I'm pregnant!

This tester shows that I'm pregnant... and I can't believe it!

It was quite funny! I was in the toilet, opening the tester. First thing came into my mind was: Can this little paper thing-ee work? It's just a little paper strip. Kena cheat! Next, result came out: two red strips = I'm pregnant.

I couldn't react to what I saw. I quickly read through the instruction manual again and again to make sure what I saw was truely enough to be believeable. My next reaction: crying + happying + confusing + exciting + worrying. After I calmed myself down, I ran downstair and showed it to my mum. Surprisingly, she didn't know what the two red strips meant. I had to explain to her. Guess what? She had the same reaction I had in the toilet.

Lastly, I showed it to Jo. He was so calm. I think he must have known what he did to cause all this, hahaha! Next thing he did was hug me, and that comfort me a lot!

Yeah~~~ we have our first baby...

菲咏璨的相处理念

哲学的说：两个人的相处是一种艺术。。。
命理的说：两个人的相处是一种缘分。。。
天真的说：两个人的相处是一种浪漫。。。
偏激的说：两个人的相处是一种折磨。。。
冷漠的说：两个人的相处是一种模式。。。
热情的说：两个人的相处是一种享受。。。
大家说得天花乱坠，说出的只是相处的形态和感觉，并没有点出相处的根本。

菲咏璨说：两个人的相处。。。什么都不是，是一种沟通！
沟通只有两方交流才能通，才叫沟通。

让我们学习认真的交流吧！
让我们不再做被宠或宠人的一方，认认真真的交流。好好的开始一段谈话，说出观点和想法，想出对双方更好的方式并加以实践！

我深信菲咏璨的名言：两个人的相处是一种沟通。

Christmas Carol for 2008

Thanks to Mag for sharing this song with me!
I think all of us should memorize this song and sing out loud...

You'd better watch out,
You'd better not cry;
You'd better keep cash,
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

New Liverpool player from Malaysia

I wore my Liverpool jersey yesterday, with my name Fion C and #10 printed. It was given to me by Jo. Maybe it is still uncommon for a lady wearing jersey in Malaysia, i found a lot of people looking at me in a very strange way. I don't have such experience when i wear 'normal' shirt. And one of it was quite funny...

Jo and I went back home and entered into lift. Two young malay guys standing behind us. They noticed my striking red Liverpool jersey and started their discussion (softly)...

Guy A: Fion.C? Saper tu?
Guy B: Er... tak tau...
Guy A: Nombor 10?

Well, looks like they are not into football. How can Fion C holding a #10 jersey for Liverpool? S-He can't be a real Liverpool player, s-he doesn't even know how to play football! Hahaha...

Oh Am Hin

我们家Jo爷又发功了！那一天他向我谈起了他和Ah B的谈话，我笑得不能停下来！

Jo爷：被人骗过，事事都会很小心，所以我最近一直想起一首歌。
Ah B：什么歌？阿杜的《天黑》？
Jo爷：不是，是周华建的《怕黑》。。。
Ah B：？
Jo爷：这样唱的 ♫♪♫♪因为我会怕黑♫♪♫♪
Ah B：哦。。。阿杜那首是 ♫♪♫♪我闭上眼睛就是天黑♫♪♫♪
Jo爷：那不是天黑，是“Oh Am Hin”(福建话头晕的意思)。
Ah B：哈哈哈。。。

有时真不晓得Jo爷的脑袋到底是装什么，这样都会给他想得出来。

Jo爷的好朋友

我们家Jo爷有一位相等于女朋友的男性朋友。身为Jo嫂的我会这么说，事发有一天。。。

还记得那一天，我和姐妹们去马六甲参加另一位姐妹的婚礼。Jo爷就和这位男性朋友相约上云顶。下山后，两个大男生还一起逛IKEA和用餐。直落晚上，两个大男生就到The Curve的Laundry Bar看足球，过通宵才回家。除了看足球的活动以外，其他活动好像都比较适合和女朋友一同进行。仔细回想起来，在这一个暧昧的约会之前，我也常看到Jo爷和这位男性朋友玩SMS。我真是太大意了，怎么之前都没有留意呢？！？

