Tuesday, October 30, 2007

I really do not know... sometimes...

This is another article I read from the Friendster Bulletin. It is very long.

English Translation is done by Me... Some are direct translation.

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其实很多男孩子都不知道,女孩子在对他们发火后自己却转过身不断啜泣。
Many boys don't know that after when a girl is mad at them, they will turn around and cry.

其实很多男孩子都不知道 ,女孩子从来不会真正生他们的气, 因为她是真的喜欢他在乎他。
Many boys don't know that a girl will never really mad at them, she just like you to care for her.

其实很多男孩子都不知道,女孩子只会对她自己喜欢的男生唠唠叨叨,也只会对自己喜欢的人耍性子。
Many boys don't know that girl will only be long-winded to the one she likes.

你要知道,假若她不喜欢你,她根本不会来在乎你关心你,她是怕你做错事情。
You must know, if she doesn't like you, she will not bother to care for you, she is afraid that you will err.

你要知道,假若她不喜欢 你,她根本不会对你发火,不会冲你撒娇,不会让你哄她…
You must know, if she doesn't like you, she will not be mad at you or let you make up to her...

于是,你们时常争吵,你认为她脾气不好,她认为你不够迁就她……
Thus, you will always argue with her, you will think that she has a short temper and she will think that you are not being accommodating enough...

于是,你们总是冷战,你以为她不喜欢你,她以为你不在乎她……
Thus, Cold War exists, you will think that she doesn't like you and she will think that you don't care for her...

于是, 你们总莫名其妙的彼此错过,也许擦身而过本身就是一种悲伤着的无奈与幸福……
Thus, both if you will miss the precious chance to be together...

你可知道,每个女孩子的心 都是水晶做的,晶莹剔透,很容易就碰伤摔碎。
You must know that a girl's heart is made of crystal and can be easily broken.

你可知道,每个女孩子都是不设防的,你那么轻易就闯进她的心,走的时候却只留下伤害…
You must know that all girls have no fortification, you will hurt them if you leave them after you have entered their heart...

她从来都不知道,这个世界上根本没有可以让她哭的人,因为真正值得让她哭的那个人根本舍不得让她哭……
Girls do not know that there will be no one that will make them cry because those who she will cry for will not even make her cry...

她会很矜持,她会很骄傲,她会很冷淡,她总是嘴里说着“你 走开”,心里却一直叫你留下。
She will be very reserved, proud and cold. She will always say "Leave me alone" but her heart will always want you to stay.

请竖起你的耳朵,也请打开你的心,去听她内心真正的呼唤吧,而不是她嘴里的口是心非…
Please listen and open your heart. Listen to her heart and not the duplicity she says...

她会看着你转身,然后她跟着你转身;当侧身而过的时候,你看不见她的泪,那是滂沱在心里的泪…
She will look as you turn away and she will turn away too; when both of you pass by each other, you will not see her tears and that is the tears in her heart...

如果你喜欢她,请多陪陪她;
If you like her, accompany her;

如果你喜欢她,请多宠宠她;
If you like her, pamper her;

如果你喜欢她,请多让让她……
If you like her, give in to her...

如果你真的喜欢她,请你去听听她内心的声音,那是一种呐喊,请你张开臂膀拥抱她……
If you really like her, listen to the voice in her heart. It is her shoutout, open your arms and hug her...

在爱情世界里,你们总是彼此伤害着,彷佛这样才能证明自己爱得激烈,爱到轰轰烈烈。
In the world of Love, people tend to hurt each other, just to show that they have gone through a tough and worthful love life.

可是 ,你爱她,她爱你,如此就已经足够,不要试图让彼此受伤 ,让彼此更加脆弱悲伤。
But, loving each other is more than enough. Do not try to hurt each other, do not try to make each other sad.

你们彼此相爱需要的是温暖、是幸福、是甜蜜、是快乐,是互相的疼爱…… 而不是伤害。
All you need is the warmth, happiness, sweetness and love... not pain.

不要用沉默宣战,不要互不相让,更不要什么话都不讲就漠然离去。有话就该说出来,不是骂出来。
Do not be silent and don't give in for each other and please do not leave without a word. Tell each other what you wanna say and not scold.

