Is my life!

How to Improve your life

2010-10-12T01:17:00.000+11:00

This is amazing, he died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, but wrote a book ‘The last lecture” before then, one of the bestsellers in 2007. What a legacy to leave behind… In a letter to his wife Jai and his children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe, he wrote this beautiful "guide to a better life" for his wife and children to follow.May you be blessed by his insight.

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7 . Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
8 . Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
9 . Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
10 . No one is in charge of your happiness except you
11 . Smile and laugh more
12 . You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:
13 . Call your family often
14 . Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
15 . Try to make at least three people smile each day
16 . What other people think of you is none of your business
17 . Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
20 . Do the right things
21 . However good or bad a situation is, it will change
22 . No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
23 . The best is yet to come
24 . Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
25 . When you awake alive and healthy in the morning, thank your parents for giving you this life, sing a song and be contented with everything, like the birds who stride the sky!

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you hate, people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.Not only will it enrich YOUR life, but also that of those around you.
"ALWAYS LAUGH & MAKE OTHERS TO LAUGH"

First Post for 2010

2010-01-20T16:54:00.004+11:00

Checking on the posting and realiase that I have stop updating my blog sincve Aug 09. Guess just not in the mood to do anything :P I am in the middle of planning for a trip, temporary targetting Hokkaido, after seeing a very nice posting and review by a friend. More detail soon.

How to make your first million

2009-08-11T13:45:00.003+10:00

How to make your first million

By Anthony Keane

News Limited newspapers

August 10, 2009 12:10am

Setting financial goals key
Take stock of your situation first
Guides and tools: Start investing
Money stuff: Dream big and plan
Dollar Detective: Still paying off HECS?

MAKING your first million is always the hardest and, without clear financial goals, the dream will stay elusive for most people.

The old saying "it takes money to make money" rings true with wealth creation, but that does not mean those with little money cannot achieve financial freedom.

Setting financial goals is a key to getting ahead – from everyday savings and debt-reduction targets to longer-term investment goals.

Whether it’s a new car or holiday, paying off the mortgage, building a share or property portfolio or becoming a millionaire, it won’t happen by accident.

Planning is critical, but remember there is more to life than money.

AMP financial planner Mark Borg says finances ‘‘are to create and support a lifestyle, not the other way around".

"The big thing is to review your goals, because you change – and your wants, needs and dreams change,’’ he says.

A starting snapshot

A free Your Money brochure found on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s fido.gov.au website says that taking stock of your financial situation is the first step.

It says people should ask themselves if they are better off today than they were a year ago, examine what they own and what they owe, then look at their income and expenses to work out if they are saving any money.

"It’s fairly easy to make a few estimates, and then use your mortgage, credit cards, bank accounts and super statements to fill in the blanks," the ASIC brochure says.

Write it down

Investors’ advocate and neurolinguistic programming practitioner Angelo Mena says
people should always write down their financial goals so they are accountable to them.

‘‘What tends to happen is, if people don’t write it down, they have nothing to hold them to the goal,’’ says Mena, who runs a property investment business.

He follows a SMART – Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed – goals system.

‘‘You can’t just say: ‘I want to be rich’. It doesn’t mean anything. You could have $1000 in Ethiopia and be rich,’’ he says.

"Be specific. For example: ‘In 10 years from now I will have $10 million worth of equity – and not just $10 million of property floating around’.

"Achievable means you have to be able to do it. If you use your present earnings – $50,000 for example – you won’t say you want to earn $5 million in a year.

"With such a big leap you can’t form a bridge to it.

"Go from $50,000 to $100,000 and you can form a bridge."

Timed goals are critical, Mena says: ‘‘If you don’t say by when, you might not get it until you are 90. Give a specific timeframe."

But don’t get caught out by expecting to get rich quickly.

"I see a lot of people who approach real estate investing like hitting a home run. They belt the ball so hard and think, with one deal, they will be rich for life," he says.

"It’s a lotto mentality."

How long does it take?

Experts say this is just like asking how long is a piece of string, but warn that people, generally, should not expect to become millionaires within a decade.

Mena says an average investor who owns a couple of properties and passively sits on them might have to wait 10-15 years to make a million dollars. Those who act aggressively can do it sooner, but there are traps for the unwary.

"Hoping for the best has hurt many property investors," he says.

"It’s not just a case of how hard you want to push it – it’s how smart you want to push it."

Barker Wealth Management senior wealth adviser David Kayser also suggests a 10-15 year timeframe is needed for the average person to make a million but, he says, it depends on a wide range of factors including income, children and mortgage repayments.

AMP’s Borg says 10 years is ‘‘not unrealistic in today’s world, especially when you put together your property, superannuation and two people working’’.

Bite-sized chunks

"You start with a 10-year goal and dream big," Borg says.

Five-year goals should also be set, with one and two-year goals written down too.

"Short-term goals are crucial, but people shouldn’t forget medium to longterm plans. By understanding where they want to head, people can start to work on their plan and achieve short-term aims."

Reward yourself

Borg says it is important to celebrate the goals you achieve: ‘‘I like travel, some people enjoy fashion. What’s most important is that it’s important to you.’’

Mena says financial goals are just one piece of the puzzle.

‘‘Balancing lifestyle is knowing there are certain aspects of life that have to be covered off – emotional, spiritual, friendships and relationships,’’ he says.

Kayser says lifestyle desires are important: ‘‘While trying to take care of the long-term, ensure that you still have fun shorter-term goals such as holidays.’’

Pitfalls

People should not get hung up on preconceived ideas, Kayser says.

"These include ‘house prices always go up’ and ‘superannuation is bad’.

Superannuation is simply an investment structure with a really low tax rate,’’ he says.

Other pitfalls include not protecting assets and income with insurance, trying to reach targets too quickly by taking too much risk, and not correctly analysing the level of debt you can service.

"Just because a bank will lend you X amount, it doesn’t mean you should borrow that much, because you may not have much spare cashflow to reduce this debt over time," Kayser says.

He says it is important to diversify your investments, and have the correct tax and
investment structures established for the longer term.

OZ Lotto 90 Millions draw

2009-06-30T21:53:00.004+10:00

With the jackpot accumulating to 90 millions, everyone is eager to know whether they are the lucky winner, it has cause traffic congestion on all the Lotto website in Australia to be too busy to response to any request. All website are not available :P

Anyway.. the winning number for Ozlotto is 3,12, 21,23,29,38,40 with supplementary number 22 and 43. :) Wonder if the jackpot been taken.

Best city: Sydney loses out to Melbourne

2009-06-09T15:02:00.000+10:00

Best city: Sydney loses out to Melbourne
June 9, 2009 - 8:40AM

Australian cities occupy five of the top 20 places in a British survey ranking the liveability of 140 of the world's major centres.

Melbourne ranked third in the world, behind Vancouver in Canada and the Austrian city of Vienna in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2009 Liveability survey.

It assessed 140 cities based on stability, health care, education, infrastructure and culture and environment, giving each one a rating out of 100.

Perth was equal fifth with Calgary in Canada, with Sydney sharing ninth place with Zurich in Switzerland and Brisbane in 16th place.

As well as Vancouver and Calgary, Canadian cities also featured strongly in the top 20, with Toronto (4th) and Montreal (17th).

The New Zealand cities of Auckland and Wellington finished 12th and 23rd respectively.

US centres were well down the list. Pittsburgh ranked highest, in 29th place.

The highest-ranked Asian city was Osaka in Japan (13th). The next highest was Hong Kong (equal 39th with Madrid, Spain) followed by Singapore (54th) and Seoul, South Korea (58th).

The worst city to live on earth is Harare, the strife-torn capital of Zimbabwe.

"The performance of Asian cities reflects the diverse levels of development throughout the region," EIU spokesman Jon Copestake said.

"Australian cities represent many of the best aspects of liveability, while instability in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh means that cities in South Asia fare much worse."

The Economist Intelligence Unit is a branch of The Economist Group, which publishes The Economist, a weekly news magazine, in London.

AAP

Weekend dinner at Norsiah's Kitchen

2009-06-04T09:40:00.004+10:00

Last weekend, went to a makan place recommended by one of our Singaporean friend with rating of "GOOD". Anyway, the name of the restaurant is Norsiah's Kitchen. In comparison to Melbourne standard, it is considerably cheap. The Malay rice with 2 meats and one vege is price at AUD6.50. Which is rarely found anywhere today in Melbourne :P I have since then ordered the Malay Rice for myself and we have also order the Roti Chanai which is called Roti Prata for Singaporean. On top of that, the highly recommended Tauhu Telur, which is an Indonesian dish.

May be it has been a long time since I have taken Malay food.. so I thought it is quite nice. However, I don't think is comparable to Malaysia Malay food. This is more Singaporean Malay style. The Tauhu Telur, I still pretty much miss the one I have in Singapore at "Rice Table" which is always unforgettable for me. Later on we have a chat with the owner and understand that she is actually Singaporean and migrated over to Melbourne to start her own business. She learn to cook Indonesian food from one of her part-time worker who happend to be a student for the Melbourne University which is just around the corner. She said study in Melbourne University is tough.. She often see student from Malaysia and Singapore burning midnight oil in the library.. By the time she is closing and cleaning at 1am, only then those students start to head back to their hostel or home. We chit chat till around 10pm which my niece start complaining that is her sleeping time, then we start to head home :P

Anyway... information of the restaurant as follow:

Addres 101 D/604 Swanston Street, Carlton
Phone (03) 9347 7079
Style Restaurants
Cuisine Indonesian/Malaysian/Singaporean
Hours Daily 11.30am-9.30pm
Payment Cash
Price Guide Rice dishes $6.50-$8; seafood dishes $8-$8.50; combination dishes $6-$6.50

What will you do?

