Tioman Diving Trip Oct 24-27, 2008

Tioman Diving Trip Oct 24-27, 2008
Resort: Salang Pusaka Resort
Dive Operator: Fisherman Dive Center.
Group: Grace Lee, John Kuan, Dennis Chan, Wong Pek Kee, Patrick Tan, Jocelyn Hu, Elson, Adrian Wong (Ah Chi), Elson, Makko

My Niece

Jayme is going 5 months old now.... a cute little baby.

Justin Live Concert Oct 18, 2008

Great concert.
侧田能歌能舞， 能舞？还好吧... 声音具有爆发力，首首歌唱到点... 侧田还很会带动全场的气氛，encore了两次， 到最后全场一起唱起了歌，实在太动人了。这是他巡回演唱会的最后一场，所以他也用尽全力去唱，没有后顾之忧...
特别嘉宾：邓丽欣

Dungun Diving Trip

Last weeked, i went to a short diving trip again. It was quite a last minute when Kenzin asked whether i am interested to join him. I have no plans for the weekend, so i invited few more friends to join the trip. "Fishing" cum diving trip.

We leave KL on Friday night. Approximately 4 hours drive to Dungun Town, Terengganu. We able to catch some rest for the night before we start our diving trip early the next morning.

We have 9 divers on the boat and we will spend our whole day on the boat without resting on land. I thought i ca take the rocky ride on the boat. Right before we reached our destination, i started to feel dizzy, stomach felt blotted. Kenzin help me to gear up for the first dive. I manage to complete the first dive. We need to do our surface interval on the boat, the rocky boat. Oh gosh.... sea sick.... i try to close my eye and take some nap. But once i open my eye, i feel like want to vomit. It was torturing. The rest of the divers do theie 2nd dive. I cant help myself to get up. I dont even have the strenght to gear up. Eventually i throw myself out. I felt much better after that throw and i am awake. After the 2nd surface interval, i was hesitating whether to join the 3rd dive. John said just go for it. Under the sea is calm as compare on the rocky surface. So i joined them....

After the 3rd dive, i un-geared. People infront of the boat were shouting that there is a WHALE SHARK, a gentle giant.... i was so excited. I grab the mask, without any gear, jump straight into the sea. The whale shark swimming towards me on the surface, and then make a turn just next to me.... i am so near to the whale shark. I wanted to touch him, but i am afraid of doing so. I had hold my breath long enough.... what an experience. I did not get the chance to take any photos of it as the camera is not with me....
It is not easy to bump into such a big whale shark. And i am one of the lucky one...
If you are not sure how a whale shark looks like.... check this out...



On the next day, i did not join any of the dive as i am afraid of the sea sick. John and Patrick bump into the whale shark on the 2nd day, lucky them.

It was a great fish harvest trip....

My New Watch

October is our company year end, and of course our contractual bonus will be paid in this month as well. So i have been thinking how to reward myself....
I bought a watch today. The first time i spotted this watch was the time when i was in Hong Kong 2 years back. I wanted to buy that watch but i was out of stock when it in all the shop watches in Hong Kong Airport. Since then, i never think about this watch again. And lately, i really wanted to buy myself a new watch....and i did it today. Not an expensive watch, but looks good.

Rainbow

It has been sometimes since i saw a rainbow. Today, on my way back home i saw rainbow right in front of my office. It was still drizzling at that time. Outside of the office, i am able to capture few photos while i was driving.

I saw another rainbow, a different rainbow in KL. This is a fuller rainbow.

It was exceptionally jam today. I took 1 hour 10 minutes to get home today (from Damansara Heights to Ampang). But the rainbow has company me back home today.... feel better in the bumper to bumper jam.

Wedding Dinners

Oct 4, 2008 Kah Why Wedding Dinner @ Restaurant Loon Sing

Did not get the chance to take photos with the Bride. I was a bit lazy that night. Only manage to snap few photos only.
Dinner was delicious though... most importantly.... they serve pork... yummy



Oct 5, 2008 Jessica Tiong Wedding Dinner @ Nikko Hotel

I am one of the "ci mui" for Jessica's wedding.
Arrived at her house early in the morning to do some preparation to play the "heng tai". It was fun and funny.Games Played:
1) With a guy bitting a banana, another guy to eat the banana by doing push up.
2) Role an raw egg from left of his trousers and come out from the right of his trousers. WIth a heng tai helping another heng tai to roll it.... so funny.
3) Catch 2 golf balls and 4 pebbles in a pile of freezing cold ice water with a bare foot.
4) Collapse 3 can drinks with an orange hanging in between the guys leg....
5) Q&A for the groom. If groom answer correctly, the heng tai got to be punished. If groom answer wrongly, the groom be punished. Punishment: Stick a duck tap on the heng tai/groom hairy leg, then pull it..... Oooo.... this is a painful one.... but it was funny....

The Tea Ceremony was held at Nikko Hotel. After the tea ceremony and lunch. I was able to catch some beauty nap in the late afternoon.
Arrived at Nikko Hotel at 7pm.... There were ex-Deloitte folks and HP folks...
Great time.....

