Play like KG

My brother is a Lakers fan. We shot each other with scorns over MSN throughout the NBA Finals - I was watching the games on TV and he was checking the score on the web. He didn't bother to look at the score after the first quarter of the 6th game when Lakers was trashed.

Then I ran into a bunch of team boxers at the NBA store at New York. It took me no time to decide whether I should get my brother a Lakers or Celtics boxer. The only question was whether I should get him the one in white or the one in green.

I told him to wear the boxer next time he played basketball, and he would play like Kevin Garnett.

Topology of fitting duvet covers

When I was still a teen, grandma showed me a very clever way to fit a cover onto a duvet. She tried to teach me but I didn't manage to do it at that time. A few months ago I was fitting my duvet with its cover after laundry, I thought really hard of it. With a lot of thinking and practice, I finally did it and now I write it down here in my own words.

1. Spread the cover over a bed inside out.
2. Put the duvet on top of the cover, align the four corners.
3. Starting from the far end, roll the cover and the duvet together toward the opening edge of the cover. You will end up with a roll of duvet laminated by the cover on the outer side.
4. At the opening edge, grab the two corners of the duvet at the aligned corners of the cover from INSIDE.
5. Stuff the edge of the duvet bracketed by these two corners into the cover.
6. Repeat rolling the laminated duvet all the way till you reach the opening edge of the cover again.
7. Grab the 2 corners, spread the duvet and you will have the cover fitted tight at the corners.

It was magic to me when I first saw grandma did it. After all the years I figured she had solve a 2-dimensional problem by 3-dimensional topology! A few months ago when I finally got to do it on my own, I asked grandma who taught her this. She said she figured it out herself.

I always tell people grandma is very smart.

Chinese New Year

My grandparents live in Taiwan, and the rest of the family in HK. A few days ago I called and talked to grandma. She asked if I could go spend the Chinese New Year holiday with them. I said I couldn't. The other day my brother talked to grandfather. He said he could buy my brother flight ticket if he wanted to spend the Chinese New Year holiday with them. I knew they want some company from the family for the holiday. So when my brother said the ticket found some not-so-expensive tickets, which still cost more than usual, on the web, I told him I would pay half of the price. So that's what I do for them for this New Year.

高清 vs 低濁

上星期屋企部電視突然壞左，用左差不多二十年，終於死左。睇左一輪終於買左部26" Sony HD LCD電視。原價$6800，特價$6100，我同兩個細佬一人千五，爸爸比千六，好在屋企人多。部電視resolution去到1366 x 766，但依家d無線訊號同DVD都冇咁高，電視節目好多noise，仲辛苦過用CRT睇。好在我地有Now寬頻，都算好d。

香港要等多幾年先有高清廣播，依家唯有睇住d低濁o既先啦。

酥炸鮮魷

好在今日養傷，冇去打波，唔係就食唔到母親大人整既酥炸鮮魷。

以前屋企由煮，阿媽唔識煮。後來爺爺去左台灣之後，食阿媽煮既覺得係有d崖義氣。後來佢去左幫舅父做幫廚（舅父做大廚），做左兩年之後打通左任、督二脈，有心機煮果陣好食過大酒樓。佢依家煮用既豉油都係自己煮架。

講返今日既酥炸鮮魷，用天婦羅既炸醬黎包，新鮮炸出黎果陣外脆內軟，鮮魷用細細隻，阿媽話咁先至唔軔。阿媽仲好好心機咁將生菜切絲墊底，唔食埋d生菜絲即係唔領情啦。

慶祝

今日阿媽買左好多，諗住慶祝細佬生日。阿爸仲買左一大盤賴尿蝦。但細佬有節目，我地三個人唯有遙遠同佢慶祝啦，佢返到黎都仲有雪芳蛋糕食既。

其實生日好應該同阿媽慶祝，多謝佢咁多年前咁辛苦生我地出黎。今晚阿媽食賴尿蝦都食得好開心，況且佢計舊曆，今年仲有一次機會。

細佬

今日去扭蛋節，Calvin約人，去到得佢同佢女友，好在我拉埋細佬一齊，唔係做電燈膽。

去到會展d人竟然要排4個鐘買飛。車... 去旺角兆萬睇玩具好過。去到兆萬Calvin買左隻馬斯特博士軍閥造型公仔。跟住比我見到紙砌既高達RX-78-2，只賣$69。即買。我同細佬講：「第時我死o左記得燒呢隻紙扎高達比我」... 哈哈。

搭車返屋企，細佬訓到流口水... 哈哈傻仔。


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今日語錄：
阿哥：邊個打黎？
細佬：你阿媽呀。
阿哥：我阿媽做乜打比你呀？
細佬：因為佢都係我阿媽囉。
阿哥：哦...

