窝格活力记事本

Preview - Palawan, Philippine

2010-06-30T10:19:00.003+08:00

I went to Palawan Island for a short trip last weekend. The blue blue sky and blue blue sea recalled me of the nice memories of Redang trip on May 2009...

最开心的时刻 Most Happy Moment

2009-12-13T01:11:00.002+08:00

她在看见彩虹的时候最开心，他最开心的是看见公司上市。
你可以回家的时候最开心，我最开心的是当你问我要不要跳出去……

Her most happy moment was when she saw the rainbow, his was watching his own company listed in stock market.
Your most happy moment is going back home, mine was when you ask me if I wanted to Jump...

混血 Half Blood

2009-09-21T16:29:00.000+08:00

屋主搬离开后遗弃在屋外的小花。本以为它会自生自灭，怎知道一晃就过了一年，还开出了漂亮的混色花。

When my landlord move out, he left over some flowers outside the house. At first, I thought that these flowers will die off as no one is putting in effort to take care of them. Who knows, they still manage to grow up well and bloom with mixed color flowers.

想象的力量 Power of Imagination

2009-09-19T01:47:00.003+08:00

我很喜欢刚刚才看完“游戏王”电影的结局。整部戏讲的是一个坏人如何利用科技来控制他人跟着他的意念去行事。

Just back from watching the movie "Gamer" and kinda like how it ends. This movie is talking about how a bad guy control other people's motion through his thoughts using a mind control technology.

在电影结尾的时候，戏里的好人正在很努力地要将手中的刀子捅进坏人的肚子以置坏人于死地。但是，坏人却用通过思想成功阻止了好人的行动，并将刀子转回来对着好人。在僵持不下的时候，好人对坏人说了一句话：“不如你尝试想象我真在将刀子捅进你腹部？”。这让坏人流冷汗的句子成功深深地烙印进他的脑子，并慢慢地将刀子转向插进怀人的肚子。

At the end of the movie, the good guy is trying very hard to stab a knife into the bad guy's stomach but somehow stop by the bad guy's thought. The good guy then tells the bad guy :"Try to imagine that I'm stabbing the knife into your stomach". And guess what ? The knife slowly turned direction towards the bad guy that started to imagine on what he was being told.

当我听见那句话的时候是感到震惊的。这就是所谓想象力的力量！虽然我曾经从书本或文章上读过很多关于想象力的例子，但这活生生的例子却是能够将它的意思表达得淋漓尽致。真的很佩服戏里的好人能够利用人这个听了就会想象的弱点拯救了自己的性命。

I was stunned when I hear that speech. This is the power of imagination ! I had been reading articles and books that talk about examples on this but this movie scene just illustrated the best part out of it. This good guy is just so clever to use the weakness of the human's imaginary in order to save himself from death.

一直以来我都向身边的朋友强调想象的强大力量。只要一直想象着自己要达到的目标，那总有一天是能够达到的。观赏了这部电影后，我更加地肯定成功之前只要透过想象力去相信要达到的目标，那么在加上一些的努力就一定能够达到目标的。=)

I told many friends that power of imagination is tremendously incredible. As long as we believe in what we want to achieve, then we will manage to do it by end of the day. After watching this movie, I'm just more firm that no matter what I'm going to do, as long as I'm firm and imagine the scene when I successfully achieve it, I'll be able to do it one day. =)

婚礼摄影 Wedding Photography

2009-09-17T22:39:00.003+08:00

去年文宾妮燕结婚时用S2 IS拍摄的照片
Photo taken last year during BP & NY's wedding with my S2 IS

这个周末将会很忙碌，路上的人们赶着回家过年。星期天我得赶场-做兄弟为亮哥接新娘兼职拍照、然后晚上又要喝志彬杏芝的喜酒。

另外，好不容易才能够安排到时间为俊源拍摄休闲版的结婚纪念照。更想不到的是，俊源竟然心情好到答应我的提议——到昔加末去拍摄他的结婚纪念照。这样方便我回家，又同时能够带他们两公婆去走走，哈哈！

感谢阿亮和俊源给我机会磨练摄影技巧，我一定会努力为大家呈现最好的照片的！

This coming weekend will be a busy weekend. Many people will be hitting the road to go back kampung for Hari Raya celebration while my timetable is packed with photography sessions. On Sunday, I'm going to be Liang's wedding photographer at Nilai during day time while attending CP & SJ's wedding dinner back at Melaka.

Besides, so glad that JG manage to free up his time for casual version of wedding photo shooting session on Monday. Something that even surprised me is that he agreed to pay a visit to my kampung, Segamat for the photo shooting session. With this arrangement, I can go back home for holiday and also bring the couple to visit around Segamat at the same time, haha.

thanks to Liang & JG for giving me the chance to polish my photo shooting skills. I'll try my best to meet your expectation!

一路顺风 All The Best

2009-09-13T20:34:00.002+08:00

我比较习惯称慧芬为广东发音的“飞鸿”。十多年前开始是这样子，相信以后也是如此。虽然有时会比较正式地叫她做阿Fon，但习惯了的叫法还是无法完全改过来。

I'm more used to call Fion as "Fei Hung" when I talk to her. 10+ years back was like this, and I believe it will be exactly the same too. Although sometime I'll call her more official name Fon, but somehow I had get used to what I had been doing for years.

这个强女子独自到河内去工作了三年多，现在又毅然放下所有事情到英国去继续深造。当我知道的时候真的从心里面佩服她的勇气，挑战了在语言不通的国家后接着挑战下雪的国度。给我这个恋家的人，应该需要很很很大的勇气才敢这么做吧？

This tough lady had been working at Hanoi for 3+ years before she decided to let go everything to further her studies to UK. I was really admiring her when she told me her decision on this for her braveness to challenge the snow climate after taking down the difficulties to live in a nation that she totally have no idea what they are talking to her.

在这里要祝慧芬明天的飞机一路顺风，好好地享受一年的学生身份。还有，谢谢她在我去年的北越行的“鼎力相助”，让整个旅途十分顺利和开心。

I just want to take this opportunity to wish Fon all the best and enjoy her new identity as a student for next 1 year. Besides, thank you very much for helping out on last year's North Vietnam trip as it was a very nice and enjoyable trip for me.

当我想到明年的过年贺卡上可以用“学业猛进”来祝贺她的时候，嘴角就忍不住要往上翘了 =p

When I think that I'm going to write for her on next Chinese New Year card, I just can't stop my mouth to curve up =p

已经不新的新钞 No Longer A New Notes

2009-09-12T10:40:00.004+08:00

几个月前，国家银行发行了新的五十零吉新钞。不定时看报纸的我是在提钱的时候才发现原来有这么的一回事。

Few months back, Bank Negara launched the new Fifty Ringgit notes. I only get to know this new notes when I was drawing money from ATM as I didn't have chance to read newspaper everyday.

和之前的五十零吉钞票比较之下，感觉上新钞的面积小了许多，但实际上却只缩水了那么几毫分。还有，新钞正面的元首头也缩小了，不知是不是暗示着我们元首的统治者地位没有以前那么高了？另外，原本被切成两半当背景的国花大红花终于正式地被带到前面来，娇艳地绽放它的马来西亚式热情。

Comparing to the previous RM50 notes, I feel like the new notes shrink down a lot, but actually it is just few milimeters smaller. Besides, The Agung's drawing also become smaller in the new notes. I'm wondering if someone is trying to hint that the power that our Agung holds had been sliced down a lot. On the other hand, it is good to see that they finally bring the picture of our national flower, Hibiscus from background ( that cut into 2 on top and bottom ) to foreground and painted it with striking red, seems like trying to express its Malaysian style of passion to everyone.

至于背面么，之前被引以为傲的钻油台被换成棕油树。这象征着即将没落的国家汽油工业正悄悄地被棕油种植业取代了，再加上近几年才开始成为主流的生物科技工业，应该会是将棕油原产品摆上国际舞台的背后推手。可是，我怎么想也想不透究竟那个国父被放在同一个地方是代表着什么意思。

On the back of this new notes, the image of petroleum drilling platform that was one the proud of our nation had changed to image of palm oil plantation. This represents that our petroleum industry is shading out from the country's major focus as the petroleum stock available is deteriorating in a very fast speed. On the other hand, palm oil plantation industry, which is a very hot industry in the country, together with the help of bio-technology industry, brings the hope of the nation to shine at international level. But somehow, I can't figure out why they put Tunku's image there, just feel like the nation's independence warrior doesn't relate to the palm oil industry that well.

欸，干吗我在写完这篇文章的时候觉得自己好像是有点在帮忙政府讲话的感觉？

Err, why I have the feelings like I'm talking on the behalf of the government when I try to wrap up this passage ?

Note : Agung = King

星期三的羽球会 Wednesday's Badminton Game

2009-09-12T10:16:00.005+08:00

休息了靠近两个月没有打羽球，我又回到球场上了。虽然还是有点担心脊椎骨微移位的问题，但我决定恢复运动看看究竟会有多大的影响。

After almost 2 months rest without badminton game, I'm back in the game. Although I still have some concern on the micro dis-allocation issue on my back bone, but I decided to resume sports to see how big impact it will be.

零食小站的大熊扑满 Bear "Tong Kong" for Snack Station

2009-09-05T11:43:00.003+08:00

前天请两个助理到佳士客的佐尼火锅餐馆吃开斋晚餐。大小S两个活宝整个过程都叽叽喳喳地讲个不停，让我发现一个喜欢吃肉一个喜欢吃菜的她们在常笑的脸背后，也是希望工程师们可以用朋友的身份静静地聆听她们的声音。而这，是她们在公司里面并不容易得到一样东西。

Two days ago, I treat two engineering aides that very close with me for a Buka Puasa dinner at Johnny's in Jusco store. These two funny fella were talking non-stop along the dinner, making me realized that besides letting others know that one of them likes vegetable a lot while the other prefers more meat, they also wish that their engineers can just sit down and listen to them like a friend. And, this is something that they hardly get in the office.

吃饱后，大S到佳士客去购买她最喜欢的维尔尼达冰淇淋。小S和我不约而同地在冷藏部发现一个可爱的熊形扑满，扑满里面装了许多的水果布丁。在没有多想的情况下，我就决定把它买下来了。

After dinner, Big S go into Jusco store to grab her favorite Vienetta ice cream. At the same time, little S and I spot ted a cute bear shape "Tong Kong" that filled with fruit pudding in it. Without a second thought, I decided to bring it home.

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多年前我到美国硅谷的总公司，在他们的办公室里发现一个我个人很欣赏的摆设——零食角落。人们在想要吃零食的时候就会去拿自己喜欢的货品，然后根据价钱表上的数目将零钱放在事先准备好的罐子里。每个办公室都会有个人负责定期收集这些零钱来维持零食的货源充足。“如果马六甲的人可以像你们这样诚实地付钱就好了”，我记得当时是这样告诉带我去买零食的大肥约翰。

Few years ago when I was introduced with an idea that I personally like it very much - The Snack Corner in my Santa Clara HQ office. When someone wish to get a snack, he/she will just go grab one from the Snack Corner and pay per listed price on the menu in a pre-prepared box. There is someone that will constantly collect the money and ensure that all food are being re-filled. "It will be great if the Malaccan can pay honestly like you guys here", I remembered that I told Big John when he was introducing the Snack Corner to me.

先涵是马六甲办公室里第一个实现类似零食角落概念的人，她的柜子里总是充满了个各式各样的零食。知道这件事情的人总是会时不时到她的柜子里去找东西吃，我本身就是其中一个馋嘴的人。可是，和鬼佬不同的是——大方的主人并没有向我们这些贪吃鬼收取一分一毫的费用。不时，有良心的人就会赞助一些货品，但一部分的零食却是有去无回。

Tantan is the first one to practice the idea of Snack Corner in our office, her cabinet is always full with various kind of food. Those that know about this will always go to find snack from her cabinet and I'm also one of them. But, different from the Americans, the kind owner is willing to share her food with everyone free of charge. Although some guys will sponsor some food from time to time, but some of them just never think of this.

为了减轻零食小站主人的负担，我决定把大熊扑满放在零食小站，并在它大大的肚子上面贴一个告示牌。目的是要利用它可爱的样子“感动”（好不要脸的讲法）所有零食小站的顾客，记得在拿取货品后要付钱！毕竟，天下是没有白吃的午餐，因为只有这样我们才能够确保零食小站能够长久地经营下去。

In order to help to reduce tantan's burden, I decided to put my bear "Tong Kong" at her cabinet and paste a notice shown in the photo above on its tummy. I hope that by doing this, it will help to encourage the "customers" to pay for the food that they take in order for us to help sustain the Snack Corner for long time.

p/s : "Tong Kong" is money bank ( a.k.a. piggy bank ) in Hokkien language

给你，还有你 For you, and you

2009-09-04T00:03:00.003+08:00

生气真的能够解决问题吗？
意气用事真的能够达到目的吗？
大好机会，为什么就这样白白浪费掉呢？
难道真的是我们老了，你们却还来不及成熟？

Can angry solve the problem ?
Can emotional achieves your motive ?
What a great opportunity, why just wasted like this ?
Is that really true that we are getting old while you guys just not yet getting matured ?

危楼 Danger House

2009-09-03T22:03:00.005+08:00

我也不知什么时候发生的。那增建的厨房就这么样和屋子的主体分家了。看来是时候认真地找新房子搬了……

I totally have no idea when this happened. The kitchen wall detached from main house just like that. Looks like it is time to search for a new rental house seriously...

肉麻

2009-09-01T21:51:00.003+08:00

SK II与我曾经是很要好的朋友、相当固定的晚餐同伴，一直到今年的情人节。他开始拍拖后，我们一起吃晚餐的机会就少了。更加不用说车大炮和吐苦水了，有时还要照顾到人家女友的感受。

幸好，我们还是很好的朋友，加上他女友也是我的朋友，常常都有玩在一起。就这样糊里糊涂之下，我变成了他的老婆，她还是他的女友。熟悉的朋友们都知道我们的“三角关系”，常常拿我们来开玩笑。

有天，我没有人陪伴吃晚餐，就通知这个哎呀老公要吃饭时邀我一起去。怎知道，他们两个人竟然把我忘了“独自”去偷欢。我显掉的当儿，就用公司电话拨了SK II的手机，目的是不要让他知道究竟拨电话的人是谁。电话接通后，我就开始学赵建华唱歌，唱的是“我是不是你最疼爱的人？你为什么不说话？”。电话里传来一阵沉默，然后“噢！我竟然把你忘记了！”

过后当我爬上SK II转回来载我的车时，他女友用十分鄙视的眼神看着我说：“你真的很肉麻叻~”……

生日快乐 Happy Birthday

2009-08-31T23:45:00.002+08:00

Setia

Demi negara yang tercinta
Di curahkan bakti penuh setia
Demi raja yang disanjung tinggi
Kesetiaan tak berbelah bagi

Kepada pemimpin kepada rakyat
Khidmat diberi penuh taat
Sama bekerja sama berusaha
Setia berkhidmat untuk semua

Rela berkorban apa saja
Amanah bangsa tetap dijaga
Kami berikrar penuh setia
Untuk agama, bangsa dan negara

就这么样，我们的国家又老了一岁。虚龄五十二，实龄四十六岁。
我知道我这么讲一定有很多人不同意，但我坚持认为马来西亚是在一九六三年才正式成立的。不然，总觉得很对不起东马的朋友们。毕竟，一九五七年马来亚从英国统治下独立的时候他们还不是我们的一分子。
另，我当然也认为马来西亚的国庆日应该是九月十六日。八月三十一日应该是独立日才对。
今天从收音机听见《Setia》这首久违的爱国歌曲，就让我常一遍作为送给我们国家的生日礼物吧……

Another year had passed and our nation get one year older. Claimed to be 52 years old, but actual age is 46 years.
I know a lot of people will not agree on the statement above, but I still insist that Malaysia is actually formed on year 1963 while Malaya earn her independence from British on year 1957. Else, it is very unfair to our Borneo friends that still not with us when Malaya was formed.
Besides, I also think that Malaysia's National Day is on September 16. August 31 should be the Independence Day.
Heard this song again on radio today that was used to be the must play song before 8pm news everyday. Please allow me to sing it again as my present to our nation...

肉骨茶 Bak Kut Teh

2009-08-29T22:37:00.004+08:00

两个月前，宿舍外面新开了一间肉骨茶店。这是顺发第十八间分店，单单听那称号就有点好奇为何他们可以那么串。一直很想去尝试究竟有多好吃，可惜我的生活充实到没有机会这么做 =p

A new Bak Kut Teh shop started its business two months ago nearby my hostel. This is the 18th Soon Huat's branch, they claimed. This had triggered my curiosity wishing to find out how good they are but my life was so packed where I hardly find a chance to do so =p

好不容易抓到空挡，趁早上回家“欢度”国庆日假期前与来马六甲游玩的老弟去试味道。一踏进店里就看见墙上挂着一幅以“爱”为题的字画，蛮有意思的，就拍下来与大家分享。

Finally, I drag my brother that come for sight-seeing trip to pay them a visit before heading back home to celebrate the National Day holiday. Saw this meaningful writing about "Love" in the shop and hence take a photo of it to share with you guys.

