Monday, December 3, 2007

Cloudywind's Days... 风的生活 #3 - 办公室恋情


最近有个外遇事件闹得满城风雨。一个有个怀孕的老婆的男人,跟他的女同事搞上了,而这个女同事竟然还是个有夫之妇。狠心的男人承认了外遇,也告诉老婆说他打算跟她离婚。伤心的老婆就借由部落格吐诉心事,而好死不死,互联网的力量再加上无聊没事干的网民,就这样把一件再普通不过的外遇事件传开了。待产的老婆想多一事不如少一事,就把部落格关了。但科技的发达,又让打抱不平的网民把她的部落格复活了。如今互联网上的部落格都在臭骂负心的男人和淫荡的女同事。

其实这是一件很普通的办公室婚外情。我就不信有哪个办公室是没有恋情发生过的。就算是菜市场,谁又知道卖猪肉的阿明没在暗恋卖青菜的阿莲?搞不好,发生在办公室里的恋情比婚姻介绍所介绍的成功恋情还多呢!

一个男人在一天里清醒地对着他的老婆的时间,到底有多少?
  • 上班前,在早餐桌上的一个钟头

  • 下班后,在晚餐时的一个钟头

  • 在电视机前的两个钟头

  • 睡觉前的一个钟头

顶多有五个钟头,如果他真的专心对着他的老婆的话。

但是男人在一天里从早上九点到傍晚六点,就已经有九个钟头跟女同事相处了。

日久生情这句话不是无中生有的。不然杨过也不会喜欢上朝夕相对的小龙女。

当然,我并不是说每个男人都可以有借口在办公室里搞外遇!结婚证书并不是用来应征工作的,也不是镶起来炫耀的。结婚证书上的每一个字都有“责任”这个沉重的东西牵着。男人既然已经成偌了要让女人幸福,他就应该克服所有的诱惑来完成这个一辈子的任务。

当然,被动的女人也应该克制一下自己,别胡乱成为人家的第三者。毕竟未婚的好男人还是有的。

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Cloudywind's Days... 风的生活 #2 - 一个人旅行


有个朋友刚从日本旅行回来。她一个女孩,带着一个行李,就这样在东京住上了一个星期。我这个朋友漂漂亮亮的,追她的男孩可不少,肯放下工作陪她玩的一定大有人在,不过偏偏她就喜欢独自一个人去旅行。

我除了出国公干以外,从来没试过也没想过要一个人旅行。就算刚刚去的西藏是一个人跑去玩的,但至少也有一整团的团友和不同的导游陪同陪了我十天!

我不喜欢一个人旅行也不是因为我怕寂寞。而且不喜欢的原因还挺多的。
  • 不喜欢一个人搭飞机。因为不知道坐在旁边的会不会是个有狐臭的,还是个肥到会把赘肉挤到我的座位那边的。

  • 一个人的胃大小有限。就算餐厅里各式各样的食物看起来有多么的好吃,也只能选一份而已。但如果是跟朋友一起的话,就可以叫几份来试试了。

  • 看到好玩或神奇的东西时,不可以转身说“你看这个!是不是很赞?” 只能默默地把那份兴奋“呱”一声吞进肚子里。

  • 一个人的话就只能拍风景照了。如果企图用DSLR自拍的话,看起来应该会很傻。

  • 当有冲动要买贵又不实际,买回家几个月后还肯定会后悔的纪念品时,没有人在身边唠叨提醒“别买这种浪费钱的东西”。

所以这种一个人旅行的自由嘛,还是不适合我的啦~

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Cloudywind's Days... 风的生活 #1 - 上下班的时间


今天早上又挤不上巴士了。车费是越起越起劲了,但繁忙时间的巴士数量似乎没什么变化。照样遇到挤不上的超拥挤巴士,照样又要费时间等下一辆巴士。

说实在,我到底花了多少时间来做这些无聊的等待呢?

等到可以挤得上的巴士 = 20分钟
等巴士把我载到地铁站 = 15分钟
等地铁把我载到目的地的地铁站 = 20分钟
等公司的班车 = 10分钟
等公司的班车把我载到公司 = 20分钟

算算来回的话,我一天得花上170分钟,也就是将近三个钟头,也就是一天里的八分之一的时间,在路上奔跑,然后才可以做“上班”这个不是很有趣的活动。

在这三个钟头里,我有时会看看杂志,有时会玩一下DS,有时会听听MP3,但有时只是在那边发呆。

心里面真的很想学日本人那么勤劳,在这三个钟头里读一些“现代世界经济观”或“如何成为一个更有效率的人”之类的书籍。可是七早八早的就起来上班,没精神。下班的时候又太累了,没劲。

可能这三个钟头本来就应该是拿来浪费的吧~

Friday, November 2, 2007

Making an old uncle cycling a rickshaw with 3 grown man is NOT bullying

Glad that this incident is reported on the UK Daily Mail.

