月は故郷の明

大早，外面的鈴聲響起，似乎一天的忙碌開始了，還好上午沒有太多眼下著急趕忙的事，頂多給那春意盎然、含苞待放的吊蘭和蟹爪蘭澆些水。貌似它們很解渴，就這樣天天傻傻的連個謝謝也不說。

就這兩天，瞬間的功夫春天這傢伙就來到了人世間，給這兒塗些淡粉，給那兒點些淺綠，還有不甚灑下的顏色弄得滿地都是，繁星點點。

是的，我想是的，是春天來了。春回大地萬物生，一年之計在於春。不同的人對於春天的美有不同的看法。朱自清的春天是欣欣然、睡醒、花趕趟兒、風輕悄悄的、草軟綿綿的、抖擻精神的春天；豐子愷則不同，他的春天是不愉快的、單調的、乍寒、乍暖、忽晴、忽雨、春寒、春困、春愁、春怨的；艾青說春來自郊外的墓窟；穆旦說春是呵，光，影，聲，色，都已經赤裸，痛苦著，迷茫著等待伸入新的組合；艾略特的春天描述出庸俗和低級的慾念， 不生也不死，盡是孤零飄寂的亡魂。且不考據這些各有描述的春天的時代背景，單從春天的美來講，對於主觀而言，是規範判斷，價值命題，是隨著觀察者的改變而改變；對於客觀而言，每一個歷史時期都有普遍意義上的春天美的標準，這些標準經由社會認同並在軟層次的意義上確立。當然春天的美也是主客觀的統一。即使是不同的歌曲也有不同是釋義。汪峰的春天裡用極度暗啞而絕望的聲音，來營造和萬物復甦的春天的巨大反差，這直面的寂寥，在漫山遍野的綠色中感受到了巨大的荒涼；黃琦雯則是嫵媚性感、甜美自在地唱出了舒暢愉悅感：“春天裡來百花香，啷里格啷里格啷里格啷。”

春天到啦，萬物地氣萌動，發春復甦。有人歡喜有人愁，有的人盼春種一粒粟，秋收萬粒種；有的人盼著春天把冬天的吃回來的憂愁都統統減掉；有的人盼著穿起那新衣裳；有的人盼著看別人穿起那新衣裳；每個人春天都是不一樣的，放牛班的春天是收穫、沉澱、欣喜、仁愛、友善、寬容；張小五的春天是有情人終成眷屬。我的春天是沉甸甸、沉澱淀、沉癲癲的。

我出生在春天，我喜歡春天。

鈴聲忽地又響起，繼續悠閒地小忙碌進行著春天的故事。  

The Brumbies aren't kidding themselves about the size of their task as they prepare for one of the toughest challenges in their history in the Super Rugby semi-final against the Bulls in Pretoria.

A seasoned opposition that has proved nigh unbeatable at home, a notoriously hostile Loftus Versfeld stadium crowd with a score to settle with the Brumbies' South African-born coach Jake White, the 1214m altitude and jetlag iphone 5 cases.

It adds up to a daunting assignment for the underdog Brumbies who flew out on Monday after struggling to their 15-13 preliminary final qualifying final win over the Cheetahs in Canberra on Sunday.

The stats tell the story.

The Bulls have won 22 out of 24 of their home games against Trans-Tasman teams over the past five years and haven't lost to the Brumbies at Loftus since 2006.

The three-time Super Rugby champions have also won all five of their home finals matches, two of which were played at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, because of 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Adding to the Brumbies' challenge, White - who coached the Springboks to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup - stirred the hornets nest last week when he said that Australian rugby players are smarter than their South African rivals Courier Service.

When White was asked this week whether his side would embrace the week in South Africa head-on, he replied tongue-in-cheek: "They (the players) will go out, I will probably stay in my room."

He said the week preparing for the semi-final in South Africa would be an experience his young team would likely never forget.

"It doesn't get bigger for this group of players than a semi-final at Loftus. I've heard it's a sell-out crowd with 50,000 to 60,000 expected," White said.

"It's going to be tough. Let's not kid ourselves. We're flying now to the other side of the world and playing in country where rugby is one, two and three as their (favourite) code."

However the Brumbies will take heart from several factors.

Not only did they beat the Bulls in Canberra in round seven, but they also played their best game of rugby this year in South Africa when they ambushed last year's Super Rugby runners-up the Sharks with four first half tries.

"Who knows? Maybe we'll do the same thing," said White.

"There's no reason why - if we prepare properly - that we can't give ourselves a crack at getting a result mortgage loan."