所謂週末， 古有明訓：就是 "honeydew weekend" -- Honey, do this. Honey, do that~~
* Honeydew (melon)：蜜瓜，發音 honey do (or due)。所以除了 Honey, do this or that，也可解為 Honey, this or that is due，到期了，該做了。哈哈。
哈密瓜 cantaloupe 和蜜瓜 honeydew 是類似的好東西，中英發音交錯也近似，所以 honeydew weekend 乾脆譯成 「哈密瓜週末」 ，蜜糖＋麻瓜，你就甜甜蜜蜜、開開心心、乖乖聽魔法家的指令做吧～～
11/12/2011
Honeydew Weekend
1/06/2011
4/03/2008
Once Upon a Mind
There were two minds talking…
“Something must be on your mind. Do you mind telling me, since I can't read your mind?”
“Oh, it's just this you know what at the back of my mind, somehow forever bringing itself to mind.”
“Why don't you just close your mind to it. Don't cast your mind back to it. This way your can put your mind at rest.”
“I just thought, if only I had been open-minded back then, rather than setting my mind on that stupid thing…”
“One can't be forever in two minds. At the end of the day, you will have to make up your mind. But it does stick in your mind, doesn't it?”
“Oh well, never mind. I'll try to take my mind off it. Having talked to you is already like a weight off my mind.”
“Yes, please do put your mind to trying. Wait…what you just said put me in mind of something…Oh! It almost slipped out of my mind.”
“What was in your mind?”
“Whew! I'm glad it comes to mind. I have it in mind to asking you…Would you mind minding the business while I'm away next month?”
“…Sorry, I was absent-minded. What did you say?”
“I was saying, please mind the shop for me next month.”
“You must be out of your mind! I can't do it alone! I'm not a business-minded person! You are not in your right mind to have asked.”
“Mind your tongue, please. Any way, in my mind's eye, I see you have the right mind for it, just lacking experience.”
“But if you don't mind, I have to speak my mind. I don't mind telling you that I don't have a mind to rise up to the challenge. It scares me out of my mind thinking all these responsibilities”
“Did it ever cross your mind that I have been coaching you with this in mind all along?”
“You can see that I'm not of a suspicious mind, though very much a susceptible mind.”
“Just bear in mind, you have a good mind. As a matter of fact, you're one of the best minds---and since we are of the like mind, that makes two.”
“True, mind and body, I always go for the former.”
“Great minds do think alike. If you truly know your own mind, you will not regret it.”
“Alright, I see you have single-mindedly masterminded the whole thing. Tell you what: I don't mind giving it a try. Still, one can never be too mindful…I have to clear my mind of all the doubts. The whole thing to my mind is sort of surreal…”
“It's just a state of mind…It’ll will pass. And you will have a mind-expanding experience.”
“It's mind-blowing, mind-boggling…In a shock such as this, I need my presence of mind…”
“It's a done deal. Period---It just sometimes boggles my mind that you have such a one-mind-too-many mindset.”
“I might very well say 'mind your own business', literally.”
“Don't say such a mindless thing.”
“Mind you. You started it first.”
“Truce! Mind some more coffee?”
“I don't mind if I do."
9/25/2007
交融謂之淡
李安色戒得獎，媒體新聞不斷，今天在Ettoday看到一則妙聞（原英文訪問稿見此）：
牛仔皇后Lureen 和心中另有所愛的傑克，在酒吧邂逅後上演車震戲碼，看對眼的兩個人在老車上，一開始還是很羞澀，Lureen 主動脫掉襯衫，讓傑克兩眼直瞪，人類原始本能一觸即發，這是【斷背山】的經典橋段之一。
傑克透露，李安在導這場戲的時候，竟然連成語「水乳交融」都拿出來，要他們揣摩，水和牛奶混合在一起的時候，感覺有多好。
Jake Gyllenhaal指出，「李安說，你們就表現出像是水和牛奶混在一起的感覺，安（安海瑟薇）馬上附和說，對！我懂，太美好了，真是太棒了，我則是丈二金剛摸不著頭緒，完全不知道他在說什麼？」
中西語意背道而馳，此為一例。「水+乳」其實在英文裡也是「成語」，但意思另有所指，而且是負面的。milk-and-water意指「淡而無味」，牛奶（不是奶粉噢）沖了水，交後融則融矣，但想想看那滋味好不好喝？因此milk-and-water又引申為「軟弱無力」。要兩位演員揣摩水和牛奶混合在一起，來表現一觸即發的力道，難怪傑克領會不來，悟性確是比安海瑟薇差了一些。:-)
不過這段報導中最有趣的是傑克「自道」：我則是「丈二金剛」摸不著頭緒。
完全不知道「水乳交融」中文成語意義的傑克，竟然會出口成章，來一句中文歇後語．．．
傑克，這真是太神奇了！！
9/12/2007
All Clear
It was a clear day yesterday. After so many days of downpours and drizzle, the weather finally cleared up. So I went to my bank to deposit a check. The pretty clerk with a set of clear blue eyes told me the check would clear within one day. Clearly it was a pleasant surprise. I had not expected it to be cleared this quick. She said because nowadays they use the electornic Automated Clearing House process.
