2010年1月31日星期日

渔翁得利


阿青是我的年轻伙计,孔武有力,平时沉默寡言,做事虽然粗枝大叶,总是慢三秒,要事非再三提醒他不可。

昨天他迟到了,原来在上班途中发生交通意外。他驾驶的小型货车鼠鹿在拐弯时被一辆国产车威拉“亲”了一下,对方是个女性,来势凶凶,咬定阿青犯规在先,于是双方年青气盛,在公路上指手划脚,理论谁对谁错。总之谁都不认错,千错万错,是别人先犯错,才连累了自己跟着犯规。

半个多小时后,双方僵持不下,于是双方一齐到警署报案。

阿青用手机叫我去警署见他,并向我预支三百块缴付现场罚款,我才知道他的驾照过期了。

一起交通意外,双方备案前,各自先被罚款,原来对方少妇的车险路税都已过期了,也还未缴付,也被交警当场开从轻罚款三百块,换来一张大马皇家警察的收据。我笑着对阿青说:“在这送旧迎新的时刻,这一次的教训只当破财消灾吧!”

意见相左,大事化小事,小事化无事是我对事情的处理方式。贤人早就教我们“小不忍则乱大谋”、“退一步海阔天空”。如今,阿青与少妇这一碰撞,没有擦出爱的火花,却引起了肝火上升,结果“两败俱伤”;而交通警察则是“蚌鹬相争,渔翁得利”!

2010年1月30日星期六

马来西亚庆祝大宝森节




兴都教的“大宝森节”(Thaipusam)大多落在每年公历的1、2月间(2010年是1月29日),是虔诚的兴都教徒赎罪、奉献及感恩的时节。据说在印度本土已经看不到了, 现在依旧保留这个风俗的是新加坡和马来西亚. 和其他具有欢乐气氛的印度节日不同,大宝森节是个忏悔和实践诺言的节日。

  信徒的祭祀仪式有很多种,例如:剃头,做法事,用银针刺穿舌头、双颊等,其中最突出的方法就是背部肉体上嵌入无数个铮亮的小铁钩,这些铁钩类似鱼钩,每个钩尾都结着一条粗绳子,由后面一人集中抓在左手,牵拉扯紧,同时右手挥舞着一条鞭子不停地鞭打驱赶前面的教徒。有的教徒则在每一个铁钩上沉沉地坠满苹果、茶壶之类的物品,或是背着巨大的钢制弓形枷锁(负卡瓦第),从一座印度神庙游行到另一座印度神庙,进行祷告及献祭,借此表示对神明忠贞不移的信仰,并祈求神明的赐福。

  要参与这样一个庄严的庆典,忏悔者必须在1个月前开始准备,严守戒律、禁欲并吃素。在进行背负卡瓦第仪式前,所有忏悔者必须接受寺庙祭司的训诫,并进行24小时的斋戒以便为这崇高的节日净化肉体与灵魂,而他们相信在仪式进行时姆鲁卡神会与他们同在,使他们完全毫无疼痛的感受。印度教徒近乎自残的行为,却丝毫不觉痛苦的神奇现象令人匪夷所思,他们身上非但不会流血,事后也不会留下任何疤痕,印度教徒将此视为神绩的表现。

  是印度人的节日,又称屠妖节或万灯节,家家户户会把房屋打扫干净,在住屋周围点上灯,迎接守护神和幸运女神,印度兴都教徒会举行盛大庆典,用车载着神像游行庆祝,有些教徒身上负着铁架,刺着银针,向神表示谢恩或赎罪。庆祝中心在小印度一带。
马来西亚各地的兴都教徒从今天起,一连三天在吉隆坡黑风洞大事庆祝,酬谢神恩,预计会有六万善男信女到来参拜、祈福或还愿。

吴晓波在台湾吃豆腐


大陸權威財經作家吳曉波,昨天受邀參加台北國際書展,為他的成名作「大敗局」宣傳。他接受本報系聯合報專訪,特別提到台灣的文化創意產業,將可能是未來兩岸共創「大勝局」的關鍵。
吳曉波長期關注大陸經濟,出身於記者的他,花了十多年,將大陸企業失敗的案例一一在「大敗局」中呈現。他說,企業成功可能有100個條件,然而大家都只關注寫那100個,卻忘記造成企業失敗的原因,往往只有一個,而且事關重大。若能夠記取失敗,才能夠掌握成功的關鍵。

大陸改革開放,讓許多擁有「中國第一」的民營企業群搭著「市場經濟」順風車,一路順利成長,規模成倍數地膨脹。在「大敗局」裡,吳曉波逆向操作,引用19家民營企業失敗的例子,指引欲投資大陸的台灣讀者們。

歸類這些企業失敗的因素,有的因為政府宏觀調控,有的是因為領導人性格問題,還有是跟媒體打交道打得「過火」了,導致失敗。「大敗局」不僅是一部產業史,同時它也一部大陸經濟起飛的見證史。

雖然吳曉波「大敗局」描寫的是「失敗」,另一方面,吳曉波對未來大陸經濟有「絕對成功」的期待。

他說,去年中國的GDP首度超過日本,成為全球第二大經濟體。而中國達到目前的成績,僅是推動「擴大內需政策」的開始。他樂觀地預估,未來中國至少有20年以上的經濟成長期。
這次登台,吳曉波參觀佛光山、法鼓山、墾丁,還有「海角七號」阿嘉的家,他感受到台灣豐富的文化內涵,及自創品牌的創意。他說,大陸的強項在硬體,台灣的強項在軟體,特別是文化產業部分。

他舉了誠品書店為例。他說,只有台灣的創意團隊,能夠打造出那種「書香」、「人文氣息」,就算有再好的硬體,都無法一比一複製。

他說,在台灣,就算只是一塊豆腐,台灣人講究「怎麼吃、如何營造吃的氣氛」,連在嘴裡都能嚼到台灣文化,讓他感到「驚豔」。這種文化、這個味兒,就是台灣的驕傲,也就是台灣獨特掌握的「軟實力」,而這也是大陸較缺乏的。

吳曉波表示,若兩岸能夠在軟、硬體上面互補,那麼能夠創造的「大勝局」,絕對指日可待。

2010年1月27日星期三

丢在地上的喜帖

今早开门拾报纸,惊然发现在其中的一份报纸,用橡皮筋束着一张红色的请柬。这是我第一次在地上拣红色炸弹,一阵错愕!更使我吃惊的是这难道是新型人类的作风,把象征人生一大喜事的请柬往地上哪么一丢,就算与报纸那样算是传递给收柬人了,也是传达了请赴喜宴的讯息。

众所周知,华人办喜庆总是讲究礼仪细节,即然请客也不免俗,客套话照旧还是要说的,对主婚人、新郎、新娘见面离不开吉利话“恭喜恭喜”。

如今主婚人请客赴宴,当事人忙不开,委托友人送请柬也该有个分寸。即使由派报人代分,客人不在家,或出门,送帖人也可学一学邮差,将喜帖放在邮箱里或按门铃传达给收柬人。这是最基本的礼貌,也是我们常常向孩子们灌输的传统美德。可是,我觉得有些人可能相处了一段时间,彼此熟络了,待人接物,碰面请安问候,互相尊敬的处世价值也可抛掉了,这是多么可悲的现象啊!

