我的助理

我真的从来没有想过我会有这样的助理。

出去巡店，要“叫”才会主动拍照。要“叫”才会打电话给我们的广告公司。要“叫”才会走过来排东西。要“叫”才会给我report。要“叫”才会update! 然后给的意见都是狗屁！

我恨死这样的助理！！！妈的！要踢才会走。怎么我的职业命就这样的苦？

而且她是会烂死在这家公司的。她自己说的，外面找不到这样好待的公司。tiu nia sing.

她自己的分内事还不想做，还想叫我帮她走一家店！我是她的助理吗？？？？？！！

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

(feel much better after the ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! sigh)

Cool locator

Lately, I find out there's a cool tool created by Google. It's called "ditu" (in chinese, it means map).

So far, I have been using it to locate many location in Shanghai. It's pretty cool~~~ user friendly, and accurate!

nightmare

I have a nightmare. And it woke me up at 7am this morning. (i normally only wake up at 7.45am, with the alarm clock ringing on and off for like 5 times since 7.15am)

It goes like this:

I received an email (i dunno who sent lah, it's in a dream ok), the email text is asking me, if I would like to donate a container of medical supply to those people in wenchuan (earthquake zone).

I replied, "what's the price of a container?"

the email, replied, "10900 renminbi".

For some reason, in real life, I always cannot differentiate 万，and ten thousands. In English, 10,000 is ten thousand. But in Chinese, it's called "yi-wan" (一万). Imagine, how to switch my mindset huh? one is 1, one is 10. But they meant the same figure. wah lau.

To make the story short, I thought it was just 1,900 renminbi per container. So, I replied, "ok, i can donate 1 container."

Later on, I realized it is 10,900 renminbi. It is 10.9K RMB!!! WAHhhhhhhh...

Damn scary, 10K leh!!! I thought 1K!! wah.....

Sweating, inside the dream, I was thinking to ask my good friend Ms A. to share half with me. hahaha...

OK lah, if I have a lot of money, I don't mind lah. But to me, 10,000 is still a lot to me, it's like 3 airtickets back to KL leh, back & forth some more. It's a lot of money.

p/s: death toll has risen to over 60,000 people. Very sad.
p/s: this is the first nightmare i had that is related to money...

Angelina Jolie....?

My good fren, Ms.A, told me she wanted to adopt an orphan from the recent sichuan earthquake. She said she wants to be Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Suddenly my mind was flying from orphan to sexy Angelina Jolie and Leng Chai Brad Pitt.

Then I said to her, "Angelina Jolie now got pregnant wor"

Ms. A, "yah, if I got pregnant later, I also won't mind. It's God's will."

Me... think & think & think....

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

At night, after dinner, watching tv live-broadcast and saw those poor kids on tv, I told hubby about Ms.A thinking. Hubby was very shocked. "Wah..."

I said, "babe, I also have similar thinking..."

Hubby, "you also want ah???"

Me, "..... I was thinking to adopt.... a dog"

I am not ready for ji-li-gua-la kids yet, I think. But I think I am ok with a dog as pet first...

Hubby said if the dog has no fur then he will agree. But I said I want the dog with quite some fur one... how......... how how........

让我们永远铭记这一刻，愿逝者安息，生者坚强

国务院公告

为表达全国各族人民对四川汶川大地震遇难同胞的深切哀悼，国务院决定，2008年5月19日至21日为全国哀悼日。在此期间，全国和各驻外机构下半旗志哀，停止公共娱乐活动，外交部和我国驻外使领馆设立吊唁簿。5月19日14时28分起，全国人民默哀3分钟，届时汽车、火车、舰船鸣笛，防空警报鸣响。

5月19日4时58分，北京天安门广场在正常的升旗仪式后下半旗，以表达全国各族人民对四川汶川大地震遇难同胞的深切哀悼。

I met an interesting taxi driver

I just now took a taxi from pudong to puxi. And met this interesting driver. He is 56 years old.

After I got in, he kept saying oh-ni-toh-fut while driving, I asked him why, he said he is not familiar with the road in pudong, and afraid he can't take me out to puxi.

I told him don't worry. Pudong road is wide, and with road sign, and we can ask people. And I joke with him (i good mood today), "just as long as you don't take 2 hours to bring me back to puxi, i still want to go back to office". He is so cute, he repeated saying oh-ni-toh-fut many times, and he said, "don't make me faint, my dear lady".

We got out of the pudong, with a few wrong turnings, and I have to watch out the road-sign to direct him to the right road.The meter was already 24 bucks when we were taking the Fuxing tunnel. (to my understanding, from the place I onboard to the cab to fuxing tunnel, if he doesn't go wrong way and kept making circle, should be around 15 bucks.) And he spoke, "just now u come here from puxi, how much u paid?" I said, "47". He said, "ok, i will stop the bill at 47 later".