这是店里的食物菜单，感觉上价钱有稍微的比附近的“阿兰肉骨茶”贵…… 但当我发现店里的师傅是用火炭炉来煮我们的肉骨茶时，就觉得其实那样的价钱还可以啦~

Here is the menu of their food. My first thought was they are charging us slightly more expensive than "Ah Lan Bak Kut Teh" which is just located nearby until I noticed that they are using charcoal stove to cook our Bak Kut Teh ! hardly we can find a shop that use charcoal to cook Bak Kut Teh nowadays liao...

食物上桌咯~ 茶汤还蛮不错，清清淡淡地不会有那种太多味精让人吃了口渴的感觉。用炭炉慢火熬的肉骨也能吸收药茶的味道，而且并没有被煮得太久而变得太“老”（又干又硬）了。

Here is our food. The soup taste quite okay as I'm not having the thirsty feel just what I experience when tasting food with too much MSG added. Slow cook with charcoal stove manage to soak the pork with nice herbal taste and keep the tangy bite feel after a long time cook.

还有，最重要的是：后来还钱的时候发现，两杯中国茶两碗芋头饭一煲肉骨茶加金针菇加油条，一共是二十一零吉。一个人差不多十零吉，价钱还差不多啦……

Last but not least, I realized that 2 cup of Chinese tea, 2 bowl of yam rice, 1 pot of Bak Kut Teh with Enoki mushroom topping and deep-fried bread stick just cost me RM21. The price is actualy still ok la...

第九个月 Ramadan

2009-08-28T21:39:00.000+08:00

斋戒月已经过了一个星期，还有三个星期就是马来新年了……

总是很期待马来新年的到来，因为……又有假期了！嘻嘻 ;)

当然，我也很期待能够有机会早回家去逛售卖开斋美食的市集。很怀念美味的黄姜饭和夹有牛肉的印度飞饼，虽然这些食物都很容易让人发胖 >_<

Ramadan started 1 week ago and Aidilfitri is just another 3 more weeks to go...

Had been waiting for Aidilfitri to arrive as I'll have holidays again ! Hehe ;)

Of course, I'm also very excited to find a chance for leaving the office early so that I can go for food hunt at the Ramadan market. I miss the Nasi Briyani and Murtabak so much, altho these foods are very fattening food >_<

暗示 Hint

2009-08-27T20:52:00.001+08:00

七月头，小猪告诉我关于她老大将会回归的消息。一山不能藏二虎；听讲你老大会离开，小猪还悄悄地说。过后，老板也通过婷婷被要求搬家的消息（之前她租了小猪老大的家）间接证实他知道即将发生的事情。

Early July, Piggy told me about the news that her big boss will return to join us back here. "Two tigers can't stay on the same hill, I heard that your big boss will leave.", she whisper to me through phone. Later on, my boss also acknowledged that he knew what will happen by telling me that Teng Teng had been requested to move out from the house she rented from Piggy's big boss.

两个星期前，孔孔就告诉我说她的部门即将由大型的变动。脱离遥控塔的监视当儿，空降大兵和间谍将同时出现，当然少不了一轮的调兵遣将。很伤，可是不能够做什么；我可以从她的语气中感觉到一丝丝的无奈……

Two weeks ago, Kong Kong informed me that there will be a major re-shuffle for her organization. Airborne trooper and spy will reveal themselves once escape from the radar of command tower, not mentioning about the standard procedures of moving people around. "I feel very hurt, but there is nothing I can do", I can feel her willy-nilly emotion when she talk...

上个星期四，有人发现我们老大的车子旁边停了一辆款式一样但颜色不一样的新车。哇!大家都开始议论纷纷，认为小猪的老大回到了；有者甚至跑到窗边去眺望，希望自己能够确认传言的真假。

Last Thursday, someone realized that a new car was parked next to our big boss'. It's exactly the same model but come with different color. Waa... Everyone started to talk about it and thought that Piggy's big boss had returned. Some of them even go to see for themselves beside the window just to make sure that the new car was parked there.

昨天午餐后，当看见老总的马赛地徐徐驾入公司范围，一半的人马上放弃等电梯，两步作三步地爬楼梯回办公室去了。过后看见驾车的是老总女婿时，大家都松了一口气。可是，有个眼尖的人发现我们老大停车的位子已经不一样，主要的停车位已经让出来给新车子了。大家马上轮流到窗边去亲眼确认一下，开始相信工人们在会议室排椅子的举动很不简单，又聚在一起讨论个不停了。

When the god father's car slowly enters the gate after lunch, half of the crowd that were waiting for lift just turned around and take stairs to get back to office. The remaining ones were relieved when they figured out that the driver was the son-in-law but not god father himself. But, this make someone noticed that the parking orientation of the cars had changed - our big boss' car was parked at the front parking lot while the new car was enjoying the main parking lot. This makes everyone in the office to take turn and go verify it again beside the window. All were in discussion again when the workers started to move and arrange chairs in the conference meeting room.

今天一大早就收到伊妹儿通知小猪老大回归的消息，顺便通知大家准时出席过后的沟通会议。终于，大家再也不必就种种的暗示猜测结果了……

This morning, we had been officially informed about the return of Piggy's big boss. At the end of that email, everyone had been informed to attend a mass communication meeting regarding that organization change. At last, everyone get the chance to listen to the official rumors and need not to guess on what is going to happen based on the limited hints available...

晴空万里 Sunny

2009-08-25T23:29:00.005+08:00

过去的几个星期不是灰蒙蒙就是雨朦胧，天空的心情怎么样都不曾真正好起来。

我自己也开始习惯低着头行走：快步 --> 躲进车里避开难闻的烟雾或点点雨滴 --> 冲进目的地。有时，甚至宁愿在吸入最少氧气的情况下快步行，幸好没有因此而半路晕倒 =p

今天靠窗时发现外面的朵朵惊喜，恨不得像要回家把相机拿出来拍个过瘾……

行走时把头抬起来，那些云朵就是这么简单地可爱！

白云一朵朵 Lovely clouds

夕阳犹抱白云半遮面 Evening sun hiding behind the white clouds

For the past few weeks, SKY was either hazy or raining. The mood was never really that good.

I almost get used to the travel mode of fast walk --> get into the car to keep away from hazy air or rain drops --> rush into destination. Sometime I just preferred to take a fast walk with minimum oxygen intake, luckily never faint half way walking =p

A bit surprised when see the nice cloud scenery when standing against the office window today. Feel like wanted to take gate pass and grab camera from home for a cloud shooting session nia...

Raise you head while walking, these clouds are just simply lovely !

野餐 Picnic

2009-08-23T21:23:00.010+08:00

既然已经讲明这次的活动是野餐，几天前我们就商量好谁要准备什么食物，带上山去吃个痛快 -

Since we had declared that we are going to have a picnic at the waterfall, everyone had discussed and agreed on who to prepare what food few days before the trip during our morning break -

香肠和炸鸡块 - 戴安娜把火候控制的很好；香肠不会蒸得皱巴巴太难看，鸡块没有炸焦的痕迹
西瓜和沙拉 - 小弟是早上起来迷迷糊糊地把沙拉洗清洁后才切西瓜。切时感觉到好像西瓜越切越多，出发的时间却越来越靠近
鸡蛋香肠泥 - 雷门本来是打算准备马铃薯泥，后来却不知为什么换成鸡蛋香肠泥了。可能是因为美玲做这道菜比较拿手吧？
炒米粉 - 克雷诗町通宵打麻将的奶奶的杰作；据说是因为担心她没能力一次过炒那么大份而从床上爬起来帮忙炒的
三文治 - 熊猫自告奋勇要准备的背后目的是要将芥末参入几份三文治来作弄人，可是后来因为计划不小心被我说出来而作罢

Sausage & Nugget - Diana did a good job on controlling the fire; the sausages are still in nice round shape while the nuggets are not over-fried
Watermelon & Salad - I wake up early in the morning to wash the salad in a blur blur mode as I worked very late the night before. When come to cutting watermelon, I just feel like the watermelon grows bigger and bigger while the departure time is clicking liao...
Scramble egg with sausage - RayMun was volunteering to make potato salad at the first place. Not sure if he change to this just because of BeeLeng is better at making this ?
Fried Bee Hoon - Good work of Christine's "Lai Lai" after a mahjung marathon night. She climb out of bed to help prepare it worrying that Christine might not able to handle such a big amount of bee hoon...
Sandwich - Panda was so excited and volunteered to prepare this, with a naughty plan to add wasabi in few of the sandwiches. The plan was call off when she find out that I had let the others know about it accidentally =p

稍微平坦的石头被当成餐桌，所有的食物都被摆放在上面。需要稍微低温才好吃/喝的西瓜、沙拉和汽水则事先被放在冰冷的河水里降温。

We use a near flat rock as our dining table, where all the foods are placed on top of it. Watermelon, salad and soda bottles are placed in the chilly water, hoping that the chilly effects can make them taste better.

在开始正式玩水之前，大家先填饱肚子才有力气打水战。

Everyone is busy filling up the stomach prior to the exciting water battle.

在流水对岸的阿蛇懒惰过回来拿食物，就要求我们将香肠和炸鸡块抛过去给他……

Ah Chua that is on the other side of the stream asked us to throw him sausage & nugget as he is lazy to cross over for the food...

本来克雷诗町带了扑克牌让我们可以用“射龙门”的游戏来解决过剩的食物，后来她却用互喂的方式和其他几个人将西瓜给吃完了。厉害！

Christine actually bring along her poker cards so that we can play "In Between" to finish up the unsettled food. Somehow, it turn out to be a watermelon feeding session where we feed each others to finish up the watermelon ! Geng !

金山瀑布野餐记之二
Picnic At Air Panas Waterfall, Part 2

水炮 Water Canon

2009-08-22T23:17:00.006+08:00

这只是一个预告，让大家看看究竟我们是如何难逃水炮的猛烈攻击……
This is just a preview, to let you know how we attacked by the water canon...

金山瀑布野餐记之一
Picnic At Air Panas Waterfall, Part 1

老天也不让我瘦下来 GOD also don't want to let me slim down

2009-08-17T22:48:00.000+08:00

两个星期前：“为什么？为什么老天就是要和我作对？偏偏就在我要下定决心开始走路上班的早上下雨？”我要多运动！而且，这次我真的不是嘴巴讲爽而已叻……

已经连续几个星期天和友人到公园去快步走，也开始将车停放在家然后徒步上班。一边希望先将像怀胎六月的肚腩慢慢消除掉（这可是我两次美国行所为自己留下来的最好纪念品！），另一边也希望过后可以将高涨几年的胆固醇从5.7慢慢降到刚开工时的正常水平。

老天！明天早上别下雨啊……

2 weeks ago : " Why ? Why You want to go against me ? Why you rain on the morning I wanted to start walking to work ? " I want to exercise more ! And, I'm serious this time...

Had been going for fast walk in the park for few weekends and walk to work with my car parked at home, hoping that I can slowly work through to reduce my big big tummy, which is the best souvenir I still keep for myself from 2 business trips to USA. Besides, hope that this effort will help to improve my cholesterol level from 5.7 to a better level just like what I have when I just start to work.

Oh GOD, please don't rain on tomorrow morning...

下一站，金山瀑布 Next Destination, Air Panas Waterfall

2009-08-16T23:25:00.004+08:00

三年前，我和另外七个同事登上了马来半岛南部最高峰——金山。这是我们几个在美丽的公主瀑布下的照片。

3 years ago, I went up Gunung Ledang ( Mt. Ledang, the highest peak at Southern Peninsular Malaysia ) with 7 collegues. This is the photo we took with the beautiful Puteri Waterfall ( Princess Waterfall ).

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自从六月头到云顶后，同事们的出游活动就停顿了下来。一半是因为平时最好的召集人出国公干了，另一半更重要的是工作增加了大家忙得喘不过气来。

最近阿蛇从苏州回来后就一直邀活动，大家又开始慢慢活跃起来了。经过几次的讨论后，决定来次短程的出游——到一个小时车程外的金山瀑布去！

但是，当讨论到谁要成为活动的召集人时，每个人却开始推托说自己办事不力，不能够胜任这个重任。结果，推来推去就叫我这个所谓“有经验去那边”的人负责了。

当拟好伊妹儿（伊妹儿参考英文版本）时，我在想如果可以爬到出名的公主瀑布去野餐的话，就不必在第三湖和其他的游客挤在一起了……

Since our last trip to Genting in early June, the outing activities among the colleges had slow down. This is because the best organizer is still on business trip but most important thing is that everyone is busy with their new work load too.

Chua had been asking everyone to go out since his recent return from China business trip. This had re-activated everyone's mood to look for the next trip. After few canteen discussions, we decided to organize a short 1 day picnic trip to Air Panas Waterfall, which is just an hour drive from Melaka.

Although this news excites everybody, but everyone starts to say that he/she is not capable when come to the election of lead organizer. At last, I was elected to become the organizer with the reason "I have more experience visiting this tourist spots that is located near to my hometown", haha.

When I was drafting the email below, I was thinking that it will be best if we are allowed to hike up to Puteri Waterfall for our picnic as we will not need to share the water pool with all other tourist...

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Hello all,

I’m proposing for a 1 day trip to Air Panas Waterfall ( No idea why they call it Air Panas as the water is cold ) located at foot hill of Gunung Ledang next Saturday, Aug 22. Target plan as below :

0830 – Departure from company car park
0930 – Arrived at Gunung Ledang foot hill car park
1000 – Arrived at 3rd pond after half hour slow hike up the stairs. Enjoy the cooling water & water massage while having picnic beside the pond.
1230 – Start to go down the hill and change for dry clothes at bathroom near car park.
1300 – Lunch at Sagil village to enjoy their famous Wan Tan Mee.
1500 – Arrived back at company car park.

The Gunung Ledang National Park entry fee is RM2 per pax while car parking is RM4 per car. Petrol will be shared by the driver & passengers in the same car, estimated complete trip petrol cost is < RM30.

Pls let me know latest by next Wed, Aug 19 so that we can prepare the food for picnic.

Regards,
No Name

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Thank you

2009-08-15T03:25:00.003+08:00

This morning, I received an email from Angela, a college that I met during my Arlington trip 2 years ago. So glad that someone is enjoying my blog post and this will definitely give me more courage to continue my bilingual post ( on my best ;> ) in future.

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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:58 AM
Subject: Swine Flu blog

I just got around to reading your blog on the swine flu adventure! I really enjoyed it and the things that happened made me laugh! Glad to know you were able to hold on to your fine sense of humor even when in hospital! I was especially shocked when the nurse suggested having family members bring you the water you needed! Glad you and all the friends who went to Bali survived to tell good stories about it.

Regards,
Angela

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带雨回家

2009-08-10T22:17:00.000+08:00

周末回家，老爸问我马六甲常下雨吗？听见我回答“这个星期有几天”时，满脸羡慕地告诉我家里已经几个星期没下雨，园里的树木和蔬菜都快干掉了。

午餐过后，老爸邀我一起去园里帮忙。出门前看见远处白朦胧地，好像是下雨的样子，但老爸认为那些是烟雾。上车时告诉老爸我感觉到雨点滴在头上，但他认为并不会下雨。结果，在园里活动没到十五分钟就下雨了，我们也躲到附近的亭子底下去避雨。

好久没有这么样在园里避雨的感觉了。以前总是喜欢下雨然后躲起来看雨，听雨声滴滴答答打在树叶上和风把树叶吹得沙沙响是很舒服的。加上下雨就代表不必做工，更加快活，嘻嘻！

现在长大了，听雨的心境也不同了。虽然很难再以单纯的心去聆听雨声，但很高兴能够与老爸面对面坐下来交谈。从以前就没有太多的机会与老爸交换意见。难得这场忽大忽小的雨把我们困了一个小时，可以听听他对我事业上发展的意见，为我指点迷津。

我们乘雨稍微停顿时就赶忙回家了。老爸还很无厘头地说了一句：没想到你竟然把马六甲的雨给带回来了……

黑武士 Darth Vader

2009-08-08T22:18:00.002+08:00

下午到英雄广场，突然发现被许多星战里的黑武士包围。但他们并不是真正的黑武士，只是他的兄弟——白武士和青武士。
托烟霾和A型流感的福，许多人（尤其是游客）都纷纷戴上了口罩出门，连一部分的广场工作人员也不例外。
在戏院里面，也零零星星看见一些人戴着口罩看戏。刚好，戏里面也有一个戴着黑色面具的日本忍者。戏里戏外，相映成趣。
总结看来，大家都很怕死。只有我们这些从医院走出来的傻瓜还是没有把威胁放在心上。
晚上到鸡场街喝酒，刚好地理学家有一个店员也戴上了口罩。当同桌的朋友要下单时，他竟然对戴口罩的店员挥手叫到：黑武士！搞到同桌的人都十分尴尬。@.@

I went to Dataran Pahlawan today and found that there were a lot of Darth Vader ( from Star Wars ) around me. But they were not exactly like Darth Vader, just his brothers that come with white or green color.
Thanks to the serious haze and A influenza, a lot of people ( especially tourist ) are wearing mask when they move around, including those employees of the Dataran itself.
In the cinema, I also realized that many audience were wearing their mask during the show. Coincidentally, there is a Japanese ninja that always wearing a black mask in the movie. It was so funny to look at those white / green masks watching black mask's action on screen.
In summary, everybody is afraid of death. Only few of us that stay in the hospital before are still dumb enough to ignore the threat.
At night, we were drinking at Geographer and one of the waitress was wearing a mask too. When the moment one of the friend that try to place an order wave at her and call : "Darth Vader !", all of us feel so embarrassed sitting around the same table as him. @.@

Pisang, not Pizza !

