I am woman = I am chicken ????

Every time when I listen to the song “I am woman” from Sex and the City 2, my son will echo with “I am chicken……” Finally, I know what he meant.  Finally, I know I shouldn't have scolded him in the first place.

Sesame Street

I am chicken

I am chicken, hear me squawk
Hear me crow and hear me bawck
Watch me rule my roost
And strut around my coop
People say I've got great legs
And they're nuts about my eggs
And when they're sick they gobble down my soup

Oh yes, I am proud
Of the way I peck and scratch
I am plump, I am loud
Just don't count me 'till I hatch
I'm nutritious, I am pure, I'm delicious, I'm cocksure
I am tender, I'm exceptional
I am chicken!

I am chicken I'm not scared
'Cause I'm always well prepared
And I feed all kinds of people every day
[ Sesame Street Lyrics are found on www.findlyrics.com ] 
I can cackle with the best
And I'll tackle any test
Showing even when I'm down, I'm still Grade A

Oh no, I'm no dumb cluck 
And I won't throw in the towel
I'm no turkey, I'm no duck
I'm the fairest of the fowl
I am tasteful to the end
I'm your finest feathered friend
I am plucky, I'm unflappable, I am chicken!

background singing chickens: 
She is tender, she is loud,
She is plucky, she is proud
She's delicious, she is pure
She's nutritious, she's cocksure
She can cook and she is chic
And we love her wings and beak
repeat

I am not sure when did I watch this movie with my dearest friends but I am sure we did have fun that day.

Sex And The City 2

I am woman

I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back and pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul 
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman
I am woman, watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my loving arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can face anything
I am strong
I am invincible
I am woman  

苦中作樂

很怕吃中藥或中成藥，但又不得不承認中藥有時很有效。對某些中藥特別有感覺，單單聽到藥名就已經太有喜感。例如，我家中常備一兩瓶「强力穿心蓮消炎片」。「穿心蓮」又名「一見喜」，主治清熱、解毒、消腫、止痛、并有抗菌抗病毒作用。「假文藝腔」的我，每次服「穿心蓮苦茶」時，就會在腦海中串連起這樣又苦又虐的老梗：一見面就喜歡的人，最終可能是變成株穿透你「心肝脾肺腎」的蓮花；美但虐到你叫苦不得。

另一個超有喜感的藥名是「疏肝湯」。最近朋友Anita介紹我認識「疏肝湯」；單聽藥名，就已經夠晒「疏肝」嘞。其實「疏肝湯」的功效很好，能疏肝理氣解鬱，令人身心舒泰。

望鄉

還記得日本電影《望鄉》嗎？第二次世界大戰前，日本很窮，很多日本女人要到東南亞一帶做妓女養家維生。

到過的馬六甲日本人墓園裏，共有三十四個墓碑，及兩個沒有墓碑的墓基。二十二個女性，十一個男性，一個狗墓(狗墓的墓碑上寫著EMEN NO HAKA，愛犬EMEN的墓)。一個雙人墓是兩歲的男童與一歲的女童，另有三個墓屬於一歲和兩歲的女童。

最早的墓在1911年；最遲的是1944年，其墓主是陸軍少尉，因戰事失誤切腹自殺。比這名軍人更早一點的墓，是於1941年逝世的一名居士。這個墓園有個明顯的特色，是以女性為多，而其中有八人去世時都很年青，介乎二十四至三十五。以日軍從1942年到1945年佔領馬來亞來看，除了那個少尉外，其他死者都是早在日本侵略前已葬在這裏的。這些女性主要來自九州的長崎、熊本一帶。那是很窮、及比較多人出海的地區。

《望鄉》原書《山打根八號娼館》的作者山崎朋子在拜訪山打根的日本人墓地時發現，所有的墓碑都是背向著日本的。馬六甲的日本人墓碑，也是全部面向著西南方，背向著他們的故鄉啊！不能回、回不去，總是叫人無限傷感。

Comic Boy and The Reader

Panorama of Old Master Q 老夫子

大兒子看的書很雜，有文化的、有低俗的、有正經的、有八卦的、跟我一樣，有趣無趣、有益無益的都看一翻。但很奇怪，食飯、擦牙、抽血、打點滴都要看書的他，從小就不愛看漫畫。