And we chit chat. He seems to be very optimistic person. Then he said he believes in buddha because buddha saved people. Then our conversation shifted to donation. And he told me he donated 20 bucks this morning to the people in wenchuan. It's a donation his leader insisted everyone to at least give in 10 bucks. I said, "why make it so hard? It should be on own's will." He said, "I agree. But I also willingly donate this 20 bucks".

He then told me he has lots of sickness - high blood pressure, heart-attack symptoms sometimes, removed his 胆囊 (cannot eat meat), shoulder strain, hand strain, etc. Then he said his taxi rental is 375 yuan per day. Petrol, is 200 yuan per day (summer increased much more because all passenger want air cond). And if kena fine on highway, it is 200 yuan to police department, and his 单位 will also fine him 100 yuan. I said, "WHAT??? WHAT HAS IT TO DO WITH YOUR COMPANY UNIT??" He said, "it's communist. If you don't like the decision, they will ask you go to court." At that moment, although I am not very proud to be malaysian, but, at least in malaysia, if we get fined, we don't pay our company money besides just paying the policeman, right??

So, he said sometimes in a day, he earned 200 yuan only, after one whole day of driving. Sometimes, he rugi because if kena fine, where got leftover?

He also told me he was raised up during the time of when the teenagers were forced to be sent to all kampong, to do the hard work at farm. So he said his life is very kon-kor. He said soemone told him this is 报应 (revenge), because his was a butcher in his previous life, killed many animals.

I feel so sad for him. He saw me from the mirror and saw my sad face, he suddenly salute to me
"敬礼!" hehehe.. he is such an optimistic person.

I donated 200 yuan to the wenchuan incident today, through office collection. Now I regret. I should have donated this 200 yuan to this poor driver. I like his spirit, living a hard-life, and yet can stay so positive and so optimistic.

When I get out, I seriously wished him "I wish your next customer is to Pudong Airport." He salute to me again "敬礼!".

* for someone not know shanghai situation very well, ALL taxi drivers love to take passengers to Pudong Airport, because the distance is very far, and the bill can go up to 150 yuan within 1 hour. From airport, they can bring people back into town, which is another 150 yuan. That's 300 yuan at least in 2-2.5 hour. They can never earn so much bring customer within the city locations.

I want to strangle my assistant!

My assistant is doing things so slow, again.

Slow is ok, but full of mistakes!!

Sometimes I have the urge to call my ex-boss, to whom I was his assistant last time. I want to tell him how lucky he was to have me as his assistant last time because all the shits that my assistant is giving me now, I never gave him before! So, he was extremely lucky before!!!

Nia Sing... do you know that when she cannot solve the problem on the phone, she will transfer the call to me, without pre-warn me first! KNNCCB! Why she like that one???

I am married to a hero

Hubby and I were watching the direct broadcast news last night.

Soldies were using barehand to remove all the rubble and debris, and clean water, food, tent (many of them is without shelter because it was raining, and they don't dare to go back to their house, or for most of them, there's no more houses... all collapsed), medical supplies were still not able to get into the 汶川 because highway from all directions to the town were ALL collapsed, and no way to go in, not even helicopter because of the bad weather. 汶川 is totally cut off from the world. No one can save them. Simply no one. The helpless feeling is very eerie... and sad. The soldiers have to use the bomb to bomb up the land-slide big rock on the highway, and remove the debris, and move on, and this takes forever!

Hubby suddenly sigh-ing, and said, "babe, I wish I can go there to help them dig."

I was so touched.

Last night, I realized I am married to a hero... the thought really counts. But if he does pack and making a move to go there, I will selfishly stop him. I cannot risk losing him to those hard condition!

Number 88, is not always lucky..

Yesterday, I have unspeakable experience in the morning. I was at police station, getting a temporary residence permit paper because my working permit booklet has finished, need a new one, and my address was not the same as the one inside it because I moved 2 years ago. I got fined from the policeman, sorry, it's a police-woman, because I did not register my new residence address 2 years ago. Like that also can. Nia sing lah cheena!!!!!!!!!

The fine was 300 only, but I have to wait in line for so long, see the officer, make a 口录 (record in paper what I said), sign so many papers (I think about 10), each paper i need to sign, acknowledge that I understand chinese language with specifically writing "我懂中文” on each of the signed paper. Then, I have to walk about 10 minutes to another bank, line up for 50 minutes, paid the fine, and take the receipt, walk back 10 minutes to police station, and then line up again, AND THEN ONLY GET THAT STUPID PAPER!!!! When I get that paper, I treasure it so much I nearly crying, it's like getting my pay check after a one day of hard work like that. Niasing, tiu, KNNCCB!!!

So, I dragged my tired body to office. It's such a torture.

At close to 3pm, I felt so dizzy, I thought because of the tortured I had in the morning, I thought I was sick, again. So, I sweared inside my heart KNNCCB not sick again!!!!! Then, my colleague suddenly exclaimed, "did u feel it?? did you feel it???? is it earthquake?????!!!" Then we all said we are felt it, and we all thought we were sick. Hahaha... within 30 seconds or so, all colleagues in front (our cubicle was at the back) were gone. They were gone, so fast!!! I grab my bag, my handphone, and run to the lift too. Yah, I am so stupid, I took the lift. Could be so dangerous. While taking the lift, I called my hubby who is at different floor. He just started walking down the stairs. So we met at ground floor.

