病

2010年7月有5個星期, 我病了4個星期, 發了6日燒. 取消了數個朋友聚會.

我躺在床上, 冒著冷汗. 孩子們衝進房間, 不由分說跳上我的肋骨上, 大聲嚷著媽咪要跟他們一起玩. 我倦極了, 跟他們說媽咪病了, 你們跟菲傭姐姐玩吧.  以前他們不聽, 會硬拉我起來, 但現在他們大了點, 明多一點, 會放我一條生路. 弟弟還會在離開房間時向著空氣宣佈: 「媽咪病病啊!」然後「呯」一聲將門大力關上. 我抱緊枕頭, 覺得皇恩浩蕩, 但又感到自己沒用.

很討厭病了的自己. 慢了十拍的反應, 對任何事都提不起勁, 極度地渴睡. 一副鉛華盡洗的模樣…..天呀! 讓我快點好!!

Plastic shoes

Crocs had become very popular in Hong Kong for several years.  Even Lucas asked me to buy a pair for him.  You can see the peer pressure and the so-called fashion trend exists not only among adults but also kindergarten kids.


Frankly speaking, Crocs shoes look awful to me, they are bulky, not aesthetic at all, and not very comfortable.  However, they have one very strong selling point - the best partner during the rainy days.  Crocs would not block the water draining into the shoes but they wouldn't keep the water neither.


That explains why I dislike Crocs, I still had a pair - the ballerina flat style in silver color.  I am looking forward to have a pair of plastic high heels which perfectly fit with my working outfit or night out wear.  Beige color will be great =). 

My first serious yet silly drawing by corel painter

<我老媽這個人啊> 與 <我老爸這個人啊>

自從有了Kindle後, 我少了在書局買英文書(因為在amazon.com買Kindle書方便得令人有點心寒), 反而多買了中文書. 有趣的是, 我買中文書比英文書更impulse purchase, 就像買化妝品一樣.
那天, 我在商務見到這兩本<我老媽這個人啊> 與 <我老爸這個人啊>的書, 作者是益田米莉, 由林佩儀譯. 我突然認為我「需要」看日本人寫的書(不只是想, 是一種需要的感覺, 就像突然覺得夏天要買支粉橙色的lip gloss一樣), 便拿起<我老媽這個人啊>, 悄悄地走去付款! 由於很少看這類書, 所以先買一本, 好看才買另一本.

看過1/3後, 覺得 <我老媽>這書極盡幽默,故此我又認為自己有「需要」買下<我老爸>這書 (就是那種你買了X牌子的lip gloss覺得好用, 認為自己有「需要」買下它的同系列眼影一樣), 結果兩星期後, 我又乖乖地買下<我老爸>…..

我想作者的老爸老媽是典型的日本父母. 媽媽是歐巴桑, 溫婉, 為兒女無私奉獻, 愛逛超市, 花花上衣配花花褲/裙, 及喜歡買平價貨. 爸爸是大男人, 急性子, 擁有電視遙控控制權, 愛子女卻拙於表達感情等. 該套書是幽默窩心的作品. 或許你會在寫這裡找到你爸媽的影子!

希望有一天, 我也能為我的爸媽寫一本書.

我在伊朗長大 1-4 (PERSEPOLIS 1-4)

這套書是我多年前在書展買的, 那時還是個未有「口靚」模的年代.

我對伊朗的認識, 只停留在女子要披面紗和伊斯蘭原教旨主義(其實原教旨主義本身帶有濃烈西方色彩, 不能完全註釋有關的宗教). 當日我在書展上看到這套書名有趣, 畫功可愛, 封面顏色鮮艷的漫畫書, 便二話不說的買下! (對! 我就是那樣Always judge the book by its cover膚淺的人, but what can you expect from me??)

多年前我已看了頭兩冊, 但我之後沒有看下去, 因為我每看一本也會心酸得哭起來. 或許是Cultural Shock, 又或者只是我眼淺, 但當我看到年紀輕輕的Marjane Satrapi擁有著獨立及開放的思想, 她愛自己的國家但這國家不適合她, 由於革命展開, Marjane的父母送她到奧地利接受教育.在自由的國度她卻因為孤寂和迷惘令自己進入思想的迷宮, 我跟她一起悲傷著……

上星期, 晚上坐在書櫃旁, 看到這套漫畫書整齊排列著, 我忍不著取了第三冊來看, 心想明天不用上班, 眼哭腫了也不用怕. 很奇怪, 我想是人大了, 看著第三,四冊, 我沒有再哭.

看完整套後有點感觸, 但不能以三言兩語形容. 就正如我的編劇老師說, 一齣好的戲給人是種經歷. 我跟Marjane一起經歷成長, 掙札, 迷失, 隋落, 到最後回家, 從新振作. 這就是Marjane, 一個伊朗女子, 尋找自己和國家的旅程.

Diary freak

Don't worry my readers (if there are still any, hahaha), I grumbled always through this online diary doesn't mean my life is really bad.  Actually when I have good time, I just don't have time to write it down.


Hahahahhaha!

Sickness

I was sick again after the hand, foot and mouth disease.  I got a cold and some coughing I guess, and I had fever for four days.  Now I am feeling better, at least I have energy to do typing here.


I am wondering how I could survive while I was a working mom in the last three years.  I fell into sickness almost once a month.


Now is better, around once every two months.


Hope I can pull myself together soon, I need to set some targets for myself.