Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Nagging...
Looking forward, I really hope I can say goodbye to all the sadness & unhappiness that I had experienced.
The recent betrayal by a friend really made me unhappy. He was a good friend of mine. I treated him as if he is my own real brother. Earlier this year, he suggested a business plan to open a cafe concept restaurant. He had asked a few friends and myself to invest in the business. Discussions went on and on... In the end, 3 other friends who knew him for 10+ years and myself had came to an agreement to invest in the business.
The terms was to invest the money and we will all be sleeping partners. He(manager) will be the one to run the show. We will check through all the account books to make sure everything is running properly. It was back in June, we were so happy that everything was up and running. Although we were not the one who ran the show, but we did play our part in bringing this little baby of us to this world.
Operation ran well at the beginning... Everything started to get weird after a month. Business was pretty good. Coz, the chef was really good. The manager fired the chef and his helper for some reasons that I still unable to find out up til today. Then, the manager closed the cafe for renovations that took 3 weeks. All these happened without notifying all the other share holders.(disappointment = +2, let's make 10 the max point =,=")
After the renovations, cafe ran for business for 1 week+. Then, closed for the reason of he needs to go KL to collect some information to improve the business. (Finally, I was informed earlier...) He told me he will need 4 days to be in KL. Cafe will be opened on the day 5. I agreed, other share holders respected my decision and agreed on this too.
Day 5 was actually Hari Raya eve. I was informed by other share holders... He was back in town, but the cafe was still closed. I asked him why, he said business was bad, he was trying to safe costs on the operation & utilities. And he had asked me to go for a meeting to discuss about the business. (disappointment = +4)
It was on Raya 3, I finally had time to meet up with him and other share holders to discuss about our business. He brought up the issues on man power and how much effort he put in for the cafe. I had actually asked for 1 very simple request. I wanted to see the account books. The reason was simple, because he had requested help from us (more funding, permission to do extra changes on the renovations and other stuff). As business partners, we needed to know how was the business, how much funds we still have. Before we actually make any decision.
And yet, he was only able to provide us with 2 plastic bags of cash register machines printouts of daily sales summary. 2 big ring files & another plastic bags full with all the cash bills, invoices & receipts for all the expenses. (disappointment = +6)
The other share holders had asked me for another meeting on making decisions without his presence. During the meeting, they had feedback to me regarding all the operation & management issues they had observed during my absence (I am based else where). A lot of things went very wrong according to him. I had spoken to other friends who went to the cafe before. They had confirmed the statements from my other business partners... (disappointment = +8) I wanted to actually defend him, coz I had trusted him for so long... But, I couldn't...
The meeting brought out only 1 result. It's either he is out of the business or us. I became the communication man for the both parties. Coz, they couldn't talk to each other anymore... He made up his mind. And agreed on passing everything to me on the following day. I felt guilty... (disappointment = +6)
The next day, I met him up, picked up all the documents, petty cash, keys etc... We agreed that everything will be calculated and split his share out to return to him. I felt sad...
Few days later, calculations completed. Total income and expenses doesn't tally with our total invested amount. I was shocked... This only shows that he cheated on us. We were the friends who trusted him as much as a family member. (disappointment = +10)
Last weekend, I had requested him to give me an explanation(face to face, just the 2 of us), I was still hoping he had missed out some other expenses that were not included in the records. He didn't answer me, he was still saying a lot of things that I didn't want to hear. I requested him to meet with other partners. He wasn't able to give me a confirmed time or even date... In the end, I went for a few drinks... He went separate ways....
During my drinking sessions, he finally sms me that he would like to meet the others and have some discussions. I was tied up that time, so I told both parties to meet up first. I will be there asap. When I reached the meeting, I was informed that he had admitted that he had never took his part of money out. He cheated on us on the very first place.... (disappointment = 10 + 100!!!)
Stories went on and on... But, I don't wanna talk about it anymore... I was hurt... I am still feeling the pain, there were anger deep in my heart... But, in the end, the sorrow, the sadness took over my anger... I don't know how I am going to face this man anymore...
The recent betrayal by a friend really made me unhappy. He was a good friend of mine. I treated him as if he is my own real brother. Earlier this year, he suggested a business plan to open a cafe concept restaurant. He had asked a few friends and myself to invest in the business. Discussions went on and on... In the end, 3 other friends who knew him for 10+ years and myself had came to an agreement to invest in the business.
The terms was to invest the money and we will all be sleeping partners. He(manager) will be the one to run the show. We will check through all the account books to make sure everything is running properly. It was back in June, we were so happy that everything was up and running. Although we were not the one who ran the show, but we did play our part in bringing this little baby of us to this world.
