Day 2: 不到长城非好汉！

7：00am 就出发到长城了。8：30am 就到了八达岭长城。我们一小时就爬完了一段，真自豪。哈！有一段蛮陡的，很累。但是爬完后，感觉好蛮好的。

游了长城，我们就去十三陵。有一点阴深深地感觉，所以照片还是不放了。哈！我还买了一本书，想更了解这一块历史。我看到他们做的地下陵墓，真得很感动。好深，墙也好厚。以前的人的物理学还真行。佩服！

回程我们还去农家村里摘樱桃。1斤15元。我摘了3斤。哈~~


晚饭我们在北京的“鬼街”吃麻辣餐。整条街都是吃麻辣火锅的，整条街也吊红灯笼的，很有另一种味道！
我们叫了一条鲶鱼。很好吃！麻辣的。



回到酒店，脚好疼。也发觉晒黑了好多。看我的脚~~~ 两种颜色！！

Day 1: 回到明、清朝

3天2夜的北京之旅结束了：）北京真的是一座老城，一个历史沉淀的老城市。

Day 1 - 故宫 -- 颐和园-- 天安门广场，毛泽东纪念馆

故宫，位于北京城的中心，是明清（1406-1911年）两朝的皇宫。

孤陋寡闻的我，这时才知道，明、清朝是满族，不是汉族。pai seh...故宫上的门，都有满文的。

蓝蓝的天空，走在宽阔的石板上，想象着古代的太监、太子、妃子、皇上的生活，还真挺有意思。

八国联军入侵时做的破坏，他们用利器把外围的黄金给刮走。


我在故宫:)













来过颐和园，才真的知道视权如命的慈禧太后的生活真的是很奢侈的。三步一个画、长廊、美丽的公园等等。














真得很美，看到蓝蓝的湖里有柳树和白云的倒影吧？；）






颐和园的一角。

我与我的背影。

我们在颐和园，被一个导游坑了一笔。她说他跟我们买联票，然后加讲解，RMB150。我们听一听也合理，就要了。没有想到，她没有带我们游联票的景点（连票也没有买），匆匆解说40分钟就闪人。可恶。


天安门广场

北京

下午又要到北京去工干了。好累。。。

星期五我和另一个同事请假，我们打算多留几天在北京游玩。会到故宫、八达岭长城、十三陵、颐和园等地去看一看。想到就很excited.

不过我的同事是个上海人，有一点怕这几天的相处会有一点困难。相见好，相处难，这句话听过了吧？

我希望她不要在我看到的范围内乱丢垃圾、吐痰、不排队、上厕所不关门、等等。哈哈。

希望这一旅游是好玩的。游长城、故宫一直是我的愿望。尤其是故宫，我很想站在里面想象一下以前的妃子争风吃醋的场景，还有暗算别人的构思... hmmm... interesting... interesting...

长城、紫禁城，我来了~~~~~~~~~~~

累。忙。

刚从千岛湖回来（company trip)，hmmm....说实话，没有什么值得特别“报道”，1078个岛，但是商业味道都太浓了，硬塞一些鸵鸟、蛇、大鱼在这一些岛上，什么都要收费。钱腥味很重。

回程我们停了在大奇山森林公园，下着毛毛雨，整车人（总共21人）只有4个要下车走（我当然是其中一个），其他都不要去。但是这个景点胜过千岛湖千万倍，因为真的景观很宏伟，有天池、瀑布、深深的池塘、一大片竹林，好漂亮。虽然下着雨，撑着伞、穿着不透气的雨衣，我们都觉得很开心。很值得一去的地方。大自然真美！

这个星期真忙，才星期一就觉得好累~~

救命啊~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

注：同事们的小孩很烦！！！看了他们都不想生了。很想一巴掌给他们。烦死了。也看到中国父母如何溺爱自家的小孩。吃饭一定要叫果汁喝。也没有家教，看到人家在夹菜，硬把菜给转到他自个儿面前，父母看了也不说什么。真的是缺乏家教。

有头发，谁想要做la lei

生活上的种种现实残酷，真的可以把一个人变得很野兽。我今天终于领悟到了。

我今天领悟到，中国人的丑陋习俗，是现实生活造成的。（我明白并这不代表我赞同及可以忍受他们的丑陋）

上海有很多条地铁线。我先前还以为每一条的地铁线的环境、感觉都一样的。我一路来都只搭过1号线及2号线。都觉得地铁就是一句话可以形容，挤得好象沙丁鱼似的。而且每一个人看上去都很令人讨厌，肮脏的感觉油然而生。

今天，某种原因，我搭了4号线。让我有好像从地狱突然到了天堂的感觉。4号线，光线很够，亮亮的，很干净的感觉，地铁里面也很宽敞。上班高峰时间，也一点都不挤，到了站，还有很有礼貌的广播：“因为下雨天，路比较滑，请大家留意。”很温暖的感觉崛然而起。每一个人看上去也很顺眼。

突然想起广东话有一句：“有头发，谁想要做la lei”。挺有意思的。

如果环境好，又没有拥挤带来的不适与烦躁，谁愿意有个看上去就令人讨厌的脸孔？谁愿意做沙丁鱼？谁愿意在昏暗的人群中上下地铁？谁不想在空荡、有空间、亮亮的地铁站等地铁、搭地铁？

我今天真正的领悟到“有头发，谁想要做la lei”的意思。很有感触。也突然很同情中国人。如果不是以前的不同朝代因为腐朽的朝廷带来百姓艰难的生活、日战时期的痛苦、战后的闭门政策、等等，他们也不会embrace现在这样丑陋的习俗吧？

唉哉！

生活造人。

新家。忙。开心。

双休日，我们两坐上搬家公司的货车，带着复杂的心情离开旧家，怀着快乐、期待的心情来到新家。花了3天忙着把东西搬进箱子，却只花了搬家公司的1小时从旧家搬到新家。他们的速度真快。我也不忘了把我们唯一在中国买的家具给搬进新家--在宜家买的一个鞋架！哈哈！其实新家也已经有两个鞋架了，但总不成把它给扔了吧？

我答应给你们拍下新家的照片，但最近真得很忙。可能要到6月中才可以实现这个诺言。哈哈。

我很喜欢这个新家呢！老公也说了一句话令我感动了很久 ：“老婆，虽然我们的新家离我们的工作远一点，但是我知道这个新家会带给你快乐，所以也无所谓了：）希望你现在会每天都快乐一点。”

新家的neighborhood是比较有教养的一群，所以我们牺牲了工作的距离，就为了回家后可以过个比较人性化的生活：）

我们第一晚还睡不着，老想着旧家的床，真犯溅。第一天的早上，我的屁股也抗议，不肯有大便的欲望，难不成它也想念旧家的马桶？我昏过去。不过还好，第二天，一切都恢复正常了。：）

朋友们，我的新家有一间客房，随时欢迎你们来住哦！

再说一遍，我搬了新家很开心！！：）

旅游

我们的公司会主办一个旅游去“这个”地方玩（最近得罪人多，还是不要曝露太多行踪为妙，哈哈！）。全公司都去。还有5个小孩子（同事的孩子）一起去，我希望他们无论如何都不要在我面前烦我。旅游有小孩是最烦的，还要有一个是老板的孩子，昏掉。

好了，我已经对自己说，今天开始（看我可以忍到几时）我会尽量只往好的地方看，ignore all the ugly side.

Ganbatte!

Smoking in China

One recent survey showed that in China, 60% of male is a heavy smoker, 3% of female is a heavy smoker. This is from newspaper, I forgot to copy the link la. Fug lah.

In my office, 95% of the guys are heavy smoker. None of the women are smoker, which is good.

I just got back from a very 难受lunch, the guys colleague kept smoking and smoking and smoking, until I got headache. I seriously cannot understand, they don't scared die young from smoking so heavily???

I smelled like I just been to karaoke or disco. Damn irritating smell. My hair, face, clothing, hands, neck, sifut all smell like shit now!

Do you know that 98% restaurants in this country does not have non-smoking area? So if your neighbor table is a heavy smoker, you are screwed up big time.

I hate.

Discovery

It took me 1 day to think back who was the person behind the Sept 11 attack, he is Osama Bin Laden (yes, I admist i must be old... how can I loose out this piece from my memory?? But I am really bad with names... that's the fact.)

Why I suddenly think of him? Reason 1: lately watched the movie Flight 93, very touched. Reason 2: I was taking flight from Guangzhou back to Shanghai on China Airline yesterday, and 1 observation really strucked me like lightning..

My seat was at 4th row. So I can see most of the movement very clearly. Having watched Flight 93, I was giving extra attention to the cockpit door, in my brain, the memory of the movie kept running - how the bad guys force into the cockpit and have control the whole plane.. how the good guys bump through the hard cockpit door and struggle with the bad guys, at the end save the plane from hitting white house.

My extra attention given to the cockpit door showed me some shocking fact. It is either the officer inside the cockpit door is very yim jim or what, he kept asking things from the stewardess, firs of all, 3 glasses of orange juice, then 1 botol of mineral water, then 3 sets of meal tray, then tissue, then etc etc etc. The whole flight, the cockpit door kept opening and closing. Stewardess knocked on the door with code, he opened it and get the stuff. He opened the door and ask stewardess to get him the stuff, door closed, then door was knocked again by stewardess, and stuff was pass to him. Then door open again, officer went into the lavotory, which is just 90 degree to the cockpit door.

The whole process... I was thinking, if Osama bin Laden one day decided to hijack the china plane, it will be damn easy. There were so many opportunities to bump through that cockpit door, it was opening and closing the whole time anyway. no need to use force also can go in loh...

We poor passengers will then be like Flight 93, making calls back home to say "I love you" to the loved ones. Chinese will have no issue with this, many of them did not turn off the handphone anyway.

Life seems very cheap at that moment.

First time this year...

First time this year, I am wearing skirt to office!!! Hohohoho!!! Feels great!!!

Summer is finally here I think, if no more crazy taifun and unstable 气流，we should be able to enjoy the sun for the next coming few months!!! Yahooooo~~~~

Feels really great:) I stored the heavy and bulky winter clothes away last weekend, and move out lots of summer clothes and dresses. Yes, my day is here. Skirty Months~~~

Can you see me smiling over here :)

Uneasy afternoon

Just got back from a business trip, and here I am in the office, feeling uneasy about everything.

1) due to an official product launch, we must have a guai low face in our event. And so no choice, have to invite the director. We have to submit CV to share with the media, so ask CV from him. He just replied email and said bla bla bla my CV is very simple, I work since 1983, then move to europe, then france, then Malaysia, bla bla bla until now, I love kids but not married yet, and I love Asia (what the F???). Say nothing about education level, nothing about what's his position in europe, france, or whatsoever country, and if he did anything marvellous over there. So, not only I have to imagine what's his post, I have to translate it into chinese. MAKAHAI loh!!!!!!!!!!

2) Our admin, kept on arguing with someone over the phone, on 1 point. Just 1 point, it takes her from 3pm until now, past 2 hours, round and round and round talking on the phone with that one point:
- admin:" we will only pay full after the service. I can pay half now only"
- the other person over the phone :"no, we need to receive full payment before service"
Can't one of them just give in? Sitting at my place, I can hear what's she say on the phone totally, and it is really making me crazy!!!!!!!!! @#$%!



....... I think my P is coming. Damn mung cheng!!@#$!

SHOCKED

I accidentally stumbled into this website while I was doing work today. My mouth was widely open, and shocked that somebody actually think what he did and think was very much to be proud of, and put on the website. Totally amazed!!

I very 鄙视 this guy! If you want to read. Please click on here. But be prepared, you will have another "cultural" shock.

(注：the article was 1 year old. So perhaps after a year, the man has learnt that his thinking is very 要不得，and have some improvements. please help him!!)

3 great movies

Recently, I watched 3 movies. 3 movies also very ichiban!!!! I really like them all.

1) Flight 93
It is a reconstruction of what happened to flight 93, that was supposed to hit white house or capitol building on Sept 11 incident, but end up hitting on the ground after the survival fight between teh 40+ passengers with the 3 terrorists on the plane. I really salute to them all!!!

2) Inside Man
Starred by Denzel Washington and Clive Owen. Very cleverly thought movie, dunno based on true story or not. It is about a cleverly planned and thought through bank robber lead by Clive Owen. Very entertaining and yet suspension movie. Ichiban!