说到这里，大家心里应该都起了鸡皮疙瘩吧？哈哈，不要误会！这一位男性朋友是Jo爷的朋友当中我蛮喜欢的一个，他是一位很不错的朋友！我们都叫他Ah B。那一天的约会我事先就知道的，并不是什么暧昧之约。去云顶是因为Ah B要送表哥夫妇上云顶玩，找Jo爷是因为下山时有个伴。去IKEA是因为无所事事，晚上就在附近看球。看足球也是他们一班朋友的志同道合的嗜好。

只是我常常会很调皮的调侃我们家Jo爷，会吵着他也和我来一个像这样的一日户外游，嘻嘻！其实，谁说结了婚的男人就不能和朋友一起呢？我就完全没有任何意见！一生中能找到一位志同道合又真诚的要好朋友是很难得的，应该要珍惜！

A magic cup for Jo

I bought a nice cup for Jo when I was in Hokkaido, his first birthday present after we got married. Japanese call it ‘Magic Cup’, but I call it ‘Hamsup Cup’. Let's look at the experiment...








This looks like a normal black japanese tea cup.







It will turn into something very different when hot water poured in...








See... black was gone and something nice came out!







All naked women in different poses... interesting! Thanks to creative Japanese!








It turned into black again after the heat is gone...

I'm not a pervert nor Jo. I bought it just because it is very cute! Ha...

我嫁给了“周星驰”

他是百分百的周星驰迷。他在橱柜里收藏所有星爷的影片，还会不时翻看回味。对于片中的经典片段，他不只是非常熟悉，还会学以致用。他会在你不经意的时候说出非常符合当时情况的经典对白，然后逗得你哈哈大笑！所以，他的朋友叫他做Jo爷！

跟得他久了，我也学会了一点，也能准确的预测出他会用那一句对白来回应我。记得有一次我问他，可不可以来一点新鲜的对白，他竟然很正经的说最近星爷没出新片子，所以只好沿用旧的对白。真是给他弄得哭笑不得！

我在想当他看到这一篇部落格时，会不会用星爷《算死草》的“Gua…. Very gua…”来回应呢？

愿：我身体比你好，你死得比我早

那天在家看《家好月圆》，戏里的Jo鲍许了这样的一个生日愿望：我身体比你好，你死得比我早。他希望自己比荷妈健康，比荷妈长命。

我们家也有一个Jo鲍，他说他也有这样的想法。这样的想法，表面上看来似乎有些自私和过分，但是深想一层，其实是多么的伟大！其实，我也有这样的想法。

经历过了爸爸的离世，我想没有人比我更了解活着失去亲人的痛苦。虽然终究能够走出悲伤，但那一种痛是永远无法恢复的！身为女儿的我有如此切身的感受，更何况是失去伴侣的妈妈。我不想他也有如此的经历！而且，依我对我们家的Jo鲍的了解，我想我会比他还能够承受这样的痛，也会比他还能够让我们的孩子面对这一种痛。

我愿：我身体比他好，他死得比我早。。。在这之前，让我和他共同度过60年的健康幸福婚姻生活吧！

小天使

我昨晚看了一部日本电影 —《天使》。
深田恭子饰演戏里的天使，身穿白衣，是一位有爱心又充满好奇心的天使。奇怪的是，不是每一个人都能看见她。

我在想，到底有没有天使这一回事？天使住在天上？在我们的身边？还是根本不存在？
我心目中的天使是一位可爱又顽皮的小孩，会穿着睡衣到处玩。有人需要帮助时，他/她会停止玩乐，马上出现在那人的身边。

如果这世界上真的有天使，我猜我的天使会是一位小女孩。她现在可能出去玩了，也有可能就在我身边，看着我写下这一篇文章。。。

很神奇的感觉！

My Tsenguun

He was 4 years old when I sponsored him. A cute looking little boy, with bear patches on the trousers he was wearing. He drew me his country… big field, great mountains and beautiful rainbow…


A year later in 2006, I received his progress report. He drew me his living area… small working cart, a little girl, his house and shiny sun…



In 2007, he told me his favorite subject is drawing. He sent me a greeting card. I like it so much I put it in my office.

