Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
MY days once ended with sunrise...
每每乘搭KL Monorail经过Concord Hotel（前美轮酒店）时，我都会把目光投视在Melting Pot里面，最近发觉她大整修了，焕然一新。在丽的商业电台任职DJ时，那个时候常常和一班志同道合的电台同事三更半夜在这夜宵兼聊天（通常都在周末的晚上）。
东方日报
我有几个朋友在东方日报上班. 东方日报办公室的地点离我office的不远, 近水楼台的关系, 我们偶尔相约食lunch, 众所皆知, 当初东方日报并不顺利诞生, 被同业排挤到今天在7-11, mynews.com都能见其踪迹, 这未曾不是一件好事. 有些朋友好有使命感大喊口号说:"为了避免马来西亚的中文媒体出现"一言堂"的局面, 大家要捍卫新闻自由. 大家要多多支持东方日报"口号喊得响当当的. 其实市井小民如你我也真的搞不懂什么何为新闻自由.话说有一天, 我发现我妈买了一份东方日报来看. 在好奇心的驱使下, 于是乎,
"妈, 东方日报好看吗? 你今天怎么会舍南洋而买东方呢?"我问.
"哦, 那是因为东方日报较难见到, 所以见到就买. 南洋星洲到处都在卖."我妈答道. 原因干净利落, 就是那么简单.
哈, 这个答案宛如当头棒喝, 真是一言惊醒梦中人. 很多时很多事都被复杂化, 你说呢?
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Long Vacation
总有不顺利的时候，就当作天赐的长假。不必勉强冲刺，不必紧张，不必努力加油，一切顺其自然，然后就会好转。大概会吧！
1997年我接触了日本电视剧＂悠长假期＂之后，这出日剧唤醒了我内心对爱情的憧憬. 不过，我也只是想想而已...在今年的VALENTINE，我突然想起...里面的一些佳句.
遇到失意的時侯，
就把他當作是上天賜給您的一個假期……
一個悠長的假期吧！
別擔心……Don't Worry，Be Happy 一切都會轉好的．
我们都只看到夜空中闪亮的星星，我们从没想过星星旁边的黑暗，没有黑暗的存在，我们那留意到星星呢?
AISTERU, MINASAN
1998年，我寄出了几张VALENTINECARDS。写道:
这是1998年寄出的第3张Valentine Card，也是今年最后一张。
终于在不舍得的心情之下把“悠长假期”看完。之前不曾想过会喜欢，结果在没有防备之下，她的IMPACT如同海潮般的汹涌澎湃，拍击那沉睡的，早已尘封的心，唤醒那份对爱情的瞳憬。。。
希望你能找到心中所爱。
爱情万岁。 Happy Valentine
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
DEWAN FIHARMONIK PETRONAS
took this pic of DFP before the recital begins onMon 22 Jan 07, 1.15pm
LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL by Marc Rochester organ
Old Wine in New Bottles
Why write something new when all you have to do is recycle someone else's tune? Hear what Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach and others sound like when rearranged by their living counterparts.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Monday, January 01, 2007
Sunday, December 31, 2006
树欲静而风不息
今年，似乎很多议题都被膨胀，而且种族色彩非常浓烈。好像大家都是在因为议题而生活。于是乎大家心中都形成一團火，愈演愈激烈。而且很多时候莫名其妙的被扯入其中。有时候总觉大家對社會與其擔心，不如化作信心，更多时候需要付出一份愛心。很多時候我們都無法以肉眼看見真相，真理只能用心去體會。世間的分歧，很多時候只是彼此認知的不足。只要多多交流，就不會胡思亂想了。少點認"色", 多點認識。
Monday, December 25, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
上海故事
我父親出生在新中國成立2年后的1951年的桐乡市北端的烏鎮。他8岁的时候，由于1958年的大跃进和人民公社化运动，中国经济遭到严重破坏，加上三年自然灾害，广大人民的生活状况不断下降，饥荒严重，食品紧缺。1960年至1963年期间，他束紧腰带饿着肚皮与广大人民过了3年。1966年正值父亲青春期，他莫名其妙的被卷入，再一次经历了另一个大时代，文化大革命爆发了。在那个疯狂的年代，大家似乎都像出自一个倒模，全部都是同一个表情。丧失了理智，也失去了自我。
父亲共有8个兄弟姐妹。在那个农业社会，男丁若是要出人头地，就得加入军队当
兵。為的只是國家在你家門前釘上一塊寫著“光榮之家”的木板，一塊象徵著安定的生活的木板。不然的话，命运就像其他的乡亲父老般永远在田地里翻耕。父亲决定加入解放军，把青春献给了祖国的防卫事业。
父亲共有8个兄弟姐妹。在那个农业社会，男丁若是要出人头地，就得加入军队当
兵。為的只是國家在你家門前釘上一塊寫著“光榮之家”的木板，一塊象徵著安定的生活的木板。不然的话，命运就像其他的乡亲父老般永远在田地里翻耕。父亲决定加入解放军，把青春献给了祖国的防卫事业。1976年，4人帮被捕。文化大革命终于结束了。也生下了我。
