拯救书架大行动

这几个月一直忙着给房间添购家具。最最重要的是为我那堆积如山的书本找“新家”。因为睡房太小，所以必须重新规划才能安下另一个书架。拖了几年的浩大工程。房间需要完全整形。=)

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I have been busy realizing my " Ikea shopping experience " for the past few months. Beside the initial purchase which required delivery service, I have been visiting Ikea every week to bring back small items to perfect my room.

Beside the bed that I mentioned a while back, I also bought the modules shelving Ivar system for my books. And that needed quite a bit of planning and co-ordination on my part.


My old protesting book shelves, over burdened with books .
And this was only the peak of an iceberg.


Initial planning. Studying the Ivar module system .
Taking down measurement and planning the number of side units and shelving unit.


This side units are at 226 cm ( height ). Very tall.
On the left are the finished assemble book shelves and I got 3 sets of it. =) Thanks to Jack, without him I would not know how to carry those heavy individual modules from the warehouse. Thanks to Dad who helped me assembled the whole thing. Quite an interesting bonding experience. =D


The best part of the experience was sorting out the books and put them on the brand new shelving. I can open a rental library liao. =)

Now, I will just need a wooden step stool to complete the look.

海南肉粽

这是我家的海南肉粽。
和外面卖的肉粽最大的不同就是里面包了鱿鱼。很有嚼劲。每年我总会带几粒给同事吃。去年，和阿姨拜师学艺可是包得实在太难看了，今年没有在包。哈哈~ ~不过， 我觉得传统手艺应该好好学习并传承下去的。Maybe next year. =D

细数数, 到现在为止我已吃了 ;
- 4 粒海南肉粽
- 和家人共享了1粒印度肉粽/1粒Rendang 肉粽 /1 粒Thai curry 肉粽。（Thai curry肉粽 是好吃的咯 。）
- 1 粒斋粽

同事说斋粽沾kaya很好吃，我比较想把它放进椰浆里。

现在什么新奇的口味都有。有意思。哈哈

“怒发冲冠”头

前天。
天气很闷。
上班。
地铁里。

我从进入地铁车厢开始，就一直看这坐在我前方的男人。他的头发set 得很Edward Cullen 。我好奇。我以为Edward Cullen的 “怒发冲冠”头只有在hair studio 和photo studio 才set 得到。那种没有风，要冷，要干燥，还要有很多asistants 的controlled environment. 那头长长的spiky hair 才不会塌。

差不多3-4cm 的头发是怎么可以固定得那么“稳”的？尤其是在这样一个大热天，那么humid 的早上，他的头发为什么可以“毅力不倒”，还很有活力的飞舞着？

了不起呀。我以为hair wax 碰到humid 的空气和汗水，就会开始“融化”的。

我有冲动想请问先生，
“您用了几罐hair wax 和hair spray 呀？”
也许，在加一句
“这发型很适合你leh.”
哈哈~~~
还可以顺便加上
“先生，可以和你拿联络号吗？”
哈哈哈哈
。。。。。。。。。。
开玩笑的啦。。。。。。。

明信片- 北京290305

前天，杜自寻涛格主转载了一小段余秋雨的文章。原来我们都是他的" 粉丝”。一时兴起，把余秋雨《跟随余秋雨的脚步》系列的《非亚之旅》从书架里拿了来看。竟给我发现了挟在书里许久的明信片。我都忘了。Out of sight, out of mind.

没记错的话，《非亚之旅》这本书也是在北京买的。享受在中国买书，因为真的，真的好便宜。而且发现我挺喜欢中国作家的文笔的。

那是我从北京寄回来的明信片。零晨12点还在写明信片。写了好几张。隔天请了旅店的员工帮我寄了出去。=）回新后的几天才收到。感觉挺奇妙的。

便当 - Chicken bake rice

21。05 的午餐便当。

{ Recipe }
- Leftover rice from dinner
- a handful of mixed vegetable and peas ( boiled)
- half tomato, cucumber. Diced.
- Half Chicken breast, boiled
- Sprinkle in a little black pepper + chopped chives + salt for seasoning
- cheese slice
- cheddar cheese

Assemble all the ingredients in a aluminum foil. Put thin slices of cheese on the top. Cover up and put in oven for about 10-15 min. 2 mins before time up, sprinkled in some cheddar cheese. Done.

蛋包饭

In the mood for some cooking today.

Sunny side up

Some of the dishes I cooked up a week back.


