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2007 畢業三十週年阿里山遊記
地點：台灣玉山及阿里山
時間：2007.08.11 to 08.12
相簿：畢業三十週年阿里山遊記
0. 序曲
歷 經兩年的籌劃和半年來的密集執行，在永豐旅旅行社的大力幫忙下，我們終於準備實現期盼了多年的聚會。最後一週了，內心充滿著興奮之情，包括多位旅居美國和 台灣南北三十年不曾見過面的同窗，以及他們的眷屬和家人，都即將現身，重返當年畢業旅行溪阿縱走的目的地阿里山，心情難免激盪。這條溪阿縱走之路，當年花 了僅僅一天的時間，但是這一趟，從畢業二十週年的溪頭之旅到如今，已經整整十年的光景。
距離活動僅剩一週的時間，興祥因公臨時受命前往歐洲開會，出發前夕，才能由英國趕回國。幸好此時蔡光已經由美國回台灣，可以就近擔起決策重任，Andrew 也繼續協助，負責出發前的最後安排和聯絡工作，並和興祥隨時保持聯繫，以防臨時有任何緊急事情需要處理。更大的變數是，此週內，連續來了帕布和梧提兩個輕 度颱風，也帶來了豪大雨，幸好颱風走得快，沒有阻礙活動的進行。
活動前一天，八月十日由錢義隆主辦的 Pre-reunion 聚會，將當天有空的同窗先行聚在一起，在立德台大尊賢會館歡聚午餐，隨後再攜手返回數學系館懷舊，自此掀開此次活動的序幕。
1. 活動第一天：2007.08.11
台北的早晨，天空晴朗，氣候涼爽，微風無雨，非常舒適。在忠孝新生的候車處，除了乃庚醫師全家臨時有事，取消行程外，其餘全員到齊，比預定的時間稍早，準時出發，一個好的開始。Andrew 還特別前來送行，了解一切依照計畫進行。
往新竹的路上，大夥聚在後車廂，焦點話題又是教大一微積分的黃教授和教大二應用解析的楊教授，黃教授的關懷和熱情，對比楊教授的冷漠和無情，產生極大的落 差，或許這也是促使我們這一班更加團結，凝聚力更強，以至於畢業三十年來，一直不斷有著相關的聚會和活動。如今大夥活了半輩子，當年的成績也不是爭議和煩惱的重點，反而是飯後茶餘之際的話題和消遣。
在新竹的光明加油站，順利接上永進夫婦、晃忠及其女兒玉軒；反之，在嘉義的接人就沒那麼順 利，司機弄錯地點，因而和三益的候車地點是在高速公路下來的兩個相反方向的中埔加油站。考慮大車迴轉的困難和前往玉山的之順向性，還是請三益帶著振芳ㄧ家人(方芝和式寧)開車過來。內心對司機的粗心大意深感不安，但也不能形於顏色，以免影響他的開車情緒，幸好這是這趟旅行中的唯一例外，後續沒再出過差錯。Sophia 則在此段時間，有公事需要長時間的電話聯絡，在等人的二十分鐘內，順利完成工作，否則再走下去，山區道路收訊不良，嚴重影響通話品質，要達成使命恐怕有困難；這也是司機誤打誤撞，間接協助完成任務的小小插曲。
中午由奮起湖飯店送來的便當是裝在鋼製的便當盒裡，便當蓋上還打印著【慶祝阿里山鐵路黑頭仔車 96 大壽】，押的是今年聖誕日，便當用完餐，可以帶回家，相當有紀念價值。
塔塔山森林遊樂區坐落在海拔約兩千六百米的高山上，山路顛簸，幾位原來坐在後排的，紛紛轉移陣地到前排，還好路途不是那麼遙遠，最後終於熬過來了。從停車場 到玉山國家遊客中心的短短五分鐘的路上，雨勢頗大，大部分的人身體皆打溼了。Amy 禦寒衣物不足，臨時買了件外套；大頭買了不少輕便雨衣，送給大家防雨。二樓餐廳本來是不開伙的，看到我們這批大雨天中難得的訪客，也特別燒了鍋奶茶，讓大 家熱熱身。
大雨沒有稍停的跡象，因而到鐵木杉、夫妻樹之步道行程臨時取消。二千六百年的神木，就座落在大馬路旁，走路來回也只要一刻鐘。不畏寒冷和大雨的伙伴蔡光、之舜、興祥、鄭晃忠及其千金，特別撐著傘走了一趟。回到旅社，提早休息，也沖沖熱水澡，以免感冒。
晚餐準時開動，以山上的水準，五千元一桌的菜色是相當豐富的，包括芋頭扣肉、白斬雞、紅蟳油飯、蛤仔炒絲瓜、蒜頭蝦、香爆山蘇、酥炸竹雞、四色拼盤(鮑魚、牛腱、鴨賞、涼筍)，外加兩瓶每瓶八百元的 2004 年台灣國宴用紅酒 MoutonCadet，相當盡興。外頭雨勢下個不停，也沒有停止的跡象，晚飯後決定取消明早阿里山之日出之旅，讓大家有個充足的睡眠，改逛二萬平的黑森林步道及鐵道。
餐後在 KTV 室，帶來美酒以及幾道小菜和水果，又繼續談將起來；晨萍由於母親肝癌，臨時無法成行，特別送給大家每人多片音樂 CD 片，大夥也特地打電話輪流向她及她媽咪問好。然後進入 KTV 的活動高峰，美琪在大頭要求下唱了ㄧ首，多數人皆開懷地展喉大唱一番。節目進行到約九點半，突然間全部斷電，只剩下緊急照明，此時剛好安排玉軒和式寧的表演，她們的個性皆非常開朗又聰明伶俐，笑話和成語故事紮實有趣，謎語和腦筋急轉彎則考倒我們這群老頭。外頭雨聲非常大，小孩聲音小，榮鎮建議用麥克風，大 頭糗他ㄧ頓，喇叭沒電啦！
