The Lazy Blogger

Happy 2008!!!

2008-01-07T21:15:00.000+08:00

Hi.. Long time no see.. Have been very lazy and also busy to update my blog... It's the beginning of year 2008.. No big resolution for the year.. Just wish that I would have some advancement for my career (of course including the pay :p), all my family members stay healthy, and I am going to study again this year.. Wish that I will be able to balance between my work and studies and passed my exams with flying colours.. I wish you guys have a very happy and successful year ahead too..

Move out? Wait up...

2007-11-27T21:55:00.000+08:00

Feel very bored at work recently.. feeling that I am repeating some routime job that has no values... The job nature itself is going nowhere.. I really don't feel like continuing.. however... I am not willing to give up just like that either.. because if I leave now.. I would never know what would I get in return for all the efforts I have put in this year... and I haven't got the chance to voice out and fight for what I want.. I don't even yet have the chance to fight for myself and receive the outcome .. How can I just give up? So..I will just wait up...

A New Look... Some updates...

2007-11-22T20:46:00.000+08:00

You know... As I have spent very little time and effort to maintain my blog.. And I feel quite upset about it actually.. I have decided to give it a new look today by switching to a new template.. Haha... this is the easiest and fastest way to make the blog look a bit different... comparing to sitting in fornt of my computer.. cracking my head to think of what to write for the new post... and enduring the lousy performance of the wireless network connection...

Actually I have been quite relax at work for the past weeks.. Partly because I managed to clear several complicated and time consuming projects off my work list... and another reason is that I am getting demotivated about continuing with the job.. I find it meaningless to continue the job like this.. I need more kicks to keep my going on... otherwise.. I may need to consider the other options.. and in fact I have already started to prepare myself for that posssibility.. it just started this week.. and I hope that I would have the motivation to keep it up... but I know it's difficult.. as I grow older.. I tend to get less self disciplined... I know about it..:-p

Today I have been quite wilful... I saw the guy who I don't really like... or more precisely.. despised.. was eating bee hoon for the breakfast.. and I just can't help saying something nasty to him.. I said: "Hey.. your bee hoon looks liek rubber band leh".. It's a silly comments right?? I know it.. If it were other people.. I think I would not have say it out although this is really what I was thinking at that moment.. But to him.. and today.. I just let it out.. I don't care.. People might think.. "Hey.. how old are you already.. Can't you just be matured a bit?".. Haha.. who cares.. Just want to let the wilful side of me out once a while...

The very french France - Episode 3 (Chateau de Versailles)

2007-10-16T20:54:00.000+08:00

My main purpose of visiting Paris this time is to take a look at the famous Chateau de Versailles.. which is also known as 凡尔塞宫 in Chinese... It used to serve as the palace of the French Kings and exixted for nearly 3 centuries, and yet, it is still being regarded as the most beautiful palace in Europe... Before I visited that place.. I was most interested in the Hall of Mirrors... Now.. I still think that this is one of the best part of the palace.. While I was walking along the hall, I can't help imaginging pictures of people dancing in the ball wearing their 18-century constumes.. Here, I shall present you the pictures of the hall...

难得悠闲...

2007-10-16T20:36:00.000+08:00

自从法国回来后,几乎每天在公司里都忙得要命...今天特地提早回家.. 打定主意今晚一定要过得轻轻松松...在洗澡的时候想起工作上一些为完成的部分明天要怎么继续.. 然后又想着待会儿要做些什么.. 想着想着.. 突然有一种如释重负的感觉.. 整个人觉得很轻松愉快... 我想...快乐与否, 幸不幸福都是相对的....

难得悠闲.. 不是因为太忙了.. 反而可能是因为平时本来就不怎么忙.. 根本无法体会那种难得的滋味...

The very French France - Episode 2 (艳遇?厌遇!)

2007-10-14T21:29:00.000+08:00

Haha.. Seems that somebody is very curious if I have any romantic encounter in France.. Sorry to disappoint you guys.. the answer is NO!!! And contradictorily.. I met a very disgusting guy... yuck...

It was on the last day of my stay in France... a very coolling and beautiful morning.. the sun was warm.. and the sky was blue... I was at this beautiful and famous catheral in Paris, Sacre Coeur... alone of couse... and a japanese guy who I thought should be in his 50's and was short and porky.. He approached me and ask me in Japanese if I am "Nihon Jin".. And as I just naturally replied in Japanese "IIe".. and the conversation didn't stop here.. He starts to talk more in his very very broken English and ask if I was in Paris for study or work... where I planned to go later on... blah... blah..blah..... things like that... Out of courtesy.. I replied him in English mixed with my very very broken Japanese... And without paying much attention.. I was walking with him away from the main building and stroll down a road downhill.. (FYI.. the church was very high up in a hill) and half way.. he started to ask me if I wan to have dinner with him.. he told me he is an artist/painter...and was having exhibition in Paris now.. then he pointed to me where his hotel located.. I started to sense something was not going tight.. So I rejected his offer by telling him I was leaving that night and cannot have dinner with him.. and I need to rush to the next destination as I have not much time left.. and before I go.. he showed the gesture to hug me.. well.. as we are in France... I thought this is a courtesy to accept this.. BUT................ I regretted it almost immediately.. this disgusting old man kissed my cheeks... you know in France.. when people hugged you ... they would only touched your cheeks with theirs.. not the lips... they would never kissed you if you are of opposite sex.. walao.. so disgusting...

After I left.. I used the tissue to wipe my face immediately.. It really ruined my beautiful morning.. and I was not able to release the frustration for quite some time... and finally.. I managed to calm down thanks to the artist playing harp in front of the church... and after I came back home.. I used the exfoliator to scrub my face .. this is really and very 讨厌的遭遇.. 厌遇!!!

Nonetheless.. however bad the experience was.. I am going to show you the beautiful Sacre Coeur.. Here it is...........

The very french France - Episode1

2007-10-10T21:30:00.000+08:00

Last week I went to France for a training conducted at the HQ... It was at a small town known as Gemenos, located in Southern France nearby Marseille, the second large city of France... Before my departure, my colleagues had warn me to prepare to be very bored over there since I would not be driving...

And it proved that they were quite right.. There's basically nothing much other than factories around the hotel.. except for 2 other hotels and 2 restaurant..The first 2 days there I already felt very bored.. Luckily there was another colleague from another department who arrived there one week earlier than me.. and as he would be staying for a month, the company had rented him and apartment... So I joined him for dinner at his place... It's really very difficult in France if you do not speak their language.. especially in a small town like this.. If you are not driving.. you may still take the public bus to go the a supermarket nearby .. provided that you knwo how to speak French.. On my first day there, my colleague brought me to the hypermarket abt 20 mins away from the office by bus.. and unlike the buses here in Singapore or Malaysia, the bus did not have a bell.. so you need to tell the bus driver where you want to stop.. of course, in French.. Do not expect a bus driver in such suburban town would understand English... And it happened that my colleaugue knows how to speak French.. So one month here in this "ulu"place is not a problem for him.. If it was me.. Hehe.. I think I would have a big big big problem surviving there...

I was so tired on my first day there.. but this is not due to the different time zone.. they are only 6 hours slower than us.. so if was not really a big problem.. It was the long haul plan that caused the tiredness.. I was taking Air France, I think it is very ridiculous that they actually serve you meal after 12am midnight on the 11pm fight, which I had planned to go into sleep immediately after boarding the plane.. and after taking the meal.. it's nearly 2.. and finally when u really feel teh sleepiness, it's abt 3am already.. and my goodness.. I was not able to get the asle seat.. So I ended up being sandwich between two French guys.. the seat was so cramp that I suffered inside whole night.. the guy who sit by the asle was a very big sized man and he slept through the whole night.. and as if thing had not been bad enough.. he snored!!! Faint...

As a result I was cramped inside the seat enduring the snores and not able to get into sleep.. But it was still not the end.. You know I was supposed to take a connecting flight from Paris to Marseille.. and then I can get back to the hotel with a short break and then go to the office for the training at the afternoon session... there was three hours between the flight and I felt a bit hungry already.. but taking a look at the food sold at the airport.. alamak.. all are in French.. and priced very expensively.. so I thought I would just bear with it and ask for some snacks on the flight.. and sueh sueh.. the flight is delayed by one hr.. so after I reached the hotel ro check in and put down my luggage, I rushed to the hotel immediately.. and I spent some time to find my way to the office.. and of course I am late.. and in the eveningl.. I was already so sleepy and hungry that I did not know what the trainer was talking about...

*Yawn.. I am so tired now.. did not get to sleep well last night.. going to bed soon.. continue again next time.. Bon Nuit...

有一点失落..

2007-09-21T20:35:00.000+08:00

今天的心情不太好.. 有点闷闷的.. 因为今天是我前任老板在公司的最后一天.. 过了今天以后应该没有什么机会再见到他了.. 认识他的时间太短.. 觉得很可惜...本来应该可以从他身上学到很多东西.. 可惜.. 唉.. 可惜...

