Wednesday, December 31, 2008

新年快乐 Happy 牛 Year!

又是新年。

当然,我不会去什么countdown。我很怕人挤人。

新年的前夕,我会和叶先生还有我的3只宝贝猫在家里度过。

我很少在新年的前夕回顾的。今天就破例啦~

今年,是蛮平静的1年。

我离开了半导体工业。已经在这行业待了4年,也被精神虐待了4年,我终于在今年3月离开了这个人间地狱。 我辞职的时候,其实还未找到工作的。就在我辞职后不久,就找到两份工了。1份是做Conference Producer, 另1份就是Materials Engineer。 在考量了众多的因素后,我选择了后者。也就是我现在这份工作。工作范围涉及了多个国家的身份证和护照的研究和制作 (我要强调的是:大马卡不是我的project,是我的同事负责的。 请不要跟我投诉有关大马卡的东西。哈哈~)。

在尚未到新公司报到之前,我和叶先生注册结婚了, 在3月22号。

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跟着,我们就到Langkawi度假,很悠闲的4天3夜假期。其实,我们是顺便度假的,因为叶先生在那边有个conference。去之前,我买了Canon 400D DSLR。

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旅行回来,我还有1个星期的时间待在老家慢慢修养。毕竟,在美国半导体公司这个人间地狱工作了4年,我真的需要休息。

跟着,我就到新公司报到啦~这公司还不错了,几乎每天都可以5点半准时放工,每天都有RM3午餐subsidy。工作性质很我之前的工作比较起来,真的很不同。 以前,我睡到半夜都会收到Production Line的人的电话或者是简讯。搞到我几乎精神崩溃。现在,我不用再被那些Pokai烦了, 真好。现在负责的,就是埃及身份证的project。

工作了3个星期,我就正式搬入叶先生的屋子了。我选择这公司,其中1个原因就是靠近叶先生的屋子,而且如果要搬进去住,我必须是他合法的妻子。所以,就这样注册了。

搬进去几天后,就发现门口有1堆刚出世不久的小猫咪。也就是我现在的猫儿子们。

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大概是在5月的时候,我们打算去金马伦度假。我就买下了我想了很久的Canon 50mm lens。在同1个月,我开了我的爵士讲古部落格。

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6月的时候,叶先生到槟城理大弄1些procedure, 所以我们就上槟城。小白兔还坐我们的顺风车。大家1块在Balik Pulau 吃榴莲

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7月,我拿到了我的dream car ~ New Beetle

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7月21日是叶先生的生日,我请叶先生去Shogun吃晚餐。

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9月2日,也就是我生日的前1天,我们到马六甲的A Famosa Safari。我最喜欢看动物了!

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9月3日的时候,叶先生送了1枚钻石戒指给我当生日礼物。我的两个老朋友美琴和国强也请我们到Shogun吃午餐

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10月的时候,小斑不见了。到现在,她还是没回来。

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11月3号,我的小博士上了天堂。我伤心了很久。而且还在他的坟墓旁边种了1棵小树

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12月,上个星期,我和叶先生、美琴、天文(美琴的老公)以及国强去泰国旅行。这旅行之前是波折重重的。我本来只是打算去金马伦,过后美琴说国强提议去新加坡。跟着国强又说亚航去曼谷的机票很便宜。结果,我们就决定去泰国过圣诞。刚订了机票 几天,就传来曼谷机场被反塔辛的示威者包围。搞到我们不敢订酒店。等到情况稳定下来,我们已经订不到靠近市区交通比较方便的酒店了。甚至, 连交通不是很方便的酒店也都满了。幸好美琴还是manage找到在曼谷的住宿,而我也成功订到了芭堤雅的酒店。

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2009年,我将会有个大计划。希望除了这个大计划,我还可以有机会出国旅行吧!

祝大家Happy 牛 Year!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

意大利罗马(四)之万神殿 。Rome Italy Part 4: Pantheon

At the South-West of the Fontanna di Trevi (Trevi Fountain), there is the Pantheon. From the map, it does not look that far......

