陽光燦爛的日子

快樂頌

人生的最大成就是 空
唯沒有 才有永恆的快樂
平時多想 多付出 多觀懷 而不求回報
定期的不悔付出 是對快樂的摘陪 與內心氣質的修養

快樂是培養面對每件事的勇氣
考驗情緒的掌控 理性與感性的思惟 配和誠實與樂觀的心態

快樂需要理性與感性相互搭配 去了解快樂與不快樂
理性助於理解
當不快樂時 可分析
怎麼不快樂
為何不快樂
需要什麼才快樂

而感性助於了解自己的感受 別人的感受
了解快樂的感受 不快樂的感受
心痛的感受
失敗的感受
離別的感受
病死的感受
了解越多快樂與不快樂 會越看的開 看的空
才知到如何站在多人立場
去關懷別人 與關懷自己 得到快樂

避免逃避 不快樂
避免忙碌為由 不快樂
避免等到事發後才 不快樂
如逃避不快樂 就永遠不會快樂 心也不會空
當事事求回報 但無回報時 只會帶給你不快樂
期待它人付出 自己卻沒付出 更會帶給你不快樂

心胸廣闊 崇高之人 會永遠堅守義工心態 真心付出
懂得助人為快樂之本
為別人快樂而快樂
為自己快樂而快樂
這不是犧牲 而是為永恆的快樂播種
你快樂 你周圍的人會快樂 你生活的世界也會快樂

祝曾經與現在一直給我快樂的人
天天快樂～
你們的快樂 將會帶給其他人更多快樂

Ode to Joy ~

想和你再去吹吹風

想和你再去吹吹風 雖然已是不同時空
還是可以迎著風 隨意說說心裡的夢


感情浮浮沈沈 世事顛顛倒倒
一顆心硬硬冷冷 感動愈來愈少
繁華色彩光影 誰不為它迷倒
笑眼淚光看自己 感覺有些寂寥


想起你 愛恨早已不再縈繞 那情份還有些味道
喜怒哀樂依然圍繞 能分享的人哪裡去尋找


很想和你再去吹吹風 去吹吹風
風會帶走一切 短暫的輕鬆
讓我們像從前一樣 安安靜靜
什麼都不必說你總是能懂


想和你再去吹吹風 雖然已是不同時空
還是可以迎著風 隨意說說心裡的夢
的夢 吹吹風


娃娃 葉良俊

Mind, World / 心 世界

The world does not change,
what does change is your mind,
because the world is perceived through your mind
If the mind changes, so will the world
So if you can control your mind,
you can control your world.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

世界本不變
變是在人心

人心變 世界也變
人心不變 世界也不變

人心樂 世界也樂
人心不樂 世界也不樂

人心悲 世界也悲
人心不悲 世界也不悲

人心是世界的嚮導
世界是人心的反射

勇氣 隨 快樂

有勇氣才會去相信
相信後才會有快樂

成功不代表會快樂
但快樂一定會成功
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

成功是自我嚴格向上的態度
今天做的比昨天好 有進步 就是成功

快樂是對生命擁有知足感與重視
快樂不會因為無財,利,權 而離去
也只有看淡生死離別才能得到永恆的快樂

看淡 不代表冷眼無感
而是對生命中'隨'的領悟

“隨不是跟隨 是順其自然 不冤懟 不躁進 不過度 不強求
隨不是隨便 是把握機緣 不悲觀 不刻板 不慌亂 不忘型“＊

凡事隨緣 隨時 隨性 隨遇 隨喜 就會快樂


祝大家能各自掌握與分享...


有勇氣追求 永恆的快樂.





＊劉庸 詞

In Honor of Ray Kappe

"I was once asked what I think
are the ten most important principles
that helped make me a successful
architect, planner, and educator...

(1) Think positively, not negatively.
(2) Accept structure but know that
it is to be questioned and broken
when necessary.
(3) Always be willing to explore,
experiment and invent. Do not
accept the status quo.
(4) Know yourself and keep your
work consistent with who you are
and how you think.
(5) Maintain good moral and social
values.
(6) Be humble, honest, compassionate,
and egalitarian.
(7) Have conviction about your work.
(8) Be open and say yes to most
ideas and requests. The good ones
will be valuable, the bad ones will
cease to exist.
(9) Allow employees and fellow
workers freedom and the ability
to work to their strengths. Avoid
hierarchy.
(10) Money should be the residual
of work, not the goal. But do not
compromise your worth."

