河濱公園與其他

今天跟表弟楊楊去基隆河濱公園騎車。伴我長大的河濱公園，卻是久違了，久違地用卡踏車巡禮，並且是在晚上。風好涼，天空好乾淨，掛著幾抹低低的雲，河水在發亮，城市在河畔邊。夜晚的河啊天空啊草地啊燈光都那麼溫柔，迎面來的風，帶著河水的濕潤。

關於飛機的記憶。住在民生社區尾巴的我，躺在床上，偶然看見飛機的倒影，飛過房間牆壁的畫框。我也記得，撫遠街底的小房間，夏天窗子底榕樹蔭織得那麼陰涼，遮蔽地像個秘密。那裡總是可以聽見隆隆的飛機起降聲音，聽成習慣。幾次夜間搭美國國內線飛機，夜空藍的那麼純粹，我在其中航行。當飛機斜斜飛進夜空，眺望城市，燈光，方格，小車排一條條彎彎的線。降落的時候掩不住興奮，因為底下的燈光照亮了轉動的大螺旋槳，坐第三排，看的特別清晰。(下了飛機要忍不住跟來接我的振新仔細描述。) 還有還有，從LA飛Baltimore，一個早晨，告別簡停雲，告別還帶著綠意的加州，幾座山脈，飛機底下的幾朵薄薄的雲。飛進美國西部，黃沙佈滿的平原，那麼遼闊又貧脊。乾乾的沙土上刻出幾條縱橫(或曲線)，偶爾地，才有幾輛車子駛在那些土線上，很孤單也很自由。

現在飛機的記憶又多了一樣。

bye bye Boston

波波行。
人物: 張博亭，阿毛，西瓜，屁屁，高宗，Jen，Irene，Nikhil，Nimra
天氣: 濕冷多雨

不停散開的睡袋，三明治上盤旋的蜜蜂，像機房重地的電機實驗室，Charles River寬闊的風景，很多風帆，很多草地，很多慢跑的人，Berklee，西瓜的訪談，SPICE，治療屁屁胃痛的frozen yogurt。
大雨，哈佛unofficial tour有超Q導遊，大雨，medium cooked的 burger有超厚beef patty(整體還是輸給我們的burger Bro)，Irene，Berklee Piano + Bass dual，Prudential，dinner @ a Chinese restaurant with Irene N Nikhil，adventure to a porn bookstore。
Beacon Hill，brunch @Paramount，Duck tour，Museum of Fine Art，dinner @ Irene N Nikhil's place (Naan, Chicken tikka masala & Bangin?)，Once。
rainy，lobster banquet by 張博亭(JamesHook)，Newbury，Charles Riverside Park，Boston Commons 青蛙水塘，public garden，dinner with Nimra @ Petit Robert (onion soup + Effel Tower)，Tower of Power @ Double tree，暴雨，gathering @ Samuel's place。

天氣很冷，外套一直是必備的，防曬油沒辦法塗。我很喜歡這條寬闊的大河，波光粼粼流經城市。很喜歡這樣馬路漫走，很喜歡擠在張博亭的小客廳裡閒聊，舊雨新知。想念Irene，聽鋼琴演奏會睡著的Irene，還有Nikhil。中國城的蒜香雞好好味，Irene的印度菜跟Naan讓小毛驚為天人，可是卻完全無法表達極為好笑。想念Nimra，外面是溼冷大雨可是我們在Petit Robert好享受地觀賞了甜點的完整製作，我還得到巧克力艾菲爾鐵塔。Nimra說，「你的中文很爛」，標準到嚇壞大家，謝謝屁屁跟Jen帶我們出來，也謝謝小毛，超安靜小毛，下一次就會滔滔不絕。

謝謝有這麼一個walking city，有這樣大片大片的綠地的存在。謝謝很哲學，喜歡想生命中重要的東西，認真追求夢想與慢活的小毛。總是不停地讓我也得挖掘一些想法與練習表達。謝謝張博亭，a super nice host，引薦給我ㄧ脫拉庫(?)新朋友，留好多時間給我們，讓我的旅程多好多溫暖的時光。

我在威廉斯堡(Williamsburg, VA)

現在在小維(維吉尼亞州)，是久違的出遊。:)

小維的姑姑與姑丈的生活，是幸福的一種形式。理所當然，幸福的形式有很多種。三層房子有座小花園，養一隻活蹦亂跳的狗和幾個(?)活蹦亂跳的孩子(?)是一種；跟爸爸媽媽弟弟在一起對我來說就是幸福飽飽。姑姑與姑丈歷久彌新的甜美兩人世界也是一種。樸實大方的紅磚房子木頭地板，後院接著小森林，再過去有一條小小的溪，每一個點滴都是親手打造。

第一天，我們騎車到colonial Williamsburg逛了一圈，房子都是老式的，沿路上的屋瓦樹木都很別致，天然別致。第二天，逛了Williams-Mary College，跟哈佛一樣老的老學校。也是好美好美，我還是喜歡東岸學校的建築風格，學院風。晚上吃過飯，我們騎了大約20哩，先走Colonial Parkway然後沿著河到了海邊，又再繼續騎到牧場，跟幾隻牛羊打了照面。然後乳牛們在五分鐘後轉身走了，留下了屁股給我。



