2015-02-28
2015-02-24
何鴻燊新春賀辭
澳博控股主席何鴻燊在澳博農曆除夕聯歡晚宴的錄影新春賀辭中笑談羊年，
他寄語羊年在行政長官崔世安的領導下，
澳門一定會名揚四海，
做生意的不要掛羊頭賣狗肉，
打工仔要盡全力，
小小成績不要到處揚，
學生不要懶洋洋。
何鴻燊又祝願澳門百業興旺，
洋洋得意，
人人神彩飛揚。
他寄語羊年在行政長官崔世安的領導下，
澳門一定會名揚四海，
做生意的不要掛羊頭賣狗肉，
打工仔要盡全力，
小小成績不要到處揚，
學生不要懶洋洋。
何鴻燊又祝願澳門百業興旺，
洋洋得意，
人人神彩飛揚。
2015-02-23
What Makes a Great Negotiator -by Victoria Pynchon
http://www.mediate.com/articles/pynchonv4.cfm
Principle 1: Great negotiators shape the structure of their situations
Great negotiators never get mired down reacting to counterparts' moves. Instead, they work to mold the basic structure of the negotiation by involving the right people, controlling the issue agenda, creating linkages that bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time.
Principle 2: Great negotiators organize to learn
Great negotiators diagnose the essential features of the situation, familiarize themselves with its history and context, and probe the backgrounds and reputations of their counterparts. Understanding the limits of public and privately-gained knowledge prior to the bargaining session, great negotiators continue learning at the negotiation table -- carefully gauging reactions and responses while testing hypotheses by asking diagnostic questions and putting offers on the table.
Principle 3: Great negotiators are masters of process design
Great negotiators are cognizant of the potential benefits and costs of setting up a secret channel and understand that details as small as the timing of a meeting or the shape of the negotiating table can make a difference. They know that a bad process—one perceived as unfair, illegitimate, or simply confusing—can create unnecessary and often intractable barriers to agreement.
Principle 4: Great negotiators foster agreement when possible but employ force when necessary
Great negotiators understand the delicate interplay between negotiation and coercive power and make skilled use of explicit and implicit threats. They also recognize the need for threats to be credible, because the cost of using force can be very high. Great negotiators also recognize that their counterparts will view any agreement achieved by means of coercive power as illegitimate and feel free to violate its terms in the absence of continuously applied coercive power. They also understand that backing weak players into a corner triggers resistance and escalation.
Principle 5: Great negotiators anticipate and manage conflict
Great negotiators mediate their own disputes. They are skilled at diagnosing potential sources of conflict. They recognize the potential for escalation in zero-sum thinking, mutual perceptions of vulnerability, and a history of distrust or injury that has transformed perceptions. They are also equipped to craft strategies to overcome these barriers, by reframing issues or setting up confidence-building mechanisms. Great negotiators are skilled at developing trust backed by a seriousness of purpose and unwavering adherence to the principles they must protect.
Principle 6: Great negotiators build momentum toward agreement
Great negotiators channel the flow and pace of the process -- developing attractive visions of a desirable future; proposing a formula or framework or face-saving compromise; and, erecting barriers to backsliding that impel the process forward.
Principle 7: Great negotiators lead from the middle
Great negotiators work internally to shape their mandates and negotiating instructions, and to sell the resulting agreements to constituents. At the same time, they build credibility and productive working relationships externally while advancing the interests of their sides. Great negotiators pay close attention to how the other side makes decisions, and use their insights to tailor their own moves. They even help their counterparts sell agreements.
Negotiators who participate in shaping their mandates have a clear vision of what they want to achieve, and work to shape internal and external perceptions to maximize their ability to advance their sides' interests—and their own.
What Makes a Great Negotiator
According to Harvard Business School Professor Michael Watkins' new book Breakthrough International Negotiations truly great negotiators operate on seven basic principles.Principle 1: Great negotiators shape the structure of their situations
Great negotiators never get mired down reacting to counterparts' moves. Instead, they work to mold the basic structure of the negotiation by involving the right people, controlling the issue agenda, creating linkages that bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time.
Principle 2: Great negotiators organize to learn
Great negotiators diagnose the essential features of the situation, familiarize themselves with its history and context, and probe the backgrounds and reputations of their counterparts. Understanding the limits of public and privately-gained knowledge prior to the bargaining session, great negotiators continue learning at the negotiation table -- carefully gauging reactions and responses while testing hypotheses by asking diagnostic questions and putting offers on the table.
Principle 3: Great negotiators are masters of process design
Great negotiators are cognizant of the potential benefits and costs of setting up a secret channel and understand that details as small as the timing of a meeting or the shape of the negotiating table can make a difference. They know that a bad process—one perceived as unfair, illegitimate, or simply confusing—can create unnecessary and often intractable barriers to agreement.
