3000令吉，能活嗎？
I happened to come across this article today... *sad* Sometimes I really feel that standard of living in Malaysia is too high (or, shall I said our RM is invaluable?), while the salary level in general is low. Hence, many ppl are living in 水深火热之中. Especially JB, things are inflated as we're close to Singapore. Those who work in Singapore have higher purchasing power as opposed to local who work in JB. Imagine a guy (A) earn SGD3,000 and a guy (B) who earn RM3,000...... How much does the food cost? In JB, B could have spent RM5 on lunch whereas B spends SGD2.5o (it's possible to buy lunch at RM2.50, really!) on lunch. A buys 3-in-1 coffee at SGD4.00 and B buys the same thing for RM9. The living of expenses is doubled on B, while there will be extra for A for other additional things. Many ppl are struggling for living in Malaysia.....
Looking at the expenses for a family of 4 members, I really don't see the family could save in any aspect. Car instalment of RM500 is considered low; house instalment of RM900 is also low; living expenses of RM650 sounds extremely low to me; petrol RM200 is also at low end; Mama雜費 RM200? incredible low.... well, think the most they can cut low is the insurance... but having said that, the family doesn't save for future?
How does my family survive? I wonder..... My parents could have raised us up to grown-up, sent us to private schools and even can send me to university. How was all these done? I'd never know.. but I'm thankful.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, June 17, 2007
看不见就当没发生
今天看了各大报章，我有兴趣的是昨天“十萬火急--全民拼治安”的研讨，警民对话。我没有去。我爸爸去了回来跟我们“报告”了一些内容。对于警方的解释，我非常同意其中一个读者的言论：“问题发生只会用尽脑汁去找藉口，不懂得把脑汁善用在防止罪案...引用香港人说的一句话“解释也就是掩饰”...” 看到其中一篇报道，想起wsj 在MSN讲的。。。 我不苟同。
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不难发现，华人媒体大肆报道掠夺案，最近发生的抢劫轮奸案更是如此。这样的动作，我诠释为：新山人已经到了无法忍受的地步了。以前的掠夺案，也是这样不了了之。罪案还是在发生。只是我们自己小心提防就好。要什么就给他什么，不要受伤就好。后来事情演变成歹徒抢了东西还要送上几刀。现在是抢东西，伤人再给你一个永不磨灭的伤痕。事情总发生在华人身上，华社当然不能坐视不理。警方办事不力，华社当然得自救。
如果说这是媒体的渲染，“荼毒”大家的想法，我倒觉得这样的说法有欠公平。当我还在新山工作的时候，所见所闻那些发生在同事身上的掠夺伤人案不胜枚举。有的甚至发生在新同事上班的第一天。走在路上，包包摇一两下，就不见了；走在回家的路上，就莫名奇妙的被推倒，抢了东西还被拖到伤痕累累。这些事情就发生在我们的周边。这些都没有见报的。。 试想想还有多少案件是没有见报的？当你去报警的时候，警察还说：这种事情每天都有，我们也没办法。有些还懒到叫你自己写report. 我曾经也在去取车的途中被可疑人物跟着，虽然没有不幸的事发生（因为同事突然出现），可是那种惊吓程度，我没办法用言语形容。
为什么 ang moh 报和 malay media 没有篇幅连连呢？？试想想，华人的言论会出现在 Straits Time 还是 Berita Harian 吗？？当华人要知道更多资料，他的管道难道不是华文报章，而是那些ang moh 报和 malay media 吗？？Berita Harian 的新闻记者难道是华人吗？华人的舆论会写去ang moh 报和 malay media 吗？？我想不会吧。如果事情是发生在我们的异族同胞身上，我们的malay media 就只是那么一小篇幅吗？？每个族群都会对某些课题有不同程度的敏感度，这是不可否认的。在这个现实的社会，大家都会为自己的利益争取些什么。难道奢望别人会为你做些什么when you keep quiet?? 别人不会知道你在想什么如果you just keep quiet. 我不认为华人媒体的大肆报道有什么错。如果大家都封锁消息，我们根本就不会提防，不会知道事情的真相。虽然有时候我不同意媒体借用一些课题来刺激销量。
华人之所以个个变成惊弓之鸟不是没有原因的。记得513事件吗？还记得印尼华侨的不幸吗？澳洲也曾经排华排得严重，记得吗？我们这些在海外生长的华侨，处境是可怜的。不管你去到哪里，对别人来说都是二等公民。