1979年，中国中央政府开始鼓吹计划生育。为了响应中央政府的政策，再加上父亲贵为共产党党员，父亲与母亲决定把老二拿掉（我母亲当时已怀孕）。没几，中国一胎政策终于落实至今。
父亲40岁时，逐渐步入中年的他离开部队加入国营企业。没几年，中国的经济经历了一场惊天动地的改革。改革开放使得国营企业成千上万的公务员下岗。父亲再一次卷入一场革命。
他拿着国家发给他那一丁点儿的赔偿，想到距离法定的退休年龄（60岁）还有整整20年的保险金要偿还，想到退休时，可能连退休金也拿不到。他开始忧郁。
后来朱镕基上台，宣布了前部队队员可提前在55岁退休。
2006年父亲退休了。
那天，他抱着我那刚满周岁的儿子，语重心长的说“乖孙儿，爷爷终于退休了。”
这是最近我在上海听来的一则故事。
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
还我城市一片蓝。。。
这些年来, 每逢年中开始, 咱们抬头看天都看不见"颜色"。灰懞懞的天在马来西亚变得理所当然. 不知情的游客也许会以为咱们的天色本来就是这样. 蓝天? 白云? 彩虹都去了那儿? 为什么? 是谁搬走了咱们的蓝天白云? 于是大家问。有人骂, 那是印尼的错。然后印尼有关当局出来澄清说那是因为某些马来西亚的公司在印尼的杰作。又有些人骂马来西亚政府的无能。因为无法制衡印尼有关当局关注"灰懞懞的天"。更多人骂那是某某的责任。。。
大家骂得好, 骂得都没错。然后大家骂累了, 便回家开冷气, 盖棉被, 天經地義的心安理得。
于是乎某些有心人呼吁大家关心环保。因为這個世界是靠累积的。
从坏的角度来看, 今天的恶果只是过去咱们种下的前因的累积。然而从好的方面来想的话, 今天任何的一点一滴的努力, 积少成多就可以改变未来。你说呢?
人与自然界不是我们口号里喊的征服与被征服的那样。共存，影响，互利，一损俱损，一荣俱荣，我们都已经尝到了破坏的恶果，可曾想过还给大自然一点什么吗？
拨 开 云 雾 见 清 真
我家附近有座清真寺刚刚落成。由拆除到一座崭新的落成前后不足12个月。新的比旧的宏伟，那是肯定的。不过最近每每有些朋友和我经过时，他们总是关心的问，“会吵吗？” 我总是不假思索的回应，“嗯。。不会。”老实说我也真的不觉得吵。也许我早已习惯了。有时候在傍晚时刻听到的Maghrib祈祷诵经(Call for Prayer)，不但不觉得吵，反而觉得悠扬(当然也不是每个都好听，还得视乎专业与否 :-))。我总是觉得很多时候因为不了解，好像大家可以因为不了解，就好比赋与特权于我们去批评。
也许你会问，“你是穆斯林吗？”
我不是。但是我也不想成为一个心存“分别心”的佛教徒。
也许你会问，“你是穆斯林吗？”
我不是。但是我也不想成为一个心存“分别心”的佛教徒。
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
in memory of a POP DIVA of our time
在香港Madame Tussauds蜡像馆里见到梅艳芳的蜡像，总觉得没有达到百分百的相似。不过倒是有一副歌迷画的肖像吸引了我，故把她拍下。
Monday, October 09, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
THE JOY of BEING SINGLE
Diane Keaton
There was a time when Diane Keaton felt she had to find a man. The Oscar-winning actress, who leapt to stardom as the charmingly neurotic Annie Hall in the ’70s, has said that there’s a certain point in all our lives when we’re biologically driven toward the opposite sex: “You dream about men, you love them, you’re excited by it, and I don’t feel that way now.” Why the change of heart? With a relationship record that has included the notoriously high-maintenance Woody Allen and Warren Beatty, Keaton, 60, says it was a combination of age and experience. Her true loves now, she says, are adopted children Duke and Dexter, and she considers “mother” the greatest role of her life. With 40 films already under her belt and several comedies in the works, her acting career — usually centered on playing strong, quirky women — is showing no sign of slowing down. When she’s not acting, Keaton serves on the board of the Los Angeles Conservatory, a group dedicated to making sure the city’s architectural gems grow old gracefully—much as she’s doing.
