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 Echo's Handmade

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清晨。最期待早餐吧檯上你留的情書
字裡行間 ，會找到你無限的溫柔和最深的愛

睡前。最喜歡和你甜甜地擁抱
不需要言語的默契，內心深處的溫暖泉源

親愛的爸爸
你是我的天空  給我溫暖的微風
吹走所有悲傷和難過 給我無限的愛與感動
親愛的爸爸
謝謝你
陪我走過現在 以後
希望您的手 永遠永遠牽著我
我愛你  祝您  生日快樂 ~*

 

This week I will have a wonderful opportunity to try a whole new role in my company ~*
Thanks for my manager pretty much for giving me this great experience.....
Hope I won't get cold feet and wish I can Sing Stately Song Sweetly without troubles =)

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唱得響亮 / 安又琪

我的夢想 閃耀著彩色的光
張開翅膀 飛到想去的地方
我的夢想 伴隨笑容而堅強
大聲的歌唱 飄過遼闊的海洋

這世界充滿了想象 乘著音符一起飛翔
經過所有快樂悲傷 謝謝你陪在我身旁
快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
想唱就唱 唱得響亮 不怕風雨的阻擋
快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
每一個期待的目光 都在見証我成長
唱得響亮

這世界充滿了想象 乘著音符一起飛翔
經過所有快樂悲傷 謝謝你陪在我身旁
快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
想唱就唱 唱得響亮 不怕風雨的阻擋
快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
每一個期待的目光 都在見証我成長
我唱得響亮

快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
想唱就唱 唱得響亮 不怕風雨的阻擋
快樂是我的能量 點亮自己的光芒
每一個期待的目光 都在見証我成長
我唱得響亮

Love is something eternal, 
the aspect may change, but not the essence.
It is difficult to know at what moment love begins,
However it's less difficult to know that it has begun.
As long as I'm not out of the circles of life, 
I will keep on loving in you, my brilliant family~*

從英國回來兩個多月了，前天晚上重新看了幾次網誌、回應，好多好多回憶呀!!
這一篇篇的回應，是妳和爸爸慢慢一字一字的打....傳遞給我的愛和溫暖....整理一下....真的好多喔!!

媽子和爸子還有哥子...你們是我生命中最重要的支持、支柱，我無法想像生活中少了你們的存在會是如何？
謝謝你們在我生命中從來不曾停息、無悔的付出....
在我的世界因為有你們的牽引，才能發光發熱、才有價值！我愛你們！
更祝媽子 Happy Birthday!!!


==收集愛的回應==

在中秋節這個團員氣氛濃厚的時刻，做個追族月光的小孩......
這中秋的月還真圓滿...今年中秋的夜還真是長啊.......
謝謝你的賀卡...祝妳平安順心..生活充滿歡樂....我愛你....
mamapapa 於 September 23, 2005 09:58 PM 回應 | Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

懷著感恩的心......
歡喜著付出的滋味.....
享受著付出的一切.....
能做自己想做的......那是一種幸福.....
能做自己該做的.......那是一種能力.....
有了幸福與能力..你就是快樂又有自信的天使....^*_*^....
mamapapa 於 September 23, 2005 09:42 PM 回應 | Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

我想妳已經把妳心中的鵝卵石安頓在最穩最明確的位子了....
妳真的知道..妳在做什麼??妳要的是什麼??你要怎麼做??
**一些對她來說是遙不可及的夢想，
**這些幸運與幸福也許是自己從未真正去珍惜過的。
**展秀結束前一定要帶點東西去那裡再次謝謝人家的關心與好意。
女兒...妳就是這麼一個善良又貼心的天使....
心存感恩自然就會散發出^*_*^真誠又甜美的笑容^*_*^
有些人把吃苦當做吃補......
其實做我們能力所能做你會發現我們所擁有的真的不少.....我愛
mamapapa2 於 September 26, 2005 08:39 AM 回應 | Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

**我在想，也許並不是接下來的風景更甚，或者更加引人，而是因
為沒有了相機與拍照的牽絆之後，我才真正用盡所有的精神去感受
每一陣風的輕撫，以及每一片樹葉輕盈飛舞的感動。**
沒有光駭的天空星星就是特別的光亮.....
放下何嚐不是一件好事.....有捨才有得啊^*_*^我愛妳....
mamapapa 於 September 28, 2005 08:18 PM 回應 | email Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

做自己該做.....也做自己能力能做.....這叫量力而為.....
志工是用智慧發揮自己的愛心與能量去幫助人....
愛一個人和幫助一個人;有很多方法....爸爸媽媽就很愛妳們.....
所以用心的鼓勵妳們˙有創意˙有自信˙有愛心˙有能力˙更要互
相關懷....就是同理心..
這些我知道妳都能理解.所以媽媽才會告訴妳量力而為......
休息是為了走更遠的路.....充實是為了未來的路..柳暗花明...
˙戒定慧>>貪瞋痴˙
戒---心中有戒...遊戲規則....
定---知道自己的真性.心靜如止水..清楚的知道自己的方向...
慧---妳就會有智慧...花開見佛...迎刃而解...
心中有貪--想求更多自然泯滅仁心..讓人無知......
當然所有的舉止都會是愚痴的˙無明的˙
傾盆大雨會造成災害.....細水長流謂之甘霖.....
別人不一定要了解我.....也不大可能了解我......
but我一定要知道我在做什麼......
^*_*^ 哈哈哈
確定妳不是檢來的......妳真的是我們的掌上明珠.......
我愛妳有智慧的小公主....
mamapapa 於 October 2, 2005 07:25 AM 回應 | email Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

