il Giardino Romantico

英國人說懶也是懶得可以。反正閒著也是閒著。寫論文寫到悶寫到煩，怎麼都不會想到要出來透透氣來聚會一下哩？前幾個禮拜我就發出email問大家什麼時候有空。回傳給我的人附上了日期就決定在某天出來聚一聚。其實我的要求不高。你們看文看到現在也應該發現，除非是我一個人單獨行動才會對地點有所要求。如果是跟朋友，因為有他們的陪伴，去哪裡做什麼我都比較不會太在意。[除非是太花錢或是我真的沒興趣想做的事情... ]

English people can be quite lazy sometimes.  Even when they have nothing to do, or if they get so fed up with their dissertation, they wouldn't even think about getting a small group together for some fun.  I sent off an email a couple of weeks ago to arrange this.  After getting people's replies, I set out a date for us to meet and catch up. You should know by now, that it is only when I'm alone, when I'm more picky about where I go.  If I'm with friends, I really don't mind where we go or what we do, unless of course, if it costs too much or if they intend to do something I have absolutely no interest in doing... ]

結果這天下午我們約了五點見面。我臨時被找去做校園導覽，怕五點來不及到，事先跟他們講好說我會晚點到。後來約在校園的pub碰面聊了兩小時後，肚子也餓了，就來去吃東西去。我們幾個現在都正處於水深火熱狀態。當然不可能有多餘的時間去賺更多零用錢，所以只好找一家好吃又便宜的簡餐店。說真的，不用太期待會有多好吃，但是事實上，因為少了這份期待，往往結果都會出乎你的預料之外唷！

We met at five that afternoon.  I was called in to do a campus tour, and thought I might be a little late.  I told them I would be there, so they needn't worry about me not showing up.  After we finally met, we chatted for about two hours till hour tummies got hungry.  As we are all in the midst of our busiest times, and could not afford to make extra income to support ourselves, all we could afford was cheap food that could fill our tummies.  Seriously, there is no need to get all excited.  But in fact, it is because of this exact reason, that makes this meal extra surprising!


雞肉咖哩。


我的蔬菜咖哩。

第一口吃下去有給他嚇一跳。挺好吃的哩！還是我太容易滿足了哩？不過吃到後來還是有稍微給他辣到一下。又是飯又是薯條的這種吃法，還真是不習慣。不過也是挺有意思的。

I was quite surprised by the first bite.  It was rather delicious.  Or was it because I'm so easily satisfied?  After a couple of mouthfuls, it became quite spicy, but still tolerable.  It's not often that I get to consume rice and chips at the same time.  What a strange feeling.


雞肉kebab。


綜合kebab。

我跟我同學們說，kebab的吃法很有意思。因為小時候大人不是都會教我們不要玩食物嗎？但是吃kebab的時候就好像可以名副其實的玩自己的食物。哈哈～

I told my mates that kebabs are interesting.  It's a legitimate way of 'playing with your food'. 


起司蛋糕。

起司蛋糕只有兩個人點。不過大家都有嚐到一口。挺不錯的。雖然好像是買現成的，店家只要稍微退冰一下就可以上桌，但這種小店家，何必太講究呢？

Only two of us ordered cheese cake, but everyone got a bite.  It was quite good.  Although all the had to do was defrost it [probably], there is really no need to be too picky on a restaurant this size, is there?

天仙念：吃完之後我們又回去pub聊了一小時才肯宣佈散會。這天最令人感動的是我們來自沙烏地阿拉伯的那位回教徒同學也來跟我們一起去pub聊天然後吃晚餐囉！[當然，他喝的是果汁... ]