Operation ran well at the beginning... Everything started to get weird after a month. Business was pretty good. Coz, the chef was really good. The manager fired the chef and his helper for some reasons that I still unable to find out up til today. Then, the manager closed the cafe for renovations that took 3 weeks. All these happened without notifying all the other share holders.(disappointment = +2, let's make 10 the max point =,=")
After the renovations, cafe ran for business for 1 week+. Then, closed for the reason of he needs to go KL to collect some information to improve the business. (Finally, I was informed earlier...) He told me he will need 4 days to be in KL. Cafe will be opened on the day 5. I agreed, other share holders respected my decision and agreed on this too.
Day 5 was actually Hari Raya eve. I was informed by other share holders... He was back in town, but the cafe was still closed. I asked him why, he said business was bad, he was trying to safe costs on the operation & utilities. And he had asked me to go for a meeting to discuss about the business. (disappointment = +4)
It was on Raya 3, I finally had time to meet up with him and other share holders to discuss about our business. He brought up the issues on man power and how much effort he put in for the cafe. I had actually asked for 1 very simple request. I wanted to see the account books. The reason was simple, because he had requested help from us (more funding, permission to do extra changes on the renovations and other stuff). As business partners, we needed to know how was the business, how much funds we still have. Before we actually make any decision.
And yet, he was only able to provide us with 2 plastic bags of cash register machines printouts of daily sales summary. 2 big ring files & another plastic bags full with all the cash bills, invoices & receipts for all the expenses. (disappointment = +6)
The other share holders had asked me for another meeting on making decisions without his presence. During the meeting, they had feedback to me regarding all the operation & management issues they had observed during my absence (I am based else where). A lot of things went very wrong according to him. I had spoken to other friends who went to the cafe before. They had confirmed the statements from my other business partners... (disappointment = +8) I wanted to actually defend him, coz I had trusted him for so long... But, I couldn't...
The meeting brought out only 1 result. It's either he is out of the business or us. I became the communication man for the both parties. Coz, they couldn't talk to each other anymore... He made up his mind. And agreed on passing everything to me on the following day. I felt guilty... (disappointment = +6)
The next day, I met him up, picked up all the documents, petty cash, keys etc... We agreed that everything will be calculated and split his share out to return to him. I felt sad...
Few days later, calculations completed. Total income and expenses doesn't tally with our total invested amount. I was shocked... This only shows that he cheated on us. We were the friends who trusted him as much as a family member. (disappointment = +10)
Last weekend, I had requested him to give me an explanation(face to face, just the 2 of us), I was still hoping he had missed out some other expenses that were not included in the records. He didn't answer me, he was still saying a lot of things that I didn't want to hear. I requested him to meet with other partners. He wasn't able to give me a confirmed time or even date... In the end, I went for a few drinks... He went separate ways....
During my drinking sessions, he finally sms me that he would like to meet the others and have some discussions. I was tied up that time, so I told both parties to meet up first. I will be there asap. When I reached the meeting, I was informed that he had admitted that he had never took his part of money out. He cheated on us on the very first place.... (disappointment = 10 + 100!!!)
Stories went on and on... But, I don't wanna talk about it anymore... I was hurt... I am still feeling the pain, there were anger deep in my heart... But, in the end, the sorrow, the sadness took over my anger... I don't know how I am going to face this man anymore...
Monday, September 20, 2010
王力宏「你不知道的事」《戀愛通告》主題曲完整版MV ENG SUBS
腦海中, 一直盤旋不止的旋律.
最近... 不, 應該是說這幾年來, 感情, 事業, 家人, 許多許多事情... 不為人知的... 好多...
今晚也特別多感觸... 難眠...
作詞：王力宏、瑞業
作曲：王力宏
蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛
才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星
但幾顆會落地
我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛
才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星
但幾顆會落地
我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
我飛行 但你墜落之際
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
歌詞轉載來自 ※Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網
最近... 不, 應該是說這幾年來, 感情, 事業, 家人, 許多許多事情... 不為人知的... 好多...
今晚也特別多感觸... 難眠...
