The Beanie Bears

但愿人月两团圆

新加坡人过节一定少不了美食。 过新年有鱼生捞个风生水起，端午时吃粽子忆屈原，庆圣诞一定少不了火鸡大餐，而八月中秋赏月时怎么能少了月饼呢？所以在各大百货公司，一个月前便开始有临时摊位在促销月饼了。各家的月饼口味更是五花八门，琳琅满目的让消费者不知从何选起。 冰皮已经不是新鲜事了，现在流行果冻，冰淇淋，水果巧克力口味的月饼。传统月饼也不在是豆沙和莲容的天下，反而是栗子，芋头和芝麻味强手。双黄越来越普通，不再是尊贵的指标了。

人们只差没把金条和珍珠包在里面而已。。。

东西什么都变了，唯一不变的似乎是月亮。那又圆又大的月亮每年都会中秋时准时出现。 谁说它善变的？它应该是善变中最可靠的东西了。。。怪不得男生都要指着月亮说它代表他的心，似乎在暗示他是花心男人中最可靠的一个了。 与其但愿人长久(我觉得在这时代不太现实)还不如但愿人月两团圆，千里可以共婵娟吧。

看，弟弟的公司竟然送一人一盒万豪酒店(Merriott Hotel) 的双黄月饼慰劳。羡慕...

Belgium Ice Cream Hawker Stall

It was a very hot yesterday. I was sweating like mad. Happened to be at the Golden Mile Hawker Centre area, so went to try the famous Belgium Ice Cream. There were a lot of people lining up when I was there. Occasionally, you can feel that someone is taking photo outside the stall (Yes, I was one of them.)

The "ang mo" was no where to be seen (not that I am there to see him anyway), instead an middle age auntie and uncle was tending the stall. The stall is not your usual hawker stall. It was renovated very nicely and even has an computerised touch screen cashier (Cool hor?).

Their ice cream looked quite decent. One scoop cost $1.80 and two scoop cost $3. I asked if I can have two scoop of different flavour ice cream. The uncle answered quite friendly:"ok, charge you $3 lah. " (Isn't 2 scoops cost $3? Don't understand what he meant. )


Anyway, I asked for Green Tea and Chocolate. The strange thing is that he served 4 scopes of Ice Cream instead of 2. I wondered if it was due to the small ice cream scoops that he had to serve 2 scoops as one instead. The presentation is quite disappointing. I was hopping to see paper cup or something, instead it was the polyester foam bowl...

Green Tea was very mild and the flavour can be easily missed. There was bit of ice in the ice cream which makes it quite amature. The chocolate flavoured one was good though. It was very thick and creamy. Overall, I would give them 3 stars, partly due to the hot and dry weather yesterday. The cooling sensation deserves an extra star .

Besides ice cream, the shop also sells waffles with chocolate dip - $1.80 and fondue. The chocolate dip was also served in polyester foam cup too. Duh...

Verdict - Can try if you are curious

Daa Dah ! Lychee Martini Cake ***

Look very common isn't it? It look like strawberries cake or something.

It is pale pink in colour and layered with fresh cream and lychee bits. The lychee bits have been soaked in vermouth (Not sure if I spell it correctly.) The alcohol doesn't taste too strong and in fact is very mild only. I love the lychee flavour, which make the cake taste very light and refreshing. It is just nice, not too sweet. After eating, it left a very mild lychee flavour in your mouth.

I am giving it 3 stars for its uniqueness, but I think it can be further refined. For example, there can be more lychee bits in the cake. I am sure for $35 dollars they can certainly put more instead of this much. The lychee flavour (maybe and the alcohol) can be stronger by a little more. I would also improve the cake texture and presentation. The cake is a bit mushy and they left the crust of the cake intact. I thought most of the patissier would cut them away. It is not very pleasant to see the skin of the cake on the sliver tray. The design should be classier.