Bill Hemmer
Bill Hemmer has never been content to settle—when it comes to his love life or his career. His decade of reporting, first for CNN and now for Fox News, has included memorable stints in Kuwait and Afghanistan. But it’s not just his reportorial skills that have earned him all his fans... he’s easy on the eyes, too. When asked about his leading-man good looks, he jokes that his ears — and his listening skills — are his best features. Hemmer, 41, doesn’t ever seem to sit still, filling his downtime with skydiving, bungee jumping and other extreme sports. He’s said that he’d love to get married and have kids—but he isn’t rushing love. “If it happens, great,” he’s said. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m not going to force it.” And — newsflash — it certainly seems that more and more other single people have adopted that same attitude in recent years.
Maureen Dowd
If you think journalism and politics are still a man’s world, don’t tell that to Maureen Dowd. The only female columnist at The New York Times, the 54-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner has tackled every topic, from former President Bill Clinton’s presidential scandal to the evolution of the gender wars, in the process earning the nickname “The Cobra” from Dubya. Even those on the receiving end of her barbs can’t help but acknowledge the charm and Hollywood-style sex appeal of the feisty redhead. Former boyfriend and West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin called her “a dream girl... like she stepped out of a movie from the ’40s.” Though she earns praise from presidential press secretaries and ex-boyfriends, two groups you might not expect to have anything nice to say, Dowd holds fast to the belief that she doesn’t need a man in her life. “Men used to be necessary in terms of reproduction and refinance,” she said when promoting her book Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, “but we don’t need them for that anymore. They’ll be necessary like ice cream is necessary.” Which isn’t to say that love and relationships shouldn’t be enjoyed—just that this is one woman, like many other single people, whom you’ll never find sitting home by the phone.
George Clooney
Even when his only acting credits were cheesy sitcoms and B-movies, George Clooney turned heads. These days, though, he also makes people sit up and listen. Over the past decade, Clooney has evolved from sexy actor to sexy and powerful actor, producer and director, not to mention Oscar winner. Between making movies that make people think to his political activism in troubled regions such as Darfur, he has become one of the leading liberal voices in Hollywood. You may love it or you may hate it, but you have to admire a man who stands up for what he believes—and actually manages to effect change. But one role he swears that he’ll never reprise is that of a husband. His four-year marriage to Talia Balsam ended in 1993, and he famously told Barbara Walters that he’d never marry again. “I love women, I love their company,” he’s said. “But after going through a marriage which turned out to be a disaster and some other relationships which I thought would turn out but didn’t, obviously you begin to doubt whether you’re really cut out for long-term commitment.” But while the world may see him as an eternal bachelor, Clooney, 45, says he’s been in a serious relationship for 15 years—with his Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max.
Jane Ganahl
San Francisco Chronicle writer Jane Ganahl is not only a keen observer of single life—she’s also a champion of it. In her critically acclaimed column, Single-Minded, the 40-something Ganahl sings the praises of flying solo by reminding readers that their unmarried status allows them to have more room in the tub during bubble baths, buy the flowers they really like and do exactly what they want to do, when they want to do it. “Should I be down in the dumps, lonely or ashamed on V-Day?” she mused recently about the holiday that single people are supposed to dread. “Nah, it takes too much effort. I’d rather do what I’ve done in other boyfriend-free years: have lunch with girlfriends and have a really nice spa treatment.” Other issues she explores in her column range from the political impact of the growing numbers of unmarried voters to the dating guides that make being unattached sound like a disease. “Yes, the world is finally catching on to the fact that middle-aged doesn’t mean dead or even dormant,” she writes in a recent piece. “I think for many, what comes next is a more fulfilling life—where being single is not considered a problem to be fixed.”