2009-08-07T15:34:00.001+08:00

I brought back some Pisang when go back kampung last weekend. I bring those that turned yellow this morning as breakfast in the office. In the lift to office, met the 2 funny S-es and we had conversation as below -

Me : Hey, Small S ! I brought some Pisang today, want to try ? Nice one ler~
Small S : ( Look at me w/o turning her head ) Monkey !
Me : ( Pretend to look around ) What monkey ? Where ? Where ?
Small S : Only monkey eats Pisang...
Me : Wei wei... How can you talk to me like that when I try to make friends by treating you Pisang ?
Big S : Pisang ? We don't want. If Pizza then of course we want la~
Big S & Small S : ( While walking out of the lift ) Wahahaha...

Embarrassed. I never know so many people don't like to eat Pisang.

奇怪的梦 Weird Dream

2009-08-05T20:37:00.001+08:00

有天早上，我是从梦中惊醒的。

梦是从老板打电话给苏珊开始-
老板：（鬼鬼祟祟的声音）苏珊，无名有在你身边吗？
苏珊：有啊，要干嘛？
老板：叫他帮忙一下，打电话给老板娘。

虽然感到很奇怪，但我还是照做了。
我：哈罗，老板娘？
老板娘：无名，找我什么事？
我：没有什么事啦，只是有人要跟你讲话。你等下呵……

然后我就把我的电话和苏珊的电话上下倒反放在一起，让彼此的播音器对着彼此的麦克风，好让老板可以透过苏珊和我的电话与老板娘讲话。
老板：（用很温柔的声音，听了会鸡皮疙瘩的那种）老婆，你在做什么？
老板娘：（冷冷地）哼，在我两个朋友的家谈天。你不认识她们的。
老板：（感觉上声音假假地）哦！那比比呢？比比还好吗？
老板娘：他现在在我旁边睡觉。有七磅重。

听到老板在和老板娘谈他们家庭里面的私事，我觉得不应该继续听下去，就把两个电话移到被单底下去盖着。这样，我就听不见他们两个人的对话了。但过了一会儿，我又开始担心着不知他们两个谈完了没，因为我总不可能一直那样抓着两个电话不动。

结果，我又把电话从被单下拿出来。
老板：（很内疚的语气）对不起啦，我不是特地没有去的。你自己也知道的嘛，公司里面的工有时候突然跑出来，我也控制不到。
老板娘：（还是很冷淡……）哦，这个已经没有关系了。你已经不用再来了。

这个时候，我的心突然跳很快，就从梦中醒过来了。虽然弄清楚自己是在发梦，担心奇怪的梦会成真。请不要问我为什么我可以把所有电话里的对话听得一清二楚，我自己也不知道。我只知道那是梦里面才会发生的事情，因为我的听觉已经并不是那么好了。

过后我在办公室把梦重复一遍给老板听，听得他哈哈大笑，说我想太多了，梦竟然也可以那么厉害。

附：发这个梦的第二天，听说公主也发了一个和我有关系的梦。但无论我如何追问，她也坚持不肯透露究竟是什么内容。说不要说出来，不然的话事情就不是太好了。无奈。

One morning, I was awake from my dream.

The dream started from a phone call from my boss to Susan.
Boss : ( Sound very secretive ) Susan, is No Name there ?
Susan : Yeah, why ?
Boss : Ask him to help me call my wife ?

Although I have a very weird feelings, but I still make the call.
Me : Hello, lady boss ?
Lady Boss : No Name, you looking for me ?
Me : No la, there is someone who like to talk to you. Hold on...

Then, I place my phone upside down next to Susan's so that the speaker is facing microphone of the other one to allow the Boss to talk to the Lady Boss through the phones.
Boss : ( with a very soft intonation that enough to turn any girl down ) Honey, where are you ?
Lady Boss : ( sound chilly ) Hmm, I'm chatting at my 2 good friends' house. You do not know them one.
Boss : ( sound like he is trying to hide from something ) Oh ! Then how is our baby ? Is little baby okay ?
Lady Boss : Baby is sleeping beside me now. The weight is 7 pounds.

When I realized that I'm listening to my boss' private family affair, I decided to hide the phone underneath a blanket so that I need not to listen to their conversation. After a while, I starts to worried if their conversation had ended as I can't hold the phones underneath the blanket forever.

So, I take the phones out.
Boss : ( sound very guilty ) Sorry la~ My absence is not on purpose one. As you know, the company work is very uncertain as the work will just pop out in a sudden and I do not have control over it.
Lady Boss : ( still very chilly ) Oh, it doesn't matter any more now. You need not to come over any more.

At this moment, my heart suddenly beat very fast and awake me from the dream. Although I knew that I'm dreaming but it was so real that I'm worried if it will happen. Please don't ask me why I can listen to the phone conversation clearly as I have no clue on it too. I only know that it will only happen in the dream as my hearing is not that good in real world.

Later that day, Boss laugh out at me when I told him the weird dream. He says that I had been thinking too much to make my dream a great one.

p/s : On the second day after my dream, I heard that Princess also having a weird dream that involves me. But she refused to tell what happened in the dream as she don't want things to go the wrong direction after she say it out. Sigh~

矿泉水 Mineral Water

2009-07-31T23:48:00.000+08:00

在酒店房间的厕所发现三个装着透明液体的玻璃瓶。
仔细地左看右看，这个像是汽水瓶的东西，应该是矿泉水。
为什么？因为瓶子上面印着大大的“泉水”字样，还有小小的“饮用水”在下面，哈哈！
但是很奇怪，为什么巴厘岛的矿泉水是用玻璃瓶装的呢？

I noticed that there are 3 glass bottles of liquid in the hotel's bathroom when just entered.
When having a closer look, think that liquid in the bottle seems like mineral water, although the bottles look more like carbonated drink bottle for me.
Why ? Because "Sping" is printed big big on the label with a small wording at the bottle saying "Drinking water", haha !
But feel very weird and don't understand why mineral water at Bali are packed with glass bottle ?

巴厘岛系列之五

副作用 Side Effect

2009-07-30T22:08:00.003+08:00

某天，安妮问了个让我吓一跳的问题：干吗自从病假回来就看来好像闷闷不乐的样子？
她还说不只是她一个人这样认为，其他的安娣级同事也曾经讨论这个话题。大家都认为我生病回来后真个人就静了下来，连笑容也歉缺了。
同一个时间，大家也发现同样患病的发哥却有相反的改变。不但开始微笑地和人打招呼，整个人也开朗很多了。
究竟是什么问题？同样的病却有不同的副作用？

One day, Annie asked a question that stunned me : Why you looked very unhappy since return from the medical leave ?
She also mentioned that she is not the only one that think like this as she over heard other colleagues that sit around her were also discussing the same topic during their chit-chat. Everyone thinks that I had been too silent for weeks and hardly smile like last time.
At the same time, everyone also noticed that the other victim, Lai show an opposite change compared to me. He had started to smile when greet people and looks much cheerful than before.
Still wondering what is the problem ? Why there is different side effect from the same sickness ?

邻居 Neighbour

2009-07-29T21:43:00.000+08:00

隔壁邻居搬来有几个月了。很少看见有人进出，只知道应该是住了一个印度男子和两个女子。
有一段时间做工迟回，碰见一辆车停在隔壁屋外等人。起初见到车上的人等了好久屋子里也没有人出来，还以为车上的人是个坏人，正在观察我们街晚上的动静。
后来，有次深夜看见两个肤色较黑的女子走回来。听她们交谈的语言应该是泰国话，才知道原来隔壁住了两个泰国妹。
今天回家时候突然发现屋外放垃圾桶附近范围的野草被清理掉了，还种上了几种蔬菜，绿油油地煞是好看。
会种菜的泰国妹，应该是个好邻居吧？

H1N1猫的消失 Disappear of H1N1 Cat

2009-07-28T20:11:00.006+08:00

在平静的星期一早上，苏珊忽然大呼小叫地走到我的位子：“无名，我的H1N1猫不见了啦~”
在我还没来得及反应过来的刹那，又听见俊源和伟杰的声音：“咦？我的也不见了也！”
“喔，猫！” 我赶忙转过头一看，哎呀呀，我上个星期五刚刚放在电脑主机上的两只巴厘岛木猫已经不知道溜到哪儿去了……
才一个周末吧了叻…… 我漂亮的猫儿呀，你们怎么这么快就被谁拐骗去了？快快回来！

One peaceful Monday morning, Susan suddenly come to my place with a high pitch : " Aiya~ My H1N1 cat is missing~ "
Before I manage to figure out what happen, JG & WK throw their finding over the cube partition wall : " Yee ? Mine is missing too ! "
" Oh, cat ! " I quickly turn over and aiyaya, the 2 wooden cat from Bali that I just placed on my CPU last Friday had went out for a walk and never come back...
Just within a weekend and they had gone with the "dont' know who"... My pretty cats, please come back immediately !

夕阳无限好 Bukit Serendit Sunset

2009-07-27T23:32:00.002+08:00

昨天去健走时用手机拍摄的夕阳。希望你也喜欢。
Nice sunset view taken during the fast walk at Bukit Serendit yesterday. Hope you like it.

娘惹珠子鞋 Nyonya Beaded Shoe

2009-07-26T11:46:00.013+08:00

周末得空，到鸡场街寻访娘惹珠子鞋。本以为原本就是鸡场街特色的珠子鞋应该不难找，但探了半条街都没在任何商店看见它的影子。沿路问了一些商家，发现许多人都没有听过珠子鞋；有些更加糟糕，竟然向我推销他们售卖的闪亮钉子鞋。

Went to Jonker street to search for Nyonya's beaded shoe on a free weekend. Thought that it would be an easy task as Jonker street is famous of Nyonya products but gosh, we can't even find any shop that display something similar after going through half of the street. Tried to ask around and realized that not many people that actually know what is Nyonya beaded shoe, some of the shopkeepers even tried to promoted their shoe products that pinned with shining decoration and claimed that those are beaded shoe. @.@

多亏随行的熊猫努力地一直向店家打听，终于在靠近鸡场街街头的地方发现珠子鞋的踪迹。店家是一位中年妇女，冷着脸招待我们，可能是认为我们并不是她的客户吧？当我要求为珠子鞋拍几张照片时，她想都没想就一口拒绝了。我尝试解释说是受美国朋友所托要帮她买的，但她还是坚决不让步。在没有办法的情况下就只好乘老板娘忙着招待其他客人时偷偷拍了几张，可惜效果并不是很好。

After countless enquires, Panda manage to locate a shop that sell the original beaded shoe near the end of Jonker Street. The shop owner is a very cool lady that hardly smile at her customer. Maybe we don't really looks like her potential customer ? Haha. The worse part is that she directly rejected my request to snap a few photos of her shoe even I had been trying very hard to explain that it is for my oversea friend that wish to own one of these shoe. So, I decided to snap some photo quietly while she was busy entertaining other customer. Unfaithfully, the photos doesn't turn out good.

凭着记忆，我们兜到走向青云亭的庙街去。我记得以前经过那排低矮的旧店屋时曾经看见一间售卖珠子鞋的店铺。果然！前店之过，后铺之师，我们停在林先生的珠子鞋铺外面，乘林先生在专心缝珠子时马上蹲在店铺外面把他陈列在玻璃柜里的货品一一拍下来。可惜为了尊重林先生的设计，不能将每一双鞋的特写放上来与大家分享。

After that, we tried our luck at Temple Street as I remembered that i seen the beaded shoe in one of the old tiny shop lot along the street. Bingo ! My memory serves me well =) Based on the previous learning, I quickly snap the photos of beaded shoes displayed in the cupboard at the front desk when realized that Mr Lim, the owner was focusing on his art work in the shop. But I'm sorry to say that I can't share it here as I need to respect Mr Lim's design and help him prevent others from copying his design.

当一开始和林先生交谈的时候他还显得小心翼翼，尤其是被问到可不可以照他的珠子鞋时，他也很客气地拒绝了。他表示那些鞋子是全都是由他亲自设计的，没有一双的颜色和花纹设计是重复的；为了保护他自己的设计，他不能让其他人把那些设计带出去，免得市场上全都是他的设计。他说得对，没有一个客户希望在付了很多钱之后发现自己和另外一个人撞鞋。所以，即使缝同样的珠子图案，他会坚持搭配不同颜色的珠子和背景。如果客户有特定喜好的颜色，他也可以依照客户要的颜色去缝制鞋子的图案。

At first, Mr Lim was quite conservative when we start the conversation. He rejected us politely when we requested to take photos on his beaded shoes, saying that all the shoes are his design and every bead pattern is unique. He needs to ensure that his designs are protected and different from other competitors so that his customer can own a uniquely designed beaded shoe. He is right that "No one wish to see the same design on others' feet after paying so much for their shoe", and he laugh. Then he show us 3 pair of shoes that shared the same pattern but different color combination and background design, saying that he can custom made the shoe based on customer's choice of color and pattern design.

说到价钱，我就随口问了问架子上那些珠子鞋的价钱。不问还好，一问就吓了一跳。最便宜的要一百多块，珠子图案档次比较高，比较复杂的则是要七百块，那三款以花为主题的珠子鞋就值那个价钱。当林先生看见熊猫被他的价钱吓到吐舌头的时候很得意地笑了一下，然后从另外一个架子上拿下一双闪闪发亮的珠子鞋说：这双呀，它的价钱是一千六百块！

When inquired about the shoe price, Mr Lim shocked us with "A simple design will cost around RM100+ and the price increase with the complexity of the pattern design". "These flower design will cost RM700 a pair, you can shoot them and show it to your friend as reference", he pick the 3 pairs of shoe that he show us just now from display rack and place on the table for me. Seeing that Panda was stunned with the price, he smile and took another pair of shining shoe from the rack behind his desk and said : "This one, RM1600!"

被问到为何这双珠子鞋的价钱那么贵时，林先生把鞋子拿起来晃了几下说：因为它是用钻石珠子缝的呀~ 原来钻石珠子是在德国生产的，每一颗珠子上都有一个平面切口，价钱肯定比其他普通日本制造的圆珠子贵。为了把总共一万五千颗珠子平面缝织在鞋面以达到闪闪发亮的效果，每一颗珠子都需要花眼力和精神去转到对的方向才可以缝上去。再加上那鞋面的每个图案都是独特的，总共用了五十种不同颜色的珠子，所以鞋子的价钱当然也加倍了。

Mr Lim rotate the RM1600 shoe slowly under the light and told us that it was made from diamond cut beads , where part of the bead has a flat surface cut that able to reflect light. The price of these Germany made beads is double compared to normal beads built in Japan. He needs to spend a lot of effort to match the bead colors and rotate these beads before sewing them on to the cloth so that the flat part is facing upward and able to reflect lights. Besides, every small animal pattern on each mosaic is unique and symmetrical on the other shoe. It's amazing to know that the design consumed 50 different color and 15,000 beads on a pair of shoe !

另外，林先生还提到要完成一双珠子鞋的时间是两个月，即使客户赶着要用也没办法缩短缝制的时间。如果客户看上现有的珠子图案但鞋子的型号不适合，他也可以让客户自由搭配喜欢的鞋子颜色，然后再从新做一双新的鞋子给客户。听他说，有些新加坡的客户也是这样通过电话向他订制珠子鞋的。只要将鞋子的型号、鞋跟的高度、颜色和珠子图案的要求沟通清楚就行了。

Mr Lim told us that he will need 2 months to complete a pair of beaded shoe and there is no way if the customer wish to expedite the process. But, if there is an existing design where the shoe can't fit customer's size, he is able to make a new pair for her. "Some of my Singaporean customers just call me up and order their shoes through phone", he says. "What I need to know is the size, how tall is the heel, color and pattern of choice before I can start my work."

听着听着，我突发奇想地问林先生是否有想过要将珠子鞋生意通过网际网络扩展到世界其他地方去？他无奈地表示以他与妻子的能力是不可能将生意搞大的，不然他将没办法应付那么多的同时涌来的订单。那是因为他不敢将工作承包出去让其他家庭主妇帮忙，担心会影响珠子图案的质地和自己呕心沥血的设计会被其他同行抄袭。但说到最后，让他最感叹的还是珠子鞋手艺即将失传的局面。他表示虽然自己的女儿已经学会缝制珠子鞋，但她在这方面的兴趣却不浓厚。而且，缝制珠子鞋需要的并不只是技巧，更重要的是教不来的热忱和创意。

Listening to that, I caught an idea and ask if Mr Lim ever think of expanding his business to the world through internet ? He was regretted that it is just a dream for him as he will not able to support the orders that flood in at once and as he only has his wife to help him in the business. He is not willing to "sub-con" the work out as it will just open the door wide for others to copy his design. Actually what worried Mr Lim the most is fact that technique of making Nyonya beaded shoe will discontinue very soon. Although his daughter had learned up the skills but she doesn't show great interest in continuing his business. Besides, I do agreed with him that "Making beaded shoes is not only about skills, the passion and creativity play a more important role to make it great."

