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升值投資

星期二放工後,在開始落雪前走了去郵局領取一個包裹。這是在日元未大幅升值之前訂的貨,現在我就沒有勇氣想去知道這些東西現值多少加元了!



下圖:有了這些補品,隻姆力沙又可以繼續開工了。


下數圖:花了一整晚時間素組起來的 Garland


下圖:不過它的活動能力相當弱,下圖中膝頭和手踭的擺幅已經盡了。雖然它沒有裙甲而令大腿可以踢得很高,但它擺「八字腳」的能力卻相當底。上面幾幅中的「八字腳」姿勢是已經擺盡了!


下圖:這部 Garland 可算是我近年所見生產得最差的一部,表面塑膠收縮都算,連一些圓柱插入圓窿的件也可以插不入,需要用銼加大個圓窿。另外這模型有一個好奇怪的地方:大部份把一塊件固定在另一片件的定位柱都是過長。下圖可見那支定位柱已經不是最長的一支了!要知過長而又不是特別粗的話,後果只會令模型人有更多麻煩矣


下圖:另一盒是非電鍍的 KOG ver. 3 (高踭鞋拿弓版)。我夏天在香港時遍尋不獲(電鍍版亦然),最後見幾間網店有貨就立即掃了。


下圖:奇怪地,模型跟的組合說明書竟然是爆頭版的!


下數圖:花了幾小時素組的身軀。同是 Wave 的出品,這部舊出品,¥3600 的 KOG 就比 ¥2800 的 Garland 抵玩了!


下圖:與 1:100 WSC 生鳩的 KOG 頭比較

深秋立樓頭

昨天傍晚開始,渥太華的天空飄起了這個冬季的第一場雪。不幸地,其實這不單止是第一場雪,亦是第一場雪暴!


下圖:剛剛開始下雪


下圖:下了幾個鐘頭仍然不停在落雪


下兩圖:半夜時份雪終於稍停了


下圖:今早一片慘白,好彩我不用剷雪


下圖:雪其實不怎樣厚,但因為氣溫近零度,那些是屬於「濕雪」,比正常的雪重了很多,非常之惡剷!

Piano Man vs. Model Man


























































































































































































It's nine oclock on a SaturdayIt's nine oclock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles inThe regular tools on the mat
There's an old man sitting next to meThere's a Gundam laying next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and ginWith a head nowhere to find
  
He says, son, can you play me a memory? It says, man, can you build me a brand new head?
I'm not really sure how it goesI'm not really sure where it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it completeBut it's white and it's red and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothesWhen I was shrink-wrapped and boxed
  
La la la, de de daLa la la, de de da
La la, de de da da daLa la, de de da da da
  
Sing us a song, you're the piano manBuild that Zaku, I'm the model man
Sing us a song tonightFinish that Gouf tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melodyWell, I am in the mood for a Sazabi
And you've got us feelin' alrightCause it's got me feelin' alright
  
Now John at the bar is a friend of mineNow I open a box, it's a King Tiger
He gets me my drinks for freeIt came with a figure for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smokeAnd I'm quick with a snap-fit to check with those seams
But there's someplace that he'd rather beBut there's a part that never fits
He says, Bill, I believe this is killing me.I says, Jesus, I believe this is killing me.
As the smile ran away from his faceAs the smile ran away from my face
Well I'm sure that I could be a movie starWell I'm sure that it could be a masterpiece
If I could get out of this placeIf it's not coming from Dragon
  
Oh, la la la, de de daOh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da daLa la, de de da da da
  
Now Paul is a real estate novelistNow I'm try'n to build my old Tornado
Who never had time for a wifeI never had time for the wings
And he's talkin' with Davy who's still in the NavyAnd I'm playin' with them, sweeping back and forth
And probably will be for lifeAnd they are falling apart
  
And the waitress is practicing politicsAnd those resin parts are soaking in Swipe
As the businessmen slowly get stonedAs the Mori Mori slowly get cured
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call lonelinessYes, they're sharing a corner they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' aloneBut it's better than being alone
  
Sing us a song, you're the piano manBuild that jet plane, I'm the model man
Sing us a song tonightFinish a tank tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melodyWell, I am in the mood for a Ferrari
And you've got us feelin' alrightCause it's got me feelin' alright
  
It's a pretty good crowd for a SaturdayIt's another fruitless night for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smileAnd the Gundam's laughing at me
cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to seecause he knows that it's me they've never get done
To forget about life for a whileonly playing with them for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnivalAnd the Destiny, it sounds like an advocate
And the microphone smells like a beerAnd the F-16s preach like judges
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jarAnd they sit on the shelf and point fingers at me
And say, man, what are you doin' here? And say, man, what are you doin here?
  