要知道,当你离去的时候,你的眼睛起了雾,她的眼角泛着泪光. 越是安静,战火就越传,这是冷战,也是彼此的伤害。
You must know, when you walk away, your eyes will be blurred and there will be tears in her eyes. The more quiet, the more the pain spreads. This is Cold War and it's also hurts.

无论以后怎么的复合,那些伤口是曾经存在的,是你怎么也抹不去的…
No matter how you get back together, the wound will still be there...

请给她一个拥抱,用你的拥抱去化解她心里的悲伤与眼角的泪水。
Please give her a hug. Let your hug heals the pain in her heart and tears in her eyes.

请记住,相爱的人不要宣战,因为带来的伤害超出你的预计。
Remember, do not declare war if you love each other because the devastation is worse that you can ever imagine.

亦会因此在两人心中累积伤痕…最后大家都会伤痕累累。
It will also increase the scars in each other and at the end, we will all be severely injured.

如果你爱她,她所有的小性子 、所有的坏脾气、所有的臭毛病在你眼里都是撒娇。
If you love her, all her bad habits, temper and problems will only be a pettish act.

也请记住,她喜欢你,需要的不是你真的转身,她嘴里说着的也未必是她真心话。
Also remember, she likes you too. She doesn't want you to turn away and what she said is sometimes not what she meant.

她只是想你宠她,想你抱她……
All she wants is you to pamper her, hug her...


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Will there ever be an article that says "Many Girls Don't Know..." ?

Saturday, October 27, 2007

No Rice? No Instant Noodle?

Well, it has been 26 days since I last ate rice.

Since I start my Low Carb Diet in August (and skipped September), I had lost 2kg. So, I continue the diet for October 2007.

Until now (Since 2 October 2007) I have not been eating rice for any of my meals. Of course the Carb that I had was noodles, wholemeal bread and spaghetti / pasta. I stopped my Instant Noodle intake too (had 2 sips in Sept, and 1 bowl in October due to wrong order).

So what? Will I lose another 2kg? Maybe not... but I notice that my ribs are more visible now... Maybe I should get a dumbbell and start to work out. Maybe I should start jogging in December (why not now?!)

It all depends on me myself, whether I want to do it or not. *giggles*

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

永远的伤痛……

最近上网都很无聊,就找了几篇散文来读读。。。

我要推荐大家这篇感人的(超短篇)散文

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如果爱是一种永远的伤痛……

当看到你从我身边悄悄的走过,我想这一生你是不属于我的,此时我的心无比的痛,就像小孩失去了心爱的玩具。如果不是那件不幸的事情发生在我的身上,我想也 许我也不会爱你这么深,爱得深,伤得更深。我以为这一生我再也不会爱上任何一个女孩,直到你的出现。也许这是老天对我的捉弄,也许这就是我应该受到的惩 罚……

爱上你是幸福还是伤痛,我一次又一次的问自己。难道爱一个人有错吗?这可是我这么我年来第一次真情的流露,为什么我的人生总是这么的不完美。如果 不是她把你的QQ给我,如果不是事情这么巧合,也许现在我还是一个孤单的一个人走在路上,心里容不下任何女孩,可是老天偏偏让我遇上了你,遇上你这么好的 一个女孩,我的还能给谁,这样的伤害我还能承受吗?我宁愿一个人孤单的走在漆黑的大街上,我宁愿内心充满空虚,至少这样我不会受伤,至少我还能微笑的面对 这个世界这个人生。

这不是你的错,也不是我的错,错就错在老天没有让我在他遇到你之前遇到你。也许这一切的一切已成事实,也许这也是无法弥补的错,也许我只能选择默默的离开。相信这伤害是我一生也无法抚平的伤口,但也是不可强求的感情,我只能默默的祝福你,祝福天下有情人快乐幸福。

当微风轻轻的吹过我的脸旁,看着大街上匆忙的行人,我想人生就是如此,也许在经因过一次又一次的伤痛之后,我会更加成熟,我会更加自信。风依然的 吹着,此时我的心冰凉冰凉的,这是一种久违的感觉,是一种我多年来没有过的感觉,也许我是幸福的,当事情过去了这么多年,我还能有这种感觉,我知足了,这 说明我的心依然存在,依然在等待着心中的她,不管她是谁,我想我一定会让她幸福快乐,不管这是多久的事,我也会坚守着自己的这一份承诺,一份责任……

