2008年12月31日星期三

2009年 一切重新开始

找到工作,搬了新家!!!

一切有新的开始!:D

有到Taman Megah, Ming Tian food court 的话,记得找我啦!:)

喜欢新家,相信也会喜欢新工作!

祝大家也在新的一年里有美好、丰收的一年!:D

2008年12月25日星期四

与九把刀邂逅的圣诞

刘若英说:“我承认,我的确是因为五月天,才看九把刀。”

我说:“我承认,我的确是因为刘若英,才看九把刀。”

没有贬低九把刀的意思,纯粹是没有一股冲劲儿去翻开另一个作家的新篇章。但是,看了之后,觉得是值得推荐的。

用了一个晚上看完“等一个人咖啡”。在当中感受到一股强烈的熟悉,感动那描写的细腻和触感。

九把刀的小说,觉得细腻,但是,有些冗长,节奏有些慢,或许,是为了达到细腻的缘故。但是,总体而言,还是佳作,于是再继续寻觅他的作品。

看完了刘若英对《后青春期的诗》的简介后,翻开了那一本小说,有三个原因:
一、想了解她口中那觉得极其相似她心境的描述;
二、超爱五月天后青春期的诗》这个专辑
三、学妹欣怡的大力、大力、大力推荐!



一口气看了第9章,再跳回序篇,一口气看了4个篇节,能让自己如此专注的小说,已经很久没遇着了,文笔的流畅不在话下,题材的新颖也是关键因素。

九把刀的小说里,有着预想不到的情节,有着新新人类的放纵和洒脱,有跳脱现实的狂想与铺排,这是其中吸引的地方。

在《后青春期的诗》里的特别,则是对踏入30岁矛盾心态的描述,这一部分应该是感同身受而较被吸引。(这里不要抢九把刀的风头,过后再详加描述。)

当中对于名人处境的描述,相信是吸引奶茶注目的部分。九把刀有这样的能力,将相关人士的生活细节、心态描述深入,仿佛让人置身于故事之中,仿佛在翻看自己的日记本子。

翻看九把刀的小说,配上五月天新专辑,一样的旷野、一样的放纵!在这个圣诞,体会到了那一丝奔野的味道!

2008年12月20日星期六

生病了

才离开家,就病了。。。

OMG... :(

2008年12月14日星期日

回家啦!

回到家!
就是赖床+撒娇。。。:D

赖在家里,就是最温暖的窝。。。:)

2008年12月11日星期四

圣诞贺词

在八打灵北区国会议员潘俭伟部落格看到这样一则圣诞贺词,觉得有趣,转载至此。

You'd better watch out,
You'd better not cry;
You'd better keep cash,
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

面试

面试,告一段落了。

太久没有面试,心里充满了紧张和不安。
一个又一个的面试里,告诉自己要镇定、坦然的应对。

每接到一个面试的机会,就倍感开心,
因为,那意味着,
一个机会!:)

今天的面试,是那么多次以来,自己觉得满意的。
首先,不敢相信,自己用纯粹的英文作答,完成了蛮长的面试对打。
虽然,过程中充斥了
"I am Okay!"
"Yah!I am fine with it."
"Yes, I think I can."

但是,还是很开心,因为,算是完成了面试吧!
这是自己一直说要把握好的面试。
虽然,不是最理想的,但,还是接近理想吧。。。

那是一位女的面试官,
她问,为什么会选择这份工作?
我说,因为我喜欢舞台吧!

她问,但这不是台前的工作。。。
我说,只要有所关联,我还是愿意尝试。。。

她说了很多工作上的难度,将工作解释得极为清楚。。。
所以,当她问,对这一份工作有什么疑问时。
只是轻轻的告诉她,太清楚了,因为,和她对谈的过程中,她在隐忧中几乎将所有细节都透露了。。。

于是,她开怀的笑,似乎发现在刚才面试过程中丢了很多包袱和压力过来。。。

她的确有很多担心的,因为,一位长期以来埋首在政治工作的人,
是不是真的可以转型?她不确定。。。
自己的外表看起来应该也很严肃吧?!
所以,她担心这个人是不是可以适应软性的工作。。。

除了很自信的点头说,I am ok with it!
我好像也找不到太多的理由去说服她相信我。。。

她是第一个觉得我的薪金要求很合理的人,
没有讨价还价的举动,
只是说她觉得还好,但是,还要等更高层的决定,
所以,必须等消息。。。

这一场面试在开心的气氛下结束,
那时候,真的很开心!

