Tomato power

It's the first time Siew Mei spend a night away from home without us. The vet wants to keep her overnight to make sure she's all right. It might help if she would eat some tomato.

The end of a long vacation

每有遇上, 總有分離。在這中間，有一些什麼在我們的心中增長，或死去。大概只有時光流逝，一次又一次，讓我們知道，什麼是我們最最珍惜的。

Someone is lost?

Turn out grandpa is the real adventurer, just lost enough to be fun.

Rooms with a view

We adventured out to Key West. Thanks to Alex, we got the best rooms in town.
The boys even sailed out for the sun set, but I got the same view from the room.
Next morning, the view changed.

Little adventurer

My little boyfriend came to visit

His first time seeing the Atlantic Ocean, it must be overwhelming. Jacob decided to hide his transformer under the sand and let us play search team.
Nap time.
First time kayaking with his Dad.
I would rather play sand castle.
We had a small hide out beach all for ourselves on the river side 2 days in a row. Prefect weather and companies.

木蘭花慢 《天問》

Sorry, 上個 post 忘了。 For your reference.

可憐今夕月 向何處 去悠悠？
是別有人間 那邊才見 光影東頭？
是天外 空汗漫 但長風 浩浩送中秋？
飛鏡無根誰繫 姮娥不嫁誰留？

謂經海底問無由 恍惚使人愁
怕萬里長鯨 縱橫觸破 玉殿瓊樓？
蝦蟆故堪浴水 問云何 玉兔解沉浮？
若道都齊無恙 云何漸漸如鉤？

今晚的月亮真可愛，瓢飄悠悠往西走，要去何處？是那邊還有一個人間，看著你從東邊升起嗎？還是在天外，空漫漫，長風浩浩送你走？你像飛鏡，為何不掉下來？月中的嫦娥不嫁是誰把她留住？有說月亮游經海底，也是沒有根據的，叫人無法理解，叫人犯愁。若真經海底，怕萬里長鯨縱橫游，撞倒月中的玉殿瓊樓。再說月中的玉蟾會游泳，玉兔怎麼辦呢？若說一切都安然無恙，為什麼圓月又變成鉤形？

那邊還有一個人間?

元宵月落，令我想起 辛棄疾 的木蘭花慢。
寫迎月的人多, 寫送月的人少。
看到月亮，想起家仇國恨 兒女私情 生老病死 的多，
想到天文物理 尋根問底 的更少。
而且，這是八百年前的東方，地球是平的，而牛頓嘅萬有引力定律，還有四百年。
辛兄又怎可能知道 “那邊還有一個人間“，更竟能有引力的概念？
最絕的還是，他一一反諷當時的流行說法，什麼嫦娥 瓊樓 玉兔，他都不相信。
他想知道為什麼圓月會變成鉤。

當然今天我們己經有答案，但沒有答案的還多，
我想知道人睡了，靈魂去向何處，是那邊還有一個空間，而我剛剛夢醒？
靈魂無根誰繫，為何總是會回來，會睡醒？
夢醒真假誰定？

元宵月落

Normally, I don't photoshop my photos, but this one does add some interest.

Join the circus

What happens when a few crazy guys get together on the beach with all of their toys (RC glider, paraglider, hang glider, kiteboard kite ..... you name it.), and a bunch of audience (beach goers) . We have a circus; S.A.C. = Stuart Aeronautical Circus. I'm thinking next time we're going to put out a helmet to collect change. There's a abandoned Holiday Inn building, which created the perfect updraft for soaring when the wind direction is right. Of course, it takes a lot of skill and experience. Not for beginner like me. I'm just a junior member in the circus, sometimes being used as wind dummy.

Tango Fire

For people who never see "Forever Tango" (Argentinean Tango show first hit broadway in 1997), "Tango Fire" maybe very entertaining. But for tango fans like me and most of my classmate, it was a little disappointed last Friday evening in Kravis Center. The company is very young (dancers and musicians in their 20s-30s instead of 30s-50s). All dances are very fast, very energetic, too loud, too eager to please the audience. I kept expecting one classic till the end, but it never happen. Since, all the movements is so acrobatic with non-stop hi-kicks\spins\lifts , the show was over in a flash of flame (maybe that's how they got the name), but the essence of tango; the music tempo, dark mood and poise were all lost. Traditional Argentine tango (don't confused with ballroom tango) relies heavily on improvisation and connections between dancers, it can only happen in a reasonable pace. Passion supposed to be smolder, not fire, if you want to burn forever.

Make much of little

'Aside from love, few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling.' Alain De Botton said in his lovely little book; The Art of Travel. We are loaded with advice on where to travel to, but hear little of why and how we should go. The questions are neither simple nor trivial, even most people don't think about it. And the answers will help in the search of happiness.

'The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.' --- Pascal. So, after a few chapters of the anticipation of departure, curiosity as motives, feeling on sublime landscape and make art as a way to possess beauty, Alain talks about idea of 'Journey around bedroom'; a notion that the pleasure we derive from a journey may be dependent more on the mind-set we travel with than on the destination we travel to. If only we could apply a traveling mind-set to our own locales, we might find these places becoming no less interesting than thousand miles away.

"Mirrormask" a super low budget, wired dream like fantasy, blend of live and animation film reminded me just that. Totally amazed with how much the film maker can achieve with how little. On the other hand, how much pleasure I derive from a simple movie. Fat, you will like this one --- off beat dark humor. ;>

Opening night

It was a fun night. A bunch of old friends came by to the see the Octopus. In fact, some didn't see octopus, but other mysterious creature or interesting thought. It's part of the game; once your works or words is out, it's open for interpretation. Did they say it's impossible to see your own eye directly, or think about your own thinking, without a medium ........ I'm glad to have the chance to see through other's eyes and thoughts of my own thoughts. Friends are good happy medium. Anyone interested in seeing some of the pots, click here. Comments are more than welcome.

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Last day

Got home last night, totally exhausted. Found out the shower wasn't hot, and the 50 gallons water heater was leaking all over the place. Call the plumber this morning, he say maybe he can come today, maybe not. Still have a kiln to unload, pots to glaze, books to pick up, party to go to. We will see how the day pans out. Any how, happy new year to everyone reading this. Received an email from Annie this morning; Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches! If you've received this email from me, you're indeed my cheerful friends whom I cherish...)