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Dean tricked. Watches movie with Substance.

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:09:57 GMT

So we rent movies at Blockbuster. Yes, the actual store. While I might not be in the majority crowd when I say this, I actually like Blockbuster! I like walking around the store, looking at the DVD covers, picking one up, having it in my hand while I walk around looking for something better. We have a subscription to the dvd-in-the-mail thing like Netflix, except it's with Blockbuster and we are also allowed to take in our mail DVDs into the store and exchange it right there for a DVD. I like that, so does Ying, because that means we can have a movie right now if we want it. Comes with the plan.

So a bit of background on how we choose DVDs. I like action flicks; Ying likes chick flicks:

Anyway, this post is about how I was tricked into watching a movie with Substance. This is how I chose the movie "The Solist" as my action flick:

So later that night after Bonnie's asleep, I go and pop in the DVD and start it up. I'm doing other things like picking up toys, checking email etc, and 20 minutes into the movie and I'm thinking to myself, "When's someone gonna get killed or beat up or something?"

I start to get suspicious and think maybe they put the wrong DVD in the box, so I look on the coffee table for the DVD cover and to my surprise, that shotgun barrel... WTF? is actually the neck of a ... WTF? That's a cello. SONOFA...!

So anyway, that's how I ended up watching a movie with Substance. The acting was great, good topic, etc. But damn! I was tricked.

Binder Clips

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:51:57 GMT

To my dear wife...

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:41:50 GMT

Dear Ying,

Ok, so I can't sing very well. But that didn't keep me from trying :)

So this is what happened... one day while at work, I was listening to a CD I happened to have at my desk. It was a Vivian Hsu CD I bought a long time ago. Then track 8 comes up; it's "I Miss You" and for some reason, I could actually catch 90% of the lyrics! And hearing that song for the first time again, this time, understanding what the song was about, I got all emotional about it. Here I am sitting in my cubicle hoping no one happens to stroll by to talk to me. Maybe it's because I had (my self-diagnosed) teflon flu that day or something. I dunno. But that really made me think of you and miss you. So here we are, a week and half later, I have something to show you. Hope you like it, even though my singing is ... pretty lame :)

Love you!!! -Your NT1

La Mer ... Lamer?

Your DisplayName here! — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:26:38 GMT

Last Sunday, I ran into an old friend. Hadn't seen her in a few years.

She said I got old! So when I got home that day I looked in the mirror and realized I hadn't shaven all weekend. Yeah, that must have been it.... Wait, what are these lines under my eyes? Dirt? No, maybe it's the light ... Waitnoooo those are wrinkles! Sonofa...! So tonight I asked Ying to apply some of her fancy face product to my wrinkles. The geek in me reads this product's name as "Lamer" ... What the? Who? Me?

Sigh... :)

Proud of Ying

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:06:48 GMT

Man I'm so proud of Ying.... she knows what a walkthrough is and has searched and used them on three occasions: My Sims, My Sims Kingdom and recently, Animal Crossing City Folk. Today, we bought Animal Crossing for real (we mostly rent games). And while in the car on the way home, she was reading the back of the cover like a kid. So awesome! She's fishing right now. (in the game). Nice.

咱家的特殊才藝

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:55:42 GMT

警告:此文內容頗不衛生,有潔癖之人請自行退散,無顧此警告者,後果一概自負.

看了看時間,該餵粉圓了,突然間,一股屎意湧上,告訴老爺,不行,我得小出恭一下.老爺回,那你動作快點,我先幫她換尿布.ok.

五分鐘後,一切"通暢",我不忘洗手,備妥雙奶,準備當乳牛.

老爺從房裡抱著小姐走出來交給我,說,我也想大便.我笑著,又不是打哈欠,便意還會傳染喔?此時,粉圓小姐已經大口大口吸了起來.

老爺一腳踏進浴室,粉圓同一時間放了個響屁,老爺探頭問,誰?我說,你女兒.半秒後,我大叫,聞到了,粉圓的屁好臭啊!!!!老爺又從浴室探頭,緩緩說道,你剛剛留下來的餘味還在,聞起來也不差啊....

去!!!!!有屎快拉,別廢話!

老爺那廂門才一關,粉圓這廂緊跟著一陣嘩啦嘩啦聲,隔著剛換好的尿布,那股"暖意"直衝我大腿.

五分鐘後,老爺從浴室出來.我喊他,ㄟ,你女兒大便了,你要不要先幫她換?

老爺一臉驚訝的看我,接著,我們一陣大笑!十五分鐘內,一家大小連續拉屎....

咱家,還真是屎屁無間啊!!!!!

還是要搞笑

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:03:56 GMT

我爸吃梨子

我來戴帽子

粉圓說:要搞笑你們自己玩,請不要給我裝肖維.

粉圓:其實我不是在笑,只是在運動我的顏面神經.(阿母啊!你的樣子看起來好像棄婦....).這張照片讓我覺得粉圓的諧星之路有望了!

沒生小孩前,我曾經大肆批評一篇八卦雜誌上小甜甜布蘭妮他兒子的樣子,小寶寶不是長的難看,而是整個臉看起來很髒,頭髮很油膩,好像是疏於照顧的小孩一樣,結果.........報應來了.

新生兒的新陳代謝很強,粉圓的臉一天到晚花花的不說,還連帶很多的廢去角質皮質之類的東西,加上鼻屎眼屎一起來,明明就已經幫她擦過臉,睡一覺起來,怎麼臉上白白的小屑屑又一堆,偏偏小妮子的皮膚只有用過兩個禮拜,還非常非常嬌嫩到不能讓他娘猛搓(差點就失心瘋想乾脆給她用磨砂膏算了),只好放任她當一個沒洗臉的髒小孩.

老娘的月子坐的還可以(其實已經有點不耐煩了),因為很多精力都花在粉圓身上,兩個禮拜下來竟然造就出一倒床馬上入睡的功夫,連半夜老爺打呼也叫不醒我.讓我有點覺得"百歲醫師教我的育兒寶典"一書沒怎麼訓練到粉圓,反而訓練到我了!哈哈哈哈哈......

粉圓一周大了

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:29:56 GMT

粉圓小姐今天剛好滿一周,實在很難想像眼前這個活生生的小鬼是當初在我肚子裡猛戳我肋骨那隻.

分享兩張全家福

老娘與小娘

老娘來了,小娘也來了.

Your DisplayName here! — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:06:34 GMT

先祝大家新年快樂,再謝謝大家熱情的祝福,托你們的福氣,粉圓很平安健康的生出來了.

為了這顆粉圓,老娘生了整整36個小時.

生產的過程有幾件妙事想跟大家分享,長話短說.

