楓----懷念小舅

●周杰倫這首歌--楓〈我略改過〉就送給你啦ˇ相信這是我們一家族永遠的心聲●

烏雲在我們心裏擱下一塊陰影　我聆聽沉寂已久的心情
清晰透明　就像美麗的風景　總在回憶裏才看的清

被傷透的心能不能夠繼續　我們無力牽起沒溫度的雙手
過往歡顏　已經被時間上鎖　只剩揮散不去的難過

緩緩飄落的楓葉像思念　我點燃燭火溫暖歲末的秋天
極光掠奪天邊　北風掠過想你的容顏　把思念燒成了落葉　卻換不回熟悉的那張臉
緩緩飄落的楓葉像思念　為何挽回要趕在冬天來之前
願你穿越時間　兩行來自秋末的眼淚　讓愛滲透了地面　我們要的只是你在我們身邊

I Am Back, I Am Packed

I am back!!! From my last blog posting, it has been 1 year and 3 month. Many things happened... happy or bearing --my dearest uncle Mike passed away left with many unforgettable sadness; we finally moved in our new home and things started getting much smooth there after. Kids moved to new school learning Chinese as their prime language. An unexpected new car showed up in the garage upon my returning from Beijing. The only thing that does NOT change is my career worries. Unfortunately, when I sent out my holiday greeting card wishing everyone a happy new year, I carried this anxiety over for another year to 2008. I have lost courage and confidence to look at myself. Instead, I simply just buried it with junks day after day, night after night when I go to bed. The most unbearable feeling in the mid-life is the anxious ... hopeless and helpless. I am loosing my stage everyday...hey Jay... I watched you on the stage shine and bright. Remember this "Glory Good Old Time".

等待

一直以為年輕時代受過苦的人, 年紀大了應該會很有福報. 其實雖然說這個說法沒什麼不對, 但是也沒有什麼必然性. 對於我一直深深敬愛的您, 很遺憾, 這個說法不太成立.

化療這星期進入第二階段了吧! 您的種種痛苦我不能分擔百分之一, 人生就是如此無奈, 大家每天活著都好像在醉生夢死等待著某天發現自己得了什麼病. 然後等到那天真的來了再感慨世事無常.

懷念您做的包子--

Sorry Honey! I ruin your day

I left you this morning at school without a hug that you usually demand it so badly. Probably because I was upset with you for not being able to speak out all the months of year fluently. I left your classroom without turning my head, and soon realized I am messing the whole thing up. Turn around, heading back, you were crying at the door. Staring at you, I saw myself. Yes, I saw myself at your age - a little girl always waiting at the door for her mom's return from work. This scene takes a whole lot of memories of my childhood.

Guess there is never enough for me to learn how to properly behave as a mother, and see, honey, how slow my learning process is.

A hug from mom, it really means a lot! Sorry honey!

Yosemite! Camping without tents!

After 5 months of waiting, we finally pack our backpacks heading for Yosemite. The campground was reserved back to February but somehow the National Park Reservation Website is misleading those first time campers like me that equipments could be provided by site. Ok, so..., we prepared everything but.... the tents. So....., we've done lots of activities but... camping. The sky gets dark, after loads of food are gone, after kids are exhausted, and after all other campers off their tent fire getting ready sneaking into sleeping bags, we surely pack our backpacks and ... heading home... Well, at least we were ensured a nice comfy sound sleep after all these. This is how we ended a long expecting Yosemite Camping Trip!

Coffee on Heaven

Guess where it is!? Yes, the beautiful Taiwan Central Mountain. I really admire the recent development of service/food industry in Taiwan. A coffee addicted like me, by just imagining sitting and sipping a cup of freshly brewed hot coffee in this heaven, would brighten my day and sweenten my dream. This is one of the few moments/scenes in our life feeling it is so damned good to be existed. Soooong-La!

愛蘭(終於又)說 -

My favorite one .........

After two years of cultivation, it finally comes out with flowers. I like the color -pink with write stripes from the center















This one I call it "never give up".

6 months ago, it's pretty spike was destroyed by the "#&^%$*" snails in one night. I was soooo pissed. But it just would not dis-appointed me! Here the flowers come again.














Root

Agree with me or not, I think the most admirable part of orchard is not the flower, is the root. (For this type of orchard) healthy roots look sturdy and firm, usually with silky looking skins. I bought this one 2 years ago. Flower spikes never appeared but it's roots growing like crazy. The funny thing is the roots all go upwards. They thought they are flower spikes. Hey, roots! wrong way!

Busy

Their mom also enjoyed this activity when she was a little girl. But as I remember, the beads were so much smaller than those. That is more challenging.