我非常欣赏这个老板.. 虽然只当了他的下属短短的四个月... 其间也对他有一些抱怨.. 可是回想起来.. 还是觉得他真的很棒.. 我最欣赏他的地方就是他非常信任下属.. 既然把你请进来了他就不会质疑你的办事能力与工作态度.. 不仅如此.. 他还非常体贴入微.. 能够察觉下属的不愉快并适时的给予慰问与关怀.. 我想这就是本地管理人员所欠缺的素质.. 而我觉得这种以人为本的管理方式才是最能激发员工潜力并且提高工作效率的方法...

无论如何.. 衷心祝福他往后的发展一切顺利.. 希望以后还会有和他碰面甚至是合作的机会.. 也希望我在新老板的领导下能够有所作为...

弱者生存...

2007-08-29T21:40:00.000+08:00

今天分别向朋友和比较要好的同事阐述了我对一名同事的不满.. 我向他们描述了一些我和这同事的互动.. 很显然的,我是比较强势的那一方... 其实认识我的人都知道我是很直来直往的一个人...喜欢或不喜欢常写在脸上.. 即使不骂人脸也会很臭.. 不过我对这同事是采取直接开炮的方式.. 有不满就直接了当的提出.. 完全不留余地..而刚好这个人也常做出让我无法认同却又不能坐视不理的事情..

也因为我觉得他的行为很幼稚,所以就禁不住要用Senior的语气讲他... 被我教训的人当然委屈..而旁观者也觉得我太过强势... 自然同情起被训的人,觉得我在欺负新人.. 基本上听我发牢骚的同事和朋友都觉得我对这同事的行为感到不满是可以理解的.. 但是表达的方式就太直接.. 完全不留情面.. 让人下不了台...原本我觉得我干嘛要留台阶给他..今天的难堪是他一手造成的.. 做错事就要负责..怕丢脸面的话就应该三思而后行... 说得狠一点就是他活该... 可是现在想想... 我也觉得我真的有点过分.. 人家只不过是刚从大学毕业的新鲜人.. 我实在不应该对他太苛刻...毕竟人都有恻隐之心, 往往同情弱势的那一方...这样强势的对待他,只会让人觉得我在欺负新人.. 而且还会让人觉得我盛气凌人,对他们也构成威胁.. 进而对我产生防卫甚至是厌恶心态.. 这点是我应该要早点注意到的..

所以我应该改变一下策略.. 适当的表现出前辈该有的风范与度量..才能以德服人... 赢得众人的爱戴..必要的时候可能也要扮一下委屈.... 哦!! 好虚伪喔........

Home Sweet Home?? I doubt so...

2007-08-12T16:22:00.000+08:00

It has been a bad weekend for me and my families.. My house in JB ws broken in yesterday when we were out for some shopping.. We suffered from some monetary lost.. But nobody has been hurt.. (*Phew) However, I must said this caused a very big blow for my family.. Although we have read many cases of houses being broken in or robbed from the newspaper, we never expect this could happen to us.. I guess many people think the same way too.. "Those people became the victim because they are not careful enough".. Well, if you are thinking this way.. maybe this is time to adjust you thinking..

The case happened during the day time between 12:30pm to 5:30pm.. To some of the friends who has been to my house often, you should know that my house was right facing the main road and the traffic along the road was quite heavy.. There are cars passing by right in front of my house quite often too... But the bad thing about my house is that we have no neighbours.. The few houses next to mine are empty.. And I must say the way they broke into my house was highly "professional".. Here are some pictures showing the mess after the disaster..

As can be seen from the picture, the thief(ves) broke in from the front window.. They would have no chance to break in from the main door because it was heavily locked.. Honestly we never expect the thief(ves) could enter from the window because of the limited space and the strong fence we have installed for the window... After they successlly entered the house, they used a towel to cover the window so that the outsider would not be able to see what was happening inside.. And from the narrow gap made at the window.. we could tell that the thief(ves) must be quite skinny to enter from there...

Now.. let us talk about the efficiency of the Malaysian police force.. When we were back at home at about 5:30pmand discover about the theft, we called the nearby police station immediately.. The police patrol car arrive about 20 minutes later.. I am not complaining about this since this is faster than I had expected..

There were two policemen, one of them was carrying a long gun and lighted up a cigrette while entering my front yard..Wel.. I cannot complain this too... Maybe he was under stressed for carrying the gun... However they refuse to go into the house to take a look and after knowing that nobody got hurt they wanted us to go to make a list of lost items and make a report to the police station later.. And they just drove away..

So my father and sister went on to Ulu Tiram Police Station to make a police report at about 6:30pm.. And after that, they were asked to go to Johor Jaya Police Station to meet the inspector... So they made a trip there and came back at home only at about 8:30pm..

At the mean time.. my mum and I stayed at home and do not dare to touch anything because we thought the policemen may need to come to take the picture for record purpose.. But we were wrong.. when my father and sister were back.. they said the policemen would not take any photo of the mess and we can clean up the place.. Just that we must not touch the glass panels that the thief(ves) had take out because there might be fingerprints left behind.. Well.. if this was important... shouldn't we be receiving the instruction at the very first moment when we make the report? But I have no complaints about this too since I think this is common sense... And the sergeant told my father and sister that he will go home and take dinner and shower first.. then he would come to my house to "collect the evidence"... And indeed.. he came at about 10:30pm..

Actually after all I have no much complaints with the efficiency of the Polis Diraja Malaysia... Just that the last statement made by the sergeant again showed that the criminals had been very common and almost trivial .. and there's no need to be too alert of it.. And seems that there's nothing much they can do also.. And the sergeant even said that "Wow.. the thieves are so daring.." in view of the location of my house being so near to the main road.. And now my families are feeling so insecured to stay there.. and I am very worried about it too.. Hopefully no more such things would happen to us again.. And for you guys who staying in JB... Please be pray more.. as just being careful is not sufficient anymore....

找幸福去吧...

2007-07-31T22:05:00.000+08:00

友人为上一片帖子留言"找幸福去吧".. 是啊.. 可是要怎样才能找到我要的幸福?? 我是一个很懒的人.. 虽然渴望幸福生活... 可是我还是希望幸福能找上我哩...嘻嘻....

幸福水壶...

2007-07-20T21:44:00.000+08:00

今天早上收到朋友发来的简讯, 觉得很有意思...稍微整理一下在这里和大家分享:

"做人要像在火炉上的水壶...即使火烧屁股, 也要开心地吹着口哨, 嘴里冒着幸福的泡泡..."

生活是一种态度..态度决定人生的高度...

A very sad day...

2007-07-05T22:03:00.000+08:00

I almost given up this blog... But today I am so sad and I have nobody to talk to.. and I have to come to this blog again to let my feeling out... Or else I think I will not be able to get into sleep tonight...

Today I have received the news that I would be transfered out from the team that I have always believed I am in and hoping that I would continue to be in.. Although this is not something really surprising in view of the things went on for the past two weeks.. But I am still not feeling comfortable with this especially this news is not conveyed through my existing boss but the new one.. And the new boss seems not to care about my feeling..

Actually strictly speaking.. the team that I had been working in for the past months was not properly formed yet.. The team members are not together.. and the boss is not in Singapore with us too.. And we were looking forward to his arrival in July to "reunion" with us and the team would be properly setup and grow by then.... But the re-org thing came... and it shattered the dream....
Nonetheless.. I am already attached to the team and I think the team spirit had already grew... And I feel really really sad that all the plans that we have been discussing for so long would never come true....

The thing I hate most is I have lost a very good boss... So far my "ex-boss" is one of the few best bosses I have ever had... He is more human.... and always consider about our feeling.. He is very understanding and caring.. and he is handsome too :p But the thing I admire most about him is his high EQ and professionalism.. I believe I would have been able to learn a lot from him.. And it's a shame that I will not be able to do so anymore... Lastly.. I sincerely wish him best for his future career and hope that we will have the chance to meet and work together again..

"平凡人"的文字游戏...

2007-06-23T22:29:00.000+08:00

今天早上回家途中因为太无聊了.. 于是想了一堆有的没的.. 其中就想到"平凡人" 这个词其实有很多发音相似的词... 而且能很贴切地形容人在不同时候不同的心情...最先想到的是"贫烦人".. 它代表了贫穷有很多烦恼的人... 感觉刚好能够形容我当时的心情... 然后我想到"贫凡人".. 虽然不能一夜之间摆脱贫困.. 但也希望能做个没有烦恼的凡人...无论如何...千万千万不要做一个"颦繁人"... 不要每天都皱起眉头..一来有碍观瞻,二来会长皱纹....其实只是觉得很有意思...想和大家分享一下这个有趣的文字游戏...希望大家天天都做个开心人吧...

