Monday, September 17, 2007

西安之旅

去了一趟西安,对中国历史了解得更深刻。我这才知道,秦朝过后是汉朝,然后是唐朝。



走游了:

Day 1: 东线一日游

印象最深刻的是:蒋介石被抓时藏身的洞穴(骊山),了解了西安事变的整个过程,还有为什么后来他要软禁张学良,it all makes sense now!


然后就去了秦始皇陵。了解了这个在位短短几十年的暴王/君主,过的是什么怕死的生活。其实我想他后来应该也不怕死,这么多宝藏和妃子、骏马跟他一起陪葬。他的陵墓,至今也没有被挖掘,因为探测仪探测到下面水银、机关重重,至今还没有technology可以破解(这个市导游说的,I doubt so).



先拜始皇后拜兵 -- 之后就到兵马俑参观。真是一幅令人观为叹止的场面。秦始皇真的很怕寂寞... 我很佩服做兵马俑的师傅,手工真的很厉害,连胡子、头发、鞋底的纹路,都刻得清清楚楚。 在这里,据说每个佣的脸部表情、样子都是不一样的,每个展馆、每个佣、每件兵器、甚至那些佣的每个姿势都有着属于自己的故事和历史痕迹。Oh by the way, 秦俑好像都有留胡子的。这点很man. 哈哈。

我还在那里买了一本书,因为当时兵马俑的发现人杨培彦也在场,让他给签了一个名。呵呵。你们知道他当时挖出来的4件兵马俑,博物馆给了他多少钱吗?10 元4件!有一点剥削哦~


过后去了华清池。你们知道为什么杨贵妃那么爱泡浴吗?she can spend whole day bathing! 因为她有狐臭。但是有趣的事,唐太宗有鼻炎,其实他是嗅不到的。哈!真有趣。
我们晚上还到了回明街吃小吃。很多muslim, wear tudong some more. 小吃很便宜,都是1元卖的。酸梅汤、凉粉、镜糕、馅饼、饺子,都很不错哦。没有想到西安里还有这么一条街。很有“味道”。

Day 2: 西线一日游


咸阳,看汉朝的3千彩绘兵马俑。很特别哦,跟秦朝的兵马俑很不一样。这个的颜色还有,而且样子很斯文,都没有穿甲衣的。

茂陵-里面有很多座墓 - 有汉武帝陵、他最爱的李夫人,霍去病陵墓,卫青。有趣的是,还有一个风水先生的陵墓也在里面,而且,他敢敢死把最好的灵位(风水)留给自己,第二好的才留给汉武帝。真是莫名其妙的人。里面有一个马踏匈奴石雕,很有意思。
这一些土丘,都是某人的陵墓。


然后来到一条人造的村子(反应武则天那时的时代),我也忘了是什么村子,因为不是很interesting,随便看了一下就走了。有意思的事,陕西10大怪清楚地在这村里描述了。:)


说起“裤带面”,真得很好吃哦,宽得像根裤带,类似我们的板面。还有另一种面,叫biang biang 面。那个字,康熙字典有的,但是现代的字典都没有,笔划很多,很难写的。我拍了一张这个字的照片。来源是当时围在一起吃饭的所有人的姓。很有趣。哈哈。


午餐后,我们到了唐高宗和武则天的乾陵。走在司马道上,两旁由南向北有华表、石马、鸵鸟、石人等,显示着一派帝王陵墓的雄伟壮观的气势。石人塑着十二对翁仲。“翁仲”,原是秦代一猛将,叫阮翁仲,身长13尺,异于常人。始皇帝曾命他出征匈奴,死后,立铜像于咸阳宫司马门外,后人就称铜像或石像为“翁仲”。武则天希望自已有像翁仲一样忠诚的卫土,故立之。这十二对翁仲面目表情各不相同。体现唐人碉刻艺术水平。所谓鸵鸟,唐人叫朱雀。石马大都被破坏掉了,就是文革期间,破四旧给打砸抢造成的。想想那个混乱的年代,多少文物被破坏,不禁有些伤感。




