2015.06.18 | 生日之後

[Volume 10 Issue 6, #2031]

A Post-Birthday Rant

係嘅, 噚日係小弟生日(之所以呢個博叫做[SK/0617]囉), 不過大家唔須要祝我belated happy birthday(親愛的, 記住係belated happy birthday唔係happy belated birthday, 我個birthday冇late到, 係你個祝賀late啫, 哈哈!!), 認真嘅.. 如果你有跟我呢個博, 應該都知我往年都一定會寫篇貼文同大家「宣布」當天是我生日, 呵呵!! 但係今年我就決定唔咁樣做喇, 而且我又喺Facelook上設定不顯示自己嘅生日.. 因為所以, 同往年比較, 今年生日只有約二成人祝我生日快樂.. 好明顯地, 我的確冇乜真正有心嘅朋友, 哇哈哈哈!! 千真萬確, 證實我哋大家已經十分依靠提示功能「提醒」我哋各種事項日子.. 之後就非常方便地打幾個字, 甚至㩒一個button就可以全自動送出生日祝賀俾朋友.. 最後得返壽星一個Like, 整個祝賀過程就此完滿結束.. 唔好誤會, 我唔係要喺度投訴啲乜嘢, 都一把年紀, 實在冇咁好氣去在乎.. 都唔好因為你錯過咗我嘅生日而覺得不是, 傻啦, 我都一樣錯過好多囉, 大家都明白其實係現時個趨勢啫.. 點都好, 仲有人記得我生日, 祝我生日快樂, 甚至買禮物俾我, 我其實已受寵若驚.. 多謝晒你哋呢班有心人, 我仲感動緊哚, 你哋嘅心意我非常珍惜.. :)

okay, it WAS my birthday yesterday (hence this blog is named [SK/0617]), but you don't have to wish me a belated happy birthday (and please, it is belated happy birthday and NOT happy belated birthday my dear, my birthday never late, only your birthday wish, hehe!!) here, seriously.. if you have been following my blog, you know i used to be very high profile (and thick-face) to write a special post to "announce" publicly that it was my birthday that day, hahaha!! this year, i've decided not to do so, and in fact i have also change the setting on my Facelook to not show my birthday.. as a result of this, i have like only 20% birthday wishes compared to previous years.. that shows how little friends i truly have, muahahaha!! it is so true that we are all now so used to be "reminded" of events and birthdays by notifications, after which we can just conveniently type something or even just click a button to automate birthday greetings to our friends, whether genuinely or just out of courtesy, and finally gain a "LIKE" by the birthday boy/girl - the whole process completes.. don't mistaken me for complaining here, at this age, i really will not care too much.. and don't feel bad you missed my birthday, i've missed many too, we all understand this is just the trend now.. anyway, i was thrilled by those who remembered my birthday, sent me birthday greetings or even bought me presents, i really appreciated that.. thank you so much people, i am still feeling touched, your thoughts and action really meant a lot.. :)

2015.06.15 | 閉翳包裝

[Volume 10 Issue 6, #2030]

The *Palm on Sweating Face* Food Packaging

大家見到下面張相嘅時候, 應該唔明我影兩張垃圾做乜.. 其實係好小一件事, 大家都可能不會意, 除了我呢個完美主義者外.. 如下圖兩包餅咁, 左邊係來佬嘢, 開口上咗層食品安全膠水, 不費吹灰之力就可輕易打開, 盡情享用.. 右邊係本地嘢, 為咗減低成本, 唔上多一層膠, 而係用熱壓等開口可以癡埋一齊, 要開就要用盡吃奶之力, 開得到唔手痛唔面紅, 而且又唔整到成手或成身甚至成地都係, 唔閉翳就叫做好彩..

probably you don't understand why i am showing two empty wrappers when you saw the photo below.. it's a petty thing i guess not many will pay attention to, except the perfectionist (wannabe) me.. take for example two chocolate bars below, on the left is an imported, the opening is sealed using some food-safe adhesives, hence tearing it open is way easier than farting.. on the right is a local made, to cut cost, the adhesives is eliminated but the opening is sealed by heat pressing, hence to open it requires some effort, if not getting your hands sore and face red, or even not make a mess of crumbs on your hands, body and floor, you are lucky..

