希望

在黑暗中，我們應該看到星光、爝火。不應執著於世間的醜惡與黑暗。

小思《曲水回眸》

如果你不肯定對方是善良抑或是醜惡，為何不傾向好的方面去想，假設對方是一位善良的人。再者，路遙知馬力，日久見人心。要注意的是，有一類人每天笑臉迎人，阿諛奉承，讓你完全失去戒心，這種人往往是出賣你的人。

屋宛桃花

 焦距 18 mm 廣角拍攝全株桃花

閃燈曝光 -1.67 減少前後光暗差

快門先決 1/125 秒，使用閃光燈理應可減慢

ISO 800 補償快門過速下的光線不足

f/3.5，景深太淺，相片放大後不能達致全張清晰

Ritual

    We are limited by where our habits lead us. This is why mastering the decisive moments throughout your day is so important. Each day is made up of many moments, but it is really a few habitual choices that determine the path you take. These little choices stack up, each one setting the trajectory (route) for how you spend the next chunk (pile) of time.

Two-minute Rule

A new habit should not feel like a challenge. The actions that follow can be challenging, but the first two minutes should be easy. What you want is a "gateway habit" that naturally leads you down a more productive path...Your goal might be to run a marathon, but your gateway habit is to put on your running shoes.

Clear, J. (2019). Atomic habits: An easy & proven way to build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

天淵之別

Mini HiFi + Compact Disc = Good Quality

The reason to keep buying CDs

WAV to MP3: iPhone connecting with Mini Hifi through Bluetooth is stable

YouTube Music connecting with Mini Hifi is not stable

Streaming files are compressed and quality may be hindered

幾田りら - Sparkle

THE FIRST TAKE Official English Subtitles

It twinkled, then vanished

The end of this singular love

A falling sensation

Is what I felt

When our eyes met

It just happened in a second

You probably wouldn't know what to do

If I told you everything

I think about everything that would fall apart

They go round and round in my head

I may not be the one you hold dear

It's something I've always sensed

I let my burning cheeks feel the night breeze

Cooling them

It twinkled, then vanished

The end of this singular love

Has been predetermined from the start, and it hurts

And yet I feel so much love when I glance at the side of your face

The 2 words that popped up ran through my mind

But I can't voice them

We're so close, but

You're always looking somewhere far away

I want to know who you really are

But there's no way I can say that

That soft voice, your innocent gestures

I'm crazy about you

I'm losing sight of everything around me

I want to spend more time by your side

If I could only get close enough to say that

It twinkled, then vanished

Like a star that runs across the starry night

Not wanting to lose a moment of this happiness

I gazed at you, not even wanting to waste a blink

One day, somewhere

You'll be leaving, right?

A love that could have been put to an end at any moment

But I keep dreaming

Hoping I'll never wake up

Holding on to the ambiguous and the frightening

I like you, and that is

How I honestly feel

It hurts, and I know how you feel but

It doesn't change a thing

The pain and the love

I'm glad you gave it all to me

I won't forget our days together

And what it means to be in love

A falling sensation

Is what I felt

When our eyes met

It just happened in a second

Habit-forming commercial products

    Meal delivery services reduce the friction of shopping for groceries. Dating app reduce the friction of making social introductions. Ride-sharing services reduce the friction of getting across town. Text messaging reduces the friction of sending a letter in the mail.

Clear, J. (2019). Atomic habits: An easy & proven way to build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Lithium Carbonate and Diuretics

…Lithium removal from the body is achieved almost exclusively via renal means. As a result, any medication that alters glomerular filtration rates or affects electrolyte exchange in the nephron may influence the pharmacokinetic disposition of lithium. Concomitant (伴隨的) use of diuretics has long been associated with the development of lithium toxicity, but the risk of significant interactions varies with the site of pharmacological action of the diuretic in the renal tubule. Thiazide diuretics have demonstrated the greatest potential to increase lithium concentrations, with a 25 to 40% increase in concentrations often evident after initiation of therapy…Loop diuretics and potassium-sparing agents have minor variable effects. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have also been associated with lithium toxicity…A growing body of evidence also suggests that ACE inhibitors (a high blood pressure medication) may impair lithium elimination, but further investigations are needed to identify patients at risk…

CA;, F. P. M. (n.d.). Clinical relevance of drug interactions with lithium. Clinical pharmacokinetics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8521679/