「我的希臘情緣」一氣呵成版
開page 五年多
很多朋友因飲食、時裝的分享
而認識我
亦有很多朋友
因為這個愛情故事對我加深了解
我會久不久post 一次
因為希望新mozzarella fans 有機會
看看這不一樣的愛情故事
很多朋友跟我說
從來沒有一口氣在Facebook
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今次打破紀錄
2019 年在港出了人生第一本書
名為「意料之外」
除了分享意大利飲食文化外
亦分享了我一些故事
希望為自己
出一本「人情味濃」的作品
感恩這本書
可以在香港其中23間圖書館的書單名上
住了意大利超過20年
一向很少執筆寫中文
這五年跟大家分享
全部用「一陽指」慢慢寫
中文進步了不少
雖然不是文采了得
但有自己的風格
「我手寫我心」
這希臘情緣全是真人真事
(除了人物的名字)
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移居意國20年:我的希臘情緣
本身很少說私事,但收到好多粉絲的要求想我分享跟丈夫由相識的故事,其實自己一直很想找個地方記錄下來,當作給自己和兒子作個紀念,然而總提不起勁。多得你們的推動,我才鼓起決心執筆,藉出書這個機會順道分享我和丈夫的故事吧。
回想起來,我跟丈夫的相識回憶仍是記憶猶新。我曾是一位空姐,所以很多人都猜想我跟丈夫是在飛機上相遇的,其實不是。
「希臘的偶然相遇」
1994年9月5日零時45分,我跟同事Jenny拖著疲乏的身驅,在雅典一碼頭登上前往希臘小島Mykonos的船,船程大概五小時,到達時目的地時差不多天亮。雖然我倆由香港到希臘已經有四十多小時沒有安睡,但當快看到期待已久的藍天白屋,以及浪漫的愛琴海時,所有倦意都一掃而空。
因正值旅遊淡季,船上只有零星的乘客,我跟Jenny隨便找個位置便坐下。我們後面是一對年輕夫婦,男的是香港人,女的來自馬來西亞。而斜對面坐著三個「不羈浪子」,大約20多歲吧,但看不出其國籍。他們穿上撕去手袖的襯衫,踏著已磨成拖鞋般的白布鞋。他們正準備用毯子鋪在甲板上睡覺,旁邊還有三人的「旅伴」木結他和大背包。當我正準備到洗手間梳洗時,其中一個浪子目瞪口呆站在我面前,嘴巴張得大大的,那眼神好像要對我說些什麼。當時我心想:「糟糕了!這艘船這麼大,又沒有什麼人,若果他對我有什麼不軌的企圖,該怎麼辦?」但當時的我筋疲力盡,梳洗後就沒再理會他,回到座位便呼呼大睡。
我跟Jenny在船上總算安然度過了一晚。到達Mykonos港口時,太陽剛剛升起,我們不禁嘩的一聲大叫出來,眼前是一幅超級美麗風景,我們迎著晨曦走向一直嚮往的希臘小島!
到達酒店後,我們沒有休息就馬上外出逛逛,島上的風景真是太吸引了,不停拍照留念。而很多酒吧日間關門,到晚上才會營業。到了黃昏,我跟Jenny的體力差不多用盡,於是便回酒店休息。後來得知船上那三個「不羈浪子」在晚上到處找我們,以為我們會先休息,待晚上才外出。
Mykonos島上有兩大景點,一個是Paradise Beach,另一個是Super Paradise Beach,在海灘上隨處可見享受「天體浴」的人,而Super Paradise Beach比較多同性伴侶。我跟Jenny第二天的行程就是到Paradise Beach大開眼界,當然我倆都沒有膽量,也沒有身材赤裸裸地展露。相反地,為避免曬出雀斑,我像印度西施般用紅白大圍巾把自己的頭包著,只露出一雙眼睛。當我在海灘四出捕捉「有特色」的畫面時,不知怎地將鏡頭蓋丟了,唯有在猛烈的陽光下苦惱地搜索,不停用腳踢動幼沙,看看蓋子是否被埋了。突然,昨晚在船上目瞪口呆看著我的「他」出現在我眼前。
由於海灘有很多人,我當然沒有在船上那樣驚慌。他向我走近,示意想知道我在做什麼,我指著相機鏡頭,用英文跟他說我掉了鏡頭蓋,正在苦惱地找。從他的眼神,我感覺到他明白我的意思,溝通了一會才知道他來自意大利,因為不太懂說英文,只會說「OK」、「Understand」、「Hong Kong」,而我就只會說「Cappuccino」、「Pizza」、「Spaghetti」、「Oh My God」,我倆就是用這些簡單句子溝通。他努力幫我找了很久還是找不到,最後唯有放棄。
之後我們到海邊的小餐廳一邊吃西瓜,一邊用盡方法溝通,簡單的英文、身體語言、寫字等等。他叫Andrea,是拿坡里人,他也知道我來自香港。從他問我的問題便知道他對我有意思,因為他問我有沒有男朋友。在我們的空姐生涯中,跟大部份乘客只會相遇一次,所以當時我覺得跟Andrea也是一樣,所以回答他的問題時,都有所保留,況且我也不清楚他究竟是一個怎樣的人,沒有必要跟他說太多。
我們與Jenny會合,又再遇到船上那對年輕夫婦,他們跟我說看得出身旁這個意大利年輕人對我真的很有興趣。我說我知道,但沒有可能發展的,一來我對Andrea一點感覺也沒有,二來真的溝通不來,三來是異地戀,真的不用想吧!
Andrea介紹了另外兩位好朋友給我們認識,Francesco是典型意大利人,留著長長的頭髮,Matteo則是短髪,擁有一雙粗粗濃眉,頗能吸引異性。他們的英語比Andrea好點,至少可以用短句子對話。原來他們三個是從拿坡里駕電單車向南行,再乘大船到希臘雅典,然後轉乘船隻來到小島。誰知他們的電單車陸續在途中壞了,還錯失了前一班到Mykonos的船,最後才跟我們搭同一班船,這可能就是緣份吧。他們住在Paradise Beach營地附近的青年旅館,打算停留十天,而我的假期剛巧只有十天,但打算在島上玩兩三天,然後回雅典觀光,行程相當緊密。
當時沒那麼多溝通工具,我們拍過照後便交換地址、電話及傳真。後來得知,原來當日是Francesco先看到包得像印度西施的我,然後立即告訴正在全身赤裸打沙灘網球的Andrea,於是他馬上穿上沙灘褲來找我,免得初次見面就這麼唐突!