当夜深人静的时候,想起她是一种幸福,一种思念,一种让人无法忘记的淡淡的伤痛。也许当一切从新开始的时候,我再也找不到这种伤痛的感觉,谢谢你,真的谢谢你,谢谢你让我再一次知道原来心痛是这样的一种感觉。

回首与你在一起的点点滴滴,也许这只能是一种回忆,一种渴望。

爱上你真的很幸福,虽然明知道带给自己的是伤痛,但我会继续等待,等待伤害再一次的来临……

Adapted from 烟雨红尘原创文学
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这故事是不是很熟悉呢?

Monday, October 22, 2007

A Moment to Remember

The movie does not even get the initial love at first sight bit right. Cheol-su (Jeong Woo-sung) and Soo-jin (Son Ye-jin) meet at a convenience store where the latter leaves the Coke can she just bought and runs back to get it. She runs into the Cheol-su with a Coke can and thinking that he just stole her drink, she snatches it back and gulps it all to a loud belch (burp).

She later realizes that she actually stole his drink and he kindly let her have his. So, she is smitten with him, while coming off as surly and stupid. This leads to their even stupider courtship, which is just a montage of scenes showing them laughing and giggling in slow motion, accompanied by romantic Spanish music. As if that communicates that they're in love...

Of course there is some familial opposition due to their social class difference, as he is a menial construction worker and she is from a rich family. All is well, though, when she suddenly and conveniently faints on the street during the family dinner and he comes to the rescue. I'm willing to bet that she planned that on cue to get over that infinitesimal hurdle.

They soon get married, which consists of Soo-jin
glamorously walking down the stairs to meet her man as if making an entrance in the high school prom. That "marriage" scene is shot in white ethereal tones just in case we missed that this is a match made in heaven.




It takes about an hour in the film to actually get to the real point of the story, when an illness strikes Soo-jin. No, it doesn’t kill her physically but destroys her memory and she learns she has Alzheimer’s disease.

The movie sheepishly has a doctor character explain this saying the most recent memories fade away first. I would think that she is acting more like a cartoon character who got clocked in the head with a sledgehammer. Not to mention this churlish and dishonest treatment of Alzheimer's would offend many in real life who have family members suffering from this disease.

All in all... it is an enjoyable movie (and I didn't cry much)

Saturday, October 20, 2007

How to say "I Love You" in Korean?

Recently, I dug my old collection of movies / drama from my hard disk, hoping to watch them again. To my surprise, I only have one korean movie among my collection, which I have watched it for like more than 5 times since last year.

I used to watch lots of Korean movies / dramas when I was in college. Well, you know... when we have nothing to do in the hostel, it is either playing games or watching movies / dramas. My computer at that time cant really play good games (or rather not good enough to play games). So, I opt to watching movies / dramas.

So, I asked my college junior to burn a few Korean movies and drama for me. and I got 3 movies and 1 drama. I just finished one movie - "A Moment to Remember" and the drama - "Coffee Prince" (17 episodes).


A Moment to Remember (2004) Movie Poster

Will write more about the movie and drama in my next posts lah...

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Question

I've seen many ways of saying I love you like
Saranghae, saranghae yo, sarangmida.

Are they just different ways of saying I love you? If not which one is the right way?

Answer

Saranghae, Saranghaeyo, Saranghabnida, they all have the same meaning, but a slight different feeling from a one who accepts them. For a example, in the first, Saranghae mostly used between two lovers, or parents say to their children. Saranghaeyo is a general form for I love you in Korean. And Saranghabnida is the modest form for I love you. If you are youth, it is advisable that you use the first.

Courtesy of www.allexperts.com

Friday, October 12, 2007

Bolehland Story vol.3

Hey, "Bolehland" is actually a word used widely in Malaysia!

Try google for the word "Bolehland" (without quotes) and there you are! There are many sites that matches the keyword! There is even a play titled "Journey to Bolehland" by our local theatre actors.