公司内部又重组

身在国际企业，必定会面对公司内部重组再重组，公司收购其他公司后又重组，streamline 后又重组的命运。短短一年的惠普生涯，内部重组不少次。还记得上一回的内部重组， 很多同事都面临不同的命运， 俜请我的老板走了，俜请我老板的老板也走了。现在公司正收购其中一家 IT Outsourcing公司， 这个收购，估计24,600 员工的职位难保。大家都对这数议论纷纷， 开始谈起Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) 的配套。24,600在Country Level 的影响会有多大，到现在还是个未知数。收购将会与今年11 月生效。对于我来说，我估计我有可能会是24,600 的一分子，但现在还言之过早。如果是VSS的配套好，说实的，我不介意被VSS，东家不打，打西家， 但受到风VSS 配套不怎么诱人，这可惨了！也担心不了多少，只可等着瞧了！
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HP set to cut workforce by 24,600


HP's hopes its takeover of EDS will help it compete with IBM

Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest computer company, says it plans to cut 24,600 jobs, almost 8% of its workforce, to streamline its business.

The cuts will take place over the next three years as it combines operations with Electronic Data Systems, the technology company it recently bought.

EDS employees are expected to bear the brunt of the cuts.

HP hopes the acquisition will allow it to take on rival IBM and win more lucrative, long-term contracts.

Half of the jobs cuts will be in the US, with finance, human resources and legal departments expected to be affected.

The company said that it eventually planned to add about half the positions back as different jobs in different departments within the company.

HP's $13.9bn takeover of EDS is the firm's biggest acquisition since 2002 when it bought Compaq for $19bn.

Wakeboarding September 20, 2008

Participant:
Grace Lee, John Kuan, Dennis Chan, Danny Chan.
Rate:
RM720 for 3 hours (package price)or RM280 per hour (for weekend)
Venue:
The Mines Water Resort

Tension

Got this piece from a forwarded email. And would like to share with everyone.

The Moment you are in Tension
You will lose your Attention
Then you are in total Confusion
And you will feel Irritation
Then you will spoil personal Relation
Ultimately, you won't get Co - Operation
Then you will make things Complication
Then your blood pressure may raise Caution
And you may have to take Medication
Instead, understand the Situation
And try to think about the Solution
Many problems will be solved by Discussion
This will work out better in your Profession
Don't think it's my free Suggestion
It's only for your Prevention
If you understand my Intention
You will never come again to Tension



- Bill Gates

Diet Bet

I won my bet of MYR1,000. I was having this bet with John 2 months ago. If i am able to lost 4 kg in 2 months time, i will get MYR1,000, if not, i will lost MYR500.
Today is the due date for this bet. I lost 4 kg. In fact, i lost 2 kg in the first week. I maintain it for 7 weeks. Then i lost another 2 kg in the last week. 4 kg in 8weeks.
In fact, as long as i don’t over eat, eat 70% full. I need not starve myself, combine the diet with some exercise. Somehow, i still feel fat. May be need another 4kg. Will power to lost weight is something i don’t have. I am unable to resist the temptation of food. The least i can do is to maintain my weight.

Doctor Visitsss

I went to see doctor few days ago. I have been coughing and it has affected my sleeping at night. Sore throat for more than a week. This is the third time i went to see doctor in 2 weeks time. I don’t normally see doctor, guess i am afraid to see doctor and i don’t normally see the necessary to see them since i can get whatever medicine from the pharmacy. I kept telling myself that if i want to get well. I should go to see doctor earlier. Furthermore, it is our company panel of doctor. It is relatively convenient for me as i just need to walk to the next building. I have successfully persuaded myself to see doctor, bravo on this, not easy.

Besides seeing doctor, the second thing is to persuade myself to take the prescribed medicine. I am not afraid to eat medicine. I can swallow few big capsules at one time. But i just don’t have the habit to finish or take the medicine doctor prescribed. I don’t know why. It just like i purposely remind myself to forget. Doctor said, i need to finish the course of antibiotic. I did not do so in the first visit. But i left only 2 tablets, good enough. I did not really suck the sore throat medicine either because it tasted weird when i try few times. My tongue became tasteless after the sore throat sweet. Somehow, i deemed myself finish that course of medicine because i finished more than 70% of what the doctor gave me. Well done.
In my second visit, 3rd day after my first visit. My whole body aching, looks like i am going to have a light fever. I left office around 3pm to get some rest. After my rest, i feel better. So i decided not to take the medicines.

Few days later, all the problems just submerged again. Here come the 3rd visit. I told myself i need to finish my medicines, because i really have a hard time in the coughing and sore throat. The thing i really afraid of is the spraying thingy into my nose. I can take more than 15 minutes, holding the spray, hesitating whether to spray it into my nose. I just hate that water force into my nose feeling. What to do.... doctor said, i have to do it if i want to get well.... sigh.... Check out the medicines i got in the 3rd visit....

COWTOPUS

Me and John were walking in Pavillion on Sunday. We heard this announcement paging for Mr. Kau Toh Pes. I am not sure how to spell Mr. Kau’s name. But the name sounds rather weird. We look at each other with a funny expression when his name was repeated in the announcement. It was coincidence that John told me he read a comic, there was this character comes with a Cow head and an Octopus body. It sounds exactly Cow Topus, Cow plus Octopus. We laugh….

Here is how the Cow Topus looks like.. the 巨牛八尾... hehe

Grandma Passed Away

I was on compassion leave for two days.

My grandmother passed away on August 9, 2008. She was 93 year old. She has 5 sons and 3 daughters. In total, she has 101 of sons, daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. 5 generations in her lifetime and I am on the third generation, grandchildren.

This is the first time I attended a formal grand funeral. Most of the relatives were there. It was a tiring ceremony.

