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?!

Guess where have I been over the weekend?

It is a place called 象山 at 宁波。6 torturing hours on the bus (toilets at the rest area along highway is without word can describe). This is the worst trip I had ever been in China. It is Jay's company trip. I don't understand why his staff looked so happy and played so happily on this lousy beach, very dirty.


Can you see all the cigarrette butts on the beach? This beach is more dirty than Port Dickson. My goodness.


and this uncle, still very enjoying mudding himself all over this dirty sand. I totally cannot understand, with all my intelligent cells in my head. I cannot understand why these people don't find it dirty??


this umbrella thing, if you want to sit under it, you need to pay RMB 20 for an hour, and RMB 100 deposit. When we asked, how are we gonna get back the deposit, he said, "I am always walking around this beach, you find me lah!" But the truth is, the beach is quite over-crowded ok!! everyone looked the same. So, it is VERY possible that the RMB100 deposit it not "refundable". When we asked, why does he need the deposit since the table and chairs also not appealing to be stolen, he said, "就是这样的呀!" very rude, just like other cipet cheena ah pek, we were not very surprise at this level of attitude though. I murmured "fuck him honey, don't pay, we just walk around". my honey agreed too.


I seriously don't understand why this lady is wearing high heel shoes on a beach.

OK, enough complain about the beach, let's show you some small happiness I found on the beach.


"motor bike" with my honey:) RMB35 per ride for 2 rounds only. (this lousy city is really great at sucking money)


Oh one more silly found out, this stupid dragon boat, cost RMB20 for a ride. Stupid right? The music that it made also very stupid. Just money sucker.

The next day, under the hot sun and very stuffy weather, we visited the old town in that city. It is called 石浦, last time it was a fishing village. Tell u, food there sucks, want to cut throat only (money sucking again), scenery not very special also, and people there are very very rude.


But still, I had some good time with my honey. If it is not because of him, I think I ride a taxi back to shanghai the night before liao.


Last time, because of the 男女授受不亲的 concept, 女人是这样买药的。Interesting..

I just find that it is really not enjoying to visit any small town in China anymore. No more 朴素 feeling, no more 友善 feeling, all they have is money face, with dollar sign on their eyes!!! I think except 黄山，九寨沟，青藏, I will not visit any other city in china with local tour anymore. I even have the thought to fly back to malaysia to join a malaysian tour, to fly back here again to visit these 3 places，it is that bad ok!

Sigh.

I hate this place.

asdk

Damn busy this week. I hope I have time to update the blog this afternoon.

Leng Chai?

Yesterday, on the way home (total distance is about 40 minutes), I did a count on the number of leng chai.
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NONE!!!

All I saw was some cipet look guy, giap a big wallet thing under their arm pit, and have the keychain hanging outside on their belt and when they walk got the irritating key-sound, and very lao-tu shirt, and lose long hair, and can't even stand straight on the subway!

Where are those handsome guys we always see on movie??!!! like Leon Lai type?? Don't have at all??!!!

No wonder I am so unhappy over here. Now the truth surface~~~

Wake Up Babe!

世界上最通用的6大分手理由：
1）你对我太好了，你让我有压力
2）你很好，很善良，但我不配
3）我们性格不和！再走下去双方都会辛苦
4）我现在想把所有的精力都放在事业上，还不想谈恋爱。
5）我不忍心伤害我的前女友...对不起（换言之，他比较忍心伤害你，而且也没有想过跟他前女友真正的分手，你，一直是个可怜的牺牲品，打从 day one）
5) ......... (这个人，音讯全无，让人以为他遭遇了什么不测还让你穷担心，其实，他是在歇力的逃避你。这一招是冠军的窝囊废！）

其实，理由就只有一个，就是他不爱你了。不爱你的理由，你更本也不需要知道，因为打从根本，他就没真心爱过你，所以，何来理由呢？？？

(This entry is for my friends who are still recovering from the "wound". Wake Up babe! He ain't worth your love at all. So don't waste your ching-chun over this person.)

30 years old woman, and a 6 years old boy

In my company, there is this woman, 30 years old (same age as me, damn it, so meng-sia-sui-kan), with bad temper, always muka hitam look, and always walk & shake her butt like a sifut almost can fall off anytime.

She has no bf yet. Oh, she normally won't say like this, she will say, "guys who like me, got a lot. But I don't like any of them", of course, when saying this, she always have a "f me would u" cipet look.

