以前的中秋都提灯笼，是用铁线和七彩的透明玻璃纸制造，外面用白色颜料绘上动物或卡通人物的眼耳口鼻，里面点上蜡烛那种。提着灯笼，还要唱歌跳舞。房子四周通常都拉上绳子，吊上便宜的纸灯笼。现在的中秋虽然还有看到商店卖传统的灯笼，可是大部分小孩的手里提的都是放电池的plastic灯笼。将来我绝对不买那些有音乐的灯笼给我的孩子，就算买了也要先破坏掉灯笼的speaker才给他们玩。听久了，就算关掉灯笼，那些烦人的音乐还隐隐约约在耳边嗡嗡作响。以前是提着灯笼唱歌的小孩很吵；现在是会唱歌的灯笼很烦。

不过长久以来都没有变过的是，最令小孩子兴奋的不是灯笼月饼普洱柚子月亮猪笼饼，而是蜡烛。长大后的中秋节，不好意思提灯笼，只好返老还童玩蜡烛。

自从上次画画挺成功后，超过半年时间一直没机会再次挑战。趁着转换工作期间的几天假期回老家，终于重操画笔。这次试着画早餐食物。
Since succeed of last drawing, I haven’t had another chance to challenge drawing for more than half a year. Taking the chance of going back to hometown for holidays while changing job, I’ve finally get to pick up my drawing brushes again. This time, I’m gonna draw breakfast food.

结果：大失败！终于明白，要登天，最首先要练好基本功。上次的成功可能是昙花一现而已。
The outcome: a BIG failure! I’ve finally understood that you’ve to learn to walk before learning to run. The succeed last time maybe was just once in a blue moon.

画画失败，走出屋外，清澄的夜空里挂着圆圆的月亮，旁边还点缀着一颗很明亮的星星。突然想起到KL工作4年来，回家次数越来越少，已经有多久没有看过家乡的月亮了？
Failed in drawing, I walk out the house and saw the round moon hanging in the clear nightsky decorated with a very bright star at the side. I suddenly think of ever since I worked in KL, I’ve been going back to hometown lesser and lesser over these 4 years. How long I’ve never seen the moon in my hometown?

买了刘轩的新作《放任心中的一百次流浪》。从中学时就一直很喜欢看他写的作品，不过，暂时还没听过他作的音乐。
I bought Shiuan Liu’s new book < Ambling to a Wayward Beat>. I love to read his books since I was in secondary school. But till now I haven’t got any chance to listen to his music.

距离上一次刘轩出书以及到马来西亚演说和签书会，已经是将近十年前的事了。我到现在还记得自己捧着他的书在书局呆呆的排队等他签名的样子。
It is almost 10 years since his last released book and had speech performance in Malaysia. I still remember my stupid look when I was queuing in the bookstore to get his signature.

十月来了。才一眨眼就到年底，25岁以后的每一年好像都过得很快，而2009年过得好像特别快。荒废二十几年的画画技巧（严格来说，不能用“荒废”两个字，因为从来就没掌握过）、越来越远的家乡、开始尘封的书…我美丽的青春呐，真不敢相信29年就这么过去了。

October is around the corner. This year has almost come to an end. Every year is like passing so fast after my 25th birthday, and 2009 seems like especially passing faster than ever. my drawing skill that has been abandoned for more than 20 years (seriously, I cannot use “abandon” because I actually have never ever master the skill), my further and further hometown, old books… Oh my beautiful youth, I can’t believe that 29 years has passed!

这里的各种各样policy多到我头昏眼花。
The policies here make me dizzy.

这里的training要确保你认识你的公司，掌握跟你工作有关的知识和技巧，拥有正确的工作态度和士气。
The trainings here want to make sure you know your company, master the knowledge and skills required in your work, have the right attitude and motivation.

这里的人有的很友善，有的很“蓝习”。而且不要以为很友善的人就真的是很友善。
Some people here are friendly; some are “lan see”. And please don’t presume those friendly one are really kind to you.

这里不能自己在公司给的手提电脑里安装任何软件，包括MSN或任何freeware。Friendster、Facebook、任何私人电邮的网站全都去不了。
You can’t install any software including MSN or any freeware in the laptop given by company. Accessing to Friendster, Facebook or any personal mailbox is prohibited.

这里的产品超多，我确定我迷你的脑袋绝对没办法完全记着。
The products here are so many, that I’m sure my mini brain definitely unable to remember all.

这里的procedures很鬼多…
The procedures here are so many.

这里的jargons（术语）多到…
The jargons here are so many.

这里的同事都不清楚我在公司是负责做什么的，连我自己也不清楚。我的上司忙到现在还没时间好好坐下来分发工作给我，所以目前我依然在study这个study那个。
The colleagues here including myself are not sure what is my role in the company. My superior is so busy until having no time to sit down and assign tasks for me. Thus currently I’m still study this and study that.

我的新工作就是这样。
That’s about my new job.

公司那么大，办公室政治一定少不了，只是我还没见识到而已。可是我知道，我一定能够生存。
Office politics must be many in such a big company, it’s just that I haven’t had chance to bump into them. But I know, I will survive.

新脸孔变成了旧脸孔；旧脸孔走了，又换上新的脸孔。

在这里四年八个月，看着新的旧的同事来来去去，想不到今天轮到我离开了。以前常在想那些离开的同事是怀着什么样的心情走的；如今我只能说我很难过离开一群对我很好的同事。如此而已。关于工作，哪里都是一样的。肤浅如我，工作只是为了不让自己饿死而已。

谢谢所有对我那么好的同事，我在你们身上学了很多；也要为我曾经的过错衷心说句对不起。我很开心认识你们。谢谢Wong PH、Angeline和Shih Fei请我吃饭。还要特别谢谢Reza送我的Isetan cash voucher。

New faces became old faces. Then old faces were gone, and replaced with new faces again.

