真性情@真情留白

2010-09-21T00:01:00.004+08:00

虽然身体疲累，但是我的精神处于亢奋状态，心情轻松，心里也颇有感触。

两艘船的命名仪式完满结束，一个紧接一个，刚开始我真的有点喘不过气。

看到子公司新满利的合作队伍，为了满足和达到客户的要求，非常团结并顺利地在短短的三天时间内把整个命名仪式搞起来。

一些工作人员的工作态度让我佩服，给我一些启发。

其实，我在吉宝企业见识了强有力的领导能力。

我蛮欣赏的一些领导人也具备了领导魅力，难能可贵的是，他们显露真性情，不作假。

或许是过度夸奖这些领导人，但这两年里，我也听到周围的人对这些领导的好评。

可惜的是，人总会老，他们也到了一定的退休年龄。

希望未来的领导，能更好地带领吉宝，以保持现有的企业地位。

ps:我是否已被洗脑？

2010-08-10T23:56:00.006+08:00

Fields of gold - A nice song introduced by goatie to Mrs Chiam

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in the fields of gold

So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in the fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in the fields of gold
We'll walk in the fields of gold

Intrumetalia...

Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in the fields of gold
When we walked in the fields of gold

2010-07-01T22:19:00.000+08:00

仰望星空，谁不想一夜爆红、赚大钱？脚踏实地，谁又能保证一分耕耘一分收获？然而，投机取巧的收益也不一定轻松，得经历随着股市、楼市、金融市场的跌宕而来的心惊肉跳。只能说，现实生活中，要鱼和熊掌兼得，实在是可遇而不可求

From Zaobao

2010-02-26T00:48:00.002+08:00

Baby to goat:

I am 29 going on 30
I know that i'm still pretty
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe

I am 29 going on 30 ,still as innocent as a rose
Bachelor dandies
Drinkers of brandies
What do I know of those

Totally unprepared am I
To face the world of babies
Timid and scared to be mother
cos' things will go beyond my control

I need someone
Older and wiser
Telling me what to do
You are 30 going on 31
I'll depend on you

Goat to baby:

You are 29 going on 30
Baby its time to think
Better plan
Be canny and careful
Baby you're on the brink

You are 29 going on 30
Fellows will fall in line
Eager handsome lads
And grueways and cads
Will offer you fruit and wine

Totally unprepared are you
To become the mother of goat babies
Timid and scared are you
Of things beyond your control

You need someone
Older and wiser
Telling you what to do
I am 30 going on 31
I'll take care of you

2010-02-26T00:39:00.003+08:00

Goat is always waiting and helping me.
Baby is touched.
I have caused him to sleep late.
He is still helping to edit my article and sacrificing his sleep.
Touched.

2010-02-07T23:24:00.000+08:00

Tax revenue as % of GDP

Tax as % of GDP
Country

Tax %Denmark
49.1%

France
44.2%

Germany
39.3%

UK
37.4%

New Zealand
36.0%

Canada
33.3%

Australia
30.6%

USA
28.3%

Japan
27.9%

China (PRC)
17.1%

Malaysia
15.5%

Philippines
14.4%

Thailand
13.0%

Singapore
13.0%

Hong Kong
12.8%

Indonesia
11.0%

It seems that the first world countries have a ratio above 25%. Even the USA, has a tax rate of 28.3%. Singapore has one of the lowest tax rates and competes with Hong Kong and Indonesia.

Interesting!

2010-01-02T16:58:00.002+08:00

一直很喜欢这样的一句话，因为它浪漫而美丽

“执子之手，与子偕老“

希望我们永远都能这样

2009-12-10T22:53:00.002+08:00

凌晨12点
这个时候，聆听着陈伟联的<<触摸>>，很有感触。
像是一首为他量身订做的歌。
他唱得投入，用心，特别是到了高潮的时候，我感动得起了鸡皮疙瘩。

听说南方从来不会有寂寞
听说在海边世界没有尽头
你哭覂告诉我
你和他梦想的种种
我会是你雨天的湖泊
拥抱你的温柔
好想看你的笑容
对离开的他说
你心中那份美丽
怎么找都不会再有
轻轻触摸未来遥远的风
有一天你会找回你的梦
幸福是看得透而不是
舍不得他的所有
慢慢触摸天空暖暖的火
我在这天黑了也不会走
你的快乐除了他
还有我永远守候
不要难过

听说冬天叶子熟了会脸红
听说在天空有迷人的星座
一起去探险吧
也许你会喜欢而感动
你沉默的时候
我知道你的心还很痛
真想看你的笑容
对你的他大声说

2009-11-03T22:02:00.001+08:00

kill you! look at my blog!!! see see see!!! kill you! Grrrr ahhhh arghhhhh

2009-10-25T23:41:00.003+08:00

今天刚学到一句俗语:重于泰山,轻于鸿毛
这句话是古人用来判断死后价值的标准.
若自身的价值重于泰山,固然听得沾沾自喜
相反的,假设自己的价值轻于鸿毛,那是件可悲的事
很多时候,自己的价值其实是别人心里头用金钱或地位用来衡量的尺码.

说实在的, 这太现实了.
自身价值问题复杂,到最后,其实这说明了我们太在意别人的估价和意见,反而忘记珍惜自己的真实本领.

自身价值究竟重于泰山,轻于鸿毛,对我来说,似乎不太重要了.
因为,自身的快乐幸福,才是无价.

2009-08-25T21:45:00.005+08:00

I feel like a over-stretched balloon today - a balloon that's going to burst anytime.
Its not just me,a number of colleagues feel the same way.
Everyone is just hanging on and biting their teeth.

What keeps everyone going on? I have heard them complain but as compared to my ex colleagues, they complain much less! Its quite amazing.

To be frank, i admire their resilience and fighting spirit.
And i do like the teamwork here.
Even though everyone is so busy, we will still spare time to help each other.
If i have queries, my peers will extend their help readily.

Maybe this is something i have not experienced before in my previous jobs. Also, the strong leadership displayed by Keppel senior management is also something not found in SPH. They are personable people and i can see the friendship among them. Of cos, they compete and collaborate with one another.
I guess internal competition among departments/ business units is good in a way to keep people motivated.

Sometimes i wonder if i have been brainwashed by Keppel. This is because we have always emphasised on our Can-Do Spirit!
I am surprised by my big boss's decision to work with an SME where they lack many capabilities. She said that we can help build their capabilities and somehow through the pains, we learn more.We will gain more.
She is most happy to see us go through angst and encounter issues and problems. This is because she feels that young people need to go through pains to grow and learn faster.
I experienced that in Feb/March.
Its quite a painful experience producing a journal.
Its our inaugural publication and i had many quarrels with my business unit.
Luckily things took a turn and we have sorted our issues and become friends now.

I do feel proud of Keppel but i do not know if my stamina can keep me going for the next 3-5 years. The thought of working past midnight for two consecutive months during annual report season puts me off. Somemore, i have another journal to complete by April. That might mean three consecutive months!
I pray things will change in March.I do not want to work my ass off.

Actually compared to the 1st 6 months when i first joined, workload is a lot lesser. I can knock off at 7 plus already!
I used to leave office at 9plus or 11pm almost everyday in the past.

I guess, no matter what, there will be all kinds of complaints and grumbles in every job.

Maybe i need to get fit so that i do not always feel tired.

Also, i need to save and invest more rigorously so that i can go without a job for a few months in the years to come. That is to go jobless anytime without any worries and do the things that i enjoy!
Wu Hou Gu Zhi You!
New resolution : Save 1.8k per month!!!!!

But i feel better now after listening to songs. A pity i have no energy to sing. I feel sad that i do not have the time and energy to seriously pursue my interest.
To learn what singing and song writing is really about.

Still, i'm a happy babywong.
Going to bathe now.
Smelly.

2009-08-25T00:06:00.003+08:00

Memorable quote:
Its all about you

Then i googled and found a song
Mcfly Lyrics - All About You
Dedicated to my Yangyang - someone whom i love so much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX2uCiEvlgY

Danny:]
It's all about you
([Tom:] It's about you)
It's all about you, baby
([Tom:] It's all about you)
It's all about you
([Tom:] It's about you)
It's all about you

[Tom:]
Yesterday, you asked me something I thought you knew.
So I told you with a smile 'It's all about you'
Then you whispered in my ear and you told me to,
Say 'If you make my life worthwhile, it's all about you'

[Danny:]
And I would answer all you're wishes, if you asked me to.
But if you deny me one of your kisses, don't know what I'd do.
So hold me close and say three words, like you used to do.
Dancing on the kitchen tiles, it's all about you.
Yeah...

[Solo]

[Danny & Tom:]
And I would answer all you're wishes, if you asked me to.
But if you deny me one of your kisses, don't know what I'd do.
So hold me close and say three words, like you used to do.
Dancing on the kitchen tiles,
Yes you make my life worthwhile,
So I told you with a smile...
It's all about you.

[Danny:]
It's all about you
([Tom:] It's about you)
It's all about you, baby
([Tom:] It's all about you)
It's all about you
([Tom:] It's about you)
It's all about you

2009-08-13T21:36:00.001+08:00

Thu, Aug 13, 2009
my paper
Written by -Mr Gilbert Goh

What Asian men can do to make marriage work

ONE in three marriages breaks up in our country and the problem seems set to deteriorate further.

Many of my friends have thrown in the towel and are on their own now, wallowing in the aftermath of their marital woes.

I’ve been told that keeping a marriage going is like running a marathon: You have to put in a lot of effort to maintain the relationship and, just like in a marathon, many feel like giving up once it gets too tiring and painful to carry on.

Of course, I also have friends who have perfect marriages.

These couples respect each other’s views and rarely quarrel despite their differences.

After reading many self-help books on marriage, I realised that very few of such books examine the topic from an Asian perspective, even though there are obvious differences between Western and Asian couples.

For example, Asian men tend to keep their marital problems to themselves, in contrast to their Western counterparts.

This is why many Asian husbands fail to seek counselling when their marriages start breaking apart.

Men, when given a choice, would not want to disclose their problems to a stranger.

They find it humiliating to do so and some would rather end the marriage than seek help to save it.

Despite being married for 16 years, I still constantly look for ways to enhance my marriage. I accept that mine is not a perfect marriage and can never be.

In my case, I had a difficult time accepting the changes my wife wrought five years into our marriage. She became ambitious and career minded – very different from the easy-going woman I knew before our marriage.

It took me many years to finally accept that she is, in fact, more intelligent and capable than me. That’s quite a blow to the male ego, and a bitter pill indeed for many Asian husbands to swallow!

Couples can build stronger bonds only when they do things that they both enjoy.

Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, and young couples have an especially hard time as they are sandwiched between the twin obligations of looking after ageing parents and caring for their own kids.

Unlike Westerners, we Asians are taught from young not to argue with our parents, and this has harmed our ability to communicate openly with our loved ones.

Too often, couples put up with a lot of misgivings before they start talking with one another, by which time, it’s usually too late to save the marriage.

So, it is not surprising that young people are beginning to view marriage with disdain and to put it off indefinitely.

My wife and I have survived many rough patches in our marriage.

Career changes and children have driven deep wedges
into our relationship. But we’ve worked through the problems and, so far, we are moving along just fine.

I hope my experience will serve to remind others that it takes two hands to clap. No marriage is perfect but, with hard work, it can always work.

Conclusion:
People do change and a couple needs to keep up and accept each other's changes to make their marriage work.

2009-08-11T20:54:00.005+08:00

你对我的好
我已知道

你付出多少
我看得到

虽然我们结识不久
但仿佛已相识多年

你今天这个举动
让我非常的感动

你无须这样“挺而走险”
这让我感到担心和内疚

你的用心、真心
这一切的一切
我都记在心里

希望在来来的日子里
YY能相依相偎不分离

2009-08-10T21:01:00.003+08:00

I have not been blogging for quite sometime.
I'm now typing this post with some pain in my stomach.
I have been bearing with this pain for the whole day. And my throat feels sore.
Feeling weak, tired and grumpy, i tell myself, i still need to perform well for the showcase today at my music school.
Its an informal singing session but my friends and i have been putting in efforts to put up a good show.
For a second, i wonder if i will faint on the stage. Thankfully, after popping two pandols, it has relieved my pain.
I realised the power of mental strength.
I have managed to stay calm and did not forget my lyrics.
5 of us have done well and i am proud of my geyao jiemeis!
We have managed to pursue our passion in singing after graduating for 7 years!

Its been a long, tiring day for me.
I feel like a grumpy old lady now.
Looking forward to see YY later.

2009-06-09T20:37:00.024+08:00

这次来到台北，又是三人行。
虽然逗留的时间稍短，但我玩得很尽兴！
悠闲、轻松，不在乎时间的流逝
我好享受那种感觉
特别是在温泉呆了四小时，我所有的神经线完全得到放松
美好的时光总是很快飞逝
现在只能回味

ps; No captions for the pictures due to technical problems arising from my blog

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2009-06-04T22:40:00.009+08:00

It was a sweet wednesday - Pong's ROM....
mf, I really felt honoured to be your witness at your ROM.
我们20年的感情了，错，是友情。
（Oi, pong, if you see this, don't forget to celebrate our 20th anniversary in Nov ok.)

You said you felt strange. Its the transition to become Mrs Sito.haha
I was touched when both of you made the vows.
As your dearie friend, i felt very happy for you.

