The Way We Were

Mem'ries light the corners of our mind
Misty water-colored mem'ries of the way we were

Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were.

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we, could we

Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were.

The way we were.

Notes: Words and Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman title song from the movie 'The Way We Were'.

Blowing in the wind

To friends of mine here..

How many roads must a man walk down,
before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail,
before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must a cannon ball fly,
before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
　
How many years can a mountain exist,
before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist,
before they're allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head,
and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer is blowing in the wind.

How many times must a man look up,
before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one man have,
before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows,
that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
The answer is blowing in the wind.

Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a misery.
And friends, what we have is today. Treasure and work hard!

My Interest

Still remember what Snoopy mentioned she likes to learn drawing but chose piano for her interest even so while she was young. And? No that serious to the degree of regret but she gets feeling of sorry towards her drawing and thinks to learn it few years later? And I encouraged her to start now.

It’s long time no picking up my pen since my Secondary. I still remembered that I had joined Art Club in schooling since Form I and attended a weekly class doing nothing. It just liked a type of gathering with fun. We spent time in drawing, painting, potting, stage design, photographing, more and more. Memory fades when time goes by and what it left is 5-years record staying in Art Club but no a piece of outstanding production. That exactly like what a Chinese proverb commented “armed with lots of knife but none of can cut meat”!

Sometimes, I just doubted myself. May it be good to learn a musical instrument like violin etc., so at least I can still play a nice piece for joy? And now I learn flute for compensation. That’s exactly similar to the thought of Snoopy in someway. Somehow, knowledge and skill have time to accumulate via years practice. I am sure myself no the one gifted and needs hard work to acquire. And after going through the learning process, you may get more ideas which aspect you are good at or much interest in.

Last Friday, it’s Uncle Bill’s birthday and I have been invited to dinner. He is a retired police but carries a funny appearance and character. Try to imagine that an elder who is short, fat and bald but smart and greet you a smile always. Just thought I have to do something for him and finally picked my pen again. I drew his appearance a night before according to my memory stored. Hope it no too bad. And he told me he loved it!

What type are YOU?

It's a psychological test from 程霜. A self evaluation testing again but just a click on the shape you find most appealing. It's easy.

It comments me : Analytical trustworthy self-assured

You appreciate high quality and things that endure. Consequently, you like to surround yourself with little "gems," which are often overlooked by others.

Culture and tradition are important to you.

You have found your own personal style, which is elegant and exclusive, free from the whims of fashion.

Your ideal, upon which you base your life, is sophisticated pleasure.

I have done alot recently. Is it valid this one? @@

- What type are YOU? -

郵差騎馬送信

加拿大郵局規定，郵差可駕自己汽車送信，政府會提供用油補貼，一名女郵差為了省錢而騎馬送信。

由於近年汽油價格飆升，加國安大略省史密斯市郵差貝耶最近發現，以目前一公升汽油價格超過加幣一元的情況，開自己車送信獲得的油資補貼根本不夠用，她等於送信還須自己貼錢。按規定，加國郵局可對油資補助每公里0.44加元。於是這名郵差將自己的車賣了，買一匹馬送信，一方面節省開支，一方面也向郵局抗議車油補助不夠。

史密斯市的郵局對於貝耶的抗議行為不置評。但郵局承認，自前年設定每公里補貼0.44加元資補貼以來，汽油價格已上升了一倍。

- 要返工又要還須自己貼錢? 那不如留在家中什麼也不做? 真係世界難撈呀! -

Pandas

Four giant pandas drink water at a pool at the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province, August 26, 2005. Taiwan experts will arrive in Wolong Friday night to take part in the selection of two giant pandas as gifts of the Chinese mainland to Taiwan.

- CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto -

情

情是如何滋味,既酸亦苦也甜!

What is Love?

What is Love?
Is it bitter-sweet?
Is it a god or goddess, like Aphrodite and Eros? Is love the need for reunion of the split halves of a single creature? Is love spiritual aspiration, or is it sexual passion?
Tell me if you know it :)

The Piano Man

Remember? He was found wandering on a beach in Kent in April and he would not speak a word. The one thing the apparently traumatised man did was to play the piano beautifully. Or did he?

After four months of feverish speculation about the real identity of the man "washed up" on a Kent beach, we have the answer we didn't want.

A collective sense of anticlimax, maybe even a sense of being cheated, prevails as the mystery unravels around the haunted-looking stranger who suddenly appeared in our midst.

