Release of Inspiration: 6月 2020

2020年6月30日星期二

京菓子

「和菓子指的是日本傳統甜點，而京菓子可以說是和菓子當中最具代表性的點心。由於京都以前是天皇御居所在，因此京菓子又比一般和菓子更為纖細，不論色、味、形都必須擁有風雅的格調，後來因為茶道盛行，又伴隨著茶道衍生出茶菓子、煎餅等多種，其中喝濃茶時搭配的甜點叫做主菓子。」

出版的良心

「無論制度改成甚麼樣子，相信還是需要課本的。課本編寫的水準，直接會對學生發生影響……愈是低年級的課本，就得愈費心思去編寫，因為那是基礎的工夫……尤其是那堆補充練習，教師無可奈何地非用不可，出版商為了『早出版早賺錢』，對小學生的毒害最深……」

小思〈課本〉

一九七四年

2020年6月28日星期日

共和黨
Republican Party
Grand Old Party
特朗普所屬陣營

民主黨
Democratic Party
奧巴馬 / 希拉里所屬陣營

美國參議院 / 上議院
United States Senate

美國眾議院 / 下議院
United States House of Representatives

美國國會負責通過法律和政府預算。參眾兩院共同分享對外宣戰的權力。而總統簽署的對外條約則必須經過參議院的批准方為有效。而且參議院還負責委任法官和許多政府官員。

zh.wikipedia.org
www.bbc.com

2020年6月27日星期六

radian and degree

O&G

Obstetrics
DJ[əbˋstetriks]

Gynecology

DJ[͵gainiˋkɔlədʒi]

2020年6月24日星期三

Kyoto's Top 9

Kinkaku-ji (鹿苑寺/金閣寺) きんかくじ

Fushimi Inari-Taisha (伏見稻荷大社) ふしみいなりたいしゃ

Gion District (祇園) ぎおん

Ginkaku-ji (慈照寺/銀閣寺) ぎんかくじ

Chion-in (知恩院) ちおんいん

Kaiseki Cuisine (懐石料理) かいせき

Ōkōchi Sansō (大河內山莊) おおこうちさんそう

Daitoku-ji (大德寺) だいとくじ

Nishiki market (錦市場) にしきいちば

2020年6月23日星期二

簡體字

「文字既然是表情達意的工具，只要『約定俗成』，大家都懂，又方便應用，便完成它的任務了，不必斤斤計較要保持它原來的面貌，反正，現行的正體，也未必個個與古字相同的呢！」

長江

明末清初時，自海上而來的歐洲人從長江口溯流而上經過揚子江，因此歐洲語言普遍以「揚子」（Yangtze）作為整條長江的名稱。

長江. (2020, June 20). In Wikipedia. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/長江

祇園祭的鉾車

長刀鉾
菊水鉾
蟷螂山
雞鉾
船鉾

粵音謀

2020年6月19日星期五

蔡意橋上

f/1.8

1/15

3.99mm

ISO640

iPhone SE (2nd generation)

comfort greenhouse

「成長是件要經風雨的大事，必須面臨離開溫室及培養的磨練。」

葵祭

「與祇園祭、時代祭並稱京都三大祭。不同的是，葵祭為官祭，後兩祭則由京都市井百姓所舉行。葵祭起源很早，約在西元六世紀中，當時日本正值平安朝，因連年歉收(收成比常年有所減少)，瘟疫橫行，天皇遣使至上賀茂和下鴨兩神社舉行拜神禮。葵祭因遊行時所有衣物或動物身上都以葵葉為裝飾，故得此名。」

祇粵音︰祺

2020年6月17日星期三

magnification of telescope (partial calculation)

θo, in radians, as approximately equal to h/fo.

http://www.rocketmime.com/astronomy/ScopeDiagrams/TelescopeMagnification_p1small.gif

FC in terms of soccer

abbreviation for football club: used in football club names: Liverpool FC.