临离开前特地把林先生与珠子鞋的故事拍下来与大家分享。还有，要谢谢熊猫的陪伴，不然我都没办法问到那么多的资料呢！

On our way out, we noticed that Mr Lim and his Nyonya Beaded Shoe was on newspaper too. Thanks to Panda for her great companion and don't think I will able to gain so many useful info without her on this search.

再见了，雅士敏 ! Bye Bye, Yasmin !

2009-07-26T01:10:00.004+08:00

《单眼皮》是我最喜欢的电影，雅士敏是我最喜欢的导演。最后一次浏览雅士敏的部落时，看见她说要到越南去物色新电影的演员，兴奋了好久。

刚刚才和靓靓谈起她那天在医院外守着雅士敏晕倒的新闻是如何地辛苦时，之前在电视台工作的朋友在网上发来一个短讯：“雅士敏死了”。我愣了一下。接着，听见靓靓在电话里面尖叫几声：“我的报馆同事也在脸谱上这么说！”。

再也没有雅士敏让人感动的电影了。这是马来西亚人的一大损失。安息吧，雅士敏！

SEPET is my favorite movie. Yasmin is my favorite movie director. I was excited when last surfing at Yasmin's blog and she mention that she is busy for new movie and heading Vietnam looking for new talent.

Leng Leng was telling me that she spend a tiring half day squatting outside of the hospital on the day Yasmin faint out when Kozaimas suddenly buzz me in ym with "Yasmin die d". I was stunned. Then Leng Leng told me : "True, my reporter colleague just update the status in Facebook" after screaming for few seconds in the phone.

No more touching movie from her. What a great lost for Malaysian. Yasmin, rest in peace.

雨后不一定有彩虹

2009-07-24T22:25:00.003+08:00

昨晚连绵下了一场雨。上床时以为今天的天气会晴朗一点点，怎知道中午时候的烟雾竟然是这个星期最严重的。
从办公室往出去，一公里外的建筑物全都看不清楚了。再看看熟悉却朦胧的熊山，突然很有泰山的感觉。

网上购物

2009-07-19T20:37:00.002+08:00

看见堂妹在脸谱上的“状况更新”重复几次都是同样的网页连接，好奇之下就点了进去。
哇些，没想到比我小七岁的堂妹竟然也当上了老板娘，自己在网上买衣服。
回头看看自己，除了把青春投资在国家半导体上，我还有什么成就？
工作五年还是一事无成，惭愧……

州立医院游记 A trip to the state hospital

2009-07-19T10:50:00.000+08:00

托H1N1流感的福，前几天到马六甲州立医院游玩了“一下”。这“一下”从前因到后果足足有四天半，就摘重要点纪录纪录吧！

Thanks to H1N1, I get the chance to pay a visit to Melaka General Hospital. Since this visit tooked me 4 days and 3 nights, so let's make the story short -

星期日 Sunday

早上收到通知说阿叶的检验呈阳性，昨晚已经被救护车送去医院了。卫生官到公司检验，并要求所有一起到巴厘岛的同事都必须被隔离。

I was informed by the big boss early in the morning that Ah Yap's swap test result is positive and he had been sent to hospital the night before. The medical officers for Ministry of Health went to the plant for inspection and requested to quarantine everyone that went to Bali together with Ah Yap.

卫生官下午才到来为我测量体温和签隔离通知信，并说发哥和阿邢因为发烧而被遣送去医院了。后来探听到发哥因为有明显的发病症状被要求马上入院，阿邢则可以回家等待检验成绩。

The medical officers only manage to get to my house after lunch. They checked my body temperature and pass me official quarantine order. I was informed that Ah Fatt & Heng was sent to hospital too before they come over to my house as they are having fever. Manage to understand from others that Ah Fatt was requested to be waded directly as he is having high fever while Heng can go back for home quarantine while waiting for the swap test result.

半夜自己开始发高烧，体温高达39度。整个晚上在床上翻覆睡不着。

Midnight, I started to caught with fever. The body temperature suddenly shoot up to 39 degree Celsius. A sleepless night for me.

星期一 Monday

好不容易逼自己从床上爬起来，间中已经接了几个公司里拨来的电话和回复一些短讯。简单收拾了一点衣物和书本，边吃早餐边等卫生官前来再次检验。卫生官只是简单测量了体温，签了纸就叫我自己驾车去医院。还以为终于可以尝试一下乘坐喇叭乱哭的救护车去医院，显掉！

It was so hard for me to get off the bed in the morning. I still manage to answer some calls from the office and replied a few sms while I try to stay in bed. After packing some clothes and books, I called the medical officer to come and check my body temperature while having plain bread as my breakfast. The medical officer just simply checked my body temperature, signed the paperwork and asked me to drive myself to hospital. Thought I could have chance to get a free ride on ambulance with siren on !

在医院被问话和收集口液样本后被通知必须入院，幸好一早把必需品准备好才没有手忙脚乱。在隔离区等待了三个小时才被送到隔离病房去，间中没有机会喝水、吃或上厕所，超级可怜。此外，还遇见了要求被检验的阿卓，可是医生却说他没问题把他赶回家了。

I was requested to be waded after conversation with the doctor that performed swab test for me. Luckily I prepared all my necessities before hand. I had been sitting in the isolation area for 3 hours waiting for the ambulance to send me to the isolation wad, without any chance to drink, eat or even a pitiful toilet break ! Besides, still able to meet Toh that came to request for swab test. The doctor in-charged denied his request and send him back home.

进到隔离病房一看，我心里可乐了。前一天问发哥时说他病房里没有插座，现在我的病房里面竟然有六个那么多！那我就不必担心手机会没电了。早知道就把手提电脑也一起带来了！再看看，冷气房里有自己的厕所（还有热水器呢！但过后才发现坏了，显掉！）、房内还有多一个洗手盆、空气过滤器、可调整高度的床架、护士专门用来传递食物或药物的窗口、还有是干净的浴巾和病人服（虽然这个我并不需要）。

I was so happy when entering the isolation wad. I was told by Lai the day before that there is no power plug in the wad but guess what ? I see 6 power plug in this wad ! No more worries for my cellphone batt to dry out and I was so regret that my laptop was left back home. Look around, find out that my aircond room has its own bathroom ( And a water heater! Was so disappointed when I find out that it was out of order ), extra washing basin in the room, air purifier, adjustable bed, a small window for nurse to pass in food or medicine, clean bath towel and standard patient clothes ( Altho I don't need this at all ).

过后没多久医生来了，问了很多问题又抽了一支血。医生还说我是很可疑的病例，所以会马上让我开始治疗程序。起初我还以为治疗程序是什么复杂的程序，过后护士解释后才知道原来所谓的程序就是吃药！

Just a while after that, Dr Jaya came in to check me. He asked a lot of questions and took my blood sample. I was told that I'm high suspect case so they will start the medication for me immediately. At first I was wondering that what a complicated medication it will be, but when the nurse told me that what I need to do is just taking pills, I was relief.

接下来一整天就自己一个人看书、吃饭、冲凉，唯一的乐趣是偶尔看看窗外花园里走动的人们。差点忘了还有那数不尽的电话和一百多封短讯，谢谢大家对我的关心。我宁愿骗自己说是大家在关心我而不是关心自己是不是被我这个在办公室内一直走动的超级大病毒感染到，哈哈！

Spend the rest of my lonely day by reading book, eat and bath. The only fun thing for me is to look at peoples in the small garden outside my window. Oya, not forgetting the phone calls and 100++ sms that fill my time too, thank you everyone for so concerning about me. I rather tell myself that everyone is concern about me instead of worrying if themselves had been infected by this big virus that was walking around the office frequently last week, haha !

医院里面的皇家饭实在有点难吃：对我来说马来菜色还好，可是就只有两样菜就未免太孤寒了一点吧？幸好护士们都很体谅地给我很多很多的矿泉水，不然我这个水桶还没有被H1N1细菌杀死就已经先渴死了。

The meal in hospital is not really that nice. It is not that I dislike Malay food, but I just feel like no appetite when only have 2 dish per meal. Luckily the friendly nurses are willing to supply me with enough mineral water or else I will be dying of thirst instead of H1N1 virus attack.

星期二 Tuesday

一大清早就被阿邢的短讯吵醒，说什么恭喜我和等下我们要搬过去住同一间病房了。原来护士先为他进行例常检查并告诉他：我的检验成绩出来了，要陪他一起被关多几天！我的天啊……

I was wake up by Heng's sms early in the morning, saying that we are moving to a shared wad soon later on. The nurse that went to check him first told him that my test result is positive. OMG, I still need to accompany that guy for next few days !!!

最显掉的事情发生在换房之后。真的没有想到单人房和多人房之间的差别那么大——没有冷气只有风扇、中间凹一个洞的床（之前睡这张床的人屁股一定很大，嘻嘻！），房里面总共只有四个插座（其中一个还被血压测量器用掉了）、我的床位竟然没有桌子或椅子（那吃饭时不是要捧在手里吃？）、房间和走廊之间只有一道玻璃门，传递东西都需要打开门用手去接，东西太多就得走多几次。唯一值得高兴的是厕所的热水器没有坏和闷的时候有阿邢可以讲话。

The new wad was very disappointing. I never imagine that the differences between isolation wad and normal quarantine wad is that big - No air-con just fans, my bed is so soft at the middle ( someone that sleep on it before must have a big backside ! ), there are only total of 4 power plugs in the room (and one of them had been used up for the blood pressure measuring machine), there is no table or chair for my bed (they expect me to have my meals by holding the meal container while eating), the room is only separated by a swing door where we need to hold the door when passing things in and make few rounds if there is a lot of things to pass in. The only thing that can make me feel happy is that the water heater for this room is functioning and there is Heng to talk to when I feel bored.

当早上巡房的医生被问到为何我们的抗菌药方不是闻名的TamiFlu，她直接翻白眼掉头走，根本没有想要解释的样子。好心，这是什么态度？医生的也要有医生的款，我们好歹也是病人耶，至少回答一下嘛…… 后来再向读药剂系的老杨询问后才知道那是本地的翻版货，药方和TamiFlu是一模一样的。

I asked the doctor that come to check us in the morning if the anti virus course that we are taking are the famous TamiFlu that proven to be a solution to the illness, she just turn herself and walk away. Come on, what attitude is that for a doctor ? You should at least answer the patient's question about the medicine they are taking ma... That your responsibility ler... Luckily I checked with old buddy Yong that is a pharmacy grad on the pills that we had been swallowing for days. He told me that the pill ingredient is exactly the same as TamiFlu, just that these are so called "pirated" version of TamiFlu which manufactured locally. Cheaper, he claimed.

被关在病房里面的确是很闷的事情。一整天又没有护士前来检查我们的状况，相信是新来的五个病人加上被放回家的阿叶，让他们忙得团团转吧？也就因为这样，停吃班纳多的我体温又升回三十八度，头疼！

It was a very boring experience to be in the quarantine wad. Non of the nurses came to check our condition for the whole day. Maybe they were just too busy to handle the 5 new patients and Yap's discharge ? At the same time, my body temperature raise back to 38 degree Celsius after stop taking the Paracetamol.

无聊时看看窗外的儿童游乐场，成为我唯一可以接触阳光的机会。想到要在这病房里多关两天就真的很没有心情了，但最无聊的并不是这个。接到公司打来的一个电话，还没开始讲话对方就一直笑个不停了。原来公司人事部举行了一个内部会议来想所有员工报告这件事的最新发展，而我可爱的大头照被放了出来，让所有出席的人笑歪了嘴巴。原来之前三个人的报告会时有人提问为何没有病人的照片，因为他并不知道所有接触过的人的名字，更加不知道自己是否与病人接触过。

The only chance for me to get some sunshine is to stand beside the only window and look at children playing at the play ground. I was so moody wondering how should I spend the next 2 days before I can go back home. But that is not the worse. I received a call from company where I only hear someone keep on laughing non stop after I pickup. I was told that the HR held a communication session to update everyone on the latest status of this issue. My lovely photo was shown during the communication and everyone just cant hold their laugh when they saw my photo. The reason behind on why my photo was shown is that there is a guy was asking for it during previous communication session. He claimed that he had been in contact with so many person that he don't even know their names and he don't know if he had be in close contact with any of the confirmed case patients.

星期三 Wednesday

早上医生来巡房的时候向他投诉了昨天护士们完全忽视我们的事情。本以为他会维护护士们，怎知道他竟然反过来要求我们一定要告诉他这些事情，好让他知道究竟护士们都在忙些什么事情。我马上打蛇随棍上，顺便投诉昨晚态度很不好的护士，她竟然在我向她要求多一些饮用水时要我自己打电话叫亲戚买了送过来。大姐，如果我能够这么做的话早就做了啦，还用等到你来教？如果我因为少喝水又再发烧的话你可担当不起啊！

I told Dr Jaya about the ignorance on yesterday when he drop by in the morning. I was surprised that he asked us to feedback more on such information to him so that he knows how to talk to his nurses. Seems like he was so positive about taking feedback, I immediately complain to him about the nurse that refuse to provide me with more drinking water last night. She asked me to get my relative to buy the water and send in for me. If I'm a local maybe I can do that, but the problem is I'm not ler...

又是无聊的一天。第三天的电话和短讯和第一天相比之下少了很多。所以我主动出击，频频打电话或发短讯回去叫大家向我报告最新进展。陆续接到通知说很多人被我们连累到要被隔离，甚至一些有生病迹象的人都被送来医院进行检验。不好意思啊，害到大家那么忙！

On this another boring day, the phone calls and sms that came in reduced a lot compared to the first day when I was admitted. So I aggressively call and sms back to get latest updates in the office. Was informed that more and more colleuges had been quarantined just because having contact with us. Some of them that fall sick even being send to hospital for swab test. Sorry ar everyone...

吃了午餐，阿邢和我没事做就关灯睡觉。突然，病房的门大开。一个很熟悉的脸孔出现在我们的面前，阿卓！他站在门口，很有型地向我们挥手，“哈罗！”。我和阿邢突然一齐忍不住大笑，搞得其他医护人员七丈金刚摸不着头脑，傻傻地看着我们。阿卓假装很生气地指着我们对其他人说：“就是他们啦，把病毒传染给我的”。

After lunch, both of us feel so boring hence we off the light and go to bed, again. When we are having our sweet dream, the room door suddenly opened wide. A very familiar face appeared in front of us, Toh ! He stand at the door and wave at us with a very stylish post, "Hello!" Both Heng and I just laugh out loud in a sudden with the other medical officers looked at us with big question marks on their faces. Toh point to us and told the others : "These are the peoples that spread the virus to me", pretending to be very mad with us.

毕竟我们已经连续三天没有见到原本熟悉的朋友了。等阿卓安顿好了以后，我们就很开心地询问他生病的经历。原来他上个星期连接三天一直和发哥一起吃早餐和午餐，相信是那个时候被他传染了。我们还告诉他被关在病房里的滋味是很不好受的，他就自荐要为我们带来一些欢笑——模仿刚过世的迈克杰逊最闻名的月光漫步。他那可爱却逼真的表演让我们两个闷坏了的家伙笑得眼泪狂飙，连外面的护士都被我们的笑声吸引过来探个究竟。过后我们告诉他那是不够的时候，他赶忙从包包里拿出一本书坐在床上假装很正经地阅读。当我们知道那是本有关他最喜欢的音响专业书时，我们又再开心地笑多一回。

Since we had been suffering for 3 days from seeing our friends, we started to inquire his sick story happily after he settled down. He told us that he had been taking breakfast and lunch together with Ah Fatt for 3 consecutive days last week. He believe that he was infected during that time. When we told him that we were having a boring life in the wad for 3 days, he volunteered to bring us some laughter by imitating Micheal Jackson's famous Moon Walk. His cute but real presentation makes us laugh out non stop, and our laughter attracted the nurse attention where she came to check out what had happened in the wad. We told him that this will not enough for him to fill up his time for the next 3 days, he quickly draw a book from his beg and pretending that he is reading it with full interest. When we find out that the book is about his favorite's audio amplifiers, we start to laugh again...

星期四 Thursday

当早上听见医生宣布我和阿邢因为在过去二十四小时没有发烧的迹象而可以在今天出院时，我们俩都松了一口气。终于！我们赶忙把自己的物品收拾好，然后在早餐过后就很不耐烦地在算着时间，希望可以马上就回家去上网。在经过了三天的隔离，我们一致同意说如果病房没有电视我们还不觉得怎么样，但如果不能上网就真的十分的显了……

After 24 hours with no fever symptom, Heng and I were so relieved to hear Dr Jaya announced that we are able to discharge today. We quickly pack our stuff and start counting down impatiently after our breakfast. We were so glad that we finally can go home to online, where we concluded that it was very painful for not able to hook online comparing to not having a tv in the wad for 3 days. =p

终于在十一点半，我们被通知可以离开了。在等待电梯离开E楼第四层的当儿，我拍了最后的一张照片——那个将病毒与外面世界隔离的伟大之门。嘻嘻！

At last, we were informed that we can discharge at 1130am. While waiting for the lift to exit 4th floor of building E, I snapped the last photo of my trip - the great door that isolate H1N1 virus from the outside world. Hehe...

就在你身边 Just around you

2009-07-18T02:09:00.003+08:00

Sometime, something is just around you, but you are not aware of the existence. You go and search everywhere around you and you find it at nowhere.

