Opera Presentation-維廉
Always look something you have, not you don’t have, is one
way to find happiness, or always think something good , not
something bad, is another way to own happiness. But the best
way of feeling happiness always around you is to appreciate it
and enjoy it in every moment of life.
Last Tuesday evening, I took my mother to a concert at Taipei
National University of the Arts. It was an opera presentation of
three graduation students. 維廉, my friend’s daughter was still
a junior student but had had more previous performing
experience in public, was invited to presented two songs. The
concert was held in a student practicing room which contented
two huge pianos on the front and seats were temporarily
occupied almost two of third of the room, some audience even
had to crowd on the two sides of the room. However, the
performers’ beautiful voices brought the audience to the end
in a satisfactory way.
On the way home, mom told me that there was a new viaduct
linked to Freeway 1. Luckily I found the new viaduct and there
was an indicator board of Freeway 1. I followed the road sign
and went up to Freeway 1. While I was pleased with what I had
done, I saw the other road sign towards to the south, which
meant we were on the opposite way home.
As usual, I screamed out “Oh, no.”.
“what is wrong?” Mom asked.
I said “Well, we are on the way to the south.”
“It doesn’t matter, it is too early to go to bed.” mom tried to
comfort me.
I knew how far it was to the next exit 五股/新莊 because I just
drove onto this way the day berfore.
“How come that sign didn’t show to north or south? What did
my tax paid for? ” I couldn’t stop complaining .
I was really upset, although I still concentrated on the road and
looked out for the signs back to the north.
Freeway 1 again. But, twenty minutes later, there was still no
exit to內湖.
I asked, “Mom, this is to the north, but where are we going to
the north?”
“Tell you the truth, I don’t know.” Mom answered.
Then I saw an exit sigh to 內湖, but it was down to the other
way. I realized I was on the branch upon Freeway 1.
“Are we going to night market of 基隆 to have a night meal?” I
made a joke to tease myself.
“Well, I think we will fine way out.” Mom smiled uncertainly.
Finally, there was a sign 汐止at the end of the branch. I asked a
street vendor for the correct direction to 內湖, and it tooked me
another half hour to go home.
Next day, I talked to mom.
“ We may think, we enjoyed the concert, and I also took you a
night scene of Taipei City .”
Mom laughed and said, “ Thank you very much.”
Readers must have sensed a certain tinge of irony in the
conversation between my mother and me. I stubbornly insisted
to make this story with happy ending due to the self-esteem
told me that I could lose time and money (a lot of gas) , but not
happiness.
