Chinese New Year VS bonus

HOUSES, Mercedes Benz cars, diamonds, gold, iPhone and iPad are among the expensive Chinese New Year gifts that employers in China give to their staff, reported Sin Chew Daily. The daily reported that a company in Ningbo had rewarded its top staff with 40 Mercedes Benzs and BMWs. In Zhejiang province, the daily reported that close to 80% of the companies were distributing cash in the equivalent of RM5,000 to RM15,000 to each of their staff.    source: TheStar online

How about here in Malaysia? When will it be our turn to get such luxury in our home country? Will this even be considered? Nah, too much bothersome for most companies here anyway. Oh well.

小时侯vs长大后

“不要！”
“快点啦。”
“我不要玩了！”
“不管你了。。。砰。。。砰。。。砰。。。去死吧！”
“你太无赖。砰。。。砰。。。你也死了”
“怎么死人也可以开枪的？”
“哈哈哈”

正当我还在熟睡当中，叽叽喳喳得吵个不停，而且又很大声，就这样被他们吵醒了。揉了揉眼睛，我走出了屋子，观查了那些小孩儿一会。不难发现他们脸上都挂着灿烂的笑容，似乎依然无忧无虑的。顿时被他们的快乐感染了，心情也开始好起来了。

 

小孩啊，你可是多么的快乐，多么的无忧无虑，你可知道吗？而且，似乎每个人小时候都是比较爱说话，比较叽喳。可是长大后越来越少话了。为何呢？是为了保护自己？是因为不再容易相信别人？还是因为如今只会把更多话深埋在心底，只跟自己对话？

Kelvin's wedding dinner

First off, sorry for the long wait. Still trying to find the drive to blog, but nothing much popped up in my mind, so I would just dig up some past events in my life.

I attended Kelvin's wedding last month, on the 6th of November. He is a friend of mine during the secondary school days. We used to join the Red Crescent Society and had really great fun time together. I was still having a holiday when he FB-mailed me, asking if I would like to attend his wedding dinner in Imperial Mall.  I promptly agreed on the spot.

On the exact day, when I reached the destined destined location, I saw a few of my previous students whom I taught English during the temporary teaching days. I thought they were joining the dinner too, so I didn't stop by to talk to them. I headed towards the elevator and found more friends there. I haven't seen some of them since graduating Form 5, looking back, it's been 7 plus years, such a long time. Glad that we're still friends and still remember each others.

Upon entering the dining room, I saw even more friends from my middle school. I had a great time chatting with them, we talked on lots of things, from school times till working times. We're dished with some great cuisine and some interesting shows from the host, including slide shows the journey of their love. The bride and bridegroom even sang a few songs too. Then we have a yamsei ceremony to cheer on the newly wedded couples. It turned out that most of us were quite shy to cheer so loudly. Oh well :P

From left: Aron, me, Kelvin, Adrian, Anthony, Yieng Fuong, Teck Ho and Yew Chong

The dinner ended around 9.30pm, however a few of us still stayed around to continue our chat since it's been a really long time since we talked to each other. However, sadly, the restaurant has reached their end of operating hours, so we have to move somewhere else to continue our chat. We chose another restaurant close by to have a drink while having some nice little talk.

Thanks a lot for the great times together, my friends :)

Enjoying the silence

Geez, ever since yesterday, my lappy is sick, the fan system somehow went bonker and hence the lappy easily caught a fever and would just go to sleep without my permission. I was left speechless staring at him. I can't summon him back.

So, I started my life without my dear lappy. I rolled on the sofa in front of TV with a hand holding on the TV controller. No program caught my interest at all. I switched off the TV and continue to roll on the sofa till I went to the dreamland.

Argh.. I can't adopt to a life without laptop. Life seems so boring without going online. Am I addicted? Yeah... But sadly nothing much I can do. I've picked up this kind of life ever since I started my uni life.

This afternoon, I brough my lappy to see doctor, but somehow the doctor said that would take a long time since there's no suitable parts in my place. Ouch! My poor lappy. How I miss you now.

Oh well, I will try to enjoy my few days of silence now.

2 years old kid singing to plead her dad to stop smoking

Also on Facebook

。。。我的爸爸每天都在抽烟
打他骂他都听不见，
爸爸为什么你要抽烟
抽烟身体会生病
为什么你要花钱去买香烟。

Translation:

 ... My dad smokes everyday

Scolding him is useless

Dad, why do you smoke?

