1. gross annual income of RM 100,000
2. sponsor myself and parent to visit my 3rd sister in Manchester
3. complete my long-overdue travel blog (doubtful resolution giving fact tat i have 3 more countries to write on and soon i will be traveling to another 2/3 countries)
4. complete reading 2 books per month (time to clear my mini bookstore)
5. achieving targets that i have set myself for my job(s) :)
6. saved up RM15,000 to be my reserved bank for the possible investments
7. constantly upgrade myself in order to have in dept understanding of financial related topic
8. learn a new skills, probably something useless but fun
9. maintain the routine of attending gym session at least 3 times a week.
10. still have at least RM20,000 in the bank after completing all the resolution above.
Big dreams to have, i know....
love
In terms of family wise, my family and I had gone through a very very difficult year. For the past 50 years, year 2007 is the most unsatisfied year that i have ever gone through, that's what i mum told me. I can fully understand the statement. God knows how many sleepless nights we all had gone through in the past year. I really have a good taste of mental exhaustion, and i vowed to do anything in order not to let my family go through all this thing once again.
i do understand many things are out of my control, but reflecting back, there are still things that are achievable and i have yet to accomplished. By adjusting it slowly, i am beginning to draw out time to spend it with my parent in quality. I can feel their joy whenever i drove them out, paid for the meal or even just buying a RM50 clothes for dad. I know it was the act, not the things that i have paid for make them happy.
The family is once again back into the routine, but somehow, somehow, after all the stormy nights, this routine family life tastes so sweet. And now, we have all grown up, and nobody can actually recall when was the last time all of us were gathered around, but deep down inside, we all know well, our bond is stronger than ever.
in year 2007, friendship has come into another meaning to me. i am meeting back friends that i have not met for years. I have left a good bunch of university buddies for good, and the good old mate welcome me as always. Thanks to internet and cheap air flight, there isn't much sadness involved during my departure, but at the same time i do question myself if i have actually met some good friends out there.
Adjustment was made to accustom myself to the once familiar way of hanging out. No more crazy shit party, replaced with football crazy feast. Less alcohol, more teh tarik. And damn, why do malaysian stay so widespread? why cant i just walked over to the town and have a jug of beer with my mate? From time to time, i still feel slight upset for having no one and no where nearby to have just a sip. You just know some friends are meant to do selected things with you only. Calling my best friend to Laundry would probably make 2 of us feel like donkey that accidentally walked into the market.
i missed being crazy, but i am grateful i am no longer being crazy. Feel sorry for those who failed to withdraw from it and take a greater look around the world, but i guess they are happy. I was happy. In fact, i could have been happier if i was being more crazy, though i might ended up not being who i am now.
relationship wise, things have definitely gone complicated. Certainly we have a path that will keep us apart (distant wise) for good few years. If there is a thing i am really not sure of, that would definitely be what lies ahead of us. But trust me dear, you are not the only one that feeling lonely. Even the lone ranger wish to have a person to hug on at nightfall.
i know i've been blessed with love. Thank you for all the love that you have given me.
i do understand many things are out of my control, but reflecting back, there are still things that are achievable and i have yet to accomplished. By adjusting it slowly, i am beginning to draw out time to spend it with my parent in quality. I can feel their joy whenever i drove them out, paid for the meal or even just buying a RM50 clothes for dad. I know it was the act, not the things that i have paid for make them happy.
The family is once again back into the routine, but somehow, somehow, after all the stormy nights, this routine family life tastes so sweet. And now, we have all grown up, and nobody can actually recall when was the last time all of us were gathered around, but deep down inside, we all know well, our bond is stronger than ever.
in year 2007, friendship has come into another meaning to me. i am meeting back friends that i have not met for years. I have left a good bunch of university buddies for good, and the good old mate welcome me as always. Thanks to internet and cheap air flight, there isn't much sadness involved during my departure, but at the same time i do question myself if i have actually met some good friends out there.
Adjustment was made to accustom myself to the once familiar way of hanging out. No more crazy shit party, replaced with football crazy feast. Less alcohol, more teh tarik. And damn, why do malaysian stay so widespread? why cant i just walked over to the town and have a jug of beer with my mate? From time to time, i still feel slight upset for having no one and no where nearby to have just a sip. You just know some friends are meant to do selected things with you only. Calling my best friend to Laundry would probably make 2 of us feel like donkey that accidentally walked into the market.
i missed being crazy, but i am grateful i am no longer being crazy. Feel sorry for those who failed to withdraw from it and take a greater look around the world, but i guess they are happy. I was happy. In fact, i could have been happier if i was being more crazy, though i might ended up not being who i am now.
relationship wise, things have definitely gone complicated. Certainly we have a path that will keep us apart (distant wise) for good few years. If there is a thing i am really not sure of, that would definitely be what lies ahead of us. But trust me dear, you are not the only one that feeling lonely. Even the lone ranger wish to have a person to hug on at nightfall.
i know i've been blessed with love. Thank you for all the love that you have given me.
Regret
few weeks back i suddenly recalled a good number of songs and movies that i have regretted not watching it. With a bit of luck and the advancement of china p2p and Emule portal, i managed to get hold of lots of old movies and songs that i thought i will never get to watch or hear it again.
few weeks later, i wasnt happy at all. I get what i am not suppose to be able to get hold of. I lost my regrets in life. funny idea, but really, what life really is if you dont have a slight regret over the past. I always think of the good old time in New Zealand. There's so much i've done there, at the same time, there's so much that i have not done. And it was all this undone regret that make me dream of New Zealand, and regarding it as the best time i had. i regret for not doing crazy things that i was offered to do, i regret for doing as little as one thing that i can label it as 'crazy'...all this imperfection make my 3 years life such an unforgettable experience
2007, just like any other year, flied by with most of the resolution undone. Of course there are things that i did much better than i expected, at the same time, many regrets happened that still haunting me at this very moment. What failed me before drive me towards what lies ahead...that's what i hope and what i aim for.
More...what's more than that...i did it...my way~~~
few weeks later, i wasnt happy at all. I get what i am not suppose to be able to get hold of. I lost my regrets in life. funny idea, but really, what life really is if you dont have a slight regret over the past. I always think of the good old time in New Zealand. There's so much i've done there, at the same time, there's so much that i have not done. And it was all this undone regret that make me dream of New Zealand, and regarding it as the best time i had. i regret for not doing crazy things that i was offered to do, i regret for doing as little as one thing that i can label it as 'crazy'...all this imperfection make my 3 years life such an unforgettable experience
2007, just like any other year, flied by with most of the resolution undone. Of course there are things that i did much better than i expected, at the same time, many regrets happened that still haunting me at this very moment. What failed me before drive me towards what lies ahead...that's what i hope and what i aim for.
