Monday 30 June 2008

外婆的记忆。。

已经记不清楚上一次看见外婆是什么时候,印象中的外婆就像妈妈说说的“哎哟,我们外婆身体真的很壮,八十多岁还能自己照顾自己,一大清早骑着脚踏车到处走,每件衣物还是自己手洗。”大嫂在旁插了一句“是呀,有时候我们去探访她,她老远就看得出我们,视力比我们这些没有戴眼镜的年轻人还好。”

好像是去年某个晚上,妈妈把外婆邀请过来吃饭,外婆一进门口,我低声喊了一声“外婆”。深怕外婆太久没有见到我而把我给忘了(都怪自己在外边漂泊多年,很久没有回家看妈妈,何况是妈妈的妈妈)。怎知外婆看了一眼就说“你是谁谁的小女儿嘛,我知道。”最后一次看见外婆就是那次,没有多聊,只打了一个招呼。一向来和家人的关系都是淡如开水,没有亲密和拥抱,也没有激动的争执,是我觉到最有安全感的距离。

后来好像听说外婆在家滑到,虽然没有大碍,可是健康大不如前。老人家最避忌就是跌倒划到,大家听到都会做好凶多吉少的心里准备。我由于经常出国公干,回到家里都是超级疲惫或者超级想出去释放自己,轻松一下,很少会想到要去看看外婆。只是有时候脑子里会闪过如果我不去看看外婆,会不会这辈子都见不到她?到时候我应该会责怪自己这个无情无义的家伙吧。

刚才妈妈让我载她到外婆家,一进门口,我就几乎被吓呆了。外婆竟然已经瘦的像个皮包骨,脸部两颊已经凹凸的实在不行,手指间不断的在颤抖,脚跟有点浮肿。我低声再叫了一声“外婆”。妈妈在旁说“这是我的小女儿,你还记得她吗?”外婆口里哩咕了几个字,谁也听不懂意思,估计她已经在记忆中找不到我的记录。

整个晚上外婆就是不断的吵嚷“我要去便便。”佣人扶着她刚从房间出来,还没把屁股坐在椅子上,她又说“我要便便。”无论旁人怎么劝说,她就是觉得“我要便便,不能再忍,我要便便。”看着外婆颤抖的身子,一步一步走向房间,我心里突然好像哭,好像上前去拥抱这个记忆中身体很壮的外婆。

同时我也在想,有一天我会不会也变成外婆这样?现在距离外婆九十三岁的高龄还有六十多年。这些年的日子我应该为五斗米而折腰,免得老来以后有钱也买不到健康?或者我应该不择手段往企业阶梯上爬,为老年生活没有亲人照顾买一个保险?还是我应该要开始好好享受人生,免得人又老,钱又没有,有没有体验过生活?还是我应该尽快走入婚姻道路,尽快生小孩,好好培育他们,因为将来公司不要你,老公不要你,人生唯一的寄望就是下一代。

Tuesday 24 June 2008

seek ye first

just now something strange happened
i was listening to the cd in my car
"the breath of god"
i was listening
listening
hoping to hear something
just in time for my stressed up mood
as the track goes
one by one
with different preaching
along the highway
i drive fast
some i cant hear it well
i think god has not spoken to me
because i look forward some advise
on how to deal with my life
in work particularly
and out of a sudden
i heard one of the track repeat:
i am sure i heard it just not too long ago
i am sure the track does not come back to repeat the second round
i was stunned
because the journey from klcc
to cheras toke less than 30 minutes
so it should not be repetitive
and even if the cd slipped sometimes
i won't go back to the previous track
and back home i try to find the track
i cannot find
I remember it says
“in everything you do
put god first”
then i realize i was so depressed recently
because i was focus only on myself
annie me and myself
i have forgotten about god
i have gone astray
and i forgot to u-turn
I remember this song
I heard last week