Source: Cambridge English Dictionary

玻璃與紫外光

Standard window glass, according to the International Ultraviolet Association, will allow UV-A to pass through while almost 100% of the UV-B and UV-C light is blocked. Therefore, some UV light will enter your home and potentially affect your skin. Some of these effects could include increased freckles...

Charp, P. A. (2017, September 3). Ultraviolet Radiation. Health Physics Society. https://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q12082.html

The UV region covers the wavelength range 100-400 nm and is divided into three bands: UVA (315-400 nm) UVB (280-315 nm) UVC (100-280 nm).

World Health Organization. (2020). Ultraviolet radiation and health. https://www.who.int/uv/uv_and_health/en/

The shorter the wavelength, the stronger the radiation.

hydrogen-filled airship

2020年6月14日星期日

隱喻

韓良露道︰「京都是一個文明的隱喻，生活美學絕不只是消費性的能量，而是社會哲學性的動力，誓言過好自己平安美好小日子的人們，往往比滿口空言政治理想的人，更願意保存文明神性的傳承，這樣的文明注重的是陰陽力量的調和而非對立。」

2020年6月9日星期二

我的第一篇 Online Diary

Thursday June 9, 2005

Start writing online diary

I have thought of writing diary long time before, but I haven’t written anything. The reason is that my unpleasant memories are much more than happy ones. So I don't want to see them again. I often wrote something on a piece of paper at home and I threw them away soon. However, a piece of stranger’s diary changed my way of thinking.

I do want to write my diary in Chinese as my written English is too simple and is lack of vocabularies. Also, it may have many grammar mistakes. But my typing speed of Chinese characters is too slow and it could cost me lots of time to write a piece of diary.

As there is only one computer that can “online” at home, I have to share it with my sister. I cannot write diary every day but I will write at least two or three pieces a week. Hope that you can understand me.

後記︰今天是 Annual Leave 的最後一天，整理 Google Drive 的時候發現了 Xanga backup，有部分亂碼檔以 Google Docs 開啟能修復不少。我的 Xanga 有段時間是謾罵的戰場，亦見證著自己患病的點滴。當中記錄了求學時期的學習經過，然而現在看來，只是一些缺乏實戰而架空的理論，如果真的要查學術資料，Textbook 會好上幾倍。值得保存的是老師給予的技術指導。雖然對現在的我用途不大，自己仍然保留了不少 hard copy。可能曾用上 Xanga Premium，直到今天仍可瀏覽舊日記︰ http://samson-lau.xanga.com/，有幸的是它還有內文搜尋功能。

BP and HF

Calcium channel blockers, with the exception of Amlodipine, should be avoided in heart failure as they can further depress cardiac function and exacerbate symptoms.

https://www.nice.org.uk/

2020年6月8日星期一

地藏王菩薩

「京都市街的各個角落裡，存在著五千多尊的地藏王菩薩。獨立於大寺院之外，路旁、鄉里間隨處可見的小小地藏庵，凝聚了居民的信仰，也呈現出京都居民虔誠而真實的一面。」

厚重

「幾經戰火洗禮，在戰後重新開始，一步一腳印向前邁進的京都人，不在乎外界權力鬥爭，誰掌握實權也無所謂，他們踏實的經營生活。不分職業、不分論生存方式，京都人總讓人感到一股敦厚的氣息。」

comfort boundary

青年人敢於嘗試新事物，事物卻新不如舊。

companion

「前人的經驗學識是手杖，許多值得我們關懷的、學習的人，是路上好伴。」

Negative

「樹若有情時，那得會青青如此。」

vital signs and medications

Blood pressure 131/91 mmHg (Pulse: 62 bpm) at 0700. Diastolic blood pressure is on the margin. Amlodipine (calcium channel blocker) 10mg at 0730 (every morning). Blood pressure back to 115/82 mmHg (Pulse: 59 bpm) at 0800 which is a safe and normal level. Chinese medication will be taken at 1100 as scheduled. Terazosin (for BPH) 3mg every night.

