阿伯阿婆 IKEA 買五個早餐﹐點食﹖
奇景﹗確是奇景﹗
咁大個仔第一次食 IKEA 的超級 $1.99 特價早餐﹔兩條小腸 (名乎其實的小) + 一個小型牛角飽 + 一小殼炒蛋﹐再加上少少炸薯仔。好食唔講得﹐總之就係平。
今天早上在 North York 的 IKEA 裡面餐廳﹐排隊在我前面有一對講廣東話的阿伯阿婆﹐兩夫婦竟然拿取了五碟 $1.99 的早餐﹗百思不得其解﹐一對耆英怎可能吃下這麼多東西﹖減食了的我現在是否吃得下第二碟都成問題。
排隊付款找到桌子坐下之後終於真相大白﹕這對「耆英人肉吸塵機」並不是連吃五個早餐﹐而是每人吃一個之前﹐先用預早帶來的膠盒子「打包」三個﹗
唔明。究竟華人是否「刻意」保存知慳識儉的美德﹖抑或直接講一句﹐就是 cheap ??
無論如何﹐這三個打包早餐極有可能成為他們的午餐﹔就算是他們知慳識儉﹐委實也不健康﹕這麼多炒蛋﹐加上煎炸油膩﹐還有膽固醇。雖是便宜的食物﹐但是會否得不賞失呢﹖
Friday, July 28, 2006
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Spy Shots of 2007 Honda CR-V
Time really flies as we are already in the second half of 2006 and the 07 models have started to come out.
Being a 2006 CR-V driver and knowing that it is the last model year, I am eager to find out what the 07's will look like. Thanks to the internet, all I need is to google.
It looks like the car has become more "executive looking" and less rugged as the spare tire is hidden away from the hatch.
Personally I still prefer my 06. I believe an SUV should look more rugged than being just a "jacked-up version" of an executive sedan.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
TEQUILA LIME SHRIMP (follow up)
It was generally a success. Good feedback from everyone.
Comments from Grace that there could have been more tequila as there was not enough sauce judging from the amount of shrimp.
Comments from Grace that there could have been more tequila as there was not enough sauce judging from the amount of shrimp.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
TEQUILA LIME SHRIMP
I picked up this receipe from the in-flight magazine (SkyService) on our returning flight to Toronto from Cancun, Mexico on June 5.
I am going to try it during our small group meeting tonight at Spencer and Grace's home.
TEQUILA LIME SHRIMP
(Courtesy Mexico Tourism Board)
2 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tbsp tequila
juice of 1 lime
1/s tsp crused red pepper flakes
(note: I will use the white tequila given to us by the hotel, and as I do not have red pepper flakes at home, I will be using paprika available at Grace's home.)
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add garlic and saute for about 1 minute. Add shrimp and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Stir in tequila, lime juice and pepper flakes. Cook 2 minutes or until about half of the liquid evaporates and shrimp are pink and glazed.
Serves 4-6 as a main course.
I am going to try it during our small group meeting tonight at Spencer and Grace's home.
TEQUILA LIME SHRIMP
(Courtesy Mexico Tourism Board)
2 tbsp olive oil
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 tbsp tequila
juice of 1 lime
1/s tsp crused red pepper flakes
(note: I will use the white tequila given to us by the hotel, and as I do not have red pepper flakes at home, I will be using paprika available at Grace's home.)
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add garlic and saute for about 1 minute. Add shrimp and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Stir in tequila, lime juice and pepper flakes. Cook 2 minutes or until about half of the liquid evaporates and shrimp are pink and glazed.
Serves 4-6 as a main course.
木瓜 與 青檸
木瓜 - 很多人都說有益。不過個人覺得其氣味 ...... 禮貌說是“獨特”﹔老實說是“難頂”﹗
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最近杜太介紹﹐切開木瓜之後﹐灑上青檸汁在其上﹐可 “劈” 去其 “難頂” 的氣味。 小弟昨晚試過﹐所言甚是。
關於木瓜及其氣味﹐還有一個有趣的小發現﹕小弟是四月出世﹐涼銘及其夫人示詩亦是四月出世。三人同覺木瓜因其氣味而難食。
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如果我們可以找到第四個四月出世的人都是怕吃木瓜的話﹐則差不多可以作出結論﹐逢四月出世的人都是怕吃木瓜的!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
與君一夕話﹐勝讀十年書
Wow! What an evening!
