煤氣賬單Gas Bill

我今日收到好煤氣單，嘩!!! 我居然要交５００元煤氣費!!!! 我心想：我一個人住也用了這麼煤氣，簡直難以置信!!! 然後我再仔細地看，才發現原來我因為沒有按時報錶，所以煤氣公司多計了我的用量．．．從４月的讀數３９８４到它估計６月的４０２５，足足是４１度煤氣，但實際呢？請 看上圖，其實只是３９８８而已．．．正確來說，我兩個月內只用了４度，只是它估計的十分一．但最無奈的還是我沒有辦法拒絕繳費，煤氣公司只會於下期賬單扣 除多繳的金額．我粗略地估計我大約可以少交近２年的煤氣費．GOD!!!!

I have just got a bill from Towngas. Oh!!!! It's totally $500 for these two months.... but I was wondering why. I'm living on my own from March. I shouldn't consume that much.

When I read the bill closely, I found it was over-estimated how much that I have consumed.
It's 10 times over what I really consumed for last two months. I MUST pay the amount shown in the bill this time. Towngas will not refund the amount that I have over-paid. That amount will be used to pay for the next bill. However, I over-paid too much this time. I think I won't need to pay the bill for next 2 years.

曠世巨鑄

多謝Nelson老師的無限創意!!!!!!!!!!　為我們寫了這篇”動人”的告示!!!!!!↑______________↑______________↑
各位同學請留神

無論你係61340嘅同學，
當你發現我唔响個位嘅時候，敬請保持鎮定：

煩請將閣下嘅“曠世巨鑄”(即係功課)，

通通放入此收集箱（蓋）中！

～絕無點你～
我係中提琴．岑老師

Mr Nelson is so CREATIVE!!!! He wrote a "beautiful" notice!
Here it is:
To all the students from 61340(our course code), please pay attention!
If you can't find me in my seat, please don't panic and stay calm.
Please put your "masterpiece" of work into this BOX.
~That's true, I didn't lie to you~
I'm Viola(has been translated as the musical instructment) Shum

Haagen-Dazs的雪糕蛋糕萬歲!!!!

Haagen-Dazs的雪糕蛋糕萬歲!!!!
這是我今年的生日蛋糕,雖然足足過了整個星期了,但無奈Haagen-Dazs的雪糕蛋糕要訂足兩個星期、算了、這畢許竟是我期待已久的蛋糕(因為是第一次吃Haagen-Dazs的雪糕蛋糕).

Esther、我會留一件給妳的、已切好、並放在冰格內. 嘻嘻!

這雪糕蛋糕的餡料是my favorite的綠茶味!!!! Sales 當問我要甚麼味道的時候、我衝口而出的說"綠茶"、因為我以為蛋糕的口味是standard、完全沒有想到可以選擇自己喜歡的味道.

Haagen-Dazs ice-cream cake!!!

I finally have my birthday cake, although my birthday has been passed for a week already. I really want to have this cake on my birthday. But, as I have mentioned that I had an evening class until 10pm. Therefore, I supposed to have it on the next day, BUT, this cake took at least 2 weeks to prepare. That's why I have this cake SO LATE!!!!!
This is actually a green tea ice cream cake!!!! Yeah~~~ I love green tea very much~~~

Esther, I will leave one "small" piece to you. I have already nicely covered it up and put it into my freezer la.

這是我星期一早上畫的，不過未完成的，這只是背景而已，希望星期五的時候可以完成更多。

今年我自動請纓教Painter這一科，令我再次重拾畫筆（雖然現在用的只是Wacom筆）。

其實家裡還放著中學時期用過的畫具（早陣子大裝修的時候已掉了不少過期的顏料），也沒有推動自己再次畫畫，始終用紙和筆需要的空間較大（不過，當然並不是沒有這樣的空間，因為我已一人獨佔了整間屋），最大的原因還是清潔問題，每次想到要收拾畫完畫的「殘局」真叫人頭痛。

