Song - 團圓

電視劇【團圓】主題曲
作曲：David Kong
作詞：張美賢

我說過　明晨風雨或天晴
伴你走　追索幸福這路徑
雖不固定　沿路欣賞優美風景
我與你　從前相約無憑證
鏗鏘歡笑與夜星　拼貼最好光景

前行什麼的試煉　讓滄海變做桑田
任世間驟變　我的將來已留位置　跟你說舊年
成全未改的志願　曾離別過相信可團圓
無論心底的理想　有多遠

630 Evening snacks

It has been raining for several days,
the rains forced me to cancel my evening walk,
thus, staying home to enjoy the special hour before dinner.

During relaxing time,
could not control myself to feed my stomach-
within 20 minutes,
I ate two dates,
a packet of crickets,
a packet of beer peanuts,
half bag of chocolates,
and an orange.

Didn't do this very often, thanks for the rain.

As a result, instead of burning calories, I gained some calories, what a special evening!

Business

Lunch time,
passed by the Japanese noodle shop- 藏户in Rua Alfandega,
there was a note outside the door saying that starting from 630,
the business is closed definitely.
I have observing this shop for many times,
as I could not see many customers,
I wonder how it could survive,
and I am no surprised today getting this news.

Some leave, some enter.

Remember yesterday,
there was a new mobile handset shop opened in the same street,
just one door next to this shop,
my comment for this shop -
I don't think this street is the good location for this type of shop.
I am going to see the result.

It reminds me that last weekend,
when I was in Gongbei, China,
I realised that there were many new shops,
there meant some shops have closed.

The market is such a dynamic place,
and it is very clear that,
business is business,
if it doesn't work,
in order to stay,
you have to find another solution,
otherwise,
you have to leave!

Aerogram

Whenver I have time, father likes to tell me his life story and his childhood - it is kind of oral history.

He told me he has several cousins immigrated to Honolulu long long time ago, an they didn't write to each other for many years.

I encourages him to write and find out how their families are doing over there, as they were from the same ancestors.

Originally, he plans to buy some postcards, and I said it is better to send air-letters - aerogram, this is the way I used to send letters overseas when I was a college student.

Yesterday, father came back to tell me, he went to the Post Office and the counter staff told him that they don't sell aerogram now.

I realize that  in year 2011 the transitional aerogram has become an antique!!!

「開心舞」龍懷騫 跳入柏克萊 演繹"別輕言放棄生命"

Read the following  piece of news and learned that the little girl has growth up and is going to study in the University.

I saw her ad. long time ago, and was impressed by her confidence and  love of life.

http://evchk.wikia.com/wiki/%E9%BE%8D%E6%87%B7%E9%A8%AB
http://www.takungpao.com/hm/top/2011-06-27/856398.html
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=62260&d=1514
http://www.hkcd.com.hk/content/2011-06/27/content_2765084.htm

找位與爭位

在公共巴士上要讓位,
是一個好普通及基本的禮貌,
所以,
每當上巴士時,
往往自動自覺往車廂的後面走,
因為即使前面有空位可以坐下,
若下站有長者或需要的人上車時,
都不好意思,
亦要讓座,
故往後找位是我的上策也.

不過,
上星期天乘巴士時,
卻領教了一堂"禮遇"-爭位的車程.

巴士上較擠,
已向後靠,
站著中間車廂位置前的單座位乘客剛好下車,
周圍沒有長者或小孩,
所以向前站在該空的坐位上準備坐下,
此動作很自然,
因該坐位是在我的正前面,
誰知,
一位菲籍的女人竟然可以
好像佔領新大陸一般,

即時上前搶先從坐位的側邊坐下,
她還向她的同胞們表示勝利的微笑
她的動作令我有一些很突然的感覺.

今時今日,

仍然要爭位?
如果她是澳門人的話,
就可慘了,
需要的話,
我是可以隨時讓位的!
何況,
澳門的車程長極有限.

Fado de Mariza - O Gente da Minha Terra

Last night heard this music over radio, this was one of the background music of the Hong Kong movie "Isabella",  didn't get the chance to watch the movie yet, but I was attracted by the fado.

I learned fado when I first studied Portuguese long time ago, I think one can easily recongizes the uniqueness of fado, I discussed with my colleague last time, and I said fado always gives me the feeling of sadness, and she didn't agree with me.

Anyway, no matter what, like Jazz, Blues or Pop, Fado is a music that people like me can completely enter into the world of fado - by listening and enjoying to fado, I feel myself connected into that beautiful country - I learned and know Portuguese, but I never been there!!

Lyrics:
É meu e vosso este fado
Destino que nos amarra
Por mais que seja negado
Às cordas de uma guitarra

Sempre que se ouve o gemido
De uma guitarra a cantar
Fica-se logo perdido
Com vontade de chorar

Ó gente da minha terra
Agora é que eu percebi
Esta tristeza que trago
Foi de vós que a recebi

E pareceria ternura
Se eu me deixasse embalar
Era maior a amargura
Menos triste o meu cantar

Ó gente da minha terra
Agora é que eu percebi
Esta tristeza que trago
Foi de vós que a recebi

Translation of the lyrics:
People of my land
http://lyricstranslate.com/en/node/71213

Restaurant Polidor - Paris

http://www.polidor.com/plan.htm

During my first time and the only time travelling in Paris long time ago, I followed the guide book and searched for nice restaurants to taste the delicious french cuisines, we visited plenty of local restaurants - I still remember this is the restaurant I and my brother ate three times during our 10 days stay there- this is an old and famous restaurant recommended by the author.

We did enjoy the food in the restaurant very well.  It was always full of people, we liked the environment very well, the waiters were very busy, and the food was excellent.  Remember that the waiters didn't speak fluent English, as most of the customers were local people, therefore we had minimum communication, but  we ordered our food successfully.

I always bear in mind that if I come back to France again, I would definitely visit this restaurant again, and for sure, I think I can order the food easier this time, as after that trip, I told myself I wanted to learn France, in order to understand more about the culture.

I will be back!!!

Tourists

Early in the morning, on my way to office, a lady asked me where was the direction to S. Paul 's Ruins, and I explained to her to take the main and easy way, rather than climbing the hill side.