第二天,我跟Jenny到另一大景點Super Paradise天體海灘大開眼界。我沒有誇張,海灘最少有200多個男同性戀者,全身赤裸地跟伴侶在享受日光浴!有些還旁若無人地用腳磨擦著另一半的大腿,我實在不知我的眼應該望哪個方向,而他們大部份還要超級帥!半祼及全裸的女泳客亦有很多,還有全裸男士在打沙灘網球,你們可想像到當時的畫面有多震撼。下午3時左右,我跟Jenny已經看夠,正煩惱下站去哪裏才好,我便提議不如回去找那三個「不羈浪子」Happy Hour吧。
當我只見到Francesco及Matteo的時候,不知道怎地竟然有點失落,我便問他們Andrea在哪,他們說Andrea跟幾位剛認識的女性朋友去了超級市場,原來Andrea廚藝非常了得,所以由他負責煮飯。我們一邊喝啤酒和聊天,一邊等Andrea回來。Andrea終於回來,他一見到我的第一反應竟是瘋狂吻我的臉額和嘴。意大利人跟朋友見面時,無論男女一般都碰碰臉頰,先右後左,亦也有人會親嘴的,但不是像Andrea那樣瘋狂地吻。在毫無準備下,我當下真的不知所措,身旁的Jenny也看不過眼,把他推開。
晚餐時我們繼續用簡單英文聊天,意大利人尤其是南部人說話時,總是手舞足蹈,如果把他們雙手綑起來,恐怕就不懂說話了。吃飽後,我跟Andrea在島上隨意走走逛逛,走過藍色的小屋,踏過白色的梯階,便隨意坐下來聊天,聊一些自己的過去。第二天我與Jenny返回雅典繼續行程。
「早了一個月的生日禮物」
回到香港不久,大概在9月底,突然收到速遞公司送來的包裹,感到有點驚訝,究竟是誰寄給我的?包裹是從意大利寄來的,打開後原來是意大利當時流行的品牌出品的一條黑色燈芯絨背心連身裙,前面開胸有鈕扣的,是我喜歡的款式。是誰送的呢?當然就是Andrea。
在希臘的島上,我們交換了電話號碼,我曾致電找Andrea,但最初兩次都找不到他,聽電話的人又不懂英文,想留言也不行。後來終於找到了他,經過一輪艱難的溝通後,才知道他誤會了我的生日日期,其實是10月底。無論如何,我還是很感謝他的心意。之後的兩個月,我們維持簡單的電話問候,也收到Andrea的信,全是用英文寫的,還有詩,我可是從沒收過朋友為自己寫的詩!然而生活在步伐急促的城市,我真的不太會欣賞詩中的情懷。
Andrea寄來的每封信,我都有好好收藏,後來發現原來他寫的詩原來是由意大利文翻譯成英文,後來要求他寫一些「現代人」的文字表達方式,如「How have you been doing...?」,而不是「You are the red light, crossing into the sky...coming into my dream」。信中有時附有他和朋友組成的業餘地下樂隊演出的照片, 他是負責彈低音結他的, 全臉塗成白色,加上黑黑的眼眉, 紅紅的嘴巴,頭髮用噴髪膠都竪起的造型,那時候我想,原來外國人真的這麼「前衞」和「另類」。
Andrea常常說會來香港找我,而我卻以為他是隨便說說的。有一天,他忽然告訴我12月會來香港公幹一個月!原來他不像我在工作上遇到的乘客,一生只能遇上一次……
「種在香港的情愫」
原本抱著懷疑,直到收到Andrea從香港打出的電話我才相信。他住在尖沙咀的酒店,我們約在大堂的咖啡店享用下午茶。他比我先到,一見到他我忍不住笑了,穿上西裝戴上太陽眼鏡的他,正喝檸檬茶,跟之前在船上及天體海灘的他,形象簡直是天淵之別!但令我最驚訝的是,他竟可以用流利的英語跟我對話!原來他回到拿坡里後,找了私人英語補習老師,每天2小時,學了兩個月英語。這一切都是為了跟我溝通!後來我也明白Andrea為何可以寫到這麼多英文信給我,他媽媽告訴我,Andrea在學校一點英語也學不到,然而為了我卻一下子便學會了。
我坐下跟他聊天,歡迎他第一次來到香港,或應該說是第一次到亞洲吧。也問及他的行程,原以為他真的來公幹,雖然他也有跟一些工作上的伙伴見面,但其實也用不上一個月。當發現他是為了我而來香港,心裏頓時感到有點壓力,Andrea媽媽後來又跟我說,有一天Andrea跟她說自己可能找到生命中重要的女人,所以他要到香港一趟,看看他的感覺是否真確。這真的是非「常人」的想法。但如果他真的是常人的話,或許我們永遠不可能在一起。
Andrea人生路不熟,留在香港一個月可以做什麼?我沒可辦法天天陪著他,唯有找到一位精通西班牙語的泰國同事照顧他。基本上,西班牙人跟意大利人用他們本身的語言也可以溝通。
某天晚餐後,走在酒店附近時,我跟他說:「你不如回意大利吧!你在香港這麼久幹什麼?又沒有朋友,我也不可能天天陪你!」他很無奈且失望回答:「讓我想想吧!」看到他那失落的樣子,我有點怪責自己,心想他從這麼遠的地方來找我,我最少盡盡地主之誼,帶他參觀一些名勝景點,回意大利的事還是遲些才決定吧。我便跟他說會安排一些香港的觀光行程,而第一站便是大嶼山看大佛。
我們約好早上出發,時值繁忙時間,街上滿是上班一族,Andrea跟我說,為何街上的人來來往往只有兩個方向?他們的行動工整有序,但眼神空洞,就像 吸血殭屍一樣。他真的不明白,香港生活壓力很大,要我們常常面帶笑容是談何容易?人在江湖身不由己!他說他不會習慣這裏的生活,可見我們之間中的文化差距,這也是可以理解的事。
走在街上時,他常常想拖著我的手,我便找了一個連自己也覺得荒謬的藉口跟他說,香港是個華人社會,我們是不可以拖著手的,實行「拖」字訣。有一件小事,我記得非常清楚,且有一刻被他深深感動。遊大佛那天,天朗氣清,陽光普照,在烈日底下,我們走到了大佛的頂部,我的太陽眼鏡突然斷了,螺絲也鬆了。刺眼的太陽把我眼睛照得睜不開,那時Andrea馬上去買一罐汽水,利用拉蓋的尖角弄成小螺絲批,埋頭苦幹、汗流浹背幫我修理,那時候我心想,為什麼Andrea會對我那麼貼心?
從很多細節可見Andrea真的很喜歡我、關心我,慢慢地我也對他沒有那麼抗拒,甚至開始對他有了一點感覺……當他再想拖著我的手時,就乾脆讓他拖著吧!我性格比較爽直,不是那些愛玩把戲的人,當然亦承認我已經接受他。
在餘下的日子,我帶他四處逛逛,去山頂坐纜車看夜景、去女人街逛街、去廟街吃炒蜆,還吃得滿口是沙,最記得我向老闆投訴為什麼蜆有這麼多沙的時候,他竟說:「小姐,無沙不是蜆。」我真的給他氣死了,香港大排檔及洗手間的衞生環境,Andrea有點不習慣,但為了融入我的世界,唯有就遷就一下吧。然而現在叫他去的話,應該打死也不去!
有天晚上,我們在尖沙咀加連威老道附近逛街時,他忽然跟我說:「不如我們結婚吧?」我立即被他嚇一跳!結婚?我們在希臘只見了兩天,你在香港只有兩星期,從認識第一天到現在,只不過過了三個月就結婚?不要跟我開玩笑吧!但是他說:「我是認真的!」我當然覺得沒有可能,便說:「慢慢來吧,我們還年輕,待感情加深瞭解透徹了才談吧!」
可能因為水土不服,Andrea有幾天病了,他還叫我幫他買白飯和一個檸檬!說他拉肚子時,都會吃意大利彈牙有口感那種的白米飯,加點橄欖油及鮮檸檬汁,吃上數天便可清腸胃。這跟我們吃白粥清腸胃的方法差不多,每個地方都有自己的一套,頗有趣的。
開心的日子過得特別快,我們在中環某間餐廳慶祝聖誕節。但對我來說,最難忘的是除夕晚餐。他所住的酒店地庫是一間頗高質的意大利餐,我們就選了那裏來慶祝我們的第一個新年。還記得那時候,我常常叫鮮橙汁當餐飲,總被Andrea取笑,因為意大利人一般只會喝白或酒、紅酒、有汽水或無汽水來用餐,絕不像我們有雜式飲料。意大利人小朋友只會喝水或汽水,但絕不會喝牛奶或朱古力奶用餐。還有Cappuccino只在早餐時享用,不像我們24小時都喝。每當我在下午或晚上叫Cappuccino時,他便幽我一默說,要加個牛角包嗎?
除夕那晚接近倒數時,餐廳內所有員工都暫時工作,各人拿著不同的鍋及廚具互相敲擊,發出「兵兵嘭嘭」的聲音,大家圍著整個餐廳走,很多客人見狀,亦一起湊熱鬧,一個跟一個加入排伍,當晚氣氛濃厚,大家都過了一個很難忘的除夕夜。隨後我們出外走走,尖東海旁人山人海,水洩不通,走累了,我便坐在花叢的石壆上休息。就在那時,Andrea忽然除下了他那枚在旺角小販攤檔買的戒指放在掌心上,非常認真對著我說「This is marriage!Not a game! Take it!」而不是「Will You Marry Me?」他問的方式是令你感到他的肯定及真誠,不讓你拒絕。我看著他,然後便説:「好,我答應你!」
沒想到他馬上問我附近哪裏有教堂,香港不是意大利,教堂不是隨處可見。我説:「你找教堂做什麼?」Andrea説:「我們可以馬上找個神父行簡單婚禮儀式!」我心想,意大利人的效率沒可能比我們香港人高!我回答:「不用吧!現在這麼晚……」沒想到Andrea竟説今晚是除夕,可能有子夜彌撒。救命!這樣他也想到!他不斷叫我告訴教堂在哪裏,我覺得他的想法肯定行不通,好吧!就陪他走一趟。
印象中在漆咸道近紅磡火車站有一間小教堂,他拖著我的手,步伐急速。我們終於找到了,他按大閘門鈴,沒有人回應,他不停按也沒有人回應,我說:「走吧!這麼晚了,沒有人會在這裏了!」他唯有失望地說好吧,那我們再安排。幸好那次之後,他沒有再叫我找教堂,但從那時開始,我們之間已經有了某種默契和承諾。
「為了愛情初到拿坡里」
一個月的時間轉眼間便過去,Andrea要返回拿坡里了。別離儘管是痛,但痛源於愛。
幸好我一年前已經申請了假期,打算1月中到拿坡里探望Andrea及他的家人,雖然依依不捨,但知道我們很快便見面,心裏便沒有那麼難受!拿坡里,我來了!
