星期三, 10月 29, 2014

Humans of New York - Tom Hanks

"So get this. I'm driving down Park Avenue one day and this guy waves for me, so I pull over and I ask him where he's going. He tells me 74th street, and I tell him that's too far for me, because my shift just ended, so he says 'thanks anyway' and walks away. But then I think about it, and I start feeling bad for the guy, cause hey-- I got a conscience. So I call him back to the cab and tell him to hop in. And he gets in the car all excited, all animated, and he's talking about all these things. But he's got his cap pulled down way over his eyes, so I can't see who it is. But pretty soon I start to recognize his voice. And when we get to a light, I turn to him, and I look him in the eye, and I scream: "WIIIIIIILLLSSSSSOOOOOOON!!!" And that really got him. He started laughing hard. He sees that I've got this Ferrari hat on, and a Ferrari shirt too, so he starts calling me 'Mr. Ferrari.' The whole ride, he keeps calling me 'Mr. Ferrari.' So after we get to his destination, we snap a quick photo, and he goes on his way. And I think that's it. But that's not it, cause get this. Over the next few weeks, I just happen to randomly pick up people that know him. People who have acted with him before, people who work with him. And every time, I tell them: 'Tell Mr. Hanks that Mr. Ferrari says 'hello.'" Every time I say that. Then one day I'm driving, and I get a text from one of the people that I'd driven, and it says: 'Mr. Hanks wants to invite you to see his Broadway show.' So I bring my lady to the show, and we get to go backstage and everything, and after the show, we're waiting for him in his dressing room, and he walks in and screams: 'Mr. Ferrari!' Can you believe that story? And you wanna know the craziest thing? The name of his show was 'Lucky Guy.' How crazy is that? Cause that was me. A lucky guy!"

星期二, 10月 21, 2014

前人種樹後人享

21/10/2014 簡單.生活 魏綺珊 「一棵上百年的大樹,可以賣出80萬日圓,如果砍掉整個森林,就可以做億萬富翁。」青年說。老人家回答:「你不能只顧自己的眼前利益。我們現在享有的是祖先留下來給我們的成果,如果砍掉所有樹木,後代子孫怎麼辦?林木業是一行很奇怪的行業,我們現在努力種植栽培,到有收成時,我們都已經死掉。」 這是一段來自日本電影《戀上春樹》的對白,令我對林木業有多一番看法。世代得以生生不息,一切都要靠循環好好利用,否則資源很快便會滅絕耗盡。 如果人人都只顧自己的眼前利益,享盡榮華富貴,用盡一切所有的資源,下一代將會很可憐,不過,有些人認為反正都不知將來怎麼樣,怎顧得那麼多?今朝有酒今朝醉。他們可能也不明白,今天能夠享用的成果,都是前人鋪的路,不是自己這一刻打拼就能積聚得來。前人種樹後人享,下次經過百年大樹,感謝前人所做的一切,才讓你可以在大樹下好好乘涼,讓環境變得美好,為了未來,同樣要為下一代種樹。