香港迪士尼雪亮圣诞 Part I 08-12-2007

香港迪士尼乐园是我在香港旅游的第一站。一早8.30am，我，姐姐，姐夫，和我可爱的外甥女安安一起乘搭德士去香港站，在那里我们乘东涌綫前往欣澳站在欣澳站转乘迪士尼綫的可爱米奇老鼠列车前往香港迪士尼乐园。从香港站出发只需33分钟。

香港站前往东涌和迪士

可爱米奇老尼鼠列车

在香港迪士尼乐园正门入口我购买乐园的一日门票，门票价格是港币$350（迪士尼乐园指定日子），姐夫请我的hehehe。如果是平日门票价格是港币$295，比较便宜相对的人潮会比较多。

迪士尼乐园是小孩们的梦想乐园。在迪士尼乐园里，你能与迪士尼朋友见面例如米奇老鼠，米妮老鼠，唐老鸭，白雪公主，睡公主，贝儿（美女与野兽）， 史迪仔等等的迪士尼卡通人物。我最期待的不是和迪士尼卡通人物拍照而是期待观看迪士尼剧场演出－「狮子王庆典」和「米奇金奖音乐剧」 ，米奇幻想曲，「雪映舞动巡游」 及「星梦奇缘」烟花表演。果然没有令我失望，我超喜欢迪士尼「狮子王庆典」和「米奇金奖音乐剧」剧场演出，很生动很好看。在香港迪士尼乐园，Bebe这个人物是很有名的。不信？去了你就会知道。哈哈。。。。

午餐时间我们到迪士尼乐园酒店的翠乐庭餐厅享用。这餐厅供应环球美食自助餐，由来自世界各地的厨师在开放式厨房内即席烹调精选菜式；再加上迪士尼朋友前来跟您打招呼，自是最完美不过！在这里我们和米奇老鼠，黛丝，高飞和布鲁托迪士尼卡通人物拍照和享用美味的食物。

我和米奇老鼠

下午3pm，我们观看「雪映舞动巡游」。

下午4.30pm 我们观看「狮子王庆典」剧场演出，我很喜欢这表演因为有唱很多"Lion King"的动画片的歌曲例如＂Hakuna Matata ＂，＂Can You Feel the Love Tonight? ＂很动听。Hakuna Matata! －It means no worries for the rest of your days.


香港迪士尼雪亮圣诞 Part II 待续



“Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” lyrics

Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim RicePerformed by Elton John
There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you
(Chorus)
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours
(Chorus)
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkGDrV_2ehI

HKdolphinwatching粉紅海豚

「印度太平洋駝背海豚」，又稱「中華白海豚」繁殖及棲息於珠江三角洲河口，介乎香港及澳門一帶，而只有東面的群種才有顯著的白或粉紅的顏色。

Why are the dolphins pink?
The best theory we've heard is that they're actually white, but they look pink because they're blushing. All cetaceans are warm-blooded, meaning they regulate their own body temperatures. When they create excess heat from exercise, such as chasing fish, they flush blood to the outer layers of their skin, to get the heat from their body core out beyond the insulating layer of blubber, so that the heat can disperse to the water. This "blushing" makes them look pink.
I will go Hong Kong on 7th Dec and plan to join dolphin watching tour on 11th of Dec 2007. Will share more detail about tour after I come back from the tour.
Cheers.

Tips to buy 2nd Car in New Zealand

If you do decide to buy a used vehicle - and it may be the cheaper option for you - there are some key pointers you should take note of. There are some things you should check before you buy, to make sure the car has no debt on it and is owned by the person selling it to you.There are also some tips below on how to avoid buying a 'lemon' (a car that doesn't work too well!).