我们都有前车之鉴，长久下来的打压（从我们老祖宗的年代开始），所以我们努力不懈。努力的让自己得以生存在不公平的制度下，还要保留自己的文化。华社的坚持，所以我们并没有像印尼或泰国的华侨，最后被同化，失去自己的根。“十萬火急--全民拼治安”，华人只不过是要做些事来捍卫我们在这个国家应该享有的公平对待。
力辩治安没民众所说严重 警指责华文报炒作
警方辩解称，新山的治安问题，并没有如民众所想象般严重，并指责这是华文报章的炒作及渲染性报导，误导了民众。
刘健雄警官代是代表柔州警察总长拿督胡先，出席“全民向犯罪宣战”签名会上，表示新山的治安并没有民众所想象中的那么严重；刘氏也是柔州警察总部担任刑事罪案情报组的主任。
他指出，早在去年，新山的犯罪率已下降了7.9%，民众会认为新山治安不好，这完全是因为华文报章会拿一些个案，例如强奸案等等，不断放大报导所致。
他认为，华文报这种报导的手法，不像巫英文报章扼要的处理手法。 这样的结果，刘氏认为，会导致新山市民误认为，新山的治安日益恶化，这令他们忧心忡忡。
他也提到，新山最近的确有令警方头痛的案件，如匪徒在晚间，向前往新加坡工作的民众下手的攫夺案、“假车祸，真抢劫”等的案子。
“这些罪犯，通常都是在‘神志不清’的情况下干案的。” 警方最后希望，新山民众不要把罪案率的提高，归咎于种族问题，同时也不要将事情政治化。
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Gang rape cases enrage public
"Since the gang rape, I’ve been bombarded with calls and SMSes from my constituents who are worried about the increase in violent crime," said Johor Jaya state assemblyman Tan Cher Puk.
State MCA chief Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek urged the public to remain calm. "Do not let racial sentiment go to your head, and turn the crime issue into an emotional topic," he said in Muar
yesterday.
The priority should be to let the police investigate and capture the suspects as soon as possible. "The criminals picked their victims randomly and the public should not think that a particular race is being targeted."
Calling for the SMS campaigns to end, he described these as irresponsible acts which would stir up emotions.
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不难发现，华人媒体大肆报道掠夺案，最近发生的抢劫轮奸案更是如此。这样的动作，我诠释为：新山人已经到了无法忍受的地步了。以前的掠夺案，也是这样不了了之。罪案还是在发生。只是我们自己小心提防就好。要什么就给他什么，不要受伤就好。后来事情演变成歹徒抢了东西还要送上几刀。现在是抢东西，伤人再给你一个永不磨灭的伤痕。事情总发生在华人身上，华社当然不能坐视不理。警方办事不力，华社当然得自救。
如果说这是媒体的渲染，“荼毒”大家的想法，我倒觉得这样的说法有欠公平。当我还在新山工作的时候，所见所闻那些发生在同事身上的掠夺伤人案不胜枚举。有的甚至发生在新同事上班的第一天。走在路上，包包摇一两下，就不见了；走在回家的路上，就莫名奇妙的被推倒，抢了东西还被拖到伤痕累累。这些事情就发生在我们的周边。这些都没有见报的。。 试想想还有多少案件是没有见报的？当你去报警的时候，警察还说：这种事情每天都有，我们也没办法。有些还懒到叫你自己写report. 我曾经也在去取车的途中被可疑人物跟着，虽然没有不幸的事发生（因为同事突然出现），可是那种惊吓程度，我没办法用言语形容。
为什么 ang moh 报和 malay media 没有篇幅连连呢？？试想想，华人的言论会出现在 Straits Time 还是 Berita Harian 吗？？当华人要知道更多资料，他的管道难道不是华文报章，而是那些ang moh 报和 malay media 吗？？Berita Harian 的新闻记者难道是华人吗？华人的舆论会写去ang moh 报和 malay media 吗？？我想不会吧。如果事情是发生在我们的异族同胞身上，我们的malay media 就只是那么一小篇幅吗？？每个族群都会对某些课题有不同程度的敏感度，这是不可否认的。在这个现实的社会，大家都会为自己的利益争取些什么。难道奢望别人会为你做些什么when you keep quiet?? 别人不会知道你在想什么如果you just keep quiet. 我不认为华人媒体的大肆报道有什么错。如果大家都封锁消息，我们根本就不会提防，不会知道事情的真相。虽然有时候我不同意媒体借用一些课题来刺激销量。
华人之所以个个变成惊弓之鸟不是没有原因的。记得513事件吗？还记得印尼华侨的不幸吗？澳洲也曾经排华排得严重，记得吗？我们这些在海外生长的华侨，处境是可怜的。不管你去到哪里，对别人来说都是二等公民。
我们都有前车之鉴，长久下来的打压（从我们老祖宗的年代开始），所以我们努力不懈。努力的让自己得以生存在不公平的制度下，还要保留自己的文化。华社的坚持，所以我们并没有像印尼或泰国的华侨，最后被同化，失去自己的根。“十萬火急--全民拼治安”，华人只不过是要做些事来捍卫我们在这个国家应该享有的公平对待。
Happy Father's Day
