I am who I am

AVM

2012-01-04T20:51:00.003+08:00

LLS is a 27years old lady with arteriovenous malformation at her right hand. It is a congenital disease where the patient's artery connected directly to the vein without passing the capillaries. This abnormal connection is fragile and will bleed easily. During admission, she was bleeding profusely and her hemoglobin level dropped to a dangerous 4g/L (normal is about 10-12g/L)

This is my first time seeing a life blood spurting artery. Upon opening the bandage on the right hand, her blood spurt out like a burst pipe and the site still continue to bleed even the doctor apply direct pressure and inflated the blood pressure hand cuff to reduce blood flow to the site. I was just standing right beside the young girl staring at the blood... IT IS SO SCARY. The blood current is so strong. It is just like the garden host that started splashing without control but this time, it is blood coming out from it rather than water.

The surgeon looks so relax!!! I was pretending to be calm too. With my heart start pumping like mad and blood gushing to my face, I actually still able to talk to the patient and try to divert her attention. This is so unbelievable. Mr C just do a few stitches on the patient hand, and the wound stop bleeding. It is so amazing. The girl was then send to the operation theater for a proper procedure. Wish the girl will be fine.

Getting treatment in a government funded hospital is really depend on luck. If the patient is lucky and met some senior and experienced doctors like Mr C, I will be sure that they had done a lot of good deed in the past. The society nowadays judge the success of one person based on the car they are driving and the house they are staying. In order to support their status and their luxurious lifestyle, many doctors nowadays use their knowledge to earn money. I sincerely wish Mr C always healthy and happy. Hope he will have a long age and to safe more people.

成大事必备9种能力、9种手段、9种心态

2011-08-16T22:40:00.002+08:00

一：沉稳

（1）不要随便显露你的情绪。
（2）不要逢人就诉说你的困难和遭遇。
（3）在徵询别人的意见之前，自己先思考，但不要先讲。
（4）不要一有机会就嘮叨你的不满。
（5）重要的决定儘量有别人商量，最好隔一天再发佈。
（6）讲话不要有任何的慌张，走路也是。

二：细心

（1）对身边发生的事情，常思考它们的因果关係。
（2）对做不到位的执行问题，要发掘它们的根本癥结。
（3）对习以为常的做事方法，要有改进或优化的建议。
（4）做什麼事情都要养成有条不紊和井然有序的习惯。
（5）经常去找几个别人看不出来的毛病或弊端。
（6）自己要随时随地对有所不足的地方补位。

三：胆识

（1）不要常用缺乏自信的词句
（2）不要常常反悔，轻易推翻已经决定的事。
（3）在眾人争执不休时，不要没有主见。
（4）整体氛围低落时，你要乐观、阳光。
（5）做任何事情都要用心，因为有人在看著你。
（6）事情不顺的时候，歇口气，重新寻找突破口，就结束也要乾净俐落。

四：大度

（1）不要刻意把有可能是伙伴的人变成对手。
（2）对别人的小过失、小错误不要斤斤计较。
（3）在金钱上要大方，学习三施（财施、法施、无畏施）
（4）不要有权力的傲慢和知识的偏见。
（5）任何成果和成就都应和别人分享。
（6）必须有人牺牲或奉献的时候，自己走在前面。

五：诚信

（1）做不到的事情不要说，说了就努力做到。
（2）虚的口号或标语不要常掛嘴上。
（3）针对客户提出的“不诚信”问题，拿出改善的方法。
（4）停止一切“不道德”的手段。
（5）耍弄小聪明，要不得！
（6）计算一下產品或服务的诚信代价，那就是品牌成本。

六：担当

（1）检讨任何过失的时候，先从自身或自己人开始反省。
（2）事项结束后，先审查过错，再列述功劳。
（3）认错从上级开始，表功从下级啟动
（4）著手一个计画，先将权责界定清楚，而且分配得当。
（5）对“怕事”的人或组织要挑明瞭说。
（6）因为勇於承担责任所造成的损失，公司应该承担

成大事的九种手段

1、敢於决断－－克服犹豫不定的习性

很多人之所以一事无成，最大的毛病就是缺乏敢於决断的手段，总是左顾右盼、思前想后，从而错失成功的最佳时机。成大事者在看到事情的成功可能性到来时，敢於做出重大决断，因此取得先机。

2、挑战弱点－－彻底改变自己的缺陷

人人都有弱点，不能成大事者总是固守自己的弱点，一生都不会发生重大转变；能成大事者总是善於从自己的弱点上开刀，去把自己变成一个能力超强的人。一个连自己的缺陷都不能纠正的人，只能是失败者！

3、突破困境－－从失败中撮成功的资本

人生总要面临各种困境的挑战，甚至可以说困境就是“鬼门关”。一般人会在困境面前浑身发抖，而成大事者则能把困境变为成功的有力跳板。

4、抓住机遇－－善於选择、善於创造

机遇就是人生最大的财富。有些人浪费机遇轻而易举，所以一个个有巨大潜力的机遇都悄然溜跑，成大事都是绝对不允许溜走，并且能纵身扑向机遇。

5、发挥强项－－做自己最擅长的事情

一个能力极弱的人肯定难以打开人生局面，他必定是人生舞臺上重量级选手的牺牲品；成大事者关於在自己要做的事情上，充分施展才智，一步一步地拓宽成功之路。

6、调整心态－－切忌让情绪伤害自己

心态消极的人，无论如何都挑不起生活和重担，因为他们无法直面一个个人生挫折，成大事者则关於高速心态，即使在毫无希望时，也能看到一线成功的亮光。

7、立即行动－－只说不做，徒劳无益

一次行动胜过百遍心想。有些人是“语言的巨人，行动的矮子”，所以看不到更为实际现实的事情在他身上发生；成大事者是每天都靠行动来落实自己的人生计画的。

8、善於交往－－巧妙利用人力资源

一个人不懂得交往，必然会推动人际关係的力量。成大事者的特点之一是：善於靠借力、借热去营造成功的局势，从而能把一件件难以办成的事办成，实现自己人生的规划。

9、重新规划－－站到更高的起点上

人生是一个过程，成功也是一个过程。你如果满足于小成功，就会推动大成功。
成大事者懂得从小到大的艰辛过程，所以在实现了一个个小成功之后，
能继续拆开下一个人生的“密封袋”。

From: http://www.12sharing.com/note/?p=2082

[None]

2011-03-21T23:48:00.002+08:00

NAC may be able to reduce contrast induced nephropathy but holiday is not really effective in reducing work induced STRESSopathy..

Question: Where is the source of the problem?

a) The diagnosis is incorrect?

b) The treatment regimen is incorrect?

c) The dose or duration of treatment is too short?

d) None of the above, the problems lies in the patient herself.

Shisha

2010-09-23T22:29:00.002+08:00

Something to share:

This Shisha smoking is also known as narghile, hookah and goza. It was originated in Persia and India and has been used for 4 centuries.

I was first introduced to shisha in a mamak shop in Kelantan (surprisingly), then later found out that there is a shop in Sunway which even sell the colourful nice water pipe which used for shisha smoking.

Shisha is equivalent to cigarette smoking. A single session of this waterpipe smoking deliver the same amount of tar as a pack of cigarettes. Shisha also contain nicotine, carbon monoxide, benzene, toluene, arsenic, lead, formaldehyde and carcinogens.

So for those who think that it is safe, think twice. It is as bad or even worst compare to the normal cigarettes...

Ref:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/727687?src=mp&spon=30&uac=101775CT

Taiwan 2010

2010-04-16T10:38:00.001+08:00

Day 1: 8.4.2010
1. 抵达台湾桃园机场

a. 乘搭统联客运到高铁站
b. 乘搭台湾高铁(桃园机场----> 台北车站)

2. 住宿: 新驿旅店 City Inn (台北怀宁街7号)www.gocityinn.com

3. 新光三越大厦

4. 台北车站地下街

a. 早午餐: NY Begel (京都地下车站购物中心)

5. 阳明山

a. 竹子湖
b. 海芋花园
c. 小油坑

6. 晚餐: 台大牧场 (寿喜锅) www.mo-mo.com.tw (台北罗斯福路四段68号3F)

7. 逛罗斯福路周边
a. 师大路夜市
b. 公馆夜市 (红豆饼,青蛙撞奶)

Day 2: 9.4.2010 (宜兰一日一夜游)
1. 早餐: 摩斯汉堡 (Mos Burger)

2. 台北火车站 (台北---->罗东)

a. 自强号: 1小时16分: NT$239

3. 国立传统艺术中心
a. 传统小吃坊 (猪血糕,红花香肠,冰沙,豆花,蜜饯)
b. 民艺街 (传统街屋)
c. 传习街( 工艺传习所)
d. 临水街

e. 文昌祠戏台(昆曲:弄水袖,唱曲子,动扇子 & 西游记剧场)

4. 住宿: 葛瑞丝民宿Grace Home stay (宜兰县罗东镇四维路152巷7号)
a. http://blog.pixnet.net/gracepark
b. www.gracepark.tw

5. 罗东运动公园

6. 罗东夜市 (葱油饼,龙风卷,包心粉园,花生雪糕,糕渣,卜肉,糖葫芦,当归羊肉羹)

7. 罗东弈顺轩(奶冻卷,新鲜muachi)

Day 3: 10.4.2010 (花莲二日一夜游)
1. 早餐: Grace home stay

2. 罗东火车站(罗东---->花莲)
a. 自强号: 56分: NT$205
b. 租车(二日)
c. 花莲市美食[博爱街165号 (五霸包心粉圆焦糖锉冰), 扁食(混沌), 卤鸭胗]

3. 鲤鱼潭(划船, 漫游鲤鱼山步道)

4. 午餐: 红瓦屋:_老地方文化美食餐厅 (传统阿美族餐厅) Cifadahan café

a. http://www.cifadahan.58168.net
b. 吴郭鱼石煮 (以槟榔叶编织成器皿,置入鱼肉,加上盐巴,生姜,米酒, 以湿地自然涌泉为汤底, 陆续加入烧热的石头,最后放入湿地野菜), 紫米饭,烤山猪肉,野菜,芦笋

5. 东海岸游车河
a. Cliff house拍照留念

6. 住宿:法喜民宿

7. 晚餐: 陈记状元粥铺 (状元粥, 红豆牛奶甜点,芝麻饼)

8. 自强夜市(棺材板,炭火烤肉串,米粉梗,杏仁红豆汤,西饼,烤玉米)

Day 4: 11.4.2010 (花莲二日一夜游)
1. 早餐: 法喜民宿”幸福”套餐

2. 太鲁阁国家公园

a. 东西横贯公路牌坊
b. 宁安桥
c. 燕子口
d. 九曲洞步道
e. 慈母桥
f. 天祥庙

3. 花莲火车站(花莲---->台北)
a. 午餐 (铁路便当: 排骨,酸菜,卤蛋,豆干,白饭,腌萝卜,芥菜)

4. 住宿: 新驿旅店

5. 博爱路相机街

6. 西门耵
a. 红楼剧场
b. 西门耵服饰街
c. 诚品116
d. 万年商业大楼
e. 美食(阿宗面线,青蛙下蛋,珍珠奶茶,KFC 蛋塔,鹅肉,卤肉饭,米粉汤)

Day 5: 12.4.2010 (九份一日游)
1. 台北火车站(台北---->瑞芳)
a. 莒光号: 50分钟, NT$125

2. 逛瑞芳老街
a. 早餐: 泡芙 & 芝士火腿蛋糕 from 花莲
b. 牛肉面,番薯,龙凤卷

3. 乘搭基隆客运到金瓜石站
a. 黄金神社
b. 眺望茶壶山
c. 阴阳海

4. 九份
a. 九份老街
b. 升平戏院
c. 美食: 赖阿婆芋圆,盐酥菇,田螺,烤鳗鱼,鱼丸汤

5. 台北市林夜市 (豪大炸鸡排,蜜汁鸡排. 臭豆腐,当季水果,油饭,螃蟹羹,锉冰)

6. 住宿: 新驿旅店

Day 6: 13.4.2010 (台北市 & 淡水一日游)
1. 龙山寺
2. 中正纪念堂
3. 国家戏剧院
4. 台北101 (板南线市政府站)
5. 纽约纽约购物中心
6. 诚品书城信义旗舰店
7. 静思书轩
8. 淡水河岸
9. 淡水老街 (美食: 阿给小吃,鱼酥,阿婆铁蛋,珍珠包,铁塔:炸薯片)
10. 渔人码头: 情人桥
11. 住宿: 新驿旅店

Day 7:
1. 乘搭台湾高铁(台北车站---->桃园 )
2. 回家

2010 wishes

2010-01-10T13:46:00.003+08:00

It is the 10th day of 2010...

