The taste of food 13

永樂園熱狗王

在中環實習(internship)時某位哥哥介紹的，
他說這裏的熱狗、奶茶及下午茶很不錯。
時隔多年，在電視上看到阿蘇的介紹又再次想回味起來。
從節目才得知那條熱狗腸是從荷蘭來的，醬料是秘製的。
麵包的外皮是脆卜卜的，內裡是軟綿綿的。
趁着這個星期難得的空檔，靜靜的坐在店內吃着，十分滋味！

某天

姪兒病了，某天晚上和他一起在寒冷的兒童病房渡過了一晚。
工作的爸媽把他交托了剛好放假的姑姐。
看着身體不適及剛經歷過抽鼻水、抽血及插喉吊鹽水的他，
姑姐整晚也睡不着，恐怕他一起來看不到她(何況爸媽巳不在他身邊)…
這個姑姐頓時成為一位身兼父母的角色，背上重大的責任…
幸好姪兒早上醒來時巳好轉，侍醫生巡房後，嫲嫲巳來接力，
這時姑姐也功成身退…
這個晚上很難受，但是對着疼愛的姪兒，也好像沒有埋怨的理由…

The taste of food 12

Far East Square main store




Raffles City branch



Ya Kun Kaya Toast 亞坤

品嚐地道小食是認識一處地方的最佳方法。
走進非旅遊區的平民化小食店、餐廳也是我旅行必到的地方。
在那裏，可以觀察到他們食的、喜歡的是什麼。我更喜歡與廚師、工作人員
交談，讓他們推介一些店中最「拿手」的食物，這樣便不會傷腦筋吃什麼！

很喜歡新加坡的亞坤 Kaya Toast。鬆脆的kaya 多士、配上半生熟雞蛋再點上胡椒粉及甜醬油，最後來一杯熱奶茶(不用白糖、用煉奶沖)，簡單的食物，配搭在一起便成為一頓既美味又飽肚的早餐或下午茶。
第一次是在位於Far East Square的總店吃的。一邊坐着熱烘烘大排檔內，一邊望着師父拉着茶，烘着麵包，十分興奮。
第二次卻在Raffles City的分店吃，但感覺卻不一樣，麵包不像老店那樣鬆脆，而且還引入了較西化的chocolate dips toast。在失望之下本想問店舖大嬸老店的地址，誰知連大嬸也不清楚！
回想起也不可以怪大嬸，她也是在 franchise的分店打工，又不是亞坤的公關…
franchise的店子就是存在着這樣的問題…

http://www.yakun.com/ya_kun_singapore.html

Vivo City

greenrabbit推介vivo city 有佷多public art及由日本著名建築帥伊東豐雄(Toyo Ito)設計，可以去看看。
對於一個不認識public art 和建築的我便從旅客的八卦shopping心態去看看。
走進這個2006年底才完成的大型商場與其他購物商場沒有什麼分別。
下層連接mrt 和 food court，上層是一間間店舖。可是當我走到第二層時，卻發現商場外是一個Open Air playground，走到室外便傳來了小朋友的笑聲，原來那裏是一個兒童遊樂場。除了氹氹轉，木馬場外還有噴水柱和一些public sculpture供小朋友玩個痛快。有些小朋友在噴水柱中走來走去消暑，有些則坐在public sculpture中休息。這裏沒有「不准內進」、「不准接觸」的指示牌，大小朋友自由地與playground 的設施「互動」。商場的最高層是Rooftop amphitheatre，sky park及多間餐廳，是供一家大細購物完休息的好地方。面對無敵的 Harbour font 和sentosa海景，從商場內的消費店舖回到人與大自然、人與人的基本關係 ，是建築帥的精心安排吧！
在香港寸土寸金的地方，雄偉的建築物、大型購物商場是有的，但地產商們能夠注重人、空間、大自然的關係卻好像缺乏。


http://www.vivocity.com.sg/pulse.html
http://www.flickr.com/groups/toyoito360/

2008

其實沒有計劃出外countdown，
不竟年幾大了，不想與年青人擠迫在街上。
那天晚上，回到公司的天台看煙花。
同事說這趟可算是我離別公司前的最後一次煙花滙演，
當來個慶祝吧！
回顧2007年，這一年也過得佷好，
積極了一點、放鬆了一點、健康了一點、開心了不少…
2008年，既是新的一年，又是踏進人生的另一個年頭，
將會充滿新的挑戰…

