Quake

I felt the ground shake.. 10 mins ago
I thought i was wrong and just feeling dizzy

I search and search and 1 min ago I saw this

CNN.com :
Magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes Indonesia

Tsunami warning issued for Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia
following earthquake off coast of Sumatra.


you know what.. it's scary...

菲国灾难是警钟 气候变化须正视

（马尼拉法新电）多名专家昨天警告，热带风暴“凯萨娜”吹袭菲律宾，导致马尼拉发生超大水灾，是提醒世人必须认真看待气候变化的洪亮警钟。

“凯萨娜”上星期六在马尼拉一连九个小时的降雨量，超过飓风卡特里娜在1995年吹袭美国新奥尔良时带来的降雨量，甚至菲律宾的气象专家都感到震惊。

他们指出，菲律宾每年平均遭到台风袭击多达20次，但“凯萨娜”的凶猛程度，符合了近年气候异常的模式。

民防总长戈莱斯和气象局长尼洛说，台风在过去两年的“怪异”转变，使他们迷惑不已。

联合国气候变化纲要公约(UNFCCC)执行秘书德波尔前天在曼谷表示，这次的大水灾灾，显示各国必须在12月哥本哈根气候大会前，对减缓全球气候变暖的步骤达致协议。
　　
世界宣明会人道与紧急事务主任贝萨勒斯警告，这次大水灾可能是全球最贫困国家将遭遇更多厄运的序幕。

他说：“在各国代表准备到哥本哈根赴会前，这是大自然对世人的一记警钟。”

宣明会表示，菲律宾必须准备应对日益严重的风灾，而菲律宾是群岛之国，全球气候变暖，也将使菲律宾沿海被海水淹没。


- 联合早报

Philippines pleads for flood aid

Hero drowns after saving dozens

Muelmar Magallanes braved rampaging floods to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl who was being swept away on a styrofoam box.

Family members and people who Magallenes saved hailed the 18-year-old construction worker a hero today, as his body lay in a coffin at a makeshift evacuation centre near their destroyed Manila riverside village.

"I am going to be forever grateful to Muelmar. He gave his life for my baby. I will never forget his sacrifice," said Menchie Penalosa, the mother of the six-month-old girl whom he carried to safety before being swept away himself.

Magallanes was at home on Saturday with his family when tropical storm Ketsana unleashed the heaviest rains in more than 40 years on the Philippine capital and surrounding areas.

At first the family, long used to heavy rains, paid little attention to the storm.

But Magallanes and his father quickly decided to evacuate the family once they realised the river 800 metres (2,600 feet) away had burst its banks.

With the help of an older brother, Magallanes tied a string around his waist and attached it one-by-one to his three younger siblings, whom he took to higher ground. Then he came back for his parents.

But Magallanes, a strong swimmer, decided to go back for neighbours trapped on rooftops.

He ended up making many trips, and eventually saved more than 30 people from drowning, witnesses and survivors said.

Tired and shivering, Magallanes was back on higher ground with his family when he heard Penalosa screaming as she and her baby were being swept away on the polystyrene box they were using in an attempt to cross the swift currents.

He dived back in after the mother and daughter, who were already a few metres away and bobbing precariously among the debris floating on the brown water.

"I didn't know that the current was so strong. In an instant, I was under water. We were going to die," said Penalosa, her eyes welling with tears and voice choking with emotion.

"Then this man came from nowhere and grabbed us. He took us to where the other neighbours were, and then he was gone," Penalosa said.

Penalosa and other witnesses said an exhausted Magallanes was simply washed away amid the torrent of water.

Neighbours found his body on Sunday, along with 28 others who perished amid Manila's epic flooding. The official death toll stands at 86 but that excludes those recovered in Magallanes' village, called Bagong Silangan.

Standing next to his coffin, Magallanes' parents paid tribute to their son.

"He always had a good heart," said his father, Samuel.

"We had already been saved. But he decided to go back one last time for the girl."

His mother, Maria Luz, wept as she described her son as incredibly brave.

"He saved so many people, but ended up not being able to save himself."

