發瘋似的大雨 剛剛停歇 遠處的山巒 明亮了起來 但仍然是朦朧飄渺

今天早晨 天正要亮的時候 屋子旁的雞棚 傳來破音且滑稽的雞鳴 也許是牠平常沒這習慣吧 今而個突然被眾太太吵醒 想說來練練往昔宏亮的歌喉 這破雞鳴一結束 終於又還給大家一個寧靜的晨曦 過了約莫三秒鐘 遠方不知哪一戶人家養的雞 竟然回應了 可竟然也是一隻破音雞 接下來的早晨 就在這兩隻破音雞的輪流一搭一唱中 不耐煩地天亮了

昨天鄰居們搬家了 獨居在這個地方算算也已經有四年了 前後也換了不少鄰居 大家相約以後 再出來吃個飯 但不知是多久的以後了

有人問我 愛情是什麼 這是一個很難回答的問題 因為這是一個模糊的問題 而且被問的人 通常情緒上會被一陣陣的回憶給淹沒 不容易清楚思考 我也回答不出個所以然 但我發現一個現象 或者應該說 我利用一個現象 來判斷是否有愛情的存在

I had created my Twitter (now X) account many years ago. When I first signed up, I tried using it for a few days but found the user experience to be vastly different from Facebook, so I stopped. The account was then left unused from the Twitter era until Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X. I actually never thought about using this social platform again. Until this year, as I started investing in US stocks and cryptocurrencies, I found discussions around these two areas to be quite lacking on Chinese social media platforms. In order to get first-hand information and insights from professional investors (whose thoughts and articles typically only appear in small amounts on traditional web news media), I gave Twitter (now X) another try. I was amazed at how useful it is. There are very active discussions about US stocks and cryptocurrencies, with new ideas being shared every hour. Some are just personal speculations without much value, but there are also well-illustrated rational analyses, which are exactly what I enjoy reading. Compared to Facebook, what I like more about X is that any reply under a post can become another main post itself, allowing further discussions under that reply. Truly valuable opinions, even if not the original post, can gain traction and become more popular than the original post due to the higher discussion value. When I realized this threaded discussion structure, I felt this is a better way to surface popular ideas. Other features like the ability to monetize good content are also mechanisms that I think can make the platform sustainable. Many people are incentivized to produce valuable posts, benefiting themselves as well as the platform - a positive cycle forming a mutually beneficial relationship with users. Even as a heavy lurker, I have been motivated to promote any new blog posts on the X platform going forward.

Recently, I saw a limited edition 75th anniversary ink for the establishment of Israel in the Facebook store of "Gujing Pen". It was designed and manufactured by the American fountain pen company "Conklin". Since Israel was founded in 1948, only 1948 bottles of this ink were produced. It is a classic deep blue ink, using the blue on the Israeli flag. I think it has a profound meaning, so I specially ordered two bottles, one bottle was opened immediately and used, and the other bottle may not be used until many years later.

Translating the book "Deep" was a serendipitous journey for me last year (2022). I had never published any physical books for the general public before. One day in the first half of the year, the book's editor found me through a Facebook group by chance and asked me if I would be interested in translating an English book about freediving. This book, "Deep" (Author: James Nestor), has been translated into several languages and has been selected as the "Best Non-Fiction" by editors on the Amazon.com website. After taking on this work, I gradually realized how challenging it is to translate text. It is a process of re-creating something that you have first read, understood, and felt. You must first read and experience it yourself, and then try to express the same content and feelings in another language after exploring the author's emotions. This is not a literal translation, but rather a form of re-creation. During the translation process, I often communicated with the editor. When he asked for my suggestions for the Chinese title, I strongly recommended "Deep," a single word as the traditional Chinese title.

昨天試著發表了兩篇鋼筆寫字文，但覺得自己對Mirror.xyz的介面還不夠熟悉，連著兩篇居然在首頁都看不到圖。純文字的標題不太容易吸引人點進來閱讀，這不能是常態。

日本漢字能力檢定協會，在2022年公布由日本國民所票選出的年度代表字: 戰。