偷闲

昨天是不空闲的一天，才把那六十几公斤重的身躯歇在椅子上，准备工作，椅子还没坐暖，老板就打电话来了。哔哩叭啦，说了一大堆事情，嘴里还嚼着他的早餐。我的天！有那么急吗？还让我以为他是牙痛还是干嘛的，讲话含糊不清。

为了确保不拖延“零件” cycle time 太久，就亲自看顾，这样就忙了一整天。到了最后一个 check point，我开始进行工作了，老板又不知道急什么的，那些“零件”还在测试机器里，他就来问了我好几次！好烦……

那机器又不太聪明，有得花上两个钟在那里，到最后，我终于完成了任务。也让我的 data 打翻了老板的 hypothesis，我心里还洋洋得意的。七点了，怎知，刚把 data 和 分析寄出去，老板又告诉我在走多一两次来 verify 和 confirm。他应该以为 mapping 很容易搞的。

不睬了，回家！到 pasar malam 去“挽食”，虽然很累了，回家 counter strike 一下，用机关枪来发泄，过后又发现 Biotronic ，又玩了一会儿，可以解压，真爽！

现在老板在开会，我就趁机偷闲一下。:p

^^

Can I Borrow $25?

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.

'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

><

归类 or 定型

昨天又是很忙的一天，老板吩咐的事情再难，再不爽也得完成。我就到那个地方去还那些我之前借的零件，由于需要穿上手套，我就到处去看一看那里可以拿一双。走到那个地方，那个印度婆用很怀疑的眼神看着我，我不踩她，她却叫她的 supervisor 来查问我。TMD！我才不要那些所谓的“零件”！更何况要“偷”！

想了两下，他们也只是打份工而已！

我想这种事情的发生是你被定型了，或者你被归类了。被定型可以说成你可能为了某些原因，做了某些事情一次，两次，好几次，然后你再也没有做了，可是别人还会认为是你！！！所以说有前科的话，跳到黄河也洗不清，就像很多人用有色眼镜看待已经被释放的囚犯一样。

归类比较没有根据，或者根本不需要什么道理。甚至可以因为你和他同样是 engineer，而其他的 engineer 都“偷零件”，所以你也会是“零件小偷”！

不管你是多么的诚实，成熟，有纪律，懂得人情世故，再他们的眼里，你已经被归类了！

>.<

Happy Father's Day

I've read an article on The Star Online, and it does give me a few heavy knocks at the head. Read on, what do you think about it? I can't imagine if my children do that in the future.

..... But how does one put a price on time? How do you measure those moments of bonding with your children in their growing-up years?

Whether you are a CEO or a manual worker, we all have the same 24 hours in a day. I reckon if we were to divide our monthly salary by the number of hours in a month, we roughly know how much our time is worth per hour.

I got an email the other day about a boy who wanted to borrow US$25 from his ever-busy father who earns US$50 an hour.

“Daddy, I have US$50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you,” he said.

Well, some may dismiss this as just one of those feel-good email that make their rounds to make one feel guilty about spending too much time away from home.

The song Cat in The Cradle comes to mind. Made famous in 1974 by Harry Chapin, the song is told in first-person by a father who is too busy to spend time with his son.

And, eventually, the boy grew up just like him – a busy man who also does not have time for his father.

Time. It’s priceless.

Happy Father's Day

^^

不美丽的误会

又再次让我听见那几个字，心里的感觉的奇怪，应该是不好受的感觉吧！就因为一些丑陋的误会，而令自己不断地犯下口业，一直让自己睡不好，噩梦连连，真的很可惜！

不管是谁，日日夜夜带着心结生活，难想象那是多么的难熬！是时候放下了！让一个误会不美丽，胜过让它继续地丑陋下去吧！

放下布袋，何等自在！

^^

好可怜

看见小孩子生病真的很心疼，年纪小小就要受到病痛的折磨，不会喊痛，却只能号啕大哭。爸爸妈妈也很担心，也为了照顾小孩而彻夜不眠。

希望家乐快点好起来，大家又开开心心，健健康康。阿弥陀佛。

^^

梦也明示

哈哈，因为腹股沟受伤很久了，所以也没踢球很久了，那段时间和脂肪的囤积是正比的。昨晚还发了个梦，发现自己即将要参加什么赛跑的，竟然有人告诉我，以你这样的体重去跑一定不行。瓦老诶……那天给跌打师傅揍了一回，瘀血散了，行动也比较自如了，踢了一会儿球，感觉很棒。

夜市场的 satay 和 muachi 还在肚子里，少运动加上这样的吃法，不肥才怪！连梦里的人也在明示我，今天要去 gym 的决心更坚定了！加油！要不然，我离马拉松的距离会越来越远。

^^

《番薯片的故事》

有一粒番薯不喜欢让人切片，把水果刀藏了起来，却换了一把菜刀挂在那里。

-.-'''

Morning Call

Where does this 'morning call' come from? What is the purpose of a morning call? Who does not like to have a morning call to wake your lazy body up every day? 

I guess it is included in hotel room service, which you pay. Purpose is wake you up loooo.... How do I like it? I guess the answer is very straightforward and clear.

><

六月了

很多事情不能瞒天过海，或者说从实招来是最好的选择。当一件事情达不到共识时，我想最好的决定就是把全部选择都摆在桌面上，好让你我看得一清二楚。我失败了最少三次，也代表我撒了最少三次的谎。最可怕的，谎言是倍增数的，你说了一个，要用另外一个谎言来圆谎，这种恶性循环会持续直到谎言被打破。难怪，电视剧里的人都说要骗一个人，就要骗他一世人。

说谎的人真的那么自在吗？真的是想说就说吗？答案是“绝对不是”，因为我不是靠说谎来过生活的。我的工作看的是数据，数据是容易编造，但是更容易被识穿。

为什么我会变成这样？这样很讨厌！我很讨厌自己走不出这个框框。希望六月是一个新的开始，常常要提醒自己不求事事顺利，只求毅力勇气。

><