心满意足福满门

每逢农历新年来临时，华人都在家厅堂墙贴上“福”字，祈求来年安康与丰收。也有人张灯结彩，两边门户贴上红彤彤的春联，无非就是希望新年迎来好意兆的传统。

我家原本没有这种庆祝春节的习俗，搬迁新居后，看到左邻右舍新年都贴春联，见猎心喜，就上搜寻春联佳句，然后到街边雇人代写。接下来这几年来，我拼凑的春联总不忘记“庆有余”，或“庆丰年”这三个字，总之与我的名字有联系。

2015年开始，我在乡下代课，年关将近，处处年歌响起，校方邀请我担任挥春比赛裁判。过后，校长要我当众挥毫，自觉盛情难却，只好献丑；副校长也托我写几个大体的“福”字，小体“满”字。他说“满”是藉意荷包饱满，我宁可信其有，只好徇众要求，当然我也自己留下一张塞入干瘪的钱包里。说也诡异，自从那年写了“家和万事兴旺发，羊眉吐气福满门”之后，我真的鸿运当头了，博彩连中三元，事事顺利，钱包竟然“常满”，简直匪夷所思！

去年家人淘宝网购了一些红彤彤的宣纸，要我常常练习书法，修心养性。如今，春节来临时，家人又在提醒我，要我写“福”字与“满”，我竟然感觉到好像没写春联，没有写“福”字与“满”字就不像过年一样。人人祈望福慧圆满，如今我心满意足了，这种“宁可信其有，不可信其无”的小确幸的感觉是迷信吗？

周恩来的智慧

老外嘲笑十二生肖，国人反问让人深思！ 
      有 一次，一群中国人参加接待一个由欧洲贵族组成的参访团的活动。 这些欧洲人中的大多数跟王族有亲戚关系，非常有学问和修养，待人彬彬有礼，但他们的修养背后隐藏着一种傲慢。 参访最后一天聚餐，可能是酒喝多了，这些贵族的言谈举止变得比较率性。 席间，一位德国贵族站了起来说：你们中国人，怎么属什么猪啊，狗啊，老鼠啊！ 不像我们，都是金牛座，狮子座，仙女座...... 真不知你们祖先怎么想的！ 众人听了哈哈大笑，还互相碰杯，先前的优雅完全不见了。 按理说，人家在骂你的祖宗了，你即使想不出话反击，起码可以掀桌子啊！ 但是，所有在场的中国人都不吭声，也可能是没有反应过来。       这时有一个中国人站了起来，用平和的语气说：「是的，中国人的祖先很实在。 我们十二生肖两两相对，六道轮回，体现了我们祖先对我们的期望和要求。 」 这时，现场气氛慢慢安静了下来，不过，贵族们的脸上还是一幅满不在乎的神情。     这位中国人说：
       第一组是老鼠和牛。 老鼠代表智慧，牛代表勤奋。 智慧和勤奋一定要紧紧结合在一起。 如果光有智慧，不勤奋，那就变成了小聪明；而光是勤奋，不动脑筋，那就变成愚蠢。 这两者一定要结合。 这是祖先对我们第一组的期望和要求，也是最重要的一组。      第二组是老虎和兔子。 老虎代表勇猛，兔子代表谨慎。 勇猛和谨慎一定要紧紧结合在一起才能做到胆大心细。 如果勇猛离开了谨慎，就变成了鲁莽，而没了勇猛，就变成了胆怯。 这一组也非常重要。这个中国人看着这些贵族，补上一句：当我们表现出谨慎的时候，千万不要以为中国人没有勇敢的一面。 看着大家陷入沉思，中国人继续说：第三组是龙和蛇，龙代表刚猛，蛇代表柔韧。 所谓刚者易折，太刚了容易折断，但是，如果只有柔的一面就易失去主见，所以，刚柔并济是我们的祖训。 接下来是马和羊，马代表勇往直前，羊代表和顺。 如果一个人只顾自己直奔目标，不顾及周围环境，必然会和周围不断磕碰，最后不见得能达到目标。 但是，一个人光顾及和顺，他可能连方向都没有了。 所以，勇往直前的秉性，一定要和和顺紧紧结合在一起，这是祖先对我们的第四组期望。 再接下来是猴子和鸡。 猴子代表灵活，鸡定时打鸣，代表恒定。 灵活和恒定一定要紧紧结合在一起。 如果你光灵活，没有恒定，再好的政策也得不到收获。 一方面具有稳定性，保持整体和谐和秩序，另一方面才能在变通中前进，这才是最根本的要旨。 最后是狗和猪。 狗代表忠诚，猪代表随和。 如果一个人太忠诚，不懂得随和，就会排斥他人。 反过来，一个人太随和，没有忠诚，这个人就失去原则。 无论是对一个民族的忠诚，还是对自己理想的忠诚，一定要与随和紧紧结合在一起，这样才容易保持内心深处的平衡。
     解释完毕，这位中国人说：「最后，我很想知道你们的水瓶座，射手座等星座体现了你们祖先对你们的哪些期望和要求？ 希望赐教。 」 这些贵族们很长时间都没有说话，全场鸦雀无声。     
     惭愧的是，这也是我第一次了解十二生肖的意义。 看完要转，因为我们是炎黄子孙。 这位说话的中国人就是周恩来总理。