When a reporter from The New Paper talked to Bo Davis (26) via YouTube about how he and two of his friends had made an old man cycle a rickshaw with three of them on it, and refusing to pay after the ride, this is what he replied...

“This was not bullying, I do not like bullies or bullying.”

This part I guess I could understand. I'm sure this is exactly how Ah Beng would have reacted when coming back from JB and caught at the checkpoint with a bag of pirated DVDs.

"These are not pirated lah, I dun support buy pirated things one."

And of course, he did not expect such strong reaction from Singaporeans when all they did was bullied a Singaporean old man...

“I couldn't believe the comments - I was shocked by the threats. People's reactions were shocking but interesting.”

This is easy to understand too. The British are easily shocked. They were shocked when they had to surrender to the Japanese, they were shocked when China really took Hong Kong back.

This incident is actually a very good example of how some people could behave badly when they are tourists...
  • they have the superior feeling that the country is inferior to their hometown

  • they thought they should be treated as kings by the people from the country because they are spending their superior money there

  • they think that the facilities in the country is backward, and the people in the country are definitely not as smart as them

  • and lastly, they thought that they can do crappy thing in the country because nobody from their hometown will find out


Maybe we should just stick to the Japanese and Korean tourists...

Monday, October 15, 2007

Bloggers Unite - Blog Action Day

Bloggers Unite - Blog Action Day
When I was in Tokyo, I was impressed by how super environmental friendly the Japanese are. At least for the saving paper part - they've got "water spray" in their toilet bowls to do the cleaning, they're using handkerchiefs instead of tissue papers to wipe of perspire.

Okay... maybe the toilet bowl with spraying waterjet is abit too much to expect in Singapore. After all, if it is really available here, only the rich people can afford...

But we can try save the tissue papers! Handkerchiefs are cheap and reuseable! And if you sweat like a cow, there is always hand towels! I know it's abit embarrassing to use these when nobody is using, but somebody has to start it right? If everybody see somebody using handkerchiefs, more will try, and finally and hopefully, everybody will use handkerchiefs!

Friday, October 12, 2007

Repeal 377A... stop making Singapore a laughing stock AGAIN after the chewing gum ban



"The Penal Code of Singapore, in Section 377a, provides for a jail sentence for up to two years should a man be found to have committed an act of "gross indecency" with another man."

Hmm... when I told my foreign co-workers about this during one of our lunch in Cupertino, this was their reactions...

French woman: This is crazy! How can the government be allowed to control this? And the people allow it?

Spanish man: What? So gays can't even have sex at their own private homes? But how will they be caught?

Mexican man: Hahaha... this is so sad...

British man: Well... from the government that controls everything, and even banning chewing gums, I'll say this is not surprising!

American man: So... it's illegal to be gay in Singapore? Will they be fined? Or sent to jail?

If you think this is a hilarious law as well, visit www.repeal377a.com to show your support.

Friday, October 5, 2007

List of Singaporean companies invested in Burma

CNA Group Ltd
CNA is as Sesdaq listed company headquartered in Singapore. It was, in 2005, awarded a contract for the expansion of Yangon International Airport. Under the contract C.N.A. will design, supply, install and commission 24 engineering systems for the airport terminals. The project is to be completed by early 2007 but the CEO has commented “we will continue to expand our presence in the region (Myanmar).”

DBS Group Holdings Ltd
DBS Group Holdings Ltd is the holding company of DBS bank and is one of the largest companies in terms of market capitalisation listed on the Singapore Exchange, with total assets amounting to over S$180 billion. Included in its international banking network is a representative office in Burma.

Ginnacle Import-Export Pte Ltd
Ginnacle is a company located in Singapore involved in the sales and marketing of Burmese teak lumber, decking and furniture. The Burmese regime owns all teak plantations in Burma and teak sales earn the regime millions of pounds every year.

Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd
Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean oil corporation. The company is part of a consortium which in 2005 signed three production sharing contracts with state run Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, to explore for oil and gas in Burma, both on and offshore. It is a project which will undoubtedly provide the Burmese junta with a large and valuable source of income. The same consortium signed similar deals in 2004.

Interra Resources
Singapore listed Interra Resource’s principal activities are the exploration and operation of oil fields for the production of crude petroleum. It operates in Indonesia and Burma. In Burma its subsidiary Goldwater Oil was the first foreign oil company to extract oil in Burma. It is currently engaged in oil and gas exploration and production through its jointly controlled venture with Geopetrol called Goldpetrol.

