Harvest time!--Apple Festival & Potluck 20141018

Simply amazed by the different layers of colors. I felt blessed that I can just pass by this scene in my campus. 

So, I was thinking I should start to write in English more since I really need to practice my writing, or else I wouldn’t improve much even though I study in Canada. And here I am, trying to use my limited vocabulary to describe those subtle feelings and transient thoughts. Hope I can still capture the maximum of my ideas and emotions.

[Apple Festival]

I like golden gala! No wonder the goddesses fought for itXD

Apple is not my favorite fruit, but apple pie has always been my favorite dessert. I suspect my love of apple pie is from MacDonald, but who cares? I just know I always fail to reject a just baked apple pie or apple crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Life can’t be better with this unbeatable combination.  

Anyway, as I thought not many exchange students would be interested in this event since it’s very family-oriented, I only asked Ting if she wanted to come. Of course we two gobblers wouldn’t want to miss this event, so here we are! And as we imagined, we saw apple tart, apple tasting, caramel apple, apple chips and all kinds of apples to buy. I never knew the difference between apples for cooking and eating raw, but now I want to make apple jam by myself as well. Think about it, in cold and rainy Vancouver, what can be a better pastime than making apple jam in dorm?

I also had a great time enjoying the performance of UBC Acapella. They are pretty good, and watching them singing on stage made me want to join next term.


Isn't it a paradise for kids? I've always wanted to do it when I read picture books, but now I am too old.

Afterwards, we wondered in the botanical garden and accidentally strolled along half the route. I even went into a tree hole! Too bad that it’s not the hole Alice jumped in, or else I might be in wonderland now! But to be honest, my life here is pretty much like in wonderland. Every day I am challenged by new things and new ideas. And I was just like Alice, who thought herself has been educated well and always ready to be praised as a good girl, finding it surprising that people don’t react the way I expected. But still I will keep walking until I find my dream garden.

[Potluck]

Proud that my coconut curry is widely accepted by everyone. All I did was adding coconut milk in it and that makes everything differentXD

Recognized by two French girlsXD

I invited Gabby to come along and she taught me how to make the common Mexican starter, Quesadilla. I had a great time with her and I will definitely miss her after she goes back to Mexico. All my other theater junkie friends are staying for a term only, and who can I go to theater in next term?? I am also tempted to visit Mexico next June after I go to east coast:P

It is not a bad day, but i was just not that cheerful. Perhaps I am too used to spend time with someone, that it just felt awkward to not see him for a while. And I was therefore distracted from the present I was in and the people around me. Nevertheless, I am glad and thankful for what I had experienced today. It’s a common yet delightful Canadian day in autumn nonetheless!

台妹上菜 (20140930)

生活在外食選擇多元又便宜的公館，下廚對我而言從來都是多餘的。整棟女生宿舍也只有寥寥幾個電鍋、烤箱、微波爐，連瓦斯爐都沒有，完全勾引不起人煮飯的興致。但是來到溫哥華，如果不天天吃披薩，每餐少說都要台幣兩百元以上，而且可能還不怎麼樣，漢堡、壽司、Subway之類的，讓我只好從遠庖廚的君子變成開爐火的婆娘啦! 

食物於我們是如此的不可分割，即使遠在異鄉，適應了不同的學制、交通規則、氣候，還是不能沒有家鄉味。異國料理再好吃再新奇，似乎都只能當作嘗鮮，而不是真正生活裡填飽肚子跟靈魂的糧食。

以前總覺得下廚浪費時間，但是能夠拋開書本跟電腦，實際做出一道菜，其實賦予人極大的成就感。輕舀一匙油，灑點蒜頭爆香，放入碎肉跟洋蔥，當肉香跟洋蔥的辛香交錯跳動在鼻尖時，就彷彿回到桃園家裡的小廚房，跟媽媽並肩作菜的時光。不知為何，我極愛洋蔥，幾乎什麼料理都可以入菜，炒飯、炒麵、咖哩、沙拉，切洋蔥彷彿成了例行公事。(雖然常常切，還是會不小心剁到手。昨天又見血了QQ)

剛開始下廚，也不太會抓分量，常常煮太多，就便宜了室友。法國女孩跟加拿大女孩都輕易的被我用亞洲食物收服，香港室友自己也會做，就比較不稀奇啦XD 上周日是加拿大室友Steph的十九歲生日，除了送她穆桂英明信片跟木刻蝴蝶吊飾，我還答應要做糖醋排骨給她吃。我們兩的行事曆卻沒對好，拖到周二晚上才做。(為此我還翹了辯論練習，不過”懶”大概才是主因) 還順便邀了一些朋友，以後不該信口開河，隨便答應要下廚給別人吃，實在太傷本了。(希望這些傢伙知恩圖報，也讓我可以吃點便飯XD)