Now... the most "gempaq" Bolehland Story is... our Government spent RM80mil to send one handsome physician to space to do research for 10 days. Of course, Najib's trip to Moscow to welcome our Cosmonaut back is also beared by tax-payers' money.

What happened to "Improve / Eliminate Poverty" or "Use the money to pay the debts you owe to build highways" or even "Use the money to subsidize petrol cost"?

What can we get spending so much money sending people one person to space for 10 days?

Malaysia Boleh~!

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

NBTD - Say Hi to Ernie~!

It is not that I like these kind of personality test. But sometimes, it can be quite fun to know which character in Sesame's Street you are...


You Are Ernie


Playful and childlike, you are everyone's favorite friend - even if your goofy antics get annoying at times.

You are usually feeling: Amused - you are very easily entertained

You are famous for: Always making people smile. From your silly songs to your wild pranks, you keep things fun.

How you life your life: With ease. Life is only difficult when your friends won't play with you!



Let's see how accurate this is.

Playful and childlike - Not quite but playful is fine at times

I can be easily amused
- Hmm... simple jokes cant make me laugh

I am famous for making people smile
- I make people do more than smile, they laugh

How I life my life
- Pretty much true but sometimes, I need some personal time and space for myself.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Another... Plain Weekend

Yes~! As the title mentioned, it was kinda plain weekend I had.

On Saturday, my friend and I were down at Shah Alam at 9.30am for the SiS Warehouse sale. Yeah, my other friend went there on Friday to pick up some things at the warehouse sale and talked about it. So I persuaded my friend (housemate) to go on Saturday and there we were!

It was a hot morning. We were there like for 1 hour and we left. Luckily my friend made a wrong turning and we end up at Sunway Pyramid 2. It was new and my colleagues and friends were talking about it since last month. Finally, I had the chance to visit the place.

It was a beautiful place (from outside la) after a massive construction. The car park can be accessed from a flyover tht connects the main road to the car park, in the building! I didnt have a camera to take a shot of the wonderful route. Maybe next time.




Alluring blue: This is the Southern tip dome
designed after the River Nile water symbol.

Picture (courtesy of TheStar Online) above is the Southern tip of Sunway Pyramid 2, with Jusco as its Anchor Tenant.

We bought something from Jusco and came back home. I had a nap and woke up at about 4pm.
Then it was time for dinner and I feel like getting out from the house. So, I asked my Aiya-Sister (Pagan Chee) whether she has any plans for dinner and she said NO.

So we end up at The Gardens Mid Valley. Below is a picture of Mid Valley City... huge...


The one that is facing the upper right corner is the Mid Valley Megamall. The one facing the river is The Gardens Mid Valley. Of course, the one "trapped" in the middle is Boulevard Offices.

There are a lot of designers shops in The Gardens. Food and almost everything is expensive. Pagan said this kinda place only caters to the 20% of the society, yeah, the rich ones. But true enough, this is Malaysia, you will still see people loitering around with nothing in their hands. Sitting on their huge sofa sets and stuff like that. They are just curious, just like my aiya-sister and I.

We decided to eat at Mid Valley Megamall. We stopped at a Japanese Restaurant at Level 3. Had dinner and a long chat there. The food was ok and it is not that pricy. Maklumlah, Japanese food mah...

Got home at 11.30pm. Chat a while and I was hungry. So I cooked myself a bowl of Pasta with Mushroom and Herbs. I slept at 3am, Sunday.

Sunday, I woke up at 12pm. Went out for lunch, came back and took a nap.
I woke up at 7pm and had some capati.
Took a bath at 11.30pm and finished some pasta sauce that my friend cooked.
Write my blog posting (this one) and I'm going to sleep now.

Told ya~ It was plain...

Saturday, October 06, 2007

October 2007

September 2007 was a great month. Well, at least I thought it was great because I get to celebrate my birthday together with my other colleagues who were also born in the month of September.

Lesser Birthday SMS were received this year. Maybe because most of my friends has got more friends and they have to remember tonnes of birthdays. Haha..

October 2007, as mentioned in the title, is somehow not a good month for me. Perhaps maybe it is after the September event and everyone is still in the "recharge mode". At least I am ready to run events... haha... but the 'ummph' is not as "fully charged" as months before.

