星期五, 六月 26, 2015

Confucius is Prophet



The following is my answer to "Why God did not send prophets to China"

God did send Prophets to China. Many. Fu Xi 伏羲, Zhou Wen Wang 周文王, Kong Zi 孔子(Confucius) are Prophets.

The reason you're asking this question is because you put a narrow definition to the word Prophet. You version of Prophet is from the Abrahamic religions.

Prophet simply means the one who is able to experience Divine's consciousness and is able to receive the divine messages from God.

Remember, God's teachings vary in different places.

Confucianism stresses the importance of Humanity rather than God because the way to become a better human is also the way to glorify God. (Heaven in Confucianism context)

Confucianism & Political System



Today I want to talk about one of my favourite topic - Confucianism. 

Confucius has always been my spiritual guide.

Confucianism says that there is only goodness in human.  There's no "sin" in us. We've given the Love from God (Tian 天、Tai Ji 太极), which is also our naturally born conscience.  

Confucianism says that the capable ones are going to be leader eventually, regardless whatever political system they're in. This is the law of nature.  Because God arranged the path for them to become the leaders. Confucianism is always about to go back to the Law of nature, which is the divine law of God.

According to Confucianism, leaders have great responsibility to the people they lead. Leaders have heavy duties to perform. Leaders themselves have to lead by example. In return their followers will pay respect to them. So it's a two way thing.

Leaders have to always stay humble all the time because God is there watching all human. God is all that is. Staying humble is also very much aligned with the law of nature. If you're not against the law of nature, then yes you're on the right path and God will always take care of you.

So, democratic or not, does not really matter. There's no perfect system. Every system has flaws and can be misused for evil purpose. Most importantly, every individual must live the "Jun Zi 君子" out from them, and get rid of the "Xiao Ren 小人" that resides within themselves.

星期三, 六月 24, 2015

Ads: Cut the crap of English-is-Everything



My company is hiring.

Benefits: 1.5 month of contractual bonus which is paid to you monthly. Insurance coverage for yourself and family members. Parking allowance is RM260 per month and it is more than enough. Data Line allowance is RM88 per month and they're talking about an adjustment to RM149 but not sure when will that happen. Employer's contribution on EPF is 14% after you finish your probation. The rest are standard stuff like claim for spectacles, dental treatment and blar blar.

Work Culture: I'm not sure about other departments. IT department is quite slow paced. Office is always 90% empty before 6pm. Once i stayed up till 6.30pm and i had a feeling that it was already 11pm or midnight. Not a place for those who love loads and loads of challenges.

My company is USA-based with offices around the world. Sometimes teleconference can be as early as 5 or 6am which is around 4 or 5pm Mountain Standard Time in USA. Sometimes it can be as late as 11pm which is the morning in Phoenix. You can attend to these calls from anywhere.

Your boss could be someone in Europe, USA or Japan or elsewhere. My boss is in Europe.

Oversea experience: You will get chance to visit Europe and USA unless you say no. Yes everything in this company is negotiable. The HR team here is very very helpful. They really take each employee as the company's asset. I can feel the difference between the HR team here with the one in my previous company which is also a MNC.

Relocation to USA: Very high chance as in just a few months we have three colleagues from the KL office chose to relocate to Phoenix, USA.

Language: This is not a place for people who loves English very very much or people who "mengagung-agungkan English". You can freely use "lah lor leh" and commit as many grammar mistakes as you can because our Angmos(White) Americans colleagues are able to understand Manglish. To them the real problem only comes when they're trying to understand what does a Japanese say in English. Anyway please don't say "I Think" too much as they will think that you really "think" only.

Work from home: Usually people get to WFH once in a month. It could be more but subject to the agreement between you and your boss.

Career Growth: Maybe you will be stagnant at one position for many years. One thing good is the C-level will visit almost all sites throughout the whole year and that's the chance for you to make them remember your name if you really want to move up the ladder.

The following are the positions available:
Program Manager
Sr HRIS Analyst
Sr Programmer Analyst
Sales Manager (Png)
Analyst Programmer
IT Helpdesk Specialists (9 positions) (English + Mandarin OR Japanese OR Vietnamese)

Like my page and leave your email at the comment section if you are keen and I will ask for the JD from HR. Thank you.

星期六, 六月 20, 2015

廣告: 與美姐Anjoe Koh面對面时。。。



与美姐面对面,你能做什么呢?

凡是女人都爱打扮,可是偏偏并非每个女人都知道如何正确的装扮自己。
 有些人,明明不适合传窄裙,却从来不知道自己不适合穿窄裙。当她悉心打扮後,发现到没人对她惊艳後,感到很不解很心酸。其实,有时只要她选对服装,往往就可以扭转乾坤,从平淡无奇的小女人变成气质高贵的大美女。

所以,对时尚的了解不深,就会出现以上的问题。

那你对时尚的了解有多深呢?
 