From Kappe+Du Architects
http://www.kappedu.com/RayKappe.html

Ray Kappe, FAIA, founder of SCI-Arc

天將降大任於斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，增益其所不能

孟子

我堅信.

手把青秧插滿田
低頭便見水中天
心地清淨方為道
退步原來是向前

老子

我堅信.

牛仔很忙

很慶興每天都有讀不完的書
寫不完的字
想不完的東西
走不完的路
人生如果十全十美 就會失去動力與知足感

希望每天都有做不完的事
天天如一日

"Naivety is the first step towards great accomplishments" - p/x

Opportunities ahead

Undoubtedly US is still the most powerful economic nation in the world, judging by the magnitude of effects that its recent financial crisis had (still has) on the world economy. There is reason why US dollar is the most widely used currency in global market, all the most precious resources, such as gold and oil (maybe fresh water?) are quantified according to USD. This is why if US market collapse, every market around the world will also plunge.

The crisis is deep, but not unrecoverable, given some time, the market will gradually recover. Foreign investments are still pouring into the US at this time when the prices (real estates, stocks, etc) are at their record lows. "There is already a two year lineup to purchase multi-million dollar penthouses above Manhattan skyline" a reliable source says (mostly European and Chinese investors). Everyone around the world seem to have faith that its just a matter of time before the US will recover....so a relief for the investors who have saved some spare change over the past years waiting for this perfect moment to enter the market...be prepared to make some $$ over the next 3 decades.

Remember, investment is a gamble, if you don't know what you are doing, you should diversify your funds and aim for long term return. The goal is always to invest in good business with durable long term competitive advantage and is currently offered at a bargain price due to consumer inconfidence.

稻香

給頻臨絕望的人(尤其事業不順) 不要放棄 永敢站起來
There is nothing to loose...
everyone is empty to begin with.

稻香

對這個世界如果你有太多的抱怨
跌倒了就不敢繼續往前走
為什麼人要這麼的脆弱墮落
請你打開電視看看
多少人為生命在努力勇敢的走下去
我們是不是該知足
珍惜一切就算沒有擁有

還記得你說家是唯一的城堡
隨著稻香河流繼續奔跑
微微笑小時候的夢我知道
不要哭讓螢火蟲帶著你逃跑
鄉間的歌謠永遠的依靠
回家吧回到最初的美好

不要這麼容易就想放棄就像我說的
追不到的夢想換個夢不就得了
為自己的人生鮮豔上色
先把愛塗上喜歡的顏色
笑一個吧功成名就不是目的
讓自己快樂快樂這才叫做意義
童年的紙飛機現在終於飛回我手裡
所謂的那快樂赤腳在田裡追蜻蜓追到累了
偷摘水果被蜜蜂給叮到怕了誰在偷笑呢
我靠著稻草人吹著風唱著歌睡著了
哦哦午後吉它在蟲鳴中更清脆
哦哦陽光灑在路上就不怕心碎
珍惜一切就算沒有擁有

還記得你說家是唯一的城堡
隨著稻香河流繼續奔跑
微微笑小時候的夢我知道
不要哭讓螢火蟲帶著你逃跑
鄉間的歌謠永遠的依靠
回家吧回到最初的美好

詞：周杰倫 曲：周杰倫

恆星的恆心

寫的還不錯哩

你和我看星星那夜空多神秘
天很黑風很急 你把我抱得很緊
自沉默的銀河系 因為你有意義
你要是落淚滴 世界都要下雨

網雨降落在大地 我安靜傾聽 卻無法領悟你為何放棄

帶走迴盪的回憶 你像流浪的流星
把我丟在黑夜想著你
你要離開的黎明 我的眼淚在眼睛
下定決心我決定
用恆星的恆心等你等你（等著你等著你等著你等著你）

那一年的花季 那一刻的呼吸
那一生的旅行 因為你動魄驚心
我不是很聰明 我以為我可以
守護你一直到 最後一絲呼吸

我只是沒發現 故事已結局
你早已離去 我還在堅定

老了 累了 倦了 變了 那不會是我不會是我

帶走迴盪的回憶 你像流浪的流星
把我丟在黑夜想著你
你要離開的黎明 我的眼淚在眼睛
下定決心我決定
用恆星的恆心等你等你（等著你等著你等著你等著你）


作詞：阿信 作曲：阿信

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HssZ9APhVL8

在我生命中的每一天

(女)看时光飞驰我祈祷明天
每个小小梦想能够漫漫实现
我是如此平凡却又如此幸运
我要说声谢谢你在我生命中的每一天

(男)看时光飞驰我回首从前
曾经是莽撞少年曾经度日如年
我是如此平凡却又如此幸运
我要说声谢谢你在我生命中的每一天

(男)让我将生命中最闪亮的那一段与你分享
(女)让我用生命中最嘹亮的歌声来陪伴你
(男)让我将心中最温柔的部分给你
在你最需要朋友的时候
(女)让我真心真意对你在每一天

