So much the snow

He looks like an eskimo...

 We have a snow storm today, so crazy that we have to cancel a trip visiting a friend. For me it is amazing to see so much snow, since last winter was a mild one according to the local. 

Where there is a snow storm, it isn't really cold, it is -5C to -10C, (the real cold is -25C), but it is so messy everywhere, and snow blows onto your face. 

Truck coming to shovel snow up for the parking lot so the car wound not get stuck

Every while you heard sirens, it must be some cars stucked in snow, in the road...etc. Where weather is as such, you can only rely your legs. So I am going out for a walk, with all my gears, to see how this white world is going to be like. 

雪

雪濕很細碎很密，去圖書館還影碟，面和碟都是雪，很美但也很危險，滑倒小則一身污水，大則傷身，過馬路更須再加小心。真聖誕樹隨街可見有售，七呎高的賣70元（HKD560）包送貨，換來一室冬青樹香，其實不貴，可惜clean freak的包租公是不會為聖誕作佈置的。

Finally I saved all my entries in multiply, in a week's time, so sad I don't have time to save the replies.

I read some of them when I saved them, one of the entry got 116 replies.....that is a record... those old days of mine. : )

all these

if you have ever received a card or a letter from me and found it nice and nostalgic, now I am 3 times more happy then you!

key lime pie

testing ....

the pie is easy n it tastes very good

Testing

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成績表

a month is passed, this is my first report card. Happy to see it is quite good, but also sad to realize I have passed 1/3 of my school time.

I started my second month today, new teacher, some new classmates. They seems very capable, well, that's good for me.





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陳 頌 民 7 5 大 壽

My father is going to be 75 on this saturday, as a broke and out of town daughter, I tried my best to make a video to him as a birthday gift. After struggle over weeks to design the storyboard, give command to my actors actresses, download, upload, and after having some good fights with Windows Movie Maker, Youtube Editing and Paintbrush...yes, the anicent Paintbrush which exists since windows 3.0 era, which I used for some "artwork" on the video, which is very kitsch, but which suits the chan's family style perfectly... the very lo-fi, down to earth home video is done, and it's name is 陳頌民75大壽

I know you are not going to believe how a video like this would cause WEEKS to produce. But can you give some credit to this overseas shooting movie? It is certain big production!

讀書

除了new foundland, new york 和boston外，暑假我一直待在農場，那兒就像我的基地，直至上周為止。我又回到滿地可上法文課去。

為期一個月的YMCA法文班，聽上去有點兒戲，但朝8:30 晚3:00清一式法文，其實也很密集。早上是三小時的正規文法課，是典型斯文盡心盡力女教師；下午兩個半小時的會話課，連珠發炮的男老師會和我們五個學生講東講西，要練習＂假如...我會...＂的句式，他提出的不是＂假如有空你要幹甚麼？＂，而是＂假如可以整容，你想整哪兒？＂，雖然他會很無情地直指我的聆聽簡直是catastrophic，但是他那些例句真是比＂假如有空，我會溫習法文＂這些老掉牙的例句更合我河車。

同學是聯合國，沙地埃及俄羅斯南韓伊朗敍利亞加拿大人，多半是移民來後法文不流暢難求職所以來努力讀書，所以大家也很用心。

滿地可的公家出租單車滿目皆是，即使是鬧巿馬路旁還是會開一段作單車徑，我試著踏單車回家希望取代巴士地鐵，但7.2公里，就像大埔和大學站的距離，部分沒有單車徑須擦車而過，我踩得辛苦也不想害人害己，只好多以跑步做運動。

下課後回去朋友介紹租住的寓所，很舒適太清潔的家，但我還是喜歡不用為發現沙發上有條長髮而感到不好意思的地方（同住的包租公還是個光頭的！）

一切都是新的，幸好待在我熟悉而且最喜愛的舊城巿。

我真希望貼兩張寫著＂生活愉快＂和＂學業猛進＂的揮春在房門口。

我真係好鍾意你

她就像萬寧妹妹，但外國女仔，果然是主動好多。

曼克頓

hello woody!