Actually, I don't know why, but I always be asked by the tourists  for direction, at least once per week, the frequency is very high, perhaps I am the one who still live in the old down town area.

Then, I headed to my office, but started to think - in the down town area, there are so many tourists - from their outlook, their belongings to their conversation, we, the old residents have become minority in this area of Macau, where should we go, in this tiny space?

Tourist Lovers

During lunch time, I saw a couple, obviously they are tourists, as they were carrying big cameras, they were walking along the Rua Alfandega.

I was attracted by the neat T-Shirt the guy wearing, a cute cartoon, with the words - Our Love Will, then, I switched my attention to his partner - she was also wearing the same color T-shirt, and the similar cartoon....  -  but the words were different, - Go Forever.

It is very interesting, when I read the sentence from left to the right - I got the whole sentence 's meaning -

OUR LOVE WILL GO FOREVER!

So sweet!

玄.緣

Didn't go to Zhuhai for many weeks. After Yam Cha today, made a short trip just killing the time over there, then, had a tea in Corol.

Accidentally met a friend who had immigrated to Toronto for many years, she and her husband were also enjoying the tea there - in Zhuhai Gongbei!!

Didn't see her for many years-we used to work for the same company, my Portuguese classmate and the elder sister of my primary schoolmate.  She still looks young and charming, seems she enjoys her life over there.

I am always puzzled of the "time" and "chance", I don't understand why people can meet in an unknown time and place.

I never know, it happens to me sometimes.

Like my high school friend S - we didn't know each other 's travel plan, when I was studying in KY,  she flew from Germany to States, and US is so big, but we did meet in front of Niagara fall, without fixing the time and place, nor knowing each other's travel plan, we did meet! What a coincidence?!

星期美點

記得小時候,
父親逄星期日帶我去飲茶,
之後會打包一些食物回家.
茶樓標榜每周都有新的星期美點,
款式多外,
真是不會有重複的感覺.

我覺得飲茶不單是一個食的文化,
也是一個當地的文化,
曾先後在美國的San Francisco,LA,NY,
加拿大的Toronto的茶樓飲茶,
食物的水準與香港澳門沒有兩樣,
但是那種人與人的交往就明顯有不同的地方.
可能是一點點鄉愁的感覺.

本地茶樓內見到的,聽到的,
有是真的好像看戲一般的,
亦是一般人收集訊息的地方,
茶餘飯後,
看報的,論事的,
可能這也是星期美點一樣,
永遠是多姿多彩及熱鬧。

今天,
同桌的有四位不相識的年長女士,
又分享了他們的生活見識。

同時,
又見了一場活鬧劇,
另一桌的茶客大吵,
只欠出手,
真是好一個星期美點！

香港文化博物館 Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Last Saturday, went to NewTerritories (MTR - Tai Wai Station) and visited the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, though I have visited many museums in Hong Kong, but I never been this before, and I was quite impressive of the work over there.

When I arrived there in almost late afternoon, I saw crowds of teenagers lined up to buy the tickets, I didn't understand why and how long could I get the tickets as it was almost approaching the closing time, and I knew there were a lot of exhibitions to see, therefore, I asked an assistant for clarification of the shows and the closing time.

I was told that there was a exhibition of PIXAR 's animation work - it attracted many people to come to see.

The assistant told me if I didn't go for this exhibition, I could go for the other box office to get the ticket - the ticket price is the same!

When in Rome, do as the Roman do - I usually and definitely go for the queue.

Therefore, I joined in the queue and waited for another 15 minutes, it ended up the party to see the PIXAR exhibition was very crowded - inside that area, there were many many people - all were teenagers.

PIXAR 's work was very great  - I am glad that I didn't miss the time to see it.

Later on, I visited the Chinese painting exhibition hall, however, when I entered the hall, it was quite contract with the hall for PIXAR, as there was no visitor here.

I just don't understand why people do not appreciate the Chinese paintings.

As I wasted the time on this part, didn't have much time to see other exhibitions, that 's why I decided to come again next time.

There are plenty things I want to spend time to see, espeically the Cantonese Opera history, their clothing and the artists' stories!

智慧語錄

You can only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. - Mae West

One 's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things - Henry Miller

Don't be a tourist; be a traveler. - Anthony Bourdain

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. - Lao-tzu

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra

Obstacles cannot crush me.  Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. - Leonardo da Vinci

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore - Andre Gide

A ship is safe in harbor, but that 's not what ships are for. - William Shedd

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

*** extracted from "Travelling with 100 toothbrushes"

"Janet帶100支牙刷去旅行"

• 作者：謝怡芬 Janet Hsieh

http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010457247

Was attracted by the title of this book, and checked it out from the library.....very adventure and interesting stories. It stimulates my desire to make a big travelling plan - I don't want to be a tourist, but a traveller!

Her blog:
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/janet-funtaiwan

「鋒芝婚變」

剛看到謝霆鋒在記者會上的講話新聞,坦承婚姻的確出現問題，".....我太太和我都在單親家庭長大，我們没有恨父母，我們生第一個小孩的時候，希望打破命運，希望他們不在破碎家庭長大，無奈今天不知道怎麼走下去。"

其實有時真的覺得人生如戲,戲如人生,尤其是他們都是名藝人,他們走過不少風雨,難得克服一切困難,建立一個人羨的家庭...如今,好像影片的豐富情節一般,曲折離奇,他們的婚姻是否走到盡頭,或只是轉弯的時候,真的已不是二人的事,是四人(兩個小孩)的事.

身為藝人,他們的一切都好像是公眾的事,受大家的關注.娛樂記者的採訪,也真的有點火,星期五晚上看見記者問謝賢的問題,真的是沒有必要,為什麼家事可以變為娛樂新聞?社會風氣? 香港人的好奇心,有需求自然有供應,也許這是娛樂新聞周刊受歡迎的原因.

無論如何,希望鋒芝能跨過此步,有一個完美的結局!