总之,这一次在地上收起喜帖,心里有股说不出的不悦情绪,我暗忖:可否在赴宴时也将贺仪丢到主婚人面前,让他难堪?以其人之道还治其人。当然我不会跟他们一般见识,总算看到了华族不文雅的一面,只当反面教材吧!

ISA vs 恐怖活动

废除内安法令联盟(GMI)代表律师云大舜在网上个人“推特”(Twitter)撰文揭露,政府在上周四秘密展开《内安法令》逮捕行动,逮捕了50名来自各国大学生。无论如何,内政部长希山慕丁只承认政府援引《内安法令》扣留十人,其中九人是外国人,一人是马来西亚人。

内政部长希山慕丁今午召开记者会证实,政府援引《1960年内部安全法令》扣留十人,其中九人是外国人,一人是马来西亚人,大部分扣留者是在入境不久后遭到逮捕。

但是,他以国家安全为由,拒绝透露这些人与哪个国际恐怖组织有关,也拒绝透露他们遭逮捕的详情。当记者询及九名外国公民的国籍时,他说:“我不能告诉你。”

云大舜早前在其“推特”揭露,政府在过去数天秘密援引《内安法令》展开逮捕行动,约有50名在本地大学就读的各个国籍大学生在上周四被捕,罪名是涉及恐怖主义活动。


他指出,其中38人隔日(上周五)获释,剩下的12人依旧在扣留中,他们已被逮返武吉阿曼警察总部。不过,当记者向希山慕丁寻求证实时,后者矢口否认多达50人遭逮捕的消息,他说:“这个资讯并不正确,被拘留的人数是十人,这十人全都与恐怖活动有关,与国际恐怖组织网络有所联系。”

至于其他资讯,希山慕丁一概以攸关国家安全等非常理由拒绝透露,“这件事情是与国际单位合作展开的,我必须对自己透露的事情小心一些,但我可以肯定的是,有十名人士因涉及恐怖活动而在《内安法令》底下遭逮捕。”

他指出,如果不尽速采取行动,恐怖活动可能影响我国安全,同时,他也告诉媒体,大部分遭逮捕者都是刚刚入境我国,居住时间并不长,所以至今还未展开任何恐怖活动,“所以并非是长久以来以我国为基地的活动,但我担心倘若我们不尽速采取行动,他们可能成立基地,并且影响其他人,让人以为我国与暴力活动有所联系一样。”

至于这十名扣留者先前是否涉及任何国外恐怖活动,希山慕丁也是直接了当的告诉媒体:“这个消息不方便由我来公布。”但他表示:“任何与国际恐怖活动相关的恐怖活动都是影响我国安全,不论他们的目标是我国还是其他国家,只要他们身处我国境内,就受我国司法管辖。”

另一方面,早前废除内安法令联盟主席赛依布拉欣(Syed Ibrahim)向《独立新闻在线》证实政府展开秘密内安法逮捕行动,惟他表示,该联盟还在收集资讯,一旦收集了详实及足够的讯息之后,他们将发出正式声明。

(独立新闻在线)

H1N1 Vaccine

I'm emailing you because I'm bloody scared about something.I created my facebook group for fun, and to use it to market my businesses to people. What I'm doing now totally kills my ability to do that, but I dont care. This is important.

I'm a qualified pharmacist. I've been researching the swine flu vaccine that our government has bought for us (using our money, by the way) and its DANGEROUS AS. Its easy a hundred times more dangerous than the swine flu itself. Something that freaked me out is that several swine flu vaccine manufacturers have asked governments to give them an exemption from lawsuits, in case the vaccine caused harm in people.If you made a vaccine that you knew worked, then why would you need a legal exemption in case it hurt people? Massive warning sign. They don't believe its safe.The swine flu itself has killed about 2/3000 people total. The regular flu kills 40 000 plus per year - so why are we freaking out about swine flu, and not normal flu? Does that make sense? No. If the regular flu kills 40 000 plus per year, and the swine flu only killed 2/3 000 - then why are governments buying it in advance, giving it to us for free, and giving drug manufacturers immunity to legal cases against them? Does that make sense? No.

The swine flu vaccine contains 2 horribly dangerous compounds - one is called thimerosol. It is made 50% of mercury. It binds to receptors in your brain, and basically causes brain damage. Is it smart to be injected with thimerosol, and get brain damage, dropping 10 IQ points and going dumb, in order to avoid getting a flu that kills 95% less people than regular flu? No.

The other horrible in gredient is called squalene. Squalene accidentally tricks your immune system into killing your own cells, which creates autoimmune diseases like asthma, multiple scelerosis, diabetes, and a bunch of diseases that we dont have a name for yet (because squalene hasnt been used for that long, and we have little data on its effects) - is smart to inject yourself with that stuff, in order to avoid a relatively mild flu, like the swine flu? No.

If you're a pregnant mother about to take Panvax, ask yourself this - why would you take Panvax, when it contains Neomycin and Polymyxin, B Sulfate - both of which exhibit positive risk to unborn children - so as to avoid what?

A mild flu, that kills 95% fewer people than the regular flu? Look, I'm a funny guy. Yeah, I make good facebook groups. People join them by the thousands, and laugh. But I'm also a qualified pharmacist. I scored in the top 0.1% of my state in school. I'm expert at critical analysis of drugs and their effects on humans. And let me be blunt - if someone came up to me with a syringe full of swine flu vaccine, or came near my family with one - I would take the needle off them and poke them with it myself - followed by several very hard punches. This stuff is poison. Don't take it. Dont let your friends take it. Don't let your family take it. If some idiot in a lab coat asks you if you want it, ask them about thimerosol, squalene, and why the company making it wants legal exemption from being sued, and watch their face go into "omg I'm being asked serious questions that I dont have the answer to" mode. Anyway. I hope you're all well.

From:
George Mamouzellos
Bachelor of Pharmacy
University of South Australia

Malaysia's Disastrous Capital Flight

Money leaves the country on an unprecedented scale.

Often with the exodus of money goes an exodus of talent as highly skilled persons disadvantaged by race or, as in the case of some Malays, disgusted by local corruption or primitive religious authorities, take themselves and their capital to Australia, Canada, India, China, etc.

Churches are not the only thing to have been going up in flames in Malaysia. Take a look at the nation's foreign exchange reserves. They fell by close to 25 percent during 2009 according to investment bank UBS even though the country continued to run a huge surplus on the current account of its balance of payments.

Says UBS: "Question: which Asian country had the biggest FX losses in 2009?" The answer is Malaysia and by a very large margin; we estimate that official reserves fell by well more than one quarter on a valuation-adjusted basis". It describes the situation as "bizarre" and contrasts Malaysia with other countries with large current account surpluses – Thailand, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong – which have seen their reserves increase – as should be expected.

