The Extra-ordinary woman - Benazir Bhutto - Sad day for Pakistan and the world

Few more days, it will be 2008!! It is so sad that 2007 has a sad ending.....

This morning got the news that Pakistan's politician got assassinated by suicide bomb attack in Islamabad. She was shot in the neck before her assailant blew himself up. She died later in the hospital. At least a dozen more people were also killed in the rally.

Just awhile ago, Al-Qaeda has claimed that they did the crime.



She escaped an assassination just in Oct, but she was undeterred and proceed to meet her supporters for the up and coming election in Jan 08. So sad, this time, she was unlucky.

Her father, Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was Pakistan Prime Miniter from 1970 to 1977. He was striped of powers by military coup led by Gen Zia ul-Haq in 1997 and was hanged 2 years later. Her 2 brothers turned to terrorism and both were killed. She was released to London after few years imprisonment, where she re-build her father's party, Pakistan People's Party. She later became Prime Minister twice, 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996.

What has happened to the world? There are so many hatred now? Religion against religion, race against race? Politicians use dirty tricks to get their vote so they can get the power. To me, i see it as some people were doing all these crimes to benefit themselves and using religion and race as cover up. It is the cheapest and effective weapon to achieve what they want.

With the current only super power in the world, namely USA, behaves selfishly, unfair handling international matters, creating more and more hatred. Plus this same super power refuses to work with the rest of the countries to solve the global warming problem, the world is getting worse!!!

I hope her dead will not create more death in Pakistan. I respect her for her courage and determination in wanting to make Pakistan a better place.

Ms Bhutto, I salute you ...

My Christmas 2007

Haiz!!!! Christmas day is my house cleaning day....... whole day cleaning here and there...... hmmmm.... what a Christmas !!!

I always enjoy the cool weather from Nov to Feb, it is always very cooling and windy...., this period is also a raining season in Singapore. I really hope to have this type of weather through out the year here, but not too much rain lah, just cool wind will do. Hahaha... dreaming only ...... Not really though, our global weather has changed drastically in the past years..... the weather pattern has changed. This year the "cool wind" came in late as compare to last year, it only came in late Nov, last year was late Oct. But this year, there are lots of rain even during our hot and dry season, that is between March to Sept.

Hahaha, who knows, one day Singapore may have temperature at 20degreeC through out the year? hahaha... dreaming again ... in actual fact, the earth is getting warmer, not cooler....

One day Singapore will become smaller due to global warming effect, sea level rise due to north and south poles melting ice. But our smart govt has already started to build dams blocking the sea water from our rivers, at the same time use them as reserviours. Smart leh!! One stone kills 2 birds. In fact, our HDB has long been prepared for this global warming effect, most of our HDB apartment blocks, 1st level is empty, residents stay from 2nd level onwards. 80% of Singaporeans stay in HDB, so we are safe!!!! :-)

No matter how, when the warming effect get worse, some parts of Singapore will be gone under water.... Well, not really need to worry. We are expert in reclaiming the sea, water level rise, we will claim them back.... So, an interesting scenario then, may be 50yrs or 100yrs from now, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries will shrink but Singapore not only remain same size, may be even bigger.....hahaha.... you can imagine that ?? then of course, a lot of quarrel with Malaysia and Indonesia over reclaimation lor....

Really, not sure how long the earth can last ?? It is a living thing. It is starting to get sick, but the most powerful country in the current world are not willing to help to make the earth back to normal. Well, what can the rest say when there is only one big super power?? LL lor!

So, how many more Christmas can the earth have? I am very sure, I still can enjoy many Christmas with the earth still in "proper" health. But, for sure i am not going to do house cleaning anymore on Christmas day liao.... hahahaha.....


Photo by SE K810i

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

This greeting card is self-made and the photo was taken locally, haha, a botak tree at a car park.

It is fast......, few more days 2007 will be gone..... not sure if the clock and earth team up to tick and rotate faster. Every sunday morning when i meet my good friends for regular jog and breakfast, we all knew that another week had just gone.

A close friend lately sent me an interesting self-made video on self-motivation topic, about life, contention, be positive, live life to fullest and see the glass as half fill, instead of half empty. Herewith, i would like to say i definitely will. Thanks for your message and appreciate your video a lot. Thanks again. :-)

2007 is not really a good year for me, too many things happened. I believe 2008 will be a better year. I ,too, wish you, who are now reading my blog, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008!!

MV - 千里之外搞笑版 - 欠我十块

哈哈！有人把这首歌的词改了，很有趣！在这，我把原装版和搞笑版贴上，让你们欣赏这两个版本。 轻松，轻松一下！呵呵！

原装版 - 千里之外



搞笑版 - 欠我十块



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捐血出丑记

捐血对很多新加坡人来讲不是什么了不起的事情。尤其是大多数的新加坡男生都经历过国民服役，在服役期间最少也捐过一次。输血的速度快或慢取决于个人的血脉大小。有些人十五到二十分钟血浆包就满了，有些人则有可能需要半个钟头或更久，有些甚至捐到一半血就停止往外流。更有些连护士也找不到血脉，然后再拍拍手臂让那血脉浮出来。呵呵！听来有点不可思议？不过却是千真万确。通常，一旦捐完，护士就会用棉花用力的压住那针孔刺破的血脉几分钟，防止血再往外流。

当年在部队时，我是个regular捐血者。那时，我差不多每三个月都会去捐血。捐血有个规定，那就是最少隔三个月才能再捐血，所以每年不会超过四次。那时，虽然我时常捐血，但我从不看护士用针刺我的血脉。当她们要刺时，通常我会把头转到另一边。呵呵！你有可能觉得很奇怪为什么我不看。呵呵！我不怕痛，但就是怕看到针刺入血脉那一刹那和鲜血开始流出来的那一幕。真的！而且那些针是蛮大的喔！有些护士当知道我的畏惧，就故意作弄我，一直叫我看针往那里插。当然，我死都不看啦！。。。呵呵！

记得有一次，流动捐血车来到部队军营。当然，我也捐血去啦！那时部队同事也蛮踊跃的去捐血。和往常一样，我还是不看护士用针刺我的血脉。我的几位同事也在我的隔壁床，我一边输血一边聊天。一下子，我的血浆包满了。护士就用棉花压住我的手臂的血脉，因为人手不够，她按了差不多半分钟，就叫我自己按住。按惯例，我应该是按着手臂差不多五分钟到十分钟，直到血脉不再流血。同时也去休息区喝点饮料。

呵呵！我呢？没去休息，反而是跑去作弄还在输血的同事。我一边按着手臂，走来走去，一边和同事有说有笑。过了几分钟，忽然间我感觉到手臂湿湿的。往手臂一看“我的天啊！有血啊！“口里就喊了出来。手臂都是血，我走过的地方地板也沾了血迹。这时每个人都被我突如其来的反应，好奇地向我看了过来。护士也向我走了过来。还记得好像被护士训了几句，之后眼前一暗，什么就不记得了。

当我张开眼睛时，就看到几个人围着我。也听到有人说“醒啦！醒啦！“。那个被我作弄的同事也在旁边，问我“你OK吗？“。我就问“发生什么事？“。他回答“你刚才晕倒啊！“。我无力的反应“是吗？“。还没讲完，护士就走过来把我训了一顿。说我应该是去休息而不该去作弄别人，没按好才导致血流不止。她很生气，还警告要禁止我以后去捐血。我也默默地点头，也向她道歉。之后她就吩咐我再多躺几分钟。当时，我是躺着在输血床上，双脚也被抬高，让血倒流。过后，其他在那的同事也作弄我。当然，护士小姐只是吓我而已，往后我还是有去捐血。

老实讲，虽然护士小姐说我晕倒是流血过多造成的，但到了现在我还是不知道到底是因为流血过多还是看到了血才晕的。呵呵！当时手臂和地板的确有很多血。不过，虽然我是个粗男人但就是怕血咯！唉！真失败！

离开了部队之后，也因工作繁忙，有很多年没去捐了。或许，也该去捐了。

MV - 歸宿 - 劉德華

很多次电台播这首歌，总觉得很好听。只知道是刘德华唱的，就是不知歌名。最近，又碰到电台在播就赶紧从那电台的网站查到这首歌的歌名。然后就在Youtube搜寻这首歌。

MV故事是男主角和一个爱睡觉的女生的一段恋情。 MV导演是周格泰，听说也是童话的MV导演，擅长拍浪漫故事MV。



歌曲很舒服，但女生爱睡觉到有点夸张。呵呵。。。

日记 - 搭德士记

我很少搭德士，即使自己的车送去维修，我还是会用地铁和巴士代步。一年没搭上几次吧？

昨天下午（13Nov 2007），有个工程在市中心的 Hitachi Tower。考量了CDB ERP 和停车种种费用后，最终决定拖着一个箱子里面装着一台服务器（1U server）搭德士（Taxi）去客户处安装这系统。计划工程完后就搭地铁（MRT）回去。

搭上了一台蓝色康福（Comfort）德士，那个箱子也就放进德士车后的储存箱。上了车，就跟司机很投缘的聊了起来。我们聊了民生，国际问题等等。。。不知不觉就到了目的地。就在我正付车费时，手机也响了起来。这时，我就一边和司机讲话，也同时和来电的讲话。德士外有几个人都在等我下车。拿了司机找回的零钱和发票，跟他说了声“拜拜！下次有机会再聊！“。然后就匆匆的赶出德士。踏出了车，我还继续的讲几分钟的电话。

讲完了电话之后，就在要开始踏进Hitachi Tower的保安处时，忽然间才发现少了些什么的。“哇！我的箱子呢？“这时如梦初醒。。。往德士下车处一望，那德士早就不在了。赶紧拿了那张发票，就打了那康福德士的热线。跟接线员讲解了整个事情的来龙去脉。很快的，接线员就说德士会在十到二十分钟内回来把箱子还给我。听了很欣慰。。。不过也觉得怎么我和德士司机都会忘了呢？ 可能那时我也忙着讲电话，分神了！他呢？可能被我感染了吧？

德士在大概十五分钟赶了回来，我见到司机一直向他道“不好意思！把你给叫回来了！“。他也满脸笑容的回答“没事！不用紧啦！“。

呵呵！这是我有生第一次碰到这类事件。幸好我有跟他要了发票，不然的话有得找咯！不幸的话，可能也拿不回啦！

Update : Disgrace act by 3 UK tourists in Singapore

Trio apologise !!!!

Finally they apologised, thought a bit late, but it is better late than never, right? Well, now i feel much better, though more can be done by these 3 guys.... at least they did not disappear in the air.

hmmm... lets move on ...

Below is the apology "letter" appears in Youtube....

Apologies from Bo and his friends.
Read this first.
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I have already sent 2 apologies out on you tube. But I'll apologise again. As I don't think many people have seen it.

When I look back at the video it does look very bad. I offer my sincerest apologies to Mr Lee, his son & everyone that has been offended. It was very disrespectful and insensitive to make fun of an old man. If you knew us you'd realise that we are actually nice guys.

On that night we'd had a few beers (slightly drunk), and needed to get back to our hostel. So we began walking up the street looking for a taxi. The trishaw driver was waiting at the side of the road and suggested we take his taxi. At first we declined as we wanted an actual car, but he insisted we got in. I thought ok, I'd never been on one before and told him our destination. He said $10 which was fine.

After setting off I did start laughing, I was a little drunk and thought it was funny how slow we were going. I did actually ask the driver if I could peddle before we got the camera out.So after travelling hardly any of the distance agreed, I could see that it was stupid for us to continue and said we should get out. We'd only travelled around a quarter of the agreed distance so I at the time I thought $5 was reasonable. Bearing in mind that we'd just come from Thailand where drivers initially charge way over the odds and it's customary to haggle the price.

I don't know why Mr Lee is saying we didn't pay, when in the end we gave him the $10. I know I was laughing but I wouldn't dream of not paying for the ride! That would be unforgivable. The camera cuts out before we actually leave the trishaw but I can guarantee everyone that we paid the $10 before we left.

