Sunday, 27 July 2008

最近

最近,我迷上了打篮球。打一个人的寂寞篮球。
情绪上有问题,功课上有问题,人际关系上有问题,经济上有问题,感情上有问题,家里有问题。
洗衣机有问题,新买的脚车有问题。
怎么这么多问题?
失眠了几天,凌晨两三点还不想睡,早上七点就会自己起身,睡觉时常时不时睁开眼睛。我想我必须储存足够的疲倦才能打败这个问题。啊,这些问题,给了我失眠的问题。
有点生气自己的无能。和懒惰。和愚蠢。
失眠是因为自己不能放下吧,才闭上眼睛想睡觉,脑袋就会自动转啊转,在想着这个那个问题怎么解决。
连做什么也开始不能集中精神。工作时一旦有能够用来思考的时间,脑袋又停不下来了。
幸好白天时还能够提起精神做东西,只是有时会有点累。可能在那短短的睡眠里我还是休息到吧?
我还是想变得更忙碌。有些事情,我不想面对,也觉得自己没有义务要去面对,或有义务以不面对来面对。
唯有篮球,让我能够暂时逃避这些问题。我一直想找一个健康的方式。我可以以看部落格或打电脑游戏来暂忘这些问题,可是,总是在之后觉得眼睛好酸痛。
篮球不会和我吵架,不会占我便宜,不会给我脸色看。我生气起来还可以扁它扁个够力它还是没有顶嘴的。(哇,我好像有点变态!)不想讲话,不想对着任何人。
最重要的是,我能够专注打篮球。打一个人的篮球时,只要瞄准那个栏就够了。仿佛世界只剩下你、你手中的篮球和那个栏。集中手中的力气,运用膝盖和腰和手臂的力把篮球投出去,然后,看着篮球飞过去,有点似慢动作的缓慢影格,进或不进。在天气好的时候,在蓝天白云下打篮球,实是天下一大奢享!哈,对我来说啦……
像我这样的一个怪人,还是比较适合打一个人的寂寞篮球。
看回自己一路走来,真的觉得自己是一个很冷的人。可能冷=慢热?我像是一个身上的刺比较长的刺猬,和我太靠近的人都可能会被刺伤,所以还是比较适合一个人单独行事。
朋友少得可怜。很失败吧?很多时候,想靠近我的人我会躲开,因为有很多时候我还是会想一个人躲起来,想靠近我的人都知难而退了。有时我又会想靠近回他们,可是,关系已经冷却了。
是性格使然?我仿佛在自己身边筑了一道又一道的墙。我只是想躲起来,很多时候。
开始害怕过分依赖身边的人。
我想变得更坚强。就让我独自静静地面对这一切吧。

Saturday, 26 July 2008

梦到自己在一间在郊外刚搭建出来的衣服销售店里当店员。
有好多好多衣服,楼上楼下都有,可是,奇怪地有个供展览的一块小小空间,是给个模特儿穿着店里最新的服装站着的。也不一定要站着,可以随意走动坐着,只要是在那块空间里。
感觉好像动物园里的动物,供人观赏而已。我在梦里好像有有当模特儿,可是感觉自己好像一直望着窗外的一棵树。然后,印象中依稀记得这个地方有点半郊外,因为好多树和草原。
转个弯,有其他建筑物,还有巴士团绕这几栋建筑物。我好像在期待着有人从巴士下来,期待一个我熟悉的人。感觉上好像有三个女性朋友来探望我,可是我又不记得长什么样子了。
哎,要去实验室找东西做了。

Friday, 25 July 2008

欠扁问答题,欠扁的一天

我当我的前辈同事是Richard,我当我老板的老豆是Richard,可是他们却没有当我是Lulu,为什么?

因为我比较聪明吗?

因为我目中无人吗?

因为,他们的名字真的叫Richard,但我不是叫Lulu。

今天我很欠扁。Book了实验室里的hot-stage microscope一整天,却读着读着它的manual读到大喇喇趴在实验室里microscope前面睡着了,还用它的说明书当枕头……

Thursday, 24 July 2008

今天

今天,我很生气。那不男不女的什么都推到我身上,真是他女马的没天理!!!
他说他很忙,在实验室里从下午两点忙到四点半。难道我从早上九点忙到晚上十点会比他轻松吗?
他说他没时间。他有脚车骑上学,我走路,我会比他有更多的时间吗?
他说他没钱。他房租比我便宜,我会比他更有钱吗?
我必须自己努力工作赚钱买脚车,他借到有钱人的脚车是他的本事。
是他自己要喊没钱,但找工又要嫌三嫌四,嫌这份工辛苦嫌那份工时间不好。
阿Q一点,能者多劳?我不是能者,只是他无能!