1.進醫院催生之前醫生就交代只能吃輕食,最好保持空腹.一入院後,一再被護士告知不能進食,連水都不能喝.到生產之前只能含冰塊或者吃冰棒(有橘子,櫻桃,葡萄口味可選)

2.生小孩我一點都不"挫",可是打無痛的經驗讓我"挫"到最高點.我本來就很不喜歡打針,加上打無痛是在背部,看不到,一點心理準備都沒有.麻醉醫生在消毒背部時,我又大叫一句"等等!!可不可以請你要下針的時候跟我告知一聲",在場所有人的表情就跟當時作血糖檢查幫我抽血的檢驗人員一樣(請參考"是我太甜了嗎"一文)-->想笑又得忍.其實打無痛並不痛,害怕的是精神上的折磨啊!!!

3.如果問我生小孩的感覺是怎樣,打無痛之前的陣痛就像生理痛X1000倍,打完無痛生小孩還是會痛,那種痛就像便秘痾大便的撕裂痛X1000倍.

4.沒生粉圓前,我跟老爺曾經討論過看到粉圓的那一剎那我們想對她說什麼,當初的討論當然都是以搞笑的成分居多,等到真正的那一刻,我的眼淚竟然無法抑制的流不停,啥屁都吭不出來,或許真的就是喜極而泣的感覺吧!除此之外,還有一個很特別的經驗,護士在把粉圓擦乾淨處理後便馬上抱來我身邊,並要求我退去上衣跟baby肌膚對肌膚接觸20分鐘,目的是要讓寶寶記住媽媽的味道.接手粉圓的那個時刻,我看了一眼老爺,沒想到,他也哭了.......

想跟諸位分享的事情還有很多,但是粉圓已經把我大部分的時間都"套牢"了,接下來跟大家分享幾張照片.

大約開三指的時候不但笑的出來,還能吃冰棒哩!

病房(兼產房)窗外的風景,我只是懷疑,陣痛的時候,到底還有誰顧得了這麼美麗的海景啊!

剛出生就懂得用斜眼"切"人的粉圓

馬戲團三人組來報到(出生一天的粉圓)

整張臉只有耳朵像我的劉粉圓小姐

別吵我,我在做人工太陽浴.(粉圓黃疸在臨界點,被強留下來照紫外線,過程奇慘無比,我累到想把她塞回去,詳情容稍後再述.)

諧星與諧星的女兒

裝模作樣學白雪公主(粉圓出生四天)

粉圓說,我媽好懶,都不會幫我洗臉.

還沒吃過奶嘴,就已經"病入膏肓"的翹嘴巴.......

嘿嘿...想照我?!錢先拿來!

近照(出生第六天)

好了,小娘累了,你們可以先退下了...

像誰呢?一目了然.

Bonnie's Born

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:48:21 GMT

Bonnie is fine. She is healthy and sooooo cute!! Pics later. I'm still posting via phone.

7cm Dialated

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:30:14 GMT

Ying is 7cm dialated! Even though she can't feel pain from the contractions we were still practicing the deep breathing excercises. And we think it actually helped!! That was an hour ago. Right now she feels like she could be close to pushing!!

Bonnie update

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:33:18 GMT

Ying has been reaaaallly good!! We checked into the hospital on we checked into the hospital to get induced on Friday morning at 7am. It's 9:40am right now. So yes, we have been here for over 24hrs!! Yesterday the doctor broke her water at 1:30pm and he says we need to go into active labor soon or he'll have to do a c-section. Ying waited until 3am last night before getting her epidural. And the whole time she was good and did her breathing excercises like we were instructed in birthing class. I really am very proud of her! As of about 2 hrs ago she was only 4cm dialated so we need to hope the pitocin they are giving her starts working again. They did the same thing last night to get her to 3cm.

也算是經典之照

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:56:12 GMT

粉圓: 阿娘唯!!!!!!!這是什麼玩意兒?

粉圓阿娘: 這是你的屁股和兩支棒棒腿.還有,順便跟你說一下,你沒有雞雞......

Part2 of "How to open a coconut quickly without making a mess"

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:34:32 GMT

In case you missed it, read part one (and watch the video too!)

The camerawoman gets to enjoy the result:

Here's a pic of the tender meat inside. Some call it "copra" but it seems like that refers more to the dried, processed version of the meat.

馬戲團表演-How to open a coconut quickly without making a mess

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:27:33 GMT

#1. Be careful! Don't be stupid and hurt yourself.

#2. Don't be a chicken!

#3. You have to use enough force to get through the skin and strike the shell.

#4. You have to hold the coconut in your hand (See #2). If you put the coconut on the counter or somewhere else, it will most likely roll away, the cleaver will slip from your hands and fall on your foot and cause some sort of medical emergency. (See #1).

#5. You don't have to draw it, but map out a square with lines halfway between the pointy part of the coconut to the outer circle.

#6. Chop away! Make ONE, clean, solid, chop for each side of your square. You have to hold the coconut in your hand or you won't get good strikes. If you have two left hands, then you should just give up right now. Don't blame me! Use enough force to get through the skin and strike the shell. If you don't, a couple of things will happen: 1. you won't be able to peel off the skin and 2. the shell won't crack open.

Tip: Don't be afraid! You're not the hulk; It's not like you're going to cut straight through the coconut and lop off your hand! And uhh... just be sure to aim right. Good luck!

#7. With good, solid chops you'll have cut out a square from the top of the coconut.

#8. Drop in a bendy straw and a teaspoon and you're done! Sip out the milk and use the spoon to dig out the tender meat.

Here's a video:

Credits: Thanks Ying for filming the video! And thanks for not laughing TOO hard and shaking the camera :P

老娘註:老爺"盧"我幫他錄影開椰子把戲已經很久了.今天終於完成他的心願.你們看的時候會覺得鏡頭有點晃,是的,我忍的很辛苦,因為真的很想笑.而且在錄影之前,他特地交代我說,如果他開的時候不小心切到砍到自己流血了,千萬不可以中途暫停,一定要繼續錄下去,因為這樣才是搞笑的最高境界.呼!還好過程順利,要真的切到流血,我這個攝影師還不知道怎麼反應咧....

再看一次錄影之後,我突然驚覺老爺好像有天份可以在大賣場賣那種很好用的拖把抹布清潔用品之類.

Also, see part 2 where the camerawoman poses with the coconut.

度假在做啥-有拜有保佑 (下)

Your DisplayName here! — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:32:43 GMT

偷懶了好久.下集一直生不出來.

咱們繼續拜吧!

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與愛吃團會合後,第一拜-----伏見稻荷大社

舀水的杓子.老爺很想A一個回家.老娘趕緊在一旁提醒他要遵守國際禮儀.不可亂來.

文盲也有抽籤的權利.朱大仙在一旁等著幫他解籤詩.朱老娘在一旁已備好錢包準備去付抽籤的香油錢.

籤的結果是"小凶後吉". 我翻譯給老爺的是-->神說你娶到這個老婆剛開始看似倒楣,過了一段日子之後,其實你會覺得自己實在是世界上最幸運的男人了.嘿嘿嘿.....有正中要義吧!看倌們.