2020年6月7日星期日

戡亂

平定叛亂

粵音堪

Equilibrium

雖說食色性也，但我們也不能縱慾，甚麼都需要有所節制。

敬與樂

「我們不能說當職業就不好，要當事業才神聖。」

Wrinkle

最年鼻樑多了些皺紋。

昨日我便說︰「有沒有些抗皺精華借來用用？」

母親道︰「抗皺精華好貴架，家裡當然沒有。」

失望的我心想︰「煩惱的事情多了，大腦皮層都可能出皺紋。」

箝制自由的開端

由建制派議員主導的臨時立法會法案委員會在深圳審理法案，並在 1997 年 6 月 14 日正式通過現時的《公安條例》及《社團條例》兩條惡法：遊行集會從通知制收緊為要向警務處長申請「不反對通知書」；警方批準或禁止集會的權力回到 1995 年前的殖民地設計，包括 30 人以上的集會要向警方申請，以及容許警方因為「有可能有公眾妨礙」而禁止集會等。然而，特區政府並未引用《公安條例》，直至 2002 年「四五行動」成員梁國雄及兩名學聯成員才被控「組織未經批准集會」。

學苑. (2017, October 25).【法治風暴３】從《公安條例》說起：法律不是神明. https://www.undergrad.hk/15134

節日

「這些淳樸可愛、歷經時間更迭的傳統節慶習俗，充滿溫暖的人情味，讓人每年都會滿心期待節慶的到來。」

2020年6月6日星期六

失敗的兒子

父親昨夜開始不適，有多汗 (excessive sweating, hyperhidrosis) 和血壓偏高的病徵 (signs)。上一年，差不多的季節，他有同樣的問題，西醫幫不到他，唯有看中醫調理一下。今趟都是靠中醫。雖然我只做過學護，沒有什麼實戰經驗，但理論層面上的問題應該難不到我。可是，我只能根據一些較為可靠的網上資源叮囑爸爸在頭昏眼花 (lightheadedness)、心口痛 (chest pain) 或作嘔 (nausea) 的情況下立刻看醫生。除此之外，我沒有什麼可以幫到手，讀書有用嗎？

2020年6月5日星期五

杞憂

「我怕，有一天，香港不再美麗！」

「要她的美麗繼續維持下去，那責任就不多不少的落到青年一輩身上了。」

「香港要有內在的精神、良好的制度，這倒真的叫人關懷，值得我們去用心批評。」

小思《香港節中的杞人》

一九六九年

《逝去的春風》

「是的，老師，路好難走，但我們會小心地，慢慢把該走的路走完。」

銀河系

Our Sun (a star) and all the planets around it are part of a galaxy known as the Milky Way Galaxy. The band of the Milky Way galaxy can be seen at night in areas with dark skies.

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/milkyway_sky_alma.jpg

粵劇

「任、白的藝術生命，是生生不息、薪火相傳，還是勞者自歌，非求傾聽？」

We Are Warriors

2020年6月4日星期四

定義

「我不能也不敢對『愛情』下定義，可是，絕對肯定不是男女手拖手、逛街、上電影院、天天對在一起，甚至造愛，那麼就能稱作『愛情』。」

路上談

「現在，在我們的面前，還有一段路要走。這段路說長不太長，說短也不太短。有時也許會寂寞些，想找個聲音，就讓我們結個伴兒，一同上路吧！」

反暴

「人總不肯反躬自問，總不肯量度別人環境，總不肯寬恕別人。」

蝴蝶效應

本來在二月二十七日最早只是專賣局查緝員與賣煙的婦人林江邁之間的爭執而已，卻由於查緝員打傷林婦引起圍觀群眾的不滿，而在進一步的衝突中，查緝員又打死一名民眾，遂引發群眾事件。而由於翌日行政官員無法安撫民眾的情緒，整個事件遂向全臺灣各地蔓延，造成二二八事件。

薛化元《中國近代史》

https://www.thinkingtaiwan.com/sites/default/files/images/insert/policy/1_69.jpg

最終章

Despite the fact that people of the East River Column were treated as members of the Allied forces after VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day) and the British government and the People's Republic of China had established diplomatic relations in 1950, the Hong Kong government's policy was to discriminate against those who had any Communist connection or sympathy. Sometimes this took the form of suppressing institutions, for example closing Dade College in the late 1940s.

Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

粵音

靜謐
音物

松鮨

繪圖︰澤田重隆

2020年6月3日星期三

bpm

Beats per minute, or BPM, is a term for measuring the tempo of a piece of music.

backtracks.fm

教育

小思老師︰「我們必須和學生談他們關心的，想知道的問題。」

港島遊 (二)

大館（前中區警署建築群）

警察總部大樓

營房大樓

越南前領袖胡志明是域多利監獄著名囚犯之一。

TASCHEN Books

正在內部維修的藝穗會

The Fringe Club on Lower Albert Road

這座建築物是建於一八九零年，曾是冷藏庫，供應冰塊及牛奶製品給予附近醫院及居民。

石板街 (砵典乍街)

PMQ (元創方)

荷李活道文武廟

http://samson-lau.blogspot.com/2018/12/man-mo-temple.html

精緻的浮雕

香港醫學博物館

http://samson-lau.blogspot.com/2019/04/hk-museum-of-medical-science.html

外科手術床

Operation Table (1950s)

Meaning of unplugged

used to refer to musicians performing without electric instruments and without amplification (= electronic equipment that makes sound louder)

dictionary.cambridge.org

2020年6月2日星期二

Text

Text is only an auxiliary tool.
Face-to-face communication cannot be substituted.

落狗屎

It's raining cats and dogs.

Physical Exercise

她多年前曾經說過，希望自己一個人做運動，因為她可以利用那段時間獨個兒思索人生。明明是拒絕我約會她的藉口，但美麗的藉口卻有深刻的道理在裡頭。最近一兩年，我才有所體會與領略。在紛亂不堪的社會環境下，放下智能電話，暫時離開電腦，與音樂、書本拉開一段距離，在游泳池游一百米停一停，再游一百米再停一停……

心澄明，吐納有序。帶氧運動不但能夠鍛鍊心肺功能，對身心健康也有裨益。運動激發身體釋放天然多巴胺 (Dopamine)，對情緒有正面作用。本宅男雖然朋友不多，沒有太多朋友可以和自己玩球類運動，但也不是減少鍛鍊的借口。中學時期，學校著重學生體能，中距離的跑步訓練少不了。長大了，意識到長跑有極大勞損風險，所以最近一兩年選擇室內游泳。運動多了，上班時也沒有那麼疲累。

最近認識了一位喜愛戶外活動的朋友，是時候考慮一下在秋季大伙兒踩車、行山。裝備不能少，體能和技術亦是關鍵。

Hebe 與希臘神話

我都寂寞多久了還是沒好

感覺全世界都在竊竊嘲笑

我能有多驕傲不堪一擊好不好

一碰到你我就被撂倒

吵醒沈睡冰山後從容脫逃

你總是有辦法輕易作到

一個遠遠的微笑就掀起洶湧波濤

又聞到眼淚沸騰的味道

明明你也很愛我沒理由愛不到結果

只要你敢不懦弱憑什麼我們要錯過

夜長夢還多你就不要想起我

到時候你就知道有多痛

當時那些快樂多難得美好

你真的有辦法捨得不要

才剛成真的美夢轉眼就幻滅破掉

祝福你真的可以睡得好

明明你也最愛我沒理由愛不到結果

只要你敢不懦弱憑什麼我們要錯過

夜長夢很多你就不要想起我

到時候最好別來要認錯

你就不要想我到瘋掉

明明你也還愛我沒理由愛不到結果

只要你敢不懦弱憑什麼我們要錯過

夜長夢會多你就不要想起我

我等夜監聽你說多愛我

Hebe 是古希臘神話中的青春女神，是眾神之神 Zeus 和女主神 Hera 的女兒。後來，Zeus 升大力神 Heracles 上天堂，把 Hebe 嫁給 Heracles。

資料來源︰張學明《字源學英文》

四十年後的平反

During the Cultural Revolution, which started in 1966, individuals like Fang, Rao and Zeng were, in the eyes of the Red Guards, people with "foreign connections". They were arrested and imprisoned very early.

