Sunday, June 29, 2008

So-Called High-Class?


源自比利時的高檔甜點

來自日本的高成本目錄

High-level sweets brand from Belgium

High cost catalog from Japan

Squeeze it!/啵啵啵~


從去年底左右開始熱賣的小東西,高居當時聖誕節和新年送禮排行榜前幾名的禮物

泰咪妹想了很久,終於在前陣子入手,順便也給泰咪一個

(拿到當時映入泰咪腦海裡的,是哆啦A夢某一集的劇情:大雄和哆啦A夢大玩製造流行的細菌,結果生性遲頓的大雄在隔天一切都恢復正常後才趕上流行,堅持穿著乞丐裝手抱垃圾筒出門上學..... XD)


到底這是啥玩意?簡單說就是「電子」氣泡袋~

大人小孩都樂此不疲的活動,生活緊張的日本人又把它做成抒壓小玩具了!

空檔時無意識地按著氣泡袋,偶爾會突然跑出關門、小狗叫、電玩等意想不到的音效,讓人哈哈大笑幾聲,製造點愉快心情

按起來感覺真的有像氣泡袋哩!不過,按久了手還真有點痠耶.....


The smash hit since the end of last year, one of the top sellers of Xmas & New Year's gift in Japan.

What's this stuff? Generally speaking, it's "electronic" bubble packing ~

Many people like to play bubble packing, no matter kids or adults, and now Japanese have turned it to press-releasing toy again!

Squeeze it (press the buttons), sometimes it'll have unexpected sounds like dog's barking, slam the door etc., create some laughing & joyful mood.

It feels like real bubble packing! but beware of muscular pains if you play too much! >.<

Saturday, June 28, 2008

MOS Tako Katsu Burger/MOS 双醬章魚堡


MOS 的新廣告很吸引泰咪呢!一群小朋友穿上日本祭典用的短袍,手拿扇子扭扭屁股跳著舞,好可愛唷~~~ n_n



漢堡裡真的有不少章魚,算是有符合廣告詞『原塊章魚佔 65% 以上....』

口味嘛.... 双醬之一是此次特製的章魚醬,好像還不錯吧,但其實並沒有給泰咪多深刻的印象;倒是另一醬 ─ 塔塔醬讓泰咪覺得和吃南洋雞腿堡沒什麼差別哩! (只不過咬下去變成章魚而已.... XD)

整體味道還OK啦,有興趣的朋友還是可以去買來試試~



店員推薦的新冷飲 ─ 氣泡鮮紅柚汁。就是雪碧 + 新鮮紅葡萄柚汁啦~

這杯蠻好喝的,還有果粒哦!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

I Love BANANA



上個月在沖縄逛超市買的,看到香蕉口味怎能放過?

嗯~ 牛奶和香蕉的組合就是讚啊 !!!

Bought in Okinawa, Japan last month. Banana can always attract Tammy's eyes.....

Hmm..... the combination of banana & milk is just so good !!!

Monday, June 23, 2008

Never wished this would happen...

Got the phone call

Our worry has become real

It was a terrible news to everyone who's concerned about you

Take good care of yourself, my dear friend!

拍代誌嘸通做~

破百之旅圓滿達成的午後,再度循著同伴平日上下班的路線,踏上泰咪回家的路。

今早,A同事問:你們那天是不是開車經過XX路?

再確認他哪時看到,還真的就差不多是我們在路上的時候哩!

第一次從那個方向回家,就馬上有目擊證人

.....壞事果然做不得吶.....

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Tammy's Own Milestone-1/泰咪的個人里程碑-1 (佳里←→東石)... 之布袋布袋我恨你


非常具有紀念意義的破百之旅,泰咪也做到了喲!!! (.....是"幾乎"破百啦..... ^^)
The memorable 1st over-100 trip, Tammy had done it, too!!! (Well, almost 100..... ^^)


從佳里出發後的第一個休息點:布袋的 7-11,補充身體水分中 (東石,我很快就來啦~)
Stop 1 : 7-11 @ Budai Township. Having water supply. (Dongshih, wait for me, I'll be there soon!)


對我們來說是個重要的指示,快到囉~
Puzih Creek Bike Route, an important sign to us. We were almost there~


沒人曉得,這裡才是全程最煎熬的開始..... (可怕超級逆風!! >.<)
No one knew the toughest task was just about to begin from here.... (super headwind!! >.<)


東石漁人碼頭,我們真的到了!!!
Dongshih Fisherman's Dock, we were here!!!


沒什麼遮蔽物的熱死人大公園
The park. Only one word to describe it : HOT HOT HOT!!


