本期人物專訪(STAR OF THE MONTH)邀請鍾昇樺醫師分享當年的修課經驗與職場運用心得。鍾醫師現為中華民國獸醫內科醫學會理事長，也是杜瑪動物醫院院長，在國際交流及病患溝通方面有豐富的經歷。關於如何將寫作及溝通技巧發揮在工作與跨領域場合，鍾醫師也為學弟妹帶來詳盡的解答。本期的〈小故事，大世界〉(TELL A STORY, MAKE A CHANGE)分享一份學生作品 "Red Bomb"，其出奇意表的結局，強化了故事欲傳達的批判性，值得一讀。 讀者園地(PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS)則介紹本學期的Fun with English活動。這項活動提供在校學生全英語的環境，利用有趣的主題，培養大家英文口說的興趣與習慣。本學期尚有 11、12月的場次，敬請把握，千萬別錯過。
“I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.”
– William Faulkner,
1950 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
（受訪者：鍾昇樺 醫師／中華民國獸醫內科醫學會理事長暨杜瑪動物醫院院長）
（Interviewee: Dr. Sheng-Hua Chun, Taiwan Academy of Veterinary Internal Medicine and Clinic Director of Duma Animal Hospital）
Taken over the “RED BOMB” from my best friend’s hands, I can hardly feel happy for her, not for the price I have to pay for participating the wedding, but for the price she will be going to pay in the future…
Marriage is the tomb of love; love is the shackle of freedom. Every beautiful picture has two sides, and if one turns out to be fantastic, the other may happen to be wretched.
With her shiny engagement ring and big cheesy smile, I, as her best friend, of course, should be as grateful as she is, or at least, showing a cheerful face, and yet, I can't, I just barely can't. She used to be a dancing queen wearing the jewelry in pink and blue at the club while today the bruise on her arms are the same so, though covered with a long slave jacket pretending that 32 degree Celsius is cool enough to wear it. We know everything. Should she know that also.
Her fiancé is a typical control freak. With no surprise, no heterosexual friends are allowed to contact her, even the friends are known for years. Take today our girls talk as an example, she has asked for the "permission" one month in advance.
As her friend, maybe I should feel blissful for her marriage. But as her best friend, I should pull her out from the bottomless abyss, preventing her to go astray as what I have done before.
"But why you…”
"For the Bread and Butter," she answers immediately, not even in a second thought. "40 years old, no well-paid job, no apartment, no family. I'm not like you, my dear. You have already been married 20 years ago, so of course, you can say it easily. No matter how gorgeous a ship is, it needs a harbor."
Within two hours of conversation, I can feel her stubbornness, determination, and, at the same time, sadness. Finally, she quickly ends the discussion after receiving a phone call from her fiancé. Without a word, she leaves the room disappointedly.
"To my Dearest and Hottest Girl,
Dear, sorry for my rudeness this afternoon, but, what I am trying to say is that bread, of course, is crucial in one’s life, but what if the price is so high that you even lose the freedom of eating that piece of bread?
I just can’t wait to show you how eager I am to become single again. The scars on my forearms, the bruises on my thigh and the painful memory in my brain caused by violence would never fade no matter how much bread I have. Unveiling the splendid gown and grand mask, we are the same, with wounds that nothing can heal.
Yet, we have one difference. You still get a choice, but I don’t. I remembered that I had once tried to fight for my right five years ago, grasping the yellow umbrella right next to the door and put it up for defense need, as well as for my brighter future. Nevertheless, I failed to succeed because my problems had been ingrained long long time before, back to the first day when I answered to marry him 20 years ago.
Dear friends,
better to grasp the chance bravely when you still got an option.
Better to be in the same boat instead of feuding internally.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
Wish you all the best.
Love,
A warm message here, by your always best friend and neighbor, from HONG KONG."
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