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.

I can't be more vain than this!

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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）

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.

Your Feelings, Your Thoughts

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.

王菲王妃

我爱王菲，严格来说是从199x年-《Di Dar》这张专辑开始，也就是她在Cinepoly/新艺宝的最后第二张专辑。接着从她在EMI的5张大碟-《王菲》、《唱游》、《只爱陌生人》、《寓言》及《王菲》，本人最爱《唱游》及《只爱陌生人》。

《将爱》是王菲在SONY发的第一张，也应该是最后一张专辑了吧！好可惜噢…阿菲曾经提名台湾金曲奖5次，终于在2004年凭着《将爱》得到歌后殊荣。但对于天后来说，她并不在乎；只是她的粉丝-我-就很在乎。认识我的人都知道，除了王菲，其他中文歌手的歌我都不洗耳恭听。

在颁奖礼上，阿菲再次出语惊死金曲奖：我会唱歌，这我知道，所以，对于评审对我的肯定，我也给予充分的肯定。

阿菲就是阿菲。金曲奖这一次是阴沟里翻船，一心想把皇冠往王菲头上戴，哪知王菲嘟一嘟嘴，将其人之道，还治其人之身。

1000 things to do before I die, I don't think I'll be able to complete one of them now as it's very unlikely for her to hold another live concert. 死而有憾吧……

明天我不能嫁给你啦！！

Oh shit! I just realised that I hadn't backed-up one of my all-time Faye Wong songs. The song was downloaded way back in time. I had had it for years!! She sang that at one of her concerts after which she married her first husband (thanks to the song?).

I must have thought that I had all her songs on CDs hence I missed out the whole Faye Wong folder on purpose, when I was backing up my data. I took things for granted. And now I can't seem to find it on the internet.

3 seconds after I actually posted this entry - PJ da mouse found the song for me on some chinese forums! I owe you one dear.

Mercury? Am I?

You Are From Mercury

You are talkative, clever, and knowledgeable - and it shows. You probably never leave home without your cell phone! You're witty, expressive, and aware of everything going on around you. You love learning, playing, and taking in all of what life has to offer. Be careful not to talk your friends' ears off, and temper your need to know everything.

What Planet Are You From?

Orgasmic July 2007

I'll die in July 2007... There'll be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows followed by the Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix.

And before that, there'll be Transfomers!!! Robots in disguise. From the trailer, I think I can't ask for more on the detailed CG and exciting actions. However I'm hoping for more story lines too rather than just an adrenaline-pumping typical action movie. You know my taste Mr. Spielberg, I already told you before you did Minority Report and especially after War of the Worlds.

It's so enticing that in the trailer, none of the Transformers has made a single "eh". Can't wait to hear who's the voice behind Starscream!