Smoking will bring harm to our body

Why do you want to waste your money to buy cigarette?

This video was mentioned in The Star Online:

Sin Chew Daily reported about a two-year-old girl in Singapore who sang to her father, pleading to him to stop smoking.

Apparently, the videoclip of her singing has become a hit on the Internet after it was circulated through Facebook. The 39-second footage showed the girl sitting on the floor, singing in front of a camera, believed to be held by her mother.

Online viewers commented that the man was lucky indeed to have a daughter who could express herself well. They also hoped it would encourage other smokers, especially those with children, to give up the habit.

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I came across this video yesterday.This could be her mum's setup for her kids to sing, but still, at such a young age, she knows that smoking is bad for health. It's quite touching to see that a 2 years old kid is so concern about her dad's health.

What about you? Are you aware that smoking is bad for health?

A Pit Stop 暂停

 一小时的午睡后，突然想去跑步。毕竟，已经有一段很长的日子没去运动了。隐约可以感觉得到身体的变动，尤其是开始有了小肚腩（羞）。

戴上了鸭嘴帽及一手提着苹果的 ipod，我便开始跑步了。一边听着音乐，我一边思考几件事情。我已经察觉到队部落格的那股热情开始冷淡了少许。也许可以一边休息一边寻找对自己有兴趣的文章材料。无论如何，我必须找会以前的那股劲力，以不辜负读者的期望。

跑呀跑，听完了三首歌曲后，开始感觉到全身有点痛，而且又很累，上气接不到下气。唉，看来以后的日子都必须更加努力运动，加油吧!

my ipod

After napped for an hour, out of blue, I decided to go jogging a bit. It's been a really long time since I last jogged. Really can feel the changes on my body, especially tummy which needs to be worked on more :P

After I put on a blue cap and got my ipod, I jogged happily out of my house. While listening to the music, I let my mind running wild while trying to grasp a few things. I did realise that my interest for blogging has dwindled lately. Perhaps taking a break is necessary and try to find a topic that interest me. Whatever the method is, I need a fresh start to regain the passion for blogging again so that I won't let my readers down again.

After listening to 3 songs, I started to feel the fatigue, my legs were giving up and pretty much out of breathe. Really, I need to force myself to exercise more in the future. Gambateh!

Yumcha 2 喝茶 2

今晚又约了两位朋友去喝茶，俊雄及啊Chong。真的感觉到时间的洗礼，友谊是需要经营的，不然就会荒废了，生活圈子也会慢慢得缩小。

回到家后，为自己轻唱生日歌，已经习惯自己一个人度过生日了。已经二十五岁了，时间真的过得很快。



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Had a drink with my friends tonight, with Chiun Hsiung and Ah Chong this time. The effect of time could really be felt, if we don't work on the relationship, it would get worse and might even vanish with time.

Upon reaching home, I sang a birthday song for myself, I've gotten used to celebrating my own birthday alone all this time. Oh well...

Yumcha 喝茶

Last night, I had a drink with my old friends, Kah Yong and Chiun Hsiung, at CM2. I haven't met them for quite a while, maybe it's been a year already.

Time really flies. We met each other during the secondary school days through Red Crescent Society. Lots of happenings between us, like camps, jungle trekking, swimming in Lambir National Park and even staying up late to disturb others. It's complete madness that time, but it's really fun.

We talked all night long. Great time!

Fatigue 累了

经过了二十几天的斋戒，终于感觉到了斋戒月的超级累的状态。整个人终觉得很累，一直想继续睡觉，充电充电。也许是已经把身上的脂肪统统用尽了。笑。

结果，堆积了一篇又一篇的草稿，得赶快处理它。

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After fasting for over twenty plus days, finally the extreme fatigue has caught up. The feeling of wobbling around  with the fatigue body, is not something  that we encounter during normal days. Perhaps all those fats in the body has been used up.

A few drafts have been piled up, I got to finish them off soon.

Ramadan Bazaar 开斋月市场

 上个星期，我去了在家乡的开斋月市场。这时已经很接近开斋时刻，再加上又是放工时间，男女老少都纷纷来了，难免造成有点拥挤的现象。而我呢，边走边照相。呵呵。

Last week, I went to the ramadan bazaar in Saberkas at my hometown Miri. It's quite a sight, lots of people swarming the place making it so hard to move around freely. Well, it's time for people who just finished their work to get some food for breaking fast a bit later. While walking around the bazaar, I managed to take a few pictures with my phone.

