Ms A's simple pleasures

Monday, June 8, 2009

初夏的開始

Buddy不經不覺已兩歲半並陪伴我行咗三萬三miles的旅程,真算是勤勞和賣力。前幾天收到車行寄來的coupon,換油由原价的$29.95減至$19.95。哇!超平呀!我的愛車也剛好要換油呀!


晨早八点我便到車行交下鑰匙,然後坐在waiting room到等換完油攞車。房內有咖啡和餅乾免費供應,更有50吋LCD睇新聞。我當然唔客氣去用晒佢哋提供的服務兼看他們的雜誌。我手執一本名曰:Housekeeping Magazine ,一聽個名就知是婦女雜誌,有一則名為" Move Over mascara "增長眼睫毛的葯品介紹,是唯一經FDA approved的。我很好奇因為呢D產品好少会被FDA批准的‥但令我對此本雜誌欣賞的是它的「誠實」告訴消費者此產品雖然有效但亦有副作用,而最最重要的一點是若停止使用,就打回原形。 這可是 US$105一盒啊!我真是唔明點解有咁多副作用又唔斷尾嘅產品都可以得到FDA approved.


Latisse is available by prescription.


Allergan states that "Latisse users can expect to experience longer, fuller, and darker eyelashes in as little as eight weeks, with full results in 16 weeks." If Latisse is stopped, eyelashes will gradually return to their previous appearance as new eyelashes grow in.


LATISSE™ could cause the color of eyes to change. Increased brown iris pigmentation has occurred when similar medications were instilled directly into the eye to treat elevated intraocular pressure/glaucoma. Although iris pigmentation was not reported in clinical studies with LATISSE™, patients should be advised about the potential for increased brown iris pigmentation which is likely to be permanent



等咗一个鐘頭,終於call 到我個名啦!但可惜是告訴我車要做其他什麼Filter change 呀什么轉前后車呔及Fuel injection 等等,加埋要$429.70+tax!!! 我當然唔睬佢啦!!! Filter分分鐘攞出嚟「凳一凳」就乾淨清潔~前后車呔掉轉?等到冬天睇下点先啦! 天啊!我的乖寶寶才兩歲多喳,駛唔駛要整咁多嘢呀?我會去其他私人車行問吓check吓先再講。我只付$22.34就離開啦!Dealer 有時会好揾笨兼昂貴,我好多同事都上咗檔兼未能解決問題,但亦有很多老外鍾意被Dealer整,此乃其信譽和信心保證囉。



小吉吉,我諗妳都想知我呢排煮咗D乜。嗱!被妳睇吓我D不中不英不日不越嘅碟頭飯菜啦!


焗洋蔥BBQ牛仔骨~300度焗45分鐘,但由於要焗埋條鰻魚,所以在30分鐘后拿出來,放埋條魚在隔離,再到爐中再焗17分鐘。又煲咗「赤小豆、粉葛、鯪魚、豬骨、果皮、蜜棗」老火湯。妳一定識掛?



呢个禮拜仲有煲粟米火腿骨粥,D蜜汁Ham(火腿)就用來夾三文治吃。



現在夏天,我是好少在家炒餸,多數食沙律和outside BBQ,費事整到間屋太熱。以下介紹是越式沙律,夏天最愛和最常吃的,材料: 越南紥肉,腸粉,芽菜,青瓜,乾葱和香花菜(薄荷葉)是咱家花園种。


越南紥肉和腸粉在蒸籠蒸5-6分鐘。芽菜飛水,青瓜,香花菜砌絲,再用魚露開個汁( +溶冰糖+青檸+醋+水+蒜粒)拌來吃。



我呢个夏天就係咁開始啦!


獵人的堅持

在森林深處,有一隻小鷹誕生了,一個獵人走到森林看見了這小鷹,於是決定帶牠回家,要將牠訓練成一隻獵鷹。回到家後,由於沒有適合的地方,惟有把小鷹與小雞一起養,一起啄食,一起玩耍和休息。


 



從來我也就不是一般的小雞


 


在小鷹眼中,以為自己是隻雞。不久,小鷹長大了,獵人開始將此小鷹作訓練成一隻獵鷹。但是,小鷹自覺是一隻不會飛的小雞,連飛的興趣與欲望都沒有,當然是飛不起來!