More...what's more than that...i did it...my way~~~
Career
after coming back to malaysia, i have a surprisingly smooth path of career. Things just got so well that i actually got too carried away. I had some bumpy ride in between the year and being burnt for quite a bit. However, i was extremely grateful for the mistake that i had made. I was brought back to the earth, understanding that there is no haven to shelter me anymore. What i am today is what i did yesterday. coincidently, i will actually start from scratch on the 1th of jan. I gained nothing by experience in the past 6 months, but i know, these experiences worth more than anything i can imagine of.
at the age of 23, i have achieved many that most fresh graduate dare not to dream of. Maybe, just maybe, if you actually dare to dream, you will achieve it. So in year 2008, i have set my target, i have set my dream, have you?
at the age of 23, i have achieved many that most fresh graduate dare not to dream of. Maybe, just maybe, if you actually dare to dream, you will achieve it. So in year 2008, i have set my target, i have set my dream, have you?
looking back into the time
once again, we have arrived to the end of another year. Still remember how much hoo-ha newspapers have made during new year eve of year 1999, and with just a blink of an eye (or maybe not..) we are almost approaching another decade. Anyway, this is the time, and perhaps t he only time we recall and reflect on what we had done for the past 1 whole darn year. it's not exactly a bad thing to do i reckon, given the fact that most men don't ask for direction, so this is like a pit-stop for men to sit down, take a look at the map, and decide on where to go next.
2007, a very interesting year indeed for me. At the first half of the year, i was still questioning myself on what to do next. At the second half, I'm back to my motherland and with much blessing, i have found my reason to gung-ho and lived through the rather exciting months.
at the beginning of the year, i was constantly looking for opportunity while working as a cleaner. I failed to see where can i head to, hence i took a bet of using all the money i earned as cleaner to backpack around Australia in the hope of understanding myself better. i knew i was ready to head home, but i just cant find the reason to it. Melbourne was really an eye opening for me. I found myself lost track of time on the cross road of Swanston and Flinders Street,as i can no longer explained myself whether i am at 21th century or Victorian era.
If they just keep walking and never look up, then they must be local, one of the fellow backpacker told me that. Indeed, people are just too busy looking at the traffic in the hope that they can jay walk and save up their previous few second. Everyone seems so busy, but the times seems to be playing some tricks to the building around here, and i seems to be affected by the building. My mind was totally blown away by what i've seen here. The clock seems to have paused a few second for me. I turn 360 degree just to look around. Strange thought flowing into my mind. i stared dully to the traffic flow. Why am i here. Where do i belongs to. how do i end up here.
time to go home
2007, a very interesting year indeed for me. At the first half of the year, i was still questioning myself on what to do next. At the second half, I'm back to my motherland and with much blessing, i have found my reason to gung-ho and lived through the rather exciting months.
at the beginning of the year, i was constantly looking for opportunity while working as a cleaner. I failed to see where can i head to, hence i took a bet of using all the money i earned as cleaner to backpack around Australia in the hope of understanding myself better. i knew i was ready to head home, but i just cant find the reason to it. Melbourne was really an eye opening for me. I found myself lost track of time on the cross road of Swanston and Flinders Street,as i can no longer explained myself whether i am at 21th century or Victorian era.
If they just keep walking and never look up, then they must be local, one of the fellow backpacker told me that. Indeed, people are just too busy looking at the traffic in the hope that they can jay walk and save up their previous few second. Everyone seems so busy, but the times seems to be playing some tricks to the building around here, and i seems to be affected by the building. My mind was totally blown away by what i've seen here. The clock seems to have paused a few second for me. I turn 360 degree just to look around. Strange thought flowing into my mind. i stared dully to the traffic flow. Why am i here. Where do i belongs to. how do i end up here.
time to go home
c'est la vie
friday night. No appointment. No date. it is always a test of popularity whenever you are free and yet do not wish to stay home for this special night of the week.
Lay down on the bed, thinking who should i call and what should i do. No one. Nothing in mind. Realizing my mind will be overtaken by the lonesome sadness, decided to embrace it, feel it, and write it. it's unsurprisingly hard to go through the night. My mind non stop staring at the cellphone, hoping it will just rang and connects me to anybody,literally anybody. The highlight of the night was actually the Beep sound indicating a text message is received. The excitement was brought down to the deep valley when the sender was non other than Digi call center.
So screw my friends, why do it need one when i have internet access, i told myself. 20minutes later, dead bored with all the no-so-update blog. Wanted to read all the news but what the heck, nothing major is happening (well, major enough to attract my attention) and business news is still arguing whether it would be a good or bad year ahead.
So screw the webpage, i have virtue friends...frenster - no update from anyone. Perhaps everone is too busy updating facebook. MSN- 0 people online. WTF?! am i like the only ghost in the town that have no place to hang out?
fine...fine....i will just sleep through the night with Chet Baker's saxophone. tick...tick...tick...time flies....tick....tick...tick.....i cant sleep~~tick...tick...tick....how can nobody call me?? tick....tick...tick.....zzzZZZZZ
this morning when i woke up, i actually sit down and have a deep thought on the feeling that i experience last night. It was quite horrible, and this lonesome feeling really can drive people crazy.Then i start to relate on how often us, as human being afraid to be alone, with all the activities that we always anticipate to do on weekend; partying, mamaking, pat-toh-ing, movie watching, driving, flirting, gambling or even working. But by thinking this issue in the reverse way, would us feel lonely if friday night is not meant to be doing all those group activities? i think not
So, was i really pathetic that i have no place to go on friday night? i guess not, but somehow, sometime, admit it or not, we (okey, i shall use the word me) just enjoy being the hero of some tragedy drama. Just try n recall back how often you imagine yourself as the most lonely person in the world in which you really need to go to pub and sit on the bar counter and drink glass and glass of vodka? We are all influenced by things that we watch and listen to, and i actually can see the difference by comparing this group of friends that watch every single movie with a few guys that hardly touched the TV or even step into the cinema. It's pretty crazy come to know of it.....
Lay down on the bed, thinking who should i call and what should i do. No one. Nothing in mind. Realizing my mind will be overtaken by the lonesome sadness, decided to embrace it, feel it, and write it. it's unsurprisingly hard to go through the night. My mind non stop staring at the cellphone, hoping it will just rang and connects me to anybody,literally anybody. The highlight of the night was actually the Beep sound indicating a text message is received. The excitement was brought down to the deep valley when the sender was non other than Digi call center.
So screw my friends, why do it need one when i have internet access, i told myself. 20minutes later, dead bored with all the no-so-update blog. Wanted to read all the news but what the heck, nothing major is happening (well, major enough to attract my attention) and business news is still arguing whether it would be a good or bad year ahead.