Mf doing her makeup....i always enjoy watching people do their makeup

mf becomes Mrs Sito

Good feast at Peach Garden restaurant. The night scenery is beautiful.
I really feel bloated last night! Thanks Pong....its such an expensive treat...

This is so cute!

I like this picture best!

2009-05-31T21:35:00.004+08:00

为何近年来仿佛“流行”离婚？
我从身边的例子和报章新闻频频听到这些坏消息。

究竟是现代人周遭的诱惑太多，还是大家都不太懂得维护和维持感情...
恋爱和婚姻终究是两回事情。
婚姻要幸福，真需要经过两人之间在生活上磨合后，达到共识。
但在朝夕相处后，为何之间的火花会消失？
Maybe the couples do not "grow" together as time passes by.
Ultimately, it boils to making efforts to understand the change in each other.

Chemistry always gets the ball rolling.
Somehow or other ,it waxes and wanes throughout a relationship.Maybe its because life can throw so much at a relationship that it's difficult to hang together sometimes. It takes work and real partnership to realize these things.
Love is really hard work.
But, i always feel that if the chemistry comes from the appearance of the partner, the relationship will not last.

转换话题，
今天真的有点不开心。又再次收到那个烦人的已婚男人的几封SMS！！！！！！
我究竟要如何摆脱他！！！
他毕竟是必须在工作上合作的主要联系人之一。
已经是两个月了，我快疯！
我心想，若是将来我的丈夫出轨，我该怎么办！
突然间，我对婚姻感到没有信心。
But whenever i think of LKY and his wife, i'm hopeful again.
Maybe its all about fate and karma......

2009-05-27T23:32:00.002+08:00

凌乱的思绪

RANDOM THOUGHTS 1
为何这两天的睡眠质量那么差？
睡不好，又跌倒，扭到脚。
一切似乎是有连带关系。
或许是因少做运动的缘故？
希望下个月起，可以多跑步！
我要减肥！

RANDOM THOUGHTS 2
有时候，一些事情真只是一线之差。
又或者，是一“字”之差。
有人竟把OBAMA讲成OSAMA，搞得啼笑皆非，让我笑到流泪！

2009-05-27T22:53:00.002+08:00

Me-Time

As we grow older, it really strikes me that i have lesser time for myself.
And its not just me. Many people around me share the same sentiments.

We all need our own personal space to certain extent.
True enough, I enjoy the solitude of my emotions.
Somehow the world and everything around me seems less urgent, and more manageable.
And also, i will use the time to reflect about my work, my life and other things...or even trivial things....

I read somewhere that “solitude today is less available and yet more necessary than ever”. I guess it depends on individual. "Me time" is permission to myself to be selfish.

Come to think of it,I'm admire people at my age who are married with kids. They basically have zero Me-time.

Today, my colleague told me that she has not travelled overseas for holiday for 2 years! Reason: she needs to take care of her two young kids.
I think that's quite a sacrifice.

But she said that she is rewarded in other way: The happiness and joy in watching her babies grow.And its not a sacrifice of Me-time.

I guess in life, as long as you know your priorities, you can manage it better.

其实，为人父母者，真伟大！But i'm only referring to devoted parents.

2009-05-02T23:32:00.003+08:00

猪流感来得突然，让我深有感触。
However, its not mainly because of the deaths involved but the people around me that make me feel loved.

I was really touched to receive a few long sms from some close friends, when they learnt that i was going to Houston.
I'm glad that i made the right choice: I cancelled my trip.
(Thank goodness, my bosses gave me a choice too and most of us did not fly over to US in the end)
Thank you zhu,PL,HL,laopo,ALL and eva.
Especially zhu, you actually sent a long sms to me, reporting the situation in Singapore and US. Thanks for your concern.
Also to PL, who had helped me analyse the whole situation and discouraged me from flying to US.
I was quite adamant to fly and prepared to take a risk. I think that's quite foolish.
And of cos my parents who are totally against of this trip!

Nevertheless, i am disappointed that this pandemic has happened. But its also quite a good experience to handle the crisis.
It also showed that how things change rapidly and unexpectedly.You never know what's going to happen next. Things may not turn out to what you want in the end despite all the planning.
We just need to take it into our stride.:)

Love you all my dear friends!

2009-01-30T21:37:00.002+08:00

Though its not something big enough to call for a celebration, but i'm very happy.
Happy that my probation ended earlier than expected.
I am thankful, especially in such tough times.

2009-01-28T23:26:00.002+08:00

突然觉得自己很幸运。
在过去的六年多里，我已换了三份工作。当中，我都能在每一份工作中找到朋友。
从同事变成朋友，其实是种福气，因为这会使得工作变得更愉快。
友谊万岁！

2009-01-11T23:12:00.003+08:00

Relaxed Mood

I counted...Since Dec 11, i have been able to knock off ontime almost everyday. At least the latest is about 7pm.
What's most interesting and exciting is, my colleagues and i actually went to catch "Twilight" during lunch hour on the last week of December. Its quite a daring move but well, all bosses are not around!!!

I shall cherish this whole month as another busy period is coming in 3 weeks time...
此刻心情非常轻松愉快！

2009-01-04T22:48:00.002+08:00

回顾2008年
惊觉时间过得超快
或许因生活太多变动
每分每秒可说是“满满”又“忙忙”
这话说起来有点夸张
但事实如此
冀望2009的步伐慢些
并过得开心充实
CHEERS

2008-12-21T00:41:00.004+08:00

想谈算命

为何人会想算命？
有的人是为满足好奇心，或是希望借此改善命运，从中获得鼓励。
从小六开始，我就喜欢阅读和算命有关的刊物，总觉得算命虽带迷信成分，但它也可以很科学。
至今，我已经有超过五次的算命经验。
我觉得算命是科学的，因为在一定程度上，它需要逻辑来作地做出分析及推理。
然而，根据我的经验，这些算命师傅多半只是能准确地分析个人的性格、思想、健康和事业倾向等，而无法准确地预测未来。
或许，这是因为生命充满变数，就算算命中有某些科学的因子，它也极大可能是不准的。
古人谓之：一命二运三风水，四修阴德五读书。
我的理解是，命是先天的，指人的先天素质、性情志向等。
运是后天的条件、生活道路、机遇灾祸等等，是外因；风水则可视为生长环境、家庭背景、教养风俗等；修阴积德自然是造成一个更好更和谐的环境，读书则可理解为一种求知获取技能的需要。

若以正面的角度来看待算命，我会把它当作是一种可以改善命运的工具。
除了一些外在难以解释的突变，我还是深信人是可以掌控自己的命运。
No matter what, believe in ourselves!
再套朋友说的一句具鼓励性的话：Sometimes, our vision get so clouded with temporary problems that we fail to see the good and beautiful things in our life. Stay positive!

是的，我要活在当下，享受当下！

2008-12-14T23:26:00.001+08:00

忙碌是常态，像鲨鱼一样，若停止游动，就等于死亡。

2008-09-14T23:10:00.004+08:00

和往年一样，再次和PONG庆祝中秋！
Its been a fun night!嫦娥姐姐！

2008-06-15T21:11:00.002+08:00

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift,That's why it is called present
昨日已成史
明日尚未知
今日在手中
上苍一份礼

We live day by day,night by night.
我要活在当下！

2008-05-19T21:49:00.002+08:00

http://www.wretch.cc/video/ritahsia&func=single&vid=2282608&o=time&p=0

Turn on your speaker to hear the testimony of Nike - son of a pastor born without hands and legs. The clip is abt 13 minutes long.

虽然整个感觉带有宗教色彩，但这个残疾男生对的坚强意志，带来莫大的启发性。

2008-05-19T21:33:00.002+08:00

Had a lovely lunch with hwee ming and kenneth on Vesak day.
It is a mini "farewell" for kenneth,as he has decided to give up his high salary and position as head of Corporate Communication to do mission work.
I appreciate that the three of us still keep in touch after i left my journalism job for almost a year.
Our working relationship (during the days when i was in ZB) has actually blossomed into friendship,despite our age gap.haha opps!
Don't kill me..Kenneth,if you read this:)
Anyway, i sincerely wish you all the best in your volunteer job.
You foresee that there will be challenges ahead but i feel what you will be doing is
very meaningful. It touches human life.
I hope i will be able to commit myself to volunteer work in the near future when i reach my financial goals.
All the best to you!

ps: I can't believe this,your new office is actually so near mine!

2008-05-19T00:04:00.006+08:00

曾经想过这个问题

究竟是环境改变人
或是人改变了环境

其实，两者在现实当中都存在

人真的会变（不包含贬义）
只是时间的长短而已

以往对某些事很执着
现在已学会淡然处之

以往总爱粉红色
现在喜欢翠绿色

以往对某些人很在乎
随后也会形同陌路

活在当下
享受人生变化的过程

2008-04-23T23:13:00.001+08:00

湖南女子一觉可睡二三十天被当地封为“睡神”

（中国）东方网 (2008-04-23)

　　东方网4月23日消息：桂阳县有一名李姓妇女一觉可以睡上二三十天，在当地出了名，大伙都管她叫“睡神”。

　　记者来到李女士家中，正是她的睡眠期，尽管是大白天，她照样睡得很香。

　　丈夫邓先生说，妻子这一觉已连续睡了12天了，按照往常的规律，她还得睡上十来天。

　　这样睡下去会不会饿出病来?邓先生说，她在睡眠期，偶尔会醒来一下，抓紧吃喝拉撒，中间偶尔醒来时也像没睡醒一样特别无神，只有睡了二三十天彻底醒过来后，才会恢复正常。

　　邓先生回忆，妻子染上这怪病是在2001年7月，到现在已经有7年了，每隔1个月就要发病一次，每次发病都要睡上二三十天，在各地医院检查也没有查出病因。神经内科专家认为，李女士的病有3种可能性，第一个可能是发作性睡病，第二是癔病，可以做心理暗示治疗，第三个是间歇性精神分裂症。李女士的病情到底属于哪一种情况，必须到医院做一个全面的检查后才能确定。

2008-04-04T23:54:00.003+08:00

Despite all the hecticness,grumbles and fatigue,its been a very fruitful month.
I must say i have not been feeling this kind of adrenaline rush for quite sometime.
Over the past few days,i've been feeling that i have picked up something new,something which i want to learn.
There's something that i like about this new job and environment: teamwork
Everyone plays his or her role and i enjoy the way we complete a project together.
I pray hard that i will be able to participate in the overseas roadshow with my client.
Something that i look forward to......in May!

2008-03-16T23:04:00.003+08:00

Something about Chinglish

(Article from ST Life 16 march 08)
A German writer Oliver Lutz who's fascinated by China's English signs started a blog on Chinglish. It contains examples of the kind of english used in the many billingual signs in China.
I'm really impressed by how he managed to master Chinese language within such a short period of time (a few years time). Not only that,he has a good grasp of China's culture too. That puts me to shame.

Many photos of Chinglish signs are taken by him and uploaded on this website.
www.chinglish.de

2008-03-14T23:03:00.002+08:00

每次从国外踏进机场的那一刻
总会有这种感觉：新加坡樟宜机场是新加坡人的骄傲
喜欢它柔和的灯光、大量的室内绿化和暖色调的地毯，
整体上，它营造出洁净、温暖的感觉，让人感到宾至如归
特别是樟宜机场刚兴建的第三搭客大厦，更让我佩服这个经过深思熟虑的创新设计
它拥有独一无二的“日光屋顶”，里外高度透明的玻璃墙设计，爬满绿油油植物的高墙，处处都仿佛考虑到环保主题
新大厦不仅比现有两座搭客大厦更加绿意盎然，楼层面积也比较大。由于它里外都采用大量的玻璃墙建造，因此我们不论站在哪个角落，都能清楚看到抵境厅和离境厅的景象，整个机场一览无遗。
清幽明亮的环境，我想我以后可能会经常独自一人来这里温书
只能说，新加坡樟宜机场首居第一是当之无愧的！

2008-03-02T23:25:00.003+08:00

蔡淳佳-『我愿意』

遇上你那天起
生命开始出现了奇迹
天空笑得好美丽
把手放进你手里
心里默默宣誓只爱你
一辈子也能肯定
只是爱让人伤得太彻底
在我的眼里还是会相信
最真的人最后一定可以找到幸福的途径
爱会让我坚强让我哭泣
让我不懂我自己
只有你的微笑来安抚我的心
陪你走国狂风暴雨的日子
等待的是天晴
一起创造这尚完美的爱情
我愿意

2008-03-02T23:08:00.003+08:00

Different kinds of Chinese pronunication

I was quite intrigued by someone who told me that my 1st name "cui" has a T sound.
He commented that according to the standard/proper hanyu pinyin that he learnt in Shanghai Fudan university, it should be TSUI, and not Cui.

After doing some research on the web,and i realised there are many different kinds of pronuciation for chinese characters:Zhuyin, Wade-Giles, hanyu pinyin, Yale, and tongyong pinyin etc

If i'm not wrong,the pronuciation that he learnt in Shanghai is actually called Wade-Giles.

According to wikepedia,
Wade-Giles pronounced /ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz/ (simplified Chinese: 威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音; traditional Chinese: 威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音; pinyin: wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and transcription) for the Chinese language based on the form of Mandarin used in Beijing. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade in the mid-19th century, and reached settled form with Herbert Giles's Chinese-English dictionary of 1892.
It has mostly been replaced by the pinyin system today, but remains in use in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Some website to refer:
http://www.romanization.com/tongyong/crosschart/wg.html

This is interesting. If there's a chance,i will tell him about this when we meet again.

