My Matrix has been serving me well for almost 2 years now. One day as I was giving her a much deserving wash, I saw lots of scratches on the body which were hardly visible when dirty. Well, all these are the normal wear and tear. I can take it.

As I was drying the headlamp area, I saw that the chrome plating of the headlamps are forming bubbles. Now thats not acceptable even though they still function well. I made up my mind that I would make a warranty claim.

Went straight to the workshop, showed the supervisor the defect. In half an hour's time, I am a happy man with a new pair of headlamps.

That happiness only lasted one day. The next morning after a heavy downpour in the night, I saw condensation inside the lenses of the headlamp. Now what? What is wrong here? I have to make another claim? Called the workshop and they ran out of stock. have to live with this for two more weeks.

We are constantly trying to patch things up, solve problems, but very often by doing so, we are creating new problems. But again, can we stop doing that?

你究竟过得好吗?

和老婆在百货公司走着,她正忙着看衣服. 这时我的手提响了起耒. 走了几步到商店门口,看了来电显示一眼. 咦!怎么会是他?他不是已经........


抬起头一看,他己经出现在我面前,手拿着电话和我对望.


“喂!离开了这些日子,过得还好吗?”我对着电话问道.


他的笑容依然充满童真,依然灿烂.


他没答话,蹦蹦跳跳的,穿过商店的玻璃门,消失了.


就在这时,老婆在背后拍拍我. 就这样我醒来了. 眼角有点湿.


今天是11月17日,原来这位朋友逝世巳一年了.虽然我知道他无法回答,心里仍然想问你一句,你究竟过得好吗?

中年的困惑

昨天朋友告诉我,根据运程,我明年会较顺利,但却犯桃花. 先不谈桃花,只说说运程


我一直都不相信这些,坚信人定胜天. 但人年纪越大,越觉得很多的事情,尽管己拼了全力,结果却不上不下. 信念也开始动摇,自信也面临冲击. 加上时间不留人,心中的不安随之而生.


工作上拼了十多年,总不能骗自己说很满足现况. 刚出来工作时还可以说要吸取经验,无所谓. 老板要我做的尽量做好,没说要做也给他做了. 几年下来,告诉自己多花点功夫充实自己,考个硕士回来,或许可以突围而出. 直到有个晚上,午夜梦迥,竟然要为了这个月多花了几百块而焦急,一时百般滋味涌上心头,有失望,有后悔,有焦虑, 有愤怒, 有恐惧. 一时之间也不知道他们源自那里,冲着谁而来. 又经历了一个失眠的夜.


很多事情都是事与愿违. 早些时候,真的很想努力去突破困局. 当有一份工在洽谈中,心里充满着希望. 到了最后关头,条件和理想相差什大， 忍痛拒绝了。


难道这就是步入中年的困惑？

谢谢你，朋友！

"送你一盏灯,点燃你的路,亮着你的前途.在你感到寒冷的时候,给你温暖.在你无助的时候,给你关怀.衷心的---祝愿你找到属于自己的天空."


幸亏有你这盏灯,看清楚了那条路. 原以为自己可以就此潇潇洒洒的挥挥衣袖. 经过多天的挣扎,原来真实的我,依然是凡夫一名.


扪心自问,那种工作,如果不是钱不够用,真不是我响往的.有时很痛恨自己,为什么自己的实力没有相等的狠心配搭?


如果真如你所说,"不要太贪心",我己找到自己的天空,一片凡人的天空. 天空下都是令人舒坦的人,事,物,还有你这位好朋友.

谢谢你，朋友！

几则短讯....


A. 朋友,那女生对你有点印象,有意思就要有所行动,打铁要趁热.


B. 朋友！我们是有血有汗的啊！不是铁来的！


A. 有血有汗有情有义有心,一切都要有个人在身边才有意思.


B. 这话也蛮有道理


A. 找个伴不是为了洗衣煮饭,
找个伴不是为了有人盖被,
找个伴是为了高兴时不需要一个人笑,
低落时有个借口要自己站起来,因为还有人需要你.


B： 朋友, 你的文笔越来越好。


A: 肺腑之言

爷爷的生日卡

我父亲上个星期生日，我大儿子早上六点多就起来，画了这张卡给爷爷：

爷爷《生日快乐》你现在是80岁了。
我把这个《生日快乐》卡送给你的，只要让你开心的每一天。

这是一篇很有趣的文章

这是一篇很有趣的文章, 由一位九岁的小孩所写. 我对他的丰富想像力真的很欣赏.

