Dinner with dummies: US eatery fills empty seats with mannequins
Their eyes are vacant ( ), their smiles uncanny ( ) - but they’re dressed to the nines ( ) and they don’t need a reservation for some of America’s finest dining.
A Michelin-starred ( ) restaurant in the US state of Virginia has found a fun - or creepy ( ), depending on your tastes - way to enforce ( ) social distancing ( ) when it reopens at the end of May: costumed ( ) mannequins ( ) seated among the breathing ( ) guests.
"This would allow plenty of ( ) space between real guests and elicit ( ) a few smiles and provide some fun photo ops ( )," says chef Patrick O’Connell, owner of The Inn at Little Washington, in an e-mail to AFP.
"We’re all craving ( ) to gather and see other people right now. They don’t all necessarily need to be real people," O’Connell mischievously ( ) points out.
"I’ve always had a thing for ( ) mannequins - they never complain about anything and you can have lots of fun dressing them up," he adds.
與假人共進晚餐:美國餐廳用人形模特兒填滿空位
他們的眼神空洞,笑容詭異,但穿著正式,且不需訂位就能在美國高級餐廳入座。
位於美國維吉尼亞州的一家米其林星級餐廳,發現一套在餐廳5月底恢復營業時,實施社交距離的有趣—或者令人毛骨悚然,視你個人喜好而定—的方法:穿著打扮好的假人坐在真人顧客群中。
「如此可在真人顧客之間保持很大空間,而且帶來一些笑容,並提供有趣的拍照場景」,小華盛頓酒店老闆、主廚Patrick O’Connell在電子郵件中向法新社說。
「現在我們都很想與人聚在一起、見見面,他們不一定非得是要真人」,O’Connell開玩笑地指出。
「我一向喜歡人形模特兒,他們從不抱怨任何事,而且幫他們打扮很有意思」,他說。
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華爾街日報這兩天各出了一篇專文談中美關係跌到谷底,兩篇都有提到台灣。兩篇標題分別是:
Coronavirus Casts Deep Chill Over U.S.-China Relations(冠狀病毒讓中美關係進入寒峭)
U.S. Makes Diplomatic Push for Taiwan to Attend WHO Summit(美國為台灣出席世衛推一把)
看這個粉專的朋友們其實不乏外交特考的考生,其中有些會寫訊息來問我關於考試的事情。其實,外交特考有專門補習班,非本科系也可以報考,坦白說是不是唸外交系或政治系並不是那麼重要。
但是有兩樣東西是沒辦法靠去補習班一年半載速成的:一個是語文,另一個是對國際政治的敏感度。
這也是為何我答應幫華爾街日報的代言的原因。透過閱讀高質量的英文媒體,一方面增進英文的實力,另一方面也增加對外交時事議題的熟悉度。
以國際政治考題來說,「台美中三角關係」以及「台灣參與國際組織」幾乎是重點中的重點,也是未來在外交部工作的核心業務之一。
所以如果你真的想走這一行,就必須儘早開始準備。上述這兩篇華爾街日報的報導,其實就在談「台美中三角關係」以及「台灣參與國際組織」。
再過十天WHA即將開議,美國雖然大動作聲援台灣,但我以及周遭朋友多數都不樂觀。上述文章有一段這樣寫:
“The push stands little chance of success, and instead serves as a test of America’s leverage in its broader political struggle with China, waged in the midst of a pandemic, for influence within U.N. agencies. ”
這段意思是,美國的聲援本身成功可能性很低,這項聲援充其量只是作為美國測試它在聯合國體系內的地緣政治影響力。
當然你不一定要同意華爾街日報分析的角度,但這些分析起碼比許多網路酸民或粉專看得更深入。
文章也有談到美國將在WHO之外另起爐灶的可能性,但很少國家附和這項提議,此舉等於「美國從自己當初協助創建的聯合國體系中出走」,空出來的權力真空誰會填補?當然是中國。
“The U.S. has proposed creating an alternative global public health organization, more independent from Chinese leadership. But few allies have joined that push, and the EU remains wary of a separate U.S. call for an international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and China’s handling of it. The net result has been America’s estrangement from a U.N. system it helped found.”
“But by the U.S. not being there, it creates an empty space for somebody else to fill.”
