i like this show, but regrettably missed more than half of all the episodes. hahahah! and i love this song. if anyone has the soft copy please send me yeah ^.^
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
《孙子兵法之三十六计》
三十六计
第一套 胜战计
第一计 瞒天过海
第二计 围魏救赵
第三计 借刀杀人
第四计 以逸待劳
第五计 趁火打劫
第六计 声东击西
第二套 敌战计
第七计 无中生有
第八计 暗渡陈仓
第九计 隔岸观火
第十计 笑里藏刀
第十一计 李代桃疆
第十二计 顺手牵羊
第三套 攻战计
第十三计 打草惊蛇
第十四计 借尸还魂
第十五计 调虎离山
第十六计 欲擒故纵
第十七计 抛砖引玉
第十八计 擒贼擒王
第四套 混战计
第十九计 釜底抽薪
第二十计 混水摸鱼
第二十一计 金蝉脱壳
第二十二计 关门捉贼
第二十三计 远交近攻
第二十四计 假道伐虢
第五套 并战计
第二十五计 偷梁换柱
第二十六计 指桑骂槐
第二十七计 假疾不癫
第二十八计 上屋抽梯
第二十九计 树上开花
第三十计 反客为主
第六套 败战计
第三十一计 美人计
第三十二计 空城计
第三十三计 反间计
第三十四计 苦肉计
第三十五计 连环计
第三十六计 走为上计
Sunday, August 24, 2008
北京烤鸭
i must blog about this. the famous 北京烤鸭!
why why? because i believe that though it is famous, alot of people do not know much about it! meaning, how it is eaten.
but before i venture in to the often-mistaken method of eating, i shall quote the brief intro of it based on the info i've found online.
北京烤鸭：提起北京的饮食，首先令人想到的便是烤鸭，它现在已经成为首都北京一道驰名中外的特色美食。烤鸭的故乡在中国东部江苏省的南京市。明代永乐十九年（公元1421年），明成祖迁都北京，烤鸭也随之进入北京，并成为宫廷菜肴。自此北京地区的养鸭业也逐渐兴盛起来。以后经过对鸭子品种的不断改良，并采用人工“填鸭”法喂养，培育出毛色洁白，体态丰满，肉质细嫩的新品种——北京填鸭。用北京填鸭烤出的烤鸭味道鲜美，远胜其它，名声日盛，人们称其为“北京烤鸭”。北京烤鸭可分为“焖炉烤鸭”和“挂炉烤鸭”两种。“焖炉烤鸭”和“挂炉烤鸭”所使用的原料和处理鸭子的方法是一致的。不同之处在于两者的烤制方法：“焖炉烤鸭”是以秫秸为燃料，先将烤炉的烤墙烤热，然后将鸭子放入炉内，关闭炉门，完全通过炉墙的热度和灼热的柴灰将鸭焖熟，具有肉质细嫩的特点。“挂炉烤鸭”则是以果木为燃料，在特制的烤炉中明火烤制而成，具有味道香美，表皮酥脆的特点。现在，在北京众多的烤鸭店铺之中，以烤制“焖炉烤鸭”的“便宜坊”和擅长“挂炉烤鸭”的“全聚德”最为闻名。
congrats if you've survived reading through that chunk of chinese words up there. in any case if you hadn't, below is the translated introduction to the 北京烤鸭 similar to the text above...
Beijing Roasted Duck has the reputation of being the most delicious food in Beijing. It is usually a fixed item of dinner on any Beijing tour itinerary. Eating Beijing Roasted Duck is also one of the two things you are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing -- the other one is climbing the Great Wall. The hometown of roasted duck is actually Nanjing City of Jiangsu Province in East China. In the 19th year (1421) during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the emperor moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and hence roasted duck was introduced to Beijing and became an imperial dish.Beijing ducks are called force-fed ducks, which are raised for the sole purpose of making the food. Force-fed, they are kept in cages which restrain them from moving about, so as to fatten them up and make the meat comparably tender. Beijing Roasted Duck has two kinds: Menlu Roasted Duck (duck roasted in the oven) and Gualu Roasted Duck (duck roasted over the fire). The preparations include: first rubbing the ducks with spices, salt and sugar, and then hanging them in the air for some time. To make a Menlu Roasted Duck, first burn the Kaoliang stalks in the oven till the sides of the oven turn hot, then put the ready-duck inside until the duck is baked date-red and shining with oil by the heat of the oven and the remaining heat of the ash. To make a Gualu Roasted Duck, the ready-duck is baked in the oven directly over the burning wood of peach, jujube or date trees, which gives off a special fragrance, with very little smoke; bake until the duck becomes brown with rich grease perspiring outside and have a nice odor. The best roasted duck has a crisp skin and tender meat.
