嗱，睇三分鐘喇

查實邊鬼個會睇足三分鐘丫。無人解說，係一套悶到爆嘅黑白默片。

兒科醫生

友人在facebook貼出以下對話：

都市閒情主持人問兒科醫生：通常BB轉奶粉會出現乜野問題？ 
兒科醫生：通常問題出現在父母身上而不是BB，因為D父母會變得好憂慮。

此兒科醫生說得非常好，很正確。

Secundum

I had my second scan today. Nick went with me this time so he saw the baby as well. Amazingly we saw the two arms, two legs, nose, heart, bladder, spine, brain, jaws, heart beats etc of the baby. The baby was always moving, always.

Again, seeing the baby through ultrasound scan makes the whole thing more real to both of us.

無題 XIV

從前有一個女孩子，佢生薯片嘅，一生就係幾十包，所以慳唔少薯片錢。有時家境唔好，手頭上有幾分貧困，仲可以賣幾包套現。尤其最近話驚日本輻射，咩都貴啲，咁啱嗰水生正有日本薯片數包，你話唔發達呀。遺憾嘅地方係女孩子通常幾十包都自己食晒，鬼有得剩攞出去賣。唯有整啲書套攞出去賣仲好。

名

日前說起改名，說起「仲」一字，媽說她雖然也喜歡這字，但乃屬不能用在第一個孩子的字。因為「仲」乃是排行第二之意 - 這我早知了 - 但她說會給人認為在這以先我們失去了一個，故此乃排行第二。

我們倒是絕對偏向「言」字，只是要用甚麼字在中間配這個「言」字方為恰當，則不是容易的事。

英文名倒是易一點。

噢，還在考慮以「心」字為中間。那是特別為姓「莫」而設計的，只有姓「莫」才能配「心」字得出這意思。或者結果會叫「心言」哦，小王子似乎很喜歡。

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仲
zhòng
兄弟排行次序二：仲兄。仲弟。
在當中的：仲春（春季的第二個月，即農歷二月。仲夏、仲秋、仲冬依此類推）。仲裁（居間調停、裁判）。
姓。

【形】
(會意兼形聲。從人,從中。中亦聲。甲骨文、金文作“中”。本義:排行第二)
同本義〖inthemiddle〗
仲,中也。——《說文》
仲,中也,言位在中也。——《釋名》
伯其甫、仲、叔、季惟其所當。——《儀禮·士冠禮》
五十以伯仲,周道也。——《禮記·檀弓》。按,古者幼名冠字,冠字謂之且字,且,薦也。表之以字,所以為伯、仲、叔、季之藉也。殷禮二十為字之時,即兼伯仲叔季呼之,周禮始字不呼伯仲,至五十乃加而呼之。女子則笄而字即稱伯姬、仲姬。

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言
yán
講，說：言說。言喻。言道。言歡。言情。言必有中
（一說就說到點子上）。
說的話：言論。言辭（亦作“言詞”）。語言。言語。言簡意賅。
漢語的字：五言詩。七言絕句。洋洋萬言。
語助詞，無義：言歸于好。“言告師氏，言告言歸”。
姓。
行

【動】
(指事。甲骨文字形,下面是“舌”字,下面一橫表示言從舌出。“言”是張口伸舌講話的象形。從“言”的字與說話或道德有關。本義:說,說話)
同本義〖say;speak;talk〗
直言曰言,論難曰語。——《說文》
志以發言。——《左傳·襄公二十七年》
志以定言。——《左傳·昭公九年》
國人莫敢言,道路以目。——《國語·周語上》
言,心聲也。——《法言·問神》
言,口之利也。——《墨子經》
言者所以在意。——《莊子·外物》

【名】
話,言語,口語。又特指怨言、謗言〖speech;spokenlanguage〗
父母之言。——《詩·鄭風·將仲子》又
諸兄之言。
口之宣言也,善敗于是乎興。——《國語·周語上》
感斯人言,是夕始覺有遷謫意。——唐·白居易《琵琶行》序