My upmost apologies again go out to Mr Lee and his son. If it were my dad with 3 young guys laughing at him, I'd want to find out who they were and speak my mind. But can I just confirm again that we did pay!

Best Regards
Bo
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News Coverage:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/11/todays-video-si.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490946&in_page_id=1770
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/11/brits_behaving_badly_set_off_s_1.html
http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20071031-33370.html

Go to the page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_GoQ-h9Zg

SAF Video - Knock it down

This video is interesting, i can't recall if i have ever watched it in TV before. Someone posted it onto Youtube.

Title : Knock it down ( means Pushup ) ....



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MV - 881 - 一人一半MV - 伍家辉

看过这部新加坡制作的本地文化电影。。。很喜欢戏里的一些福建歌曲。。。这部戏也把一些一直歧视福建歌曲的人，开始重新认识福建歌曲了。戏里我对其中一首“一人一半“最喜欢。更喜欢这首歌由伍家辉演唱。。。 我从Youtube抓了两个不同版本，一首是伍家辉单唱MV，另一首是合唱。。。

单唱MV



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合唱MV



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同意吧？他的歌声很舒服hor?
看来新加坡玩音乐的人才越来越多啦！

Disgrace act by 3 UK tourists in Singapore

Regardless of your race or nationality, after you've watched this video clip, I believe you will feel how sickening these 3 guys have had behaved.

These guys were from UK...., Well, regardless of where these guys were from... their behaviours were no different from those hooligans and coward for bullying an old man at his 70s...


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Shame on you, guys!!!

Update : 2007-11-01 1000hrs

Below is the news and video interview by OMY....



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This news also appear in Daily Mail ( UK )


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Update : 2007-11-02 0045hrs

These guys' look ....

Shame on you, guys !!!

I urge you guys to come back to Singapore, apologise to the uncle personally and pay the money back to him and close the case. We will all look forward then...

He deserves some basic respects!

Don't be a coward..... be a brave British!

MV - 阿杜“差一点“搞笑版

哈哈！从网上看到这有趣的阿杜“差一点“搞笑版，即“差一点中头奖“（新加坡版）。非常搞笑。。。

点击下图，欣赏这个有趣的ＭＶ．．．．

搞笑版



原装版 - 差一点

小六溜达记

小时候，家住靠近旧机场（现在的巴耶利答空军基地）的乡村，小学也就在附近。这是一所邻里学校，那里的同学和校友大多都是住附近的居民。据我所知，这间学校过后也曾被用做回教学校。现在呢？也不清楚了，很久没去那里走走了。。。或许有一天再去那看看。。。

（注图：这是我们和大伯同住的屋子。左边的校车是大伯的）

小学上学时，母亲给的零用钱都是“刚刚“好，不像其他同学在食堂吃食物时还可加料。不过，我也从没有比较和埋怨。呵呵！但，偶尔我为了省下那零用钱用在别的东西就在休息时不吃东西。呵呵。。。所以那个时候的我瘦瘦的。

记得小六时，几乎每个星期六我都会和几个同学在学校里谈天或玩耍。偶尔，我们也会到市区的MPH书局和国家图书馆去。通常，我的钱是刚好用在搭巴士，没多余买吃或喝的。有一天，我们的其中一个小瓜就夸说他到过淡那美拉( Tanah Merah )海边，很漂亮，就在樟宜空军基地旁。呵呵！那时，还没有樟宜国际机场啊！英军还在新加坡喔！就这样，我们五六个小瓜就约好了一起去那里玩玩。我算了搭巴士的费用，确保有足够的钱买车票。当然，我是瞒着家人跟他们到那么远的海边去。

（注：淡那美拉( Tanah Merah )海边原址就在现在的樟宜国际机场，那时还没填土）。

一个星期六一大早，我们就在学校聚合。那个小领队就带我们从巴耶利答上段（Upper Paya Lebar ）搭巴士到樟宜监狱外的巴士转换站，再转搭另一辆巴士。巴士需要经过空军基地一小段跑道，那时看到一些飞机停在维修库外，每个瓜看到了兴奋不已。这一小段跑道有军人监视着，当有飞机从跑道拉回维修库或从维修库拉去跑道时，这条小道会暂时被封。

过了那小跑道后，我们就看到了海边，还有很多椰树和一些别墅。据我所知，这些别墅是当时英军军官住的。我们就在其中一个车站下车，每个瓜就迫不急待的跑向海边。那时，有一个五六十岁的老外，应该是位英军军官吧？就在一栋别墅前钓鱼。我们好奇的看着他，他也看着我们也没理，也没赶。

这海边不大适合游泳，没沙滩，都是泥和石头。过了一阵子，我们就在离那老外有点远的地方抓螃蟹，鱼儿和戏水。我们就在那翻开石头，看在里面能找一些小螃蟹或是小贝壳。。。记得那时，那里除了我们几个小瓜，就是那老外和一些本地人。人数不多。整个宁静的海边被我们几个瓜吵翻啦！呵呵。。。

不久，我们看到一条小鱼，就几个一起围起来要把它给抓了。每个紧张得大吵大闹。。。那时，我们也不知道那是什么鱼。。。其中一瓜就用双手把它盛起来。当他把它盛起来时，那鱼儿就涨了起来，身上还有刺。。。

“哇！”那个瓜顿时被吓到了，就即刻松手把那鱼儿给掉回水里了。这时有些就喊“有毒啊！“，也有些喊“大肚鱼啊！“。鱼儿掉了，虽然我们有五六个，但没一个瓜敢再把它抓回来啦。。。呵呵。。。不过，每个瓜，当然包过我，就在那里稀里哗啦的讲个不停。

那是我第一次，亲眼看到Puffer鱼喔！

到了中午，大家也累也饿了。我们就踏上一辆巴士回到樟宜监狱外的巴士转换站。就在那等另一辆巴士回家时，一个家境比较好的瓜就买了一包汽水解渴。哈哈！我们几个就站在他旁边等他喝完。然后，他就把胶带交给我们，我们几个就分里面的冰块。当然，那时他也买一些东西吃，我们瓜太多，所以也没分享咯。

回到了家，觉得自己很了不起。就在哥哥面前炫耀我手上的巴士车票。。。哥哥就问我去了那里，我就很嚣张的不说，只说我和朋友搭巴士去玩玩。之后哥哥就拿了我的车票，然后警告我说他能凭着车票号码查出我到过那里。哈！那时很嚣张的我忽然间好像从天上重重的掉下来。我被吓倒啦！

“说不说？不说我查到你就完蛋了！“哥哥用严肃加恐吓的语气跟我说。这时妈妈也发标啦！“还不说？等哥哥查到你就要吃藤条啦！“

“唉！这次死定了！Mother也出动了。。。“心在想。刚才呢？我还威风八面，现在呢？已汗流浃背，直冒冷汗。唉！悲啊！

“还不说。。。？！“母亲再一次提高声量。
“我。。。我。。。和朋友跑到淡那美拉海边去玩啦！“我无奈的回答。
“哇。。。！那么远啊。。。！“哥哥就有点夸张反应。
“在那里？“母亲紧接着问。
“在樟宜空军基地那边，靠近樟宜监狱咯！“哥哥幸灾乐祸的回答。
“哇。。。！那么远啊。。。！你要死啊。。。！哇！很厉害喔？学人跑到那么远啊？“母亲的反应的确令我毛骨悚然。

接着的故事就是。。。被母亲用藤条打咯！唉！小时候，我就是母亲的指定藤条受益者咯！。。。呵呵。。。不好意思，因为我是最皮的。。。怦怦跳跳的。。。

故事的总结就是：做人做事不要嚣张，自做聪明，自以为是，因为一山还有一山高，兵不厌诈。假如做了一件见不得光的事，不要去炫耀，最好低调些。假如对方脑筋比你高一筹的话，那，你会死的很难看喔！呵呵。。。我就那个笨蛋咯。。。自找麻烦。。。唉！ 不然的话，那次的游玩在那时就是我的“不能说的秘密“咯。嘿嘿。。。

其实，到了现在，我还是对这件儿时的小事故记忆犹新。尤其是几个小瓜在等冰块的那一幕。。。现在的小孩不用等冰块了吧？

The power of nature - lightning strike a tree along Ang Mo Kio Ave 1

Wow! 2 days ago ( 17th Oct 07 ) afternoon i was at home and it was raining cats and dogs..., then around 4pm+, a loud explosion deafened the whole housing area. It sounded really near, but i never care.

In the evening, i went to visit my parents, who stayed about 3km away, for dinner. To my surprise, when my car approaching AMK Ave 1 and Ave 6 traffic junction, i saw a tree right next to the main road , part of its skin was ripped off and the inner skin looks very "fresh". When i told my parents about it, my dad told me that when the lightning strike, it was deafening and the TV reception was interrupted for a few seconds.

As the tree was right beside the main road, it was fortunate that nobody was hurt. Guess during that time, nobody was standing nearby waiting for taxi or cars stopping waiting for traffic to go green.... If not, looking the damage done to the tree, i don't think anyone can survive such a strike....

Today, after my work, after a heavy downpour and was still drizzling, i took my camera and went there to take some pictures. A strange thing appeared in front of me, as it was still drizzling, there were foam flowing down from the plants that were resided on top of the tree. It created a small foam pool right beside the tree.

Frankly speaking, i don't know how to explain, but it is strange to me.....

Take a look at the pictures below...




See how powerful is nature...

My fish that swims up and down..

Taiwan female pop group S.H.E's Ella has a pet dog, name QiangQiang ( 蔷蔷 ), me too! I also have a funny pet, a fish in fact.... hehehe...called Helicopter ( 直升机 ）. Why Helicopter? Hahaha... because it does not swim like normal fishes do, but up and down instead....

Don't believe? Look at the video clip below, there also some fresh water prawns inside my aquarium. Enjoy .....

( using Kodak V603 )

Unfortunately, it passed away few weeks ago. :-(

Anyway, i believe it has a good time in my aquarium as it survived swimming this way for more than 6 months. Frankly speaking, I don't know how it happened and what caused it to become that way. Definitely, its fin could be injured or damaged. I don't recall i bought a fish that swim this way, until one fine day this joker swim this way.

Initially i thought it tried to gain attention. Hehehe...funny hor?

一个感人的故事之一 ：戒指

这感人的故事是刊登在我一位中国成都朋友熊奇(HongKY)的部落阁( Blog )里。呵呵！我一个粗男人也被这故事感动了。向他查了，他说那是他的一位朋友的作品。他也同意我把这作品转载（不做商业用途），好让其他人也能分享到这篇文章。

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原作者：ZZ
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一个女人和一个男人恋爱了。

女友有一次看到人家手上戴的白金戒指很漂亮，就羡慕的说：我也要有。男人看在眼里，可是他实在太穷，买不起好看的白金戒指。不久，在女人过生日时，男人送给女人一个用那种透水油纸包着的纸戒指。很别致，重重的，正在恋爱中的女人戴在手上，左看右看，就觉得自己真的好幸福...

