我说的不一样~

那天無意中看到台灣的節目, 一樣是中文怎麼不一樣?!

內容笑死我了，什麼‘水草’，‘割他’確實是我們常會說的。真的讓我想起我和Jane在台灣鬧得笑話。我想台灣朋友們跟我們談話，很多時候是有聽沒懂吧？ *流汗*

有位台灣朋友說，有次一位新加坡的老闆到台灣出差。眼看開會時間快到了但還不見人影，就打了通電話給他問他還要多久才抵達。新加坡老闆說‘多三個字’。朋友聽不懂就再問，那是多久呢？他又說‘給我多三個字。多三個字我就到了‘。朋友還是不懂意思，忍不住問道“請問…… 到底是哪三個字呀？“。我聽了笑到淚飆出來。我們的一個字等於5分鐘，所以三個字就是15分鐘。哈哈哈~ 我的天兒呀，為何我們會這麼說？

我們的語言太多，把我們搞得很雜。我在外國讀書時，特別選了一科‘華語’，因為我以為應該很容易，結果一點都不簡單！我搞不懂中國的朝代歷史但對共產黨的歷史倒有點知識。話說有次老師要我們寫中文作文，文章發回來時，香港台灣大陸同學們寫的頂瓜瓜 （哈哈，这个是广东话直接翻中文的吧？），我的卻很多紅色圈圈。因老師看不懂什麼是‘巴剎’。哈哈，我怎麼忘了這是馬來文翻出來的’中文字‘呀？

我有時會客家話直翻中文。有次我跟朋友說我想吃“豆殼”。朋友問我那是什麼東西。我說就豆殼呀，青色長長的那種。他笑死了，跟我說那叫‘長豆‘。噢，對厚，我怎麼忘了那是客家話？

有次我聽一位老伯伯跟他老婆說，你在這裡等我，我去把車‘駛‘過來。哈哈，那是客家話直翻中文。

我常常也用詞不當。其實真的是語言錯亂。我們客家話常說去‘喝水‘，意思是’喝茶/咖啡‘，聊天。有次我跟台灣朋友說我和朋友去喝水，他問我為何要到咖啡廳喝水，我愣了一下才回說，我在喝饮料啦~

發音不當也惹來了很多笑話。有次我想說‘ 僅供參考‘。但一時忘了這正式的說法，我說了’只供參考‘。台灣朋友頭上冒很多問號，問我為什麼‘子宮’要參考~

哎，我的笑話太多了。有時也真的為難了聽我說話的台灣大陸朋友們。不過幸好他們覺得我們很酷，竟懂這麼多語言。呵呵，我雖然全部語言都是‘有限公司’（不精通）但至少能和不同的人們溝通，自覺也很不錯啦，哈哈~

有時我覺得我們真的很懶。說話句子常常不完整，讓人家容易誤解。像之前去泳池，不小心踢到東西，結果腳趾 o che ~ 幾個星期後腳趾甲竟然掉了。但因為自己沒好好照顧傷口，結果腳趾發炎了。又腫又癢又紅。在公司穿了人字拖走動，同事問我腳怎麼了。我說因為我腳趾掉了所以不能穿包鞋。我這句話造成了轟動。大家開始很驚訝，問我到底什麼事情讓我腳趾掉了。原來我少說一個字讓大家誤會了，不好意思。是腳趾甲掉了啦~

哈哈，語言障礙有藥可救嗎？

The hidden message

Some say, the opposite attracts. I think otherwise though. Just think of it this way, if you can't stand a certain things, how would it be possible for u to form a good relationship with people who possess those things? Unless it's unconditional love hahahaha.. like how i love Jane :P

In my view, people form friendship with those who hold the same values as them. Otherwise, u are into topic A and he/she is into topic B, i don't know how long this kind of friendship would last haha

In my world, i don't like to regards problems as problems. I don't like to sit there and whine about how unfair life is because we are the writers of our own destiny. You choose what kind of a person you want to be. You choose how you want to react to situations. There is no easy way but when there is a will, there is a way.  To me, nothing is good or bad. It's us, who put a tag on what we like and don't like or what's good or bad. 

I used to get frustrated when certain things turned out differently when I'd already made perfect plans. Then i realised, that's the way things are, change is constant. I either move with change or be left behind. I still do my best to prevent things from happening, but if it still turns out differently, i just gotta accept it and see how else i could improve. And who knows, the unexpected change might turn out to be a good thing! 

I have been added to many chat groups - Buddhism class group, medical volunteer group,  charity org group,  real estate motivating group.... The one thing these groups have in common is, they all want to make a difference to the society.

One day, i had nothing to do and viewed the group of people in one of the groups (haha, how meaningful :P). Wow, everyone has very positive quotes as their introduction. I guess the quotes must be what they want to achieve in the future or have achieved or realised. 

When i got to the bottom of the list, i laughed so hard XD

If these people ever go through the list like i did, i wonder what they think of me when they see the chicken! haha..

Actually, the chicken is not just a random icon i put. It has a positive energy meaning. U have to read the hidden message!