淪為比西瓜低等

事情可能會演變成原來所想的，在經過這麼的一輪波折之後。如果是這樣的話，那是一個令人覺得有點討厭的結果，因為那使所謂的愛情淪為便宜之物，是隨手或扔掉或拾起的東西。沒有這個，就選擇那個，比西瓜還低等 - 你尚且會選一個好吃的西瓜，不只要有一個西瓜就好了。

記得許多年前和醫生說起「後備」。他說他不會做別人的「後備」，我說我不會把任何人當「後備」。雖然最後他跟某女的在一起了，我不知那算不算做了「後備」，不過既是美滿收場，結婚生子，也不用深究當初了。

我堅持沒有人可以是「後備」，因為每個人的離去所留下的空白是沒有任何別人能夠填補的。那空白只能在對這個離去的人的愛情完全磨滅才能完全修補，而若是真的愛上了的話那豈是可以短時間做到的事情？分開了能很快找別人補上的，只是要一個人在身邊，而剛好有一個「後備」成全了。不是隨便一個類似西瓜的物體都可以。

也有人是自願當「後備」的，等待次一等和便宜的愛情。最好有點自己，不要當任何人的「後備」。愛可以愛，但不要等待，不要使自己淪為低等。至少我不要淪為低等，也不要把任何人置於那境地。

呵，突然想起，也有人把我當過「後備」。我竟真的斷然拒絕了，在那重複又重複的循環裡。那時我還是喜歡他喲，只是我不要便宜的愛情。

至少使自己比一個西瓜好看。

Coding

I have been extremely busy with work today although I was working from home. Resourcing, testing for deployment… and I have spent quite a bit of time coding. Haven’t been coding for so long and started to pick up something again yesterday. Altogether I have been writing code for about 13 hours already in these two days. Sometimes I just like being in the sea of coding like this for a while. This is the only time I am really a bit geeky I guess.

Yeah, I declared a variable of the following type

“ List<KeyValuePair<Customer, List<KeyValuePair<Project, List<Job>>>>>”

I can see Hugh’s unimpressed face already… let me think of something else tomorrow.

Sometimes I still

I can't give up.

And the realization of this fact is painful but comforting.



"But I'm sure, I'm sure, you've heard it before."

You know it, don't you.



Sometimes, I hate dreams that remind me what I am thinking, deep inside.

Nothing much

I am bored. At this moment, I am bored. Clicking on my screen, here and there. Open up Chrome, and then close it again without doing anything. I think I am bored. After a long day of coding. How are you? How are you today? What have you done today? I had a big lunch. We went to Hokkaido for Japanese food this afternoon. The sukiyaki pot set lunch is much larger than I expected. There are sushis and crumbled fish as well. Anyway I ate them all, and now I am feeling a bit hungry already. You know, since I have stopped eating sweets and McDonald’s, my weight is going down. So at the end of the day I haven’t gained much since. Oh this Thursday I am going for another scan. It’s a scan specifically for Down’s syndrome. Then I need to test some blood again. Fetus is not going very fast at the moment so I can tell there is much difference. And I am feeling better this week. Less morning sickness symptoms. I want to eat now. Usually I cannot eat a lot at night though but I always eat two to three wheat biscuits at about 10:30 before I go to sleep just to make sure I won’t be too hungry at night and need to wake up and eat. Sometimes I still wake up at night and sometimes I cannot go back to sleep easily, but at least I do not need to eat and brush my teeth again. Haven’t been playing any facebook game anymore, but have been concentrating on my Pokemon White version. Oh I want to BBQ, no matter Hong Kong way or Western way of BBQ I just want to BBQ. When and where can I BBQ? Oh I am bored. I should go now.

Lower me down

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

Middle of the night. The song was in my head, repeat and repeat. And I thought about us. Why this song? Why us? It doesn't make any sense, but it was this song, and it was about us in my mind. Then later I saw my black horse, the one I always ride in my dreams. Why was he here? 

Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade

Some old memories came into my mind. Memories of us. Why the song? Why us? Haunting me in the middle of the night. And my black horse didn't stay. He ran away again, my dear free spirit friend.