- World News Australia

畅一首就好

虽然唱片市场上充满着偶像歌手..
可是这是第一次我那么彻底地觉得这个人的专辑是一个天大的笑话
对真正喜欢音乐,会唱歌却没有机会出片的歌手是一个天大的打击
对华人音乐圈是一个天大的羞辱



连入录音室做出来的专辑都可以听得出五音不全
合声还大声过主音

所以这证明世界是不公平的

克莱恩

昨天一早又被同样那两个人气到
星期五要launch, 现在才给我
还要怪广告公司没有寄给我
他们大概真的是以为website是copy&paste出来的
一天到完都忘记这个忘记那个
问同一个问题,同一个部门的两个人一定给不同的答案 (那个部门才两个人!)
自己的projects十问五不知

可是如果继续拿他们的无知来惩罚自己, 那我就是真的是白痴

赶完两个设计后, 去吃了一个满足的bento顺便去看了一场电影
今天又是美好的一天



那天在同行Forecepts的blog看的这两篇.. 这简直就是我们这一行的心声

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We’ve been in the web design & development industry for some time now and have had a fair share of clients with the wrong expectations of us. We’re not talking about you now darling, we’re talking about another client. Most of the examples here are actually over exaggerated and the prose a tad direct, be warned.

1. We are not your office tech support.

We are web designers. We can’t tell you why your SingNet connection is down or teach you how to configure your email account. Sorry, no. And even though you want to make changes to your website yourself, we are NOT your tech support and will not walk you through setting up your FTP in Dreamweaver or explain what is FTP.

2. We will take “ASAP” with a pinch of salt.

When we ask a client, when the deadline would be for their project. The most common replies are “ASAP” or “by end of the week”. Many times, after we’ve rushed out the design for them, they will take another month to come back to us on the website’s content. Worse still, after all the hard work afterhours and burnt weekend, and we send them the link to review the finished site, they email a week later to say they’ve lost the link and have yet to see the site

3. We are not copy writers.

Some clients just dump us their product brochures and expect that as we develop the website, we will also write their company profile and services for them. We are not your marketing communications department! We are web developers, we write code. Period. We do not know your business, your products and what text you want. Go figure the content up yourself or hire a copy writer!

4. We prefer not to do your website if you think you can do it on your own.

Sometimes, after we reveal our fees during a presentation, certain clients might argue, “What I need is easy, I’m sure you can do it effortlessly, why do you have to charge me so much?” or “I’ve done it before, it only takes a couple hours to do that, why does it have to cost this much?” Well since it’s that easy and fast to do, why don’t you do it yourself? Don’t bother us with your small talk so we can serve others who will need and appreciate our services.

5. We do not design ugly websites.

Your website will not play music, have a Flash intro, have blinking titles and animated logos, or news on a scrolling marquee. These things were cool before 1997? They mostly degrade the image of the website and the user experience. A web designer worth his salt will not recommend you to have any of these things on your corporate website. But if you insist, we will be glad to do it for you as long as you pay

6. We may not appreciate your sense of design.

You hired us to do your website because we are in the industry and know what works and what doesn’t.You don’t see a doctor to tell him what medicine to dispense to you to treat your illness, do you? So please have faith in our design, trust our advice and stop trying to alter our gorgeous layout to make your new website look like your old one! We may not know everything but we sure understand web designing better than you do. If you didn’t think so, why did you hire us in the first place?

7. We are not your business coach.

Many times, we have clients come calling on us and then throw us a brief idea they have up intheir heads and expect us to work magic, kazoo and a money churning website will appear. They don’t even have a firm business model or plan. We are your web consultant, not your business coach.We can give you advice on a system to suit your business objectives but please don’t expect us brainstorm with you on your business idea, we might as well run your business and you can work under us.

8. We are not xxx.org.

No, we are not a non-profit organisation or an initiative by the government to aid startups. Every so often we would have someone knock on our doors to propose a partnership of sorts where we will build their portal for free in exchange for a portion of their online sales. Sorry, we do not like your idea. It’s amazing how 5% of $2000 doesn’t even come close to paying our utilities.

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In the course of our work, we’ve come across many a bad client, here’s some interesting facts about them:

• “Get it up quick” attitude, wants to shortcut the project scoping and planning process, wants a website up for the sake of having a website.
• Has not given thought to the business objectives of the website, what the content should be and how it should be organised (e.g. no sitemap)
• Describes the web design objectives in a vague descriptive manner like “clean and fun, better than my competitors”, without knowing what the content should be.
• Small budget, big expectations, unrealistic timeline e.g. “I want a website that is an amalgamation of Ebay and Amazon, to launch by next month, and my budget is $3000″
• Indecisive, changes mind frequently, requires constant changes to design and content without end because the client has not done initial planning or not sticking to the plan.
• Unable to make decisions or give approval. Not responsive, does not email or return phone call timely.
• Expects swift delivery on all requests but does not do the same in delivering content, providing feedbacks, sign-off and approval to the project manager.
• Does not make payment on time.