When we reached ground floor, there were so many people already. The view was very spectacular. Soon, the police car was here, they block the whole place, and scolded us to ask us move away from building. Coz we all still blur blur, gather below the building. After living in China for too long, my mind become quite stupid at some circumstances. HA!!!


The picture was taken after we walk across the street. It was so crowded with people. And cars are honing, coz so many people on the road. We also saw a car that was parked on the road side, it was moving back and foreward slightly. That was scary... the ground is moving.

We got evacuated. Went home. Colleague said don't take subway, later die in subway if earthquake is here. So, we took taxi. Tiu, should have taken subway. Can listen to more bakua news in subway normally.

Went home turn on the news. Nothing. Waited. Reporter said no update because the phone line was down. But we were told the earthquake is from a place near sichuan, called wenchuan (汶川），I later googled, it was a place near 九寨沟！Wholly shit, that's the place I wanted to go visit in October. I hope it was not damaged.... please...

While I was flipping the channel, got some channel still showing a big deal about olympics 火炬传递, I cannot believe it. There's big casualty in sichuan and you guys still got the heart to discuss olympics???

Some channels are still showing love stories. There's only 1 channel out of 70 local channels that is broadcasting the news about earthquake, can you believe it?

Still no updates til 7pm, only know that 温家宝 got on to his private jet flying to wenchuan to direct the job of saving lifes. So we got fed up, we watched DVD movie and went to bed.


This morning only got update on TV. School and hospital collapsed in wenchuan. I don't dare to imagine the casualties. Sigh... Dear God... are you really not happy lately? Why such natural disaster??


Yesterday was the 88th-day countdown from Olympics. I guess the number of 88 is not always lucky huh?

Huan Da, 安息吧

Hubby's best friend suddenly passed away yesterday, in Muar. A friend who called Jay last night said he was helping friend to build a bird nest house, and fall from high point, with head landed onto the ground, went unconscious for 2 days, and passed away yesterday. He left his wife, friends, and family, just like that. Without last word spoken, without last reminder, without last hug.

I was shocked. Cried. He is such a good friend to have. And he likes to joke around, being around him you will never feel bored. And he will do lots of things for friends, even though he don't express it, but, from small little things, I can notice this trait after knowing him not long.

We went to bed last night, with heavy heart and not much words spoken to each other.

This morning, Jay kissed my forehead tenderly before going to work. He every morning also will kiss my forehead before going to work, but today, I can feel it was with tones of love and feeling. I was very touched. After Jay left for work, I can't help but to think about a lot of things, about death.

If someone die, what was playing on their mind the second before they breath the last breath?

If someone die suddenly, do they realize they are dying? Or they just continue doing the last thing they are doing?

When someone die, do they get a chance to speak to God, and ask for extention? And what would have God answer to him?

After someone die, can they see their friends and family crying with heart broken, and can they touch their tears and whisper into their heart, "don't cry... I am fine here"... Can they still kiss their wife and tell her don't be too sad and that they will meet again in the future at God's side? And when they kiss their wife, can the wife feel?

And then a question to God, why good people seems to die so young, and the bad people, still wake up every day breathing fresh air, and continue living their good life by torturing people around them?? Why???

The last we saw him, it was this year Chinese New Year, at Jay's parents house. He was still full of jokes, eating, chatting, and saying he wants to come shanghai visit us one day.

If I would have known this was the last face-to-face meeting with him, I would have hug him instead of just a waving good bye to him.

If his wife know he doesn't have many days in life that time, would she have agreed with him to come settle at Muar instead of Jakarta? Would she have sacrificed her work and family for the man she loves? He loves her so much and kept saving money so he could provide her a good life in Muar and not having to live separately in 2 different land. He is really a good man, for his wife, family, and his friends!

Huan Da, Jay and I will forever have a spot in our heart to remember you, and your jokes. We will miss you. 安息吧。

I realized..

I suddenly realized, this year, after birthday, I am 33.

I also realized I have some fine-lines at the bottom of my eyes, when I smile. This is totally SHIT!!

I then realized, my neck has lines too, and it is quite dried, thanks to Shanghai weather. And this is totally SUPER SHIT!!

岁月不留人。No matter how good 刘嘉玲 preserves her skin, her body shape, her hair, if you see her in any show lately, you realized her face skin begins to sag, and her eyes are no longer beautiful.

If 刘嘉玲 cannot stop aging, who am I to stop the fine lines around my eyes area, and neck??!!

It is so sad to think about this.

p/s: it's time to start using more powerful eye-gel and neck-gel. SHIT! And I thought those products are for 40 years old women. BLARDY SHIT!!!!!!