Long time no see...

It has been a long time for not updating my blog.

It was a long hot Saturday. After spending almost half day at Plaza Low-Yat, the Sungai Wang, and then back to the Plaza Low-Yat again, I finally bought some gadgets, on behalf of my father and youngest brother. To treat myself on my "effort" (ha ha ha...), I attended an 8TV event, 八度空间嘉年华, which was held at The Boulevard Berjaya Times Square. A lot of frenzy fans and supporters actively took part in activities, as a lot of prizes were offered to grab!

Photos below were captured by using Samsung SGH-E900.

Now I'm enjoying a Japanese Drama called Karei-naru Ichizoku (Some they called The Perfect Family or 華麗なる一族), a very sad and heartbreaking series. For those who have not watch that, it is worth to watch it.

Extracted and cited from Drama wiki at http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Karei-naru_Ichizoku, the drama is based on a novel by Yamazaki Toyoko. Later in 1974, they produced a movie. The book depicts the conflicts within the Manpyo family, which is famous in Kansai's financial circles, amidst the tumultuous reorganisation of the financial industry of the late 1960s. Unlike the book, the eldest son, Teppei, and not the father, Daisuke, will be the central character of the drama.

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan. The main rivalry depicted in the story is between Manpyo Daisuke (Kitaoji Kinya), a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei (Kimura Takuya), the executive managing director of a steel firm. For some reasons, Daisuke seem to dislike his own son and as Teppei seems to find out the reason for Daisuke's hatred, his whole life is turned upside down with fatal consequences.

Enjoy and have a good day!

And Happy Mooncake Festival (中秋节快乐!)

Hai Yuan's Article: 老爸给的答案

Extracted and cited from my ex-secondary schoolmates, Hai Yuan's Blog at http://lokehaiyuan.blogs.friendster.com/haiyuan/2007/08/post.html, which was posted on 8th August, 2007.

Just want to share it to you guys out there...

"... 我昨天在MSN放了这样的问题：有谁能够告诉我，生命有什么意义。结果今天早上看到老爸的电邮，内容是这样的：

My dear Hai Yuan,

I refer to your open question in Windows Live Messenger.

There is no final answer to the old question of the meaning of life since the ancient days, not by the many scholars in religions or philosophy or whatever, despite many thoughts or meditation or discussions or even arguments or fighting to get it!

But, I would like to share with you my simple answer to it.

There are three vital points regarding to the meaning of life:
(1) Life is very precious; if you study the astrology, earth science and life science you will know that the chance of you or me coming alive into this world is practically almost zero! In a nutshell, we are very very lucky to be living here on earth indeed, so we should appreciate it and try to make fully out of it while we are still alive!
(2) Life is very difficult; from the human history, psychology, art and social science, we have to go through so many difficult things like emotions such as greed and fear, human inequality and social injustice, sufferings in famine, poverty, disease, war and killing and natural calamity etc........In a nutshell, we have to fight for survival and have to work very hard and smart to overcome all the difficulties and get all the freedoms (financial or spacial or social) we want!
(3) Life is to live and let live; thanks to our ancestors efforts in the past, we are all here today......try to be healthy, to be rich, to be happy etc.... and to help others also to be healthy, rich and happy etc within our means.....to help create a better world and environment for our future generations......In a nut shell, there are many things to keep us busy within our limited lifetime! ....We should not spend too much time in thinking such as day dreaming and meditation as life is too short and precious to waste.....and we should spend more time in doing the practical things to improve our world and life!

Let us be one of those tiny stars in the milky way; let us be a drop of water in the vast ocean; let us be a sand particle on our good earth; let us be a part of human history, however small it will be!..... although some of us may try to be the brightest star, the cleanest water droplet and the biggest sand particle!....I think that this is the meaning of life!

Your ever loving,
Daddy
以上内容只供参考，有任何疑问请联络我老爸。

Comments

I am totally agreed with your father's opinion. And I may add one point. Life is like a roller coaster. Sometime we have to face the reality when there is an up-and-down time. Always be wise, patient, honest and open-minded to yourself. You will enjoy and appreciate the roller coaster ride too.
Posted by: Z w August 9, 2007 02:32 PM"

Update: Lian Sen and Poh Lee's Wedding Photo

Status, Money and Power?

很久没整理这部落格了。工作及休息已占领了我所有的时间。好不容易到星期六和日的时候才享用音乐和戏剧。

一段戏剧“流星花园”第十章引起我的注目



[西方曾经有位哲人说
女人啊
华丽的金钻，闪亮的珠光
为你赢得了女皇虚妄的想象
岂知你的周遭
只剩下势利的毒
傲慢的香
撩人也杀人的芬芳
女人啊
当你再度向财富致敬
向名利欢呼
向权利高举臂膀
请不必询问那只
曾经歌咏的画眉
它已经不知飞向何方
因为它的嗓音已经乾枯喑哑
为了真实,尊荣
和洁净灵魂的灭亡。

一个人的灵魂高贵还是低贱
难道只看他会不会弹一段钢琴
或者是看他生在那门那户
身上戴那些品牌吗？
会弹钢琴有什么了不起
我告诉你们
我就只会弹这么一首
那又怎么样]


我曾遇见有好几位像那“道名枫”人物的连续剧里。每当我去参加朋友聚会或是新年派对，那些“好奇心”又不太认识的家伙几乎开始叮上全场身上的品牌。过后就一个个开始面试，从家庭财产到事业职位。甚至有些还问到薪水呢!

