節制和紀律

一個住的生活可以無比放任。

我沒有夜夜笙歌，還滿以為自己很乖很勤奮，但其實生活上的節制和紀律近乎零：飲食睡眠運動胡亂不堪。結果弄得精神散渙身體疲累，這兩天甚至頭昏腦脹。今天跟Florrie一起立志要早睡早起。我這星期要每晚十二時之前睡，看看效果如果。要放棄晚上工作的黃金時間，真的有點擔心。

唔... 現在要睡了！

梁家傑

一邊聽新聞，一邊睇網上的討論，很驚訝有些香港人會以為梁家傑真想做特首。他們在網上話梁家傑無資格，得把口，叫他退出。我相信梁家傑無意思做特首，他之前在香港家書中亦對女兒說他不會當上特首。我覺得他亦未必做得來。但我是由衷的佩服他，感謝他。

他願意在這個時候站出來令曾蔭權不可以自動當選特首，這是不容易的。要知道他要承受不少的輿論壓力。在他的網誌上有人（一些甚至自稱中小學生）批評他不知所謂，將他評得一文不值，好像能惡評一位知名資深大律師是顯得自己很了不起。我相信梁家傑不會介意，甚至應該高興，至少是他參選讓這些人知道市民是可以評論特首競選人（甚至特首）的。

他這個競選工程亦不遲勞苦，落區探訪答問辯論造勢樣樣做齊。看看他的競選網頁便知道這是很辛苦的。他不像曾蔭權，曾蔭權做這些事情對將來「做好份工」有幫助，但他基本上只是逼曾蔭權做一個像樣的競選工程，間接助曾蔭權「做好份工」。以他一個資深大律師，收入和地位也不錯，根本不需要走出自己的Comfort Zone，自找麻煩。

所以，我是真相信他是為了一個更好的香港而付出的，我也相信他成功了。如果他沒有參選，香港市民現在不會對這次特首選舉有這個（經已不太高的）關注程度，將來也不會對特首選舉有高要求。他是開了一個先河。雖然現在還未能普選特首，香港人仍是有進步的。

Somewhere in a cornfield

Last October, Edwin and i wanted to take some pictures of the colorful leaves. The trees were so beautiful. But as we drove around town we could not find any good scenes except we ended up in a harvested cornfield. Since the sun was going down, we could not afford to waste any more minutes driving.

That's why we took pictures of cornfield instead. Although the idea does not sound very good, the sunset added a beautiful touch on everything. Some of pictures i show in the album are taken by Edwin. I took some as well but nothing comparable to his. You probably can tell which are his and which are mine.

Click to see pictures:
Don't complain that Champaign has nothing but cornfield. With enough patience you can also find good things here. :)

And if you are interested in the colorful fall in Champaign, here are the pictures from 2005:

THANK YOU!

Koman, Ice cream, Jacky, Edwin, rentertainment, Lay's, mountain dew, Patrick, conversations with other women, Stephen, Yu, Florrie, George, pizza, birthday song and candle, wine, Jacky (again), Lam & Eason, Ice cream cake, birthday song and candle (again), coffee and starbucks liquor, Yan-zi, Vivian Chow, Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, Andy Lau, Faye Wong, Patricia Chan, Mahjong and crazy pictures... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

《林夕字傳》

可以買給我嗎？

林夕的歌詞總有一種難以言喻的哀愁．一種扎心的共鳴．就像花樣年華中的周慕雲。我曾因聽林夕的歌而流涙，就僅只那一次。

但我不太認識歌詞以外的他，只記得他的一兩句話。有人問他從何而得創作靈感．他回應說填詞像工廠生產，並無所謂靈感．埋位便要寫。當時我很失望，但後 來反而更佩服他，寫詞彷彿是他的感情反射．甚至羡慕他可以用文字表達所感。另一次訪問，他提及怎樣寫出感人的歌詞，他說主要是要寫出自憐。我們都是那麼自憐的嗎？

我是聽林夕長大的。之前知道他曾有抑鬱症，心裡也有淡淡的傷感，亦多一點理解為什麼他筆下有這樣的情感。

Do you know some useful words?

How to describe the feeling when your loved one is over 7000km away, being sick at home, and not even have the strength to get up? How about you know that there is nobody to take care of him, feed him some congee, or even heat some water for him?

Please let me know if you think of some words to describe it.

豬年好玩!

收到老闆在豬年的第一封電郵，以新年新數為題...

人 = 吃飯 + 睡覺 + 上班 + 玩 --- (1)
豬 = 吃飯 + 睡覺 --- (2)
把(2)代入(1)
=> 人 = 豬 + 上班 + 玩
兩邊各減去"玩"
=> 人 - 玩 = 豬 + 上班
結論：不懂玩的人 = 會上班的豬

祝各位

豬年好玩!

Sweet Surprise!

喜氣洋洋

The coming Sunday is the Chinese New Year. My family just had the "tuen nin" dinner a few hours ago. It is an important custom of the Chinese culture that families gather for a big dinner at the end of each year. You can think of it as Chinese version of Thanksgiving.

I was virtually there through iChat. They shared a "poon choi" (picture). Yummy! I also saw their flowers: some traditional spring flowers (Chinese version of Narcissus, very fragrant) and two rose bouquets. They were heading to the festival market after the dinner.

Rose bouquets? Yes! Because the Valentine's day is just past!

And also: ELAINE IS ENGAGED!!! They proposed to each other on Valentine's Day :D It was their agreement earlier when they started dating; both of them need to propose to the other. So both of them secretly bought a ring. Hang also proposed with a bunch of black roses. How exciting! My home is filled with love!

I know you probably are bored by the thousands of pictures of a similar view (from my window). It is partly because i discovered that it is extremely easy to export pictures from iPhotos to Google photos. Then, just copy and paste the links to photos/albums onto the blog. It is the fastest way to show mom, sisters, and friends my situation right here.

Be patient to a poor girl who has been trapped in her apartment for days. Will try to shoot some different soon!