(合)让我真心真意对你在每一天

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oVCeihdCojY

How Spectacular is Wii?

Nintendo Wii is a contemporary spectacle in the realm of video game industry. Why? its simple, the invention of the wifi controller revolutionizes the way in which video games are traditionally played. We no longer sit passively on our couch with both hands on a controller to play the game, instead, we have the freedom to act like how the role players in the game will act, you are part of the game, you literally acting as the player that you are playing. It is considered a great spectacle because the interactions between the player and the games is "live"; when you swing controller on your right hand, the tennis player in the game does a right swing. Your movement is replicated by the role player which you control in the game.

Wii blurs the boundary between the players of the game (us) and the roles in which we play in the game, thus making the game more engaging. Great spectacles often engages the audience and the performers as one, making the audience feel they are all part of a great performance on stage.

To create a spectacular architecture relies on breaking the boundary/interface between the inhabitants and the event, how to engage the inhabitants with their surrounding environments, so they too become the participants of the events taking place within architecture. The notion of event (sometimes known as program) goes back to Archigram's imaginary cities, Tschumi's Manhattan transcript, and Koolhaas' Delirius New York. Together, they form the fundamental basis in which we understood architecture as an event generator, not only as an habitat to be inhabited. The difference between the generator and habitat is that there is uncertainty lie within the generator. It is this uncertainty which creates the spectacle unpredictably spectacular.....

cont'd

手放開

我把自己關起來只留下一個陽台
每當天黑推開窗戶 我對著夜幕發呆
看著往事一幕一幕　再次演出你我的愛

我把電視機打開 聽著別人的對白
也許那些故事 可以給我一個交代
你要的愛　我學不來　
眼睜睜看情變壞　人怔怔看情感慨

不能給你未來　我還你現在
安靜結束也是另一種對待　當眼淚留下來
傷已超載　分開也是另一種明白

我給你
最後的疼愛是手放開
不要一張雙人床中間隔著一片海
感情的污點就留給時間慢慢漂白
把愛收進胸前左邊口袋

最後的疼愛是手放開
不想用言語拉扯所以選擇不責怪
感情就像候車月台　有人走有人來
我的心是一個站牌　寫著等待

我把收音機打開 聽著別人的失敗
哽咽的聲音彷彿訴說著相同悲哀
你的依賴　還在胸懷　
我無法輕易推開　
我無法隨便走開

感情中專心的人容易被傷害

The affect of Neuroecomics on manufacturing Sensations

Neuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary study bridging between economics, neuroscience, and psychology. It attempts to understand how one makes economics/monetary related decisions (economic behaviors) via studies on our brain activities when we do so. It is an attempt at quantifying the qualitative...it is possible to measure the feelings of the human heart.

Experiment done by MIT professor Drazen Perlec illustrated that our perception and sensation are partly constructive rather than intutive, how we feel and value an object is very much depend on prior influences (marketing, brand, previous experiences forming perception). Using three case studies, Prelec illustrates how “neuroeconomics picks up some of these violations of rationality, trying to understand where in the brain we can get a deep understanding of what’s going on.” In a notable instance, subjects sipped different wines (through a straw) in the fMRI, and were asked to rate them. They were told they were drinking wine that ranged in price from $5 to $90. The “dirty trick was the $5 and $45 wines were the same, as were the $10 and $90 wines.” Not surprisingly, “ratings were massively influenced by price,” so the $90 wine was considered exceptional.

What was surprising, says Prelec, was that “the brain lies also.” An area behind the forehead, the medial prefrontal cortex, which is associated with the perception of value, burst into more activity when the subject experienced the “$90” wine than with the exact same “$10” wine. It seems as if the very idea of quality, or value -- often a marketing ploy -- makes a product like wine more enjoyable.