2008-03-02T22:20:00.003+08:00

Hot topic

Its a shocking piece of news for many people:
A JI terrorist escaped from the detention centre in Singapore!
It's the fourth day so far and the hunt continues.
People are speculating whether he has managed to fled overseas but Singapore authorities believe Mas Selamat is still in Singapore
Its indeed a setback for Singapore as our prison security system is always known to be top notch.
It seems many foreign medias are taking the chance to highlight the big loophole and also zoomed in SG government's apology for this jail escape.
Indeed a setback,a crisis or loophole....whatever
This is also a real test of Singapore's capability to respond to mistakes and putting the right actions now.
In a way,this will probably change our seemingly apathetic or indifferent attitude towards terrorism.
As a Singaporean,i'm worried.
Its because this is a smart and ruthless man who has once plotted to hijack a plane and crash it into Chang Airport.
For a moment, i started to imagine the worst: He appeared in AMK area and started his well planned bombings.Maybe i am getting paranoid.
Nevertheless,i believe Mas Selamat will definitely be caught but maybe it will take longer than we thought.
法网灰灰，疏而不漏

2008-02-10T20:21:00.000+08:00

Swingers.....

I was chatting with a friend W over MSN this afternoon about relationship and marriage today.

We started this topic when i was telling him that i saw sharon Au at esplanade yesterday evening,he lighted up( though i can't see but i can feel it) and exclaimed:"Ah,sharon au, She's pretty and intelligent,why is she not married yet?"

CY:"How i know,but i think she has a boyfriend."

W said:"I see,aiyo but Not stable"

CY:"Marriage is no guarantee that a relationship will last forever in today's society."

W:"True,nowadays,couples are doing all kinds of weird things"

CY:"What kind of weird things?"

W:"Swingers"

CY:"Oh, i thought this is more "popular" in the west"

W:"Surprise,surprise, i have known 3 couples so far who are into swinging in Singapore.though its not too "prevalent" here.Its weird but i will respect it."

CY:"hmm .seriously,i don't think i can accept it , but if its my friends who do that,i'm ok with that too.I can't imagine myself or husband seeking sex with other couples. But i guess,if a couple is harmoniously agreeable with swinging,then no harm?"

W:"I can't accept it too.It will increase the chances of going astray haha."

Are we both conservative??

2008-01-29T22:27:00.000+08:00

I received a lovely gift from mf yesterday
It was a forever friends bear.(*it's so difficult to upload its picture)
I named it MOMO...
The moment i saw this bear, i felt that it's a SHE
But mf said it's a HE
Mum also said so...!
what ever it is,MOMO and MIMI are good friends now
If it's a HE, i shall make them become more than good friends hahaha
Am i crazy? haha

2008-01-20T01:12:00.000+08:00

SM今天问我，是否认为很多事情都是注定的？
听起来有点宿命
顿了顿，想了想
不知要如何回答
或许吧
我好几次也思考过这个问题
始终没有答案
我只觉得人能改善生活，但很难改变命运
例如，身体不好，就多注意健康；经济欠佳，就努力赚钱
但，一些意想不到或突如其来的事是我们无法控制的
其实，我对宇宙和生命的运作感到很好奇
但我相信永远不会有人有明确的答案
这个问题，很耐人寻味

2008-01-12T12:47:00.000+08:00

I felt very inspired after what MM lee had said about staying active. I fully agree that the biggest punishment a man can suffer is total isolation in a dungeon, cut off from the outside world.........

Retirement means death, says MM Lee

Minister's silver advice: keep working, keep fit, stay connected and stimulated

(SINGAPORE) Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has a message for Singaporeans hitting their 60s: Don't retire.

'I think a man or a woman should go on working as long as he (or she) can, but changing the nature and intensity of his work as they age.'
- MM Lee

'Retirement means death,' he told the Silver Industry Conference yesterday at Suntec City, where he shared his recipe for a long and successful life - keep healthy and fit, stay active, connected and stimulated.

Singaporeans who plan to retire at 62 could be 'making the biggest mistake of their lives', he reckons.

Apart from the need for them to remain in the workforce because there will be relatively fewer younger people, 'if you believe that at 55, you're retiring, you're going to read books, and play golf and drink wine, you're done in', said Mr Lee, who will be 85 in September.

He cited studies and spoke about an uncle who retired at 55 and died within two years, having had good food - 'lots of fat pork' - and a sedentary life. His father, on the other hand, started selling watches and dabbling in semi-precious stones and coins after retiring from Shell as a superintendent, kept himself busy, and lived until 94.

Declaring that he believes there should not be a retirement age, Mr Lee said: 'I think a man or a woman should go on working as long as he (or she) can, but changing the nature and intensity of his work as they age.'

For himself, retirement would have meant death, he said. 'I would not be able to speak to you in this way if I had not led a very active life, connecting with the world, connecting with many people throughout the world, reading, talking, understanding, assimilating and trying to interpret it to make sense for Singapore.'

Ageing has been a process of constant adjustment at various turning points in his life, Mr Lee said. He spoke about quitting smoking in his mid-30s - 'a tremendous deprivation, because I was addicted to it' - taking up jogging instead of playing golf, to get rid of his beer belly and sluggishness, and about his two angioplasties in 1996 and subsequent lifestyle changes.

Still, for all the exercise and effort, 'I'm fit, I swim, I cycle, but I can't prevent this losing of the capacity of the nerves', he told his audience about his current weakness.

'I never planned to live till 85, or 84. I just never think about it. My mother died when she was 74,' Mr Lee said. His father swam everyday until a fall at age 87. 'So, next deadline (for me) . . . my father's fall at 87,' he quipped.

'But I think the most important single lesson I learned in life is that if you isolate yourself, you're done for.'

People are social animals who need stimuli and contact with others, he said. 'I don't much like travel, but I travel very frequently despite the jet lag because I get to meet people of great interest to me, who will help me in my work. And that stimuli brings me to the world of today.'

The biggest punishment a man can suffer is total isolation in a dungeon, cut off from the outside world, he said. 'That's real torture.'

His advice to everyone: 'Keep yourself interested, have a challenge. If you want to see sunrise tomorrow, or sunset, you must have a reason, you must have a stimulus to keep going.'

Mr Lee also talked about what he hopes Singapore will be in 10 to 15 years - like Italy and Austria, not in terms of economic capacity but in becoming a cultivated society rich in the arts and culture. Economic growth is a prerequisite, but with that in the bag, Singapore should move on to raise the quality of its civic society.

A cultivated society would be incongruous with 'an underclass sleeping under the bridges' or abandoned old folk. But there are serious problems of ageing that every society, including Singapore, will face.

2008-01-12T11:50:00.000+08:00

Best Friends.....

I was touched by the sweet gesture of MF this morning.
Mf knows that i have been looking for this particular cucumber eye mask from Watsons but it seems that many outlets have stopped selling it.
In the end, Mf managed to get it from watsons at Holland Village and she came to my house and passed it to me this morning.
oh gee i shall use it tonight:)

I suddenly recalled that she wrote something about Best friends in her blog.

How do people become best friends? or close friends?
To begin with and most importantly of all,i guess it's having the same frequency.
After that,it takes effort for both parties to sustain a friendship.
Somehow ,i feel we need to be in constant contact to maintain a close relationship.
It's a nice feeling to have best friends whom you can do the craziest things together, and also someone whom you can share your problems with.Of cos,this has to be mutual(hey,this sounds like BGR right?)
I feel quite blessed to have friends like her.
Like what mf said in her blog,"But we must both have other "best friends" too."
yes, along the way,whether its in our secondary/jc/uni/working life,we have other best friends.
It's fortunate to have close friends to stand by you and we grow (old) together in every stages of our life.

I will consider my mother to be my best friend too.Over the past few years,i realised that she's the first person i will turn to whenever i encounter problems,regardless it's work or BGR related. Also,i enjoy shopping and chatting with mum!

Some meaningful quotes about Best friends

"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. "~Author Unknown

Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. ~Author Unknown

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown

2008-01-11T23:50:00.000+08:00

Some interestng key themes for 2008

From UBS.

1) A cautious market, but with potential for 15% upside from current depressed
levels. 2) We prefer Quality, Big Caps, Structural Growth and Reasonable Yield to
Small Caps and Liquidity-driven names, given heightened growth risk. 3) Faster
trend appreciation in the Singapore dollar presents earnings risks for Tech and
small Offshore stocks. 4) Domestic demand should outperform.

From Merill lynch

Bullish on Singapore and the STI
We are bullish on Singapore and have a bottom-up STI index target of 4,430,
implying 28% upside from current levels. Within it, we like the banking, property
and infrastructure related sectors due to their close structural ties to the economy.

Top picks are banks and property related
Our top picks are UOB, DBS Group, CapitaLand, SC Global and CDL Hospitality
Trusts. As Singapore continues to transform, we believe the valuation gap
between these companies relative to Hong Kong peers should narrow.
Meanwhile, we believe smaller companies such as Lian Beng and CWT Limited
are similarly poised to benefit from the island’s growth.

S-shares increasingly important
While not an integral part of the Singapore story, we think that the Chinese
companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange also offer compelling
prospects predicated on China’s growth story. Our favorites are Cosco
Corporation, China Hongxing Sports and Midas Holdings.

From UOB KH.

Singapore Strategy 2008: Still Weathering The Storm

After four years of solid returns, the Singapore bourse is grappling with the prospects of a slowdown in the US economy while concurrently dealing with the highest inflation rate since 1990. These two factors will negatively impact corporate profitability, resulting in an increasingly tough environment for local stocks in 2008. Balancing the negatives is a resilient domestic economy slated to grow by 4.5-6.5% in 2008, ample liquidity arising from negative real interest rates and a strong Singapore dollar.

Overall volatility will remain high and for the most part, we expect the Straits Times Index (STI) to trend sideways until the macroeconomic outlook improves. For FY08 and FY09, we forecast EPS growth of 8.0% and 15.5% respectively among stocks in our coverage universe.

In the worst-case scenario, we think the downside for the STI will be limited to 3,000 in 2008 as this represents a 7-year mean price/ book valuation on modest EPS growth assumptions. Should the STI correct to this level, we recommend investors to aggressively increase weightage. On the top side, we think the STI could head towards 4,100 level by end-08 if macroeconomic outlook improves. We recommend investors to maintain a balanced portfolio of growth, value and defensive stocks. Our top stock picks are as follows:

Growth: AusGroup, COSCO Corp, Hong Leong Asia, Hong Leong Finance, OCBC and Sino Techfibre,

Value: Keppel Corp, Keppel Land, Synear Food, The Hour Glass and Venture Corp.

Defensive: First Ship Lease Trust, Parkway Life Reit, Pacific Shipping Trust, Rickmers Maritime and Singapore Press Holdings.

From UOB KH.

Singapore Strategy 2008: Still Weathering The Storm

After four years of solid returns, the Singapore bourse is grappling with the prospects of a slowdown in the US economy while concurrently dealing with the highest inflation rate since 1990. These two factors will negatively impact corporate profitability, resulting in an increasingly tough environment for local stocks in 2008. Balancing the negatives is a resilient domestic economy slated to grow by 4.5-6.5% in 2008, ample liquidity arising from negative real interest rates and a strong Singapore dollar.

Overall volatility will remain high and for the most part, we expect the Straits Times Index (STI) to trend sideways until the macroeconomic outlook improves. For FY08 and FY09, we forecast EPS growth of 8.0% and 15.5% respectively among stocks in our coverage universe.

In the worst-case scenario, we think the downside for the STI will be limited to 3,000 in 2008 as this represents a 7-year mean price/ book valuation on modest EPS growth assumptions. Should the STI correct to this level, we recommend investors to aggressively increase weightage. On the top side, we think the STI could head towards 4,100 level by end-08 if macroeconomic outlook improves. We recommend investors to maintain a balanced portfolio of growth, value and defensive stocks. Our top stock picks are as follows:

Growth: AusGroup, COSCO Corp, Hong Leong Asia, Hong Leong Finance, OCBC and Sino Techfibre,

Value: Keppel Corp, Keppel Land, Synear Food, The Hour Glass and Venture Corp.

Defensive: First Ship Lease Trust, Parkway Life Reit, Pacific Shipping Trust, Rickmers Maritime and Singapore Press Holdings.

