24th May 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Today, i was asked to be the host for an annual forum organised by the Student, Technicians and Postdoc Association (STP) of IMB on "How to balance between work and life". We invited the institute director, and another three supportive PIs to share their experience. It was an wonderful event as we get to know how they managed to gain successful career and enjoy their work. Frankly speaking, i am very nervous along the way when hosting this forum. It is hard to control the situation and kill some intervals by popping out some comments and repeating the main points. After the talk, it rings a bell and we realised that actually such balance could be achieved. We just have to prioritize the tasks, making friends, fall in love to our work and enjoy our life. We have much to learn from them and get enlightened on how to pursue our future direction.
Recently there are too much things to handle in my life, if what i did lead me to all these consequences, i believe i would manage to go through it.
Please be happy, no one wanted to be hurt.
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posted by teopag @ 5:35 PM,
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Thought 想法
Thursday, May 12, 2011
The fear of mistakes kills the potential for greatness of so many people every day. To overcome is to have an unusual love for mistakes.
The unusual love for mistakes means:
An attitude that does not fear mistakes but expect it (not aim for it), and to have joy to learn from it (not be paralyzed by it) :-)
Thank you Paul Wong Li Rhen for your enlightenment!
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posted by teopag @ 12:37 PM,
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Dilemma
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Something bad had happened, it is hard to pretend like nothing has happened...
Unfortunately, it cannot be undone...
Blaming for not giving much enough or not appreciating, is not important anymore...
Hopefully time will heal the pain...
When the timing is right, the crossroad will appear again...
Kindly apply two golden rule: identify and discriminate.
By knowing what you want and listening to your heart, you will find the way.
Cheers!
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posted by teopag @ 3:30 PM,
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Understanding ourselves
Friday, May 06, 2011
By looking at the title alone, one might speculates that the content would be something sound serious or noble. Actually i just wanna share my thought and point of view over here regarding this topic.
It is always good to understand and get to know ourselves. We can do that by observing and monitoring what are we doing daily. Whenever a thought is appeared in our mind, we could ask ourselves what is our intention to have such thought, what do we feel over the particular issue, what kind of attitude should be presented and etc.
In my opinion, these are the essential elements to be considered. Sometimes, they can be viewed as the "superficial" aspects which are tend to be neglected. It depends mainly on our emotion at that point in the presence of other distractions. Hence, a clear mind with good sense and feeling is required in order to observe and monitor our emotion and to prevent our emotion from interfering our mind.
Actually, we ourselves are the best friend of ourselves. We ourselves are the one who is be with us 24-7, not our partners, friends, family nor colleagues. Hence, who else can know ourselves better than we are. Some might said those psychologists or people who are observant enough are able to do so as well, but they are merely performing deductions according to our reaction.
Back to the point, why is it important to understand ourselves?
This is because we have to follow our own needs but not others. We have to be ourselves while living in the complex community. We need not have to follow the values and opinions of the majority. Since peers recognition is undoubtedly important, and if we would take it into consideration, we could do it in a moderate way. We have to listen to our heart and instinct, they are helping us to make many decisions in our life. We will be happy if we are doing something that we are enjoying as that is where our passion is. This is different from desire or intention which are more on purpose-driven.
When we are lost, our mind would be less alert to detect those trace changes within our heart. We would feel miserable and lost of direction. It is suggest to calm down and think rationally over and over again to look for the solution. However, it is hard to do so with too many distractions. Along the human civilisation history, human has "invented" or "created" a method which could serve for the same purpose, i.e. fortune telling. In my opinion, as long as it does not clash with your personal or religious believes, it is quite a useful tool to help us understanding ourselves. I am not emphasising on forecasting or predicting the future, it is helping us to understand our need, and to clarify and reorganise our mind to decide accordingly.
Previously, i am not very keen on those fortune telling thingy merely because i do not want to hear something bad about my future. I believe our future is determined by what we are doing now. Since the first time i came across the tarot card, it is quite amazing as it was revealing my thought and desire in front of me. I was required to choose a number of cards and revealed the card in order to read the message. In my opinion, the interpretation is very subjective as it depends on what do you wanna know and how to see it. I tried to read the card under guidance and got to know more about my feeling over an issue.
