尋晚無喇喇落雪...

於是, alex 凍冰冰都出去畫咗個心心!





今朝早, 發現門外嘅「小屋」都 績 積咗雪。

今晚羽毛球認真唔好玩...

經過十五日嘅休息&飬傷，今晚再去番pro club 打羽毛球. 發覺對眼非常差!
有好幾次真係完全見唔到個波!

真係又核凸、又無癮。

希望對眼快d服原啦！

我喜愛嘅...

陳慧珊 =)

期待它的來臨

今日終於嘅綱上買咗王菀之嘅cd ... 非常期待聽佢嘅靚聲!

估吓有乜意外?

d朋友問發生乜事, alex 就會叫佢估...

一、廚房家居意外

二、羽毛球場上嘅意外

三、無厘頭撞牆意外

大家心照啦！

損失:

一、剛剛維修完心愛嘅眼鏡 ... 價值: usd400

二、corneal abrasion and inflammation ... 價值: 有待觀察

三、眼角+下巴嘅傷痕印印 ... 價值: 無價

最慘嘅side effect 竟然係 ...

對舊眼鏡度數唔啱, 令到對眼勁痺, 感到好攰!!!

但右眼未好, 唔可以驗眼住. i am stucked!

不過有失必有得...

得到:

一、新眼鏡 ... 價值: usd350

二、有人自動做家務 ... 價值: 有待觀察

三、友情嘅温暖, 尤其不大熟悉慨波友仔 ... 價值: 無價

胆小的我

停電嘅原故，要從新fill up 番個雪櫃...
星期一、二去到屋企附近d超市... 見到d肉、冰凍食物都減價, 自己都有d心多多諗d嘢會唔會唔新鮮... 最後乜都唔敢買！真胆小！

57 hours ....

of no electricity made me realize so much that ... being in a warm home is so nice but also a luxury sometimes! I hope friends who are still powerless will get back their power soon ....

it's also a time of thanksgiving that things are ok after power came back for us. fish is still alive in their cold water ... our only loss is just the food in the fridge.

w h a t ? !

embarrassing enough?

After blaming vandals, the U.S. agency learns its workers failed to bar the entry to a maze of logging spurs ....

(click here for full story)
BLM left gate open on road to Kims' fate

Federal workers failed to lock a gate blocking the logging road that led James Kim to his death last week -- a different story than has been told since his death and his family's rescue.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management was supposed to lock the gate near the entrance of the road, known only as 34-8-36, on Nov. 1. The gate is meant to prevent people from turning onto a maze of logging spurs instead of staying on Bear Camp Road, which cuts through the mountains to the Oregon Coast.

Officials with the agency have maintained since last week that the gate had been locked but was later vandalized. But BLM spokesman Michael Campbell said Wednesday that an internal investigation this week into the suspected vandals turned up the surprising culprit: the agency itself.

"The idea was our BLM engineer, the lead engineer, had directed the staff to go out there and lock the gate on Nov. 1, Campbell said. "Basically what they found was, when they got out there, they were unable to confirm no one was trapped behind the gate. So they made the decision not to close it."

g i g a n t i c - c h o c o l a t e - b a r

i was so excited when i saw this gigantic hershey's chocolate bar at 7-11 last night. i almost bought it simply because it's so cute .. imagine, 18 inch long!

so, out of curiosity, i searched on the web today to see if other brands have it, and found that CRUNCH indeed has an even bigger one - close to 10 lbs!

原來愛一個人可以這樣.......

這部影片叫"Team Hoyt" 是在講一對父子的故事，爸爸叫做Dick Hoyt ，兒子叫做Rick Hoyt ，這對父子是長跑健將。在過去二十五年間 ，他們一共跑了 3770 mile，其中包括：

78次半馬拉松賽，64次的馬拉松賽，24次著名的波士頓馬拉松賽，20次 Duathlons賽，7 次 18.6 Milers賽，34次10 Milers賽 ，143 次5Milers賽，620 Milers 賽，27次 Falmouth 7.1 milers 賽，15次4
Milers賽，2次11公里賽，8 次15公里賽，204 次10公里賽，4 次8公里賽，92 次5公里賽，206次奧運標準的三項鐵人賽,6次被公認不是平常人可以承受既Ironman distances的終極三項鐵人賽……

但是你知道嗎? 兒子Rick 是不能說話也不能走路的!!

