蘭迪波許 (Randy Pausch) 教授，是著名的 Carnegie Mellon 大學裏，虛擬現實 (Virtual Reality) 的泰斗，同時亦是一位幽默而又了不起的講師。年輕的波許只有四十七歲，但卻患上了胰臟癌，掃瞄裏顯示出十多個腫瘤；醫生認為他只剩下三至六個月生命。在這樣的情況下，他為大學，亦為自己三個年紀還小 (最小的只有一歲) 的孩子，留下了最後一課。而這一課在上載到網上後，已被點擊超過六百萬次。小弟自從最近工作上的轉變後，一直忙得不可開交，甚至連學業都差點擱置；每天累得金睛火眼。然而，我還是花了差不多兩個小時好好看完這個關於人生的「最後一課」。看畢，急不及待地要在這裏推介，因為我們再忙，我們的時間都不及他的那麼寶貴；如果他在最後的這幾個月裏，花時間去講這些，那我一定有時間去聽。
上完這一課，我本有很多東西想寫；但當我讀了劉威麟先生很精彩的網誌後，我已沒有其他想寫的了。那就讓你自己專心去看吧。留意在右下角調節音量的按鈕旁，可以將字幕改成英文：
為什麼我那麼重視臨終病人的說話？劉威麟先生說得好：因為「他們的智慧瞬間被推高到人類的極限」。聽波許的這一課，我由頭笑到最尾，但是最後，眼眶便不自覺地濕透了。
一些我抄下來的句子：
- Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things. They're there to stop the other people.
- Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you; when you're pissed off and angry at somebody, you just haven't given them enough time.
- I don't know how to NOT have fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left. Because there's no other way to play it.
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recently I also read a book with a similar topic. it is called "Tuesdays with Mollie". it is a much thinner book though. I think you can finish it in 2 hours! but it also makes you rethink what's the most important thing in life. a great book in short.
sometimes I wonder... why so many "smart" people become wise and know they should have done only in the last few days/hours in their life? is it because they know their life is coming to an end? but they knew it already. everybody is going to die. just a matter of time. or is it because they think they still have plenty of time and so can push back the important things? worth thinking!
《相約星期二》(Tuesdays with Morries) 的確是一本難得的好書；小弟便曾送出了十幾本 :D 然而 Randy Pausch 的主題卻沒那麼嚴肅；如果 Morries 說的是該怎樣活，那 Pausch 講的卻是我們可以為些什麼而活。
死亡，是神給我們最大的禮物。有死亡，幸福才值得珍惜，愛恨才變得深刻，凡人才不會執迷。若我們長生不死，那整個人生都將褪色。我總相信：「不知死，焉知生」。
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