A New Year is Coming

再過幾個小時就進入2008年了， 祝大家在新的一年也都能盡情享受美好的生活喲～

A couple more of hours and we are about to enter the year 2008, wish everyone has wonderful life as the days passed in 2007!

2008年まであと3時間，来年もワンダフルデイズをエンジョイね～

新年快樂！

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

謹賀新年！

Dream Come True (sort of...)

多年的願望，總算得以實現！....雖然只是以另一種型式啦... XD

由太陽馬戲團知名戲碼「Mystère」、「O」的導演 Franco Dragone 自行成立的公司 DRAGONE 所創作，世紀天后席琳狄翁在拉斯維加斯的秀「A NEW DAY...」，一直是泰咪很希望能親臨觀賞的表演。然而，自2003年3月首唱以來，原本預定演出三年的秀，在全球觀眾的佳評如潮下，直至延長到今年12月15日的謝幕最終場，泰咪始終沒有恰當的機會能親自一睹這700場次全數售罄、超過300萬人參與的盛會....畢竟台灣到美國是段不短的旅程呀....

在兩片DVD、全長五小時的內容裡，除了完整的演唱會實況，更包含了席琳對歌迷的感謝、幕後全紀錄、及演唱會台上台下的秘密等，讓觀眾全方位透視演出幕前幕後。

泰咪本想直接從美國購買這套DVD，以泰咪目前找到的最低售價，加上將近商品價格80％的快遞運費後，竟然還比台灣便宜約一成左右耶～若選擇以一般郵局包裹寄送則差更多！但.... 考慮到泰咪爸媽需要中文字幕（雖然他們去賭城親身體驗過席琳的 Live 魅力了），還是得忍痛買台版囉....

P.S. 凱撒宮飯店當初特地為席琳所興建的表演場地 ─「羅馬競技場」真是很不得了啊，比賭城裡一般秀場更多的座位、寬廣的舞台、舞台背景逼真的超大LED螢幕.... 只有嘆為觀止能形容了！

My dream for years has finally come true! ....Well, sort of....

Created by DRAGONE(*), Celine Dion's live in Las Vegas - "A NEW DAY..." had always been one of the performances Tammy wanted to see. However, since the first show started in March 2003, this 3-year commitment had even been extended until the very last performance on 15 December this year, Tammy still didn't get the chance to see this smash hit in person... (journey to the US isn't an easy plan after all...)

In this 2 DVD set contains the show itself, 3 exclusive documentaries : travel to Las Vegas with the fans - join Celine at home, in her car, in her dressing room, and even backstage. More than 5 hours of never-before-seen footage to let the fans get the full access to Celine's performance.

Tammy was thinking to buy this DVD online through the US. As the lowest price I've found, plus the priority shipping fee which equals 80% cost of DVD itself, it's still about 10% cheaper than in Taiwan! Not to mention it'll even lower if choosing standard shipment. But, considering Tammy's parents need the Mandarin sustitle (though they'd seen this show in Vegas personally), I cannot help but buy the TW edition with higher price....

P.S. The Colosseum @ Caesars Palace, the arena specially built for Celine's show, is really amazing! More seats than the regular performance hall in Vegas, spacious stage, super huge & lifelike LED background screen.... THE COLOSSEUM IS AWESOME!!!

*DRAGONE is the show production company formed by Franco Dragone, the director of Cirque Du Soleil's "Mystère" & "O" etc.

Gift／店長からのプレゼント

聖誕節當天，泰咪妹2号打工的咖啡店店長得知泰咪媽在大阪，特地準備了一 "大" 包小西點＆蛋糕送給泰咪媽！（別懷疑，真的是一大包，如果用買的應該也得花不少...）

日本人真的很愛過西方的聖誕節，據泰咪妹說當天店裡除了預約的客人，購買外帶小點心的人潮更是絡繹不絕，讓她忙到腿軟！要不是一早去就先預留一塊 Xmas cake 要給泰咪媽，晚上下班時冰櫃早就空空如也啦～

On Xmas day, Rei's boss(*) prepared a "BIG" bag of cakes & cookies for her when she knew Tammy's mom is in Osaka! (Believe me, it's really not small, probably cost quite some if buying all...)

Japanese really like this traditional western holiday. Except the customers who had made the reservations, Rei said the stream of people bought cakes to go never stopped, too! If she didn't keep a Xmas cake for mom in the morning, the freezer would had been empty at the end of that day!

