从风柜回来的人

五月间和咱们家的博士月见面之后，好久的一段时间都没再联络，早阵子心里挂念起她，就那么神奇的，突然就收到她传来的问候简讯。于是我们通电话聊了蛮久，真的蛮久...

好了，不说废话。

和博士月通电话的重点是：博士月在8月期间到台湾背包旅行了一趟（羡慕得叫我流口水，我老友真有形）！然后她发现二十几年前我们共同不知所云的风柜原来就是风柜的真相。读到这里，你们也不知所云吧！不知所云就是二十几年前听到李宗盛的“风柜来的人”和大学城的“风柜之后”这两首歌，煞是喜欢，月曾经问我风柜是什么？我说不知道！于是堪称不知所云....（好笑咩？）

风柜是台湾的一个旅游胜地，从那里来的人就叫风柜来的人，月是这么告诉我的。那里景色怡人，听她形容好像和仙境差不多很接近了，她还说，自己租了一辆摩多在那里风驰电聘，有多写意多畅快自不在话下，叫听的人口水潺潺而流。（以上形容因为没有很好的文笔所以无法将月告诉我的风柜加以美化，我只好长话短说的写，你们看那个post date是12/11，我写写又停停，删了又除，拖到现在，才很惭愧的摆出来！）

月还说，很想二度观光，并且想组个团带队去什么的，还指定我一定要参与（难度很高，这点）。

月说台湾的背包之旅，花费差不多马币两千左右而已（不大买大吃大喝的话），观光时间八九月最理想，summer sales嘛！

嗯！我是蛮有兴趣的啦！只是怕时间方面无法配合而已，你们呢？

要不，就当着听爽就罢，听歌就好。：P

yy

风柜来的人 李宗盛

从风里走来就不想停下脚步
如果欢笑可以骄傲我们要它响亮
向风里走去就不能停下脚步
如果年轻凝成泪水很快就会吹干
青春正是长长的风
来自无垠去向无踪
握住生命如同握住一只球
对着太阳掷去缀成一道不经心的彩虹

风柜之后
作词：詹育彰 作曲：詹育彰

一样的年岁有人麻木有人残缺
一样的笑容有人深刻有人机械
一样的日子有人活得真切 有人根本没有感觉
一样的情节有人满意有人落泪
一样的沉醉有人激烈有人疲惫
一样的过去有人不想提起 有人根本完全忘记

年轻的岁月原本就不多 我为何还在这里蹉跎
早已看破的游戏为何仍然无法逃离
如果年轻就只是这样 我不甘心 我绝不甘心
如果人生就只是这样 我宁愿放弃

一组绚烂七彩霓虹 一把熊熊燃烧火炬
到底哪个才叫年轻 一个佝偻图腾与一个咆哮的猛兽
到底哪个更叫人难过 给我更更不凡的生命
更更鲜烈的青春 我宁愿选择后悔
绝不能忍受永远受人支配

如果爱情就只是这样 让它去吧不必在意
如果友谊也只是这样 还有甚么可叫我珍惜

Condolence to Boon Chieng & Family

This morning as I was cleaning my aquariums, I received a call from Golden. The moment I noticed his call I had the gut feeling that:

1. someone must have passed away again. I just hope the person was not our schoolmate.
2. there's a small scale gathering

I was a bit relief when I picked up the call without anyone responding from Golden's side. I thought he could have missed me to much that he dreamed about calling me. So he dialed my number when he was asleep. After several "hello..hello..." and I decided to hold the call even though it was idle from the other side. I just listened carefully for any sound from the other end to make sure that Golden was not kidnapped or something like that. Suddenly, I heard "Can you hear me?" from Golden.

The next thing from our conversation was another bad news that Boon Chieng's father had passed away. My prediction was unfortunately accurate. I told Golden about it and he told me next time he would not dare to call me anymore.

I really hope I am not turning this site into an obituary site.

Meanwhile, I would like to send my condolence to Boon Chieng and his family.