聚会当天,Anjoe会亲自为大家讲解,如何穿出自我,用正确的打扮方式来彰显自己的优点。Anjoe本身是选美冠军,经过不少严格的时尚培训,接触不少的时尚专家,一路走来,Anjoe本身已经成了时尚的活字典。她肯抽空与你分享这些宝贵之事,你,如果是女人,绝对要珍惜!

还有,如果你关心Anjoe的前程,想知道她是否会像2003年和2009年Astro国际华裔小姐冠军杨秀惠还是陈美豫般往香港主持界与电视台发展,还是会像2011年Astro国际华裔小姐冠军林家冰、殿军温慧茵、2012年冠军陈楚寰般在大马发展,最绝对不能错过这次的聚会。你可以了解到,当选为美姐後的出路有多广,还有一些选美的内幕等等。

Anjoe越来越红,越来越忙了!以後要找她都难啊!你千万要抓着这次的机会哦!

请请请你尽快联系 Evonne Kho 0189033956(只收电话和短讯SMS)。

主办者会当场向出席者收费作为Anjoe礼物的费用。

日期: 28/06/2015
时间: 6:00 PM
收费: RM30
地点:  
Sweet Hut

B-27-G, Jalan C180/1, Dataran C180, Batu Cheras, Selangor
43200 Cheras

星期三, 六月 17, 2015

雜志《品牌與連鎖》作品: 馬來西亞博彩業三大品牌

马来西亚虽以穆斯林国民为多数,但由于建国领袖决定以英殖民威敏寺制度来执政,加上非穆斯林人数其实也不微,所以大马算是很世俗的国家,不会太过强调伊斯兰化。

大马首任首相成长于皇室之家,自小受英国教育熏陶,作风很英国化。当时,国内宗教氛围尚未浓,马来文版圣经也没被禁。这位首相破天荒发了国内唯一一张赌场执照给云顶高原集团老板-已故林梧桐先生,间接令这位大马一代赌场大亨发迹,也令政府的税收暴增,那笔数目在尚无石油收入的日子,可是举足轻重。政府因云顶赌牌而食髓知味,接着发出一张又一张的测字博彩执照,继续靠博彩税来填充国库,“利益人民”。单是从多多哪里抽到的税,每年就有整四五亿。

也因此,大马国民赌客非常幸运,他们的赌博选择众多,除了上云顶高原赌场外,不能上山时也可买万字过过瘾,只差没法天天赌。非穆斯林为之疯狂,一些穆斯林也为之着迷(国内有穆斯林买万字可非鲜听到的事)。赌客得到娱乐,博彩公司也赚不停,然后政府继续抽那8%的彩池税,皆大欢喜。

马来西亚共有三个测字博彩品牌,分别为万能、多多、与大马彩。其实东马另有沙拉越马会、万利和山打根马会,但他们的业务只集中于东马,所以不为半岛民众所熟悉。这些万字博彩执照也是由首任首相阿都拉曼所颁发。数十年下来,国内几乎每一个大街小巷都可见到三大测字博彩公司的招牌。不过,一般人士要开分行,就须从财政部手上拿到“万字连锁店”执照,而这申请过程还真的难如登天,手续重重,难度堪比华裔从国家石油公司处拿到汽油零售站执照。

市面上还有许许多多无牌经营的大小万字博彩“公司”,他们以更佳的赔率,广流行于民间。由于开采成绩是跟着有牌的公司,这些无牌万字博彩业经营者可说是在经营着无本生意。据说还夺走了三大正牌万字博彩公司的市场。所以,三大正牌都不把持牌的对方为最主要对手,反而是地下万字厂才是他们的眼中钉。

万能
万能是国内首家获颁四字(4D)万字博彩执照的公司,短短两年内就于西元1970年上市,目前的最大股东为马化控股。众所周知,马化控股是本国华人政治大党-马华公会所创办的投资臂膀,不过,经历八十年代党争后,马化控股的主人从马华公会转为传说中与安华关系密切的林添杰,直至安华上世纪98年失势后,林氏方退出马化控股。

身为高盈利的公司,万能自是与政治脱离不了关系。目前的公正党头号领袖,也就是前首相的安华的多年网球球伴纳拉卡鲁班曾任万能执行董事,其当时的老板正是林添杰。纳拉后来与安华闹翻后,站出来爆料说安华在任财政部长期间发出了不少万字分店执照,并曾收下万能马币六千万元的“礼物”!然后由纳拉本人亲自运送现款。不过爆料归爆料,证据拿不出来也是徒然。纳拉之后因此事被告诽谤,并被法庭判有罪。