2007-12-26T23:33:00.000+08:00

一眨眼，转换工作跑道已有半年时间了
突然间，想谈谈过去这六个月的变化

从每日的不固定工作时间到朝九晚五上班制
从绩优股`蓝筹股`大公司到未上市的中小型企业上班
从一个华文写作世界到一个以英文为主的环境
从为普罗大众提供最新消息到为投资者提供及时信息
从忙着赶新闻报道到必须以最快速度写完新闻宣传稿
从只专注写新闻报道的记者到懂得multi task的八爪鱼
从热闹的办公室到较为安静的工作环境
从对财经新闻一知半解到有所掌握和认识
从喜欢炒股票到爱观察股票市场
从随波逐流到从善如流

其实，还有很多大大小小的改变
一一列出挺琐碎的
另外，新加坡真的好小
以前在媒体业，A会认识B，C也会认识A和B
现在也一样
或许都一直处在必须建立联络网的环境
经常发现，即使A未真正认识B，但A也会知道B的动向和传闻，尽管B并非什么大人物
听起来，其实还蛮可怕的

话说回来，nvestor Relations在新加坡属于较新的行业
好几家公关公司近几年因看好越来越多的上市公司需要这样的服务，纷纷设立IR部分，提供财经公关服务
大家都希望分得这块大饼，毕竟在新加坡交易所上市的企业有700多家
接下来，会有更多的外国企业，尤其是中国和越南企业前来本地上市
财经公关公司之间的竞争也会越来越激烈，IR这个新兴行业的素质也会有所提升
我非常希望看到在不久的将来，本地有更多的`蓝筹股`大公司会更重视IR，单愿这个行业未来几年能蓬勃发展。。。

2007-11-27T00:13:00.000+08:00

简单的庆生
简单的快乐
简单的愿望

虽然没有美味的生日蛋糕、
没有五颜六色的生日蜡烛、
没有像以往那样拍照留念，

但今年却收到更多的祝语
我也和更多朋友一同庆生
和大家分享我生日的喜悦

每年的生日
会有不同的体会
心态也不一样

工作后，周围的人都很忙碌
能抽出时间和我庆生，或是买我想要的礼物
其实都令我很感动

希望每年的这个时候
都会有这种幸福感觉
Happy Belated Birthday,Loving You all...

2007-11-17T16:14:00.000+08:00

WHAT makes someone a great investor? It's something you have to be born with, said Mark Sellers, founder and managing member of Sellers Capital LLC, a long/short equity hedge fund based in Chicago.

Mr Buffett: Stuck to his guns, ignoring technology stocks when everyone else was abandoning the value investing ship

Apparently, it's not about your IQ, the education you've had, the books you've read, or the experience you've accumulated. 'If it's experience, then all the great money managers would have their best years in their 60s and 70s and 80s, and we know that's not true,' he said in a speech to a class of Harvard MBA students.

Intelligence and learning are obviously necessary too, and are sources of competitive advantage for an investor, but there are structural assets some possess that cannot be copied or learnt by others. 'They have to do with psychology and psychology is hard wired into your brain. It's part of you. You can't do much to change it even if you read a lot of books on the subject,' said Mr Sellers.

He said that there are seven traits great investors share that are true sources of advantage because they cannot be learned. You are either born with them or you aren't.

The seven traits are:

One, the ability to buy stocks while others are panicking, and the ability to sell at a time when other investors are euphoric. 'Everyone thinks they can do this, but then when October 19, 1987, comes around and the market is crashing all around you, almost no one has the stomach to buy,' Mr Sellers said.

'When the year 1999 comes around and the market is going up almost every day, you can't bring yourself to sell, because if you do, you may fall behind your peers.

'The vast majority of the people who manage money have MBAs and high IQs and have read a lot of books. By late 1999, all these people knew with great certainty that stocks were overvalued, and yet they couldn't bring themselves to take money off the table because of the 'institutional imperative', as Buffett calls it.'

Two, the great investor has to be obsessive about playing the game and wanting to win. 'These people don't just enjoy investing; they live it. They wake up in the morning and the first thing they think about, while they're still half asleep, is a stock they have been researching, or one of the stocks they are thinking about selling, or what the greatest risk to their portfolio is and how they're going to neutralise that risk.

'They often have a hard time with personal relationships because, though they may truly enjoy other people, they don't always give them much time. Their head is always in the clouds, dreaming about stocks. Unfortunately, you can't learn to be obsessive about something. You either are, or you aren't. And if you aren't, you can't be the next Bruce Berkowitz.'

(Berkowitz was a managing director of Smith Barney and set up his fund Fairholme Capital Management in 1999. Since inception, Fairholme Fund has returned 18.7 per cent annually on average.)

The third trait of a great investor is the willingness to learn from past mistakes. 'The thing that is so hard for people and what sets some investors apart is an intense desire to learn from their own mistakes so they can avoid repeating them. Most people would much rather just move on and ignore the dumb things they've done in the past.

'I believe the term for this is 'repression'. But if you ignore mistakes without fully analysing them, you will undoubtedly make a similar mistake later in your career. And in fact, even if you do analyse them it's tough to avoid repeating the same mistakes.'

A fourth trait is an inherent sense of risk based on common sense. 'Most people know the story of Long Term Capital Management, where a team of 60 or 70 PhDs with sophisticated risk models failed to realise what, in retrospect, seemed obvious: they were dramatically overleveraged. They never stepped back and said to themselves, 'Hey, even though the computer says this is OK, does it really make sense in real life?'

'The ability to do this is not as prevalent among human beings as you might think. I believe the greatest risk control is common sense, but people fall into the habit of sleeping well at night because the computer says they should. They ignore common sense, a mistake I see repeated over and over in the investment world.'

Five, great investors have confidence in their own convictions and stick with them, even when facing criticism. 'Buffett never get into the dotcom mania, though he was being criticised publicly for ignoring technology stocks. He stuck to his guns when everyone else was abandoning the value investing ship and Barron's was publishing a picture of him on the cover with the headline 'What's Wrong, Warren?'. Of course, it worked out brilliantly for him and made Barron's look like a perfect contrary indicator.'

Mr Sellers said that he is amazed at how little conviction most investors have in the stocks they buy. 'Instead of putting 20 per cent of their portfolio into a stock, as the Kelly Formula might say to do, they'll put 2 per cent into it. Mathematically, using the Kelly Formula, it can be shown that a 2 per cent position is the equivalent of betting on a stock which has only a 51 per cent chance of going up, and a 49 per cent chance of going down. Why would you waste your time even making that bet?'

The Kelly Formula arose from the work of John Kelly at AT&T's Bell Labs in 1956. His original formulas dealt with the signal noise of long-distance telephone transmission. It was then adapted to calculate the optimal amount to bet on something in order to maximise the growth of one's money over the long term.

Six, it is important to have both sides of your brain working, not just the left side - the side that's good at maths and organisation. 'In business school, I met a lot of people who were incredibly smart. But those who were majoring in finance couldn't write worth a damn and had a hard time coming up with inventive ways to look at a problem,' said Mr Sellers.

'I was a little shocked at this. I later learned that some really smart people have only one side of their brains working, and that is enough to do very well in the world but not enough to be an entrepreneurial investor who thinks differently from the masses.

'On the other hand, if the right side of your brain is dominant, you probably loathe math and therefore you don't often find these people in the world of finance to begin with.'

So finance people tend to be very left-brain oriented - and Mr Sellers said that that is a problem. A great investor needs to have both sides turned on, he said. 'As an investor, you need to perform calculations and have a logical investment thesis. This is your left brain working. But you also need to be able to do things such as judging a management team from subtle cues they give off.

'You need to be able to step back and take a big picture view of certain situations rather than analysing them to death. You need to have a sense of humour and humility and common sense. And most important, I believe you need to be a good writer.'

He cited Warren Buffett as one of the best writers ever in the business world. 'It's not a coincidence that he's also one of the best investors of all time. If you can't write clearly, it is my opinion that you don't think very clearly,' Mr Sellers said.

And finally the most important, and rarest, trait of all: the ability to live through volatility without changing your investment thought process.

This, said Mr Sellers, is almost impossible for most people to do; when the chips are down they have a terrible time not selling their stocks at a loss. They have a really hard time getting themselves to average down or to put any money into stocks at all when the market is going down.

'People don't like short-term pain even if it would result in better long-term results, he said. Very few investors can handle the volatility required for high portfolio returns. They equate short-term volatility with risk.

'This is irrational; risk means that if you are wrong about a bet you make, you lose money. A swing up or down over a relatively short time period is not a loss and therefore not risk, unless you are prone to panicking at the bottom and locking in the loss.

'But most people just can't see it that way; their brains won't let them. Their panic instinct steps in and shuts down the normal brain function.'

2007-11-08T12:55:00.000+08:00

我未到过上海
总是听别人说这个城市有多么的蓬勃、先进、具竞争力、充满活力
最近，周围的一些人正谈论这个城市的快速发展，谈着，谈着，竟对新加坡的未来感到担忧
有人就这样丢了一句：”到了上海后，觉得我们的步伐远不如他们，我好担心新加坡的未来“
危言耸听吗？
还是新加坡人的怕输心理再次作祟？
又或许真是如此？
我不晓得
但我觉得上海的蓬勃发展，能对我们起着正面的刺激作用
我对这个城市是越来越好奇了
若有机会，也想在那里工作几年
不知这个愿望是否会实现

2007-10-14T22:30:00.000+08:00

好久没有这样痛快地唱K了！
虽然精神疲惫，但昨天还是唱得很尽兴。。。
一个是我的小学好友，另一个是我的中学好友
三人初次一起唱K，还蛮好玩的
或许因为经常和MF唱K（Even though we have not been singing together for quite sometime)
所以总觉得我们之间还蛮有默契的。。。
说到默契，
默契究竟是培养出来的，还是两个人与生俱来就有的呢？
我认为两者兼备。
我们已认识17年，再加上有共同嗜好，频率也相同，所以每次见面都有聊不完的话题。
Leng也是一样。
默契可以是在没有约定之下，大家不约而同喜欢或是欣赏同样的东西，
或者是在同样的时间去办同样的一件事情。也有一些默契是经过时间而培养出来的。
感情、友情都一样。
要彼此间产生默契，其实，我们也需要时间和地点的配搭，并需要两个人不断的磨合。

2007-10-10T23:53:00.001+08:00

超忙，超累，超背！

2007-10-08T23:54:00.000+08:00

Young,smart and rich..i have always read about how rich and capable this young lady is...Well, i can't help being envious of her//////haha....

26-year-old woman is China's richest person: Forbes
Posted: 08 October 2007 2049 hrs

BEIJING - A 26-year-old woman property developer tops this year's Forbes list of the richest people in China, grabbing the number one spot with a net worth of 16 billion dollars, the US magazine said Monday.

That amount also makes Yang Huiyan the richest woman in Asia, according to a statement from Forbes.

All 40 people on Forbes Asia's 2007 China Rich List are billionaires, compared with only 15 last year, it said, attributing the rise to a boom in the nation's stock and property markets.

Their combined net worth is 120 billion dollars, up more than three times from last year's 38 billion dollars, it said.

The list was published as China prepares for the opening next week of the 17th Congress of the Communist Party, where the growing gap between rich and poor is likely to be among the top agenda items.

The nation's rulers are concerned that the widening difference between the haves and have-nots could endanger social cohesion in the world's most populous nation.

Yang, a graduate of Ohio State University, is the daughter of Yeung Kwok Keung, the co-founder of Country Garden Holdings, a property development firm.

Yeung transferred his shareholdings to his daughter in 2005, and she now sits on the company's board as an executive director, Forbes said.

Yang is one of more than a dozen property developers to make this year's Rich List, reflecting roaring demand for homes and real estate investments, according to Forbes.

"Household incomes are rising rapidly, and a growing number of people are moving into cities from rural areas," said list compiler Russell Flannery.

"Those trends are creating great business opportunity for property developers in the country."

The latest Forbes list had 20 newcomers including solar energy entrepreneur Peng Xiaofeng.

Last year's number one, Wong Kwong Yu, fell to number 10 even though his fortune increased by 56 percent to 3.6 billion dollars, the statement said.

The list underlined that south China, where economic reform first took off more than two decades ago, remained the centre of gravity for the country's economic might.

South China's free-wheeling Guangdong province produced 13 billionaires, more than any other region, according to Forbes.

"Guangdong has been overshadowed of late because the Beijing Olympics and Shanghai's growing international role have attracted a lot of attention," Flannery said in the statement.

"This list illustrates that southern China still has plenty of money and plenty of entrepreneurial zest."

Rich lists are seen as important barometers of wider changes affecting the global economy.

The number of billionaires in China and India nearly doubled in 2006, pushing Japan from Asia's top spot for the first time in 20 years, Forbes Magazine said earlier this year. - AFP/ir

2007-10-04T23:16:00.000+08:00

For a moment, i thought i saw a fat bull
But the next moment,a giant bear appeared
The bull and bear will continue to fight
I pray hard that the bull will retaliate with fierce determination and win!