停電期間，蔡光、興祥、榮鎮、永進夫婦藉著微弱的緊急照明燈，一直留在 KTV 室喝酒聊天，十一點正，KTV 室的電恢復了，但是也是關門的時候了，五個人又移往飯店大廳繼續聊。聊到翁瑞揚每次打麻將聽牌都會臉紅的往事，最後也收手將麻將丟入醉月湖，過了幾個禮 拜，又被興祥帶著幾位橄欖球隊友撿回來，修修補補，上上已經脫落的漆，最後這付牌成為【三段八號】夥伴們之消遣工具。到了凌晨十二點半，大夥累了，才各自回房休息；永進和興祥則意猶未盡，利用二樓的餐廳繼續看書和記載旅遊的趣事，回房休息時，已經將近二點。
2. 活動第二天：2007.08.12
昨晚強烈的風雨打在美琪、齊平中夫婦之兩間小木屋上，美琪稱之為萬馬奔騰，睡眠難免受影響；平中夫婦則回台一陣子了，比較習慣台灣的氣候，也就處之泰然。
早餐蠻豐富的，粥、小菜、青菜、洋蔥蛋、海帶、玉米湯，外加吐司、饅頭，隨自己的需要取用，平中夫婦是基督徒，飯前須禱告，其他同桌人士則無此限制。接近八 點半結束用餐的時刻，三益注意到振芳家庭還未下來用餐，緊急由我負責到房間找人，才知道其ㄚ頭睡得晚了，還正在整裝。早餐延到九點結束，讓晚起的伙伴用餐 無須太過匆忙。今天恰逢式寧生日，事情一忙，忘了道聲生日快樂，後來在回程的車上，全車送她一個大大的生日快樂歌，蛋糕則要振芳回家後再買給她。
九點準時由飯店出發走步道，對面塔塔山隱隱約約在雲霧的空檔中出現，大部分的人取道黑森林步道。Sophia 擔心森林步道階梯路滑，其全家改走鐵道，雨勢下個不停，估算好時間回飯店，湊巧遇見另一隊人馬，已經在稍早些時分回來，時間有些匆忙，整理好行李，踏向奮 起湖之路。
離開二萬平青年活動中心不久，除了感謝大家的配合調整行程外，也同時公佈邱如月於今年一月病逝的不幸消息，三益兄細數和她交往最後幾個月的經過。如月因為糖尿病，引發腎臟疾病，每週需要洗腎二到三次，對如月來說是相當沉重的負擔和痛苦的事，在今年一月的洗腎過程中昏迷，送到成大醫院急救，不久就過世了，最後確定死因是腦水腫。死亡對如月或許是一種解脫，對我們來說則是無窮盡的思念。全體為她默哀，美琪去年12月還和三益去看過她 呢！想不到不久就過世了，蔡光要大家看開些，心情不要再沉悶，該面對的遲早總須面對。
坐落在奮起湖新火車站旁的老街海拔1405米，是全台最高的老街。小店鋪聚集的小街道約有五十米，人潮洶湧。隨後轉入柴油車和蒸汽老火車頭的展示室，古色古香，頗有歷史意義。
踏入奮起湖大飯店，湊巧遇見常在電視上做廣告的奮起湖便當的本尊，也是飯店的老闆，在他的首肯下，我們翹起大拇指合照了幾張相，台灣第一是我們共同的理念。
午餐實在很豐盛，從人參燉烏骨雞、茶酥野生蜂蛹、熱炒柳松菇、藥膳荷葉山鱒、養生竹桶蝦、碧綠雙脆、鐵板鴕鳥肉、畚箕雙色豆腐、三杯田雞、檳榔花，到風味石 頭鮮魚湯(沙岩)以及水果甜點等，不只多，實在是太多太多，還剩下許多吃不完，幸好三益兄願意將這些剩菜包回家，不然真是浪費。
飯後全體 和飯店本尊又合照了幾張相，在大雨威脅下，大部分的人逛可以遮風避雨的新市集，Sophia 和興祥則在導遊一路摸索下，終於找到奮起湖文化中心，對於畚箕湖的由來有了較為明確的了解。叫了三杯檜木咖啡，每杯一百元的價位相當高，但是其味道走樣， 感覺則完全是另一回事；檜木和咖啡的組合非常的不協調，檜木是拿來聞的，不是泡來喝的。沿著木製階梯走回停車場的路上，被大雨打落的新松枝稀稀落落的躺在 階梯上，昨晚的雨勢想必相當大，路過一個百香果園，導遊突然說那是時鐘果，也解開我小時學到的「土結索」之謎，原來後者是日文發音的時鐘果。
離開奮起湖是活動準備結束的時候了，回來的感覺真好，一路上就是唱歌，唱個不停。沿途送回嘉義、新竹的同窗，回到台北已經八點半，也終於是曲終人散的時候。互道珍重，期望2012年再相會。
3. 後記
千鈞一髮之際，此次的活動和三個颱風差身而過，在風雨中，在高山上，度過非常難得的三十週年聚會，大雨沒有澆熄我們的熱情，大風沒有吹走我們的喜悅，在嘹喨的歌聲中，期盼了兩年的活動，終於順利圓滿落幕，感謝大家的熱情參與。
時間：2007.08.11 to 08.12
相簿：畢業三十週年阿里山遊記
0. 序曲
