是咁的。有說2012年是世界末日，適逢本人又於公司工作了差不多五年，覺得是時候改變一下，所以便向公司申請了一個月無薪假期（過程非常痛苦，之後又後悔請得果一個月咁少，現在想回來還是覺得當時應該索性辭職好過）。其實對於世界末日一說，雖然並不盡信，但2012是瑪雅年曆的完結，我信會帶來一些轉變。在網上看到一些文章提及這些轉變，節錄如下：
"The ancient Maya predicted by December 2012, values focused on money(possessions), power and control will be replaced. A new world based on love, brotherhood, unity and integrity is prophesied to take it's place."
"today’s worldwide upheaval is pointing out what doesn’t work in our lives anymore. A once in a lifetime spiritual growth opportunity is germinating in December 2012 from the ashes of the present world turmoil."
--- from http://www.2012-spiritual-growth-prophecies.com/ [I will remove these references if the author is of the view that the above extracts would be an infringement of the copyright]
所以，我決定，要從心出發。別再被種種不存在的限制自我枷鎖，有想做的事，就要去做。
第一步：先放自己一個假，想清楚自己未來想做什麼。
假批了之後，很明確地知道不能留在香港。留港，只會每天懶懶的閒著，沒有任何achievement之下假期一眨眼就過。I needed to be inspired. And what gives better inspiration than travelling? 既然離港是必然，那就先好好想一下要去什麼地方。最後鎖定了Amsterdam和Tasmania，兩個都是想去很久但從未去過的地方。然後再加插一些喜歡的城市，這個12月，便成了我的夢幻旅遊月。
而我的人生，（希望）亦由這個月開始改寫...
2012年2月11日 星期六
2012重新開始
原來上一次寫已經是去年五月的事，這麼久了嗎？（而且我發現，由開博以來，每年都會有一段時間密集式貼文，隔了不久就會荒廢，奇就奇在，到了翌年的二月，又會再重新開始！奇怪吧！）
也許我的三分鐘熱度是緣自於完美主義，一開始錯了，就不想繼續下去。（聽起來好像在為自己找藉口…）博客的名字本身已是錯，什麼「食買玩」？我根本就不愛吃！這裡所指不愛吃的意思不是對吃沒要求，當然吃到美味的食物還是會很滿足，看見雜誌的介紹亦會有衝動去試新餐廳新菜式，但若非有別人安排只靠自己的自發性之下就是沒有那種熱誠去尋遍天下美食。所以，這個博客的名字以「食」為先是絕對不合理的。
然後到「買」，相比起吃東西，我的確較為喜歡購物，衣服又好書籍又好文具又好，漂亮的東西我都喜歡買。太久沒買東西，會身痕。但不買會死麼？又不會。沒有精神生活，才會死。
什麼是精神生活？精神生活就是玩？如果一切工作以外責任以外的思想和興趣，例如旅行例如閱讀例如繪畫例如欣賞音樂例如看電影例如寫作，通通都叫作「玩」的話，那麼，好吧，我就是愛玩。我只是愛玩。這次，就以「玩」的性質一直寫下去吧。
也許我的三分鐘熱度是緣自於完美主義，一開始錯了，就不想繼續下去。（聽起來好像在為自己找藉口…）博客的名字本身已是錯，什麼「食買玩」？我根本就不愛吃！這裡所指不愛吃的意思不是對吃沒要求，當然吃到美味的食物還是會很滿足，看見雜誌的介紹亦會有衝動去試新餐廳新菜式，但若非有別人安排只靠自己的自發性之下就是沒有那種熱誠去尋遍天下美食。所以，這個博客的名字以「食」為先是絕對不合理的。
然後到「買」，相比起吃東西，我的確較為喜歡購物，衣服又好書籍又好文具又好，漂亮的東西我都喜歡買。太久沒買東西，會身痕。但不買會死麼？又不會。沒有精神生活，才會死。
什麼是精神生活？精神生活就是玩？如果一切工作以外責任以外的思想和興趣，例如旅行例如閱讀例如繪畫例如欣賞音樂例如看電影例如寫作，通通都叫作「玩」的話，那麼，好吧，我就是愛玩。我只是愛玩。這次，就以「玩」的性質一直寫下去吧。
2011年5月22日 星期日
Oil paintings
最近可能去到樽頸位，不太熱衷畫油畫，總之就是覺得畫來畫去都沒進步。
被嫌棄的一幅：
今日與家人一起去art jam，大家都畫得不錯。
E的作品：
母親作品：
我挑了幅（以為）比較簡單的，怎知acrylic比oil實在太快乾，結果做不到想要的效果。
只能說，我實在沒天份！
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被嫌棄的一幅：
今日與家人一起去art jam，大家都畫得不錯。
E的作品：
母親作品：
我挑了幅（以為）比較簡單的，怎知acrylic比oil實在太快乾，結果做不到想要的效果。
只能說，我實在沒天份！
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Jazz at skylark lounge
很少現場聽爵士樂，上一次是在韓國三清洞，機緣之下由一位第一次見面的韓國人帶我們去一間jazz club, 中港韓四個女子談談天聽聽音樂，相當愉快的一個晚上！