Why I Lost My Trust In All Muslim Leaders in Malaysia

I am 60 years old, I have seen during Tungku Abdul Rahman times, we had one of the best Government servant, one of the best police officers, one of the best military officers, its because we had multi racial workforce in all Government sector. Why is it BN government remove non muslim and "Operasi isi Penuh"( Fill in full)  muslim population in all government Departments ? During Tungku Andul Rahman we didnt come across a single mosque or surau in all government department or military or police department, we didnt come across any corruptions. WHY WITH ALL MOSQUE, SURAU, UNIVERSITY ISLAM AND UITM , we are facing one of the worse corruption scandals in the world today.  
LIST OF CORRUPTION IN MALAYSIA :
1. PKFZ RM12 billion
2. Submarine Commission RM500 million
3. Sime Darby RM964 million
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88 million
5. Pos Malaysia (Transmile) RM230 million lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1 billion wasted
7. Terengganu Stadium collapse RM292 million
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70 million
9. Maybank overpaid BII RM4 billion
10. Tourism - NYY kickback RM10 million
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS RM1.5 million
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry RM8.4 million
13. London’s white elephant sports complex RM70 million
14. MATRADE repairs RM120 million
15. Cost of new plane used by PM RM200 million
16. InventQ irrecoverable debt RM228 million
17. Compensation for killing crooked bridge RM257 million
18. Loss in selling Augusta RM 510 million
19. Worth of APs given out in a year RM1.8 billion
20. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts) RM4.1 billion
21. PSC Naval dockyard RM6.75 billion
22. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion losses (RM3.2 billion in 2008)
23. The Maminco attempt to corner the World Tin Market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million (RM1.6 billion)
24. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s
25. Perwaja Steel’s US$800 million (RM2.56 billion) losses
26. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn Bhd operation to shore up the stock market
27. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
28. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM348 million) Same as No.20?
29. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
30. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra
was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a Kwai-Lo CEO with a salary of more than RM1 million per annum!
31. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
32. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipment which it is unable to give a breakdown. Government paid more than RM6,000 per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3,000 through some new consortiums that was setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no Maths & Science Content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers' children now.
33. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies - Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million. Expanding on No. 2?
37. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion "Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge"
38. RM1.3 billion has been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore Scenic Bridge
39. RM100 million on renovation of Parliament building which leaks
40. National Astronaut (actually tourist) Programme – RM40 million
41. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
42. Eye of Malaysia - RM30 million and another RM5.7 million of free tickets
43. RM2.4 million on indelible ink
44. Samy Vellu announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone
45. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
46. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time when MAS is incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its Chairman’s (Munir) office. Expanding on No.11
47. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
48. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
49. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
50. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million
51. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million
52. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million
53. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM3.5 Million
54. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under the guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and ministers worth billions of ringgit.
55. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits.
56. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering RM30 billion in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were reaping huge profits. In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of the Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount.
57. RM5,700 for a car jack worth only RM50
58. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
59 A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
60. A thumb drive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480
61. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
62. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
63. Expenses for 1Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
64. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP
65. US$24 million Diamond Ring for Ro$mah - Cancellation of Order - how much compensation ?
66. CowGate . . . RM250 Million
67. Monsoon Cup . . . RM800 million per year
68. Illicit Fund Transfers out of Malaysia ( 2000 - 2009) : RM 1,077,000,000,000!
69. Tajudin-Danaharta settlement to cover up for Dr M and Daim
70. Billions of ringgit toll concessions that disadvantage the government and taxpayers”
71. With 1MDB 42 billion dollars missing .
72. MAIKA SHARE 120,000,000 SHARES IN TELEKOM
73. ABU SYAYAP TERRORIST 12 MILLION DOLLARS.

