隱隱飛橋隔野煙
石磯西畔問漁船
桃花盡日隨流水
洞在清谿何處邊
《Whither Peach Blossom Valley》 Zhang Xu
Faintly an arching bridge hangs hazily in moorland
Over yonder boulder close I ask the fisher on the west bank
Peach flower petals carried by flowing water all day long
Whither lies the cave to the legendary valley this stream long
This year for my dental mission travels, I decided to join a group called “Dentistry for All”, founded some 20 years ago by a colleague at the U. of A. Dental School, an Edmonton pediatric dentist Dr. Dennis Bedard. He just stepped down from his position as Professor and Chair of the Pedodontics Department at the school. For quite a few years, he’s been urging me to join him for a mission. To continue … reading the article.
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The Epilogue
Here is looking at you, kid.
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我怎樣填XX最適合呢? 即時反應是 — “那些年在理工我們一起追的…理想”。那太浪漫了。我想了很久. 最貼切的大概是「發奮」, “那些年在理工發奮的日子”: 我發奮, 理工整體也發奮。
我想談的是: 理工怎樣從一間理工學院轉變成為理工大學。我有幸通過一個系的教學工作, 親身經歷了這個發展的重要階段。
中華夢知夢智
教學回憶之一 : 半世紀英語教學之雪泥鴻爪
古文粵譯：討武曌檄(重貼，江湖版)
解題：「武曌」(「曌」同「照」字)，就是武則天，原本是唐太宗的妃子，太宗死後做了「感業寺」的尼姑，太子繼位，後世稱為「唐高宗」，偶遇武則天，驚為天人。
其時高宗王皇后與蕭淑妃爭寵，王皇后乃促使高宗納武則天為妃，以為己方的本錢。孰知武則天心腸狠毒，得寵後陷害王皇后與蕭淑妃慘死。高宗死後，太子登位為中宗，武則天垂簾聽政，卒之廢帝自立為女皇，改「唐」為「大周」。
徐敬業為太宗朝功臣之後，短時間內聚兵十餘萬，討伐武則天，並請文學界「初唐四傑」之一的駱賓王起草「討武曌檄」，條述起兵的緣由，呼籲各地支持。
「檄」(粵音「核」hat9)是古代文體的一種。此文雖短，但是文氣充沛，句句珠璣，結構嚴密，不愧為大文豪的作品。傳說武則天看到這文章這樣數臭自己，不但沒有發怒，還大表欣賞，問「有這麼好的人才，為甚麼宰相以前不羅致為國家服務？」可見武則天也是一個不簡單的君主。
偽臨朝武氏者，性非和順，地實寒微。
姓武呢件咁既冒牌皇帝，講到品性已經係衰過人，出身又唔好。 Continue reading
吏舍局終年 Confined to official courts all year long
出郊曠清曙 In the countryside I breathe fine and strong
楊柳散和風 Wavy willows allow gentle breezes through
青山澹吾慮 My concerns are dismissed by the verdant hills Continue reading
Grilled calamari
Lobster risotto
Episode 21 Mama Mia, lo troviamo [mother of God, we found it]
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