万能的广告歌琅琅上口。以广府话唱出的歌词-“有万能,有惊喜,有万能,有惊喜,有快乐”直截了当,听一遍就可永记在心,是非常成功的广告歌。

万能的“产品”,也就是万字游戏多年来千篇一律,玩法没变过,就玩那四个号码,不像竞争对手有多种玩法。不过近年来该公司推出新产品,使玩家可以两种万字组合来赢得积宝。万能还为此新玩法注册版权,防止其对手抄袭。

万能此举并非纯为了应付合法的万字公司对手,反而是为了对付“偷吃”了不少市场份额的地下万字厂。万能的方法极为有效,积宝游戏成本过巨,依地下万字厂的有限财力,根本无法提供类似的游戏给赌客。这也是政府愿意批准此新玩法的原因。那些地下万字厂所赚得的赌钱在政府眼里,都是所漏掉的税收啊!尽管这些钱来源有违伊斯兰教义,但终归是钱,多多益善,政府高官不可能坐视不理。

多多博彩
多多目前是我国第一大测字博彩公司,有超过四成的市占率,稍微领先市占率三成多的万能。除了有普通的四字博彩,多多也有几种积宝游戏,是国内首家推出积宝游戏的万字博彩公司。积宝游戏奖金丰厚,也有多种玩法,如6/58,6/52,6/55等,这些多多的招牌游戏非常受赌客垂青。故论产品之“多样化”,多多远胜于对手数倍有余,难怪能成为万字博彩业龙头大哥。

说来难以置信,多多本为马来西亚政府的“生意”,创立自西元1969年。政府经营多多博彩的初衷为用所获盈利为推广运动并发展运动设施之经费,但这边厢博彩盈利不断,那边厢运动发展依旧缓慢如昔。

及后大马政府于八十年代受伊朗回教革命影响,也积极推广“伊斯兰化”,好为世俗政府增添“伊斯兰色彩”。恰巧伊斯兰教义严禁人赌博,政府不得不除多多博彩。一番转折后,西元1985年,时任首相马哈迪最终决定把多多博彩售给当时年级轻轻的商界初生之犊陈志远先生。陈志远得到了这只生金蛋的鹅后,财富也随着年份越积越多,日后更成为国内数一数二的大亨。

多多老板陈志远一度也曾入主万能,众人都议论纷纷,以为陈志远胃口大增,不满足于成功多多而已,想要独霸两张万字博彩赌牌,成为名副其实的“赌霸”。但没多久,陈先生就把手上万能股权放掉,大家方恍然大悟,这只是陈志远一贯的秉持的宗旨,即“什么都能卖”,手上任何资产一旦有好价,陈志远就毫不迟疑脱售之,换取暴利。其对数码网络如此,其对万能亦是如此,手法如出一辙。

多多博彩虽没像万能般在媒体上大作广告,但其市场团队也创造了一个不错的口号,为“追追追,追之也”。初见之者未必能想到此古雅口号竟为万字博彩品牌口号。

大马彩
大马彩的主人曾经是大名鼎鼎的我国印裔大富豪-阿南达克里斯南,可见阿南达实在厉害找“现金机器”,他所掌控的明讯、寰宇、大马彩等品牌皆是一等一的好马。“大马彩”也使阿南达创下“大马记录”,成为首个获颁博彩执照的非华裔。不过,大马彩是最迟拿到积宝游戏执照的公司,比起其他两家对手,迟了数十载,失去了不少先机,惟也足以使阿南达财富蒸蒸日上,阿南达日后能成为超级大富豪,源自大马彩的收入肯定是一大原因。

数年前,云顶集团的林国泰,突然与国内一批著名华商组成14人财团,向阿南达献议购买其通过“丹绒”母公司所控制的大马彩。当时大马彩测字博彩业务赚钱,惟尚有赛马场业务亏损连连,因此阿南达也乐于脱售之。据林氏说,华商商团收购大马彩后,会将该公司的盈利拨入“公益金”,用来为国内华文学府如华文小学和华文独立中学,及淡米尔小学的建设与发展买单,“帮助政府减少教育拨款负担”,也算是一门善举。不仅如此,该基金也将被用来提升教学水准。此事当年还由首相纳吉所大力支持。当然,这种以赌养校的策略,有些人无所谓,许多人还是觉得不妥当。

大马彩品牌标志形像鲜明,就是一匹正跑着的马,标志为三大测字博彩公司之最鲜明,故大马彩没有何特别的口号或歌曲,显得有点低调。论投注店,大马彩其实及不上多多及万能,因此大马彩则靠核心产品-万字游戏来抢客户。大马彩供其赌客玩三个号码游戏,这是其对手所没有或不愿推出的产品,因为“三个字”较易命中,赌客也比较容易赢,代表公司须随时准备现金为赌客奖金。当然,既然比较容易赢,自然而然赔率也不及四字博彩游戏。大马彩还设计出1+3D,即买三个号码,再加上第四个号码,若四个号码全中,就赢得更多的奖金。

星期二, 六月 16, 2015

The True Form of Fasting



Here is how fasting works: 

When God tells you to stop eating, you will know its a message from God. There is no doubt at all. The message is very very clear. 