昨天, 我们到海边去游玩, 我们看到螃蟹. 我们就坐在椰树下抓了十只小螃蟹来烧烤。

我们带了米, 铁锅, 菜, 蛋和水果, 我们拾了木柴来烧火煮饭.

我们点了四次火都没点着, 还剩一枝火柴, 结果那枝火柴也掉进海里了. 我们完蛋了, 我们就很伤心.

突然我想到一个办法. 我们就打电话给火鸟, 叫它来喷火. 人人看到很惊呀, 心里想:”怎么火鸟会和我们一家人一起吃烤螃蟹, 那些人都吓晕了.

我们找到了一棵柳树, 便坐在树下吃水果. 到了半夜和火鸟握手, 拍照和请它签名. 最后我们一起说再见.

一个平凡的开头, 情节在在平述中来个大转弯, 令我措手不及. 更妙是是那火鸟的出现, 令一个处在绝境的人得救, 真是了不起. 但想一想，我们身历绝境时，火鸟会出现吗？

原来我好久没有笑了

好久好久没有动笔了, 不是没有东西写, 而是天天都有令人激动的事件, 心里蹦得紧紧的, 很辛苦. 后来决定暂时放下那些, 让自已快乐一下.

昨天收到朋友的一则短讯, 大意是说有一人向佛许愿, 要求佛佗给他快乐. 佛佗说四天, 这人说要春夏秋冬. 佛佗说只有三天, 那人要昨天今天和明天. 佛佗说只给两天, 那人要白天和晚上, 最后佛佗说只有一天, 那人说就每一天.

我得先对这位朋友说声谢谢. 因为要每一天都快乐, 就像神仙了.

看了那则短讯, 我也暂停了手上的工作, 沉思了一会儿. 我想追溯我上一次真正快乐是什么时候. 我原来已记不起来了. 那天有机会和一位同事闲聊了一会, 他关心的问我, 为什么这么不快乐. 我是愣了一下, 反问他为什么会这样想, 他说我好久没有笑了. 有一天晚上老婆孩子都睡了, 唯有我还是不能入睡. 习惯上又让思绪乱串. 老婆忽然醒来, 问我什么时候你可以笑一笑给她看.

原来我很久没有笑了.

2005-2006

政府钱没了
工程取消了
公司亏本了
员工减薪了
花红没有了
士气消失了
怨声四起了
小龙女来了
小城多事了
海鲜馆满了
春色无边了
男人心动了
也不回家了
老婆知道了
告到马华了
警察要耒了
流雁飞走了
龙女告官了
脱衣羞死了
还上网去了
素沁气极了
事情闹大了
部长着急了
中国杯葛了
旅客不来了
奥玛说算了
不爽别来了
首相可恼了
说客解说了
抽奖也搞了
还以为好了
一切搞定了
调查庭开了
裸女出现了
这是怎么了
龙女变种了
搞到头昏了
原来搞错了
一年刚过了
普腾糟糕了
千万买进了
单车不做了
一元厂卖了
还说做对了
脸皮厚极了
三菱被踢了
伟根洽谈了
谈了又谈了
一会说好了
一会说没了
没有办法了
回去三菱了
马航亏损了
新龙头来了
才知头大了
烂摊子啃了
现金没有了
痛定思痛了
能卖的卖了
能裁的裁了
航线送人了
有人不爽了
说东说西了
东尼可乐了
新机场有了
公司赚钱了
新飞机买了
航线倍增了
兄弟平坐了
信心大大了
新航我来了
汽油真涨了
汽车价降了
利息却起了
路税减半了
通膨冲天了
计划出炉了
马币上升了
股市热闹了
张栋梁红了
身体生病了
光良开唱了
进去红馆了
Nicole 第一了
钱包满满了
龙熊不见了
跑去A1了
李宗伟起了
黄综翰落了
我巳经累了
没东西写了

2006 oledi?

Yes, it is 2006 oledi.

Every fortune telling book tells me that person born on the year of Horse will have a good year this year, and I was born in the year of horse!

