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Friday, September 30, 2011

utilised quite a number of my bday treats from various companies and I'm a happy girl today =)

but i must say im quite surprised at the generosity of some & i really appreciate it.

though i must say the fact that Dear cant be around (on time or belated) did dampen my mood.
somehow e feeling is kinda different without him around...

思念也是一種病。。。
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

has my expectations been going up in almost all aspects??
watched a few movies recently and has been disappointed despite the good reviews i heard from my frens..
most likely im sticking to the blockbuster seasons but i consider any movies..


on e current affairs side, the local authorities/boards manage to irks me again..
A huge half naked male body ad at Orchard Road is banned due to indecency
onli half naked male body what..
what about all those bra ad/bust enhancing ads??
& come on, u think e kids nowadays are so naive and have no other avenues for such 'inappropriate' and/or even more sleazy photos/videos??
but frankly, what's new right?
what amazes me is the ability of them to find all sorts of reasons/excuses to make their stand valid..
Monday, September 26, 2011

Musical Monday

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Food For Thought

10欧元

林之樱

尝鼎一脔

  邻居陈先生是退休人士,一有时间便到处旅游。今年的第四季,他与太太准备走访欧洲3个月,顺道在那儿学习外语。陈太太知道我刚从欧洲回来不久,把我请去她家做起旅费顾问。陈先生问在欧洲最贵及最便宜的城市里,10欧元可以吃些什么?

  欧洲最贵的城市非巴黎莫属,衣食住行的费用确实不小。10欧元在城市里可以买到以下的食物清单:1条65公分长的新鲜面包,一瓶1公升的矿泉水,一瓶750毫升的葡萄酒或者一瓶果汁,一小罐的乳酪及一条香蕉。难怪法国年轻人的体形如此苗条,在高失业率的笼罩下,10欧元的饮食消费只能如此。我在巴黎喝过最贵的可口可乐是7欧元一小瓶,之后我宁愿喝葡萄酒也不喝汽水。

  欧洲其他城市的生活指数与巴黎有天渊之别。在西班牙的巴塞罗那,10欧元可不得了,可以吃到一顿丰富的午餐。以下是小餐馆的典型午餐促销:

10欧元(包括消费税)

(任选一款)

前菜

新鲜蔬菜沙拉与橄榄,或

西班牙火腿炸丸子,或

鳕鱼沙拉

主食

炸鱼柳,或

香料烤鸡腿与马铃薯,或

烤卷子肉

甜品

苹果派,或

巧克力冰淇淋,或

焦糖布丁

  在巴塞罗那的消费绝对值得,精选级别的葡萄酒只不过4欧元一瓶,西班牙著名的气泡酒Cava也是如此价格。以上的菜单还包括一杯餐前饮料,竟是颇具盛名的雪梨酒。还有,白开水是免费供应的,我的唯一问题是“吃到不好意思”。每一回在离开餐厅前都留下2-3欧元小费给侍者,尤其是给那些来自亚洲的服务员(菲律宾、印度等),让他们开心一下。

昨天看到正要外出的陈先生,他说已经报读西班牙语,夫妇俩下个星期正式开课。10欧元法力无边,千万别小看它!

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

the weather is getting more and more weird/strange..

just 3 years back, my sis is stuck in tw in late july cuz of a typhoon..
that's considered normal as july is e hottest mth of the year and it creates huge pressure at the vast Pacific ocean which leads to formation of typhoon that heads north..

then last year, e typhoon season in taiwan becomes early to mid sept instead

& now in late sept, e typical countries/region that is vulnerable to typhoon is just experiencing typhoon?!?
& e affected area seems to be bigger too..
thailand and vietnam are reporting of floods, and serious ones at that..

i really think the naysayers of global warming/climate change need to wake up to take the issue seriously..
what the scientists have predicted are coming true..
the wet regions are getting wetter and the dry regions are getting dryer..
shudders to think what will happen to spore..
given all e floods in the past year plus, is our drainage sys capable of dealing with a wetter sg??