之前，我曾有個想法，不如多讀一個Fine Art的Master Degree吧。原因並不是取其証書，而是希望用「讀書」逼使自己畫畫。始於我從３﹣４歲開始畫畫，不間斷的直至中五（因為當年會考修了Art），之後又停了兩年準備高考。到了大學，我跟朋友一起改畫漫畫，出版同人誌。不過只是一兩年的事而已，大學的功課忙，同人誌的同伴又紛紛入大學，就是這樣，便不知不覺下解散了。如是者，也沒有機會畫畫（其實是懶人的藉口：Ｐ，嘻嘻）。

自從教這一科開始，便希望多利用上課的時間畫畫，因為一邊畫，學生們同時亦可以留意到我的用色、構圖，我想這樣更能提高他們的畫畫技巧，我也可以省卻不少時間。

I drew this picture on this Monday. It's still a unfinished piece of work. I hope I can work on it on this Friday.

I am teaching Corel Painter in this semester. Although I wasn't familiar with this software before I taught this course, I insisted to teach it. Why? Of course, I have my reason. If anyone wants to know, please ask me in private. I will tell you then.

I believe this is a good opportunity for me to start drawing again. I love drawing from the bottom of my heart. I learnt drawing when I was 3 or 4. Being an artist was my dream once. How about NOW? I'll prefer to be a renowned animator. I'm still keeping many drawing paraphernalia at my home, but I have already thrown some expired drawing materials away, such as dried watercolors... I still have got an easel. However, it will occupy most of the space in my study room.... I prefer to draw a digital painting because it's CLEAN. I don't need to worry about cleaning up dirty table. That is the major reason that I haven't drawn for a long time. Even I didn't draw for many years, I sketches all the time. I LOVE to sketch during the meeting. HEHE. I shouldn't do that, I know I know.

When I've just completed my Master degree, I was thinking about to take a Fine Art Master course. I think doing assignment is an excellent motivation for me to draw. However, I have to think twice before I take action. Studying a Master degree is really time-consuming, so I need to plan well. I HATE to quit at the middle of the semester.

This drawing is one of my works that I drew in class. I prefer to demonstrate how to use this software by drawing an actual digital painting. The students can also easily see how I apply the colors too.

雷，雨 thunder . storm

雨下得很厲害，雷也打得令我心寒．

中午到了旺角花壚買花，不消兩小時，便左一大袋右一大袋的回家，當走到新世紀廣場雨才開始下，步離火車站雨還零星地下，直到三點多，雨像瀑布地下，還不時打雷...

希望今晚雨停，雷也停．

There's a HEAVY rain out there.
Before the rain started, I have already bought 3 glass vases and 2 bunches of dried flowers to home within 2 hours. I carried two FULL and big plastics bag. When I arrived at New Century Plaza in MK, there was just a drizzle. Until 3 o'clock, it became a HEAVY rain. It also thundered many many times.....

GOD, please stop the thunder, before I go to bed tonight....

空想之機械達 Brass Etching Model Kit Series: Ornithopter

開始砌Samu送我的模型，從一塊銅片取下飛機的支架，小心翼翼地把一條約１mm闊的銅線穿過細小的洞口，難！

不過這部份應該是整個模型最困難的部份了... 但，碰巧我家裡沒有萬能膠，我想我只好暫時閣置一晚...

This brass plate is ALL the parts of this ornithopter. I have to use a cutter to cut them out carefully. The plate is easy to be breakable If I cut it wrong, the ornithopter may not be constructed.

I have taken a photo of its wing. You should also see a very very thin wire here. I have to out this wire out from the plate and pass it through all tiny holes on this frame of wing. I really can't use my fingers to hold this wire because the scale of this wing is actually very small. The overall size is about 4 cm long. The holes that I mentioned is just about 1mm in diameter. I MUST need a pair of tweezers to hold the wire. BUT, thanks GOD that I don't need to use a magnifying glasses to make it, haha. My eyes are still functioning.

Finally I need it to mount this wire on the wing. BUT, I have just realized that I didn't have a glue in my home.... so I have to stop constructing it now...... and wait for tomorrow.....