In January, when I was having supper in Mc Donald in SS2, my whole family was chased by a crazy guy with an iron rod. My wife with children went separate way so that the crazy guy look for me instead. What a strategy and it worked. We managed to reach home safely, with the crazy guy last seen behind my matrix waving the iron rod, with a much resemblence of someone waving a kris! (You know who)

One morning in February, I was having a discussion with my colleague and we could not find a solution to the problem. I stepped away from my desk, went out to ask my GM. 5 minutes later, there was a commotion when I stepped back to my office. I was stunned when I saw what happen to my desk. The whole housing of the fluorecent lamp landed right on the chair and desk where I was sitting just minutes ago.

Last weekend, I was at my in law house when my wife called me to pick her up from Subang Parade. It was 9:30 at night. I pickup my car key, stepped out of the house and walked about 20 m towards my car. I heard some noises coming from the nearby bushes. Before I make out what it was, some dark color animal dashed towards me from the left. I backup a few steps, lost balance and fell. I yelled at the, what? a big size rockweller dog! I stared at him while he had his second thought whether to attack me. Moments later, he decided I am not his cup of tea and walked away with disappointment. I walked away with a sprained ankle and bruised palm.

So, I guess the fortune tellers are damn right about person born in the year of horse. Of all 3 occasions, I thank god for letting me walk away without injury.

It has been a while since.....

I have not been writing for a while. Life has been so still, same goes to the construction industry. Projects have been scarce, still desparately looking for a change in momentum.

A friend of mine announced his wedding in December. It came as a major talk of the week among close friends. Life is That boring.

Now back to this good friend of mine. He is such a character that nobody believe he will get married so "fast". He is the type that is always available when you need help, I mean "always" in its true sense. He is always a phone call away almost 24 hours a day. I can say that because I once called him at 4:00 am and asked him to come over to my house in suspicious of a break in. He come over without question. I called police and nobody picked up the phone.

He is such a resourceful guy, you can call him and ask him for advice on anything under the sun. You can call him to ask for contractor to renovate your house, look for "reliable" car salesman, get a good deal in car accessories, buy nice durians, remove blue screen on MS wondows, how to connect WIFI Accesspoint to the network, fix your ceiling fan himself, give you a lift to airport, source for a cheap handphone, even to find out which spa has the most beautiful girls, and so on.

We have seen him go out with a few girls and none of them last long. He spends so much time helping all the friends and hardly any free time for his girl friends. If he can't find a wife, we are partly to be blamed. Finally he found one and decided to tie the knot. Now everyone in the group ask, "Why so fast? Pregnant ah?". One single friend of ours even complains that he won't be able to go Karaoke because his kaki is getting married. I shared many of their thought and feeling but little do we realise that we are a group of selfish friends.

He has been such a helpful friend for years and we are so used to it. His marriage comes as a surprise to many, not because of the short notice, but a sudden vacuum it creates. It spells a potential situation where he has to be committed to his family and does not have time for all the friends.

But I am taking this apportunity to congratulate him, because like everyone in life, we need to grow up and progress to the next stage of life. He found one whom he is willing to share the rest of his life with , and that is no easy achievement. He will always shine on us as he is our Moon!

他是一个部长!？

他是一个部长?!

身为一个教育部的最高决策人,不可以为全国学校做决定,要校长和家长们谈谈,自己决定. 最要命的是,他还威胁到,如果校长做了坏的决定,后果得自己负责.

真是一个没种无能的家伙. 校长即使做了再大的错误决定,至少他们敢. 好过你占着高职做个缩头乌龟,占着粪坑不拉屎. 几个礼拜前还舞着马来武士刀要为民族斗争，原来也只会如此。


如此的教育部长,我们孩子教育还有希望吗?

一个很沉重的包袱

一个国家的兴起始于人民的勤奋

一个民族的没落始于它贪得无厌

A final zoom over KLCC

This is just amazing. Google is actually providing such service free (at least for the time being). You can have a look over any part of the world with such clarity and detail. I was surprise to see they actually have high resolution over Malaysia. I also tried areas such as Kuching, KK they are all covered.

I am in this satellite image business but with this free images, whatelse can I sell?

Another satellite image zoomed in to KL 

Satellite Image over Malaysia

我有些不明白

十多个A的优秀生,曾被教肓部长表扬.几个月后,却被告知,奖学金没有他们的份.这不是偏袒的问题,只是面试不好.可是许多不比他们出色许多的学生却轻易过关.


