行！ki 'Pok Kan'!

不久前，听到了一首新歌。 曹格的《爷爷》

让我想起 蕭煌奇-阿嬤的話

继续之前，点上下其中一首吧！

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曲风并不是很特别，我个人也不是很疯曹格的歌。

但，有时，一首能够让一个人回味的歌，

不是曲风特别或由什么大牌巨星所唱的歌。

而是一首能

够让你内心泛起

圈圈，难以散去的涟漪。。。

还记得，我的阿公和阿嫲常会趁周末，把我和老弟带到'pok-kan' (在他们的口里指的是“菜市场”/pekan)但他们不曾一起带我们出去，因为一个耳朵硬，一个嘴巴硬。XP

每次都是：

“行喂！khih Pok-kan!" (khih means go in Hakka)

每次，我的阿公都会披起他那白衬衫，黑褐色帆布的长裤，手里再拿把“乌紮”a.k.a "黑伞"，我们仨就上路了。

可惜，路途上的事情我已经忘得七七八八了。。。

我也忘了我们曾点些什么来吃。

但，我记得，他总会点杯咖啡。当时还是小孩的我和老弟总是摸不着大人们为何总爱喝咖啡。。。。苦苦的。。。但，现在我们总懂了。=）

希望他现在一切都还好吧！(^~^)V

至于我的阿嫲，每逢出门，她必定会先在厕所花上一段时间。做么？

叮!对了！就是大便！！哈哈。。。beh tahan 嘛~

办完所有“离家手续”后，她就会系上她那“永远在身边”的‘万能’腰包。总而言之，去“pok-kan"对她来说是一件“大事”.

一路上，路过的车子还在“千里之外”之时，她就已经"SENSE"到了！

并且大喊吼：

"kia mak eh ngi zang hao!! Woh ngai hang pong pen tit!!!"

translation:"去他妈的！跟我闪去旁边！！”

问题是，她不是对那辆车吼，而是对我们吼。。。。哈哈。。。

到了pok-kan, 她开口第一句总是：“oi sit tok-tok 面麽？” （要吃云吞面吗？）

“。。。”（点头--点头）

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小学的时候还蛮粘他们的，但三年级过后，就被课外活动“骗”去了 X)

从此以后，

阿公没了伴，只好自己为自己作伴。。。唉~

阿嫲没了目的，也懒得出门了。。。

我和老弟 慢慢长大了。。。

他 不在了

她 也慢慢 老了

“你牵我走弯弯的小巷

风吹过落叶的地方

你说孩子勇敢的去闯

去看世界的模样”

我的老嫲曾经对我开玩笑：“wo ngai kiak tit chim 只 moi zai pen yew"

translation:跟我快点找个女朋友

我想跟她说：“如果你要看到我结婚的那一天，喝我敬的茶，

你最好不要跟我乱乱吃那些煎炸油腻的东西！

我不要看到三张都是空的椅子！”

Cradle Mt

Finally.... this post is up after some severe procrastination XD

This is a one-day trip organized by the SSA (Singapore Student Association). Maybe you'd be asking by now : "So, you're a Singaporean?"

Nope, I'm just attracted by their activities, especially this outing!

It's a great breakaway from the monotonous and sedentary academic life and

I WOULD DIE FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES!!!

(except soccer....haha)

So! Let's move on !

Cradle Mountain is located some where at the middle of Tasmania, just a bit towards the west north. It's basically linked to other National Park, which is just like 'Bajaran Titiwangsa" in Malaysia.

We had a short break at a small town near Cradle Mountain, called Railton, a town filled with murals. At there, I managed to capture one of the many murals which was kind of contradicting with the weather on that day.

"DAMN~~" t(___ ____ )t

If not mistaken, this would the Mersey River (the river I went to during my rafting trip)

Man... I miss that trip! As we moved nearer to Cradle Mt, we were transferred from bus to a smaller van provided by the National Park.

*FYI, if you want to go to Cradle Mountain, it's the best to have a 4WD.

When the Tasmanian sky is overcast with dark clouds, your vehicles maybe stopped from travelling further to Cradle Mt.

While we were on the bus, some one shouted:

"SNOW!!! SNOW!!! AAAaahhhh!!!" (and eventually fainted) XD

At the same time, the whole crew in the bus just turned into a class of monkeys!!!

"CAMERA!!! CAMERA!!!"

"WHERE?? Where??"

"God damn IT!! I can't find my camera!!!"

Unfortunately~ I'm one of them...haha...memang sua pa kao habis!

(in Hokkien, it means monkey in the jungle)

It was my first time seeing snow too..... and the feeling was GREAT!!!

Finally, we reached the Dove Lake which is surrounded by the mountains.