納涼一下唄~ 小C & 小白
Took a rest, our bikes.


又熱又累,連腰都彎嘍!呵~ (6/23更正:當事人澄清,彎腰是伸展筋骨!^^)
Hot & exhausted like a dog.... haha~ (6/23 update: The owner of this back said that was stretching! ^^)


台電布袋營業所,回程途中的意外美景
Unexpected vision during our return trip. (Taken by Matt)


(1) 里程數/Trip Distance
(2) 加上牽車散步的平均時速/Average Speed (with walking included)
(3) 全程騎乘時數/Traveling Time
(4) 泰咪的小C總共跑了快700km了唷!/Tammy's Corratec has traveled almost 700km~

去程才剛跑不到10km,泰咪的碼表就小小罷工了一下..... XD
實際總里程數可能在 93~94km 左右吧!

Tammy's speed sensor went on strike while the journey wasn't even over 10km..... XD
So the total trip distance might be about 93~94km!


喔,對了,為何要副標題這麼取?

布袋呀布袋,我們和你無冤無仇,為何去程送我們逆風的考驗、回程再度給了同樣的煎熬啦 ~~~~~ ><"


※ 後記:在連續維持趴坐騎姿總共四個多小時後,這次最痠的地方在腰子部位......


P.S. Read more photo descriptions @ Tammy's flickr!


Friday, June 20, 2008

3 Weeks More


泰咪的 BUFF 頭巾 ─ "機巴"羊的同門兄弟,暫且叫他白痴牛好了

在距離尚有三個星期的這天收到第一份生日禮物

謝謝你,我的好友!

The 1st gift for my birthday @ 3 weeks later.

Thanks, my dear friend!

A Good Stop

寬闊的廣場、舒適的石凳、足夠但不至於太亮的燈光.....

難怪夜晚的高鐵站,會成為不少車友們的定點休息站~


※後記:之前都不懂得變到大盤的泰咪,簡直是超級蠢蛋一枚...... XD


Spacious garden, wide stone benches, enough lights but not too bright.....

No wonder evening's HSR station becomes lots of bikers' stop!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Superfly, fly to the Top


下面這首單曲『愛をこめて花束を』(獻上愛的花束),從2月開始宣傳至今,泰咪已經整整聽了4個月囉~




Superfly, 2004年在家鄉愛媛縣
,於大學社團時期,由主唱越智志帆與吉他手多保孝一為中心所組成的樂團。


↑ Single『ハロー・ハロー』

2007年4月4日,以單曲『ハロー・ハロー』(HELLO‧HELLO) 正式出道。

同年11月,多保孝一宣布同時退出幕前演藝活動及 Superfly 團員身份,專心致力於幕後製作。Superfly 自此成為主唱越智志帆個人名義,繼續
闖蕩日本樂壇。


↑ Single『愛をこめて花束を』

2008年2月27日,發行第4張單曲
『愛をこめて花束を』(獻上愛的花束)。此曲同時也被選為 TBS 冬季檔日劇、由伊東美咲主演的『エジソンの母』(愛迪生之母) 主題曲。

在連續劇的推波助瀾之下,原本實力即已受到業界高度肯定的 Superfly,廣為更多觀眾及樂迷知悉;此首歌亦從發行當時,至今依舊屹立在各類排行榜中!泰咪 blog 右手邊的 iTunes Weekly Chart,目前 (6/9~6/15) 位居下載榜第4名的就是這首啦~


↑ Album『Superfly』

2008年5月14日,正式發表首張同名專輯『Superfly』,收錄包含
出道至今所有單曲在內等13首曲子。發行當日便拿下 ORICON 單日專輯銷售榜 Top1,接下來更蟬連兩週週冠軍寶座,成為自歌手 Tina 於 1999/11/15 出版『Colorado』以來,相隔8年6個月後,再度成為從未有任何作品進入 Top10 經驗、首張專輯便空降冠軍的日本樂壇女性歌手!

泰咪推薦給大家的這首
『愛をこめて花束を』,從出道前開始即為歌迷間熟悉的曲子,直至今日仍時常做為 Live 的壓軸演出。曲子原形為前團員多保孝一15歲時自彈自唱之創作,2年半前上東京發展後在編曲上有了改變,但主旋律仍維持初衷;此次被選為日劇主題曲後,再度於歌詞上稍做修改,主體由原來廣義的「送上滿含心意的花束給重要的人」,更進一步強調「女性送給男性的花束」,顛覆由男性送花予女性的傳統思維。

PV (Promotion Video) 的製作上呈現了無國界的和諧氛圍,正好呼應 Superfly 自由遼闊的歌聲、及其所抱持 "Love & Peace" 之寬廣世界觀。
(如果大家知道如此充滿爆發力的嗓音,是來自於 151cm 的小小身軀,多數都會覺得很不可思議吧!)

