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今天下午，凉风习习，我心血来潮，提起毛笔，在红纸上挥洒。


哈哈。。我的开头还像有点‘小学生’式。。犹记得小学时的作文，老师总爱教我们多用成语。
结果，为了满足老师，就技术性地出现了这种开头。只要是有关于出去游玩，或是做什么活动的，
这开头都派得上用场。。

今天，我收到“订单”，要一副贺寿的对联，是我亲戚要带回蒙古送她朋友的。我上网找了些贺寿的对联，结果还是选择了最耳熟能详的 “福如东海长流水，寿比南山不老松”。 原因在于太深的自己不是很明白，更别说那蒙古人了。。。
花了快十分钟，这副对联终于出炉了。。。

Count your blessings~

If you woke up this morning
Fairly healthy, Congratulations, because
Million people will not live to past a week.

If you have never experienced the danger of war,
The loneliness of imprisonment,
The agony of torture,
Or cold and hunger,
Congratulations, you better fate than 5 million people.

If you can participate in religious activities
Without fear of harassment,
Arrest, torture, or death,
Congratulations, you have more freedom than 1.5 billion people.

If you have food,
Have clothes to wear,
There is a place to live, congratulations,
You are richer than 70% of the world

If you have saving in the bank,
Wallet with money,
There are some coin left, congratulations,

You are among the world's top 10% of the rich

If your parents are still alive,
And there is no divorce,
You be the lucky ones.

If you often looked up with a smile,
And the heart to thank God,
You are happy,
Because most people can not do so.

If you are able to hold someone's hand,
Or give them a hug,
Or pat them on the shoulder,
Congratulations, because you are with the ability to heal people's hearts

You probably never thought
How happy you are now! ?

Wellness And Happiness is always with You

Fear Factor

I think most of us could still remember the TV show--Fear Factor,an american stunt/dare live show.It involves a lot of physical and mental ability. The contestants are often asked to eat some cheesy creepy freaky stuffs or food,even those which are thought inedible are served .

Today I experienced the feeling myself by daringly joining Fear Factor organised by my school School Of Engineering Club.
There were 9 stations. And i was the 3rd contestant to start the game.
The first station, I was asked to lengthen my hand into a box which was filled with earthworms and took out a few pieces of puzzle,arranged them,and done!
Second station, i was blindfolded.Then I need to stretched my head into a box. Smell it and lick it!
OMG..What i smelled was something like a salted-fish. Then I was asked to lick it?
Im a vegetarian man! But after a few seconds,I still lick it thinking that I was playing a game. and the thing finally turned out to be a lemon flavour sweet!
3rd station,I was asked to take out a few alphabets from a cricket aquarium. Just imagine u can see hundreds of crickets hopping in the aquarium and you are required to put your hands into it,looking for alphabets!
4th station,quite an easy 1. choose 1 card from 3 cards. and you will be given bread with special ingredients inside. I thought it will be something very scary or those make-me-vomit type. Yet i was lucky enough to get a WASABI bread! thanks god i still can stand the spiciness!
5th station,we were asked to put both our hands each into a cup.Then hundreds of insects i don't what the freaking insects called were poured into the cups. And we need to suck the ping pong balls with certain alphabet out from a big bowl full with the freaking insects. Just imagine when i was trying to suck the balls out,my hands need to stay in the cup,let the insects crawled up my hands,some even bite me,and I need to suck the balls from the bowl filled with insects. argh!
I completed it within a minute!
Then next up from 6th--8th station include something like need to hold 3 insects in my palm while I need to transfer myself on a trolley from one end to the other, blindfolded and being pushed on a trolley and need to jump off when I am told to do so etc etc..
Finally come the last stage,the stage which took my longest time. I was locked at my legs and asked to enter a small pool of blood-like water filled with chicken organs. Then i need to find for the appropriate key to unlock myself within the pool with yucks chicken organs!
It was really a tough job for me as a vegetarian. Yet I endure and eventually found the key in 4 mins. By the time i got out of the pool my hands and legs were stinking with chicken organs' foul smell. I tried to wash off the smell in school but without soap I cant do that.

although I manage to complete all the stages without being disqualified halfway, I didn't make myself into final game as there were a lot other people who completed in a much shorter time.
Anyway it was really a red letter day for me.It's a breakthrough for me!
I enjoyed it!

