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My name is Edith Chan. I am a designer and illustrator based in Seattle, USA. I love dreaming, writing and drawing. Pencils and paint brushes are my magical wands giving my imaginations form. I was born and brought up in Macao, the first and the last European colony in China. Living in Macau gave me the opportunity to explore western and eastern arts. I have spent most of my life in this little city, until 2007 I moved to the United States and started this blog to document my adventure in America. You don’t have to be a Blogger or Google member to leave comments. Please take a moment to let me know you were here. Thank you and have a beautiful day!

一人敵與萬人敵

《史記‧項羽本紀》 項羽小時一心學劍, 希望能為滅秦復楚. 但其叔父郤指出: “劍一人敵 , 不足學, 學萬人敵。”. 意思是說劍術只能為一人敵, 唯有熟讀兵法方能為萬人敵. 把項羽叔父這句話投放到生活中, 便不理解為何有人會庸碌一生, 有人郤可以平步青雲.
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My First Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice

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I started working at this company a month ago. Everybody in the office has been very busy, so we didn't have a chance to go out for lunch together until last Thursday. My co-workers brought me to the Facing East Restaurant for lunch , a Taiwanese restaurant in downtown Bellevue. It was the first time I ate Taiwanese food after I came to the States

It was a restaurant with traditional Taiwanese decorations. Simple-style Chinese paintings hanging on red walls lighted by tiny dim wall- lamps. Deep brown wooden dining tables and chairs aligned tidily in the room. The menu was stocked with different common Taiwanese noodles, rice, pottage, street foods (like Oyster Pancake 蚵仔煎), tea (like Fruit Tea 水果茶 ) and desserts. The atmosphere reminded me of the days in Macau, when I hung out with my friends in Taiwanese restaurants, drinking bubble tea and eating Taiwanese sandwiches.

We ordered many dishes that filled up the table, including Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice(魯肉飯), Tainan Shrimp Roll(台南蝦捲), Sauted Sliced Lamb in Taiwanese BBQ sauce (沙茶炒羊肉), Broiled Fish with Miso Glaze(味噌烤魚), and Pork Pottage (肉羮). The food were so good and we were all full. We did have a satisfying lunch at Facing East but I was still craving for the Spiced Pork Stew Rice after that meal. I had never been a fan of Taiwanese food. Guess that it is one of the symptoms of being homesick because of the atmosphere of the restaurant.

Instead of going back to the restaurant, I decided to learn how to cook Spiced Pork Stew Rice myself, so I can eat the dish whenever I want. I searched for the recipe on the Internet and immediately bought whole bunch of ingredients the day after. So, the dinner at home on the following day was a delicious Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice. Spicy juicy sauce pork stew on top of steamy hot rice, side with a spicy boiled egg. What a satisfaction!

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棟篤笑的哲學

早排看志雲飯局訪問憑籍棟篤笑而一舉成名的黃子華. 在舞台上講笑話而大受歡迎的雙聲表演者, 在台下究竟是個怎樣的人呢?有人說每個諧星背後其實都是一個悲劇主人, 究竟黃子華是個天生的幽默者, 還是個在悲劇裏自得其樂的survivor?

黃子華在加拿大阿爾伯塔大學取得哲學學士, 畢業後返港一心希望成為演員,但當年無綫電視的藝員訓練班突然取消,只有編劇訓練班,黃子華希望能藉編劇於電視城工作,再轉為演員。後來他發覺編劇是很難轉型為演員後,輾轉加入了香港話劇團、電台DJ等等。當時他覺得自己演藝生涯一片灰暗, 就在人生的谷底時, 他決定以一場棟篤笑為自己演藝生涯寫上句號, 誰不知因此一舉成名.

