Monday, January 25, 2010

事先張揚的虎頭蛇尾閱讀計畫

偶有陽光.19C

一鼓作氣的把寫給小女生看的殭屍愛情小說掃完,照說該把那股氣延續,把案頭堆積多年的其他書也清掉.但恐怕那些開了頭然後被丟在一旁好幾年的書就是沒有那麼大的吸引力,不然怎麼會被視而不見那麼多個春秋?即使是最近喜歡的那位散文作家的書,也比我預期需要更多的集中力才能看下去.話說回來,或許說案頭的哪些書沒有吸引力是不對的 - 太需要思考的書或許不是這刻的我想看的.那,唯有讓它們再等一下吧.

可是一天中總有好些時間的縫隙,要拿甚麼去填塞呢?移動中的噗浪是戒不掉但很必須要戒的惡習.一旦把這個除掉,就該會有更多時間把滾存了好幾個月的專欄處理了吧?可是只看專欄,總是覺得不夠踏實(?!),心裏有種空洞感.

那,那麼多書,從哪裏開始好呢?把買回來放在家供養多時的先生、女士的散文集是個好開始;貪心從朋友處領養回來的小說幾本也是好選擇.或許是時候回去把剩下的那兩本奧斯丁看完(好過份,原來Persuasion看到Ch.7就被丟到一旁了).還有那本從小看到就覺得不好看的《咆哮山莊》... ...(咆哮?!?!啊,邊看會邊咆哮吧?!)啊,或許因為知道了殭屍小說裏有多處向這本愛情經典借鏡(可是是哪些地方呢?),會有更大的動力去看吧.

[怎麼寫出來之後還是不能讓自己覺得很有動力趕快跳進去讀、讀、讀呢? 呃.]

Friday, January 22, 2010

Perpetual mystery

Cloudy.Super Windy.18C

Was doing a random quiz on blogthings (those questions always make me think... coz most of the time i have no idea which answer is "right".) and came across this question:

People like you because:
1 - You're a total flirt
2 - You're sensitive
3 - You're a mystery
4 - You're cute and funny - even if they don't understand you at all
5 - You have smarts and wit
6 - You've always got something new up you're sleeve


I have ABSOLUTELY no idea, though i know it's absolutely not 1, 4, 5, and 6. Do ppl actually like me? (woo.. big flush of insecurity swamping through.) Well, it doesn't really bug me except that it means i can't really finish the quiz (WHICH bugs me).

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dilemma

Cloudy.22C

This?

(or this)

OR this?

Monday, January 18, 2010

冷便當其實一點都不冷

五、宜冷吃.這便是便當的神韻.中國人好熱食,實則冷飯頗好吃,而冷便當亦是佳物.米飯,何其有意思食物,而便當,是米飯極緊要的一個版本.
舒國治 - 《窮中談吃》 - 〈便當最惠台灣〉八二頁
因為之前戒口的關係,上班日子的午飯變成一個大問題.外面供應的除了飯不好吃,配菜更是個大問題.要找所謂健康的便當(例如,多菜、少肉、少調味、少/零芡汁)是非常困難的.如果還要要求食材新鮮安全、美味、價錢相宜,恐怕是比登天還難了.於是媽媽就給我準備便當了.

又因為用微波爐翻熱過的便當不知怎的會變得很難吃,於是我就試着涼涼的吃.果然,只要配菜不是味道很重(像是放了很多蒜頭等),又不會很多汁(會把白飯浸得軟爛)的話,其實不用翻熱也是很好吃的.而且,冷便當也不是一年四季都能吃的.夏天的時候,如果一到公司不把便當放進冰箱裏,恐怕到了午飯時間便當都酸了.

其實我最喜歡的配搭就是汆青菜跟些許漬物.肉或是魚反而把便當弄腥了,白飯也顯得不那麼甜美了.碰巧之前到了日本旅行,帶了不少漬物(!)回來.我算是很有口福的人吧!最喜歡的是梅干味的牛蒡細段.酸酸甘甘的,現在想起,口裏的口水都滿起來了


... ... 這個中午吃便當的人,最教我羨慕.我總是想不經意的覷到一眼他蓋子打開後的內容.不知怎的,便當中的飯量總是被很細心的、很精準的計算,然後擱進底層,它永遠顯得很少,因你總一下便吃完,且不撐.但事實上飯的量並不少,主要是它是一個「被呵護過」的有飯有菜的便當.不管是被媽媽、奶奶、姊姊或太太準備的.

當然自己裝便當亦可能不錯,但少了打開時那份未知的驚喜.
舒國治 - 《窮中談吃》 - 〈在城市中野餐〉一四九頁

如果先生看到我每天(幾乎哦)都有媽媽準備的愛心便當,而且是白飯佔了那麼一大半盒的話,該會很羨慕我吧?

Friday, January 15, 2010

Size of appetite

Gloomy (where has the sun gone?).17C

Good grief. With this change in diet (MUCH less meat intake), I'm constantly hungry despite I have eaten a proper portion for each meal.

Yesterday's lunch was Maxim's BBQ Pork - extra rice and less meat (though the amount of meat looked more or less the same I've received on previous purchases without making addition request). I ate at 1 and was hungry by 5.30pm. Today I ate a big box of rice (that probably translates into 1.5 bowl of rice?) with tofu and veggies. Again, I ate at 1 and was hungry by 5.30pm.

Good thing is that I'm not feeling any fatigue (from lack of energy intake), I can't tell of any obvious sign that there is malnutrition (?!). But this no downsizing of the stomach's request is rather annoying.

GRRRRRRRRRR..............

