Take a stroll in a part of old Taipei around Main Station 台北車站商圈之公園散步


I saw the Taipei Main Station post by @shieha yesterday and today I happened to be in the neighborhood nearby - a friends’ gathering in a restaurant near the 228 Peace Memorial Park. It is an area of old Taipei with some old buildings scattering around. There is a museum in the park - National Taiwan Museum and the park also have some other things that are as old or even older than the museum building that were built in 1908 during the Japanese colonial period. Like the first ever Steem, or sorry, Steam engine train in Taiwan during the Ching dynasty at the end of the 19th century. Say no more, let’s take a stroll around!


大家好,昨天才看到 @shieha 的台北車站照片 Taipei Main Station post 今天就剛好被朋友找到那附近去吃飯。餐廳在228公園附近,距離台北車站非常近,基本上是同一商圈。這附近很多散落的歷史建築物,有些正在使用,有些變成博物館,例如公園內的國立台灣博物館,建築是日本時期建造的巴洛克風格建築,公園內還有比這還老的東西,例如台灣第一台蒸汽火車,騰雲號,是清朝時期從德國進口的,還有些貞節牌坊等等。


公園旁有台灣銀行,台大醫院舊院區等老建築。出口朝北看就是新光三越百貨站前店,台北很老的百貨之一,曾經是台灣最高樓。交通便利,有捷運,有公共自行車系統YouBike。下次到台北,這一區可以慢慢散步。現在,就先預習一下吧!


http://i.imgur.com/7laXaDw.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/m9UQJU4.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/cwuUb97.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/WXBE9nv.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/2cQD6FJ.jpg


The first ever Steem, or sorry, Steam engine train. Looks sad being kept inside a glass house. :(


http://i.imgur.com/vvh1Wqa.jpg


Look out from inside the park you can see the commercial district outside towards Taipei Main Station and the used-to-be Taiwan’s tallest building.


http://i.imgur.com/wQnzZKu.jpg


Across the street is also an old building which is now Taiwan Bank.


http://i.imgur.com/wFuzLkS.jpg


Another side across street is also an old building which is part of National Taiwan University Hospital.


http://i.imgur.com/8LMCEwd.jpg


You have many traffic options here like MRT and the YouBike public bike system.


http://i.imgur.com/I0JkrRE.jpg


Thank you for following me around!  感謝收看!:)



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Should Spreading News about Disasters be Rewarded ? An issue to think about ...


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I have been reflecting over one issue that is triggered by many news posts recently and a while ago. Those news posts mostly were just rearranging or summarizing the content created by other professional news sources. The only value I can see for those posts to be rewarded is because they passed the information real time to the community if you did not pay attention to those news. To reward news sharing is no problem to me at all. After all, this is a free platform and people have rights to upvote whatever they like - this is sort of basic principle here.


Having said that, the only cases that I have doubts are those news involved with tragic disasters. It may be earthquakes, buildings collapse, plane crash, fire accidents and etc. And mostly they are involved with a large number of deaths or causalities. We, as emotional beings, tend to spread the news to alleviate the bad feelings from seeing this.


I couldn’t help but wonder … (borrowing from Carrie Bradshaw)


Should people benefit from passing on the information about other people’s death or suffering? Is there room for debate regarding the ethical aspect of such outcomes?


I don’t mean to point my finger at those whoever have done this before really and I also did not check whoever (maybe my friend) is having this kind of post at the moment. After all, they might just want to share these news so as to relieve their sorrows in the first place without considering being rewarded at all. But IMO we as a community should discuss such issue and it might help guiding future behaviors.. 


IMO again, I think a possible good solution to it is to donate at least all liquid rewards to a charity fund that will be used afterwards (hopefully we will have a tool or something to facilitate charity). Maybe there is no need to connect directly the disaster and the news post per se since it might not be easy, but by doing so we can make sure that this info sharing has a public benefit side attached to it and those who acknowledge the benefit of knowing this news can reward info passing and doing charity at the same time.


We shouldn’t compete to report a tragedy. We should compete to help those in need.


What do you think?


Note. I will donate all the author’s income (not just the liquid half, yes, that means I have to self-finance it) from this post to charity. You will have to trust me on doing this. But I reserve the right to do it within 6 months (in case it is too small to meaningfully do any good and I need to combine it with other promises I made before. I had it recorded here before.)



