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mvo168 says...

Picked up 3 kinds of yoghurt today to find out which ones I like best. As I'm trying to put on weight (hey, no hatin'!) I selected the ones w more fat content. Not an easy task - everything's zero fat or low fat. My shopping companion remarked why not just eat double cream out of the tub? Now, there's an idea....

I also stocked up on oatmeal. I find oatmeal very comforting and I have it for breakfast 5 times a week. Saturdays & Sundays are reserved for french toasts, bacon, caramelised bananas, pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs & other scrumptious offerings :)

And finally, some Pepperidge Farm biccies - Geneva's my fav! I am quite looking forward to tomorrow to taste my yoghurt :)

         
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leemarqueses says...

A welcome slice of home. Since moving to Japan the only ways to get anything from the UK was either to have a package sent or visit any of the marked up import stores such as 'Kaldi'. Now, I can happily pop in to my local Tesco's and get my UK fix, although still slim. Interestingly enough Tesco has actually been in Japan since 2003 after acquiring 78 discount supermarkets. It's only recently that they've started to re-brand those stores and open new Tesco Express stores; even managing to recently release locally produced and  branded Tesco goods. Never again will I have to crave for ginger nut biscuits.

     
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okanyway says...

昨天偶然读到一篇图解圣安东尼奥,讶异于这个位于美国德州的城市居然真的看上去与江南水乡有某些类似之处,还突然想起了刚进公司时每个月月底前都会收到的从那个城市发来的传真。

确切来说其实那是每月一次运行PORTFOLIO之前的REMINDER,可是在似乎无论是商业还是私人之间的信件往来几乎全部被email取代的今天,已经没有太多人还执著于传真了,可是这家公司很不同,每次发来的传真洋洋洒洒都是当月最热门的话题,从NBA球赛,秋天的落叶,到火鸡节无所不包,文字优美得如同诗歌,每每读上去都是一种享受,旁边居然还配上各种漫画,久而久之,每个月收到他们发来的提醒传真已经成为了一种期待。

终于在去年的某月,传真突然变成了email,收到第二封email的时候,看着冷冰冰的字体,一成不变的标准商业信函格式,我实在忍不住发信过去询问,结果果然,那边很抱歉的告知,她的老板 - 原来那个文字优美诙谐还会画漫画的老太太退休去享受生活了,从此以后reminder一律用email替代...

觉得很可惜,也很懊恼自己居然没有留下一张这位老太太发来的传真,而是一直很理所当然地等着下一个月新发过来的提醒。在这个深秋的日子里,很想念那个素未谋面的对生活充满热爱的老太太,还没来得及告诉她在南加有一群人一直很喜欢她的文字和漫画。

Wishing her all the best!

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mel says...

i was about to stop blogging all together because things have been really stagnant recently. and then as i was wrapping up my old blogs, i was really glad that i decided to try this online journal thingy when i was about to start college. and now, reading all the old entries really brought back a lot of sweet memories. 

and i hate that i am no longer living that life. 

so here i am, trying to gather enough courage to start all over again. starting a new chapter, with a new job, at a new place.

good luck to me.

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okanyway says...

昨天提前下班跑到位于Burbank的Warner Brothers Studio生活大爆炸片场,因为老大上个礼拜刚发生过去看Dancing With Stars等了四个钟头结果放人被放到自己面前停止的悲剧,搞得我很紧张怕这种事情也发生到自己头上,(有票子也不保证一定能够拿到座位的)最近休假回来又忙得团团转不好意思直接请半天假,结果还是在四点50分终于找到Gate 8停好车直冲楼下check in.

晚上六点半正式开场5点已经有很多人排队等待拿号了,由于某人一开始还抱着侥幸之心带了手机,到了排队的地方一看情况不对赶紧回头把手机老老实实放回车里,排队等到5点30分开始安全检查,查ID, 查票,拿号,我拿了个56号,还不错,然后各自手上被盖了个WB猪肉合格章,然后一堆合格猪肉浩浩荡荡过街进入片场大门,进行。。。第一轮安检。请各位同学不要抱有侥幸之心,我的包都被打开检查过两次了~ 还是有不少人的手机和相机被搜出,连同id一起被没收。

进去前瞄了一眼在这个25号摄影棚拍过的电影和电视剧,最近的两个电影是Eraser和蝙蝠侠,先膜拜一下。 进了门还有一轮安检,就差没脱鞋了。按照指示坐在座位上差不多已经5点45,离开场还有45分钟。主持人四处开始打招呼活络气氛,每人抬头都能看到远远近近一溜电视机,因为有不同的场景不管坐在再好的位子都不能看到全部的场景,我们的位置在正中靠后,倒也不错了。

听热热闹闹的POP音乐听到差不多6点多灯光暗下来开始放生活大爆炸上一集,太好了我们正好把这集漏掉了,一边看一边全场一片笑声。

六点30准时开场,演员,制片班底进场,本来遮在场景前的黑幕全部拉开,第一场是在Leonard和Sheldon家的客厅,主持人开始介绍演员,幕后制作人员,不时穿插很多笑料,而此时Sheldon一脸酷样在客厅里走来走去自言自语估计是准备台词,化妆师在给Leonard和Penny补妆,弄头发,(Penny本人很漂亮,电视里看上去有点chubby, 本人看上去比镜头上瘦多了),而几个geeks本人看上去和电视上几乎没什么区别。旁边人员开始拉镜头,吊麦克风,打灯光,一片有条不紊的忙碌,此时观众席上也是一片笑声,主持人是个调节气氛的高手从头到尾全场都处于高度兴奋状态,从来就没有冷场过,台上台下各自忙碌,互不打扰,等到导演说准备了主持人马上让观众安静下来,开始拍摄。

