LiFe WaLkEr - Life According To My Perspective!!!(宁静而致远!!?)

有人问我茫然是什么？

2011-09-13T21:22:00.000+08:00

茫然对我而言就是一种心里迷失的状态。。。。茫然最直接的说法就是不知所措。

对自己不知所措。
面对生活不知所措
对家人，对朋友，对一确的关系都不知所措。
对过去不知所措
对未来也不知所措
对知道，不知道的事不知所措
在客观和主观同一个时间出现在自己身上的时候不知所措
不知怎么道面对自己时不知所措
面对不同价值观冲突时不知所措

最后在自己的茫然里迷失时不知所措！！！！

我的感言- I

2011-08-22T23:11:00.001+08:00

· 我取悦你的茫然，但你的茫然有我吗？...

· 原来坚强是可以从不同的角度来看

· 十六载以前，十六载的现在，我的努力并没改变我命运没规迹。我一直在想这有因果关系吗？

· 很舒适地生活就是财富，因为只有缺点和身体是自己的，其他都是别人的

· 我的生命与我同行而我的命运却与我背道而驰！！

· 当你完全了解自己的时候，你的命运就被确定了！

· 有时候生命会催促我快步行走，可能我停顿太久。命运其实是很奇妙的东西，他在你最绝望的时候给你引见了提灯人，指引你明路。当然能踏出黑暗那就要看你的际遇和造化了。

· 主观和客观再同一个灵魂碰撞的结果是什么

· 口中说，心里想 - 口是心非。

人潮中..........

2011-08-22T23:03:00.000+08:00

我站在人潮中看着每个人的故事从我身边擦肩而过，
有些我似曾相识，有些我曾经感动过，我也和他们一样的无奈过。
生活对我们的煎熬从来都没停过。
在这个我只能看到月亮和星星的城市里期望着奇迹的发生。
我们努力的在写着我们每天的故事。
你，我和他还在为生活忙碌着，偶尔我们也会擦肩而过，彼此的故事还在上演着。

了解自己是件好事吗？

2011-05-09T23:41:00.001+08:00

了解自己是一个痛苦的过程，

但是当你真的了解自己的时侯你会更加痛苦，

因为你会发现因不了解自己时犯下不了可逆转的错误。

这时侯你会因自己的一时的恍然大悟而在现实残酷中痛苦下去。

所以对自己的善意谎言是幸福的。

有时你希望你自己不怎么了解自己，

让自己欺骗自己一生。

如果可以的话在往生时记得不要喝孟婆汤，过奈何桥，来生不要犯同样的错误。

战国情

2011-05-02T23:15:00.003+08:00

战鼓咚咚

众生嚷嚷

残墟鸣鸣

君承圣命

舟飘如烟

琴声似坚

心随君去

我命定矣

朝思夕暮

望月追星

寒梅乍现

怒怨焚心

花如坠落

人如凋泞

我命如是

何以为生

迴照

2011-04-17T01:52:00.006+08:00

海子《答复》

2011-03-30T15:52:00.002+08:00

当我痛苦地站在你的面前

你不能说我一无所有!!!!

你不能说我两手空空!!!!

无题

2011-03-08T17:57:00.000+08:00

无怨，无悔，无爱，无恨，

剩下的只有天意。

心的感动

2011-01-26T19:55:00.004+08:00

日出，

日落，

我们一直并肩走着，

不管是平行的，或者交义着！

我们从来没有眼神交替，

我们从来没有感觉彼此的体温，

我们都缺乏拥抱

因为我们都缺乏心的感动。

沉默

2011-01-26T19:36:00.001+08:00

沉默是成长的标志,

而成熟的标志,

就是如何去沉默.

“尘曲“-匕堇年

深情-错误

2011-01-26T19:24:00.004+08:00

毕竟深情的代价昭然若揭，不是人人都可以拥有知其不可为而为之的一生。

净土

2011-01-04T23:57:00.000+08:00

一个宁详一遍土
我翔游于此
放一放
坐一坐。
游离在塵世中的每一种颜色
我飞离出去
无声无息
流水于恍惚之中。
我聍听无声
我沉淀
灵魂和塵埃正在分离
我放下
生，老，病，死，本无连坐
它只是一个开始和结束
我的净土原来只是一个“知”和“悟”之分！！！

戴礼洋
二零一零年四月二十五日于寒舍中。

我与我的回憶

2011-01-04T23:50:00.003+08:00

人生的回憶是什么？
是聽一首老歌？
是看一張老照片？
会一会老朋发?
又或者是訢說一段我的故事?
又会不会是片久違的藍天?
或者是不是在我以前回家放学的那条路上?
又再者的去望一眼老家的那个伴随我成长的木柜?
又或者吃一頓老媽煮的飯菜?
我偶而停顿一下自己的心情
望一望窗外的天空?
或嘗試一下在人潮中找尋我熟悉的背影
可是。。。。。。！！！
我是人生譯站轉身的离人
帶走的不是我的回憶
而是我的一生!!

戴礼洋
二零一零年十月二十二曰
在寒舍中。

选自海子《面朝大海，春暖花开》

2010-07-29T23:55:00.001+08:00

从明天起，做一个幸福的人
喂马，劈柴，周游世界
从明天起，关心粮食和蔬菜
我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花开

从明天起，和每一个亲人通信
告诉他们我的幸
那幸福的闪电告诉我的
我将告诉每一个人
给每一条河每一座山取一个温暖的名字
陌生人，我也为你祝福

愿你有一个灿烂的前程
愿你有情人终成眷属
愿你在尘世获得幸福
我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开

P/S : 人生的期望也不就是如此而已吧！！！

真相的迷惑

2010-01-01T13:57:00.000+08:00

蓝色的天空，从我坐的角落忘过去长长的走廊，并没有半点声音的喧闹。一切都是那么的平静，我喜欢这种氛围，但又觉得那么的短促。现实总是那么的残酷，纵使你有那么多的不愿意，你总是那么无奈得让他过去，捉不住这一刹那，也留不住一丁点的余地。

有时候我迷惑着，我有时候我清醒着。但不管在哪一个时候我都想捉住心灵的清静，但是我从来不曾能自主地留住它。人都是很容易遗忘的，忘了当初的目的，捉住了却又把它无情的放掉。人是为了解脱而忍受着痛苦，人是为了痛苦而去追求解脱，两者有着关联却又独立。

我是清醒而又迷惑着，我对我的目的是清楚的，但在过程中我总是被迷惑着。有一些事情是用我的一生也无法去解决，有一些事情，我刻意去放弃却又因此得到更多，所以我迷惑。我花很多时间去找寻答案，却又被真相迷惑，了解真相并不代表就可以解脱，真相永远是残酷的.

戴礼洋
2010.01.01

秋天

2010-01-01T13:56:00.001+08:00

秋天是一个伤人的季节。
是灰色来临的前奏曲。
是梧桐叶宿命的终结。
秋天是个静悄悄的季节。
落叶的回声总伴着恼人的秋雨。
秋天是个浪漫的季节。
却又是个分手的季节。
很多无声的离开。
很多不愿的眼神。
总会在秋天的某个角落上演着。
秋蝉的起伏声。
总会把秋意浓得化不开。
无数个秋夜。
月色总是迷朦。
思绪总会被红色的枫叶覆盖着。
冲不出，也躲不开。
那一丝心痛的感觉。
走在稀稀落落秋夜的小径上。
此刻，我心中已充满着感动。

戴礼洋
2009.10.12

流浪

2010-01-01T13:54:00.001+08:00

我从这一点走到那一点。
在交叉点上来来回回。
支点与支点中徘徊。
蓝天和白云之间穿插。
我的手从这手牵到那手。
从宁静到喧闹。
平静到起伏。
从放下到放弃。
我游离于我的生命中。

戴礼洋
2009.10.12

我与悟

2010-01-01T13:53:00.000+08:00

我不入道，谁会让我入门
我不迷惑，谁会让我清醒
我不度人，谁会让人度我
我不悟势，谁会让我悟世
我不感恩，谁会让我惜恩

人生有这么多的困惑，又怎么一个“悟”字能了的！！！！

戴礼洋
2009.08.31．

后记：
“最重要的，拥有跟随内心与直觉的勇气，你的内心与直觉多少已经知道你真正想要成为什么样的人。任何其它事物都是次要的。”

大江大海1949-这本书。。。。。。。。。。。

2010-01-01T13:52:00.000+08:00

这本书里有太多的无奈
胜者为胜而无奈
败者为败而无奈
离开的人无奈
送离的人更无奈活着的无奈
死的更无奈
看者无奈
听者也无奈
无奈再加无奈再加上很多很多的无奈就是宿命。
1949年注定是你我与他无法逾越的宿命。

戴礼洋
始读于2009.10.13
毕读于2009.10.14

我用了24小时去了解“无奈”这二子的含意，
却比我在任何时候的体会来的更多，但是此刻换来的是我更多更多的无奈。。。。。。。！！！！

代沟

2010-01-01T13:49:00.000+08:00

我来说，你来听。
我毫无暂停的去说。
你就毫无在意在听。
我的话语。
你的呼吸声。
我的倾诉，你的倾听。
我的手示，你的颔首。
我似讲非讲。
你似懂非懂。
我说的是宿命。
你听的是云彩。

戴礼洋
2009.10.12

蓝天-我的回忆。

2010-01-01T13:45:00.000+08:00

今天的天很蓝，很难去述说今天的天有多蓝而白云好像在这时候也只能成的配角。那是一个久违的蓝，这种蓝色会让你感觉自己真正的存在，感觉你还有自己的气息。这种蓝会让你想到幸福……一种久违的幸福的感觉。秋天最迷人的时候就是这种蓝蓝的天，一种一眼望去无边无际的蓝天而我的无边无际的思念飘飘的在生命的某一方。