I bought a 8GB pendrive few weeks ago. It turn away from me on the second week, refusing from detected by any computer. I planned to go change a new one from the computer shop after work, so I bring it and original receipt with me to office. The were kept in my drawer but I forget to bring it back as I was working very late that week and the computer shop is closed at the time I went home.

The week after that, I was quarantined at home. My pendrive was quarantined in my office's drawer for the entire week too. When I get back to work this week, I had been searching for the receipt as I only see the pendrive lying in the drawer. Thought that I had misplace it and can't find it back. Search through all the possible locations in the office as well as in my house but still can't locate it.

So, I gave up. I just put the pendrive on the table in my room, ignored it for few days thought maybe I will just throw it away next week if I still can't find its receipt. Somehow, I noticed that my wallet is thicker than normal when I was paying for my dinner tonight. The first thought was that i had been collecting too many small notes that make my wallet thick. Then I started to check my wallet to see what I had been keeping all the while...

Surprised ! The pendrive's receipt folded nicely in my wallet. I can't remember when I put it in there but seems like it had been there for more than 1 week. Luckily I never throw it away yet.

I knew that what I'm looking for is just somewhere around me. I just need more time to figure out and locate...

消毒

2009-07-16T23:18:00.002+08:00

直到今天我才知道为什么我的座位上有一个青色的贴纸，圆圆地粘在名牌的附近。
本来还以为是和最近办公室座位要重组有关系，哪里知道聪明一世的我竟然糊涂一时，大错特错了！
原来那是公司给清洁工人的讯号，凡是和我们几个流感患者有接触的人的座位都要被消毒，炸到！

A memorable day for CC Koo

2009-07-15T22:25:00.003+08:00

We had a quarterly communication today. Total 17 new hires were being introduced, but not one can beat George's "performance" on the stage.

George was the first guy who went up the stage. He never start the speech by introducing himself, he just asked everyone's favor to sing a birthday song for his senior.

At the end of singing session, CC Koo stood up and wave his hand to everyone. His face was just as red as the cushion chair that he sat on...

烟霾重临

2009-07-15T09:23:00.002+08:00

今天一挣开眼睛就闻到一股烧焦的味道，心里很不舒服。烟霾又回来了？

出门上班，看见地上到处是一滩滩的积水。难怪起身的时后那么冷，但那么大雨为何还是会闻到烧焦的味道？
"这边早上下雨，那边一整天烧火。你那边呢，你那边又如何？"跟心里的你自言自语。

雨后的早晨，办公室是冷的。
不小心扫到可爱的米奇耳朵出现在那个荧幕上，那厚厚的寒衣仿佛也温暖不起来。
就知道今天的天气不是那么好的。我在封闭的办公室又闻到了那股烧焦的味道……

究竟是什么烧起来了？

冒牌爱情顾问会诊记

2009-07-14T22:53:00.000+08:00

她：怎样改变？真的觉得很无助。

她：问你。我们是应该包容另一半的所有，珍惜他，虽然你没有想嫁给他的念头，但会说服自己要珍惜。还是长痛不如短痛？

我：有些问题我没办法回答,但如果只专注对方的缺点的话,那感情就没意义了.一起多年,没有激情是正常的,需要升华为生活中的亲情,才能长久维持下去.

她：觉得还没结婚就已经到这样的地步，结婚后怎么办？而且觉得性格是很难改的。虽然之前分手又复和时的确产生了一些激情，而且彼此都有改变，但是现在感觉又回到当初分手前那种情况。觉得以后如果一直这样也不是办法。但是那么年的感情。我也不知道怎样。

我：还有,认真想想:什么原因让你觉得不想和他继续下去?那么那个对的人应该要有什么条件你才觉得可以是对的人呢?
这些年并不短,但真的要不要放弃还得看双方面愿意付出多少.感情只讲付出,并不能算回报的.怒我直言,可以知道具体的问题吗?

她：付出的不够是不是因为爱的不够？往往热恋时都可以付出不计较回报，但是久了，都会要求回报。是因为爱不够了？还是自私了？其实我总是觉得是我不对。具体的问题我不知道。可能应该认真想想。人都是很矛盾。如果可以什么都不想，傻傻的过日子也是一种幸福

我：可能你已经知道问题,但内心又去逃避它.无私的爱是无敌的.问你:你要嫁你爱他多或他爱你多的人?不可贪,选一.我上段情就因我贪而自己搞砸了.

我：期望越高,失望越大.对他的要求少一点等于对自己好一点.这样子双方面都会好过点吧?我也认为她可能不是那个最适合我的人,所以要学习去接受她咯;)

她：多少个人可以做到无私？如果我是自私的，那我觉得应该让他去找个可以给他无私的爱的人。其实我觉得我是爱他的。但是，他给不到我要的东西。而性格是改不到的。所以有时真的很矛盾。爱你的人，和你爱的人，如何决择？怎样又才算是贪？真的很迷惘

我：有些男人并不善于表达自己的情感,他只会用他懂的方法来善待心爱的人.要他疼还不容易?多撒娇就行了嘛?他不懂怎么做?教他!还爱他就别放弃他!

她：老大，有时我觉得我在爱情真的满失败。以前因为在一起太久，闷了，就跑去远方。后来我告诉自己，我真的是很爱他的，要好好珍惜他。但是现在，我又回到之前的感觉，又想“逃离”。是不是很过分？有时很想什么都不理，分掉他，一个人单身。但好象很不负责任。对，我就觉得这分感情已经变成责任，而不是爱情。其实我是希望有个人疼而已

我：现在我明白了.他的意见会不会是为了你好?用另一个角度来看看?别那么快不耐烦,心平气和才能够宏观地接受他人的意见!想想,可能他也和你一样?

她：如果，你要的另一半，是可以领导你，教导你，可以影响你往更好的方向的人，而现在这个根本没办法做到。反而是常常很多东西都要你给意见，而我又是很快不耐烦的人。怎么办？不可能迁就一世人吧？

我：噢,忧柔寡断的是他?酱啊,会是因为他在乎你的意见没?但你讲得对,有些事是要你们俩一起去商量面对才能够解决的.互相包容和扶持才能长久走下去的

她：不是他给我意见，是要我给意见。而我不喜欢像是我要去领导他，我是要我的另一半可以领导我。其实这种东西第三者很难给意见的啦。只有当局者才知道。我只是要发泄而已。是应该好好想想要怎样

漩涡

2009-07-14T21:57:00.003+08:00

有人告诉我：

爱情就像一个快速转动的漩涡。要嘛，就离它远远地，不要靠近；要嘛，就勇敢跳进去，让它一下把你卷到底下最中心的地方……

可是，很多人，不就是那种“很想要，可是又不敢”的吗？这也就是漩涡最可怕的地方——带着你一直乱转，要逃离它又游不出去，要深入中心又被引力推出来。进出两难的情况是那些在情海浮沉多年的人所畏惧的吧？

喂，有人，要勇敢哦！

错觉

2009-07-13T13:04:00.000+08:00

今早回公司上班，一路上都有人与我打招呼问好。幸好大家都是温暖地问候病情而不是避的远远地掩鼻看着我。
看来上个星期的意外的确为我做了很大的免费宣传。公司里面所有的电视时不时都放映我的照片，逊死了……
突然之间有了自己是大明星的错觉。

米奇老鼠

2009-07-11T23:48:00.002+08:00

这是一个刚听回来的笑话：

友人今天到医院等待就诊的当儿，有个小孩在走廊上不停地奔跑玩耍。
他母亲为了转移他的注意力，就说：“快点看，电视里面有米奇老鼠！”
小孩马上停了下来，傻傻地看着电视。
友人瞄了电视一下，发现当时正在播首相纳吉的演讲画面。

过后想想，我们的首相的确是有点像米奇老鼠。嘻嘻！

交通一二三

2009-07-10T23:26:00.005+08:00

Vios和Innova在当地通常是德士，“便宜到烂”我的司机兼导游讲的。

抵达旅馆后大家在休息，与文杰抓紧机会溜出来走走，顺便买几瓶水回去。刚到门口就感觉到很眼熟，嘿呀，是一辆ATOS！梦里寻他千百渡，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火阑珊处。

巧遇当地救护车闯红灯，惊险万分。

巴厘岛系列之四

梯田

2009-07-09T22:41:00.003+08:00

看了越南沙坝的梯田，再看看巴厘岛的梯田就没有那种激情了，剩下的就是想办法再来一张合体的广角照。
本以为新相机可以有比较好的效果，怎知道竟然更加糟糕。复杂的相机果然比较难搞。没关系，吸取教训，下次要更加小心地交货。

巴厘岛系列之三

闻烧色变

2009-07-04T18:20:00.002+08:00

从巴厘岛回来就马上上班，其中两个同行就生病去看医生。结果被公司的环境、卫生和安全主任发现还有其他团员没有依照规定去看医生鉴定适合上班，被他用伊妹儿教训了一顿。大哥，告示只被贴在门口却没有用伊妹儿发出来公告天下，你真的以为大家会从头读到完吗？

—— 。—— 。——

阿王星期四只上半天工。听讲她的空姐妹妹被证实是流感患者之一，所以刚刚探访过她的阿王也必须被隔离一个星期。在电梯里时大家还和她有说有笑，过后听老板讲她提早回家的原因后脸都白了。

—— 。—— 。——

安妮在我工作到最烦的时候打电话给我。本以为她要交待提早赶回家前忘记做的事情；怎知道电话一接通就听见安妮的哭声，一下把我吓呆了。她儿子发烧了一个星期，可是诊所医生却没有认真看待为黑斑蚊症来看待，结果去医院是马上就被送进密切观察单位(ICU)了……

—— 。—— 。——

从昨天开始，公司要求每个员工在刷卡前要测量体温。任何体温高过37度的员工将被送去诊所进一步检查。为此，大家免费得到一片温度计 ^_^

思念

2009-07-04T01:12:00.000+08:00

Siput 在往巴厘岛的飞机上照这特别的云朵时说：这次旅程将不会尽兴的。心，已经被遗留在机翼后方了……

巴厘岛系列之二

Kintamani 火山

2009-07-02T12:36:00.002+08:00

(See attached file: DSC00049.JPG)
用手机的广角功能照的，效果还不错。可惜的是衔接的部分手抖了一下，火山口出现双重影子。

巴厘岛系列之一

离。间

2009-06-27T00:10:00.000+08:00

就像一阵风吹过，“大家，我走了，拜拜！”

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平时都会留意来往的人们，无论是正面、反面还是从左到右、从右到左；脚步声、交谈、倒影或者是香水味。
就在那关键的时候：所有的注意被转移到电脑荧幕上，周围的人们七嘴八舌谈论着照片上人们的表情；眼角被牵离反光的间隔镜，急短的脚步攻不破交叠的声浪……
艳丽的光束一闪，转头就只捕捉到空中摇晃的白皙手掌，还有那却留不住的熟悉倩影

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De Tour，时常在就来的目的地看见的牌子。是改变路线的意思。
按耐不住，还是要问清楚电话为什么离开也是会有De Tour的？是不是舍不得什么？
18：18，胡扯一下就过去了……问号，还悬浮在空中

小小

2009-06-24T00:07:00.002+08:00

把刚买回来的《白蚂蚁》看完。里边的笑料不少，但真正触动心弦的是里头的配乐——戴佩妮的《小小》：

抬起头，挣开眼，星星堆满天
123，恩恩恩，会不会实现？
深呼吸，闭上眼，风偷吻我的脸
恩恩恩，456，某人在心里面

本土电影，加油！

年度工作评估之对话

2009-06-21T18:48:00.000+08:00

老板：这是你今年的工作评估分数表
我：哇，有这么高分没？
老板：哈哈，还是你厉害。这个分数表是我帮你填的，但是大老板们打的分数就没有酱高
我：就知道没有酱好空头
老板：我是认为你的表现是属于比预期好的范围。可是大老板们把分数拉一拉，就变成只达到预期表现的范围了
我：…………
老板：可是还好啦，反正今年没有加薪，拿什么分数都没有太大差别啦！
我：我只是想知道他们的看法是怎样的？
老板：他们认为你技术性的表现超标。可是由于花太多时间在这些技术性的工作上面，所以没有做到太多身为一个小老板应该做的东西
我：酱是吗？这个我同意啊，如果不是什么工都要求“有技术的人”去做的话，情况可能不会太糟糕……
老板：我懂，可是没有办法啦？我们天天都是站在不可以失败的基础上去工作，难道要叫那些年轻的去送死没？
我：可以叫他们去做，不懂的我们才帮他想办法咯？
老板：你也知道之前那个xx（保密）的事情啦，我被老人家唱衰了很多轮雷……
我：随便啦。可是今年我觉得我们应该花多点时间来加强年轻们的技术知识，酱明年的情况就不一样了
老板：应该可以啦，成不成功就看你了！
我：虾，又是我？
老板：不是你还有谁？
我：要讲没？
老板：你可以的啦……
我：我自己都已经被挖空了，还要去呕什么来给他们？
老板：不用怕，今年我一定送你去训练新的测试机，酱你就可以充电充电一下了。
我：希望是酱啦，我们等着瞧。那个测试机都讲了几年了，还是轮不到我去做……
老板：哈哈，可以的啦，今年我一定让你去虾，一定！
我：OK啦，OK啦……

美国的生活常识

2009-06-18T23:37:00.004+08:00

近来公司很兴让人在没有充足的准备下就飞到美国公干几个月，甚至是一年。文宏只有三天的时间准备，佳盈和先涵则在拿到工作准证的两个星期内就要起程了。
上次我第一次到加州前花了半天的时间聆听我老大详细的解说，所以到达后事事能够得心应手。现在看见小辈们慌张的样子，决定整理出一些必须知道的常识让他们参考参考，希望能够多少帮到他们。由于先涵的中文阅读能力有限，所以这次决定破例用英文来完成接下来的篇幅——

"Common Sense" for National's First-timer to USA

Traveler's Cheque
1. Count and make sure that you receive the correct amount of cheque from the Finance department. Request to have a combination of USD50 & USD100 cheques as this will be handy when you are making payment of different amounts.
2. Sign the first signature on top line of the cheque immediately after receiving them. You will need to write down the payee's name ( e.g. WalMart or Starbucks Cafe ) on the second line and sign again in front of the receipant to verify that you are the genuine holder of the cheque and counter-sign above the third line. Both signatures must be the same as the receipant reserves the right to refuse the cheque if the signature doesn't look the same.
3. Keep the cheque summary page separately from your cheques. It contains the cheques' serial number that you are holding to. You will need them when making a lost report to the bank if you lost the cheques before manage to use them. Touch wood !
4. Traveler's cheque is commonly recognized in The States. You can use it as cash to make payment at gas station, mart, hotel or restaurant. worse come to worst, you can always walk into any bank around and cash them directly from the counter. The bank might charge you a minimum of processing fee for doing so. Some of the merchant will note down your name & passport number on the cheque as their reference. I had a bad experience with WalMart where the staff took my passport and cheque away for 20 mins just to call up American Express for verifying that I'm the genuine holder of the cheque.
5. Contact the Finance department 1 week in advance when your cash on hand is running low so that they can make arrangement for you to collect more cheques from the travel desk or the visiting site's finance department. my practice is to use them for hotel advance payment during check-in and thus as for more advance on the first week after arrival.
6. When you are running low on cash or traveler's cheque, Swipe your credit card when making payment for your car, hotel or food that are claimable under the travel expenses. The company will pay back the exact amount in RM as per listed in your credit card statement as long as you can show the statement as proof.

Car Rental
1. You can decide where to rent your car upon arrival, either at the airport or the nearest Avis center from your hotel.
2. Try to get a car model that you are familiar with for first time driving in The States. You can always go back to Avis to change a new car if you feel not comfortable with current car.
3. Avis will swipe your credit card to lock the rental fee from your card's balance. Ensure that your card has sufficient balance amount to do so. You can request to pay the advance rental but not all the time this will be entertained. Try asking for this so that you can free up your credit balance and reduce the risk to carry a lot of traveler's cheque with you all the time.
4. Our company's car rental package with Avis doesn't include installing a GPS device in the car. You will need to bare the cost of renting a GPS if you really need one.
5. Our company is having a blanket accident policy with Avis to take care of any accident situation. If you are so unlucky and met with an accident, make sure you get a police report for the accident and copy down all the information of the parties involved. You should be able to find an accident report format in the car where will guide you on the information needed. These information should at least include the car owner & driver's name, phone number & home address, driver's driving license number, car's model, color, license plate number, insurance's company name, address & policy number, injured person's name, address, phone number, nature of injury and age, accident witness' name, address & contact number before reporting the accident back to Avis. Contact the nearest Avis center to get the car towed to them. You will need to submit the accident report to Avis together with the damaged car.
6. Ask Avis for maps around the area that you are visiting when renting the car. They normally have maps for major roads but not too detailed.
7. You can pick up and return your car at different Avis center. E.g., you are suppose to pick up the car at airport but you took a cab to hotel from airport after a tiring flight. You can just drop by any Avis center around the hotel on the same day to collect your car. You still can return the car at airport before flying out although you are not renting it from the airport.
8. Normally the rental car will come with full tank of gas. You are required to pump a full tank of gas when returning the car too. If you fail to do so, Avis will calculate the amount of gas needed for full tank and charge you at a price that is much higher than market.
9. If your trip is longer than 1 month, go to any Avis every 4 weeks to clear your rental so that they will not lock your credit card for a large credit amount.