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所以..
我通常都是在前线挡箭或被口水淹没
另外两个则是在基地赶到无天无日


不过今天我们终于都拿到SEC的project
Muahahahahaha!
一个足够顶几个
拭目以待!

芋头日

虽然已大肆宣布唔晒庆祝,唔晒礼物
但是睇人地都已经同你庆祝咗两次...
身为朋友多年都要做D嘢嘎
以下[好介绍]就是你既生日礼物, 记得约美眉们一起去喔~ hehe


Below Re:enact studio


特别附上这首[芋头歌]给你, 生日快乐啦~


捱芋頭,撈豉油,想蒸魚都無滴油
人肚餓,真惡受,偏偏消瘦

捱芋頭,搬石頭,搬不乾 d 眼淚流
人盼望,得享受,樣樣都有

天公不會暗同富有,平等兩字難從世上求
點解偏要我無你有,環境富裕難明白
那天天缺乏既憂愁

人像牛,生活愁,想溫飽也難求
人盼望,得享受,樣樣都有

捱芋頭,搬石頭,搬不乾 d 眼淚流
人盼望,得享受,樣樣都有

捱芋頭,搬石頭,想當初我眼淚流
人盼望,得享受,至今足夠

千般苦處已捱夠, 如今快樂常常樂悠悠
一家飽暖要勤力奮鬥, 同心協力難成就
不需旦夕也憂愁

雲自浮,水自流,想溫飽愛自由
寒去後,冬過後,花開錦鏽

短暂出走到古来

这一次不算旅行, 只能算短暂出走

星期五晚上突然心血来潮; 上网查了火车的行程

第二天1.45pm抵达火车站, 有票就去, 没票就算
售票处围了一些不懂什么叫排队, 很厉害插队的女人和男人

2点的火车还有票, 嘢~
赶快上车!

1.50pm

Advice
如果打算在Woodland Checkpoint上洗手间的话,
一定要在第一时间冲进去check passport.
Checkpoint里有两间洗手间. 要排很久才能上得了.
如果在洗手间里听见Checkpoint的门已打开让乘客们上车的话
最好赶快上车, 火车不等人.
其实火车上也有洗手间.


3.50pm

Kulai古来在哪里? Wiki it
(戴佩妮的家乡)


在古来的这两天基本上就是吃喝吃喝再吃喝

卖了十几年罗汉果的阿嬷
她说我们的笑容很灿烂所以多送我们一包

哇, 阿嬷如果你再年轻个三十年,
我一定请你做sales manager

















回马来西亚一定要吃传统早晨


外表很像Italian bread的面包皮. 蒸面包是我最爱, 在新加坡好难找.


The coffee was gooooooood~


古来客家人多, 雷茶是这里的signature food
著名的'大树下'雷茶




就这样...long weekend就过了

Global health catastrophe

醫師警告：氣候變遷將帶來許多健康問題
Failure to agree a new UN climate deal in December will bring a "global health catastrophe", say 18 of the world's professional medical organisations.


因地球暖化造成的氣候改變，導致世界各地天災不斷，有的地方連日暴雨大水潰堤淹沒家園，有的地方接連幾個月未降一滴雨土壤乾旱民不聊生。

如果各國不改善溫室氣體排放量，不減少對地球的傷害，將會有越來越多的人因為缺乏足夠食物以及乾淨用水而生病，傳染病也因氣溫升高而增加傳播機會。

減碳不只對地球好，對你也好，少吃肉多運動的低碳生活可以減低癌症、心臟病、糖尿病的發生率，讓你更健康！

Earlier in the year, The Lancet, together with University College London (UCL), published a major review on the health impacts of climate change.

Some of the headline findings were that rising temperatures are likely to increase transmission of many infectious diseases, reduce supplies of food and clean water in developing countries, and raise the number of people dying from heat-related conditions in temperate regions.


But it also acknowledged some huge gaps in research - for example, that "almost no reliable data for heatwave-induced mortality exist in Africa or south Asia".

Nevertheless, the main conclusion was that in a world likely to have three billion new inhabitants by the second half of this century: "Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk".