While others were snapping photos, I snap their photo... It's good to be a part time stalker.

The journey begins! and I could see umbrellas and raincoat everywhere.....

To me, it's not really the snow I expected. Instead, it turned out to be 'ICE', like those we eat in Malaysia...oooo.... I miss my "Ang Tao Sxing aka ABC ice. =(

It's like those tropical rain forest in Malaysia... just that it's colder and windier.

Walk.... and walk

Watch out for the snow, they'll make you slip, fall and roll perfectly like a PIG. XO

Wey~! Don't leave me behind!!

According to local report: You can only see the Cradle Mountain clearly for 20 days in a year.

Should I be considered lucky to be able to view its shadow?

Half way through, I keep hearing sound of water gushing down from somewhere nearby. Searching...... scanning... FINALLY!

Sua Pa Kao aka me:"Woooooo-Woooooiiiii.....!!! WATERrrrrr~FAaaal......aal...aall...aaall...."

(echoing in the air)

Step in 'ICE'

Step on deck

Step on pebbles

On that day, I went out from my house at 8pm and reached home at 8pm..... tired but

SHIOK arr!!! It has been a while since I really go into the nature and wonder around.....miss my scouting journey!

Picture below: "Whenever there's a shadow, there's a ninja.....L-A-M-E

(poo-lease, don't laugh...hahahaha)

*Extras (Backstabbing lah......cough~cough~)

When we were circling the Dove Lake, the treacherous trail turned into small river with the water washing down all the time on our feet. Luckily, I was told about the weather before hand.

But, for others, especially those who are conscious about their hairstyle, sexy-ness, make up and fashion all the time..... TAKE THAT!

After this trip, I learnt that:

-It's not impossible to wear high heels for extreme sports...... SALUTE!

-Formal shirts, ties and hard leather/PVC shoes are perfect for mountain climbing and jungle trekking...... SALUTE AGAIN!!

Last but not least, to the Chinese girl in front of me, who swore for at least thousand times along the trip... Good on you!!

She wanted to say "God! Oh my God!", but ended up with "Good! Oh my good!!"

"小姐,may I know what's so GOOD?"

haha.... I like to observe people when I'm bored XD

Ta!

Volley balls

Few days ago... some one in Facebook tagged me in a photo.

*CLICK~

.... .... (I was speechless)

The photo simply brought back all the memories which have already been pushed aside in my heart and soul.

I don't really know how to describe this..... hmm...

something that is so long time ago which you have long forgotten when it happened/was taken or how it actually happened?

I was scratching my scalp when I came across the photo. (eu~ dandruff)

For those who knows me in recent days, you all may not know about my background (so do I), especially that I used to be a volleyball player (for school team).

I think my hand would tremble if I went into it now. XD

Sometimes, a simple piece of fibre dyed into various colours is just too much for my life.

It reminded me of all the crazy youth of mine,

a part of me which will always be mine,

but not always remembered....

miss the old time and old pals.

"所有知道我名字的人，

和我知道你名字的人，

你们还好吗？”

你有壳吗？Do you own your own shell?

在安东尼的部落看到了一则蛮有激励潜能的小故事。。。

有一天，小蜗牛突然反问自己为何自己背上天生就得有个重重的壳。想来想去，他得到了一个不满意的结论：

“老天爷对蜗牛不公平”

于是他便问妈妈。

小蜗牛：为什么我们从生下来，就要背负这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为我们的身体没有骨骼的支撑，只能爬，又爬不快。所以要这个壳的保护。

小蜗牛：毛虫姊姊没有骨头，也爬不快，为什么她却不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为毛虫姊姊能变成蝴蝶，天空会保护她啊。 。。

小蜗牛：可是蚯蚓弟弟也没骨头，也爬不快，亦不会变成蝴蝶。他为什么不用背这个又硬又重的壳呢？
妈妈：因为蚯蚓弟弟会钻土, 大地会保护他啊。

小蜗牛哭了起来：我们好可怜，天空不保护，大地也不保护。 老天不公平！

蜗牛妈妈安慰他：所以我们有壳啊！我们不靠天，也不靠地，我们靠自己。

结论：如果你觉得老天不公平，那是因为老天爷对你怀着比别人还高的期望。不管多少重重的壳，种种的困难，都无法剥去我们心里那份层层且沉沉的努力与耕耘。=)

Just saw a short but meaningful story from a tuition teacher's blog. 安东尼

Below are the translation:

One day, Little Snail started to question about the pros and cons of the shell on his back.

He couldn't help it, but came into a conclusion that :

"God is UNFAIR...DAMMIT!"

Feeling depressed and frustrated, he started to ask his mum the questions he thought off by himself just now.

L = Little snail

M = Mama snail

L: Why we, snails have to bear a huge and massive shell on our back at the moment we were born?

