Monday, July 02, 2007

lazy me

been back to chicago for almost 2 weeks...life goes on slowly, staying in cafe becomes part of my daily life. t is right, it's summer, let's get something done. i'm toooooo lazy & slow...and now i should return the iphone and get a macbook.

today is kinda special day for me...coz i got a frd from hk visiting me~! she's the cute spoiled gal who i've known for 20 years~!! (seriously we were neighbors since we're 2-3) how nice she became a filght attendant for the US line...3 days ago i told her on msn it would be great if she could come coz we're having the annual "taste of chicago" here, then next morning got her sms saying she's coming today...wow..so i was really happy to meet my old frd here...alongside she bought me a magazine and some instant curry she took from the cabin, ha

















We were in the "bean"...


went to downtown to the millenium park and took pics with "the bean", went to grand park and ate some "taste of portion" (whenever we saw names of food that we dunno, we ordered 'em...bravo)

it was only around 22C but was really hot when u walked under that strong sun...so plz dun say i'm crazy when u know i bought like 10 bottles of sunblock from hk....i really need them..and the ones here are just not as good....ppl wish to be tanned here but i dun..









Part of my sunblock collections-_-"
i miss HK but there's lots of fun here in summer time, esp when i work only parttime. but anyway work work work hard first and then i can play play play hard:)

Thursday, May 10, 2007

hanger

米國沒有生果好吃, 什麼新奇士橙多是出口剩了的籮底貨, 最新鮮好吃的要算是香蕉了。自從前陣子買了andy warhol 的banana print tote bag以後就經常吃香蕉, 因為人很累想有點"蕉"氣。翻看手機的照片竟然發現n年前在bed, bath & beyond拍下了本世紀最大發明, 現在跟大家分享一下.....


















兩款不同樣式的banana hanger....

因為試考完了,有點時間無聊一下, 哈
下星期就要回來了,未出發先發夢...

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

snowboarding

三月份的天氣仍是這麼冷, 趁冬季完結前到了vivien推介在wisconsin的alpine valley resort去, 一嘗t 要snowboard的心願。車行大概3,4小時, resort附近都渺無人煙。
http://www.alpinevalleyresort.com/index2.php?d=0
這個resort的網頁也挺捧的, 冬天時每天都upload現場雪地狀態照片, 山頭slope也分了好了幾級讓滑雪者因為喜好來選擇難度。夏天時resort會搖身一變成為golf場。

到達resort已是近黃昏, 看見各路好手整裝待發, 樣子pro得要緊。我們都是新手, 買了slope ticket及租用裝備後, 決定找私人教練來上一課。
找來的教練叫kevin, 個子小小的, 年紀看來只20出頭, 但已有4年教授經驗。看著kevin在山坡上跑來走去兼顧t和我二人, 少一點體力都不行。結果還是我在半小時來fell down more than 20 times....看見人家學ski的都好瀟灑, 怎麼snowboard的就弄得一塔胡塗...
kevin風趣幽默滔滔不絕沒有悶場, 可是講得最多的一句話是"r you ok?" (每次跌倒的時候都要問候一句)

中場kevin溜走了去休息一下, 著我們用"magic carpret"到slope上去滑下練習一下, 但是我的binding一早就結了冰, 要穿上boot都費了十分鐘了...

到kevin回來全程的高潮就是教我們單腳拖著snowboard搭chair上slope了, 離心力有如海盜船...往下望著白茫茫的一片山頭, 畏高的都有點怯懦。t以前在日本ski時都試過了許多lifting,但今次的chair坐下去後前面沒有bar給扶著防止掉下, 而是名副其實的"chair"而已,當chair突然停下在半空中搖晃著, kevin還手舞足蹈的說dun worry只是有些moron fell down when they jumped down on the slope...仍後又說到達出頂後要不顧一切躍下不然給人家看見你坐chair下山就很idiot...弄得我十分緊張, as u guys know...我的腳很短ma...當然最後都安然無恙啦

雖然皮費很貴,下年還是決定再試, 還有的是要thank you kevin, u're such a funny guy~:)


















陽光給白雪反射再反射, 看我的臉有多紅就知了...

Monday, February 05, 2007

sub-zero

這幾天的氣溫要用變態來形容,這樣的情況還要維持好一個星期
今天早上掉到攝氏-18度,現在冀盼谷底反彈

家裡的水管其實在basement有heat會warm up的,但是最終也戰勝不了低溫,結成的冰柱連接著水龍頭和面盤。恐怕水管已盡破裂,冰融化後便帶來水淹。

* * *
想要找好的bakery並不容易, 到h-mart時售貨員給了一小片coffee bread嚐著
口感鬆軟,甜味適中。可是最後都沒有光顧。
原因是以往試食好吃的,買回家後總覺味道有所欠奉。
當時分給你的一小片,細細咀嚼特別珍惜。
然而一大份給佔有以後,價值驟然下落。
少吃也果然多滋味, 又或許人就是有犯賤的心態, 給你一丁點,就會加倍珍惜, 給你完全擁有,只表現得不太在乎。到了最後最後, 麵包來及吃掉就變壞了, 可惜之餘會否還感到遺憾?

還是..你後悔的是當天沒有買下了麵包?

Thursday, February 01, 2007

粗框

t 終於回來了,我的胡思亂想又要暫告段落
今次帶回了comme ca的p coat,是我最迷的白色,愛死了

正值瘋狂減價的時節, t說街上碰到許多的港人, 大肆搜掠
為什麼知道他們是hker?
透過觀察,t 給asian guy訂下了一些stereotype
cap不離頭的是korean, 滿臉鬚根的是日本人
香港仔就有t 所說獨特的hk hair style, 還有是加粗框眼鏡一雙

這裡我唯一認識的hk guy中, j先生戴的是calvin klein
k先生used to戴gucci, 剛從港回來的另一位k先生換了fendi
新相識的n先生戴的是prada

其實因為某種原因上, 我對粗框眼鏡有點情意結
也許今年我也要換一副burberry ne

Monday, January 22, 2007

madcity

早上雪花飄飄,路上好不難行
買了便當,向wisconsin出發,雪愈下愈大, 中午時終於到達madison

















甫下車直插雪裡去, 腳趾結冰

沒有大城市的繁囂,這小鎮躺在雪中,帶點安祥, 淡淡的散發出一種美麗
但是要我選大城市呢, 還是小鄉鎮, 我想還是選擇住在city
雖然我是個頗耐悶的人, 整天待在家裡也不會發瘋
可是那種與世隔絕的感覺真能叫人養出自閉症來
可幸在這樣的天氣下,madcity的downtown area人氣也挺旺

我不愛打交道, 但我喜歡看人




















MMoCA by Ceasr Pelli & architect, 週日一早就閉館了











capitol
這樣好易滿足的我又當是去了一次旅行了