S
I called it the S Syndrome.
When it happens almost on all Saturdays and usually Sundays as well.
When I can't seem to stop Sneezing.
When my eyes feel tired and need to be Shut.
I am so sick of this weekly routine, why can't you just let me off?
Saturday, November 29, 2008
The S Syndrome
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
好歌不停[15] You and I both by Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz 的另一首佳作。
歌是很好听,MV就。。。
不过可以在主流音乐中独树一格是很难得的。
Was it you who spoke the words that things would happen but not to me
All things are gonna happen naturally
Oh taking your advice and I'm looking on the bright side
And balancing the whole thing
Oh but at often times those words get tangled up in the lines
And the bright light turns to night
Oh until the dawn it brings
Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
Others only dream of the love, the love that I love
See I'm all about them words
Over numbers, unencumbered numbered words
Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards
More words than I had ever heard and I feel so alive
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
And if you could see me now
Oh love love
You and I, you and I
Not so little you and I anymore
And with this silence brings a moral story
More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy
Cause you and I both loved
What you and I spoke of
And others just read of
And if you could see me now
Well I'm almost finally out of
I'm finally out of
Finally deedeedeedee
Well I'm almost finally, finally
Well I'm free, oh, I'm free
And it's okay if you had go away
Oh just remember the telephone well they work in both ways
And if I never ever hear them ring
If nothing else I'll think the bells inside
Have finally found you someone else and that's okay
Cause I'll remember everything you sang
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Wake up and smell the coffin

Buckle up people!
Not for the police, but for your own good.
And don't think you'll be fine sitting at the back.
Naivety kills the cat.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
味道

学生时期,每次拿到新的作业本子就忍不住打开内页来闻。我很喜欢闻新作业本纸张的味道,很香,很提神,也许这是一种怪癖。就好比有些人喜欢闻汽油的味道一样吧。
每当提款机吐出崭新的纸钞,我也忍不住拿来闻一闻。新纸钞的味道也是那么诱人,光滑的表面加上浓郁的香味,很舍不得用掉。
最近我很沉迷碳纸的味道,碳纸摸起来有独特的触感,同时释放出一种难以形容又让人回味的味道。除了作业本、纸钞、碳纸,我还喜欢纸箱的味道,原来我喜欢的都是纸制品散发的气味。
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fill in the blanks

I'm so _____ and _____.
I need _____. I desperately need _____.
I can't _____ it anymore.
I need _____ to _____ me, to _____ me, to _____ me.
I thought I can live without _____, but I was wrong.
I need to find myself a _____, though it used to sound _____ to me.
I don't _____ anymore, I will go _____ to continue living without _____.
I just have to _____ it. Nothing can _____ me.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Dubbed, again?

每当本地院线上映中文电影,如港台或中港合资电影,心里总会有个疑问:上映的是华语版本还是粤语版本?
如果纯粹是港产片那就应该是讲粤语的,可是现在很多中文电影都是中港合资,集合中国和香港的演员。电影原音是华语还是粤语很教我好奇。不过一般来讲,古装片都是讲华语的,所以即使在香港也是上映华语原音版本,例如《满城尽带黄金甲》、《霍元甲》,以及《画皮》。
不过大马片商可谓别具慧眼、独树一格,在上映这些华语原音的电影时都自作聪明地找人配音,发行粤语版本,还自豪地告知天下。大马更成了全球唯一发行该电影粤语版本的国家,真可笑,连香港都上映华语原音版本,原来粤语版本对我们大马观众而言是如此重要。
醒醒吧,自作聪明的大马片商。你们到底了不了解本地观众的需要?你们到底了不了解本地观众的想法?谁要你们去给电影配音了?谁感激你们这么做了?好好一部电影被你们这么一搞变得乱七八糟、不伦不类、惨不忍睹,有多倒观众的胃你知不知道?
拜托,帮个忙,不要再糟蹋华语电影了,我们听得懂华语,听不懂的会看字幕,ok?
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
还有比这更倒霉的吗? - 有!

