机会

机会不是常常有
纵使非己所求
也想好好把握
尽情地挥洒
去发掘自己的实力 潜能
无论结果如何
最重要的是 我尽了力

美丽的谎言

那一瞬间，心情即刻降至冰点。
心寒。。。
原来。。。如此。。。


我喜欢人家对我坦白，不喜欢被欺骗，被蒙在鼓里，尤其是越亲近的人，越不能原谅。。。
谎言，纵使再美丽，总有一天会被揭穿。欺骗人的同时，可有想过被骗的人的感受？

揭开人性丑陋的一面，彻彻底底地被打败了。。。
极度沮丧中，熟人勿近!

忙啊忙。。。

忙，很忙，非常忙。。。
永远做不完的工作，
责任加重了，银行的每月存入却也没增多。。。
牺牲宝贵的周末，在家工作，为了什么呵。。。

普吉岛之约 - [未完篇]

第一日 -- 普吉市一游

一睁开双眼，尽入眼帘的是青青蓝蓝的海水，及无数的小岛。朵朵云彩缓缓地飘过，形成一幅美丽的景色，令我忍俊不禁地将这些美景收入小小的Canon箱子。

有点像海龟哦!

在不知几千尺的高空下，一颗心情不自禁地跳跃了起来，对即将在异国小岛度过的四天三夜之旅满怀了无限期待。。。

抵达普吉岛的机场时，已是下午一点多了。由于时差的关系，在这里，我年轻了一个小时，嘿嘿! 过了关卡，提领了轻便的行李，就看到导游遥遥而立。一行为数16人，就此浩浩荡荡地上了早已备好的旅游巴士，开始了我们的旅程。一路上，导游不断地跟我们介绍普及岛的民情。由于忘了带纸笔，只好拼命地记下一些零零碎碎的资料：

普吉岛简介

Phuket出自马来文的“Bukit” ，即山丘之意。市区之外，岛上到处都是绿树成荫的小山岗，椰林，橡胶树林点缀其间，风景名胜比比皆是。每年的11至三月为旅游旺季，吸引了许多外国游客前来观光。这儿的主要人口为泰国人，而华人则占了大约10%，多为福建人，其他的族群则有马来人及吉普赛人(Sea Gypsea) 。吉普赛人为普吉岛的原住民，他们多集中在一个海边(忘了叫什么名) 。 据导游称，每天凌晨五时，他们就会起床，将排泄物埋在海边，故此沙滩遍地黄金，吓跑了不少游客。

吉普赛村

“黄金”遍地的沙滩

生活水准

基本上这里的生活水准不高，大学毕业生的月薪只有大约6000-7000泰铢(约马币600-700)。当地人民的主要收入为橡胶，珍珠制造业，椰子，腰豆，旅游业等等。在这里，欲申请信用卡，需有至少15000的月薪，而刷卡的偿还期限为两个月。

交通工具

这里的主要交通为嘟嘟车及电单车。由于低收入，只有老板阶级才有能力购买汽车。沿途见到不少的日本车，如Isuzu，Toyota及Honda。根据导游的口述，这些车龄都不超过5年，新款式一旦推出，泰国人就会弃旧迎新。 一路上，到处可见到不戴头盔的电单车乘客。原来在这儿，只有电单车骑士才被规定要戴头盔，乘客则不需戴。

信仰

泰国人非常迷信。他们最怕的两样东西，就是鬼及降头。据闻，只要得到一个人的八字，相片及身上的物件如头发，就可以对他下降头。因此，泰国人不随便给人相片，也忌讳烧相片(意即相中人已不在人世) 。此外，他们对大象非常尊敬。买一头大象，几乎相等于买一辆车，但对一些泰国人而言，却宁愿买象，也不买车。他们对大象的崇敬程度，由此可见一般。据导游称，大象的鼻子若向下，表示能避邪，向上则招财。


导游也教了我们一些简单的泰语，可惜语文天分奇差的我，只学会了两个字：PI(哥/姐) 及NON(弟/妹) 。


导游介绍我们尝试当地的福建面，作为我们的午餐。出乎意料之外，这儿的福建面有别于吉隆坡的福建面，反而有点像Sarawak的炒煮面。不晓得泰国人是不是比较小食，它的份量很小，一碗35泰铢，我们只好另外叫了蚝煎，Otak-otak及海鲜面。

福建面

基本上，第一天的行程有点闷，多是参观制造厂，如蜂蜜，腰豆，印有普吉岛的T-shirt等等。

腰豆的庐山真面目

当地的土产之一 - “GAO SI” (有点不文雅)，其乃猪肉丝也! 乍看之下，还有点像KFC的Nugget，哈哈!

