happiness is free
if you want it to be
I am so happy
《Happiness》
Hanjin X McJin
Monday, January 31, 2011
紙箱國 X 春風課：Nothing Last Forever
一而再 再而三
推薦Juno的作品
他的音樂乍聽似黑暗
再漸漸帶出一線曙光
《Nothing Last Forever》
April, 2010
去年他推出的精選集
可以看見他的蛻變
從早期青澀的情歌
到后來逐漸別樹一格的
這就是Juno的《成魔之路》
不是說早期的不好
像《沒有人》《耿耿以懷》
也是膾炙人口的 K情歌
只是到后來的
《吃鯨魚的人》 《弱水三千》
Juno跳出了迎合大眾口味的商業歌曲
選擇做自己喜歡的音樂
也可以說是殺出了自己的一條血路
要數 cantopop 的型格歌手
他肯定穩占一席位
或者你從來就沒有聽過麥浚龍
就當從新認識一個新人
他的音樂真的有別于一般的“上榜歌”
總帶出一些故事或信息
引導聽者去思考歌詞
大膽的曲風嘗試
華麗生動的編曲
精選集里的三首新歌
個人覺得Juno的歌
特別適合在冷天聽
有墜入深淵的感覺
有無限的想象空間
《紙箱國》
超喜歡有點中國風的編曲
歌詞內容卻充滿悲慘情節
一直覺得
這首和周柏豪的《乞丐王子》是前呼后應的
如果Pakho可以憑《乞丐王子》登上頒獎臺
《紙箱國》也絕對有這樣的實力
黃偉文的詞反而來的細膩
但是每首歌曲自有它的命運
不由得我一個人說了算
紙箱國 / 麥浚龍
mv里陽光透過黑暗森林。。好有感覺
有點 Gorrillaz 的味道
上春風的課 / 麥浚龍
我到今天在推敲著
周耀輝老師到底寫的是什么題材
下來這首
雖然是方大同的曲
卻還是唱出了Juno的玄秘風格
還有一個看了包你過目不忘的 MV
說穿了
自己也是個心里不平衡的變態吧
竟然是第一支我load去平板機的MV
超生培欲 / 麥浚龍
| 紙箱國 / 麥浚龍 作曲：阿Bert 填詞：黃偉文 編曲：于逸堯 監製：于逸堯 /麥浚龍
人多車多 讓我的肺積了塵 總可以贈你 很多紙箱 很多紙箱 鋪滿了地上 如果今生 沒法當個好市民 總可以贈你 很多紙箱 很多紙箱 鋪滿了地上 |
| 上春風的課 / 麥浚龍 作曲：倫永亮 填詞：周耀輝 編曲：何秉舜 監製：何秉舜 / 麥浚龍
春風教愛掃去紅塵 讀過幾多轟烈的帝國 為什麼只好乖乖上課 踏過課室之外請轉角 為什麼只好乖乖上課 別讓美好總會有難堪 為了更多生命的探索 為什麼只好乖乖上課 別讓美好總會有難堪 為了更多生命的探索 詩歌唱愛挽救靈魂 |
| 超生培欲 / 麥浚龍 作詞：林夕 作曲：方大同 編曲：Jerald 監制：麥浚龍
沿著你早已絕版的臉抹下去 不懂反應也好 不懂跑跳更好 原諒我只顧自己逼你作伴侶 不懂反應也好 不懂跑跳更好 也許因你不懂拍掌 不懂讚賞 生命未能人造 傾慕亦能人造 |
Snoopy X Darlie: 2010 Around the World Collection
2010, celebrating 60years of Peanuts
the crossover with fashion labels,
like Converse, Mulberry, Sophnet
frankly speaking
those luxuries are way beyond my means
and they are not even available in my city
back here
Peanuts is crossing over with Darlie toothpaste again
as far as I remember
this is at least the third crossover
free Snoopy mug/plate with purchase of
a pair of 250g toothpaste
last October
the mug series was out
I didn’t manage to get any
because mom wasn’t very keen about it
saying that it is not very stable
with the small bottom, wide top
Jan, 2011
Snoopy is back again
same designs
just that it is now printed on plate
there are pros and cons with plate design
if you are a collector,
plates are easier to be displayed and kept
if you intend to use the plate/mug
mug is a better choice
even if you use the mug,
the Snoopy print out there wouldn’t much be affected
but for a plate
if I were to pour hot dishes on to dear Snoopy
it would be like ooouchhhh
here are my plates
6 designs
Africa, Australia, England, Japan, Mexico
and the design I lastly took
not so fanciful, looking quite out of place
Snoopy playing wau at Malaysia
just cleared some of my Darling last week
so sorry that I have to moved them
out of the display shelf
due to insufficient space
I can hear them crying in the
dark, huge, old cupboard
one day, there will be this one day
I will create a Peanuts display shelf
just for them
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Mum’s Kitchen: Mee Goreng (Spicy Fried Noodles)
still experimenting with my new cam, Lexis
so far he is doing awesome
capturing that kind of crispiness
I have always been longing for
and the power to capture
at the right moment
but not me,
I am not a deserving owner
still figuring out about ISO and stuffs
hence the photos as below
were extra-ordinarily rectangular
captured at the aspect of 16:9
they looked weird
then I realized..