As usual, we ate out at restaurant. My mum suggested a newly open restaurant at Mutiara Rini. According to her, it's a seafood restaurant and the restaurant is always crowded with people (the perception was that food must be nice and cheap there). Hmm.... we're the regulars of a few restaurant, partly because my parents accept only chinese food and are also health conscious, hence, there were only a few restaurants in my dad's list. So I was thinking in mind maybe we should try something new...
My first impression: very creative name... but then the restaurant is a bit "lok kok". Not much renovations was done. Some mamak stalls could have better and grand outlook than this restaurant.
Come to eating, there're certain dishes we wouldn't be missed out - tofu and fish. Cos we grabbed crab and prawns this round, hence, no fish was ordered. Tofu was still one of the dishes, for certain. How's the food then?
This was the best dishes I had tonight. Black pepper crab was oily; veggie was so-so; Indonesian prawn was also not better off than other restaurant. Overall speaking, dishes were a bit of salty. However, there's something which surprised me. The restaurant didn't put pork on its menu. Dishes were also cooked with chicken instead of pork. Hardly see a chinese restaurant which didn't use pork at all right? This best suit me.. cos I don't eat pork (although I also don't like chicken).
This is chrysanthemum tea. Was it really chrysanthemum tea? Look dubious to me cos the colour was too yellowish. Another was, I didn't see chrysanthemum flower. See the water was so clear. It must be some chrysanthemum powder with colour additive. The flowers used must be those re-brew for a few times and merely for "decoration" puporse. Sucks.
Lastly, a group picture. Very "lao tu" right? My mum's idea.... taking a wall as background. Should make use of those customers as background mah.... looked merrier....
Should you want to have seafood, better go those proper seafood restaurant. You can still get seafood at this restaurant but there's a big gap in the quality and freshness...
Saturday, June 16, 2007
又到端午
It's Dragon Boat festival again... time to eat Bak Zhang. My mum has already made the Bak Zhang when I got back yesterday. Don't know since when, my mum started to make 2 types - one is so called the 海南粽 and another type is the normal kind of triangle shape Bak Zhang (Hakka style). What's the difference between Hainan Bak Zhang and the normal Bak Zhang? Here are some comments.....
Hainan Bak Zhang are not easily available in market. Hence, my cousins in KL "orders" from my 3rd auntie. Ask the family to make for them and the Bak Zhang will be delievered by another cousin who studies in KL. haha~~ This year they're making business like that as orders are from "internal ppl" everywhere. My mum received order from my aunt also but don't think she committed to the order... hehe.... According to my cousin, one Hainan Bak Zhang costs around RM8. Wow~~ that's pricey!
