離別２

今天媽媽告訴我，我們家中的鳥兒死了。雖然我不是常常看着他，但已很習慣他在家中，很喜歡跟他談話。他的聲音很大，在貝沙灣的巴士站等車也會聽到。他的一雙眼睛很純真，有摸彷不同人說話的能力，最喜歡聽鋼琴聲。我們養了他差不多有八年了，是妹妹的生日禮物，爸爸媽媽也很喜歡他，常聽到媽說有關改善家中鳥的生活的事情。其實他的生活已很不錯，有一個大得可以在裏面自由飛行的籠，四周環境尚算寧靜，每天有鮮果吃。Even though it feels great to say "he must be in a better place now" But I am not sure if I do believe in an afterlife, nevertheless, I'm sure he enjoyed this life.
其實事情還有一段（不小）插曲，但我也不想多說了。

另外，又跟Jaci在skype談話，她在香港機場丟失了「阿花」。
載颸不特別喜愛毛公仔，家中就只有阿花一隻「小雞」毛毛玩偶。她很喜歡讀有關地震和火山的書，阿花便是她從汶川地震後「收養回來的女兒」。每與載颸聊天，話題都圍繞阿花﹣例如阿花不見了媽媽、發高燒進醫院等，所以大家聽見阿花不見了，都有點緊張，因為它不只是一件普通的玩具，而是一個小朋友生活中的一大部份。

他們在機鐵上已發現阿花不見了，立刻致電機場有關部門，說明丟失的exact厠所格，但只得到十分官方的reply，亦拒絕找人去看看是不是還在那裹................

離別

人生實在太多離別要面對了，尤其是交通發達的年代。爸媽來之前還挺不期待他們來，感覺已經很習慣一個人的生活。但現在卻習慣了早上有煮好了的早餐，晚上可以坐的士去吃飯的美好生活。剛在想要適應他們的離開，卻驚訝地聽到我在公司裏最要好的朋友都將要離開了，而且兩天後便是最後一天上班﹗
战致平 15:03:27: 我要走了，下周一就不来了
袁明珊 15:03:38 為什麼呢﹖!!!
战致平 15:03:53 我有更想做的事
實在太驚訝了，雖然我們都習慣離別，又為她追求夢想而感到很勇敢，但仍然覺得有點傷心的。
战致平 15:06:30呵呵，我5月不在BJ，不過五月末回來，所以你走之前還能看到豬狗MAC哈哈哈哈哈，我有個小本本給你
她就是也看小人書的女孩，與兩個畫家一起養了一隻husky及三隻貓呢。她還常到尼泊爾、緬甸等國家旅遊呢。
我一直想問她的星座，因為她性格很特別，星座真準,她是人馬座的。

Beijing Roast Duck - Dadong

It's so good that I wanna go again!!! We tried making reservations three times before, and finally succeeded on Monday night.

Nestled in the Nanxincang complex, a thoughtfully restored Ming dynasty imperial granary, is not one of Beijing’s famous centuries old Peking Duck eateries, but it was made famous by serving one of the best ducks in town.

The skin of the duck is crispy and the meat is tasty, and each roast duck is served with an array of sauces, including sweet wheaten sauce, granulated sugar, crushed garlic, thin slivers of scallions, red turnips and cucumber.

Your molasses-coloured duck is presented at your table, carved table-side, and then several duck-filled pancakes are assembled for you until your waitress thinks you’ve got the knack yourself.

It proves that you don't have to be a "Lao zi hao" to do it great!

Present. History.

During lunch, they had intense discussion about 6.4. Again very extreme views, which is interesting. We kept saying that we shouldn't really discuss this in public, as the police could arrest us, but they were too into the discussions. Two of them were in primary 3 or 4 in 1989, they were told to go home after lunch at that time.
Only one of the girl said that she would stand on the army side. And they said 小戰,你腦袋有問題. 這不是中國人的本質，是你受了二十多年黨教育失去了自己的思想。And they also talked about their views on the Communist Party.
I always find their political/historical discussion really interesting and annoying. They are all quite cool people, with strong personality and beliefs.

Magic Potion

辦公室內，喬健愛喝檸檬甘草，下午沒事做，偷了一片甘草，磨成粉末(個多小時)加一點點水，一朵菊花，數片苿莉花片,收在高身透明瓶內。
他們說：你不用做建築了，去幫人練仙吧。
練仙神藥, 你要嗎﹖

Morning Memoir of Summerbridge

This morning, I "accidentally" re-read my posts during Summerbridge period, it's one of those places, like LPC - hard for outsiders to truly understand unless experienced. And a place that even upon re-reading the memories, makes your heartbeats and totally drew you into the sentiments.
It's one of those places where love is so close and real, and a place where you see miracles.
I love pondering on the importance of "letting-go", I felt like it's important for our generation, when we are always moving around, experiencing new things and meeting new people. But maybe I deliberately let go too soon, without a proper bridging period, instead of feeling plain, my heart actually beats upon those memories.

I miss the close relationship and trust developed between the staffs and students, and also the feeling of support, tolerance and the chance to empower others. Perhaps it's also because I don't know how or whether (frankly) we should maintain the friendship with the students after SB, and how long could it last? Very sophisticated matter, relationship with these young people, each of them distinctly different - some with a weaker mind but loving hearts; some that are caring and funny; some with big ambition; some are lost about their life; some are naughty but cute............ Oh I miss them a lot. However, I think I just couldn't do it for another year, it's good to have a break from it after two summers.. two exhausting summers.If I were doing SB now, I must have left home already, writing letters on the bus, I would not have been eating Jap food last night, probably having dept dinner or met up with Holing cuz we are soooo behind in lesson planning! 
SB is too intense, seeing the pictures are too intense.
It's really enjoyable working with people, especially young people, small like Jaci or teenagers like SBers, I love interpreting their thoughts, and tricking them into abandoning their wicked motives, I love to support them and let them realize their potentials
Previous posts- http://maoshan.blogspot.com/search/label/Summerbridge

茶

近日午飯後,常開車到宣武區一茶莊喝（他們買）茶。
一開始覺得有點無聊的,尤其如養茶壺那類活動 - 很多買了貴茶壺的客人把它留在茶莊裏養，讓茶味滲入紫砂壺中。
近幾次都是試普洱茶，普洱也有很多不同的，有生有熟，也有年份之分。
大多茶都是雲南來的呀，茶馬古道就是以前雲南普洱茶外運的路綫，「三道六綫」，就是指北道至北京，西道至西藏，及南道四綫到南洋或世界各地的。
我認為生普洱比熟普洱好喝，但我還未遇到一種真正喜歡的茶，我近來特別期待那一天的來臨，我知道是會有的呀。
很久以前我也喝過玉蝴蝶，它是雲南少數民族的一種民間茶，茶形很美，在熱水中泡像蝴蝶翩翩起舞般。
另外，現在紫砂茶壺設計很diverse，不只有傳統那些呀．（有牛形呀，鳥形呀，南瓜形，鳥巢－（北京那個）形都有！）今天我看到一個很喜歡，但他們都說有點貴，我打算下次再去，如果還喜歡的話便買下來。
他們喝茶都計好溫度，不喝第一泡，用茶洗杯等，真好玩的。辦公室內很多人都喝茶呀。好喝的茶跟不好喝的差太遠了，有些「茶」樓確的茶像喝怪物般。