这种蓝天会带你回到童年的那个我，那时的我也会偶尔抬头望望蓝天，那时的蓝天是一种笑脸，他只对着我笑，一闪而过未曾给我留下半点的执著。我一直走过很多个蓝天，在老家的蓝天，在出差国外的蓝天，在回家途中的蓝天，我也会抬头望一眼，这时的蓝天会是一种共鸣……对生命的共鸣，对儿时的回忆。那一个蓝天会是多么的单纯，而此时复杂的心境不是我。

同一个蓝天，不同的一个我。我的蓝天已飘远……飘远的是我那一片蓝天，还有那一个我！！！

戴礼洋
2009.10.22

我和落叶的宿命

2009-05-03T22:36:00.004+08:00

我的沉默在你的喧哗中淹没
我的主观变成你的呻诉
我独自徘徊於茫然中
从来都未曾了解昨天，今天和明天
涌入心头只是往日云烟
梧桐的调零
秋天的灰
冬天的白
都是落叶的归属
我踏着夕阳的余辉
影子长长
庭院深深
尽管我拼命挣扎
耗尽全力
歇斯底里
落的也只有落叶的宿命

作别等待 - 戴仪宁

2009-04-30T21:22:00.010+08:00

桌上的咖啡正在期待，
牛奶糖精慢慢匀开。
是谁把回忆影片再次打开？
眼眶的眼泪不请自来。
早就料到你会重来，
为什么老是带着悲哀？
在大海约定的未来，
我是否还在等待？

是你放不开，还是我不明白？
你不回来时对我的坦白。
坦白的如此无奈，
把大海变成冰块，
难带着就是你的由来？
抢走我的期待，
带走我的自在，
留下永恒的灰白。

窗外的梅花开，
太阳刺眼的自拍，
枫叶无奈的离开，
雪花赐给的苍白，
在眼中灰白的重拍。
为何承受如此的伤害？
一年四季还在等待。
窗外梅花依然开，
太阳还是那么坦白，
枫叶还会回来，
雪花拥有的美白，
是多么的充满期待。
为何还在等待？
快让颜料散开！

不要睡了快醒来，
勇敢地把它剪开。
灰白可以依旧存在，
但别忘了把心锁打开，
因为里边住着追求的未来。
没有苍白，没有悲哀；
你不回来，我得放开。
事到如今我只有明白。

桌上的咖啡你不用期待，
牛奶糖精不会离开。
即使影片已被剪开，
眼泪还会再次到来，
但带着悲哀，带着美好的未来，
在那美丽的大海，
我作别了等待。

你不值得我去等待，
因为你不是我的未来……

戴仪宁

- 我的女儿。

鼓楼深处

2009-04-20T23:23:00.000+08:00

倚栏深思
听
古梯呻吟
闻
馨香满庭
看
旧瓦深院
却
悦容自在
我
拨动华发
盼
昨日君在
你
有爱无爱
而我已身在。。。。鼓楼深处

人生是一种选择！！！

2009-03-29T22:33:00.006+08:00

那本来就是一种不经意的选择
无所是从
毫不经心
本来就无所谓
又何必执着

顺而来
逆而去
走完了又从头再来
有遗憾吗？
来生再续！

奈何桥
猛婆汤
今世走完
尽忘尘世间
带不走，挥不去
过了桥，喝了汤
缘尽，魂尽
下一生再做了断吧！

什么是沉默？

2009-03-10T22:50:00.001+08:00

沉默是一种无奈？
沉默是一种对生活妥协！
沉默是一种对无法解决事情的态度。
沉默是一种绝望的表现！
沉默是一种暗自神伤的结果。
沉默是一种美德？
沉默是一种脆弱的表现。
沉默是不同意的回答。
沉默是一种抗议。
沉默是对自己找寻那一丁点尊严承诺的表现。
沉默是对开口的一种惩罚。
沉默到底是什么？
沉默是对完整不缺而保持完整的说法
沉默也许是一种方案
沉默其实也就是沉默的态度

孤独和尘世的宿愿。

2009-03-10T22:40:00.002+08:00

我以孤独看尘世
而尘世也以孤独看我
我以孤独为世
尘世也以我孤独而独善

颜色与颜色间的迷失- II！！！

2009-03-10T22:37:00.007+08:00

迷失在自己的世界里是可悲的

Misty 的世界终会有明灯

而清朗的世界也会在一瞬间逝去

我在毫无准备时迷失于人世间

游离在颜色与颜色间

彩虹会在露水迷失的阳光里而生

蓝色天空也会迷失于白云之间

而我却在生命蹉跎中迷失

这也就是宿命的安排把！

我昨天看到的是红色

今天我却看到蓝色

那么看到绿色时是迷失吗？

如果人在世间的迷失时会显得如此渺小

我又怎么会在这一霎那间觉悟！

海是蔚蓝的

心是艳红的

而我在眼里飘逸着却是各种颜色的迷失！！！

颜色与颜色间的迷失！！！

2009-03-10T22:29:00.005+08:00

天空是灰色的

你穿的衣服是蓝色的

我活在红与蓝之间

却在你我无法辩解时显得无奈

我在问灰色的天空怎会有蓝蓝的海

而此时的我仰望着这闹市的地铁站里

在颜色与颜色间游离着

在迷失和方向中寻找着结果

找寻着哲学和理论间的差异

在同意与不同意之间做选择

沉默与开口之间犹豫着

迷失和方向会在某一次的邂逅后显得苍白无色吗？

二十一世纪我的三里屯

2009-03-10T21:13:00.008+08:00

90年代的三里屯是我骚客的福地
带着想弄清楚和被误解的危机在混着
一种现实的压抑
一种尽情挥霍不尽的青春
我被习俗的诠释成改革的先锋
那就是三里屯的1.0
波希米亚的飞地!
世纪的三里屯有了空间
却漆不满我空空荡荡的心灵
我想念的是三里屯骚客的仰身大笑
无止尽的谈论理想和对现实的失望
现在站在四格间的三里屯
装满着只有Adidas的黑白，颜色纷艳的IPOD 和H&M的不羁
我站在曾经熟悉气味的工地上
心里却装满的是永远叛逆的消失感
二十一世纪我的三里屯呢?

海角七号

2008-11-08T22:46:00.003+08:00

　60多年前，台湾光复，一名日籍老师随著日军撤退，留下心爱的女人在港口遥望，含著泪搜寻着情郎的身影……。　　60多年后在恒春，日本来的公关友子得要在三天内组成一个超强摇滚乐团，好为日本超级巨星演唱会暖场，经过民代施压，友子被迫用当地人组成乐团，然而民代找来的组合很两光，六个团员年纪从13到83岁都有，来自各行各业，除了乐团主唱阿嘉有专业经验之外，其他根本没上过台，不过他们都超想上台表演的，只是这样不可能的组合要完成不可能的任务，大家的头都大了……。　　在此同时，表面兼差送信其实都把信堆在房间的主唱阿嘉，收到了一个来自日本，写著「恒春郡海角七号番地」的邮包，他好奇打开，裡面全是日文，于是又把它丢回床底下，直到友子发现这个邮包是当年一名日本籍男老师写给台湾爱人的情书，情牵六十年后终于寄出，于是要阿嘉一定要将这个邮包送到，只是，六十年的时代变迁，「海角七号?这个地址也早已不存在……。　　

乐团演出的时间渐渐逼近，迟到了六十年的情书主人也不知从何下手找起，而阿嘉与友子之间的情愫渐生，在这关键的三天内，这群小人物要如何实现他们的音乐、爱情梦想？这是他们放手一搏的时候了！

Uncle Lee asked me : How Life Is Treating Me!!!

2008-09-29T00:01:00.005+08:00

Uncle Lee of “A Moonlight Rendezvous” respond to one of my comment on his story ask me the following question: How life is treating you??? In fact I have been asking the same question over and over again but come to no prevail( at least I do not have any single answer that is able to convince myself!!)

I do not know how life is treating me…I only know to continue with the life I am committed. This life may not be the one that I want to be but surely was the only one I committed and continue to live with! I am not pessimistic about my way of life but try to be realistic because there are a lot of decisions to choose in one’s life but only one that you have chosen and decided to live with it. I knew not all people will agree with me because our life is our own destiny, not others. Yes! I do agree however the fact is not always the true and it simply not within our control. Some decision in life you are not able to reverse or the price is too high to pay if you choose to reverse your decision.

Let go back to answer Uncle Lee question: How life is treating me?? Well! Uncle Lee, life is treating me the way it should be, not perfect but yet manageable. From the beginning, when I start my journey a board, I adopted a very simple life…..a life that put me out of temptation, a life that as simple as the local, as routine as the time of clock….!!! But this is the life I choose and I have make sure that I live with it well, enjoy it well and most important accepting the faith and committed to it.

P/S : I recommend to anyone that love to read to old time story, kindly visit to Uncle Lee website at ( I bet you never regret!!) :

http://moonlightnightsstarryskies.blogspot.com/

Today is the mooncake festival - I have lost touched many many years ago!!!

2008-09-14T19:00:00.016+08:00

Today Shanghai rain all day, although it was not heavy but it is enough to depress you. When I am sitting for my usual Starbucks session, I realize today is the mooncake festival.....I really don't recall when the last time I celebrate Mooncake festival, it must be few decade ago!!! That was the time When I stay with my parent, we used to perform worship to the moon and prepared a lot of goodies for our stomach, I recalled we lighted up a lot of candles and lantern but what remain now was just boxes of China tasteless moon cake no matter there are from 5 star hotel or famous cake house....only those moon cake from Malaysia or Hong Kong are really to my liking!!!

When I stay a board or even after I left my home town in Sungai Siput to pursue my study and career, Mooncake festival remain something to remember......if not because it is a holiday in China, I certainly do not notice today is the day. Am I value Mooncake festival ? the answer definitely "YES" I will said a big "YES" but .........it remain a "YES" and nothing have changed. I always fall into deep thought try to find in my memory for the past especially during this kind of festival. I lost my track and worse still I don't even know how I lost it!! How pathetic am I !

