决定了注册结婚的日子后，我开始催KM去选结婚吉日。没有确实的日子，很难跟酒楼订酒席。其实只要不是华人七月，我本人是不注重吉日不吉日的。不过既然长辈要遵照传统习俗，我们就遵从长辈的意愿。经过算命先生用去两三个星期的精挑细算，日子终于选出来了，可是落在明年五月，才半年多的时间，要怎样来准备啊？想当年，我哥哥也是只有半年多的时间来准备，听说我大嫂stress到一直哭。后来再经过算命先生用去另外两三个星期的精挑细算，终于挑了2010年11月13日。经过两轮的挑日子，已经是10月初了。
After we set the date of ROM, I started pushing KM to choose the good date for our wedding. Without exact date, it’s difficult to book our wedding banquet with restaurants. In fact I’m not particular on picking a good date, as long as our wedding doesn’t fall in Lunar calendar 7th month. But the elderlies wants to follow traditional practice, we just follow their needs. Two three weeks later, after the fortune teller’s careful calculation, we got the date and it was in May 2010. It was about 7 months left to prepare for the wedding! Last time my brother also had about half year to prepare for his wedding and I heard that my sister in law was so stress until she kept crying. After another round of two-three-weeks of fortune teller’s careful calculation, we finally got the date, 2010 13th November. That was already early October after the two rounds of date picking.

KM这种ka ka cau cau的处女座人，本来想在酒店摆酒，经过我和KM妈一番开导，终于决定把喜筵改在酒楼。我的想法是，如果要搞华人式的喜筵，基本上在酒楼或酒店都没什么分别的。就价钱来说，酒店肯定较贵，食物又未必好吃。就仪式来说，酒楼和酒店都是一样的：宾客起立拍掌-新人入场-放party popper-大家就座-关灯-播一些很磅礴的音乐（喜多郎的Kiaro Matsuri是很多酒楼的首选）-侍应生摸黑排队捧着食物上桌*-侍应生对着一对新人大喊新婚快乐之类的祝福语。酒店比较有派头和装潢，荷包够钱又要面子就适合啦。
KM is a typical virgo people who are very ka ka cau cau. He wanted to have the wedding dinner in hotel. But after his mom and my lecture, he decided to have to wedding dinner in Chinese restaurant instead. My opinion is, if we were to have Chinese style wedding dinner, there are actually not much difference to have it in a hotel or a Chinese restaurant. In terms of pricing, hotel is definitely more expensive, and doesn’t guarantee nice food. In terms of the ceremony, it is exactly the same: guests stand up and clap – the couple enter to dining hall – party popper – seated – play some “tremendous” music like Kitaro’s Kiara Matsuri – waiters queue up and serve the food in dark* – waiters shout the greetings to the couple at their seat. Of course hotel has a better atmosphere and decoration, it would definitely suit us if we have enough budget and want “face”.

*我表妹以前在酒店做part time waiter时就试过在黑暗中捧菜时‘kok’一声把碟子敲到一个光头宾客的头。幸好当时是黑暗中，光头先生看不到她。
*My cousin sister worked in hotel as part time waiter, she had the experience to serve in dark and she banged the plate on a bald guy’s head. Luckily it was dark and Mr. Bald didn’t see her.

如果你是在KL生活，身边又曾经或正好有亲戚或朋友或同事结婚的话，你很有可能已经知道要在KL的酒楼订结婚酒席，最好一年前就开始去做。我们10月中开始去订酒楼，才发现明年11月13日的酒楼几乎都被人家订走了。最后经过几番谈判，酒席订在Hartamas的Grand Imperial喜粤酒楼，算KM得尝所愿了，还不是因为我一直在催他选日子订酒楼。虽然这次订的是男家要摆的酒席，我其实可以放手不管的。我只是不想我一生人一次的婚礼随随便便搞而已。
If you live in KL and have relatives or friends or colleagues around you that had ever or going to get married, you probably know that in order to book your wedding banquet in KL you better do it one year ahead. We started to book our wedding banquet in mid October and found that most of the restaurant were booked on 13th November next year. After few rounds of negotiation, we finally got Grand Imperial in Hartamas for 13th November. As KM’s wish. That’s because I kept pushing him to pick the date and book restaurant, even though this is actually the groom side’s wedding dinner, I can actually leave it to him. But I just don’t want to have my once-in-a-lifetime wedding to be cin cin cai cai.