He isn't the tortured genius people willed him to be; he could speak all along; he wasn't a pianist of even moderate skill. And, we're told, he wasn't autistic.

Instead he is a 20-year-old Bavarian, named in reports as Andreas Grassl, who has flown back to Germany. And with him goes both the Hollywood ending and the magical possibilty that something would remain unsolved in a world which likes to explain everything.
People tend to dream in the way they desired but most of time is disappointed by the fact. In fact, it isn't too. That's life!

- News Reporting 24Aug05 -

The Shaw Prize 2005

The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2005
Biographical Note of Shaw Laureate

Andrew Wiles (b. 1953) is a professor at Princeton University. He earned his B.A. from Oxford University (1974) and Ph.D. from Cambridge University, UK (1979). Following in the footsteps of his father, Professor Wiles went on to become an assistant professor at Harvard University. In 1982 he became a lecturer at the Institute for Advanced Studies and professor of mathematics at Princeton. In 1994 Professor Wiles was appointed Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton.

He astonished the world's mathematical community in 1994 when he unveiled his solution to Fermat's Last Theorem. In 1996 he was awarded the Common Wealth Award for Science and Invention, and elected as a foreign member to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Research Contributions - Fermat's Last Theorem
The equation
x**2 + y**2 = z**2
has infinitely many solutions for which x, y and z are positive integers. The smallest such solution is
3**2 + 4**2 = 5**2
which has been known since antiquity. In 1630 Fermat (1601-1665) conjectured that the more general equation
x**n + y**n = z**n, for n = integer > 2,
has no integer solutions. This was later called Fermat's last theorem. It remained the most famous unproven conjecture in mathematics for more than three centuries until 1994 when Wiles completed his long and difficult proof, which uses powerful mathematical ideas and insights developed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Being a scientist is dull in appearance sometimes but it charms in intelligence. They bring life into advance benefiting human being in many countless days and nights working hard alone. They are nameless benefactor to all of us.

Swan Lake

Swan Lake, for which Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky composed the music, is a dramatic ballet receiving worldwide attention and applause for it’s excellent composition.

- Story -
The fairy-tale plot of Swan Lake revolves around love between Prince Siegfried and a beautiful Princess Odette. The Princess is under a spell cast by the wicked sorcerer Rotbart: she will be transformed into a swan everyday and reassumes to human form at night. Only the absolutely faithful love of a man can break the spell, and at the end Siegfried's love for Odette triumphs over the forces of evil. The lovers are united in life after death.

However, even such great piece of ballet it failed when it was first staged in Moscow in 1877. Later Lev Icanov and Marius Petipa then choreographed a new version. Their Swan Lake was first performed in 1895 at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

The piece of Swan Lake: Theme of the Swans gets good melody and sounds great played by various musical instruments. I did it today with my flute at home with a very slow rhythm but a light sorrow feeling comes up? Just doubt it’s my mood plus the outside rain. Maybe I have to practice more in order to catch the tone of theme soon. Once a week?

Dog cloned

According to the journal Nature, the Korean team led by Professor Woo Suk Hwang transplanted more than 1,000 embryos into 123 bitches. The cells were taken from the ear of a three-year-old Afghan hound called Tai and were then placed in an unfertilised egg from a female labrador. The egg was treated with electric current to begin its transformation to an embryo before it was put back in the labrador's womb.

The result was just three pregnancies. One miscarried and another died from pneumonia after three weeks. And now Snuppy is 14 weeks old which is the world's first cloned dog.

It’s expected that news of Snuppy's birth bring a flood of inquiries from dog-lovers who want to clone their pets. However, Professor Woo says cloning pets is not the point of his research. He said: "Our goal is to find cures for debilitating diseases and illnesses."

Being a scientist, he/she should have ethical awareness and be considerate of the research impact towards human being as a whole rather just a profit earning.