不想说太多剧透了,反正大致上这一集是在说Penny突然得知Leonard的妈妈要过来,而Leonard居然从来没有跟他妈提过他和Penny正在dating的事情, Leonard的妈妈是个酷的不得了的geek女,而Penny是个只能记住cheese cake factory菜单的waitress, 然后发生一连串很好笑的事情。拍摄过程很流畅,没有发现谁忘词的情况,(尤其是Sheldon~~ 全部一次过~~ ^_^) 这次观看现场秀印象最深刻的倒不光是演员,而是整个制作班底实在是太太太强大了,进退自如,流畅默契,非常非常的高效,拍摄过程中有几个镜头拍了好几次,看得出来他们一边拍一边还在琢磨,一边还会现场改台词。台下观众席也热闹无比,拍摄的时候时不时地爆出大笑,拍摄间隙的时候主持人又在不断的搞笑。

这里不得不提一下这个主持人和拍摄班底实在是默契无比,能够将三个钟头的拍摄过程搞得高潮迭起让观众从头到尾一直保持高度兴奋状态但又毫不干扰正式拍摄,这个是件相当不容易的事情,他做的收放自如,互动的非常完美。观众来自哪里的都有,坐在我们右边的是一对芬兰过来的,左边是一对英国来的,前面坐了一堆三藩市湾区过来的geeks,至于外州来的那就更多了。主持人经常会挑观众到他旁边,下面的观众简直是恨不得都扑上去,第一个被叫上去的是个来自俄克拉荷马州的美国妞,问她跳个舞好不好,她落落大方马上就跳,还找个最显眼的地方跳,"This way I can be seen!", 感叹一下,到底是好莱坞,来这里的人一有机会就马上乘机表现一下,说不定还有些什么机会,满地的俊男美女,看的眼花。第二个观众则是个来自不知道哪个沙漠地区的老太太,迫不及待的就上来了,本来看上去穿的很正常,一上去就马上把上衣拉高,固定好,再把裤子使劲儿往下拉,在众人目瞪口呆中大跳肚皮舞...还有个小个子的geek一开始说不会跳,结果上去了一眨眼就把体恤给脱了大跳热舞。

主持人的手段层出不穷,笑到后来嗓子也哑了手掌也给拍红了。这次Wolowitz和印度geek Koothrappali几乎没什么戏,主要镜头都给Leonard的妈妈给抢去了,这次露相的Christine无比好笑,不得不说每一集生活大爆炸都有惊喜,当然这一集也不例外,有一个镜头大家看了尖叫外加吹口哨,各位看到了就知道了~~

后来主持人还玩了一把单身男女配对游戏,现场叫了一个单身女生,三个男生,叫女生转过身然后向三个男的开始提问题,叫三个男生依次表现一下最性感的声音,唱歌,学一种动物的声音,最喜欢的运动。。。问到第一次约会会带女生去什么地方时一个男生囧囧的回答"I'm only 16......"

当问到观众们为什么喜欢这部美剧时,旁边一个看上去有四十多的胖子立刻就扑上去了,他说他和Sheldon一样从小就太优秀了,所以看了很有共鸣,观众汗,鼓掌,主持塞给他一包糖,然后他继续,他和他的spouse都来自凤凰城,从今年三月份开始就在试图索取票子,然后八月份总算能够过来LA,结果那天人太多他们等了两个多钟头还是没有能够进来观看...众人同情,鼓掌,主持又塞了一包糖,他说今天在他们16年周年纪念的这一天他们终于能够来看这部他们最喜欢的剧了,又塞了一包糖。。。最后向大家隆重介绍他的爱人 --- 一个跟他一样性别的男人,他们终于在去年来加州登记结婚(该同性婚姻去年在加州很短暂的合法过一阵子) 众人擦汗,继续鼓掌,主持赶紧再塞一包糖过去,哦这个是给你的爱人的。。。

九点半全剧拍摄完毕,众人疯狂鼓掌, 演员们一个个出来亮相,最后一个出来的是Sheldon, 看来该剧的确还是他最红啊... 席间还介绍了他们的技术指导, 一个真正的科学家, 剧中关于物理学等各种科学理论全部都是真实的.

看完现场秀之后出来整个人还处于兴奋状态, 这次感触最深的不光是对于演员,而是整个团队的高效和专业, 非常的值得一看, 高度推荐.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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TimTam says...

Things I'm growing to like in the last couple of days and weeks:

Jazz

    I would have never thought that I like Jazz someday. Always felt ... boring. Not as straight forward(?) as pure Blues. But recently it is actually the only genre dripping through my headphones. Mostly via LastFM Jazz Tag Radio

   This reflects in the last CDs I bought (oh yeah, I'm buying CDs. I love looking through the booklet of a new CD and experience the art around the music. Screw MP3 downloads): Fredrika Stahl, Norah Jones, Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong.

Green Tee

    I am still an advanced coffee drinker but recently I enjoy some Green Tea in my half litre Ikea cup. Maybe due to the weather. It is going to be winter again! Finally!

Smalltalk

    No, not the society disease but the programming language. As I know and love Objective-C I am familiar with the concept. Pharo, Squeak and Seaside are too good to be true. I browsed monster.de for Smalltalk job offerings. There are none! Why? Why, I ask?!

Autumn

   ... is mostly over. Say hello to cold, clear, tasty, wondefull days. (: Unfortunately I did not manage to take some photos in the autumn as I was somewhat busy with work the last three weeks. So basically autumn just took three weeks. Insane.

Positive Thinking

    I do like some of the aspects of Karma. Smile!

 

To sum up: I am slowly growing to be an old hippie. heh.

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