雅集盛會的貴宴

父親給我分享一張陳年的私人聚會菜單:

炒响螺片
大菌翅
大元賜扒菜苗
水晶龍蝦球
炆果子狸
巧手蒸蘇微
大鮑魚
太史蛇羮
炆千山甲
糯米飯
百合紅豆粥
上品鮮明時果

此是1980.12.8 澳門泮溪酒家到一位名人府上提供的名貴菜式,
當時是7,200元一圍,
他說很好食,
我也想有此機會品嘗.

糊塗

鄭板橋與糊塗老人的作品:

得美石難,
得頑石難,
由美石而轉入頑石更難,
美於中
頑於外,
藏野人之廬,
不入富貴之門也.

聰明難
糊塗尤難
由聰明而轉入糊塗更難
放一著
退一步
當下心安
非圖後來福報也.

***吃得是福, 難得糊塗

新丁

沒有上課足足兩個月,
上星期又缺課,
同學們覆舞時,
我才正式學,
隻隻舞都是新的,
又像回到第一堂,
無論如何,
自得其樂
Good exercise!

Line Dance - Forever Yes

LIne Dance - She Wu蛇舞

Line Dance - Chicken Walk Jive

Line Dance - When I fall in love

Line Dance - Zoobie Doobie

Line Dance - Moonlight Lady

管理學問

節錄自: "每個人都必須是經濟學家——懂經濟必讀的87個現代哲學！"

經營管理的核心問題是經營;
經營的核心問題是決策;
決策的核心問題是創新- 西蒙

企業整體目標的實現,有賴於各部門目標的順利實現
企業能否吸引人才,將成為一個企業成敗的關鍵.
一個共同而明確的目標,對於任何團隊來說都非常重要
經驗也是一種生產力,透過在團體中的共用經驗可以產生意想不到的效果.
在一個團隊內,不能讓核心技術只掌握在一個人的手裡.
知識透過有效的管理,最終將變成生產力.
政治上的最高境界是妥協,經濟上的最高境界是合作與共用


永遠都有工作,工作是永遠沒有結束的時候, 所以要學會放下,學會休息.

黑帶代表無休止的紀律,奮鬥和追求更高標準的歷程的起點

唯一持久的競爭優勢,或許是具備比你的競爭對手學習得更快的能力- 殼牌石油 企劃總監德格

不要在你不可能有作為的領域浪費時間, 金錢和精力,
.
一個領導人有時應該接受他不喜歡的事,因為任何人都不喜歡被否定.

你行,你一定會,你一定要,你會,你知道!

如果你不給自己定位,別人就會按其認知給你定位

世界上有兩件東西比金錢和性更為人們所需-認可與讚美.-美國企業家玫琳凱

具備以下特點的人,將總會是嬴家:善意的,寬容的,強硬的,簡單明瞭的

A pair of chopsticks

The day before yesterday, I realised that I lost one of my chopsticks, and I blamed myself for being misplaced it or lost it - sometimes if you have something, you may not realise its existence means so much to you.

At home, I didn't cook very often, thus I don't have many kitchen appliances.This is the only pair of chopsticks I have with me.

I brought it back from the States, it was a gift from C when I was studying in College and I use it whenever I eat noodles at home even these days.

I remember when I lived in dorm, I ate in food service and I liked to buy instant noodles for weekend meals, C noticed that and he sent me the precious chopsticks.It is a pair of non-expensive red lacquer chopsticks, it is very easy to buy it everywhere in China/Asia area.

However, I was very surprised that in the small town, from an American, he offered me the Chinese chopsticks, he should have a love of Chinese cultures very much.

He did, later on, I realised that he had a rice cooker in his dorm room, for he had a Chinese Born American roommate - two of them liked to cook with the rice cooker - I admired them very much.

For the past few years, I once in a while keep in touch with him, and he visited me once, with his Japanese girl-friend.  Now, he has a Chinese wife, what a good culture exchange!

I still miss my chopstick.

Light rail transit system to cost MOP11 billion

From: Macau Business.com

The government has revised its budget for the first phase of Macau’s future light rail transit system to MOP11 billion (US$1.4 billion).

That represents a 47 percent increase from the previous 2009 budget, according to the Transportation Infrastructure Office.

The amount doesn’t include the two transport interchange facilities to be built in Taipa and Barra, estimated to have a combined cost of MOP1.3 billion.

The initial budget of the project, in 2007, was MOP4.2 billion.

The government explains the increase as being due to the rising currency exchange and continued optimisation and adjustments of route designs. The budget was also impacted by inflation, namely the rising costs of labour and materials, according to the Transportation Infrastructure Office.

The government expects the construction of the first phase of the rail transit system to kick off later this year, with trains starting to receive passengers by early 2015.