文盲都抽了,我們這些識字的怎麼可以錯過.於是...."京都抽抽樂"活動第三天繼續開打!三個進香客交頭接耳的討論要用什麼姿勢搖籤筒才能搖出一支好籤.pose王指點說,看!用我的招牌S型pose,馬上就來支上上籤了.

朱大仙這招更猛.寫繪馬直接點名要什麼.(當然繪馬的價格也是比猜來猜去的籤還貴了一些.人都有頭腦做生意了,更何況神?).一旁的小羊兒不干示弱,只是他想要的太長,需要列單子.咦?單子咧???

雙吉二人組.大師一出手,馬上就來個大吉!!!!!真的是有拜有保佑.

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下一個! 東山清水寺+地主神社

大姐你別再囉唆了啦!好不容易今天假扮日本人,要趕快去拜一拜.看看會不會多被保佑一點.

pose王說,朱小妹,看到了嗎?姐姐有練過,照相就是要這樣S型.良緣馬上就隨你來!不信,你問問旁邊的長工?!

清水的舞台景緻雖美,但能摸上這石頭才是此行的重點.

這間簡直就是.............萬能的天神啊!!!!

大吉大吉大吉啊!!!!

我也要大吉大吉大吉.......還有加一項-不要再被唸了啦!!

老爺一臉疑問:咦?他們在求好桃花.我要求嗎?

我橫著臉回答: 老娘就是你最大的一支桃花.而且已經開花了.你已經有了.不用求.

不但不求桃花.還要把你的爛桃花寫下來.丟到水裡溶化不見...去!去!去!!!

鏘!投下響亮的500圓日幣還願.謝謝祢許我一個老爺.

我說諸位小弟小妹們,你老姐2001年許的願,2005年才實現.所以,別心急,這裡的"個案"太多,神也是要按先後次序的"檔期"去處理才公平啊!

只是不小心路過的八坂神社

躲個小雨.啊!順便也抽個小籤好了.

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"無處不抽"之旅重頭戲來了..................

等了四天.善男信女們等的就是這顆長出頭髮的石頭.一絲絲的頭髮可是來自世界各地的"良緣願"咧!

朱小妹先鑽為強.

朱大妹一鑽出來還裝可愛小狗樣.

朱大仙想在裡面住上一晚加強"吸緣功".好說歹說都不肯出來.

小羊兒手長腳長卡在裡面進退不得.這樣的兆頭是.............?

鑽過來再鑽回去的真功夫一定要練!

臨走前,幸福代表pose王在鳥居前擺個好pose幫你們加持一下!

此趟京都之旅,四位善男信女誠心求良緣,我等四位已婚男女在一旁默默微笑祝福.

我相信你們的幸福一定會到來!

阿彌陀佛!阿門!

度假在做啥-有拜有保佑 (上)

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:29:36 GMT

度假在做啥? 拜拜.

我拜! 我拜拜拜拜拜拜拜拜拜拜拜拜......................................

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京都大大小小的廟宇和神社非常的多.聽說老娘還沒有與愛吃團合體前,他們就已經自行拜成一團去了.下面有圖例為證.

愛吃團們一下公車,嵐山還沒開始遊,天龍寺還沒進去,就從第一間小廟開始拜起.....

好大的鈴鐺!用力搖把神叫醒聆聽我的禱告.

要赴京趕考的讀書人,拜福祿壽作啥?!求健康平安快樂嗎?呵呵呵呵

這個我需要,希望明天基金跟股票都大漲.....

我也要基金漲基金漲!!!!!

我雖貴為大師,偶爾也需要神明加持一下.

神啊!請加強我的臂力,好讓我應付醫院的"澳客".

接下來要拜的這位大神很靈.一定要許一個大的,還有,手跟嘴巴都要洗乾淨點表示我們的誠意.

pose王的os:請保佑我青春永駐,pose破表!

大師的os:請保佑我早日脫離長工行列..................

雖然小間了點,還是要聊表敬意.

拜完一個段落.下一個行程必定就是要買御守和抽籤.

哇!從公車站到天龍寺中間的區區十分鐘路程.這群人花了一個多小時不停的拜.真正到了天龍寺,他們說累了,要拜的剛剛都求完了.那那那那那那要不門口照張相留念就好..........orz啊!!!!!

嵐山那區算是結束了.接下來再戰金閣寺.

朱大仙:看到沒?這樣的pose,法力無邊啊!

後面的J大師:是嗎??你這種區區封條式pose,我家的pose王隨便就把你比下去了,不信你等個瞧....

對!就是這張.為了路面該保留幾個百分比才好看,pose王與J大師差點在金閣寺槓起來.

此時此刻,朱大先只好傻笑.我輸了,我輸了啊!

向白蛇許願,求你配我一個許仙啊!

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連環拜!!! 我拜拜拜拜拜拜.................

我說最後這位大姐,拜拜還偷笑?!啥意思?!你看隔壁那位大和妹如此誠心的樣子.人家的基金可能比你多漲兩倍了.

拜完了,接下來幹麼咧........

沒錯!就是開始買神符跟求神籤.

朱小妹說:你這支爛籤就留在這裡讓神明好好加持一下吧!

一旁的朱大仙很顯然地正在字字雕琢,試著頓悟籤詩的道理.

待續............................

Brussels Sprouts

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:08:22 GMT

Brussels sprouts have always been the poster child of nasty vegetables. We were at Whole Foods today and they were selling a stalk of brussels sprouts for $4.99

And a closeup:

It was quick work for Ying to take off the sprouts. Later on in the evening, I noticed the bare stalk sitting on the counter.

I actually don't have anything personal against brussels sprouts myself. But man, the stalk of a brussels sprout is pretty massive. You could use it as a bat and threaten people with it! Consider yourself warned!

Real Men Do The Dishes While Women Play Wii

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:44:37 GMT

This is a message to all you men out there. Dishes, pots and pans are difficult to wash. Not only that, scrubbing the pots and using that abrasive dish soap gets your hands rough and dry. So why make your woman do the dishes? Do you want a woman with rough, manly hands? I don't.

Also, pots are heavy. We have cast iron Le Creuset pots. It takes muscles to wash these things (and do a good job). Cowboy up and do some scrubbing! In our home; she cooks. Because I can't. I can make (in no particular order) grits and ramen and cook eggs, but that only gets a man so far. It's only fair that I clean up after her. Oh, and vacuuming and scrubbing toilets and taking out the trash is also a man's job. That's dirty work; and if you're a real man, you won't let your woman do those things. Let her focus on the creative stuff like cooking and buying you clothes (because I have no fashion sense). Hmm, maybe I'm a true male chauvinist, since I've disqualified Ying from doing The Man's Work. Although in this case, I don't think she minds :)

Even though we were far away from the Santiago Canyon fires, the smoke and ash covered our patio. Here I am, getting ready to use our vacuum on our patio furniture. Hook 'em! Ying turned that handkerchief into a face mask for me so I dont get choke on ash or get sars while I'm out cleaning.

