又是端午——部落格周年庆

好快，就这样一晃眼过了一年。又是端午了呢。这几天看到房东吃着粽子，让我对妈妈“那还未谋面的粽子”垂涎欲滴。虽然没在端午节当天回家，但是我将在这个周末回老家喝喜酒，所以已经交待妈妈给我留了齿颊留香的粽子，好开心呢。

去年的这个时候，部落格开张大吉。其实，我在2004年就接触到部落格，那时候的英文超好同事，即是Fight Like A　Ｇｉｒｌ的版主，每天都在滴滴答答地打字，就是为了写部落格。（其实版主早已把她的部落格删除，我因为贪恋她的文字而迟迟不舍得把她的超链接删除^.^）我从她那边认识了这个玩意，但是却不晓得可以中文书写。而且，当时工作也很忙，根本对部落格没啥兴趣。后来在漂流者最初的部落格当中惊觉Ｂｌｏｇｓｐｏｔ也可以中文书写，于是就为自己开了一个部落格。

最初的想法是希望自己可以有一个管道书写软性英文文章，好让自己可以提升英文程度。但是，看到朋友们都以中文书写，最终还是无法抵御中文的魄力，不知不觉部落格就以中文书写为主了。　

当友人们渐渐开设了部落格以后，我开始耽溺于部落格的世界。上班的第一件事就是先到朋友们的部落格绕一圈，八卦留言，然后中午又去转一圈，下班之前再巡回一次，嘻，还真的有些疯狂。后来才猛然发觉有谁和我一样闲来无事常常更新部落啊，才改成现在的上班时只绕一圈，回家时再巡回一次的习惯。

常常从友人的超链接当中找到一些意外收获，比如串到城中某些“颇有名气”的人的部落格，对他们的背景及身旁的人愈加了解^_^很多时候，最精彩的不是博客的作品，更叫人津津乐道的应该是作品后的一来一往的回应吧？它提供一个很好的互动及交流空间哪！

其实，很多博客会倏忽之间对部落格冷切下来，而终结了部落格。是兴致索然了吗？还是已经找到新玩意？我想，只要有朋友的支持，只要有电脑、有网络，我还是会延续我的部落格，因为我一直很懈意地享受自由排版的“网书”。或许我一直对网页设计都很有兴趣却找不到军师教我，如今从部落格中让我摸索到基本的ＨＴＭＬ编写程序，让我有很大的满足感吧！如果有一天我不写部落了，就是已经升级到拥有自己的网页了^_^

嘿，你的粽子呢？

我的粽子仍然攒聚在绿岛的小屋里。只是，这一次，我将有机会一一品尝。

祝你端午节快乐！

五月记事二则

张开嘴巴的鞋子
这个月连续有五双休闲鞋坏了，除了一双是木屐似的鞋木碎了，其他的都象鳄鱼一样开了嘴巴。已经连续丢弃三双鞋子，上个周末在外头忙着办事的当儿，发现仅穿了几次的凉鞋也跟着开嘴巴了，只好让补鞋伯伯给补了。还有一双凉鞋开了小嘴巴，看来寿命不长了。

从来没试过在一个月当中坏了五双鞋子，所以一直都有充足的鞋子可以对换。也很少穿到鞋子张开嘴巴，而且还是每个周末一双，真有点离奇。哎，坏了五双鞋子，这下子可慌了。还要忙着到处涉取猎物呢。

不是无良的翻版商
三个星期前到某IT商场买了中文简体字体的字形CD，打算给那无法安装中文之星的电脑添加漂亮的字形。买回来后，发觉外套写满了简体字形的CD，里头竟然是繁体字形，更甚的是，一大堆乱码出现，就算要安装也无法安装。我就向某人投诉，什么嘛，这些翻版商怎么可以那么无良，是繁体字形就写是繁体字形啊，干嘛写简体字形？某人说，不是他们无良，而是他们根本都不懂有简体和繁体之分！哇哈哈，也对，是他们不会，不是他们无良！