台北美食推荐-鼎泰丰

2007-06-18T21:17:00.000+08:00

今天我那位到香港training两个星期的同事一整天都在跟我说他有多么喜欢香港的美食.. 还有这里的事物有多难吃.. 虽然我一直叫他面对现实.. 不要再耿耿于怀了.. 可是当我考虑今晚的晚餐时..我也产生了同感.. 想到我家楼下咖啡店卖的东西.. 我还真的不想吃.. 虽然我在台湾时并不觉得那里的事物特别好吃 ("鼎泰丰"除外 :P) , 相比之下..这里的食物还真的让我有点食不下咽... 结果今晚我的晚餐就由一个面包和几片饼干搞定..

不过如果要说台北有什么食物是让我想要向大家推荐的,那就是以小笼汤包著称的"鼎泰丰"了.. "鼎泰丰"在台北有三家店..总店在信义区,另外两家分店分别在忠孝敦化南路和忠孝复兴一带... 我去的是"鼎泰丰"敦南店..我曾经向台湾的同时提起我想去"鼎泰丰"尝一尝道地的"鼎泰丰"小笼汤包..为什么呢?因为啊.."鼎泰丰"号称是台湾一等一的小笼汤名店..但是我对他们在新加坡分店的小笼汤水准却.........嗯....顶多只能给60分... 所以我一定要尝一尝台湾总点的水准....结果上星期四晚上两位同时就请我到那里去吃晚餐..

那天我们点了好多好多.. 我们一共4个人..点了两笼小笼包,一笼蟹粉小笼,还有排骨拉面,牛肉汤面,酸辣汤,甜品是千层油糕... 总共花了大约新台币1700元,大概是新币85元...告诉你们.... 当我用筷子夹起地一粒小笼包时,我就知道它不会让我失望..果然当我一口咬下去,小笼包在嘴里"爆"开来,鲜甜的汤汁溢满嘴里的那一瞬间,我有一种幸福的感觉.. 简直是太棒了.. 至于其他的食物就还好..味道和新加坡差不多...

因为很想念那中幸福的感觉.. 在我回来的前一天我有回到同一家店去再次品尝着绝佳的口感.. 因为只有我一个人..我只点了半份小笼, 一碟炒饭和半份菠菜... 没错..是半份.. 本来点菜单上是没有半份的.. 不过服务员看我一个人而已,就主动帮我点了半份... 她们的服务态度是本地业者没办法比的...结果这一餐我花了新台币350元,大约新币17元..不过这次好像没那么好吃... 不知道是不是因为人太多了...

"鼎泰丰"敦南店外的长龙

店内高朋满座

半份小笼包

小笼包+炒饭+菠菜

水噹噹的小笼包

汤汁饱满的小笼包

我回来了...

2007-06-17T20:59:00.000+08:00

今天是6月17日,经过一个星期的折腾我终于回来了…这次到台北去收获还算不错.. 除了学到工作上需要的知识,也算看到了台北的轮廓… 虽然每一个天都工作到很迟,没什么时间去逛… 但还是抓紧了最后两天到一些重要景点去晃了晃…

这次我买了很多书回来.. 算一算..天啊!!我竟然搬了11本书回来.. 很夸张hor.. 不过其中有一本是向朋友借的.. 说真的也不知道会不会看neh :p 好!! 下定决心一定要看..

这个星期到台北不太好.. 天气很闷热.. 偶尔还会下雨.. 最气人的是它哪天不下,却偏偏选在我难得有空出去玩的那几天下.. 真扫兴..

这次还有一个特别的经验… 就是骑机车…第一次骑车真的是有一点怕怕.. 连怎么上车都不会.. 整个行驶过程都很没有安全感.. 唯一保护你的就只有头盔.. 因为怕冷又得要披夹克… 是有点麻烦… 不过有车代步,要到什么地方去还是比较方便的…

说真的我有点不想回来… 不是因为台北有什么好玩.. 只是不喜欢面对回来以后的落寞…还是喜欢在外面溜垯,什么都不用理…无拘无束没烦恼..就算夜夜笙歌也无妨..

无论如何,我回来了..回到一座不属于我的城市.. 回来面对无奈的现实..回到既定的轨迹...继续着不知道为什么而继续的航行...

乌云点缀下的101大楼

雨中的西门町

雨中看红楼

一路顺风...

2007-06-09T20:16:00.000+08:00

明天早上即将起程到台北了.. 并不觉得兴奋.. 反而有一些累...
可能是因为昨晚半夜里爬起床吐的关系吧..
也可能是对工作的疲惫与不满是我提不起劲来...

今天特地到庙里拜拜..祈求这趟行程顺利.. 也顺便为自己就了一只事业签..
是一只中签.. 意思是海底捞月,枉费心机.. 宜静待贵人降临...

祝我一路顺风... 这不仅仅是对明天开始的旅程的期望.. 也是对我人生旅程的期许...

鸡蛋涨价了!!!

2007-06-07T22:04:00.000+08:00

当我在写上一篇文章的时候,新闻正报道鸡蛋价格又上涨了...而且还是这个星期内的第二次了..看吧!!!之前我说过这是迟早的事..只是这次不是因为禽流感,而是气候暖化造成鸡蛋减产.. 看来连母鸡也受不了温室效应.. 罢工抗议了...

一波三折...

2007-06-07T21:42:00.000+08:00

"一波三折".... I guess nobody knows better than me about the meaning of this phrase now... Guess what!! My Taiwan trip might need to be delayed again.. I can only get the confirmation tomorrow.. If it really delays, this would be the 2nd time already...

Honestly I am quite fed up with how the thing goes... It's so irritating.. Originally the trip was planned to start from 3 June until 15 June.. Just two days before the trip, there's some problem with the parts' shipment and it is not able to reach the destination Taiwan on time... As a result the trip was to be delayed by a week and cut to 6 days only.... This was the decision made yesterday and was still valid until this afternoon... At about 3pm today.. I received another email saying that the parts has been shipped to the wrong place... Instead of Taiwan, it's on its way to US now.. It'a amazing isn't it? Just like what my boss had told me.. how much silimarity is there between US and Taiwan? How can such mistake happened? Now they are in the process of tracking the whereabout of the parts....

I am not as exciting over the trip as I first knew about it anymore... Or the frustration is much more than the excitement... I know it's going to be a short trip which is purely work and no fun (if it ever happens), I don't mind about it.. But I really hope that there will be a firm decision and don't keep changing it again.. It's really really really very disturbing.... Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.......

涨!涨!涨!

2007-06-06T21:33:00.000+08:00

这几天不断传来物品价格即将或已经调高的消息..
首先是上星期六的报纸报导牛奶因为货源短缺而调高价格, 受影响的产品包括炼奶,淡奶及鲜奶..
尤其是炼奶的价格涨幅最大,最高达到4毛钱...可以预计咖啡摊位售卖的饮料价格有可能会调高.. 虽然几个月前已经调整过一次了..

再来就是前天的新闻报导马来西亚减少出口到新加坡的鲜鸭供应量,全鸭的售价已经上调.. 至于鸭饭售价则不受影响..不过可以猜到每盘鸭饭里的鸭肉数量应该会减少...

同一天的新闻还有NETS要调高行政费的消息.. 最离譜的是他们给的理由竟然是为了要提高竞争力..拜托!!现在只有在那间商店需要超过一定限额才能使用信用卡或是要另加大概2%的费用的情况下我才会使用NETS付款....经过调整后NETS的行政费与信用卡差不多..如果商家们要把费用转嫁到消费者身上..以一个消费者的角度来看..用信用卡回更划算... 不但不需马上付款,还能享有积分..我没事干嘛还用NETS 啊?

还有一项发现就是面包也涨价了..昨天到BreadTalk和Crystal Jade 的确MyBread 买面包,发现很多面包的价格都上涨了.. 涨幅介于1到3毛..一粒面包追便宜也要$1.20.. 而且还是最小的那一种.. 真的好贵!!!!

今天还不止这些呢!! 今天新闻说马来西亚的农场再度爆发禽流感.. 虽然鲜鸡与鸡蛋供应暂时不受影响.. 可是如果疫情继续恶化.. 另一轮的涨价是迟早的事..而且抬高价格容易..要等价格回跌可就难了....

什么都涨..唯独薪水没涨...日子越来越难过了....吐血啊!!!

台湾之行喊停..

2007-05-31T21:56:00.000+08:00

昨天下班之前接到法国同事的email..
说系统出了问题..下个星期的台湾行程必须延期..
真是不知道该怎么说...本来一切都已经安排妥当...
星期天就要启程了.. 如果我明天请假没看到email的话..
搞不好星期天就这样到台湾去了..
如果真的那样也不错.. 白白赚他一个holiday..哈哈!!!
今天早上和老板在msn谈了之后.. 决定暂时把机票改期到10号..
到时候能不能成行还是个未知数...

宝岛之行,即将成行..

2007-05-28T20:50:00.000+08:00

经过了无数次的反反复复.. 老板终于拿定主意..
敲定了我的第一次海外任务.. 让我于6月3日飞往台北.. 15日返新...
为期13日的宝岛行即将开始了...希望一切顺顺利利.. 旅途愉快!!!