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big Lebowski

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探親

去紐約玩前，我多坐5小時巴士去華盛頓探我阿姨。

逗留了兩日，感慨良多。

我姨是我母妹妹，約五十多歲，是親友中我覺得最熟絡的一人，我幾歲時跟母去佐敦探外婆，她當年三十多歲，常帶我姐和我去裕華去中藝去食大良八記雙皮奶和麥文定麥奀記。她在中學教音樂，愛唱choir但雲英未嫁，常說笑話，如＂最近日吃夜吃肥晒，真係要學回教徒ramadan(齋戒月）囉！＂之類，好老土但friendly，不會像長輩。

我姨四十多時終於嫁了，並隨夫移民美國開餐館，輾轉十年，我們只見面三數次。

餐館不是最常見的超平中餐外賣店，是較有佈置較貴的中歺館，但無論是高貴是大眾化，說到尾都是極困身的生意。

她由中產音樂老師賺錢買花戴改變為雖仍是中產但一周七天天天十二小時睇檔兼世界縮小為出嫁從夫，頂得住真不易。她開店八年只放過兩次假，自然老了又好太辛苦也好，多年後見她兩鬢斑白，只覺光陰似箭。以前的親密，隨著大家都老了、她嫁了而不同。我懷念以前的阿姨，雖然，能有人在身邊扶持挨世界，未必比單身中產為差。

my aunt and my uncle

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雨後菇

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To Rome, with love

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

small stories about all walks of life in Rome, sticks to the theme of midnight in paris, i think this one is more sophisticated, time machine idea reappeared in a more smooth way, not as many stars as in midnight in paris, but more aspects of relationships discussed. an amused evening.

A wall in the Birchview B&B

I started couch surfing since I was in New Foundland, n hitch hiking as well, because there is simply no public traffic, and expensive and full accomodation, and I have a travel mate.

At the end because of Newfoundlanders' generosity, I find hitch hike andcouch surfing very safe, and make the trip more fun n special.

I will not try hitch hike myself, I know the risk. 

行山

anne-marie, my new foundland travel mate and I went hiking in the national park called Gros Morne (meaning big mountain). Gros Morne comprises of many different mountains, and we chose this 4 hours hike trail called Green Garden.

the destination is a beautiful rocky beach with steep cliffs. Jelly fishes, sea gulls, shell animals and beautiful stones around. It was supposed to be another hitch hike trip to go to the starting point of the Green Garden, but a friend of our last couch surfing host is around there, so...we ended up hike with him again, with his car..! We really have to be grateful to his generosity, and we spent a super funny day together, at the end finding out we are all scorpio.

大快朵頤

new foundland is a fish island, cod, lobster, scallops, oysters, salmon are all local gourmet. japanese people are smart, they will come all the way to buy mackerel and caplin (small fishes where whales love most).

After cousulting few local people, I bought a fresh local lobster at supermarket. the stall keeper is a friendly blue eyed man, when asked what is the best way to cook them, he said, just steam or boil it with some salt.

And so I tasted my best ever lobster! No garlic butter, no lemon, no cheese, no chicken stock, just salt and water. I just can't be a vegetarian...

"have you brought snacks? no? then i will eat my fingers"

a 6 year old kid said this to his mum playfully, and pretending to eat his own fingers, when they entered the coffee house. some replies from his mum, some boylaughs. i was thinking he is a spoiled child. after a while, i think it over, i found him not only not a spoiled kid, but a bright kid. for he has already solving his own problem, no snack->disappointed->blame parents->yell/cry didnot happen on him, he accepted and thought of alternative solution

夏夜街頭每周一戲

��夏天珍�F，人就��非常重��。St. John's在七八月每周都有大小���d，�艋\��、民歌��、佐冶街��（即�m桂芳）等等，就是找籍口溜出街吧。�@����中心等同中�h半山那���l街，只消去�纱尉湍苷J路，但五��俱全，��中心的一幅白��，每逢周一晚上就播��影，�@晚惹�碇辽偃�百人自行��同椅子薄被�砜��颍��雒��延^，�蚍N是八十年代文��片the princess bride，但人人投入，非常浪漫啊。

2 從右邊駛左邊

3 貨輪就航往大西洋去

1 St John's 海灣

想起大東山

這是New Foundland的Signal Hill，是接收歐洲橫跨大西洋的首個電報的地方，建築物對我而言並無特別，但登上這小山眺望首府St. John's的風景及大貨輪悠悠駛出狹窄的海灣，極別緻，也想起行大東山和那次野餐的美好時光。

New Foundland的supreme court

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Little Britain

Hitch hiker's guide in new foundland

紙版 一塊
marker 一枝
美少女 一個
笑容 一堆
___________
順風車 兩程

These lovely flippers

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

吃力

dumplings again, but I posted it again because I made my own pastry this time after finding pre-made "skin" out of stock. The result is irregular-shape-dumplings, and time consuming. It is interesting to start something from zero, but I will not be interested to do it any more hehe

女人的工作間

I work in a coffee house in New foundland, in exchange for free house and meals. The house , the coffee house are all occupied by women, from 16 year-old to 60 year-old staffs and housemates. 