Driving Around
1. Bring a small notepad that contains information such as your hotel's name, address & contact number, your host's name, address & contact number ( office, home & cell ) during your travel. This will come in handy when you are lost and need to call for help or ask for direction.
2. Always search and print out the travel route recommendation from Yahoo! map or Google map before you start your trip. The driving directions are pretty accurate if you are driving in The States. Driving distance & Exit number will be listed clearly in the map to guide you all the way to your destination. Besides, don't forget to print a 2 way route map directions so that you can find the way back to hotel. ;)
3. If you are not sure about where you can visit around the hotel, try talking to the hotel reception. They will provide you some interesting locations or festival events that are not listed in the tourist guide book.
4. Gas price is not standardized in The States. Price are displayed in front of the gas station and updated daily. Try to survey around to look for the best offer so that you can pump all the gas out of the cash you pay.

Traffic Rules
1. Be alert when making turns as the driving direction is opposite of our current road system. In case you really gets into the wrong side of the road, pull over and wait for the traffic to clear up before you U-turn to get back into the right direction.
2. Drive safely and drive slow if you do not have confident with the traffic condition. Always keep yourself on the right lane when driving at low speed.
3. Make sure you stop the car completely at every junction with a "STOP" sign. Ensure no other traffic before continue your journey. One of our colleague gets a USD300 ticket for not doing so !
4. Drink and drive is a serious offense in The States. Do not do so. Besides, do not carry an unfinished beer can or wine bottle in the car. Many states' law do not allow an opened alcohol bottle in the car when it is on the road.
5. At a four-stop-junction ( basically a cross road junction with stop sign at junction of every direction ), make a complete stop before proceed. The sequence of car exiting the junction will based on "first in first out" basis, where the first car that stops at the junction will get the chance to exit first from the junction when traffic is clear. If you are not confident to exit the junction first, just wave to drivers at other junctions signaling that you give way for them to exit before you.
6. When there is Right Turn on Red sign on a traffic light junction, then you can make a right turn even if traffic light at that junction is still red. Make a complete stop at the most right lane in front of the junction when there is a red light, turn on the right turn signal light, ensure that there is no vehicle entering the junction before you make the turn.
7. You can only make a U-turn at a junction if there is a U-turn sign displayed or the traffic light displays a U-turn sign. Do not attempt to make a turn at junctions that do not display the sign as you might bump into cars coming from the opposite direction.
8. When the traffic light shows a green arrow sign, this means that you can only turn to that direction but not others. If you see a round green sign, then you can either go straight or make a turn. But, make sure that there is no vehicle from opposite direction before making the left turn as vehicles from opposite directions will be able to go straight and make turns too at the same time ! Vehicles that go straight at both directions will get the priority compared to vehicle that with to make a turn.
9. You can still make a turn if you stop half way in middle of the road to give way to pedestrian. Do not just stop at middle of a junction if the traffic light turn red when you are waiting for the pedestrian to cross.
10. Pedestrian is KING ! Always give way to pedestrian regardless of any condition. Bumping in to a pedestrian is a big big offense.
11. Along the highways or freeways, there will be special reserved fast lanes for car-pool vehicles only. Any vehicle that carries 3 passengers ( 4-seaters vehicle, 2 passengers for a 2-seaters vehicle ) or more entitle to take this lane during peak hours. The lanes are labeled with Car-Pool Lane signs on the road abd a blue color sign on the road side stating which hours around the clock this limitation applies to.
12. Speed limits are displayed at the side of all roads as reference. You will need to comply to the speed at all time unless you are driving along the freeway. If you are driving along the fast lane, you can drive at a faster speed, as long as the vehicles around you are driving at the similar speed. There will be signs that inform you on how the enforcement monitor the road condition, either by a speed radar or by air ( normally a plane at rural area ). Do not drive more than 30 mph above the speed limit as you will end up overnight in the lockup once the enforcements get hold of you. No mercy !
13. Maintain your car speed below 35 mph if you are around a school area. One of my friend received a USD90 ticket for driving at 38mph speed near a school.
14. When you are tailed by the enforcements, pull over to the road side at the next/nearest exit ( if you are on the highway or freeway ). Stay in the car and keep your hands on the wheel visible to others. Wind down the car window and show your identity documents upon request. follow the instruction given and provide full cooperation to the authority. Do not try to act stupid as they will pull the trigger and shoot once feel threaten by your action.
15. Buckle-up even if you are sitting at the back. The States' law required all passengers in the vehicle to buckle-up when you hit the road. Any child under age 12 or below will required to sit in a child's chairs.

At the Hotel
1. The hotel will swipe your credit card to lock a certain amount of deposit for your stay. Normally it will be an amount not more than USD500. Ensure that your credit card do have this balance available after renting the car from Avis.
2. Internet is normally provided in the hotel room. If you need to pay for using the internet service, make sure that the charges are printed in the receipt in order to make the expenses claim. There is no claim limit for this but try to get the best package from your hotel.
3. Tipping the room service is a common practice in The States. You can leave a one dollar note on the writing table with a "Thank You" note if you wish to do so. My personal experience is that they will clean up the room more properly if you tip them. But, from my past experience you can choose not to do so if the hotel placed a service charge on your room charges.
4. Do not leave your coins or small notes on the table sofa as the room service might misunderstand that it is for them.
5. Most of the hotels in The States will equipped a coin operated washing machine and coin operated cloth dryer. You can choose to make your own laundry with these facilities or just get the hotel to do it for you and bill into the final bill. The cost of doing your own laundry with the coin operated machines will be much cheaper than getting the hotel to do it for you. The laundry expenses with coin operated machines are claimable although no receipt will be provided. You will just need to make a note on this when submitting your expenses claim.
6. Some of the hotels just provide a simple breakfast. If you are not happy with the breakfast provided, approach the receptionist and tell them that you wish to get a room that exclude breakfast. This is because if the hotel provides breakfast, you are not allowed to claim for any breakfast expenses any more.

Phone
1. You need a tri-band phone in The States. A normal dual-band phone that works for us here will not work there.
2. If you are on roaming, receiving SMS is free. Making a call, receiving a call or sending SMS is costly.
3. You can always find a trunk line calling card from bookshops or marts around the foreigner community. You can call the toll free number from the hotel room and follow the guided instruction to make a call. You will need to check with the hotel receptionist to ensure that calling a toll free number from the room is free of charge.
4. If you bring a notebook, the most recommended way is to make your call using Skype ;)
5. You can get a prepaid phone at USD10 from electronics stores like Fry's Electronics or Circuit City ( Not sure if you still can find them there ). This kind of prepaid phone come with the phone directly and no SIM card is required. The calling period only valid for 1 month and another USD10 top-up will extend the validity of another month. But, one thing to note is that you will need to pay no matter you are answering a call or making a call. The calling fee will be much expensive compare to the normal postpaid charges over there. This kind of prepaid phone is very handy if you just need a phone for emergency calls during the traveling period.

Shopping Around
1. All states in USA place a Government Sales Tax on every trade transaction. Ensure that this GST tax are considered into your total purchase cost before making a purchase.
2. Bulk buy at giant mart like Costco will save you a lot of money. E.g., I always buy drinking water in 1 Gallon bottle instead of multiples of 500ml bottle as the price between both differs a lot. Personally, I prefer Target or Albertsons more than Costco or WalMart.
3. The shops are divided into small lots that come with their own common car park. the parking management reserves a right to tow your car away if you park you car at their parking lot but do not visit any of the shops in that particular lot.

Eating Around
1. Always wait at the restaurant's entrance for being seated.
2. Iced water ( Chinese tea at some of the Chinese restaurants ) are normally provided at no cost. If you feel like not going to get any drink, just tell them :"I'm good with water" or "Water is good for me".
3. Normally you will be served by a dedicated waitress/waiter. They will take your order, serve the food and follow up with additional request from your table. Other waitress/waiter will not border to serve you even if you signal at them.
4. If you can't finish the food, you can ask for a "To-Go Box" to take the food with you. "To-Go" means take away in The States.
5. You will need to tip the waitress/waiter at least 10% - 20% of the total meal spending, depending on how satisfy you are with their service. Normally 10% is good in California, 15% is the typical tip for Central area while 20% at the East Coast.
6. No tip is required if you are ordering a To-Go or you are dining in the fast food restaurant.
7. If the restaurant is currently full house, you can leave your name to queue up for your seat. The seat allocation is based on number of customer versus the empty table's available seat. Someone that come later than you might get seated first if meeting the seating requirement.
8. Normally, you will be provided with a buzzer during queue up. When the buzzer vibrates and LEDs flash, it is time for you to go back for your seat. Hand the buzzer to the front desk to identify yourself and wait to get seated.

主持与煮吃

2009-06-15T20:47:00.001+08:00

我的每个星期二早上都需要主持与美国同事的电话会议。
随着近期的工作重组，老板同意将这工作交给保鲜纸姐姐。但，我还是要从旁协助她直到能够上手为止。
今天放工前，我提醒保鲜纸明天她将开始主持那个例常会议时她吓了一大跳，反问我：明天早上你要我煮吃？你要吃什么？
阿姐，我要你主持会议，不是要你煮东西给我吃啦！虽然听讲你的厨艺也是很不错的……

现代舞——白蛇传

2009-06-14T12:14:00.004+08:00

昨晚观赏了由舞蹈工厂艺术学院呈现的现代舞蹈表演。表演为时一个钟，入门票只售十零吉。总共有十三个剧幕，描述白蛇和许仙的爱情故事。

剧幕一：妖界、人界
剧幕二：白龙洞
剧幕三：姐妹
剧幕四：西湖
剧幕五：邂逅
剧幕六：借伞
剧幕七：情深
剧幕八：法海
剧幕九：逼酒
剧幕十：现形
剧幕十一：盗草
剧幕十二：水斗
剧幕十三：断桥

由于表演是在平民小学沈慕羽礼堂进行，所以音响和灯光就简单了少许。撇开那些，舞蹈员们专业的演出是很精彩的。虽然整个表演过程中没有对话，但却能够让人感受到每个角色的情绪变化和所要表达的内容。

八月八日，他们将在槟城有另一场的演出。槟城的朋友们，如果得空的话就记得要捧场哦！

全家福

2009-06-10T22:47:00.001+08:00

这是我们不太全家的全家福大合照 ——
前排：保鲜（纸）姐姐、欣仪小妹、老子小鸡、苏珊大婶、安妮阿姨、大佬振煌
后排：aFoo德强、简凯文、伟杰、老鼠志强、老板海清、亚伦、老鸡饶剑英、淡米尔

另外还有——
放假：肥李文宏、翁俊源
即将报到：长江（7号）

拍完后，老板说：下个星期等全部人都到齐时我们再来拍一张！

新发型

2009-05-04T23:34:00.005+08:00

上个月去理发时刚好熟悉的理发师外出，另一位师傅就建议由一名新手帮我处理头上那三千根烦恼。基于体谅要让新人能够有学习的机会，我连考虑都没有就答应了。这位在新加坡被裁退回来才开始学理发的新人小心翼翼地为我理了个基本头型，却开玩笑地说要为我在后脑短发的地方勾出一个八卦的图形。想到那么大的一个八卦挂在头上，我就婉转地拒绝了。

事隔一个月后，我又回去同一个地方理发。那么巧熟悉的师傅又出去了，剩下那个新手得空。基于上次的印象还不错，我决定再给他一次机会。理好了，我衰多口去问他为何没有帮我设计新形象？结果，他就要求他的师傅帮我在后脑拉了几条纹线。本以为只是细细的线条，怎知道过后去喝茶时用相机拍下来才被自己的背影吓了一大跳。

结果，这个发型就被大家“嘲笑”我像是刚刚被升任青龙堂堂主的混混，后脑像被人砍了几刀似的。真希望一个星期快快过去，酱头发就会长回去了……

别让高楼倒下！

2009-05-01T15:43:00.004+08:00

不久前，公司附近新开了一间第一站餐厅。大家去聚会时除了可以听听歌（星期一、三、五和六晚上），也可以玩玩小游戏消遣一下。

每次和可爱的同事们过去就喜欢玩叠积木的游戏。相信很多人小时候都有玩过类似的游戏——把积木一层一层叠起来，然后再慢慢把底下的积木一根根抽出来叠到上面去，直到积木承受不了顶上的重量而倒下为止。为了让游戏更加有挑战性，我们把游戏规则改进了一下，结果大家度过了一个刺激的夜晚。

摇摇欲坠的积木，最高纪录是31层

小心翼翼地清除目标——推、拉、转、撬、扶、握、抓、敲

大家玩到七情上面

激情的一刻

给你知道我在讲你

2009-04-30T01:08:00.003+08:00

谢谢你半夜不睡觉，耐心地和我玩躲猫猫。
谢谢你把那个本已泄气的心填满。
谢谢你为我守着这个话题。
谢谢你让我想起那心动的一刻 -
“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy”

帽子戏法

2009-04-09T20:17:00.002+08:00

经过连续几个月的深潜，这个星期终于有机会冒出水面——休息一下。
越南-香港-还工作债-新年-裁员-江湖救急；疯狂的时候连续工作12天，每天8点到12点；期间还不小心生病了，抱病上班差点把脑袋烧坏。
这个星期终于能够以辉煌的纪录回家，今天已经是第3天在7点之前就打卡回家了！无论如何，这都是值得庆祝的 ^_^

顺便提一下：谢谢熊猫送的枕头，以后我抱着它做工的时候一定会怀念你的好！
作为报答，就让你在这边爽一下：“熊猫，你是最美的，你知道吗？”

装修装饰

2008-12-16T22:37:00.004+08:00

晚餐和老大到酒店对面的新城市广场吃。
隔壁桌来了一家三口，女儿点了一个用脆皮面包包围的雪糕蛋糕为爸爸庆祝生日。
等了等，蛋糕还是没来。服务员妹妹跑过来很抱歉地说：好对不住，你们的蛋糕就快好了，现在正在装修紧……
我还没来得及反应过来，那个寿星公就“哈？”了一声。小妹妹发现自己讲错话了，赶紧更正：不对，不对，是在装饰紧……
冒汗，看来小妹妹是才上班不久，还练习不足。但是有亲切的笑容，值得原谅，值得原谅。
过后隔壁的爸爸在结账时对小妹妹说：你们的蛋糕还装修得不错嘛，蛮好看的…… 晕。
小妹妹的笑容真的很尴尬……

生日性格分析

2008-12-16T22:12:00.002+08:00

同事转寄来的生日-性格分析，让我在午后昏昏欲睡的时候冷汗狂流。

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5月21日眼光神準的人
宮位：金牛座29-雙子座1
金牛雙子座
固定的土像

5 月21日出生的人不隻擁有深邃的眼光，也相當固執地堅持自己的看法，不管外界的風風雨雨。這種人一旦埋首奮鬥，就會整段時間都投入其中，不論事情的難度有多高。事實上，他們熱愛挑戰，因此在做任何事情時，不管遇到什麼困難，都隻會更加激勵他們罷了。在這方面，他們絕不會光說不練，而會致力於實現想法，將之轉化成具體的事實。這天出生的人如果宣告放棄，就表示對那體事不感興趣了，或者隻是想要不停地變動下去。同時，由於他們對於生活中的感官世界也非常敏感，因此，想法和眼光也會經常隨著身體狀況的改變而改變。

這一天還暗示著一種強烈的社會關聯性。也就是說，這天出生的人並不是關在像牙塔裡的夢想家，隻要認為是對的事，便會不惜與社會對抗。他們的改革雖然是由自己所創造，但通常都是無私地為別人獻身。其實這些人最擅長的是施，而不是受；如果硬要他們接受別人的禮物或幫助，恐怕相當困難。就這方面來看，他們的生活是不折不扣的“個人秀”。因為工作就是他們的重心，並不需要經理或公關來分擔，而喜歡自己從頭到尾獨立完成。

5 月21日出生的人總是有辦法在最後一刻，籌到為了達成目標所需要的錢。他們有絕佳的信念，認為自己的努力必然會成功，或許正因為如此，每當需要別人的注意和支持時，援手就會神奇地出現。然而，他們也可能歷經好幾年的奮鬥，都沒有成功，甚至因此被取笑或輕視，也不會令他們退縮，依舊朝著原定的目標奮進。此外，這天出生的人還強烈的支配欲，一定要別人聽命於他們，纔會感到快樂。這些人當中發展得較不好的，可能會終生郁郁寡歡，空有滿腹的創見和纔華，卻毫無英雄用武之地，不論是對工作上的伙伴、手足或孩子們，都隻能擔任次要的支援角色。這種人不可避免地內心一定充滿了忿恨和自憐。其實，他們最需要的，隻是行動的勇氣，因為這正是同一天出生，但發展得較好的人致勝之道。另外，有些生於這天的人，還會面臨不知道自己究竟有何天分的困難，卻不知真正的問題隻是在於缺乏自信罷了。