So what was YING doing while I was cleaning? Playing Wii of course!!! :)

MySims is a game on the Wii. It's like The Sims, except all you do in MySims is build houses and furnish them for the townpeople. You don't have to worry about feeding your Sims or taking them to the bathroom like the original game. MySims is really cute. Definitely a girl's game. It's funny, they even have goth chick/boy characters in the game! You have to build those Sims a goth house or they won't be happy.

Ying actually went online and PRINTED OUT A WALKTHROUGH FOR THE GAME! Uhhh... Since when would she even KNOW what a walkthrough is??!?!?!! She must be a real woman ^_^

Here's a pic of the walkthrough in its natural habitat. Notice the highlighter and red pen:

GOSH. She's a SERIOUS gamer. The walkthrough is 31 pages. If I didn't say so, you would have thought that was MY walkthrough and MY gaming setup. Nintendo's really got it figured out.

Don't believe me? Check out the TIME Played. YES, that's 56 Hours on one slot. YES, that's 37 Hours on the 2nd slot.

There's a sad story about the town of Dinding.... There's a bug in the game. :( If you invite a character to live in your town, you have to build them a house SOON. If they leave the town hotel, you won't be able to move them in, and you won't be able to move anyone else in. Basically, Ying's Dinding town is stuck on 4 Stars because she can't advance anymore.

Oh. Ying would like everyone to know that her town of XiaoBai is now 5 stars and that she's working on getting the uber characters to move in next. Don't worry if you don't know what that means; I had to read the walkthrough to know what that means too!

Here she is playing. She's got that addicted-to-a-video-game-posture thing going on:

She didn't want me to post this pic, but since she's busy playing right now, she can't stop me!

度假在做啥- 甘願吃到死,不要死沒吃(下)

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:54:27 GMT

最近電腦怪怪,老爺警告不可一次上傳太多照片,免得網頁吃太撐落賽當機.那就分兩次.

這裡再繼續....吃!

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早上10:30.都路里抹茶冰.讚讚讚讚讚!沒有人不回味這款挫冰,難怪門前的隊伍老是落落長.

在日本什麼好吃的都得排隊.Jimmy大師的名言:正餐的時間吃點心,點心時間吃正餐.就不用跟人家擠.

果然受用無窮.....此行除了上廁所上飛機得排隊外,其他什麼隊都沒有排到.

連抹茶的冰塊都是用綠茶冰磚.怎一爽字了得!!

路邊的販賣機也不可錯過.(年OS:姐...我也好想分一口........)

女生敗藥妝店.我家老爺敗........路邊販賣機....orz啊!

這麼好喝,我也來一瓶.

最後一晚,迴轉壽司.八個人,大戰七十回合之後,我與老爺所屬的長青組落敗給照片中的黃金單身組.

黃金單身組:快快快下手,這個看起來很讚!

長青組邊拿邊唸:....真的要吃這個嗎?膽固醇好像有點高喔.....

日本行的"吃"旅其實不算度假的結束....因為接下來台灣不用錢的吃更多!!!!

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老爺首嚐台灣美而美早餐漢堡.老爺說漢堡好好吃,可是隔壁傳來的臭豆腐味讓他怕怕.

連百貨公司樓下這種A錢的餐點,老爺都覺得新奇有趣.嘿嘿.....你也太土了吧!

狐群狗黨請的大餐.價格不了,可是真好吃啊!瞧老爺笑的花枝亂顫樣.....

回台必光顧老四川麻辣火鍋.這餐是香香姨賞的.

朱家大本營.阿忠海產店.老爺第一次看到手上的"好貝脆"(台語),一定要照相留念.(吃到這一天,老爺肚子已經有三個月的樣子了)

再戰下午茶.老丈人的賞賜,不得不吃.....嘿嘿.

美食配美景. (年OS:美食張張都有我,爽!)

wii大戰一回合後,繼續回來吃.

其實還有猴媽的千層蛋糕,可惜太好吃一下子就被分光了,根本來不及照相.千層蛋糕綿密的口感,不過甜膩又有彈性.難怪是蛋糕界的LV.(因為聽說價錢也是很LV的.呵呵呵)

總之,度假就是從吃開始,以吃結束的好命日子.感恩啊!

真能吃代表在此下台一鞠躬.

度假在做啥- 甘願吃到死,不要死沒吃(上)

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:02:03 GMT

度假在做啥??? 吃!!!!

吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃吃............不停的吃!

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看到飛機就表示...........要開始吃啦!

東京候機到大阪,先來個我最喜歡的販賣機冰淇淋.綠茶口味,讚!

一早探望神戶親戚前.京都車站地下樓.日式義大利麵+咖啡+蘋果派.四顆星.回味無窮.

中午,老爺在神戶的表姊請客迴轉壽司.表姊拿出他可以看電視的手機,老爺邊吃邊流口水說他也要一支.

(p.s比我小的表姊未婚,單身中,本人比照片美麗,日文是母語,英文與台語皆可簡單溝通.意者請留言)

吃飽,還是去逛吃的.神戶中國城.老爺在這裡買了一個很好吃的泡芙.

等著與其他愛吃鬼在飯店會合的空擋,喝杯冰沙吧!四条河原町.覆盆子優格冰沙.加了發酵優格的味道,不太好喝.可是椅子很好坐,冷氣也夠強.兩顆星.

京都車站拉麵小路.餓了什麼都好吃.桌上免費續杯的麥茶去油解膩.將將好!

來到溫泉旅館沒有吃,等同於沒有泡溫泉一樣的遺憾.大原溫泉民宿.看起來不怎麼樣的味增鍋,吃起來驚為天人.五顆星也不夠給啦!

與愛吃團會合後,大家都拿出渾身解數來吃.吃什麼,怎麼吃,各懷絕技.連照相都會自我定格的做出東西好好吃的表情.

初秋+溫泉+冰啤酒=呼乾啦!

隔天的早餐 (有泡溫泉有差,果然是消水腫.....嘿嘿)

換完裝,馬上再戰鍵善良房.冰涼又Q.超貴超好吃.

下雨前的悶熱天氣,和服三美已經快中暑了.來個霜淇淋吧!

被熱昏又被唸昏的朱小妹終於展出笑顏.吃的力量啊!!!!!

一群人買啥?京都漬菜.吃的啦!

你們買吧!反正我看不懂,繼續來享用我的霜淇淋.啊!有狗仔隊偷拍?!

再買啥?七味粉.還是吃的.........

下午三點半才吃的親子凍(抱歉,找不出那個正確的字),不用排隊,馬上吃到.

再來個近照.香軟的雞肉,滑嫩的雞蛋,爽口的青蔥,再加上特有的山椒粉.讚讚讚讚讚!!!

每日一問:親子凍為什麼叫做"親子"凍?

我一直以為因為這個餐點很適合媽媽帶小孩一起分吃一碗.所以取名"親子".此話一出,馬上被中文盲的老爺連聲唾棄,驚聲連連我竟然想出這種白痴答案.他老大爺說取名親子的原因就是飯裡面有雞也有雞蛋,也就是說媽媽跟小孩一起被煮來吃了啦!..................