This year, he started his primary education. He got 1st grade in his study, and his favorite subject is Mongolian language. He likes watching movie and playing with his friends. He told me the highlight of last year was that he acted Superman in the New Year Party. He looks very happy!

Unlike previous years, this year he drew me a concrete building. Looking back at all his drawings, I wonder whether they reflect his surrounding well. If so, great mountains are now further from his house, trees and flowers are now lesser and no more Mongolia yurts but concrete buildings.

We are bringing them civilization, but are we taking the green nature from them? Somehow we must find a balance for both.

粉红当道

国际知名时尚专家菲咏璨最近发表了最新的时尚言论。言论中一再强调这一季的秋冬服饰将一改以往的忧郁的冷色系如灰黑蓝，而会突破性的采用亮丽可爱的粉色系。是因现在是爱的季节，服饰配件也会以粉色系为主！

走出门外深呼吸，天空弥漫爱的气息；望向天空，云朵都变成了心形！到处都是可爱的粉红色大象pinky pinku pinky pinku地走在路上。

我扭开收音机。。。

最新气象报告说：现在是结婚的季节，出门要记得带祝福。

Dang~~ dang~~~ dang~~ dang~~~

It’s wedding season! Love is everywhere!

Imagine:
Billions of “I do” and “I Love You” being said out everyday…
Millions of bouquet of flowers bought everyday…
And, thousands of bridemaids waiting for the moment that decides who will be the next bride…

Oh, Look at the sky! Cupid is too busy to rest! Somebody must get him assistants…

I guess giving birth season is coming……

Our great traffic police

Because of our great traffic police, I nearly got into accident on my way to work this morning!

I was coming from Jln Sultan Ismail and heading towards Wisma Genting. The traffic police was standing at the intersection between Wisma Genting and Standard Chartered. My direction was instructed to go. While I was crossing the road, I found cars also coming from the other direction!!! I was stucked in the middle of the road before I could turn into Wisma Genting's car park. Just with a few seconds late, I may be bang by someone else.

Argh~~~ sometimes I find traffic becomes worst when traffic police is around. Accidents may happen anytime and I should say I'm the lucky one because I can still reach my destination safely.

Breakfast for Jo

If I remember correctly, I only cooked ONE proper meal for Jo after married because I always depend on my mum who does all the cooking. So, I decided to prepare a nice breakfast for him on Sunday. I'm more confident in preparing breakfast than lunch or dinner. It's much easier and less headache as I don't need to think of many dishes!


These were what I bought for breakfast and obviously, I'm going to prepare western breakfast for Jo.


First, grill smoked chicken ham and cocktail sausage. To make it tastier, I added some black pepper which i bought from Kuching last time.


Second, to prepare poached egg. It's good to have egg in the morning as it will provide energy. And I think I did a very good job, haha!


Lastly, to prepare lettuce tuna salad. To make the salad taste better, I added Jo's favourite tomato!


Yummy!!

Money money money....

After all our hard work in searching good contractor with good price for our house renovation, Joe and me finally appointed a contractor last Sat. I think we found a good one... Renovation work is going to start in 1 or 2 weeks time, and that's the time we start 'pergi balik' our new house.

I feel relief and happy that the main portion of our house renovation is settled. But there are still a lot of other things to be finalised. Everything involves money, and that makes me headache! Well, "Buying a house is easy, but not renovating a house". I very much agree to it now!

