- “In nature nothing exists alone.” — Rachel Carson
- Life is simple. Are you happy? Yes? Keep going. No? Change something.
- “Where there is love, there is no darkness.” — African Proverb
- “Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?” — Virgil
- “I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
- A programmable shader (著色器) is a small program executed on the GPU that replaced older fixed‑function pipelines and gives developers direct control over how objects are rendered—like appearance, surface detail, lighting, and material behavior. NVIDIA pioneered this approach with vertex and pixel (fragment) shaders in 2001’s GeForce 3, and today programmable shaders form the core of modern real‑time graphics pipelines.
- BDNF（= 腦源性神經營養因子 = Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor）是大腦中的一種蛋白質，被譽為大腦的「神奇肥料」與「天然抗憂鬱劑」，負責刺激新神經元生長、強化突觸連接及維持神經可塑性，對學習、記憶及情緒調節至關重要。BDNF 不足常導致腦霧、記憶力減退與憂鬱。想要有效提升大腦的 BDNF，可從以下四大面向著手：規律運動——有氧運動（如跑步、HIIT）是刺激 BDNF 分泌最有效的方法；優質睡眠——深層睡眠是大腦釋放並累積 BDNF 的關鍵時段，長期熬夜會大幅降低濃度；健腦飲食——補充 Omega-3 脂肪酸（如深海魚油）、薑黃素、維生素 D 以及富含多酚的食物（如藍莓、綠茶、黑巧克力）等；情緒與社交——實踐正念冥想、適度日曬及維持良好的人際互動。
- AP（Advanced Placement） 即「美國大學先修課程」，由美國大學理事會（College Board）主辦。它讓高中生在校期間就能挑戰大學程度的學術內容。考取好成績（通常為 3 至 5 分）不僅能向大學招生官證明實力，還能抵免大學學分。
- A valedictorian (畢業生代表) is an academic title given to the top-ranking student in a graduating class, usually the person with the highest overall Grade Point Average (GPA). In addition to the academic honor, the valedictorian traditionally delivers the “valedictory” (farewell speech) at their commencement ceremony.
- 乳木果油（Shea Butter） 是一種從西非乳油木果實核仁中萃取的植物性固態油脂，熔點約 32–45°C，接觸皮膚即融化，具有出色的保濕滋潤、抗炎舒緩與抗氧化能力；選購時以「未精煉（Raw/Unrefined） 」品種為佳，因其保留了最完整的營養成分與淡淡的堅果香氣。