I am 60 years old. NEP suppose to end in 1999. Now NEP being use as an excuse to implement Islamic values in all over schools, Universities, Police Departments, Government Departments. WHY INDIANS TREATED LIKE GANGSTERS BY PM AND DEPUTY PM? WHY ITS ALWAYS NON MUSLIMS ARE BRANDED AS KAIFR( JAHIL - LOW CLASS HUMANS) Malaysia is possibly the most racist country in the world with the following segregation. Have a look and judge for yourself.
List of racial discrimination in Malaysia:
(1) Of the five major banks, only one is multi-racial, the rest are controlled by Malays.
(2) 99% of Petronas directors are Malays.
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese.
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by Malays.
(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be of Bumis status.
(6) 0% of non-Malay staff are legally required in Malay companies. But there must be 30% Malay staffs in Chinese companies.
(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, are non-Malays.
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), a drop from 40% in 1960.
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-Malay government servants in Putrajaya, but Malays make up 98%.
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the entire government (in 2004); a drop from 30% in 1960.
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to Malays.
(12) 100% all business licensees are controlled by Malay government, e.g. Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc.
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to Malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is made difficult for Chinese rice millers.
(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by Malays since 1970s, e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc.
(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia in the past 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other Malay transport companies due to rejection by Malay authorities to Chinese applications for bus routes and rejection for their applications for new buses.
(16) Two Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and three were Chinese in Oct. 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given.
(17) 0 non-Malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar bus station (Nov. 2004).
(18) 8000 billion ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to Malay pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatization of government agencies, Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over a 34 years period.
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down from 1968 - 2000.
(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down from 1968 - 2000.
(21) 2637 Malay primary schools built from 1968 - 2000.
(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Indian schools got only 1%, Malay schools got 96.5%.
(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school textbook loan, a Malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible.
(24) All 10 public university vice chancellors are Malays.
(25) 5% of the government universities' lecturers are of non-Malay origins. This percentage has been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004.
(26) Only 5% has been given to non-Malays for government scholarships in over 40 years.
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under the "Look East Policy."
(28) 128 STPM Chinese top students could not get into the course to which they aspired, i.e. Medicine (in 2004).
(29) 10% quotas are in place for non-Bumi students for MARA science schools beginning in 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% Malays.
(30) 50 cases in which Chinese and Indian Malaysians are beaten up in the National Service program in 2003.
(31) 25% of the Malaysian population was Chinese in 2004, a drop from 45% in 1957.
(32) 7% of the Malaysian population is Indian (2004), a drop from 12% in 1957.
(33) 2 million Chinese Malaysians have emigrated in the past 40 years.
(34) 0.5 million Indian Malaysians have emigrated overseas.
(35) 3 millions Indonesians have migrated to Malaysia and become Malaysian citizens with Bumis status.
(36) 600,000 Chinese and Indian Malaysians with red IC were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship in the past 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism, based on how easily Indonesians got their citizenships compared with the Chinese and Indians.
(37) 5% - 15% discount for a Malay to buy a house. I AM 60 YEARS OLD, I LOST MY TRUST IN ALL MUSLIM LEADERS

