连下了一周大雨后,车道和花园步道上满是逃离水灾的迷你蜗牛,成千上万的.车子一进出就横尸遍野;走在步道上,再怎么小心,还是每走几步就"喀嚓"一声......
 Countless mini snails came to the drive way and paved garden areas. Literally hundreds died when driving in and out of garage. Though small, they are still lives - actually very cute lives in close look.
 虽然小,却也是生命.
 凑近一看,还是非常可爱的生命.
 弟弟也很感兴趣,还好它没把蜗牛当食物.
 Didi was also very interested in them. It is fortunate that he is a British breed instead of a French breed. Otherwise, he might have enjoyed them as a big feast.
 于是花了很长时间,边扫边念"嗡玛尼呗美吽",把这些小小蜗牛一一扫回花圃里.
 So while Didi is taking his walk, I swept these tiny creatures back to the meadow while chanting Mani for them. May the diseased be cared for in Sukhavati and the alive ones enjoy a live without sufferings.
 扫的时候,不小心又踩死几只.这就是想做善事又缺乏智慧的写照吧.
 Filed under Miscellaneous in Life 生活杂记, Overseas Tagged with US, 北美
 Brotherhood Winery at Hudson Valley
 四月 21, 2014 发表留言
 今天没有课,和师姊一起去了号称美国最老的酿酒厂, 始建于1839年,原来是种葡萄卖到曼哈顿,后来运费太高亏钱,就拿来酿酒,也提供教堂礼拜用.美国禁酒时期,由于拿到特批成为能供酒给教堂的少数酒厂(据导游说,那时期大家上教堂可热烈了~),于是存活下来,成为还在运营的美国最老酒厂.
 Today we went to the oldest operating winery in US, the Brotherhood Winery, est. 1839.
 The $10 per person tour plus wine tasting is worth doing. The stories about the history of this winery is quite entertaining. They offered two types of tasting flights, the dry one and the sweet one. For me, definitely the dry one taste better. Actually even their dry wine is not dry enough for me. The sweet one is however interesting as those are the wine I would never order or purchase so good to take the chance to explore a bit, only good for making cocktail or desserts though. Their sparkling wine and merlot are good enough that I bought a bottle of each. Usually I like cabernet sauvignon better than merlot but their cabernet sauvignon somehow lacks the body while their merlot strikes a good balance.
 酒厂自然是要卖酒的.建议可以参加一人10美元的导览,听听故事,到酒窖里逛逛,然后试喝.试酒有两种选择,一种叫traditional的都是一堆甜的像咳嗽糖浆的酒,只能说美国人真的没什么文化,那些东西最多拿来做甜点或调鸡尾酒吧,其实拿糖浆就绰绰有余了,不过因为我从来不会花钱去喝那种东西,所以试试还挺好玩,而且还是可以尝到朋友的正常酒.喝了一圈下来,他们家的气泡酒不错,非气泡酒里是merlot最好,不过普遍body都不足.有一款用Muscat做的气泡酒,叫Carpe Diem,虽然还是偏甜,但香气馥郁,算是个小小惊喜.
 哈德逊河谷的酒厂很多,决定来这家,是因为有点历史又很近(开车15分钟而已),而且据说餐厅不错,就义无反顾地来了.今天正好是复活节,有现场爵士演奏,菜做的确实颇有水准.
 Their restaurant is quite good. Today is Easter and they only offer a set menu, with no vegetarian main course, so I ended up with salmon. Very nicely done. $27 per person.
 Then we took a walk at the Newburgh waterfront.
 然后就去哈德逊河走走,风很大.
 排排站的海鸥.Well lined up seagulls.
 This is home for my 3 weeks at upstate New York 🙂 Had a great stay here.
 Love spring flowers! Happy Easter to all.
 这三周住的地方.纽约乡下真的很美.
 Filed under Travel 旅行 Tagged with 观光, tour, US, 北美
 神奇的度母唐卡 Tara Thangka in New York
 四月 15, 2014 发表留言
 日前法王和这次上课的学生一起吃饭,期间听美国中心的贡嘎尼师讲了一个很有趣的故事,跟大家分享.