In short there has been an exodus of money from Malaysia on a scale which surpasses that which occurred during the Asian crisis. Nor is this just a mirage. The decline is also reflected in a sudden decline in base money supply – even while, thanks to Bank Negara, broader M2 has continued to grow modestly.Who is responsible for this massive outflow? And where has it gone? The questions cannot be answered from the data and probably will not be by a government that knows its own state-controlled enterprises, headed by Petronas, may probably be responsible for part of it.

The more certain reason however is the outflow of local private capital has been taking place on an unprecedented scale in response to political instability, massive official corruption and discrimination against non-Malays.This capital bloodletting has as yet attracted little attention because Malaysia's foreign debt levels had declined dramatically since the Asian crisis and its reserves reached very healthy levels. So the outflow has not disturbed the financial markets, and Bank Negara has easily been able to keep interest rates low and the currency strong.But unlike 1998, when the exodus of hot foreign money was a major contributor to the crisis, foreigners cannot be blamed. There is little speculative interest in the ringgit and the Malaysian bourse has rather fallen off the map as far as foreign institutional money is concerned.

The BRICs, India, China, Russia, Brazil have taken the merging market lead once dominated by Southeast Asia.Nor is there much evidence that the Middle East money which was supposed to be flowing into Muslim Malaysia, into holiday apartments or Johor's massive Iskandar development zone, has been much in evidence. Malaysia's one recent success, the development of its sukuk (Islamic bond) market may have caused more capital outflow than inflow. At any rate any overall net inflow of foreign capital whether into bonds, equities, factories or real estate has been dwarfed by the exodus of Malaysian money.The latter is reflected in the weakness of private sector investment, which now trails public investment. Indeed it explains why the economy remains weak despite very healthy prices for most of Malaysia's commodity exports.

The nation has been running a current account surplus of more than 10 percent of gross domestic product for the past decade and hit about 17 percent of GDP in the year just ended. Initially this surplus was needed to pay down debt accumulated during the mid-1990s Mahathir boom years and to rebuild foreign exchange reserves to healthy levels.But subsequently it became simply a consequence of the weakness of private investment. Domestic investors were discouraged by the corrupt and warped system and foreigners moved to China and elsewhere.

GDP growth has become ever reliant on government stimulus – again racially biased in its allocation -- financed by a persistently large budget deficit.Meanwhile, publicly controlled capital has been rushing overseas. Petronas has been spending its billions in profits around the world as it attempts to become a major global player – at the expense of Malaysian citizenry in general and the oil and gas producing states in particular. Other government-controlled entities such as Malayan Banking Bhd have been bidding top dollar for foreign assets – such as Bank Internasional Indonesia.Often with the exodus of money goes an exodus of talent as highly skilled persons disadvantaged by race or, as in the case of some Malays, disgusted by local corruption or primitive religious authorities, take themselves and their capital to Australia, Canada, India, China, etc.

The 2009 reserves loss may have had some specific cause which will not be repeated. But it has merely served to underline a dismal trend which has been in evidence for the best part of a decade. Malaysia has so far been saved from itself by the commodity price gains of the past five years – with even the late 2008 collapse now largely reversed. Oil and palm oil may be off their peaks but both are now double their prices of five years ago.It is better not to imagine what will happen to Malaysia if prices collapse to 2004 levels and stay there. Better now to address the real reasons behind capital outflow and lack of private investment.

2010年1月24日星期日

:《阿凡达》影片中的“哈利路亚山”




红网张家界1月25日讯(潇湘晨报滚动新闻通讯员 邓道理)国际大片《阿凡达》中美轮美奂的“哈利路亚山”在哪里?在张家界!

1月25日,张家界“南天一柱”(又名乾坤柱)正式被更名为《阿凡达》“哈利路亚山”,当天数百名土著居民及海内外游客见证了更名仪式。

“南天一柱”为张家界“三千奇峰”中的一座,位于世界自然遗产武陵源风景名胜区袁家界景区南端,海拔高度1074米,垂直高度约150米,顶部植被郁郁葱葱,峰体造型奇特,垂直节理切割明显,仿若刀劈斧削般巍巍屹立于张家界,有顶天立地之势,故又名乾坤柱。

2008年12月份,好莱坞摄影师汉森在张家界进行了为期四天的外景拍摄,大量风景图片后来成为美国科幻大片《阿凡达》中“潘多拉星球”各种元素的原型,其中“南天一柱”图片就成为“哈利路亚山”即悬浮山的原型。《阿凡达》在全球热播后,海内外亿万观众更是对“哈利路亚山”原型地张家界心向神往。

旅游无国界,电影无障碍。对于本次更名行为,仁者见仁,智者见智。有部分网友认为张家界没必要因为一部电影而改名换姓,也有网友觉得此举更能证明《阿凡达》悬浮山原型地就在张家界。

袁家界景区管委会主任宋志光当天发表了自己的见解,“南天一柱”更名为《阿凡达》“哈利路亚山”绝对不是“崇洋媚外”,只是顺应了景区土著居民和广大游客的心声。同时他还表示,张家界是世界自然遗产,神奇风景不仅是中国的,也是全世界的。现在把“南天一柱”更名为《阿凡达》“哈利路亚山”,就是向外界传递一个重要信息:张家界不仅属于世界,也已经走向世界。
潘多拉很远,张家界很近。另据了解,随着《阿凡达》影片的热播,张家界将在春节期间迎来新的旅游热潮。核心景区袁家界、天子山、金鞭溪、黄龙洞等精华景点已经做好了充分准备,欢迎海内外朋友来张家界走进《阿凡达》“哈利路亚山”,寻找真实的“潘多拉”世界。

2010年1月20日星期三

2010年1月19日星期二

YOU KNOW YOU'RE OVER 50..............

You know you're over 50
When all the money you saved for years for your children's college education just about covers the first semester


You know you're over 50
When you are absolutely positive they build stairs steeper these days


You know you're over 50
When your arms aren't long enough to hold your reading material

You know you're over 50
When you keep forgetting
No matter how many diaries,appointment books or calendars you have,
you still forget


You know you're over 50
When you start believing the ads for hemorrhoid,constipation,and hair loss remedies


You know you're over 50
When you sit down to put on your underwear
The younger guys in the locker rooms have colored shorts but yours are all white


You know you're over 50
When instead of combing your hair you start arranging it
There is more hair on your chest than on your head


You know you're over 50
When you don't always wake up "aroused" like you used to every day


You know you're over 50
When you finally smart enough to hire a kid to mow your lawn


You know you're over 50
When you eat less and less and yet you still continue to gain weight


You know you're over 50
When you start dressing for comfort rather than blindly following the latest fashions


You know you're over 50
When 55 mph seems a very reasonable and safe speed to travel at


You kow you're over 50
When people you used to hold in awe like doctors,policemen,and clergymen are now younger than you


You know you're over 50
When you don't care where your wife goes when she goes out,
as long as you don't have to go with her


You know you're over 50
When you add "GOD WILLING" to the end of most of you statements.