Keppel Corporation
Singapore’s Keppel Corporation is a multinational corporation with interests in three key business areas: Offshore and Marine, Property and Infrastructure. Its property wing- Keppel Land has a presence in eight Asian countries including Burma where it owns the Sedona Hotels in Yangon and Mandalay.

OCBC Bank
OCBC Bank is Singapore’s longest established bank, and is today one of Asia’s leading financial services groups with gross assets of S$136 billion. The group has a global network of more than 310 branches and representative offices in 15 countries including Burma.

Shangri-La Hotels
Shangri-La Hotels is a Singaporean hotel company. It operates the Traders hotel in Rangoon.

United Overseas Bank Group
The United Overseas Bank was founded in 1935 and is today a leading bank in Singapore and a dominant player in Asia-Pacific. As of 31 December 2005, the UOB Group had total assets of S$145.1 billion and shareholders' equity of S$14.9 billion. UOB has a global network of branches, offices and subsidiaries, one such office being in Burma. UOB also has diversified interests and through its subsidiary United Overseas Land the group operates the Park Royal Yangon hotel.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Latest news on Burma

MSNBC:

After crushing the democracy uprising with guns, Myanmar’s junta switched to an intimidation campaign Wednesday, sending troops to drag people from their homes in the middle of the night and letting others know they were marked for arrest.

Dozens of Buddhist monks jammed Yangon’s main train station after being ordered to vacate their monasteries — centers of the anti-government demonstrations — and told to go back to their hometowns and villages.

Following the night of widespread detentions, military vehicles patrolled the streets in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, with loudspeakers blaring a warning: “We have photographs. We are going to make arrests!”

BBC:

Monks were seen at the railway station and bus drivers were reportedly refusing to take them, out of fear they would not be allowed petrol.

Reports from Rangoon said around 25 more monks were arrested by security forces in a raid on a temple overnight.

Meanwhile, Reuters reported about 80 monks and 149 women believed to be nuns had been freed. They had been rounded up as part of the military's violent crackdown on protesters last week.

Hundreds of monks - who led the protests - have been detained and sources have told the BBC they will be sent to prisons in the far north of the country.

CNN:

An international aid worker who witnessed the bloody crackdown on weekend pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar told CNN she saw bodies lying in the street in front of a pagoda dedicated to world peace, possibly as a warning from the government's security forces.

She said the bodies were near Yangon's Kaba Aye pagoda, a gold-domed Buddhist shrine. Kaba Aye means world peace in Burmese.

Reuters:

Troops in Myanmar hauled away truckloads of people on Wednesday after the departure of a U.N. envoy trying to end a ruthless crackdown on pro-democracy rallies that has sparked international outrage.

Witnesses said at least eight truckloads of prisoners were taken from central Yangon, the former Burma's biggest city, where crowds of up to 100,000 people had protested against decades of military rule and deepening economic hardship.

A staff member of the U.N. Development Fund and her husband and brother-in-law were among those arrested, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said in New York. The United Nations was appealing to Myanmar's U.N. mission to secure her release.

解放缅甸!Free Burma!


Free Burma!


Show your support at www.free-burma.org!

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The HPCE Xchange "Think... Run...Shoot" event


Now that the event is finally over, its time to share all the photos that we had actually taken for the event!

My fellow Caps Team-mates, nice job for putting the event together... the logistics, the financials... and "what not"! :D

So sad that I couldn't be there to see it though... T_T

Interesting CSI:NY picture

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

While monks are been killed in Yangon, what is Singapore doing?


Picture source: http://ko-htike.blogspot.com

More Buddhist monks continued to be killed in Burma (Myanmar)...

Meanwhile, we said "Singapore is deeply concerned by reports of clashes between protestors and security forces in Yangon. We urge the Myanmar authorities to exercise utmost restraint. We call upon all parties to avoid provocative actions and to work towards reconciliation and a peaceful resolution of the situation."

And business with Burma? As usual.

Oh... and our good customer service from the hospital will remind General Soe Win of his return for the next medical appointment.

After all, there's nothing we can do... right?

So... while our gahmen is already doing its best, this is what we can do as a Singaporean blogger... Sign up for the Free Burma! action

Saturday, September 22, 2007

哈利坡特代言扭蛋?Harry Porter found at capsule machine?