只是因为这次的行程,我不得不缺席好友的婚礼..
当不成姐妹了..这可是我第一次被邀请做姐妹呢..
有一点遗憾.. 不过没关系..期待八月的婚宴吧!

无所是事...

2007-05-21T20:50:00.000+08:00

糟了!中文越来越差... "无所是事"是不是这样写啊???
Anyway... 今天真的是"Zuo Bo" lor...
早上收到老板send过来的email..
说原本下星期要到台湾公干的计划必须延迟..
而原订从直接从台湾续程到香港training的计划也被取消...
一接到这个消息.. 真的是 "xian diao" lor..........
这个老板总是反反复复...一下这样,一下那样..让我觉得无所适从..
今天一整天也没做什么.. 其实也没什么事情做...
所以正确的说法应该是我一整天也没有找事情做..

很多人说我的工作很好..很闲..
可是说真的我不是很喜欢neh...
你们都不了解明明没事做却又不能明目张胆闲在那里...
每天绞尽脑汁想到底要做什么的痛苦..
晚上睡觉前还为了想隔天到office后要怎么"有意义"地渡过一天而烦恼...
很讨厌.. 我宁愿去training或者handle一些project...
所以请不要再说我很好命了!!! 谢谢!!!!

My Yummy Dinner.. Yum! Yum!

2007-05-17T20:38:00.000+08:00

Hi.. Today I am going to show you how to prepare a quicky yet nutritious and yummy dinner for yourself -- The Avocado Salad

What is needed:
1. Avocado x 1/2
2. Tomato x 1
3. Butterhead Lettuce x 1
4. Dragon Fruit x 1 (Optional)
5. Marigold non-fat Aloe Vera yogurt x 1

Wash and cut the fruits and vegetable and dump everything into a bowl, followed by the yogurt. Stir well and it’s ready to eat. It’s easy isn’t it ? The final product looks like this:

How does it look? It’s very tempting and I have had it for my dinner for 2 consecutive nights. Of course the main reason is that I used only half of the Avocado last night and I’ve got to finish off another half by tonight. Remember to use the wrapping paper to wrap up the unused portion of the Avocado up when you keep it in the fridge. Otherwise the surface will turn yellow. However you can just use a spoon to scrap off the surface. The inner part of it is still as fresh.

Avocado is very rich in Vit. E and mono-saturated fat. Vit. E is the essential vitamins for reconstructing damaged tissues and is especially good for the skin and hair... Mono-saturated fat is a kind of heart-friendly fat and can help to lower the unhealthy fats contents in our body. However, as I already have too much fats in my body (Healthy or not.. I just want no more fats!!!), I reduce the potion to use half of the Avocado only… For those who are lean, you may use the whole of the fruit for your salad.

As for the dressing, I am using the non-fat yogurt for the same reason: to reduce intake of fats as possible. However you may switch to use whatever salad dressing as you like… However I think the yogurt tastes better than any of the other types of dressing.. Hehe…

Cost wise it’s quite reasonable also. The Avocado costs me $1.40, tomato is about $0.15, the Butterhead Lettuce is 3 for $2.45 and I used one for the salad, so it’s about $0.80. And the yogurt is 2 for $1.85, so it’s about $0.90 for 1. So added up together, I have spent $3.25 for this meal. It’s about the same as a meal taken at the coffee shop or food court. But it’s much much much healthier and nutritious. And it’s nice to taste too… Just give it a try when you have time and hope you like it.....

By the way I must complain on something.. I bought the Green Tea flavoured NTUC brand soya milk.. It tastes so awful.. Although I am a green tea product lover.. But this is definitely an exception.. So please don't buy it unless you really like bitter soya milk....

累...

2007-05-16T20:48:00.000+08:00

好累..真的好累...
好几天没有update我的blog了..
不是没有东西写.. 而是累得懒得去写...
本来想写写母亲节那天全家人去吃粥低火锅..
想写写昨天新同事终于来报道了...
还有刚刚的晚餐...不过真的很累..
还是算了吧...

对了...不知道你们有没有看Deal or No Deal...
我觉得只是so so 而已lor...
唉........ 累........

快乐笔录 no. 2...

2007-05-06T17:01:00.000+08:00

快乐法则第二条:

做自己认为对的事,
而不是别人认为对的事...

快乐笔录 no. 1...

2007-05-06T16:57:00.000+08:00

快乐法则第一条:

我们不能选择别人对待我们的态度,
却能够选择不去理会别人对待我们的态度...

我的目标...

2007-05-03T19:55:00.000+08:00

今天我心血来潮...为自己设下了两个目标..
其实也不是什么大不了的事...
只是我反反复复想了又想好就都无法确定的两件事...
第一件不需要我出力.. 只要肯砸钱就行了...
而第二件事则需要出钱出力...
有鉴于我善变的个性..
我还是不要透露到底是什么事情了..
免得到时候又被人取笑了...

一首不简单的小情歌...

2007-04-30T20:47:00.000+08:00

"这是一首简单的小情歌...
唱着人们心肠的曲折...
我想我很快乐...当有你的温热...
脚边的空气转了...."

不知道最近你有没有留意到这首歌?
虽然歌曲一开始就告诉你这是一首简单的小情歌...
但其实它一点也不简单..
它不单是一首极不简单的情歌... 它还是一首浪漫,极具诗意的情歌..
它就是来自"苏打绿"的<<小情歌>>....

其实第一次听到这首歌时只听了前面一小段...
对主唱那独特的中性嗓音不太欣赏...
可是当我再度听见这首歌时.. 我却被它优美的旋律深深吸引...
听着听着.. 开始觉得好象也只有这把嗓音能把这首歌诠释得这么好..
在仔细聆听了歌词之后...我只能说这是一首非常浪漫的情诗...
在商业化的流行乐坛里好久没有这么单纯的"文学创作"了...
在这里与大家分享....

"这是一首简单的小情歌...
唱着人们心肠的曲折...
我想我很快乐...当有你的温热...
脚边的空气转了...

这是一首简单的小情歌...
唱着我们心头的白鸽...
我想我很适合...当一个歌颂者...
青春在风中飘着...

你知道就算大雨让这座城市颠倒...
我会给你怀抱...
受不了看见你背影来到...
写下我度秒如年难捱的离骚...

就算整个世界被寂寞绑票...
我也不会奔跑...
逃不了最后谁也都苍老...
写下我时间和琴声交错的城堡..."

An old classmate...

2007-04-26T21:01:00.000+08:00

Today I met an old classmate in an industrial exhibition.......
Actually I can't really recognise him as his appearance is quite different from what I knew before... It's him who recognise me first...

The first thing he asked when he saw me was " Do you have a name card?"...
As I do not have any... And he gave me his.... Wow.. guess what I saw on it?
The company is a renowned telco service provider... and ... the designation is manager..
Well.. ok..... No wonder he was so keen at exchanging the business card... Hahahaha........

矛盾....

2007-04-25T21:30:00.000+08:00

刚接到消息... 好友有可能会到我的公司上班..
而且是和我在同一组... 一旦被成功录取,我们有极大可能成为partner..
这对我来说当然是好消息.. 但是也觉得有点矛盾...
从好的方面想.. 我在工作上就多了一个可靠的伙伴..
但换个角度看.. 我们就成了竞争对手了...
而且我知道他的薪水平比我高很多.. 还真的有点不平衡呢..
再说啊...我觉得他很厉害.. 头脑很棒...
和他一起工作必定相形见絀...很有威胁性哦...
不过啊...话虽如此.. 几经考虑后我觉得还是利多于弊...
我想到时候互相配合的成分回大于互相较竞吧...
就算是竞争也只会是良性的...
会害怕只是因为对自己缺乏信心...
所以...加油吧!朋友.. 希望我们一起奋斗的一天能实现..
Good Luck!! :)

发奋图强!!!

2007-04-24T20:38:00.000+08:00

时间过得很快.. 换了新工作已经一个半月了....
还在学习阶段.. 没有什么实质工作...
可是这两天觉得有一些压力... 觉得自己学习的速度有点慢...
都已经一个月了为什么还是什么都不懂.. 或者应该说是似懂非懂...
对自己的进度非常不满意.....总觉得应该可以再快,再好一点...
也有点害怕自己的表现没有办法达到老板的要求...
现在的我周日都不太出去逛了...
尽量早点回家读一读一些与工作相关的基础资料...
希望能快点上手.. 早点搞清楚状况.. 这样对日后的工作进展也有好处..

Long time no see..

2007-04-22T10:36:00.000+08:00

Hehe.. sorry sorry..
Long time never update my blog already..
Because really nothing much to update ler..
As SJ said..my life is just too routine.. Nothing special lah...
Furthermore my new company blocks access to bloggers website..
And it's quite difficult for me to gain internet access at home..
So............ Hehe...