- The Sun/20Aug05 -

下雨天

天文台今晨起發出之雷暴，山泥傾斜等警告，有效時間至晚上，預料香港有零散狂風雷暴。這表示香港廣泛地區已錄得或預料會有每小時雨量超過３０毫米大 雨，且雨勢可能持續。結果？錄得每小時雨量超過２５０毫米大 雨！！！

昨天黃昏, 天文台已經發出暴雨警告, 預料香港將會有零散狂風雷暴。雨便自昨天黃昏開始下個沒停,本以為雨下了一夜,雷公會收歛下, 雨後天氣特別爽, 應該放睛吧! 誰知道長命雨一直落,沒完沒了,時急時緩,夾著風,吹得你沒處可躲，由頭到腳都是－哎呀～～

要不是約了人吃早餐？我那裡也不去，身穿的牛仔褲已全濕，那對鞋更不用提，已成了水鞋，街上人不多但是狼狽得很！整早完全沒建樹，趕著去吃早餐，吃完餐後躲雨，等雨較細時又趕著回家去，睇？落到好似瀑布咁，有乜辦法不全軍覆沒呀　＠＠

Blog Tag - 怪癖

俾史路比同Ruth點中, 指名要玩 Blog Tag (怪癖) 這玩意,有點兒似以前的 chain email, 玩完之後要點選五個人接下去, 聽說這玩意現在流行得很,今早係大雄處看見, 想不到這麼快就到了我這裡, 詳細規則請參考冬冬的,係史路比眼中, 原來風信子乃一夾雜著一點成熟，一點的孩子氣的女孩子, 我會有什麼的怪癖呢？

風信子的怪癖:
１．低溫症，經常性地好凍，無論春夏秋冬天氣，一坐低就要著多件衫，著完個身好暖，但感覺依然好凍，熱飲只能暫時止寒，無乜實質效用，最多可頂十五分鐘，冬天時得十零度，成日覺自己係時候要去冬眠！
２．考試溫書最好的地點是自己間房，去到邊樹都係假，每次去圖書館溫書？習慣係訓四個鐘溫四個鐘，然後返屋企吃飯再訓過！
３．睇書好快，也都明白，短暫記憶很強，但睇完隔數日可以完全忘記！
４．很少調較鬧鐘睡覺，每次調較鬧鐘到某時，往往都會係鬧鐘未響之前的半個鐘至三個字內自動醒過來!
５．喜歡種植，常種的不常種的我也種過，我唸都應該無人好似我咁，係十四樓種西瓜掛?

好，輪到我點人啦，哈哈哈！哎呀，我識既都已經玩過啦，點算？不如點我心水果五個作補償啦!好在史路比沒有在連結處下咒語, 如果唔係都幾幾…

史路比: 多愁善感既佢,樣樣事都有點兒自我見地,我肯定佢既怪癖多籮籮
圓圓: 簡簡單單但心思細膩, 唔多唔少都有點怪癖掛
Ruth: 同是天秤座的她, 怪癖會否和我相近乎?
冬冬: 好動樂觀的她,吃喝玩樂間應有不少怪癖的
大雄: 叮噹里大雄既怪論多多籮籮,現實中五個對他來說會否太少呢?

集齊五位啦,都算係咁啦 ^^

我的bear bear夢

上一回圓圓話會將佢以前親手製做既熊bearbear公諸同好,實行攞出來晒一晒咁話! 嘩,好開心,好少聽見有人肯用心去學整毛公仔,重要好好保存到而家? 以前細個成日都唸住學整熊bearbear,見過芳間幾百蚊既course,三堂就可以學曉,上完堂重可以帶佢地返屋企, 講下一年又一年,始終都重未去上,點解?唉,家姐囉, 撥我冷水,話我三分鐘熱度,交幾百蚊,整餐死,隻隻醜醜樣樣咁, 一次重要帶三四隻返屋企,同我訓覺咩?轉頭咪又擺咪一二邊,不如實際的,俾錢買隻靚的既,就算俾左錢都覺得物有所值呀!我既bearbear夢就咁就俾家姐踩碎,碎左!@@ 我唸佢永遠都唔會明白, 親手用一針一線整隻熊bearbear既滿足感有多大,可能我整出來係有點肉酸,但我真係好俾心機去整架…

等左圓圓好耐,頸都長埋,今日見到啦,終於見到啦,個兩隻野傻傻地,呆呆地,好可愛呀!唔知道係咪燈光效果呢?我覺得好warm呀, 好想走去好好抱一抱, 搣搣佢地既面珠!