Principle 4: Great negotiators foster agreement when possible but employ force when necessary
Great negotiators understand the delicate interplay between negotiation and coercive power and make skilled use of explicit and implicit threats. They also recognize the need for threats to be credible, because the cost of using force can be very high. Great negotiators also recognize that their counterparts will view any agreement achieved by means of coercive power as illegitimate and feel free to violate its terms in the absence of continuously applied coercive power. They also understand that backing weak players into a corner triggers resistance and escalation.
Principle 5: Great negotiators anticipate and manage conflict
Great negotiators mediate their own disputes. They are skilled at diagnosing potential sources of conflict. They recognize the potential for escalation in zero-sum thinking, mutual perceptions of vulnerability, and a history of distrust or injury that has transformed perceptions. They are also equipped to craft strategies to overcome these barriers, by reframing issues or setting up confidence-building mechanisms. Great negotiators are skilled at developing trust backed by a seriousness of purpose and unwavering adherence to the principles they must protect.
Principle 6: Great negotiators build momentum toward agreement
Great negotiators channel the flow and pace of the process -- developing attractive visions of a desirable future; proposing a formula or framework or face-saving compromise; and, erecting barriers to backsliding that impel the process forward.
Principle 7: Great negotiators lead from the middle
Great negotiators work internally to shape their mandates and negotiating instructions, and to sell the resulting agreements to constituents. At the same time, they build credibility and productive working relationships externally while advancing the interests of their sides. Great negotiators pay close attention to how the other side makes decisions, and use their insights to tailor their own moves. They even help their counterparts sell agreements.
Negotiators who participate in shaping their mandates have a clear vision of what they want to achieve, and work to shape internal and external perceptions to maximize their ability to advance their sides' interests—and their own.
Song - 快樂
快樂是陽光普照的清晨，
快樂是流水美妙的音韻，
快樂其實分分鐘把您等，
只要您識得點去搵。
快樂是尋找天際的星辰，
快樂是回憶沙灘的足印，
快樂其實邊一位都有份，
不管您是富或貧。
朋友愛，父母恩，
每刻溫暖在我心，
豁達滿足，仁愛施恩，
快樂便常共您相親。
快樂是離開都市的煙塵，
快樂是回家往浴缸一浸，
快樂是一首好歌嘴裡哼，
一張晚報，一杯香檳。
快樂是賢妻給我的精神，
快樂是兒子親暱的一吻，
快樂長陪我這一生，
皆因我是快樂人。
2015-02-22
2015-02-21
Time Management Quotes
- “Time and I against any two.“ – Baltasar Gracian
- “Time is a great healer, but a poor beautician.“ – Lucille S. Harper
- “He that rises late must trot all day.“ – Benjamin Franklin
- “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that is why they call it the present.“ – Kung Fu Panda
- “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute — then it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity!“ – Albert Einstein
- “Time stays long enough for those who use it.“ – Leonardo Da Vinci
- “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.“ – Charles Dickens
- “Time is the rider that breaks youth.“ – George Herbert
- “No man goes before his time — unless the boss leaves early“. – Groucho Marx
- “Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.“ – Daniel J. Boorstin
- http://sourcesofinsight.com/time-management-quotes/
How to Transform Your Life in 6 Minutes a Day
Minute 1: S is for silence.
Minute 2: A is for Affirmations.
Minute 3. V is for visualization.
Minute 4. E is for exercise.
Minute 5. R is for reading.
Minute 6. S is for scribing.
Start today.
How would you feel if that’s how you used the first six minutes of each day? How would the quality of your day -- and your life -- improve? We can all agree that investing a minimum of six minutes into becoming the person that we need to be to create the lives we truly want is not only reasonable. It’s an absolute must.http://www.entrepreneur.com/
10 mindsets for success:
1. Choose courage over fear.
2. Believe in yourself.
3. Choose good company.
4. Adopt self-chosen goals.
5. Have a purpose and a vision.
6. Accept the challenge.
7. Be discerning.
8. Be willing to take risks.
9. Do what you love.
10. Gratitude.
Habits coupled with flexibility provide you with a path to success. Success is fluid and so rigidity will stand in its way.Developing these mindsets give you a compass to navigate the ever-changing tides on the way to business and financial goals. These mindsets allow openness and flexibility while also providing you precise direction.
