In china again... nothing to do... hungry... stupid logmein taking damn long to load dunno why...
Reading headlines...
House passes auto bailout, Senate prospects are grim
Yuan to devaluate 10% in 2009
Russian devaluation gathers pace as central bank loosens control of ruble
I find this article in particular interesting...
Deflation Says Buy Bonds; Supply Flood Says Sell
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=ayWr6HwZq0FY&refer=home
All the money is simply going into overcapacity and inefficiency...
god bless
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Spiralling oil and the raging deflation bear
RoaRssS*****
ok.. that's about it...
Stumbled upon something interesting today,
That was in 2007, in today's oil producing countries have been trying to tap on high oil prices which once peaked at close to $147/barrel and with an ever increasing pressure from western capitalism for OPEC to increase output, oil producing countries made huge capital investments on infrastructure, oil wells, offshore oil rigs, invested in offshore oil exploration, just look at the books of keppel offshore and Ezra to get an idea of the situation.
Faced with the downward spiral of oil prices, those whose orders have not been fulfilled have the luxury of canceling it, however, those who have already made the move, they have to continue producing, as you can from the chart above, those were the breakeven points per barrel of oil, in 2007, however, in 2008, more advanced access points have been built to access inaccessible oil, the necessary infrastructure much more costly and the capital investment beyond imagination.
This easily brings up the breakeven point by 30-40%.
OPEC has been calling for a cut in ouput by 2million barrels per day to stave off the decrease in oil price, but apparently, not everyone is adhering to the mandate passed down, the bottomline is that, everyone has their bottomline to watch out for, under-utilizing their current capacity can make a huge hole in their current account, especially after spending so much on the newly installed facilities.
It seems that oil prices might not hold $70 after all, this christmas is going to be a chilly one, everyone please pray for the economy, however, the good news is that oil is probably going to fuel the raging bear of deflation and bring down prices everywhere just as it brought it up....... I just hope that as the ham in the middle of the supply chain, we will be able to hold our ground against the big bear... i don't wanna get eaten up.... *prays
ok.. that's about it...
Stumbled upon something interesting today,
That was in 2007, in today's oil producing countries have been trying to tap on high oil prices which once peaked at close to $147/barrel and with an ever increasing pressure from western capitalism for OPEC to increase output, oil producing countries made huge capital investments on infrastructure, oil wells, offshore oil rigs, invested in offshore oil exploration, just look at the books of keppel offshore and Ezra to get an idea of the situation.
Faced with the downward spiral of oil prices, those whose orders have not been fulfilled have the luxury of canceling it, however, those who have already made the move, they have to continue producing, as you can from the chart above, those were the breakeven points per barrel of oil, in 2007, however, in 2008, more advanced access points have been built to access inaccessible oil, the necessary infrastructure much more costly and the capital investment beyond imagination.
This easily brings up the breakeven point by 30-40%.
OPEC has been calling for a cut in ouput by 2million barrels per day to stave off the decrease in oil price, but apparently, not everyone is adhering to the mandate passed down, the bottomline is that, everyone has their bottomline to watch out for, under-utilizing their current capacity can make a huge hole in their current account, especially after spending so much on the newly installed facilities.
It seems that oil prices might not hold $70 after all, this christmas is going to be a chilly one, everyone please pray for the economy, however, the good news is that oil is probably going to fuel the raging bear of deflation and bring down prices everywhere just as it brought it up....... I just hope that as the ham in the middle of the supply chain, we will be able to hold our ground against the big bear... i don't wanna get eaten up.... *prays
Friday, October 10, 2008
Qatar Airways 2
I am so owned by Qatar Airways... feel obliged to give a second review..
was totally tired after reaching Doha airport on the journey back, was about to drag my half dead body onboard the plane back to SG, when the ground staff told me
"Sir, We've changed your seat and upgraded you to business clas" WohOoOOOOooO!!!!!
Its as if they knew how fucked up i felt and wanted to make me feel better.
i felt as if my heart was going to burst ooozing with ecstasy
as i stepped into the business class cabin, i felt an aura of nobility..
felt so mountain turtle... the stewardess came up to take my order.
I actually didn't feel like eating.. would definitely not have eaten if i was
in economy.. but I WAS IN BUSINESS CLASS!! so die die must eat.
The menu was quite extensive and you could order as much as you wanted.
Below describes the most satisfying meal i''ve had on board a plane.. EVER
Refreshment after takeoff
-Champagne
Dinner
-Caviar with cream on 2 slices of bagguette (Appetizer)
-Sushi
-Smoked salmon with Foie gras and asparagus (Main Course)
-Crossiant smothered with fresh french butter
-Haggen Daz ice cream topped with fresh blueberry sauce(Dessert)
The stewardess came over, laid cloth over the special foldable table, laid the cutlery and served the meal in a fine dining fashion. Finished down to the very last crumb,very carefully the stewardess cleared up the mess i made and stowed the table back into my seat.
The seat was sort of automatic, i pressed a button and the seat straightened out to a position where i could lie straight. There was so much space i could take cuddle up comfortably with my little pillow, fell asleep in less than 10mins.
After 5 hours, the stewardess woke me up for breakfast.
Revived me with orange juice
-variety of pastry along with jam and butter.
-fresh fruits with pancotta
-Scrambled eggs with veal burger
Before i knew it.. we were about to land... could not bear to leave the cabin.
I found a small bag full of toiletries,
-Colgate
-Listerine
-Body emulsion lotion
-Facial foam
and a whole lot of stuff i don't recognize.
Went to the private toilet for business class passengers, washed up and prepared to get off the plane.
It was totally a 5 star experience... and one last point to put... if you're transiting in Doha... you should totally take Qatar business... cos they will so drive you around in a BMW seven series to the private business class transit lounge..
That's what i call opulence in life.... haizz... when can i make enough to take business clas....
was totally tired after reaching Doha airport on the journey back, was about to drag my half dead body onboard the plane back to SG, when the ground staff told me
"Sir, We've changed your seat and upgraded you to business clas" WohOoOOOOooO!!!!!
Its as if they knew how fucked up i felt and wanted to make me feel better.
i felt as if my heart was going to burst ooozing with ecstasy
as i stepped into the business class cabin, i felt an aura of nobility..
felt so mountain turtle... the stewardess came up to take my order.
I actually didn't feel like eating.. would definitely not have eaten if i was
in economy.. but I WAS IN BUSINESS CLASS!! so die die must eat.
The menu was quite extensive and you could order as much as you wanted.
Below describes the most satisfying meal i''ve had on board a plane.. EVER
Refreshment after takeoff
-Champagne
Dinner
-Caviar with cream on 2 slices of bagguette (Appetizer)
-Sushi
-Smoked salmon with Foie gras and asparagus (Main Course)
-Crossiant smothered with fresh french butter
-Haggen Daz ice cream topped with fresh blueberry sauce(Dessert)
The stewardess came over, laid cloth over the special foldable table, laid the cutlery and served the meal in a fine dining fashion. Finished down to the very last crumb,very carefully the stewardess cleared up the mess i made and stowed the table back into my seat.
