Saturday, July 30, 2011
Food For Thought
珍惜生命
姚忠在
红尘好
生命苦短，童年时，长辈教导我们珍惜生命。
长大后，发现并非人人都珍惜生命，911事件那群极端分子，驾飞机撞击纽约世贸中心及华盛顿五角大厦的动机，就是急着要结束生命，飞到天堂享永生。
电视有线频道，最近播出有关珍惜生命的节目，主持人说韩国首尔，有人创办了一所“棺材学院”（Coffin Academy），举办特殊课程，每名学员缴付25美元，就能体验重生的经验，整个课程4小时。
开始时，学员写遗书及墓志铭，跟着躺进棺材，闭上双眼，想象自己已经死亡，学院的职员盖上棺材，学员在漆黑中独自思考，此生有何遗憾？生命的真谛是什么？
棺盖10分钟后揭开，获得“重生”的学员爬出棺材，下一个准备“死亡”的学员爬进去，重新思考及领悟。人龙很长，多数是被逼参加的公司员工，有家人寿保险公司，派了四千多名员工去睡棺材，为了保住饭碗，员工只好服从。
为什么很多公司接受“棺材学院”的推荐，强逼员工去体验重生，思考生命真谛呢？原来“棺材学院”的营业代表，对各公司的决策人说，这个课程有鼓励员工改进工作态度的效用，能提高他们的生产力，为公司赚更多钱；决策人一听到赚钱，立刻举手赞成，派全体员工去睡棺材，不知他自己有没有去呢？
躺在盖了棺材盖黑漆漆的棺材内，对许多人来说，压力非常的大，心脏狂跳，血脉紧绷，挣扎呕吐，并不能思考什么生命真谛，10分钟有如十万年，节目主持人说，很多人在即将爬进棺材那一刻，尖叫痛哭，很多人坚持不要把盖盖上，也有很多人当场晕倒。
我觉得这种躺在封盖棺材的玩意儿，简直开生命的玩笑，员工如果患有严重的心脏病，棺材盖一盖，可能会在棺材内丧命，假棺材变成真棺材。如果突然出现台风或地震或海啸，或走电引发大火，有员工躺着的棺材，就会被倒塌的屋顶压扁，或被海水冲走，或被当场火化。
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
now im realli lost :(
just when i thought one bad news is bad enough...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
too mani news..
or rather too mani bad news...
morale of 'stories':
1. don't take things for granted...
this one is really difficult..
on the personal side, how many things have we taken for granted? quite alot i will say.
then what more of a country when there are much more things to take care of??
how can e ppl differentiate noise from real threat?
& worse, what if there is no prior symptoms at all?
2. 欲速则不达
humans are generally impatient..
but at times things just need time to yield results..
so why not find a comfortable pace instead of always chionging??
furthermore, even if hardware is easy to achieve by speeding, software isnt
im all e more surprised that our ancestors 看得比我们还开
Monday, July 25, 2011
Musical Monday
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Food For Thought
理想
陈智成
指甲图
和年轻人面谈，我最感兴趣的话题是，他们的理想。
也许生活条件太优渥，生长环境太安定，我开始发觉大多数的年轻人没有理想这回事。当然，如果“尽快、不费力地赚很多很多钱”也算是理想的话，那就另当别论了。当金钱财富被公认为成功人生的大指标，大多数的年轻人自然都会有这样的方向感。
除了金钱财富以外，理想是什么？
倘若按照逻辑思考，如果生活条件艰难，自小就要面对钱财拮据的困扰，成长的过程中，脑中无时不在盘算着如何脱离贫穷的困窘，追求财富成为当然的人生目标，乃理所当然。相反的，钱财如果不是一道纠缠着成长岁月的生活命题，绝大部分时间可以用于其他方面的漫游与遐想，有大把机会在不受束缚的情况下，拥抱理想腾飞。
偏偏真实的世界总是如此出人意表，经常是适得其反。
一位家庭经济丰裕的朋友，费尽九牛二虎之力，无法叫他唯一的儿子明白很简单的一个道理，什么叫“自食其力”。退而求其次，朋友说，儿子如果健康快活，不给他惹祸也就算了，哪还能和他谈理想？这么多年来，对儿子有求必应，想方设法，予以栽培，吃喝玩乐不说，外加各种各样的教育，从来没有“忤逆”过儿子的意愿。严格说来，儿子在成长过程中也曾经有过无数的“理想”，而且每个“理想”，朋友都欣慰地让它实现，用钱呗！儿子的众多“理想”，跟着年龄增长而长大，从很小的玩具，到很炫的跑车；从最好的学校到最贵的学位。说也奇怪，这些年来，儿子的“理想”，更贴切地说，仿佛是朋友自己的“理想”，因为他把儿子的那些这些“理想”，变成自己不断拼搏赚钱动力。
现在好了，朋友老了，眼看着儿子终日无所事事，没有人生方向，甚至连“理想”也不再提。有时候，儿子被劝说得烦了，回答说：你的钱让我花一辈子也花不完，我除了花你的钱，还需要做什么呢？
转载自联合早报
Agreed totally with e viewpoint brought up here..
