Thursday, 29 January 2009

再访香港

这次少了当时的紧张和不安,更有种回家的感觉。冷飕飕的天气,其实还蛮适合来个漫长的懒人休闲旅游。王妈为我准备了粉色的Baleno寒衣和睡衣,也换了一张双人床,加上全新的红色被/床单,还有王爸焖了很久的超甜鲍鱼鸡汤。。。还能说什么呢?上回觉得他家好小,现在觉得其实是OK的,小小的空间比较有人气,尤其冷天气也较温暖。王爸和王妈从年除夕到初二都在工作,没休息,超勤劳的。而我新年后不断拿AL,好像有点没出息, 哈哈哈,还好我是新加坡人,此乃超级无敌好借口! 很喜欢他家楼下的公园,沿着海边走在这寒冷的街道(是海,不是canal),设在邻里的无敌海景,而且还严禁抽烟骑脚车,真是他X的安全又浪漫,如果我常住那里,肯定天天下来跑步。这次年除夕来港仅短短三天,却比上回舒服得多,可能是天气,可能是热闹的过年气氛,可能是熟悉的王家口子,可惜自己语言上的欠缺还没补上,完蛋了,得下点苦功,否则小猴王又故意要在我面前rap外星语了。这次年除夕到了他们在旺角的花市,没买花却看到了可爱的黄花“五代同堂”,长得有点像长角的lemon。年初一原本要去黄大仙庙却看到了长长的人龙,结果改去车公庙买风车。之后也去了星光大道,看到了一批又一批的人,附近的道路和巴士转换站都被封了,才发现当晚有年度花车表演,我们决定速速搭船离开,回家看翡翠台live版比较明智。初二依旧起身很晚,只在青衣城看了《家有喜事2009》,逛了逛就回家收拾东西往深圳搭机去了。短短三天行程就此告一段落,一切easy简单舒服。

Tuesday, 20 January 2009

排错

早上陪老爸排队买林背肉干,等了五个半小时终于买到了。要不是老妈怕老爸在家太闷,叫我带他出来办点事,否则才不做这种事。不算长的人龙,却怎样也不向前移,因为每个人瞬间会出现很多帮手,跟插队没分别,我也绝对有可能排到了柜台却什么也买不到。仅此一次,下不为例。

未知的Q2

昨天在180巴士上旁边坐了个穿这SAF制服的胖子,突然转向我问我做那行,对这突兀的话感觉莫名其妙,冷冷的回了一句“I dun wan to share" 然后别过头去。两个可能,他被我这胖美女吸引,想跟我做朋友,不然就是暗地里做part-time,要卖我保险,所以先探听我的职业。翻过无数本2009年的生肖运程,肖马(尤其马女)桃花超旺,虽都是雾水情缘,已婚未婚若不克制澎湃的情欲会迷失自己,带来灾难。对我这直接没人情味的反应,只能说那胖子倒霉,在我出外前和diffusion engineer通过电话,有些不爽他的质问方式,觉得这人没什么礼貌,说到好像我星期六把他的六片wafers怎么了,这种愤愤不平的情绪留在脑里,任何突发事件会让我直接以工作上的角色回应,随时准备反击。

昨晚阿海sms来了个坏消息,公司决定让所有员工在Q1必须用完起码50%在2008年的AL,加上预先支付2009整年的AL中的九天,也就是说我必须在四月前解决掉13天的AL,天啊,怎么clear啊?不知道公司能否撑得过五月,也为节省开支,今年的kiwi行要推迟到婚后了,不能冒险拿我存到半死的结婚经费当旅费,万一工作没了也不至于付不起该缴的税务和贷款及父母的生活费。看来Q1勉强还混得过去,但Q2呢?