When the holiday mood gradually faded and washed out from the mind, when we just set some resolutions which yet to be implement, the news of churches being burnt down shocked the Malaysians.

I am shocked with what had actually happened to our country. This is the 2nd time the places of worship had been brutally vandalized by a small group of irresponsible people. First the buffalo head was being thrown into a Hindu temple, now they set fire on churches, what is next? The Buddhist temple?

This is a multiracial country. Race issue is like a time bomb. It is set everywhere and explosions will happen anywhere & anytime if we are not careful with what we say and what we do. Lets condemn those who act without thinking.

Burning down churches would not resolved the matters. For those who are not satisfied with the courts decision, this is not the correct way of expressing your disappointment or anger. So are these people trying to tell the world that Muslims or Islams teaching are so violent? and they will destruct everything which is not in line with them?

Send those people who involved with arson attack to jail. Find out those people. Why when there are witnesses come forward to help in investigations that the police are still not able to find any suspects?

Donating RM500,000 may be a good move to help in cooling down the issue for a while. In order to prevent things from happen again, our "great leaders" must really do something. They must have a broad and open minded to embrace and absorb all culture and be fair to every race in this country...

We still have 355 days to go as 2010 just started. Lets do something to help in succeeding the 1Malaysia concept. Lets forget about the color of the skin. We may have a different flesh color, but always remember that the color of blood of every human are same....

BMS

2009-11-12T22:33:00.002+08:00

BMS stands for balance medication sheets. It is a letter issued by my hospital pharmacy department to remind patients to collect their balance medications at certain date...

In government hospitals or clinics, the doctors usually see patients with chronic diseases once in every 2 months or sometime up to 9 months. SO within the 1st and the next appointment, patient will usually continue on their medications and they have to collect their medications in the pharmacy department.

If they are in the private hospitals, usually they can collect all of their medications in one go. However, in the government setting, with the increasing number of patients and the limited budget to buy drugs, we always control our supply by issuing out a BMS to the patient to ask them to come back to collect the balance and at the same time check their compliance on those medications.

Towards the end of the year, we are issuing out a lot of BMS, to almost every patient and at a very near date... For example if the doctor prescribed 6 months medications, we can only supply 1-2 months supply, some even only 2 weeks supply. This means that we have to see the patient VERY VERY often to refill their prescriptions.

Refilling prescriptions at this speed----once every 2 weeks or once a month for a 6months prescriptions is tiring. It is very inefficient and lowering the compliance of patients on their medications. Although no actual statistic had been published on the percentage of patient coming back to collect their balance med, it will definitely not be 100%...

For patients who are not considerate, they will make a lot of noise and complaining that the government servants are not efficient and we are cold blood. I do not blame them. If I were the patient, I will also be very frustrated to come back and collect medications so often and each time when I come back, I have to purposely take leave, spend money on transport, waste time on waiting, sigh... such a miserable life.

However, I must say something on behalf of my department. We are also human and we feel sympathy on the patients who have to keep coming back for their medications, especially the elderly and those who stays very far from the hospital. Everyday we are trying very hard to ensure that the supply of the medications are sufficient. But with the increasing numbers of patients who transfer from private to government hospitals due to economic downturn and the H1N1 flu outbreak last 2 months and without extra money given to the pharmacy department, what can we do? We got no money to buy and can only borrow a small amount from other hospitals when the medication finish. I especially feel sad for my colleagues who work in the store who have to keep calling to beg for drugs from other hospital...

I strongly agree with a comment published in the STAR paper from an Ipoh pharmacist.

"I can confidently say that government pharmacy departments are at a breaking point whereby in many cases the money has already run out"

"Therefore I urge our Prime Minister and health minister to look into this urgent matter. Maybe instead of spending money to open 50 1Malaysia clinics, the allocation can be used to meet public demand for medications"

In my opinion, it is really time to consider to increase the payment to receive treatments in the government hospital and make sure that only those hardcore poor citizens enjoy free treatments. For those who are "not so poor" they can at least pay for their medications, at least 20% of medications they received. This can also make sure that wastage of medications lowered. When one have to fork out money to pay, they will then appreciate how much had the government done on providing the almost free healthcare treatment to the public. We are all tax payers. I do not wish the money which I contribute to the country continue to use to support some rich people.....

Panic

2009-11-01T10:22:00.002+08:00

I was hopping that I can finish the trainee life asap. But now when it is all over, I felt uneasy and suddenly do not know what to do with my life.

The one year of PRP turns out to be a calm and steady path. But when everything turns out to be too smooth, it just doesn't seems right... It is a very difficult feeling to be explain by words.

Most of my best friends and colleagues were posted to the east Malaysia or cities in the northern states to continue their government service. The ministry of health people seems to be to tired with all of us. Non of the appeal to stay back in the hometown were accepted and all of them just suddenly dissapear from my life. We don't even hav a proper farewell gathering before they leave. It is all too sudden, and I think I am still not used to it until now.

It is 2 weeks from the day I reported to my workplace. It is glad to know that I can continue to work in the same place, staying in the comfort zone and ignoring the world outside. BUT these voices in my brain telling me to get out from the place I am familiar with and get out from my parent's house I had stayed for 25 years had grew stronger and stronger. I will ended up having schizephrenia if I still live my life like this.

what I am suppose to do????????????????????????????????

15malaysia short film

2009-08-20T22:38:00.005+08:00

Watch this:

www.15malaysia.com

The most hilarious Potong saga, the meningful chocolate and many more to come

If you like Yasmin Ahmad, watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-j6vUGwK4&feature=related

Rest in peace

2009-07-26T17:14:00.003+08:00

I do not know Teoh Boon Hock until he appeared on the front page of the newspaper, lying dead at the premises of the Malaysian Anti corruption commission (MACC). I was so shock that this is actually happening in Malaysia, where somebody walks into a government building alive but come out as a dead body. I began wondering whether this place that I stayed is still the Malaysia I know. Can I still stay in this piece of land??? I felt sorry for this young man, his fiancée and his family members. Hope he will rest in peace and the next life he will not be born in Malaysia.

I voted for the opposition in 308 elections, not hopping to change the BN government but just to tell BN I am not satisfied with what they are doing and hope that there is a stronger opposition which can counter check the current government. With the new opposition government formed less than a year and was probe by the anti corruption body, I was quite disappointed and I really hope they are not equally as dirty as their former counterparts. However, what are the interrogation method the anti corruption officers used until a young man was dead not even after 1 day of going into their building?

This is so scary. When a Mongolian woman died bombing by the former armies, an Indian boy died in a police station during interrogation, can anyone that we know found dead the next day they went into a government building? If someone wishes you to die the next day, will you just vanish into the thin air without leaving any remaining? We really want to know what is actually happening in this country.

For Dato Seri Najib, our beloved prime minister, I hope he can really sit down discuss with his cabinet members to let the Royal Comission of Inquiry investigate the cause of dead of Teoh. All we want is just the truth of what had actually happened on 16.7.09 in the MACC premise. Whether or not Teoh had commited a crime, he is not supposed to die this way. If he was really murdered, let the murderers face the justice. Let’s be focus and put away all the political differences and the racial divide. This is human life. He was dead and will never come back again. Give us the answers we want. I just hope that this will just not turned out to be an unresolved case, and later become the most mysterious case in Malaysia for the past 52 years.

Autopsy

2009-04-19T17:11:00.003+08:00

Having flu? take a capsule of Carinox. Pseudoephedrine + Loratadine

Nice from outside. Not much different from other products.

Walaoeh... Another Malaysia Boleh product.

Looking good but going nowhere

2009-04-03T23:35:00.001+08:00

A doctor asked me the other day, whether I feel frustrated when dispensing. After study so hard for 4 years, I am just dispensing at the counter...

I had mixed feeling when she said that. I told her we are doing many things besides dispensing. Things like TDM, TPN, clinical stuff, controlling stocks, counter checking prescriptions, providing drug information, monitored drug therapy for specific patients and etc.These are important... The doctor doesn't seems to listen. She just shrug her shoulder.

The public sees pharmacist = dispenser. They do now know what are the pharmacist doing. So are many doctors. They thought we are just taking "gaji buta" and sit there doing nothing. They do not see the importance of our job. Without pharmacist, many doctors' license will kena suspend... I am serious.

Healthcare professionals work as a team. The main purpose in the end of the day is to provide good patient care and let them recover from their illness asap.

Dispensing is crucial and it is part of patient care. Pharmacist prepare reliable medications and distribute them to patients, counseling patients about their prescription drugs and how to best use them. I think ensure that the patients are taking medication are as important as writing a precription.

Furthermore, in the ward, clinical pharmacists participate in drug selection, drug Regimen, develop and implement pharmaceutical therapeutic plans, document it and follow-up of outcomes... Since malaysia just start to have pharmacist ward round with doctors, I understand many doctors just cant get used to it. But just remember that we are not finding fault or try to challenge any decisions. We are just there to help. Lets us work hand in hand to provide a better healthcare service for the public.

Slumdog Millionaire

2009-02-10T20:43:00.003+08:00

Slumdog Millionaire, one of the best movie I watched recently.

The story is about an 18 years old Indian boy. Jamar Malik, an orphan who grew up without proper education and lived in the slum area, won "Who wants to become the millionaire". The movie tells us his adventurous and sad childhood, and how he came to know all the answers in the game which arouse suspicions and led to the accusation of him cheating.

After watching this movie, I am glad that I am a normal people, not rich, not poor, never worry about will there be any food to eat tomorrow, can sleep comfortably every night, have eyes to see beautiful and ugly things in life, have parents who still treat me like chidren, having a good job and many great friends.

I used to say that our life are in our hand. However, as I grow older, I sort of believe that our destiny are somehow written. What we done in the past made the unique life we had today and what we did now affecting our future. Are we actually controlling our live or it is our live which control us?

Jamal Malik unfortunate life experiences coincidentally enabled him to know the answer to each question. It is like news last month regarding the pilot who saved the lives of the passangers. When you read about the history of the pilot, it is as if his whole life is preparing him to face the challenge in the plane crashed incident. Same case as Jamal Malik, where his whole childhood is preparing him to become a millionaire.

A great movie at the beginning of this not so good 2009. Strongly recommend to watch. Let us ignore our frog MP, pariah government, lowsy economy and all the unhappy events in life. Sees obstacle as opportunities and live life to the fullest.