The last project (of Zeng) was particularly important, not only for the city but for the entire country. The China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) was held twice annually in April and October and, from 1956, was the only way for foreigners to visit China. It was also an important source of foreign exchange earnings for the entire country.

In a case of extreme irony, Zeng and his East River Column soldiers were accused of being "bandits" -- the same accusation used against him and his soldiers by the KMT authorities in Guangdong right after the war.

On 3 December 1983 (in a celebration activity), Zeng wept (哭泣) openly when he recalled how his comrades suffered during the anti-localism activities and during the Cultural Revolution. He lamented (感到悲痛) sadly how they were let down by "the country and the party" and vowed that this should not be allowed to happen again.

After the downfall of the Gang of Four in 1976, the Central Committee of the CCP examined many cases of persecution (迫害) and imprisonment of various cadres since 1949. The work was conducted personally by Hu Yaobang, who had made his name by spending a long period as head of Youth Corps as early as the late 1950s. Because of his close relationship with Deng Xiaoping, he became general secretary of the party in the early 1980s. Hu was well known for his pragmatic (務實的) and liberal (寬容的) views and responsible for rehabilitating many people wrongly purged (政治清洗) in the 1950s and 1960s.

Xi Zhongxun said that the two anti-localism movements launched in 1952 and 1957 were seriously wrong. And both of them were due to the wrong policy and sectarian tendencies of some "senior cadres". This point was no doubt a veiled (隱含的) criticism of Tao Zhu.

In April 1994, the Central Committee (of the Communist Party) acceded (答應) to the Guangdong cadres' request to delete all reference to their errors when the anti-localist policy prevailed (壓倒) in Guangdong.

Chan, S.J. (2014). East River Column -- Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

endorse

: to approve openly

www.merriam-webster.com

example sentence

// The Care19 app, developed by ProudCrowd, of North Dakota, was one of the first contact tracing apps endorsed by state governments in response to the coronavirus.

Good-bye Days

So I'm going to go see you right now, that's what I've decided

I want to have you listen to this song, that I have in my pocket

Quietly, I turned up the volume, to make sure that it was there

Oh good-bye days, right now I've got the feeling that things are going to change; so long to everything up until yesterday

An uncool kindness is at my side

~With you

I pass one ear phone over to you

And this moment slowly streams over to you

Can you really love me? Even though I sometimes lose my way

Oh good-bye days, right now things inside my heart have begun to change, alright

An uncool kindness is at my side

~With you

If possible, I'd like to not have sad feelings

But they'll come to me, won't they?

In those times, it would be good, if only I could say

"Yeah, hello! My friend", with a smile

When we both are humming (哼曲子) the same song, I wish for you to be by my side

I'm glad that we were able to meet each other, with such an uncool kindness

... Good-bye days

小題

「人類並不因夢的易破而不再造夢，獻給曾造夢的一群傻瓜。」

2020年6月1日星期一

Walt-1966

「弱小的未必可欺，強橫終敵不過真理。」

T．V．B．2

拍拍下手，又賣廣告，嘔心！

夢與時間

早上鬧鐘響了又按停了的時候，在半睡半醒的情況下，當我再次入睡，再一次進入夢鄉，奇怪的事情便會發生。明明在感覺上夢中過了一段頗長的時間，但當我再次醒來，真實上只過了很短時間。而且，這不是單一次的感覺、情況。

Agriculture in ancient Egypt

Shaduf, hand-operated device for lifting water, invented in ancient times and still used in India, Egypt, and some other countries to irrigate land.

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The Egyptians grew their crops along the banks of the River Nile on the rich black soil which was left behind after the yearly floods. The fertile soil was ideal to grow healthy crops.

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