(巴黎沒有) 摩天輪

王菀之's talented! It's pretty funny to watch this live version of her 派台之作《雷電》in her new album 《詩情.畫意》:



The 《(巴黎沒有) 摩天輪》is not bad too. I like the lyrics! Everything can be perfect--if it's a fantasy.

　(巴黎沒有) 摩天輪　王菀之
　作曲：王菀之　作詞：林夕　編曲 / 監製：The Invisible Men

　大家闔起雙眼　幻想在凱旋門吃早餐
　也許雪花四綻　然後你驚鐵塔很冷

　聽講花都是情人必經之地
　真跡的畢加索看到我想飛
　參觀畫展後二人相擁滋味
　羅浮宮都不可以比

　然後登上摩天輪　迎著細雪轉動　我笑你超重
　凝望北歐的晚空　美得我怕轉面你會失蹤
　為何竟有摩天輪　全為要我感動　何必不去相信
　一直聽你亂說　逼真到　連頭髮亦冰凍

　花都的聲浪突然歸於肅靜
　你說你很想娶我叫我清醒
　真跡雖真實未如假想豐盛
　憑言語你我已曾經

　為何想到摩天輪　然後更會轉動　替你我相送
　停在思想的半空　這可算作快樂我也不懂
　如能擁有摩天輪　寧願永遠不動　隨風宣佈婚訊
　哭著講我願意　多得你　成全快樂的痛

　如何拖你手旅行　從沒有這好運
　我故作興奮　然而虛構的旅行太真

Talking about fantasy, the recent visit to the school gave me the picture of reality--it's going to be tough, and the system setup in kitchen can be soul destroying too. No vacation, long work hour, limited social network, disgraced pay scale, spend no time with the family, and all those things. Chef Christian himself had three marriages already. Asking Chef what's the most important factor to become successful. "Passion, followed by attitude." Hum, how would one be passionate still if the job is to repeat the same tedious procedure over and over again? True, I won't stay inside the kitchen for a long time (at least I hope I don't need to). But starting from scratch isn't easy.

Next steps? Interview the South Seattle Community College. Not that I'm going there, but I wanted to meet someone who can inspire me. If I'm still positive making this career change, I'd go east to the Culinary Institute of America located in Hyde Park (a "non-profit" school that charges $10K per semester for a three-year program), and the George Brown Chef School (a government funded school that's on the top list within N. America) in Toronto.

I was told that Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, Frnace is a top school as well.

Ha, European trained! A good selling point.

(巴黎沒有) 摩天輪, dude.

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Have been printing again for the entire day again. For some reasons I can't print the hightlight detail on Kodak's Ultra Endura, while comparing to the digital scan of the same film. I have burned 100% but the highlights on the right side of the following picture is missing the detail. This is the second time I encourter such limitation. May be the paper is too contrasty?