獵人嘗試了各種方法都不能令此小鷹飛起,最后他決定「放手一博」!獵人把小鷹帶到山上的懸崖,然後扔了出去!小鷹嚇呆了,如石頭般墜下,就快落到地底的小鷹,突然奇迹出現了,在慌亂中胡亂拍翼,終於,小鷹起飛了。由於獵人的不斷堅持和嘗試,最終都把小鷹的潛能發揮出來。


 



我們都有無限的潛能,問題是我們有沒有恒久的堅持與相信自己的能力。


現在美國的員工對上司幾乎有求必應,而且似乎有愈來愈多人提早上班、放棄度假、主動爭取額外工作,工作態度更是出奇的好。 這一切並不是為了升遷,只是想在經濟衰退之時保住飯碗,這亦算是因環境因素而迫出的一種潛能吧!


再說子女教育,父母保護孩子免受傷害,但並不知道或不重視對孩子性格的培養,完全沒有鼓勵堅持子女去嘗試,令他克服人類的通病 「畏難」! 這些小皇子與小公主在溫室長大之後,又能否和來自貧窮地方的小孩,因家境窮卻成條村得佢讀書最叻,争取了入讀大學並出來社會幹併,他的意志有幾強?克苦能力又有幾高?


潛能完全併發的小孩和滿口英文但乜都無膽試、怕蝕底和畏難的「少爺仔」一齊做嘢,你估‧‧‧‧


For my love ~Brown Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jui-Q74LQQ&feature=related


Remember the first day when I saw your face
Remember the first day when you smiled at me
You stepped to me and then you said to me
I was the woman you dreamed about
Remember the first day when you called my house
Remember the first day when you took me out
we had butterflies although we tried to hide
and we both had a beautiful night


The way we held each others hand,
the way we talked, the way we laughed
it felt so good to find true love
I knew right then and there you were the one
ohhhhhh,

I know that he loves me cause told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
When he stares at me you see he cares for me
You see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause its obvious
I know that he loves me cause its me he trust
and he's missing me if he's not kissing me
and when he looks at me his brown eyes tell it so


Remember the first day, the first day we kissed
Remember the first day we had an argument
we apologized and then we compromised
and we've haven't argued since
Remember the first day we stopped playing games
Remember the first day you fell in love with me
it felt so good for you to say those words
cause I felt the same way too

The way we held each other's hands,
the way we talked, the way we laughed
it felt so good to fall in love
and I knew right there and then that you were the one

I know that he loves cause he told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
When he stares at me you see he cares for me
You see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause it's obvious
I know that he loves me cause it's me he trust
and he's missing me if he's not kissing me
and when he looks at me his brown eyes tell it so

I'm so happy, so happy that your in my my life
and baby now that your apart of me
you've showed me
showed me the true meaning of love(the true meaning of love)
and I know he loves me

I know that he loves me cause he told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
When he stares at me you see he cares for me
You see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause it's obvious
I know that he loves me cause it's me he trust
and he's missing me if he's not kissing me
and when he looks at me his brown eyes tell it so


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jui-Q74LQQ&feature=related


Sunday, June 7, 2009

Bella夏天到了!

Cat Emoticons
Bella,返回家中開心嗎?


Hello Kitty Icons
唔~我喜歡有人陪我玩呢!在家中靜悄悄,你們又不常伴着我,我很悶啊!


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唉~媽媽知道,但若要幫妳找個伴兒可不行啊!還不是時候呢,等我再想想吧!不過現在夏天來了,妳是否需要剪剪毛髮呢?


Hello Kitty Icons
喵!我可不要呀!上次媽媽剪到我怪醜的,討厭極了!


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嘻! 才不是!那可是在波斯貓界中非常流行的Lion cut髮型。好啦,好啦,不要走!我今次改過另一個靚女D嘅,唔剪咁短啦,好唔好?


------>this is not me!!!
Hello Kitty Icons


" I hate this stupid lion cut look! "

Hello Kitty Icons



Hello Kitty Icons
唔好!我這個可是人見人愛的「長毛」妝呢!我很喜歡啦!


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我可不認為「長毛」那衰樣有什么好看!妳可不要向這個令人討厭,常常與人唱反調的傻人看齊!好啦!好啦!同我坐定定剪毛!



Hello Kitty Icons
嗚嗚~ 媽媽很殘忍呢!我的美麗髮髮~~


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我已經手下留情,等遲些若果天氣太熱,你的lion-cut 也走不掉的!給媽媽看看‧‧‧‧



Hello Kitty Icons
嗚嗚!我不要呢!醜怪死了!我要躲貓貓!!!