Sunday, 20 July 2008

Orange Order

The other day when I just finished meeting with one of my supervisors, he told me that the university will be closed during certain days in July. When I further asking him for more information, he said it in a fishy way:"Have you ever heard anything from the International Office?"
"What?"
"Oh, you know, people will march on the street, many drunken people. Although it was 5 years ago, I won't be in Belfast during those days!"
"Oh really?Is it really dangerous?"
"Yeah...!So, go anywhere but Belfast! Go Dublin!!"
Yeah...what so dangerous? =.= He looked so paranoid!!
Well after asking one of my colleagues and my supervisor's response made him laughing non-stop, he told me that it is called "Orange Order". Not sure what it is, but you can find a very super extremely long story from Wikipedia. Just look up 'Orange Order' from google.
Here are some photos taken during that day,12th of July. But!!!I missed the bon fire!!!I was reading online comics that night...but anyway I wont feel like going out at late night alone. Here you go. The photos.
A camera-friendly guy in uniform.
In the parade there is always a person (definitely with very strong arms) hitting a huge drum.
And uncles with tummy in uniform.
'Looks-like drunken' kids.
This is the 'Bon Fire' that I missed. It was the night before the parade...Now it's only 'Bon Ash'....
Guys playing drums.
A guy blowing flute.
Guys in suit.
Guy in van.
Guys in vests and guys in uniforms.
More guys in uniform.
More more guys in uniforms.
'Looks-like drunken' kids again. With empty bottles.

Flags sold by the roadside.
A guy in orange hat.
Barely seen guys in uniform.
Guy with flag.
This is not an ambulance!!!
More guys with flags.

Ahem. Please excuse me for my useless captions.

After the parade, there were loads of drunken people and empty bottles by the road side.

Later after the event, my colleague teased me:"So you survived from the Orange Order?"

Yeah yeah...thanks to my funny supervisor...

心理测验

这是一个很久以前一个朋友电邮我的心理测验,有多准我就不知道啦,不过好像有点关系到咯……不过,我不觉得我华丽啦,一点也不吸引人家注意。对流行的事物更是慢人家很多拍的,人家N年前在追新出的连续剧,我可以N年后才看。
到底我适合在哪里生活,我也不知道。哪里我能做到我想做的事,都适合我生活的吧。我自认自己的生命力还好。贪不贪玩,嗯,可能会很贪玩吧?我常觉得自己真正玩起来真的很疯很颠,会爬到人家头上去然后会变得很欠扁。
多情种?哈哈哈,我想我还没够资格吧?反而有时我真的觉得自己不适合太安逸的生活,有时就是要忙碌一下才能体验休闲的难得。嗯,爆发力我是有一点啦,而且每次爆发之后都会变得很颓废。
哎,看爽就好了。这个心理测验没有办法计算八五年之后出生的朋友。哈哈。

Saturday, 19 July 2008

爱情的舞台

有时会想,爱情会不会是一个能让双方发挥彼此优点的舞台?只是两个人的舞台,两个人轮流上台发挥,对换着观众与演绎者的身份,然后互相欣赏。有时有另一个人瞥见了舞台上的其中一个人而跑进来当观众,或慢慢变成演绎者。这个时候,就要看谁和谁想要合作创造只有两个人的舞台了。

