Our
      images
      of
      our
      professors
      are
      often
      serious,
      and
      intellectual
     
    
   
   
    
     
      oriented.
      However,
      our
      professors
      were
      students
      once,
      and
      they
     
     
      may
      have
      goofed
      around
      for
      quite
      a
      bit.
      Professor
      Chiang
     
     
      remembers
      his
      goofing
      days
      the
      most.
      "My
      class-mates
      and
      I
      did
     
     
      a
      lot
      of
      clowning.
      We
      did
      it
      for
      the
      whole
      department
      on
      lots
      of
     
     
      occasions.
      We
      imitated
      people
      like
      Charlie
      Chaplin.
      We
     
     
      NEVER
      EVER
      imitate
      our
      professors
      during
      the
      shows.
      We
     
     
      only
      did
      that
      behind
      their
      backs!
      Unless
      we
      were
      very
      close
      to
     
     
      our
      professors,
      we
      DID
      NOT
      fool
      around!
      Some
      professors
     
     
      liked
      to
      maintain
      strict
      orders.
      If
      a
      student
      was
      just
      one
      minute
     
     
      late
      for
      class,
      the
      student
      would
      be
      ordered
      to
      stand
      in
      the
     
     
      corner.
      I
      wish
      that
      the
      professors
      could
      have
      had
      more
      respects
     
     
      from
      their
      students
      then.
      Yes,
      they
      were
      very
      strict,
      but
      they
     
     
      were
      kind
      of
      like
      our
      parents
      in
      a
      way:
      Over
      here,
      the
      students
     
     
      have
      the
      freedom
      to
      respect
      their
      professors.
      If
      they
      do,
      their
     
     
      respects
      are
      genuine.
      The
      relationships
      between
      the
      professors
     
     
      and
      the
      students
      are
      more
      like
      friends.
      They
      called
      each
      other
     
     
      by
      their
      first
      names.
      In
      Taiwan,
      no-one
      DARED
      to
      call
      their
     
     
      professors
      by
      their
      first
      names!"
      he
      laughed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Psychology
      involves
      a
      lot
      of
      experiments.
      Quite
      a
      few
      of
      them
     
     
      are
      unusual,
      some
      even
      laughable!
      "My
      first
      experiments
      was
      the
     
     
      funniest
      one
      I
      have
      encountered.
      I
      had
      to
      teach
      cockroaches
     
     
      how
      to
      run
      a
      maze.
      Cockroaches
      are
      night
      creatures,
      so
      we
      had
     
     
      to
      do
      the
      experiment
      in
      a
      very
      dark
      room.
      It
      was
      hard
      to
      do
     
     
      such
      an
      experiment
      in
      a
      dark
      and
      dingy
      place.
      We
      had
      to
     
     
      transfer
      the
      cockroaches
      from
      the
      holding
      place
      to
      the
      maze,
      and
     
     
      in
      the
      process
      of
      doing
      that,
      the
      cockroaches
      would
      escape.
     
     
      The
      building
      that
      the
      experiment
      was
      carried
      out
      was
      awfully
      old
     
     
      and
      full
      of
      cracks
      in
      the
      walls.
      When
      I
      lose
      the
      cockroaches,
      I
     
     
      lose
      my
      subjects,
      and
      I
      did
      lose
      QUITE
      a
      few
      of
      these!
      I
      feel
     
     
      sorry
      for
      those
      in
      the
      building
      who
      dislike
      cockroaches!"
      he
     
     
      grinned.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      experiments
      that
      students
      love,
      and
      experiments
      that
     
     
      students
      hate.
      For
      Professor
      Chiang,
      he
      had
      to
      help
      his
     
     
      professor
      in
      performing
      surgery
      on
      monkeys’
      brains.
      "We
      had
      to
     
     
      drill
      a
      hole
      in
      the
      skull
      and
      then
      suck
      the
      part
      of
      the
      brain
      out.
     