I met my so called father (Mr. Lee) at the funeral. It has been 20 years since the last time I met him in Taiwan. I don’t know how to greed him and talk to him. I just node my head when I saw him. Feel rather uncomfortable as I have tried my best to avoid him. He did not come to talk us (me and my brother) as well. My second brother, Lester arrived at Tuesday night. He can’t recognised me. I walked to him and introduce myself. Lester went to Taiwan when he was 13 years old. I am only 10 years old at that time. I have not met him and talk to him for almost 20 years. I am really sad when I think about this. We did not get to talk as the ceremony is still on going. I just feel so strange with everything going on. I don’t talk to Mr. Lee because I choose not to and I don’t know what to talk to Lester but I hope we can sit down and talk the whole night. Later of the night, after the ceremony we get to talk a while. But it has been 20 years, too much thing has happened. I just felt Lester is trying to avoid us as well. He is my brother and yet I felt he is more like a stranger to me. I am really sad to have this feeling. He is going back to Taiwan on Thursday afternoon. I asked him to come to KL to pay a visit; we will give him a ride. He just finds much excuses of not going. I am sad….

Second day of the ceremony, in between the break, we exchange our number and email. I keep thinking, what is the purpose of exchanging those details. I have his email, and I have written to him before. He knew I was working in Beijing once. But why doesn’t he reply my mail. Exchanging details is just a formality. It is just an excuse for me to talk to him. I am sad….After exchanging those details, taken few photos, he excuses himself.

Every time I see him with his Taiwan sister (adopted sister) talking freely. I feel sad, very sad.

The ceremony still going on and on….. Standing for hours again, kneeling up and down, and walk under the extremely hot sun with only a pair of white socks on the leg.

After the ceremony, everyone is leaving. I don’t know when we will have chance to meet again. Probably in another big event. I don’t think wedding is a big event for Lester to travel to KL. I guess we will meet in another funeral. Whose funeral will this be?

When we were leaving, I was hesitating whether I should say goodbye to Mr. Lee, I was waiting my elder brother, Vincent to make the move. But all of us just don’t know where to start. We were standing aside for a while. At last Vincent makes the move, we shake his hands. This is the atmost I can do. I feel sad….. sad.

August 08, 2008 (08082008)

I am getting really excited about the opening ceremony of Olympic Games. I recall 4 years ago the Olympic opening ceremony in Athens was on August 13, 2004, Friday. I only get to watch 10 minutes of the ceremony and I need to start my journey for a diving trip in Tioman. I intend to finish watching the opening ceremony. If so, I would not able to reach my destination on time and will miss the ferry to Tioman Island.

This time of Olympic, I make I don’t have any appointments or activities. I make sure I stay in front of the TV and do the count down. Olympic in Beijing meant a lot for me. I have been staying in Beijing for 2.5 years. I know the place and culture and I feel closer to Beijing and hence this year Olympic.

Get to know that today is an announced public holiday in Beijing. Well deserved.

The first thing I am going to do after I am home today is to take out the Beijing Olympic mascot and put it somewhere obvious. (Pending attach photos).

Excited…..

Weird encounter in Gym

I have been working out in Fitness First for a year. Yesterday was the first day someone walks to me and talks to me.

I finished my RPM class (cycling class). Taking a 15 minutes break before I go for other class (Body Balance). Within these 15 minutes, I went to the weighing machine thinking to check my weight. When I am in front of the weighing machine, a uncle came to me and said. “Don’t you feel pain the way you clip your hair?” I gave him a weird looking expression, if he is able to read my face, I should be saying “Do I know you??? Your pick-up line sucks” Guess he did not catch what I am trying to tell him since he keep asking questions like, do you come here often, where do you work, where is your office, working as what, where do you stay, what kind of food you have for lunch around your office… I just tell him, nothing much to eat around my office, we just have food court in my office. He was surprise and said, then how should I ask you out for lunch…… Before he continues, I ask him what the time is, and act in a way like I am really rushing for another class; in fact I still have 10 minutes before the class start. If he is handsome, I might spend my 10 minutes talking to him. Too bad… UNCLE hehehe…..

KL vs Non KL

Those people who stay in Damansara, Bandar Utama, PJ (Non KL), have they ever think about the distance of travelling from those areas to KL and from KL travelling to those areas are the same?

When you are having some gathering in KL, KL folks will always get this kind of comments from non KL folks, “it is so far to travel to KL!” Sometimes, I just get upset when I got this kind of comments from my close friends. For non-KL folks to travel to KL is consider far, but for KL folks to travel to non-KL is never a far in their dictionary because we always try our best to accommodate our close friends. Let’s have some thoughts for your friends in KL. There are other nice places to visit beside One-Utama, The Curve….

Don’t give this kind of comments (is far to travel to KL) if you were invited for some gathering in KL. If you don’t feel like going just said so, but please don’t give this kind of shit comment anymore. Bear in mind that distance is the same for us (KL folks) to travel to PJ, Damansara or Bandar Utama.

FYI: Distance from Damansara, Bandar Utama, PJ to KL = Distance from KL to Damansara, Bandar Utama, PJ.

Grandma

My brother received an urgent call from relatives in Melaka saying that my grandma emitted to hospital and she is in bad condition. We were call to pay our visit. May be our last visit.

I took an emergency leave for 2nd half day yesterday and rush down to Melaka with together with my brother and sister in law. Approximately 2.5 hours drive.

When we arrived in the hospital, they were more 10 people standing beside my grandma. Some of them drive from Singapore and some from Muar. Nothing much we can do. My grandma is 91 years old and turning to 92 in this September. She has a hip fracture and is in pain. My aunt told me she refuses to eat and can’t talk. She thin like a skeleton. My aunt wakes her up to let her know that me and my brother are here to visit her. Grandma acknowledged our arrival and fall asleep again.
She is half conscious i guess. My aunt asked me whether grandma will recover or not. I am speechless...