第一眼看到,还以为我眼花... 走近一点后,发现果然没错... 这个本土制作的扭蛋机器里的t-shirt模特儿真的是鼎鼎大名的哈利坡特!话说“人怕出名,猪帕肥”,一个人太红,还真不知道自己的照片会被移花接木到哪里去!哈利坡特人在英国,死都不会想到自己的照片会出现在新加坡这个小岛上的一间小咖啡店里的一个一块钱扭蛋机器里!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

我们的礼貌怎么了... What happened to our manners?



巴士车上,地铁车上
门开就冲了
不管别人还没有下车

袋子放了,脚也放了
霸位大过天
孕妇老人全都靠边站

我搞不懂,我们到底怎么了
简单的礼貌
是否那么难懂

我想不透,我们的礼貌怎么了
活了那么久
普通常识都搞不懂

老的也是,少的也是
挖鼻剪趾甲
个人卫生推到最极限

如果他们继续生产
后代多又多
新加坡有灭亡的危险

Photo source: Stomp.com.sg
Original song: 我们怎么了 by S.H.E.

"The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ"... Must Watch!

Just caught the drama "The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ" at Drama Centre Theatre, and YES, it was good.

Imagine this... 2 performers, Pam Oei and Rodney Oliveiro, have to act through the whole drama in 2 hours. But there are more than 10 characters in the show! So... in the first half, Pam switched between several characters, like the PA of JBJ, a Malay secretary, a NUS student etc. And in the second half, Rodney had to be the DSP (Deputy Superintendeant, SIngapore Police Force), PPS (Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister), a press reporter etc. Not easy right! And of course, I must say they are really good at it!

The story of the drama is actually quite straight forward. An NUS student and President of the Association of Students for Self Expression (ASS) took lead to launch The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ. Erm... not THAT JBJ. And of course, twists and turns are expected in this ambition of his. Then... something happened (sorry, I can't say what in case any of you are watching it soon). After that something happened, a civil servant is tasked to exercise damage control. And that was when she realised how difficult and how easy some things can happen in the civil service, the red tapes and any other tapes.

As promised in the promo materials, you can expect to find some political jokes in the show, like the white elephant, NKF, girls banned from selling t-shirts. So if you've been keeping yourself updated in current affairs, you will definitely enjoy the sarcasms!

Go check out the tickets for "The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ"

Find out more about "The Campaign to Confer the Public Service Star on JBJ"

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Singapore Scenes... Sentosa, Happy families

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
别怕!别怕!小主人您要勇敢点,来学习怎么面对大风大浪!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
我踩!我踩!我踩!踩!踩... 怎么还有这么多水啊?

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
弟弟啊,我跟你讲,沙是要这样子打才会成形的哦!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
小弟弟,你在看什么啊?我们的沙滩好安全的,绝对没有玻璃碎的哦!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
这俩父子到底被什么吸引住了呢?

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
再游远一点!慢慢来,游到爸爸这里吧!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
又有一对父子在沙滩玩耍... 咦?妈妈们呢?难道妈妈们都怕晒,都躲在一边擦防晒霜一边乘凉吗?

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
一个快乐家庭的背影

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Singapore Scenes... Sentosa, Alone by the beach

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
白白的沙滩,白白的椰树底,连泳衣也是白白的...

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
在游客们开始涌进来之前,得赶紧把景点扫得干干净净的。毕竟新加坡是所谓的Clean City嘛!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
哇~ 拜托!怎么穿着这身白裙还站在椰树下面对大海?还好是大白天的,不然吓死人了!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
静静的一条走廊上就只有他默默地坐在那里守着... 这份工也有够闷的...

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
不会游泳嘛~ 所以就在沙滩上摆个美美的姿势好啦!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
沙滩上有不少人玩沙滩排球,像她一样,晒得黑黑的也很开心,管他什么美白的!

Monday, September 17, 2007

Singapore Scenes ... Sentosa, Friends on the beach

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
几个日本小妹妹,就算穿上了校服,还是很努力地想更接近大海。这也是没有办法的啦,因为日本学校国外旅行的时候,学生们都得穿上校服的!

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
怎么海上有那么多浮标?啊~ 原来是人头...

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
“嗯... 再过去一点!别动啊!我要拍下去啦!”

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
就当大家忙着把船踏得更远,他似乎更加忧郁了...

16th September 2007 - Sentosa
既然不可以游泳,我们就躺着吧!晒晒太阳,看看书,顺便让人家拍拍照...

Sunday, September 16, 2007

欠$还$... Owe $ pay $


在去拜访朋友的途中,无意中看到这四个字... “欠$还$”。看来最近大耳隆的环境还不错,已经不再用红漆而改用富贵一点的金漆了!再注意看一下,第二个“$”字和第三个“还”字还写得挺端正的。可见现在的大耳隆的学历还不差哦!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

How to apply Logic in Singapore

Deduction is a basic approach used in Logic to arrive at valid conclusions. In deduction one arrives at particular statements from general statements, and premises are the informative statements on the basis of which conclusions (or deductions) are made. In the correct kind of deductive reasoning, the conclusions follow necessarily from the premises that is given.

