行向世界ｅ台語金頭腦～～Preface for Daiqi Golden Brain

行向世界ｅ台語金頭腦～～ Preface for Daiqi Golden Brain
Michael Liu (劉興祥)

It has been several decades to know my good friends IngZin (永進) and ChunHong (春凰) since we were college students. Both IngZin and ChunHong have been working together from the bottom of their hearts to promote Taiwanese for many years far before Ministry of Education announced the first recommendation set of MinNan dialect in 2007. To overcome lack of standards, they further developed many pronouncing and writing methods. They also gave speech, taught in universities, and published to spread their beliefs. Due to short history of documentation, very few publications discuss advanced skills in Taiwanese. To my surprise, this book (“台語世界級金頭腦”) studies thinking and conceiving systematically. Such a contribution could favor people who use Taiwanese as mother tongue and form their ideas naturally and powerfully.

Thinking is a skill by nature. Kids are guided to think and to learn by asking why with curiosity. From experience, education, and many various resources, we learn to think, to justify, and to make right decision. Thinking can be quite straightforward. In front of delicious desserts, we may enjoy more and gain weight, or may take only little and maintain good body shape. In a hot room of a summer afternoon, we may open windows for little wind without cost, turn on a fan for controllable wind with more cost, or turn on an air conditioner for most comfortable temperature with most expensive cost. On the other hand, we may also escape from the room and enjoy pleasant moods in department stores. We follow social regulations to make daily lives well-organized. In the midnight, facing a red traffic light and with very low traffic, some people run the red light to save several seconds with the risk of getting traffic tickets and possible accidents, and other people wait for the green light to avoid fine and stay safe.

In many situations, it is necessary to justify inputs carefully. At shopping malls, the first priority of salespeople is to sell goods and to drag cash out of shoppers' wallets. The information provided by the salespeople can be biased. When Nuskin advertised that her machine, Pharmanex Biophotonic scanner, has magic capability of measuring health in seconds by scanning a single finger, the claim might not be realistic and was for the purpose to support the sale of nutrition food. Recent big news on U.S. beef imports to Taiwan, both Taiwan and U.S. officials insisted that U.S. bone-in beef, ground beef and offal are all safe by quoting research reports. However, is it acceptable that we have to face any risk with the meat approved by the Department of Health? Does our government have our interest in health, living environment, and food supply chain? Lots of local residents understood the potential high risk and protested nationwidely.

Occasionally, existing backgrounds are not enough to justify the truth. Give two examples. Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion? Can paper be folded in half more than seven times? Under well-controlled experiments, Mythbusters, a popular science television program, raised and provided answers to these two and many other interesting myths. From their experiments, we learn that truth can upset intuitive.

People with similar education backgrounds may perform very differently. Thinking, skill, and insistence are all critical. Even a five-star chef can cook nothing in a kitchen without kitchenware, cooking materials, and ingredients. After all necessary tools and materials are prepared, a housewife can start to cook with experiments. With recipes, the process of cooking skills can be greatly improved. Frequent practice is often still required to master and to cook consistent and tasty dishes. We need not only knowledge but also experiments to discover unknown facts. The ideas inspired from knowledge and thinking can be more effective and efficient if we can derive in methodical ways.

This book works like a rich set of kitchenware along with techniques to use. Accumulated knowledge is cooking materials. Many genuine recipes are also provided to explain the usability of these techniques. The most valuables are to create our own recipes from skills and knowledge. With imagination, thinking, experiments, and practice, knowledge along with various techniques can make thinking into precious recipes, excellent innovations, and wonderful ideas. Furthermore, with experiments and insistence, innovations and ideas can really make difference and may even change the world.

