饱经沧桑: having lived through many changes...
一生: all one's life, throughout one's life...
豪迈: bold, open-minded, heroic...
饭碗: rice bowl, livelihood, job, way of making a living...
自身: itself, oneself, one's own...
转学: to change schools, to transfer to another college...
奇妙: fantastic, wonderful...
皱纹: wrinkle...
触摸: to touch...
动用: to utilize, to put sth to use...