In the future, social behavior will be generated based on how "affective" you are capable of producing a particular sensation (a mechanism to behavioral motivation) that can manipulate one's decision.

Reference: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/598
http://www.neuro-economics.org/

天空

聽著自已的心跳,沒有規則的跳躍

我安靜的在思考,並不想被誰打擾

我們曾緊緊擁抱,卻又輕易地放掉

那種感覺很微妙,該怎麼說..才好

時間分割成對角,
停止你對我的好,瓦解我們的依靠

在你離開之後的天空,
我像風箏尋一個夢..

雨後的天空,
是否有放晴後的面容..

我靜靜的望著天空,　　
試著尋找失落的感動..

只能用笑容,
期待著雨過天晴的彩虹

Lose or Gain Theory

Every loss has a potential to become a gain given the right attitude and patience. So it is up to you to decide whether it be a loss or gain for you.

Few steps towards turning loss into a gain:

1. Hardship is like a long dark tunnel, the only way out is to go through it.

2. Release your emotions, then learn to control it. Be rational, but not cold blooded - care about others who truly care about you (your family and friends!)

3. Have the courage to face reality, admit there are things in life you have to face, they are there for you to accommodate and learn from, readjust your objectives if necessary, but never give up your faith and moral.

4. Channel your grief into motivation for learning.
Knowledge is the best investment you will make regardless of your age, social status, in any given difficult situations. The more you learn, the broader the perspectives you will gain, and the more chance you will overcome adversity. Being a smart thinker is about being flexible, knowing there are many options for you to choose allows you to make the one that is most advantageous to you in the long term. This is why the more diverse of knowledge you gain, the more opportunities you will discover lying ahead of you than ever before. For instance, who said you can’t combine architecture with business management, entrepreneurship, sociology, religion, neuroeconomy, investing, etc. Innovation comes from recombining across disciplines. Don’t be selfish thinking that only architects/designers can solve architecture/design issues, and that architecture can solve all issues beyond architecture. We need more from others than they need us; we need them to help us break through our boundaries.

5. Learn from the past, learn from others who been through this, learn from books, from web, learn something you never learned before, build up your curiosity towards others you never cared about.
Acquire more knowledge will strengthen your ability to cope with adversity. The qualitative and quantitative returns from investing in your knowledge will help build your material and spiritual wealth in the long run.

6. Learn to look ahead of yourself because there is nothing you could change about the past. So think where you could be in 2, 10, 30 years from now, and walk towards it. Time will not stop for you when you are suffering, so flow with it. Don’t waste what you have accomplished before - You have come all the way up to this point, so there is no reasons to believe you can’t make it to the next.

7. Don’t lose your dream because of your grief of loss, or sympathy of others, because you will only lose, not gain.

8. Optimism helps, but don’t think that by sitting there, everything will turn out to be good later. Optimism will only be effective if you act at the same time, meaning - do something! Some/ a lot of effort is required to reverse the table from loss to a gain. Don’t just thinking optimistically, act with optimism and faith.

9. Look into an infant’s eyes, watch them grow, and you will realize how incredibly intelligent their learning abilities accumulate and adapt, and how incredibly stupid and clumsy the way we (the adults) learn. We are all selfish, trying to defend rather than to embrace and adapt...(learn from tai chi)

10. Courage brings hope, hope brings happiness. Everything you do requires courage, courage, together with faith and knowledge - will help you endure adversity by giving you more options to avoid dead ends, while assisting you to make the most beneficial (lower risk) choices that is best for you in the long run.

11. You do realize you have a plenty of time to learn, grow, experience. Life is a long marathon; losing at this moment does not mean you cannot do better in the long run. Look ahead with courage, faith, and knowledge, and someday, you may just become the one and only - the best.



All these points mentioned above came from my experience with adversity that I am currently still fighting, not from Dr. Phil,….except maybe #1

If you need help, reach me at hsiehyp@hotmail.com, I'll do my best.


"Pain is temporary, it may last for seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, or even years, but if you give up, it will last forever." - Lance Armstrong.

Ciao~

被遺忘的時光

是誰在敲打我窗　
是誰在撩動琴弦
那一段被遺忘的時光
漸漸地迴昇出我心坎

是誰在敲打我窗　
是誰在撩動琴弦
記憶中那歡樂的情景
慢慢的浮現在我的腦海

那緩緩飄落的小雨　
不停的打在我窗
只有那沈默不語的我　
不時的回想過去

一直在腦海裡徘徊.