(*Rei is Tammy's little sister who works part-time at a cafe)

Start of the Day

特製日式中華涼麵！
顏色太單調？冰箱裡只剩紅色食材了啦.... XD

Specially made Japanese-Chinese cold noodle!
Dull colors? "Red" were the only stuff left in the fridge....

特製の冷し中華です！
何で全部同じ色？　冷蔵庫の中に赤い食材しかの残ってない....

National Treasure All Around

(↑按我看大海報↑Click me to enlarge the poster↑)

上星期六去看《國家寶藏 2：古籍秘辛》，隔天又非常恰巧地在電視上看了一遍完整的第一集，過了個充滿《國家寶藏》的週末呢！

（題外話：那天看電視才知道港譯片名為《驚天奪寶》，果真港味十足啊～）

《國家寶藏》塑造了一個新系列的冒險、尋寶類型電影，整個故事主軸均圍繞著美國歷史發展。事件及解謎接踵而來、毫無冷場，讓喜愛歷史題材的泰咪看得大呼過癮！

不過，和第一集相較，泰咪覺得第二集的正式版宣傳海報（右邊那張）設計實在有點糟..... 雖然把劇情關鍵都點出來了，但幾乎被填滿的版面卻顯得過度飽和；且尼可拉斯凱吉的髮型有點小亂，這應該是此種電影類型的海報可以避免的部分。....或者.... 再完美的修片技巧，也救不了凱吉哥日漸後退的髮線?? 呵呵～

製片傑瑞布魯克海默歷年來所監製的作品，幾乎都是造成話題的大成本大製作，從80年代轟動一時的《捍衛戰士》、90年代的《赤色風暴》《絕地任務》《世界末日》，以至於千禧年後的《珍珠港》《黑鷹計劃》《神鬼奇航系列》、及高收視率的電視影集《CSI》....

或許有些人認為他的作品不過就是集特效、爆破於一身，用金錢所堆砌出來的大場面商業電影；但，除了具藝術價值、一切合乎邏輯常理的作品，世界上也需要這種精彩熱鬧的純娛樂電影的存在啊！

泰咪喜歡獨立製片、藝術電影的美，但也愛高預算大製作的無與倫比。Jerry Bruckheimer 最高！（刻意這麼表達好像有點太誇張了喔？哈哈～）

.....總統秘密手冊第47頁啊..... 期待《國家寶藏》第三集早日誕生囉～～

Went to see "National Treasure : Book of Secrets" last Saturday, and luckily watched the episode 1 on TV the next day. The whole weekend was full of Nationsl Treasure's mood!

"National Treasure" has built a new series of adventure films. The whole storyline is surrounded by the history of the United States. Question followed by the next clue, there are always more problems waiting ahead, and that's why the history preferred Tammy like this series.

However, compare with the first one, the poster of the sequel (right hand one, regular ver.) is kinda disaster... Though it points all the keys, the whole layout looks over-filled in the same time. Nicolas Cage's hair style is a mess, and it could had been avoided. ....or.... no any high tech can't even stop Cage's hairline from going backward?? haha~

The producer, Jerry Bruckheimer has been well known since "Top Gun" in 80s, "Crimson Tide", "The Rock", "Armageddon" in 90s, to "Pearl Harbor", "Black Hawk Down", "Pirates of the Caribbean" & smash hit TV show "CSI" after the millennium.

Some people may say that his works are all built on the huge money, and only mean lots of special effects & explosions. However, except the logistic or art films, the world still need this kind of entertainment movies.

Tammy appreciates the beauty of independent art films, and loves the amazement that commercial movies bring to us like no other. Jerry Bruckheimer Rocks!! (saying it that way may seem too overblown?? haha~)

.... page 47 of the President's secret book.... Hmm... I wonder what will be in the next episode....

Merry Christmas!!!

差點忘了今晚是聖誕夜，祝大家都有個美好的聖誕節囉～

Almost forget tonight is Christmas Eve, wish everyone

MERRY CHRISTMAS
&
Enjoy the Joyful Holiday!