第二份生日禮物 2nd Birthday Gift

多謝 !!! Johnny!!!! 多謝你割愛送了我這個Tachigoma, 我想Kopo一定狠死我了!!!! 嘻嘻!!

我一定會好好對待它的，它將會跟我其他的玩具放在一起!!!

今日雖然是漫長的一天，連續6小時: non-stop，no lunch的課堂，然後再加上3小時的夜校，的確有點吃力，不過，不停受到不少學生溫馨的祝賀，感覺真不錯．
作為教師便有這個好處，時常遇到不同的人，自然會有更多人認識自己，相對會提高別人對你講”生日快樂”的機率（只要你的人緣不是太差^_^）．但有趣的是，我並沒有告訴學生們我的生日日期（但其中有學生知道我是這個星期的某一日生日，不過她應該記不清楚確實日期，但不知道她今天怎麼又記起來），然後她當著全班面前跟我說”生日快樂”，而同時上一班學生又未完全離開１２６，所以他們又因此而得知我生日，他們在離開時也特地繞到我身旁跟我說”生日快樂”才離去．

確實有點飄飄然的感覺!!!

Thanks, Johnny!!!Thanks for your gift, Tachigoma.
Today actually is my birthday. It's really a LONG day. I have had 6 hours non-stop tutorials without a lunch break. I will have a 3 more hour evening class tonight too. It's really tough.

恭祝自己生日快樂!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday to ME!

生日啦! 又生日啦!!!!

昨日到apm palace買Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End的預售戲票時、隨便地選了兩個後排近走廊的座位、並沒有留意戲票上印著甚麼．

直到吃晚飯時、我跟我同事到學校的canteen吃飯時(其實我只喝了一杯無糖咖啡、因為午飯吃得太遲、甚麼也吃不下去)、我從銀包拿了戲票出來看、我才發現...

看了沒? 上面寫著 ５１８!!!!!!!!! 太神奇啦!!! 這不正是我的生日日期??很邪！是不?其實，...事實上面印的是５號院，第 I 行的８號位!!! 不小心看成為５１８而已....

Esther、這張票我要定了 !!!

I went to apm palace to buy the pre-sale tickets for "Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End" yesterday. I randomly picked two seats at the back.
When I returned to my office, I still didn't check with the tickets. Until the dinner time, I was having dinner with my colleague (I was still at school at night since I need to teach the evening class tonight). But, actually, I didn't really have my dinner. I was just having a sugar-free coffee. Why? I ate my lunch at around 2:30 pm(My friend came to Kwun Tong and pre-celebrated my birthday), so I was still FULL at 6pm.
When I was chatting with my colleague, I took out the tickets and showed him. I FINALLY noticed one INTERESTING thing.
See the attached picture?
The first 3 numbers are EXACTLY the same as the date of my birthday!!!!!!
5, 1 and 8
My birthday is 18 May!!!!! Is it WEIRD????
Actually, I have picked the seat in "I" row, seat 7 and seat 8 in House 5. It simply looked like 518 only. Haha.

Esther, I will keep this LUCKY ticket!!!!

早來的生日禮物 Birthday gift

多謝！！！Samu！！！！

我會砌的！！！兩年前左右，我也買了同系列的飛船（海盜駕駛的那一艘），不過，這個看似比我之前的易砌！我會努力的！！

Samu, thanks for your lovely gift. I love this very very much!!!

You've said that I may be angry with you when I opened this gift. But, you see? I didn't. I really like it. I bought one from the same series 2 years ago too. That one is MUCH MUCH difficult to construct than this one since this one only contains one bronze plate. I will work HARD on it. Let me take a photo when I've DONE! Thanks again!!!!

青青河邊草 Little grass

大家看一看畫面右下角正在生長的小草!!!!!!!!
我今天用ImageReady做的!!!

See the animated glass at the right bottom corner? I used "ImageReady" to draw it frame by frame today.

"輕輕的我走了， 正如我輕輕的來" -- 假的!!!!