The first phase of the project will connect Macau, Taipa and Cotai and include a total of 21 stations.

~~~~~~~~ What a professional team??  47% increase of the budget! They even haven't started the project, and let's see the final outcome, but I am pretty sure that they are big spender, and I think people would like to see where the money goes!

Song - The Blower's Daughter

(Damien Rice)
The Blower's Daughter

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Song - Tears in Heaven

By Eric Clapton
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven...

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
Ill find my way through night and day
Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven...

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart, have you begging please...begging please

Beyond the door there's peace Im sure
And I know therell be no more tears in heaven...

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven...

Song - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

By Eric Clapton

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star and
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Way above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh, why can't I?

Someday I'll wish upon a star and
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Way above the chimney tops that's where you'll find me

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh, why can't I?

Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh, why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh, why can't I?
Why can't I? Why can't I? Why can't I?

Song - The Book of Love

Peter Gabriel

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

"All Prizes in Economic Sciences". Nobelprize.org.

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/shortfacts.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/video_lectures.html

Good learning....

2010
Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen, Christopher A. Pissarides
2009
Elinor Ostrom, Oliver E. Williamson
2008
Paul Krugman
2007
Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin, Roger B. Myerson
2006
Edmund S. Phelps
2005
Robert J. Aumann, Thomas C. Schelling
2004
Finn E. Kydland, Edward C. Prescott
2003
Robert F. Engle III, Clive W.J. Granger
2002
Daniel Kahneman, Vernon L. Smith
2001
George A. Akerlof, A. Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz

乌达木用歌声表达对母亲的思念- 《夢中的額吉》 Mother in the dream

Got the link from my friend Angela.

It is really a touching story of the little boy,
parents passed away,
he was alone,
and he misses his mother very much.

The melody is really nice.

In the show,
he said that his wish is to invent a type of "ink'.
With a drop of the ink, it will turn the whole world into a green land.
So great!

Deadline

I have two books I really want to finish by this Sunday,
busy reading!!!

Line Dance - A Touch in Rumba

"一家春"

很久沒有去此店食東西,
有時真是想懷舊懷舊,
因為此店是我認識上海菜及上海點心的地方,
那時,
朋友一大班的,
熱熱鬧鬧的,
多款美食當前,
好不愉快!

上周在此店晚飯,
人不多,
很多都想食,
最後,
點了: 糖醋魚,上海粗炒,酸辣湯,小籠包.

除小籠包外,
其他的覺得其水準只是一般,
可能,
現在在澳門食上海菜的地方真是很多吧!

"五代同糖"

在大圍的市中心,
經過一間當日開張的小店子,
名字吸引,
印象是銅鑼灣有店,
又想食甜品,
故入店品嚐.

父親點了一個奶涷,
小小的也要25元,
我要了士多啤梨梳夫厘,
因為要焗,
足足等了20多分鐘,
熱熱的,
小小的一小個
外形美觀,
不太甜,
也算不錯,
40元,
好似貴了一點.
店內的裝修費應該都很重本,
但服務員的態度只是一般,
沒有給我甜的感覺!

之後再經過另一間咖啡店,
40元大大件的Cheese Cake,
很吸引,
可惜,
時間有限,
下次再會有期!

6.18 Hong Kong Day Trip

To celebrate father's day,
went to HK with my father on Saturday.

In the early morning,
it rained heavily,
was thinking to cancel the trip,
but later on,
the sky turned brighter,
then, we went on with our original plan.

We left for the 10AM ferry,
we first had brunch in my favourite noodles and congee shop in Sheung Wai,
then shopping in Wing On  and Sincere Department Stores.

During our shopping,
I could see plenty of elderly people accompanied their house helpers to do shopping,
I was wondering if their family members go with them,
they would be happier.

My father got some of his favorite items,
I also picked up one purse,
but at last,
considering the quality was not so good,
decided not to buy it this time.

Lucky I didn't buy it,
because I have already bought several leather bags/purses this year :).

After the shopping,
we went to Tai Wai's "Che Kong Temple" and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum,
there were plenty of things to see inside the museum which it was my first time to visit it,
however,
we arrived there very late,
and didn't get enough time to see all,
definitely,
I could visit there again in future.

Had some snacks in the downtown,
then we headed to the Festival Walk.

In certain sense,
Hong Kong is so good,
everywhere is so convenient,
with the MTR,
just few minutes,
we could arrive at different places of the city,
so wonderful !

Happy Weekend

Plan to go to HK San Tin for a day, probably go to the temple and the museum, definitely, to discover some nice food!

粵普笑話

同事的廣東話發音:

商場=雙腸
慢慢食=慢慢死
傷風=雙風
石油=豉油
白雪=白血
梨子=栗子
昔日=西藥
惱火=老火
墳場=粉腸
感興趣=感性趣
私人= 施刑
去食街=去食雞
特首帶頭=特首大肚
搵錢=泳池
新彊=生薑
踢波=貼波
賦予=腐乳
瀨粉=奶粉
麥飽=蜜飽

當她(他)說話時,以上的名詞夾在其中,往往令我們發出會心微笑!

賞雲 觀景

開始喜歡欣賞天空的雲彩,
尤其是在空曠的地方,
雖然不是無際,
但仍是廣闊的天空,
在四周植物繁盛,
鳥語蟬鳴的大自然環境裡,
有如置身於一幅美麗的圖畫中,
永遠有不同的角度,
不同的觀感,
昨天的我,
與
今天的我,
時空上的交錯,
永遠都有一個新的感覺,
多好!

Fall in love with dance

This Tuesday's dancing class was another new session,
some old students left,
some new students joined in.

As a result,
the instructor needed to teach some basic steps and has a brief explanation of the dance.

I quite agree with the description of line dance,
one needs not to have partners to dance,
one doesn't need to worry to disturb the others,
one can enjoy the nice music.