Written by Lord Michael Jay, who chairs the health charity Merlin, and Professor Michael Marmot of UCL, the editorial argues that there are plenty of "win-win solutions" available.

"A low-carbon economy will mean less pollution. A low carbon-diet (especially eating less meat) and more exercise will mean less cancer, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

"Opportunity, surely, not cost."


- BBC News

MJ 'This Is It'

一个人的慈善

Future Village
在尼泊爾某個山頭上的[未来之村], 由一个二十多岁的香港女生发起

"世界能否更公平,和谐, 不在乎有成千上万的人轰烈地说支持和平,
而在乎有多少有心人能坚定不移地关怀地球每个角落的人.."


多背一公斤
一边旅行一边帮助小孩. 旅行也可以改变世界.
一个广东年轻人因为一次的背包旅行而创出这一个新的公益模式

(照片自多背一公斤网站)

内容转自: 明报周刊2129

又搬

过去几年, 我几乎年年搬家搬办公室
今年因为租约签了两年, 因为没有了办公室
所以把力气都留下来帮朋友搬家搬办公室

今天去帮RC搬办公室

一大早就先用咖啡收买我 哈
gam xia让我吃kopi roti喔




因为和合作伙伴在管理上的一些事..
差不多一个月左右又得unpack了又pack, 搬上了又搬下又搬上

去到她旧的办公室的时候真是有点傻眼
不过从事表演的他们,服装道具是应该那么多的啦



其实搬去新的地方一定会更好, 因为真的比较好

我问她有没有心力交瘁的感觉
不知道是没有听到还是不想回答
她静静地微笑了一下
转了头就换了一个话题


同类的我们总是喜欢考验着彼此

合得来就饮个茶,食个包, 顺便做同事伙伴
合不来就点点头,笑一笑, 拍拍屁股说再见, 或是永远不见

Honey, I shrunk the bread

天赐礼物

昨天晚上主动约了老哥的女友去吃饭(趁老哥在美国) wahahah
第二天老哥就紧张地上线关心 "how's the dinner? so did u guys get along well?"
当然啦, 你老妹我亲切又善良.. family bonding是我人生目标之一也
(老哥早已认了她是一家人^^)

我们兄弟姐妹从中学毕业后就各分西东
过去这十年..我们都不常聚在一起
现在也是
大家个性不同, 有不同的生活圈子, 追求着不同的事情

记得去年有几次和家人吃饭的时候
突然觉得..我们小时候热闹的感觉呢
大家都少话了, 好像不那么贴近彼此了

姐夫不会听华语, 老爸老妈不会听广东话
我们说话他听不懂, 和他说话老人家听不懂
常常都不知道要怎么聊天

这一两年我都会特地安排姐姐回家的那两天回家
希望争取更多大家相聚的时间
只是希望我小小的坚持和小小的努力会慢慢地改变



今天是老妈的生日
和老妈通电话的时候, 我只是提起今天是她生日,
都还没祝她生日快乐, 老妈就已经显得很开心很开心了

其实父母真的要求不多
有时候一些小小的举动就够了

R, 只要踏出第一步..就可以感觉到很奇妙的改变

本来还在想要送什么礼物给妈妈..
其实送一个'男朋友'给她应该是她梦寐以求的事吧
当然不是真的送她一个男朋友
是如果我交了男朋友, 应该就是给她最好的礼物(对她而言!)

所以神啊, 快点恩赐个男人给我, 好让我不会再给老妈念!

守得云开唔见月明

经过20个月痴痴地等待, 我终于收到你的信...
当我打开你的信时, 你竟然还把我们的名字都写错了

为你做了那么多
追你追那么多月
你就是不理我...


不知道你有没有听过这首歌...
(过门音乐...)
我没忘记你忘记我
连名字你都说错
证明你一切都是在骗我
看今天你怎么说

Make your own music

Another Madonna+Briney+LadyGaga act..
disco music+nude body suit+bizarre dance poses...

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虽然她否认, 但前面那段真的好像

This is where they live

Photos from theplacetheylive.com

我们都知福吗?

"我的志愿"

无语

Cover versions

方大同最近出了翻唱碟, 还不错听.. 个人偏爱[记得]..
翻唱碟不容易做, 即使不超越原唱,也至少要有新的记忆点.

Ain't No Sunshine

Lighthouse Family (one of my fav versions)
This song was covered by sooooo many artists

Don't Cha

Colbie Caillat

and the worst...

永远缺席的学生