http://www.entrepreneur.com
吉利食材掃空 東星斑一條800元 開年飯食得闊綽萬元盆菜有捧場
(綜合報道)(星島日報報道)開年飯為傳統
農曆新年中最豐盛的一餐，昨日大年初二不少市民清早便到街市選購新鮮食材。今年餸菜價普遍較去年貴一兩成，有活雞貴至三百元一隻，約八百多元一條的東星
斑、三百元青邊鮑魚等亦不乏捧場客，各類諧音寓意「生生猛猛」、「吉利」的食材多被一掃而空。有市民較平日多用四倍價錢自家炮製開年飯，更有豪客花逾三千
元買海鮮，亦有人擲過萬元與家人外出品嘗寓意「盤滿 滿」的盆菜宴。
大年初二的街道略見冷清，但街市內大量檔販及市民提早為「開年飯」張羅。隨內地活雞恢復供應，雞檔人流最暢旺，灣仔街市平靚正家禽店活雞每隻賣 一百六十八至二百三十八元。店員馮生指截至昨早九時半，已賣出二百多隻活雞，「上年開年無活雞吃，今年當然多人買！」九龍城街市周華記雞檔東主玲姐亦表 示，活雞價錢雖已較年三十晚貴五元，售至九十元一斤，但未計熟客早已預訂的，至昨早約十時全部沽清檔口逾百隻雞。
活雞搶手90元一斤
海鮮檔以代表「吉利」的鯉魚和「富貴」的桂魚最受歡迎，售價分別四十及七十元一斤，連八百多元一條東星斑也很受歡迎。榮興海鮮陳先生比平日進貨 多一倍，但昨僅開售兩小時已賣去六成存貨，「今日可以提早收工，老闆在酒樓訂了位吃開年飯！」鄰店輝記海鮮員工霍先生亦預計生意有近一兩成升幅，「來貨價 比去年貴約一成，但客人出手闊綽，有客人買逾三千元海鮮，包括一條八百多元、重一斤半的東星斑，及二百八十元十隻的大蝦等貴價食材」。
有肉販提早凌晨三時開市，指取諧音好意頭的食材大賣，如「橫財就手」的豬手及「大吉大利」豬脷等。
不少菜檔賣拜神「利是菜」，二十元一紮，早被一掃而空，而寓意「生生猛猛」的生菜亦十分搶手。甜心菜檔東主陳小姐指，昨日各類蔬菜平均每斤加價兩、三元。
市民譚太昨早前後三次到街市買餸，因恐雞販提早收檔。她表示，「平日一家八口用數百元買餸，今晚則用超過二千元。」她買了兩隻價值三百多元青邊鮑魚，打算煲湯和煲粥，又買下一對有枝葉的大桔，寓意「開枝散葉」。
年逾八旬的任婆婆昨亦特意從九龍灣住所到上環正街買餸，與居於華富邨的女兒齊齊下廚，「今年用了五百多元買餸，有魚有肉，大富大貴」。
「鮑魚每年必備」
家有十口的李婆婆今年一反傳統，在中午吃開年飯，花逾千元買餸，「鮑魚是每年必備的，還有老虎斑、雞和小朋友愛吃的鹵味」。
除了住家開年飯，高太就花逾一萬元在酒樓預訂豐富盆菜宴，讓十六名家人共享，「分量太多自己處理不到，外傭煮又不夠傳統，後生一輩更不懂煮食，外出食一家都開開心心，『盤滿 滿』！」
窮人窮在哪，富人又為何富？
http://www.cmoney.tw/
窮人與富人的 思維不同
雖然只是一場小小的買東西的實驗，卻已經看得出來。窮人的孩子，
不斷被壓抑本身對物質的慾望，
必須拿最少的錢換最多的商品，
養成實事求是的好習慣。
他不斷的在做「減法」，
將有限的100元，分配給一個東西，
剩下80元，再將80元分配到下一樣東西，剩下60元……。
長大後，領著每個月固定的薪資，
也是用這樣的「減法思維」來應付人生。
富人的孩子，注重的卻是「加法」。
錢即使不多，但「心」卻沒有上限。或許是慾望，或許是野心，
總之，他一次就先看到一個很大的商品，看很久，
然後，買不起，沒關係，
他設定目標、要賺「更多」的錢，
讓上限可以提高，來買一些不可思議的東西。
以下整理出
窮人和富人 心態與做法上的不同之處
不得佩服，說的太精闢了！
趕快來瞧瞧吧！
總結:
這個世界， 並沒有永遠的贏家與輸家，
調整到 對的心態，明天你也可以是大贏家！
Lobby Lounge High Tea - Macau Grand Hyatt
The
refined afternoon tea set will be served daily from 3:00pm to 6:00pm,
where guests can dine from a beautiful hand-hammered silver stand
commissioned especially by Grand Hyatt Macau. The afternoon tea set
includes:
Hours: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm daily
*Price is subject to 15% service charge and tax.