Just to share with you guys about my new job lah..
I have been working at the company for 1 month..
So far I am at the learning stage.. or so called the "honeymoon" period... I am attached to a senior to help her up on some projects and pick up the skills at the same time.. It's quite fun.. but the progress is slow.. Because the senior is always busy and it's very difficuit to get her to answer all my questions..... Although I think I could have done more than what I am doing now....but I am not sure what more can I do.. Hmm.. need to give a serious thought about it really.. This time I am really serious in making some difference for my career.. So wish me good luck bah ;)

Something to share...

2007-03-27T21:10:00.000+08:00

Hi.. I would like to share with you guys the two albums I like most recently... They are "Superman" from Gary, and "Keep fighting" from Tank...

Personally I feel that the two of them are two of the most outstanding and talented artistsamong the young artists... I am not good at writing comments for the songs.. It's better that you listen to them for yourself.. Hope you won't be disappointed ;-)

Cheers.. Everybody!!

2007-03-27T20:51:00.000+08:00

Last week I heard some bad news about my last company..
Things are not looking very good there...

Many people told me that I am lucky to have been able to avoid the chaos.. Funny that every time people say this to me.. I would think that "Yeah.. I might have escaped from this disaster as of now.. but who knows how things will go here.." Well.. I admit that I am a pessimist...

A bit surprised by how the development over such a short period.. After all when I heard the news I have just left the company for 1 week... Anyway... life still goes on.. Very often things are not of our control.. and there's really nothing to moan over.. So just let it be..

Cheers! :0)

Changes..

2007-03-18T16:09:00.000+08:00

13 Mar 2007.. It was the day when I left the company where I have been working for nearly 2.5 years... for a new career opportunity which I believe would be more promising..

I took one day rest and set off for the new challenges on 15 Mar 2007... It was a "not so exciting" first day though.. Apparently the HR and my boss has had some mis-comm and landed me in an awkward position... Although my boss had apologised over the chaos.. I am still not feeling very comfortable about it.. Anyway it's all over.. I should not keep dwelling over it..

However it is on the day itself that I realised that I am alone in the team and this situation is going to last for 1 to 2 months.. As my boss is not based in Singapore yet.. I am "adopted" by another team and should pick up my skills from there.. Working alone is not a problem to me at all.. But it's the office politics that I am worrying about... After I understand the situation better.. I foresee more politics coming in.. And it feels really lonely to face all these alone.. However this is my own choice.. There is no turn back and I am just going to endure with it and move on.. After all it's just 1 or 2 months.. I believe my effort would be paid off some day.. :)

Nice Japanese Buffet.......

2007-03-08T11:02:00.000+08:00

Have you ever heard of a Kuishin-bo?
This is a restaurant located at Suntec City which serves very nice Japanese Buffet.. I have long wanted to dine there and finally.. I went there on last Thursday..

The price is a bit at the high side.. S$31.80++ during the weekdays and S$39.80++ on the weekends.. For ladies, you can go on Wednesday night because they have a special 2 hour promotion at a rate of S$25.80++ on that day exclusively for ladies only :)

However... even for the non-discounted price I think it is very worth... The spread is quite impressive.. Haha .. Can you imagine that with this price you can enjoy endless supply of the Atlantic King Crabs? Although you can't expect to get the top grades at this price.. such serving could have cost you a few hundred bucks in a decent restaurant......... And to me the quality is actually not bad.. (Maybe this is the first time i tried this type of crab and can make no comparisons.. hehe :p)

The meat is very sweet and juicy... And the restaurant is not stingy at replenishing the supply at all.. You will never see the counter empty.. On the other hand.. you keep noticing the chef topping up the crabs.. Yummy!

The next thing is the sashimi.. there are more than 5 different types of fish for you selection.. And most importantly is they are very fresh.... Wow.. It's a heaven for sashimi lovers... Other dishese included in the spreads are sushi, temaki, teppanyaki, kaninabe (the paper steamboat), and a lot more... Other than the main dishes, the restaurant serves a variety of japanese dessert as well... They even got the chocolate fountain.. although I don't find it attractive at all.. haha...Instead, I would recommend the Japanese desserts... Not all of them are nice..but I think it worth a try.. As the Japanese dessert is not cheap even when you get it from the Isetan supermart, not to mention from a Japanese Restaurant..

In conclusion, this is the buffet dinner that I think most worthy so far.. And I would love to go there again if I have the chance :)

珍贵的一堂课..

2007-03-01T13:56:00.000+08:00

今天早上老板和我谈了一些事情..
我才突然发现原来我一直以为的与世无争的世界知识我的一厢情愿..
其实战火一直在我的身边点燃着.. 只是身份太过卑微而无法察觉..
老板对我的金玉良言是:
换了新工作要积极一点,别看别人和你打打闹闹,其实你的表现别人都看在眼里…
这项认知带给我很大的震撼..不得不承认自己的稚嫩与无知..
还真的要谢谢老板给我上了珍贵的一堂课..

新年快乐！！

2007-02-23T21:19:00.000+08:00

猪年到了。。。。在新的一年里主要的心愿就是：

1. 即将换新的工作。。。希望有好的发展。。。。
2. 生肖运程说今年桃花旺盛。。希望能遇到我的如意郎君。。。。
3. 成功改变以往得过且过的生活态度。。。能变得积极乐观。。。。

希望大家也能心想事成。。。。 "猪“ 事顺意。。。。
恭喜恭喜！！！！

I am back!!!

2007-02-23T21:11:00.000+08:00

Haha.. It has been a long time since I last updated my blog..
The reason being that I am very busy at work nd have no time to do it during teh office hour..
and I do not have internet access at home...

When I finally have time to do that today..
I found that I have forgotten the blogger username and password...
Haha.. anyway today is a good day..

I managed to recover the username and password..
and found a way to connect to the free Wireless@SG network at home..
But actually I borrowed this wireless network adapter from my colleague for 1 day only..
sigh.. think I have to get one soon...

TM's New House Part 3 - The Master Bedroom

2007-02-01T14:54:00.000+08:00

TM's New House Part 2 - The Kitchen

2007-02-01T14:21:00.000+08:00

TM's New House Part 1 - The Living Hall

2007-02-01T13:40:00.000+08:00

江南行...Part3

2007-01-12T15:06:00.000+08:00

短暂的抽离.. 瞬间的回忆…
当刹那的感动消逝..一切回到原点…

离开杭州后的下一站就是上海了.. 这是我们这一次旅程的最后一站..
抵达上海遇到的第一个困难就是如何带着我们沉重的行李离开车站..
上海地铁站的梯级多得要命,而且都没有站立式电梯..唉.. 没办法. 我们也只有硬着头皮,咬紧牙关,带着行李一步一步往上走…

好不容易找到了预定的酒店, 一进去我们的心又冷了半截.. 我们看到了一条很长的楼梯,而电梯就在着楼梯的上端.. 我们差点没晕倒…

不过说真的.. 上海并没有什么特别的.. 就是一个人多物贵的都市.. 我们住的酒店就坐落在上海市中心一条主要的购物街”南京东路”,很多主要的景点都在举步之遥.. 放下行李后我们就到外滩去感受一下昔日的上海滩..不过那天真的是冷的要命..

其实上海最好的地方就是逛书店.. 我在那里买了几本书.. 如果不是行李放不下.. 我想我会买多几本.. 可是现在那写书也只是摆着..都没有看..

元旦那天我们酒店附近的广场上有一场跨年演唱会, 到场嘉宾包括苏有朋与陈慧琳.. 可是我们却选择到外滩去吹冷风,等待一场不知道有没有的烟火表演.. 结果当然是白等了.. 还好在回酒店的途中刚好赶上为演唱会压轴的陈慧琳.. 总算弥补了一点小小的遗憾..

隔天早上我们起了个大早到机场去... 磁浮列车果然快捷.. 从静止状态加速到时速300公里也只需区区几秒钟的时间.. 只是旅途有些颠簸...无论如何,这是非常难得的经验.. 谢了,上海市:)

**完结**

江南行...Part 2

2007-01-09T09:03:00.000+08:00

短暂的抽离.. 瞬间的回忆…
当刹那的感动消逝..一切回到原点…

离开西塘后, 我们续程前往杭州.. 这次乘搭的巴士还不错.. 只是司机还是喜欢动不动就往窗外吐痰.. 说到吐痰,这又是中国人民生活的一部分…其实在中国随地吐痰的习惯真的很普遍.. 随时随地都能看到,听到,一个不小心就会踩到.. 每一回听到别人吐痰的声音我就会东张西望, 深怕他们吐到我的身上来..不过那边的人吐痰吐了这么多年.. 已经是如火纯青了.. 再加上有声可循.. 我所担心的意外事故并没有发生.. 是我多虑了.. 哈哈..

