又是榴槤飘香的时候了

Yum Yum, 又是榴槤季节的到来，呵呵，我要回槟城吃榴槤去了, Yum Yum ... ...

匿藏在衣柜里的森林

~~谨以此文献给正准备迎新的你，希望来年的你也找到心目中的那一座森林

（小时候，一直都很向往这样的一份礼物，大盒[ 门]中有中盒[门]，中盒[门]中又有小盒[门]，而小盒[门]中则匿藏着意想不到的窃喜。一个盒子一个盒子地拆开，一扇门一扇门地打开 … …里头会是怎样的一番风景呢？

这个愿望一直积淀在心中。多年以后的今天得以实现。）

一间被搁置的卧房，一个尘封的衣柜，布帘被掀开了，门 被打开了… …

有一座森林在等待着，冰天雪地的森林。

我贪婪地沿着灯野汲取沿途的风景，光秃秃的树，白皑皑的雪，简陋的小茅屋，小鸟在吱吱细语，寒风飒飒，凛意绵绵。

大雪纷飞，一切活动仿佛静止了；原来是邪恶的势力在笼罩着。狮子王、人羊、海狸还有四位从衣柜来的天使和女巫奋力 抗战。

胜利总是趋向正义，邪恶终被击跨。

冬天过去了，苍翠繁茂的树林映入眼帘；百花齐放，摇曳的风在吹拂，树叶婆娑起舞，欣欣向荣。

王国复新了。耽溺于一切的繁华富贵中，原以为前尘往事已被遗忘了。

可街灯，还是在默默等待。等待着这么一天，天使们的再次归来，穿梭着灯野，穿梭着衣柜，走出了那一座森林。

一切回归。

（而我，始终惦记着那一座森林，冰天雪地的森林。萧瑟凄然，唯有微弱的灯光指引着方向，仿佛瞥见了远方，瞥见了希望。）

mErRy x'MaS ~~~~ hOhOhO ~~~

mErRy x'MaS ~~~~ hOhOhO ~~~mErRy x'MaS ~~~~ hOhOhO ~~~

C-O-O

Her name is E Kao. Ya, I mean the name in IC. If you know Hokkien, you will know E Kao means dumb. And she is dumb indeed.

In the office, we call her C-O-O, which stands for Chief Operation Officer. Emmm ..CP was the one who gave her this nickname.

C-O-O was born in Taiping, she is an orphan. Before she came to KL, she worked in a Kopitiam. She was not paid and even not being treated well by the Taukeh, because she is dumb!! Sounds pathetic? Yap, this was what my boss’s father (whom we normally address him as Uncle) felt as well. Thereafter, C-O-O was brought to KL. She worked in my boss’s restaurant which was next to our office.

The restaurant has been stopped from operation about 2 years ago. Uncle wanna sent C-O-O back to Taiping. She refused, begging for staying back. End up, my boss allowed her to stay here and work as a cleaner in our office.

The reason why she is called C-O-O is she likes to supervise us, which even my boss doesn’t do. She reaches office quite early in the morning, and wait for us to open the door. Sometimes we are late; she “grumbles” us by keep pointing to our watch or clock. She likes to check why somebody is not working; she likes to scold us if our stuff is not arranged in order; and she likes to bug us when we are busy.. Don’t you think she is like a Chief Operation Officer? To ensure the office operates well, haha ..

C-O-O is a pretty smart old folk. She is not educated but she is capable. She assists us to do simple admin works such as stamping envelopes, putting stickers on the brochures and moving the boxes etc ..You only need to demonstrate once to her, she knows what to do then. Don’t be astonished if you have been told that she can “read” papers. Of course, not the “real” reading. She can figure out what happens by seeing the picture and then confirms with people around her. In fact, her hobby is …gossiping. She likes to update me lots of fighting and relationship stories which most of the time I do not understand what she means. But I still nod to her just to show some response. (Well, everyone in our office knows a wee bit about sign language, we were forced to learn in order to communicate to her !!)

C-O-O can cook well, especially our favourite northern region dishes. Once in a while, normally during festive season, she cooks and all of us have our reunion lunch in the office. Sometimes, we are too lazy to go out for lunch, just taking down the orders in a paper and assign her to go out to “tapao”. She likes to do so or else she feels boring if merely sitting in the office most of the day.

C-O-O is about 70 years of age, I guess. Nonetheless, she is still strong and eagerly to learn new things. She always checks with me about the structure and feature of the office equipments. Once, she asked me why do I have a mouse pad and my colleague doesn’t have? ^^^^_^^^^ _^^^^

Alas, C-O-O our beloved C-O-O, we are proud of your smartness, what a pity you are dumb!

