莎賓娜的笑眼看人生

哎呀不得了
這個真糟糕

昨天傍晚在研究室，外頭傳來一陣陣原始的鼓聲，還間奏著低沉的吟唱和弦樂聲，好奇的我，放下書本，起身尋聲而去。

 

Very often people ask me what I'm going to do after finishing my Phd study here in the UK. I always tell them the first thing I will do back in Taiwan is to cycle around the island. And I also want to try triathlon--cycling, swimming, and jogging. I'm not kidding but from the various responses I've got so far, I know many of my friends don't really believe me. Some of them would ask, 'Don't you want to find a job first?" To be frank, I don't really worry that much about getting a job. I am pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing and I don't see the university as the only place I can go for job hunting. But there are things in life which you can't wait to complete. For me, cycling around Taiwan and triathlon are two of them!!

I've been working out since I came back to Warwick in February. Since I'm not twenty something anymore, I always wonder what my body's limit is. In the past two weeks I didn't feel as energetic as I used to be even though I didn't decrease the amount of workouts. Last week I met a fitness instructor and asked her what I should do. She suggested that I should increase the level of fitness and change my exercise routine. She said I should not go to the gym every day because my body needs a rest. It's important for me to avoid overtraining and make sure that my next workout takes place during the supercompensation period which allows my body to advance to a higher level of fitness. I did what she told me and it really works!! I feel energetic again!! The great achievement today was I took two very high level exercise classes successively--pursuit cycle and step and pump, and didn't feel tired at all!!

昨晚上完超級高衝有氧的step and pump後，因為腦內啡還在運作，精神不錯，於是回到研究室繼續奮戰，只沒想到旁邊的校園餐廳竟然開起了期末舞會！音樂震天嘎響，DJ High到不行，從第一首I wanna dance with somebody開始，我好像也跟著在舞會裡跳了起來！舞會播放的曲子很多樣，有的浪漫、有的亢奮、即使超芭樂的歌曲，在這般歡樂悠閒地氣氛下，也顯得可愛。我忍不住在窗邊跟著搖擺，在餐廳外喝酒聊天的學生們看到了，也高舉雙手熱情的對我揮舞著，音樂的感染力真的很強，哈哈！
有幾首DJ播放的曲子讓我忍不住到Youtube上去找來聽，下面兩首是我昨晚聽到最喜歡的曲子，曲風截然不同，可是都很讚！

We live our lives in this world.
And Shakespeare said, "All the world's a stage."
And on the stage is a play.
And a play is a kind of game.
So you're right, life is a game.
There are many different parts you can take in a game, and a play too.
But just don't choose the part you'll regret it someday,
as at the end of the game,
you'll be the only one that needs to face the inner turmoil.
Even though you can win the whole world by successfully playing
a role totally counter to your values or principles,
without the inner peace,
all the ill-gotten gains, or fame, or whatsoever, is nothing but
guilt which will haunt you forever.
So you choose what game to play,
which role to take,
and also live with the consequence of your choice.
However, we live only once; gotta choose wisely!!
Be bold, be bold, but not too bold!

前一篇轉貼的文章讓部落格的氣氛有些沈重，為了轉換心情，這次來貼個超爆笑的脫口秀。
這個脫口秀是一個久居美國的中國博士黃西的電視處女秀，先前看了聯合報的報導，好奇的上YouTube找來笑，哈！也真是很爆笑！雖然他的口音重了些，不過笑點設計的很好。不用擔心有聽不懂的地方，因為有善心人士將內容全部謄了下來，我也就順便借過來貼。

在大學朋友的部落格看到他轉貼王文華的這篇文章，非常於我心有戚戚焉，轉貼於下跟大家分享 ***************************************

昨晚跟樓友在廚房閒聊，有人提到不能理解為何會有男生到健身房裡辛苦的練一身肌肉，到底要幹麼？這讓我想到，我以前還覺得渾身筋爆的肌肉男，特別是在健美比賽上抹得渾身油油亮亮的人，看起來很噁（我承認，這純屬個人偏見！）不過，自從我自己也開始練重量後，我對能把肌肉練到有波濤起伏線條的人，開始心生敬佩！
要長肥肉簡單，要長肌肉難！肌肉線條不是天生的，完全得靠恆心、毅力與耐力。講究點的，連飲食、運動計畫都得仔細盤算，更得持之以恆的照表操課。非但如此，在肌肉酸痛疲憊時，還必須要克服怠惰偷懶的心理，咬緊牙根做完舉重套數。

重新再看之前在台灣研究計畫裡教學的錄影帶，是個很refreshing的經驗。當時在教學現場，要顧及的事情太多：學生的反應、課堂的秩序、上課的進度和處理突發的狀況，讓我無法很客觀的去觀察學生的學習。沈澱了一段時間後，再一次透過錄影帶觀察學生的表現，當時上課很多無法注意到的小細節，像是學生的言語互動、肢體動作，甚至連我當觀眾時學生出來表演的短劇裡，都有許多當下沒能發現的有趣反應，值得再三玩味。
做行動研究說不辛苦是騙人的！但當老師的人做行動研究的獲益也是貨真價實的。從錄影帶中，我又再次看到小朋友在戲劇活動裡學英語的成長與收穫，如果不是我自己「撩」下去，應該感受不會這麼深。很迫不期待的想要跟大家分享我行動研究裡的發現，英語加上戲劇會引發什麼樣的火花呢？等我論文寫完你就知道。