许愿池的西南方就是万神殿了。 从地图上看来,应该不会太远。

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This is the Pantheon, looks older than the Pantheon in Paris. Does it look small? Well, I actually tried my very best to stand in front of the lens and Mr Yap tried to get the best angle in order to accommodate the Pantheon and I into the picture~

来到了这个万神殿。这个万神殿比巴黎那个万神殿还要老。这万神殿看起来好小hor?其实,我当时我正个人是贴在相机前面,而叶先生得蹲在地上拿角度才能拍到的。

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Right in front of the Pantheon, there is an obelisk. There are a total of 13 obelisks in Rome, this is the 3rd obelisk I saw. The other 2 obelisks that I saw was located in front of the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica and at the center of the Piazza St Pietro.

万神殿的正面有个方尖碑。罗马总共有13支方尖碑,这是我们目前看到的第3支。 之前看到了两支分别在大圣母玛丽亚教堂前面梵蒂冈圣彼得广场中央

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The dome of the Pantheon, ever been the biggest dome in the world for about 1700 years. The oculus is the only source of light for the building.

这个圆顶曾经是世界最大的圆顶, 1700年过后才被取代。整个万神殿就是靠这个圆顶上的“眼睛”光线, 没有开灯。

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At the center of the Pantheon, there is an altar where you can see the icon of the Maria and the Child.

这是万神殿中间的祭坛。可以看到圣母玛丽亚和圣子。

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The Pantheon was originally built as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome. After that, it turned to be a church and finally it become a monument in which illustrious dead are buried. Among all the great man, Raphael's tomb is the most famous one. This photo was taken from the left of Raphael's tomb.

万神殿内,顾名思义就是1间有很多神的建筑物。在远古的罗马,这万神殿是1间满天神佛的神庙。跟着变成了教堂,后来就变成了葬名人的地方。这里最出名的,就是拉菲尔。这张照片是在拉菲尔坟墓左边拍的。这个是他的雕像, 右边那个是他棺材上面的雕像。

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A close up of Raphael's tomb. Who is this guy? Still remember what we studied in our Form 4's World History textbook about Europe's art history? The famous masterpiece is <> which is currently kept in the Vatican Museum. In my following chapter of my Rome trip, I will mention again about this painting. This is because there is something interesting about the painting that I hope to share with you.

拉菲尔的坟墓近照。这拉菲尔到底是谁?是否还记得我们中四Sejarah Dunia读到的欧洲艺术史?那幅著名的《雅典学院》就是他的作品。我在以后的罗马篇幅会再次提到这幅画, 因为这幅画内有乾坤。

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My Sony F88 compact digicam does not have wide angle lens, therefore we tried our best to snapshot the facade of the Pantheon from the best angle that we could.

因为我的
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The Pantheon is old. Does it because it has a lack of proper preservation? Free admission to the Pantheon, compared to the Pantheon in Paris which need to pay for admission fee. I think this is the reason?

这万神殿,感觉上真的很老很旧。可能是因为缺乏妥善的管理吧? 这万神殿是免费入门的, 而巴黎那个万神殿则是收费的。可能就是因为这个原因吧?

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To be continued.
Rome Italy Part 5 : Piazza Navona

待续 意大利罗马(五)之拉沃纳广场


更多罗马的游记 。More about Rome:
意大利罗马(一)。 Rome Italy Part 1
意大利罗马(二)之梵蒂冈篇 。 Rome Italy Part 2: Vatican
意大利罗马(三)之许愿池篇 。 Rome Italy Part 3: Fontana di Trevi
意大利罗马(五)之拉沃纳广场 。 Rome Italy Part 5 : Piazza Navona
意大利罗马(六)之西班牙广场 。 Rome Italy Part 6 : Piazza Spagna
意大利罗马(七)之波波洛广场 。 Rome Italy Part 7 : Piazza Popolo



芭堤雅曼谷行程检讨篇

去泰国之前我已经定了个大概的行程(以灭铢和享受为首要目的)。 现在,就来个Before-After检讨到底我们有没有跟到所定下的行程。




第1天
计划:芭堤雅罪恶之城之:扮猪吃老虎 vs 罪恶圣诞
结果: 因为在机场耗了蛮长的时间,再加上不熟地方,所以我们打算直接去芭堤雅,第2天才去Sri Racha 那边扮猪吃老虎。罪恶圣诞算是成功。