I called home just now and asked my mum have they celebrated Mooncake festival and to my suprise they also did not prepare anything for the celebration and it seem that today have been forgotten and it was just like any other normal day! I promise myself one day I will celebrate the moon cake festival in a traditional way again...yes one day!!

What a day!!!!

2008-09-05T23:16:00.009+08:00

Life sometime come with a lot of surprise, sometime when you think you are ready but most of the time you are caught in surprise! During the recent Merdeka Lunch gathering in Shanghai, I pump into my old college mate whose I have not contact for over 18 years! but funny though, we used to live in a city for almost 5 years and we never come across each another and have to wait until 18 years after to meet in a foreign soil!!! That I call surprise!!!!

Then suddenly I find myself reconnect back to my old college mate that some of them have not met for decade, we start to exchange e-mail and chat about old time!!! I am kind of person whose like to attach to memory but I fail every time to recall what I have lost.........!!!! May be the reality of life force me to admit that I should forgot the pass and focus on the future. However when you reach certain age, you tend to slow down the steam for the future and start to appreciate the pass, I am not saying that we should not continuous to improve but you just like to search the pass in your memory.

Any how, life need to go on and there are so many commitments in life you need to fulfill before you can really decide what you want to do without need to take consideration of others. Hopefully I will have more surprises to come!!!

LY.Tai

Why I am missing for so long??...........

2008-07-09T22:40:00.008+08:00

When I look back my blog....I am surprise I have not updating my blog for nearly half of year, what happened to me!!! During this period I do not stop reading blog...other people blog but where is mine?

When I am writing this entry, I am sitting in Shanghai Pudong airport to Hong Kong. Frankly speaking, there are many events happening on me, first of all I am call to rescue to take up an additional assignment that require me to work in two cities in a week for unspecific time frame. I have done this since Jan and I am really tired....really tired, not so much of physically tired but mentally tired.

I continue wrtting my entry but this time I am sitting at Hong Kong International airport waiting to on board KA872 back to Shanghai after a 10 days holiday break ( I don't know it is a holiday!!!), so what have I did for the past 10 days since I written this entry at Shanghai Pudong airport....really not much... beside went back 3 days 2 night to home town visiting my mum ( try to be a good son but always not enought!) then spend another 4 days 3 night in Phuket with my wife ( I felt more tired after the holiday!) and finally spend a night gather with some old school mate in KL (just one night for many many years after our last meet!! sorry old friends -this is life!).

Now, I am sitting at the end of my holiday and tomorrow the reality is back! but the issue I have was I still uncharge, not recover from my mental block that suppose to be refresh after the holiday ! What should I do!!

During my 10 days break, I continue to think and think and think..what's going on with me!! What have been lost in me....what I want going forward...how should contunue my life!!! so many questions...Have I find my answer yet! NO!!! Definitately not!!!

Sometime I wonder ! am I suffer from depression! I presume if you realisze you are suffering from depression, most probaly you are not! I am not sure but I have too many questions unanswer!

I keep on wrtting down my emotional status....I continue to park away my feeling on my writting ( not on this blog!!), hopefully I can be self adjusting.

GOD BLESS ME!!!!

人生最痛苦的是甚麽？？？？

2007-12-22T19:39:00.000+08:00

我今天看到有个blogger问了这个问题：人生最痛苦的是甚麽？？？？

我的答案是人生最痛苦的应该是不能说出他最痛苦的原因!！说出来的代价会比痛苦更沉重。
那你的答案又是甚麽呢？？？？

2008 Hambug Trip - Christmas is coming !!!!

2007-11-25T23:59:00.000+08:00

I arrived in Hamburg on Sunday morning, after check in the hotel I decided to make a trip down to the city hall to see what is happening for the Christmas. Winter in Hamburg is always wet and cloudy plus the strong wind from the sea, it make you really feel chill walking on the street. This time around, our company arrange us to stay in a newly open hotel near the harbour and it cause a little difficult for me to went down to the city hall ( not within a walking distance!!).

When I walk toward the Hamburg city hall, I notice the Christmas market have already kick off and there are few boats on the late were put on Christmas decoration. I guess all the boats will look nice at night but I would need to adjust my jet lag so I decided to visti them at night some other day ( I will be in Hamburg until the coming Saturday!).

Look at the sky, you will know what I mean by Hamburg winter!!!!

My humble digital camera was not up to performance, sorry for some blur picture. I just want to share the Christmas atmosphere with all of you, so just bear with me.

My next entry I will blog about the unique Hamburg Christmas market!!

My Cup of Coffee and Your Cup of Coffee - Part II !!!!!!

2007-11-25T23:39:00.000+08:00

We all have our own cup of coffee and it is always we like to look at other cup of coffee, wondering whether other cup coffee taste better than our cup of coffee!! This is like we have are very own life but always like to compare with other people life without knowing that our life will fade away due to lack of focus.

Every of us have different story, how we are brought up, the school we attend, the group of friend we mix with, the career we choose etc will make each of us different from others. Human are always greedy, we want more than we are affordable to own!!! Some people may claim that we need this kind of behavior to force us to strive for success, I agreed but this theory only work only if we know the "real us".

Have we wonder how many time we spend a day, a week or a month try to understand our need, whose really we are!!!! If not how to we convince ourself we understand whose we are!!! SO start to allocate some time to focus on understand the "real you"!!!

Hamburg Here I Come!!!!!!

2007-11-23T17:05:00.000+08:00

I Will be going to Hamburg to attend World Finance Conference for my company and expect a hectic schedule for the whole week, anyway I will try to see whether I can blog few entries during my stay in Hamburg. I was told that Hamburg have started to SNOW!!!

Xi Hu Hangzhou - Snow White look in Winter

2007-11-12T20:00:00.001+08:00

This the final part of my Xi Hu scenery entry - Snow white look of Xi Hu in Winter. The story go like this :

I woke up on morning to find that I am surrounding with a thick layer of WHITE SNOW. It is not common to have snow in March especially in this part of China. It must have snow through out yesterday night and everybody must feel exited to see all the greenery have suddenly cover by white layer of snow.

Children were happy because they can play snow ball again. I took a trip down to West Lake to take some beautiful scenery, I love the clean cold breeze that blow into my face, it is so fresh and sometime I think the oxygen content must have been very high after the snow.

If not because of the white snow, all the pictures I have taken will not be any attractive at all!!!! So as you can see the nature have changed something simple to a very different kind of scenery. Normally by this time of the year, all the green have started to grow for Spring but a sudden change of whether have turn it back to Winter. This is the power of NATURE!!!!!

This was the story way back 2005 and it conclude what I call "personal touch" with Xi Hu, although now I am reside and work in Shanghai but those year in Hangzhou have really mean something to me and will be keep in my heart for many many years to come!!!

Look at that! In fact when I took this shot, I was focus on the building located far that prompt me with a lot of thought like I was flying back to the history.

This is one of my favorite picture. When I took this shot, I am actually want to focus on this small plant, It stand a lone in this empty land cover with white snow and it never lost to the force of nature even though it is small. I suddenly realize that no matter how small we think we are, our strength and persistent to survive will see us thru the up and down in our life.

The color of the red ancient architecture match well with the white snow and that make it outstanding in the picture, without the snow it just a normal building.

Ah! I won theInternet photography competition with this picture!! The comment from the judge was that this picture provide different layer of feel to the scenery, the reflection, the river, the trunk of the tree have created some sort of winter atmosphere in the picture!!!

I like this picture too because of the reflection and the single lamp stand in the middle of the river that make this scenery match the feel of a winter!!!

Nothing special for this picture except I was to capture the straight and tall trunk of the tree, I am not sure what I want to present with this picture!!!

This is the close up of the building of the first picture!!!

This is conclude my final part of Xi Hu photos. I hope my viewer will like it !!

Xi Hu Hangzhou - Misty Look in a Summer rainy day

2007-11-11T21:17:00.001+08:00

Here come the second part of my Xi Hu entry. This time I present you with the misty look of Xi Hu, there are lot description how beautiful xi Hu can be in a misty rainy day and in Mandarin it mean ”烟雨江南“ the first two words mean " misty rainy day" and the second last two words mean "the region located in southern part of Yangtze river" literary it mean Hangzhou.

The ancient Chinese literature always like to use misty Xi Hu as a symbolic of romantic and beauty of a scenery but the set of photos you view below have not able to provide you the same degree description of what so call ”烟雨江南“ because I don't think my little humble Casio Exilim can do the job?

Remember I take the same angle for my sun set photo but it will look differently in a rainy day.

Another misty look!

A stone gate..I have a similar shot for my sun set entry! How different there are? not in turn of the physical look but the atmosphere that I want to present!!!

Ah ! this is my favorite shot!!! I just want to tell something in this shout !! Can anyone guess!!!!

My next entry will be my last part of Xi Hu faces - The Snow white look of Xi Hu in Winter!!!

Xi Hu Hangzhou - Sun Set During Autumn!

2007-11-08T21:31:00.000+08:00

I was working in Hangzhou from year 2001 to 2006 and I used to hang out in Xi Hu during my leisure time. I have the opportunity to view the different faces of Xi Hu. It was the same time I bought a CASIO Exilim digital camera and was able for me to capture many many wonderful faces of Xi Hu.

Xi Hu have different faces during different season in the year, basically you have the most beautiful sun set in Xi Hu during autumn, Misty look during raining season in summer and the most beautiful scenes I have seen or I have captured with my camera was the white Xi Hu after snow during winter.

I am going to blog each of this scenery I have captured on the following entry but for now I will show you the Sun Set in Xi Hu during Autumn. Hope all my viewer will like it!!!!