P.S. I Love You

幾天前無意中在AOL首頁看到這部電影的廣告，勾起了影痴泰咪的好奇，當然得馬上按進去看個究竟囉！

理查拉葛瑞夫尼斯演而優則導，這部感人的電影，改編自暢銷小說，由金獎影后希拉蕊史旺與傑瑞德巴特勒(《 300壯士：斯巴達的逆襲 》)，一同深情演出；而該片製作人 Wendy Finerman 近期最為人知的作品，即是去年頗受好評的《 穿著Prada的惡魔 》。

一見鍾情的哈莉（希拉蕊史旺 飾）與傑瑞（傑瑞德巴特勒 飾），在短時間內結為夫妻，兩人沈浸在幸福的婚姻中沒多久，傑瑞就重病而過世了，頓時成為年輕寡婦的她，躲在屋子裡不與人來往，直到她在30歲生日當天接到丈夫生前留給她的信 ─ 一段寫在蛋榚上的訊息、和一捲錄音帶，要哈莉開心地慶祝自己的生日。

之後哈莉總是不定期地接到傑瑞的信，以各種令人驚訝的方式出現在她面前。

知道自己不久於世的傑瑞在生前為哈莉留下了一套 "療傷計劃"，讓她忘掉傷痛走出自己的人生。在這十封以各種型態出現的書信裡，唯一相同的地方就是，他在每封信的結尾都留下了 ”P.S. 我愛你"....

就預告片看來，應該是部蠻溫馨感人的電影，不只男女主角間的愛情，亦包含了親情與友情，幫助哈莉走出喪夫之痛。

台灣好像預定在農曆春節檔期上演，希望這不是一部「預告片」型的電影才好啊... 呵～

P.S. 泰咪只注意到男主角 Gerard Butler 演過《 300壯士 》，直到看過演員表，才恍然大悟他就是《 古墓奇兵 2 》裡蘿拉亦敵亦友的前男友、及《 歌劇魅影 》裡最重要的角色：魅影！

最近的反應及聯想力似乎有愈來愈遲頓的趨勢.... 唉.....

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Saw this film's ad on AOL days ago, and that caused movie buff's curiosity...

Based on the best-selling novel, the film is from the director of "Freedom Writers" & "Paris, Ja T'aime", and the producer of "The Devil Wears Prada". Played by the Oscar winner Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow, and Kathy Bates etc.

Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life-- a passionate, funny, and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly.

The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead.

Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief, but in rediscovering herself.

The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to tell her to get out and "celebrate herself".

In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered in surprising ways, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way; P.S. I Love You.

Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future.

With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life.

The movie trailer looked touching and heart-warming. Not only the love between Holly & Gerry, also the family & friendship to help Holly overcomes her sorrow.

Hope it's not only looks great on trailer. ha~

P.S. Tammy only noticed that Gerard Butler was in "300", until I saw the full cast list and suddenly thought of he was also in " Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2" as Lara's ex-boyfriend, and the most important role in "The Phantom of the Opera", The Phantom!

Tammy's memory seems getting worse.... sigh.... u_u

不吐不快！

昨天下午泰咪和泰咪媽搭火車去嘉義

當時正好有其他班次進站，出來的人不少，出口匣門大排長龍。我們從後站要進剪票口時，有個小伙子擋在入口動也不動...

泰咪媽說了我們趕車，沒想到那臭小子竟然不屑的回：「趕車干我屁事啊！」

小時候你們老師沒教你要靠右走嗎？還是你笨到不會分左右邊？？要不要我教你啊???!!! Fxxxing Axxhole!!!!!

以上那段話是在事發過後三秒鐘才從泰咪腦中蹦出來，當時氣到無法迅速思考，只大聲的回了他一句「出口是在另一邊吧！！」

現在的小孩子真的很沒家教吔！

遇到這種狀況都無法及時回嗆過去，平時個性太溫和就是有這種缺點，唉.....

Pure White

前幾天在新天地的 adidas 專櫃看到棒球帽的訂價，一頂要 NT$550 耶！

下一個動作就是馬上去 1F 的 Ralph Lauren，買下這頂 50% off 的小白，雖然還是比 NT$550 多了一點，但 C/P 值就是高下立見啦～


繡金色 logo 呢！和虛華的泰咪實在太相稱囉！哇哈哈哈～

Saw adidas' baseball caps @ Mitsukoshi days ago, it cost NT$550!!

Tammy's next action was rush to Ralph Lauren on the 1st floor, bought my "little white". Though it was still a bit higher than NT$550, don't you think it truly worth buying!?

Look that golden logo, isn't it so fit on peacocky Tammy? haha~

No More Calendar...