Monday, 19 January 2009

限时的遗忘

就是这首歌,让我以为燕姿重出江湖。刚才在CH54看到这个短短的清唱,看来Kelly Poon还不赖。从YT发现她在台湾的歌唱比赛被批评那么多次,还一直以笑容回馈,不错不错,值得捧场。

今年大小事

2009是个转运年,新年后ST是否裁员可能是个转捩点,没事干的话就去打工当小妹,或者读个part-time什么的,反正也快结婚了,一路飙到obasan带小孩的身份。刚才和Chris见面,拿了revised过的policy,也小聊了一会儿。说同行都预计客户会因裁员减薪的情况下断保,虽然现在还没看到太坏的情况,只有少数持有投资型保单的客户会打电话骂人,因为许多投资基金表现烂透,投资下去的只剩下本金的一半,当然她们也没办法,只能期待经济改善。昨天看了《文茜的世界周报》觉得不得了,目前有1600万个在广州工作的民工,今年带着沉重的脚步回家,因为估计有半数的人已失业,一路标榜经济快车的“made in china”瞬间名副其实。在身边工作的operators也预期不被续约而先和我握手道别,否则可能没机会了。想到如果JP附近少了那些我一向讨厌的外来人“裁”,那间广场应该也会渐渐没落,变得没点生气吧?Sigh...有时如果事事如自己所愿,后果可能和预期的完全不一样,情况也不会变得更好,所以凡事别太在乎,是与非本来就是共存的,唯有转个念头可以让思维更宽广,更容易接受,更顺其自然。

Thursday, 15 January 2009

票到啦!

星期一早上才订票,星期四早上就在信箱发现入门票了,行动好快啊,难道大家都闲着没事干? 太开心了,这是老娘有史以来第一次买最高价位的演唱会门票,一定要好好的享受疯狂一晚!!!

Monday, 12 January 2009

花钱买享受

今天是阿贞演唱会卖票的第一天,忍痛第一次买最贵的category,一大早就花掉$303买了两张票,不断开关window,终于选到靠近舞台的位子,好兴奋啊!

Saturday, 10 January 2009

总有一天找到你

2006年和neko到日本最难忘的,除了在某个寺庙滑倒外,还有这个好吃到不行的蜜瓜巧克力。去年趁阿海到东京旅行帮我带点回来,想不到他们没有缘分。刚才回去红庙还太岁,顺道去了一趟LC吃晚餐,想不到在那间日式超市看到这个久违了的chocolate,运气真好!婚期终于定了,我们这两匹马可以开始跑啦!

Friday, 9 January 2009

~ 两妻时代 ~

昨天终于追完了《两妻时代》大结局,ending还真有些像《Mr & Mrs Smith》的剧情。港剧结局总是大家想象的那样美好,但最后太赶,结束的有点突兀,but overall 还是很好看!很期待SCV的另一部师奶港剧《师奶股神》,yeah!

Cheers!

很久没有乱花钱了,今天逛到失控,罪过罪过。原本到“打卡”想买点什么给一个即将离开的同事,想不到最后自己买了三件衣服和两本Cheers杂志回家,把原本来这儿的目的忘到一干二净。前天monkey买了机票,年除夕早上就飞香港三天,没件像样的新衣见公婆也说不过去,所以这钱还是出的心安理得,哈哈哈!

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

陈绮贞演唱会2009

阿贞的演唱会又来咯!记得前年在EXPO的《A piece of summer 演唱會》是在星期六上G4晚班的时候,今年好巧四月四号又是我星期六上G3晚班的时间。只不过这次我不会只拿半天假看完后回公司上班,而是好好看完整场,回家舒舒服服冲凉睡觉,不再担心拼命。这次在Indoor Stadium的《The Sun 演唱會》门票好像更贵了一点$148/128/108/88/68,又要大出血了!

我的牛命

这个取自今早收到的email,还挺准确的,刚过的星期一被通知可以换shift的事,就觉得幸亏R还记得我不久前的request,算是我career部分的lucky star吧?
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2009 Chinese Zodiac for people born in Horse years: 1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002. If your birthday is before February 4, then your astrological sign is Snake, not Horse. (Verify Your Sign)

Horse people shouldn't have a good luck in 2008, year of Rat. This is because Horse and Rat have fighting relationship. That means many problems in 2008 were required strong willpower and persisting patience to overcome. Some of those obstacles or troubles in 2008 will carry over to 2009, year of Cow. The first half of the year, Horse people still need to handle things slowly and surely and to avoid face-to-face conflict with your opponent. In the second half of the year, your money luck and career luck will be much stable. But it's still not the optimistic time yet. You need to stay alert on your job, investment and health.