For the lead
And the dregs of my bed
I've been sleepin'

I realized the meaning of the song itself has nothing to do with all these. It was the song itself. Maybe my black horse remembered the song and came back for a minute. 

I wasn't sleeping.

十二週

據說十二週後會突然大得很快，我開始怕腰骨會承受不了，皆因現在已常腰骨痛，有時會痛到行走不了，站也站不起來，試過太痛坐倒在地上要小王子扶我慢慢起來，非常誇張。

經常胃氣過多，該說是每夜才對。這是其中一個辛苦的項目，我只望人家說三個月後甚麼都會好起來是真的，盼明天開始就真的甚麼都好起來。

糖高要戒糖，膽固醇高要戒麥當勞，許多東西都不能吃。我本來是不會戒口的人，只是midwife說一定要戒一戒再去驗，我才無可奈何戒這些那些。戒糖果最難，簡直要了我生活的一大部分。非常可憐，非常可憐，真的好可憐哦，嗚嗚嗚。。。也不知何時方可再拿著一包Haribo Gold Bears全吃掉。。。我現在完全明白戒煙的痛苦了。

這兩晚夜裡終於睡得好一點了。之前每晚不知是醒多還是睡多，有幾晚好幾小時清醒，到差不多天亮才睡得著。希望好的睡眠能持續下去吧。

Another dream

I had a dream this morning. There was some sort of Tsunami and Nick was in his office, so I rushed to his office and found out he's sitting in his seat. All his workmates were there. He said he has to stay there for the government has ordered them to and it's his duty as part of the navy. I respected his position and his responsibility and have decided to stay there with him. We either die together or live together. 

Well at the end the government told everyone to go and we did run for our lives for some strange reason together with my parents and brother. And we had to carry my mum from some point because she fell down and couldn't continue to run. Anyway at the end we all got out although we were wet, and at the end we went for a buffet (haha nonsense!).

The second part of the dream is important, but not as important as the first part, which caused me think rather than sleep afterwards. I have been thinking that it's so true I would rather we die together. I don't think I can live alone without him. Then I have been thinking what if he die in an accident, how would I react, what would I do... It's very sad, you know, just thinking about it made me sad.

Oh well tonight I better sleep well.

Journal

My baby journal has arrived!

It's very pretty, I am loving it!

脫離

「我今朝發咗個夢呀，係咁咁咁。。。」
（長篇大論說了一會）
「蝦，你又勁喎，可以完全脫離現實㗎喎！即係大住個肚日日咁辛苦，應該會發埋啲有關係嘅夢㗎？！」
「係囉，應該會發夢見到細路。」
「又唔係㗎喎！你又真係發夢自己又未結婚又無大肚咁㗎喎！完全同現實唔啦更㗎喎！」
「係呀，我係咪好勁？」

說真的，我從來未試過發夢是自己已經結了婚。不過我也發夢自己飄浮移動。正如你不能夠說我用雙腳行走的現實感不夠，所以會發夢飄浮一樣，你也不能說我因為已婚感不夠，所以總是發夢自己未婚。然而我相信這個狀況的確在現實裡會做成某種困惑，影響我想事情的方向，即我會以我未婚的想法來作出決定。就如我有時想了一會兒才記起自己雙腳是行在路上的一樣。聽起上來或者真的有點兒古怪。我大概是個不自覺地和現實於某程度上脫離的人。

或者在夢中的我，一直都是另一個我，無法聯繫，

我的志願

「你細個想過做咩？」
「。。。警察囉。」
「哈，我勁啲，我想做國際刑警！」（沾沾自喜）
「有話邊個勁啲架咩！」（氣絕）

以上對話，又是屬於那些只有我單方面記得的一類，通常對方完全沒有印象。這個不是重點，我想說的是今夜晚餐後小王子和我也談起小時候想做甚麼。

小王子說只有想過做三種工作：警察（特別標明要做SDU）、科學家、職業籃球員。我說這實在很神奇。我嘛，很容易受環境影響：托兒所時想做「托兒所嗰啲工」（兩歲的我說），小學時只認識老師就想做小學老師，中學時就想做中學老師，看《壹號皇庭》想做律師，看警匪片想做警察（好像沒有想要做賊），看《妙手仁心》想做醫生，看法醫片想做法醫。。。非常沒有節操。