After spending sometime in the hospital, we left and head to my uncle’s house.

Later at night, before we go back to KL, my brother, sister in law and me when to the hospital again. A lady staying in the same ward as my grandma told us that she wakes up and asks for water. To my surprise I thought she can't speak. My grandma actually speaking, but she only able to speak in single word. We have to guess what she wants. Apparently, she is hungry. We ask her whether she wants to drink some milk and water. She nodes her head. So we feed her slowly. She fall asleep easily and we have to call her in loud to wake her up. It is good that she drinks. My heart was in pain when I saw her suffering.

We left the hospital when she sleep quietly and soundly. By time I reached KL, is almost 1am.

Odie's Polyps

My rusty is doing well after his second operation.
Here comes my Odie again. Recently, Odie’s ear is really smelly and we suspect that his ear is infected. So we sent Odie to the vet.
Again, doctor told me that there are 2 polyps deep inside his ear and there is some infection in his ear too.

This is the definition of Polyps:

“A polyp is an abnormal growth of tissue (tumor) projecting from a mucous membrane. If it is attached to the surface by a narrow elongated stalk it is said to be pedunculated. If no stalk is present it is said to be sessile.”

Doctor gave me 2 suggestions:

1) Operation to remove the polyps:
I did not take this option as the polyps grown deep inside his ear and it is dangerous to undergo operation. Even after the operation, polyps might come back. Doctor said there might be complication before and after the operation since Odie is a senior dog. Doctor himself don’t really recommend this option.

2) A deep wash for the ear.
This is not the cure for that grown, instead it is just to slow it down. I choose to do this. There are further 2 choices for this option. It can do it with or without anaesthetics. The different of course is in the billing. I told the doctor that I don’t want my dog to suffer so I choose to anaesthetic my dog even I have to pay a little bit more.

Now Odie is under full time medication.
I will bankrupt one day if my dogs non stop giving me problems.

On Diet

It has been a while since I weigh myself. I know I have put on weight but don’t know how much I have put on. I can feel myself getting clumsier. Skirts and trousers getting tighter. The heaviest I got was the time I was in Beijing and that is the time the doctor said I am overweigh and I have to lost weight. I might not look overweight in a glance but doctor advise me to maintain my weight at certain level in order to stay healthy. Hence, I take my weigh in Beijing as a benchmark. It is an evil weight that I have to stay away from. All the while, I thought I was still away from the evil weight. Few days ago, I weigh myself in my gym. Shock of my life, I am at my evil weight. It is like a ringing bell to me that it is time to go on diet.

I have a bet with John. He will lose MYR1K, if I can lose 2kg in a month for 2 consecutive months (i.e. 4kg in 2 months). Losing weigh is one of the hardest things I can do. I can’t resist to good food. My mind and eyes are always in a standby mode for food even I don’t feel hungry at all. I eat for the sake of eating and tasting. Furthermore, I like to bake breads at home lately. I will bake my own breads for my family members, white bread, wholemeal bread, red bean buns and cookies.

My sister and sister in law are so keen on the bet offered because it sounds so easy to them. My sister has record of losing 6kg in a month. My sister in law has problem in maintaining her weigh where she kept losing weight after she gave birth. For me, I have problem in maintaining my weight too, as it keep INCREASING.

The good thing is I still maintaining my regular work out in gym. What I need to do is to cut my food in half. No snacking in between meals. This means no more potato chips. I am in love with potato chips lately…. Sigh…. Have to say to bye to them. I am not going to have too drastic change in my diet plan. I will do it gradually this time.

Today is my third day of diet. Yesterday, I had smoked salmon salad for my lunch, a slice of wholemeal crackers in late afternoon. For my dinner, I had a bowl of soup, vegetables and fruits. I start feeling hungry at 10pm. I was so tempted to grab some food to eat. The worse part is my sister in law was having her McDonald cheeseburger as supper, she offered me the burger. I resisted it, and I went to bed directly. By 10.30pm, I am asleep.

Rusty’s Operation

Rusty has gone for his operation last week. He was fine after the operation. However, the wound got inflammation. My sister brought him back to the vet for further treatment. He was alright after that treatment. Few days later the wound did not recover. He has to go back to the vet. Doctor advised Rusty to undergo a 2nd operation. Doctor said they need to fix the stitches. I was wondering, what’s wrong with the stitches? Has the doctor stitched it correctly during the 1st operation? Or did Rusty scratches his wound till some of the stitches drop off? I don’t think my sister will ask the doctor this kind of questions. I am not there to blame whose faults. I just don’t want to see my dog suffer further.

I understand that dog healing power is different from human. I can feel the pain as Rusty need to suffer a certain level of pain again. His weight has dropped dramatically. He has bruises in his intestine. He can only go for liquid food at the moment. No matter what, I just hope that he will recover from this 2nd operation

容祖儿演唱会- Jun 28, 2008

上星期五去看了容祖儿的演唱会。很高兴的是座了一个算蛮好位子，应该能称得上风水位吧！我坐在PS2 面向舞台的第一排。如果你有去过云顶云星剧场的现场话，你就会体会到我所说的风水位了。说实的，这不是我原本买的票， 我的票应该是星期六的，买票的时候，完完全全忘了星期六是Jayme 的满月party。兜兜转转的，朋友给我换来了一张比我原本更好的票。应该是PS面向舞台中间的位。

