A scene on subway this morning

This morning, as soon as I stepped into the subway, I overheard, 2 carts away (yes, shanghainese can really speak loud), 2 women were arguing.

Woman A: "Why can't you just line up?!"
Woman B: "Which eyes you see I don't line up? And you think this is pasar? Need to line up properly is it?"
Woman A: "Why can't you be rational a bit? Line up!"
Woman B" "You are weird."

Then... a man, 看不过眼, speak up.

Guy: "Can you two just shut up? everyone is listening to your conversation. And you! (he mean woman B), everyone also don't know about you two, but we all think that she has got a point. Why you don't line up and still can act like you were being bullied?"

The guy speaks in a beijing tone.

Woman B: "I don't understand why you northern people discriminate us shanghainese."

I was pretty amazed by how Woman B can turn the argument totally 180 degree around. From herself being wrong in the first place, now she mentioned that people discriminate her because she is shanghainese. gou li!!! Lulu my lawyer friend, you might want to consider hire her to work for you.

I am just totally amazed this morning.

Shanghainese b-i-tch, I salute to you 100%!

(the above conversation, is of course, all in mandarin lah, just I lazy to type.)

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Although Malaysia still belum Boleh in many ways... I still wanted to wish it Happy 49th Birthday!!:)

Actually, today very weird.. first thing I wake up, first thing that comes to my mind is, "今天是马来西亚生日！”

haha... never happened before.

'china man'

Today read a newspaper, found out that the local here actually thinks that "china man" is a 歧视性的称呼。

!@#$!?? is my rection.

我成了游客！：）

最近，有幸有位朋友路过上海，在我小舍住上几天。她因为长久埋头工作（在北京1个月），从未在北京享受过血拼的美好滋味，来到上海后，疯狂的和我及她的朋友们不分昼夜的血拼。可能有一点夸张，但是，就在前天，我们真的从下午3点（当日温度为37度！）在瑞金一路一直逛到晚上10.30! 两人大包小袋的打的回家，手也疼，脚也麻（虽然已有自知之明脚穿平底鞋）。

昨天，我们晚上去了黄浦江的The Bund，一边聊天，一边观看中山东一路的古老建筑物，很古典，很难想象就在上海有这一块这样有韵味的地段。其实我俩来这里已不是第一次了，但是昨晚不懂为什么特别感觉兴奋，还拍照。哈哈。过后实在太热，我们就去了南京东路逛一逛。第一站，是和平饭店。真的是古色古香。连钟也是古旧的。看得我们好兴奋。后来还看到饭店里面有书店，里面卖了好多上海的历史书，还有postcard。哦，原来中国寄postcard到外地，邮费是5.60!好贵！！我朋友买了6张邮票，1本postcard，不过我想她应该是没有时间寄。时间都用在血拼上，哪有时间写信呢？：）哈！我本来想在那酒店拍个照，但听说这家酒店真的太老旧了，有一些鬼故事传出来，怕怕，所以没有拍。今天来公司查google，才知道那饭店竟然是5星的。里面还有Jazz，下一次可以跟老公来浪漫浪漫一下。哈！

第2站是旗袍店。她看中了几件，也蛮想买的，而且我们的buying signal已经强到不可以再强了，竟然没有人来招呼我们。Lurn Si to the max I tell u...我们就“不勉强”这一班废才，离开这一家店，去到另一家店。

第3家店，卖雨伞的，他妈的，一把小伞要卖到近300块。

第4家店，卖scarf。我们俩在里面一直围这个围那个，还学了几招围巾围法。好快活。哈哈。最后，我们俩买了同一款的围巾，但不同颜色。那时，已经10.45了。本来打算坐地铁回家，也不行了。只好打的。

总的来说，我朋友这一次的上海之游，真的是把我也弄成一个游客的感觉，陪着她挥霍金钱在血拼上...这种感觉，好像自己也在旅游哦~~~嘻嘻！

"Flamingo" memory

Read lulu's blog recently, about how is the school "culture" at this era, and how xin-ku it is to be a good teacher, like our friend ru xuan.

I had a flash back.

I was 9, at primary school. And it is about an assignment for an Art class.

I wasn't a good artist in drawing since I was a kid. But anyway..

I remembered for that class, I took home and drew flamingo, there were about 10 in that piece. I put up lots of effort for that piece of drawing. Day and night, I was obsessed with the drawing of flamingo. I handed in the assignment proudly, thinking this time I will not just get C anymore. Should be A or worst B+.