欢迎你来叽叽喳喳

我的留言本正式启航啦 欢迎你来叽叽喳喳噢

多事之“冬”

十二月，一直是最忙碌但最期待的季节。

因为从事教育行业的关系，学生成绩放榜，大学入学日期近在眉睫， 工作总是忙得透不过气；但是自己及很多好友的生日都落在十二月，令人振奋的圣诞节也在这个月份，总觉得十二月给我的感觉是五彩缤纷、绚丽夺目的。

可是今年的十二月好像不一样了，除了忙碌的工作增添了厌烦以外，不如意的事情更接踵而来。 先是几乎耗尽我整副身家的金龙鱼接二连三地出事， 然后老爸在槟城老家撞伤电单车骑士，再到自己差点被的士司机拐走， 让今年的十二月不再美丽。


其实一直以来对发展中国家的国产车都不曾要求， 只希望车子不要出大毛病，可以平安无事地在马路上行驶，已经是善莫大焉。真没想到我的金龙鱼会在出车一个星期而无法启动引擎，需要jump start, 这已经纯属小事一桩，因为更万万意想不到的事情还在后头，一场大雨过后车子竟然进水了，哎，淹水的汽车你一定是第一次听到吧？我的金龙鱼竟然像咸鱼一样需要暴晒在炎阳底下，而我已经麻木了，只能求神拜佛拜托不好再出毛病了...

还没开始学习驾驶，槟城老家却稍来爸爸撞伤电单车骑士的消息。幸好一直以来爸爸驾驶缓慢，撞伤急速驾驶的骑士后后者并没有生命危险，但脚还是折断了。我所担心的是骑士家人的反应，还好爸爸并没有受到指责。这让我想起了自己在考SPM前夕发生的车祸，一个无法忘怀的梦魇。司机频频向我的父亲道歉，当时爸爸对司机说，事情都已经发生了，责怪你也无济于事。当年的一席话，让如今转换身份的爸爸获得了同样的对待。

星期天约了朋友到I U，乘的士去和她在轻快铁站会面。上了的士却发觉司机往反方向行驶， 向他质问却换回来猥琐的笑容和听不懂的语言，让我心里发寒。赶紧打电话向朋友报告车牌，然后告诉司机行驶我指定的路，我当时已经做好最坏打算跳车，还好司机在不愿走我所指定的路后还愿意放我下车，虽然脚才刚落地，车门还没关上，司机已经扬长而去，但是我还是庆幸自己安全地逃离了魔掌。COMFORT 蓝白 TAXI HWB 3958 印尼籍司机。各位， 要多加留意。

我只能期待，还有一半的十二月能安然无事，过个平安的十二月。

祝我生日快乐

2005年12月1日12.00am，金龙鱼早产

金龙鱼游移而过

年复一年，又是世界爱滋病日的到来

你已经准备好我的生日礼物了吗？

呵呵，今年的生日真是不一样

.....................................................................先是Notebook, 再后来娇小玲珑的金龙鱼

....................................................................虽是令人振奋，却令我倾家荡产...

以后我吃粥吃饭就得靠你们了

自从工作以来

我从不在生日当天办公

生日啊！大完啊...

才不要上班看老板同事客户的脸色 ...

....................................................................今年，当然也不例外

....................................................................可是要处理的事情可多呢

都是为了让我的金龙鱼可以在这个周末顺利诞生出来

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2005年12月1日

金龙鱼，游移而过

31岁的生日礼物

Gosh, 我真想欢呼，我终于拥有一台属于自己的电脑了!!

31年来，第一次为自己的牛一送上厚礼，心情有些激动。

求学时代，看到同学们拥有电脑，只能打从心底羡慕。即使自己再省吃俭用也只能应付生活费，电脑这玩意儿似乎和自己攀不上关系。好不容易挨到大学毕业了，有能力挣钱了，却因为微薄的薪水而再次对这个“奢侈品”望而却步；再后来工作比较顺利的时候，却把大部分时间都留在办公室，所以都没有再兴起买电脑的念头了。