我大約早上7時抵達羅馬,Andrea跟Matteo來接機,由於到機場的車程需要大概2.5小時,他們凌晨4時已經從拿坡里岀發。Andrea的家竟然是傳統日式裝修,原來他媽媽十分欣賞及喜愛東方文化,書架上放著她多年前到紐約旅遊時,在一間中國餐館拿的餐牌作紀念。我也帶了一些中國特色的小禮物給Andrea的家人,還送了一幅畫有老虎的國畫給他爸爸。當我拿出了一條珍珠頸鏈給他的媽媽時,她便給我一張意大利里拉紙幣作回禮。原來拿坡里人認為珍珠形是眼淚,代表悲傷,所以她給我一點錢算是扯平!當地還有其他習俗,例如不要把鑰匙放在床上、不要送人家紫色的禮物、17號是不吉祥的號碼等等,真是各處鄉村各處例,原來迷信不只是中國人專有!
雖然那時我不諳意大利文,又不能用英語跟他們溝通,但仍感覺他們一家的熱情,尤其是Andrea的媽媽。我跟她感情深厚,什麼都分享,感恩有這麼的一個好奶奶!由第一天認識,我便跟Andrea一樣叫她做媽媽,對於過埠新娘來說,丈夫家人的支持與關懷非常重要,我常開玩笑跟丈夫說,若你不是有一個這麼好的媽媽,可能我一早就走了。那兩星期的假期,Andrea介紹了他幾位好朋友給我認識,其中一位是他在17歲時的前度女友Andrea後來跟我說,她來的主要原因,是看看我究竟是怎樣的人。餘下的日子,Andrea盡地主之誼帶我參觀拿坡里,意大利有句諺語「vedi Napoli e poi muori」,中文意指「見到Napoli後才可以死!」拿坡里太漂亮,離開人世前一定要看看當地海灣——世界三大最美海景之一。
我還參觀了2000多年前,維蘇威火山爆發時被完全摧毀的龐貝古城,以及一些有名的旅遊景點,如風景很美的波西塔諾(Positano)。由於拿坡里是Pizza的起源地,當然不可以錯過,海鮮種類繁多,水牛奶芝士超新鮮,還有數之不盡的美食。
又到離別的時候。今次感覺真的難受,不知下次什麼時候才能見面。回香港後,我可以做的,就是努力跟其他同事調換航班,由於我當時在頭等機艙工作,前往羅馬的航班是用空中巴士340,12個頭等客人常常全院滿座。加上4個駕駛室機組人員,只有2個艙務員負責服待,而我職級較低,當然負責最辛苦的工作。頭等的銀餐具又重,服務又繁複,簡直像地獄一樣!所以不難找到人願意跟我調換。後來我升了職,成為商務及經濟艙的section leader,換到羅馬航班的機會大減,因為沒有人願意讓出。
為了爭取更多機會跟Andrea見面,其他什麼歐洲航班我都嘗試爭取,很多時候要讓出極受歡迎的航線,來換取一些歐洲航班,很多認識我的同事給我起了一個別號叫「歐洲之后」,這是拜我發瘋地換歐洲航班所賜,愛情魔力真的偉大!
「離鄉背井的抉擇」
維持這段異地戀4年多,幸運的話我們平均每個月見面一次,地點包括巴黎、倫敦、法蘭克福、阿姆斯特丹、羅馬、拿坡里及米蘭,每次見面只有1、2天,所以我們都十分珍惜。有時我飛去意大利找他,有時他飛來香港找我,這份堅持真的不是容易。遇到身心疲累時,我也曾想過放棄。每次到拿坡里,晚上跟Andrea的朋友吃飯,他們都説我在晚餐中都差不多睡著,他們並不知道我已經30多小時沒有好好睡過。記得有一次我從倫敦飛到米蘭後發高燒,相聚2天就要趕回工作崗位回港。每年2次的假期,我和Andrea都會安排一起到其他國家旅遊,最深刻的一次是到日本多個城市觀光,在長崎得到一個日本同事的爸媽熱情款待,留下很多開心及難忘回憶,他們後來亦有出席我跟Andrea在香港的婚宴。
由於當時沒現在那麼多網絡通訊設備,只可以寫信、打電話或傳真,每次收到電話帳單時都不敢看,簡直是為電話公司打工一樣!那些手寫信和已褪色的傳真我仍保留至今,人與人之間的溝通變得愈來愈方便,但我懷念以前等待信件來臨的感覺,還有打開信件的那份衝動,看到愛人筆跡的震撼!
幾年後,我倆真的很累,覺得這種戀愛方式不可以長此下去,要不就分手,要不就走在一起建立家庭。經過再三考慮,我們終於決定在1998年11月結婚,在香港舉行婚禮,我跟Andrea也有「斟茶」給雙方父母及長輩。
1999年3月10日最後一次穿上空姐制服,做過了最後一班洛杉磯至香港的航班後,我依依不捨地結束了差不多9年的機艙服務員生涯,離開香港、家人、朋友,去意大利生活。雖然這是一個非常難取捨的決定,但我終於有抉擇了,朋友們都說我有超乎常人的勇氣。老實說,年輕時沒有像現在那麼思前顧後,只想跟我愛的人在一起 !
由於意大利政府在教育方面不太著重外語,不懂當地語言是不可以「生存」及融入社會,而意大利文文法比英文複雜得多,所以最好先上一些基本課程打好基礎。剛巧那時Andrea的父母在米蘭生活,所以我在香港已經報讀米蘭一所語言學校為期的3個月的密集課程,這樣我下課回家後,便可以跟他們繼續用意大利文溝通。
4月剛剛到意大利時,先到米蘭上學,周末或假期Andrea便會來探我,完成課程後才搬到拿坡里居住,再上3個月的意大利文課程,然後慢慢融入社會,結果我們在拿坡里住了差不多9年,最後再搬到羅馬。所以意大利的三大城市,我全部居住過 。
「寫在20年後的今天」
意大利情緣故事就來到這裏,能夠跟你們分享這個故事是緣份!這一次回顧,令很多漸漸褪色的畫面再次湧現。由當日連載第一集到完結篇,看著你們的留言,大部份的人都説我和丈夫的故事很浪漫,就像童話故事。但是想深一層,人生不會是一部童話,甜酸苦辣、起起落落,跌倒再爬起來,各人的故事不同,我們不需要跟人家比較,凡事盡力而為,重點是要珍惜所擁有的一切。
我跟丈夫的相遇真的不平凡,也不只是巧合,而是上天的安排!但我倆要付出及犧牲很多才能走出一起。在意大利生活20年,一點也不容易,當中的起起落落,滿佈荊棘!可以説,比香港更加艱難,雖然17歲那年我也曾獨自到美國德州當交換生,但那時只用了數月便可以慢慢適應,不用理會家庭生活上的各種困難,只用專心上學!跟意大利的婚姻生活實在是截然不同。
記得剛到拿坡里的時候,在街上被途人指指點點:「中國人呀!」我心想,我可不是從火星來的!而要面對的問題很多,第一是語言障礙,第二是文化差異,第三是沒親人朋友在旁,第四是要重新建立自己的生活圈子,並慢慢融入社會。我當然沒有奢望可以找到像香港的真心知己朋友,但結識一些新朋友,閒時聊天或聚會,放鬆一下心情,分享生活點滴,也是十分重要。照顧家庭之外,總要有自己的一點空間。
一向慣於獨立及走遍半個地球的我,在意大利定居的首幾年真的遇到很多挫折及困難,那時候,亦沒有現在的網絡通訊科技,可以免費跟家人和朋友溝通。我亦跟你們一樣,要承受極大家庭及工作的壓力,幸好性格外向,人緣甚佳,加上能屈能伸,漸漸適應這裏的生活環境,憑著做人及工作態度,也「賺到」很多尊重與信任。期間認識了其他從香港嫁過來的過埠新娘,每個人都有自己的故事。香港跟意大利生活完全不同,最重要是用正面思考去解決問題,因為我們不可能改變意大利人的生活方式及步伐來迎合我們,唯有調整一下自己去適應,我們不能只想這裏的不好,沒有人及地方是完美,只能取長棄短吧!人需要成長,而有承擔才會變得成熟。
我不會為了炫耀而把外國生活包裝得100%完美幸福,因為這根本不是事實,有苦自己知,我只想做回自己,做自己喜歡的事,見自己喜歡見的人,今次這個故事,亦希望把浪漫背後的代價帶給大家,也帶岀「犧牲與付出」、「各有前因莫羨人」。
幸運的是嫁了一個廚藝了得的老公,他從小受到他祖父母的影響,跟他們學了很多技巧及秘訣!跟著他傳授了給我,待我可以跟大家分享!意大利很多男士都愛做菜,而且很棒!他們在周末一邊喝酒,一邊跟家人朋友談天說地,一邊做菜,真是賞心樂事!現在兒子亦受我們感染,愛上了做菜。未來的日子,我會繼續努力為大家分享意大利的一切及鮮為人知的一面。衷心感謝你們的支持與鼓勵。
我很開心你們喜歡意大利,這一切也令我非常有滿足感,很多「隊員」因為我的分享,而要來意大利旅遊,特別是我丈夫「老家」拿坡里,要享受美食一定要來!