到海邊的路上，越過James River的橋上，沼澤托著濕地，柔柔的水與很好的天光，青綠的草。也有路過大片的草原，亮亮的。Oh I got to bike on the prairie! ^-^ I was super happy.
想停下來照張相，但我發現沒有辦法。有些美景在上坡路段，騎車騎的很使勁，停下來便爬不上去了。又有時候姑姑與姑丈騎的太快，遠遠把我拋在後頭。

今天傍晚，姑姑的好友，在WilliamsMary唸Biophysics的郝岩與男友來了，我們一起去划船。 :) 有兩種，一種是pedal boat，跟inner harbor跟碧潭的一樣，另一種就是canoing 那種。我夾在姑爸跟姑姑的中間，搖著槳。平常手臂運動太少，划一下就痠。起初的湖水還泛著陽光，我們划到對岸的樹林邊邊。接著突然烏雲就密了起來，雷聲隆隆，我們趕緊離開湖心，靠到岸邊。

上岸去，扛著許多備好的伙食，我們準備Grill。今天Grill的生鮮是banana pepper, squash, sweet potato (>"<)。拷到一半就下起大雨了，嘩啦啦地下到我們的炭火與食物上頭，然後我們為食物們撐上一把紫色的小花傘。

a trip to BMA

Anterior with Dog/ Matisse

Woman with Mango/ Gauguin

The Baltimore Museum of Art has the largest collection of Matisse in North America. :) I admired the lively patterns, the glowing color, and the vivacious atmosphere emanated from his paintings. I also admired the Cone sisters who had their instincts and continued to be the most devoted patrons of Matisse ...

Random thoughts on June 17

我有好多滿滿的回憶，在B'more這個東岸的港口城市。甚至還深刻地記得和世青阿姨坐著小玲阿姨的車子從BWI駛進紅磚建築林立的Bmore街道的樣子。一下子，就要離開囉!

這些美麗又平凡的日子，有好多朋友的點滴深深淺淺地織在裡面。這兩年，我還是過得非常孩子氣的，比從前還要孩子氣。可是我記得許多快樂的旅行的回憶，記得當時的明亮的陽光與空間感，記得傍晚回家community living的晚餐 (I miss it so much)，記得從家裡到學校的路上的大樹與藍天。記得週六早晨忙碌的農夫市場，記得603的projector和電影，記得我所遇到的朋友的善良與替人著想。我還有好多要學習。

我很高興爸爸媽媽不辭千里地來Baltimore參加我的畢業典禮 :*) 不清楚，我的下一站是會怎麼樣的，Vanessa說，if you decide to have a good time, you will have a good time. 在 Hopkins，我沒有認真計畫卻遇見這麼多美好!

A good two years - LOL team forever

LOL team stands for design team 10. It is the first, and most awesome thing I have done in Hopkins. We started in September 2007. Despite the debate of what we have accomplished and where the project will go to, I am very proud and honored to work closely with a group of great teammates, who have become my closest friends in Bmore.

Two days ago we had our last animal experiment. Quote Harry's famous words, "another day, another deliverable", the team stayed up in the instrumentation lab the night before the experiment. The prototype was "packaged" for the first time, thanks to the design team field trip to Bensville - the 24 hr electronic shop :p. We were so closed to screw up our circuit during packaging by mis-connecting 5V to 48V power supply. Somehow, we were blessed by the god of electronics, and the circuit was still functional after replacing one component.

10AM the morning, Dawn and Diana came and helped us, who are definitely the best veterinarians we have ever worked with. Without asking for any return, and helping us probably would not do them any good, they came and helped us constantly. They located the phrenic in two hours, and after switching off the ventilator, our device caused the pig to breathe by her own diaphragmic contraction, boom! :-) The pig had lived only on our device (no mechanical ventilation) for at least two hours, and might had continued to live if we continued. The pig also survived with physiological CO2 concentration and patterns of diaphragm contraction. We even recorded this cool video: the pig could not breathe and the alarm went off, and we brought the pig back to life by turning on our device.

Also, the concept of localization was the first time confirmed in this experiment. The program found the right pair of electrode (as only one pair of the electrode was inserted) at both sides (we did bilateral stimulation). Everything went so well and smoothly, circuit for the first time worked perfectly, and the program was as usual impeccable. I think the prototype is almost at the stage of refinement and testing in human. Only by that can we understand the anatomy and conditions of phrenic stimulation in human, as we aim at resuscitation in emergency setting.

Each of our design team mate has a unique, but adorable personality - they are all really great people! My life in Hopkins BME could not have been as happy without them. We went to a dinner at Thai Restaurant with our best friend design team 9 representatives, which reminded me the good time we had in the thai restaurant during our trip to Illinois. I don't know when is the next time we all gather, but I will pass in continuing this sentiment and stop here. :)

:"( so sad

After one year now I am moving out of UNI ONE. Before that, my parents are leaving B'more ...

I need to be spirited. I'll have to farewell all my friends who are leaving for their new page in life, with smile and wishes.

笑一個。