作詞：王力宏、瑞業
作曲：王力宏
蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛
才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星
但幾顆會落地
我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
蝴蝶眨幾次眼睛
才學會飛行
夜空灑滿了星星
但幾顆會落地
我飛行 但你墜落之際
很靠近 還聽見呼吸
對不起 我卻沒捉緊你
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
我飛行 但你墜落之際
你不知道我為什麼離開你
我堅持不能說放任你哭泣
你的淚滴像 傾盆大雨 碎了滿地
在心裡清晰
你不知道我為什麼狠下心
盤旋在你看不見的高空裡
多的是 你不知道的事
歌詞轉載來自 ※Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sekayu Waterfall 士嘉優瀑布
It was actually Hari Raya day 1, 3 fellas decided to go for 1 shoot out at Sekayu waterfalls, Terengganu. The 3 fellas includes Yean, Christopher & me. hehehe....
那天是開齋節第一天, 三個人決定了跑一趟士嘉優瀑布. 拍了這一系列的照片. 三個人就是遠, Christopher還有狐. ^^"
Heaven in earth.... I love this shot.
天上? 人間? 超爱這一張 ^^"
Streams....
細水長流...
The waterfalls actually have a lot of layers... All you have to do is hike all the way up.. ^^"
這瀑布實際上有許多層... 只要你還有足夠的力氣, 膽量.... 爬上去吧... ^^"
Most of the places are accessible by trekking these stairs... But, Christopher almost lost his sandals there... hahaha
在這裡, 大多數的大小瀑布都有梯階可以抵達.... 只是爬到一半, 居然給我拍到Cristopher差點連鞋子都丟了... 哈哈哈....
One of the best shots of the day... This is the spot where most of the visitors will be having fun in the water.
這是當天其中一張最成功的照片. 這個地點也是大多數到訪的遊客最喜歡戲水的地方.
You shoot me I shoot you? @@"
你拍我, 我拍你? @@"
Taking a break...
稍微休息一下...
Well, our objective that day was to shoot some pictures of waterfalls that shows the smoothness of the water. I guess I managed to get some of those... ^^"
其實當天我們的主題實際上, 是要把水的"柔"給呈現出來... 看到所拍出來的效果, 總算不錯 ^^"
This picture shows the "power" of the water...
然而, 這張我所要呈現出來的則是"力"...
As a summary, it was a great experience shooting at this kind of environment. This is also the first time I had actually walked for so long distance after so many years. hahaha~
總結, 跟他們一起攝影, 彼此交換意見. 讓小狐學習到一些不同的東西. 當然, 這也是這麼多年來, 小狐走路走最多的一天. 哈哈哈~
Other photos are uploaded in facebook. Please feel free to click on the link below to have a look.
其他的照片已經上傳至面子書, 大家可以上去看看. 網址如下.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232393&id=652097830
那天是開齋節第一天, 三個人決定了跑一趟士嘉優瀑布. 拍了這一系列的照片. 三個人就是遠, Christopher還有狐. ^^"
Heaven in earth.... I love this shot.
天上? 人間? 超爱這一張 ^^"
Streams....
細水長流...
The waterfalls actually have a lot of layers... All you have to do is hike all the way up.. ^^"
這瀑布實際上有許多層... 只要你還有足夠的力氣, 膽量.... 爬上去吧... ^^"
Most of the places are accessible by trekking these stairs... But, Christopher almost lost his sandals there... hahaha
在這裡, 大多數的大小瀑布都有梯階可以抵達.... 只是爬到一半, 居然給我拍到Cristopher差點連鞋子都丟了... 哈哈哈....
One of the best shots of the day... This is the spot where most of the visitors will be having fun in the water.
這是當天其中一張最成功的照片. 這個地點也是大多數到訪的遊客最喜歡戲水的地方.
You shoot me I shoot you? @@"
你拍我, 我拍你? @@"
Taking a break...
稍微休息一下...
Well, our objective that day was to shoot some pictures of waterfalls that shows the smoothness of the water. I guess I managed to get some of those... ^^"
其實當天我們的主題實際上, 是要把水的"柔"給呈現出來... 看到所拍出來的效果, 總算不錯 ^^"
This picture shows the "power" of the water...
然而, 這張我所要呈現出來的則是"力"...
As a summary, it was a great experience shooting at this kind of environment. This is also the first time I had actually walked for so long distance after so many years. hahaha~
總結, 跟他們一起攝影, 彼此交換意見. 讓小狐學習到一些不同的東西. 當然, 這也是這麼多年來, 小狐走路走最多的一天. 哈哈哈~
Other photos are uploaded in facebook. Please feel free to click on the link below to have a look.
其他的照片已經上傳至面子書, 大家可以上去看看. 網址如下.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232393&id=652097830
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
CNY 2010 Street Party
I know it is kind of late for posting something about Chinese new year 2010. But, I finally have the time to deal with all these photos. This is a night where we the Chinese people, celebrate the arrival of a whole new year. This happened to be the first time that the city hall had actually planned such a big party in town after so many years. They had organized a lot of activities such as, decoration competition, singing performance, lucky draw, street party etc... I was there, hence here are the pictures...
