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你有聽過microfinance（小額信貸）這個詞嗎？銀行提供這樣的服務，對於低收入小企業人士（例如小農）來說可能就像生命線一樣重要。您的社區裡有microfinance這樣的機會嗎？
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我的母親
油畫 75x47cm 1982 香港
母親名皇甫道安，湖南桃源縣人，外祖父時家道中落，但外祖父喜愛讀書，曾收集原版「二十四史」。母親中學上長沙周南女中，後逃婚到上海讀大夏大學，與父親結婚而輟學。生我們兄弟姐妹六人，隨鄉親躲日軍赴重慶，直至1949年父親赴台，從此父母分隔兩岸，至死未得見面。孩子長大，分散各地，母親申請做小學教師，帶我與弟弟在身邊，艱苦度日。
她體弱多病，多次開刀，曾在課室講台暈倒。1950年她帶我投靠鄉下的舅舅。舅舅是「小地主」，土改時被農會吊打，追討金銀財寶，外婆嚇得投水淹死。不久，媽媽也驚嚇得半夜投水，被我發現，馬上叫醒舅舅，急忙點了火把，拿了竹竿將尚浮在水壩中的母親打救上來。多少年後，母親告訴我，那次她看見水底好亮堂，一定是觀世音菩薩來救她了。她在小學簡易木樓宿舍的柱子上長年貼著印有觀音坐像的香烟長盒包裝紙。
盼啊盼啊，到1978年，我們盼來的卻是父親在台北去世的噩耗！1980年，獲准到香港，五年後，弟弟陪她到台北，終於在父親墓前舉香祭拜……。再過四年，她與大姐家和我一家都遷居台北。沒過多久，她病倒了，我們送她往基隆長庚醫院檢查後醫生告知為器官衰竭。
我當年很忙，開始時還沒意識到母親身體病況嚴重。有次我去看她，幫她老搓揉冰涼的雙手，她問我：「茂芹，媽媽偉不偉大？」，我一時楞住了，不知怎麼回答，我說：「我們不要用偉大，妳是了不起的榜樣……」，媽媽拍拍我的手背……。
在基隆簡易治喪會上我哭得差點噎到。媽媽，妳度過多少苦難！妳還以微薄的工資去救濟水災難民，妳教育我寫字要端正，要文從字順，要以忠厚為人之本……，我的偉大的母親啊。我們重修父墓，將母親的骨灰罈放在棺木內父親的肩旁……他們會有說不完的唐詩宋詞……。
My Mother
Oil painting 75x47cm 1982 Hong Kong
My mother’s maiden name was Huangpu Daoan and she was born in Taoyuan County, Hunan. The Huangpu family had fallen upon hard times, but her father was an avid reader who counted an original copy of the Twenty Four Histories in his collection. My mother attended the Zhounan Women School in Changsha then fled an arranged marriage to study at Daxia University in Shanghai. She quit the university after marrying my father. Together they had six children and when the Japanese invaded, she fled to Chongqing with relatives. When my father went to Taiwan in 1949 with Chiang Kai-shek’s government, the cross-strait separation meant they never did meet again in this life. When her children grew up and moved to different parts of the country, my mother applied to become a primary school teacher. She kept me and my little brother by her side and made the ends meet as best as she could.
My mother’s health was always poor and underwent many operations. She even fainted once at the front of the classroom. In 1950, she took me to the countryside to seek refuge with her brother. My uncle was a “small landowner” who had been persecuted by the farmers’ co-operative during the land reforms to cough up his “ill-gotten gains.” My grandma was so terrified that she chose to drown herself. My mother also tried to drown herself one night but I immediately woke my uncle up. He lit a torch and we fished my mother out of the dam with a bamboo pole. Many years later, my mother told me that it seemed so bright under the water that she thought the Guanyin Goddess had come to save her. On a pillar of the simple wooden house used as a dormitory by the primary school, she had pasted a picture of the Guanyin Goddess sitting in the lotus position from the packaging of a cigarette box.
We waited and waited, but when we finally received word from Taiwan in 1978, it was bad news. My father had passed away in Taipei! In 1980, I received permission to go to Hong Kong. Five years later, my little brother accompanied her to Taipei where she could finally burn incense at my father’s grave….Four years later, she moved with me and my big sister’s entire family to Taipei. She fell sick a short while later; when we took her to the Chang Gung Hospital in Keelung, the doctor said that it was organ failure.
I was very busy at the time and I didn’t realize how serious my mother’s condition was at first. As I was massaging her icy-cold hands during one visit, she asked me, “Mau-kun, was your mother great or not?” I was taken by surprise and did not know what to say. I eventually answered: “Let’s not use the word great. You are a wonderful example…” My mother patted the back of my hand…
I almost choked on my tears during the simple funeral in Keelung. Oh, mother, how much you suffered! You even donated what little wages you earned towards flood relief. You taught me to write in a neat hand, to be fluent in my writings, and to lead an earnest life….My mother was a truly great woman. We refurbished my father’s tomb and placed the urn with my mothers’ ashes inside the coffin by my father’s shoulder….They can now talk about ancient Chinese poetry for all time…
早安～是不是對台灣缺水越來越有感了呢？
來看看各行各業怎麼平衡用水吧！
乾旱危機中的台灣：保晶片廠供水，停農田灌溉
Drought in Taiwan Pits Chip Makers Against Farmers
#今天來讀紐約時報
💣Officials are calling the drought Taiwan’s worst in more than half a century. And it is exposing the enormous challenges involved in hosting the island’s semiconductor industry, which is an increasingly indispensable node in the global supply chains for smartphones, cars and other keystones of modern life.