輕輕的我走了， 正如我輕輕的來. (摘錄於徐志摩的"再別康橋")

今天我正要悄悄地"撤離"學校的時候，誰知碰巧遇上剛駕車回來的院長，我想他並沒有看見我, 因為我平時打扮得跟學生沒兩樣. 一下子應該認下不出來, 但又總不能肆無忌憚地從院長的車前走過吧, 而出口只有一個.... 我見狀, 便急急追回壁報板的後面(唉... 同時又怕撞上了其他高層同事.... 簡直進退兩難.... ), 然後我趁院長泊車, 便匆匆的離開了.

以為終於避開所有的耳目的時候, 當我走到翠屏村時, 我居然遇到我三位最close的同事.... T同事及兩位K同事. 我這時才知道為什麼我個多小時前怎也找不到 T同事!!!!! 原來他們出去了吃東西!!!!!!! 激死!!!

想"輕輕的我走了"是不可能的!!!!!!!

concept art

這個是我幾星期前，上課期間用一個小時畫的demo。
Painter這個software真不賴，很易上手，不過，對於不懂畫畫的人而言，仍是沒有多大的幫助。

Esther, 生日快樂!!!

Esther, 每次到了妳的生日, 亦代表我的生日又快到了.... 為何我這兩年的生日都要在工作中及夜校中渡過, 仍有點不習慣呢.... 可能待在大學的日子久了, 這個時候正是Sem B的尾聲, 功課, final project總趕及完成, 然後一大伙去慶祝. 反觀到了今年, 夜校完了也不知不覺到了10點多,.... 唉, 希望今個星期, 我同事不要叫我跟一起坐的士回家, 我不太願意生日那天仍要跟他在的士裡渡過, 苦!

失去電話的後遺症

自從十二月不知為何丟了電話之後, 最令自己覺得悲哀的不是要花錢買新的, 而是沒有phonebook內所有的電話, 雖然以前我一直會synchronize至電腦, 但原來我一直也選錯options做backup, 以致我不能100%復原到新的電話上(雖然同是Nokia), 唉, 連Nokia的顧客服務部都問過了, 僅可把少於50%的電話恢復, 更不要說inbox內的message....(始終有些值得紀念的message....算了.....傷心亦於事無補).

一開始已發現很多大學同學的電話因此而沒有了, 從那時候起, 我每見到舊同學online, 也會不忘問他/她取回聯絡, 當然, 這樣的日子並沒有維持下去, ... 直至一個月前, 就是因此而發生一件尷尬事.

又或是到了今日, 我朋友的男友正要找我一位舊同學(不要問他們怎樣認識), 他想問我她的家居電話號碼, 我心想: 畢業了都一段時間了, 我也忘記了自己還有沒(或曾否)有她的電話(即使我與她於大學時期關係非常close), 我嘗試翻查phonebook, 我居然只剩下幾個舊同學的電話.... 心又像被插了一刀, 撥了好幾個"僅存"的電話號碼, 仍找不到我想找的........ 多可憐....

啊~~ 我太專心寫 blog, 完全忘記在廚房內正在煮食........ 煲乾水........

母親節快樂！

昨午帶爸媽到「嚼江南」慶祝母親節（晚上到我哥家吃pizza），點了「小籠包」，「紅油抄手」，「籐條炆豬肉（即東坡肉）」，「香辣素菜」，「擔擔麵」，「鹽酥骨」。

本該是值得高興，但，卻被我爸一個無心的玩笑，差點兒弄得不愉快。
「香辣素菜」本是夾雜著不同的蔬菜，菇類及用作陪襯的紅辣椒。我爸飛快的夾了一只圓圓紅辣椒，吃了。我媽見狀，問道:「辣唔辣?」我爸答:「好甜!」我媽便亳不猶豫地把紅辣椒放進口，嚐了一口，便辣得要吐出來。我媽喝茶也沖不走辛辣的感覺（因為茶還是熱的）我替我媽要了一杯冰水才好一點。我爸仍對自己做的惡作劇矇然不知，還繼續落井下石地說:「真係好甜!」，令我也忍不住叫我爸收口，這樣，隔了一會，我媽的氣才消，我也才鬆一口氣。