New Year, Old Friends, and Old Enemies... Pt-1

I'm back in my hometown again. Yup, I'm back, but not for long.

For the first time in my life, I had not bought myself any new year clothes. Anyway, I guess I have to mix and match my clothings so they would still look, erm, new.

So, how did I spent my new year celebrations?

New year's eve was spent with my aunts and cousins, since some of my far-away cousins were back. Anyway, my gay cousin was back too... and damn he's getting more and more gorgeous, despite his age, and his beer belly. Darn. Still, it was fun to see all of them again, and we spent the night laughing and giggling over the dinner table.

The first day of new year was splendid. Besides visiting relatives, we went to visit Grandma and Grandpa's graves. It sound kind of odd to make such visits during new year but then, it brings back some of the best-est memories we had. All of us had spent so many time growing up with both of them, so that we can't stop sobbing while we were hanging around at the cemetery.

The next stop was our old kampung house; it's been ages since someone had maintained it, and it's falling apart, with the kitchen first. We trudged among the ruins and picked up a few more memorabilia and memories that we left behind when we grew up there.

Well, I guess we've all grown out of our childhood now.

Anyway, it's great to see my darling cousins again, and I'm thrilled to have spent so many wonderful time together, though they were short. Blood does run thicker than water...

One Night Only...

Yup. It's time. Finally, the time has come. I'm going to Bintangor.

After having spent 2 weeks of brain draining, me and my colleagues finally are off for our Community Health research and intervention. Damn, I haven't started packing yet!

Bintangor's around 1 hour drive from Sibu, and it's a pretty small town. So, I guess life's gonna be a little boring since I won't have an internet connection there for 7 weeks! Nonetheless, it's a good thing, since I'll probably be occupied with my community research and intervention, hence, too much a distraction would do Rickie no good.

Anyway, the good news is that I'm flying back on Tuesday! Yup, I just can't wait to be back home again. It's just good to touch the green green grass of home. Still, many things have changed and I've got to make some few adjustments in my life. Sigh. Nothing stays forever, no matter how much I wish it does. People come and go, just like they do. Yup, they often do.

I'll be in KL one night only, and I guess one night is just nice. It's enough. One night, so little time yet so much to do. One night only.

Song of the Night - The Dreamgirls - One Night Only

曹操

It's been a week since I've put up any blogs. Well, I was rather taken up with the humongous workload shoveled onto me, since there's always a dateline to catch, and the amount of work seemed to be never ending. Anyway, anything that involves a group a people working together inevitably leads to conflict, and I'm gonna sit and watch who's slashing whose neck this time.

7 weeks countdown before I take off to Bintangor, where we'll be doing out research project. What lies ahead remains unknown, but I'm anticipating lots of work, lots of dispute, and lots of laughter too! There's definitely no streamyx so I'll have to leave my blogs stagnant for almost 2 months before I can start posting other stuffs. Still, I'll try to post up nice juicy stories bout me during my stay there.

On the other hand, I've just watched Dreamgirls, and it was fabulous. Still, there's quite a big shadow of Diana Ross and the Supremes inside the whole movie plot, but then, I query whether it's an indirect replication of Diana's autobiography. Anyway, it's a nice endeavour for Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, and Eddie Murphy too! (I din't know he could sing!)

有段时间没用汉语写不落格了，真的好抱歉，因为刚刚在新电脑安装了南极星，所以顿然觉得自己的华语写作有些褪色了。除了忙着筹备将在民丹莪进行的考察活动之外，这段期间亦花在阅读三国演义。虽然已不是第一次接触，但心中还是有无数的感触，毕竟这是其中一部握年幼时熟读的一本书籍，而它也陪伴着我长大。

奇怪地，很多人都会把曹操给贬低，而却把刘备给褒了，但说真的，曹操的确比刘备更有成就吧。从他企图举兵讨伐董卓，挟皇帝以令诸侯，关渡之战破袁绍，白门楼逼死吕布，一直到潼关之战驱马超，我仍对他抱着一份又爱又恨的心情。可能是自己认同他那“宁可负天下人，也不可天下人负我”的心态吧， 所以心目中往往都把他摆在一个比刘备和孙权较崇高的地位。

令一个让我感叹的是凤雏先生庞统的悲剧。水镜先生司马徽曾暗示刘备，伏龙、凤雏，二人得一，可安天下。无奈天不由人，凤雏试图展翅却堕于落凤坡，而卧龙反而一飞冲天，不再是池中物。天忌英才也!

古岘相连紫翠堆，士元有宅傍山隈。

儿童惯识呼鸠曲，闾巷曾闻展骥才。

预计三分平刻削，长驱万里独徘徊。

谁知天狗流星坠，不使将军衣锦回。

本日主题曲 - 林俊杰 - 曹操