Don't worry if it is not as good as the instructor,
it is not a performance,
it is only a matter of practice,
the importance is one enjoys the dance - the exercise.

100% agree with that, that 's why I love line dance.

Remember when I was small,
in my kindergarten,
I was selected as one of the dancers to perform for the school's anniversary celebration activities,
I still have a photo of that performance,
I can see I had big eyes and red lips in the picture,
six of us wore strong make-up,
in our tailor-made same pattern green skirts,
with the beautiful same color hair band, and a tiny bell in hand,
we sang and danced on the stage.

The second year,
I was selected for the other performance again,
this time,
we could wear our own white skirts for the dance.
I had a beautiful princess snow white dress,
a skirt from my cousin in Hong Kong.
Because she grew taller and it didn't fit her anymore,
my aunt suggested to give it to me.
Since my cousin wore the expensive dress for only few times,
it was quite brand new.
I liked the dress very much.
I also like that dance -
the picture showed that I had longer hair,
thinner, taller
and the make-up was more natural than the previous year,
I adored that picture very much,
as it recorded my sweet moment during my childhood.

After that performance,
I didn't get the chance to dance,
until when I was in the first year of junior school,
there was a dancing class after school,
I really wanted to join,
but we needed to buy the shoes and also to pay the monthly activity fee,
which I could not afford it nor asked my parents to give me the money,
thus, I could only admired the class in my heart,
but I always enjoyed their performance.

In high school year,
occasionally,
schoolmates organised parties to dance,
but my parents were very strict,
thus, I only got the chance to join once or twice.

After high school graduation,
the co-workers liked to have disco dancing,
thus, just had fun dance for the whole nights on the weekends,
but I could say,
I really didn't know how to dance.

Once,
I joined a group to learn folk dance,
it is a group dance,
but sometimes we change partners.

Then,
when I was in college,
glad that I joined for the
country dance and the modern dance,
I think the country dance is similar to folk dance,
while modern dance is a creative dance,
each of the students had to compose a dance for the mid-term exam,
and also a research report on all kinds of dance -
funny enough,
I wrote something about the Cantonese Opera!!
Any way, the dances are fun exercises.

After I was back to Macau
I took a  line dance class once,
the instructor is actually my present instructor.

The other time,
I also took a class for ball room dance,
I didn't like it very much.

For a long time,
didn't do any kinds of exercises,
only until my french classmates took me to her line-dance class,
I started to join in the line-dance class again.

It is good exercise,
I like it very much!

粵普笑話

辦公的地方,
有點是聯合國的感覺,
同事各人都有一些來自不同國家生活或成長的文化背境,
有葡國的,有美國的,有中國的,有台灣的,有泰國的,
在語言溝通上,
更有來自說普通話為母語的同事,
她(他)們努力地學說我們的廣東話,
有時,
更可為我們的辦公地方,
增加了調味劑-

興趣=性趣
雪櫃=血櫃
人參咖啡=人生咖啡
岳父=惡虎
九寨溝=九菜餃


還有很多,
下次待續....

剩菜緊記不可吃

【剩菜和放涼的菜怎麼辦？】

在日常生活中常有這樣的事，做好的菜不馬上吃，或為了方便一次多做點，下頓吃或隔日吃，這樣不但口味不好，而且會使菜中的維生素C 和B 族維生素大量丟失，有資料說明炒好的蔬菜放置半小時，維生素C可減少30%，放置1小時減少可達50%。如果再回鍋加熱則維生素損失更多。所以，最好現做現吃。吃剩菜更不可取，我們常吃的綠葉蔬菜均含不同數量的硝酸鹽，在細菌的作用下可生成亞硝酸鹽。一般綠葉菜存放過久，或剩菜不及時吃，不僅維生素損失嚴重，亞硝酸鹽含量也會大量增加，再加熱也不能去除。

大量食入含亞硝酸鹽的食物可引起中毒。亞硝酸鹽在體內可能和蛋白質分解產物合成亞硝胺，是致癌物質，所以吃剩下的綠葉蔬菜不宜加熱再吃。剩的葷菜一般不會產生亞硝酸鹽，但可能有細菌污染，可用水沖洗後，加調料再烹制。

http://210.14.113.18/gate/big5/heal.cpst.net.cn/ssyy/ccjk/2010_08/281915661.html

Struggling single mom sells Obama letter

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/struggling-single-mom-sells-obama-letter-153110485.html

By Liz Goodwin

The Lookout

Destiny Mathis, a young woman in Indiana, reached out to President Obama for a sign of hope in tough economic times, and was initially thrilled to receive a handwritten reply from the president. Now, however, the same economic hardships that prompted her to write to Obama last November have prompted her to put up the letter for sale on an auction website--marking the ninth such sale of an Obama letter that the online auction service has handled.

Macau should make use of favourable conditions offered by Beijing: Wang Guangya

From Macau Business


Macau should make full use of the favourable conditions of the “Outline of the 12th Five-Year Plan for the National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China”, according to the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Wang Guangya.

Mr Wang completes his three-day visit to Macau today.

During his tour of the city’s old districts, he said that the central government was concerned with the effect of inflation in Hong Kong and Macau, and that Beijing would seek more import channels to try to reduce the prices of commodities.

Song 鎖時 -- Julio

Music composed and lyrics written by Macau citizens !

DIY wedding photo taking

Macau is a beautiful city,
as a result,
many lovers (not only citizens, but also visitors) like to take their wedding photos in most of the unique places in this small city,
I can always meet the couples in wedding dress,
follow with the professional team consists of camera man and the assistants,
sunny days or even rainy days,
in the hot places,
like Largo Senado,
S. Paul's Ruins,
Casa de Mesuem of Taipa,
churches,
Penha....
however,
last Sunday,
when I was walking in the Sai Wan area,
I saw a well-dressed couple with their equipment,
they were alone and finding the best places,
with the stand,
they took their wedding dress pictures by themselves.