So i did a little survey by asking a few friends what they think the icon implies.

A friend said, "don't know. You are craving for chicken rice?" (i do like to eat chicken rice but that's not what it means haha)

Another said, is that your year of birth? (oh, why not? haha)

My colleague gave the most hilarious reply

She said, "it's very obvious! I think u support 那只鸡" (@.@)

haha, ok, looks like great minds aren't easy to find hehe...

That chicken, popping out from the egg means 重生 (Rebirth) --> when we are presented with new things which we have no idea how to handle, do not fear or run away. Find ways to overcome them. Once u crossover, you are no longer the person you were yesterday because you have gained one more strength, you are one step better.

That chicken popping out from its egg also means stepping out from your comfort zone. Do not let fears stop you from chasing after your dreams. We only live once. If you never never try, you will never never know your capabilities.

That chicken popping out from the egg also means, growing up/ being strong because if it breaks from the outside, it means you let yourself be beaten by the external forces, however if it breaks from the inside, it means that you have taken actions to overcome your shortcomings ( 从外打破是压力，从内打破是成长).

See? i do not even need any words to express my positive thoughts! Awesome right?

My one little chicken icon is FULL of Wisdom!

This is truly a picture is worth ten thousand words! :P

There it goes again...

I am thinking of creating a new label called "Grab funny moments" haha..

Today, i took a grab car to the Eye Specialist Centre as my mum was already there and i worried her vision would be blurred after the eye drops and wouldn't be able to drive home.

In the car, the driver asked me if i am working at the Eye Specialist Centre.

I don't really like to reveal too much as I do not know if this person, you know, is being friendly or has other motives... Haha, sorry, i know we have new government, new hope, new ways of living and this person is just trying to be nice, hoping to get a rating of 5 from me... But, i shouldn't let down my guard down still, right? 

So i simply replied "No".

After a few minutes, he asked again, "you are there to see patients?"

Errrr... No... 

Last time i took a grab car from a medical centre and the driver insisted i must be a doctor. This time, another driver thinks i'm an eye specialist or nurse? haha interesting...

Ok, i think i look intelligent (AND i am although a bit clumsy :P) and it kinda makes me feel that, i should've studied to become a doctor instead.

Too bad, my talents and intelligence aren't for that field T___T

I only get to look like a doctor but actually not a doctor .. but it's cool anyway haha.. 

Well, not only am i mistakenly as a foreigner in my own hometown, but also a profession which I am not familiar with :P Are u envious of my multiple identities? hahahaha

Spotted! hehe

There is a new mall in town. 

I thought I would only visit after 3 months of its opening to avoid crowds, instead Christine and I visited a day before its opening day :P

Call us kia su haha

Actually, we were having lunch nearby (what a big mistake) and we thought since we had spent time waiting in the traffic jam, we might as well make this trip worthwhile by joining the crowds. Is that logic logical? haha...

We were walking to the car park. Along the way, I saw new trees being planted. Nice, because in a blink of an eye, these trees will grow into big, masculine trees which provide shades to the pedestrians. 

Just as i was in my own thoughts, something caught my attention and i just had to stop and take this picture to show you guys :P

Look, the trees planted by 'normal' people are growing well except for the tree planted by the Senior Assistant Director of Forest Department >.<

Oooppps

Can u spot the dead tree? hehe

My new occupation haha...

I took grab car at  the medical centre just now because i reckoned it would be easier for the driver to locate me if I am at a landmark.

When i got in, the driver asked me if I'm a doctor. 

I said nope. 

He asked me what I do.

I replied that I'm doing everything from low to high and left to right. I wasn't kidding. It's exactly what i do :P

He turned back and looked at me and said, "Nah, it can't be. You look like a doctor".

I wish I have such talent! haha.. I said really, am not. I just wait for car here actually... 

Then he started to chat with me, about health issues which are now affecting younger people, the high medical costs and insurance nowadays and how he had a heart surgery and then being told actually his heart is OK (Oh my, he went thru unnecessary pain!).....

He then turned around and said again,  I think you are a doctor.

@.@

I said nooooo... seriously! 

He 不死心 and continued to say, then u must be some kind of doctor's assistant?

NOOoooooooooooo.... 😅😅😅

Haha, which part of no doesn't he get it? haha... 

I'm telling the truth and yet he doesn't believe me 😆

OK la, it's an honoured to be regarded as a doctor. If he must insist, I will just accept with humble heart. Actually, u could say I am a 江湖医生 (self-taught, fake doctor) 😆 

There, i hope that makes him happy! haha...😂 

New Device for Home

OK, i haven't mentioned about the new device which we installed last November. 

I wanna wait and see if this device works as intended.... now that it has been almost half a year, i think i can comment on the effectiveness now.

*******

My home is infested with rats.

It has always been a problem because our house is surrounded by bushes and there is an abandoned house behind us where the rats hide. Of coz, the fact that there is plenty of food in my mum's kitchen too... it's like the rats can come for buffet anytime @.@

Recently, it becomes a serious problem when the rats multiply and create a colony within our house.