好了..回归正题.. 初来乍到.. 杭州这城市当真让我既惊又喜.. 在到达之前, SJ已经和他的朋友联络好抵达时间.. 那朋友说因为车站秩序很乱, 他要亲自来车站接我们.. 不过到了那儿以后, 觉得其实还好啦…只是在等的士时有很多乞丐来纠缠.. 很多都是年纪很大的老人家.. 只是杭州的交通还是一样只能用一个“乱”字来形容..那司机驾驶的技术更是了不起.. 把我们都吓坏了.. 连那位当地的朋友也说他是第一次碰到这么鲁莽的司机..

而我们抵达杭州后的另一个惊喜就是我们下塌的酒店.. 由于着酒店也是那位当地朋友代我们订的.. 我们原本还担心那酒店不知道好不好…结果我们又有一点被吓到了..那酒店应该有4星以上.. 还包括了3个人的早餐.. 一晚上只需200多人民币.. 其实那酒店的房价应该是500多人民币一晚的.. 是因为那为朋友透过关系预定才有这样的优惠价..总之我们是赚到了..还住了3晚... 呵呵..

杭州真的和想象中很不一样… 本来以为这里应该是很古朴的地方.. 其实并不尽然.. 就算是著名的西湖旅游区也标榜着”以迈向五星级景点为目标”, 在历史背景浓厚的西湖河畔建设了以现代化餐饮娱乐为主的“西湖新天地”… 不过那里的人倒是挺热心的.. 我们在西湖遇见了几位老奶奶,她们知道我们是从外地来的游客,还特地指点我们到一些原本不在行程内的景点去呢..

另外,杭州的公共巴士系统也非常的完善...而且还很先进呢.. 巴士里的流动电视信号非常稳定,一点都不象新加坡的流动电视.. 动不动就Hang,不然就是段段续续的..当然着这也可能是因为杭州市内的高楼比较少,所以信号接收比较好.. 不过另外一项设施就肯定是这里望尘莫及的了.. 有一些巴士车站的站牌不但也设有流动电视,而且还能显示巴士与车站之间的距离..让等车的人能预算巴士到站的时间.. 厉害吧...

杭州市里其中一个车站的站牌,有没有看到荧幕下方的巴士距离显示?

(待续)

江南行..Part 1

2007-01-05T17:41:00.000+08:00

日期 : 2006年12月23日~ 2007年1月2日
行程: 上海->苏州->西塘->杭州->上海
人数: 3

这次的旅程感觉还好, 无惊无险, 稍嫌平淡...对上海的第一印象是乱,然后是脏,再来就是上海人普遍都不讲礼貌, 交通情况更是混乱,司机的驾驶技术让我钦佩.虽然有什么交通协管帮忙指挥交通, 但对我们这种在"井然有序"的环境下长大的人来说, 还是有点措手不及...刚到那儿的头几天我们还真的不太敢过马路呢!

我们在上海呆了一夜, 然后乘火车到苏州去... 那火车内部还挺干净的, 也还很新...

乘火车到苏州, 沿途看到的景色还是乱与脏.. 到了苏州, 少了一点繁华, 一点傲慢,其他的似乎也没什么不同... 不过我们下塌的酒店倒是值得一提.. 以连锁方式经营的经济型旅馆.. 便宜,干净, 服务员态度也挺友善的.. 不错不错..

下一站是西塘.. 这是一个古色古香的小镇...这也是Tom Cruise拍摄MI3的地方.. 在这里我们遇到很热情周到的旅店老板娘.. 吃的,住的都很对味... 是顶不错的地方.. 在这里我渡过了圣诞节..在这么中国风的地方过圣诞节.. 感觉还挺新鲜的.. 不过这地方虽好.. 从苏州到这里的过程却非常吐血... 巴士司机的鲁莽驾驶,一路上的乌烟瘴气,同车旅客的骚扰.. 全都让我感到厌烦.. 还好最终西塘都没有让我失望... (待续)

Happy 2007!!!

2007-01-04T12:04:00.000+08:00

Wow... It has been so long since I last updated my blog here..
I have been to Shanghai from 23rd Dec 2006 to 2 Jan 2007..
There I celebrated the X'mas, my bithday and the New Year..
The trip is not very exciting.. In fact I can't remember much of the details..
However it did serve as a short getaway from the dull routine life...

Hmm.. So what should I wish for the new year 2007??
I wish.. I can grow stronger.. both physically and mentally..
I wish.. I can be more generous..
I wish.. I will be able to find the very humble happiness that I have been longing for..
I wish.. I will be able to figure out the goal in my life...
I wish.. I will have a little bit more luck...
I wish.. I can forget and let go all the unhappiness in the past...

All in all... I wish I can become a much better person.. I sincerely hope that..

久违的晴天…

2006-12-20T09:09:00.000+08:00

接连下了几天的雨.. 终于出太阳了..
今天我终于能在暖暖的阳光中醒来..
在睁开眼的第一刻见到阳光…
昨晚我还用Hair Dryer 把晒了两天没干而发出霉味的衣服”风干”..
没想到今天就出太阳了..

过去几天也许因为天气的关系心情也变得有点郁闷了..
无论如何..希望今天的晴天能扫去多日的阴霾..一切重新出发…
不禁想起一句话.. “太阳不会因为乌云的阻挡而消失…”
是啊.. 雨过总会天晴的..

Are you busy?

2006-12-15T12:56:00.000+08:00

Have you ever encountered this?
When you are busy, you can think of a lot of things that you want to do.. But as you are busy, you are not able to do these tasks.. However, when you finally become free.. You just can't remember what are those things that you "planned" to do during the busy period.. And end up you do nothing.. And the cycle will just repeat itself such that you will remember those tasks again when you get busy..

Sound complicated? Yeah.. I guess so.. This is what I have been going through in my life..

What a busy week...

2006-12-12T10:43:00.000+08:00

Well.. there were a lot of activities going on last week and there were so many things I wanted to share with you.. However, I was quite busy for the week and eventually gave up the idea of updating the blog..

So why were I so busy for the past week? Well.. My lead was on leave for the week.. She had asked me to take care of her projects.. And it just happened that two of the projects had came to their critical stages last week.. And I have my own project to handle as well.. so.. it's kind of overload for me.. Anyway I admit that I am not that kind of capable career woman :p..

My lead is back to work today.. And I am not better off.. Because I did not handle one of the project correctly and she just told me off for not managing properly... Now she is finding the alternative to solve the problem I have created.. while I am updating my blog here :-(

I am actually quite sad now.. Because it is really my fault.. Actually I didn't try to manage it at all last week becuase the event is on tomorrow and I thought I would just wait for her to come back and settle it on her own.. But.. it seems that she expected me to handle for her as well..

There is another thing that add on to her bad impression on me... I was supposed to start a new project last week.. This project has to be done by mid of Jan 2007... As I was so busy last week.. I thought I can finally start it today.. However this morning when my lead asked me about the project status and I told her that I have not started it because I have no time...She immediately made the decision to pass this project to another colleague of mine.. Surprisingly I have no strong feeling this time... Just let it be.. I try not to upset with such things any more...

Honestly, I have thought last week was a good time for me to show my capability and impressed my lead.. However it seems that I have messed it up.. And last Saturday there was some issues on the software and my QA colleague had requested me to come back an dsolve it.. But I just told him and my lead that I am going back home and I asked my colleague to stand in for me.. Our performance appraisal was coming in this 2 weeks.. I guess all these events would summed up for a bad mark for me.. I don't want to think about it now.. Just let the nature takes the course.. Anyway I have asked for it myself.. What else can I expect... Haha..

知足常乐...

2006-12-07T09:12:00.000+08:00

知足自然无欲..
无欲自然无求..
无求自然无烦恼..
无烦恼即是快乐...

知足常乐.. 是我今天的领悟.. :-)

无奈,无助…

2006-12-04T11:53:00.000+08:00

最近我很努力地在做一件事..
尽管我已经很努力了.. 却还是无法挽回既定的结果..
似乎已经走到了尽头.. 在怎么努力也是徒然..
所做的一切也不再有任何意义…

已经很累了.. 却还是不舍得放弃. 是不甘心吗?
还是真的不能割舍呢?
我也很想知道答案…

说真的.. 长这么大还是第一次有这么无奈与无助的感觉..
讨厌这种努力了却不能得到想要的结果的感觉…

YEAH!! JLPT is over!!!

2006-12-04T09:06:00.000+08:00

Hurray!! My JLPT exam was over yesterday..
Although it’s only level 4 but I am glad that it’s over…
Phew…

The result should be out in March 2007…
However I have no absolute confidence to pass the exam…
There were 3 parts in the exam: vocabs, listening and grammar...

The first paper, which was the vocabularies, looked fine… out of 40 questions there were only about 3 to 5 questions that I was unsure… It was about the same for the grammar part… The terrible part was the listening… The questions were played from a tape recorder and we were supposed to listen to the questions carefully and answer the questions… Although the tape condition was much much much better than what I had expected (I had expected a very noisy and speedy conversations), I was still not able not able to catch the dialogue contents. Out of 17 questions, there were only 3 questions that I know what I was listening… terrible right?

