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"自由自在. 知道自己心里有爱,这颗心也被爱着...应该就无敌了吧?" >恩仪本尊 - 21/02/04

"我知道你现在很难过, 因为试过这种痛入心坎的悲伤所以更了解, 说出口未说出口的你全部都懂都明白都清楚, 可是仍无法振作对吗? 不要急不要慌不要乱不。要。哭, 我会在你左右就酱一辈子的朋友, 祝你生日快乐真的要快乐, 虽然很难很难很难, 我陪你" >吕美姿 - 11/03

"傷心是必然的, 痛苦也是必然的, 我不會傻得認為你看了些安慰的信而馬上康復... 因為我知那需要時間來沖淡. 我給你寫信, 是因為我要你知道在你傷心痛苦的日子, 你不是孤單的, 不是1個人傷心1個人難過, 還有個阿當陪你傷心難過,度過最困難的日子.." >Adam - 14/10/03

"没有爱情不会死对吗? 没有爱情现在的生活也不会怎样对吗? 那又何必硬要改变我? 到处都是寻求爱情的可怜虫, 没有的话又何必强迫, 甚至造成他人的困扰." >吕美姿 - 14/07/04

"年老也是一种幸福, 每一条皱纹代表着每一份成长岁月. 既然它们是经验的证据, 那么, 年老又有什么可怕?" >吕美姿 - 04/10/04

"It's just like i got cut by knife and then the cut on my hand get well and beautiful, but i'll still remember it..." >goodboy - 09/07/01

"If we are counting how many silly things we have done, then we are adding one more to the list." >hau - 2000

"It only takes a minute of your precious time. To turn around and I'll be two steps behind" - TWO STEPS BEHIND lyrics. >from someone I loved - 13/09/02

"Don't ever settle for second best! You deserve much better than that!" >Mildred - 20/11/05

"You must have someone up there looking good after you..." >anonymous - 07/05

"Don't worry about Papi. As long as all of you are obedient Papi will be the most happy man." >Dad - 01/10/02

"...一切在外不要太省, 如果太辛苦玩玩就回来吧!妈咪爱你." >mummy - 29/05/06

"Yen, you will realise one day that life is a long lonely journey..." >Mr Govan - 03/05

"It's like u moved out but u left the furniture behind... ..." >xiao tie - 13/06/06

"It's actually a nice thing not to have camera. By then, all the memories would only belong to two of us." >Frengio - 13/05/07

"I am angry because I am unable to protect you. From who? From myself..." >Frengio - 20/05/07

"All my loved ones are in my heart, that's where my home is. I need a ticket flying to 'My Heart' and I'll stay there forever!" >enyi - 04/06/07

Book list


	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel I don't think I need to introduce much about this book. It's quite well-known. A love story attaching recipes and home remedies as well as some philosophies for life. A very good read if you are into cooking and home making.

	Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts This is a biography of the author about his experience travelling through NZ, Asia, Africa, Europe and India as a most wanted man in Aus after escaping from Victoria Prison. Pretty exciting.

	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert A beautiful, hilarious and inspiring travelogue. 3 years after her bitter divorce and with all the new freedom she had, Liz travelled the world. She wrote about her journey of finding balance between pure pleasure and devotion to God. Good one!

	Just Enough by Howard Stevenson This book would be a great guide for those who are stucked between their career ladder and their life. When is just enough and what is balance? I haven't finished reading it cause it was just too overwhelming, but definitely worth spending time for...

	Marrying Buddha by Wei Hui This is the book I read while I was travelling Italy. It talked about the life of a Chinese lady in the western world and how she coped herself with her own nation after being westernized. Her experience to struggle between two cultures.

	Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel Wurtzel glaringly narrated her fears and frights that led her to chronic, debilitating depression over years. Reading her narrations can be terrifying at times and left you thinking: What the hell we homosapiens mentally and physically have evolved into?

	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho I read this book almost 10 years back in chinese version. This book changed my thinking somehow and became an encouragement for me to persue my dreams. A great spiritual read!

	The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho The latest book of Paulo. Picked it up at the airport when I was departing to Italy. A little different from how he normally writes, the ideas in the book were a little controversial but when you finish the book and think back, you will tend to agree.

	Think Lazy, Grow Rich by John Ruck Well, I do read some commercial books sometimes, this book hit straight to the point what is beneficial and what is time-wasting while building your career or even your own business empire.

	Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Ya.. another Paulo's book. I read it during my Uni days. A depressive and rather explosive narration of a girl's depressed mentality of different stages. I wouldn't say it's an inspiring piece but was definitely brilliantly written.

	Zahir by Paulo Coelho This is a great book too! I passed my lonely time first month in NZ reading this book. It's great! I found my new motto in this book. Basically I am a Paulo fan, ppl! check his books out if you are a book worm too.

寂寞杀死一只猫 by 凯西相信很多女生都爱凯西的可爱产品, 我也爱但我更爱她叙述心情的方式. 她其他的书集(对不起,我想不起书名了)也很棒!我和死党都是她的支持者.

Links


Line Rider This is fun!! Create the way you want the rider to go, fast slow up down and be totally creative! Have a look at the movies first and you will know what it's about... super cool~

Eating Asia It's a crime not to share this blog! Robyn (the blogger), an expat staying in KL with her photgrapher husband exploring all the food in Msia and around Asia. Malaysians overseas, click on the KL & Msia tabs and beware! don't drool on your pc...

The Doll Maker Click on the link and have some fun editing your own personalised doll :)

X-rates.com A very useful website to convert currencies... especially for travellers...

Puzzle Bubble Play this! Play this! My favourite... haha...

糯米鸡 Meizi 礼尚往来, 吕美姿! 这是我多年的'香蕉'好友,其实黎恩仪一部分性格成分的形成可要归功于她. 没认识她,我想今天的我也会不一样. 不常见面, 就算在马来西亚也你忙你的, 我忙我的. 但,相知相识相惜需要24小时在一起才能做到吗? 友谊万岁!

几米几米迷们, 这是几米的官方网站. BBS, 讨论区, e-卡, 桌布、屏幕保护程序等等等... 个人觉得很棒! 参入会员别忘了填入我的会员编号#123187以推荐人哦! ;)

PDF Converter This is the site I use to convert my word docs or other editable files into PDF format. A good one and free! Save it to your favourite list now :)

My Friendster Hmm... this link brings you to another webpage about me... click if you are interested enough... :p

The Hunger Site I have been clicking this site for many years. Food will be donated to the needies with every click. Not sure if the donations have been done but it doesn't cost you anything to add that to your daily surfing routine. Go on and put it as your home page!

Neave.com A fun site allows you to chill out and get back to the basics! Games, cool pics, fun flash etc etc... have fun ^^

Translater A very useful website when you need to have a rough idea of a paragraph of a foreign language. Not really accurate but at least let you have the big idea.

Recipes for Kids Away from Home 游子食谱


这些食谱将不会有正确调料分量, 用直觉与个人喜好吧! 指示在意见格里. 请享用! 欢迎大家也提供自己的食谱!

Rely on ur common sense n preference for the amount of ingredients used in these recipes. See comments for instructions. Enjoy! You are welcome to contribute any easy n delicious recipes!

Mushroom Braised Chicken 冬菇焖鸡

Tuna Fried Rice 吞那鱼炒饭

Mixed Soup 杂菜海鲜汤

Creamy Steam Egg 牛奶蒸蛋

Coconut Jam (Kaya)

Blog

July 01

天下本无事庸人自扰之

神仙是人做，所以在中国历史上有许多有名、和无名的神仙。他们不在乎是否有名，他们只在乎自己是否过得快乐。他们知道，生活中其实没有任何重要的事情值得我们去做，除了快乐。

　　事实上，每个人都在追求快乐。因为追求快乐，所以出现了一系列看似重要的事情。天下本无事，庸人自扰之，人们为了这些看似重要的事情忙得晕头转向。

“最近在忙些什么？”人们彼此这么询问。

“瞎忙呗！”然后这么回答。

　　大家都在忙，而且都在瞎忙。

　 “忙”这个汉字精确地描述了人们为什么晕头转向的真实原因。“忙”者，其心亡也。于是，人们忘记了心灵世界的云淡风清，悠闲与从容的生活状态变得像神仙一样虚无缥缈。当人们离快乐越来越远，人们就越发不能理解神仙为什么快乐。

　　神仙是快乐的，因为他追求快乐的方向是对的，而其他人都错了。还记得苏格拉底的那幅画吗？苏格拉底有一幅画，你也有一幅画，每个人都有一幅画。神仙的画与人们并无不同，神仙的画上有月亮和星星，你们的画上也有月亮和星星。唯一不同的是，神仙在欣赏那幅画，而你们在寻找各自设想的那只完美挂钩。