The background was pretty good -
trees, bridges, sea, and also the Macau tower -
I am pretty sure that all the pictures would be gorgeous.

At the same time,
I thought,
it is so great,
they saved a lot of money on photo taking,
as my co-workers told me that they spent a lot of money on the wedding pictures.

Line Dance - Cumbia Semana

Yesterday's line dance class taught "Cumbia Semana", because I always only bring my body to class, not my brain, therefore it is always a new dance to me.

Actually learned this dance before, it is not difficult, beginner level, however, easy come easy go, but most of all, the melody is pretty quick, excited, and it really cheers my day - even though after work -  I like it very much.

The music is very nice - want to get the lyrics and understand what it is saying, search over Internet, but only can get the title of it - "fin de semana" - end of the weekend - so great, beautiful music, wonderful dance !!

[French song] Au clair de la lune

Lyrics:

Lyrics:

Au clair de la lune
Mon ami Pierrot
Prete-moi ta plume
Pour écrire un mot.

Ma chandelle est morte
Je n'ai plus de feu
Ouvre-moi ta porte
Pour l'amour de Dieu.

Au clair de la lune
Pierrot repondit
Je n'ai pas de plume
Je suis dans mon lit.

Va chez la voisine
Je crois qu'elle y est
Car dans sa cuisine
On bat le briquet.

Au clair de la lune
L'aimable Harlequin
Frappe chez la brune
Elle repond soudain.

Qui frappe de la sorte?
Il dit a son tour
Ouvrez votre porte
Pour le Dieu d'Amour.

Au clair de la lune
On n'y voit qu'un peu
On chercha la plume
On chercha du feu

En cherchant d'la sorte
Je ne sais ce qu'on trouva
Mais je sais que la porte
Sur eux se ferma.

English Translation:

Home

Thursday, my colleague told me that his landlady SMS him that his rental contract would not be renewed,
thus, he needs to find another apartment.
He lives in Macau for short time,
and he does enjoy his apartment in Ocean Garden,
as comparing with working in Portugal,
he finds the traffic with the shuttle bus from home to work is OK for him,
as a result,
he has headache for finding a new home.

At the same time,
my other colleague is also looking for apartment,
thus, all of us are sharing with the news of searching ideal places.

I have been searching for an ideal place for long time,
but I did miss a lot of good opportunities,
while many times,
I thought good time for investment for home would come.
The result is,
the property price goes up and never falls.

Recently,
I saw a lot of places were taking renovation work -
for most of the old houses,
like my own place and my father's place.
My conclusion is that many people know that it is hopeless to wait for the reasonable price to buy newly built houses,
thus, to face the reality,
people would invest their old house,
it was heard that the renovation fee might be MOP200,000 or plus,
but comparing with the new apartment amounting to MOP3,500,000.

Home sweet home,
one of my colleagues always reminds me that,
it is always good to own a house oneself,
otherwise,
like my Portuguese colleague,
just a short message to his mobile,
he was informed by his landlady that,
he has to find a place to move!

Song - Flying Without Wings

Flying Without Wings:Westlife

[Shane:]
Everybody's looking for that something
One thing that makes it all complete
You'll find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children
Some find it in their lover's eyes
Who can deny the joy it brings
When you've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

[Mark:]
Some find it sharing every morning
Some in their solitary lives
You'll find it in the words of others
A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You'll find it in the deepest friendship
The kind you cherish all your life
And when you know how much that means
You've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

So, impossible as they may seem
You've got to fight for every dream
Cos who's to know which one you let go
Would have made you complete

[Shane:]
Well, for me it's waking up beside you
To watch the sunrise on your face
To know that I can say I love you
In any given time or place

[Mark:]
It's little things that only I know
Those are the things that make you mine
And it's like flying without wings
Cos you're my special thing
I'm flying without wings

[Shane:]
And you're the place my life begins
And you'll be where it ends

[Mark:]
I'm flying without wings
And that's the joy you bring
I'm flying without wings

Movie - After this our exile 父子

Sunday noon time, watched this "Malaysian" movie made by a mainly HK cast and crew in the TV. The movie got several awards - heard it for long time, and watched this today.

http://tv.sohu.com/20090324/n262974720.shtml
http://baike.baidu.com/view/527045.htm

劇情簡介：描述一對失去母親(楊采妮)關愛的父子，被追債痛毆的父親逼著兒子去向母親、向鄰居借錢，不肯低頭的小孩開始去偷好友的積蓄。從此之後，父親教唆成性，小孩只得在害怕失風與恐懼父親中艱難度日。十年過去了，父與子尋找幸福的旅程仍在持續中。但又有多少人能意識到，在愛與痛的邊緣，誰能真的作主？父親和兒子，原本就沒有什麼區別。

Philadelphia (film) 費城故事

Thought it is an old film,I always enjoy watching it very much, and I think the ending gives us a reflection.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_(film)

Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film that was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. The film stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. It was inspired in part by the story of Geoffrey Bowers, an attorney who in 1987 sued the law firm Baker & McKenzie for unfair dismissal in one of the first AIDS discrimination cases.

Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film, while the song "Streets of Philadelphia" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Ron Nyswaner was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but lost to Jane Campion for The Piano.

