Monday, April 27, 2009

叫父亲。太沉重。

故意用中文写这篇博客,因为怕我的一位同事会看。

在咱们闲聊讨论到家长该如何教导孩子时,他提及了他的父亲。。。

他说他的老爸在他十二岁时去了美国跳飞机,一去就去了十多年,从来没有回来过,直到一两年前,他们一家才团聚,一起去了某国旅行。 那时候,他父亲告诉他们他在美国也成了另一头家,有了个女儿。已经十七,十八岁。现在他父亲在纽约当了餐厅的经理,虽然也不算富裕,但至少他觉得他父亲生活应该还过得去。

他说他父亲的家里穷,他爸经常告诉他说他们以前祖父家里是割胶的,一切得靠自己努力争取。这位友人认为这种想法很不正确。他觉得只要负担得起,应该让孩子得到他们要的东西,他说他的母亲以前甚至还给他每天十块钱的零用钱。我和另外一位比较年长的同事认为绝对不能宠坏孩子,要让他们知道一切物质享受得来不易。即使很有钱,也不会让小孩要什么就有什么。

他说他很讨厌他爸,认为他没有尽到做父亲的责任。他说他二十一岁时很想要一部手机,但他爸爸偏偏告诉他,说要靠自己去赚取一部手机回来。他觉得很不甘心,为什么他妈可以给他的,他父亲却给不到?他还说他父亲曾答应过给他买车的头期钱,但结果只是送了件夹克给他。他觉得为什么他可以对他在美国的家人那么好,却对他和他弟弟妹妹比较差?

我听了以后便问他,说他父亲在美国打拼时,有没有寄钱回家给他的母亲来养他们?他说有,他还说他父亲也有资助他的学费。那么我问他,既然是这样,那就不能说他没有尽做一个父亲的责任了,当然我也不能说他
可以拿一百分。我之前还以为他爸没有寄钱回家,丢下小孩,让他母亲一个人独立抚养他们长大。我告诉他,他不能用他父亲给的金钱数额来衡量,毕竟美国和马来的消费不一样,或许他在美国为了供养两头家,生活担子也比较重。或许我这位友人没有感受到父爱,所以他讨厌他爸。
记得以前就读学院时,老爸曾说过要买部电脑给我,后来他没有兑现,我
气起来,两个星期都不肯跟他说话,冷战起来,后来我妈问我为什么不跟我爸说话,我把实情告诉他,大约两,三个星期以后,我爸买了一台486电脑给我,当时电脑真的很贵,可能就是他一个月的薪水。回想起,觉得很内疚,很懊悔,其实我们不理解做父亲的苦衷和生活担子,就这样责怪了做父亲的。如果深一层的去思考,其实我觉得他为家庭付出了许多,内心非常的感激他。

我觉得我这位友人的父亲,也是为了让他儿子向他一样坚强,与其每天给你一条鱼,不如教导你想办法如何弄一条鱼回来,真是用心良苦啊。
不过我想,也许是因为他觉得父亲对他母亲在感情上的背叛,让他讨厌他的父亲。他跳飞机去了以后,从此父母两人相隔两地,感情渐渐就如此疏远了,所以他父亲后来在当地娶了另一个女人,我也不觉得稀奇,一个人在外头,心灵上难免会寂寞。其实我可以明白,为什么他父亲没有回来,主要原因是因为他一出境,就没办法回到美国了,我想他选择了一个人去美国,肯定也是为了让他们一家人能够过得更好,不是去那里娶另一个太太。从他口中,我知道他父亲和他亲生母亲还是有保持联系的,可见他也不是完全不理会他的前妻和小孩。

我想我明天应该要劝劝他,别叫父亲太沉重。。。

Chicken ala Carte


Don't you think we are very lucky? I purposely send this to one of my friend who love to waste food.

I think the video is shot in Philippines, due to you can find Jollibee, Chow King and their fast food comes with rice.
http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/1081/Chicken-a-la-Carte

Thursday, April 23, 2009

TAX! TAX! TAX!

I don't mean "TAXI, TAXI, TAXI", I mean "TAX! TAX! TAX!".
I kinda like this article that talks about "Why should we pay income tax to BN?: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/hafiznoorshams/23865-why-should-we-pay-income-tax-to-bn
I think you can't blame those people who is so reluctant on paying tax or trying so hard to avoid tax, this is because we really cannot stand how the idiots in power trying to spend our hard earned tax money like water. RM200 for a Stanley's screw driver, first class air ticket, president suite, multiple"technical visits" by some "simple person" (Ref: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/19/focus/20090419074711&sec=focus_) Damn... if Mr. Toyol can call himself a simple person like that, I guess that the rest must be very complicated.
At last, I have finished my BE form and finally got the envelope sealed, like last year, I have to write a check to the Lembaga Hasil, so they can spend whatever they want with my tax money, be it the screws that were used in the submarine, or a push start button for the helicopter which we don't need. Sigh...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Blood donation