Of course it is the best if I can pass since I have put in so much money and efforts on it… And I don’t think I want to sit for anymore exam (not even the next level)… But even if I failed, it doesn’t really matter… Because there is no requirement for me use the Japanese language in any way… unless I can save enough money to go to Japan… Anyway I would just keep my finger cross and hope for the best outcome in March next year.. :-)

To the very special YOU..

2006-12-01T10:49:00.000+08:00

This is a simple and short poem specially dedicated to a good friend of mine..
This is a piece of advice, as well as my best wishes for you..
Hope that you will find your way someday..

"It's not easy to meet someone you love
Be grateful when you finally found one..
Do cherish if you really care..
Don't do things that hurt people who love you..
Define your goal and hang on to it..
Be truthful and focused..
You will eventually be getting whatever you deserve.."

New Zealand Dream...

2006-11-29T09:24:00.000+08:00

My colleague has just cam back from New Zealand for her holiday..
As I am a very kepo person.. I keep bugging her to show me the photos..
Wow.. the pictures are so unreal.. As there are only limited vocabularies available to me..I can only say 3 words:
"WOW!WOW!WOW!"

haha..

The scenery is of stunning beauty...
The spectacular view of the ocean.. the ever changing coast line.. the endless greens.. the peaceful town view.. Everything is so breathtakingly beautiful that I hardly can believe that such heaven ever exists..

I think it is a perfect place to be explored by couples..Hope that I would be able to get a partner soon and make a trip there together....
New Zealand.. Wait for us ah!! Haha..

JLPT4...

2006-11-24T17:01:00.000+08:00

JLPT stands for "Japanese Language Proficiency Test"..
There are 4 different levels available for the test..
with level 4 being the most basic level and level 1 the most advaned level..
I am taking the level 4 this year... and it is taking place on 3 Dec..
which is about 2 weeks away from now..

I have taken 90 hours of Japanese lessons in a Japanese language school and it costs me over S$650 for the course fee.. During the first 20 lessons I was quite confident that I will definitely pass the exam.. However after attending the last 10 lessons... I felt a bit frustrated... Especially after my revision this few weeks.. I am even more worried..
The grammer parts are getting confusing and I think I have mixed them all up..
Maybe I should give myself a short break and start the revision all over again..

All the best to me :)

Pathetic life...........

2006-11-23T13:10:00.000+08:00

Very sianzzzzzzzzzzzz now...
Just had a team meeting with my lead and other team members this morning to update on next year projects.. Before ending the meeting, there is also an announcement of our departments undergoing restructuring... there might be a lay-off coming soon.. The idea is if the company found that you are redundant and they do not know where to put you in after the restructuring....Well.. then you will be the lucky one to go.. In fact, the name list is at the VP's hand now..

By looking at the situations.. I think it is very high chance that I will be the "lucky" one .. Not that I worry too much ok.. This is the conclusion I came out with after some analysis...

Firstly.. let's see what projects are coming next year.. they are mainly from the regions.. This includes Philiplines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan... with main focus on the Malaysia and Taiwan project...And then we have 4 people in the software teams: colleague A, B, my lead and me..
Now.. let's look at eh project assignment next year:
1. Malaysia and Taiwan Projects -> colleague A (he is my lead's pet and just got increment in June)
2. Philippines and Indonesia project -> colleague B
3. One existing local project which is expected to be completed by end of this year -> me

Did you notice that NO new projects are being assigned to me? And my lead explicitly pointed out that my colleague A will be very busy next year.. I wonder if you have the same question as me now :
"Since colleague A is so busy, why not giving one of his project to me?"

Exactly!! That's the key point... So it is very obvious that who is going to be that "redundant" person next year right??
Ya... I think it's time to have some backup plan now.. sigh...
Why my life is always so pathetic??

有感而发…

2006-11-22T10:58:00.000+08:00

有没有试过很任性地要求一样不可能的东西而被拒绝?
有没有试过被拒绝后仍然很任性地坚持?
有没有试过很任性地坚持后不但什么也得不到还被臭骂一顿?
那时候该怎么办呢?
是放手还是继续坚持?
是不舍还是不甘?
前进与后退的时机必须要拿捏得准吧..
该放手的时候还是该放手..
明知道没有结果就不要继续…
不然只会适得其反惹人厌…
人的耐性毕竟有限.. 谁也没有义务容忍你的任性..
任性.. 已经不属于我们这年纪了…

(p/s: 以上言论纯属有感而发.. 与笔者个人遭遇决无关系.. 请勿多做联想.. 哈哈..)

非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远

2006-11-21T13:34:00.000+08:00

ＳＪ很喜欢着句话．．　今天也在ＭＳＮ里写了很多遍．．
于是我就去查了查它的由来．．

非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远。”出自诸葛亮54岁时写给他8岁儿子诸葛瞻的《诫子书》。诸葛草庐中门联：淡泊以明志宁静而致远此联出自第37回二顾草庐中。刘、关、张三人跟童子进诸葛草庐，至中门，刘备见门上大书一联。其大意是：不追求名利，生活简单朴素，才能显示出自己的志趣；不追求热闹，心境安宁清静，才能达到远大目标。通过此联揭示了诸葛亮的高尚德操

＜＜诫子篇＞＞
夫君子之行，静以修身，俭以养德。非淡泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远。夫学须静也，才须学也，非学无以广才，非志无以成学，淫漫则不能励精，险躁则不能治性，年与时驰，意与日去，遂成枯落，多不接世，悲守穷庐，将复何及!

唉．．知易行难．．　谈何容易啊．．

当你孤单你会想起谁..

2006-11-20T11:17:00.000+08:00

“当你孤单你会想起谁.. 你想不想找个人来陪..
你的快乐伤悲..只有我能体会..
让我来陪你走一回…”

你是否还记得这首歌?
这应该是我中学时代的歌曲吧…
好像有一点年代久远叻.. 哈哈..
虽然已经很久了.. 我却一直记得它..

你有孤单的时候吗? 当你孤单时你又会想起谁呢?

Dying career.....

2006-11-17T09:54:00.000+08:00

Sigh.. Today is Friday..
And Friday is supposed to be beautiful..
However I just can't help to sigh early in the morning..

You know every morning when I step into the office I need to think very hard what I should do to pass my day.. I wondered if I am too efficient or the company's business is so bad that I do not have any critical project at hand.. Well.. there is one very critical one which involved co-development with my HongKee vendor.. but the core part is developed by him and I am just doing some compilation and bugs fixing.. Mmm... to me this type of job is really chicken feed lor..

One of the things I always do in the office now is updating my blog.. you can see that I published quite a number of articles in my blog for the past 2 weeks.. All these are done in the office.. as I have no internet access at home..

Without having to say.. everybody knows that it is time for me to look for a new job now.. well.. another thing I always do in the office early in the morning now is job searching.. The process is very easy.. All I need to do is to open my mailbox, read the jobs being posted to me everyday by JobsDB and JobStreets, reading the job description and click on the "Quick Apply" button to apply for the job I am interested in... I find that it brings even more fun reading the jobs description than doing my normal chores in the office.. hoho... However, I still doubt the effectiveness of using this "Quick Apply" button.. Anyway, I am just testing the market while waiting for my year end bonus in January..

However, I seriously hoped that I would be able to find a job that bring me a lot of money and job satisfactions.. So my frens.. please pray for me.. I would give you a BIG BIG treat if I managed to get one.. Thanks.. hehe..

谢谢你.. 我的朋友..

2006-11-16T10:19:00.000+08:00

每个人都会有烦恼的时候..
那时朋友就会告诉你说:

”哎呀… 你不要想那么多啦...”

可是我很想问.. 是不是你不去想.. 日子久了就真的自然会没事了呢?
我是一个死心眼的人.. 不容易看得开..
于是朋友劝久了也觉得没有意思…
干脆不理我算了…

对不起.. 我也不想这样.. 可是性格使然…
也许这就是我注定会失败的原因吧…
但是请不要对我灰心..
我会尝试不去想太多..希望有一天真的会雨过天晴..
谢谢你...

唉…消费税..

2006-11-14T15:46:00.000+08:00

昨天总理在总结国会报告上提出政府有意再次调高消费税..
第一次实施消费税是在1994年.. 当时的税收是3%..
在2004年, 消费税提高至5%...
明年, 也就是2007年, 消费税即将再次上调到7%...

天啊!今年可说是”步步高升”的一年…什么都涨价..
先是汽油价格高居不下, 导致交通业者以运作成本上升为由纷纷调高车资..
接着水电费也跟着涨价…再来就是咖啡和糖…
当我们这些老百姓还在调整自己的生活脚步以应付这”一波未平一波又起”的物价飙升时…
现在又得迎接这额外的2%消费税… 日子该怎么过下去啊..