- Daily fresh pastry
- Cucumber finger sandwiches
- Authentic Portuguese egg tart
- Mini bagels with smoked salmon and chive cream cheese
- Fruit scones and fresh fruit
- Two cups of coffee or tea per set (no refill)
Hours: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm daily
*Price is subject to 15% service charge and tax.
New Year 's price - MOP488. + 15%
你无法左右的，就随缘吧！
轉帖: http://tieba.baidu.com/
要独立，要坚强，要勇敢，要活的漂亮，要让自己永远善良。
很多人事的变迁，你无法左右，只能随缘。要想活得快乐，要学会清醒地做事，糊涂地做人。
童年，两小无猜;青年，海誓山盟;老年，白头偕老。愿所有的人的爱情都是完美一生。
人生要学会沉淀，沉淀经验，沉淀心情，沉淀自己。
不管昨天，今天，明天，能豁然开朗就是美好的一天。
生活的最高境界：珍惜自己的过去，满意自己的现在，乐观自己的未来。
努力过后，才知道许多事情，坚持坚持，就过来了。
保持一颗年轻的心，做个简单的人，享受阳光和温暖。
耐心点，坚强点;总有一天，你承受过的疼痛会有助于你。
如花美眷，似水流年。回得了过去，回不了当初。有些人、有些事，一转身就一辈子。
生活总是起伏跌荡，不要抱怨什么，你就是再快乐，也会有烦忧;你就算再倒霉，亦会有幸运。
人生是一场永不落幕的演出，我们每一个人都是演员，只不过，有的人顺从自己，有的人取悦观众。
感觉累的时候，也许你正处于人生的上坡路。坚持走下去，你就会发现到达了人生的另一个高度。
你给世界一个什么姿态，世界将还你一个什么样的人生
要独立，要坚强，要勇敢，要活的漂亮，要让自己永远善良。
很多人事的变迁，你无法左右，只能随缘。要想活得快乐，要学会清醒地做事，糊涂地做人。
童年，两小无猜;青年，海誓山盟;老年，白头偕老。愿所有的人的爱情都是完美一生。
人生要学会沉淀，沉淀经验，沉淀心情，沉淀自己。
不管昨天，今天，明天，能豁然开朗就是美好的一天。
生活的最高境界：珍惜自己的过去，满意自己的现在，乐观自己的未来。
努力过后，才知道许多事情，坚持坚持，就过来了。
保持一颗年轻的心，做个简单的人，享受阳光和温暖。
耐心点，坚强点;总有一天，你承受过的疼痛会有助于你。
如花美眷，似水流年。回得了过去，回不了当初。有些人、有些事，一转身就一辈子。
生活总是起伏跌荡，不要抱怨什么，你就是再快乐，也会有烦忧;你就算再倒霉，亦会有幸运。
人生是一场永不落幕的演出，我们每一个人都是演员，只不过，有的人顺从自己，有的人取悦观众。
感觉累的时候，也许你正处于人生的上坡路。坚持走下去，你就会发现到达了人生的另一个高度。
你给世界一个什么姿态，世界将还你一个什么样的人生
2015-02-20
Dragão gigante dourado desfila no primeiro dia do Ano Novo Chinês, cidade em festa para receber o Ano da Cabra
Com
Macau em festa para celebrar a chegada do Ano da Cabra, a Direcção dos
Serviços do Turismo (DST) deseja a todos os residentes e visitantes
saúde e sucesso, fazendo votos para um desenvolvimento saudável e
diversificado da indústria turística, e de empenho total para alcançar o
objectivo de transformar Macau num Centro Mundial de Turismo e Lazer.
A DST, em conjunto com o Instituto para
os Assuntos Cívicos e Municipais (IACM), o Instituto Cultural (IC) e o
Instituto do Desporto (ID), realizou no primeiro dia do Ano Novo Lunar
Chinês (dia 19) actividades comemorativas do Festival da Primavera nas
Ruínas de S. Paulo e no Largo do Senado, para assinalar a chegada do
Novo Ano em conjunto com os residentes e visitantes. O Secretário para
os Assuntos Sociais e Cultura, Alexis Tam, participou na ocasião e
presidiu à cerimónia de vivificação do leão e do dragão gigante dourado.
China Focus: Traditions light up Lunar New Year
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-02/19/c_134007310.htm
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spring Festival is a time to observe old traditions and celebrate China's cultural inheritance.
Food is an important part of New Year celebration. In northern China, dumplings are indispensable on New Year's eve and the first meal of the New Year.
Wang Yuzhe, of Caoxian County of Shandong Province, got up early on Thursday morning, swept the courtyard floor to clear up firecracker residue and woke the whole family to prepare for the New Year breakfast together -- dumplings.
While wrapping up a coin into a dumpling, Wang said that the person who finds this dumpling will make big money in the coming year.