歷 經兩年的籌劃和半年來的密集執行，在永豐旅旅行社的大力幫忙下，我們終於準備實現期盼了多年的聚會。最後一週了，內心充滿著興奮之情，包括多位旅居美國和 台灣南北三十年不曾見過面的同窗，以及他們的眷屬和家人，都即將現身，重返當年畢業旅行溪阿縱走的目的地阿里山，心情難免激盪。這條溪阿縱走之路，當年花 了僅僅一天的時間，但是這一趟，從畢業二十週年的溪頭之旅到如今，已經整整十年的光景。
距離活動僅剩一週的時間，興祥因公臨時受命前往歐洲開會，出發前夕，才能由英國趕回國。幸好此時蔡光已經由美國回台灣，可以就近擔起決策重任，Andrew 也繼續協助，負責出發前的最後安排和聯絡工作，並和興祥隨時保持聯繫，以防臨時有任何緊急事情需要處理。更大的變數是，此週內，連續來了帕布和梧提兩個輕 度颱風，也帶來了豪大雨，幸好颱風走得快，沒有阻礙活動的進行。
活動前一天，八月十日由錢義隆主辦的 Pre-reunion 聚會，將當天有空的同窗先行聚在一起，在立德台大尊賢會館歡聚午餐，隨後再攜手返回數學系館懷舊，自此掀開此次活動的序幕。
1. 活動第一天：2007.08.11
台北的早晨，天空晴朗，氣候涼爽，微風無雨，非常舒適。在忠孝新生的候車處，除了乃庚醫師全家臨時有事，取消行程外，其餘全員到齊，比預定的時間稍早，準時出發，一個好的開始。Andrew 還特別前來送行，了解一切依照計畫進行。
往新竹的路上，大夥聚在後車廂，焦點話題又是教大一微積分的黃教授和教大二應用解析的楊教授，黃教授的關懷和熱情，對比楊教授的冷漠和無情，產生極大的落 差，或許這也是促使我們這一班更加團結，凝聚力更強，以至於畢業三十年來，一直不斷有著相關的聚會和活動。如今大夥活了半輩子，當年的成績也不是爭議和煩惱的重點，反而是飯後茶餘之際的話題和消遣。
在新竹的光明加油站，順利接上永進夫婦、晃忠及其女兒玉軒；反之，在嘉義的接人就沒那麼順 利，司機弄錯地點，因而和三益的候車地點是在高速公路下來的兩個相反方向的中埔加油站。考慮大車迴轉的困難和前往玉山的之順向性，還是請三益帶著振芳ㄧ家人(方芝和式寧)開車過來。內心對司機的粗心大意深感不安，但也不能形於顏色，以免影響他的開車情緒，幸好這是這趟旅行中的唯一例外，後續沒再出過差錯。Sophia 則在此段時間，有公事需要長時間的電話聯絡，在等人的二十分鐘內，順利完成工作，否則再走下去，山區道路收訊不良，嚴重影響通話品質，要達成使命恐怕有困難；這也是司機誤打誤撞，間接協助完成任務的小小插曲。
中午由奮起湖飯店送來的便當是裝在鋼製的便當盒裡，便當蓋上還打印著【慶祝阿里山鐵路黑頭仔車 96 大壽】，押的是今年聖誕日，便當用完餐，可以帶回家，相當有紀念價值。
塔塔山森林遊樂區坐落在海拔約兩千六百米的高山上，山路顛簸，幾位原來坐在後排的，紛紛轉移陣地到前排，還好路途不是那麼遙遠，最後終於熬過來了。從停車場 到玉山國家遊客中心的短短五分鐘的路上，雨勢頗大，大部分的人身體皆打溼了。Amy 禦寒衣物不足，臨時買了件外套；大頭買了不少輕便雨衣，送給大家防雨。二樓餐廳本來是不開伙的，看到我們這批大雨天中難得的訪客，也特別燒了鍋奶茶，讓大 家熱熱身。
大雨沒有稍停的跡象，因而到鐵木杉、夫妻樹之步道行程臨時取消。二千六百年的神木，就座落在大馬路旁，走路來回也只要一刻鐘。不畏寒冷和大雨的伙伴蔡光、之舜、興祥、鄭晃忠及其千金，特別撐著傘走了一趟。回到旅社，提早休息，也沖沖熱水澡，以免感冒。
晚餐準時開動，以山上的水準，五千元一桌的菜色是相當豐富的，包括芋頭扣肉、白斬雞、紅蟳油飯、蛤仔炒絲瓜、蒜頭蝦、香爆山蘇、酥炸竹雞、四色拼盤(鮑魚、牛腱、鴨賞、涼筍)，外加兩瓶每瓶八百元的 2004 年台灣國宴用紅酒 MoutonCadet，相當盡興。外頭雨勢下個不停，也沒有停止的跡象，晚飯後決定取消明早阿里山之日出之旅，讓大家有個充足的睡眠，改逛二萬平的黑森林步道及鐵道。
餐後在 KTV 室，帶來美酒以及幾道小菜和水果，又繼續談將起來；晨萍由於母親肝癌，臨時無法成行，特別送給大家每人多片音樂 CD 片，大夥也特地打電話輪流向她及她媽咪問好。然後進入 KTV 的活動高峰，美琪在大頭要求下唱了ㄧ首，多數人皆開懷地展喉大唱一番。節目進行到約九點半，突然間全部斷電，只剩下緊急照明，此時剛好安排玉軒和式寧的表演，她們的個性皆非常開朗又聰明伶俐，笑話和成語故事紮實有趣，謎語和腦筋急轉彎則考倒我們這群老頭。外頭雨聲非常大，小孩聲音小，榮鎮建議用麥克風，大 頭糗他ㄧ頓，喇叭沒電啦！