Almost none of my friends has vision other than money..
Then use the money to buy branded goods to pamper oneself and also perhaps to show off?
Are Asians that materialistic?
Or can it be due to the inferiority mindset such that they need physical goods to show others that they have make it?
Reminds me of the time when I'm at Bloor (think of it as Orchard Road in Toronto) with Dear and we were browsing around the branded shops for fun and its the Chinese that are filling up the stores.
At times Dear is the only white customer in the store!!
Really dont feel like im in a western country
I can understand the huge influx of China tourist in cities such as Paris, New York, London but Toronto, which is not a popular tourist destination in the first place, too?!?
& it's also quite a fact that younger Singaporeans tend to lose the hunger/motivation..
too used to 饭来张口， 衣来伸手。。
esp when quite a significant num have maids waiting on them at home..
even i can be lazy at times too..
not too sure about other races so i'll just say that perhaps Chinese parents can learn a thing or two from the Western parents.
If there is anything that they teach their kids well, its independence..
Start donating your wealth away (if you are rich) so your kid wont have the clutch mentality..
'kick' them out of home so they will learn not to take things for granted..
but looking at how the Chinese parents dote on or even spoil their kids, i wonder....
however i will say e situation is not unique to SG, it is also very prevalent in Japan too..
humans are just humans afterall, like to stay inside comfort zone..
so looking ahead, i guess the threats theory abt China & India may not materialise as they also may follow e footsteps of SG & Japan...
Friday, July 22, 2011
one year ago, im not sure what to get..
right now, im still in e same state of mind.. zzz...
do i have a high expectation??
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
at times i cant help but wonder if e gahmen treat e ppl as 3 year old kids..
hello, come on..
NO, yes, a big NO system/structure is perfect..
that's why economics has this cost-benefit analysis mah.. duh..
saying that a nationalise transport sys doesnt work cuz it got its cons DOESN'T mean that e free market right now is not without its flaws!!!
in economics, it is all about weighing the pros and cons and come to a decision..
you can call it the most appropriate or the least bad so can the gahmen justify why the current structure is better than a nationalise one
will be interesting to see where they draw the line though..
cuz i dont have the answer myself.. =D
then come the PG13 rating.. *face palm*
with internet, still need another rating meh??
even R21 is useless cuz i can get so many R21 movies readily online..
seems like e govt still haven wake up to e reality and still living in its ivory tower..
on the international side what caught my eye is the UK phone hacking scandal
i have e mindset that HK paparazzi is e worst but apparently it is not so anymore..
these UK reporters even hack into common people's phone!
got news value meh??
& where's the integrity of reporters?
no wonder the pessimists always say that 世风日下。。。
lastly on personal side, good thing im not any shopping spree..
but i find myself browsing branded bags alot lately..
got vainer after Dear's gift.. lolz..