Throughout the fasting process, you will not feel hungry. You will not suffer at all because you don't feel hungry or feel uncomfortable. This is only when you fast according to God's order. 

When do you break? Very easy, either you receive God's order, or you start eating when you start feeling hungry again. Yes it is that simple, because eating when hungry is the the natural way. God will never not mean to make us suffer. God will never want us to go against the nature, for nature laws are God's creation. 
 

Wrong way of fasting is, you intentionally get into standby mode before fasting or before breaking. Stop doing that, because once u start doing that, you are not fasting for God, you think about your interest. Your intention to fast hence becomes impure. 

In the true way of fasting, there is no room for preparedness or readiness. You fast immediately when you are being ordered by God to fast. This form is the Total Surrender to God and yes this form is the PUREST form of you.

星期一, 六月 15, 2015

廣告: 与美姐共聚!





你想要与Astro国际华裔小姐冠军兼国际中华小姐非常非常近距离的接触吗?

我友人举办了一场“与美姐共聚”的聚会,以庆祝美姐得到2014年Astro国际华裔小姐冠军!

这位美姐是谁呢?对了,就是Anjoe Koh 许愫恩!Anjoe如今也是Astro艺人哦!她曾主持Astro2015年的倒数活动。

这个是难得的机会。我友人可花了不少心思才争取到Anjoe抽时间出席这场聚会。

由于场地所限和安全因素,所以名额有限。因此,如果你想在这场聚会与美姐面对面交谈,或跟美姐拍照,等等等,请请请你尽快联系 Evonne Kho 0189033956(只收电话和短讯SMS)。

主办者会向出席者收费作为Anjoe礼物的费用。

日期: 28/06/2015
时间: 6:00 PM
收费: RM30
地点:  
Sweet Hut
B-27-G, Jalan C180/1, Dataran C180, Batu Cheras, Selangor
43200 Cheras

星期六, 六月 13, 2015

淺談中國土豪現象與儒家對策



我特从书里抽出这段与众分享。书尚未写毕,希望八月可完稿,十月出版。为我加油吧!

所分享之文字如下:

中国自改革开放以来,经济突飞猛进,“生下”为数众多的“土豪”,“先让部分人富起来”的策略圆满完成,剩下的是让所有人富起来。土豪是富人,不过并非每位富人都是土豪。土豪是带有“乡土”味的富人。所谓的“乡土味”其实主要指的还是土豪们一身的乡下习惯,时而随地吐痰,时而大声喧哗,时而凭有钱而不愿排队,时而挥金如土。土豪活在消费至上的资本主义社会,是可以活得非常好非常舒服的,不过土豪与传统的富人相比,两者同样有钱,但还是有些“地位不均等”。有些富人如乔布斯和比尔盖茨或李嘉诚等往往是普罗大众的“偶像”,许多杂志书本都很喜欢访问研究这些富人,而人人也喜欢向他们学习致富秘诀。所以,他们不仅富有,还获得多人的尊重。至于土豪虽富,却因一身的乡土习惯而赢不到尊重,国际公民社会的人往往对其自持有钱而不遵守公民秩序而看不过眼,故有人以土豪称之,来区别其他比较有“现代”涵养的富人。

发生这种事,有时这是大环境的影响,非土豪之罪。要知道中国在改革开放之前,曾经历了十年文化大革命,一个人活在文化大革命时期,本来一切身心都奉献给了文化大革命的“正确价值观”,但突然间政府说要“改革开放”,引进资本主义世界来的资金,政策突然一百八十度转换,踏上资本主义的路,价值观彻彻底底有别于文化大革命时期。文化大革命时期革走了传统价值观的命,所以踏入改革开放时期的中国人,根本已经是价值观混乱,而可说是在身处摸索期,尽力保护自己的利益,免为他人所欺负。

所以,复兴儒家的好处,在于为大家带来的“礼”。你我无须学习所谓的公民社会规范。因为孔子最最最推崇的礼已经很足够应付现代城市公民社会所需了。前人唾弃礼的核心精神,使礼变成一条条的教条,丧事生气与活力,最后整个社会因活在恐惧中,渐渐堕落,乃至不堪抵抗西方资本主义文明的魔力。你我要做的就是避免步上前人后尘。

星期五, 六月 12, 2015

一理通萬理、一教通萬教



今夜听印度教师尊开示,竟令我在儒学上有所领悟,真是“一理通万里、一教通万教”。亦是孔圣所谓的“吾道一以贯之”。

兼得以从中获得灵感,写入我的书内,非常开心。

我还问师尊两个藏在心中数年却一直解不通的敏感问题:

一)旧约圣经里的上帝为何不仁慈,因人拜金牛而震怒。要如何看待。

二)穆圣为何下令人摧毁天房内的偶像。

我曾往基督教和回教读物视频等寻找这两个问题的答案,却无法令我满意。

师尊所给的答案不仅令我疑惑全消,其答案还完全无损这两教的声誉。

非常感恩。

我只能说,解经典要解得准,一定要用心来解。

感谢上天给予我这经验。

Malaysian in Globalization Era



Today one of my teammate in Europe was making fun of me. He's asking if I am robot or some kind of AI product. We've never really met each other face to face. I've been asked a few times to meet my teammates in Europe but I have some personal constraints so I couldn't go. So far all communications between us are done via instant messaging, phone & email.

Anyway, since I'm the only one from the team who works in Asian time zone, to me going to office is just waste of petrol and commute time as I rarely open my mouth in office. 

Globalization era. Jobs can be done everywhere. Companies can deploy their workforces at any corner in the world. Good news is we as employee have more choices in terms of job opportunities, bad news is we can also lose our jobs at any time. So before we master the techniques to get help from the Supreme One, I'll suggest that we must cultivate the habit of saving.
We still have advantages though: languages and time zone.

Divine Message on 11th June 2015 - Spritiual Evolution


When we were very very young, we don't really know if we are praying or not. And when we've grown up we don't even remember that praying moment because we are unsure if we were really praying.

As we grow older, we start to have needs and wants. And usually we pray to God for our "wants".

As we continue praying for our wants, we will eventually come to a stage where we'd like to express our gratitude to God for giving what we want. So in this case we will have idols as "target" for us to offer physical items such as flowers and fruits and etc to express our gratitude. At this stage still we will continue to pray with "wants" in our mind.

Until one day we pray to God without any want, at that moment we are already deeply connected with God. It's a state of Total Surrender. At that time we don't really need idols anymore. We don't even need to pray physically because we are already praying all the time since we are deeply connected with God.

This is the process of Spiritual Evolution.

Different people go through different stages of spiritual evolution. Some takes longer time, some takes lesser time. It is sheer ignorance that we think we are more spiritually evolved than another guy. As spiritual evolution sometimes could happen overnight.

星期三, 六月 10, 2015

萬達酒店鉆苑中餐廳 Zuan Yuan @ One World Hotel

我办公室位于万达酒店隔壁。我如果是泊在万达广场内,上下班都会取道该酒店来回办公室,而且还时常经过钻苑­酒家。




某次马来西亚讲华语运 动想要办执委新年聚会,执委四处寻找有私人房间的中餐馆,有这种"设备"的中餐馆非常­难找,最终找到一家,即钻苑也。我身为副主席,又跟钻苑近在咫尺, 所以也有去钻苑询问一番。钻苑的私人套房­设备实在难得,而且只须预订就可以了,并且无须为房间付费,订房也不以花费价格来为条件。

地点方面,万达商场乃国内数一数二的大型商场,广为人知,所座落的地点交通便利,驱车前来非常方便。当然,­那些在吉隆坡东边地区的人要驾车前来此处确实距离颇远。一旦尚在建设中的轻快铁站准备就绪可载送人后,那交­通会更加方便了。

就 如其他酒店一样,钻苑是万达酒店里的唯一中餐馆,而且也是清真的。这在马来西亚很正常,目前国内许多酒店­的中餐馆都已"清真化"了。可是,钻苑的菜肴还 是色香味齐全,完全不受清不清真影响。我曾吃过数间酒店的中­餐馆,也是清真菜肴,味道真的比钻苑差得远。在钻苑无论是烤鸡也好、各种菜蔬也好,都吃得出 厨师的用心。

在钻苑内的三小时半,服务生不时都来房看看我们有什么需要,一面也为食客添茶水,服务可谓非常周到。而且,­房内似乎有静音效果,我们在厢房内讨论东西,声音都未传出外头。而外头的嘈杂声也没干扰到房内众人。

钻苑食物好吃,服务又周到,价钱应该不菲吧?又不会。我们八人点了六道菜,才共花费四百多元左右,以豪华级­酒店中餐馆又订房间而言,已不算贵了。当然,如果拿钻苑所介绍的新年套餐,共八样菜,价格大概是整千元,由­于都是比较珍贵的食材,也不算太贵。