Song - "Streets of Philadelphia"

Bruce Springsteen Streets Of Philadelphia Lyrics

I was bruised and battered and I couldnt tell
What I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know
My own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me
Wastin´away
On the streets of philadelphia

I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of philadelphia

Aint no angel gonna greet me
Its just you and I my friend
My clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip the skin

The night has fallen, Im lyinawake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of philadelphia

Hotel Galaxy - Terrazaa

Nice Friday dinner  for June 10,
Dona Maria, Alentejo, 2007
Tortellini
Risotto
Black Angus Fillet Steak
A big basket of different kinds of bread.

All the food tasted very delicious, service was excellent, environment was fantastic, restaurant is big, but not crowded, however, the portion were very tiny plus the bill was expensive - any how, enjoyed enjoyed !

Wish that I can learn their cooking.


http://www.galaxymacau.com/tc/dining/signaturedining/terrazza/

What a day!

Last night,
my work files in the computer were lost with no reason,
I was quite upset as I spent a lot of effort on that,
the re-work took another 1.5 hours to finish.

When I was on my way home,
things kept on follow -

I used to have umbrella with me all the time,
but last night,
I didn't have it with me,
and  it rained
thus I needed to walk under the rain.

Then,
when I was in San Ma Lou,
was waiting and observing the signal of the green light for crossing,
when the green light indicated that 24 seconds for walking,
I started to cross the road,
however,
on my half way,
the green light showed 14 seconds suddenly turned to 40 second with the red light,
obvious the light was mal-function,
I was unprepred with the sudden change,
it was mid-night,
there were not many people,
but a lot of cars,
I didn't understand why the cars started to move when I was still on the cross-road!

What a day!

I conclude that when one thing goes wrong, all the things may go wrong, so next time,
I should have a positive thinking, and don't let the things turn bad!

Remember my friend always tells me - things eventually will get better!

Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance"

By Barrack Obama
http://books.google.com/books?id=Gf7JE4PtNNgC&source=gbs_book_other_versions


Canongate, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 442 pages


In this memoir written at the age of 33, Barack Obama, son of a black African father and a white American mother, describes the search for meaning in his life as a black American.
 
I am reading this book right now,  finished the part of origin, and now in the second section of Chicago, was touch by his story of his childhood and understand why his grand parents meant so much to him. I am looking forward to read the section about his experience in Kenya.
 
He is such an extraordinary person who experiences to so many different cultures.

Computer - technical problem

Working on some documents with the home computer,
carefully save them and almost the time to finish,
have a final check,
since not quite familiar with the function of zip files......
by the time to check it again,
all the new saved files are lost,
try to check if they are in somewhere eles,
but - I have to face the reality,
all my work as well as my effort has gone,
I am a little bit unhappy about that !!!

Though,
need to re-work again,
what a big technical problem I have today!

Shrimp Brain Paste蝦腦醬

When I was travelling in QingDao, the tour guide highly recommended that the shrimp brain paste to us, she told us that it is very delicious and easy for cooking

I bought one small pack for experiment, and was eager to see how tasteful of it.

Yesterday, opened it and cooked with vegetables - kind of disappointed with the smelling and the taste- I think the quality of the regular shrimp paste we get here is much better.

Well, you never know how it is until you check it yourself, in addition, one man's meat is another man's poison!

Movie - No Strings Attached

Just a commedy, a guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411238/

Memories and Reminscences of Macao - Exhition of Charles Chauderlot.

http://www.charleschauderlot.com/home.html
http://www.macauart.net/Gallery/ShowIndexC.asp?cid=122&id=266

Passed and stopped by the IACM's Exhibtion Hall yesterday. As usual, whenever I have time, I would visit the exhibition there.

Now, they are showing - "Memories and Reminiscences of Macao - Exhibition of Charles Chauderlot".

The paintings are very nice, it reminds me of the other famous English painter - George Chinnery.

I am really excited to see this exhibition, as I could see a lot of familiar places in their old form, plus, with the video introduction, it reminds me that  I saw Mr. Chauderlot many times in the street, I didn't realise that he has such large production of the beautiful paintings about Macau.

Good exhibition!

澳門一景

黃昏時份,
經過媽閣廟,
在屠場前的小店,
一中年女人在店前不斷的拍打高掛的紙牌,
並且不斷的高叫,
我細心的聽,
始終不明,
她很著緊的不斷的叫不斷的打,
在人少寧靜的媽閣區街道上,
我還以為她鬼上身,
不明的,
再往她的視線方向尋找,
原來不遠處,
看見三位印度旅客,
手持剛在另一間店買來的拜神用的小香包,
正有所研究,
而此店的女士可能是想引他們入她的店內購買,
所以不斷的叫喊,
她高掛的紙牌中文寫有"三元一小扎,五元三扎"
看著此有趣的情景,
再細心聽她的叫喊內容,
估計對號的英文 是- Three dollars, three dollars -
以她的表達方法,
很難想像外國人會明白!

「大廚出馬」- "The Master Chef is here" - the prawns went dead

Yesterday watched the TV show, and during the competition process, I in advance predicted the French restaurant chef would win, and it really did.