美国总统竞选演说

 特朗普昨天的总统竞选演说 如下:     
    美国在全球推行民主二十年，我们得到了什么。 这二十年来，我们以国际警察和民主斗士自居，大力推行民主。 我们美国人拿着枪和美金，在二十年内，相继干倒伊拉克的萨达姆，利比亚卡扎菲，叙利亚，埃及，乌克兰，土耳其，希腊。 请问我们美国人得到了什么。 我们的商人不敢去中东和非洲做生意，在巴西奥运会不敢打国旗，在中东石油产区只要承认自己是美国人，直接是作死的行为。得罪了普京，得罪了欧盟，得罪了中国。 我们美国控制了高科技，居然在国际贸易中干不过中国，只得舍弃世贸组织去搞TPP. 请看中国，这二十年得到了什么。 他们不光夺走了我们的世贸组织第一名，还买到了全世界百分之八十的钢铁，百分之四十的石油天然气，百分之七十的大豆，百分之八十的铜和黄金，买到了乌克兰的航母，以色列的导弹，德国的机床和法国的红酒。他妈的还都是用美金买的。 他们买走我们的粮食，卖给我们辣条和方便面，买走了我们的钢铁，卖给我们比基尼内裤。买走了我们的石油，卖给我们玩具。 这都不是主要的，中国现在人民币国际化直接拿美国的美元作保，就算人民币不值钱了，立即可以兑换美元，谁都知道，他们有很多美元，比我们还多。 妈的，非洲都被他们夺走了，这就是我们的下场。 我绝对不支持奥巴马的TPP，我要让民主党的奥巴马和希拉里变成美国历史上最大的笨蛋。 我就是你们的下一届总统，请支持我，我们要光荣独立，谁有钱和谁做生意，我们要过好日子。这二十年，中国农村的自杀率下降了90%，文盲率下降至10%不到，寿命提高10岁以上，私人轿车从无到全国性堵车，高铁占全球70%、很快50万人的城市都有高铁链接，高速公路从无到两千多个县都通，世界最长的桥最高的桥最难的桥中国人都不当回事造，中国人有钱得北京上海深圳的房价快要赶上我们的纽约还要离婚疯抢，中国人不去哪个国家旅游哪个国家就急，中国人不买、世界铁矿石石油就暴跌，更可气的是基本没有恐怖活动胆敢在中国进行……美国已经成为生活在巨大美元泡沫上，无可救药的国家了……投我一票吧，只有我可以拯救这个糟糕的美国了！ 

心“满”意足福满门

每到农历新年来临时，华人都想在家厅堂墙上贴上“福”字，祈求来年安康与丰收。也有人张灯结彩，两边门贴上红彤彤的春联，无非就是希望新年迎来好意兆的传统。

我家原本没有这种庆祝春节的习惯，搬迁新居后，看到左邻右舍新年都贴春联，见猎心喜，就上网找春联佳句，然后到街边雇人代写。接下来这几年来，我拼凑的春联总不忘记“庆有余”，或“庆丰年”这三个字，总之与我的名字有联系。

可是自从2015乙未年开始，我在乡下代课，年关将近，处处年歌响起，校方盛情邀请我在大年除夕前夕担任挥春比赛裁判，过后校长要我当众挥毫，自觉盛情难却，只好献丑；副校长也要我替他写个大体的“福”字，小体“满”字，可以安放在荷包里，我会意后徇众要求，当然我也自己留下一张“满”字塞在干瘪的钱包里。说也诡异，自从那年写了“羊眉吐气福满门”之后，我真的鸿运当头了，博彩连中三元，事事顺利。