2007-09-22T23:50:00.000+08:00

一对男女变成情侣
都是因为彼此间有种特别的感觉
一旦这种特别感觉慢慢消失了
两人的爱情会划上句点
分手时，
性格不合、没有共同嗜好、无法沟通和地位悬殊等各种理由都会冒出来
因为在之前，两人之间的特别感觉可以让彼此互相包容各自的缺点
少了特别感觉，小小的缺点容易被放大
曾经是小小的不满，也可能会引起很大的争执
因此，这种特别感觉的力量是很大的
真的很羡慕那些
经历爱情长跑，最后共结连理的男女

2007-09-18T23:15:00.000+08:00

今天收到MS Lee的手机简讯
她说:下周一ZB庆祝中秋，吃吃聚聚，简单的节目，有空回来玩
看到简讯后只觉一阵窝心，然后一口答应说，我一定出席
已离开ZB三个多月了
老套但确实的一句话：时间真的飞逝
想念旧同事，也想念记者生涯
那里毕竟是一个人情味很浓，而且又让我交到真心朋友的地方
最重要的是，
我们要一直保持联络
(@@)

2007-09-15T15:05:00.000+08:00

歌曲：爱笑的眼睛

歌手：徐若瑄

如果不是那镜子
不像你不藏秘密
我还不肯相信
没有你我的笑更美丽
那天听你在电话里略带抱歉的关心
我嘟的一声切的比你说分手彻底
泪湿的衣洗干净阳光里晒干回忆
折好了伤心明天只和快乐出去
这爱的城市虽然拥挤
如果真的遇见你
你不必讶异我的笑她无法代替
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流过泪
像躲不过的暴风雨
淋湿的昨天删去(忘记)
离开你我才找回自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见爱情
我一定让自己让自己决定

泪湿的衣洗干净阳光里晒干回忆
折好了伤心明天只和快乐出去
这爱的城市虽然拥挤
如果真的遇见你
你不必讶异我的笑她无法代替
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流了泪
当一个人看旧电影
是我不小心而已
离开你我才找回我自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见到你
我一定让自己让自己坚定
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流过泪
像躲不过的暴风雨
淋湿的昨天忘记
离开你我才找回自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见爱情
我一定让自己让自己坚定

再见到你
我一定让自己假装很坚定

2007-09-14T00:00:00.000+08:00

人生总是充满变化，变化是人生存在的方式。

面对人生的变化，人们心理上经受到了一惊、一喜、一怒、一乐、一悲、一伤的冲击。

把人生变化看得平平淡淡，自自然然，才能保持心境的平和，才能体验到人生的幸福与快乐。

2007-08-19T22:57:00.000+08:00

看了本地制作电影881后，很有感触。
喜欢电影台词的创意；
喜欢戏中人物的朴实；
喜欢大木瓜和小木瓜之间的姐妹情和默契；
喜欢它很好地反映本地的一些民间特色；
喜欢它的搞笑（虽然一些剧情和整个故事情节有点格格不入）；
当然，也喜欢它的主题曲（新闻还报道说，电影的原声带卖得火红〕

一人一半，感情不散
一人一素故，感情才会久
时光累积，安静的泪滴
一心去追，爱那么可贵
这样的人，这样地等
无非是等个回应眼神
为爱翻滚，不急伤痕
甘心为你一生都浮沉
这样的人，别笑我蠢
傻傻地心痛也不觉疼
就算残忍，就算天冷
等你想起这没用的人

一人一半，感情不散
已经找到爱，为何要离开
时光累积，安静的泪滴
一心去追，爱那么可贵
这样的人，这样地等
无非是等个回应眼神
为爱翻滚，不急伤痕
甘心为你一生都浮沉

这样的人，别笑我蠢
傻傻地心痛也不觉疼
就算天冷，就算残忍
等你想起这没用的人

一人一半，感情不散
已经找到爱，为何要离开
已经找到爱，为何要离开

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ForZY9Zj5gQ
（from leng's blog)

2007-08-19T21:15:00.000+08:00

突然很讨厌这种感觉
仿佛被压抑着
有点忐忑、有点不确定、有点烦躁
担心说出口
会弄巧反拙
该如何是好
或许是我想得太多，
也许我要求太多。
现在的我
非常矛盾
相信再多些日子
必定会找到答案
希望

2007-08-18T22:37:00.000+08:00

It's only been less than 2 months since i embarked on my new job.
And i am already burnt out.
Work has been real hectic due to the crazy financial results announcement season.
Over the past 2 weeks,my weekends are occupied by work.It's not a good feeling to go back to office on saturday & sunday.
And i have to make poor carrot wait for me to knock off.
Nevertheless,the peak is going to be over and i'm yearning for the long weekend in early september.
Laugh at me if you want to,i feel i'm getting old as i think my stamina is much poorer now.
Or have i been pushing myself too hard?
I like this job and i love to work hard but not at the expense of health.
Maybe it's time for me to be more disciplined and start on an exercise regime to keep myself fit.
Hope i can do it!kekehaha

2007-08-16T22:51:00.000+08:00

本地股市最近哀鸿遍野，
我这个股民难免遭池鱼之殃
但不知为何
心情不像从前那样
恐慌、失落和难过
不知是因为脑子里成日都装得满满
所以没有多余的空间对钱财流失感到心烦
又或是我开始懂得把不开心的事情看淡
一直都觉得
人生和股市一样
有起有落
一切仿佛会跟着循环不息的大道围绕
突然会联想到是否真的有因果报应
话题扯远了
不想了
闭上眼睛
应睡觉了

2007-08-13T23:53:00.000+08:00

Friends come before the 5Cs.......

I came across this article that mentioned about a survey asking Singaporeans to rank 10 elements of a happy and fulfilling life.
The survey showed that family,good health and friends topped the ranking list for most Singaporeans.
1)Family
2)Good health
3)Friends
4)Relatives
5)Cash
6)Good neighbourhood
7)car
8)Condo
9)Credit Card
10)Country club membership

I think my ranking is quite close to majority of the respondents.Somehow i thought i want to put happiness as the top priority,but it's not among the ranking list. Nonetheless happiness is just a very vague idea.

My ranking:
1) Family
2)Good health
3)Friends
4)Cash
5)Car
6)Good neighbourhood
7)Relatives
8)Condo
9)Credit Card
10)Country club membership

2007-07-31T23:27:00.000+08:00

如果重新再来
最终的结果是否还是一样？
如果重新再来
中途的选择是否会不一样？
一些事情可以重新再来
但或许整个体验会不一样
一些事情完全不能重新再来
因为失去的等于过去
或许知道很多事情不可能重新再来
所以自己现在会更加懂得把握未来

2007-07-28T23:46:00.000+08:00

SHE 的五月天
简单但美丽并带有希望的歌曲
很喜欢它的旋律
期待未来更美好

黄金海岸的岸边我们肩并着肩
洁净的蓝天清澈的水面吻成一条海平线
看你温柔的双眼弹着吉他的弦
歌词是诺言旋律是依恋唱出一首五月天
五月的天刚诞生的夏天
我们之间才完成的爱恋
紧握的手里面有好多明天
五月的天梦开始要鲜艳
前方蜿蜒一长串的心愿
我们一天一天慢慢实现
OH~~~
大雨冲走了昨天清晨乌云几片
彩虹的旁边有星星几点迫不及待在眨眼
海风味道变香甜沙滩镶满亮片
你哼着永远我和着不变合唱一首五月天
五月的天刚诞生的夏天
我们之间才完成的爱恋
紧握的手里面有好多明天
五月的天梦开始要鲜艳
前方蜿蜒一长串的心愿
我们一天一天慢慢实现
海浪拼命欢呼跳跃一遍又一遍
鼓励我们看谁先吻谁的脸
为这五月之恋再添一个逗点
再多的五月天怕也不够我们沉醉
海燕身边来回盘旋扮演着领队
仿佛听见幸福在前面不远
为这五月之恋再添一点信念
往后的五月天和你走到比永远还远
五月的天刚诞生的夏天
我们之间才完成的爱恋
紧握的手里面有好多明天
五月的天梦开始要鲜艳
前方蜿蜒一长串的心愿
我们一天一天慢慢实现

2007-07-25T23:28:00.001+08:00

Do valuations really matter?

By R SIVANITHY

HERE's an interesting question for stock market investors to ponder. When momentum and liquidity are rising rapidly and everyone is looking to buy, do valuations really matter?

Offhand, most people would say yes, since logically, the main reason to buy stocks is that they're perceived to be cheap. Certainly, this has been the primary reason offered by analysts over the past couple of years, namely that relative to other assets like commodities, bonds, currencies or real estate, equities presented the best value. The thing is, how cheap is cheap, and how cheap can stocks remain?

If we were to rely on measures like price-to-earnings (PE) or price-book (PB) or price-cash flow (PCF) and apply them to local blue chips, things are relatively clear.

Bloomberg's financial service gives the Straits Times Index as trading at a current PE of 15, an estimated PE of 18 and a PB of 2.1 - so-so numbers that compare well with other markets as well as historically and so suggest the index isn't overly expensive nor overly cheap. You could quite easily make a convincing argument for greater upside using these figures and chances are, you'd find plenty of takers.

Focus on individual counters, and the picture becomes murkier. One of the top index performers in recent times, for instance, has been China shipyard Cosco Corp, whose shares have tripled over the past 12 months, thanks to the sheer number of contracts it has won, the announcements of which have been duly accompanied by plenty of fresh 'buy' calls.

Yet, perhaps less publicised is that its historical PE is 60, its estimated PE is 43, and its PB is a staggering 18.8. Bloomberg also gives its cash flow per share at 17 cents, which means that at $5.70, its shares sell for a PCF of 34. In comparison, the ST Index as a whole has cash flow per share of $2.30, about 13 times Cosco's.

Then, there's another recent favourite, the Singapore Exchange (SGX), which Bloomberg gives as selling at 38 times current PE, 34 times estimated PE, a PB of 19 and a PCF of 49. These numbers, or valuation metrics, are way above the ST Index's and are firmly in 'overvalued' territory.

Of course, one might argue that in either Cosco or SGX's case, it's future potential that investors are paying for, the former because of its significant China exposure and large contracts, and the latter partly because of its links to the Tokyo exchange.

But do supposedly superior prospects necessarily mean that grossly inflated valuations can be safely ignored?

Still, Cosco and SGX are profitable and their prospects have at least some visibility (even if they are arguably over-inflated). Take a look at the UOB-Sesdaq Index, which has gained an astounding 113 per cent this year but incredibly has no PE because many of its constituents have no earnings.

Some might draw parallels with the dotcom boom of 1999-2000 but in reality, it is more reminiscent of the huge speculative bubble that built up in the Malaysian Second Board in the mid-1990s, when the Second Board index rocketed almost 200 per cent in the 16 months between November 1995 to March 1997.

Most Second Board stocks were nothing more than listed shells with no earnings but with small free floats which made them attractive candidates to be cornered and manipulated. There was, of course, the usual circulation of takeover and merger speculation connected to the gains, but in truth, nobody believed any of it.

During its heyday, the Second Board was described as the world's best performing market; the crash when it came, was spectacular - in the ensuing 16 months after March 1997, the index lost 90 per cent and today still trades at a 10-year low.

Many Sesdaq stocks are currently in demand ostensibly because they may benefit from mergers or reverse takeovers. The truth, however, is that like their Malaysian counterparts a decade ago, punters have run out of ideas and are latching onto the momentum probably being generated by syndicates, house traders and pure speculation. One has to wonder - will valuations reassert themselves and if so, when?

ps:Feel that it's really a good article commenting on the current stock market.Sigh,I feel valuations does not seem to matter now as syndicates are just pushing the stocks up for profit taking.

2007-07-22T19:45:00.000+08:00

不协调加无聊三部曲

1〕
离开ZB已经一个多月了
今天终于看到自己的最后一个报道
WJ SMS 我：The final major story that you took part is finally published today,Guess this is the last time we see your name in the papers for some time
一时间,无法形容那种仿佛带点苦甜滋味的感觉
爱写作的人，是否都有点感性？
或许。

2〕
高素质的顾客服务
让我花钱花得特别开心。
最近，逛鞋店时，碰上一名态度和服务超好的销售员
她耐心、有礼貌、不会过于积极推销又懂得为客户提供好建议
试穿几双鞋后，我看中其中一双鞋子，但却嫌它的价格太高，结果举棋不定。
选了又选，想了又想，结果半小时就这样过了。我最后多少因为这名销售员的良好服务态度而买下了鞋子。
这双鞋子，我当然喜欢，不过因为这名销售员的服务精神可嘉，让我买了鞋后倍加开心！

3〕

>10 大择偶条件

It was a girls' night out @ Clarke Quay.
吃完饭后,我们四人开始大谈top 10 择偶条件。HM果真把这些择偶条件记录下来，然后电邮给大家。我们是不是有点无聊？哈哈。但也蛮好玩的。

说归说，什么择偶条件也只能当作参考吧。以下排名不分先后。

1. 聪明能干

2. 善良

3. 幽默

4. 有上进心

5. 忠诚

6. 高

7. 有情趣

8. 有共同生活目标

9. 成熟稳重

10. 有远见

11. 孝顺父母/疼爱兄弟姐妹

12. 有品味

13. 有主见

14. 正面积极

15. 相同的生活价值观

16. 有见识

17. 懂得表示关心

18. 顺眼

19. 理智

20. 可靠

21. 独立

Minna

1. 有魅力

2. 风趣

3. 有感觉

4. 真诚

5. 够喜欢我/会欣赏我

6. 开朗

7. 不要太大男人

8. 有一颗年轻的心

9. 有责任感

10. 有自信

11. 幽默

12. 谦虚

13. 占有欲不要太强

14. 有情趣

15. 忠诚

16. 可以依靠

Ham

1. 疼我

2. 有感觉

3. 顾家

4. 有安全感

5. 温柔

6. 不要太大男人

7. 忠诚

8. 有爱心

9. 有情趣

10. 有上进心

11. 志趣相投

12. 有风度

13. 有主见

14. 顺眼

15. 懂得表示关心

16. 大方

Myself

1. 有野心

2. 很善良

3. 顾家

4. 能干

5.. 会理财

6. 志趣相投

7. 有情趣

8. 专一忠诚

9. 慷慨

10. 不要太大男人

11. 有运动细胞

12. 不要太自恋

13. 体贴

14. 坦诚

15. 样子不错

2007-07-10T20:13:00.000+08:00

Interesting personality test,i wonder how accurate it is.
My result is right right...so what's yours?