傍晚时分，我们才抵达酒店 – Royal Crown Hotel & Palm Resort。由于位于高地，所以这间酒店并没有被两年前的南亚海啸所摧毁，更有不少人因为逃到这间酒店而得救。

我与姐姐的房间

各自回房洗刷后，就在酒店的餐厅享用了丰富的海鲜大餐，特别值得一提的食物是超辣特酸的TomYam Kung，非常赞噢!

够酸够辣，一级棒!

巴东夜市 - 繁华的夜生活

晚餐后，就到闻名遐迩的巴东夜市去走走。这个导游所谓的Pasar Malam，真是令人大跌眼镜。这里简直就是吉隆坡茨厂街+星光大道的结合体，男士们的人间天堂嘛! 身材姣好，穿着清凉妖艳的变性人及辣妹们比比皆是。单是那五花八门的娱乐休闲场所就有点百花争艳到天明的感觉。纵横交错的马路是鳞次栉比的酒吧，餐馆，小商店，路边小摊，果然是越夜越美丽，与白天淳朴的沙滩生活，简直是天壤之别。

形形色色的比坚尼，沙滩短裤，拖鞋，翻版名牌，纪念品，艺术品等等，应有尽有。。。唯价钱之昂贵，摆明了要赚游客的钱。有时候目光情不自禁地被一些物件吸引住，却也不敢询问价钱，因为一些较凶的售货员，会一副逼你买的样子。导游也一早就告诫我们千万不要杀了价后又不买，以免被拳打脚踢。女孩们最好不要落单，否则遇上轻佻的男售货员们，就会难免被调戏一番。

原本以为会满载而归的，结果只买了几样手信。奉劝要来的朋友们，最好带多一点泰铢，因为这里是有钱人享乐的地方。试想一想，若能坐在酒吧品尝当地的啤酒，或享用当地的海鲜，边吹海风，边欣赏行行色色的“美女” ，实是人生的一大享受也!


第二日 -- 拥抱碧海蓝天

阳光，沙滩，海洋。。。完美的组合。在普吉岛的第二天，向Coral Island 报到了。刺眼的阳光照得粒粒眼睛都眯成了半月弯。细幼洁白的沙滩，是温热的；海水清澈碧绿，天空蓝蓝的，伴随着白云朵朵，椰树随风婆娑起舞，仿佛在热情地迎接我们的到来。

卸下背包后，就在阴凉的椰树下，拣了张懒惰椅躺了下来。有个皮肤黝黑的沙滩小子口操流利的中文，向我们讲解这里的水上活动及收费。除了一些普通的香蕉船，水上电单车，浮潜等活动外，这里还有专人指导潜水，整个过程大约为一个小时，收费为2000泰铢。此外，这里还有全世界少有的Sea Walk，顾名思义就是在海底行走，头戴一个圆圆的东东，包你可以妆容完好无缺，头发毫不凌乱地在水中行走。半个小时收费为1500泰铢。几经考量后，多数团员们决定潜进五彩斑斓的海底世界中，与鱼儿共舞。

首先，教练教我们如何在水底呼吸，克服水压，己一些基本的手势来与他人在水底沟通。之后，穿上潜水衣鞋，背上超重的氧气筒 -- 重得几乎站不起来，教练们就以一领二的方式，先带我们到浅海潜水。待我们习惯了之后，才牵着我们的手带我们游向水深处，展开海底神秘美丽的探险。鱼群不揪不睬的从我身边游过，教练还不断怂恿我们去触摸一些说不出名字的海底生物，好奇特的触感噢! 遗憾的是我看到了许多死珊瑚，不晓得是被两年前的南亚大海啸摧毁了，抑或是环境的污染造成的呢？

而后，教练分给我们一些面包碎，立刻引来鱼群争先恐后地抢食，一些甚至毫不客气地亲吻我的腿及手。然后的然后。。。Nemo!发现了Nemo!就在珊瑚群里游来游去。。。教练马上为我们摄下这难得的一刻。

带着满足的心离开了小岛，接下来，就是去看看怎么养珠的啦。

美丽的珍珠

晚上，导游介绍我们去享受泰式传统按摩，整个过程为2个小时，400泰铢，相当便宜噢!

我舒服得睡着了。当晚，也睡得特别沉，特别香。。。赞噢!



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jOgOya 日本自助餐 @ StarHill

拖了多个星期了。。。终于。。。终于。。。有时间update我的部落格了! 嗯。。。其实也是忙里偷闲啦! 再不UPDATE，我怕这里就会发霉兼布满尘埃。

回说起上几个星期六，跟我的同事及EX-同事们一起享用了大餐。。。Deng!Deng!Deng!Deng! JOGOYA的日本自助餐!!