So screw the webpage, i have virtue friends...frenster - no update from anyone. Perhaps everone is too busy updating facebook. MSN- 0 people online. WTF?! am i like the only ghost in the town that have no place to hang out?
fine...fine....i will just sleep through the night with Chet Baker's saxophone. tick...tick...tick...time flies....tick....tick...tick.....i cant sleep~~tick...tick...tick....how can nobody call me?? tick....tick...tick.....zzzZZZZZ
this morning when i woke up, i actually sit down and have a deep thought on the feeling that i experience last night. It was quite horrible, and this lonesome feeling really can drive people crazy.Then i start to relate on how often us, as human being afraid to be alone, with all the activities that we always anticipate to do on weekend; partying, mamaking, pat-toh-ing, movie watching, driving, flirting, gambling or even working. But by thinking this issue in the reverse way, would us feel lonely if friday night is not meant to be doing all those group activities? i think not
So, was i really pathetic that i have no place to go on friday night? i guess not, but somehow, sometime, admit it or not, we (okey, i shall use the word me) just enjoy being the hero of some tragedy drama. Just try n recall back how often you imagine yourself as the most lonely person in the world in which you really need to go to pub and sit on the bar counter and drink glass and glass of vodka? We are all influenced by things that we watch and listen to, and i actually can see the difference by comparing this group of friends that watch every single movie with a few guys that hardly touched the TV or even step into the cinema. It's pretty crazy come to know of it.....
Save me from myself
6.56pm, friday. At office doing paperwork. Just as i thought that i would be locked in the office for weekend if i dont quickly pack-up now, i realised there's a big group of workaholics selling their soul at the opposite department. And you might not believe it, i am actually doing something that is clocked, so in order to kill off the waiting time, i decided to clear away all the spiderweb n post up something new
before this, like most people, i dont understant why people willing to scarifice their personal time at the office. Surprise surprise, i dont understant it still, but somehow i have no problem, in fact, i enjoyed staying back at the office, and sort out all the paperwork that could potentially kill me if i choose to ignore it until end of the month. it is not exactly that quiet, thanks to that air-con pipeline on top of my head..also, usually i will play 1 song from youtube n non-stop playing it for hours. And yes, i am playing 'save me from myself' at the moment. How addictive this song is? callyn know it very well :)
i've successfully gone through the transition of changing from students to then jobless-but-feel-superb-bugger to now a white collar group. i just cant describe the change as it is a huge as an iceberg, but at the same time, it is as minor as tiny sand. I am still myself, behaving like what i use to, but at the same time, my life is some much different, i have become a cog of this big machinary call society. and it put it in more brutal form, like what Karl Marx would have describe it, i have become an item that willing sell myself at a negotiated price. i received what i perceived as a reasonable money, and the buyer, ie company get our 8 hours per day that potentially redefine and re-value the amount that they paid on me....
sorry for confusing you by throwing you capitalism theory, but like it or not, incentive, EPF, year end bonus..all this are actually derived from the menacing communism....ya, start with all your liberalism and bla bla bla....Marxism against capitalism, and i dont like capitalism (not until i become an invester), so yeah, i am a left-wing...shoot me
before this, like most people, i dont understant why people willing to scarifice their personal time at the office. Surprise surprise, i dont understant it still, but somehow i have no problem, in fact, i enjoyed staying back at the office, and sort out all the paperwork that could potentially kill me if i choose to ignore it until end of the month. it is not exactly that quiet, thanks to that air-con pipeline on top of my head..also, usually i will play 1 song from youtube n non-stop playing it for hours. And yes, i am playing 'save me from myself' at the moment. How addictive this song is? callyn know it very well :)
i've successfully gone through the transition of changing from students to then jobless-but-feel-superb-bugger to now a white collar group. i just cant describe the change as it is a huge as an iceberg, but at the same time, it is as minor as tiny sand. I am still myself, behaving like what i use to, but at the same time, my life is some much different, i have become a cog of this big machinary call society. and it put it in more brutal form, like what Karl Marx would have describe it, i have become an item that willing sell myself at a negotiated price. i received what i perceived as a reasonable money, and the buyer, ie company get our 8 hours per day that potentially redefine and re-value the amount that they paid on me....
sorry for confusing you by throwing you capitalism theory, but like it or not, incentive, EPF, year end bonus..all this are actually derived from the menacing communism....ya, start with all your liberalism and bla bla bla....Marxism against capitalism, and i dont like capitalism (not until i become an invester), so yeah, i am a left-wing...shoot me
RatatouEEEEEE
Sometime the truth can be quite ugly. Well, at least for this occasion
lately i have this small hypothesis that girl/women that age between 25 - 35 are far more attractive than teenage girl that age 18-22. i dont know how i come out with this so call hypothesis, its just the overall feeling that i felt lately.
Yesterday night when i went out with my brother in law to watch a football match, i saw this rather familiar looking girl sitting across my table. I wasn't quite sure who she is until i heard her unique voices as she was speaking to her friends. She was once labeled by me as among the 'refreshing items' that motivate me to attend school every weekday morning. I can actually still vaguely remembered how she smile with a dimple on her roundy right cheek.
6 years down the road, she seems to have gone through a lot of hardship. Her once sparkling eyes looks tired and dull. It's a bit rude for me to describe further, but she just gave me this overall feeling of tiredness. I actually thought that i have not seen her for 20 years or so, as she did looks like have grown older by 15 years
a MBA lecturer cheekily labeled girlfriend as liability, wife as an asset. liability is some sort of responsibility, whilst asset is something that you can keep it aside or even throw it around.
Be it a liability or even an asset, 18 years old is not a good indication :)
lately i have this small hypothesis that girl/women that age between 25 - 35 are far more attractive than teenage girl that age 18-22. i dont know how i come out with this so call hypothesis, its just the overall feeling that i felt lately.
Yesterday night when i went out with my brother in law to watch a football match, i saw this rather familiar looking girl sitting across my table. I wasn't quite sure who she is until i heard her unique voices as she was speaking to her friends. She was once labeled by me as among the 'refreshing items' that motivate me to attend school every weekday morning. I can actually still vaguely remembered how she smile with a dimple on her roundy right cheek.
6 years down the road, she seems to have gone through a lot of hardship. Her once sparkling eyes looks tired and dull. It's a bit rude for me to describe further, but she just gave me this overall feeling of tiredness. I actually thought that i have not seen her for 20 years or so, as she did looks like have grown older by 15 years
a MBA lecturer cheekily labeled girlfriend as liability, wife as an asset. liability is some sort of responsibility, whilst asset is something that you can keep it aside or even throw it around.
Be it a liability or even an asset, 18 years old is not a good indication :)
i hate to think for a title
2 days ago when i had the mood to write blog, the server was down for hours i believe. I cant remember what i want to write, but it gave me the excuse of ignoring the blog for another 2 weeks :)
so regret for not updating my travel diary when i was free, so much things to share and yet so little has been written.
so regret for not updating my travel diary when i was free, so much things to share and yet so little has been written.
Versatility
Had a sport game with unfamiliar colleague as well as my manager. I could barely last for 10 minutes of the game. They were playing for almost 1 n half hour while it took me 1 hour to recover from dizziness....