Try this to identify yourself as a right or left brain person:

1. Hold your hands together, as if you were praying. Look at your hands. If you see
Left thumb is below the right thumb ---> left brain
Right thumb is below the left thumb ---> right brian

2. Fold your arms in front of you (as if you are angry)
Right arm above left arm ---> left brain
Left arm above right arm ---> right brain

Based on 1+2 (order important), below is the interpretation of your personality:

1) Right 2)Left
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Considerate, traditional, indirect type.

Can instinctly read other's emotion, and respond friendly by natures. Although not very into taking intiatives in moving forward, but this person will always take a step back in supporting others. Stable personality and considerate, give others a being protected feeling. But the weakness is they cannot say no; regardless how unwilling they are, they will take care of others.

1)Right 2)Right
===========
Loves challenges type

Straightfoward. Once they decided on one thing, will take action right away. Very curious, and love challenges. Dare to face dangers without thinking through (sometimes foolishly). Their weakness is they dont listen to others, will filter in only what whey want to hear in a conversation, and very subjective. However, because of their straightforward attitude, they tend to be fairly popular.

1)Left 2)Left
=========
Dedicated, cold, perfectionist

Very logical in all aspects. The only way to defeat (or win over) him/her is through reasons. Has a lot of prides, and feeling strongly about doing the right thing. If they are your friends, they are very trustworthy. However, if they are your opponets, they will be very tough to deal with. Because they can be very "anal" as a perfectionist, they usually leave a bad impression of being hard to deal with when first met.

1)Left 2)Right
==========
Likes to take care of others, leader type

Has a cool and keen observation ability to see through situations, yet still can be considerate in others needs. Because of their cool and calm nature, and strong sense of responsibility, they tend to become head of a group. Popular among people. However, they may not be able to help themselves in meddling because they want to take care of others too much. Very concerned about how others view them, and always on alert.

2007-07-09T21:47:00.000+08:00

从<早报现在>看到一名激励讲师说的一段话：
“工作是为了糊口、找不到称心或是与兴趣相投的工作，这并不重要，关键在于你在工作中发挥长处，表现才华。天生我才给人用，还是天生我才如何给自己用。过程比重点来得重要，因为你必须用勇气去面对过程中的种种困难。”
这让我顿时间想起前同事WY说的一句话：“喜不喜欢这份工作不重要，做得来才重要。”
其实，要找到一份称心如意的工作是困难，但我认为每份工作都是一个学习的地方。
重要的是，自己的目标要鲜明，并跟着自己的信念走。
努力不会确保人会成功，但不努力肯定不会成功。

2007-07-05T23:02:00.000+08:00

Cycles and more cycles

Just some random thoughts about cycles.There are many things in life that seem to go in cycles.
For eg:

Life and death cycle
Economic cycle
Luck cycle
Stock cycle
Disease cycle

Anything else?

2007-07-01T20:54:00.000+08:00

此刻心情轻松
准备明天开工
从此要更用功
迈向未来成功

2007-06-25T23:56:00.000+08:00

客观与主观/灰色地带?

听到A友说B友，你这个人很主观leh。
想了一想，我觉得其实人是无法完全客观的。
比如说，有人就作出这样的一个评语：“台湾整体的服务素质很棒，新加坡的服务素质相当来说逊色多了。”
这是他根据自身及周围朋友在台湾的旅游体验所作出的判断。
那么，这样的说法是偏向主观还是客观？
要处理好主观与客观的矛盾，使主观更有效地反映客观，是很不容易的。
我很欣赏那些主观与客观兼备的人，他们不但有自己的立场、见解和观点，同时也能站在局外人的立场去观察一件事，以众人的思维去思考一些问题。
我自认是一个不太喜欢主观意识非常强烈的人。
因为他们有时会过于坚持自己的想法，并不太愿意接纳其他人的意见，甚至为了一些小意见争论不休。
我的这句话，是否显得非常主观？哈哈。
主观与客观，见人见智。

2007-06-19T20:48:00.001+08:00

离别总是悲伤的
心中的感动、感激和难过
或许被笑容掩饰了
但举止间所流露的无奈和不舍已被不少人看穿
很多人都说，
在职场上
很难交到朋友
可是这个地方不但让我结交到朋友，更难得的是，我找到能够交心的朋友
是的
你们真心的祝福
让我更勇敢并开心地带着美好的回忆踏出了第一步
珍惜你们的友谊
也希望大家一切顺利
保持联络！

我的座位总是零乱不堪

一直都很照顾我的JB大哥

I will miss my precious bunbunnini

Leng，你要好好照顾它们

na，你搬家后，离我越来越近了。。。amk kakis
明年一定做你的姐妹

cute little small bell

ahhh baby...我喜欢你的沉稳。。。I will miss our toilet breaks.....

my dear zhu friend，you have been really good to me,always inform me of gd lobangs

xia mei......if my name is still cai yue,i think we can become sisters haha....

最后一天在ZB，一边赶稿，一边拍照，那天我超级累

I will miss our 3pm tea break！！！......以后没有人陪我喝茶了:(

My table is often messy
有一次当SJ帮忙我收拾桌子，真让我有点惭愧和感动。

左二是我的猴爸爸
哈哈！

一个经常给我很多鼓励的上司

I will miss your crappy jokes,LD

ST的jane:I think we have the same frequency...:)

BH的朋友，搞笑的一群，especially suomar

摄影组的同事。。会怀念和你们合作的日子

采访组饯别我和HG

股神MH，感谢你“传授”很多有关股票的贴士

ZB网的朋友

谢谢你们的ktv欢送会

来到财经组时，有点像回娘家的感觉。
这里的人依旧亲切。

2007-06-11T01:50:00.000+08:00

The functions of HP are getting more and more fun and funky!
I'm totally amused by our distorted faces!

2007-06-07T23:25:00.000+08:00

今晚的心情有点沉重，也有点感动。
因为留在ZB的时间不多了。
当一些同事纷纷向我说些祝福的话时，心里更是不舍。
刚接到BY的电话，他说：“rabbit，我们合作的机会不多了，明天我来你家楼下载你一程，more time to chit chat。”
好感动。
然后，又听到tkm说：“你最近留在office的时间越来越长，哎呀，时间不多了，真的可以倒数了。”
舍不得。
Baby说：“出去了，就不要再回来。你会有更好的发展。”
很向往。
人生总有很多的未知数、
我只能说现在我是幸运和幸福的，因为我在这里有很多好朋友。
这里是个充满人情味的地方。也因为人的因素，才会让我那么不舍。
回想起上个星期天参加SPH的歌唱比赛，虽然没有赢前三奖，可是同事给予的支持（尤其是MN前一天做晚班，但却不介意那么早起身和我一起搭德士到动物园去彩排〕，真的让我很感动。
很感谢JB,MN,JZ,CX,ML那天前来捧场。
sigh，这将会我最后一次参加SPH歌唱比赛。
比赛完毕后，我们游玩动物园不久后，大家便感到疲累。或许是那天的天气过于闷热，再加上前一天我工作到近凌晨，结果我走起路来有点东歪西倒，提不起劲。
乘坐JB的车回家时，每个人都显得精疲力竭。
啊，闷热的星期天，依旧给我留下美好的回忆。

2007-05-31T23:53:00.000+08:00

卫塞节的下午，肚子突然咕噜叫。
第一反应当然是到厨房觅食。
当我拉开厨房所有的抽屉，想找些零食吃时，才赫然发现家中竟然有那么多过期食品!
一些零食或干粮还蒙上一层薄薄的灰尘，可见已存放许久。
虽然觉得很浪费，但我还是必须“忍痛”将这一包包的食物扔掉。Sa yang!
妈妈总爱买些饼干或凉茶等食品存放在抽屉，但很多时候，我们都会把这些食物给“遗忘”。
因为我肚子饿时，通常都会在冰箱里头找到想吃的零食如巧克力。母亲则爱买零食，但却不爱吃。
当贫穷国家的小孩饿得连一片巧克力都没有时，我今天却扔了大包小包的零食。
突然间有一丝小小的内疚感。
因为这已不是第一次了！
这样的情况总会在华人新年后频密发生。
ahh!
Have i committed any sin?
总之，从现在开始，我要多检查厨房抽屉，以免就这样白白地浪费美食。(::*)

2007-05-30T00:27:00.000+08:00

I was sorting my hundreds of photos just now and some photos actually brought back good memories.
I remember that evening,HL,MN,XL and i were playing with rabbits and tortoises in office and we were laughing crazily as usual.or maybe it's just me.
Somehow,there's this innate childlike spirit that we all share!

Well,as you see,rabbit and tortoise do not necessarily have to compete to be the first in a race.
They can collaborate and become good friends too.
Look at my lovely bunbunninis riding on the tortoise backs.
Think my expression looks a bit exaggerated in the picture.OOPS.

2007-05-28T23:31:00.000+08:00

每个人在不同的人生阶段，多少都会面临一些困难的抉择
作出任何重大的选择，都会对个人的未来生活起着影响
我认为，这世上没有所谓对或错的选择
因为你无法预知未来，任何的结果都是一种人生体验
很多人这样告诉我，我也一直提醒自己
：一旦作了决定，不要再回头
令我感到安慰的是，我的这个决定，获得很多人的祝福
当然，在这个过渡时期，我有些忐忑、有些期待、有些难过和有些不舍
夹杂的心情每天高低起伏
不过，我相信过了一段时间后，心情必会平复
我终于体验到一些前同事交上辞职信的感受了
会有那么大的挣扎，
在一定程度上，是因为我还是喜欢媒体、仍爱华文写作，
同时，这里有我可以交心的朋友
可是，那股要尝试IR工作的欲望越来越强烈了
真的
若不作出这个新尝试，我日后可能会感到遗憾
虽然离别是伤感的，
但因为大家已是朋友，因此不论谁到了什么地方，还是会保持联络的
不是吗？

2007-05-25T00:45:00.000+08:00

只想大声呐喊！
忙死我了！
这几天不只工作忙，还有好多的事情要处理。
好累啊。
我需要好好的休息。
因为好无疑问的，
我的新工作将会更忙碌。

2007-05-01T23:21:00.000+08:00

Random mood:)
Sometimes,i feel that my off days are more hectic than my working days.For eg yesterday,i have actually met up with 5 people(including a last minute meet up with dear Leng at bugis) from morning till evening.
I think it's a "miracle" that i managed to wake up at 830am on my off day(well i normally pig out till 11plus,oops,830am is hard awakening for me).
After having breakfast with MX,i headed off to National Skin centre.I did not expect i spent about $200 on facial products.Nevertheless,i believe it's a good investment as my skin is still not recovering well from pimples. When it's about noon time,i had lunch alone at Bugis junction terra.To my pleasant surprise,HL actually planned to come over to bugis to use up her little match girl voucher.BUT i have already finished my lunch(Ai ya,If not,we both can have our lunch together.) We shopped for a while and HL left for marina square to purchase her black top at the other little match girl outlet. I went on to meet up with HM for a short afternoon tea and we decided to pay a visit to YX.She has just opened a music school few months ago with 3 other composers cum lyricist.The school looks well equipped with sophiscated instruments and professional that i am quite tempted to join their singing class.:) Finally comes evening time ... My legs were dead tired by then.It's Sotong's birthday and we had a simple birthday celebration at bugis swensens.

As for today,i had an enjoyable ktv session with HL,KP and CX.After that i joined a small gathering and left for Tampines Ikea to meet up with MF! I really love the display layouts at IKEA!We had a wonderful time shopping there and i bought an ergonomic pillow!Not only the shopping is good,i feel the food in Ikea is up to standards as well>:)

I cannot resist lying on this comfy bed.The settings look very cosy!

haha so cute!

2007-04-29T21:48:00.000+08:00

一个29岁的女子，因为过劳而死。
<晚报>刊登了这则报道后，同事CX根据“线索”在网上找到她的博客。
女子在博客上谈到她面对极大的工作压力，结果造成身体健康欠佳。
没想到，在博客上抒解压力后，她几天后竟然去世了。
不知她的死是否和潜在的疾病有关，又或是真的操劳过度？
好可怕。
要是找到一份高薪但每天会搞得我疲劳轰炸的工作，我宁愿不要。
没有了健康、其实很多事情都会化成零。
就像亚洲女富豪龚如心一样，尽管家财万贯，但却被癌症多走性命，无福享受生活。
大家，要好好照顾身体。

http://pinkmayflower.multiply.com/journal

2007-04-25T23:04:00.000+08:00

Saltwater by Lennon Julian

This is a song which Lennon Julian sings about environmental issues.I learnt about it when i went over to Nanhua High school where a Geography teacher used the song for his classroom teaching.
It's really quite a lovely and melodious song with meaningful lyrics.

We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children rolled into one
So when I hear about the hole in the sky
Saltwater wells in my eyes
We climb the highest mountain
We'll make the desert bloom
We're so ingenious we can walk the moon
But when I hear of how the forest have died
Saltwater wells in my eyes
Bridge:
I have lived for love
But now that's not enough
For the world I love is dying And now I'm crying
And time is not a friend (no friend of mine)
As friends we're out of time
And it's slowly passing by ....right before our eyes
We light the deepest ocean
Send photographs of Mars
We're so enchanted my how clever we are
Why should one baby feel so hungry she cries
Saltwater wells in my eyes
Bridge
We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children rolled into one
What will I think of me the day that I die
Saltwater wells in my eyes
Saltwater wells in my eyes

2007-04-24T23:46:00.000+08:00

Even though i'm not a great fan of Monkey,but i find these pictures lovable and cute.I find myself quite kiddish at times,and i guess this trait will stay with me for long.