結果不知怎地讀了Software，胡里胡塗。殿下倒真的做了科學家。

微博

最近我有去微博。由於我中國內地朋友不多，所以上微博也只是為了些不經傳的原因，如關注一下周耀輝和黃耀明發表了些甚麼。譬如周耀輝在某下雨天貼出了他的Ernie，我看著就是有點喜歡。

又或者是黃耀明貼出雜誌專訪的圖片。

總之都是些不怎麼得體的原因。

純屬虛構加註釋

男孩和女孩某天分開了。男孩去追尋另一個他愛的人，女孩一直愛著男孩，沒有愛上別人。此時出現了女孩的追求者，他是一個小胖子。通常女孩不喜歡胖的人，但小胖子的真誠，在女孩孤獨一人時實在起了很大的作用，慢慢地女孩便開始和小胖子接近。然而某天雙方都發現女孩原來沒有愛上小胖子，只是喜歡有人陪伴而已。女孩哭得很厲害，對小胖子說了許多遍「對不起」，然後就離開了，沒再找小胖子。

小胖子知道女孩不愛自己，還是決定去找她，還是要留在她的身邊。女孩大聲的跟小胖子說：「但你要知道我是很愛很愛他的！」小胖子同行的朋友看著小胖子，一同聽著這錐心泣血的話，內心實在替小胖子覺得不值。然而小胖子不發一語，只是忍痛微笑，還是隨著女孩去了。

過了一段時候，女孩還是沒有愛上小胖子，男孩卻開始再和女孩來往，互相發覺仍思念對方。其實哪只是思念，女孩還是非常的愛男孩。男孩沒有再追尋別人了，和女孩卻也只是謹慎地維持著朋友的關係。有時候一同出外，有時候吃餐飯，都是些平常不過的事情。然而那愛情在這些小事中再重新成長，兩人都更喜歡對方。小胖子沒有被告知這件事，不知是因為女孩對男孩還是沒信心，有太多的不肯定；還是雖然沒刻意隱瞞但也覺得根本沒必要和小胖子說。

某天男孩和女孩和兩人乘船出遊，那是好天氣的日子。兩人據知附近有相熟的朋友也在航行，便準備靠近船叫對方也過來一道。船靠近了，朋友們走過來男孩和女孩所乘的船，最後登上的，竟然是小胖子。小胖子看見二人，再無知也知道發生的是甚麼事。然而他還是和大眾一同登船了。女孩一臉尷尬，又帶點歉意，有點覺得或者是對不起小胖子了。同行的兩人還要很多口的對男孩說：「他就是你不在時猛追女孩的人了。」小胖子和男孩都聽見這話。小胖子別開了臉，只有苦笑。男孩心裡對小胖子帶點內疚，表面上則充耳不聞般。小胖子的心裡只有苦澀，想著這一次女孩終於要幸福了，自己也該退下去。女孩愈想愈覺得對不起小胖子，但又不知該說些甚麼好。

下船後，天氣有點涼意。小胖子竟隨身帶著外套給女孩。女孩站在男孩的身邊，男孩拖了她的手，說：「不要緊的。」女孩鼓起勇氣走到小胖子的跟前，接過了外套。小胖子只是對女孩笑了一笑，說：「這是你的外套。」便看向男孩，兩人交換了一個「都明白了」的眼神，一切就這樣落幕了。

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註釋：

如果你發覺哩個故仔一啲sense都無，係一啲都唔出奇嘅，因為發夢理論上係無sense嘅，而哩個係我今早發嘅夢。我覺得實在太神奇，太有條理，太似拍戲喇，所以決定記低佢。由於哩個故仔唔係日間老作，而係夜間發夢發出嚟嘅，所以唔歸納入「無題」系列裡面。

