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.