到场时，演唱会刚刚开始，看到的自己的位子，前后左右都坐满的人，看到最前的一排是空的，几个朋友说坐了再说。我的风水位就是这样的来的。看完的演唱会，也没人赶我们走。

容祖儿载歌载舞，声线一流。情歌天后这个荣誉，真的是实在名归。现场的演绎非常好，平均两三首歌就换一件衣服，到了最后，我也lost count他换了多少件衣服了。连我妈也说好， 妈妈说以前看了很多老一辈歌手的演唱会，看了容祖儿的，感觉完全不一样。容祖儿唱live 真的是“无得挺”， 果然是实力派歌手。唯一不好的是，有很多我想听得歌，他都没唱。唱了蛮多我不熟悉的歌。

该死的我，忘了带相机。

Jayme Lee Full Month Celebration: Jun 28, 2008

Jun 28, 2008 was Jayme 1 month old. We were having an open house. We have invited relatives, brother’s friends and mom’s friends. I did not invite any of my friends since this is my brother’s open house.

I was really excited for this celebration. Brother has catered the food. Fried rice, fried bee hoon, curry chicken, sweet and sour fish, mushroom and broccoli, lam yu fried chicken, asam sotong, butter prawns, acar, jelly, fruits, ice kacang, satay, red eggs, Rice wine chicken. My mom has ordered a roast pig, this is the one I like most. Fresh, crispy and juicy roast pig, we eat it once it was cut…..everyone enjoy this dish.

This is the first time my house having so many children and babies. Most of my brother’s friends are married and have kids. All of them gathered at the 1st floor living hall. My house was full of children laughter that day.

Jayme seems like she knows it was her big day. She did not cry and was so awake the whole night. She is alright to let people carrying her too. I am so happy.

价值观

家里的四只狗，给我带来许多的问题。Rusty身体不适将近一星期了，直到昨天，做了X-Ray才知道他吞了一个物体，导致他吃不下，泻不出，还呕吐， 和Odie以前的情况一样。今天得劳烦妈妈带Rusty 去兽医处进行手术。妈妈的观点是，不是他的狗她不会去操心， 更不用想要她出一分钱，所以她也是被逼着去做。我真不明白当初大家都同意养Rusty的，但当有问题时，大家却袖手旁观。妹妹还好，起码会带Rusty 去看医生，可是钱财方面妹妹都自身难保。以前当我还在北京工作时，狗狗们的医药费多半都是由哥哥付，或是大家付点。现在我回来了，自然而然由我来担当了，因为哥哥一直都不同意养狗的。

有些人可能觉得我很怪，视狗如自己的孩子。狗狗是有生命的，难道他有病时就视而不理，让他等死吗？这让我领悟到，每个人都有不同的价值观， 真如我不明白为什么某些人能视宠物的生命为贱命，或某些人能当蛇，白老鼠，蜥蜴… 为宠物。我会花上上千块去医治我的狗，别人却认为我疯了。

要在生命理找一个和你志同道合，有相同价值观的伴侣是很困难的；要找一个和你有不同的价值观，但却会懂得尊重你的价值观的伴侣更是难上加难。从生活上的细节，让我理解到这得道理，当别人评击我的不是，或因为某些事因为价值观的分歧而成怒，我也得平心静气地去面对，毕竟每个人有不同的价值观，我得学会尊重，因为我理解…

Tioman Diving Trip Jun 14-16, 2008

Me and my friends
Nemo - Clown Fish
Nudibranch

Others

李欣美

My niece, Jayme Lee Yan Mae.... 李欣美...i called her 欣欣 in cantonese...
She got big eye.... cute cute baby...

Carl's Jr. Burger

I have been reading Ah Tee’s blog. I remember, after reading one of the posts, it makes me feel hungry, the one talking about Carl’s Jr. burger. I always wanted to try that burger ever since, it looks so tempting and delicious.

Yesterday, I had a chance to try. Hmm…. It really tastes great. Feel kind of messy holding such a big burger, with fresh lettuce and vegetable sauce leaking all over. I seldom eat beef. It only happens once in a blue moon. Luckily, this burger did not disappoint me when I decided to do so. It is juicy and very tasty.

Come to think about it, it is kind of expensive too, approximately RM28 (inclusive service tax) for a combo set. Guacamole Bacon Burger, skin on fries and a large cup of drink (refillable). You will full till you die if you finish the whole set by yourself.

产后忧郁症 (Post Partum Blues)

我经常听人说很多妇女产后都会有忧郁症。我能理解产后忧郁症的产生，但却不能理解在我家也能产生忧郁症的理由。所以一大清早就上网搜搜，想多了解实际的境况。

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根据研究发现，很多妇女在产后会发生情绪不稳的现象，有时在这一分钟觉得很高兴，到了下一分钟却无缘无故地想要哭，有时会有轻微的难过和沮丧、精神无法集中、食欲差，甚至睡不着觉的状况。为什么会出现这种情况呢？一是体内雌激素和黄体素在产后明显下降，短期内急剧变化引起了沮丧，就像月经来潮前情绪改变一样。另外，产后身心失调也是很重要的因素。

5种因素影响心理变化
进一步分析会影响心理失调的原因有：
1.角色的转换
产前自己是大家注目的主角，而产后大家的注意力都集中在宝宝身上，似乎主角的地位被取代，失落的情绪就会油然而生。
　　
2.身材恢复与否
担心自己的身材不能恢复，因而对于当初怀孕有点后悔，甚至心中充满焦虑和悔恨。
　　
3.深怕难以担当母亲的角色
初为人母的产妇，常常为了照顾宝宝，弄得自己手忙脚乱的，无法好好地照顾宝宝，最后因为身心俱疲而怀疑自己是否有能力胜任母亲的角色。
　　
4.宝宝的性别和期望有落差
传统观念一向重男轻女，现在尤其是在农村，还是有一些产妇因为生女孩儿自怨自艾。