真的是這樣嗎?存疑中......請知道典故的人不吝指教.

利用百貨公司地下樓超市最後30分鐘的半價促銷.買一堆美食回飯店.繼續吃....

(還沒吃完哦!請待續.....)

度假在做啥-各顯神通

Your DisplayName here! — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:47:48 GMT

既然大家的遊記都是以日期為主,那我就來個以事件為主的看圖說故事

話說大夥兒白天一個勁兒的看.逛.買.吃.晚上回到飯店還是要續攤.洗完澡後先是喝個小酒,再來個"好貨大家報"(把一天的戰利品那出來分享並鼓吹其他人購買),最後一晚更不得了.酒喝完,分享完戰利品後,竟然開始表演起看家本領.

首先,由最搞笑的老爺先歪嘴歪牙的示範那個聲名遠播的黑人嘴 (請各位看倌別誤會,絕對沒有蔑視其他種族的意思.這是老爺從小跟黑人朋友長大的小把戲,還是他幼稚園最好的黑人麻吉教的咧) 啊!可惜我手腳不夠快,沒有照到真正的表情,就附上一張他騙妹妹用的"舌頭360度翻轉"聊表敬意.

接下來,由專業物理治療大師解說某個治療動作,並且強調這個動作大拇指太彎的治療師可是沒有辦法做到的咧!一聽完,大家紛紛拿出自己的大拇指看看有沒有當治療師的潛能.(請看旁邊那位也是治療師的太太一臉無奈的表情).爾後,這位大師還分享了他見過最詭異的病患,基於醫學道德,不方便透露詳細內容.但下次可請大師模仿病人進行治療中被附身的語調(woops.....還是很不小心的講出來一點點),那個搞笑的模樣可考慮與我家老爺共組"王哥柳哥姐夫雙人組".

再來,是青春無敵朱小妹展現軟骨功.詳細的發功過程我也不講了,免得看倌們紛紛在電腦前面模仿起來,不小心扭到還要來告我.當晚大家可是精氣神十足的跟著朱小妹練功,練到大師說可不可以快改別的項目,免得回國後得去他們醫院報到作復健.

朱小妹不死心,再獻一招如何下腰的功夫.游泳圈最大的老爺更是興致勃勃的學了起來.朱大師說,能下腰不稀奇,稀奇的是不能下腰的硬骨頭,只要起來轉轉下顎,調整一下,腰馬上就能給它下去.請看下面教學示範....(天啊!現在高中生都玩這種鐵人賽嗎?)

老爺說:我下...........我一定要下去.............

朱小妹:姐夫,別勉強啊!要不然傷到腰,姐姐的幸福不保啊!快起來,我來給你的下顎推拿幾下...

對.就是這樣.多捏幾下.等下保證不管是下腰還是後空翻十圈都不是問題!

小羊兒在一旁看的很認真.我也要,我也要學起來以後可以出去騙妹妹.

後記:大家有沒有發現,這幾張照片都模模糊糊,不甚清楚.廢話!!!大家都在發功,整個房間的磁場簡直強到不行.怎麼照都有超強氣場的圍繞,這樣當然是照不清楚啦?!

怎樣,我們這一大家子人的樂趣很特別吧............................

Kyoto Pictures 9/21/2007-9/26/2007

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:39:29 GMT

Finally cleaned, sorted and uploaded pictures from all 3 of our cameras! Will post videos and pics taken in Taiwan tomorrow. Enjoy!

2007-09-21 Kyoto, Japan

We flew from LAX to Japan while the others flew from Taiwan to Japan. We met up with them later on that night. Pictures are combined from cameras and give an interesting perspective on what both groups were doing in relative time to each other.

2007-09-22 Kyoto, Japan

On this day, Dean and Ying went to visit 4th Great Aunt in Kobe while the others spent the day in Kyoto visiting places like the Ginkakuji golden temple. Pictures are combined in chronological order.

2007-09-23 Kyoto, Japan

We visited the Fushimi-inari Taisha Shrine and then stayed the night at the Oohara-No-Sato Hot Springs bed and breakfast.

2007-09-24 Kyoto, Japan

The morning after the Hot Springs, we went back into town and 曉瑩, 小妏 and 容 got dressed in kimonos for a stroll around the town.

2007-09-25 Kyoto, Japan

Today was the guys' turn to get some "idol" pictures taken... It was also a day of SUPER GOOD food - Green tea shaved ice and also great Sushi at a great price.

2007-09-26 Kyoto, Japan

Travelling back to Taiwan

Happiness Is...

Your DisplayName here! — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:16:40 GMT

... two drinks in a basket like two peas in a pod ...

NT1 ♥ BL1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:22:12 GMT

Hi Folks!

The new Harry Potter book came out today. We went to the Farmer's Market at UCI this morning and happened to walk by a local bookstore... and they had 2 copies left. At first we considered waiting and going to some big place like Barnes and Noble or Costco to pick up a discounted copy of the new book... but then we thought, "hey, we need to support these local places more!" So we bought the book; paid $30 for it. Anyway, later on at the Target in the Spectrum, they had it on sale for $17. Still, I find consolation knowing that we supported a local bookstore!

The store owner gave me a few temporary Harry Potter tatoos. So I HAD to put it on:

Can't see it clearly? Here's a closeup:

So anyway, we walked to the Spectrum and spent a few hours there walking around, picking up some stuff. Ying was embarassed! Hah! It didn't bother me. Why? Because I didn't have to look at myself anyway. ho ho ho!

When we got home I was hungry. Armed with my new Harry Potter tatoo, I used a makeshift wand (chopstick) to cook some "lo po gau" ... hmm there's nothing to describe this in English. It's yummy; trust me!

Warming up....

COOKUS-MY-LO-PO-GAO-AND-MAKE-IT-TASTY-MAXIMUSLEORMUS-SOMETHING-OR-OTHER-MUS --->

The spell worked...

And while we were at the Farmer's Market, we got some roasted corn. Ying was eating it and sitting in the car. She looked like a Taiwan gangster. So I took a picture:

Until next time, Potter fans...

第一張照片

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:35:24 GMT

那是我們第一次交談.

沒有跟他說過話時,我一直以為他是剛進大學的那種皮皮ABC.所以就算看到,也沒有興致要聊天.直到那次我們一起去看了音樂劇,才知道原來他是裝年輕.而且那次還因為我懶神上身,差點就不去赴會,老爺說他那時候有想到過底是什麼人這麼大牌,不過是看場戲,還要朋友三請四請,明明就快遲到了還留下來等他.呵呵!現在想想人生的緣分真是奇妙,每次我們看到這張照片都還是覺得很不可思議.

因為沒有問過照片裡另外兩個朋友就先po在這裡,所以把他們的部分作了模糊處理.還有偷講一下,老爺作弊站在高一階的樓梯上,突然就長高了.呵呵!

