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月亮反映了太陽的光芒
那水中那彎彎的月牙又反映了甚麼？
月.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
yay! new blog design! finally up, heh heh!
the reason why i've changed it into a sumi-e, or ink and water painting, style is mainly because i was influenced by the PS2 game Okami. It's absolutely beautiful. the new moon in the design is actually a replica of that in the game, though i've tried as much to be as accurate as possible. and for the main painting itself..well..try searching sumi-e on wikipedia and see what you get, haha! i can only say that i shopped a part of the painting since the original painting lacked the height. the other main change is the 水中月 title, which is written in a calligraphic manner. i wanted such an effect on my previous design, but i didn't know how to do it. special thanks to jinyong for introducing me such a great software like the Adobe Illustrator. Other stuffs are basically unchanged.
ah, before i forget, there's a significant difference in the font and font size if the page is viewed in Firefox and IE. Now i see why you guys are complaining about the font, because IE screws it! FF displays the fonts perfectly. But the trade-off for using FF will be no scrollbar colour change. Your choice, since both are just to improve visual appeal. Before i end this "short" message about my new design, i'll be thankful to receive more feedback about the usability and the overall interface, since the font colours and sizes are mostly the same. thanks guys, and gals.
just a short update on my life recently. my other temp colleague just left work last friday, and things are getting really busy. but the good thing is a rather attractive girl, who has studied in Canada and acquired their slang, has joined us as a volunteer :P
...此時將在月光下謝幕
9:48 PM
Monday, May 14, 2007
"puff" *blows away virtual dust* almost 2 weeks of stagnancy, and finally a blog update. nothing new, but this isn't a happy entry either, so bear with it
today the whole centre's atmosphere was kind of awkward, reason being 3 of our youths were very close to going berserk. well, one actually did. once again, we activity supervisors are sandwiched between the youths (our "clients", so to speak), and the facilitators (those higher up). not gonna go into a lot of details, because it'll have to start from quite a few days ago.
what actually happened was one of the 3 kids refused to go to class (and he was feeling a little down due to incidents that happened before), so we threatened to confiscate his portable gaming device. normally he'll listen, but this time, he started breathing in very hard and tears start to swell up in his eyes. then he let out a scream, and locked himself up in a room, but not before saying "Don't force me!" in mandarin. surprisingly i wasn't quite panicky...probably "seasoned" by the outbreaks every now and then...
what got me to write this entry was this: are those really suffering from mental illnesses? i mean, they look more like spoilt brats than disordered kids. if i were to throw my temper around with my mum, i'll probably be facing the cane. she's told me that she would whack me to death first before i can actually attempt any suicide. so are the kids merely too pampered and not disciplined enough.....? or have i grown less and less sympathising....?
it actually crossed my mind that, if my kid (if i have any) is retarded/deformed/inhuman in any way, would i actually wrap my fingers around his/her neck....? is this an act of compassion, or selfishness....?
3 major outbreaks, 1 suicide, numerous minor relapses every now and then...that averages one major incident every month... maybe i'm too worn by this kinda work... maybe i need a rest...
then i look at their parents coming to YouthReach Centre every day to fetch the youths...some frail, some exhausted, surely from the extra effort they have to put in for their children...but all seem to be lifted when they let out a smile at the end of the day in front of their kids...
...此時將在月光下謝幕
10:32 PM
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
suddenly felt like writing this.
top 10 things i'd rather be drowned in: (not according to preferences)
1) Milk. my all time favorite beverage. i'm especially fond of taiwan's milk. no seriously, taiwan has the richest and most flavourful milk i've tasted. new zealand, australia, malaysia, thailand, singapore...all these fresh milk pales in comparison. and taiwan also has a very wide array of milk flavours. Malt (my fave besides fresh milk), your usual chocolate, fruits, and even apple (it tastes terrific, IMO). but strangely...i've yet to see strawberry, lol. oh, and btw, it has to be FULL CREAM. i hate low fat/skimmed milk, but for my health and weight, i'd had to stick to them. so everytime i'm back to tw, i'll gulp down so much milk i would have drowned if not because of limited funding, haha
2) Miso soup. super nice! initially i hated the taste, but after a while it has this drug-like effect. no stoppin' here!
3) Tomato juice. roxy stuff. same with miso soup, i was at first shunned by it, but after a while i just keep coming back. now u know why vampires are extinct. why go for some metallic taste blood which is so hard to get their fangs on when all they need to do is go to the grocery/super market and grab a can of nice, rich, flavourful tomato goodness, ha!
4) Papaya milkshake. the first milkshake flavour i've tasted, and coincidentally also the one i like most. love at first sip, anyone? again, try a cup from taiwan. absolutely heavenly! even the Tetra Pak ones are godly.
5) Avocado milkshake (with honey). yea yea, i noe, avocado is fattening, blah blah. but who cares when it comes to good food? i actually come into contact with this in singapore, and guess where? surprise surprise, in the stinky canteen of Tuas Naval Base. that uncle sells delicious milkshakes, including pretty good papaya milkshakes. but the avocado one is totally pawning! avocado richness, the taste of honey with strips of grass jelly for some added texture...it tastes so much like chendol, but it's not!
6) Cream of mushroom/Clam chowder. the reason i put 2 together is because both are from the same company...zzz...and also both are those thick thick kinda soup. not much to say. garlic bread is so incomplete without a serving of either of these.
7) Bird's Nest (from concentrate). I'm not very fond of solidified and then rehydrated spit of some cave-dwelling bird, but the artificial flavouring found in those concentrates are so attractive i never get tired of them, ever. so save some of those birds. there are pple who go for the fake stuffs. Winter Melon Tea made from its concentrate has also similar effect.
8) Shark's Fin Soup. i've gotta say this - i'm proud to be a chinese. the guy who found out the retarded fins of a dead shark to be rather palatable is a total genius! but it's a delicacy to be feasted upon once in a while. save the sharks, but not their fins :[ we should have artificial limbs for them, or genetically modify sharks to grown 50 fins which they only dwell on 2 legs.
9) Yam-flavoured Milk Tea. another brilliant invention. i dunno how the yam got in there, but it sure added a very smooth and rich flavour into that tea. i always fantasize that this would be the top recommended drink i'll have if i manage to open a cafe.
10) Dihydrogen Oxide. imagine you've just completed route march under the hot sun, and there's this glistering bottle of extremely clear, extremely chilled mineral water right in your bunk. the feeling of this cold liquid running down your dry throat is one of the best feeling you'll get. and without this, there won't be any of the above.
that's all for my lame entry today. there are still some which didn't made it into the top 10, like Tom Yam Soup, Passion Fruit Blended Ice, etc. but if i do come across them, they'll still be consumed heartily without much biasness. damn i sure feel thirsty after writing this much, lol!
...此時將在月光下謝幕
11:27 PM