2009-05-27T14:37:00.002+10:00

Lately, the news of the New Zealand couple flee out the country after their account has been wrongly credited with NZD10 millions which make them an instance multimillionaire. After they wrongly received the money. they transfer the money to their overseas account and flee to China. I am wondering what I will do if I am wrongly transferred with 10 millions into my account? first thing come to my mind.. remember to take a snapshot of the account balance first.. :P At least I am once a millionaire, even for a very short period :P Next? Will I escape with the money??? I really don't have the answer.. first of all, it will make me a criminal.. which I think is not so an idea situation :P what I will do? I think only wait till it happend then I will know :)

小女孩 Call In 點歌

2009-05-20T14:35:00.001+10:00

小女孩 Call In 點歌

小女孩：我可以點歌嗎？
播音員：可以呀！妳想點給誰聽？

小女孩：我想點給我媽媽聽
播音員：好乖！妳幾歲？

小女孩：我十歲
播音員：十歲？！才國小三年及是吧？妳該不會是點童謠吧？

小女孩：我點給媽媽聽的，不是童謠啦！
播音員：那為什麼會想點給媽媽聽？

小女孩：我媽媽很辛苦，星期一到星期五都要加班到很晚才回家，回到家還要整理家
務，整理完後還要檢查我的作業，幫我復習功課，又預習功課，都要到半夜
才能睡覺，很累！
播音員：哇！光聽就很累。

小女孩：而且星期六、日好不容易休假，媽媽都還到書局找各種練習題回來給我
做，幾乎是從來不休息的，這樣犧牲休假不是很可惜嗎？
播音員：這倒是真的。妳想點誰的歌？

小女孩：是辛曉琪的歌
播音員：不錯喔，曲風成熟有韻味，妳媽咪一定會很喜歡而且感動，說不定會掉眼
淚呢！快告訴我是那一首？我一定也會感同深受掉眼淚。

小女孩：是『女人何苦為難女人』
播音員：％＃＄！＊＠．．

母亲一生的八个谎话

2009-05-20T14:30:00.000+10:00

儿时，小男孩家很穷，吃饭时，饭常常不够吃，母亲就把自己碗里的饭分给孩子吃。母亲说，孩子们，快吃吧，我不饿！――母亲撒的第一个谎

男孩长身体的时候，勤劳的母亲常用周日休息时间去县郊农村河沟里捞些鱼来给孩子们补钙。鱼很好吃，鱼汤也很鲜。孩子们吃鱼的时候，母亲就在一旁啃鱼骨头，用舌头舔鱼骨头上的肉渍。男孩心疼，就把自己碗里的鱼夹到母亲碗里，请母亲吃鱼。母亲不吃，母亲又用筷子把鱼夹回男孩的碗里。母亲说，孩子，快吃吧，我不爱吃鱼！――母亲撒的第二个谎。

上初中了，为了缴够男孩和哥姐的学费，当缝纫工的母亲就去居委会领些火柴盒拿回家来，晚上糊了挣点分分钱补点家用。有个冬天，男孩半夜醒来，看到母亲还躬着身子在油灯下糊火柴盒。男孩说，母亲，睡了吧，明早您还要上班呢。母亲笑笑，说，孩子，快睡吧，我不困！――母亲撒的第三个谎

高考那年，母亲请了假天天站在考点门口为参加高考的男孩助阵。时逢盛夏，烈日当头，固执的母亲在烈日下一站就是几个小时。考试结束的铃声响了，母亲迎上去递过一杯用罐头瓶泡好的浓茶叮嘱孩子喝了，茶亦浓，情更浓。望着母亲干裂的嘴唇和满头的汗珠，男孩将手中的罐头瓶反递过去请母亲喝。母亲说，孩子，快喝吧，我不渴！――母亲撒的第四个谎。

父亲病逝之后，母亲又当爹又当娘，靠着自己在缝纫社里那点微薄收入含辛茹苦拉扯着几个孩子，供他们念书，日子过得苦不堪言。胡同路口电线杆下修表的李叔叔知道后，大事小事就找岔过来打个帮手，搬搬煤，挑挑水，送些钱粮来帮补男孩的家里。人非草木，孰能无情。左邻右舍对此看在眼里，记在心里，都劝母亲再嫁，何必苦了自己。然而母亲多年来却守身如玉，始终不嫁，别人再劝，母亲也断然不听，母亲说，我不爱！――母亲撒的第五个谎

男孩和她的哥姐大学毕业参加工作后，下了岗的母亲就在附近农贸市场摆了个小摊维持生活。身在外地工作的孩子们知道后就常常寄钱回来补贴母亲，母亲坚决不要，并将钱退了回去。母亲说，我有钱！――母亲撒的第六个谎

男孩留校任教两年，后又考取了美国一所名牌大学的博士生，毕业后留在美国一家科研机构工作，待遇相当丰厚，条件好了，身在异国的男孩想把母亲接来享享清福却被老人回绝了。母亲说，我不习惯！――母亲撒的第七个谎

晚年，母亲患了胃癌，住进了医院，远在大西洋彼岸的男孩乘飞机赶回来时，术后的母亲已是奄奄一息了。母亲老了，望着被病魔折磨得死去活来的母亲，男孩悲痛欲绝，潸然泪下。母亲却说，孩子，别哭，我不疼。――母亲撒的第八个谎

不论你多富有,不管你官多大,到什么时候也离不开咱的妈....愿天下父母平安度春秋....... 珍惜母亲的每一个谎言,好好的对待父母,很多东西,失去后才得来的珍贵代价太大.所以一定要好好的爱我们的父母~

如果我還一直深愛著你...你是否還會待在我身邊?
如果我還一直在乎著你...你是否會再多看我一眼? 是否我已不存在了...你才感覺的到我的離開? 是否我已離開了....你才感覺的到我對你的好? 在此祝福全天下父母平安度春秋~~'

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母亲一生的八个谎话——看完请不要流泪
儿时，小男孩家很穷，吃饭时，饭常常不够吃，母亲就把自己碗里的饭分给孩子吃。母亲说，孩子们，快吃吧，我不饿！――母亲撒的第一个谎

男孩长身体的时候，勤劳的母亲常用周日休息时间去县郊农村河沟里捞些鱼来给孩子们补钙。鱼很好吃，鱼汤也很鲜。孩子们吃鱼的时候，母亲就在一旁啃鱼骨头，用舌头舔鱼骨头上的肉渍。男孩心疼，就把自己碗里的鱼夹到母亲碗里，请母亲吃鱼。母亲不吃，母亲又用筷子把鱼夹回男孩的碗里。母亲说，孩子，快吃吧，我不爱吃鱼！――母亲撒的第二个谎。

上初中了，为了缴够男孩和哥姐的学费，当缝纫工的母亲就去居委会领些火柴盒拿回家来，晚上糊了挣点分分钱补点家用。有个冬天，男孩半夜醒来，看到母亲还躬着身子在油灯下糊火柴盒。男孩说，母亲，睡了吧，明早您还要上班呢。母亲笑笑，说，孩子，快睡吧，我不困！――母亲撒的第三个谎

高考那年，母亲请了假天天站在考点门口为参加高考的男孩助阵。时逢盛夏，烈日当头，固执的母亲在烈日下一站就是几个小时。考试结束的铃声响了，母亲迎上去递过一杯用罐头瓶泡好的浓茶叮嘱孩子喝了，茶亦浓，情更浓。望着母亲干裂的嘴唇和满头的汗珠，男孩将手中的罐头瓶反递过去请母亲喝。母亲说，孩子，快喝吧，我不渴！――母亲撒的第四个谎。

父亲病逝之后，母亲又当爹又当娘，靠着自己在缝纫社里那点微薄收入含辛茹苦拉扯着几个孩子，供他们念书，日子过得苦不堪言。胡同路口电线杆下修表的李叔叔知道后，大事小事就找岔过来打个帮手，搬搬煤，挑挑水，送些钱粮来帮补男孩的家里。人非草木，孰能无情。左邻右舍对此看在眼里，记在心里，都劝母亲再嫁，何必苦了自己。然而母亲多年来却守身如玉，始终不嫁，别人再劝，母亲也断然不听，母亲说，我不爱！――母亲撒的第五个谎

男孩和她的哥姐大学毕业参加工作后，下了岗的母亲就在附近农贸市场摆了个小摊维持生活。身在外地工作的孩子们知道后就常常寄钱回来补贴母亲，母亲坚决不要，并将钱退了回去。母亲说，我有钱！――母亲撒的第六个谎

男孩留校任教两年，后又考取了美国一所名牌大学的博士生，毕业后留在美国一家科研机构工作，待遇相当丰厚，条件好了，身在异国的男孩想把母亲接来享享清福却被老人回绝了。母亲说，我不习惯！――母亲撒的第七个谎

晚年，母亲患了胃癌，住进了医院，远在大西洋彼岸的男孩乘飞机赶回来时，术后的母亲已是奄奄一息了。母亲老了，望着被病魔折磨得死去活来的母亲，男孩悲痛欲绝，潸然泪下。母亲却说，孩子，别哭，我不疼。――母亲撒的第八个谎

不论你多富有,不管你官多大,到什么时候也离不开咱的妈....愿天下父母平安度春秋....... 珍惜母亲的每一个谎言,好好的对待父母,很多东西,失去后才得来的珍贵代价太大.所以一定要好好的爱我们的父母~

如果我還一直深愛著你...你是否還會待在我身邊?
如果我還一直在乎著你...你是否會再多看我一眼? 是否我已不存在了...你才感覺的到我的離開? 是否我已離開了....你才感覺的到我對你的好? 在此祝福全天下父母平安度春秋~~'

把這個故事加在你的部落格
母亲一生的八个谎话——看完请不要流泪
儿时，小男孩家很穷，吃饭时，饭常常不够吃，母亲就把自己碗里的饭分给孩子吃。母亲说，孩子们，快吃吧，我不饿！――母亲撒的第一个谎

男孩长身体的时候，勤劳的母亲常用周日休息时间去县郊农村河沟里捞些鱼来给孩子们补钙。鱼很好吃，鱼汤也很鲜。孩子们吃鱼的时候，母亲就在一旁啃鱼骨头，用舌头舔鱼骨头上的肉渍。男孩心疼，就把自己碗里的鱼夹到母亲碗里，请母亲吃鱼。母亲不吃，母亲又用筷子把鱼夹回男孩的碗里。母亲说，孩子，快吃吧，我不爱吃鱼！――母亲撒的第二个谎。

上初中了，为了缴够男孩和哥姐的学费，当缝纫工的母亲就去居委会领些火柴盒拿回家来，晚上糊了挣点分分钱补点家用。有个冬天，男孩半夜醒来，看到母亲还躬着身子在油灯下糊火柴盒。男孩说，母亲，睡了吧，明早您还要上班呢。母亲笑笑，说，孩子，快睡吧，我不困！――母亲撒的第三个谎

高考那年，母亲请了假天天站在考点门口为参加高考的男孩助阵。时逢盛夏，烈日当头，固执的母亲在烈日下一站就是几个小时。考试结束的铃声响了，母亲迎上去递过一杯用罐头瓶泡好的浓茶叮嘱孩子喝了，茶亦浓，情更浓。望着母亲干裂的嘴唇和满头的汗珠，男孩将手中的罐头瓶反递过去请母亲喝。母亲说，孩子，快喝吧，我不渴！――母亲撒的第四个谎。