第2天:
计划1: 横跨芭堤雅-曼谷
结果:从芭堤雅去曼谷会经过Sri Racha, 所以我们的扮猪吃老虎计划如期展开。

计划2:曼谷之:4面情迷篇
结果:成功,不过就比计划慢了许多,因为曼谷大塞车,我们在马路上耗了3个小时才成功地金蝉脱壳。 曼谷的塞车也是特色之一,哈哈~可怜了我们的总舵主陈天文先生(听他的名字就知道他是总舵主乐,因为天文和地理是Abang Adik。。。冷到。。。。。。)和副舵主叶先生。他们两个自从我们在机场租车就负责当司机和Navigator, 真的很累的。

计划3:曼谷之:纸醉金迷篇
结果:没有去纸醉金迷,改成高山情迷篇。




第3天:
计划1:曼谷之:满天神佛篇
结果:成功。而且还有惊喜。

计划2:曼谷之:情陷唐人街篇
结果:改在第4天才进行。

计划3:曼谷之:Suan Lum夜市篇
结果:成功,不过次序就和以下的暹罗灭铢行动倒转。

计划4:曼谷之:暹罗灭铢行动篇
结果:失败。因为只是到Siam Square的Mango Tango 和MBK吃晚餐以及在Boots买了1些东西而已。




第4天:
计划1:曼谷之:Chatuchak灭铢行动篇
结果:成功。爽到。。。。。。不过也累到。。。。。。

计划2:曼谷之:高山情迷篇
结果:在我们到达曼谷的那天已经进行了。所以今天就没去。改成情陷唐人街篇

计划3:曼谷之:暹罗再灭铢行动篇
结果:失败,因为在Chatuchak那边已经搞到体力透支了。

计划4:曼谷之:Naraya女人泰爽篇
结果:改在第5天。




第5天:
曼谷之:Safari篇
或者
曼谷之:Ayutthaya世界遗产篇
或者
曼谷之:感性与性感篇

结果:我们选择了感性与性感篇。还附加了:
Naraya女人泰爽篇以及
再战Suan Lum夜市之灭铢篇




第6天:
打道回府篇




当然,还有美食篇啦~




至于遗珠篇, 则是: You Believe Or Not Museum(Pattaya), Walking Street (Pattaya), The Sanctuary of Truth (Pattaya) Siam Paragon (Bangkok), Siam Discovery (Bangkok), Siam Ocean World (Bangkok), Patpong Thai Girl Show (Bangkok), Pratunam Big C (Bangkok),Bug and Bee Restaurant (Bangkok), Nara Restaurant (Bangkok)以及水上市场等等。不过,还不至于非常遗憾。




旅行的时候,真的很难完全跟到所定下的schedule, 所以就得变通。 所谓的变通是什么?例如:把今天的其中1个项目和明天的对调。还有,如果时间不允许,就得牺牲比较不重要的项目。还有,体力是很重要的。我发现我走没多久就累了。上次去欧洲的时候都不会酱。 不懂是我老了还是我胖了?




这次的6天5夜泰国行,我觉得我们大概有至少70-80% 是follow plan的。没有太多的突发事件。有机会的话,我会再去灭铢!觉得好像灭不够似地。

Monday, December 29, 2008

我回来咯

我回来咯!

惨! 明早还得工作。

幸好这个星期只需要工作两天,星期四和星期五不用上班。

累。 睡咯。。。。。。

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

I Am Going To Fly

Before 6AM, the CAB will arrive at my house to pick us up to LCCT.