Premise 1 - All companies other than charities are only interested to make more money from their customers
Premise 2 - Transportation companies in the country are not charities
Deduction - Transportation companies in the country are only interested to make more money from their customers

Premise 1 - All teachers shall not talk about espousal of homosexual values
Premise 2 - Gay teachers talk about espousal homosexual values
Deduction - Gay teachers are not teachers

Premise 1 - Police shall be deployed for all riots
Premise 2 - Action figures and toys are seen in riot
Deduction - Police shall be deployed to stop action figures and toys in riot


Note: The above deduction follows necessarily from the two premises given. It should be noted, however, that the process of deduction does not say anything about the truth of the premises themselves. The premises must be true before they are used for any deduction because if the premises are invalid, the deductions that necessarily follow will also be invalid.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Singapore Scenes ... Esplanade and surrounding

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
啊~ 好多刺的榴莲壳啊~

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
谁说出家后的生活很单调?看!这群和尚们活得多姿多彩呢!

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
哎呀!我们迷路了吗?怎么好像被困在圈圈里了?

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
站在新一代设计的屋顶上,望着旧时候的屋顶。

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
望着一群又一群人的经过,心里觉得更加孤单寂寞了。

25th August 2007 - Esplanade
我们就是这样,一直一直的在建更多更新的。现在所看到的地平线,相信再多几年又不一样了...

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

新加坡故事... A Singapore Story #4

早上,就当阿达和阿丽在吃早餐时,门铃响了。

“这么早会是谁呢?”阿丽边疑惑边走去开门。

当阿丽带着两个男人走回饭桌时,她显得更疑惑了。

“陈昆达先生,我们怀疑你跟一起谋杀案有关,请你跟我们回警局协助调查。”蔡警员就是其中的一个男人。
“好的。”阿达镇定地回答道。“阿丽,打电话给黄律师。”

下午,李警员边很生气边和同事吃午餐。

“他妈的!最讨厌那些整天请律师的有钱人了!十问九不知那样,什么都不回答!”蔡警员气得把饭都喷出来了。
“没办法啰,现在只能等法证组他们找到更多的证据了!”吴警员打着李警员的肩旁安慰他。
“这次无论如何都得破这件谋杀案,不然又得被李Sir骂了!”
“是啊!上次你被网民拍到在警车里睡觉的照片,还传遍互联网的事件,李Sir好像还在生呢!”
“都是你啦!”蔡警员边打吴警员的头边骂。“打包午餐也要那么久!害我等到睡着了!”

傍晚,被保释在外的阿达带了一笔钱到了机场。

移民厅的职员翻了翻阿达的护照后,然后微笑着把护照还给阿达。阿达收回护照,不慌不忙地走去闸门准备搭前往香港的班机。

第二天早上,移民厅受到了指示说陈昆达被禁出国。

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

新加坡故事... A Singapore Story #3

半夜,阿达突然从床上起来,慢慢地走到洗手间里。不知为什么他满手都是鲜血,所以他得赶紧把手洗干净。阿达扭开了水喉,开始洗起手来,也开始想起了那天所发生的事情...

那天,阿达很生气地跑去阿萍的家找她。阿萍,五十四岁,是光明清洁公司的副董事,也是阿达的顶头上司。阿萍在光明清洁公司已经做了二十几年了,经验丰富的她可说是大老板的左右手。阿达在公司少说也做了九年了,从一个小小的督工慢慢地爬到了他现在经理的职位。但是他在现在的职位已经做了四年了!他似乎觉得他在公司的地位就打算停留在这里了,而阿萍似乎是主要的原因!

那一天,阿达很生气地跑去找阿萍,因为她否决了他的建议书。

“为什么你不在这份建议书上签字?”阿达把建议书丢在阿萍面前的桌上。
“建议书?就是建议改用熊猫牌清洗液的那份?”阿萍不屑地看着阿达,更不屑去碰那份建议书。
“是啊!你知道吗?如果我们改用熊猫牌清洗液的话,能替公司省多少钱啊!”
“省钱?哼!那你又知不知道行内的人都知道这个熊猫牌清洗液的化学成分会伤害员工的手?”
“他们不是有用塑胶手套吗?”阿达不服气地说道。
“那万一他们忘记用呢?不行!我们的员工多数是老人家,我们不可以冒这个险!”

