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    <title>阿桑患乳腺癌昨日病逝</title>
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    <published>2009-04-07T14:00:11Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-07T14:15:34Z</updated>

    <summary> 现在的娱乐资讯无限发达，我们认识的艺人也越来越多，关于艺人生老病死的新闻也会碰到得越来越多，刚刚送走李钰，昨天早上八点半，曾经演唱过《叶子》这首歌的歌手阿桑因罹患乳癌末期逝世，享年34岁。 　　以《叶子》一曲走红 　　本名黄嬿璘的阿桑，今年34 岁，曾经在艺工队呆过，也短暂唱过PUB，有丰富的现场演唱经验，被经纪人、资深制作人汪一平发掘之后就辞去演唱的工作专心准备出片。在筹备等待发片的期间，为了维持生活，也当过律师事务所的总机与百货公司的客服播音小姐。 　　阿桑因为演唱电视剧《蔷薇之恋》片 尾曲《叶子》而走红歌坛，总共发行过两张专辑，分别是《寂寞在唱歌》和《受了点伤》。阿桑非常低调，在新闻中我们很少可以搜到音乐以外其他的新闻，甚至在 患病期间她低调到家人都不知道她的病情。但我们都记得她，记得《叶子》，记得《寂寞在唱歌》《一直很安静》等等，她的歌直达人心，让人安静，让人思考，让 人流泪。 　　从小躲债生活沧桑 　　&quot;阿桑&quot;艺名的由来，起因于唱片公司的人一开始听到她的歌声时，觉得非常沧桑感人，所以帮她取了这个艺名。巧合的是，阿桑的出道经历就像艺名一样。 　　阿桑和父母为了躲债，从国中开始就住在阿姨家，为了减轻阿姨的负担，阿桑从小就在家帮忙做手工赚零用钱。从折塑料花、包巧克力包装纸、电子工厂 拼凑主机板零件等各式各样的工作都做过。天生爱表演的阿桑，高中选读了影剧相关科系，毕业后由于爱表演，又想赚钱贴补家计，所以考入艺工队。在艺工队呆了 5 年，离开之前与朋友的朋友，和一些原本不认识的人组乐团，到pub 去驻唱。 　　阿桑在当时因为已经打算要踏入音乐这行，为了能够专心录制Demo带，并多赚点零用钱，因此就在朋友的泡沫红茶店打工。她为了成为一名出色的歌手，经历了许多考验，终成功出片，并走红歌坛。 天妒英才...Never knew that she was suffering from breast cancer all these while.Awhile ago, I was still thinking, why no news from her all...</summary>
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<br /><br />现在的娱乐资讯无限发达，我们认识的艺人也越来越多，关于艺人生老病死的新闻也会碰到得越来越多，刚刚送走<a class="akey" href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/f/liyu1/index.html" target="_blank">李钰</a>，昨天早上八点半，曾经演唱过《叶子》这首歌的歌手<a class="akey" href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/f/asang/index.html" target="_blank">阿桑</a>因罹患乳癌末期逝世，享年34岁。

<p>　　<strong>以《叶子》一曲走红</strong></p>

<p>　　本名黄嬿璘的阿桑，今年34 岁，曾经在艺工队呆过，也短暂唱过PUB，有丰富的现场演唱经验，被经纪人、资深制作人汪一平发掘之后就辞去演唱的工作专心准备出片。在筹备等待发片的期间，为了维持生活，也当过律师事务所的总机与百货公司的客服播音小姐。</p>

<p>　　阿桑因为演唱电视剧<a class="akey" href="http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/f/qwzl/index.html" target="_blank">《蔷薇之恋》</a>片
尾曲《叶子》而走红歌坛，总共发行过两张专辑，分别是《寂寞在唱歌》和《受了点伤》。阿桑非常低调，在新闻中我们很少可以搜到音乐以外其他的新闻，甚至在
患病期间她低调到家人都不知道她的病情。但我们都记得她，记得《叶子》，记得《寂寞在唱歌》《一直很安静》等等，她的歌直达人心，让人安静，让人思考，让
人流泪。</p>

<p>　　<strong>从小躲债生活沧桑</strong></p>

<p>　　"阿桑"艺名的由来，起因于唱片公司的人一开始听到她的歌声时，觉得非常沧桑感人，所以帮她取了这个艺名。巧合的是，阿桑的出道经历就像艺名一样。</p>

<p>　　阿桑和父母为了躲债，从国中开始就住在阿姨家，为了减轻阿姨的负担，阿桑从小就在家帮忙做手工赚零用钱。从折塑料花、包巧克力包装纸、电子工厂
拼凑主机板零件等各式各样的工作都做过。天生爱表演的阿桑，高中选读了影剧相关科系，毕业后由于爱表演，又想赚钱贴补家计，所以考入艺工队。在艺工队呆了
5 年，离开之前与朋友的朋友，和一些原本不认识的人组乐团，到pub 去驻唱。</p>