Please read the guidelines below and take the necessary pre-cautions when buying a second-hand or used car - especially via private sale!
1. If you're not sure about how well the car runs or if it has some major mechanical problems, you can have it checked out by an expert for a fee. They will check all the main areas of the car and provide you with a report about what doe and does not work well. This report should also contain information about anything serious that may need to be repaired or replaced in the very near future. This is called a Pre-Purchase Vehicle Inspection Report and can be obtained from organisations such as the New Zealand Automobile Association (AA) or Hometune.
2. If you're buying a second-hand or used car you should ring a service called Vehicle Information Report - tel. 0800 843 847 - to check the history of that car.
This service checks:
· Whether there is any money still owing on the car;
· If the car has been stolen;
· If the odometer reading has been altered;
· The history of the car।
All you need is the registration number (on the number plate) and the make of the car. Information about the car will be advised over the telephone and followed up by a formal written report sent through the mail. This service costs $25.
Anyone who buys a stolen car or one that has money owing to a finance company runs the risk of having the vehicle repossessed by its original owner. If that happens, you lose your money and the car. It is also important to know that it is a serious crime to knowingly purchase a stolen vehicle or stolen vehicle parts.
3. If you are buying a vehicle privately - most often these sales are advertised in the newspapers or on the Internet - be cautious when dealing with a seller who only provides a mobile phone number.
4. Go to where the vehicle is on sale rather than have the person bring the vehicle to you. A dishonest seller is unlikely to allow a prospective purchaser to visit a home address. When at the address where the vehicle is, try to work out if the seller actually lives there.
5. Always be careful when checking the vehicle registration papers against the driver's license to see if they belong to the same person.
6. Get the vehicle's Certificate of Registration from the seller. Complete the change of ownership form (MR13 or MR13B) and give it to an LTSA agent, such as the Post Office within seven days of buying the vehicle.
7. Always obtain a proper receipt. Ensure the receipt is detailed, showing name, address, and a description of the vehicle. Include the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), chassis number and the engine number, sale price and signature of the seller.
8. Always ask the seller for personal identification. Try not to pay cash and, if paying by cheque or money order, address it to the seller of the car. By doing that you will have a better chance of tracking down the seller if you later discover the car was stolen.
9. All cars in New Zealand must have a valid Warrant of Fitness (WOF) and a Motor Vehicle Registration to be able to be used on the roads. It is your responsibility to ensure that these two items are obtained before driving the car, or you could be fined $200 for each offence.

Lake Tekapo──南极光 Aurora Australis

Church of Good Shepherd

南极光每年出现在 Lake Tekapo 只有数次，多是在冬天。英语多称北极光称為 Northern Lights，南极光為 Southern Lights；但亦有一個转门的名词來称极光── Aurora。北极光叫 Aurora Borealis，南极光叫 Aurora Australis。Aurora 是罗马黎明女神的名字，而 Borealis 是來自希腊，北风之神 Boreas 的名字，意思是北极的；Australis 來自拉丁词语，南边的意思。
极光会在夏天出现吗？会的，出现机率比冬天更多。但夏天日长夜短，极光又只会在两极附近出现，两极的日照時间在夏天特別长，就算出现也因天空仍亮而看不到，所以多在冬天看到。

Aurora Australis

This is the name of the southern lights often seen at the lower latitudes of New Zealand on a clear dark night। The phenomenon begins at the sun where a particularly large coronal outburst creates a strong stream of charged particles known as the solar wind। The solar wind interacts with the Earth's magnetic field lines at the altitude called the magnetopause and the charged positive and negative charges are then associated with the Earth's magnetic field, creating a large charged electric field concentrated at the poles। In the southern hemisphere the field lines are streaming out of the Southpole which is like a north pole of a magnet। Current flows between these electrical polarities, through the ionosphere, across the polar region and back। The streams of electrons which are the negatively charged particles are flowing - spiraling, along the magnetic field lines and intercepting the oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the upper atmosphere। These excite the oxygen and nitrogen atoms causing them to fluoresce, just as they do in a conventional neon fluorescent light tube. The only difference is the excited oxygen atoms emit a greenish white light, and the nitrogen molecules which are excited by more energetic electrons are made to emit the red to pinkish colours. Ionised nitrogen gives off a blue violet light. The light emission or fluorescence from atoms is caused when electromagnetic energy strikes an atom raising the electron orbital level to a set, higher energy level, which may then collapse back again emitting a photon of light of a particular wavelength. This determines its colour.(Written by Peter Cattell 31 May 2005)