Women at work of such a big age difference, the main feeling I have is,  the working envoronment is very polite, no swear words, many "excuse-me" and "thanks", at the same time, everyone trys to show others she is working hard...a very typical female mindset.  ( think of those days in kindergarten where every girl wants rabbit stamp in their report card)

It is funny to be one of them, doing no matter big or small things seriously, everything is tidy and neat ( you can see the tables covered with plastic ), but I miss the days where there are some men suggesting creative, bizzare, dumb or funny ideas too.

壞蛋

大躍進

不能遊行

it was a pity for not able to join the protest, I want to walk for li wong yeung and journalist being taken away, but I feel so glad to see four hundred thousand people walking on the first day of CY's governance. 

news agencies around the world have reported this protest, president Hu has no way to escape hearing HK people's voice. Thanks for police, you took 1 question away, then triggered many people shouting out the same question.

Some more light painting

這是年青德國廚師HELPER近日要求我拍攝的創作 (只有我部相機可以EXPOSE 20秒或以上)，雖然係幾好玩但亦為這批圖片捱了至少30口蚊咬...

鴿子

一對鴿子個多月前在屋簷起巢，之後清晨不時被幼鳥叫、鴿子咕嚕咕嚕叫和牠們走路的聲音吵醒，有點惱人。我們有天興起，把監察停車場的閉路電視鏡頭放到屋簷上，看到兩隻幼鳥和一隻蛋。

鳥的監察不夠一天，我們發現其中一隻快長大成人、只餘頭頂點點down的幼鳥一直癱著，原來牠一隻腳和鳥巢的乾草交纏得腫起來，我們把牠抱下，清理好後放回屋簷上。

翌早，再發現這幼鳥掉到地上來，無奈地癱坐在泥地上。是因被人類觸摸過後而被父母拋棄嗎？是試飛不成掉下嗎？先禁止貓走近，再給鳥遮陰和水，但如何處置牠才好？這鳥未長成已有殘疾，恐怕未必長得大，但每當走近牠牠就奮力拍翼，看著牠未有放棄生命，於是翻書找出好的處理方法，書說鳥的嗅覺不會辨出幼鳥被人觸及，至於牠是否被拋棄就不得而知，我們決定放牠回巢。

等了半天，黃昏鴿子父母回巢了，幼鳥和牠的兄弟馬上吱吱叫，在模糊的監路電視中，只見父母走向幼鳥的兄弟餵哺，過一會終於走到幼鳥身邊有所動作，我們相信鴿父母仍有照顧幼鳥，可以放心了。

佛地魔

最近的玩意..

Snow-white and the seven dwarfs

*給點耐性慢慢讀，實在很正。

from REVOLTING THYMES by Roald Dahl

illustrated by Babette Cole

When little Snow-White's mother died,

the king, her father, up and cried,

"Oh, what a nuisance! What a life!

Now I must find another wife!"

(It's never easy for a king

To find himself that sort of thing.)

He wrote to every magazine

And said, "I'm looking for a Queen."

At least ten thousand girls replied

And begged to be the royal bride.

The king said with a shifty smile,

"I'd like to give each a trial."

However, in the end he chose

A lady called Miss Maclehose,

Who brought along a curious toy

That seemed to give her endless joy -

This was a mirror framed in brass,

A MAGIC TALKING LOOKING-GLASS.

Ask it something day or night,

It always got the answer right.

For instance, if you were to say,

"Oh Mirror, what's for lunch today?"

The thing would answer in a trice,

"Today it's scrambled eggs and rice."

Now everyday, week in week out,

The spoiled and stupid Queen would shout,

"Oh Mirror Mirror on the wall,

Who is the fairest of them all?"

The Mirror answered every time,

"Oh Madam, you're the Queen sublime.

You are the only one to charm us,

Queen, you are the cat's pyjamas."

