"You are a pumpkin!"

Today I was studying for tomorrow Latin test. Suddenly I remembered I read a book that talks about how ancient Roman people express rudeness to each other. Nowadays people may use the f-word, and for Hong Kong people there are hundreds of creative sayings to curse each other. Nevertheless in ancient time, one obviously rude thing to do is to call someone a vegetable.

"You are a pumpkin!"
"You are a mushroom!"

These are examples of being rude to somebody. They are rude because they are comparing a person to a plant that can't think - the ancient Romans believed.

Then I remembered Andre told me that one of the worst thing you can say to a Brazilian, is not a swear word, but "Your mum is an Argentinian!" Well, maybe telling some Chinese "Your mum is a Japanese!" would have similar effect.

"You are a pumpkin." Such a nice and intelligent way to insult people, see you do not need any swearing to achieve that.

Since I dislike egg plant more, guess I would say "You are an egg plant!" instead.

香奈兒

突然想起這首歌，非常喜歡這個MV，拍得很好，而且王菲好漂亮。

區雪兒有另一個版本，是一個完全不同意境的MV。王菲一樣漂亮，但我卻不太喜歡這個版本。兩個版本，使這首歌聽起來看起來也很不同。所以呢，不要說MV不會影響一首歌的意境和表達，絕對有千絲萬縷的關係。

After 40 years…

Heard an interesting story today on radio. It’s not one of those important events in the world, nor a unbelievable amazing story… well, to certain extent, this has its unbelievable and important part too. As a hopeless romantic, I love this story.

Thanks to the people who enable this kind of romanticism to happen on this world. You know, we surely need them on this boring, cold, dull planet.

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10673541

NZ man's treasured ring resurfaces after 40 years
By Jocelyn Muir
5:30 AM Wednesday Sep 15, 2010

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A Wellington man who lost a ring 40 years ago in an American lake has had news that his treasured possession has been found.

Two self-proclaimed treasure hunters found the ring at Lakeside Beach, at Port Huron in Michigan, and have spent the past 10 years trying to reunite the ring with its owner, American Stephen Pike, who moved to New Zealand in 2004.

Mr Pike said yesterday that his Chelmsford High School class ring was lost when it slipped off his then-girlfriend's finger while the pair were swimming in 1970.

"I dove looking for it but couldn't see anything in the water," said Mr Pike. They continued searching for hours, but finally gave up "broken-hearted".

Thirty years later, Harold and Linda Mitchell happened to be swimming in the same spot and caught a glimpse of the ring shining beneath them.

"We were in deeper water and I could see the ring sitting on top of the sand," Mr Mitchell told the Chelmsford Mass News. "I guess a storm had kicked up and it was laying on the bottom in about 10 feet of water.

It was in great shape."

The couple, who spend time scouring the waterways of southeast Michigan with underwater metal detectors, were keen to reunite the ring with its owner.

"This one was a real challenge," said Mr Mitchell. "It bugged me that I couldn't find its owner."

Ten years of searching, using online social networking sites, finally paid off when he tracked down Mr Pike.

"I always said I'd go to the end of the world to return this," said Mr Mitchell. "I guess I did."

Mr Pike said getting the email to say his ring had been found 40 years later was "pretty incredible".

"It's nice for this piece of life to come back around and complete itself and it's nice to see a perfect stranger doing an act of kindness."

Despite lying on the lake floor for 30 years, the ring "looks straight out of the box", said Mr Pike.

The Mitchells say reuniting people with lost possessions gives them a sense of accomplishment and joy. They did not want a reward from Mr Pike but requested that he share the story.

Guided by the ring's markings, the Mitchells tracked down the high school's class of 1970 reunion committee through the alumni association website and emailed organiser Wendy Marshall-Hudzik.

Ms Marshall-Hudzik found out there were only two students from 1970 with the initials SP, which were marked on the ring.

She remembered that Mr Pike had mentioned on the online site Classmates.com that he had once lived in Port Huron. She found a yearbook photo of him in the wrestling team and found a team member.

"He, by chance, knew someone who knew someone who had my email," said Mr Pike.

By Jocelyn Muir

白化

 

每星期日到教會前，小王子和我會去買杯咖啡。時間許可的話，就會坐下來飲。最多談的話題總是圍繞著影相，有時也會拿我的小相機出來玩玩。然而小王子不喜歡影portrait，我唯有襯他說起光源時以「示範給我看」為由，騙他給我拍個照片。

這天我穿著自己畫的上衣，就是之前在這裡展示那件。

是白色的。

順便看一看這blog，設計也「白化」了。記得一直是黑色的嗎？

我想我開始適應白色，如果你明白我想說甚麼。

邊吃邊嚷

一邊吃著Pringles薯片，一邊計卡路里嚷著要減肥，我還是這麼的可惡，不值得可憐。最近沒甚麼衝勁，可能是吃不夠零食。

說著說著，已經吃完了。

終於拿了人生第一張credit card。其實也沒甚麼特別用途，只是有時要在網上買東西會方便些，也可以用自己的credit card交學費了。一向未試過在網上買甚麼的我也要向現實低頭啦。。。