2010年1月17日星期日

割肉补疮

为了满足政治口号,实现政治理念,于是这边一个马来西亚诊疗所成立了。资深护士或医院助理可以名正言顺当起医生;“蜀中无大将,廖化作先锋”,以前,中国“宁要核子,不要裤子”时代就有赤脚医生,想不到如今大马也“向东学习”这一招。这样也好,人民总算有福气了。

可是出现了一个怪现象,有些医院实习医生排队打苍蝇、谈天说地;很早以前,我国只有两三所大学:马大、槟城理大、国大设有医学系,现今已有国内少说也有二十四所大学医学系了,再加上海外自费与公共服务局保送的医科生的回国服务,可说是医生泛滥于市了,可是卫生部的统计数字显示,我国还是少了四成待填补的医生职位。原因是资深医生专才外流,再加上当局想提升医生对病人的比例,例如以前一个医生对八千病人;如今当局致力提升的目标是一个医生负责诊治六百病黎。

诊所是多了一些,可是在没有成立政府新诊所的市区,如巴都吧辖,至今已有一个多月,众多外诊病人问诊后,到配药处取药,不是被通知这药没有存货,要自己买;就只在家里痴痴的等政府医院药剂处的电话;邻居自已也苦苦等了两个星期,不耐烦了打电话去追查,医院里竟然没人接听回话。这使我想起当天,医生竟然劝我可以不必服药了,他说我三高病症已受控了,可以不必服可提升优质胆固醇的药了——这就是政府医院节省开销的伏笔。身为退休公务员应得的养命福利仿佛已要被剥夺了!

在生活物资高涨的时候,原本免费的医药也要自已付钱,虽然我本身还能应付,可是我身边捉襟
见肘的父老乡亲们怎么办?他们贫病无依,长期靠政府医院的诊治配药得以苟延残喘,如今卫生部撙节拨款,尽拿他们开刀,仿佛对他们的生命视若网闻,难道忘了我们的目标是建立一个马来西亚爱心社会吗?

什么叫“以民为本,效绩优先”?我倒记得有一句话说:“救人一命胜造七级浮屠”,希望卫生部正视广大人民的健康,尽快解决人民难题,尤其是低下层人民的疾苦吧!不要让我们觉得政府为了长治久安,刻意制造种种假象,实际上却也反证当政者张开眼睛说瞎话,说一套,做一套。

2010年1月16日星期六

GO A HEAD

One day, Danny asked the company secretary to submit an application letter to the boss on his behalf. The next day, Danny saw his boss’s handwriting short note “Go a head” beneath his letter. Danny started to pack his luggage immediately, but before he left his office to the airport, the secretary stopped him.

” Where are you going?” ask the secretary.

Danny replied, “Yea, meeting in Europe!”

Secretary asked again, “You got approval from the boss?”

Danny replied, “Didn’t you see the boss has said ‘Go a head’?”

Secretary replied,” You’ve been working here for so long, yet you don’t realize our boss’s standard of English? The boss really means ‘Go your head! ’”

Danny just kept silence.



老板的英文

一天,大宝请秘书转呈公文给老板,表示因公事需要立即出国一趟。隔天见老板在公文后面短短签下“Go a head”。大宝收到批示后,马上着手整理行李,没想到出发时却被秘书拦了下来。

秘书:“你要去哪里?”

大宝:“去欧洲开会啊!”

秘书:“老板有同意吗?”

大宝:“老坂不是说‘Go a head’吗?”

秘书:“你在公司这么久,难道你还不了解老板的英文程度吗?老板的意思是:‘去个头’啦!“

大宝:“………”





2010年1月15日星期五

Stout and Cigarette


Time after dinner, while I was surfing internet, my two-year-old grandchild, Vivian came and sitting on my lap.

“Grandpa, you drank stout?” she asked sniffing like a dog.

I nodded to her and signed her to shut up. My daughters discourage me to take alcohol.

“Oh I understand, because your hair becomes grey, right?” Vivian said with naivety.

I giggled, saying nothing.

“Grandpa, I’ll tell you a secret, my daddy likes to smoke cigarettes. His hair is black.”

I nearly burst into laughter. I’m a pensioner aged sixty-three. Although my granddaughter’s logic may sound absurd, I can interpret her idea as a concern to my health.

看天吃饭


岳父是一个渔夫,每次出海前,总是嘴叼着烟,冷静观察天色,然后推出三轮车到海边去。偶而,我也充当海脚。

有时,海天相连的水平线上呈鱼肚白,他说未必是晴天;有时水平线上明显是黑沉沉,他却说风暴未必真的会来临。

他常说渔夫看天出海,靠天吃饭,早已把生命置之度外。他就秉承这种“明知山有虎,偏向虎山行”的个性,为了一家人大小,整天起早摸黑,日子跟着潮汐变动。尽管风险那么高,他还是从一而终,忠于职守,为家庭、为社会,默默做出了一定的贡献,无怨无悔,死而无憾,因为他目不识丁,早就认命,把大海当作第二个家了!

“天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福”已是渔民的生活写照——这是积极乐观精神的体现。我在渔乡呆过十多年,在他身边少说也有整十年,或多或少也影响了我的人生观。

2010年1月14日星期四

商品广告与代言人

现今商业社会,拜生物科技的开拓与发展,新产品可谓一日千里。人类喜新厌旧,追求时尚的心理作祟,日日追求崭新产品的讯息;加上讯息的发展电子化后突飞猛进,促销广告通过大众传媒如洪水猛兽向消费人轰炸个不休,除了影视或平面广告之外,由商品衍生了商品代言人。

代言人通常都是常在媒体露脸曝光率高的明星、歌星、电视主持或主播等名人不一而足。毫无疑问,这些名人都有一定的影响力。这早就在厂商盈利算计之内。

有句话说“广告是合法的慌言”;慌言说久了变成真理。

那么,商品代言人,无疑已被视为糖衣的毒素了。是药三分毒,是广告三分真。真真假假,假假真真;以真弄假,以假乱真;这个大千世界,假作真时真亦假,真作假时假亦真。到头来,最可怜的是广大的消费者。他们被迷惑了,利弊失衡之下,迟早要变成通过媒体促销的白老鼠了!

身为消费人,切忌言听计从;太容易相信广告,就轻易上当。记住“言者无罪,听者足戒”,用者若不慎重参考别人的意见,利令智昏,坚持己见上当,哪就是咎由自取了,怨不了别人!

2010年1月13日星期三

老虎与青蛙




一个男子出门去打高尔夫球。

当他正想打第二个洞时,他发现一只青蛙坐在终打轻击区附近。

他不以为意,正要打球时他听见:“呱呱九号铁杆。”

男子环顾四周,没看到人影。

他又听到:“呱呱九号铁。”

他看了看青蛙,为了决定证明青蛙错了,于是把木杆放了,握着一支九号铁杆。

澎!

距离洞穴十寸。他吃了一惊。他对青蛙说:“哗!多神奇。你一定是只幸运的青蛙?”

青蛙回答:“呱呱幸运的青蛙。”

男子决定吧它带到第二个球洞。

“你意下如何?”男子问。

“呱呱三号木杆。”

男子抽出三号木杆一击,澎!