After 4 years and 8 months working here, I’ve seen many staff came and gone. It’s kinda hard to believe that today it’s my turn to leave. I used to think what were the colleagues’ feelings when they were leaving. Today I can only said that I feel very sad to leave a group of colleagues who have been treating me so well all these while. That’s the only feeling. Working to me is the same everywhere. A shallow-minded people like me is always work for money only.

Thanks to all the colleagues who treat me so good. I’ve learn a lot of things from you all. My apology to whatever mistake I’ve made before. I am very happy to know you all. Thanks to WPH, Angline and Shih Fei who bought me lunch as farewell. Oh, also specially thanks to Reza who gave me Isetan cash voucher as farewell gift.

曼谷的全名是〖天使之城，宏伟之城，永恒的宝石之城，永不可摧的因陀罗之城，世界上赋予九个宝石的宏伟首都，快乐之城，充满着像似统治转世神之天上住所的巍峨皇宫，一座由因陀罗给予，毗湿奴建造的城市。〗

好匪夷所思哦，那么长的全名竟然可以缩写成两个音节。

不过好像也没什么好大惊小怪的。就像当你向老板要求一些事时，老板一开头就说〖不如你这样那样、let me put it this way、其实我们已经在关注这个课题、公司的policy是这样的、我们已经计划在下个月的股东大会讨论你所提出的要求、我同意你的说法，可是、基本上你提出的要求没有什么不妥当，可是、我们很关注员工对公司的想法、嗯嗯嗯，谢谢你向管理层提出意见，我们会慎重考虑〗然后长篇大论一番，以致你离开他的办公室时都已经忘记你进来的目的；

其实以上可以缩写成〖No〗。

如果曼谷=Bangkok=缩写而已，那它的全名用英文来写=??? KY先生请回答。

（谁叫你的blog不让留言，我有问题只好在自己的blog发问啦。）

想回到我长大的小镇，骑上单车到处去看。看看中华中小学，看看卫理幼稚园，看看外婆以前的家，看看曾经每个星期天早晨去打篮球都会走过的橡胶园，看看那棵相思豆树还在不在，看看以前去学画画的天主教幼稚园。

我最想看的，是曾经的游乐场。有高耸的树，有小溪，有关在大笼里的猴子，五岁的我曾经被笼里凶恶的猴子吓哭。木板的秋千、木板的跷跷板，边边有点腐朽；生锈了的滑梯，玩的时候得小心不要割伤手掌；像小叮当漫画里面的空地上也有的，石棉的大水管。如今却一切已经不复返，取而代之的是五颜六色，风吹雨打也不腐烂的塑胶游乐场设备。

80年代的游乐场，斑驳黯淡却在记忆里永远瑰丽；而今的游乐场，璀璨缤纷却转瞬即逝。

等了三个月多，我的车险claim已经搞到八八九九，这一两个礼拜应该可以解决掉现在的车贷然后把剩下来的像饼碎一样的一丁点钱拿去做新车的首期。上个星期六去了车行下订金买车，月底应该就有Lexus Myvi驾了。（”Lexus” Myvi???）是啊。话说有个同事驾他家的Lexus来上班，这辈子还没坐过Lexus的我硬硬坐上他的车像个sua gu（山姑=土包子）那样到处乱按车里的所有按键。后来我就决定不管我买什么车，我都要为它取名Lexus。

After three months waiting, my car insurance claim has almost done. I think I will be able to settle my current car loan in this week or next, and can pay for my new car’s down payment with the little bit of remaining money. Last Saturday I went to car seller to pay deposit, I am getting my Lexus Myvi by end of this month. (“Lexus” Myvi???) Yeah. One of my colleague drove his family’s Lexus to work, I’ve never ride in a Lexus, so I forced him to drive us out for lunch, and press all buttons exists in the car like a sua gu. I’ve decided no matter what car I will buy, I will name it “Lexus”.

你很累啊？You are tired?

我也很累。Me too.

所以我要去睡觉了。That’s why I’m going to sleep now.

我劝你也好早点睡。I advise you better to sleep earlier also.

大家现在都去睡觉吧，每天都不够睡。Everyone should go to sleep now, everyday lack of sleeps.

看到表姐在她的Fabebook wall上写：

人曾是僧，人弗是佛

然后她朋友加一句：

人为是伪，人老是老

好，我也来学人抛一抛书包吧。

人用是佣 – 被人用还不是“佣人”？广东话说“当人o地工人o甘洗”。

人夫是伕 – “伕”是做苦力的人。全天下身为人家的老公们，辛苦晒。

人半是伴 – 不是有这样的说法吗？每个人都是半个圆圈，找到自己的另外半个圆圈，人生才是圆满的。找那一半，也是找个终生伴侣。除非，你找那一半的目的是帮你分担一半的债务。

人责是债 – 适量的责任可以让一个人更坚强更成熟；太多的责任只代表一屁股的债：房贷、车贷、人情债。

我夹在同事中间。
上司要叫development team帮我们business development team做东西。他知道我跟development team还挺熟的，所以就要我去跟他们要求。

I stuck in between colleagues.
My superior wants development team to help us business development team to do some works. He knows that I’m quite close with the development team, so he sends me to request from them.