You are exaggerating!

MSS told me on the car, that UBC has the best hot dogs in the world, she said they were the best she had ever tried.

I said, could they have some sentimental value to it? Maybe they would taste better if there are some memory to go with them.

"NO~~~", MMS shut me down in her usually quick fashion, "all my friends said UBC hot dogs are the best, and they would go back to UBC just for the hot dogs." she made a circle with her index finger and thumb, "it is about this big!", "and all the dressings and garnishes you can get..."

"Really? Well, I had the best ice cream at SFU, it was called "champagn", and it has raisins in it, it was sooo good, the best ice cream in the world!"

Guess what MSS said?

"Now, you are exaggerating..."

兩個小孩的爸和他的爛笑話

"壞掉的蘋果,蛀掉的牙齒,和懷孕的女朋友,有什麼相同的地方?"

我的一個好朋友某個夜晚打越洋電話,劈頭就問了某明奇妙的問題.

"gah?"
"你猜猜看..."
"不知道..."
"拔的太慢!"
"........"

我的好朋友和他論及婚嫁的女朋友在一起才半年左右.

"不會吧? 你打長途電話來,就為了問這個問題? 你該不會? 你女朋友?..."
"er...沒有啦..."

幾個月後,他和女朋友就結婚了,又幾個月後,他成了爸爸.

那是一年多前的事了.幾個月前,他計畫和他的家人回溫哥華走走.沒想到,有天晚上他打電話來,說只有他會過來.

"為什麼只有你來?"
"因為我的兒子要當哥哥了!"
"......"
"........"
"什麼!? 你老婆又懷孕了?!!"

又是台灣文化節...又是一年...

又是台灣文化節的時候,今年的重頭戲是五月天,但我怎麼都記不起來他們有唱過什麼歌. 有朋友說“志明與春嬌"阿!

“志明與春嬌"

志明真正毋知欲按怎
為什麼
愛人毋願閣再相偎
春嬌已經早就無佇聽
講足濟
其實攏總攏無卡抓

走到淡水的海岸
二ㄟ人的愛情
已經無人看 已經無人聽

我及你 尚好就到這
你對我 已經無感覺
到這凍止
你亦免愛我
我及你 尚好就到這
你對我 已經無感覺
嘜擱傷心
嘜擱我足愛你 你無愛我
　
志明心情真正有影寒
風足大
你亦真正攏無心肝
春嬌你若無欲和我搬
這齣電影
咱就走到這位準抵煞

真的是經典情歌,標準的男愛女不愛的故事,但痛到心上.

The power of 3rd

There are quite a few movies this year that carried the "3" in their titles. Such as Rush Hour 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Spiderman 3... Of course, there were movies with 2, 4 and sometimes even 5. Yap, Harry Potter will go to 7 for sure.

Sometimes that makes you wonder, are movie makers running out of fresh ideas, or they are just lazier, sticking with the same old formulas that works.

Or maybe we are lazier as movie viewers, who do not need to see new things, we rather see familiar faces with familiar stories, maybe, it feels like they are part of the family?

Everything starts 1.5 months earlier

Have you noticed recently...

When you went to futureshop or browsing on their website, they are advertising the back to school sales already. Actually, they started advertising back to school sometime last month. If you think back a little, the Bay was advertising mother's day sales back in April, and Valentine's day sometime after Lunar New Year...

In this new world of information and advertising, things have to happen a little ahead of their real due days.

At the same time, I see most people procrastinate even more, maybe, it is because there are too many choices out there. How about not picking anything at all?

紅色的家門

2007年是個重要的一年，除了我要進入三十大關以外，今年也代表我生活在加國的時間長過在台灣的時間。

以前，我每四年才回台灣一次，一方面為省錢，一方面也不是太習慣台灣的環境。每次，親朋好友問我什麼時候還會回去?我總是說，下一次奧運吧!

老實講，我跟台灣已經脫節得蠻徹底的，台灣的政治，明星，流行，每次回台灣，都不像回家，反而像是出國的遊客。但，雖然在加國習慣，事實上，每週還是吃台灣菜，最好的朋友還是台灣人，和朋友的對話還是常常說"以前在台灣上小學的時候..."

但事實上，我每次回去都是因為夢到家。

夢中，我走在回家的路上，熟悉的街景，熟悉的味道，最後我會走到家門前，紅色的大門，然後，我就夢醒了。

這大概就是思鄉吧。

25 years old girls don't cry

I have mentioned before in my blog, for those of you who are thinking about finding the right one and settling down, you probably want to avoid girls under 25. The reasons are that they have that internal alarm that goes off and warn them about finding the potential mate to have babies, but at the same time is afraid that they haven't done enough things before they get married.

There are stories where young couples got married, then the wives told the husbands that they need to do some soul searching, they weren't ready yet.

I can't say I totally understand, the options are always with the girls. Maybe they should not think that marriage nor motherhood ends all their opportunities for trying new things.

Fergie recently has a song that has a girl telling the guy that she is leaving and taking this soul searching road alone. It is somewhat sweet, but it is still the same, girls need their freedom, girls need their time before their time...

Fergie's "Big Girls don't cry"

Da Da Da Da
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your hometown
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
Be with myself in center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We got some straightening out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've gotta get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry,
Don't cry,
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
I must take the baby steps til I'm full grown,full grown
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they
And I forseek the dark ahead if I stay

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We got some straightening out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket

But I've gotta get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry

Like a little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
I'll be your best friend and you'll be mine Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to 'cause I wanna hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself in center, clarity
Peace, Serenity