In fact, I don't just comment for the sake of commenting. I do know how to bake cake and make gateau. Maybe next year, I shall make one for myself. It will certainly not cost more than 35 dollars. :)

Verdict- Can try as it is unique but not strongly recommended.

Read also : http://photosophize.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-search-of-lychee-martini-cake-lost.html

感动

Seems like yesterday that I remember I was only 20 years old and suddenly 4 years have passed. What have I achieved during these 4 years? Hmmm... (getting disappointed...)

I was quite surprise when I received a lot well wishes from my friends. Some of them are those whom I seldom keep in touched with, but they still remembered my birthday. Even my busy colleagues manage to spare some time to wish me Happy Birthday!!! I am really very touched. I never thought they would do that. This make me feel very guilty. Especially, I was quite moody and easily irritated for the past week.

我不需要别人了解我，别人也没有那个必要那么做。。。我还不知道自己要什么。。。

Crap... My colleagues told me that Pine Garden is more famous for their Cheese Cake. Argggggh...

Lost in Ang Mo Kio - In search of the Lychee Martini cake

I decided last night that I want to have lychee cake for my birthday as I love lychee! I did a search on the net to see whether there are any shops selling them. Lychee might not be a popular choice for cake fillings, but surprisingly there are 2 shops in Singapore selling lychee cakes. They are Bread Talk's Lychee Little and Pine garden's Lychee Martini Cake.

As there are more people recommending Pine Garden's lychee martini cake and it was even featured in ST's Urban, so I decided to give it a try. According to the Urban's article, Pine Garden is a neighbourhood cake shop that is located at Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. I have no idea where is the place, so early in the morning I had called them up to ask for directions. They are located at Blk 529, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, #01-2369.

I was told to take bus 88 and to alight at the fourth bus stop. Hmm, bus 88, an auspicious start.


As directed, I got off at the fourth bus stop. However, Blk 529 was no where to be seen... If there are any HDB or LTA officers reading this, please simplify the roads and streets of Ang Mo Kio!!! Goodness, besides naming the roads with confusing avenue numbers, they have additional street number what and what. The signs were so useless and I was so lost...

Called back again to ask for directions. They asked if I would buy a lot from them, before directing me on the right track. Am thinking to myself that the cake better worth all these trouble. The only plus point of getting lost was finding a Singapore Pool store. I thus stopped to buy some Toto for tomorrow's mooncake 5 million draw. This might be a blessing in disguise. Hee Hee.

After 15 mins of walking, I finally found the shop. To my horror, it looked very neighbourhood. I mean I expected it to be neighbourhood, but not so ancient looking loh. I started to worry that the cake might not taste nice. Urban's recommendation should not be so bad, or is it? Honestly, there were a lot of customers buying mooncakes when I was there. If their products were bad, it would not have attracted so many people, isn't it... Well, I reckon I wasn't going to walk off without buying anything, so I decided to take a risk.

The cake look very "normal". It frankly speaking doesn't look like it cost $35 dollars. However, the packaging is nice though... Look classy.


Sneak preview of the cake. Yes, below is the lengendary Lychee Martini Cake, which cost $35 dollars per kg. Instead of using lychee as decoration, they used strawberries instead. I wonder why? (Will post later to comment on the taste. Stay tune. )

For those who wish to go there, you might want to know that it is directly opp Blk 451 and is near the Cheng San Market. :) You can call them as well to ask for directions, they, although busy (there are always second line ringing when I called them) erm... still quite friendly.

Read also : http://photosophize.blogspot.com/2007/09/daa-dah-lychee-martini-cake-12.html

Geylang Serai - Selamat Hari Raya

跟家人到 Geylang Serai 去逛逛，顺便吃晚餐。 那整条街都布置得好美。

As it was taken in the day, there are no lights yet.

The shiny shiny dome of the mosque-like decoration shimmers under the sunlight.

Such foodstalls are a common sight along the street.

100 years ago, who would have thought that Temasek, the then-fishing village would evolve into this big Cosmpolitan city?