I feel like singing a song now....

~~~ ♪♫♪♫ Money money money ♪♫♪♫~ it's so funny ♪♫♪♫~ it's the rich man world ♪♫♪♫

Junie, all the best!

After 6 yrs+ working in the same company, Junie decided to have a change. She is leaving for Beijing on 1 Sep for her 3 mths short course, later to Europe for her long journey.

I told her i respect her courage in making such decision, to take a year off to experience new life in new places. But she told me she is just following her heart. I have never had such idea before, and i think i will never have, simply because i don't have the courage to let go what i have for uncertain future. I guess my family won't be as supportive as hers too.

To Junie: As your uni-mate or colleague or friend, i wish you all the best! You will have colourful and wonderful life awaiting you in Beijing and Europe. Meeting new faces everyday, learning new culture and experiencing different life... That will make you a better person!

Emoticons Chatting

One day in Skype, Jo was complaining that I didn’t write something about him in my blog. I told him I did, in the blog with the title "Jo cut his finger" which talked about how he cut his finger and how I ended up becoming his personal shampoo girl.

He claimed that blog wasn’t something nice… it shows his carelessness and stupidity because hardly anyone cut his own finger while opening durian. Thinking through, I agreed with him! Hahaha…

So, i promised him that i will write something about him in my blog and make sure not something that will make him 'lose face'. There he started his creative emoticons chatting:

Jo: Really? (‘think’ expression)
Fion C: Yeah dear! (‘smiley’)

Jo: Erm.. ok! I trust you! (‘big smiley’ followed by ‘smiley’)

Fion C: ... (in love)

Jo: ... (cool smiley)

Fion C: Hehehe... (giggle and blush)

Fion C: ... (dancing... time to go back)

Jo: ... (dance together... yeah! time to go back)

我写2008北京奥运开幕礼

2008年8月8日，晚上8点，全球华人屏息期待。。。
2008年北京奥运会开幕礼正式开始！

鼓

首先映入眼帘的是整齐的鼓队，那是2008年北京奥运给大家呈现的欢迎仪式。
个个鼓手的气概昂扬，敲出整齐有力的节奏。
在近镜头的拍摄下，我看到了每一位表演者的骄傲与兴奋；在远镜头的拍摄下，因为每一片鼓都有电子灯光的装置，并会随着鼓手的敲击而发光，我看到了一片美丽的灯海。

飞天

有别于以往的奥运会，北京奥运带给我们会飞的五色圈。从银幕的远镜头看去，五色圈像是从水中央徐徐飘上天空，很是轻盈！
镜头转向另外一景，烟花特效形成的大脚印正走向奥运会场。。。
这时镜头又一转，仙女飞入，在已升空的五色圈周围飞翔。

书画

中国历史悠久，文化丰富而又内涵。
大会播出片段说明纸画的来源，大会中央一卷表好的宣纸慢慢打开。。。
舞蹈员在宣纸中央翩翩起舞，每舞过的地方都留下了痕迹，形成简单的水墨画。

文字

中国文字内敛而有韵味。
每一位表演者藏在像印章的道具里，每一个印章上方都有单字。印章随着节奏上下变化，变成了不同的“和”字，从古文到现在我们所写的“和”字。
“和”对华人来说意义非凡。有者说家和万事兴，凡事以和为贵！这也间接为这次的主题“同一个世界，同一个梦想”留下伏笔。

戏曲

戏曲无疑是中国人的骄傲，但我对这一段“戏曲”并没有留下太多的印象。相较之前的高潮迭起，这一段显得平静了些。

丝绸之路

陆路丝绸之路是古代中国与外界来往的一道重要通道。它反映了古代中国的国贸昌盛和与外界紧密联系的全盛时期。今天，它是大家所向往一游的景点。
海上丝绸之路是郑和下西洋时开拓的。表演者人人手持大型船桨，船桨拼成了郑和下西洋的情景图案，场面非常壮观。这让我想起了中学所读的中国历史！

指南针

指南针是中国古代四大发明之一。表演者手持古代指南针的道具，演出发明指南针的历史。

礼乐

中国古代推崇礼乐，表演者坐在宣纸中央，奏出响亮悦耳的古乐。我不记得他们所用的乐器，因为我的焦点落在了他们脚下的“长卷画”。依稀记得“长卷画”是盛行于唐宋元明清这五朝代，我想我还须进一步确认我的认知是否正确。

星光

著名钢琴家— 朗朗带着五岁的小钢琴家，坐在舞台中央弹奏音乐。朗朗和小钢琴家身穿白色，坐在白色的钢琴前，周围一闪一闪，一片星光灿烂！
书卷开启，反映中国从古代走向现代。
上百的表演者身穿“灯泡衣”，灯泡的颜色由表演者控制，在变化之下显得生动美丽。他们向四处奔走，形成鸽子的图案，再次强调“同一个世界，同一个梦想”，那就是和平！

风筝

平静了一阵子，镜头焦点落在吊在半空的小孩。我仔细一看，才发现这小孩正在放风筝。
这时候，地面上的表演者再次向四处奔走，然后散去。

自然