前年，诗人草风在脸书投诉“满”字带来毫雨成灾，网友惜莲说她洗了车后又连绵大雨。难道都与我写“满”字有关？或许，满字与我有缘分？与别人是逆缘？

去年家人淘宝网购了一些红彤彤的宣纸，要我常常练习书法，修心养性。如今，春节来临时，家人又在提醒我，要我写“福”字与“满”，我竟然感觉到好像没写春联，没有写“福”字与“满”字就不像过年一样。这种奇妙的感觉是迷信吗？就好像童年听到爆竹声就自觉新年快到了，一时兴奋极了一样！回想童年时，在胶林环抱的故乡破舯舡，要过年时，老爸总要逼我写春联，摄于父亲的威严，我勉为其难，好自为之。

Very Interesting predictions

1-Auto repair shops will disappear. 

2-A petrol/diesel engine has 20,000 individual parts. An electrical motor has 20. Electric cars are sold with lifetime guarantees and are only repaired by dealers. It takes only 10 minutes to remove and replace an electric motor.

3-Faulty electric motors are not repaired in the dealership but are sent to a regional repair shop that repairs them with robots.

4-Your electric motor malfunction light goes on, so you drive up to what looks like a car wash, and your car is towed through while you have a cup of coffee and out comes your car with a new electric motor!

5-Petrol pumps will go away.

6-Street corners will have meters that dispense electricity.  Companies will install electrical recharging stations; in fact, they’ve already started in the developed world.

7-Smart major auto manufacturers have already designated money to start building new plants that only build electric cars. 

8-Coal industries will go away. Gasoline/oil companies will go away.  Drilling for oil will stop. So say goodbye to OPEC! The middle-east is in trouble.

9-Homes will produce and store more electrical energy during the day and then they use and will sell it back to the grid. The grid stores it and dispenses it to industries that are high electricity users. Has anybody seen the Tesla roof?

10-A baby of today will only see personal cars in museums. The FUTURE is approaching faster than most of us can handle.

11-In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 em- ployees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. Who would have thought of that ever happening?

12-What happened to Kodak and Polaroid will happen in a lot of industries in the next  5-10 years … and most people don't see it coming.

13-Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later, you would never take pictures on film again? With today’s smart phones, who even has a camera these days?

14-Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had  10,000 pixels, but followed Moore's law.  So as with all exponential tech- nologies, it was a disappointment for a time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years.

15-It will now happen again (but much faster) with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs.

16-Forget the book, “Future Shock”, welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution.

17-Software has disrupted and will continue to disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.

18-UBER is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now  the biggest taxi company in the world! Ask any taxi driver if they saw that coming.

19-Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.   Ask Hilton Hotels if they saw that coming. 

20-Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go-player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.

21-In the USA, young lawyers already don't get jobs. Because of  IBM's Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for right now, the basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans. So, if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% fewer lawyers in the future, (what a thought!) only omniscient specialists will remain.

22-Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, its 4 times more accurate than human nurses.

23-Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.

24-Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self-driving cars are already here. In the next 2 years, the entire industry will start to be disrupted. You won't want to own a car anymore as you will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination.

25-You will not need to park it you will only pay for the driven distance and you can be productive while driving. The very young children of today will never get a driver's license and will never own a car.

26-This will change our cities, because we will need 90-95% fewer cars. We can transform former parking spaces into green parks.

27-About 1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide including distracted or drunk driving. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles; with autonomous driving that will drop to 1 accident in 6 million miles. That will save a million lives plus worldwide each year. 

28-Most traditional car companies will doubtless become bankrupt. They will try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels.

29-Look at what Volvo is doing right now; no more internal combustion engines in their vehicles starting this year with the 2019 models, using all electric or hybrid only, with the intent of phasing out hybrid models.