Charlize Theron
Tall, blonde and beautiful, actress Charlize Theron is known as much for her glamour as for her willingness to discard it for choice movie roles. Conventional wisdom would say that she could have her pick of husbands... but walking down the aisle isn’t a goal of hers. The 30-year-old Oscar winner says you don’t need a marriage ceremony or certificate to have a great relationship. “I’m happy for people who want to be married, but it’s not my thing,” Theron said recently. “I don’t need to wear a white dress and throw a big party. To me, that’s like a premiere.” Theron, who’s been in a serious relationship with actor Stuart Townsend, says she would like to have a family someday. But weary of media speculation over whether she and Townsend will tie the knot, she told Extra that they would marry only when the U.S. government grants gay and lesbian couples the right to wed as well. “We’ve decided that we’re going to use that in a positive way,” she said. “So the day that law gets passed, then we’ll get married.”
Oprah Winfrey
Possibly the best-known woman in America, Oprah Winfrey embraces her single status. While marketing consultant Stedman Graham has been her steady for 20 years, Oprah says marrying him would jeopardize the relationship. “Stedman’s a traditional black man,” she told the Chicago Sun-Times recently, “but I’m in no way a traditional woman.” With a daytime talk show that’s topped the ratings for two decades, O magazine, cable’s Oxygen Network, an impressive acting and producing résumé, a charitable foundation that has channeled millions into social causes and her status as the first female African-American billionaire in the U.S., that’s an understatement, to say the least. Questions about whether she will ever get married have, at times, become a national obsession. But Winfrey says that people don’t actually care about her relationship; they just want to see an extravagant wedding. “They want to see doves fly,” she has said. “They want to know what you wore, how much you spent on the cake, who came.” But she says the world “is catching on to what I already know: a piece of paper does not define a life.” One look at her intelligence, creativity and generosity shows what does.
There was a time when Diane Keaton felt she had to find a man. The Oscar-winning actress, who leapt to stardom as the charmingly neurotic Annie Hall in the ’70s, has said that there’s a certain point in all our lives when we’re biologically driven toward the opposite sex: “You dream about men, you love them, you’re excited by it, and I don’t feel that way now.” Why the change of heart? With a relationship record that has included the notoriously high-maintenance Woody Allen and Warren Beatty, Keaton, 60, says it was a combination of age and experience. Her true loves now, she says, are adopted children Duke and Dexter, and she considers “mother” the greatest role of her life. With 40 films already under her belt and several comedies in the works, her acting career — usually centered on playing strong, quirky women — is showing no sign of slowing down. When she’s not acting, Keaton serves on the board of the Los Angeles Conservatory, a group dedicated to making sure the city’s architectural gems grow old gracefully—much as she’s doing.
Bill Hemmer
Bill Hemmer has never been content to settle—when it comes to his love life or his career. His decade of reporting, first for CNN and now for Fox News, has included memorable stints in Kuwait and Afghanistan. But it’s not just his reportorial skills that have earned him all his fans... he’s easy on the eyes, too. When asked about his leading-man good looks, he jokes that his ears — and his listening skills — are his best features. Hemmer, 41, doesn’t ever seem to sit still, filling his downtime with skydiving, bungee jumping and other extreme sports. He’s said that he’d love to get married and have kids—but he isn’t rushing love. “If it happens, great,” he’s said. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m not going to force it.” And — newsflash — it certainly seems that more and more other single people have adopted that same attitude in recent years.
Maureen Dowd
If you think journalism and politics are still a man’s world, don’t tell that to Maureen Dowd. The only female columnist at The New York Times, the 54-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner has tackled every topic, from former President Bill Clinton’s presidential scandal to the evolution of the gender wars, in the process earning the nickname “The Cobra” from Dubya. Even those on the receiving end of her barbs can’t help but acknowledge the charm and Hollywood-style sex appeal of the feisty redhead. Former boyfriend and West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin called her “a dream girl... like she stepped out of a movie from the ’40s.” Though she earns praise from presidential press secretaries and ex-boyfriends, two groups you might not expect to have anything nice to say, Dowd holds fast to the belief that she doesn’t need a man in her life. “Men used to be necessary in terms of reproduction and refinance,” she said when promoting her book Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, “but we don’t need them for that anymore. They’ll be necessary like ice cream is necessary.” Which isn’t to say that love and relationships shouldn’t be enjoyed—just that this is one woman, like many other single people, whom you’ll never find sitting home by the phone.