对“它” ，其实慕名已久。早在上个世纪，就到处跟身边的人说” 去吃JOGOYA咯! “ 但偏偏，都只闻楼梯响，不见人下来。这一次，可多亏了TS早在一个月前就筹划好，并担任起联络人，四处奔波(于Email及MSN之间，哈!)，还一早预订了VIP席。真是辛苦你了!

在Times Square 看了一场电影， 大约五时左右，就浩浩荡荡地出发前往 Star Hill 。可惜的是天不作美，下了场倾盆大雨，导致交通阻塞，也影响了心情。

由于凑齐了13人，所以有机会享有一些VIP食物，就在这里与大家分享一下吧：

一张coupon只能换一种VIP食物

King prawn -- VIP only

帝王蟹 -- VIP only

鱼翅寿司卷 - VIP only

Oyster

它的甜品不错噢

尤其是这个。。。赞噢!

没有机会品尝到寿司

基本上这里的食物都在水平以上，但也许是因为还有好多食物还没尝试到吧，总觉得不是很值RM101.20! 但如果有朋友愿意请的话，我也不介意再来一次的，嘻!

~驾车~拥车~

这几天驾了共超过8个钟的车程，好累哦!幸好有朋友帮忙，不然可要累积到十个钟了。驾车，真的是好累人的事呢!

其实，车，是很好的代步工具，尤其是在公共交通系统不完善的吉隆坡。可同时，它也是个沉重的包袱。每个月的贷款，车油费，过路费，加上几个月一次的维修费，保养费，一年一次的路税，车险等等。。。真是苦不堪言啊!推开这些不说，给了这么多钱，却往往被迫去“欣赏” 马路的”艺术“。原本平坦的大道，在拐弯处，会突然间凹了下去，有大有小，有深有浅；抑或者是，在斜坡的顶端中间，突然间像是生了肿瘤似的，凸了起来；更奇的是，长长的一条马路，中间却有一条直线，微微凸起，宛如刚被手艺不精的医生动过手术，留下难看的疤痕。这些，都一再的令人叹而观止，哭笑不得。更甚的是，无缘无故的大塞车，莫名其妙的小塞车，加上逢雨必塞，大节日必塞。。。塞! 塞! 塞! 拥车一族，想必是心有戚戚焉吧!

吐了一大堆苦水，言归正传。其实上个星期，是我的宝贝MYVI的生日，呵呵! 去年的五月二十日，正是我拿车的日子。一转眼，已经一年多了，回想起当初刚拿到车的时候，对着它，真的是又爱又恨。车，是有了，但却不敢驾，只好劳烦“司机” 代劳。后来，渐渐地驾习惯了，也就开始“狠” 了起来。嘿嘿!

不过。。。只是。。。不晓得是天生方向感奇差无比，抑或是懒得去认路，(虽然我常自认为是后者啦!=P) 来来去去也只会去那几个地方，可悲喔! T_T 陪伴了我一年多，基本上，对这辆车还很满意!虽然偶尔会有小小的埋怨，但我深信没有什么是十全十美的。

总结一句，MYVI，你很不赖噢!

NASI LEMAK

好朋友从SETAPAK 带来的NASI LEMAK，赞噢!


这是从一个马来UNCLE在BRJ前面摆的档口买的，一块钱一包。每天大概8：30PM 左右就开始摆档了，客似云来，有时还排长龙。
犹记得那一段在SETAPAK的日子，我曾经是它的常客之一。有一段时期在路途遥远的CYBER JAYA 工作，回到家，通常是又夜又累，所以晚餐都是草草了事，一两包一块钱的NASI LEMAK，已经可以裹腹了。
搬来PJ之后，还真有点怀念那里的食物。虽然也不是全都特别好吃，可是却有满满的回忆。CURRY面，泰式鸡饭，猪肠粉+酿豆腐，经济米粉+糖水，MAMAK 档，PASAR PAGI的板面。。。处处都留下踪影。
有时候，怀念一样东西，并不是因为它特别好，而是因为它里面装着的回忆，无论是美好或不美好，开心或不开心，凡走过，必留下痕迹。。。

过一过买书瘾

这两天，做了一件很伟大的事 -- 痛痛快快地买书，哈!
很久没试过这样大开杀戒了，一个字：爽!
看看我买了些什么书：

第一天，买了五本书，总消费：RM 62.50.