变换

今天新篮球开张,终于独自在篮球场开战了。自己和自己的战。
很庆幸因此认识了两位Slovakia来的美女,她们也是挺爱玩篮球的。
手臂有点酸痛,可是,很开心。我可是穿着牛仔裤打的耶!篮球有点脏了,但是,就是要有点脏才像个篮球!这样才像我的篮球。嘻嘻嘻!
可是,决定要去打篮球之前,天气一直阴晴不定,一下阴天像是要下雨,一下子又阳光普照。这里的天气变换真的很快,花儿也是,今天灿烂盛开,明天也许全凋谢了。这儿的人也是,今天也许很喜欢你,明天却又对你没感觉了。当然没有老外喜欢我,是我听一个和老外恋爱的中国朋友说的。这儿的人都很随感觉的,所以要念理科或工程系的人很少,很多人都爱念能够很随性的文科。所以,这里的爱情也变换很快,很多人分手就是因为突然没感觉了。没有什么原因,又或者有,他们没有刻意去寻找这样的原因。他们重视的是现在,爱你的此时此刻,是全心全意爱你的。不在乎天长地久,只在乎曾经拥有。他们只活在现在,现在想做什么就做什么,他们不活在过去或未来。反观东方文化,凡事顾虑,精打细算,活在从前活在现在活在未来。我反倒觉得,如果每次都是这样子分手而没有去细想其中原因,这不过是一而再、没有成长的循环。反而,如果细想为什么会这样子,也许下一次不会重蹈复撤,会有新的一个领悟、新的成长。还是这只是因为我以研究的精神来诠释对待爱情的关系?人必须要有所成长,才会进步,才会变得更好,不是吗?
听到朋友的故事,有个男生很爱一个女生,所以千般讨好,任那女生野蛮地对待自己,随意花用自己的血汗钱。只因为,他爱她,一个“爱”字。然后,朋友也有点沾沾自喜,因为她男朋友也很听自己的话,和朋友出门会征同她的同意。我仿佛看见从前那个拿他对自己的爱而骄纵野蛮的自己。可知道,分手后回想他对自己的好,回想自己对他的坏,面对这种愧疚的感觉并不好受。
现在的我,在爱情里要求的是公平对等的对待。没有谁一定要听谁的话,我要求的是一个有建设性的商量,以合理的道理令对方打从心底认同,互相尊重,这样才是沟通。

Thursday, 17 July 2008

In God's hand

最近爱上了Nelly Furtado的这一首歌,有点像我们现在的情形:
I looked at your face I saw that all the love had died
I saw that we had forgotten to take the time
I, I saw that you couldn't care less about what you do
You couldn't care less about the lies
You couldn't find the time to cry
We forgot about love
We forgot about faith
We forgot about trust
We forgot about us
Now our love's floating out the window
Our love's floating out the back door
Our love's floating up in the sky in heaven
Where it began back in God's hands
You said that you had said all that you had to say
You said baby it's the end of the day
And we gave a lot but it wasn't enough
We got so tired that we just gave up
Now our love's floating out the window
Our love's floating out the back door
Our love's floating up in the sky in heaven
Where it began back in God's hands
We didn't respect it
We went and neglected it
We didn't deserve it
But I never expected this
Our love floated out the window
Our love floated out the back door
Our love floated up in the sky to heaven
It's part of a plan
It's back in God's hands
Back in God's hands
Oh it didn't last
It's a thing of the past
No we didn't understand
Oh just what we had
Oh I want it back
Just what we had
Oh I want it back
Oh just what we had

是我太贪心了吗?

星座每日运程

最近和同事工作时老爱看不同报章里写的星座每日运程。
不是迷信,只是觉得很好玩,老是拿内容来开玩笑。有时不同报章写的东西不一样,像是在自打嘴巴,还是他们故意要让人精神分裂?
例如今天,我的星座运程说,有个很不错的人想认识我,会助佳我的爱情运程,然后另一个报章说我过分担心某样事情了,说我依然活在压力之下。前者是假的,我没有遇到什么人;后者是真的,为了要更新我的入境准证,我要更努力地工作才能有足够的钱,能的话,我希望能够寄钱回家……可是功课方面我必须花更多的时间和心力去完成,所以最近老是在整理试验结果和计算时很容易扑在电脑前睡着去。
反而,前者令我想起昨晚的梦。我梦见自己和一班人像游客般走进一栋很美很透明像是玻璃做的建筑物。建筑物外不知为何地心吸引力有点问题还是什么,被晶莹剔透的水包围着。后来,好像遇见了我一个要好的小学同学,然后我们计划趁警卫不注意时又溜进去玩,去探索整间建筑物。记得她打扮得不错,然后我们很惊险地避开每一个警卫,打开一道又一道的门,看到一个又一个令我们觉得好惊喜的建筑设计,感觉上很开心很开心。有一个房间,像是个小型的运动场,有舒适的木制观众座位。当我们到处晃时,突然有扇门打开了,竟然是建筑物拥有人的儿子!他(忘了他的样子,也不知道为什么会知道他是“太子爷”)面带微笑走了进来,我和朋友立刻躲藏在座位下。他仿佛知道我们在这里,故意弯下腰看我们躲藏的地方,可是明明看见了却又假装没看见,只是在暧昧地微笑着。我感到有点窘,可是也感到他好像在静静地追随我们守护我们,却又不惊动任何警卫。莫非……?呵呵,也许他喜欢上我朋友了,直觉上是这样子。又也许,我不敢相信他是为自己而来,我对自己没有什么信心,我一直都是一个很普通很沉闷很没趣很外貌不扬的女生。如果,说他是星座运程里那个很不错要认识我的人。难道那个星座运程是给我的梦的?哈哈哈哈……
哈哈,我想太多了吧。最近也看太多网上没营养的少女漫画太多了,真欠扁,明明已经超过了那样子的年纪。已经没有办法回到从前的简单和单纯了,没有退路了,我只能继续沉沦在这样的复杂里。我,还能很简单很单纯地去爱一个人吗?感觉上,我仿佛已经失去了这样的能力……