前陣子網路上有一股聲音認為,台灣乾脆不要加入WHO,跟著美國另外創立一個沒有中國參與的國際衛生機構。當時我就曾經數次在文章及節目上質疑這個提議。原因很簡單,國際政治並不是這樣看,好像家家酒一般我跟你好、你不跟我好。外交上有太多利益考量,當中有合作也有衝突,更多的是利益交換。
每個人的判斷當然都會錯,我也是。但重點是,在思考的過程中,你要有試著培養一套邏輯自我檢查防錯。透過閱讀諸如華爾街日報這類的菁英媒體,我認為對台灣考生或學子來說,是很好吸收外交時事及英文的管道。
誠心推薦,真心不騙。
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【業力的黑洞】THE BLACK HOLE OF KARMA
(一)
「我不是叫你帶筆記本嗎?」
我看著男客人擺在桌上的那僅僅一張A4紙。
男客人不好意思地說:「我忘了。這是跟櫃台取的。」
「我千里迢迢來到這裡,因為你說你要改命。你就拿這樣一張借來的紙,來改命?一個半小時的看八字,夠你寫嗎?還是你不夠寫時,又要浪費我的時間去借紙?你的認真在哪裡?」
我雙眼直視著男客人的眼睛。
他連忙站起來,去借了多幾張A4紙。
•
(二)
「你怎麼帶那麼小的本子?夠寫嗎?」
我不可思議的看著,那如信用卡一般大的記事本。
男客人答:「可以啦!我只寫重點!」
「你這個是懶。我的每一句話都是重點。你的八字在我手上,你是怎樣的人,你不要以為我不知道。你不要跟我瞎掰,更不要有寫沒寫的,然後事後又發私訊重覆性的問回我一樣的問題,因為你沒有用心思寫下來。樓上有書店,要嘛你現在去買,我給你十五分鐘,要嘛我們今天就不看你的八字。你自己選。」
男客人十分鐘內,買了A4本子。
•
(三)
我為即將結婚的男客人看新家風水。
他來過我的風水講座數次,閱讀我臉書也有兩年多時間,應該很熟悉我的性格。事前,我提醒過他兩次要帶筆記本,兩次兩次他都跟我說謝謝提醒。
站在客廳看風水時,他抽出那張A4的屋子平面圖,壓在手掌心寫。
「我不是已經叫你帶筆記本嗎?」
他笑笑不語,沒有解釋,沒有道歉。
新家風水那麼重要,關係到你和你家人未來至少五年的興旺,你就在這一張軟綿綿的紙上寫兩個小時的筆記嗎?
以我對客人的要求,我本會叫他到外頭買筆記本,我們才繼續看風水。
但那天,現任屋主還住在那個單位,是特別約好時間讓我們進去看風水,對方也在等著我們完事後就要出門。
想想他過去兩年來常在我臉書貼文按讚,就給他一點面子,讓他在女朋友面前好下台,也算是報答他的支持。
於是,我看在眼裡,記在心裡。依我的經驗,沒把筆記寫好的,必會再來問我。
幾天後,他來訊詢問。當中有幾個問題,我當天已解說過。
我回他:「我雖不介意回答已經回答過的問題,但如果你那一天有帶筆記本,你必會抄下來。」
也就不用再問。
我也寫道:「我對你有點失望。」
他回我:「我明白也注意到你的失望。以後會更留意自己的念頭和舉止。」
「你應該跟我道歉。你忽視我的善意提醒本就不對。」
也猶如騙了我。如果你當初不想帶,直說,不要以假謝謝敷衍。
男客人過後道歉,也大方的同意我把這件事情寫出來,警惕大家。
如果你的未來註定會坎坷,無論是婚姻、事業、家庭或財富,你要比任何人都更注意你的一舉一動。
因為你細小的念頭,細微的決定,會一步一步引你掉入你命中註定的歹運。
你會漏掉寫下我千交代萬交代的事情。
你會寫錯、聽錯、記錯、做錯。
你身邊的人會影響你,告訴你不要聽我或任何能幫你改命的話,你如何如何讓她他不開心不舒服。
你會有錢也不要出錢,只是一直想博取我的同情,得到免費的幫助,然後稱說自己沒有錢。
你會任性,你會執著,你會覺得風水命理沒那麼厲害,你自己說了算,雖然你根本不怎麼樣。
因為你已變成一個弦线上的小木偶,被你那無情的業力操控著。
我的嚴厲,是要及時拉你一把,不要「青青菜菜」的過活,不要拖累你的家人和你一起遭業報。
不是每個人跌倒後,都能夠爬得起來。
誰不想做好人,讓每個人都喜歡自己?但自古,慈母多敗兒。
在現今社會裡,男人女人的自信,都是來自於事業,但每個人的幸福,都是源自於家庭。
所以千萬千萬不要自私。
...................................