I am going to fly ~ ~ ~

Woo hoo ~ ~ ~

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

芭堤雅曼古之灭铢行动倒数篇 。Pattaya-Bangkok : Counting Down

再过大概22个小时,我就会在飞机上面了。

今晚,还得把我那3个宝贝猫儿子寄放在猫咪酒店。我找不到老妖猫介绍的那间St Angela兽医局,所以就寄放在我时常去的那间兽医局,在Bangi。1只猫咪1晚的住宿费是RM12, 包吃包喝可是没有猫沙。我会要求把我的3个儿子放在同1个大笼子里面。

行李都还没完全打包好,今晚得来个final checking. 幸好我每次出国旅行之前都会准备1个checklist, 酱紫才不会忘记带东西。

这次的行程,我有了个大概的计划。旅行的时候通常都会有突发状况导致跟不到原本plan好的行程。所以,我回来的时候,会double check到底我所plan的行程有多少巴仙是meet target的。

第1天
芭堤雅罪恶之城之:扮猪吃老虎 vs 罪恶圣诞

第2天:
横跨芭堤雅-曼谷
曼谷之:4面情迷篇
曼谷之:纸醉金迷篇


第3天:
曼谷之:满天神佛篇
曼谷之:情陷唐人街篇
曼谷之:Suan Lum夜市篇
曼谷之:暹罗灭铢行动篇

第4天:
曼谷之:Chatuchak灭铢行动篇
曼谷之:高山情迷篇
曼谷之:暹罗再灭铢行动篇
曼谷之:Naraya女人泰爽篇

第5天:
曼谷之:Safari篇
或者
曼谷之:Ayutthaya世界遗产篇
或者
曼谷之:感性与性感篇

第6天:
打道回府篇

当然,肯定会有美食篇。

Woo hoo, my Christmas vacation mode is on!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

意大利罗马(三)之许愿池 。Rome Italy Part 3 : Fontana di Trevi

We took the metro from Ottavio St Pietro station and left Vatican city.

我们从Ottavio St Pietro站搭地铁离开了梵蒂冈




We reached Fontana di Trevi ( Trevi fountain). This is the most beautiful fountain in Rome, built in 312 years.

我们来到了许愿池 (Fontana di Trevi)。这是罗马最壮观的喷泉, 花了312年才完成。

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You can see a lot of coins in the fountain. Tradition holds that if you throw coins backward over your shoulder, you ensure a return visit to Rome. Mr Yap and I made a wish, and if I am not mistaken we threw Euro1 coins. I think, if we had no money in Rome, we could just come to the fountain to collect the coins here.

哈哈,这喷泉内满是铜板, 全都是许愿的人抛下去的。如果想再来罗马,许愿的人必须背对着许愿池,用右手由左肩向池中丢1枚硬币。当时我和叶先生都有许愿。我们好像是用1欧元的硬币。我在想,如果真的落难在罗马,可以考虑去这个许愿池捞铜板,就不怕没钱吃饭和住旅馆了。




The characteristic of this fountain: it just looks like an opera. The background building is actually a Palazzo Poli, with the Neptune standing at the middle.

这喷泉的特色就是:看起来像个歌剧院。背景建筑是海神宫( Palazzo Poli), 中间站立着的是海神Neptune。




Around the fountain, there are a lot of shops.

这是喷泉旁边的店屋。

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Around there we found a special shop. At the entrance of the shop, there was riding a bicycles while another puppet was just sitting there. The shop sells a lot of wooden stuff, for examples: wooden clocks, toys and so on.

我们在附近还看到了1间有趣的店。店门口做着1个木偶。另一个木偶正在骑脚踏车。原来,这间店专卖木制的东西, 例如:各种造型的木制壁钟、笔筒、玩具等等。





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To be continued. Rome Italy Part 4 : Pantheon


待续 意大利罗马(四)之万神殿




更多罗马的游记 。More about Rome:
意大利罗马(一)。 Rome Italy Part 1
意大利罗马(二)之梵蒂冈 。 Rome Italy Part 2: Vatican
意大利罗马(四)之万神殿 。 Rome Italy Part 4 : Pantheon
意大利罗马(五)之拉沃纳广场 。 Rome Italy Part 5 : Piazza Navona
意大利罗马(六)之西班牙广场 。 Rome Italy Part 6 : Piazza Spagna
意大利罗马(七)之波波洛广场 。 Rome Italy Part 7 : Piazza Popolo

Friday, December 12, 2008

意大利罗马(二)之梵蒂冈 。 Rome Italy (Part 2) : Vatican

Early in the next morning, we started up our journey excitingly to the Vatican.