上天賜給5月21日最好的生日禮物是，這一天會帶來成就和成功，這真是莫大的恩典啊！不過，容易成功的他們也必須留意，不可流於傲慢、以自我為中心，或是屈從於自我的誘惑，去扮演烈士或受難聖人的角色。他們必須不時檢查個人的動機，以確定自己是否真的像表面上看起來那樣慷慨無私。5月21日出生的人也必須了解，施與受是一體的兩面，“接受”別人的幫助是做人的必然之理，而“給予”也絕不是施舍。
幸運數字和守護星

5 月21日出生的人受數字3（2+1=3）以及巨大的木星影響。受數字3影響的人常顯得野心勃勃，甚至銳不可當，因此這天出生的人必須謹防自己太具攻擊性。而受到木星樂觀的影響，他們對錢財的處理太過隨便，不但樂於借別人錢，也常常自己計劃著要如何快速致富，最後卻落得負債透支，虧損累累。在木星和水星（即將來臨的雙子座的主宰行星）的共同影響下，這天出生的人非常固執已見，以至於很難和別人好好討論事情。
健康

5 月21日出生的人，很容易面臨體力透支的危機。因為他們總是傾全力做事，而活力又似乎源源不絕，所以可能會讓身體太過勞累而喫不消。直到開始警覺問題的嚴重性時，多半為時已晚。盡管他們多半不願承認自己身體的極限，但如果想要活過50歲，就必須學著留意身體的警訊，以及家人、朋友和醫生的建議。很明顯地，5月21日出生的人經常過度壓近自己的神經繫統，幸好這個繫統可能是他身體組織裡最強健、也最有彈性的部分。不過無論如何，由於他們體力消耗量很大，所以務必要做到規律的飲食和充分的營養。此外，如果午睡不會造成晚上失眠，那麼中午小睡一下，會有意思不到的效果。
建議

持續不斷地提醒自己，檢視自我的動機。學著接受別人幫助，要知道人偶爾都有脆弱的時候。除了龐大的計劃，也應參與小型的工作。請維持一貫的禮貌和仁慈。休息是非常重要的。
名人

杜瑞的《亞當與夏娃》(Albrecht Durer)杜瑞是日耳曼文藝復興時期的畫家、木雕藝術家、雕刻家，上圖即為他的作品《亞當與夏娃》。

臺灣演員林瑞陽，以電影《心鎖》崛起，近年成為電視劇紅星。

俄國物理學家、異議分子沙卡洛夫(Andre Sakharov)。

法裔美國金融業者、慈善家史蒂芬吉拉德(Stephen Girard)，為失怙的男孩創辦吉拉德學院。

美國商人哈默(Armand Hammer)，發展美國與蘇聯以及美國與中國之間的貿易關繫。

費茲華勒(Fats Waller)美國爵士樂鋼琴師、作曲家。

法國畫家盧梭(Henri Rousseau)。

愛爾蘭總理瑪麗羅賓森(Mary Robinson)。

法國小號演奏家默瑞斯安德列(Maurice Andre)，他或許也是20世紀最偉大的古典小號演奏家。

美國民話音樂學家丹斯摩爾(Frances T.Densmore)，曾以2500個裝臘的圓筒罐存錄美國原住民音樂。

赫曼羅茲(Hermann Lotze)，德國目的論、道德哲學家，心靈和生理學調查員。

塔羅牌

在秘儀塔羅牌的第21張是“世界”，牌面上有一位女神手持權杖在奔跑，她擁有無盡的力量，穿越全世界以展示真理。這張牌顯示，在這個星球上沒有什麼是得不到的。當牌面正立時，代表報酬優厚、人格正直；倒立時則指出巨大的障礙、精神渙散，以及自憐的性格。

靜思語

看東西時，我們多是囫輪吞棗地看，很少有人能認真地仔細觀察；至於能夠有所領悟的，恐怕就更少了！
優點

勇氣可嘉、成功在望、大無畏精神。
缺點

自負、逞強、緊張。

街头表演

2008-12-15T22:52:00.004+08:00

我的确是怀疑自己眼花了，因为我知道自己从以前就很保守。
对，是保守不是山芭。我是知道正在发生什么事情，在那里发生和为什么会发生。
这也不是第一次，我是第n次看见这种事情发生了。
但是，那么熟悉的画面,连续两次……
相隔不到两个星期，在两个不一样的地方，在我抵达的第一天晚上,傍水的走道上……
我还是觉得很惊讶。毕竟，我是走在东方的街上。
人来人往的星光大道上，车水马龙的还剑湖旁。
众目鼎鼎之下、忘我投入地……
接吻，而且是舌吻！
我还是觉得眼睛被挑战了……

过境

2008-12-14T22:53:00.003+08:00

今天，我又飞了。这次是东方之珠——香港。

xxx xxx xxx

早上乘搭的马航777-200飞机由显示飞行路线的功能。我得空就时不时转台去看看。怎么知道，当Hanoi这个字跳进荧幕时，我愣着了。
飞机从KLIA出发，向着胡志明市的方向飞去。然后沿着越南海岸线向北飞。在Da Nang，飞机就传向了。不知道为什么，突然之间一阵很强的失落感涌上我心头。鼻子马上就酸了，幸好眼泪还没有掉下来。

xxx xxx xxx

在登记了酒店后，我和老大就乘港铁到尖沙咀四周走走。怎知道，还没来得及离开港铁的地下隧道，我就看见一个方向牌。

现在，我有点在怀疑了。你真的是在召唤我吗？

xxx xxx xxx

一个月飞出国两次，还是头一次的经验。一次是去放松，再一次是去打仗。
可是感觉上，我仿佛还没有离开河内……即使现在我是在沙田打着这篇稿。

缘起

2008-12-13T00:55:00.005+08:00

与越南的第一次接触是和美国的越南籍同事宝灵。她介绍我到真正的越南餐厅尝试牛肉粉和冷面，从此就让我为牛肉粉上面的薄荷叶着迷。过后又认识洁希卡、琳、安和其他越南籍美国人，通通都是在中学后到美国深造后留下来工作的。大家都很好人，就只是要真正听得懂他们在电话里面的英文有点难度。

我和宝灵——慑于去年中秋节。她在结婚前过来工作，我顺便带她到大米家过节。

通过每次和他们几个人的交谈，加上多少有关他们家乡的故事，我开始慢慢地对越南有兴趣。去年听了阿瀛用21天从南越到北越的故事后，开始想象沙坝优美的田梯、下龙湾的星空，就这样开始留意更多有关越南的讯息……

但，真正让我下定决心要过去河内的是Fon。直到Fon在河内工作有段时日了，但总是把要过去走走的话挂在嘴边而已。直到有天她说有打算明年要继续深造，可能不再在河内呆下去了，才赶快乘马航有便宜机票时以破釜沉舟的姿态把日期敲定。

后来还因为嘴巴痒，到处去告诉人家我要去河内，结果就促成了现在大家看见的越南北部9天8夜5人考察小组。

拉阔照片 - 越南行预告 III

2008-12-12T00:37:00.006+08:00

环绕香寺的群山

香寺入口

今天才知道原来月尾会过去越南的同事们已延长他们逗留的时间，很高兴他们能够到更多北越的景点去参观。如果能够在沙坝遇见下雪就更加妙了！

先让我的团员们曝光一下——五个不同背景及事先并不认识对方的宇宙超级无敌废材们 =p

拉阔照片 - 越南行预告 II

2008-12-11T01:47:00.004+08:00

下龙湾海景

摄于傍晚

慑于早上

下龙湾海岛一角

拉阔照片 - 越南行预告

2008-12-10T00:12:00.005+08:00

SaPa群山

SaPa镇一角和Fansipan山

CatCat村——H'Mong族之家

CatCat村里的瀑布

险过剃头

2008-08-02T22:01:00.002+08:00

我老板选择在自己今年的生日当天结婚，那是一个星期六。当我几个月前知道的时候，就知道他超级厉害。这个人竟然把自己的生日、老婆的生日（和老板的生日只相差一天）和结婚纪念日放在一起。一年只庆祝一次，绝！

在和HF多次的讨价还价后，终于拍案决定了去河内的日期。我还很幸运地捞到雷门也想出去走走，加上HF说会叫多一个朋友一起去，就这么样筹成了河内游四人小组。

当想要申请假期时才发现，原来我的假期计划在老板的婚期后一个星期！噢迈恭，不知道会不会和老板的蜜月假期撞期！河内游千万不要再因为老板不在要我代班而改期，不然HF就要把我千刀万剁了！

赶紧乘老板心情好时偷偷问他到杭州的蜜月机票订了没，结果超好彩，没有！赶快和他协调一下，让他在婚礼后那个星期去度蜜月，接下来就轮到我去玩。结果还是拿到老板的恩准，让我拿一个星期的假期。好彩好彩！

老板还开玩笑说：不然我们两个就一起去放假，让苏珊去痛苦一个礼拜吧，哈哈哈！

明信片

2008-08-01T21:51:00.003+08:00

阿靓临飞前答应会在没有电脑玩又无聊时为我找张明信片寄过来。

总以为这个靓妹会玩到得意忘形而把这件事忘得一干二净，那知道才第四天她的思乡病就就开始发作了……

虽然明信片在两个星期后才出现，但当收到那张上海市景照时真的很高兴。

谢谢你，阿靓。希望你这次的游学是难忘的……

不再是交叉档案

2008-07-31T19:53:00.000+08:00

虽然我并不是交叉档案的剧迷，但还是跟着大队去看了。
结束后，小叶问我如何？还好吧…… 这个是我的回答，可以解释为一般的意思。
当然，我是没有报着对电影内容有任何期望来看的。看着他很不明白的眼神，我赶紧在补上一句。
小叶的眼神里透露了他更加大的失望。我顿一顿，开始摆明立场……
如果你是用以前电视剧里的内容来比较的话，当然，我相信你会很失望。大人刚刚还问为什么不是讲关于外星人？哈哈……
对我来说，如果戏名不是叫交叉档案，可能它是一部很精彩的侦探戏。毕竟两个干探已经从FBI退休了，能够再次发挥他们以前的专长就已经是很不错了。
讲到完，你还是觉得自己被骗了吧? 这才看见小叶觉得自己被了解的眼神，频频点头。
最让我感到错愕的是大人在穆特和丝珂丽接吻后，交叉档案标准的配乐传出来时转过头来问我：你睡着了吗？。徐徐上升的字幕瞬间停格。

后记：
回家后我才想起，从一开始那个女干探头头（忘了她叫什么名字。那么好看，可惜那么早就在戏里边死了……）就把她的立场表明——邀请穆特参与团队的原因是因为他对神秘力量的直觉，要借用他来了解那个一直能够看见影像的神父。
所以，既然已经不是穆特和丝珂丽的案件了，案情不再神秘也许就是导演想要向观众表达的讯息。可能，这也是为什么会安排丝珂丽大部分的戏是专注于她自己在医院的病人（事业），而不是和穆特追查主干故事里的答案了。
“交叉档案”已经结束了，再也没有必要神秘兮兮了……

与时并进的大马火车局

2008-07-30T22:17:00.000+08:00

现在正在放假等待开学的老弟超得空，整天往外跑。这次要到停泊岛，打算乘夜班卧铺火车去，就托我用信用卡帮忙上网订购车票。结果我这个山笆佬现在才知道原来大马火车局也进步了……

订购火车票的程序并不是很复杂，但需要先在网站上申请一个户口才可以进行。先选择乘搭日期，然后班次和座位种类。在填写了个人资料后还可以自由选择喜欢的位子，蛮方便那些有特别座位喜好的人。填完所有的资料后系统会直接计算车费，然后才填写信用卡资料，而且会连接到Visa认证网页去确认信用卡持卡人的资料，很安全。付费后，直接将车票打印出来就可以了。

很高兴看见大马火车局提供这项有水准的网上订票便利，希望接下来还会看到类似的便利出现在大马其他的部门上。那么，我们就像e-政府又迈进一步了。加油！

第350个Post

2008-07-29T22:42:00.002+08:00

发现原来我已经断断续续post了350篇文章上来，从一开始的诗纪到现在的小短篇，大都是自己的心情纪录。
其中有两百多篇是早前就创作好的粉红苹果篇，只有后来的散文是敲敲打打后传上来的。
自己也不明白为什么工作后再也没办法写出一些自己觉得可以见人的诗，那种mood已经不再；就选择长气地讲故事，讲到现在就只剩下短短的小短篇，希望还是能够把想表达的意思将出来。
至于那个一路来的小说梦，等我锻炼到700篇的时候再想想吧……

上课

2008-07-28T21:54:00.001+08:00

（不知道是不是老板为了让好久没有被指派去上课的我不再继续complain下去，）终于有机会让我再次上课了！如果不上网去检查我的上课纪录，我应该不记得上一次上课是几时了……

这次的课也还蛮轻松的，名叫The Skilled Presenters，是一个在加拿大握有商业注册的课程。上个拜一拜二的课让我的办公时间轻松渡过，但也刚刚好让我的工作堆积到要再接下来三天死赶才做完大部分。（只是大部分而已！）

为期两天的课，主要是让共9个学员通过多次的练习掌握几个重要的演讲技巧，包括肢体语言、眼神接触、发音、回答技巧、内容组织和资料呈现。感觉上很像在复习以前大学里当OC时参加由ToastMasters主办的演讲课程，手要如何摆动、计算十分钟的演讲里有多少个哑，啊，哦、脸部表情、场面控制等等，但这次多了一样让许多人恐惧的东西——练习时被录影！

很多学员在知道两天的课程里要被录影三次后就开始冒冷汗，练习时状态百出。苏珊笑场频频、景升一紧张就前后摇摆、亨利每次开始前都会蹬脚增加自信心、CheeBoon对着录影机说：Ok, start！、YP一直很努力地不要双手抱胸、阿Fee忘词时就一直啊啊啊……虽然我自己有点紧张，但热身后幸好还能够保持水准，成为在最后的练习时唯一被导师称赞的学员，嘻嘻！（不知道如果那个五十几岁却看来只有三十几岁的导师知道我有过类似的经验后会不会还是称赞我？）

总的来说，这个课程是蛮不错的。至少它让其他的同事们通过重看录影发现自己在台上演讲或分享时那真实的一面，进而改善自己的技巧，以免以后在大大老板面前出丑……可惜那个录影带还没有到手，不然可以和大家分享一下我练习时可爱的样子=p

又，发牢骚

2008-07-27T20:47:00.003+08:00

刚刚想回公司完成一点手尾，怎知道遇见阿川后就两个人在闷热的办公室对不满的现况大吐特吐苦水。四点到六点半，吐够两个小时半什么都没有做又出来吃晚餐了。哎呀……

见中，发现原来大家不只顶不顺现在的工作量+压力。大家开始想逃避，开始责问自己：
1。为何还留在这个不是人的地方，是不是要被三粒花拖着跑到虚脱倒下才甘愿
2。人生失去意义，再多的钱也没有办法衡量那铺天盖地的W.O.R.K.
3。为何还没找到自己究竟喜欢做什么事情，好可以离开这里朝那个方向去发展（然后发达？）
4。惆怅到再次想起自己的人生不知道要如何继续下去，下个假期几时来……

三粒花不断地向外承接案件，里边又一直鞭策大家努力完成他的使命，却不知道很多两粒花和所有的一粒花已经叛心高涨。有时我是在想：如果所有的两粒花和一粒花都合作以无声会议来表达抗议，三粒花不知道会不会开始慌张和清楚地感觉到他在年尾发花红后会面对被超过一半的人抛弃的情景？

哎呀，牢骚发完了，要开始三粒花交代的课外活动——阅读“Motivating Employees”一书。如果我们要去motivate其他人，那三粒花应该用什么来motivate我们一下？真是TMD！

匪命啊……

福份到了

2008-07-24T22:49:00.002+08:00

上个周末早上天气还蛮晴朗，怎知午后无端端下起小猫小狗般的大雨。老弟刚把挂在屋外的衣服收到屋檐下就听到“哗啦”一声，天台上最外一角的天花板从二楼掉到地上，差一点就打中泊在旁边的汽车。

仔细一看，哇靠不得了，掉在地上的竟然是一大堆黑漆漆的大便！原来是那些钻到屋顶天花板之间的蝙蝠长年累月留下的精华。加上大雨来得太快，从排水槽泛滥出来的雨水被精华吸收后变得很重；本来就已经被过去的雨水弄得软趴趴的天花板一下承受不住生命里之重，壮烈牺牲了。

老弟在雨停后还一直碎碎念说：蝠粪倒了！蝠粪倒了！他还要老妈赶快去买车牌号码，因为车子被掉下来的蝠粪喷到，就快发财了……

换巴士

2008-07-20T22:56:00.002+08:00

几天前买巴士票回家时发现快速公司取消周末下午五点从老家回马六甲的班次，心里有点不是味道。毕竟已经乘搭这班车这么多年，抵达马六甲的时间又刚刚好是晚餐时间，十分方便。另外，这三座位豪华班次是取道高速公路，比其他的班次舒服多了。虽然我百般不愿意乘搭六点的班次，但还是把票买下了。

今天我准时爬上巴士，本来还很庆幸从关丹来的巴士蛮准时；怎么知道司机在麻坡路的路口突然向左转，心里就有很不祥的预感了。果然，巴士先摇摇晃晃地到昆明园工业区添油，再悠闲地倒回头上路！这前后就用掉了全巴士四十人宝贵的四十五分钟！结果，少过两个钟的路程花了三个钟才抵达，超累人的。