阿达觉得这根本就不是阿萍否决这份建议书的原因。阿萍坚持不接受他的建议,一定是因为她不想他在大老板面前立功!

“阿达,你还是花多点时间看管好那些员工吧!听说最近又有人投诉我们的员工把沟渠里的垃圾扫了出来之后又丢回去!连员工都管不好,还写什么建议书!”
“去!你现在是怀疑我不会管员工啰!你别以为我不知道,我一直升不上去就是因为你整天在大老板面前说我的坏话!”
“喂!你在胡说八道些什么啊?”阿萍也开始气了,还拍桌子站了起来。
“我没胡说八道!就是因为你这个老不死的占着副董事这个位子,我才没办法往上升的!”阿达还继续骂着。
“对对对!我就是要霸着这个位子!你没听政府说吗?要延迟退休年龄呢!我看我还可以做到七十岁呢!”
“你这个死老太婆!”

查!啊~

阿达回过神来的时候,阿萍已经躺在血泊中了。血一滴滴地从阿达手中的小刀滴到地上。那一把原本是阿萍拿来开信封的小刀。

“阿达!你在干嘛?你洗手已经洗了要一个钟头了!你没事吧?”阿达的老婆阿丽很担心地抓住阿达的肩旁。
“血啊~ 我洗不掉手上的血啊~”

Monday, September 3, 2007

新加坡故事... A Singapore Story #2

自从阿达杀了阿萍之后,他每天都人心惶惶地过着日子。好在报章上只是用了极少的版位来报道阿萍的案件,所以也没引起什么轰动。

然而就在他最烦的时候,阿达的弟弟阿昆又来跟他借钱了。阿昆经营动画光碟生意已经有几年了,但是公司的营业额还是很差,他的公司似乎是靠跟阿达借钱来维持的。

“阿昆,我看你还是别卖动画光碟了!现在这样多人喜欢玩电玩,你就从中国进口一些翻版的电玩商品来卖吧!”
“哥,不行啦!我已经很久没做翻版的生意了!”
“对!你是改邪归正了所以才开始卖动画光碟,还说准赚钱呢!” 阿达不屑地讽刺了阿昆。
“我是被互联网害的呀!现在的小孩不是从Youtube上看动画,就是干脆用Bit Torrents下载,有的还甚至从外国的online stores买更便宜更新的动画光碟!气死我了!”
“哼!这些死小孩竟然那么拽?”

阿达喝了口咖啡,静静地想了一想,突然“哈!”了一声,把阿昆吓了一跳。

“阿昆,你去找黄律师谈,看可以告那些下载动画的小孩吗?”
“什么?告那些小孩?” 阿昆怀疑自己听错了。
“是啊!你想想,有多少个小孩触犯版权用Bit Torrents下载动画?如果你每个小孩都发一封律师信,而每告一个小孩就可以罚他三五千的,那里有多少钱啊!” 阿达奸笑地望着阿昆。
“那... 那... 那好多钱啊!比我卖动画光碟赚的钱还多哟!” 阿昆高兴得都得口吃了!
“听好了!如果黄律师说告得下的话,你就立刻找专人查这些下载动画的小孩,然后命令那些ISP把这些小孩的资料给你,如果他们不肯的话,你就花点小钱吧!”

阿昆听了阿达的话后,立刻就开心地拿起手机拨打黄律师的电话号码。阿达也对自己的建议非常的满意。

另一方面,警方在阿萍的家里找到了阿达的毛发...

Friday, August 31, 2007

新加坡故事... A Singapore Story #1

阿达愣愣地望着躺在血泊中的阿萍。血一滴滴地从他手中的小刀滴到地上。

“妈的!我怎么把她杀了?” 阿达慌慌张张地跑出了阿萍的家,然后一直跑一直跑地,不知跑了多久之后,他竟然在路上看到了一群警察!更令他慌张的是,有个警员伸出手拦截了他!

“警察临检!你是在跑步吗?” 警员严肃地问道。
“呃... 是的,我在跑步。” 阿达很努力地保持镇定。
“你身上的Tshirt...” 警员在他身上打量着。阿达起了一身的鸡皮疙瘩。他突然想到,难道他的身上沾上了阿萍的血?

“为什么你穿粉红色的Tshirt? 你是同志吗?” 警员瞪着阿达。
“同志?”
“是啊!你和别的同志一起穿着粉红色的Tshirt跑步吗?”
“没有!而且我不是同志!我爱女生!”