星期一, 六月 08, 2015

太平拉律馬登小販中心炒魚丸粿條麵 Fried Fishball KueyTeowMee @ Larut Matang Hawker Center Taiping

余上怡保,趁机再上太平走走,先去著名的太平湖看看。日正当中,热气腾腾,大树、青草和湖水降不了暑气。

太平湖适合喜欢大自然的人,不适合爱热闹爱人潮的人。有家庭者可考虑来此处野餐。不过最好是逢傍晚才来,比较没那么热。

看完太平湖,饥肠辘辘,去拉律马登小贩中心用膳。

这是余第二回来此处享用美食。第一次来时是晚间,许多档包括著名的63号已休息,应该是只做午市。

这回是午间,全部档都有开,人潮好多。太平街上静静的,而此处简直是另一个世界。仿佛所有人都挤到这里来了。

找到了63号,在附近坐下,点了鱼丸炒粿条。排队打包的人好多。我还真怕帮我点菜的那人忘了我的那份。後来发现到他虽没写下来,但是他另有方法记,就是事先备好辣椒碟。厉害!

其实,鱼丸炒粿条麵要真说起来也没什么特别。就是有鱼丸和叉烧作佐料。不过粿条不像是炒,反而像干捞多点,但我确实看到老板是用炒的方式来煮粿条。粿条看起来油得发亮,可能是放了许多油去炒吧?

鱼丸炒粿条麵吃起来还是觉得很不错。香味四溢,可能有加入猪油吧!难怪如此出名。

隔几档的65号档口也很闻名。卖的都是饮料。我从智能手机某软件得知该档以“虎加狮”闻名,就以闽南语问档主何谓“虎加狮”。档主没直接回答,只说包好喝!

喝了。果然不错。原来是很普遍的NESLO而已,不过真的泡得很浓厚很好喝。

虎代表雀巢咖啡,狮代表著名巧克力饮料美禄(MILO)。不知哪个家伙想出了“虎加狮”这个名堂。就像新山和新加坡人称美禄为“踢球”一样。非常有趣。








星期四, 六月 04, 2015

廣告: 華孝英雄(華Xiao英雄)的笑點

很快的,这套戏今天就在本地各院线上映了。

这戏有许多好笑的环节,都是靠关德辉的那张严肃脸来支撑着,有冷笑话的味道。

至于类似其他笑戏的胡闹情节,也是有,不过我感觉不会太过严重。

不过,真的要称赞朱咪咪这位老戏骨。她一出现,这套戏就得到更多的笑声。

关德辉先生要以搞笑的方式来上演华校的故事,真的不简单。因为华校课题是很严肃的课题。







星期日, 五月 31, 2015

廣告: 華孝英雄(或華Xiao英雄)首映禮

昨夜有幸受邀出席华孝英雄首映礼。在首映礼,可与电影金主握手拍照,可近距离与演员交流,可享用当局准备的点心,然後入场与众演员看完整套影片。费用全免,由电影金主帮你付。真的很感恩。因为金主未必能赚得回投资在电影的那笔钱。

当夜坐在我隔壁的竟然是那位本地电影《一路有僵尸》演则优则导的“未来世界明星”Jaguar Lim。他很专心的看完整套《华孝英雄》,从他的表情看不出他是喜欢还是不喜欢这套影片。

这部戏到底拍得如何?以我看电影多年的经验而言,不是非常出色,也不是大烂片,还是可以一看。关德辉先生花了三年时间筹备这部电影。所以买票观看,是看关先生的三年心血,非常值得。

以下是首映礼当晚的照片。








星期四, 五月 28, 2015

My First English Poem



When I see Sufi, I see Zen
When I see Zen, I see the Presence
When I embrace the Presence
I see no religion
What do I see?
I only see God


星期三, 五月 27, 2015

一身教服来授課



数年前,我获派往马六甲首长署做事。当时获安排坐在某培训室内工作,大家在上课,我在后方忙我的事,偶尔会听听大家究竟在上什么课。

一日,某高廋友族进入培训室。他头顶白帽,身著长袍,一副虔诚宗教师模样,一时令人搞不清楚状况,心想他应是来教宗教。

只见他缓缓走向培训室前方,立于白板前,侃侃而谈,满口尽是电脑技术词汇,方知非宗教师,而是电脑专业培训师也。

星期二, 五月 26, 2015

如此就是虔誠信教?



某华裔流动小贩向来在邻镇卖包点和豆浆。近来也来到此地做生意。才经营两三日,市议会和宗教局就派员来,谓此地以穆斯林为众,故此地禁卖一切非清真食物。 该小贩为此因而无端接罚单。

原来穆斯林为众,就可剥夺非穆斯林享用非清真食品的饮食权。

此等人学宗教,越学越昏沉,穆圣回生,必拿戒尺敲醒之。这尚为小 事,若是大事如回教法等,由此等人来负责执法,非穆斯林岂不歹哉?

星期一, 五月 25, 2015

Fahaman Yang Salah Tentang Atheist

Saya mendapati bahawa sesetengah orang tidak berapa faham apa maksud sebanar Atheist. Mereka anggap orang yang tidak suka/percaya kepada agama adalah golongan Atheist. Fahaman ini adalah tidak betul.