3) Match Point
Starred by Jonathan Rhys Meyer and Emily Mortimer and Scarlett Johansson. It is about a poor guy, due to the lust for better power, wealth, and job, marry a rich man's daughter, but later on have affair with another sexy lips woman. (she is really sexy!!!). 剧情紧张，曲折。Very very ichiban!!!! I was having difficulty breathing normally for the suspension it created. Damn chi gek. But the conclusion of this movie makes me feel a bit depressed - the conclusion is: the important element of your life is LUCK. With Good Luck, you can accomplish many things. It is true, thinking back of the plots in this movie, that guy named Chris (Jonathan Rhys Meyer) is damn good luck through out!!

Chloe (Emily Mortimer) the wife, is really not pretty lah. Damn irritating. But perhaps it is also true that rich and wealthy family normally do not have pretty daughters. haha..

Nola (Scarlett Johansson) is really sexy!! My god!

Yes, i have to confessed one thing - I watched these movie on pirated DVD, with superior quality.

MI:3

MI:3，中国人翻译为谍中谍3. The censorship body is considering banning this movie in China (luckily I watched it in Malaysia already, knew somehow this will happen!), due to one reason: 片中有丑化上海的‘味道’，没有太多的繁华都市情景，只有肮脏凌乱狭小的小弄堂，以及凉衣杆。

其实，我也觉得美国人在拍这部片的时候，潜意识里还是认为上海还是比美国落后的。他完全忽略了看这一部电影的人，华人是会占很大部分的，中国人更是不可漠视的一批观众，而正在或曾经在上海生活过的人更是不少。导演竟然有一段叫Tom Cruise去衡山路找一个人，但那镜头拍出来的却是灰暗，好像很穷的一个小区（有一点象美国的黑人小区）。我就在衡山路的附近住的，我可以很肯定那不是衡山路。衡山路是很有名的一条路，店组很贵，房租也很贵，基本上，什么都很贵的一条路。再来，镜头shift到他从衡山路的一个小房间里窥望外面，那个景色，根本不是衡山路可以望到的景色，有一点象香港。但可能是浦东。令我很浑惑。我就这样的在批判，那10分钟内，我的心根本不在剧情里头，miss了那一段的剧情。

美国人，真的有时候太自大了一点。

但话说回头，中国人也太小气了一点。就为了这一点考虑把片子给阁下，就因为片子有贬低中国形象的涉嫌，太没有自信了吧？

（注：这只是本人的humble opinion, 可能那一段真的是在衡山路拍的。但如果是这样的话，导演更不可以原谅咯！因为如果你只是想突出中国简陋的地方，你就不应该用衡山路啦！用其他的地方啦！衡山路太famous over here liao, 导演自讨苦吃。)

进步

最近发觉到一个事实--上海在文明这一块，正在快速的进步着。

1）过马路
最近我发觉到，很多人，开始真的看灯过马路。Amazing.他们的Marketing Campaign - TV station, Posters, Volunteers 没有白做。有一次，我感到深深的震惊，是这样的－－有一天，有一对母女和我们共乘一架电梯下楼，母亲大约３０岁，女儿大约５岁。我和老公因为忘了带某一样东西，所以我们又乘回同一架电梯回去楼上拿东西，再乘下一架电梯下去。照理讲，那对母女应该更快比我们先过楼下的马路。但当我们已过了楼下的马路，才看到他们从对面走过来。女孩大概也意识到这一件事，正和她的妈妈嘀咕着，他妈妈说：“没事，我好得很，我们遵守秩序过马路”。其实那一条是很小的马路，我和老公是看看没车就从楼房外过了。没看灯。这件事烙在我脑海蛮久－－这位妈妈真的很好，以身作则。我很敬佩。惭愧？没有。在上海，久久或多多事都还轮不到我来感到惭愧ok?

2) 我们的办公楼
我们的办公楼也在进步。禁止人们胡乱的在任何一个角落吸烟。Amazing! 还有，以前打的是一件类似“上巴杀”的事－－非常乱，没有秩序，人们穿着西装可以和可怜的小姑娘上演一出抢出租车的一幕。可耻！现在，有一个地方专门是给人排队等出租车的，没有的争了。还有管理人员在那儿管理秩序。非常好。

短短的２个月就有如此的进步，我真的觉得很好。

下一个文明的ｃａｍｐａｉｇｎ，应该着重在“不随地吐痰”这一块吧！

（注：我除了那条小马路没有看灯过马路外，其他的马路我都是循规蹈矩的等灯过的。）

RMB 7888/year

I told most of you guys that my apartment downstairs is starting to build a yoga center before labor day right? It is completed now, and starting the process of recruiting new members.

I was quite curious and interested to join. But even though it is just downstairs my house, I was quite busy passing by it every weekend, without the opportunity to go up and enquire more about it.

Yesterday, I received its brochure slipped through my house door. Happily reading it, my mouth was suddenly like this --> O

RMB 7888 a year for membership!!!!!

FUG!!!!!! HOLI SHEET!!!!!!! WAT THE........@#$%!

And this is just for membership!! Have not even talked about fees!!

他凭什么？！凭什么？！！！！

MotoGP Race - Shanghai

老公因为工作上的关系，有两张个值980元的MotoGP Race 3日的票。我们因为很懒惰，所以拖到星期天才去。

星期日，10.30am，匆匆忙忙的赶到上海体育馆乘搭他们的专用车到赛车场（大约45分钟车程，还蛮远的）。这一点，马来西亚就做不到了，所以，我很佩服上海在这一方面的考虑周到，以及人力上的分配。到了那边，已经有好几十辆，甚至上百辆的巴士在那里了，（豪华的那种，不是印度的那种OK..)。好壮观的景色。轻松的下了车，我们就朝入门口走去。也要走个20-30分钟，damn far!路途还不断有卖黄牛票的人和卖望远镜的人骚扰。真讨厌。那个望远镜，他可以从150元降价到20元，真不知道真正的cost是多少。

入场的门口：）











Jay的Dream Car











只卖150元到250元，so cheap!!










赛前准备

















Get Ready... Set.... GO!!!

人，人，人.....


猜猜是谁制造了群众的骚动？

是王力宏！！！和蔡依林！！！ （其实，我到现在还是搞不懂她是蔡依林还是戴佩妮？？我真的老了）他们是来替罗西打气的。Cool~~~他们的出现，让现场的赛车手突然逊色不少。艺人的影响力还是那么的大！现场尖叫声此起彼落。

MotoGP Race 比赛就要开始了！

比赛完毕了，我们去参观赛车手用的赛车款式。这个大辆的，我很想骑上去但怕我的高度不够，所以放弃了...好喜欢它的颜色。


结果，我骑了这一辆instead. Ha! Do I look like Ah Lian?:p














合照一张：）













其实，我们根本不是什么Moto GP Race 的粉丝。所以，我们俩是跟着群众喝彩、尖叫、到最后，谁赢了场比赛，我们俩都不知道。很惭愧。哈！

昨天，我们过得很有意义：）

Brain-washed

Never realized how effective of the brain-washed can a 邪教do to the people, until last night watched the documentary show, on the 1995 东京地铁沙林袭击事件.

I guess I never really read newspaper in 1995 (actually, even nowadays too). Last night documentary show is like a current news to me, damn shocked.

I really wish all these bad guys/leaders will one day sincerely realize what kinda evil things they did to the mankind.

--

接到通知，将会出差去广州及北京几天。

First thing in my mind -- flight delay situation.

Sigh. Time to buy that RMB3 magazine again - kill time at airport/plane.

有没有试过

有没有试过在一个载了很多人的lift，所有人都靠得很近。突然，站在你前面的长发女郎，把头发个甩了一甩，好像在卖shampoo的广告，也好像她要告知给所有的人她的头发很美丽。她的头发狠狠地打到你的脸。你还没有搞清楚什么事情，lift已到了1楼。

@#￥%……！！！

有没有试过，也是在一个载了很多人的lift，所有人都靠得很近。这次，站在你前面的女郎，头发是束起来的。你以为没有什么意外可发生了，但是，unexpectedly, things happened -- 她的头发的确是绑起来，但她完全没有意识到，绑起的头发也占有一定的空间。她忘我地在电梯里左右摆动她的头，上下观看。被束起的发球，差一点就像网球般的快打到你的脸。

@#￥%&*$%#！！！！！

猪

昨晚发了一个恶梦--我竟然胖得像一只猪！好吓人！更吓人的是，那只猪竟然问我，“你知道我是谁吗？”我摇头，它回答说：“笨蛋，我就是你！！”真的是吓醒的今早。

最近回马后的确重了1公斤（那10天真的每天都大鱼大肉）。心里很难受。势必要减肥。吃饭时同事也说我脸颊真的好象长肉了。听了耿耿于怀。回来后马上借上厕所为由，猛照镜子。的确好像是长肉了。唉哉~~~~

oh...

After sun-sun-fu-fu did the research (for work), I understand China a bit more today.

Shanghai is definitely more advance in economy than Beijing... hmm...

女人vs男人

I know most of you have seen this. But this is so funny and yet true. Muahahahaha...

Ok.. just to brighten up your Wednesday. ;)

假期结束了

放了10天的假期，今早730起床时时在很辛苦。我苦着脸问老公：“你确定今天不是星期天吗？我们可能忘记了，今天可能是星期天”老公没好气地打了我一下屁股，催我赶快起床上班。等我洗刷完毕，他已经穿好鞋子准备出门了。为什么他好像很高兴上班似的？

来到单位，打开我的抽屉，迎接我的竟是一只小蟑螂。讨厌。乘我不在打劫？！！可恶。

这次回国有很多的启示和收获。原来，我们的国家真的在进步着。老公这次回国也顺道renew passport，原想这回肯定要耗上一个下午，没有想到，现在我们可以用KIOSK renew passport. 耗时3分钟而已，各天下午就可以拿！整个过程轻松，不用排队，还有有礼貌的officer帮我们解答一些疑问（譬如，照片只要一张吗？）我佩服得五体投地。很光荣我们的国家可以进步到这个程度！那杀那，有一点感动。让我思索了许多事情。不过，如果income tax department 可以尽快refund 我们的 tax debit 会更好！哈！

吃了好多东西，回来称了一下，重了1kg. kanasai...

唯一遗憾的是，忘了吃butter crab~~~~~ :(

Another 6 months to keep me all excited again. Sigh... 好啦，明天会更好。。 （安慰一下自己）

How do Muslim Astronauts Pray?

I am very free today (actually this whole week!!), so I was browsing Jeff Ooi's blog. Something caught my attention and I read through the whole 33 comments on "MOSTI conference to probe how Muslim astronauts pray"

Facts that caught my attention from this blog:

"For instance, Muslims wash before they pray but not only is water a precious commodity in space, but it is also impractical in weightlessness.

Likewise, the faithful face Mecca. However, that will mean pin-pointing a moving location while in zero gravity.

And Muslim prayer times are linked to those of the sunrise and sunset, but in orbit the sun appears to rise and set more than a dozen times a day. "

Comment that caught my laughters and attention:

1-"While there is still 25% chance that we will not have a muslim astronaut going to space next October, why do they want to discuss about this issue now which might turn out to be a non-issue ? Why not do it only after the final selection is made ? That is provided one of the three muslim men got selected."

2-"This is very interesting. God, the creator of the universe and everything in it, must be perfect in every way.If he gives and edict, it must be universally applicable.If it cannot be unversally applied, then it cannot be god's edict."

3-"So if the astronaut was Chinese would there be an conference to establish the viability of burning joss sticks and other offerings in space?

JEFF OOI says: Another stereotyping that lacks cultural anchorage. Chinese don't burn joss sticks and offerings. Taoists do. Some taoists are Chinese. Chinese are not all Taoists."