Today I went for my first blood donation in my life. My colleague told me that I will have a good night sleep after donating my blood. The program was organized by TMnet, opposite of Ericsson's building. Spent about an hour there with my colleagues. 4 went there, one taking anti biotic, another female colleague blood pressure is too low, so only me and another colleague are qualify to donate blood. I saw that most of the donors are contributing O positive blood type. So am I.
As you can see there is a small bag of blood next to my wrist. Don't get me wrong, that is only one of the bags that I have donated. The bigger bag is actually underneath the bed which I was not able to capture it with my phone camera. The bag with thick liquid of blood I guess can feed a vampire for one full meal.

After the donation, I received the above reward: a sugar cane packet drink, a peanut butter bun, some biscuits and a cert of appreciation. Well, I drank the packet drink, ate the bun and biscuits before I leave. Errr.... as for the cert, I put it back, try not to waste so many papers. :)
Very sleepy now, I think my colleague is right, I will have a good night sleep for sure. Good night!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Telemarketing again


Don't you hate it when you are trying to hibernate in a one-fine-rainy Sunday and someone try to call you because you are so 'lucky' to win some prizes and voucher?
An unknown Maxis number called me just now, I am sacrificing my basketball game for my nap after working on some company's work. A Malay lady asked me if my name is "CVK"?
T=Telemarketer, VK = Me
She speaks Malay, so I can only answered her with my limited Malay capability, which you can hear it in those wet market, spoken by some ah pek.
(After I confirm that I am that person which she is looking for...)
T: I am xxx calling from xxx company.
T: Mr. Choong, have you every participate in those Bonanza competition in any of the petrol station in Klang Valley?
VK: Errr.. I don't recall (my brain just woke up from 'sleep mode', don't think so, may be yes, may be not, don't think I sign up any of these things..
T: Congratulations to you Mr. Choong, your name has been selected by our company, now you are entitled for 3 prizes, one is xxx, second is xxx, and a RM300 voucher from England optical! She kinda emphazied on the value of the voucher, that is why I have to highlight it in bold face.
VK: Ok.... errr... so what?
T: In order for you to claim the prizes, you will have to come to our office at xxxx.
VK: Ai ya, why so troublesome? You can just mail it to me right?
T: No Mr. Choong, we need to verify your IC, see whether if is you?
VK: Why so troublesome? If you guys have the "heart" to give the prizes to me, you can just mail it to me. Last time Citibank drop the 32 inch TV at my home, I don't even bother to go to Citibank at Jalan Ampang to pick up my TV....
T: "Pak!" (I heard a loud voice in a sudden, the lady hung up on me! I think she is fed up with this ah pek liao. Hahahah)

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Why Doctor deserve to earn more?

An ING veteran agent came to our office to do a presentation on ING medical card's benefits. He listed three hospital that are not accepted by ING insurance, they are Pantai Hospital, Sunway Medical and another one I forgot the name.
An employee raised his hand and ask the doctor why these three hospitals are rejected?
The veteran agent (around late 40s) said that because they are - expensive.... He also said that, " You know la, doctors spent most of their time at school, when they come out, their "time frame" of making money is shorter, so they have to charge more to catch up on earnings..... also, when they get older like me, their hands become shaky when doing a surgery, eyes are not good, nevermind, you still can wear glasses like me, but when the hands are shaky, then how? They can't do operation like that, so their time frame of making money is really limited, may be not more than 20 years.."... everyone had a great laugh with his joke... hahahaha

Unsolved Mystery - Altantuya murder case

Ref: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/9/nation/20090409093431&sec=nation

After the long trial, the two policemen will be sentenced to death for the murder of a Mongolian lady who was claimed by some bloggers that she is related to our current prime minister in a submarine deal.

You see, you can blame that I watch too many Hollywood movie and that causes me to think too much. Unless you let me see that these two policemen are hung to death in front of me; or else, I doubt that they will be sentenced to death as proclaimed by the court. The two policemen who are 'proven' guilty can be released from the backdoor, be given with new IDs, paid them a few million Ringgit and asked to get lost from Malaysia forever and never come back; OR they get paid like 10k down payment and will be told to settle down in somewhere secluded first before transporting them out of the country, then assassins will be sent in to shut them out forever by someone that is rich and powerful... I don't know who is behind the plot yet, and I don't know if it may happen or not. I could be charged sedition if I name someone out without a solid proof, this is just my guessing.

