“小银”生病了

那天“小银”和我一起上班时，在半路发出“咯啰咯啰”声后，就抛锚了。

幸好我及时赶在“小银”卦掉之前，停了在 Emergency Lane。

保险公司帮我把“小银”吊到我相熟的车厂，就留院动手术了。

当我去领车时，车厂老板很耐心地解说我的车到底除了什么问题，明明前几天才 service 过，为何会出问题。

当车厂老板给我看了从车里拆出来的零件，不用多说，我已经知道发生什么事了。

铁做的 water paip 竟然可以生锈到这种境界，几乎是腐烂到可以成灰了。

把腐烂的零件换了，现在“小银”终于可以出院了。

我也终于可以和我的“小银”到四处跑了!

“小银”，你要乖乖啦！

不要再生病了，不然最后生病的会是我了（荷包大出血）！

Auntie Annes Pretzels' Day

Wao...can't believe that there are really such thing as giving out stuff for FREE!!

Today, 21 April 2011 is Auntie Annes Pretzels' Day!

They were giving out FREE pretzel from 11am - 2pm.

We were wandering around at 1U after our lunch.

One of us suddenly remembered that today we can get pretzel for free when we saw some people were holding Auntie Annes pretzels and balloons.

We went to the kiosk to take a look and ended up lining up.

The queue wasn't long. We got our pretzels quite fast and easy.

Just line up and approach the cashier, after having a stamp at back of your hand, you get your FREE pretzels!

A wonderful treat and everyone is happy.

Cute little pretzel stamp

Yum...yumm...

我以为@ I thought

常常会听到“我以为。。。这样这样，所以我那样。。。”。

其实“我以为” 往往是一个借口。

是一个因为当初懒惰去澄清或选择性的去忽视问题的借口。

是一个会导致一个活动或企划失败的借口。

当然

“我以为”也是一个可以让我们逃避责任的挡箭牌。

这样

就可以把责任推得一干二净

“当初又没有交代清楚，所以我以为。。。”

推得既干净又不惹祸上身

又可以把矛头指向别人，转移话题

很好用对不对？

其实“我以为”真的是一个企划的大忌

如果我们可以正视那个在脑海一闪而过的问题

或

主动把问题提出来讨论

无论这个问题我们认为有多渺小

它可能就是那个决定企划的成败的关键

脱离牙套的日子

真的。

我真的以为

我已经可以脱离戴牙套的日子了

我真的以为

可以露齿开怀大笑

我真的以为

拍照可以露齿微笑，不用抿嘴微笑

我真的以为

可以口齿伶俐，咬词清晰的说话了

但

牙套脱了

却

必须戴上Retainer

妈呀！

虽说可以脱下，但平时还是必须戴着的

讲话口齿不清的。。。怎么办？

Snowie's Newborn

Snowie gave birth on 12 April.

We were expecting 4 puppies to our family but sadly 3 of them can't made it.

XRAY showing 4 babies inside Snowie's tummy

Although we lost 3 puppies but now we have the lucky one with us.

He is a boy.

A very strong one.

Welcome to the family, dear~~

《夜行动物》Nightlife Creatures - Behind The Scene

《夜行动物》在上个星期就已经结束了。

经过了两个月忙碌的排练，一切都回复正常了。

依稀还记得伊君约我和桦荣去试镜时，一切都非常的顺利。

之前有曾试过几次当我想要去试镜时，一定会有些事情发生而让我不能出席。可是这次，可是顺利到我不得不相信缘分，生命中冥冥注定我必须和《夜行动物》相遇。

非常顺利的，我成功入选了。

非常顺利的，大部分的排练时间我都配合到。

非常顺利的，剧场距离我的新公司非常近。

非常顺利的，我可以到柬埔寨旅行，因为它没和我的表演日期撞期。

非常顺利的，柬埔寨回来之后就是上台的时候了，竟然没有像往常一样生病。

排练的那段时期，其实是非常幸苦的。

因为差不多每天都排练到 1a.m. 才上床睡觉，第二天 6a.m. 就必须起床上班去。这两个月也没剩下多少时间给自己。只知道一有时间，就赶紧洗衣服，休息和练台词。