The seat was sort of automatic, i pressed a button and the seat straightened out to a position where i could lie straight. There was so much space i could take cuddle up comfortably with my little pillow, fell asleep in less than 10mins.
After 5 hours, the stewardess woke me up for breakfast.
Revived me with orange juice
-variety of pastry along with jam and butter.
-fresh fruits with pancotta
-Scrambled eggs with veal burger
Before i knew it.. we were about to land... could not bear to leave the cabin.
I found a small bag full of toiletries,
-Colgate
-Listerine
-Body emulsion lotion
-Facial foam
and a whole lot of stuff i don't recognize.
Went to the private toilet for business class passengers, washed up and prepared to get off the plane.
It was totally a 5 star experience... and one last point to put... if you're transiting in Doha... you should totally take Qatar business... cos they will so drive you around in a BMW seven series to the private business class transit lounge..
That's what i call opulence in life.... haizz... when can i make enough to take business clas....
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Review on Qatar
Firstly... i need to say that i am typing this half awake from a midnight flight running away from the sun... i mean really literally running from the sun... on the plane... i can see the sun chasing behind... outside of the plane, it's perpetual sunrise... it looks like its rising but it doesn't seem to rise.. anyway to summarize this ardous journey.
3:20 Sin - Doha 6:45
its a 7.5hr flight.. roughly 4 hrs time difference.. the rest is flight lagtime
15:55 Doha - Alexandria 18:30
not on this flight yet... in the qatar lounge idling my time away.. rotting.. don't quite know what to do with the 9hrs i'm here.
Surprisingly, Doha airport is not what i thought it to be.. its rather.. how should i put it.. lacking in facilities. Being a major transit hub, it thought it would more or less be close to the dubai airport, at least there should be a transit hotel for travellers. There's hardly anything here, the airport's pretty small, we had to get off on the runway and take a shuttle bus to the airport.
Facilities
1 x DFS
1 x Food Court
2 x Coffeebean wannabe
1 x Bookshop
1 x Quiet room
1 x smoking room
2 x Airline lounge
Anyways... enough of complaining about the Doha Airport..
I need to give my complements to Qatar Airway, just as the commercial on Channel News Asia says "The World's Five Star Airline"
Few Factors to note
1)In flight attendants polite, pays attention to details.
2)Seats are comfortable, reasonable leg space, nice little pillow and
foldable headrest attached to seat, leg rest also available
3)Food is good,definitely tickled my palletes, the crossiant in particular,
was exquisite, served Emmi yoghurt for dessert
4)Big plus point, the served 2 meals on a 7hr flight. Crossiant sandwich
after takeoff and omelette for breakfast.
5)Personalized in flight entertainment available, watched disney-Cars
6)Ride was rather smooth, good takeoff and landing
7)There was cologne and mosturizing lotion in the toilet,quite impressive
8)Price is reasonable, $2600 return trip Sin - Alexandria (Cheaper than SQ by $400+)
Pretty glad i tried Qatar this time, at first it was quite lan lan situation, it was the only 2 leg flight to alexandria, but after going on board, the midnight flight didn't turn out to be too bad...
It's not that i don't love my country... but next time... bye bye SQ, hello Qatar.. unless its the A380 =D
3:20 Sin - Doha 6:45
its a 7.5hr flight.. roughly 4 hrs time difference.. the rest is flight lagtime
15:55 Doha - Alexandria 18:30
not on this flight yet... in the qatar lounge idling my time away.. rotting.. don't quite know what to do with the 9hrs i'm here.
Surprisingly, Doha airport is not what i thought it to be.. its rather.. how should i put it.. lacking in facilities. Being a major transit hub, it thought it would more or less be close to the dubai airport, at least there should be a transit hotel for travellers. There's hardly anything here, the airport's pretty small, we had to get off on the runway and take a shuttle bus to the airport.
Facilities
1 x DFS
1 x Food Court
2 x Coffeebean wannabe
1 x Bookshop
1 x Quiet room
1 x smoking room
2 x Airline lounge
Anyways... enough of complaining about the Doha Airport..
I need to give my complements to Qatar Airway, just as the commercial on Channel News Asia says "The World's Five Star Airline"
Few Factors to note
1)In flight attendants polite, pays attention to details.
2)Seats are comfortable, reasonable leg space, nice little pillow and
foldable headrest attached to seat, leg rest also available
3)Food is good,definitely tickled my palletes, the crossiant in particular,
was exquisite, served Emmi yoghurt for dessert
4)Big plus point, the served 2 meals on a 7hr flight. Crossiant sandwich
after takeoff and omelette for breakfast.
5)Personalized in flight entertainment available, watched disney-Cars
6)Ride was rather smooth, good takeoff and landing
7)There was cologne and mosturizing lotion in the toilet,quite impressive
8)Price is reasonable, $2600 return trip Sin - Alexandria (Cheaper than SQ by $400+)
Pretty glad i tried Qatar this time, at first it was quite lan lan situation, it was the only 2 leg flight to alexandria, but after going on board, the midnight flight didn't turn out to be too bad...
It's not that i don't love my country... but next time... bye bye SQ, hello Qatar.. unless its the A380 =D
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Project happiness
Saw this programme on CNA today, Project happiness, where a group of CEOs go to Bhutan, in search of the truth about happiness. There they were inspired by the way of life in bhutan. When they left, they asked the bhutanese, "What do you think we lack?", the answer was "You've got everything, but you don't understand happiness".
Perhaps it's enjoying the process of life which makes you happy. Sometimes... You have to look around you and tell yourself that you have everything in life that you could possibly want.. such is the simplicity of happiness
Perhaps it's enjoying the process of life which makes you happy. Sometimes... You have to look around you and tell yourself that you have everything in life that you could possibly want.. such is the simplicity of happiness
Sunday, August 24, 2008
times like this
It's times like this when you see the value in those you once take for granted... haizz... wishes for a familiar voice... even if its over the phone comes unanswered... i wanna go home...
Gong eh... Mr boss... Mf... where are you!!
Lucky got obama.. obama makes me feel better
Gong eh... Mr boss... Mf... where are you!!
Lucky got obama.. obama makes me feel better
Saturday, August 9, 2008
上海1943
I like to quote others... it's as if you can feel that person's thought...
and plus... it's much easier quoting others than being original.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Have you ever chanced upon a familiar face on the streets? One that rekindles nostalgic feelings of yester-year? The face of that someone symbiotic, that someone you were once inseperable from .. Be it the unblemished childhood memories where friendship, whilst unconscious and unarticulated, was the most fervent and genuine. where agendas, hypocrisy, superficiality were non existent. Or be it the relationship you left behind, one which so many sweet moments were shared and sweet nothings exchanged, a relationship forged using that one simple yet complicated element called love. One which was once thought to be able to last forever, one which was meant to be, supposed to be, but did not become.
Have you ever chanced upon that someone, so close to your heart, yet so distant in reality? The bittersweet feeling.....