Recently, i came across I-Ching divination. I was asked to choose from eight numbers in which each of them is representing the eight trigrams. Combination of the chosen trigrams would representing the message behind the request. Surprisingly, i think it is quite straight to the point, i never thought of that even though i came across the point before. It really helps me to clarify my thought, to identify my needs so that i can act accordingly. I was impressed by this amazing yet mysterious knowledge.
Although no one can predict the future exactly as it would be, i think we have to work hard for it anyway.
Since we cannot predict anything, so just let it be.
Do our best and leave the rest to God.
When we are ready, we will be rewarded accordingly.
Labels: Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 3:49 PM,
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0221-0430
Monday, May 02, 2011
過去很熟悉 現在不懂你
想看你眼睛 你卻給我背影
就像滿天星 都跌進大海裡
我被放逐的心 又要往那裡去
我們在也回不去了 對不對
就算曾經幾乎擁有幸福的完美
你的心回不去了對不對
你要的再也不是我能給
我們再也回不去了對不對
眼看就要讓滿心遺憾 為愛受罪
你的心回不去了對不對
不能去怪誰 頂多只能掉眼淚
如果問原因 可能更承受不起
若就這樣離去 我又很難平靜
從你的淚滴 我找到被愛過的證據
有衝動想哭泣 只好緊緊抱你
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posted by teopag @ 10:32 AM,
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Expressing ourselves
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Do you think we have to always express your thought or what is in your mind?
Sometimes people, or more specifically our superiors, just expect us would tell them something they expected, they will assume that we are either not paying any attention, not as good as we should be or do not perform up to the expectation if we failed to do so. Actually i do not mind to tell the expected answer if it does no harm to me or other people, but....
Last months, i came across two books emphasising that one should be humble and stay low profile while getting along with people. The main purpose of doing so as stated by the authors is to maintain the harmonious atmosphere among people which generally means reducing the chances of generating any enemies or rivals. And most importantly, it allows us to equip ourselves well especially when we are not ready or do not have enough background knowledge while making any statement. I agree to the points given by the author in the sense that we need to be keen in learning and maintain good relationship with people around us.
Sometimes, things might not work as we want it to be, we have to express ourselves moderately whenever it is necessary. Back to the first point, most of the time we have no idea how to explain something which is beyond our knowledge. It just happened like it should be. Do we really have to try to explain it by providing any relevant evidences for that? They are merely speculations and sometimes it is not necessary to prove them at all. Hence, it is really a challenge for coming out with an reasonable answer for fulfilling the curiosity of our superiors. Usually, silence is the best solution provided a message of improvement is conveyed. If we are being accused by the superiors from doing what we should not be doing, we need not have to argue aggressively if it is just a small matter, time will eventually reveal the truth for us. However, sometimes cumulative accusation is lethal before the truth is revealed, hahaha... There is always no specific answer for this.
In my opinion, it is not necessary to explain everything to others. If not, we will be busy pleasing and meeting others' expectations. However and most importantly, we have to explain to ourselves why we are doing so. If we know what we are doing, we will not be in the wrong path.
All the best!
Labels: Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 6:37 PM,
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必殺技
Monday, April 25, 2011
你近來又 再有空 我在防備 別發功
能勉強戒紹心痛 但喉嚨還在痛
你在懷舊 我也懂 還稱贊我夠上進
但可惜那時你都不相信
我道行都低估了你 我以為 撐得起
一句為甚麼不找找你 我練到 再倔強
再絕也 也永沒法比
求你別要 如從前 純熟地碰我
而我問我 為何還 能夠碰傷我
不要讓我 一敗塗地 輸得更多 哦
求你別說 錯過我 其實亦愛我
何以技癢 放過我 你已彷彿有神助
一關心我已經 等於再殺死我
你未提及 我也知 既是前度 沒法子
如這聖伯納得意 分予你當玩意
數十年後 我也知 如果見你我愿意
像一關過完 再單打一次
求你別說 仍能如 良朋地對我
而我問我 為何還 能對得起我
不要讓我 一敗塗地 輸得更多 哦
求你別說 錯過我 其實亦愛我
何以技癢 放過我 你已彷彿有神助
一講起你已經 等於再殺死我
Labels: Music, Random Crap, Video
posted by teopag @ 11:16 PM,
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Thought 想法
Sunday, April 24, 2011
If we have the purchasing ability, we need not to make the purchase just because of those tiny discounts which would make you regret afterwards. We should pay for its price, and of course it is very subjective.
