Wednesday, August 26, 2009

もち


もち 像有點气質,很特別的名子,

讓我連想到日文中的一種傳統甜糕,喫嘴黏牙,

屬甜品纇,所以不是我的喜愛。

 

もち

你年紀也不小了,在社會上也混了二十多年吧!

怎麼連招待女生都不懂嗎?

在西方社會待了二十五年,應該有些很紳士風度啊!

但你連基本的禮貌也不做,讓約來的女生自己招待自己?!

可听的話都沒多說,無聊尷尬的問題就有一兩個。

難的人家認真問你問題時,你卻豪不正經的馬虎亂扯。

想學人家約會就該先做些工課啊。

吊兒郎當的,輕重不分,怎麼對你有信心?

更談不上什麼好感啦!

 

もち

快些長大吧!長期在父母維護下的你,

連乘達飛机也要媽媽安排?

處處要別人為你著想,為你妥協。

只能祝福你了!

金馬侖一日闖




怎麼說呢?有些事情的完成,或目標能夠達到,不一定是當事者有太多的能耐,或著有過人的利害。而是當事者事前跟本不知道,也不了解,達到目的地所要面對的種種困難,才冒昧的亂闖,殺出一條生路。

就像我的金馬侖一日遊,這是我事前完全沒預料會在行程內的節目,因為四天在KL的時間並不很多,所以根本沒預算出KL 而且住KL的酒店也已在先預定,四天三夜。

但是行程內主要的目標之一是探訪保志哥!不去金馬侖行嗎?!那也是我沒到過的地方。

保志哥要我們留宿在他的家一夜,第二天再回KL。但我是無知的認為沒必要過夜金馬侖,不單是捨不的五星級房間和早餐,也想多陪陪小妹。反正目標只是探訪保志哥,不是旅遊金馬侖。也不認為金馬侖晚上能有什麼特別好看的。

一大早趕到車站,買了兩張來回車票。巴士早上十點半出發。

沒想到路途真的要花上三四個鐘!不但路途長,還彎來轉去,幸好不耐暈車的我並沒被搖到吐在巴士上!到達金馬侖時已經下午三點。真是山高皇帝遠,感覺就像上高山拜大師。

很安慰見到保志哥還是老樣子。我們在金馬侖只待了一個半鐘!吃一餐飯,到保志哥家坐坐,在車站周圍拍了幾張照片,幸好還見到了保志哥的寶貝女兒。 好羨慕喔!超可愛的乖乖女!人見人愛,就像我夢想中的可愛型女兒。

KL的車票時間是下午四點半!哈哈!我們像是送快遞的多過來探訪保志哥吧!難怪保志哥會說:一上一下,不如不來?!

下午四點半,我們沖忙的上了巴士,趕回KL的路。

但這下山的回程才真夠力!感覺比上山痛苦難挨幾十倍。除了路途彎來轉去,我的隔位還有位馬來大伯一直在嘔吐,後來還傳染到他前面位子的一位馬來年青人也跟著吐。接著我們即刻把準被好的口罩帶上。但沒想到更誇張的事情在后頭!那年青人隔位坐的女伴,也就是坐在我前面坐位的馬來女子,卻無動于衷的沒理會身邊那嘔吐男伴,而還津津有味的在吃榴槤!死忍暈車強忍吐的我,加上滿車的榴槤味,真是好痛苦喔!

早知路程是這麼幸苦,這麼長遠,還要挨上幾個鐘頭暈車反胃,我真該過夜金馬侖啊。。。金馬侖!我跟你沒完沒了!咱們后會有期!!!

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Rome Was Not Built In A Day



As part of the exercise to involve stakeholders to participate in the planning and design of Sembulan River Beautification Project, a briefing was conducted by the Project Consultants to its stakeholders.

With full enthusiasm and high expectation, I attended the project briefing, hoping to share the joy with the stakeholders, besides showing moral support to the Project Consultants.

Most of the stakeholder was supportive of the project (of course, why not?  It was 100% government funded, to give the people a better living environment).  However, very typical as expected, the most negative respond was from the end user, the ultimate beneficiary of the Project - the people of Kampung Sembulan!  How cynical!  When feedback was asked by the City Hall Chief Planner, the Kampung Representative bluntly voiced out a very typical kampung minded question “what is the benefits to our kampung falks?”

What is wrong with these people?!!  Can’t they see the title of the Project “Sembulan River Beautification Project”?  Isn’t the title speaks clearly the noble objective of the Project?  Are they expecting Sembulan River as a dirty kampung drain for another millennium?  Come on folks, Sembulan is just few yards away form the CBD (Central Business District)!  Are they not looking forward a better living environment – a cleaner neighborhood?  Fortunate enough that this area has been selected, don’t they know there is always limited fund for urban environmental improvement program!?

Looking back to the history of many other world class cities, is there any city that is not continuously under go transformation?  Just like any other living organisms, a living city - is always in the growing state, always in progress, always in the move, in the change!  Why is Sembulan River or Kota Kinabalu exceptional?!  Unless it is a dead city!

“Rome Was Not Built in a Day” This is an old say I have learned since time in memory, I think it is not foreign to many too.  However, how many of us have given much thought about it?  Did any one aware of the depth of this old say?

Rome, as one of the oldest and most beautiful city in human civilization:

1.     The city of Rome marks the best standard of a beautiful city,

2.     The city has been developed for thousands of years, experienced countless evolution and revolution,

3.     Rome, though is an old and matured city, is still developing, continuously.

What an excellent example!  Such an old and established city, Rome is still developing!

Please wake up the folks of Kampung Sembulan, it is either you want Sembulan to die off and left out, or to let it grow and prosper.



Thursday, August 6, 2009

KK Green Mobility Campaign




“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” 
Albert Einstein


Kota Kinabalu, a very unique city sited at the west coast of Sabah, East Malaysia, is soon going to have a facelift.  Thanks to efforts of many, up from Federal Government, down to its local authority, the KK City Hall, State JKR and few far sighted professionals in the field.



Besides the many little efforts from Jabatan Landskap Negara to initiate continuos greening and urban improvement programs since early 2000, the citizen and visitors of Kota Kinabalu can now benefit from bigger scale environment improvement programs, provided under the Sabah Development Corridor as part of the strategies to complement tourism industry.  The programs consist of:

Packages 1: Sembulan River Beautification Project
Packages 2: Bicycle and Pedestrian Path from Tg. Aru to UMS
Packages 3: Upgrading Urban Historical Site Akinson Clock Tower - Signal Hill Observatory 



KK Green Mobility Campaign was inspired with the proposal to provide approximately 15 - 18 km Bicycle and Pedestrian Path from Tg. Aru at the South end upward to UMS in the north. When the project was 1st briefed to the Technical Steering Committee in the 1st Technical Meeting today, a visionary Senior Engineer Mr. Alan Wong of JKR, suggested a very interesting and valid idea.  The program should aim at higher and broader level --- about promoting Green Mobility among the citizen, in view that people of many advance countries are going for alternative mode of transport, besides promoting a cleaner and greener city environment in KK City.

What a wonderful vision for Kota Kinabalu!  It is hope that this noble and beautiful idea could be materialized soon.  People of KK, lets welcome a new era of personal mobility!!!