MOS 的月曆送完了啦!!! 泰咪沒拿到.... U_U





12/10 起改送「彩繪巧用夾」，可當車票、名片套等，共有「Mountain, Ocean, Sun」三種依序推出

這東西對泰咪好像沒那麼必要，拿來放公司識別證好了～

MOS Calendar's all ran out!!! Tammy was too late to get one....

New present "Painted Ticket Holder" is available since 10 Dec. Three designs "Mountain, Ocean, Sun" will be out in order.

It seems not so necessary stuff for Tammy. Well, let it be the new home of my office ID card may be a good idea....

Healthy Weekend

最近的生活真是愈來愈健康了啊～

昨天騎車去安平，同事帶我們走一條少有人知的堤防道路，大概市政府沒經費維護，只有一開始的一小段是平整的，之後超過一半的路程全是 off road，黃土路面下的大型網狀鐵片全都裸露出來了，難怪有人說騎完那一段之後輪胎有被割傷的痕跡。

由於是窄輪胎，泰咪一路都看著地面，小心翼翼地閃開危險障礙物，根本無暇顧及河面上的美麗景色... XD


今天一早又搭同事的車前往龍崎的「牛埔泥岩水土保持教學園區」健行。地型就如田寮「月世界」一般，該園在當地進行復育工程，使原本寸草不生的泥岩地不再一片死寂。


久聞其名的308高地、許多自行車騎士喜歡前往挑戰的熱門地點，今天終於有機會一睹其真面目。一段接著一段的上坡，有些連開車都覺得很陡了，如果真叫泰咪騎自行車走這段路，大概會有生不如死的感受吧！呵～

(P.S. 真正post這篇文章的時間晚了顯示日期四天，其實泰咪早就寫好了，一直擱著的原因，是英文部分只完成一半啦.... ><)

Feeling my life's more and more healthy these days!

Tammy biked to Anping yesterday, one colleague took us to an embarkment not known by many people. Except the beginning, more than half route is all off road, lots of big iron nets had already exposed on the road surface, no wonder some people said their tires were slashed after that route! Guess the city government probably doesn't have extra budget maintaining it... ha!

Since Tammy's narrow tires were usually for road bikes to ride on flat roads, I kept concentrating on watching the road surface to avoid those big rocks & iron nets, totally didn't have time watching the beautiful birds & river view... XD

This morning we went to "Neopu Mudstone Soil & Water Conservation Pedagogical Park" at Longchi, Tainan county. Its geography was like "Moon World" in Kaohsiung. The government tried different conservation methods to grow plant in the park, makes it no more moon-surface like.

308 High Land (named from its height, 308 meters), now a popular location to be challenged by cyclists, finally Tammy had the chance to see it in person. Continuous & endless uphills, some were even looked difficult for cars!

Imaging Tammy bikes on 308.... I will probably wish to die!! haha~

Night Train／夜晚的平快車

學生、上班族、旅人....
在同一班列車上，各自奔向下一個目的地及溫暖的家

Students, workpeople & travelers....
Heading everyone's own sweet home and next destination in the same train....

Cartier Xmas

新光三越新天地大廳的聖誕樹，今年由卡地兒贊助，樹上掛滿了招牌的紅色飾品盒

.....如果那些都是真的..... (幻想中....)

Glamorous Christmas tree @ Mitsukoshi, sponsored by Cartier this year. Classic jewelry boxes hung all over on the tree.

What if those are all real..... (daydreaming....)

MISDO 08 Calendar, GOT!!

總算有機會把它帶回家了

MOS至今都還沒任何消息耶，大概今年就這麼沒了吧....

Finally have it!

Thinking about getting another one from MOS BURGER, but still hasn't had any news about its release.

Guess MOS probably doesn't hold the campaign this year...

Tammy On the Run／泰咪很忙

天氣變得更冷了，於是在光光的脖子上打了條領巾

下午在茶水間遇見迪阿NO，說今天看到泰咪都想唱「牛仔很忙」

那... 下次泰咪是不是該把牛仔帽也請出場呢？ 呵～

It's getting colder. I put the neckerchief on.

Dino came across Tammy @ rest room this afternoon, said : every time I see you today, always think of Jay Chou's "Cowboy On the Run" ! (watch MV on YouTube)

Well, maybe next time I should wear my cowboy hat, too?

Made In Thailand

Souvenirs from Thailand.

