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■ 引言／犯錯是人性，寬恕是神性。──十八世紀英國詩人波普。

不是說Global Warming嗎？怎麼各地暴風雪的消息連續不斷？今日（1月20日）更是大寒氣節，怕凍的話，不如在家DIY幾道泰式辣菜禦寒。今日就由「少年食神」Michael親身示範三款易學菜式。想更了解泰國菜的話，也可參考他的新書《曼煮泰菜》。

少年食神Michael的新書《曼煮泰菜》剛上架，何時開始他變了一個「泰國通」？原來他在2009年去了泰國六次，泰航董事及泰國領事都是他的朋友，他更獲邀做領隊，帶領一班香港旅遊記者到曼谷「捐窿捐罅」尋美食，夠分量了吧！這次出書以泰國為題，介紹了九家位於曼谷的烹飪學校，以及三十道泰菜食譜，不過最吸引我還是他介紹在曼谷內的街市，對於泰國菜常用的香料及醬料亦有詳盡講解，對於喜愛入廚的你和我，這些資料實用性甚高。

對於烹煮美食，Michael自有一套見解：「煮菜不一定要跟足Recipe，那只是一個參考，例如喜歡辣的可以加多兩隻指天椒，見街市的魷魚不新鮮，不妨改用墨魚，不論是材料或分量，都可以根據個人喜好靈活地調節，這才是烹飪的真諦。」這次Michael為我們示範菜式之外，還教大家幾句跟飲食有關的泰文，以後到香港的泰國菜館，或是到泰國旅遊也可以用得着，尋找美食更得心應手。

我在肯亞18天的跑步旅行。

從抵達肯亞的第一天早晨開始，就每天幾乎不間斷地晨跑，甚至出發要去爬山的當天（來到非洲其實是為了登山，誤闖跑步聖地）。

每次經過村子或學校都有一些小朋友好奇地跟著我跑。

Never enough

There's never enough time to be as patient as we need to be. Not enough slack to focus on the long-term, too much urgency in the now to take the time and to plan ahead. That urgent sign post just ahead demands all of our intention (and attention), and we decide to invest in, "down the road," down the road.

It's not only more urgent, but it's easier to run to the urgent meeting than it is to sit down with a colleague and figure out the truth of what matters and the why of what's before us.

And there's never enough money to easily make the investments that matter. Not enough surplus in the budget to take care of those that need our help, too much on our plate to be generous right now. The short term bills make it easy to ignore the long-term opportunities.

Of course, the organizations that get around the universal and insurmountable problems of not enough time and not enough money are able to create innovations, find resources to be generous and prepare for a tomorrow that's better than today. It's not easy, not at all, but probably (okay, certainly) worth it.

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如果為了更加妥善運用家中空間而選擇裝潢，但又想同時擁有健康，那麼最有效的方法就是，確實跟設計師或裝潢師傅溝通清楚：

1. 選擇天然、無毒性的建材，或使用低甲醛含量的板材，如低甲醛木心板、低甲醛粒片板等；避免使用木心板貼皮；

2. 選擇低VOCs塗料，避免使用加工塗料；