Being a nutritionist with a minor in sports nutrition, i know very well that we are suppose to drink about 300ml of water before you start to do exercise that will cause intensive perspiring. Then gradually drink the water throughout the game and if the game lasted more than an hour, then it is good to have some jelly bean to boost up your glucose level. THAT's the ideal way of doing. Once again, theory is always easier to remember than applying it.
Embarrassing enough, i felt dizzy,exhausted, weak n my trachea is informing me that he wish to return something back to my mouth. Having a little bit of sports nutrition knowledge, i know very well i had drank too much water at the wrong time. I went to my car and have a bit of mentos and thank goodness, i gradually recovered from there... Can you imagine i puke in front of all my new colleague on my very first day of sport outing with them?
Still.....after manage to prevent the food release from the top, they decided to come out from the bottom. So, i actually went to the toilet and produces some chocolate ball while my colleague were chasing another ball on the field.......
GOAL~~~~my colleagues shouted.
AHH~~~~i replied.
Being a nutritionist with a minor in sports nutrition, i know very well that we are suppose to drink about 300ml of water before you start to do exercise that will cause intensive perspiring. Then gradually drink the water throughout the game and if the game lasted more than an hour, then it is good to have some jelly bean to boost up your glucose level. THAT's the ideal way of doing. Once again, theory is always easier to remember than applying it.
Embarrassing enough, i felt dizzy,exhausted, weak n my trachea is informing me that he wish to return something back to my mouth. Having a little bit of sports nutrition knowledge, i know very well i had drank too much water at the wrong time. I went to my car and have a bit of mentos and thank goodness, i gradually recovered from there... Can you imagine i puke in front of all my new colleague on my very first day of sport outing with them?
Still.....after manage to prevent the food release from the top, they decided to come out from the bottom. So, i actually went to the toilet and produces some chocolate ball while my colleague were chasing another ball on the field.......
GOAL~~~~my colleagues shouted.
AHH~~~~i replied.
Stupidity
yesterday was the released date for the final episode of Harry Potter, many newspapers chose to display the craziness of the fans in Klang Valley on the front pages.
this phenomena reminded me or few years ago in which the publics were fighting to get the hello kitty doll from McD that one of the fast food chain had some kind of havoc/fighting occurred.
If you were among the crazy fan of hello kitty of that time, may i ask you, where did you keep your hello kity now? besides reminding you the hardship you have gone through to obtain IT, what else does the hello kitty mean to you now?
"because i want to be the first to own it", so what if you first to own it? "so that i can be the first to enjoy it", so what if you are the first to enjoy it? " so that will be the first one to know how wonderful it is to enjoy it"
Let's just not argue on wonder it is a wonderful feeling to own it or not first. my question is, does being the first one make the enjoying process different from the rest? does reading it first will make the ending of the story different from the rest?
yes, the first edition might actually have some market value in the future, but it is worthless if the first edition have like MILLIONS of copy. so what if it has a printed signature? it is still a carbon copy from the original transcript.
maybe its all our fault. we shouldnt believe in being first on everything is good. first in class is always good, winning the first prize in competition is great, so what's wrong being the first to get the toy or the book that we wanted so badly? kiasuism has brought decade of success to a nation, so why bother about the moral implication on the society? A poor nation have no right to talk about moral or discipline if the people cant even afford to buy a bread.
a conflict of interest in this issue you may call it. it is really back to the basic, the positioning of the nation will determine the rightness of the action. If the government wish to move the nation away from poverty, action that is taking may put social implication on the bottom of the priority list. Some said our former PM is the culprit of the current corruption problem, i can actually understand the reason behind it. Many country has gone through it, HK is a great example. However, a small incident inflicted a huge tsunami on their society,and governor took the opportunity to revolutionize the system. We know very well now they have one of the most 'clean' government sector.
ever since our 5th PM step up, many opportunity has arrived for us to inflict the changes. I would not dare to say that he has failed to seize the chance, but it is quite obvious that there is too many people look too highly of personal profit. They have failed to fulfill the sumpah they have sworn on, but the good news is, many of them provide heaps of entertainment to us.
As a leader, you dont have to apologize to girl when u said the wrong thing. Man, how i wish i can have this authority, then i wouldnt have to spend so much money on dolls whenever i said wrong word to my girl friend.
As a leader, if you were forced to admit your mistake, you can choose to FEEL sorry for those that being hurt by you, no apology is needed. I am trying so hard not to imagine how gruesome my face will look like if i only feel sorry to girl friend only.....
The best of all, you can said things like this "tell me which building doesnt leak in this world? what's the big deal?" Man, how i wish you will fulfill your promise of staying in that kampung after your combrat have failed to win the by-election. At least i don't have to see your funny wig anymore
where was i? oh ya, the book....i am sure year our nation's survey will show that malaysian read more than 1 book a year for the first time, since everyone suddenly love to read book so much. I was told by my teacher to read between the lines, but if there's nothing to look in between the lines, what should i read for?
canned food culture is exactly what i would call this. It give you exactly what you want at a convenient way in a reasonable price. Once it expired, you just have to throw it away and get another can.
A newspaper compared harry potter with Alice in Wonderland. He talked about how this fast moving world make harry potter is the far suitable books for the teenage group. He ended the article with an interesting comment. He asked, besides being trendy and satisfied you like a fast food, what did get out of it? obesity
obesity here clearly linking to the information overload that has no beneficial value in it. And still, burger is still regarded as the best food in the world. And in this case, obviously, Harry potter is the best book in the world
this phenomena reminded me or few years ago in which the publics were fighting to get the hello kitty doll from McD that one of the fast food chain had some kind of havoc/fighting occurred.
If you were among the crazy fan of hello kitty of that time, may i ask you, where did you keep your hello kity now? besides reminding you the hardship you have gone through to obtain IT, what else does the hello kitty mean to you now?
"because i want to be the first to own it", so what if you first to own it? "so that i can be the first to enjoy it", so what if you are the first to enjoy it? " so that will be the first one to know how wonderful it is to enjoy it"
Let's just not argue on wonder it is a wonderful feeling to own it or not first. my question is, does being the first one make the enjoying process different from the rest? does reading it first will make the ending of the story different from the rest?
yes, the first edition might actually have some market value in the future, but it is worthless if the first edition have like MILLIONS of copy. so what if it has a printed signature? it is still a carbon copy from the original transcript.
maybe its all our fault. we shouldnt believe in being first on everything is good. first in class is always good, winning the first prize in competition is great, so what's wrong being the first to get the toy or the book that we wanted so badly? kiasuism has brought decade of success to a nation, so why bother about the moral implication on the society? A poor nation have no right to talk about moral or discipline if the people cant even afford to buy a bread.
a conflict of interest in this issue you may call it. it is really back to the basic, the positioning of the nation will determine the rightness of the action. If the government wish to move the nation away from poverty, action that is taking may put social implication on the bottom of the priority list. Some said our former PM is the culprit of the current corruption problem, i can actually understand the reason behind it. Many country has gone through it, HK is a great example. However, a small incident inflicted a huge tsunami on their society,and governor took the opportunity to revolutionize the system. We know very well now they have one of the most 'clean' government sector.
ever since our 5th PM step up, many opportunity has arrived for us to inflict the changes. I would not dare to say that he has failed to seize the chance, but it is quite obvious that there is too many people look too highly of personal profit. They have failed to fulfill the sumpah they have sworn on, but the good news is, many of them provide heaps of entertainment to us.