第2天1早,我们带着雀跃的心情,开始了当天的旅程:梵蒂冈。




Vatican, the smallest country in the world, is just surrounded by a wall. The small city is located in Rome as well.

梵蒂冈这个世界上最小的国家,就在1个城墙之内。这个小国,也就在罗马里面。




Ever read Dan Brown's novel<<Angel and Demon>>? The novel is about Christianity and the story background took place in Rome and Vatican. By reading the novel, you can travel to Rome and Vatican, in the comfort of your arm chair. Yeah, we were there, with the hope to walk around Vatican just like Robert Langdon.

有没有读过Dan Brown的《Angel and Demon》?这本小说是有关基督教的,故事背景正是罗马和梵蒂冈。读了整本书,就好像游了罗马和梵蒂冈1圈那样。哈哈,我们也是带着1半朝圣的心情来到了这里。




We took MRT and exit at Ottaviano San Pietro station. While we were on our way walking to the Piazza San Pietro, we saw this special motorbike.

我们搭地铁到Ottaviano St Pietro站下车。下了车,后还得走1小段的路。路途中,就看到了这个特别的 三轮电单车。

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Wow ~ We saw the Papal Swiss guards.

哇!看到了瑞士兵也!

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Finally, we reached Vatican. This is the entrance at the right wings of the Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter's Square).

终于,我们来到了梵蒂冈。这个就是圣彼得广场 ( Piazza San Pietro) 的右翼长廊入口。

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Piazza St Pietro, with 4 columns of colonnades spreading from both left and right wings of the basilica. The colonnades was designed by Bernini. It is just like "the maternal arms of Mother Church" in Bernini's expression. On top of the colonnades were the 140 saints statues. In the photo below, shows the right wing of the colonnades. The big crowd of people was queuing to enter the basilica.

圣彼得广场的左右两旁是两道半圆形、以280根大石柱支撑的长廊。这个由贝尼尼设计的柱廊,郎从圣彼得大教堂的两旁延伸而出,贝尼尼形容它好像“母亲的双臂”。柱头上是140名圣人的雕像。相片所显示的是右翼的柱廊。可以看到多么多人排队进入圣彼得教堂。

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Europe's church normally has graveyard attached. Graveyard in San Pietro basilica buried the ex - popes. Here you can see a modern design tomb, but not the tomb of the pope who just past away ~ Pope John Paul II who passed away in the year 0f 2005. The tomb of the Pope John Paul II was not opened for photo shooting. I saw many people cried in front of his tomb, and a lot of white flowers there.

欧洲的教堂里面都是有坟墓的。埋在梵蒂冈圣彼得大教堂内的,当然不是什么阿猪阿狗咯!埋在里面的,都是历届的教宗。以下这个墓碑是比较新潮的,不过不是上届的教宗。上届教宗的墓碑不许人拍照。我看到很多人在上届教宗的墓碑前哭得很激动,还有看到很多的白花。

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This tomb looks old, could have about 1000 years old? On top of the coffin there was the statue of the pope.

这个看起来就把年纪了, 恐怕有整千年吧?石棺上还有教宗的雕像。

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It's creepy! The coffin was standing "in" the wall.

这个才吓人。石棺是站在墙壁的!

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After visiting the graveyards, we went into the basilica. What the bronze giant is? This is Baldacchino, built in year 1624, right over San Pietro's tomb. Actually, how big the bronze giant is?

拜了山(因为看了酱多石棺,感觉像跟那些教宗拜山酱),就进入圣彼得教堂的主堂内。这个东西巴闭咯!这是圣体伞 (Baldacchino), 建于1624年,位于圣彼得坟墓的上方。这圣体伞到底有多大?

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The Baldacchino consists of 4 columns with twisting shape and a capital. The Baroque construction weighed 37000KG and itis claimed as the biggest bronze in the world. Bernini was the designer of this bronze when he was 25 years old. Romans like to grab materials from other places to build something, just like what I mentioned in my Rome Italy (Part 1) that the Arch of Triumph materials was taken from other old buildings. So as to the Baldacchino. The materials was taken from the ceiling of the Pantheon.