我之前从来没想到在这个世界，都有这样的人物。也许是他们的好奇心吧。但过了大学及在工作，久而久之，似乎已对这些态度都麻木了。正在看着这部第十章里连续剧的我，心总是向那“杉菜”人物的戏剧里大喊叫好！

Congratulation, Lian Sen and Poh Lee!

My University Utara Malaysia ex-course mate's, Lian Sen's (also my former "leader housemate" in our first semester) hand phone number was appeared on my hand phone's screen on Friday night. It has been a long time since we met each other at Chuah Eng Peng's wedding in March 2007.

He started the conversation by asking me whether I am free on coming 5th of August. I answered to him that I am free that time. Out of the blue, him gave me a big fat bombshell... He will get marry soon, with Poh Lee, another brilliant University Utara Malaysia ex-course mates. So he wants to "book" me on that day for attending his wedding ceremony. At that time, I was surprised by his announcement.

I never thought that my both University Utara Malaysia ex-course mates will get marry so soon. I still remembered that he was jokingly arguing that both of them will get married soon after Jeak Ting's and Seong Cheng's turn, at Eng Peng's wedding ceremony.

Suddenly Lian Sen broke out from silence, "Hey, say something to me..." I was not concentrating on our telephone conversation at that time. I answered to my ex-course mate, "Congratulation!"

祝他们永远恩爱，和白头偕老！

父亲节 (Fathers' Day)

~ In memory of Heng Siaw Yin's Father ~

This article is dedicated to Siaw Yin's Father...

昨晚，我接到好友－国辉的电话。就是这样才 知道，我们其中一位马来西亚北大大学朋友－晓银。。。 她的父亲就在星期五刚刚过世。于国辉说好了送白金的事后，我就躺在椅子上又开始发呆。真的好可怜晓银，毕竟六月份就是父亲节。。。

父亲节起源于一九一零年。在一九零九年，住在美国华盛顿州士波肯市的杜德夫人桑娜(Sonora Smart Dodd )参加完教会举办的母亲节主日崇拜之后，她心里想着：「为什么这个世界没有一个纪念父亲的节日呢？ 」。 当时，她希望把父亲威廉斯马特先生六月的生日做为特别的日子来庆祝，来向她父亲表达敬意。

威廉斯马特先生(William Jackson Smart)是一个参加过南北战争的老兵。 他的妻子，在杜德夫人十三岁那一年时，生第六个孩子时不幸去世。 在华盛顿东部的一个乡村农场中﹐他独自一人父兼母职，抚养大了这个新生儿和其他五个孩子。 直到成年以后，杜德夫人才意识到，她的父亲是一个单身家长，在养育儿女的过程中所付出的坚强和无私。

杜德夫人排行老二，是家里唯一的女孩。女性的细心特质，让她更能体会父亲的辛劳。斯马特先生白天辛劳地工作，晚上回家还要做家务照料每一个孩子的生活。 经过几十年的辛苦，儿女们终于长大成人。当子女们盼望能让斯马特先生好好安享晚年之际，斯马特先生却因为经年累月的过度劳累而病倒辞世。

就在一九零九年那年，刚好是威廉斯马特先生辞世之年。当杜德夫人参加完教会的母亲节感恩礼拜后，她特别地想念父亲。直到那时，杜德夫人才明白，她的父亲在养育儿女过程中所付出的爱心与努力，并不亚于任何一个母亲的辛苦。

于是杜德夫人在一九一零年春天开始推动成立父亲节的运动。不久得到各教会组织的支持。她随即写信向市长与州政府表达自己的想法与提议。在杜德夫人的奔走努力下，士波肯市市长与华盛顿州州长公开表示赞成。于是美国华盛顿州便在一九一零年年六月十九日举行了全世界的第一次父亲节聚会。

直至一九二四年，美国总统科立芝(President Calvin Coolidge)支持父亲节成为全美国的节日。在一九六六年，美国总统詹森(President Lyndon Johnson)宣布当年六月第三个星期日，也就是斯马特先生的生日月份为美国父亲节。在一九七二年，美国总统尼克森(President Richard Nixon)签署正式文件，将每年的六月第三个主日，订为全美国的父亲节，并成为美国永久性的国定纪念日。。就这样，父亲节也开始慢慢地传开。在父亲节时，红玫瑰表示父亲还在人间，而白玫瑰表示父亲已经过世。

不管是父亲，或者是母亲还在我们的身边时，希望好好的对待他们。对于他们的父母已过世，希望你们好好的珍惜他们的辛劳。

在这里，我代表所有晓银的马来西亚北大大学会计系友表示哀吊。

祝所有父亲们过个美好的父亲节
－父亲节快乐！

也祝我的父亲－永远幸福圆满！

Congratulation, Siew Bee.

Sorry for unable to update my blog lately.

That's right. One of my university course mates! Her wedding was held on 27th May, 2007 at her home town, Johor.

Siew Bee, congratulation!!!