Lots of people swarming the place

走啊走，看见了烤肉叔叔在烧烤着一串串的鸡翅膀。平时都是看正面的画面，偶尔看一看正在勤奋工作的背影也不错，就因此拍了一张照片。

While walking around, I saw an uncle barbecuing some chicken wing. Well, the front view of a someone barbecuing is pretty common, having a pic from the behind view is not bad, hence I took one.

BBQ chicken

走了一阵子，来到了印度煎饼档子。印度煎饼叔叔正在忙着准备，而太太则把已经做好的印度煎饼包好。

After walking for a while, I came across a Roti Canai stall, the husband was busy making roti canai while the wife was packing the roti canai.

The making of Murtabak

当然也少不了马来同胞的香蕉饼，小时候的我很喜欢吃的哦，现在也是。

Of course, there were pisang goreng too. It's one of Malay's delicacy.

Pisang Goreng

Have you visited any Ramadan bazaar lately? If not yet, what are you waiting for? Grab those delicious food there now!

Drive Safely

Recently, I came across a video regarding driving safely on the road. It's a very meaningful video. I cried while watching the video. It saddened me that lots of life lost due to irresponsible driving, including drunken driving and one-handed driving while talking or typing on mobile phone.

It could be just a moment of miscalculation but could end up a regret of a whole life.



Or watch it on Metacafe or Facebook.

Watermelon 西瓜

 最近，我家长了一棵西瓜，可怜的西瓜似乎厌倦了生长在泥土上的日子了，竟然从墙上扎根。也许是一些蚂蚁把西瓜种子带回它们的窝里，而顽强的西瓜硬硬要继续生活下去，就造出了奇迹。

Recently, a watermelon plant grows from the wall, quite a miracle, the poor thing growing totally out of blue. Perhaps some ants brought the seeds back to their home and it strong-willed watermelon keeps on growing out of the crack in the wall to prove of its existance.

小西瓜树 the early days, just a small plant

自从知道了西瓜的存在，我便开始观察它的成长。一天，长出了同样大小的两粒小西瓜。但，经过了岁月的洗礼后，有一粒西瓜终于撑不下去了，枯死了。


I've been watching over it everyday, watching it growing slowly. One day, the plant started bearing 2 small watermelons. They were of the same size at first, but after quite some time, a very significant difference in size started to show up as the smaller ones started to wither.

2 watermelons, the smaller one which is behind the big watermelon withered later

a better view from the top

剩下的那里西瓜至今依然在那儿，而且还在成长中，现在已经超过了15工分。


The last standing watermelon is still there, it's a lot bigger now, slightly longer than a 15cm ruler.

the last standing watermelon, slightly longer than 15cm

可爱的西瓜，希望你能够好好地继续成长。加油！

Still wondering how much bigger can it grow, fingers crossed, hoping it would keep on growing till it ripe one day.

puasa started 斋戒开始

星期二晚上，我锁在电视机前，聆听八点的新闻。平时不是八点新闻常客的我，顿时心里有点紧张，不晓得何时会揭晓开始禁斋的日子。

一个又一个新闻过了，怎么还没揭晓啊。心里开始焦急起来了，难道我错过了？不会吧，八时零五分才开始转台去听新闻的我，不可能错过了揭晓时刻。一心想继续看日剧《绝对男友》，可是还是得知道什么时候开始禁斋。耐心，对，需要更多耐心地等待下去。

总于，皇天不负苦心人，八时十五分，掌玺大臣丹斯里厄恩姑依布拉欣在获得各州统治者允准下，宣布全国各州属的斋戒月，将于8月11日开始。其实，差不多每一次都是不会看到月亮，因此通常不会在隔天开始，但今年却一往反常，隔天就开始了。

凌晨四时左右，依旧在朦胧的睡意里，勉强得爬起来。在进食当儿，突然想起了在工大与洁媛及咏辉一起在P19 sahur 的情景。大学生活真是叫人怀念。

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On Tuesday night, I was locked onto the television, listening to the 8 o'clock news, which wasn't something I do daily. I must admit, I was a bit anxious to know when would the Ramadhan fasting start.

One by one, the newscaster reported news. I've been thinking all this while, when would the date be announced. I was watching a Japanese Drama "Zettai Kareshi" till 8.05pm, only then changed over to TV1 for the news. Don't tell me that I've missed it. Patience, yes, patience is virtue.