(1)
“Didn't I tell you to bring a notebook?"
I looked at the lonely piece of A4 paper the male client placed on the table.
Slightly embarrassed, the male client said, "I forgot. This was obtained from the counter."
"I come all the way here because you tell me you want to change your destiny. You bring this kind of paper to change your life? My consultation is 1.5 hour and you think it's enough for you to write? Or when you run out of space, are you going to waste my time to go and borrow paper? Where is your seriousness?"
I looked at the male client straight in the eyes.
He hurriedly stood up and borrowed a few more pieces of A4 paper.
•
(2)
"Why did you bring such a small notebook? How is it enough for you to write?"
I looked at the credit-card-sized notebook incredulously.
The male client replied, "Can! I only write the important points!"
"This is your sloth. Everything I said is important. Your Bazi is in my hands. Don't think that I do not know what kind of person you are. Don't talk nonsense to me. Don't write selectively and then later send me PMs asking me the same questions that I have answered in this consultation, just because you didn't put in effort to jot it down. There is a bookshop upstairs. Either you go and buy now. I will give you 15 minutes. Or we will cancel today's consultation. You decide."
The male client returned with a brand new A4 notebook in ten minutes.
•
(3)
I was doing a Feng Shui audit for a male client who was getting married.
He came to my Feng Shui workshops a few times and have read my Facebook for over 2 years. Prior to the audit, I reminded him twice to bring a notebook and twice, he thanked me for my reminders.
While standing in the living room doing the Feng Shui audit, he drew out a A4-sized floorplan and wrote on it, with his palm as the backing.
"Didn't I already tell you to bring a notebook?"
He smiled back at me. No explanation. No apology.
The Feng Shui of a new home is so important because it determines the future of your family luck for at least the next 5 years. And you are going to write on this floppy piece of paper for the next 2 hours?
Given my expectations of clients, I would have told him to go and buy a notebook before I continued my audit.
But that day, the current owner was still living in the unit. It was by appointment that we were let in to get the Feng Shui audit done. The family was also waiting for us to finish things up, as they were going out.
I thought of the many times that he had Liked my FB posts these two years. So I decided to give him some face, and not make things difficult for him in front of his girlfriend. Also a very tiny way of me thanking him for his support all these while.
Hence, I put this incident in my heart. From my experience, I know that anyone who did not write the notes well will definitely come back to ask me again.
A few days later, he sent me messages, some of which were raising the same questions that I had explained on the day of the audit.
I told him, "While I do not mind answering the same questions again, if you had brought a notebook that day, you would have written it down."
You and I would not need to repeat ourselves again.
I also wrote, "I am slightly disappointed in you."
His reply, "Well noted on your disappointment. Will pay attention to own thoughts/actions for better changes."
"You should apologise to me. It is wrong of you to ignore my reminders to bring a notebook."
This is akin to lying to me. If you do not wish to bring, say it outright. Don't brush me off with perfunctory thanks.
He did apologised later and graciously gave me the permission to write about this, to remind my readers.
If your future is destined to be difficult, be it in your marriage, career, family or wealth, you must be extra observant of your every action and deed.
Because every little thought of yours, every seemingly minor decision you made, will lead you step-by-step to fall into the manhole of your pre-destined bad fortune.
You will miss out on what I repeatedly tell you to do.
You will write wrongly, hear wrongly, remember wrongly and do wrongly.
The people around you will influence you. They will tell you not to listen to me, or any well-meaning advice to transform your destiny. They will say that you doing so is making them unhappy and uncomfortable.
You will be unwillingly to fork out money even when you can afford it. You want to live off the compassion of mine and get free help, on the empty claim that you have no money.
You will be wilful. You will be stubborn. You will think that there is no big deal about Chinese Metaphysics and that what you say matters the most in your life. Despite not having any ability or past achievement to support that fat bold claim.
Because you have already become that little string puppet, being dangled around mercilessly by your negative karma.
My sternness is to pull you away from that manhole of mishaps. Do not live your life in a blur. Do not drag your family down with you to suffer at the hands of karma.
Not everyone can stand up right again, after a really bad fall.
Who doesn't wish to be that well-liked person? But since ancient times, an overly loving mother often leads to a useless son.
In modern society, the self confidence of every man and woman tend to come from his/her career. But happiness and bliss will always come from your family.
So never ever choose to be selfish.
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