话虽如此，但我从来没有抱怨和后悔过。我自己也很惊叹，我是怎么走过来的？！

《夜行动物》给我带来了很多的惊喜和新体验：

舞台

KLPAC 是我一直都很向往表演的一个剧场。

梦想成真了，是很开心，但更开心的是我可以和一班有缘的《夜行动物》们，同时同台演出，这是何其大的喜悦。

剧本

从来没有接触过原著剧本，还是日本的嘞！

很新奇。

原来剧本是可以用不同的方式去诠释和演绎，充满无限的可能性。

导演

感谢Kimmy的教导。

她让我对表演艺术有了另一番的领悟。

演员

演员们之间的和谐让我留恋非常。

和他们在一起时，大家真的很像一个大家庭。

很暖和，真的。。。

《夜行动物》已经过去了，唯有看回些美好片段来一解思念之苦。

想念你。。。《夜行动物》。

《夜行动物》Nightlife Creatures - Video Promo

Finally, it is my turn now to appear in the video promo.

I was very worried that I might look awful but turns out to be ok. : )

Thanks William! I love this video~~!

More video promo on 《夜行动物》Nightlife Creatures --> Click here.

《夜行动物》Nightlife Creatures

From contemporary musical to most heritage comedy, klpac’s Resident Director, Kimmy Kiew will be directing a modern Japanese play written Yoichi Kobiyama. An urban comedy with over thirty characters that reflect the realities of city life – full of mystery, ridiculous situations, loneliness, humour and of course, romance.
Two road construction workers were going about their work when they suddenly heard tapping sounds from somewhere. It didn’t take them long to realise that it was in fact Morse code! The code translated to “Anyone there? Still alive!’

Out of curiosity, the two workers started searching for the source of the signal. They followed the sound until they reached a strange apartment occupied by even stranger people. First they met a mystery man, then a rude management officer, a lonely artist lady, a night club girl and many more people. It was all highly unusual.

*Performed in Mandarin with English subtitles

在一座城市，两个马路工程人员在工作时听见不知何处传来的摩斯密码求救讯号“有谁在吗？还活着吗？”。因此他们好奇地寻找讯号的源头。结果追寻至一座公寓，从而开始带领观众走入一个似梦幻又似真实的际遇，奇怪的撑伞神秘人，泼辣的公寓管理员夫妇，用功的小孩，坚强的陪客女郎， 孤独的女画家，滥有型的兜车党徒等等还有许多在这栋公寓的住户对这两个外来者抱着不同的态度与对待。

《夜行动物》是日本当代剧作家小桧山洋一的剧著。此剧让不相信童話的忙碌現代人走入夜晚里充数着神秘，好玩，华丽，浪漫的傳奇故事。

Date & Time:
30 March (preview) & 31 – 1 March (8.30pm)
2 March (3pm & 8.30pm)
3 April (3pm)

Venue:
Pentas 2, klpac

Tickets:
RM33 (adult) , RM23 (students & disabled)

Promotion:
RM 15 flat for Preview (30 Mar; Wed) & Saturday Matinee (2 April 2011)

Resident Directors Season Promotion:
20% off for I Am Not My Pimples + Nightlife Creatures or
30% off for I Am Not My Pimples + Nightlife Creatures + The Last Five Years + indicinelive
(applicable for adult priced tickets purchased in a single receipt only; promotions mutually exclusive; terms & conditions apply)

Presenter: The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac)
Written by: Yoichi Kobiyama
Directed by: Kimmy Kiew
Featuring: Dickson Chai, Season Chee, Abdul Qahar Aqilah, Monster Lee, Roax Tan, William Yap, Rex Teo, Robin Khor, Chong Wah Yoong张桦荣, Li Qiang理强, Gwen Yap, Tammy Yee, Paz Lim, Jinnie Lim, Angel Chang, Gigi Chiam, Ng Chooi Hong黄翠凤, Grace Looi 吕俊霖 & Won ChinYan 紫 欣

欲知更多详情(中文），请向黄启灏查询 - 017 478 4276
For more enquiry (in Mandarin), kindly contact Ooi Kee How - 017 478 4276

BOX OFFICE:
Call or walk in to klpac @ Sentul Park (03-40479000)

I am Not a Celebrity. So what?