不要以为人家的名字有个“伞”就以为人家只有雨伞那么大。人家是由4根高大20尺的螺旋形柱子,顶着1个精致的顶棚, 重达37000公斤,全世界最大的铜涛物。这个巴洛克巨无霸,是由当年才25岁的贝尼尼(Bernini)设计的。罗马人好像很喜欢拆人家的东西来建自己的东西。在上1篇的意大利罗马(一),有提到君士坦丁凯旋门的建材是取自于1些罗马老建筑物 所以在同1个门可以看到3个时代的浮雕。这个圣体伞的建材也不例外,是取自于万神殿的前廊。

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In front of the Baldacchino, there was the Throne of Saint Peter (Cathedra Petri),
a chair which was often claimed to have been used by the apostle, but appears to date from the 12th century.

在圣体伞的前面就是圣彼得宝座了。这个青铜宝座是镀金的。
宝座上方是於光芒四射的荣耀龛及象牙饰物的木椅,椅背上有两个小天使,手持开启天国的钥匙和教皇三重冠。传说这把木椅是圣彼得的真正御座,後经考证为加洛林国王泰查二世所赠送。

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A lot of people kissed the old man's foot. Haha, this is San Pietro's bronze statue.
我发现很多人摸模和亲吻这个老人家的脚。哈哈,这个就是圣彼得的铜雕像。

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Statue again? Yeah, when come to Europe, should learn how to appreciate their art. This is the Pieta, by Michaelangelo. Pieta is about the Virgin Mary cradled the dead body of Jesus.

After this status was displayed in the basilica for few days, rumors spread that the Pieta was not Michaelangelo's artwork but other people. Michaelango was mad about it. He took his tools and went to the basilica at night time and carved
“MICHEL ANGELUS BONAROTUS FLORENT FACIBAT” on the chest of the Virgin Mary. This is the only pieces of Michalangelo that has his signature. However, he felt regret after that thus he decided not to sign off his artwork anymore.

Another thing: Why the statue was put behind a glass wall? In year 1972, there was a guy screamed," I AM JESUS CHRIST" and broke the nose and fingers of the Virgin Mary with a hammer. After the case, the Pieta was protected behind a glass wall.

又是雕像?没办法啦!来到欧洲,当然要附庸风雅看人家的艺术作品啦!这个是每本梵蒂冈旅游指南都会介绍的 《圣殇像》 (Pieta), 位于圣殇礼拜堂。大家可以看到,哀伤的圣母正抱着有十字架卸下来的耶稣基督尸体。这圣殇像是米开朗基罗(Michaelangelo)的作品。

爵士又要讲古了:这雕像在圣彼得大教堂展示了几天后,有人传出作者是另有其人。米开朗基罗就赌懒到当晚马上拿家伙到圣彼得大教堂,在圣母像的胸前刻下 “MICHEL ANGELUS BONAROTUS FLORENT FACIBAT”。意思是说:来自翡冷翠的米开朗基罗做的。这是米开朗基罗所有的作品中,唯一有他签名的。过后,他觉得很后悔,也因此决定以后不再署名。

话又说回来,为什么这雕像是在玻璃墙后面呢?这是因为在1972年,有个傻佬突然间喊:“我是耶稣基督!”跟着就用锤子打烂了圣母的鼻子和手指。 过后,这圣殇像就被放在玻璃墙后了。

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We were so lucky to witness a ritual in the basilica. They sang holy songs.....Later I will post the shor video.

我们也真够好彩,碰巧那天他们有做宗教仪式。我就听到了现场的的意大利圣歌哦!迟些可能会把现场的短片放上来。




Underneath the white cloud and blue sky, there the biggest church in the world stood. St Pietro Church took 176 years to complete its construction and here are the architects/designers involved: Donato Bramante, Bernato Rossellino, Antonio de Sangallo, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Bernini, Francesco Barromini, Carlo Maderno, Giacomo della Port and Domenico Fontana.