George Clooney
Even when his only acting credits were cheesy sitcoms and B-movies, George Clooney turned heads. These days, though, he also makes people sit up and listen. Over the past decade, Clooney has evolved from sexy actor to sexy and powerful actor, producer and director, not to mention Oscar winner. Between making movies that make people think to his political activism in troubled regions such as Darfur, he has become one of the leading liberal voices in Hollywood. You may love it or you may hate it, but you have to admire a man who stands up for what he believes—and actually manages to effect change. But one role he swears that he’ll never reprise is that of a husband. His four-year marriage to Talia Balsam ended in 1993, and he famously told Barbara Walters that he’d never marry again. “I love women, I love their company,” he’s said. “But after going through a marriage which turned out to be a disaster and some other relationships which I thought would turn out but didn’t, obviously you begin to doubt whether you’re really cut out for long-term commitment.” But while the world may see him as an eternal bachelor, Clooney, 45, says he’s been in a serious relationship for 15 years—with his Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max.
Jane Ganahl
San Francisco Chronicle writer Jane Ganahl is not only a keen observer of single life—she’s also a champion of it. In her critically acclaimed column, Single-Minded, the 40-something Ganahl sings the praises of flying solo by reminding readers that their unmarried status allows them to have more room in the tub during bubble baths, buy the flowers they really like and do exactly what they want to do, when they want to do it. “Should I be down in the dumps, lonely or ashamed on V-Day?” she mused recently about the holiday that single people are supposed to dread. “Nah, it takes too much effort. I’d rather do what I’ve done in other boyfriend-free years: have lunch with girlfriends and have a really nice spa treatment.” Other issues she explores in her column range from the political impact of the growing numbers of unmarried voters to the dating guides that make being unattached sound like a disease. “Yes, the world is finally catching on to the fact that middle-aged doesn’t mean dead or even dormant,” she writes in a recent piece. “I think for many, what comes next is a more fulfilling life—where being single is not considered a problem to be fixed.”
Charlize Theron
Tall, blonde and beautiful, actress Charlize Theron is known as much for her glamour as for her willingness to discard it for choice movie roles. Conventional wisdom would say that she could have her pick of husbands... but walking down the aisle isn’t a goal of hers. The 30-year-old Oscar winner says you don’t need a marriage ceremony or certificate to have a great relationship. “I’m happy for people who want to be married, but it’s not my thing,” Theron said recently. “I don’t need to wear a white dress and throw a big party. To me, that’s like a premiere.” Theron, who’s been in a serious relationship with actor Stuart Townsend, says she would like to have a family someday. But weary of media speculation over whether she and Townsend will tie the knot, she told Extra that they would marry only when the U.S. government grants gay and lesbian couples the right to wed as well. “We’ve decided that we’re going to use that in a positive way,” she said. “So the day that law gets passed, then we’ll get married.”
Oprah Winfrey
Possibly the best-known woman in America, Oprah Winfrey embraces her single status. While marketing consultant Stedman Graham has been her steady for 20 years, Oprah says marrying him would jeopardize the relationship. “Stedman’s a traditional black man,” she told the Chicago Sun-Times recently, “but I’m in no way a traditional woman.” With a daytime talk show that’s topped the ratings for two decades, O magazine, cable’s Oxygen Network, an impressive acting and producing résumé, a charitable foundation that has channeled millions into social causes and her status as the first female African-American billionaire in the U.S., that’s an understatement, to say the least. Questions about whether she will ever get married have, at times, become a national obsession. But Winfrey says that people don’t actually care about her relationship; they just want to see an extravagant wedding. “They want to see doves fly,” she has said. “They want to know what you wore, how much you spent on the cake, who came.” But she says the world “is catching on to what I already know: a piece of paper does not define a life.” One look at her intelligence, creativity and generosity shows what does.
