No blue Monday / 星期一不憂鬱

雖然LOHAS雜誌的正式出版日期是4月2日星期一，不過我身邊的親朋好友從昨天就不斷地到7-11詢問，而我這麼有耐心的人反而顯得有些事不關己。昨晚被薛吉通知雜誌已經上架之後，我們家的爸爸媽媽就迫不急待地最近一家7-11的LOHAS全部搜購一空，整件事弄得我很興奮，雖然今天是陰陰涼涼的星期一，我的日子裡有股愉悅的味道。

Though the official release date of LOHAS is Monday, April, 2, some people around me were so looking forward to the magazine that they had gone to 7-11 the convenience store repeatedly yesterday. In contrast, I seemed to be kind of indifferent in being so patient. Last night after Cher told me that she had laid her hand on the magazine, my parents bought all the magazines in the nearest 7-11. I couldn't but feel really excited. While it is a gray Monday, I smell something quite pleasant in the air.

你一定想，我是出書還是贏得樂透彩，其實我只有兩頁版面，我也知道這真的沒什麼了不起，我也不是個喜歡大肆宣揚情感的人，可是我真的好高興，因為這是我堅持夢想數年的小小獎勵。我想，很多創作的人要求並不多，我們只要幾句鼓勵的話語，就可以一直這樣走下去。

You must wonder if I hit the jackpot or finally had my first book. In fact, I have only two pages. I know it's really no big deal. Nor am I someone who loves to go into details about my feeling. But I still want to say, I am so happy. This is like a small reward for my persistence. I bet many artists feel the same as I do. We don't ask for much. With a few words of encouragement, we can go on and on.

除了我自己，我要介紹一個同樣認真的創作者給大家認識，她是來自馬來西亞的Constance，從去年創立部落格到現在，我看到了Constance的誠懇和努力，雖然就像我一樣，有時會因為失去方向而苦惱，但是Constance充滿對插畫的熱誠和潛力，我們都是用力生活的女生！

Apart from myself, I'd like to introduce an equally sincere creator to you--Constance from Malaysia. Since she founded her blog last year, I've witnessed Constance's rapid growth. Though like me, we sometimes are confused, but I am sure of one thing, that is, Constance is always full of enthusiasm and potential for illustration. We are both girls that take life seriously!

最近好些人紛紛和我說，他們把我的部落格從裡到外、從前到後讀了一遍，其實很多舊文章和畫作對我而言只是生活的紀錄，現在再回頭看真是沒什麼，所以我只想說，謝謝你。我只能更努力地走下去，這就是我的樂活精神。

Lately some people have told me that they read every post in my blog upside down, inside out. I myself am actually ashamed of the lack of quality, especially when it comes to old stuff I did a long time ago. So the only thing I can say is, "Thank you." I don't have any other choice but to dream harder and work harder. I think that is my definition of LOHAS.

如果你是旅居台灣島以外的朋友，你很想得到這本雜誌，請告訴我，我會和聖誕老人想想辦法讓你美夢成真。

If you inhabit somewhere away from Taiwan and you want to have the magazine desperately, please let me know. I, along with Santa, will figure out a way to make your wish come true.