Many times, we see them breezily walked past. Sometimes we catch them eating an unopened packet of food in the kitchen... Something absurd happened one night. I was sitting in my room engaging myself in the IT world, then i saw in the corner of my eyes that "something" was moving into my room from outside. I looked and gosh, it was a rat! 

The rats are daring. They aren't afraid of anyone or anything.

We caught the rats using the cage a few times. And some died from the rat poison. But the problem did not get better.

One time, to prevent the rats from getting to precious food which i brought back from overseas, I kept them in hard casing luggage thinking it would be safe until one fine day, i found out that, the luggage that looked 'untouched' had actually been bitten through by the rats! just to reach the packets of dried organic noodles inside!

Look what they have done to my trusted friend!!

Arrrgghhhh

OMG, they are insane!! They are dangerous! They are out of control!

I bought a device which was said to produce ear-piercing sound that irritates rats and had them turned on 24 hours a day for about 2 years. As you can see, they don't work at all. Crap, money down the drain...

So after many many rounds of negotiations with my parents, one day, i came home to find a new device.

It's a ...

Blue-eyed kitten!

Ok, don't be fooled by his cuteness 

He was angry when my mum first brought him in. nobody could touch him. Even feeding him food offended him haha... 

Then after a few days of us trying to make friends with him, he relented. 

We kept him inside the house. The next day, we found a dead rat in the living room. Then we found dead little snakes, cockroaches, lizards... my parents were proud of him.  But we also found torn toilet paper, broken vase and that he actually naps on my cleaned clothes!!!

oh well, i guess nothing is perfect. This device functions but at the same time, we need to pay the price to keep him entertained.

As our cat grows bigger, he starts to treat home as a hotel. He disappears and only comes home during meal times when he will meow non-stop. After meal, he disappears again. He doesn't hunt for anything anymore and my parents start to complain that he is a useless cat.

haha, oh well, he deserves to be scolded. Just look at him... we find him sleeping most of the time or just lying around doing nothing haha...

Just look at all his different poses!

The cat is now my responsibility even technically, it's my mum who brought him home. As i said before, i'm a responsible person. Since the cat is now one of the family members, I have to make sure he becomes a better cat. So lately, i nag at him that he better starts catching some rats to prove to my parents that he is not some 'qi liao bi' (wasting food) member. 

Last weekend, i found some dead lizards on the floor. OK, no rats yet but at least he did SOMETHING. Yesterday, when i was eating at the dinner table, i saw something moving rapidly at the door. I looked closely and oh my gosh, my cat had a big black bird in his mouth. It was still alive and struggling!!

The cat with the bird bigger than him came inside the house and tried to go upstairs. I screamed at the cat and the next thing i saw, the bird escaped from his mouth and ran frantically to kitchen and then out the window and my cat was chasing after it, jumping from the floor to the counter top and then out the window.. it looks just like the scene in Jacky Chan's movie. 

It was crazy! When my cat returned from the bush, I caught him and said, PLEASE CATCH RATS, not birds. Zzzzz... 

Haiiii.... the rats are still partying loudly at the ceiling. I wonder when my cat will terminate them all. 

New skill developed

 

I have developed a new skill recently.

It's not something that i like to do and capable of but i have no choice because if i don't do it, i will eventually be the one responsible for the consequences :(

I have not mastered this kung fu because every time i need to practise it, I still feel embarrassed.

This new skill of mine is called 'giving gentle reminders" haha... well, it's a nice way of putting it. Really, i think those who have received countless messages or calls from me repeating the same would think it should be renamed to 烦死人 (bugging people or broken recorder) >_<

Seriously, i don't like this to be practised on me too. And i surely do not like practising this on people too. BUT  I force myself to do it simply because I have deadlines and objectives to meet. I hope those being bothered by me understand my predicament. I do it for a reason, really.

My sincere apology if u find me annoying.

But looking from another angle, if my requests are timely attended to, I wouldn't need to give reminders, right? Haha, look who is making me who I am :P

Many years ago, a friend once said to me that I'm a very responsible person. He said, whatever tasks given to me, I would find ways to accomplish them.

He is so damn right!! Once, i got headhunted by other section head because of this strength! It's a compliment although sometimes i wish i am not that responsible hehe... Being very responsible can make me v tired too. I remembered, when my family just set up a new business 2 yrs ago, as we were not familiar with the operation, it was hard at the beginning. And being a responsible person (i don't even own it! haha), i spent so many sleepless nights trying to understand the operations and figuring out how to operate it. I skipped lunches to run errands etc too. Soon, I ended up taking a short vacation in the hospital hahahaha...

Anyway, no matter what, i still feel blessed that I am a v responsible person. I see it as a quality rather than a suffering because by being so, I'm a better person. I refuse to allow myself to be complacent and just let people take lead of my life.

So guys, please excuse me. I know u may find me a nuisance for countless reminders, i feel the same too for doing so... . But, i do it anyway because life is the way we manage it :P