 
可愛的加拿大室友Stephanie! 第一次吃龍眼，聽我解釋龍眼的中文意思後，就玩了起來XD

昨晚在廚房忙活了兩個小時，煮出了六人份的食物，把大家餵的飽飽的，覺得自己可以嫁人了XDD 但是過程中其實手忙腳亂的，一個閃神，我就切到自己的手指，接著有人來按電鈴。可愛的日本男孩帶了蘋果派準時出現，得到的招呼是 "我切到手指了!” 這種血淋淋的問候，讓他急忙拿了紙巾捏住不斷出血的左手食指。(後來發現連牆上跟地板都有我的慘劇痕跡，可是一點都不痛啊:P)

而且家裡沒有足夠的碗盤，所以客人還要抱著自己的餐盤上門，實在是有夠逗趣。但看著本來不熟識的一群人同坐一桌，大快朵頤，我有種當女主人的快感。希望以後我家可以有很大的木頭餐桌，坐滿各地來的朋友，吃著我做的食物津津有味。(是不是該考慮開餐館或旅社呢?) 好客似乎是台灣人的本性，縱使人在異鄉依舊不改!


[台妹上菜Dine at Tammy’s table]
主菜: 糖醋排骨、杏鮑菇炒鹹蛋
沙拉: 紅酒醋沙拉
湯:   味噌湯
飯後水果: 龍眼
飯後甜點: 蘋果派 (日本男孩Kento帶來的)

得意的用木筷跟漆碗端起味噌湯，正港日本人!!

我們終將遺忘

       習慣把人看的太重，沒有秤好自己的心，結果當對方不在乎，輕易的把手鬆開時，就是自己重重摔落。友情也好，親情也罷，有時候都覺得是自己一個人在推著關係前進，另一個人停在原地，沒有要跟著我移動。或著是對方早就自顧自地走了，沒有要讓我繼續成為她生活的一部份。

        漸行漸遠漸無書。我很想抗拒一個太平洋的距離，跟在島上的你們保持互動，可是當你整個人如掉進黑洞裡無聲無息時，我該怎麼知道你過得好不好。

        然後當遠方的你們，突然拋來一句，”過的好嗎?” 我又該如何跟你們解釋? 我享受這裡的生活，可是這並不代表我不想念台灣的你們。有些人還是常常在臉書上互動，也會喬時間skype，有些人就真的消失了，或許我本來就是除非上課見面，否則根本不會想起的臉孔。

        世事流轉遠比我想的快。現在的執著，未來也許只會一笑置之。無論百年與否，人註定要走離人群，走向孤寂。

心　屬於你的
我借來寄託　卻變成我的心魔
你　屬於誰的
我剛好經過　卻帶來潮起潮落

＊都是因為一路上　一路上
　大雨曾經滂沱　證明你有來過
　可是當我閉上眼　再睜開眼
　只看見沙漠　哪裡有甚麼駱駝＊

＃背影是真的人是假的　沒甚麼執著
　一百年前你不是你我不是我
　悲哀是真的淚是假的　本來沒因果
　一百年後沒有你也沒有我＃

風　屬於天的
我借來吹吹　卻吹起人間煙火
天　屬於誰的
我借來欣賞　卻看到你的輪廓

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你怎麼可以隨便分享這麼蒼涼的歌，我又怎麼剛好在深夜點開呢? 然後就由不住的胡思亂想。
反覆聆聽著，想要把心放逐，假裝自己不在乎。可是太多的牽掛，太多的回憶，我丟不掉。

每次都被嘲弄說，"你怎麼這麼小女生? 這麼敏感?"
法國男孩也喜歡笑我不過一個尋常女孩 (An average girl)，容易受驚受怕，小題大作。

可是我就是這樣的人。我無法大氣的跟你說，我無所謂，因為我確實在意。我討厭人遲到，討厭當我認真時別人嘻嘻哈哈，我總是太容易把別人的玩笑話當真。也許我是個太嚴肅沉重的人吧。我也很單純，一旦認定了是朋友，就會認真的看待對方。我常常想問自己，為什麼要這麼傻，人是這麼複雜善變的動物，我何苦跟自己過不去呢?

有一天，我必須要遺忘一切，才能走下去。否則我自己都會被我自己壓垮。