 During a dinner with HH Sakya Trizin and students attending his teachings this time, Ani Kunga at Sakya Tsechen Kungchab Ling, New York, shared this interesting story.
 这位是噶桑嘉岑堪布(Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen),美国中心是由他负责建立的.堪布过于辛劳,之前严重中风,脑部手术后,完全瘫痪不醒人事很久,却在不吃药的情况下,现在已经恢复到除了因负责语言能力的脑部区域受损不能说话,脚比较没有力气,行走时需要人搀扶以外,头脑竟然非常清楚,主事弟子还是不时请示他做各个大小决定.
 看见他站都不是站的很稳,却还是很坚持地起身跟法王恭敬合十闻讯,每次都觉得很感动.
 This is Venerable Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen who has been working tirelessly in building this center. Heard that he went through a severe stroke, but has miraculously recovered wonderfully without taking any medication, just one surgery. Though I don't really know him, you can certainly feel his devotion radiating brightly whenever H.H. walks past him.
 吉美钦哲仁波切,喇嘛贡嘎(塔泽霞仲)仁波切,祖古贝玛旺嘉仁波切等仁波切也在.
 Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche, Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche and Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche were also there.
 这位是讲故事的贡嘎尼师.事情是发生在几年前建庙时,有一次法王子大宝金刚仁波切应邀前来传法.期间适逢大女儿杰尊玛的(一岁?)生日,于是大家一起庆祝了一番,并在大殿里点了一万只蜡烛做供养.
 So Ani said a few years ago, while Dungse Ratna Vajra Rinpoche came to Walden to give teachings, one day happened to be his daughter Jetsunma's birthday. So the whole gathering celebrated together and lighted 10,000 candle in the shrine room as offering.
 谁知夜晚没人在大殿里负责看著蜡烛,有些蜡烛到最后就烧了起来,恰巧是在一幅度母唐卡下面的左半部.唐卡那两条长长的飘带是最容易烧起来的,万一烧了起来,就会延烧酿成大火.
 At night, there was nobody in the shrine room and apparently some candles below a Tara thangka started to burn, right at where the bottom part of the left dangling ribbon was. And these ribbons are very inflammable. (The thangka mentioned is the right one in the photo below.)
 (右边那幅就是那幅21度母唐卡)他们第二天进大殿时,只见度母唐卡下面左半边的墙壁已被烧得黑黑的,而那个极可能会烧起来的飘带神奇地被拉到上面大梁上,于是没有被火烧到,也幸而没酿成大火.
 And what they saw the next morning when entering the hall was that, the left half of the wall below the thangka was all black due to the flames while the ribbon which was highly likely to catch fire was high up over the beam where the thangka was hanged.
 庙里问了一圈,却没人有去做这个难度很高的护庙善举.那个屋顶有5-6米高吧,飘带轻飘飘的,他们试著把右边那条抛上去,发现完全没有办法抛上去.
 而且,后来他们发现那根飘带不只是挂在上面梁上,还被好好地打了一个结!
 真的只能说是法王加持,度母显灵了!
 So they asked around to see who did that virtuous deed to prevent a potential fire. Nobody did.
 Actually the beam is so high, at least 5 meters from the ground. Though they tried, can only conclude that no one can simply throw the light weight ribbon over the beam like that.
 And when they took a closer look, the whole thing became even more intriguing, as the ribbon was not simply being hanged over the other side of the beam, but "someone" made a proper knot of the ribbon!
 There is really no explanation of the whole thing. We can only say, thanks to the blessings of HH and inconceivable manifestation of Green Tara, the shrine was kept intact.
 再来瞻仰一次这幅度母唐卡的近照.愿圣度母平息火,水灾等一切灾害,护佑一切众生,特别是佛法修行者.
 May Arya Tara pacify all disasters such as fire and water, alleviate all beings from suffering and grant favorable conditions for practitioners until enlightenment is attained.
 其他聚餐照片 / some other photos during the dinner:
 Sarva Mangalam!