父亲病逝之后，母亲又当爹又当娘，靠着自己在缝纫社里那点微薄收入含辛茹苦拉扯着几个孩子，供他们念书，日子过得苦不堪言。胡同路口电线杆下修表的李叔叔知道后，大事小事就找岔过来打个帮手，搬搬煤，挑挑水，送些钱粮来帮补男孩的家里。人非草木，孰能无情。左邻右舍对此看在眼里，记在心里，都劝母亲再嫁，何必苦了自己。然而母亲多年来却守身如玉，始终不嫁，别人再劝，母亲也断然不听，母亲说，我不爱！――母亲撒的第五个谎

男孩和她的哥姐大学毕业参加工作后，下了岗的母亲就在附近农贸市场摆了个小摊维持生活。身在外地工作的孩子们知道后就常常寄钱回来补贴母亲，母亲坚决不要，并将钱退了回去。母亲说，我有钱！――母亲撒的第六个谎

男孩留校任教两年，后又考取了美国一所名牌大学的博士生，毕业后留在美国一家科研机构工作，待遇相当丰厚，条件好了，身在异国的男孩想把母亲接来享享清福却被老人回绝了。母亲说，我不习惯！――母亲撒的第七个谎

晚年，母亲患了胃癌，住进了医院，远在大西洋彼岸的男孩乘飞机赶回来时，术后的母亲已是奄奄一息了。母亲老了，望着被病魔折磨得死去活来的母亲，男孩悲痛欲绝，潸然泪下。母亲却说，孩子，别哭，我不疼。――母亲撒的第八个谎

不论你多富有,不管你官多大,到什么时候也离不开咱的妈....愿天下父母平安度春秋....... 珍惜母亲的每一个谎言,好好的对待父母,很多东西,失去后才得来的珍贵代价太大.所以一定要好好的爱我们的父母~

如果我還一直深愛著你...你是否還會待在我身邊?
如果我還一直在乎著你...你是否會再多看我一眼? 是否我已不存在了...你才感覺的到我的離開? 是否我已離開了....你才感覺的到我對你的好? 在此祝福全天下父母平安度春秋~~'

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母亲一生的八个谎话——看完请不要流泪

H1N1 flu

2009-05-06T10:55:00.002+10:00

This is a good visual representation of what is the infected countries and the severity level..

http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/

你知道了吗？

2009-05-01T12:51:00.002+10:00

Point of life

2009-04-30T12:45:00.003+10:00

I think I have to come to a point of life that I am lost about my direction. I feel that I am having problem coping with the everchanging tecnology and even tired of keeping up with it. But isn't it too old to change my career path at this juncture? I have been thinking hard, hard enough to make me headache and still heading no where.. Should I force myself to upgrade my skillset to cater for the world?? Or should I just take the alternate route and start a fresh?

Thought

2009-04-22T15:33:00.002+10:00

Didn't know what got into me, I am so not into the idea of working anymore, I felt draggy to wake up in the morning by having the idea of going into the office. I feel so not interested in doing any "work" I am only half way through of life, how am I going to carry on from here?

Our ex-PM Dr M is trying to make money through bloging too

2009-04-17T11:07:00.005+10:00

Click to enlarge image.
I am surfing the internet and coming to an interesting article, it was about our ex-PM blog that he has set up and attract a lot of traffic who those still regard him as "god". Apparently he is making good money from the blog with the advertisement scheme. If take a look at the screen captured above, he is charging proton for the top banner of Proton Exora for RM12,000 for 7 days of advertisement. Just in case you are curious, the charges are as follow:

Side Box - 170px x 200px - RM5,000/month
Top Banner - 728px x 90px - RM12,000/month

And on the fine print of the Terms and Conditions.

Discounts available for advertising periods of one month & above.
All advertising positions are on rotating basis with a maximum of 5 ads.
Rates quoted above are on a per banner/day basis, minimum of 7 days.
For banner designs, a fee of RM70 per design will be charged. Design fees will be waived for advertising campaigns of above RM2500.
Ads in Top Banner & Tower Box positions will appear in the Main Page & Inside Page .

If you read carefully on the fine print that saying rotating basis of 5 ads maximum. A basic calculation without the inside banner, our "beloved" Ex-PM will be potentially earn up to RM185,000/month (approx USD51,000/month), and this is not including the inside page banner. I am quite sure this is the most "Money Making" problogger in the shortest amount of time.

我要去旅行!!!

2009-04-15T09:53:00.004+10:00

心痒痒了... 我想去旅行了.. 新航又有特价机票了.. 从墨尔本去香港.. 澳币七百三十七. 不错吧.. 优惠会在四月十七号截止... 我还有两天可考虑... :(

Easter Holiday at Lakes Entrance

2009-04-14T10:47:00.005+10:00

Last week was the easter holiday. We enjoy a 4 days consecutive public holiday. So I have decided to plan for a trip to Lakes entrance to relax over the long holiday. It was pretty much a relaxing trip with no much itinery to cover. We wonder around the town and sit around the green grass facing the lakes. The feeling is great.. as you feel no burden of city life. First day was pretty much relaxing at the apartment we rent. Making full use of the facilities like the Swimming Pool and of coz playground for my niece :).

On the second day morning, we rented a boat to ride on our own. It was pretty exciting as this is the first time we ride a boat on our own.. Hahaha.. eventhough it is just a boat that can go as fast as 5 knot/ hour. But I guess for someone who never be "captain" of the boat before, it is good enough to satisfy our "childhood dream".

On the third day of stay, We decided to follow what majority of people is doing over there. Get ourself a fishing rod and start fishing like the rest... however, it can never be like the rest.. as this is the first time I go on fishing, a lot of funny things happend :P I put the string from the wrong side and cause the whole fishing rod to jam :P I cannot hook the bait correctly, each time when I do my casting, I lost my bait... I become the laughingstock for both of my sisters.. :( But after much practise, I finally improve... I can hook my bait better and I can cast further then I thought :P Will post more photos after I process it .. :)

What is this??

2009-04-07T14:36:00.004+10:00

This is actually a catchment design to collect all the floating rubbish in the river. I think this is really innovative.. This is how their maintain the clean river in Melbourne.. Nice!

墨尔本的钱柜

2009-04-07T09:13:00.002+10:00

http://www.cashboxparty.com.au/intro.html

哈哈。。别误会。。钱柜可不是那“钱柜”。。这可是台湾数一数二的Karaoke.. 就犹如槟城的Redbox.不过，设备，音响，环境比起Redbox 就有过之而不及。上个礼拜终于去了PartyWorld（钱柜). 本人非常的满意. 钱柜设于Melbourne Central 的购物中心. 一进去给人非常高贵的感觉. 价钱也非常公道.Happy Hours 是从下午一点至六点. 每个人十八块八. 包括了一杯饮料和午餐.

New words from theage.com

2009-04-03T16:52:00.002+11:00

The SES this morning warned motorists travelling in bushfire-affected areas of the state to be alert to the increased risk of landslide and debris on roads.

Debris = Noun:
1. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

Melbourne Airport closed its tarmac for a short time this morning.

Tarmac= Noun:
1. A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving.
2. A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.

Verb:
1. Surface with macadam

Macadam=Noun:
1. Broken Stone used in macadamized roadways.
2. A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.

Singapore Airline promotion for Australia

2009-04-03T12:58:00.002+11:00

It is spending season again... Last night I received an email from Singapore airline notifying me about the upcoming promotion applicable to the Australia region. The promotion start from today.. It seems like quite an attractive deal. From Melbourne, the airfare to Singapore return is as low as AUD699 with everything inclusive. Even to Penang it is only AUD787. I am tempting to visit HK again since my last visit to HK was about 12 years ago??? Damm time really fly... The fare from Mel to HK is AUD730.. which is not too bad for a commercial airline, of coz it is not comparable to budget airline like the Airasia or Jetstarasia. But I would said it will not be an apple to apple comparison. Travel bug is biting me bad.. Go or no Go?? I still have 14 days to consider, as the promotion end 17 April 2009. think think think...

New words

2009-04-03T09:03:00.005+11:00

Extract from News: "but this week's balmy autumn weather is rapidly coming to an end."

balmy = Adjective :
1. Mild and pleasant " Balmy days and nights"
2. (archaic) Informal or slang term for mentally irregular " it used to drive my husband balmy"

Extract from news : "Boy, 12, at the centre of state care furore"

Furore = Noun :
1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal
2. A sudden outburst ( as of protest)

Zeal = Noun :
1.A feeling of strong eagerness ( Usually in favour of a person or cause) " he felt a kind of religious zeal"
2. Excessive fervour to do something or accomplish some end "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"
3. Prompt willingness " they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"

Fervour= Noun:
1. Feelings of great warmth and intensity
2. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.

How to Open Excel Files in a New Instance.

2009-04-02T13:52:00.001+11:00

How to Open Excel Files in a New Application Instance

By default, when you try to open an Excel file by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer, it will open in an already existing instance of Excel. But sometimes, you want it to open in a new instance and even make it the default behavior.

The following steps will allow you to do that.

STEP 1. In Windows Explorer, select Tools->Folder Options. In the Folder Options Dialog, go to the File Types tab and look for the XLS file type. Then, click on the Advanced button.

STEP 2. In the Edit File Type Dialog that opens up, click on the New… button.

STEP 3. Give the new action a name like “Open in New App Instance” or even “My Own Open”. Click on Browse and look for the Excel Executable. If you used the default installation paths, just paste this (make sure you include the double quotes):

“C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE” “%1″

STEP 4. Click on OK to close the New Action Dialog. Click OK to close the Edit File Type Dialog. And finally click on Close to close the Folder Options Dialog.

Now, when you right click on an Excel file, you will see something like this:

You will see that your new action is now available in the right click menu for Excel files. When you double-click the Excel file, it opens in the default behavior (i.e., in an existing instance of Excel). But if you right click and the click on your new action, it opens in a new Excel instance.

If you want your action to be the default action on double click, just go back to the Edit File Type dialog (Step 2 above). Select your action. Then click on the Set Default button. Your action will turn to bold and it is now the default action. Double clicking an Excel file opens in a new Excel application instance.