Good old days

2008-12-20T17:01:00.003+08:00

Video---AMIGO

Video created by Seng yeong "dai ka jie"
Missed B104ian...
All the best to all of my friends.
Wish all of you always happy and healthy.
Hope we can still remember each other many many years from now.

Translation

2008-09-16T23:56:00.000+08:00

Below is an article taken from Sin Chew Jit Poh.
I will TRY to translate.
This is a very meaningful article.

評論：鄭丁賢‧千百個阿末(2008-09-04)
Views: zhen4 ding1 xian2. Hundreds and thousands of Ahmad (2008-09-04)

兩個星期前，我接到一個母親的電話。
2 weeks ago, I received a call from a mother.

她的女兒，在政府學校擔任教職，最近被安排接受一項訓練課程。
Her daugther is teaching in a government school and had been arranged to go for a training programme lately.

課堂上，一名講師公然否定非馬來人的公民地位，指他們是外來者；然後，指著華裔學員說："這個國家是馬來人所擁有，你們不配要求甚麼。"
During lecture, a lecturer frankly denied non-Malays' citizen right and called them pendatang asing; then, the lecturer pointed the chinese campers and said: " This country belongs to Malays. You all are not qualified to ask for anything."

其它污辱和貶低的字眼，我不需要重覆。
I will not repeat other insulting and humiliating words here.

這些華印裔學生聽了，心裡忿忿不平，極為難過；但是，基於講師手上的權力，大家不敢當場反駁。
When the chinese and indian students heard that, they are furious and very sad; but due to the power that the lecturer hold, they did not argue.

到了晚上，女兒終於按捺不住，打電話向母親哭訴經過。
When night falls, the girl cried and call her mother to tell her about the whole story.

從這位母親轉述女兒遭遇的聲音，聽得出她內心的激動和憤怒。然後，她掛了電話。
When I heard the mother talking about her child's problem, I can feel the rage and angry in her voice. After a short while, she hang up the phone.

昨天，林吉祥公開另一位家長寫給他的信件。
Yesterday, Lim Kit Siang reported to the press a letter which send to him from another parent.

他的女兒，獲得公共服務局獎學金，按照規定，需要出席一項課程。
His daughter received JPA scholarship. According to the law, She needs to attend a seminar.

講師來自首相署屬下的國家幹訓局（Biro Tata Negara）。這個機構的名聲和紀錄，大家心裡有數。
The lecturer comes from Biro Tata Negara from the prime minister's department. We all know the reputation and record of this notorious biro.

這位家長轉述，這名講師聲稱非馬來人不應該置疑馬來人的特權，而且要感謝馬來人給於公民地位，以及居留之所。
The parent told me that this particular lecturer said non Malays are not suppose to query Ketuanan Melayu. Non Malays are suppose to thank the Malay for providing citizenship and a place to stay for them.

他還指示其他馬來人學員，不能和非馬來人交往。
Besides that, he instructed malay campers not to make friends with non Malay.

非馬來學員受到的心理衝擊，可想而知。連一些馬來學員也受到驚嚇，哭了出來。
The trauma and psychological effect that faced by the non Malay can be understand. Even some Malay camperes were shocked and cried.

這兩起事件，過程竟是如此相同。我不知道，是不是涉及同一名講師？類似的事件，是否兩宗？
These 2 incidents are so similar. I do not know whether it is the same lecturer and whether there are only 2 incidents happened?

我相信，絕對不只是兩宗，而是以千百計。
I believed that, there will not only be 2 incidents. There will be hundreds and thousands of them.

各種政府課程，以及各級學校的課室內，都一再出現這類偏激的種族言論，歧視教育。
There are so many aggressive and racist remarks repeatedly comes out in various government offered seminars and various primary, secondary and high school.

多少年輕的心靈受到戕害，多少啟蒙中的腦袋受到荼毒。
How many young soul are hurt? how many brains are being 'poluted'?

巫統為一個阿末依斯邁的言論，作出道歉。
UMNO apologized for ONE Ahmad Ismail.

千百個阿末依斯邁，還在我們的周圍，在族群之間，埋下分化和仇視的種子。
But hundreds and thousands of Ahmad Ismail are still surrounding us, inside our society, buried hatred and detestation among us.

幾十年來的種族政治，單元教育，製造了無數的阿末、X講師，以及他們的信徒。
The racist politics and education created many Ahmad, X lecturers and their followers.

在國家被摧毀之前，請高抬貴手，不要再讓這種情況繼續下去。我們需要的是寬容諒解，不是仇恨和對抗。
Before the country is being destroyed, please stop this. Do not let this kind of condition continues. All we need is forgiveness and ______, not hatred and ________)

（希望文中提起的母親，把詳細的經過、人物名字、主辦單位等資料電郵給我，以便轉給各有關機構，進行調查。我們不能只是哀嘆難過，而必須採取積極行動，作出改變了。）
( I hope that the mother will e-mail to me more information about the whole process, the name of the X lecturer and organizer, so that I can informed the particular organizer to investigate. We cannot sit down and complain and we must act and make changes.)

星洲日報／夜雨晨風‧作者：鄭丁賢‧2008.09.04
Sin Chew Jit Poh / Author: zhen4 ding1 xian2 . 2008.09.04

*** My translation is not good. If there are any grammar mistake or wrong words translation please leave a message. Thank you***

Do no harm if no good can be achieved

2008-09-15T20:57:00.001+08:00

The essence of medical practice is to do no harm to patients if no good can be achieved. But in Malaysia's political world it seems that when no good can be achieved, DO HARM! CREATE PROBLEM! If they cant get what they want, other people also cant get it.

So with this kind of mentality, we have "pariah" politicians such as Ahmad Ismail who made racist remarks and talk rubbish. Barisan Nasional lost Penang to PKR. This Bukit BEndera UMNO division chief also lost his power. So when he cannot get power, he makes sure our life is difficult also.

At first, things sort of "settle" when he get his punishment. But my blood was boiling again when Sin Chew Jit Poh gets a show cause letter from the home ministry. Then, to make things worst, a reporter was arrested under ISA because she wrote a news article about the racist statement by Ahmad Ismail.

So, Malaysia was again making the headlines around the world. First a sodomised case, then Mongolian lady case, next sending a bunch of MP to Taiwan to avoid 916, (where in the first place the government said 916 is rumors) and now detain some civilian under ISA because we want to protect her...

Hahaha. What a funny joke. Our home minister will be the most humorous and the most creative minister in Malaysia history.

The number games are getting more and more complicated...

In 915, Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim tenders his resignation over the government's use of ISA.

Tomorrow is 916. The date Anwar said over 30 MP will crossover to Pakatan rakyat...

2 more days later comes 918. The date where UMNO supreme council will held meeting to decide the transition issue from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The only thing which can be confirm is the newspaper will still be covered by more and more political issues in this few months time.

Just want to let these politicians know. If they cannot bring any development to this country, at least do not spoil the remaining harmony in this country...

Trip to Bukit Cahaya

2008-09-04T12:59:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I went to Taman Pertanian Malaysia in Shah Alam with my girlfriends.
That place got many names. It is also called Bukit cahaya Seri Alam.

Me, Chin yee,
Ee Lin, Magdalene,
Seng Yeong, Minying

The entrance fee to the agriculture park is RM3.
Bukit Cahaya is one of the forest reserves in Selangor.
The whole park is 817 Hectares---Very big.
It has a 4 season house, a skytrex adventure park, 2 watch tower and various small gardens: animal garden, orchid garden, spice garden, mushroom garden, etc. It is a place good for family and friends outing.

The park also allows tourists to rent mountain bikes. The rental is ok. The first hour is RM5 for a new bike and RM3 for an old bike, then the subsequent hour is RM1. ***Bicycle with a basket in front is old one*** haha.

After choosing our own bike, we started to cycle around the park.
The 1st stop: A paddy field.

Next, the animal park.

No need to go to zoo. They have got many animals here also.

A "ham sap" pony which showed us the penis when we touch it.

A herd of deer. They were busy eating and facing us with their butt. When Seng yeong barks, (Yes, barking!!!), all of them suddenly look back!!!

Climbing the watch tower

Taking pictures was our main activities there besides cycling.
This pic was taken on top of the watch tower.

The danau perikanan which has no fish to be seen. However, we saw a big eagle.

The cultural village which only portray the various Malay Kampung in different state.....

The place is not well maintained. The Sarawak cultural village is very much nicer. At least, the Sarawak cultural village did not forget that there are many other races in Malaysia...

After 4 hours of cycling, we were all very exhausted and tired.
So we decided to 'ciau'.

We did not forget to take picture AGAIN at the entrance.

The "taliban mui" in the pic is minying.

Mag with her banana. haha.

The trip was fun. I realise that cycling is a good exercise to reduce fat surrounding the thigh. wahaha, girls who want to reduce weight can give a try.

是非精

2008-08-26T12:54:00.000+08:00

她看着女人一手握着驾驶盘,一手拿着电话,还能不断转过头来对她挤眉弄眼感到心惊不已. 这年头的女人真是太强悍了,一心不止二用, 同一时间脑子在转,嘴巴在讲,手在动,脚踩油门. 她只能呆坐在一旁,听女人细细数落另一个女人, 插不上话也认不清路, 脑子里一片空白, 只能傻傻地陪笑. 这让她很有挫折感. 很多时候她怀疑自己是出生在错误的年代里.

雨落下来了, 水珠一颗颗打在窗上却完全掩盖不住loud speaker phone 传来一波又一波夸张又恶毒的对话. 是针对另一个女人的话题. 她有一阵晕眩, 脸上一阵发热.“你刚才有看到X X 那个死相吗?” 女人转过头来寻求她的认同. 她一愣,半晌才回过神来. “你说什么?” 她问. 女人一皱眉, 对着电话里的女人说她在发白日梦. 电话的另一端传来清脆的笑声. 她不置可否的耸耸肩, 只能陪着一同笑. 强颜欢笑了整个早晨,她觉得那张麻痹的脸不再属于她自己.

无聊, 使她开始细细打量身旁的女人. 女人面目姣好, 青色的上衣用的是本季最流行的弹性质料. 贴身的无袖上衣毫不保留的展示优美的线条.下垂的领口褶皱, 若隐若现的乳沟配上卡其裤, 青春洋溢. 她自形惭岁的看见自己一身暗淡色调所带来的沉闷, 黯然的垂下眼皮. 难怪他们喊她叫嬷嬷.

电话那端的女人也是她的朋友. 此刻她旁边的女人正在向电话那端的人打小报告. 说有个野女人要勾引电话那端女人的男友. 她听得头皮发麻. 半个小时前, 大伙不是都还好端端的一起用餐吗? 所谓的野女人酷酷的, 说话直直的. 有和男人眉来眼去, 眼光直直盯着男人的一举一动吗? 有露出不屑的表情吗? 算了, 对她而言都不重要. 她对感情事向来反应迟钝, 要不然也不会到如今仍然单身.

一滴晶莹的水珠顺着窗慢慢滑下, 撞向另一滴连为一体, 复而迅速地再滑下, 消失在眼帘. 女人问:“拜托你不要在他面前提起这事好不好?” 她感觉到女人的不安. 电话另一端的声音开始激动起来: “ 我早就觉得那个XX对他有意思. 果然, 现在连你也这么说.” 她为那男生流一把冷汗. 终于, 车子开到了火车站. 女人还喋喋不休的一直讲. 她挥挥手, 迫不及待的逃离那辆车. 明明是短短的路程却让她感觉身心俱疲.