 Filed under Buddhism 佛缘, 法讯 Dharma Events Tagged with dharma, 金刚乘, 萨迦, 萨迦法王, HH Sakya Trizin, Sakya, Tara, US, vajrayana, 北美, 度母, 佛法
 2014 Kalachakra by HH Sakya Trizin 萨迦法王纽约时轮金刚灌顶
 四月 12, 2014 2 则回响
 萨迦法王纽约曼哈顿时轮金刚灌顶,2014年4月7-8日
 Kalachakra Empowerment by H.H. Sakya Trizin, Riverside Church New York, April 7-8, 2014
 加持坛城 / Consecrating the mandala
 为弟子授记
 临别的加持 / Final blessings to all
 法会圆满结束时的美丽夕阳 / Beautiful sunset upon completion of the event
 Filed under Buddhism 佛缘, 法讯 Dharma Events Tagged with dharma, 金刚乘, 萨迦, 萨迦法王, HH Sakya Trizin, kalachakra, Sakya, US, vajrayana, 北美, 时轮金刚, 佛法
 Cooking Class: Steak Night 美国烹饪课
 八月 10, 2013 2 则回响
 First cooking class in North America. This can be counted as one of my hobbies now.
 I decided to take the steak class as I can probably do the rest by simply reading through the recipe and what else can represent US better!
 闲来无事去上了一堂烹饪课.
 看了一下课程内容,估计大部分东西我有食谱就会做,唯有烤牛排这种事情有点难度.首先,才刚被某人嘲笑我不会煎牛排(我不喜欢碰生肉,所以原本做法是隔著塑胶袋整块丢进锅里煎到外面熟了后,再用筷子夹出切成大块,再回锅继续煎和调味);其次,这种事情要现场看示范比较容易学会.于是报名了牛排课.
 
 The menu also includes appetizer and dessert, with my beloved cointreau!
 这是课程内容,从前菜到甜点都有:
 The facility is great. They even serve cappuccino while you are cooking. That is sort of interesting. I never thought of sipping coffee while cooking. Wine, maybe, but cappuccino? That is such a morning thing for me.
 很高级的场地.四个富贵的白人老太太,加一个来自伊索比亚,被收养的少女,加我,共五人.
 厨子老师之外,还有这位小姐,会随时给你弄柠檬水,卡布奇诺咖啡,东西一切完她就会拿去洗掉,清掉.......像是煮饭时有个佣人在旁边一样.不太像是烹饪课,有点像是贵妇聚餐. And in addition to the chef-instructor, there was this very nice young lady. She would clean everything right after you use it and bring all the ingredients to you at the right time with the right portion! We never needed to measure anything. And can you imagine your knife and chopping board is always clean and fresh for the next task?! The only thing better than this is probably simply asking your maid to cook 🙂
 因此,料理台上随时都很整洁.有食谱,名牌......连调料都是预先量好备好,"助手"会在合适时机拿出,基本上只要偶尔切个洋葱,磨点橘皮做做样子,其他时候就只是把杯里的作料往碗里倒,然后跟我同组的小女孩说"你来搅拌吧~"
 We do have recipe handouts. Though I was probably the only one among the small group of five who actually flipped through it and took notes.
 Some tips picked up during the class are indeed quite practical though.
 For example, you can send the bacon to oven while doing other cooking instead of spending time frying it. And the result is as crispy as the traditional way.
 窍门还是有学到一点的.比如说:
 煎培根就不用费神煎了,早上可以把煎锅拿来煎蛋,培根只要放在纸上拿去烤箱烤一下,一样金黄香脆.(不过煎培根感觉像是上辈子的事情,这个诀窍不知何时用到?)
 The steak can be marinated in a ziplock bag in room temperature for an hour. For me who really hates touching raw meat, this is great.
 腌牛排可以放在塑胶封口袋里腌,重点是要在室温下,至少一小时,隔夜也行(那就得放冰箱了吧).这很适合我.我应该可以做到手不用碰到生肉.
 重点是很高兴的发现可以直接在瓦斯炉上煎烤.烤到合适程度时可以拿出,拿锡箔纸盖个10分钟,温度还可以高10度(华氏),这样里面继续煮熟,外面又不至于太焦.
 By covering the grilled steak with alu foil for ten minutes, you can still push the temp for another 10 degree off skillet.