This was the stone gate located on the southern side of the Xi Hu somewhere near the famous 柳浪文莺。

It is this set of photo that spark my interest to learn photography. I took all these photos using a very simple digital camera but I learn one important point about photography is not the equipment that determine the outcome of your photo, it is how you understand the meaning of the scenery that count.
I like this one very much as it have some kind of emotional feeling attach to it, not solely about romantic.....but a little bit of sadness of not able to catch the last glimpse of the beautiful sun set before it submerge on the horizon of the lake!!!!
I purposely took the shot between the two trunk of the tree with a boat in a far side. What do you think the message I want to sent on this shot......LONELINESS!!!!!!
This is another shot I took behind a couple that sit facing the lake and the beautiful of the last glimpse of the sun set shine toward them.

I think now my viewer should understand what I mean by how you interpret the scenery you wish to take and able to capture at the right moment with the right atmosphere you want to present.

I am not a professional photographer but I learn how to express my feeling on all the photos I wish to take. May be the photo represent what and how I feel during those year in Hangzhou, anyway sometime it is good to embrace it and recall what was ME then!!!

Do You Still Want To Visit China On Their Golden Week Holiday?????

2007-10-04T07:43:00.000+08:00

The following pictures speak for itself!!! Think twice if you plan your holiday to China, try to avoid the 3 China Golden Week holiday, otherwise you will end up like this!!!! Don't think this is only happened in Beijing, it basically mirror of what happening in almost all the tourist spots in the country.

According to unofficial report, it is estimated that 120millions of people move around China during the each of the Golden week holiday....it is a big challenge to the China tourism industrial.

So if you wish to plan your holiday to China, make sure you avoid the 3 Golden holiday which fall at :

1. China Lunar New Year
2. 1st -7th of May - Labor day
3. 1st-7th of October - China National day.

Anniversary Dinner at Manhattan Steakhouse , Marriort Hongqiao, Shanghai

2007-08-17T12:06:00.000+08:00

Coming this 17th Aug, 2007, it come 17 years anniversary of our marriage. During the past 17 years, I hardly recalled there is any celebration for our anniversary and this time I make it a point that I am going for a good canddle dinner with my wife.

I search thru the internet and finally settle with this recommended steakhouse. Well!! I am looking forward for the wonderful dinner tonight and will blog my review in the next days.

Manhattan Steakhouse was awarded with:

Runner-up for “Most Romantic Restaurant” by City Weekend magazine in 2005

“Best Restaurant” by Modern Weekly magazine in 2004

“Best Continental Restaurant” by Modern Weekly magazine in 2003

Private Dinning With Lars And Stefanie

2007-08-03T00:57:00.000+08:00

On one fine Saturday night, Lars and stefanie (my German colleagues and his GF) invited me and my wife to have a private dinning at his apartment in Shanghai down town. well! This is definitely a great experience for me, I have never invited for private home cook European dinner before and here we go..!!

Their apartment deco are just great with simple decoration and cosy enough to host a great dinner. The setting of the dinner is just like dinning in the first class French restaurant...the dime light plus good lounge music create a good ambient environment for a wonderful dinner. The silver fork and spoon we used that night were all at least few decade old heritage from LARS grand parents ( What a honor for me and my wife!)

We have light refreshment before cruising to the dinning table and Lars told me that this is the normal way of having a light drinking session in Europe before dinner.

The appetizer dish with bake Italian loaf top with some french dressing plus slice fresh tomato and basil. The combination was so refreshing and serve as a good appetizer before our pasta session.

In fact, stefanie baked some home Italian bread to serve together with mint sauce and I really like the bread texture but I can't take more otherwise I will be full before the main cause.

Just look at the table setting...the tall wine glass, the big pasta plate and all the appetizer dishes plus the wonderful home bake Italian bread on the side of the table..it is just fabulous!!!!

Lim Lim was admiring the dishes and she was wondering how many kgs she will put in for that night! Ha! Ha!

Stefanie show me her cook book and told me the different type of pasta and I only realize that all the while what I call Spagetti is not actually call "Spagetti"!!!!

Ah Ha!!! Here come the star of the dinner....A tomato meat source pasta. You can never guess how good the smell is! The good combination of the spices that Stefanie used plus the fresh tomato give the dish a wonderful taste. By the way, to have the right sauce is one thing, another important point is the right timing in cooking the pasta that give you the texture require for a good pasta dish. It look simple but trust me it is not easy to cook a well balance pasta dish with good combination of the ingredients and right pasta texture.

Here come the home make apple tart. What I would like to mention about was the crispy tart base top with the right sweetness from the apple jam plus the balance sour taste from the fresh apple really make this dessert a perfect ending for this wonderful dinner. Oh!!! I forget to mention the home make ice cream by LARS using the ice cream machine he brought all the way from Germany is just as great as the apple tart and there were good combination. The smoothness of the ice cream deserve thumb up from me!!...A sweet tooth like me even think that the dessert gain more points from me than the other dishes on that night ( I am sorry, STEFANIE....your pasta just great but I like the dessert so much....!!!! forgive me!)

We have some chill rosy wine for the dinner and the chill wine is good to serve with red sauce pasta dish!!!! Thanks to LARS and STEFANIE for such a wonderful night plus all the great great home cook food!!!! Frankly speaking I am already looking forward for your next invitation..ha! ha!

Shanghai Food Review :黔香阁, Hong Zhong Road, Shanghai

2007-08-01T20:50:00.000+08:00

I have lost touch with my blog for 2 months, during this period I am either lost in my work, traveling back home or business, or something just feel lost in my thought, lazy to lay my hand on my blog. I really admire those blogger whose can constantly updating fresh input in their blog and have the discipline to be a real blogger. I salute all of you!!!! OK! Let go back to my food entry.

I was having a dinner with our colleagues from German and Thailand, wondering what to take, I remember sometime ago I have a dinner in this place call 黔香阁 in Hong Zhong Road, Gubei area where most of Shanghai expatriates were staying.

Basically 黔香阁 is serving Quai Zhou cuisine which are basically sour and spicy and they used a lot of vinegar in their dishes. The deco of this restaurant is authentic. using a lot of wooden deco similar to those found in Quai Zhou province, Southwest of China, a province next to Kumming and Sichuan.

The authentic wooden wall panel which is unique in their craving techniques, the shinning color of the painting is actually make from sea shell, kindly forgive me for the poor quality of the pictures, I took it with my Nokia 6900 cell phone camera.

This is the famous savour Quai Zhou fish, taste wise, I think it is OK! with strong taste of fish freshness but this dish has been modify to suit the Shanghainese. In Guai Zhou, the fish actual let to fragmented in a clay pot for few days before use for cooking. The dish come with bean curd and fresh vegetable.

This small bowl is actually the special sauce for the above dish and What we need to do is to pour in the soap and stir right. The white color thing is the fragmented bean curd.

This is Chinese bacon specially brought from Quai Zhou. The pork meat is specially marinated and dry under the open air. What special about this dish was that the chef actually just steam it with some chili and spring onion, the gravy is good for rice....whenever it come with this kind of dish, I usually will ask for a bowl of rice, I don;t care whether it is the right time to have rice or not ( In china normally you only have rice at the end of the dish or you won;t even serve with rice at all!!!)

This soup is basically cooked with some fresh mushroom from Quai Zhou. Youu normally find good mushroom from South west of China, such as places like Yunan, Shichuan and Quai Zhou. The soup so fabulous and all the freshness come from the mushroom and you know what good mushroom does not need a lot to cook for their freshness.

This is another mushroom dish cook with good soya sauce.....no other ingredient, only the mushroom and the soya source and I can tell you ...the taste is wonderful!!!!

Spicy and sour tofu ....the only comment I have for this dish is not spicy enough unlike the Sichuan tofu where you can found a lot of ...a lot of .. Sichuan pepper beside the red color chili oil.

This Chicken was cooked using a special clay pot where the technique is to allow the steam flow thru the pot from the small steam tunnel in the middle of the pot and the steam will cook the food precisely. By using this technique you will find all the freshness from the chicken stay with the pot and the chicken still tender even though it has been steam for hours. The best thing about this dish is the gravy at the bottom of the pot...well I rather say it was the chicken essence and again it go well with my bowl of rice...Ha! Ha!

The last dish was the Quai Zhou chili prawn but I find this dish so so only because the I suspect they used frozen prawn ( actually it was a FROZEN PRAWN) and the taste is too mild for me ..not spicy and sour enough......I do not find the kick in this dish!!!!! A dish without a spirit of good food!.

The total cost damage was around RMB400.00 not expensive for Shanghai Standard...I guess!!

Part II - The Restaurant - Fish Club!

2007-06-01T22:53:00.000+08:00

Before I talk about my dinning experience, I would like to declare that I am not a food blogger so I would not able to describe the food as precise as the normal food blogger, my food pictures were not as attractive as the elite food blogger out there.

Ok! let start the food journey. After a 40 minute long walk down the hill, finally we reached this yellow floating boat restaurant.

As you can see from the photo below, this restaurant is exactly a boat park beside a wooden platform that hold them steady from the current of the river, but trust me sometime there was a big container liner pass thru this channel and you can fill the push of the current that move this floating restaurant.

According to Rosmann, this restaurant was once hit by a container liner and cause a big damage, unfortunately the owner was able to claim from the insurance and rebuilt them again.

The yellowish color was the symbol of this unique restaurant and you can locate the restaurant from the far on the top of the hill.

Internal deco is simple but cosy enough to give you a good dinning experience

You see!! this was I mean, the container liner actually shipped thru this channel from Hamburg harbour. That is my Taiwan colleague hand not mind!!!

This is the menu - it was written in both German and English.

This drink is actually a red wine cocktail that contain less alcohol content in the drink, it kinda sweet and still have the good taste of wine.

This bread is make fresh from the oven with some rough texture, it was mix with some dry fruit and grain eat with the soft butter but I like the Italian way of serving the bread with olive oil and vinegar .

The appetiser - some smoke salmon and some fresh bean sprout- nothing to shout about!