As a leader, you dont have to apologize to girl when u said the wrong thing. Man, how i wish i can have this authority, then i wouldnt have to spend so much money on dolls whenever i said wrong word to my girl friend.
As a leader, if you were forced to admit your mistake, you can choose to FEEL sorry for those that being hurt by you, no apology is needed. I am trying so hard not to imagine how gruesome my face will look like if i only feel sorry to girl friend only.....
The best of all, you can said things like this "tell me which building doesnt leak in this world? what's the big deal?" Man, how i wish you will fulfill your promise of staying in that kampung after your combrat have failed to win the by-election. At least i don't have to see your funny wig anymore
where was i? oh ya, the book....i am sure year our nation's survey will show that malaysian read more than 1 book a year for the first time, since everyone suddenly love to read book so much. I was told by my teacher to read between the lines, but if there's nothing to look in between the lines, what should i read for?
canned food culture is exactly what i would call this. It give you exactly what you want at a convenient way in a reasonable price. Once it expired, you just have to throw it away and get another can.
A newspaper compared harry potter with Alice in Wonderland. He talked about how this fast moving world make harry potter is the far suitable books for the teenage group. He ended the article with an interesting comment. He asked, besides being trendy and satisfied you like a fast food, what did get out of it? obesity
obesity here clearly linking to the information overload that has no beneficial value in it. And still, burger is still regarded as the best food in the world. And in this case, obviously, Harry potter is the best book in the world
10 years
had a 10 years anniversary lunch with 10 of my best buddy plus their partner. It is surprised to know that we had bear with each other for 10 years. In fact, all of us are still keeping good contact with one another. Getting along with just 1 guy for 10 years is perhaps hard enough, but we actually can have 11 people united as one, you can imagine how much we cherish about this gathering....
it is definitely not easy to arrange a free time especially a number of us have a rather irregular working hours, but we did manage to come out a date (~ 3 months after initiating the idea) that all of us can make it.
We had fun, definitely. but perhaps, the reason we can meet up without missing anyone is because most of us are still in a care free stage....in fact, only 1 out of us have been working more than a year and already formed a family....so it would be interesting to see how it will looks like on my 15th anniversary dinner
i was away for 3 years before i came back to this land once again. And i was told that many of us hardly meet up since i was gone. Things have gone better once again when i got back. I am really greatful that i have become their meeting point. In fact, on my 2nd day of arriving, out of my surprise, all of them let go their work, came back from everywhere around klang valley, just to meet up with me in my house for merely 10min. We had our first photo in 4 years time on my 2nd day of arrival. I was touched, really touched.
Lunch is over, and so is the jovial gathering. but we all know, there are more laughters and tears are waiting for us to gone through together once again.....
it is definitely not easy to arrange a free time especially a number of us have a rather irregular working hours, but we did manage to come out a date (~ 3 months after initiating the idea) that all of us can make it.
We had fun, definitely. but perhaps, the reason we can meet up without missing anyone is because most of us are still in a care free stage....in fact, only 1 out of us have been working more than a year and already formed a family....so it would be interesting to see how it will looks like on my 15th anniversary dinner
i was away for 3 years before i came back to this land once again. And i was told that many of us hardly meet up since i was gone. Things have gone better once again when i got back. I am really greatful that i have become their meeting point. In fact, on my 2nd day of arriving, out of my surprise, all of them let go their work, came back from everywhere around klang valley, just to meet up with me in my house for merely 10min. We had our first photo in 4 years time on my 2nd day of arrival. I was touched, really touched.
Lunch is over, and so is the jovial gathering. but we all know, there are more laughters and tears are waiting for us to gone through together once again.....
So you think you can lead
According to Mr Robert Kiyosaki, we have been receiving only the 'poor dad's teaching' in which shaping us into a group of people that believed in core value that is supposedly wrong..
i've been believing this phrase with some reservation from the very beginning. No doubt our education system hasn't evolve much from olden british system, and at the same time our leaders ironically advice us to constantly update ourselves with the latest development. However, unless he can proved that all those geniuses/leaders that being produced by this system are all born special/hardworking/smart, he cannot said that we are believing in wrong believe.
Dont get me wrong though, it is much regret for myself also to realise how shallow my fellow friend's knowledge/understanding on financial planning. In fact, some friends that are finance major are already falling into a rather sorry state.....
so why do our parents still send kids to ballet classes, piano classes besides those BM, english tutorial classes instead of something more beneficial like social works, or maybe financial or safett awareness classes?
" its for their own good"
" so that they can have more option in future life"
"got side income in future"
all these replies are rather common to hear it from,but now, please do introduce me to a parent that will not go against their children that want to study performing art or music. If they dun believe in it as a career, so why force their children to learn it?
no wonder our leaders always do ironical stuff...its from their parent's believe......thou shall be forgiven......
i've been believing this phrase with some reservation from the very beginning. No doubt our education system hasn't evolve much from olden british system, and at the same time our leaders ironically advice us to constantly update ourselves with the latest development. However, unless he can proved that all those geniuses/leaders that being produced by this system are all born special/hardworking/smart, he cannot said that we are believing in wrong believe.
Dont get me wrong though, it is much regret for myself also to realise how shallow my fellow friend's knowledge/understanding on financial planning. In fact, some friends that are finance major are already falling into a rather sorry state.....
so why do our parents still send kids to ballet classes, piano classes besides those BM, english tutorial classes instead of something more beneficial like social works, or maybe financial or safett awareness classes?
" its for their own good"
" so that they can have more option in future life"
"got side income in future"
all these replies are rather common to hear it from,but now, please do introduce me to a parent that will not go against their children that want to study performing art or music. If they dun believe in it as a career, so why force their children to learn it?
no wonder our leaders always do ironical stuff...its from their parent's believe......thou shall be forgiven......
you who failed to prepare, prepare to fail....
still undergoing training in office. However, training that i am receiving is far more practical than usual. Most of the time it actually required me to take an action and work on it.
i really have to praise my training manager though. It is still hard to believe that i was actually given an embarrassing product, and then i will need to try and sell it to all my colleague. But the most interesting is, this game actually involve all the senior management team, and the higher the rank we approach, more points will be given to us.
life is interesting, interesting life it is......
i really have to praise my training manager though. It is still hard to believe that i was actually given an embarrassing product, and then i will need to try and sell it to all my colleague. But the most interesting is, this game actually involve all the senior management team, and the higher the rank we approach, more points will be given to us.
life is interesting, interesting life it is......
