Monday, 10 September 2012

离窝的小猫

我家那小猫终于长大成人,展开他二十年来第一次离乡背井的新人生。

我们一家对于这小男生终于长大,终于得学习独立抱着既期待又忐忑的心情。自从订下酒店后,我们有点儿像迎接节庆似的,和他一起购物做准备,然后大家劳师动众地,南下北上地到吉隆坡汇集,再高高兴兴地把他送到学校去。

堂皇校园
大学校园看起来富丽堂皇,我们总算放心了,这应该是读书的好地方吧?
我们忙了一个早上的宿舍注册,然后到房间把东西都撇下,就赶到市中心和薇及豪汇合。

我们陆陆续续买了些零零碎碎地物品让他在宿舍用,他和爸还抽空到KLCC Convention Center看了一场车展,才和我们一起到Ben's吃一餐好的,算是为他‘艰难的三年’开幕。(在家好吃好住,去宿舍,相对来说,是很艰难的了。还好以前他去过大姐的大学,见识过天底下最ulu、最简陋的大学, 到了应有尽有的宿舍,心理上必定好过很多。对我而言,有洗衣机有冷气,这儿简直是天堂了!)

我们隔天把他送回校舍后出了一点状况,但总算解决了。到了新房间,再清理一番,我们这才离去。我们毕竟是老传统家庭,千般不舍也只是深埋心底,叮咛的话一句也不多说。
他的新天地

在回程上,大家都尽量不提起小瓜的离去。只是,大家心里都明白,以后家里毕竟不一样了……
再没有人天天update我最新电子资讯、天天给我灌输新知识、天天介绍我新歌新戏新游戏,好让我这老古董不至于和时代脱节……

回到家,夜深人静。

一个人躺在床上,强忍的泪,最终还是流下……

Friday, 7 September 2012

Siem Reap游(三):Ta Prohm上镜的荒凉


当年,法国人决定让其中几个吴哥庙宇保留在探险家们发现它时的近乎“原始”状态,于是,Ta Prohm成了暹粒其中一个最上镜的建筑物。

每一个到过暹粒的游客,相机里头一定有Ta Prohm的荒凉……

我对考古一无所知,但对于当年的艰苦可想而知。人类再伟大再能干,终究无法改变大自然的定律。任你的文化再辉煌,终究是敌不过大自然的力量。毕竟,你要千辛万苦才能见一座城;树的成长,却始终毫不费力。
于是,一座座堂皇建筑物变成了一座座废墟。留给后人的,除了无限的想象,还有无垠的唏嘘……

Thursday, 6 September 2012

五脏

五脏指的是我们体内那五个实心的内脏:心、肝、脾、肺、肾。“五脏者,藏精气而不泻也,故满而不能实。”所以我们这五个实心的内脏皆是用以储藏身体的精华物质,不让精华物质轻易流泻,所以如湖泊可以盈满但不能填实。


上表是什么意思呢?改天再一一细谈,今天只稍微介绍怎么读解此表。

(一)第一行序“主”指的是五脏的主要生理功能
比方说,脾主运化,是指脾把水谷和水湿转输到全身的生理功能。
脾主升清是指水谷精微借脾气之上升而输于心、肺、头目,通过心肺的作用化生气血,以营养全身;头目得水谷精微的滋养,才能耳聪目明,所以脾以升为健。
脾主统血,则是指脾具有统摄血液在经脉中运行,防止溢出脉外的功能。

(二)第二行序“志”指的是精神状况与五脏生理功能的关系
比如说,心在志为喜,是指心的生理功能与精神情志活动的“喜”有关。喜乐愉悦,一般说来,对人体属于良性的刺激,有益于心主血脉等生理功能。但是,喜乐过度,则又可使心神受伤,神志涣散而不能集中或内守。