女人后来嫁人了，新郎当然不是他。男人除了上那种没什么钱的班，吃饭之外，还写些她看也不想看的稿子。她不想嫁给他，虽然她很爱他。她嫁给了一个有钱的男人。 是的，女人结婚的时候，上从耳朵、脖子，中至双臂，以至于脚踝，全身白金、黄金，金光闪闪。她把男人送给她 的纸戒指塞到抽屉的角落。可是不久之后，她那多金的老公因为家族公司出事，陷入困境，老公也因此涉及不法行为，锒铛入狱。女人悲从中来，忽然就忆起了送她纸戒指的男人。

一天，女人在街上不期而遇男人。男人很大方，邀女人到他家坐坐。男人也结婚了，住在租来的房子。女人看到男人家里的摆设，仍然是很清苦的样子。男人的妻子替女人倒茶，女人看到男人的妻子手上也戴着和被自己扔在抽屉角落几乎一摸一样的纸戒指。男人的妻子离开客厅的时候，她可以感觉男人过得很幸福，而他的妻子也是。不像自己的一无所有，连丈夫都身陷囫囵。

后来女人在一本杂志裳看到一篇文章，题目是“纸戒指”，作者不择不扣就是他。女人看完文章后，便一切都明白了。她迅速打开抽屉，模出了被她丢在角落里沾满了灰尘的纸戒指。她小心地将油纸剥开，剥着剥着，眼前赫然就是一只纯纯正正地白金戒指。文章里说，为了买这只戒指，在那个全民皆穷的年代，只好瞒着女人去卖血，因为女人的生日就迫在眉睫，去赚、去借都来不及了。女人哭了，眼泪滴在戒指上。女人随后又将纸戒指小心翼翼的还原回去。

从此，女人不论上班下班都只戴着纸戒指，同事们都赞赏她的戒指精致, 又好看，有创意，问她是谁送的，女人不禁黯然，说：很多东西，要等到失去了，才知道它的珍贵。

曾经听过一段话：

在对的时间，遇见对的人，是一生幸福,
在对的时间，遇见错的人，是一场心伤
在错的时间，遇见错的人，是一段荒唐,
在错的时间，遇见对的人，是一阵叹息

其实有些事情，真的是没得到的时候，最珍贵美丽
你是否分得清楚，你爱的是那"得不到"的感觉还是"那个人"...
聪明的人喜欢猜心，虽然每次都猜对了，却失去了自己的心...
傻气的人喜欢给心，虽然每次都被笑了，却得到了别人的心...

我有一百万！(搞笑版) Music Video

This is a very funny Hokkien song composed by a Singaporean, now someone has added video into it.

Click and enjoy!!

怪遇 4 - 一个朋友的亲生经历

信则有，不信则无

一个朋友的真实故事。。。。

不久前，和一位朋友聊了起来，他就跟我讲了最近他碰见的一件怪事。

他是个天主教徒，也不理什么鬼怪之事。几个月前的一天，当他和妻子在外驾车时，他的脑子突然想起了一个患重病的好友。也有一种很玄的感觉。当时即刻就跟同车的妻子提起，那知妻子回应说她也有同样的感觉。两人心有灵犀，好像有感应到一些东西似的。夫妻俩感到有点不可思议，两人同时都想到同样的事情。

过了不久（同一天），朋友的手机响了。正是那位患病好友老婆打来的。通知他，她的丈夫刚病逝了。需要他即刻过去他家帮些忙。这位朋友二话不说就答应了。夫妻俩顿时也愣住了，大眼看小眼，无言以对。

到了好友的家，好友的妻子和办丧事的人员就跟他讲解发生了什么事。事情是他的好友病逝后，拳头握紧着，眼睛无法完全盖住。根据办丧事的人员的经验，这是因为死者放不下心。需要死者最疼的家人或最好的朋友来相劝，好让他放心的走。

这是朋友生平第一次遇到这种怪事。虽然怕，不过为了好友，他也硬着头皮的做了。他跟着办丧事的人员的指示在好友旁边叫他不用当心妻小，他会尽量帮他们的所需。讲了几分钟，好友的眼睛盖了，拳头也松直了。

办丧事的人员跟朋友讲，这种情况很普遍。只要尸体没放进验尸房冷冻，在死后几个钟头内还是有机会跟他讲话，以让他放心的走。一旦进去冷冻房，假如死者眼不盖或拳头握紧就没办法了。

我的那个朋友说如果不是亲身体验，他绝对不会相信可能有这种事。

My plants

Yesterday after work, went to Thomson Road Flora bought a pot of chili padi plant. Hee..hee... chili price has gone up lately ( in fact, almost everything go up ), so now need to do own farming ..., too bad not enough space to breed cow, sheep or piggy.... hmmm.... sorry, i am talking about in HDB housing! This is a sad fact about Singapore, it is too small! For those who can't visualise how small Singapore is, hmmm.... OK! New Zealand North Island Lake Taupo ( Web Site, Web Cam ) is about the same size as Singapore.

Note : Lake Taupo size : 616sq-km, Singapore size : 699sq-km.

Anyway, this is what i have gotten for $8.00.... already have chili in the plant liao..., so lets see how many can i get from this $8.00....



There is also Broyphyllum given by my niece about 3 months ago and Aroid ( i think so, a friend said looks like ), which i plugged from wild 1 month ago.


Bryophyllum is an interesting plant, according to this web site Bryophyllum.com, in Greek, Bryo means Sprout and Phyllon means leafs. You may go this site find out more and see the difference spices with pictures.

Ha... i also have Succulent ( hehe... took from NZ in Dec 2005 )... surprisingly it is still alive!

But i suspect its growing pattern has changed due to the local weather and may be soil are different from its home land.

Singapore jokes

Who say Singaporean is boring and not humour?
Try listen to these jokes produced by Mr Brown, not bad quite fun.
Anyway, just for laugh, don't take it serious..

Click on the below links to listen to the jokes
Enjoy!!

* You can't touch this - your CPF la

* CPF News

* Asean Response to Myanmar

* Medisave Lucky Draw

Amazing Bangkok Market

See to believe it....

Singapore 2008 Public Holidays

Just saw this info in MOM ( Ministry Of Manpower ) web site. If you are planning for next year vacations now, this info may be useful.....

Not bad, as there are a few long weekend holidays, except National Day, which falls on Sat :-(

Lunar Chinese New Year is the best as 1st and 2nd day fall on Thur and Fri.... wow! imagine eve is half day, then another 4 days hmmmm..... good leh?

三个太空人的故事。。。

一次，太空梭上太空载了一名美国，一名苏联和一名新加坡科学家。由于这一次逗留在太空比较长，大概2至3年，所以当局就史无前列的应许科学家带一样他们喜欢的东西随他们到太空度过这漫长的差事。美国佬带了老婆，苏联佬带了几只小动物，新加坡佬呢？单身，也是重烟客，就带了一箱香烟。

三年很快的就过去了，各地媒体，大众和当局都在基地等待他们光荣归来。。。

终于，太空梭安全降落了。。。

第一位出来的是美国科学家。他和妻子抱着在太空诞生的小孩一起慢慢的走下飞机。记者争着拍照和访问。。。科学家就讲了一句“我已证明在太空可以传宗接代了！“每个在场都欢声四起，掌声如雷。。。

美国科学家走后，苏联科学家跟着也从机上走了下来。他手里拿着一些篮子，里面有几只小动物。他瞄了美国科学家一眼，然后很昂然的跟媒体说“美国人的成就？没什么了不起！我也证明了在太空做手术是行得通的，我们苏联人已做到了！Yeah!“。热烈的掌声和欢呼声又再响起。

苏联科学家走后，轮到新加坡科学家。他看了那两位科学家的背影摇了个头，然后无精打采，慢慢地走了下来。面容憔悴，满脸胡须。这时，那些脸带笑容和欢呼的媒体和大众一瞬间都静了下来。看着他那憔悴的脸都同时在想“他怎啦？莫非，他病了？“

他眼眶红红，泪水汪汪，望着大家无言以对。这时一位记者就问“先生，您怎么啦？是不是在太空抽太多烟，导致身体不舒服？您的发现呢？“

他还是无言以对。。。这时大家急了。不时都听到“先生。。。，先生。。。“。 终于他打破沉默说“我。。。。我很辛苦。。。。“吞吞吐吐的回答。。。

“先生，怎啦？还好吧？“有人问

他接着讲“这三年我很辛苦。。。。，我带了一箱的烟。。。。“

“这，怎啦？。。。快讲嘛！“另一个人也急坏了。也有人落井下石道“哎呀！那一大箱的烟。。。抽了三年喔！不死才怪！“

他终于忍不住了“我。。。我。。。他奶奶的！却忘了带打火机啊！“

这时，大家不约而同，异口同声地自然反应“ Nabey!! 。。。“

Shoot ém Up

Warning ! Don't watch this movie

hmm.... if you plan to watch "Shoot ém Up".... My advice to u is: "Oh my god! Please think twice ! ".

You can slot your $9.50 into your piggy bank, have a nice meal, buy 4D, ToTo or donate to charity...., but for sure don't use it on this movie...., really !

This is the worse show i have ever watched this year, or may be in the past few years..... it is like the old stupid gun fighting show, whereby the hero can shoot anyone and got them all hit but nobody can hit him.... huh! you know what i mean? Guess the director thought the audiences are all stupid idiots! I am surprised that some reviews still rate this show 3 stars!!! I think negative 3 stars may be ! I doubt those guys have watched this show, they just copied from overseas reviews.... what a shame!

I am also surprised that a local distributor would bring this movie into Singapore. Haiz !!

I have already kicked my good friend's butt for asking me out for a movie and we ended up watching this.... hehehe.... sorry, it is easy to put the blame on him mah since this is my blog...., right?

So, spend wisely..... if not, this show will spoil your day!

三个月过了。。。

三个月过了。。。真快！

几个小时前，上了最后一堂Exploring Buddhism 课。这是光明山普觉寺主办介绍佛教的课程。我是在卫塞节拜拜时在光明山普觉寺看到这项课程。那是我第一次到光明山普觉寺。一直以来对道教和佛教区别有点不清，有时觉得它们一样，有时又觉得不一样。所以就报读这课程以找出个所以然来。

课程从七月开始，每个星期四晚上两个小时，总共12课。9堂课留义工老师讲课，另外3堂留不同法师讲课。在这九堂课，都会有5到10分钟的静坐 ( Meditation )。可是我每次跟随老师的指示不到几分钟就睡着了。唉！真的很逊！9堂我睡了8堂。。。幸好没打呼，不然的话。。。糗死了！问了我的好朋友，他说我没集中精神。或许他讲对吧？我有很多东西在脑里转来转去。很累！再坚持几个月吧？或许是老师暗地里吹眠我们吧？有可能喔！

班上有八九十学员，其中头几个课还有几位西方人上课。他们到了第5或6课吧？就没再上了。因为那时的课讲的已不是佛教片面介绍了，已超过Exploring了，对我来讲已是算基本( Basic )课了。其实我也是为了Exploring才报名，不过既然已经来了所以就上完整个课程。我总觉得Exploring的话，因该只片面介绍佛教，两三个课就可搞定。然后，那些有兴趣的就可再报读基本课。

有一点我很欣赏的就是老师上第一课时就告诉大家，这是个介绍佛教而不是个企图使非佛教徒改信佛教的课。在最后一晚散课前她又重复了这句话。

上了这个课程我获益不浅。现在至少我大概知道道教和佛教的不同。当然，我的知识还是有限公司，不敢在这里班门弄斧。其实我也发现到老师也很努力的讲解它们的不同，就是要画清界线。在佛教，没有所谓的农历七月鬼节！农历七月十五来，这一天对道教来讲是饿鬼出来的时候，但对佛教来讲是孝亲节！

其实，我还是对静坐比较有兴趣。或许再找个静坐课程吧？把心理调平静点。。。这样就会健康和快乐些了！

哎哟！不要误会喔！我不是要进入宗教啦！其实，我已叫一位马来回教朋友帮我报名介绍回教的课程啦。。。以后可能基督教咯。。。。主要目的是大概认识不同宗教的宗旨和历史等。广东话“识少少，充代表“！

嘿嘿嘿。。。。

我只是把宗教当成精神寄托，不会完全寄托啦！我不期待上天堂或极乐世界。很多事情还是人定胜天！你有看过有那一个学生不用功读书，只去庙或教堂祈祷，然后就考试通通都拿A吗？假如这样也行的话？那，就关掉学校咯！只有考试局就行了嘛！不过想一想，学生也几有可能只祈祷不读书也能全拿A喔！那，考科必定是“祈祷“科咯！嘿嘿。。。

当你又烦又不能跟小明讲因为他会到处乱讲，小强有讲跟没讲没有分别时，这时宗教就可“听“你乱讲，发牢骚。因为它只听，不会到处乱讲。发完牢骚之后心里会好受些，好过憋在心里。长期憋着对心理不好，会有不良影响。当然，最好的方法就找人倾诉，听不同角度的看法。可能，这不同角度的看法能开通你的心锁。



假如你对佛教书籍或图案有些兴趣，你可点击这网址下载。。。书籍(ebook)或图案(wallpaper)