<p>　　阿桑在当时因为已经打算要踏入音乐这行，为了能够专心录制Demo带，并多赚点零用钱，因此就在朋友的泡沫红茶店打工。她为了成为一名出色的歌手，经历了许多考验，终成功出片，并走红歌坛。<br /></p><br /> 

<hr size="1" width="450" align="center"><br />天妒英才...<br /><br />Never knew that she was suffering from breast cancer all these while.<br /><br />Awhile ago, I was still thinking, why no news from her all these while.<br />After all, her songs are nice, and can touch people's heart.<br /><br />I hope she will rest in peace. <br />Read abit about her life and actually, she had quite a hard life... So it's been quite tiring for her, finally she can take a long rest now.<br /><br />Was searching the net for some info bout her, and guess what?<br /><br />Her birth date is the exact same day as mine! Talking bout coincidence...<br /><br /><br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Mypersonality.info</title>
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    <published>2008-12-28T02:40:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-28T02:48:34Z</updated>

    <summary> INTJ - The &quot;Strategist&quot;INTJs are introspective, analytical, determined persons with natural leadership ability. Being reserved, they prefer to stay in the background while leading. Strategic, knowledgable and adaptable, INTJs are talented in bringing ideas from conception to reality. They...</summary>
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<a href="http://overcrash.mypersonality.info/" target="_top"><img src="http://badges.mypersonality.info/badge/0/12/121296.png" alt="Click to view my Personality Profile page" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><h1 style="margin: 0pt;">INTJ - The "Strategist"</h1><br /><p>INTJs are introspective, analytical, determined persons with natural
leadership ability. Being reserved, they prefer to stay in the
background while leading. Strategic, knowledgable and adaptable, INTJs
are talented in bringing ideas from conception to reality. They expect
perfection from themselves as well as others and are comfortable with
the leadership of another so long as they are competent. INTJs can also
be described as decisive, open-minded, self-confident, attentive,
theoretical and pragmatic. <br /></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Fake Degrees ? But for what ?</title>
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    <published>2008-09-16T21:16:11Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-10T16:01:59Z</updated>

    <summary>Checking my email . . . . . . . . . .Ok, I got a tons of spams! Let&apos;s see what they are about - Cheap Phetermine / Viagra- Debts / Getting a loan- Free casino credit - Pron...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[Checking my email . . . . . . . . . .<br /><br />Ok, I got a tons of spams! Let's see what they are about <br /><br />- Cheap Phetermine / Viagra<br />- Debts / Getting a loan<br />- Free casino credit <br />- Pron / Hot sex with brunette<br />- Low Education? Don't Worry, now You can BUY(No study/exam) Yourself University Dip1oma/Degree <br /><br />Now did you see what I see ?<br /><br /><div align="center"><b><font style="font-size: 1.95312em;">Diploma/Degree?? </font></b><div align="left"><font style="font-size: 1.25em;"><br />That</font> looks pretty encouraging, doesn't it ?<br />Seldom are there any spams that "spams" you to upgrade your qualification and prepare for the tough cruches ahead~<br /><br />Ok let's click~<br /><br /><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><i>Now you can Buy Degree, Bacheelor, MasteerMBA, PhDD at L0W price!<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Give us a call For more inquiry<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />No Exams/Books/Interview/Tests/Classes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />100% No Pre-School qualification Required!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />Bacheelor, Degree, MasteerMBA, PhDD available in the Field of your choice so you can Even become a doctor and receive all the benefits That comes with it!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </i><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>So you think after you gave them a call and you bought your <b>Degree, Bachelor, Masters, Phd</b>, that's it ? Full-Stop and Happily-ever-after ?<br /><br />Nah you are thinking rather too optimistically! <br /><br />When you apply for your job, your prospective employer will take a look at your resume, certifications, transcripts and some will even RANDOMLY give your "school" a call to verify that you actually graduated from there. <br /><br />And what if you were randomly chosen in this "call-a-school" spot check ? You will be arrested by the police (if they make a report) and you will spend a good amount of time in the jail, not too bad a place, considering the free lodging and food. <br /><br />Ok sarcastism aside. <br /><br />Are these fake qualifications worth it ? As a risk-adverse person, I prefer to stay away from it. You can't take the consequences in Singapore. Let's say you are caught 1 time with it, the record alone will ruin your whole future here.<br /><br />To me, certification is the end result. The intake of the knowledges imparted is more valuable than the cert itself. Just imagine you got this fake Phd in Medicine and you decided to be a DOCTOR! Instead of curing people, you kill people. When your patients ask you about a certain medicine, you go "Huh?" O.O <br /><br />Imagine the consqeuences, can you live with all the guilt ?<br /><br />I believed in "Reaping what you sowed".<br />I believed that by putting in hardwork, I will get what I wanted, and I deserved to get it.<br />I believed.<br /><br />Fake Qualifications ? Sorry.<br />I don't believe.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>The Days, 歲月</title>
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    <published>2008-09-15T19:48:32Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-13T11:38:56Z</updated>