一击入洞。

男子顿时感到十分迷惑,一时语塞。

当天球技结束,没想到竟然是他这一生最棒的成绩,“好哇,青蛙,接下来该去哪里?”

青蛙回答:“呱呱拉斯维加斯。”

他们一起来到拉斯维加斯,小伙子说:“好了,青蛙,现在该做什么?”

青蛙说:“呱呱赌轮盘。”

来到轮盘赌桌,男子问,“你认为我该如何投注?”

青蛙回答“呱呱三千,黑桃六。”

现在,这是一对百万稳赢的机会,也是高球竞技过后男子在暗中盘算下一个惊讶。

澎!

大量的现钞从对方面桌滑过来。

男人取走奖金买了最好纺旅店。

男人把青蛙放下,对它说:“青蛙啊,我不知该如何报答你。你替我赢了这么多钱,我永远感激你!”

青蛙回答:“呱呱亲我。”

他想为什么不能,即然它为我做了那么多好事,应该亲它。

这一吻,青蛙变成一个非常美丽的女人。

“这就是那女人来到我房间的经过,伊琳。上帝,请救救我,要不然我就不叫泰格·渥兹。”

(翻译自马来西亚局内人)

The Frog and Golf




A man goes out golfing.He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green.



He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron."



The man looks around and doesn't see anyone.Again, he hears, "Ribbit 9 Iron."



He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong, puts the club away, and grabs a 9 iron.



Boom!



He hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked. He says to the frog,"Wow that's amazing.You must be a lucky frog, he?"



The frog replies, "Ribbit Lucky frog."



The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole."What do you think frog?" the man asks.



"Ribbit 3 wood."



The guy takes out a 3 wood and Boom!



Hole in one.



The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say.



By the end of the day, the man golfedthe best game of golf in his life and asks the frog, "OK where to next?"



The frog replies, "Ribbit Las Vegas."



"They go to Las Vegas and the guy says, "OK frog, now what?"



The frog says, "Ribbit Roulette."



Upon approaching the roulette table, the man asks, "What do you think I should bet?"



The frog replies, "Ribbit $3000, black 6."



Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but after the golf game the man figures what the heck.Boom!



Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.



The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the hotel.



He sits the frog down and says, "Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful."



The frog replies, "Ribbit Kiss Me."



He figures why not, since after all the frog did for him, he deserves it.



With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous girl.



"And that is how the girl ended up in my room Elin. So help me God or my name is not Tiger Woods."

2010年1月12日星期二

如入鲍鱼之肆久,而不闻其臭!

拜读雅易的《没人会承认自己发臭》后,使我想起一句话,“如入鲍鱼之肆,久而不闻其臭”,意思是和素质低劣的人生活在一起,就像进入了卖鲍鱼的巴刹,时间久了,连自己满身臭鱼味,也就不觉得鲍鱼发臭了。

这句话说明时间与环境可以改变一个人的思想与行为。六朝元老,少说也有三十年,竟然到现在才想脱离那种环境,这个中央领袖的性格与品德可想而知,莫非已默认自己三十多年来和道德高尚的政治人物在一起,就像进入充满兰花香气的屋子,时间一长,自己本身被香气熏陶,就闻不到兰香味了;明哲保身?默默奉献?

马华领导层的改变不是一朝一夕,如今掌门人才刚换不久,改革党务斗争未确定,六朝元老就感到不自在,不想臭气相投,想早日离开同流合污的同志,“清者自清,浊者自浊”,只要坚持参政的理念,为社会大众谋利,就是“出污泥而不染,濯清莲而不妖”的优良领袖了。况且在政治内斗,多事之秋离开,明显是知难而退,这种打退堂鼓的消极作用,好象亏欠了当初票选他做中委的代表们一个明确交代。

马华自独立以来,岂只三十多年,政绩每况愈下,可说乏善可陈,除了以当家不当权推搪塞责,华社在政、经、教各方面节节败退,除了惨留的官职聊以自慰外,还有什么?

2010年1月11日星期一

狗嘴吐不出象牙

森美兰州位于芙蓉新城的SIB(Sidang Injil Borneo)教堂遭纵火,是该州境内首宗暴徒袭击基督教会建筑物的案例。一般人相信与近日发生的“阿拉”字眼有关系。

事发后,风声鹤唳,风吹草动,该州警方高几层总动员,总警长拿督奥斯曼和副總警長拿督阿都瑪南到现场了解案情,并展开调查。根据现场环境观察,初步怀疑凶徒是使用汽油纵火,根据总警长的说法纵火纯粹是为了引人注意,也意味着恐吓与警告。而副总警长巡视该教堂后說,警方将援引刑法436(惡作劇以火或爆炸物蓄意摧毀住屋)条文调查,罪名成立者最高刑罚是监禁十年。

说来真可笑,也觉得真可悲!堂堂一个州的警务高官,竟然狗嘴吐不出象牙,這種燒人教堂、破壞種族和諧、煽動宗教衝突制造国家动乱,形同叛国的行為只能當作“惡作劇”?没杀人放火的就动用“內安法令”来逮捕?难免会被人怀疑警方办案有私人议程,明显的双重标准,是偏帮还是幫倒忙? 堂堂一名副總警長竟然沦落到这种地步,社会还有公平正义的存在吗?纵火还有分“好意、惡意”之分,那么以后杀人放火也可以當作“不小心”,“打抢银行可以當作“好玩”。

想起去年的牛头抗议事件,到如今“阿拉”引发纵火,沉默的大多数人民發現原來我们选出来的政府不过是一砣屎而已。而由它施肥长出的行政长官用臀部思考,所吐出来的怎么会是人话~bullshit!

花木兰




唧唧复唧唧,木兰当户织。
  不闻机杼声,惟闻女叹息。
  问女何所思,问女何所忆。
  女亦无所思,女亦无所忆。
  昨夜见军帖,可汗大点兵,
  军书十二卷,卷卷有爷名。
  阿爷无大儿,木兰无长兄。
  愿为市鞍马,从此替爷征。
  东市买骏马,西市买鞍鞯,
  南市买辔头,北市买长鞭。
  旦辞爷娘去,暮宿黄河边。
  不闻爷娘唤女声,但闻黄河流水鸣溅溅。
  旦辞黄河去,暮至黑山头,
  不闻爷娘唤女声,但闻燕山胡骑鸣啾啾。
  万里赴戎机,关山度若飞。
  朔气传金柝,寒光照铁衣。
  将军百战死,壮士十年归。
  归来见天子,天子坐明堂
  策勋十二转,赏赐百千强。
  可汗问所欲,木兰不用尚书郎;
  愿驰千里足,送儿还故乡。
  爷娘闻女来,出郭相扶将;
  阿姊闻妹来,当户理红妆;
  小弟闻姊来,磨刀霍霍向猪羊。
  开我东阁门,坐我西阁床,
  脱我战时袍,著我旧时裳,
  当窗理云鬓,对镜帖花黄。
  出门看伙伴,伙伴皆惊忙:
  同行十二年,不知木兰是女郎
  雄兔脚扑朔,雌兔眼迷离;
  双兔傍地走,安能辨我是雄雌?