5.生产方式未如预期
有些产妇原本想自然生产，却因为生产过程不顺而剖腹产，所以会感到很失望，加上手术后伤口疼痛的困扰，而有悔不当初的感觉。如果新生儿情况不佳，也会让产妇因担心宝宝的安危而忧心不已。
　　
产后3大心理变化
产后妇女心理的变化可分为以下几种：

1.产后郁闷：其发生几率约50%～70%，在产后3～6天发生，其主要症状包括：情绪不稳、失眠、暗自哭泣、郁闷、注意力不集中、焦虑等，持续时间约为一周左右。此时，只要丈夫和家人多关心，大约一周左右就可以好了。

2.有些产妇会出现较为严重的症状：如郁郁寡欢、食欲不振、无精打采，甚至常常会无缘无故地流泪或对前途感觉毫无希望，更有甚者会有罪恶感产生、失去生存欲望，这就是比较严重的产后忧郁症了。

3.产后精神病：约有0.14%～0.26%的忧郁症产妇，会出现沮丧的心情、幻觉、妄想、自杀或杀婴的精神病症状，此时产妇已经严重患有“产后精神病”。其中有些产妇在未怀孕前，本身早已有精神病的征兆，只是没注意到而已，出现这种病症应立即到医院精神病科进行治疗。
　　
产妇需要家人的关怀和支持
对于“产后忧郁症”而言，产妇若能随着时间的推移，逐渐认同宝宝、对母亲的角色能得心应手，就能在大约1个月的时间里恢复。如果丈夫和家人多给予关怀和支持，长辈们多传授一些育儿经验或者动手帮忙照顾宝宝，让产妇有足够的时间休息，再加上能够喂食母乳增进亲子感情，丈夫陪同做产后运动恢复身材，相信产后忧郁症恢复得会更快。

忧郁症的高危险群
　　产后忧郁症常常发于下列人群：
　　未满20周岁的产妇。
　　未婚的单亲妈妈。
　　收入少、经济状况差、居住条件差的产妇。
　　产妇本人出身于单亲家庭。
　　产妇本人在童年时期，因父母照顾不周而一直缺乏安全感。
　　产妇在怀孕期间，同丈夫关系不好或缺乏家人的关心。
　　产妇教育程度不高。
　　孕前或怀孕期间，常出现情绪失控的现象。
　　可以深谈或依赖的家人或朋友很少。
　　怀孕或产后期间生活压力太大。

添油惊魂

近几天人们都在议论纷纷着我国不再津贴汽油的措施，让汽油随着国际油价自由波动。当今我国人民都享受着每公升MYR1.92的优惠，若价格随着市场波动，油价将会暴涨至约每公升MYR4.00。

昨日下午(6月4日)首相终于宣布，汽油于6月5日起價MYR0.78，每公升無鉛汽油從MYR1.92漲至MYR2.70。有鉛汽油從MYR1.88漲至MYR2.66，兩者的漲幅皆是MYR0.78。柴油從MYR1.58漲至MYR2.58，漲幅MYR1。

消息一公布，短短的几小时内全部油站都爆满了汽车，大家都想添最后一桶MYR1.92每公升的油。我一直没想过去添油，毕竟我车还有半桶油嘛。到了晚上，妈妈就是逼着我替她添她车的油，咳…没得选只好去吧！抓了红中倍我去，顺便把我车油也添满。

一搭出门外，到处都堆满车龙。看到邻家其中一间油站没什么车龙，到了哪儿竟然发现油站汽油也没了，我觉得应该是该油站想把油收至第二天卖得更高的价格吧！结果选了另一间油站。

等着等着…耐心的等…发现原来好多人添油都不使用信用卡，排队付钱约5分钟，添油约5分钟，看了看排在我前面的还有5 辆车，得等上约40分钟。快到我添油时，红中却和我说我车启动不了 （我开着妈妈的车），发现原来我车的蓄电池flat 了！天呀！怎么会在这时候发生这种事，车后还排着好长的队伍，别的车开始honk了…真倒霉…我只好赶紧的把妈妈车油添好，再去推车。推车也推不了那里去， 前后左右都是车龙，想了想，只好继续排队，推着车去添油，然后再jump start 我的车。等着等着，推着推着，看到有一个印度人， 应该是有点神经病的吧，好像是好心肠的在指挥油站里的交通，突然来到排在我前面的摩托车处，推了推那车然后想搜索放在摩托车里的包，车主刚好去付钱，车主看到事情不妙 ，赶紧跑回来，一拳就往哪印度人打去。那印度人把衣服掀开，拿出了身上的一瓶酒想往车主打，车主也是位印度人，双方吵得好激烈，我也好怕因为我车刚好就在他们前面，本来我是站在车外等着推车的，我也赶紧坐进车里。最怕的是，城门失火，殃及池鱼嘛。那神经病的印度人，用力的把酒瓶抛到地上，随而走了。我们继续推车把油添好，然后把车推到油站的另一方，买了个jump start kit, 过了一段时间，我车终于启动了…刚出油站回家时，又看到那位神经病印度人又开始指挥交通，现在是指挥马路交通。What a night…

回想起，若不是妈妈逼我去添油，我才不会出外呢！但趁早发现我车没电池也好，起码现在有人帮忙，只怕等到自己一个人时才发现，叫天不应，叫地不闻，那可惨了….