最近，工作比较轻松，增加了我到网上浏览的机会，发觉了很多网上学习的乐趣 。于是，疯狂地对上网痴迷，就决定宠宠自己，买一台电脑来满足自己最原始的欲望。

当然，最重要的是，有了电脑，我再也不必偷偷摸摸地在办公室写Blog了。

我为自己献上了厚礼。

喂，看官们，我的生日，世界艾滋病日，快到了呢，不要假假捂住耳朵听不见哪！

不热闹的部落格

那天到朋友的部落格浏览，看到一大群朋友在COMMENT的栏位里留言，你一言，我一语，好不热闹。再回头看看自己的部落格，冷冷清清的，似乎并不受落。不晓得是热爱书写的朋友都不爱留言还是大家都觉得留言是件挺麻烦的事，朋友们宁愿通过MSN或者是邮件的方式回应，就是不热衷于留言。而我所期待的热闹欢腾的部落格，依然冷清。

在朋友的部落个留言的时候，出现了自己抱着树熊的照片，着实吓了一跳。不晓得其他留言者会不会对这个拢抱树熊的女人感到纳闷？照片其实摄于澳洲昆士兰，是我三月到昆士兰公干时摄下的。犹记得当时在游览PARADISE COUNTRY时，负责人问我们有兴趣和树熊照相吗？除了巴西的朋友，其他的都一概摇头。大家心里都暗忖，一张照片可要20澳州大元，咱们还是远观为妙。负责人再说，免费的！！哗，大家一下子容光焕发了起来，排队轮流和树熊照相。我看着比婴儿还重的树熊，稍微迟疑了一下。我一直对毛茸茸的动物有些畏惧，如今却要将她“揽上身“，毕竟还是有些抗拒的。但是，回头一想，这千载难逢的机会或许就只有这么一次，就硬着头皮去抱抱了。后来决定将这张照片作为部落格的照片，是想印证自己的勇敢，也想为自己的澳洲之旅留个记忆。

拢抱树熊的女人与她的部落格，你是不是愿意让这块园地热闹喧腾起来？

Hainan and Hong Kong Trip / 30.07.05~08.08.05

Me and CP have our vacation in Hainan and Hong Kong early August this year. As you know, I have been to Hong Kong several times, but it was my first visit to Hainan!

Well, basically Hainan is not a hot tourist spot for tourists. It becomes famous lately due to Boao Forum For Asia Inaugural Ceremony and the Miss World Beauty Pageant in Sanya. We visited a friend in Haikou (capital city of Hainan) and followed her travelling from Haikou to Boao, Sanya and Lan Tian. The most significant tourist attraction is Nanshan Temple in Sanya. It is well-known of its Naihan Guanyin, which is a 3 surfaces magnificent Guanyin on the sea. I deem what makes tourists fond of Hainan is the hot spring spa there. Yeah, it's remarkable, you should try it!

Hong Kong?! Ha, shopping, shopping and again, shopping! It seems to be my annual activity there! As usual, I spent a bundle and I am broke! Apart from shopping, I went to The Peak this time round - A sublime scene of Hong Kong Island! And, what make Hong Kong so special nowadays? Yes, Disneyland ! Unfortunatelly, I had no chance to visit it as it has not been opened yet. Nonetheless, there were lots of Hong Kong residents purposely made their trip to Disneyland just to have a glimpse of its outlook. Sounds ridiculous? Ha!

My next proposed trip will be either Cambodia or Hong Kong (Again?! No choice, wanna go Disneyland!!) in March 2006. Wanna join me? Book earlier ^_^

Live On Air at MYFM

My very first on-air experience occured on the 27th May, 2005. I was invited to talk about Australian Education, live with Miss Vivian Tok, a top DJ in MYFM. No preparation, no pre-setting questions and no pre-communication prior to the show. Vivian is pretty easy to get along with, she treated you as a friend, just chitchat like you are in a coffee house, not in the studio. We chatted a lot, on-air and off-air, topics ranging from education, broadcasting, travelling to shopping (Ha, this is the most common topic amongst gals ^_^). Wow, we were so excited when talking about shopping in Hong Kong! We chatted for two hours for the show and had a very happening midnight at KTV.

Well, I received quite good feedbacks from my friends for the show. They said my performance were great and brilliant! Nonetheless, I personally thought that I was too careful while talking till I had a very slow reaction. If I will be given a chance again, I have confident it will be much better. Yeah, I am looking forward to having my 100% show! Some time in the future ...

Live On Air at MYFM

Discussion Topic-Australian Education
27/05/2005-Friday-10.00pm-12.00am-Vivian Tok & Me at the studio
Vivian Tok卓慧勤/Jinye Qingyuan今夜情缘/Jinye Shiwu Suo今夜事务所

A reminiscence in March, 2005

Gosh, it has been almost 6 months since I came back from Queensland. Time flies when you are busying yourself with tons of work. Don't you agree, do you?