1 Sunny side up with toast for Breakfast.
1 " disastrous sunny side down" with toast


My signature warm salad for lunch.

screenplay

Joan of Arc : The messenger.
This is one of my favourite movie, eventhough it didn't received good review. I admired a director that took a historic character and gave it a new life with his own interpretation and a different perspective. No one need to see a same angle twice.

Right or wrong, doesn it really mattered?

I was especially impressed with this particular screenplay. In this scene, Joan of Arc was caught by the English. In the cell, she started talking to an imaginary figure, Her conscious ( acted by Dustin Hoffman).

She was debating with him, her cause and action. The signs that she thought was sent from God. Was it really or simply her own wishful thinking?

To which her conscious replied her:
You didn't see what was, You saw what you wanted to see.

It was very philosophical.

In life, most of us only see what we chose to see and ignore the rest of the possibilities too.

Powerful acting by Milla Jovovich and Dustin Hoffman. Enjoyed myself watching the chemistry between them. It was like a game of chess.

Bert and Ernie in a pyramid

Believe it or not, I found myself watching Sesame Street on You tube today. Its all started with a Harry Nilson song " Everbody talkin". Ha ha.

Somehow I always remembered these particular scene, Bert and Ernie in a pyramid. It was so funny. And why do I like Ernie? That signature laugh of his is so contagious. hihihihihi....

天使吗？

原来只是光线打在玻璃窗上的幻影。

最近的夕阳都很醉人。

夕阳无限好，可惜近黄昏。

想起陈奕迅的一首歌。

多经典的歌后 一刹眼已走
缠绵着青葱的山丘 转眼变蚁丘
这个刹那宇宙 拒绝永久
世事无常还是未看够 还未看透

多好玩的东西 早晚会放低
从前并肩的好兄弟 可会撑到底
爱侣爱到一个地步 便另觅安慰
枉当初苦苦送礼 最艳的花卉
最後化烂泥

夕阳无限好 天色已黄昏
本想去凭爱 去换最灿烂一生
想不到长吻 带来更永恒伤感

夕阳无限好 却是近黄昏
高峰的快感 刹那失憾
风花雪月不肯等人 要献便献吻

多风光的海岛 一秒变废土
长存在心底的倾慕 可会够细数
每秒每晚彷似大盗 偷走的青春一天天变老
只可追忆到 想追追不到

夕阳无限好 天色已黄昏
本想去凭爱 去换最灿烂一生
想不到长吻 带来更永恒伤感

夕阳无限好 却是近黄昏
高峰的快感 刹那失陷
风花雪月不肯等人 要献便献吻

好风景多的是
夕阳平常事 然而每天眼见的
永远不相似

Park connectors

The latest topics in my office right now are foldable bicycle and park connectors. Gone were the time where all we talked about was jogging and preparing for the Great Eastern Run. =P

My boss recently bought a foldable bicycle and has been cycling all over the country via park connectors. How cool is that. Being wanting to buy a bicycle but there isnt enough space to house a second one. Foldable bike is a good solution. However, the good one cost abt SGD 1000+ ..... am I willingly to part with that $$. ?

I love cycling and the park connectors are a very welcome new. It has provided me with an alternate option to East coast and Pulau Ubin . ( Neighbourhood park is too short too boring for me =P )

Recently my boss took the Coastal Park Connector, 8 Km from East coast park to Changi village. I missed that. They will be trying out the Kallang Park connectors which connect all the way from Kallang to Bishan. That will be really interesting to try. =)

异床同梦

不久前经过Muji的橱窗，被里面的advert所吸引。
睡得好舒服的。我也想躺一躺。

最近，和好友都在各自为房间物色睡床。

我们 ：-

一个, 手长脚长
睡了几十年的单人床
还是有本事在睡梦中（弄伤）自己
她特恋念不忘的是
小时候的那张Queen size bed
她终于如愿以偿，买了张Queen size bed。

一个, 手短脚短
睡了十几二十年的二手单人床
还是没有outgrown the length of it.
她特不舍得换新的。因为恋旧 （太）
以前睡床的木质比较实。
她终于下定决心，弃旧迎新，买了单人床一张。

她希望睡个好觉。
她希望有一个新的开始。

异床同梦的是

大家都希望，那是一个好的开始。

The Great Outdoor

The simple joy of life.

A healthy dosage of wind, speed and sunlight.
Sunlight peeping through shapes of green.
Bird of different kinds
singing that wonderful song of their.
Wonderful, wonderful place.

That is,
if you push your limit
and
cycled all the way away from the human crowds.
Area H.
A little bit more,
one will be able to board a boat,
all the way to another Island.

A little bit more.

1 Asian Elephant

Can you tell the different between an Asian Elephant and an African one ?