我在想：上年的這一天，沒有人記得，沒有人在乎，我很生氣。

今年，不要緊。自己記得就好。

希望不用再聽到別人說誰和誰更慘，任何人失去的至親都是無可替代的！這個人可是全世界最疼我、我個人宇宙裡最重要的人！

現在只能用一輩子的思念報答她這些年來為我的操心。

（當然亦要好好地活）

這一天留給自己，留給媽。好好把平時埋藏在心底的回憶想一遍。

（果然是 day off 的好藉口!）

早上起床時在床上哭了一遍，還掙扎要不要取消行程躲在家中工作算了。和爸、哥談了一會，大家都比平時多話多笑。用excess的笑去掩飾內心的難過，我想，這是我們僅有的默契。

最終中午出門了（因肚餓但不想做飯）。去了比較喜歡的cafe慢慢地大吃一頓（當然還有甜品!）再慢慢地看了兩個非常出色的攝影展。去唐人街買湯圓沒有買成（可疑的國內品牌！）

打開家門時花香撲鼻！是前天買給母親的紫色hyacinth 開了，也當是年花吧。

今天就這樣，希望新的一年快快樂樂！

This one is inspired by my 10min walk to the nearest station from home. It’s a pleasant walk, with very nice marina views. Problem is, not everyone cares to pick up after their dogs and there’re quite a lot of dog shit to watch out for. And at night, there are very few street lights.

This smartphone app tracks your usual routes with this specific purpose. Run it when you leave for work in the morning. As you come across dog shit, press the app button and its location will be flagged. It also has a pedometre to increase the accuracy of the distance between you and the suspect.

On your way home, it automatically reverses your morning route and provides alert such as “Attention! 10 steps ahead on the left!” The flagged objects will displayed as a radar-map:)

in my dream, I met up with a close friend & her friends. We were eating pears. Someone asked who bought the pears (my friend did). Someone said my mom did. I was plunged into contemplating how long mom has gone & started feeling miserable.

All of a sudden LC woke me up, as if he knew I would be more & more upset if I continue my dream:)

There’re electric blankets. Given we spend a lot of time out of bed they don’t help in all coldness.

The Electric Jacket operates on a similar level, plug and heat, unplug when warm and ready to wear. To minimize weight, the heating device isn’t integrated and should not heat above normal body temperature. There could also be electric trousers, mittens, socks etc.

Alternatively, there could be a heating station whereby you put your normal clothes on (like food warmer) and have your clothes warmed before you wear them.

There’re food that you can’t eat on the go, and pancake is one of them. For people who loves pancakes for breakfast the Pancake Jerky is good news. It’s mini pancake fried with syrup till they’re hard (sort of like jerky but not as hard). Just grab some in a bag, so not knife & fork needed and no mess from sticky syrup.

this one was inspired by the super strict custom rules on what you can bring into Australia:)

If you, like me, love browsing supermarkets when you’re travelling in a foreign land, you’re likely to have experienced this problem. You see food you’d love to try but not necessarily want to buy them in packs, like you see a hugh packet of chocolate and all you want is a small piece just to taste? or a can of pasta sauce in a farmers’ market that needs refrigerating? or a bottle of cider that might easily break in your luggage? or you simply can’t bring them back or have run out of luggage space?

This is a solution to give travellers/tourists a taste of the locale. This is a ‘taste shop’ that serves local produce in small quantity, ideally some unfamiliar to tourists but popular amongst locals. Say, if the shop is in London, everything served will be made in UK. You’ll find on the menu things like hot chocolate made by a local chocolatier, pasta with homemade sauce, bakery & cakes locally made, sandwiches with Yorkshire cheese etc…