“无字碑” - “无字碑”上当初为何“一字不铭”?后人对此猜测甚多,概括起来有三种说法:一是说武则天留有遗言:“己之功过,留待后人评说”,因而一字不铭;二是说武则天“德高望重,无法可书,留后人评”,因而一字不铭;三是说武则天死后,唐中宗李显难定其称谓(如褒扬武则天,刻上“大周天册金轮圣神皇帝”,作为李唐子孙感情上不情愿;如贬斥其刻上“则天大圣皇后”,而武则天又明明做过16年的“大周”皇帝),左右为难,干脆“一字不铭”。 This is so interesting.



陪葬的六十一蕃臣,左右个六十一个,体现了大唐强盛的国力。唐高宗驾崩后,各国首领前来参加葬礼,武则天命人将他们的形象永久地定格成这一尊尊雕像,分立在司马道两侧。可惜现在蕃臣们的头颅已被悉数削去,只能通过背后刻着的名字辨认他们的身份了。 至于为什么没有头,导游讲解的时候我分神了,没听见。。回来百度也没有找着。


这是乾陵的另一个方向拍的。叫双乳峰。像不像一个女人的双乳?:)Bui Bui 死要做这个咸涩动作,aiyoh-eh~ :p


我很庆幸我来到这个地方,真的增长不少历史的知识。

下一站-我们来到了唐朝永泰公主的陵墓,地下的。很深,很“凉快”,里面还有一些壁画,真的很“神奇”。我为了要尊重她的陵墓,就不在里面乱拍照,只在门口拍了一张留念。


永泰公主的死,至今是个谜。有人说是被武则天乱棍打死(因为她守不住她的婆婆武则天“养面首”的癖好),有人说是难产死的。如果想知道更多的,可以读这一篇文章

最后一站-法门寺。Er...里面有佛指真身舍利。





With this we end our 2 days Xi An trip:) This is a picture of 3 of us.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

mercury

Just come back from Xi An. It was a unique trip, believe it or not, I finally got a bit interested at China's history dated as back as Qin Dynasty. I was a "translator" to my friend in this trip, because her chinese level was pretty low. Hahaha... there was one incident I trying to explain to her the tomb of Qin's Emperor until now is not "digged out" because got 水银和重重机关。I turned to Bui Bui after several attempt to explained what is 水银 called in English, luckily bui bui knows it was called Mercury. Haha.. I was translating it as "light color poisonous liquid that is very heavy... u know... silver color one??" My fren gave me the blurrest expression she has ever got. HAHAHA..

Will upload photos later after I clear my MANY emails in inbox.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Moon Cake

We received mooncakes or mooncake vouchers from office (yes to all staff), agency, and suppliers lately.

All moon cake package share the same characteristics. BOX very big and very nice!!!!

This is we bought one. I love its strawberry flavour.

This is from Bui Bui's business partner, the traditional look, and in steel box:

This one from my another agent, looks like very cheena feel with all the butterflies and flowers and the English-feeling pink color. (what kinda mix is this?) Oh, the box very nice quality. Hard one. Paper bag also same set.

Then the most canggih one, from bui bui's office, to every staff. So nice. It is worth 288 per unit oh~ Box very big, very quality feel:

Open, inside is like that. Oh, the open-edge there, is magnetic some more!

Below the moon cake, is these 2 colorful boxes, they are cakes! wow...

I don't like mooncake without egg yolk inside. So, all those green bean flavor, dou-yong flavor and mut cha cha flavor, how huh? How to finish eating?

Time to call friends to come to our house for Moon Cake party liao! Hehehe..

(looking at the photos, then only realized the table is really in a mess!)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

chicken & duck talk

Last night going home, we in a cabbie.