Perhaps in life, we gain new friendships, relationships and eventually lose track of the old ones. Whether be it by choice or by the will of god, You see each other along the streets and your eyes speak of the once shared emotions pulsating in the form of synaptic waves merging your memories, as seemingly innocuous as it may be, speaks a thousand words in shattering your common past into, hyperbolically, a similar thousand pieces.
Have you ever........
and plus... it's much easier quoting others than being original.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Have you ever chanced upon a familiar face on the streets? One that rekindles nostalgic feelings of yester-year? The face of that someone symbiotic, that someone you were once inseperable from .. Be it the unblemished childhood memories where friendship, whilst unconscious and unarticulated, was the most fervent and genuine. where agendas, hypocrisy, superficiality were non existent. Or be it the relationship you left behind, one which so many sweet moments were shared and sweet nothings exchanged, a relationship forged using that one simple yet complicated element called love. One which was once thought to be able to last forever, one which was meant to be, supposed to be, but did not become.
Have you ever chanced upon that someone, so close to your heart, yet so distant in reality? The bittersweet feeling.....
Perhaps in life, we gain new friendships, relationships and eventually lose track of the old ones. Whether be it by choice or by the will of god, You see each other along the streets and your eyes speak of the once shared emotions pulsating in the form of synaptic waves merging your memories, as seemingly innocuous as it may be, speaks a thousand words in shattering your common past into, hyperbolically, a similar thousand pieces.
Have you ever........
Monday, August 4, 2008
A pinch of history
Watched Red Cliff again tdy... rmb shixiong told me about the sun shangxiang story.. so went to take make a short search on it....
Sun ShangXiang is actually the sister of Sun Quan, Princess of East Wu, Candid and well versed in martial arts, but not yet as boyish and masculine as potrayed by zhao wei in the movie. Rather, she was charming enough for liu bei to fall madly in love with her.
After the battle of Red Cliff, Sun Quan allowed Liu bei to occupy the lands of Jingzhou to "recover" from the battles, Jingzhou which later became his stronghold due to its importance as a strategic military base was also the cause of rift between the 2 monarchies.
The story goes like this,
Liu bei got very much comfortable in Jingzhou and his rule was starting to take root in the area East Wu once reigned over. Seeing this, Zhou Yu demanded the return of JingZhou reasoning that Liu Bei had enough time to recover the strength of his army and should move on to establish his rule somewhere else. Liu Bei having found a place to consolidate his power and establish a monarchy, was of course unwilling to move. Therefore came up with various excuses, dragging the process. Zhou Yu having tried both ceorcion and persuasion but still failed to get Liu bei to move his ass.. was of course damn lan lan suck thumb. But he couldn't do anything about it because if he were to attack Liu Bei, it would give the powerful cao cao a chance to launch an attack against them.
Then came a turn of events, Liu Bei's wife died, and being the horny man he was, he was pretty upset having lost his of source emotional and physical satisfaction.
Zhou Yu, being the scheming, conniving 贱人. He came up with a self proclaimed foolproof plan to get back JingZhou.
Ok... tired.... maybe continue if i remember.
Sun ShangXiang is actually the sister of Sun Quan, Princess of East Wu, Candid and well versed in martial arts, but not yet as boyish and masculine as potrayed by zhao wei in the movie. Rather, she was charming enough for liu bei to fall madly in love with her.
After the battle of Red Cliff, Sun Quan allowed Liu bei to occupy the lands of Jingzhou to "recover" from the battles, Jingzhou which later became his stronghold due to its importance as a strategic military base was also the cause of rift between the 2 monarchies.
The story goes like this,
Liu bei got very much comfortable in Jingzhou and his rule was starting to take root in the area East Wu once reigned over. Seeing this, Zhou Yu demanded the return of JingZhou reasoning that Liu Bei had enough time to recover the strength of his army and should move on to establish his rule somewhere else. Liu Bei having found a place to consolidate his power and establish a monarchy, was of course unwilling to move. Therefore came up with various excuses, dragging the process. Zhou Yu having tried both ceorcion and persuasion but still failed to get Liu bei to move his ass.. was of course damn lan lan suck thumb. But he couldn't do anything about it because if he were to attack Liu Bei, it would give the powerful cao cao a chance to launch an attack against them.
Then came a turn of events, Liu Bei's wife died, and being the horny man he was, he was pretty upset having lost his of source emotional and physical satisfaction.
Zhou Yu, being the scheming, conniving 贱人. He came up with a self proclaimed foolproof plan to get back JingZhou.
Ok... tired.... maybe continue if i remember.
Mr Quek
Saw Mr Quek today.... he likes to go central mall.. wonder if rich people get as woozy going up the nv ending round about into the carpark... Opps.. forgot he got driver so he dun need go up carpark...
He was quite easy to recognize... not a good idea to drive such an exclusive car when you're so rich and famous... easy target for robbery *thoughts run through my mind... nvm... i'll be richer than you after striking toto 7692 times.
summary
Route
Sing => Melaka => Muar => Johor => Sing
Eat aw jian
Eat Bak Kut Teh
Eat Chicken Rice
Eat chendol
Eat Peng Fish
Eat Durian
Sing => Patu Pahat => Melaka => Genting => KL => Johor => Sing
Lose Money
Pay Money
Lose Money
Pay Money
End
Sing => Melaka => Muar => Johor => Sing
Eat aw jian
Eat Bak Kut Teh
Eat Chicken Rice
Eat chendol
Eat Peng Fish
Eat Durian
Sing => Patu Pahat => Melaka => Genting => KL => Johor => Sing
Lose Money
Pay Money
Lose Money
Pay Money
End
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
emo boy
I can't actually think of a heading for this entry, but just felt like writing something... it simply makes me feel good... writing sorta has a hidden feel good factor.. it's pretty miraculous how manifesting your emotions into a paragraph heals you... it's as if you have the power to change the world with a stroke of the pen, or a tap on the keyboard...
It's actually not that easy to be abroad... away from home... living permenantly in a hotel room.. the loss of kinship, friendship and that all familiar smell of home, even if you have the previlege to be enjoying all the luxuries and flamboyance life can offer you... something simply seems to be missing.
It's actually not that easy to be abroad... away from home... living permenantly in a hotel room.. the loss of kinship, friendship and that all familiar smell of home, even if you have the previlege to be enjoying all the luxuries and flamboyance life can offer you... something simply seems to be missing.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
斑马与白兔
为什么白兔拒绝斑马的求婚？
应为白兔妈妈说，有文身的都是坏人
为什么斑马会拒绝白兔的求婚？
斑马爸爸说，白兔身家清白，不能嫁入流氓世家
it works both ways you see....
应为白兔妈妈说，有文身的都是坏人
为什么斑马会拒绝白兔的求婚？
斑马爸爸说，白兔身家清白，不能嫁入流氓世家
it works both ways you see....
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Ubin
Arranged a trip to ubin with the guys for some urban fun... been awhile since we had so much fun... we played, we laughed, we did stupid things, we did crazy things... This is what life should be like
Feels good to be out 7:30 on a sunday morning, the tranquil streets free from the normal tumults of an urban metropolis, the fresh morning breeze, birds chirping, sight of the horizon felt so gentle on the eyes..