我知道, 現在的確不是把一些農曆新年的東西放上來的時候. 但是, 小狐真的到現在才有時間整理這一批照片. 這實際上是在這許多年以來, 瓜登市政府舉辦了這麼大的一個慶典. 他們舉辦了唐人街的裝飾比賽, 歌唱節目, 幸運抽獎, 街頭舞會等等活動. 碰巧, 狐在大年初一晚上, 跟家人也一起來到了這個地方...
I was kind of late at the area, lots of houses had switched off their lights or even had taken down their decorations... I was only able to shoot a few pictures of a few houses.
實際上, 小狐當天算是比較遲到的... 許多房子已經把裝飾拆下來了... 只有拍到有限的幾間房子...
But, it is the first time since years ago... This place had been properly decorated. ^^"
的確, 這麼多年來, 這是第一次, 小狐看到唐人街是如此漂亮. ^^"
One of the performer singing on stage... Can't remember his name, can't remember was he good or not... =,="
其中一位演唱者, 已經忘記了他的名字, 也忘記了他唱得好不好... @@"
That night's DJ for the street party...
當天晚上的DJ... 放的音樂, 不錯... ^^"
The organizer also prepared some prize for some great dancers for that night...
街頭舞會, 主辦當局也獎勵了表現特出的舞者~ ^^"
And not to forget the youngest participant in the party...
當然, 最可愛的小弟弟也獲獎了... ^^"
If not mistaken, someone told me some of these people are from Australia... And they really can party... ^^"
據說, 這一群人當中有來自澳洲的遊客... 他們也玩得很開心... ^^"
O... I must had forgotten to show how those winners were performing... Here is the youngest winner of that night. ^^"
啊... 差點忘記了要讓大家看看當天晚上舞者們的精采舞姿... 這就是最年輕, 最可愛, 最活躍的小弟弟的表演了... ^^"
Look at these people... they were really enjoying... ^^"
狂歡中的人們... ^^"
Best dancers of the night... ^^"
最佳的舞者自娛娛人... ^^"
The party continue til early morning... Of course, I was there til the end... @@"
舞會一直繼續到凌晨, 當然, 狐也一直在那裡直到結束... @@"
我知道, 現在的確不是把一些農曆新年的東西放上來的時候. 但是, 小狐真的到現在才有時間整理這一批照片. 這實際上是在這許多年以來, 瓜登市政府舉辦了這麼大的一個慶典. 他們舉辦了唐人街的裝飾比賽, 歌唱節目, 幸運抽獎, 街頭舞會等等活動. 碰巧, 狐在大年初一晚上, 跟家人也一起來到了這個地方...
I was kind of late at the area, lots of houses had switched off their lights or even had taken down their decorations... I was only able to shoot a few pictures of a few houses.
實際上, 小狐當天算是比較遲到的... 許多房子已經把裝飾拆下來了... 只有拍到有限的幾間房子...
But, it is the first time since years ago... This place had been properly decorated. ^^"
的確, 這麼多年來, 這是第一次, 小狐看到唐人街是如此漂亮. ^^"
One of the performer singing on stage... Can't remember his name, can't remember was he good or not... =,="
其中一位演唱者, 已經忘記了他的名字, 也忘記了他唱得好不好... @@"
That night's DJ for the street party...
當天晚上的DJ... 放的音樂, 不錯... ^^"
The organizer also prepared some prize for some great dancers for that night...
街頭舞會, 主辦當局也獎勵了表現特出的舞者~ ^^"
And not to forget the youngest participant in the party...
當然, 最可愛的小弟弟也獲獎了... ^^"
If not mistaken, someone told me some of these people are from Australia... And they really can party... ^^"
據說, 這一群人當中有來自澳洲的遊客... 他們也玩得很開心... ^^"
O... I must had forgotten to show how those winners were performing... Here is the youngest winner of that night. ^^"
啊... 差點忘記了要讓大家看看當天晚上舞者們的精采舞姿... 這就是最年輕, 最可愛, 最活躍的小弟弟的表演了... ^^"
Look at these people... they were really enjoying... ^^"
狂歡中的人們... ^^"
Best dancers of the night... ^^"
最佳的舞者自娛娛人... ^^"
The party continue til early morning... Of course, I was there til the end... @@"
舞會一直繼續到凌晨, 當然, 狐也一直在那裡直到結束... @@"
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