Finally, the lazy utako uploaded the photos to the web. In fact the "real" crab fest is not this night, but the other week before. The Saarbrucken chinese community ordered some kilos of crabs and we (7 people) got one bucket of 5 kg crabs, all "active". This photo only shows the two crabs which we finally finished them in my home. The main role of the night is indeed the piano :)

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/meetutako/2008_11_crab_fest_and_piano#

 

This is a far-from-perfect digital piano owning to its budget price, nevertheless, it is still my love, like the "first love" that everyone will always think as the most unforgetable. It has beautiful sound, and lots of functions which I have no idea of how to use them :p. It has a midi output, but I don't have cable to connect it to my computer, so ... well. in fact i am not dare to record and share my playing with you yet, it is still very bad. However, i will work hard on that, yeah!

 

 

 

Let me write something in this sleepless night.

 

太久沒有寫blog了,很好奇再有沒有人會來這個blog.

這個星期最令我開心的事就是買了個digital piano,應該下個星期會送到.

樂器中我最愛的是piano,可以話自小就喜愛.

可惜學琴非常昂貴,只可以從學別的樂器開始了.

小五開始我學了2年的口風琴,教我們的老師非常帥,人品好,有耐心,

而且還是基督徒,常安排我們出外表演.那時我們班有個漂亮的女孩

piano彈得非常好,真的很羨慕呀.

 

初中時,我返教會.教會中很多人都會彈琴,而且教會有台很好的琴,

於是我有機會便去彈下.

不過自己不很會彈,盡量在沒有人的時候彈,教會音樂的曲子很美,也很有

規律,比較容易上手. 說到教會,開始時最吸引我的是吉他班,老師們都是

從香港教會來的弟兄,每個星期專程趕來上一個小時的課.第一首學會的

曲子是什麼我已不記得了,但最後教的一首是Donna Donna.

 

終於高中時我開始學piano了.老師是國內來的,有了一口國語廣東話混

合的口音,有時開心或angry時會只說mandarine,很好笑.中學的校長很

好,家中沒有琴,她便讓我用學校音樂室的piano來practise.但因為課室

下課了後要鎖門,所以也不能用很長時間.於是我又租琴老師的琴室來

practise,往往都是在她吃晚飯時practise,然後她吃完了上課..不知

這段時間她會不會因為我的琴聲弄得沒有胃口呢..

 

學琴是按級數計學費的,一年學了三級的我...學費也長得很快,還要

買書啦,租琴啦,...唉,家裡都支持不了,所以再半年後我就放棄了.

 

來了德國,很巧合,今年一月我們組有位學生是個敉琴老師,他教了我

一首turkish march

看著他溫柔的手在琴上彈出這麼悅耳的音樂,又重新讓我愛上piano.

學校有個琴室可以租用,lunch time or evening,我會走去彈琴.手在琴

上真的把什麼煩惱都暫時忘記,累的時候也會提神,呵呵,好像做運動呀.

餓的時候,開始彈了也不會覺得餓. 哈哈...

 

所以嘛,我買了piano啦.好像dream come true咁.

 

 

 

好啦, business trip 回來了. 老實講, 這個是我多個conference以來最enjoy的, 雖然到了第二天就開始生病了,但全個conference我都是全程投入,時時安排full full的時間表, 慕求學到最多野.

這個是一年一度美國Biophysical Society的meeting, 年年都係美國開, 還選在最泠的二月天, 幸好今年在LA,已經溫暖很多. First impression about this conference is: huge!!! almost thousand poster a day, 4 parallel sessions, schedule from 8 in the morning to 10 in the night. I have never been so crazy in a conference!! This is American scientists... admire!!

 

What I enjoy the most is,  I met most of the big guys in the field I am working in, I attended their talks, I talked to them, I met their students, we discussed, we laughed :) I have never thought this kind of meeting could be such enjoyable to me. I joined the poster competition in the second day, wonderful, I wasn't nervous at all but chatting with my two poster neighbours, until almost the end of the session my referee came to me and again, we chatted. Of course, I didn't get any prize in this competition, but I believed I prepared enough, just that my topic was not much interested to them.

 

It wasn't so good to be sick in the middle of the conference, I missed the whole morning session and most of the afternoon session, because I couldn't have a clear mind for that. Luckily our hotel was wonderfully comfortable :) and I was able to rest well.

 

The rest of the trip is a real leisure trip around LA, some photos are here:

 

Most of the days were bad: windy, cold... and that's why I got sick. The last two days were nice and warm, but the wind could be quite chilling.

 

Ah.. one thing was very disappointing was the landscape in long beach, it was completely destroyed by the busy cargo harbour located exactly along the coast. The beach was dirty...  :(

 

 

 

 

真係一年先寫得5隻手指都數得完的blog. 本想唔寫的啦, 但由於我最近upload左d相去我個 web album,所以係到宣傳下咁啦:

 

年底去了奧地利,風光如晝,真係有山有水又有雪, 非常推薦.

 

回來後發了足足一個星期的白日夢, 終於今個week夢醒了, 要開始工作了.

 

仲有一d去了十月Portugual的相, Spain的還未弄...要再等一兩個星期吧.

 

下個friday又要出trip, 真係business trip...呀, 唔係, 係conference  trip至真. California LA... 我個同事就好鬼興奮, 買左本書想同我討論到底去邊到玩, 我呢, 就為個d忙極都忙唔完的projects煩緊.不過, 時間會過得好快, 都係努力d工作啦!

 

零除以零是多少呢? 呢條真係數學題黎架,唔係IQ題.

0 / 0 = ?

 

if you are still awake in the middle of the night, what will you do?

 

eating..internet surfing...chatting...keep dreaming... or any better ideas?