This associating between dumplings and fortune is said based on the supposed resemblance to "yuan bao" a boat-shaped gold ingot used as currency in ancient times.
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spring Festival is a time to observe old traditions and celebrate China's cultural inheritance.
Food is an important part of New Year celebration. In northern China, dumplings are indispensable on New Year's eve and the first meal of the New Year.
Wang Yuzhe, of Caoxian County of Shandong Province, got up early on Thursday morning, swept the courtyard floor to clear up firecracker residue and woke the whole family to prepare for the New Year breakfast together -- dumplings.
While wrapping up a coin into a dumpling, Wang said that the person who finds this dumpling will make big money in the coming year.
This associating between dumplings and fortune is said based on the supposed resemblance to "yuan bao" a boat-shaped gold ingot used as currency in ancient times.
World leaders congratulate China on Spring Festival
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Several world leaders have expressed their goodwill and best regards to the Chinese people on the Chinese Lunar New Year.
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev sent on Thursday a message of goodwill and best wishes to Chinese President Xi Jinping and the people of China on Spring Festival of the Year of the Goat.
The Goat occupies the eighth position in the Chinese Zodiac circle of 12 animals.
In the message, Atambayev noted that the ongoing development of relations between Kyrgyzstan and China is based on longstanding friendship, good neighborliness and mutual respect.
羊年，澳 門
【太陽報專訊】踏入喜氣洋洋的乙未羊年，澳
門市面各處節日氣氛濃厚，舞龍舞獅的鑼鼓聲、爆竹聲響徹燃放區，各景點擠滿人群，熱鬧非常！澳門政府昨於著名景點大三巴牌坊廣場舉行大型新春活動，二百三
十八米長的金龍不斷舞動，多隻活潑好動的醒獅伴隨大隊一同巡遊賀歲，吸引大批遊客駐足觀賞及拍照。而澳門多所賭場趁新春特備醒獅表演，寓意羊年欣欣向榮，
充滿活力朝氣。
公務員暫解「賭禁」
澳門新春活動浪接浪，澳門旅遊局及其他官員代表昨聯同財神爺，於議事亭前地向市民及旅客派「利是」及金元寶，現場一片新春喜氣。旅遊局將於年初三 （二十一日）及年初十（二十八日）晚上安排大型花車巡遊匯演，並邀得多位香港歌手、藝人助興。另外，大年初一分別有一男一女嬰於澳門兩家醫院出生，剛好湊 成好字。
此外，不少人趁「新正頭」到賭場一試運氣，加上澳門政府按慣例，每年年三十晚至年初三，一連幾天解禁予公務員進入賭場耍樂，多間賭場都人頭湧湧，而多間賭場有舞龍等賀歲活動吸引顧客。
有關過年的英文單字 All about Chinese New Year
春節 The Spring Festival
農曆 lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵節 The Lantern Festival
過年 Guo-nian
對聯 poetic couplet
春聯 Spring Festival couplets
剪紙 paper-cuts
年畫 New Year paintings
買年貨 do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
燈籠 lantern: a portable light
煙花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
紅包 red packets
舞獅 lion dance
舞龍 dragon dance
戲曲 traditional opera
雜耍 vaudeville
燈謎 riddle game
燈會 exhibit of lanterns
守歲 staying-up
拜年 New Year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
壓歲錢 lucky money
辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year
掃房 spring cleaning
團圓飯 family reunion dinner
年夜飯 the dinner on New Year's Eve
年糕 New Year cake
餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
湯圓 Tang-yuan
八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盤 candy tray
什錦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health
西瓜子 happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
紅棗 red dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
春回大地Spring returns
金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home
一本萬利Make great profits
龍精虎猛Having the spirit of a dragon and the energy of a tiger
風調雨順 Wind and rain come on time
吉祥如意Everything goes well
福滿人間Blessings fill every house
步步高昇Promoting to a higher position
生意興隆Business flourishes
身壯力健A healthy and powerful body
國泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
一帆風順Wishing you every success
出入平安Safe trip wherever you go
恭喜發財Wishing you prosperity
新春大吉A good start in the New Year
龍馬精神Energetic as a dragon and a horse
心想事成May all your wishes come true
歲歲平安Peace all year round
花開富貴Fortune comes with blooming flowers
和氣生財Harmony brings wealth
招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful
新年快樂Happy New Year
萬事如意Everything goes in your favor
恭賀新年 A happy New Year to you
農曆 lunar calendar
除夕 New Year's Eve
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵節 The Lantern Festival