4-"Do we realy should send astronaut? i think we should send one whole space ship instead, what kind of thing that they will do in outer space. I think this is just another malaysia boleh project. About the muslim religious activity in space, just bear in mind muslim is a flexible religion in manyways. so i dont think praying, fasting could be an issue for the astronaut. And even if he is muslim first is do he pray or not? "

Sorry... no offence to any Muslim here. But Oh My Oh My.... they are so true and yet so funny to realize it is true~~~

同里--- 一趣点

上星期六到同里水乡玩，回来看照片，没有想到印象最深刻的是这一张。哈！
这是在中国性文化博物馆的门前拍的。据说这是中国唯一的一间性文化博物馆（？）
我们没有进去看，因为时间不够用...现在回想起来，还真有一点后悔。里面肯定很有趣。哈哈~~

按摩师傅要结婚了

我和jay每个礼拜都会到我们家附近的一家按摩中心按一按脚，促进血液循环嘛，哈哈。

昨天，jay 的按摩师傅告诉我们他已决定7月尾或8月头结婚。他平时也时常跟我们提起他和女友的一些小事，去哪里哪里完，等等的趣事。他人也很爽快的那种，所以听到他说他要结婚了，我们也替他高兴。

这又让我们回忆起我们5个月前的婚礼，看似简单，过程却不简单啊。忙忙碌碌的，时间一眨眼就过去了，还记得我最后一个下午还不放过去midvalley做指甲，一定要确保美美的做一个新粮，然后晚上的mini buffet也不亦乐乎的招待朋友，同事，真的很高兴见到他们，因为这一别，还真的要等个一年半载才见面，所以很珍惜。隔天晚上的酒席也很匆忙，忙忙碌碌的化妆，然后吃没几样菜，又忙碌的招待客人，还没来得及一桌一桌的敬酒，最后一道菜已上了，客人也陆续的要离开了。真的像做梦一样快的过程，就这样结束了。回到家其实还蛮饿的，不过因为实在太累了，就吃也没吃饱，睡觉去了。

告诉你们啊，那天太匆忙了，很多人的红包啊，我们都还没来得及看，就交给他妈妈拿来做酒席结账，所以，有一些我根本不知道你们封了多少，哈哈，下一次如果回少了请不要见怪哦！嘻嘻。

结婚，实在是很劳人的事。下次我的女儿/儿子结婚，我会建议他们旅行结婚，简单利落。家人和当事人也不会累死。哈！不过，那个过程现在回味起来，其实还是真的很享受的，尤其是接受家人及朋友的祝福时，我真的很珍惜的。

谢谢你们啊！：）

孤陋寡闻的我今天才从同事的口中知道--中国(基于政治原因）是没有直飞的飞机飞台湾的！ "O

Morning News

This morning, as usual, I switched on TV watching the 看东方 news just like any other days.

I was so stunned to hear such a news. Was thinking weather to put this into blog or not. Scared will stir some uneasiness in some people again, but I guess this one is not "written" by me on my thoughts, I just simply reiterate what I have heard this morning into my blog.

Lately, China government thinks that his people are getting more and more serious in ignoring all the rules on road - crossing roads without following rules and lights. So they placed some policemen at some popular spots to fine people who wrongly crossing roads. However, reporters from 看东方 recorded a few shocking scenes:

1) a lady simply crossing the road, policeman wants to fine her. She kept running/walking away from the policeman. Policeman have to follow her to many many lorong within those small 小弄堂, she kept saying "not only I simply cross the road, why you want to catch me and fine me? 我不服！”the policeman replied, "because 你带头乱过马路！”she still not give up, walk away from policemen across many many lorong. But finally still get the fine of RMB 50.

2) a man simply crossing the road. 2 policemen wanted to fine him, he immediately shouted "我闹肚子！！！”and run to the nearest building. THe 2 policemen looked at each other, stunned.

3) 2 women simply crossing the road, got caught. the lady said "don't touch me!! you have no rights!" hyterically she screamed "why you touched me? WHY?!" the policemen have to tell her to calm down and she has 犯法. She still want to run away, and when policemen tried to calm her down she shoved him away, pushed him rudely 3 times! At the end, the policemen have to use other people force to calm her down and sent her into the police car to bring back to police station.

4) Policeman caught a man crossing road when the pedestrian light is red. He kept arguing that when he was crossing, the pedestrian light is orange, ignoring the fact that there is only 2 colors on the pedestrian light, one is red, the next is green. THere is no orange light. Such argument lasted for half an hour.


Actually, because of knowing people might get fine for simply crossing road from the news since 2 days ago plus the fact I saw from 看东方 that the policeman really will fine people for 犯法, this morning I waited for the green pedestrian light to cross the road. Because of this, I missed the bus (@#$%!). But hey, I really don't have the guts to play hide & seek with policeman, to push the policeman or shout bad words at them or created a lie "stomache" just to avoid getting fine.

Some cool pictures

Never realized one of my fren can paint that well!
Hey Kai Xin, you owe me online advertising fees ;)


Black ones are shadows, white ones are the real camels...
The snap was taken from the top.......
(Thye sent this to Yee Ling alone, luckily Yee Ling share this nice picture with all of us. hahaha... Thye, very pian xin ah~)


好困，不要烦我好吗？

Criticism

This morning Old Law's blog caught my attention, he mentioned one of his friend was feeling uncomfortable after reading most of my blogs are criticizing about shanghainese.

I replied my apologise, and sat back & give few minutes of thoughts about this.

I was imagining myself reading a blog, criticizing Malaysian's Malay laziness, MAS that has bad service and bad service attitude, TNB that says want to raise price but never raise the quality of their service, Maxis that monopoly most of the coverage in one of the IOI owened property but cannot give people broadband connection over there and forced them to take up a 3G that don't know will work or not, Malaysian police that molested suspected-chinese (still puzzled about the real nationality of that smooth skin lady) lady and thus came the popular phrase "lokap girl", etc etc... I was pretending I am a Malaysian, reading all these abroad (actually not pretending, I did read about them), and what's my reactions? I actually don't feel bad or angry about all these criticism, because they are all real. They did happen, and with rational sense, it is not difficult to recognize which side has 道理。I do not feel a single sense of anger towards people who mentioned about all these Malaysian 丑闻，becuase they are not 无中生有，it really did happen.

When I was first residing here, I need to get a so-called "yellow paper" from the local police here to prove that I really live in the shanghai address that I have given, until the real working visa is out. The shanghainese policemen were very nice to me. However, they mentioned something:" your country, the policemen, do not like us?" I asked him if he was referring to the "lokap girl" event, he said yes. I replied, "I feel very bad about it too, and I must apologized on behalf of our mistakes. But perhaps there are misunderstanding too, because some reports mentioned that the girl is not chinese chinese." The policeman then chit chat with me a while, leaving this topic totally behind. We had a great chat, and he said I can speak chinese very well (ok ok.. this is beside the point, hehe). I also praised his country is very "powerful", retail industry is booming, car industry is booming, everything is booming and people's life are getting better and better.

My point is, no country is perfect. sure got 丑闻。But, as a citizen, we should be proud of what the country achieved of course, but at the same time cannot 否认 there are still many things to improve on the ugly side.

Sigh... I guess my this blog perhaps will create some uneasiness on some china chinese again. OK, must 重申，I always criticise that people here are rude, don't line up, spit on the road whenever they like, push people around when walking, talk loudly, etc etc. All these are true for only 80-90% of the population here only ok. My colleagues are nice people, my shanghainese grandparents do not own any of the bad traits here too. So, perhaps is my luck, always let me see the 80-90% of the people with these bad traits - don't que up, push people, bad service, talk loudly, smoke in public, etc etc.

If you are the good 10-20% china chinese who feel uneasy about all my comment before about shanghai, then I am truly sorry. But hey, the incidents all did really happen, I never made up any of the criticizm over here.

4个女人

在上海市的一个办公室里，有着这样的4个女人。

王蔚，老公在北京工作。一个月可能只见着他不到5天。已经35岁了，还没有小孩，这也不出奇。平时她的举止就好像没老公似的，晚上在外跟朋友吃饭，自己找活动。出奇的是，就算老公回来上海的时间，她也不回家吃饭，宁愿跟同事吃饭、按摩、唱K. 玩到很晚才回家。她说她老公回来上海也有他的朋友要见，要玩。

张云，拜金主义者，很现实的一个女人，换男友有如换鞋子，自私自利，就是要自己快乐，7年前被甩的其中一个男人还因为放不下到现在都还没有结婚，每一个月定期看心理医生。张云，一个长的不怎么样的30岁女人，竟然可以搞得男人要生不生，要死不死。最近，她觉得应该找一个男人定下来，可是她喜欢的那个，竟然跟她说他们不可能在一起了，他受不了她的自私，受不了她的脾气。她突然觉得很无奈，第一次被人家甩的感觉原来是这样难受的。

蕾蕾，上两个星期被一个大男人主义的男人，在3天的黄山之旅结束后，4个月的恋情也终告结束。在家哭了2天，然后告诉别人她已康复了。但还是每天带着深深的黑眼圈上班。同事都纷纷在背后说，怎么一个黄山之旅会搞砸一段感情呢？

嘉丽，是个执著的女人。感情一块已空了近3年了，有时看到自己心仪的男人，也因为矜持的缘故，原地不动，结果到现在还是一个人。算命佬说，如果今年她再不结婚，就很难在40岁前可以结婚。她今年已32岁了，为了有婚缘，她不惜老土的戴上了粉色水晶，希望真的可以带来桃花运。

4个感情空虚的女人都在公司掌握不低的职位，这更令她们的选择对象范围大大的缩小。很无奈。

她们决定跟老板反应，叫人来看一看公司的风水，因为他们都坐在同一个方位，背向着窗口，她们深信这样的风水是她们的感情运克星。

老板没答应风水师这一回事，但他带了她们去一年只有2个星期的桃花节走走，希望她们可以占上桃花运。

这4个女人，乍看像是美国的"Sex & the City", 可是唯一不同的是，“Sex & the City" 的4个女人都很快乐的有着自己的生活。这4个上海女人却一点也不快乐。

Haagen Dazs

It was a nice sunny day yesterday afternoon, we had Haagen Dazs at a place called Mei Luo Cheng (美罗城）.

We ordered double scoop, Rum Raisin, and Chocolate Chip flavored ice-cream.

Happily waiting for our ice-cream, it came in very watery condition, like gonna melt in 1 minute kinda situation.

We asked the waitress to look into it. She brought back the 2 scoops later, the only thing different is the sequence of the 2 scoops was reversed. Just now was rum raisin at the bottom, now the rum raisin is at the top. Still very watery. The waitress apologized saying because now is summer time, and the fridge kept opening and closing so the ice cream was not "solid". But she kept stressing that summer time the ice cream is like that.

I almost want to tell her - from where I come from, where 365 days also summer day, the Haagen Dazs there still serve solid Haagen Dazs ice-cream you idiot!!!

But I refrained myself. As my hubby always tell me when I am about to burst everytime, not worth angry at the people who does not even know they are idiot.

Look at this picture, this was just after few scoops taken after the ice-cream was served at our table. Not even 1 minute and the condition is like that, the chinese blame it on summer day. By the way, the Haagen Dazs was in air-conditioning room.