President, GNT Corp. (全球聯通科技股份有限公司)
Michael Liu (劉興祥)
2010.02.01

2009 好記

好記擔仔麵聚餐：

捕頭蔡光是【畢旅2.0】的創始者，也是從2007年八月的畢業三十週年阿里山之遊後，就有的構思。經過將近一年多的整理，陸陸續續挖掘出畢旅的部分實景，終於在2008年九月有了初步的成果，也已經正式公開。蔡光夫婦更進一步，規劃2009年三月份的舊地重遊之旅，從台東騎鐵馬北上，最後陰錯陽差地踏上畢旅的花蓮、天祥之途，也順道再度到現場檢驗【畢旅2.0】考證的結果。

【好記】的聚餐，是捕頭夫婦結束鐵馬行，即將離台回美的前夕，大夥兒也樂的有這個機會，重溫一年一度的好夢。當天出席的包括永進夫婦、乃庚夫婦、朝欽夫婦、蔡光夫婦、興祥夫婦、三益、榮鎮、貴棠、孝光、晃忠、振芳、平中。

所附的相片，是當天晚餐的活動集錦，未曾刻意修飾，保持原汁原味。至於，捕頭的一週鐵馬行，沿途紀錄的【舊地重遊】，樂趣多，資料珍貴，還待細心整理後，另行公開。

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畢旅貳點零

1973 年，我們來自四面八方，開始台大數學系四年的生涯。四年中，有甘有苦，也有幸遇見數位令人感懷不已的良師。

1977 年，我們終於學而有成，同年三月攜手同行，展開我們的畢業之旅。這一趟，當時用了七天的時間，從台大出發，東行經過宜蘭礁溪、蘇澳、花蓮太魯閣、長春祠、慈母橋、天祥、台中梨山、武陵、谷關、日月潭、溪頭，然後開始漫長、艱苦的溪阿縱走之挑戰，最後在嘉義各奔南北。

我們不曾忘懷當時的情景，1997 年，二十年後的同學會，我們再度踏上溪頭。2007 年，三十年後的同學會，攜家帶眷，陣容更為龐大，我們再度踏上阿里山。那是個令人懷念的旅程，歸途中，蔡光開始構思畢旅照片整理、發表的計畫。

蔡光、之舜翻箱倒櫃，有了畢旅照片的初步影子。問題緊跟著來了，經過三十年，有些人忘了出發的地點、去過的景點，有的連是否參加過畢旅都不復記憶的，也有一些同學，記憶驚人，鉅細靡遺，令人嘆為觀止。然而，蔡光四處探訪的結果，各說各話，真真假假，無從核對，也無從查證。經過兩個月的摸索追問，走投無路之際，抱存最後一絲希望，來到振芳的手中。

賓果！

振芳聽力不好，但是觀察入微，也保有長期記日記的習慣。畢旅之行，竟然詳細記錄到以分為單位的行程。畢旅的研究，終於有了一個較為可靠的文字基準。蔡光將照片初步依序排出順序來，這才只是開始，經過這麼長久的時間，記憶不再是可靠的依據。三十年來的景點，變遷頗大，有些已經完全消失、有些已經改建，山谷變了形，翠綠的山坡變了調，這一切都加深比對的困難。話說回來，網路上，隨手可得的豐富資料，也讓比對的工作輕鬆不少，不用重回現場，就可讓遠在台灣和美國兩地的畢旅工作志工，依據專長，自動自發，逐步填補那三十年前的留影和空檔。畢旅志工的情境，振芳的對聯最能表達出其內心寫照：

研兮鑽兮，卅張照片，三個臭皮匠，且學諸葛排八卦。

真耶幻耶，幾篇追憶，四個老數癡，還效莊生夢蝴蝶。

此回畢旅2.0的整裡，除了自得其樂的之舜、振芳、蔡光、興祥在台美兩地，不分晝夜之密切合作外，特別感謝多位同學的鼎力相助，包括美琪、茜莉、豫德、大頭、三益、平中、志中、永慰、敬中、朝欽、德成 、榮鎮、開慶的回憶，茜莉、大頭的珍貴照片。此外，德成和義容提供的幸福亭新舊照片還來不及整裡，未來配合畢旅 3.0 的出刊，將在清大行中，有精采演出。