蝦，有時我發啲夢又真係幾奇怪。

喺我自己個blog先講，其實我發個夢係間中第一身嘅，即係我係個女孩，小王子就係個男孩。奇就奇在我從來都無見過哩個小胖子，完全唔係我識嘅人嘅樣嚟嘅。反而喺另一架船走過嚟嘅其中一個人係每逢出外有太陽必定著得好誇張嘅老馮囉。

哩啲嘢，真係發夢先會有。真實中有人會咁樣對我死心塌地？

真係發夢啦你周知喬！

滴答

我聽到秒針的聲音，但明明這裡沒有有秒針的鐘，因為我刻意不讓它們存在。有秒針的鐘叫我不能入睡。

那是哪裡來的秒針的聲音呢？

滴答滴答。

那是兔子拿着的懷表嗎？

滴答滴答。

時間到了嗎？

滴答滴答。

我還沒有睡著，你要等一下。

滴答滴答。

掛念

最近我總想起您，無論是日本的事、核電廠的事、阿信的片段。。。我都想起您。

我有點掛念您呢。

P.S. 你以前很胖呀～XD

啫喱人

終於在家了。洗完澡，像一磚啫喱般賴在沙發中，動也不動，沒氣力動。今天我很累呢。甚麼也沒做過，就是很累。好想睡，但又不想太早睡。若有人問我心情如何，我會說沒太多精神談心情，沒太多精神有心情，我只在這裡坐着甚麼都沒想。連轉換坐姿也懶 - 就是這般的累。

天黑了。最近天早了許多變黑，寒冷的天氣要來到吧。

我不像一磚啫喱，我像一pat啫喱。

I want to go home

I want to go home, want to go home, want to go home... I am feeling tired and unwell, I want to go home. Guys quickly finish your meal so we can go home. I want to go home. I just want to go home. I am feeling horrible, just want to go home. Can we please go home? Please... I want to start crying like what Boaz is doing now and say "I want to go home" too. This place is making me uncomfortable, I want to go home. Can I also say bye bye and go? Maybe I won't go to sleep when I get back home, but I just want to have some rest and stay home. Maybe I will go throw up first since all these things I haven eaten are disgusting to me at the moment. I just want to go home. Let me go home. I don't want to smell these cooked food anymore. O yeah we are going home now!

獎勵計劃

午後睡了兩小時，一點胃口也沒有。其實每晚我都不太想吃，早午餐是我吃得最多的了。現在沒有得吃糖果，對我來說實在有點困難；但現在有一個獎勵計劃：若我能戒清一個星期不吃糖果不喝果汁等等，小王子就讓我在週末吃一杯frozen yogurt。有期待，讓困難容易面對一點。

現在還是不太想吃飯呢，怎辦好。。。

無題 XIII

男孩和女孩對坐着。有一使段時間沒見面了。四周來來往往的人很多，也有好些如他們一樣坐着傾談，手裡各有一杯熱或冷飲 - 這個天氣算是冷熱皆宜。

人們在談些甚麼話題，像看着靜音電視的我們不得而知。男孩和女孩說着甚麼，我們同樣聽不見，但看相視而笑的表情，一定是歡愉的聚會吧。

那是一個好天氣，帶點溫暖的景象。

女人要愛，男人要尊重

「喂，你嗰本書呢？」
「等陣去搵。」
「你有冇睇咗？」
「有！」
「吓，咁乖？我睇咗幾頁咋。。。」
「有冇搞錯呀。。。」
「你真係有睇晒呀？我突然間覺得你真係好愛我啊！」
「咁話咗要付出家嘛！你今晚快啲睇咗佢呀！」

該書名為「女人要愛，男人要尊重」，我倆一人有一本，是年多前有大問題時兩位Aunties給我們讀的，現在眼見我們沒此需要了，便叫我們拿回教會圖書部。只看了幾頁的是我，反而是一向不願看學術和攝影以外的書的小王子讀完了此書，雖然自己並不內疚（當時我有做別的東西），但也真的非常尊重小王子這份付出了的心意，實在始料不及。