Lately, actually, from the start, not lately, she has a very high interest in one of our colleague's son, who is 6 years old. She always hang around with that colleague, plead him to take his son out so she can meet him, and always say she wants to belanja that kid's to eat PizzaHut. She constantly aksed him:
"how is MM?"
"Oh? school holiday already? I bet he is sleeping at home now? can you bring him out for lunch? I miss him so much!"
"It is his BD next week, I remember. I want to treat him to eat Pizza Hut, can you bring him out?"
"Oh I really fall in love at your boy, he is so cute, handsome and adorable. I wish my age can be rewinded back 20 years~"
"did he like the toy I gave him?"

she is constantly acting like this.

I don't know about my colleague, who is the father of this boy. But he seems like enjoying getting this kinda attention from her. But if I were him, I will be very worried my boy will get rape by this old woman one day, or his mental health will be cacat if hang around wiht her too much. She kept on telling that boy she loves him, and always kiss his cheeks and asked him to kiss her back.

Shiver...
Shiver...
Shiver...

I think this is too much. Even I, the listener to all these, felt very geli already.

She has no other guys she can move her attention to???

This is so ridiculous!

Visited Countries

Got this link from Angela, and discovered that I had been to 11 countries in total.


I am missing the whole Africa, Europe, South America, Carribean, Australia & Pacific, the Middle East, India. Among all of this, I would love to visit Europe and Carribean.

When? When? When??

50K renminbi !!!

After reading june's blog about the rental fees in her city, i started calculating ours over here.

I suddenly feel very very very depressed...

We are paying close to 50K renminbi a year to the cipet cheena ah pek (the house owner) just for rental!!!!! (including deposits)

Stay here 2 years, I can own a brand new car in KL already (not proton)!!! WhollY Sh*t!!!!!

SIgh.

Surprise! Surprise! MAS

Remember last time the MAS customer service line can ring and ring and ring but no one pick up and speak to you?

Remember last time we want to book ticket online at MAS but the internet speed was so slow and can't go through to the next page?

Remember how awful is the "email" experience, where your email sent to them but never got feedback even though it says "For enquiries on bookings, please call our 24-hour Call Centre or email / contact your nearest Malaysia Airlines office."

Today, I really take a chance to call them for a ticket booking, I only waited for less than 2 minutes and my call was layan. Although not by a very sweet voice girl, but her professionalism is way beyond my expectation already.

Then later on, I sent an email to them, asking them about ticket pick up question. I got a reply within half an hour time.

All in all, i just want to say I am extremely impressed by the improved services they have. Got a kind of 受宠若惊的感觉。

Never expect my phone call will get layan-ed.
Never expect my email will get an answer.
Never expect I am mentioning good stuff about MAS!

If they keep this kinda service level and attitude, I am sure the stock prices will get better and better in the near future. So, should I buy their share during my trip back this round?? Hmm...

军事纪实

最近早上上班出门前（其实是上厕所前“蕴量”着的时间，哈！）我都会打开电视看个半小时的“军事纪实”。它每一天都报道不同的“神奇”军官或人物，让我很钦佩。有好几次还感动得流泪。他们有着很纪律的训练，也有着很爱国的精神，更有着执著的精神，与不停尝试及为求做到最好的动力。

虽然很不赞同他们国家的人文素质，文明升华的速度与质量，但是在军事这一方面，我是很佩服他们的。我不相信我自己的国家有做到他们的十分之一。所以，我看了以后，其实也蛮害怕，在想，人家在没有危险的境况下都排练得这样精细与认真，我们的军人有做到这样吗？他们有这样的头脑及体力及纪律精神及认真的态度吗？想到这里，我为我们的国家的军队涅一把冷汗，也为我们的国卫担忧。

我希望我是错的。我宁愿我的想法是大错特错……

我可能真得很错，因为我还没有看过我们国家的军事纪实影片，可能也是很geng的呢？Who knows?

Count Down

Another 14 days, and I am going back for KL for 2 weeks:)

However, this time, I do not feel the excitement that I felt when I went back in May. This time, I kept on thinking, "what's so happy about it? I still need to return to this sucky land after the happy 2 weeks, and suffer more." I'm a bit pessimistic eh?

And this trip, will use up my whole year annual leaves. Bloody 15 cheena standard labor annual leaves, just like that, finished.