临走时,问了她一句,
其实自己的英文真的不怎么好,她不介意吗?

她缓缓的摇头说,不介意,因为,在对谈中觉得其实还好,
就一般的工作处理是没有问题的。。。

开心,因为,一直对自己的英文程度感到很懊恼,
她,是第一个给自己信心的人!:)

XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX

回到了现实,基于必须赶快让自己有工作,
不知道能不能等到答复,
或许一切只是一个美丽的会面,
也许一切就停在一次的对谈,
但是,我确信,自己真的把握了机会,
做到了最好!:D

加油!^ ^


伸手摘星,未必可及,
但,至少不会弄脏手。。。

落下凡间的那一刻,
至少,心中没有了遗憾,
尽了全力以后,
再踏踏实实的生活,
也能开心自在!:)

2008年12月10日星期三

双子座流星雨访地球


最佳观赏流星时刻
日期:12月13日和14日凌晨零时开始。
方向:出现在东方。
流量:最高达到每小时130颗。

双子座流星雨以它白色的尾迹、明亮的火流星、相对较慢的速度,使它成为一个目视、照相、摄像观测的绝佳目标。上世纪中叶,双子座流星雨才逐渐走入人们的视 野。起初,它的流量并不大,但后来每年都在增加。如今,它已经成为常年流量最大的三个流星雨之一。今年双子座流星雨的活动期是12月7日~17日。

双子座流星雨也为年度三大流星雨之一,活跃日期一般介在12/7~12/17之间。国际流星组织(IMO)预测今年双子座流星雨极大期落在12/14凌晨 7时,但可能有前后2小时的误差;预测流星数量最多每小时约120颗。流星来源是第3200号小行星菲以颂(Phaethon),是目前唯一确认来自小行 星的流星雨。

双子座为冬季黄道星座,入夜后即已在东方天空中,天亮前西沉,整夜可见;但今年月相逢几近满月,且月亮就位在双子座中,使得整晚均受月光影响,可见流星数量将大减。然而因双子座流星雨的流星数量众多,因此如果天气晴朗的话,在月光下可能仍可见到不少流星。

因此,想观察双子座流星雨者,不妨在12/13的傍晚入夜后,一直观察到12/14的凌晨天亮前,受月光影响之后的数量,约还有每小时10~20颗左右,流星速度约每秒35公里,平均亮度中等(约2-3等),偶有火流星。

2008年12月9日星期二

无人性

转载自亦舒的BLOG

运动会里,某组游泳女将跑出来,莺声呖呖接受访问,一看就知道必输无疑。

居然还有身段,胸是胸,臀是臀,可见练功不力,尚未变形,果然,赛果显示,该组包尾,一共八组,游第八。


冠军队冷静、坚毅、一言不发,人家只余肩膀发达,整个身体呈V字,已无女性特征,所有可以牺牲的,都已经放弃,生活中什么是首要,什么是次要,十分清楚。


真要成功,是要练得全无人性的,是否值得,则见仁见智,世上其实并无两全其美之事,想得到一样,必须放弃另一样。

办公室里,有时也会听见同事在电话中吩咐家务助理是晚做什么菜,如此缺乏专业精神,前途堪虞,自然难取冠军。


竞赛的天份是专注、集中、尽全力,绝不可能有旁骛,选手怎么可以挤眉弄眼嘻嘻哈哈,倘若还有心情享受这种平常乐趣,就还欠资格。

专业好比宗教,最好用一种虔诚的态度来处理,捧到奖座才笑未迟。

2008年12月7日星期日

创新&传统 - 正宗麻坡乌达

热情推荐 - 《江氏乌达》

一个25岁的女子,放下大好的安稳工作,毅然的投入家族食品生产线,即便那只是小型的家族生意。她相信,只要用心去经营,一定可以把家族的美食给”做大“!


让人动容的不仅是那食品的美味,还有那股热情与干劲。多少的青年自称潇洒、扮帅气、扮洒脱,但真正能说做、就做的,又有多少?她,辞掉工作,往自己的理想用心耕耘!