P.S.剛才我已用個半小時速讀了這書啦。

忽然之間

無題 XII

有甚麼沒有甚麼
有過甚麼沒有過甚麼
這照片讓我想起我
你拍的時候可是想著我
給你一個無線電通話器
是哪一頭沒有回音呢
生活如常
努力平凡
記憶卻沒被淡忘嗎
到再會時是另類的火花
思念或沒有和時間違和
距離分隔了的其實不多
然而那獨獨是我這邊廂
你是否會遺忘的那邊廂
如果那從來就是微不足道
我們又曾經為著甚麼苦惱
我又曾經為著甚麼苦惱

如無意外

昨天在電台聽到這一首歌，想起前晚和一對朋友外出吃飯時談起的人。

愛情，事業；事業，愛情。工作為了甚麼，繼續努力，要爭取最好的前途，難度不是為了可以回家有個人可以分享嗎？若賺得了好職位好金錢，輸了一份多年的感情，輸了一個愛的人，輸了一段關係，真的值得嗎？或者這真是一個不可多得的機會，或者是一個錯過了真的不會再有的機會，或者就算放棄這個機會如沒意外都分手結尾。。。或者愛情不值得犧牲事業前途。

身邊大概也會有人說不該為一段關係放棄工作機會吧，然而同桌的四人心念一樣，都不認為不能找另一份工作，儘管賺少一點，前途或者不是那麼光明，但最起碼是和對方一起。那是一段十多年的感情啊。

價值到底立在何處好呢。。。愛情，事業；事業，愛情。

Forbidden

So no lollies, no gummy bears, no sugar, no McDonald's for me. And after having a better diet for 4 weeks, I have to do a GTT test - to make sure I am not diabetic.

SIGH!!!! My dearest goldbears... and people in the office just bought some sour bears, jelly snakes and coke bottles! =_=

Atlantis: Has it really finally been found?

Oh you cannot imagine how excited I was when I see this news, although it may turn out to be a false hope… well having said that, I am not 100% sure whether myself really want Atlantis to be found.

I had all these dreams about this lost city. Just love it.

A light in the darkness

自衞隊隊員在石卷市救出一名四個月大嬰兒，不禁面露笑容。 (美聯社圖片)

Meeting midwife 2nd

Going to meet our midwife again today at 6:30... if she's not delivering at that time. Not sure what we will do this time but Nick is going as well.

Deaths

"When you have such a large death toll it is easy to think of them as a number. But each one of these numbers is a person with a family who loved them, and each person must be treated with the utmost respect and dignity"

- Russell Gibson

This guy said this on Christchurch's earthquake. Now it's the Japan's earthquake, which estimated to end up with over ten thousand deaths. Some only concern about the death toll number, some only concern their money, some only concern their trips and shopping overseas... I am not sure what I should have felt and how I felt. However to be honest, I feel sad and ashamed that myself actually felt less sad in this than in Christchurch earthquake. It's not because they keep killing whales, I thought to myself.

Maybe because it's far, and it's not on the TV all day, less impact, less empathy. I feel sad that I don't feel sad enough. Those are human lives.

令人苦惱的事

令人苦惱的事之一：分不出是餓還是飽，總之就是想吐。

令人苦惱的事之二：一肚子氣沒法釋懷 - 實際情況，不是比喻生氣。

令人苦惱的事之三：不停想吐，又總吐不出來，一副欲言又止般。

令人苦惱的事之四：半夜醒來，隔四小時也睡不着。

prune

10 Weeks now! Baby should be about 3cm and 4.0g. Last night I could hardly sleep. Woke up at 1:30 and went back to sleep probably around 5:30, I was very confused and not sure whether I was too full or too hungry that causing me wanted to throw up.

Need to eat less sugary thing... but can't stop myself from eating goldbears... =_=

謬誤

昨天和科學家談論一個謬誤，他竟無法相信我說「根本沒有騰空力」這回事。我立刻想起許多人認為買六合彩會認為買1,2,3,4,5,6中獎機會低些。有時人腦有太多東西和經驗，基本的很容易忘掉，並憑經驗反射性判斷事情，漠視知識。據某些生物學家說，相信謬誤是人生存系統的一部份，用於適應和迴避危險。

Hang Time – Is There Such A Thing?