Some might be questioning, why such a short notice going back this time? I will tell you the reason when we meet up for mamak lah, Okie?:)

I will call you guys. Wait for my calls~~~

爱在哈佛

最近一个比较年轻的同事借了这个韩剧谍给我看。

还真想不到，纵然我和老公都一致认为这个戏真的很不真实，我们还是看得有来有去。哈！

这部韩剧让我想到潘瑞婷--我们同学中唯一读上Harvard MBA School。很想问一问她，哈佛真的是这样轻松的吗？有这么多的时间作义工、沟女、去医院、？？？

韩剧里的女生，还真的是很漂亮！！

Honey's 33th Birthday!:)

Yesterday was my honey's 33th birthday. We actually celebrated on Saturday, I belanja him to eat Italian steak (yes, for once, take cheena food out of our mind). Purposely booked a quite high-class restaurant, to avoid those cipet cheena ah pek talking loudly next to us, or smoking those cheap cigaratte next to us. Turns out, is American sitting next to us, behind us, and right across us. So, it turns out that we are right -- those irratating cheena cipet uncle could not afford this kinda meal. MUAHAHAH!!!! Great!!!!!!!! (gone hay wire again whenever mention about cipet cheena ah pek, and mind u, I have my OWN set of meaning about cipet, so don't simply accuse me for being rude! How rude I am also not as bad as those cipet uncle.)


my honey ordered a T-bone steak. :) yum yum

Then yesterday afternoon, I arranged a courier boy to pick up a cake I ordered from my favorite cake house over here, to send to our house. hehehe.. J was quite surprised to see the cake. He acted like a small kid, happily waiting for me to put up the candle (is abit lao tu about the candle... really cheena feel eh).


He made 3 wishes after I sing the Happy BD song, and blow out the candle:)


By the way, they (cake house) can't even spell "honey"... I really wanted to cry when I see this message on the cake.... aiyoh-eh... "honey" is not a common word in china??? sigh...

Anyway, the cake was really great taste:) We both love it.

I wish my honey everyday also very happy, healthy, and wealthy. hahahaa....:P Happy Birthday!!! CHEERS~~~:)


(by the way, do you guys know that J had never had a chance to view my blog because china server does not allow any blogspot access? So, he can never guess what I complaint, compliment, happy about, mad about on the blog. hahahaha...)

OMG!

Recently, I realized I am "localized" in some way. I tell you why I feel so.

In my handbag, I have:
- wallet, of course.
- handphone
- housekey
- subway card
- tissue
- lunch box (due to hot weather now, I brought lunch just like most shanghainese to work to avoid going out in the afternoon).
- newspaper
- a 扇子 that I buy from the downstairs old popo stall, to keep me cool air when I am walking under such weather.

Can you notice a few si-nai stuff that only cheena people will carry?? especially the lunch box and 扇子!!

Back in Malaysia, my handbag, I have:
- some bank statement that i need to settle,
- wallet, handphone (of course)
- CD (lend to people, or copy some photos from the camera and burnt into CD to bring home)
- lipstick
- name card
- car key
- mostly forgot to bring tissue
- no housekey, it is in the car
- and definitely no 扇子!!

Oh my God.. I must remind myself I cannot be like that. I CANNOT BE LIKE THAT!!!

WHolly sh*T!

Another Great Movie!

Jay and I watched a DVD last night, "Original Sin", by Angelina Jolie and Antonio Andaras.

"This is not a love story, but it is a story about love".

This is the begining phrase of the movie, and also the most meaningful phrase in the whole movie. Yes, this movie is indeed about a story about love, but not a love story, coz there are people dying in the story, some 叫妓 scene, and also not very comfortable scene (when they were caught cheating on the card game, Angelina actually sacrificed a lot, sigh). So, it is definitely not a romantic love story, but it is really a story about love.

THe fact that Antonio Andaras in the movie is willing to drink up the poisonous coffee even though he knows it is poisonous touched me so much~~, at the end, I paid a price too, I can't sleep after we finished watching the show at 12.30am. Kept on thinking how great is love...

Sigh... Love is great, love is painful, love is about sacrifice, and love is sometimes "cheating" too.. haha..

Oh by the way, I don't find Angelina Jolie pretty anymore.. she looked a bit chan in the movie.. not as great as Tomb Raider time.