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單篇故事《綠色戰機再現》-寫於《少年》之後 Single Story - Revival of the Green Fighter Jet


http://i.imgur.com/kchdYPK.png




綠色戰機,曾經,飛過一整個D的青春少年時代。


但隨著時光靜默而堅定地前行,少年D不再年少而漸成青年。綠色戰機所寄居的實體,那一張儲存程式檔案的磁片,想必是歷經了無人聞問的塵封,再默默流入資源循環的永劫輪迴裡了吧。


不過,青年的D,依然循著戰機那昂揚的飛行路線,進了大學,人生,似乎也準備起飛。然而人間事總是充滿轉折,從多年唸書考試中解放出來了的D,進入由你玩四年的自由聖地,反而,開始走起了笛卡兒路線,Cogito Ergo Sum,我思故我在。自由的人,才有餘裕論存在。於是,自由的D開始意識到「在」,自然而然開始了「思」。他陷入了無限的迷惘以及失落。原來,在0與1之間,還有無比寬闊的灰階,抓不著,無法精確定位,但那似乎才是真實的人生啊!


從此,D漸漸走上了不同的路。


不再飛行於空中,而是躑躅於途;不再俯視大地,而是在豔陽下苦行;人生的路不再是拾級而上,而是詰問反思,上下停留又何妨。綠色戰機,成為回憶,成為人生偶然的插曲,漸漸地,無聲飛入異次元空間,終至消失在D的人生裡。操縱0與1的遊戲,逐漸成為世間普及的技能,即使你不追求它,它也會以不同的面貌來接近你。D的青年時代不乏需要使用程式語言的時候,但那年少時的熱情早已遠離,只剩下機械性地應對,甚至還有種,難耐的煩燥。


時光依然,靜默堅定前行,青年又已不再年輕,而邁入中年。


人生風景,已經展開大半,回首來時路,每一步都是前一步的延續,沒有什麼好後悔的,就算看似繞了些彎,又有誰知道,不繞這些彎,是不是走得到這裡來?只是,只是,… 每每,從日常喧囂之中抬起頭來,或者在歸途捷運上對著滿天紅霞時,或者在蕭瑟秋意中走在人行道的滿地落葉上時,又或者是在夜市紅塵的萬頭鑽動中,爭搶一碗熱門的滷肉飯時…


在最不經意的時刻,心底沒來由地,幽幽升起一個問號:只是,就這樣了嗎?


人生就這樣了嗎?理想就這樣了嗎?世界,就這樣了嗎?


日子,就,這,樣,了,嗎?


2008年,一場世人未能預見的狂暴風浪猛地襲來,徹底地改變了這個世界。世界自此不同,但不同的方式,人人各有相異的解讀觀點。


對於某一群人來說,風暴後不久,一篇具有改變世界力量的文章,悄悄發表於一個密碼愛好者的小眾網站上,那才是這世界重生的開始,只是世人還在懵懂之中,渾然不知,新的紀元已經開啟,時間零已經重新定義,滴,答,滴,答 … 改變正在發生,問題只在於每個人,何時才知道已身處於這改變之中。


8年之後,這新紀元的漣漪,終於擴散到D身上,在幾個月的時間當中,以一種生命救贖意義式的方式,舖天蓋地席捲而來。彷彿D的一生,就是為這而準備著的。所有的彎路,都成為必經之道;所有的累積,都讓一切更清楚;所有的疑惑,都得到解答。一切的問題,只剩下要先做什麼?要怎樣從舊秩序當中退出?要怎樣迎接新事物?要怎樣告訴在慣性中前進的世界?


混亂,躁動,熱血沸騰,再次擾動中年D平靜的慣性生活,帶著一絲遙遠的熟悉。但人至中年的優勢就是謀定而後動,再大的事,也不過就是這樣,保持船身平衡,在任何風浪狀況下都是對的。


在飽滿而豐富的平衡裡,D每天每天對於一團模糊的影子,越來越感到清晰,終於有一天,那綠色戰機,又從異次元空間中飛出,翱翔於新時代的藍色天際;戰機,已經不再是由單調的綠色點、線、塊所構成,而是以驕傲的綠色為底色,身上揮灑著幻夢般的色彩,映著藍色天空與白雲,在日光下閃耀 …


D知道,這還是那一架,年少時他一鍵一鍵創造出來的那架戰機,只是潛伏在他心底不知名的深處角落,一點一滴地,靜靜吸收著他這長長人生路上的陽光與陰影,水墨與重彩,終於等到這美好的一刻,再次回到他的人生軌道上,慶賀他與世界的新生,繼續陪伴在他左右,繼續它當年未完成的任務。


於是,D決定,要紀錄人生的這一段美好,決定在引領他進入這神奇新世界的無垠的藍色知識海洋裡,找塊地方,印記下屬於他與綠色戰機的這一小段故事,不為了要給誰看,要給誰讚,只為一個永恆的存在與見證。


於是,在文章的開頭,D,開始寫下


每個人在青少年時期,都曾經歷過迷惘、不安與青春的躁動,尤其是男孩子們 …





[本篇結束,故事,則還在發展中…] 






Note. 本篇故事是以下故事系列的補充與延伸,原先構思寫入其中但後來覺得分開較好。Photo credit: Pixabay with my slight modification.