Career: There are many Unlucky Stars showing in career area in 2009. The signs indicate that you cannot concentrate on your daily work quite often. Because the company personnel's struggling and department coordination's problems, so people won't help each other, which will impact your job performance. The schedule of business or project will be slow down. You will have the pressure that people blame on your performance. Fortunately, there also is a strong Lucky Moon Star appearing in 2009. That means someone will show up to support and help you to solve the problems of entanglement. So you cam escape from those troubles and will work back into the normal track.

Money: A big Unlucky Star from 2008 is gone, but a tiny Unlucky Star appears in 2009. This means that the money luck of Horse people is still struggling. The career is a big factor to determine your money luck. Since you don't have a good sign in career, you shouldn't expect your income will increase from there. Because the company might have the financial issue, you just have to pay attention on your words and deeds to save your job position. Also, you shouldn't expect any windfall. Any risky investment will make you as a loser. When we cannot increase the income, then we have to cut our expense. This is the only way to balance the budget in 2009.

Love: There is a Love Star coming in 2009. However, this Love Star is not a Marriage Star. That means you have a chance to meet someone you like. Both of you will produce the passion in love. But this relationship won't last too long. If you are married or already in love, then it's possible that a third party will involve your love relationship. Remember that your money luck is poor. If you cannot to handle the temptation, you might have to spend some money to end this short term relationship in the end.

Health: Unlucky Hurting and Disease Stars still gather in 2009. The signs indicate illness, exhaustion, panic, fright or weakness coming to people. If you have poor health in 2008, your health won't have any improvement this year. Horse people must make sure have enough sleep during the night. Otherwise, they will have weak energy and weak resistance against the disease. Plus, you might have more social hours in your nightlife and not pay attention on your eating and drinking. Then, the headache and digestive system will often bother you in 2009.

Fortune: In general, Horse people don't have a good luck in 2009, but their luck have significant improvement when comparing with 2008. However, you still need to focus on your moves all the time to prevent any mistakes caused by neglect. Luckily, whenever you encounter the big difficulty, someone will appear to solve the problem for you. Therefore, you shouldn't give up anything when troubles come to challenge you. As long as you follow the rule and insist the principle, you will be fine in the year of the Cow.
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http://www.chineseastrologyonline.com/2009/2009Zodiac.htm

Save my JOB!!!

不知是否是牛年行好运,终于被安排换shift,还卸下繁重的oxide etch,但在多出来的空档得学习metal etch。老板接下来的cross-training计划,我和法理算是试验品。很开心可以选择离开这个“没政府”的G1,工作更是减了60%,算是我自求降职,是好是坏就拭目以待吧?比较遗憾的是和老公相处的时间会变少了,现在工作日又换回到alternate星期三+星期四/五/六,剩下星期天留给老公和家人,约朋友更是难上加难。有所得必有所失,但能够改变现状,学些新事物,也算不错。对女人来说,工作无需追求太高的分数,尽责开心并不断进步,拿份不错的薪水就很好了,毕竟人生也过了一半,自己的价值和意义也不是别人说了算,找个合意的生活方式就ok了。

Sunday, 4 January 2009

炸年糕

今天到热闹的牛车水走走,经过了《大中国饼家》也就买了两个小年糕。老公拿了一个炸给大家吃,另一个留给老妈。我的老公真好。

Friday, 2 January 2009

童真与希望


08年的最后一天工作到七点,拖着劳累的身体回家,乘bus74的路上还遇到G4 shift的AE,带着他刚到新加坡的老婆到Marina Square庆祝跨年倒数。很羡慕,但没什么,即使当天没工作,也不会想到去人太多的地方,大概是心态老了。09年的第一天也没干什么,和老公到了家附近的JP看了一部宫崎骏的新作《悬崖上的波儿》。动画片一般都天马行空,也不欠缺一些成人该有的正义和责任感。而出自他的手笔总是多了一些真实的人性,敢于冒险的精神,很积极很正面。这次看到了一些社会上应该重视的问题,像是环保意识/独居老人/对工作的献身精神(辖米?)/婚姻与承诺的考验。当ponyo突然在寻找Lisa的途中变回原来的样子,Soshike还是暂时放下找妈妈的心情,先把她救活了。现代的臭男人很多都会选择放弃累赘吧?这部戏对成人来说,感动多于欣赏。