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Saturday, 30 March 2013

Top 10 Funniest Scenes in TBBT (as of till Season 5)

Earlier this month, when I were troubled by some doubts, and my faith being challenged, I needed some "breathing window" to escape. I turned to "The Big Bang Theory" for temporary-run-away-from-reality. Most of the time, when I'm free and alone, I would randomly pick some scenes from Youtube and let TBBT entertains me.

There are certain scenes in The Big Bang Theory that I could watch a million times and still can't stop laughing. It's hard to choose only 10 so I decided to pick only those that you don't have to :

Here's My Top 10 Funniest Scenes:

1) The Leonard Nimoy's Napkin(The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis)
To date, this is still THE funniest scene from The Big Bang Theory. For the first 15 minutes of the show, I was anticipating what would Sheldon get for Penny and what would she give him? Apparently, Penny is the biggest winner of Christmas gifts giver! The used, autographed napkin of Leonard Nimoy!
Sheldon's reaction is definitely one of the funniest minute that I have ever seen on TV, and his little hug at the end is pure gold! It's a Saturnalia miracle :)

2) Sheldon Comforting Penny at the Hospital
Sheldon sent Penny to hospital after she slipped in the shower and dislocated her shoulder. He is as annoying as usual. However, upon Penny's request, he has to comfort her. He, even though do not know exactly what to do, actually tried very hard. The face he makes, kill!!!

3) Joker's Smile
The scariest and the most hilarious smile ever!

4) The Tall Man from Cornwall
This is classic:

There was a tall man from Cornwall,
Whose length exceeded his bed,
My body fits on it but barely upon it,
There's no room for my big Cornish head

5) Drake Equation
First of all, it is very entertaining to see how fast Sheldon Cooper / Jim Parsons can speak.
Secondly, that satisfactory smile on his face is priceless!

6) Sheldon talks to Amy's mother
Only Sheldon can say these without being wretched. He sounds innocent and clueless :)

7) Tiger Eye
This almost-0-conversation-0-action-scene always bring me to tears

8) Sheldon's Drunk Speech
Sheldon overcame his stage freight and started to sing the Elements Song
(I googled the "Elements Song" and this song actually exist!! No joke!! Tom Lehrer must be a real-life nerdiest pianist!! I blog about this earlier this month)

9）Sheldon's Acoustic Sweet Spot
I couldn't help but pity Leonard.

10) C-Men
Being Sheldon's friends could be very dumbfounding sometimes......

Friday, 29 March 2013

Farewell to USA

After we left Big Bear Lake, we drove all the way to the Hollywood Sign for some typical tourist photo sessions. It was fun, but of course, nothing much to do after a few shots. So, we drove along Santa Monica Boulevard for almost an hour, crusing through the various rich and famous areas, including Bevely Hills.

When we finally reached Santa Monica, we were very glad! The sky and Pacific Ocean is still the typical-post-card-blue. This is the amazing weather that I would like to remember. This is the shades of blues that I would like to carve into my memory.

We were not really keen of going to Santa Monica Pier, but we were very responsible tourists. We know, that is the place that you must at least take some "I was here" photos.

I love Santa Monica. It is very California.

After a brief walk at seaside, we decided to do our last USA window shopping at 3rd Street Promenade.

Of course, as usual, we always ended up in restaurants. This round is the Cafe Monsieur Marcel that caught our attention.

This is a great place for people watching! The staffs are very friendly too.

Most importantly, the food was great!

Gazpacho

Duck Confit

Argh, I can't recall the name of this beef amuse bouche

After our meal, we continue to explore the Promenade. This pedestrian only area is an shopping and dining mecca. Besides, just walking here was an interesting experience, with artists performing at the pavement and tourists/locals love them.

3rd Street Promenade in the evening

For our last hour before depart to LAX, of course, we MUST visit the Santa Monica Pier. I am not a fan, but at least I want the "been there, done that" experience :)

We didn't try any of the rides. I had enough of those through out our 3 theme parks visit. The most exciting that I have done was to take photo with the Route 66 sign, and to meet the Zoltar!! (For those that are too young to know who is Zoltar, this is the one that responsible in turning a 12-years-old into Tom Hanks in the movie Big!)

This, is how we ended our amazing 15 days road trip at South West USA!

Thursday, 28 March 2013

甦醒的大熊

隔天早上，天还未亮，我穿起外套、裹起毛毯、扛起相机，泡了一杯热腾腾的咖啡，坐在湖畔的懒人椅上，静待大熊甦醒。

大地依然沉睡，只有我，和一群早起的鸟儿鸭儿们。我喜欢这样的孤寂。总是在这样的时刻，我觉得自己和自己靠得最紧；总是在这样的时刻，我完成了自己在宇宙间最接近真我的寻觅。在日起日落的常规作息当中迷失的头绪，总是在这样的时刻给轻易理清。

太阳升起后，金色光芒渐渐为大地上色。我看着湖的另一端那些屋子由黑变灰变洁白，看着对岸山坡从黝黑变墨绿变嫩青殷红澄黄七彩一片。人生，不也一阴一阳地重复蜕变吗？不也这么平凡又旖旎的精彩吗？