--- title: Week 19, 2026 created: 2026-05-10 modified: 2026-05-21 year: 2026 weekNumber: 19 issue: 123 --- # Wisdom I Pondered This Week * “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” — Charles Glassman * [“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” — Mae West](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1599-i-generally-avoid-temptation-unless-i-can-t-resist-it) * [“I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.” — Sharon Olds](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/64806-i-was-a-late-bloomer-but-anyone-who-blooms-at) * “Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” — William Shakespeare * [“I can’t erase all the things that’s I’ve done, but all the mistakes made me who I’ve become.” — Fletcher, Healing](https://youtu.be/SlevC2V-zBA) # Things I Learned This Week * [曼陀林(Mandolin)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Mandolin) 是一種源自義大利的撥弦樂器,長得像琵琶、吉他或烏克麗麗,通常具有 8 條弦(4 組雙弦),並以與小提琴相同的調音方式(G—D—A—E)演奏,其最具代表性的技巧是快速顫音(tremolo),能在短弦長上營造出持續而流暢的音響效果;它是美國藍草音樂([Bluegrass](https://www.google.com/search?q=Bluegrass))的主奏樂器之一,並發展出完整的家族系統(如 Mandola、Mandocello 等),外型上則常見 A-style(簡潔水滴形)與 F-style(帶裝飾捲角)兩種設計。 * 「星芒體」(Astral Body)源自人智學(Anthroposophy),是人類四重身體結構之一(物質體、乙太體、星芒體、自我),被視為情感、衝動、欲望和感受的載體,與情緒、感知及神經系統有關,是連結內在世界與外在環境的橋樑。 * 輕油裂解([Naphtha Cracking](https://www.google.com/search?q=Naphtha+Cracking))是石化工業中的核心製程,主要將石油提煉後得到的輕油(naphtha)在高溫下分解為各種重要的基礎化學原料;在台灣,台塑集團透過旗下的「[台塑石化](https://www.google.com/search?q=台塑石化)」,於雲林麥寮工業區建立並營運大型輕油裂解設施,將煉油產出的輕油轉化為乙烯、丙烯、丁二烯等石化原料,供應下游塑膠、化工與合成材料產業,形成完整的石化生產體系。 * [Lacrosse 袋棍球](https://www.google.com/search?q=Lacrosse), originated from Indigenous peoples of North America, is a team sport played with a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick with a netted pocket (called a [crosse](https://www.google.com/search?q=crosse)), combining elements of _soccer_, _basketball_, and _hockey_ through rapid passing, strategic movement, and goal scoring. * [魚尾獅(Merlion)](https://www.google.com/search?q=Merlion) 是新加坡最具代表性的國家象徵:魚身象徵新加坡早期作為漁村與「Temasek(海城)」的海洋起源,而獅頭則來自「Singapura(獅子之城)」的傳說。這個形象其實是現代設計的文化符號,由新加坡旅遊局在 1964 年創造,並由雕塑家林浪新(Lim Nang Seng)製作主要雕像,1972 年設置於 [魚尾獅公園](https://www.google.com/maps?q=魚尾獅公園)、面向 [濱海灣](https://www.google.com/maps?q=濱海灣)。