Sunday, 6 July 2008

找回生命中的热诚

我要找回生命中的热诚!
工作要有热诚!念书也要有热诚!!玩耍更要有热诚!!!
很开心能够想blog就能blog的感觉!我想从今以后我可以blog更多了!
(其实能上网看网上漫画真的很爽!)
哇~~我好像发疯了……

My funny third formal supervisor poking a banana

Why there's a "formal"?Because he is my appointed third supervisor, in fact, I have FIVE supervisors for my master project!! where the informal third one is from other school and the informal fifth one is the informal fourth one's wife, where, formal third supervisor=informal fourth supervisor!!sounds complicated huh!!
Hahahaha~~mayb there's some problem with my categorization!
That day, one funny incident happened.
In the morning, I went to look for my third supervisor. He guided me some lab work and then he went back to his office to get busy with his own stuffs, saying that if I have finished my labwork I can go n give him a shout. In that morning, there's no banana on his desk.
After I finished my labwork, I went to knock on his door. "Yes~~!" he answered to my knock and once i opened his door I saw him working on his desk--next to a banana. Why I noticed that banana? Coz that's the only thing that is not supposed to be in an office!! (although this is just my opinion) (I noticed that people here like bananas, they eat them during study leave until finish exam! Brain food perhaps?)
Okay, it doesn't matter. Afterall that is NOT mine. I started to report my lab results and asked him some of my doubts regarding my project. He was explaining to me, while moving his hands around just like a normal gesture...until he poked the banana on his desk. (Actually his index finger was pointing downwards like pointing something that is not there while explaining)
Initially I was trying hard to understand what he was trying to tell me, until I saw a sudden change in his facial expression--it was like a face full of surprise from a "big new discovery".
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BANANA!
He asked me:"How did this banana get here?"
I said:"It is already here when I came in."
He:"This morning?"
I:"Nope, just now."
And we both bursted into laughters!! How can he not noticing something that has been jus beside his right hand for one or two inches away? Did the banana look transparent to him? He thought it was a cell phone or pen? Or he is used to work with a banana by his side? I guess he was just too busy that he was too concentrated to his work until not knowing something appeared (or lost too?) around him.
..........It's my informal fifth supervisor, she put it onto her husband's desk........

长大

不得不承认,人终究还是要长大的。

长大了,就会开始要像人人认为应该是大人该有的样子。

长大了,就会开始明白爱情和面包同等重要。

长大了,就会开始明白,钱不是万能,但没了钱真的是万万不能。

长大了,就会如自己从前笔下那般市侩。

想起大专时的那一个她。那是一个很坚强的她。从我们一起念大专时,她因为家里贫苦已经在半工读了。而我,还活在父母提供的温室里。那个时候,她大概早已明白了我以上所列出的事实吧?我回想起来真觉得有点惭愧。现在的我终于明白,她那瘦弱小小的肩膀所承担的担子有多重。但那个时候的她,总是面带自信的笑容。

这里夏天了。餐馆个个生意惨淡,因为大部分的居民都飞到其他国家旅行了。为了减少店面开销,我的工作时间也开始缩短。老板自己也因为旅行去了而把店休息一个星期。一个星期,没有收入!!!

可是!我不会放弃的!

想起自己很久以前买了一个字画,挂在大马老家的房间里,现在与大家共勉之!




天下有两难,登天难,求人更难;(知道自己不可能会登天,但更不想求人!所以要靠自己!)
地上有两苦,贫穷苦,病死更苦;(虽然没钱真的很苦,但很庆幸的我还很健康!)
世间有两险,江湖险,人心更险;(对!所以要懂得自保!若很不幸地还是被奸人所害,就当学乖!)
人间有两薄,春冰薄,人情更薄;(人情不薄为大幸,但也要接受人情淡薄的事实!)
知其难,忍其苦,测其险,耐其薄,可以处世也!