Oh... this is the month where I also start / continue (I skipped the diet in September) my Low Carb Diet. Yes, I believe some of you might have read it over my previous posts. This is the 6th day of the month and I only had 1 meal of rice.

Believe it or not, I used to "gulp" 3 boxes of instant noodles, that makes 10 packets of instant noodle in 1 semester (15 weeks). Instant Noodles has been my favourite "past-time" food since young.

Now, it has been 2 months and 6 days since I stop my instant noodle intake! But of course, I "accidentally" ate a few strands during the conference in September as supper. It was like half of the cup noodle amount.

I will continue skipping instant noodle until end of the year, that's my resolution for now. I hope I can lose another 2 kg per month till end of the year... Muahahaha....

Signing off and I'm going out for dinner with my "Aiya-Sister"

Thursday, October 04, 2007

He is not a mere passenger

I was reading the news on TheStar Online today and I cant help but click on the following article.

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Russian envoy confirms that Malaysian is not a ‘mere passenger’

“Russia does not see him as a mere passenger to the International Space Station (ISS). He is a researcher. The experiments he will carry out were discussed between Russia and Malaysia.

“We don’t consider him as a space tourist but a full-fledge cosmonaut,” he said in an interview at the Russian embassy here.

Full article here... http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/4/nation/19072942&sec=nation

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Cosmonaut... According to www.dictionary.com

-noun
A Russion or Soviet astronaut

A person trained to travel in a spacecraft. The Russians called their astronauts Cosmonauts.

I wonder why "Malaysian Astronaut" is being called a Cosmonaut? Maybe because he has to go to Russia for training and stuff like that.

So what's with all the commotion that our Astronaut is NOT a real one but just a mere passenger to ISS? I heard many said that too.... Haha...

Then there is this radio ad that is talking about Malaysian Astronauts (Projek Angkasawan Negara). So, are we sending more people to ISS to conduct research and stuff like that? Maybe stay there for months before they get the chance to come back?

I also read an article about how our astronauts pray in space. There is only this problem if they were Muslims. I am not trying to talk bad about other religion, it is just a sharing to all you guys about the article that I read.

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A Muslim Astronaut's Dilemma: How to Face Mecca From Space

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor has a problem. Two problems. The first is that Mecca keeps moving.

Well, not really. It's Shukor who'll be moving. As Malaysia's first astronaut, he's scheduled to lift off October 10 in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a nine-day visit during the holy month of Ramadan to the International Space Station.

He's a devout Muslim and when he says his daily prayers he wants to face Mecca, specifically the Ka'aba, the holiest place in Islam ("Turn then thy face towards the Sacred Mosque: wherever ye are, turn your faces towards it .... " The Quran, Al-Baqarah, 2:149).

Full article here ... http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2007/09/mecca_in_orbit

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Well, at least they have a solution for the praying problem...

Monday, October 01, 2007

It's About Me?

First of all... let me educate you guys about the word "Culture" (Muahaha...)

Culture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. Culture is also a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period.

Besides, it also means the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.

So, can culture be changed? Definitely can! This is because culture is man made, it is something that people practice and something that people do together, for a long time. It is changeable, inevitably!

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"Wah! Andrew listens to this kind of songs one wor..."
"You listen to this kind of songs but you dont go clubbing?"

In many occassions, people see me as what they see me. When the truth reveals, they were all shocked and surprised that I am such a person.

For instance, back in my college time, a few of my friends thought I didnt know how to read Mandarin. They thought I can only speak the language but not understand and read it. We call this type of people, "Banana" because of the yellow skin and white content.

One day, I picked up a chinese newspaper and read it. They were shocked to see that I can actually read the news! They were so surprised and I was too to see their reaction. Haha....

There are a lot of things that people do not know about me. Well, at least not to those that know me well.

Things that I do but few people know and if they know, they will be surprised.

- I used to dance
- I used to be music DJ for college functions
- I listen to all kinds of music (including "clubbing musics") but I dont club
- I draw
- I do graphic designs
- and many more....

Haha... Cant reveal too much here... I need to keep something up my sleeves for future use too, right?

I have something planned for the month of October 2007... Will let you guys know in my next post la...