多活50年

有一天，神创造了一头牛。
他对牛说：“你要整天在田里替农夫耕田，供应牛奶给人类饮用。
你要工作直至日落，而你只能吃草。我给你50年的寿命。”
牛抗议：“我这么辛苦， 还只能吃草，我只要20年寿命，余下的还给你。”
神答应了。

第二天，神创造了猴子。
神对猴子说：“你要娱乐人类，令他们欢笑你要表演翻筋斗，而你只能吃香蕉。
我给你20年的寿命。”
猴子抗议：“要引人发笑，表演杂技，还要翻筋斗，这么辛苦，我活10年好了。”
神答应了。

第三天，神创造了狗。
神对狗说：“你要站在门口吠。你吃主人吃剩的东西。我给你25年的寿命。”
狗抗议：“整天坐在门口吠，我要15年好了，余下的还给你。”
神答应了。

第四天，神创造了人。
神对人说：“你只需要睡觉，吃东西和玩耍，不用做任何事情，只需要尽情享受生命，
我给你20年的寿命。”
人抗议：“这么好的生活只有20年？”
神没说话。
人对神说；“这样吧。牛还了30年给你，猴子还了10年，狗也还了10年，
这些都给我好了，那我就能活到70岁。”
神答应了。

这就是为什么我们的头20年只需吃饭，睡觉和玩耍。
之后的30年，我们像一条牛整天工作养家。
接着的10年，我们退休了，我们得像只猴子表演杂耍娱乐自己的孙儿。
最后的10年，整天留在家里，像一条狗坐在门边看门口。。。。。

499期风采。。。

小猪的故事。。。

一天小猪对爸说：现在的机器真放便，
把猪放进机器里就会变成香肠，
不知可有香肠变猪的机器？
猪爸说：有！你妈的机器就可以，
我把香肠放进去， 就变你出来了。。。

Time Is Running Out

Looking at the situation of 2009. So many people around us have passed away. Sometimes it makes me wonder whether the end of the world is coming. I was telling Golden the same thing - the Mayan prediction...how accurate is it? Do we really have less than 3 more years to go? Are we going to see the end of ourselves? I have been a non-believer in the year 2000 could create havoc around the world. I doubt the world will come to an end but I believe the end will come one day. When? Could be today. Could be tommorrow. Could be next year? Could be 100 years later or even a few million years later.

Back to something more realistic, as you notice that one by one of us especially our teachers are leaving this planet one by one. If there's a wish to have a huge scale gathering...something bigger than what we had in Penang, I think we should plan it from now. I have been thinking that maybe we should invite our former teachers from Khoon Aik and SMP to join us as well. I wonder how many of them are still capable of attending the gathering. We'll never know who is going to miss this gathering if we keep delaying. It does not have to be one or two persons sponsoring it. If each of us is willing to pay for it like we used to do in Penang, it should not be a problem at all. I think the ideal period for the gathering is during school holidays. As for venue, I am not sure whether the hall in Khoon Aik School or Penang are good ideas. I don't know how many of our former teachers are still in Kangar or how many have moved to Penang (I am aware of some who are in Penang but the number does not exceed 5). Maybe it's more fun to be held in Khoon Aik as we get to see our old school inside instead of from the outside.

Please vote for the location at the right hand side of this blog!!

What do you guys/ladies think? Please provide me your comment.

Mr. Lee Lai Soon Has Passed Away

Another of our former teacher from Khoon Aik Primary School, Mr. Lee Lai Soon, has passed away due to colon cancer. I got the bad news from Golden. I believe the funeral is in Kangar. I believe Golden has more information.

Career Mid Life Crisis

Recently, I met up with some former classmates/school mates and realised we had something in common - we're all fed up of our jobs.

Despite that we come from different industries such as engineering, accounting and computing, we feel exactly the same. We are tired, sick, frustrated, demotivated and disappointed with our jobs. The jobs just turn into a day in day out routine. We no longer opt for any goal in our career. We all look for another industry for refuge....at least we attempt to get out of our current field of expertise. We are sick of being pushed around in the company with all the pressure from the management and the customers. Some of us just hold on to our jobs just for the sake of having a stable income. The word passion is no longer in our dictionary for the field we are in.

Perhaps we are tired of being in the industry for over 10 years with no accomplishment? Are our careers fated to be doomed? How are we going to move on?

Feel free to discuss it.

Remember them?

Do you still remember them? Currently, all of them are staying in Penang. Taken during the funeral of my dad.

L.S.

RIP: Mrs. Lim ("Lan Shen" or "Lan Lau She")

Besides losing my father, to those who are unaware, we have also lost a beloved Khoon Aik school female teacher that I used to call "Ah Bird Auntie" (during my pre-school years) or "Lan Shen" (when I started schooling). Most of you should be calling her "Lan Lau She".

In case you can't recall her, she was a cheerful teacher. She is a bit chubby but I don't consider her overweight (just my personal opinion). She wore spectacles. Her husband was a Khoon Aik school teacher too - he's Mr. Lim. He passed way in the 80s I believe. She lived in Lorong 3 corner house in Taman Perlis. I have no idea what subjects she specialised in but she taught me science in Standard 3 I think. I still remember enjoying her class because she had never scolded/punished anyone and always loved to tell us stories including some ghost stories.