从古代走到了现代，我们依然保有我们的文化与传统。从现代我们将走向未来，我们的文化与传统将跟随我们和未来结合。这时鸟巢上方的屏幕出现了瀑布的画面，瀑布气势澎湃，感觉上瀑布的水将流入鸟巢，将鸟巢填满。这当然是视觉上的错觉，但这错觉就显示了瀑布的逼真，自然！

镜头焦距先落在了一位太极师傅的身上，然后再拉远镜头拍整场的气势。这时所有的太极师傅/表演者都排成了由内向外，一圈又一圈的完美弧形的大圆阵。据说，这是太极有名的“天圆地方”阵。

天人合一

人形再次变化，整齐而有力！
鸟巢上方的屏幕出现了鸽子四处飞翔的画面，地面上的小表演者落力的画着画。
大会将小表演者完成得画吊了上来，原来是延绵山脉和带着微笑的太阳公公，说明我们应该环保！我特别欣赏这一段！

梦想

舞台中央的升降机升出了宇宙玄机，天空中出现了太空人。这表现人类登月球的梦想已在这个世纪实现！56名表演者在升起的月球上“横”行，镜头拉近一看，原来他们不是在走动，而是在翻筋斗。远看还以为他们真的走在月球上，真是很佩服构思人的头脑！

等了很久，终于到了演唱北京奥运主题曲的时候。站在升降台上的是中国著名歌手刘欢，和曾经演唱奥运主题曲的SarahBrightman。我好像是第一次听到以华语和英语作为媒介语的奥运主题曲。一别以往主题曲的澎湃庄严，这一次的主题曲让我觉得很感人，圣洁，伟大！歌词都非常简单易懂，所表达的意义却是很重大的！非常符合这一次的主题“同一个世界，同一个梦想”。

刘欢和SarahBrightman正在演唱的当儿，地面上的表演者撑开了雨伞，开出了世界各地人民和小孩的面孔，总共有2008面脸孔！这也是我特别喜欢的一段！

开幕表演即将结束，大会开始放烟花！
鸟巢舞台中央有打扮成各民族的表演者，跳各民族的舞蹈，散播着欢愉的气氛。
同一时候，也欢迎来自世界各地的运动选手！

运动员入场

这一次的北京奥运别出心裁，不用英文字母来排列出场的先后次序，反而以华文文字的笔画来决定出场的先后次序。这是史无前例，也应该是空前绝后的！我们马来西亚的“马”字是三画，是第十队出场的国家。在我们之前有三个国家也是由“马”字开始，分别是马尔代夫 Maldives，马尔他 Malta 和马达加斯加 Madagascar。因为马来西亚的“来”字是七画，所以排在他们的后面。这一次我国派出了27名运动员，上一届的成绩是1银1铜，希望这一次会有更好的成绩！

所有的国家代表队都会徒步走过开幕的画纸，每一位运动员都会踏过这一张画纸，留下足迹。画纸上的颜色在运动员的踩踏下显得越来越深，慢慢变成了之前小朋友的画中的草原。

这一次有204队国家参加北京奥运，等了203队才等到中国队的出现。中国队历届的旗手都是篮球手，这一届也不例外，由姚明来担任。在姚明身旁还有一位小朋友，那就是9岁的林浩。他是四川省的一名二年级学生，也是带领着一群小朋友唱歌，鼓励大家的抗震救人小英雄。

当所有国家队走到鸟巢中央时，烟花再次发放，把整片天空都染上了颜色了！

接下来是国际奥委会主席Jaegue Rogge和中国奥委会主席刘淇致词。
胡锦涛宣布开幕时，瞬间烟花绕鸟巢发放起来，非常美丽！

奥运会旗入场

这一面会旗是在1914年奥运会二十周年时出现的，在那之后被列为会旗。会旗在在场小朋友唱着的会歌的歌声中慢慢升起。在场的小朋友是用了45天的时间把这一首歌学会的。

接下来是运动员代表张怡宁（中国乒乓代表）和裁判员代表黄立平宣誓。

放飞和平鸽

今年没有活生生的鸽子，而是100名小朋友带领着全场运动员和观众做放鸽的手势，表达对和平的意愿。据说以往在放鸽子时，鸽子飞向火炬而受伤了，这一次的放和平鸽仪式就显得比较安全。再加上是带领着所有人一起参与，这更有意义！

火炬传递

奥运火炬穿越了世界五大洲，由火炬手一人传一人的方式来到了中国北京。在场的火炬手都是在中国体坛发射过光芒的运动员，包括射击选手许海峰、跳水选手高敏、体操选手李小双、举重选手占旭刚、羽毛球选手张军、跆拳道选手陈中、排球选手孙晋芳和奥运会体操金牌李宁。

李宁是最后一位火炬手。他从鸟巢慢慢飞向鸟巢上方屏幕位置，这时屏幕出现了祥云，也播出了世界各地火炬传递的画面。奥运会主题曲再次播放，李宁像是在空中跑步一样，跑向鸟巢上方巨大的火炬。在点燃火炬的瞬间，鸟巢周围开始发放烟花。这一次的开幕礼由书画开始，也由书画结束。

2008年北京奥运会，正式开始！

我写2008北京奥运开幕礼后记

从之前的北京奥运宣传短片到开幕典礼，我的心都充满着感动。所以，我决定亲笔记录下这历史的一刻。

这一篇《我写2008北京奥运开幕礼》是我在开幕礼当天，坐在电视机前，一字一句，凭我所听和所看来做记录。在之后并没有时间与报纸上的叙述做比对，所以可能会有一些陈述、节目次序、或人名的错误。

这一次的开幕礼让世界看到了中国，看到了华人！我一直觉得，只有华人才能想得出那么特别的开幕礼，只有华人才能将文化和传统与现代科技结合，把我们的文化推向更高层次！我因身为华人而感骄傲！

我家的老妈子对于这次的开幕礼感到非常兴奋，在7点30分就赶紧打了个电话给我，催我赶快到家和她一起看开幕礼。我想妈妈的心情也应该是和我一样的！

I will buy a MINI

I want to buy a MINI in 5 years time!!!

I think it is not too aggressive… everyone must set a target to make life more meaningful and motivative. My target was to buy myself a big MPV like Harrier, Odyssey or Stream. My family made a lot of comments on that because I’m too small for such big vehicle. I still kept that as my target until I saw a Mini Cooper S on road one day…

I surfed on web and found many interesting facts, video clips and stories about MINI. The first MINI was designed by Alec Issigonis in 1957 and prototype was ready in 1958 for the first test ride. The concept was to design and build a car that is smaller outside but bigger inside. The first MINI was launched in 1959. Something to note, to allow for a large storage bins in the doors and more elbow room, sliding windows were the standard feature in the MINI during those days. Wind-down windows were included in the MINI only in 1969!

