Korean Mask

I organized a farewell dinner for my boss sometime in April this year and invited the other controllers from other countries to attend in Shanghai. Before that, I asked them to prepare a farewell gift for him...something that will remind him of them....so, they all got something special from their country. 

The controller from Korea decided to get a traditional Korean mask for him so that he could hang on his wall. My boss likes unique things and he puts them in his office. So i thought that was a good idea. So that day, the korean controller brought the mask...which was nicely wrapped in a box and a nice bag. such a big box! When he handed the gift to the boss, he said to the boss: "Here's a gift for you. It's Korean mask". I saw an awkward look from our boss but he thanked him anyway. 

We had dinner for about 2 hours and when we left..the guys were all smoking at the lobby...and suddenly something hit my boss and he said to the Korean controller: "oh, it is a traditional Korean mask right? i thought you gave me a big box of Korean mask for my face. I was thinking why i need such a big box of mask for my face!" haha, we all laughed out loud...no wonder the awkward look when he received the gift. It is easy to misinterpret since Korean mask is so popular!

是护照还是我的问题？

那天从上海回新加坡，在海关那里竟然被怀疑护照上的那个人不是我？！

去年三月份，因为刚好在新加坡开会，所以趁此机会回家一趟。也刚好护照页面要用完了，就想顺便在这短短几天内弄好。因为如果在上海弄的话，就无法拿到有chip的新护照了。

听说马来西亚刚刚该护照系统。照片已经更改为黑白照了。因為時間緊湊的關係，來不及去相館拍，就到那裡隨便找人拍。照片本身看起來還好，就是胖了點，還有雙下巴的說。不管了，為了在第二天拿到護照，我也不理這麼多了。第二天，沖去拿護照～

我的媽啊～ 不知是護照問題還是照片問題，我的黑白大頭照看起來好詭異。原本有顏色的照片裡看上去還可以，一旦變成了黑白照，我的下半臉怎麼這麼腫啊？整個人明顯大了幾圈～ 唉，這個護照還得用上五年呢 (-_-)

剛開始用時，上海海關就皺眉了要幾次。去台灣也有碰到海關跟我說我變瘦了。最慘是近期出差的時候。上禮拜在上海，剛好碰到一位嚴格的海關。他拿著我的護照，看了又看好幾遍，質疑護照到底是不是我的。他說護照不像我，後來還叫他另外一位同事過來查。我拿出新加坡的身分證說，這是我啦，他才讓我過關。昨晚來巴黎的時候也是。新加坡海關一直拿著我的護照，左看右看上看下看，看我的護照是否真的，還用很懷疑的眼神看著我。問我要去巴黎多久，結婚沒，有沒有打算回來。他以為我要跳飛機啊～

唉～

髮型

人啊，年紀大了，看起來人老珠黄了就開始怨東怨西，連頭髮看起來老氣也是一種藉口，反正就是不想认老 *wink*

看回去自己從小到大的髮型，也覺得自己沒什麼勇於嘗試的勇氣，很多失敗的髮型，就這樣「失敗」了好多年。呵呵。以前記得我的頭髮雖多，不過還算順的。因為小時候有一陣子有傳染到蝨子，後來就去燙頭髮，企圖想把蝨子消滅掉。雖然是消滅掉了，可是卻換來一頭的爆炸頭，現在仍然是爆炸頭。因為爆炸頭和臉寬的問題，啥髮型都無法駕馭。讀書時看起來土土的。後來偉大的發明家發明了燙直髮這個技術，我才有幸留到過肩的長髮～

有一陣子很迷直長髮。留了一陣子又感到膩了，就改換為捲髮。一度覺得捲髮還蠻合適的，因為長出來的新髮雖然是捲的，卻不是像直髮那麼的明顯。

你們有沒有試過，決定要改髮型的那一刻，興高采烈的約了時間，可是卻不知道自己要什麼髮型，期望髮型師幫你做決定。後來又期待又興奮的幻想變了一個樣的自己，期待自己的新髮型。後來真正去了，改了卻讓你失望？

現在我就是這個心情～ 祝我好運。希望改變後不會比改變前更糟糕～ 呵呵

Haze...

It is that time of the year again.. The time that is hot and dry and hazy... Hot and dry due to Mother Nature which we can endure... But haze due to inconsiderate neighbor who has to use burn is really something no one can accept. So many questions flow through our mind.. Why they have to burn? Don't they know it is not good for the environment and not good for everyone's health? Don't they know they are affecting other people? I think they know, just refuse to accept!

Anyway, these few days, it has been quite hazy in Singapore... But not as bad as Kuching.. Actually I didn't realize there is haze until my colleagues mentioned. I didn't even realize that Singapore has turned hazy.. Gosh.. What was I doing?

The other day, my colleague suffered from throat and nose problem due to haze and warn my boss and i about ping out in the hazy weather... We both answered:"we just came from shanghai which is a lot worse than this!"

Oh, now I know why I didn't realize it was hazy.. It is because I am immuned to pollution. Hey, is this good?

Should I thank china for making my lung immune to pollution, my stomach immuned to unclean and inorganic food, my ears to loud noise and my throat to talking loudly?

This is the picture from my home. During normal days I could see orchard road from afar but not these days~~ 

I saw from the news last night that pahang has the most serious haze pollution and followed by Kuching! Gosh, I think it is time our neighbors start to think of alternative way to clear their forest. Imagine how much it is for the neighbors, Their people are suffering too.