For ten whole years the silly Queen

Repeated this absurd routine.

Then suddenly, one awful day,

She heard the Magic Mirror say,

"From now on, Queen, you're Number Two,

Snow-White is prettier than you!"

The Queen went absolutely wild.

She yelled, "I'm going to scrag that child!

I'll cook her flaming goose! I'll skin' er!

I'll have her rotten guts for dinner!"

She called the Huntsman to her study.

She shouted at him, "Listen buddy!"

You drag that filthy girl outside,

And see you take her for a ride!

Thereafter slit her ribs apart

And bring me back her bleeding heart!"

The Huntsman dragged the lovely child

Deep deep into the forest wild.

Fearing the worst, poor Snow-White spake,

She cried, "Oh please give me a break!"

The knife was poised, the arm was strong,

She cried again, "I've done no wrong!"

The Huntsman's heart began to flutter,

It melted like a pound of butter.

He murmured, " Okay, beat it, kid",

And you can bet your life she did.

Later, the Huntsman made a stop

Within the local butcher's shop,

and there he bought, for safety's sake,

A bullock's heart and one nice steak.

"Oh Majesty! Oh Queen!" he cried,

"That rotten little girl has died!

And just to prove I didn't cheat,

I've bought along these bits of meat."

The Queen cried out, " Bravissimo!

I trust you killed her nice and slow."

Then (this is the disgusting part)

The Queen sat down and ate the heart!

(I only hope she cooked it well.

Boiled heart can be as tough as hell.)

While all of this was going on,

Oh where, oh where had Snow-White gone?

She'd found it easy, being pretty,

To hitch a ride in to the city,

And there she'd got a job unpaid,

As general cook and parlour-maid

With seven funny little men,

Each one not more than three foot ten,

Ex horse-race jockeys, all of them.

These Seven Dwarfs, though awfully nice,

Were guilty of one shocking vice -

They squandered all of their resources

At the race-track backing horses.

(When they hadn't backed a winner,

None of them got any dinner.)

One evening, Snow - White said, "Look here,

I think I've got a great idea.

Just leave it all to me, okay?

And no more gambling till I say."

That very night, at eventide,

Young Snow - White hitched another ride,

And then, when it was very late,

She slopped in through the Palace gate.

The King was in his counting house

Counting out his money,

The Queen was in the parlour

Eating bread and honey,

The footmen and the servants slept

So no one saw her as she crept

On tip - toe through the mighty hall

And grabbed THE MIRROR off the wall.

As soon as she had got it home,

She told the Senior Dwarf (or Gnome)

To ask it what he wished to know.

"Go one!" she shouted. "Have a go!"

He said, "Oh Mirror, please don't joke!

Each one of us is stony broke!

Which horse will win tomorrow's race,

The Ascot Gold Cup Steeplechase?"

The Mirror whispere sweet and low,

"The horse's name is Mistletoe."

The Dwarfs went absolutely daft,

They kissed young Snow - White fore and aft,

Then rushed away to raise some dough

With which to back old Mistletoe.

They Prawned their watches, sold the car,

They borrowed money near and far,

(For much of it they had to thank

The manager of Barclays Bank.)

They went to Ascot and of course

For once they backed the winning horse.

Thereafter, every single day,

The Mirror made the bookies pay.

Each Dwarf and Snow - White got a share,

And each was soon a millionaire,

Which shows that gambling's not a sin

Provided that you always win.

創作閣8

摘提琴頭

 

 

提琴頭 fiddlehead是北美洲東部野生的厥類，只在春天一現，物以罕為貴，每次提起人人大多點頭讚好，味道有點像露筍，比較清淡，附近河邊每年都會有提琴頭，有間餐廳肯每周要5磅，所以我就去採摘之。

 

 

 

這是提琴頭的外表，及膝高的，屬已經長大，不能採了，嫩如下圖的才是最佳時候。

 

 

 

狠狠地扭甩提琴頭的頭，每棵留兩三個活口讓它們明年回來就可以。

只要蒸或燙熟就可吃，若下點牛油炒當然更好吃。只是最考功夫的是洗淨它們，因為啡色的紙狀外皮是苦的，要又拍又捽又浸數次才算乾淨及不會帶苦味，其實真是太煩了點。但一磅 (約半斤) 可賣8加元 (加元等同美元)，當然有得摘總比無得摘為好。