& watches too..
got several targets in mind le.. sia la..
cuz actualli i dun need those right now...
but its free just looking and lemming right? ;p
well i can get them when i really focus and run hard..
still in gear 1 right now...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Musical Monday
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Food For Thought
栖息
丹女
山外山
日子看似过得容易，但其实不简单。每个人都有自己的难处，却又只看到别人的好。看到别人的好，想到自己的难，那一点点 赞语或鼓励的话就吝啬说不出口了。干吗给别人锦上添花呢？谁又会想说，谁也不过只是要那么点赞语，让日子好过一些罢了。我们都不愿别人的日子比自己强太多 吧。
念书的日子结束了。帮孩子们温书的日子也结束了。接下来就是收拾行装的日子。日子一天天过去。似水流年。我们的青春和梦也这样子一 天天流走。收拾行装总是心情起伏的。那标志着一个结束也标志着一个开始。心里就想着那一切正在结束中的千丝万缕，还有正在展开中的一点一滴。正在展开的生 活不知道为什么，在脑海里总形成水滴一样的景象，一点一滴一颗颗亮闪闪的水珠。那水珠终究会汇集在一起，变成江河向自己涌来，很快地，就会在新的生活里浮 沉了吧。
生活就是这样子一段段的。一个地方的生活代表了一个段落。好像每一段都可以总结点什么。怎么样？三年香港的生活得到什么？失去 什么？达到什么？这些问题是在准备应征新工作的演讲稿吗？“我们都很认真地在过生活，认真努力地过每一段。快乐难过愤怒兴奋……都是认真地、掏自内心地过 来的。”这样的答案也只对自己有意思而已。
那天看某日本电影，说一对在城市里生活的夫妻厌倦了人挤人、人推人的物质生活，便跑回乡下的 小屋子开了间店，种了一院子的花草和蔬果，过没有名牌没有霓虹灯的日子。我便突然想到外公了。想到外公在下雨的午后，躲在池塘边的小木屋里，蹲在那里不知 道做什么。小孩子的我伏在窗前看雨点滴滴答答落满窗外一片绿油油的乡间景色。那是新加坡七八十年代的乡村。乡村没有了，外公不在了。我想念那个下午的木 屋。想回去躲一躲。
我们都想躲一躲吧。但都躲错了地方。拥挤的城市和网上，都不会有可以栖息的空间。表面的交流和快速得不知所以然的接 触只能是这样子钩一下，那样子挑一下人的情绪而已。我想念那个锌板屋的外婆的小房间。夜里外面不知名的昆虫“咔咔”地叫，我们躺在地上的铺盖上，望着点燃 的蚊香一缕香烟袅绕。谧静的湿润的空气，在梦境与现实之间荡漾的我。平静的我。
收拾行装的日子很快就会过去。新的生活很快就会将我吞 噬。周围的一切都在改变，急速地改变。有时候我想，或许对我们过往的那点依恋，是我刻意的不变。怎么飞，怎么飘，我还是可以回头望你。像风筝的线一样，有 时候远些有时候近些，但总是不轻易断的。到最后也就只剩下回忆中的、脑海中的，最真实，最可靠，最容许一个人驻足、栖息了。 （传自香港）
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
super hate it when im accused of doing something/not doing something when the fact is the reverse & then got into a heated argument... wtf?!
& don't expect people to respect you just bcos you are older..
you yourself didn't set a good example and expect people to follow e 'ideal rules'?!
come on now, pls wake up from your dream...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
when i heard news of Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung seperating, i thought its just mere rumours.. now that news has been verified im kinda surprised cuz the couple has been one of the role model couples in e HK showbiz
感情说变就变， 现代人就真的这么无情？
一日夫妻百日恩已是无稽之谈？？
能做夫妻，需要多少的缘分
真能做到快刀斩乱麻， 说断就断？？
难道没为孩子着想？？
最最无辜的是那一对孩子
人心啊人心。。
不禁感到悲观
问世间情为何物？？
& Singapore going back to Malaysia Cup.
Yay, at least got decent local football for me to watch! =D
how will the Lions fare?
will it revive our iconic Kallang Wave?
Let's see e results of Singapore vs Malaysia for World Cup Qualifier as a preview..
finally i wonder if sg males have the male superiority mindset tt hold females back..
yet another SEA country with a female leader..