     
      We
      wanted
      to
      see
      the
      different
      functions
      of
      the
      brain.
      After
      the
     
     
      operations,
      we
      sewed
      everything
      back
      together
      and
      we
      observed
     
     
      the
      results.
      This
      part
      was
      alright.
      The
      bad
      part
      was
      that
      we
      had
     
     
      to
      sacrifice
      the
      monkeys.
      We
      had
      to
      open
      the
      skull
      and
      take
      out
     
     
      the
      brain
      again.
      This
      time
      we
      had
      to
      slice
      it
      to
      pieces.
      That
      was
     
     
      the
      only
      way
      of
      carrying
      out
      the
      experiments
      and
      that
      was
      the
     
     
      saddest
      part.
      I
      established
      a
      close
      tie
      with
      the
      monkeys
      because
     
     
      |
      had
      to
      look
      after
      them
      when
      they
      were
      alive.
      Because
      of
      this,
     
     
      !
      decided
      that
      there
      will
      be
      no
      more
      animal
      experiments
      for
      me.
     
     
      The
      terrible
      thing
      was
      that
      the
      university
      didn’t
      have
      a
      system
     
     
      of
      disposing
      the
      dead
      monkeys.
      What
      they
      did
      was
      they
     
     
      Wrapped
      the
      bodies
      up
      with
      papers
      and
      just
      threw
      them
      in
      the
     
     
      garbage
      bin
      outside
      the
      building.
      One
      day
      the
      garbage
     
     
      ‘ollectors
      found
      a
      bunch
      of
      dead
      monkeys
      bodies
      and
      they
      were
     
     
      orrified!,"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Abraham
      Maslow,
      a
      well
      known
      psychologist,
      was
      Professor
     
     
      Chiang’s
      supervisor
      for
      his
      graduate
      study,
      It
      was
      through
     
     
      Maslow
      that
      he
      found
      an
      interest
      in
      oriental
      ,
      Taoism
     
     
      '"
      particular,
      "It
      is
      a
      different
      approach
      to
      the
      social
      orders
      of
     
     
      the
      structures
      such
      as
      why
      one
      should
      respect
      ones
      parents
      and
     
     
      cldcrs.
      Taoistic
      approach
      gives
      us
      the
      freedom
      to
      do
      things
      we
     
     
      “anted
      to
      do,
      not
      because
      we
      must.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      has
      other
      interests
      other
      than
      psychology.
      "I
      am
      a
      passionate
     
     
      gardener
      as
      well
      as
      a
      passionate
      fisherman.
      I
      like
      hiking
      and
     
     
      walking
      in
      the
      woods
      miles
      after
      miles.
      I
      like
      doing
      all
      the
      things
     
     
      that
      a
      woodsman
      do.
      Right
      now
      I
      am
      very
      much
      into
      paintings,
     
     
      oil
      paintings.
      I
      do
      think
      that
      colours
      do
      express
      emotions
      and
     
     
      oneself,
      although
      colours
      aren’t
      everything.
      I
      like
      to
      capture
      my
     
     
      impression
      of
      this
      world
      on
      canvas.
      Taking
      pictures
      are
      not
      the
     
     
      same.
      Something
      is
      lost.
      We
      can’t
      capture
      the
      breeze
      for
     
     
      example,
      or
      the
      smell.
      Somehow
      one
      has
      to
      abstract
      that
      from
     
     
      nature
      and
      transfer
      it
      onto
      a
      piece
      of
      paper.
      I
      guess
      that
      shall
     
     
      be
      my
      project
      after
      I
      retire,"
      Professor
      Chiang
      smiled.
      "I
      love
     
     
      the
      natural
      surrounding
      of
      the
      Island.
      So
      many
      things
      remind
     
     
      me
      of
      my
      childhood
      because
      I
      grew
      up
      in
      the
      countryside.
      The
     
     
      trees
      and
      the
      streams
      just
      to
      name
      a
      few."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Love
      at
      first
      sight;"a
      phrase
      that
      has
      often
      been
      seen
      only
     
     
      fictionally,
      but
      with
      Professor
      Chiang,
      it
      became
      a
      reality.
      "My
     
     
      family
      and
      my
      wife’s
      family
      knew
      each
      other
      well,
      but
      I
      never
     
     
      knew
      her.
      Just
      shortly
      before
      I
      left
      Taiwan,
      I
      started
      dating
      her.
     