Hello Kitty and Me

Your DisplayName here! — Wed, 16 May 2007 05:13:32 GMT

If you haven't heard, I recently got nasal surgery.

Here's my one shot to prove my manliness: As a bachelor, I never owned any mirrors; just had access to 2 mirrors. Can you guess the two? Correct! In whatever apartment I was renting at the time, it would be (1) The bathroom mirror and (2) the medicine cabinet mirror next to it!

.... On to the castration!

So, when I needed a mirror to bring to work to inspect my bloody nose to make sure there were no trails of blood running down my cheeks, guess who I went to for a portable mirror? Yup! "Yinnggg... do you have a mirror I can bring to work?"

I was sure she'd have some generic-drug-store flavored mirror for me to bring to the office. Something I could just keep at work forever and maybe bring back home with me if "they" one day decide to send me packing with a cardboard box of my belongings.

... But noooOOoo I couldn't be that painless.

This is what Ying gave me to bring to work:

*sigh* ..... it's .... hello .... kitty ...

Opened up, there's even a comb for me to comb my hair!!!!!! *squeals delightfuly*

So there you have it folks -- I am a proud Hello-Kitty-Mirror-Compact-With-Built-In-Comb-Carrying citizen. I know all you girls are jealous! Even some of you guys. I bet Ariel is green with envy too. (obscure alusion to The Little Mermaid combing her hair with a fork)

Considering the other alternatives Ying offered me, I think Hello Kitty was a good choice.

Presenting an assortment of Chanel, Bobbi Brown, Shiseido, Dior and MAC
(Even knowing these labels puts me dangerously close to the castration chopping block)

Sarcasm aside, I did crack a grin today as I casually put Hello Kitty back in my drawer and quietly slid the drawer closed.

-Dean :)

Remodeled Living Room and Crab Cakes!

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:02:43 GMT

Saturday I sold our old lounge chair for $120. Today we went out and bought a $99 table and a $99 mirror. I like our newly-decorated dining/living area... check it out!

This is what our living room looked like before: http://www.deanying.com/PermaLink,guid,3df12f34-86d2-46f8-8dab-5662f250100b.aspx

We got a new mirror! The living room feels bigger without the lounge chair:

Looking into the kitchen... we used to eat at the bar, but now we have a real table... how romantic!

Oh yeah... Ying made crab cakes this morning too! (We had fresh crab at home on Friday night, but saved the claw meat for the crab cakes)

Sorry, no pics of the cooked crab cakes... Ying cooked 2 and I forgot to take pics ... too busy eating them. Yes, they were gooooood.

-Dean :)

Yummy Sunday Lunch

Your DisplayName here! — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:22:32 GMT

Hi Readers!

Today Ying made a YUMMY lunch for us!!! She prepared the chicken the night before. Don't ask me how she made it because I have no idea. My only job is to "cut this," "wash that," "open this" etc... Yes, I'm the minimum-wage kitchen labor. :)

We ate it on our balcony:

A close-up:

All done. I ate everything --- even the cilantro!

-Dean :)

We will soon be requiring log in...

Your DisplayName here! — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:27:01 GMT

Dear Readers,

As soon as I can figure out how to do it, we will be implementing security on our blog. This will do two things: 1) keep out spammers 2) keep the blog private.

Challenges:

Adding security is relatively straightforward with .net 2.0's membership provider -- unfortunately, this blog engine is written in .net 1.1!! I can either convert the code or find another security engine.

There is built-in site security, but it doesn't protect the site 100%

In an ideal situation, any person not logged in will be redirected to a log in page. If you don't have an account, you can request an account (no, it won't be given to you automatically, you will have to let us know we know who you are of course!)

-Dean

Happy Valentine's Day 2007!!

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:32:35 GMT

Dear Readers,

Happy Valentine's Day! I didn't buy anything fancy for Ying this year. Instead, I used a piece of cardboard to make her a puzzle. I got the idea from another friend who sent puzzles with a note written on them for Christmas cards. So here is my version....

1. In the morning, when Ying wakes up, she'll certainly go to the bathroom right?

2. After following the arrows, she'll see the note!

3. Here's the note:

(Good Morning Baby! Your clue: It can show a lot of pictures! Find it and you will have another clue!)

4. The clue refers to the LCDTouchFrame!

5. The "thing" we bought was at an antique shop in the Orange Circle was the phone that I used for Dialup PC... and look what's beside it!

It's a puzzle piece! Tada!

(Good job Sweetie! Only 2 more to go! I think there is something in "ma ma sad"!)

Here's the front:

6. What is "ma ma sad?".... There is the Taiwanese brand of stove exhaust called "ma ma happy" and it's really good. I gave our stove exhaust fan the name "ma ma sad" because it sucks at sucking air...

7. There's a plate in the microwave! With ... quarters?? And a Note!

(Baby, I know sometimes I like to hooling around too much! I am making you play a game in the morning before you are fully awake! I will have to make sure I "make my skin tight"! Happy Valentine's day BB. P.S. - Please feed these to Doraemon!)

8. Aha! So the quarters are for our Doraemon (kitty bank). Hey there's the last piece!

9. The final piece...

(Baby you found all the pieces of my heart! Truely, without you, I am not whole. You took all of my pieces and made me a 100% person. Thank you fore being there for me and caring and loving me so much! I love you baby! Happy Valentine's Day!)

And the puzzle put together:

At least I won't starve!

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:15:20 GMT

Ying made me lots of delicious food to eat while she's out of town.... I have enough to last me 2 weeks!! Half of this food is in the freezer while the other half is in the fridge. If I get tired of chinese food, there's also Trader Joe's pizza in case I'm feeling... adventurous...?

For you "uncultured" readers, let me explain what we have here. Starting from the bottom-left corner we have tofu noodles with celery, carrots and cilantro... served chilled. Above that we have two round containers of beef stir fried with pickled radishes. To the right of that in the rectangular container is spicey mapo tofu (ground meat with tofu). There's a smaller round container above it with the same thing. To the right of the small mapo tofu is sliced bean curd. Below the bean curd we have 3 containers of sliced pig ears. The bottom-right corner is seaweed. Yum Yum Yum!!! I love you babe :) Thanks for making sure I'm well-fed while you're away!

耍個寶,壓壓驚

Your DisplayName here! — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:01:42 GMT

老爺你在幹麼啊?!

我冷啊........可是懶得去拿小被子.

穿著四角內褲,翹著二郎小短腿,認真寫支票操持家計的老爺.

胖貞子+有鬍子的麵包超人

你幹麼啦! 我生氣到三層下巴都跑出來了.....

Trash Room Treasure - Part 2

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:37:16 GMT

Woah. ... has it already been 2 whole months??!?!

We had originally... "adopted" a poor, unwanted piece of art from the trash room 2 months ago to the day. You can read about TRT Part 1 (that's Trash Room Treasure for those of you not-in-the-know) for a refresher course :) And aaaactually, our faithful reader, eagle-eye Caroline, was sharp enough to catch a glimpse of TRT Part 1.5 in this post.