部长说我国经济基本因素健全,保持成长,通货膨胀保持低水平.可是公司依然萧条,一轮减薪还没适应,另一轮己在酝酿中.汽油涨了再涨,一碗面起5角,一趟巴士起20%,通货高达3.5%。 这要比定期存款利息还要高。


国大党总秘书被首相停职三个月.他是国大党的国会议员,因为向副卫生部长抗议政府撤销对乌克兰某大学医学学士学位的承认.他不是为500 名印度学生请命说话吗?首相不是要听真话吗?


这么多的工作都没做好,却在这个时候叫所有政府部们换成五天工作制,叫我们相信他们不会影响工作,因为他们每天多做一个小时的工作.


一时谣言满天飞,汽油再涨价. 首相说不要信谣言,如果有决定,政府会通知人民. 这是真的吗?上回涨价还历历在目,我还没被“通知”,油站已经排长龙. 原来那所谓的“通知”,就是旁晚四点宣布,大半人民还在工作,等到有机会接触新闻时,离开午夜涨价时限,己经时日无多. 如此的“通知”,目的也只有一个,就是希望多数人被"通而不知".

内阁到先在还没决定起油价。是不是谣也起了一些作用?人民这样的反应多少反映了他们对政府的信任程度,及对生活困惑的无奈. 一个谣言能让高官们反思,不也是一件好事?

Papa Biggg Noseeee

When I woke up this morninig, I saw my second son sleeping beside me. This two years old boy is such a character. He brings us joy when we least expect it. At 4:00 am this morning, he called out loud and wanted to drink milk. This is his norm. But the difference was that he had all his valuable belongings, pillows and bolsters, tightly hugged in his hands, and asked to be carried to my bed. After he finished his milk, he seemed like totally awake. He started chating with me in the language only closed ones understand. He touched my nose and said " Pa pa biggg noseee". Then he pointed at my wife and said " ma ma biggg noseee". The next moment, he started to repeat the experience he had at the aquarium three days ago about the fish he saw:"pa pa, phish ball ball" and shake his head at the same time. He was trying to tell me the fish looks like a ball and the way the fish swims is by shaking the head. Then he started to point to the ceiling and said:" zard, scared scared." Ok, that was the lizard he is afraid of. That chat lasted for quite a while until both of us fell asleep again.

Being a pa pa can be quite taxing too. On the same night, my elder son (8 years old), cried and complained about the pain on his tongue caused by ulcer. We tended to ignore his complaints as nothing much we can do to stop the pain except to apply some gel on the ulcer. He is normally a strong boy. He hardly shed a drop of tear when he went to the dentist to extract his teeth. But last night, he was in constant pain. Sensing that none of the medicine helped, and only one thing to try. I carried him upstairs to the room, changed him into pyjamas, and put him to bed. All these extra things that we normally do to the younger one, worked extremely well with him. He calmed down and tried to sleep. He even turned his buttock towards me,signalling me to pat him to sleep like I always do to the two-year-old. In no time, he fell asleep. This only reminds me that however fast your children grow up, there are always some moments thay want extra attention and love to help them go through tough times. That extra attention and love is much more effective in soothing sores and pains, both physical and mental ones.

懒洋洋的过一个下午

…忙是为了自己的理想
还是为了不让别人失望?.....

…生活是一种享受
不是一种忍受….

在今天这样的生活调调，常常只记得我得做这个那个的，做着做着，习以为常。有没有想过为自己做一件喜欢的小事？如读一本好书, 懒洋洋的过一个下午?

世界真是不同了

真的不是我敏感,世界真是不同了.这句话,我母亲从我会听话开始说到现在,少说也有几十年,可是我却是要踏入四十岁,才领略到,真是失败.


孩子被人打,应该教他们如何应付?他们打你左颊,你送上右颊吗?还是叫他们不要做英雄,如衰家犬般抱着头就跑?跑得快好世界. 朋友告诉我有一个地方最多英雄,那就是天堂.


晚饭后桌上留下一些剩菜和肉,你怎么办?是 三两口把它吃掉还是依医生所说宁愿倒掉也不要多吃?倒掉是浪费,老人家还说是折福.吃下是有害健康,百害无益.


孩子读书,应该鼓励他'万官皆下品,唯有读书高',还是告诉他穷爸爸富爸爸的残酷事实?我说不出口,因为我就是穷爸爸的典范,读了半辈子书,满脑子学问却还得因为老板减薪而调整家人的生活素质,可悲. 孩子睡前常喜欢听我说一些孩时趣事,渐渐的我也少说了.因为我太太一针见血的说:"又说你的威水史?看看你自己!"