还有比这更倒霉的吗?有!甩不开的霉运继续纠缠着我,上帝为了让我没有好日子过可说是费尽心思,无所不用其极。让我忙了一圈才买到的E210 几天前无故失灵,完全不能开机。才用不到四个月的电话就这样莫名其妙故障,连启动都不行,真令我瞠目结舌。
趁周末到经销商那里询问,换来的答案是建议我直接到Samsung service centre,因为如果由他们代劳拿过去会比较慢。于是我便徒步到位于Landmark 的Samsung 客服中心,才发现服务至上的Samsung 周末是不开门的,原来他们的服务对象是周日不需要上班的人们和失业大军。
我还有什么选择?唯有拜托经销商代劳,那可能要拖上整个月,不然就趁屠妖节假期再走一趟,可能他们会开门,虽然我不敢抱太大希望。我大概是被它的外表骗了才会买下它,最让人受不了的是来电铃声可以用mp3,可是闹钟却不行,非得用那愚蠢又难听至极的default 铃声。这是哪门子的设计,那些工程师干什么来着?
电话坏了,我的mp4 也来凑热闹。相隔不到三天mp4 也宣告不治,电池一直没办法充电,都不知道中了什么毒。如果机器故障会传染,so what's next? 我的相机?还是我刚买的LCD 宽屏屏幕?
I should have seen it coming. Good things don't happen to me.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
好歌不停[14] Este loco que te mira by Cristian Castro

墨西哥歌手Cristian Castro 翻唱Marc Anthony 的这首歌。我也是最近才知道原来这首歌的原唱者是Marc Anthony,可是我觉得Cristian 翻唱得很成功,两个版本相差天南地北,几乎扯不上关系。很遗憾我没有能力翻译全部歌词,只知道歌名的意思大概是The crazy guy who looks at you。
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Friday, October 17, 2008
画蛇添足

自从美国电视艾美奖在2003年设立Outstanding Reality-Competition Program 这个奖项以来,The Amazing Race 连续六年得奖。这里我不是要继续讨论我有多喜爱这个节目,只是不明白为什么他们要将类似节目归类为Reality Competition Program,直接说Competition Program 不行吗?难道Competition 还会有Non-reality 的?
电视上有“请勿模仿”的警告英文说成Don't try this at home。为什么要无端端强调at home?莫非只要在家以外的地方就可以模仿?
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Monday, October 13, 2008
看戏

这个九月/十月份,广受欢迎的几部美剧回归了,我又要开始下载美剧的日子。而且同时追看三部,好不过瘾。
Prison Break 已经迈入第四季,故事越扯越远了。当初的光芒已不在,现在只想给这出戏好好收场。Sara 死而复生没有太大感觉,反而开始喜欢Alex 和Gretchen 这两个角色。Wentworth Miller 好像有一点水肿,逃亡的日子也能变肥?拜托不要再有第五季,让一切在这里结束吧。
第三季的Ugly Betty 依然那么好笑,充满娱乐性,尤其是Amanda。同时被两个男人爱,是幸运还是不幸,Gio 和Henry 在这一季没有出现,未尝不是件好事,拖拖拉拉的三角恋观众会受不了。
虽然时间一下子跳了五年,第五季的Desperate Housewives 还是很有看头。Susan 和Mike 之间的drama 会不会太多了一点,为什么拖到现在他们还是没有好的下场。如果要拆散他们就给我干净利落一点,不要到最后他们又在一起,显。。比较期待Solis 一家会有什么发展。
还有最新的The Amazing Race 也开始了,还好电视有播。只可惜我的最爱Lost 要等到明年初才会上演,我已经迫不及待想知道答案了。
我知道有很多人在讨论热门港剧像《家好月圆》之类的,其实也不是不好看,就是觉得拍来拍去都脱离不了港剧典型的一种框框。说直接一点,就是没有新意,没有突破,只是换了剧中角色的家族事业或角色的职业。
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
7个银行户口