清平调

今天无意的看到〈清平调〉，想起中学美好的时段。还记得那时候，都要死到临头了（SPM) 我们还是尽情的玩乐。呵呵~~

清平调词三首
李白
云想衣裳花想容，春风拂槛露华浓。
若非群玉山头见，会向瑶台月下逢。

一枝秾艳露凝香，云雨巫山枉断肠。
借问汉宫谁得似，可怜飞燕倚新妆。

名花倾国两相欢，长得君王带笑看。
解释春风无限恨，沉香亭北倚阑干。


从来不清楚这诗词的全译。今天才知道，原来是这么的美丽：

云霞是她的衣裳，花儿是她的颜容；
春风吹拂栏杆，露珠润泽花色更浓。
如此天姿国色，若不见于群玉山头，
那一定只有在瑶台月下，才能相逢！

**音乐如没有记错，好像是老罗作的。

做可爱的上海人，从让座开始

最近，上海市政府在提倡一个运动-“做可爱的上海人，从让座开始”。事情是这样的：

有一个中文报的新闻记者目睹了一幕冷漠心寒的情景。有一个年近80的老人在搭公交车时，竟然没有人要让座！

上海人的素质真的需要提高一下。让座，排队，不随地吐痰，等等，要修改的地方实在是太多了。

上海人大概也明白他们的文化素质不能和经济快速的发展享用同一个平台，也老早在提倡“七不”：
1．“不随地吐痰”
2．“不乱扔垃圾”
3．“不损坏公物”
4．“不破坏绿化”
5．“不乱穿马路”
6．“不在公共场所吸烟”
7．“不说粗话脏话”

第6项，“不在公共场所吸烟”，这个根本起不了作用，那些cipet uncle, 还是在任何一个公共场所尽情的抽烟。连我们的中国公司总裁也令我大跌眼镜 -- 有一次出差，酒店里的吸烟房已住满了，服务员给了他一间非吸烟房，他竟然不理会房间的“非吸烟”条规，尽情的在里面吸烟，还事后告诉我们，说“谁叫他们不给我吸烟房”我听了应酬的笑一笑。内心却是大起大落...太可恶了！！！

另外我也觉得应该把：“不随便乱插队伍”“不脸黑黑服务客人”以及“不随便在走过的时候碰差别人的身体”为另外的3不，筹足“10不”才对。

有一次，在一个高架上的一个休息站，看到一条这样的告示“在离开时，请不要忘了您贵重的东西，以及您的同伴”我很是惊讶！难道竟然有人离开休息站的时候离弃或忘了带上他的同伴？哇噻！突然在我脑海里有很多的画面。 妈的，什么地方的人会干出这样的事？！上海，上海人。我的心情久久不能平复。

好男人难找

最近有一个同事时常邀我们一起下了班吃饭，也问我们双休日做些什么事情，言下之一是问她可以不可以一起参与。我们也觉得好奇怪，怎么好端端的一个星期五也要找我们一起吃晚饭呢？她不是有男朋友相陪吗？为了这样，我也舍弃老公2个星期五了，陪着她和其他同事吃饭聊天。我们还说你真奇怪，星期五是拍拖日，你为什么老是和我们混在一起。她淡淡地说，“我SMS他，他没有回，我也不知道他现在在干什么。。。”我们听后都觉得有问题，但都各自使了眼色，不要再问了。。。

今天，在我们无心插柳的聊天中，她终于承认她与他分手了。听着她坚强的口吻说道：“没事的，我也只是哭了2天而已。”后来在我们的追问下，她告诉了我们他多么的大男人主义、多么的自私、追她的时候又有多么的痴情及用手段，等等。我们听了都傻了眼，这世上竟然还有这么自私的男人，高兴时就找你吃饭，吃完晚饭8点钟就坚持把你送回家去，他再另外跟朋友出去玩。大家一起吃饭时，女的不可以多说话，不可以发言。。。 种种不可理喻的要求。然后突然上个礼拜，一起出外去玩了3天，就再也找不到他了，神奇的消失了。好不容易再找到他，他却说什么也不想谈，给他个三两天想清楚。我们同事一个听了，实在忍不住，说了句：“这种男人不得好死，幸好你抽身得早。”我的受害同事只是苦笑了一下。她说她只是担心嫁不出去。其实她还好，只是27岁而已啦！人也长得漂亮。应该很快会找到一个。

只是感慨好男人在这世上，上海也好，美国也好，香港也好（她是香港人），马来西亚也好，是真的很少很少了。希望我认识的好朋友/好女人都可以找到一个适合自己的“稀有动物”。。。

汉武大帝

最近和老公在追看“汉武大帝”这套长片。其实在马来西亚的时候已经看过了。这一回，是陪老公看的。虽然是重新看的一次，但以前令我很感动的几幕，还是令我流眼泪...很替那一些英雄被冤枉而招杀害感动痛心，更为皇上的无奈感到可怜，为皇上的皇太后的冷血与权利的斗争感到愤怒。

张骞在西域漂流了13年，几经辛苦地回到了汉朝的帝国，他拖着蹒跚的脚步，一步一步的经过2000文官与酒席走向皇上，然后跪下哭着说：“皇上...我回来了!" 这一幕，配上壮愁的音乐，令我深深的掉泪...然后皇上心疼地一句：“这13年来，你去了哪里？我想你想了整整13年！”这更令我感动万分。张骞的忠心与恒心，皇上的识英雄的气概，让我深深地感慨万分。

张骞的意志力以及他的忠心，在这世上是难得的了。没有一家公司会在音讯全无的大题下等你13年然后大摆宴席欢迎你的归来，纵然你是在为这家公司出差效劳的时候被掳走或被绑架。也没有一个员工会浪费他的13年为你去一个远不可及的地方、随时会招来杀生之祸的地方帮你去考察文化背景与经商的机会。真是难得！难得！

倒数

开始倒数回家的日子。

还有3个星期，我就可以尽情的脱离上海这粗暴的城市，吃尽我怀念的nasi lemak, roti canai, bakuteh, ban mee, cha kuey teow, 还有妈妈的拿手好菜！！！ 出街也不用担心踩到亮晶晶的痰。Hurray~~~~~

这个假期过后，不知道可以再用什么东西来鼓励自己在这儿活得更快乐一些呢？

南汇桃花节

这是在上海南汇的桃花村拍的。上星期我们公司一起去的，据说是老板忧虑我们公司里的几位经理年龄也差不多了但还没有男友，而特别举办的活动，希望她们可一沾一沾桃花气，走一走桃花运。哈！

这星期在长风公园有一个国际花卉展，我打算和Jay一起去，肯定很多人。但为了目睹世界各地的奇花异草，挤以挤也要的啦！呵呵——

我的脸长圆了。。。唉。。。

爱在菜里

飞机又延误了。不是我说，这中国，真的是人多到坐飞机都会因为飞机排队离开跑道而延误时间。中国的飞机不延误的几率好像中彩票那样难。这倒好，给我一点时间写一写我的blog，呵呵—

离开家的那一天，我深怕我的老公接下来的几天吃不到我煮的饭会没营养（他一定乘机吃快熟面的），所以就匆忙的在赶飞机之前煮好汤（给他补一补）和一个菜及肉，也把水果切好放进冰箱。匆忙地切着、煮着的时候，觉得这感觉好熟悉。愕然想起我婆婆在世的时候，从麻坡来我们家住几天的时候也是这样的，预先煮好几道菜放在冰箱给我的阿公吃，深怕他饿着了。当时我还心里嘀咕着，怪我的阿公怎么这么霸道，不一起跟来我们的家也就算了（他很少出远门的，也不记得他有哪一次是不住在自己的家），干麻还要婆婆辛苦的先煮好菜呢？

现在我明白了，没有人逼婆婆这样做的。这是爱的表现。原来爱情可以是这么的伟大，这么的顽固的：）想着想着，差一点为了煮菜煲汤而赶不到机场。不过迟到也不要紧，那班机到后来也是延误的。

Airflight/Airport Encounter

I came back last night. Plane was delayed, yes, again, for 2 hours. I only had 4 trips so far, but I have experienced plane delayed for 3 times liao. China airport, is it that busy or not? They kept saying is because of busy air traffic, so cannot take off. Oh, mind u, 2 out of the 3 delay incidents, we were already sitting on the plane, so no choice, can only 干等。

After 1 hour sitting on the plane with no 动静, some cipet uncle started to scream – 派饭吧！都几点了？！that time was 8pm. Then, the lady sitting next to me, probably younger than me and she worked for AC Nielson ok… (why I know? Coz she turned on her laptop frantically doing her ppt about yoghurt and using AC Nielson spreadsheet to come up with chart for analysis. Can’t blame me, sitting on plane waiting to take off is the most bored thing on earth, I can only let my eyes wander around), she also screaming the same phrase, “派饭啦！都几点了？！”She finally took out her bread from her bag and eat, and shut up. Just as soon as she doing so, the plane taking off quietly, no announcement was made, just take off like that. Sigh.. dinner was served, and cheena cipet uncle like never eat dinner long long time liao, finished his meal in 3 minutes. I am not exaggerating. I have not opened the 饭盒, he already finished his meal. Amazing.

By the way, I don’t really care they served the meal late, coz I already ate at the airport. Smart move eh?;)

After finished meal, the guy sitting at diagonal angle from me (at aisle seat), opened his laptop, IBM thinkpad. I thought he was some great entrepreneur guy or what, coz he was wearing a hat, quite sporty like that. But unexpected, I was wrong!!!! I don’t know who he is, but he definitely is nothing great. He turned on his laptop to frantically reply email (I think all are forwarded email, coz no attachment, and the TO list is pretty long, and does not seem very corporate look kinda email), the seat was very crammed, so he cannot lay his laptop properly on the table even though it is IBM thinkpad. So he sitting sideway (aisle), and laptop was practically blocking the small walkway. (mind you, china air plane very small!!!! The seat was so giamsiap, like want to squeeze everyone in that small air craft). The air stewardess and air steward when passing by, they all have to “gut hei” their butt to avoid messing with his screen. By the time the flight wanted to land, the guy still refuse to turn off the laptop, regardless how many kind reminders from the air stewardess. At the end, they have no choice, one of the air stewardess go and tell him to shut it off, then stand beside him and stare at his screen, until he turned it off. What a thick face cheena ah beng. Sigh sigh sigh.

Then plane finally reached Hong Qiao airport at Shanghai. 200 cipet cheena people got off the plane, run to the taxi waiting area, and of course no need to say, without lining up in 1 line, they “lined up” to get taxi home. The woman behind me, kept 贴得很近，very rude. Then the uncle supposed behind me, cutting the que, and some more kept smoking and I was almost choking to death. Not only I have to let him cut que because he got big body and his face like a murderer or some cipet ah beng’s dad, I have to suffer from his low-price cigarette, I know sure is cheap cigarette because the smell damn choking. Then the lady behind me, in her 20’s, quite pretty, also face thick thick, cut que!!!!! Can you guys believe it? Sigh…...

So, that was my great encounters during the return trip from Guangzhou. I wonder when can china people really can take orders, and can que up in 1 line, without touching other’s people body for standing near, and be polite. When? 20 years? 30 years? 50 years?!!!

气人

有一些人，你真的恨不得可以给她一巴掌。这种臭人，死掉也就罢了。

我：“你有你们品牌的元素吗？某一间店要弄个翻新，需要我们给到效果图。”
BM1:"有的，马上发给你。”
BM2:"好的，真是更新形象的好机会！”
臭人：“没有。”（脸黑黑的，眼睛看也不看我一下，继续她的电脑打字，好像很忙似的。）

过了1小时，我综合了所有的形象元素，放进ppt，发给他们看，以便讨论一下。

臭人：“怎么没有我的品牌的？形象元素呢？。。。什么？我不明白！这到底是什么？”
（好像天要塌下来是的，更像是她老公要和她离婚似的）

I was like bloody hell. Just now you face black black said don't have anything for me, now blame me for not putting your stuff in?

Really fucking bitchily makahai!

我的新鞋

星期六买的。好看呗？Orange color, my favorite color.
夏天的脚步近了，终于可以好好穿上不用袜子的鞋子，还有裙子了。哈！

Chicken Little

I watched Chicken Little last weekend. Damn funny. I laughed like no body business (partly is to release stress), especially the part where the pig tries to input the dollar note into the vending machine to take out a coke at the critical moment. Hahahaha... it made me think of the time at 1 U or KLIA airport, the stupid machine kept resisting my dollar note and I have to really flatten the wrinkled part with my hand because I have no other dollar note except RM50 in my wallet. Although the time was not as critical as the chicken little facing alien moment, but, the stress on the pig's face is as close as mine.. Hahaha... damn funny...:)Did not know U.S. consumer also face this kinda frustration?:p HA!

Side track a bit, China petrol also went up, from RMB 4.28/L to RMB 4.49/L in Shanghai, and a bti different in other states but all went up. No one make complaint, I think because the 21 cent increase is merely just 5% increase, as opposed to our country's earlier 20%+ increase on petrol. Poor Malaysian~~~~~

情颠大圣

这或者有一点out-dated，不过我真的昨天才有机会看到这一部3个月前红的电影。当然，是pirated DVD 啦！哈！

情节是有一点老套，典型的香港搞笑片，无聊的笑话但还是可以接受的。印象最深刻的，除了成功丑化那个女演员，还有就是在篇末出现的那几行字。“世上最遗憾的爱情，不是你在他面前爱她而她却不知道，而是你们相爱但却不能在一起。”好感动。还没来得及掉泪，谢廷峰和那只马的对话却让我啼笑皆非。妈的，不会给观众多一点时间感动。celaka betul.