When the teacher finished marking, she called the students to come take the assignment. After everyone has gotten theirs, but not me, the teached said, "luo dai si，你到我这边来一下，其他人你们做自己的东西。”

I thought my piece was very great, that she wanted to compliment me gou li gou li at her place.

But what the teacher said gave me a shock, "who drew this for u? Your mama? Next time I will not take this kinda work anymore. It must be from your own work ok. This time I will just warn you."

Me, being a very quiet person that time, can only bow down my head, with tears in my eyes... (if now I got bully like this, I will gou li gou li fug gao that person!)

I still remmeber that time I was very sad, until I went home and cry gou li gou li in front of my mama. I just cannot understand why the teacher did not believe I drew those flamingo by myself. Why?

My mama see me so sad, she also very upset. But she did not say anything more. She just wrote a letter, and asked me to bring to that teacher tomorrow.

I can't remember what's that letter about. But I remember it was very short, very formal kind, and yet inside there is one important fact - my daughter drew this piece all by herself.

THe next day, after the teacher read the letter, she just said to me, "aiyah, i was joking with u only... why u really go tell your mama ah?" She gave my flamingo piece a B++ that time. I still remmeber how that "B++" looks like, until today. It was a hard print memory. (in fact, it was the only piece I got B++, haha..)

Actually, now I am already 30, think back this incident that was happened 21 years ago, I still have a heart-ache feeling. It's the uncomfortable feeling, it is like someone mistaken u for stolen things. And I still remember that piece of work, I really drew it with my own hands, and color it with my own hands too.

So, I do hope the teachers, before they scold any students, do have proofs first. Don't simply accuse them. It will leave unwashable mark in their life forever.

Having said that, the parents nowadays also no need to be so protective. Just do the appropriate thing. Like my mama, she did not jump at that time and storm the school to scold that teacher the next day. She just 心平气和 wrote that letter to remind the teacher. I think this is the correct way. Parents nowadays, on the other hand, are just too gun cheong about how the teacher treats their kids... ng sai gum yong geh, teacher also got a lot of good ones. And, at their way of protecting their kids, they will produce whole bunch of "strawberry" kids in no time.

Flamingo, a bird that every time I saw in Zoo or on TV, will bring back this "sour" memory.

Some memory is really undo-able.

BIG bully small

Universal Rule:
Big Guys always like to bully small guys.

Big Guys: "I am opening my first store in your lousy land. I don't care. You player each chip in USD$100K for my A&P fund. Player B and C already agreed so. You Player A, so big in the state, can't be saying no right?!"

small guy: "Where got money oh?"

small guy's punya business partner: "so lurn si, I don't want to supply goods to him liao. Ask him go eat banana."

small guy: "let me ask my big big boss first."

One week later...

small guy say to his business partner: "due to political reason, we need to do this business no matter what."

small guy's punya business partner: "even that means not profitable? are you crazy?!"

small guy: "let's have dinner... we talk about this more."

After dinner...

small guy call the Big Guy: "our big boss will talk to your big boss, decision lies on their hand."

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It is indeed quite interesting to see this happening everywhere. China, U.S., Malaysia... all the same game and rules.

Big Guy will open its store no matter what the small guys or the small guy's punya partner think or do, OK? Decision is made based on political reason, which I am very puzzled what do they mean by that. HA!:)

b-i-t-c-h

Some bitch, even we got money want to pay bangladesh go fug her also quite difficult. Bangladesh might not want to dirty their body doing so.

@#$%!

MKH!!!!

No wonder she can only date a 7 year old boy. Today even brought him to watch Cars. GELI to the max!!!!

Wish I can slap her like slapping the stupid green bug! and spray baygon gou li gou li to cover her mouth!

MKH. Damn angry.

A morning battle with a pair of green bugs

Last night, I discovered a green bug (甲虫）resting neatly on a towel I hanged outside the balcony (I washed the towel and it did not get dry for 1 day..).

I hate bugs. To be more precise, I scared of them.

But I calm myself down, and ignore it, and close the balcony door tight tight. ALthough last night I don't have to turn on AC since temperature is dropped to 28 at night time, I chose to turn it on nevertheless, for my protection sake.

I checked on it before I go to bed at 11.45pm, it was still there. Kanasai!