意大利不是完美但神奇!
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【國立臺灣大學109學年度畢業典禮 致詞代表 資訊工程學系韓哈斯】
Student Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
International student Seth Austin Harding from Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
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校長、教授、以及在螢幕前的各位同學,大家好。非常感謝臺大給我這個機會。我是韓哈斯,來自美國華盛頓特區。我會以自身的真實經驗出發,來跟大家分享臺大帶給我的收穫。
我當初為什麼選擇來台灣求學呢?我小時候非常喜歡看武打片,然後我十歲的時候去看了一部電影叫做「功夫熊貓」。這部電影成為了我最喜歡的電影,主角「阿波」的故事跟我的故事很像。我看完了之後就決定要開始學功夫,所以去了「美國武術學院」。那個時候我每天都聽旁邊的人講中文,到了高中我就決定開始學中文。當時我遇到了一位貴人,她是從台北到美國來教書的中文老師,她教的課是我當時最喜歡的課,我每天去她的教室跟好朋友練習。到了高中畢業時,我是全高中中文最好的非母語人士。同時,我第二喜歡的課程是電腦科學,那時候我是程式能力數一數二的學生。後來在成功錄取夢寐以求的學校:臺灣大學之後,我感到雀躍不已,因為我既可以繼續學習中文,也可以持續在世界頂尖的學府中,往電腦科學的方向精進自我。
不過老實說,當我回顧大一的時期,我也曾迷失自我。雖然我修了很多很多的中文課,但是我那時只聽得懂大概一半的課程內容。跟大家對美國人的印象不同,我其實很害羞,也很害怕舉手提問,我甚至不太敢參與社交,所以當時朋友也很少。我開始想家,也變得有一點憂鬱。那時籃球是我唯一的紓壓方式。
但更不幸的是,我在打籃球時弄傷了我的前十字韌帶,做了兩次手術,需要一年半才能恢復。許多的負面情緒壓得我喘不過氣。我被困在人生的低谷,不知如何是好。我覺得我的中文不夠好,我也被診斷出失眠跟ADHD,另外,美國高中的數學太簡單了,來這邊不夠用。種種壓力讓我足不出戶,找不到自己的人生方向。後來,我向臺大心輔中心以及我的心理醫師尋求協助,然後我也開始跟系上有更多互動。有一位教授叫徐宏民跟我說,"Never give up",雖然那時候我覺得這句話太過於簡化了我的問題,不過,在我仔細思考了一個禮拜之後,我下定決心,發誓不讓自己被這些事擊敗。我決定要克盡全力,認真做好每件事。這是我人生的轉捩點,我開始變得異常自律。當時廖世偉教授和洪士灝系主任帶我進入它們的研究室鑽研學術。這重燃了我對資訊工程的熱忱,提醒了我當初會愛上這個領域的原因。我開始研究人工智慧以及區塊鏈,也開始跟其他系上同學交朋友,一起成立臺大人工智慧應用社NTUAI。NTUAI現在是校內頗具規模的技術研究社團,致力於推廣人工智慧給任何對該領域有熱忱的學生。歡迎加入NTUAI,可以掃描我們的QR CODE。
最近,由於疫情的緣故,我已經一年半沒回美國了。但是沒關係,因為我已經找到了我第二個家。我很愛臺大,以及台灣的人事物。雖然我經歷了人生的低潮,但這裡的一切總是給我滿滿的祝福與協助。最後,我想送給大家「功夫熊貓」裡的一句台詞: "You just need to believe"。只要用樂觀的態度去面對困難,就有能力改變自己,甚至改變身旁所愛的人。就像阿波的父親說的,"心誠則靈,只要你相信,點石就能成金。根本沒有什麼秘笈。只有你。"謝謝大家。
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President, professors, and classmates, I'm very honored to be here. Thank you to NTU for giving me this opportunity. My name's Seth Austin Harding, and I'm from the D.C. metropolitan area. I'm going to tell a real story that's personal but that's relatable and what I see as the real me.
What motivated and guided me to take my undergraduate studies in Taiwan? When I was very young, I really loved watching kung fu movies, and when I was 10 years old, I went to the theater to watch "Kung Fu Panda". This became my favorite movie as I felt like the story of the main character Po was one to which I could very much relate. After watching this movie, I decided that I wanted to start learning kung fu, so I went to the United States Wushu Academy. At the time, I began hearing Mandarin on a daily basis, so when I was in high school, I decided to begin formally studying Chinese. It ended up being my Chinese teacher from Taipei who was my favorite teacher who taught my favorite class, so I decided I'd hang out in the Chinese classroom every day and practice lots. By the time graduation came around, I had attained the highest proficiency in Chinese among any non-native speaker in my school. My second favorite class was computer science, and I ended up attaining among the best coding skills in my school. After getting accepted to the school of my dreams -- National Taiwan University -- I felt honored, humbled, and excited; I could now spend time at among the world's finest universities studying Chinese and at the same time advancing my knowledge of computer science.
But when I look back at my freshman year, to be honest with you, I didn't know what I was doing. Despite having taken very many Chinese classes, when I went to the NTU lectures, I understood only about half of what the teachers were saying. Contrary to most people's impressions of an American, I was actually too shy to raise my hand, to ask questions, or to even meet with teachers after class, so I had very few friends at the time. I started to become homesick and depressed. At that time, I found that basketball was the only way I knew of relieving my stress. However, while playing basketball, I had torn my ACL and it would take two surgeries and a year and a half in time to fully recover. At this point, I felt caught between a rock and a hard place. In fact, this was the lowest point of my life, and I didn't know what to do. I felt like my Chinese wasn't good enough, I had been diagnosed with insomnia and ADHD, and I felt like the math taught in America was too simple to allow for me to keep up with my classmates. I was under immense pressure, and at this time, I lost any sense of purpose or direction. Later on, I went to seek help from NTU counseling, from my psychiatrist, and from my department. I reached out to Professor Winston Hsu from CSIE, and he told me this: "Never give up"; it was such an oversimplified way to approach such a complex series of problems, I had thought. However, I pondered these words intensely for one week, and by the end of that week, I had made a firm decision. This would NOT be another example of me giving up. I decided to go all out, to work diligently and passionately on all tasks at hand. This was the turning point of my life; I started to discipline myself to a very high degree. At this time, I met my then-to-become advisors Professor Shih-Wei Liao and Professor Shih-Hao Hung and entered their labs to begin research. Finally, the passion that I had for computer science that I had previously held in high school was kindled again, and I was finally reminded why I loved this field. I began my research life in blockchain and AI, and at the time I entered the lab, I also began creating NTUAI. NTUAI is now a large and highly successful NTU club that is dedicated to the research and public understanding of AI. Welcome one and all to join us; please scan our QR code here.