過年 Guo-nian
對聯 poetic couplet
春聯 Spring Festival couplets
剪紙 paper-cuts
年畫 New Year paintings
買年貨 do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
燈籠 lantern: a portable light
煙花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers
紅包 red packets
舞獅 lion dance
舞龍 dragon dance
戲曲 traditional opera
雜耍 vaudeville
燈謎 riddle game
燈會 exhibit of lanterns
守歲 staying-up
拜年 New Year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
壓歲錢 lucky money
辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year
掃房 spring cleaning
團圓飯 family reunion dinner
年夜飯 the dinner on New Year's Eve
年糕 New Year cake
餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
湯圓 Tang-yuan
八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盤 candy tray
什錦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health
西瓜子 happiness, truth and sincerity
金桔 cumquat - prosperity
糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
紅棗 red dates - prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
春回大地Spring returns
金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home
一本萬利Make great profits
龍精虎猛Having the spirit of a dragon and the energy of a tiger
風調雨順 Wind and rain come on time
吉祥如意Everything goes well
福滿人間Blessings fill every house
步步高昇Promoting to a higher position
生意興隆Business flourishes
身壯力健A healthy and powerful body
國泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
一帆風順Wishing you every success
出入平安Safe trip wherever you go
恭喜發財Wishing you prosperity
新春大吉A good start in the New Year
龍馬精神Energetic as a dragon and a horse
心想事成May all your wishes come true
歲歲平安Peace all year round
花開富貴Fortune comes with blooming flowers
和氣生財Harmony brings wealth
招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful
新年快樂Happy New Year
萬事如意Everything goes in your favor
恭賀新年 A happy New Year to you
《生死學中學生死》
「生死一本通」的實用好書。
本書特色
生是什麼？
死是什麼？
在生死之間，如何活得有意義？
如果以一條線來譬喻，把兩端設定為生與死，
重點不在兩邊，而是在中間這一段，
我們要學的是如何好好地活、好好地生。
作者 辜琮瑜
homepage.mac.com/ariesgu/Personal1.html
本書特色
生是什麼？
死是什麼？
在生死之間，如何活得有意義？
如果以一條線來譬喻，把兩端設定為生與死，
重點不在兩邊，而是在中間這一段，
我們要學的是如何好好地活、好好地生。
作者 辜琮瑜
homepage.mac.com/ariesgu/Personal1.html
2015-02-18
紅豆糕
http://yes-news.com/9425/%E8%B3%80%E5%B9%B4%E6%BA%96%E5%82%99%E2%80%94%E7%B4%85%E8%B1%86%E7%B3%95
紅豆半斤，水約7杯，片糖200克，粘米粉80克，澄麵40克，粟粉40克，生油少許
1. 紅豆浸隔約6小時
2. 用4杯水把紅豆先煮至滾，轉小火煮至軟身，把水分收乾
3. 加入片糖及2杯水少許生油煮至融
4. 粘米粉、澄麵及粟粉加入餘下1杯水拌成滑漿
5. 把粉漿倒入紅豆2內
6. 用中火煮及攪拌至稠身
7.把漿料倒入一己掃油的糕盆內
8. 隔水以大火蒸40分鐘至熟透，待涼後即可食用
浪漫感人........
一名美國寡婦在情人節收到亡夫送上的花束，始料丈夫原來在生前經已為她安排了每年的情人節禮物，十足十電影情節般浪漫感人。
Shelly對此感到極為激動，形容他是個了不起的男人，他的愛更跨越生死邊界，並打算把花束都留下來 以紀念每個特別的情人節。花店職員Row亦對他的行動大為感動，簡直與電影情節一樣。
Jim在去年確診患上腦腫瘤並於六月逝世，終年53歲。兩人於1986年結婚，育有一子一女。
Tromba Rija
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Tromba Rija at Macau Tower — G/F
Background
Founded in 1966, Tromba Rija was located in a village called Leiria, Portugal. The founders were the parents of the current operator, Elisabête Real.
Tromba Rija started the business as a local butcher and wine tavern shop. Freezer was not yet popular in town at that time. For this reason, meat had to be sold within a day, otherwise it would spoil. One day, Elisabête’s mother used some of the unsold meat to cook with beans stew, which turned out to be one of today’s popular household dishes, Feijoada. It was well received by the local residents and soon more customers outside the village came for the dish. Since then, the butcher and tavern shop gradually turned into a formal restaurant, now a well-known one in the world, run by Elisabête and Fernando Real.
Tromba Rija at Macau Tower
Tromba Rija will make its Asian debut at Macau Tower on December 22 and named 《皇家葡萄餚》 in Chinese, in which the family name of Elisabête and Fernando is subtly embedded.
The design of the new Tromba Rija will follow the tradition to render passionate and home-like hospitality, so that customers can enjoy the party atmosphere in a house of fine delicacy. By adopting a rustic, family style design, from the setting, lighting to every detail, the restaurant delivers a warm and simplistic ambience fused with contemporary elements, offering an extraordinary dining experience.