Finally, at 8.15pm, the long awaited moment came, Tan Sri Engku Ibrahim announced that the fasting month started the next day, which is 11th August. Usually the too-cloudy condition would disrupt the moon observation procedure and hence would not fall on the next day. But it's totally different this time, puasa starts on the next day.

Around 4 o'clock in the morning, I barely woke up, still in my sweetest dream. While having my meal, suddenly I recalled my uni life with Jie Yuan and Yeong Huey in P19 of UTM. It was a very memorable moment.

Eye 眼睛

也许是长期在电脑荧幕前，最近眼睛总是很快就觉得疲累。是时候减少呆在荧幕前了吧，我告诉自己。

但是，我能够熬得过没上网的日子吗？电脑带来了太多太多的诱惑，尤其是上网、网上游戏、与朋友聊天、寻找质料、音乐、上面子书网页。。。

但为了眼睛的未来，只好自制了。

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Maybe it's due to long time sitting in front of laptop's screen, my eyes easily wears out lately. It's about time to lessen the time spend in front of laptop, I told myself.

However, can I live the life without going online? Computer brings too much fun and distractions, especially going online, online games, chatting with  friends, searching for information, musics, Facebook-ing......

But for the future of my eyes, I have to control myself.

Return 归属感

很久没更新我的部落格了，很不好意思。不是生活忙绿，而是开始对写部落格失去了原有的那股动力。也许是因为没有人来阅读，也许是自己的懒散，也许是不知道该写什么，也许。。。

一个又一个的借口，一次又一次地延迟了更新部落格，心里总是很不好受。虽然知道并不多读者，甚至没有任何人会来我的部落格逗留，但是内心总是很内疚。

终于，鼓起了勇气，登录了部落格的网页，手指在键盘上快乐地飞舞，心里终于平静了。

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It's been a while since the last time I updated my blog, really sorry about it. Not really that I'm too busy with life, but somehow losing the drive to write. Maybe it's because of few to none people reading, maybe it's because of my own laziness, maybe not sure what to write, maybe ......

Excuse after excuse, the updating blog process was delayed again and again, it made my heart ached just thinking about it. Even though there are very few to none readers who would visit my blog, but still it didn't feel good.

Finally, gathered bits of courage, logged into my blog, fingers danced happily on the keyboards, my heart felt calmer at last.

A Visit to Dentist

While I was eating noodles, I found that I have quite a nasty hole on my wisdom tooth. The first thought that came across my mind was to visit a dentist. Flashing back, it's been years since I last visited a dentist, maybe the last time was during my primary school? Not too sure. Anyway, I have to solve this problem fast, else it would cause a bigger pain in the future.

After registering my name for an appointment with the dentist, I rested myself on a bench. While looking around the room, I found that the dentist loves art. There were a few framed pictures hung on the wall, right above the pictures, there was the light shining on them, adding more beauty to the pictures.

The first picture wasn't that catchy, I mean it looked quite messy on the first look. But after gazing at it for a couple of minutes, I suddenly realised what's the meaning of the picture. It was a oil water painting on a canvas. The picture looked like a mountain which was near seaside, with clouds around the mountain tip. Nevertheless, this isn't the type of art that I like. Hence, my eyes moved on to the second picture, which was on the right beside the first picture.

Just as I was observing the second picture, the dentist called my name. I walked slowly into his room. The dentist is quite plump, a smile curved up his mouth as he walking towards me. I briefly told him my problem. He put a light to shine over my mouth, then took out his dentistry stuffs and check on my mouth. Within seconds, he found my problem, but he insisted on checking the all of the teeth before he started his surgery. Alas, he found another hole on my tooth.

In the end, he did two fillings for my upper and lower tooth. It was quite a speedy operation, and my money gone quite speedy too. It cost me a hundred bucks for these two holes on my teeth.

I should have taken more care of my teeth last time. Luckily the poor teeth still can be rescued with fillings. Else I would cry to have my teeth getting pulled out.

Nevertheless, it served as a good lesson for me. It's better to prevent earlier than regret later.

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Puasa Ramadhan

It's Ramadhan now. All Muslims have to fast from sunrise till sunset.

The unique of Ramadhan is that you can see lots of temporary tents set up. Hawkers sell all kinds of things, like foods, drinks, clothes, and even magazines in the appointed locations, called bazaar. Lots of people who has just finished their work would turn in to grab some food on their way back.

