2008-04-18 Choutoushan in Pinxi 臭頭山，平溪

筷子的功能 The Function of Chopsticks

I recently watched King Hu's few classic films—Dragon Inn, Come To Drink With Me, Touch Of The Zen, and Legend Of The Mountains. After watching those films, I have an interesting idea of collecting classic scenes from some martial art movies. One of classic scens cross my mind is catching dart by using chopsticks.
最近連續看過胡金銓的幾部經典電影：龍門客棧、大醉俠、俠女和山中傳奇。看過之後，突發奇想地想蒐集一些經典武俠場景。閃入我腦海的經典場景的其中之一就是用筷子接暗器。

In many martial art films, chopsticks become a tool to demonstrate protagonists' outstanding Kung fu.
在許多武俠電影，中國人的筷子不再是單純的吃飯用具，往往變成展示主人翁高超的功夫的媒介。

龍門客棧(Dragon Inn)

大醉俠(Come To Drink With Me)

I vaguely remember that there are similar scenes from Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill and Kill Bill II, but I don't have enough free time to watch them again and pick out those scenes. I will update the pictures when I have more free time.

我隱約記得在李安的臥虎藏龍(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)，還有在Quentin Tarantino的追殺比爾(Kill Bill)，追殺比爾II(Kill Bill II)有類似的場景，但是最近沒什麼時間重看這三部電影。等我比較有空，找到其他類似場景，再作更新。

2008-04-25 攀岩不成 No Rock Climbing

Out lab will be move to a new building in July, so I feel like to take some pictures of our lab.
我們實驗室在今年七月就要搬家了！所以我想趁著搬家前，拍攝一些照片留念。

This research room is a haunt of two professors' graduate students. It seems to be the most busy and popular place in our department.
這間助理室是兩位老師的研究生常出沒的地方，應該是系上現今最熱鬧活絡的研究室。

Graduate students have chats in the room and enjoy the relaxing time when the bosses are away.
研究生們慵懶地在研究室裡聊天，享受老闆不在家的悠閒時間。

Almost at every Friday nights, we have dinner or have some activities together, so we can relief stress accumulated during our daily work or study. We plan to go rock climbing at a newly-opened indoor rock climbing venue in Shilin after dinner.

週五晚間，我們這群研究生有時會相約一起用餐或從事一些休閒活動，釋放一些平時因為工作或唸書所累積的壓力。今天我們計畫在晚上用過晚餐後，到士林新開的一家室內攀岩場攀岩。

I was injured few weeks ago and haven't recovered from it completely, I can't do rock climbing. I still determine to attend this activity because I always want to learn some basic rock climbing skills though, especially after I joined in Hiking Club.

我因為受傷的關係，當然是無法攀岩。但是在加入Hiking Club之後，我一直想學基礎的攀岩技巧，我秉持著好奇心，跟著一起參與這次的活動。

We have our dinner at a Shabushabu in Shilin. After dinner, we learn that the indoor rock climbing venue is still under renovation. We can't do rock climbing tonight.

我們一群人到士林的一家涮涮鍋店吃飯。吃完飯後，我們才知道這家室內攀岩場正在進行整修，我們沒辦法在今晚從事攀岩活動。

We think over other options, and then we decide to go to YZ's place and watch comedy movie and play PC games. Before going to YZ's place, I learn that JL and JH must go home to feed their cats. I want to see their cats, they invite me to their place and I can play with their cats a while.

後來，臨時起意，決定租影片，然後到YZ家看電影，玩大富翁。
YZ到家前，我知道JL和JH必須先回家餵他們家裡的兩隻美貓，我想看他們家的美貓，所以跟著去他們的住處，和他們的貓咪玩耍。

JL and JH's gentle cat, Mazhu. JL和JH的可愛溫和美貓：麻糬。

Another beautiful cat, FyFy. She is a bit of paranoid and untouchable. 另一隻美貓FyFy，有點神經質，比較難以接近。

We get to YZ's place, and spend our Friday night listening to YZ's singing, watching The Simpsons, and playing PC games. It's relaxing and leisurable time.

我們到YZ家，整個週五晚上，聽YZ唱歌，看電影，打電動。在慵懶和放鬆的心情下，輕鬆度過。