第二天，唯一的收获：日本动画大师宫崎竣的精选作品DVD。

总消费：RM0! 因为是朋友送的，所以无价。

其实这些都不是什么新书，多是出版已久，但一直顾忌多多而迟迟未买的书。
像我这样在外地飘泊不定的游子，最怕的就是搬家了。而每一次搬家，最最令人头痛的就是书籍! 超重的耶! 也因为这个原因，所以不敢买这么多书了，呵呵。。。
至于这一次，为什么会破戒呢？因为。。。
真的真的很想看，而且蛮便宜的呢，绝对值得你拥有! ^-^

话说回来，这些书全都在第二届海外书市@KL Convention Center 买的，是一个超大型的书展。还未去的朋友，千万千万不能错过噢! 请于六月三日之前往彼地一游! ^-^

忙，茫，盲

有点茫然，有点不知所措。。。
一个小时多的谈话，一个重要的决定：去或留？
我的理想不在这里，在哪里？
理想是什么？兴趣是什么？
原本火热的心，开始有点冷了。。。

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工作量如排山倒海，根本无瑕思考这么多了，
只是，这么努力，为了什么？
有点像无头苍蝇，乱闯乱撞，
原本的目标，已经不再是目标了。
原来，很多东西跟想象中不一样。

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这几天，做起事来，都提不起劲，
少了一份冲劲，工作亦显得枯燥无味。
坐着做着，会突然间发起呆来，
胡乱想一通，然后结果，毫无结论，哈!
是不是，什么都不要想，
不要要求多多，无欲无求，这样，才能开心点呢？

失恋万岁

“分手了。。。“
”HUH？？!! “
无法置信，太突然了。。。
原以为她会很幸福，找到属于自己的避风港了。
那一夜，陪了她整夜。。。
那一夜，也听了很多很多的故事，真人真事，感触良多。。。

一个多么聪明美丽的女人，在自己最心爱的男人面前，却显得那么的渺小。
女人，千万不要因为爱情而失去了自我，爱自己多一点，世界也会大一点。
失恋了，没关系。毕竟他失去的是一个爱他的人，而你失去的只是一个不爱你的人，或只爱你那么一点点的人，却得到了一个新的生活，一个重新去爱的机会。

音乐

关上车门，听着好听的音乐，
奔驰在通畅无阻的路上。。。
那是属于一个人的世界，也是一种享受。。。

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喜欢听歌，但别以为我懂很多歌。
我懒得将这些歌手，歌名，歌词。。。装进我的脑袋里。
总觉得每一首歌，都有一个故事。
喜欢上一首歌，未必是因为特别悦耳，
有时候，是因为他唱出了你的心情，
触动了你心底的那根玄。

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音乐点缀了人的生命，
有生命的音乐感动人心。

我回来了。。。 ^-^

发现之前的文章，文不成文，相片占了主要的面积，简直是惨不忍睹。。。
痛定思痛，终于决定了将它改为中文。虽然我的中文也不是很好，几乎荒废了好长的一段时间，但无论如何都好过半桶水的英文吧。

有人说，女孩子是善变的。这句话应用在我身上可一点都不假。也许有一天，你会突然发现这里又变成了密密麻麻的ABC + 相片，到时敬请见谅噢!
回想起当初兴致勃勃地开设了这个部落格，还信誓旦旦地告诉自己会常常UPDATE。现在回想起来，真是汗颜啊! 所以呢，不敢再贸贸然对自己许下这样的承诺了。文章，应该是贵精不贵多吧。

写作，其实是我的兴趣。小时候心情不好的时候，就会在我的私人日记里乱写一通。写完之后，心情也会跟着开朗起来。长大后，烦人的事好像越来越多，也不是那么容易就可以一扫而空。但至少，每一篇文章，都代表着当时的心情，述说着一个平平凡凡的生命。有时候，重读这些文章，就会觉得自己好幼稚哦。原来，当时的我，这么幼稚。也许，现在也是。。。 ^-^

EyEs on Malaysia

上个星期六，终于有幸去见识大马最新的旅游景点。这个有东南亚最大摩天轮之称的“放眼大马”，启动了马来西亚2007旅游观光年，更吸引了不少人潮。位于吉隆坡蒂蒂旺莎湖畔的
摩天轮，高达60公尺，共有42个车厢，每个吊厢约可乘坐8人。

白天的景色 - 四周的美景一览无遗

迷人的夜景尽收眼底

很漂亮噢，值得一看。。。烟花表演将于二月底就结束了呢。还未去的朋友，赶快行动吧!! ^-^

Good Bye 2006!!!