I like the most is the concept “Smaller Outside but Bigger Inside”.

Ladies and gentlement, give me 5 years and I will show you my MINI!

北京奥运2008 | Beijing Olympic 2008

火炬手手持火炬，身负使命，跑越世界五大洲，传递梦想。
五大洲人民个个鸣鼓，表情认真，在鼓声中接受阳光的洗礼。
没有特别音效，只有五大洲具代表性的鼓声合成的动感而有力量的音乐。。。
这是北京奥运2008的一段电视宣传短片。

坐在电视机前面的我，看到这段短片的同时，我全身起了鸡皮疙瘩，脸热热的，眼眶湿湿的。。。
是一种荣耀，是一种民族的骄傲，也是一种感动！

我喜欢这一句：同一个世界，同一个梦想 One world One dream
世界从来就只有一个，那就是地球。
梦想始终一致，那就是和平！

我身为世界的一分子，我是地球人。
我相信梦想，努力实践梦想，传递梦想给下一代。。。

北京2008年第29届奥运会官方网站
Official Website of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
http://www.beijing2008.cn/

Jo cut his finger

Jo cut his finger yesterday while opening durian. At first, he thought it was only a small cut but it wasn’t. His finger was bleeding like hell, and both of us got a shock for few seconds before knowing what to do. Finally, his finger stopped bleeding… and he was eating the durian that caused his injury!

With this cut, he cannot wash his hair. So, I am now his personal shampoo girl. Well, I think women really have to take up different role at different time. Women… can be a cook, nanny, maid, hair stylist, personnal assistant… etc. Women can be anyone, whenever and wherever!

New jersey for The Kop

The new season EPL is coming! Liverpool FC 2008 - 2009 Home jersey is now available!

This new Home jersey for The Reds is 100% polyster with ClimaCool® technology. As usual, Adidas symbolic three strips are screened on the shoulder to sleeves area, and Adidas logo is embroidered on center chest. Carlsberg logo is screened below the Adidas logo. Liverpool official crest is embroidered on left chest.

This new jersey for The Reds has added some features which cannot be found in previous season. There is mesh print panel at each side of the jersey.

Turn to the outside back of the jersey, a gold Liver Bird is embroidered on back neck area. A red and white checkerboard pattern is on the inside back of the jersey. Further to note that, this is the first time 'This is Anfield' printed on the jersey.

Jo bought me and himself this brand new Liverpool Home jersey. Unfortunately, he couldn't find me the Ladies jersey. So he bought me the Kids jersey!!! Look at the difference between his jersey (for Men) and mine (for Kids), it's very funny! But, i appreciate that！

I'll be wearing it for any Liverpool matches, and hopefully we can wear it in Anfield! Yeah~

You'll never walk alone!

Today is our last day with Gtalk

Today is our last day with gtalk! So sad!!!

Look at the custom messages shown in my gtalk contact list, everybody is talking about it:
"Gtalk for the last day today, I will pretend I have not found out how to block"
"http://www.uselessnhopeless.be/"
"pain"
"Gtalk will be blocked from today onwards. Be prepared."
"Why not block the phone? We can chat with outsider using phone as well..."
"last day....................."
"忍"
And my custom message is "Today is the last day for GTALK! Let's say bye bye to GTALK!!"