nownow, comes to the main concern of this post, to enlighten readers on how the Beijing Roasted Duck is to be eaten. hehehe! take a look at the picture below. served in the duck-shaped plate is the 北京烤鸭 that we ate at 粤海烤鸭店 - one of the most famous restaurants in Beijing. Of coz it came with some price, but well, put that at a later concern.
see the different plates of fillings and sauces beside the duck-shaped plate? those are to be wrapped together with the 北京烤鸭 inside a circular piece of specially-made 薄饼皮 (that is contained inside the cirular container at the top of the picture - cut off). yes that's right, the traditional actual way of eating 北京烤鸭 is not like how we eat our Duck Rice, but is actually wrapped with some sauces and fillings in a 薄饼皮. The sauces can be 甜面酱，酱油，蒜泥，etc…and the fillings can be 葱白，黄瓜条，etc…。After wrapping the personalized sauces and fillings into the wrap with the duck, the roll can be dipped slightly in one of the sauces to enhance the taste.
as we had ordered the entire duck, we followed the method of eating, ie to use part of the remaining duck and its bones to make a soup. not really as tasty as could be partly coz it was only done up in less than an hour, and the taste of the meat and bones has not seeped out into the soup base.
there is a third general way of eating though we did not try, and that is to fill hollow thin sesame-pancakes (空心芝麻烧饼夹) with the roasted duck, chinese onions and a special sauce that is usually sweet bean sauce.
the reason why i ventured into the discussion of this, is because i had just been telling my mum this when she mistakenly told me her concept of the 北京烤鸭 and that the version that I told her I've eaten is not the mainsteam way. hahaha! she's wrong! had you been wrong too? =/
omg i'm almost drooling already. its nearing dinner time and thinking of food makes me super hungry. well, although i should have been thinking of 4011 proj. argh!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Cool Inventions
these inventions are damn cool lar. some are rather weird though. omg! I want the clock and the table can??
十二莲花
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)
my mummy just educated me on the following:
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an insect-borne virus, that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent outbreaks of CHIKV associated with severe morbidity. CHIKV causes an illness with symptoms similar to dengue fever. CHIKV manifests itself with a prolonged arthralgic disease that affects the joints of the extremities. The acute febrile (ie Fever) phase of the illness lasts only two to five days. The pain associated with CHIKV infection of the joints persists for weeks or months.
Signs and symptoms
The incubation period of Chikungunya disease is from two to four days. Symptoms of the disease include a fever up to 39 ℃ (102.2 ℉), a petechial or maculopapular rash of the trunk and occasionally the limbs, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints. Other nonspecific symptoms can include headache, conjunctival injection, and slight photophobia. Typically, the fever lasts for two days and then ends abruptly. However, other symptoms, namely joint pain, intense headache, insomnia and an extreme degree of prostration last for a variable period; usually for about 5 to 7 days. Patients have complained of joint pains for much longer time periods depending on their age.
Causes
Chikungunya virus is indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia, where it is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes, usually of the genus Aedes. CHIK fever epidemics are sustained by human-mosquito-human transmission. The word "chikungunya" is thought to derive from description in local dialect of the contorted posture of patients afflicted with the severe joint pain associated with this disease. The main virus reservoirs are monkeys, but other species can also be affected, including humans.
- The first outbreak in India was in 1963 in Kolkata (Calcutta).
- An outbreak of chikungunya was also discovered in Port Klang in Malaysia in 1999 affecting 27 people.
- There was an outbreak in Italy late 2007, with 160 cases, and suspects about some human-to-human contaminations.
At the same time there was an outbreak in Kerala with 43,138 cases of suspected chikungunya. - On July 26, 2008, The West Australian newspaper reported that there had been 15 cases of the disease notified in Western Australia in the preceding two years, and that the virus had become established in local mosquito populations.