Yes, if you noticed, the decoration used Selamat Hari Raya as greeting instead of Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. In that case, have the organiser have made a mistake? Well, I checked the Wikis, while Hari Raya Aidilfitri is the official greeting, Selamat Hari Raya is more commonly used by Malaysia and Singapore's Muslim, so technically they are not wrong either... Maybe there is no wrong or right, it is a matter of preference...

How far would publicity go ? II - Are you thinking what I am thinking?

Do you think it is...? 不是吧？连这也要分传单，打广告？

大假的第二天 - 逛街祈福

昨天在家休息了一天，今天决定要出门逛街。

逛街第一站当然是到四马路的观音庙祈福，希望一切都会顺顺利利的。 接着，我便到Bugis Junction去看看有没有喜欢的包包和钱包。目前上班用的包包是好朋友几年前生日时送的。我觉得它开始破旧了，所以想换个新的。 结果，逛了整间BHG(以前的Seiyu)，我都看不上心怡的包包，只好放弃，改天再战。

不过，今天也不是没有收获。我买到了一个Braun Buffel的钱包。我一直很喜欢这个德国牌子因为觉得皮的质料很不错，而且手工很精细。 那款钱包是我很久以前就已经看中了，觉得它的设计简单，但文案有点特别。我一直在考虑要不要买，难得今天又有20%的折扣，我便马上买下了。我还是觉得这个时候的我不适合买Coach，况且我不是很喜欢Coach钱包的设计(Too bulky)。

除了钱包，我还买了Chanel's Precision Eye Tonic。我一直在寻找可以减轻黑眼圈的眼膏，因为觉得自己的黑眼圈可以媲美熊猫了。在Herworld读到它的功效不错，有效减轻黑眼圈(另一款绝对有效的眼膏是$218元)，价钱算是适中的，所以便买来试。(会再告诉大家有没有效果)

或许你会觉得我挺会花钱的，乱买东西，但我绝对有想过，计算过划算才买的。理想的包包在那里？

How far would publicity go?

Just yesterday at Orchard Rd, I saw some guys in white and green T-shirt standing along the busy street. I had thought they were giving out pamphlets and balloons to passers-by. Then, I saw a lot of people stopping to take things from them. Normal pamphlets would not have attracted so many people, so out of curiousity, I move closer to take a look.

As I have guessed, they were giving out lollypops!

The green and white stripes lollypop had a sticker of the company to inform people who are they from and there is also a removable discount voucher card on the stick. I thought it is much more effective way of attacting people compared to giving out pamphlets.

The only problem with this publicity is that I thought the company had made a mistake with their choice of color. I mean without telling you the company name, who would you think of when I mentioned green and white? Yes, you would have probably thought of Starhub - second largest Telco in Singapore right? My friend had thought that it was from Starhub.

Well you can't really blame her. I mean people would not normally associate Bossini with green and white... I would think of blue when people mentioned Bossini.

Then at Plaza Singapura, we saw this...

It is a real coffin (of course empty) and even has flowers stands beside it. You might asked aloud: "Why is there a coffin at the shopping centre?"

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It is a publicity teaser for the movie - Death at a funeral. This is how far would people go to grab some of your attention... It was stated as a british comedy movie and sound funny. I might want to go and watch it.

百无禁忌 升官发财

Waraku Japanese Restaurant: 叙旧 - Part I

We met up at Orchard yesterday to do some window shopping before going to dinner at Waraku. We past by Louis Vitton boutique, a long quene outside. I wonder if every one of them are really buying anything from there. According to my friend, a wallet cost about $800 dollars. I wondered if I have that kind of money, would I spend it like that?I can really buy a lot of things with $800 dollars. . . for example a fridge.