Since we have gtalk commonly used in our company, I found the communication channel between departments and colleagues better. Our legal council uses gtalk to request for documents while she is having meeting, instead of interrupting the meeting to make phone calls. Working groups use gtalk to discuss work progress, instead of putting aside all work to meet up for discussion. We use gtalk to clarify doubts with colleagues, instead of making phone calls or writing emails. And, we use gtalk to get closer with colleagues who are not stationed in a same building. Gtalk eliminates communication gaps, creates us a better communication channel and harmonious working environment, improves our multi-tasking ability, promotes cost cutting and better time management! All these make us more efficient and effective in work! Oh... Gtalk, the wonder!

Nevertheless, Mr V (IT Head) said "IM will bring virus to the server. It is not good for the company. So, we have no choice but to block it."

I'm not into IT and I have little knowledge about how anti-virus system works. Please forgive me if my following thinking looks stupid: I thought it is Mr V's responsibility to improve our anti-virus system? Or, anti-virus system has already been improved but not good enough? It seems to me that anti-virus system is not improved, but IM that causes it looks bad is blocked. Emails bring virus to server, should we block? Internet brings virus to server, should we block?

It is a fact that Gtalk will not be available from tomorrow onwards. But, don't worry! We will find some other stuffs to replace it. We will find our next wonder......

Contact lens

I chosed to wear contact lens in 2003, a week before my trip to Korea. The reason was: I didn’t want to wear my old fashion glasses in front of those handsome Korean. My glasses was really old fashion, my friend said it should belongs to Master Q (Lao Fu Zi 老夫子).

It was a wrong decision! It was winter and I couldn’t get use of wearing contact lens. My eyes became very dry in winter, and it got worst with contact lens. I ended up wearing my old fashion glasses instead. I gave up wearing contact lens after my Korea trip.

The next time I decided to wear contact lens was in 2007. The reason was: I saw a pair of sun glasses I liked very much, but it didn’t come with power. My sister bought me the sun glasses for my birthday, and I bought myself 6 pairs of contact lens for ‘practise’.

There was once I dropped my left-eye contact lens while walking towards a restaurant. Another time, I dropped my right-eye contact lens while drinking guava juice, and the lens fall into my guava juice. Sometimes, I forgot to take out my contact lens before sleep. I was so surprise because my vision was so clear when I woke up. Later only I realised that I was wearing it to bed. Last night, I found my right-eye contact lens crack when I took it out. Till today, I’ve either dropped or cracked 3 left-eye contact lens with 1.75 power, and 6 right-eye contact lens with 1.50 power. And I foresee it will be more in the future...

Still, I will wear contact lens... ;p

All of us look the same today

