貓鎮的小公寓
Where Hui & Little Cat Dwell

小學一年級一次社會科考試的時候, 我拿了 99 分.

答錯的那個選擇題是: 媽媽的媽媽叫什麼.

老師說, 這麼簡單的問題怎麼不會呢?

我很困惑的跟老師說, “可是我們都叫媽媽的媽媽奶奶啊!”

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我自己知道, 我常常故意不去多想跟奶奶有關的事. 但三步五時不小心遇到像阿媽這樣的作品的時候, 很多很多的記憶會忽然把我淹沒.

也許有一天我會能夠把這些整理出來吧. Until then…

• 學吉他
• 吱吱花

are there in the picture? =^.^=

發現了讓自己認真練吉他的好方法: 開始放 Tommy Emmanual 的 DVD, 一面放一面練或是看樂理書. 嗯, 全音全音半音全音全音全音半音.

能夠激勵其他人產生學習意志的表演藝術家, 就是最偉大的.

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The best way for me to concentrate on guitar practicing and learning music theory, is to play a Tommy Emmanual DVD at the same time. Everytime I watch him play, I’m just so moved that any boring practices seem interesting. Now, whole whole half, whole whole whole half…

That’s my definition of a great musician: to be able to motivate other people to want to play.

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這輩子第一次想要學吉他是在高中的時候. 為什麼呢? 說實話真的也是不太記得… ~”~

奶奶不知道從哪裡把小阿姨當年 (當哪一年呢? 也是不太記得) 要買的吉他找了出來. 那時候剛好家附近開了一家功學社 (就 Yamaha 啦), 奶奶還特別拿去讓他們幫忙把老老的吉他整理了一下調調音換換弦什麼的, 好像還買了個教學本給我吧?

那是一把尼龍弦吉他.

這麼自己摸了一下下, 學到了彈吉他最重要的一件事: EADGBE.

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My first quest of guitar learning happened when I was in high school. I don’t remember exactly why I wanted to learn it…

Grandma took out a guitar from nowhere after she knew about this. A brand new Yahama music store happened to be near by. Grandma took the old guitar there, had them change the strings and all, and also bought me an instructional booklet.

The only thing I learned at that period, which I never forget since, was: EADGBE.

I don’t play video games that much. Seriously.

But once in awhile I get addicted to some silly little game, like this one Tim showed me.

The idea is quite obsurd, really, that you need to roll up everything on earth and make them into stars in the sky.

These days, whenever I see something, I will start thinking, “How big should my karamari be to roll that up…”

I just finished creating the moon! and I feel the cosmos!
(… and here are some tips. I’m still resisting the temptation of reading about where all the royal gifts are…)

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其實我不是很常打電動的.

我的罩門就是那些很愚蠢白痴的可愛日本電動.

自從同事 Tim 借我玩 “塊魂” 以後, 我這兩個禮拜以來每天幾乎都會玩個二三十分鐘. 並不是因為我很有自制力所以沒有玩更久. 我玩 3D 的 game, 會暈車啦… ~”~

這個 game 真的是超白痴. 它的重點是, 你要用 “塊魂” (想成一個球就好了) 把地球上的東西都滾起來放到天空變星星.

嗯自己說出來都覺得不好意思… -_-|||

Don’t come any closer!

You probably can’t see the gray tabby very clearly in the picture, but that’s ’cause I never actually managed to be close enough to him/her.

In fact, this is the first time I am able to take a good look at Ding-dong cat, after “hearing” him/her for a few months. :)

She (hum, I think it’s a she) visits us around 10, 11 pm almost everynight these days, and will just dash away if we open the door.

I think our LC is quite popular in this neighborhood. Every kitty wants to visit her. ;)

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連著好幾個禮拜, 每天晚上大約十點十一點左右, 我們就會聽到 “叮呤呤 叮呤呤” 的聲音…

鈴鐺貓又出現了!

鈴鐺貓似乎很怕生, 我從來沒能好好的把他/她看清楚. 可能她觀察的夠久了 (嗯, 我覺得應該是個 “她” 吧), 前幾天下午終於讓我湊近到可以拍到不清楚但看出來是隻灰色虎斑貓的照片了… :P

鄰居的貓咪們似乎都很喜歡到我們家的陽台上來拜訪呢. 小貓有這麼受歡迎嘛?

Written by: George Michael
Performed by: George Michael

Feel like singing something while sitting in from of my desk, so here it is…

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今晚坐在桌前莫名的想唱歌…
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McCarthy Road

Saturday, June 19th, 2005 . Kennicott

Day 7, Healy to Kennicott

靠著各式阿拉斯加旅遊書以及 Simon 的指點, 我們這次出來玩的行程都是自己規劃的.