Then we went to Coach to take a look at their wallet. I am thinking to change one, but not sure if I can bear to spend that much on wallet. I saw one white embossed coach logo wallet that I quite like, but it cost $375 dollars. Should I be splurge once for myself? Then I worried that it would get dirty easily. My current buffel leather wallet looked gray and green after half a year, which pains me. My orange coin pouch is becoming a bit dirty too. I will cry out loud if it happens to that $375 coach wallet.

Furthermore, I just heard from one of my friends that there may not be a pay increment at all. Immediately, the news affected my mood again. I should really save up more rainy days. Sad... Is not as if I didnt work hard at all. I worked hard and do my best for every tasks given to me. Some of them can argued that I am not doing important things and most of them are "easy" job, but I didn't purposely chose to do easy work, did I? I did what was given to me isn't it? Just because it is sheltered and less stressful, I should pay the price for stability? Hai~

Anyway, we went for dinner later at Waraku. The selection there is amazing and I really think that their quality is better than Ichiban Boshi.

Seven of us ordered the following food:

Seafood Nabe Hotpot

LH says that the seafood is very fresh and their stock is so rich in flavours...

Hotate Cream Udon
Ms Foong's selection. We had a scare when we saw the noodles, it comes in a basin practically. The portion is huge !!! The Udon is springy and taste wonderfully creamy with the sauce. Luckily she did not finish it, cause it is really fattening.

Judy's Gyoza Cheese Udon
For a moment, we thought we are in the wrong restuarant. It taste more like Korean Kimchi stock than Jap.

My Katsu Curry Don
The katsu was surprizingly thick, about 1.5 cm in diameter. Goodness! Could have been better if the meat was more juicy. I guess my colleague, Isabel would love this. :)

Northie's Teriyaki Don
Unlike most of the teriyaki that we have eaten, this look more authentic and grilled.


For dessert, we have the traditional ocha ice cream served with azuki beans and mochi.

and Ocha Ice Cream Cake
No different from the ice cream...

中正分校

从昨天开始，我放大假了。 我盼望了好久，终于可以休息一阵子。真希望这次休息 可以补充灵感， 我现有的灵感已用尽了。。。好累阿！！！我要出去逛街，为自己 买生日礼物， 计划下一年的目标和好多好多平时没时间做的事。

放大假的第一天， 我和许久没见的中学朋友们出去玩了。说到这里，我挺内疚的。 我平时爱搞自闭，常拒绝出席聚会。虽然如此，他们还是很关心我，让我好感动。 从中学开始算起，我们已经认识11年了，昨天聊聊的当儿，发现我们都好怀念在中 正分校读书的那段日子。

很多人对我们学校有很多的误解。新加坡有两间名字中学都叫作中正。它们的前身是历史悠久，新加坡数一数二的华校。当然，中正总校是那个很多精英的名校，我们分校在相比只下，是那个比较逊色的学校。我们两间学校的面积也差很多，当时，位于Guillimard Rd的我们面积小得可怜。总校有著名的中正湖，那湖几乎可以占据我们一半的面积。

我们学校和其他学校有很多不同之处。我们校服很麻烦，除了全白容易脏，清洗时还得把银钮扣除下，时不时得拿特别的清洁膏把钮扣察亮。特大号的本人穿着那全白色的校服简直不堪回首。。。

我们校规也很严，现在想起觉得校规有点莫明其妙。 学校还在遵循那几十年前所定下的校规，我们女生不准留长发，只要一动到领子就得剪。男生到了高年级还是穿短裤，搞到他们常常被别校的男生取笑。最特别之处是我们的校歌-歌词是华语的！(新加坡很多学校的校歌都是英文的。)

既然是华校前身，我们的华语程度也相对的比英文较好。学校老师很多都是校友，除了英文和一些科学老师，其他老师的英语都怪怪的。他们都会写英文，但是发音不标准。我记得我的班主任，Mr Tan是用华语教数学的, 而且他的华语还带有浓浓的潮洲音。最记得他说的一句名话(在劝我们专心读书，不要搞恋情时)"你们现在这样早熟，以后就早烂。。。"