 Extra herbs like rosemary or thyme can be tied into a bundle to serve as sauce brush. Indeed very Martha Stewart.
 And voila, the tender and juicy steak!
 调味的迷迭香等香草可以绑起来当烧烤时的调料刷子,是个赏心悦目的做法.
 看,烤的牛排鲜嫩多汁吧?专业的还是不一样~
 Some finishing oil and salts are quite interesting.
 One good tip is that when you sprinkle salt/pepper, raise your hand really high and do it really artistically, so that it would get sprinkled more evenly.
 Of course, a maid to help clean up after the artistic way of cooking can be invaluable.
 绿花菜就是翻炒后,进烤箱里烤烤.拿出来后,撒上柠檬汁和碎起司.加柠檬汁这个做法我还挺喜欢的.
 其他的窍门就是最后可以加上一些加味的橄榄油,盐在沙拉和牛排上提味,像是加了柠檬的橄榄油,烟熏味的盐,比较大粒的盐花洒在烤好的牛排上也会比细盐有口感.
 还有个窍门蛮实用的,就是撒这些盐,胡椒的时候,要把手举得高高的,很有艺术家感觉的洒下,这样就会洒得很均匀,不会一坨坨的.
 当然,很帅的洒完后,最好有个佣人帮你收拾洒在外面的残局......
 最后,一定要提一下我心爱的甜点.就冲著这个cointreau巧克力蛋糕,也是吸引我报名这堂课的原因之一.我自己做巧克力慕司,巧克力蛋糕,巧克力饼干都很爱放cointreau橘子酒的.美国老大妈们竟然不知道cointreau是什么,证明我还有点水平,欧洲没有白混.
 新鲜樱桃拿来煮红酒,这个在家实用性比较低.平常亚洲去哪里找新鲜樱桃呀,还要开瓶红酒......
 巧克力熔浆蛋糕单吃就很棒了.老师说,要烤到这样中间有点凹陷才是刚好;刚出炉时中间鼓起来的,像是最下面一排右边数来第二个,就表示烤过头了.
 The molten cake should have a den in the center when being out of oven. Like the second one from the right in the bottom row, with a bulging center, meaning it was over baked.
 So here is our spinach salad with tomato, bacon and blue cheese sauce (love the blue cheese and apple cider vinegar combination!), New York steak, roasted broccoli and cake.
 这是成品:菠菜蕃茄培根蓝起司醤沙拉,烤花菜,牛排,巧克力蛋糕.
 正好店里Le Creuset在特价,于是败了这个烤盘,才55元,不买对不起自己的感觉.就算我不烤牛排,拿来烤鲑鱼应该也不错.真的很无聊的话,还可以来烤茄子.
 I also ended up with two Le Creuset pieces as they were on heavy discount. I think both colors got discontinued so on clearance now.
 The skinny grill was only $55 which I can use for salmon instead of steak. And a blue pot of $120 for Shanghai - just need to figure out how to carry it back.
 The medium one like this is really the best size. The bigger one is too heavy while the smaller one can only do small portion cooking. The medium is versatile - you can still cook small amount of food with a medium cookware, plus it can also be used as a pan. Simply love the Staub I have been using recently.
 虽然对我的Staub一点怨言也没有,但是这个LC铸铁锅才120元,不买好像又很对不起自己.好的锅子真的很重要,而且这个东西应该可以用很久很久吧,性价比还是很好的.
 而且我的心得是,买这种中型的最好.大的拿不动,中的煮什么都很方便,一样可以煮小锅的份量 -  - 东西放少点就好;盖子不盖还可以当平底锅,煎锅用.
 现在唯一在琢磨的是怎么把这个锅子扛回上海~ 这次回去预备只带一个软包,行李箱在温哥华'机场被砸坏了,打包有难度.
 Actually I much prefer this grill from Staub. Their coating is definitely better than the LC one. Plus it has wall to prevent fire from catching on the steak directly as it can happen with the skinny grill. (We used both during the class.) I decided go for LC because the price is only half of this one and that I hardly grill anything!
