2010年的最後一晚，俺就像一托拉庫的狂歡民眾一樣，為了一睹台北一零一大樓有史以來最美的一場跨年煙火秀以迎接中華民國台灣步入第一個世紀，也加入了台北的倒數活動。我並沒有擠到人潮擁擠的101大樓附近，而是和幾個好友，在其中一位的公寓頂樓看煙火和慶祝。  

As tons of revelers did at the night of the last day of 2010, I joined the midnight countdown in Taipei in order to view the most dazzling Taipei 101 firework show ever to welcome the century of Taiwan , the Republic of China. Instead of cramming into the jam-packed vicinity area of Taipei 101, I, together with some of my friends, chose to watch the show and celebrate the end of last year on the top of one of my pals’ apartment building.

您知道嗎？報導說有大約八十萬民眾擠爆了台北市政府附近的街道，其中有很多還聽說是在煙火秀正式開始的幾個小時前就先到場佔好位了說。嗯~還好我沒有那麼瘋，所以最後聽友人的建議，到朋友家參加趴踼，不然俺可能會冷死在外頭大概攝氏五度左右的冷風裡，或在人潮洶湧的人群裡被擠死吧！ 
You know what, reportedly there were about 800,000 people crowding the streets around Taipei City Hall , many of whom were said to have tried their best to secure a spot with the best view of the firework hours before the Taipei 101 firework show officially kicked off. Well, thanks god that I was not that crazy, so I finally took my friend’s advice to have our party in-door or I might have been killed by the braving chilly winds with temperatures as low as 5°C or squeezed to death by the crowd packed like sardines.

** 第一句…, many of whom were…原句是…, and many of them were…。這句因為逗點隔開兩個子句，第二個句子沒有連接詞(如and)來連接, 所以它的主詞they得用關係代名詞who來當連接詞引導第二句。又因為who為介系詞的受詞，所以要用whom。
 


在此，我要向設計這驚艷的2011年101大樓跨年煙火的國際爆破藝術大師-蔡國強先生、和在天侯極冷之時、人潮極多之地「冒著生命危險」參加信義區跨年活動的友人（如阿悸、佳穎、馬司…等）、以及那些得在當天下午就要到山上去搶可拍到晚上煙火好照之處的人們（如俺的麻吉格友理查）獻上一個深深的躹躬和敬意。  

Well, here I would like to show my deep salute and respect to Cai Guoqiang, an international explosives artist, who designed the 2011 Taipei 101 fireworks, as well as to my other friends who in the freezing cold weather and super crowded condition  “risked their lives” to attend the countdown party in Xinyi District (like A-ji, Mars, Erique, Grace…) and to those who I heard had gone all out to occupy a good site in the mountains since the afternoon in order to take good firework photos at the turn of the year 2001 in the night (like my blogger buddy, Richard).

2011年的第一天也被很多對情侶視為一個值得紀念的日子，因為他們都選這天來結為連理，以慶祝台灣建國百年。我的專科同學「誌瑋」也不例外。他和我們專科時侯的學妹「怡茜」在一起十年有餘了，誌瑋去年和怡茜求婚，兩人最終也在今年的首日完成婚姻大事。他邀請了我和以前在校的一些同學共同見證他生命中最重要的時刻。這場婚禮的氣氛非常的浪漫，我們都被在場的精緻佈置以及誌瑋對老婆和對我們參與者所說的感言而大受感動說。此外，也感謝誌瑋的邀請，讓我們這些老同學可以再聚一塊，有難得的機會來個同學會。  

The first day of the year 2011 is also viewed as a day of commemoration by a number of couples in Taiwan because they chose this day to tie the knot to mark Taiwan ’s 100-year-old age. My college mate, Calvin Huang, was no exception. Being together with our mutual lower classmate, Yvonne Chang, for more than 10 years, Calvin at last proposed Yvonne last year and they were eventually married on the first day of this year. He invited me and some of our ex-schoolmates to witness his extremely important moment of life. The wedding atmosphere was so romantic, making us all touched by the elaborately decorated scene and his sweet speech addressing his pretty wife and us participants. Also, thanks to Calvin’s invitation so that I could see those old schoolmates and we could have a wonderful opportunity to reunite.  



 

在冬天來個燉補以暖暖身子似乎成為很多台灣人的習俗了說。嗯~這次在去年的年末，我又展現俺的廚藝，要給大伙瞧瞧美味的好料。今兒個的重點是一道很傳統和道地的台灣美食—「麻油雞湯」。  

Cooking tonic food to warm our bodies up in winter time seems to be customary for many Taiwanese people. Well, once again I would also like to show my kitchen magic and present you something delicious and mouth-watering, which I just cooked at the end of last year. This time, the focus is on one of the most traditional and local Taiwanese food-Ma Yo Ji, the chicken soup cooked with sesame oil.  

 

不過這次我不是做湯，而是做麻油雞飯來的，而這麻油雞飯呀，只要是吃過的都會舉大姆指說讚喔！我不用糯米來做，而選用泰國的長米（香米-->任何的超市都買得到），主要是因為糯米對胃的消化不好，而香米也的口感和糯米的Q感不相上下喔。那咱們就來看看以下的做法吧。  

I was not making soup but the steamed rice with chicken and sesame oil, which is also tasty and given thumps-up by whomever tried it. I did not use the sticky rice for this dish but the Tai long-shaped rice (can be bought in any supermarket) because sticky rice is not good for digestion and Tai long-shaped rice actually tastes as chewy as sticky rice. Alright! Let’s see the recipe shown below.  








 
 

** 俺不將幾杯米呀、酒呀和料的量很精確的寫出來是因為其實都是依個人斟酌。雞肉丁可以多一些，建議用雞腿肉較好。薑片就十幾片，而麻油的量則多些，以可蓋過薑片為原則。不用額外加水，全用米酒也可，因為煮完後其實酒味不會太重，煮雞肉時米酒可以多一些。在煮雞湯的時侯可以加些許鹽，不加也可~待會的鹹味可以醬油膏帶出也可，我是有加啦，這樣油膏就不用加太多。  

** I do not exactly point out the amount of the ingredients needed to be prepared because everything is actually at your discretion. More diced chicken is better and the use of chicken drumstick is highly recommended. 10 something slices of ginger are just enough. As for the sesame oil, the amount can be a bit more, just more enough to cover the ginger slices during pan-frying. No water is suggested for making the soup because the strong smell of rice wine will die away afterwards; in addition, rice wine can be added more during cooking session. It’s not necessary to add salt into the soup because the soy sauce paste may salt the steamed rice, but you may add a little bit if you want. I did put a little salt to the soup; in doing so, I did not have to add too much soy sauce paste to the cooked rice.  

 

** 這道麻油雞飯偶每次做每次都被大家吃光光且還不夠吃說，真的超香超好吃的。  

** This sesame oil chicken rice is really fragrant and tasty. Every time I make it, it’s finished in a short time by others. I love it very much.








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