今天是國慶日放假.早上陳阿姨到市場找我聊天..問我想不想妳?
我說:想啊..但我放心讓妳飛翔.....
回到家看到妳的文章---曾幾何時當我再次嘗到這熟悉的味道時竟浮
現款款思鄉情懷！我知道這短暫的分離是我們愛的延續！遙遠的距
離是成就能力與智慧的槓桿！我乘著風往前飛........頓時我的眼睛也
模糊了.
在人生的每一個舞台.盡力扮演好自己的角色...人人都是主角.
希望妳的未來---如魚得水 *^_^*
也希望Roxanne因妳而快樂
我們都愛妳
mamapapa 於 October 10, 2005 02:29 PM 回應 | | 刪除  | 設為隱藏 


今天我和爸爸選擇了剪庭院樹枝及圍牆外樹枝.雖然很累.可是當我們
完成後看到庭院又恢復了生機.那種感覺真是美好啊!整個人也跟著活
了起來..天啊~`這真是太神奇了~~
如妳所說~~
當我選擇了快樂，我就會快樂；
當我選擇了願意，我就能奮不顧身的去努力；
天氣已轉涼.秋末冬至.我想妳就要看到下雪的美景了....
真的好羨慕妳喔!!! 今年妳也將會有一個很不同的聖誕節....
祝福妳一天比一天充實 ^*_*^我愛妳
mamapapa 於 October 15, 2005 08:19 PM 回應 | email Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏


昨晚家裡好熱鬧~~有朋自遠方來不亦樂乎...
妳也同時請客.真是太有默契了..妳的牛肉麵看起來很棒喔....
看到妳照片裡的牛肉麵,才想到要照相存證...可是大伙全都吃個金光
連湯都沒留.怎麼辦?下次好了...歹勢喔!
茶餘飯後還有餘興節目---越洋視訊和美眉聊天...
他們說真是太不可思議了....
相由心生--大家都說妳越來越漂亮哦.....
妳永遠是我們家裡的小公主...永遠的快樂天使 ^*_*^我愛妳^*_*^
MAMAPAPA 於 October 19, 2005 03:15 PM 回應

好喜歡看妳充滿自信與快樂的感覺....一天的辛苦疲憊都消失了...
感謝妳帶我們遊英國....我好像是劉姥姥遊大觀園喔^*_*^
喔對了~那見仁見智的糖果能吃嗎??
MAMAPAPA 於 October 19, 2005 03:15 PM 回應 | email Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏


小小長春藤就像你~~默默的~認真的~做好自己~~
無形中卻也讓周邊的人帶來""舒適感""

用心過生活~~^*_*^~~愛你的爸爸媽媽
mamapapa 於 November 25, 2005 03:19 PM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

認真過日子...生命沒有過渡~~~
我們總是很努力的讓自己喜歡自己每一個生命階段，每一個生命過程，因為那些過程的本身就是生命，不能重來的生命。
人生幾何??自己知道自己想要的是什麼??要的又是什麼???
人生真的就是不斷的探索......不斷的付出.....不斷的學習.....不斷的自我省思......不斷的自我肯定........
認真的做好每一件自己份內的工作，即便是遊玩也要認真的玩喔！因為妳說要帶我們去環遊世界ㄋㄟ ^*_*^
今年新希望~~~希望每一個人的*今天*都是光采亮麗的~~~

最愛妳的爸爸媽媽*_*
mamapapa 於 February 20, 2006 04:02 PM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏


哇~~這真是個很棒的經驗ㄋㄟ........我想一定很累很累很累..........>_
妳不但要照顧Roxanne ，還要做其他人的雙手與雙腳。真是叫妳第一名了.....*_*.....我們都愛妳.......
妳有這麼大的潛力與能力，我們都因妳而感到榮耀與驚訝.............
等妳回台灣，如果有需要連署的偉大工作，哈哈~~~非妳莫屬了.......

