Don't Waste Life in Front of the Computer, Said Lian, Jia-en (連加恩)

In today's UDN, I read a news report on Lian, Jia-en's speech at Tsing-hua University. Mr. Lian joined substitute military service to serve in Africa for 20 months after he graduated from medical school eight years ago. He taught the children there to collect garbage in exchange for old clothes and raised funds to set up an orphanage.

Unable to find the article on the Net, I would like to put some main points of his speech here.

Mr. Lian encouraged those hooked to the computer to rise to their feet and exert themseleves instead of wasting life in front of the computer. According to him, what one sees on the screen, be it the computer, the television, or the movie, is a record of the moments someone else created. Squandering hours in others' moments, one doesn't have much time left to "make moments" in one's life.

The topic of the speech was "Reach Out to Cheer the World Up (伸手為世界打氣)."