old men - complain kings

finished 18 hole in bukit, no rain, and very hot sun.

koo and steven got angry at the flight behind overtaken them after the 1st 9 holes, though they had get the caddie to ask for permission to do so. but they said, "why overtake, we are also very fast." and koo said, "we shld not let them, they didn't even say hi to me when i met up with them."

they continued to grumbled, until the 3rd hole. then they turned their grumble into action, calling the marshall to complain. the marshall came.

they complaint to the marshall. the marshall said, "ok, i;ll talk to them."

talk what, what to talk? they asked permission and we said yes. so he told the marshall, "no need to talk lah...."

really - old men like to complain, for nothing!

bangkok flood - stress

his fren was thinner by 5kg because of the thailand flood. his fren and his wife live and work in thailand. they just moved into their newly rented house in bangkok's suburb, for less a month, and the flood hit.

the water level reached almost 1m. they had to move their new furnitures upstairs and on top of table tops.... they kept the fridge power on to keep the food inside fresh. then they left for a rented apartment. they had to park their car in an over-head highway to avoid the flood water.

when they came back to their house 2 weeks later, the fridge was tilted, floating on a 70cm water. they had to turn the power off, for fear of electrocution.

when they return one week later, the fridge smelt awful, the food had rotten.

then another week.... then they had to clean and wash the house, the surroundings, when water finally receded.

all this while, he had to work, going to the factory on boat. then the factory also inundated. he had to work in the main office downtown bangkok, while going back to teh factory to move things away. when water subsided, he was tasked to clean up the whole factory.....

laochan yuji - a modern mind

finished reading lao chan yu ji selective essays. read about some article of lao chan in the school text books, but did not actually read his book. after finessing the selective essays, he had to respect the author, though in the early 19th century, had already a very scientific and modern mind, which in that time seemed out of place, and mistaken as traitorous. he was a visionary.

pasir sir farmway 3 - and the people rejoice

lorong halus wetland - youth

like a water lily flower   youth is but a season of   bloom   the pond defines the freedom   unless   you dare to turn into   a grass   with flowers of   fluffy, dandelion-like parachutes   carrying your dreams   far, far   away

fa 50mm, 1.4 - arowana uneasiness

the sky turned dark, while he was at pasir ris farmway 2. and the rain fell. he went into a fish farm to take shelter. there was quite a few arowana fish in the tanks. he took out his camera and shot away. on of the workers was getting uneasy, came and told him not to shoot. but the boss said, "ok. no problem, just continue shooting." so he did.

sometimes, people forbid others to do something, just because they feel uneasy, for no other reasons - oh, looks like there's an un-written rule somewhere, that you must NOT take pictures in a shop!

- photo taking is like smoking - not welcome everywhere.

pasir ris farmway 3 - go fly kite

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"are you a reporter? you came with these camera gears." "no, just for fun." so he stroke up a conversation with a group of kite flyers, this time in pasir ris farmway 3. there's a big open field at the junction of lorong halus and pasir ris farmway 3. and there's about 10 over big kids flying kites, not just flying, but cutting each other's kite like mad, just like yester-years. that's how kites supposed to be flown. they obviously had a whale of time. hands were busy pulling and releasing strings, moving left, right, up and down directing the flight. once the kites were engaged, the hand movements quickened to try to gain the upper hand to seal the other kite's fate. some took to their heels to add acceleration to the string. it was shear excitement. "you want to fly?" one kite flyer invited him to fly the kite. "thanks... ehh..no....the line is sharp.... " he declined. not that he didn't like kite flying, but the flying times were over for him... it looked like. at that moment, he was only thinking of taking a few good pictures, not ready to fly a kite, to step into the arena of kite string cutting. - spontaneity is too hard to come by when you age.

expo - qingming shanghe tu

went to see the exhibition. quite a few people also came. immediately after the entrance, it showcased the sung dynasty culture, and the exhibition proper started with the replica of the real thing . the moving computer animated work span a hall as big as a football field, meandering from one end to the other. the movements of the people, animals, boats and carts (horses, mules...)were elegantly slow. and every 4 minutes, day turned into nite and lights were up and less people roamed the streets. it was like going back 900 years, into the capital city of the northern sung dynasty.
he was definitely impressed with the whole thing - first got a chance to know what the painting was all about, then he got to know quite a lot about sung dynasty life.

life then in the city is no different from now - people making a living by pulling carts, in hotel business, entertainment, trades like wheel making, wine-making, vendors, monks, scholars.... people did what we do nowadays, without all the traps of modern facilities and amenities like computer, cars, hand phones....

a little kid in the audience was heard said, "i want to go china."

the mother said, "why?"

"there's no school, so i don't need to study."

Merry Christmas - a good dinner

Thanks be to God!