So it was clear that I would be able to use the money for today's clearance sale at an out-of-town shopping mall. But first I needed to clear up and out my closet to clear the way for my new incoming wardrobe. I also want to make one thing clear that I am not a shopaholic. And my conscience is clear, and my mind is clear since I'm very clear about what I'm doing. And that was what I did, a clearance of my closet before a clearance of the shop's clearance closets. Ha Ha Ha.
And so it happened that this morning after the breakfast I immedialy cleared away the cups and plates. As soon as the early mist had cleared, I drove clear over to the mall. But alas, there was a bomb scare and police cars were all over the place. You would need a top top security clearance to get into the shops as the police was conducting the operations on searching and clearance of the bombs. They shouted at us, "stay clear!"
So no more clearance sale shopping today. We were all told to clear out of the place, not to wait for the all clear sign. And everyone was clear-sighted enough to follow the order. The traffic was forced to detour through an unfamiliar neighborhood which clear as day was recently developed after a widespread clearance of jungle land. And alas again, a huge 18-wheeler in front of us couldn't get past the clearance of an overpass bridge there and stuck for an hour, which of course caused more police action and detouring. The whole situation was clear-cut hopeless.
After much patience and waiting, finally the coast was clear. We were cleared for passing underneath the damaged bridge. As soon as I was clear of the dangerously-looking havoc and made sure that I was in the clear, I made a clear mental note to myself that I would forever stay clear of this particular area. I cleared my throat and started my clear as a bell whistling, going home for a clear soup for lunch. That was when I heard a thud and it was crystal clear that I had a flat tire. My mind went clear as mud.
That was when I felt like having a glass of clear and strong you-know-what substance, to clear my mind.
Did I make myself clear, dear clear-headed reader?
8/14/2007
English Made in Japan
日本人真是個奇妙的民族，語言上尤其擅長外來內借，不但有借自中文的「漢詞新用」、「日製漢詞」、「和製漢字」，日製英文也是他們拿手絕活，而且往往「截頭去尾」，再配以和式發音，創出「雙拼新字」，琳琅滿目，令人嘆為觀止。
這類「貌似英文」往往一嗅就有和風，有的還隨日本流行文化反向輸出，不過英語世界使用這些日式英語，往往專限於相關的日式情境，並未內化普及於他們本身的人事物，比方 anime 只專指日式卡通，office lady 也只在日本情境之下使用（OL 這個觀念本身，就很「東洋」，很不「西洋」）。
隨手摘記幾則：
anime (animation)
bookoff (日本某二手書書店集團)
cosplay (costume play)
famikon (family computer)
mook (magazine book)
office lady (OL)
pokemon (pocket monster)
salaryman
8/12/2007
「老」趣
Growing old can be "fun"－－網上看到幾則「老」笑話，分享一下。
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
我覺得自己的身材已經完全走樣了，所以經醫生批准，到健身房報名，決定參加老人有氧運動班。我彎身、扭腰、轉動、上下跳躍，足足流了一小時的汗。可是啊，等到我好不容易終於把運動緊身衣穿上，人家已經下課了．．．
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Mary decided to go to the retirement home to see Susan, her high-school classmate. Mary, who hadn't seen Susan in 40 years, was delighted to find her in the lobby and said,
"Susan, do you know who I am?"
"No," Susan demurred, "but if you go to the desk, they'll tell you!"
瑪麗決定去老人中心去看老同學蘇珊，她倆已經四十年沒見面了。一進門就看見蘇珊在大廳裡，瑪麗高興地叫道：
「嗨！蘇珊，記得我是誰嗎？」
「不記得。」蘇珊搖搖頭：「不過，妳可以去問櫃台，他們會告訴妳妳是誰。」
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My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
我的記性沒有以前那麼好了；而且，我的記性沒有以前那麼好了。
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