停電期間，蔡光、興祥、榮鎮、永進夫婦藉著微弱的緊急照明燈，一直留在 KTV 室喝酒聊天，十一點正，KTV 室的電恢復了，但是也是關門的時候了，五個人又移往飯店大廳繼續聊。聊到翁瑞揚每次打麻將聽牌都會臉紅的往事，最後也收手將麻將丟入醉月湖，過了幾個禮 拜，又被興祥帶著幾位橄欖球隊友撿回來，修修補補，上上已經脫落的漆，最後這付牌成為【三段八號】夥伴們之消遣工具。到了凌晨十二點半，大夥累了，才各自回房休息；永進和興祥則意猶未盡，利用二樓的餐廳繼續看書和記載旅遊的趣事，回房休息時，已經將近二點。
2. 活動第二天：2007.08.12
昨晚強烈的風雨打在美琪、齊平中夫婦之兩間小木屋上，美琪稱之為萬馬奔騰，睡眠難免受影響；平中夫婦則回台一陣子了，比較習慣台灣的氣候，也就處之泰然。
早餐蠻豐富的，粥、小菜、青菜、洋蔥蛋、海帶、玉米湯，外加吐司、饅頭，隨自己的需要取用，平中夫婦是基督徒，飯前須禱告，其他同桌人士則無此限制。接近八 點半結束用餐的時刻，三益注意到振芳家庭還未下來用餐，緊急由我負責到房間找人，才知道其ㄚ頭睡得晚了，還正在整裝。早餐延到九點結束，讓晚起的伙伴用餐 無須太過匆忙。今天恰逢式寧生日，事情一忙，忘了道聲生日快樂，後來在回程的車上，全車送她一個大大的生日快樂歌，蛋糕則要振芳回家後再買給她。
九點準時由飯店出發走步道，對面塔塔山隱隱約約在雲霧的空檔中出現，大部分的人取道黑森林步道。Sophia 擔心森林步道階梯路滑，其全家改走鐵道，雨勢下個不停，估算好時間回飯店，湊巧遇見另一隊人馬，已經在稍早些時分回來，時間有些匆忙，整理好行李，踏向奮 起湖之路。
離開二萬平青年活動中心不久，除了感謝大家的配合調整行程外，也同時公佈邱如月於今年一月病逝的不幸消息，三益兄細數和她交往最後幾個月的經過。如月因為糖尿病，引發腎臟疾病，每週需要洗腎二到三次，對如月來說是相當沉重的負擔和痛苦的事，在今年一月的洗腎過程中昏迷，送到成大醫院急救，不久就過世了，最後確定死因是腦水腫。死亡對如月或許是一種解脫，對我們來說則是無窮盡的思念。全體為她默哀，美琪去年12月還和三益去看過她 呢！想不到不久就過世了，蔡光要大家看開些，心情不要再沉悶，該面對的遲早總須面對。
坐落在奮起湖新火車站旁的老街海拔1405米，是全台最高的老街。小店鋪聚集的小街道約有五十米，人潮洶湧。隨後轉入柴油車和蒸汽老火車頭的展示室，古色古香，頗有歷史意義。
踏入奮起湖大飯店，湊巧遇見常在電視上做廣告的奮起湖便當的本尊，也是飯店的老闆，在他的首肯下，我們翹起大拇指合照了幾張相，台灣第一是我們共同的理念。
午餐實在很豐盛，從人參燉烏骨雞、茶酥野生蜂蛹、熱炒柳松菇、藥膳荷葉山鱒、養生竹桶蝦、碧綠雙脆、鐵板鴕鳥肉、畚箕雙色豆腐、三杯田雞、檳榔花，到風味石 頭鮮魚湯(沙岩)以及水果甜點等，不只多，實在是太多太多，還剩下許多吃不完，幸好三益兄願意將這些剩菜包回家，不然真是浪費。
飯後全體 和飯店本尊又合照了幾張相，在大雨威脅下，大部分的人逛可以遮風避雨的新市集，Sophia 和興祥則在導遊一路摸索下，終於找到奮起湖文化中心，對於畚箕湖的由來有了較為明確的了解。叫了三杯檜木咖啡，每杯一百元的價位相當高，但是其味道走樣， 感覺則完全是另一回事；檜木和咖啡的組合非常的不協調，檜木是拿來聞的，不是泡來喝的。沿著木製階梯走回停車場的路上，被大雨打落的新松枝稀稀落落的躺在 階梯上，昨晚的雨勢想必相當大，路過一個百香果園，導遊突然說那是時鐘果，也解開我小時學到的「土結索」之謎，原來後者是日文發音的時鐘果。
離開奮起湖是活動準備結束的時候了，回來的感覺真好，一路上就是唱歌，唱個不停。沿途送回嘉義、新竹的同窗，回到台北已經八點半，也終於是曲終人散的時候。互道珍重，期望2012年再相會。
3. 後記
千鈞一髮之際，此次的活動和三個颱風差身而過，在風雨中，在高山上，度過非常難得的三十週年聚會，大雨沒有澆熄我們的熱情，大風沒有吹走我們的喜悅，在嘹喨的歌聲中，期盼了兩年的活動，終於順利圓滿落幕，感謝大家的熱情參與。
2007/08/01
2006/08/05
TN 2006 Gathering, Recap
Album: TN 2006 Gathering, Recap
Where: Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan’s residence in
When:
Who:
Yung-Way (永慰), Chung-Yuan (春媛), Yeh-Geun (一駿), Mei-Chi (美琪), Chi-Yen (霽顏), Zhi-Shun (之舜), Chienli (茜莉), Jing-Chung (敬中), Tsai Kuang (蔡光).
