Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Scotch Reviews: Glenfiddich 12 yrs



"Quality that can be appreciated in the glass - through its purity, elegant taste and long lingering finish" (Jim Murray, Whisky Magazine).

To be honest, this is a review with a very neutral tone for me though I wouldn't be much sure about the "long lingering finish." Or maybe it was the Glenlivet 12yrs that has already spoiled my tongue. Well, what the heck! They both went directly into my stomach though. Ha! Ha!

On the other hand, I did felt her mellow and fruity taste with a gentle touch of the sweetness of pear and the hint of oak. Without much difficulty, I did get along with her very easily. She's like a companionship of many years. We seem to have known each other for such a long time that even just a blink can tell everything. No words…not at all! I felt myself talking to a teenaged kid, just like my sister.

And by the way, I really enjoyed the time I spent reading Jinyong's kung fu novels with her…imagining that I was wandering around the eaves in the Forbidden City, Beijing, sipping the Scotch, and maybe seeing some kung fu fighting.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Scotch Reviews: Glenlivet 12 yrs


I got this bottle of Glenlivet single malt Scotch from Sherry as my Christmas gift in 2007. I got to tell you, Sherry: this is the best reward for me cause I have already quitted smoking.

Well, well, well! Take a look at this bottle. Does it look like a teenaged girl who lives in your near neighborhood? Oh! Yeah!..... Exactly. The floral and fruity aromas really bathed me in an exquisite delicacy of summer-like fragrances. It's so vigorous, so sunshiny, and yet so violent…Remember what's the opposite side of the extreme? …A drastic storm, maybe.

She's too young. I may say the enticing vanilla notes and nutty hints are hardly being sensed owing to her intense emotional changes…..SPICY. I was once hurt in the very beginning…a tender bite without a touch of bitterness. It was deep and painful, but couldn't stop me from feeling the thrill again and again.

How can I ever forget about her?! I still seem to feel her kiss in the breeze of mid-summer night. ….. Even though snow flakes were falling on my window.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

感動

記得上一次的『感動』嗎?
你/妳時時刻刻想他/她!他/她也分分秒秒地你/妳!
離下班還有5分鐘,卻迫不及待地要飛奔到他/她面前!
總要聽他說晚安才能安眠!聞妳髮稍的香味,想把妳抱在懷裡疼一輩子!
兩人只吃一晚陽春麵、共喝一杯咖啡看日出!就是餓到發昏,能聽到一聲『我愛你』也能感動半天!
可以為了挑他/她的生日禮物,凌晨五度低溫下,在新光三越排隊!
…..只要感受對方的手心的溫暖,熱血就為他/她而沸騰 、心跳加速!!!

已經有多久了,你/妳不再『感動』?
覺得他的『政治論』很孩子氣!感到她的『購物經』了無生趣!
妳要多點擁抱,他的擁抱就是做愛的前戲!
他要多點撒嬌,妳的殷勤就是要多買件當季的外套,也許還得加上額外的鞋子和包包來搭配!!!
不再慶祝彼此的生日,因為要存孩子的教育基金;
但多添套汽車音響或是Gucci的包包,竟是毫不手軟!
.....『食之無味去之可惜』的關係,就這麼持續下去!
也許,沒有勇氣說分手,也許,是在等待分手的理由!
也許,勇氣和理由要等到第三者的出現才能浮上檯面!!!

你/妳的心像你吶喊『感動』的渴望嗎?
聽聽心底的聲音!
試著回憶.....
一個眼神可悸動你/妳的心
一個擁抱可奪走你/妳的呼吸!
一句[我愛你],便可讓你/妳歡喜地徹夜不眠!!!

說...妳願意

婚禮,總是很浪漫的!執子之手,與子偕老。多美的誓言,多美的謊言!
很多人夢想中構築出婚姻的殿堂,充滿美麗的幻想!
儘管王子與公主的故事,在現實中發生的比例不多,
卻也難以阻擋夢裡擁抱愛的佳偶們!

說到底,什麼使得我們願意用一生為賭注,換來擁有愛的夢想?

