A friend of mine was to deliver her baby daughter at the end of July. I lost touched with her 2 weeks before the due day, and I wrote her an email almost 2 months after that. What I got back was a short message, saying her baby was dead. I was shocked.
It must have been two awful months of her life.
I wish I can do more than praying for her.
A friend of mine's mother suddenly passed away. She had a stroke and was sent off to the hospital. The doctors said she'd got intracerebral hemorrhage, a deadly kind of stroke.
Being the only child of the family, my friend was very close to her mother. She couldn't stop crying the first 3 days after her mother's death.
My friend is due to deliver her first daughter in a few weeks. I genuinely hope that she can get over it and be a good mom.
Last night I worked up to 12:30. I was driving home. I drove pass a right bend onto the bridge over the swamp and saw an animal as big as a dog crawling unusually slowly only less than 20 feet away on my side of the street. It was too late to stop, and I would risk running into the swamp if I turned my wheel. So I ran over the animal. I howled to myself. I kept going with my mind blank until I reckoned I should go back and check on the animal. I did but I didn't get out of the car. I looked at it through the window. I didn't know what kind of animal it was. It has a relatively short tail and a big body. I said sorry to it. Yes I am very sorry.
「 沒 有 包 容 性 的 性 格 ， 如 此 這 般 狹 窄 的 心 胸 ， 造 成 中 國 人 兩 個 極 端 ， 不 夠 平 衡 。 一 方 面 是 絕 對 的 自 卑 ， 一 方 面 是 絕 對 的 自 傲 。 自 卑 的 時 候 ， 成 了 奴 才 ； 自 傲 的 時 候 ， 成 了 主 人 ！ 獨 獨 的 ， 沒 有 自 尊 。 」
《 醜 陋 的 中 國 人 》1984 年 初 版
作 家 柏 楊 因 肺 炎 在 2 月 24 日 入 住 台 北 新 店 耕 莘 醫 院 ， 至 昨 晨 1 時 12 分 ， 因 呼 吸 衰 竭 辭 世 。柏 楊 的 遺 體 火 化 後 擇 日 灑 在 台 東 到 綠 島 附 近 的 海 域 ， 象 徵 被 禁 錮 多 年 的 軀 體 ， 靈 魂 終 究 獲 得 自 由 。
1968 年 1 月 3 日 ， 柏 楊 在 《 中 華 日 報 》 家 庭 版 「 大 力 水 手 」 漫 畫 的 對 白 譯 稿 中 ， 加 入 了 諷 刺 蔣 介 石 父 子 的 言 詞 ， 因 「 侮 辱 元 首 」 罪 入 獄 9 年 又 26 天 。 他 出 獄 後 的 重 要 作 品 《 醜 陋 的 中 國 人 》 ， 一 度 在 大 陸 成 為 禁 書 。
Adapted from Appledaily, April 30, 2008
1940-2008
資 深 體 育 新 聞 主 播 伍 晃 榮 ， 昨 晚 6 時 35 分 因 白 血 病 感 染 肺 部 引 致 器 官 衰 竭 ， 在 瑪 嘉 烈 醫 院 病 逝 ， 終 年 67 歲 。
TVB news spent 4 minutes and 33 seconds of air time to pay attribute to him today.
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， 其 實 真 係 好 好 波 。 」 ， 唔 係 龍 門 ， 而 係 條 柱 。 」
比 入 一 球 波 更 好 呢 ？ 答 案 梗 係 入 多 一 球 啦 ！ 」 朋 友 。 」
05 年 6 月 30 日 ， 伍 晃 榮 完 成 6 點 半 新 聞 後 ， 正 式 退 休 離 開 無 
新 聞 部 。 》Junichi was a professor at Loma Linda University in Los Angeles. He spent a couple of sabbaticals here at NEB. Yvette and I used to live with him under the same roof on his first 6-month visit 2 years ago.
Junichi was a very neat person and made us assign each person a couple of shelves inside the fridge, which was far from chaotic but agreeably in need of improvement. He worked sort of in LA time, meaning coming home late at around mid-night, but would do all his best not to make any noise to wake us up.
He was always enthusiastic about his research and we would spend hours talking about restriction enzymes. It was still like yesterday when I met him in the hallway the day he flew back to LA and said good-bye to him - he was still debating whether he should drive his truck all the way from LA on his next visit.
On February 6, 2008 around 3pm, he unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack at work. He was 60 years old. His memorial service will be held 4 pm today (Pacific time) at Loma Linda Chinese Seventh-day Adventist Church. I wish Junichi rest in peace and his family, specially his wife who has recently recovered from ovarian cancer, the best for their future.
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