你是不是也這樣？

以前我有一個朋友，每次都跟我說做任何事情，對任何人都要用心。我那時候一直不明白啥意思。我覺得我對每一個人和事情我都很用心啊。我很真誠啊。我很誠懇啊～ 到底是什麼意思呐。漸漸的，我才開始明白他的意思～

去到日本的時候，不得不稱讚他們的用心。做任何事情，就連擺個餐具你也覺得，天啊，怎麼這麼用心。好像什麼都為你想到。

我記得以前跟朋友有開過玩笑，說有時候人有三急的時候，想趕快解決，好死不死，當你想要解放的時候，有人進來了。這時的你會想，我該繼續豪放下去還是忍到那人離開。我選擇了二者，因為害羞被人聽到「美妙」的聲音而後來被發現你的長相。可是這個人卻好像知道有人在等他似的，在裡面慢慢來，慢慢洗手，慢慢擦乾手，然後弄弄頭髮，弄弄衣服，就是不捨得離開。結果好不容易等到那人開門了，另外一個人又進來了。你就這樣一而再再而三的hold住。

也有時候，剛好是拉肚子。想hold也hold不住。好難受。有時候在想，這種事情是天經地義的事情，幹嘛搞得這麼尷尬呐？真的很羨慕那些可以很奔放做事情的人～

到日本，每個廁所都有這個機器。不管大事小事都可以按。會有流水聲出現，這樣外面的人不會受到個人美妙聲音的影響，裡面的人更可以盡情的享受個人時間。真希望這個東東可以用到全世界。

HelllOOOoo from Singapore

gosh, i have not been writing my blog for more than 2 months! i was busy with packing, unpacking, looking for new apartment and everything...then after unpacking, i was busy with my family and then business travel...

everyone asks me how is Singapore? do you like Singapore more or shanghai more? well, my answer will be different depending on who i am talking to...if to a Shanghainese, i will say, it's ok but shanghai is more convenient minus all the air pollution and traffic jam. If i am talking to a Singaporean, i will say, it's good coz now i can enjoy clean air and good traffic.

the other day, we went out for durian and met a taxi uncle..he said he knows a good place for durian and it's his friends...so he drove for really long time and dropped us off at a weird place..anywhere, there was no more cat king durian, only left with unknown species. coz my sister and brother-in-law wanna eat, so we ordered two...actually quite expensive and almost at the same price as cat king durian...the first one was ok..it was a lower grade..then the other one was supposed to be higher grade than the first one. After the durian vendor cut opened the durian, the texture didnt look so tempting..but he kept saying that one was good..so i said loudly that it doesnt look tempting and it looks like the meat is hard...like the last one, it was also hard and we dont like it..then the durian vendor felt guilty and gave us half durian for free... my sisters were laughing at me, saying that i complain like Singaporean, talk as loud as shanghainese and not as nice like hong konger... haha..well, one gotta survive out there, Right? somemore, we got half durian for free...isnt that good?

then a few days later, i took my mum out for some fish dumpling which she loves so much...she always like to order just fish dumplings in soup. when we arrived at the store..my mum ordered the usual plus the fish dumplings in soup..then the lady vendor told my mum off saying she doesnt have enough fish dumplings. if wanna order, she can order fish balls...then i looked at that lady and said, in that case, we do not want the soup anymore. We want to eat fish dumplings, not fish balls! then my mum kept asking me not to complain and she wanna have the soup..then i purposely told my mum not to order fish ball coz that is not what she wants to eat. After a while, the lady said she can order fish balls & fish dumplings in soup and explained to my mum that she doesnt have enough fish dumplings. in case other people come, she may not have enough. well, she could have said it nicely in the beginning.... so after a few days consecutively, the lady let my mum ordered as much fish dumpling as she wants...

my mum told my dad about the story and my dad said...he thinks i am right. hahaha...

there is a saying: 不哭的小孩没糖吃~~~

自以為年輕的我

在新加坡認識了公司的一位trainee。她很可愛，而且超年輕的。今年才24歲。因為碰到工作上和人際上的問題而受到了很大的挫折。想當年我們也是碰過這樣的挫折～ 因為年幼無知，所以得罪人也不自知～ 等到有一天覺得大事不妙了已經太晚了～

昨晚才發現她比我姪子大兩歲，在睡覺前我就算了算，想知道到底他們倆是哪一年出生的，跟我差幾歲。後來我居然忘了自己今年幾歲！哈哈哈，這是有人曾經說過的嗎？年紀愈大就越健忘的原因嗎？老實說，在幾年前我早就不再去記得我到底幾歲了。上個星期和同事吃飯，他說他今年39了。我心裡還想說～ 天啊，好老哦⋯ 昨晚才後知後覺的發現我好像也沒有很年輕。呵呵～

看到了這個漫畫，忽然心裡覺得很感觸。以前小時候一直覺得只會發生在別人身上的事情，現在都發生在自己身上了+_+ *苦笑*

最近有幾次，有人看到我的出生年份都尊稱我madam kho！幹嘛不叫我ms kho 就好了？不是更好聽嗎？madam kho 感覺好老。我還是比較喜歡許小姐或許女士～ 呵呵～ 逃避現實的我(Ｔ＿Ｔ)

時間不留人啊～～～～(O_O)