The restaurant provides private dining room, indoor and outdoor dining area that can accommodate more than 150 guests, easily becoming an ideal dining and celebration destination for family and friends, especially those who seek quality of life.
Culinary Specialties
Tromba Rija proudly presents a dazzling selection of over 60 signature dishes in buffet style. In addition to a variety of cold cuts, cheese, sausage and signature dishes, matching table wines and beverages of Portugal as well as several local Macanese style cuisines will be served exclusively in Macau Tower.
Opening Hours
| Lunch Buffet | Tapas Set | Dinner Buffet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday – Sunday | 12 pm – 3 pm | 3 pm – 6 pm | 6 pm – 11 pm |
Price
| Lunch Buffet | Tapas Set | Dinner Buffet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday – Sunday | From MOP 218 per person | MOP 188 for two persons | From MOP 318 per person |
| Enquiry / Reservations: | (853) 2896 2878 |
|---|---|
| Notes: | All prices are in MOP and subject to a 10% service charge. We strongly recommend guests make reservations in advance to avoid disappointment. |
2015-02-16
Nice NY Parcel
This morning,
I got a EMS parcel from
it is a very nice philatelic pack from a lady whom I met in a business occasion,
we met only once,
but we keep on exchanging greeting cards annually,
I am so surprised for the nice present,
and it is very nice of her!
Hope I could visit her again in Beijing in future !
whatsapp message
Received a message from whatsapp that a colleage told me that he took for two days off,
this is not an official sick leave,
but a special permission,
for a responsible staff,
one should know the normal operation,
one could create a lot of trouble because of abnormal absence at work,
I have no words.
I just wonder that for the young generation,
even though request for leave,
not a face to face request,
non a direct phone call,
but just a whatsapp messge,
sorry,
I am not the person who check my mobile very often!
this is not an official sick leave,
but a special permission,
for a responsible staff,
one should know the normal operation,
one could create a lot of trouble because of abnormal absence at work,
I have no words.
I just wonder that for the young generation,
even though request for leave,
not a face to face request,
non a direct phone call,
but just a whatsapp messge,
sorry,
I am not the person who check my mobile very often!
2015-02-15
Movie - The fault in our stars
"The world is not a wish granting factory."
"There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that."
'"Headline?" he asked.
"'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said.
"'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'" he said. "
'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'" I said."'
"But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does."
2015-02-14
Walden
http://thoreau.eserver.org/walden00.html
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Original title page of Walden featuring a picture drawn by Thoreau's sister Sophia.
| |
| Author | Henry David Thoreau |
|---|---|