"...You are not a CELEBRITY!"

身为演员，我有被羞辱的感觉。

Ya, I am NOT a CELEBRITY.

So what?

世界恐怖童話故事

从YouTube里，发现了三部用非常诡异的方法来呈现的童話故事。

这唤醒了我在六年级时阅读过的一本老师送我的格林童话。我记得当时阅读过后，感觉非常疑惑。 因为这本童话和我印象中看的一定有美满结局的卡通童话有非常大的出入，而且还有点残忍。当时我在想，这本书可能是翻版的，所以结局可能被改过了。

看了这三部世界恐怖童話故事，我开始Google关于格林童话。

原来格林兄弟一开始写的童话是非常黑暗和现实的，只是因为受到社会的评击才是改良到现今能为人接受的版本。

以下的灰姑娘和糖果屋最为耳熟能响。

很欣赏这部灰姑娘的呈现方式，虽然很平面，但却非常生动。

世界恐怖童話故事 - 第一集 - 漢索與葛麗泰

漢索與葛麗泰 (上)

漢索與葛麗泰 (下)

世界恐怖童話故事 - 第二集 - 藍鬍子

藍鬍子 (上)

藍鬍子 (下)

世界恐怖童話故事 - 第三集 - 灰姑娘

灰姑娘 （上)

灰姑娘 (下)

这里还有一些关于白雪公主，睡美人和青蛙王子的故 --事 http://www.tianyabook.com/waiguo2005/t/tongsencao/lrzl/index.html

童话有另一面，何况是人生。。。

就让童话为我们上一堂课吧！

Birthday Gifts

I am very proud of being a February baby and I love being an Aquarius.
As much as I am in love with my own birthday, to be born in February, there are some Pro's and Con's.

Normally, for Chinese New Year, it always fall on end of Jan or on beginning of Feb. The best thing about this is I got to receive 2 packets of ang pau from my aunties who always remember my birthday. Other than this, during this period, everyone around you are very happy and everywhere is full of celebration. You can feel like everyone is celebrating with you and being surrounded by happiness even though they are just having fun because of CNY.

The bad thing is, everyone is busy celebrating CNY and they might just forgot about your birthday. I can hardly organise a night out or party during this period since everyone is having their very own party or some will be at their own hometown. Some shopping centres and restaurants are even closed that I cannot even go out and treat myself a good birthday meal.

Anyway, my frens will always celebrate with me after the CNY break. I am very grateful about this even though it is a bit late.

Thank you frens and colleagues for the gifts and wishes.

My birthday has always been very much blessed with all of you good people around me.

Presents from a group of frens that has been celebrating my birthday with me for these few years.

Thanks Efun, Wong, Chun, Kin Meng, Siew Ting and Evonne! Muakss!

Random wishes from my new colleagues. Brightens up my day~~!
Everyone seems like to doodle a lot. : )

Now that I am another year older, there is a long list of things that I wish to do before reaching certain age that I might not have the strength anymore to complete them.

So, like what I have been wishing for all my past birthdays, I wish that I will stay Healthy and Energetic to continue with whatever that I have been enjoyed doing for all this while. : )

Godiva @ Pavilion

Found another great place to enjoy a nice cup of Chocolate -- Godiva Chocolatier @ Pavilion.

Haven't got the chance to sit down and enjoy a nice cup chocolate since my last visit to Chocolate Lounge @ 1-Utama.

I ordered the Hot Milk Chocolate. I love the taste that the milk blends with chocolate. Not too sweet and chocolate tasted just nice. Felt so good and relax with a cup of hot chocolate during tea time and eat with a slice of cake...mMm...