2007 中秋节快乐！

总觉得很怪，过去的中秋节从没有兴趣吃月饼，最多也是吃一小块。

今年却突然想吃月饼喔！过去两个星期，就开始注意报纸的月饼广告。头脑跟我讲要冰皮月饼，可是好友公司只有传统月饼。没办法就买了一盒送给父母亲，然后再去买冰皮月饼。怎知父母却说不能吃太多，因为母亲有糖尿病。而且妹妹也送了一盒。

噢！想要买冰皮月饼的念头也就被摇动了。哇！那里吃得完？假如两种都吃下肚，那有可能在未来的五到十年都不用看月饼啦，更不用说吃！不过，我心里还是想吃冰皮月饼喔！最后我想到一个折衷办法，那就是到附近的蛋糕店买了一粒迷你冰皮月饼。满了个心愿。。。

就这样两样都吃到了。嘻嘻！

不过还是觉得奇怪，为甚么今年特别想吃月饼呢？
或许地球天气变了，我。。。我也变了？

可能吧！我家两只狗狗也变了。。。不信？你看，它们也吃月饼啦！连蛋黄也被弄出来呢！

看下图。。。

来也匆匆，去也冲冲

八月初到了广州，新白云机场不但先进和漂亮，而且厕所还蛮诗情画意。让你在厕所里面办“大事“时不会觉得无聊,空白和无助。正当你集中精力在设法办“大事“时，在你正面前就贴了这首八个字的诗“来也匆匆，去也冲冲“。让你紧张与不安的心情顿时也就松懈下来了。

呵呵。。。请不要误会，不是每一间都有不同的诗喔！而每间都是一样的“来也匆匆，去也冲冲“。这首诗的牌子还是贴在你的眼前的门，除非你是盲的或文盲，不然的话。。。没有借口喔！

其实，这首诗真正的目的就是除了帮你解闷，同时也提醒你办完“大事“之后记得冲水呀，老兄！

“来也匆匆“即就是要拉肚子啦！你匆匆忙忙的赶来。找个风水位，然后大开闸门，大拉特拉。

“去也冲冲“唉！办完了嘛，就得冲一冲水吧！

很多没公德心的人士，办完“大事“之后就逃之夭夭。把整个厕所弄成臭气熏天，地雷布满地，唉！像个地狱似的。假如看了这首诗办完后还不冲，那就没话讲了。修养有问题喔！

我蛮欣赏这点子，很创新，很有娱乐性。教育使用者，同时也帮他们解闷。机场清洁工也轻松些。

一石三鸟，赞！

或许我们也来一个吧？呵呵。。。假如你有的话，嘿嘿。。。那就发来，我们研究研究咯！

蹲蹲坐坐何时了
解放过后不得了
莫忘泻后冲一冲
全体同仁一鞠躬
何日有空君再来
全体同仁等您来

怎样啊？够无聊吧？呵呵！
你也来一个吧！

I am back

Haha.... have been absent for almost a month.....

Sorry, i was busy watching some TV serial from China and HK. My last trip to GuangZhou, i brought back a China history TV serial on Tang Dynasty ( 唐朝，戏名：贞关长歌 ). This is the true story on Tang Dynasty 2nd emperor Li ShiMing ( 李世明，又叫唐太宗 ) the day he became emperor and how he handled crisis and selected the right prince to become the next emperor.

Wa! Total 80 episode, many sleepless nights leh.

I like history but lazy to read, so this TV serial suits me though i think some parts are not true. But i think that is enough for me to have some understanding about Tang Dynasty.

You may visit this web site for more info.

Hehe.... after that show, a friend of mine recommended me a web site to watch free movies and HK TV serial ( Click ). Now i am watching a HK TV serial, namely 溏心风暴 ( Click ), total 40 episode. Hmmm.... still have a few to go....

OK, after this HK serial, i think i will be back to writing something for my blog again. Pai sei, Pai sei....

Cheers

2007 总理国庆群众大会 ：长寿不再是福了，而是问题哦！

总以为长寿是福！

昨晚看了电视现场转播，听了总理李显龙很详细的讲了经济展望，修改公积金，改进教育，人口老化问题和组屋提升计划。听了之后，有喜悦也有忧虑。。。

令我忧虑和印象深刻的是人口老化问题。一直以来，总会和朋友开玩笑在新加坡可死，不可病，因为医药费昂贵。却从没想过长寿也可能会是个“问题“。在以前长寿绝对不是个问题，而是件好事。左邻右舍有谁家老人家过世时八九十岁，那一定会有一辆“好命车“带头喔。 唉！今非昔比，假如能活到65岁，先不用高兴，查查看储蓄和CPF有多少？不够的话，唉！祝你好运咯！

新加坡在独立过后，经济蓬勃，国泰民安，生活水平一日千里，国人在良好环境下，寿命普遍增长。长寿本该是件好事，但在没有天然资源，地小寡民的新加坡，长寿反而有可能变成一个负担。尤其是当你没钱养老，又没孩子支持你。尤其现在的新加坡家庭不只迟婚，而且都只生一两个孩子，有些甚至都不生，老了不像现在的老一辈有多儿孙。所以，又迟婚（不提没婚），又生少或不生，然后又长寿。。。唉！越想越寒！

幸好吧？我们至少还有点公积金（CPF）来养老几年。不过，由于我们的生命越来越长，也就需更多的钱来养老。靠孩子？还是不要期望太高。所以，CPF不够了。我们到了六十岁还得工作了？

假如你想老了享清福，可以呀！乘年轻读多点书，勤奋工作，多储蓄，不大赌，不花天酒地。。或者娶个有钱老婆或嫁个有钱人咯。。。。那还可有这个退休梦。当然，不忘小赌Toto或4D，买个希望。。。中了什么都不用愁了。。。呵呵！

鸣鸣。。。。一直以来“死“是一个可怕的字眼。哎呀！长寿呀！何时你也变成另一个可怕的字眼呢？

唉！到底还不是钱在做怪嘛！悲呀！

可能吧！那时“安乐死“都已合法了！

有趣新闻：香港笨贼

今天看了这项新闻。很有趣！

报道说有两名“怪贼“在打劫之后，其中一名劫匪事后打电话给事主，跟她道歉。正当警察没头绪去找他们时，这电话来得正是时候。警察从劫匪打来的手机主叫号码，找出他们的身份。就在他们正准备要再干案的时候，警察就在观塘及旺角分别拘捕他们。

读了这项新闻，使我想起了很多年前在军队时的一位女同事的类似遭遇。有一个晚上，她和男朋友在花柏山 ( Mt. Faber ) 上拍拖。谈到一半，忽然间跑出两名劫匪，向他们要钱。这位女同事不畏惧他们，也不愿意把钱交给他们。她的男朋友却叫她不要反抗。挣扎了一段时间，他们两的钱包终于被抢走了。那两个劫匪，抢后就跑掉了。

忘了当时他们是怎样报警。就在他们在等待警察的到来时，忽然间，其中的一个劫匪跑了回来。他们是被吓到了，以为他还要再抢一次。那里知道，他是回来把身份证还给他们。就在这时，警察也到了。他们就合力把这“好心“的劫匪给抓了起来。过后，另一位也跟着被抓。

那个时候，我们听了都哈哈大笑。那女同事说以后再也不去花柏山谈情说爱了。

忘了那两个劫匪之后被判了怎么刑。想了又想，那个“好心“劫匪应该是第一次干案吧？希望他服完刑之后会做回好人。到底，他的心肠还是好的。只是做错了一步，或许被朋友影响吧？

假如你是我当时在军队的同事，那你也应该认识Baby Ting吧？就是她。。。嘻嘻！！！

韩国人质在阿富汗事件跟踪。。。。

刚从新闻得知了塔利班终于在今天新加坡时间傍晚释放了两名女人质，现在还有16女和3男人质在塔利班手上。太好了！希望其他的人质也在不久的将来会跟着被释放。

这两名人质是被送到当地的一个回教长老，然后再留他把她们送到红十字会。现在是留韩国外交人员照顾。

前几天游览了有关此事件的一些网站。网民对此事有多争论，一些批评韩国基督教徒的行为，一些则谩骂塔利班滥杀无辜，还有一些中间者希望人质安全回家。

读了这些网民的回应。我发现到这世上真的还是有人坚持这些韩国人到阿富汗传教是神圣的，塔利班不应该把他们抓起来。还把塔利班形容成魔鬼。让我想起我之前的文章“明知山有虎，偏向虎山行“里的故事。唉！看了这些人的留言，心里觉得很寒！往往宗教战争就是因为两个极端与固执的不同教徒，不能容纳其他宗教而引起的。

很多年前，有个很虔诚教徒的朋友，他一直邀请我上他的教堂。拒绝了很多次，一天，我忍无可忍，就问他一个问题“假如一天全世界的人都变成了基督教徒，你能肯定世界会和平吗？假如能的话，我就即刻信基督！“他无言以对。不过，他还没死心，偶而还会邀请。。。唉！

终于有一次，他再邀请，我就跟他说“好！我去！不过。。。。“他好奇的问“不过怎么？“我接着说“不过，这个星期天你得跟我去庙拜拜，然后下个星期，我就去你的教堂咯！怎样？“一听完，他就七孔生烟，非常生气！我就打铁趁热，说“你看，叫你去庙，你就生气！那，你一直叫我去教堂，你就不理我的感受啦？“这一招，管用！从此之后，他再也没邀请我了。不过，我们还是朋友。其实，我不是那种常去拜拜那一类。那时只是觉得他好烦，所以就用那一招。

请不要误会我是反基督，我有很多朋友也是温和的教徒。我讨厌任何极端教徒，不管他是基督，佛教，回教还其他宗教。只要是极端，我就讨厌！我觉得每个宗教都应该互相尊重。给他们各自的空间。每个宗教都教导教徒行好。我不是个对宗教热诚的人，我只把宗教当成是精神寄托。不期望死后上天堂或是西方极乐世界。我倒担心死后家人会怎样？会有钱财问题吗？那。。。我还是买人寿保险比较好。至少我死后，他们肯定有保障。假如家人在我死后有钱财问题，即使我能上天堂，你想我会上得安心吗？

对我来讲，战争与和平是人为的！战争都是为利益而开。国与国，宗教与种族只是借口。

有人的地方就有江湖，有江湖的地方就有是非。这就是人类的世界，你喜欢也好，不喜欢也好，总之就是要面对它。

希望那两名刚被释放的人质要感恩，记得感谢那些冒着生命危险的阿富汗回教长老和韩国官员，帮他们跟塔利班谈判。他们就是神啦！

Trip to GuangZhou, China - Aug 07

I was in GuangZhou, China from 1st Aug to 7th Aug, on biz and also to catch-up with my close buddy there. A friend joined me in this trip for 1st 5 day, I brought him there to look-see look-see and to meet my buddy's work team in ZhongShan University ( 中山大学 ). We stayed in a hotel inside the University, you may be wondering "wow! hotel in university?". Yes! in fact, there are 3 hotels in this university, one cinema and 1 disco hall....hmmm... surprise ? It has 4 gates, North, South, East and West. The North gate ( shown in below graphic top-left ) is right beside the Pearl River ( 珠江 ), the hotel we stayed is right next to East gate.


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This trip i was unlucky, i had a swollen left eye for 1st 3 day. This swollen eye affected my travel itinerary, i supposed to travel to HK on the 2nd day ( 2nd Aug ), I've no choice but to postpone twice to Friday ( 3rd Aug ) and finally to following Mon ( 6th Aug ). Unfortunately, i still didn't make the trip to HK as the arrangement on 6th Aug went wrong. Haiz ....

In the last 7 to 8 years, I've visited GuangZhou about 10times. It has never stop changing and progressing. The living standard now comparing to few years ago is a lot difference and i could see the middle class is getting thicker, which is a good sign. There are more trees and plants along the roads. I've also observed a great improvement in the toilet, both public and private. Hehehe... Shopping malls, university and even those places of attraction, there are cleaners taking good care of them. No joke, they are serious in transforming the city into a better place.