爸爸的名言「犧牲享受，享受犧牲。」
要做到凡事「無我」是很困難的，但是放開自我去面對艱困的挑戰，不但容易水到渠成，完成後的成就感與快樂是不可言喻的。
我們其實不必怕被人利用，就怕自己沒有用。( 講的好 ~~)
凡事只要經過判斷是好事，做就對了。光說不練或光想不做常讓我們在往後的歲月中懊悔不已。
mamapapa 於 March 8, 2006 02:59 PM 回應 | | 刪除  | 設為隱藏 

看著妳這半年來的付出與成長~~~真是安慰啊！

我知道妳是勇敢的
我知道妳是真誠的
我知道妳是有目標的

我知道妳是大家的小太陽
我知道妳是我們家最愛的小公主
這半年來妳也許辛苦 、也許是孤獨的、
但我知道妳會珍惜這份福~~因為妳是最富有的；妳真的好用心在過日子！
^*_*^ 愛妳的家人 ^*_*^
mamapapa 於 March 20, 2006 02:45 AM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

再一次看妳這半年來的生活短片˙
讓我有股莫名的感動˙
思緒一下子回到多年前從台北離家到台南的情景˙
那次離家後就很少再回去了˙
記憶中陪伴我成長的家似乎離得好遠好遠˙
人生就是這樣˙像隨風飄蕩的雲煙˙像浮在水面的浮萍˙
這一段走過的歲月到最後就只有留下回憶˙
至於是色彩豐富的圖案還是單調的黑白照˙
就看個人的著墨了˙
很佩服妳把這半年過得這麼豐富這麼燦爛˙
妳真的很棒˙加油˙

愛妳的爸爸媽媽
mamapapa 於 March 22, 2006 10:15 PM 回應 | Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

妳煮的晚餐好像很好吃ㄋㄟ......看Roxanne「大口小口」的吃的真滿足啊！
看的出這半年來Roxanne 很幸福~~~妳們倆感情不錯哦......小太陽 ^*_*^
我想等妳工作結束回台灣，她一定想死妳了 >_
我要吃臘腸炒飯...麻油雞...三杯雞...十全大補湯...海產粥...鹹粥...牛肉麵......嗚嗚嗚....我要和ECHO回台灣啦!!!!!!!
才半年就有這麼棒的收穫，真是叫妳~~~~第一名啦.....*+*......妳是我們的光榮.......ㄆㄞ˙ㄆㄞ˙ㄕㄡˇ

愛妳的爸爸媽媽~~~每次在這裡留下簽名都有一種很幸福的感覺ㄋㄟ^*_*^
mamapapa 於 March 25, 2006 01:27 PM 回應 | Homepage | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

我的小公主˙
最近看妳拍得相片進步很多˙
已經累積了相當的功力˙不簡單喔˙
繼續努力可以當業餘攝影家˙
這篇部落格我就很喜歡˙
簡明扼要˙表達得很清楚˙
愛妳的爸爸媽媽˙
mamapapa 於 May 7, 2006 09:20 PM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

拍得真好˙不簡單˙
mamapapa 於 May 11, 2006 12:22 AM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

非常好聽的一首歌˙
配上很乾淨的聲音˙
心情整個好起來˙
我是何其幸福啊˙
愛妳的爸爸媽媽˙
mamapapa 於 May 17, 2006 08:36 PM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏

去年妳剛去英國時，好多朋友都問我想不想妳？
今年這些好友都改問我；妳女兒什麼時候回來啊？
可見想妳的應該不只是家人；還包括好多好多的友人..........
~*_*~
歡迎美麗又善良的天使回家~~~~~
最愛妳的家人~^*_*^~
mamapapa 於 July 20, 2006 02:50 PM 回應 | | 刪除 | 設為隱藏


也看到了一些自己寫的文章...
更提醒了自己 ...該如何踏穩腳步....


==文章剪輯==
自己在內心深處，真正期待的是一種心境合一的感受、一種不變的心情。儘管喜歡接受挑戰、享受著精采萬分跌宕高低的生活，但簡單的起心動念才是最終的到 達...當我珍惜每一個想法都是自己內在真正的期待時，就能義無反顧的去努力實踐；當我所想、所說、所寫、所做全然一致時，便能心想事成。作一個「真」的 人，對家人付出真心、對朋友給予真摯的情誼、對目標認真踏實、對自己有真實的了解......多麼輕鬆愉快啊！


我感謝上天、感謝父母、家人、朋友給我的一切，我知道自己是被祝福的天使，我知道自己的責任，在你們的羽翼呵護之下，我是世上.....最最幸福的女孩......
 

歷經19個小時的飛行，終於抵達溫暖的家鄉...
下了機，提著行李在回家的巴士上我靜靜地向外看...
往來的人群依然忙碌、街道依舊閃爍著耀眼的霓虹像座不夜城
也許已有了改變的巷弄裡，聽見熟悉的語言此起彼落..
喧鬧的車聲人聲、喇叭聲，都變得可愛起來！
鶩地裡竟有種時空交疊的錯覺...彷如自己其實從未離開。
是不是只是作了一場美麗而又絢爛的夢？

直到親口嚐到還冒著白煙的媽媽愛心料理--馮家牛肉麵
才感覺真正地回到家...
開心的與家人談天說笑，溫款的感覺真是踏實：)