53103

完成了！
這次旅程從空想到實現也超過大半年，
踏上起步點一刻才真正感受到「真實」的感覺，
帶着興奮的心情走上終點，
到達終點一刻也鬆了一口氣…
也好像把這幾年來放不開的心結釋放出來…
也好像結束了一個成長階段，迎接新的開始…
盡了最後努力…走到這裏…
某天從黄昏到晚上，走到了東岸的海邊…
面對着無邊際的大海…首次感到一種幸福、永恆的感覺同時
也成為傷感的回憶…也為這次旅程劃上句號…
「重生」…是這次旅程送給自己最佳的聖誕、新年及生日禮物。


Keep Running
運動篇
B2564

Juming@Singapore12.2007

Juming@Taiwan10.2005

I dunno much about Juming but fortunately, i have the chance to encounter his works in different places, different countries and different time.
What fascinate me is the chemistry creates between his large-scaled sculptures and the environment...

Juming@Shantou 29.10.2007

旅行的義意 02

巳經有一段時間沒有出外看看。幸運地，一走便到國內打了兩轉。
這次工作旅程充滿驚喜、奇遇，也像一面鏡子，看到自身的不足。
還是加把勁繼續上路吧…

The taste of food 11

一位新加坡友人說香港人很懂得「食」，對飲食十分講究。
心裡並不相信，以為絕大部份亞洲人也喜歡食吧！
不過那天到Miss A家中品嚐了以為只有在 discovery travel & living channel 出現的 high tea後，也開始認同友人的說法！

癌

從新聞得知陳美齡患乳癌…
陳美齡 = Agnes Chan
新聞員報導時好像和我對話着，
感覺很不好…
五十二歲的我會是怎樣？
嫁到日本、擁有一個老公兼經理人及兩名子女的福氣相信沒有了，
周身病痛也走不掉…

小記：原來我曾經也有機會是一半日本人，老媽說過她的舊老闆曾邀她到日本工作，
那時她只有十六歲，太年幼，婆婆不許。如果老媽真的去了日本的話，
也許我是個中日混血兒吧！:P

看

巳有一段時間沒有以macro(微觀)角度來觀看事物，去創作…
對(人、男女朋友)要macro，工作要 Micro(宏觀)又要marco去對工作上的人…
很不容易… 可以簡單嗎？

空間

近期乘搭巴士時也帶備一本輕便書藉閱讀或對窗發獃，
盡量避看重複的畫面，某天看到的有點不同…

花火

一直對煙花滙演沒有什麽好感。
政府把金錢燃燒可不把它援助弱勢社群。
自從在旅途中看過兩次難忘的煙花滙演後，又對它有所改觀。
可能香港的煙花滙演或詠彩幻香江能帶給旅途中的人及小孩一些難忘的
回憶和專業技術人員的就業機會…
那天晚上，手拿一包蝦條和玉泉，走上公司天台觀看煙花，
感覺像「不能結婚的男人」的阿部寬，輕鬆自在…

A song for the windy nite ...

Too windy tonite...and this old tune popped up in mind...a sad song related to wind...

Jimi Hendrix -Wind Cries Mary
After all the jacks are in their boxes and the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red and the wind whispers mary

A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind it cries mary

The traffic lights they turn of blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sails downstream cause the life that lived is dead
And the wind screams mary

Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past
And with this crutch its old age and its wisdom
It whispers no this will be the last
And the wind cries mary

my lower back = the sign of aging

hurt my lower back during the cycling class today ...
it 's my first time to get hurt from sport for the past 10 months..
it just happened suddenly even i had my warm up and stretching ...

it's about time to get a more intensive training for the marathon and i have already hurt my body...
sigh... really cant push it ..
my spirit is still young but my body also reveal the sign of a early 30's female's physical body ... :(