Thursday, January 14, 2010

說謊

別說我說謊
人生已經如此的艱難
有些事情就不要拆穿


《說謊》- 林宥嘉

Quote 2

Sunny (yippee!).16C

"Charlie's getting up; I'd better leave," Edward said with resignation.

My heart stopped beating.

He gauged my expression for a second. "Would it be childish of me to hide in your closet, then?"

~p. 542, New Moon, Stephenie Meyer


He never failed to brighten up my day.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Quote

"... and you've lost a lot of blood. They gave you a few transfusions. I didn't like it - it made you smell all wrong for a while."
~ p.460, Twilight, Stephenie Meyer


I know it's stupid, but I couldn't help laughing when I read this. (I was reading this in the office so I couldn't laugh out aloud.)

And yeah, I'm reading Twilight.

Goodbye...?

Rain(?!?!).15C

Saw on the news this morning that Norway is on a record low of -45C. Florida hasn't snowed in 20 years and last weekend there were flurries. In my memories, winters in Hong Kong may not be blue and clear and crisp like what we had in Tokyo but was never this wet and gloomy and miserable like New Zealand's.

What's wrong?

And seeing the kids (in Norway, of course) on TV so happily preparing themselves to go out to play with snow, I suddenly had this omninous feeling. Maybe winter is saying goodbye to us.

Friday, January 08, 2010

捲土

寒冷天氣警告還在生效.雲.13C

在那啞赤色的陰影下,感到了陣陣蠢蠢欲動的浮躁.

第二回合將要展開了嗎?

Thursday, January 07, 2010

換掉

寒冷天氣警告繼續生效.天好灰.15C

隨身聽裏面的歌已經聽到我一聽到intro就想飛歌,是時候要換掉了.

人生也到了類似的瓶頸.每天要睡的時候,一想到第二天又要開始同樣灰色的一天,連睡都不想睡.如果能像換隨身聽的歌單一樣,你說有多好?

其實不是不可能,很多人都做得到.是我自己懶惰又膽小,於是就得承擔這惡果.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

現在還有人把衣服鞋襪穿到破才丟掉的嗎?

有...

!

[是連環圖來的,有空就看caption吧.]

Rebound boyfriend

She is such a B*I*T*C*H!

當然一個願打一個願挨,旁人沒甚麼資格說話,可是看他那句, "It has always been him."不會想揍人嗎?

在受傷的時候渴望受到保護這大概是人之常情.但心裏清楚自己不可能放下之前那個然後對身邊那個左搖右擺,再來狠狠地丟下一副「我們是好朋友」的下台詞,實在討厭.不要因為受傷而利用這個來做傷害人的盾.

所以要當人家的rebound boyfriend絕對要有十分良好的心理素質,因為不是每次都能在旁邊慰藉破碎的心都能修成正果.

好啦,幹嘛這麼大反應.除了看到這種情節火冒三丈以外,還因為這是最近看過的第一爛戲.[爛戲!爛戲!爛戲!]第一集爛,但起碼有笑點(呃?!),而且有戲軌,情節緊湊得多.這集完全不知道想說甚麼(花一部電影,而且是好長的電影,來為下一集鋪排實在是超級爛):慢不在說,而且那些所謂的愛情完全出現得莫名其妙.就是「你說『我愛你』所以那就是愛情」的那種.(還是因為我不夠浪漫??)

回水呀!

全戲的高潮大概是終於等到Dakota Fanning出現的那五分鐘吧.嗚~~~

(那個紅色的隱形眼鏡好假呀!)

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充滿電影的長假期

陰天.20C

2010年看的第一部電影,原本是沒有打算要寫的.可是總不能第一篇就開口罵人,太兇了吧;所以這個隨意寫寫.

看到相關的第一張電影海報是這張.看起來就是覺得電影一定會好棒!雖然跟印象中的華生有很大出入,可是自己連原著看都沒看過(老媽倒是有),所以就沒有「欸?!怎麼會是這樣的?」的感覺了.

看他們兩個鬥嘴好好玩.在吃醋的表現難怪會令人覺得他跟華生像一對更甚於出生入死的龍兄虎弟(?!).方大少說喜歡Rachel McAdams,說他漂亮.(是不是因為看了這齣?)可是他這個造型好俗氣.(說他像_ _,還是不好意思寫出來了.)如果是Rachel Weisz來演會不會好一點呢?我還是比較喜歡McAdams在The Time Traveler's Wife裏.

有噗友說他倆關係跟House與Wilson不就是一樣嘛,只是背景放到不同的時代去了.我就隨意說,醫院裏的H跟W搞不好就是向維多利亞時代彼岸的H跟W致敬.到自己看到了電影,對這說法更認同了.甚至覺得活脫脫就是那行為怪誕瘋狂但心細又寂寞的醫生的基本模型.(到底誰先誰後呢?)

也有說,RDJr不像神探而更像鐵甲奇俠.我想是因為大家都覺得神探是冷靜沉默,甚至有點古肅?可是我問老媽,他說神探就是這樣呀,連樣子也有點像(到底可不可信呀?!).我只是覺得怎麼原來鼎鼎大名的神探變成了小混混 + House + 玉面飛龍 + 鐵金剛了.那些拳拳到肉的畫面讓我覺得完全是神探多面看!呃.

好看,不因為故事好看.那種一切都為了統治世界而做出種種不可思議的蠢事情的壞蛋電影已經看過不知多少遍了,還有甚麼花樣呢?好看,可能是因為我喜歡House,但更可能是因為H跟W的情誼還有他倆的演出互動實在精采.

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