規律運動可抗憂鬱

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　馬路旁淡紫的花

Regular exercise could help lift the cloud of major depression as effectively as an antidepressant, research shows.

研究顯示，規律運動有助於舒緩憂鬱症，其效果可比擬抗憂鬱藥。

news from The China Post, 2007/9/21, page 8)

(中英文摘錄自英文中國郵報2007/9/21，第八版)

牽牛花morning glory

苗栗內灣鄉下的超大牽牛花，
這些牽牛花就長在柿子園邊的路旁，
直徑大約有９公分，
根據百科全書的記載，
牽牛花的直徑可長至１２.５公分吔！

These huge and pretty morning glories are found in the country of Neiwan, Miaoli county.

They grow just beside a persimmon orchard, with a diameter up to 9 cms.

According to a encyclopeia, the diameter of a morning glory could be as long as 12.5 cms.

Love all, trust a few...

　　　　　　　　　　　 從獅頭山上俯視新店市及新店溪

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. ~William Shakespeare

愛所有人，信少數人，不傷害任何人。

~莎士比亞

猶記得唸研究所時的某一位教授曾引用這句話，然後告訴我們，

他的人生哲學是　Love all, but trust no.

雖不以為然，卻也印象深刻‧‧‧

four consecutive days off 四天連續假期yeah!

　 　　　　　　　　　　　新店獅頭山上的花－１

　　　 　　　　　　　　新店獅頭山上的花－２

Now the drive of my life is the upcoming four consecutive days off for Middle Autumn Festival. :) Yeah!

(Both the Dragon Festival and Moon Festival of 2008 will fall on Sundays, and there will be no make up. How sad!)

we want more and more 我們永不知足

"In the animal world there are fights but in general they live in peace.

動物之間雖然有打鬥，但整體而言，牠們心靈是平靜的。


But man does not, we are dissatisfied, we want more and more,

and that generates stress."

By Dalai Lama

但人們卻不是，我們不滿意，我們永不知足，這就帶來了壓力。（達賴喇嘛）

from The China Post Page 11, 2007/9/12

不能說的秘密 secret or skeletons in the closet

　　　　　　　　（新店花園新城內的螳螂特寫）(a mantis on the hill)

秘密（Secret）

但如果是不可告人的秘密，是屬於見不得人，不敢讓人知道的過去，

英文有一個片語來形容就是 skeletons in the closet，

字面上翻譯就是『衣櫃裡的骸骨』，秘密怕被揭穿，就像是做了壞事，然後把屍體藏在衣櫃中，怕被發現一樣！

太早起不好?!

Rising early in the morning？！

曙光下的美麗花朵 (the flower in the dawn)

Getting out of bed before 5 a.m. might be bad for your health, according to a study in Japan that found early risers have a higher risk of medical conditions that can lead to heart attack and stroke.

日本一項研究發現，在早上五點以前起床對身體不好。太早起的人比較容易成為罹患心臟病及中風的危險群。

English news from The China Post, 2007/9/8, page 8
英文部份選自英文中國郵報2007/9/8,第8版

英文常說 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
(早睡早起使人身體健康、富有及聰明)
看來太早起也不行，還是中庸之道，不早也不晚最適合了：）

Delicious popsicles 超好吃的桂山冰棒！（烏來桂山發電廠）

星期六早上，風和日麗，快馬加鞭前往北縣烏來桂山發電廠的冰品販賣部，沿途有許多的自行車友在山路上展現他們過人的體力與毅力，沒想到有許多人的目的地（或是休息站？）也是桂山冰品販賣部，冰棒口感清爽甜而不膩，又很便宜，真是極品！


It was a sunny Saturday morning. My husband and I quickly rode to Guishan power plant to buy delicious popsicles. On the mountainous way, we saw many cyclists challenge their physical limits and persistence. Some of them had the same destination as we did. The popsicles sold in the power plant have a natural taste and are sweetened to a perfect degree. Most important of all, they taste yummy and are really cheap!

　　　　　　　　　　　來不及拍就被吃掉了的百香果冰棒

The passion-fruit-favored popsicle was so good that it was eaten

before I took out my camera.

　　　桂山冰品販賣部 （拍不到的地方可是坐滿了在吃冰棒的人）
The ice-selling department of Guishan power plant (lots of people enjoyed the ice nearby. )

　　　　　　　　　　 訂購單（很便宜吧） order sheet (aren't they cheap?)

　　　　　　　　　　　即使是清冰，口味也是棒透了，
　　　　　　　　　　　看得出它晶瑩剔透的色澤嗎？
The transparent color of the non-flavored popsicle charmed me.
Its taste was also great.

The semester begins...開學了...

The semester begins and soon I will be as busy as a bee.

How soon the vacation goes!