Morning Glory
I am exited every morning as i am another day closer to my self-set mission deadline
He is upset every morning he is another day closer to his final destination
She is grateful every morning as she has survived for another night
We are emotionless every morning as we are aimlessly live through another day
It yawns every morning as it is bored to see the human complaint for another day
Thank you for making us such an interesting creature.....
He is upset every morning he is another day closer to his final destination
She is grateful every morning as she has survived for another night
We are emotionless every morning as we are aimlessly live through another day
It yawns every morning as it is bored to see the human complaint for another day
Thank you for making us such an interesting creature.....
truly madly deeply
i believe all of us that living on our 20's are living in such a different world compare to all the uncle, ahem....brothers that have been around for more than 30 years. there's so many profession, careers that are distinctively different from our textbook definition of 'full time job' that allow us to choose..... 'the road less taken' seemingly expressed out our crave for breakthrough and success. Some succeeded and do many proud while others being laugh for not following the old wise man's word.
I've been working 3 weeks in a company that the textbook would define it as " a career that has job security". Life hasn't change much for me, as i am still under training. Although i am starting to have 'homework' but it is pretty much the same as my university life. i am actually quite keen to have the training over and done with, as i am really anticipated to experience the hard life in the so call 'real world'
there's a Chinese proverb that said: " if you choose not to enter the tiger's cave, you will never catch the cub". Philosophically, if you have not taken it up, how can you talk about letting it go?
there's so many of us worry this and that, avoiding this and that. " because working is scary" " i don't like politics" "study still the best".
i must admit i am fortunate to have the chance to see our life from another corner of the world. Even so, living oversea for 3 years is not as impacting as bagpacking alone for a month. there is so much to experience, so many people to learn from, and so many objects to interact with. I really want to take up everything with my own hand, and then slowly letting it go. I don't envy he that get to see the whole Europe, or driving a Mercedes. I wait for my turn to come, I wait for my turn to come.
I've been working 3 weeks in a company that the textbook would define it as " a career that has job security". Life hasn't change much for me, as i am still under training. Although i am starting to have 'homework' but it is pretty much the same as my university life. i am actually quite keen to have the training over and done with, as i am really anticipated to experience the hard life in the so call 'real world'
there's a Chinese proverb that said: " if you choose not to enter the tiger's cave, you will never catch the cub". Philosophically, if you have not taken it up, how can you talk about letting it go?
there's so many of us worry this and that, avoiding this and that. " because working is scary" " i don't like politics" "study still the best".
i must admit i am fortunate to have the chance to see our life from another corner of the world. Even so, living oversea for 3 years is not as impacting as bagpacking alone for a month. there is so much to experience, so many people to learn from, and so many objects to interact with. I really want to take up everything with my own hand, and then slowly letting it go. I don't envy he that get to see the whole Europe, or driving a Mercedes. I wait for my turn to come, I wait for my turn to come.
OMG
the title catch your eye doesnt it? anyway, i am just amazed n disbelief to realise that my blog has been visited by people (well, that's pretty much me myself, callyn n Jl i believe...) for 1001 times even though its like hardly being updated. i would love to find out who's the fellow that took the precious number 1,000 visitor away from me, as somehow it just felt like my son has just lost his virginity to someone that i would never know the name. But if think carefully, it sounds more logical to have my son (ie the blog) to lose his first time to stranger than losing it to me....okey, its kinda dodgy......
Anyway, i just realise, if i wish to categorize, i have actually 4 groups of friends that are not related to one another. There are people that are overlapping or know someone from the other group, but overall they are pretty much separated. the interesting part is, somehow each group of this people are entering the different phase level of life even though they were all same age. there's one group that they are pretty much still studying, 1 groups that are all working, another group of people that are still fresh into the society, and one more group which are pretty much forgotten how morning smells like without the alcohol breath....and all this differences are not seen within the group, so i am beginning to wonder, do the environment make us friends, or do the friends make the environment?
and my final question for myself is, which group do i belongs to? :)
Anyway, i just realise, if i wish to categorize, i have actually 4 groups of friends that are not related to one another. There are people that are overlapping or know someone from the other group, but overall they are pretty much separated. the interesting part is, somehow each group of this people are entering the different phase level of life even though they were all same age. there's one group that they are pretty much still studying, 1 groups that are all working, another group of people that are still fresh into the society, and one more group which are pretty much forgotten how morning smells like without the alcohol breath....and all this differences are not seen within the group, so i am beginning to wonder, do the environment make us friends, or do the friends make the environment?
and my final question for myself is, which group do i belongs to? :)
meeting people
lately i've been going around quite a bit, and i have also become acquaintance with a few. But, it is to my surprise that they always reply me with a shocking/excited/surprised/doubtful face when i told them that i am a nutritionist. You know, the reaction that your head go backwards by 2cm, the face elongated by 1cm,the distance between your eye brown and your eyes increase by 0.5cm, and the lips either become a small donuts or a big empty hole. so yeah, that's pretty much how people looks like when they asked what was i major in.
Usually sincerely, or insincerely people will ask me if i can help her/him become fit or how to become fit/slim/healthy or whatever it is. Then i will answer yeah, sure, no problem, do keep in touch with me and i will help you to answer your question. So at the moment i am not too sure what i am capable of as a nutritionist, but at the moment t benefits i found its that i have a topic that everyone can easily start a conversation with me, and knowing people are far less awkward , the people are just love to have my number n said that we should keep in touch (although i have yet to receive a call, but really, WHO will call?)
so at the moment i have question in my mind. Will talking about a nutrition will be a good pick up line in pub??is being popular among girls is the extra benefit of studying nutrition??
imagine this, i walk into a pub, saw a girl, n said this: "hi girl, you looks great today. But i am a nutritionist, i can make you looks better. But first, allow me to buy you a cocktail which will be much less fattening that what you are drinking" do you think i will up dancing with the girl or being poured water all over my clothes? i wonder......
Disclaimer: the last paragraph was purely fictional, i have absolutely no intention of hooking girls in pub. In fact, i have no intention of entering any club house in Malaysia, unless the smoking ban is valid here.
Usually sincerely, or insincerely people will ask me if i can help her/him become fit or how to become fit/slim/healthy or whatever it is. Then i will answer yeah, sure, no problem, do keep in touch with me and i will help you to answer your question. So at the moment i am not too sure what i am capable of as a nutritionist, but at the moment t benefits i found its that i have a topic that everyone can easily start a conversation with me, and knowing people are far less awkward , the people are just love to have my number n said that we should keep in touch (although i have yet to receive a call, but really, WHO will call?)
so at the moment i have question in my mind. Will talking about a nutrition will be a good pick up line in pub??is being popular among girls is the extra benefit of studying nutrition??
imagine this, i walk into a pub, saw a girl, n said this: "hi girl, you looks great today. But i am a nutritionist, i can make you looks better. But first, allow me to buy you a cocktail which will be much less fattening that what you are drinking" do you think i will up dancing with the girl or being poured water all over my clothes? i wonder......