I think I have mentioned it before. In order to murder someone with a few gunshots, and then take some effort to tie the body up and blast it with explosive, to me, it is very troublesome! You need to hate that particular person very very much, he or she might be someone who had murder your family member or had did something cruel to you; or else, what is the point of doing so? Especially when the two policemen don't even know the Mongolian woman, they were just taking orders from 'superior'. In short, they don't have any motive to kill the poor woman and some more, they don't have any access to the C4 explosives which was used to blast the dead body into pieces. You don't have to be 'Sherlock Holmes' to figure out how the case should be investigated, it is sheer common sense, just trace it back to the person who gave order. This has remained as a unsolve mystery to the people in Malaysia despite the court has released its' ruling this morning. I am sure the verdict can't convince Altantuya's father, so do I. We owe a big one to the Mongolian government.

The name 'Altantunya' was recorded in Wikipedia, I think her name is more famous than the current first lady in Malaysia.

Tsunami on July 22nd?


Today I receive an email from two different friends regarding potential Tsunami hit, the message says:

“Hello there. I just wanted 2 let you know that please stay away from the beaches all around in the month of July. There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami hitting on July 22nd. It is also when there will be sun eclipse. Predicted that it is going 2 be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Si Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines are going 2 be badly hit. Please try and stay away from the beaches in July. Better 2 be safe than sorry. Please pass the word around. Please also pray for all beings.” Thanks and have a nice day. Bless you~ "

Frankly speaking, after reading the above email, I am not convinced at all. I think when we read and listen to something, we really need to use our brain to think a bit and analyze it. First of all, if the prediction is so accurate, it wouldn't be called "natural disasters", because it ain't 'natural' at all, the term 'Force Majeur' could have removed from the contracts if this can be predicted like that. If this kind of disaster can be predicted, then there won't be so many deaths in earthquake and insurance could lose some of its' business or even close shop if I can predict when I am going to die. Of course, you can argue that there might be people like me who doesn't believe this kind of tsunami BS, thus contributing the death toll. Sun eclipse happen every few years, I still didn't see any usual thing happening to the world.

Hmm... I am willing to take the bet with anybody who bet on there will be a 'tsunami' on July 22nd.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Blogger's hand

今天我妈叫我带她去看铁打,我自己也看了一份,把打球时弄上的地方敷了药,希望快点好。两个人花了60块钱,还真不便宜。 :(

Monday, April 06, 2009

2:1

I have a feeling that tomorrow's bi election's result will be PKR 2: BN 1
Of course, my hope is "3:0"...
Freeing the 13 Hindraf leader is a joke, they are not really a free man yet. You are free to walk but not free to talk? Will you see that as "Freedom"? I hope the people are smart enough to see that this is just a 'show' from the government, hope most of them are not so naive.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/22394?task=view#pc_66067

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Rise of the darklord


In a galaxy far far away, in a country with over 20 million pathetic citizens that were ruled and screwed by the Galactic Empire... today, they have announced the appointment of the new Darklord...
Today, in the heart of the imperial city, Coruscant. The new Darklord vowed that the people who is under the rule of Galactic Empire should start to embrace the concept of "One Galaxy"...
As a citizen living in the city of Coruscant, he didn't feel excited at all and he is very skeptical to the "One Galaxy" concept. Talk is always cheap, sometimes it is even FOC. You have one set of story prepare to please group A, and another version for group B. How do you name a person that talks a lot of cock? "Cockster"? Only time will tell...

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Movie Review: Look For a Star

My friend ask me to check out this movie, he said that the idea of the movie is old and predictable, but the director use another special way to produce the movie. Well, after watching the movie, I think it is worth a look, not that bad though despite come people might think it is not very realistic. Starring Andy Lau and Shu Qi.


Movie Rating: B

Sunday, March 29, 2009

'Earth Hour'


Although the savings on electricity is not that significant for city dwellers like me, but I think a small move from everyone can create some sort of awareness on saving our mother earth.
I didn't turn off all the lights in my house as there were others in there. I would do so if I am alone at home. I just try to switch off 50% of the lights before I left my house at night.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

“同班同学”

Try n see if you can find me in the photo, I was 10 y/o when the photo is taken.

最近在电台听到一首叫“同班同学”的歌曲,不知道哪位四,五线歌星唱的,听不清楚他的名字,想白度一下也只能找到金城武和梁咏琪的“同班同学”。
为什么我突然提起这首歌? 唉,原因是这首歌的填词真TMD够烂!听了不禁要让我吐口水,向把写歌的人捉出去枪毙。什么“近水楼台先得月”啦,什么“最近烫了头发啦”,简直是不知所谓,一点中文造诣和水准都没有。除了词和曲不相称之外,歌词又TMD语无伦次!这几天我在车里听收音机时还听过了整三次了,也不知道是不是有人在背后给了钱,要DJ增加这首歌的播放率,希望可以来个像“老鼠爱大米“般的奇迹,来个一炮而红。问题是歌词都填不好,曲又难听,怎么又可能会红呢?
只能说,做歌星的,看到烂词烂曲的,如果本身没有天分自己作曲写歌,又没有好的歌让你发挥,那还是不唱比较好;做演员的,如果没有好身材,没有天使般的脸孔,没有遇好的剧本,可以的话,也尽量不要去拍。以免折磨别人。
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终于知道谁主唱,谁填词了。主唱是咬字不清的泰国组合Golf & Mike, 填词的是马来的黄维尔。一个字来形容 - 烂!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Movie Review: ‘The Reader‘

