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EENY — MEENY — MINEY — MO A happy hum from a Sami hunter. 意尼 — 咪尼 — 蜜尼 — 眸 * 一位北歐沙米獵鹿人愛哼的數數兒 韻律 。 *「 倆者取其一」的兒童數數兒 遊戲韻律

GOING WITH THE FLOW On the rainy day I do nothing but watch the rain. 順其自然 下雨天時就賞雨囉。

TYPOGRAPHY Being beautiful is more important than being meaningful. 文字造型 字形美感大於內容含意。

In Finnish Lakeland I kept shouting: Be quite, Mosquitoes! I am not deaf yet. 在芬蘭的湖區 我不斷吶喊著： 閉嘴，饒舌的蚊子, 我可還沒聾呢。