小兒子看的書很專! 有文化的、正經的、有益的、童話故事、兒童讀物，通通不看；只看通俗、搞笑的漫畫。無論看懂及看不懂的都會看著笑翻天。


不知從何年何月開始，孩子媽媽很喜歡泡圖書館，感覺在館內頓時頭腦清醒，心境平靜，甚至福至心靈，充滿安全感。最近很喜歡星期六的早上，送兒子往法國文化協會後，會先到附近商場內的Murchie's飲杯茶食塊餅，再到連接的袖珍圖書館看書；享受一個簡單但美好的早上。

　

　

復活節三傻歷險記二部曲

三傻前傳

一個有夜盲症的路痴，為慶祝兒子拿了Straight A，帶兒子到市中心購物吃喝玩樂。但原來神馬成績都是浮雲。讀書叻原來不一定會認路，真是不一般的呆。認得路的那個，就看錯了停車場關門時間，亂點一通。識路的那個，就將眼睛遺留在家中，入夜頓成夜盲路痴。開車去，搭車返；好不充實的一個周末。明天就要搭車去，開車返；又是一個混吉的周日。我們三傻就是如此這般地過了這個復活節。最吊詭的是，這次已經係我第N次開車到市中心了。(23 April 2011)

In Blenz Coffee, Wild Strawberry Black is better than Matcha

Signature Afternoon Tea

Shadows

Coal Harbour

A treat by the Coal Harbour

City views

A car on Robson Street

Gastown

Gastown

Water Street

Shopping at Godown

插曲 - "3-idiots" adventure

Just be back to home after a "3-idiots" adventure. We drove to downtown, back by transit while our car is staying overnite in the carpark. Don't ask me why right now because I am so exhausted.  I will tell you tomorrow after I get back my car. (10:30 pm on 23 April 2011)

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Steamed mussels

666翻外篇

Finally - we got our car back! We have discovered one thing : the car park is located at 666 Burrard Street and is open on Monday - Friday 8 :00AM to 9:00PM and Sunday 9:00AM to 1:30PM but closed on Saturday. We parked our car there on a SATURDAY. So strange :\

(11:00 am on 24 April 2011)

Can't keep myself awake without double black this morning

幻海奇情？

As Lisa said, isn’t it spooky ? But we did park there on Saturday and paid $5.50 for whole-day parking.  When we finished shopping and dinner, we went back to the same building at 8:20 pm.  The main entrance was closed but a staff let us in after we told him via the speaker that we had to get our car from the underground carpark.  When we drove our car up to the gate, we found that the gate was closed, the guard was gone and the lights were dark.  In the darkness, knowing that we were late for taking the car, we went home by public transit.  On Sunday morning, we went back to the carpark by taxi and skytrain.  The same Indian guard only said it’s OK to take the car without any surcharge, but he did not want to talk about it any more. (25 April 2011)

Parking receipt

現實中的夜盲症有這樣矯情的嗎？

沒有豆腐的豆腐花

最愛的花是豆腐花。

最愛的豆腐花是杏仁豆腐花。

無論是有豆腐的那種杏仁豆腐花，

還是沒有豆腐的那種杏仁豆腐花，

我都喜歡。

無論是日式、台式、還是港式，

我都愛吃。

Yum Yum Yum

 

杏仁豆腐花 (走豆腐的那種) 
材料: 杏仁油數滴, 牛奶一大瓶, 大菜半包, 水7碗, 糖適量, 模型 
做法: 將水煮開放入大菜煮至溶化加入糖，要不停攪拌，待所有材料都溶解後，加入牛奶煮沸後馬上熄火，將材料過濾倒入模型待涼放入冰箱，冰涼後即可取食。

家花野花不及豆腐花

 

回港短行，只是十日不見，街上及家中的花草樹木早已變天。櫻花樹海隨處可見，連家中懶於修整的花園內，五顏六色的家花、野花橫陳在野草間，HLL的開到不亦樂乎，好不熱鬧。

當素有閑情逸致的兒子在花園剪花插花影花之際，無趣的媽媽心中想著的卻是豆腐花。