其實
一年中的每一天其實都是一樣的
都是時間的流逝
但是特別的事情 特別的人 就可以讓某一天變的特別
回到台灣的每一天  我都會告訴自己 更用心的生活！^ ^ 


=====給親朋好友的話=====

親愛的朋友
我回來囉  謝謝大家總是時時鼓勵我 支持我 給我加油打氣
擁有你們 是我人生最大的幸福 我愛你們 ^ ^
祝大家 平安 快樂 健康 幸福

PS. 我手機通訊錄意外遺失...想麻煩大家重新給我您的聯絡方式...
MSN留言 或 直接在我留言版留悄悄話就行了.. 謝謝大家喔 ^^

母親節前夕我要唱一首歌送給我最心愛的媽子～
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這是我第一次學習用數位錄音唱這首「讓愛傳出去」
感謝媽媽無怨無悔的付出，您的愛就像陽光一般和煦、溫暖。

《讓愛傳出去》
愛，是看不見的語言，
愛，是摸不到的感覺，
愛，是我們小小的心願，希望你平安快樂永遠。
愛，是仰著頭的喜悅，
愛，是說不出的感謝，
愛，是每天多付出一點點，雙手合十不在乎考驗。
讓愛傳出去，好像陽光溫暖我和你，
不管有多遙遠，總有到的那一天。
讓愛傳出去，哪怕前方漫漫人生路，
有妳的祝福，沒有過不去的苦。

也祝福全天下的母親 平安快樂永遠

親愛的爸爸...
今天是你的生日...
送給您一個特別的禮物，一段小小的影片...
感謝您自往昔至今不曾間斷、全心全意的為我們家付出，
更感謝您從不曾改變，給我們滿滿的、無條件的愛......
祝您 生日快樂!! ：)
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親愛的秉璋，認識你已經要十八年了。我不敢相信我再也見不到你，不知道該用什麼話語來表達心裏的思念，不知道該用什麼文字寫下那遙長的不捨。可是我好想你，你知道嗎？

當媽媽打電話給我的時候，我多麼希望這只是老天開的一個玩笑，多麼希望明天早上的MSN上會有你每次上站都會給的微笑。你這樣自然平靜的離開也許是不希望看見我們傷感，所以我也想要平靜的將一切有你的回憶寫下來，可是，可是淚水還是情不自禁。

記得小時候我們曾經有過單純美麗的童年，一起爬樹當野孩子再用榕樹的鬍鬚盪鞦韆、一起把爬牆當作攀岩、兩三家人一起在安平古堡烤肉野餐、每一個下課十分鐘的快樂時光，到沙坑挖寶的歲月，一起泡在游泳池裡玩了整個暑假的清涼，一路走過...那些如金色的清風一般輕輕吹過的的回憶，如今一點一滴都還清楚地刻在心上！

你總是很體貼關心身旁的朋友，即使在我到了遙遠的英國你還是經常帶給我聲聲叮嚀：深夜回家要注意安全！之後要下雪嗎？妳更應該注意保暖！Hi!! Happy Birthday，妳永遠都很幸福的。你也曾經說過覺得我是個很美麗的女孩，你說稱讚有兩種，一種是善意的欺騙，另一種是錦上添花，我問你是哪一種，你說你是在很漂亮的一朵花上加一點東西，可是都是肺腑之言。現在，我多麼希望再一次聽到你善意的欺騙也好、錦上添花也罷的笑語....可是我知道從今以後我在也看不到也聽不到你親切的問候了！我再也沒有機會煮一道拿手的蔥爆牛肉讓你鑑定，你也不會知道莎士比亞故鄉Stratford的巧克力有多麼美味！這麼年輕的生命、這麼燦爛的人生，好多好多精采的事還要展開，你卻輕輕的放開手、悄悄的離開。

Warwick的那條不知名的河因為你有了新的名字，你說如果很難找查不到沒關係我們幫他取一個，以後經過就可以跟他打招呼了～ RIVER STARRY！星光般燦爛的的小河，多麼美麗的名稱！我好希望有一天可以帶你來親眼看見這條星光般燦爛的小河潺潺流水的可愛模樣，夜裡倒映著星空的繽紛、美麗，可是，可是卻再也沒有機會了。但我想，當你煥化為一顆星辰在夜裡閃耀時，我便能在每一個清徹的夜空中看見你的自信的微笑。

親愛的秉璋，謝謝你！
我會永遠記得我們一起分享的每個時刻，
記得你對我的每一句叮嚀、關懷和鼓勵，
我會更勇敢的在生命的道路上踏實的走下去，
散發更多生命的光采讓身旁的人都能感染這樣的氣息，就如同你一樣！
親愛的秉璋，謝謝你！
你的大愛遺留世間，你是心靈的導師，
是指引人生道路的燈塔，是這個人間...真正的天使...
但願你一路好走，在我所未知的路上，我只能靜靜的送你，
但願你一路好走，在遙遠的另一邊，展翅飛向更高的藍天，
但願你一路好走，但願滿天的星光.....伴你走入靜謐的美麗夢鄉....