Ok! this is the most interesting soup, it was cooked the Chinese way - steam or double boil method and the ingredient is cherry tomato, sweet chili, chicken slice and some unknown spices. It is very sweet and taste fantastic, it was more like a Chinese herbal double boil soup serve hot from the kitchen.
Lobster cream soup...strong lobster taste but can;t find any lobster meat inside the soup, nothing special.

Rosmann main dish - frankly speaking, it is just a simple dish with one big scallop and some small sweet potato cook the Italian way. Sorry forget how it was taste! It was the first item on the menu I shown above. ( Euro = 18.50= Rm85.00)

Ha! this is my main dish. Fish fillet grill to the perfection serve with some sweet potato and sour pickle...unique combination. The fish fillet is very fresh and it was not over cook with balance of spice use in this dish that give the good aroma serve in a hot plate. 8/10 rating from me. The dish name was :Grilled fillet of wolf fish with zucchini, tomato ragout, potato, second last item on the menu. ( Euro 18.50 = RM85.00, expensive or not!!!)

My Taiwan colleagues order another dish which was Poached Fillet of Catfish in mustard sauce and Potato! Can't recalled what was the taste but my colleague think that it is kind of good with a lot 'wok hei" ha! ha! ( Euro 15.80 =RM85.00)

Nobody want to order desert but I am a sweet tooth so I decided to order this wonderful strawberry dessert cook with red wine and sugar. This dessert come with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Taste wise not too sweet and the sour was balance by the sweetness of the sugar!!
Generally, I enjoy the cosy dinning environment of this fish club restaurant, although there don't have any special dishes to shout about but ingredient was fresh and cooking method is simple! Most important the journey to get there is wonderful, frankly speaking I don't mind take another 40 minute walk to visit them again.

My next blog entry, I would want to talk about my company HQ in Hamburg! The working environment is so good that worth to share will all of you, of course I can't review the name of the company but I can show you the building, the cafeteria, the wonderful coffee corner etc.

Part I = The journey to my first ever dining experience in Hamburg

2007-05-26T22:18:00.000+08:00

Ok! Let talk about this wonderful dinning experience during my recent trip to Hamburg but before I even talk about the dining experience, I want to share with all of you about the journey to the restaurant.

We start off the journey on the fifth day of my trip. After a long day meeting, my colleagues Rosmann want to bring us to this wonderful Fish restaurant located on the outskirt of Hamburg city. The journey took about 1 hours from the hotel we stay.

There were a lot greenery along the way as you can view from the photo I have taken below. We arrived in a small town after nearly an hour car journey but I enjoyed every second of it especially with the fresh air on a sunny evening. According to Rosmann we have parked our car and to take about 40 minutes hour walk down the hill toward the sea.

As you can see, there were a lot of greenery from the both side of the road!

We finally arrived in this little German town !!! Peaceful and quite!!!

The houses is very well structure and probably taking care of. According to Rosmann people like to live out of the city because of the fresh air and wonderful neighbourhood.

We have walk pass this park to our destination! By looking at the photo you can feel the relaxing mood of this place!

Another view from the part!

After we walk thru the park we found ourself in a lot of small lane located along the hill side and you can see the small lane are very well maintenance.

I am taking this photo on top of the hill looking toward the river!!

You see the houses located along the hill side and although it was built on a standard structure but it all look very nice especially all this house have a lot of windows.

There were a lot of this small lane located a long the hill side!

Another close view on the houses built on the hill side!

Another close view of the houses !!!

More closer!!!

Here is our final destination- Fish Club!

CBS TV Drama -COLD CASE

2007-05-20T12:20:00.001+08:00

COLD CASE is a drama about Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), a dedicated female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad, who finds her niche when she's assigned to "cold cases"--crimes that have never been solved.

Previously, she used her instinctive understanding of the criminal mind on current murders. Now, she's interrogating witnesses whose lives and circumstances have since changed, making use of today's new science and finding fresh clues to solve cases that were previously unsolvable--all of which appeals to this smart, driven detective.

She's also prepared for the consequences--that her work will open up old wounds and may lead suspects to commit new crimes. When she hits a dead end, Rush seeks advice from her respected mentor, Lt. Tom Stillman (John Finn). Also on the team are Det. Scotty Valens (Danny Pino), Rush's confident and strong-willed partner; Det. Will Jeffries (Thom Barry), who's been around long enough to serve as Lilly's link to the past, Det. Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford), a tough cop who's considered the go-to guy for getting a confession and Kat Miller (Tracie Thoms), the new girl on the team who is eager to prove her worthiness.

Rush sees her new assignment as a turning point in her career, when she decides to make it her business to make sure that no victim is ever forgotten.

- Quoted from CBS - Cold Case Web Site

This CBS TV series may not as hot as CBS others TV drama such as CSI, CIS New York or Hero but I found it worth seeing because of the following reason :

1. There have individual story for each episode for easy viewing.

2. Their story line is interesting because there are solving a old and unsolvable case and most unsolvable is because there involve mostly human conflict such as complicated family matter, colleagues jealousy, lovely hate and all is about human which make this TV drama less violent than any normal action pack drama.

3. Due to the nature of the story line, this drama include of lot of good music in each of their

episodes. I can tell you guys, if you love old song, you definitely love their music, you can get information on their music clip from this web site www.tunefind.com/show/Cold+Case. I get very touching whenever I saw the ending and unsolvable is being solved, it always accompany withe music that fit the ending.

4. The characters of this drama is acted by normal actors and actress but I found the main cast Kathryn Morris whose play the role of Lily Rush very attractive. She have the fine and easy look!!!

There were now in session 4 and I just about to finish them when I decided to write this blog to share with all of you. Believe me, just go to get the session one and start listen to the beautiful songs and appreciate every single touching story line.

You will never regret!!!!!!

German Trip - Hamburg European Style Building !

2007-05-19T08:40:00.000+08:00

Hamburg being one of the most important port in Europe and the center of economy for German was nearly destroyed during second world war. However there are some old and historical building survived the allied bombardment and some of them are built hundred over year ago.

One of the most significant different between US and Europe when travelling to this two places were you hardly find any historical building in US that more than 100 years old but when travelling in Europe one of the thing you must do is to observe the very beautiful historical building structure located in each of the city you visit, there were uniques and each of them may be built century ago.

Look the statute crafted on the window !!!!

This is shopping outlet located on the main street of Hamburg walking down to the City Hall. When I first saw this beautiful building, I was stunt !!!!
Another beautiful building with uniques window

Hamburg City Hall....I will do another entry special for this beautiful place

Very beautiful !!!

Upper class resident area
Another resident houses!

I live the window structure of this building
A lot of ...lot of window!!!!

Exibition Hall!

I will blog one of my dinning experience in Hamburg and I breakdown my next blog into two part:

Part I = The journey to my first ever dining experience in Hamburg.

Part II = The restaurant!!!

German Trip - Hamburg on a Quite Sunday Morning

2007-05-19T08:27:00.000+08:00

I arrived in Hamburg quite early on Sunday morning, after checking into my hotel, I decided to walk around the city. Although this is my second time I come to this city but I have not really have time to explore it in detail.

Weather in the Sunday morning was nice, sunny day about 21-24 degree Celsius but according to my German colleagues this is not an usual weather, it suppose be a raining season around the end of Spring.

Just like I have mentioned on my last entries, Sunday in Hamburg is very quiet, even in the late morning, around 10.00am - 11.00am, you still can find any pedestrians on the street.

I decided to walk down to the city hall where most of the coffee shop is located and as you observe from the photo below, there were people sitting along the building located along the beautiful channel

Look at the white building and all of them are not higher than 6 storey. I can tell you if you walk along this coffee shop, you really understand what is the feeling of "relax"......u can just take a book and sit there for a whole afternoon with a cup of Cappuccino.

Only few people on the street !!!

This life performer is funny and if you drop in some coin, she will move the ball holding in her hand for few round and then will stand still until somebody drop in another coin.

Burger King outlet!! Nice building!

One thing you appreciate about Hamburg was the environment is so clean and even the white swans were able to swim freely along the channel without being disturb by the pedestrians.

Another view along the channel!

Empty street !!!!!

The city hall where may be is the only place you can find people sitting around, of course most of them are tourist like me!

The street opposite the hotel I am staying!

My next update I want to talk about the beautiful European type of building structure I find around Hamburg. I found the European building in this part of the city very attractive to me.

German Trip - Hamburg on a Quite Sunday Night

2007-05-14T22:26:00.000+08:00

I have been very busy since I return from my German trip, only now I have the time to sort out my photo and put it nicely to update in to my blog. Since I am not on a tour itinerary on my German trip, I was able to explore a little more on Hamburg with the help from my German colleagues. I have plan a several entries on my German trip according to different topics which provide more insight about this cities.

These is the first part of my theme entry which highlight a very unique Sunday night scenery in Hamburg. As you can see from the photo I have taken below, you basically can't find any pedestrians on the street.....this a unique about this cities.

According to German labor law, no shop is allow to open on Sunday, except for eatery outlet, restaurant or any public necessities serevice such as train, bus etc. Due to the following reason most of the Hamburg people will stay at home or go outskirt to enjoy their Sunday rather than going to the cities.

But the interesting part is all the shop will put on the light on their window of their shop to use as a symbol of attraction on this quiet Sunday night.

I put up tow part for this entry as I find there are a lot interesting window display that I would like to share with all of you.

Empty Street with beautiful building structure

A street that is quiet with only the light from the shop window but with the nice weather and clean breath from this city ( as compare with the polluted air in Shanghai), I find myself enjoy the peacefulness of the night.

Anothe view from the quite Sunday night

Famous H&M outlet with the nice window display.

Braight Body Shop Outlet

Interesting window display

Another empty Street, by the way I remember it was just around 8.00pm on the Sunday night

Another famous brand in Europe

2nd part coming soon!!!!