她看着电动火车缓缓驶进月台. 依呀一声, 门打开了, 繁忙时间的车厢竟然还有空位. 她不敢相信自己的好运, 就如她不相信那个美丽的女人竟然如此不堪. 她心里一宽, 坐在椅子上, 全身的骨架好像快要散掉. 火车慢慢地往回家的路途开去.

Sien

2008-08-23T15:15:00.001+08:00

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"Sensitive Issues" Shhhhhh.....

2008-08-15T22:13:00.000+08:00

I am quite disapointed with a few issues which happened in Malaysia recently.

First of all is the forum --- Conversion to Islam --- organized by Bar Council had to stop half way. I always believe that ALL religion in the world is good. The only problem lies in the follower...

So, the protestors claimed religion is a sensitive issue and nobody should held a public discussion on it. What is the logic behind this? By shutting up the mouth of people who have a different view with them do not mean that the problem has been solved. This will only make matter worse. In a civilised world, we do not threatened. Instead we discuss. Discussion makes things clearer, allowed different views to be presented and create a better solution to settle dispute.

Then the demonstration of the UITM student regarding the opening of 10% of the university intake to non-Malay student. Everyone understand that the only way to teach a child to survive is by teaching him/her how to fish and not by giving fish directly. Closing UITM to the bumiputra is not only like feeding fish to the child but also closing the pond at the same time, not letting other people come in to fish. Now they can close a pond, but can they also close the sea and not allow people from other part of the world to fish???

Lastly the PAS youth wing which referred the non-Muslims as orang asing. This statement really hurts. So this means that until now PAS still cannot accept other races in this country? After 51 year we stay together in this country?

Our country will celebrate the 51st anniversary this year. With the Merdeka day within the corner, all politicians must remember how tough is it that our ancestor obtain independence. The politicians should be more responsible in their words and actions. Their easy access to the media and public should not be used as a tool to gain popularity and support.

The non-Malay in this country help to build the nation too. We do not come here to rob or do things against the law. Most of us are good citizen. We treat this country as our home. MALAYSIA IS OUR HOME. Not China or India. When our badminton player Lee Chong Wei play against China player Ling Dan on sunday, we support Lee Chong Wei, we support Malaysia team. We hope that he will bring back a gold medal!!!

One world one vision??? One country may not even have the same vision.....
It is so sad.

Warm uP

2008-08-03T21:38:00.000+08:00

My boss asked me 2 days b4 I left the pharmacy shop.
“What had u learnt during this 2 months?”
I told her that mainly some counseling skills and brand of drugs and supplements. Now that when I think back, that was only part of what I gained.

It was a new experience for me working there. I faced real patient everyday. They are not simulated patient found in clinical skill unit in IMU. No scripts were given to these people and no lecturer there to give marks. Besides, there will not be any feed back telling what had been done wrong.

Many people thought it is easy to be a community pharmacist. Some customers thought we are just special sales person who sell drugs…
(Auntie!!!, it is not so easy le!!!)
People who do not know English says English is nothing more than 26 alphabets. Very simple ma!!!. So is it true that English is as easy as ABC???

2 months there make me realize that it is not an easy task to be a pharmacist. Besides, although my boss is good, she is quite strict. So it is sometime very stressful. Anyway, I was excited to have chance to see theory in class come real life. Managing a shop, staffs, ordering stocks, serving customer, counseling skills, hitting sales target, answer phone calls, listening to ‘stories’ from yr staff….haha…

Moreover, I know the importance of punctuality, responsible to mistake that had been done, ways to cooperate with different people (especially staffs), how to face difficult customers and exposed to some skills in running business in a competitive world. I was aware that what we had learned in school was not sufficient to face the society. But when I work, the working culture still shocked me. There are so many invisible rules in the society…

I think I had gained a lot in this 2 months. (Of course not money wise la) But then, now I will not feel so uneasy to tell others that the pay is low and do not feel frustrated that people are enjoying their life going vacation when I was sweeping the floor & tagging the price of the stocks, telling people the difference of Zyrtec and Atarax. This will be the most important warm up activity before I step into my real work life next month.

"Aqua"

2008-05-22T17:54:00.000+08:00

In Phuket, there is a place called Bangla road. It is a normal road filled with people and cars in the morning but when night fallen, it transforms and become a heaven for “aqua”.

Frankly speaking, very few “aqua” looks “pretty”. Fake breast, long hair, hoarse voice, thick make-up and sexy short skirt make them look weird.

high class trans-gender (dancer in fantasea)

It was strange looking at them. Someone said their soul is trapped in a wrong body. As they cannot change their soul, so they kept trying to change their body.

Performers in fantasea aqua show

The outsiders think they are pathetic but they seem lived happily in their own world. I understand that it is their right to choose their gender but most of these aqua chose to become a prostitute and pole dancer... This I cant understand.

On my way back I saw 3 ‘aqua’ in KTM. They dress like teenage girl, wearing hair band, lip stick, strong perfume and the way they talk and laugh is so girlish. I observed that a man who sits opposite with a disgusting look on his face…

This is a world where we want to be normal.
“Normal” = the thinking & opinion of majority.
The opinion of the minority = “odd”
There is an unseen circle surround us.
Those who chose to stay in the big circle are considered normal person.
The sound of minority and people who chose to step outside the circle is always labeled as peculiar, abnormal and troublesome.

We change in order to become better.
We change our job when we do not like it.
Change a new organ when the original one spoilt.
These ‘aqua’ are doing the same things.
They are just changing the body when they found out that their body is not suitable.
I felt weird when see them but at the same time think that there is nothing wrong with them.

Very confuse.

M&M

2008-05-11T16:00:00.000+08:00

Myanmar had recently suffered from a rare cyclone which caused tens of thousands of people died and many more lost their loves one and properties.

It was extremely shocked to see pictures and videos showing corpses and carcasses floating everywhere and at the same time heard that the ruling military junta restricted international aid to the country, CONTINUE exporting rice to other country when their own people had nothing to eat, concentrate on election rather than helping the cyclone nargis survivors.

Money and power can make one loss their conscience and ready to sacrifice everything... With this kind of government, I do not know where the future of the Myanmar people lies.

So when we compare ourselves to Myanmar, we are lucky. At least god had treated Malaysia well and we do not suffer from major nature disasters. However, we must know how to appreciate it because human can cause larger disaster than the nature.

I feel that Malaysia is not so peaceful since the election in March 8.

Recent news on the Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin being detained by the police, called upon Karpal Singh to be charged under the seditious law, Lingam video clip, Mongolian lady murdered case, rumours of Anwar to become the next Prime minister, UMNO grassroots proposed Abdullah Badawi to consider "succesion plan" and Ketuanan Melayu make me feel uneasy.

As chinese saying, 山雨欲来风满楼 --- When the storms are about to come, there will always be strong wind before it. We are the normal citizen who cannot control and determined the future of Malaysia. The wakil rakyat that are supposed to represent us and the goverment that are suppose to protect us should think before they do something.

Please protect the unity and peacefulness of this country.

Baju kurung

2008-04-27T23:39:00.000+08:00

I bought a pair of baju kurung. This is my first time buying the traditional clothes of malay. I like the material of my new clothes and believed that I look nice after wearing it.

OK, please don't be misunderstand. I am not trying to promote the shop and the owner did not pay me for doing this. Maybe you feel curious why I bought baju kurung suddenly.... This is because I plan to wear it for an interview in a government department.

Very weird?

The officer who came to my university told us that we should wear formal clothing for the interview. For female, it is "strongly advised" to wear a baju kurung. At first, i don't see any problem. However, come to think of it, so can we wear a cheong sam or a sari instead?

I did not ask the officer at that time. Do not want to make it an issue. So I just kept quiet. THis is a typical "me". Obedient to the higher authority and kept silent when things are not right. Somehow, I believed that a different voice or opinion from the authority will end up with "bad ending".

In the baju kurung issue, i do not plan to make any comment on the thinking of the officer. Maybe he was just so used to see his female colleague wearing it. So he thought that baju kurung is formal clothes and working lady wear formal clothes. So working lady should wear baju kurung...

I was taught to obey to rules and authority since young. Most of the time I was considered to be a good student and a good citizen. The meaning of "good" here is I am very obedient. For example if they draw a circle and ask me to stay in that circle to become a good people, I will not even go near to the border. I will not dare to step out to get the things that I want.

However, this kind of obedient behaviour kept me safe and well for many many years. Although I do not get things that I wanted the most(scholarship, places in local university); at least I am lucky that there is some other 2nd and 3rd choice for me....

After reading , I realised that my silent and obedient behaviour are things which kept me still after all these years. The typical "me" who always have no opinion, kept quite and do not know when to get "angry" make me the person who I am today. I should not blame others...

Suddenly, I feel like a small kid again. Things that I thought is all right turns out to be not so "ok" in the end. There are many confusion and everything seems to be in grey. Graduation is just another new chapter of life. I begin to feel vagueness and wonder whether I am prepared for all the challenges in future....

A new beginning

2008-04-17T15:39:00.000+08:00

Finally finish final exam...

Although still worry for the results, but most of the burden had suddenly dissapear!!!

Don't know how to describe the feeling right now.
It is like climbing up a mountain, after all the hardwork,
I am now only standing in a resting station,
A place to eat some energy bar, drink some water, slowing down the heart beat and prepare to start a new journey.

Looking forward to the new journey!!!
I do not know what are the new scenary I am going to see.
Whether there will be any snake in the bush?
Birds in the sky? colorful insects?
How is the peak going to look like?

This is like a turning point.
Many things will start to change from now.
I will have a new job, new boss, new friends, new colleagues.
Everything is so new.
Feel like the new first year student entering the " university of society "
There will be more "exam" to come,
Exam in any form...

A New beginning. A new world.
I am coming.

The art of politics

2008-02-24T21:12:00.001+08:00

The battle begins!!!

Malaysia's 12th general election falls on 8.3.2008.
So, this is the time where all the politicians will appear from nowhere.
Soon, we will get to see a lot of free show..
Oh, even before nomination we already get to see a lot of free show.

Show 1: The mysterious escape episodes of cili padi
Fong Po Kuan running away from home!!!
What is the stories behind???

Show 2: Stories of father and son
Mahathir and Mukhriz
Lim Keng Yaik and Lim Si Pin
Ling Liong Sik and Ling Hee leong
Chua Soi lek and Chua Tee Yong
The sons are not as good looking as their father..haha

Show 3: I dun want to play anymore!!!
Chan kong choy refuse to contest in the coming election!!!
WHY???
He is sick???
ooo!!! what serious diseases???

Hehe, this will be the first time for me to vote.
So depend on which actor or actresses can make me happy then I will vote for them.
For those who haven register as a voter, register la next time.
Get to become a boss once in every five year is better than never become a boss before.

罗里罗嗦

2007-11-19T22:44:00.000+08:00

UPSR才放榜两天就有小妹妹自杀, 实在令人震惊.
在此,请让我们为她哀悼一分钟, 希望她能够早日安息.
来世再投胎做人可以不用那么执著, 为了几个A 就想不开, 上吊自杀, 有人不做, 却跑去做鬼.

拿不到好成绩可以不用死. 多拿几个A 并不会令我们肥几个kg, 少了几个当然也没什么大不了.
可是很多人不明白. 包括我... 一直到近来大病一场后, 我才开始体会这个道理.

其实, 很多贱骨头和我一样. 当局者迷. 当我开始成为旁观者, 想尽办法想把别人从A的陷阱里拉出来时,骇然发现他们都一直甩掉我的手,一直往深渊跳下去. 好像以前的我一样.

