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變、變、變 (三)

打掃好間屋之後，趁在變回狗窩之前影了幾張相放在模型網頁之中。這一網頁其實在去年夏天搬來渥太華之後就應該更新了，因為當中的相片還是我在夏理法斯時的家居照。現在終於可以在 2008 年完成這個任務

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變、變、變 (二)

這幾天的天氣相當寒冷，打從星期日起就知道氣温會降至零下廿多度，但當時天氣報告說，雖然星期一會這樣凍，但星期三將會是零上七度！心諗，如此天氣真是變得利害，星期一開始下雪，星期三就開始溶雪！

下圖：星期一早上。在這邊居住多年，早已知道一大清早有這晴空的話，氣溫多數會特別凍。從上圖可知，這是零下廿一度的光景！

下圖：凍得河也結冰，不過....

下圖：河面結冰成這樣子，表示水是急速凝結引致冰面不平滑，這是很少見的。

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不過，星期二早上的天氣報告卻變了；今次的重點不在凍，卻在雪！雪，是很多那種，但仍然可以叫人憧憬零上的氣溫。

下圖：下午三點半，因為實在下了很多雪的關係，所以上頭說大家可以提早回家！

下圖：可有蟹 sir 自拍的丰采？

下兩圖：星期二晚，大雪稍停，但渥太華已被埋在雪中！

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又一次不過，星期三早上的天氣報告又變了；今次的重點不在凍，不在雪，卻在冰；至於話令人响往的零上氣溫就消失得無影無踪！據收音機話，凌晨時份下過冰雨，地面有冰令車路相當跣滑。但當我早上出門口時，發覺路上沒有冰，但卻積了厚厚的一層雪，令人寸步難行，我比平時行多了十五分鐘才回到公司。(這些雪是凌晨時份下的，雖然市政府已經通宵剷雪，但仍然力有不逮。)

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其實在渥太華，每一個人在星期三早上都希望有一個改變，但偏偏這件事卻原封不動沒有轉變。心水清的朋友可能會奇怪，既然早上積雪層層，何不乘巴士返工呢？答案好簡單，從星期三起，巴士司機罷工！

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變、變、變 (一)

昨天(星期日)下午因為要招呼朋友的關係，所以一早醒來就開始打掃，這大概是自九月後的第一次大執拾吧，難怪一共花了我七小時才大至完成。

下數圖：執拾後的傑作，基本上與砌完一盒模型後的滿足感不相上下這幾張相的位置，打掃前後的分別主要是有塵有漬與乾淨企理的分別吧。

下圖：打掃前，這張客床是我放洗完衣物的專區。

下兩圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別。

下兩圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別。

下兩圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別；其實之前飯枱的另一端是堆滿信紙賬單的。

下兩圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別；之前床上這些雜物是長駐在床的這端，伴我睡過很多個禮拜了。

下兩圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別，衣櫃前這堆從香港買的模型應該是從九月起就原封不動地放在這位置！

下三圖：執拾前(十一月中)與後的分別；無可否認，地面是放模型的好地方，尤其是大大盒的！

It all happened last week when I was in Fredericton , where I did not have access to television, radio and internet. After I left there last Friday, I quickly found that the Steven Harper government is in a load of shit. It all started when Harper, as a strategist himself, tried to use the financial crisis as an excuse to suppress the other political parties. Unfortunate to Harper, he and his iron-fist ruled gang probably forgot the fact that they are just a minority. In other words, compromising with the other parties is a must in order to survive; indeed cooperating with just one opposition party (never mind the Green) is more than enough. His worse move is to attack all other opposition parties at the same time! This is what the Conservative government is facing, the opposition parties are forming a coalition to try to topple the Harper government. In Canadian politics, this is out of norm but is perfectly legal. Those Tories who called this a "coup" better go back to school to complete their study, I mean high school.

I personally don’t think the Harper government will be toppled this time because the coalition parties are not in any shape to rule the country. However this is a valuable lesson for Harper in two ways. First, this political incident will remind this arrogant prime minister that his government is merely a minority government. Secondly, I am sick of seeing him putting every bill to a confidence vote. From now on, most proposed bills will be fully negotiated and compromised before being passed as laws. Steven Harper tried to kick the asses of the other parties, they just slap in his face in return. Well, he totally deserves this!