Wine and Cheese in Bella Vita

I was at a "wine and cheese" class in Bella Vita Cooking Studio today, and discovered a delicious favor :"French Creme Calvados". It tastes so special to spread this apple wine Creme cheese on a piece of French bread or any pastry. :)

今日於Bella Vita 新發現： ＂蘋果酒乳酪＂。好特別的好吃！塗在法國麵包或任何麵包點心上都很棒!!

Other Cheeese:
1. Bel Paese: Meaning Beautiful Country 。Soft White Cheese.
2. Parmigiano : Hard Cheese. King of Cheese. Manufacture only in Mid Italy, Lombardi and Emiia Romagan.
3. St Agur: Blue Cheese. Manufactured in Mid France.

White Wine from Italy: Cortese: in Piedmont
Red Wine from Italy: Barbera : in Piedmont. Alba, Asti, Mnferrato.

King of red in Italy: Barbaresco.
Queen of red in Italy: Gaya

From www. Envitaly.picket.net/blog

Catching the last flame of Summer ~~

＂轉山轉水轉佛塔，只為了，在途中與你相見！＂

“蕭瑟秋風今又是,換了人間” ~~~
洪波湧起驚夢中，大江東去。
月滿倚欄將進酒，豈在人樓~~

Fly~~

If I can fly,
I would discover my own sky,
I would find my roses and Proses,
I would struggle through all the barriers,
I would fly as low as the surface of the sea,
As high as the cloud.

Not in the cage like this.
A small playground with old tricks,
With same nutrient to feed ...
With non loving caretaker,
With no identity at all!

Although cage is the secure certainty,
Pretending to be my heaven...
Only if I do not have the ability to recognize the sky....
However, .....

From Parokee dairy

A night with Hagen String Qurtett on Moon Festival

String Quartet no.16 in F major op. 135 by Beethoven
Some notes on the composition :

1st movement: Lots of Repetition with tension. Tension.
2nd movement: Solomn without much hope in the beginning, but follows with several 7th chords with surprises, ends with tranquility.
3rd movement: Contrasting 3 chords repetition for introduction. Counter point continues, Fugue. Sounding characteristics with 2 bars of repeated notes on the accompaniment playing with the melody line.
4th movement: Ending with some recapitulations of the 1 st movement's motif, With Tension released. Personally I feel it is a weak ending....

Performance by Hagen Quartett.

In comparison with the String Quartet in D minor, " Death and the Maiden", D 810 in the same CD, musicians seem to love this piece much more, performed with extreme moving and Dramatic passion.
I love the dotted main motif in 1 st movement, chromatic ascending makes it very Grand...
2nd movement: Sorrow in the beginning, theme and variation form , change to pure romantic...playful..Majestic ...peace.
3rd movement, ABA . Scherzo
4th movement, introduces with unison theme brings out the inviting leadership atmosphere.
Again, dotted theme with 16th notes accompaniments which imitates the horse running
Lots of unison makes a strong ending.

He wrote his piece when he realized that his health is in danger. As he wrote to his friend : "Think of a man whose health can never be restored, and who from sheer despair makes matters worse instead of better. Think, I say, of a man whose brightest hopes have come to nothing, to whom love and friendship are but torture, and whose enthusiasm for the beautiful is fast vanishing; and ask yourself if such a man is not truly unhappy."

"One Day" : Conversation on the film

If we can live and cherish for the moment, we will not have regrets ! ~~ The film "One Day" touched my heart, although I did not have tears in my eyes, ... almost.

Director: Lone Scherfig. 2011
Writers: David Nicholls
Stars:Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess and Patricia Clarkson

Pearl:  So, you did see the movie. I don't really think there is much regret in terms of "love" in this movie. After all, they did have each other after a long exploration. But, who cares? The long exploration is also THE process to enjoy while fairy tale "love-at-the-first-sight" normally won't last.

However, the regret is more about the eternal departure that came so suddenly though inevitable. If only people would realize change could come any moment, they will cherish any moment like never before. And, the scene where father and son sat together talking about the 9pm TV movie did make me cry. Rationally, I know losing someone you love and love you is better than never loved or being loved, I can't help feeling sad for the loss.

Blessing Angel:  When she was unanticipated struck off by the truck, I, at the very moment, felt the impertinence trumpeted in the air penetrating my senses; when he was severely wounded laying on the stairway, I, in the bottom of my heart, felt his hopeless fear and sorrow. As I recall, those are the moments I almost shedding my tear, with empathy. Yes, I agree with you in terms of no regrets on this love story. Since they were together after all and he had made her happy during the time. However, he became so emotionally dependent on her, which crippled his ability to grow and to live his life with hope. I think the foremost touching elements are one's realization of impertinance and their confrontation of the dificulties in life itselfe.
 
Pearl, I like the results of the story, because in the end, he became a real man who can take responsibilitise and appreciate his love, his mother, his father, and his daughter, those who had been disappointed in him before.

C'est la Vie : Lady Singing her Lullaby...

Listen To The Winds Soft Cry
Of A Lady Singing Her Lullaby
Whispers Of The Night So Long
Wishing For That Famous Love Song

You Are My Light
When Darkness Falls
You Are My Sight
In My Darkened Halls

Hear The Joy Of An Angel's Glee
When The People Around Her Now See
With Eyes So Clear And Pure
All Now Really Can Be Sure
Whispers Of the Night...

Villa 32 ~~