我回来了~

大家好，我又“复活”了。哈哈！告诉你，这几天，我生不如死。每天回到家好像一个死尸似的，累得不得了。从来就没有试过面对60+人从早到晚说话，更不用说是给3各不同品牌培训。Makahai... 第一次的时候，我还流汗呢！（想一想，冬天流汗是很不容易的）后来几场逐渐得好很多。明天再要我面对100人做培训也没问题！哈哈！下礼拜还要去广州，再来去武汉和成都。（已经去了北京和沈阳--那时也是觉得生不如死）。老板也很有人性化的，我每一次回公司，他都会很心疼地问：“辛苦你啦！”我也觉得很不好意思。哈！

突然觉得一身轻。虽然下礼拜还要出差。不过我是这样告诉自己--一年也只有2次会这样的忙（3月和9月），所以也不过分。

我已约好我的好友晓慧5月去北京玩，老公说他走不开，所以。。。 哈哈。北京很宽很大，马路宽得可以停放一辆飞机，这是预防打仗期间国家的首都可以第一时间有军队部署。很厉害很有远见。Ichiban.还有建筑物都很宏伟。在taxi里面经过故宫至少4次，很遗憾，这一次没有机会参观。Sigh... 我潜意识的在“偷想”皇上和皇后和妃子在这皇宫里面的日子。。。有泪也有欢乐吧！另外发现到北京人很爱国，他们都会聚在国旗周围，等着国旗下降，他们每一天都升旗降旗的,每一天都有很多人围着看，这是出租司机更我们说的。Amazing. I don't even remember our 国歌。北京我们去“全聚得”吃北京烤鸭。yum yum. haha... 沈阳我们的distributor带我们去一个大得像皇宫似的地方，叫“皇室绿洲”，25分钟的车程从市区到一个鸟不生蛋的地方吃东北菜，很好吃！哈哈！yum yum... 哦！原来沈阳很多不正当的按摩地方，到处都是。不可以给老公来沈阳。哈哈！

出差最闷的地方是等飞机，及在飞机上的时候。这次，从沈阳飞回到上海的时候，沈阳起了大风，这是我第一次在飞机上，飞机还在轨道上滑行要起飞的时候晃得最厉害的一次，之后的2小时飞行也是晃得不得了，好吓人。我的脑海在盘算着，如果我真的不测死掉了，我老公肯定很伤心。妈妈爸爸也很伤心。我也会很伤心，因为还没有当妈妈。。还没有当婆婆。。还没有当祖母。。可是如果我死了，将会有一笔钱-- 保险的。不知道我妈妈会不会找到我放在马来西亚书橱里面的insurance policy，如果找不到，怎么claim啊？想着这一些乱七八糟的东西，飞机就也摇晃地降落了。安全抵达浦东机场。

下次回家一定要告诉妈妈我的insurance policy放在哪里。不然白白死掉多不值得。

choi choi choi...

被出租司机上了堂生动的MBA课

I am not sure how relevant is this article to those staying in Malaysia (I guess I lost track on how to think like a malaysian??), but this is the best article I have read this year so far, and I respect that cab driver very much. I think he could be the best Economics or Finance lecturer, speaking about opportunity cost and marginal return. Enjoy reading it folks~

From a forwarded email from a shanghainese colleague in my office:

我要从徐家汇赶去机场，于是匆匆结束了一个会议，在美罗大厦前搜索出租车。一辆大众发现了我，非常专业的、径直的停在我的面前。这一停，于是有了后面的这个让我深感震撼的故事，象上了一堂生动的MBA案例课。为了忠实于这名出租车司机的原意，我凭记忆尽量重复他原来的话。

“去哪里……好的，机场。我在徐家汇就喜欢做美罗大厦的生意。这里我只做两个地方。美罗大厦，均瑶大厦。你知道吗？接到你之前，我在美罗大厦门口兜了两圈，终于被我看到你了！从写字楼里出来的，肯定去的不近~~~”

“哦？你很有方法嘛！”我附和了一下。

“做出租车司机，也要用科学的方法。”他说。我一愣，顿时很有些兴趣“什么科学的方法？”

“要懂得统计。我做过精确的计算。我说给你听啊。我每天开17个小时的车，每小时成本34.5元……”

“怎么算出来的？”我追问。

“你算啊，我每天要交380元，油费大概210元左右。一天17小时，平均每小时固定成本22元，交给公司，平均每小时12.5元油费。这是不是就是34.5元？”，我有些惊讶。我打了10年的车，第一次听到有出租车司机这么计算成本。以前的司机都和我说，每公里成本0.3元，另外每天交多少钱之类的。

“成本是不能按公里算的，只能按时间算。你看，计价器有一个“检查”功能。你可以看到一天的详细记录。我做过数据分析，每次载客之间的空驶时间平均为7分钟。如果上来一个起步价，10元，大概要开10分钟。也就是每一个10元的客人要花17分钟的成本，就是9.8元。不赚钱啊！如果说做浦东、杭州、青浦的客人是吃饭，做10元的客人连吃菜都算不上，只能算是撒了些味精。”

强！这位师傅听上去真不象出租车司机，到象是一位成本核算师。“那你怎么办呢？”我更感兴趣了，继续问。看来去机场的路上还能学到新东西。

“千万不能被客户拉了满街跑。而是通过选择停车的地点，时间，和客户，主动地决定你要去的地方。”我非常惊讶，这听上去很有意思。“有人说做出租车司机是靠运气吃饭的职业。我以为不是。你要站在客户的位置上，从客户的角度去思考。”这句话听上去很专业，有点象很多商业管理培训老师说的“put yourself into others' shoes.”

“给你举个例子，医院门口，一个拿着药的，一个拿着脸盆的，你带哪一个。”我想了想，说不知道。

“你要带那个拿脸盆的。一般人病小痛的到医院看一看，拿点药，不一定会去很远的医院。拿着脸盆打车的，那是出院的。住院哪有不死人的？今天二楼的谁死了，明天三楼又死了一个。从医院出来的人通常会有一种重获新生的感觉，重新认识生命的意义，健康才最重要。那天这个说：走，去青浦。眼睛都不眨一下。你说他会打车到人民广场，再去做青浦线吗？绝对不会！”

我不由得开始佩服。

“再给你举个例子。那天人民广场，三个人在前面招手。一个年轻女子，拿着小包，刚买完东西。还有一对青年男女，一看就是逛街的。第三个是个里面穿绒衬衫的，外面羽绒服的男子，拿着笔记本包。我看一个人只要3秒钟。我毫不犹豫地停在这个男子面前。这个男的上车后说：延安高架、南北高架~~~还没说后面就忍不住问，为什么你毫不犹豫地开到我面前？前面还有两个人，他们要是想上车，我也不好意思和他们抢。我回答说，中午的时候，还有十几分钟就1点了。那个女孩子是中午溜出来买东西的，估计公司很近；那对男女是游客，没拿什么东西，不会去很远；你是出去办事的，拿着笔记本包，一看就是公务。而且这个时候出去，估计应该不会近。那个男的就说，你说对了，去宝山。”

“那些在超市门口，地铁口打车，穿着睡衣的人可能去很远吗？可能去机场吗？机场也不会让她进啊。”

有道理！我越听越有意思。

“很多司机都抱怨，生意不好做啊，油价又涨了啊，都从别人身上找原因。我说，你永远从别人身上找原因，你永远不能提高。从自己身上找找看，问题出在哪里。”这话听起来好熟，好像是“如果你不能改变世界，就改变你自己”，或者Steven Corvey的“影响圈和关注圈”的翻版。“有一次，在南丹路一个人拦车，去田林。后来又有一次，一个人在南丹路拦车，还是去田林。我就问了，怎么你们从南丹路出来的人，很多都是去田林呢？人家说，在南丹路有一个公共汽车总站，我们都是坐公共汽车从浦东到这里，然后搭车去田林的。我恍然大悟。比如你看我们开过的这条路，没有写字楼，没有酒店，什么都没有，只有公共汽车站，站在这里拦车的多半都是刚下公共汽车的，再选择一条最短路经打车。在这里拦车的客户通常不会高于15元。”

“所以我说，态度决定一切！”我听十几个总裁讲过这句话，第一次听出租车司机这么说。

“要用科学的方法，统计学来做生意。天天等在地铁站口排队，怎么能赚到钱？每个月就赚500块钱怎么养活老婆孩子？这就是在谋杀啊！慢性谋杀你的全家。要用知识武装自己。学习知识可以把一个人变成聪明的人，一个聪明的人学习知识可以变成很聪明的人。一个很聪明的人学习知识，可以变成天才。”

“有一次一个人打车去火车站，问怎么走。他说这么这么走。我说慢，上高架，再这么这么走。他说，这就绕远了。我说，没关系，你经常走你有经验，你那么走50块，你按我的走法，等里程表50块了，我就翻表。你只给50快就好了，多的算我的。按你说的那么走要50分钟，我带你这么走只要25分钟。最后，按我的路走，多走了4公里，快了25分钟，我只收了50块。乘客很高兴，省了10元钱左右。这4公里对我来说就是1块多钱的油钱。我相当于用1元多钱买了 25分钟。我刚才说了，我一小时的成本34.5块，我多合算啊！”

“在大众公司，一般一个司机3、4千，拿回家。做的好的大概5千左右。顶级的司机大概每月能有7000。全大众2万个司机，大概只有2-3个司机，万里挑一，每月能拿到8000以上。我就是这2-3个人中间的一个。而且很稳定，基本不会大的波动。”

太强了！到此为止，我越来越佩服这个出租车司机。

“我常常说我是一个快乐的车夫。有人说，你是因为赚的钱多，所以当然快乐。我对他们说，你们正好错了。是因为我有快乐、积极的心态，所以赚的钱多。”

说的多好啊！

“要懂得体味工作带给你的美。堵在人民广场的时候，很多司机抱怨，又堵车了！真是倒霉。千万不要这样，用心体会一下这个城市的美，外面有很多漂亮的女孩子经过，非常现代的高楼大厦，虽然买不起，但是却可以用欣赏的眼光去享受。开车去机场，看着两边的绿色，冬天是白色的，多美啊。再看看里程表，100 多了，就
更美了！每一样工作都有她美丽的地方，我们要懂得从工作中体会这种美丽。”

“我10年前是强生公司的总教练。8年前在公司作过三个不同部门的部门经理。后来我不干了，一个月就3、5千块，没意思。就主动来做司机。我愿意做一个快乐的车夫。哈哈哈哈。”

到了机场，我给他留了一张名片，说：“你有没有兴趣这个星期五，到我办公室，给微软的员工讲一讲你怎么开出租车的？你就当打着表，60公里一小时，你讲多久，我就付你多少钱。给我电话。”

我迫不及待的在飞机上记录下他这堂生动的MBA课。

MAKAHAI

MAKAHAI, I am so stressed out today!!!

Tomorrow not only i have to face 60 over people to give training, and I don't know the fucking location, and the giamsiap company kept insisting me to take the subway to reach that bloody place, kept telling me subway is better.

@#$#%%!!! Subway has at least 10 exits, I really worried if I can find the right exit.

F BB, F FP, F HW!!!!!! Fuck all the brands!!!! They expect me to give all 3 brands trainings. MAKAHAI!