有谁有简体字形的CD啊？好心借我安装，我已经找了很久，都只是繁体字的，呜呜！

宝宝于归之喜

这是去年九月的事了，新娘子迟迟不给我发照片，所以延自今天才可以把“靓女”照发表，呵呵～～我昨天在Yahoo Messenger对宝宝说： The photogragher has done a bang-up job! 因为没有把我拍得象猪八戒一样啊！

上妆后的新娘子和平时不太一样，却象极了平时和她不相象的妹妹！

2005年9月16日**与爱莲医生、美蕊老师出席宝宝的婚宴**

规律

象我这样的人注定当不了艺术家，因为我是个很有规律的人。我太有规律的生活是自小养成的，记得在我开始念书时妈妈曾经对我说过，晚上睡觉前一定要把书包校服收拾好，以便翌日梳洗完毕就可以开开心心背着书包上学去。我是个很珍惜睡眠的人，绝对不会在清晨提早起床做一些梳洗以外的事情，所以往往在睡觉前就已把琐碎事情妥善处理。

在日常习性方面，我也总是很有规律地过生活。比如我在挤牙膏的时候，会开始从牙膏的最下方往上挤，而不是象一般人一样习惯性往中间挤压，感觉上牙膏的腹部好象狠狠地被人捅了一刀^_^。在衣着打扮方面，我总是很有次序地排列衣服， 依着顺序来穿，不随便跳动，因此衣服总是要经过一轮后才会再度被赏识，哈。在做家务方面，我都规定哪一天要做什么家务，我的同事们常取笑我，说我把洗衣服看得比约会还重要，所以在特定的日子我是不可以有约会的。在看书方面，我总是先把一本书阅读完毕才开始看另一本，绝对不能分心同时看几本书。在工作方面，我总是养成今日事今日毕的习惯，交到手上的工作总是希望尽快完成，即使Deadline还很久，我还是喜欢提早准备，提早完成。

在审美方面，我竟然也喜欢规律美的东西。比如街道的沿途树木，我喜欢那一排排被修剪得平平的树木，很有规律美。可是，一般人都会觉得太整齐太缺乏凌乱美了！很多人都受不了新加坡这个太有规律的国家，而我绝对不会排斥。在写部落格方面，其实在我每天上下班途中总是有很多灵感，我都会把想写的文章题目一一记下，然后排队慢慢写，呵呵～～（当然，这篇也是排了蛮久的*.*）

太有规律的人并不适合拥有室友，因为我不能接受那些不在睡前把东西整理好而翌日一大清早Pin Pin Piang Piang把别人吵醒的人。每次看到这种人，我总是很感激妈妈在小时候给予我的教诲，造就今天的我。

我想，象我这样的女人，绝对不是男人喜欢的那一类型，因为我缺乏零乱美，而且男人一般上都很受不了太规律的女人吧？

Why must they speak in English?

Met a junior who came back from Scotland for a dinner last Friday, we have not met her for quite a long time after graduation. Emmm...of course, we haven't gossipped for such a long time as well. As usual, gossips began before the dinner started ... ...

Talked about the students in uni nowadays, lazy, irresponsible, dependent, poor quality or more accurately, it could be concluded only in one word, though it's too cruel to say that, yea, it's HOPELESS. One of the juniors in the uni couldn't even think of the word "bring along", "bring come" has been used instead. What sort of English??

Dinner has been served after awhile. Everybody was so excited and kept gossiping..then, the conversation reached this stage... why must those parents speak to the kids in English whereas they themselves are pretty poor in English? Emmm...Have you ever heard about the sentence "open the rise"? When the mum trying to get assistance from the kids during dinner time, this was the sentence that throwing towards the kids..Yea, "we are opening our rice" and gossiping here ..