But her body is still great!! Got a bit of nude scene in the movie ;)

Great movie pals... worth a watch. It is not about love story. It is a story about Love!

重见天日

脚指头的水泡今天终于开始消了，整整折磨了我4天。每天还被逼在办公室里换上人字拖鞋，让它透透风，希望它好得快。晚上睡觉也不敢乱翻身，因为一调整位置就会弄疼脚指，还得不时地提醒老公，叫他翻身的时候不要把他的脚塔在我的脚上。这3天正的还过得蛮痛苦的。

所以，真的，以后上班还是穿一些比较踏实的鞋子。华丽、诱人、可爱的高跟鞋，I will miss you... but I can't wear you to work anymore.

好戏！

最近在电视节目里看了一套好戏--- 千里走单骑，导演是张艺谋。

我看了感动得流泪。父亲对儿子的爱，儿子对父亲的原谅，就在这一套有着日本人的对话及中国人的对话中的影片中展现无疑。

愿天下的父子都可以时常对着对方讲“我爱你”，而不是等到一切都太迟才来弥补。

High Heel Shoes

I used to wear high heel shoes to work in KL, since the first day I started my working life. I totally have no problem wearing high heel shoes when I was driving to work.

But I have never imagined it would be a problem for me wearing the high heel shoes walking for more than 5 minutes, on the road, at shanghai.

Today, I 不信邪, ngeh ngeh wear a new high heel shoes I bought 2 months ago over here, after glancing at the sky and told myself, "nah, it ain't gonna rain today, good weather for high heel shoes."

Just 5 minutes wearing it walking towards the subway station, I realized it was a BIG mistake. My left leg, the smallest toe, is 反抗！起水疱了！

Aih... 真不争气！

I do miss the time in KL, where I can wear high heel shoes driving to work.

This pair of shoes, will be kept in the closet until another next good weather day where I don't have to do constant walking for more than 5 minutes.

I do miss my high-heel-shoes-days.

青藏

昨天买了最新一期的中国国家地理杂志(China National Geographic)，里面有无数的青藏内容（配合最近新开的西藏铁路吧），无数美丽的照片，无数的介绍，无数的青藏地图。

弄得我心痒痒。

好，我会尽量把身子弄得强壮一点，准备我的西藏旅程！今年可能不能，明年吧！

听说贵宾车厢（还没有通行）是美金1000元一晚... ！!@#$!@

算了，普通车厢也已够好的了，有氧气设备（如果我缺氧，至少不会马上死）。

有谁知道什么时间去青藏是最好的呢？

Cipet Zhuag Day!!!

Fug, what kinda place is this? summer so cipet zhuag, winter so cipet cold.

Guess perhaps this is how God punish the cipet people here.

thinking about this make me feel better though...

CIPET!!!!!!!

也就500克！

今天心血来潮想在ebay买一个东西。看中一个DIOR包包，发了一个邮件问卖家，那个包包在不放任何东西的时候有多重。（有一些包包，不放任何东西的时候已经很重的！）

复件回来了，“也就500克！”

不能明白，这一些‘人’可以不可以就文明一点？连发邮件也这么粗鲁。唉哉！就不可以只是回答：“500克。”? Without using the "!" , can or not? Can don't shout in the email or not? Nice ah always shout shout like that, on the street, at public transport, and now on email??

I tried to access seller outside of China, dunno why cannot get through.

Sigh.

连这一点的乐趣也要剥夺我。

今天全天有一点很灰的感觉。

Long Hair broomer stinky cipet woman

This morning, as usual, the subway was quite packed.

At the second stop after my house, there is this woman, LONG hair til the waist, never 扎头发， and was standing beside me.

I mind u, it is a very hot day in shanghai today, and the AC in the subway did not help much.

This woman, standing beside me, use her hair to touch my skin all the time, makes me sweat like a pig in the subway!!! KNN!!!!!!!!!

I really cannot tahan her, I pushed her away at the 4th stop, pretending I want to leave the train, and changed the position.

She got no brain??? At this weather, leave her long hair out like that, and brush people's body and hands and make people sweat!!!!! KNN!!!!!!!!

And it stinks too, her hair. Outside seems very clean, but it stinks big time.



Today, I met a no brainer, long hair broomer stinky cipet SH woman that makes me sweat like a pig in subway.

what a fucking good start for today.