習慣說

有些情節夢得太多會做成現實中的迷惑，我就有兩件這樣的事。一是鬆動的牙齒，二是飄浮移動。對此熟悉的感覺近乎真實的認知，即便若有人問我「你的牙齒健康嗎？」，我大概第一時間想到的是答案是「鬆動得要掉下來並曾掉下來了」；又或是問我「你是怎樣走路的呢？」，我立時會想答「是飄浮著離地邁步走的，很大步，並會滑翔」。這些回答一點違和感也沒有，是從腦袋中最直接的反射神經所出，就像是從沒有懷疑過自己性取向的人被問及性取向時的回答一樣。

那不是不使我懊惱。

想着想起了劉蓉的《習慣說》。然而想起《習慣說》，又想起當中蓉父所說的話：「一室之不治，何以天下國家為？」後環顧我的一室，笑自己難怪無為於天下了。

grapefruit

They said you can now see my tummy. It's only 9 weeks! I am pretty sure they are either fluid or fat, nothing like a baby because he/she should be about the size of a grape by now. Having an extra grape in the tummy surely should show nothing. Though my uterus should have the size of a grapefruit now.

So this little rabbit has traveled to Queenstown with me for three days. He/she wad behaving well and didn't cause much trouble although he/she was always hungry - or I was!

Queenstown 2/3 - 4/3 Day Three

I woke up at around 7:30 this morning and have decided to leave hotel once I have a shower and pack up everything (at last I still have left something, which I will need to pick up from someone in Auckland later). So I showered and packed up, checked out from the hotel and went to the airport by bus. I had a breakfast at the airport and put my bigger bag into the locker I rented. Then I hopped on the bus and off to Arrowtown. Actually, now I am in Arrowtown, waiting for a bus back to the airport. Earlier the day when I typed my Day One diary, I was waiting for a bus to Arrowtown.

Arrowtown is a very small town. How small it is? Basically just one street. I first visited the Lakes District Museum, and then had a walk on the one and only one street. It's a nice little town and the weather was really good today. So I had an enjoyable relaxing afternoon with salt and pepper calamaris as my lunch and a lemon, lime, bitters drink. I was sitting outside for this small lunch and it's really comfortable.

Now I am on my way to the airport and will fly back to Auckland in two hours time. I have enjoyed my short and relaxing holiday. It's refreshing and has given me more energy. I am so glad that I have come.

Queenstown 2/3 - 4/3 Day Two

This was Peter and Juliana's big day! I was in the hotel in the morning, and went to the church together with the others by the big bus near noon. It's a small church and a lovely wedding. Seeing my big brother Peter finally getting married after nearly eleven years of marathon with Juliana is a happy and sweet thing. No I didn't cry, of course I didn't! Neither did Peter and Juliana, but apparently the bridesmaids were all crying! It was a very short ceremony comparing to the ones we had among our friends. Peter always prefer simplicity.

In the afternoon the bride and the groom and the bridal party had some photography time. Somehow I was there with them and took heaps of photos while the professional photographer was doing his job. All together in Day 2 I have taken about 400 photos!

Went back to Hotel and had a shower before the evening event. Eric Chu and Tammie nicely bought an Angus burger for me in case I would be hungry (and I was!). So I ate the burger right before we got onto the bus again, yum and satisfying.

Evening event was in Stoneridge, a very beautiful place indeed. There were five tables of guests plus the couple and the best man and maid of honor table. You can tell there's not a lot of us. Mostly families and relatives. The whole night was filled with food and drinks, honestly my stomach couldn't fit all of them. I didn't choose the ribeye but the blue cod instead no matter how much I rather wanted the ribeye just because it would not be 100% cooked - and if it was, it would have tasted terrible.

The mains were followed by speeches, from the groom, maid of honor and the best man. Oh by the way, Eric Wong was the best man and his speech was... very brave. Yes, yes, we all know Peter the pussy is the sentimental, emotional cry baby who keeps talking and talking and never stop.