Just back from my home town to attend my brother's wedding. Tired, tired and tired! But really happy for him. Congratulations, my only brother!!

Looking back what had I done in 2006, I can safely say that I learned and experienced a lot this year, took some chances, won some and lost some:

- Moved house
- Got a nephew
- Switched 2 jobs
- Bought car
- Started blogging
- Sponsor a child in China (Interested? Visit www.worldvision.com.my )
- Few local day trips - Sungai Klah Hot Springs Park, Ipoh, Fraser Hill, Malacca, Sepang.
2 team building events - Selesa Hill Homes Resort, Bukit Tinggi & Eagle Ranch Resort, PD
- etc...

And as 2007 rolls around, I have hope. Hope for a new year filled with exciting new challenges, struggles, lessons, learning, and experiences. And I have many wishes, but not going to reveal here ^-^ I hope 2007 is a better year to everyone. Happy New Year!!!

flOOd!!! Please help as much as you can!!

This wednesday, I heard from my colleague that his home town, Segamat was seriously flooded. The water level is about 6ft, and his family (a 95-years-old bedridden grandma, his parents, sister and a maid) have to move to upstairs to survive with limited food and drinks. No electricity supplies either. He tried many ways to reach the rescue team but none of them are reacheable!! On the way home, I heard from radio that in some of the area, the water level rise to 10ft!!!

Lukily in the following morning, the water level had subsided. His uncle tried to purchase the mineral waters and bring to his family, but unluckily he only managed to get packs in small bottles, as those in 1.5 litres or more are sold out! Furthermore they had to wait until the army allowed them to enter to the flooded zone. Some volunteer group offered help and advised them to move out of the affected area as soon as possible, but unluckily his grandma is weak and rely on special bed and medication, so it's really hard to move her out...

Read his true story here...

Can you imagine if that happened on you and your family? I read from the newspaper that the only 2 rescue sampan(or whatever) in Segamat were damaged, so they have to seek help from other places, which caused the delay. Can you imagine how many lifes might be in danger just because of this? Cold, hungry, fearful, darkness... Can you imagine that?

Please offer your help as much as you can. Small little things may bring warmth to them.

ACS Annual Dinner 2006

Last Saturday, I had experienced first company annual dinner in my life. It sounds like I've just recently graduated and this is my first company... No No No... Just perhaps I have no luck with my previous companies. ^-^

My first company only has annual dinner for the sports club. Meaning you have to pay few ringgit each month to join the club, and at the end of the year you will enjoy free dinner. But it's not grand at all. After that I worked as contractor for a medium-sized chinese company. So I was not entitled to attend the annual dinner. Until recently I joined my current company.... ^-^

Grand ballroom decorating with lots of balloons.

Grand entrance

Theme: Samba/Mardi Gras Night
Date: 15 December 2006
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Renaissance Hotel
Programmes:
5.00 ~ 7.00pm - Arrival of guest at the foyer area
7:30 ~ 7:40pm - Welcome emcee
7:40 ~ 7:50pm - Opening gambit
7:50 ~ 7:55pm - Opening dance - Fantasy Journey
7:55 ~ 8:20pm - Dinner is served
8:20 ~ 8:40pm - Lucky Draw (Part I)
8:40 ~ 9:00pm - Magic Show
9:00 ~ 9:20pm - Lucky Draw (Part II)
9:20 ~ 9:35pm - Games conducted by emcee
9:35 ~ 9:45pm - Lucky Draw (Part III)
9:40 ~ 10:15pm - Singer performance with backup dancers
10:15 ~ 10:25pm - Lucky Draw (Part IV)
10:25 ~ 10:45pm - Finale dance (Magical World)
10:45 ~ 11:00pm - Best dress competition
11:00 ~ 11:15pm - Grand Draw
11:15 ~ 12:00am - Open dance floor


... and there are attractive lucky draw and best dress prizes:

LUCKY DRAW

FIRST PRIZE : RM5000.00 TRAVEL VOUCHER
SECOND PRIZE : RM3000.00 TRAVEL VOUCHER
THIRD PRIZE : RM2000.00 TRAVEL VOUCHER

5 prizes worth of RM500.00
15 prizes worth of RM300.00
30 prizes worth of RM100.00


BEST DRESSED

FIRST PRIZE : RM300.00
SECOND PRIZE : RM200.00
THIRD PRIZE : RM100.00

2006 PWH Music Awards (11.11.2006)

Two weeks ago I went to PWH Music Awards (娛協獎頒獎典禮) held at Bukit Jalil, Putra Stadium. This ceremony was held bi-annually to recognise the best in the local Chinese music, placing emphasis on local compositions, and is organised by Persatuan Wartawan Hiburan Wilayah Persekutuan (Entertainment Journalists Association).

