Bu Wen James

Why my blog is called buwenjames

Some of my friends asked me why choose the name "bu wen" for the blog. In chinese pronunciation, it can be "don’t listen" and "don’t ask" . Both are same pronunciation but differ meaning. Yes, I like these 2 words’ meaning. It is my attitude towards the people.

However, it doesn’t mean I don’t care for other people. What I mean here is, if a person give trouble to me, the first time I would "don’t listen" , then if he offense again, I will "don’t ask". but if he do it for third time, then I will become "no polite" (also same pronunciation of "bu wen" )

My philosophy is in most circumstances, I normally give people 2 chances if he offense me. Beyond that, I will be "no polite" anymore and he shall waiting my revenge.

Recently one of the staff in HSBC puchong disturb me 2 times in February and March by asking nosense questions, then in April again she did repeat the same questions again and I really cannot stand it and write a long complain email to HSBC headquater. Surprisingly, the branch manager and the customer services manager quickly called me in the same day to apology. Well, it is a efficient and prompt services, at least after my complain. ：)

为什么我的 blog 叫 buwenjames ?

我的朋友问我为什么选择 buwenjames 成为我的部落格名字。 在中文拼音， buwen 就是 " 不闻 " 和 " 不问 " , 两者都是同样的拼音却有不同的意思。 我喜欢这4 个字， 因为它是我的处世态度。

这不代表说我不管别人的死活。 我的意思是， 如果有人给我麻烦， 第一次我会装着 " 没听见 " , 第二次我会装着 " 不想问 " , 但如果他一而再， 再而三的冒犯我， 那他就等着我的 " 不文 " ( 同拼音 ) 。

我的人生哲学是， 在大部份的情况下， 我通常会给冒犯我的人两次机会， 多过两次， 我就会 " 不文 " 的报复。

最近 HSBC Puchong 有个 staff 打电话 kacau 我，问我一些不知所谓的问题。 一次在二月， 另一次在三月， 原本前两次我就算了， 怎知道她在四月时再打电话来 kacau. 这次我忍不住了， 写了一封很不客气又蛮长的信投诉去 HSBC 总部。 很快的当天 HSBC 的分行经理和她的顾客服务经理就打电话向我解释道歉。好 ， 看来 HSBC 的服务还蛮快和有效率， 至少是在我的投诉后。

Have you tasted fortune cookies before ?

In Malaysia, there are a lot of people don’t know what is fortune cookies. For those who don’t know what is fortune cookies, see picture below :

The shape of fortune cookies looks like the"pacman" ( a traditional game in Game boy ) , and there is a small message in every cookies, when you crack the cookies, you will find the message and tell you the fortune.

One of my client who is a manufacturer of fortune cookies. Every year before Chinese New Year I will buy a carton from him to celebrate or for the gifts to friends or relatives. I don’t know whether fortune cookies will really bring fortune or not, but since 2005 my career is picking up and so does his business. Perhaps, fortune is on your hand, you need to crack the skin and you will get the fortune.

你有试吃过幸运饼吗？

在马来西亚， 很多人还不知道什么是幸运饼， 如果你不知道那是什么， 请看以上的图片

幸运饼的外形就像旧时游戏里的 "pacman". 每一个幸运饼内都有一个字条。当你把幸运饼咬断时， 你就会看见饼内的字条和它所说的吉祥祝福话

我其中一个顾客就是幸运饼的制造商。每年的农历新年前我都会买一箱回家庆祝新年或送礼。我不知道幸运饼是否真的能带来幸运， 但是自从我 2005 年认识他以来， 我跟他的生意都蒸蒸日上。 也许， 幸运就在你的手中， 只要你打开它， 你就会得到幸运。

Get Mermaid picture when search "Malaysia" word in Google

After Google introduce "Universal Search" in May 2007, People are now able to find pictures, news and other related information (besides the normal webpages) in the search result of Google.

Last few days when I typed "Malaysia" (without quote) in Google.com (not google.com.my ) I was surprised to get a "Mermaid" picture on top of search result together with other 2 normal Malaysia Map (see below )

When I click the picture above ( the mermaid ) , again I was surprised this picture is from my friend Liew’s blog (www.liewcf.com ). This post is about a news saying that the corpse of Mermaid was found in Teluk Pahang, Malaysia. But unfortunately, the link to the news was invalid and I could not find what the news about.

Nevertheless, at least Liew also indirectly help to promote Malaysia’s natural wonder when people search "Malaysia" in Google……. last time is big foot, this time is mermaid, what’s next ?

The original mermaid picture

找 马来西亚， 获得美人鱼图片

自从 Google 在去年 5 月 推介它的 universal search 后， 现在当人们用搜索引擎寻找资料时， 出现的搜索结果除了是普通的网页外， 还会出现图片， 新闻，视频等有关资料。

前几天当我无意中打入 "Malaysia" 这关键字在 Google.com 时 (不是 google.com.my ) 时， 令我惊奇的是，竟然出现了 "美人鱼" 这图片。 ( 见上图 )

更令我惊奇的是， 当我按这图片时， 它竟然是我朋友 Liewcf.com 写有关在 Teluk Pahang 发现的美人鱼尸体。可惜的是， 有关新闻的连接已经失效， 所以我不知道有关美人鱼新闻的详情。

无论如何， 至少 Liew 间接的促销大马的自然奇景， 上次是野人大脚， 今次是美人鱼， 不知下次还会有什么 ？

Malaysia Election is coming… finally

When people still thinking when will the public election will be held after our PM Dato Sri Abdullah Badawi denied parliament would be dissolved yesterday, suddently PM announced the parliament dissolved today and the public election will be held within 60 days. ( according to the Article 55(4) of the Federal Constitution. )

( picture from The Star)

Well, I actually don’t like to talk much about politics, but politics is like war, seems our PM is very good in Sun Tzu’s Art of War and his announcement is out of forecast of people. (especially the opposite parties)

Actually when MCA president Ong Ka Ting announced more than 10 millions allocation for Chinese schools in last 2 days, most people will think this is the "candies for elections" for the chinese society. For me, whether it is a candy or not, as long as MCA is fighting for our Chinese society’s interest, I think most chinese will still continue support MCA.

The only one thing MCA need to improve : Don’t wait every 4 years when public election is coming then only giving the candies. Try giving some candies during the years. People will be much more appreciate it.

大选终於来了

首相昨晚否认会解散国会， 当人们还在猜测何时会大选时，今天首相忽然宣布国会解散， 而且必需在 60 天内举行大选。 ( 根据联邦法律 55 (4) )

虽然我不是很喜欢谈政治， 但政治如战场， 看来我们的首相还蛮懂得孙子兵法。 所谓 兵不厌诈， 出其不意。 就是这个意思， 我相信这绝对出乎在野党的意料之外。

其实当马华总会长 黄家定宣布拨一千万给华校， 很多人都会觉得这是大选的糖果。 对我而言，不管它是不是糖果， 只要马华有为华社争取权益， 我想大部份的华人还是会支持马华。

唯一马华要改进的是， 不要等每四年才派一次大糖果， 不妨每年都派一些糖果给华社， 我想我们华社会更加感恩。