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～

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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。

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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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有感而发：思维

忘了为什么当时没有上载这篇文章，今天再翻起这三月尾就写好的文章，都完整了嘛，没有什么要加的了。

二零一八年三月二十五日。

好人难做。

不是第一次讲了。

选择做邪恶的人，不后悔。

选择性的对值得的人好。

那些不会珍惜、当做理所当然的，就算了。

人生很短，要懂得取舍。

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Nine years of badminton

Nine years ago, on the 9th of September 2009, my department moved to where I have always been calling the ulu place.

One good thing about the office in ulu place is the availability of on site badminton courts. Free courts with practically no extra commute required. Nice.

If you were like me, with craptastic badminton skill that no one would invite you to play with them since it would be super boring for them, let me teach you a trick...

You organise a badminton group yourself! Handle all the administrative, logistical, accounting, purchasing, and debt collecting works, and invite a bunch of people. Can't be kicked out of a group you formed yourself, right? ;)

Well, that's what I did, and had the first badminton session on 15th of September 2009.

Court booking system changes throughout the years, there were those years with a system that ticks over at midnight, where there was always someone either with privilege who could book in advance, or who was running an automated script, or found some loop hole in the system, for one of the good courts was always booked as soon as the system allowed booking for a new day. Those were the 'book court at midnight three months in advance days'...

Then there were the no system for court booking days, because, well, breaking something when introducing the latest and greatest software system seems to be a norm. Yea... those horrible first come first serve days when we had to rely on sending someone early to hopefully get a court. Didn't sit well with me, I like to be organised and well-planned ahead.

Then there is this current system that ticks over at 08:00 hours and that allows for booking six months in advance. So ya, I have courts booked up to March 2019...

But alas, the on site badminton courts are going to be no more starting October. They are changing the place into office cubicles instead. Bollocks!

The company rented two courts at a nearby sports facility instead, 2.5 hours session, two days a week for all the badminton players. So it's back to the first come first serve days again (da horror!), and worse this time round since lesser court availability (was 4 courts, 24/7) with all players cramp into two days...

I am a structured and organised person, and I am antisocial. I don't want to rely on luck to see if there is court to play, and I don't want to play with strangers.

This does not bode well. =(

I will give it a try before I decide whether to continue or it's time to quit badminton. I am a pessimist, so I plan for the worst and hope for the best.

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