三十年前開始認識的中學同學﹐十多年沒有見面﹐今次能在多市重逢﹐實屬榮幸。
除了聚舊﹐update 一下自己和各舊同學的近況外﹐我們還談到最切身的話題﹕健康。
Ken 兄除了演藝了得外﹐更醉心鑽研另類療法及隱世醫術﹐身體力行﹐自己親身嘗試﹐把第一身的經驗與我們分享﹐相當可取。
Alex 兄貴為化學工程師﹐對水質問題素有研究﹐工作亦與水質處理有關﹐不讓時下的甚麼「水質測量師」專美。昨晚客觀道出淨水, 純水, 軟水及炭過濾水面面觀﹔硬水, 軟水, 熱水, 涼水, 酸鹼度﹔對人體的影響。
今次聚會再次挑起我對健康食品, 自然及另類療法的興趣。健康不單是自身尤關﹐更是家人和朋友的切身議題。家母的失眠問題﹐Ken 兄都有好的提議給她試試。
Ken 兄說得好﹕如果可以幫助到別人﹐以至他回來對你說他的身體已漸趨健康﹐不用再服藥﹐這就是最開心不過的。
談話間他多次從隨身的背囊拿出治療方給我們﹐樣子十足一個懸壺濟世的醫師﹗無怪 Alex 兄叫你「陳大夫」﹐你公司的同事叫你「陳醫師」了﹗
希望在下週菁姐從滿市回來後﹐你回港之前﹐可以再多見一次面吧﹗
Wow! What an evening!
三十年前開始認識的中學同學﹐十多年沒有見面﹐今次能在多市重逢﹐實屬榮幸。
除了聚舊﹐update 一下自己和各舊同學的近況外﹐我們還談到最切身的話題﹕健康。
Ken 兄除了演藝了得外﹐更醉心鑽研另類療法及隱世醫術﹐身體力行﹐自己親身嘗試﹐把第一身的經驗與我們分享﹐相當可取。
Alex 兄貴為化學工程師﹐對水質問題素有研究﹐工作亦與水質處理有關﹐不讓時下的甚麼「水質測量師」專美。昨晚客觀道出淨水, 純水, 軟水及炭過濾水面面觀﹔硬水, 軟水, 熱水, 涼水, 酸鹼度﹔對人體的影響。
今次聚會再次挑起我對健康食品, 自然及另類療法的興趣。健康不單是自身尤關﹐更是家人和朋友的切身議題。家母的失眠問題﹐Ken 兄都有好的提議給她試試。
Ken 兄說得好﹕如果可以幫助到別人﹐以至他回來對你說他的身體已漸趨健康﹐不用再服藥﹐這就是最開心不過的。
談話間他多次從隨身的背囊拿出治療方給我們﹐樣子十足一個懸壺濟世的醫師﹗無怪 Alex 兄叫你「陳大夫」﹐你公司的同事叫你「陳醫師」了﹗
希望在下週菁姐從滿市回來後﹐你回港之前﹐可以再多見一次面吧﹗
Thursday, March 23, 2006
My First Sudoku
So I completed my first (ever!) Sudoku today!
Yeah, it has been really quiet at the Centrepoint ... So quiet that I almost fell asleep! Thornhill was quiet too as I phoned there and Antonella told me that.
Before signing off, I told her to work on her Sudoku as I saw her doing the other day. And she replied she was in fact working one!
After I hang up, I thought ...... hmmm! Maybe I should work on one too because for one, this will keep me awake! And two, it's good brain exercise.
Yes ... my very first one. Tough at first, but hey, seems fun.
I guess I am hooked now!
So I completed my first (ever!) Sudoku today!
Yeah, it has been really quiet at the Centrepoint ... So quiet that I almost fell asleep! Thornhill was quiet too as I phoned there and Antonella told me that.
Before signing off, I told her to work on her Sudoku as I saw her doing the other day. And she replied she was in fact working one!
After I hang up, I thought ...... hmmm! Maybe I should work on one too because for one, this will keep me awake! And two, it's good brain exercise.
Yes ... my very first one. Tough at first, but hey, seems fun.
I guess I am hooked now!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
WWOOOOO! What a feeling! Thanks to Evite!! Thanks to my former classmates too!
Love the net! Love Evite!!
Because of that, and my classmates who used Evite to set up the event, I made contact with a long lost classmate who has been working in Japan for so many years. However, when he received and replied to my email, he's on business in Seattle! How cool is that!
The internet is amazing.
P.S. Thank you Mr. Yick as well.