很多父母和学校都没有教育小孩如何面对失败. 市面上90%的激励书也一昧教我们如何成功. 古人都说花无百日红, 人无千日好. 不如意的事总是比如意的事多. 其实小孩在还小时, 走路跌倒后教他如何清理伤口,包扎好, 看清楚是什么东西绊倒他, 才慢慢站起来, 其实很重要. 这让他们在成长路上能够学会如何走出人生低潮.

如果小妹妹懂得这个道理, 她也不需要死了......
不要在悲剧发生时怪这个拜金社会, 歪曲的教育政策, 文凭主义至上害死小孩.
教他们如何处理不愉快其实更为重要.
我感恩一路求学路走来没有什么大风大浪, 崎岖难行的路.
希望未来也一样.....

M-shape society

2007-11-14T23:42:00.000+08:00

M-shape society is an observation put forward by the Japanese business strategist and writer Kenichi Ohma. According to his observation, he argued that the structure of our society has emerged into a 'M-shape' distribution.

In a well-developed modern society, the distribution of classes is in a 'normal distribution' pattern, and the middle class forms the bulk of the society.

However, in the emergence of the 'M-shape society', the middle class in the society gradually disappeared. A very few people in this middle class may climb up the ladder and squeeze into the upper class, while the others in the middle class gradually sank to the lower classes. These people experienced a deterioration in living standard. They may face threat of unemployment, or their average salary are dropping.

Gradually, they can only live a way the lower classes live: e.g. take buses instead of driving their own car, cut their budget for meals instead of dining at better restaurants, spend less in consumer goods...

This seems to be seen clearer and clearer in the Malaysia society. In the recent reports, the undergraduates seem to have lesser salary and more and more of them do not even have a job and have to stay jobless for more than 6 moths.

Besides that, with the oil price rises higher and higher, people taking KTM,LRT,STAR are getting more and more. Then, with the prices to buy houses continue to rise and rise, how many of us can afford to buy a better house in KL?

What was worse, the writer argued that the upward social ladder seems to have disappeared - opportunities and fair competition become fewer and fewer. People in the lower class can no longer climb up the ladder: they cannot earn a high-paid job or have stable employment, even if they have a high level of education. The places in the upper class were reserved by the upper class for their descendants.

This indeed is very scary. Saudi Arabian prince alone can buy an A380 airbus but Malaysia don't even have money to buy an airbus yet. The shaping of M-society is getting clearer and clearer. Government should not be still running the racism favorship policy and should look deep into this matter. When the free-trade market become a reality in the future, we can no longer bar the wealthy giant oversea companies to invest in this country... We can no longer stop them from buying our local companies and lastly controling the whole MAlaysia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-shape_Society

Ah Tan's story

2007-10-20T13:22:00.000+08:00

Wal-Mart and Metro AG will set up their hypermarket in Malaysia soon. Good news? Bad news? U decides after u read the story below.

Ah Tan owns a small grocery shop. His father was a migrant from China. The old man was able to raise 10 children by running this small family business. Although they are not very rich, but Ah Tan’s father was always very proud with his small little shop.

Ah Tan’s father passed his shop to his eldest son after he retired. At first the business was good. Their shop has a good reputation in the neighborhood area as the boss is polite and friendly, the price is reasonable and the location of the shop is very strategic.

However, according to Ah Tan, the business in the shop has gradually decreased through out the years. At first, more grocery shop was being set up in the neighborhood. Then, slowly, more supermarket, shopping center were opened. Now, with all those hypermarket, not many people want to come to his shop anymore.

Ah Tan know the reasons behind. His shop is small and old fashioned. When compare to the hypermarket, the goods that he sells were not as many and complete. Besides that, the space in hypermarket are so huge, comfortable, air conditioned, the sales girl are all young and attractive. The most important thing is, the prices of the things they sell are very very low-priced. He doesn’t blame his customer for not wanted to come to his shop.

Now that the business was so bad, Ah Tan was in a dilemma now. He was 50 this year. His children Wei Hong and Wei Ling are still in secondary school. With the crude oil price rise to $90, soon there will be increase price in everything in the market…

Can he increase the price of the goods to earn more money? He doubts that. If he does so, the remaining customer will all leave him. How is he going to survive in this competitive world??? If he closes his shop now, what can he do??? As the only bread winner in the house, how is he going to support his family???

There are many similar Ah Tan stories in Malaysia now. Will the small and medium industries go into bankrupt one by one when all the big companies from overseas started to come in under globalization concept? What can the government do to help them to survive?

UTAR convocation

2007-09-02T18:03:00.000+08:00

We went to yen ting convocation last week in Wisma MCA.

We were slightly late to the place and when we reach the place is already crowded with students and family members.

Actually this is the first time I went to somebody's convo.
Don't know wat a convo look like until dat day.
since we are not allowed to go into the hall with all the graduates, no need to listen to "meaningful" speeches by the minister.
meaningful??? boring???

This is yen ting

Picture taken in front of wisma MCA.

Another pic inside the building.

Not much choice for people to take picture.
the place is VERY small!!!!!

Actually, yuen nee, hooi yeoh went there with me together.

Lastly, took her stuff to take pic... hehe...

Looking forward to my own convo next year....

天下事

2007-08-31T11:22:00.000+08:00

大多数时候,
表面所看到的并不反映真实情况.
挂国旗并不代表爱国,
美丽的女人不一定有内涵,
驾大车的不一定有钱,
有很多头衔的不一定有料,
好看的不一定好吃,
会讲话的往往都在讲废话,
爱笑的有忧郁症,
身材健硕的性无能,
杀人放火的是孝顺子,
语无伦次的不一定神经失常,
看似健康的人时日无多,
恩爱的恋人吵架23小时,
浪漫的人是醋坛子,
好人和有料的人不能划上等号,
被骗不一定是坏事.
总而言之,
辨别真伪很难,
从错中学习总比一直compain好,
对人生充满希望,
雨天后是晴天,
冬天后是春天,
坏运尽去后, 好运会来,
身体健康的人最幸福.
珍惜拥有这一句话并不是废话.

Translation - Negaraku

2007-08-20T08:17:00.000+08:00

This is the translation which post in the comment column by an anonymous responding to my previous blog. I don't know who is this but thank you very much.
I thought this may clear many doubts and would like to share with my friends.

I Love My Country
Negaraku

(Repeat) Check it out, yo, yo, yo.

(Repeat) Negaraku, Negarakuku.

I love my country, only when you have a country you have a home
Only with a home then there will be me, standing here with you
Loudly singing, don’t be afraid
Even though I curse all the time
My song, is just like the durian
Tough and spiky, only
To see if you dare to open it, to look at the truth inside
It can be very stinky, it can be very fragrant
It only depends on what kind of nostrils you have.

Our police is called Mata
Because they have very shiny eyes
Once it’s New Year, they will be very hard working
Holding pens but they will rarely write you a receipt
Because they are thirsty, they need to drink tea
Also kopi-O, want to add sugar?
If they add sugar, their mouths will sweetly smile at you
When you are leaving
They will even go “Tata.”

Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju.

This phenomenon, doesn’t need any improvements
Neither does it need strengthening, the police and the people work together
A cup of coffee keeps our relationship temperate
I so very suka
At least I won’t go home and receive a saman (fine or ticket)
My dad would sure be pissed
I would also kiong kan (swear word in Cantonese for “get raped”), with no car to drive
What to do, this time so very kao lat (an expression, something like aiyo)
With no car, how do I go out and play?
With no car, how do I wage “wild war”? (I don’t know what it means but I assume it has something to do with a girl)
With no car, how do I go and watch ah kua? (transvestites)
This country, I like it very much.

5 in the morning
There’s even a morning call to wake me up
Sometimes a few of them will sing together
When you listen to it, it’s like a love duet
The voice ululates like an R&B song
Even though sometimes they sing until it’s out of tune
Even though sometimes they even sing until their voices break
Some sound like cockerels, but they wake up earlier than them
This way we can know the time to get ready for class and for work
Don’t blame, the government only takes cares of the natives
Don’t blame, we don’t receive equal care
Only this way we can prove that we Chinese are not afraid of hard work
Only this way we can train ourselves to find a solution during hard times
Don’t feel weird about their standards
Because this only shows that we are smart (or capable)
Children who are not spoilt will not be dependant
Because you see some children are still not weaned off breast-feeding.

Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita
Selamat bertakhta.

People who hide in government departments are even better (even more capable)
They can do everything so slowly
Even when people are queuing, are cursing stinky lelai (what’s that?)
They’re chill and unfazed
Sometimes they even bring out their kuih
They eat their nyonya kuih
More people will continue queuing up
Even when you curse stinky lelai it doesn’t matter
Because the guard at the side is dreaming
And he won’t scold you one lah.

They wrap up their heads; walk slowly and cross the road slowly
When you pass in the car you even have to let them pass first
The most important thing is to live happily; the most important thing is to live comfortably
Don’t be like the Chinese
Busy the whole day, very tough
We really cannot NOT admire this spirit”
Because this is their attitude in life.

(Attitude, attitude)

I’ve been saying good things in this song
I believe those of you who are pissed at me will like this now
The world is peaceful, and full of hope
No one is hurt, there aren’t any riots
You’re so classy, you’re so elegant
Your shit is fragrant, and you don’t curse
You guys are the most high class, every day it’s just romancing

Listening to Guang Liang Pin Guan (this local Chinese artiste)
But he already ran to Taiwan
Private school students graduate
It’s so very tough to get admitted into local universities
Actually we don’t have to get pissed about this issue
Actually this is the a very noble plan by the government
They want us to explore the world, to find new opportunities for ourselves
To learn things and come back and repay the country
This is plan is so great, I can’t quibble about it
All over the world you can see Malaysia’s children
They’re like refugees, so very shiok (expression for orgasm or high)

2007, Malaysia’s having Visit Malaysia Year
The Chinese culture is brought out and paraded
The government doesn’t even care about private school students
The certificate is thrown into the longkang (ditch), just like me

Graduated and went to Taiwan
Learned about things, and got ready to come back to repay my country
I stood on the streets of Taipei with my guitar
But my mouth still sings.

Rahmat Bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita Selamat bertakhta.

Negaraku

2007-08-10T23:53:00.000+08:00

Recently, there is a guy call Wong Ming Zhi uploaded a video - NEGARAKU on You Tube.
He is a Malaysian, an undergraduate student who study in Taiwan and likes to write and sing songs during his free time.
He is a VERY TALENTED R&B singer.
I personally think that he will become a very famous singer one day!!!

"Negaraku" is a R&B song created by him, which describe various Weird phenomena happen in Msia.

I personally find this song very interesting and all of the lyrics inside are just FACTS.
He did not simply crete anything.
Those things mentioned in the song are exactly what happen in Malaysia. If you guys want to listen to this song, can go www.youtube.com and search for it.

Because of this song, the Malay community are very furious and angry.
Many of them wanted to jail him.
Many claim that he is biadap (RUDE)
Some claim that he is trying to start a war...
and the worst thing is some VERY STUPID FELLA say want to burn down his house and kill him and his family.

Come on la, dear Malaysians. Wake up and face the reality.
A war is not so simple and started by a song.
A song is just an entertainment.
An entertainment is just a leisure activity to relax oneself
A relax activity is going to cool down one's mind.....

OUr prime minister said he want to hear the REAL story when he was just elected on 2003.
Ming Zhi is trying to tell a real story happen here and right now in Malaysia.
Why want to detain him???
Why want to torture a student who love his own country???
(OF COURSE HE LOVE HIS COUNTRY, if not, he won't take so much effort to create the song. If he does not like Malaysia, he will just simply ignore the news in Malaysia and will not take an effort to update himself about things going on here)

SOme time earlier, the government say want to detain blogger under ISA.
Now they want to detain somebody because of a song.
Then a few days back, a 19year old guy who forgot to bring IC stay in a jail for 6 months.