While visiting bazaar in my hometown, I took a few snapshot with my phone. Here, I'm sharing with all of you. :)

cars are prohibited to enter bazaar,
but somehow some manage to slip through

A quick glance at bazaar

it's rather early, so not many customers yet

The famous Kek Lapis, only available in Sarawak

Have you visited any bazaar nearest to you yet? If not, why not take this opportunity to pay a visit. You might find some delicacies that you've never seen before. Grab this chance now, before Ramadhan ends.

我受够了！ I have enough!

七月尾，小我写了一篇文章，叙述了咱们之间的误解。但是，你啊，鸿哥，似乎一点也没察觉到四周的改变。也许是你太过自我主张，从来不去理会别人；也许是别人变了；也是只是一时的冲动所造成了巨大的误解及伤害；也许。。。。。。

无论是什么原因，有一点是无可否认的。你根本就是没有心想要维护咱们的友情。只从那件无解事件发身后，你从来没长开过你的那张金口，更何谈友情呢？难道是我想太多？

够了，我受够了。这根本就不是什么友谊。好吧，既然你也无暇维护咱们的友谊，那么就各走自己的路吧，做个了断。我也不会再出现在你的眼前了。此刻的你，高兴了吧？

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I wrote an article on the misunderstanding that had happened between us last July. However, you, Mr Hong, seemed to have never realised any slight changes around you. Perhaps you're too self-centered, not bothered to check on others; perhaps others have changed; perhaps it's just a sudden urge and caused all this misunderstanding; perhaps...

Whatever the reason was, there's something that can't be denied. You are not that keen to keep our friendship. After that case, you've never opened your mouth and talked to me, what about friendship? Did I think too much?

Enough, I have enough of this. This can't be called friendship at all. Fine, since you are not so keen to keep our friendship, so be it. We'll walk our own path from now on, no more crossing path. I won't be appearing in front of you anymore too. Are you happy now?

回忆

最美好时光歌词

词/曲: 张蔚源 编曲: Sean Yew
主唱: 幸雁. 戴丽津. 宇恒. William

张开眼睛我看看这世界
看看他究竟有多美
珍惜这每一分时光最好
生命中留下最美的回忆

蔚蔚天空任我们去飞翔
人生需要自己去闯
一生中有几回真的去想
到底谁陪我一起飞

想问你是否愿意和我们一起去分享
当太阳普照着大地让生命更有意义
伤心我们不流泪 开心也不会累
曲终人散情谊却不散
迎向最美好的时光

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最近，不知为何，嘴里总是哼唱着这首歌。特别喜欢chorus的部分，不但唱起来蛮爽口的，而且意义丰富。"想问你是否愿意和我们一起去分享, 当太阳普照着大地让生命更有意义, 伤心我们不流泪 开心也不会累, 曲终人散情谊却不散, 迎向最美好的时光" 。

也许是回想起当年疯疯癫癫的中四生活吧。所起中四，呵呵，那时的我可是特别疯狂。在我的母校，中四可是最好玩的一年。中四时，首个星期忙着新生迎新会，迎接刚入学的学弟学妹们。那一年，一共有500左右位新生，分成20个小组，有七八位委员带领。

那时的我其实是个蛮内向的，说起来也不好意思。还记得传海曾说过，希望我讲话大声点。哈哈，现在想起来，他说得很对啊。也许是对陌生人有种抗拒感吧。但是若混久了，反而可以一起疯狂地玩耍。

哈哈，突然扯到那么远了。好吧，回到正题，为何这首歌呢？回到刚才的迎新会，其中一首歌曲就是这一首了。还记得当时与新生一起学唱这首歌，这段短暂的六天里，我们从陌生人变成了很要好的朋友。迎新会的最后一天，我们高唱这首歌曲，当中，不少禁不住流下了感动的泪，哭红了双眼。当时的我好像也哭了，不太记得了。

后来，文娱晚会时，高材生合唱这首歌曲。在旁帮忙幕后的我，也不禁随着他们一起哼唱。当然是小小声的咯。哈哈。paiseh。也少不了几位随着哼唱的朋友，大家都是一起举办了迎新会的，难免会有些感触。

ps：这首歌对我而言，实在包涵了太多太多意义了。到目前为止，还是寻找不到这首歌。请问谁有这首歌曲呢？可否由电邮寄给我呢？在此先说声谢谢，小我感激不尽。

面具

从前的你可是如此的善谈。。。 现在的你，即使见面了，也未必能有如以往。

但是，你是否有察觉到呢？也许没有。

是你变了呢？还是我变了？

为何可以如此一笑而过呢？难道你不再重视咱们的友谊吗？