现实？朋友？

我们公司最近有一位同事生病了。本来是怀疑心肌炎，现在又说不是，有可能是急性肝炎。

大家都为她担心。

昨天，一个同事，平时看来跟她交往不浅，又时常一起去按摩、吃午餐、讲废话、等等，突然冒出她对此事的第一句话：“糟糕，平时我们这几个时常和她吃午餐的，会不会被她传染的？”

这句话，看似有道理。但是，很难相信是出至一个跟她很熟悉的一个同事。

不禁让我感慨，这城市的同事，还是蛮现实的。
　

往西藏去

听所7月1日开往西藏的火车就可以通行了。有一点心动。他们称之为“开往世界屋脊的列车”。站点有西宁（青海湖，有最大咸水湖之称，海拔3260米。每到7月，湖中鸟岛汇集着数十万只候鸟）、格尔木（戈壁新城，查尔汗盐湖--全国最大的盐湖）、昆仑山口、唐古拉山（有“一天四季”之称，u go figure out what this means)、拉萨（布达拉宫--世界上海最高的宫殿）。

很想去一趟。不懂我的 bui bui 有没有空呢？；）

废材，呸呸呸

最近朋友告诉我，一个曾经我认为很重要的人（现在？呸呸呸！），现在有一个女朋友，年龄和他相差6-7岁吧, 刚从学校毕业的那种，（该死的他，竟然去骗小妹妹,真卑鄙·）她不会跟任何人沟通，有外人在的时候，只会跟他讲话，把旁人都当透明，一点也不会打交道。我听了很心凉，他这种人，爱上这种女子，也是一种报应。哈哈！活该！他这么爱脸，又爱跟人家假惺惺的打交道，有这样的女朋友，肯定有一点痛苦，铁不是他的“完整情人”，活该，活该，抵死！

突然很庆幸没有跟这样的人在一起，他真的是一个自私自利的臭男人！早知那时，让他死在医院算了，还帮他叫什么护士来抢救，呸呸呸！也不知道那时吃了什么降头，竟然盲目地喜欢上这个又矮，又秃头，又肥，又不靓仔的他。

现在还继续讨厌他并不是因为还爱恋他，而是真的找不到借口原谅这样的一种废材。他那时荒废了我整一年半的正常生活与思想，还让我一度怀疑我是不是真的是一个很差的女子。死八公，找死！

还是要骂多几句结尾：废材，呸呸呸！

Graph, Spreadsheet, Comparison...

Recently, this ball was passed to me. I don't mind doing graphs and spreadsheet because my "shorcut" keys and knowledge abt excel is still quite good.

But the more I dig in, the more I am confused, "is this what they want to see?" "they know about this or not?" "this is so obvious, perhaps they don't want to see this?", etc etc.

And I just realized as I am busying doing the comparisons, finding causal relationship, comparing history, target, forecast, the information is just overloaded. And since I am only here since this year Jan, the 2005 data, I have to ask a lot of questions to get the source.

Help~~~

地铁站里的广告

有序乘车，做可爱的上海人。

文明用厕
文明行路
文明乘车
文明游园

先下后上，文明乘车

先DOWN后UP，文明乘车



“文明”& “有序”seems to be the main theme.

午饭

和一个蛮谈得来的同事吃午餐。在等菜的时候：

望着窗外的“热热”的风景，再望望我的被折断，但已被修好的鞋跟，我叹了一口气，“我很不能适应这城市的生活，觉得好苦，很想回家..."

我原以为她会大大的痛骂我一顿（她有时候会教训我的），没有想到，她竟然附和我的想法，说：“是呀！上海这个城市，在我们中国，其实口碑很差的。”

我一下听傻了。。。还没有回过神来，她继续说：“外人看来这城市是很好，真正在这儿生活过了，你就知道不简单，什么都要钱，日子也不是那么的富裕，可是每一个人又那么的爱充面子，很累人的。”

