在人生旅途上,大家不住的往前低頭疾走,向着自己的人生目標進發。每天營營役役無事忙,有沒有想過為何?有幾許會提醒自己慢下步伐,關心一下跟自己萍水相逢,或在旁邊擦身而過,或於人生交滙點有緣碰上的您?

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Friends are like Wine

"Friends are like wine:
You picked them up when they were young,
Some, you would like to keep for long while others will come and go,
Good friends could be "aged", get mellow as time goes by, and get better,
Not so good ones will turn sour after several years,
For those who has the potential to "age", the longer they age,
the more you treasure them, because you know that they cannot be replaced.

Older vintages are harder to get,
and there is no guarantee of their availability.
Even though they are available, it will cost you a lot.
Because older vintages will only get scarce, that's the fact.

Some people have a good and wide variety of collections,
Some only keep the newest vintages from specific regions;
Some don't know and lost track of what they have;
And some don't even bother to have their cellar checked!

I'm glad that I know I have a cellar for me here,
part of my "California Collections" are from the early years,
Which I am going to keep for the rest of my life,
If they are willing to be "aged" with me tight......"

23 comments:

Garfield said...

do i have the honor to become of one of them?=)

Hachiko Monogatari said...

千金易得,知己难求。若在人的一生中能有那么一个,就真是不枉此生了!

程霜 said...

Corinne: You already in my new batch! Plan to let it "aged".

Hachiko: "Sau-does-nai"! ;P

Hachiko Monogatari said...

程霜 san, Nihongo ga dekimashita ne... subarashi! :)

Hyacinthus said...

陳年醇酒,多年?自然好友 :)

Carrie said...

Can I choose what kind of wine to be? =P

程霜 said...

Hachiko san: You think I really know some Japanese? I wish! :P

Hyacinthus: Old aged wine are reserved to treat good friends. Need to learn how to drink before you can join the fun! haha!

Carrie, As long as it is not 2003 Canoe Ridge Gewurztraminer, that's fine!......hehehehehe ;P

This wine is too young, too thin, too fragile, no depth, color not pleasing (too pale),
girl should look pinky/red, so go with
red! That will help to improve blood circulation too.

Anonymous said...

Patience is important for the wine to be aged.

Hachiko Monogatari said...

Make new friends, do not forget old friends;
New is silver, old is gold.

shyougai no tomo

Carrie said...

Hahaaaa...I really like you, pal! I wanna be CHOYA...hahaa....

Garfield said...

hmm... I want to be the oldest vintage. You just can't stop "drinking" it. =)

Hyacinthus said...

"Old aged wine are reserved to treat good friends", that's true friend.

"Need to learn how to drink before you can join the fun! haha!"

-______________-!!! a hot chocolate please...

Hachiko Monogatari said...

carrie san, CHOYA nomimasu ka? suppai desu yo!

中译: 你喝 CHOYA 吗?那是酸的啊!:)

梁巔巔 said...

4th Nov., 05, Happy Birthday!

Hachiko Monogatari said...

Honto desu ka? 程霜 san, tanjyoubi omedeto gozaimasu ne!

程霜 said...

JY: same concept applied to friendship, there are many factors to considered to make a good bottle, but all it takes is one mistake to make the bottle becomes sour.

Hachiko San: I think you need to add a Chinese or English translation to your messages in the future. We all need to learn ar-ie-ur-ei-all from scratch!

Carrie: I don’t know much about Choya, but to LDD, you are always as sweet as Moscato. :P

Corinne: yeah, aged wine got higher value. Let’s hope our value keep increasing, so we can forget about how much our blog worth, right LDD and 風信子/Hyacinthus?

Hyacinthus: Hot Chocolate? Ng-Hai-Fa? How about Kahlua and cream on rock (or black Russian)?

LDD: Thank you thank you! Dec 6th, I will remember that……

Hachiko: ????? Kor-lei-wah…..nun-does-ga? :P (What are you trying to say???? )

Garfield said...

thank you cs=)

Carrie said...

I don't know why I like Choya so much, especially the soda and the honey-dew version. Probably, I usually drink it during festive occasions at home. It recalls me warm times with family.

程霜 said...

Choya is a good ingredient for cocktails.

Hyacinthus said...

Hot Chocolate no good mei?
It gives me a warm feeling while winter time and comfort my heart in someway as well :)

Pema said...

很有意思....Pema

程霜 said...

Hyacinthus: Hot cholocate got too mcuh sugar ma....yeah, having hot drinks next to a fire place in winter time, covered your legs with a blanket, without lights, just watching the sparks and the flame dancing around is a really nice and romantic experience. :)

Pema, you mean hot chocolate or wine?

Pema said...

hot chocolate, wine and this "friends are like wine"

cheers
Pema