People who kill and rape and corrupt escape jail term.
People who did minor minor thing went to jail.
What happen to our Legislation system???
What happen to our system???
What is this???

can anyone tell me?????

Happy Bday to Bpharm!!!

2007-07-21T16:46:00.000+08:00

I almost forget that today is Bpharm Bday until reminded by hp84. hehe, tq hp.That's right, Bpharm = the pharmacy programme I am studying currently.
I feel proud to be the pioneer batch - the B104 student.

Looking back at all this while in Bpharm, I had a lot of memories.
Good and bad.
Sweet and bitter.
High and low moment.
Stress and relax...

SEMESTER 1:

I was scared when join IMU in 2004.
Glad dat yuen nee---my high school fren also join Bpharm.
At least someone accompany u. Some one dat I familiar with when everything is so new...

This was the first day we registered ourselves as Bpharm student.

I was in KFC group. with jen, alan, ben, sook foon, mag & amelia.
we were forced to do many "stupid" thing during dat time...

Tunnel, eggs, flour, blindfold, get signature, use butt to "write", cross dressing.....

including this, form I love U in the atrium.haha

SEMESTER 2:
Took pic in pork mee stall in OUG. Eelin favorite stall!!!
She should thank julian for introducing this tasty mee to her.

From left: ks, ME, MY and jivan.

The pic we took in classroom. haha, everyone in the pic look so so so different now.

SEMESTER 3:
My first time making suppositories with my group member MY and chia chia.
wow, that year I was so scared will fail my extemporaneous dispensing.
haha, luckily pass everything in the end.

SEMESTER 4:
Haha, never forget the cultural night for Malaysian studies.
My so called "band" member: csy1, csy2, ks, jivan, yuen nee, Li fen and chin yee.
Although the performance turn out to be a "not so good" one, but we had a lot of fun.
I dunno how to upload a video!!! if not can show u guys. haha.

SEMESTER 5:
We went to Seremban hospital and YSP industries for attachment.

SEMESTER 6:
This sem went through many things.....
Learn some new things about life.
Begin to love myself more.
Learn how to reduce stress and take care of health.

Then, never forget the chocolate selling session to raise fun for our convocation magazine.
haha, when looking for pic to upload only realise dat I forget to take pic from my friends. JOJO faster send me the pic k. lol.

SEMESTER 7
This sem just started. I can foresee many challenges in front of me. haha, hope everything gone well in the end.

Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bpharm and welcome to B107---my super duper junior.

Hope they enjoy their orientation and all the best to them in their future.

What happen to Malaysia???

2007-07-19T17:32:00.000+08:00

Malaysia is very sick these days. VERY VERY SICK.
If nobody is going to something about it, I think it will eventually rot and die.

1) Murder cases everywhere

Murder cases can be seen almost everyday in the newspaper.
The thieves and robbers last time are "better". (??? At least they don't kill)
Nowadays, thieves and robbers kill u when they feel your money too little to be rob.
They said: " waste petrol and waste energy"
Then, mother help bf to kill daughter and pretend the dauther was kidnapped.

2) "Paria" aeroplane

The Nuri helicopter crash AGAIN!!!!!! All 6 passangers on board died.
This is already the "n" time accidents happen with this helicopter.
Why they still continue using???

THen, FAX airline company aeroplane need RM40000000 to repair their aeroplane.
Worst thing --- government have to pay for it...
What is this???
Government pay means tax payers pay!!!
We did not do anything to the plane!!!
We did not ask the birds to built nest on the plane???
WHY need to pay???

3) Stolen car???

A guy which act as a customer went to a show room showing sports car drove away the car after crashing the show room glasses.

Then, he changed the road tax, change car plate, and prepare to sell the car....
But the car has no petrol left !!!
so oooops, he had to abondoned the car..... get petrol? get help? nobody knows.

In the same time, the police manage to trace the car and they found it!!!
YES!!! they are so efficient. And they lock it into the store.

At the same night, the guy came back.
do wat???
Of course to steal the car la.
He cut open the gate and drive the car away.
IMAGINE. The car is inside a POLICE STATION!!!!!

When our police woke up in the morning, they quickly launch a search.
and they finally got the car back AGAIN!!!!
But this time the car is in really bad condition.

I dunno wat the thieves trying to proof.
They are better than the police???
Malysia has no law???
I really dunno.....

Mice pic!!!

2007-07-16T23:04:00.000+08:00

Below are pics taken by MY in the "IMU zoo".

See the mice in the cage. The yellow biscuits are their food and RO water next to it.
Can see the mouse drinking water?

Next is the "kesian" mouse looking at all the strangers.

Are they planning to escape from the cage???

Lastly, the baby mice just born. They do not have fur. haha, Alan though they are peanuts.

More pic will be shown next time.

Harry Potter and the order of phoenix

2007-07-16T10:38:00.000+08:00

I went to watch harry potter!!! FINALLY!!!

I don't know there are so many Potter fans in msia.
So, when there are more adult fans than children fans turned up in the cinema....

I got a conclusion.
"I am NOT CHILDISH"

Overall, the movie is not as excited as I think. I give B.

OR put it in this way. The movie is not as good as the book.

THe moral of the story is:
Never compare the movie to the original book.
Most of the time u will be dissapointed.

Since the origianl story of the order of phoenix is "not short" and in order to fit the whole story into a 2 hour ++ movie, they had to cut off those scene which are not relevant.
Ok la, for this I can forgive them.

But the fighting scene between the good and the evil site which suppose to be the climax of the movie and the part where Sirius get shot by Bellatrix the witch can be more excited.

NOw, the director showed it in such a way like they are using some sort of star war style shooting among each other.

Then, for Cho Chang I dun really like her role. haha, not being jealous that she actually kiss Potter, but just feel that she still need to brush up for her acting skill. her face expression is very fake.

Lastly, the best part is the firecracker part where the weasley twin brothers sort of take a revenge on Umbridge the funny little pinkish shorty woman. haha

Looking forward for the final book from JK Rowling.

P/S:Pic taken from the warner bro pic.

Catch a mouse

2007-07-11T22:54:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I went to the "mini zoo" in my uni.

This mini zoo is actually a place to keep the animals needed for research projects.

They only has mice and rats inside.

The lab assistant --- Ari taught me how to catch a mouse, change the food and water for them.

WALAO. Cathcing mice is super difficult.

That was my first time doing it. Can feel my heart pumping SUPER FAST when look at those super active mice.

Besides that, with all the people around u screaming and "motivating" u :

"catch the tail!!!"

"catch that one, catch that one!!!"

" oh my god, is coming out oledi"

" Don't worry, just do it!!! Is VERY easy, it WONT bite u"

-.- so u know how stress the situation can be.

Anyway, After few minutes of struggling, I FINNALY manage to do it and successfully transfer 2 mice to their new cage.

Those "cute" mice pic will be uploaded once I got the pic from MY.

The tragic story

2007-07-07T10:33:00.000+08:00

As chinese saying goes, beautiful women would end up having a very miserable live. 红颜薄命
I don't know how true is this statement, but this at least reflect on the life of the Mongolian beauty - Altantuya.

Altantuya was born in 1978. The mongolian beauty can speak many languages and she was trained to become a teacher.However, she did not start her career as a teacher but instead become a part time model and start a tour business in Mongolia but her business was not good.

As for her marriage, she had 2 marriages which ended up divorcing and the 2 children from each marriage follow her and they were raised by her parents.

Altantuya misfortune began when she met Abdul Razak Baginda, who is a defence analyst in the think tank malaysia strategic research center.

Both of them met in a gala party in Hong Kong in 2004 and began an affair. The man began to bring her to Europe, give her expensive gifts and cash as high as US$10,000 at a time.

Their relationship turn sour when the man began to feel tired of her. However, he continued to give her money. Then, when the payments stopped in 2006, Altantuya decided to travel to Malaysia to demand US$500,000 from him.

So this become a final trip away from Mongolia. She never had a chance to see her loved ones again. Her son, her parents, her siblings and friends...

This few days reading the murder trial on the newspaper, I suddenly feel so sad of this beautiful woman. She is beautiful. She had her own career, people who love her and she CAN have a good life, and do not need to depend on a man to survive.

But instead she chosen to become a third parties in a relationship and she is too greedy and demanding. As a result, she ended up killed by some stupid police who is supposed to protect the public and her body was exploded in to various tiny pieces.死无全尸 and her 2 children ended up have to grown up without parents. I wonder what has gone wrong with this world???

Many people think that the man is to be blame in this murder case. I also don't know how can someone be so cruel to a people that they were in love before. How he can be so cold blood??? However, come to think of it, both parties also had responsibilities.... She should know the limit.

For Altantuya, this life is not a good one for her. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Hope she rest in peace now. The next life, if she still become a human, ask for a smart brain instead of a beautiful outlook.

First day of semester 7

2007-07-02T20:51:00.001+08:00

Today is the first day of sem 7 --- final year of my programme.

Cant believe that I am oledi so old (haha, although people always call me "ama" but I always think they are just jealous that I am mature!!! haha)

Anyway, thinking of not going to have any exam this sem make me happy. But doing research project for the WHOLE SEMESTER!!! dunno whether will get bored or not.

According to 1 of the lecturer, research is something that u either love it or hate it. No such thing as in between. So, we will seeee wat is going to happen.

So, today my friends and I met our supervisor and co-supervisor to have a meeting early in the morning. Basically it is just a brief introduction of the research laboratory and some of the activities which we had to carried out during our project.

In my project, we will be handling machine called HPLC - high performance liquid chromatography, play with mice , do some tests, get data and analyse the data.

In summary, it is all about "wrapping" up a drug with some chemical stuff called surfactant to make the drug more soluble. Then, after "wrapping", we are suppose to feed the drug to the mice and check the distribution of the drug in the mice organs and blood.
fun??? no comment now...hehe

Yes!!! MICE. A total of 350 mice were ordered for 2 different projects. It is difficult to handle mice. IMAGINE--- LIVING MICE. they are not dead and we are suppose to feed them everyday and maybe play with them. haha.

So that is what I am brief today. Hope the whole sem 7 will be fun and the research project will be going well, and most important, the result are well too!

Know Your Medicine

2007-06-30T15:28:00.000+08:00

Do u know your medicine?

As a consumer, we seldom realise what are our rights and responsibilities in buying our medicines. Understand more of our rights can actually help us make a better decision and we can get a better health outcome.

Recently, Msia government set up a health campaign called "Know Your Medicine"

It is a health campaign jointly organised by :
1) Ministry of Health (MOH)
2) Federation of Malaysian Consumer Association (FOMCA).

The campaign was just launch yesterday 29june2007 by the minister of health at melaka

This campaign aims are :
a) to let the public know and understand their medicines,
c) to educate them to use medicines rationally
d) to inform their right to information on medicines.

In conjunction with this campaign, they set up a website to let the public access.
http://www.knowyourmedicine.gov.my/

I find this website quite useful and interesting. As a pharmacist, educating consumer on rational/proper use of medication important and this webstite help to increase the awareness of the consumer which will in turn cause the pharmacists' job to be more easy.

However, when there is an increase in awareness, the consumer will tend to ask more questions. As a result, pharmacists must also equip themselves with the latest information to make sure that they fulfill the increase demand of the patients.

I think this time the government had done a good job by launching this campaign. Hope it can successfully sent the correct message to the public and the campaign also should not be just "3 minutes work" and each relevant sectors must also help in making the campaign a success.