30-Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; are completely terrified of Tesla and they should be. Look at all the companies offering all electric vehicles. That was unheard of, only a few years ago.

31-Insurance companies will have massive trouble because, without accidents, the costs will become cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear.

32-Real estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will abandon their towers to move far away to more beautiful affordable neighborhoods.

33-Electric cars will become mainstream about 2030. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity.

34-Cities will have much cleaner air as well.

35-Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean.

36-Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact.  And it’s just getting ramped up.

37-Fossil energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that simply cannot continue - technology will take care of that strategy.

38-Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample and you breath into it.  It then analyses 54 bio-markers that will identify nearly any Disease. There are dozens of phone apps out there right now for health purposes.

WELCOME TO TOMORROW – it actually arrived a few years ago. 

Let us wake up to the 21st century challenges ......

蔡澜谈《老》

著名作家蔡瀾先生談 "老" ,極具指導意義,值得與退休人分享!

你害怕“老”嗎？你聽到“老”這個字會感到恐懼嗎？著名作家蔡瀾談到自己的老年生活時，絲毫沒有恐懼感，反而輕鬆暢快，詼諧又極富指導意義。讓我們來一起看看他怎麼説吧：

蔡 瀾
電影監製、美食家、專欄作家、電影節目主持人、商人。與金庸、黃霑、倪匡並稱為“香港四大才子”

生老病死，為必經過程。

既然知道有這麼四件事，還不快點去玩？

沒錢也能好好玩，不玩對不起自己。玩，不需要有什麼條件，看螞蟻搬家也可以看個老半天。養條便宜金魚、種盆不值錢的花，都可以玩個夠。

下棋、種花、養金魚，都不必花太多錢，買一些讓自己悦目的日常生活用品，也不會太破費，絕對不是玩物喪志，而是玩物養志。

“玩物養志？有什麼不好？”馮康侯老師説，“能附庸風雅，更妙，現代的人就是不會玩，連風雅也不肯附。”

人類活到老死，不玩對不起自己。 生命對我們並不公平，我們一生下來就哭，人生憂患起於識字始，長大後不如意事十常八九，只有玩，才能得到心理平衡。

我們不會變得更老，我們只會變得更好。

每一個人只能年輕一次，大家都歌頌青春的無價：青春小鳥一去不回來！啦啦啦啦！啊！千萬別浪費它！

但是每一個人也同樣只有中年一次，老年一次。人生每一個階段都珍貴，何必妄自菲薄呢？

老實説，我並不喜歡年輕時的我，我覺得我當年不夠充實，鑑賞力不足，自大無知，缺點數之不盡。看以前的照片，只對自己高瘦的身材有點懷念，還有剩下的那點憤世嫉俗的憂鬱。

人類都會老，老並不是一件可怕的事，但是老得頑固和老得懊惱就不值得活下去。我們有肉體年齡和精神年齡，家父説他50歲之後，生日便開始倒數，所以今年算起來才20歲。

反而，看到生活刻板，不苟言笑，毫無嗜好的年輕人，他們才是真正老了。

老，必須老得莊嚴。
老，一定要老得乾淨。
老，要老得清香。

衣服是否名牌不重要，但天天洗濯燙直。衣着是對別人的一種尊重，也是對自己的尊敬。

皺紋是自傲，但鬚根子應該刮淨，做一個美髯公亦可，每天的整理，更花費工夫。

年輕人説：你們老了。
不，不，不，我們不會變得更老，我們只會變得更好。

但願自己能像美酒，越老越醇。一股香濃，誘得年輕人團團亂轉。一切看開、放下，人生豁達開朗，那有多好啊！老了不要等，想到什麼就要即刻做。

“即刻做”的道理，要懂得。

任何事應該做的，一想到了，都應該馬上處理，要不然，一轉頭，就忘記了。今天忘記，明天再做吧！那麼一拖，就是幾十年。而人一生因為不即刻做的，太多了！連後悔也遲一點再説，才能抵消悶氣。