清明節

今朝去拜山，諗住在坐西鐵去到荃灣站，然後行過去。姑媽打o黎，叫我o地由荃灣站坐的士過去。又係喎，grandma雖然仲行得，但係都唔好行得太多。但爸爸話的士只可以係外面落客，唔可以入到裡面。我話，同的警察講有兩個老人家，應該可以放行。就係咁，我同細佬就同爺爺grandma一齊坐的士入到去，其他人就行左20分鐘... 哈哈，唔洗行。

搭的士經過以前住果度，依家已經面目全非，起好哂超高新樓，應該就快賣得。我o係果度大，住o左二十幾年，依家發夢返屋企都係返果度，而唔係其他住過既地方。我仲記得我地未搬入去之前，媽媽拖住我（我果時得4歲）係層樓樓下望，佢話：「我地遲d就要搬去果度喇。」

姑媽姑丈年年都會同我地一齊拜太婆。拜完之後我地九個人一齊返入屯門飲茶，之後黎我地屋企打牌。去到茶樓，超多人，至少要等45分鐘。於是我地上左樓上間茶餐廳，原來佢都有好多小茶，而且已經有幾圍檯坐o左出黎，都係拜完山既人。結果我地就係果度叫小菜，竟然仲好食過間茶樓同對面間大排檔，真係失覺哂。

上次同爺爺飲茶佢爭住要比錢，君子有所不為，爭比錢係其中之一，所以我都唔同佢爭。不過今次除左爺爺之外，仲有爸爸同姑媽會爭，所以我比定五百蚊細佬，叫佢比錢。佢最細，又唔係經常比，佢地一定唔會同佢爭。哈哈... 死仔，比錢果陣，爸爸起身話佢比，細佬企起身指住佢話：「錯，呢次我請。」咁就立埋張單去比錢。

近排有d撞聾，頭先搭西鐵，細佬話唔知話乜野閉門作賽，我就聽到「閉門種菜」... 哈哈。

福氣

更正。我姑婆原來已經超過九十歲。我爺爺同尋晚係姑婆屋企打牌同食飯。佢地話姑婆後尾問佢地，頭先有鬍鬚o個個男人係邊個... 哈哈哈，姑婆竟然記得見過我，都話留鬚好o架啦，連老人癡呆都記得。連我姑媽（一個五十幾歲既師拉）都話我型... 哈哈。

尋日姑婆重有單攪笑o野。佢食我爺爺帶返黎o既巨型番荔枝o個時，話要煮返熱食，凍o左唔好食... 哈哈哈。

其實姑婆除左老人癡呆之外身體一切都好好，我地先至笑得落。咁都唔錯，老o左有錢有老公同一班子孫陪同照顧，自己就乜o野煩惱都冇，淨係記得以前D開心o野，身體又健康。睇我條生命線，我都可能九十歲都未死得，唔知我有冇咁好福氣。

姑婆

尋晚成五點先返到屋企，今朝十點就要起身陪爺爺去太和飲茶。佢地次次返黎都會去同我姑婆，即係我爺爺既大家姐飲茶。我姑婆九十幾歲，十年前開始有老人癡呆症，淨就記得幾十年前D野，連自己D仔都唔認得，朝早會問人坐o係間房裡面個男人係邊個（個男人係佢老公.. 哈哈）。

姑婆當然唔認得我，但係人地o係佢面前提起我，佢就話記得我細個o個陣成日帶我去行街，有次我要企係間玩具店前睇玩具，姑婆拉住我要我走，話我成屋都係玩具，唔準再買。我就答佢：「我睇下架咋，我睇陣就走架o刺。」唉，我到依家都係睇多過買... 1.5米高既RX-78同紅彗星呀... Millennium Falcon同X-wing fighter呀... 成十年冇砌高達o刺... 唔知依家仲有冇得賣Perfect Grade既RX-78呢 ?

臨走o個時，姑媽再話比姑婆知我係康仔。姑婆問我讀完書未，哈哈... 讀完好耐o剌。佢話：「我湊過既細路哥個個都要讀書既，唔讀書冇用o架。」又真係，比佢提一提先記得，細個時佢真係成日叫我要讀書，唔讀書冇用。唔通我細細個就比姑婆催眠o左 ?

Grandma

I missed grandma very much today. I called her up and we talked for over 20 min.

I used to be very closed to her. My mom needed to work and grandma was the one who looked after me since I was born. She hefted me on her back to the market everyday when I was a toddler. She taught me what was right, what was wrong; how to behave and how to respect people.

A few years ago she needed to implant a heartbeat regulator onto her heart. I flew to see her and stayed with her in the hospital. I held her hands the first time since I grew up. The doctor said she was strong and healthy otherwise. She recovered very quickly and only stayed in the hospital for 3 days after the surgery. I was relieved.

Grandma is a very smart and clever woman. She made many important decisions for our family that were proved to be correct. I always think if she had had the chance to go to school, she would have had a great career. But she would probably not be my grandma.

I am very lucky to have a great woman guide me throughout my childhood. You gave me all it takes to make me a decent human being. Although we are not related by blood, your teaching and love always flow in my blood. I love you, Grandma.

Grandma, my mom's sister and me in Edinburg Square,
Hong Kong, 1977.