there’s a dial nearby the lens
meant for adjusting the aspect of photos
ok.. sorry
this is mum’s kitchen
not mum’s studio
get back to the topic of the day
Mee Goreng
literally translation: fried noodle
word of caution
but it is understood as
spicy wok-fried noodle back here
a typical Malaysian Mamak Stall food:
spicy, a variety of ingredients, high-calories
I am not a noodle-lover
usually I will specifically order vermicelli
due to loads of reasons
mainly health-related
the fresh yellow noodles,
which is the lead ingredient for Mee Noodle (obviously)
are usually oily
and the vibrant yellow colour looks scary enough
wondering what am I swallowing in
on top of that
some yellow noodles actually taste bitter
due to the excessive chemical compound in there
not too sure, it should be some sodium
ironically
I am OL-ing for a noodle manufacturer now
wonder if my boss is eating
the very noodles he produces
and can I request for a factory visit
well….
I promise
no photos and no blogging
(as if….)
hence I stopped eating noodle long ago
pretty close to the same time
as I stop eating instant noodles too
ok..
I know I am getting like a nagging nanny
but Mee Goreng is the few kind of
unhealthy delicacies
where the yellow noodle is
very much not-substitutable
it just doesn’t taste the same
if it’s vermicelli
on ton of that
it held loads of childhood memories
this is the one kind of food
that I vividly remember
about my primary school canteen
surviving in a big school
with a huge canteen is not an easy life
still remember how the lady boss
came out from the kitchen
holding a huge plate of Mee Goreng
chopsticks in one hand
shouting: Hot! Hot! Hot!
the spiciness was fast evaporating from the noodles
as everyone rushed in front
without any civilization
no queue no nothing
all we know is
we must grab a plate of the noodles
with a 50 cents coin holding high up
hoping that the auntie will take the coin
hence in exchange for a plate of savoury noodles
how coward yet civilized people like me
always lost out
ended up buying bread or cake
and yes
it was served on alternate days
adding more preciousness and craving for it
during Standard Three
there is a mother of a classmate of mine
who always hanged around the canteen
serving home-cooked food or some other delicacies
to her precious son
(it was already banned, for mothers and grandmothers
to enter school compound as they like it ..
they are only allowed to passed the food via gate or fence)
so what we did is
on the specific day when Mee Goreng was available
asking the mother to buy on behalf of us
if the noodles were served early
so when the time-for-break bell rang
running to the canteen
plates of Mee Goreng were already served
it guaranteed seats for us at canteens too
told ya
surviving in a non-subsidized yet huge school
is not an easy life
throughout the year
we were standing while eating
too little benches and tables
too many students
therefore it’s a good thing to ban
those mothers visiting the children
as they like it
half of the time
they occupied half of the already-insufficient benches
back to the Mee Goreng story
I used “We”
yes.. during Standard Three
I had this Mee Goreng gang
a guy
I still remembered his name
*shy shy to mention*
never see him for ages
yet he is still staying 1km in the vicinity
of the same neighbourhood
we used to compete
who can finish the Mee Goreng
in the shortest time
and sometimes to make the competition tougher
we would scoop in two spoonful of chilies
then you can hear the aunty
busy serving the Mee Goreng crowd
shouting: Stop taking the chilies!!!!
not that we were greedy folk or something
they shouted this to practically
every miserable child who took the chilies
for chicken rice, fried vermicelli… everything
then they switched to
using those shallow metal spoons
you couldn’t scoop much, could you?