The ceremony started at 7pm, but we reached there earlier at 5:30pm to witness the walk of fame. There were crowded of fans who had occupied all the good position for the photos taking. I could only stand behind the crowd and lifted my cameras to take the photos.

All the big big "Stars" and their fans.


How many of them that you can recognize?

Michael Wong Guang Liang was the biggest winner at the 2006 PWH, sweeping 10 out of the 21 awards. Big Big applause to Guang Liang!! Below are the winners list:

《2006年娛協獎》得獎名單:
傳媒推薦大獎:光良
新人推薦獎（金)：林宇中 (銀):李吉漢、宇恆 (銅):陳威全、陳仁豐
本地組最佳原創金曲獎:《童話》
十大原創歌曲獎〔本地組〕:
1.《愛瘋了》戴佩妮（詞） 戴佩妮（曲） 戴佩妮（演繹）2.《失戀學》 林宇中（詞） 林宇中（曲） 林宇中（演繹）3.《童話》 光良（詞） 光良（曲） 光良（演繹）4.《有機》 陳信延（詞） 張覺隆（曲） 李吉漢（演繹）5.《姑娘》 曹格/何方（詞） 曹格/何方（曲） 曹格（演繹）6.《少年》 管啟源（詞） 光良（曲） 光良/曹格（演繹）7.《Amen》 戴佩妮（詞） 戴佩妮（曲） 戴佩妮（演繹）8.《保佑我》李志清（詞） 李志清（曲）張智成（演繹）9.《幸福醒了》 楊偉漢（詞） 楊偉漢（曲） 楊偉漢（演繹）10.《忘記愛過》 彭學斌/黎淑婷（詞） 彭學斌（曲） 張棟樑（演繹） 國際組最佳原創金曲獎:《如果的事》
十大原創歌曲獎（國際組）:1.《我也很想他》 彭學斌（詞） 彭學斌（曲） 孫燕姿（演繹）2.《睫毛彎彎》 嚴雲農（詞） 曹格（曲） 王心凌（演繹）3.《黑白畫映》 伍家輝（詞） 伍家輝（曲） 張學友（演繹）4.《我們不哭》 李志清（詞） 李志清（曲） 周華健（演繹）5.《眼淚成詩》 林夕（詞） 劉寶龍（曲） 孫燕姿（演繹）6.《我還記得》 黃婷（詞） 易桀齊/伍冠諺（曲） 梁靜茹（演繹）7.《如果的事》 王藍茵（詞） 王藍茵（曲） 范瑋琪/張韶涵（演繹）8.《靠岸》 張麗念/林秋離（詞） 李志清（曲） 林宇中（演繹）9.《走路去紐約》 林秋離（詞） 張蔚源（曲） 陶晶瑩（演繹）10.《天堂》 葛大為（詞） 光良（曲） 光良（演繹）
最佳編曲獎:《往前飛》 編曲人:戴佩妮 演繹:戴佩妮
最佳製作獎:《少年》 製作人:光良／曹格 演繹:光良／曹格
最佳作詞獎：《我也很想他》 彭學斌
最佳作曲獎:《童話》 光良
最佳演繹獎:戴佩妮
最佳原創兒童歌曲獎:《桔子酸梅》 詞:彭學斌 曲:彭學斌 演繹:小甜甜
最佳原創方言歌曲獎:《Love & Freedom》 詞:溫力銘/張鰻魚 曲:溫力銘 演繹:溫力銘
DIY原創歌曲獎:《鴕鳥》 詞:李俊健 曲:黃慧雯 演繹:黃慧雯/楊若儀
最佳賀歲專輯獎:《氣力如虹》 製作人:范俊福 導演：譚少明 歌手:八大巨星
最佳流行音樂專輯獎:專輯《愛瘋了》 製作人:陳子鴻/黃怡/戴佩妮 歌手:戴佩妮 最佳專輯封套設計獎:專輯《桃花朵朵開》 設計者:李小子 演繹:阿牛
最佳音樂錄影帶獎:《Just Once》 導演：Chan Boon Hoon 演繹:張智成
特別推薦獎：王藍茵
傑出表現獎Ⅰ:李志清
傑出表現獎Ⅱ:MAC CHEW
現場投選最受注目歌手獎:李吉漢
最受歡迎原創金曲獎：《童話》
最受歡迎K歌獎：（金）光良《童話》（銀）光良《約定》 （銅）林宇中《靠岸》

Bad experience with online booking

Recently I heard that there is a promotion for online booking from XXX Airlines, so I decided to try my luck, see if I could get a cheap air ticket for Chinese New Year.