我也忘不了那些很有趣的华语老师们。我们并非不尊敬他们，但是我们常常喜欢 “亲切一点”在背后连名带姓叫他们。我特别记得梁严圆，萧小龙和林鸿正老师们。他们常常在班上和我们斗嘴，别看他们好象很木讷无趣，他们其实很幽默，各个毒舌剑嘴，说话可以杀人。

可惜，如今人事以非了，我们学校已搬离旧址，现在位于义顺，校名也改为中正义顺。

老师们还好吗？

http://www.chungchenghighyishun.moe.edu.sg/

Girls Night Out - 逛夜店街

以下人物的名字都不是真的以保护她们的身份。。。

前晚下班后，我和同事们-Oreo与Isabel到Clark Quay 开眼界。 对此行， 我们三人有如乡巴佬进城般的紧张和兴奋。我因为上次和朋友到那里去玩过，所以就充当导游带两位“单纯”姐姐们去玩。好笑的是我这半桶水竟然只知道那些Pub 和 Bar在那里，却不会从地铁站走去那里。最后还得劳驾Oreo带路。

一到了那里，显然的我们几个开始感到不自在。可能是人数单薄，加上衣冠不符合夜店街的标准 - 几乎全部的人都打扮得非常时髦， 不是闪闪的名牌衣服，就是抹上时下最流行的装。我们穿着端庄的上班服， 有点像老师在Pub做突击检查，寻找失踪的坏学生一样，非常的格格不入。

我先带着姐姐们先绕了绕夜店街一圈，边走边介绍那些著名的夜店。 尤其到了Clinic外头，我们便开始讨论那里的设计。 虽然没有想在那里喝东西，但迷信的依思贝拉看到了轮椅改装的座位和看似停尸间的装璜，频频摇头，要我们赶快走掉免得占上秽气。

走着走着，我们的自信心也开始下降，竟然有点自卑起来。我们本来很想到其中几家时髦的夜店玩，但却被看起来很势利的保镖们吓着了。尤其到了MOS外头，我们被那势利的气氛搞到很尴尬，决定还是别进去的好。但是我们的奇装异服，想必已引起一些人的注意。于是，Isebel灵机一动，马上大声的说：(叫我, 还随便帮我取了个英文名字)“ANITA， 你怎么会忘了车子停在那里呢？是不是停在外边？快走，我们去拿车。。。” 我们三人便装着若无其事般的慢慢走掉。

最后在决定要放弃或是勇敢的进去其中一间店时，我们看到了一些穿着工作服的女人从BARFLY走出来。 我们当时仿佛看到了希望，马上鼓起勇气向前寻问是否有座位。原以为我们会遭到冷眼，想不到那女接待员只是问了我们是吃饭还是喝东西而已，便让我们上去。 我们三人终于找到落脚之地。

那里气氛不错，水酒的价钱也挺大众化的。 在某时段还有来自拉丁美洲的LIVE BAND表演。 每天的6点到10点半，Martini 还one for one, $10。

Isebel的Blue Lagoon
她非常开心， 因为终于找到不像咳嗽药水的饮料了...

我的Fizzy Navel
非常浓郁的果香, 以基本的橙汁加上Vodlka. 味道不错，可惜小杯了点...



Oreo的Planters' Punch
那手不是我们的...

便宜又好喝的Chocolate Martini
Don't know whether it is shaken or stired, it tasted like Alcoholic Iced Milo. 好好喝噢!