我会等你一辈子的

有个好朋友今天给我发了个邮件，说她前几个月抛弃的前男友现在有了个女朋友，还一起去沙滩岛屿旅游，拍了张亲热的照片放在网站上，她看了觉得有一点怪怪的，虽然是她先不要那个男的，也不再爱那个男的，但是看着他把别的女孩搂在怀里也不是个滋味，更何况这也说明了这女孩将成为之前属于他和她的2只狗的新女主人。气的是，分手的时候，男的哭得死去活来说没了她不活不下去，说会爱她一辈子，等她一辈子。现在才2个月的时间，他就有新欢了。想着想着，觉得很不甘愿，干脆给我这个几万里远的朋友倾个诉。

我完全理解我这个朋友的心情，我也经历了至少2次类似的经历。1次男的也是哭得死去活来，还为此而绝食3天，驾车来我家呕给我看，说：“黄胆也呕出来了，我好想念你啊！”还连续3晚给我写情书，6.30am打电话叫我醒来下楼去收信，还折小星星，说要折满一缸的星星。屁啊，情书才写了3封，星星才折了30颗不到，就放弃了。可口头上还是说我等你，还会发短信说我想你。我那时也有一点感动。可是不懂为什么，他越是作这样多无为的东西，我越不喜欢他，觉得他很窝囊。1个月过去了，他发了个邮件来说，他有女朋友了，还打算住在一块儿。我当时也是有一点火，不是因为还喜欢她，是因为他说过等我的。才等1个月，我觉得被骗的感觉。

另外一次，那男的也是惨兮兮的告诉我，他会等我的，等到永远。“I will always be right here” 这是他说的。我还沾沾自喜，想到我永远会有一个人等我，那感觉真的很好。也是屁啊！2个月后，他发断信给我说他6个月后会结婚，如果我有空，请赏脸。当时我也是有一点气，感觉又被骗了。

2个男人发生这一些事的时候我都不爱他们了，可是当知道他们有另一半的时候就是有一点不高兴，觉得他们在食言，虽然当时也不很在意他们的“我会等你”的诺言，但是...怎么他们就这么快可以喜欢上别人呢？觉得有一点儿戏。这种男人，当初选择离开也是对的。太窝囊，太不甘寂寞了。没用的东西。

所以，我也是这样安慰我的那个好朋友（她现在也很好，有一个很爱她很有钱的男朋友),男人就是这样的啦。看开一点吧！:)

Nothing is forever. 没有人会等你一辈子的。更不可能叫一个窝囊的男人爱你一辈子，对吧？：）


附记：这2个男人，其实也不能说我跟他们分手，因为都还没有开始过。只不过当他们知道我谈恋爱了，他们就不平衡，后悔没早出击。这样也可以哭得死去活来，真是窝囊！

不同的环境

这张照片令我想起在加拿大的大学生活。不是因为这一对情侣啦！而是这环境的清静、安逸的感觉。时间似乎是停滞的、怠慢的。在上海如果你尝试这样坐在草地上（首先你得找到这一片草地），你要嘛就是被路人踩死，要嘛就是被他们的痰淹没。哈。可能有一点夸张，但这是我的理解。

在这繁华的上海，有一个人想念着她曾经拥有的安逸、清静、宽敞、有礼貌、有文化的西方城市。同样不是自己的国家，但在那西方的国家却可以活得自在，活得有质量。

我应该学习开始尝试喜欢上这繁华的城市... 让自己开心一点。不知道为什么，Jay在这一方面的适应能力比我强多。他好像没有什么不满。

Love

Jay picked it up from the airport after his business trip from KL. I haven't got a name for her. Hehe...









Finally, my 抱枕！！！！I was screaming when Jay took it out from his luggage. Because he already told me very nicely over the phone he can't bring it back the night before, it was too big. At that time I was a bit disappointed, but I accepted the fact. Now I am hugging it, the happiness is without word can describe!

I was similing to sleep that very same night:) 在我怀抱的是3个月不见的抱枕先生.haha.. However, Jay apparently also like baozhen very much. He kept on fighting for it with me. So irirtating~~~~

I still win in the past 2 consecutive nights!:) Haha!

HSBC vs Citibank

2 of my many credit cards are Citibank, and HSBC. I am not gonna talk about others today because I want to make a direct comparison about the services offered by these 2 giant bank.

I owned Citibank since 2000, almost can say right after I graduated from UBC. (actually my first card in Malaysia was Hong Leong Bank). I have to say their redemption program used to be superior than others, until few years ago, other banks actually improved tremendously while this Citibank still LCLY, shaking butt and think they are still the dai-ah-goh. Every year I will call to cancel the card when annual fees is about to due (I still cannot understand why credit cards in Malaysia cannot be like those in Canada, where they beg you to have credit cards, and don't even talk about annual fees). However, every year after I faxed through the cancellation requestion form, they will call me 1 week after that to ask me to stay with them, and annual fees will be waived. So I thought "what the heck, I will stay 1 more year to see if you guys improve your customer service or not". So, after doing this for few years, I called them in 2004, and tell them "look, I am gonna cancel my card if you don't waive the annual fees. And since after I faxed through the cancellation form, you will beg me to stay with you, can you just skip this process, save your time and my time, and waive my annual fees right now?" The LCLY officer replied, "No ma'am, you have to pay the annual fees." So I do the same thing again - cancel, fax, and then received thei call with sweet lady's voice, "please stay with us.. we have a promotion going on, your fees will be waived". So sick of them. But because of curiousity and no harm and no cost to stay 1 more year. I stayed with them until now.

HSBC on the other hand, I only become their member 1 year ago. Annual fee is dued in March. So I called them, asked them, can they waive my annual fees? The officer, politely, straight away checked the system, checked my payment history, spending pattern, and right away answered, "ma'am, I will waive for you right now as you are our valued customer. Good payment history and high spending pattern" (because last year buy a lot of stuff before wedding time. haha). I was quite impressed with his authority, not like the tikus citibank officer, and respect his 果断. So I also applied 2 other supplementary cards for my parents and make up my mind I will not stay with Citibank anymore. Hah! But still curiousity knocked on my door again. So, I called up Citibank again, since my card is due in March too.

Me: "I would like to check, is my annual fee due this month?"
Officer:" yes."
Me: "since I am with Citibank so many years, do you think I can have the annual fee waived?"
Officer: "afraid not ma'am"
Me: "... fine. then fax me the cancellation request form please. thanks"

I tell myself, even they call me and ask me to stay with them again, I am gonna asnwer "stop wasting my time and please see how HSBC treat their loyal customer".

Even a local bank like Hong Leong Bank is doing better than Citibank in customer service part!

漏水

我们现在住的房子是老房子。不是老得很旧的那种，而是有很久的历史，但一切都翻新了，也有完备的设施，该有的都有。一切都还好，就是厕所的洗脸盆老是漏水。过年前已修了一次，但是才隔2天，就又看到地上有一点水，但是不知道是那里漏出来的。既然不碍事，那时也就置之不管。

昨天，听到很小声的“滴滴”声，他妈的，果然又是脸盆下面漏水。吃饱饭后，我就跟我老公投诉：“Honey,你知道我们都是华人，很在意这种漏水的事情的。钱都漏光啦！！！！！！！”我讲的时候，是越讲越生气，他为了息事宁人，赶紧拨了电话给屋主。yi yi o o 讲了十分钟，才告诉我：“他要星期四才可以来修。”我又一肚子火了，：“为什么星期四？明天不可以吗？他想怎么样？拖拖拉拉！！”老公喝着茶，有气没力的说：“他说他刚动了眼睛手术。”我顿了一下，问：“什么时候的事情？”“昨天。”我惊讶得看着我老公，：“你为什么不早说？叫他多休息吧，下礼拜才来修也可以的呀。”老公竟然说：“我怕你不高兴，硬要他星期四来修。已讲好了。你要改，你自己告诉他吧。”真是的。。。我老公，有时候真的是不分轻重，不过他把我放第一位，我倒是很高兴。哈。哦，我们的屋主已是六十多岁的老先生了。这个眼睛手术应该是不简单的。

我就再拿起电话拨给屋主，跟他讲这个礼拜多休息吧，修水的事，下礼拜再说吧。他听了好像蛮感动的，说“好的，谢谢你啊。” 老公不解的看着我，然后语重心长地说：“想不到我的老婆还真的挺有良心的。哈哈。”我也沾沾自喜的回说：“那当然咯。。 hehe.."

今天早上大便的时候没事做，看着那滴下来的水把地面给弄湿，听着那恼人的“滴滴”声，又有点后悔昨天的好心。。。 唉！

... (dunno what to put as title neh..)

I cannot believe I only got time for my blog until now, at 5.23pm. So busy today.. phew, I am so glad tomorrow is saturday. By the way, today I came to work at 7.45am, have to do a product demo video recording for our products, 3 of us in the team. So tired even each of us only speaking for 1.5 hours. The worst part is, have to assemble and dissemble the products... sweating man~~~

Oh, today temperature hits 15 degree!!!! Yahoooooo... I am gonna take my slow walk to home later, before that, of course stop at the shopping mall first... hehehe... ;)

And I am gonna get Brokeback Mountain DVD tonight from the uncle's store near my house. I haven't bought it before today because i don't know the chinese is called what. Last night I heard a man asking for 断背山 from him，must be this lah... hahahahaa... yes!!!

Bus, too, can have menstrual period.

........

I swear... when temperature hits 15 degree celcius, I am not gonna take that stupid slow shaking butt #15 bus anymore. I would rather walk to office and risk stepping on ah pek's spit.

Bloody hell, made me waited for 15 minutes this morning.


p/s: lulu, the title was borrowed from the 灵感 of your "men,too, have menstrual period" blog's entry ;)

Hobby. Hobby? Hobby!

Tiu. I finally realized I don't have any hobby. I don't have any hobby?? I don't have any hobby!!!!

How ah? Like nothing will get me flare up like that. Dunno since when. I think all my interests stopped gaining momentum when I started my MBA class few years ago. All the weekends were spent on finishing assignments, going library to renew books (they only allow each students to borrow for 3 days back then), scratching the head to cut down on words or write more to fulfil the requirements, talking with classmates on the phone just to calm myself down "eh you finished assignment 1 already?" "no ah?" "great. let's get back to work. YOu don't do so fast yah... btw, what did you write for points number 2 ah?" etc etc (those were nightmare days). Then in the middle of this hardcore time, I met my husband, my weekend becomes even more precious - either afternoon go pak toh a bit, then come home at night do homework until 3am. Or bring assingments to office and frantically spend half a day busily looking for reference points to support my argument from internet source. Or totally don't see him if assignment was due the following Monday. Now thinking back, I wondered how I pulled through those hard time. And I wonder how our relationship started, and stabilized in those years.

Wait a minute, I don't even have a "stable" hobby before & after I got my MBA cert. How can it be? HOW?!!!

I feel so depressed suddenly... I don't have a hobby. I don't have a hobby?? I don't have a hobby!!!

早起

今早6点就起床了。替老公弄好早餐，然后依依不舍的目送他出门搭飞机去吉隆坡，开始他的4天3夜的会议。虽然只是分隔几天，可心里就是不好受-- 明早就没人比我早起去开厕所的暖风机。。。 平时都是他先起床刷牙，到我的时候，暖风机已经把厕所的空气给打暖了，水也开热了。

已经好想念他了。Sigh........ 哦，这几天也不用回家煮饭了。哈！

Training Schedule, or China Tour?

My 6th sense is right. Below is the training schedule I might have to fulfill all in March! (given by my reporting manager)

March 13 - 上海
March 15 - 沈阳
March 17 - 北京
March 20 - 郑州
March 22 - 大连
March 24 - 济南
March 25 - 青岛
March 27 - 武汉
March 29 - 成都
March 31 - 昆明
April 5 - 广州

Now... my only savior is the big big boss. If he says no budget to send me to all cities in March, I will celebrate~~~~~

This is too much!!! How to cope? My skin how? Sure crack... how? sure got black-head, then headache, then sorethroat, then flu, then I have to see doctor in hospital, then then then.. all the bad things are appearing in my head... I don't feel well suddenly.. pengsan.

I am only a weak woman... sob... big big boss is coming back to office later today, must start praying now..

A "warm" dinner

Yesterday morning, boss emailed and asked me and the other colleague to stay back 1 hour today, coz the agency can only reach our office at 6pm to discuss some video shooting we want to do. So I emailed Jay and told him I will be home around 7.30pm, and dinner will be served later tonight, probably 8.,15pm. After all, I only need 15 to 20 minutes to get home from office.

The meeting, including a trial session of shooting the video, including also the minor editing of the video, ends at 8.30pm!!!!!!!! I was hungry, unexpected, and worry so much about my Jay. With his big big body, he sure hungry and consume 1 whole packet of Danone cookies by now.

Called him, he said no worry, u come back lah, we will cook maggie mee. I told him no maggie mee on weekdays, house rule #2. (house rule #1 is, wife is the king. muahahaha).

Quickly took the bus home, 9.00pm (stupid bus, didn't know it comes so slow in non-peak hour). Opened the door, feel the kitchen is very warm, and got rice smell... My hubby has finished the cooking!!! He cooked minced meat with toufu, and popcorn chicken. No vege. haha...

