天主说：
因为我的思念、
不是你们的思念，
你们的行径、
也不是我的行径。
(依55:9)
我们知道，有时候，祢让我们等待，不是故意在给我们出难题，而是要把最好的，安排给我们。时间一到，祢必会把最圆满的结果，赐给我们。
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2024年7月31日 星期三
From palm oil to data
Excuse me, in the time between the wild jungle and oil palm plantations, there were once rubber tree estates. Nobody can claim he was the owner of the wild jungle. The rubber tree estates were mainly owned by local business families while most of the oil palm plantations belong to local property tycoons. Then, who are the owners of the data centres?
Becoming a tech megapolis is receiving the worsen quality of air, water and soil as a free gift that is riskier for health. Is to earn from the tech park to pay bill in the medic park a consent-made fair game?
Pro-business? Shall we look at organic agriculture, nature conservation and cultural heritage preservation to develop quality agriculture, ecotourism and cultural tourism, in the name of sustainable life-friendly development? "No. That takes too long time. I want to get the result and enjoy the rewards ASAP. No one lives long."
Reference: From palm oil to data: Malaysia builds AI hub on Singapore’s doorstep
2024年7月30日 星期二
2024年7月29日 星期一
Reflections | Burnt | Hup Seng
If complicated or overloaded work / lifestyle causes you to seek medical treatment, not just consume chemical synthetic pills and receive injections, but even go through hours-long surgeries, then will you continue those existing or simplify it?
Certain people choose to continue the existing lifestyle, keep being the faithful customers to contribute to the medical industry. Make themself suffer from sickness, pay to get suffering treatment and thanks to the medical workers for giving a big discount on the bill.
I choose to simplify my work.
Burnt is also known as caramelized. But if I get burnt I will lose my life.
Hup Seng is a family company based in Batu Pahat. The talented late Dato' Seri Kerk Choo Ting who crossed the fields of education, politics, business and literature, was among the key persons of this company. One of my primary school headmasters came from this family. She was special because she was the first female school headmaster in the small conservative village. She looked elegant and calm. Good genes ran in the family.
In the company name "Hup Seng Hoon Yong", "Hoon Yong" is the Hokkien dialect pronunciation of 汾阳 which is the origin place name of the surname "Kerk". It is located in Shanxi Province, PRC.
Reference: 政坛生涯如过眼云烟 郭洙镇逍遥企业家
2024年7月28日 星期日
Sweet
Orderly sweet
Crazy sweet
Blur sweet
The too-long-soaked brown rice became fermented and I was not sure if it was safe to cook as usual. There was no rice in this kitchen. So I made dough drop soup for the first time. It looked like a kind of broken boiled dumpling soup but harmonious and just fine, reminding me that the saying of “pizza was actually a failed broken bun”. This blur soup looked good and tasted delicious. Pucuk Manis and mushrooms contributed to the sweetness. I liked it.
2024年7月27日 星期六
Paris Olympics opening ceremony
At first, I got to know some brief introduction on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony from the Sin Chew articles. Then I found some interpretations from Asian friends who have always been called conspirators. Now I encounter this clip. I wonder if this is affirming that many scenes presented nowadays are kind of like rehearsals. However I don't have a concrete foundation and a thorough structure of knowledge to judge yet. I can only hope everything will be fine.
2024年7月26日 星期五
蜂戀花 | Olympics | Sweet sleep
One of the famous Song Dynasty poem (Ci 詞) melody is《蝶戀花》, means "The butterfly loves flower". Butterflies are beautiful so normally people are not afraid of them, instead enjoy watching them fly. I got to know Africa has the most toxic butterfly through Mystic Night, a Singapore television series. But today a bee - not a butterfly - came to this rose. I once thought bees were harmful. Who knows when it happens to come in front of me, I stay still and not intend to run away at all. But why there was not a Ci melody named “蜂戀花”?
The Olympic opening ceremony is nearly on its way. To click or not to click? To sleep, I think.
Sweet sleep.
2024年7月25日 星期四
2024年7月24日 星期三
Word | Action
It has been some days that I haven't had uninterrupted sleeping. But last night it was one. Was it due to the "Sweet dreams"? - That's scary!
so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
- Isaiah 55:11
Sent some papayas to my Malay neighbour who loves sweet flavour in the evening. Of course we chatted for a while regarding family. There is a Chinese saying, 家家有本難念的經 that means "every family has a difficult-reading scripture" literally. It means "every family has a skeleton in the cupboard". I think the English proverb is scary - what skeleton in the cupboard?! While, if every family has a scripture to read, no matter how difficult it is, the family has a high possibility of being a blessed family. Taking initiative to turn the idea into action and make it happen is always important.
2024年7月23日 星期二
2024年7月22日 星期一
Penang Hummus
It was a graduation trip to Penang Island during February. One of the teachers in-charge happened to be in hospitalized so I got the duty notice at last minute. Anyway it's okay for me. Since when, hummus has become a never-be-wrong option for me, even in a mall in Penang.