一九五九年,我念五年级时,华文老师逼我们背颂《木兰辞》,唱游老师又教我们歌唱《木兰辞》,至今印象深刻。

从小,对花木兰这充满传奇色彩的巾帼英雄形象念念不忘。而《木兰从军》的故事更是家喻户晓。美国的华德迪斯耐也在数年前推出卡通片木兰,一时老少咸宜。

昨天,我又看了《花木兰》这部电影,导演是马楚成,花木兰由赵薇饰演,单于由胡军担纲,陈坤饰演魏国大将军文健。

故事情节大同小异,只是如今电影大银幕上演栩栩如生、残酷无比的战争画面,使我们看了触目惊心。倒是剧中把儿女私情淡化了,仿佛再三提示观众,“人生百年,生有何欢,死有何憾”,尤其在面对强敌压境的时刻,一切以国家存亡,百姓安危为重,人民要忍辱负重,抛开男女情感,为国牺牲小我。

剧中也歌颂了木兰从军是出于孝顺年老多病的父亲,同时也表扬爱国情操,同胞同乡高尚情谊,生死不渝,可歌可泣。

剧情的发展高潮迭起,紧扣心弦,当然有些情节显得有点牵强附会,如花木兰在黑夜在河里洗澡,巧遇大将军文健,后来文健亦和费小虎一样替木兰坚守秘密。更巧的是由于魏国大元帅嫉忌木兰屡建战功,想乘胜追击柔然部落时,中了敌军的埋伏,大元师贪生怕死,不肯出兵援助,甚至不发军粮,迫得文健以魏国七王子身份,交出随身玉佩,愿为人质与单于议和,实行缓兵之计;木兰则混入柔然主营,视探军机行刺单于。在柔然公主与王子的里应外合之下,暗算单于的计划功成,大破敌军。班师回朝,魏王论功行赏,并赦免木兰以女儿之身从军,触犯军规的死刑。

最后是木兰得偿所愿,衣锦还乡,恢复女儿身,照顾老父,当个名正言顺的孝女,名留青史。

2010年1月10日星期日

The Unfortunate Pirate 倒霉的海盗


一个装有一条木腿,一只铁钩手并且左眼上戴眼罩的海盗进了一间酒吧。

一个年轻人好奇地问他:“你的木腿是怎么来的?”

海盗说:“有一天,我站在甲板上,一个巨浪打过来,接着一只鲨鱼爬上甲把我的腿咬断了。”

“那你的手呢?”

“与英国人作战丢掉的,因为找不到断手,所以他们给装了这只铁钩。”

“那么你的眼睛呢?”年轻人追问。

“有一天,我站在甲板上看天,海鸥的类掉进了我的眼睛。”

年轻人糊涂了,不解地问:“海鸥的类能让你的眼睛瞎掉?”

“要知道那是我装上这只铁钩的第一天。”海盗回答。

The Unfortunate Pirate

A pirate with a wooden leg, an iron-hook arm and his left eye wears an eye mask entered a bar.

A young man felt curious and ask him,” How you got your wooden leg?”

Pirate said, “one day, while I was standing on the deck, a huge wave stroked against me, after that a shark swam up the deck and bit off my leg.”

“What about your hand?”
“I lost it while fighting with the English, because I couldn’t find my hand, so they fixed it with an iron hook.”

“How about your eye?” young man insisted.

“One day, when I was looking up the sky, a seagull passing by and its dropping dropped into my eye.’

The young man was confused, he asked curiously,”Are you sure the gull’s dropping made you eye blind?”

“You must know that first day I just got my iron hook fixed.” the pirate replied.

2010年1月9日星期六

Direction for use 说明书











A go-between hopes to make a match between a businessman and a pretty girl. But this businessman is very smart, he says,” Before I buy something, I prefer to see the sample first.”

“Oh my God, how am I going to speak up with the virgin?” says the go-between.
The businessman says,” I’m doing business. Either you follow my
Wish or cancel it.”
The go-between talks to the girl,” I’ve found a good man, rich, and he is doing business, he doesn’t want to take the risk, and he prefers to see the “sample”.”

“Please listen to me,” the girl says,” my business is good as his; I’ll give him “direction to use” instead of “sample”.”


一个媒人想撮合一个商人和一个美女的婚事。可是这位商人很精刁,他说:“我买东西以前,总是先看样品。”

“我的天,怎么把这种事儿向小姐开口呢?”介绍人说。

商人说:“我是在做生意。要么照我的做,要么拉倒。”

介绍人于是向小姐说:“我找了个男的还不错,也有钱,可是他是个做生意的,不想冒风险。所以他要看‘样品’。”

“听着,”那小姐说,“我做生意也不比他差,我不会给他‘样品’,而只能给他‘说明书’”。

2010年1月8日星期五

The Sahara Jungle 撒哈拉大森林


A lumberjack thinks of working in a timber yard. The supervisor asks him, “I’m not sure you want this kind of job, we cut down trees.”

The lumberjack says, “This is my profession.”

The supervisor replies, “That’s good, show me how long you cut down this tree. ”

The lumberjack walks to the tree, just one blow of his axe, he fell the tree.

The supervisor feels astonished and says, “Bravo, please try that bigger tree.”

The lumberjack walks to the big tree, with two blows of his axe, that tree also fall down.

“Fantastic!” exclaims the supervisor, “that’s it, you get employed. But, may I know how you are trained as such? “

The lumberjack replies, “Oh, the Sahara Jungle, I used to train there. ”

After cracking his brain, the supervisor says, “are you referring to The Sahara Desert? “
The lumberjack replies, “oh yes, it’s the Desert now. ”

一个伐木工人想在一家木厂做工。工头对他说:“我可不知道你是不是想找这种活,我们这是砍树的。”

伐木工人说:“这正好是我的本行。”

工头回答:“行,让我看看你用多大工夫能砍倒这棵树。”

伐木工人走到树前,只一斧就把树砍倒了。

吃惊不小的工头说:“好,试试那边那棵大的。”

伐木工人走到树前,嚓嚓两下,树又倒了。

“神了!”工头大呼,“没说的,你被雇了。不过,你是怎样学会这一手的?”

伐木工人答道:“哦,在撒哈拉大森林,我可没少练哟。”

工头想了半天,说:“你是说撒哈拉大沙漠吧?”

伐木工人答道:“哦,是的,如今是沙漠了。”






























2010年1月7日星期四

谁是上帝?









一个五岁大的女孩追问奶奶:“上帝是男的还是女的?”

奶奶想一下回答说:“上帝是介于男女之间的。”

这让小女孩感到迷惑,他又接着问:“上帝是白人还是黑人?”

“上帝既是黑人又是白人。”奶奶说。

小女孩更加糊涂了,于是她紧接问:“上帝是诚实的还是不诚实的?”

