2007年10月28日星期日

老兄,请你把心胸开阔一点!

傍晚闲来无事,就决定到IMM去买买东西(听起来很aunty)。从文礼到IMM,有shuttle bus。好处就是把你直接载到IMM门口,不怕风吹雨打。

说了是免费服务,就有各行各色的人上巴士 (而且是争先恐后哦!别以为新加坡人就爱排队!)屁股才碰到椅子,那位巴士司机突然对一个Bangaladeshi工地工人大喊:“oi!brother!this is for shopping!not for worker!!!TAKE OUT! TAKE OUT!”那位仁兄显然不是很明白,就往车里走。那司机老兄一连愤怒的样子,一直瞪着倒后镜。然后重复同样的话。

后来我才弄明白老兄并非赶他下车,而是想他该把工作服脱下。可是吧,当时老兄那种语气和充满轻视的眼神……老兄,需要吗?!大家都是人,说明白也不过是因为他比你黑,工作比你脏,比你辛苦,你也不必看不起人!

只不过是我们生活在很好的环境,平平安安过日子,没有爆炸,没有战争,有教育,有饭吃,不代表我们比他人高一等。说穿了,我们也一样,有着同一个祖宗——猴。还不是一样……皮肤不同颜色,真的要以这样不同的眼光吗?

真可悲!

流浪

很喜欢齐豫的一首歌——橄榄树。

不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪 流浪远方
流浪……

齐豫的歌声总参杂着神秘,让我也很像流浪。

流浪,要有条件。你要放得下,没有工作,你可以在最基本的生活条件下生存。你要放得下,在家里为你担忧的人。你要放得下,你那颗想念人的心。你还得放得下,你以往的一切习惯,在不同的地方,学习不同的文化,融入不同的习惯,变成了另一个人。你要承受得了,寂寞的浪漫。或许日子久后,你会开始想,自己究竟是在浪漫还是烂漫?

我没有流浪的资格,只有选择背包旅行。

我想去流浪,流浪远方……流浪……

Of work and career

I always wonder, what makes people feel bored of going to work? Is that because we've lost our passion to things in daily life? Is that because we're affected by negative energy around us when people having too much of complaints? Or is it because, we simply never feel our importance in things that we do?

I think, it is important, to feel important. Every single person, likes to feel "being" there, Being Somebody to someone. I think the feeling of that, makes a person strives harder.

I saw Hui Nee blogging about the life of her job. I like the way she said, she feels good because things she does, will affect millions of costumers of the product. And that makes her feel good, and wants to do the best for the products! I feel that's a very positive way to deal with our job. If you think it's just a job, I think we'll possibly stuck at the same condition for quite some time. Until one day, some luck strikes you and you've got promoted. If you think it's your career, and you can make a difference, you can!

So, I think it applies not just in our career. We have to find our own passion in every tiny little things that we do, everyday. That will keep us going.

Cheers~

2007年10月24日星期三

SEATRU

Let's help to make a difference!

Have you ever heard of SEATRU? If not, this is a good time to learn about this. SEATRU, is Sea Turtle Research Unit by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. I have never heard of this until my cousin told us about it. She's the future vet!

Anyway, it's a voluntary programme which you go to Pulau Redang for a week to help to save the sea turtles. From my cousin's experience, they went there for a week, waited for the sea turtle to come to the beach to lay eggs. Then, they collected the eggs and waited for them to hatch. After hatching, they will take care for the babies for a day or two (I don't remember) and released them back into the sea.

For those who think this is purely for fun, please take note that you will have to do some night shifts.

I'm planning to register for this programme. According to my cousin, the programme is opened for registration on February. And the period for the programme is from May to August. Sounds good to me!

Anyone interested?

Heading to?

I remember some of the phrases from my boss. Sometimes, I think they're very meaningful. He said, "Since when following people is a good idea?" He had told me something similar before, not just once or twice. He likes to have new ideas, new way of doing things. I guess, that was why several months ago he decided to try a fresh grad for the first time in the department.

I reflect the things that I have done. I think, sometimes, maybe I've followed too much. And it is proven that I had followed the wrong person once. Lucky for me, nothing big happened to me.

I'm already 4 months in my job but I am still feeling very NEW. There are so many things to learn, so many techniques to analyse a failure. I learn my way to different techniques and different equipments and principles with every different material that I'm dealing with. It is also good, that I have the chance to know different people, across the departments and institutes.

There's no end for the road called learning. But it doesn't make sense as well, if I have to depend on others so much on every job request I received. So, what's the plan? I asked myself.

Sometimes I kinda feel that I'm heading no where.

Well... Where shall I head?

2007年10月21日星期日

Sinful

A sinful weekend.