M: This is because we are invertebrate, which means we don't have the vertebrae to support our body. Furthermore, we can only glide around in only a pathetic slow pace. Therefore, we have to rely on the protection provided by our own shells.

L: ..... But Ms Katie-Pearrer (caterpillar) at the school has no back bone too, and move around in a slow pace like us. Why? Why wasn't she born with a shell like us?

M: This is because she will become a butterfly one day, and the vast sky is her protection.

L : But brother Earthdy (Earthworm) has no vertebrae, move very slow and don't have the ability of turning into butterfly like us. Why he was not born with this heavy shell?

M : My dear.... But he has the ability of tunnelling into the soil. Therefore, he has the soil as his protection.

L : .... .... (start crying) Why? .... Why are we so PATHETIC? Why there's nothing that can protect us?

M : Come on~ boy boy XD That's the reason why we were gifted with a shell. We don't rely on others, not the vastness of the sky nor the soil.

WE COUNT ON OURSELVES!!!

cheers guys!

Newspaper huh?

Newspaper, a piece of reading material which is the combination from pages of words, pictures.

Or if you would like to take it literally, it means paper which are filled with news, ranging from useful, educational news to tabloid and aunties' gossips. In general, it will suits you no matter what kind of person you are.

I can't really remember when I was exposed to this so called 'one of human's lousiest invention' (I mean in now a days XD ). What I remember is how I was guided to it.

It all started from cartoon addiction during my childhood. When I was small, I had to rely on my Mum to tell me when the TV will show my favourite cartoons. When I grew older, my Mum take this "GOLDEN" opportunity of his son being one of the hardcore devotees of Power Rangers, Tom & Jerry, Popeye the Sailor Man etc and she taught me one of my most vital survival skills (at that time) ------- How to 'decode' the TV guide in the newspaper and know which columns and rows to look for if I'm searching for a certain cartoon on a particular channel.

Once this PRECIOUS skill was mastered, my brother and I no longer live by the TV,

WE LIVE IN THE TV!!!!

You name it, WE GOT IT!!

From 'Elmo and the obese Big Bird from Sesame Street' to Gundam Seed , Dragon Ball, KFC hour, A-L-O-N-G~ ALONG! ........ endless list of cartoons.

But the all-time-favourite is still

"GO! GO! Power Rangers!"

most of the boys would die if they missed a second of the episode XD Silly huh? I can't imagine why they need to do all the stupiak and embarassing poses when ever they want to transform.

As a grown up (eceh~) , I call them "GO!GO! BOWEL rangers!" (the constipation edition)

On the other hand, I'm sure all the girls would absolutely melt into 'SailorMoon'

"Dengan Berat Badan,

AKU AKAN MENGHUKUM MU!"

(awh~ aren't they adorable?... I think I saw them before.... somewhere near the Western Food court.... OOOOhhh!!! ooohhh!!! OOOOHHHH!!!! They're the PORK CHOP lunch set!!!...... no offence girls! jangan perasan sangat, ya!) XP
Years later, I bid goodbye to all the kiddish and stupid cartoon which I used to watch (still keep some...hehe) and throw myself into documentary like National Geographic, especially the Animal Kingdom...SIMPLY LOVE-VIT!

老师常说：“报纸是人类的精神粮食”

是吗？也许十年，二十年后还会有人读报纸。但，五十年后？一百年后？

Translation: You always heard teachers in the school encouraging school kids to read more newspaper because it is the food for human's soul.

It may be true in this 10 or 30 years. But, how about 50 or even 100 years later?

Conclusion?

Come'on, don't tell me you still don't get it?

Sorry~ it's not about Internet. It's still about newspaper.

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DANG!

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DANG!!!! DANG!!!

Start collecting as much newspaper as you can, buy a condo or bungalow just to keep NEWSPAPER!!!!

WHY???

coz years later, it's gonna become antique and it means.....

YOU GONNA BE RICH!!! RICH!!!

yea~ Rich MAN~

"I wanna be a billionaire.....

so freaking bad~

buy all tof he things I never had..."

Cheers!

(It has been a weird night....haha)

My match

Weeks ago, I joined the Community Friends Network Programme (CFNP) organized by the Uni and the City Council. Tomorrow they're going to have a pot luck and it's going to be my very first time attending the CFNP event. and meeting my match!!!

Below is the e-mail I received from the CFNP advisor.

"...I have found a match for you! Their names are Jodie and Kevin. Jodie is Social Inclusion officer at the council and Kevin is a Wood machinist and Production Manager. They're married and have a son. They enjoy a lot of the things you do, like home experience, sport, camping and cultural events..."

Hope that tomorrow night will be a pleasant gathering.

Chow~

my current desktop background XP