有錢不怕買不到東西, 如果不是你要的, 不需要為了一些小便宜買了而後悔, 消費要物有所值, 當然這也是因人而異的.
Labels: Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 2:29 PM,
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Thought 想法
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
If you do not know what you want, you should at least know what you don't want, then you will not end up in nowhere...
如果你還不知道你要的是什麼, 至少要知道你不要的是什麼, 這樣就不會迷失方向...
Labels: Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 2:40 PM,
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感恩的心 Heart of Appreciation
Friday, September 03, 2010
感恩的心
作詞：陳樂融 作曲：陳志遠
我來自偶然 像一顆塵土
有誰看出我的脆弱
我來自何方 我情歸何處
誰在下一刻呼喚我
天地雖寬 這條路卻難走
我看遍這人間坎坷辛苦
我還有多少愛 我還有多少淚
要蒼天知道 我不認輸
感恩的心 感謝有你
伴我一生 讓我有勇氣作我自己
感恩的心 感謝命運
花開花落 我一樣會珍惜
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posted by teopag @ 7:11 PM,
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祝馬來西亞國慶快樂
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
來臺灣昨天剛滿四年
在馬來西亞也生活了26年多
每次回去, 都會讓我感嘆祖國的偉大
天然資源 高速公路 高樓大廈 美麗風景 還有殖民時期留下來的遺跡
馬來亞獨立了53年 馬來西亞成立了47年
從葡萄牙荷蘭英國日本再回到英國
不同地方的移民 中國印度葡萄牙
還有本土的原住民
造就了多元種族的生活環境 宗教信仰 文化氣息 南洋美食
每次看到很多關於祖國的新聞
有些是令人鼓舞的, 可是也有不少會讓我憤怒失望
不公平的對待, 讓我們更加努力向上
多元的社會, 讓我們學會了很多技能
面對不同的人, 讓我們適應能力更強
政治的亂象、貪污和腐敗, 讓我們有進步的空間成偉真正的民主國家
種族與宗教的課題, 一直是馬來西亞政治的包袱
許多制度的不透明, 一直是馬來西亞社會的無奈
改變所帶來的公平, 一直是馬來西亞人民的希望!
雖然我不滿意現在的政府
可是政府提供了13年免費的國民義務教育
提供貸學金完成了大學學位
很幸運的拿到獎學金完成了碩士學位
提供幾乎免費的醫療設施, 雖然服務品質有所保留
扣除薪資作為公積金, 讓日後退休生活可以無虞 (通膨的上揚讓很多人幾年內就花光了)
中立、不结盟的外交政策, 讓我們去很多國家都不必辦簽證 (如果你有時間金錢換有世界)
提供各種民生用品的津貼, 來減輕市民生活負擔 (薪資從來沒有上漲, 很多人錢不夠用)
馬來西亞訓練了很多人才送到世界各地 , 自己不留
我不知道我以後的命運會是什麼
也許有一天我可以為妳付出些什麼
充實自己, 把本分做好一定會有回饋貢獻的一天!
至少, 我會跟大家說, 我是馬來西亞人!
我愛妳 馬來西亞
Labels: Malaysia, Random Crap, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 12:34 PM,
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Chinese is broad and profound, just do as the Romans do. 華語博大精深，入鄉隨俗就好。
Friday, August 13, 2010
Time flies and I have been living in Taiwan for 4 years. Since Chinese Language (Mandarin) is widely used in Taipei as the medium of daily communication, my Chinese proficiency has improved a lot compared to 4 years ago. I can speak fluently without mixing with other languages or dialects and with proper sentence structure. In the begining, i found that people here speaks differently from us, albeit the usage of Traditional Chinese characters versus Simplified Chinese characters and different accents, the pronunciation or tones over some Chinese characters are a bit different from what i learnt in my home country.