Atheist pun ada kepercayaan. Kepercayaan mereka adalah Evolution, Science dan Tiada Tuhan.

Terdapat juga orang yang mempercayai kepada Tuhan dan Nabi-Nabi. Mereka berpendapat bahawa agama itu ciptaan pengikut Nabi-Nabi demi kepentingan mereka sendiri. Kadang kala mereka saja mahukan kuasa. Nabi-nabi saja ingin menunjuk jalan ke kebenaran tetapi Nabi-nabi tidak pernah hendak mencipta agama yang bersifat Institutional. Kita tidak sepatutnya memanggil orang seperti ini sebagai Atheist. Mereka masih percaya kepada Tuhan.


舊街場白咖啡 Old Town White Coffee @ BU8





旧街场白咖啡售卖的都是经典的本地食物,如烤面包、椰浆饭等等。

论食物,旧街场白咖啡肯定是不错。至于价格,自然会比街边所售卖的贵。旧街场白咖啡卖的可说都是环境。与其­他类似的新式咖啡店比较,旧街场咖啡店的环境实在算是很高贵了。

为旧街场白咖啡店设计内部装潢的人看得出都很有功夫。论色彩,黄金色引人注目,而且非常高贵。然後每间旧街­场皆有挂上写着"旧街场"的牌匾,而且还特地安装黄色灯光照射之,凸显该品牌。

这 间旧街场白咖啡更加特别。隔壁就是联昌银行了。周日午间,联昌银行的顾客到此处办事,若需要等候,可以在­旧街场白咖啡处坐下点一杯"白咖啡"配烤面包半 生熟鸡蛋来打发时间。或者可在办完事後先享受一下冰咖啡配暹­罗米粉等小食才去下一站。或者顾客若还未用正膳,可在这里点招牌的炸鸡椰浆饭等吃。

至 于我本人,则是在下班後来此处"休息"一番才回家。若是六点之前到达此处,还来得及点三点至六点才有的"­下午茶配套"。下午茶配套比正餐配套便宜多了, 区区四元就可吃到烤面包和咖啡乌。不过,旧街场时常更换配套­以给顾客耳目一新的感觉。所以每隔数月,我就发现配套内容和价格又不一样了。

至 于旧街场白咖啡的正餐,我最爱的还是海南鸡排饭。其海南鸡排做得实在很好,裹上了鸡蛋粉才炸,所以吃鸡排­时可吃到很香的炸鸡蛋粉。然後炸鸡派的酱料又做 得很香甜多汁,这酱料拿来送饭简直是一流。何况旧街场给的还­是油饭,很不错。同样十多元一餐,我宁愿吃这道海南鸡排饭多于吃炸鸡椰浆饭。当然,其炸鸡椰 浆饭不仅仅有炸­鸡而已,旧街场不是路边摊,不会吝啬提供慢慢的花生和江鱼仔等。

至于咖啡乌和白咖啡,旧街场可算是国内第一家推出白咖啡的新式咖啡店。其咖啡乌和白咖啡的品质实在一流。喜­欢海南咖啡的人绝对不会对其咖啡失望。喜欢欧美式花俏咖啡的人则另当别论了。

星期日, 五月 24, 2015

My thought on Brains v Brawn: Why UMNO can't match LKY



This is the original article.

And here is my response:

Lee Kuan Yew himself is an intellectial as well. Don't forget that he grad from Cambridge during 50s. Our past and current PM could not match him in terms of academic achievement. 

Lee's political ideology is the Confucius kind, to rule the country with Elites or scholars. (background: China is the earliest country that took public servants by public examination at multiple levels, as early as 500AC).

As for Lee, I guess he wanted to make himself as close to emperor as possible. In the end he did not. He is excellent and that's why abit arrogant.

星期五, 五月 22, 2015

強迫入教并無效



这两日上培训课。师为某已达耳顺之年的华裔女穆斯林。她本非穆斯林,因嫁马来人而入教。

两日来,她偶尔言及私事,透露爱好禅修的信息,还曾跟随某印度籍心灵导师作心灵之旅。

在本国,穆斯林修禅可被视为叛教之举,惟师之伴侣似乎对其修禅不甚在意。可见本国政府强迫婚姻改教,并无法使改教者成为真正穆斯林,信仰真主和穆圣之道,反倒令其徒有穆斯林之虚名而已矣。

New Generation of Modern Chinese Malaysian

I came across a Facebook post of a friend's friend as follows:

I lecture in different private colleges/universities that are predominantly run by Chinese and attend by Chinese. But in one such institution I have the privilege to teach a group of MARA scholars. This group of MARA students, many of them came from not so rich family and to be able to get scholarship to go to the US to further their studies is a great opportunity that they wouldn't have if they are left alone without any government assistance. 