    <summary> The DaysWhat&apos;s your childhood like ? Does it involved the following ?- Long fringe, long side burn ? Gold/brown-coloured hair ?- Rolled-up polo tee / t-shirt sleeves ? Jeans folded up as if Singapore is flooding ?- The MCM...</summary>
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<br /><i>The Days</i><br /></div><br /><div align="left">What's your childhood like ? Does it involved the following ?<br /><br />- Long fringe, long side burn ? Gold/brown-coloured hair ?<br />- Rolled-up polo tee / t-shirt sleeves ? Jeans folded up as if Singapore is flooding ?<br />- The MCM / JPG long wallet, with a long comb, sharpen at the end at the back of your school pants ?<br />- You walk "Sa Pak Lak, Qi Pak Di" ? As if the whole world is owned by you ?<br />- You fought with someone over "starring" incidents ? "Kua si mi kua? Chap toh lok?"<br />- The tea dances at Fire / Canto ?<br />- The street fighter game ?<br /><br />If your childhood involved the above that I had mentioned, then welcome to the club! =) <br /><br /><div align="center"><font style="font-size: 1.95312em;"><b>Welcome to the 1980s-1990s!<br /></b></font></div><br />So besides these, whats "The Days" about ?<br />It's about 2 brothers, their "brothers" (meaning gang members / clique), and their rivals.<br /><br />It's about one scene too many we had seen much too often. <br />A promising man mixed with the wrong company and end up ruining his future, his life. <br />You get the drift......<br /><br />This story-line itself hit me hard. <br />As i personally had friends who fall into the exact scenario, and it saddens me... If only I could turn back time, how I wished I could make a difference to their life......<br /><br />Following the movie, i was sort of brought back into time, reliving those times, the exact same scenes in the movies, the exact same happenings back then. (OK maybe not exact, but it was CLOSE!) <br /><br />Like what the movie said, <font style="font-size: 1.5625em;"><b>"这是我们的岁月！"</b></font><br /><br />Of course there were some things that I would never had done if I can make a U-turn back in time, but since it's been done, I will treat it as a good lesson learnt. =)<br /><br />It's a pretty good flim, by local standards, and I am happy to see such a flim being churned out by the local movie industry~ <br /><br />Acting by some new bloods were pretty good~ <br /><br /><b>- Justin Chan (as Zi Long)</b> - acted well for his role~ Never really noticed any awkwardness from his side! Plays the "pak kia"-turned-over-new-leaf&nbsp; part well~ <br /><br /><b>- Adele Wong (as Shan Shan)</b> - Overall good acting (ok I admit my assessment was blurred by her looks! =X What to do, I got a thing for matured looking goody goody girl type what...), except for the "Porridge and knife" part, that was quite poorly handled, you can see the awkwardness in her...<br /><br /><b>- Adora Wong (as Valerie)</b> - Real life sister of Adele Wong! Played the part of the Chao Ah Lian very very well~ either she's an ah lian or she did her homework to good effect~ If its the latter, it's a perfect example of "you reaped what you sowed!" <br /><br /><b>- Jeremy Levi Kho (as Jeremy)</b> - I can tell his the funny bone in the whole cast~ the part he took up came almost as second nature to him. Played the chao ah beng boss-in-school quite well~ that's how most ah-beng-tao behaved last time anyway, but not all so funny la, usually quite lao lan, that's all~ <br /><br /><b>- Derrick R (as Kau Kia)</b> - I think hor, he belong to the Jay Zhou type la, talk later, 1 kind of expression through out the movie, act cool type. For the personality of his character, i would say he done well, though it might just had limited how much he had inside of him to the general audience. <br /><br />I am still kinda amazed and can't get over the fact that Adele and Adora are real life sisters! <br /><br /><div align="center">*shrugs*<br /></div><br />Anyway, I support Local productions lah! <br /><br />If Singaporeans don't support Singaporeans, who will support Singaporeans ?<br /></div><br /><hr size="1" width="450" align="center"><font style="font-size: 1.25em;"><br /><u><b><font style="font-size: 1em;"><font style="font-size: 0.8em;">Misc Stuffs from </font>"</font></b></u></font><font style="font-size: 1.25em;"><font style="font-size: 0.8em;"><u><b><font style="font-size: 1em;">The Days 歲月"</font></b></u><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMq4GDzJGg&amp;feature=related">Promo: Sisters 姐妹.</a><br /><br /></font>- </font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkf6BdGyOEI&amp;feature=related">小老大 Jeremy Tan Dictionary Time (The Days 歲月 Movie Special).</a></font><br /><br /><font style="font-size: 1em;">- </font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GloUPugU9vg&amp;feature=related">The Days 歲月: 《还我自由》My Freedom Music Video Trailer.</a></font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><br /><br />- </font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB1a49JZl18&amp;feature=related">The Days 歲月: 《分叉路》Crossroad Music Video Trailer.</a></font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><br /><br /></font><hr size="1" width="450" align="center"><br /><font style="font-size: 1em;"><b><u>Music Videos from</u></b></font><b><u> <font style="font-size: 1em;">The Days 歲月</font></u></b><font style="font-size: 1em;"><b><u>.</u></b><br /><br />-</font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5SVr009lnU&amp;feature=related">《分叉路》Crossroad Music Video</a></font><font style="font-size: 1em;">.<br /><br />-</font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMf7p6GY-Es&amp;feature=related">Black Forest - 《還我自由》 My Freedom</a></font><font style="font-size: 1em;">.<br /><br />-</font><font style="font-size: 1em;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grf-FZqkPao&amp;feature=related">Adele Wong 《懂》Knowing Music Video</a>.</font><br /><br /><br /><hr size="1" width="450" align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.thedaysmovie.com/">- "The Days" official site</a>.<br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Workshop touts staging accidents to get business??</title>