Oh, la la la, de de daOh, la la la, de de da
La la, de de da da daLa la, de de da da da
  
Sing us a song, you're the piano manBuild that plamo, I'm the model man
Sing us a song tonightFinish a kit tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melodyWell, I am in the mood for another one
And you've got us feelin' alrightCause it's got me feelin' alright

唔識唔煲

我有個朋友個朋友想煲西洋菜湯,事先他已經致電親友查問怎樣煲法,對方巨細無遺一一解釋,甚至乎連超級市場會怎樣賣法和價錢若干也有講解。於是乎我這位朋友的朋友成竹在胸,星期日走了去就近的超級市場買西洋菜煲湯。這個西洋菜湯,除了要西洋菜之外,瘦肉、羅漢果、蜜棗和陳皮也是要放入煲內滾滾的。勞碌一輪和滾得幾個鐘頭之後,這位朋友的朋友打開煲一聞,湧入鼻的不是慣常在老家聞到西洋菜湯的味道,深啡色的湯喝入口中也只有很重羅漢果的味道。也是我這位朋友的朋友自知這個鼠年流年不利,凡事需要小心謹慎,所以在喝了這煲西洋菜湯兩餐之後,星期一一放工就走了去那間超級市場查看,才肯定自己所買的不是西洋菜。我這位朋友的朋友後來腳步浮浮,聲淚俱下的告介我:「朋友,千祈千祈千祈,記住記住記住,唔知西洋菜點嘅樣就唔好煲啦;用芫荽(鹽西)煲湯好寒涼架!」


煞花癲


在過去的六天,我都是心血來潮找出了盒 MG 煞沙比來砌。而投入的程度甚至乎那盒 Sazabi 及相關的書刋都霸了我半邊床。其實這盒模型推出當年已經入了手,多年來只改過一下胸部及大腿;但胸口一直做得不滿意,所以一直停滯不前。(模型的盒因為太大和已經頗殘舊,一直都想完成它和掉了個盒,但每次打開盒都沒有靈感處理胸部,結果沒有任何進展。)今次因為參考了 HGUC 版本,把胸部中間突出的部份加闊了,連帶其他部份改造的靈感也源源湧至,所以就停不了手。閒話休題,去片!



今次只集中改胸部和面部,亦改過下背面的裙甲,但這個煞沙比需要改的地方還有不少,我甚至乎想把半個肩甲重造!不過現在胸內的 Mori Mori 需要幾個星期時間乾硬定形,又是時侯把它打入冷宮,而家中亦需要趁今天(星期日)打掃下,同時我煲西洋菜湯還未去買西洋菜

日元大變身

最近看加拿大的新聞,都知道加元對美元正在下跌,但因為歐元也是下滑,所以一直以為是美元被扯高了而矣。直到昨天用 Paypal 找一條 HLJ 的模型數,才知道一山還有一山高,日元對美元原來被扯得更高,今日的滙價是 US$1 兌 ¥94,清楚低於 ¥100 的關口,即是日元兌美元是在上升。我的問題是,我是以加幣找數,在此消彼長之下差別就好遠了。例如昨天(Oct 23)買的是 ¥7780,Paypal 的結餘是 CA$102.91,即是 ¥1000 兌 CA$13.23。而月頭(Oct 7)又用 Paypal 買過一次 ¥11380 模型,兌換成加幣是 CA$126.37,換言之 ¥1000 只不過是 CA$11.10;兩個星期中加幣兌日元跌了差不多兩成  


這個星期初收到了 Rainbow Ten 寄來的用品,連郵費(平郵)一共 ¥16560,但因為是以信用咭找數的關係,這水九月十八日寄出的貨到今天還未在我的賬單上出現!如果用九月十八日的滙價,這條數應該是 CA$169,但用今天的兌換價卻是 CA$224!真不知道到時信用咭公司會怎樣滙兌


嚇你唔死都嚇死我

昨晚在電視上看了這個報導。E-waste 是指電子廢物及相關垃圾,壞的手提電話當然是電子廢物,用舊了的激光打印機墨盒也是如此。報導說,美國傾倒最多電子廢物,加拿大次之。不少電子廢物非法運往中國「回收」 。不幸的是,香港負責大部分非法電子廢物轉口中國! 在大陸的「回收」過程中,過程不僅損害了環境,也損害了這些工人和他們的孩子!作為加拿大人,我覺得我們的政府實在無能,不能阻止出口電子廢物去國外,難怪在這裡仍然有優美的環境!


CBC News: E-waste Dumping Ground

嚇你唔死都笑死你

那些大陸人真的認為使用盜版軟件會沒有任何後果,黑螢幕,丟失數據等一切都是後果! 製造盜版軟件者是罪犯,有意識地購買者是共犯!

Reuters: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft black-outs

渥太華農場 Part 1

上星期尾至週末的天氣都不錯,所以又走去影了兩次相。兩次都無獨有偶與香港的 blog 友一樣影了不少動物(不是囡)!


下圖:星期五一早的天氣都好好。


下圖:星期日早上的天氣也不錯,樹葉還未被風雨打落。


下圖:算係萬綠叢中一點紅吧!


下圖:河邊有...


好多海鷗


係會飛那種


唔係標本


企定定


唔好兩頭 fing


下圖:「喂,你買咗迷債?」


「冇,邊有咁嘅事!邊條 PK 講嘅?!」


「你仲撑乜春吖,一睇你個款就知喇,成日 ar 痕,仲唔係一身蟻咩!」


「咁你有幾多可以借俾我吖?」


「喂,我係鴨,望住我做乜?隻鵝閃咗喇,去追佢喇!」


「喂呀老同,最近生意點?」


「最近啲女興劈酒,仲要加紅牛一齊隊....」


「個個天光都鬼打咁精神,無人要瞓覺...」


「你話我哋生意點會好?」


「算把啦,去健身吧!六塊腹肌變咗一塊腩肉就更加唔洗指意有生意做!」


「One more, two more, three more...」



渥太華農場 Part 2