P/S: This is also a good website: http://www.myhealth.gov.my

30 hour famine --- Hungry For Hope

2007-06-26T12:02:00.000+08:00

To all my friends:

The 30 hour famine camp is coming!!!
Whoever wants to go to the camp please let me know latest by 2 july 2007 (monday)

We can go together.
Below are some of the details of the camp.
For further information please visit
http://famine.worldvision.com.my/2007/en/main.html

To get the form and donation card to participate:

http://famine.worldvision.com.my/2007/en/pdf/wv-map-to-office.pdf

What is the 30-Hour Famine?
The 30-Hour Famine is a global movement against hunger and poverty. It is a camp aimed at spreading awareness about global poverty, and raising funds to improve the lives of needy children and communities.

What is so special about 30-Hour Famine 2007?
This year marks the 10th Famine in Malaysia, coinciding with World Vision Malaysia’s 10th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, the Famine will be bilingual (English and Mandarin) for the first time ever, and, they are throwing open the doors to 5,000 campers! The theme for the year is “hungry for hope”…

What are the activities in the camp?
During the 30-Hour Famine Camp participants are :
a) acquainted with the world-wide humanitarian work of World Vision
b) how emergency relief operations are managed
c) how poor communities are enabled to break the cycle of poverty
d) how ordinary well-wishers can help people in need

The programme is conducted through mini-talks, video presentation, and simulation games.( Talks are given by many well known people )

When and where will the Famine be held?
West Malaysia Date : 15 & 16 Sep 2007 (Saturday to Sunday)
Time : 12pm (Sat) – 6pm (Sun)
Venue : Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, KL

How do I participate in the Famine?
1.Campers are required to make a minimum donation of:
* RM100 for students/senior citizens (aged 55 years old and above)
* RM150 for non-students

2.The minimum donation could be:
* The camper’s personal contribution OR
* Raised via a donation card

How to Register?

For Academic Organisations
Distribution of Donation Cards: 15 Apr to 15 Jul 2007
Last Date for Return of Donation Cards : 31 Jul 2007

Where does the money go?
30-Hour Famine beneficiaries (West Malaysia) for 2007 are :

* Vietnam
* World Vision HOPE Fund
* World Vision Malaysia Children Development Fund

30-Hour Famine beneficiaries (East Malaysia) for 2007 are :

* Children Centre Lawas Project, Sarawak
* Good Shepherd Asia Pacific Leadership Programme, Sabah

A story about a friend

2007-06-25T11:57:00.000+08:00

In respond to Shui yee recent blog,
I am also going to write something about my little GARFIELD friend here. hehe

Shui yee has a very beatiful chinese name, 淑仪.
But same with all the "banana" ( non-chinese speaking chinese), among the hundreds and thousands chinese words, they only know how to write their chinese name.

However, compare to other "banana", she is not really a banana as she can speak hokkien quite fluently and her mandarin is not bad. Her pronunciation is very clear and understandable. BUT she just don't want to speak to us in mandarin.

Shui yee is a soft-spoken girl. She always stay calm and cool and although she is having a small frame, she is strong and tough inside her heart.

Although she don't like to smile, but she can make great joke. Her joke can always make people laugh until rolling on the floor, and sometime I just don't know how come words come out from her mouth are so funny, and can make people laugh, but when I repeat the same thing, NO RESPOND FROM OTHERS AT ALL. hahahha.

I still remember the first day I met her in IMU, she wore black blouse and pants and asked me about the LRT route. I was very happy to find a friend to accompany me as during that time I had to take train myself, and I don't like to be alone all the time. Learn to know that having someone from the same class that will be going by LRT as me make me feel very relief.

My LRT gang(photo taken in semester 3): ks, jivan, me and Shui yee

Shui yee is a special person. I feel very happy to know her. During our 3 years friendship, you had changed my ways of thinking and gives me so much fun aside from the bored and dull lectures... hehehe.

Lastly, the same advice from me again laaaa.
smile more often!!!
wear dresses and high heel as well!!!
Hope you will be always happy and healthy.

Klang Bak Kut Teh

2007-06-22T11:58:00.000+08:00

I am coming!!! Klang Bak kut teh!!!
My friends and I went to Klang to eat the famous bak kut teh on wednesday!!!
This is the Klang leng lui who bring us around. ahahaha.

We are so desperate to eat the bak kut teh and forget to take a proper group photo. Anyway, the one in white T shirt is minying. The one in blue T shirt is seng yeong and the last one in black T shirt is 'chi yuk mui' eelin.

So, let the picture tell u the story of pork.
This is wet bak kut teh. Inside there is nice herb soup, pork, vege, fried onion, ginger, mushroom, fried tou fu, tou fu skin. WAAAAAAA the soup is so delicious and we keep adding and adding. hehe so 'pai se'

Oh ya, almost forget the 3 layer pork --- eelin favorite.

This is dry bak kut teh. Dry bak kut teh has a tasty gravy with pork, dry chili, lady's fingers, dry squid, salted fish, fried onion and many nice spices.

Lastly, this is "You Zha Gui". Dipped inside the soup before we eat !!! super nice.
Actually malaysia has many good food in each states and town. These traditional nice dishes are relatively cheap compare to those expensive cafe and restaurants in KL, BUT the taste is special and extremely delicious. Just need to ask the local people to bring us around.

So, THANK YOU minying!!! thank you for bring us around. I will definitely come for klang bak kut teh again.

Happy dumpling festival

2007-06-21T12:57:00.001+08:00

The dumpling festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
hehe, actually it is fall on tuesday 19 june this year...
so this blog is a bit out dated. hahaha

The chinese rice dumpling = Zhong Zi = bak chang

A traditional dumpling usually has chestnuts, pork, black-eyed beans, mushrooms, salted egg yolk, small dry prawn and dry squid inside the glutinous rice.

hehe, the dumpling in the pic below taste super NICE. It is wrapped by my grandma.

So, the story of 'duan wu' festival or dumpling festival is like that...

Once upon a time in the Chu kingdom there live a scholar-poet called Qu yuan. This man is very patriotic and he jumped into the Miluo river after the Chinese emperor refused to listen to his advice which resulted to the fall of the Chu kingdom.

So, Qu yuan friends and the people in Chu kingdom went to search for his body but they could not trace it. Then, in order to lure the fishes and demon away from Qu yuan body, they made dumplings and threw them into the river to protect the body.

This is it!!! eat the dumpling and know the story. So that each time when other people asked we can answer them proudly that we chinese actually has a patriotic soul once upon a time.

Beautiful Sunday

2007-06-18T16:12:00.000+08:00

My friends and I went to do charity work yesterday morning.
It is a recycle point set up by the Tzu Chi association.

Many residents nearby sent the old clothes, newspaper, magazines, electronic wares, tins, glass, plastics and many other things which can be recycle to the recycle point.

Our job is to help the volunteers to separate those things accordingly.
This is the first time we went to the recycle point, the volunteers there are very helpful and taught us the proper way to sort different materials accordingly.

That's me!!! (VERY SERIOUS FACE) hahaha

That's my friends: foot seng, min choo, yuen nee, chuan zhen and me!

SO, just to inform...
The activity starts from 8-11am every sunday of the 3rd week of every month at Bandar Sungai Long
So those who interested to help out can just go to the place directly.

After the activity ends, I brought my friends to eat the famous Kajang Satay...

The photo is self explainable la!!!
The satay is very tasty and the air tebu is sweet naturally. Without any flavoring.
Although some say the satay at their place are nicer, but I still think that Satay kajang cannot be beaten la.
hehehe. Come Kajang eat satay la!

Sivaji The Boss

2007-06-16T11:12:00.000+08:00

Sivaji the boss is a bollywood movie.
I never heard of or watch the movie before until I see today newspaper.

This movie premiere caused chaos in more than 10 cinemas all over Malaysia last night...
The angry fans smashed the glass display, throw mineral bottles, damage the chairs, tore the screen curtain and do all sorts of stupid acts.

Tickets for the movie sold out a few days ago.
Many fans cannot buy tickets to watch the movie...
Some unscrupulous people bought many tickets and raised the ticket price to RM30...
To make matter worse, some cinema delay the show, making the crowd waited for a few hours...
Then, in Klang cinema, the movie stop halfway due to technical problems..
In PJ, the police even be summoned to the cinema to prevent unwanted incidents.

Wow.. This is the first time I see such incidents happen in Msia.
Guess it must be a very interesting movie???

But then...
Bollywood movie is famous for their leng chai and leng lui actors and actresses, the never ending singing and dancing scene, love stories, fighting scene and the triad story.
The story is always like that only!!
What is so special about this sivaji?

I am not being sarcastic or trying to promote pirated thing
but the vcd or dvd can be buy in everywhere, if they are so impatient, just buy them to watch first. It is just a premiere right???
There are still so much time for them to watch. Why need to be so angry???

Movie can provide an imaginary and ideal world to the viewers.
The hero or heroine can always save the world in the end
The Bad people will always die
But all these will not happened in the realistic world.
Most of the time, only the opposite things will happened.

I like to watch movie.
Imagine myself to be rich, pretty, succesful, famous..
But movie is only 3 hours.
After that we had to Go back to the real world again.

Hope the real world will be more beautiful.
Hope the fans understand the fact that movie is just a movie.
They cant replace anything.
After all the stupid acts, life still has to go on
Hope they don't do things that mempersiasuikan malaysia again.

Scars

2007-06-14T11:30:00.000+08:00

I came back from Sarawak for quite some time edi...
As in my post earlier, the trip was fun, but now problems come...

As the mosquitoes there are too friendly, I kena 'kiss' a lot of times on both arms and legs.
These area are full with many colorful spots now... Red, brown, black...
If you are artistic enough, you can actually see patterns.
My friend say UNIQUE BATIK PATTERN. wat the hell...
-.- The only thing I can say is Mulu mosquitoes are very talented...
They actually design the bites!!!

Now I often wear 3 quarter pants to avoid being stare too often.
Don't ask me why I don't wear long pants. (hello! this is malaysia. It is so hot laaaaaaaaaaa).

So, back to story again... Although it is 3 quarter, some with sharp eyes will still see them.
Somehow, I think only kids are having sharp eyes.
When I went for jogging in the park, those primary school kids will look at my legs with strange stares. Then, when I look at them, they will just pretend to look away.
I caught them looking a few times as if I have some sort of disease. -.- sighhhhhhhhhh...

However, if it is only scar, I can still tolerate.
But the itchiness is the thing I cannot tahan.
Even until now, I can still feel the itchiness quite often.

Everyone who see my legs will open their mouth in shock and make that noise 'yeeeeeeee'
one can actually see the SCARED symdrome on their face very clearly.
S- staring
C- curiosity
A- anguish
R- recoil
E- embarrassment
D- dread

I can now really understand how those people with facial disfigurement feel.
I only had mosquitoes bites and it is only temporary.
Imagine those who had cleft lips, burns marks, birth marks on their face..
PLEASE DON'T STARE AT THEM. IT IS VERY RUDE.
JUST TAKE THEM AS NORMAL PEOPLE.

SO... this is what Cathy and May said...
use MEDERMA to erase the scar.
Ok la, I will give it a try once all the lesions go flat.
Hope Mederma is as effective as what it says la.

Namo Amitofu

2007-06-11T23:32:00.000+08:00

This is MIECC - Msia International Exhibition convention centre

I went to visit the Buddhist culture & arts exhibition last Sunday..

This exhibition show the Buddha RELICS !!! 舍利子 --- "gem stones" obtained after cremation of the highly respected saint who have devoted their entire lifetime to spiritual practices and dedicated to the welfare.