If you like food, Guangzhou is a place you must not miss. You can find foods from all provinces there. Of course, one thing you need to be careful is the hygiene of the place you are eating. There are a lot of good food ranging from Sichuan ( 四川 )，Hunan ( 湖南 ),HuBei ( 湖北 ) and Canton cuisine ( 粤菜 ) etc. And best, eating in the restaurant is much cheaper than in Singapore, plus the food is more authentic. Some cities in China, unlike GuangZhou and ShenZhen ( 深圳 ), serves mostly local dishes. However, GuangZhou is much cheaper than ShenZhen. ShenZhen is like JB to HK, place for HK Peoples to dine and shop...


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This trip, I took some times off to visit places of interest. They are ZhongShan Memorial Hall ( 中山纪念堂 ), Chan's Clan Academy ( 陈家祠 - 陈家书院 ), BaiYun Shan ( 白云山 ) and 2nd world war Occupied Territory ( 二次世界大战租界 ) etc....

Below are some pictures

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Some more here...

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There are also some big shopping malls, the most popular one is TianHe City ( 天河城 ). But just be careful if you are looking for branded goods. Generally, the city is safe, but just like any other places, don't walk back lane and alone in the night. Taxi is considerably safe here, but traffic jam is getting worse as rich men are growing...hmmm...

If you are looking for good food, shopping and some Chinese history and culture, i think you can try GuangZhou. Probably 2N/3D or 3N/4D should be enough, or alternatively can make a day trip to HK. GuangZhou hotel is much cheaper, there is a direct 2 hours train service between these 2 cities. Language is not a problem, so long you can speak mandarin or cantonese. Also, the MRT network can bring you to most shopping malls and places of interest, even train stations.

Errr......I sound like working for GuangZhou Trouist Promotion Board hor? Hahahaha...

Note: All pictures displayed here were taken by my mobile phone SE-K810i

Back from trip

Just came back yesterday afternoon from Guangzhou, China. Was there to meet my good buddy for some works and also catch up.

OK, will post some pictures taken there in the next few days...

Cheers and not forgetting to wish all Singaporean a happy 42th National Day!! Enjoy your holiday on 9th Aug 2007...

For those who are not in Singapore but still interested to watch the National Day Parade ( NDP ) live on web, go to this web site....

http://www.ndp.org.sg/infocomm/

怪遇 3 - 北京郊外的一间招待所

信则有，不信则无。那。。。你呢？嘿嘿嘿。。。。

这是我本身遇到的第三和最后一次的怪遇。（当然，也不希望以后再有这种机会喔！）

离开了那家交换机代理商公司，就加入了家美国公司。负责亚太区代理商技术，销售和培训支持。呆了四年，到过许多国家，包过巴布亚新几内亚，印度，日本，中国和澳洲等等。。。。

有一年，应该是九八年吧？在离中国北京两个小时车程（忘了地方的名字）郊外的一座招待所（酒店）搞了个四天半的技术培训班。我还记得招待所旁就有一个大水坝。我的公司卖了一些设备，所以就在这单位的所属的招待所培训技术人员。这座招待所有六楼高，我就被安排住在六楼套房。其他从各省来的学员二十多名，就住二楼至五楼的客房。就我一人住六楼。

我的套房有两间房，大厅和卧房。蛮大的！由于这招待所是属于政府单位，所以只有刻单位人员和邀请宾客才能住。问了他们“谁和我同一层啊？“负责人回答“只有你咯！我们都住二至五楼。“我也大概查了一下“是喔！好像只有我一人住六楼。哎呀！管它啦！“

就在培训期间，除了遇到奇怪的事件也发生了一件很糗的事。让我偏离主题，先讲这个糗事给你们听听。呵呵！

课程四天半，不过安排有点特别，星期天开课，星期五完课。其中，星期二休息，那天我们就去爬长城，不是八达岭，而是另外一个，不好意思又忘了名字。以前没去记这些是因为从没想过写部落阁嘛！选择星期二休息是因为星期天去玩太拥挤了，所以就随便选了一个周日。

那天我是蛮倒霉的。吃午餐时，看见很多学员们边吃菜，肉，鱼和饭，也边啃蒜头。不明白，问了，他们回答说蒜头有杀菌功能。我半信半疑，只咬一小片。不习惯，就只咬那一口。其实，那些鱼是在小餐馆前的小池塘钓的。菜是野菜，不是蔬菜，就是山边野生摘的。心里有点怕，不过我也入乡随俗，他们吃什么，我也跟着吃。不然的话，会显得没礼貌。

所谓不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。午饭过后，我们跟着就去爬附近的一座山。那是差不多是饭后一个小时多吧！呵呵！爬到一半，肚子开始咕噜咕噜地叫。。。“哎呀！肚痛啊！请问厕所在那里？“问了其中一位走在我身旁的学员。“哇？呵呵！叫你吃蒜头你不信。。。“他有点幸灾乐祸。“没时间了！在那里？快点说嘛！“突然间我感觉好像就即刻要生孩子啦！“应该在山下吧？“他跟着回答。听完之后，我转头就快步向山下走，也不忘了跟他说“待会儿见！“。只见他微笑着，然后跟我摇手。。。唉！

到了山下，说了你们也不相信。没有“正规“厕所，而是一辆旧巴士改成的厕所。里面的“风景“可想而知。唉！那时的我已不管什么“风景“了，找了个风水位就就地解决。其他的不多讲，太恶心了。幸好，只拉了两三次。鸣鸣。。。

其实，那一天是我的生日。我不敢跟他们说，呵呵！怕他们灌我喝酒。那里知道就拉了肚子。What a birthday ? 这也怪新加坡人被政府宠坏了，导致我们的肚子不堪一击！

讲了偏离主题的糗事，现在言归正传。就在星期四晚上（最后一晚），晚饭过后，也跟他们聊天到了九点多十点就回房休息。通常我也会弄一些文件和看电视节目到十一二点才睡。那晚，十二点多上床，可是不知怎的，翻来翻去就是睡不着。突然间，房外就传来一些吵闹声，有男有女，就在我那一层。我就看了手表，哦！半夜一点多了，你们还敢这样吵？刚开始，没去理他们，以为只会闹一下子罢了。不过，他们的吵闹完全好像没理会那时已几点了。吵了很久，可以听到从一边跑到另一边的追逐声和一些脚步声。我听得很清楚他们是用华语交谈。

太吵啦！有点忍不住了。起身想要开门去看一下到底是谁在吵。刚从卧房踏入客厅，离门还有几步时，突然间，我的脑筋动了起来。想一想。。。噢！这是六楼，是套房层。他们都住二到五楼。即使有人在这几天住进来，他们不可能胆敢在半夜吵闹吧？而且这是纪律部队的招待所。哦！。。。想着想着，跟着感觉到心里有点寒，应该是心理作用吧？噢！哦！脑筋又动了，想到“假如，门开后没人。。。该怎么办？那。。。我不是完蛋吗？不是见到那个什么。。什么了吗？“

“哦！还是别开吧？“我自言自语。

跟着也走回卧房，也心想“那，就给服务台打个电话给吧？跟他们查一下，那不就知道了吗？“

拿电话之前，又想起了“噢！假如服务台也说没人呢？那，我也不是完蛋吗？哦！“呜呜。。。心里七上八下，忐忑不安，乱了！

也开始想起妹妹和朋友在纽西兰奥克兰市的一间背包旅舍曾遇到类似的怪遇。她和朋友睡到半夜被吵杂声吵醒。房外有很多声音，脚步声等等。可是，那是背包旅舍呀！不应许半夜吵闹的。妹不管，照睡。她的朋友却被吓倒了。

忽然间，感觉到好像阴飘飘的！而且毛骨悚然。。。跟着就抱着“宁可信其有，不可信其无“的心理。也给自己一个借口“哎呀！还是不要挑战大自然吧？呵呵！“

就这样，我在床上呆了差不多三个小时多。其实，当时的心情并不是那种吓到屁股尿流，只是抱着静观其变心态。假如是被吓倒的话，早就打电话找救兵了。吵杂声到了三点多，将近四点才静了下来。那晚的怪遇，我很肯定两件事。一就是我肯定不是在做梦，二就是那晚我没喝醉。其实我们几乎每一餐都会喝啤酒，但我们不会喝到不醉不归那种程度。我很肯定我很清醒。两间房的灯都亮着到早上。呵呵！吵杂声静后，我很累，很快就入睡了。不过，我有个习惯，不管多迟睡都会在七八点起身。呵呵！因为，我身体有闹钟，就是那个是肚子自动会呱呱叫，需要去厕所解决。很怪吧？呵呵！到现在还是一样。

隔天早餐，因为需要考试，每个战战兢兢，所以就没跟他们说起。考试在早餐过后开始，午餐前结束。

就在午餐，我就问负责人招待所应许半夜玩闹，吵到别人吗？他回答“不应许喔！“我也自然地反应“哦！是吗？“跟着就跟他们讲起昨晚的事情。他们反应不一，有些惊讶，有些半信半疑，还是有些相信。

幸好午餐过后我们就会回北京了。不然的话，晚上我不知怎么办了。

在午餐时，还有一个小笑话。呵！我们聊到起兴时，自以为中午应该不会被灌酒吧？所以就跟他们提起泻肚子那天其实是我的生日。噢噢！一讲完，热情好客的负责人即刻就拿出了带来的米酒“酒鬼“，跟着就跟我露出奸诈的微笑。呵呵呵。。。

“哈哈！还来得及庆祝嘛！来！喝一杯！“跟着就叫服务员拿了几个米酒小杯。倒了几杯，也拿了一杯给我。“唉哟！我错了！跑不掉啦！“心里无奈的自言自语。噢！忘了这“酒鬼“有多少度了，应该有三十度以上吧？比女儿红和红高粱度量还强。日本SAKE和韩国SOJU更不用说了。

第一杯入肚。。。哦！感觉到从喉咙至肚子，热烘烘的，烫烫的。这是我喝众多中国米酒最强烈的一种。他们说更强烈的还有喔！就这样给他们敬了四杯。

鸣鸣！就这四小杯。在返回北京的两个小时多的路程，我的头就一直靠着车窗在团团转。到了北京我下榻的酒店，向他们道谢前几天的热情款待，很依依不舍地跟他们道别。那时，我的头还是有漂浮的感觉，他们就以幸灾乐祸的微笑跟我道再见。

呵呵！就这样栽在他们手里。。。其实这显示他们的热情和好客。说真心话，我感到蛮荣幸的。

信不信由你 - 死神猫

今天 ( 27July2007 ) 报纸报道了这满神奇的新闻。
这只“死神猫“能预测病人的生命最后的二到四个小时。满神奇的。。。
我把这段新闻（剪自“我报“）贴在这，点击以下图

Singapore 42th National Day Parade Preview online live........

hmmm... lately spotting these familiar Singapore flags flying ?
Yes, Singapore 42th National Day is around the corner..... 9th Aug 2007 to be exact....



NDP Preview -Backstage Scenes - Marina Bay

Date : 28th July 2007 , Saturday
Time : 1600hrs to 2000hrs ( Singapore Time )

If you are interested in watching the backstage live online, then go to this link
http://www.ndp.org.sg/infocomm/

then click on the Live Celebration

News of 2LT Li travel to Washington......

Let's see next time if another Michael Faye appears in Singapore, will there be anymore discount....

