小徒弟 says in Response 4:
“…… 做就是了。先求有，再求好。……”

(1) It’s great to see Ms. Hsia comes back.
From the very self-disciplined nature of Ms. Hsia,
I can imagine the challenge you must have been facing,
forcing you to take a break from this blog for a while.
But I am glad to see that at least in the end of the above article,
the tone becomes brighter/more colorful.

(2) Before finally coming to the current dream place of my career,
almost every two to three years I had to pack myself up and
move on to the next place.

In a big or world-class institute, people come and people go.
That is the rule, and no one seems to care at all.
Or, if one does too much, likely he/she cannot survive.

Constantly as a new member in a new/competitive place,
part of what served me as words to live by has been
exactly what 小徒弟 says in Response 4.

That gave me at least something very concrete/realistic
to focus on and try to achieve.
And usually, it did work!

(3) Of course, human issues like what Ms. Hsia is dealing with
(fuzzy-type logic is involved) are much more complicated
than what I am doing (only 0/1-type logic is involved).
There are so many gray/fuzzy areas/regions.
Yet, life itself is a journey of learning and self-improving.
As long as one has already done one’s best, then that’s it.

(4) From Ms.Hsia’s article “… 為什麼要做社會工作？…”

I recall that there are a few articles of Ms.Hsia
in your other blog, Xletter, on your trip to Shanghai, China.
This late summer I was giving lectures at Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou.
This is the first time I stepped on my cultural mother-land.
I cannot deny an inward excitement throughout my stay there.
I used to liking to read history (as a quiet way to understand
humans, though I hated to memorize historical facts) and,
hence, took three hours (5am-8am) in an early morning,
walking around Xi-hu (i.e. the West Lake) and crossing Su-ti.
(This historially well-known lake is within walking distance
to Zhejiang University, Yu-chuan campus.)

These figures/characters from Song Dynasty seem most natural
to come to our mind particularly at Xi-hu.
Like these figures, sooner or later we will also all diminish
and finally vanish someday.
Thinking about this, one may start to wonder
what is the point of all the fuss.

Well, I have no answer to this.
Perhaps it is because we sense that, after all,
we are luckier than other groups of people in the society
and hence cannot deny a certain responsibility to them,
however vague it is.
Perhaps we sense that there is still hope,
despite so many sorrows.
Only when we somehow fulfill that responsibility
can we leave this world with a peaceful mind
without regretting that we have not tried our best to improve it
(after we have developed ourselves well – a responsibility
to our own selves).

Best regards to Ms. Hsia, your family, and readers of this blog.
— Sincerely, CHL, 2008/10/04.

想”填滿空虛”是我們想去”擁有存在”

問題是”存在”無法”擁有”

“存在”只能跟它”同在”

延伸感想 2:
中秋節, 很愉快地 全家團圓…
但是 好景不常, 馬上被我 這 白目 老爸 搞的烏煙瘴氣的…
最後, “小卑鄙” 受不了教訓, 反嗆道: “把拔拔拔拔拔拔…”! 幽弄拿信!!!; 大學不是這樣的; 你 沒讀過大學; 你不曉得大學啦 *#$%*^#~”

哇^哇^哇^
曾幾何時, 我 這 糟老頭 已從 “走路字典: 晉升到 “幽弄拿信” 的一族了
好! 等 你老爸 種的西瓜成熟時 你可別想…
(還早, 最大的一顆 才 棒球大 而已^^; 沒相機, 不然 一定 秀出來?)

離題一下 – 看到這則報導 “華航班機遇到亂流”:
回憶當時 在華航 當 空服員的大姐, 也 曾經遇到亂流, 被拋上再跌下…; 那時的大姐, 年輕, 不在意. 現在 上了年紀, 才發現當年的意外, 導致現在的脊椎病變!?

再離題一下 – 談到 “相機”:
前些時候 在整理 信函時, 發現一封 多年前 朋友寄來 有關我寄放在他家的書籍的事. 大意是 他要搬家, 有些書 他很樂意為我保留; 但是 有些書 他 認為可以丟了; 例如: “害羞的攝影師”…等. OMG^^, 這小子一定有偷看這書, 否則 不會提到它. 其時 我根本 已忘記書的內容, 祇記得是一本軟調的情色翻譯小說; 至於攝影師為什麼會害羞, 早不記得了;)
(也許 有人看過, 可以 幫我 回憶一下^^)

離開前, share this wonderful song with all of you
“You’ve Got A Friend” – by James Taylor

希望大家保重身體 (尤其是冬天到了)
-ttyl

＂用肉身對鋼刀＂
好振撼的用字
好感慨的人生啊～

我們都在
妳並不寂寞

經濟上的慧星撞地球,全世界遍野哀鴻.

別說淒苦的中南部了,首善之區的台北,據報載有五分之一「金店面」不堪虧損停業.

█哼!看自由經濟市場學派惹出多大的泡沫—:(

專家說:
當初若是謝長庭當選就好了.大家都把股票拋光,房子賣了,隱居去當地鼠.
誰知害大家充滿希望的「馬上好」,讓台灣經歷了空前的盤旋而上,直線墜地!

慧星撞地球前剛好是歡樂的party.那時

「老北北出手展壯志,夏仙姑移棲闢天地.」

誰知橫幅….是:

「粉身碎骨!」

█泳者只能憋氣任隨那力量沉到底，然後耐心機警地等待反作用的浮力昇起，趁勢躍出。」

秋天,「活潑踴躍地前進再前進」不正就是又在用肉身對鋼刀?

人人稱羨的武功高強,身負重任,永不失敗低頭的天之驕子(驕女)…..此時最最難以將息!

到秋天、點點滴滴,滿地黃花堆積。三盃兩盞淡酒,只有關上店門,來去給他剝螃蟹去也.^^

「耐心機警地等待反作用的浮力昇起」————此際「耐心」跳全幕獨舞.

世界大同是「理想」
就算甘地也沒做到 ^^
有認真過，就給您打一百分啦！

也祝報老闆與各路英雄俠女中秋快樂！
今年若沒機緣賞到月
我隨手拍了張窗外樹梢戊子年中秋的美國月亮
（傍晚七點多用傻瓜相機拍的）

呵呵 主人您好啊

紅姑姑沒問題的啦，做就是了。先求有，再求好。
別忘了下個月10月12日是直報週年慶，會有特刊嗎？小小期待著。

中秋風災之後，也祝福大家一切美好安康。

瑞紅，妳有大智慧，一定能在奔馳的列車中，取得優雅的平衡。
「夏天終於渡過」—- 這不像妳的口氣啊！
我衷心期盼妳「度日如年」，每天都像過年一樣珍貴快樂！