2011年11月21日 星期一

Photo --- Nice Sunday

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Redflower Loropetalum/ 紅花萬作


2011年11月17日 星期四

2011年11月14日 星期一

Horticulture --- 001 Propagation

I got one of my hobbies, horticulture, back recently. :)
The reason was ..... hm.... I don't remember that now ^_^"
Anyway, the topic is Why do I usually choice the non-efficiency way, sowing, to get a plant?

ha~
The process of sowing and germination is so interesting, isn't it?
And I can get some self-satisfaction through it.
To increase the probability of germination,
there are some pre-treating methods need to be applied,
like cold/warm stratification for simulating natural winter/spring conditions that seeds must endure
before germination, and  to soak seeds in particular solutions(hydrogen peroxide, ...), ...
Sometimes, you may need to use some pesticides to suppress fungus, insects, ...

Oh, by the way,
since some of plants I like are not available in my country,
sowing is the only way to get these kinda plants.

Another reason is we can collect seeds form threes directly or ask some nice guys to
send you some seeds and all you need to do is send him/her a stamped addressed envelope (s.a.e.) and
a ziplock.
Yap, the former is free and the other just spend you 10 bucks (for stamps).

Relating Links (of this bolg):
01: 栓皮櫟(Cork oak, Quercus variabilis Blume)
02: 檞櫟(Quercus aliena Blume)
03: 澳洲南方山毛櫸(Deciduous beech, Nothofagus gunnii)
04: 台灣櫸木(Taiwan Zelkova)
05: 落羽松(Southern cypress, Taxodium distichum)
06.

ps.
Vocabulary:
cutting: 扦插
layering: 嫁接
grafting: 接枝


 

2011年11月7日 星期一

Music --- Rhythm of the rain Cascades



Somehow,
I hummed this song when jogging in the drizzled-playground ~

"Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been, ..."



<Lyrics>


Rhythm of the rain   Cascades

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another
when my heart's somewhere far away

Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart a glow
Rain in her heart and let the love with you start to grow


雨的節奏   瀑布合唱團

聽聽這雨的節奏
像是說我是個大傻瓜
但願雨能停下來,讓我無望的哭泣
也讓我再度孤單一人

我唯一關心的女孩已離我遠去
去尋找一個全新的開始
但她不知道她在離去的那一天
連我的心也帶走了

雨啊!請告訴我這樣公平嗎?
當她不在乎的時候,她偷走了我的心
我再也無法愛別人
當我的心仍在某個遙遠的地方

雨啊!能否告訴她我是如此愛她
請太陽讓她的心綻放光芒
讓你的愛在她的心中滋長

2011年11月6日 星期日

Movie --- LOL (Laughing Out Loud) /巴黎LOL 我的青春我的媽



IMDb:
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents.



【巴黎LOL:我的青春我的媽LOL (Laughing Out Loud)】


10月 開懷大笑,~榮獲歐洲喜劇電影大獎~歐洲超強賣座法國票房約9億台幣。
巴黎青少年校園裡外的,逐夢、分享、共同成長,的同窗友情與愛情。
正值青春叛逆期的女兒,和離婚低潮中的媽媽之間,衝突爭執日益惡化,
他們該如何找回曾經親密的母女情深?


電影簡介:
開學第一天,蘿菈(克莉絲塔‧特瑞特 飾)迫不及待和朋友重聚,但在這一天她卻與男友亞瑟分手了。蘿菈傷心欲絕,能了解她的只有馬耶(傑瑞米‧卡彭 飾),而馬耶卻是亞瑟最要好的朋友,還是同一個樂團的夥伴。在這個手機、隨身聽和網路messenger無所不在的年代,蘿拉和她的朋友們用青少年的方式生活,使用夾雜火星文的網路語言交談,躲避他們面臨婚姻問題的父母們惱人的管教方式。
馬耶是個充滿天份的歌手,但嚴苛的父親卻不准他玩樂團,父子之間爭執不斷,暴躁的父親甚至摔壞他心愛的吉他,要求馬耶專心唸書。某日,父親又發現馬耶偷溜出去練團,氣沖沖地來到樂團表演的現場,準備大聲斥責……。蘿菈的母親安(蘇菲‧瑪索 飾)與前夫藕斷絲連,又與一個高階警官打得火熱,當她「不經意」地翻到女兒的日記時,才驚覺原來自己與女兒之間有如此大的代溝。然而,她們母女之間的隔閡,因為合力幫助馬耶完成音樂之夢而逐漸化解……