Let me summarise some of the major differences on the pronunciation below:
在台灣生活了一段時間，轉眼已經快進入第五年了。由於在這裡的衣食住行都離不開中文，所以我的中文進步了，現在的我跟當初的我比起來，的確是改變很多。應該說講話比以前流利了，可以完整以中文來表達，不需要加入其它語言或方言了，且會開始注意句子結構。
剛開始，會覺得臺灣人說的中文或華語,怎麼有點不一樣... 這不是繁體字與簡體字的差異或者口音的問題，而是有些字的發音，跟以前老師教的不一樣...
以下讓我來舉例一些最常遇到的差異:
角 角色 → 我們念"絕"，不念"腳"，角度如三角形等，則念"腳"
和 我和你 → 這裡念我"汗"你, 而我們是念我"河"你
亞 馬來西亞 東南亞 亞洲 → 這裡是念"雅"，我們念"訝"
微 微笑、微小、微波爐 → 這裡念"唯"，我們是念"威"
艘 一艘船 → 這裡是念"騷"，我們念"收"
淑 淑女 → 這裡是念"贖"，我們念"書"
廈 高樓大廈 → 這裡念"夏"，我們念"煞"
攜 攜帶 → 這裡是念"西"，我們則念"協"
企 企業、企鵝、企圖 → 這裡人念"器"，我們念"起"
錫 錫米 → 這裡是念"席"，我們則念"西"
什 什麼 → 這裡是念"蛇"，我們則念"神"
法 法國 → 這裡是念第四聲，我們念第二聲，方法的"法"皆念第二聲
酪 乳酪 → "lao"(ㄌㄠ)跟"luo"(ㄉㄨㄛ), 皆念第四聲
垃圾 → "勒色"跟"拉雞"
Well, that's all i can recall so far.
嗯，目前只想到這麼多。
Living in Malaysia, besides mastering the major three languages, sometimes we need to communicate with Chinese dialects such as Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka, Fuchou, Hainan and etc (I am not that great to know all of them..., normally simple Mandarin, Cantonese or Hokkein is sufficient), hence most of the speeches of Chinese descendants in Malaysia are mixed with various dialects and languages for effective communication and expression, and all of us are used to that. We watch a lot of TV programmes from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan everyday exposing to different types of languages among the regions, so we might mix-up with the pronunciation of some Chinese characters as they are different from what we known and used daily. However, we might be pronouncing these characters wrong all the way since we were young. To be frank, i learnt a lot of new Chinese characters through watching the drama series from Hong Kong, so sometimes i only know how to read the characters in Cantonese instead of Mandarin... Ops...
To make a long story short, so if you ever got the chance to visit Taiwan of Mainland China and the local peoples there could not understand what you said or correct your pronunciation over certain characters, try not to deny yourself at the beginning, this could be due to the differences across the straits and there is no right or wrong. My suggestion is, when in Rome, do as the Romans do!
Next time i will talk about different names given on the same object.
在馬來西亞生活，除了要掌握三種語言，說話時也許還需要加入一些華人的方言，如福建、廣東、潮州、客家、福州和海南等（我沒那麼厲害全部都會啦..，一般上用華語，廣東話或福建話就可以溝通了）來強化溝通和表達，所以造成大馬華裔說的中文像個大雜燴，雖然一句話當中可能會參插了一些來自不同語言或方言，不過大部分的人都聽得懂。在日常生活中，看很多中港臺的電視節目和電影，對於不同的中文發音可能會感到混淆，好像跟日常生活所用的不一樣，不過，這當然也有可能我們自己從小到大都念錯某些字... 老實說，很多中文字詞的用法，我是看港劇學的，所以有時候知道廣東發音，卻不知道其中文的發音...哈哈!
長話短說吧～
所以，如果以後你們有機會去臺灣或中國，當地人聽不懂或糾正你的發音時，先別否定自己的中文程度，因為這只是兩岸的差異所造成的，並沒有對與錯。個人建議，入鄉隨俗就好!
下次再談談不同名詞的用法，就是相同的東西，名稱卻不一樣。
Labels: Life, Malaysia, Random Crap, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 7:21 PM,
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I have to blog again... 是時候來再寫部落格了...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
It's been a long time i didn't scribe anything on my blog but just updating my Facebook and Plurk.