A vocab a day.. it should make my day :)

2009-03-30T12:44:00.002+11:00

I was reading on one of the article from newspaper today and learn another 3 more vocab :)

Emblematic = Adjective : 1. Serving as visible symbol for something abstract " a crown is emblematic of royalty" 2. Being or serving as an illustration of a type " The free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"

Angst = Noun: 1. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about a personal freedom.

Funk = Noun : 1. A state of nervous depression " he was in a funk" 2. An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar.
Verb : Draw back, as with fear or pain.

Things to improve in 2009

2009-03-30T11:37:00.002+11:00

I guess one of the immediately thing is to improve on my vocabulary. I am not sure if it is due to Malaysia education system or just me. I found that I have very limited vocabulary, it makes it especially hard for me to express myself in words..

Recently I read through a suicide note of a Singaporean doctor in Melbourne... Just a short note to farewell from his families and friends.. I found that I hardly recognise some of the words he used.. It is pretty embarrassing for a working adult that already on the job for more than 10 years. I guess due to the nature of the job, I seldom have the express myself in written. What's more I will try by all means to avoid myself from having to write a presentation or report to anyone. I guess it is time to quit being an 'ostrich" and face it with courage.

I thought it might be a good idea to take note of what are the new vocab that I have learned.

Jettison = Verb: 1. Throw away, of something emcumbering 2. Throw as from an aeroplane.

brevity = Noun : 1. The use of brief expressions, 2. The attribute of being brief and fleeting.

resentment = Noun : A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

stemmed = Adjective : 1. Having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified, often userd in combination " stemmed goblets", "long-stemmed roses" 2. (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground. 3. Having the stem removed "Stemmed berries"

Stem = Verb : 1. Grow out of, have root in, originate in " The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" 2. Cause to point inward "Stem your skis" 3. Stop the flow of a liquid "stem the tide" 4. Remove the stem from "For automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

utter = Verb : 1. Articulate, either verbally or with a cry, shout or noise " he uttered a curse" 2. Express audibly; utter sounds ( not necessarily words) " he uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" 3. Express in Speech 4. Put into circulation "utter counterfeit currency"
Adjective : 1. Without qualification, used informally as ( often pejorative) intensifiers " utter nonsense" 2. Complete "utter seriousness"

Perpetuate = Verb: 1. Cause to continue or prevail " Prepetuate a myth"

Trait= Noun : 1. A distinguishing feature of your personal nature.

unsavory = Adjective : 1. Morally offensive "an unsavory reputation"; " an unsavory scandal"

Repulse= Verb : 1. Force or drive back 2. Be Repellent to; cause aversion in 3. Cause to move back by force or influence.
Noun : 1. An instance of driving away or warding off.

Reared= Verb : Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds "The horse reared in terror" 2. Provide for and care during childhood 3. Rise up 4. Cause to rise up 5. Contruct, build or erect.

Perpertrate= Verb : Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation "perpetrate a crime"

Connotation = Noun : 1. What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression 2. An idea that is implied or suggested.

Crux = Noun : 1. A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the milky wayt near Centaurus.
Noun : The most important point.

dogmata = Noun : 1. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof. 2. A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative " he believed all the Marxist dogma"

Facade = Noun : 1. The face or front of a building 2. A showy mispresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.

Lawn Mowing season is here again..

2009-03-28T19:01:00.003+11:00

It has been a while since I last did my lawn mowing, the summer that is just over it definitely a tough one... the peak temperature reach 47.5. I was hidding at home with my air-con turn on 24 hours.. unfortunately I only have my aircon installed in my living room.. so got to stay there till I reluctantly go back to my room to sleep to suffer through the "heatwave" night..luckily the heat during summer only last for 3 days.. the rest of the day it seems to cool off a lot... However.. becoz of the heat.. it also save me a lot of time to do lawn mowing.. as all the plants.. nearly die off.. but it seems that they are starting to grow in autumn too.. so I got to take out my lawn mower once against to start my "killer" job once again :)

Another winning day...

2009-03-13T16:03:00.003+11:00

Even though it is just a small, I really mean small winning.. but I guess it is some thing to be happy about.. so what winning am I talking about???
IS ........ the.eeee.... POWERBALL!!!
So what is the winning number and distribution?? no hurry... it as show below :P

I bought the number 3, 6, 11, 16, 44 and powerball of 25 :) ... I get 4 out of the 5 numbers from the numbers... too bad I didn't get the powerball, else I will be winning AUD51,167.25 :P now I am only getting 61.75 ... but nevermind.. I will be the sole lucky winner of next week 12 millions draw... Wish me best of luck!!!

Times Fly

2009-03-12T15:57:00.002+11:00

With the blink of eye, I have already settle down in Melbourne for 1 years and 6 more days to one month. It all just happend without giving me time to have a look back. So far, everything has been good, in another 11 months, I am qualify to sponsor my younger sister over to Australia too. She has been complaining that it is taking too long, however, I don't have a choice, it is a requirement set by the Oz government. I couldn't make it any shorter.
But I guess it is just the matter of any "blink" of eye before she can get over here. I am also start to "consolidate" my life. What I want to do from here and how I want to go from here. A funny feeling hit me when I see a lot of University here is recruiting for their new semester. I suddenly have the "sudden emotion" to study again... hahaha... I was attracted by the ads by Monash University and Melbourne school of Law. They are having this Juris Doctor program which open to non-law degree graduate ONLY... I really mean "ONLY" so if you are law graduate.. sorry, it is not something for you. so I did a little bit of survey on what can a Juris Doctor do upon graduation. It seems that you can practice law. Depending on your major, it could be industrial law, property law etc etc... However, through my research, I also found that to complete the course, it will takes 3 years full time and 6 years for a part time student like me.. hahha.. I guess I would be too old by then... so I give up this thought :P
Guess I would continue with my Cisco Certification till CCIE... which my Singapore friend did it.. I believe I can too :P Self believe is important.. isn't it so? :)

今非昔比

2009-03-06T14:12:00.003+11:00

今非昔比（一）

今非昔比（二）

真的讓我不得不緬懷過去....

Night scene at Gold Coast, Brisbane!!!

2009-02-27T13:09:00.001+11:00

How do you judge yourself?

2009-02-23T10:49:00.002+11:00

Frankly, all these while I have not been very happy with my achievement in life, Or I should say my entire life is so flat and boring, I have not got any real "achievement" at all. However, I am still the happy go lucky type. Happy with what I have currently and who I am.
However, recently I came a cross a company call "Nuffnang" which truly an inspiration. Why am I saying so??? One of the founder, which currently the executive director of the company is only 24 years old as of 2008. Which I start asking myself.. How do I position myself, when someone is only 24 years old is already managing a company with operation across 4 countries..
I was reading on his blog, apparently at the age of 24, he has opportunity to give speech in front of thousands of peoples, he mix around with elite people from difference company to exchange ideas. He attended interviews from TV stations like NTV7, TV3 and TV2. He has been asked by the magazine CLEO, whether he is interested to be in the CLEO 50 most eligible bachelors.
Where the pathetic me still running on the same rat race, thinking of what I can do to escape from the rat race. But it is really "thinking" with no action on it after many many years that I can think of.. Same thing applied to the weight issue. Been thinking on how to trim down.. but gain more instead.. sigh..

"誠信"漂流記

2009-02-19T13:54:00.001+11:00

大陸高考滿分作文："誠信"漂流記（值得一看！）
下面的文章是中國大陸前些年,高考的一篇滿分作文,文章樸實簡單,要找出用字遣詞比這篇好的文章,實在數不勝數,然而為什麼這篇小短文,卻可以在千萬中國考生中得到滿分.我覺得理由是它真正的把每一位的心聲說了出來,撼動了每一個改考卷的老師的心靈.....

Subject: 誠信漂流記
話說"誠信"被那個"聰明"的年輕人投棄到水裡以後，他拼命地游著，最後來到了一個小島上。"誠信"就躺在沙灘上休息，心裡計劃著等待哪位路過的朋友允許他搭船，救他一命。

突然，"誠信"聽到遠處傳來一陣陣歡樂輕鬆的音樂。他於是馬上站起來，向著音樂傳來的方向望去：他看見一隻小船正向這邊駛來。船上有面小旗，上面寫著{快樂}二字，原來是"快樂"的小船。
"誠信"忙喊道："快樂,快樂，我是誠信，你拉我回岸可以嗎？"
"快樂"一聽，笑著對"誠信"說："不行不行，我一有了誠信就不快樂了，你看這社會上有多少人因為說實話而不快樂，對不起，我無能為力。"說罷，"快樂"走了。

過了一會兒，"地位"又來了，"誠信"忙喊到："地位,地位，我是誠信，我想搭你的船回家可以嗎？" . "地位"忙把船劃遠了，回頭對"誠信"說："不行不行，誠信可不能搭我的船，我的地位來之不易啊！有了你這個誠信我豈不倒霉，並且連地位也難以保住啊！"
"誠信"很失望地看著"地位"的背影，眼裡充滿了不解和疑惑，他又接著等。
隨著一片有節奏的卻不和諧的聲音傳來，"競爭"們乘著小船來了，"誠信"喊道："競爭, 競爭，我能不能搭你的小船一程？"競爭"們問道："你是誰，你能給我們多少好處？"
"誠信"不想說，怕說了又沒人理，但"誠信"畢竟是誠信，他說："我是誠信……"
"你是誠信啊，你這不存心給我們添麻煩嗎？如今競爭這麼激烈，我們'不正當競爭'怎麼敢要你誠信？"言罷，揚長而去。
正當"誠信"感到近乎絕望的時候，一個慈祥的聲音從遠處傳來："孩子，上船吧!"一個白髮蒼蒼的老者在船上掌著舵道："我是時間老人。"
"那您為什麼要救我呢？"
老人微笑著說："只有時間才知道誠信有多麼重要！"
在回去的路上，時間老人指著因翻船而落水的"快樂"、"地位"、"競爭"，意味深長地說道："沒有誠信，快樂不長久，地位是虛假的，競爭也是失敗的。"

School

2009-02-17T09:48:00.003+11:00

Hey, do you know the biggest difference for schooling in Australia and Malaysia??? I still remember back to the good old time.. I always feel very reluctant to go to school, it is always an agony to go to school to face the teacher and the endless homework. Not to forget the humiliating criticism from your teacher if you didn't perform up to her expectation.. Over here, I see it is always encouragement to do better. Encouragement to speak up your opinions. Could this be the reason why westerners are always more outspoken then Asian? It is a common scene in a meeting room which full of Asian to be complete silent, when it is asking for opinions and questions. The system also promote reading habits, I guess this very much help in develop an individual with stronger vocabulary too.