 其实煎盘我是很想买Staub的这个.老师也说这个比较好(我们上课时是各用了一个),因为比较深,Le Creuset那种平面的有时火会烧上来,直接烧到牛排,那样不行,而且油容易溅得到处都是.Staub的表面涂层也比LC扎实,但是打完折还要100元,贵了快一倍,我又很少煮肉,于是忍痛割舍.但是现在看著图片还是觉得很爱~
 Filed under Food 饮食, Shopping 挥霍 Tagged with 饮食, Food, US, 北美
 补车窗 Windshield Chip Fix
 八月 7, 2013 1 则回响
 第一台车,第一颗路上飞起砸车的小石子,第一个玻璃上的洞,第一次保险索赔!
 First car, first stone flying off highway and unfortunately hitting right on, first chip on the windshield, and first auto insurance claim!
 服务很好,打电话去后,过两天就派人上门来修,15分钟搞定.
 Their service is quite good. Just a phone call and then they sent a glass shop to you to fix the damage. If I heard correctly, they can fix chips smaller than a one-dollar bill. That is a pretty big chip they can fix!
 不知道是不是技术问题,补完后隐约有个痕迹,但是不仔细看,就像是一小块灰尘.是我要求太高了吗?
 After the fix, it is almost invisible unless closely examined. Photo by the iphone with Olloclip:
 这是用macro照的,就几公厘吧.希望不要再碰到这么倒霉的事情了~
 往好处想,被这颗小石子砸到,总比几个月前被那货车后面掉下的梯子砸到的好 -  - 那次也是高速公路,时速六,七十英哩,那台车硬插到我前面,加速过猛吧,梯子就掉下来了,两台车才几米的距离,又不能减速,又不能换车道躲闪,只能说佛菩萨保佑,梯子正正落在前面地上后,刚好一阵风把梯子往旁边吹,完全没擦到车子.
 所以人有旦夕祸福,每天开车出门都是在玩命,只能继续好好念咒积德.
 Let me pray this won't happen to me again. Or maybe I should be thankful that it was this small rock hitting my car instead of the metal ladder falling from a truck in front the other day.
 顺便秀一下拿新玩具照的照片.
 不知道用放大镜是不是也是同样效果?
 现在没有戴眼镜,不然也可以拿眼镜加iphone照照看~
 More photos with Olloclip. The macro lens is the most interesting one among the three. Just wonder whether I can use magnifier to achieve the same effect. Or eye glasses?
 Filed under Miscellaneous in Life 生活杂记 Tagged with US, 北美
 Le Rêve
 七月 24, 2013 发表留言
 Le Rêve, a dream-like show at Wynn, Las Vegas.
 Constantly myriad movements taking place simultaneously from all directions that you don't know where to lay your eyes on.
 赌城拉斯维加斯值得一看的梦幻演出~
 随时都有舞者从不同方位,水底,天上跃出,眼睛都不知道看哪里,真的只有"目不暇给"可以形容! 奇幻瑰丽的轮回幻象~
 Filed under Travel 旅行 Tagged with 表演, Show, US, Vegas, 北美
 艶阳天摘桃子 Peach Picking
 六月 30, 2013 发表留言
 这次来美国,先是碰到家里的枇杷丰收.
 This time in US, I was first greeted by the loquats from the garden. There are so many that I ended up using them to make smoothies.
 然后开始一段很奢侈的打果汁生活.想当初枇杷曾经是多昂贵的水果,这里怕吃不完会坏掉,拿来打果昔.
 然后是神奇表嫂种的一树黑莓.神奇表嫂种什么都长得很好,她的黑莓树,结著密密麻麻的果实.我说我打果汁不挑剔甜不甜,于是她辛苦采了一盒硕大黑色直接吃的莓儿,又给我一大缸较小,未熟透的莓儿,我把后面那类和买来的有机草莓一起打来喝,是好几天的早餐~
 Then a cousin offered many of her home grown blackberries so my breakfast switched to organic berry smoothies for a while.
 今天陪姑姑去帮神奇表嫂采桃子,也是一树,有两三百个桃子吧,有时一拉树枝,熟透的桃子就掉到地上砸了,好可惜~随
 便采采,也摘了五大袋.虽然小,但即使青色的也都是脆甜 🙂 下周就是吃桃周了.