她是四川人，可是在上海很多年了，读书时就在上海。

后来，她跟我讲起了她刚来上海的苦日子，我听得目瞪口呆。她也说的眼睛红红的，很激动。

我听后，只能说我真的很佩服这位小女生。她的日子，刚来上海的时候，还真是够苦的了。还要看人眼色。真不好过。

她说，她的工资，同等数目如果是在成都用，绰绰有余，很松动。不象在上海，很难有很高的积储。

我想记录这一段，不是因为我想突出的讲上海有多烂，而是要讲，她的能耐精神很令我佩服。让我想到，痛苦的过程，成果还是会甜的。

她现在生活的还不赖，有收入，又有一个很好职业的老公。所以我听后，就安慰她说，以前的事忘了它吧，不值得记的，就不要去记它。

他妈的

今天，天气还是很热，我穿了一件可爱的小背心，配上一对时髦的小高跟鞋，上班去了。

走在路上，突然，鞋子被路缝(this city is full of these lousy holes) 给夹到了！其中的一个跟给弄坏了！！！

真讨厌，我给气坏了。

我真的真的很讨厌这个烂城市 @#$%!!!!

很郁闷！

黄梅天

中国的夏天，真的很热~~~
我今天真的是热得有一点昏昏...
讨厌的黄梅天，要命！

我很爱她，求你把她让给我吧！

最近在看“巴黎恋人”。昨晚看到有一段我很激动，直骂为什么那个修赫这样窝囊，竟然跟他的舅舅启柱要一个女人。他哀求他舅舅离开那个姜台琳，把她让给他，原因是，他很爱她。我很生气，直对那个电视狂骂，“你这个窝囊的男人，好意思的！！”

不能理解为什么有一些男人真的把女人当成是一种货，可以让来让去，一点也不尊重那一个女人，太可恶了。

爱，是可以让的吗？

注1：骂玩了，还是很激动，害我昨晚不能马上入睡，睡得不好（巴黎恋人是10点半到12点，看完就是睡觉时间了）。

注2：偷偷地在网上查看了这一部剧的结局，更加的愤怒。为什么酱的？？哎哟~



他，朴新阳，饰演韩启柱，我的新的单眼皮梦中情人，哈！

..

I thought KL air is fairly polluted already.

But wait until you come to SH and BJ, you will then only know what's the meaning of "polluted air".

Visibility is very low today, and my colleagues told me it is normal.

I think staying here too long will really diminish our life-span. I will make sure we really leave this country in another 1.5 years.

红烧肉记

煮过几次红烧肉，都很硬。很郁闷，但不甘心。昨天决定再来一次。

这一次，我左想右想，决定向妈妈请教。在公司打了一个电话给妈妈。

我：“妈，我的红烧肉上几次都失败了，硬得像一块砖似的，我什么地方出错了？”
妈：“你有把肥肉一起放进去煮吗？”
我：“有”
妈：“你有阉一下肉吗？”
我：“有”
妈：“你焖了多久？”
我：“很久啊，半小时”
妈：“什么？不够的。起码要1个半小时啊！难怪不够软咯”

我才恍然大悟，原来是这个原因啊。

6点下班，我匆匆忙忙的回家，皮包一丢在沙发，就开始焖肉了。焖个1小时15分（老公不耐烦地吵着要吃饭，不然可以焖更久一些，味道会更好），肉果然很嫩。味道很好呢！哈哈！

终于成功了。老公吃得起劲，还不忘说：“谢谢你老婆”。

饭后，发了一个短信给妈妈，说成功了。半小时后，妈妈回短信，说：“很好，下一回别忘了煮给我尝一尝。”

哈哈~~

Counting blessings

Lately, I was doing some thinking while I was waiting for the transport coming to work, and also during delay hours in the airport. I realized instead of writing the bitching stuff in my blog, I should write something positive, at least for today (ha!).

So, I started counting my blessings:
1- I got my honey, who is caring and understanding and always supporting me. When some idiot made me cry, he asked to see the manager to demand apology (this was actually a small incident happened in muar, last year. haha).
2- I got a job in shanghai, some more is a not so busy job, so I can blog daily at work.
3- I don't mind travelling, therefore, I don't feel my job is a burden (i need to travel occationally).
4- I got a camera to capture pictures in each trip and each memorable moment.
5- I am not afraid of sleeping alone in hotel.
6- I don't mind eating breakfast alone in the hotel.
7- I just realized I am quite a not bad photographer. Some people, can't even take a square picture without having the buildings and road looked like loop-sided.
8- I can speak both mandarin and cantonese. cukup makan for me in china already.
9- I can speak English, cukup makan for me outside of china, except in Hague and in Paris. Haha~
10- I don't mind cooking Monday to Thursday. In fact, I enjoy cooking, especially when I see my honey finishing the meal happily everytime.
11- I don't mind going to market to buy vege and fruits.
12- I like drinking honey, and I can get all sorts of flavor in China. yum yum.
13- I have some good friends in some part of the world. Cool.
14- I can get cheap kang kong in china. A big bunch, only cost less than RMB2.
15- I still have my sambal sauce brought from Malaysia. Haha..

