九份。

Jiufen, mom's home town.
九份，媽媽的老家。

Yangdong Folk Village

世界文化遺產的小村莊，響導講著他小時候被隔壁男孩追的故事。
Walking in this World Heritage village,  the guide is telling us how the boys use to make noise in the bushes to get her attention.

Insa Dong Korean Art Street

偶爾還是要畫一畫東西...

Still have to draw something from time to time...
But this is actually easier then the pixel arts I did for the P&B page.

(156 Days)

(156天) 選日子

最近剛敲定了兩邊的時間和地點
有些人為了選日子特別去找師傅來算黃道吉日，有些則認為只要是大家有空的日子就是好日子。
看日子到底是迷信還是真的有它的道理?

農民曆從商朝開始有就有紀載了，主要以觀察太陽月亮來訂出一年12個月以及一甲子60年一周期的循環。
他們觀察與訂製農民曆主要是為了農民曆裡面的..."農民"
什麼時候撥種，收割都要看天氣，以前的氣象預測只能靠觀察以前的天氣來預算未來的天氣 (其實現在某些程度上也是這樣)
所以農民曆訂出哪天的氣候適合做什麼對農民或是漁民特別重要。
至於搬家結婚安葬等等大家也會希望是在好的天氣，所以其他一般的活動也會參考農民曆。
簡單來說說所謂好日子就是好天氣的意思吧。

先不管準不準，它都有一定的方程式(現在都是用電腦算)，只是每個人的見解不同，一個人算出來的好日子，其他人算可能是壞日子。
加上沒有一個公定的標準，以訛傳訛的方式造成更多見解的分歧。
所以日子到底要怎麼選才對呢? 既然古人的智慧結晶的傳承有待查證，也可以參考一下現代人的智慧。

(156 Days) Picking the date
So we just confirmed the dates for both location of the wedding.
In Chinese there are a lot of custom about which dates are suitable for what event. Theses customs dates back to 1766BC, when they started the calendar system. Initially, people studied the calendar cycle with the weather to predict the weather of each day for the farmers and fishermen. But other people use these system as well to have their wedding, funeral…etc. on a sunny day.
Then of course it evolves into which day will make wealthy and propose. Now days, we still use the same calculate method to draft the Lunar calendar (or farmer’s calendar). However there are many interpretation on the calculation, the so call “good days” can be different depending on who drafted it.
So how do you pick the best date for the wedding? Well…you don’t, either someone else will you to pick it or your free slots will be so limited that you will get whatever is available.

(160 Days)

(160天) 我弟在韓國婚禮奉茶和接棗子栗子的儀式...只是不知道他們在說什麼。
(160 Days) My brother's ceremony in his Korean wedding...I have no idea what they are saying though.

170 Days

（170天）就是之前那個幫朋友做的小小的設計案子，但是很可惜不能參加。
(170 Day) The small project I was working on previously, but too bad I am unable to attend.

207 Days

(207天) 難忘的求婚
有了"鑽戒"之後就可以準備求婚了。女生都幻想著浪漫的驚喜求婚，男生都怕把計畫被搞砸，然後被念好幾年。
動作:基於西方文化影響，單膝下跪變成了求婚基本姿勢。在中古世紀王室封爵的時候武士就以單膝下跪來表示遵從 (就好像結婚後一樣…)。但如果你不想遵從或是不喜歡西方文化那你用鞠躬也可以。至於女生的基本動作就是張開嘴巴然後用兩隻手摀住嘴…我也不知道為什麼
地點:有人喜歡選第一次約會的地點，有人喜歡邀請親友團在餐廳，然後再找個朋友錄影。我建議找個旁邊沒有人的地方。這樣女生就比較沒有壓力說我願意，然後被拒絕以後也不用馬上挖一個洞。

創意:因為普通的"妳願意嫁給我嗎"顯然不夠刻骨銘心，大家都要搞個驚喜的橋段。你要弄大字報還是氣球的夢幻情節都沒關係。但不要把你的戒指亂放，放在食物裡或是綁氣球之類的都會造成悲劇，還是乖乖地放在口袋就好。

結論:浪漫的求婚很難忘，但很爛的求婚也是一樣的難忘，只要達成目的都一樣會記得(說不定爛的還比較好記)。但其實求婚的重點不是動作地點或是創意，最重要的是你有真誠的問就好了。

(Pennie! 就決定是你了!)

(207 Days) A Memorable Proposal

After you get your diamond ring, you can start to prepare for your proposal.

Gesture: With the influence of the western culture, a bended knee become the standard gesture. This tradition roots in medieval times, when knights were knighted by royals, they kneel as gesture of servitude (which is kind of true to marriage). For girls, the standard gesture is open their mouth and block it with both hands...that did not come from medieval times.

Location: Public place with a lot of people watching and video recording is bad. Because, the girls will more liberated to reject you, and that you will still have some dignity left if she dose reject.

Creativity: The regular “Will you marry me?” is not memorable enough. People come up with acts to surprise the girl. But whatever you do, don’t put your rings with weird places, tiding it to a balloon or put in in her food can lead to some bad outcome, better just keep it in your pockets.

Conclusion: Regardless of the method, she is going to remember it. It might even be more memorable if it was really bad. But actually it’s not about the gesture, location or creativity, just ask the question sincerely, that’s what matters.

(Pennie! I Chose You!)