她的梦想是走遍世界的每个角落,让自己的足迹留在世界各地。就如她爱旅行的热诚般,她可以把所有关于食品介绍的资料、样本收在小小的背包里,就挨家挨户推销她深深相信能够”发扬光大“的美食。

她当然还是有着一般女生的怯懦,不时也会担心要怎么去面对陌生人,但是,谈起手中美食的她却总是会自信满满、侃侃而谈。她深深相信妈妈手上制作的麻坡乌达有着不一样的价值,有着非一般的美味,于是,她积极的跨出每一个步伐,把握每一个机会来销售家族的食品。

她深深相信妈妈手上制作的麻坡乌达有着非一般的美味

行销的路上从来就不会是毫无障碍的。在热诚的背后也总是夹带着阻挠,在走入大大小小的食品业者圈子时,她曾经遭受白眼;曾经天真的相信滑头生意人的空头承诺,以为有生意了却什么也没得到;当然也曾经在遭受挫折时想要放弃。但是,她一直就是那么的坚信自己的想法,所以,坚持不懈!

“创新&传统” - 是这个女孩结合这个家族食品市场行销策略的写照。她担上了新时代的创新、胆量,采用全新包装、抚顺现代人的生活需求,将旧时代的传统食品制造业推到市场。

在这里推荐,是发自内心的欣赏这一位朋友的热诚,也是发自内心的欣赏那美食的用心和美味。如果您也想给这位年轻的拓荒者一些鼓励,别忘了给她最实质的支持!

Ms. Kang 016-2203361.
电邮 : mfkang_430@hotmail.com
相关网站:http://ymcftravel.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html
家庭聚餐、批发零售,一律欢迎!

《江氏食品贸易》:麻坡乌达、蒸鱼酱料(简单易煮、美味可口)。。。

《江氏麻坡乌达》:
来自麻坡的正宗乌达。麻坡乌达为马来西亚有名的地方美食,以鱼肉配合地方调味料制作,鲜美的鱼肉甜味配上调味料的香辣美味,经烧烤后更散发其独特的烧烤以及海鲜甜美滋味。《江氏乌达》纯手工制作乌达保留了乌达原有的鲜美与甜味,其制作程序经卫生局检验,保证符合卫生标准。

-任何外州订单可提早拨电联系,将安排货送服务。
-若需专人提供烧烤,可另行安排。
-送货服务的最低订购额为1000枝乌达。
-家庭聚餐、批发零售,一律欢迎。
-价格合理,物超所值!

《江氏蒸鱼醬》:
家族特别调配的蒸鱼酱料,不含人工添加防腐剂,保证新鲜!蒸鱼配上酱料后,蕴含了香辣的美味。对于忙碌的上班族而言,那是绝佳的选择,因为酱料不需另加处理,只需要淋洒在新鲜鱼只上,再送入微波炉中以平常的时间蒸煮即可享用。以此调味料烹煮新鲜鱼只,绑住家人的胃,一点也不难!

-任何疑问可联络Ms. Kang 016-2203361

谢谢~永照&美芬!

谢谢永照在深夜帮忙填写求职表格!!!
谢谢!!!

那么仔细的填写,真的不知道该怎么说,
无论是否有面试的机会,
真心的感谢!

还要谢谢美芬一直关心我的工作进展!谢谢!!!
即便你同时要关心正在播映的《金马奖》
即便有人不小心说...

想念她久未见面的男朋友。。。

《没有说是谁啊!LOL! :P 》

哈哈!
有些朋友,是一辈子挂心的!:D

希望你们就是彼此生命的归宿。。。
希望你们的人生总是充满欢乐与幸福!
希望你们的足迹踏遍世界的每一个角落!:D

2008年12月6日星期六

乐观

光良的《右手边》让我学会了乐观,他说。。。

因为我相信,说过了再见,一定会再见!

乐观无可救药。。。:l

2008年12月5日星期五

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION : REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT AMENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1976 THROUGH PARLIAMENT

I have been published this article before. But I would like to publish it again coz it is really a good article and should be share by all.

This is an article regarding REINSTALL LOCAL ELECTION and have been published on THE EDGE recently.

This article wrote by a lawyer who do lot of study on LOCAL ELECTION and really mean to do some contribution.

Please republished it on blog or magazine or paper if you are keen to reinstall local election as well.

Let's work together for a Better Malaysia! Cheers!
Happy Reading! :D

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION : REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT AMENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1976 THROUGH PARLIAMENT

INTRODUCTION

Much has been said and argued about the reinstatement of the local government election (“LG Election”). In fact, reinstatement of LG Election formed part of the manifesto of opposition in the 12th General Election. The very fundamental movement towards a matured democratic society must start with an LG Election. Without which, there cannot be true democracy.