I think i should restart practising my writing skill.
Be patient ya...
很久沒更新部落格的內容了, 都在更新臉書和噗浪, 是時候要再鍛煉我的文筆技巧了.
大家給點耐心吧!
Labels: Life, Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 11:09 PM,
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9th February 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
當我看到你,
讓我有一種很想保護你 愛護你的感覺,
時刻都想依偎在你身邊,
想念你的味道,
跟你在一起時會不知所措,
但卻有甜甜的感覺,
那你應該就是我要找的人.
--> 這就是愛.
倘若你是天菜,
卻只想要佔有你的話,
就算在一起也不會長久.
-->這只是喜歡.
Labels: Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 1:28 AM,
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Weekend of 23rd January 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Now i will bring you to eat something special i discovered last time at Ximending.., so i urged my friend to bring me there again. This is the shop. The tomato noodle is very nice.
The address is No. 30, Hankou Street Section 2, Taipei
上次在西門町發現的好吃的東西, 所以這次就叫朋友再帶我去! 就是這家店, 它的蕃茄麵很好吃!
地址是 台北市漢口街二段30號
This is actually a traffic light...
這其實是紅綠燈(交通燈)...
Besides, i went to watch Avatar (finally...) with my friend, this is the two avatars of myself... LOL
還有, 今天終於跟朋友去看<阿凡達>了.., 之前也製作了兩個"阿凡達"來應景... 哈哈!
This shop is located at Breeze Mall of Taipei Main Station Underground Street. Although it is cheaper (with 10% discount for student), i think the Magic Curry is better.
這一家店銀座咖哩飯.義大利麵, 是在台北站前地下街的微風廣場, 雖然便宜(學生打九折), 但是我覺得魔法咖哩比較好吃.
Labels: Food, Life, Random Crap, Taipei, Taiwan, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 11:21 PM,
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19th January 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Miao~喵 ~
This was a funny wall post i got from Facebook yesterday.
這是昨天臉書塗鴉牆上的貼的.
I was "inspired" by Nathan when we chatted on MSN... so i started the first verse of the lyrics...and my friends completes them all verse by verse... LOL!
Suddenly i wanted to watch "The Sound of Music".
靈感是在跟耀華聊MSN的時候得到的...
我開始了第一句歌詞, 然後我的朋友就一句一句的把它完成了... 哈哈!
突然很想看"音樂之聲"...
Labels: Music, Random Crap, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 8:16 PM,
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16th January 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Suddenly found these songs are so meaningful. Enjoy.
Labels: Music, Random Crap, Songs, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 1:22 AM,
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Faye decided to back on stage. 王菲回來了.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Finally Faye is back to stage. It was thrilled and excited. She sings for the theme song of "Confucius" movie, You Lan Cao.
王菲終於回來了.好興奮！好激動！她獻唱電影《孔子》主題曲《幽蘭操》.
<幽蘭操>
蘭之猗猗，揚揚其香。眾香拱之，幽幽其芳。
不採而佩，于蘭何傷？以日以年，我行四方。
文王夢熊，渭水泱泱。採而佩之，奕奕清芳。
雪霜茂茂，蕾蕾于冬，君子之守，子孫之昌。
Dear fellow Fayenatics, be prepared for her album.., this could be one of the good news in the new year!
各位菲迷, 等著買阿菲的專輯吧.., 這可是新年的最佳消息之一啦!
Labels: Faye Wong, Music, Random Crap, Songs, Teoh Pak Guan, teopag
posted by teopag @ 10:27 PM,
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Newton's Laws of Graduation
Monday, January 04, 2010
Just for laugh in conjunction with Sir Issac Newton's birthday today. Original comics is here, here and here by Jorge Cham.
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22nd December 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
I have been missing for a while here. Anyone there is following my blog? Perhaps we already see each other a lot in Facebook and Plurk.
I just finished my annual progress report today. So for the past few weeks, i have been busying organising all the data and repeating the experiments to make the data more conclusive and nice. Not have much progress this year compared to last year, probably too many incidents were happened to my life. They really affected me even though i thought i managed them well. What to do? Amyway, at least i have a clear direction now. Competitors out there, do not scoop my work again, please...
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