　　多长时间了，你苦苦地寻找着那只完美挂钩。你已经有一大堆的挂钩了，但你仍然没有找到完美的那一只。你在忙，在四处奔波，在处心积虑，在到处争夺，仿佛经历了一场噩梦。你甚至早已忘记了那幅画，你只记得那只完美挂钩。你以为挂钩能够给你快乐，但它却给了你无尽的痛苦和折磨。

　　回头看看，你的画还在那里。画上的月亮还在，星星也在。把它挂起来吧，用你手头上的任何一只挂钩。把它挂起来吧，享受那幅画给你的快乐。如果你手头的确一只挂钩也没有，那就捧在手上看吧。

　　《老人与海》中这个名叫圣地亚哥的渔夫不是你学习的榜样。他生活在一个“充满暴力与死亡的现实世界”中，尽管这个“充满暴力与死亡的现实世界”塑造了他的英雄形象。你应该回过头来，看一看那个快乐的中国渔夫，你会像他一样，立即享受到一个“充满诗情画意的现实世界”。

转载自：http://book.sina.com.cn 2005年08月11日 16:35 新浪读书

(连载:渔夫与管理学作者：成君忆出版社:新华出版社)

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October 24

Drought

Not sure why, out of a sudden, I've lost interest in everything.

Not interested in going to my beloved BORDERS, not motivated to go to the gym, not interested in shopping, not interested in reading, not interested in MSN, not interested in reading news, not interested in drawing, not interested in making handcraft, not feeling like writing diary, not feeling excited about my favourite cereal in the morning, not feeling excited about going to work, not particularly looking forward to my italian class, not interested in partying, not interested in eating out, not interested in being interested.

I'm not even interested in cooking anymore as that just makes me feel miserable to have to cook for myself only.

Spending time watching TV, hanging out on facebook.com, staring into space just so to pass my time... even writing this blog entry is a way to keep myself amused.

An absolute indifference towards everything I have always loved to do.

Drought.

October 09

The Resolution Specialist

I'm not sure if I have told everyone that I now work in the complaints department. Being a soft-spoken person I am, I have to deal with a lot of customers who would raise their voices, yell into my ears and at worst, swear at me. What do I do? Sit there, listen to them, show them my empathy and ask them to mind their language.

That's right, "Sir, please mind your language." Notice, it's a full stop not an exclamation mark. Being calm and not taking things personally are must-have surviving skills. Working in the insurance industry, disclosing bad news and telling customers things they don't like to hear are part of my duty. Having a negative news coming out of my mouth and promptly following up with a solution is a technique I've learnt to offset their anger. As far as I know, it works most of the time. The problem is, as fast as my brain can process to come up with a solution, it doesn't always have one. So, any last-ditch resolution? None. Give customers every possible suggestions in the company's guide book and let them go away feeling grumpy and unsatisfied.

It's good that they just leave or hang up the phone and go find their own solutions. It would be nice if it's that simple and easy everytime. Many tend to stay there, pointing "You! you! you!" at your face. It's easy to lose your grip and coolness sometimes but being a resolution specialist (that's my official title), we do have to remain our serenity while absorbing those negativity.

Probably I should take my dad's suggestion, start taking hypnotizing lessons. Wink

August 26

Finally

My updates? Visit meizi's blog and you will know what I have been up to... She is a much dedicated blogger than I am.

The slack I am,
Lai Yen Yee

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June 14

Got Tagged At 1.40am

Thank you SOOOO MUCH Luo Meizi!! Okay, so its a chain game and I am suppose to answer a question and have the huge responsibility to end the game. Alright alright, let me be the terminator! haha...

Now the question:

问题：如果你现在被令不能当“你自己“，全世界任你选一个身份，你会选谁？为什么？记得，不是动物植物，是人。

每次被问到这样的问题时, 我的标准答案一定是"无人", 因为我太爱我自己了. 我无法想象无法当自己嘛~我爱黎恩仪, 黎恩仪爱我...我们谁也不放弃谁! 永远不分离! 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈~我怎么可以背叛她呢? 呵呵呵呵呵呵呵呵~

好吧! 真要我选就让我选那位漂亮妈妈吧! 可能当一天瘾也好, 但不能永久... 因为我要享受到那阶段的过程, 所以最后还是要做回我自己~

让大家失望了... 哈哈哈~对不起! 黎恩仪最棒!

So I am not supposed to tag anyone else so as to stop the chain.. I told you! I am the terminator!

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