阿达摸了一下他头上的冷汗。

“不是同志... 那你身上有槌子...”
“没有!我身上没有槌子也没有刀子!” 阿达急忙打断了警员的话。
“别紧张!我是问你,你身上有槌子图案的标志的东西吗?譬如说传单之类的” 
“槌子图案的标志?我不知道你在讲什么。”
“我是说,你和别的政党的党员一起跑步吗?还是你正要去和他们一起踏脚车?” 警员不耐烦地问道。
“没有!而且我...我...我支持执政党!” 阿达急忙撒了个谎,希望这个警员别再问他问题了。
“哦...那你可以走了。”

阿达擦了一下他头上的冷汗,然后赶紧用最快的速度跑离现场。当他跑到一个没人的角落后,阿达偷偷地把那把一直放在口袋里,沾满了阿萍的血的小刀丢了。

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Singapore Scenes ... Waterfest 2007

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
汪洋中的一条龙舟

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
“喂!先生你坐错位了!”“是啊!你坐了我的位子了啦!”

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
就当每个都忙着划的时候,他们怎么把桨举起来了?

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
哎呀!赌场还没起好啦!我们太早到了!

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
龙舟赛开始咯~

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
咦?他们去哪里啊?比赛的起点换了吗?

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
“呼~呼~ 我是你老爸~”

25th August 2007 - Waterfest 2007
不止高速公路上的车拥挤,连海上的帆船也挤在一起了!

Monday, August 27, 2007

Mandarin cool... so are Japanese and Korean! #5

Lesson 5 - At the convenient store

Hanyu Pinyin is used as the basic form of pronounciation here, unless otherwise stated. For those not familiar in Hanyu Pinyin (were you sleeping in your Primary school chinese lessons?), these are some illustrations:

a = a as in art
i = i as in ink
u = oo as in cool
e = a as in air
o = aw as in paw
ao = ou as in ouch
an = un as in until




John: Is there telephone card here?
Xiao Ming: 这里有电话卡吗? (zhe li you dian hua ka ma)
Nakamura: ここに テレフォン カヅ ありますか? (ko ko ni te-re-fon ka-du a ri ma-su ka)
Yong Su: 여기 전화카드 있어요? (yo gi chon hu-a ka-du i so yo)

John: Is there XYZ here?
Xiao Ming: 这里有 ... 吗? (zhe li you ... ma)
Nakamura: ここに ... ありますか? (ko ko ni ... a ri ma-su ka)
Yong Su: 여기 ... 있어요? (yo gi ... i so yo)

John: Sorry. There isn't any here.
Xiao Ming: 对不起。 这里没有 (dui bu qi. zhe li mei you)
Nakamura: すみません. ここに ありますせん (su mi ma sen. ko ko ni a ri ma sen)
Yong Su: 미안합니다. 여기 없어요 (mi an ham ni da. yo gi op so yo)

John: Yes. Yes. There is.
Xiao Ming: 是的。 有的 (shi de. you de)
Nakamura: はい. あります (hai. a ri ma-su)
Yong Su: 네. 잇어요 (ne. i so yo)

John: How much?
Xiao Ming: 多少钱? (duo shao qian)
Nakamura: いくらですか? (i ku ra de-su ka)
Yong Su: 얼마예요? (o-r ma ye yo)


Disclaimer: I'm not a Chinese/Japanese/Korean teacher and I'm only sharing what I know. These lessons are not part of any formal text books and you don't get any certifications from learning them. You will not become an expert from these lessons because I'm not any expert myself. The only thing I can guarantee is that your Chinese/Japanese/Korean friends can finally understand what you're trying to say.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Let's celebrate odex's screwup!

Odex had "no right of civil action" against illegal downloaders because it was just a sub-licensee — not the copyright owner or exclusive licensee — for most of the anime titles sold here.

District Judge Earnest Lau — who on Thursday ordered Odex to pay legal costs of more than $7,000 — expressed unease over the hasty manner in which Odex tried to go after some 1,000 PacNet subscribers. In particular, he was unconvinced of the investigation method it used to uncover the IP addresses and pinpoint the alleged wrongdoers.


Enjoy more reading at TODAYonline

And here's some latest anime for celebration of some idiot's wishfull thinking crashed! If you've not watched any anime online, you really don't know what you're missing! :)

Naruto #178

Link to Naruto 178

Bleach #137

Link to Bleach 137

One Piece #320

Link to One Piece 320

Oh... by the way, time to switch OUT of Singnet... :)

Friday, August 24, 2007

Mandarin cool... so are Japanese and Korean! #4

Lesson 4 - At the hotel

Hanyu Pinyin is used as the basic form of pronounciation here, unless otherwise stated. For those not familiar in Hanyu Pinyin (were you sleeping in your Primary school chinese lessons?), these are some illustrations:

a = a as in art
i = i as in ink
u = oo as in cool
e = a as in air
o = aw as in paw
ao = ou as in ouch
an = un as in until