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傻貓!不論你變得如何,是美是醜,是老還是病,我仍是一般的愛妳。


Saturday, June 6, 2009

船卡

懵婆搭郵輪並在船上登記船艙房間,櫃臺小姐問她的信用咭后,便發了一張船咭給她並介紹道:「這張咭除了可開你的房間外,若果抵達碼頭到岸外出時一定要攜帶作為身份及保安証明,此咭亦是作為信用咭般在船上使用,一切船上的開銷,例如:美容按摩,每日固定小費,飲品和上網服務費及精品、珠寶、油畫購物等等都是憑此咭作付賬的。


懵婆當然非常Happy!一咭旁身,全船通行!她用此咭在船上的Bar買酒飲,報名參加Land tour,付專業紀念相片,購買紀念品、T-恤等等各式各樣,每天碌得不亦樂乎。


在離船前一天,她在珠寶店中相中一條銀手鍊,價錢和款色都相宜,於是決定購買。當她付上船咭給那位和善禮貌的店員時,發覺那售貸員面帶難色並苦笑,而在旁的先生則臉色漲紅並好心提醒懵婆﹕「妳可有其他Credit Card? 我們現在是在岸上的商店購物‥‥他們是不接受「船卡」的‧‧‧‧」



 


 


 


Friday, June 5, 2009

豬的啟示

大蠢養了一頭豬,但是他非常討厭牠,經常把牠扔了,但是此豬認得回家的路,不管大蠢扔了幾多次都不成功。


某日,大蠢駕着車子要遠遠的將此豬扔棄‧‧‧‧


當晚大蠢打電話回家至他的妻子問道:“豬何有歸來?”


其妻答道:“歸來矣。”


大蠢非常氣憤,大吼道:“快快讓它來接電話,我迷路了。”


中國人對豬的踐踏是舉世無雙。在物質文明上: 豬是臭、低下、髒與賤於一身,而在精神上又承擔人類所有缺點,豬頭丙、笨豬、懶豬、死豬,另有豬玀、瘟豬、豬仔和豬流感。而最恆古久遠的則是「豬八戒」,要一個否定性的形容詞後面加个「豬」字即可言之有理,但大部份都係衰嘅,亦未必有根據。


其實豬是温順可愛的動物,生前受盡白眼和嘲笑,長大了就任人宰割,從頭到尾,沒有一吋不入中國人的腸胃,好彩回教徒不吃豬肉,因為嫌它不潔又醜怪,不宜食用。豬係雜食嘅,食動物又得,植物又得,真是容易養之極。



西方文化對豬則友善多了,有三个小豬蓋房子的故事,令人感到豬不是壞痞子。更有出名的布偶節目豬小姐Miss Piggy,她可是一個風騷子和暴力傾向的惡小姐,動不動就一巴掌打向可憐青蛙先生,令他頭暈眼花,不過又因非常有趣而很受歡迎。


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豬不聰明、不進取,除了吃就是睡,但很多人都說,這恰恰是一種福氣,是他們夢寐以求卻求之不得的幸福。豬的性格也招人喜歡,儍呼呼的,代表了一種樂天知命、幽默豁達的人性。


關於豬的故事,就一定不能不提去年四川大地震中的英雄「豬堅強」。牠被壓在廢墟下三十六天還依然存活,挑戰了豬的生理極限,糾正了人們對於豬「好吃懶做,貪生怕死」的錯誤觀念,證明了災區人民堅韌不屈的求生精神,成為當年感動中國十大動物之冠。


 但好景不常,牠又很不幸最近和病毒流行扯上了關係,但是,又很幸運的,居然獲得最權威的世衞組織為牠背書,逃過了被瘋狂屠殺的命運。不要說豬隻是無辜的,事實上之前被瘋狂宰殺的牛和雞,基本上也只是人類恐懼和瘋狂的犧牲品。碰到儍呼呼的豬,人們終於開始講些理性了吧。



  恰恰是豬,扭轉了人們一旦碰上病毒,就毫無節制大開殺戒的非理性行為,在這個意義上,豬終於成了人類的老師。


其實只要我們冷靜並理性處理問題,不遷怒他人,最終很多東西是可以迎刃而解的。


 


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