May 9, 2009
※Da-Hu (大虎) The Lord of South Region (南霸王)
Stray cats can be so friendly and cute when there are people looking after them. Since there some cat-loving ladies are taking care of those stray cats around us in my neighborhood, they do a great job to keep those cats neat and easy going. There are 2 big male cats ruling my neighborhood, which are the lord of north region is Da-Huang (大黃), which means big yellow in Chinese. And the lord of south region is Da-Hu (大虎), which means big tiger in Chinese. After I knew where Da-Hu lives, it's easier for me to document his whereabouts than others.
※一週最愛Favorite of the week
Da-Hu (大虎) is a very friendly stray cat which had been neutered and set free years ago, one of the successful TNR case in my neighborhood.
He is so friendly it's hard for me to take a good close-up picture of him.
He had been in a bad mood for a few days last week, due to the bad weather in Taipei I guess.
Here is where he sleeps, day and night.
He has this funny face and nice personality. He got caught by animal control in Taipei twice, every time when he got caught in there, they put him in "willing to be adopted" group, it's rare a stray cat can be as friendly as Da-Hu.
Lazy funny Da-Hu.
Da-Hu despises my cat food because he always gets better food from those cat-loving ladies in the neighborhood.
Take a good look at his left ear. Because we think "left means male and right means female", the veterinaries developed a way to distinguish cat's gender by which ear has been marked in Taipei. So where people see Da-Hu on the street, they would know this cat is a He and has been neutered.
Finally he opened his eyes and take a look at me...
Then he yawned and suggested I should leave him alone now.
Today was a nice sunny day and Da-Hu seems happier.
He is such a guard less stray cat.
Once I got closer, he just stretched out and tried to catch my attention.
Then he would roll over on the wall on second level, and it was kind of scary.
I tried to calm him down by stay away from him, hopefully he will enjoy the day as much as I will, what a lovely day.
氹仔的告利雅施利華貓
May 8, 2009
習詠春有感(五十五)瑜伽身詠春手太極腿
久久以前上詠春課時師妹帶了一個旁聽生,一個看起來也是練家子的女生,一問之下果然她是太極出身。不同於我的理論百分百,她們都算是有實戰經驗的女生。男性的實戰經驗雖然聽了很多,我還是比較好奇有實戰經驗的女生感想為何。畢竟男性的實戰還是以蠻力取勝居多,蠻力取勝易懂,巧力取勝難尋,如果我也力大如牛當然百戰百勝,以小搏大還是難得的難。
言歸正傳,太極有個致命的缺點就是有種「敵不動我不動」式的被動,和詠春充分先發制人大異其趣。然而太極式的轉腰繞圈卻對我非常有利,個子小力氣弱的人一來較高壯者靈活,二來藉著轉腰畫圈不但可增加襲敵的力道也可因為不斷地變化讓敵人疲於奔命。鑑於我小有一點太極基礎又有一點詠春基礎,師妹覺得以詠春的手攻擊以太極的腳站立應該是個不錯的組合。
詠春馬步易轉易卸力,太極馬步沉穩易移動,除了分虛實距離寬,還有就是低沉,狄師父常說因為我個子矮只要我馬步下沉就不容易被拉倒,如果能把太極腿揉入詠春過手中應該不錯。說來容易做起來可不是那麼一回事,尤其面對比自己高壯的對手時哪有時間去思考這些問題,很多事是急不得唯有慢慢磨吧。
內疚地說起來,我學瑜伽的時間比太極和詠春都久。也許是文化的差異及老師的關係,我的瑜伽一直只待在「體位法」階段,尚未達到心靈禪定的境界。雖說瑜伽學習更貼近女性本能(柔軟內斂不具攻擊性),只學習適合自己本性、自己喜歡的東西僅存在於理想世界裡,在現實社會中,身處這個女性必須出門闖天下的時代,基本的保護自我真的非常重要,面對男性(剛強外放具攻擊性)特別是壞人時,中國武術就顯得實用多了。而和其他的武術比較起來,詠春「比較」適合女性學習自是無庸置疑(請注意是比較級,如果以男性練家子的角度看來,也許沒有一樣武術女性可學…)。對我來說,瑜伽詠春太極三者都是柔中求韌氣定神閒的一種學習,除了治躁進,更能養心靜,尤其心一靜感覺自然就來,無須強求。
氹仔的莫義記(紅9)

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來澳門旅遊一定要抽空去氹仔一趟,除了那種時間停止的感覺更強烈外,這裡的美食也是不容忽視的傳統美味。
公車坐到官也街下車,官也街即氹仔市中心的主要道路,對我來說更像是條觀光街,幾乎有名的氹仔都集中在這條街上,還真是甜話人啊。
第一站就是最靠近告利雅施利華街(永遠記不住念不清的六字街名)的莫義記哦。
在台北通常只見過兩種口味的洋菜,這裡可是千變萬化應有盡有,就看你敢不敢吃了。
啊,我知道我很沒創意只敢吃布丁啦,可是這個布丁看起來真的很好吃,吃起來也不讓人失望,蛋味足糖味重,一個個小洞洞裡也充滿焦糖的味道。
這家晃記的傳統糕餅也很有名,但它的店面讓我印象深刻,應該是磁磚的關係吧,古意盎然應該是磁磚加店面平面的關係,奇怪的是在台灣看到的磁磚店面只會覺得像間大廁所,為何到了澳門氹仔就成了充滿古風的場景?
好大好古的一家「押」。
死而復生
僅以此文警惕自己一下…
這次電腦罷工的原因就是CPU過熱我卻懶得理它…
就像大多數女性的車子外表光鮮亮麗,引擎蓋一打開卻慘不忍睹。電腦也一樣,外殼也許漂漂亮亮乾乾淨淨,蓋子一開裡面卻養了兩隻毛蟹(CPU的風扇和顯示卡的風扇)或更多…
本來以為沒什麼大不了,於是我自作聰明想有多難地打開蓋子拆掉CPU風扇,再清潔打掃一番。看到風扇的銅片上有一塊糊糊的東西,傻傻地刮了刮,掉了幾片白白的東西,自認每個步驟都有拍照存證絕對不會出錯的情況下,不當回事又把風扇裝了回去,結果搞了半天,居然電腦開不了機了?
是碰了不該碰的東西? 刮了不該刮的東西? 還是CPU命已至此?
不該充內行該尊重專業,急急找來專業人士顏先生再重新評估操作一遍,當然請師傅來檢查之前毛蟹已先清過。原來一是風扇沒裝好,雲淡風輕在此並不是美德一件,風扇有根小腳沒有扣好,風扇和CPU之間沒緊密結合,如此一來便沒法正常散熱,於是我的電腦就會自動關機。二來被我刮掉的那塊原來是片硬掉的散熱膏,少了那一片就多了那空間,一樣不能好好散熱。專業人士顏先生說還好我的CPU會自動斷電,不然應該早已燒毀。只見他先將顯示卡的黃毛蟹拆下(圖片下方),發現黃毛蟹下面的散熱膏居然還是軟的,至於黑毛蟹(圖片上方)上的散熱膏根本早已硬化毫無作用了。刮掉舊散熱膏塗上新散熱膏,清清毛蟹,重新裝好,這時我那疏於照顧的電腦才又活了過來…
其實以我的眼來看,PC裡空間配製還真差到不行。不止風扇會塞,還有散熱膏的問題,難道這些人一定要設計成這麼難搞易壞才能賺我們的錢嗎?
經過這次的教訓,真該記取:
一,風扇按時清,尤其家裡有個五虎貓幫,一年清一次理所當然,
二,尊重專業,知之為知之不知為不知是知也…