John: Please help me to check in.
Xiao Ming: 请帮我办理入住手续。 (qing bang wo ban li ru zhu shou xu)
Nakamura: チエクイン ください (chi-e-ku-in ku da sai)
Yong Su: 체크인 해 주세요 (che-ku-in he chu se yo)

John: My name is John
Xiao Ming: 我叫做小明 (wo jiao zuo xiao ming)
Nakamura: 私は中村です (wa ta shi wa nakamura de-su)
Yong Su: 저는 영수 예요 (cho nun yong su ye yo)

Hotel staff: Please hold on a while
Hotel staff: 请稍等一下 (qing shao deng yi xia)
Hotel staff: しょしょお待ちください (sh-yo sh-yo o ma chi ku da sai)
Hotel staff: 잠깐만 기다리세요 (cham gan man ki da ri se yo)

Hotel staff: This is the room key
Hotel staff: 这是房间的钥匙 (zhe shi fang jian de yao shi)
Hotel staff: これは部屋のかぎです (ko re wa he ya no ka gi de-su)
Hotel staff: 이거 방외열쇠 예요 (i go pang ui yor sui ye yo)


Disclaimer: I'm not a Chinese/Japanese/Korean teacher and I'm only sharing what I know. These lessons are not part of any formal text books and you don't get any certifications from learning them. You will not become an expert from these lessons because I'm not any expert myself. The only thing I can guarantee is that your Chinese/Japanese/Korean friend can finally understand what you're trying to say.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

天冷就回来... If there're seasons


如果你和我一样是听梁文福的歌长大的,你一定要看《天冷就回来》!从一个尝试忘掉过去的恋情去接受未来的恋情的男生,从一群在纽约生活的新加坡人,你会听到一首首熟悉的歌曲。那些你以为已经忘记了,却突然可以跟着演员们一起哼唱的歌曲。在剧里,你可以再次听到《担心》,《新加坡派》,《喜欢你》,甚至《历史考试前夕》!

故事的大纲是...当爱人小静去世后,阿乐就一个人背包去了纽约,打算追求自己的音乐理想。在纽约的街上他遇到了另一个新加坡人阿强,然后又在帮阿强送外卖时遇到了Rose。之后,阿乐和一群新加坡人一起在一个新加坡老板的餐厅里干活,一起玩音乐,而Rose也渐渐地爱上了他...

上官方网站了解多一点吧!

听一听主题曲《天冷就回来》!

去买票自己看看吧!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

救救林厝港... Help save Lim Chu Kang

政府说要找个地方储存些花岗岩。就这样,林厝港那一带就出现了一个花岗岩储藏场。不错,就在新加坡所剩无几的农业地区。为了防止花岗岩污染到附近的农地,有关当局就建了高高的围墙。不错,他们似乎认为花岗岩的尘土绝对不会往高处飞。

有关当局还说他们已经确保环境不会受到污染了。不错,他们觉得只要开了一条专为装运花岗岩的道路,只要沟渠能把污染的雨水都冲走,只要周末和公共假期不装运花岗岩,环境就没有理由会受到污染。

这一带的两百多个农场会把农作物卖到本地各大超市,然后我们就把这些蔬菜水果买回家吃。不知各位是不是也和有关当局一样觉得这一带真的是一个很适合储存花岗岩的地点?

当然,如果小至百年老树,大至历史悠久的国家图书馆都得为了“发展”这个目的而让步的话,两百多个小农场又算得了什么?


Over 80 acres of arable land, originally earmarked for agricultural purposes, has been bulldozed to become a granite stockpile site.

Help save what little countryside that's left. It took local farmers years to create this sustainable countryside in Lim Chu Kang, where nature and nurture happily co-exist. It only took the Govt. agencies 2 months to destroy it.

Help save Singapore's countryside by signing the petition!

Singapore Scenes ... Singapore River

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
桥上的一盏灯已经在多少个夜晚里为多少个路人照亮了他们的道路?

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
把高楼大厦的压迫感和河边餐馆的喧闹都抛到脑后,让小船慢慢地带你到新加坡河宁静的那一处吧!

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
尽管已经过了139年,这座桥上的漆还是那么的洁白。我们就是应该如此的保留历史,而不是把它们拆毁了!

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
全赖这些清洁工人,新加坡河才能如此的干净,不像世界上其他的一些河川景点又脏又臭的...

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
“这是铜做的吗?怎么那么像朱古力?”

7th July 2007 - Singapore River
这一栋栋的银行似乎是在争着说“嘿!还是我比较高啦!”