在訪問一開始,黃子華便表明自己想當演員的志願和決心:"我希望透過演出不再角色, 而活出各種不同的人生.". 儘管棟篤笑為黃子華帶來財富, 但不改他對演藝的熱誠,黃子華說棟篤笑對他來說只是個支撐自己演藝夢想的金錢源。

黃子華因為錯過演員訓練班而加入篇劇訓練班以加入演藝界,曾擔任工作有代課老師、出入口經理、電台、臨時演員、資料搜集、電視台助導、話劇團演員、電台電視台節目主持、編劇、電影演員,亦是哈痞樂隊(Happy Band)主音........他談及自己的人生低潮時不禁落淚,他笑說:"原來我還是會流淚的。"

即使棟篤笑賣得滿場紅,即使台下有上千觀眾為他的笑話而歡聲雷動,黃子華說:"我從來没有遇過一個明白我的人。" 我不知道黃子華是個快樂幽默人,還是個悲劇主人,但他的故事另我想起一句古世格言「謀事在人,成事在天」。「人謀」在前,「天成」在後;人世間有許多事,即使費盡千辛萬苦,結果總是「有心栽花花不開,無心插柳柳成蔭」。無論你的理想是怎樣,在種種環境制約之下,人,總是身不由己的。

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請給我一顆長青樹

昨天收到妹妹的喜訊,說她的phone interview很成功,我咀嚼她interview的內容,果然很出色,對答大方得宜,態度主動積極,看來她的勝算很大。我真的很佩服她的勇氣,懂得一兩句法文就要去法國讀書。所謂初生牛犊不畏虎,記得剛畢時我亦曾一身傲骨,一幅打不死的精神。但自問我巳經没有這種魄力,意氣老巳。

當兼職cashier的第四天,supervisor叫一位二十歲左右的資深收銀員Wyatt給我做training。當supervisor在我面前稱讚他是最快的cashier時,他臉上露出洋洋得意的笑容, 之後他還給我獨家教授了收銀快手的秘訣。記得以前我亦曾經這樣天真過,那時我剛畢業在酒店當前台服務生,每天站8小時,工作量很大,又要輪班工作。但當時我好像有用不完的精力似的,常常跟其他收銀員埋數鬥多、鬥快,得到主管稱讚便飄飄然,每天和同事嘻嘻哈哈,生活過得如此無優無慮。現在同樣是前線工作,同樣和年青人工作,但感覺變了,想法變了。我跟自己說無論是什麼工作都要做到最好,但無法否認的是,心境老了,不再容易快樂了。

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寫吧.寫吧.

我寫. 我敢. 我愛 我必須寫下去,因為如果不能寫,我的心將會老死掉; 我必須鼓起勇氣,因為如果不勇敢,路是走不出來; 我要用心感受這世界,如果不懂得愛,人生便會失去色彩。 2008年7月6日早上六時半,晨曦初露,一杯淡淡綠茶、幾塊巧克力曲奇、陣陣小紅莓香薰撲鼻......這個月來忙得不可開交,偶爾間靜下來輕推文字細說幾許,感覺是如此逍遙。

來了美國後我開始寫網上日誌,但期間一直糾纏爭扎在日記和網上日誌之間,以往是日記的忠實擁護者(anti-blog-ism),因為我認為網上日誌違反了日記崇高的私穩原則,而且我嚴重質疑虛擬世界的誠信。但不容置疑的是,網上日誌滿足了人們發佈/炫耀的虛榮心、填補了現實的無盡無奈、空虛,以及造就了不少出色平民創作;穿越了地域、時間和種種資源限制,縱使一個平凡的中學生,也可以在網絡上成為一位創作家。這兩天看到Sex and the City劇中女主角Sarah Parker毎晚如何敲擊鍵盤、攝影師Candice如何把影、視、聽藝術結合到她的私人網頁,讓人技攁不已。

曾經有人問我什麼是市場學,我認為市場學就好像一個尋寶行動(treasure hunting),而顧客對產品的潛在需要(latent demand)就是一個商業寶藏,只要發掘出顧客的潛在需要和引發消費行為(consumer behavior),就可以佔據市場。而Microsoft就是看準了在知訊交流市場的孔隙裏,潛在着人們渴望被了解、被認同的需要,創造出個性化的虛擬私人空間My Space。

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