 Today, I went to her place to pick peaches. Wow, there must be several hundreds of them. We got so many bags! Sweet and juicy, perfect for tomorrow's tsog.
 最后要秀一下我钟爱的栀子花.刚来时,已经快要咽气的栀子花,枯到剩一根细细的树枝,几片焦黄的叶子,一个月后,虽然还是那么一枝,却长满了花苞,真有知己的感觉.
 一个花园中,有那么一个知己已经让人很快乐了,何况最近大家都长得欣欣向荣的,乐哉!
 Last but not the least is the beautiful gardenia from our own garden. Animate or inanimate, they are all beautiful beings to me. May all enjoy this simple and pure happiness at all time.
 Filed under Miscellaneous in Life 生活杂记, Overseas Tagged with 饮食, Food, US, 北美
 热瑜伽课的启发 Love the Inspiring Hot Yoga Class Today
 五月 17, 2013 1 则回响
 今天去挑战比较难的热瑜伽课程,感觉反而没有上次累,果然有练就有进步.
 上次那个绿课比较多要静止维持住的姿势,这次比较多flow,上海的Y+是综合这两种,但是比较容易.两年没有做热瑜伽,一堂课总是有一,两个动作是曾经能做,但现在已经做不全.结论就是瑜伽果真是会锻炼到很多平常不会用到的肌肉.
 Today I went to my 2nd hot yoga class in California, supposedly a more challenging one. But I actually felt more at ease than the first one. After two years of not doing yoga regularly, there was always a few postures that I can no longer perform thoroughly, which proves that yoga does help exercise some muscles not used in daily life or other sports.
 今天的瑜伽课只有12个学生,这些人的身材都超好的.像我就完全是个外星人,有一,两人是中等身材(亚洲人,所以在美国其实都算小号的),其他不管黑人,白人,混血男男女女,全都是可以拍泳装广告的身材!
 而且有几个人我猜不是舞者就是以后会变成瑜伽老师的人,太神奇了.老师说做倒立 -  - 能做手倒立的就做手倒立(就是两手撑直在地上倒立起来然后笔直停住),能做头倒立的就做头倒立(就是手的力量不够,以头顶在地上为主,手辅助一下),能做肩膀倒立的就做肩膀倒立(就是头倒立也做不起来,就可以躺在地上,用手撑著背,靠肩膀和腰腹力量倒立起来).
 在上海通常不是每个人都能做肩膀倒立的;头倒立的只能以凤毛麟角来形容,而且几乎都是男的才会做.这里有4个人可以双手倒立,而且都不用靠墙的辅助的~ 是体操运动员吗?太神奇了.有一个美女还能很优雅的两只脚叉开慢慢抬上去!有3个人靠著墙做,应该是头倒立吧,或者是手倒立.剩下的人全都能做很漂亮的肩膀倒立.也就是说一半以上的人都能做手或头的倒立耶!
 These Californian classmates are super fit. Half of them can do either handstand or headstand, and the rest can all do shoulder stand. No wonder most of them have great bodies. For me, it felt a bit like stepping into a swimwear photo shoot as a completely outlier. Nevertheless, it is very inspiring to do yoga with them.
 I especially love the comments by today's teacher. Once he said something really Zen:
 "There is no destination. If your head touches the floor, then you need to bring your feet closer so that you can do a proper stretch of your back. The floor is not the destination. There is no destination. Destination only exists in your mind."
 What a profound statement!
 Even when we were supposedly calming our mind and focusing on our body, still our habitual patterns always rush us to go for some destination or to achieve something. Indeed the destination only exists in our mind. It is our mind which decides what is the destination; it is our mind which decides whether we reach the destination or not. These are all illusions created by our minds. Unfortunately we play this game for too long that we forget it is only an illusion created by ourselves and then end up with all those worries, feeling of underachievement, unhappiness and sufferings.
 May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the cause of suffering. May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May they never be disassociated from the supreme happiness which is without suffering. May they remain in the boundless equanimity, free from both attachment to close ones and rejection of others.