Now I am not here to talk about NEP or Bumiputra rights or racial discrimination etc. What I want to point out is the attitude these MARA students have compare to the group of Chinese students who come from a wealthy background. These MARA students are serious with their studies because if they don't get the grades required, they will lose their scholarship. They are diligent, hardworking, attend my class regularly, and do their work without complaining. Because of their religious up bringing, they respect me as their lecturer and elder and they produce quality work. 
Come back to the Chinese students, because they don't really need to maintain a certain grade point average (their parents will be there to support them no matter what) plus growing up in a well to do family, they basically behave like the world has owe them everything. They complain just because the lecturer refuses to give them one extra mark for them to get an "A" (which they don't really deserve one), produce mediocre work, missing classes, and rude to lecturer (I guess may be their parents allow them to answer them back rudely).

I have two points here. Whatever the scholarship or financial assistance the government is giving to the Malays, they are generally (notice I say generally) given to well deserve Malay students. And it is a joy to have them in my class. 

As for the Chinese students in my class, many of them are good students and really enjoy having them in my class. 

But many of them are also spoiled to the bones. I don't blame them. I blame it on their parents. I have no idea why modern Malaysian Chinese parents have totally lost control of their children. They are so afraid of offending their children and saying "no" or "cannot" is something absolutely haram in their children upbringing. And their children can do no wrong; it is the lecturer or the college is the one who is in the wrong, abusing their children. After all, they pay to come to the institution.
My colleague and I were discussing the above issue this morning. I told her that I am concerned because we are growing old. One day, these students with this kind of attitude will take over the country and I wonder I will be taken care of at my old age...but I do see rays of hope in our MARA scholars...Insy-Allah.
My opinion is as follows:

Religious upbringing makes the difference. Many modern Chinese families don't really stress much on religion teachings. 

Ancient Chinese were very well mannered due to strong Confucianism background but modern Chinese completely abandoned Confucianism(since early twentieth century) and they have nothing(or money) to fill in the blank and here's the result.

If you study the Peranakan, you'll find Peranakan are generally very well mannered because they still retain some of Confucianism rituals and rites.

星期三, 五月 20, 2015

廣告: 潮吹 Squirt



男人射精,女人潮吹。

那日用我之前所写的方法(看这里),由于够久,弄到伴侣潮吹了。

就是突然感觉有大量液体自伴侣下体射出,弄得我下半身粘粘的。

完事后,才发现是潮吹。

Female also ejaculates, the term is Squirt. One recent night while I was fucking for long suddenly my partner squirted. Please refer to my technique here.



霹雳博物館

























太平不仅有太平湖可去而已,太平还有许多好去处,如与太平湖毗邻的动物园,又如这间离太平湖非常近的"霹雳­博物院"。

这间霹雳博物院门票不会很贵,才二元而已,属于廉价的开销。售票处就位于博物馆外头而已。不过,由于保安不­严,如果游客从后门进入,肯定也不会被抓到。当然那是缺德的事,马币两元其实真的不算什么大花费。

停车位还算充足,但是并没有遮荫,要泊在大太阳下。

里面有冷气,非常凉爽。第一个展览厅展览的是马来族与各原住民的面具。马来族都有戴着面具舞蹈的传统。而原­住民每逢祷神仪式皆会戴上不同面具来跳舞祝贺一番。有些面具看起来真的像极外星人,不知这些原住民先民是否­曾见过这些奇形怪状的生物。

展览厅内还有电子显示屏播放马来族和原住民的面具舞蹈,附加各种讲解。不过这些东西似乎属与霹雳无关。不明­白为何称这博物馆为霹雳博物馆。

第二个展览厅则没什么特别。展出的都是动物骨骼和样本。海陆空的动物都有。样本都栩栩如生,我还以为是动物­尸体所制作的标本,不过後来仔细观察,其实都是泥塑的。

第 三个展览厅则是各种马来传统金银器。这些金银器都用在各种仪式里,如婚嫁、皇室仪式等。有些金银器我没见­过,知道有这种用途的器具后,还真大开眼界。这 些金银器样样都很精致,保存得很好,真想搬回家收藏。某些金­银器但我就是找不到锡器。奇怪,霹雳以前不是以锡闻名的吗?

至于第四个展览厅则在楼上,展出的都是国内各民族和原住民生活中的各种用品和服装等,相信主要是给外国人看­的。

毫无例外,博物馆出口处有纪念品贩卖处。说真的,那些纪念品许多都与博物馆、大马和霹雳扯不上关系,很多都­是舶来品,就连"小黄人"也有卖,真的很可惜。这么多纪念品,只有印上"我爱霹雳"字眼的T恤还算有纪念价­值。