Again the late night kittens had after party afterwards in a pub and of course I was following the big bus and went back to sleep in the hotel. Night life is never my thing. That concluded the day and my main reason for the trip.

Queenstown 2/3 - 4/3 Day One

It was rather windy with rain sometimes during the day, but I still have enjoyed a lot. Got off the plane around 9 together with Juliana's make-up artist. Then from the airport we went to the hotel by bus. Since it's still early in the morning, I could only leave my bag at the hotel without checking in.

 

Queenstown's bus system is well developed and easy to go around. However I have decided to walk to the town centre from the hotel this day. I was told from the website that it's a 35 minutes walk. At the end I reached the town centre in about 20 minutes. The downside was the rain and wind. My little umbrella was a bit too weak for that. Anyway I have arrived to the city happily and healthily.

I first went into this place called Post Office Cafe for a hot chocolate after going through the rain and the windy. It's an nice cafe with interesting number cubes. After that I went to St. Peter's Church, the library, and then enjoyed a Fergburger with cheddar cheese. Mum recommended me this burger place and said it's world famous. Before I went there I was thinking it's just a burger place how amazing could it be. Then when I was there seeing all those people waiting for a burger in such a small shop I was really surprised. After I had mine I finally understood that a burger can taste really good. BurgerFuel is absolutely nothing compare to Fergburger. So I have finished one big fine burger for lunch.

 

 

Rain still occasionally came to visit the town. Sometimes weak, sometimes strong. I walked to Queenstown Garden with my little umbrella, where I saw Eric Chu and Tammie taking pre-wedding photos. I haven't seen Eric Chu for... maybe 12 years. I knew they were taking photos in Queenstown though so I called out the him and had a quick chat. Later I walked to Patagonia Chocolate for an ice-cream. It was a bit too sweet for me so I didn't finish it. However sitting there warmly while it's a bit chilling outside was really nice. I was loving it.

Afterwards I walked in the city a little bit more, than around 2 I have decided to go back to the hotel. I met Kelly the make-up artist again at the bus stop, who was holding a number of cup noodles in the bag in her hand. So I checked in and went to Peter and the guys' room for a chat, and told Eric Wong to get me out for dinner together at night. Then I rested in my room for several hours.

Waiting with an hungry stomach, I ate some snacks and sent messages to rush the guys a bit. At last we went out for dinner at 7:30 with Niki, Eric Chu and Tammie as well. Of course Peter the groom-to-be at that moment was not with us. We had dinner in a Japanese restaurant and I was well behaving - didn't eat anything raw.

While they were going to continue their late night activities (primarily endless eating), I have been back to hotel sleeping. That's day one for me.

國王無話兒

吃飯時老媽說起這戲名，果然母女心思一樣，一聽這名就立時想相同的東西：

邊個國王無JJ呀？！

改這個中文名字的人擺明是「玩嘢」，拿人家的片來開玩笑。你可以當我們思想過份，皆因歌也有得唱《毛主席的話兒記心上》，不過我相信刻意玩弄的成份較高。

你問林行止，他的書名為《說來話兒長》何故罷。

至於我為何這樣敏感，怪我小時候就看了《不文集》、《有味Joke》和《新有味Joke》吧。

韋小寶側頭欣賞這個「小」字，突然仰頭大笑。索額圖奇道：「韋大帥甚麼好笑？」韋小寶笑道：「你瞧這個字，一只雀兒兩個蛋，可不是那話兒嗎？」

田伯光搖頭道：「太師父是另有道理的。他說：『你這人太也好色，入了恆山派，師伯師叔們都是美貌尼姑，那可大大不妥。須得斬草除根，方為上策。』他出手將我點倒，拉下我的褲子，提起刀來，就這麼喀的一下，將我那話兒斬去了半截。」

Two minutes

Across the country at 12:51pm we nationally had observed two minutes’ silence in respect of the victims of Christchurch earthquake. We gathered in our lunch room, turned on the TV and was watching TV1, follow the nation for these two minutes.

I could feel the unity of the nation, and the sadness in everyone’s heart – everyone in the office, and everyone out there joining these two minutes.

154 confirmed dead, 240 still missing.