This article is not written to analyze the effectiveness/efficiency of elected local authority than the appointed local authority. Rather, to provide some thought as to the alternatives available to those States which differ from the Federal Government in respect of LG Election. To put in another words, the purpose of this writing is to seek solution available to the State Governments (quite clearly the State Government under Pakatan Rakyat) who wish to hold LG Election, but feel constrained by the Federal Law and Federal Government, where the latter prefers local authority members to be selected.

Now I may sound naïve to assume that there is genuine intention of the Pakatan Rakyat State Governments to move for LG Election. Nevertheless, without such naïve presumption, it serves me no purpose of writing this article.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION – LAWS THAT PERMITS AND PROHIBITS

From historical perspective, there was a legislation called Local Government Election Act 1960 (“LG Election Act”), authorizing LG Election. Section 5A of the LG Election Act provides :

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the provisions of any written law which relates to Local Councils in force in any State, the State Authority may, after consultation with the Election Commission in respect of the boundaries of the local area and the number of Councillors to be elected to the Local Council having jurisdiction in such area, by order published in the Gazette of the State direct that the whole or a majority of the members of a Local Council shall be elected under this Act”

Subsequently, the Parliament deemed fit to enact the Local Government Act 1976 (“LG Act”) comprises of the provision affecting the LG Election in Section 15(1), which reads :

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any written law, all provisions relating to local government elections shall cease to have force or effect”.

It is accepted that the Federal Law ceases to have effect when it is expressly repealed by another Federal Law. In this case, the Parliament appears not to label their intention to stop LG Election by repealing the LG Election Act, as the Parliament did not include LG Election Act as lists of repealed law in the Second Schedule of LG Act pursuant to Section 166 of the same. However, by introduction of Section 15(1), Section 5A of LG Election Act became inconsistent with Section 15(1).

So, there arises a question whether Section 5A of LG Election Act has been repealed by “implication”. Repeal by implication is not unprecedented, and certainly not ruled out by Courts as unconstitutional. Nevertheless, there is always presumption against repeal by implication. The rationale is simple : the legislator is presumed to know the existing law, so when enacting a new law without providing repeal of old law, it gives out an intention not to repeal the existing legislation. In this case, Section 166 of LG Act provides for list of repealed acts/enactment, but LG Election Act was omitted. What is the proper interpretation of these provisions?

Quite clearly, these two provisions (Section 5A of LG Election Act and Section 15(1) of LG Act) cannot stand together. They contradict each others. In my view, this is a classic case where the Court would apply the principle of repeal by implication to strike down one of them. So, under this principle, the later supersedes the earlier. In the words of the Indian Supreme Court, the expression of “notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any written law” is a simple way of doing away the effect of pre-existing inconsistent law. The LG Election Act appears to have been enacted in 1960 where the LG Act was in 1976. Hence, LG Act prevails, and the operating law is Section 15(1) of LG Act which PROHIBITS LG Election.

The State Assembly is authorized by the Federal Constitution to enact law relating to local government. This is provided in Ninth Schedule, List (II), paragraph 4(a), including, of course, the local government election to its office bearers.

However, the Parliament may, in certain matters, and for the purpose only of ensuring uniformity of law and policy, make laws with respect thereto. According to Article 76 of the Federal Constitution, these matters include local government, which necessarily include local government election too.

The law made under this list shall be considered as Federal law but not State law. The State Assembly is limited by Article 75 of the Federal Constitution which provides :

“If any State law is inconsistent with a federal law, the federal law shall prevail and the State law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.”

It is therefore without doubt that the Federal legislation has power to make law pertaining local government election, and the State Assembly does not have power to repeal or amend it. The State Assembly too cannot make law that is inconsistent with the Federal law. The interim conclusion at this stage of analysis is that : in view of Section 15(1) of LG Act, the State Assembly cannot make law, despite so authorized by the Ninth Schedule, to “reinstate” LG Election. This conclusion of course is premised on the assumption of constitutionality of Section 15(1), which is the subject of my next discussion.

LEGAL SOLUTION (1) : CONSTITUTIONALITY OF S. 15(1)

Let me recap my conclusion above so as not to give impression of confusion and inconsistency. The incontrovertible conclusion of “the Federal legislation has power to make law pertaining local government election” does not necessarily means “the Federal legislation has power to make law to deprive local government election.”

Article 113(4) of the Federal Constitution provides :

“Federal or State law may authorise the Election Commission to conduct elections other than those referred to in Clause (1).”

Article 113(1) expressly confer power to either the Federal legislative body or State legislative body to command the Election Commission to conduct “other election” by way of Act of Parliament, or Enactment of a State. In my view, the words “elections other than those referred to in Clause (1)” encompass the LG Election.