after competition
a glass of icy cold 10 cents orange juice
with loads ice,
mixed from cheap syrup
but at that age who cares
one big gulp
instant cooling effect down the throat
clashing into the spicy sensation
Mee Goreng
this is how memorable it is…
and the only Malay neighbour
we had been visiting
during Hari Raya
served the best Mee Goreng
I have ever tasted
eating Mee Goreng
in an attap house
with veranda
right on the floor
is equally memorable
the attap house is already gone
replaced by a 9-storeys apartments
we still keep in touch with the family
after that
they moved into a low-cost flat-unit
with only two rooms
for the family with 3 daughters and
an adult son
very much in need of more space
finally glad that they moved into
a new single-storey terrace
not too long ago
holding the very first wedding of the family there
I got out of the topic
way too many times today
memories from the past
good old times
but isn’t it a good thing that
I have a lot to talk about
rather than being all empty
good memories will last for life
back here
so this is how
after all these years
I still fancy Mee Goreng
despite the fact that
I no longer eat yellow noodles in any other form
Sunday brunch @ 10.30 am
Sunday lunch-tea @ 3.30 pm
featuring Mee Goreng
finally
ladies and gentlemen
here you are
The Secret Weapons:
#1 Home Made Grinded Chilies
wanna know what’s in there??
Mum's Kitchen - Homemade Sambal
#2: Minced Dried Baby Prawn
we call this Udang Kering (Dried Prawn)
in Mandarin 蝦米 (Prawn Rice)
it gives that sea-food fragrance
#3 Bean Sprouts
these seemingly insignificant skinny sprouts
don’t ever look down on them
Mee Goreng just doesn’t taste the same again
it must be thrown into the wok during the very last minute
after everything is already quite cooked
just to make sure that the sprouts
“mingle” around evenly
half-raw juicy and crunchy bean sprouts
balance out the spiciness
can I use the word: refreshing?
#4 fresh lime
they are not meant for decoration only
squeeze them with all your might
and sprinkle the fresh lime juice all over your noodles
before you start feasting on the
mouth-watering hot and spicy noodles
with a tinge of refreshing lime
see you around
on my food channel again
sinfully…
I have these for two of my meals
and Nasi Lemak for dinner
here, once again
my weekend detox plan was blown off
Stephelle’s Kitchen: Russet Potato
after all the failed experiments during last Oct to
create a proper new potato dishes
Stephelle’s Kitchen: Home-Baked Hash Brown
Stephelle's Kitchen: The Potato Person
and even this one, dated two years back
Stephelle Kitchen - Potato Sandwiches
have cease eating potato for quite awhile
till the recent long one-week sickness
Loweakend X Higheatemp: Suddenlill
ate nothing
but potato during the recuperation period
(yes.. I spelt the R word without spell-check)
more particularly
the Russet Potato
| From Wiki: The Russet Burbank potato is a large brown-skinned, white-fleshed cultivar of potato. It is commonly used in French fries in fast food restaurants.
When used for making potato chips, it results in a dark-colored chip due to caramelization, its sugar content being higher than that of the Maris Piper potato, more commonly used by chip makers.
It is also of high antioxidant activity, which is rare for starches.
Luther Burbank developed the Burbank potato in Lunenburg, Massachusetts in the early 1870s. In 1875, Burbank sold his farm and the rights to his potato, and moved to Santa Rosa, California.
Later, a natural descendant of the Burbank potato, but with russetted skin, was selected and named the Russet Burbank potato.
The name Burbank Russet potato is often used and is not considered an error, although technically it incorrectly implies the potato was russet before Burbank worked on it.
The Russet Burbank is the most common potato variety grown in Idaho, the leading potato growing region of the United States. Russet Burbank is also the most commonly grown variety in both Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick Canada. These two regions comprise the majority of Eastern Canada's potato production. |
Russet potatoes accompanied me through
just boiled potato
then took the risk to dip it with chili sauce and
sprinkle some black pepper powder
simply satisfying
thank goodness
sore-throat didn’t invade
potato vegie soup
the most common combination is
Potato x carrot X onion
a.k.a ABC soup
mine was some other anonymous white colour vegie
no onion
I kinda dislike onion in soup
they tend to disseminate
and pollute the whole soup
since potato goes well with soup
it goes well with anything
which can be cook in soup-form
Russet potato goes spicy
cooked in curry
however
the overpowering spiciness
kinda took over its
natural sweetness and fragrance
anyway it generally still blends in
outshined yet not out-casted
so who is the lead acotr here?