Helen Levitt

收到一封enews，被幾幅以兒童為對象的圖片及chalk graffiti drawing吸引着，google 一番後初步認識了這位年近八十仍十分活躍的女攝影師。

Helen Levitt(1931-)生於 Brooklyn, New York，自學攝影兼教兒童藝術。兒童便成了她拍攝的主要對象。In The Street: chalk drawings and messages, New York City 1938–1948 記錄了三十至四十年代，紐約街頭兒童用粉筆畫graffiti的作品集。其後她的作品集如Crosstown(黑白), Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt (彩色)及 Here and There(黑白)全部以街頭人、景、物為題材。她的作品風格寫實自然，人物不需在鏡頭前擺姿造作。在鏡頭下，一切平凡的事物呈現出一種難以形容的自然及詩意美。
看她的作品令我想起很喜歡的 Cartier Bresson，在網上閱讀一些文章時也發現她的作品常被提及與Bresson 和Walker Evans 共通之處，以下的節錄也許能說明一點：
" Her self-taught education aligned her with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans. Cartier-Bresson's work taught her three lessons: a blunt photographic record of ordinary facts could reveal the mystery and fantasy within daily life; that the poetry in such pictures turned its back on conventional value systems and notions of beauty; and that this art, which trafficked in the momentary, was not haphazard."
後記：得知她在1940年拍攝的短片 In the Street，很想看看…



Untitled, New York (spider girl, green car), 1980



Untitled, NYC 1972



Untitled (four girls faces by steps),1939



New York



Photo from Crosstown, 2001

更多精彩的兒童chalk drawing圖片 : http://www.laurencemillergallery.com/levitt_vgraffiti.htm

Mooncake

so nice to receive this box of mooncake on the boring Friday!
nice design but not so environmental friendly...:)

Jude Law and the dog

the latest Dunhill menswear billboard was up . It was nice to see the handsome Jude Law face and cool posture.
As the bus passes by the same spot everyday, i feel "uncomfortable" with the billboard...
that's Jude Law just sitting next with the dog... um ... it seems he wanna stay with the dog rather than with human being ...

time to let it go

haven't been going out for drink on fri nite for a while...
really need a chill out from work ...
this month is pretty intensive...

sadly, my necklace was broken in the middle of the conversation...
i am not the one who fancy in necklace or accessories... but i really like this necklace even though it's not a expensive one ... cant explain...

" it's a sign to indicate u should let it go " ... said my friend ...

i keep thinking abt his word ... what kind of thing that i should let it go in life ... actualy there are a few matters who bother me for some while..guess it's really a time to let it go ...

time to keep yr life simple...

The Man From London

《倫敦來客》是匈牙利導演 Béla Tarr 零七年最新作品。這是第三次看他的作品。還記得兩年前也是在Agnes b CINEMA!看過他的《撒旦探戈》Sátántangó (1994) ，片長七小時，幸好從辦公室拿來坐墊還與友人作伴，恐防集中力不夠便打瞌睡…他的電影真是不容易看，長鏡頭、節奏緩慢、就像一幅巨形拼圖，觀眾需要耐心地把人、事、物拼湊一起。

《倫敦來客》也是如此，不過是一個偵探小說故事，相比《殘缺的和聲》Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)和《撒旦探戈》我所看過的前兩部作品，來得比較容易消化。
欣賞他的簡約 —影片前段只有數句對白，充份運用影像說故事，；
欣賞他的長鏡頭 —給予觀眾空間，把故事慢慢連接起來；
欣賞他的節奏 —對於習慣了「速戰速決」、「即食」影像的觀眾在觀賞習慣上來個沖擊；
不過，這幾種元素一旦失去平衡，便會失了重心，變得鬆散…
他的作品如在大銀幕放映的話，我仍會把握機會看，不過說不上十分喜歡…
太沈重了，有點受不了…

《殘缺的和聲》的尾段，令我感動的一幕，沈重的一段…

Zabriskie Point

安東尼奧離開了，
很想寫一些對他的作品感想，
很想重看他所有作品，再次認識他…
今晚，想起這套他唯一的美國電影 Zabriskie Point (1970)
想起一些零碎片段…
這是電影的尾段，Pink Floyd的音樂，震撼的場面…

Keep Running

Registration Confirmation
RACE: 10 km - Women

Thank you for registering for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007!