 老师也很好,我特别喜欢今天这个男老师的风格.我们在做一个两脚打开,弯腰向下伸展背脊的动作时,因为这些神人同学随便一弯就整个人下去了,他说了一段话让我特别感到有启发:
 "目的地是不存在的.如果你的头碰到地的话,就把两脚站得近一点,这个姿势是要伸展你的背脊,不是要头碰地为目的地.没有目的地,目的地只存在你的心里."
 我们大部分人真的都太急于想要达到什么目的,而忽略了其他的一切.其实是自己的心决定什么是目的,是自己的心决定自己是否有达到目标,这些全都是自己的心所造作出来的一个幻相,而痛苦就来自於戏演得太投入,以至于自己以为这个自己搞出来的幻相是真的,然后为此烦恼受苦.
 愿一切众生都能远离苦和苦因,愿一切众生都能获得乐及乐因,愿一切众生不离无苦之乐,愿一切众生都能远离亲疏爱憎,住平等舍.
 Filed under Miscellaneous in Life 生活杂记, Overseas Tagged with 瑜伽, US, Yoga, 北美
 Prasiolite
 五月 16, 2013 发表留言
 Got a new pair of earrings to match the dress randomly put on today...speaking of irrational purchase...elas!!
 Prasiolite, aka green amethyst. In Greek language the name derives from leek. So a person doesn't eat leek ends up with 2 leek stones...actually they should be called "green quartz after heat treatment for the leek color".
 All but names and delusion, but a beautiful illusion for a few days I guess or at least I hope so.
 May I continue to remember to offer this beautiful illusion to the triple gem as well.
 冲动购物就是买副耳环配衣服...头脑在加州晒坏了...
 买的时候都不知道是什么石头,回来一查,竟然叫作"韭菜石"(依希腊文语源翻译).
 市场名是"绿水晶",其实大部分都是水晶加热处理才变葱绿色的,学名应该是"绿石英".中国人也很能掰,又起了个好像很了不起的市场名:"葱绿玉髓"!
 一大堆名称,都是幻相,呵呵.
 这个美丽幻相大概可以持续个三,五天~
 至少我希望能够如此.美梦也供养给三宝.
 *** 后话***
 原本耳环不是吊坠形式的,因为我喜欢这个样式,所以设计师再加上了上面那两个吊环.
 因为我想要当天拿到,又讲价讲到店要打烊了,所以买好后是她的哥哥带著我去附近楼上的珠宝匠工作室改.
 第一个工作室是把戒指弄小,把耳环的吊环和耳环分别嵌上小圆环.
 第二个工作室是用雷射把耳环上新嵌的小圆环隔开吧,这是猜测.
 他是直接把我从第一个工作室带到第三个工作室,叫我等在那边.第三个工作室是把红宝石镶在戒指上,然后把14k的戒指从白金色弄成黄金色,最后可能也是他们把耳环给接起来的.
 他的哥哥问我我是做什么工作的,我说没有工作,他又问我是不是家庭主妇,我说我也很希望我是,结果他竟然说:"嗄,你连家庭主妇都不是哟!"不了解,这样是很丢脸吗?美国海关,印度海关也都很喜欢问我做什么的,大家听到答案都会很惊讶,果然无业游民还是比较稀有~
 The Iranian designer helped to change the earrings style into dangler, but their shop was closing already (most shops at St. Vincent jewelry mart closing by 5pm) so I had to go with her brother to various smith studio to do the work. Such an interesting tour!
 1st studio did the ring resizing and adding small rings at the earrings and the danglers.
 2nd studio did the laser to cut some place at the 2 pieces earrings.
 3rd studio did the stone setting on the ring, color dipping for the ring to change the white gold color into yellow gold., and also finalized the earrings.
 During this interesting side tour, the guy asked me what I do. "Nothing,"I said. Then he asked again, "House wife?"I said no and he seemed really surprised, "Not even a housewife?"God knows what that means.
 The US customs also like to ask me what I do. Indian customs also asked a few times. And everybody seems to be really surprised when I tell them I don't have a job. I guess in industrial world it is very hard for people to accept some other people decide to remain idle and useless.