星期五, 七月 03, 2020

怡保大妈豆腐水 Big Mama @ Ipoh

怡保以山水闻名。想到怡保,会想到山水所制的黄豆加工产品,例如豆腐水(闽南语)!怡保的奇峰红遍国内外哦,虽然我喝了觉得不过如此。毕竟豆腐水这种东西,不太可能做得差的。

奇峰我试过数次了,好喝是好喝,却不觉特别好那种。这回怡保之行我要换换口味,所以找到了这间【大妈】。

店内空旷,桌椅不会太多,令人感到舒适。此处有档口卖猪肠粉,叫了一碟,淋上甜酱和咖喱汁,不错不错。当然,猪肠粉也是不可能有什么创新的。

山水豆腐花,不损怡保之名,顺滑爽口。豆腐水也不错,可是,就像我上面所说的,不可能会有什么新创新的。

收银台与厨房

甜酱咖喱汁猪肠粉

黑糖豆腐花

白糖豆腐花

冷冻豆腐水

星期二, 六月 16, 2020

多元與包容

此文于西元贰零二零年六月十六号获刊登于《南洋商报》- 多元与包容

Why Should Leaders Care about Diversity and Inclusion? | Lead Read ...
笔者目前效劳某英国上市的跨国金融科技企业。近几年,公司都在一直推动多元与包容(Diversity and Inclusion)的文化,希望没有员工因自身的种族或宗教或性取向等而遭歧视。最近,由于美国发生了弗洛伊德事件,公司更出动高层,个个拿标语上公司新闻电子布告栏,呼吁各位多多包容性取向与众不同的一群。

对公司的本国员工而言,该运动显得相当有趣。大家心里有数,性取向或跨性别的课题,在本国向来分外敏感,这些群体虽然不算受打压,可是当局也不鼓励高调。之前还有槟城政府突然取消这些群体所举办的艺术展览,引起争议。

成立公司,目的无他,就是赚钱。员工效率高,依其岗位,要么多为公司带来更高营业额,要么效率高至能够为公司省下开销,例如压低时间成本。如果员工能办事,身为上司或老板,谁会介意其种族、宗教或性取向?下属善解老板心意,能够及时在工作上为老板解忧,老板肯定会珍惜这种人才。

至于之前本地招聘广告著名申请者须谙华语而闹起争议,被一些人视为种族歧视。依笔者所见,也许是误会一场。开出职缺者之所以列华语为条件,一就是许多数职员、客户或合作方等都口操华语,二则是他们需要聘请与他们语言及文化相似的人,方便沟通与共事。招聘为公司大事,请对人,间接对公司的财报有利,只看种族语言而不看申请人之才干与资历,那是非常不合逻辑的事。

举个例子,若有十位申请者来面试。其中9位与面试人的种族一样,却勉强合格而已。仅剩的一位,属于异族,表现却非常标清,面试者也觉得能与之好好配合。如此一来,为了经济效益,当然是请表现标清的那位了。当然,真正的面试还有其他考量,笔者的例子是简化了,为了方便说明。

再者,员工的背景与思维有许多不同,看事情的角度必有所增加,可激发许多想法。加上各自所庆祝的节日不同,可以轮流放假、轮流代班。这种优势,在像我国那样的多元种族国家,是非常明显的。同样的概念可用在老中青员工及男女员工数量等等,越多元就越能互补以达到双赢。

弗洛伊德事件,美国许多民众纷纷上街示威。看新闻画面,示威群众包含各族群,而非以黑人为主,当中也有不少白人。可见,起码在美国,许多白人都支持多元与包容。这群人,包括像笔者本身所效劳的企业,可谓是打了《文明冲突论》作者亨廷顿一巴掌。亨氏认为,美国来自各地的新移民,各自带来原乡语言、宗教及文化,稀释了美国精神,即盎格鲁撒克逊人基督新教文化。亨氏觉得,美国政府有必要确保新移民能够认同并融入之。按目前的趋势而言,是与亨氏所提出的方向背道而驰的。