First Philippines, now Thailand. Even Myanmar has a famous opposition 'leader'
Sg has no lack of capable females, surely we can match them?
But why aren't we??
Monday, July 11, 2011
Musical Monday
Sunday, July 10, 2011
知道人生并不是一场比赛，没有所谓的你赢我输。
每个人都按照自己的步伐走完这条路。
但每当我知道同龄的朋友们一个个结婚生子时， 却不禁感到一丝丝的惆怅与伤感。。。
知道人比人，氣死人。。
但每當聼到一些事時，縂會暗地裏羡慕
我想人縂是免不了有攀比的心理吧。。。
人生人生，何以人生？
知足常樂，易寫難行啊
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Food For Thought
尊重生命
黄意会
画话
前阵子，美国肯尼迪机场为了百多只横踱机场跑道的海龟而关闭了几小时。
机师还开玩笑的说，海龟壳可能对飞机的轮子造成伤害。言下之意如果不是海龟壳太硬的话，他们可能照旧飞行，管你是什么龟！
要是今天横踱机场跑道的是一群搬家的蚂蚁，机场跑道还会不会为这些小生命关闭？
尊重生命，本来就是人与自然界万物相处之道。海龟有壳，所以逃过一命。
有一只母鸭带着它的5只小鸭悠闲的在高速公路上行走。澳大利亚警方出动了两辆警车给这群鸭子护航。虽然造成公路使用者的不方便，但是没有人抱怨。
几年前到澳大利亚友人家住过几天，看他每次开车时都格外小心，尤其是在夜里。
澳大利亚有许多公路上都竖立着特殊的交通警示牌，告诉你这里可能有袋鼠出没，有麋鹿路过，有青蛙跳，有鸭子游。这些警示无非是要提醒人们不是唯一的公路使用者，不要仗着车头硬车身大就可以成为路霸。
以前开车时，就曾经碾过四脚蛇。当然不是我故意的，而是因为它突如其来的从草丛里冲到我车前，我来不及反应才把它撞个四脚朝天。而且那时是在夜里，真的防不胜防。
有时候，我们看到一些公路上躺着的“蛇皮”、“蛙皮”、“猫皮”等就知道那是无可避免的交通意外造成的，不能全怪司机，因为公路上没有警示牌！
本地没有像澳大利亚那样注重生态平衡，关注“弱势的动物团体”的公路使用权，那是因为我们这里不像澳大利亚那样有很多大大小小的动物喜欢在公路上出没。
不过听说，最近有某些路段常有猴子出没，也曾造成交通意外，还有上周有人看到30几只山猪出现在庇雅士蓄水池的地段上，未来可能也会有海龟横踱樟宜机场跑道到东海岸去产卵。
希望有关当局可以更关注这些越来越多的动物团体的公路使用权，早点竖立警示牌，“小心猴子”、“小心山猪”、“小心乌龟”，这样做才是尊重生命。
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Missing Dear & Toronto.. :(
looking at e photos bring back all e sweet memories
am seriously thinking should i go over to join him there
i can foresee myself for e long term minus e winter (at least for now)
what attracts me is the level of comfort..
the pace of life is not as hectic, i wld say just nice for me..
furthermore, e people there are friendlier too..
i have complete strangers patiently rendering me help when im finding my way
& if the Japanese set the bar for service to be high, the Canadians aren't that far behind..
the service that i received are good and there isn't an incident where i was ignored etc
Singaporeans, pls buck up..
Or shd i say e PRCs in Sg instead??