- And in recent days, four more Singaporeans has been found affected with it, adding the toll to 128 locally reported cases for the year 2008.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sometimes When We Touch - Rod Stewart
Romance and all it's strategy
leaves me battling with my pride
But through all the insecurity
some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
still trapped within my youth
And sometimes when we touch
the honesty's too much
and I have to close my eyes and hide
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Beachout!
so cute right, somemore still have prey in-view. i really applaud for the creativity. bleah~ i'm tired, but definitely had a fun and relaxing day. well, its just that sometimes some places just probes me into the seemingly emo mode. oops /..\
i'm getting more and more dis-illusioned the more times i meet *shim. 5 months, and its left with only 3. at the rate shim's doing things, maybe by the time the photos are ready, only left with 1.5 months. what type of guarentee is that?! i might as well not take the shoot and get back the part since i/we seem only to be taking ^shimis projects. so unfair, the 5 months should be from the time the shoot is complete, and not just upon payment. argh. i feel cheated. but well, as long as i can make it back, since that eventually is the agreement, though i was expecting more, of coz. now, haha, i just want to be able to break it even at least.
i cant stand it, shim's tooo toooo Nonsense! can shim STOP asking "true?" or "right anot?" type of questions with the fingers pointing so closely to you. STOP and beating endlessly around the bush. and STOP simply skipping my qn but digging another hole into who-knows-what in another area on conversation. or should i say "talk". coz i'm simply not engaged! you can imagine me seating there, with that plastered smile and obliged to say yes and knod from time to time. argh. you know, its the feeling when one party ALWAYS controls the conversation, that is when it becomes a chore to link up.
and yet, i have to continue this chore... i'm obliged to. sigh. if I ever have such a friend, well, i'm quite sure that 1. the person will know not to talk to me, or 2. the person will change this bad point, or 3. this will not be a person i call friend. well of coz, one can opt for such only when both of you are of the same social status.. sometimes, circumstances just forces you to interact with such incomprehand-able people. i'm really sorry if I sound extreme, but I'm sure all you people out there who get to read this little column of mine are sweet angels =)
in any case, i'm lucky that there is another person to do that chore today, which gives me the chance to seat back, and stone, though still having to give that occasional smile and knods and "yes-es". its a chore, sighh, but i really really wonder how come the other person can take it. can you see my exasperation... ROAR!
* shim. i think there should be a term for people who behaves both he-ly and she-ly, you know, terms like "he" and "she" suited for people -ahem- in the middle of both sexes. maybe one to reflect that it's a she but acting like a him (shim), and another for people acting like a he but is actually a her. This second type we can probably call eher. quite self-explanatory and easy to remember huh?
^ shimis. an improvisation on the explanation above, but this time into terms like "him/his" and "her/hers". this term can be broken down into the explanation of "shim - his". so maybe a counterpart to shimis can be eherer (eher - her). yeah but please, please, this is just limited to my little own column for expression, I understand people have their own reasons for the routes they choose, and I'm definitely not out to get at them or to take it as a joke.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Karen
goodbye to Zoe and Claudia.
actually i know i'm already quite decided,
coz i hadnt been exploring much of others'.
i just need a little pushing factor to its acceptance you know.
its not that i'm not used to that name, its just, ...
well, perhaps i had been too used to it.
with a little shadow behind from my JC days,
and a little reminder of its existence recently.
though already knowing one, and one other personally belonging to it,
i hope not to create any confusion in taking it up.
i shall use it.
i had been deliberating whether to introduce to my current circle,
and have decided not to hide,
but also not to be elaborate on its arrival.