Thanks! My dear friends.

UNEXPECTED RIDE!!!

CORRATEC frame, Super Bow Fun
SHIMANO XT derailleur & brake system
SHIMANO wheels
WTB Slikasaurus 1.1" tires
SELLE SMP saddle
.
.
.
.
看到這些，應該都會覺得是殺雞(泰咪)用牛刀吧??
只能說一切都是計劃外的突然而來....

好啦好啦，泰咪會努力不枉費這部好座騎的
以後有活動要盡量把泰咪拖去嘿！！

(今天以後，到年底都得安分點嘍....)

Most friends are definitely thinking such gear is wasted on me, or Tammy's totally out of mind!!!

Trust me, it wasn't as same as in my original schedule, too!

All right, all right, I'll try to make it worth. So, don't forget to drag me out with you!

Smell of Knowledge

滿車書香~
就屬手拿相機的人最沒文化吧！
呵~

Knowledge floats all over in the car.
The least has it is probably the one who took this pix...

Best Wishes for Nicole & Frank!

To my dearest cousin, Nicole :

WISH YOU HAPPY EVER AFTER!!!

(more photos @ Tammy's flickr)

CONGRATULATIONS, IVY

Tammy's colleague, IVY get married today, in THAILAND!!

I was really shocked when hearing this big news weeks ago, since Ivy didn't talk about it much...

Anyways,

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR HAPPY MARRIAGE!!!

Impressive

已經是一個月以前的事了

泰咪在博客來預購了『哈利波特 (七)』中文版，訂 10/20 發行，當天早上 10:00 以後正式開放讀者自行至 7-11 取貨。結帳時泰咪選的是宅配到府，不必等著去領書。

其實泰咪不算哈利波特的超級粉絲，本來就不急著馬上拿到，自然也沒特別在意哪一天發售。

10/20 當天一早，電鈴響了.... 喵喵宅急便的人員捧著內裝剛出爐的哈利波特的紙箱，出現在泰咪家門口！

每次看到這張出貨標籤，就忍不住想讚嘆：好樣的！喵喵宅急便！！

It's been a month ago.

Tammy pre-ordered "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (Trad. Chinese Ed.) @ online bookstore, which the book would be published on 10/20. Audiences could collect their own copy started from 10am that day @ 7-11 near them.

Since I chose to deliver it to home, there was no need to take it back by myself. Moreover, to be honest, I'm not a super fan of Harry Potter, not desperate to own it at the first moment.

Doorbell rang in the morning on that day. The deliverer had my HP7 in hand, on time!!

Every time Tammy see this receipt, I just wanna say : GOOD JOB!! MEOW MEOW EXPRESS (TAKKYUBIN)!!

1 & 3

3rd time in 1 mon. having banquet @ restaurant A-SHA.

1st wedding reception of total 3 to go~

BEOWULF：BE DEAF

雖然先前就知道，「貝武夫」是利用和「北極特快車」一樣的 "真人截取動作、數位繪製" 技術所完成，但泰咪一直覺得預告中似乎看不太出來。不過正式觀賞此片當然就非常有3D動畫的效果了，還有網友反應進戲院後才覺得被騙了，事前根本不曉得是部動畫片！呵~

影片進行約半小時後吧，音響系統突然發生問題，只剩下左前方的揚聲器有聲音。原本想說應該只是暫時性失靈，馬上就會恢復，但... 電影一直進行，連最重要的大戰食人魔都結束了，貝武夫仍舊是個右耳失聰的半殘英雄!!!

這下注重音效的泰咪真的無法忍受了，馬上衝出去告訴工作人員，再火速地衝回放映廳，心裡還想著：這可惡的音響系統害泰咪少看了好幾幕！ #!@&%.....

失聰的貝武夫雖然康復了，但至影片結束前，偶爾還是有爆音出現。加上不到一星期前，看「鐵線厥的憂鬰」遇上的『菜市場事件』，使目前為止僅有的三次國賓觀影經驗，都有著小小不愉快的記憶！

唉～大概泰咪天生和國賓相剋吧......

Though Tammy's already known "BEOWULF" was created by the same digitally enhanced live-action technology as "The Polar Express", the film trailers still seemed quite realistic until I've seen the feature. Some audiences on the net said they were fooled by the studio! haha~

All of a sudden the speakers were almost muted after the film started about 30 min., the only sound left was from the front left side. Thought it was just a minor problem and would be recovered soon. However, as the film kept going, even one of the key scenes, the battle with Grendel was finished, Beowulf was still half-deaf!!