莫名其妙又不知不觉地,我一共有7个银行户口,为什么会这么多?
BSN,我第一个银行户口,在十几年前开的。主要是我在学生时期时使用,现在已经有一段时间没碰了。
RHB,当初开这个户口其实是没必要的。不过我加入的第二家公司是通过RHB 发薪,所以事实证明这是免不了的。
CIMB,Bumiputra Commerce 的前身。当年因为要申请PTPTN 而开的,同时也申请了提款卡,曾经是我使用率最高的户口。
Hong Leong,在槟城开的,到目前为止都没有必要,是使用率最低的。
Bank Islam,我也不想的,是后来PTPTN 换了银行支付贷款,所以没的选择。当时我的matric card 同时也是提款卡,里头的款额已剩不多,我很久没有动过了。
Maybank,因为靠近我第一份工作的地点,存款和提款都很方便,而且Maybank 提款机很容易找,所以决定开一个户口。现在是我最常使用的户口。
第七个户口,EON Bank,是我刚加入的这间公司发薪的管道银行,一定要开。
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
我最喜欢的三个网站

No.1: Wikipedia,是我的浏览器主页的首页。一打开火狐就看到wikipedia,就好像即使新闻一样,每天的Today's featured article 可以让我马上学到新的知识。Wikipedia 是一本看不完的书,有太多东西等着我们去发掘。
No.2: Google,我浏览器的主页之一。附属的Gmail 是我现在使用的email 帐户,每天检查信箱是例行公事。Google 搜索引擎是我唯一信赖的。我现在使用的中文输入工具正是谷歌拼音输入法。Google 万岁!
No.3: YouTube,最佳的娱乐频道。很多错过或看不到的节目都可以在YouTube 找到,比如康熙来了,火影忍者等。我喜欢在YouTube 追看纪录片Air Crash Investigation 和Seconds from Disaster。最近我很迷Madtv 的搞笑视频,请在YouTube 搜索Madtv,就有一大堆爆笑视频等你来看。
还有其他很有用的网站,也是我经常浏览的,包括JobStreet,还有我个人很推崇的VideoJug,和Wikimapia。当然少不了我每天必定报到的佳礼中文论坛。
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Friday, October 03, 2008
一洞未平一洞又起

几天前喉咙剧痛,以为自己是不是吃了过热食物,还是天气的关系。可是又没有痰,也不咳。平时我喉咙痛都会有痰,而且一定会把痰咳出来。喝了很多水也不见好转,真的很不寻常。拿起镜子往口腔里照,才发现口腔内壁接近喉咙的部分破了一小洞。一般口腔溃烂都是在嘴唇周边,可是这次居然这么深,烂在那个地方。
这个破洞还没痊愈,另一个洞已经悄悄地在酝酿着了,没有洞的日子真短暂。
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Monday, September 29, 2008
靠不住
到底要到几号才算九月底?你的话信不信得过?为什么你动作这么慢,我快被人签掉了。我没办法再帮你拖延了,为你牺牲这么多都不知道是否值得。你很让我失望,偏偏我又对你那么死心塌地,陷入这进退两难的局面。
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
好歌不停[13] Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows
Counting Crows 翻唱Joni Mitchell 1970年的创作,献声的还有Vanessa Carlton。听回原唱的版本,发现还是Counting Crows 翻唱的好听很多,相信不是因为先入为主的偏见。
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
They took all the trees, and put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey
Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
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Friday, September 19, 2008
离开是为了寻找更理想的栖息地

还没有介绍自己的新工作,我却已经辞职了。没想到我也会这么做,曾经告诉自己任何工作都要做长久一点,不要只待了两三个月就走人,让履历好看一些。我不想成为试用期未满就离开的一群,但事与愿违,有时候情况真的让人逼于无奈。
我想这是我从之前的工作经历领悟到的,如果发现工作环境与内容不符自己,就应该当机立断,避免越陷越深。于是,我做了这个决定。这份工作薪酬不错,比起之前的好太多,所以离开不是为了待遇的问题。总结这三个月的观察,我不能接受这样的作业方式和工作内容。尽管有人说我不该因此而辞职,但我知道自己的决定是对的。
我不担心找不到工作,我只在乎能不能找到自己想要的工作。我需要一个确定的方向,安定下来,全情投入。我深信Donald Trump 说的,“如果你不热爱你的工作,你永远不可能成功。”
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
红颜薄命

