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Ramblings of the Forever-12-Year-Old

Friday, January 28, 2005

狗咬呂洞賓, 不識好人心 -- 呂洞賓真的被狗咬嗎?

狗咬呂洞賓,不識好人心,對您我來說,也許是耳熟卻不見得能詳的一句話,看了以下的傳說故事,別再誤以為呂洞賓真的被狗咬,冤枉了一向被視為忠誠的狗狗,好嗎?

狗咬呂洞賓,不識好人心』的傳說故事

苟杳 = 狗咬 (同音)

傳說在蓬萊八仙裡有個呂洞賓,他原是讀書人,但兩次參加科舉考試都未中舉,從此以後,他就再不讀書,而依靠祖輩留下的家產,會客訪友,遊山玩水,過著逍遙自在的日子。

呂洞賓在成仙之前,有個同鄉好友叫苟杳,他父母雙亡,家境十分貧寒。呂洞賓很是同情他,和他結拜為金蘭兄弟。並請他到自己家中居住,希望他能刻苦讀書,以後好有個出頭之日。

一天,呂洞賓家裡來了一位姓林的客人,見苟杳一表人才,讀書用功,便對呂洞賓說:「先生,我想把愚妹許配給苟杳,你看如何?」呂洞賓怕耽誤了苟杳的前程,連忙推托,但苟杳得知後便動心了,就對呂洞賓表示同意這門親事。

呂洞賓說:「林家小 姐貌美賢惠,賢弟既然主義已定,我也不攔阻了,不過成親之後,我要先陪新娘子睡三宿。」苟杳一聽不禁一愣,但思前想後,還是咬牙答應了。苟杳成親這天,呂 洞賓喜氣洋洋,而苟杳卻無臉面見人,乾脆躲到一邊不見面。晚上,洞房裡新娘子頭蓋紅紗,倚床而坐。這時,呂洞賓闖進屋來,也不說話,只管坐到桌前燈下,埋 頭讀書,小姐等到半夜,丈夫還是不上床,只好自己和衣睡下。天明醒來,丈夫早已不見,一連三夜都是這樣,可苦壞了小姐。

苟杳好不容易過了三天,剛進洞房,見娘子正傷心落淚,連忙上前賠禮,小姐只管低頭哭著說:「君,為何三夜竟不上床同眠,只對燈讀書,天黑而來,天明而去?」這一問,問的苟杳目瞪口呆,半天,他才醒悟過來,雙腳一跺,仰天大笑,原來是哥哥怕我貪歡,忘了讀書,用此法來激勵我。哥哥用心,可謂太狠心啊!小姐被苟杳說得丈二和尚摸不著頭腦,待苟杳說明經過,夫妻兩個才雙雙歡喜起來,齊聲說道:「呂兄此恩,我們將來一定報答他!」

幾年後,苟杳果然金榜題名做了大官,夫妻倆與呂洞賓一家灑淚而別,赴任去了。

一 晃八年過去了,這年夏天,呂家不慎失了大火,偌大一份家產,化成一堆灰燼。呂洞賓只好用殘留的破瓦爛磚搭了一間茅草屋,和妻小在裡面躲風避雨,日子十分艱 難。夫妻倆商量,決定去找苟杳幫忙。呂洞賓一路上歷盡千辛萬苦,終於找到了苟杳府上,苟杳對呂洞賓家遭大火的事非常同情,並熱情招待他,可就是不提幫忙的 事情,一連住了一個多月,一分錢也沒有給呂洞賓,呂洞賓以為他忘恩負義,一氣回了家。

呂 洞賓回家一看,原來家裡蓋了新房,很是奇怪。他剛要邁進家門,卻見大門兩旁貼著白紙,知道家中死了人,他大吃一驚,慌忙走進屋內,見屋內挺著一口棺材,妻 子批麻戴孝,正在嚎啕大哭,呂洞賓愣了半天,才輕輕叫了一聲娘子。娘子回頭一看,驚恐萬狀,顫顫抖抖地叫道:「你,你是人還是鬼?」呂洞賓更覺詫異,問: 「娘子,何出此言,我好好地回來了,如何是鬼呢?」娘子端詳了好久,才認出真是呂洞賓說:「嚇死我了!」原來,呂洞賓走後不久,就有一幫人來幫他蓋房子, 蓋完房子就走了。前天中午,又有一大幫人抬著一口棺材進來了,他們說呂洞賓在苟杳家病死了。

呂 洞賓一聽,知道是苟杳玩的把戲。他走近棺材,氣得操起一把大斧把棺材劈開兩半,只見裡面全是金銀珠寶,上面還有一封信,寫道:「苟杳不是負心郎,路送金銀 家蓋房。你讓我妻守空房,我讓你妻哭斷腸。」呂洞賓看完信後如夢初醒,他苦笑了一聲:「賢弟,你這一幫,可幫得我好苦啊!」

從此,呂苟兩家倍加親熱,這就是俗話常說的「苟杳呂洞賓,不識好人心」,因為「苟杳」和「狗咬」同音,傳來傳去便成了「狗咬呂洞賓,不識好人心」了。

Thursday, January 27, 2005

TERPS RULE!!!!!!!!!!

What can I say? TERPS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooo-hoooooooooooo~~~~~~~~
We upset the Dukies at their home court again!!
What makes it even sweeter? They had been undefeated this season and ranked No. 2!
We not only defeated them once again at their home court, but also left them speechless by allowing only 2 points in the final 3:30 minutes!!!!
When Mark woke me and my whole office of napping colleagues by calling my cell today, I wasn't very happy, of course, but, I'm so happy and proud and excited for the Turtles that I can almost forgive him!! ha ha..... (that's "almost"... hee hee....)
Whatever other people may say, TERRAPINS ROCK!!!!!!!!

Today's color? School Colors of course!! XD
Click on the title to go to the ESPN article! ^^~

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GOTTA FEAR THE TURTLE
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Friday, January 07, 2005

Happy New Year 2005 !


As a belated New Year's Greeting to everybody, I'm sharing this with you all!
Just click on the title of this post, and you will go to a greeting card page.

A colleague shared this with me, and it was soooooooooo~~~~~~~ cool!!!!!

Even though it's just a small thing, but spend some time to check it out, neh!! move your cursor around the page, and you will find really cute animation!!

After that, click on the lever on the top right corner, then, you will be surprised by more cool things to explore and enjoy!! Try and see if you can find every little thing that animates!

I spent half an hour playing around with it, even my managers came and checked out what the comotion was about... XD Trully, it made my day, and I hope it brightens yours as well! ^____________________^



一個美麗的祝福

到處用滑鼠點點看會有驚喜喔

最後再推上右上方的推桿
更是驚喜無限

PS. Don't forget to come back and share what cool things you have found in it, and what your favorite part was, neh!! Also, tell me what are your thoughts for the New Year, neh!! XD


 


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