昨天看了Kate Winslet得奖之作,The Reader. 觉得这部电影其实拍得还不错,特别是它的故事内容,难怪能够被提名为奥斯卡最佳影片,虽然没得奖,但我觉得它绝对值得一看。或许这部片子可能对一些人说会比较沉闷,但我倒不觉得。有一幕我还觉得蛮感人的。可能是我比较多愁善感吧。The Reader可以说是一部悲伤的爱情故事。男主角在故事的后半部,终于鼓起勇气去面对与他曾有一段情的Hannah时,很可惜,他让Hannah看见他勉强的表情...是我觉得比较感人的一幕。有一点我也不明白,为什么Hannah把她不识字的秘密,看得如此重,可能这让她带来强烈的自卑感,她宁愿不顾一切,也不让其他人知道她的秘密。
Kate Winslet 因为这部电影拿了最佳女主角奖项,说真的,我也没觉得她在电影里面有很特出的演出,因为她的演技一向来都不错。她演出过许多的电影,演技肯定也非常成熟,可能奖项也算是对她多年来得认可吧。 三十多岁的她,还是风韵忧存,据娱乐版报导,麦当那非常喜欢她在电影里面的造型,特地花了两万马币去拉脸皮,头发也弄得和她一模一样。:)

Movie Rating: B+

Monday, March 23, 2009

Interesting Gifts

Posting some old pics, just to share some interesting gifts that I received this year. The towel is from my sister-in-law, very pratical stuff, somemore the towel is sewed with my name on it. I have no idea how she manage to do it. :) (she said it was done by sewing machine)
This is a Chritmas Gift from my department regional director. The book is really a good stuff, it is a hardcover "Hot, Flat and Crowded", a book that is written by Thomas L. Friedman after the best seller - "The World is Flat", which I have recommended a lot of friends to read the book.
I find that this book is not as interested as the previous one after I went through like 20 pages, but for sure you can read it if you crave for his work.

The book also comes with a personalized note from our director. Each person under him get the same book with a personalized note from him. I think it is really a good way to motivate your subordinates at the same time broaden their knowledge. Honest, I am very happy with the gift, I wrote him a email thanking him right after I receive the gift.


2009 年阿妹演唱会




朋友拿到了几张免费的张惠妹演唱会票,邀请我一齐去,实在是太荣幸了。那是Rm238的票,所以不至于坐在很后面,位置算很好了,自己也不舍得买那么贵的票。
说真的,阿妹的演唱会还真值得,一共唱了三个小时的歌。实力派的她,一点也不走音,棒极了! 她唱了许多动听的歌曲,有的我还不知道是她唱的,虽然曾经听过。

Sunday, March 22, 2009

A letter to Subway

Wrote a letter of complain to Subway.

"I need to make a complain on the above mentioned stall. Your shop stated that it will open at 10am on Sunday and Public Holiday, so I waited until 10:05am, the shop is still closed. So I ask the Subway staff over there when the shop will open. He told me they will open at "ten something", so I waited until 10:25am despite the business hour is 10am-10pm (correct me if I am wrong), then only the staff there 'officially open' the gate. So I am ready to order my Subway sandwich... Well, some interesting answer I got from your staff:" the bread was finished yesterday, it is still 'baking'. He asked me to wait for another 35 minutes. Seriously, I am quite angry and disappointed but to walk away from your store.I mean come on, you guys open the store at 10am without the bread ready? If that is the case, why not change the opening time to 11am? I don't know what is going on with Subway, may be your staff just have a good weekend so they come in at 10am which is obviously late to work. Aren't the shop suppose to get everything ready by 10am? Or this is just a norm in Subway restaurant, that the 'full menu' will be ready one hour after the shop opens? Please, if you are reading this, relate my message to the chain store owner, do something! I believe I am not the only one who is complaining here."

Monday, March 16, 2009

Do you "BaiGooHoo"?


Read it on newspaper today, the search engine is lame la... Hahhaahha.. "BaiGooHoo"?! Do check it out at http://www.baigoohoo.com/. There are more imitations like this on the web.
I doubt BaiGooHoo can take off, reason? Very simple, baidu, google, yahoo, all have not more than 6 characters, it is very fast and easy to go to their page. I feel annoyed to type 9 characters to do a 'tri-search' which is really redundant.