For a year and a half I haven't returned to America because of covid. But not to worry; I have found my second home, away from home. I love it here in NTU and I cherish all of the things I've had the privilege to experience in Taiwan. I've gone through the most difficult of struggles in my life here, but I've also had the most fortunate and blessed of experiences. To conclude, I'd like to quote a line from "Kung Fu Panda": "You just need to believe". As long as you are willing to adopt an optimistic attitude in facing challenges and hardships, you may become a positive force in changing the lives of those around you as well as your own life. It all depends on how you view it; just like what Po's father says, "there is no secret ingredient. It's just you." Thank you, everyone.
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Commencement Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
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巨大集團 羅祥安前執行長
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管校長,羅副校長,各位貴賓,畢業生的家長跟朋友們,還有今天最重要的2021年臺大的畢業生,大家早安、大家好!
首先恭喜你們,今天從全世界最優秀大學之一的臺灣大學畢業了!
在過去幾年,在管校長,以「大學教改」和「國際化」的理念,率領全體師生的努力之下,臺大在全世界的能見度,和各項排名,都有顯著的進步,也讓身為校友的我們倍感光榮。
是不是我們大家一起鼓掌,給自己鼓勵一下好不好!
你們今天剛剛畢業,但是你們已經創造了臺大一項新的紀錄:第一次,沒有傳統畢業典禮的畢業生。這將是你們人生一個非常特別的回憶,也預表了你們未來將會有與眾不同的表現,和非凡的成就。
現在的世界,局勢是在東方跟西方的勢力,彼此對抗而動盪不安。而全世界的經濟活動,也因為科技的突破性創新,而受到很大的影響。不盡理想的、不盡公平的全球化,也將逐漸地變成 全球在地化。而COVID-19肆虐全球的結果,使得臺灣跟全世界,大家的生活型態、社會的結構、經濟活動的節奏都被打亂了,而必須要加以全面的整理跟重新的架構。這當然是一個危機,但是更是一個絕好的機會。所以,將你們迎面而來的,是無數的創新的機會,以及冒險卻令人興奮的全新挑戰。
因為臺灣,這是第一次跟全世界各個國家,同步的站在一個嶄新的共同起跑點上面。所以我要恭喜你們,你們躬逢其會,將要進入一個充滿希望、嶄新的時代。
我是1969年從臺大畢業的,所以我想今天就以我畢業之後的50多年,人生的一些學習和體會,來跟諸位分享,給諸位作個參考。
當我大學畢業的時候,我滿懷抱負,迫不及待地想要大展身手,我當時進入臺灣最大的貿易公司工作,但是我發現我所學的很多東西,只有一些國際貿易的實務跟英文有用,至於其他我所學習到的經營管理的很多知識,恐怕都要等到10年、20年之後,如果我有幸當上高級主管才能派上用場。
更諷刺的是,我是商學系畢業的,但是工作兩年後,我發現我真的不喜歡做商人,我也不喜歡做生意,我有興趣的是做事業。
後來,幸好我有聆聽我心裡面的微弱的聲音,決定踏進自行車業,放棄掉台北最好的貿易公司的金飯碗,而去參加在大甲一個只有38個人的小公司,來追求我的夢想。
那時候許多人認為我腦筋有問題,頭殼壞去,但現在回顧回來,我當時是做了人生一個非常好的決定。
創業的過程飽受艱辛,但是我也學到了很多寶貴的經驗:我首先學到的,是在做事之前,必須要先學做人。
人必須要誠信踏實,不能自私自利,而要利他共好。
要隨時心存感恩,尊重、關切別人。要熱愛這個世界,並且要了解到一個人的能力是有限的,而必須要去建立互信、互助的人際關係;要融入群體、要發揮團隊的精神。
在做事方面,一定要以正面積極的態度,認真努力去工作。 而且不要怕失敗,要勇於接受新的挑戰。因為如果有失敗了,那只是代表說你又更靠近成功一步了。要作中學,學中作,要虛心好奇的終身學習,開拓挑戰、追求卓越。
在這裡,我想要送給大家一個很特別的畢業禮物,就是兩個「成功的錦囊」。
第一個錦囊:不管你做什麼工作,不論你職務的高低,永遠都要站在顧客的立場,來為他們設想,還能做什麼,讓他們能夠得到更多的創新價值。
第二個錦囊:無論作什麼工作,不管你職務的高低,永遠都要站在經營者的角度來為公司設想,要做什麼,才能讓公司更健康,永續經營跟發展。
既使你們把我後面講的很多東西都忘記了,沒關係,但是這個畢業禮物你們一定要記得帶回去,因為這些「同理心」的兩個錦囊,在未來會給你們帶來意想不到的祝福!
其次我體會到,名跟利都是副產品。正產品是你成為什麼樣的人,成就什麼樣的事。當正產品是對的時候,名跟利都自然會來。
所以我鼓勵大家在找工作的時候,不要太計較開始的薪水和待遇。因為事實上,一個新人,在前面三年是很難有大的貢獻的,反過來只是公司發薪水來給你培訓而已。所以選擇一個有意義的行業,找一家你可以學習進步的好公司,這才是重要的。
第三,我學習到 知識不等於智慧。諸位都學有專精,有很多寶貴的知識,但這些知識必須要實際去做才能夠產生經驗,而累積的時候會有不同經驗的反省、學習、跟體會,尤其是從那些失敗的經 驗,才能夠漸漸地凝結成有用的智慧。
我的成長過程分成三段,開始我是一個「I」型的人,我擁有一些經營管理的基本的能力。後來因為工作的需要和我的好奇心,我漸漸地學習到技術開發、製造生產、品牌推廣、全球經營、以及行銷、服務等等寶貴的經驗,這樣漸漸地,我就形成一個「T」型的一個跨界的人才。但是到了我真正找到公司未來的使命跟方向,並且把它跟我的人生目標結合在一起,熱情的、積極去推動的時候,那時候我終於成為一個「十字架」型的一個領導者。
當公司發展得比較穩定之後,我就面臨要如何來替公司規劃願景、使命、定位,跟長期策略。在這個階段,我有一些新的體會:首先,你必須要能夠畫出一個「黃金正三角形」,正三角形是最穩定的,上面是戰略,中間是戰術,下面是戰鬥。先要有正確的戰略,才能衍伸出有效的戰術,再根據這個戰術去貫徹戰鬥的執行。換言之,戰略就是做對的事情,戰術就是對的方法,戰鬥就是用對的方法去把事情做對做好,並且不斷地去持續改善。
想要能夠思考出長期的戰略,就必須要有洞察力。
我很喜歡看地球儀,就是那種在一個架子上面,有一個可以轉動的地球模型。當你把地球轉動的時候,你看到上面每一個地方、每一個國家,它的地理位置、它的自然生態,以及你思考它的歷史的演變跟它的發展,這樣子你就能夠得出一個整體的,跟全方位的一個概念。
在思考長期戰略的時候,很不容易得出一個有突破性的一個創見,它的原因往往是因為「當局者迷」的關係。
所以當我考慮長期戰略的時候,我會把自己設想,好像從一個人造衛星上面,來觀看一個轉動的地球。以宇宙格局的高度,以全球視野的廣度,以歷史演進的長度,這樣子你就能夠以一個「旁觀者清」的姿態和角度,來正面、反面深入思考,這樣子你就可能得到一個突破性的一個解答。「世界的捷安特」跟「全球在地化」的品牌經營—這樣子的策略、願景就是這樣產生的。
另外一種洞察力,是如何推出給人們有創新價值的產品跟服務。這就要時時地站在人文跟科技的十字路口,仔細觀察它們的變化,然後活用科技的進步,為人文潛在的需求,適時地提供最佳的解決方案。捷安特的Cycling世界,就是用這種方法,不斷的推出創新價值的產品。
我們在經營上也有發展出一個特別的理念,那就是「不求第一,要作惟一」。全世界的人這麼多,但沒有兩個人的指紋是一樣的, 所以每一個人都是獨一無二、都是惟一的。可見當上帝造每一個人的時候,祂都有衪特別的計劃,而且也把成功所需要的能力跟要素,已經放在你的心中,等待你取用。所以每一個人不應該只是模仿別人,或者是按照別人的期望來生活,而應該要找出並且發揮自己的天賦,真正做自己,成為惟一,才能夠活出精采的生命。
企業也是一樣,不能隨波逐流,必須要找出什麼才是對的,什麼是合適你的,什麼才是有意義、對這個世界有貢獻的,這個才是惟一。當你精益求精,努力的想要成為惟一的時侯,你才能夠找到真正正確的目標,以及永續生存的價值。如果事事都想為第一,那麼你可能去追求很多不切實際的目標,而被你無法承受的巨大壓力所摧毀。或者,因為不擇手段,最後走上一些錯誤的道路。
在長期追求惟一的過程當中,我也得到兩個重要的體會:當你決心做一件對的事情,而且不屈不撓,勇敢堅持奮鬥的時候,全宇宙的力量都會起來幫助你。另外,把一件有意義的事情,用生命的力量把它作好,你就有可能改變這個世界!
