大麻。甜點。與祕密情人。

連續兩次，從不同人的口中聽到推薦『享受吧！一個人的旅行』這本書，曾幾何時，一個人的話題開始變得很熱，對我而言，看這些一個人的書，有點替自己未來孩子獨立後，空窗期開始的老年生活打底，做更多的心理建設。不過倒是沒想到，兩的禮拜前的某日，同事竟然很好心的把這本書放在我面前，告訴我，她看了很有感覺，我也應該看看。

我想，這突如其來的動作，除了讓我驚訝，也讓我抱著，嗯！這本一個人的書，也許真的有什麼過人之處。。。


我讀書總是很快，因為耐性不夠，好看的小說，往往就在第一時間，吞了下去。

平實而生活化的敘述，哀傷但帶著希望，閱讀之後總會有『啊！就是這樣的啊！（そうですね）』的驚嘆，這是我喜歡吉本芭娜娜的原因。

還沒有看過王國一，從二冊看起，說不定更有漸層的感覺？

遠去他鄉的祖母，枯萎重生的仙人掌，眼睛看不見但心靈清晰的命相師，初見稜角分明卻直接的細膩的同性戀伴侶，不倫的情人，以及重複的幽會場景，幸運抽中的電視機，看起來不怎樣相連的事情，在淡淡敘事之中，巧妙而不誇大的結合成清爽的風情。

A Three Dog Life.

"Dog? I like dog! But how come this "Three Dog" without a S?" I picked up the book and wondered.


The best memoir I have even read. This book is a punch to the heart. Read it.

自己的摯愛的孩子得了急性前骨隨性白血症,選擇利用基因創造另外一個孩子的身體來救,道德的界線在哪裡? 是非的分野又在哪裡?

孩子和自己的父母打官司爭取對自己的身體的掌握權！　沒有對錯,沒有解答,只可惜這世界並不是非黑及白!

道德的分寸在哪裡?

米叔叔隆重推薦的, 書放在桌上很久了,卻一直還沒辦法靜下心好好把他看完,昨天去聯安體檢,在胃鏡昏迷及點散朣眼球放大之間,終於把它K完了


其實整本書的重點就只有一個,正面的想法就會吸引正面的人和事情!

難得,女兒和她老爸約會,我得了一整個下午屬於自己的時間,一如往常我還是到了誠品閒晃,看看有沒有新書,看看有沒有有趣的話題,其實我選書是很沒有目的的,沒有一定的作者,沒有一定的話題,太艱澀的我看不懂,太硬的我看不下去,最好是封面設計的很有趣,或是有著很聳動的標題,是的!我承認自己是膚淺的,抓得住眼光的書就翻翻序,如果還能看的下去,那就有機會進一步

今天看到的是龍應台和她兒子安德烈合寫的三十六封家書,五年級的同學大多對龍應台寫的野火有一種特殊的感覺,我身邊的人多是正面的反應,我想一定還有不以為然的讀者,但是喜歡與否,大概都不能否認她是屬於我們這個年代有點份量的寫者

日本的小說我看的不多,說起來可能我的水平不夠,曾經試著要閱讀好多人迷的村上春樹,但是總是覺得無法產生什麼共鳴,心靈產生不起變化,就算文字優美我還是讀不下去,這也許是我的怪異?

我很少去翻日本的翻譯小說,總覺得那不是我的菜,唯一的特例是吉本芭娜娜,也是幾年前晃書店的時候,不小心路過撇到她的名字,"芭娜娜?", "Banana?",在半秒間閃過了兩個問號後產生了興趣,那時候躺在書攤上的是- 南美與不倫- 這本書,他的寫法有點詭異,有點另類,有點...奈良美智,也許因為跟正正經經的那種感人肺腑的寫作很不一樣,我反而喜歡了

現在想想,也許當時正經歷了一些事件,對傳統的婚姻關係,家庭關係,還有什麼是對錯黑白產生了質疑,看到吉本的書,把不傳統的組合兜在一塊兒卻感覺對味而窩心,沒有批判的教條式道德說項,反而清新

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. It's my favoriate peom. And probably the only poem that I ever know anyway. It's interesting how the poem speak up people's mind. And have a significant impact. Whenever I have a tough decision to make, a decision probably other people will not fully understand, this poem will pop into my mind. Remind me of some of the values in life and encourage me in a special way.

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Robert Frost's known poem: The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both

Today, I bought a new book. "Like the Flowing River" It is a fairly new book from my mentor for soul ~ Paulo Coelho, a Brazil writer. I just start to read a few pages only and what can I say, I just feel so right about it and am convinced that it's a good book to enjoy.

Gosh, it makes me happy.

This book is a bit unlike the rest of his novels. In fact, it is a collection of his short writngs and thoughts from 1998 to 2005. Moments of his lives, I suppose. Food for thoughts, I hope.
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First of all, I have not read the book "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson. But since the book is so popular now, I got to read the preview, the summary, the comment about the book all the time. And people, especially in the Internet industry, mentioned about the Long Tail very often. It seems like finally, we got a solid theory to explain why E-bay and Amazon are very successful in the US.

That's fine! I like the theory. It gives people a different opportunity to be more individualized. It is like: I don't have to be popular, but if I am unique enough, there will be a different group of people (not the main strain) that will get a chance to see me. Anyone can be a star, a writer, a singer, a publisher... on the net. I don't have to be the 20 but still get people to appreciate my efforts.

But is it possible that with more and more advanced internet technology, the long tail will eventually change how people work?

In the past, we also believe the 80/20 in human resources; 80% of business sucess comes from 20% of people in the organization; which leads to how we distribute the reward: 80% of rewards should go to 20% of people in the organization. Will this be changed as well?

I just read the book "Mind Set! Reset your thinking & see the future" by John Naisbitt, the writer who wrote "Megatrends 2000". I do like those 11 mindsets that he emphasized in this book. So I list them all down as a reference. But somehow I can not really digest all the context under these 11 mindsets. The best way I can put it is that it's worth reading but it's not that interesting.

I especially like item 2. 5. 9 and 10. Well, that's all....

Mindsets

1 While many things change, most things remain constant

面對網際網路的無限可能,我可不敢在一堆專家前班門弄斧... 只能偷偷的說,我有用功在讀書,而且這本在美日人寫的書,我有看懂喔! (偷笑中)

撇開網路的專業不談,網路的發生不但是過去式,現在式,更是未來式,不能抵抗大時代的潮流,那又該用什麼方式來面對大時代的改變?作為媽媽,我又需要了解什麼來幫助我的小孩呢?

在我是小朋友的時代,資訊是單向被給予的,事情是非黑及白的! 而對我女兒現在生長的這個時代,資訊多到令人想吐,但其正確性或者是適用性卻都要靠自己來分辨,當我無法過濾或了解所有她所取得的資訊,我應該用什麼態度,什麼方法,來教導她呢?

我五年級的腦袋,又怎樣能趕上光速發展的網路變化,而不被淘汰呢?

At the end of year 2006 and the beginning of year 2007, I am reading the book "For One More Day" by the author, Mitch Albom.

Similar to Mitch's previous bestseller, Tuesdays with Morrie, this book is about life and death. It's about a mother's love. It's about being strong for the people you love, treasure everyday you have and make the best of it because it could be the last day of your life.

Well, I guess this is nothing new. But still, by reading it, I get a chance to think of things that seem so "ordinary" might be something I can lose in a second. Mitch's writing is not fancy but fairly straight forward and simple and that, in a way, comforts me.

Well, I haven't finished the reading, still have a few pages left. So I will reserve my opinions on whether I recommend this to friends. After all, ending counts!