My company just implemented uniform system which requires all of us wearing uniform to work. Our uniform is mainly blue, dark blue at the shoulder area and lighter blue for the remaining area. Company logo is printed on left chest area, and name of our power plant is printed below the logo.

Today was the first day everybody wearing uniform to work. Some said we look like police, some said we look like the personnel at KTM ticket counter, some said we look like cadet. I think we look like factory worker. Anyway, uniform is a style of dress to be worn by everybody in a company. Uniform system is implemented to create spirit, sense of belongings and motivate everybody in a company. It doesn't matter what we look like, but how we look, and should ALL look the same! That is the purpose of having uniform, to unify all of us, at least from the appearance.

Frankly speaking, disregard of the material and quality, i think our uniform looks ok! But, for a change, I will suggest our uniform to be mainly white next year. I will suggest blue for shoulder area and white for remaining area. That time, maybe we all look like a navy...

The Number 10

Number 10 was given by my husband, Jo, who is a die hard Liverpool fan. I'm not into football, I could not understand why not Number 1 but Number 10.

In our wedding website he wrote:
Everybody who is into football knows that player who wears jersey No.10 is among the most influential player in the team if not the most. I’m going to hand her the No.10 jersey because from now on she is the most influential person in my life.

This was when I became his Number 10, the most influential woman in his life.

I wonder what a woman can do to become influential to her man. Some people told me that it is some kind of natural power in the hand of a woman that makes the statement valid. If the so-called natural power is really existing, I believe it will not last forever. A good woman should know how to turn it into respects and trusts. It is an art!

It is now 1 month and 4 days since our wedding. Let's see what will happen in 1 year time...

My Home

I just bought a house.

From that very minute I signed the S&P... it fills up my mind. I'm thinking of the renovation, designs, furnitures, lighting, my dream wardrobe, the living hall, the dining area, the kitchen... I have all sorts of thinking and different designs in my mind.

I want something simple yet class, comfortable and elegant. I know what I want, the problem is I don't know how to say! I remembered when I was small, I used to say "if I have a house, I will... and if I have money to renovate the house, I will..." It's actually not that easy! And of course, everything comes to money!

There is a radio advertisement recently. It says "... An agent always bring a big bunch of house keys with him, selling happiness..." I don't think buying house is buying happiness. A house is just a house, four walls with roof, a shelter. It will bring happiness only when it becomes a "Home".

Think around, I just need some simple renovation and designs, some basic and comfortable furnitures... with my family, my loved one... it is already a home, and that's my happiness!

My home, my happiness...