another aspect which is observed is autumn is arriving later and spring is getting earlier..
i wld say its probably minimal impact for sg but im concerned what are the effects for temperate countries and will there be a global effect as well? not just in the form of weather but perhaps other aspects too..

all these being said, i bet my pragmatic mum is going to stock up on the rice..
so ya, i'll also be waiting to see any aggravation of food inflation.
Thursday, September 22, 2011

expectations....
perhaps im better off without any??
没有期望也就不会有失望

can it be my expectations being too high?
or i diidn't communicate to the other party well enough??
Monday, September 19, 2011

Musical Monday

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Food For Thought

情感与理智

蓝璐璐
天平秤

  在这场人生舞蹈中,左转右转旋转打圈,舞者可跳多久就得看彼此能不能跟得上对方的步伐。

——蓝璐璐

  不久前一位外科医生与前女友情逝分手后,两人却因争夺宠物狗的抚养权闹上法庭。初庭判女方获胜,男方不服,执意要上诉,结果不但败诉,还被三司谴责男方感情用事,为了与女方斗意志浪费法庭宝贵的时间。

  这案例对理性的新加坡社会来说是比较罕见的,尤其是当事人都是受过高等教育的专业人士, 很难想象会为了一只从动物庇护所领养回来的小狗花上万元打官司。但从另一个角度来看,男女感情之事本来就是不易理智的,一旦发生问题,就好像走进了纷繁错杂的迷宫,外边的人也许可以给予指点,局内人却往往被愤怒、妒忌、悲恸等交织的心情冲昏头脑,即使听得到旁人的引导,知道该怎么做,但思想和情绪总是难以协调,以致久久找不着出口。

  我有一位女友是职场上的女强人,平时把公司几百亿的项目打理得井井有条, 什么大小事都难不倒她,但最近她发现先生有外遇,顿时乱了方寸,差一点连车都不会开,打电话向我求救。我跑去接她,她急着问我是否应该打电话骂对方的母亲没有管教女儿?我啼笑皆非的回答,对方是有夫之妇,本身已有三个孩子,大女儿都十七岁了,你打电话找人家的母亲又有什么用?她听了后也就安静下来了。

  但情感有时太理智也不好。我有另一位朋友,与先生吵架时总是她先冷静下来,然后无论对或错都向先生道歉,以为这种理性的处理方式不仅能够缩短双方冷战的时间,先生也会欣赏她的大方体贴。刚开始时先生对她还会感到内疚,但渐渐就不耐烦了,有天终于忍不住问她到底是冷血还是虚情假意,怎么翻脸及和好都只是瞬间的事情?这让她了解到凡事都有定时,哭有时,笑有时,该伤心的时候就不应强颜欢笑,不然这种以理智来竭力克制情感的做法不只是苦了自己,也让人觉得虚伪。

  其实经营一段情感就似跟伴侣跳一场圆舞曲,不只需要用心灵去感觉,也要头脑的配合,才能跳得天衣无缝。在这场人生舞蹈中,左转右转旋转打圈,舞者可跳多久就得看彼此能不能跟得上对方的步伐。偶尔也许会有踏错舞步或是其他舞者想介入的时候,这时就要看双方如何拿捏情绪,用理智来分清接下来该走的方向。

  倘若付出了努力和真心仍无法赶上对方的舞步,而他/她也毫无意思要放缓脚步等你,那即使是万二分的不舍,这或许就是你该鞠躬退场的时候了。

(博客:the-scale.blogspot.com)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Mid Autumn festival actually signals a change in weather to a more cooling one..
but why am i sweating so much even at night when i'm not in an air con area??
Monday, September 12, 2011

Musical Monday

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Food For Thought

脱节

傅丽云

大选前,跟某议员谈话时,谈起该区的公共交通情况。

  上午繁忙时段,巴士过于拥挤,车长不愿停下,许多上班族和学生只能望“巴”兴叹。这样的情况,不知能否改善?