奶奶不耐烦了,答道:“上帝既诚实又不诚实。”

这下小女孩露出笑脸好像明白了什么似的,问道:“上帝是不是迈克杰逊?”


Who is The Lord?

A five-year-old girl keeps asking her grandma,“ is The Lord a male or female?”

Grandma replies after thinking a while,” The Lord is in between male and female? “

The reply confuses the little girl, she keeps on asking, “ is The Lord black or white? “

“The Lord is either a black nor a white ? “ grandma says.

The little girl becomes fascinated, then she keeps on asking, “ is The Lord honest or dishonest ? “

Grandma becomes impatient, she replies, “ The Lord either honest nor dishonest. “

Only then, a smiling face appears, the little girl seems to understand, she says, “ Oh, I see, is The Lord Michael Jackson? “

2010年1月6日星期三

浮标——读书偶记


《浮标》
——浮标、海鸥与海豹的生命对话


作者:布鲁斯贝伦
绘图:洛尔科隆
Buoy- Home at Sea
By: Bruce Balan
Illustration by Baul Colon


浮标是海上的不倒翁。凡海上作业者,水手、渔夫的指标,它日以继夜引导经常在海上往返者的安全。


浮标是没有生命的飘浮灯塔,作者赋于它生命、心情及感觉。让它与海鸥、海象进行了生命的对话。在他的生命里有晨曦、有夕阳、有星星陪他谈天;它是海鸥的栖身所,也是海豹的晒阳台。在机缘巧合下,他的两个亲密朋友为他庆祝生日,当海鸥将汽球上的字HAPPY BIRTHDAY念给浮标听后,浮标简直乐翻了,非生物的他喜出望外,他感叹道:“你们真是我的好朋友,我都不知道自己的生日呢!”然后海鸥小心的将生日礼物系在浮标的灯上,让他兴奋了好几天。


后来海豹将自己的女儿也介绍给浮标认识,浮标告诉小海豹说:“我是可以让你爬上来休息的东西,我会保护你不被鲨鱼伤害,我会和你谈天,起看月亮,我永远都在这边。我会说船的故事给你听,我会告诉你我是怎么用闪光去保护船只,告诉你绿光私鲸鱼之歌的故事。我们可以一同看流星,和海豚说话。我会为你响铃,每天晚上摇你入睡。”浮标爱屋及乌,把自己存在的神圣使命,理性的、感性的告诉了小海豹,因为浮标、海鸥与海豹两口子已视为一家人了。


有一回,海上油船着火泄出油渍,使浮标感觉到黑暗就要纠缠着他,黑色似乎要阻止潮涌,企图闷死任何海里的生物,这时海鸥与海豹先后躲避了,只留不悲伤的自己,孤零零的。然而使他更难过的是海,纵使浓稠的黑渍满身,也无处可走,这是作者带给人们的讯息,抗议人类攫夺天然之源的同时,也严重破坏了生态环境!人类毫无节制的开发而被破坏,自食其果的是自炫为万物之灵的人类。


作者布鲁斯贝伦是一名水手与潜水专家,他在初航中与叔父保罗在加里福尼亚州佛明岬角附近遇见浮标,后来成为全职作家,就透过亲身体验,将浮标视如凡人一般起落都体现出充满丰富多采的生活机智与情趣。

2010年1月5日星期二

我离不开书


阅读是我终生的爱好。小时家境清寒,没闲钱买书,只能到邻近咖啡店借看星洲日报副刊。后来对书的渴求越来越烈,将卖胶丝得来的钱,省吃俭用来买图书看。到了中学,寄居市区,伯母所给的零用钱,也不舍得买吃的,只管用来买书。

六十年代,凿石城市区内的书局都有我的踪影,印象最深的是文海、京华、新亚、大东、公平、文中等。我的旧书中还注明购书日期、店名与价钱,有些书还用麻将纸包裹着。

毕竟用自己用血汗钱买回来的书,更显得珍贵,使我爱不释手,非得一气呵成看完不可,尤其早年沉迷金庸与梁羽生的武侠小说,追看《书剑恩仇录》,情节紧奏,高潮迭起,甚至在床上和书合枕共眠,也是常有的事。

由于我热爱阅读,也养成爱买书的习惯,常常出门在外、随团旅游,若有机会就逛书店。手头宽裕就大量购买,然后回家陈列在书架上,心血来潮就拿一本来阅读。书架上有的七十年代从新加坡小坡亚洲书局、上海书局、友谊书店、商务印务等买来的社会科学书籍。文史书籍大多数是在昆明与上海新华书局买的。退休后我又常到大众书局选购台版书,大多数是励志修养之类,也有名家著作。近来友谊书展在商会举办,我抓紧机会,慎重选购心爱的书。

目前我书房藏书少说也有两千多本各式各类的书籍,涉猎甚广,从生育知识到文史哲学。七十年代,我刚初出道当教师,在新加坡买了《鲁迅全集》,还没看完,后来风声紧,家人乘我不在家的五十五天内,将它烧毁了,连《钱歌川英文疑难解答》、《七十年代》以及香港出版的《明报》也陪葬了!多可惜、多遗憾啊!教我如何不想它?

有人临老入花丛,老朽退休变书虫,这样女儿不担心;老婆也放心,当然爱书人更开心!近来每到一所学校代课,我总找机会送书,先将儿时《西游记》、《封神榜》连环图书送走了,又将孩子的童话、寓言、神话、漫画等故事书赠送小学生。希望他们像我一样早日养成热爱阅读的人生。

庆幸自己却还是有办法看到自己想看的书。当然在爱书、买书、看书、送书——这些经验中,除了充实知识、启示人生、激励斗志、丰富文化之外,也证明文明创造了可爱的人生。

2010年1月4日星期一

无名岛的回忆

有句话说“欺山莫欺水”,当初踏出社会当临教,我这年轻小伙子,简直是初生之犊不畏虎。吃过了暗亏,也终于得到了终生的教诲。如今想起,那个调皮的孩子,现今何在?他是否还记得救他一命的渔夫,还有一群担心受怕的老师,和一大群为他祈祷的同学。

在渔乡执教十三年,最难忘的是人情味浓,孩子虽然顽皮,对师长还是畏敬有加,尤其是淳朴的渔民,对师长更是必恭必敬,逄年过节,家有喜事,师长必是桌上嘉宾之一。虽然当时家长教师协会还未成立,学校与家长的交流、老师与学生的交往,丝毫没有隔阂,可说双方的互信已到了水乳交融的境界!

学校就建在海边,从我的办公桌,近望新加坡海峡,遥望南中国海。当时学校前面两侧有篱笆,
后面的椰树被海浪冲蚀倒了,总盼望放学后去海滩上拣贝壳、拾海螺,或吹海风,凉风习习,使人心旷神怡。适逢退潮时,又可到无名小岛去挖蚌、敲蚝,总之课余饭后总喜欢在这儿徘徊、非等到潮水逐渐淹至脚踝不舍得离开........

