周日出差本是郁闷事一桩。但是自从吃到了。。。阿亚，实在是忍不住要夸一夸那两个煲阿，太赞了。要是有谁去嘉兴千万不要错过，太好吃了。

 

那个小破店坐落在嘉兴古城墙“子城”边上，进门我就被狠狠地鄙视了一把，因为说了一句“老板娘，拿菜单！”老板娘果然有当年金X玉的风范，极其不屑地看我一眼“我们这里没有菜单！菜都在门上!”我回头望了玻璃拉门一眼，倒吸一口冷气，门上赫然写着10个大字“蟹煲、虾煲、田鸡煲和牛蛙煲”！那一刻，我对这家小破店的钦佩之情油然而升，当时就感觉一个字“牛”！

 

小破店果然一共只有4个菜（蟹煲、虾煲、田鸡煲和牛蛙煲），其中田鸡煲还是时令菜，真是开了眼了：首先，田鸡原来也是季节性生物，跟有些水果一样，有时候是吃不到的，只怪我当初生物没有学好。第二，那个只有4张桌子16平方的小店居然能靠卖4个菜（其中1个还是经常没有的）存活至今（据不完全考证，距今至少已经有2~3年历史了）。说是迟，那时快，与我同行的亮同志驾轻就熟地“来一个虾煲一个牛蛙煲”。只见旁边3桌投来异样的目光。环顾四周，旁边的2人桌都是吃一个煲的，一个就有刚宗面盆那么大），老板娘疑惑“你们是四个人是吧？”，当时只感到背后一滴汗，应付这种场面，我以一贯地镇定说“不是，我们两个人，吃不完打包”（心虚啊~~）。等老板娘走后，白了那家伙一眼，虽然干我们这行的都能吃，摆脱你也含蓄一点，不要那么大声。再说，虽然是我埋单，你也用不着这么拼吧，钱是我的，胃是你的！ 好吧，既点之则吃之。

 

一只刚宗面盆端上来，微辣，好诱人阿，红澄澄的一片，满满的一盆，里面只只都是大明虾，虾从背后批开一刀，超级入味。还有切得很薄很薄的年糕片，完全没有像吃板砖年糕的嚼蜡感，相反很入味，连年糕也那么入味！烧得烂酥的凤爪，那皮带着凝凝厚厚的味道，入口即化。冬瓜也软得没有骨架子，咬一口下去浓浓的汤汁渗出来。土豆片是那种厚厚的，轻轻地碰一下好像就要糯得散开的那种。我们两个人边说边吃完全不知道在说什么，就看到筷子拼命地拣阿拣，嘴不停地啃阿啃。一口鸡爪一口王老吉，真是天下美味阿！难怪我的Losing Weight Plan总是泡汤，唯天下美食难挡也。

 

吃到一半另外一只刚宗面盆上来了，我本来不太喜欢吃长得很丑的生物，尤其是那种背上像发过水痘的黑皮湿滑生物，包括比它小一号的绿皮。但是我尝试着吃了一块，发觉黑皮烧得像甲鱼的裙边，凝滑；肉像干贝紧实而嫩。于是乎就欲罢不能了。原来人的意志力是那么不可靠的，那么长时间以来的习惯遇到了某些东西就一下子莫名地土崩瓦解了，就好像锁找对了钥匙一样，天下事真是奇怪，一物降一物。都是我们那个美容顾问给我留下的后遗症，自从她嫁给一个厨子后，月月买Bubery的围巾阿，Prada的包啊，CK的牛仔裤阿。搞得大家都劝我找个厨师长，唉，大家也是为我好，知道我能吃又能花。但是现在的后遗症就是每次吃到好吃的东西就会想这是怎么烧出来的亚，然后就开始狂钦佩灶头间里的烧这道菜的厨子.....所以我现在又开始敬仰烧XX煲的厨子拉。。。

 

终于，我们居然不负众望地把两只面盆吃得精光，只留下若干土豆片，实在撑得慌。埋单也不贵，刚好一百门，划得来。听我一句劝，到嘉兴不要再去吃那种硬梆梆的種子，很土的，千万要去“子城”旁边吃那家XX煲！

 

 

This 3.8 we experienced a coldest roadshow outdoor. Toooooooo cold to be described. The temperature dropped to 3 degrees centigrade, with hush winds, frozen drizzle ocasionally. It would not take you 10 minutes to tremble all over, not to mention 4 days from 9:00-22:00. Keeping walking was the only way to get warmer. Compared to those players, who wear short T-shirts in order to perform street dance, I am lucky enough. 

 

Some drops of things are memorable in the cold roadshow:

1. Hot KFC oringe juice-- The feeling of blessedness...

2. Hot MaLaTang at midnight-- One of my favourites..

3. The story of 小丸子 & 太子 -- Add some fresh flavour

4. Elsa's crazy live news from SZ-- First hand and crazy as usual

5. Rachole's action to be -- Some day later, a good news would come...

6. A little change in hair -- No negative comments

7. Doing drudge as a porter in seemingly decent dress -- The very fine explanation of L'Oreal's slogan "A peasant and a poet"

I have never expected the tree in front of my window is Yulan. Almost in a night, after a spring rain, it blossomed out from top to end.

 

Yulan is really an amazing flower, which could always surprise you after a meloncholy rainy day. And before that day, you

never know it was Yulan. I met the tree right in front of my balcony last summer, the days when I moved to HZ. Green leaves decorated the huge trunk all over, like many other trees, nothing special. Because of its flurish,for quite a long time it acted as my window curtain. And this morning when I am awake, discovering little white flowers dotted nosily. And then get to know, it's her. So you can't help appriciating Shanghai govenment, who made it our city flower.