Godiva Chocolatier logo on napkin.

Apparently the name Godiva is named after the Lady Godiva. We can see it very clearly from the logo itself. According to the popular story, Lady Godiva taken up the challenge from her husband by riding the horse through the town in naked to free the people from suffering on heavy taxation. You read one more about Lady Godiva from here.

Nicely presented Tiramisu

Hot Mile Chocolate

Apple & Peppermint Soda. So good and refreshing.

Trip to Jonker Street @ Malacca

Michelle came to KL from UK for holiday.

We - ex-housemates gang - Me, Michelle, Naomi and Sze Wan decided to have a trip down to Malacca.

Come to think of it, we never been travelling together since we know each other during Uni time. Well, this is a great time to have some precious time together after 5 years of moving out from the apartment.

Jonker Street is a great place for us to visit.

Firstly, all of us love to take photos. In Jonker Street Malacca, i can guarantee you that you will be able to capture some of the gorgeous photos without needing you to have the photography skills.

Secondly, of cause is all about the FOOD!! Who can resist the extremely delicious food in Malacca??!!

Love the wooden book shelves.

Pad locks during the olden days

Haha...pornography calendar!

While waiting for our Chicken Rice Balls...

Foooooood!! Yummy!!

This kuih is super nice. I love this very much!

Ok...group photo time.

We had a great time although the trip was short.

Miss the time when we were hanging out together during our Uni time.

Hope to see Michelle again next time.

Hopely next time the destination will be ----- UK!! And our weekend trip will be Austria, Amsterdam...and so on instead of Malacca. : )

Delicious Cafe @ 1U

Had a very awesome lunch at Delicious Cafe @ 1U.

I have been wanted to visit this restaurant for a very long time. Thanks to Aiza, my colleague who loves this restaurant so much, for suggesting to have lunch @ Delicious Cafe.

The environment is very nice and comfy. It is very suitable for small group gathering or chit-chatting with close friends and even family.

Okay...i am admit that I am a coffee addict. So, y not a big cup of Cappuccino?

Pasta with Pesto sauce. Love this.

Duck meat + Pasta = Super yummy.

Strongly recommended by Aiza.

Burger.

Variety of choices on Desserts!! Will pay another visit next time to try on all this tempting desserts.

For more info, you can visit http://www.delicious.com.my/

Love the website design concept. : )

第八届怡保定慧居《欢喜苑》儿童佛学生活营

《欢喜苑》已经来到第八届了，不知不觉我也参与了12 年的儿童佛学生活营。 从1998 年开始到现在，我一直对儿童佛学生活营都是全情投入。

当了那么多年的督导，我依然乐此不疲，是名副其实的“老营虫”。当然，除了我，还有一班和我一路走来的老朋友们。我们在一起办了那么多年的儿童佛学生活营，虽然不常见面，甚至一年才相聚一次，但我们的感情却还是那么的好。也许大家每一年见面的目的都是一样，就是办儿童佛学生活营，所以大家才会那么全情投入，满心欢喜地和小孩打成一片。

也许你会问我，当了那么多年的督导，你不累吗？

虽然我的年龄已经不小了，魄力也不如从前。但在小菩萨面前，我依然能蹦蹦跳跳的带团康，嘻嘻哈哈地和小孩沟通，精神奕奕地带他们破关斩将玩Station Game。

说真的。。。很累，我是说身体。在小孩面前，对着他们，我的能量就是能源源不绝地涌出来。我的心灵，对着小菩萨是永远都不会累的。

老营虫们和小菩萨们

我的组员-见见Lion组的组员

我近来重遇我往年带过的营员们。

从前的小学生，现在已经是中学生或大学生了。很欣慰的是，有的也跟着我的步骤在参与学生活动。甚至还有的和我一样，积极参与儿童佛学生活营，为佛法撒下菩提种子。

有一位营员让我非常感动。

他是我第一年参与儿童佛学生活营时带过的一位营员。

12 年后，他在我的Facebook留言，跟我说了声“谢谢”。这声“谢谢”，足以让我热泪满眶。

感动，不因为我觉着我功劳很大或是怎样。。。

只因我单纯撒下的菩提种子让这个孩子继续学佛，甚至现在他懂得感恩。那是莫大的成就感。

吃饭时间

手语-“快乐天堂”

虽然年纪越来越大了，但我还是希望我能继续撒菩提种子，继续办儿童佛学生活营。

《欢喜苑》，下一届再见啦！

我们做设计的

转载自朋友的Email.