Disclaimer: the last paragraph was purely fictional, i have absolutely no intention of hooking girls in pub. In fact, i have no intention of entering any club house in Malaysia, unless the smoking ban is valid here.
tired
i am tired. not physically. i am just tired for being too free. I am not exactly that free to tell the truth, but i do have enough free time to force myself to dig something out to do. i have not watch football for 3 years, so i can easily live without it for the rest of my life. in fact, i have no TV to watch, or EVEN SEEING the tv screen, so yeah, i can easily live without TV for the rest of my life too. I am not addicted to any show or drama, i have no particular interest in watching movie in the cinema. I would LOVE to have a game that make me addicted to me but sadly there is none at the moment. And if not because i am exceptionally free, i realise that i can even live without the existence of the internet....
i am starting to question whether living in such a pro-environment country for the past 3 years do me good or do me harm. .
i need to work to make myself become a normal young man again......
oh ya, believe it or not, i am actually updating my travel diary, just that i am too lazy to upload as it required me to amend the photo into it...it just take up so much time that frustrate me....most likely its beacause i dunno the right way to do it :)
i am starting to question whether living in such a pro-environment country for the past 3 years do me good or do me harm. .
i need to work to make myself become a normal young man again......
oh ya, believe it or not, i am actually updating my travel diary, just that i am too lazy to upload as it required me to amend the photo into it...it just take up so much time that frustrate me....most likely its beacause i dunno the right way to do it :)
kasihan..
at the age of 23, for the first time in my life where i have to choose a path with no guidance or information to be research on, i am lost...
many people have successfully achieved something, or at least, they would have known what's laying down ahead of them. Instead of entering the workforce full of enthusiastic (at least for the first few days), i am sitting in front of my laptop, wondering if there's actually a place for me to place my baby step of my hopeful career.
at first it appears to be full of option that i was spoiled with joy n refuse to put any thoughts into it. Ironically, there's nothing left for me to choose now and i am so so lost that every morning i have to ask myself if i should listen to my gut, or my heart, or my brain, or even my foot to decide on what to do next
i missed being a student. i missed being occupied with assignment because you have to work your ass on something that is insignificant to anyone in this world besides yourself.what so great about tat? you dont have to be responsible to anything but yourself. i always thinking myself as an individual, n yet when it comes to decision making, it amazed me how it might actually affect people around me. there's is no way for me to please everyone around, and the worst thing is to choose between your family and yourself.
should you love yourself more because your body is given by the parent you love, or should you love your parent more because they gave you the soul?
many people have successfully achieved something, or at least, they would have known what's laying down ahead of them. Instead of entering the workforce full of enthusiastic (at least for the first few days), i am sitting in front of my laptop, wondering if there's actually a place for me to place my baby step of my hopeful career.
at first it appears to be full of option that i was spoiled with joy n refuse to put any thoughts into it. Ironically, there's nothing left for me to choose now and i am so so lost that every morning i have to ask myself if i should listen to my gut, or my heart, or my brain, or even my foot to decide on what to do next
i missed being a student. i missed being occupied with assignment because you have to work your ass on something that is insignificant to anyone in this world besides yourself.what so great about tat? you dont have to be responsible to anything but yourself. i always thinking myself as an individual, n yet when it comes to decision making, it amazed me how it might actually affect people around me. there's is no way for me to please everyone around, and the worst thing is to choose between your family and yourself.
should you love yourself more because your body is given by the parent you love, or should you love your parent more because they gave you the soul?
difference taste bud
Have u ever been shocked to know that things that you hated a lot a lot a lot turn out to be super duper popular and worshiped by many commoners and. I felt so gutted and disgusted when that happened to me. Caramel flavour, is a good example of it. My family and i hated caramel flavour a lot ( but we loved coffee with lots of sugar, doesnt make much sense, yes i know), but in New Zealand, also any product that you can imagine of contain caramel flavour. From McDonald's ice cream, Uncle Toby's Muesli Bar to coffee syrups & Candy, all these junks (well, some of the muesli bars are good for health i must admit though...) have caramel flavour to choose from. It's just the matter of time before Colgate deciding to produce a caramel Flavour toothpaste...
According to study, everywhere else in the world, the top 3 ice cream flavours are vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. But in New Zealand, hokey pokey takes out the second spot after vanilla, followed by chocolate. please do not mistaken this hokey pokey with the funny little hokey pokey song/dance perform by the idiotic Elmo. Hokey pokey is a ice cream flavour which is actually a vanilla with lots of caramel crystals embedded in it. i would seriously love to know who the hell gave such a kiddy name to this flavour. But then again, it might be the name that attracted the kids and then become the 2nd most popular ice cream flavour in NZ
The main reason i wrote all this shit is that I CANT BELIEVE THE TWISTED BORING DEPARTED ACTUALLY WON THE OSCAR~! the whole show is such a retard except the brilliant acting of Jack Nicholson. the only 3 words i can remembered from the show are fuck, fuck and fuck. the f word is like the adjective of every single sentence in the show, and the whole story is so twisted from the original. I have never been so proud of HK movie after i finished watching the departed. Mat Saleh, go n watch Infernal Affair, then u would know what kind of movie deserve a Oscar~!
According to study, everywhere else in the world, the top 3 ice cream flavours are vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. But in New Zealand, hokey pokey takes out the second spot after vanilla, followed by chocolate. please do not mistaken this hokey pokey with the funny little hokey pokey song/dance perform by the idiotic Elmo. Hokey pokey is a ice cream flavour which is actually a vanilla with lots of caramel crystals embedded in it. i would seriously love to know who the hell gave such a kiddy name to this flavour. But then again, it might be the name that attracted the kids and then become the 2nd most popular ice cream flavour in NZ
The main reason i wrote all this shit is that I CANT BELIEVE THE TWISTED BORING DEPARTED ACTUALLY WON THE OSCAR~! the whole show is such a retard except the brilliant acting of Jack Nicholson. the only 3 words i can remembered from the show are fuck, fuck and fuck. the f word is like the adjective of every single sentence in the show, and the whole story is so twisted from the original. I have never been so proud of HK movie after i finished watching the departed. Mat Saleh, go n watch Infernal Affair, then u would know what kind of movie deserve a Oscar~!
