is it really just $199 or with t&c?
June 16, 2008
Free online Photobook?
i thought flickr.com’s free account is good enough until my uploads reached 200 pictures yesterday. i only can access to the older photos when i register for a pro account.
photobucket allows uploads of 1GB, but the layouts aren’t as simple as flickr.com, and flickr.com is far more flexible.
but what i want is a host that allows me to upload unlimited photos without charging me anything and would keep my photos forever. definitely not facebook, myspace or friendster. any recommendation?
June 16, 2008
Warning!
if you’re planning to watch ‘the happening’, forget it. you might feel retarded after watching it, cause you just won’t get it.
June 9, 2008
Taylor’s College Lakeside Campus
The construction of Taylor’s College Lakeside Campus at PJS 7 has commenced for long, but the traffic problem that might affect residents of PJS 7 when the building starts functioning is still unsolved. Generally the major concern is the location of the entrance/exit of the campus that might cause inconvenience to the residence. imagine your house is just 100m away but you have to take 10 minutes to make several turns to nowhere before entering your neighborhood.
Therefore on this coming Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 345pm, there will be a meeting with Kelana Jaya member of parliament, YB Loh Gwo-Burne and ADUN Subang Jaya, YB Hannah Yeoh at Balai Raya, JLN 7/15, Bandar Sunway.
If you’re a resident of Sunway City or you might be heavily affected by the project, please PLEASE attend this meeting to help solving this matter. you don’t want to get stuck in a traffic jam just outside your house.
For your information, the entrance/exit of Taylor’s College Lakeside Campus is located at the end of JLN PJS 7/13. it is estimated that the entrance will cause traffic jam in the area of PJS 7.
June 3, 2008
Childhood
I read an article about parenting on the paper previously. It says that kids nowadays are becoming Frankenkids. Generally the modern parents are practicing a new way to educate their children. Instead of giving them physical punishments, parents are trying to be ‘close friends’ with the children. So, to win the children’s heart, parents have to ‘grant them wishes’. From LEGO sets during the 90s, kids now only recognize PSP and PS3. Kids like their parents more when given these consoles, but they hate their parents too if parents disturb them in their gaming fantasy. Soon, the distance between kids and parents become larger. Kids are unapproachable as long as their hands are holding the gaming console. Parenting failed.
I’m so pleased and grateful at the way I was brought up. The fact that I’m the second son in my family might be a factor to my traditional and strict education during my childhood. I never bought any toys, and I never cried and begged my parents to buy me any toys at the store. [Yes! Don’t need to question this fact] Even my brother also didn’t get a better treatment. Both of us survived on a typical LEGO set for years. We would construct anything with it and could play for hours because we had colorful and adventurous imagination. The most exciting game was making our own army then we would have a toy war. Not only toys, I didn’t buy clothes that often as well. Any shirts that could not fit into my brother’s body anymore would be my property. There was one time I bought a set of ‘CK’ branded shirt and pants at ‘pasar malam’. Then I started to wear that ‘CK’ to almost everywhere, including friend’s birthday party. [yeah, a fact too and I’m not embarrassed about it anymore after few thoughts]
Talking about being friends with parents, parents were never our friends. Like the traditional Chinese families, we respect them as adults. There was always no negotiation to mistakes made by both of us. Caning or kneeling down in front of ancestor for hours would be the punishments. If these punishments are still practiced today, I guess parents might be sued because the authorities might label these punishments as abuses.
Like how my cousins were educated by my aunt, I started helping out with house chores when I was a kid. I wasn’t tall enough to reach the basin, so I stood on the dining chair to wash the dishes. When I was already good at washing dishes, my brother and I took turns to wash dishes everyday. Then we helped to hang clothes after washed. The challenge was always to make the round sock-and-underwear hanger balance.
As both of us took up piano lessons at Subang Parade’s Yamaha music center, we didn’t spend much time to play actually. Practicing piano was always our nightmare cause my mum would be sitting next to us, supervising us. Her hand was always with a wooden ruler, ready to knock on our flat fingers. Until years later when she saw our interest in playing piano, she gave us the choice whether to continue with the instrument or not. My brother gave up, I continued playing.
As a teacher, my mum was very concerned about our academic as well. Whichever subjects that we were weak at, she would buy reference books and exercises and teach us at home after school. Our English especially sucked. That was during primary school. My lawyer cousin who was staying at my house bought an English-Chinese bilingual dictionary for us and taught us too. Tuition from my cousin didn’t last very long as she was busy with her work, but the dictionary lasted long till now, like sayur masin.
Sometimes we hated her for giving us so much stress, and we always complained that we didn’t have childhood like other kids who had ‘gameboy’ and such. That was the kids’ thought.
Now, I don’t know about my brother. I’m glad that she didn’t pamper us with toys and all kinds of demands. I’m glad that at least she can now spend time doing something she likes, especially gardening. She doesn’t need to worry about house chores because the kids will take care of them.
Cheers,
Shengkai
May 30, 2008
What an Embarrassment
Was chatting with Mei Yueh last night, the conversation was about their birthday gift to their ‘pimp’. What came in my mind was Manford. So i was referring to Manford but she was referring to Soon Yi. I was thinking, wasn’t Manford’s bday already over?
So the smart kid here left a comment on Manford’s facebook wall.
