2025年2月28日 星期五

Struck by the Winter Vomiting Disease

#2025-0228

My wife and I suddenly came down with norovirus last weekend. As a result, we canceled all our planned activities, including my violin class on 2/24, a dinner party with Ben's family and some friends on 2/26, the Dajia Junior High School Alumni Association's Chairperson Handover Ceremony on 2/27, and our planned trip to Hualien on 2/28.

We canceled everything because we were told that we could still be contagious with norovirus even after feeling better for three days. Of course, we didn’t want to risk spreading the virus to our family, friends, or anyone we might come into contact with.

I had reached out to my former colleague Mingzhong Chen (陳明終), a retired professor, who was also planning to attend the Handover Ceremony on February 27. He was the one who told me that my wife's brother, Anzhen (黃安鎮), was scheduled to be inaugurated as the new chairperson of their Alumni Association. What a shame! I hadn’t seen Mingzhong in decades, and because of my illness, I had to miss the chance to reunite with him yesterday.

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2025年2月27日 星期四

《夕陽,依舊這樣美》

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《夕陽,依舊這樣美》

霧峰民主草坪的夕陽,
依舊美得令人屏息。
今日與她並肩踏過那草地,
一時間,我倆頗有同感——

「夕陽總是如此漂亮。」
「夕陽總讓人感動。」

我們靜靜地,靜靜地望著,
讓那難以捉摸的光與影,緩緩滲透入心。

然後——
我竟然想起了父親。

若以陽曆計算,
十年前的今日(2015年2月27日),
他離開了這個世界。

情不自禁,我伸手掏出手機,
拍下這一天的夕陽。
再一次,拍下 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 夕陽。

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2025年2月21日 星期五

Happy Flute on Golden Dragon

#2025-0221

Jean and I have come to Mt. Golden Dragon (金龍山) for the second time. Our first visit was four years ago with another group of friends. Today, we came with the Happy Flute group (悅笛), which includes Bizhu (the group leader), Youfu, Yuanru, Lao Zhan, Xiuzhen, Huifang, Mr. Yen and his wife, Wenhuan, as well as Chunjuan (純娟) and her sister, Chunzhen (純真), among others.

This visit was just as exciting as the last. Walking with different friends, I felt the same joy as before. Take a look at the photos below—you’ll see, or at least imagine, how delightful today’s trip was for us!

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2025年2月17日 星期一

Camels & the Robot

#2025-0217

We cherish our friendship. We, both men and women, care about and support one another.

The men used to be classmates. They once studied together in a class called "Camel Class," so they have called themselves the Camel Brothers, and their life partners, the Camel Sisters.

Now, some Brothers and Sisters who live in Central Taiwan have just met at "Nu Pasta" (in Taichung City) for lunch, where I saw . . .

⸺ a robot server for the first time! That was so much fun, wasn't it?

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