Greeting
Have u ever pretended to be warm when u met some acquaintances on the street? and you always give each other a good handshake or a hug, then starts your short conversation by some greeting or updating each other current life or even trying to get his/her name as you have totally forgotten about their name?
hypocrisy is the capability that everyone has, its just the matter of how much you are willing to unleash it. Greeting warmly to a person you cant even recall his/her name is a good indication stating tat you have been in this world long enough to have an extended social circle and have lots of acquaintances living around you. Not only that, the way you greet your friend also provides an indication of your age....
at the age of 15, i would asked the acquaintance :" how's study? where did you attend your physic tuition?"
at the age of 18, i would asked the acquaintance: " how's your result? getting any scholarship? where you studying?"
at the age of 22: " how's ur study? when are you graduating?"
age of 23:" how's job hunting?"
and currently, this is how i greet my acquaintance " how's your baby? and your wife doing good?"
its just the matter of time before i start asking my friend which school their children are studying at......
hypocrisy is the capability that everyone has, its just the matter of how much you are willing to unleash it. Greeting warmly to a person you cant even recall his/her name is a good indication stating tat you have been in this world long enough to have an extended social circle and have lots of acquaintances living around you. Not only that, the way you greet your friend also provides an indication of your age....
at the age of 15, i would asked the acquaintance :" how's study? where did you attend your physic tuition?"
at the age of 18, i would asked the acquaintance: " how's your result? getting any scholarship? where you studying?"
at the age of 22: " how's ur study? when are you graduating?"
age of 23:" how's job hunting?"
and currently, this is how i greet my acquaintance " how's your baby? and your wife doing good?"
its just the matter of time before i start asking my friend which school their children are studying at......
Studentville
once again, its THE orientation week. If you are one of those student that experienced orientation that involved dumbass games and bully, you have my sympathy. Here, THE Studentville, celebrate orientation with 3 activities : Drink, Party and Sex.
It may be considered as socially unacceptable in the eastern world, but hey, each society have their own boundary. As you are pointing finger at them saying how disgusting it is, the other 4 fingers of yours are pointing at you back with disgust on how could we eat all kind of exotic animals and paying huge sum of money for the vomits of swallow.
sadly, most of us are too easily label something as bad although it actually means something is 'not my cup of tea'. i learned this theory from my sister friend of mine, when he came down from penang and had a taste of klang Bah Kut Teh. When my sister asked him how does it taste like, he told my sister that the Bah Kut Teh does not suit his taste. My sister then asked him what so bad about the Bah Kut Teh here, then he told my sister:" dont get me wrong, i did not say it is bad, what i am saying is that it does not suit his taste as i'm used to the penang-style Bah Kut Teh. There is a huge difference between this two statement, but most of us are unaware of it"
happy chinese new Year
It may be considered as socially unacceptable in the eastern world, but hey, each society have their own boundary. As you are pointing finger at them saying how disgusting it is, the other 4 fingers of yours are pointing at you back with disgust on how could we eat all kind of exotic animals and paying huge sum of money for the vomits of swallow.
sadly, most of us are too easily label something as bad although it actually means something is 'not my cup of tea'. i learned this theory from my sister friend of mine, when he came down from penang and had a taste of klang Bah Kut Teh. When my sister asked him how does it taste like, he told my sister that the Bah Kut Teh does not suit his taste. My sister then asked him what so bad about the Bah Kut Teh here, then he told my sister:" dont get me wrong, i did not say it is bad, what i am saying is that it does not suit his taste as i'm used to the penang-style Bah Kut Teh. There is a huge difference between this two statement, but most of us are unaware of it"
happy chinese new Year
Chinese New Year
Speaking of tradition, i've been visiting my maternal grandparent on the first day of Chinese New Year for the past 22 years. 22 years is a amazing figure as far as i am concerned. There's so many things could happen in these 22 years and prevented my family from keeping this tradition. But no, we maintained a really good relationship with my extented family, and like my mum said, " We had sign the contract with grandpa, and this is the one n only request that grandpa ever requested to his son n daughter."
My grandpa is a noble and humble man. He love cooking, but love all of us even greater. He was a pig farm that ranked lowly in the society. He lived rather poorly along with 9 sons n daughter. But his believed in education changed everything and bear fruits in 20 years. All my uncles graduated with fancy degree and they are earning heaps n HEAPS~ of money. His vision and father love earned the respect and love from all of us. Non of his son would ever hesitate to bring him around or stay along with them for weeks. Letting ur own dad stay with you might seems to be a reasonable thing to do, but you would be AMAZED by the amount of ridiculous people will never let their parent step a single foot in their properties...
My maternal grandma deceased 2 years ago, and till today,my grandpa still cried when he heard songs that grandma liked. in front of the TV set, there's 2 lay-down chairs that belongs to grandpa and grandma. They used to sit there watch tv together and talk about anything in life. Now grandma had gone, the chair has been left empty. Grandpa reluctant to throw it away, and yet he is always full of tears when he realised there's no one sitting next to him while he was watching tv. currently granpa's eye has been slightly affected due to the crying....talk about the eternal love.....
anyway, this year is my first ever time that celebrated CNY in oversea. To tell the truth, i dont feel weird or homesick at all. Perhaps it's because hardly anyone know/care that it is Chinese New Year, so my brain process it as " no mandarin, no angpo, no gongxi gongxi gong xi ni = not chinese new year"
the interesting is , my town actually had a countdown firework for chinese new year. You might be wondering why do a foreign town had a countdown celeration. Its a rather simple answer: our mayor is a chinese descendent. Happy Chinese Year~
My grandpa is a noble and humble man. He love cooking, but love all of us even greater. He was a pig farm that ranked lowly in the society. He lived rather poorly along with 9 sons n daughter. But his believed in education changed everything and bear fruits in 20 years. All my uncles graduated with fancy degree and they are earning heaps n HEAPS~ of money. His vision and father love earned the respect and love from all of us. Non of his son would ever hesitate to bring him around or stay along with them for weeks. Letting ur own dad stay with you might seems to be a reasonable thing to do, but you would be AMAZED by the amount of ridiculous people will never let their parent step a single foot in their properties...
My maternal grandma deceased 2 years ago, and till today,my grandpa still cried when he heard songs that grandma liked. in front of the TV set, there's 2 lay-down chairs that belongs to grandpa and grandma. They used to sit there watch tv together and talk about anything in life. Now grandma had gone, the chair has been left empty. Grandpa reluctant to throw it away, and yet he is always full of tears when he realised there's no one sitting next to him while he was watching tv. currently granpa's eye has been slightly affected due to the crying....talk about the eternal love.....
anyway, this year is my first ever time that celebrated CNY in oversea. To tell the truth, i dont feel weird or homesick at all. Perhaps it's because hardly anyone know/care that it is Chinese New Year, so my brain process it as " no mandarin, no angpo, no gongxi gongxi gong xi ni = not chinese new year"
the interesting is , my town actually had a countdown firework for chinese new year. You might be wondering why do a foreign town had a countdown celeration. Its a rather simple answer: our mayor is a chinese descendent. Happy Chinese Year~
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