明知山有虎，偏向虎山行

明知山有虎，为何偏向虎山行呢？

顾名思义，假如你明知山有虎，又不理警告上山去。被老虎吃了，怪得了谁呢？是你的错呢？还是怪老虎没人性呢？

我觉得有些人很怪，很幼稚！以爱心和信念为借口就执行一些不理会别人感受的行动。就拿老虎来讲一个简单的故事，然后来分析一下吧。

一班有爱心的人，不管世人与当地人的警告。就跟全世界说：“噢！我们有个伟大的工程！我们要上山去，用我们的爱心来感动老虎，叫它们以后不要再那么野蛮和伤害其他动物。大老虎固执，那我们就从小老虎开始咯！“

就这样，他们开始了他们的爱心行动。

大老虎也不是什么省油的灯，当然视这种行动为威胁与不尊敬嘛！就这样把他们统统抓了起来。恫言把他们杀了！其实老虎也杀过其他人类，这是它的本性，不足为奇。老虎的反应惊动了世界。这些人的家人就呱呱叫，搞示威！要求老虎把这些人放了，说他们只是去当义工吧了，帮老虎们看病。大老虎气呼呼，不以为然的说“已经警告过你们不能来啦！你们又不听！还想把我们的小老虎变成小猫？不气才怪呢！“

大老虎虽然生气，却不忘做交易。要求他们把被抓的老虎都释放和他们同国的猎人滚回去后才会考虑释放他们。

猎人去猎虎，假如不幸被老虎吃了，没话讲，没得怨。所以猎人去时，心理早已准备有可能被老虎吃掉。这是游戏规则，玩游戏者都应该懂。

有些人就是这样，明知不可以却不理会后果就去做一些不顾别人感受，自以为是的行动。事情搞砸之后，才大喊救命！早知如此，何必当初呢？不幸的话，变成老虎的桌上佳肴，后悔都来不及了。何苦呢？年轻的不懂事，但年长的应该懂得分析嘛！老虎怎能变小猫呢？其实，真的有爱心的话，自己国家或社会一定有需要他们服务的地方。喜欢出国献爱心的话，那就去那些欢迎他们的国家嘛！

今天（24July2007），在阿富汗 (Afghan) 就有二十三个韩国 (Korea South ) 人基督教徒被视人命如草的极端塔利班 (Taleban) 回教徒抓住了。不但把自己的国家，家人和阿富汗政府搞得团团转，而且还让塔利班有讨价还价的筹码。损人不利己，累人累己。 （注：他们是在19July2007被抓的）

不好意思，我不是幸灾乐祸。我只是实事求是。总觉得世界这么大，为什么偏偏要去一个已警告和表明不欢迎你的地方呢？就为了造福别人吗？

为了达到自己的理想和信念而去侵犯别人，这不是个好的理想和信念。很自私！假使惹了祸应该坦然面对后果。

尊重别人，也给别人他们自己的空间。那，你已在无形中造福别人了。

理想和信念固然重要，但生命更可贵。没了生命，理想和信念有个屁用啊？就有一首歌“输了你，赢了世界又如何？“ 。。。想一想吧！

希望这些韩国人能安全回到家人身旁。

Update 1 - 26July2007 0945hrs ( Singapore time )

今早，看了报纸。唉！塔利班终于杀害了一名男人质（全身10粒子弹！），在他们手上还有18女和4男人质。给的理由是阿富汗政府没成全他们的要求，把他们的成员释放。报道也说，阿富汗总统卡扎伊不愿意释放其他被抓的塔利班成员。几个月前，他释放了5个，换回一名意大利记者，被国内外严厉批评。简直是放虎归山！

也有一些传言说有8名人质被释放了，不过被阿富汗政府否认了。

昨天，我也读了一些关于这事件的新闻。报道说在南韩，除了人质家人和有关教会人士，大部分的南韩民众都批评这教会无知的安排。南韩政府呼吁大众不要再批评他们，而应该在这时候支持他们度过难关。

话说回来，虽然我不同意这些人到阿富汗去，太无知了！但已发生了，就希望其他的人质们能安全回家。假如他们有机会回去的话，应该谢的是那些冒生命危险帮他们的阿富汗人和韩国政府人员，而不是所谓的“神“。

不信的话，就叫他们别跟塔利班谈判咯！看塔利班会不会放人质嘛？

我不知道，我的浅知是。。。宗教帮我们精神有个寄托。每个宗教都教导教徒行好。假如每个宗教都互相尊重，那世界会更好！

Update 2 - 27th July 2007 1100hrs ( Singapore time )

塔利班看来志在用这批人质来达到他们的要求，就是释放他们的成员。不过，阿富汗政府坚持不交换人质，韩国已派了特使前去尽量说服阿富汗政府交换人质。唉！假如阿富汗答应释放那些塔利班战士，解决了韩国问题，但自己的问题相反的又增加了。这些被释放的战士不知道又会杀死多少无辜的阿富汗老百姓呢？

在韩国，数百名示威者把整个事件的导因归咎于韩国和美国在阿富汗的驻扎军队和阿富汗政府无情！唉！是非黑白，都不能分辨。美国和韩国军队早就在那边有一段时间了。这种不负责任的归咎心态 ( Blame Mentality ) 很要不得。开口闭口都在怪别人，自己永远都没有错，都不会做错！难道说韩国军队没在阿富汗他们就不会抓他们吗？问题是塔利班需要外国人质来交换，他们去了阿富汗就是自投罗网嘛！更重要的问题是，他们根本就不应该去阿富汗！

我不是落井下石，只是觉得那些示威人士太无理了。韩国人的命重要，但阿富汗人的命也是重要啊！难道，阿富汗人的命就不值钱吗？他们也是人啊！问题又不是他们搞出来的啊！

小时候，当我在外打架或被欺负，回家跟母亲投诉的话，她不像现在的一般妈妈去帮孩子出头。而是说“为什么他们不来打我呢？你不靠近他们或跟他们在一起会有事吗？你不去弄他们，他们会给你麻烦吗？“唉！我的母亲就是这么厉害。。。不过，想一想她的话还是有她的道理。

再一次，希望这些韩国人在不牺牲阿富汗人的情况下回到家人身旁。

Update 3 - 29th July 2007 1440hrs ( Singapore time )

塔利班要求很清楚，就是对换人质和他们被囚禁的成员。时间一天一天的过，对人质很不利。身体健康会日益恶化。

不管你有没有信仰，让我们一起帮这些人质祈祷吧！希望他们早日安全回到家人身旁。

Update 4 - 31st July 2007 1420hrs ( Singapore time )

刚得到消息，另一位韩国男人质被塔利班杀了。现在剩下18女和3男人质了。
希望奇迹出现，让这些无知的青年回家吧！

怪遇 2 – 被鬼压

信则有，不信则无。那你呢？嘿嘿嘿。。。

相信很多人都听过被鬼压吧？不过，跟据医生对“被鬼压“的解释，那是因身体和心理劳累，而造成的心理反应。当然，对那些相信鬼神人士，那肯定是幽灵的杰作。

我本身经历过三次。第一次是在中三。那时，婆婆患癌，已是末期，在家疗养而且病情日益恶化。我和哥哥们共享一间房，婆婆则用另一间房。

那时，我有饭后小睡半个到一个钟的习惯。晚餐过后，我就在窗口旁的地上打地铺。很快的，我就入睡了。

睡了一会儿，醒了！也听到客厅里电视节目的声音。想把眼睛睁开。噢！睁不开哦！再试一次，也不行。心里想：“怎么啦？“。当时我睡姿是侧睡面向墙壁，也想把身体转过来。“哇！也不行呀！“

这是我生平第一次体验到这种情况。心开始慌了。

也开始无思乱想了“糟糕！到底发生了什么事了？我头脑是清醒的，但身体不听使唤。哦！莫非。。。莫非。。。唉呀！我不是被那个什么什么的压住了吧？“

经这一想，心里更加慌了。跟着，就一直强逼自己转身和睁开眼睛。试了很多次，就是不能。想喊也喊不了。整个身体就好像瘫痪了，控制不了。那时，多希望家人会进房来看看，但他们在看电视节目，没人注意到我。

就这样，争扎了一阵子，也不知过了多久。反正就感觉到好久好久。忽然间，我竟然翻了过去，赶紧坐了起来。那时候的我是被吓到了。应该有流汗吧！一直四处看，看有没有“东西“在身旁。当然不希望看到啦！感觉到身体已回复正常，起身就快步走去客厅。家人正在看电视节目。我就坐在其中，没跟他们提起。不过，心还是有些余悸。

过了几天，婆婆病逝了。当我从学校回家获悉这噩耗时，我毛骨悚然，即刻就想起几天前傍晚的怪事。过后，跟母亲和一位亲戚提起那件事。他们听了，脸上显示了个半信半疑的表情，也像被吓到的表情。那时的我很少和家人分享事情，在家里只理自己的事情（呵呵！少年叛逆期嘛。。。）。不过，跟朋友时，就很吵。很多时候，都是嘻嘻哈哈，叽里咕噜的讲个不停。

当然，这件事也有跟朋友们讲过。他们相信是那个“东西”是来招魂，不小心被我挡住了，所以就压住我。“哇！是吗？不好吓我啊！“。听了之后，我更深信是被鬼压了。几乎每个都有他们的“专业“见解。希里花啦，讲他们自身和朋友的经历。甚至外国个案都有。呵！其他没故事的就聆听，不时也随声附和“是啊！是啊！我也听说过啊。。。。“。（哈哈！你通常是那个讲故事的呢？还是那个随声附和的呢？还是以上两者都不是？嘿嘿，想一想嘛！）

过了几年，在军队，也趁那时读夜校。很辛苦，每天早上五点多出门，晚上没十点是不会到家。早上出门月亮是在西边上空，晚上回来它就在东边。通常周末和公假不是在家睡觉，就是在部队值班。唉！就在其中一年的一个晚上，睡到半夜我又被“压“了。同样的经历，被“压“了一阵子，然后又恢复正常。

经过上一次的经验，我很担心家里会出状况。不敢跟家人讲，怕他们骂我乱讲话。头几天很紧张，然后一个星期，两个星期过了。。。“噢！没事哦！“。当然希望没事啦！半年，一年也过了。。。“也没事！“。过后，因没事发生，也没去想它了。

退伍之后，在一家交换机代理商公司上班。那时经济蓬勃，生意好得不得了。几乎每个周末和公假都得开工。在这公司，我一呆也就呆了五年。“被鬼压“也就发生在这其中一年的一个晚上。忘了那一年。这是我第三次也是最后一次。发生后也是一样担心，幸好也没事发生。

这么多年，经历和见识了很多东西。其实我是觉得“被鬼压“应该是身体和心理劳累的反应。当然，我无法解释为什么头脑清醒，但身体不听使唤的原因。我也有想过一个可能。那就是有可能我根本就没清醒，而挣扎其实是在梦里。这主要还是要看你自己相信什么。但有时，我会抱着“宁可信其有，不可信其无“的心理。

你呢？我相信每个人都有自己的看法和理解事情的方式。

Singapore Joke - Singlish way

Hee..Hee.. here is the possible inside story after 2LT Li sent out the email...


Click on the graphic, it will be enlarged.

Sorry, you need to know Singlish to understand this joke...

Hmmm..... just for a laugh.... don't take it serious ok?

Update 1: Amendment 21st July 2007 2359hrs ( Singapore time )

Received some comments, can't read the dialogue clearly. Hmmm... here, i amend it and hope this is better.....


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enjoy.... anymore problem, please feedback....

cheers

Singapore Prime Minister’s son reprimanded in the military

Yesterday ( 13th July 07 ) morning, kind of shock to learn this news. Wow! What had happened? Why he got it? And who is so daring to reprimand him?

Read the story, found out that 2LT Li HongYi, our PM’s 2nd son, who has just commissioned as an officer last Dec has breached the military's code of conduct.

What had happened then? Oh, he has actually reported a superior, who went Absent Without Official Leave ( AWOL ) twice to higher authority within the unit but nothing was done. Realizing no action was taken and lousy explanation given by the senior officers, he then broadcasted an email to even higher authority, Defence Minister, Chief of Denfence Force and Chief Of Army and many others. The matter got out of hand when the email went to the cyberspace.

In the end, that officer was court-martialled and the 2 senior officers were served warning letters. 2LT Li himself was also charged for not following the proper channel to make complain, but not sure what punishment he got.

While I cheer his behavior to expose the military black sheep, but at the same time, it makes me wander what he was thinking when he decided to compose that email…. If he is a son of an ordinary citizen, I would say this boy has gut! But, he is our PM’s son. What was in his mind? Could it be he was thinking, “Well, my dad is the PM, nobody can touch me…, so I am going to expose all these black sheep”. I hope he didn’t have this thought, but just wanted to expose them. I think he has done the first approach right, by reporting to the unit senior officers. Unfortunately, those officers could be in the same boat, no actions were taken. Yet, they were helping that officer to give excuses.