God! Sound-conscious Tammy couldn't bear it anymore!! >_<

Ran out from the theater, told staff the problem, and backed to my seat promptly, thinking : Dxxx! The crappy speakers made me missed a few important scenes!!!

Though the half-deaf Beowulf's restored, unusual noises still came occasionally till the end. It reminded me of every unhappy matter came with my 3-only times seeing movies @ Ambassador Cinema!

Guess as sure as fate I ain't welcomed by Ambassador... U_U

アジアンタムブルー、Tammy もブルー...／鐵線厥的憂鬰讓泰咪也憂鬰...

等了一年，「鐵線厥的憂鬰」總算隨著今年的角川影展登台了。

上週末和朋友去觀賞這部一直蠻想看的片子，剛開演沒幾分鐘就有三位女士姍姍來遲，進場後便在泰咪左後方入座。

這有什麼好說的嗎？欸~ 別急嘛，且聽泰咪慢慢道來...

話說這三位女士已經是晚進場，就座時還喧騰一陣，接下來的發展更精彩....

隨著劇情的進行，她們不是高聲談論、就是猛猜測接下來的劇情！

有一次泰咪覺得受不了，便回過頭去請她們小聲一點。不曉得是她們聊天的聲音蓋過我、或臉皮厚到一個地步，竟然還是無動於衷的繼續講了好久才停！

坐在泰咪前排的觀眾頻回頭去瞪她們，感覺都快衝上去了！泰咪也有好幾次超想大聲對她們喊：X 的，這裡不是妳的家庭劇院，可不可以尊重一下其他觀眾啊!!!!!! (火_火)

好了，發洩過後也該說點和影片有關的了。號稱繼「在世界的中心呼喊愛情」、「現在，很想見你」之後，治癒系電影又一感人力作的「鐵線厥的憂鬰」，泰咪看完後第一個反應... 預告片似乎較精彩啊....

和其他兩部片比起來，「鐵線厥的憂鬰」似乎無法讓泰咪對它有明顯的感受，只覺得平平淡淡地看完了一齣、劇情並無特別高潮處的電影。是否女主角─松下奈緒不那麼深刻的演技無法引起共鳴？或是泰咪背後如菜市場般的吵雜影響觀影情緒？泰咪倒是無法下明確的定論...

最早引起泰咪注意這部電影，其實是澳洲知名歌手／演員 Delta Goodrem（黛兒塔）演唱的主題曲『フロウド～埋まらないパズル』（Flawed~不完整的拼圖）。


Delta是繼Kylie Minogue與Natalie Imbruglia之後，近年來澳洲最成功輸出的流行女歌手。2002年在澳洲著名的長青節目《Neighbours》中獲得一個角色，飾演唱歌靦腆的女學生，並在秀中演唱了「Born To Try」這首歌，自此成為家喻戶曉的人物。「Born To Try」所掀起的旋風，不僅襲捲了全澳的排行榜冠軍寶座，更連帶地使Delta隨後發行的首張專輯"Innocent Eyes"繼續延燒這股熱潮，並成功地攻下英國、紐西蘭以及無數的歐洲排行榜。

此次Delta特地為電影所作的主題曲，上音樂節目宣傳時還特地搭配自3歲開始學琴、就讀音樂大學的電影女主角─松下奈緒的鋼琴伴奏，使Delta的歌聲引起歌迷及影迷注意，也讓她在日本的正式出道有了好的開始。

寫了落落長的一大段，結論是，這部片子最吸引泰咪的部分是：主 ．題．曲！

P.S. 映画「鐵線厥的憂鬰」X Delta Goodrem (主題歌) X 松下奈緒 (女主角&鋼琴配樂演奏) 之期間限定特設網頁，已經開張一年多，不曉得會營業到哪時？有興趣就趁早去看看唄！

やっぱり...

總想著不該時常這麼崇洋媚外，但又覺得該對自己誠實，尤其就在幾天前剛吃過口味完全相同、但為日本製的東西。

紅豆口味散發出一種極人工的香料味，同事甚至說他連繼續嚼下去的勇氣都沒了....
相較之下黑芝麻是好太多了，但泰咪還是覺得嘴裡一整個像剛吃過麻油雞~ XD

就像日本人說鼎泰豐還是台灣的好吃，森永牛奶糖也是原產國─日本的最讚啊！

You may think Tammy's a worshiper of foreign goods, but it's all about being honest with oneself, especially when you'd just had the same stuff, but from JP.