我鼓勵你們,聆聽你們內心深處的微小的聲音,讓它引導你們,去尋找到你們的天賦,了解你們的命定。
不求第一,要作惟一。做你真正的自己,成為惟一。活出你精彩的生命,享受你幸福的人生!
很多人說,生長在臺灣的人,一輩子裡面一定要完成三項挑戰:登玉山、泳渡日月潭、還有騎自行車環島。我覺得這非常有道理。所以我建議大家在畢業以後,在去當兵、就業之前,不妨參加一個自行車環島的旅行團,用九天的時間,仔細的去體會、欣賞寶島臺灣的美好,用自行車的輪胎去親吻,這塊生你長你的美麗大地,就當作是送給你自己的一個畢業禮物吧!
那教授們跟家長們,可能會想說,啊!太可惜了,我畢業的時候沒有騎自行車環島,我現在已經五六十歲了。沒關係,你這個年紀正好來從事人生的壯遊。
我們臺大的校長-管校長,在今年的一月份,就勇敢的完成他夢寐以求的自行車環島的壯遊。我們給管爺一個掌聲好不好?
有人認為臺灣很小、沒有前途,真的是這樣嗎?世界經濟論壇每年都要把全世界的國家的實力做一個調查跟排名。讓我們來看一下臺灣的排名。全世界有235個國家,就面積來講,我們排名第137;就人口來講,第57;就經濟體來講,第21;就整體競爭力來講,排名第11;而創新力,臺灣排名第4。沒錯,臺灣的確不大,但是我們很強,我們可以很有前途!
可預見的,未來的世界將會成為美、歐、亞三區鼎力的這個新局面。就像三個圓圈,各自都以自己的利益為優先,並且彼此長期的競爭、對抗和抵制,但是同時又不得不相互的維持一些必要的連結。而在每一個圈裡面,它將持續的有很多劇烈的改變,就像一個暴風圈一樣。而這三個暴風圈連結在一起,就形成一個所謂完全風暴PERFECT STORM。
最近經濟學人雜誌,把臺灣當作封面,稱臺灣為地球上最危險的地方,但同時又是科技業最關鍵的地方。我個人倒認為,未來臺灣可能是處在一個最有利的地位,就在那三個暴風圈中間的那個颱風眼,也就是這三個圈圈彼此連結交會的中心點。這個地方看起來好像危險,其實是最安全、最有利、又是最關鍵的地方。
當三個暴風圈無可避免的,參與在一個長期的競爭、對抗、跟抵制-這樣一個零和的賽局裡面。那臺灣並不屬於任何一個圈圈,也不需要去參與這些競爭、對抗跟抵制。而可以去想說,我可以在這個關鍵的中心點,替這個世界來提供什麼樣子的創新價值的貢獻。
臺灣過去50年的努力累積了很多技術開發、製造管理、金融資本,社會資源,以及民主法治體制,這些稀有而寶貴的實力。而且如果以全世界作為舞台,那麼,能夠精通中文跟英文、能夠深切的了解東方西方的文化;有專業,又能跨界,謙卑而不自卑,自信而不自大的臺灣人,可能是全世界最優秀的人才。
未來無法被預測,但是可以被創造!30年前,有誰能夠預測到說臺灣會產生世界級的台積電跟捷安特?
台積電秉持著作惟一的理念,以全球晶圓代工的戰略,厚植實力,打造了優質高效的供應鏈,把臺灣變成一個科技島。以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界的半導體市場。
捷安特也秉持著作惟一的理念,以世界的捷安特,全球在地化的品牌戰略,帶領A-Team把臺灣變成全世界高級車的中心,又積極的推動Cycling的新文化,把臺灣發展成一個自行車島,以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界自行車的市場。
在這裡我也期許我們臺大,也能夠以作惟一這樣子的理念,轉動引領世界,變成全世界最優秀人才培養的最佳搖籃。
未來的50年,臺灣將迎來前所未有最大的機運!所以臺灣是不是應該要脫離過去單純競爭的心態,而來積極的謀求長期的未來生存之道,或者更進一步要問自己:臺灣可以為世界貢獻些什麼?臺灣不應該只是消極的「根留臺灣」,而應該更主動積極的「放眼全球、立足亞太、深根臺灣」。
臺灣過去的50年,那是一個非常艱辛跟特別的階段。很慶幸的,臺灣在那個階段裡面,是屬於勝利的這一組。
現在是應該到了必須要了解過去、深入現在、策劃未來,這個重要關鍵的時刻。要如何的以宇宙格局的高度、以全球視野的廣度、以及歷史演進的長度,衡外情,量己力,來為臺灣重新的定位,重新畫一個正確的戰略、戰術、戰鬥的黃金三角形。讓臺灣能夠真正發揮自己的長處,能夠打造創新價值的優勢,成為惟一、做Only One!要能夠創造一個更安全、更廣闊、更興盛-全新的藍海。臺灣必須要成為世界的好公民,繼續的為全世界做更多、更好的貢獻!
2021的畢業生們,在你們當中有未來國家的領導人、有全球企業的創造者、有在社會各行各業、方方面面的核心人才,所以臺灣未來50年的未來,就掌握在你們手中了。
最後,我想用一位著名科學家的名言來作結尾: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. 人生就像騎自行車,要保持你平衡最好的方法,就是繼續不斷地向前進。
你知道這是誰的名言嗎? 沒錯,就是愛因斯坦!
2021的畢業生們,請你騎上你人生的自行車,勇敢的向前邁進,去開創你獨一無二、精彩無比的新生命跟未來。再一次,恭喜你們,並且祝福你們每一位,將來都能夠有健康、幸福、精彩跟有意義的人生!
謝謝!
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President Kuan, Executive Vice President Luo, Distinguished guests, family, friends, and most importantly, the graduating class of 2021, good morning!
First of all, congratulations! Today, you are graduating from one of the best universities in the world – National Taiwan University!
Over the last few years, President Kuan led the university forward with his vision of “educational reform” and internationalization”. Together with all the faculty and students, NTU has made significant progress in both ranking and global visibility, making us, alumni, extremely proud.
I think we deserve to give ourselves a round of applause!
You are the graduating class of 2021 and already, you have set a new record for NTU: For the first time, there will not be a traditional graduation ceremony. Let this be a very special memory of your life and a sign of the difference you will make in your future with extraordinary achievements.
The world is now in a volatile state where the East and the West are confronting each other. The world’s economic activities are also greatly affected by the breakthrough and innovations in technology. The less-than-ideal and less-than fair globalization will gradually become global localization. And as a result of COVID-19, Taiwan and the rest of the world’s lifestyle, social structure, and economy have been disrupted, and must be comprehensively reorganized and restructured. This is certainly a crisis, but in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity. So, what lies before you are countless opportunities for innovation, and exciting new challenges.
Because, for the first time, Taiwan is standing with the rest of the world on a new race-track. Therefore, I would like to congratulate you, you are entering a new era full of hope.
I graduated from NTU in 1969. It has been more than 50 years and today, I would like to share some of my life experiences and insights.