Rick在出生時因臍帶繞頸導致腦部缺氧受損，醫生告訴Dick，孩子是植物人，沒有任何希望了因此他只能在輪椅上渡過他的一生。

Dick引述在Rick九個月大時，醫生對他和他妻子祖迪（Judy）說：「他從此會像植物人一樣，還是把他送到療養院吧。」

然而，他們兩夫婦對此並不認同。他們發覺當他們在屋內活動時，Rick的眼睛會緊盯著他們。當Rick十一歲時，他們把他送到特夫斯大學（Tufts University）的工程系，詢問是否有令孩子與人溝通的辦法，可惜Dick得到的回覆是︰「不可能，他根本沒有任何腦部活動。」

Dick反駁說︰「跟他說個笑話吧。」他們便說了個笑話，Rick果然笑了，證明了他的腦內確有不少活動。結果，他們為Rick加裝了一部能用頭的則面控制滑鼠標的電腦，Rick終於能和外界溝通了！

在Rick十五歲時，Rick的一位中學的同學因意外而癱瘓了，學校為那位學生舉行跑步籌款，Rick便透過電腦打出︰「爸，我也想參加。」

Dick之前並非跑步運動員，也沒有跑過馬拉松賽但因著兒子的要求就參加了於是他就推著Rick跑完了5mile的全程。

在結束之後Rick對父親說:"我今生第一次不覺得殘障了!"
這句話深深地震撼了爸爸Dick！

他決心要把那種感覺盡可能帶給兒子，預備好參加1979年的波士頓馬拉松。「不接受報名。」便是比賽當局給Dick的話，原因是Hoyt父子既不是單獨跑手，又不是輪椅參賽者。結果幾年來，Hoyt父子只在賽事中跟著大隊一起跑，但他們終於找到正式參加比賽的方法︰在1983年，他們參加了另一個馬拉松，他們速度之快，令他們能入圍參加之後一年的波士頓馬拉松。

不久後便有人對Dick說︰「何不參加三項鐵人賽？」一個從來未曾學過游泳的人，一個自六歲起便從未踏過單車的人，如何能拖著 110磅（50公斤）的兒子完成三項全能賽？

但Dick還是勇於一試。屈指一算，他現在已完成了212次三項全能賽，當中包括了四次在夏威夷舉行，極費體力的15小時鐵人賽！

因著父愛，父親去學習游泳，學習踏自行車… 他願意為Rick做出許多的犧牲和付出，他又曾拖著他的兒子越野滑雪，又曾背著他爬山，其中一次更用單車拉著他橫越美國。

於是從那時候開始他們父子就常以"Team Hoyt"報名參加馬拉松和三項鐵人賽: 跑步時Dick就推著Rick跑游泳時Dick就拖著Rick躺著的橡皮艇游騎自行車時Dick就騎著特製的自行車將Rick放在自行車前騎乘……

那麼Dick為何不試試自己一個人參加比賽，看看表現如何？「我不會獨個兒參賽。」Dick說。他參加比賽純粹是為了當他們一起跑步、游泳和踏單車，看到Rick面上露出甜美笑容時的「奇妙感覺」。

今年，Dick與Rick分別65和43歲，已完成了他們第24次波士頓馬拉松，在20,000名參賽者中排名第5,083。他們的最佳時間？是在1992年的兩小時40分—— 只落後世界紀錄35分鐘；當然，或許你還未留意到，這紀錄是由一個沒有推著輪椅的人所創的。

兩年前，在一次比賽中，Dick輕微心臟病發。其後醫生發現他的一條大動脈有95%栓塞了。其中一名醫生對他若說︰「非你一直保持著這樣好的狀態，你大可能15年前已不久於人世。」