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    <published>2008-09-08T07:30:11Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-08T07:57:54Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;THE car ahead of you on an expressway brakes suddenly for no apparent reason. It causes a chain collision with your car and those behind you. Within two minutes of the accident, a workshop agent appears and offers his repair...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<i>"THE car ahead of you on an expressway brakes suddenly for no apparent
reason. It causes a chain collision with your car and those behind you.<br /><br />
Within two minutes of the accident, a workshop agent appears and offers his repair services.<br /><br />
Are workshop touts staging accidents to get business?</i>"<br /><br />(Full story at this <a href="http://www.tnp.sg/news/story/0,4136,175914,00.html">link here</a>)<br /><br />From the reports, these are the various points I read about which I found to be suspiscious:<br /><br /><ol><li> Sudden braking by the car in front, for no apparent reason, especially when there's no traffic ahead of it.<br /><br /></li><li>Prompt workshop agents who appear immediately at the scene of accident. <br />(&lt; 1 Min)<br /><br /></li><li>Other 'victims' of
the chain collision did not even bother to exchange particulars <br />(A standard procedure for motorists involved in accidents.)<br /><br /></li><li>The
workshop lent the victim a Toyota Camry, at no cost, while it
repaired her car.<br />(Usually they will lend a car only if they know you, ie, its the workshop you frequent, but even so, it won't be a Camry, and definitely not for FREE)<br /><br /></li><li>The workshop agent convinced the victim that taking down the vehicle numbers
of the other two cars was sufficient and that there was no need to get
the drivers' personal particulars.<br />(In Singapore, the standard procedure is to exchange personal details, take pics of the damaged area(s), so on and so forth)<br /><br /></li><li>The agent even dissuaded the victim from speaking to the other two drivers.<br /><br /></li><li>The workshop replaced the damaged parts and did some paint work.Total cost of repairs amounted to 'more than $10,000', and the
workshop said it would claim the money from the insurer of the driver
behind her.<br />(A check by the papers with five other workshops
yielded estimates of between $2,000 and $5,000 for carrying out the
same repairs.)</li></ol>It does not take rocket science to determine the costs and profits ANY workshop will get to gain to "stage" such an accident. <br /><br />Every single transaction will profit them by a margin of at least $8,000 (before subtracting away the "actors/actresses", repair costs for own "props", cost of spare parts/repair for the "targetted" vehicle, etc). To any businessman, this is definitely good money. <br /><br />It was mentioned in the report, that the association gets around 2 complaints a month with regards to "staged accidents". For every 2 accidents complaint, I am sure there are more out there which aint reported.<br /><br />Let's put it at a very forgiving hypothesis of 4 such accidents staged by the workshop each month.<br /><br />4 x $8,000 = $32,000.<br /><br />And not forgetting that the workshop have its own drive-in customers and regulars. This $32,000 alone is a very substantial amount, I would call it EXTRA MONEY.<br /><br />Let's not talk about the ethical side of the matter, I am sure most (if not all), will agree that its NOT ETHICAL to do this.<br /><br />It's just like bringing your cars/bikes to the workshop to repair, then the mechanic PURPOSELY forget to tighten a screw or two, and when the thing gets loose and then spoilt, you will have to go back to the workshop to repair it, then they start telling you that something somewhere is wrong again. The cycle goes on. They get "return business", but is it ETHICAL? <br /><br />NO!<br /><br />What worries me ain't the inethical way they are doing their business(es), but more to the way they were prepared to endanger the life of others just to earn more money. <br /><br />This ain't inethical, this is INHUMANE.<br /><br />For every accident staged, the lives of others are endangered. <br /><br />Imagine this scenario, a high speed accident occured, in the car behind, there's an old lady, young children, pregnant mother-to-be. <br /><br />Can you understand how many fragile and helpless life is at stake ?<br /><br />I seriously hope this accidents are purely in the sense of the word - Accident, and not staged just to earn some dirty money. <br /><br />What do you guys think ?<br /><br />Do you think such staged accidents exist ?<br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>伯樂</title>
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    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.469</id>