Taiwan Trip - 花莲慈济精舍

2007-05-09T23:11:00.000+08:00

This is the first blog I update on my trip to Taiwan, in fact Hua Lian is the last destination of our Taiwan Island tour. Our visit to 花莲慈济精舍 is not on the original plan. When we realize that there was no itinerary on the afternoon after we landed from Kao Shyong, my wife immediately suggested that we pay a visit to 慈济. Since my wife was the member of this charity organization in Penang and being an active member, it is her wish to pay a visit to 慈济 operating center in Hua Lian especially to 慈济精舍 where their spiritual leader is located.

By the way, 慈济 charity organization is one of the few biggest charity organization in the world and their reknown for their effective and efficient of organize charity activities thru out the world.

They have many sub branches globally and Malaysia have their main center in Penang and operate across all other state.

There is once saying that if there any disaster happened in any corner of the world, the first charity organization that reach the spot will be 慈济 not the Red Cross organization, WHY? because 慈济 are given free hand to their member to act immediately on charity or disaster relief activities without going thru many red tape as compare with the Red Cross organization. They have very efficient resources mobilization mechanism that can reach any part of the world in the shortest time. I have seem how they mobilize the resource during the tsunami few year back and 慈济 restoration work for Sri Lanka tsunami victim still continuous till today.

If you want to know more about the organization, you can visit Malaysia 慈济 web site as follow : www.tzuchi.org.my/my or http://www.daai.com.my/

This is the original place where the 慈济 charity orgnaization was started and it symbolic the spiritual place for the 慈济人.

The standing person was the Master 上人, the founder of the 慈济 charity organization.

花莲慈济精舍 have a lot of Japanese style building structure, as you can view from the photo I took above, this hall is used as a meeting hall for visitor with the Master.

We are cordially invited to the tea session with the Master.

The group of volunteers from the 慈济 hospital pay their respect to the Buddha statute locate inside the building before end of their day session. Some of this volunteers come to Hua Lian to work for the 慈济 hospital for few months in a year and they all will stay in the hostel local around the 慈济精舍 building.

This is another Japanese style hut where the visitor can have some tea or water for refreshment.

This vegetable farm field is operate by the慈济精舍 Master and all the vegetable is use for own consumption. I and my family were invited to have dinner in their canteen and I can tell you the food in the canteen is very delicious even though there all vegetarion dishes.

静思堂 is the place where 慈济 exhibit their teaching and activities to the public and it is interesting to know that all 静思堂 located thru out the world have a very similar building structure to the one shown above. I recall the Penang 静思堂 look similar to this building.

The 慈济 hospital building in Hua Lian

The Volunteers working in the Hua Lian 慈济 hospital.

This have been a very interesting experience for me and my family especially my wife because she got to visit 慈济精舍 on her birthday and to a 慈济人 it was a blessing in deed.

Taiwan - Here I come again!!!

2007-05-01T15:52:00.000+08:00

Tomorrow I will kick off my Taiwan round the island trip with my family....Hopefully we will get a smooth holiday ( including the weather!)

A SWAROVSKI Pendant - a present for my wife on my German trip

2007-05-01T15:06:00.000+08:00

Last month when I was travelling Dragon airline for my business trip, I bought a SWAROVSKI pendant for my wife - a round shipe with a tiny tiny crystal on the surface, my wife love it so much, unfortunately she drop it the next day when she wear it for lunch. She was very upset and looking around for few day but never found it anyway.

This time when I went for German trip, I spot another beautiful Pendant in the airline duty free shopping list and I decide to buy it on the spot...there is the pendant I shown above. It cost me USD130.00, not bad for such a beautiful colorful crystal pendant!!!!!

I used to buy Swatch watch for my wife collection until recently I find that the Swatch not appelling any more to me and my wife, therefore I decided to change to SWAROVSKI crystal collection as a gift for my wife. I found it very interesting to look at the beauty of the crystall color..blue, red, yellow etc. I found the clear type crystal not attractive and color crystal is more appelling to me. ( I am not sure what is my wife choice ....!!)

Infact I am looking forward for my next buy and it seem that I am more excited than my wife on what SWAROVSKI crystal product is on my list.

Shanghai International Airport - China Eastern Airline Business Class Lounge

2007-04-21T22:34:00.000+08:00

This is the entrance to business lounge located at the lower level

of terminal 22

Inside view of the lounge, look at how old the chair is !!!

Another view of the internal deco!! ( Old but nevertheless, it equire with wireless board band)

I was taking China Eastern Airline business class lounge photo for my blog update, this German old man look at me with some wired sign... I guess he is wondering why I am taking the photo and when I approach him, he ask me my purpose and I told him that I am doing some update on my blog.

He asked me why I took a photo of a business class lounge that provide the worst service that not even meet the basic need of a normal business class lounge standard...... the deco is old, the food is lousy ( basically none..!), the worst thing is that the air con is out, we are hot like hell!!!

I have been visiting this lounge for sometime, frankly speaking I do agree in some degree with the German guy. The food choice is very limited- basically none, there only have some soft drink and the choice is very limited, some nuts and biscuit in packet...no hot food at all. If I want to compare them with Dragon air and Cathay Pacific business class in Hong Kong Int airport , there are way way way........out!!!

However, one feature I think they did wonderfully is installing a wireless board band service around the lounge which to me a lot of international airport business class lounge was not able to provide.

Shanghai is going to host the 2010 World Exhibition and China Eastern airline is the sponsor air carrier. Hopefully by then they will improve the lounge service.

By the way, I do ask the German guy why he don't choose other airline and he told me that China Eastern have install a new airplane for their Europe destination so he want to try the new feature in the business class.

Well! he is true, as we are provided with a flat capable business class seat which allow us to sleep almost as flat as the bed at home!! Unfortunately I have not taken any photo on the seat, may be next time.

Next update : Business Class lounge in Frankfurt!!!!!

China Golden Week Holiday - To Taiwan Again!!!

2007-04-20T17:21:00.000+08:00

After I come back from German business trip one week later, I am planning a family trip to Taiwan again! I don't recall I ever have a full family trip before, I guess it is because all the while I am working a board and with whatever reason, I don't have the opportunity to plan a family trip.

Why I choose Taiwan? The reason is simple, with China having the Golden week holiday ( 7 days holiday for the whole nation), you basically find the mainland Chinese all over the place in SEA, Europe, HK and any other place that have open up for China tourist and even in Shanghai, it will be full of tourist coming from all over China. Under this kind of circumstances, it is difficult to book a tour out of China. The only place that are not yet officially open for China tourist is Taiwan, so this is the reason I choose Taiwan! afterall my family have not been to Taiwan before!

I just get my air ticket for the trip and just now I receive confirmation from my Taiwan local tour package which I have booked a 5 days tour the Taiwan island trip. My colleague in Taiwan office help to source for the tour, thanks Joyce.

Frankly speaking, the cost of the package is little bit expensive with the air ticket I bought from China. You can't fly directly from Shanghai even though it is not more than 2 hrs between Taipei and Shanghai but due to political reason, I need to fly to Korea - Jeiju island to make a detour to Taipei or alternatively I can transit in either Macau or Hong Kong which will take longer time amd more expensive to reach Taipei.

I have a lot of expectation and worry as this is the first time our family travel together and it is also the first time we go on our own. Hopefully my two little kits will enjoyed the trip and everything can turn out smooth.

I have little time in Taipei city but I will try to visit the night market and 101 building again. But before that .....Germany business trip first......!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow ......Hamburg, here I come....!!!!!

Germany Trip 22-28 April

2007-04-13T15:07:00.000+08:00

I am bit lazy to blog nowday because I am tied up with work. Before I can finish myTaiwan trip entries and now I am on business trip again to Hamburg next week. I love this place very much as I do not need to be in the hectic environment like Shanghai with everywhere is "people mountain, people sea".

I visited Hamburg last year August but at the time I loss my camera SD card during the trip with all the beautiful photo and this time I make sure that I will secure the SD card properly so that I can upload into my blog and share with all of you.

One more thing, this time around I have my Germen colleagues to guide me around after work for food and scenery......I hope I will have a fruitful trip even though I am stuck with full week business agenda in HQ. ( this is how Germen work! Come to work mean come to work no extra time for you to hang around.....respect them!!!)

Yah! I am travelling with business class, which mean I can check on the business class lounge in Frankfruit and Hamburg . Let see how different there are with the airport lounge compare with this part of the world.

Taiwan Trip - Toys for my kids (pillows with MP3 speaker)

2007-03-21T16:03:00.000+08:00

Edward recommend this two toys to me when we were loitering around 101. This particular shop sell a lot of small interesting soveniour item and this MP3 speaker pillow, I found most interesting, each cost 550 Taiwan dollor which is roughly 55 Malaysia ringgit.

You can plug you MP3 or Ipod into the pillow and it run on 2 A5 battery. My kids were so excited when I present this to them. I asked Edward to bring 3 more for me on his next trip to Shanghai. I can use them for birthday gift, afterall it is not expensive and most important the toy is very appelling to kids , I believe even adult will find it interesting.

There actually have 4 choices: Piggy, Banana, Panda and Dolphin.

HK International Airport Dragon Air Business Lounge

2007-03-18T13:39:00.000+08:00

4 day ago I was in the same airport but in a different airline business class lounge waiting on board to Taiwan but today I am in the same airport in a different business class lounge waiting back to my "HOME" -- Shanghai.

Dragon Air Business class lounge also provide a very decent service similar to their sister airline Cathay Pacific. Although their food choices are not as many as Cathay but the portion is more generous. Environment wise, I feel Dragon Air is more spacious in term of their internal decoration.

Well! I have completed my business trip in Taiwan. The past 4 days have been very fruitful for me, I have to thank many wonderful colleague in the Taiwan office that provide me a very comprehensive introduction to the Taiwan business as well as the city itself. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Edward for his very very kind hospitality, Pei Cheng for sacrify her time to accompany me, not forgeting those wonderful and beautiful/handsome finance colleages- Mira, Jeffery, Mei Ling........., Our marketing super lady- Theresa and the handsome, cool tough Sales Direct Eric Sheng. Oh ! I really forget the other Eric for telling me all the trade marketing story. Thank you all of you.