Then this morning, first thing after I opened my eyes, I thought of that stupid bug. I was acting like a crazy woman, immediately get off the bed, and storm to the balcony and through the glass, I saw IT WAS STILL THERE!!!!

This time, I was rather angry than scared. I opened the balcony door, use the long umbrella to duk it!

It dropped onto the floor. I screamed. I thought it will fly. But it did not, it just lay there still.

Me, still feeling extremely angry (how can it nest on my towel for so long?!!), use my slipper to slap it. Its body over-turned after the slap, and it was like the cockroach, kept wiggling its ugly feet, trying to get its feet onto the floor again. I just ignored it, take the towel back to the house, and shut the balcony door tight.

Then when I 抖 the towel in my living room (trying to get the dirty dirt from the bug out from the towel), to my surprise, another same type of green bug, bigger one still, dropped onto the floor!!! I screamed uncontrollably, "AH!!!!!!!!!!" (my neighbor must be thinking what's happening??), then realized that during the "dropping" process, it unexpectedly over turn its body too. But this bigger bug seems to have a lot more strength and can anytime over-turn its body onto the ground again. I cann't take the chance!!!

I frantically searched for the "baygon" stuff, sprayed on it. Its feet stopped wiggling..

I scared not enough, so I sprayed 5 more times.

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I brushed teeth, had coffee and breakfast after that... thinking.. could they be husband and wife? I just killed a husband and wife bugs... oh dear...

But I really hate bugs. And I gave them a chance to fly away the whole night. Why didn't they do so?!

Stupid bugs, made me late for work also.

Have to make sure they really die (i.e.not moving) later tonite when I go back. Thinking about this, made me gun cheong. What if I can't find them anymore after I got back? What if the one inside the house got up and hide somewhere??

Oh dear....................... :(

Touching Story

我承认我很容易动怒，但，我更容易受感动。
今早，我朋友给我发了一个网址，我本来只想随意的看一看，怎么知道看着看着，眼泪竟然感动得掉了下来。

想介绍给大家读一读（只需5分钟）。Please click: 感人的故事

DELL Battery Recall

Our whole Asia offices' staffs are using DELL laptop and desktop.

So after a bit hoo haa, we checked the battery of our laptop -- made in Korea.

We are safe. Only specific models, which is made in Japan or China is under recalled.

Still remembered there is one time when I was in Chengdu, I did not shut down the laptop properly (last session of training that time, so I a bit excited, and can't wait to shut down immediately, haha), and then I suddenly realized the laptop bag was very hot!!! I was so scared it will burt.

Then yesterday, my GM also told me he has a similar experience. He almost threw his laptop out from taxi that time after he smelled some burning smell coming from his laptop bag. Haha, so funny.

But, having said that, maybe it's a fact that if you don't shut down your laptop properly, the battery will be over-run and over-heat regardless of what brand of laptop you are having.

Anyway, RECALL is a very irritating process. It's a sensitive word. Reporters of newspapers, Editors of magazines will find all ways to report your recall news, and try to create any negative images.

...

I still love Dell.

Superman!

My hubby and my nephews were very crazy about superman.

I really miss them very much. The youngest one just learnt how to walk, he can't really balance his head and his butt yet when he was walking (because he is kinda big size I think.. too big size to balance properly. hahaha), but he sure knows superman ok. He and his older brother were fighting for that 30" superman figurine. Funny.

The kids dad already bought them the little superman figure that was made in china punya, the voice from the toy is too loud for the kid, and it kept saying "Fire! Fire! Fire!" followed by a series of stupid gun-shot sound. very irritating.

I am now waiting for the "Cars" to be on cinema in China (yah, for some reason, it is very slow to go on air over here). Haven't got a chance to watch it. Heard it is damn good. I think Cars toys will be sold through in China crazily too... I love it. I already making the McQueen Car as my wall-paper:)

38 degree celcius!!

According to the BBC weather forecast for the today and the next 4 days, only 1 conclusion:

Shanghai is damn HOT!!!!!

Today is 38 degree celcius, but I think it had hit 40. So bloody stuffy and hot out there.

I sure hope the weather forecast is very correct. At least tomorrow onwards will drop 3 degrees to 35 celcius. Not the best weather, but, 38 and above is too 过分！

Last 2 weeks

Am back.
Don't think you guys can understand how sum-ngup I was when I replaces the 017 sim card with the china mobile sim card at the airport. The feeling was simply undescribable. Sigh.