Seek Ye First
Seek ye first the Kingdom of God
And his righteousness
And all these things shall be added unto you
Allelu, Allelujah
Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelu, Allelujah
Man cannot live by bread alone
But by every wordThat proceeds from the mouth of God
Allelu, Allelujah
Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelu, Allelujah
"I am the way, the truth and the life,"That's what Jesus said."
Nobody comes to the father but by me."
Allelu, Allelujah
Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelu, Allelujah
Ask and it shall be given unto youSeek and ye shall find
Knock and the door shall be opened unto you
Allelu, Allelujah
Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelujah, Allelu, Allelujah

a depressed diary

Why do I have brain but cannot think
Why do I have mouth but cannot speak
Why do I have hands but cannot move
Why do I have legs but cannot run

Why do I have myself
Yet I am not in charge of it

I always thought I have happy family
Until I found they have no been close at all
I always thought I have a good job
Until I am the only one left in office at wee hour
I always thought that I have pleasant look
Until I hate the reflection I see over the mirror

Why do I think only stupid complaints
When I can use it for constructive matters
Why do I speak of the sarcastic mourn
When I can voice out to seek for help
Why do I move with lack of confide
When I can write for a new resume
Why do I run into unsolvable trouble
When I can look for a greener pasture

I always thought I am a cheerful person
Until I found that I am severely emotional
I always thought I am a lucky person
Until I only have days and night of work
I always thought I know a lot of things
Until I show no wisdom in things I do

Why do I love myself
Yet I found so many flaws in it

Monday 23 June 2008

不可复制的记忆

最近有一则电台广告说“记忆是不能够复制的”,过去的事情就不能够重来。我很羡慕那些善忘的人,好的不好的转个头就忘记了。日子过得逍遥只在,不用为了以前的事耿耿于怀。
常常因为自己记性太好而让身边的人抓狂,已经不止一次两次或三次别人告诉过我的话,别人都已经忘记了,我还一字一句朗诵出来。吵了半天,别人就是不愿意承认这是他们亲口对我说的。。

就好像前几天和Zeb 聊天,说起我们当初是怎么认识的。他硬要说是他热情主动打开话题,因为我在办公事行色实在太匆忙,闲杂人等根本不敢靠近。我却记得是我看他一个新人在茶水间无聊,闲来无事的我装热情和他打招呼。不服气的Zeb还要和我对质我们到底聊了什么课题,但是当我提出当时他戴了什么手表,脱了出来让我试戴的时候。他竟然一点记忆也没有,还要坚持说没有这回事。到底是我自己一直在虚造回忆,还是自己脑袋有问题呢?

上大学的时候,教授说过人的记忆分成短期和长期记忆。举个例子:经常用的生字或知识就会存储在短期记忆,脑根要用的时候采取时间比较短。其他很长时间没有用或学了根本没有用到的就会按时间,事件或者人物逐一归档,时间越长没有取出来翻新就会排在记忆的越尾段。事情过去越久要翻出来回味就越困难,所以人们才会有时间可以冲淡一切的说法存在。

可是我这个有问题的脑袋细胞应该是中了病毒,或者神经程式出了乱子。明明不应该或者不值的怀念的事情就是久久放不下。不是因为我每天临睡前都在整理思绪,不是因为我每天在日子里提醒自己,只是记忆中好像没有长期短期之分,反正发生在N年以前的事情对我来说和昨天发生的感觉是几乎没有分别的。越痛苦、越悲惨的回忆就越深刻,时间没有冲淡任何痕迹。

有时候听到某些歌曲,我就会想到某年某月的某一天,我和某某在某某地方一起听着这首歌,当时是什么时间,什么心情,周边环境有那些人,听完这首歌发生什么事我都记得一清二楚。有时候甚至闻到某种香味,我会记得某一人曾经很喜欢擦某个牌子的香水,什么时候她经常经过我身旁,什么时候她靠的我最近,什么时候她穿的什么样的衣服。有时候来到某年某月的某一天,我会突然想起另一年另一月的另一天,我在这个特别的日子做了什么特别的坏事好事傻事,结果来到今年今月的今天我还是傻呼呼的在写部落格。