Red bean flavor's Morinaga caramel had very artificial taste, one of my coworkers even said he needed more guts kept chewing it...

Compare with it, black sesame seemed a lot better, although Tammy still felt it's like cooking sesame oil.

Most Japanese say original Taiwan's DinTaiFung steamed dumplings taste better than in JP's branch; I say original JP's Morinaga caramel is the best!!

Little Yellow Cart

泰咪爸從今年的東京車展帶了台小車車給泰咪。
Tammy's dad brought me a souvenir from TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2007.


Why?? 幹嘛要買個小玩具給已經大人大種的泰咪咧???
How come my dad bought me a toy cart?? I'm an adult already!! XD



還可以任意擠壓耶~~ 難不成是之前曾流行過的抒壓小玩意兒?? 這也難怪啦，日本人好像壓力特別大? 常常發明這些有的沒的....

Wait, it's squeezable! Is it once-to-be-popular's stress releaser?
O.I.C. guess Japanese always live under tons of pressures, they probably need this kinda gadget the most....



驗明正身~~~ 是可愛的手機座啦！
The final answer revealed : It's a holder for my lovely cell phone!! ^^

Winter??

星期日在新天地看到的一幕，一直忘了提

泰咪在六樓吃午餐，看到個小女孩，忍不住要把手機拿出來拍下這張照片

小女孩穿著毛茸茸外套 & 毛茸茸長靴.... 哇~ 今年台南的冬天來得可真早呢!!

小美眉，如果覺得太熱，記得要跟坐在對面，短袖短褲外加拖鞋的把拔說啊~~

Saw this scene while having lunch @ Sunday's Mitsukoshi.
The little girl was wearing a fluffy coat & boots.

WINTER COMES EARLIER IN TAINAN THIS YEAR??

Hey little girl, if you feel too hot, tell your daddy who wears tee + shorts & flip-flops!!

MISDO's Coming...

"鄉巴佬"泰咪好久沒去逛百貨公司了，連前陣子離家不過幾百公尺、每天上下班都會經過的新光三越中山店舉辦週年慶，泰咪也沒踏進去半步.... XD

下午和泰咪媽去久違的新光三越新天地 (其實超常去，但都看完電影就回家~)，發現大家討論多時的 MISDO 新天地分店，終於要在11/1隆重開幕了！以後總算可以隨時想吃就吃得到囉~ 想當初台灣還沒引進時，泰咪媽還常從日本帶回來呢！

相對於 MISDO 即將開幕這令人興奮的消息，則是被取代的 Maxim's 就此消失了... 泰咪還蠻喜歡那家店的，大概是不符合台南人的生活型態吧!! 連喜好奢華的泰咪都只去過兩三次，難怪它在苦撐多年後，還是得把那櫃位拱手讓給 MISDO 了.... (皮爾卡登先生，在這裡你很難贏得了日本人啊~)

泰咪不算是個愛跟著大家一窩蜂趕流行的人，但剛出爐的新鮮 MISDO 真的好吃呀!!!!!

First Ever

昨天泰咪經歷了一次人生中的初體驗─騎單車!!

欸~ 不是說泰咪沒騎過單車吔，從5歲學會後就在騎著我的小MTB在住家附近大街小巷穿梭，國高中時更是每天衝鋒陷陣地騎了六年呢!! 是第一次騎長途啦~

在同事的邀約下，從沒試過、且已經蠻久沒騎單車的泰咪心一橫就答應了。一早在定點集合，光是從市區騎到關廟的集合處就快軟腳啦!! >_<

待大伙都到齊後便繼續往目的地─關廟森林公園前進。本來和有志一同的 Matt 不想再進去，但在大伙的力勸下還是繼續行程，不過遇到上坡就得常常下馬來牽車就是了....

沒想到自己竟然可以騎著單車橫越南二高上方，這種感覺還真有點難以形容呢! 這麼一路走走停停的也就和大家一起完成首次的長途單車之旅 (至少對泰咪來說是算長途啦~)，算算總共騎了約40KM。

而那台老車，跑過這趟值得紀念的旅程，總算也不枉在泰咪家服役13年的歲月了!!