Changi jetty @ 7:30, finished breakfast at the famous nasi lemak stall at changi village, time to go on our adventure!
Down the jetty and onto the boat
Wee!!! so excited~ haha
on your mark, get set, go!
Durian tree!!!! Run before they fall on you!!
Wahzz.. tired lehzz... dun go so fast... wait for me lehzz
Ok... picture speaks for itself
Super steep slope
Say liao... dun go down... dun believe... now fall down la
Pants break liao...
Hi... are you tai? tai tai went toilet pang sai... the door can't lock.. so we kept opening the door
until he pissed off and come out to kick our asses.. i still remember his shitting position... LOL
Terrorist.... fire in the hole!
Redbull gives you wings... but don't have to drink 5 cans right...
Don't act fierce...
going back lo... sad...
up the boat..
Sing song session on the boat....
Feels like 雾索南洋 , 走出去就有路，寻见了就有福
长空... my brothers
Feels good to be out 7:30 on a sunday morning, the tranquil streets free from the normal tumults of an urban metropolis, the fresh morning breeze, birds chirping, sight of the horizon felt so gentle on the eyes..
Changi jetty @ 7:30, finished breakfast at the famous nasi lemak stall at changi village, time to go on our adventure!
Down the jetty and onto the boat
Wee!!! so excited~ haha
Nice little doggie... don't bite please
on your mark, get set, go!
Durian tree!!!! Run before they fall on you!!
Wahzz.. tired lehzz... dun go so fast... wait for me lehzz
Ok... picture speaks for itself
Super steep slope
Say liao... dun go down... dun believe... now fall down la
Pants break liao...
Hi... are you tai? tai tai went toilet pang sai... the door can't lock.. so we kept opening the door
until he pissed off and come out to kick our asses.. i still remember his shitting position... LOL
Terrorist.... fire in the hole!
Redbull gives you wings... but don't have to drink 5 cans right...
Don't act fierce...
going back lo... sad...
up the boat..
Sing song session on the boat....
Feels like 雾索南洋 , 走出去就有路，寻见了就有福
Thanks for the outing..... i look forward to the next one!!!!
长空... my brothers
Monday, June 9, 2008
pillars of youth
Lawyer, doctors, CEO... these are the pillars of our societies.
Cuppaccino booooer, chicken feet loooner, sootsoot sweet saleswoman... these are what we wanted to become when we were young...
If only life were like a movie... if only everyone around you could accept you for being what you are... accept you for the $2.50 chicken rice patron instead of the flamboyant $2500 singapore flyer cocktail party guy... do you remember the time when you really enjoyed your chap chai peng at the playground? you enjoyed it more than anything else in the world didn't you? You might own so much more now, but owning so much more just makes you much smaller than you were...All the luxuries have only earned you inadequacy...for all you are.. you are but less than an 8yr old...
Being happy is rather easy isn't it...
it's simply to enjoy what you have and give up what you don't...
haizz.... if only i were a cartoon character...
Cuppaccino booooer, chicken feet loooner, sootsoot sweet saleswoman... these are what we wanted to become when we were young...
If only life were like a movie... if only everyone around you could accept you for being what you are... accept you for the $2.50 chicken rice patron instead of the flamboyant $2500 singapore flyer cocktail party guy... do you remember the time when you really enjoyed your chap chai peng at the playground? you enjoyed it more than anything else in the world didn't you? You might own so much more now, but owning so much more just makes you much smaller than you were...All the luxuries have only earned you inadequacy...for all you are.. you are but less than an 8yr old...
Being happy is rather easy isn't it...
it's simply to enjoy what you have and give up what you don't...
haizz.... if only i were a cartoon character...
days of yore
Been fustrated lately.... be it for work or for my personal life.. everything seems to be in a mess. Sometimes, you think back and you feel that life as a grown up just isn't what you thought it to be.. or is it? fingfing下，oh fingfing下
Saturday, May 31, 2008
precious moments
The seabreeze brushing against your face, waves gently creeping up the stony slopes, great music, a great pal.. singing along to the tune of friendship... this is one moment that will truimph all others to enter the hall of memories.. locked in forever...
Friday, May 30, 2008
marriage?
a Post i ripped off wallstraits... i think its funny.. in a rather sad way though..
WHY AM I MARRIED? [ My old schoolmate sent this to our yahoo group... ]
You have two choices in life:
You can stay single and be miserable,
or get married and wish you were dead.
At a cocktail party, one woman said to another,
'Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?'
'Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.'
A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:
'Husband Wanted'.
Next day she received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing:
'You can have mine.'
When a woman steals your husband,
there is no better revenge than to let her keep him.
A woman is incomplete until she is married. Then she is finished .
A little boy asked his father,
'Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?'
Father replied, 'I don't know son, I'm still paying.'
A young son asked,
'Is it true Dad, that in some parts of Africa
a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?'
Dad replied, 'That happens in every country, son.'
Then there was a woman who said,
'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married,
and by then, it was too late.'
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
If you want your spouse to listen and
pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.
Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking
they had no faults at all.
First guy says, 'My wife's an angel!'
Second guy remarks, 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.'
'A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, To understand a man , to Love and to
forgive him , and for patience, For his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for
Strength I'll just beat him to death'
AND NOW FOR THE FAVORITE!!!
Husband and wife are waiting at the bus stop with their nine children. A
blind man joins them after a few minutes. When the bus arrives, they find
it overloaded and only the wife and the nine kids are able to fit onto the
bus.
So the husband and the blind man decide to walk. After a while,
the husband gets irritated by the ticking of the stick of the blind man as
he taps it on the sidewalk, and says to him, 'Why don't you put a piece
of rubber at the end of your stick? That ticking sound is driving me
crazy.'
The blind man replies, 'If you would've put a rubber at the end of YOUR
stick, we'd be riding the bus, so shut the hell up.'
WHY AM I MARRIED? [ My old schoolmate sent this to our yahoo group... ]
You have two choices in life:
You can stay single and be miserable,
or get married and wish you were dead.
At a cocktail party, one woman said to another,
'Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?'
'Yes, I am. I married the wrong man.'
A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:
'Husband Wanted'.
Next day she received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing:
'You can have mine.'
When a woman steals your husband,
there is no better revenge than to let her keep him.
A woman is incomplete until she is married. Then she is finished .
A little boy asked his father,
'Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?'
Father replied, 'I don't know son, I'm still paying.'
A young son asked,
'Is it true Dad, that in some parts of Africa
a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?'
Dad replied, 'That happens in every country, son.'
Then there was a woman who said,
'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married,
and by then, it was too late.'
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
If you want your spouse to listen and
pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.
Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking
they had no faults at all.
First guy says, 'My wife's an angel!'
Second guy remarks, 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.'
'A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, To understand a man , to Love and to
forgive him , and for patience, For his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for
Strength I'll just beat him to death'
AND NOW FOR THE FAVORITE!!!
Husband and wife are waiting at the bus stop with their nine children. A
blind man joins them after a few minutes. When the bus arrives, they find
it overloaded and only the wife and the nine kids are able to fit onto the
bus.