Queensland trip was my third visit to Australia indeed; first was to Perth and followed by Adelaide. Adelaide trip was a wee bit short though！But, I had 18 days in Queensland. Wow, Sounds great? I knew how to enjoy myself albeit that were business trips :P

It makes me reminiscing of the precious moments there when uploading the photos. How lovely it was! I am sure you are pretty envious as I have been to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast and Cairns, nearly all bigger towns in Queensland!

My mind flashed back to the magnificent sceneries, lush tropical rainforest and the marine diversity of the stunning Great Barrier Reef in Cairns; Golden beaches and Surfers Paradise in Gold Coast; uniquely Australian marsupials and Koalas in Paradise Country; oddity reptiles in Australian Zoo; peaceful with a picturesque beauty Toowoomba; A jolly Kookaburra Queen Cruise Dinner in Brisbane; and the pristinely placid beaches in Sunshine Coast ... ...

Unfortunately, those majestic sceneries are not in this webiste as I was unable to snap it. It is only in my mind, a reminiscence, always!

(Left) Southbank @ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia / MARCH 2005
(Right) Man-made Beach @ Southbank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia / MARCH 2005

(Left) Barron Falls in a Cyclone day @ Cairns, Queensland, Australia / MARCH 2005
(Right) Barron Falls in a fine day @ Cairns, Queensland, Australia / MARCH 2005

朴素不等于老土！

花好月圆，六月是结婚的季节。婚宴一场又一场地在城中展开。如果你稍有交际，都会被红炸弹轰炸，当然，我也“难逃劫数”。出席了两场婚宴，与新郎新娘一起感染幸福的喜悦。 除了享受丰盛的盛宴以及是老朋友欢聚的时刻外，我想几个小时被困在酒店或餐馆，着实无聊。通常，我喜欢利用无聊的时刻观察男男女女的言行举止以及衣着打扮。

现今的社会青少年们都被名牌荼毒, 不穿名牌好象衬托不出自己的形象，于是在晚宴上你可以发觉嘉宾们都把价值不非的晚礼服往自己的身上套，好让自己成为晚会的焦点。

如果你把目光从华丽的衣着移开，再仔细端详她们的脸庞，你会纳闷她们的服装和脸庞的不对称。一件高贵出众的晚装配搭一张素脸，抱歉，如果我是男人，我的目光实在无法在她们身上游移。

我国引以为荣的2020年宏愿已日益迫近，我们的社会竟然还抱着有智慧学识的女人不应该注重装扮这种歪论。一个打扮漂亮出众的能干女人很多时候会被认为是空有躯壳，没有智慧； 而相反地， 一个打扮简单甚至老土的女人，被冠上知书识礼的可能性比较高。

为什么知书识礼的女人就不能拥有美丽动人的外表？就因为我们的社会充斥着一大堆不懂得打扮的女性，所以聪明能干的女人就要和她们一样？如果你到日本韩国香港，你会发觉不管是蓝领还是白领，女性一样打扮得美丽动人去上班， 为什么我们的社会就要以异样的眼光来看待打扮得体的女性？其实，化妆上班是一种礼貌，因为以一张苍白的脸庞示人，对客户确实有欠尊重。当然这可能不包括天生丽质的女性，漂亮的女性本来就拥有比一般女性多特权。

其实，女性要魅力四射，并不需要花枝招展，也甭需花钱到美容院学化妆，只要稍为上进，多加留意艺人的装扮，阅读时尚杂志，观看时尚节目，就可以从中窥知化妆的技巧。我的化妆知识都是从中而得，虽比不上专业化妆，但胜在可以见人。我想马来西亚人对学习并不热衷，既然下班后可以耗好几个小时观赏连续剧，那就不妨“顺便”留意剧中艺人的衣着打扮，学习时下流行的装扮，何乐而不为呢？

很多女性都标榜自己偏爱朴素的装扮，其实，这是个人喜好，朴素也不是不好，只是很多女性往往将朴素和老土混淆了。很多女性衣着老土，却强词夺理地觉得那是朴素，殊不知自己的装扮着实让人觉得她犹如活在另一个世界当中。朴素的装扮理应是衣着简单，不刻意不造作；遗憾的是，很多年轻女性误以为把五六十岁安娣的衣服往自己的身上套就是朴素，这简直令人啼笑皆非。

形象是你自己的，名誉也是你自己的；你可以选择亮丽可人，也可以选择清新朴素，更可以选择老土过时；但是，请切记，予人第一印象的重要性，如果你的衣着打扮不合时宜， 请不要介意别人对你的指指点点！