現在，儘管Rick有自己的住宅單位（他享有居家照料服務）並在波士頓工作，而Dick從軍隊退役後已在麻薩諸塞州的荷蘭市居住，但他們總有團聚的方法。他們經常在全國各地發表演說，而每週末也會參加極耗體力的比賽，當中包括今年的父親節。

當晚， Rick會請父親吃晚飯，但他最想送給父親的禮物，是他永遠買不到的。 Rick 答道︰「我最想送給爸爸的，是爸爸坐在椅上，由我推他次！」

在影片中Dick推著Rick通過終點，他們父子都受到眾人的鼓掌和歡呼。但這中間Rick什麼都沒有做… 他也什麼也都不能做…一切都因為他父親的愛而白白領受這些…

portabello pasta

another new dish, with recommendation from a friend for a pasta sauce from Uwajimaya...

yummy...

王菀之

rarely paid that much attention to her live singing until today, after seeing another video posted on a friend's blog. so i went on youtube and searched for her live ones, and love these 2 especially...

今晚食d乜

又一推荐 --- 味全南翔小籠湯包 ... 頂級好味喔～ 只需蒸10分鐘!

味全 --- 又一信心嘅保證!

註：香菜豬肉水餃王都好好味架!!!

Press'n Seal

[by now, you probably wonder if i'm so bored at home today that i kept posting blogs ... :P but hey, i really rare got so much free time that i kept trying new stuff :) ]

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out of curiosity (and for the sake of "fun"), i finally took the luxury of buying a roll of press'n seal - it was really magical that it sticks so tight to the plate. i indeed turn it upside down to test it - amazing :) however, i don't quite like the stickness that i felt when touching the wrap....

so... probably this is just the only one roll i'm gonna get.

afterall, i prefer to store food in containers than plates with wraps :)

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

few weeks ago, i was looking for some salmon rub i have tried at a friend's house that i love so much ... turned out it was sold out at the store i was in, and the lady recommended me seafood rub instead, which she said she likes it more than the salmon rub. Trusting her, i bought it ...

and, tonite, while alex was so busy working at home the whole day, i decided to make him some special dinner. i use this rub to marinate some white fish, and fried it ... and serve it wth fettucine and some healthy beans/veggie. alex loved it, of course :)

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

n e w e s t a d d i t i o n

thanks to a friend, who gave me the first christmas gift of the year. it sits perfectly in the dining room so we can watch it while cooking or eating :)

有肥飲湯飽

一個星期連績飲用菜湯再配合列出的食物。

菜湯湯料﹕洋蔥（４一６個），番茄（４一６個），椰菜（１個），青椒（２個），西芹（１棵），鹽（小許）。

將湯料全部切粒，放落滾水中用文火煲個餘小時，每天連湯渣飲用，餐數不限。
菜湯跟以下食物配搭:

第一天﹕全日生果餐（香蕉除外）。
第二天﹕蔬菜餐（除了乾豆和粟米，另宜選多葉種類），晚餐加一個焗薯。
第三天﹕第一、二天的菜單混合（除了焗薯）。
第四天﹕無限脫脂奶加多8隻香蕉。
第五天﹕十二安士牛肉和六個番茄，全日喝８杯９安士清水。
第六天﹕不限量牛肉和蔬菜。
第七天﹕糙米、菜和生果。 　

可飲用﹕清水、黑咖啡、不甜的鮮果汁。　
不可食用﹕麵包、煎炸食物、含酒精飲料、碳酸化合物飲品和減肥飲品

Saddened by the news...

have been following Kim's news for days, and was really saddened by the tragic ending. A lesson to learn for everyone of us, but i really wish it would have a happy ending.

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lately, i've been visiting the doctor's office so often. it's so frequent that today, the clinic's reception said "hey bonny, i think you're the #1 patient at our office - i am seeing you so frequently" :P When dr shiu came into the room, his first sentence was "hey bonny, how come i'm seeing you again ... your stack of paper in the file is getting too much".

well ... of course it's a bad thing to have to visit the doctor so often, but it's a good thing that i have found this nice clinic with all nice people around - and they know me so well by now! there were two encounters with them that i truly know they care for me! :)

oh the good news though is, the infection i have been having is gone! No more virus is found from the latest lab test!