最后我们三人开开心心(可能受酒精影响)安全回家。 :)

王菲

前年的二月二十八日。。。

我下午两点就到签名会的现场，而且排队还排了三小时。 可是为了见她，我不介意。

下午5点30分她出现了，现场一度混乱。所有人都冲上前，为了就是看她一眼。

我拿着专辑给她签名。我不敢相信自己可以那么近距离的看到她， 因为她真的好美。水汪汪的眼睛，灿烂甜美的笑容，简直是只能天上有，人间难得美人儿。

看着她三两下的签完名字，然后面带笑容的看上来，我永远不能忘了那双美丽的眼睛。。。跟其他歌迷一样，她伸出手与我握手道谢。我这时才回过神来。原来我真的见到了我非常崇拜的她，我还在跟她握手。突然，

我连忙的说：“我们等你来新加坡开演唱会！”
她诚恳, 面带笑容的回答：“好好好。。。” （赚到，平时也没见她跟记者说那么多个字…Hee Hee.. ）

那短短的20秒钟是我这辈子最难忘的回忆。

签名会的报道(早报网)

我排队等了两个多小时所得到的签名

我最开心和难忘的情人节 - (一个人)看王菲演唱会

那时候穷学生没钱买最贵的票，现在赚钱了却没得看她了。遗憾 。。。

我最喜欢的王菲专辑 - 浮躁

我最喜欢王菲的歌曲

梦中人

我印象中的王菲是这样的:


你快乐所以我快乐

我很喜欢这首歌曲所营造的气氛。听的时候很舒服，会让人想起好多的往事。 这是她生完孩子复出时的第一张专辑主打歌。 尤其歌词里的“你快乐于是我快乐”，很符合她为了自己所爱的人，只要他们快乐，她自己也会快乐。




堕落
浮躁专辑的其中一首歌曲。词曲由她一人包办。唱腔很特别，带有一点京剧的味道在里头。

“没有别的想法 只放纵一下， 就当没发现美好背后的虚假”



Don't Break My Heart
99年的演唱会上，她唱了当时的老公(窦唯)写的歌曲， “Don't Break My Heart”。两人第一次在台上合作，窦唯打鼓，她唱歌，让我印象深刻。

千言万语

95年的演唱会上, 她在自己的第一场演唱会上翻唱偶像邓丽君的名曲。 这首歌完全展现她唱现场的实力。我也很爱在Karaoke唱这首歌，不过当然不能跟她们比较。 ：)

无限期的想念

读到新闻报道说经纪人证实她不唱了。我虽然早就料到会有这一天的到来，但是难免会有些失落感。

我从中学开始就很崇拜她了。我觉得她是少数长得很好看又很会唱歌的人。 她的歌声非常的清脆，而且歌唱技巧又好。现在很多歌手都是后天栽培的，就是那种样子好看，声线不怎么样，随便唱歌就叫自己是歌手(卖比较多的就称自己是天后。。。)。但是她似乎天生就会唱歌，世间难得的的好嗓子，随便哼唱都会好听。

我或许更崇拜她的性格。她敢做自己，敢说敢当，敢坚决自己的立场。虽然已经得到万千歌迷的爱戴，她仍然谦虚。 这些东西听起来似乎没什么，但真正做到的有几个？尤其现在人与人之间的相处时间少了，很多人也因此在待人处事都变得很虚伪，不诚恳。

天下无不散之宴席，不管上了多少旋的音乐盒子始终也会停下来。 我虽然会很想念她的歌声和音乐，但我更希望她可以开心过自己向往的生活。

王菲，希望你找到幸福和快乐。

帕华洛帝唱的最后一首歌- Nessun Dorma

我并不是古典音乐迷或是歌剧迷，也不算不上会欣赏他们。我不记得几时开始听古典音乐，但是总对那些歌曲很有感觉。 它们大部份都是意大利文，我其实也听不懂词的意思。每当我听了它们，总会觉得心里很平静，有种莫明的感动。

昨天读到了帕华落帝离世的新闻感到好可惜，觉得世上又少了一把好声音。刚才读帕华落帝的基本资料发现原来他最经典的歌曲是"Nessun Dorma"，"No one shall sleep tonight", <<公主彻夜未眠>>。

这一首歌曲也是他生前，在2006年的冬季奥运会的开幕典礼上，所唱的最后一首歌曲。最后一句歌词讲到“黎明来时，我将战胜一切！战胜一切！”让人为他感到惋惜。可能某种形式上，他已战胜了一切-他天籁的歌声已经征服了世上许多人。

Pavarotti's last performence at Turin Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony 2006 - Nessun Dorma





Pavarotti - Ave Maria (My Other Favourite Song)

Although I am not a Chirstian, but I love the song as it always calms me down.