I am not going to talk a lot about the food in Taiwan( a lot of people I have mention it already) but I want to make a special entry for the tallest building in the world ( as at 18th Mac, 2007) --- The Taiwan 101 building in my next update. Until then I will have a hectic schedule in the week to come.... God Bless me!!!

RE : HK International Airport Cathay Pacific Lounge

2007-03-14T14:01:00.000+08:00

I am waiting for my boarding to Taiwan and since I am taking CathayPacific business class, I am allow to use one of their business class lounge located different terminal in the airport, I went for the one located in terminal 2 which is nearer to my boarding terminal located at terminal 27. Cathay Pacific business lounge provided a very decent service for their business class traveller, they provide variety food in their menu including 3-4 type of noodles plus a cosy resting area and private cubicle for you to work on your computer.

My flight is schedule boarding on 2.45pm so I have little time updating my blog. Well!! although this is a business trip but it is my first trip to Taiwan and I getting a little bit excited on this trip thinking about the Taiwan local food and the big big book store. Due to my job committment, I used to travel to a lot of places including those renown airport in Europe and US but frankly speaking I still like HK International airport the most. I always want to spent more time to explore this place, their eatery outlet and this is also a good place for window shopping.

This airport never fail to surprise whenever I pay them a visit. I think KLIA have a long long road to go before it can reach the same standard.

Will update my blog again on my Taiwan trip when I got the time.

RE: Last Day Of Chinese New Year

2007-03-04T08:25:00.000+08:00

After much thought, I just want to put an end to my CNY topic, I don;t feel to talk about it anymore, what have gone is gone just like today is the last day of 2007 CNY....and it always be another CNY and another CNY so let it be................

Chinese New Year is over - I am back to Shanghai!!!

2007-02-28T00:08:00.000+08:00

Well! It is seem like yesterday, time fly and now I am back to work. This CNY holiday have a lot of different meaning to me. I need to organize my thought before I can share it in my blog, anyway, one thing for sure I knew CNY was just like another holiday and I do not have much to feel now day.

May be I realize I can't control much of my own way of living which make me feel there are no more desire to celebrate CNY .................I suddently realize I spent less and less time on my own way of celebrating CNY because I let go many many memory and the wonderful feel of CNY .

I try to recall what have I gethered from the past one week of CNY and I will try to write down my memory journey and how I loss the kind of wonderful CNY feel......I will try to record in my next few blog as to how and what have happend during the recent CNY and I want to write it down so that I can find out why! may be someday in the future.

I Reaaach Home Already!!

2007-02-16T00:15:00.000+08:00

I finally reach home after flying more 7 hours! Just like I mention on my previous blog, my excitment is ended at the moment I reach Penang- my destination....anyway, I manage to catch some local delight before call it a day:

1 bowl of "Wantan" noodle.
1 bowl of " Hokkein Mee"
1 glass of Kopi'O' ice.

More food to come on the next few days.......!!!!

Going Home!!!! - A Dream That Come True.

2007-02-13T21:04:00.000+08:00

Well! tomorrow I will be taking Dragon air flying out from Shanghai. Stop by Hong Kong for a day before flying back to Penang the next day, then stop for another 2 days before going back to Sungai Siput for Chinese New Year!

Wow!!... what a complicated journey and yet wonderful experience for me. I call this a dream come true because I always long to be back to home even from the first day I step in this foreign soil. ( what to do ...to earn a living, you need to sacrify!!)

I does recall when I was in TARC college many many years ago, I always looking for going home day.....frankly speaking after so many years I realize that it is not the final destination I am excited but it was the process of going back make me excited...from the day to Puduraya to buy ticket till the day I carry my beg taking Lian Seng 191 from Taman melawati to Lebuh Ampang. Carry a heavy beg(full of study material) walked up to Puduraya for my final journey home.

"Going Home" memory suddently flash back to me now after all thiw year. The destination still unchange but journey is different now, instead of taking express bus now I am flying back, instead of taking 3 hours to reach home, now I am taking a more than a day to reach home.....No matter what...I still enjoy the same journey of going home.

Home sweet home....I am on my ways ( BTW where is my home?...confuse! confuse!---the pain of growing up!! Ha! Ha!)

A Factory Outlet Shopping Experience !!!

2007-02-09T22:36:00.000+08:00

I never like shopping but today I am given a task to spend CNY2,000 (RM1,000) in a factory outlet within 3 hours. For some people it is just like a chance of a life time but for me it is a nightmare.

The CNY2,000 is an incentive for completing a project given by y company management as a token of appreciation. A total of 21 persons each have to spend the 2K within specific time. I spent the first 1 hour wondering what to buy and finally I settle for the following item:

1. A pair of Lotto sport shoes for my wife
2. A pair of Mizuno sport shoes for Yi Ling.
3. Redbok beg.
4. A pair of Clark leather shoes for myself
5. A Polo business suit.

Total spending :CNY2,011 and the original price is more than CNY5,000.00 – 40% discount!!! I don't believe myself, I just spent RM1,000 for the above items, I never spend so much in one shopping before.....!!!!!!!!

Am I happy with my shopping experience......No!! (Ha!Ha!...)

Congratulation GWEN!!!!!

2007-02-08T11:44:00.000+08:00

I posted this blog to congratulate GWEN and her little princes; I am amazed by the eyes contact of this new born baby with her mother. Look at the photo, her eyes contact is so touching. I have to admit that the photographer is awesome, only the baby father is able to catch this precious moment.

Gwen, you should be prouded of yourself, the baby girl is so pretty……and this is a very important milestone in your life, no matter what have you suffered before, starting from this moment onward you are a mother of beautiful baby girl, so be proud of yourself, be proud of your family.

Again Congratulation to The GWEN FAMILY and the lovely Little Princess!!!

《男才女貌》缘起不灭

2007-02-03T17:16:00.000+08:00

看着银幕上杨乐向带着孩子们过马路的小悠第一次做爱的手语，小悠害羞的跑开,这是杨乐和小悠缘分的开始；水野裕子和福田诚的第一次误会，也是开始了他们的一段缘份。缘分是美好的，缘份也是看不见的，当我们感叹缘份的时候，其实缘份就静静地在我们身边。
　　当缘份开始的时候，往往是美丽的，当缘份正在进行的时候往往是温暖的，但是当缘份将尽的时候，却往往是苦涩的。每个人其实都能感觉到你与心爱的人到底有没有缘份，可能明明是有，但是你不承认，也可能明明没有，但是你却要纠缠，缘份不会开口辩驳什么，只是静静的看着，缘起缘灭，都是一段感情的痕迹。
　　小悠和杨乐，其实是有缘份的，但是其实也经历了很多感情的波折，最后用孩子的出生来证明了这段缘份。福田城和水野裕子表面看是没有缘分的，两个人一见面就彼此误会，不停的吵架，其实缘份就深深地藏在这吵架的背后，缘分不会自己跳出来告诉你，但是会暗中帮助真正的有情人。
　　看到影片的结尾，一个的孩子抱着正在马路上执勤的杨乐的腿，叫尴尬的杨乐爸爸的时候，人们无不发出了会心的笑声，但是心里也接受了小悠已经去世的事实，也感叹着其实小悠和杨乐是没有缘分的。但是当小悠出现在杨乐的身边，抱起了孩子的那一刻，我真的深深的相信这世间彼此相爱的两个人是缘起不灭的。
　　感谢电影《男才女貌》，期待每个人与自己深爱的他/她——缘起不灭。

-网友评论：《男才女貌》缘起不灭

This the second movies I saw this evening, friendly speaking there are both equally good but I have to admit that I like "生日快乐" more than "男才女貌" mainly because I feel that "生日快乐" story line is more simple and more real whereas the second movie is a little bit complicated and more commercialized -- because it always have a good ending.

Funny though the two movies are directed by same movie director!!! Anyway both are worth seeing in the cinema.

《生日快乐》-这是一个很刘若英气息的电影

2007-02-03T13:49:00.000+08:00

《生日快乐》就是这样的好看电影，这是一个很刘若英气息的故事，写的事都没大事，也不用太技巧的手法词汇，流畅白话说着一段感情，朴朴实实的说了一段故事，最让我感到动心的事，爱情电影老是女性观点，男人总是没想法也没感受的，但这电影很客观的轮流着一段是以男性的看法；一段是女性的描述，一来一回的接着说完这故事。两个人都是凡人，有自己的想法也友自己的情绪，相爱了合不合适、合不合时、合不合地，这些人事间的小事，在爱情里的两个人的心中都成了大事，有时男的来劲了女的却退缩了；有时女的勇敢了，男的却身不有己。电影里没有替两人的想法多作解释，就让故事顺着时间的进行往前走去，多处让人看了深叹，这样的说故事法真像真实的人生，人生总是在不停的新的错过与傲悔中过来的。---姚谦看《生日快乐》观后感

I like this movie because everybody whose have seen this movie can have their own interpretation about the movie, the nices part is that there are not too many wording and sentences between actors in the movie, it is all about feel that flow through two normal human being or all other people around them.....their parents, their old uni mate, ......!!!!!

One more things, the back ground music is awesome! The movie comentary even come with a FLASH that feature a beautiful piano sound track (http://www.happybirthdaymovie.hk/wmv/happy_news.swf)

My Cup Of Coffee and Your Cup of Coffee!!!!!!!

2007-01-31T21:45:00.000+08:00

Today I visited a food blog and I found one of the blogger personal message is interesting and I would like to share with all of you:

"What you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and worse, you were eyeing each other's cups. "

It is true we always forget the real meaning of our life and constantly admire other people life without even notice what we have is tailor made for our life.....What you want is in yourself, you don;t need to loooook into other people life.

Treasure yourself and treasure all your belonging....friends, famalies, house and .......your life!