How does a Hainan Bak Zhang looks like? Here's the picture....... it looks like a pillow basically.
Looking at the Bak Zhang, I recalled the days when grandma and grandpa were still around... Ah Po made excellent Hainan Bak Zhang. Fragrant, yellowish sticky rice mixed with the fragrance of the leaves (don't know what leave is that though). It's just perfect match! When Bak Zhang's time come, cousin could have taken 2 or 3 in a go..... All these are in remembrance, stay in memory only.... the taste is not retrievable... although I admit my mum makes excellent Bak Zhang also.
To all the 游子.... my treat to you... 呵呵....
Mr KY, dare you say I wu liao?!
端午节快乐...........
海南粽和其他粽子不一樣，粽葉是採自深山的芭冬葉，含有獨特的香味，粽子的形狀呈五角形，如枕頭狀，因此也稱作枕頭粽或五角粽
與北方的棕不同，它由芭蕉葉包成方錐形，重約半公斤左右，糯米中有鹹蛋黃、叉燒、臘肉、紅燒雞翅等。熱粽剝開，先有芭蕉和糯米的清香，後有肉、蛋的濃香，香濃淡兼有，味葷素俱備，令食者胃口大開
Hainan Bak Zhang are not easily available in market. Hence, my cousins in KL "orders" from my 3rd auntie. Ask the family to make for them and the Bak Zhang will be delievered by another cousin who studies in KL. haha~~ This year they're making business like that as orders are from "internal ppl" everywhere. My mum received order from my aunt also but don't think she committed to the order... hehe.... According to my cousin, one Hainan Bak Zhang costs around RM8. Wow~~ that's pricey!
How does a Hainan Bak Zhang looks like? Here's the picture....... it looks like a pillow basically.
Looking at the Bak Zhang, I recalled the days when grandma and grandpa were still around... Ah Po made excellent Hainan Bak Zhang. Fragrant, yellowish sticky rice mixed with the fragrance of the leaves (don't know what leave is that though). It's just perfect match! When Bak Zhang's time come, cousin could have taken 2 or 3 in a go..... All these are in remembrance, stay in memory only.... the taste is not retrievable... although I admit my mum makes excellent Bak Zhang also.
To all the 游子.... my treat to you... 呵呵....
Mr KY, dare you say I wu liao?!
端午节快乐...........
Meal at Lavender
While shopping at Tebrau City, I felt very hungry... Think of getting some snacks to fill the stomach. By my nature, my first choice would be Old Town - for coffee/tea and toast. But my brother wanted more variety. So, we decided to go Lavender.
It's been a year plus since I last had lunch at Lavender (Senai Airport). That was when I was out office at Senai. I could still remember the Iced Mocha... look attractive and taste good. Look at the picture.... it really looked attractive.
Usually when I had nothing in mind as to what to eat, I'd normally go for chef recommended food. I saw this "Treasure box". It looked good in the picture and the description was as such: "White bread, egg, chicken, garlic with homemade white source". Hmm... garlic? I was thinking maybe it was thick toast spreaded with garlic butter. The golden color outlook of bread could be caused by egg. So, I was imaging maybe the bread was covered by pan-fried egg or something. Also, I was thinking it could be taste like 棺材板 as I tried at 士林夜市. (Taiwan's snacks didn't really impressed me, except for 棺材板.....)
So, here it comes.....
Looked good BUT bread was deep fried !!!! Oh gosh~~~ I don't understand why they ppl like to deep fried bread. Don't they reckon bread will absorb the oil and the bread tastes really awful regardless how crispy the bread is? -_-
Take off the cover.. ohh... now then I noticed the bread was filled with soup. It's not the white gravvy that I previously imagined. It's soup. Corn soup with chicken.
It's been a year plus since I last had lunch at Lavender (Senai Airport). That was when I was out office at Senai. I could still remember the Iced Mocha... look attractive and taste good. Look at the picture.... it really looked attractive.