The Three Tenors - Nessun Dorma

The world's famous three Tenors singing Pavarotti's signature song. I thought the last part was quite funny. All of them held on to something as if it will help them project their voices. Hee Hee.



The Three Tenors - O Sole Mio



Pavarotti and Spice Girls - Viva Forever
I thought he look shocked/amused when Posh started singing.



Pavarotti and Mariah Carey - Hero



Pavarotti and Liza Minelli - New York New York



Lyrics of Nessun Dorma

"Nessun dorma" is an aira from the final act of Giacomo Puccini 's opera Turandot . Princess Turandot proclaimed that no one in her kingdom shall sleep. They shall all spend the night attempting to find out the name of the unknown prince, Calàf, who has set the challenge that if his name cannot be found out, the cold Princess Turandot will marry him. Calàf sings, indicating his certainty that their efforts to discover his name will be in vain. (Taken from Wiki below)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nessun_Dorma

Il principe ignoto

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore e di speranza...
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò,
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia.

Voci di donne
Il nome suo nessun saprà...
E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir!

Il principe ignoto
Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò!
Vincerò! Vincerò!

English translation:

The Prince:

No one shall sleep! ... No one shall sleep!
Even you, O Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know ...

No! ... No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine! ...

The Chorus of women:
No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.

The Prince:
Vanish, O night! Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win!
I will win! I will win!

动物最单纯了

好几只土拨鼠就这样的挤在小小的空间里安详的睡觉。只要有得吃，有得喝，日子就这样的过，天天就做自己爱做的事。多么地悠哉。。。人几时才可以这样？不需要为了生计而愁，天天做自己爱做的事挣钱。

突然觉得自己好没用， 连动物都不如。。。

如果人人都为我，那我为人人呢？

我不敢说自己天真无邪，完全是个善人。人嘛，孰能无过呢？但是我讨厌猜疑和厌倦勾心斗角的日子。我觉得待人一定要诚恳，要公平，不应该只是拿来利用而已，尤其对朋友更应该如此。我也希望别人也会这样地对自己。可惜，人和人之间的关系并不会那么简单。

做人为什么一定要处心积虑的？为什么不可以简单一点？有必要为了琐碎的小事那么费神吗？有必要每件事都操纵别人来配合自己吗？

人人为我，我为人人。多么理想的世界，但是可惜世上不会再有那么笨的人了。

镜子里面的那张脸

好久不见 那修饰完美的脸
你到那里去了 为什么都不见我
似乎有点陌生 它不象我
它消失了好久 。。。

它带走了一脸光鲜
我留下一片惨白
我不给它颜色 它不给我脸色
原来我们都在虚伪地交换着角色

难道镜子里面有更大的诱惑
我不再是它唯一的寄托
羡慕地看着它亮丽面孔
它骄傲的笑了 - 它赢了

它还是不是我？

Thai Food Recipe

1. Grilled Asparagus Bacon Wrap

Not really Thai Food, but the asparagus came from Thai ! I followed Jamie Oliver's recipe for this. Try not to overcook them as asparagus will turn yellow.

2. Braised Seafood Tung Hoon (Glass Noodles)

My favourite dish. I used prawn stock to braise the tung hoon. You almost taste the prawn in every mouthful. Yummy !

3. Fried Petai and Lady Fingers with Samba Chili

I love hot and spicy food. Usually when cooking dishes like this, I will use more chili. Not for the faint hearted.

4. Creamy Thai Green Curry

I brought packet coconut milk to cook this. I think I used a bit too much. Taste too thick. Nevertheless, it is still nice.