擔當 Thoughts on Happy Hour and Cooking Sous Vide

漸漸覺得自己銀座歐吉桑魂上身，下班後不是歸心似箭，反而常想找個地方淺酌吃小菜靜享happy hour.  鬧中取靜真正奢侈，繁忙空出的心寧則像入定，是份超然. 

Allow me to paraphrase Mother Teresa… When hard work leads only to more hard working, I will still work hard and just take frequent breaks :) The sun, the breeze, and the nice warm weather make it difficult for anyone to stay inside.

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最後的貴族 Downton Abbey

 想像力大抵是長途通勤的救贖，每天複習一集Downton Abbey,  開車塞車也變得較能忍受(難怪劇中司機Tom Branson 會邀三小姐私奔，車伕這職業太無聊了... 咦？好像劃錯重點：P)  連續劇無論取材古今中外，主題總繞著家族密史姐妹情仇婆媳糾葛團團轉，DA別緻處在於考究衣著場景和雋永中帶點英式幽默的對白 欣賞Julian Fellowes對角色的刻畫, 細膩且層次豐富. 劇中女角比男角出色, 眾男角除了樓上樓下的溫情大家長Lord Grantham和Mr. Carson, 耐人尋味的只有攻心計的同志男僕Thomas和頗具梟雄氣質, 成熟瀟灑的報業大亨Sir Richard Carlisle. 

I AM SO INTO DOWNTON ABBEY, period. 
Not sure why, it must be my daily long commute that listening to the milky voices of Lady Mary and Lady Edith(although their conversation was full of snide remarks toward each other)makes the drive, the congested traffic(yup, Go Giants…) more tolerable.

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明珠夜, 鴉片煙 James Bond or Johnny English?

十年ㄧ覺揚州夢, 才贖身又賣身… 復職幾個月便重披戰袍南征北討領軍出差, 短短十天菲律賓香港中國與數十家廠商密集會議, 無論場景人物態度皆熟悉如敘舊之旅, 開始懷疑於星洲三年'類少奶奶'的生活只是南柯熱帶夢. 精神交錯時空隧道, 體力卻撒不了謊, 整天馬拉松會議下來, 回到飯店累得只能大字ㄧ攤! 累歸累, 這種富節奏感又不帶情感包袱的商旅其實頗迎合內心深處那渴望自由的我, 隨工作而來的成就感容易上癮, 權力這筒鴉片煙, 抽著抽著就忘記自己是誰了.

Have I neglected my blog for another month, really?  I was on an intense business trip touring factories in South East Asia.  Business trip is never chic chic as it appears to be unless you are secret agent 007.

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賞心樂事誰家院 Merry Go Round

Ups and downs, ups and downs, life is merry go round.  Once I mentioned how confused I was with a family member's behavior; my therapist's insight pierced right through the core: you have amazing psychological clarity and know all the reasons… you just don't feel comfortable saying them.  I do wish at times I do not see through at all.  Fight or flight, because of my clairvoyance I tend to choose the later.  Oh well, keep clam and carry on.

手術後休養在家迷上Downton Abbey, 當看到男主角向美麗的Lady Mary陪禮, Lady Mary說: 不是你惹我生氣, it's my life that makes me angry.  恍然大悟, 古今中外的千金小姐都是這般'悶無端', 非我等勞動婦女可解…

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食為天 Shall we eat? Happy CNY&Valentine

Happy Lunar New Year and Happy Valentine!!! 

Red White 1962, Ellsworth Kelly image from SF MOMA 
貼春聯要倒掛取其春到福到好運來之意, Ellsworth Kelly這幅Red White算是愛心到了 :) 

Localvore is a trendy term.  It's fortunate to be in the San Francisco Bay Area(let's just ignore the high cost of living for the moment)

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