記不記得？我們一起走過長長的海岸，用沙灘、陽光和海水記錄下那天的笑聲？
我們牽著手追趕小鴨子，嗚吧吧吧吧吧吧!!! 然後坐在草地上看著它們在池裡輕快的游水...
我們最喜歡分吃著ㄧ包美味的M&M巧克力，你說要含到融化才是最美味的...
我們一起追著消防車看火災，只為了告訴我們小孩子玩火很危險，玩具跟棉被都沒有了，好可憐！
每個寫完功課的下午，我們騎著機車兜風逛台南市，抓緊後照鏡因為你說飛機就要起飛了...
慌張的按電鈴給你，只因為那天有老婆婆用棍子打哥哥說高拐高拐...
喜歡在草地上尋找蟋蟀的家，蜻蜓和蝴蝶，因為我們可以一起努力捕捉然後看完再放他們回家...
我們都好喜歡吃補，因為我們都喜歡玩「釣魚」的遊戲...
我們認真的寫功課因為我們愛死了你準備的組合模型，可是常常都偷偷「先玩再寫」...
喜歡彈鋼琴因為你說妹妹彈鋼琴越來越有感情了...喜歡唱歌因為你說妹妹唱歌很好聽...
喜歡跳舞因為你總是說妹妹跳起舞來是最漂亮的一個...
我們一起合力熬夜畫過十幾張全開的海報，因為我跟哥哥都有競選小市長...
我們喜歡聊心事聊到深夜，因為你會告訴我人生的方向，讓我每天都有重新出發的勇氣...
爸爸！我愛你！你知道我真的好愛好愛你！不管走到天涯海角我們都有繫著彼此的心！

記不記得？我們一起到公園畫畫寫生，用彩色筆、陽光和草地記錄下那天的笑聲？
我們一起到高雄快樂的玩雪後來被阿姨罵，因為妳說可以讓我們把喜歡的雪帶回家...
妳答應讓我們玩炒菜和泡泡洗碗的遊戲，半夜再起來把全部的殘局收拾乾淨...
妳都會幫我綁最漂亮的蝴蝶結，還有編小辮子，因為妳說我是最可愛的小女生...
一天晚上我說好像有一百個人把我壓住了不能呼吸，妳抱著我，就睡的好安穩...
喜歡我們家的每一間房間，因為妳說要讓我們認養家裡的每一個小角落，我們都覺得新鮮極了...
我們喜歡做每天做一件値得表揚事，因為每個晚上發表完可以得到一張牆上的閃亮貼紙...
妳曾經認真的做過實驗，所以我們知道垃圾食物在吃下肚後會變成什麼樣子...
我們一起合力熬夜做過母雞帶小雞的紙黏土作品...
喜歡跳舞因為妳會幫我畫最漂亮的妝，變成最漂亮的主角...
每次出門都喜歡問妳穿這樣好不好看，因為妳說好看的大家都會說好好看...
喜歡吃蛋糕因為我們都會一起做蛋糕，在擠上清甜爽口的自治奶油花邊，把我們的笑容裝飾在上面...
我們喜歡聊心事聊到深夜，因為妳會指引我未來的道路，從不放棄讓我相信我是很有能力人...
媽媽！我愛你！你知道我真的好愛好愛你！不論遇到什麼困難我知道有妳在我身邊我就會有繼續的力量！

能夠有這麼棒的父母，是鴿子和我最大最大的福報，我們有好多好多共同的回憶，一起的成長、它們長了翅膀在我們的「心」空中快樂的飛翔！你們給我們最好的身體力行示範、最多的關心最大的支持、傾聽我們的小小心事；我們用心地參與彼此的生命！

光陰一去不再回頭，悄無聲息推著我們向前走，在洪流裡狂奔、在深夜裡前行，在每個與時光擦身的轉瞬間，總會有個溫暖的港口、溫柔的雙手，撫平每一次巨濤激起的漫天浪花，可以乘風破浪、可以揚帆遠行、可以在天涯海角依然安心、依然勇敢，只因為我們心繫彼此，生命之所以有意義是因為有深愛的人...深深愛著彼此的人......    我們的愛 ─ 讓每個深夜裡的星星爍爍...閃閃發光......