多元与包容,为许多跨国大企业所接受,将是大势所趋,绝无意外,合乎其利益。可是,各国是否视多元及包容有利,应该会因国情而有不同看法。有些群体会善用政府的多元与包容来扩张势力,势力强大後反而把多元与包容当成洪水猛兽。有些国家看清这点而收紧了多元及包容政策。

至于我国马来西亚,许多本地大企业的员工其实也来自各族,在享受着多元的好处。其实,有些大企业的老板,虽然本身属于特权族群,却也看到了多元政策能够招来人才使其企业业绩蒸蒸日上,所以本身也支持政府在政策上逐渐减少种族色彩。希望国内会有更多特权族群企业领导人一样能够看得远,并勇于向政府陈义在政策上落实多元化的好处

星期一, 六月 15, 2020

瓊南茶餐室 Kedai Kopi Keng Nam @ Ipoh

来了怡保数次了。这次就试试不同的茶室吧!

琼南。一看其名,就知道这是海南人创办的茶室。很多海南人咖啡店喜欢用【琼】这个字。原因很简单,【琼】就是海南地区的别名呀!海南话念Keng。闽南语也是这么念。

当天是工作日,可是茶室也很多人。听他们谈天的内容,我估计以当地人居多。

点了干咖喱麵,麵条口感不错,咖喱也很香浓。可是,不算是特别出色那种。这种普通食物,的确很难做出更好的味觉体验。

来了来了,最重要的一环,咖啡。我很喜欢海南咖啡。这间泡得够香浓,不错。当然,近年我发现,只要是华人咖啡店或茶餐室,咖啡都能泡得不错。很难有突破了。也许是技术普及了吧。

这间有道非常特别的食物,是糯米饭加大马特产咖椰酱,老板说是他们自制的,我还跟他们买了一罐。这种配搭我首次迟过,相当新鲜的吃法,如果您没试过,可以试一试。不错的。


工作日也相当多人
工作日也相当多人


香浓咖啡

香浓咖啡

糯米加咖椰酱

星期二, 五月 26, 2020

Strange Foot Step Sound At Midnight

Once upon a time he was running some electrician works at one school. He usually worked till late at night to catch up with the project deadline. He would just sleep in a house which was located within the school's compound than hotel located few km away.  

One day, at midnight, he was awakened to strange foot-steps sound going towards another direction than his room and the sound went off very soon. The subsequent 2 weeks he was awakened to the same sound every night.

星期五, 五月 15, 2020

Saved by Buddha

He was driving on a country road. 

Out of a sudden he 'saw' one huge Buddha status landing on his car from air. 

Nothing happened. 

The very next day, after a long journey on a winding cliff road, he finally reached his destination. 

He was so tired hence decided to take a nap. 

Suddenly, he was awakened by a loud noise. He quickly got down from his car and saw the tires were punctured. 

He felt so lucky, he dare not imagine if this happened to him while he's driving through that winding cliff road. 

星期二, 五月 12, 2020

全國華文獨中校徽

马来西亚的华文教育体系早在英殖民时期已经茁长成长,其中独立中学是国家弃儿。联邦政府尚有制度化津贴华小,可是独中则完全不得任何资助。总之,华文教育体系被视为有违国家宪法精神,国家宪法以马来语及伊斯兰教为独尊。所以,华校能够生存至今真非易事。独中本来只有六十间,关丹中华独中是最新的一间。我并非独中生,可是关心本国的华文教育体系。

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The Metaphysics Secrets

Are you trying to improve your luck through metaphysics ways like Feng Shui? Numerology? Qi Men? Tarrot? Or mystical way like Bomoh? Mantra? 

If you have tried the above methods and ended up with nothing, then you have to attend to my course. However, if you've got good results, congrats to you! But let me ask you a question, at what cost? Courses around such topics are usually multi-hundreds(take Joey Yap's courses as example). Yes free or cheap courses are available but those are usually at introductory or beginner level. Once you walked out from the classroom, you do not have anything practical that you can use right away. Not to forget the content of the above subjects are always intense - hundreds of terminologies and computation methods to memorize in 2 or 3 days! And for god sake how many thousands of unique cases you have to go through in order to build up the confidence that it really works? 