(purple words are in Mandarin. Dirty green words are in Shanghainese language)

me, "pls bring me to abc road, near xxx mall"
Mr. Cabbie, "oh, use the elevated highway and exit at xyz road right?"
me, "yes use elevated highway, but exit at zzz road, to avoid the jam in xyz road."
Mr. Cabbie, "oh, ok. Can I turn out from here? It seems blocked."
me, "yes, make U-turn here. I also don't know what they renovating the road here."

My hubby looked at me with 0-0 eyes..
I said "what??"
Then he said (in cantonese) "why you duck talk and he chicken talk back to u?" (different languages)

Then I realized I totally can understand Mr. cabbie's shanghainese language oh!!! Yay!!! 6 months of persistence in watching shanghainese language tv series is really paying off!!! (the tv series, each day 1 hour, 8-9pm, the series speaks in shanghainese, but got chinese subtitle)

This means one of my 2007 personal goal is achieved - to be able to understand at least 80% of shanghainese language.

Happy ^_&

ok, now, one of my 2008 personal goal, is to be able to speak 30% shanghainese language daily. This is much much much more difficult... would I be able to do it? :

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Rest in Peace



Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71, Sept 6th. 5 days after my grandma passed away. Yes, my grandma passed away recently. Not very closed, but still shed some tears over this fact.

Speaking of Pavarotti, he is a well-known tenor. I love his songs. He divorced his first wife after he got really famous, and fall in love at his secretary. I really dispise this kinda man, but since he is Pavarotti, ok lah. Just kesian his first wife, after sun-sun fu-fu follow her hubby when he was not yet famous, and then after he got famous, divorced.

Lately also feel heartache of what Princess Diana goes through in her marriage life. Because of 10th year anniversary, Discovery Channel got show this documented film, of what Diana went through in her marriage life. The conclusion of the documented show is, she loves Prince Wales, but Wales got anotehr woman, and so she simply fall in love at other men.

Just feel sad. These famous & wealthy people, they either can't get true love, or they get many lovers.

Sometimes I think think, don't know will bui bui fall in love at other women if he become millionaire one day?? I know I won't change heart if I am millionaire, but will bui bui stay still?? u know lah, some women can seduce millionair guys easily one. Hey, am not judging Pavarotti's secretary or what-so-ever, just my own thought.

To men readers, can you promise you will love your current gf or wife forever, even when u one day turn into a millionaire and you have a young, sexy, beautiful and most probably more understanding (compared to your wife or gf) secretary? Think clearly before you answer... :)

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Such a happy day~~

I am very happy today, because I accomplished booking a trip!!!

Our first option was Huangshan, but this silly mountain, never expect its hotel renting out like pieces of hot cake even in non-peak season, ALL hotels are left with no more rooms. Feeling devastated (wasted my weekends checking out how to go up the mountain, by what means of transportation can fit 3 of our different schedule, and checking all the remarks make to the hotels up the hill - none of them looks good, and bloody expensive with 930 per night and with just 2 star standard (even though it stated it is 4 star), and some more got the guts to tell me they are all not available coz full already!!)

Tell u, turning down by bloody expensive but cheap looking hotel is quite dulan. More dulan when the receptionist there is LCLY attitude.

And, thought Ctrip can save me. dim-butt-ji, this bloody ctrip, make me fill in so much info, and the last page tells me, "sorry, ALL hotels are fully booked during the period you put in. Please try again with other dates." My flame was up til my nose already I tell u...

I might never have the mood for this bloody Huangshan in the future anymore. I am contented just looking at pictures on the travel magazines. HAHA..

So, we book another trip to another city (Shhh.... can't tell the city name here. Will show u photos later lah. Don't want to expose too many secrets over here). Compare here compare there. Trying to pursuade myself it is OK to just stay in 3 star hotel but at the end, I can't. I realized whenever I think of 3-star hotel, i think of dirty toilet, cockroach running, maybe got rats, or mosquitos... eeeeeeeeeeee... so at the end, booked a 4-star hotel. It had better be the real 4-star!