读了这个Email后，我立刻想和所有的人分享，因为这真的是我们做设计这一行的辛酸，每一句都刺到我的心里去了。

朋友,做设计真的不是 “很簡單的，隨便弄一下就行了，很快的” 这么简单。

如果是这么简单，不如你自己来做啦。。。

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朋友開飯店，你吃飯他收錢，大家覺得理所當然。
朋友開文具店，買文具他收錢，大家覺得理所當然。
朋友 開服裝店，買衣服他收錢，大家覺得理所當然。
朋友做設計，收錢，大家會覺得“這個朋友怎麼那麼吝嗇”

飯店打折，大家說：“這個朋友真好”
文具打折，大家說：“這個朋友真大方”
服裝打折，大家說：“這個是真夠朋 友”
設計打折，大家會覺得“這個朋友有點小氣”

飯店說： “以後來我這吃飯，全免費！”大家說：“不行！你是做生意 的”
文具說：“以後來我這買文具，隨便拿！”大家說：“不行！不 合情理 的”
服裝說：“以後來我服裝店，全部任穿！”大家說：“不行！哪 好意思啊”
設計師：“以後有什麼設計就找我 幫手！”大家說：“好的，謝謝啦！”

大家看到物質，看到飯菜，看到文具，看到服裝，認為這些都 是要錢購買的。

但有一種行業，大家都看不到它的物質與勞動，就是設計。

當大家看到一張紙，印 著一個LOGO時，便認為這只是一張有圖案的紙。

其實，設計師的那張紙，就是飯菜，就是文具，就是服裝，就是生存的手段。


飯店靠飯菜為生。
文具店靠文具為生。
服裝店靠服裝為生。

同樣，設計師就是靠設計為生。

當大家吃了飯，買的東西，穿了衣服時，便大大方方的付款。

當大家讓朋友做設計的時候，卻只是說“很簡單的，隨便弄一下 就行了，很快的”。
我想告訴你們，設計師們已經聽了上萬個朋友說同樣的這句 話。

現實上，設計師的這“隨便弄一下”，卻是更比那碟飯菜，那支筆，那件衣服，來的更苦更累。出賣的不是那幾元的成本，而是精力，是健康，是體力，是腦力，是消耗生命。只是設計師都躲在深夜的房間裡付出，大 家都看不到，

到大家看到的時候，就成了大家認為的幾個色塊而已。

設計師很善良，不敢跟大家說“不”，因為說了“不”，就成了吝嗇的人。

設計師很善良，幾秒鐘的“沒問題”，換來識幾個晝夜的通宵生命消耗。

設計師很善良，什麼都答應大家，因為你們是我們的好朋友。

所以，希望你們也要尊重我們的勞動成果。

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MidValley 's Toilet

Haven't not been to Midvalley for a while.

Who knows I found 2 interesting stories to share on my visit to the Midvalley Megamall ladies toilet at the Ground floor. I am not sure whether they happened in the Man's toilet or not.

Story 1

Have you realised that the G Floor toilets have big gaps in between the doors that people outside can easily see you are "doing business" inside.

Ya, is "SEE" as the gap is about 1cm in width that you do not need to "PEEP" to see what is going on inside the toilet. I can actually see people passing by while I was inside the toilet and I felt very insecure. It is as if I am doing my "nature call business" in the public.

I am wondering, didn't anyone complain about this before? Or hasn't anyone realised about this before?