在家中，眯眯摸摸，一天很快浪費掉。因此，從現在開始，學會看到什麼做什麼，反正遲早要做的事，先辦後辦都一樣。

臉上的鬍鬚，為了懶，等一下才剃，出門時匆匆忙忙忘記了，總不雅觀。走過鏡子一照，就停下來刮，但是其他事又耽擱下來，也只好做一樣算一樣！

即刻做可延伸至馬上學。計算機不會用？學呀！手機的中文怎麼輸入？訓練到純熟為止。字寫得不好看？從現在開始練書法，絕對不遲。我的字40歲以後才脱胎換骨，從前的字如今看來，像鬼畫符。

活得不快樂，長壽有什麼意思？

人生已走一大半，不如意事十之八九。到現在，可以避免的儘量避免，深感不值得為瑣事煩惱。

活得好一點，簡單一點，就是人生的意義。如果活得不快樂，長壽有什麼意思？

一個人的生命的長短，是不受自己控制的，你看看比我們早一點去的人，這是多麼可惜！我們共同認識的億萬富翁，每天吃同樣的鮑魚和排翅，就是把一切變得枯燥。

做人不管貧富，只要注意生活的每一個細節，小小的歡樂，已經可以享受不盡。重複一句，生命的長短是不受自己控制，但是生命質素的好壞，卻是我們自己能夠提高的！

人生意義到底是什麼呢？吃得好一點，睡得好一點，多玩玩，不羨慕別人，不聽管束，多儲蓄人生經驗，死而無憾，這就是最大的意義吧，一點也不復雜。

如今年過70的蔡瀾仍是鶴髮童顏、膚嫩心寬，這完全得益於他的豁達隨性。其實，不害怕老，反而更不容易老。

老了，我們也要以孩童般的率性純真看待世間百態；以赤子般的火熱熾誠追求無悔人生。然後，生活一定會變有滋有味、有情有調。

Extract from Tony Blair's New Book

'I had regularly started jogging out of Downing Street . On each run I happened to jog past a hooker (prostitute) standing on the same street corner, day after day.

With some apprehension I would brace myself as I approached her for what was most certainly
to follow.

"Fifty Pounds!" she would shout from the kerb.

"No way, 50 pence!" I fired back.

This ritual between myself and the hooker continued for days.

I'd run by and she'd yell, "Fifty Pounds!"

And I'd yell back "50 pence!"

One day, however, my wife Cherie decided that she wanted to accompany me on my jog.

As we jogged nearer the problematic street corner, I realised the "pro" would bark her £50 offer and Cherie would wonder what I had really been doing on all my past outings.

I realised I'd need to have a damn good explanation for my illustrious lawyer wife.

As we jogged into the turn that would take us past the corner, I became even more apprehensive than usual.

Sure enough, there was the hooker.

I tried to avoid the prostitute's eyes as she watched the pair of us jog past.

Then, from the pavement, the hooker yelled,

"See what you get for 50 pence?!!"

Mentality

One truck driver was doing his usual delivery to a Mental Hospital. He discovered a flat tyre when he was about to go home.

He jacked up the truck and took the flat tyre down. When he was about to fix the spare tyre, he accidentally dropped all the bolts into the drain.

As he can't fish the bolts out, he started to panic. One patient happened to walk past and asked the driver what happened.

The driver thought to himself, since there's nothing much he can do; he told the patient the whole incident.

The patient laughed at him & said "can't even fix such a simple problem... No wonder you are destined to be a truck driver..."

"What you can do is, take one bolt each from the other 3 tyres and fix it onto this tyre. Then drive to the nearest workshop and replace the missing ones, easy as that"

The driver was very impressed and asked: "You're so smart but why are you here at the Mental Hospital?"

Patient replied: "Hello, I stay here because I'm Crazy not STUPID ok!"