A article by Sue McHugh, a former reporter for the Associated Press who now freelances for magazines and university publications.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
LOUIS VUITTON
L O U I S V U I T T O N 在KL的旗褴店( Flagship Store ) 终于在9月9日万众瞩目下开张了. 虚荣心作祟的原因, 现在我每每经过Bintang Walk的时候, 目光总会被Boutique的外表深深的吸引着, 心里头在想到底LV的魅力在那?这是一个讲究"美"的时代. 当大家一窝蜂的去追求被标志着"美"的事物时, 可曾想过何谓"美", 名人对"美" 各有自己一套诠释. 所以"美"对持有不同价值观的人就会呈现不同的面貌.
年纪渐长, 开始由可以向外求的, Visualised的"美"转化成向内求美. 追求那种实实在在, 体现在生活中的"美" . 生活中的衣, 食, 住, 行, 事无大小都有美得让人感动的时刻, 只要我们都保持那一颗
真心.
真心.P/S " 向内求美", 是我对自己的一个期许, 希望能够成功. 成功之后, 不晓得我会不会变"美"了, HaHa... 近年来令我感到"美"的事, 就是有一朋友, 陈咏斯出家啦. 还有就是替我的宝贝( My Nephew & Niece )拍了一张我觉得很美的照片. 还有。。。好像要求简单, 一切都变得美了。
Friday, September 01, 2006
红馆の体验
香港特区政府为了配合2009年举办的东亚运动会，将在2008年下半年关闭自1983年启用至今已23年的红馆。换言之，2008下半年将没有CONCERT能够在红馆举行。听说许多天王巨星歌手为了赶搭这趟“尾班车”，纷纷计划在2007年开CONCERT。隨說1997年以後，香港維多利亞港口的景觀已經被囘展中心搶盡風頭，獨領風騷。然而我始終對紅舘情有獨鍾。香港紅舘並不是一座紅色的建築物。之所以被稱爲紅舘是因爲坐落在紅墈區，她的全名為香港红墈体育馆，簡稱紅舘。
不過話說回頭，紅舘會“紅”皆因不少紅人曾在這裡舉辦過CONCERT。紅舘仿佛就是香港流行文化(POP CULTURE)的指標。能站在紅舘的舞臺上表演是許許多多藝人夢寐以求的事。
不過話說回頭，紅舘會“紅”皆因不少紅人曾在這裡舉辦過CONCERT。紅舘仿佛就是香港流行文化(POP CULTURE)的指標。能站在紅舘的舞臺上表演是許許多多藝人夢寐以求的事。
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Selamat Menyambut Hari Merdeka ke 49Wednesday, August 30, 2006
not far from here, SINGAPORE
新加坡离KL不远。马新分家各自为政后, 到新加坡去得用上Passport。 
但是自从AirAsia出现后, 咱门飞去Bangkok所需的费用比飞去新加坡还要便宜。而且从不觉得去新加坡是到国外去, 因为新加坡式的城市管理一直是KL学习的对象。这一点大家有目共睹的。兩座城市之間總是存在著許多共同點。至于学得好不好, 则另当别论。
新加坡曾是我中学毕业旅行的城市。那个时候整班同学兴高采烈乘搭Bas Sekolah齐遨游。同学们的脸孔, 个中的一切仿佛历历在目。屈指一算已经22年前的事了。即使此情此景已不复在了。现在回想起也只能会心一笑。。。
新加坡也是我的一个"老死"曾工作过的城市。( 他人现在已定居Perth, Australia ) 那个时候与他通信的频率很高, 所收到信件与PostCard我一直保留至今。现在重读也只能会心一笑。。。
但是自从AirAsia出现后, 咱门飞去Bangkok所需的费用比飞去新加坡还要便宜。而且从不觉得去新加坡是到国外去, 因为新加坡式的城市管理一直是KL学习的对象。这一点大家有目共睹的。兩座城市之間總是存在著許多共同點。至于学得好不好, 则另当别论。
新加坡曾是我中学毕业旅行的城市。那个时候整班同学兴高采烈乘搭Bas Sekolah齐遨游。同学们的脸孔, 个中的一切仿佛历历在目。屈指一算已经22年前的事了。即使此情此景已不复在了。现在回想起也只能会心一笑。。。新加坡也是我的一个"老死"曾工作过的城市。( 他人现在已定居Perth, Australia ) 那个时候与他通信的频率很高, 所收到信件与PostCard我一直保留至今。现在重读也只能会心一笑。。。
这次南下本来想去虎豹别墅。主要是想找回昔日的种种, 不过最后还是没去成, 却遇上两件"耐人寻味"的事情。
第一件事, 新加坡正在推行Speak Good English Movement。 运动的Slogan竟然是Be Understood, Not only in Singapore, Malaysia and Batam。
第二件事, 与新加坡朋友乘搭巴士时, 有一来自KL的朋友不经意的说, "怎么这个司机开巴士开得那么鲁莽。" 此话一出, 新加坡的朋友忙解釋說, "哦, 那是因爲很多司機大哥都是來自馬來西亞。"
這兩件事令我想起若干年前新航某一班機在臺北機場的意外事件。在新加坡的媒體報道中竟然出現 "來自馬來西亞的機師。。。"的報道。姓賴咩! 對新加坡人來說好像什麽不好的事情都只會發生在彼岸似的。如果以此類推的話是不是擁有最壞的也同時擁有最好的。不曉得這樣想符不符合邏輯?
