好多東西都在漲價…

Forget caviar and lobster; basics are pricey enough
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照片出處: Seattle Times

Cost of dairy farming is rising with milk prices
Year Farms Cows
1996 902 257,000
1997 825 253,000
1998 770 248,000
1999 725 247,000
2000 680 246,000
2001 655 246,000
2002 630 247,000
2003 602 247,000
2004 585 240,000
2005 560 237,000
2006 550 233,000
Source: Washington Dairy Products Commission (Seattle PI 報導裡的資料).

Side Note:
UW ranked 11th on public-university list
Police to increase patrols downtown
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Youths say parents are their heroes
Working women could use a wife
Top party school: West Virginia

Medical Side Note:
Sales of pain-killers in state up 96 percent since 1997
Virus may be partly to blame for obesity
Wanted: athletes with defibrillators

還沒聽這麼久的華文歌…

新聞, 找到了他本人的部落格和他放在 YouTube 上的創作. 不過對我來說, 真正吸引我的反而是那些唱關於馬來西亞的歌.

在這裡讀書的那段時間裡, 我大多數的朋友都是從馬來西亞或泰國來的華人. 聽他的歌就想到我那些馬來西亞的朋友, 不少人講話就是那麼的粗. 聽他個歌詞內容就像那些朋友敘述的一樣. 可是他們對國家的愛卻又是那麼的強烈.

還沒有聽過這麼久的華文歌, 還重複的聽同樣的歌那麼多次… :-p