So, here I am, waiting for the trips to come:)

Hohohohohoho....

and.. it had better NOT be a raining day!

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Merdeka. Merdeka. Merdeka.

Tomorrow is MERDEKA day.

Hey, when is the next round of vote coming up? I have decided I want to exercise my "virgin" vote.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

@#$%!

I hate people who write confusing email.
Case A: You asked her 2 questions. But she answered with just 1 phrase "ok". What does it mean?? and both questions need more than just "ok" as answer ok...
Case B: She said she booked 600. Then you searched back her email last time, it clearly says 400. So, tiu or not? Need another round of email to clarify, and this kinda people, want to call her she always not on seat one, must email one. So busy everyday, don't know do what. Do waht??!!! Bloody....
Case C: She asked so many items delivery date, so many I tell you. Then on one email, she said she wants to cancel the item. WHICH BLOODY ITEM??? Can you be more specific or not??? You got brain or not??????

And, I cannot be bitchy at her, because, we need their bloody business!!!!!! KNNCB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hate stupid brainless person. Kill me... if not, just grant me the wish to say "tiu" to her... don't make me wag my tail like a dog in front of them. This kinda business, worth meh????

TIU NIA SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Loudest, Chou-lou-est!

I used to think Hokkien talk very loud and can be very chou-lou when they argue...

Wait til you hear Shanghainese women talk... they are the loudest, chou-lou-est creature on earth I tell you.

:-

Monday, August 27, 2007

SHE

I have a stupid assistant.

She loves to ask the same questions 3 time on different day. She doesn't like to use her brain. Coz if she did use her brain, that question can definitely be answered from other ways, instead of wasting my time to answer her!

She has bad English.

She can't do powerpoint, so, she can't help me at all on ALL the presentation material.

She can't do excel-spreadsheet. She no will to learn the fnc key. So, instead of using Summation Function key, she used each cell to "+" together. Oh, and she does not know or want to learn VLOOKUP function also, so 1 simple sales summary monthly report, she needs 3 days to do. Why? Because she has to manually pull out the figure from few different reports.

Can someone tell me why such person can keep her job in this BIG MNC company?????!!!!

p/s: the monthly sales report, I don't need to use hers one. Because I only need 5 minutes to have it done with all the formula! Sibeh dulan at her stupidity! Why I still ask her to do? Coz if not, what she gonna do with 9 hours a day??!! >_<

amazon in cn

Today, I am quite in pro-china mood. Yay~~~

My colleague told me about a chinese website, called 卓越网, can order books there and they deliver to you. After you receive the books, then only pay for it. Risk free!

I googled the 卓越网, apparently it is amazon.cn. Why is it not called Amazon in China I don't know. I only care that books ordered on this site, got discount (books in china is already cheap, some more got discount, and send to you some more. Why go bookstore??).

This month alone, I already spent 200 yuan on books. But actually, half of them are my mom's order. I really don't know how many books in total my mom possessed. In my house in KL, books in the house is more than money notes... she is really crazy about books~~~ sometimes she felt upset coz 3 of us were not as crazy about books as her. She felt she has no 知音.

Anyway, I think it is very efficient to buy stuff online in China, riskfree. What will be the risk if you don't have to pay money upfront?

p/s: By the way, my first order few weeks ago, one of the books got glue on the cover. I called the customer service and asked for exchange. The next day, they came with the new book. So efficient eh!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

A Happy Monday

Went out with Purple Mushroom yesterday, with her hubby, my hubby, and Eric. We had food in a Singaporean Restaurant, CrossRoad at the Parkson. It's Roti Phrata and Teh Tarik is quite nice. Yum Yum... oh anyway, Purple Mushroom had a surprise for me. She give me a Jennifer Lopez perfum as my belated birthday gift;) The smell is very nice - something fruity but yet not too strong. I wear to work already today. hehehe.. Thanks Purple Mushroom!