Overseas runners who arrive after the race entry pack collection days can collect their Race Entry Pack at Suntec City Convention Centre on 29 Nov, 30 Nov & 1 Dec, where overseas runners are welcomed to collect their race entry packs.

..... too excited by just reading the email...One step closer ! :)

又一年

On the Road轉眼又一年！
翻看第一篇blog 記，回想這一年走過的路，
不過不失…除了在原本的大路上行走，
也嘗試行得大步一點、尋找新的小路 。
仍自覺未夠踏上"side track"的膽量和好奇心。

看見三歲半姪兒對新事物的探索好奇心態，
雖然這些事物對成年人來說根本是平平無奇，
對他來說卻是一個樂園，從他眼中發掘的東西往往
層出不窮，意想不到…

我們從經驗中學習但經驗往往亦成為一種限制，
在做人處事上變得更加審慎，害怕面對、失去、失敗，
多了收飾、計算，少了幾分坦誠的勇氣。

與姪兒相處令我有很體會，他的探索精神
也正是踏上"side track"所需要的…

小休片刻…

每天能看見這樣的日落，
晚上在月光影照下睡着，
也是一件樂事…很滿足…
如果這一刻要離開這個世界，
也無悔…

Anchor Music (Tag Blog)

In response to Green Rabbit's request on "your favorite Anchor Music",
here comes my anchor music .. or music which smooth my moody day ...

1) Bjork - Declare Independence



* A track from her latest album "Volta".
I am so moved by the strong rhythm and lyrics!
this is the live performance from Glastonbury 2007 ! very powerful!
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2) The Verve - On your own



Tell me what you seen
Was it a dream?
Was I in it?
Life seems so obscene
Until it's over
Who knows?

All I want is someone who can fill the hole
In the life I know
In between life and death
When there's nothing left
Do you wanna know?

You come in on your own
And you leave on your own
Forget the lovers you've know
And your friends on your own

* The Verve is one of my fav. music band ..this song is almost 10 yrs from now...
The lyrics is not the "encouraging" one , but a very true and honest piece of word...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
3) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony



'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah,

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

* Still , the song from my fav. band , i love...not only the lyrics, the beat..but also the MV...simple yet straight to the point!
Imagine you walk on the street with the tune in your mind....

--------------------------------------------------------------------
4) Madonna - Sorry



I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore

You're not half the man you think you are
Save your words because you've gone too far
I listened to your lies and all your stories (listen to your stories)
You're not half the man you'd like to be

Don't explain yourself cause talk is cheap
There's more important things than hearing you speak
You stayed because I made it so convenient (made it so convenient)
Don't explain yourself, you'll never see

* i admit, this is my recent fav. "heal the heartbreak" + cycling song...
i just found out it also applies in my work ...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
5) Pink Floyd - Another Brick of the Wall



* my anchor music / school anthem in my high sch and uni days..
--------------------------------------------------------------------
6) 林憶蓮 - 為何他會離開你



* why it becomes my anchor music ?... the lyrics act like a sharp knife and stab
directly into your wounded heart... instead of stab deepen into your wound,it "encourage " you to bounce back and release from the pain ...
"Just let it go" ...another "heartbreak healing song"

well, that's all i can think of at this moment...
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Tag blog:
Green Rabbit

WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN

Just watched a documentary on Bob Dylan (also posted at Table56) and learned about this old song...
I keep thinking about the "ship"(shit) theory from a new management today..
cant imagine what kind of ship that he is talking about....



WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN with Bob Dylan & Joan Baez at the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., 1963

Oh the time will come up
When the winds will stop
And the breeze will cease to be breathin'.
Like the stillness in the wind
'Fore the hurricane begins,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Oh the seas will split
And the ship will hit
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking.
Then the tide will sound
And the wind will pound
And the morning will be breaking.

Oh the fishes will laugh
As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
And the rocks on the sand
Will proudly stand,
The hour that the ship comes in.