Though the taste is not the best, it is the best meal I have ever had -- very touched by his initiative. And he did the washing too!! :)

Perhaps I should have late meeting more often? ;)

P day

Today I feel very bored at work. Looking at the catalogue that has been done and need to call back the agency to tell him some color proof thingy is not done correctly, training handbook that has been created, and the website promo page CE that needs to be signed and faxed over to mindshare... fucking bored...

Got a feeling will have to go for business trip soon, perhaps first stop is Beijing. Don't know is it getting old already or what, used to love business trip in my old job. I would get so excited, and planned for my own little trip last time in my previous job. Still remember first night arrived at Vietnam - Hochiminh city that time, after checked in to hotel, I immediately came out to explore the city - took their boot boot motocar as taxi and asked him to bring me to shopping street, some more the driver saw me so cute, offered to bring me drink their ichiban vietnamese coffe, I said yes right away, without realizing it was an extremely dangerous act. Thank God he is a very sincere person, only bring me to drink coffee and nothing more. Hahhaa.. and the coffee was really ichiban!!! Also remembered my first trip to Philippines Makati city, after checked into hotel, I walked straight to the big shopping mall next to the hotel, and shop until they closed shop. Bought 3 pairs of shoes!!! Haha.. oh I miss those days. Travelling alone and not fear the feeling of lonesome. Somemore enjoy staying at hotel.

Don't know since when, all these excitement feeling was lost. I no longer feel excited about my business trip, first trip to Beijing some more. Why??? WHY????

Sigh... Aging..... is................. inevitable.........................

Looking at the BB training handbook now, I feel my head is extremely heavy liao. Who would be interested to look at this handbook? some more I have to use this handbook to train the people in that city... Have you heard of a training course, the trainer herself feel it is too much? ... I seriously think she should cut down the material inside this training handbook... if not sure no one will listen. The FP is good, it is short & crisp, right to the point, of courese lah, I did the FP training handbook one. hahaha... and HW training book I have not seen, I hope it is short and straight to the point too... .........

Today the office air like very stuffy like that... I cannot breath lah~~~~~~~~ someome must be secretly smoking near my area, the cigarette smell is very heavy. How come my passport is not here yet? Today it should be couried to me together with working visa. Why the video guy must come in at 6pm today to discuss the recording? He no family ah? Why work so late and make us stay back until 7pm? He very busy meh? Can't come in earlier? It is only 3pm now.. help~~~~~~ @#$%!

Hate Monday! Hate P day! @#$%!#@!

咖哩鸡与妈妈

老公说他好久没有吃到咖哩鸡，我就心血来潮说我来煮。我有马来西亚带来的咖哩粉嘛。

忙了好久，结果煮出来的，好像缺了什么味道。说不出来。老公还是用他一贯的赞赏口吻说“好好吃！”。他这人，就是这点很令人感动，不管我煮得多难吃，他总是说很好吃，还吃完。佩服他。

吃着吃着，想起妈妈。妈妈煮咖哩鸡很好吃的。放很多香料。又很用心煮。很想念妈妈。。。

老公问我：“那你想念你妈妈多一点，还是想念我多一点呢？”

真无聊~~~ 就像我问他“如果你喜爱的烧肉和我掉进海里，你第一个救谁？”大家请不要笑，他爱吃烧肉的程度，即有可能右手先捉住烧肉，左手才救我。哈哈。。。

抱枕

刚和妹妹email chat,她问我我还缺什么要她买再要我老公下礼拜去吉隆坡开会带回来。突然很想念我的抱枕。唉。。。 我老公肯定不肯把我的抱枕带回来。那么长，又不可塞进行礼箱里。。。 唉。。。

中国的中国人为什么不抱抱枕睡觉？我走遍了商场，大大小小，没有人卖。还还我一个眼神-- 你有病啊？小孩的抱枕就有，要吗？Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, 任你挑。

我的抱枕。。。你现在在哪里？我很想念你。。。。。。

龙猫

昨天电视节目介绍龙猫和竹猫。好可爱的。By the way, 龙猫和竹猫都是一种鼠，会认识主人身上的气味。此龙猫非漫画里的龙猫ok? 竹猫则脾气较爆躁，会要对方或打架。

龙猫平均寿命为20年。现已有很多人把它当宠物。身上也没有异味。爱附在主人的肩膀上。还可带着它逛街。价钱每只在500元到5000元。

很想要拥有一只。老公叫我想清楚。。。

真正想要得是一只狗。可是一定后果很可怜（那只狗啦）。没有时间照顾好自己，还要考虑狗狗？

City Planning

That day over lunch, my colleague made a comment: "our city planning sucks. Why can't we be like Hong Kong." I almost chocked eating the ramen hearing a dissatisfied shanghainese complaining about their government's city planning effort.

To me, Shanghai, although is a city that is severly lacked of 人文素质 (don't want to repeat the spitting and cutting-q incidents again, sigh), but their city planning is far more advance than in Malaysia!! Over here, they have subway stopping at all the populated area, bus that never lets you wait for more than 10 minutes, taxi that never said "No" to your destination, or open lion mouth asking for RMB30 for a 3km drive (it is only RMB10 for first 3km), etc etc. Compare to Malaysia, we don't spit on the road, we occationally cut q, under abnormal circumstances, but we have the lousy subway destination choice, bus that's never on time, and taxi system that drives the drivers to no choice but go crazy or open lion mouth whenever possible. Also, here they don't suddenly one big sunny day sunshine on your head without the wig, and you suddenly have hot idea to build a highway that is 2km away from 百姓 house, nor do they suddenly faat-din and build a toll right outside your house, hoping you go crazy and move out, or guai guai pay them until your cucu also give birth, or adjust traffic light timing, perhaps synchronize to his mood that day, which totally mess up and does not make sense to change light every 5 seconds (no, green lights 5 seconds, then red lights 3 minutes) out of some days, and when you gave up and thinks this is the end of the day and you had better live with it, they change it back to normal frequency, etc etc etc.

I miss Malaysia punya nasi lemak, hokkien mee, rojak, banmee, and all the great great food, but I seriously don't miss the city planning.

A woman who can talk non-stop!

I really beh tahan her. I feel like screaming at her face loud loud this morning. But yet, I have to put on a fake smile and talk to her. This is so 认辱偷生！！

She is one of the staff working here. I really cannot tahan her. SHe always think she is a mom to a kid already and thus know the toy business very well, and the fact that she works here long enough so her experience is the best and thus all of our suggestions are crap. And because she is a mom, and most of us workinig with her is not, she thinks we are idiot when it comes to toys. And the most I cannot tahan her is, when she is telling you why your suggestion is a crap, she can keep on talking non-stop for more than 1 minute, and her sentence is without break, comma, full stop, just non-stop!!! this really drives me crazy!!!!!!!!!

I really pity her husband! Imagine when they argue... he sure lost, or gone crazy half way.

Celaka betul!

#15 电缆公交车

老公的按脚师傅告诉他，我们家去我公司有一辆直通的公交车（#15号电缆公交车），就在我家下面的巴士车站上车，然后在我公司的对面下车, point to point, hassle free。我昨天就从地铁站走去公司的路上一面的走，一面的加已留意。还真地给我看到好几辆的#15号公交车，还是走电缆的。回家的路上也留意。。。

今天早上，犹疑了整10分钟，我就鼓起勇气，走去那巴士车站等#15号。战战兢兢的。祈祷着有人跟我一起上车，让我看一看是怎么付钱法。果真有3个人和我一起上车。好开心！！ hee hee...安全上车后，我就祈祷有人跟我一块儿下车，好让我看一看怎么样按铃。原来巴士每一站都会停的。太好了。哦，而且我还有位置坐！Haa Haa...票价也很便宜，才一元。

安全下车后，no sweat, no swear, 越过马路到公司门口。看一看手表，整个路程从等车到到达目的地才用了少过15分钟的时间。最开心最开心的是，此举可以大大的减少踩到路人的痰的风险！！！！！！！！This is the most priceless outcome!!!! 实在是太高兴了!!! Haa Haa...

原来要快乐真的可以很简单。:)

口角

昨晚和老公起了些口角，其实现在想起来，是我一个人唱独角戏，他永远都没有什么脾气。这又是令我更生气。

我赌气着伴着枕头想，如果这时我在KL,我铁马上收拾行李回妈妈那里住几天，就像电影时常演的，然后等老公求我回家。想着，想着，越想越觉得委屈，就哭了起来。在这里，别说妈妈家，连要好的朋友都没有，想去朋友家避一避风也难啦，越想越气，越想越委屈。就硬硬把老公给挖醒，要他道歉，再要他列明他的罪行，还有讲明以后怎么样改善他的错误。他被我折腾了好久，我才气消，我正想来第2轮审判，他的鼻鼾声又响起了。气死我也！

其实昨天他也没有犯什么天大的错，可我就是气不顺，总决得娘家太远了，对我太不公平。：（ 可怜的他，受尽了我昨晚的折磨，希望他永远都这么的没脾气，这么的让我。hee-hee...

下雪了

2月18号，星期六早上，我们俩睡眼松松的喝着咖啡，看着窗外，just like usual, sipping the coffee and testing the temperature outside with our fingers on the windows.. 突然间，老公惊叫：“Honey, 下雪了！！”其实我们都在大学时期看过无数次的雪，可还是掩饰不了兴奋。老公还拿相机录了40秒的雪景，胡乱地说了一些话，这样的举动维持了5分钟，我们又若无其事的开电视看新闻。谁也没有说要乘下雪出去走走。毕竟我们都知道这雪是下不长的，没多久马路就会和肮脏，而我们如果这时候出去，很有可能因为看不清楚路面，而踩到别人的痰。是的，我们是很在意这事儿-别人的痰。老恶心。

傍晚看新闻，电视台竟然为了这下雪的事儿采访了一些路人，把它当成是大事来报导。看来今天最大件的事儿就是下雪。天下太平。Halliluyah~~

A Barbie who dropped her handphone onto the subway train-track

My good fren, asked me to put this event on my blog, which happened in the morning when I come to work. He said he is gonna make a comment after I did that. hahaa... it had better be a good one.

This morning, while I was reading newspaper waiting for the every-2-min-come-once subway train, suddenly, a very sharp english word came out from a barbie face (Barbie, because she is blond, tall, and looks quite got 气质, well, at least before she screamed the word) - "SHIT!!!", and followed by a sound something hitting the track "piak~". Her handphone dropped onto the subway train-track.

2 guards at the subway, run to her to stop her to do anything stupid - like climbing down to the track to pick up the phone, because the train is reaching in 32 seconds. Then I heard 1 guard gun-cheongly speaking on his walkie talkie in some alien shanghainese language "jili gulu jili gulu". I believe (using my own interpretation with his tone, and some single words I can understand) he is saying to the head office, "Stop the next train after this. Stop the next train after this. Some lady dropped her handphone onto the track". I was so glad I stepped onto the last on-time train. The next train sure gonna be late for at least 5-10 minutes. Haha!

Then I wondered... if an old ah-ma dropped her handphone onto the track, would that guard do the same? Hmm....

2 long-distance phone calls

I have a friend, in Dallas. Today, he gave me a call, just to test the software (VOIP) that he just bought/downloaded (I forgot did he pay for it or he just got it free). Haha.. anyway, it was a great feeling to receive long-d call from friends. And he verified my earlier question - the nice sports car he showed at his blog is the company car that his company prepared for him!!!!! @#$%! OK lah.. Mr.T I sincerely wish you will meet your Ms. Right in Dallas. If you come back empty handed, I will laugh at you mockingly - because people who drive this kinda sports car have no excuse to live without any gf!!!!! (yes, all my single gf, please give attention. hahaha..)

We talked about 20,000 people 示威in front of the 丹麦领事馆 at KL because of some carton (mocking the Allah) made by a danish in Denmark; then we talked about the closure of MRR2 because of the instability of the road condition (got cracks) and because of this, the S.V. should really resign and take his wig and go back to his kampong (haha... the 'wig' part is the one I suddenly think of and put here one. hahahahaha...); then we talked about who has he called so far to test this software. And he made a conclusion that there is absolutely no way for a guy to call another guy, which I don't agree with him. Anyway, this is like back to old time, we just talked rubbish, the only difference is, last time we talked rubbish in mamak store. Now we no choice, talked rubbish over a not-so-excellance VOIP phone. HAHA.