Yea yea... I had recovered on Saturday, and went for a weekend getaway in...... Conrad Hotel. What's more? It's a Business Level and we had all the access to executive lounge. All day~ Hahahaha!!!! Well, I didn't pay a cent for the stay. Yee Hau won that as grand prize in one of the lucky draw. The gift voucher is valid for 6 months from the date he received it, and we had booked from the hotel for this particular weekend.

No wonder I have miraculous recovery.

It's a weekend getaway, so we're kinda live like no tomorrow. We EAT, SUPER SINFUL food!



Super Sinful labelled even on the menu, HUGE sausages, wrap with bacon and cheese.... at New York, Citilink


Steak and baked potato sprinkled with a lot of bacon bits.... at Jack's Place


High dosage of coffee continuously for two days... simply everywhere...


Buffet breakfast in Conrad Hotel...

Not to mention the free flow of fruits, red wine, champagne, coffee, carbonated drinks, desserts, cakes, etc... at the executive lounge.

SINFUL~

How much calories do I have to burn tomorrow?

(Sorry for the picture quality, I was trying some photostop and lazy to undo. Bare with that will ya?)

2007年10月19日星期五

Sick at Home, Poor Thing...

Well well, I'm SICK...

It's not a good month for me, I've been feeling not so well most of the days throughout the month. I had sprained neck, I had flu back home during Raya... Yesterday, everything adds up, I had flu, sore throat, feverish, diarrhea (a bit)...

I take it as normal sickness, so I went to work. But after a few hours, I thought I couldn't do well at work, so I took a half day off and I rest at home, slept for the whole day until I missed the opening hour of clinic. I cooked porridge and chrysanthemum tea for myself and I thought I shall be alright this morning.

But NO! I couldn't get up for work, so I slept through the morning and went to see a doctor. Poor thing...

I hate to be sick because I feel helpless... And being at home for nothing to do at all, simply sleeping, makes me feel useless too....

Luckily I'm already feeling better after the medicine and some sleep. Tomorrow will be a better day~

2007年10月10日星期三

祝我生日快乐!

双十节,是很容易记得的日子。所以,我的生日是很好记的。长大了,生日和其他的日子也就没有什么大分别。顶多也是吃个饭,看部电影就了事。和平时周末出街拍拖没有太大的差别。也没有特地告诉我的同事今天是我的生日,反正也是一顿午餐。哈哈哈!怎么才24岁就老气横秋……

昨天也不知为什么那样疲累,十一点钟就倒下睡觉。毓豪真是被我玩了!没办法,12点正他就把我叫醒,起来吹蜡烛。哈哈哈哈!吃了两口蛋糕,我倒头再睡!真是猪!蛋糕好好吃,swensens的雪糕蛋糕。记得两年前的十月十日,celeste也是被我玩残了!我十点钟就睡觉,搞得她买的蛋糕就一直坐在冰厨里不能出来。双十节那一天,我又出们吃晚餐。最后她忍无可忍,惊喜也没有了。差点把她气死!想起来真好笑。

生日,是reflect自己的好日子。回想自己的生活,看看什么该做,什么应该改进,什么不该做。好好努力,我相信我有很美好的日子。

我的生日餐
扮野


不知道为什么,觉得头很大

2007年10月7日星期日

Elmo Loves You~~

I know Ying Ying is going to say:"Wei's playing the stupid personality test again..." while playing it! Hahahaha!

Try this~

You Are Elmo

Sweet and innocent, you expect everyone to adore you. And they usually do!

You are usually feeling: Talkative. You've got tons of stories to tell. And when you aren't talking, you're laughing.

You are famous for: Being popular, though no one knows why. Middle aged women especially like you.

How you life your life: With an open heart. "Elmo loves you!"

2007年10月6日星期六

让我做梦

我的闹钟是那洒进窗沿的金光
房里的百叶窗是经过精心设计的闹钟
由第一道阳光洒在窗口的那一刻开始
慢慢地打开
温柔地把我叫醒

眼里的第一幅画
是无敌海景
是片片的海浪
是蔚蓝的天空

在厨房里泡咖啡弄早餐
捧着咖啡把头埋在书堆里
突然灵感一发
不停地往手提电脑打

是的,我突然一夜之间变成了作家
一个自由工作者
一个很有钱的自由工作者

哈哈哈!

让我发梦啦!不可以么?!

Judge a Book by Its Cover

How often do we judge a book by its cover? How often do we judge a person by his/her look? I have to be honest to all of you, it happens often enough to me.

People who know me well enough, know that I'm never a gentle lady who owns a cupboard of pink dresses and make-up table. But today, a man told me I'm too gentle to be an engineer. He thought I was a teacher, or even a nurse. All because of I sprained my neck this morning!

