致敬

我喜欢看小说，偏向有魔法、有龙、用刀弓剑年代那些奇幻类型的故事。

也很喜欢科幻，但对有关太空的科幻就比较没兴趣。

当然也有看其它类型的，那些犯罪、战争、侦探、律师、虚构的小说等等。

真的没兴趣是那些史实啊、爱情啊、传记啊…

从漫画转向小说应该是小学五、六年级的事吧？

一开始是看华文小说，倪匡写的《卫斯理》系列的科幻小说，我买了和看了好多本。

是很多很多那种。

上了中学后，同学介绍我《龙枪》系列的奇幻小说，把一本借给我看。

金鱼记忆的我偏偏还能记得我一生人看的第一本《龙枪》小说…

那是我开始看英文小说的起发点，从此就没有停过。

有点奇怪的是，爱看小说的我，竟然没有接触到武侠。

也许就是从来没有人推荐，一直到我开始工作了才有位同事借了几本给我看。

当然，是金庸大师写的武侠小说。

那时的我，已经看了十多年的英文小说，几乎有十年没看华文小说了。

所以看得比较吃力，虽然喜欢故事情节，但始终没有迷上武侠小说。

今天，二零一八年十月三十日，这位著名的武侠小说家在香港病逝，享年九十四岁。

虽然我只是个到今天才知道他原名叫查良镛的小小书迷，但我还是要在此献上我的敬意，感谢金庸为华人文学的贡献。

还真的祈望自己可以不烦金钱的写作，像这些著名的作家那样有流传千古的作品。

继续梦吧…

随兴随想 |系列|

Escaped (2)

Another colleague got out.

The second this year.

The first is already well on his way in his new job, I sincerely hope he is doing well.

The second will leave us in December, all the best to him as well, hope he will be happier with the new job.

And don't be a stranger.

Will I get mine?

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看医生天

昨天去诊疗所看医生，其实主要是那不能断根的鸡眼又给我麻烦，但也顺便复诊几周前漱口有血的事。

因为虽然不再吐出血丝，但喉咙单边疼痛一直没好。

很爱拉着病人讲话的奶奶级医生叫我为了安全起见，还是去给专科医生看一看，以防是癌症什么的。

然后她就开始跟我讲她朋友癌症的故事…

我是那种很容易可以置身其中，跟倾述者有同感的人。天赋来的。

但有时候身为一个很好的倾听者或许也不是一件好事…

还有其它病人在等啊！停车要超时了啊！我还要快点回家继续工作的啊！

最终拿了两份转诊信就快快跑人了。

今天去看耳鼻喉专科医生，等了几个小时就诊五分钟，觉得医生草草了事。

我喉咙单边痛，觉得有伤口什么的，他却只对我敏感的鼻子有兴趣。

我从小就鼻子敏感了啦！告诉我我的喉咙什么事嘛！？！

结果他也不知道我喉咙什么事，随便做了一些猜测，给了我三种鼻子敏感的药，叫我喝多点水，要我下个星期三再复诊。

真的，现在的医院纯粹为了赚钱，再也不是健康医疗为主。

勾叉零蛋三角形！

下个星期三复诊耳鼻喉专科。

后个星期三去看皮肤专科。

看来星期三是看医生天，唉…

随兴随想 |系列|

心的频道：双向经营

不要问我，为什么这么久没联络？

不要问我，为何对某某人比对你好？

不要问我，为何不点赞你面子书的讯息？（真的，有没有搞错？！？）

问问你自己，你是否有做那些你想要别人对你做的？

我常常对我孩子说，你要别人怎么对你，你就怎么对别人。

一段感情，友情也好、爱情也好，是要双向经营的。

不要那么的自我，什么公主王子病的。这世上，除了父母，没有人有必要对你好。

要别人对你好，你也得付出，也对别人好。不要只会受而不施。

理所当然的我们都会对那些也对我们好的人比较好。

友情是不平等的，有经常互动的、玩笑娱乐的、志同道合的，当然会比没有的较好。

只是见面嗨掰的朋友，又怎么能和天天互动玩笑的朋友关系平等呢？

真的，友情是要互相经营呵护的。

心的频道 |系列|

The plunge (2)

Ten days after I took the plunge.

Heard nothing thus far.

The trepidation and doubt have not reduced.

In fact, quite the contrary, because since then, another option emerged, adding to the uncertainty and apprehension.

There's a follow up on the very first option today, though it doesn't really amounted to anything concrete so far, more like a FYI.

Felt a pang of conscience when I divulged only selected bits of information, and withheld some other, for the sake of my own interest.

Self-preservation? Or have I become a duplicitous person?

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Backlogs #21: Auto delete

This screenshot is dated 30th of July 2015, titled "Auto delete".

In order to somewhat control my untameable e-mail inbox, I am rather ruthless when it comes to e-mails that I deemed useless or spammy in nature, I just delete them without reading through.

Okay, some may get a quick glance through to ascertain their spammy nature before I delete them.

I also practise this in my instant messaging group, and I guess in my selective memory...

You will need to know Manglish, Mandarin and Hokkien to understand this conversation.