最近新加坡媒體大事報道有一來自新山的著名造型師成爲新加坡國民的新聞。好像新加坡的著名人士多是國外移民過來似的。說的也是, 好像都不見新加坡出現過類似
Michelle YEOH, Ling等成就卓越的國際知名人士。( 當然那個姓李的除外, 其實咱們那個姓馬的也不弱。)
不過撇開上面所說的, 新加坡還是好的。高效率的制度足以令"大"馬望塵沒及, 也是馬來西亞缺乏的Software。新加坡的整潔也是令咱门汗颜的。
如果將來有機會的話我還是會到新加坡去。因爲這裡有回憶。And it's not far from here。。。
说起来也真奇怪, 一不来就几年不来, 机会一来就短短的一个月南下了两趟。 这次南下是应新加坡曾兄弟旅行社的邀请前来NATAS HOLIDAYS 2006 Fair帮忙。这次南下我发现咱们这群同行中的'联邦人', 除了经常触犯交通规则之外, 好像大家都有那种'大马'主义的优越感, 看不起新加坡的小。就好比某些新加坡人似的看不起马来西亚的乱。我只想说一句话, 己所不欲, 勿施于人。
Respect is something you'd earned。。。你说呢？
于10月4日附加
Thursday, August 24, 2006
a HIDDEN jewel - No Black Tie
Since it opened in 1999, No Black Tie (or NBT) has become THE place to catch some of the best live musical acts in Kuala Lumpur. Located in the narrow back alleys of 'Bukit Bintang', this informal venue boasts an interior that is built entirely of wood, giving NBT some fantastic acoustics.No Black Tie, host to some of the best live perfomances in KL. With a repertoire ranging from Jazz to Blues, classical to world music, No Black Tie is cozy, warm and intimate; a rarity in the hustle and bustle of KL.
There's only one rule. Leave all formality at the door, let your hair down, open your mind and enjoy yourself.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Sunday, August 06, 2006
厉鬼缠身
明天是中元节。「中元」之名起於北魏，中元節又稱「鬼節」或「盂蘭盆會」。佛教也在這一天，舉行超渡法會，稱為「屋蘭瑪納」（印度話ULLAMBANA）也就是盂蘭會」。盂蘭盆的意義是倒懸，人生的痛苦有如倒掛在樹頭上的蝙蝠，懸掛著、苦不堪言。為了使眾生免於倒懸之苦，便需要誦經，佈絕食物給孤魂野鬼。此舉正好和中國的鬼月祭拜不謀而合，因而中元節和盂蘭會便同時流傳下來。不過我並不是想在此以"鬼"作為主題。最近只觉生命總是充滿了變數, 有时只是發生一點儿事情, 原本計劃中的一切可以因為某些因素而完全改變。很多事情表面上看起來毫無關係, 而實際上是互相牽連的。我們都很難擺脫主見去面對事情。原來自己一直相信的都只不過是自己一廂情願的想法(Syiok Sendiri)。對突然的改變, 內心感到失望, 甚至憤怒。得需要一段時間來沉澱。然而變數所造成的破壞, 負面的情緒仿如厉鬼缠身。
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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