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伊野尾慧 VS 中島健人
最近雜誌看到伊野的時候常常覺得，好像中健喔
可能因為最近伊野的頭髮比較沒那麼卷

像的點是眼神跟瀏海的感覺

オール５

５是日本中學最高的成績

所以オール５應該是全A的意思

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Paradox in Cultural Studies

I was reading the introduction to the Tale of Genji yesterday.
The tiny English text drove me dizzy in no time. I don't know why English text has this effect on me. Wish I had the original.....well maybe not the original, cos that would be in classical Japanese I won't be able to understand.
Anyhow the English version is all I have from college days.
I was thinking that it may be time to purchase a few classical novels from Amazon....ouch, it's going to be expensive.

Back to the Tale of Genji; the author, Edward G. Seidensticker, stated that in translating to English, many side notes were left out, and some details simplified so the western readers can more easily understand the story. He said if all the explanation to connotations were included, the notes would probably be thicker than the book itself.
So how much details might a person miss by reading the English version of a classical literature.

Then it dawned on me, how can we study a culture without first learning the language?
Isn't that the most fundamental thing?
Why does the Center for Japanese Studies not use Japanese books but instead English translations?
In order to fully appreciate the literature, one must read the original.
How can it not be a prerequisite to first learn the language before studying the culture?

From my personal experience this is especially true.
During college I took various Japanese literature and history classes. But not until recently, after watching Japanese historical dramas, and doing research on wikipedia had I come to some understanding of what their history was really like.
Without seeing things from the Japanese perspective, reading history on paper was just like words with no meaning. They were just a bunch of names and dates.

One good example, without knowing Japanese, one cannot appreciate the different names people had throughout their lives, and their meanings.
As Seidensticker said, he kept the name Aoi consistent throughout because western audience can only accept the idea of one unbreakable name.

To further my studies of Japanese history, I hope to learn classical Japanese someday.

動物知識・初級編

河馬

• 流的汗是粉紅色的，有防曬跟抗菌的功能
• 牠們的皮膚很敏感，必須經常保持潮濕狀態，否則便會渾身不舒服
• 嚴格算起來應該是水中動物
• 牙齒有50公分長，不會被自己刺到嗎？
• 體重有3噸多，奔跑時速卻可達到40公里
• 為了快速移動所以腳很細
• 對付鱷魚是壓倒性的勝利，小河馬被欺負的時候媽媽可將一群鱷魚追跑
• 甚至聽說非洲南邊海附近的河馬殺過鯊魚
  
• 世上最強的動物之一，可用巨大下巴將一隻成年鱷魚咬成兩半。在非洲是公認的危險殺人魔，只要有人驚動牠第一反應就是逃，不管逃生路上有什麼一律踩過去，每年造成超過百人死亡，遠超過大象、獅子。

犀牛

• 白犀牛其實是灰色的，被叫白犀牛的原因是他的嘴巴比較寬，英文為WIDE，便取了諧音WHITE
• 犀牛角其實是牠的鬍子
• 眼睛很不好，被溫溫的東西撞到才知道是敵人
• 由於視力不好，耳朵進化成跟喇叭一樣，聽力很好

長頸鹿

• 舌頭有50公分長
• 公鹿的脖子比母鹿長，吃葉子的時候公鹿就吃上面的母鹿吃下面一點的，不會衝突到
• 人類脖子有7根骨頭，長頸鹿也是7根
• 5公尺高的身材，有時比草原的樹還高，打雷的時候還會被劈到
• 被獅子追上的話會轉過身來用前腳把獅子踩死，獅子超苦戰。通常要一群獅子才有辦法打敗一隻長頸鹿

獅子

• 跟老虎打架結果3勝7敗
• 叫聲很大讓人以為很強，但其實最強動物排行只有第9

鱷魚

• 會把水牛跟犀牛引到水中攻擊
• 常被獅子吃
• 被大象丟到空中摔死也是有過的事
• 速度跟不上老虎

上野動物園

• 單日入場卷要500円，一年通行證卻只要2400円
• 左邊那隻是來亂的嗎.....
  

Tim Hortons Iced Capp 調查

「前言」
在北美住過的人應該都知道Tim Horton這一家連鎖輕食店，他們主要的產品為甜甜圈，各式糕餅，三明治，以及咖啡。我是一個完全討厭喝咖啡的人，但連我都受不了Tim Hortons賣的Iced Cappuccino（卡布其諾冰沙）。當然目前在台灣是沒有Tim Hortons的分店，所以我決定來找一下有沒有人提供它的作法，看可不可以在家DIY一下。
順便找到了一堆囉哩八唆的密辛一起貼上來。


「簡介（轉貼官網）」
Iced Cappuccino

Tim Hortons Iced Capp is the creamy, deep down cool treat that you can enjoy with chocolate, or 2% milk. Even add one of our chillicious flavours*, like: French Vanilla, Hazelnut and Butter Caramel.



