IF MONEY WAS A HUMAN, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? 🤔
For me, money used to look like Scrooge, the protagonist of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.
I was afraid of Scrooge. I was very much afraid of money.
Of course, I didn’t go around panting:
“Check this 1 dollar note! I’m terrified!”
The fear was hidden deep in my subconscious.
To me, money was an evil force that would 1) turn me into a bad person 2) make me become an undesirable woman. And 3) the more money there is, the less love there will be.
At a subconscious level, because I was afraid of money I wanted to get rid of them, fast.
So I spent all the money I made. And I was terrible at asking for money, even when it was a fair exchange for my hard work.
I told myself: “Do what you love and money will follow” - which, by the way, is one of the most over-romanticized lies ever invented.
𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞-𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥.
It was when my partner and I held each other crying. We just came back from a 3-day retreat. We were exhausted when we found out that we barely broke even.
That wouldn’t happen if I paid attention to our cash flow.
But I didn’t, I was too afraid of Scrooge.
After that wake-up call, I started to feel suspicious.
“Maybe I have some unacknowledged problems with money.”
I began an inner expedition to explore my money issues and build a better relationship with money. From replacing my limiting money beliefs to healing my money wounds.
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9度。聽日繼續凍。
有人問"hot red wine"之recipe,我索性搵番呢篇出嚟:Mulled wine,原來已是8年前寫的。(天寒地凍,唔使聖誕,真係好啱)
//狄更斯顯然也愛這種加糖加香料的冬日暖酒。不同書作中他都花不少篇幅描述此酒,《 A Christmas Carol》更奠定了 mulled wine在“ Christmas culinary history”的地位。書末,覺悟了的孤寒財主 Scrooge邀請窮苦的員工 Bob一起喝 mulled wine,但文中稱之為「冒煙的主教」(“ A merrier Christmas, Bob…… and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon over a bowl of Smoking Bishop!”)。
Mulled wine源溯古羅馬時代,到了 14世紀才因“ muddle”(混在一起)一字得名,取其把各式香料和酒胡亂地混在一起的意思,是歐洲多國:英、法、意、德、以至荷蘭丹麥瑞典芬蘭北歐諸國,及至東歐各國的傳統聖誕熱酒。
把紅酒倒進煲裏,任何最普通的紅酒都可以,加入適量的糖,中火煮熱,再加橙片、檸檬皮、肉桂條、豆蔻、丁香、雲呢拿豆莢等等慢火細煮, Jamie Oliver的秘訣是......
香料的分量組合不同人不同國家有不同秘方,各適其適, Jamie Oliver的「酒譜」還加入月桂葉、八角和青檸, Cocktail之王 Dale deGroff的北歐版有杏仁片和提子乾,狄更斯則主張投入砵酒或“ a tot of orange brandy”,讓味道和勁道更豐。
冬夜,酒煮得一室又香又暖,就算沒有窗外白雪窩心壁爐,寒天熱酒,一杯在手,和親近和親愛的人共享,叫你臉上發光,關節發暖。
我的版本呢,是文華酒店的處方......小時候聖誕的味道總滿溢聖誕樹的松香和文華酒店的 mulled wine香,於我是聖誕節的 Chanel No.5,松香牽着酒香牽着一家人的笑聲,除了溫暖,就是溫馨。
如今是“ Not on the menu”了,特別多謝文華酒店糕餅部的 Clara,許多年前我因為懷念昔日的味道,去尋找昨日的 mulled wine,文華果然是文華,她待客以誠地為路人甲如我張羅,請酒店師傅特別做了 mulled wine sachet,解我纖瘦的思念。現每逢在港度聖誕,我都會找她。
“ I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”– Charles Dickens//
#mulledwine #SmokingBishop
#狄更斯 #CharlesDickens
#文華酒店 #MandarinOriental
#hospitalitySecondToNone
#仍然多謝Clara
#到底我寫咗酒幾多年🤔
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🎄Dec 23 — 聖誕倒數 2 天🎄 🌟文豪狄更斯令人憐憫的童年🌟
⛄《A Christmas Carol》(小氣財神) 是家喻戶曉、廣受喜愛的聖誕經典,而主角的名字 "Scrooge" 已經成為吝嗇之人的代名詞。今年耶誕,帶孩子認識文學鉅作背後的作者吧!
⛄ 在 Magic Tree House (神奇樹屋) 第 44 本*《A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time》,兄妹檔傑克與安妮來到維多利亞時期的倫敦,碰到沮喪、想放棄寫作的年輕狄更斯。
⛄ 書裡不但描繪英國工業革命帶來的極端貧富差,更娓娓敘述狄更斯的慘澹童年: 年幼時父親因債入獄、為了求生被迫當童工的艱辛人生歷程。這樣的背景卻造就出這樣的人才,令人欽佩不已!
⛄ *註: 此書在新編版本中序號為 Merlin Missions 第 16 本
⛄ 購書歡迎參考此連結: https://www.sanmin.com.tw/Product/index/003233571
#廖彩杏老師 #聖誕倒數 #英文童書
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