    <published>2008-07-30T17:55:37Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-30T18:24:50Z</updated>

    <summary>&quot;世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。&quot; 传说中，天上管理马匹的神仙叫伯乐。在人间，人们把精于鉴别马匹优劣的人，也称为伯乐。 为楚王寻得千里马的，正是伯乐也。 在这儿的&quot;伯乐&quot;， 又是什么意思呢？ 歌曲： 伯乐 歌手： 林宥嘉 爱你的那一个伤你的那一个谁才是你爱情中的伯乐放弃了这一个然后等待着下一个最后哪一个让你最舍不得感谢不能让别人来说你给过我的她们是做不到的那时候的幸福是真的虽然过去了我们也都经历了释怀教育着仇恨和平劝着天下人故事发生便住下了不管好的坏的你让我成长了就算是痛得值得一个个过客过得快不快乐别太多过客祝你早日快乐离开时别忘了看看眼前的人流泪记住了还是微笑祝福着&quot;爱你的那一个,伤你的那一个,谁才是你爱情中的伯乐&quot;这句话的意思大概是说， 爱你的人， 伤你的人， 谁才是在你爱情生涯中， 真正懂你，了解你，欣赏你和爱你的人？就如同伯乐对待他的马匹们一样，懂得它们，了解它们，欣赏它们和爱着它们？其实每个人一生中要的不就是这样的一个伯乐？...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<b>"世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。" <br /></b><br /><div align="left">
传说中，天上管理马匹的神仙叫伯乐。在人间，人们把精于鉴别马匹优劣的人，也称为伯乐。 <br /><br />为楚王寻得千里马的，正是伯乐也。<br /></div><br />

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<br /><br /><div align="center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vm5VwRx0JsY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vm5VwRx0JsY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></object><br /><br /><div align="left"><div align="center">在这儿的"伯乐"， 又是什么意思呢？<br /></div><br /></div></div>

<hr align="center" size="1" width="450"><br /><b><u>歌曲：</u> 伯乐
<br /><u>歌手： </u>林宥嘉


</b><br /><br />爱你的那一个伤你的那一个<br />谁才是你爱情中的伯乐<br />放弃了这一个然后等待着下一个<br />最后哪一个让你最舍不得<br />感谢不能让别人来说<br />你给过我的她们是做不到的<br />那时候的幸福是真的虽然过去了<br />我们也都经历了<br />释怀教育着仇恨和平劝着天下人<br />故事发生便住下了不管好的坏的<br />你让我成长了就算是痛得值得<br />一个个过客过得快不快乐<br />别太多过客祝你早日快乐<br />离开时别忘了看看眼前的人<br />流泪记住了还是微笑祝福着<br /><br /><hr align="center" size="1" width="450"><br /><b>"爱你的那一个,伤你的那一个,谁才是你爱情中的伯乐"</b><br /><br />这句话的意思大概是说， 爱你的人， 伤你的人， 谁才是在你爱情生涯中， 真正懂你，了解你，欣赏你和爱你的人？<br />就如同伯乐对待他的马匹们一样，懂得它们，了解它们，欣赏它们和爱着它们？<br /><br /><b>其实每个人一生中要的不就是这样的一个伯乐？</b><br />]]>
        