Story 2

This is nothing new.

I was queuing for the toilet paper. The lady in front of me took a very long time to take the toilet paper. Well, at a situation like this, we will "kei po" and see what is happening. I saw this aunty, taking her own sweet time, rolling up a lot of toilet papers and put inside her bag. I think she did not realise that I was standing behind her for quite some time.

By thinking not to embarrass her, I made noise with my footsteps pretending I was just about to reach the place to take toilet paper. After I took small piece of mine, she continued to take more.

Erm...I am speechless. >.<

《恋爱》之《来不及做的爱》回忆篇

《来不及做的爱》结束到现在，已经一个月了。

感觉上好像已经过了很久。

我想

是空虚吧。。。

重听《来不及做的爱》的音乐歌曲，戏里的一切，好像历历在目。

尤其是那首 Bruce Springsteend 的 Secret Garden， 唤回了我在戏里Elaine的情绪。

我依然放不下Elaine。

放不下Elaine 在看心理医生，被唤起回忆的那刻。

也是我最喜欢的一幕。

Secret Garden渐渐响起

Elaine慢慢地抬头，看着远方

回忆一点一滴的回来

错综复杂的情绪涌上心头

眼泪含在眼眶

喉咙开始哽咽

嘴唇徐徐颤抖

当情绪刚满到将要泄出来时

情绪立刻切断

转到年轻青涩的角色

内心藏着纯纯恋爱的感觉

那时悲伤的情绪无法完全的释放出来

哽在喉头

久久不能平复

那时是这样

到了现在依然如此

也许

这种悲伤

比凄凉地大哭

更凄惨

更能触动人心

曾经有一度感到很疑惑，为什么导演会用这首歌来让我们感受爱的感觉。

这么知道这首歌竟然变成了触动我内心深出的一首歌。

我的姑婆屋

近年来有好多的身边的朋友结婚了。

有些还左手牵着一个，右手抱着一个孩子。

我常常在想，这真的很不可思议。

到底是怎么样的一种动力或魔力，会让一个人下怎么大的一个决心，愿意和另一个人度过余生？

他们还把求婚过程和爱的故事，通过网站，面子书，让大家一起分享他们的喜悦。

我问过几个将要结婚或已经结了婚的朋友。

我很好奇

到底他们是怎么知道，他或她就是你的另一半？

到底他们是怎么知道，是时候要和这一个人迈入另一个人生阶段？

为什么他们能那么确定，他或她就是你要一起到老的那个人？

有一个朋友回答说，妈妈叫她不要再选了。

找到一个好的，就嫁吧！你以为你还年轻啊？！

Hm....好无奈的答案。

有一个朋友回答说，你到了那时就会知道的了。

你会知道他就是你要一起度过余生的那个人。

Hm....好玄的答案。

我不了解。。。

我从来对婚姻都不存任何幻想。

自我懂事以来，我一直都在规划着要买一间“姑婆屋”。

我从来不觉得自己会结婚。

当每次别人问我的未来生活，我的脑海里浮现的就只有我的屋子，还有我和我的狗狗。

可能从小就看到太多婚姻不美满的例子。

长大拍拖之后也觉得两个人相处实在是很不容易，更别说结婚后住在一起。

是我太孤僻了吗？

还是我太爱自由？

当然我还是会为那些找到另一半的人开心。

那是一种莫大的福气。

茫茫人海，找到对的人，必然是前生修来的福。

也许，是我的福气还没到而已。

Taylor's Celebration - Body & Foot Massages

Can you imagine that you can have all the body massage, foot reflexology, manicure and pedicure services in your company or in a university campus?

If you are in Taylor's now, you will be super excited with it.

Taylor's is now having an one week celebration with the staff on its upgrade to University status.

All the staff can enjoy all the services mentioned above from last Friday until 15 Oct even during office hour!

Having foot reflexology after my super "chun" body massage.

Foot reflexology area

Pedicure and manicure section where I will be having my slots on this Friday!!

Enjoying the foot massage~~