最後bearbear熊當然學唔成啦,但家姐唔知道我其實私底下走左去學整洋娃娃,重要一次帶左五隻返返屋企,隨口同佢話隔離街大平賣云云!個次連佢都話好可愛,睇來我呢位係ArtClub呆左五年既都唔係浪得虛名噢! 話說回頭, 個五個洋娃娃而家去左邊樹?失禮晒,搬屋時搬晒俾人囉,哎~~~~

熱帶風暴

天文台星期五發出今年首個一號戒備信號，熱帶風暴「珊瑚」，根說是歷年風季最遲發出的風球。星期五晚天氣開始轉壞，風勢逐漸增強，部分地區更出現狂風驟雨﹔「珊瑚」昨日較後時間將於廣東省東部地區登陸，其外圍環流將直接影響本港天氣，預計天氣將進一步轉壞，天氣漸趨不穩，狂風驟雨大增，不排除會改發三號強風信號。

可能是壞天氣的關係,大家都不約而同地談起天氣來,各有所感。我較喜歡秋高氣爽的藍天白雲, 天氣乾爽得來有點兒涼快!艷陽天不是不好,但悶熱難於叫人集中,總是忍不住要去會一會周公子,有時曬得過了火,街道就如一火爐般要人不安,好像有什麼事情將要發生,很不好受!間中的一場過雲雨,就像久違的甘露,給心下下火!大自然有其規律,四時運作自有定時, 如風球也有其最基本的四步曲! 狂風,驟雨,行雷,閃電經已是必然的, 天氣很壞, 行雷電閃不停時,我最想家, 最喜歡留在家里,那兒也不去, 也因為只有家才能給我那份安全感。

大自然的魅力好難以筆墨形容,大家的當下心情與觀點各異,Ruth感是自然的力量,史路比用雷電交響樂來形容,圓圓會擔心窗關好沒有,我?怯於詞窮,不如貼一圖大家各自心領意會吧!

Get Well

Every day caring thoughts are with you. Bringing hope that each tomorrow is a little brighter!

Dear friend, catch the bug and bounce back. Hope you get well soon!

忘了, 忘不了!

六十年了! 六十年可以是一個人的大半生甚至一生, 上一甲子的今天正是抗日戰爭勝利,這是一段令人不敢回憶卻未能忘懷的血淚史! 八年抗戰的歲月是由血與淚寫成的,經歷家仇國恨, 經歷生離死別, 見證驚心槍決戮死,目睹開膛剖腹實況, 曾經長江染成血紅，日軍在江邊燒屍，黑煙蔽日不散。這一幅幅動魄的圖片, 感受如雷殛的震撼，一切恍如隔世!

終戰後60年,留下的不止是一段段難書的血淚史,還有永難撫平的傷口和無以彌補的恩怨情仇!縱使今天看似一切如常,但美麗背後依然背負住那一不為人道的苦難!今日,有人選擇忘記, 有人選擇寬恕,有人要正視歷史, 以此為鑑! 有人甚至乎迷上了上一代的一場大屠殺?為那巨大苦難考證,把真相紀錄,卻自我迷失於南京大屠殺的資料記憶里，再沒有走出來的殉道人。

歷史的十字架又豈是我們可以話擔當就擔當的,她確實太沉重了!
過去的? 忘了, 忘不了!

一名中國女孩8月10日手持菊花，行經北京中國國家博物館門口，裡面正舉辦「侵華日軍南京大屠殺史實展」，有逾600幅圖片與753件文物展出，以紀念中國抗日戰爭勝利60週年。

A hug can help

A simple snuggle can help lower blood pressure and reduce stress, a new study suggests.

Thirty-eight couples participated in the study, which measured blood pressure, stress levels and oxytocin before and after they discussed a happy moment together, watched five minutes of a romantic film and shared a 20-second hug.

The result, according to an article in the latest issue of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, was lower levels of the stress hormones cortisol and norepinephrine and higher levels of oxytocin in both men and women. Those shifts all contribute to cardiac health. Women were found to be more responsive to warm partner contact. Dr. Karen Grewen, a psychiatrist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and lead researcher, said oxytocin and the female reproductive hormone estrogen were closely related, which may be why women were more responsive to the hormone than men were.

"Not all marriages appear equally protective," Grewen reported. "The quality of the marital relationship seems to play an essential role in health outcomes." While the sample size was adequate to show a role for oxytocin, it was too small to suggest anything about causation, Grewen said. The study also lacked a comparison group that didn't receive warm partner contact.

"The bottom line from this study is that social support and, really, the whole emotional and psychological interaction show that the heart and mind are really connected."