  这位议员说:“我真不明白,为何这些人不提早出门?只要大家愿意提早出门,就能舒缓拥挤的情况。”

  我一时间听傻了,无法继续答话。

  选择在什么时间出门,有时并非搭车人的自由。

  当中,包括了赶着把孩子送到学校或托儿所的父母,以及赶到巴刹买鱼买菜为晚餐预先打点才能上班的职业妇女。当然,也有前一晚值夜班,须睡足了才出门的人。

  而且,如果大家都乖乖听话、提早出门,那繁忙时段不是要推前,情况还不是一样吗?

  开车的人,不明白天天挤巴士者的苦,尤其是下雨天。

  同样地,那些不拥车而时常为赶时间搭德士的人,也不能理所当然地对搭不起德士的人说,你赶时间,为何不坐德士?
前阵子,公共交通理事会宣布车资调整,从10月8日起,在早上7时45分之前在市区九个指定地铁站出闸的乘客,可享有3角钱的车资折扣,比现有的1角钱高。

  本报上个月就这项措施访问一些乘客,结果发现“早出门有折扣”的吸引力似乎不大,多数受访的上班族都不会为了省钱而提早出门赶搭地铁。

  他们普遍认为,7时45分之前也是非常拥挤,因此没必要为了享有折扣,而改变原本的出门时间。他们认为,地铁趟次不足才是早上乘地铁所面对的根本问题。要解决问题,应该从这里开始。

  一个说,为了享有3角钱折扣而提早出门不值得。太早出门就无法在家里吃早餐,结果到市区买价格偏高的早餐,不是更不划算?

  看来,即使当局把折扣提高到5角钱,无法早出门的人,也不会为5角钱而动摇的。坊间林林总总的反馈,恐怕很多是设定计划者始料不及的。

  我相信制订政策者都有改善的诚意,但在提出解决方案的时候,是否能设身处地看看它们的可行性?

  议员访问选区,设施等硬体的问题,倒容易觉察,居民也比较愿意反映,但软体方面的民生问题,他们能真正明白吗?

  跟同事提起,她说,现在的政策掌舵人,多是“一体化”背景出身的:他们是名牌中小学和初院毕业生,然后拿奖学金到欧美顶尖大学深造,学成归来后,就成了制定政策的人。

  让精英管理国家没错,但,他们是否少了点什么?

  多年前的两起法庭案件,至今印象深刻。一是风油致死婴孩的案件,另一是靠通联车资卡的车票破的凶杀案。两名审案法官,不知风油和车资卡为何物,要主控官和查案人员解释。

跟律师朋友谈起,他说,这没什么稀奇,经济情况好的人,住有地住宅,每天开车往返公司,已不知外面的世界成了什么样子。

  这朋友也算是上层人士,开名车、住洋房。他忧心忡忡地说,社会被经济和阶级分化,已是大势所趋。如果当权者缺乏体恤之心,人民会很苦。

  曾推荐几个符合社区援助计划的穷朋友,去申请援助金。他们拿了一两次援助后,都不去了。

  一个坦言,低头向人讨钱已很不好受,但工作人员的态度更叫她难受。她近期再去申请,那里的人直接说,她申请很多次了,以后不能再申请了。

  物价高涨是事实,工资涨得慢也是事实。这朋友在快餐店打工,每月净收入不到600元,丈夫是散工,需抚养弱智儿和在念工教院的女儿。

  今年大选时,一些候选人在“斗穷”,强调自己童年吃过苦,证明自己的出身卑微。这背后反映出一种思维——大家都认为,出身优越的人是和低层有距离的。

  其实,即使出身卑微,也不能代表什么。很多穷人发达后,就会把过去的苦日子忘得一干二净;而相反的,一些出身优越的人,因为有体恤他人的善心,一直关怀着劳苦大众。

  这反映出,不论出身如何,关键是要有为民服务之心,踏实的去实践,就不会与群众脱节了。


轉載自聯合早報


super *face palm* when i read this.
This type of ppl can still be MP/Judge??

& gahmen still wonders why they lose our votes...

& the last point is precisely what i bring up earlier during Apr/May!
great minds think alike =D
Friday, September 09, 2011

its already 9 Sept....