Here's my personal relationship with her:

When I was a little boy, I loved to go over her house which was next to my house in Kampung Bakau (near SMP). I remember she and her husband pampered me so much. Whenever, I was crying, she would sometimes brought me over to her house and gave me jelly, kuih or ice cream to calm me down. When the area was flooded, his son that I called "Ah Bird Ko Ko" (mispronunciation of Albert) would often catch fishes for me. Even after moving to Taman Perlis, I remember staying a few times with Mr. & Mrs. Lim when my parents were in Penang. I still remember that she took me for a movie at Capitol cinema during one of my stays. I would say that I was very close to her when I was a kid.

The last time I talked to her was when my mom passed away. She apologised for unable to drop by for the funeral because she was not feeling well. I didn't realised that the phone call was our final conversation too (just like my phone call to my mom the day before she passed away). I was shocked to hear that "Lan Shen" passed away when I tried to reach her when my dad passed away. During our last conversation, she still offered me to drop by at her house to stay overnight like when I was a little boy.

I still remember very well that she used to nicknamed my dad as "Lau Hero". I can't believe that they're all gone now and I still feel like a little boy.

I hope she rests in peace just like my parents.

Mr. Yew's Funeral

My dad's (known to all of you as Mr. Yew) funeral is on 18 Sept 2009 at 2pm. Location is the same as my mom's funeral last May.

YY/PL, please help to moderate the comment if there is any.

Thanks

L.S.

Eerie Dream

I had a weird nightmare last night. We were having our SMP gathering. It was so much fun and excitement for me to meet so many people I had not met for ages. Trust me, the scale of the gathering was very huge. It's even bigger than our gathering in Penang. The people attended were people I least expected including Soo Aun and Kean Keong. I even joked with them as if they were alive, especially Kean Keong since I had not seen him for more than a decade. Everyone looked so much younger than when I last met all of you. Even those from overseas were around i.e. Lee Za, Jasmin Foo, etc. I remember PL, KK, CC and YY were around too. As I joked and joked, when I mentioned Kean Keong and Soo Aun, someone (I think Chin Hin) stopped me and reminded me that they had passed away. Then I was stunned and all my hair stood up!!! I was told to ignore them as if I had not seen them because they were not supposed to be there. I was not the only one that saw Soo Aun and Kean Keong though. Many of us saw them but I was the only one joking with our dead friends without any fear. How weird!!!

Then I was awaken by an SMS my sister sent mentioning that my dad was vomiting blood and currently he's in the hospital for check up. I am still waiting for further news.

I'm a light sleeper this week because I am on 24 hours support duty this week. Any slight noise can easily wake me up especially sound from handphones.

婆媳不和的六大理由

为什么从古到今婆媳总是不和？经过专家仔细分析后发现原因有六个：…

1）家婆花五年时间教会儿子如何穿裤子，可是媳妇却用不了五秒钟，就能叫儿子把裤子给脱了！

2）家婆用有奶的乳房哺育了儿子的生命。可是媳妇却用没奶的乳房欺骗了儿子一生。

3）儿子累了一天，妈妈会看着儿子入睡，可是媳妇晚上还罚儿子做掌上压，还要一齐高喊啊哟！

4）家婆痛到半死把儿子从下面生出来，但是媳妇却爽到半死要儿子从下面进入。

5）家婆在儿子小时候为他洗白白，但是媳妇却要长大的儿子为她‘洗锅’。

6）家婆千辛万苦才教会儿子如何射尿，但是媳妇却不用教也能让儿子连精都射出来..

KK

What's Your Plan on Hungry Ghost Festival?

What's your plan for tomorrow night (3rd Sep 2009)? Have you been hearing noise or seeing "things" in the past few days? If not, try to look carefully and listen carefully :)

I have been hearing "things" even before Hungry Ghost Festival. Example: furniture shifting at the apartment above mine, dropping marbles at the apartment above mine and keyboard typing sound in my office when I was alone. I got so used to them now that I have been immune :) I have been watching Korean Ghost Story alone in the dark for the past few days. Again I have been immune.

However, right after midnight, my online friend told me he saw "something" approaching him when playing games on his PC. My hair stood up immediately. I guess real life story is more likely to scare the shit out of me :)

So, post some ghost stories to share lah....:)

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Ghost

Since it's Hungry Ghost Festival now. Let's pay a tribute to the other side of the world. :)

I think many of you are aware that the housing area next to SMP was infamous as a haunted area by now. A Malay man used to tell us that a lot of people were killed or committed suicide in that area during Second World War. The house I used to live had two trees (one in front and one at the back). Both were suicide spots for 2 Malay ladies. I wonder whether the current occupants of the houses in that area still encounter anything abnormal. Maybe the ghosts are more scared of human now. Imagining how bad human behaves these days. Any idea?