- WASHINGTON/Aug05 -

Note: give me a hug while my sensation frustrating and a warm hug as well shows your care, please!

竊取天然氣

中國地大物博, 奇怪事件多的是,頭髮鼓油假雞蛋,工業食油大頭嬰孩,我唸以下這件事不算特別吧!

河南省濮城一名男孩8月9日將偷來的天然氣裝在大塑膠袋中，以三輪車搭載。當地農民經常違法竊取油田中的天然氣。

- 路透/China Newsphoto/Aug05 -

花生漫畫

今年是花生漫畫五十五週年，故事裏的人物，如：史諾比、查理布朗、胡士托等都是大家所熟悉的，陪著無數小朋友及家庭一起成長，為我們帶來無限歡樂和溫馨。霽霽企業有限公司為慶祝花生漫畫/史諾比五十五週年紀念特此推出這一套限量版的<史諾比五十五週年心思心意郵票珍藏集>，香港郵政是指定銷售代理，產品將於二零零五年八月九日起在39間集郵局公開發售，售完即止。

珍藏集內涵:
郵票小版張:載有多款史諾比造型的"心思心意"郵票小版張；不同創新造型的史諾比及花生漫畫卡通人物精印在十六枚本地郵資"心思心意"郵票(愛與關懷及紀念誌慶之設計)的旁邊。
紀念封:史諾比五十五週年紀念封乙個，貼上一枚附上史諾比飛機師造型的本地郵資“心思心意”郵票(紀念誌慶之設計)，並以二零零五年八月九日的GPO-1郵戳蓋銷。
史諾比:趣緻郵差造型史諾比乙個，為您每天準時派遞郵件
胡士托:精巧小小郵差胡士托乙個，造型特別，令您愛不釋手！
史諾比紀念章:迷你郵筒連史諾比紀念章小吊飾乙條，方便掛於電話邊，令您的電話與眾不同
Q版郵車:史諾比Q版郵車乙架，帶您和史諾比暢遊四周

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打油詩

喜歡打油詩, 生鬼得來也重韻律, 總覺得好的打油詩需要點鬼急才才行, 以下兩首皆有趣味,來原不詳, 看完不到找我晦氣,有言者留言處 :D

Teddy in Munich

You already know their names: They are Fluffy, Monkey and Bear … Sometimes they are simply called Felix, Paul or Emma or sometimes even just "Teddy".

Up until now, your Teddy was a silent partner who was always at your side and who helped you deal with life's ups and downs. When you had exams, he gave you strength. When you were lovesick, he comforted you. Teddy helps you go to sleep and sometimes he is an important companion, who you cannot do without - for example, when you have to go into hospital. With a constant friendly peace, Teddy was simply always there!

Don't you think that it is now time to say "Thank You" to your Teddy? Give Teddy a little variety and send your soft toy on holiday!

Teddy in Munich is a campaign brought to life by two dedicated people, Christopher Böhm and Elke Verheugen. Both loves Teddies and all other cuddly toys that have a character and a soul.

This partner offers a service as follows,
1. With your cuddly toy, we really visit the most interesting places in Munich with certificate.
2. We prepare for your cuddly toy a high quality Travel and Photo Album, so that it can show you what it experienced in Bavaria.
3. Your cuddly friend is continually looked after by the team leader on all of his excursions. We guarantee that we will treat him with the greatest of care.
4. Your cuddly toy will have "full-board" and will enjoy a V.I.P status, e.g. being brought to bed lovingly). The travel group will be a maximum of 12 participants.
5. Your talisman will be accommodated in a lovely apartment in the heart of town.

The price for a 7 day trip to Munich is
- 99Euro for Teddys, coming from Germany
- 129Euro for cuddly friends, coming from Europe
- 149Euro for cuddly toy's, which comes from far away
All overnight stays, full-board, and all trips and specials are included in this price. There are no extra costs! In addition the price includes the high quality and individual photos and travel documentation, which we will give your Teddy to take home with him. The offered journeys of teddy in munich.com can be taken up only by cuddley toys with the dimensions 50 x 50 x 50 cm and = to 5 kg.

We will carry the costs for returning Teddy to you.
- News from ANANOVA / Teddy in Munich -

Note: No sure my "chung-head" wants to join the campaign or not, it seems fun but ~~ I take it to Lamma Island on holiday!^^

愛‧回家

上畫時沒有去看,只知道是一感人的韓國片,拿過不少獎!昨晚拿著搖控轉來轉去,卻給我轉了出來! 說兩婆孫的故事,婆婆是啞的,所以全片也沒有太多的對白,身體言行意會了,同時也留下好多的思想空間任觀眾去發揮!