Buddies started complaining about the crappy food in DeXXFrXXX, SxxxPyrXXX. However, the gossip still continued in a joyful ambience...Take off your "soe" has been taught by a mother, when the grandmum tried to rectify the mistake, the kid insisted "soe" was the correct word as this was taught by the mum. He refused to use the word "shoe" as he deemed everything taught by the mum is correct.

Perhaps they should have ordered Tuna Croissant which I ordered, the gossip continued in sighing over their distasteful food ... Well, why must the parents speak to the kids in English in the first place? Aye, the answer is Kia Su. It's a trend to speak in English at home regardless what races you are. If they don't speak in English, the kids may leave behind the pals when they are enrolled in the schools ..Nope, I don't see this is the best way to educate children. Of course, if you are good in English, please go ahead to speak proper English with them. If not, please do not demolish the children's future!

Our family members speak to Little Jiemin in Mandarin though my brother and sis-in-law are not poor in English. They sent little Jiemin to a nursery to learn proper English instead. She speak in Mandarin to the family members and speak in proper English to teachers and friends. Frankly speaking, I don't think Jiemin will be left behind when she is enrolled in a school in the future.

Revelling in the delightful gossip but tasteless dinner, we later adjourned to a mamak stall with Roti Canai...

Well, I don't mean to look down on you, please, if you are not good in English, do not communicate with the kids in English, do remember, their future are in your hand !

A Hope

Everyone in our office feels the heat of 4D betting lately, right after one of our colleagues struck his first 4D betting since his return to Malaysia. The tale began like this, this fellow was frustrated with one of the telecommunication companies and terminated the phone line. Then, he bought a prepaid pack from another provider. Not even checking the phone number, he just grabbed it. When he told us the phone number, everybody was frowning as it's so hard to remember, totally different 7 digits. Who knows these numbers would bring fortune to him, he STRUCK ....

Before his business trip departing for UK, we checked his new passport no and shared the betting among everybody in the office, hoping we would strike, but nothing happened ..After his returning from UK, he bet again and STRUCK again ...We showed our great perseverance and decided to share the bet with him again, but what numbers should we bet? He asked me, and I just simply spit out 4 digits from my mouth...He said we should buy our office phone number as well ... Then, deal!! Ahaha, of course, still nothing happened ...when my manager got to know that we actually bet on a 4-digit number that spitting out from me, she scolded him by saying you thought OY is a Tua Pek Kong ah? Hey, dudes, don't laugh at me ...till you read the following...

After a week, he called me whilst I was in Muar, he was pretty excited asking if　Ｉ still remember the 4-digit that I spit out? Aye, sure ..He told me he struck again!! OMG!I become a Tua Pek Kong that can spit out true number? The story is not ended yet, he told me he struck on our office phone number too ... ...Same day struck on 2 numbers, how lucky he is?

We gave up, decided not to share with him anymore, we know if we share with him, we will bring away his luck, so must well let him bet on his own and strikes, give us a good treat then ...we always remind him to bet when there is a draw, muahahaha ...

Dont misinterpret me, I don't encourage betting here. In fact, I hate betting when I was young. My parent used to bet on 4D, and I hate to see them betting. We were having financial difficulties those old days, I couldn't figure out why didn't they keep the money for emergency use but keep throwing money on the fruitless attempts? I yelled at them sometimes, as I always thought that they never spent money wisely. I am not a filial daughter, am I?

My friend asked me to bet 3big 2 small when I first got my Kelisa. Wow, it's a lot! Of course, I didn't do so, only betting 1Big 1 small for each 4D company. That was the first bet in my life. I did call my mum to bet for me during that period and my mum did advise me not to bet so "big". Well, whilst I was having conversation with my mum, this thought struck me from out of the blue, It's not merely a bet, it's indeed A HOPE!

Aye, we had barely enough money to survive, in fact they shouldn't bet on 4D. However, they did know that they need more money for the kids to have a better life ... That was the only hope that they had! Throwing RM1 in order to get more returns, and, why didn't the kids comprehend their painstaking efforts?