Usually when I had nothing in mind as to what to eat, I'd normally go for chef recommended food. I saw this "Treasure box". It looked good in the picture and the description was as such: "White bread, egg, chicken, garlic with homemade white source". Hmm... garlic? I was thinking maybe it was thick toast spreaded with garlic butter. The golden color outlook of bread could be caused by egg. So, I was imaging maybe the bread was covered by pan-fried egg or something. Also, I was thinking it could be taste like 棺材板 as I tried at 士林夜市. (Taiwan's snacks didn't really impressed me, except for 棺材板.....)
So, here it comes.....
Looked good BUT bread was deep fried !!!! Oh gosh~~~ I don't understand why they ppl like to deep fried bread. Don't they reckon bread will absorb the oil and the bread tastes really awful regardless how crispy the bread is? -_-
Take off the cover.. ohh... now then I noticed the bread was filled with soup. It's not the white gravvy that I previously imagined. It's soup. Corn soup with chicken.
Finished the soup and I cut a bit of bread, I was filled... Couldn't finish the rest of it... That's how much the leftover... wasted huh? It'd be best to waste as it's oily....
If you were to have meal at Lavender, please don't order this "treasure box". I don't think it worth as much as you pay for. I strongly recommend spagetti. Seafood spagetti, yummy ~~~
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Sometimes you only need a listener
I was talking to Michelle during lunch, who is also a Malaysian who has been working in sg for many years. I didn’t tell much of the details but was merely telling her that I’m not happy.
I get to know Michelle because of Company A. The engagement could be the worst engagement in my portfolio but fortunate enough, the staffs there are friendly and nice. That trade-off the unfortunate of doing audit for this entity. I appreciate the help Michelle offers me during the course of audit. Personally, I also think she’s also a good listener. At least she knows my feeling. Yeah... sometimes we merely need a listener. He/she doesn't need to understand what you're talking about (basically most of the time they don't understand). You only need someone who will listen to you. Those who will listen patiently is your friend. That's a way to vent our unhappiness.
She suggested me to have a backup plan since I don’t enjoy what I’m doing now. Yeah… she’s right. She asked me to apply PR asap as a backup so that I hop to wherever I want to go. In fact, I’m not really interested in PR as I don’t even know whether I’ll be working or staying in sg in near future. My initial plan is only for short-term. But now, it seems to me that getting PR will be the ultimate choice if I don’t intend to stay with this firm anymore.
And enjoy the spa and massage.....
Have good food under the moonlight......
I get to know Michelle because of Company A. The engagement could be the worst engagement in my portfolio but fortunate enough, the staffs there are friendly and nice. That trade-off the unfortunate of doing audit for this entity. I appreciate the help Michelle offers me during the course of audit. Personally, I also think she’s also a good listener. At least she knows my feeling. Yeah... sometimes we merely need a listener. He/she doesn't need to understand what you're talking about (basically most of the time they don't understand). You only need someone who will listen to you. Those who will listen patiently is your friend. That's a way to vent our unhappiness.
She suggested me to have a backup plan since I don’t enjoy what I’m doing now. Yeah… she’s right. She asked me to apply PR asap as a backup so that I hop to wherever I want to go. In fact, I’m not really interested in PR as I don’t even know whether I’ll be working or staying in sg in near future. My initial plan is only for short-term. But now, it seems to me that getting PR will be the ultimate choice if I don’t intend to stay with this firm anymore.
Ahh..... How I wish I could spend my day at a resort with no worries.
And enjoy the spa and massage.....
Have good food under the moonlight......
Just eat, enjoy and and sleep only. Sounds good eh?
So we set to spend one of our weekend like this in July, either Turibeach or Batam View Resort. I didn't manage to go with yiqi last time in May, so I must die die make it this round!
So we set to spend one of our weekend like this in July, either Turibeach or Batam View Resort. I didn't manage to go with yiqi last time in May, so I must die die make it this round!
Who else is interested?
三十六计
Suddenly think of this topic because Melvin said: "I gonna brush up my Taiji skill.... if not it's a waste staying in audit firm here.. " Hmm.... why are we so pathetic?Personally I think 三十六计 is more useful... although some of them are wicked brilliant.
For so many tactics, how many do you apply in life? I most want to learn and apply 笑里藏刀. Hehe..... Sigh... but my face doesn't hide a thing....
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