I am seeing a totally difference environment here in Australia. My niece keep asking us when can she go to school again? She asked us, "why it is always holiday? Can I go to school tomorrow?" I seriously doubt she will ask me the same question if she is studying in Malaysia. I sort of gone through her schedule at school.

Monday : Art and German
Tuesday : Music
Wednesday: Mathematic
Thursday : Buddies Day
Friday : Computer and Library

Seriously, this is my school schedule for the pre-primary, I think I will be dying to go to school too :P

Haze

2009-02-16T12:44:00.003+11:00

Today Melbourne City sky is habouring over by haze and burning smell as a result of the bush fire happening across rural area of Victoria, a lot of my friend wrote to me and concern about whether I am being affect by the bush fire.

Fortunately, I am not, however, it is definitely is an unfortunate event and described as the darkest moment for Australian history since peace time. The death toll I last heared is 181 peoples and about 1000 families losing their home. Everywhere, there are bush fire appeal to help those victims. Personally, I have donated AUD100 on company campaign to raise monies for the victims, my company is going to match every dollars we donated to the event. Which magically make my donation AUD200 for the event. Not taking into consideration of those bush appeal charity foodfair that I went to and try to contribute as much as I can. I can almost feel their pain of losing their loves one and almost everything that they have built up over the years.

However, the haze reminds me of the forest burning event happend few year ago causing the whole Malaysia been harbouring by haze over a month. I am wonder, with the sizeable fire happend in Indonesia, I don't believe if there is any death toll being reported. Is it because the government is covering up the news or there isn't "anyone" living in the forest? Where in develop country like Australia, we can see the bushfire causing 1000 over families to lost their houses and properties. Isn't it ironic? Which is something really puzzling me...

情人节?? 企盼??

2009-02-13T08:59:00.002+11:00

哇噻! 这个情人节又有所企盼了.. 不要误会.. 盼的不是情人.. 盼的是比情人更实际的一千四百万!!!!

闷郁

2009-02-12T09:19:00.003+11:00

在这公司待了7个月, 好像都没找不到一个出路. 原来把你聘请后.不给你任何工作也是一种折磨.. 那里才是出口啊?

维多利亚山火

2009-02-10T09:52:00.005+11:00

相信在媒体的大力渲染之下, 大家对维多利亚山火必有所闻吧.收到很多朋友的电邮,问我有没有被影响到.谢谢大家的关心.我的住家比较靠近墨尔本城市, 并没有受影响.

而山火的位置都比较偏僻.以下的地图有显示被山火影响的地区供参考. (Click to expand the map)

算算你手机号码的凶吉！！

2009-02-09T15:39:00.001+11:00

从网路上看到的... 呵呵.. 我的是49.. 你呢? :)

算算你手机号码的凶吉！！
仅供娱乐！
将手机号码最后四个数字，先除以八十，再减去整数，剩下的小数（小数点后面的数字）乘以八十，然后将所得结果，对表查阅，即知吉凶。比如：手机号码是 13XX8888888，将8888÷80＝111.1，再将111.1-111＝0.1，然后0.1×80＝8，这个“8”就是你的命运数了，最后你在命运数对表里可以查到你是“吉”了！（如得数是零，便不在测算之列。据说得到这种结果的人，具有非凡特质，以名人猛人居多，所以吉凶之数不需要再来论断了。）

附：手机号码吉祥如意表
吉凶数字　　　解释　　　　　注解
1　　　　大展鸿图．可获成功　吉
2　　　　一盛一衰．劳而无功　凶
3　　　　蒸蒸日上．百事顺遂　吉
4　　　　坎坷前途．苦难折磨　凶
5　　　　生意欣荣．名利双收　吉
6　　　　天降幸运．可成大功　吉
7　　　　和气致祥．必获成功　吉
8　　　　贯彻志望．成功可期　吉
9　　　　独营无力．财利无望　凶
10　　　空费心力．徒劳无功　凶
11　　　稳健着实．必得人望　吉
12　　　薄弱无力．谋事难成　凶
13　　　天赋吉运．能得人望　吉
14　　　是成是败．惟靠坚毅　凶
15　　　大事成就．一定兴隆　吉
16　　　成就大业．名利双收　吉
17　　　有贵人助．可得成功　吉
18　　　顺利昌隆．百事亨通　吉
19　　　内外不合．障碍重重　凶
20　　　历尽艰难．焦心忧劳　凶
21　　　专心经营．善用智慧　吉
22　　　怀才不遇．事不如意　凶
23　　　名显四方．终成大业　吉
24　　　须靠自力．能奏大功　吉
25　　　天时地利．再得人格　吉
26　　　波澜起伏．凌驾万难　凶
27　　　一盛一衰．可守成功　凶带吉
28　　　青云直上．才略奏功　吉
29　　　吉凶参半．得失相伴　凶
30　　　名利双收．大业成就　吉
31　　　池中之龙．成功可望　吉
32　　　智慧慎始．必可昌隆　吉
33　　　灾难不绝．难望成功　凶
34　　　中吉之数．进退保守　吉
35　　　波澜重叠．常陷穷困　凶
36　　　逢凶化吉．风调雨顺　吉
37　　　名虽可得．利则难获　凶带吉
38　　　光明坦途．指日可待　吉
39　　　一盛一衰．浮沉不定　吉带凶
40　　　天赋吉运．前途无限　吉
41　　　事业不专．十九不成　吉带凶
42　　　忍耐自重．转凶为吉　吉带凶
43　　　事难遂愿．贪功好进　凶
44　　　绿叶发枝．一举擅吉
45　　　坎坷不平．艰难重重　凶
46　　　有贵人助．可成大业　吉
47　　　名利俱全．繁荣富贵　吉
48　　　遇吉则吉．遇凶则凶　凶
49　　　吉凶互见．一成一败　吉带凶
50　　　一盛一衰．浮沉不常　吉带凶
51　　　雨过天青．即获成功　吉
52　　　盛衰参半．先吉後凶　吉带凶
53　　　虽倾全力．难望成功　凶
54　　　外观隆昌．内隐祸患　吉带凶
55　　　事与愿违．终难成功　凶
56　　　努力经营．时来运转　吉
57　　　浮沉多端．始凶终吉　凶带吉
58　　　遇事犹疑．难望成事　凶
59　　　心迷意乱．难定方针　凶
60　　　云遮半月．百隐风波　吉带凶
61　　　烦闷懊恼．事事难展　凶
62　　　万物化育．繁荣之象　吉
63　　　十九不成．徒劳无功　凶
64　　　吉运自来．能享盛名　吉
65　　　内外不和．信用缺乏　凶
66　　　事事如意．富贵自来　吉
67　　　不失先机．可望成功　吉
68　　　动摇不安．常陷逆境　凶
69　　　惨淡经营．难免贫困　凶
70　　　吉凶参半．惟赖勇气　吉带凶
71　　　得而复失．难以安顺　凶
72　　　安乐自来．自然吉祥　吉
73　　　如无智谋．难望成功　凶
74　　　吉中带凶．进不如守　吉带凶
75　　　此数大凶．破产之象　凶
76　　　先苦後甘．不致失败　吉带凶
77　　　有得有失．华而不实　吉带凶
78　　　前途无光．希望不大　凶
79　　　得而复失．枉费心机　吉带凶
80　　　最极之数．能得成功　吉

沸沸扬扬的霹雳政权

2009-02-06T09:06:00.004+11:00

近日闹得沸沸扬扬的霹雳政权，在一个默默无名的许月凤选择了违背她的选民，而转向投靠“异己”当“汉奸“。如果理由是因为她的“副议长”待遇和一般的州议员没两样。那这人民委以重托的代仪士。未免也太以自我为中心了吧？那她参选的目的实在令人质疑。不过，我国的政治也太儿戏了。。说变就变。。我想这位“许月凤“现在应该是恶名远昭，成为了过街老鼠了吧？人要一朝成名，还真的有很多方式阿!可是这种方式我可不敢苟同..

期盼

2009-02-04T09:49:00.002+11:00

不知道可以期待些什么。。唯有期待中大奖咯！！ :)

转眼又是一个礼拜。

2009-02-02T09:20:00.002+11:00

总觉得世界还是在转动，而我还是原地不动。。时间一分一秒的流逝。。我还是6年前的我。哦。。唯一的改变就是贱肉横生了几十斤。其他的。。都没有进展。我是否已经到了一个瓶颈？要如何突破呢？

次按联想

2009-01-30T10:47:00.003+11:00

当你每天看着那负面的新闻时。。你有可能不为所动吗？某某公司裁员。。某某公司倒闭。。某某公司年度财政出现赤字。就连赫赫有名的大机构都无一幸免。令人难免为 “前途” 与 “钱途“ 而担忧。本人因为还有屋债未清，所以也是忧心耿耿。。几时才能摆脱这赚钱来还钱的宿命呢？无语问苍天：（

CNY thought.

2009-01-28T10:06:00.002+11:00

This year it is the first year I had spend my first Chinese New Year outside of Penang. The feeling is completely difference to spend CNY in a complete foreign land.. where it is not so "chinese" :) You still see some CNY decoration in Shopping mall and airport.. but you are not hearing the "usual" Chinese new year Theme songs that you used to hear everywhere you go... Especially so, if you are going to the shopping Mall.. You don't feel Chinese New Year.. as it is not a public holiday.. but of coz this year is an exemption.. So coincidently this year, first day of CNY falls on Australian Day.. so officially it is a holiday. I have took the opportunity to take extra day off to celebrate the new year with my family of coz.. since my younger sister is also here in Melbourne.. Nothing special for the year... except Melbourne is experiencing the hotest week in a row. It is not seen in 100 years.. the last time Melbourne is experiencing a continuous heatwave was 1904 according to the local news source.
This Ox year is not so warm welcome by everyone I guess, as the world economic is at the most chaotic state as ever seen.. Hope the economy will bottom out by mid of the year and start picking up again... Let's hope for a better year ahead of us :)

Upcoming CNY...

2009-01-28T10:00:00.004+11:00

In case you are wondering... when will be the next CNY? This is a table of upcoming CNY and previously when does it falls?