They have undergone all kinds of hardships without complaint, what they need is only A HOPE, they deserve it! Am I so cruel to take their hope away?

我的朋友们的名字

或许是我担心和我说话的朋友不能记着我其他朋友的名字吧？和一个朋友说起另一个朋友时，我总不把另一个朋友的名字说出。我总是习惯性地形容朋友的特征，而为朋友们冠上“雅号”。就因为如此，我的朋友们原本好好的都拥有一个名字，却被我形容得乱七八糟了。可是，很奇怪哩，每每和朋友们说起另一个朋友时都以“雅号”来代述，听我说话的对象却也不抗议，就这样我不知不觉为很多朋友们冠上了很多“雅号”。

我是如何为朋友们冠上“雅号”的呢？有些因为外表，比如有一个叫「美女朋友」，另一个叫「曾经靓仔朋友」；有些因为居住的地方，比如叫「那个住在Disneyland的朋友」（按：此Disneyland非彼Disneyland，是位于蕉赖，设计很童话很象Disneyland的房子^.^）；有些因为个性，比如叫「流浪朋友」；有些因为遭遇，叫「怨妇朋友」，叫「身在福中不知福」朋友，还有叫「师生恋朋友」（按：嗯...这个好象是经由我形容，听者自个儿为那个朋友取的呢^.^）；有些因为才华，叫「那个文学造诣很好的」（按：偏不甘愿把人家称为“才子”^.^）；有些因为职业，比如叫「会计师朋友」，还有叫「东方日报朋友」，叫「讲师朋友」，叫「佛光山朋友」；有些因为托另一半的福，叫「XX的男朋友」，「XX的老婆」，还有一些是归类于“其他”组的，比如「那个和你同生日日期的朋友」（按：这个当然视说话对象而定），还有一个叫「那个去IKEA买东西的」（按：就因为人家来了吉窿坡，叫我带他去IKEA，从此便拥有这个名字了，呵呵），这个更好玩，叫「那个我们在云顶见到她妈妈的」...哈，这当中还有些是拥有“双重身份”的呢！

此外，我也是专取译名（比如从洋名翻译成“曳曳”的名字）、花名高手，曾经为很多朋友取了很好听的名字（呵呵，自赞自夸），尔后成为她们的笔名、网名；更曾经为那些令人讨厌的老师、同事、老板取了很多花名，当然在这里总不能缺德地把人家的花名公褚天下，呵呵...

嘿嘿，你的名字是哪一个？赶快来认领！

飞机系列之四：《冲上云霄》余温～机组人员/国泰城

香港连续剧《冲上云霄》是无线第一部以飞机为题材的电视剧，剧中着重于描述机组人员的风光，羡煞了年轻人。电视剧掀起了飞机热潮，机组人员更成为年轻人歆羡的工作。在这一年当中，我接获了许多关于飞机师的咨询，我一次又一次地砸碎他们的梦想，哎，现实总是残酷的，不是吗？

如何成为机组人员

其实，要成为飞机师的先决条件是视力良好（不是色盲患者），健康佳。最简单直接的方法就是向航空公司申请，参加培训计划以成为机组人员。但是，在这个僧多粥少经济萧条的年代，很多航空公司已经搁置了培训计划。学生们只能冀望修读航空课程以成为飞机师，殊不知这得花上好几十万来修读，而最终未必会被航空公司录取。

一般上，参加飞行计划的学生将先获取Private Pilot Licence（PPL）以作个人飞行，然后累积至少150个飞行小时以获取Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL)以作商业飞行，而累积至少1500个飞行小时（包括Instrument and Night Rating）才能获取Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL)以驾驶民航机。一旦成为民航飞机师，将先任职Second Officer，然后升First Officer 最后才能升上Captain。