在巴士上和ST商量后，决定以后改乘麻辣快车来回，不再给面子老招牌快速公司。麻辣的巴士比较新而且舒服，可以网上订票（提早订票还可以享受最高30%的折扣！）；加上班次多时间又能够配合我星期五的放工时间，看来应该是时候改变……

笑不出来的地狱男孩

2008-07-17T22:57:00.001+08:00

去看了地狱男孩2，很紧凑的一部好戏。看完后松了一口气，还以为已经过了三个小时了。

其中让我印象最深刻的就是当两个“英雄”摊在厅中间喝酒时的配乐，那种笑不出来的感觉就是想让人进去和他们一起干杯！

还有还有，当接下来两个醉鬼靠在床边，蓝想要对红透露他知道的秘密时的那种心情，真的是难以言喻……

回来马上做了点功课，在晓雯的帮忙下把那首歌给挖了出来，反复再听上几遍。

这一首美丽的诗，就像今晚的夜光一样迷人……

旋转塔上的乌达

2008-07-16T13:25:00.001+08:00

上个周末带美国来的越南籍工程师希去老街上走走，还乘搭了新建的旋转塔。

旋转塔上面的感觉不错，可以鸟瞰马六甲市和海峡上的来往船只。就只是它在上面旋转的时间快了点，而且那个语音介绍有点吵=p 后悔没有把相机带出去，不然就有很好的鸟瞰图可以传上来了。

过后还带上苏州来的顺舟一起去麻坡吃生鱼米粉、乌达和烧鱼，吃到涨得不得了。当Si买单的时候还打趣说这个晚餐无论多贵他老板都不能拒绝他回去凭单索偿；因为这餐集合了杉达嘉拉，马六甲和苏州三地的代表，而且还是和他到这来的工作有关系。Collaboration，他打哈哈地用公司近来一直强调的工作精神来调戏我们。

在回程的车上突发奇想，不知道如果在旋转塔上售卖乌达的话会是怎么样的呢？呵呵……

通告

2008-07-15T13:19:00.000+08:00

今年打算去越南河内和附近的地区走走，谁有兴趣一起去？
日期还没有决定，很有可能是马来过年期间。时间大概是8天左右。
理想的人数是4个。没有其他原因，只因为可以分担交通费用。

发牢骚

2008-07-14T13:57:00.001+08:00

最近开始觉得自己越来越没有用，应该做的技术性工作都没办法依时完成。

和老板研究过后的结论是我们两个都变成老板的秘书。他总是在帮忙老板做powerpoint，我也都在分析资料做powerpoint和协调小组内的工作和问题。恶性循环，一环接一环。讲难听一点好像一直被人牵着鼻子走那么样，十分让人难过。

最让人感觉心情低落的是当老板去美国的那两个星期。我终于明白那一个有一个的会议是多么可怕的事情，执行每个会议里的决定又是另外一部漫长低沉的悲歌。每个会议里都被人要求提前完成所有的行动，好像我们有数不尽的人力似的。有时开完会出来很想大声的骂TMD，只是碍于身份形象不能这么样做来“激励”组内的其他人。

好想去放假啊……我几时可以去解放一下？但是现实是回来后东西和环境应该还是不会改变吧？

AE80待售

2008-07-13T12:15:00.003+08:00

小弟近期会换车，要为旧车找新主人。
虽然是蛮年老的车子，但状况还很不错。左看右看，总是觉得如果要送去报废有点可惜，毕竟它还很“强壮”。
如果有兴趣者，可以留言联络我。相信我的AE80适合那些刚毕业想要拥有自己第一部车子的人，或者是那些要找辆去笆粗用的车也应该很适合。

车款：AE80 / Toyota Corola LE
颜色：白
生产年份：1986
引擎容量：1300毫升
驾驶距离：大概270，000km
价钱：〈RM5000，可以商量

火车桥

2008-06-23T15:14:00.000+08:00

这是老弟在新加坡某处拍的。离职后十分得空，有时间等待最佳的时机来把景色抓下来。

我讲老弟啊，你如果不想我继续这样盗版的话，就赶快自己开一个部落来表现自己吧！
没有其他原因，就只因为流行嘛……

白天

傍晚

Update昔中

2008-06-22T14:30:00.002+08:00

又是一篇拖了很久的稿。过年时在昔中拍的照片，放上来让那些没有回去的同学们update一下。

这个是新教室，中六的小瓜已经开始在这边上课了。我在想，换节时老师们要用几分钟从办公室走过来呢？

第二个后门，威龙们又有新的逃学出口了……

新食堂在新教室最低层，来看看有什么好料吃？

哇，现在学校食堂已经不是低消费的地方了……跟我在公司食堂吃的价钱差不多嘛？

这个是最新的工程。旧食堂的旧宿舍被推掉了，要再建新教室。究竟要再建多少的新教室？
希望那个纪念性的喷水池不会是下一个被新教室取代的地方。还有，惜阴楼也是！

正在发生

2008-06-21T23:19:00.001+08:00

每一天，正在发生的是什么事情？我们的生活？
对，但不是答案。
事实是我们在破坏地球。这件事情，每一分每一秒都在进行着。
近期有人开始大肆宣传保护环境的意识。有的人已经开始行动，有的人不以为意。
总是有人认为地球的世界末日只会在自己上天堂后才到来。但，事实是否如此呢？
每天我们都在欺负地球，挥霍所有的资源。

究竟地球上，除了人类的其他东西，在怎么想？没有人知道，应该也没有人关心。
如果，如果它们是有知觉的，它们会怎样做？
如果人类受到侵犯，人类会怎样做？反击，是吧？
那么地球会反击吗？当然会！怎样？我也不知道。
地震?台风？海啸？干旱？水灾？可能不只这些。

我很佩服那个编剧的想象力可以是那么的丰富。
那个编剧？正在发生的编剧。
树木会杀人，很少听过吧？
戏开始的时候我还没猜到究竟是发生什么事情。但当再回想戏一开始是主角上课的内容时我就明白了。
树木会杀人。
为什么？反击啊，笨蛋！你会人家不会么？

厕所。诗

2008-06-20T21:16:00.000+08:00

我们的公共厕所门后或墙壁上通常有的是不堪入眼的图画及电话号码，可是我在两个地方看见了可爱的留言：

这个是在有人维持的厕所看见的：

如厕所肮脏，
请用mop拖一下。
保持清洁卫生，
人人有责。
谢谢合作！

这个更加劲，是在我理发的小屋看见的。原汁原味，没经编辑：

合德保大给给有
作无此小人人冲
要量干便高欢水
小谢净后兴喜
便谢卫请
在你生冲
洞的功水
里

我超喜欢它最后的那一句，呵呵。

提高生产力

2008-06-18T21:31:00.000+08:00

自从被飞里沙认出这是我的窝格活力身份之后，她就不断投诉我干吗没有定时更新记事本。

结果，一口气上传了累积了几久的几篇稿。

希望大小姐可以向我看齐，打点结婚事务的当儿也要记得把喜悦上传来和大家分享一下。

梦见东姑

2008-06-17T18:51:00.000+08:00

走进富贵堂皇的广场，静悄悄的没有人。
在脚步的带领下轻轻踱到二楼，跨过横越厅堂的桥。一切就像在做梦，迷迷糊糊地不清楚究竟在哪里？
转过从顶端飘垂的布帘，鲜艳的猪肝红后面站着东姑。他对我笑了一笑。震惊，让意识乘机切入。
清醒后，再也记不起他的笑容，震惊却残留在心中挥不散。我只记得他的笑容，完全不符合这么多年记忆中的那一个人。

来自苏州的一封信

2008-06-16T21:01:00.000+08:00

哈啰朋友们：

我和玄玄会去新加坡训练老鹰, 7月6号到7月20号。我们有两天时间，7月12，13号，我们准备来马六甲。太想见你们啦，所以就用系统想把你们hold住，你们一定要把12号空出来，要提前向女朋友/男朋友申请On Leave。
很想念和你们一起去唱歌的时光，YC深情的情歌；TB的周杰伦； CB的张宇； HENRY的女声版英文歌；JH记住好多歌词的实力型歌手；CC不用唱就是张学友的架式；MT叔叔看不懂我写的字，要玄翻译唱歌的白字先生；MW字正腔圆的中国歌；KS的马来歌（听不懂，但好听）。希望我写得没有太深，你们都看得懂。哈哈。JH帮MT叔叔翻译。他一定不懂。
我们有一整天的时间，所以要你们配合想出好的Schedule。千万不能有借口啊，千年难得一次啊。
我们盛情邀请新朋友，QY，HL，BC，CG一起加入我们啊。

朱琳，张玄玄盛邀

2006年跨越2007年的时候，苏州派来了两个小妹妹工程师，在我老板旗下受训。天真无邪的两个人和大家的关系都很融洽。现在，她们又要来了……

唯一的Pantun

2008-06-15T12:56:00.000+08:00

整理房间时再次看见它的小抄，有点沾沾自喜。
中学时候参加pantun比赛所写下的:

Seorang gadis bisu yang cantik,
Duduk di tepi jalan jual meruku;
Saudari gadis yang cantik,
Sudikah anda mengahwini-ku ?

毕竟这是我唯一的原创作品，而且帮我在比赛的最后一分钟扭转败局。
当时女对手对不上的错愕表情，我还记得很清楚。
呵呵，年少轻狂。

上个周末玩什么？

2008-06-14T14:04:00.000+08:00

他们在看什么那么精彩？哇靠，还出动相机留证？

上个周末表哥成家。参与后感就是一直高举录影机的手很酸，但是可以玩很爽。但愿拍出来的效果不会太糟糕。
认识了叫Alfred的业余发烧友，很欣赏他“宁可不要吃也要拼命拍摄”的作风。有机会大家可以出来再玩玩。

对了，祝一对新人幸福快乐。

PTPTN可能降息？

2008-06-13T20:24:00.002+08:00

如果这个是真的，那将是个好消息。所有的人都在期待着它发生吧？
虽然我已经很尽量地每个月准时还钱（还是多还的那种！），但每次看见户口报表时还是心惊胆跳。
六十多千的读书债，要还到几时才可以一了百了地解决？

没有秘密的秘密

2008-06-10T21:52:00.002+08:00

今天心血来潮临时去赴功夫熊猫的秀。

熊猫波得到空白的武功秘籍后，卖面的鸭爸爸说了一句引发深思的话：

我的秘密食谱里面的秘密就是没有秘密--什么都没有添加、用心做出来的一碗面，就是最让人回味无穷的面！

结果，波的无招无式的棉花肚竟然战胜武功高强的雪山老虎。

好一个和我工作态度一致的名言。我始终相信只要认真地把工作做好，财富就会滚滚而来 =）

年度报告

2008-04-17T23:28:00.002+08:00

今年第一份年度报告出炉了。
不出所料，我得到有史以来最低分。这是一个很残酷的事实。
刚才妈拨电来检查我的活动记录，发现我还在公司溜达。幸好我聪明有回家吃饭冲凉，不然就大条了。
可是，她还是捎来了坏消息--年度验血报告来了。报告说我脂肪严重超标，而且血糖也紧紧跟在脂肪后面。
结果，又是一轮的训话，苦口婆心地要我争取时间运动。
这事情我也十分明白，我已经超过两年没有真正的运动了。然后再去德州一趟，体重直线上升。
真的是时候检讨和改变了。我可不想这么早死。

死火

2008-04-08T23:04:00.002+08:00

今天真的是死火，不是一单，是接二连三。

首先是确定旧老板被调职（应该是升职才对）去管生产线，亨利走马上任。接下来等着看事情如何峰回路转。

接着是收到风说铜顶部的大老板呈辞。糟糕的是听到高层原本打算从我的部门中调一个老板过去，想到我自己的老板是最大的嫌疑犯就心跳一百。

然后再和SK II三八时联想到早上大老板召见时分别问我和苏珊的方向问题，开始觉得不对劲。为什么他突然会问我们这么样的问题？而且还是分开各自进去对谈，好像在从新面试的样子。然后再然后，我不寒而虑。究竟背后有什么大阴谋？

希望苏珊讲的没错，我们没有受到震动的波及。还是心惊惊的。

最后，这次真的是死火。晚上去享受完寿司王会员日RM2一碟的寿司后，发现停在公司停车场的ABC死火，认我踢不着。看来这次应该是电池真的死了。明天又要花钱了。

死火死火死火死火死火死火死火死火!!!!!!

精明叉烧糊涂记

2008-03-23T23:56:00.000+08:00

话说有块叉烧前天放假没有上班，便约好周末晚上一起去看戏。刚好GSC有买一送一的优待，我便在公司上网订票和印好优待卷让休假的他去领票。怎知当天晚上我接到一通电话，谈话内容如下：

我：哈啰？
叉烧：哦诶！你在哪里？
我：在公司啦，还有哪里？
叉烧：哈？你不要看戏啊？
我：是么？不是明天么？
叉烧：哈？你讲虾米？你不是扑了今晚的票么？
我：我订明天晚上的吗，你去买票你没有看清楚地啊？
叉烧：…………（背景可以听见叉烧摸出戏票的声音）
我：不可能我订错吗？
叉烧：干哪噻！你不是讲今天看戏的美？
我：我订明晚的吗，怕今晚赶来不及……你买票没有看清楚的啊？等下人家卖你马来片……
叉烧：吗地，你作么没有讲清楚？林北买了popcorn了叻！
我：你不是坐在那个楼梯旁边吃完才回家啦……（我已经笑到没有力气讲话）
叉烧：吗地！吗地！订明天的票没有跟人家讲！
我：你刚才来拿coupon的时候拿了就走，根本没有给人家时间讲多一句……
叉烧：干哪噻！林北在Mahkota走了几个小时等看戏叻！（挂上电话）
我：OK啦，明天看啦！

过后我上厕所时看见要和我们一起去看戏的文杰，忍住笑学话给他听。那里知道，他上完厕所就拨电给叉烧……

文杰：哈啰，你在哪里？
叉烧：在Mahkota啦，你在哪里？
文杰：外面car park哪里。怎样，今晚看戏啊？
叉烧：没有啦那个瓜订明天的票，不是今天的票！！！
文杰：是吗？（他已经坐在我旁边，打开电话扩音器，忍住不敢笑）
叉烧：是啦，明明讲好是今晚看戏了的吗……（接下来是一大堆的粗口和重复之前他告诉我的东西）
文杰：…………（我们已经笑得两个人软在椅子上了）
叉烧：吗地，我不管，明天叫他请吃，反正他的工钱那么高！
文杰：哇噻，good idea！可是他现在在我旁边叻……
我：关我屁事，是他自己打电话给你的！（为了捍卫我的钱包，我忍不住开口了）
叉烧：哈，你讲什么？哇靠，你们两个咔起来玩我？
我：你惨了啦，我们已经把你的话录下来了，明天YouTube就有你讲粗话的video了！（骗他的，吓他一下）
叉烧：我不管！我不管！你们两个咔起来玩我！
文杰：Then，你现在在哪里？
叉烧：还在这边啦！我要回家了啦，你们酱子玩我！
文杰：你的popcorn叻？
叉烧：带回家吃啦，还有两杯水叻！吗地！
文杰：酱你回家慢慢享受啦，有人已经笑到眼泪都流出来了啦！

电话讲完后我们两个人笑到摊在椅子上爬不起来…… 很久没有这么开心地大笑了，笑到嘴巴酸痛，眼睛张不开，满脸都是眼泪。看来我还得感激叉烧这精彩的演出，绝对不逊网上那个向穆斯林印度大兄逼问关于他餐馆有没有买猪肉产品的录音。
我只敢在看完戏后才把这段笑话投上来，怕如果昨晚笑话就出街的话叉烧扣留我的戏票不给我去看 =p

2008新年聚会（一）照片

2008-03-22T15:03:00.006+08:00

今年过年时meet了一些中五的同学们，很高兴能够见到大家。

只是有人改变装扮后真的让人有点认不出来，尤其是电了卷发的丽萍让男生们都掉了眼睛……

原本应该早就将照片放上来和发给有交上伊妹儿的人，但写着伊妹儿的红包封被我压在一大叠的账单下面到今天整理时才从新被发现，实在不好意思。

本来没有打算将丽萍和翠思的私人合照放上来，但还是忍不住出卖她们了 =p

鱼翅捞饭

2008-03-22T12:41:00.000+08:00

谁不想每天鱼翅捞饭？我以前根本没有想过真的可以这么样，直到上个周末。
在格那拉再也旧林国荣学院附近的Relax Station，我竟然在食物目录上看见鱼翅捞饭供点。
是有点惊讶，但区区RM8一份，试试也无妨。
至少我在那半个钟是个有钱人。

无题

2008-03-21T00:40:00.000+08:00

近排，话题明显的减少了很多。
都在隔岸对望吧？

我沉默，是因为你的沉默。
但这不代表我没有话要讲。

你是否也一样在盼望？
事情，总有水落石出的一天。

p/s:喂，老板！听见了没有？

大马眼年尾移师马六甲

2008-03-20T17:29:00.002+08:00

今天的报章说大马眼将移师马六甲，应该在今年十月二十三日正式开张。
不错，酱子我就不会再为去年没有办法登上大马眼鸟瞰大地而耿耿于怀了。
我开始想象马六甲眼和大马眼“大眼瞪小眼”的情景了……