陪伴…

為什麼相守大半輩子的老夫老妻會在另一半過世後,也 很快地撒手人寰?
為什麼豪門宅第的少婦會甘冒風險,也要和小他10歲的吉他老師,相約賓館私會?
老先生會不久人世,是因為少了一個聽他說話的老伴!
貴婦人會偷情出軌,是因為他的老公沒時間跟她說說話,耳鬢廝磨的時刻,他卻還在想明天股票該下不下單!

如果陪伴是我們選擇伴侶的最基本需求,那麼,婚姻就是一種合法地互相佔有。
但是當我們沒有婚姻把彼此繫在一起,妳的陪伴就是種...奢侈的愛!
我們不敢證實的感覺,不敢開口的言語,少了把手往前伸的勇氣,
在每次見面時,越顯強烈...因為,不知道那天不再有藉口跟妳見面、用眼神...和妳牽手!
也只有在夢裡,我能誠實面對自己的感覺,大膽跟你說:我願意…

也許,有天我會習慣。儘管妳不在我身邊,我會習慣妳會在我心裡!
或是在夢裡,我每次問妳,妳都會說:妳願意...

Educate Our Future

~If you pray for patience, you think God will just give you the patience or grant you the opportunity to be patient. If you pray for courage, will God just make you courageous or give you the opportunity to develop courage? Now, I pray for the closeness among my family. God, I am sure you will give me the opportunity to learn to love. ~


房裡的觀音菩薩像一直都擺在窗台上,早晨第一道陽光如往常照在粉翠、寧靜的玉像!
來美國很久了,我很少去拜祂。總是記得媽說的:心誠則靈,有求必應。所以,我也就好像理所當然地覺得,有麻煩在找祢吧!...慚愧中

拜拜,我想跟祈禱差不了多少吧!我們跟菩薩求平安、跟上帝要幸福,其實都在對自己的心靈喊話!媽常說,願有多大,力就有多大。這「願」啊,其實就是個機會,讓我們去學習,去磨練,去經歷種種苦楚,來得到我們的希望。而「力」,也就是堅持下去的恆心、
毅力!

我以前夢想到美國,拿到學位,體會這片希望的土地。
我做到了!
再過兩年,博士光環閃閃發亮的時候,我將返抵國門,繼續、或是開始我另一階段的生活。我很期待,也多少有點徬徨!但我卻沒有害怕!


夢想國度裡的月光

一年一度的中秋節,踏在異鄉的土地上,感覺不到團圓的氣氛,倒是曬了不少月光!沒有烤肉,沒有月餅,一縷縷塵封已久的記憶卻悄悄爬上心頭!

我們一起看過多少次的月亮?不多!妳話也不多,但是妳會聽我長篇大論!我常想跟你說笑話,我常想聽妳說心裡話,我更想對妳說出 …我不敢證實的話!

愛一個人需要勇氣嗎?也許吧!究竟是什麼時候,妳走進我的心底?走到現在,儘管在心裡吶喊千百次,我卻不能勇敢地說出「愛妳」這兩個字…

今晚,月光是否捎來妳的消息?我在夢想的國度,祈求妳要跟我訴說的隻字片語…我只能仰望、我只能想像,妳還跟我看同一月亮,妳還在我身旁,妳還等我帶妳旅行,你會靜靜聽…我難以言語的愛!

思念妳,已經成為我存在的證明!



咖啡

每天喝一杯咖啡,不知從什麼時候成為我的習慣!我很少喝完…但,即便在手中漸漸變涼、變味,我也不捨得放開那杯子!

妳總是聽我長篇大論,妳總是讓我帶著妳東奔西跑!對坐在那家咖啡館,我知道,妳的雙手捧著我的心,為我的痛流淚!我記得妳的笑,我記得妳眼角的不捨…!直到剛剛從床上驚醒,我還不相信,也不願相信,妳已經離我遠去!彷彿,下午妳會打電話給我,說…妳會在那兒,點好咖啡等我!

有時我會想像和妳重逢,記起夏川里美的歌:
~我相信從你所在的地方看得到我,
也相信我們總有重逢的一天而活著 ~

若能再見到妳,我一刻也不想讓妳離開我。雖然我知道,我沒有勇氣讓妳知道我的思念,更沒有勇氣擁妳入懷!

早晨煦煦陽光甚是怡人,我喝的,還是那杯咖啡…
也許,這不是咖啡!這是牽縈你我時空裡的…我的思念!



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