potato curry with chicken??
chicken curry with potato???
curry potato with chicken???
curry chicken with potato????
whenever there is a curry dish
we will rush for the potato
chicken meat would have been left behind
mom reserved some of the gravy till the next morning
sometimes to be cooked with noodles or vermicelli
overnight gravy tastes better than the original dish
due to the sedimentation process (so scientific)
back to the overnight curry gravy
topping up a few potatoes
made me a happy kid at lunch
conclusion:
it’s so good that
you can even eat it on its own
(no.. I have been copying this slogan
over and over again)
p/s
don’t judge a potato by its skin
so I decided to reserve these
not-too-appetizing photos till the very ending
Black Heels X Grocery Hill: It Feels So Unreal
this is the typical long day
feel that I have been to a lot of places
feel that I have done a lot
and the worst of all
feel that I have bought a lot
10pm went out in a rush
wet hair is fine for
but heading for photographing session
nothing particularly great
just a couple of passport size photos
to be sent to school
but it didn’t look good..
whatever
landed myself at office before 11 am
worked real hard…
took less time doing “personal” research
all the way till 1pm
Sue-yin picked me up
collected my photos
dropped by the bank for awhile
then meeting my new baby Lexis for the very first time
P1000001
first ever photo taken on baby Lexis
at Mango
a debate was going on
2 vs 1
dissuading me again buying the black heels
I saw them back on 2nd Jan
where I already bought a pair of denim heels
Denim Heels X LBD: 1st Shopping of The Year
saw the lady in white uniform
carrying an umbrella in there?
while the black heels were still on my feet
she was going a few rounds, looking
then asked the sales girl about the heels
arrgh… competition
who knows this is the very last pair
and if I give them up
she gonna get them
therefore
the resolution to bring them home
instantly doubled
whole set in soft grey @ Vincci
but the price ain’t as soft
playing around with Lexis
3pm
going round the usual route
bad experience at Kitschen
by a super unfriendly sales person
she chased three customers out of the fitting room area
saying those who are not trying any clothes
shouldn’t stay
because the corridor got jammed up
what the hell
6pm
looting all the discounted groceries
and calculating the total amount
because for purchase above rm 88
we were entitled to claim a rm 8 cash voucher
the housewife’s instinct came alive
it reminded me of the family game show
Supermarket or something
it wasn’t an easy task
the supermarket ran out of trolley
hence we loitered from one level to another
looking for a trolley
and it’s no-plastic-bag day
everything has to be arranged properly
back into the trolley
after checking out
7pm
finally home
me in her asymmetrical romper
she in my nautical romper
first ever that fitted nicely
all along our shopping trips today
she has tried out rompers of all kinds
more than 10 already
always having the problem of romper being too short
finally today
this is what happened to the mannequin
who was originally wearing the romper
loots of the day
#1 Mango Black Heels
how I am a black heels freak
otherwise I won’t have compiled this post
Sleek Affair X Sex Appeal: Heels Unveiled
#2 Rip Curl Simple Thongs
for 50%
simplest ever
but baby blue is simple fabulous
the pair of Roxy is heavily worn
as home slippers
the asymmetrical flora print is too delicate
to be worn outdoor
#3 Polka dot dress
sweet and simple
gave up this
the dress and the top
were actually of the same price
hence the choice is clear enough
ok I have declared
I will not be buying any clothes for CNY
yet the dress…
convicted!!!!!
no
this is not meant for CNY
blue and white are not the colours for CNY
so just take this as a usual shopping routine
where I bumped into something I really fancy
and bang!!!!
why does it feel unreal today…
not ready for my new items,
like a semi-pro cam
and a pair of super black heels,
the heels are so high, the price is too
not ready to spend, yet money is fast flowing
borrowing money twice, charging on credit card twice
I am subconsciously a miser
look at how I am carefully calculating
how much I can save from buying the toilet rolls
yet I am behaving still like a shopaholic
insisting on buying a pair of expensive heels
advices fell on deaf ears
anyway
it feels good to be home again
having simple dinner
chit chat by the side of the bed
where I am most comfortable with
and surreptitiously hiding the dress and heels away
before mom discovers them
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