And the words that are used
For to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're spoken.
For the chains of the sea
Will have busted in the night
And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

A song will lift
As the mainsail shifts
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline.
And the sun will respect
Every face on the deck,
The hour that the ship comes in.

Then the sands will roll
Out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'.
And the ship's wise men
Will remind you once again
That the whole wide world is watchin'.

Oh the foes will rise
With the sleep still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'.
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it's for real,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Then they'll raise their hands,
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands,
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered.
And like Pharaoh's tribe,
They'll be drownded in the tide,
And like Goliath, they'll be conquered.

運動篇

今年定下的「before 30s goal」，
「運動」是我其中的一項小目標，
完成了第一個10k馬拉松後將繼續向半馬拉松目標進發，
練習了差不多半年，幸好沒有「三分鐘熱度」，
因為開始運動後，身心也明顯改善了不少…

在同事的鼓勵及無心插柳下參加了游泳班，
幸運地被抽中 (心想，如果買六合彩也這樣就好了！)
八月中將進行兩個星期的密集式訓練…
第一階段成人捷泳訓練班 …我來了！
希望能完成另一 "before 30's運動小目標"。

現在更期侍十二月的來臨，可以試試到其他地方跑一跑…
因為完成了它後，我的「before 30s goal」也到達終點了！

Your Five Variable Love Profile

Your Five Variable Love Profile

Propensity for Monogamy: Your propensity for monogamy is medium. In general, you prefer to have only one love interest. But it's hard for you to stay devoted for too long! There's too much eye candy to keep you from wandering. Experience Level: Your experience level is medium. You probably have had a couple significant loves. And you may have even had your heart broken. But you haven't really dated a wide variety of people. Dominance: Your dominance is medium. You tend to be the one with more power. You aren't a total control freak in relationships.. But of course you don't mind getting you way! Cynicism: Your cynicism is low. You are an eternal optimist when it comes to love and romance. No matter how many times you've been hurt - you're never bitter. You believe in one true love, your perfect soulmate. And if you haven't found true love yet, you know you will soon. Independence: Your independence is medium. In relationships, you need both "me time" and "we time." You usually find it easy to be part of a couple. But occasionally you start to feel a little smothered.

The Five Variable Love Test

The taste of food 10

關於burger…

不知從哪時候開始，有了尋找美味burger的興趣…
回想起，是因為某位朋友吧！
那位愛食的朋友總喜歡四處尋找新的餐廳、美食，
每當品嘗到美味的食物時，
臉上總掛上滿足、「貪食」又快樂的微笑 …
漸漸地，也被他的「為食冒險精神」感染了…

他曾說過一個好的burger最重要是一塊充滿肉汁的牛肉塊,
要是優質的肉塊，不需什麼醬料或cheese巳足夠。
要測試那店子是否好壞，叫一客 original便可…
從多次Burger旅程中，也認同他 「Burger之道」，
簡單的還是最好，因為這樣才能真正品嘗食物的味道…
我想，我的生活也可以這樣就好了…

註：近期試過了press room的press burger ($75) 和soho的媽媽burger (hk$25)…
其實兩個也不錯，但論價錢低食程度，媽媽burger 成為我的至愛…

旅行的義意

轉眼又一年，
上年的七月六號帶着人生以來最疲憊不堪嘅身心，
獨自上路，踏上最遠的旅程…
很多第一次的旅行經驗…
第一次獨自旅行，
第一次上網訂火車票，
第一次拿着地圖自訂旅程…
…
還有重拾一段與自己獨處的時候…
整個旅程歷歷在目…

曾對自己說過，每年也要去一次長途旅行，
今年未能成事…也離不開金錢、時間等因素…
不過這次旅行卻帶來另一個體驗–
無論在任何地方也可以享受旅行帶來的「心情」，
只要能保持這種「旅行心態」–
(探險、開放、勇於發掘、感受、享受…等)
任何時刻也可進入「旅行狀態」…

註：長途旅行計劃將於明年鐵定實行！

Table 56

回歸日
與三位超級音樂朋友
因為一隊喜愛的樂隊重組而出來聚舊…
新blog " TABLE 56 " 因而產生…

有時間去坐下！