However, the relics sometime can be obtained from the common people!!! This is when those people did a lot of good deeds when they are alive.

These relics come with various shapes. They are colorful. Mostly come in red, white and black. Some look like pearl, some look like diamond.

It is said that relics have magical power. They carry positive energy to inspire goodness and protect the devotees.

I purchased lotus and queue up with many devotees to wait for my turn to see the sacred relic and get blessing from the monk!!! (pray hard to be always pretty. hahaha)

Besides relics, the exhibition also has a giant lantern comprising 84 small lanterns. The lantern are illuminated by many colorful bulbs and they rotate by itself. It is very pretty.

I also see the mandala produced by Tibetan monks. It is made from millions of coloured grains of sand. It is said that at the end of exhibition it will be destroyed to remind that all things in the universe are impermanent.

The exhibition also has many statues, calligraphy, paintings, arts exhibition and charitable sales.
They also have clutural performances, floral arrangement, photography and stamps exhibition.

As I always tell people I am a buddhist, actually I do not know much about the buddha practice. This exhibition let me understand more about my religion and see many things I had never seen before.

Ref: http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/relic/index.html
http://www.bovis.tv/bcaf

Yes I do!!!

2007-06-07T20:51:00.000+08:00

Imagine this...

In a lovely evening, a 67 years old man hold flowers, ring, bend his knee and proposed to a 53 years old woman...

He stared into her eyes and asked: Will u marry me???
She was shocked, open her mouth in disbelief...
There was silence for a moment, tears rolling down from her eyes...
She never thought this man, the PM will one day proposed to her.
Finally, she said: Yes, I do!!!

Isn't this romantic??? haha, this is just imagination laaaaa

hehe, but then I think this is how our Pak Lah proposed to Jeanne Abdullah.

At the age of 67, many men at this age already retired... Their daily life may be go yum cha and tai chi every morning, taking care of grandchildren, plant some vegetables, chatting with neighbours and sometime fight with the wife....

But, for Pak Lah, at this age, it is just a beginning of his life as the prime minister...
He is so so so busy, having so so so many works to do, fly here and there...
He may be already facing many health problems: arthritis, backache, indigestion, hehe, maybe frequent urination at night too!!! ;-p

(hehe, just crapping la!!! but is possible oso!!! The symptoms above are common health problems faced by elderly men la... )

When he returned to home, he had no wife to fight with him!!! Endon had left him for more than 1 year... Although he still love her, he has his own career, many children and grandchildren, he has maid, chef, garderner to help him manage his house, but still, the role of a wife is not so easily replaced by children and maid.

Although we knew he still love Endon, but then, life must moved on. This is a very realistic matters. He need someone to take care of him.

So, since Jeanne had work for him in his official residential for more than 20 years, taking care of his household stuffs even before Endon passed away, and then since she had divorced for more than 15 years, I guess this is how 2 lonely heart fell for each other...

Anyway, CONGRATULATION to Pak LAh.. our beloved prime minister.

Hope after his marriage, after he had a wife to take care of him, he will have more energy and strength to manage our country.

衷心祝福：希望一对新人新婚快乐，甜甜蜜蜜，百年好合，白头偕老。

Millionaire fair - gateway to the luxury lifestyle

2007-06-06T13:37:00.000+08:00

I came across the millionaire fair on tv a few days ago...

As I am a poor student, this fair had nothing to do with me NOW, but then, think twice, maybe in the FUTURE I will have a chance to be an exhibitor or a participant..

haha, everything is possible !!! we never know.

Millionaire fair is a place where the extraordinary rich people can spend their money to buy extravagant and luxury things. It is a place EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD A LOT OF MONEY BUT DUNNO WHERE TO SPEND..

The Millionaire Fair was first organised by Gijrath Media Groep International
and it is held annually in Shanghai, Moscow, Amsterdam and Kortrijk.

Visitors are normally the rich & famous, celebrities, CEOs, entrepreneurs and networkers, spotters and bon vivants and the media.

These people can find a broad cross-section of exclusive products and services in luxurious surroundings. In addition, there are many stunning presentations and dazzling performances to keep them well entertained.

Things that they sell in the fair include:

Arts and antique
Luxury cars

Interior & design

Jewellery & watches

Lifestyle
Travel
Boats & Yachts
Private Jets & Helicopters
Fashion & Haute Couture
Investment
Spirits & Haute Cuisine
Cosmetics & Beauty
Home entertainment, sound & vision
Telecom
Hotels & Resorts
Property
Banking & Finance

In short, a bazaar is for the normal people and the millionaire fair is for the rich.

Although they do not specify the price on their website, but then, see the exhibitor list !!!

See what they selll in the fair!!! helicopter, yatch, hotel!!! imagine the amount of money they had to pay... imagine the transaction amount... Imagine how much can the exhibitor earn...

Sighhh...

While in some part of the world, people still need to fight for the basic necessities to survive, fight for food, shelter, too poor to pay medical bill, no money to pay school fee... these rich people are gather together to buy all kind of luxury things.

No wonder Bill Gate once said: The world is unfair.
This fact is really cruel... but it is so so so real.

Hope these rich people do remember there are still many unlucky people in the world...

Since they can spend so much money to buy luxury things, hope that they wont forget to take some money to help the poor.

Bookfest@ Malaysia 2007

2007-06-04T22:27:00.000+08:00

I went to bookfest @ Malaysia 2007 two days ago. It is held in KL convention center for 9 days.

Although newspaper shows that more than 40,0000 people visited this year book fest, but then I face a lot of difficulties when asking around to ask my friends to go with me. 90% say they are NOT INTERESTED, 5% say they are not free or went there already and 5% is banana... ;-p

I wonder where is the 40,0000 people come from??????? ;-p

This is the logo and motto for this year book fest:

See the amount of people turn up in the book fest...

Although this pic is taken from the official site of the bookfest, but then I assure u, there are more people when I was there on the second last day of the book fest. More importantly, many books already sold out when I reach there.

ARGHHHHHHHH......The moral of the story is do never do things last minute......

MAny leading publishers from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia had participated in the bookfest.

This year, I am particularly impress with the price of the books offered by the China publishers. The price of the same book published by them make so much differences compare to taiwan and english books

Besides that, this is also my first time buying translated book. Before this, I always think that translated books are not as good as original because the 'feel' is not there...

But after I know the price difference between the translated book and the original book, I changed my mind... Below are some examples:

chinese (C) : RM11.90 english(E) : RM 27.90

(C): RM 17.90 (E): RM 49.90
(C): RM25.90 (E): RM34.90
(C): RM16.90 (E):RM79.90

We can learn the same knowledge in different ways, different forms and different languages. As long as we know what the author want to tell us, who cares in what language the book is written?

Besides that, I pay half price to get the same book... This means that I can use the remaining money to get other things...

hehe, 想通以后，I feel so proud that I know chinese. hahahaha... and then, I bought 11 books and the average of 1 book is only RM18 ++ . THis make me so so so happy.

For those people who did not visit the book fest this year, nevermind. It held every year around june and july... Just don't miss it again next year...

For those who haven't learn chinese, learn now!!! ;-p

Trust me, it is useful to know more languages.

Reference:

1) http://www.bookfestmalaysia.com/

2) http://www.klccconventioncentre.com/index_flash.html

3) http://www.popular.com.my/index.jsp

4) http://www.bookschina.com/

Sarawak expedition

2007-05-31T15:24:00.000+08:00

I went to Sarawak for 10 days...

Our first destination is Mulu national park... We spent 6days 5 nights in this beautiful place.
See the 6 girls in the pic??? From the left: Cindy, Cathy, May, Mag, ME and Ee lin

Dont play play, we might look small but we are VERY STRONG!!! By the way, we eat a lot!!! hehe see the amount of food we carry !!!

Our first day start off very nice. The wheather is nice, and we can actually see the river, cloud and river from the plane easily...

Below is a pic of gunung mulu national park... The air in mulu is cooling and refreshing, the land is beautiful, full of green green trees, not to mention the cooling river... aaaaahhhhhhh, everything is SO SO NICE that even the mosquito here are very friendly!!!!! they like my leg very much -.-

I want to stressed that MULU is a nice place. Many malaysian do not know that Mulu national park is a world heritage area... even I also do not know until 2 months ago.

Every year, many many "ang mo" purposely fly here just to visit our rainforest, beautiful caves and limestone formation, unique culture of native people... but we malaysian do not know about it and what we do is we all save money to go for europe trip... very weird right? guess the moon at other place are always brighter and bigger...

We visited many caves. Mulu has the biggest caves in the world and they categorize these caves into show caves and adventure caving.

The show caves are Wind, clearwater, deer and Lang caves. We 6 "sampat" girl somemore ask for trouble and put the adventure caving into our schedule... The Lagang cave and garden of eden which according to Big Mac (our tour guide) is suitable for 5 years old.... what a lier!!!!!
IT IS SO SO SO DIFFICULT...

But then, luckily, the experience turn out to be a nice one la, if not I am going to kill him. haha

Below pic show the entrance of Deer cave. did u see a face???
They say it look like Lincoln Abraham face wor!!!!

Then, the stalagmite and stalactite formation are really unique and special!!! Although my mom say one can see them in batu caves in KL and what for want to purposely fly there to see.. I tell u, is a totally different experience when u actually go into the caves and smell the air and touch the various stones there...

Besides caves, we also conquer the pinnacles!!!!!

The trip to view pinnacles alone take us 3 days 2 nights and it is really very tiring. My whole body musle ache like mad and takes almost 1 week to heal.

To get to the base of the pinnacle (camp 5), we need to take 1/2 hour longboat ride, 8.8km of jungle trekking. Then, although the trail to view the pinnacle although is only 2.4km long, but it is full of sharp, slippery rocks and we really need to climb all the way up.

We spent 5 hour to get to the peak and 6 hour to come down. Imagine the last section of the trail is 75 degree steep!!!! i get so many mosquito bites, bruises and scratches during the journey...
Now think of it is quite dangerous, especially when coming down!!!

After Mulu, we actually went to Miri, Kuching and Sibu...

In Miri, we rent a car and read map to visit around. This is my first time renting a car... I feel very proud to have cathy as our 'driver' and Cindy as our navigator.. They are really very 'geng' people... I just need to sleep only ;-p

Then in Kuching, we stayed in a very cool backpacker hotel. It has a very cute name
*****Singgahsana lodge*****
The place is really nice and the amount we need to pay is also relatively low... The whole guesthouse is decorated in the Balinese style and it also give us a home feeling. Besides, the location of the guest house is in the center of the kuching town and it is very convenient. Furthermore, the people there are really very kind.

Then, we also visited the cultural village in Kuching. THE place is very big and inside we visited many 'model houses' of different tribes of the natives.

This man is actually a orang penan.. see his hairstyle is very unique ;-p

Lastly, we went to SIBU----Cathy's hometown.

WOW the food there is REALLY NICE.
We ate a lot of special foods which cant get in west malaysia.
Cathy's mom is a VERY GOOD COOK. She cook many nice dishes for us...

Too bad we only staying for 1 night, so we have to eat 5 meals a day to eat all the recommended food in the list.. Cathy say there are many more nice nice food... sighhhh so sayang!!!

Anyway, I enjoy this trip very very veyr much... I like Sarawak very much... Hope to go back again next time..... I Really miss the food and people there very much!!!!!!

New blog

2007-05-14T19:08:00.000+08:00

Hi! I am starting a new blog in blogspot.com
kinda fed up with the friendster blog...

***I am who I am***

AVM