The "wildest" sprain I had in my life. I sprained my neck by sneezing this morning. Don't laugh! I know it's very FUNNY! But it's REAL! And it HURTS too! I almost cried. But after a while, it seems fine, and I continue with my plan, to go Jurong East Citibank to sign up for the credit card which ties to SMRT. However, apparently, my neck didn't do quite well, and I had to maintain the very very small moves. That was how I made the bank personnel who attended to me think I'm too gentle to be an engineer! Oh Gosh! I almost replied him, wait till you know me! Of course I didn't, who the hell has this kinda mood when the neck is sprained?

I'm never a gentle lady, but today someone thought I'm very gentle, even thought I'm the good nurse in hospitals. Oh Come On................................ That would not be me!

I wasn't upset nor happy. But I was thinking, how often to I judge people I met by the way he/she appears to me? WAY TOO OFTEN... Some people that I dislike on first sight, turned out to be some of my quite good friends; While some of the people whom appear to be fine to me, turned out to be someone who gets on my nerves! And how come I never learned the lesson? Don't judge!

Everyone is born to be different. Even friends, whom you thought you had known them for quite some time can surprise you with some extraordinary talents that you never knew they had! So why do we want to judge people the way they appear? Knock me off the next time you heard me judging a person will ya?

FINE! Stop laughing about my sprained neck ok? I know nobody could sprain a neck by sneezing...

2007年10月2日星期二

爱,可以改变一个人

有时候,我会梦见我失去了生命中很重要的东西。梦醒来发现自己泪流满脸,而且也不能停止地流。生命中不可缺少的东西,就是我所爱的人。

从来都不能为自己所爱的人安排名次,因为那是很残忍的事情。妈妈和女朋友掉进海里,你会先救谁?这类问题,永远没有答案。爸爸妈妈,你比较爱哪位?也永远没有答案,因为,那是最笨的问题。爱,哪有名次可言?

爱其实是生命中永不停息的努力。因为爱一个人,你会很努力,不辜负爱你的人对你的期望。好好的生活,努力充实自己,为的就是给自己爱的人有最好的一切。也因为爱,就是不想失去。所以,爱,是很艰辛的旅程。多少人真正爱一个人?我想,那是很艰难的问答。

我有时很想堕落。因为,堕落是件很容易的事。堕落不用努力。水往低处流,人要往下滚会有多难?但我从来都做不到,因为我知道父母会失望,我爱他们,就不可以让他们失落,更不能失去他们的爱。因此,我一直不敢堕落。

我记得小时候我问姐姐,为什么爸爸妈妈从来没有written rules,而我却有好多事情都不敢做?我忘了她是怎么回答,现在我却了解完全是因为爱,那就是最好的教育。Written Rules?我家里从不吃那套。

爱是一个永不停息的努力。

你爱一个人,或许会改变他。但条件是,他必须同时爱自己。爱不是给一个人所有物质享受,而是共同永不停息的努力。

2007年10月1日星期一

小说

为什么小说中的剧情从来都未发生在我身上?

从来没有英俊潇洒的男孩在雨中为我送伞然后悄然离去、从来没有人突然上前说服我应征当明星、从来没有让人艳羡的天赋,至少可以成为音乐家、从来没有……

在北京的日子,我发现我也从来没有小说女主角的“本钱”,不开心可以不上班。再厌倦、再伤心、再疲劳,我还是得拖着红肿的眼睛上班、上课。只有女主角才有在家休养的本钱。我,不能。

小说得来的一切,非常容易,全凭作家想象。好人有让人艳羡的天赋和才气,却往往没有运气,让读者平平为他打抱不平。而坏人呢,往往运气奇佳,把好人把玩了一遍又一遍,让人生气。究竟是生活平凡,还是人永远就改不了那窥探的心态,小说的故事再平凡,都有得卖;爱情小说再俗气,都有作家每天每夜不停地写。而我,也是众多作家的读者之一。

生活有时确实很无趣,经常有吵吵嚷嚷的人在身边,投诉这和那,让我纳闷。小说的世界里,竟然找到解脱。果然,书本是生活的朋友。

今天,有无小说情节发生在你身上?我,没有。

Guitar? I hope the answer is Violin

Guitar

You're very independent - both in spirit and in the way you learn.
You can teach yourself almost anything, even if it makes your fingers bleed.

You're not really the type to sit patiently through a music lesson - or do things by the book.
It's more your style to master the fundamentals and see where they take you.

Highly creative and a bit eclectic, you need a wide range of music to play.
You could emerge as a sensitive songwriter... or a manic rock star.

Your dominant personality characteristic: being rebellious

Your secondary personality characteristic: tenacity