P.S: 谢谢哥三更半夜替我拍下这字画!为此还踏死了小强……!可怜无辜的小强,安息吧……还被冲到马桶里去了……

今天早上,突然想起几个人。想起我的中学时期。
仍记得那个学会,有个活动我是文书,然后那个男生是活动主席。我经常为了活动的事到他班上找他,而他的朋友们总爱八卦地说:“诶,你女朋友又找你了!”。当时的我对恋爱有点反感,常装作没听见。其实现在回想起来,那男生是挺帅的,是哥哥朋友的弟弟,只可惜他的颈项总是在抽筋,哈哈哈哈哈哈~!
然后想起另一个男生,喜欢上了我朋友却拿我当烟幕来刺激我朋友。当时的我真是太笨了!他该不会以为我喜欢他吧?我只是把他当哥哥而已!回想我刚恋爱时他对我的恭喜,觉得真假!拜托,我没有喜欢过你好不好!
比赛后一大班人浩浩荡荡到茨场街喝龙眼糖水。
另一个爱美女的师兄,因为他我也变得喜欢看美女,总是常常和他一起看美女,但没有什么特别意思哦! 和另一个师姐联手欺负另一个师兄,看他生气却又因为我们是女生不敢动手的样子很好玩!
还有当学长,都忘了自己为什么那么笨跑去当学长,真无聊!我根本不是那些能够忍受死板纪律的人!哈哈哈,也许那个时候我还不了解自己吧。可是,我却是因为这样才认识到我的初恋,那个曾经很疼我很疼我却把我宠坏了的初恋(我们竟然一起获得八月份最佳男女……学长奖!不是最佳男女朋友奖哦!)。不过想起来,我真的不是一个好学长,更不是一个好的女朋友……
活动后在雨中打篮球,练习三分球和单手罚球线投篮或和陌生男生打三对三,还宣称自己已经嫁给了篮球。就连自己一个人在玩乌龟射球也开心!
还有搞活动时,大家总是聚在开周会的台上或小礼堂里一边画布条装置布告栏一边炸歌,很开心!

今天,一个人偷偷跑到实验室做project的东西。实验室里没有其他人进进出出,我可以尽情的唱歌,做我想做的东西,真爽!

Thursday, 3 July 2008

Another happy day

Not sure of what is the reason but I feel happy today.As well as a few days ago, for the curry chicken rice I had in MBC, for my funny third supervisor, for the caring messages from the person I love.
Probably because I started to feel the support from my main supervisor which I used to think that he always ignore me. I felt motivated for that.
Another reason is, I am glad that my colleague is so nice to me. I've been looking for bicycles lately, hoping that I can upgrade my mobility from two legs to two wheels. He purposely bought a newspaper with loads of ads for second hand bikes for me. To me he is a nice big brother who used to help me when I have difficulties in working, he is also a nice friend where I can share my problems with him. We used to shoot the breeze most of the time and make fun of each other or any customer...Although he jus teased me that I am a fruitcake (yes we both are and he is a larger piece!),but I learned a lot of English from him...I really like working with him :D
Phrase of the day: having someone's upper hand on a sensitive situation--having advantage in certain situation. Wow! (This is kinda new to me :P) And some bad words too...like describing somebody as an anal person....Muahahahahahhahaha~~~
My boss's dad visited our workplace just now, had a cup of tea there and spent sometime in the toilet where I thought he's gonna paint the toilet wall again. He has been so free lately because of his retirement, we called him Uncle Richard as my boss's cousins' used to call him......at his back. He is a kind, nice and friendly old man.
And my boss!! A hard core e-bay fans! Everyday e-bay about GI Joe. But his son Hector is really cute!!Cheerful kids are beautiful kids!! Sometimes I will play crossword puzzle with my boss during working hours, and I learn English from him too--although he is a bit fussy sometimes but still he is a very gentle person, unlike his appearance that I used to think him as a huge man.
And I guess I am happy too for gaining better sleeping quality,and I started to feel my passion and enthusiasm towards my jobs, and my life too. I started to clean the coffee machine more thoroughly and try to finish as much work as I can.Yay~~
Thanks to you all who have been supporting me for all these while...I think I am the luckiest person in this world...!
And my ex-housemate has just moved to a beautiful house just nearby! A 10 minutes walk from my current stay. She has to stay alone in that big house thru out the whole summer due to her placement, no internet, limited channels on television. I think I will pay her visit more once I got the time,or maybe stay overnight and watch tv there occasionally. It feels so nice having a friend staying nearby! I am so glad!!
That's all for today, a happy day.I will work harder to achieve my dreams...! Thanks to you all~~