     
      This
      lasted
      for
      about
      a
      month.
      I
      fell
      in
      love,
      and
      1
      proposed
      to
     
     
      her.
      It
      was
      a
      speedy
      approach,
      but
      I
      had
      everything
      planned
      for
     
     
      the
      States
      before
      I
      met
      her.
      Our
      families
      approved,
      the
      rest
      of
     
     
      the
      family
      members
      knew
      each
      other
      already,
      except
      for
      us.
      We
     
     
      Started
      courting,
      and
      we
      got
      engaged.
      That
      was
      the
      EASY
      part!!
     
     
      The
      hardest
      part-was
      we
      had
      to
      wait
      for
      four
      years
      before
      we
     
     
      were
      together
      again
      in
      the
      States.
      We
      didn’t
      see
      each
      other
     
     
      during
      these
      four
      long
      years
      and
      we
      wrote
      a
      lot
      to
      each
      other.
     
     
      We
      didn’t
      phone
      each
      other
      much,
      but
      I
      remember
      one
      phone
     
     
      call,
      we
      didn’t
      talk
      much
      and_
      it
      cost
      me
      $27.00
      then,
      which
      is
     
     
      about
      $300.00
      now."
      They
      have
      now
      been
      married
      for
      28
      years
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      three
      daughters
      and
      three
      grandchildren.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      asked
      him
      if
      he
      would
      like
      to
      go
      back
      to
      Taiwan
      to
      live,
      he
     
     
      replied
      "no;
      perhaps
      just
      for
      a
      visit.
      I
      am
      more
      used
      to
      the
     
     
      North
      American
      climate.
      Cold
      does
      not
      get
      to
      me
      as
      much
      as
     
     
      the
      heat.
      Plus
      I
      like
      the
      countryside
      and
      nature.
      Going
      back
      to
     
     
      Taiwan
      will
      be
      like
      going
      to
      a
      big
      city
      with
      sky-scrapers.
      things
     
     
      have
      changed.
      There
      is
      hardly
      any
      countryside
      anymore.
      When
     
     
      my
      relatives
      were
      here
      for
      visits,
      they
      would
      say
      ‘there
      are
      so
     
     
      much
      space
      here!’
      And
      also
      the
      people
      are
      so
      friendly
      here."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      friend
      told
      me
      once
      that
      in
      all
      beauty,
      there
      is
      sadness.
     
     
      Professor
      Chiang
      shared
      with
      me
      the
      delicate
      beauty
      of
      nature
     
     
      that
      gives
      him
      so
      much
      joy,
      and
      all
      the
      miracles
      that
      happened
     
     
      everyday
      without
      us
      noticing
      them.
      At
      the
      same
      time,
      he
      told
     
     
      me
      about
      the
      unavoidable
      sadness
      that
      exists
      in
      this
      world.
      He
     
     
      stared
      into
      space
      as
      he
      told
      me
      of
      the
      tragic
      events
      that
      occurred
     
     
      daily.
      "Perhaps
      they
      are
      meant
      to
      be.
      Without
      sadness,
      people
     
     
      won't
      find
      joy
      nor
      beauty,”
      stated
      the
      gentle
      lover
      of
      nature.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lastly,
      his
      given
      advice
      for
      students
      today
      is
      "the
      most
      important
     
     
      thing
      is
      to
      find
      out
      what
      you
      really
      like
      to
      do.
      Once
      you
      have
     
     
      found
      it,
      then
      you
      can
      set
      a
      goal
      for
      your
      future,
      or
      everything
     
     
      else
      would
      be
      meaningless.
      If
      you
      choose
      an
      area
      of
      study
      that
     
     
      you
      are
      interested
      in,
      then,
      work
      will
      become
      pleasurable.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      25,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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