October 31,2005
October 26,2005
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, 92, Dies
October 25, 2005
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, 92, Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 12:36 p.m. ET
At the time, she couldn't have known it would secure her a revered place in American history. But her one small act of defiance galvanized a generation of activists, including a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and earned her the title ''mother of the civil rights movement.''
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告別式

該是準備考試的時候,卻在考前的幾個焦躁夜晚中一些回憶突然從腦海中浮起,記憶似乎是成斷裂,隔著太平洋分成兩端,唯一相同的是我仍在靠近海洋的地方瞭望,遠方記憶的故鄉。高中生活有幾件深埋在腦海的事,身旁發生的一些事,但這些事除非是與有相同回憶的朋友交談,也很少人能夠知道這對日後的我們影響有多深,游離記憶的泡沫,薩依德說的out of place是這樣的感受嗎?
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October 16,2005
說一段小禱告
Though My Best Friend’s Soundtrack is definitely mushy stuff, I love it anyways. Reminiscence from my college years, one of the most listened O.S.T with my roommate. It perfectly suits the chilly gloomy weather of
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October 13,2005
大人的巧克力棒--Fran

讀書天唯一的樂趣是逛超市,今天的戰利品是明治製果的『FRAN』法蘭栗子巧克力棒,精美的包裝,獨特的蕾絲印花,是目前吃過FRAN中的超級宇宙無敵豪華版,另外還有兩種口味(草莓、另一種忘了),但昂貴的價格讓我只得狠心挑選一盒品嚐,回到家還是捨不得打開來吃,等改天心情好再犒賞自己。以前日本台有一個節目專門介紹各種零食和生活雜貨的研發過程,有一集介紹FRAN是如何研發製作的,製作者說當初FRAN販賣設定對象是漂亮的成熟女性,日本OL族群,包裝精美又帶點貴氣,裡頭分成幾小包,每包份量不多,拿在手中有種成熟的高級感,零食也可以成為代表身份的配件,當然為了研發FRAN澎鬆的口感,製作者費了不少力氣,終於做出現在我們拿在手中一根外表鬆軟入口即化但在室溫卻不易融化的巧克力棒。FRAN的代言者也都是熟女,如松島菜菜子,日本人語:「大人的高級感」。
...繼續閱讀October 9,2005
Serendipity

Merriam-webster:
the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
(talent for) making pleasant and unexpected discoveries entirely by chance
一個特殊才能,可以在無意間發現有趣或有價值的事物。
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