(後記：對了，得大力感謝 Alan 在行程後半段借我他的愛駒，否則這幾天說不定得想辦法弄本殘障手冊來用呢~~)

MAJOR DEBUT!!!

泰咪妹傳了個網址過來，隨意瀏覽了一下，赫然發現... 咦？其中某個小圖不是泰咪妹嗎??

一按進去，還有一段訪問?!?!

泰．咪．妹．出．道．了．耶！！！

TOSHIBA 最近請田村正和 & 山下智久一起廣告 NB - dynabook，特地製作了兩人的等身蠟像在全日本各地展示，上星期到了大阪，身為 Johnny's 粉絲的泰咪妹當然不會錯過此活動囉!! 正當她們請人幫忙拍照之後，工作人員便詢問她們是否願意接受採訪!!



訪問內容大概是說： (當然現在看到的已經剪掉很多了...)
從哪裡來？
知道這個活動嗎？
是誰的飯？（當然是山下君的粉絲啊！！怎麼可能會是田村老爹咧?）
對那個人形有什麼感想？
最後請對山下說一句話！
冬コン頑張ってください！！（冬天的演唱會請加油!! 泰咪妹的回答~）


↑↑期間限定的活動專屬網頁只到 11/30，有興趣就去看看唄!!↑↑
(若看不到請按重新整理)

Tammy's sisters sent me a web link on MSN messenger. I saw a familiar pix while glancing at that webpage... Isn't that Tammy's sisters?? Not only that small thumbnail, it even has a film clip, too!!

TOSHIBA's latest TV spot for laptop - dynabook is represented by 2 big stars of different generations. This ad is recently a smash hit all over Japan, they even created 2 sets of wax figures (standing & sitting poses) to showcases around major cities in JP.

The exhibit toured to Osaka last week, as big fans of Johnny's (JP's biggest agent company of male talents), Tammy's sisters would definitely not miss this activity! After taking some pix, the staff asked if they were willing to have an interview!

Here's what interview said :
Where are you from?
Know this campaign?
Who's fan? (of course the younger Yamashita Tomohisa!! haha~)
What do you think about that figure?
Say something to Yamashita?
GOOD LUCK ON WINTER'S CONCERT!! (their answer~)

↑↑ Exclusive site's only available till 11/30, take a peek by clicking that site bar! ↑↑ (reload the page if you don't see it)

New Shoes~

泰咪的阿姨前陣子從溫哥華回台灣，送泰咪一雙公雞牌的鞋子哦~~ 不錯看唄!
Baby blue 的懶人鞋是泰咪媽的，和泰咪的小粉紅是同一系列 (其實是size一點也不小的"大"粉紅...)、但更新的款式，正面還烙上美麗的花樣呢!!

Gift from aunt Susan who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Baby blue loafer is for Tammy's mom. Same series as my Super Pinky, but newer model. Those flowers look chic, aren't they??

Wildfires in S. Calif.

加州近百年來最嚴重的野火，已經在南加州各地肆虐近六天，延燒足足約有250KM!!

前天晚上泰咪打電話問候住在 Thousand Oaks 的表姊，提起這次事件的頭幾天，距離不到一小時車程、好萊塢大明星最愛的 Malibu，及北邊後山 Moorpark 附近紛紛傳出災情，讓位處兩地中間的 Thousand Oaks 亦滿天黑煙，不得不密切注意火勢走向！


幸好主要火勢被風向帶往南邊、附近的起火點也漸漸被撲滅，Thousand Oaks 亦得以幸免於難!!

昨天風勢減弱，災情最嚴重的 San Diego 也已逐漸獲得控制，希望這把無情的野火能早日結束!!

(Original map from Los Angeles Times)

GRAND OPENING!!!

終於，在歷經多時 (包含偷懶的時間啦~ >_<)、偶爾忽視三不五時來自各方的邀約聲後，認真考慮各種符合自身需求的條件因素，總算選定 Google Blogger 做為落腳之處！泰咪將不定期與大家分享所見所聞之新奇事物，及或重要、或芝麻綠豆大之生活點滴~~

After considering some of the personal major needs, finally finally decide to create my little crib @ Google Blogger! This will be the record of Tammy's daily life, either big events or minor matters~~

BTW, if you guys don't see new updates for days, pls forgive my occasional slack.... XD

Under Constructing...

c ya soon!!