短篇故事-少年和他的綠色戰機 (一) A Short Story - D and his Green Fighter Jet - part 1


短篇故事-少年和他的綠色戰機 (二) A Short Story - D and his Green Fighter Jet - part 2


短篇故事-少年和他的綠色戰機 (三) A Short Story - D and his Green Fighter Jet - part 3


短篇故事-少年和他的綠色戰機 (四) A Short Story - D and his Green Fighter Jet - part 4


短篇故事-少年和他的綠色戰機 (五) 完結篇 A Short Story - D and his Green Fighter Jet - part 5 [final episode]



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PYOT - Power Your Own Toys! [Video] World's first hydro-powered helicopter and propeller plane?


I’ve done some toy DIY posts before this one, the MYOT series …


MYOT - Make Your Own Toys for your kids! This time it’s the Fishing Set!


MYOT - Make Your Own Toys for your kids! Let’s make a Concentration/Memory game from a tissue box!!


This time … IT GETS EASIER!! No need to MAKE, this time just use your daily tool smartly on TOYS and you and your little ones might find it so much FUN!!


When you are playing with your kids in the garden, and you have toys like the helicopter and the propeller plane in the following photo that are not powered in any way (electrical, mechanical … ) …  


http://i.imgur.com/5ZcgDch.jpg


See how they can COME TO LIFE if you properly aim your water hose at the rotors and propellers. Adjust the water shooting speed by placing your finger over part of the tip of the hose. Then adjust the angle to aim the target properly so as to POWER IT UP!! You might need a little bit of practice to get it going … 


See the case with the HELICOPTER!! If you look carefully enough, you can see that both the main rotor and the tail rotor are spinning!! Well, the helicopter doesn’t really fly though… :-)  


https://youtu.be/6ht8B-Wot94


The the case with the PROPELLER PLANE!! 


https://youtu.be/cmh0mdWBH5Y


My boy is crazy about it. At first, he stared at them when I did this. Then he asked to try himself and obviously this kind of delicate hand movement is not quite easy for small kids. But he had fun practicing it for quite a long time and finally he got them spinning from time to time and that is absolutely enough for him! For me too, now I can focus on editing my photos for sharing on Steemit when he is playing this.


Hydro-powered helicopter and propeller plane… 


Hope you enjoy this tip! More MYOT on the way soon! :-)


[All photo and videos are original of course!]



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音樂懷舊的夜 An Ukulele Night


http://i.imgur.com/rEqggH4m.jpg


今晚,是懷舊的一晚。


我們把孩子交給長輩照顧,來了個兩天一夜的小旅行,主要不在於旅行,而在於能夠從照顧孩子的疲累生活當中獲得一點喘息的空間。所以,放鬆與休息,重新獲得能量是主要目的。


晚上在飯店,吃過晚餐,沒有開電視。妻在沙發上看著書,看著靜謐的夜景,在這樣的平靜之中,我腦中忽然浮現一首老歌,於是我就上網找出來聽。


優客李林認錯


一個人走在傍晚,七點的台北city,等著心痛就像黑夜一樣的來臨。I hate myself …


霎時,這首歌,在當年那年輕敏感的心所承載的,吸納的,關於一切,青春的,愛情的,理想的,躁動,不安,激情,疑惑 … 穿越時空,以樂音與文字為密碼,打開最深處記憶的鎖,讓時光重現,瞥見那早已泛黃的青春記憶,閃過一絲現實的多彩,彷彿我又是那20啷鐺的青年。


一首接著一首,認錯這張專輯,簡直就是刻畫我年輕時代的永恆而經典的背景音樂。妻小我一些,但聽音樂早熟許多,我們在聽音樂方面,還算上同一世代。


常有人說,從一個人聽的音樂,就可以知道他的年紀。反過來說,這一世代的音樂,其實也塑造著這一代人的精神樣貌,因為時代的音樂是屬於時代的,生於此,又反過來餵養著土壤,是一種共生關係,分不開的。


我們兩個在懷舊的音樂當中聊著,包括這些歌手後來發展,以及為何常常有才華的歌手往往總是第一片成為經典,往後就只能走下坡,商業化俗氣化了。


我有感而發說,這些歌手,不知道能不能夠理解他們既何其有才華地,創造了,引領了一代人的音樂走向(這部份通常容易),更重要的是他們又何其有幸地,能夠站在一個可以影響數百萬人,數千萬人,甚至上億人,人生精神層次的涵養的一個位置,用英文說很貼切的就是privileged。後者往往需要更多智慧,對於揚名立萬的明星來說,往往是十分困難的。但這卻是你是否成為真正的artist,成為能夠一代名家的關鍵。