星期六晚跟朋友去了這間位於中環的jazz bar, 是夜有Bobbi Taylor and band表演，氣氛很好，演出很精彩！老外都興奮得忘形高歌起舞，我們比較內斂，但仍然非常enjoy!
相比蘭桂坊的喧嘩、迷失，這裡更適合我們這些中女！
Skylark Lounge
地址: 中環雲咸街63號巴力大廈1樓
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星期六晚跟朋友去了這間位於中環的jazz bar, 是夜有Bobbi Taylor and band表演，氣氛很好，演出很精彩！老外都興奮得忘形高歌起舞，我們比較內斂，但仍然非常enjoy!
相比蘭桂坊的喧嘩、迷失，這裡更適合我們這些中女！
Skylark Lounge
地址: 中環雲咸街63號巴力大廈1樓
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2011年5月14日 星期六
Creperie
Tried these Creperie lately:
1. Fleur de sel
Located in causeway bay, we had a savory one (called galette) each and shared a sweet crepe. The sweet one was not bad...until we tried the second Creperie
Address: 銅鑼灣富明街1號寶富大樓2樓J室
2. La Creperie
Located in wan chai, crepe was really good but you have to be lucky to get in coz when my friend went, it was closed 3 out of 4 times! (opened by French, what can I say?)
Address: 灣仔皇后大道東100-102號鉅芝樓1樓
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1. Fleur de sel
Located in causeway bay, we had a savory one (called galette) each and shared a sweet crepe. The sweet one was not bad...until we tried the second Creperie
Address: 銅鑼灣富明街1號寶富大樓2樓J室
2. La Creperie
Located in wan chai, crepe was really good but you have to be lucky to get in coz when my friend went, it was closed 3 out of 4 times! (opened by French, what can I say?)
Address: 灣仔皇后大道東100-102號鉅芝樓1樓
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2011年2月6日 星期日
CNY @ Bangkok
So it was Chinese New Year and we decided to fly somewhere to 避年. Somehow we never liked staying in HK for CNY coz it's too much hassle doing the "I visit you, you visit me" thing. And we've passed the age which you can collect red packets shamelessly without being asked "when is it your turn?". So we fled.
Why Bangkok, you may ask. Yes we've all been to Bangkok before and we all know it's full of hongkies, but we thought it may be nice going to a "hot" place after months of cold weather in HK. And for me, if you know me well enough you'll know how much I love the summer (and dislike winter)! Having just come back from Norway with the lowest temperature of -20 degrees, I can tell you I simply cannot tolerate having to spend so much time putting on my coat, scarf, earmuffs and beanie whenever I go outdoors and taking them all off once you are indoors where you can actually sweat like a pig with the warm packs. Again, too much hassle. And the winter clothes, they are not really flattering either, we all looked pretty stupid with so many layers of clothes on!