(三)第三行序“液”指的是我们身体分泌与五脏的关系
以肝为例子。在正常情况下,泪液的分泌,是濡润目窍而不外溢,但在病理情况下,则可见泪液的分泌异常。

肝的阴血不足,则两目干涩,实质是泪液分泌不足;
如肝经风热,则可见两目红赤,羞光流泪;
肝经湿热,则可见目眵增多,迎风流泪。

(四)第四行序“体”及第五行“华”指的是我们身体结构与外表和五脏的关系
比方说,肺在体合皮,其华在毛。皮肤是一身之表,依赖‘卫气’和津液的纹样和滋润,成为抵御外邪侵袭的屏障。肺合皮毛是说肺能输布津液、宣发卫气于皮毛,使皮肤润泽,肌奏致密,抵御外邪的能力增强。如果肺气虚则体表不固,常自汗出,抵抗力下降。


(五)第六行序“窍”指的是五脏与七窍的关系
肾开窍于耳及二阴。耳的听觉功能于肾息息相关。肾精充足,则听觉灵敏;肾精不足,则出现耳鸣、听力衰退等。
二阴是前阴和后阴的总称,前阴包括尿道和生殖器官。尿液的储存和排泄虽为膀胱的功能,但其实依赖肾的气化作用方能完成。因此,但凡尿频、尿遗、尿少、尿闭皆与肾的功能失常有关。
后阴指肛门。粪便的排泄虽然由大肠所主,但中医认为也和肾有关系。肾阴虚则肠液枯而便秘;肾阳虚则脾失温煦,水湿不运,可致大便泄泻。

Saturday, 1 September 2012

期待-ing


I know it's still way too early to be excited. But I AM! Just can't help myself and I can't hide! :)

Friday, 24 August 2012

燕京老去的繁华


早在燕京还没被翻新之前,她已经是牛干冬(Chulia Street)上一个别致的景色。那个色彩缤纷又古色古香的宅门总让人有无限遐想……

翻新后,这酒店保留了中国建筑及南洋风情,餐厅前那写着Yeng Keng Cafe的玻璃窗有着牛仔味道。我很轻易的,就这样子,再而三地被骗进去了……

虽然牛干冬停车不方便,但酒店有个小小停车场。我好几次周末到访都可以轻易的在这儿找到泊车位子。

这餐厅以南洋海南餐为主(南洋海南和中国海南美食当然有所不同,以前南来的海南人多是洋人家的厨师或管家,久而久之在南洋演变出一道道独特的美味)。主厨是个看起来很有江湖地位的老先生(好几次看见他出来向食客问好,下次得找机会和他合照。),想必这儿的南洋海南美食应该非常传统吧?

我必须重点介绍的是这儿的chicken pie。派皮香脆可口,牛油味浓郁(嘻嘻,对我而言,但凡有浓浓牛油味的食物自动先加十分),馅料多而汁香浓。赞哦!
你若也想尝尝,别忘了提前预订(至少要二十四小时前预订哦!)。


 





RM12 for 2 spring rolls



Aglio Olio @ RM15

Chicken Chop @ RM15

 
地址:Yeng Keng Hotel, 362 Chulia Street, 10200 Penang
电话 : 04 262 2177
营业时间 : 8:30am – 10:30am;12pm – 10pm

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Eng Loh Kopitiam


Surprisingly, if you google Penang breakfast or Georgetown breakfast, Eng Loh kopitiam will sure at the top 5 list. However, if you ask Penang lang, I'm sure this kopitiam is not in most of their top 3 favorite place for breakfast. It is not bad, but just not as crazily loved by Penang lang.

Anyway, I have to attend a class in Georgetown few weeks back, and Eng Loh came into my mind since it is quite near with the training venue.

This kopitiam is famous for its coffee and the various Western style of toasts and sandwiches. However, I was not in the mood for something too fancy so I had a set of butter kaya toast. Nice, but when come to toast, Toh Soon is still my favorite.



We ordered a bowl of "gon lou mee" that come with 5 fishballs, a piece of chai koay and a plate of "wan tan mee". Both "gon lou mee" and chai koay are just so so, but the wan tan mee is quite good. I love the homemade-style-char sioh, and the peppery noodle. The wan tan mee stall has many other specialties too but all not available on the day we visit.


If you are bringing tourist, or you'd love to have breakfast at some place with authenticity, you'll find the aging ambience of this kopitiam lovely.