昨天在网上看到有中学生被绑架并惨遭撕票的传闻,由于报章未报导,不知道是不是真的。今早报章的封面新闻就刊登了该惨案,被撕票的是一名年僅16岁的女中学生,就读我毕业的中学,让人不住心寒。据知嫌犯是一批16至22岁的少年,绑架了死者后,毒手将她杀害并烧尸。凶狠的程度让人发指,尤其凶徒还是一群年纪轻轻的少年,真替他们的父母难过。
是不是因爱成恨的结果,已经没有必要揣测。唯一关注的是能不能将凶徒全部绳之以法,并将他们判刑。很担心他们会被轻判,甚至到最后不了了之。死刑似乎起不了作用,终身监禁比较有效,让其他囚犯好好调教他们。如果被轻判,他们出来后势必成为市民攻击的目标。
这世界已经够乱了,为什么同样是大马人,同样是华人,却要自相残杀,做出这种丧心病狂的事。希望身为家长的各位一定要好好管教子女,同时也要关注孩子的安全。愿死者安息。
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Twit
最近电视播出的白兰氏鸡精广告,由新加坡VJ Utt 担任主角。Utt 在广告中扮演节目主持人,在走进摄影棚途中迅速并准确地回答工作人员的各种疑问。其中一人就问到,"What do you call a pregnant goldfish?"
Utt 答,"A twit."
广告里的中文字幕将该答案翻译为“还是金鱼”,这题目引起了我的好奇心,怀孕的动物也需要专属名词?不过像英文这么巴贝的语文,如果真是有也不出奇。在网络上查找资料,发现这题目在网上是流传已久的fun-trivia。对于这问题,网友们做了分析,首先,"怀孕"基本上是哺乳动物专用的名词。鱼是下蛋的,体内孵有蛋的鱼称不上是怀孕,只能说是egg-laden fish.
再来,twit这个字的意思和鱼扯不上关系。翻查字典和网上字典,twit是指愚蠢的人。所以我想,根本没有怀孕的金鱼这回事。说怀孕的金鱼叫twit 是暗讽思考这题目的人愚蠢。对于twit 这字的进一步分析,可参考这里。
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Nephew talks - Episode 1
Interview with my 4-year-old nephew.
The kinder garden stories - Part 1
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Sunday, August 31, 2008
好歌不停[12] Patience by Take That
来自Take That 的另一首好歌,大家要有耐心。
特别喜欢在2:50-3:00 高低音起伏转折的部分,写的很好!
Just have a little patience
Still hurting from a love I lost
I'm feeling your frustration
Any minute all the pain will stop
Just hold me close inside your arms tonight
Don't be too hard on my emotions
Cause I need time
My heart is numb has no feeling
So while I'm still healing
Just try and have a little patience
I really wanna start over again
I know you wanna be my salvation
The one that I can always depend
I'll try to be strong
Believe me I'm trying to move on
It's complicated but understand me
Cause the scar runs so deep
It's been hard but I have to believe
Just have a little patience
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
梦中人
你只出现那么一次,却教我念念不忘。
为什么一觉醒来就会把刚才梦过的给忘了。
我很努力地想,就是想不起来。
好可惜,梦中的内容一定很精彩,我却只剩支离破碎的印象。
我想大概是没什么可能会再梦见你了。
如果可以,我愿意活在梦里。
梦中人 一分钟抱紧 接十分钟的吻
陌生人 怎么走进内心 制造这次兴奋
我仿似跟你热恋过 和你未似现在这样近
思想开始过份
为何突然袭击我 来进入我闷透梦窝
激起一股震撼
梦中人 多么想变真 我在心里不禁
梦中嫱 这分钟我在等 你万分钟的吻
我仿似跟你热恋过 和你未似现在这样近
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