This looks like a happy family picture.

2007-04-21T00:12:00.000+08:00

为何有的人会同时爱上两个人？
又或是真心爱一个，另一个纯属喜欢。
又或是同时喜欢上两个人？
爱和喜欢是不同的两种概念。
当你爱一个人时，每时每刻都想要和他/她在一起，为他/她着想，为他/她费心，想要他/她开心幸福。
而喜欢一个人的感觉，远不如爱，也经不起考验，随时会淡化。
今天听到一故事。
这样的感情状态竟然维持10年，让我非常摸不着头脑。
不想详说，但这个故事让我有些感触。
爱上或喜欢两个人，最后还是必须作出选择。
因为最后三人都会受到伤害。
选择那一个最适合自己的，很困难吗？

或许一些事情没有我想像中那么简单。
但是，懂得放开还是好事。

2007-04-19T01:03:00.000+08:00

最近，我收到好几个在晚上10、11点回复我的电邮。
有点诧异。
这几个相熟的人从早上8点左右开工，接近凌晨时分还耗在办公室。
他们仿佛有做不完的工作，也以为我和他们一样超级忙碌。
其实不然。
我这几天比较晚上班，因此晚上10还在办公室是理所当然的。
他们告诉我，一天工作超过12小时，忙得烂头焦额是很平常的事。
不过，最重要的是，他们这几个人都说自己忙得开心，很有满足感。
我呢？
有点遗憾，基于多种原因，我现在已从工作中感受不到太大的满足感。
即使新闻登上封面，也不觉得有成就感。
以前的我，还会经常把自己的报道剪下来。（That's 2/3 years ago)
要如何重拾以前的热忱？
我不晓得。
真的是时候了吗？
或许。

2007-04-15T23:33:00.000+08:00

Whatever it is,things must always be done in moderation.
I cannot imagine someone who's obsessed with exercise.Oops i realised i have not been doing workout for quite sometime.Getting lazy:_)

When exercise becomes an obsession

Working out is usually a good thing

Too much exercise can be bad for your mental health, according to staff at one specialist hospital.

They warn some people can do themselves serious damage through developing a compulsion to work-out to excess.

Berkshire's Huntercombe Hospital treats people whose addiction to exercise is as strong as any associated with drink or drugs.

However, experts stress it is vital that people do take regular exercise to keep fit and healthy.

Out of control

Laura Kibble, 22, is an exercise obsessive who used to get up hours before her three-year-old child every day to spend time working out on her trampoline.

You are tired constantly, and you have not got a life

Laura Kibble

Her obsession got so serious that she was referred for treatment at the Huntercombe.

"When Luke was about eight months old I had a lot of time on my hands, so I got a bit depressed and I found that getting out and about with the wee boy and his buggy would lift me up a bit.

"It just spiralled from there really. I found that exercise would lift my mood, and make me feel better about my body. What started out as a little bit of healthy exercise soon became out of control."

Laura bought herself an exercise DVD, which she planned to use twice a week for an hour.

"I found myself doing it first thing in the morning before the little one got up, I would put him to his bed for an afternoon nap and I would do an hour then, and at night I would do an hour as well. This was in between the time I spent out walking. It became a bit of an obsession."

Laura said her exercise obsession was linked to the fact that she was struggling with an dieting disorder.

"It was like a routine - I just had to do it."

Laura has now managed to conquer her problems. She still exercises, but only in healthy moderation.

"I still get the urge, but I don't want to go back to that. You are tired constantly, and you have not got a life."

Life balance

Diane Whiteoak, manager of the Huntercombe Hospital, said the amount of exercise a person needed varied between individuals.

Instead of building muscle too much exercise actually destroys muscle mass

Diane Whiteoak
Huntercombe Hospital

However, the hospital had treated people who were so driven to take exercise they were on the point of collapse.

People who have an eating disorder are particularly vulnerable. Often they will exercise in secret.

Ms Whiteoak said people who were worried that they were becoming addicted to exercise should ask themselves whether it was starting to take over their lives.

For instance, did they force themselves to exercise when feeling unwell, or did they prefer to exercise rather than being with friends?

"The main difference between healthy exercise habits and people who are exercise dependent is how activity fits into their life.

"If they put workouts ahead of friends, homework and other responsibilities they could be developing a dependence on exercise."

Tissue damage

Ms Whiteoak also warned that excessive exercise can damage tendons, ligaments, bones, cartilage and joints.

"When minor injuries aren't allowed to heal they often result in long-term damage, and instead of building muscle too much exercise actually destroys muscle mass."

She said once a person's sense of self-worth was bound up with how much exercise they took, they should seek help, possibly from a parent, teacher, or GP.

"If you have got to the point where you are not enjoying exercise but you feel obligated to do it, or you feel anxious, or guilty if you miss even one work-out then it is beginning to affect your life."

Steve Walker, a personal trainer and keep-fit fanatic, said he regularly saw people overdoing it at the gym.

"You will see them almost sweating their health away. After about three to four hours five days a week there is nothing left of them. They are constantly getting colds, they are always ill, they have never got any energy, they are constantly lethargic.

"Physically and mentally they feel about as low as they can get, so they go and do more and more to try to solve the problem, much like a drug addict who wants a bigger and bigger fix."

2007-04-06T23:44:00.000+08:00

Hot topic on minister's pay.Here's a commentary written by someone i know.

新加坡"高薪养廉"制度受挑战

茹影
BBC中文网记者

众所周知，新加坡政府奉行的是"高薪养廉"的制度，各部长的年薪是以私营领域为参照，而按照新加坡政府的"高薪养廉"管理逻辑，给与部长和高级公务员们高薪，就能防止贪污腐败。

近些年来，"高薪养廉"制度开始受到了一些新加坡人的批评。

的确，与许多国家相比，新加坡政府是相当清廉的，在世界最清廉政府排名中名列第五。当然，政府高官的薪水也同样名列前矛。

据悉，新加坡总理李显龙目前的年薪为132万美元，这是美国总统布什的3倍

据悉，新加坡总理李显龙目前的年薪为200万新币（132万美元），这是美国总统布什的3倍，日本首相安倍晋三的4倍。

该国政府上个月指出，私人企业界这两年来的薪金相信已上升，因此目前其他特级政府行政官的薪水也应获得相应调整，而按照市场水平，部长们的薪水应该从原本为121万元的年薪，增至220万新元。

就当新加坡政府宣布将给部长和高级公务员加薪时，不少新加坡人，尤其是网民们却表达了诸多不满的情绪，甚至有人发动请愿，希望政府对加薪一事进行再三考虑。

贫富悬殊

其实，部长的薪水一直是令相当一部份新加坡人不满的地方，不过过去都没有像这次这样引起较激烈的反响。

其中一个原因是年轻一代的新加坡人因为互联网，有了更多抒发意见的管道。

显然，年薪200万新元对许多新加坡普通的民众来说，是一笔天文数字。新加坡社会贫富差距正在扩大，有约20%的新加坡人每月的收入仅仅是1500新元，处在贫困线上。不仅如此，还有不少新加坡人的薪金仍停留在过去几年的水平。

在这样的背景下，政府宣布部长加薪，在许多新加坡人眼里难免显得不恰当，网上的批评甚至质疑政府没有听取民意，也不善于解决问题。

该国开国元老李光耀资政在接受当地媒体访问，为高薪制度辩护时指出，"高薪"是吸引并保留人才的方法。

他说："如果政府差，经济下滑，你的房子会值多少钱？你是否会失去工作？你不妨和住在曼谷、马尼拉、吉隆坡、雅加达的人比比看。"

网民们的看法则是，芬兰、新西兰、日本等国家领导及部长薪水尽管低于新加坡，但这些国家的政府不见得效率就比新加坡差，或者就比新加坡政府贪污。

此外，一些人也提出疑问，如果李显龙年薪不调整的话，他是否就要放弃从政，到私人企业界去？按此逻辑推断，如果部长们薪水不做出调整，或者调整幅度少于"市价"的话，他们是否就开始贪污了？

网民们的另一个普遍论点是，政府将部长高官的工资水平与私人企业界挂钩，但是在私人企业领域里，如果公司总裁表现不佳，就会马上被替换，可是在政府部门里，这些部长官员即使表现不如人意，却能等上5年之后才可能被替换掉（新加坡每5年举行一次大选），而社会却必须继续支付这些官员们高昂的薪水，这并不符合私人企业界的运作模式。

要多高才算高？

到底新加坡政府会如何回应人民的抗议声，则要看以"优秀人才"组成的新加坡政府在星期一（4月9日）的国会辩论之后的结果而定。

不过值得注意的是，在谈及部长加薪课题时，李光耀资政这次没再强调以高薪金"防止腐败"，而是指出高薪是为了补偿从政人才所作出的牺牲。

他说："虽然我们并没吸引到所有的最优秀人才，但是也吸引了当中的一部分。许多人仍不愿牺牲个人的空间和家庭生活。"

在这场不满部长加薪的辩论中，似乎没有人围绕"高薪养廉"制度的成果提出讨论，人们更关心的是，这些领高薪的部长们，是否真值得纳税人付出那么高的代价。更重要的是，当新加坡政府一直在提倡奉献精神的时候，从政的部长们是否都具有为人民服务的无私精神。

不过在这场网民们的讨论当中所忽略的一点是，"高薪"的上限到底是多少，而一个社会到底要付出多少代价才能确保政府的廉洁？

虽然受到新加坡网民们的批评，但新加坡的"高薪养廉"制度却在海外受到推崇，也曾有人提议中国可以借鉴新加坡的经验，以高薪杜绝官员腐败的办法。

但要注意的是，李光耀资政透露，部长们的年薪占新加坡国民生产总值0.022%。新加坡政府高级官员的薪资与私人业界的精英挂钩，而按照中国庞大的公务员人数，如果也要秉承高薪养廉的原则，那么中国政府的开支又应该维持在什么水平，或许也是一个值得探讨的问题。

2007-04-05T23:17:00.000+08:00

华仔因杨丽娟事件烦恼，用几句朋友的赠言调整心态：

凡事由其自然
遇了处之泰然
得意之时淡然
失意之时坦然
艰辛曲折必然
历尽沧桑悟然

读了后，很喜欢。

ps:要厚脸皮说一件开心的事。今天和朋友聚会，竟然有朋友的朋友还认得我在两年多前上U频道新闻。I do miss doing tv news.

2007-04-01T23:11:00.000+08:00

突然想起一个人这么说，
每个人的一生，就像一张地图。
大部分的路径已经定好，但有些人却能凭自身努力创出新路径，或者在路上遇到不同的运。
听起来有点迷信，有点悬。
是这样吗？
有时候，我会想为什么有的人一生过得那么曲折坎坷，有的人的一生则能大福大贵？
不管如何，我始终认为，
一个人的情绪和性格可以决定他的命运。
努力、机遇和运气当然都同等重要。
今天，我终于和她见面了。
克服自闭症和忧郁症的她恢复些许信心。
认识她到现在，她经历不少的波折。好不容易，她看开也放开一些事情。
精神的折磨最后所带来的后果是非常可怕即让人意想不到，也始料不及的。
令我很开心的是，那么多年不见，我们还是无所不谈，毫无生疏的感觉。
My dear Sotong sis，你要加油！

2007-03-21T23:41:00.000+08:00

I always like sunflower.Cos' it symbolises joy and enthusiasm.
Met up mf for dinner this evening at AMK hub.While we bypassed Citispa beauty salon,this lady who was trying to clear out the flower baskets placed outside the salon actually plucked a few flowers and gave them to us!
Ooo..of cos i gladly accepted it.At first she gave us a few carnations,then i blurted out:"can give me sunflower too?"
lalala...in good mood now.
The sunflower did brighten me up though they look like they are going to wither anytime.
mf also ended up giving me all her carnations.
美丽的康耐馨。pong,你把你的母爱给了我。好感动。KEKEKAKAHAHA

HMM,THESE FLOWERS LOOK A BIT PATHETIC when they reach home.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE ANY LONGER.
WATER IS ON THE WAY!

2007-03-15T22:43:00.000+08:00

好久没有update自己的博客了。
因为好累，每天的脑袋似乎都装得满满的。
在寻找方向的过程，是累人的。
以为找到，但最后选择放弃。
因为经过深思熟虑后，才发现原来彼此不适合。
然而，在整个摸索的过程中，我学习了很多。
无论工作、感情都一样。
很多时候，因为习惯了某样东西的存在，你会以为那是自己最喜欢的，并是最适合自己的。
唯有作出比较，你才会真正知道自己最喜欢，并最适合自己的是什么。

2007-02-17T22:18:00.000+08:00

有时候，一些事情的发生，是无法用任何原因解释
突然觉得，无论是人，或事物
有时都和“缘”这个字有关
莫名的缘分
是美丽的
除夕夜的无里头思绪
祝愿我身边所有的亲朋好友
新年快乐、心想事成！

ps:dear ah mi received 2 angbaos too

2007-02-05T00:50:00.000+08:00

Happy Planet Index-

www.happyplanetindex.org/survey.htm

so what's yours?Just wonder how accurate is this test.Are we Singaporeans really that unhappy?