Then Bui Bui got an Ipod Shuffle for attending their sales kick off in U.S. His company is damn nice!! Where got company so dai-fong give ipod shuffle for all its staff attending the sales kick off? Wah Lao...

Bui Bui so nice, give it to me also. So, now I have Ipod MP4, and Ipod Shuffle. One more Ipod Nano then I will have the complete range. Muahaha... ok ok, too much;)

So, today, I listen to ipod shuffle on the way coming to work, and wear the new perfume to work. Good start on a Monday! ^_^

p/s: why I cover the ipod shuffle with a toothpick? Coz bui bui company's logo was printed on the cover. Wah... a door-gift to the staff also sibeh "branded" with company logo, his company really knows how to capture employee's loyalty sense. Good job! When can my company do the same? Grass on the other side is always greener meh?

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Guang Ming Yoghurt


I started falling in love at this yoghurt drink (from Guang Ming, a very famous but local brand) since last year. It started with less concentrated drink (more liquid like) and thus it was in bottle before, so you just open up and drink. But don't know for what reason, they changed into this packaging, where the liquid is more concentrated, and thus, you need a spoon to scoop it up to "drink" it.

I am fine with the concept of "drinking" this thing, as long as the taste is same. But I never realized asking for the spoon is so difficult from the convenient store! (I usually bought it from a convenient store downstairs my office, its name is Lawson)

When it first changed it's packaging, I didn't know it needed a spoon. Anyway, the Lawson lady gave me a straw. Yes, a bloody straw! How to "eat"???

Next few times, sometimes different lady gave it automatically when you paid for the stuff. Sometimes I still have to ask for.

This morning, drama occured:
After paying the yoghurt, she didn't give me anything. So, I asked her to give me the spoon for it. It's just a small plastic spoon, one time off kinda tool.

She looked at me, as if I am from Mars. Pointed me to get the straw just beside the cashier machine.

Tiu nia sing. I almost blurted out tiu nia sing. I tell her, I want a spoon! not a straw! I can't eat this yoghurt with the straw! (of course in mandarin, you don't expect these lowly educated people to speak in English of course).

She ignored me. Then being an experienced cheena-lang "dealer", I turned to another staff, I demanded a spoon. Finally. I have the spoon.

Went upstairs my office, still feeling extremely pissed. I looked at the packaging and searched for a customer service line. Didn't expect to find one, but, I found one. Very surprised. such local company got customer service meh?

I wanted to let go my anger. So I called the customer service line. A lady who numbered was 802 (yes, I now remembered every customer service number they gave me, if I not satisfied, I am gonna call again and complaint more), asnwered my call.

I told her, I want to give them a suggestion. Paste the bloody spoon to the yoghurt packaging!! Then I told her this morning incident. She apologized. I said I not happy now, how? I even gave her the suggestion to train the bloody Lawson ladies! She apologized again (see how robotic they are??).

After put down the phone, I realized there is another way. Next time, if the lawson lady refused to give me the spoon, I am gonna belanja her eat the yoghurt. Perhaps she never know that yoghurt needs a spoon to eat. Yes, this method is the best method to 淋 those stupid cashiers!

When can China cashier become like HK standard? Sigh.... stupid!!!!

Relationship Problem

最近弟弟给甩了。

打他手机,竟然是 voice mail. 气煞我也。浪费我的IDD.

But heard mom said she called him lately, still very sad.

有些人认为“女朋友”就是要当老婆的同一个人。 偏偏我的弟弟就是很认真的这一类人,他认真到以为结了婚那女的就不能不爱他了,急匆匆地跟我们说明年要结婚了。我那时候也是性子急,我跟他说:“鬼婆喔,你以为离婚不在她字典里吗?结了照样可以变质的。”

没有想到我的乌鸦嘴还这样灵的。还好还没有结,不过结了也没有什么大不了,离就离咯,离了婚的男人,更有“价值”。(我是这样想的)

只想跟我弟弟说:“女人嘛,你怕没有吗?等你PhD拿好了,扑都扑着来啦。查干眼泪,忘了她吧!也不是什么好东西啦,肤色跟我们又不同,思想肯定也有出入的。”

Hug Hug >_<

Friday, August 17, 2007

I love HK

Just got back from HK, and now blogging at office.