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<entry>
    <title>The Will to Success. Or is it ?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.468</id>

    <published>2008-07-28T08:28:26Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-28T08:41:00Z</updated>

    <summary>It&apos;s no secret to many friends of mine, that I am driven to be a successful person. I can only measure success by materialistic means. - To live in a big house- Drive a stylish European Car- Lives VERY comfortable...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[It's no secret to many friends of mine, that I am driven to be a successful person. <br /><br />I can only measure success by materialistic means. <br /><br />- To live in a big house<br />- Drive a stylish European Car<br />- Lives VERY comfortable (but not extravagantly)<br />- Hold a high position in an organisation or run a legal profitting company.<br /><br />To me, this is SUCCESS mortalised.<br /><br />Is this success driven by my own will to succeed ? Partly.<br /><br />The other part of it, sadly, is by the lack of love....<br />Not the family kind, not the kind between friends, and definitely not the brotherly ones.<br />I have all these.<br />I am talking about the kind of sparkles between a male and a female. <br /><br />By becoming successful, i know i will be able to indulge in a life of my own, enjoying other things in life (other than what a relationship might bring), and maybe forget the fact that the word "Love" had always elusively evaded me.<br /><br />I always tell my friends, if you can't find this love, maybe you can spread the love, by sharing it with the less fortunate, make their life better, and in order to do that, you need cash! cold hard cash!<br /><br />A friend of mine recently tell me, but without this love, won't your life be kinda incomplete ? <br /><br />I hate to admit it, but I do and will be incomplete.<br /><br />In life, love can't be force, either you got it, or you don't....<br />If I am meant to be, to not get it, may it not even come near me, i will be thankful. Really....<br /><br /> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Consideration</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.samuelgoh.net/weblog/2008/07/consideration.html" />
    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.467</id>

    <published>2008-07-27T07:09:45Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-27T07:58:00Z</updated>

    <summary>In the cinema, right before the start of any movie, there will always be a running of this particular screening which reminds patrons of the cinema to switch their mobile phone to silent mode.Still, halfway through the show, you can...</summary>
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        <name>Ah Sam</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[In the cinema, right before the start of any movie, there will always be a running of this particular screening which reminds patrons of the cinema to switch their mobile phone to silent mode.<br /><br />Still, halfway through the show, you can hear ring tones and sms tones....<br /><br />In the meeting room and lecture halls, the same goes. On the projector screen, will be a powerpoint slide, reminding participants to switch their mobile phone to silent mode.<br /><br />Still, halfway through the meetings / lectures, there will be ring tones and sms tones, and often, by a cruel twist of fate, they almost only occurs during the most silent segment of meetings / lectures....<br /><br />So can you tell me ? Whats wrong with these people ?<br /><br />To me, they are more than inconsiderate.<br />They are lazy for not acting according to what the reminder had stated.<br />They are selfish for impeding the learning/advancement of others.<br /><br />Is this the problem with the society ? or just the invidual? Do ponder.<br /><br />For now, I urged anyone reading this entry, that the next time the scenarios above happen to you, please, switch your handphones to silent mode, if not for yourself, do it for others....<br /> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>《钱不够用2》－ 请关掉电话 Please off your mobile!!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.samuelgoh.net/weblog/2008/07/2-please-off-your-mobile.html" />
    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.466</id>

    <published>2008-07-22T16:40:55Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-22T16:45:33Z</updated>

    <summary> The much awaited sequel to the original local blockbuster - Money No Enough 2! This flim had been the most anticipated show in recent times~ Came across this in one of the local forums, and I can&apos;t help it...</summary>
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<br>The much awaited sequel to the original local blockbuster - Money No Enough 2!<br>
This flim had been the most anticipated show in recent times~<br>
Came across this in one of the local forums, and I can't help it but to share with you guys here! <br>
It's pretty hilarious!<br>
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Wanted to blog about something else, related to what the vid is promoting too, but well that will have to wait till tomorrow....<br>
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Time to sleep, 3 more days before end of my external course...]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Dreams, Vision, Action!</title>
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    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.465</id>

    <published>2008-07-16T14:01:29Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-16T14:19:17Z</updated>