Location: at the junction of Church Street and Lebuh Penang
Opening hours: 8am-3pm (close every Sundays)

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Chew Jetty Cafe


Chew Jetty Cafe is a small, decent kopitiam at the entrance of Chew Jetty. We were there aiming for the 'balitong', 'chee ya hu' and 'lala' but by the time we reached there (around 6:45pm), the "chu char" stall said all the seafood were sold out. Guess we have to come back again next round for the balitong.

Anyway, we are happy to have our dinner there. The char koay teow, lor mee and nasi lemak are good and cheap. Next time we shall try the koay teow th'ng and wan tan mee too!

Derek's Passion for Food

Derek's is a hidden gem in Kulim, hiding at a decent housing estate. We have been there several times but I never bring my camera along and my handphone camera can't do justice to this nice restaurant. So, after years of eating in this nice little restaurant, this is the first time I want to blog about it :)

This restaurant is operated by a very experience chef who was previously working around the world. The semi-D-converted restaurant is cozy and normally quite (unless you are unlucky to go to the restaurant on the same night with our huge group). This is one of my favorite spot for company small group function when we need good halal food and privacy,
The chef has a very simple menu. Having say so, he already covered lamb, beef, chicken and seafood so it is good enough for me. By adding RM7, you can convert your ala-carte to set meal, which include soup of the day, desserts (fruits/ice creams), and tea/coffee.


On our most recent visit, we had pumpkin soup, mushroom soup, chicken chop, various spaghetti, mini steak etc, which almost cover every items on the menu. I had to say, for the price range (each main course cost between RM15~RM30), the food quality is not bad at all.

How to go? If you are not from Kulim, sigh, hard to tell you. Here's the map
Business hour: 11am ~ 2:30pm & 5:30pm ~ 10pm, close on Sunday
Contact #: 012-5617026

Monday, 20 August 2012

终于从脚车上跌下来了

好多人坚持学脚车必定要跌倒才算真正经历了学脚车的过程。我以为自己与众不同,但我终于如大家所愿,从脚车上跌下来了。


话说那天,和美美约好了九点骑脚车,然后十点半到Auto City和雪萍一起吃早餐。谁知道飞机女皇再次临阵改变计划不赴约了,我们俩也就把骑脚车的时间稍微延后,美美又把车子送到车厂维修,我们近十点才终于到达运动场练习骑脚车。

我们把脚车推到竞跑跑道上(贪它比草地平稳),然后绕着转。我开始时还非常用心,肌肉精神紧绷的,专心一意维持平衡。但我在绕了几圈后精神开始松懈下来,一不在意就开始神游,想着一些最近正困扰我的事儿,想着想着,突然间我还不知发生什么事,就已经连人带车翻滚在地上了,嘴还轻轻吻了大地一下,搞得满口鲜血,把美美给吓呆了。(现在手脚全是瘀伤,像被人虐待似的)

最糟糕的是,这一跌,群星乱舞,整个世界泛白。美美看我连唇都白了,吓都给我吓死。我只能坐在水沟旁休息。不久后,我对于自己久久不能恢复正常觉得有点儿意外,她叫我躺下休息,我却怕自己一睡不起,结果又把脉、又按摩的,搞了老半天才想起可能是已经十五个小时没进食导致血糖过低,只好很扫兴的把美美拉离现场,吃早餐去。食物进肚子不久,泛白的世界终于恢复正常,脸终于有血色。

我以自己三脚猫的医学常识,觉得这是跌倒后adrenaline rush,全身紧急机能全被启动,体内储藏的能量却不足,于是脑袋发现主体安全后立刻松懈,能量用尽而血糖骤跌。这,真是自食其果了。

老人训示之一、做事要专心

老人训示之二、一定要吃早餐

自古以来,俗说“不听老人言吃亏在眼前”便是这个道理。我同一时间违反了两条老规矩,活该。

Sunday, 5 August 2012

第一次上路


话说我学会踏脚车后的第四天,我因某些特别原因而把脚车扛到乔治市去。在完全没有复习的情况下,我再一次上脚车,这一上,我就上马路了。
身边那些看我摇摇晃晃的要么就尖叫,要么使尽办法阻我前路。骑不了300米,我的脚车就被充公了。
下一次吧,下一次一定要好好地复习,找个机会快快上路!