In the 80s, there were also some houses in Taman Perlis known to be haunted. Those houses are still being occupied today. I wonder what has happened to the ghosts?

At Jalan Raja Syed Alwi, I also heard about a haunted shophouse not far away from a former Chinese temple (I think the temple is gone now). During Hungry Ghost Festival, the occupants often heard people knocking on their back door. I think there was a suicide case before in that shophouse.

In the Kangar town, there was a shop that exploded before I was born. I still remember my former tuition teacher told me that he narrowly escaped from the explosion by firecrackers sold in the shop - as he just walked out of the shop, the shop exploded and his friend died in the incident. I wonder whether there's anything funny in that area. I am aware of the exact spot. It's not far from CC's shop.

The junction near the Kangar General Hospital where the traffic light was located, it was known to be haunted too. It was known to be an accident hot spot many years ago before the traffic light existed. Someone claimed that he saw the "thing" at the junction during a rainy day.

Please share your stories if you have any.

Underwater World

Can you guess when was this photo taken? Give me the exact date if you can - if you guess the exact date (with day, month and year) correctly, I will give you a lobster treat and give my soul to you :)

If you don't even know the location of this photo, you deserve to be kicked in the butt by everyone who visits this blog. :)

Hint: You were already born

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The quiz is over! Nobody got the exact answer. YY, I "belanja" you "ais kacang" for getting the correct year :)

This is the original photo taken on 22 Nov 1988.



These are the photos taken during the same period at Kangar town:

The view of the old clock tower can be seen here. Don't you miss the playground?



Taken near the Chinese temple:



Taken near the police station:

永无止尽

汗颜，辜负了联祥的一片苦心，用忙为藉口（不过确实是很忙），几乎忘了曾经的承诺。
最近松懈下来，昨晚在FB terclick 到思安的profile，我看到自己在他的墙上所写的留言：

《纵然你已经无法再看到墙上的留言，
我们依然会保留着你的位置，直到永远......!!
你的离去，让我们太伤感，SMP1988 xuite旧家因为有着你的字迹，
我们会尽自己所能，默默地守护着这片园地，默默地守护着你及家人。
安心的走吧！咱们有缘天国再相见！》

我很惭愧．．．．

我很久没回去xuite的旧家，不是忘记，是无心，自圆其说力不从心吧！或许会比较好听。
尽量试试看能否今天到xuite清理一下，
至于这里，也尽量试试看能做点什么，
尽量吧！

但，还是需要大家的扶持。

yy

Can You Recognise Them?

Can you recognise these people in the photos?

Hint:
Aliens like YY may not know them but, people like PL, YC, CC, KK, WK ...especially WK should be able to recognise them. WK deserves to be hanged if he cannot recognise them. Hahaha.

This photo was taken on 20 Dec 1968:


This photo was taken on 18th of Apr 1965:

Wanted: Dead Or Alive! Can You Recognise Them?

These people are now wanted dead or alive. Prefer to be alive though. Get them online...hahaha..

Can you recognise them?

你不可不知的三更。。。证据

1:29amPng
我在与思安聊天。。。。
1:32amDaniel
哇。。。。。。
1:33amPng
思安叫我问候你。。。。
Daniel
我怕！！！！
1:33amPng
哈哈哈。。。。。
1:34amDaniel
你老公。。。 ？？ 笔？？
睡了？？
1:35amPng
笔？？
没有墨了。。。。哈哈哈。。。。
Daniel
可以用嘛。。。 更好。。。
1:38amPng
思安叫CC帮忙照顾他老婆。。。。
1:39amDaniel
他老婆不是什么花。。。 是浓
帮不到。。。
1:39amPng
哈哈哈。。。。
Daniel
老叔， 喜欢 。。。 花
呕象？？
哈 哈
1:41amPng
思安说他不管，只要你转告CC,一定要照顾浓。。。。
1:43amDaniel
老叔 pattent 不一样， 思安一边脚。。 不是人人都可以。。
对吗？？
不懂的啦。。。
1:44amPng
哈阿哈哈。。。。小看我。。。。
1:49amPng
CC行的！！他呀。。。3只脚都行。。。。
1:49amDaniel
三更半夜。。。；以前你跟LS 是这样谈情的。。。。
1:51amPng
Oppss.....让你发现了。。。。不要说出去哦！！哈哈哈。。。。

1:52amDaniel
为了我的清白，我会承清。。。。
我不想的。。。
哈 哈！！！！
我真的不想的。。。
1:54amPng
等下LS骂你才知道。。。。

KK