起风啦！！！

2007-01-30T12:47:00.000+08:00

东风起，西风送，西风起，东风送。

Winter is boring - Cold and Grey!!!!

2007-01-27T17:29:00.000+08:00

I don't like winter especially a winter without sun shine......the sky is grey....the air is thin.....the people is boring......eveywhere is full of scream...shout !!!!!

The scenary of this photo beautiful isn;t it but .................!!!!

What Is A Meaning Of Life To A 13 Year Old Tennager

2007-01-20T08:43:00.000+08:00

This poem is written by a 13 year old teenager with cancer at a New York Hospital.
这首诗是在美国纽约一家医院住院的一位十三岁的癌症患者写的。
She wants to see how many people get her poem.
她想知道她这首诗到底能被多少人读到。
It is a quite amazing poem! Please pass it on...
这是一首令人深省的诗! 请把它传下去…

SLOW DANCE 慢舞

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
你是否曾关注过孩子们在旋转木马上玩耍？
Or listened to the rain
或聆听着雨点
Slapping on the ground?
敲落在大地上？
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
你是否跟着一只蝴蝶漫无目标的飞旅过？
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
或凝视着太阳直到她消失在夜幕之中？
You better slow down.
你最好放慢一点。
Don't dance so fast.
别跳得太快。
Time is short.
时光短暂。
The music won't last.
这美妙的乐曲不会无休止的奏下去。

Do you run through each day on the fly?
你是否如同奔命一般过着每一天？
When you ask How are you?
当你在问：你好吗？
Do you hear the reply?
你是否听到了对方的回答？
When the day is done!
当一天结束！
Do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores
你躺在你的床上是否被下一百个琐碎的杂事
Running through your head?
在你的脑海里给折腾得翻江倒海？
You'd better slow down
你最好放慢一点
Don't dance so fast.
别跳得太快。
Time is short.
时光短暂。
The music won't last.
这美妙的乐曲不会无休止的奏下去。

Ever told your child,
你是否曾告诉过你的孩子，
We'll do it tomorrow?
有什么事我们明天再做？
And in your haste,
在你这匆忙的敷衍中，
Not see his （her）sorrow?
却忽视了她（他）的悲哀？
Ever lost touch,
你是否因失去了联系，
Let a good friendship die cause you never had time
而让一个真正的友谊而死去因为你没有时间
To call and say,"Hi！"
打个电话或问声“你好！”
You'd better slow down.
你最好放慢一点。
Don't dance so fast.
别跳得太快。
Time is short.
时光太短。
The music won't last.
这美妙的乐曲不会无休止地奏下去。

When you run so fast to get somewhere
当你匆忙地赶向你的目距地
You miss half the fun of getting there
你失去的将是人生旅程中一半真正的快乐。
When you worry and hurry through your day,
当你带着繁忙的懊恼结束你的每一天，
It is like an unopened gift............thrown away.
这就像把一件还没有打开的珍贵礼........丢弃。
Life is not a race.
生活不是竞赛。
Do take it slower
请放慢一点
Hear the music
聆听这美妙的音乐
Before the song is over……
在这歌声结束前不要中断……

Sky is Blue???? I doubt!!!

2007-01-10T20:56:00.000+08:00

I look at the sky today, I believe it is blue but to me it is grey. Life is so unpredictable, sometime you think you done nothing wrong, you have done enough but you are wrong because you are not the person to judge whether you are right or wrong, it is others whose live around you will make the judgement!!

Sometime it is too tire..try to figure out what have you done right and what have you done wrong. If you think you have done enough but in actual fact it is way way not enough at least in the eyes of other people.

You work so hard but do not earn any appreciation and it is really frustrated. However if you think you are the victim of life, you are wrong, everybody will claim they are the one whose are being victimised.......so what is the conclusion???

I loss my steam, I can't even spell out my frustration because.............you can't blame nobody, everything have a couse and effect, thing just follow this principle. Everything you suffer is something you have done sometime ago, you just have to face the consequences alone..

Ah! I don;t know what I say!!!! Let it be, life need to go on ....no matter what

A Letter To My Daughter - Feeling Of Success

2007-01-07T13:12:00.000+08:00

16th November, 2006.
10.56pm.
Mandarin City 205.

Today I received a good news, my daughter achieve a great success in her examine scoring 7 straight A in her UPSR exam. A lot of people may not know how difficult this success has come by, how many efforts my wife and the family have put in, holding on two syllabuses in two different countries and putting a lot of hard time in my family.

I wonder whether my kid is able to understand the meaning of success and devotion in her achievement. How many effort needs to pour in and how many tears lead to this great moment. I want to ask her how she feel for this success……whether this is a great moment of her life…….Did she still remember the hard time she have gone through before she taste the great pleasure of success? How family has helped her to achieve this great success?

I want her to taste the feel of success? Why! Because once she taste it she won't want to let go this wonderful feeling and on the same time she do not forget she need to devote to earn this wonderful taste of success, nothing coming free not even the air we breath.

Life for her is just a beginning of a long journey, she have long way to catch up. I hope she will never forget the wonderful taste of success just like I have my first taste many many years ago. Although I am still struggling till today but take into account of the weakness I have, I shall say I am lucky enough……..considering the constraints I face, I shall say I have achieve considerable degree of success.

Beforehand, trust in faith, trust in yourself and pray everyday you will meet good people. I hope today is the beginning of better tomorrow for my daughters.

Let the praise that she received today from family, friends, teachers…..will create a force for her to continue to want to have the taste of success in her life. Let the feel of greatness fill in her heart….melt into her blood become part of her body and soul for ever lasting success in her life.

May god bless her!!!

Life Have A Different Meaning For Him!!!!!

2007-01-06T21:41:00.000+08:00

他的名字叫王致中, 今年17岁. 他在贵州以背煤为生.一箩煤40kG,从煤坑内向上爬100米,然后再走1000米山路,才可挣1元人民币.(RM 0.50)

嗨！孩子，
你看了这照片以后，有什么感想吗？你是不是觉得你和他相比太幸福了。
你有这种想法是对的，但最重要的是你必须珍惜你现在所拥有的。

当你遇到不如意的时候，不要随意去报怨，应该学会用体谅、宽容的心态去面对所有的问题。你应该知道在这世界上还有很多不幸的孩子，只是在为生存而努力着。他们很多都没有新衣服和新文具。

有些孩子为了读书，每天都要赤脚走十几里山路去学校。看着照片中的孩子，看着他那张黝黑的脸，你是不是觉得自己比他们幸福多了？所以当你遇到同学之间有困难时，是不是应该互相帮助呢？因为你们都比他得到更多。

我不知道你能明白多少，但我希望你能珍惜你现在所拥有的一切。满怀感恩的心情去对待你的父母和老师，用宽容的心态去对待你的同学和朋友，用慷慨的胸襟去看待比你不幸的人。

希望你与你的同学们能共同分享这张照片里的故事。
最后祝你学业进步，生活愉快！

父亲上
07.07.2004, 中国，杭州。

Discuss "FREEDOM" with my daugther!!

2007-01-06T19:54:00.000+08:00

Hi Girl,
I am not dissapointed with you neither I am angry with you. I think what we lack of here is communication.....I understand it have been harsh on you for the past one year but we think this the best alternative for your future. You may not understand the reason WHY but I too agree that one day you will understand.

I agree I am not a perfect father but I am willingly to listen and undertand your problem if you too willingly to play your part. I am once going through the same process as you experience now, to tell you truth, I encouter even more terrible experience in my childhood than you (Talk to your grandmother if you want to know more but I don't want you to burden with my story), I also have the same accusation made to my family when I was your age but when I grow older, I start to realise what is life!!!!!! then I start to appreciate what FAMILY mean to me, I start understand why my parent are doing to me at that age..... I start to realize a lot of ...a lot of things. I don;t expect to feel the same way now beacuse this feeling can only gain through age....you have long way to go before understand what is this mean to you......!!!

Remember this, freedom come with a price, you only get your freedom if you earn for it or you have to be ready for it........Freedom does not mean going out freely, do not finish your homework and do not stay good grade with your school work.

I recognize that to ask you to take extra exam is putting a heavy load on your shoulder but this is going to end soon. I promise you, you will go back to your normal live.

Don't only blame your parent alone, everything have a cause and if we want to talk it out frankly and play our own part....thing will get easy!

There are a lot thing you still do not understand, I forgive you for your ignorant about LIFE, it is too hard to ask you to understand this topic but we want you to TRUST us, we are preparing you for your final FREEDOM.

I am always proud about you but sometime I get dissapointed on how you handle yourself but I believe you will understand one day how important to be able to know how to take care yourself and be able to manage yourself. You must understand if you want FREEDOM, you must know how to manage yourslf which include your FREEDOM.

How to manage yourself including instill self dicipline on your daily life, know how to finished homework on yourself, knowing when and what to do! play your own part of responsibility at home.

FREEDOM also doesn;t mean you can do whatever you want, buy whatever you like...to tell you the truth, even for me and your mother we can;t do whatever we want and buy whatever we like even though we are financially capable of doing it.

So, girl, FREEDOM is not a simple topic to discuss neither it is not simple way to practice, however if you capable to get all the necessary skill to look for FREEDOM, you will get your "FREEDOM" one day. ( I put a " " on the word Freedom because you can never get a true Freedom.)

Lastly your mum may be HARSH on you but you must understand she have done all she can do to make sure you will get the best of everything. Communication is still the best tool to let you mum understand....let talk nice and reasonably to her and you must also learn how to deal with your parent ......this is part of skill you need to learn, not only to friends and teacher, parent also need to manage.... ( IF you do not know, welcome to talk to me!)

I am asking you to play your part and our parent play our part and I don;t believe we can;t sort thing out. I reassure you I don;t against your Freedom but you must prepare youself first before you can even ask for it.

I and your mum LOVE you with our WHOLE heart.

By the way, give your sister more LOVE and she will return with double! TRUST Me!!

FORM YOUR FATHER.