仲係唔明我講乜?? 大家去搵件實物嚟實踐下就會體會到㗎喇, 哈哈!! 好啦, 再多個例子啦.. 下面杯乳酪, 因為杯口同錫紙之間冇好似來佬嘢咁上多層膠, 所以無論你幾細心, 肯定不能一次過完整撕開, 最後要搞到成手癡立立先食得.. 有時候我真係好想喺啲大老板面前, 親手遞份佢自己公司嘅產品, 叫佢哋當面開嚟食, 我超有興趣睇下佢哋大費周章當下嘅狼狽..

can't understand what i am saying?? get one and try it yourself, haha!! okay, one more example below then.. for the cup of yoghurt below, due to the lack of a layer of adhesives between the seal and cup, no matter how careful you are, you will never be able to tear open the foil seal perfectly in one go but end up yoghurt all over both hands before you can savor it.. many times i really feel like meeting up with the CEOs and hand them their own products, get them to open and eat immediately right on the spot, i am just so eager to see that spectacularly awkward moment..

2015.06.11 | 多國語言

[Volume 10 Issue 6, #2029]

I Am A Multilinguist Wannabe

發白日夢自己能夠通曉多國語言?? 係呀, 我絕對係有興趣學多幾種其他語言㗎.. 依家假假哋都叫做識得中文, 英文及馬來西亞文(雖然冇樣叻, 但係都出得下場面嘅), 而我想要學嘅語言名單上, 頭兩個就係日文同法文.. 個人覺得呢兩和種語文好正, 日文聽落就文質彬彬, 法文聽落就風情萬種, 哈哈!! 最近下載咗個免費嘅手機程式叫做Duolingo, 我正在通過呢個程式學緊法文哦!! 呢個程式好互動同啟發性, 學習因此更生動有趣.. 唔似得好多其他嘅教材咁, 一味跟住發音但係從來唔知自己噏緊乜.. 通過Duolingo學習, 感覺就似上緊堂咁, 課程以不同模式與級數進階, 通過各種不同活動(例如聆聽, 發音, 理解及翻譯等)進行.. 法文確實唔係易學嘅語文呀, 譬如話一個單字會因為唔同人, 性別, 時間及數量等而有各別嘅變化.. 當然我學嘅只係雞毛蒜皮, 絕不能夠靠佢在法蘭西生存囉, 哇哈哈哈!! 睇睇我至今學到啲乜嘢?? :D 以下各別句子轉換中文或法文: J'apprends le français. Peux-tu me corriger, s'il vous plait? 我正在學緊法文, 請多多指正.. J'ai un singe. Il aime manger des bananes et boire du lait. 我有隻馬騮, 佢喜歡食香蕉同飲奶.. Bonjour, comment ça va? Au revoir et à bientôt. 你好嗎? 再見, 希望好快再見面.. 注: 呢篇唔係贊助貼(大家都知冇贊助商會搵上我啦), 只係覺得呢個免費手機程式頗不錯, 所以在此與讀者分享.. :)

multilinguist wannbe?? yeah, i am certainly very fond of learning some other languages.. i now know Chinese, English and Malay (all of elementary levels but good enough lah), and in my list of other languages i am interested to learn, the top ones are Japanese and French.. i find these two languages beautiful, Japanese sounds so polite and French sounds so sexy, muahahaha!! i've recently downloaded a free apps called Duolingo and am learning French through it now!! this is an interactive and intuitive apps that makes learning so much fun and enjoyable, unlike many others that you only follow the demonstrator to read through sentences but do not understand what you are doing.. learning through Duolingo is like going to a class, learning though a variety of activities like listening, speaking, understanding and translating, and progressing through different modules and levels.. certainly not a simple language to learn, for instance, every word has many forms depending on the subject, gender, tense and quantity of the context.. of course, all are just basics and i don't think i can survive in France after learning, muahahaha!! see below what i've learned so far.. :D each sentence below to switch between French and English: J'apprends le français. Peux-tu me corriger, s'il vous plait? I am learning French. Will you correct me please? J'ai un singe. Il aime manger des bananes et boire du lait. I have a monkey. He likes to eat bananas and drink milk. Bonjour, comment ça va? Au revoir et à bientôt. Hello, how are you? Goodbye and see you soon. NOTE: this is not a sponsored post (you know no sponsors will engage me mah), i just like this free apps and thought of sharing with my readers here.. :)