Superfly 所掀起的熱潮,已讓她成為 2008 年日本樂壇最成功的新人之一!


※ 參考資料來源:ORICONSuperfly Official Site

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Raining Cats & Dogs... & Frogs!


下得還真夠大耶~

Perhaps the heaviest rain so far in this year~

CWB was Right.....

昨天一整天看來還不錯的天氣,滿心期待今天也會是個騎車的好日子。

公司裡一組組人馬紛紛熱烈討論各自的行程,泰咪也和同伴計劃著首次、有可能單日 "將近" 破百的雄心壯志哩!


午夜三點多,颱風般的暴風雨,一整個瞬間澆熄大家的熱情了....... U_U

睡吧睡吧,繼續睡啦 ~~~~~



目前全台灣就屬台南沿海地區雲層最厚了,中央氣象局近來的預報都還蠻準的耶.......

A whole day good weather yesterday, hopeful that today would be a nice biking day as well.

Many coworkers were talking about their own schedules. Tammy & the mates were planning our 1st time, "almost" over-100km-in-a-day route!

A storm-like downpour started around 3:00am, suddenly extinguished the fire in our heart..... U_U

Alright, nothing can do but go back to sleep!!

Now the thickest cloud layer is just right on the coast of Tainan area. CWB's(*) recent weather forecast was pretty accurate..... sign.....


※ CWB:Taiwan's governmental Central Weather Bureau.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Susan, you surprised me!!!


前幾天的端午節 long weekend,去看了等待已久的『納尼亞傳奇:賈思潘王子』。趁大家上班時享受包場看最大廳的感覺,只有一個「讚」字啦!

劇情進行到即將結束前,旁邊同伴猜測著待會怎樣怎樣的,泰咪則回了句:「不可能啦,照前面演的來看,還沒進展到那地步」.....

不過才剛從嘴裡冒出的這句話,連尾音都還沒完全收回,銀幕上就照著友人寫的劇本演了起來?!?!

哇咧~~~ 很少如此斷言(錯誤)的泰咪,當場被狠狠地賞了一記巴掌...... XD

Susan, 妳真是好樣的夠猛!果然如 Aslan 所說,妳和 Peter 已經在 Narnia 學到夠多!!片尾的這個舉動,簡直徹底推翻兩集以來的妳呀 ~~~~~

(為了避免透露劇情,感謝各位包容以上泰咪的瘋言瘋語~ ^^)

Monday, June 9, 2008

Soccer Life, Start!/足球人生,開麥拉!


從現在起,泰咪要改踢足球了,第一步就是去買雙足球襪!

別開玩笑了,泰咪哪來這種能耐啊!其實是因為昨天添購了自行車新行頭 ─ 車褲。

車褲和足球襪哪有關聯啊?泰咪妳腦袋有問題喔??

不是啦~話說現在全台自行車風潮方興未艾,各大店頭裡不只無車可賣,連各式配備也供不應求,看到喜歡的不先拿在手上,下一秒就被別人買走啦!

泰咪想找的車褲也一樣,喜歡的短褲只剩大 size、長褲對矮子來說又太長,最後適合的只剩七分褲囉~

等等等等,買車褲的目的就是不想受到要命的陽光荼毒,七分褲仍然無法完全保護雙腿耶,我不要以後無論穿短褲或裙子,腳上都得被迫穿著巧克力色的中統襪啦~~~ ><"

苦思了一晚.... 咦?? 對了,踢足球穿的長襪..... 這方法好像可行耶!!!

這樣有搭嗎?? 管他的,這已經是目前泰咪想到最好的解決辦法了,防曬最重要,至少比穿普通長統襪好看多囉!

(
後來又覺得,這麼穿好像也可以去打棒球喔?哈~)

Tammy's soccer life starts from now! And the 1st step is to buy a pair of soccer sox!!

Tammy can play soccer?? You gotta be kidding me! Yes, the truth is it's for my new cycling cropped leggings.

What's the connections between cycling cropped leggings and soccer sox?

Cycling sport is now a big boom in Taiwan. Not only the bicycle itself, other accessories are almost sold out in every store, too.

Tammy was looking for a cycling pants, however, either the shorts were only have large size left, or the trousers were too long for a short person like me. The final choice was the cropped leggings fitted me the best.

