Brown rice / 糙米飯

這幾天迷上看「深夜食堂」漫畫，雖然其中的食物很吸引人，但對我來說更動人的是每ㄧ道菜背後的人的故事，這一部書在下雨天讀療癒的效果特別強大。

I have been addicted to the Japanese comic series--Shinya Shokudo about a restaurant that is open from midnight to 7 a.m. The cook prepares all kinds of food, as long as you name it for his late-night customers. Though the food described in the comics are very tempting, for me, it's the stories behind every dish that tug at my heartstrings. Reading the books on rainy days has a strong healing effect.

受到漫畫的影響，今天下班之後很想畫食物的速寫，於是我盯著餐桌上的一盒糙米飯，一粒一粒地畫了起來，觀察著每一顆米不同的姿態，原本有些浮躁的心情漸漸沈澱，取而代之的是平靜的喜悅。

Influenced by the comics, I felt like drawing sketches of food after work today. I stared at a box of cooked brown rice on the table and started to draw it grain by grain. As I observed the difference and position of every grain, I gradually calmed down. In the end, my whole being was filled with peaceful joy. 

雖然我很努力地用科學家的態度面對世界，但我不得不說食物也有生命，它們自有和人們交流的方式。

Though I've been trying to look at the world from a scientist's perspective, but I can't help thinking, food has life too and it interacts with people in its peculiar ways.