To me, the military reprimanded all 4 soldiers is a fair action. The most encouraging is that it has shown that nobody is above the organization, not even PM’s son.

Well, every organization has black sheep; SAF of course can’t run away from it. Commercial corporate when mismanage will ended up in closing shop, but if SAF also has the same problem, then the whole nation will be gone within minutes when crisis strikes. We can’t afford that. Generally, SAF is a healthy organization, this is a just a small group of black sheep in there. Hopefully they can be eliminated soon.

When I was still in the unit, many years back. I remember there was an officer, who openly hand carried rose in the unit during valentine day to pass it to the lady soldier in the same unit he admired. Coincidentally, he was the same and only soldier in the unit got fainted during a parade. Hmmm….

得过且过

对这句成语印象深刻。

读中二时，华文课本其中一篇就有这一句。课本也有解释“得过且过：比喻人脑无大志“。当时的我不知怎的，就是不明白什麽是大志。老师有解释，也有讲解，就是不明白。我很肯定不是老师没做好本份工作，而是我那时的吸收能力很差。呵呵！糗事啦！

那时侯很爱玩，听死党的话多过听老师的话。多么希望死党就是老师，他们的那些“金玉良言“句句都动听。根本都不用背。为了考试，花很多时间死背那些成语。鸣鸣。。背来背去，还是不明白那个什么得过且过嘛！悲啊！不过，虽然不明白， 但是整句” 得过且过：比喻人脑无大志“都已背得滚瓜烂熟，牢牢记在心里。

那年学期过后，这句成语也跟着双手还给老师了。呵呵！

出来社会工作，在偶然的机会又碰见这位“好朋友“。“嗨！。。我们又碰面啦！“当我一看到这句成语，马上就随口接上“比喻人脑无大志！“。不错吧？还记得它。呵呵。。。那时的我已明白什么是大志。他可不是某家儿子的名字喔!

重读，再看解释。喔！明白了。终于明白这句成语的意思了！真不好意思！这么多年后才明白。我的老师知道的话，她一定很伤心也很安慰。伤心是因为这么久才明白。安慰是因为迟到好过没到。

这句成语通常是用来形容那些人凡事懒散，没有进取心，做人没目标。简单解释：批者：过一天，算一天，等死咯！赞者：知足常乐嘛！（希望我的解释是对的。。嘿嘿。。）

在新加坡这个手停口停的社会，除非你是富家少爷，得过且过的人会很辛苦。通常这些人都会怨天，怨地就是不怨自己。

这么多年，每当看或听到这句成语，立刻就想起中二那年。它就好像是个回忆书签。其实，我们每个人都有很多回忆书签。歌曲，地方，电影，玩具，卡通片等等。。。，尤其是歌曲最多。

你应该也有吧？那一首歌让你想起中学呢？花一点点时间去想想，可能你能找回一些早已忘了的刻骨铭心的回忆。试一下吧。。。

Red Ladyfingers

Saw these RED Ladyfingers plants in front of a coffee shop in Cactus Rd, off Yio Chu Kang ( junction of YCK and AMK St 66, road to 2SIR, behind ST Elect HQ ).

The common ones see in the market are usually green.

Not sure, what is the actual name for this Red Ladyfingers.

2 more pictures below





UPDATE 1 11July07 20:00hrs ( Singapore Time )

It was fast, i spoke to my good friend Randy about this weird Red Ladyfinger. Well, he said those are known as Okra and did a quick check on the web. Yupe! within minute he came back and passed me a web site ( http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/okra/okra.html ).

Huh ! We call it Ladyfinger, because it looks like one. It is known as "Okra" or "Gumbo" in US and other part of the world and it is edible. Go to this web site, it gives you a bit of history and story about Okra. But one thing i find its difference from our local ladyfinger is that its leaf is also red, while local one is green.

Hmmmm.... why leh? Looks like one answer leads to another question....

UPDATE 2 13July07 1320hrs ( Singapore time )

*sigh* haiz....hmmmm..., this morning had an early morning coffee at the same shop. Went over to the small garden to take a look at the Red Ladyfinger, thinking of taking more pictures to post. To my surprise, they were gone!!! Yes !! They were gone.... very sad...

Well, at least i have taken few pictures of them earlier.

Illegal Parking

Wow!... see this?

Know where this car got caught?

Ha, it was caught in New Zealand's 90miles beach situated in North Island. You may drive along the beach, but watch out! you may ended like this car owner in the picture shown above. According to the local tour guide, even the professional coach driver sometimes also get caught. The beach is so long that it may take up to an hour to drive non-stop ( provided it is not high tide ). But it is still not the longest beach in the world. The longest beach is in Bangladesh.

Hmmm... here are 2 more pictures....

Korean Comic Martial Arts Performance - JUMP

Last sunday ( 1st July 07 ) evening i watched this performance at The Esplanade Threater.

This is a laugh-till-you-drop performance, the threater was full. You could hear laughter from the second it started.... I was one of them laughing non-stop till the show ended. If I were to rate this performance, i would give 4.5 out of 5, the only setback was those short dialogue. Though it was a mute show, but there were still some simple interactions with the audience. Unfortunately, they weren't clear. Other than this, it was all perfection..... acting, stunts, timing, sound effect, even the 2 part-timers, helping to arrange furnitures... they were involved too...haha...

This is the first time, JUMP has staged in Singapore and there were 4 shows, 2 each on 30th June ( Sat ) and 1st July ( Sun ), one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Before it came to Singapore, it has performanced in many cities, like Tokyo, London, HK, Edinburgh etc.. All got good reviews and tickets were sold-out.

About the story...... hmmm.... i think i better paste the story here captured from its web site... ( just click on the graphic, it will enlarge )

The scene I like most was the slow motion play, when the grandfather speed up to block the burglars from running away. The back scene where all the family members were, also in slow motion, trying to grab anything static preventing from blown away by the grandfather's powerful speeding winds.... hahaha... it was so comical....

If you like to know more about JUMP, you may visit its web site for more information http://www.hijump.co.kr/eng/jump01.asp

Next time, if it comes to Singapore again, don't miss it...... I am very sure you will thank me for this information....heeheehee....

Good News !!!! NKF saga - Richard Yong got caught in HK yesterday

Hahahahaha.....

The 600K Peanut story continues......

Finally he got caught after 7 weeks...hmmmm..., this is the best news this morning when i woke up...

I would say he is not clever enough, he should have run to Indonesia, whom is having extradition problem with Singapore. Bringing SGD4.0million into Indonesia, i am very sure Indonesia govt will be very happy to accept him. Granting PR or citizenship shouldn't be an issue. Once he is there, Singapore govt can't do anything as Indonesia govt will protect him to show their unhappiness and demonstration to Singapore......

Indonesia, you are not fast enough to get Mr & Mrs Yong over.....

Well, lets see what he and wife get when they are back......

Cheers to everyone....:-)

很多时侯，一些自以为是的所为上流社会精英，穿得似莫似样的在交流。其实还不是披上人皮的狼或狐狸嘛！唉！这种人太多了，四处在骗吃！

杨坤达最经典的一次为NKF筹款讲话 “每一次当我想起经费不足，想起这些病人，我流泪，夜晚无法入眠。“

很神圣吧？唉！都是假的嘛！呵呵！不过，当时的我真的被他感动了。

怪遇 1 - 小时候 - 马来村的高脚屋

信则有，不信则无

其实，到现在我还不能确定我是否真的“碰见“了。。。。

小时候，住在东部的一个乡村。就靠近巴耶利吧空军基地，那个时候还是国际机场。樟宜国际机场还没建呢！这村主要是华人，不过还有马来甘榜（注：甘榜是马来语，是村的意思。）。一个很典型的甘榜，有回教堂，高脚屋，椰树等等。自我懂事以来，丛没看过那里的华人和马来人有问题过。其实，我可以说是互相尊重，和睦相处。

我家里成员蛮多的。上有婆婆（现以不在人世了），父母亲，四个哥哥，一个姐姐和一个妹妹。呵呵！够大吧？可组蓝球队了。。。父亲出外做工，母亲是家庭主妇。不过，为了补贴家用，她也兼职从工厂拿一些裤子回家加工。

记得五、六岁那一年。服装加工老板就在马来甘榜里租了一栋蛮大的高脚屋来当工厂。其实，除了屋还有一片蛮大的花园，不过有点乱，杂草四处。晚上，花园很暗，没灯。我的母亲也和左邻右舍的兼职主妇一样的去那里拿货和交货。一天晚上，母亲要去高脚屋（忘了是去拿还是交货），我也跟着去。

我记得那天我身体是健康的。没病也没有什麽不妥，或什麽生病预兆。

马来甘榜晚上很暗，需要走50米才能到那高脚屋。那个时候的路灯，不像现在的那麽亮。当我和母亲走进马来甘榜时，我就紧紧抓住母亲的手。当我们一踏入花园，忽然间，我全身发冷，感觉到有一股冷气从我身体扫过。我就跟母亲诉说我突然间感觉到很冷。

过后，我就生了一场大病。有两个星期吧！我还记得那个时候，病了一个星期还没有起色。母亲就带我去很远的地方（那个时候交通很不方便，还没有地铁）看中医。忘了那里，只记得巴士路程很远很远，而且也走了很多路。

左邻右舍，大的小的都来看我。呵呵！不知母亲跟他们讲了些什麽，应该有这里加一点，那里加一点吧？每个都在议论纷纷，说我碰见鬼了。哈！碰见鬼了？那个时候的我就五、六岁嘛！他们每个问我，我就说“是啊！“。呵！就这样一转十，十转百。我也就这样就成了“见鬼了！“的小孩。

很好笑吧？当大人说我碰见鬼，我也随声附和。其实我是没看见“它“。而是忽然间，我全身发冷。之后就生了那一场大病。信者，觉得就是“那个“扫过我，然后我就中了咯！不信者，觉得是因为那个地方对我是一个新环境，心里难免也会有点难适应，而且夜晚和胆小。也可那能时已经在发病的边沿了。所以。。。。。

呵呵！不过，当时的左邻右舍，也包过我家人吧？相信的成分应该有99。99%喔！

那，你呢？你觉得呢？相信会有不同的见解。呵。。呵。。

七年前的一个夜晚。。。。

呵呵！。。对不起！。。这不是什麽七年之痒或艳遇的故事。。。也不好意思！只是我的一个巧遇。。。。。嘿嘿嘿！！。。。

三天（27日六月2007年）前的傍晚，回父母家吃晚餐。住在六楼，刚好电梯那一层。

电梯一开，就听到“嗨！你好吗？“（英语）

我一抬头，看到一位住在同一座的印族男同胞。他向我招手，微笑。旁边站着一位小女孩。羞答答的托着他的手，也向我微笑。他们正等着电梯下楼去。看到了我，也没进去。

我也向他招手，微笑。"我还好！你呢？“

“我也不错！“他很礼貌地回答。“可以给我你的电话号码吗？“突然间他向我讲了这一句。

愣了一下。“好啊！“我就把电话号码给了他。“哦，好久没碰见你了！“他继续。然后就吩咐女儿叫我uncle。（唉！不知不觉已是uncle俱乐部的会员了）。

“是啊！最近比较忙。不过也时常来，只是没碰着。“我回答。跟着也向小妹妹招手，也跟着问他“这就是你女儿吧？几岁了？“

“七岁了“他回答。

“七岁了？“我重复他的回答再加个问号。“哦！已经七年了吗？“我不由自主的重问。

"是的！七年了。。。。谢谢你。“他脸带着微笑回答我。

奇怪吧？为甚麽他回答“是的！七年了。。。谢谢你。“。让我讲个故事给你听吧。。。

七年前（应该是2000年吧），我还跟父母一起住。一个周末夜晚两三点吧？跟几个旧同事兼好朋友喝完酒，唱完卡拉OK。正要搭电梯回家。我没醉，不过也有一点醉意。进了电梯，按了六楼后就闭上眼睛。困嘛！忽然间，觉得为甚麽这麽久六楼还没到。开了眼睛“哇！还在一楼啊！“。“我明明已经按了嘛！为什麽。。。咦？莫非我。。。？没那麽倒霉吧？。。。“心里有点七上八下。。。然后赶紧再按一次六楼。眼睛睁大大的看。这一次电梯动了。。喔，肯定上了。。嘿嘿。。。心里踏实了。。。