Because of that, and my classmates who used Evite to set up the event, I made contact with a long lost classmate who has been working in Japan for so many years. However, when he received and replied to my email, he's on business in Seattle! How cool is that!
The internet is amazing.
P.S. Thank you Mr. Yick as well.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
High School Reunion in HK
Is it that I am starting to get older that I am becoming more and more sentimental??
Just got an "evite" (via www.evite.com) that there will be another high school reunion in HK on April 1, 2006. Nevertheless it was 25 years ago that we graduated from SPCC there.
Too bad that I am all tied up with family, business and church work here in Toronto. It's not easy to go to the other side of the globe in such a short notice. I wish we can do something similar here in Toronto too in order to renew some looooong lost friendship.
Just got an "evite" (via www.evite.com) that there will be another high school reunion in HK on April 1, 2006. Nevertheless it was 25 years ago that we graduated from SPCC there.
Too bad that I am all tied up with family, business and church work here in Toronto. It's not easy to go to the other side of the globe in such a short notice. I wish we can do something similar here in Toronto too in order to renew some looooong lost friendship.
Still remember back in 2002 when I was in HK, after dinner and drinks with some of the old classmates, Dr. Lie drove us home. He mentioned something like we really want to treasure these reunion moments - the opportunities are harder and harder to get ...... something like one of his fellow dentistry classmates died of cancer at a really young age.
If you miss one (of these opportunities), you really miss one.
Gee......
Saturday, March 04, 2006
hotspot WiFi-ing
This is great!
With a laptop and a WiFi card (if your laptop is not equipped with that internally), you can virtually hop onto the internet - checking your emails, blogging, listening to radio programs worldwide and net surfing, etc.
New found fun for me .... although a lot of tech-inclined people would have been doing for a long long time.
Blogging at the Starbucks @ BCE Place, next to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
【笑看風雲變】-- 寫於候任總理哈柏就職前夕 (2006.02.05)
「知否世事常變﹐變幻原是永恆。」 *1
香港的流行曲文化﹐原來亦有不少智慧隱藏其中。
為文之日﹐渥太華國會山莊經已變天。新總理明天宣誓就職﹐各部亦將會有新的部長。本國經歷了一次名符其實的改朝換代。
改變對於現今的聯邦政治來說﹐是一件好事。
很多人﹐甚至在教會裡的兄姊也有對我說過﹕在自由黨的執政下經濟很好﹐應繼續支持它。
我絕不苟同。