I browsed thru the website, enter my destination, travel date and other relevant information, then searched for the lowest price I could get. Hurray!! The price is only RM 500++ for 2 persons, which is much cheaper than the phone booking and another airline. Happily, I entered all the passenger details as required, and also the credit card information. But then, it displayed the following error!!

We are sorry, the system is unable to price your selected flight(s). Please retry later.

From the message, it seems like that's a system problem rather than the wrong information being entered. I tried the second time, but still getting the same error. Then i decided to call the customer service officer.

Ring Ring....
A female Malay lady picked up the phone.

SHE: Good afternoon, how can i help you??
ME : Good afternoon. I get some error while trying to book the online ticket. The error is something like "cannot price your flight.... etc". I've tried out 3 times and still getting the same error.
SHE: Can i have your flight detail pls?
ME : Ok, 16 Feb, from KL to XXX. Erm.. can't remember the exact time of departure. it's a transit flight to Kuching in the morning, with the lowest fare.
SHE: Is that xx:xxam flight? Next time pls remember to note down the departure time. It's easier for us to search. (impatient tone)
ME : Oh, ok.
SHE: Can I have the passengers' name pls.
ME : (provided the passengers' name)
SHE: The transaction is not successful. Can you pls try again. Go to tools > Internet Options and delete the cookies. Then close your browser and try again. If still cannot, it could be because of the secure number of your credit card is invalid. Sometimes bank has technical mistake on this. If still cannot then you better check with your bank.
ME : Ok, thanks. I'll try again.


Following what she told, I cleared the cookies, closed my browser and tried again... Still the same!!! As I've similar online booking experience using the same credit card, I don't think it's the secure number problem. So I decided to call the customer service again. This time a Malay guy pickup the phone.

ME: (told him the problem in a similar way)
HE : Have you checked your browser whether it's compatible? You need to have IE version 6.
ME: Yes it's IE 6.0.
HE: Had you clear the cookies and tried again?
ME: Yes, I've tried at least 3 times.
HE: I think this might be the system problem. Can you please try 1 more time? If still can't then you have to do phone booking.
ME: Phone booking? Can i get the same fare as of the internet booking?
HE: The price that you can get is RM 400++ for 1 way.
ME: RM 400++ for 1 passenger??
HE: Yes, for 1 passenger.
ME: But I can get RM 500++ for 2 persons thru internet booking.
HE: Yes because this is the promotion for online booking.
ME: If this is the case, then what is the purpose for internet booking, since I can't even book the ticket online?? (unhappy tone)
HE: yeah sorry, can you please try 1 more time? It might be caused by the security code of your credit card as well. ME: I've used this credit card for other online transaction before, for eg: ABC, and I had no problem with that.
HE: This is because we have security. ABC doesn't have security for this. (HUH??!!)
ME: Actually this is my first time to do the online booking for your company. But I'm really disappointed with your service. I've tried many times but still getting the same error.
HE: .... (silent awhile) Can you please try 1 more time? If still can't then you have to do phone booking.
ME: Ok, i'll try 1 more time. Thanks.


Very very unhappily, I tried 1 more time, same problem persists. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....


Then I tried to use another credit card for the transaction, same problem!!! So I really don't think that it's caused by my credit card!!

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The following day, my sister tried the same transaction using her credit card, again, same error. Then i decided to try again in my office. This time, I was stucked in different page with the following message:

Booking In Progress
Important: Please wait and do not close browser. If you do not receive any booking confirmation, please call our 24-hour Call Centre at XXXX-XX-XXXX(within Malaysia) / XXXXXXXXXXX (outside Malaysia) / email XXXX@XXX.com.my or contact your nearest XXX XXX office.


I waited for about 10 minutes, and it still showing the message. Well, I really don't think that it's still running, because I saw some of the image files showing the "X" sign (stop sign). So i decided to call up the customer service.

ME: good afternoon. I was trying to do internet booking just now, and I was stucked in the "booking in progress" page.
SHE: How long ago that you've seen this message?
ME: about 10 minutes ago
SHE: You have to wait for 20 minutes. The system is trying to validate the credit card transaction. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes for the validation. (OMG!! 20 minutes for the validation!!)
ME: So meaning that I have to wait for another 10 minutes?
SHE: Yes.
ME: Ok, i'll do that. Thank you.

So I waited, waited and waited. 15 minutes passed and as expected it's still showing the same screen. So no choice I had to call them up AGAIN!!

