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Sometimes you just have to do it and stop trying to explain:
藝術創作這回事，要解釋也解釋不了。廢話少說，看圖：



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太多要慶祝的日子。是時候免除一些，簡化生活。

結婚紀念、情人節、老婆生日，夠了。其它的都可以免了吧。

生日，我希望不要提。沒有飯局，沒有電郵，沒有放假。

節日，我希望過得像日常一樣。沒有大餐，沒有交換禮物，沒有慶祝的說話。放假是法定的，沒辦法，像星期天一樣過就算了。

Just realised: I missed the safety talk about the 3G antenna installed at work.

Ah well. There can be only two possible messages from the talk:

• The EM wave from the 3G antenna will quickly ionize the air around you, your lungs and your entire bloodstream. You die almost instantly.
• The EM wave will alter your brain chemistry slightly. You go insane and die after 25 years in agony.

Today is the day I stopped pretending to enjoy everything.

At the instance we stepped back into Hong Kong, I felt that feeling of despairing boredom I had yesterday when it turned out Nova looked so much like a certain computer plaza in Hong Kong.

今天沒甚麼成就，就一個字：吃。而且是每餐都吃完再吃。

醒來出門，已經接近 3pm 了吧？

午餐：專程到了台北車站附近的「福州世祖胡椒餅」，然後沿開封街直走，隨便找了一家「李掌櫃」再吃魯排飯... 感覺一般。

遇到 Nova 電腦廣場，本以為可以找到大量古怪玩意，但是走進去一看，這地方的氛圍實在太像香港的電腦商場了... 講不出具體的原因，總之甫踏進去就覺得這地方很沉悶，所以也就沒有花精神再打探有甚麼好東東。

到西門町的步行街亂逛，其實到來只有一個目的，就是到老天祿買鴨舌。

晚餐：轉到忠孝敦化站附近的花酒藏，晚飯吃到一半，老婆說總算試過就罷了，不必再來。然後再次回到度小月，讓老婆嘗到滷肉飯。晚飯到此，竟然還沒完結。我們再到了一家讓你自選四種材料做甜品的小店（好像在延吉街，名叫「東區粉圓」？），這裡一直有人排隊，看來應該出名，但是沒有一本旅遊書介紹過。

回到房間，才晚上八點多。一邊看電視，一邊把鴨舌吃完。雖然起得超晚，回來超早，卻過得充實。

Today is the day I have accomplished all my goals for coming to Taiwan.

Woke up at 11am. Some people call that a waste of your precious time but that's how we enjoy vacations.

Tu Hsiao Yueh (度小月) is as great as I remember it. But I really really should have ordered the rice with minced meat (肉燥飯). Ah well, there'll be a 3rd visit.

On to the National Palace Museum (故宮博物館). In extreme summary: Organised tours are an organised crime. In a little more verbosity: Organised tours are an organised crime, and ancient people had too much time on their hands.

Gotta find an excuse to pass through Shi Lin Station (士林站) again so I can haz an exkooz to buy anahduh onion pastry (蔥抓餅). It's just divine.

King Crab (紅蟹將軍) is not really remarkable. I feel silly for panicking over having to call up the place. Wouldn't want to change a thing though; sometimes those psychologists say you have to accept yourself for who you are and the next moment they say you have to overcome yourself to become a better person. Make your minds up, dammit.

這次住的是君悅酒店，搭的卻是同一線的大有機場巴士，所以一路上感覺好像把記憶重播一遍。住宿地點是方便了，但是少了一份親切感... 不知怎地，總覺得跟上次住的台北商旅比較投緣。

本來，今天的如意算盤是趁還沒到週末，趕快到故宮博物館走一走。但是途中在台北站來了一碗「有勁蘭州拉麵」（湯底不錯，有點像小肥羊，但炸排骨竟然變酸了），之後到士林已經接近四點。索性不再趕路，就在車站附近重拾舊日美味，慢慢享受了一客蔥抓餅。明天我們會預留充足時間遊覽故宮博物館，到時經過這裡再來一客，呵呵。

回市中心，從忠孝敦化站走到太和殿吃麻辣火鍋（感覺像穿越大漠，只怪我低估了步行距離）。抵達時還沒到五點，不過照樣坐下，開一頓天還沒黑的晚飯。如常地，我們要了太多的食物，因為忘了鍋裡面還有大量美味的伴菜。最後吃不完又沒有帶走，有點不好意思。

再上路，到了台北 101 ，登上了觀景台。其實我希望在高高的地方有個坐在窗邊喝飲料的地方，慢慢看都市的燈光，可以花上它一個小時。不過這裡的設計，就像鼓勵大家繼續往前走、往前走... 而且經過剛才的大漠之旅，實在沒有興趣再站站走走。

明天，星期六。週末擠進旅遊勝地，凶吉未卜。

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