When I graduated from college, I was filled with ambition. I couldn’t wait to make my mark. I joined one of the largest trading companies in Taiwan, where I quickly realized the only materials I learned in school that came in handy are a little bit of international trade practices and English. Much of what I had learned about business management would only be relevant 10 or 20 years down the road, if I was lucky enough to become a senior executive.
What’s even more ironic is that I graduated with a degree in business, but after working for 2 years, I realize I really don’t like being a businessman, and I don’t like doing business. What I am actually interested in is building an enterprise.
Fortunately, I chose to listen to the faint voice in my heart and decided to enter the bicycle industry. I left my position at the best trading company in Taipei to join a small company with only 38 employees in Dajia to pursue my dream.
At the time, many people thought I must’ve broken my skull and gone crazy, but looking back, I have made a great decision in my life.
The process of starting my own enterprise has been very difficult, but I have learned many valuable lessons. The first thing I learned is that before you can do anything else, you have to learn to be a person of good character.
We must be honest, down to earth, selfless, self-serving, and altruistic for the common good.
Be grateful, respectful and caring at all times. To love the world and to understand that one person’s ability is limited and that is necessary to build interpersonal relationships of mutual trust and support; to be part of a group and to play as a team.
When it comes to work, you must work hard with a positive attitude. And don’t be afraid to fail, be brave enough to accept new challenges. Because every time you fail, it just means you are one step closer to success. Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. We must stay open-minded and curious, aspiring to lifelong learning; to explore challenges and pursue excellence.
Here I would like to give everyone a special graduation gift, which are my two tips for success:
First, always put yourself in the customer’s shoes, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold. Think for them, think about what else you can do to create more value for the customers.
Second, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold, always think about the company from the proprietor’s point of view; what can we do to build a healthier company that’s sustainable.
Even if you are going to forget everything I say later, that’ ok. Just remember to take your graduation gift at heart, because these two tips on “empathy “are sure to bring you unexpected blessings in the future!
Later on, I realized that fame and money are merely byproducts. The real product is you, what kind of person you have become and what have you achieved. When the real product is identified, fame and money will come naturally.
So I encourage you, when you look for a job, don’t be too concerned about the starting salary and benefits. Because as a matter of fact, as a newcomer, it is very difficult to make a big contribution in the first three years, so really the company is paying to give you training instead. So choose a meaningful industry and find a good company where you can improve and grow, that’s what’s important.
Thirdly, I learned that knowledge is not the same as wisdom. All of you have learned a lot and have a lot of valuable knowledge, but this knowledge must be practiced in order to produce experience, and in the process of accumulation, there will be different experiences of reflection, learning and empathy, especially from failure, slowly and surely all these experiences will be condensed into useful wisdom.
My personal development can be divided into three stages. I began as a I-shaped person with some basic skills in business management. Later on, due to my job and curiosity, I gained respected experience in technology development, manufacturing, branding, global marketing, and service and thus gradually becoming a T-shape multidisciplinary professional.
However, when I combined the future mission and direction of the company with my life goals, promoting it enthusiastically and actively, that is when I finally became a X-shape transdisciplinary leader.
Once the company became more stable, I was faced with the challenge of planning the vision, mission, positioning, and long-term strategy for the company. At this stage, I had some new insights.
First, you must be able to draw a “golden triangle”, an equilateral triangle is the most stable shape with strategy on top, tactics in the middle, and operations at the bottom. In other words, the strategy is to do the right thing, the tactics is the using the right methods, and operations is using the right methods to excel on doing the right things while constantly improving them.
To develop long-term strategies, it is necessary to have insight.
I enjoy looking at the globe, yes, the spherical model of Earth that sits on a stand and can be rotated. When you rotate the globe, you can see every place and country on it, its geographical location, its natural ecology, and you can think about its historical evolution and development, so that you can come up with an overall comprehensive concept.
When thinking about long-term strategy, it is not easy to come up with a groundbreaking idea, because “men are often blind in their own cause”
Therefore, when I think about long-term strategy, I imagine myself as if I were looking at a rotating Earth from a man-made satellite. With the height of the universe, the breadth of global vision and the length of historical evolution, you will be able think about it from the perspective of an observer, and then you may have a breakthrough. This is how the strategy and vision of “GIANT for the World” and “glocalization” brand management came about.
Another kind of insight is how to introduce the products and services to create additional value to people. This requires standing at the crossroads of humanity and technology, observing their changes carefully, and then using technological advances to provide the best solutions for the potential needs of humanity in a timely manner. This is how GIANT’s Cycling World continues to introduce innovative values to its products.
We have also developed a special philosophy in our business, which is “don’t be the first one, be the only one”. There are so many people in the world, but no two people share the same fingerprints, making each person unique and one of a kind. God created each person with purpose and has gifted us with the abilities and elements needed for success. All of which is in your heart, waiting for you to take them. Therefore, we should not just follow each other’s footstep or live under the expectations of someone else. Instead, we should find and give reigns to our talents, to truly be ourselves, to become the only one and live a brilliant life.
The same applies to businesses, you can’t just go with the flow, we must find what is right and suitable and what is meaningful and contributive to the world, this is what it means to be the only one. When you strive for excellence and strive to be the only one, you will find the right goals and the value of sustainability. If you try to be first in everything, you may pursue many unrealistic goals and either be destroyed by unbearable pressure or resort to doing whatever it takes, and end up on the wrong path.
I have learned two important lessons in my long quest to be the “only one”. When you are determined to do the right thing and you are unyielding and persistent in your struggle, the power of the universe will rise up and help you. In addition, if you do something meaningful and do it well with the power of life, you may change the world.
I urge you to listen to the small voice deep within you and let it guide you to find your talents and understand your destiny.
Do not seek to be the first but to be the only. Be true to yourself and be the only one. Live your life to the fullest and enjoy your life to the fullest!
Many people say that growing up in Taiwan, you must complete three challenges in your lifetime: climb to the top of Jade Mountain, swim across Sun Moon Lake, and ride a bike around the island. I think this is very true. Therefore, I suggest that after graduation, before you go to the military or get a job, you might as well join a bicycle tour around the island and spend nine days to carefully experience and appreciate the beauty of Taiwan. As a graduation gift to yourself, let the tires kiss the beautiful land where you were born and raised.
All the professors and parents must be thinking in regret, “Ah! Too bad! I didn’t ride my bike around the island when I graduated and now I’m already in my 50s and 60s…” But that’s okay! You are actually at the perfect age to start your adventurous life.
Our President of NTU, President Kuan bravely completed his dream bike tour around the island in January this year. Let’s give President Kuan a round of applause!
Some people think that Taiwan is small and has no future. Every year, the World Economic Forum conducts a survey and ranking of the strength of countries around the world. Let’s take a look at Taiwan’s ranking. There are 235 countries in the world and we rank 137th in terms of landmass, 57th in terms of population, 21st in terms of economy, 11th in terms of overall competitiveness, and 4th in terms of innovation. It’s true that Taiwan is not big, but we are strong and we have a promising future.
In the foreseeable future there will become a new situation in which the United States, Europe and Asia will be the three focal regions. Just like three circles, each of which prioritizes its own interests and is in long-term competition, confrontation and resistance, but at the same time has to maintain some necessary links with each other. And in each circle, drastic changes will be endless, just like a storm circle. These three storm circles are linked together to form a so-called PERFECT STORM.
The Economist magazine recently featured Taiwan on its cover, calling it the most dangerous place on earth, but at the same time the most critical place for the technology industry. Personally, I think that Taiwan may be in the most favorable position in the future, right in the middle of the three storm circles, the eye of the typhoon, which is the center point where these three circles are connected. This place seems dangerous, but in fact it is the safest, most favorable, and most critical place.
When the three storm circles are inevitably involved in a long-term competition, confrontation, and boycott - a zero-sum game. Taiwan does not belong to any of these circles, nor does it need to participate in these competitions, confrontations, and boycotts. Instead, situated in this critical position, I should begin to think about what kind of innovative value I can provide to the world.
Taiwan's efforts over the past 50 years have accumulated many rare and valuable strengths in technology development, manufacturing management, financial capital, social resources, and the democratic rule of law system. If the world is our stage, Taiwanese people who are proficient in Chinese and English, who have a deep understanding of Eastern and Western cultures, who are professional, who can cross borders, who are humble but not inferior, and who are confident but not arrogant, may be the best talents in the world.