蓝天白云下的圣彼得大教堂。这是世界上最大的教堂, 共用了176年的时间完成。曾经留下痕迹的建筑大师有:Donato Bramante, Bernato Rossellino, Antonio de Sangallo, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Bernini, Francesco Barromini, Carlo Maderno, Giacomo della Porta以及 Domenico Fontana等等。

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At the middle of the piazza, stood an obelisk. The obelisk was brought to Rome from Egypt by the emperor Gaius Caligula at the Middle Ages. This is the one that never fall down among all the obelisks at the Middle Ages.

在广场的正中央,是根 一柱擎天的埃及方尖碑。这个方尖碑是中世纪时由罗马皇帝Gaius Caligula 从埃及古都带回罗马的。这也是罗马所有方尖碑唯一不曾在中世纪倒下的。

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The dome dominated the skyline. Well, we did not went up to the dome due to the long queue.

从右边的柱廊望过去,这大教堂看起来又是另一番风味。整个大葱圆顶占据了天空。我们并没有上去圆顶,因为排队的人真的是太多了。

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If you climbed up to the dome, then you will find that the San Pietro Piazza looks like a "key hole". The photo below was downloaded from Wikipedia.

如果你有能耐上到去圆顶的话,那么你就能眺望整个圣彼得广场了。这个时候,映入眼帘的是个很大的“钥匙孔”。以下图片摘自Wikipedia。

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We actually planned to visit the famous Musei Vatican (Vatican Museum), which is just beside the piazza. Damn it, the museum was closed on that day (17 May 2007)! Harlo! Why the museum closed on different day in every month????? From the calendar below, you can see that:

There are 4 colors code (no color, blue, yellow, and green) indicating the opening time for the museum while red color means closed the whole day. For example: If you visit the museum on the days highlighted with no color, the admission time 10am-12.30PM (that means after 12.30PM the entrance will close, nobody can go in anymore) while the exit time is 1.45PM. Tips: In Italian, INGRESSO means entrance while USCITA means exit.

本想参观梵蒂冈举世闻名的博物馆,就在广场的旁边而已。岂知没有开喔(17 May 2007)!鸡蛋糕,这博物馆每个月关门的日子都不1样的。博物馆前面有个日历:

4种颜色代表不同的开放时间。红色就是整天关门。在白色的日子, 入门时间是从早上10点到下午12点半, 也就是说,过了下午12点半就不能再跟人进去里面了,因为在下午1.45分所有人都得出来,跟着博物馆就完全关了。其他其他的颜色,自己看下面的日历吧!贴示:在意大利文,INGRESSO的意思是入口/进入, USCITA的意思是出口/出去。



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没有办法啦。我们和1大班鬼佬就在博物馆前面的hotdog档买hotdog吃咯。顺便拍1些街照。这个就是梵蒂冈的围墙了。

What to do? We and other tourists bought hotdogs at a stall in front of the museum, sat there and ate. I managed to snapshot some street photos. This is the wall of Vatican.

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Since the museum was closed, therefore we walked down to the street, right in front of the facade of the San Pietro basilica. We saw a lot of people (I thought they were pendatang asing) was selling bags (those bags were not authentic branded bags).

反正博物馆去不成了,我们就往圣彼得的正面的街道走下去。1路上,看到很多外劳在卖包包。

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We just went straight down to the street, and there we arrived at the Tevere River. This is Ponte St Angelo (St Angelo Bridge). There are 12 status of the apostles along the ponte.
一路走下去,就来到了台伯河。 这座桥就是圣天使桥。桥的两端有12尊圣人的雕像。

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Opposite the ponte, there was Castello di Saint Angelo (Castle St Angelo). The castle depicts its name from the huge bronze angel on the top of the castle. The castle was Hadrian's tomb. It was then became castle, jail and papal castle. Now, it is a museum.