    <summary>Dreams. Everyone have dream(s).When you were young, I am sure you wanted to be a Scientist, a Teacher, a Policeman, a Fireman or someone else. You wanted to be someone, you have an ambition.As you grew up, reality sets in,...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[Dreams. Everyone have dream(s).<br />When you were young, I am sure you wanted to be a Scientist, a Teacher, a Policeman, a Fireman or someone else. You wanted to be someone, you have an ambition.<br /><br />As you grew up, reality sets in, the distance between you and your dream, gets further and further apart.<br /><br />At some point in your life, you realised,<br /><br />"Hey! this aint what I want and/or where I wanna be!" <br /><br />So you drew up a plan, a plan to do what you want in life, a plan that shows you clearly the steps which you gotta take in order to reach the objective. That's your vision of your future. You visualize your future.<br /><br />We are humans. We are animals of habits. We hate to move from our comfort zone. We rather stay the way we are, in a familiar environment, then to take risk and move into the unknown. <br /><br />We have a plan. However, our very own nature to procastinate, resulted in our reluntancy to make the first step forward, to act.<br /><br />Until we decide to act, until we decide to take the very first step out, the dream will remain a dream, the vision will remain a vision. The dream will never become reality, so won't the vision.<br /><br />"Vision without Action are merely Dreams.<br />Action without Vision is passing time.<br />Vision with Action can change your life."<br /><br />Change your future, act now! <br />Make decisions which you will not regret.<br />If ever you met an option which might result in you having the possibility of feeling regretful, take that option, leave no regrets in life.<br /><br />Be a Dreamer, as well as a Do-er.<br /><br />You only live once.<br />Make that once, count!<br /> ]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>What is Singapore coming to ?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.464</id>

    <published>2008-07-08T15:33:01Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T15:43:42Z</updated>

    <summary>In Singapore, the news is shown on TV daily at various timing throughout the day. Half an hour before the actual showing, there will be a newsflash, and what these newsflashes do for me, is that they tell me the...</summary>
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        <name>Ah Sam</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[In Singapore, the news is shown on TV daily at various timing throughout the day. Half an hour before the actual showing, there will be a newsflash, and what these newsflashes do for me, is that they tell me the headliners, and these headliners will decide whether I will use the time to watch the news, or use the time to catch my favourite serials or do some other stuffs.<br /><br />The newsflash tonight talked about this 18 year old gal murdered in AMK. It was reported that she was slit across the throat, and had various injuries on her body as well. <br />Cash and other valuables were intact, thus ruling out the possibility of robbery. It is OUTRIGHT MURDER! A 22 year old suspect was rounded up to assist in the investigation.<br /><br />What triggered me to write this entry is that 10 to 20 years ago, such crimes will almost certainly not happen in Singapore. Singapore was so peaceful back then. There are still crimes, of course. But crimes of such extent was few and far between. <br /><br />What had happened to our values ? to our humanity ? that such crimes am occuring more and more frequently... <br />Is it the evolution of Singaporeans? Westernization? or the power of the internet, exposing our next generation whatever they should not be accessing ? <br /><br />I am tired. I mean physically tired, as I had just finished a run not too long ago. <br />So here I am, jotting down this entry, but I am going to rest though.<br /><br />However one word can easily sum up the way I am feeling now - Disappointed.<br /><br />I am indeed, disappointed......<br />]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>小茉莉 - 一首歌，三种感觉。</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.samuelgoh.net/weblog/2008/07/post-11.html" />
    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.463</id>

    <published>2008-07-06T19:24:42Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-06T20:13:03Z</updated>

    <summary>小茉莉 - 楊丞琳version VS 蕭敬騰version 簡鳳君 version - 小茉莉 歌曲：小茉莉 歌手：杨丞琳 [电影 刺青 主题曲]清晨下了一场雨露水沾湿了小茉莉白色花瓣纯洁又清晰地闻着你的呼吸晚风吹拂青草地夕阳染红了小茉莉微笑绽放不言也不语看不透你的秘密月光静静薄暮笼罩小茉莉凝视着你舍不得离开你月光静静薄暮笼罩小茉莉等候着你走进我的梦里小茉莉是否你会把我忘记小茉莉请记得我还在这里小茉莉在枝头上自然美丽小茉莉请记得我不要把我忘记 So which version you like ? Personally I preferred 簡鳳君&apos;s version, followed by Jam Hsiao then the original singer, 杨丞琳. 簡鳳君 version - very close to...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<u>小茉莉 - 楊丞琳version VS 蕭敬騰version</u><br /><br />
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<br /><br /><u>簡鳳君 version - 小茉莉
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<br /><br />歌曲：小茉莉<br />
歌手：杨丞琳 
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[电影 刺青 主题曲]<br /><br />清晨下了一场雨露水沾湿了<font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font><br />白色花瓣纯洁又清晰地闻着你的呼吸<br />晚风吹拂青草地夕阳染红了<font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font><br />微笑绽放不言也不语看不透你的秘密<br />月光静静薄暮笼罩<font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font><br />凝视着你舍不得离开你<br />月光静静薄暮笼罩<font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font><br />等候着你走进我的梦里<br /><font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font>是否你会把我忘记<br /><font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font>请记得我还在这里<br /><font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font>在枝头上自然美丽<br /><font style="color: rgb(225, 9, 0);">小茉莉</font>请记得我不要把我忘记<br /><br /><br /> 