花儿还会绽放吗？

我从二楼的走廊往下望，看见她拖着纤瘦的身子使劲全力地向前跑。 跑啊跑的，比赛的最终结果是赢抑是输，我已经忘记。

毕竟，那是10多年前的事了。

她是运动健将，学校举行的运动会总有她的份儿。对运动一窍不通的我总是对运动会有点抗拒，暴晒在炎阳下观看运动赛事似乎不是很好的选择，奈何，全体学生还是必须出席。我们唯一能做的便是和三五好友结伴聊八卦，听到激昂的欢呼声时便跑到走廊看热闹。

那一次，我看到了她在草场上奔驰的英姿。

她其实是学校的“风云人物”，嗯，名字是响当当，但不是她自圆其说的校花。她是校长的侄女，却常被训导主任通过播音器“邀请”到训导处，尽管不认识她，同学们都对她的名字相当熟悉。

中学毕业后，我到都城求学，逐渐把她的名字淡忘。

假期回乡观赏本地粤语连续剧时惊见她出现于剧中，才知道她已经在娱乐圈发展。尔后，她的花边新闻不停地出现于报章，同学们又开始留意她。最令我们津津乐道的是她到香港参加亚洲小姐选美，闹得满城风雨。由于美姐被褫夺冠军荣衔，主办当局把她荣升为第二副姐，她却很有个性表明不屑该荣衔而婉拒了。我们开始议论纷纷，觉得她在搞噱头。 果然不出所料，竟然出现她和当时香港的当红玉女争风吃醋的负面新闻。报章还以大幅度篇幅将她与该玉女作比较，同学们开始质疑她丰腴的身材，过后更成为我们饭后茶余的消遣。

有好一阵子，一切突然沉寂了。

去年初的一个炎炎午后，脑子骤然浮现这种感觉，很久没有她的消息了。两天后，我在咖啡店吃晚餐时阅到中国报刊载她在上海车祸危殆的新闻。我愣住了。那阵子，追看她的新闻报导成了我们重要的任务，同学们发挥了吾爱母校的精神，发出邮件呼吁大家为她祈祷。我们心里都有一个希望，希望她早日从昏迷中苏醒过来。中国医学界的精深医术，让她创造了奇迹，成为第二个刘海若。

因为那一场车祸，令我重新评估她。她对爱情的坚贞，对梦想的坚持，让我看到了她生存的价值. 车祸发生时，她用身子护着男友，以致自己受到重创。这一幕在电影中才会出现的情节却真实地发生在她身上。

我看到了一个真实的她。

她逐渐地康复。我想，老天待她不薄，虽然全身是伤，但是姣好的容貌依然俏丽。大难不死，必有后福。可是，她说自己并不快乐。车祸了磨平了她的棱角，也砸碎了她的明星梦。她发了专辑，重新站在舞台上，却不受落，更甭说斐然的成绩。

含苞待放的花儿，还未绽放，却又枯萎了。

她拖着纤瘦的身子使劲全力地向前跑，终站还远着呢！ 她能够胜利地跑完全程吗？

一年四季皆端午

自从离开绿岛以来，除了农历新年以外，印象中从来没有回家过节。
（现在回想起来还真有些愧疚）
所以，我总不能在佳节时刻享受到各种美食。

人家说，槟城人存有岛国主义的思想，我想这句话一点也不为过。即使在都城品尝到闻名的各式佳肴，也始终满足不了我的胃口。

妈妈为了让我以及远在香港的姐姐平时有机会大饱口福，只要我们回家，她就会烹饪我们爱吃的食物“伺候”我们。粽子，是我和姐姐的最爱。

于是，只要我们的一通电话，妈妈便开始忙碌起来。忙碌准备裹粽子的馅，然后等待我们回来。可怜的嫂嫂就要帮妈妈裹粽子，裹的粽子还要满足各方的要求，比如弟弟不吃咸鸭蛋，我喜欢吃很多栗子···粽子煮好后总是要以不同颜色的线来区分，好让大家吃到属于自己的粽子，好不开心。

一起吃粽子的日子是我们一家团聚的时刻，因为当空服员的姐姐总是无法在新年回家过年。一年四季，我们家都裹粽子，因为吃粽子对我们而言，不是纪念跳汨罗江自尽的屈原，而是回家团圆的时候。

这个端午，我还是没有回家。
我的粽子攒聚在绿岛的小屋里。

我期待着，另一个吃粽子的日子。

你的粽子呢？

祝你端午节快乐！

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