I LOVE HONG KONG!!!

If bui bui one day come home tell me he is relocated to HK, I will be laughing to pack my belongings and waving goodbye to Shanghai in just overnight.

Hong Kong is so efficient. Making payment at cashier, if they made u wait slightly longer (say, 2 min), they will apologize saying "sorry to make u wait a bit", or, "sorry to take some of your time". So good manner. And they very efficient. They don't do stupid things to waste your time. Unlike here. Make you wait LONG time, and then black face serving you.
And then if you tried already, you don't feel like buying, they don't have black face. Unlike here.

And when you walk out of the store after finished "looking", they use their sincere tone to wish you goodbye and wish to see you again. Although you don't know what their heart is thinking, maybe only the tone is sincere, but it makes you feel very comfortable. Unlike here, "欢迎光临” or "thank you for coming", sounds so fake, so so so fake. And face is without expression one. Aiyohyoh, sometimes I wish to go up to them and tell them "I didn't sleep with your BF, so, please don't give this kinda deadman face for me to see". Anyway, even if I say that to them, they probably return with an expressionless face-look again. They are so robotic.

Many many incidents make me fall in love at HK (this is not the first trip, but everytime I go HK, i feel like falling in love at it aagin and again).

I LOVE YOU, HONG KONG!

(facial products and cosmetics stuff are so cheap in HK... unlike here, bloody expensive, and black face service. YUCKS. I haven't bought any cosmetics stuff in SH yet. Thank God my job gave me the opportunity to travel out a bit so I can re-stock when depleted.)

Monday, August 13, 2007

世界每天都变化莫测。
有人发财发到不清不楚,有人被人陷害到走头无路而选择自尽。
唉哉?麻木?
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-_-

如果真如人家所说的,他是被朋友害死的,那害他的那个朋友,今天晚上睡得着吗?

Friday, August 10, 2007

VOGUE

One afternoon lunch, one of the colleague (let's address her as W) was talking about magazine.

W:"every month, i spent more than 100 yuan on magazine. I love to collect them, and I never throw them away. sometimes I re-read the old ones, I still find the information very useful. "

we:" wow... what magazine you read ah.."

W:"VOGUE, N' 25, bla bla bla."

(i only remember these 2, coz she highly recommended these 2).

So, yesterday, I passed by the magazine stall. I bought Vogue, August issue, for RMB 20.

niahmah, 20 yuan! add 6 yuan I can buy jimi's newest book already!!

Went home with the heavy magazine (yah, they just want to make you feel worth it, the book is damn heavy)

Read the magazine at 10.30pm. 11pm, finished the whole thick book. Angry, felt cheated, because there were practically no content inside besides fashion and cosmetics advertisement!!

Not even "relationship problem answering column ", not even "how to have great sex column", not even these kinda ba-gua column. It's all about Paris, Milan fashion show, new Clinique products BIG ad, etc.

So, with RMB 20, I bought a "lesson" or conclusion.

怎么样的人,就看怎么样的书。

W is damn shallow. Sorry girls if I offend you. But this kinda milan paris fashion show, doens't worth to collect in your 书橱 and doesn't need 1 month to finish reading it ok?!

I want my 20 yuan back~~~~~~~~~~~

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

decision making

Making decision is very painful, especially making the one that I am supposed to make now.

I miss those time when I was much younger, decision comes at no cost. There is no worry about "what if I make wrong decision?". At that age, any wrong decision can be reversible or mended.