祝 爸媽結婚廿七週年，永遠快樂！

The Sun Yat-sen is as bland as any U.S. interstate, but it's the highway of globalization. Though it snakes along the whole west coast of Taiwan, the key 70-km stretch starts in Taipei's booming new Neihu district of high-tech office buildings and ends in Hsinchu, home to two of Taiwan's best universities, its top research center, and a world-renowned science park. Along the way, the Sun Yat-sen leads to some of the most important but anonymous tech outfits in the world: Asustek Computer, whose China factories spit out iPods and Mini Macs for Apple (AAPL ); and Quanta Computer, the No. 1 global maker of notebook PCs and a key supplier to Dell (DELL ) and Hewlett-Packard. You'll also find Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM ), the biggest chip foundry on the planet, an essential partner to U.S. companies such as Qualcomm and Nvidia (NVDA ). Dozens more companies dot the Neihu-Hsinchu corridor. There's AU Optronics (AUTO ), a big supplier of liquid-crystal display panels, and Hon Hai Precision Industry, which makes everything from PC components to Sony's (SNE ) PlayStation 2, and which is a fast-rising rival to Flextronics International (FLEX ), the world's biggest contract manufacturer. Taken together, the revenues of Taiwan's 25 key tech companies should hit $122 billion this year.
Taiwan's success is also China's. No one knows for sure how much of China's exports in information and communications hardware are made in Taiwanese-owned factories, but the estimates run from 40% to 80%. As many as 1 million Taiwanese live and work on the mainland. "All the manufacturing capacity in China is overlaid with the management and marketing expertise of the Taiwanese, along with all their contacts in the world," observes Russell Craig, of tech consultants Vericors Inc.

CROSS-STRAIT DRAMA
Impressive stuff. Yet for many people around the world, Taiwan evokes only one thing: the standoff between the People's Republic of China, which considers the thriving democracy as just one of its provinces, and Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, who has made little secret of his dream of one day declaring Taiwan independent. This cross-strait drama is now in a tense new phase, played out with dramatic effect in recent weeks. First Beijing passed an anti-secession law authorizing an attack on Taiwan in case it moves towards independence. Taiwan responded with a massive anti-Beijing rally. Then came the shocker: The late April visit to the mainland by Lien Chan, Chen's chief political opponent and chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT). As millions of Taiwanese and Chinese watched on television, Chinese President Hu Jintao shook hands with the opposition leader at a lavish state reception in Beijing. After Lien returned to Taipei on May 3, Hu's government sweetened its PR offensive with more goodies, including a plan to ease restrictions on Chinese travel to Taiwan, lift tariffs on some Taiwanese agricultural imports -- and send two giant pandas to the Taipei Zoo. To add even more surprise, Taiwanese President Chen, despite some of his supporters' fury at Lien's visit, inserted himself into the dialogue. Chen agreed to send a message to Chinese President Hu through another opposition leader, James Soong of the People First Party, who was scheduled to start a China trip on May 5. Hu seems to be counting on his contacts with the opposition to increase pressure on Chen, forcing him to accept that the island is part of China. But that's a concession Chen's unlikely to make.

Real reconciliation thus seems a long way off. Yet any serious attempt to lower the tension would hold huge promise for the executives who run America's IT industry, which depends on Taiwan for so much of its goods. A shooting war between Taiwan and China would be catastrophic in human terms. And for the Western companies that have built their fortunes around Taiwan, the damage would be a direct hit to the global economy and the Digital Age. "It would be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb going off," says a top executive at a U.S. high-tech giant. Couldn't U.S. industry develop sources of IT supply that don't involve the Taiwanese? "That's like asking, 'What's the second source for Mideast oil?' says this exec. "You might find it, but it's going to cost you." Insiders estimate that it would take a year and a half to even begin to replace the vast web of design shops and mainland factories the Taiwanese have built. "The IT model is not one built on second-sourcing," says Ken Wirt, a top executive for the handheld business of palmOne Inc.

Not that Taiwan and China aren't also extremely pragmatic. Throughout this turbulent spring Taiwan Inc. hasn't missed a step. For instance, Acer Inc., the PC maker, increased sales by 40% in March; its models are among the top five sellers in the world. Dell and Hewlett-Packard will source $10 billion and $21 billion respectively from Taiwan this year, estimates Chicago-based consulting firm THT Research, which tracks contract manufacturing. Apple is boosting its order book from Taiwan companies by 28% from a year ago, to $5 billion. Quanta on Apr. 8 announced a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to cooperate on research into the next generation of computing. Despite a cyclical downturn that has hurt profits, TSMC has embarked on a $2.6 billion ramp-up to produce more custom-designed chips than ever. Compared with a more specialized chipmaker such as Intel, "we have maybe 100 times the number of product lines," says TSMC chairman and CEO, Morris Chang. "It takes a very special expertise."

China may threaten Taiwan as No. 1 IT supplier. But for now it's Taiwanese engineers who provide ever-more-ingenious solutions to manufacturing and design conundrums. "In Taiwan, people say the U.S. understanding of outsourcing is backward," says Victor Zue, co-director of the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. "It feels more like the Taiwanese are outsourcing marketing and branding to the rest of the world."

The island's high-tech industry has had to improve its skills sharply to get where it is today. Barely a decade ago, Taiwan made components or assembled machines designed elsewhere, and was only a marginal player in more lucrative segments of the electronics industry. Today its companies are increasingly proficient at original design, and dominate manufacturing in key categories. In LCD screens the Taiwanese have passed the Japanese and rival the Koreans. Taiwan is tops in routers, notebook computers, and cable modems. The PC industry "has really consolidated around Taiwan," says John A. Antone, Hong Kong-based head of the Asia Pacific region for Intel Corp. (INTC ), which has 400 engineers at work on the island. "That's just where the best engineering is done."