桥的对面就是圣天使古堡啦~这古堡的顶端有个巨大的天使铜像,因而有了酱紫的名字。这古堡本来是哈德连皇帝的陵墓, 后来在中世纪变成了城堡、监狱,也曾经作为教皇的官邸之用。现在则是博物馆。

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Suggestions:
1) If you plan to visit Vatican, please go there early in the morning, in order to avoid big crowd. You will waste your time on queuing if you reach there late.
2) You should wear top with sleeves and your pants better longer than your knee level. Vatican is the head of the world Catholics churches, please show your respect.
3) You will spend the whole day in Vatican, because there are basilicas, art gallery and museum. Besides, there are tourists spots nearby.
4) I suggest you read Dan Brown's <> before you go Vatican. You will feel more exciting after you read the novel.
5) When in town, the Pope gives a mass audience on Wednesday morning. You can bring your souvevirs there to be "Kai Guang" by the pope, hahaha. By the way, you must book the free tickets in advance through the Prefecture of the Papal Household.
6) San Peter's basilica and Piazza San Pietro open 7am-7pm daily. Admission to the basilica is free. Admission Euro6 for the treasury and Euro6 for the dome.



小小建议:
1) 如果要去梵蒂冈参观,一定要早去。不然,就会浪费很多时间在排队上。
2) 还有,衣着不能暴露。毕竟,梵蒂冈是全世界天主教的老大,给点面子啦!
3) 参观梵蒂冈,得花1整天的时间,因为除了教堂,还有博物馆。附近还有1些景点呢。
4) 也建议你先去读Dan Brown的 《Angel and Demon》, 那么你就会觉得更有趣 ~
5) 星期三早上,如果教皇有在梵蒂冈的话, 梵蒂冈就会有大集会。教皇会在大集会里祝福所有的 子民。可以在星期三的时候去凑热闹, 把买了的梵蒂冈纪念品带去, 就当作是给教皇开光咯,哈哈~不过,得事先跟Prefecture of the Papal Household 订免费的入门票。
6) 圣彼得广场和大教堂每天从早上7点开放到晚上7点。大教堂免费给人参观。至于treasury, 要收6欧元。要上圆顶,得付6欧元。


To be continued .
Rome Italy Part 3 : Fontana di Trevi

待续 意大利罗马(三)之许愿池


更多罗马的游记 。More about Rome:
意大利罗马(一)。 Rome Italy Part 1
意大利罗马(三)之许愿池 。 Rome Italy Part 3 : Fontana di Trevi
意大利罗马(四)之万神殿 。 Rome Italy Part 4 : Pantheon
意大利罗马(五)之拉沃纳广场 。 Rome Italy Part 5 : Piazza Navona
意大利罗马(六)之西班牙广场 。 Rome Italy Part 6 : Piazza Spagna
意大利罗马(七)之波波洛广场 。 Rome Italy Part 7 : Piazza Popolo





Sunday, December 7, 2008

茅厕纠纷

纠纷(一)

爸比清理了猫沙,现在正在top up新的猫沙。

阿彪和小胆已经在他们的厕所旁边stanby了。因为猫咪们是共用1个猫沙盆,所以时常会有争茅厕的事件发生。

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阿彪:看我少林大弟子的绝招:肥猫跳!

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阿彪:好彩是我先跳进厕所,不然那个臭小胆1定会霸着厕所霸到很久。Oh。。。。。。大便出来liao, 大便出来liao。。。。。。Oh。。。。。。

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小康:小胆讲得没错,阿彪的屁股果然是臭到。。。。。。肥猫都是比较臭的。阿彪每天好吃懒跳,难怪屁股酱大。

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小康:这次轮到我少林三弟子的绝招:笨猪跳!

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纠纷(二)

小胆:哇~又是新沙^^ 我最喜欢新沙了~软软的,真舒服~

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阿彪: 惨! 给小胆先抢到厕所。臭小胆每次看到爸比top up新猫沙就会霸着猫沙躺在上面, 而且要酝酿很久才开始大便的。鸡蛋糕,我又要等很久了。。。。。。

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小胆:法律规定不可以酝酿情绪后才大便吗?有本事就用ISA抓我呀!

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小胆:真烦,那个阿彪每天都跟我争厕所。 赌火,算了啦, 不要再想那个阿彪。排毒过后,果然舒服。不过,有点累。靠在妈咪的烂球鞋休息1下。。。。。。等下继续咬妈咪的鞋子,然后跟妈咪讲是阿彪咬的。。。。。。

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