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I arrived at Yung-Way (永慰) & Chung-Yuan's (春媛) farm in Tennessee around 7pm on 8/5. It was as hot and humid as in
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Yeh-Geun (一駿) was the first to arrive on 8/6. He drove to
Mei-Chi (美琪) was next to arrive on 8/6. She and her hubby, Hseuh-Chia, drove 8-hour straight from
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All TN Gathering classmates arrived at Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan's on 8/7, except for Chienli (茜莉) and Yu-The (豫德). Yu-Teh called in sick that morning, coming down with a terrible fever that lasted a whole week while all of us had fun! (Yu-Teh is now up and running, and vows to attend the 30-year all-cast reunion no matter what!) Chienli had scheduled her arrival late on the next day – completely ignoring my warning not to do so! As she must regret a little by now: a lot of chatting were missed. I myself bear some responsibility here, however: it was I who randomly picked 8/8, a weekday, as the TN Gathering D-day way back in October 2005. Sorry Chienli: I couldn't quite think straight then as I was in the middle of a post-gathering trance! I vow not to do the same no more!
Chi-Yen arrived first on 8/7, lunch eaten, after Yung-Way/Chung-Yuan, Yeh-Geun and I all waited for him – for lunch! Probably guilt-driven, and nearing his big birthday too, Da-tou ended up picking up the dinner tap that evening for the entire gang! As I tried to tell everybody after the LA2005 Gathering, we really ought to cut Da-tou some slack despite his "obnoxiousness" on the surface! Deep down Da-tou is really a very gentle puppy – really!
Jing-Chung (敬中) arrived next on 8/7. Jing-Chung is what I jokingly call "an eagle with a big nest": he brought his entire family of five, wife Brenda and three daughters Jennifer/Alison/Christina! Prior to meeting Jing-Chung last year, I always thought I was the "bravest" one: living in a "female dorm" with wife and two daughters. I bet you a whole dollar that the toilet seats in Jing-Chung's house are all in the same configuration as those in mine! Jing-Chung's family had been on the road a few days prior to arriving at
What happened next was a total memory mess-up on my part. With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight I can now perfectly reconstruct what went wrong with my almighty memory bank: (1) Jing-Chung & Da-bao were due to arrive on the same day – one in late afternoon, and one in early evening, (2) Jing-Chung arrived in late afternoon – opposite to what I originally estimated, hence, (3) Da-bao must be arriving in the early evening of 8/7. Equipped with that "impeccable" logic, I rushed the whole gang out for a dinner at a local restaurant, fully anticipating Da-bao's arrival way after the dinner. (That, plus I really enjoyed making Da-tou pay for dinner/lunch/breakfast, etc.) Long story short, the whole gang slowly strolled back to Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan's farm, just to find Da-bao's whole family apparently arrived at an "empty door" earlier, waited for quit some time, and had no choice but to feed the kids first without Da-tou's financial support! Forgive my faulty memory my friends: I had only 8 hours of sleep over the passing two nights!
Luckily not enough damage was done because of my goofy brain cells: another fact-finding expedition immediately ensued upon classmates' convergence, a lot of which centered around which faculty members did what to whom, and which of us did what to them! Most of us (re)learned that our graduation dance was held in the Math Library, and I myself learned that we did have a graduation dance! And, how about that funky required course of Deutch in the sophomore year? I don't know about you, but I honestly have zero recollection of attending the class! I actually don't even recall passing it at all, though I must have somehow slipped through the professor's radar screen! As with the LA2005 Gathering, chatting marathon like this is always precious: the night was long, but never long enough! Mei-Chi and Jing-Chung finally gave in to their family members and went back to their respective hotels for some much needed rest; Da-bao also waved white-flag and retired with his entire family near
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This was the main TN 2006 Gathering day. Coincidentally, it was also Da-tou's birthday. Da-bao's family rose early, refreshed and eager for action. (Except, of course, for his teen-aged son Gregory! Can't blame Gregory here: we were all like that ourselves at that age, weren't we?) Jing-Chung's family also emerged early, ready for action. Yeh-Geun and I, still sleepy-eyed, had no choice but to follow Yung-Way's lead and accompanied the whole gang down to the little creek at the far end of the farm. The short outing proved eventful: lots of crawfish to catch, a few mysterious hard-to-catch fish, lots of fist-eyed cows mooing around us, complaining about our intrusion to their only source of water! Mei-Chi/Hseuh-Chia and Da-tou joined the gang as the kids played with the neighboring farmer's two lonely horses and mule, feeding them with Yung-Way's pear tree leaves - all furnished by me, the real tree killer! More pictures were taken before we all headed back to Chung-Yuan's kitchen for more civilized treats.
Although we male classmates all vowed not to make Da-tou's turning 50++ the main theme of the TN 2006 Gathering, some of our soft-hearted female classmates still managed to prepare some champagne and b-day cake for the occasion! (Perhaps the ladies knew Da-tou is a gentle puppy all along, but were never willing to admit it!) Either way, I did manage to augment the wordings on the cake from "big-head" to "dog-head," more closely reflecting the reality that he is a gentle puppy! Keyword being gentle, of course ;-) Chienli's family finally arrived around
Jing-Chung and family left around
Yung-Way, Chi-Yen, Yeh-Geun and I continued to chat deeper into the night, while Chung-Yuan and Chienli – now the only cats around – wisely evaded the 4-dog crowd and went for their beauty sleep! (I could be very wrong here: the "cats" might actually be chatting somewhere else without us 4 dogs!) Yeh-Geun continued to reiterate how cats tend to constantly cast the dogs into the keeper/lover bins, Chi-Yen continued to assert dogs are smarter than the cats, and I continued to insist dogs are constantly casting the cats into the same two bins too! Please don't feel left out if you have no clue what I've just said: first, you've got to be there yourself, and, secondly, it was late and even the dogs themselves didn't know what exactly they were barking about! Also, please don’t get mad if you do know what I've just said: dogs just have to bark after a long day, justifiable or not!