某年暑假，媽媽把小霸王Sang-Woo(俞承豪飾演)放逐到深山外婆處，來到這個比想像中更落後的鄉下，除了悶，什麼也沒有！但日子一天一天的過，77歲外婆(金乙粉飾演)的愛護與容忍，外孫和婆婆的關係似乎變得好了，還有他的小女孩海姘的出現，一切都變得多麼的令人懷念！外婆手上拿著一封媽媽寄給她的信，外孫知道走了。離開前的一晚，外孫趁外婆睡了，替她穿上了所有的針線……

片中揭示了不少橫跨老少兩代的文化衝擊，給每一位觀眾一種有趣和清新的感動。片中的對白不多，但婆孫間的感情卻是濃濃的。

其中一幕:剪髮
小霸王要剪髮,手里卻拿著鏡子藉反射捉弄婆婆,看見婆婆躲避不及開不了眼的樣子,竟自覺高興起來?才肯乖巧地坐著等剪！

孫：我要剪小小，只係小小！
婆：想剪剩小小？只係小小？

婆婆手起刀落，真的剪剩小小，耐不住的小霸王竟中途會周公子去也，忘記了要監督這回事，結果？哎！哭啼於事無補，唯有想想如何補救，竟給他想到包頭巾這玩意，效果？竟出乎意料之型仔哦，哈哈～～


備注：媽子說我小時候也難乖到那裡去，放暑假時到婆婆家住，也是小霸王，經常嚷著要回家，還自備袋子，將婆婆買的生果等放進去，打算帶回家去，結果？走時太興奮，連自備袋也忘得一乾二淨 ＠＠

大雄

習慣了看大雄的日記,我想大概有一年吧? 日記里大雄會時不時提起他的靜宜來,也會心血來潮地寫寫情詩,告知靜宜,思念令寒冬也覺得溫暖,因為她世界不再死寂,而是期盼! 大雄真的很是大雄, 心地善良, 喜自顧自玩耍說話!當然, 他也較野比大雄長進, 不須叮噹恊助, 不會動不動便大哭, 也不至滿網錯別字教他人頭昏,寫的情詩也是句句珠語,很有心思! 近日, 大雄與友人吃飯, 又談起他的靜宜來! 看來大雄也開始著急了…

適是叮噹三十五週年,生果日報也來揍熱鬧,開始了慢長的換叮噹電話繩日子,一套十款,有叮噹, 大雄, 靜宜,阿福,技安等人物, 還嚴格規定不可更換,且每人每日最多只準換五款, 不可異議?傻架? 用就免了, 不過儲藏確實不錯! 就是如此,老爸便負起換繩之大責, 偶爾也會因為重複而動氣苦惱,的確好好笑!

大雄,我已為你找到了靜宜,看? 好相親!你那端也要努力,碰到你的靜宜便不要放她走啦!加油加油~~

杏仁茶

忘記在那裡看過,吃甜對低落的心情有若干的幫助!

我好熱食,所有冷凍之物非我首選, 每當好忙挨夜之時,我會為自己叫一碗香而滑的黑芝麻, 黑芝麻活血養顏, 益肝、養血,乃上品也!而當心情極之惡劣時,也只有它可以給我安慰!可惜芝麻卡路里甚高,間中淺嘗可也! 自從上一回於陸羽茶室吃晚飯,試過那碗飯後甜品 -杏仁茶, 便不能自己! 奶白色杏仁糊內飄散著一絲一絲的蛋白,入口香滑, 淡淡杏仁餘香盈腔,那感覺很是滿足!