Wait, the reason Tammy bought the cycling pants was to avoid the sunburn, but the leggings still can't cover the whole legs. NO~ I don't wanna wear the brown sox (sunburned skin) all the time~~~ ><

Keep looking for the resolution last night. Suddenly an idea came up.... the soccer sox seemed workable!!!

Isn't it a bit strange?? Whatever! It's the best solution Tammy came up with so far, at least looks much better than the regular stockings!

肉腳慶端午

儘管不是泰咪騎過的最長距離,但『台南→高雄』聽起來就是比較夠唬人啊!哈哈~

令人擔心的、下了一星期的梅雨總算在前兩天停歇;出發後一路上太陽公公也還算沒苦毒我們,但進入高雄市區後,的確明顯感覺到高溫和艷陽。雖然是早就知道的老掉牙事實,但自己騎車一路南下親「身」感受,還是忍不住想說:『高雄比台南熱多啦~~~』 ><

以往大約都在一半路程就會休息較久一段時間,這次倒是頭一遭「幾乎」沒休息的騎完全程約 46KM ,只稍微停下來喝水 (和找路.... XD),路途中只想著要努力維持速度完成挑戰,完全沒有把相機拿出來記錄這值得紀念的旅程的動力了...... U_U


沒關係,看看肉腳隊另一成員拍的照片吧! ~
按我按我~
(其實只有泰咪自己符合肉腳資格啦....)

高雄之旅的結論:雖然路程中並沒感到很大負擔,怎麼隔天全身上下就揹著背包的兩邊肩膀最痠啊???



P.S. 巧巧,Matt 叔叔有祝妳生日快樂喲! ^^

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Once A Hundred Years


連續幾天大雨後的涼爽空氣、週末無事一身輕的夜晚

距離上次百年後,小C 的頭燈 & 尾燈們,盡情發揮的機會又來囉 !!!

(不過晚上草皮附近的蚊子還真多吔 ~~~)

Cool air after days of heavy rain, relaxed weekend night

A hundred years since the last time, "GO! Tammy's LED lights, it's your show time again!!!"

(But too many mosquitoes at the evening's park.....)

Plastic Cut/臨走前的無妄之災...

昨天下班前想起,答應給同事的東西還躺在泰咪桌上,於是趕緊拿過去,順便聊了幾句

離開前泰咪竟然隨手就把OA隔牆上的塑膠邊板拆了下來 !!! 真是一整個糗啊 ~~~ =_=

還好事實是那塑膠板本來就沒固定緊,害泰咪以為自己神力女超人的身份不小心曝光了咧..... 呼~

重點是,把它裝回去以後,才發現手指上多了這道傷痕啦 ~~~~~ ><"

Suddenly thought of 1 thing I almost forget just before leaving the office, took the stuff to Tammy's co-worker that I've promised to.

Finished the chatting, Tammy tore down the plastic cover just when my hands left her OA wall !!!

It was so embarrassing~~~ XD

Fortunately the fact was that cover didn't fixed well in the first place. My "Superwoman" identity was almost exposed this time!!

Putting back the cover, Tammy noticed there was a plastic cut on my finger.......





雖然有點小深,幸好沒流幾滴血~

Luckily it wasn't bleed much~

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Image/形象


隨時保持完美形象,怎能讓狗仔拍到剛剃掉的光頭咧!

Always maintain the perfect image, never let the paparazzi capture my bare head!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Shuri(jo) Castle/守禮、首里


首里城,琉球王國的政經、文化、信仰中心。幾世紀以來和臨近國家的廣泛交流,使其融合各國文化,尤其受中國及日本影響最深。

據史書記載,首里城曾多次被焚毀,最近一次在1945年5月,二次大戰的沖繩之役中,因日本陸軍第32軍在首里城地下挖掘坑道,設置指揮所,導致該城被美國海軍飛機及戰艦多次轟擊,完全毀壞。


日本於1992年開始復原工作,目前整體工程仍在進行中;2000年首里城被聯合國教科文組織列為世界文化遺產。

(詳細解說請參考 WIKIPEDIA)

(還有更多沖繩之旅照片在泰咪的 flickr!)



Shurijo (Shuri Castle), the palace of Ryukyu Kingdom. A few centuries of diplomacy & trading activities with neighboring countries, Ryukyu Kingdom's culture was actually the fusion of many different races, especially Chinese & Japanese.

According to records, Shuri Castle burned several times, the latest time was in 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, it was almost completely destroyed, with only a few walls standing as high as a few decimeters.


In 1992, it was reconstructed on the original site based on photographs, historical records, and memory. The whole project is still going on nowadays.

In 2000, it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

(Read more detail @ WIKIPEDIA)

(More pix of Tammy's journey to Okinawa @ flickr!)