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This was the first day of our side trip to the
A total of 4 cars were used for the side trip: Da-bao's and Chienli's in their own family rental, Yung-Way/Chung-Yuan/Eddie rode in Chi-Yen's rental, and I rode with Yeu-Geun in his personal car. We managed to arrive at our 6-room cabin in
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This turned out to be a busy fun-filled day of our mountain side trip! Strongly urged by Yeh-Geun, we all went for white water rafting in the morning of 8/10. This was the first time I ever had fun rafting: the water was warm enough for me, and the rapids were not too drastic for my taste! I believed everybody, especially the young ones, had great fun doing it; and I would strongly encourage all classmates to call Yeh-Geun up whenever you're near the
The afternoon of 8/10 was spent on "climbing" the Clingman's Dome in the
Yeh-Geun went his separate way after our Clingman’s hike around 630 pm: he had a 3-hour drive back to Georgia ahead of him, and he needed to clear the mountain areas before sundown as the fuel level of his car was really low! (He made it home in one piece!) Before parting the gang, however, Yeh-Geun pulled me aside and promised he will do his best to attend the all-cast reunion in August 2007. That really made my day: the more, the merrier I said! Hope to see you there Yeh-Geun – and Arh-Zeu, and the surfing daughter I must add!
The dinner show at Dixie Stamped was an interesting treat: it was like the medieval dinner show where knights were pitched against each others while the audience dined and cheered for their own knights, except here the North and South of the American Civil War replaced the knights! One thing I learned that might be of interest to you should you ever visit Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan’s turf: it’s a bit awkward cheering for the North in
We all began with good intent when love was raw and young.
We believed that we could change ourselves, and past can be undone.
But we carried on our back the burdens time always revealed,
In the lonely light of morning; in the wounds that would not heal!
To all my old friends who still harbor any amount of awkwardness/bitterness/regrets: Time always heals if only you let it! (Or, should I say, if and only if? I’d better get off this chain of thoughts fast before Mei-Chi began to test my make-believe “mathematical prowess” again!)
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The mountain-going gang arose early this day, fully recharged but a bit sad: this was the day Da-bao’s family had to leave early to catch their flight back to Oakland, California, and this was also the day Chienli’s family would spin off and continued their vacation trip to visit Ernie’s (Chienli’s hubby) college friends in Knoxville, Tennessee. Fair is fair: one gathering for her, and one for him! Hope you had a great time visiting old friends, Ernie, and please gently nudge Chienli toward attending her all-cast reunion in August 2007.
Da-bao’s family began their 200-mile dash for the airport around
The drive back ended with a big lunch at a local restaurant near Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan’s farm. I don’t quite recall who foot the bill other than that it wasn’t me! Whoever did pay, however, I must say: thank you - and the sugar-glazed salmon tasted great! We arrived at the farm after lunch around 1 pm
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I slept through most of the morning of 8/12 and broke my fast with a big lunch prepared by Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan. We chatted more about Rue-Yue before I left Yung-Way & Chung-Yuan's farm around
2005/09/29
LA 2005 Gathering, Recap
Album: LA2005 Gathering, Recap
Where: Tsai Kuang’s residence in
When:
Who:
Mei-Chi (美琪), Yu-Teh (豫德), Chienli (茜莉), Tsai Kuang (蔡光), Yung-Way (永慰), Chi-Yen (霽顏), Zhi-Shun (之舜), An-Yu (安隅), Kai-Ching (開慶 ), Shiaw-Guang (孝光).
[The following article is taken from an e-mail from Tsai Kuang to Sying-Syang (興祥) on 10/12/2005, recapturing the coming and going of the LA2005 Gathering.]
Sying-Syang,
Here's the "report" that I owe you on the NTU_Math77 gathering on
First, the nitty-gritty. The whole thing was started by a chance encounter between Yu-Teh(豫德) & Mei-Chi (美琪) at Calgary, Canada! They were both planning to attend their high school reunion which was scheduled from
Next, the gathering itself. With a few exceptions, most classmates attending the gathering had too short a time together. (This is something we must keep in mind when planning the 30-year all-cast reunion in 2007!) Exception #1: Zh-Shun & Chienli arrived early in the afternoon of
Yu-Teh arrive around noon 9/29/2005, joining Zhi-Shun, Chienli, Chi-Yen and me for a quick Japanese lunch. (Zhi-Shun foot the lunch bill!) I then ran around town picking up Yung-Way and Shiaw-Guang from the local airport near UC Irvine and joined the other 4 early birds at my house. (These are the 7 "early arrivals" in Zhi-Shun's photo album.) Shortly after we took that early-arrival picture, it was Zhi-Shun's turn to run around town and picked up Mei-Chi who, another believe it or not, just finished giving a talk at UCI Math Department. An-Yu and Ping-Ching arrived at my door steps while Zhi-Shun was running around. (For the record: Mei-Chi ended up offering all of us a free lunch for not showing up to mess up her talk! This is something to remember when attending the 30-year all-cast reunion!) The complete convergence occurred around 630pm when Kai-Ching finally arrived. From that point on everything simply ran all by themselves: multiple parallel conversations over 15-dimension vector spaces was the only way I could describe what transpired! Around
Finally, some lessons learned & thoughts on 2007 all-cast reunion.
Lesson #1: Plan ahead - way ahead! This will minimize no-show due to conflict with standing commitments.
Lesson #2: Plan simple food. Anything to lengthen the chatting time outweighs everything else. Catering, or any zero-preparation-time food, is a good way to go.
Lesson #3: Plan whole-day gathering. The longer the merrier, but preferably all classmates must arrive at least one night BEFORE the main gathering date, and leave at least one night AFTER the main gathering date. Arriving, and in particular leaving, on "D-day" is to be avoided at all cost on every classmate’s own behalf!