How does Taiwan do it? Lower pay helps. "You look at the engineering costs in the U.S. and compare them to Taiwan's, and we are talking about one third of the cost," says Kai Hsiao, director of global procurement for greater China at HP. Visit Taiwan-owned factories on the mainland, and you will find that assembly line wages average $120 a month.

But Taiwan's advantage goes way beyond cheap labor. The island combines an entrepreneurial culture with effective government involvement. The Hsinchu-based Industrial Technology Research Institute is a collection of labs that works closely with local companies. It has 4,300 engineers striving to match the best that the West, Japan, and Korea can offer in fields such as microelectronics and optoelectronics. The government-backed Institute has alliances with scientists from MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon University in the U.S. Companies such as TSMC and cross-town rival United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC ) have their origins in ITRI technology.

The result is one of the deepest reserves of high-tech talent in the world. It starts with figures such as Chang, who was present at the creation of Taiwanese tech. Walk into Fab 12, TSMC's multibillion-dollar facility in Hsinchu, and off to your left you'll see a giant portrait of the chairman sitting, pipe in hand, in an armchair. Surrounding him are scenes from his life -- as a child in Hong Kong, as a student at Harvard, and as TSMC chief at the company's debut on the New York Stock Exchange. But the silver-haired Chang, 73, isn't done yet. He's still working hard to beat rivals UMC in Taiwan and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) in Shanghai. He's also pushing Taiwan's politicians to build up the island's schooling. "I wish we had a world-class university," he says.

Chang and other tech leaders blend Western values -- Chang took liberal-arts classes at Harvard before studying mechanical engineering at MIT -- with Asian culture. One minute Jonney Shih, Asustek's 52-year-old founder, will be discussing Six Sigma best practices and the next minute he'll be evoking the Changshan snake described in Sun Tzu's Art of War. When attacked at one end, the serpent counterattacks with the other. "We need that kind of fast reaction," says Shih.

The quick reflexes of Taiwanese like Shih make all the difference. Unlike Korea, where Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. dominate, Taiwan is composed of smaller and nimbler outfits. When Taiwanese companies get too large, they tend to spin off businesses and refocus. Hence, in 2001 computer maker Acer Inc. begat consumer electronics company BenQ and LCD panel maker AU Optronics. The Hsinchu-based chip design houses spun off from UMC include MediaTek and Novatek, a designer of chips for LCDs.

Some of Taiwan's most important tech companies have also grown by acquiring technology from elsewhere. Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. (CMO) licensed LCD technology from Fujitsu Ltd. (FIJSY ) and hired top engineers to come up with the rest of the expertise it needed to become a leading LCD producer.

All these businesses excel at serving corporate customers. Eighteen months ago, after Intel had made a big bet on Centrino, the wireless Internet system for notebook PCs, the American company sought out a partner that could quickly get Centrino computers to the market. So Intel teamed up with engineers at Acer. Within three months, says Acer CEO J.T. Wang, they not only came up with a high-end Centrino notebook sold under the Acer brand but also mid-tier and even entry-level PCs using Intel's new technology.

Taiwanese companies will do just about anything to please customers. When Quanta was first working on what promised to be a hot new design for a top client, it had to work in total secrecy. Quanta executives guaranteed the U.S. customer that all work would be done in the middle of the night. They even had the assembly line draped in concealing black. Other Taiwanese companies combine discretion with an ability to handle even the smallest orders. HP's Hsiao says he places orders for as few as 10 PCs of a specialized configuration. The Taiwanese can process and ship such an order in 48 hours. "They can change direction overnight," says Hsiao.

This do-whatever-it-takes ethos has led Taiwan's businesses to move to the mainland at astonishing speed. "In 1999 we had about 300 employees" in China, says Alexander Lee, head of operations for Asustek in Suzhou, China. "Now we have more than 45,000." Issues of loyalty don't enter the equation. Acer CEO Wang recently asked his own Taiwanese suppliers if, as good citizens, they'd keep some production in Taiwan. "Their answer was: 'No way,"' he says.

The Taiwanese also play a vital role for rivals on the mainland. Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Beijing computer company Lenovo Group Ltd. (LNVNG ), which just completed its purchase of IBM's PC division, says Lenovo sources components from Taiwanese companies. According to THT Research, Lenovo even buys notebooks from Quanta, Compal, and MiTAC. Liu says that's not the case.

Most important of all, the Taiwanese are the real developers of China's semiconductor industry. Chinese companies such as SMIC (SMI ) depend on squads of Taiwanese executives for knowhow. TSMC is still far ahead but it is starting to focus on China, too. The Taipei government has allowed TSMC to invest $900 million for its own plant in China.

In effect, Taiwan is hoping to control design and innovation while giving over much of its manufacturing to China. When U.S. companies come to Taiwan today, they say, "'This is what we want. Do you have it?"' says Billy Ho, president of MiTAC, which makes smart phones, PDAs, and servers.