Auto delete and selective memory for the win! =P

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心的频道：圆一个梦

今年六月九日，我订购了一辆我心目中的好车。

四个月后，十月九日那天，我终于领车了！

那四个月期间，有想过取消、换别的车什么的。

特别是等了几个月都没车，而新的消费税就要实行的那几个星期…

但还是没有看中别的车，所以硬着头皮坚持了，就给那消费税吧！

车商多个月没能给我车，额外三千多快四千的代价却还是由我承担，真的不明白现今商家的思维。

应该就是生意太好，供不应求，所以可以很大牌的不在乎少一个客人的心态吧？

讲了就气，不讲这。

开心！因为终于圆了一个梦想。

可能有些人对用钱就可以实现的梦想很不以为然。

但以我的经济能力，终于可以用自己辛苦赚来的钱买辆对我来说很贵的、喜欢的车，绝对是个有意义的梦想。

也许老来烦养老金不够时会后悔为何当初不就用一半的价钱买辆小车，省那一笔钱养老，不过就是代步工具嘛…

但现在不管先，实现了一个梦想哦，嘢！

也很大可能就是唯一一个可以实现的梦想咯。

剩下的那两个梦想，唉～

心的频道 |系列|

The plunge

Okay, I took the plunge.

And I have second thoughts right after.

It's probably not 'final' final yet, but a definite step.

Retractable still?

Should I?

Aiiiiih, so much doubt, so much trepidation.

Wanting a simple life is not easy at all! =(

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Random behaviour for October 2018

When I set the September's resolution, I was thinking I would grade myself successful if I only miss a day out of every week, that's about 85% compliance.

I didn't missed a single day, perfect compliance. =D feel good +2

Discipline aside, I changed the time I do the exercise to morning, before I took my morning shower. It helps, since in the past, I did the exercise in the evening, before my day end shower, which often I was already tired from a long day at work, when I was already exhausted physically and mentally.

I am continuing the September resolution, I am not setting it as this month's impromptu resolution but hopefully I won't start to slack. =P

As for the unannounced second resolution, before the circumstance changed making that resolution inapplicable, I had a slip up, but otherwise I did good. Since that resolution has the potential of being impacted by others if made known, and I would like to try again when the circumstance is right, I will just keep it to myself for now.

I realised yesterday night that I have not been playing computer game for quite a while now, such a shameful thing for a gamer!

So, for October 2018, starting after I post this, my impromptu resolution is: to play at least an hour of computer or console game every weekend.

Because I can.

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有感而发：看医生记

二零一八年十月五日。

昨天去了两间银行办很简单的事，但两间银行一样的没有效率，超慢超浪费时间。

真的，有够废的系统和效率，只恨不能自己在网上做。

以上是前言，是我对等待服务那段无谓浪费时间的厌恶。

言归正传，上星期六晚上刷牙时发现吐出来的牙膏泡沫有血迹，过后还吐出血块那种，有点担心但也夜了又身在它州所以没做什么，决定睡一晚再看情况。

第二天早上刷牙依旧有血丝，但没有血块。不像是牙龈出血，反正也做不了什么，所以不管了，看看过几天会不会自然消失。

快进到今天，午餐后漱口依旧吐出血丝，都一个星期了哦… 

所以三点我就走人，去看医生。

四点出一点到诊疗所，只有一对病人在我前面，而且我注册好就轮到他们就诊，想想应该很快就轮到我了。

结果那对病人四十分钟后才出来。

究竟是搞什么鬼啦？

那么久是不是做了一个简单的小手术啊？

又不像嘞，因为一出来两人就很快步的离开，连药都没有拿那种。

我知道因为我看着他们健步的离开，而当我进入医生的房，医生帮我就诊时，护士进来告知医生说病人没有拿药就走了。

我看医生的整个过程，护士干扰了两次，甚至还有医生要我躺着检查的程序，也不过用了八分钟。

我之后那哥更厉害，四分钟就搞定，超酷超赞的啦！

真的有人很喜欢看医生，不舍得走的是不是？

好奇怪喔，真的不明白、不理解咯。

哦，医生也不知道我什么事，就是说看到我喉咙有血丝血迹，给了我一些药（公司的医药保险嘛，你明白的啦…），叫我再观察，下星期五还有血丝就回去，她给我转诊信去医院看专科。

有感而发 |系列|

Manner

The way I was brought up, you always give a response when you were asked a question, because ignoring someone when being addressed is rude.

Even if you had no answer just then, you respond to acknowledge that you have heard the question, be it a nod, a smile, or some form of affirmation, and inform the person you will get back to him or her.

Of course there are questions that you think don't warrant a response, that you don't deign to respond, either because the question is outrageously ridiculous, blatantly provocative, or despicably offensive, in which case the person who questioned was just asking to be ignored; or because you are a snobbish prick, which is, well, rude.

I kept reminding my children to treat people how they want the others to treat them. I sure hope they incline towards the right and not the wrong behaviour!

If you always ignore the others, they will eventually ignore you. If you are always rude to the others, then eventually the nice people will distance themselves from you. If you always treat the others as backup, then eventually they will treat you as backup too.

Don't be self-centred, there may be some people who spoilt you so, but really, the world doesn't revolve around you.

Be nice, be polite, mind your language, mind your manner.

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