十三年的自由黨執政﹐表面上令本國的經濟走出谷底。大家還應記得九十年代初的衰退期﹐到了上世紀末本國的經濟亦已復甦。然而經濟氣候是全球性的﹐全世界在九十年代初至九十年代下旬也是經歷了同樣的經濟循環﹐絕不能說是因為某一個政黨令國家的經濟復甦。
反觀在這十三年的自由黨執政期﹐當中所涉及的醜聞, 舞弊, 貪污, 管理失當, 利益輸送﹐彼彼皆是﹐恕難在這裡一一盡錄。有幸拜讀多倫多太陽報記者 Linda Williamson 在一月二十二日的一篇文章﹐題為「不應投票給自由黨的二百一十八個理由」 *2﹐當中可重溫一下你我辛苦賺來﹐而又以「稅」之名義上繳給政府的血汗錢究竟浪費到那裡去。
更甚者﹐一個自稱為天主教徒的總理(保羅.馬田)竟以人權及自由憲章為藉口引入同性婚姻立法。但須知道加拿大人權及自由憲章開宗明義的第一句就表彰了神的主權 (Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law) *3。我絕對不相信神會容許任何形式的同性配偶關係 *4。
誠信﹐倫理﹐兩者都講不過去﹔改朝換代理應是民心所向。
遺憾的是在東西兩岸的大都會﹐諸如多倫多﹐滿地可及溫哥華﹐自由黨都在很多選區勝出。尤其是在多倫多﹐416及905 地區更是一片「紅海」﹗我不禁要問﹕多倫多地區的選民究竟傳達了一個甚麼訊息給我們的下一代﹖是不是因為要保住所謂自由黨帶來的經濟繁榮﹐便支持一個包庇貪官的政府繼續執政﹖
相信有兄姊聽過我講的一個比諭﹕如果你是一家餐館的老闆﹐絕不會因為餐館生意賺大錢而不去理會亦不辭退被揭發偷錢的掌櫃。也不會因為懼怕不知新的應徵者會不會一樣的偷錢而不去聘請他。
凡是轉變皆有未知之數﹐但被譽為上世紀最偉大的科幻小說家艾西莫夫(Isaac Asimov)說得好﹕轉變就是唯一的常規。與其懼怕那不能避免的轉變﹐不如積極的迎接它。正如你我的身體狀況﹐每天都可能在轉變﹐可變好﹐可變差﹐難道我們便不再活下去嗎﹖
無論大家喜歡與否﹐保守黨新政府明天正式上場﹐轉變亦隨之而來。其政績將會如何﹖現時來說也是未知之數﹐有待你我一同去監察並指正。
「迎接那變幻﹐今生與你擁抱著永恆。」 *1
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*1 電視劇「家變」主題曲 (曲︰顧嘉輝﹔詞︰黃霑) 1977
*2 Linda Williamson,“218 reasons NOT to vote for the Liberals”- Toronto Sun, January 22, 2006
*3 Government of Canada, Constitution Act, 1982, Part I
*4 <聖經> 羅馬書 1:26-27
「知否世事常變﹐變幻原是永恆。」 *1
香港的流行曲文化﹐原來亦有不少智慧隱藏其中。
為文之日﹐渥太華國會山莊經已變天。新總理明天宣誓就職﹐各部亦將會有新的部長。本國經歷了一次名符其實的改朝換代。
改變對於現今的聯邦政治來說﹐是一件好事。
很多人﹐甚至在教會裡的兄姊也有對我說過﹕在自由黨的執政下經濟很好﹐應繼續支持它。
我絕不苟同。
十三年的自由黨執政﹐表面上令本國的經濟走出谷底。大家還應記得九十年代初的衰退期﹐到了上世紀末本國的經濟亦已復甦。然而經濟氣候是全球性的﹐全世界在九十年代初至九十年代下旬也是經歷了同樣的經濟循環﹐絕不能說是因為某一個政黨令國家的經濟復甦。
反觀在這十三年的自由黨執政期﹐當中所涉及的醜聞, 舞弊, 貪污, 管理失當, 利益輸送﹐彼彼皆是﹐恕難在這裡一一盡錄。有幸拜讀多倫多太陽報記者 Linda Williamson 在一月二十二日的一篇文章﹐題為「不應投票給自由黨的二百一十八個理由」 *2﹐當中可重溫一下你我辛苦賺來﹐而又以「稅」之名義上繳給政府的血汗錢究竟浪費到那裡去。
更甚者﹐一個自稱為天主教徒的總理(保羅.馬田)竟以人權及自由憲章為藉口引入同性婚姻立法。但須知道加拿大人權及自由憲章開宗明義的第一句就表彰了神的主權 (Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law) *3。我絕對不相信神會容許任何形式的同性配偶關係 *4。
誠信﹐倫理﹐兩者都講不過去﹔改朝換代理應是民心所向。
遺憾的是在東西兩岸的大都會﹐諸如多倫多﹐滿地可及溫哥華﹐自由黨都在很多選區勝出。尤其是在多倫多﹐416及905 地區更是一片「紅海」﹗我不禁要問﹕多倫多地區的選民究竟傳達了一個甚麼訊息給我們的下一代﹖是不是因為要保住所謂自由黨帶來的經濟繁榮﹐便支持一個包庇貪官的政府繼續執政﹖
相信有兄姊聽過我講的一個比諭﹕如果你是一家餐館的老闆﹐絕不會因為餐館生意賺大錢而不去理會亦不辭退被揭發偷錢的掌櫃。也不會因為懼怕不知新的應徵者會不會一樣的偷錢而不去聘請他。
凡是轉變皆有未知之數﹐但被譽為上世紀最偉大的科幻小說家艾西莫夫(Isaac Asimov)說得好﹕轉變就是唯一的常規。與其懼怕那不能避免的轉變﹐不如積極的迎接它。正如你我的身體狀況﹐每天都可能在轉變﹐可變好﹐可變差﹐難道我們便不再活下去嗎﹖
無論大家喜歡與否﹐保守黨新政府明天正式上場﹐轉變亦隨之而來。其政績將會如何﹖現時來說也是未知之數﹐有待你我一同去監察並指正。
「迎接那變幻﹐今生與你擁抱著永恆。」 *1
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*1 電視劇「家變」主題曲 (曲︰顧嘉輝﹔詞︰黃霑) 1977
*2 Linda Williamson,“218 reasons NOT to vote for the Liberals”- Toronto Sun, January 22, 2006
*3 Government of Canada, Constitution Act, 1982, Part I
*4 <聖經> 羅馬書 1:26-27
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