At my age now however, decision comes in a risk. And thus, every decision has to be made with pros and cons weighted. And this is bad. Where got apple to apple comparison one. Sure one is apple, another is orange. So at the end, people will tell you, "you see what u want to eat today lah. Apple or orange?". I also know ah-ma is a female lah...

How leh.... How....................................

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

My new pet


I got a new "pet":) iPod Video!!

Bui Bui got it for my birthday present this year. Hehehe... he said black looks good, but I chose white instead;)

Now, I have a movie & music-on-the-go gadget! No more afraid flight delay. No more afraid bored in subway. No more afraid traffic jam on cabbie. No more afraid of delayed meeting. Yay!!!!!:)

I'm loving it~~~

p/s: took me a while figuring out how to manage this gadget. Must admit I am out-dated. Luckily, I am still smart. I solved the problem at the end. HAH!

p/s: not very user friendly though, apple product. Like the movie, u cannot fast forward or backward one. Or is it I don't know how to use??? If you know how to fast forward movie in it, please tell me~~~~
*edit* -- I managed to know how to fastforward or backword the movie. Yay! now my next challenge is to find a way to change its subtitle language and also audio... dunno can do or not leh??

p/s: I am so smart, I managed to download and know how to use a "converter" to convert DVD movie to ipod readable format. yay!!

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Karaoke

My fren old law, recent post is about he started going to clubbing lately. Those who know him, will find this news very "new", because, old law, is simply too decent for us to imagine going to clubbing shaking butt pointing to sky and listening to "fuck u fuck u" music.

Anyway, I also want to say something "new" about me.

For the past 2 weeks, we had been going to Karaoke for almost 4 hours per session on Saturday! Those who know me well, also should have problem picturing me singing in karaoke. I just simply don't like to sing in front of people.

That day, is the first time I hear bui bui sing a complete song, and also bui bui hear me sing a complete song. Haha!

I guess the company makes a big difference. We went with Eric, & purple mushroom, and last weekend, 1 more friend Cecilia. In front of them, I seem can relax and enjoy myself in karaoke room. hahahaha...

Anyway, most of us only know certain "age" song. Most recent songs, we all tak tau already. 张信哲,优客李林,林忆莲 is what we can sing comfortably. Hahahha... of course, Eric can sing any song. Suddenly he can be 张学友,suddenly he can be 周杰伦,or 阿牛... he can be anyone. Geng!

So, few "old" people, singing Karaoke in happy hour time (sibeh cheap I tell u...). And, we have fun:)

And, I get to know that bui bui can sing other than just "Isabella" oh;)

p/s 1: can you believe that Karaoke here, got "Isabella" in Malay language? Seriously!

p/s 2: Purple Mushroom, too frustrated having trouble to find 洗刷刷 song, she asked the waiter to key in for her. Finally, we know where to find this song! haha..

Thursday, August 02, 2007

sibeh wealthy parents

My regular job, includes flipping through all China parenting magazines, to understand the "industry movement". OK OK.. to be more exact, is to spy on competitor's movement.

I was shocked when I flipped through the page at kid's apparel recomended by the editor on one parenting magazine today.

There are pictures of kids wearing different brand's apparel. There's this brand, called Catimini, from Paris (after I googlged only I know.... never heard of this brand before). THere's a boy wearing its hat, T shirt, and pants. The color is plain, and design unfortunately is plain too. So my eyeballs move downward to look at its pricing. WTF?!! I almost pengsan!

- Hat 390 RMB
- T-shirt 430 RMB
- Pants 720 RMB

The boy is merely 6 years old.

Am I too outdated or what? I do understand child's clothing is more expensive than adults. but come on!!! Not this extent bah??

I guess this only proves one thing. Chinese parents are SIBEH wealthy!!!!!!

The most expensive apparel I bought in China (exclude winter jackets), is just RMB 400 per piece. Even that, I find it very expensive. Material also so-so only.

With that money, I can only buy a 6 years old boy's hat! MKH!