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Posted on October 19, 2012 by sinyaw

大學那幾年,吃完晚飯,抓把吉他到屋頂,對著夕陽,大唱幾首,大夥一起合.天黑了下去打牌胡扯.不然就看心情,找個音樂迷,這邊聽搖滾,那邊古典,不然還有人專攻鄉村的.淡江的日子,”豐富”得很. 有幾個開始要唱自己做的歌,我們就一起聽.過了幾天,居然要開演唱會,我們當然要去共襄盛舉.吃完飯就散步去.哇!居然還有主持人!收音機裏的陶曉清!李雙澤來鬧了下,楊祖珺個子小但聲音好,都是淡江人.那年頭唱歌那可是每天路邊都是,有勁的人就開演唱會,校園每周都有,我們也沒太在意.後來還有人找了個陳達來唱”思想起”.哇.這是真的嗎?一個走唱的老頭子,嘰哩咕嚕了大半天,氣氛非常鄉土,但沒人聽得懂他在唱什麼.只知道他的詞是隨興編的. 那些居然成了校園民歌的大里程碑.馬世芳的書,寫的是我親身在場的耶.而那天聽完後,大夥散場,不知道某歷史事件剛發生過咧. 這就是當”路人甲”的感覺嗎?

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Gone Girl

Posted on August 24, 2012 by sinyaw

The brilliancy of the this book is its dual personalities. It tells the story from both Nick and Amy’s angles, like “Mars and Venus” in fictional form. The story unfolds through a progressive, and alternative, of narratives. There are three … Continue reading →

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三國(7): 關羽之傲

Posted on July 27, 2012 by sinyaw

關羽之人,羅貫中寫透了.中國人聽到關公,沒有不立大指的.義薄雲天,忠勇膽大,有武有謀.這種英雄,當然可以升天為神,被世世代代瞻拜.台北有個行天宮,拜的就是關公.香火鼎盛,信徒三拜九叩,絡繹不絕.但羅貫中筆鋒一轉.讓我們看到了關羽的驕傲.小時讀三國,看到這就摔書不看了.再讀,明白了三國的深刻. 劉備自封漢中王.曹操結東吳要滅他.諸葛瑾想和,所以來作媒,替孫權兒子取關羽女兒.結果一句”虎女不嫁犬子”,氣的孫權和曹操結盟.他一路打樊城,安排的不錯.水淹七軍,刀宰龐德,生擒于禁,威名大盛.但是很明顯的人才不足:通信線太長沒人監督,補給線太長沒人維持,最重要的是荊州沒有人守.被東吳呂蒙白衣渡江,偷了荊州.關羽補給線斷了,又腹背有曹操孫權.手下只有關平廖化兩將.沒戲了. 第一錯就是逼著孫權和曹操結盟.有個諸葛瑾不用,反而不斷的得罪孫權.這步錯了,別的都難圓. 第二錯就是沒想好”萬一”.一切的安排,都只有表面的第一步,沒有考慮安排第二防線.所以一敗就全垮.這就是大意失荆州.神武關雲長也只就只能說”玉可碎而不可改其白，竹可焚而不可毀其節”.死時年58. 孫權殺了關羽,逼劉備發兵,打破了三國的均勢,也開始了三國的結束.

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5th Ave Theater: Les Misérables

Posted on July 13, 2012 by sinyaw

Downtown Seattle has many active venues for performing arts. These places specialized for formats. Benaroya Hall is for classic and instrumental music; Paramount Theater is more for pop music, and occasionally musicals; 5th Ave Theater is pretty much dedicated to … Continue reading →

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Spinward Fringe

Posted on July 8, 2012 by sinyaw

The universe in the future were governed by several evil empires (called corporations) and many smaller independent entities similar to city states. The protagonists were very skilled and capable people that flew around galaxy like gun slingers of the western … Continue reading →

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Chris Kuzneski

Posted on June 12, 2012 by sinyaw

People in this condo building put books in the common area as a free and do-it-yourself library. One of them caught Kid’s eye: Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski. She grabbed it. Several days ago, she mentioned, nonchalantly, that … Continue reading →

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Edgewater Hotel

Posted on June 6, 2012 by sinyaw

When The Beatles came to Seattle, they stayed at the Edgewater Hotel. That was in 1964 and the picture of them fishing from their room became a piece of history. This hotel was built for the World Fair and has … Continue reading →

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eReader saga continues..

Posted on May 20, 2012 by sinyaw

Kid passed a book to me, Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski, and said that it is interesting. The general understanding between us is that I will read whatever book she thought interesting to me. A year ago, I … Continue reading →

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Michael Crichton’s Micro

Posted on May 16, 2012 by sinyaw

Michael Crichton strikes again. Again. Crichton’s signature research (does he have a team doing his next book?) was impeccable and his craft superb. This book submerged you into the adventure: the horror, the bizarre, the cuties, and the heart-breaking. It … Continue reading →

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My First Steve Berry

Posted on April 20, 2012 by sinyaw

On one of my trips, my fellow passenger was a hedge fund manager from Idaho (never got his name). His wife stuffed this book into his bag and he highly recommended it. I reserved the eBook from Seattle Public Library … Continue reading →

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