迷信

对于迷信这个话题，我真的百般不解，到底他是真的还是假的，说是“迷信” 应该是没科学肯据， 所以是不存在也不用去理会的。我自称是百无禁忌，但当我周围的人为了某些事而迷信时，我也被逼去跟从，但每次就范时我心底总是有千万个为什么。很多人总是说宁可信其有，但既然知道这是个“迷信”，不存在的事实，为什么我们还是愚昧的去就范呢？真的不了解… 也许某些迷信，已成了一些人生活的习惯，无伤大雅也不添加麻烦，所以也成了个传统一代一代的传下去。

家中多了个baby, 种种的迷信也因而萌生。例如：不能在baby 面前说某些话，baby 会小器。下班回家后，我经常会问座月子婆很多关于Jayme的作息，她乖不乖，睡不睡得好，经常哭吗…座月子婆总是不让我在Jayme 面前问那么多的问题，她也不回答我。若是回答我，将会是Jayme 的视线范围外。真的不明白，baby鬼知道你说什么！她长大后也不会有印象，更不用说小器啦。

我和妈妈的观念是一致的，妈妈也是“傻下傻下”，百无禁忌，但因为大嫂很紧张Jayme，所以我也不敢给任何的意见，说话也得非常的小心。

除了对婴儿的迷信，对座月子的女人也非常的讲究，这个不能做那个不能做，有些规则我还能理解，确实挺有道理的，毕竟是别人的经验之谈， 但有些规则我确实是完全不明白，例如：我契妹告诉我，座月子时不能或少看电视及书， 因为会看盲眼的…..????.什么道理????, 我大嫂的座月子婆说，座月子的女人喝水时不能站着，老了会风湿…..????.什么道理???? 真的搞不懂。

也许以后生孩子，座月子的是我，也许我也会自然而然的迷信了…

Jayme...the baby girl...

My sister in law (Julie) gave birth to a pretty baby girl. She is 3.68kg (8 pounds, 1kg=2.20462262 pounds). Her name is Jayme Lee. She looks healthy and chubby. I am really happy that we have a new family member.

All the while I thought a baby takes few hours or days before she open her eyes. To my surprise, Jayme opened her eyes widely as soon as the doctor cut her umbilical cord. My brother took down the video clip when she was out. Jayme starts looking at her mother when she was carried to her mother. Slowly, she turns her eyes to left and look at her father. It was so amazing.

I took half day leave and can’t wait to welcome my niece to our family. When I reached hospital, Julie and my brother were still in the labour ward. I slowly walked into the labour ward afraid that the environment will scared me off. But it was just like a normal ward with additional equipments in the room. Jayme was in the nursery when I reached the hospital. My brother took me and my sister to the nursery. We were only allowed to watch the baby outside the nursery. It is to ensure the safety of the rest of the babies. She is really cute. She has been non-stop crying. Nurse told us that she was hungry. After the nurse changed her diaper, Jayme was pushed to the labour ward.

First touch of Jayme was great. Her skin is so soft and smooth. I spent the whole afternoon, taking photos and looking at Jayme. I got a chance to carry her as well. My mom arrived slightly later as she needs to cook some food for Julie. Everyone was really glad that Julie and Jayme were safe and the whole process from contraction, dilating and delivering was fast and smooth.

I think Jayme looks more like my brother...

书展

满载而归的一天！这次的海外华文书市中我买了好多的食谱。自从北京回来后，也没怎么买书， 因为吉隆坡的书比北京贵得多了，再说，在北京也买了蛮多的书籍。我所谓不同的书籍都是在于不同种类的食谱啦。这次在书展买的种类比以前更多，两本法国菜（西餐为主），台湾面线，糕点（以muffin为主），冰沙饮料等等。有好几个国家（台湾，中国等等）参与这次的书展，所以卖的主要都是台湾的食谱，写得非常详尽，只看图片也足以令人垂延三尺了。看到自己的战历品，真感到高兴。Here are some of the books...

乱世造英雄

我一直深信，乱世造英雄或时势造英雄这个道理。
在一个企业的内部重组中，也就是意味着企业内部乱世的时刻，每一人都会感觉到“机会”磁场的产生，相反的， 有些人也因为这个重组而面对职位难保的危机。
幸运的人会和“机会”碰面，积极的人会从中寻找机会，不幸的人会面对被革职的危机，也有些人会因为办公室政治的原因而离职。
在这短短的几个月中，有好几位同事也趁着乱世的时刻申请内部调职走了，辞职的也走了，连我直属老板 ，我老板的直属老板也走了。
在这乱世中，我是一个幸运的人，乱世为我制造了机会。但乱世造英雄，至古以来， 英雄都是死的轰轰烈烈的。虽然我幸运的和机会碰面过好几回，但我却对某些机会不感兴趣。更有个是我能力范围不容许我接受的机会。趁这乱世中，我也好好的思考了我事业的去向，我一直为这问题而烦。到底什么才适合我呢？我会因为拒绝机会而面临危机吗？

Joey Yung's Concert

I am so looking forward for this concert. I have yet to book the ticket. Probably will do so tonight. It has been sometimes since the last concert i watched in Beijing. Fish Leung's concert and Jacky Cheung 雪狼湖 musical concert. There are so many concerts lately. 泳儿，陈奕迅，草蜢 etc.... I am still looking the right company to join me for the concert...

