Thursday, June 14, 2007

Alfred is not happy

I had been so excited about tonight's business-class flight back to KL up to the custom check point at Melbourne Airport. My 2 bottle of Shiseido cleansing foam and scrub were confiscated due to them being more than 125ml!!!

The good side is that luckily the rest of them were safe. I got weak knees (not the good kind) after the whole Oh-my-shiseido-are-expensive-stuff and I-don't-give-a-damn dramas. I should not have been ignorant just because they were cosmestics.

Like my grandma used to tell my dad - when you fall down, grab a handful of sand when you get back up. So I gathered the following rules with regards to liquid & gel on board:
1. Each container must be less than 100ml. Anything bigger will not b allowed.
2. The custom officer will put all the less-than-100ml containers in a zip-lock bag (probably about 10cm x 8cm)
3. For those that are less than 100ml but can't fit into the one bag - SORRY.
P/S: medication may be allowed.

I really should feed those terrorist with my Shiseido cleansing foam so that they know the taste.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

I can't be more vain than this!

學校沒有教的東西

朋友傳來比爾蓋茨在一高中的演講。演講中他提到學校為了看起來很“正派”(politically correct),教導的一些處事方針都不實際,因此培養出來的學生,並不知道真正的社會現實,而在真實的世界里,遭受失敗。他列出了11條例,認為這是學校準備學生進入社會的金科玉律。

第一︰人生是不公平的,習慣就好。

第二︰這世界是不照顧你的自尊,在維護你的自尊之前,你必須做出表現。

第三︰你不可能一出校門就可以獲得6萬年薪,或成為有輛車子的副總裁。你必須去爭取。

第四︰如果你認為你的老師是很難應付的,等你有了上司或老闆後,你就知道滋味。

第五︰到快餐店去煎牛肉餅並不委屈,你的爺爺奶奶們對煎牛肉餅有另一種說法︰那是機會。


第六;如果你把事情搞砸,不是你父母的錯。不要埋怨發牢騷,從錯誤中去學習。

第七︰在你出世之前,你的父母並不像現在那麼沒有樂趣。他們要付你的費用,要幫你洗衣,所以在去援救天然雨林之前,先把你的衣櫥整理好。

第八︰學校裡可能不再分優勝者或落後者,但是現實生活不是如此。在美國一些學校,廢除了等級,讓學生不斷嘗試以便及格。但在現實生活中這完全是不可能的。

第九︰現實生活並沒有像在學校有不同的學段,你沒有夏日假期。沒有幾個僱主會有興趣讓你有時間反省,你用自己的時間吧。

第十︰電視劇並不真實,真實生活裡大家都要離開咖啡座去幹活。

第十一︰對於卑微的人必要好好相待,很可能有一天你會替他打工。

我們在學校,老師有教我們這些嗎?

我記得有一個當老師的朋友告訴我,有一次她讓一名小女生當班長兩星期後,覺得小女生不適合就換人,結果家長前來興師問罪,認為老師如此做法不公平,傷害了小女生的自尊,要老師恢復小女生當班長。

我的朋友如果當時看了比爾蓋茨的第一和第二條金科玉律,應該會告訴這家長,世界首富認為世界是不公平的,我們必須接受;沒有表現不用談自尊。

學校是準備孩子將來踏入社會的基地。讓小朋友生活在黑白分明的童話故事裡,是美麗浪漫的。但小朋友一直都留在童話世界裡是不會長大的。長大的孩子必須認識現實社會與學校不同的一面。

新加坡的學校,教導學生最現實的一招就是必須考出好成績,進入好的學校,最好能夠拿到獎學金,就能確保今後生活無憂無慮。

一紙文憑,科科A級,就優人一等嗎?現實不是如此,很多人出現了心理不平衡。所以現代人流行看心理醫生,因為學校教的與現實生活不一樣。看來學校應該把比爾蓋茨的11條金科玉律,列入高中生的必考科目。

(星洲日報/情在人間‧作者:林鳳英‧言論不代表本站立場‧2007.05.06)

Friday, June 08, 2007

It breaks my heart...

From this... 2005
To this...2006

To let you go Hazel... I'll always always miss you. I hope we'll find you someone nice.


Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Updated Trailer for HP&TOOP

I'm having chills up my spine as I'm writing this. This youtube clip contains more than the official trailer of the insights to the upcoming movie in July. I think this instalment will be far better than its predecessor, by the look of things. I'm watching it again and again and again until I get a chance to watch it. The battle at the MoM will rival that of Neo-and-Smith and the LOTR. This will be the first time their magical skills put to the test - worse as they have to go up against the already advanced and dark wizards.

Why? I might have to wait for more than 1 week or 2 to watch it after the release date as I'll probably be back in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia where there's unfortunately no cinema! And Tiong Hoe, no I won't join you in watching the pirated VCD. Luckily there's Popular Bookshop that I can purchase the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

And the Harry Potter Theme Park in Orlando, Florida - I'm sure I'll be still excited when I'm old (like 50) if I have a chance to ever go there! Imagine how happy is JKR's bank manager when s/he was told the generosity of the expected present value of the theme park.



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