Sunday 22 June 2008

I hate my girlfriend

I have this little girlfriend
She likes to act like princess
I have to give her tender loving care
All the time, every single seconds in my life

I met her in her darkness day
Where she has no one left to rely on
I become her knight in the shining armor
To protect her from the world full of depravation

I like her bubbly and cheerful manner
The way she laughs on all that I tell her
I was amazed when she met with a car accident
And still drive her crooked car for her dance lesson

She weeps in tears when I told her I love her
She waits for me to come home when I was away
She made her first cross stitch for my Christmas present
She even check put baking lesson to make cheese cake for my birthday

But the veil of the happiness was revealed
Now I see her true colour under the fake laughters
She is just a green monster in disguise in a fairy outfit
She is just an icon of emotion outburst every 20 seconds

She could not make up her mind over everything
She could not live up her life for her own purpose
She always thirst for my attention like a hungry serpent
She always put me to blame whether or not it’s my fault

I can’t take it anymore
I do not want to be a servant
I do not want to marry a chaotic lass
I want to live my life the way I want it to be

But I do not know how to say it
I do not know how I will break her heart
I wish I know how to break the spell
And make her the little girl that I always love

1, 2, 3 wake up or break up

Tiffany think she has spent enough time on Marco to find that they are not meant for each other. It is not a fight that they had, but they never had a fight through out the realtionship. Marco is the type of man that rarely lose his temper, whatever comes to him, he will talk to Tifanny nicely and sort thing out for he has never raise his voice to her. But to Tiffany, she just can not take it when she is ferociously angry and Marco still remians his calm and try to cool her down. In three attempts if she does not let go, he will give up and go back to his own work for he thinks that he has done his part and it’s up to Tiffany whether she wants to take it.

Tiffany feels that she is nobody whenever Marco did this to her. She wants a boyfriend that cares about her feeling and not just finish doing his part leave her alone. It is good that Marco allow her some time to cool down whenever she throws her tantrums and as the temperature cool off, the nerves get relaxed and the mind is cleared, chances are she realize that there is in fact nothing important that she was upset about. It could probably be a over board joke or a insensitive gestures or just a unpolite staring that Tiffany is not happy about. But she just hates it when Marco shows his indifference to her that life goes on whether or not you are happy with him.

Take this example, Tiffany has this afternoon noon routine every weekend. She will display various “ low level of energy” symptoms very afternoon on Saturday and Sunday for her body will switch to sleeping mode when the sun rise on top of her. She will have no appetite to eat, no strength to walk and no mood to talk, all she wants to do is just sleep and everything will be better after that.

Today, as usual Tifanny took her afternoon nap and Marco was busy online to read the football news. Being a light sleeper, she was not comfortable when Marco was shaking his leg on the bed, she was also not comfortable when the newly installed air cond made her sweat under the 18 degree temperature and when she finally dose off into deep sleep, Marco wake her up in a gentle matter and said it’s time to leave for football.

Waking up on the wrong side of bed, Tiffany was very agitated and annoyed, she feels like she has to live her life in accordance with Marco’s phase. When he is busy with his own movie, album, football etc, she has to find her own entertainment. But when he is free to talk to her, she has to stopped everthing that she is doing and listen to him. With a sour face and twisted mood, Tifanny packed her bag and get to her car.

Unaware of his wrong doing (or was he just being so unattentive), Marco wanted to kiss her goodbye, and Tifanny turn her face away. On the second attempt, Marco said don’t be like that and Tiffany turn her face away. On the third attempt, Marco said I’m sorry and Tiffany turn her face away still. So Marco closed the door and walked back to the house leaving Tiffany alone.

I don’t want a boyfriend..

