第二次報告

二零零七年。八月二十四日。星期五。

Friday, August 24, 2007


帶著忐忑不安的心情，今天一早陪爸爸回診。
經過四次化療，全家人都很希望看到爸爸的病情獲得改善。
終於燈號亮出爸爸的預約號碼。

With fears that cancer cells are not easy to treat, this morning, I accompanied Papa to hospital for the result of the latest physical exam after the fourth chemotherapy. Waiting for our turn to see the doctor...

寬敞的診間，因為我們進入突然變得有點兒擁擠。　
爸爸坐在面對醫師的椅子上，媽媽姊姊跟我就面對醫師，站在爸爸身後。
看著爸爸的背影，因為化療的副作用顯得稀疏的頭髮，很心疼。
昨晚回到家，看到爸爸稍顯蒼白的臉色，心裡只有不安。

The spacious consulting room became a little bit crowded for our coming~ Papa took the seat facing the doctor, Mama, elder sister and me stood behind Papa. Looking at Papa's back, his hair went bald because of the side effect of chemotherapy. Last night I felt very agitated when I saw ashen-faced Papa at home.

林醫師打開爸爸的電腦斷層結果，螢幕捲～啊～捲～　
大家原本捲著的眉頭，跟著電腦斷層的結果，一點點地打開！
真是謝謝老天爺！腫瘤團塊因為化療的緣故持續縮小中！
左肺上方的壞團塊已經縮小到三公分左右，原本對化療不太有反應、位於肺中隔的那個腫瘤，似乎也縮小了！

Dr. Lin opened Papa's file and the films of CT scan were shown on the screen. Followed with the scrolling screen, the worry eyebrows of everybody turned to be happy shape!!
Thank GOD for HIS mercy!
Size of the tumor masses kept on going smaller under chemotherapy~ The malignant tumor located at the left upper lung has been shrunk to less than 3 cm in diameter. The other one at the center of Papa's lung, which did not respond well to the chemotherapy, also showed to be inhibited by C/T.

離開醫院回家的路上大家的心情都好極了！
雖然爸爸的臉色依舊蒼白，笑容卻如胭脂一般，悄悄地點亮了爸爸的臉龐。
媽媽鎮日深鎖的眉頭，在這一刻，開心得只剩瞇瞇眼了～

On the way leaving hospital, we were cheering for the improvement! Mama's curly eyebrows now disappeared. Papa's face though was ashen still, yet the cheering smile decorated and lighted up Papa's face at this moment.

我，當然是忙著給妹妹、弟弟打電話， 把這個好消息，傳達給未能同來、卻同步掛念著爸爸病情變化的～爸爸的孩子們。這真是令全家人振奮的好消息！

I surely was very busy calling younger sister and brother and telling the good news. It was indeed a great encouragement for everybody of our family!!

小鳥重獲自由！

A Funny Wooden Puzzle

學弟奕軒，在這學期的進度報告完成後，給自己放了一個不長不短＜三個禮拜剛剛好＞的假，然後跟他的天鵝，一起飛去捷克，進行一場〔布拉格之戀〕！奕軒出門前，問有沒有要託他帶什麼？我說我想要拉線的小木偶。然後MSN上面的奕軒就此呈離線狀態。

Having finished the progress report of this semester, Yi-Hsiuan decided to have a break from laboratory. With his girl friend, they took the flight to Czech and had a wonderful time in Prague. Before departure, he asked me if I wished him to bring something from Czech. I told him I want a traditional wooden puppetry. Since that day, Yi-Hsiuan disappeared from lab and showed offline on MSN.


A little bird in the cage.

在實驗室像小蜜蜂一般忙碌開心的過日子，不知過了幾多天，奕軒又出現在MSN，還以為是收假回實驗室了，不料竟是他在布拉格街頭的實況傳真！被吊胃口，說他找到一個可愛的木製品，我一定會很愛的那一種！然後，因為天鵝在旁等他有一會兒了，為免多生事端，奕軒匆匆離線。

I had my life in lab as usual, being busy like a bee but happy. One day Yi-Hsiuan showed up on MSN again and sent a hello to me. How suprising! He was on a street in Prague using the wireless connection. He told me he didn't find the puppetry I wished but he found something made of wood and was sure I would love it very much~ My heart was soon filled by curiosity. For his girl friend had been aside waiting for a while, he left MSN after the short conversation.



The little bird cries: Help~~

約莫一個月前吧！奕軒回到台北，出現在實驗室繼續為論文努力。神秘的禮物就是這個小傢伙，從布拉格搭飛機來到我的手中；從此，我開始絞盡腦汁想把小鳥從籠子裡救出來～

Yi-Hsiuan had safely landed in Taipei for days, appeared in lab again and worked hard for his thesis. The mysterious present was this tiny stuff~a caged wooden bird! Since the day it was on my hands, my brain was engaged by the idea of how to set the little bird free~


One of the key postures to get the little bird out.

總共花了兩週～快樂的小鳥，終於找到隨意進出鳥籠的方法！這期間，曾經被舶滄嘲笑地問：學姊，妳跟奕軒是不是有什麼過節？就連一向老實的忠哲也覺得：這個可能是整人玩具！

It took me two weeks to solve this puzzle. The tiny crying bird became a happy singing one! During the trial-and-error period, Bo-Tsang and Jhong-Jhei questioned and teased at the relationship between Yi-Hsiuan and me, since they thought this wooden puzzle is impossible to be solved! They said this must be a trick that Yi-Hsiuan wished to fool me :<


The last step to set the little bird free!

