米蘭達的緩慢回溯，我們一點一滴的明白發生在她身上的事。有點沉重，因為她不知如何尋求外援，朋友誤會她搞砸了party而不再和她交往，在沒有朋友的校園生存，是多麼痛苦的事! 伴隨著她的沉默的只有灰暗的日子，成績一直退步，家庭生活也乏善可陳......
最後，還是得自己省悟，自己先在心理想要改變，並且大聲說出自己的抗議，事情才終於有了轉圜，而犯錯的人，也終於得到報應。
其實，遇到這樣大的挫折，心情的惶恐、害怕、憤怒是可以想像的，但卻不要選擇用封閉的態度來面對。找個可靠的人說出來，心裡會好受一點。如果不想說，就堅強一點，
It's not your fault, so don't punish yourself.
自己的人生，要自己主導，千萬別被別人攪局!
八月 22, 2011
隨想二三事
『目送』和『來不及穿的8號鞋』這兩本都是令人讀完很感動,也很感傷的書。
◎龍應台說：「我慢慢地、慢慢地瞭解到，所謂父女母子一場，只不過意味著，你和他的緣分就是今生今世不斷地在目送他的背影漸行漸遠。你站立在小路的這一端，看著他逐漸消失在小路轉彎的地方，而且，他用背影默默告訴你：不必追。」
七月 12, 2011
The Last Lecture ~by Randy Pausch (1960-10-23 – 2008-07-25)
前些日子看了"最後的演講"這本書，a very inspirig book.
他真是一個很好的role model,給了我許多啟發--as a teacher and a mother.
在追求自己的夢想之外，如果能幫助別人實現夢想是一件更棒的事。
今天在Youtube上把他的演講完整看完，即便他將走到生命的終點，
他卻完全沒有癌末的虛弱或悲情；相反的，整場演講都是神采奕奕、風趣幽默的，
卻在他最後一句話說出來的瞬間，我流下眼淚了,
"This talk wasn't for you guys. It was for my children."
可憐天下父母心!
為人父母總放心不下自己的孩子，尤其是他的三個小孩都如此年幼，
用這樣特別的方式，留下他的愛，他的風範給他的孩子，或許也只有他能辦到吧!
摘錄幾句有意思的話，原文照錄:
- Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
- Wait long enough, and people wil surprise and impress you.
- Loyalty is a two-way street.
- Be repared: "luck" is where peparation meets opportunity.
- We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
- The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
- When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.
- The best gift an educator can give is to get someone to become self reflective.
- Apologize when you screw up.
- If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "tell the truth." If I got three more words, I'd add: "All the time."
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