It is now left 96 hours before I reach the age of 29, it’s a common question people around me ask “ when are you getting married?” or “ when is your turn?” on friends’ wedding dinner or even “ aren’t you worry if nobody marries you?”. Well, it’s a lie if I tell you I am not looking forward to meet my prince charming or my knight in the white horse or I’m not worry that I will live a single life forever. But what is it that I must get married, because everybody is doing so, or because everybody is doing so that I will have no more friends to hang out with or because I just need a husband no matter what.

I once discuss with Gloria, a friend that is my same age about how are we to survive without a boyfriend. Gloria proclaimed that she look forward a marriage as soon as possible, not because she feels lonely or she need some man to protect her, but it is the biological clock that is pressuring her to get a husband. True love can be found at any age, even when you are on your dying bed, but the fertility of a woman passes without you noticing you and once the clock stop clicking. Voila, you can’t bear children anymore. And I subscribe to the idea that no family is complete without a kid or two.

Gloria is a very domineering career women, she knows her business very well. In her scope of work, nobody can pick any mistakes made by her and nobody dares to challenge her in any extent. Normally people will just ring her department up and request for things to get done without saying thank you, but when it comes to her, people will actually have to lower their voice and politely ask “ Gloria, sorry to trouble you, but could you help me to do so and so?” in a shivering tone.

Hence, many men were intimidated by her, not to say to court her but even to be her friends alone. In a dining table, she does all the talking, the commenting, the teasing and the joking. Man comes into no use in front of her. Now you may think she is for sure not pretty that’s why nobody is attracted to her. She is petite, fair, have bright round eyes and she will shower you with tender loving care once you step into her “ fort of social distance”.

She once told me “We are not the leftover my dear, we are just too good that no man dares to approach us for they are not confident to handle us, they want woman that is easy to handle to fulfill their egoistic nature, and they want submissive woman that they can boss around so that they can be the head of the family. And one day I am sure that our Mr Right will knock on our door for only them knows the true values in us and to bring out the best in us” Though it is a little bit boastful ( just a little la), I do hope that one day my prince charming will come and bring me to the wonderland but not the grave of all love.

Monday 2 June 2008

Stupid thoughts on 1st of June

Well, who does not know today is the 1st of June? What’s the big deal with 1st of June? Or rather what’s wrong with 1st of June? Every year in the history we have never missed the 1st of June, it is the 152nd day in the Gregorian** calendar, and there are simply 213 days remaining until the end of the year. If we walk down the memory lane, we may come across the following:

In 1958 - Charles de Gaulle brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months. 1 June 1968, an Australian actor and singer called Jason Donovan were born. 1 June 1978, FIFA World Cup kicks off in Argentina with a match held in Buenos Aires between cup holder West Germany and Poland. 1 June 1998, an American actor called Darwin Joston had past away.

It’s okay if you do not know who is Charles de Gaulle or Jason Donovan or Darwin Joston, I do not know all of them either, because this people just had nothing to do in our life. And the story I’m going to tell you today also have nothing to do with you. It’s okay if you decided to stop reading, go ahead, you have nothing to lose.

On the 1st of June 2008, I do not what the big thing or small thing is coming up today, but in the tiny universe of mine, it has many significant days in the month of June. 8 June, I will finally complete a course, which I consistently attended at 8:30 Sunday morning for 6 consecutive weeks, 17 June, my company is participating in the biggest event in the Asia Pacific where no milestone in the initial plan has achieved so far, which I continue to have nightmares over it again and gain, 21 June, my best friend ever will dump me and flee away with a another guy by the name of “her legally married husband”, which made me heart broken (I am not lesbian, but she is really my best friend)

Seems like there are so many hick up in this disastrous month of June, but same time last year I started to believe in fantasy, because fantasy sometimes give hopes in life and I hope this fantasy will go on for ever ( though before this I never believed in forever).

P/S: Gregorian calendar is the calendar we are now using; base on astronomical year numbering, other calendar widely use today includes Lunar calendar and Islamic calendar.