So the husband and the blind man decide to walk. After a while,
the husband gets irritated by the ticking of the stick of the blind man as
he taps it on the sidewalk, and says to him, 'Why don't you put a piece
of rubber at the end of your stick? That ticking sound is driving me
crazy.'
The blind man replies, 'If you would've put a rubber at the end of YOUR
stick, we'd be riding the bus, so shut the hell up.'
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
假装
Hi, its me... i know you're there... thanks for always being there..
It's been a long time since i spoke to you... How are you?
I've been meaning to update you, but life's been messing around with me too much these days...
Things i thought only happened in movies, i thought wouldn't happen to me, ridiculous as it may seems, perhaps it was all a joke to begin with, i don't really know who to blame.. maybe i expected a little all too much from the beginning.. I've tried, i thought things would work out my way, or maybe i would just get used to things the way they are.. but perhaps it didn't work out that way...
可能。。有些事，是不能假装的~
It's been a long time since i spoke to you... How are you?
I've been meaning to update you, but life's been messing around with me too much these days...
Things i thought only happened in movies, i thought wouldn't happen to me, ridiculous as it may seems, perhaps it was all a joke to begin with, i don't really know who to blame.. maybe i expected a little all too much from the beginning.. I've tried, i thought things would work out my way, or maybe i would just get used to things the way they are.. but perhaps it didn't work out that way...
可能。。有些事，是不能假装的~
Friday, April 18, 2008
Food for thought
Ripped this a forum posting on wall straits.. a small paragraph tells alot doesn't it
"Humans rapidly adapt to their current situation, becoming habituated to the good or the bad. We are more sensitive to our relative status: both that which we recently had and that which we perceive others to enjoy."
"Humans rapidly adapt to their current situation, becoming habituated to the good or the bad. We are more sensitive to our relative status: both that which we recently had and that which we perceive others to enjoy."
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
ah ha ha ha ha.. i know this much is true...
A lazy evening after a hectic day.... brief kbox session with zhihao n jianquan, dinner and shopping at topman... trophy, 1 x pants + $15 gift voucher.
Went on for a nice drive under the drizzling sky to the tune of joanna wang,the lamps shining gently upon the drops of water on the windscreen makes you wanna extend the drive into eternity...
Saw a reflection in the mirror and i started to wonder who exactly is the person staring back at me.. more than often, looking back at my actions and thoughts amuses me...
Is it just me? or is everyone behaving in the same manner? Delusion seems to be embedded very deeply into my behavioral pattern. I love to escape from obstacles constantly by thinking that other options offer me a easier way out.
I don't quite like my job, i try to derive some form of consolation from entertaining thoughts of job hopping after i get my degree. Will the option placed in front of me definitely be better? Not necessarily. When things don't work my way, i think that things will work out my way if i take up the other choices that are readily available. Constantly trying to escape from adversity instead of trying to overcome it. When a relationship doesn't seem to work the way you expect it to... its always easier to tell yourself there's always someone better out there, but that someone never seems to come.. sometimes, we just don't try hard enough to make the existing work... shixiong said to decide on 2 qualities you find most important in a woman and when you meet a woman with these 2 qualities make do with it because this is probably as good as it gets. Well, i totally agree... its already hell of a task to find someone who fits the bill..
Well... enough to talking... i need to do more and talk less...
glad that spring chicken can still be acquired at $7, less than 2% inflation... impressive.. gonna burn the whole of tmr in malaysia again doing menial tasks.. well.. its as if i have anything else better to do...
Saturday, March 8, 2008
random thoughts
Maybe sometimes all we are looking for is acknowledgement...
One's expectations are more than often contradicting.. instead of expecting... try instead to accept things as come.. after all.. god has it all planned out
Dust in the wind
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
One's expectations are more than often contradicting.. instead of expecting... try instead to accept things as come.. after all.. god has it all planned out
Dust in the wind
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
From buffet
Buffett On Happiness
I enjoy what I do, I tap dance to work every day. I work with people I love, doing what I love. The only thing I would pay to get rid of is firing people. I spend my time thinking about the future, not the past. The future is exciting. As Bertrand Russell says, “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” I won the ovarian lottery the day I was born and so did all of you. We’re all successful, intelligent, educated. To focus on what you don’t have is a terrible mistake. With the gifts all of us have, if you are unhappy, it’s your own fault.
That's what i call... truly getting out of the rat race...
I enjoy what I do, I tap dance to work every day. I work with people I love, doing what I love. The only thing I would pay to get rid of is firing people. I spend my time thinking about the future, not the past. The future is exciting. As Bertrand Russell says, “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” I won the ovarian lottery the day I was born and so did all of you. We’re all successful, intelligent, educated. To focus on what you don’t have is a terrible mistake. With the gifts all of us have, if you are unhappy, it’s your own fault.
That's what i call... truly getting out of the rat race...
Saturday, March 1, 2008
The Singaporean girl and the US consumer
There was this article on the expectations on a singapore girl on the ST times last week... seems to coincide with another article on the us consumer... so...
This one's named the SG Girl and the US consumer.
At 18, young pretty and voluptuous. You could any guy melt almost immediately with your seductive smile and luscious lips. Your economy is at its peak, you are at the forefront of technology emerging as a superpower amongst all of your friends.
You have many suitors, you think nothing of them, shoving them aside despite their desperate pleas until "Mr Nippon" shows up.. he's a short bespectacled man but with a flare for pleasing you, extremely productive and innovative. You think, wow, i should make him my man... he'll bring me lots of yummies. Mr Nippon rises to your side becoming prom king, an economic superpower second to you.
He tries ways and means to please you and woo you into marriage, but being the prom queen that you are, the world is your playground, you are demanding and Mr Nippon can never seem to meet you expectations as others catch up with him in terms of wits, humour and wealth.
Before long, you start to notice Mr Beijing, a person you never thought you would admire, well... he seems interesting with a mega workforce that's cheap and effective, he's able to shower you with gifts to satisfy your insatiable appetite, no one ever seemed so appealing before, and you go to his side, leaving Mr Nippon with a financial crisis before him due to your heavy expenditure, in spite of that Mr Nippon faitfully awaits your return holding dear to him your treasury bills and bonds which he keeps as a momento.
And meanwhile, whilst being with Mr Beijing, you continue seeing Mr Saudi, maintaining a self proclaimed platonic friendship. You love the sweet light crude he owns and a sip of it gives you the ultimate satisfaction.
You are at your peak now, attractive and mature, equipped with ladylike disposition having a taste for only the best. You are what we call attas. You are at the top of the world with all aspects of your economy doing well, your tits are at its maximum size, supple and firm, your ass bouncy and perky. Men drool at the sight of you. You decide to make full use of your assets, mortgaging them over and over again as you make capital gain. Men shower even more gifts on you in exchange for your youth, your bonds are greatly sought after and supported, you are after all the world's biggest consumer.
You enjoy a few more good years at helm as you give more and more promises to suitors. Sure they've laid you, but they want more... after all your appeal is electrifying... before you know it... you've chalked up more than 200 billion in debts after all your extravagance and the bitch fight you had with your long time foe ms iraq and ms afghanistan.