Well, we didn't end up getting a tree this year. So Ying thought it would be fun to do a play off of the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree ... except with our Trash Room Treasure.

Isn't it beautiful??????

In-The-Making:
So how did we go about making our tree? All it took was a pair of scissors, some tape, a sacrificial Saks Fifth Avenue shopping bag, and of course our Trash Room Treasure:

Oh! And I would like to emphasize that this was all YING'S idea!!! She really likes that Trash Room Treasure -- she also likes scissors and shopping (bags) ... I think some of my bad habits are rubbing off on her.

-Dean :)

I can't cook. (... but ... Ying can!)

Your DisplayName here! — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:49:57 GMT

Today we stayed home ALL day. I am definitely a lucky man!!

Brunch

This morning we had a deeeelicious Sunday brunch. Ying made blueberry muffins(沒錯!藍莓瑪分是我早上現烤的,快點拍手), a scrambled egg quiche, potatoes, cabbage, apples(蘋果是老爺切的) and coffee(咖啡也是老爺泡的) ... and it was all ready by 10:30am!!!

A closeup:

YUMMMMMMM!!

Supper

Then for an early dinner, Ying made stir fried rice noodles(就是炒米粉啦!我們都喜歡吃那種埔里粗米粉):

We have leftovers, so I get to bring them for lunch tomorrow too!!

In the kitchen, Ying is the boss and I am just the helper :) .... so I follow orders like "wash this" .. and "cut this" ... and "the pot is too heavy; can you pour this into that?" hehehe ... uh oh! Ying is looking over my shoulder so I have to go now. Take care!!

-Dean :)

Pictures of our Living Room

Your DisplayName here! — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:00:26 GMT

Dear Faithful Readers:

Ying says she promised to post pictures of our new apartment... well here are some of our Living Room (our bedroom and bathroom were too messy so we'll have to take pictures of those places some other time :) Our kitchen was messy too, but you'll get to see some of the stuff on our countertop... as they say in chinese "low4 troo ma2 jiao3!" ... (the horse's leg has been spotted!)

An overall picture of our living room area:

Picture taken from behind our kitchen counter:

Our "Office"

Taken from our office area, looking at our kitchen; That's our front door.

Beside our office area is the door to our balcony:

We put a rug in our balcony; It makes it feel almost like another room!

You might have noticed some weird white spots in the photos. It's because our camera is 5 years old and some dust has gotten inside the lense. (But don't worry, that's a GOOD thing!) Now we can get a new camera yay!

-Dean :)

Only in the Movies

Your DisplayName here! — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:15:54 GMT

You know in the movies where the clumsy (but really hot) actress is walking through the house and runs right into the sliding glass door? And you think, "haaam gah!" (that's Taiwanese; it means ridiculous). That kind of stuff only happens in the movies!!! Well.... I guess we must be making movies!

I was standing in the kitchen getting some water when I heard a LOUD crash....

Yes, that's right; Ying walked straight through the screen door at full speed. She said she didn't even slow down and was confused for a moment when she hit the screen. Don't worry, she's ok. I took this picture after I made sure she was ok :) ... And this picture turned out really cool! The camera's flash was off so the exposure was really long and Ying was still walking around looking at the destruction she caused.

Here's a closer picture:

You better not mess with my wife; see what she did to this door? She'll do it to YOU. My wife is the Incredible She-Hulk ... She walks through doors as if they didn't exist.

I brought the screen door back into our kitchen to survey the damage:

The damage wasn't too bad. I was able to bend it back and stuff the mesh back into the frame:

After I put the screen door back on the tracks, it just wasn't the same any more... the door doesn't close all the way, it's bent in a few places, the lock doesn't work any more and it doesn't slide very smooth. (Before our little accident, closing the screen door was like sliding it on a stick of butter) Yes folks, we've lived here less than a month and we've begun wrecking the place. Thank you very much.

By the way, Ying says "hi" and to be sure to write that she's baking me some banana bread right now. I'm thinking... she's pretty good at breaking down doors. Baking something with FIRE??? She'll be FINE!!!!!! :)

And I used to wonder why screen doors never close properly...

[Update 10/29/2006]
I installed a safety device guaranteed to protect our screen door from damage... err I mean... guaranteed to protect Ying's safety!!!

Trash Room Treasure

Your DisplayName here! — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:56:05 GMT

Tonight I was taking out the trash... most of you know that we just recently moved to a new apartment. :)

Well -- haha, tonight I went to take out the trash to the trash room and found something very funny! Ying is always making fun of me how I have weird stuff that is pointless and doesn't even look good.

I came home and remaining calm said, "Dearest baby, there is something I want to show you. Please put on your slippers and let's go see it."

She looked suspicious but put on her shoes and followed me out. The trash room is only a few steps diagonally across our hallway (don't worry; it's not THAT close -- we don't smell it, they're trash chutes anyway). This is what I wanted to show her:

Here's another artistic-angle shot:

Ying laughed so hard that she started choking because she was trying to be quiet (it was midnight).

Here's the best part -- she said, "LET'S TAKE IT HOME!" .... so we did:

Don't worry, we'll probably drag it back out to the trash room tomorrow. In case you're curious, the "treasure" had a label on it [Tony Almén/Peter Gest]. Ying did a google search and found this: http://www.almengest.com/ram.html I think they make stuff for Ikea... yeah it definitely looks like Ikea stuff too.

-Dean :)

使用說明

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:17:08 GMT

很多親朋好友反應不知道如何留言,所以在此特地說明一下

先po上幾張無關主題的照片,說明隨後附上

這是誰?

是老爺小時候的照片,有夠天真可愛的.

這是誰?

是老娘小時候的照片,小小年紀就這麼搞操煩了......泥坎坎,你看看.........唉!

話說回來,這兩張照片好像是在同一年照的耶......我都要上小學了,他還沒有上幼稚園..

(臉紅中....)

這張呢?是在迪士尼無聊排隊等遊樂設施的時候照的,刻意模仿咱家幼稚園那張"搞操煩"大頭照,看上去還真的有神似咧?!到底是誰說女大十八變?!

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基於太多看倌反應留言失敗,所以在這裡說明一下

如欲留言,請按每篇文章右下方的comments就可以

留完言後,下面會有一個方格,請你輸入與旁邊相同的英文字母或者是數字,大小寫要相同哦!這是預防機器人廣告信來亂的機制,輸入後再按最下方的"save comment"就大功告成啦!

留言除了會留在文章下方之外,也會自動寄信來信箱通知我,我一定都會看哦!大部分也會去回覆,謝謝大家的捧場啦!