官員們表示，這是半個多世紀以來台灣最嚴重的一次乾旱，它同時也暴露了承載該島半導體產業所面臨的巨大挑戰。該產業是智慧型手機、汽車和其他組成現代生活的主要基石的全球供應鏈中越來越不可或缺的節點。
🚿In 2019, TSMC’s facilities in Hsinchu consumed 63,000 tons of water a day, according to the company, or more than 10 percent of the supply from two local reservoirs, Baoshan and Baoshan Second Reservoir. TSMC recycled more than 86 percent of the water from its manufacturing processes that year, it said, and conserved 3.6 million tons more than it did the year before by increasing recycling and adopting other new measures. But that amount is still small next to the 63 million tons it consumed in 2019 across its Taiwan facilities.
據台積電稱，2019年，該公司在新竹的廠房每天要消耗6.3萬噸水，佔當地兩座水庫——寶山水庫和寶山第二水庫蓄水量的10%以上。台積電表示，當年在生產過程中循環利用了86%以上的用水，藉由增加循環利用和採取其他新措施，比前一年多節約了360萬噸水。但與其2019年全部台灣工廠消耗的6300萬噸水相比，這數字依然很小。
🛀 The “biggest problem” behind Taiwan’s water woes is that the government keeps water tariffs too low, said Wang Hsiao-wen, a professor of hydraulic engineering at National Cheng Kung University. This encourages waste. Households in Taiwan use around 75 gallons of water per person each day, government figures show. Most Western Europeans use less than that, though Americans use more, according to World Bank data.
國立成功大學的水利工程學系教授王筱雯表示，台灣用水危機背後「最大的問題」是政府定下的水價太低了，這等於是鼓勵浪費。政府數據顯示，台灣家庭平均每人每天使用大約75加侖的水（約284公升）。根據世界銀行的數據，大多數西歐人的用水量低於此數字，不過美國人的用水量比這更高。
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Since I am also a local Malaysian brand. I like to support local products from the local farmers, stores and brands. Today I have Ayam Kampung (village free range chicken) from Ah Lau @Ahlaufking the famous violinist @dennisviolin .. Very healthy looking chicken. Not much fat and affordable, NICE!
So I thought of sharing this recipe with you all. My Poh Poh used to make us stuffed mackerel fish, stuffed chicken and stuffed veggie, which I plan to show soon in the next IGTVs.
You need to prepare this a day ahead. Debone the chicken from the bottom up (by still keeping the whole chicken in shape, don't cut the body), marinate it overnight before you stuff the fillings the next day.
Ingredients :
. one whole chicken
MARINATION-
. 4 Cloves garlic
. lemon juice
. small piece galangal
. 3 tsp soya sauce
. black pepper
. ginger juice
- Grind them to a smooth paste -
FOR THE STUFFING-
. 1kg of minced chicken, it is also depending on the size of your chicken
. Cut spring onions
. Chop 1 big red onion
. Shredded carrot
. Green peas
. 2 cloves chopped garlic
. Sesame Oil
. Salt
. Black Pepper
. Pounded curry leaves
. Chopped coriander
-Mix them all up and leave overnight or at least few hours before using-
FOR ROASTING- You will need some oil or butter , baking paper, black pepper and Thyme.
FOR GARNISHING - use any type of vegetable, or fruits like berries and pineapple or orange.
You may also prepare a sauce of your choice to serve. I like to eat them with my own Mel's Kidnap Me Hot Sauce (you want to know how I make it?)
Alright, have a good cooking time!
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Hola mọi người, mình là Uyên hiện đang du học tại Hà Lan. Lí do mình có kênh youtube này vì mình muốn ghi lại những khoảnh khắc và chia sẻ với các bạn về cuộc sống du học của mình.
Vì thành phố nơi mình học tập khá là nhỏ nên vào những ngày nghỉ mình thường tranh thủ đi tham quan và khám phá những thành phố khác, hôm nay mình sẽ dẫn các bạn đến thành phố xinh đẹp Nijmegen! Nếu bạn đang có ý định đi du lịch hay học tập tại Nijmegen, mình mong video này sẽ giúp ích cho bạn. Đây là video đầu tiên của mình, nếu có thiếu sót thì mong mọi người thông cảm nha :P
Hello everyone, I am Uyen and I am currently studying in the Netherlands. The reason why I have this youtube channel because I want to capture all moments and share with you guys about my study abroad life.
Because the city where I study is quite small, I often explore other cities on holidays, so today I will take you to the beautiful city - Nijmegen! If you are planning to travel or study in Nijmegen, I really hope this video will be helpful for you.
Hope you guys enjoy this video!
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Địa điểm mình đến ở Nijmegen / Locations are mentioned in my video
1. Stadscafé Jan: http://www.stadscafejan.nl/
2. Saint Stephen’s Church
3. Kronenburgerpark: historic park with a landmark tower
4. Farmers Market on Saturday
Ninja Training Ground!? The Truth About Japanese Ninja ここが忍者が修行していた場所！
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Last time, we visited Odawara City in Kanagawa Prefecture, to step into the world of Japanese Ninja.
First, at Odawara Castle, we learned that Ninjas were not actually violent assassins, but clever spies enlisted to spy on clans during the Sengoku period, when Japan was broken up into small territories at war with each other. I also discovered that Ninjas didn't run around wearing ninja costumes--they actually dressed up as inconspicuous peddlers, beggars, entertainers, farmers, and merchants.
Okay, so if ninjas didn’t dress in all black, running around throwing stars and assassinating their enemies, what DID they do? I headed to Nagano to find some answers.
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