How is the feeling of being a failure?

How is the feeling of being a failure?
Today after the class ended at 6pm I can see the sorrow on my roommate's face.
He's totally down. He said he did badly in the presentation. He said he could hardly finish what he had planned. He was stuck,bad pronunciation together with the tense made him feel totally not him. and at last he told me he's a FAILURE.
Failure?How do we define failure?

Honestly i have had this kind of feeling,when I couldn't reach my target,when everything goes oppositely to the way I want it to be.
I could still remember when i was in primary school,my mum had a high demand on me.
I had been inculcated,taught and guided to be the top student in school.
She taught me,checked my homeworks and even set mock exam questions for me .
I could still remember it was once where she gave me math questions and told me one cane for every single mistake that i made.I was really stunned where I wailed while I finished up the questions. And it turned out to be I made quite a number of careless mistakes and was caned by her. She stop guiding me after i entered year 4 and soon after that until I sat for my UPSR,PMR and SPM .
I never blame her for being so stringent to me when I was first few years in primary school.
Instead I would like to thank her,for builiding such a strong foundation in me when I was small.

I always set high target on myself. I know everyone can achive the non-achievable by working hard. Yet reality is cruel. Nothing will go on smoothly. Sometimes one needs to resign oneself to fate. Maybe luck just doesn't with you at the particular time.
I did have some failure experience..I would be very very sad,then I will keep asking myself 'why could't I do that?' ,'how can I not able to do that?' ,'what's wrong?' etc etc etc..
the sadness,the pain of being a failure will remain in my mind until i manage to concur it,manage to solve it,manage to say 'hooray I did that finally!'
I think the sadness or the feeling of being a failure somehow drive me to work harder.It reminds me how I fail,and how I not wanting to repeat the same error,same mistake again,just as the chinese saying,'failure is the mother of success'. Without failure no one can ever succeed.

So to my roommate,I know it's really taxing to think yourself a failure. I hope this will help u regain your confidence and ace it next time!
as for myself,I will persevere and hope I can do well!

年迈的阿伯向我喊了：“今天几号？”
年入九旬，快到一百的他，成天过着同样的生活。
他没有子女儿孙的陪伴，没有人能倾听他的内心。
虽然我跟他同住一个屋檐下，但身为租客的我，除了帮他撕日历，让他懂得自己又多活了一天之外，我不懂我还能为他做什么了。。
人老了，老得既然连自己活在哪个日期都不懂。。
想了都觉得恐怖。。深怕自己哪一天也变得跟他一样。。

Should I start earning extra pocket money for myself?
I am not lacking of money..the allowance I receive every month is more than enough for me..
I can even save quite a sum of money monthly..
Yesterday my aunt suggested me to start a chinese calligraphy class...
She said her friend who is also a part time tuition teacher is interested in opening a chinese calligraphy class..she can provide me with the place and getting students is an ease for her as a tuition teacher..
it's only me whether I want OR not..The fee is about $10-$15 per lesson(90mins)..
wow!!!i didn't know it can be so lucrative by being a tuition teacher here..by getting 5 students,I can easily earn $200++ per month..
woohoo~
I think I shall practice my calligraphy more as it can be a very profitable part time job for me..
This is one of my calligraphy which was written last year.=)

Stille Nacht

Just attended German Club welcoming party this afternoon..
I learnt about the way German celebrates Christmas..where they are more to family celebration instead of party-like celebration in England..
We sang a few Christmas song in German..although i couldn't understand 95% of the lyrics I just followed the way my lecturer sang it like a parrot..