 090909那天一定有很多人注册。我最不喜欢排长龙跟人挤，更不喜欢以人群为背景来拍我的“结婚”照。所以我们选择了10月6日，我的29岁生日。要在Putrajaya注册是有条件的：男方和女方身份证上的登记地址都必须是巴生谷（联邦直辖区或雪兰莪州）。为了这个，我必须特地去换身份证，因为是放我哥哥家的地址，还要跟他拿他家的水电单作证明。幸好国民部就在婚姻注册部楼上而已。我可以先申请新身份证，再下楼申请结婚。等到注册当天叫哥哥带水电单来，先上楼领取新身份证，再下楼注册。
There are definitely many people register for their marriage on 090909. I don’t like to queue and squeeze with people; I even hate to take my “wedding photos” with the crowds. So we choose 6th October, my 29th birthday. The condition to have ROM at Putrajaya is that both guy and lady’s registered address on IC must be Klang Valley (Willayah Persekutuan or Selangor). Because of this, I have to change my IC and since I use my brother’s house address, I need to get his water and electricity bill as proof. Luckily the Bahagian Kewarganeraan is just upstair of Bahagian Perkahwinan. I can apply for my new IC, then go downstair to apply for marriage. On the registration day, collect my new IC at upstair, then proceed to my ROM at downstair.

当天的主要摄影师。
Main photographer of the day.

娶到一个酱好的老婆，爽死他了。
He is so happy to marry an excellent wife.

本来以为注册之前可以在附近拍户外照的。由于两位主角睡过头，计划泡汤了。
Our plan to take some outdoor photos around the area before ROM had cancelled due to the hero and heroin woke up late.

就是这样（还是应该说：系o甘先）。
This is it (or shall say: that’s it).

谢谢来捧场的朋友。
Thanks to all the friends who came to witness our important day.

谢谢Jesslyn教我们摆甫士还有帮我们修照片。
Thanks for the pose suggestion and the lovely photo editing. Courtesy of Jesslyn Chew.

顺便一提，注册后我们去BSC的Grand Imperial吃午餐。还真好吃。又不贵。
Not forgetting to mention, after the ROM we went to have lunch at Grand Imperial, BSC. Quite nice the food. Not costly also.

也顺便放一下话给我的老公：虽然注册了，求婚还是要求的！不求婚，小心结婚当天没有新娘。我是讲认真的，请注意。谢谢。
A note to my husband: Please do not skip the proposal eventhough we have gone through the ROM. Without proposal, be ware of possibly having no bride on your wedding day. I am very serious on this matter, kindly take note. Thank you.

懒惰了那么久，有些重要的事始终该写下来的。说的是，我结婚了！虽然，到现在我还是坚持根据华人传统：我还没过门，不算结婚。
After being lazy for so long, it’s time to write down some very important memory. I mean, I am married. Though I still insist that I’m not really married according to Chinese tradition because I have not “pass door”.

事件的开始是很没新意的。今年初的一天，在车里，我问KM：我们是不是要结婚的？KM说：今年我们先注册。因为我的一个愚蠢的问题，从我懂事以来就憧憬了二十多年的电影式求婚从来没发生过，我就这么嫁人了。
It was an extremely ordinary start. Early this year when we were in the car, I asked KM: are we going to get married? KM said: let’s register this year. Because of my stupid question, I got married and the dramatic proposal that I dreamt for 20 over years had never happened once in my life.

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”.