duh~
in any case,
hi Karen!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
几米 本子的介绍
《又寂寞又美好》 我在空寂的世界赶路，并不断地提醒自己，就快到了，就快到了……
《微笑的鱼》 我拥有一只像狗一样忠心，猫一样贴心，像爱人一样深情的鱼。她始终带着微笑的表情……这是一个内在温柔，又内质丰厚的故事。表面的安静下，展现一个男子深泓如海一样的幽闭内心。
《照相本子》 几米是摄影师、主人翁、配角以及布景，他是谁不重要，重要的是他玩得很高兴，这种高兴揉合了许多种记忆元素，欢乐的、忧愁的、哀伤的……
《月亮忘记了》 现实的残酷，幸福的易逝。看不见的，是不是就等于不存在？记住的，是不是永远不会消失？
《黑白异境》 男男女女、老老少少、高矮胖瘦，一个一个的“小人”，有着不同的面容与姿态，他们各自存在异境，上演不同戏码，在几米的异想世界里，蜿蜒着人生的倒影，牵动着你我的情绪。
《我的心中每天开出一朵花》 总希望在风雨欲来的时候，抱紧一些不想放弃的想法。
《你们我们他们》 她一直坚持宁缺毋滥，相信最好的值得耐心等待。偏偏最后掉下的红苹果，通常是酸的，而惊心动魄的伟大爱情，通常不是等来的。
《布瓜的世界》 我用力抓紧世界，最终却仍被世界淘汰，如果一开始就松手，我的痛苦会不会少些？
《我只能为你画一張小卡片》 在自己面前应该一直留有一个地方，然后去爱，不知道是谁，不知道如何去爱，也不知道可以爱多久。只是等待一次爱情，也许永远都没有人，可是这种等待就是爱情本身。
《1.2.3.木头人》 在真实世界里当然看不到这份浑然天成，几米画笔一挥，那些小人儿，小鸟，小兔儿便统统走进了你的视野里。
没什么，只是突然间好想贴上一些我爱读的几米本子，和它们网上的介绍……
* 几米。男。台北市人。天蝎座。1936出生。吃素。已婚。有一个女儿。文化大学美术系毕。1998年开始首次的绘本创作，即让"图像"成为另一种清新舒洁的文学语言，在他的作品里营造出流畅诗意的画面，散发出深情迷人的风采。目前已卖出美国、德国、法国、希腊、韩国、日本等多国版权。
几米的作品广受欢迎，原因有三：一是它充满都市感，一些人们非常熟悉、但敢想不敢言的感觉；二是它的图画细致得使人爱不释手，图为主、字为辅的形式很新鲜；三是它的故事简直是一个寓言，从前只有写给小孩的，现在成人也有自己的寓言和童话。
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
忽然之间 & 我的快乐
although its already wednesday, today, to me, is only the beginning of school. the break from holiday. the time to wake up. monday had been a relaxing catching up session with people in lecture time, and yesterday had been a break to me. though i had been looking forward to the start of school term, i now have the feeling of finding a hole to squirm in and hibernate.
忽然之间
no, its not that I'm not ready for it, it is the feel that things are different. i will have to travel to school everyday now that i'm no more staying in hall. I'm not lamenting about it, it is just something that I will have to take as a transition to how I'll be travelling to and from my workplace next time. Though living not too far from school, I still have to take around 50+mins to reach school. and comparing to my friends who stay in the North-East and needing just an hr and 15 mins to reach sch, its so unjustified for us westerners. but, oh well.
天昏地暗
I was prompted into deep thoughts today by a series of statements from a friend. ok i admit i know i felt that something wasn't right, but i didnt think it was that serious. i want to know why, and how it can be changed. i am thinking that if I ask this other person, I can know abit more, but should i ask? will it create problems and stir the situation? was it just that period, or had it always been the case? no one can ever be perfect, maybe, maybe a stimuli is needed for a change. should i clarify?
世界可以忽然
though acting as a blog, i do put up informational stuff up here as well, not just because it is informational, but i relate to it. in some way or another, it is meaningful to me. it speaks of an underlying idea which would have been more senstitive or difficult to convey explicitly via text. the illustrational pics, the information, the songs - everything meant something.
什么都没有
yesterday was a rest day. no school. but it was more than a short rest. but it has to be, that 暮色里也会有七彩的长虹..
徘了徊了走了错了过了等了累了全都困了烦的乱的等的都是真的
疯的想的念的不安的焦虑的复杂的梦过的拥有的失去的怎么忘呢
你做过的伤放困了你爱的音那天的我等着你等成了摆设
我的你的他的好的坏的难的灰的蓝的黄的酸的甜的苦的都还记得
非常想要忘的绝对不能忘的我心要换你的真的不行那么只得放了
Sunday, August 3, 2008
三号人 gathering at Mel's house
the bbq - changed potluck - changed steamboat - changed bbq - changed steamboat gathering. bleah~
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