 

A flower made you nostalgic. Still remember those blue rainy days when I rode a bicycle rushing to morning class, crossing the road, and encountering the clear white flower which juxtaposes at the two sides of road. A pure picture in memory.

 

Beautiful yulan, and nice day.

With the influence of wine, late in night, I try to fall asleep, but failed. Wine drove my nerve active, although tried. 2 years ago, I hate drinking any kinds of wine in any circumstances, and insist on keeping awake at any moment. Now, things are different. On one hand, we have to make compromise with life sometimes; on the other hand, how I wish I could have the experience that at least once in life, drunk to lose consciousness.

 

There are some who have come step by step closer to their ideal life style. That's perfectly nice.

 

There are some who are still hasitating and hanging up.

 

Time costs.

It is an exciting feeling that friends of different periods of life have come to know each other naturally with no introduction in advance, even at a time you have never noticed.

 

Yesterday Rachole and Elsa came to visit me, we 3 had a wonderful weekends. We visit LinYin Temple together, telling buddha our wishes. See if it could come true in the coming years. Although each of us don't know each other's wish, the feeling of doing one things together with nice friends is too sweet to be forgotten. Elsa must have great wishes, since she is the most sinsere one among 3 of us. Religion is a very interesting thing, it is not untill you have wishes, you come to understand the meaning of it.

 

After a short break in Starbucks, we rush to have the best meal in Hangzhou: a bowl of fried MeiGanCai rice and the most delicious MaLaTang in Hangzhou. Sitting in the cold open space in a small lane, enjoying hot MLT, sharing MGC rice, is one of the most beautiful moments in my 20th's.

 

Today we went to enjoy sunshine in tea field, having a cup of Longjin and some snacks, and also, a banquet meal including Elsa's and my favourite: special chicken soup. Chatting the whole afternoon like a Hangzhounese, maybe we would redo this someday in the future with different people, but the warm feeling will be left in memories once and for all.

 

 

Once every year, end-year anxiety would visit on time, especially on Dec. and early Jan..

 

About 87%(roughly) people would experience the anxiety,most of them anxious about doing nothing,or no "grant" things after retrospecting the passing year. Some of them anxious about their great plan unfinished, the other about the unknown future.And maybe you have the fourth. You can easily read out the guys behavior: worry look, getting depressed, feeling worthless, easy to get offend, searching frequently the whole world for friends/bf/gf to get oneslef the feeling of safety, quitting job,...

 

With the coming of 2007, the "to-be-cleared" get cleared: the evaluation of half a year's work, the performance, 2007 plan,market visit evaluation of my boss's boss...and of course, the "to-be-unknown" still remains unknown, that's the part interesting.

 

Yesterday treating myself a good relax to mark the end of "to-be-cleared" things: went yoga dancing, browsing in the bookstore and picked up some books, enjoying reading in Starbucks, and getting my hair done.

 

The story of 2007 begins...

 

 

 

Shanghai is a place where you can always find unexpected things,even if you have lived there for almost 2 decades.

 

Yesterday my fancy mate treated me a free Yuga journey in XinTiandi,one of the most luxury Yuga I have ever experienced. Well, frankly speaking, before that I have not much interest in such a silent activity for 2 reasons: First, it is too silent; Second, everybody born with some natural weakness, body flexibility is one of mine.

 

Just like some of the meaningful words wrote on that Y+ wall:

I can't.

I can't.

I can't.

I told you I can't!

...

Can I?

 

Then my version would be:

It's not.

It's not.

It's not.

I told you it's not suitable to me!

...

Is it?

 

Yes,it doesn't seem like that awful. All the decorations are carefully choosen, in a world of fresh green, bring you a world of silence with an indicating vigour. I wish I had that luxury window in my future home:an grand sick glass fall to the ground that nobody could see through from outside but clear enough from inside out,facing sunshine, long velour cushion by window, chiffon curtain from top to bottom, everything is concise yet fitly.

 

Taking off your shoes the moment you enter that space, nowhere with shoes, whether in aisle, in dressing room, in class, or even in washroom.I have never imagined such little change would bring a total different feeling, doing all the same things but the different way. Is that the meaning of Y+? Sensing the same body,but in a way you have never thought of placing them. 

 

Another phrase on the wall with some philosophy flavour: Exploring your inner self, before exploring the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 weeks intense working without rest almost drive me desperating, especially including an annual appraisal! For god's sake, finally, they're gone!

 

Lucky enough to come across a winter sale around home, spending 150yuan(original 428) and getting a pretty proper coat when it is desperatly in need, as if a Chrismas present dropped with no indication and time-consuming waiting in advance. 

 

In a sunny freezing Sunday afternoon, the most enjoyable thing is sitting by a second floor window facing street, having a hot Tafee Latte in Cafe, reading the latest Vogue.

 

 

Thank you for remind me of a nice day, with a furry present!

 

After a fiece debeat with almost every one in the office, I finally understand how my former boss feels like, when he insists on sticking to the policy, almost ruthlessly, take no consideration of what I felt like at that time. But now, I am in his place(of course, not his position) and doing the same thing as he did. I felt sorry to hurt my dear Nancy's heart, being frankly, she is hardwork and considerable, but I just couldn't help ...!

 

The beginning of the month is always a mass: reports, plans, BAs, trainings, T&Es, BDFs, and bla bla bla....crowded in limited working hours. How I wish we could start our days from 10th every month! Present brings me some warmth in this cold day, is it possible to receive presents everyday? Hehe...

Amazed by guys' blogs so much, and what fantastic lifes we are leading, finally decided to join the fashion!

 

Although still have dozens of awful things leaving behind, I love getting myself to fashion things!