在出發前我就有點擔心這一天的行程. 保守估計要開十二小時的車吧? 而且這其中有將近兩百英哩 (約三百公里) 都是石子泥巴路.

更別提說, 在我們的目的地只有一家餐廳在晚上七點的時候會提供晚餐.

而在我們出發前, 開始下雨了…

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We came up with the itinerary mostly by ourselves, with the help from many tour books and Simon.

During the whole trip, this day worries me the most. We needed to drive 12 hours, and about 200 miles of them are unpaved road.

Did I mention that there is only one restaurant that serves dinner at 7 in the evening in the town we’d be staying?

And of course, it started raining this morning…
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Denali, on a cloudy day

Friday, June 18th, 2005 . Healy

Day 6, Denali National Park

Weather-wise, we have been very lucky since we arrived Alaska. FIVE sunny days in a row! (after raining for more than a week, as the locals never ceased to remind us.)

So this was the first cloudy day we encountered, though we were still able to see Denali. The guide said from his experience over the past 10 years, there’s only a 20% chance for people to be able to see Denali, not to mention on a cloudy day!

However, wild animals seem to enjoy a cool day like this… Lucky us! since we scheduled the Tundra Wilderness Tour today! ;)

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在我們抵達的前一個多禮拜, 阿拉斯加都在下雨. 從南下到北, 甚至還下冰庖. 很幸運的, 在這天以前, 不但沒下雨, 還天天都是晴天. 我們走到哪兒都有當地人很開心的跟我們說我們來的真是時候. ^_^

雖然天陰下來了, 我們在 bus tour 的折返點還是看到了四分之三個 Denail. 這是不是比看到藍天下的 Denail 還要難得呢?

不過後來我們發現, 陰陰涼涼的夏天, 似乎是野生動物最常出沒的時候…
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xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 我是認真的大家就說要想一想，這個週末我是過三種想的方法
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 但是不知道要想啥呀
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 對啊
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 還有真的要照著表做嗎
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 不用吧當參考而已
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 那我的人生不就是excel
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 可是坐在那裡一直想真的會想出來嘛? *-)
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 就是說呀
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 應該是想一點得一點靈感跟感想然後再想一點
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 所以我覺得你自己想清楚這句話很不負責
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 然後可能有一天就想通了.. 也可能永遠都想不出來... *-)
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 感覺就是我們要餵自己負責
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 哈哈哈哈那是要看用在哪裡吧... :P
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 很難
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 是啊是該為自己負責啊...
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 不管想對了想錯了都不要後悔啊
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 想錯了知道錯了也不錯啊
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 這也是不容易
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 老實說
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 嗯
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 哈哈你明天要上班了喔
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 對... -__-#
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 剛剛從 open mic 回來累死我了... ~"~
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 場歌喔
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 對啊
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 等了一整個晚上累死了
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 就為了高興幾分鐘
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 不過人生也就是這樣
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 對啊難得高興... :)
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 恩恩恩
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 在台上十分鐘比上班一整的禮拜都開心
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 真的
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 對啊, 不然就不會一直等了... :P
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 做自己喜歡做的事很重要
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 可惜以前大家都不懂
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 沒錯
xxxxx想 夢幻小貓 台灣的教育不太骨力這件事
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 所以如果不開心的話就表示想錯了... 要及時收手... :)
夢幻小貓 xxxxx想 沒錯

Mt. Healy

Thursday, June 17th, 2005 . Healy

Day 5, Talkeetna to Healy

We heard a comment from someone, that he doesn’t understand why Denali National Park is a national park. He thinks that it looks about the same as the rest of Alaska.

I think he got it wrong. First, if you think about it, the rest of Alaska CAN be a national park. ;) Second, Denali National Park has more to offer than its entrance area where most visitors go.

You can’t see North America’s highest peak in the entrance area; you also don’t see wolves, caribous, and bears hanging out there.

Even so, the view was breath-taking when we were on the top of a hill in the entrance area.

See, you need to do some work in order to appreciate all this. :)

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我們之前聽到有人說, 他搞不懂為什麼 Denali National Park 可以是一個國家公園. 他覺得這裡跟阿拉斯加其他的地方都差不多.

這該怎麼講呢… 阿拉斯加其他的地方的確都可以是國家公園啊! 只是如果整個州都是公園的話可能不太實際. :P

大部分的遊客到 Denali National Park 可能就在 Entrance Area 晃晃就走了. 可是在這個區域是看不到之所以讓這裡成為國家公園的景觀的. 可以看到北美洲最高峰的地點距離這兒還有四五十英哩; 別處少見的野生動物, 像是狼, 美洲馴鹿, 棕熊等等, 也都不會在這裡晃來晃去. (真的不會.)

要看到美景是要用點心思跟時間的… :)
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