当时渔乡与外界水路交通,所谓“山高皇帝远”,周末,循众要求,我和几位同道心血来潮带学生到无名岛去野餐。当地人就把这座无名岛叫做波劳(Pulau)。它距离海岸只有一公里。渔夫们乐意免费载送我们师生七八十人到岛上去游玩垂钓,然后他们各自出海作业。

无名岛周围不大,最多有一个标准足球场那么大。岛上奇岩矗立的石壁,一边是细石巨岩叠成的羊径,举目一望,另一边四周都是岩石,岩石清秀,林木苍翳,有限的土地上是杂草花树,环岛岸边是椰树和海松,迎风摇曳,好像在向我们这群不速之客表示欢迎。

当天风和日丽,师生们一船一船靠岸后在空旷地上集合,由公认最凶的总领队熊老师发号施令,他再三叮咛学生必须注意个人安全事项,然后分组由老师监视下进行团康游戏活动,由扈老师吉打伴唱The Happy Wanderer,张老师二胡独奏《小泉流水》,熊老师口琴吹出《绿岛小夜曲》,罗老师一曲《彩云追月》,在野餐开始前,师生大合唱Rasa Sayang与《在森林和原野》,突然有几个学生高喊“救命啊!救命啊!”,他们手指着在海面飘浮的人头和椰梗。

原来有一个姓丘的学生在团康开始就掉队了,一个人偷跑到岛岸边去戏水弄潮,开始坐在倒下的椰干上摇摇荡荡,后来竟然抱着脱落的椰梗带叶,随着潮水高涨,不知不觉,飘浮在海面上越飘离岸越远,最后在海面上载浮载沉。老师们大吃一惊,我和两位男同事下水想游去救他,可是当时潮水高涨,加上环岛周遭海底有暗流,费了九牛二虎之力,加上心情紧张急迫,不消十五分钟,离目标还远,右脚好像要抽筋,只好改为仰泳。回看岛上岸边指手划脚,呼叫救命之声不绝,待游回岸上,原来有渔夫回航看到罹难的丘同学,顺手把他捞上船靠岸去了。

幸亏当时孤独离群的丘水泉并未酿成祸事,否则我们这些带队的老师不知如何清楚向校长交代,因为当时也没有向官方申请郊外野餐,只凭几个志同道合的老师,一气呵成,人算不如天算。从此校方要老师带队随队,总是心有余悸,回首往事如烟,不胜唏嘘!

孩子开学,家长出血




人总是把孩子当着国家未来的栋梁、社会未来的主人翁,即使明明知道“小时了了,大未必佳”这个残酷事实。

钟爱孩子的父母,自从小宝贝呱呱堕地,一个美满幸福的家庭才算踏实、安稳,夫妻俩才能积极扮演各自的角色。

当孩子学爬到牙牙学语时,这时也是宝贝最讨人欢心的时期,作为父母亲莫不竭尽所能,想方设法,以满足孩子成长的一切需要,从而满足孩子衣食住行各方面,选购含有一大堆维他命的营养牛奶,总希望孩子健康,快高长大。

中国著名女作家冰心曾经说过,父母对孩子的爱是不附带条件的。可是时过景迁,新时代毕竟不同了,社会风气改变了,人们的功利思想也加强了。现在重视孩子生活福利的父母总会幻想着孩子的未来,他们精打细算,把一切希望寄托在孩子身上,这种行为有时候被旁人目为投资,希望将来连本带利收回。有些父母也可能是爱慕虚荣作祟,正好利用孩子的天份成为炫耀,长期在伴唱机学会哼唱歌曲,就把他当作未来的天王歌星,这种拔苗助长的教育,难道家长没企图吗?

现在孩子尚未入幼儿园,父母亲被玲琅满目,文过其实的牛顿、状元、爱因斯坦等命名的托儿所、安亲班、陪读所、幼稚园、补习中心等迷惑。家长大多数对孩子期望很高,直接造成潜在市场很大,间接也产生连锁效应,巧立名堂的孩童预习、学习、复习、补习班如雨后春笋般到处林立。

今天是我各源流中小学开学日,孩子刚开学,家长大出血,在在证明一个事实,孩子的教育无异使每个家庭的痛苦指数提高了不少。再加上校外补习学艺活动,大城市地区的家长更要咬紧牙根和血吞了!

2010年1月2日星期六

雨中即景意难忘




我喜欢踩脚车运动。今天傍晚时分,我夫妇俩计划着一起踩脚车去夜市场买东西。怎知刚到目的地,老天不作美,竟下起雨来了。开始毛毛雨,后来雨点渐渐变大又密,夫妻俩只好找个地方避雨,妻怨我当初不看天空已布满乌云,没有及时劝阻我,结果碰上这场骤雨。我劝她耐心等候雨稍停才踩脚车回家做晚饭也不迟。

等着等着,怎知老天爷彷佛与我作对,雷电交加更猛烈,雨越下越大。这时我就越担心家里怕雷声的西施犬,更为我俩尴尬的处境忐忑不安,虽然店主好意请我们在五脚基坐着,可是我没那种心情。呆着沉思就想起五十多年前,在胶林抢收胶汁的那一幕。

当时父亲失业,母亲早逝,一家七口就依赖割胶为生。凌晨即使天空飘着鹅毛雨,父亲也不轻易放过我们,强硬把我们从被窝里捞出来赶到胶园去。他说走到胶园,细雨停了就割胶。有时候割完了整片胶园,突然乌云密布,雷电交加,不久大雨倾盆而下,为了减轻损失只好提起胶桶冒雨抢收胶汁,整个人好像发狂似的,在树林丛草冲三步作两步奔跑乱窜,心里总盼望骤雨马上停歇。可是往往是事与愿违。

当时摄于父亲的威严,作儿子的已尽力与天博斗抢食了,未必一定会抢胜天意,父亲也没追究。想起往事,总之当年冒雨抢收胶汁总是失意多过得意。强忍着寒风袭击,身体不断打寒颤,哆嗦着回到家,兄弟们一回到家就抢着冲个冷雨水凉,用肥皂洗头刷身,爸爸已用老姜母泡甘和茶,要我们乘热喝。他说喝了御寒祛湿对身体好。爸爸对我们够严厉,可是一碗热腾腾的姜茶至今使我心里暖洋洋。

想着想着,我下定决心冒雨回家,反正店铺距离我家也只有大约两公里。主意已定,两人各向骑上铁马在柏油路上奔驰,偶尔也转回头看跟随的内人。这时雨点猛烈抽打在我脸上,迎面阵阵冷洌的风彷佛在叽笑我傻,我拼命使劲的向前踩脚车,驾轻就熟,经过的转弯抹角格外小心,路面低洼凹凸处处是积水,我特别留意,不消十五分钟,庆幸两个落汤鸡终于平安到家了,原本的购物计划也泡汤了。

这就是没有居安思危、未雨绸缪的教训!这也印证了一句老话“天有不测的风云”是真理,同时也启示了我,“明知山有虎,偏向虎山行”,单凭个人主观的意愿,事情未必就会马到成功,哪还得靠天时地利人和。“事在人为,人定胜天”,我现在保持怀疑的态度看待事物了。

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