Dear already went back for more than one week...

一寸光阴一寸金
寸金难买寸光阴。。

seriously time for me to get serious and buck up
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

world class transport system and yet the train's speed slow down considerably and pause often just because there is a short downpour?!?
WTH..
it's not as if sg don't rain..

are the tracks in such poor state that with rain, it malfunctions or is it the train's fault?

peak period travel time is much longer than the stipulated time..
& still got e cheek to ask for fare hike and offers promise of better service.
those who believe you will be true naive...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Musical Monday

Sunday, September 04, 2011

super duper tired...

as if getting up for a run early in the morning is not enough, i find myself stuck in massive crowds in Comex 2011 as I need to get certain IT items..
the crowd is HUGE such that at times the upward escalators were paused to prevent more ppl from going up to the exhibition halls!

but what puzzles me more is the massive turnout for H&M.
cuz it is here to stay and will most prob remain in business for the next decade so why the rush?
furthermore, even though it is the first store in SG, surely there must be Singaporeans who have been to H&M in other countries??
esp when Singaporeans are a well travelled bunch and HK is such a popular destination among Singaporeans
I admit that i'm pretty excited to go H&M when im in HK this Apr but perhaps all the anticipation brings about some disappointment. Cuz it can be said that its just another Forever 21, except under a different name.

makes sense for me to say that Singaporeans spent this past weekend in some form of queuing for 1. H&M, 2. Comex 2011 & 3. Borders Clearance Sale.
Does these make us savvy bargain hunters or silly singaporeans who didn't know how better to spend our time?
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Food For Thought

削足适履

陈智成

指甲图

  买鞋子是一件极其头痛的事。盖因买一双鞋子之前要做的抉择项目大多太烦,往往对了这项失那项,买不成十分满意的。先是用途、场合选项;设计、颜色;尺码、舒适度;品牌、价格;当然还包括服务与口啤。现代人拥有一橱琳琅满目的鞋子,却难得十分满意的。九分八分七分甚至六分满意度,也就买了。反正鞋子多了,分摊起来,个别那双鞋子穿着的机会也少了。不怎么满意,买了束之高阁,等待哪一天,心血来潮,我哪来一双这样的鞋子?给自己一个久违的惊喜,也不错。

  现代物资的丰盛,鞋子的外观条件,成为比较优先的抉择。可是,专家经常说,选买鞋子应该理性出发,鞋子的实质用途,远比其外观重要。穿鞋子除了保护双足,连带也保护双脚、保护脊椎、保护神经系统。偏偏造鞋子一般都是依据大众化的尺度,个别的脚板,个别的步行惯式,难得周全。不是鞋头太狭,鞋跟太松,就是鞋垫太软,鞋底太平。碰到爹娘生你一双不大众化的脚,左右不均、尺码太大太小、脚板太平、脚趾太宽……买不到适足的鞋子,在在只好勉强凑合者,司空见惯。现实中不会有笨到削足适履的人,然而,大部分的人穿着不真正适脚衬足的鞋子,知或不知地别扭过街,和削足适履没什么两样。

  如果把我们买鞋子的头痛,去对比穷困落后的国度里没鞋子穿的子民,这头痛是不是就不药而愈呢?或者时不时回头看我们一双破鞋走天涯,成长路上的足印,会不会就理所当然地乐于接受今日蹩足的鞋子?答案明显是否定的。但是制鞋者只能凭标准数据造鞋,以款式潮流引导穿鞋者的消费心态,说是迎合市场需求,趋大众之所向,让大家自由抉择。事实上,变相的削足适履,别扭地走路,多少是,刚好相反,没有选择?
Friday, September 02, 2011

can't be around with Dear for his birthday =(

well, these are just some things we have to live with being physically apart...

some of my frens expressed surprise and awe that we can manage LDR for quite long without major problems.
i will say it depends on how much you want this relationship as well as trust.
事在人爲嘛

第一次放膽讓我的心帶路, 讓我了解到感情究竟很難用理性來分析等等
跟著感覺走, 享受旅程吧~~