打廣告

Your DisplayName here! — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:22:35 GMT

為了維持一篇漏氣,一篇加分的慣例,所以這篇要來幫老爺打廣告一下

老爺一直從學生時代就有組裝設計電腦的喜好,一直到現在,他的腦袋還是成天想"發明"關於電腦的東西或者軟體

對於這些,我可以說是一點概念都沒有,興趣也不是很大,可是基於為人妻的禮貌,每次他天花亂墜的講他的想法時,我也是會乖乖的在一旁以眼神支持他啦!(os:只要銀行的存款沒有變少就好,你愛發明什麼idea都沒有關係,嘿嘿------->覺得麵包比較重要的老婆)

http://www.envador.com

這是他的個人網頁,裡面有很詳細的介紹他歷年來的"作品",有些還在我家(我常常戲稱那些是junk,佔地方又百年不用),有些已經被intel買走了(他的參展作品通常是intel贊助)

我到現在還沒有耐心把他的網站仔細讀完(如果那是什麼化妝品保養品的網站,我早就已經看透透了-----------> 真是個膚淺的老婆) ,上面的照片是他最近期的作品,也是我最喜歡的,沒有錯,那是一台電腦哦!(沒有附上螢幕的電腦主機)

那時候我們還沒有結婚,我陪著他逛了好幾天的古董店,找到了古董電話還有下面的古董箱子,那個箱子可是眼尖的我在小小角落裡給他翻出來的咧(之前看到的不是尺寸不對就是材質不好),木頭箱子其實是以前亞洲裝米的那種箱子,非常牢固之外,上面還有寫三個完全no sense的中文字,其中正面你可以看到像口香糖黏到的那駝粉紅色東西

真好笑,我們一剛開始以為那真的是口香糖,老爺還嘗試著小摳一下,想把它摳下來,後來去結帳時,櫃檯的小姐跟我們說,那個不是口香糖哦!那個是當初進口來美國的時候海關蓋上去的印膠(就是看電影,歐洲中古世紀寫信時會滴臘再用印章彌封的那種東西),我們仔細一瞧..............挖咧,還真不是蓋的,上面真的有印字耶!可惜不知道是被哪個像我們一樣智障的人,也以為它是口香糖,已經被摳掉了快一半了,小姐說也就是因為這個印道出了箱子進口來美國的年代(大概在20世紀初,第一次世界大戰之前),所以售價不斐..............是啊!我還記得箱子好像買了50美金左右,比上面的古董電話還貴咧!

會喜歡這個設計除了我有稍稍參與之外,也覺得老爺的idea很有趣,因為他看到我在MSN上跟我娘用耳機麥克風在講話,他突然有反向操作的想法,把一般電腦裡面的喇叭還有麥克風接到電話上,這樣在線上通話時看起會像真的在講電話那樣,如果電話一放下,裡面的喇叭開關會切換到一般喇叭(就是螢幕上你們看到箱子有鑽兩個圓圓亮亮的東西)也就可以聽音樂或看影片了

問我參與了哪個部分咧........就是我建議用老舊的東西去改裝設計,這幾年復古風不是大行其道嗎?呵呵

至於其他的內裝,嘿嘿,我一概不了,有興趣的可以去看看他的網站,應該會更清楚

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http://www.envador.com/OWANotify

這個是他閒閒無事想出來的一個程式,是免費給大家下載的,聽說適用於microsoft的郵件接收系統,安裝程式之後以後只要你在電腦有連線的狀態下,你收到郵件時(非MSN或者yahoo那種線上信箱),他也會像MSN一樣在右下角pop-up一個小方格提醒你新郵件,其實大多是用在公司組織或者學校那種系統(之前有間大學的系所寫信問老爺可不可以幫他們寫一個專屬他們郵件系統的類似程式),我知道我講的很"霧煞煞",你們也聽的很模糊,我是真的不懂,真有興趣的話,歡迎詢問老爺.

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http://www.billsplit.com

這個就好玩了,這是老爺架設出來的另一個免費使用系統,適用於合租房子的人,因為大家住在一起,有些水電雜費必須大家分攤,有的時候會有人先幫忙墊了這個月電話費,有人先幫忙繳了電費,利用這個程式,可以幫你清楚算出誰先墊了多少錢,也可清楚看出誰還欠誰多少.

阿朱我也認為這個適用在家裡有不肖兒女的朋友,例如太浪費水,不隨手關燈,一天到晚都掛在網上,或者講手機,那個房租就算了,叫他也要付自己的水電雜費,呵呵呵!

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再來,就是本部落格網頁了

因為是單獨申請的一個網址,老爺必須自己架網站,本來我只想在奇摩還是無名申請一個就好,可是因為程序好複雜,我壓根就完全沒有概念,一直問老爺這個要選哪個那個要弄哪個,他又看不懂中文........連他都要放棄我了,因為我實在是跟電腦當不上好朋友,太智障了

最後他就乾脆申請一個網址來自己弄........而我呢?就是使出我的賤賤賴皮豬式絕招----用嘴巴幫他架網頁

"我網頁的要求是要乾淨,簡單,一看就明瞭"

"這個顏色不好,不清爽..."

"拜託,這是溫馨部落格,又不是政府官方網站,看起來太硬了啦!"

"對了,我還要有一點可愛的感覺,可是不要太可愛"

"那顆椰子樹站在那裡沒有陰影,看起來不是很怪嗎?"

最上面的右邊兩隻小刺渭(抱歉,找不到字,只好隨便找的"渭"來湊合)是我們家的小玩偶,老爺用照片合成上去的,故事稍後再補

套一句老爺的話:"都是你的毛!" ----------->要求很多控制慾又很強的老婆

這樣的網頁壞處是會很沒有生意,好處是不會有閒雜人等來亂,我其實自己已經寫了有一段日子了,可是卻遲遲不知道該叫誰來看,感覺上好像只是一個無聊女生在美國碎碎唸的文章,因為想說我結婚的這麼匆忙(匆忙到大家本來以為我是肚子被搞大了),你們沒有機會認識老爺,也剛好我一直待在家裡,每天只有跟老爺互動講話比較多,所以好像寫來寫去就是寫我們兩個人的事情,希望你們看了不要一直吐啊

因為我喜歡搞神秘的濫個性所以一直掙扎到底要跟哪些朋友分享,目前本部落格有六個客人,分別是猴媽,遠在巴黎的茜,密西根的靜,諾丁罕的李,黃小寶他娘,還有台北的小瑜,我還在想到底要不要給我娘知,因為他會很囉唆,一定會嚴肅的唸我幹麻要在網路上虧自己的先生等等之類的,啊!他不懂咱們"年輕人"的樂趣啊!你說是吧!(就只會在這裡偷講而已啦,老爺一回家還不是馬上送拖鞋,給飲料,放熱水....---------->還是會很看臉色的老婆)

在此還要額外幫老爺放個聲:老爺很喜歡跟人家討論電腦與程式的東西(那種熱情就像我對保養品的研究一樣,嘿嘿),如果各位看倌有關於電腦程式的問題,歡迎提出來互相切磋!

Our First Post!

Your DisplayName here! — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:43:25 GMT

Hi Everyone!

This is our first blog post! Welcome to our blog :)