如果你能回到過去 If you can go back in time ...

The biggest questions is,

what would you not change

...

 

總有一天會輪到我們 Some day, Our turn will come ...

the Old, the Abandoned

and the Forgotten one's

...

 

有些東西壞了就是壞了 When some things are Broken ...

Not everything in life can be fixed,

maybe best to leave it like that

and move on

...

 

巧合 There is no coincidence ...

We are all nothing but pawns

in a giant piece of

an imperfect Chess Game

...

 

颓废之心 Decadence of The Heart ...

When we look beyond our shoulders,
there are far greater problems
in this world than ours

...

八十年代 80's ...

Making our ways in the 80's

took everything we have got,
but with heart and soul
we sure made it through those years

...

KL Old Imbi Market

父亲的手表 Dad's Watch ...

大学毕业
在爸爸的工厂应该是
做了三到六个月的工
驾叉车，上下货，磨刀，晒板，
制造过程的每一个步骤我都去学习
什么打杂的工作我都做过
而且是两个班次
早上七点到半夜十一点
我没半句怨言

几个月后
 我离开了爸爸的工厂
去了日本一家手表工厂实习
后来一做就做了十年
 离开爸爸的工厂的最后一天
我和爸爸也没说话就告别了

本来我是可以继承父亲的事业
应该会赚很多很多的钱吧
我离开不久爸爸也把工厂卖了
也很少回家了
我知道很多人都说我是败家仔
好多年这些话我都放在心里
我知道自己辜负了爸爸的好意
我的选择是对或错如今也无关系了

在日本工厂待了十个年头
我也什么都做
从生产管理, 生产计划，采购, 
物流，成本计算，计划预算, 仓库, 
品质管理 全都做过
那时我管理的部门也有八十多人
二十九岁当了生产管理经理
也是工厂最年轻的经理
其他的经理都是四十多五十多岁
日本工厂的第十年很辛苦
讨厌人与人之间的勾心斗角
我的上司前田老师本来要力榜
我几年后代替他的总经理职位
应为他是要退休回日本了
我三十岁那年工也没找到
就离开了日本工厂
前田老师对我非常失望
离开工厂的最后一天
我们擦身走过也没说话了

前田老师对我的识心栽培
 那时也知道自己辜负了前田老师的好意
 我的选择是对或错如今也无关系了

爸爸和前田老师
对我的期望都很高
我深知我是辜负了他们
但我对钱财，职位, 名利和权力
从来都觉得没什么大不了
其实也没人了解我的心态
有没有人了解如今也无关系了

 爸爸走的时候只留下一只手表
每次拿起这只手表
就会想起两个人
一个是爸爸而另外一个是前田老师
我谢谢他们对我的看好
我是有愧于他们的好意
 我的选择是对或错如今也无关系了

爸爸和师父
不管你们在那里
今天我要说声
"父亲"节快乐
...

Olympus FE46,X41,X42
ISO 100 f4 @ 1/50

非旅游景点 Non-tourist destinations in a city ...

What's hidden from the tourist eyes 

are those that shapes the City...

Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡 秋杰路 

Nikon D7000 18-105mm 

ISO 100 f5 @ 1/500

Is there light at the end of every tunnel 是否有光照在所有隧道的尽头 ...

Penang street shot 槟城街拍 ...

Georgetown Penang 槟城 ...

It is true that
there is light in the end of every tunnel;
don't be too sure about it, 
as
there may not be any light at all

if you blindly believe that you are in the tunnel ...

What if I took another path 如果我走了另一个路径 ...

Lebuh King ...
Georgetown Penang 槟城 乔治敦 ...

When I was young (well, in high school), I have always 

wanted to be an Architecture ...

I started my first year University in Architectural school,

I got all grade "B"s in my design classes

 while all other classes I completed easily with "A"s ...

At the end of the first year, 

I asked the "Acrh 102" lecturer, 

why didn't I do well in the design classes ...

the answer was quite simple, 

" I may not be artistically inclined" ...

I was disappointed at myself and 

thought if I can't be a great Architect, 

I might as well quit early and 

do something else ...

So, I changed my discipline and finished 

with an Industrial engineering and management degree.

The rest is history ...

The thought of the fact that I could have been 

an Architect or perhaps somethings else,

maybe a Chef or a Photographer ...

have haunted me in the past many years ...

For what if I have taken another path in my life, 

what would I be today ...

Reminiscence 怀旧 ...

Singapore Changi Airport 

新加坡樟宜机场 ...

Reminiscences 回忆 ...

Old China Cafe, China Town ...
老中国咖啡馆 ...

Jalan Balai Polis, Kuala Lumpur ...



Old shop houses in Kuala Lumpur ...
This one was turned into a Coffee Shop,
I never knew about this shop until recently,
only the foreigners come here ...
Food is pretty much expensive being a tourist destination ...

You are looking at what used to be the kitchen where the
cooking stove used to be at the second floor
of an old colonial shop house in Kuala Lumpur ...

Old Times 旧时 ...

Reminiscence 怀旧 ...

晚上漫步在槟城的街道 ...

An evening stroll down the streets of  Georgetown, Penang ...

looking into the kitchen of a dinner table from
the back-lane of a shop house ...

.

Three Generations 三代 ...

Three Generations 

三代 ...

Dad's watch, mine, and my son's ...

.........Analog, combination, digital ....

None of them working except for my son's watch in the background ...

Submerged in the sea of time, beauty and loss 沉在時間之海的美麗與失落 ...

Nov 09, 2010
Imbi Market

Thirsty years like one day ...

三十年如一日

In this coffee shop of 30 years ...
在这有三十多年历史的小咖啡店 ...

as if time stood still ...
仿佛时间停止了 ...

no more then 2 person can be accommodated within
the small space of this make-shift coffee shop ...
不超过二人可容纳 在这小咖啡店的空间 ...

there are no elegance here ...
这里没有优雅 ...

nor is there a menu ...
也没有菜单 ...

Just plain old Uncle Wan Onn's coffee shop ...

只是普通的一个叫华叔的小咖啡店 ...

In his younger days, Uncle Wah played some soccer in
the local district cup ...
华叔年轻的时候，还玩了一些区杯的足球赛 ...

but his passion to make a good cup of coffee ...
但他的激情，是做一杯好咖啡 ...

for these years ...
这些年来 ...

the plain old ways ...
普通的老方法 ...

like this ...
像这样 ...

starts my day off early in the morning ...
开始我一天的清晨...

in this market ...
在这个市场 ...

where time seems to stand still in this little coffee shop ...
仿佛时间停止了，在这个小咖啡店...

Life in Rasa 生活在 乌鲁雪兰莪 叻思 ...

Dec 04, 2010 Rasa 

Rasa is a small town situated in the district of 

Hulu Selangor in the State of Selangor, Malaysia. 

It is located near the border of Perak and Selangor. 

The term "Rasa" in Malay language means "Taste".

I came here for a taste of life in Rasa ...

In a small town with just a few rows of colonial shop houses,
you can find all the "essentials" of daily living ...

a Chinese medicine shop ...

or just go next door ...

... to get a pair of ...

... spare keys done ...

... or listen to your neighbors ...

... chirping birds ...

 all day long ...

... or place to get any thing in your house ..

... repaired ...

.. there are no "beautiful" scenes in this small town ...

... nor "pretty" faces ...

.. but you can feel the nostalgia ...

... even just by sitting here and looking at life in Rasa ...