Anyway, haven't got a chance to really blog today. But what the hack, I will bring back my work to do at home, but I will blog a while now. Hahaha... (since I can't blog at home anyway, thanks to the china server).

Met up with kai xin, fenni, and maylin. So happy to see them, and they are as hilarious as before. Hahaha... fenni, you still look great even though you have your little "uncle" liao. Good Job!:) And Kai Xin, thanks for your photo frame. I will put one of my wedding picture in it. Too bad no time to catch up with you again before I left, really no time. You come to China look for me next time lah. and thanks to May lin for her great help in getting me the superman 30" figure!!:p My niece loves it.

Then met up with Wei Wei and Ah Kun for bakuteh at Klang. Have you heard of "bakuteh hop"? We did it on that night. We finished one bakuteh at a store (with soup), then hopped to the next store with dry bakuteh just across the street. There was this china woman trying to sell us the china vcd, saw us at two stores, she was so surprised, and we were a bit pai seh too, coz she said, "you guys really know how to eat huh". haha... great time.

Then I also find time to go down to Singapore (after Muar) to meet up with my uncle and his daughters and my aunt. hehehe... and had neo-print too. But too bad, I forgot where I put those neo-print now. How ah? And met up with my ex-colleague Lily, she looks even more gorgeous after being single for the last few months. I sincerely hope she find the right guy soon. Sigh... anyway, she is still very young and energetic and pretty;)She said she might come to Shanghai to work, I was so excited about this news.

Oh, got stopped at Singapore custom, coz they said my roadtax had expired, so the car card cannot go through. I was sweating!! the roadtax actually was already renewed in June, but my sister forgot to put it up on this car.. Luckily they let us go in. Must be a good day, coz the next day they having National Day Celebration. Perhaps they are being nice just because of this? scary experience though~~~ I was nagging in the car like a freakout woman, but Jay was so calm, he said don't panic lah. Luckily we both have different characters - me being the gun cheong type, he being the calm type. Actually, at the end, we untung, coz the SG woman renew our singapore car-card, so i have the S$2.80 balance again, and 10 free days to go in again. hehehe... anyway.. it is quite an experience.

Met Jay's buddies in Muar too, had 2 times BBQ, 1 durian session, few otak-otak sessions, and 大包 and nasi lemak and bakuteh and the thus the 报应 is, got pimples all over my face. Sigh.

Then met up with my anotehr good fren that sent us to airport in January. and offered many help in between. Happy for him that he just opened a massage center at Maluri. Keep up the good work!!!

And then, my high school friends, lulu, wen-san, steve, ruxuan, we had a great late night chat, from pregnancy, to high school teachers, to strawberry-kids, to Blue Ocean Strategy (Chapter 1, haha!!), and to lulu's column at the zhongguobao, and wen-san's china experience do ease my pain too, haha. Oh.. you guys are just getting mroe and more interesting lah!!;)

then lastly, met up with my anotehr ex-colleague chuey hwye, who just spent 5 days at langkawi!! haha... she wanted to come to SH for holiday, but after hear I bitch so much, she is having second thought now. aiyoh... just come lah, won't hurt being a tourist here. Will kanasai a bit only when u have to live through everyday here.

Then before I get onto the plane coming back, I had my 30th BD cake and meal with my family. It was kinda mixed feeling blowing at the 3 big candles. Shit! 3 big candles!30 years old already!!!!

Overall, I am glad that everyone is getting very well back home. Hope to go home more frequent (but no more for this year liao coz I just spent all annual leaves this trip, sigh).

And one lesson learnt, should have contacted my high school buddies as soon as I got back. If I did that this round, I won't have missed Yee Ling and Lizzie and Sheau Huey. Sorry girls... sob sob. I did not know Yee Ling is at KL til Aug 5, did not know Sheau Huey would be at KL when I go down to Singapore (thought of giving her a surprise tim ah..) and I return to KL she is on the way back to SG, and did not realize Lizz has left to US for her work. I got all the schedule messed up.

Miss you guys and girls... and hope to see you soon again!!!:) Muaks!

I am back!

Am back guys~

Just let me clear my emails first.. damn a lot of things happening in office while I am away.. aih.. why must these things happen when I am not around?!