Yea! first one to wish you Happy Birthday on The Wall haha!!
see!!!
May 26, 2008
Kids of the 80’s
this post is not originated by me actually. A TV show was comparing kids of the 80’s with kids nowadays, and i found it quite true.
1. Ambition
80’s
Mama: welcome home, son
Guest: hi, wow see how big you’ve grown.
Child: Hi how are you?
Guest: What is your ambition?
Child: I want to be a scientist! [very inspired expression]
Nowadays
Mama: welcome home honey.
Guest: hi, wow see how big you’ve grown.
Child: [ignored]
Guest: What is your ambition?
Child: I-want-to-be-a-celebrity-isn’t-it-obvious-that-i-look-like-one-now? [i guess you people of the old generation don't know what celebrities are right?]
2. How to call out friends to play
80’s
The kid stands outside his friend’s house and shout
HEY~ LET’S GO TO THE PLAYGROUND
I’M EATING~
OKAY, I’LL COME LATER, BYE~
BYE~
nowadays
the kid stands outside his friend’s house. he took out a handphone and says
come out
3. Christmas gift
80’s
Son, what gift do you wish to get from santa?
uhm…i want a super-duper ultraman toy of the latest version
nowadays
son, what gift do you wish to get from santa?
mum-just-give-me-lots-of-cash [there's no santa duh~]
May 25, 2008
How to answer this question?
I was watching a show on TV this morning. That program did a survey on the hardest questions to answer. The first place: Who do you love more? Mom or Dad?
May 22, 2008
What Happened in Medical Center
1. Registration
Hi sir, what is your problem?
that was said in a polite way as the staff was holding a form readily to record my symptoms.
i’m here for medical check up.
what company are you from sir?
huh? what what company?
i mean like XXX Group, XX Bank, etc.
No no no, i’m doing it individually. i came yesterday…
what’s your name sir?
chia sheng kai [repeated twice]
please have a seat sir
then another person in maroon color emergency suit called me.
chia sheng kai…the RM271 medical check up right?
YEA!
great…only RM271. i thought.
please have a sit sir
well you know what happened to the price. read the previous post.
2. Blood test
I was at bed 1 waiting for the doctor. people in emergency suit were walking around, carrying some kind of documents. they had quite a few kinds of uniforms. maroon color, light green color, white color, and long sleeves with tie (i guess this one is for doctors). Just looked like how it is on TV.
the doctor came. yea the one wearing long sleeves with tie.
sit down.
ok. i sat down on the bed. the doctor looked through my medical form and started ticking boxes on a paper of tests list. then he went off and came back with the equipments to suck my blood. so bla bla bla, test done. haha didn’t know my blood was so red. then the doctor left.
3. Vision (Acuity test and color test)
A person in maroon color emergency suit came. what to call her? ok. the maroon doctor. she showed me a book with color dots to test whether i had color blind. Then we did acuity test. that one, you know? looking at E’s of different sizes and dimensions. When we reached the bottom row, where the smallest E’s are
Are you sure you don’t wear specs?
Yea
…OK nevermind, now cover the other eye.
damn. i guess it is time for me to be four-eyed. 四眼仔. sounds better if pronounced in Cantonese.
4. Urine test
AHRRRRrrr!!! this is the embarrassing one. As i came straight after class, i didn’t drink any water at all. plus, i came by public transportation which needed me to walk a lot and sweat. you know LAR…
i peed into the container. Ough… was that peach juice?!!!! [you can start laughing now] I got out of the toilet, trying to hide the container from other patients’ curious stare. Got back to my bed, but no one was there to collect my pee!!! DAMN NOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO SEE MY PEE!!! i put the container on the table at the end of my bed. it was so spectacular that everyone who passed by gave a shocking stare at it, the another glance at me.
my pee was left on the table for at least ten minutes. warm and fresh.
5. Mantoux test
i was so bored after waiting for so long on the bed. doctor disappeared to nowhere, maroon doctors were busy serving other patients, cleaner was sweeping the dustless floor, kids were screaming and crying [injections i guess]. i lied down. a maroon doctor saw me lying down, came and fixed the bed so it was more comfortable.
i lied down there, pretending to be dead or in a coma.
when i almost fell asleep, the doctor came back, but this time with a patient behind him
move. you go there.
what? was i a pest? C’mon i’m paying too okay!
i got up and sat down on a chair nearby. the new patient lied down on the bed that still had my heat on. haha, i just farted =P [no actually i didn't, but i wished i did]
the doctor took some time again he gave me the injection.
okay, you’re done. you can now wait outside there.
6. Blood Pressure test
i was sitting near to the reception, waiting for the bill. i waited and waited. 1 hour passed. a very pretty and kind maroon doctor saw me still waiting there, she asked me whether i was called. then she went to check. HAHA, guess i was left out again. soon, the pretty maroon doctor called me back into the emergency ward.
you belum buat blood pressure lagi kan?
yup
okay, sekarang i buat untuk you okay.
okay
ini buat untuk apa? belajar ke?
yup
pergi mana?
US.
Oh..major apa?
Economics
Oh…okok
ok, thank you
see, full of smileys.
7. Bill
waited for another half an hour before the bill was issued. not going to talk about paying the bill again…
sheng