至于空服员，录取条件并不如机师般苛刻。未届25岁者，身高至少158公分，体重达50公斤，能操流利英语及额外一种语言，一般上是航空公司的录取条件。空服员需要接受三至六个月的地面学科与跟飞课程训练，方能毕业。以国泰航空为例，空服员先任职Purser， Senior Purser最后才可升上Inflight Service Manager（ISM）。每个航班只有一名ISM，要升上那一个职位何其难，很多空服员等不到那一天都已经离职了。



空服员大忌

很多飞机乘客，以为付了机票就可以在机舱内为所欲为，不仅令空服员反感，也妨碍了其他乘客。在此提供一些空服员的大忌，改次乘搭飞机时切记别犯下此类错误。

1。 置放手提行李。很多乘客都误以为帮助乘客置放手提行李于座位上的行李置放处是空服员的服务之一，大错特错。很多时候，空服员看着弱不禁风的女生无法置放颇重的行李，当然不会袖手旁观，会主动帮忙。 可是就会有很多身材魁梧的男人，理所当然的指示空服员为他置放行李。一个高头大马的男人竟然要纤细娇小的空服员为他搬行李，这未免太没有男子气概了吧？

2。勿在通道高谈阔论。有些乘客喜欢三五成群地挤在通道聊天，这严重阻碍了来来往往的空服员。要知道，机舱内的通道比巴士还小，只供一个人行走，如果一伙人聚在一起，就造成严重的“交通阻塞”了。

3。勿在空服员忙碌的时候索取机舱赠品。当空服员在招待餐饮时，切记别向她们要东要西。她们得专心一致地记着乘客要求的饮料，待服务完毕后早就把你要的赠品忘到一干二净了。

4。用餐后，别把餐盘堆成一座小山。空服员得把你的餐盘塞回餐车的车箱，如果是一座小山，她们得再作清理才能塞回去，无疑地给她们添了不少麻烦。如果遇到短程班机如香港到台北的班机，情况会更糟。由于飞行时间太短，飞机很快就降落，用餐得速战速决。空服员一般上得和乘客“抢”餐盘，如果乘客都把“一座小山”推给她们，那么她们都会提早向乘客“抢”餐盘了^.^

5。飞机起飞、降落以及用餐时间请拉直椅背。很多乘客对航空安全一窍不通，以睡觉为由拒绝把椅背拉直。如果不拉直椅背，一旦飞机发生紧急事故，逃生的机会相等于零。一些乘客则对空服员表示，我不用餐，不需要拉直椅背。多么自私的人，你不吃，别人可要吃哪！

6。安全带信号还未熄灭时，请勿在机上走动。有些乘客很奇怪，登机前不到厕所方便。非要等到飞机起飞后，才找洗手间。飞机起飞后，有时候需要一段时间才能处于安稳水平，如果安全带信号一直亮着，表示飞机仍出于颠簸不平的状态。这时候请别在机上急着找洗手间，否则一有紧急状况，后果不堪设想。其实，在飞行的过程中，会有一些突发事故如遇到气流，所以为了安全起见，乘客最好还是随时系着安全带。

国泰城

《冲上云霄》剧中的飞扬城，绝不是虚构的，它是现实中的国泰城。国泰航空总部位于机场毗邻的国泰城，和赤腊角香港国际机场同步于1998年7月落成使用。国泰城占地3.3公顷，楼面面积超过121,000平方米。国泰城设有楼高10层的办公室大厦，飞行培训中心及训练设施，包括模拟机舱以及模拟飞行系统等、此外还有楼高23层的酒店－逸泰居(Headland Hotel)及飲食设施等，並建有一座仓库大楼。我近几次到香港，都住在逸泰居。逸泰居的23楼是卡特丽娜西餐厅，在这里进餐可以尽享优美的海景。据说天晴的时候，视野非常开阔，可以隐隐约约看到远处的澳门。

国泰城确实是一座外观非常时尚的建筑，然而我每次入住，都仅仅是就寝而已。或许，下一次到香港，应该好好窥探国泰城的绰约迷人丰姿...