I also received an international phone call, from my good fren, whose baby is due next month. She said she does not know want to continue or not after that. I thought she's talking about her job. But no, she is talking about her marriage!!! Sigh... I hope this is just her mood swing because of pregnancy, everything should back to fine after baby is out. If not, very cialat... but anyway, only she knows which decision is correct. I only hope whatever decision she made, she will feel 幸福。

2 international phone calls... 2 different kind of feelings...

February 14th

On the way to office this morning, there were so many young boys & girls at different corner of the walking path, distributing red-roses to all the ladies, sponsored by 太平洋百货. 我闪过了第一朵. Murmuring - "what the ... stop shoving the roses to me, u dirty hand"... but as I was walking & did some thinking, I actually think this gesture by the departmental store, be it to create the 气氛 or just want to do some marketing activities is very sweet. So, as I was walking, I took the red roses offered by a guy. (Haha... partly because the first red rose is offered by a lady that's why I rejected, and the second red rose I took is offered by a guy. ahhahaa). It was quite a sweet feeling and I took a slower pace to office today, compared to many other days (partly also because today's weather is very warm, not cold at all. haha)

Then my husband is very bad, when I told him about this 2 red roses, he asked me does it mean he no need to get my any roses today since I already have 2? @#$%!!! I will punish him later tonight. muahahaha...

Then today office has a new colleague on board, is a very young boy. He offered each of the female colleague each with a big rose!!! Very sweet gesture. 收买人心。Haha...

But then.. later on, I got pissed by an email sent by someone in the office in Malaysia. THat girl, so LCLY, sent email asked for something from me, when she should know I am not the right person to ask from. Someone CC some other big people, like want to tell people she did her work already, and if the work is not completed, it is because of me. Bloody hell... so angry at her tikus email. (I said tikus, because if she has the guts, she should send the email to the right person).

THen lunch, all of the female colleagues went to have McD. hahaha... quite happy actually, all the girls eating burger together, and talked about 面相，手相。。And I got to know that office got a corner they called 死角 because whatever plant moved to that area, they all will die in a week. Very cheah~ hehehe...

Then I found the MP3 I have been searching for many months (actually, never really look for it, just today suddenly feel I must have it today no matter waht). It was 林俊杰的“会有那么一天”。 I always feel like crying whenever I heard this song from the radio in Malaysia.. very touched. and I told my good frens in Malaysia via email that I wish this song will be played on my funeral, hopefully is around 80 when I finished all the enjoyable stuff on earth. Hehehe... I have been thinking too much..

So.. I guess today is a mixed feeling in total - happy with red roses, touched by a song, had a great lunch even though is only McD, and pissed by a LCLY "person" in Malaysia office... HAHA!

愿有情人终成眷属啦~~~

晴朗下午的公园

昨天，太阳非常的暖和。和老公到我们家附近的公园散步。

公园的池塘里原来饲养了好多条鱼，也有黑鹅以及白鹅。蛮幸福的感觉。好多人在买饲料喂鱼。尤其是小孩。大人则在一旁哄小孩：“快看，鱼都上来了，嘴巴张得大大的。”

也有好多人在拍照。公园有好多抽象画，什么“pinky tiger"啦。。。 还有好多好多第一眼看上去根本就看不懂是什么东西。

是应该觉得很幸福。但是这感觉很快就被恶心给取代。这一些人，假欣欣的。平时根本就是粗人一个。随地吐痰，上车乱乱推，下车乱乱挤，驾车鲁莽，买东西不排队，讲话大大声，以为到处都是他的家。。。

老恶心！！ 讨厌。

celaka betul.

Sun...

Today, Shanghai is full of sunshine, and temperature has risen by 5 degree celcius compare to yesterday!!!! I felt so happy when I found out this from weather forecast yesterday. So this morning, I took out 1 new clothes to wear, and also wearing my new shoes I bought from WenZhou, and also put on a new scarf, with a pair of jeans. By the way, I am wearing much newer stuff and feeling more happier than CNY time. So there I go, I went to work with a big smile on my face :)

The photo I attached is from my good fren in Malaysia, recently she went to Thailand and did all the climbings and sight-seeing with her lover, and took this sun-rising picture. I love it so much. So, I hope she does not mind, I am putting this picture on my blog.

Conclusion is... I miss the warm sun so much... so much so that I forgot how does it feel to sweat under hot sun again. Summer ah summer, please come quickly.........

马11华裔春节遭警察剃光头搓麻将被当成聚众赌博拘捕

http://www.why.com.cn/epublish/node4/node3363/node3367/userobject7ai32912.html

（取自青年报-2006年2月7日）

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　　本报讯马来西亚各主要华文媒体6日报道了一起“冤案”，11名华裔男子因搓麻将而被警方拘留，并在春节之际惨遭剃光头。5日，这些受害者在马来西亚华人政党“民主行动党”的帮助下，准备起诉警方“侵犯人权、侮辱人格”，并索赔100万林吉特（约合人民币215万元）。
　　搓麻将娱乐招冤屈

　　当地时间1月30日（大年初二）晚11时30分左右，11名华裔男子正在马来西亚雪兰莪州加影地区的一间茶餐厅搓麻将。大约七八名警察突然破门而入进行突击检查，随即以聚众赌博为名将在场的华裔男子全部拘捕。

　　11名受害者被带回警局扣留了整整一晚。期间，警察不但命令他们脱得仅剩内裤，还剃光了他们的头发。直到次日下午6时，警方才告知被拘留者每人须请1人担保，并缴付2000林吉特保释金才能重获自由。获释后，受害华裔称，他们当时只是用塑料片充当筹码娱乐，并未进行赌博。

　　“光头新郎”推迟婚期

　　现年31岁的商人钱光仁是受害华裔中年龄最小的，原计划本月结婚的他因为被剃光头，不得不推迟婚期。钱光仁对媒体表示，他现在连婚纱照都没法拍了。当被问及准新娘对他的“光头形象”有何看法时，钱光仁苦笑不语。

　　69岁的曾金思是最年长的受害者，在被警方拘留长达19个小时后，因身体不适，他曾一度入院进行检查。更让曾金思不堪的是，他返家当天，2岁的小孙女竟一时认不出这个“光头爷爷”，惊恐地躲闪尖叫。“她在听出我的声音后，才终于肯让我抱，还用小手摸了摸我光溜溜的头顶。”曾金思难过地说。

　　警察称剃头显得健康

　　2月5日，以华人为主体的马来西亚反对党“民主行动党”秘书长林冠英专程前往受害华裔居住的村庄，百余名村民也闻风而至参加由林冠英主持的“声讨大会”。

　　会上，林冠英谴责道：“加影警察局的不人道行为是严重滥用权力和侵犯人权。”针对此前加影警方“将被拘留者的头发剪短能更显健康形象”的辩解，林冠英质疑道，如果剃光头才能叫“健康”的话，那么加影警察局负责人也理应剃光头，显示“以身作则”。林冠英称，如果肇事警察不受惩处，“民主行动党”将在两周内上诉，控告政府和当地警方，并为受害者索赔100万林吉特的名誉损失费。

　　（袁海）

　　■影响

　　马总理下令彻查“光头冤案”

　　本报讯按当地华人的风俗，新年被剃光头，意味着“从年头衰到年尾”，非常不吉利。发生“光头冤案”的村庄在去年春节时也有18名华裔村民因搓麻将而遭警方拘留，差点也被剃了光头，后来在被勒索贿赂后，才算逃过“灭顶之灾”。

　　如今，这一幕重又上演，而且警方的行为更加恶劣，引起了当地华人的极大义愤。此事也因此而惊动了马来西亚总理巴达维，他已明确责令警方高层彻查该事件，如果肇事警察被确认触犯了法律条文就应该受到严惩，以平民愤。当地律师称，警方虽获许剪短未经定罪的被拘留者的头发，但他们无权把别人的头发剃光，所以他们的行为肯定是违法的。

　　（袁海）


When is this kinda 警员揽权incident gonna be stopped??

江山风雨情

这几个星期，老公和我把<<江山风雨情>>给看完了。看完了，还万般的不舍。和老公讨论了里面的剧情。我觉得王承恩是个大好人，聪明绝顶，演这个角色的人也不简单。鲁四也演得不错，尤其是他哭着从清军那里回来和皇上打小报告的那个情节。吴三桂，是个很英雄，却最后变得如狼般的凶狠，投机取巧，很可怜的一个人。陈圆圆，被吴三桂骂他是个溅货，是个婊子的时候，我很同情她。崇贞的多疑猜测，懦弱。等等，等等。觉得以前的皇帝也不好当。觉得以前的皇后也很辛苦。

虽然如此，当个平民更加万分辛苦。所以有时候也得当个适时的投机取巧奸猾臣！哈哈!!

Place to hold photos

I asked my sister how to put up my photos onto website this morning. I suddenly feel I am very out-dated. 7 years ago, I never need to ask this kinda stupid question. I always know how to do this kinda thing on my own.

She tell me about the Flickr. And how to use Paint to reduce the BMP size to small jpg size. I suddenly feel my sister has grown up a lot. haha..

So, here's the link to the photos I recently took at some southern parts of China. Enjoy:)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deisylaw/

06 CNY 之旅 -- 惊叹与赞叹

这一回春节的旅行，让我有3大吃惊之处：

1）高速公路上的公厕- 我已经告诉自己说这里是中国，别怀有那么高的期望。可是真的是没有字眼可以清楚的形容这里面发生的事。只有3个字：“太可怕！”公厕里面至少有20格吧。可是要上的人我想有将近200人。外面的人强硬的挤进去，里面上完的人死命的往外推。这比我想象中的还要恐怖多1百20万5千81倍!真的是确确实实的cultural shock。我好不容易上完了厕所，（我已忘了是怎么挨过去的，更不想去想起那个过程），心情却久久不能恢复平静。为什么？为什么他们就不能排队呢？？？！！！为什么他们一定要推呢？为什么他们要3个人用一格呢？又不关门呢？为什么？为什么？？！！

2）我的团队有24人。只有3人（我，我老公，还有一个叔叔）有行李。其他的21人，我和老公一直没有办法理解，他们这4天是怎么换衣服？内裤？难不成内裤就放在handbag里面？？第3天，我们的结论是，他们真的没有打算换衣服。因为他们都穿同样的衣服！！！！oh my god~~~~~~

3) 原来上海人是很self-centered的。我以前跟过无数次的马来西亚团队到国外旅游，我们都很友善，有说有笑的过每一天。还会拍团体照留恋。这里？他们都没跟同行的讲太多话。太奇怪了。都自己顾自己。自私又不友善。更不用说派团体照了。哎。。。

我问老公他这次给这旅行多少分？他说65分。我同意。

好啦，这次的行程是有值得一提的。令我印象最深刻的太姥山，和四溪姐妹桥。太姥山上面都是一些怪石，有著名的夫妻峰，还有一些奇怪的山洞，有一线天洞。如果你有去过昆明的石林，那你就懂我在说什么了。很特别，很有神话故事的味道。



这就是太姥山的夫妻峰。猜一猜高的是夫还是妻？：）
















一线天洞 - 据说不管是肥人还是瘦人都可穿过去的。这洞是有灵性的。









四溪姐妹桥 - 这建桥的技术真不得了，每一根柱子都有它的用处，不多也不少。也没用钉子。溪东桥（姐姐桥），建于明隆庆4年（1570）。此桥造型之使用，耐力，以及其造型之美，已被公认为：“最具科学，历史，艺术和欣赏价值的古廊桥。有“世界桥梁之典型”的称号。北涧桥（妹妹桥），亦称下桥，距上桥（姐姐桥）仅0.5公里。始建于康熙13年（1675年）。桥头有2棵千年古嶂，树下有古居民一片，形成桥，树，水，屋互相衬托，相交辉映，美不胜收。故被专家誉为“世界最美的桥”。我自问没什么对桥的研究与兴趣，但看一看它们旁边的现代桥梁，竟然经不起洪水/台风的吹袭而毁去（据说，台风来袭时，这两栋桥梁竟然还屹立不倒），不禁要赞叹古人建桥技术之伟大。

我们在福鼎发现了很好吃的香竽酥。老好吃。：）噢，这里的竽头可是很大个的。你们看！