| Original title | Walden; or, Life in the Woods |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | August 9, 1854[1] (Ticknor and Fields: Boston) |
| Media type | |
Walden (/ˈwɔːldən/; first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods), by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.[3] First published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development.
By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection.Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles (3 km) from his family home.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher,abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist,[2] Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric,symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail.[3] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.[3]
He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillipsand defending abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
春节 -新丰樱花谷&从化天适樱花园
春节]新丰樱花谷&从化天适樱花园 - recommended by my colleague, options :
2月21号[年初三]及2月22号[年初四]从化:天适樱花园赏樱花+赏油菜花1天深度纯玩游
天适樱花悠乐园
位于广东省广州从化市城郊街西和村，占地面积1000多亩，四周峰峦连绵叠翠，风景秀丽。园内数十万株樱花热烈绽放、姹紫嫣红，蔚为壮观，是国内最大的赏樱、品樱、知樱、玩樱的旅游胜地之一。大面积种植塑造樱花的壮观美。成行、成片、成林，错落有致，高低层次，是最美的樱花体现。树和树之间仅有两臂宽，走在树林间，只觉头上脚下身前身后都是轻绯淡粉，如雾如霞的娇艳樱花。
每年二、三月份是樱花盛开时节，数十万枝的樱花竞相绽放，花繁艳丽、妖艳动人；品种多样、颜色各异的樱花漫山遍野，形成了花的海洋，如同翻滚的浪涛，极为壮观，让人叹为观止！举办独特新颖、各式各样的樱花节活动，带着家人、朋友一起享受这春天般的美丽与欢乐。狭长小径塑造樱花的浪漫美。加之园林小品的点缀，在自然中相融生趣，矮墙、景石、白砂等，搭配其它灌木和花草，提高樱花林的艺术外貌和景观效果，更富野趣，精致。主干道两旁大棵的樱花树，尽量达到“树树握手”的效果，樱花飘落后，形成绿荫大道。樱花作为春天的象征，在春天樱树上会开出由白色、淡红色转变成深红色的花。樱花可分单瓣和复瓣两类。单瓣类能开花结果，复瓣类多半不结果。
B行程:2月21号[年初三出发]新丰:樱花谷赏醉美樱花+从化:影古线+赏李花2天深度纯玩游
世外桃源-“从化影古线-溪头村”
新丰的樱花峪是华南地区最大最壮观的樱花种植和赏花基地，当我们进入樱花峪时漫山遍野的娇艳樱花林便会让我们赞叹不已，八百多亩的山林里种埴着三万多棵几十种的樱花，红樱娇艳、白樱如雪、粉色的樱花更是透着娇柔与妩媚。此时沿着山林小道、溪流小桥中穿越一片片的樱花林，就仿佛置身于一个落英缤纷、如梦如幻的童话世界中！此时正当春暖花开的时节，园内的樱花漫山遍野，如诗如画，层林尽染，美不胜收。相信就算是生于日本的人也不见得能观赏到如此壮观漫山樱花盛开的震撼奇观。在每年的2月到3月新丰樱花峪的樱花林便逐渐褪去绿衣，大红—暗紫—粉色—白色的樱花都按照各自不同的节奏，一路蜕变，把新丰樱花峪一片片林海妆点的层次分明、七彩斑斓。放眼望去，数十个山头，一大片的原始森林，仿佛给泼上了一把彩色墨水；此时山峪内清新的橘红、跳跃的金红、鲜艳的火红、沉敛的暗紫、纯洁的雪白，一片片或矗立在小桥边，或伸展于山道旁，或倒影于湖面上，把昔日青翠的山林妆点得层次分明，色彩斑斓，美不胜收。
2月21号[年初三]及2月22号[年初四]从化:天适樱花园赏樱花+赏油菜花1天深度纯玩游
天适樱花悠乐园
位于广东省广州从化市城郊街西和村，占地面积1000多亩，四周峰峦连绵叠翠，风景秀丽。园内数十万株樱花热烈绽放、姹紫嫣红，蔚为壮观，是国内最大的赏樱、品樱、知樱、玩樱的旅游胜地之一。大面积种植塑造樱花的壮观美。成行、成片、成林，错落有致，高低层次，是最美的樱花体现。树和树之间仅有两臂宽，走在树林间，只觉头上脚下身前身后都是轻绯淡粉，如雾如霞的娇艳樱花。
每年二、三月份是樱花盛开时节，数十万枝的樱花竞相绽放，花繁艳丽、妖艳动人；品种多样、颜色各异的樱花漫山遍野，形成了花的海洋，如同翻滚的浪涛，极为壮观，让人叹为观止！举办独特新颖、各式各样的樱花节活动，带着家人、朋友一起享受这春天般的美丽与欢乐。狭长小径塑造樱花的浪漫美。加之园林小品的点缀，在自然中相融生趣，矮墙、景石、白砂等，搭配其它灌木和花草，提高樱花林的艺术外貌和景观效果，更富野趣，精致。主干道两旁大棵的樱花树，尽量达到“树树握手”的效果，樱花飘落后，形成绿荫大道。樱花作为春天的象征，在春天樱树上会开出由白色、淡红色转变成深红色的花。樱花可分单瓣和复瓣两类。单瓣类能开花结果，复瓣类多半不结果。
B行程:2月21号[年初三出发]新丰:樱花谷赏醉美樱花+从化:影古线+赏李花2天深度纯玩游
世外桃源-“从化影古线-溪头村”
新丰的樱花峪是华南地区最大最壮观的樱花种植和赏花基地，当我们进入樱花峪时漫山遍野的娇艳樱花林便会让我们赞叹不已，八百多亩的山林里种埴着三万多棵几十种的樱花，红樱娇艳、白樱如雪、粉色的樱花更是透着娇柔与妩媚。此时沿着山林小道、溪流小桥中穿越一片片的樱花林，就仿佛置身于一个落英缤纷、如梦如幻的童话世界中！此时正当春暖花开的时节，园内的樱花漫山遍野，如诗如画，层林尽染，美不胜收。相信就算是生于日本的人也不见得能观赏到如此壮观漫山樱花盛开的震撼奇观。在每年的2月到3月新丰樱花峪的樱花林便逐渐褪去绿衣，大红—暗紫—粉色—白色的樱花都按照各自不同的节奏，一路蜕变，把新丰樱花峪一片片林海妆点的层次分明、七彩斑斓。放眼望去，数十个山头，一大片的原始森林，仿佛给泼上了一把彩色墨水；此时山峪内清新的橘红、跳跃的金红、鲜艳的火红、沉敛的暗紫、纯洁的雪白，一片片或矗立在小桥边，或伸展于山道旁，或倒影于湖面上，把昔日青翠的山林妆点得层次分明，色彩斑斓，美不胜收。
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