2013年8月21日 星期三

Lottery

Time to time, there is always some big prize accumulated up to billion dollars at lottery.  Once a while, we will put some money and hope we can get lucky.

Just week ago, we bought a ticket.  We started to talk about if we win, what we going to do with the money.

“First, pay back all the debts for all family members.  And then,”
“I want to have a foundation set up.” I said.

“What foundation?” my honey asked.

I gave it a hard thought.  There are lots famous foundations for healing disease, for poor people, or for rescuing animals worldwide.

“I will have a foundation for education.” I decided.

“Why?” he asked again.

I always believe doctors and teachers are the best jobs that able to benefit most people in the most effective way since I was young.   In my adult life, I have changed so many jobs because of relocation or other personal reasons.  As of now, I am sitting in the office doing boring accounting stuff for my boss.  Time to time, I have to convince myself what I am doing is meaningful.  

If I win, I will quit my job, set up a foundation, and create jobs for people who have some idea of mine – beneficial to others.   This is an unfair world/society.    I'd love to use the money to help those people in the situation that without opportunities.  I truly believe that education is a way to open their eyes, sharp their mind, and then change their live.

This world needs more happy people to make the world a nicer place.

We did not win this time.  But we will try again, I know.  

2013年8月14日 星期三

誰怕誰

學期要開始了。董仔在語文學校的同事找大家吃飯。那位同事家住在我們的鄰鎮。十分蒼涼的小鎮,開車不到十分鐘,就把整個鎮逛完了。

小鎮雖然荒蕪,那位同事家的後院倒是熱鬧得很。她有一大堆果樹。她也知道董仔和我的夢想就是有一個熱鬧的果園和長滿果樹的後院,所以在我們到了以後,她很熱心地一一跟我們介紹了她的後院。晚餐時,她在後院擺了桌子,舖上色彩繽紛的桌巾,還在桌上放了幾個小花瓶,裏頭插了從前院摘來的粉紅色姬百合。

十多位客人,大家各聊各的天。我坐在花園的餐桌旁,看到杯子裏的飲料快沒了,就站起來要去廚房添飲料。這時,忽然一隻黑色的蜘蛛出現在我坐的餐桌上。

周圍的人都看到了,我可嚇了一大跳。想著,如果我沒剛好站起來,牠是不是要落在我身上啊?(噁心啊)

大伙看著這隻蜘蛛,猜著牠是什麼樣的蜘蛛這時,有個年輕的老師用很肯定的聲音說,"It’s called Jump Spider”。講老實話,我一點也不在乎牠是那一種蜘蛛,我只在乎牠有沒有毒。

猜了半天,大家也弄不清楚牠的毒性。我四處看看,隨手在花園找了半片洋蔥,想用它把蜘蛛移開。

不知這蜘蛛是怕我呢,還是洋蔥的味道。牠開始移動地很快。當然了,我怎會放過牠呢?最後,牠被我移到花園的角落去了。最好啊,在大家吃完飯之前都不要再過來了。

這個小小的插曲,引起了小小的騷動。看到我們也怕,牠也怕,真不知是誰怕誰呢。

蜘蛛


粉紅色的姬百合


葡萄柚


石榴