「食譜①」
2 盎司 滾水
2 大匙 即溶咖啡（普通或無咖啡因）
2 大匙 糖（或代糖）
4-6 冰塊
1/3 杯 18% 淡味鮮奶油（或是巧克力牛奶...或普通牛奶）


「食譜②」
BA MY FRIEND WHO WORKS AT TIMMY"S SAYS U CAN MAKE IT AT HOME BY TAKING CAP MIX AND 2 IC CUBES AND SOME THICK CREAM. YOU MAKE DA CAPPACINO FIRST DEN YA CRUSH DA ICE AND PUT IN THE CREAM AND CAPPACINO AND BLENNDDD AND DEN ENJOY UR LITTLE TASTE OF HEAVENNN!!!!
（簡譯：在家裏做可以用cap mix，冰塊，和奶油。先泡好咖啡，將冰用果汁機攪碎，再加入奶油跟咖啡然後打一打就可以了）


「食譜③」
材料：
1 Folgers Coffee Single（類似茶包，但是是咖啡）
2 大匙 Folgers即溶咖啡
1 包 Swiss Miss French Vanilla mix
8 包 代糖
2 1/2 杯 冰塊
鮮奶油（我用噴霧罐那種）

First, in a small sauce pan, add 12 ounces of water and the Folgers coffee bag. I brewed mine on medium for about 15 minutes until it was very dark. You know, expresso-like.

Add the Equal packets and stir until dissolved. Add the Swiss Miss packet and stir until dissolved. Add the instant coffee and … come on, you can figure it out …

Remove from heat, pour into a heat and cold-proof container and place in the refrigerator to cool. I used the freezer because I was impatient, I pulled it out a couple of times and stirred to further accelerate the cooling process. All told, maybe 20 minutes elapsed before I decided to forge on …

In a blender, add 1 ½ cups of ice and pre-blend until your blender can’t handle it any more. Then add ½ the cooled mixture and blend. Ok, it’s a bit dark, right? So was my first try. Then I added another ½ cup of ice and a shot of milk (about an ounce or two) and blended again. Much closer, but still a bit strong, so I added another ½ cup of ice and another shot of milk, plus about 1” of whipped cream on top in the blender. Blend really, really well.

IMHO, close enough to save me $2.89 at least once a day. Not to mention the closes Tim Hortons is 15 minutes up the highway.


Give it a try, and report back on what you think. Just don’t bash it too bad if you substitute items and then claim it’s nasty. Like Folgers –vs- Maxwell House .

One other thing – this will give us ‘addicts’ the ability to control the caffeine levels – something we couldn’t do the ‘over-the-counter’ ice caps. The Folgers coffee singles and instant coffee are both available in decaffeinated versions.


Tim Hortons密辛：
First, we use 18% cream from Neilson Dairy. It's actually quite disgusting to install these creamer bags, because you can feel how fatty they are (not to mention the smell, anyone else who works there shares my pain)

Second, the Icde Cap is made with 1 part icdecap concentrate to 3 parts water. As to what is in the iced-cap concentrate, I couldn't say. I just know its brown, comes in bags and is mixed in a bucket with water. The machine does all the freezing.

The reason why some of you get wattery icde caps is because of the fact the machines can only hold so much frozen iced-cap in the line. After about 3 or 4 mediums, the machine starts to get runny because it hasn't had time to freeze. This is why if you ask for one and we say the machine is down, it's likely because it is not frozen.

The reason why Tim Hortons is without an apostrophe is because of the fact that Tim's wife thretened to sue Ron Joyce (CEO) if he did not change the name, after the comapny was given to Ron (Tim's buddy). He then changed it from Tim Horton's to Tim Hortons. Ever since Wendy's bought us out, the quality has gone down hill. I mean, its always fresh, yet everything is frozen. Everything from the mini cakes to bagels, donuts, timbits, chili and cookies (which are then put onto trays to bake.

To the person comlaining about runny icedcaps saying "please talk to the staff", this is not our fault that the machines are not freezing quickly enough to meet the demands of our customers. Let's just say, if you see the guy infront of you in line ordering 10 icedcaps, yours will without a doubt be runny! In the summer, we get numerous complaints that people have driven aroudn to find a Timmies whose iced caps aren't runny. It's because the machines take about 10-15 minutes to freeze the cap. mix.

The Cream Cheese which is used is from some Lactonian company (can't remember the name exactly). I'd be surprised if it was expired considering it lasts for a few months, yet a new shipment is brought in every week. It would be over exagerating to say there is 1/2 a box of cream cheese left before the truck comes in

Posted by: Sean | October 20, 2005 at 05:35 PM