Thought #1: Conduct a few local warm-up gathering. This has a magical effect on reminding everyone a simple truth: old friends are probably the only persons in the world with zero demand on us. Another magical effect: old friends are the best mirror of ourselves - thing they choose to do, or not to do, really illuminate things in our own little world. You may want to organize a few in
Thought #2: The most logical place for the 2007 all-cast reunion is somewhere in
Thought #3: The most logical time frame for the 2007 all-cast reunion is in summer 2007. This is because a lot of our classmates probably have kids still at school age.
That's all for now. I really hope you can organize a local gathering in
Keep in touch!
-Kuang
1997/08/16
1997 畢業二十週年溪頭行
相簿：畢業二十週年溪頭行
日期：1997/08/16 ~ 08/17
地點：溪頭
1997/08/16:
歷經半年來的聯絡和確證，去年底榮鎮兄提議的畢業20週年聚會終於成行，行前，遠洋中度颱風溫妮遙指台灣，幸好其腳步稍慢，不至於影響此次的聚會。
08/16 當天興祥一家四口(興祥、秀蕙、奕成、奕佑)、加上振芳 9:30 由台北森林公園出發，8:30 繁經載著美琪從南港中研院前行，三益帶著太太惠滿、女兒敬慈11:30 離開台南，永進、春凰夫婦和小孩品璁則從新竹出發。途中，永進兄因牙疼，路上順便看牙醫，春凰嫂也順便將玉牙清洗一番。三部車，在無事先刻意安排下，前後 不到半小時，於 2:30 至 3:00間，陸續抵達溪頭國民旅社，謝謝三益兄的安排，住房一切順利。安頓好行李後，限於時間關係，本預計開車前往神木，因受限於交通管制，最後改由步行 前往大學池，途中雨勢斷斷續續，時大時小，是典型的夏季山區氣候。途中，奕佑買了根玉蜀黍，甜美可口，推薦奕成也來一個，可惜回程時，小販已經收攤。
大學池佈置優雅，除了名符其實的大池塘外，外加三個小涼亭，一大一小的竹搭便橋，散步在上頭，好不舒暢。此時又下起大雨，在涼亭休息的時光哩，三益兄不離本 行，提出流傳在學術界未經證實的三等分角之作圖法，據他所知，可用Conformant Mapping 證之，如果是事實，數學界的三大難題又少了一個。
興祥憶及大三坪林露營，清晨振芳起床，抓了副黑鏡框眼鏡，戴得不合眼，以為半夜睡覺時， 壓歪了眼鏡，因而在營火上猛烤，設法要把眼鏡考回「原狀」，烤了十來分鐘，鏡框也差不多給烤熟了，三益兄起床找不著眼鏡，才發現原來給振芳烤得變了形，幸好眼鏡還堪戴用，振芳也在其床頭找回他真正的眼鏡。
旅社的裝潢，優雅典樸，內牆以木板為主，不加貼皮，留有典型的樹木節點，保有原野風味。旅社房間內，電視、盥洗用具、暖氣等樣樣不缺，然而毛巾只有小小兩條，臉盆、浴缸等有明顯裂紋，排水管也有漏水現象，是美中不足之處。床墊很硬，有家的味道，躺起來很舒服。
晚餐在距離溪頭森林遊樂區 7.5 公里的紫林莊，莊內擺設粗曠，一桌可坐上15人，椅子是原木的圓凳，桌面則是以原木為材料做成的大圓桌，菜色不失野味，包括高麗菜、山貓菜、龍鬚菜、箭 筍、溪魚、溪蝦、滷蹄膀、炸香蕉、土雞、冬筍等12菜2湯，鹹味稍重，頗為入飯，湯菜一掃而空。美琪對台灣啤酒特別喜愛，三益、繁經、興祥也都嘗了一些， 振芳、永進則早已經戒酒。
1997/8/17:
昨晚的二樓，相當吵，喝酒、聊天、打麻將，三益兄較敏感，被吵得受不了，下樓干涉後，並沒有太的的改善。他在床上無法成眠，直到天色微亮，黑夜漸漸遠離，在優雅的鳥叫催眠下，才逐漸進入夢鄉。
我躺在床上翻來覆去睡不著，決定起床開始記下此次旅行的種種，以為紀念。看看錶，五點不到，外頭一片漆黑，房內家人尚在睡覺，披上外衣，在大廳處找著了下筆 的桌椅和電燈開關。雖然不是很舒適，至少工具是齊全了。在寫作的過程中，天色漸漸放亮，大約是 5:30 光景，開始有了遊客活動的足跡。六點不到，終於也趕完了首日的記事。
約七點半，將奕成輕輕叫醒，秀蕙、奕佑不久也陸續起床，上午的溪頭森林頗清涼，踏出房們，湊巧三益一家也起床。在無事先約定下下樓，美琪已在漢光樓用餐，其西式早餐，勉勉強強滿足大家的需要。
神木是大家的共識，1500米沿溪而建的山路，對美琪無附著力的涼鞋造成頗大的不便，尤其在下坡路，必須有人參扶，否則極易滑倒。走了約一個半小時，在十點半，終於抵達神木區，2600年的歲月，帶來的是46米高的主體。