ME: (told them the problem again)
SHE: The transaction is not successful. I think the security code of your credit card is invalid. Can you please check with your bank?
ME: Is the security code the last 3 digits at the back of my credit card?
SHE: No no, not that one. It's sent to you separately. You better check with your bank. (HUH??!! Like that meh???)
ME: But in the system, there's a sample showing that we have to enter the last 3 digits.
SHE: No no, it's not that one. You have to check with your bank.
ME: .... (dunno what to say liaw........) Ok, i'll check with them. Thanks.


This time, I decided to check with my issuing bank about the security code, and I was told that it's the last 3 digits that i've entered. That means i didn't enter a wrong code!!!
So I decided to try 1 more time. I cleared the cookies, re-open the browser, and did the same transaction.

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SAME PROBLEM!!!

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Not giving up, I called them up AGAIN!!! I amnot sure whether it's the same person who answered the call, so I decided to repeat my problem and see what kind of story she/he's going to tell!!

SHE: (told me the same reason)
ME: The pin code is the last 3 digits at the back of the credit card right?
SHE: No no not that one. (I guess she's the same person)
ME: But I've checked with my bank, and they told me that is the one. They said there's no other security code. (very unhappy tone)

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doo..................................................

OMG she just hanged up the phone like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That night, I called 1 of my friends who has booked the online ticket succesfully with the same airline recently.
As a result, he told me that:
1. We have to use streamyx. (Anybody knows why? Any difference?)
2. He asked me to enter my IC no in the "passport no" field. (note that there's is no field to fill in the IC no, which is a bit weird.)
Then as for the phone number, use the house phone instead of the hand phone.

My question:
1. Perhaps this solved my previous problem of being stucked in the "Booking in progress" page. Because my office is not using streamyx. BUT, how come they can't give this kind of proper and reasonable solution?

2. If the failure is caused by this, shouldn't the system prompt a proper informative error message, or even better if they label the field properly?

Ok, cool down. Let me try again. Following the same steps, and.... finally...


STILL THE SAME ERROR!!



OK, I GIVE UP!!!

tEam bUilding, PD (Part III) - F1 Go-Kart

We had Go-Kart in the following morning. After a nice breakfast, we started our racing game!! We were arranged in 2 teams. Each team member was first be given a lap around the race track to familiarize ourselves with the go kart and also the layout of the track. Then we raced for 3 laps before changing drivers, but before the change of first 3 drivers, we must first solve a jigsaw puzzle before the next drivers drives off.

One funny thing is that each of us had to wear a shower cap provided by the resort due to hygiene purpose when wearing the safety helmet. All of us looks funny when wearing that. Hahaha...

The track length is 400m.

My turn!! ^-^V

**Cheese**

tEam bUilding, PD (Part II) - Treasure Hunt, Obstacle course and Telematching

The first game for the team building is Treasure Hunt. Since 2 cars lost their direction, we only had 13 participants for the game, ie. 3 - 4 persons in a team. We were required to find out the clue in a white paper and answer the question or find out the treasure as mentioned. Then go to the next destination for the next clue. Luckily my team is the winner!! We won ourselves a T-shirt and key chain. ^-^ V

After our lunch break, we had the obstacle and telematching courses. The obstacle course is quite challenging and interesting. There are a total of 20 obstacles in different stations. Each team must work together to clear all the following obstacles safely and also in the shortest time:

1. 2ft singe bar - jump across
2. 6ft double bar - climb up /down the bar
3. swinging bridge - walk across and balancing
4. tyre king - rawl through
5. crab walk - ran through balancing
6. loft tunnel - crawling through
7. staggered ladder - climb up/down
8. 6ft wall - individual climb across
9. 8ft wall - team effort - climb across
10. water hazard - jump across
11. rope netting - climb up/down - across
12. loft vertical rope - climb down hill
13. single beam - walk across
14. tarzan swing - swing across water hazard
15. monkey rack - swing across
16. barb wire - crawl through under bard wire
17. single cable - walk across on cable
18. barb wire 3ft - duck walk across
19. log riding - sit sliding along the log
20. jump over ditch - jump across

*Challenging obstacles are in BOLD.

Don't know what does it called..??

Log riding. This is easy for guys...

Tarzan swing...

Barb wire

8ft wall

6ft wall

loft vertical rope

After the obtacle course, all became dirty and some of us are injured.

After the obstacle course, we had telematch. This is much more easier if compared with the obstacle course. Most of us are tired and exhausted. Luckily there's only few games for the telematch, and doesn't required much energy. We had about 2 hours for bathing and resting before our BBQ dinner started.

Our dinner... the food looks nice but mostly tasteless.