You start moving into your thirties, you become less attractive, your housing bubble finally bursts and defaults are on the rise, your boobs start sagging and wrinkles start appearing, but its ok... Mr china is still fine with it as long as you start being less demanding and more accomodating for a change. He hopes you start playing the role of a woman, a virtous wife to be, instead of that flamboyant, materialistic girl you were. But you can't seem to put down your ego, you are too used to being the epicenter of attention, the target of excessive indulgence. You utterly dissapoint Mr China and the last straw came when he finds out that you are two timing him and Mr Saudi, his best pal.
They start pulling out of the relationship, abandoning your currency and your bonds, Mr Nippon upon seeing this, finally awakens from lala land and does the same. You no longer hold power over them, you fail to capture attention from suitors and you keep supressing rates to try to keep your economy from failing. But all attempts come to nought, your boobs start wrinkling up nevertheless. First comes the collapse of the housing bubble, then the sub-prime crisis and finally the credit swap defaults. The chain reaction kicks in along with your age, you lose market value... well...
you get the story.
Moral of the story :
Play your roles right, demand a little less, accomodate a little more, place yourself a little further away from the center of the world, watch a little less korean dramas, princes and princesses don't exist in the real world, work towards a more sustainable future,relationships which only benefit one party don't last, remember.. if its one sided, it'll sooner or later become loop-sided.
Ok... be inspired, go change your behaviour for a week... but after that you'll probably go back to your normal self.. Saying and doing are 2 very different things... that's probably why 99% of people are still unhappy. I'm crapping again..
ok... end of story... btw.. i think i've officially destroyed all chances of ever getting laid in singapore... i think i'll migrate... i'll give you guys my new number after i settle down overseas...
To sum this up... just my 2 cents... if anyone thinks the gov't can solve the problem of overspending by encouraging spending... please go bang wall.. just go into a recession and spend less and be done with it... there's no point avoiding the inevitable...
Anyways... enjoy
This one's named the SG Girl and the US consumer.
At 18, young pretty and voluptuous. You could any guy melt almost immediately with your seductive smile and luscious lips. Your economy is at its peak, you are at the forefront of technology emerging as a superpower amongst all of your friends.
You have many suitors, you think nothing of them, shoving them aside despite their desperate pleas until "Mr Nippon" shows up.. he's a short bespectacled man but with a flare for pleasing you, extremely productive and innovative. You think, wow, i should make him my man... he'll bring me lots of yummies. Mr Nippon rises to your side becoming prom king, an economic superpower second to you.
He tries ways and means to please you and woo you into marriage, but being the prom queen that you are, the world is your playground, you are demanding and Mr Nippon can never seem to meet you expectations as others catch up with him in terms of wits, humour and wealth.
Before long, you start to notice Mr Beijing, a person you never thought you would admire, well... he seems interesting with a mega workforce that's cheap and effective, he's able to shower you with gifts to satisfy your insatiable appetite, no one ever seemed so appealing before, and you go to his side, leaving Mr Nippon with a financial crisis before him due to your heavy expenditure, in spite of that Mr Nippon faitfully awaits your return holding dear to him your treasury bills and bonds which he keeps as a momento.
And meanwhile, whilst being with Mr Beijing, you continue seeing Mr Saudi, maintaining a self proclaimed platonic friendship. You love the sweet light crude he owns and a sip of it gives you the ultimate satisfaction.
You are at your peak now, attractive and mature, equipped with ladylike disposition having a taste for only the best. You are what we call attas. You are at the top of the world with all aspects of your economy doing well, your tits are at its maximum size, supple and firm, your ass bouncy and perky. Men drool at the sight of you. You decide to make full use of your assets, mortgaging them over and over again as you make capital gain. Men shower even more gifts on you in exchange for your youth, your bonds are greatly sought after and supported, you are after all the world's biggest consumer.
You enjoy a few more good years at helm as you give more and more promises to suitors. Sure they've laid you, but they want more... after all your appeal is electrifying... before you know it... you've chalked up more than 200 billion in debts after all your extravagance and the bitch fight you had with your long time foe ms iraq and ms afghanistan.
You start moving into your thirties, you become less attractive, your housing bubble finally bursts and defaults are on the rise, your boobs start sagging and wrinkles start appearing, but its ok... Mr china is still fine with it as long as you start being less demanding and more accomodating for a change. He hopes you start playing the role of a woman, a virtous wife to be, instead of that flamboyant, materialistic girl you were. But you can't seem to put down your ego, you are too used to being the epicenter of attention, the target of excessive indulgence. You utterly dissapoint Mr China and the last straw came when he finds out that you are two timing him and Mr Saudi, his best pal.
They start pulling out of the relationship, abandoning your currency and your bonds, Mr Nippon upon seeing this, finally awakens from lala land and does the same. You no longer hold power over them, you fail to capture attention from suitors and you keep supressing rates to try to keep your economy from failing. But all attempts come to nought, your boobs start wrinkling up nevertheless. First comes the collapse of the housing bubble, then the sub-prime crisis and finally the credit swap defaults. The chain reaction kicks in along with your age, you lose market value... well...
you get the story.
Moral of the story :
Play your roles right, demand a little less, accomodate a little more, place yourself a little further away from the center of the world, watch a little less korean dramas, princes and princesses don't exist in the real world, work towards a more sustainable future,relationships which only benefit one party don't last, remember.. if its one sided, it'll sooner or later become loop-sided.
Ok... be inspired, go change your behaviour for a week... but after that you'll probably go back to your normal self.. Saying and doing are 2 very different things... that's probably why 99% of people are still unhappy. I'm crapping again..
ok... end of story... btw.. i think i've officially destroyed all chances of ever getting laid in singapore... i think i'll migrate... i'll give you guys my new number after i settle down overseas...
To sum this up... just my 2 cents... if anyone thinks the gov't can solve the problem of overspending by encouraging spending... please go bang wall.. just go into a recession and spend less and be done with it... there's no point avoiding the inevitable...
Anyways... enjoy
Saturday, February 23, 2008
incessant ranting
Here i am again to do my ranting... bringing up topics talked about last week, wait! i think i brought it up about a month ago, i also remember making a really pompous post about it 2 months ago. So, here i am at it again. Repeating what was said over and over again. Somebody please kill me.
The biggest mystery in the universe, purpose in life? we are constantly in search of it, hoping it would manifest and finally offer some kind of repreive to our pathetic lives, but more than often, its all but an illusion, a mirage waiting to dash our hopes, throwing us into the oblivion, floating aimlessly. I am really quite sick of talks about fulfilment, success, acheivements, ambitions so big it wouldn't fit through amos's mouth, big goals and what not.
Saw this in a blog i frequent
Sometimes I have a feeling the only reason why we are here is because the great one up there is simply just bored too. So he created us.
quite intriguing, but somehow it makes alot of sense.
Well,no matter what,life goes on,at least for the moment. From now on, my purpose in life would be to search for a purpose in life, that makes life alot easier on me.
Anyways, video for your viewing pleasure...