2024年7月21日 星期日
Revelation III
As for a human person - his days are like grass, he blooms like the wild flowers; as soon as the wind blows he is gone, never to be seen there again.
But still,
Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel, let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy.
2024年7月20日 星期六
2024年7月19日 星期五
Vaccs or hacks
People who are just one or few times vaccinated in their life, are pretty healthy, active and smart. Thanks to their parents who know that humans have a strong innate built-in natural immune system. The more natural, the better.
2024年7月18日 星期四
2024年7月17日 星期三
2024年7月16日 星期二
Scary | Come out
I was attending the anniversary dinner of my university majoring course department in a hotel. A lecturer who had passed away attended too through the AI technology assistance. The similar-looking robot could interact properly and politely at a level, but you knew it was just socializing based on the memory transfer. I felt sad about the circumstances. Later I walked around with one of my most familiar course-mates to meet others. Above was the dream that I remembered when I suddenly woke up at 3.24am this early morning. Then I found I got an email notification at the same time. What did this scary synchronization reveal?
No more hiding. Your size has betrayed you.
2024年7月15日 星期一
2024年7月13日 星期六
Meeting Sunset Park
An afternoon was definitely not enough for a motivating meeting with a university coursemate cum roommate who came by crossing the causeway. A big fascinating setting sun shone on the in-built Sedenak Tech Park, accompanying me all my way back.
2024年7月12日 星期五
2024年7月11日 星期四
2024年7月9日 星期二
2024年7月8日 星期一
100-Word Story Writing Contest
2024國際兒童及青少年 百字故事創作大賽
參賽組別 :
【幼稚園組】幼兒 K1 至 幼兒 K3
【初小組】小一 P1 至 小三 P3
【高小組】小四 P4 至 小六 P6
【初中組】中一 S1 至 中三 S3
【高中組】中四 S4 至 中六 S6
【幼稚園組】幼兒 K1 至 幼兒 K3
【初小組】小一 P1 至 小三 P3
【高小組】小四 P4 至 小六 P6
【初中組】中一 S1 至 中三 S3
【高中組】中四 S4 至 中六 S6
【公開組】大專或以上
比賽項目 : 中文組、英文組
參賽題材： 自選題材（不限題材，不限內容）
儀式感
The sense of ritual has won?
Quote:
"Visitors to the Roman Baths in Bath have been stopped from throwing money into the historic attraction and are instead asked to make a contactless payment. But the move has had devastating consequences. In the last financial year, it collected just $17,000 in donations despite welcoming one million visitors in 2023. Prior to that it had raked in almost $200,000 from donations when it was fully open between 2018 and 2019 before the pandemic hit, with $170,000 coming from the 1.6m plunge pool that had been turned into a wishing well for visitors.
'A child making a wish with a contactless card does not have the same magical appeal, this policy should be reversed immediately,' he told The Telegraph."
2024年7月7日 星期日
No Dram of Mercy
“近期，西碧儿·卡迪卡素 (Sybil Kathigasu) 的生平故事 引起广泛关注，有关报道主要在各英文媒体。
1. 知名戏剧导演 甄山水 (Chin San Sooi) 以卡迪卡素的 无私精神和血泪奋斗为主题，与作曲家 Lam Siu Chong 合作，创作一部歌剧《甲板传奇》(Solace of Papan)，即将在 7月20-21日在世纪大学 (SEGi University) 演出三场，已公开售票。 https://rb.gy/kjvv1m
2. 5月5日，国内两名影片制作人 启动拍摄一部展示卡迪卡素英勇事迹的电影，名为 Sybil，预计明年上映。 https://rb.gy/42it0v
3. 7月3日，天主教槟城教区主教兼枢机主教，发起卡迪卡素的受封及加冕仪式，希望能勉励当代人民。 https://rb.gy/wckypf
【卡迪卡素是谁？】日军占领马来亚的乱世中，西碧儿·卡迪卡素不惧危险，医治及协助抗日军成员，直至她连同丈夫被拘捕。尽管饱受酷刑胁迫，卡迪卡素仍然坚贞不屈。
【书籍购买】欲购买卡迪卡素的自传 No Dram of Mercy 英文原著2024年新版，欢迎私讯本专页，亦可通过下方购买链接：https://rb.gy/bay84w ”
2024年7月6日 星期六
Serious thing, seriously do
Mark out a straight path for your feet
Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way
Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way
2024年7月4日 星期四
Data Centre
Water and electricity supply shortages happen more frequently. Medical industry is on the rise. Ah, Johor, oh my Johor.
2024年7月3日 星期三
2024年7月2日 星期二
2024年7月1日 星期一
Durian
This is my first durian picked in this year. The orchard was quiet in the morning. I walked around, here and there, like the last human on the earth.
I saw it dropped down in front of me, at about ten steps distance away, in this evening. Luckily I am not tall, or I would be hit by it already.
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