在無事先告知下，振芳不見了蹤影，三益似乎有印象振芳在廁所內，在敲們無反應，苦後又無人下，三益爬上相鄰的廁所，看個究竟，肯定振芳確實在裡面，由於蹲著 時，背朝門，無法感受門被三益大力敲打的感覺。焦急等候的夥伴，獲知三益的作法，莫不哄堂大笑，直到振芳出來，還無法停止。由於聽力不佳，又沒人願意做進 一步的解釋，結果是，當事人蒙在股裡，納悶大伙兒到底在笑些什麼。
此時，時間已晚，在溫妮颱風的威脅下，今天的行程受了些許擠壓，決定午飯後立即啟程。鹿谷全筍餐廳提供的午餐美味可口，八菜一湯 $2,000，經濟實惠。
午餐後，各奔前程，結束此次大學畢業後二十週年的聚會，是同學會，也是全家出遊的好日子。溫妮颱風步調剛剛好，不影響此次的聚會，回程風雨不至於太大，隔天週一放個颱風假，剛好可以好好休息一番。
日期：1997/08/16 ~ 08/17
地點：溪頭
1997/08/16:
歷經半年來的聯絡和確證，去年底榮鎮兄提議的畢業20週年聚會終於成行，行前，遠洋中度颱風溫妮遙指台灣，幸好其腳步稍慢，不至於影響此次的聚會。
08/16 當天興祥一家四口(興祥、秀蕙、奕成、奕佑)、加上振芳 9:30 由台北森林公園出發，8:30 繁經載著美琪從南港中研院前行，三益帶著太太惠滿、女兒敬慈11:30 離開台南，永進、春凰夫婦和小孩品璁則從新竹出發。途中，永進兄因牙疼，路上順便看牙醫，春凰嫂也順便將玉牙清洗一番。三部車，在無事先刻意安排下，前後 不到半小時，於 2:30 至 3:00間，陸續抵達溪頭國民旅社，謝謝三益兄的安排，住房一切順利。安頓好行李後，限於時間關係，本預計開車前往神木，因受限於交通管制，最後改由步行 前往大學池，途中雨勢斷斷續續，時大時小，是典型的夏季山區氣候。途中，奕佑買了根玉蜀黍，甜美可口，推薦奕成也來一個，可惜回程時，小販已經收攤。
大學池佈置優雅，除了名符其實的大池塘外，外加三個小涼亭，一大一小的竹搭便橋，散步在上頭，好不舒暢。此時又下起大雨，在涼亭休息的時光哩，三益兄不離本 行，提出流傳在學術界未經證實的三等分角之作圖法，據他所知，可用Conformant Mapping 證之，如果是事實，數學界的三大難題又少了一個。
興祥憶及大三坪林露營，清晨振芳起床，抓了副黑鏡框眼鏡，戴得不合眼，以為半夜睡覺時， 壓歪了眼鏡，因而在營火上猛烤，設法要把眼鏡考回「原狀」，烤了十來分鐘，鏡框也差不多給烤熟了，三益兄起床找不著眼鏡，才發現原來給振芳烤得變了形，幸好眼鏡還堪戴用，振芳也在其床頭找回他真正的眼鏡。
旅社的裝潢，優雅典樸，內牆以木板為主，不加貼皮，留有典型的樹木節點，保有原野風味。旅社房間內，電視、盥洗用具、暖氣等樣樣不缺，然而毛巾只有小小兩條，臉盆、浴缸等有明顯裂紋，排水管也有漏水現象，是美中不足之處。床墊很硬，有家的味道，躺起來很舒服。
晚餐在距離溪頭森林遊樂區 7.5 公里的紫林莊，莊內擺設粗曠，一桌可坐上15人，椅子是原木的圓凳，桌面則是以原木為材料做成的大圓桌，菜色不失野味，包括高麗菜、山貓菜、龍鬚菜、箭 筍、溪魚、溪蝦、滷蹄膀、炸香蕉、土雞、冬筍等12菜2湯，鹹味稍重，頗為入飯，湯菜一掃而空。美琪對台灣啤酒特別喜愛，三益、繁經、興祥也都嘗了一些， 振芳、永進則早已經戒酒。
1997/8/17:
昨晚的二樓，相當吵，喝酒、聊天、打麻將，三益兄較敏感，被吵得受不了，下樓干涉後，並沒有太的的改善。他在床上無法成眠，直到天色微亮，黑夜漸漸遠離，在優雅的鳥叫催眠下，才逐漸進入夢鄉。
我躺在床上翻來覆去睡不著，決定起床開始記下此次旅行的種種，以為紀念。看看錶，五點不到，外頭一片漆黑，房內家人尚在睡覺，披上外衣，在大廳處找著了下筆 的桌椅和電燈開關。雖然不是很舒適，至少工具是齊全了。在寫作的過程中，天色漸漸放亮，大約是 5:30 光景，開始有了遊客活動的足跡。六點不到，終於也趕完了首日的記事。
約七點半，將奕成輕輕叫醒，秀蕙、奕佑不久也陸續起床，上午的溪頭森林頗清涼，踏出房們，湊巧三益一家也起床。在無事先約定下下樓，美琪已在漢光樓用餐，其西式早餐，勉勉強強滿足大家的需要。
神木是大家的共識，1500米沿溪而建的山路，對美琪無附著力的涼鞋造成頗大的不便，尤其在下坡路，必須有人參扶，否則極易滑倒。走了約一個半小時，在十點半，終於抵達神木區，2600年的歲月，帶來的是46米高的主體。
在無事先告知下，振芳不見了蹤影，三益似乎有印象振芳在廁所內，在敲們無反應，苦後又無人下，三益爬上相鄰的廁所，看個究竟，肯定振芳確實在裡面，由於蹲著 時，背朝門，無法感受門被三益大力敲打的感覺。焦急等候的夥伴，獲知三益的作法，莫不哄堂大笑，直到振芳出來，還無法停止。由於聽力不佳，又沒人願意做進 一步的解釋，結果是，當事人蒙在股裡，納悶大伙兒到底在笑些什麼。
此時，時間已晚，在溫妮颱風的威脅下，今天的行程受了些許擠壓，決定午飯後立即啟程。鹿谷全筍餐廳提供的午餐美味可口，八菜一湯 $2,000，經濟實惠。
午餐後，各奔前程，結束此次大學畢業後二十週年的聚會，是同學會，也是全家出遊的好日子。溫妮颱風步調剛剛好，不影響此次的聚會，回程風雨不至於太大，隔天週一放個颱風假，剛好可以好好休息一番。
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