Year Chinese New Year Begins Animal Sign
2000 February 5 Dragon
2001 January 24 Snake
2002 February 12 Horse
2003 February 1 Sheep
2004 January 22 Monkey
2005 February 9 Rooster
2006 January 29 Dog
2007 February 18 Pig
2008 February 7 Rat
2009 January 26 Ox
2010 February 14 Tiger
2011 February 3 Rabbit
2012 January 23 Dragon
2013 February 10 Snake
2014 January 31 Horse
2015 February 19 Sheep
2016 February 8 Monkey
2017 January 28 Rooster
2018 February 16 Dog
2019 February 5 Pig

Best Job in the World : get paid $150,000 to swim, snorkel

2009-01-23T13:40:00.003+11:00

Island caretaker job offer: get paid $150,000 to swim, snorkel
Wish you were here? Tourism Queensland is offering a $150,000, rent-free job on Hamilton Island.

Wish you were here? Tourism Queensland is offering a $150,000, rent-free job on Hamilton Island.
Mex Cooper
January 12, 2009

Queensland's latest tourism campaign is giving job seekers the chance to get paid $150,000 to live six months rent-free on the Great Barrier Reef.

As their Christmas holidays fade and the credit crunch begins to bite, office workers dreaming of a fresh start are being tempted to apply for "the best job in the world".

Tourism Queensland is looking for applicants willing to walk white sandy beaches, sit under palm trees and swim with turtles as they soak up the sun.

The successful candidate will be asked to keep a blog and photo diary in exchange for six months rent-free on Hamilton Island as part of a $150,000 salary package that includes return airfares and travel insurance.

Australians and overseas applicants must be willing to "swim, snorkel, make friends with locals and generally enjoy the tropical Queensland climate and lifestyle".

The `island caretaker' position was created as part of a three-year $1.7 million marketing strategy by Tourism Queensland.

But Tourism Queensland chief Anthony Hayes said the job was not just a publicity stunt.

"Yes this is part of a unique Tourism Queensland strategy to promote the islands of the Great Barrier Reef internationally, but candidates will have to go through a genuine recruitment process," he said.

Australian Marketing Institute president Roger James said the campaign was an interesting idea but would need innovative marketing to make sure the winning candidate's blog was as effective as traditional advertising.

"I've got to decide to log on to the blog ... and to make that work you have to have a communication that is arresting and interesting," he said.

"If we end up with little videos or this person wandering around the islands and they're just happy snaps it may not generate much interest at all.

"On the other hand, if it is something new and arresting and inventive it may be an absolute huge hit."

The campaign was launched overseas today and a domestic launch will follow this weekend but Mr James said it was likely an overseas applicant would be picked.

The winning candidate will be chosen from a shortlist of 11 and must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator, be able to speak and write English, have an adventurous attitude, enjoy snorkelling and/or diving and be willing to try new things.

The job includes free accommodation in a three-bedroom home on Hamilton Island complete with plunge pool, views of the Whitsunday Islands and golf buggy.

The caretaker will promote the Great Barrier Reef islands, give media interviews and take care of a "few minor tasks" throughout their tenure beginning on July 1.

To apply for the position... follow the link below:

http://www.islandreefjob.com/

Swimming

2009-01-16T10:37:00.001+11:00

No excuse tonight.. must go for swimming for at least 5 laps.. please!!!

换工??

2009-01-15T11:30:00.001+11:00

今天收到了一个agent 的电话。问我有没有兴趣换工。。。新的一年。。。可以考虑考虑吧:P

Started GM today..

2009-01-07T10:31:00.003+11:00

I am starting GM today, yesterday rushing over to 3 bookstores during lunch time .Finally get hold of it at the Book store at Collin Street. I have just managed to complete the first 30 pages of the book. Still confise if that what I need... But I guess by the time I finish up the book, I should be prepared. From the forum it mentioned that the CD sound funny at night :P... I hope I will be able to fall asleep with the CD on:P

瘦身计划

2009-01-06T13:59:00.002+11:00

今天要开始瘦身计划了... 加油!!!

2009 的第一个工作天

2009-01-05T15:21:00.002+11:00

光阴飞逝.. 又到了新的一年.. 转眼间已经在墨尔本住了将近一年. 混混谔谔的过了2008... 希望2009 会有所突破吧!

Economy is taking a roller coaster ride

2008-10-20T12:13:00.003+11:00

Really cannot imagine, it is just within 3 months, the economy condition has been changed drastically. From a booming market which is shortage of workers, till a market is cutting down job. Just wonder how long will it takes to recover and back to the "normal"?? I guess only god know the answer...

UK ?? Melbourne??

2008-08-01T12:14:00.002+10:00

Got an offer to work in UK.. should I even consider at all? Earning Pound sterling.. definitely a good way to clean up my housing loan fast enough..

祝我生日~快乐

2008-07-19T23:21:00.001+10:00

我知道伤心不能改变什么
那么~让我诚实一点
诚实~难免有不能控制的宣泄
只有关上了门不必理谁
一个人坐在空荡包厢里面
手机~让它休息一夜
难~想切歌切掉回忆的画面
眼泪不能流过十二点
生日快乐～
我对自己说
蜡烛点了寂寞亮了
生日快乐泪也溶了
我要谢谢你给的你拿走的一切
还爱你~带一点恨
还要时间才能平衡
热恋伤痕画面重生
祝我生日~快乐

一个人坐在空荡包厢里面
手机~让它休息一夜
难~想切歌切掉回忆的画面
眼泪不能流过十二点
生日快乐～
我对自己说
蜡烛点了寂寞亮了
生日快乐泪也溶了
我要谢谢你给的你拿走的一切
还爱你~带一点恨
还要时间才能平衡
热恋伤痕画面重生
祝我生日~快乐
还爱你~带一点恨
还要时间才能平衡
热恋伤痕画面重生
祝我生日~快乐

Should I say this is a birthday song? haha.. but a birthday song to wish myself happy birthday? kakaka.. First birthday in Melbourne.. feeling is difference from before. I ask my family not to buy cake.. as I am just getting older.. nothing to great to celebrate about right? :)Got 3 wishes come across this year.. Kind of surprise for the very first wishes.. actually come from someone that I consider not so close and even talk to.. on the other hand those I consider very close.. hehe.. I doubt they remember anyway.. :) Well I am getting another year older.. suppose to get wiser every year I guess.. My Australian colleagues want to drag me out for beers Monday.. shall see how it goes.. Well.. Happy Birthday Andy :)

Long time no blog

2008-05-14T13:13:00.003+10:00

Wow.. I have not been blogging since 3rd March 08... Been busy settling down, familiase with work.. etc etc.. will read more..

First day of work in Melbourne

2008-03-03T22:14:00.003+11:00

As you can expect from all the big city.. today is my first day to start work in Australia. I drove to the nearest train station and took a train down to the City to start my day. Didn't expect the traffic to be so heavy and of course didn't expect the train to be so pack too. Still trying to get use to the Aussie working style.. Some of them are warm.. but some of them can be quite cool... So I guess I will just do my own work and start my life! I can't be living for others right.. I can't definitely let others affect my feeling.. I own my destiny!!!

I wish tomolo someone will just contact my brother in law to offer him a job.. see him been very down... Coz till date there isn't any official offer to him yet.. God Bless!!

Counting down... Down under...

2008-02-15T05:03:00.002+11:00

Time really passed... just a blinker of eyes.. I have left Dell for more than a month.. now preparing to go down under for a living... A brand new start.. A start from scratch.. whatever you call it.. the feeling is mix and complicate.. hehe.. just hope for the best :)

在马来西亚驾车, 您不可不知

2008-01-11T03:50:00.000+11:00

在短短的一星期内, 就听闻了我的三个同事的四宗车祸.. 他们的车都被我们("所谓土族")的摩托车给撞了..然后如所预料... 都会说没钱赔...更过分的事...他还会claim你的保险.. 我的同事的 sister in law 的 honda City 被撞了之后.去报警的时候. 我们"敬爱"的警察叔叔说:"摩托车跟你的车撞了吗?" 哦.. 不过无论如何, 一定是你的错."即使是他撞你, 他也可以claim你的保险, 你还要报警吗?"

真的是荒天下之大缪.. 驾车的一定是错的吗?? 真的是 MALAYSIA　ＢＯＬＥＨ！！！

有那一个国家也是这样的吗？？？？

Revisit 2007 and welcome 2008!

2008-01-01T04:19:00.000+11:00

Finally it has come to an end for 2007, stepping into 2008.. while everyone is happily celebrating the new year.. it is time for me to sit down and look back on what does 2007 mean to me... This is definitely an unforgettable year for me... a lot of things happening this year.

1. I join an "American" company that behave like "China Man" company.. haha.. u can never expect it until you work in it.. :P

2. I managed to get my Australia PR this year.. it is definitely a year that going to change my life.. Going to explore something totally difference in term of culture and environment..

3. I have finally complete my MBA.. which has been long dragged.. :P I completed the Master in January and attended the Convocation in December 07... So officially I am a Master graduate now..

4. After a long rest in pursuing my IT certification, I finally take the first step to move forward, before the year end, I have got myself certified in Checkpoint for both CCSA and CCSE. Next in the queue.. definitely CCNP.. I have booked for the exam on 10th January 2008 for the first paper (BCMSN).. after this, 3 more to go.. definitely need some luck :P

5. 2007 is definitely quite a year.. I visited quite a lot of places for the very first time this year..
I have visited Austin, San Macro, San Antonio, Taipei, TaiChong, Phuket.. I have revisiting Brisbane and GoldCoast..

6. I have gain back tremendous weight for the year too.. haha.. may be too relax in my job.. also I kind of let go of myself.. so definitely resolution for 2008 is to reduce all the ugly fat in me.. :(

7. This year, my whole family has made a very important decision too.. we are moving out of Malaysia.. it is definitely a huge decision to make.. but till this step.. we are definitely firm in our decision.. let's hope for a better year..

2008.. here I come!!!!

Infation within 2%???

2007-12-20T06:19:00.000+11:00

I was watching 8TV news and our Bank Negara Governor Dr Zeti mentioned that Malaysia inflation rate will maintain within 2% and still within control. Sometime I am really wondering how do they compute the inflation rate.. In view that almost everything has increase for more than 5-10%. Some of the daily comsume item even increase by 30-50%. But our government still can easily say that our inflation rate is still low.. can anyone tell me why??

CCSE certfied..

