唉，又是缴税的季节！

唉，又是缴税的季节。
看着这BE form，心想怎么每年都觉得它很陌生，每年总会有几栏不明白，如A7栏的“Ketetapan Umum Dipatuhi”，同事之间谈起都会问问这栏应添什么？到后来经过亲切的LHDN人员解释，却原来任何人都必须答“Ya”，既然如此就不知为了什么还需 要这题？为了让Bahagian A凑足20题吗？然后又有一些模棱两可的部分，真不明白为什么要把缴税单搞得这么复杂？

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax
--Albert Einstein

4月30日截止，还有6天！算算一下，还欠LHDN钱，真不舍得我的钱！呜呜~~

在直与弯之间

断背的故事 深深地感动着他
出柜的欲望 渐渐地强烈
他不明白 他的爱为什么不为世人所接受
够了够了 我只想做回我自己
在直与弯 之间
他选择了 切断阳具

*写於政府宣布腰斩美景大桥计划之后

蝼蚁的悲哀

标语标语，还是标语。

AAB上台时，我们被告知WORK WITH ME AND NOT WORK FOR ME。

提NAP时，我们才想起还有个WAWASAN 2020。

国庆时，我们被提醒要CINTAILAH MALAYSIA。

想要振兴我国旅游事业，我们听到MALAYSIA THE TRULY ASIA。

种族课题敏感时，我们这边霜看着在巫统大会上挥舞着keris嚷嚷着马来议程的希山穆丁，那边霜看着口喊着BANGSA MALAYSIA的国阵政府。

而这次呢，在汽油起价30仙引发民众的不满及在KL市区的游行抗议后，我们又看到这种东西

Subsidi Kurang, Pembangunan Lebih

立于市区之中。

看到吗？在“Pembangunan Lebih”之下，有着LRT、巴士及德士的图像，意思“像”是说政府将会把那从汽油中省下的44亿令吉用来发展我国公共交通系统。

我 说“像”，因为我不知道这44亿真的可以为我们带来甚么样的发展。我们人民有着太多的需要了，对，我想高官们一定是这样想，就像六七十年代罗马尼亚共产党 独裁者--西奥塞古（Nicolae Ceausescu）的夫人对于当时罗马尼亚人民抱怨政策不当以至食物短缺时的反应，“那些蝼蚁之辈永远不会满足，不管给他们多少食物都没用。”这“罗马 尼亚伟大的母亲”当时如是说。但结果就是这些“永远不会满足的蝼蚁”们将这独裁者赶了下台！

当然，国阵政府是个爱民亲民的政府，虽然没听过BN CINTAI RAKYAT这类标语，但我想他们是爱民亲民的，至于这“民”是谁就不得而知，可能是老百姓如你我，也可能是高官的亲戚朋友们。

说 到需要，我们是有太多的需要了，但很多是逼不得已的，如我们要个安全的家园，是因为政府政策与行政上的失误导致地方治安每况愈下；如我们要个安逸的住宅 区，是因为政府发展政策上的疏漏而在过度发展情况下多处住宅区每逢豪雨都逃不过水淹过腰的命运，国都KL市区、耗资过亿的高级高速公路亦不例外；又如我们 不要（嘿，不要也是一种需要）逐年渐增的过路费，是因为政府当年不透明运作下所谓可为政府省下庞大维修经费的私营化政策所造成。

常常我们 看到的却是，当我们人民有所要求时，政府就来个“下有要求，上有对策”。你不要住宅区水灾？高官说“这是天灾，无法控制”。你不要KL市区水灾，高官说“将会引 进外国技术来建智能排水系统”，但需几年的等候。你觉得警方的素质需要提升，需要一个投诉独委会(Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission, IPCMC），高官反对说“这将会打击警察的士气”。你觉得警察 贪污腐化严重，高官告诉你“贪污受贿只发生在占不到5%的警员”。你抗议过高的过路费？高官请你坐牛车上槟城去，别用高速公路吧！

好了，这次我们“又”要低廉的汽油，但也是毫无选择的，除非有人想每天都花上2，3个小时搭乘公共交通去上班？我们却“又”得到了什么样的回应？一个印在巨型广告牌上的空头支票。你相信吗？

这将又只不过是另一次的标语式的宣传伎俩，而已。

冒汗一

那天，我手里拿着一条香蕉...
MF（手指着香蕉）：烂蕉！
我：o_O ! ....