到了六楼，电梯门一开。吓死我了！！！怎麽一踏出去即刻就碰见一个印族男同胞抱着一个女人匆匆向我冲过来，几乎就撞到我。

刹那间，醉意全没了！

女的很虚弱，表情很痛苦，流着泪。男的很紧张，不过也一直跟女的叽哩咕噜。虽然是半夜，不过他们两人当时也没有想这麽多吧？我相信当时没熟睡的，应该也被他们“吵“醒吧？

他一看到我，就跟我说“请帮帮我！“（英语）。我也没问什麽事，就即刻跳回电梯里帮他按下楼。电梯里，我问他什麽事，他流着眼泪说他妻子就快要生了。妻子很痛苦。应该是第一胎吧？

哇！又吓死我了！！我怕血的哦！！最好不要在电梯里面生啊！搞不好，我也一起进医院啦。（呵呵。。我可是有记录晕倒的喔！）

在电梯里，每一秒就好像很长很长。。。真的很长很长。。。我在祈祷门快点开，祈祷她忍一下，不好在电梯里生。。喔。。。

出了电梯，看着他很辛苦也很慢的抱着妻子走。我走靠近他，也想帮他扶他的妻子。可是心里有顾忌，也不敢扶了。电梯离大路也有差不多一百米多。他很辛苦的抱着妻子，几次差点跌倒。问了他几次需不需帮他扶，他也没回应。我只有跟着他走，以防他支持不住。

那个时候的他，他的眼里应该只有妻子的安危吧？其他的也听不进去了。

靠近大路差不多二十米时，我就先跑到大路去拦德士。幸好很快在对面街拦到。德士司机刚开始对我有戒心，因为，我在路上跑来跑去，而且是三更半夜。（假如你是那个司机，有可能你不会停喔！对不对？）。我跟司机说明事件，然后叫他拐个弯。司机照做，我也跑回去。不过，还是不敢帮他扶他妻子。他们上了车，我跟他招手。德士走后，我也回家冲个凉跟着就睡觉去。那时家人都熟睡。

隔天也跟家人大慨讲了一下。

往后也因工作，时常早出晚归。也没碰到他。其实我每天大概早上七点就出门，晚上没八九点以后别想在家看到我的影子。通常碰到我的机会蛮低的。我也没把这件事放在心上。

几个星期后，我的妹说有个印族同胞问她我是不是住这里。可能他应该曾经见过我吧？因为我父母家就在电梯前。（这栋组屋不是每一楼都有电梯）。妹妹笑着重复他的问题“请问那个胖胖的先生是不是住这里？他。。。“ 妹妹幸灾乐祸地重复“胖胖。。。“我哭笑不得 ,用无奈的口吻说“唉！帮了他。。。想找我也不需用“胖胖“的形容词嘛！，早知道。。。”。他向我妹道谢。几天后，碰到他。他一直跟我道谢。我感到很不自在，况且我觉得我只是帮他拦德士而已。也向他查问他妻子和小孩情况。母女平安，替他开心。不久，他也碰见我母亲，也向她道谢。

几年后，我也搬出去。碰到他的机会几乎等于零。不过偶而还会碰见他，也会跟他打个招呼“嗨！你好？“通常都是我匆匆忙忙的寒暄几句就走了。偶而会问“这就你的女儿？“，“哦，长大咯“。

没错的话，从那时到现在碰见应该没超过十次吧？可能吧，每次我都是匆匆忙忙的。哈！所以这次被“逮到“，他就跟我要了电话。其实，我一直觉得不是大不了的事，任何人遇到都会帮的啊！当他回答“是的，七年了。。。谢谢你！“和向我要电话号码的时候。我这个笨蛋才桄然大悟！这麽多年来他还是没忘那个夜晚的事件。

喔。。。不知不觉时间飞逝，一下子七年就过了。唉。。。。。

给了电话号码，寒暄了几句。过后，在父母家里，心里总觉得怪怪的，一直在想这件事。也跟他们讲了在电梯外碰见那个印族同胞的事。

当晚，也有点难眠，一直在想。一直以来我不喜欢邀功。所以过后没刻意跟他联系，也没再去想整件事。

我很感动。。。感动这麽多年了，他还记得这件事。到现在还在感激我！这远比送任何物质上的礼物来得珍贵。

其实，不是每个人都会像他那麽感恩。

到了现在，我还不知道他的名字。而他，那天才得到我的电话号码和名字。

一件对我来讲的小事（帮忙），对他来讲则是件影响到他全家的幸福的大事啊！

在这里吧！祝他和家人幸福快乐！！

原谅

读书时，偶而会剪一些华文报的文章。过了这麽多年，不见了很多。印象最深刻是这篇从那时的联合早报（忘了那一年，不好意思）剪下的。文章名为“原谅“，觉得笔者写得太完美了。世上应该没人会100%符合吧？不知笔者本身得多少分呢？

我呢？呵呵。。。。应该只有20%吧！不过，我也把这篇文章做为学习的对象，提升自己。

几年前，一位在澳洲背包旅游认识的日本朋友到访。接待她几天，住我哥的家。也抽空带她四处走马看花。一天逛市中心，她看到了竖立在那的二战记念碑。带她到碑前看，也讲解二次世界大战在新加坡发生了什麽事。她很惊讶，说在日本读书时，二战事件讲不多。听了我的讲解，她觉得很难过。她问我憎恨日本人吗？我向她解释这是上一代发生的事，我们已不再憎恨任何人了。虽然我原谅但我不会忘记历史。

感觉到那个时候的她感到歉意万分。可是，那不是我的目的。

那次过后，她还来过一次。不过当时我也忙于工作，匆忙跟她见个面吃个饭。之后换了电脑，联络也断了.

或许吧！日本人知道亚洲人会原谅，就是不会忘记历史。所以他们就窜改历史考科书，就来一个“算了吧！即然你们不能忘记，那就我们自己忘记吧！呵呵！“

德国人坦然面对历史，真诚承认犯过的错。犹太人也欣然接受。俩方不再背着历史包袱怨恨对方。现在的德国人可以抬起头来看着犹太人，交朋友。

或许吧（哇！怎麽，那麽多或许啊？），日本人觉得面子比较重要。背着历史包袱比认错来得容易。那，就让她背吧！累了再看看。可能，那时大家真的都忘了。

唉！再一个或许吧，呵！那个时候，大家都喝了“忘情水“什麽都忘了。怨恨，仇恨都没了，也不需要原谅了。希望有这麽的一天来临。我期待。。。。。。

一个不承认自己犯了错的人（国家），是不会得到他人（国家）的信服和尊敬。或许，他们没读华盛顿的故事吧。你说呢？

我们不可以忘记历史，其实人类真的很健忘（选择性吧？）。一直在重复人祸，唉！种族，宗教，国与国。到现在还是有问题。天灾也是人类弄出来惩罚自己。

用一个有诚意的认错，换回一个原谅。怨恨，仇恨与猜疑就随空而逝。何乐而不为呢？

认错。。。。真的那麽困难吗？

面子。。。。真的那麽重要吗？

好吧，我把原篇复印贴在这里与你分享。读了之后，让我知道你的想法，好吗？

把鼠标指向图，然后点击。图会变大。

600K Peanut

Wow!! Finally, i am in blog too....hmmmm...

Let me start my 1st blog title with "600K Peanut"

U many be wondering why i am using "600K peanut", right?
Well, if u are residents of Singapore in the past few years, u will know what it means. Some sad things happened here in Singapore, abusing of power and corruption in few charity organisations. Corruption in Singapore? U may ask. Yes!! in Singapore and it is a big one.....hmmmm ..... Sad thing isn't it :-(

It started with this biggest charity organisation name "National Kidney Foundation" ( NKF ) few years ago, which majority of its fund was donated by general public. It was a big earthquake in Singapore......

The CEO got himself high salary, around SGD$600K per year, plus many perks. Wa-lau!! Charity organisation leh, SGD$600K per year?? Yes !! But not only that.... business class when flying out for meetings...

Until one fine day, a contractor went to do renovation work in the office and one of the requests was to install gold-plated tap for the CEO office's toilet ( wash room ).... The contractor was an odinary Singaporean, who was angry with the way the organisation spending its donors' money. So, the news leaked... after sometime, it reached the media. The reporter decided to write an ariticle about this.

Ha... the organisation CEO was angry with the defamation and together with the committee members, they sued the reporter and the press. It had successfully sued 2 parties b4, so this time, they were confident that they will clear their names.

Hmmm.... Well, not this time! They calculated wrongly, they lost!! As the court hearing went on, more dirty things were dug out.... and it lead to the fall of the CEO and the entire committee... Government stepped in, appointed new CEO and team, got auditor to check all books.....

Wow!! the former CEO treated NKF like its family-owned biz, one man managed organisation. He involved in almost everything, especially money-related issues.... outsourced projects to friends and own company.... Those committee members don't know do what, may be they just make use of NKF to build their own profile. Nobody bother to know what the CEO is doing.

Now, the 600K Peanut comes in..... during the courts hearing..... my respected former PM, Mr Goh's wife, whom is a close friend of the former CEO, made a comment, which made many Singaporeans angry the following day... Mrs Goh said that with the NKF capacity and the amount of money raised by the former CEO, SGD$600K is just a peanut !!! I was totally disappointed with the words came out from my respected fomer PM's wife.

I disagree, Mrs Goh.... To you, SGD$600K may be Peanut, but many of the donors may not earn this much in their entire life. Believe me, this is true. If this is peanut, why did the former CEO reluctant to reveal his salary and other packages? Besides, this is a charity organisation, not IBM, HP, Shell, Google etc... All the money is from ordinary Singaporeans, whom some of them monthly take home is less than SGD$1K. No matter how, nobody should treat it like a commercial organisation. Anyone who wants to work in charity organisation should not expect market-rate salary like those commercial organisation. Day one, he/she should know this is a public-funded organisation.

The development of this case, till today ( 23June07 ).... has made the former Chairman, Mr Richard Yong, bankrupt and he sold all his properties and ran away from law.... sigh... haiz!! i remember he made appeals to the public for more donation, saying he couldn't sleep and worrying for the patients as the organisation has insufficient funds to support them for the next few years... he cried !! Yes, he cried .... But now, what happened to him ?? He ran away ..... Isn't it insulting?? Good acting right? Should have gotten him an acting award...

Now, the former CEO is being convicted for using a fake SGD$20K invoice to deceive NKF, he is sentenced to 3months jail. He will appeal soon. Besides, he is also ordered to pay SGD$4.0millions to the new NKF for the losses and damages it suffered. Well, lets see if he also run away....

I used to defend NKF in the past whenever somebody said bad things about it. I was a regular donor, even during my difficult time. I have since terminated the donation, may be will resume later when everything is back in order. I have changed my opinion on charity organisations, unlike last time, now i question when approach for donation.

Recent months, many charity organisations here were found to have mis-managed funds. The latest was 2 days ago, St John's Home for Elderly, the Superintendent took away SGD$3.88Million and is now uncontactable. He is in his 60s and has 2 grown-up sons, not sure if the whole family run away together.

Well, greed is inside every human beings, when the temptation is too strong to resist, some many give up morale and choose to act something which they were taught by parents and teachers not to.....

That is life..... and it goes on....

贪婪 - 人类基本潜在的特性。

贪小便宜 - 满街都是，小贪者也。在我们的日常生活每天都有。都是你，我和他。哈！
贪得无厌 - 往往都是没了理智，不懂得收手，最终被抓。
人心不足，蛇吞象 - 特大贪，一次过要做皇帝。不过，通常都是消化不了。最终也伤了自己。