The intention of this provision is clear : both Federal and State are conferred power to conduct LG Election through the Election Commission. Such power, in so far as the States are concerned, is vested by the Supreme law of the land.
It is my argument, Section 15(1) of LG Act, by declaring ceasation of all law relating to LG Election, has the effect of depriving the State legislature to make law to conduct the LG Election. Not only Section 15(1) of LG Act repealed implicitly the Federal Law authorizing LG Election, it prevents the State Assembly from making law within their express purview. It renders a constitutional power conferred by Federal Constitution ineffective.

It is provided in Article 4(1) of the Federal Constitution that

“This Constitution is the supreme law of the Federation and any law passed after Merdeka Day which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void”

The Supremacy of Constitution has been repeatedly upheld in all the Courts of modern societies, and recognised as sanctity of law. Thus, the inconsistency between Section 15(1) of LG Act and Article 113(4) should be resolved in favour of Article 113(4). Section 15(1) of LG Act, in my view, should be declared unconstitutional.

Section 15(1) of LG Act cannot be saved by its constitutional backing in Article 76. Article 76 is an enabling provision or power conferring provision, namely to provide power to the Federal legislation to make law that regulate local government, including local government election. So, there should not be any dispute if the Federal legislation makes law to regulate local government election by setting out the procedure and rules applicable throughout the Peninsular. Article 76 only serves to protect Federal law, like LG Election Act from being struck down for unconstitutional for transgression the State List. The conferring of power to regulate a matter cannot be taken to include conferring power to repeal or deprive the other legislative authorities’ power to make law pertaining the same, particularly when it is confronted with the express provision on specific matter in Article 113(4).

LEGAL SOLUTION (2) : EXEMPTION BY GAZETTE

If the State authority does not wish to engage with the Federal on legal battle, which in any event, uncertain as to it outcome, a practical approach may be found in LG Act itself.

Section 1(4) of the LG Act provides :

“The State Authority may, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), by notification in the Gazette exempt any area within any local authority area from all or any of the provisions of the Act or from any by-laws.”

So, Section 15(1) of the LG Act is not absolute and permanent. The Act itself permits exemption of its operation by Gazette. In this respect, perhaps Section 1(4) is the better option. At the risk of being inconsistency, an argument can in fact be advanced that if we read Section 1(4) and 15(1) of LG Act together, there is nothing unconstitutional about Section 15(1) because after all, the State authority is still empowered to suspend operation of Section 15(1) of LG Act in the event they GENUINELY wish to reinstate LG Election. In such situation, Section 15(1) posed no prohibition to LG Election.

So now left the question of political will on the part of Pakatan Rakyat which is tested by time.

2008年12月4日星期四

Potential?

"Potential need to come with right attitude and determination."

这是面试以后,一位朋友寄来的信息。。。
虽然有如当头棒喝,却实在敲醒了那个正在“得意洋洋”的自己。。。

是啊!从小就觉得自己有一些些小聪明,
但是,小时了了,大未必佳,
因为,自己太懒惰、太不能专注了。

总不知道什么是最重要的,
总是没办法把要办的、必须办的、应该办的给区分好,
所以,总是花了许多的时间却没有太大的收益。

但是,什么才是能够让自己态度正确又坚定信念的选择呢?
嗯。。。还没有确切的答案。。。


只知道,如果再找不到答案,那就会像另一位朋友说的,
"那就只是潜质!"

2008年12月3日星期三

Thanks for the Chance!


I am being Thankful!

Thanks for the Chance & Thanks for everything.
Thanks for those who apreciate me...

I will do my best no matter what I choose in the end! :)

2008年12月2日星期二

征婚条件

一位女子,开出征婚条件:

1.要帅
2.要有车




电脑帮她搜寻的结果是:






象棋



该女子不服搜出的结果,又输入:

1.要有房子
2.要有很多钱




电脑帮她再次搜寻的结果为:






银行



继续输入条件:

1.要酷
2.要有安全感




搜出的结果是:






奥特曼(Ultraman)



女子仍不失望,合并输入以上条件:

1.要帅
2.要有车
3.要有漂亮的房子
4.要有很多钱
5.要酷
6.又要有安全感




电脑终极搜寻的结果为:












奥特曼在银行里下象棋

幸福

朋友说,那条链子名叫“幸福”。
不知道里面有多少的祝福,

但,真的很想紧紧握住幸福!:)