政府说调高消费税的原因是要增加国家收入以帮助低收入家庭并缩短贫富差距..
但是不符和政府所谓”低收入家庭”定义得人不见得就过得很充裕..
我相信有许多人都和我一样是徘徊在”低收入家庭”定义边缘的..
每个月的支出与收入其实只是刚好取得平衡.. 根本没有什么剩余的储蓄…
不管是谁以任何理由涨价.. 对我们来说都是负担…
低收入者能够得到政府协助, 高收入者能应付自如..
那我们这些不高不低,不上不下的小市民又该如何自处呢?
看来这地方是很难呆下去了...还是趁早存多点钱...然后回家去..

20.30.40…

2006-11-13T13:55:00.000+08:00

不知道你还记不记得有一部名为<<20.30.40>>的电影?
讲述的是三个不同年龄层的女人的故事..
主演的三位女演员分别是李心洁,刘若英以及张艾嘉..

我们家里也住着3个女人…
昨天早上我在家里和我的房东和室友聊天..
才发现原来我们也是分别属于20,30, 40岁..
我是20岁的代表,而我的室友和房东则分别是30与40岁..
当然我们的生活并没有如电影般的精彩..
我们都是单身, 没有男朋友..
日常作息正常.. 没有什么高潮迭起..

在聊天的当儿,我偶然抬头看见房东在客厅里供奉的观音肖像..
突然有一个想法.. 那就是…
“怎么我现在住在尼姑庵吗? 难道这就是所谓的姑婆屋？”
啊!!! 不要啦…
这念头真的有点可怕…看来我真的要摆一摆桃花阵..
希望那可怕的想法不会成真.. 我还是很想把自己嫁出去的..

读到这里.. 亲爱的看官们.. 有什么好的对像的话..
记得关照关照哦!! ;-)

超级无敌败家女!!!

2006-11-09T16:11:00.000+08:00

糟了!糟了!!!
刚才小算了上个月和前个月的开支..
惊然发现这两个月的支出都超出了我的月入...
惨了啦....

其实我都知道这几个月的花费多得吓人..
可是真正算一算才知道那数目的可怕..
接下来几个月要好好计划计划..
收身养性.. 存一点钱..
不然就得坐吃山空了..

好无聊哦.........

2006-11-09T15:39:00.000+08:00

最近日子过得很平淡...
每天就是上下班, 回家...
几乎没有什么社交生活可言...

下班回家后就只能窝在小小的房间里...
朋友都各忙各的... 要找个一起逛街吃饭的人也不容易..
电视上播映的节目也不太能吸引我的注意..
平时也没有培养什么特别的兴趣...
唯一喜欢做的就是聊天.. 但是现在连聊天也不知道要找谁..
生活过得百无聊赖... 好无趣...
没有目标, 没有寄托...
谁来搭救我啊.....

What a sleepy day........

2006-11-07T15:11:00.000+08:00

Aiyo.. what the hell am I doing..
I am so sleepy today... Until I can hardly open my eyes in the office..

Why am I so tired? What have I been doing for the past few days?
Well.. Last Saturday it was my company's D&D...
I reached home about 1:30am in the midnight and only managed to go to bed at 3am..
But I was not able to sleep well... Remembered I mentioned about the IBS before?
It was giving me trouble again on that night..
I woke up at 6am to go to the toilet (very unwillingly..).. and went back to sleep again..
At 9am I woke up cos of the stomach cramp and went to the toilet again..
This time.. I was not able to go back to sleep...

From then on... it seems that I am not able to recover from the sleepiness..
Oh no.... when can I reveover?

Zzzzzzzzzzzz.................

共勉之…

2006-11-03T12:08:00.000+08:00

最近身边很多朋友都被派出国工干..
Michelle明天到英国五天, WC很可能会到高雄工作三个星期, LH有机会到美国去却拒绝了, DJ即将在11月中到英国去出差..
看来现在是出国工作的旺季嘛..怎么都没轮到我呢?

其实我也不是没有出过差..
想当年我的第一分工作, 我曾经到菲律宾三次, 也曾经到过德国..
刚换来这份工作是也曾被派到香港去..
当时朋友们都很羡慕我.. (有吗??)
现在已经过了一年多了, 我都没机会到国外出差…
现在该换我来羡慕他们了.. 嘿嘿..

SJ每次都会很看不开的说怎么人家都这么好命..
为什么他都没有这种机会…
曾经我也和他一样会这么想..
可是现在不会了..
别人怎么样是别人的事.. 他们的成就与机会是靠自己的努力换来的..
而我们只需要努力做好自己的本份就可以了…
真的不必太在意别人的成就.. 没得比较的..

正所谓风水轮流转.. 总有一天你也会有证明你自己的机会的..
所以就耐心的等吧.. 趁这段期间好好充电..
等机会到的时候就能够发光,发热…给别人好看..
哈哈..

共勉之…

I hate "IBS"

2006-11-03T10:14:00.000+08:00

My tummy has been giving me problems for the whole week..
Since Monday, I have been going to toilet more frequent than usual..
About 5 times a day. ..but it was not diarrhea.. however nor was it normal..
I thought that this was because I had taken too much fruits on the previous day..
So I didn't really care about it..

However, the condition didn't improve for the next few days..
And my sleep is affected.. Every morning I am waken up by stomach cramp..
Then I began to suspect something is really wrong..because I was still facing constipation the previous week..

Then I remembered about this term "Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)".. and I start searching the internet for more information... And below is the information I extracted from http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs_ez/#6

Symptoms:

crampy pain in the stomach area (abdomen)
painful diarrhea or constipation
swollen or bloated abdomen
the feeling that you have not finished a bowel movement

Some foods make IBS worse:

fatty foods like french fries
milk products like cheese or ice cream
chocolate
alcohol
caffeine (found in coffee and some sodas)
carbonated drinks like soda

The article also mentioned that

"Emotional stress will not cause a person to develop IBS. But if you already have IBS, stress can trigger symptoms."

Hmm.. By looking at the information above, I believe that all along I am having the IBS problem...And I am drinking coffee every morning this week for my breakfast..And recently I faced some stress which might have triggered the symptoms...

(Haha SJ, you must be thinking "Pls lah, what stress you have? We all know you are very 'eng' ok.."OK lor.. I am being stressed for nothing :p )

But I am not going to seek a doctor's help as the ariticle also mentioned that

"IBS has no cure, but you can do things to relieve symptoms. Treatment may involve

diet changes
medicine
stress relief "

So I think I am just going to relief my stress and change my diet a bit to improve the condition..

So... bye bye coffee, bye bye fries, bye bye ice cream.. Btw, I just drank coffee again this morning.. hehe .. :P

”Many”的由来

2006-11-02T13:54:00.000+08:00

和我熟络的朋友都叫我”Many”.. 叫着叫着也就习惯了..
可是知道这名字来历的应该没几个人吧..
现在就让我来说说关于这个绰号的由来吧..

想当年小妹我应该是在念小学五年级吧..
学校每年都会举办英语讲故事比赛..
而我很荣幸的成为班上其中一位代表..
于是家父就亲自为我挑选了一则简单易背的故事..
故事是这样开始的..

“Many many years ago, there is a …”

由于当时的英语老师非常重视这场比赛..
每一节英语课都会让参赛代表到讲台上练习..
于是在那段期间, 我每天都重复着
“Many many years ago…”
时间久了,同学就干脆叫我”Many”..
好了.. 报告完毕.. 就是这么简单..
谢谢!!!

Penny的“淡水河边”

2006-11-02T11:11:00.000+08:00

Penny 终于又发专辑了..
那天偶然从收音机里听到了专辑的主打歌曲” 淡水河边”..
其中副歌部分非常有感觉..

一向以来Penny的词曲都能带给我一些感动..
她写的词并不华丽, 却很实在..
不需要特意卖弄文采也能让人感动..
(其实我听歌都是先听曲, 如果觉得好听才会注意歌词,所以曲的好听程度就不用说了)

“我很狼狽的將我的臉偷偷收起了
我很浪費的將你的好通通放開了

我很慚愧的將你的手交給他了
我懷疑我能做什麼
當我頹廢的難過著

我很狼狽的將我的眼静静閉上了
我很浪費的將你的話通通忘記了
我很慚愧的將你的未來讓給他了
你能夠為我做什麼
比我快樂
因為我值得.....”

请列举单身的十大好处

2006-11-01T10:33:00.000+08:00

这两天突然开窍, 开始享受单身贵族的乐趣:
1. 逛街看电影不必配合别人的时间
2. 爱买什么样的衣服就买怎样的衣服
3. 钱爱怎么花就怎么花
4. 不想化妆就不化,没人在旁边唠叨
5. 每个月节省70巴仙的电话费
6. 想吃就吃,没人嫌你发胖
7. 不想运动就不去, 没人逼你去
8. 没人批评和限制交朋友的自由
9. 不会有人一直在旁拿你和别人比较
10.只需要照顾自己, 烦恼也减少了一半