Today, I am offering you a course that is much much much more simpler. You are not required to memorize a single shite, you can skip all those complex computations or endless times of chanting, you just need to complete 2 major steps within less than 20 seconds, then go on with your normal life while waiting for miracles to happen, usually within a month, depending on what are you asking for.  Sometimes the result comes as fast as in just a week! 

This course is instructional than typical classroom - I will send you the 9 Secret Verses and guide you to use these verses right away! How much is it? 1000? Nope. 500? Nope. 200? Nope. 100? Nope. It is RM90 only. 

If you practice painstakingly, I am sure that many months or one year later, when you look back to where you have started, you will be amazed of how your life has improved so much. By then you will understand the exact meaning of "count your blessings".

星期日, 五月 03, 2020

冷力大街旁華人糕點 Street Chinese Kuih @ Ringlet

年年必上金马仑高原的第二间厝,享受冷冷气候。这年上山途中,途经小市镇【冷力】,大街旁有华人小贩摆摊卖华人糕点小食。买了几种试试,都是炸料,很好吃!可是,很不好意思,有些我都忘了其名了。

有一个充满了芋头,非常实在好咬。另一类内馅为叉烧,美味极了!令人惊喜的是,咬下去,还有浓浓叉烧汁流出来。












星期三, 四月 29, 2020

這不是風水學!這不是奇門遁甲!

工作休息时刷Insta,看到了著名风水师放上这个。其实,这跟风水无关(也许是“高层次风水”,我不知道),而这个讯息,加上几个《学儒学出好运气》课程所分享的秘密,已经会有明显效果了,根本就不需要付几千块看风水,甚至上几千块的风水课程,除非是对风水的算法术语等专业有兴趣而花几千块去上课,那倒无妨。

星期六, 四月 04, 2020

Parasites

One by one he forced them out, saying "please let go and leave...".

Some of them were crying like baby. Some of them refused to surrender and leave. Some of them got "enlightened" and left. Those who left kept thanking him. So you can hear she said, "Thank you, Thank you" over and over again.

星期三, 四月 01, 2020

古來麥可樂炸雞 McCola Fried Chicken @ Kulai

实话实说,来到古来,真的不能不吃麦可乐炸鸡。当地人有个口头禅“炸鸡吃麦可乐、吃冰吃快乐园”。快乐园就在麦可乐的“隔壁”,只隔了一条小巷而已。

快乐园其实也有卖炸鸡,常爆满,座无虚席,大家都是冲着其形形色色的冰而来。我当年常去逛,真的很大份,大热天吃起来真的很爽!

可是,论炸鸡,还是麦可乐最棒!皮炸得脆脆咸咸的,一口咬下去,哇肉保持鲜嫩多汁,真的很不凡的炸鸡技艺!麦可乐都找得到位子,因为多数人都来打包,拿去快乐园吃!哈哈哈

这两间店,也就是麦可乐及快乐园的座位设计也很传统,很“美式”,我不太会用文字形容,可以看照片。哈哈哈。

香脆多汁的炸鸡,配上浓浓椰浆味的椰浆饭,甜辣的马来辣酱,这个下午实在过得太爽了!


菜单


没有夸张,真的香脆多汁

还有大大块的酿豆腐呢!

炸鸡档口
咸脆皮,肉嫩多汁

麦可乐炸鸡椰浆饭

隔壁的快乐园

满座的快乐园!

星期一, 三月 23, 2020

進打錫礦博物館 Kinta Tin Mining Museum

很少看本地的博物馆,靠近太平的这间相当不错哦!是锡矿博物馆。

当天去的时候,只有我一个游客哦。可是,我看得出此馆花了不少钱在设计上,尤其外面的那些巨大实例模型,如果游客希希,恐怕无法维持太久。

馆旁有办公室,馆主似乎还有做印刷的生意,也许是用一边的钱来补另一边的钱。

话不多说,我们去看看吧。

可以看到上世纪锡矿的真实活动与情景。有意要研究锡矿开采史,尤其是华人锡矿石的人可以来看看,这里的资料算很多了。