Baby Boy

I am so happy that my god sister (Fei Chin) has given birth to a baby boy just now. Still remember the first time she told me that she is pregnant. I was overwhelmed and excited. She is the first of my closest family member who got pregnant. She was shocked to see my reaction. I am too excited and happy about it. I start buying pregnancy books for her and make sure she read it. I even read some of those books and share our thoughts. Time flies and now she got a healthy baby boy.

As a sister, I share her happiness. As a mother herself, she has been through the tough time in carrying a baby for 9 months. It is like carry a different sizes of ball for 9 months. She has been through the tough baby delivery moment. What else to say, mother is the greatest… it is a moment to cherish.

Congratulation….

人口失踪（续）

Early in the morning, i got the bad news about Choo Ching. These few days, i really keep worrying that the worse might happend to him. I pray for his safe return.
I am really sad when i found out what has happened to him. Why there are such people in the world that do such evil thing? Everyone of us deserve to live safely and happily because we work for it. This kind of syndicate need to be caught and punish immediately...

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Here is the news:

Deadly syndicate at large

KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate is believed to be going around robbing people, killing them and throwing their bodies into rivers.

On Thursday, two bodies were found with their hands tied, in a river in Sungai Buloh, one of them believed to be that of missing IT consultant Choo Ching.

It is learnt that six people have so far been detained in connection with the cases, and that police have found new leads through the arrests and were hunting for more people, including the masterminds involved in the incidents.

Police were also investigating if the two men were murdered by the same syndicate.

Federal CID director Datuk Bakri Zinin, when contacted, confirmed the arrest but declined to comment further.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Choo Ching's wife went to the Tanjung Karang mortuary in Kuala Selangor to identify one of the bodies fished out from the river, and confirmed the T-shirt, pants and underwear on the body belonged to Choo.

Ong Lai Lai, when met yesterday at a news conference organised by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong, said the clothing belonged to her husband, even though she could not identify the semi-decomposed body.

“Since speaking to Datuk Chong and from the information I have gathered from the police, I have prepared myself for the worst,” said Ong, who has a five-year-old son and is five-months pregnant.

Choo was last seen by two of his friends on the night of April 28, when they sat down for a business discussion. They only knew he was missing when they received a call from his wife the next morning.

Since his disappearance, a number of withdrawals have been made from his bank account. It is learnt that he had no debt problem and had not borrowed money form loan sharks.

Chong said police had done a great job so far and expected the cases to be solved soon.

“I suspect the two cases may be linked to the same syndicate/culprits,” he added.

When contacted, Kuala Selangor OCPD Supt Ibrahim Chin confirmed that Choo’s wife had identified the body through the clothing.

人口失踪

前几天，公司都在议论纷纷说着一位同事失踪的事件。我听了也毛骨悚然，怎么会发生这些事儿。今天早上，终于刊登在报纸上。报纸是这么写的：

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Wife pleads for husband’s safe return

KUALA LUMPUR: The wife and son of a missing IT consultant are pleading for his safe return.

Ong Lai Lai, 33, said her husband Choo Ching, 36, had gone missing since Monday night after a meeting to discuss a business plan with three friends at Putra Heights, Subang Jaya.

“He contacted me at about 9pm when he was on his way to the meeting and asked me about the well-being of our five-year-old, who was having a fever,” she said, adding that that was the last time she heard from her husband of nine years.

Ong, who was with her son Choo Jun Ting, was speaking to reporters at a press conference organised by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong yesterday.

Ong, who is five-months pregnant, said she went to bed at 10.30pm that night and only found out that her husband had not returned at 7.30am the next day.

She then lodged a report at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail police station here at about 1.30pm.

Ong also found out from Citibank that someone had been withdrawing money from her husband’s bank account.

“On Monday and Tuesday, several transactions had been made at the Citibank branch in Ampang and the highest amount withdrawn was RM3,000 while on Wednesday, 4,000 Thai Baht was taken from the account,” she said.

However, she said her husband, who earned more than RM7,000 a month, had no debt problem and had not borrowed any money from Ah Long.

Ong said she would give everything away just to have her husband back.

“Our son and baby cannot afford not to have a father. If (the captor) wants money, I’m willing to cooperate. I just want my husband back.

“Darling, please hold on no matter what, we are waiting for you to come home,” she said.

Jun Ting said he was missing his father and hoped that he could see him again soon.

Choo was wearing a white blue-striped shirt matching with deep colour pants and driving a Toyota Hilux, bearing a registration number of WKK 77 when he went missing.

Chong is expected to meet City CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Ku Chin Wah on the matter today.

Those who have information on Choo can call Ong at 012-3770011 or contact Chong at 03-21615678 or the nearest police station.
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我曾经和这位同事在公事上有过交往。平时在公司遇见也会点点头笑笑的。今天我一直在担心这位同事的安危，一直不停的猜测种种可能发生的事。我只能祈祷他能平平安安的回来。

Wakeboarding

I have gone for another session of wakeboarding on Saturday. I have improved in balancing myself and moving from left and right. My problem is using too much strength on my back leg (left leg) in controlling the direction. This has caused I fall easily when I tried to cross the wave. I will try to do my best in my next wakeboard session. My upper part of my body is aching now.

Flowers

Today is a sunny day. Exceptionally hot. When I take a look at all the flowers around my neighbour, I can see them smiling at me. Hence, I took out my camera I shoot photos of all the nice flowers. They look really pretty.

愚人节

今天是愚人节，得了一些意外的收获，很想把这意外的收获和心情点滴记录在我的blog 中。然后再想想，我选择把它记在我心中... 我会珍惜一切...