某天，麻吉學弟--小皓--到我家玩。就在他手上，小鳥簡簡單單地從籠子裡出來，打破所有關於我和奕軒感情不好的猜測！而且奕軒是對的～我真的很愛這個小東西。拐小孩的利器再添一件！

Yuan-Hua was the first person to set the little bird free. He went to my house for something else. We chatted at home and he had the wooden puzzle on hands and tried to solve it! Suddenly the little bird came out from the cage with his help and the rumor about Yi-Hsiuan's trick fell into ruin~By the way, Yi-Hsiuan was right! I love this tiny stuff very much, it is indeed a good toy to play with children!


The little bird sings: Freedom is priceless~

救出小鳥的關鍵角度和動作都在照片裡～下回借去玩的時候，請不要又想：拆了它的翅膀？還是破壞籠子？小鳥真的可以毫髮未傷地從籠子裡出來唷！

The key postures to save the little bird from the cage were shown in these photos. For anyone who wishes to have a try on solving it, surely I can tell you that the little bird could be set free without breaking its wings or destroying the cage!

李騰芳古厝。之二。

雖然天氣很冷，除了誤打誤撞的我們之外，另有一群參觀的人們，而且有導遊現場解說！跟在這一群偶遇的遊客旁邊，我也幸運地聽到一小段有關這座古厝的精采故事～

It was indeed a freezing cold day~ Except Michael and me, there was a tourist team being here with a curator guiding them around this historic buildings. We walked aside and heard from the curator about the history of this old house.



左護龍 ->正廳 ->右護龍
View from the Left Wing to the Right Wing.

不過天氣實在太冷了，冷得我直打哆嗦～過午的天色逐漸轉陰，在我的雙手凍僵之前，還是先努力的拍它幾張相片吧！

The air was extremely icy...I could not help but shivering. The sky turned to be cloudy in the afternoon. I thought I should shoot more before my hands got frozen. We therefore left the guided tour and walked through the old houses with my T11 shooting around.



內、外左護龍之間的穿廊。
A Corridor between the Inner and Outer Left Wing.

印象中，位於濱江路上的林安泰古厝也是兩進式四合院，不過，左右護龍不似李騰芳古厝這般，向外延伸並圈廓出內埕的範圍。相較於板橋林家花園的規模，三進大厝加上亭、台、樓閣及園林的設計，李騰芳古厝就顯得樸素簡單了。

I remembered other historic buildings that also represented the style of Chinese architecture. The first one is located on Bin-Jiang road of Taipei City -- Lin, An-Tai's ancient residence; and the other is in Ban-Ciao of Taipei County -- Lin's Garden. They all exhibited the hierarchy of structures in Chinese residence -- the ancestral hall had the highest status and the status declining of other rooms as farther away they were.



民生用水的來源。A Well.

但有一個事實是顯而易見的～李騰芳古厝的保存工作，不若另兩座古厝完善。不知是否跟古厝所在縣市的行政地位不同有關，經費短絀因而修葺不力？

It was obvious that the Li's historic houses were not preserved as good as the Lin, An-Tai's ancient residence and Lin's Garden. Is it because the three historic buildings belonged to the different administrative divisions and thus an inadequate financial support to preserve Li's houses?



配合古厝新建的公廁。
A Modern Toilet with an Old-fashioned Looking.

我家也有古厝呢！遠在雲林縣的老房子，聽阿公說那是我們的老祖先考取進士，皇帝所賜的進士宅邸呢！雖然只是一進四合院，庭、埕、廳堂、廂房等等，亦都是符合古代禮法的建築。

My family also has an old house that was assigned to be the historic buildings years ago. I heard from my grandfather about the house. It was a gift and built during the Tsin-Dynasty (清朝) for my ancestor had good rankings in the government exam. Although it was not as luxury as the three historic buildings I mentioned above, yet the court, yard, hall and rooms were built exactly in the manners of Chinese architecture.



陪我們兜冷風的夏朵。Honda Shadow.

差不多是我念大學的時候吧！某次的颱風過後，被強風掀翻的屋瓦，遭大雨毀壞的土角牆，讓老房子顯得不堪用且危險。伯叔公輩的老人家都說好了，大家一起來修繕這幢祖傳的四合院，卻因為老房子被列為三級古蹟，不可以隨意翻修，而讓老人家住在既不擋風也不遮雨的破舊房子裡。

Once there was a typhoon attacking our old house when I was undergraduate. Roof was blown away by strong wind, walls composed of clay lumps were destroyed by heavy rain, the old house looked toppling and dangerous. However, we could not and had no right to repair the house for it has been assigned as a historic buildings!! What a ridiculous situation it was!



離開古厝前的回眸。The Last Look.

說要列為古蹟保存，卻未積極具體的規劃如何保存及進行修葺等等相關工作，三級古蹟又如何？沒有配套措施，都只是說空話罷了！生活要先過得下去，才有餘力保存古蹟吧？！

Many old houses were assigned to be preserved for they are priceless in the view of historical meanings. They were "preserved" in a way of general ideas instead of a clear and concrete plan of tasks! For the old who live in the "historic buildings", how to make a living is more important and realistic issue than "preserve the historic buildings", isn't it?



再見了，古厝。
Looking Forward to Seeing You Again!

【後記】還記得老房子的窗戶有著精緻雕工的木質窗櫺，曾幾何時，已被鐵製窗格取代。那個我小時候要墊著小板凳才搆得著的蓮花灶，也在不知不覺中，已變身為現代化的流理台設備。灶腳的火爐裡，記憶中的煨蕃薯還燙手呢！莫非這一切都是幻覺？

不說啦！有一點發牢騷的味道了～我家的古厝位於雲林縣，大埤鄉，一個名叫「箔雁岸」的小村落。該找個機會特地回去拍照才是。