So which version you like ?
Personally I preferred 簡鳳君's version, followed by Jam Hsiao then the original singer, 杨丞琳.

<br /><br /><u>簡鳳君 version</u> - very close to the feeling I got from the song. Somehow I feel this song should be a rock ballad of sorts, instead of the soft gloomy way which was portrayed in the 杨丞琳 version. The way 簡鳳君 sang the song, was more or less the version that I would had like to hear. =)

<br /><br /><u>蕭敬騰 version</u> - this guy here is a very unique singer. I don't think you can compare him to anyone. It isnt that there's no one singer who can better him but more to the fact that there's none who sang a song the way he sang. He is in a class of his own, having his own unique style, which so far, goes down very well with me.  A bit of blues, a bit of Jazz, you won't expect the same feeling you got from the original singer which he is on the mic. =)<br /><br />&nbsp;How about leaving a comment ? And tell me who's version of 小茉莉 you prefer ? =)]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Is this what they meant by &quot;A &apos;Green&apos; Beijing Olympics 2008&quot;?</title>
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    <id>tag:www.samuelgoh.net,2008:/weblog//1.462</id>

    <published>2008-06-29T14:26:40Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-29T15:00:58Z</updated>

    <summary>I ever had this &quot;Blue Green Algae&quot; bloom in my 3 feet planted tank, and that little bit of mutated micro organism was already enough to irritate the hell out of me. Now, think about what it will be like,...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[I ever had this "Blue Green Algae" bloom in my 3 feet planted tank, and that little bit of mutated micro organism was already enough to irritate the hell out of me. 

Now, think about what it will be like, to see the scene below......

<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="http://i28.tinypic.com/2s124gy.jpg"><br /></div><br /><i>A layer of green algae was seen smothering beaches and extending out several hundred metres into the Yellow Sea off the city, about 550km southeast of Beijing.</i><p><i> Residents of the city told AFP that Qingdao, which means 'Green Island', was prone to summer algae infestations but that this year's was noticeably worse. - Electric New Paper.</i><br /></p>

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<br /></div><br /><i>The appearance of the algae - described as a spongy sea weed.<br /></i><p><i>
'We're not exactly sure what sort of algae it is, but it's not kelp - it's very fluffy and spongy. It looks like the guys are sailing on grass,' said Australian sailing team director Michael Jones.</i> - Electric New Paper</p>

<p><br /></p><p>Isnt this kinda disgusting ? Like some scene you expect from movies like "The Day after Tomorrow" ? <br /></p><p>Could this bloom be attributed to chemicals disposed by factories into the sea ? or is it just a natural phenomenom ?&nbsp;</p><p>The world must go green, in order to heal the wounds they dealt to Mother Nature, or is it a little bit too late for salvation ?</p><p>God bless this earth we are living in......<br /></p><p><br /></p>]]>
        
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    <title>Earvin and Samuel</title>
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    <published>2008-06-28T15:06:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-28T18:00:53Z</updated>

    <summary>Earvin &quot;Magic&quot; Johnson :&quot; Free sex give me aids....&quot;Samuel Goh :&quot; Free software give me virus....&quot;DAMN!...</summary>
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        <name>Ah Sam</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Earvin "Magic" Johnson :" Free sex give me aids...."<br /><br />Samuel Goh :" Free software give me virus...."<br /><br />DAMN!<br />]]>
        
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    <title>Revived! @ 100%</title>
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    <published>2008-06-24T07:11:51Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-24T07:14:11Z</updated>

    <summary>This blog is officially back in business! Everything is working according to the way it should! =) I am pleased! very very pleased! The only thing left to do now is to customize the blog and also to redo my...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[This blog is officially back in business! Everything is working according to the way it should! =) I am pleased! very very pleased! <br /><br />The only thing left to do now is to customize the blog and also to redo my gallery page! Then everything should be more or less quite up to date! <br /><br />K, time to work! <br /><br />More on the keywords mentioned previously - tonight! <br /> ]]>
        
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