最近便自家里學煮杏仁茶,找老爸做我的白老鼠!
材料:熱水,杏仁粉,一至兩隻蛋白!
製法:將水煮沸,加適量杏仁粉攪拌至輕糊狀,細火煮十分鐘,打蛋白放下,轉大火二至三分鐘便好,關火局它一分鐘,香滑杏仁茶便可!
備注: 放心,縱然廚藝不精,此茶也可入口,且看來甚具水準,可混水摸魚也! ^^

是怕寂寞 還是愛我

當你說你喜歡我，其實你是否清楚？你是想替心靈找一份寄託，還是樂意將心靈付託給我？是我不夠自信，或是你給我的信心不夠多，請你告訴我。

告訴我，你在甚麼時候會特別想我？是在風和日麗的下午，還是在煙雨霏霏的晚上？是在人來人往的銅鑼灣，或是在荒涼僻靜的沙頭角？是在興高采烈之際希望與我分享，抑或在心情低落之時盼望我能替你分憂？

假如我們去東京旅行，你想和我一個人去，還是召喚更多的朋友？假如我們在森林中並肩漫步，黑暗忽然襲來，你伸手找不著我，你會先想到自己的安全，抑或和我一樣，先擔心你的下落？假如我們流落在荒島上，我們形影不離；但在五光十色的都市裡，你是否願意和我相依為命？

在寒冷的時候，我會為你沏一杯茶，呵一口氣，讓你把腳掌擱在我的肚子上。 在你不快樂的時候，我會放下工作，陪你借酒澆愁，陪你胡亂shopping。 在你怫鬱的時候，我會不辨是非地給你發洩，讓你如孩子般無理，讓臂膀給你咬個痛快。
但是，當我心情低落的時候，當我呆頭呆腦的時候，你會願意去理解我嗎？其實你是愛我，抑或只是愛著我對你的好？

我不會問如果有一天我瞎了跛了蕩產傾家了，你會否依然愛我。 我只想知道如果有一天我們分開了，你會否很快便能愛上另一個？ 是非我不可，還是恰巧遇上了我？是真的愛我，還是害怕寂寞？　

- 李牧童 -

The Sound of Music

It’s coming. The Sound of Music is a musical movie that I have watched many times since I was young. I love its picturesque background while the movie taken in Austria, amazing voice that I never can be as well lovely kids in the family. Now, we get chance to experience in Hong Kong as it comes ~~~

The Timeless Classic Every Family Should Share
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is the enchanting story of Maria, a spirited young novice who – unsure of whether the monastic life is her true calling – leaves the abbey to become a governess. Endearing herself to a family of seven motherless children and warming the heart of their stern widowed father, Maria discovers that the power of music and the magic of love may be all she needs to find her way.

Details information
Venue: HKAPA – Lyric Theatre
Date&Time: 23 Sep-23 Oct 2005 at 8pm
Remarks: Matinee Show on Sat&Sun at 2:30pm / Recess on Mon
Official Link : www.thesoundofmusic.com.hk

My Flute Experience

Attracted by its beautiful sound and elegant posture, I have once rushed myself into a flute training course few years ago. While that period of time I was quite keen on flute learning and persistently learnt from the level of beginning to advance. I played no bad really and felt confident to play some favorite songs, just like my love one – Memory. Just don’t want to tension myself, I did not apply for flute examination or attend any advanced training after the class finished. However, I still keep my practice at home while weekend evening sometimes.

Maybe I am too lazy or memoryless while the time goes by. I have lost some of my memories already and forgot how to play those difficult songs as well. My dad even complaint me poor skill sounds like “pig killing”! What a shame? Recently see a course promotion for flute training. Or may it’s the time to pick up my skill and maintain the momentum of practice weekly.

Flute

Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other wind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of using a reed. Flute sounds are typically open and hollow as a result of relatively weak upper partials. As a result, flute tones are sweet in character and blend well with other instruments. The flute's timbre, pitch and attack are flexible, allowing a very high degree of instantaneous expressive control.

In ancient origin, wind instrument formerly made of wood but now of silver and other metals. The word flute was used indiscriminately to denote both types during medieval times, but in the baroque period flute or flauto specifically meant the end-blown recorder. The modern flute is descended from the German (transverse) flute. Whereas today it is cylindrical in bore, stopped at one end, until the early 19th century it was conical. The player's breath sets in vibration the column of air inside the tube. Acoustically, the tube acts as an open one; the mouth-hole serves to prevent its acting as stopped and thus sounding an octave lower. The body orginally had one thumb-hole and from four to eight finger-holes. The first key was added in 1677, the second in 1726 by Quantz, flute teacher of Frederick the Great. The great flute virtuoso of the Bavarian Court Orchestra, Theobald Boehm, used an eight key flute, but revolutionized the instrument in 1832 with his 'ring key' system.

In 1847, he produced a fifteen hole metal instrument with 23 keys and levers.

- From the Oxford Dictionary of Music –

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