My result:

Your personal Happy Planet Index (HPI) is 40.6, which is similar to that of countries such as Gabon, Azerbaijan or Singapore. Sorry to say that this is below the world average of 46, and about the same as the UK average. Your score is about the same as that of your country, 40.8. Below is a breakdown of the various components that make up your HPI score.
You:	40.6
Average:	43.4 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Life Expectancy Congratulations. Your life expectancy is above average for your gender and country. Whether it's eating well, not smoking, getting regular exercise, or just being lucky enough to have the right genes, you're doing something right. However, nobody's perfect and we could all improve our health a little! Aside from getting all the above bits of your lifestyle right, there are some more surprising factors that can influence your life expect - for example, giving up your car, avoiding living alone, moving out of the city or shrugging off stress.
You:	86.5
Average:	80.8 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Ecological Footprint Your ecological footprint is 4.53 global hectares, or 2.52 planets. This is equivalent to the average in Hong Kong or Austria. Your ecological footprint is below average for the country you live in. You are using between and one and a half and three times your share of the planet's resources (assuming no resources are put aside for other species). This is an amount typical of people in many industrialised countries, though just below the average for the UK. As such, if you are living in an industrialised country, you are probably doing some things well and some things not so well in terms of reducing your ecological impact. Seven ways that everyone can reduce their footprint include: It's obvious, but we have to say it. Conserve energy. Turn off the lights when you leave a room, buy energy-efficient bulbs and appliances, turn off your TV completely, rather than leave it on standby. Reduce your waste. If there are ways to recycle where you live, try and do so. If you have a garden, start a compost heap. Re-use plastic bags. Give away clothes you don't use, rather than throwing them away. There are hundreds of little things you can do. Live with someone! Whether it be your partner, family, children or friends, sharing your living space means sharing your ecological impact. It will probably also increase your well-being! Leave your car in the garage. Car use has a huge impact on ecological footprint. Obviously it's easier for some people than others, but where possible, try to use public transport more. Or, even better, get on a bike, or simply walk! Go local. Why buy tomatoes from another country, if you can get home grown ones? For those living in Europe - think about all those miles travelled by wine from South Africa and Australia, when Europe produces some of the best wines in the world. You don't have to become vegetarian, but cutting down on meat, particularly beef, and particularly from animals fed by imported soya feed, is an effective step to reducing your footprint. It has to be said that air travel is one of the biggest contributors to many people's footprints. For example, flying direct from London to Sydney and back would add 5.44 g ha to your footprint - that's the average Briton's footprint for an entire year. Flights with a connection add even more polluting air miles.
You:	4.53
Average:	5.38 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Life Satisfaction You reported a life satisfaction of 6. This is just above our estimated world average life satisfaction of 5.9. At a national level, your score matches the means for Portugal, Iran and Vietnam. In Britain, just over a quarter of respondents reported a life satisfaction of 6 or lower.
You:	6
Average:	6.75 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Well-being The new economics foundation (nef) recognises that there's more to life than feeling good, which is why our model for well-being is based on four domains – personal feelings, personal functionings, social feelings and social functionings. 'Feelings' refers to your attitude to the way you, your future and society are. 'Functionings' looks at whether you have the opportunities to do the things that bring you well-being. Like with life satisfaction, a score of 5 is theoretically the middle score, but, given the way most people respond to surveys, is below average.
Personal Feelings In this online questionnaire, personal feelings are assessed with two questions – one testing your optimism and one testing your self-esteem. You are optimistic about the future and probably also about yourself.
You:	6.55
Average:	6.03 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Personal Functionings In this online questionnaire personal functionings are assessed with five questions – two evaluating your subjective opinion on your health and how activity you are, the other three testing you for feelings of autonomy, purpose and worth. You are healthy and overall feel autonomous, purposeful and able to demonstrate your abilities to others.
You:	6.12
Average:	6.15 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Social Feelings In this online questionnaire social feelings are assessed with four questions – three assessing your opinion of your community, whilst the last looks at personal relationships. You have a very strong sense of trust and belonging in your community, combined with an excellent personal life.
You:	6.89
Average:	5.68 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

Social Functionings In this online questionnaire social functionings are assessed with four questions – two assessing your job / studies, one your free time, and one your community participation. If you did not respond to the work / study questions, your score is judged purely on the other two aspects. You are satisfied with your job / course - it is interesting, and only occasionally stressful. Further it normally leaves you enough time to do the things you want to do.
You:	6.46
Average:	5.6 [Average is of all online responses to this survey - not the average for your country]

2007-02-04T00:11:00.000+08:00

父母的爱

“你有很好的父母，要珍惜。”
听到这句话时，心里倍感幸福，也觉得内疚。
幸福，是因为从小，我都是一只受宠及受到保护的动物。
内疚，是因为感觉自己对父母的好大不如他们对我的好。
以前，很讨厌父母对我的过度溺爱，以及“实行”的种种限制。
后来，长大了，和他们的沟通渐渐改善后，整个家庭凝聚力强了许多。
我的坏脾气也奇迹般地改善很多很多。
很多时候，尽管父母刚开始会极力反对我做一些事情，但最后他们还是会作出让步。
一切是希望看到我开心。
当然，作出任何决定，后果自己承担，父母能做的就是给我支持和鼓励。
回忆起许多许多令人感动的小小片刻，我真觉得父母好伟大。

2007-02-02T00:40:00.000+08:00

钱多事少离家近、睡觉睡到自然醒、位高权重责任轻；
老板说话不用听、五年就领退休金、领钱领到手抽筋；
旅游出国休假勤、股票分红拼命领、出差作事别人请；
金融风暴不担心、月月出国去散心、双Ｂ跑车任我行；
金卡银卡刷不停、吃喝玩乐钱照领、全家出游有奖金；
回来聊天谈事情、经理来了不用停、只说谢谢你关心

I wish i can find such a job!

2007-01-24T22:36:00.000+08:00

After reading it,i am very motivated to save and invest even more.Of cos',not at the expense of my enjoyment of life's pleasures.

Investing is about time. You have to be patient. Short cuts often lead to grief. Investors who think they can hasten the way their wealth grows by going into very high risk investments are generally taking on too much risk, and often eventually end up losing money instead, because of their impatience. So, rather than tell yourself 'I have to scrimp and save for these next seven or 10 years before I can spend this money', instead, give yourself certain goals within a shorter frame of time and give yourself small rewards when you achieve those goals.

Instead of thinking that money needs to be hoarded, think of your wealth as a reservoir. You are adding diligently to your reservoir of wealth, but every now and then it is fine to reward yourself with the fruits of your investing success. The saving-diligently part still comes in. You cannot and should not stop saving, especially when you are in the initial phase of building up your wealth. Some people save and invest through their entire life, simply because it has become a lifelong habit, which is a very good thing.

Here's an example of how to adopt a more positive way towards saving and investing.

Adopt a regular saving plan with a fund you feel you can hold for the long term: savings plans can be as little as $100 per month. Then set a certain threshold of cash you are comfortable with in your bank account. At the end of the month, if you have more than that threshold, then that excess amount can be set aside as savings and investments. When you get your yearly bonus, before you even start to spend it, take half of it and invest that first, then spend the rest. Then, at the end of the following year, if your investments have done well, reward yourself by taking some money out and buying something you fancy.

This way, you are not trying to dramatically tone down your lifestyle just to save. Look upon it more as living a lifestyle in moderation such that you are able to set aside some savings which will bear fruit in future.

Here's an example how this might work in practice. Please note that this is a example and may not be appropriate for every investor out there. Alicia has $1,000 in investment already. She also keeps a threshold of $3,000 in her bank account at all times. Here's how she saves her money and rewards herself with some of the returns each year (see table).

You can see the entire process of wealth building from $1,000 to $8,600. This did not require her to totally sacrifice her lifestyle. She had just $100 less to spend each month and she spent only half of her year-end bonus. When she did have extra, she saved it. And gradually but surely, she is building up her wealth.

And as she sees her wealth grow, she is able to give herself small rewards as the fruits of her success. The important thing is not to take away too much money to reward yourself, especially at the start when you are building your wealth. Many years later, when your wealth is large enough such that it is generating a large amount of returns purely on its own, then you can afford to give yourself some bigger rewards.

The key thing is to get into the habit of saving and investing without having to make it a big chore and feeling resentful about it. To some, this may still be a rather painful adjustment in lifestyle (especially if they have been living beyond their means in the first place). But for others, once they get into the habit, it will be an unconscious thing they will practise throughout their lives.

The important thing is not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Very often, it is the big-ticket items and events that result in us depleting all our preciously built up wealth and reserves. Your nest egg should be something that is constantly growing (unless it is a very bad year of markets). Even your rewards to yourself should not cause it to shrink by more than what it gained in that year. So, as best as you can, try not to treat it as something you will freely dip into every time you need cash. That is the surest way to end up with nothing at all again. Some big ticket items would include spending on a car, renovations for a house, buying a house, costs of a wedding, expensive vacations and expensive electronic items.

The whole point is to moderate your spending, or perhaps in some situations, even delay it. Do you absolutely have to buy a car right now? If you can do fine without one, perhaps 10 years down the road, you would have enough wealth to buy that car and still have a substantial amount left in your savings. So, your savings and investments would have paid for your car instead of yourself. Or weddings. I read of some couples that spent tens of thousands of dollars on their wedding, which when you boil down to it, is just one day. Take it as experience from one who has got married himself, it's not worth overspending on weddings just to have a 'perfect, once-in-a-lifetime' memory. Because after all, when the wine is drunk and the guests have gone home, that's when you true marriage starts. How happy a marriage you will have depends on what you and your spouse do after the wedding day, not during.

Or instead of buying that expensive $10,000 audio set plus LCD 40-inch TV now, settle for something half that price, and invest the $5,000 you saved. Sure, it might mean a slightly smaller picture (maybe 32 inches instead of 40 inches) and a slightly less ear-shattering sound system (your neighbours will thank you for it). But in the years to come, that money you saved might be generating you free DVDs each year while adding to your reserves of wealth.

In conclusion, get into the habit of saving. But do not treat it is as a chore or a big sacrifice. Instead of telling yourself 'I have to spend less and scrimp,' tell yourself 'By spending less now and saving it, I will be rewarded every year in future.' Investing can be a happy thing, especially when you see the fruits of your investments and get to spend some of them. Think of it as planting the tree now so that you can eat the apples that the tree grows each season in future. Investing is very much the same.

The writer is the general manager of Fundsupermart.com Pte Ltd, a division of iFAST Financial Pte Ltd.

2007-01-23T19:54:00.000+08:00

Is saying Thank you that difficult?

I am more than willing to do favors for others but it gets annoying when people never say thank you. Maybe it's because i am used to an environment where people are polite to one another. It is also well taught to me by my parents.

Even if it's just doing small favours,saying a simple Thank you is basic courtesy and the most basic form of appreciation.

I may sound petty but it's not just a single incident that gets me irritated ,upset and unappreciated.And i realised i'm not the only one who feels the same way.If I do something to help someone else, it is because I wish to do so out of common courtesy, and I expect nothing more than common courtesy in return.Sometimes we all take things for granted. Basic things, simple things.

ps:Maybe i am feeling very tired and sick,that's why little things just irk me.

2007-01-18T22:30:00.000+08:00

Dear mimi turns 19!

2007-01-17T00:56:00.000+08:00

My naked soul??

博客究竟在多大的程度上能探测一个人的性格？
总觉得，虽然未必准确，但从文字的表达、所“呈献”的照片以及博客的整体感觉，多少能反映一个人的性格和思想。
我身边的几个好友都在他们的博客很真切地表达自己的看法，以及一些不愉快的经历。
其实，要毫无保留并赤裸坦诚地宣泄情感是不容易做到的。
因为，一些时候，大家总是选择让别人看到自己想要别人看到的自己，想呈献的往往都是美好的一面。
刚看到了孙燕姿公开的博客，真的觉得她为人好直爽。
难怪她不愿意公开她的私人博客，想必很多东西会被媒体拿来炒作。
她真在她肯透露自己另有个私人博客。
在字里行间里，你是否正在分析我的性格？

2007-01-15T00:20:00.000+08:00

选择

有两个女人，
一个是超级美女但心地不善良，另一个则外表不扬但心地善良
你会选择哪个？
很意外，听到多数男生选择第一个。
aiyo，好肤浅，不过我相信他们的答案
我记得那个有点神经质的李敖也是作出同样选择。

再选一次，
一个是聪明但心地不善良，另一个则是善良的笨女人。
这次，多数人选择第二个。

答案反映了什么？hmmm......
当中有人说，

Can i dont' choose?
我要一个又漂亮又善良又聪明又可爱又能干又会煮饭的女生。
FAINT!

2007-01-14T23:10:00.000+08:00

往前看

好想头也不回地往前冲

要从拾以往勤力专心的我

就像一个泄气的气球

仅凭着被磨掉而剩下的一点热忱

和一片感激之心

越来越累了

我必须调整自己的情绪

深呼吸

心平气和

期待一切美好

和全新的开始

真性情@真情留白

>10 大择偶条件

Happy Planet Index-

www.happyplanetindex.org/survey.htm

so what's yours?Just wonder how accurate is this test.Are we Singaporeans really that unhappy?

Life Expectancy

Ecological Footprint

Life Satisfaction

Well-being

Personal Feelings

Personal Functionings

Social Feelings

Social Functionings

I am more than willing to do favors for others but it gets annoying when people never say thank you. Maybe it's because i am used to an environment where people are polite to one another. It is also well taught to me by my parents.

Even if it's just doing small favours,saying a simple Thank you is basic courtesy and the most basic form of appreciation.