So, actually I have quite a lot of blessings already. I should feel contented & happy.

Hmm...

oh..
16- I just discovered 巴黎恋人 on TV every night, 2 episodes. This is the Korean movie, quite famous 2 years ago. Damn, I like that rich GD guy so much!!!! I just love Korean 单眼皮 guys. My honey last night got jealous when I said "Oh dear, he is so leng chai! I like him so much!". He replied, "he didn't even look a bit like me..." I was speechless. haha~

北京老胡同

从天坛出来，有一个阿伯，叫我们上他的三轮车，他说只要60元，他就带我们去看老北京的老胡同。我们想一想也好，就上去了。他真得很了解上海，每到一个胡同，他都跟我们讲解这个胡同的故事，很有历史。他说他本身就是个老老北京人。（比如说，八大胡同，以前是妓女聚居的地方。）


这是一个青楼（以前的妓院）。现在也不开放给人参观。我是在一个小门缝里把相机硬硬挤进去拍的。嘻嘻。










以前的四合院。想像着以前一个大家户在里面热闹的场面。















纪晓岗的故居（清朝的一个清官）。












梁上那两个圆柱，意味着这户人家以前是当官的。hmm...















另一家四合院。很有气派。


胡同的一景。（胡同里都是小巷，住着很多户人家，但都不是很富裕的人家。家里面都是暗暗的，小小、堆着很多东西）


胡同里的家户，里面都没有抽水马桶的。所以每一个胡同里，都有1-2个公共厕所。外面看还蛮干净。


这整条街，都是卖字画、艺术品、木头家具、以及一些雕刻的东西。很有文化艺术的气息的一条街。好喜欢。


胡同里的中国邮政局。蛮有另一番风味。看那建筑物？


长宫饭店，京中的老客栈。听说纪晓岗在这里会过将相。小凤仙也在这里住过。他们说她是“名妓”，不懂是不是真的。。。


热闹吧？：）












京华客栈--以前是一个5星级酒店哦！
















狗不理。


具有历史价值的同仁堂，现为国家文化遗产名录之一。










游了胡同，很有感触。外边大马路的繁荣与先进，根本没有感染到小巷胡同里的朴实的生活。很强烈的对比。外边的世界是花花绿绿的。胡同里的生活却是朴实、不富裕、简单。

听说，再过几年，胡同的踪影会灭迹。都会被拆掉。很可惜。

天坛的长廊

我想特别的放一些长廊一些活动。有一点好像回到过去的感觉。


唱戏


戏说


地书（毛笔是沾水而写的，干了以后是看不到的，但写在铺满灰尘的地上，刹似像书法）


他们在玩太极球。看似容易，但是实在是不容易的一种运动。这运动是蛮好的，手眼、手脚协调、还要有一定的柔软度。


他们在打牌。


可是，在这长廊的旁边，竟然有这样的一个告示牌。我有一点诧异。我觉得禁止这一些的活动的话，太不人道了。很多老人已把这里当成他们的一个日常活动社群了。

长廊的世界，是北京老人的世界。孤单的他们在里面找到乐趣及知音的朋友。这不愧是他们很好的打发时间的一个地方。

Day 3: 天坛、老胡同

第三天，我们的行程编得松一点。9点多，打车去天坛。天坛，是皇帝每一年都去拜拜的地方。


我们耗了1个小时，才在天坛公园里面找到“神乐署”，好难找，有殿和殿之间隔得好远，指示牌也缺乏。我们在想，他们是不是故意冷落这一块殿呢？难道音乐对文化遗产的重要性是不大的？


这叫“古稀门”。意思是只有年过70的皇帝才可以走的门（以减少步行路程）。但是事实上只有乾隆皇帝出如过此门而已，因为清代各帝均无高寿。唉哉。



这是天坛公园里的长廊。很长，很多老人在里面唱戏、写地书、踢毽子、下棋、打牌、打太极球打法时间。他们很悠哉闲哉，好快乐的感觉。

（待续）