2007-12-13T18:03:00.000+11:00

Finally I am done with my Checkpoint certification... hehe.. congratulation to myself.. I am now CCSA, CCSE, CCNA, SCSA, SCNA, GSEC cerfified.. hopefully it will help my job hunting activity in Australia to be smoother.. Next in the queue.. CCNP.. Will start with BCMSN.. wish me luck :)

Resignation finally

2007-11-21T02:52:00.000+11:00

The day has come, this is the second I tender my resignation in Dell, wondering will there be 3rd time. The feeling was not good before I officially pass the letter to my boss, however, I have decided to do it. First of all, I email him on my intention to tender my resignation. Guess how does he responded? ... He sent me with the following instant message
Boss:"What's wrong?"
Boss: "I can't believe it you guys are leaving one after another"..
Me: "Sorry boss, it is a hard decision"
Boss: " Let's find a time to talk today"
Me: "Ok"
So by 3pm, he called me to go up and look for him, we looked for a meeting room and proceed with our usual conversation. He asked me why I want to leave? Is there anything he can do to make me stay.. Of coz I told him that, I am very firm this round.. I will be going.. So he ask if I am going due to better prospect? or simply becoz I dun like the people or work here? hehe.. I really hate to be honest.. :P However, I told him " the team is ok", Just I am looking for migrating to Australia. This is something Dell cannot offer me... To my surprise, my boss actually ask me, what if I can offer you to work in our Sydney office? Would you consider staying?? Haha.. what should I say?? I was blank when he prompted me with this question.. The next thing I know.. I told him, I would definitely consider.. Well, he tooks it and told me he is going to talk to my director during the night meeting and bring up to Vice President for approval on my relocation.. This really shock me, as I never expect he will come out with this type of response. I thought he will just let me go.. haha...

However, it is too early to say anything, I shall see how it goes, first of all, the VP must really approve for the thing to happend, secondly, even if they really offer me to relocate to Sydney, I still must see if the package is up to the market standard right? hehe.. Whatever it is, Wish me luck :)

Tough decision

2007-11-15T04:47:00.000+11:00

It has been a month with preparation for our move to a totally stranger land :P many concern start to surface.. My younger sister is still yet to get her PR.. we are thinking hard on way to bring her along.. unfortunately it is simply beyond our ability to make it happend fast, so we have have come out an idea.. to bring her along to study in Australia.. that way.. she can be in Australia almost immediately.. my mom will be less worry about leaving her alone here in Penang.
However, upon checking with the Australian education agency in Penang, we found that the school fee will cost us about AUD17K per year, so it is a AUD34K investment. I have gone up to have a chat session with my migration, he is kind of surprise that we would like to attempt this, as he thinks that it is too expensive to do so, he advise my younger sister to look for a migratable job and work for a year then apply for the PR instead. I nevertheless convey the meessage to my elder sister to discuss with my younger sister... Of coz as expected she responsed with her unsatisfaction, she thinks that we have promise to bring her along and study there. We did try to explore on the possibility, but frankly the cost involved is just simply too high to bare. I know it will be tough for her to work alone in Penang with all the family members in Australia. However, at the present it seems to be the best decision for her future and most affordable method. What do you think?

此屋非仳屋

2007-11-07T05:58:00.000+11:00

380?? 可能吗? 不会吧... 我可是非400 不卖哦... 哈哈.. 大不了收着... 别妄想了..

移民大计

2007-11-07T03:23:00.000+11:00

开始策划我的移民大计, 首先, 卖车, 卖屋, 卖摩托... 然后.. 丢信.. 走人... :P 希望可以在澳洲可以找到一份不错的工作.. 祝我一切顺利吧!

世界上最遥远的距离

2007-10-13T00:47:00.000+10:00

世界上最远的距离 - 转载

世界上最遥远的距离
The Farthest Distance in the World

世界上最遥远的距离不是
生与死的距离而是
我站在你面前你不知道我爱你
The farthest distance in the worldIs not the distance between life and death
But you don't know
I love you when I stand in front of you

世界上最遥远的距离不是
我站在你面前
你不知道我爱你而是
爱到痴迷却不能说我爱你
The farthest distance in the worldIs not you don't know I love you when I stand in front of youBut I cannot say I love you when I love you so madly

世界上最遥远的距离不是
爱到痴迷却不能说我爱你而是
想你痛彻心扉却只能深埋心底
The farthest distance in the worldIs not I cannot say I love you when I love you so madlyBut I can only bury it in my heart dispite the unbearable yearning

世界上最遥远的距离不是
想你痛彻心扉
却只能深埋心底而是
彼此相爱却不能够在一起
The farthest distance in the worldIs not I can only bury it in my heart dispite the unbearable yearningBut we cannot be together when we love each other

世界上最遥远的距离不是彼此相爱
却不能够在一起而是明知道真爱无敌却装作毫不在意
The farthest distance in the worldIs not we cannot be together when we love each otherBut we pretend caring nothing even we know love is unconquerable

世界上最遥远的距离不是树与树的距离而是同根生长的树枝却无法在风中相依
The farthest distance in the worldIs not the distance between two treesBut the branches cannot depend on each other in wind even they grow from the same root

世界上最遥远的距离不是树枝无法相依而是相互了望的星星却没有交汇的轨迹
The farthest distance in the worldIs not the braches cannot depend on each otherBut two stars cannot meet even they watch each other

世界上最遥远的距离不是星星之间的轨迹而是纵然轨迹交汇却在转瞬间无处寻觅
The farthest distance in the worldIs not the track between two starsBut nowhere to search in a tick after two tracks join

世界上最遥远的距离不是瞬间便无处寻觅而是尚未相遇便注定无法相聚
The farthest distance in the worldIs not nowhere to search in a tickBut doomed not to be together before they meet

世界上最遥远的距离是鱼与飞鸟的距离一个在天一个却深潜海底
The farthest distance in the worldIs the distance between fish and bird One is in the sky, another is in the sea-

泰戈尔 - (1861 - 1941 / India)-Rabindranath Tagore- (1861 - 1941 / India)在网上找到这个说明，有谁可以告诉我答案。。。‘这首诗不是泰戈尔的作品。

第一段出自香港知名女作家张小娴的小说《荷包里的单人床》。原文是：“ 世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死的距离，不是天各一方，而是，我就站在你面前，你却不知道我爱你。”

从第二段开始，是台湾网友——阳明神农坡医学院的一些同学在BBS中集体创作的。由于《读者》杂志2003年第14期上引用了此诗，但由于编辑没有详细考证，误署名成泰戈尔，因而造成广大读者以为是印度诗人所作。其实不然，这首诗完全是网络时代的产物！’

Worth $4 Million -- and Unable to Retire

2007-10-11T19:27:00.000+10:00

Commentary: Worth $4 Million -- and Unable to Retire

by Carrie Coghill Kuntz
Thursday, October 11, 2007 provided by

I got a call from a newly "rich" executive. Having worked 60-hour weeks for years and now ready to retire at 55, he sold his business for $4 million. He was ready to live out his dream life and live off that tidy nest egg. The problem is, to do so--on $4 million--he must cut his standard of living.

It's the plight of the "mMillionaire" -- the middle-class Millionaire.
Mansions and yachts are out. The mMillionaires who want to retire before age 65 or 72, find they must live in three- and four-bedroom homes and drive mid-priced four-door sedans and mini-vans.

They are your neighbors--millionaires who live middle-class lifestyles even though they may have millions in liquid assets.

These mMillionaires have between $2 million and $10 million of investable assets, beyond their homes. Many have sold businesses or inherited money, yet few believe they can retire and continue living the high life.

The key question facing the mMillionaire is, "Can I continue to live the way I am living for the rest of my life?" The answer for most of these millionaires is "no."
Just a generation ago, a person with $2 million or more in liquid assets would have had enough for a secure retirement. But not today. Combine longer life expectancies and the rising costs of health care, food, transportation and property, and you have financial challenges ahead for the mMillionaire.

When Social Security was passed 72 years ago, life expectancy was less than 70. Now it's well above that and may continue to rise with advances in medical treatment. As a result, the mMillionaires in this high net worth class are finding they must scale back their lifestyles or delay retirement. That's something most of them, who are high-earners today, can't imagine.
For many of the executives and mMillionaires that I speak with everyday, this comes as a shock. Often their biggest obstacle is changing their own attitudes about what their wealth can afford them. Some are reluctant to embrace projections about their nest eggs' staying power. They believe that lower expenses in retirement will offset inflation and lost income.

Even with no mortgage or tuition payments, many mMillionaires underestimate the effects of inflation, especially on the cost of health care services for the aging.

We find that people don't always want to confront bad news. There's no question that more people are accumulating wealth at an unprecedented rate. They're living the good life, banking on retiring when they want to and continuing that quality through retirement. What they haven't counted on is that retirement can be a 40-year experience and that conditions can change drastically. In fact, in about 30 years, people will need more than $2 million to equal the purchasing power of $1 million today.

Many mMillionaires who are used to running businesses or managing others often want very specific answers on how to manage their middle-class millionaire status. Unfortunately, there's no formula for long-term financial security. Everyone's needs vary.

But, there are certain principles that can guide the mMillionaire's actions. If you are an mMillionaire, congratulations, but there are still a number of things you should keep in mind--ranging from managing your tax liabilities, to taking a really critical look at your investment portfolio (are you too heavily in tech stocks or consumer durables?), and of course guarding your estate, the nest egg you will leave behind.

Carrie Coghill Kuntz is a certified financial planner and president of D.B. Root & Company Wealth Management in Pittsburgh. She is a registered representative of Commonwealth Financial Network, a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities Investor Protector Corporation.

Copyrighted, Forbes.com. All rights reserved.

男人像狗，女人像猫。

2007-09-22T13:03:00.000+10:00

男人像狗，女人像猫。
狗想要得到什么的时候，就会狂叫，这叫直白，像男人；
猫想要得到什么的时候，就会撒娇，这叫委婉，像女人；
狗不能总关着，越关越想往外跑，不如把它放出去，等他玩够了...　　

婚姻是一个不断呵护、建设、更新的过程，好的婚姻是有一定规则的。
如果能够遵守婚姻规则办事，就能够使婚姻保持生机。
如果不能遵守婚姻规则，即使基础再好的婚姻，也有可能被摧毁。

三大民族和谐共处的天大谎言

2007-09-19T05:13:00.001+10:00

马来西亚经常吹嘘我们的“三大民族和谐共处”，实际上在马来西亚的华、印同胞，每一天都是生活在“特权”打压阴影下。贪得无厌的特权分子已经把魔爪伸向每一个领域，包括华小文具供应也要交由马来人经营。

中国有13亿人口，56个民族，其中汉族坐大，中国立法保护所有的少数民族。

马来西亚有两千八百万人口，马来人坐大占65％，马来西亚立法保护多数民族。

在中国元朝蒙古人统治中国，立法强制10户汉人养一户蒙古人。

在马来人特权的框架下，马来西亚的华人变相的一户华人养10户马来人。

马来西亚三大民族和谐共处？天大笑话！华人在马来西亚犹如童养媳，夸言代表华社的马华公会领袖，成天哈腰打鞠讨巫统主子的欢心。寄望马华公会为华人争取权利？发你的白日梦吧！

NegaraKuKu

2007-08-13T04:41:00.000+10:00

For those haven't get to listen to the song.. dun miss it..