Comparing with the Thai restaurant chef, the French restaurant chef worked more with details, creative, and beautiful arrangement/decorative of the food, though I could not taste the dishes.

One funny thing in the show - in the first round, one of  the hosts commented that the curry prawn was not spicy enough with the curry by the Thai chef, and she asked why the prawn did not taste fresh in this dish.

With the interpreter, the Thai chef explained that the prawns were not fresh enough to do this dish, as when they brought the fresh prawns to the location, with the filming process and without proper care, all the prawns went dead - the hosts were very embarrassed of this, especially at the time, they were tasting the prawns !

"Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for"

http://www.amazon.com/Friendship-Factor-Closer-People-Care/dp/080661711X

By  Alan Loy McGinnis

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Here's a book that helps you learn how to be a warmer, more lovable person, how to communicate better, and how to resolve tension in your relationships. These clues for getting close apply to friend and friend, husband and wife, parent and child.

爱情悲劇 -陸游,唐婉的詩

釵頭鳳——陸游

紅酥手，黃藤酒，滿城春色宮牆柳。

東風惡，歡情薄，一杯愁緒，幾年離索。錯！錯！錯！


春如舊，人空瘦，淚痕紅悒鮫綃透.

桃花落，閑池閣，山盟雖在，錦書難托。莫，莫，莫！



釵頭鳳——唐婉

世情薄，人情惡，雨送黃昏花易落。

曉風乾，淚痕殘，欲箋心事，獨語斜闌。難！難！難！


人成各，今非昨，病魂常似秋千索。

角聲寒,夜闌珊，怕人尋問，咽淚裝歡。瞞，瞞，瞞！


沈園　　　　陸游

城上斜陽畫角哀，沈園非復舊池台。
傷心橋下春波綠，曾是驚鴻照影來。

夢斷香消四十年，沈園柳老不吹綿，
此身行作稽山土，猶吊遺蹤一泫然。

[花非花] 滿

思情濃，斷情苦。

久負卿，誰傾吐。

沈園一別憾終生，故苑重來淒向暮。

Uncommon Sense - Gary S. Becker

Dr. Becker is one of my favorite economists, like to read his articles/books very much.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/U/bo7919487.html

http://www.4shared.com/get/SvIpU4fh/BECKER_Gary_S_POSNER_Richard_A.html (free e-book)

http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/ ( the blog)

http://www.exvv.tw/mall/detail.jsp?proID=1329407 (Chinese translation)

史说新语:历史背后的经济学

http://zh-tw.ebookcn.com/book/110318#download

 作者:杜忠明

用曆史故事诠釋經濟學，用經濟學解析曆史故事,有趣,輕鬆,易讀,曆史故事與經濟分析,真是可以一石二鳥.

司馬相如《鳳求凰》

        鳳兮鳳兮歸故鄉，遨游四海求其凰。

　　時未遇兮無所將，何悟今兮升斯堂！

　　有豔淑女在閨房，室邇人遐毒我腸。

　　何緣交頸爲鴛鴦，胡頡頏兮共翱翔！

　　凰兮凰兮從我棲，得托孳尾永爲妃。

　　交情通意心和諧，中夜相從知者誰？

　　雙翼俱起翻高飛，無感我思使餘悲。

http://www.zwbk.org/zh-tw/Lemma_Show/99619.aspx

卓文君的詩

《數字詩》

一别之後，
二地相懸。
只說三、四月，
誰知五、六年。
七絃琴無心彈，
八行字無可傳。
九連環無故折斷，
十里長亭望眼欲穿。
百思念，千掛牽，萬般無奈把郎怨。

萬語千言說不完，
百無聊賴十倚欄。
重九登高孤身看孤雁，
八月中秋月圓人不圓。
七月半燒香秉燭問蒼天，
六月間心寒不敢搖蒲扇。
五月石榴似火，偏遇冷雨催花瓣；
四月枇杷未黃，我欲對鏡心煩亂。
急匆匆，三月桃花隨水轉；
飄零零，二月風箏線扯斷。
噫！郎君兮，盼祇盼，
下一世你為女來，我為男！

訣别《白頭吟》

皚如山上雪，皎若雲間月。
聞君有兩意，故來相決絕。
今日斗酒會，明旦溝水頭。
躞蹀御溝上，溝水東西流。
淒淒復淒淒，嫁娶不須啼。
願得一心人，白頭不相離。
竹竿何嫋嫋，魚尾何簁簁。
男兒重意氣，何用錢刀為。

節錄白居易的詩

“七月七日長生殿，
夜半無人私語時：
在天願作比翼鳥，
在地願為連理枝"

鄭板橋 - “難得糊塗”

　
        烏紗擲去不為官，

　　囊橐蕭蕭兩袖寒。

　　寫取一枝清瘦竹，

　　秋風江上作漁桿。

　　

糭子

上周在偶然的機會看見某酒家推廣其糭子,
美麗的包裝,
種類清單上並給了一個清雅的名-"糭緣".

今早去蘭香閣酒家取糭子,
可能已是最後一日的限期,
在酒店前,
遠遠看見很多不同大小種類的糭子高高掛上,
給我一種濃濃的節日氣氛,
店內很多買糭或以禮劵取糭的人,
多個店員忙得很,
我要等很久才拿到我一袋的糭子.

在等候時,
四周張望,
酒家內的食客不多,
但看見其已準備的糭,
真使我如入"糭海"的感覺.

小時也有跟家人在此酒家飲茶,
其月餅更是我們以月供形式中秋必有的過節食品.

買糭子的選擇多,
不厭煩的亦可以自己做.

父親喜歡在過節時,
向好友送贈小小的過節食品,
故會預購禮劵-
但很多時,
間中嘗試不同的地方,
早前多數是遠來或聖安娜,
但今年他給我的竟是蘭香閣的,
早早以為此酒家已消失了.
從預訂(預備)的各式各樣的糭,
可知,
傳統食品仍有一定的捧場客.

回家時,
又看見一些小店的宣傳廣告-
"糭子飄香賀端陽"

Rice Dumplings

Dragon Boat festival is around,
when I pass by the eating shop,
I can see the shop owners make the rice dumpling for selling.

It reminds me that my mother used to home-made our own rice dumplings for the festival when she was still healthy many years ago,
I never made any of them before,
but I know there are a lot of preparation work,
from shopping for ingredients,
to preparing for the cooking,
like soaking the bamboo leaves, beans, rice,
to seasoning the meat,
wrapping them,
and steaming them for hours,
all of them take time and patience.

But I can conclude,
the home-made rice dumplings are more healthy,
with less fatten oil,
and the cost of making them at home is very cheap -
privided one have plenty of time.

By the time,
my mother did't work outside,
so her cost was minimum,
therefore we saved a lot of money of eating a lot of rice dumplings
- not only for the traditional lunch,
but for our breakfast too.

We used to have traditional lunch of rice dumplings and the five beans sweet soup -
now, I try to keep this tradition for many years -
to be honest,
if I have time,
I think I can make them too ( take several times of try and error though!) ,
however, considering the opportunity cost of making them,
I would just buy the rice dumplings outside
- it is easier and cheaper.

《一家帆遊－－浪遊世界一千天的幸福》

作者 張惠侶
出版社 天窗出版社

文章曾刊於報上,每星期都期待著閱讀作者一家的歷險, 跟她的文章"傲遊天下"!


http://www.cp1897.com.hk/product_info.php?BookId=9789881887900

http://www.camarni.com/   (作者的blog)
http://www.alumni.cuhk.edu.hk/magazine/200812/htm/p16-18.htm 
 
內容簡介:
 2005年的一天，曾當水警警官的Arni決定要「帆遊世界」，花了半生積蓄購下一艘雙體帆船，然後跟太太阿琴，帶著團團轉的四歲及六歲小女兒，就此以「翡翠號」（Jade）為家，揚起帆遊世界。
一家四口橫過赤道，與海獅共舞、穿草蓆裙，結識來自天南地北的海上同路人，跟土著學原始燒烤，與鳥獸魚雙宿雙棲。由美國東岸，經過太平洋島國，再去紐西蘭跟澳洲。揚帆千多天，航行了半個地球，儘管犧牲慣常娛樂和舒適生活，面對無盡的擔憂，和無窮的家事，可是，換來的，卻是一生難得一遇的見聞；找到的，卻是人生的另一種幸福。
阿琴寫下一家人旅程首三年零六個月的故事，好讓大家了解，陸地生活以外有這麼一群海上遊牧民族（Crusiers），有這麼的一種生活選擇。說不定，這就是你尋求脫離塵世雜務的一種方式。

香瓜

在山東旅行時,
導遊小姐介紹當地特有的小香瓜,
小小的,
外形像雪梨,
誤聽以為外形像迷你西瓜,
黃色及白色相間的那種.
晚上在生果攤上,
尋找自己以為的香瓜.
(其實有多款類似的)
當地在街上售賣的,
外形真是其貌不揚,
不過始終需要吃水果,
買了兩個嘗試,
不超過4元已有兩個,
回酒店食也覺得不錯,
很多汁,
翌日,
才知買錯了,
心想,
與真正的香瓜緣慳一面!

誰知昨天,
與來自北京的舊同事逛街,
她告訴我在某超市有來自北方的香瓜,
很鮮的,
隨她往看,
真是
在澳門的果攤一般難見有售的香瓜,
此超市卻有售,
外皮頗美
買了兩個,
接近10元,
回家吃-
硬硬的,
改以攪拌器作果汁飲,
頗好,
不過沒有了在北方時吃的那種味道-熟透多汁.

舊同事可能懷念故鄉的水果,
一人買了多個回家品嘗.

食物真是可以有家的味道?
可能是心境及心理的作用!

燕巢

連續兩天的中午時份,
在紅窗門街附近,
數個影相發燒友奈心地捕捉"主角"的一舉一動.....
往他們大大鏡頭的方向朝上望,
再觀看他們的鏡頭畫面,
很可愛的一家四口,
胖胖的燕子,
在大廈騎樓底下築起一個溫馨的家,
似乎他們住在此已有一段日子.
真估不到,
很多年前讀的古詩-
樑上有雙燕...
出現在眼前!