Hero

There's a hero if you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid of what you are.
There's an answer if you reach into your soul
and the sorrow that you know will melt away

And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.

It's a long road when you face the world alone;
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold.
You can find love if you search within your self
and the emptiness you felt will disappear.

And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in you.

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow,
But don't let anyone tear them away.
Just Hold on, there will be tomorrow,
In time you'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
and you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.

So, when you feel like hope is gone
look inside you and be strong
and you'll finally see the truth
that a hero lies in.....you.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=PWlS8Oerx8o

How Spectacular

Design is a mechanism for spectacle, like architecture, it provides a stage for an everyday event to unfold, while depicting an ordinary moment of the story to magnify. End result is a creation of a spectacular atmosphere where original perception of the ordinary moment becomes spectacular and extraordinary.

Spectacular design work hand in hand with seductive medium - media, branding, economy, technology, science, psychology, with goals to inject some excitement to the banal environment, while appeal to the deepest human desire for provocation, differences, and change.


How bold
how seductive
how exuberant
how complex
how unpredictable
how big
how surprising
how interactive

dictates

how spectacular a design becomes.

The World still needs our Left Brain

Left brain thinking is important.

It deals with
it helps you to make critical analysis and judgment based on logic and reasoning (objective, quantitative) which are detached from your initial emotions.

Emotions are normally temporal, hence making decisions based on emotions dont always work in the long run. Architecture are built to last a considerable periods of time, so you better not make your decisions purely on emotions, or else buildings will lose intentions and meanings with its selfish tempo.

Experiences are not accumulation of emotions (it can be, but not always). It is more of the accumulation of your knowledge and encounterance with similar situations repeatedly through life. So when someone (ie architects) are making decisions based on experience, this does not mean they are making them based on their emotions at those moments (like artists probably do). They are indeed practicing through reasoning, to make the best choices, to strike the balance between all criteria needed to be fulfilled.

Creativity does not always come from emotions, and being logical and reasonable does not take away creativity and emotions. Logics help you channel your emotions, creativity towards the right (the positive, less risky, more optimistic direction) direction . Logics give you directions and instructions to which you should further explore in order to establish yourself outside the box.

Combining strategic thinking with your creativity not only help you to clearly define your goals and expectations with efficiency, but also help you to understand and analyse what others did before, what you are doing now, and how will your actions define what is coming next.

Freedom or Lost

Freedom comes when you have full control of situations, when you know your limits and parameters, when you know your risk level (ie of losing a project or exceeding budget) and when you know when to accelerate and hold back.....this helps to establish the zone in which your creativity could be put to best use. Laying out what is know, and from there, you start to question what is yet known or done.

However, freedom does not come when there are no control or limitations to what you do, because this would only hold you back from being creative in a useful and effective way, while increase your chance of failure and risk. Not knowing your limitations and expectations will give you 'lostness', not freedom.

蒲公英的约定

小学篱笆旁的蒲公英
十几英里有味道的风景
雾水草场传来她的声音
多少年后也开始很好听

将愿望折纸飞机寄出信
因为我们等不到那流星
等枕头坠离命运的引力
却不知道到底能去哪里

已经长大的约定 那样清晰
拿过到的我相信
说好要一起旅行...是你如今 唯一坚持的任性


在走廊想霸占她手心
我们却注意窗边的情敌
我去到哪里你都跟很紧
哼歌而梦在等待着惊喜

已经长大的约定 那样清晰
拿过到的我相信
说好要一起旅行...是你如今 唯一坚持的任性

已经长大的约定 那样珍惜
与你聊不完的曾经
而我已经分不清 你是友情 还是错过的爱情

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我不配

这街上太拥挤
太多人有秘密
玻璃上有雾气在被隐藏起过去
你脸上的情绪
在还原那场雨
这巷弄太过弯曲走不回故事里

这日子不再绿
又斑驳了几句
剩下搬空回忆的我在大房子里
电影院的座椅
隔遥远的距离
感情没有对手戏你跟自己下棋

还来不及仔仔细细写下你的关于
描述我如何爱你
你却微笑的离我而去

这感觉已经不对
我努力在挽回
一些些应该体贴的感觉我没给
你嘟嘴许的愿望很卑微在妥协
是我忽略你不过要人陪

这感觉已经不对
我最后才了解
一页页不忍翻阅的情节你好累
你默背为我掉过几次泪多憔悴
而我心碎你受罪你的美我不配

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