我們也相信除了這些成果，還有很多很多藏在- 甚至忘在- 每個人櫃子裡的珍貴老照片，如果有幸公開和大家分享，我們將重新為它包裝，為它尋根，賦與它鮮活的新生命。

附上的各網簿連結是我們整理好的成果，細說我們當時的故事以及部分大學生活的點滴和回憶，希望您會喜歡。

* 【畢旅貳點零】:

畢旅貳點零和 Grad Trip 最大的不同，是新發現大頭的七張照片，和振芳的二張吳鳳廟照片，使得內容更為豐富。我們並按照新的研究成果，修改各照片說明內容。很明顯的，還有更多畢旅照片沒有找到，請大家多多提供。

* 【畢旅首日行程】:

介紹畢旅首日路線，和一路上班上曾經有過的遊蹤。例如:大二下福和橋甜不辣夜會、大一上數學學會竹林烤肉、大三上烏來遊、大三上數學學會會長美琪主辦的坪林露營、大四下頭城露營，目前寫到礁溪。再來的蘇花公路部分，以後推出。但這只是班上活動的一小部份，請大家多多提供大學時期照片和故事。

* 【太魯閣】:

這是畢旅志工收集太魯閣地區照片，作為研究之用的網簿。由於畫面看來不錯，就請大家欣賞。至於正式的說明，以後再提供大家。

* 【天祥】:

大頭天祥照片出現後，蔡光找出他以前的天祥遊照片，配合興祥的回憶，很快確定那是在普渡舊橋拍的，左方鐵橋是稚暉舊橋。那麼，稚暉舊橋後面建築是什麼呢?花了不少力氣，我們判斷是"天祥遊客服務站"，並且逐漸弄清楚天祥各建築位置。

* 【中橫謎點】:

這是蔡光提供的網簿，主要是大學聯考後入學前的中橫遊照片，加上生活照。其中天祥照片有六張，特別高處下拍普渡橋和稚暉橋照片，怵目驚心，精采傑作，不可不看。

* 【碧綠謎木】:

不看不奇怪，越看越糊塗，天下怎麼有這種枝葉茂盛，主幹肥短的怪植物呢?遠處的貴棠明明在碧綠神木旁邊，居然有書呆子說不是，太超過了吧?且看畢旅志工為大家分析，說明真實的世界往往比小說更精采。

* 【萬里武陵春】:

一開始就知道是在武陵青年活動中心(山莊)拍的照片，有什麼好研究呢?想不到研究下去，居然在牆上發現左思的千古名句"濯足萬里流"，早已被遺忘的武陵精神；武陵舊山莊和新山莊位置不同，我們嘗試拼湊出舊山莊模樣，這些故事，請聽振芳說古。

* 【畢旅光華島】:

"一張照片，能說出幾多故事?"只是孝婉和豫德和湖上拍的一張照片，居然傷透畢旅志工腦筋，頭上飄雪越來越厲害，而目前勉強得到結論: "光華島上拍的"。請聽蔡捕快娓娓道來，說出研究故事。

* 【大頭珍藏】:

大頭提供七張畢旅照片，使辨認工作大為突破，功德無量。另外的聚會照和畢業典禮照，也十分珍貴。

* 【之舜珍藏】:

之舜不但提供最多的畢旅照片，而且提供更多的班上照片。大三下六張犁中研院行照片，最早由茜莉提供。其餘茜莉彧夏合照、大一上竹林烤肉、畢業紀念冊黑白照、畢業典禮照片都值得大家慢慢觀賞。

* 【振芳珍藏】:

這裡面有十三張畢業典禮照片，拋磚引玉，我們希望蒐集更多畢業典禮照片，配合之舜二張和大頭一張畢業典禮，能做更深入的研究。

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新建相簿：重現1977年畢業之旅、慈母橋景色

重現1977年畢業之旅
研兮鑽兮，卅張照片，三個臭皮匠，且學諸葛排八卦；
真耶幻耶，幾篇追憶，四個老數癡，還效莊生夢蝴蝶。
The above phrases by 振芳 best described the grad trip reconstruction process, which is still under construction!

慈母橋景色
慈母橋美景集錦。