The future cannot be predicted, but it can be created! 30 years ago, who could have predicted that Taiwan would produce globally renowned TSMC and GIANT?
TSMC is committed to the concept of being the only one, and has built up its strengths with its global foundry strategy, creating a high-quality and efficient supply chain and turning Taiwan into a technology island. With Taiwan as the core, TSMC is leading the worldwide semiconductor market.
GIANT also upholds the concept of "Be the only one" and leads the A-Team to turn Taiwan into the center of the world's premium bikes with the brand strategy of globalization and localization, and actively promotes the new culture of cycling, developing Taiwan into a cycling island and leading the world's cycling market with Taiwan as the core.
Here I also hope that we, NTU, can also lead the world with the concept of being the only one, and become the best cradle for the cultivation of the best talents in the world.
In the next 50 years, Taiwan will have the greatest opportunity ever! Therefore, Taiwan should get rid of the simple competitive mentality of the past and actively seek the long-term survival of the future, or go even further and ask itself: What can Taiwan contribute to the world? Taiwan should not just "secure Taiwan" in a conservative way, but should be more proactive with global outlook and establish a foothold in the Asia Pacific.
The last 50 years, for Taiwan, has been very difficult and significant. Fortunately, Taiwan pulled through and came out as one of the winners.
Now is the crucial moment to understand the past, delve into the present, and plan for the future. We must take the height of the universe, the breadth of our global vision, and the length of historical evolution, weigh the external situation, and measure our own strengths to reposition Taiwan and draw the golden triangle of strategy, tactics, and operations. Taiwan should be able to give full play to its strengths, create innovative value, and become the only one! Taiwan must become a good citizen of the world and continue to make more and better contributions to the world!
Graduates of 2021, among you are the future leaders of the country, the creators of global enterprises, and the core talents in all walks of life, the future is in your hands.
Finally, I would like to conclude with a quote from a famous scientist: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Do you know who this quote belongs to? That's right, Einstein!
Graduates of 2021, please get ready for your life adventure, get on your bikes and peddle courageously forward to create your own unique and exciting future. Again, congratulations and best wishes to each and every one of you for a healthy, happy, and meaningful life!
Thank you!
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LYRICS:
How are you doing?
「妳在做什麼呢?」
How have you been?
「妳過得好嗎?」
Sending this text for the fifth time this week
這是我這週第五次送出這樣的訊息
So when can I call you
所以當我可以打電話給妳時
There’s so much to say
我有好多好多話想說
Sending this text cuz I struggle when we are face to face
送出這封訊息只因當我們面對面時,我總是不知所措
If you only knew
但願妳能明白
The love you refuse
被妳拒絕的愛
Waiting by the phone for you
仍在等妳的電話響起
But you misunderstand
但妳誤會了
When I make these plans
當我寫下這些計畫時
Tried to please then try to mend
我只是嘗試著彌補這一切
Cuz we shouldn’t even have to run
因為我們根本不該逃避彼此
When did this lose all its fun?
什麼時候這一切都失去樂趣了呢
I know these words are not the ones that you want
我知道這些字不是你所冀望的
But you won’t say that we’re done
但你絕不會說出口 我們分手吧
If you told me what you want
如果你願意早點告訴我你想要什麼
Then we wouldn’t even have to run
那麼我們就不用一直逃避彼此
How are you feeling?
「你還好嗎?」
Are you free in the evening?
「今晚有空嗎?」
I just wanted to see you once outside of my dreams
我只想與你見上一面而不是在夢裡
But I’m guessing you’d rather try this tomorrow
但我猜 你可能會希望找時間再說
Honestly right now we’re hollow
說真的,現在的我們如此空虛
We’ve been that way now far too long but let’s get this over with
我們維持這種關係太久了 現在就讓我們結束吧
If we only knew
但願我們能知道
The love we refuse
被我們拒絕的愛
Tried to please then try to mend
也曾努力過、修補過
Cuz we shouldn’t even have to run
因為我們根本不該逃避彼此
When did this lose all its fun?
什麼時候這一切都失去樂趣了呢
I know these words are not the ones that you want
我知道這些字不是你所冀望的
But you won’t say that we’re done
但你絕不會說出口,我們分手吧
If you told me what you want
如果你願意早點告訴我你想要什麼
Then we wouldn’t even have to run
那麼我們就不用一直逃避彼此
Forget you said I’m the one
忘了你曾說過我是唯一
I’d go away if you say right now we’re done
若妳說我們已經結束了我會離去
Do you hate what we’ve become?
你會討厭我們現在的樣子嗎?
We shouldn’t even have to run
我們根本不該變成這樣的
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1. Here's Johnny
2. Greetings (過時了)
3. Salutations (過時了)
4. Greetings and Salutations (過時了)
5. What's the good word? (過時了)
6. Good day
7. Good morning
8. mornin'
9. Good afternoon
10. Good evening
11. How do you do?
12. It's nice to see you
13. It's good to see you
14. It's a pleasure to meet you
15. Pleased to meet you
16. Yo
17. Hi
18. Hi there
19. Hello
20. Hello there
21. Hey
22. Hey there
23. What's up
24. Sup
25. Whazzup
26. Whaddup
27. How are you?
28. How are you doing?
29. How you doin'?
30. How you doin'? (猥瑣版)
31. How's it goin'?
32. How goes it?
33. What's goin' on?
34. What's new?
35. What's happenin'?
36. How's your day?
37. How's your day going?
38. Good to see you
39. Look who it is
40. Look what the cat dragged in!
41. There he is!
42. Ayyy
43. Holla
44. Hiya
45. Heya
46. Yello
47. Howdy
48. Howdy-doo?
49. Howdy, partner? (牛仔愛用)
50. How's tricks?
51. How's it rollin'?
52. How's it hangin'? (有點帶黃)
53. What's up, homeslice?
54. What's up, doc?
55. Whaddup, buttercup!
56. What's good?
57. What's good in the hood?
58. What's the dilly?
59. What's the dizzle?
60. What's trippin'?
61. What's poppin'?
62. What's crackin'?
63. What's crackalackin'?
64. What's cookin'?
65. What's cookin' good lookin'?
66. What's kickin', chicken?
67. What's shakin', bacon?
68. Long time no see
69. It's been such a long time!
70. How long has it been?
71. It's been too long!
72. It's been ages!
73. It's been a while!
74. It's been a minute
75. Where have you been hiding?
76. How have you been?
77. What have you been up to?
78. Whatcha been up to?
79. How are things?
80. How are things comin' along?
81. How are you getting on?
82. How are you holding up?
83. How's life?
84. How's life been treating you?
85. How's everything?
86. How's everything with you?
87. How's everything going?
88. Oi (英國/澳洲)
89. What's the craic? (愛爾蘭)
90. You okay? (英國)
91. You alright? (英國)
92. Alright? (英國)
93. G'day, mate (澳洲)
94. How are you going? (澳洲)
95. Ahoy, matey (海盜用的)
96. Aloha (夏威夷語)
97. Hola (西班牙文)
98. Ciao (義大利語)
99. Namaste (印度教)
100. Nihao (中文)
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6年級數學-Grade 6 Math: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xcIE0AQTbaqO07HAxytuNhEr62twSu9
1年級數學 (Grade 1 Math): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_xcIE0AQTbY051AXIsmmhDXzvJ1eMr--
how have you been doing中文 在 潔西家- 被問到What have you been up to? 回答得出來嗎? ... 的推薦與評價
被問到What have you been up to? 回答得出來嗎?那假如是How are things? 知道什麼意思嗎?其實都是打招呼問最近如何。聽到別人說I've got to run. ... <看更多>
how have you been doing中文 在 不再只會說I am fine! STOP saying 'I am fine thank you!' 還可以 ... 的推薦與評價
#英文會話 For years children in Asia have been told to answer the ' How are you ? ... How are you doing mate? 3:25 What's up? Waasup? Sup? 3:41 ... ... <看更多>
how have you been doing中文 在 [請益] what are you doing today? - 看板Eng-Class - 批踢踢實業坊 的推薦與評價
請問可以用what are you doing today?去問候對方你今天在幹嘛嗎
感覺文法上用what have you been doing today比較順
但what are you doing today聽起來也很順,google過沒人討論過這個
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