偉大藝術的創造,從來不是在舒適安逸的環境中出現,歷經苦痛,掙扎,甚至絕望的過程,藝術作品往往才能映射出人性中的美好一面。


說遠了。話說,作品一旦創造出來,作者就退場了,剩下的就是文本與閱聽者之間的關係。我比較是這種觀點。所以,林是誰,後來做了啥事,李去了哪裡,又怎麼地這樣那樣,從來不影響(好吧,稍微一點點),例如認錯,黃絲帶,誰能瞭解誰的寂寞 … 這些歌與我之間的關係。


These great songs are the singers’ songs as much as they are mine. 


這也是我的青春我的歌啊!又有誰能夠獨自擁有呢?


怎麼才能讓我告訴妳 我不願意   教彼此都在孤獨裏忍住傷心  

我又怎麼告訴妳 我還愛妳   是我自己錯誤的決定 是我自己錯誤的決定 …


今晚,是懷舊的一晚。





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一次逛完八大美術社 A Glimpse at BaDa Art Store


週末老婆要買一種特殊的筆,聽說在美術社才有賣,我們剛好到了知名的觀光景點師大夜市(前幾年居民抗議油煙與噪音污染後,居民獲勝,夜市逐漸轉型為賣服飾等無污染商店,也就是說 … 對,沒落了!),就去附近的一間美術社,名字叫做 … 八大美術社!哈哈,所以不是八間美術社,只有一間。這間美術社歷史悠久,在台北頗有名,因為師大美術系很有名,附近就有一些這類商家與畫廊等,算是一種ecosystem吧?這是我第一次到這間店家,窄窄的,其實也沒啥特別,但想到有許多美術系學生在這裡買東西,變成美術老師,影響全台灣多少孩子的美術教育,還是要肅然起敬一下 … 到處亂拍一陣,大都在這裡了,分享一下。


http://i.imgur.com/C2XwIrh.jpg


為了配合藝術,我就亂入一首隨筆詩,段落散落在照片之間,藝術家嘛!興之所至,隨手揮灑 … :)


http://i.imgur.com/Yl1936K.jpg


隱身住宅區之中有一道玻璃門 可以通向美麗的魔幻世界


紅橙黃綠藍靛紫再加灰黑白與更多更多 都在這裡待價而沽 


今晚 你想做什麼夢?


http://i.imgur.com/SrEp2aK.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/kq6bTXH.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/RpGLYk0.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/TuM9zLX.jpg


水彩粉彩膠彩油彩壓克力彩 炭筆蠟筆黑墨 環肥燕瘦 個個傾城傾國


今晚 你想做什麼夢?


http://i.imgur.com/32hAC5w.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/6cbRk7q.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/fzPBxdH.jpg


魔術師不能沒有魔棒 棒人合一 想法畫法筆法 萬法歸宗 心中無法


戰士不能沒有武器 人槍一體 戰術技術藝術  心術合一 著顏有術


http://i.imgur.com/uEkPHr7.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/tzP7x2w.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/GQ4nzKC.jpg


今天來的是青青幼苗 明日出門的是靄靄園丁


日居月諸 櫃台後 看盡九朝繁華與衰落


http://i.imgur.com/68Bk6nY.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/DjroYwy.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/pj6CnMy.jpg


漸漸地 所有的人與物 都只剩下一種顏色


一種永遠永遠 也畫不出來的顏色 


………………………………………………………………………


[這樣詩人會生氣,還是把詩的文字完整再重複於下吧!:)]


隱身住宅區之中有一道玻璃門 可以通向美麗的魔幻世界


紅橙黃綠藍靛紫再加灰黑白與更多更多 都在這裡待價而沽 


今晚 你想做什麼夢?


水彩粉彩膠彩油彩壓克力彩 炭筆蠟筆黑墨 環肥燕瘦 個個傾城傾國


今晚 你想做什麼夢?


魔術師不能沒有魔棒 棒人合一 想法畫法筆法 萬法歸宗 心中無法


戰士不能沒有武器 人槍一體 戰術技術藝術  心術合一 著顏有術


今天來的是青青幼苗 明日出門的是靄靄園丁


日居月諸 櫃台後 看盡九朝繁華與衰落


漸漸地 所有的人與物 都只剩下一種顏色


一種永遠永遠 也畫不出來的顏色 



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