Increasingly, the Taiwanese do. Two years ago, MiTAC decided to upgrade the PDAs it sells under its own brand name as well as under several different names in Europe. In discussions with the sales team, Ho recalled how, when he lived near Birmingham, England, he would get baffled by the layout of the city streets. A PDA with GPS, the satellite-controlled global positioning system often found in cars, was the answer. Today, MiTAC is No. 3 globally in PDAs, behind only Dell and HP.

The Taiwanese know they're good at such innovations. But they also know they are being squeezed on price even while they are under relentless pressure to be more creative. "Margins have come screaming out of the PC business because products have become very commoditized," says Michael Marks, CEO of Flextronics Corp. Net margins at Asustek have fallen to 6.4%, from 19% in 2001. The company's 2004 net profit of $484 million was 7% lower than what it was in 2001, although sales nearly tripled in the same period to $8 billion. Both Quanta and Compal have suffered from falling profit margins too, despite fast-rising sales.

Some analysts also wonder how long the Taiwanese will have the edge in chips. "I don't think Taiwan is in the driver's seat anymore," says James C. Mulvenon, co-author of a 2004 Rand Corporation study on Taiwan's and China's chip industries, which concludes that European and Japanese chipmakers will provide China with technology the Taiwanese refuse to share.

One way out is to find new markets. "We have to get into the next wave of products," says Ray Chen, president of Compal. "It can be TVs, cell phones, home digital media centers. We don't know yet." To do that better, Compal plans to double its R&D team. Quanta's beefing up too. In its $20 million partnership with MIT, Quanta is looking at using artificial intelligence to link digital devices that have different operating systems. Quanta boss Barry Lam also identifies autos as a promising area. As control and display systems in cars go digital, the Taiwanese can apply their expertise in making complex components for small spaces.

The other way to stay ahead for Taiwan is to create its own brands and maintain solid margins by delivering better performance and design. A leader in the branding effort is BenQ, which has its own brand of thin-screen TVs and MP3 players. Since its launch in 2001, BenQ has stressed in-house design to make its branded products stand out. Manfred Wang, who runs the BenQ design center, leads a team of 70 designers who have, among other things, come up with a PC monitor whose base can be folded up against it, taking up much less space in shipping. "Our designers are aware of the manufacturing process and that's a big advantage," says Wang, who learned his skills in Germany and once worked at Porsche.

At the heart of Taiwan's effort to reinvent itself is the government research institute, ITRI. It's into everything from new wireless networks to nanotubes that provide backlighting for displays. It's also trying to mix the hard sciences with something softer. Enter Room 131 of Block 53 on the main campus, and you'll find the Creativity Lab. The place looks more like an advertising agency than a high-tech center, with its stuffed animals and a comfy couch for a staff that includes artists, psychologists, and an anthropologist, in addition to engineers. The idea is that getting techies together with liberal arts types will help designers think more broadly, says Wen-Jean Hsueh, a PhD in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology who is the lab's head. "We know we have strong manufacturing and engineering," she says. "But we have to look beyond this."

Even this fresh effort has to build on Taiwan's engineering corps, which can't expand enough to meet all of Taiwan's needs. With so many companies expanding research and development, "we have to fight very hard to get experienced guys," says Hsiao-ping Lin, head of Faraday Technology, which specializes in chip design services. He hopes to hire Indian engineers, but adds, "in the long run, we will set up an R&D center in mainland China."

That shift to China is understandably of great concern to Taiwan's political and business leaders. But it may be inevitable. "The market here is so much more important than Taiwan's," says Lawrence Ho, the Taiwan-born owner of online music startup 8LaNetwork Inc., which has its headquarters in Beijing's trendy Jianwai Soho district. Ho also appreciates how hard his mainland employees are willing to work -- as many as 90 hours a week.

Taiwan clearly has lots to worry about, but it's also renowned for its resilience. Intel's John Antone compares Taiwan to long-distance runners who are being challenged but who are still in the lead. "As long as they're committed to run very aggressively," he says, "I don't see anyone catching them." Competitors be warned: Taiwan will do everything it can to stay in the race

經過一番漫長的努力與等待，
辛苦終於沒有白費，
申請、考試、面談、口試，英語測驗都順利通過。
原來人生的起跑點很多，好似隨時都有新的轉捩點，
只消著實面對，由衷感謝每一次擁有的機會，
真正的看清自己，為目標付諸行動！
越過了一座山，遠方的美景更盛，更值得我去追尋！

我喜歡出發　喜歡離開
喜歡一生中都能有新的夢想
千山萬水　隨意行去
不管星辰指引的是什麼方向

我喜歡停留　喜歡長久
喜歡在園裡種下千棵果樹
靜待冬雷夏雨　春華秋實
喜歡生命裡只有單純的盼望
只有一種安定和緩慢的成長

我喜歡歲月漂洗過後的顏色
喜歡那沒有唱出來的歌

我喜歡在夜裡寫一首長詩
然後再來在這清涼的早上
逐行逐段地檢視
慢慢刪去
每一個與你有著關聯的字