I love the scenes from 1:01-1:13, totally depicts just how empty life is,
great pictorial expression of the absence of disposition, of a vacuum state of emotions... shows how pathetic we are... in a fancy luxurious world of material possesion but yet living in a impoverished slum spirtually and emotionally..
10/10 for the video..
The biggest mystery in the universe, purpose in life? we are constantly in search of it, hoping it would manifest and finally offer some kind of repreive to our pathetic lives, but more than often, its all but an illusion, a mirage waiting to dash our hopes, throwing us into the oblivion, floating aimlessly. I am really quite sick of talks about fulfilment, success, acheivements, ambitions so big it wouldn't fit through amos's mouth, big goals and what not.
Saw this in a blog i frequent
Sometimes I have a feeling the only reason why we are here is because the great one up there is simply just bored too. So he created us.
quite intriguing, but somehow it makes alot of sense.
Well,no matter what,life goes on,at least for the moment. From now on, my purpose in life would be to search for a purpose in life, that makes life alot easier on me.
Anyways, video for your viewing pleasure...
I love the scenes from 1:01-1:13, totally depicts just how empty life is,
great pictorial expression of the absence of disposition, of a vacuum state of emotions... shows how pathetic we are... in a fancy luxurious world of material possesion but yet living in a impoverished slum spirtually and emotionally..
10/10 for the video..
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Came across a mail.... it's something i have always been emphasizing on.. cherish the present.
生命若不在現在, 那是何時? 你可曾想過 : 當你汲汲營營的為了工作而加班，或者為了考上研究所而挑燈夜戰時在背後真正的目的是什麼 ???人爬得越高，車子也越大。長久以來，大家都是如此地在社會中「進化」。 升大學時，我告別了單車族，靠家教收入成為機車族，當超越同學的單車，呼嘯而過時，心中隱隱有股優越感。出社會後，賣命工作一段時間，我很快地進化為「汽車族」。每遇紅燈，車停路口時，看著旁邊日曬雨淋的機車騎士，我是三分悲憫，七分驕傲。 不久前，旅行到峇里島，這種「進化論」終於被「當頭棒喝」。有天，很不幸地，眼鏡摔破了；沮喪地中斷行程，叫計程車回旅館。在車上打聽一下，何處可修眼鏡？ 司機 說，附近都沒有眼鏡行，只有到首府「淡巴沙」才能修。我不禁嘆道：「你們這裡真不方便。」 司機則笑著 說：「這裡的人很少近視，倒不會感到不方便。」聽這司機談吐不俗，我決定包他一天車， 到「淡巴沙」修眼鏡，兼市區觀光。他猶豫了幾分鐘，才 說：「那我明早八點到旅館接你。」隔天，在「淡巴沙」逛了一上午，發覺此處無啥可逛；我想打道回府，下午就在旅館游泳、休息。但是想到司機為接生意，必然推掉許多原有計畫，就難以啟齒。掙扎甚久，我結結巴巴地 說：「對不起，司機先生，我想改成只包半天，不知會不會對你造成困擾？」 沒想到司機竟喜出望外地 說：「一點都不會。昨天，你要包一整天車，我很猶豫，如果不是因為跟你談得來，我是不接受包整天車的。」我困惑地問：「為什麼？」 他答：「 我設定一個工作目標，每天只要做到六百元台幣，我就收工，你用一千二台幣包一整天，那我就沒有自己的時間了。」「你可以儲錢，隔天休息呀？」他笑著 說：「先是做一整天再休息，然後就變成做一個月、做一整年再休息；最後是做一輩子，終生不得休息。工作也會習慣的。」我問：「那你們閒著幹嘛呢？時間那麼多，不會無聊嗎？」他看著我，像遇到外星人一樣，說：「這裡那 麼好玩，怎會無聊？峇里島 每家都養鬥雞，收工後，我們就鬥鬥雞、放放風箏，到沙灘打打排球，游游泳呀！」這時，我想到一則笑話：一個美國人到大溪地度假，當大溪地人賣力地幫他按摩時，老美滿心優越感，滿臉悲憫地說： 「如果 你們上進點、積極點、勤快點，你們也可以像我們一樣到大溪地度假呀！」大溪地人一臉疑惑地 說：「你辛苦一年，只為了到大溪地過兩星期日子，我卻是一整年在大溪地享受生活的，我為什麼要學你？」 從峇里島回台灣後，司機的話就像禪宗語錄，不斷在腦海盤旋。突然覺得前半輩子完全「誤入歧途」。 再繼續「進化」下去，可以想見房子應越換越大，大到無力打掃，再請菲傭；為了養房貸與菲傭，只好拚命工作，有家歸不得。那麼大房子 又有何意義？ 開車時，我也想：以車代步，四體不勤，搞得日漸臃腫，只好買個腳踏車或踏步機放在臥室踩。 但時忙，時懶，難以有恆；那何不乾脆騎單車上班，爬樓梯踏步呢？在峇里島治好了文明的近視之後，人生境界豁然開朗， 步調一放慢，視野更寬，也更清楚 。人生過程中您是否也是汲汲營營隨波逐流呢？ 何妨停下腳步抬起頭來看一下方向對否, 這是否是您所要的人生? 忙的時後 , 想要休息; 渡假的時後 , 想到未來; 窮的時後, 渴望富有; 生活安逸了, 擔心結果不如預期; 看明白了 , 後悔當初沒有下定決心; 不屬於自己的 , 常常心存慾望;握在手裡了 , 又懷念未擁有前的輕鬆; 生命若不是現在 , 那是何時!!愈是簡單的快樂 ,愈可以經久不變, 不用苦苦追求快樂 ,現在就是一種幸福喔!!!