So, I was quite excited when I packed my singlets, shorts, sandals and bikini into my luggage, expecting it to be hot as usual in Bangkok. But, as it turned out, it wasn't that hot in Bangkok. I had to wear my cardigan during nighttime or when going into the malls and I almost caught a cold! (How ironic, we almost had fever in Norway and now, getting a cold in Bangkok? Are you kidding me?)
Anyway the highlight of this trip was a cooking class we signed up for in a restaurant/ cooking school called "blue elephant":
The place was really nice.
And we have five dishes to learn:
- Satay Kai (Chicken Satay)
- Plaa Thod Rad Prik Saam Rod (Deep-fried Fish topped with 3 flavored sauce)
- Keng Leang Nue Tai (Southern Yellow Curry with Beef/ chicken)
- Yam Woon Sen (Spicy Glass Noodle Salad with Prawns)
- Kha-Nom Kluay
(Banana Pudding in Banana Leaf Cones)
There's a demonstration room:
And a practice room:
We were all given a list of ingredient name in Thai and a recipe. After you've seen the teacher demonstrate, you will go to the practice room to cook. But of course, just like any other cooking class, even though they said they will let you "practise cooking", in reality all the ingredients are prepared with the exact portions and all you need to do is just to mix them altogether, boil it, taste it and garnish.
At the end we had our dishes in the restaurant:
It was quite an interesting experience and we all enjoyed it. But will I cook these dishes at home? Probably not, there are too many spices to prepare and the taste of Thai food is sometimes too strong for us. So, unless my future other half is a fan of Thai food, it's hard for me to find a reason to go through all the troubles in making these dishes!
Why Bangkok, you may ask. Yes we've all been to Bangkok before and we all know it's full of hongkies, but we thought it may be nice going to a "hot" place after months of cold weather in HK. And for me, if you know me well enough you'll know how much I love the summer (and dislike winter)! Having just come back from Norway with the lowest temperature of -20 degrees, I can tell you I simply cannot tolerate having to spend so much time putting on my coat, scarf, earmuffs and beanie whenever I go outdoors and taking them all off once you are indoors where you can actually sweat like a pig with the warm packs. Again, too much hassle. And the winter clothes, they are not really flattering either, we all looked pretty stupid with so many layers of clothes on!
So, I was quite excited when I packed my singlets, shorts, sandals and bikini into my luggage, expecting it to be hot as usual in Bangkok. But, as it turned out, it wasn't that hot in Bangkok. I had to wear my cardigan during nighttime or when going into the malls and I almost caught a cold! (How ironic, we almost had fever in Norway and now, getting a cold in Bangkok? Are you kidding me?)
Anyway the highlight of this trip was a cooking class we signed up for in a restaurant/ cooking school called "blue elephant":
The place was really nice.
And we have five dishes to learn:
- Satay Kai (Chicken Satay)
- Plaa Thod Rad Prik Saam Rod (Deep-fried Fish topped with 3 flavored sauce)
- Keng Leang Nue Tai (Southern Yellow Curry with Beef/ chicken)
- Yam Woon Sen (Spicy Glass Noodle Salad with Prawns)
- Kha-Nom Kluay
(Banana Pudding in Banana Leaf Cones)
There's a demonstration room:
And a practice room:
We were all given a list of ingredient name in Thai and a recipe. After you've seen the teacher demonstrate, you will go to the practice room to cook. But of course, just like any other cooking class, even though they said they will let you "practise cooking", in reality all the ingredients are prepared with the exact portions and all you need to do is just to mix them altogether, boil it, taste it and garnish.
At the end we had our dishes in the restaurant:
It was quite an interesting experience and we all enjoyed it. But will I cook these dishes at home? Probably not, there are too many spices to prepare and the taste of Thai food is sometimes too strong for us. So, unless my future other half is a fan of Thai food, it's hard for me to find a reason to go through all the troubles in making these dishes!
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