Monday, July 04, 2011
Musical Monday
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Food For Thought
原色
李喜梅
天南地北
美发师凝视着镜子里头的我，令我觉得有些不自在。与她不是太熟，是皱纹多了？是肤色黑了？我既不“绝顶”，也未有“地中海”，只不过护理头发，有问题吗？
她指着头顶的头根处：染黑了吗？我的头发曾在他处做过一次挑染，因美发师说我的发色太黑，间中掺杂一些“智慧”发，不均匀，建议染上较柔和的颜色，前后也就那么两回。
看惯了染后的效果，对比下，发根新长出的黑发显得有些突兀，原色反被误为彩染，真的倒变成假的了！虽有点啼笑皆非，却又感觉无奈。
岁月催人，在光阴明镜前，凡夫俗子皮囊的庐山面目，原形原色，无以遁形。染色修饰整容，迷惑了周边人的视觉，却瞒骗不了自己的心眼！托仕女的爱美天性，或是虚荣，或是“美化环境”，各种美容、美体产业商品，才得以如此蓬勃发展！
有人为外在美打针换肤。医生提醒，人体皮肤层次与厚度均有限，经受不了几次的脱换！若皮肤被过度剥削、凌迟，超过底线，那时，死爱面子的也只能像中非刚果人，戴着面具出门了！
一回，在中医养生讲座场外，一位装扮淡雅、笑容可掬的女士趋前搭讪，要求今后逢类似讲座，电话告知。读电邮吗？没有，不会电脑。可以学嘛！我试着鼓励她，她笑着摇摇头。
原来她是资深素食烹饪老师。平时除开班传授素食烹饪法，传授养生心得之外坚持吃长素已达40余年光景；难怪近80岁的人，看起来却60余岁模样，真叫人羡慕！
看来，只要养生得法，女人其实不需浓妆艳抹添色，不需燕窝鱼翅滋补，保持身心平衡的生活习性，就是健康美丽的秘方！
在巴刹干粮小铺上买洋葱、姜、老姜、老蒜之类，发现价格都涨了。还钱时老板娘说，没法子，这些不好看的食品，越来越贵了！
这些食材因为保留着原色原味，使用起来更安全、更好味道，有益健康，因此日受重视。敏锐的商人察觉到了，市场很快有了反应，一时身价飙涨。
英雄本色，备受欢迎。趟若仕女都保留原色原味，社会的反应又将如何？
Friday, July 01, 2011
back in singapore and having jet lag.. sianz
seems like i need to travel more.. lolz.
& i must say i have a good flight back..
prefers to have a 16+3 flight to a 12+7 flight
cuz i find myself counting down every so often when im going from tokyo to toronto & getting bored after on e plane for 7 hours prior..
then get to strike up a good chat with e passenger beside me while on the flight to HK..
flying is a good way to enlarge one's international circle of friends =D
might sound sua gu here but i board a A380 from HK to SG!!
though it's a bad idea to transit in HK cuz e air traffic is so busy that delays are very common
both my flights are delayed by one hour each..
a little good news for me cuz i get to tour e duty free shops there which i didn't really get a chance to when im last there..
& A380 is thumbs up!!
more comfy seats and very quiet when flying
i also got reminded why SIA remains one of e most highly rated airlines in e world on e flight back.
before e flight took off, one steward (i suppose it's e main steward) asked if i order seafood meal. i almost forget that i did and no other airlines prior confirmed with me on that and i went thinking 'dun tell me they really give me seafood meal later'
which they did!! & before everyone else too! =P
so moral of story: if u wanna get VIP treatment, order seafood meal. but valid for SIA flights only
& not just e main dish is seafood (which is prawn + scallop pasta), even e appetizer is seafood too (salmon salad)!
then e air stewardess automatically offers me white wine to go with my meal.. :)
but all e good impression is spoilt by the landing which is a heavy thud and the impact is so unpleasant that a baby started crying right after landing..
am i a picky passenger? haa
& my luggage is damaged again.. zzz
hope i can get a new one for free.. hehe
can it be due to the weight of e luggage?
cuz its exactly 20.0kg when i checked in =D
i suppose i bought too mani bottled items back..
even Dear is shocked that i bought so much..
but when there is such good sales around, it's hard to resist :p
in fact i could have spent much more on everything if i didn't control..
Canada's pricing may not be as cheap as the US but for the US/Euporean brands, some are still cheaper than Singapore and some are not available here
only downside is the non-refundable 13% GST =(
then slowly but surely, my collection of cups and plush toy is increasing
got a panda in HK and now a moose from Toronto
plus one cup in Tioman and 2 cups from Toronto..
& i still thinking of getting a snowman plush toy.. lolz..
jialat, not enough free space for them liao..