职场的黑暗面

2007-08-12T02:52:00.000+10:00

职场的黑暗, 以前都从电影中看到..从朋友口中得知. 工作了十二年.. 第一次亲身体验职场的黑暗面.. 还真的有点接受不来.. 首先我明白到自己在职场打滚了十二年为什么还是两袖清风..嘿嘿.. 都只因为自己太耿直.. 原来那些所谓的高层.. 都是些下三滥的家伙..都是利用他们在职场上权利, 替供应商给个方便而获得好处..

更恐怖的是当他们的丑事东窗事发.. 他们可以发起"共同"贪污运动而找个替死鬼.. 我的一个同事既然是他们的替死鬼..实在为她不值..

马来西亚 BOLEH 吗?

2007-08-12T02:27:00.000+10:00

又是一个无聊的星期六.. 最近都在为了澳洲移民之事而烦..马来西亚的治安已经到了岌岌可危的地步.. 可是那些政治人物..还可以空口说瞎话.. 说是媒体过分渲染.. 政治始终是政治.. 他们宁可把精神放在一个把马来西亚的现况"唱" 出的人大费周章.. 也不宁愿对现今的治安找出个方案..

老实说.. 我对马来西亚政府.. 已经没有"期望" 但是.. 要到一个完全陌生的地方重新开始.. 难免会有所忧心.. 还好.. 我们一家的"枪口一致" 大家都认为"移民" 为上上之策.. 只是有点担心老妈子.. 不知她是否喜欢.. 我知道她不会说不.. 因为她都以我们的决定为大前提...

其实也没什么好怀念的.. 也不是说在马来西亚有什么大成就.. 嘿嘿.. 算了吧.. 还是好好的准备就绪..

澳洲.. 我来也!

Decision Point

2007-07-09T02:25:00.000+10:00

In life, many time we need to make decision, decision that might deeply impact our next stage in life, decision that may affect how we live the next 10 years.. Sometime I keep asking myself. Should I just make decision that solely from my point of view? Or should I take others into consideration?

I understand that nobody in this world will treat you better then yourself. So should I just make decision solely based on my own thinking?

life is full of choice

2007-06-30T04:45:00.000+10:00

Sometime, it might not be a blessing, if we are giving too much choose, coz in term, we need to make a decision from it. The decision could be a wise one or it could be a completely mess up. It seems that human doesn't appreciate opportunity that is readily available to them. But they will be chasing thing that seems so difficult to get.. Ironic.. isn't it?

Another holiday??

2007-06-05T05:13:00.000+10:00

Agong birthday.. another long weekend holiday.. nothing much to look forward.. my sister booked a hotel stay at Crown Jewel hotel.. so just went there take some photo with my new toy.. hehe.. my DSLR from Olympus..

Take a look at my cute niece.. :P Tooks some photos of her while she is enjoying herself at the beach side.. playing sand, eating banana... haha.. if u see what is on her hand.. :) I try to mass around her photos with photoshop.. actually it could be fun.. I plan to buy some book to venture more into this area.. photoshop seems to be a software that is not definitely for beginner like me.. :)

Nice Song

2007-03-20T05:59:00.001+11:00

Mouse in the house

2007-02-24T01:20:00.000+11:00

What a day!!! Mouse invasion into my house.. haha.. actually I only love mickey mouse.. definitely not this "tikus"... hmm.. what to do? I am the only guy in the house.. how scare also got to deal with it.. so I start my mouse hunting activity... guess what? I use the "baygon" to spray the whole cabinet to force the "tikus" out.. but the thing is quite "degil" refuse to come out.. so I got to wait and wait.. and even set up trap to "stick" it... however, it quite clever ler.. die die also won't fall into my trap :( after much waiting.. it finally trying to get out of the cabinet... I got to fight it with the mop :P finally I destroy "it"... ooh not.. I killed something during new year.. but not choice ler.. who ask u to invade into my area.. :P

Just an unlucky day..

2007-02-19T06:40:00.000+11:00

This is how bad my car is hit by the stupid avanza driver... careless driver.. my car is the victim.. sigh... luckily it happend before CNY.. and I got it fixed within a day..

换个角度看世界..

2007-02-04T06:34:00.000+11:00

有位老師進了教室，在白板上點了一個黑點。他問班上的學生說：「這是什麼？」大家都異口同聲說：「一個黑點。」老師故作驚訝的說：「只有一個黑點嗎？這麼大的白板大家都沒有看見？」

〔默想〕你看到的是什麼？每個人身上都有一些缺點，但是你看到的是哪些呢？是否只有看到別人身上的”黑點”，卻忽略了他擁有了一大片的白板（優點）？

其實每個人必定有很多的優點，換一個角度去看吧！你會有更多新的發現。

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有二個婦人在聊天，其中一個問道：
「你兒子還好吧？」
「別提了，真是不幸哦！」這個婦人歎息道：
「他實在夠可憐，娶個媳婦懶的要命，不燒飯、不掃地、不洗衣服、
不帶孩子，整天就是睡覺，我兒子還要端早餐到她的床上呢！」

「那女兒呢？」
「那她可就好命了。」婦人滿臉笑容：
「他嫁了一個不錯的丈夫，不讓他做家事，全部都由先生一手包辦，
煮飯、洗衣、掃地、帶孩子，而且每天早上還端早點到床上給她吃呢！」

〔默想〕同樣的狀況，但是當我們從我的角度去看時，就會產生不同的心態。站在別人的立場看一看，或換個角度想一想，很多事就不一樣了，你可以有更大的包容，也會有更多的愛。

無罣礙

2007-02-04T06:10:00.001+11:00

以美好的心，欣賞週遭的事務
以真誠的心，對待一切人事物
以負責的心，做好份內的事
以謙虛的心，檢討自己的錯誤
以愉悅的心，分享他人的快樂
以喜捨的心，幫助需要幫助的人
以不變的心，堅持正確的理念
以寬闊的心，包容對不起自己的人
以感恩的心，感謝所擁有的一切
以無私的心，傳承成功的經驗
以平常的心，接受已發生的事實
以放下的心，面對最難的割捨

堅持自己的價值

2007-02-04T06:00:00.000+11:00

堅持自己的價值

悟往者不可諫，知來者猶可追

有一個出家弟子跑去請教一位很有智慧的師父，他跟在師父的身邊，

天天問同樣的問題：「師父啊，什麼是人生真正的價值？」問得師父煩透了。

有一天，師父從房間拿出一塊石頭，對他說：「你把這塊石頭，

拿到市場去賣，但不要真的賣掉，只要有人出價就好了，

看看市場的人，出多少錢買這塊石頭？」

弟子就帶著石頭到市場，有的人說這塊石頭很大，很好看，

就出價兩塊錢；有人說這塊石頭，可以做稱鉈，出價10塊錢。

結果大家七嘴八舌，最高也只出到十塊錢。

弟子很開心的回去，告訴師父：「這塊沒用的石頭，

還可以賣到十塊錢，真該把它賣了。」

師父說：「先不要賣，再把它拿去黃金市場賣賣看，也不要真的賣掉。」

弟子就把這石頭，拿去黃金市場賣，一開始就有人出價1千塊，

第二個人出1萬塊，最後被出到10萬元。弟子興沖沖跑回去，

向師父報告這不可思議的結果。

師父對他說：「把石頭拿去最貴、最高級的珠寶商場去估價。」弟子就去了。

第一個人開價就是10萬，但他不賣，於是20萬，30萬，

一直加到後來對方生氣了，要他自己出價。

他對買家說，師父不許他賣，就把石頭帶了回去，

對師父說：「這塊石頭居然被出價到數十萬。」

師父說：「是呀！我現在不能教你人生的價值，

因為你一直在用市場的眼光在看待你的人生。

人生的價值，應該是一個人心中，先有了最好的珠寶商的眼光，

才可以看到真正的人生價值。」

我們的價值，不在於外面的評價，而是在我們給自己的定價。

我們每一個人的價值，都是絕對的。

堅持自己崇高的價值，接納自己，勉勵自己。

給自己成長的空間，我們每個人都能成為「無價之寶」。

生命中的每個挫折、每個傷痛、每個打擊，都有它的意義。

您自己的價值呢?

往者不可谏, 来者尤可追

2007-02-04T05:53:00.000+11:00

人生苦短.. 凡事岂能尽如人意.. 但求无愧于心..

不一样的星期六...

2007-02-04T02:06:00.000+11:00

又是星期六, 一切如常.. 不过在读了公司的email之后... 心情一百八十度的转变. 今年的花红落空了.. 不过..这是不是一个启示呢?打工一组.. 期盼的不过是一年一度的花红.. 在农历新年的前夕, 总裁竟然公布今年花红落空了... 说明了打工一组的可悲.. 一切都不能掌握在自己的手中.. 究竟什么才是出路呢?

Dell XPS M1210

2007-02-03T01:52:00.000+11:00

妹妹的新笔记簿电脑．．　我帮他买了一个notebook..　ＸＰＳ　Ｍ１２１０．．　是从Ｄell 的竞标中获得．．　原本是ＲＭ３９９９，　可是我以ＲＭ１９００竞的．．　：Ｐ　还不错．．　１２＂的ＬＣＤ, 特别的娇小玲珑．．

2007 的疑惑

2007-02-03T01:25:00.000+11:00

看了身边的朋友的blog.. 自己也心痒痒的.. 开始了我2007 的一个blog... 不知不觉中, 我已经工作了13 年.. 开始有点累了.. 刚刚换了个工作环境... 开始检讨过去13年内到底有没有对自己的人生付过责任. 其实不然, 刚刚完成了我的硕士课程. 天啊... 我竟然拖了两年半的时间, 来完成我的论文.. 有时侯真的觉得自己太懒散了.. 现在既然已经完成了第一个不可能的任务．．　我下定决心要考取我的CCNP文凭．．．　冲啊！