霍霍霍霍霍霍霍霍元甲

一套武打戏，就这么一回事。

李連杰有很大的野心，想要在影片中道出他的武学道理，但却搞得戏里出现太多的“一句重要的对白”。

什么是“一句重要的对白”？“一句重要的对白”就是硬硬梆梆地穿插在平常对白中的一句大道理，格格不入，让人一听就像是又被戏内角色说教的感觉，说起来真该给这戏的编剧来几个耳光！

要 说教，一两句就好了，像《Spiderman》的经典的一句“Great power comes with great responsibility”，多么简单扼要。其余想说的，就用影像道出（像霍父对对手留手的一幕）吧！何必囖里囖唆像真的要写一齣武道大典一般？

幸好之前并没对它有甚期望，也因此没甚感觉。最好笑的是我和MF竟然用了3天才看完这部戏，可见它是多么的闷人！

或或或或或或或或许，李連杰应乖乖纯粹地拍他的武打戏就好了。

自杀之歌

一首怎样的歌竟然可以让人对这人世间不再迷恋？
一首怎样的歌竟然可以让人毫不留恋的往窗口一跳？

就是这首《GLOOMY SUNDAY》--匈牙利的自杀之歌。

GLOOMY SUNDAY

Sunday is gloomy
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach
Of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Would they be angry
If I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday
Gloomy is Sunday
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and I
Have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said I know
But let them not weep
Let them know that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death I’m caressing you
With the last breath of my soul
I’ll be blessing you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday

你敢不敢听呢？

我还真有点犹疑，在这凌晨1点钟的时刻。。。不是说人在晚上是最脆弱的吗？

Jogoya 上阁屋 @ StarHill, KL

It was a tiring Friday.

For the whole week, I have just managed to sleep about 4-5 hours per day. And, I have no fucking idea what I was doing in these awaken hours. I remembered I watched UEFA Championship League match between Barcelona and Benfica one night and was blogging the other night. But that is not the reason why I stayed up. Basically, I think I need to stay up for indulgence of that lonely hours with myself, just me and myself. I sacrificed my sleep for that.

After wednesday dinner with whistler, AiS and YC at Kayu, Bkt. Tinggi, we made ourselves another dinner appointment at Jogoya, StarHill Gallery on friday.

MF and I reached there early. While whistler still having fun at Thai Club, YC still couldn't have herself figuring out where is her exact location around Taman Tun, and AiS still waiting in office for YC, we took a walk around top floor of StarHill and saw these interesting sculptures.

They are reading Herald Tribune

After a while we decided to have a few bites first while waiting for them, and also because we were already starving.

We were seated at a table in a corner. Nice atmosphere there I'll say. The seafood and sashimi were nice, especially the oysters which are huge and fresh and juicy; the butterfish sashimi was chewy and yummy. Excellent taste on the ice cream and dessert, I loved the chocolate mousse cake. Other than that, we tried different cooking style of seafood and found they're ok.

Everything is great until the restaurant announced that they are closing down at 12am and they actually started cleaning the food and things at 11.40pm. We were suprised as we thought it's open until 2am and it's written on the business card as well!
Hence we asked one of the lady works there.
whistler: Thought it's open until 2am, no?
The Lady: NO (with very high pitch), DON'T SCARE ME, WE OPEN UNTIL 12AM ONLY!
Me: But is written in the business card (showed her the business card)
The Lady: THAT IS FOR OUTLET IN TAIWAN ONE! YOU SHOULD SEE THE OPENING HOUR WE PUT OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE!

Fine! Then we stepped outside of the restaurant, and found out it's written "open until 1am". OK, we were fooled by the "2am" from business card, but she is wrong about the "12am" as well. Heck, so is it open until 1am or 2am or 12am? Or, it's up to their mood?