生命若不在現在, 那是何時? 你可曾想過 : 當你汲汲營營的為了工作而加班，或者為了考上研究所而挑燈夜戰時在背後真正的目的是什麼 ???人爬得越高，車子也越大。長久以來，大家都是如此地在社會中「進化」。 升大學時，我告別了單車族，靠家教收入成為機車族，當超越同學的單車，呼嘯而過時，心中隱隱有股優越感。出社會後，賣命工作一段時間，我很快地進化為「汽車族」。每遇紅燈，車停路口時，看著旁邊日曬雨淋的機車騎士，我是三分悲憫，七分驕傲。 不久前，旅行到峇里島，這種「進化論」終於被「當頭棒喝」。有天，很不幸地，眼鏡摔破了；沮喪地中斷行程，叫計程車回旅館。在車上打聽一下，何處可修眼鏡？ 司機 說，附近都沒有眼鏡行，只有到首府「淡巴沙」才能修。我不禁嘆道：「你們這裡真不方便。」 司機則笑著 說：「這裡的人很少近視，倒不會感到不方便。」聽這司機談吐不俗，我決定包他一天車， 到「淡巴沙」修眼鏡，兼市區觀光。他猶豫了幾分鐘，才 說：「那我明早八點到旅館接你。」隔天，在「淡巴沙」逛了一上午，發覺此處無啥可逛；我想打道回府，下午就在旅館游泳、休息。但是想到司機為接生意，必然推掉許多原有計畫，就難以啟齒。掙扎甚久，我結結巴巴地 說：「對不起，司機先生，我想改成只包半天，不知會不會對你造成困擾？」 沒想到司機竟喜出望外地 說：「一點都不會。昨天，你要包一整天車，我很猶豫，如果不是因為跟你談得來，我是不接受包整天車的。」我困惑地問：「為什麼？」 他答：「 我設定一個工作目標，每天只要做到六百元台幣，我就收工，你用一千二台幣包一整天，那我就沒有自己的時間了。」「你可以儲錢，隔天休息呀？」他笑著 說：「先是做一整天再休息，然後就變成做一個月、做一整年再休息；最後是做一輩子，終生不得休息。工作也會習慣的。」我問：「那你們閒著幹嘛呢？時間那麼多，不會無聊嗎？」他看著我，像遇到外星人一樣，說：「這裡那 麼好玩，怎會無聊？峇里島 每家都養鬥雞，收工後，我們就鬥鬥雞、放放風箏，到沙灘打打排球，游游泳呀！」這時，我想到一則笑話：一個美國人到大溪地度假，當大溪地人賣力地幫他按摩時，老美滿心優越感，滿臉悲憫地說： 「如果 你們上進點、積極點、勤快點，你們也可以像我們一樣到大溪地度假呀！」大溪地人一臉疑惑地 說：「你辛苦一年，只為了到大溪地過兩星期日子，我卻是一整年在大溪地享受生活的，我為什麼要學你？」 從峇里島回台灣後，司機的話就像禪宗語錄，不斷在腦海盤旋。突然覺得前半輩子完全「誤入歧途」。 再繼續「進化」下去，可以想見房子應越換越大，大到無力打掃，再請菲傭；為了養房貸與菲傭，只好拚命工作，有家歸不得。那麼大房子 又有何意義？ 開車時，我也想：以車代步，四體不勤，搞得日漸臃腫，只好買個腳踏車或踏步機放在臥室踩。 但時忙，時懶，難以有恆；那何不乾脆騎單車上班，爬樓梯踏步呢？在峇里島治好了文明的近視之後，人生境界豁然開朗， 步調一放慢，視野更寬，也更清楚 。人生過程中您是否也是汲汲營營隨波逐流呢？ 何妨停下腳步抬起頭來看一下方向對否, 這是否是您所要的人生? 忙的時後 , 想要休息; 渡假的時後 , 想到未來; 窮的時後, 渴望富有; 生活安逸了, 擔心結果不如預期; 看明白了 , 後悔當初沒有下定決心; 不屬於自己的 , 常常心存慾望;握在手裡了 , 又懷念未擁有前的輕鬆; 生命若不是現在 , 那是何時!!愈是簡單的快樂 ,愈可以經久不變, 不用苦苦追求快樂 ,現在就是一種幸福喔!!!
Friday, February 1, 2008
22 yrs old
It feels as if the years has gone by with a blink of the eye.
I've forgotten how it feels to be 19, i can only remember 2005 by matchbox 20's "unwell", i wanna remember how it feels like to be 22 on 1st of feb 2008. After all 22 is the turning point where you start to get old..
I like cute girls, I adore sex on an epic scale and would do anything to get it... well.. almost anything.. not some kinky shit... I love money.. would like to make lots of it, although the prospects of the economy seems to tell me that my pay is only going to rise 1% each year for the next 12 years.I don't quite enjoy working, it just makes time seem to pass faster. I want to strike toto and big sweep, ideally the new year angpao draw.. I've bought lots... i think i should strike.. I don't quite like my boss, when i strike.. i'll probably quit.
I still enjoy walking up and down orchard road, suntec and citylink dozens of time feeling not at all purposeful, i like watching the antics of 20yr olds acting half their age, it amuses me.. I saw 2 grown man holding hands... i can't describe the feeling it gives me.. STI fell more than 800 points in 1 week, it doesn't amuse me..
I've been dumped twice, and i love wallowing in my self inflicted pain each time...
I like eating muah chee, i still talk more than i do... i would like to change that... but the chances of that happening is probably equivalent to that of striking toto. I no longer like festivals as i have lost the ability to immerse in festive celebrations.. it all seems so plain and hollow... just like any other day except for the crowdes on the street and the blinking pieces of tungsten hanging above your head looking like they might fall on you anytime soon. I am trying my best to pass my exams although it seems like all bets are on me failing.. I missed jay chou's concert, but i'm trying to get to zhang zhen yue's one.. i'm looking for someone to goto the river angpao with.. but seems quite bleak as i have only a week more to look.. I am thinking of lihong now.. i wonder how she's doing.. but i think i'll get by and move on... after all she's so far away..
I appreciate my weekly runs with zhihao and jianquan.. although we don't meet as often.. we still share a common bond.. I forgot to call up donald to arrange a meeting for chek.. my memory is getting bad... well.. i think that's about all..
Good luck turning 23
B.Regards
Ken
I don't know why... churned out the best regards automatically....
must have typed too many emails... ahh.. the agony of being a overworked and underpayed 24hr standby working class..
I've forgotten how it feels to be 19, i can only remember 2005 by matchbox 20's "unwell", i wanna remember how it feels like to be 22 on 1st of feb 2008. After all 22 is the turning point where you start to get old..
I like cute girls, I adore sex on an epic scale and would do anything to get it... well.. almost anything.. not some kinky shit... I love money.. would like to make lots of it, although the prospects of the economy seems to tell me that my pay is only going to rise 1% each year for the next 12 years.I don't quite enjoy working, it just makes time seem to pass faster. I want to strike toto and big sweep, ideally the new year angpao draw.. I've bought lots... i think i should strike.. I don't quite like my boss, when i strike.. i'll probably quit.
I still enjoy walking up and down orchard road, suntec and citylink dozens of time feeling not at all purposeful, i like watching the antics of 20yr olds acting half their age, it amuses me.. I saw 2 grown man holding hands... i can't describe the feeling it gives me.. STI fell more than 800 points in 1 week, it doesn't amuse me..
I've been dumped twice, and i love wallowing in my self inflicted pain each time...
I like eating muah chee, i still talk more than i do... i would like to change that... but the chances of that happening is probably equivalent to that of striking toto. I no longer like festivals as i have lost the ability to immerse in festive celebrations.. it all seems so plain and hollow... just like any other day except for the crowdes on the street and the blinking pieces of tungsten hanging above your head looking like they might fall on you anytime soon. I am trying my best to pass my exams although it seems like all bets are on me failing.. I missed jay chou's concert, but i'm trying to get to zhang zhen yue's one.. i'm looking for someone to goto the river angpao with.. but seems quite bleak as i have only a week more to look.. I am thinking of lihong now.. i wonder how she's doing.. but i think i'll get by and move on... after all she's so far away..
I appreciate my weekly runs with zhihao and jianquan.. although we don't meet as often.. we still share a common bond.. I forgot to call up donald to arrange a meeting for chek.. my memory is getting bad... well.. i think that's about all..
Good luck turning 23
B.Regards
Ken
I don't know why... churned out the best regards automatically....
must have typed too many emails... ahh.. the agony of being a overworked and underpayed 24hr standby working class..
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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