李稻葵
年度语录： 大小非问题不彻底解决，我们的资本市场不可能有健康的发展。
人物介绍：哈佛大学经济学博士，清华大学中国与世界经济研究中心主任。研究集中于中国宏观经济运行、经济发展模式、制度变迁的跨国比较以及大国发展战略。20世纪90年代中发表了转型经济中模糊产权理论，讨论国有企业的改制问题。
哈继铭
年度语录：政府应该提供免费机票以刺激消费。
人物介绍：中国国际金融公司首席经济学家。1993年毕业于美国堪萨斯大学，经济学博士。曾担任过国际货币基金组织高级经济师、国际货币基金组织驻印度尼西亚代表、香港金融管理局经济研究部高级经理。近期代表作品：《2009宏观经济走势与政策效果分析》。
吴晓求
年度语录：未来的多元国际货币体系可能是三元结构或者四边货币体系。
人物介绍：中国人民大学财政金融学院副院长、金融与证券研究所所长、金融系教授、博士生导师。强调要用发展的眼光看待、爱护年轻的中国资本市场，要在发展中求改革，而不是无视已有成果，推倒一切。
许小年
年度语录：如果经济结构不调整，增长就保不住。
人物介绍：中国国际金融公司首席经济学家。发表“中国股市推倒重来论”，引发证券市场震荡。他对中国证券市场从“企业本位论”转变到“股东本位论”的言论，引起了业界的强烈关注和极大争议。
宋鸿兵
年度语录：确立中国模式，Ó接战略拐点。
人物介绍：国际金融学者，以《货币战争》一书闻名，成功预测2008年全球金融海啸。2009年参与创办新型独立全球战略智库环球财经研究院，现任院长，兼任宏源证券首席国际金融战略分析师，结构融资部总经理。20世纪90年代初赴美留学，主修信息工程和教育学，曾在美国媒体游说公司、医疗业、电信业、信息安全、联邦政府和著名金融机构供职。
刘世锦
年度语录：中国经济将转入一个中低速增长期。
人物介绍：国务院发展研究中心宏观调节研究部副部长，多年来致力于经济理论和政策问题研究，主要涉及领域有国有企业改革、工业发展、宏观经济运行与政策、金融与资本市场发展等，并参加中央有关决策的调研工作。
成思危
年度语录：在这次金融危机中，全世界对中国寄以厚望，甚至希望中国担当领导，但由于中国的GDP仅为世界的6％，中国的人均GDP还排在世界的百名之后，因此中国不可能担当领导，只能分担与中国的国力和发展程度相适应的责任。
人物介绍：华东理工大学名誉校长，博士生导师。近年来致力于运用复杂科学的方法研究中国的改革与发展问题，努力探索及阐明虚拟经济的特点与发展规律，并积极研究和推动风险投资在中国的发展。
厉以宁
年度语录：我希望的经济复苏是转型后的复苏。只有转型后的复苏才是真正的复苏，只有自主创新基础上的复苏才是持续的、稳定的复苏。
人物介绍：中国著名经济学家、经济史学家，主要研究领域是西方经济学、中国宏观经济问题、宏观经济的微观基础和资本主义的起源问题。
万钢
年度语录：让普通百姓都坐上新能源汽车。
人物介绍：万钢是工学博士，教授。十一届全国政Ð副主席，中国致公党中央主席，科学技术部部长。1991年至2001年在德国奥迪汽车公司工作。2007年4月27日，万钢被全国人大常委会任命为科技部部长。此举被很多人称为中国政治体制改革的“突破”，万钢成为一个标志性人物，广受关注。因为，他是改革开放以来出任部长的第一位民主党派人士，而且是一个回国只有7年的“海归”。从德国工程师、同济校长助理、大学校长，再直接 “飞跃”到部长，万钢走出了一条与众不同的轨迹。因缺少从政历练，万钢用“诚惶诚恐、忐忑不安”来描绘自己履新后的心情。
周小川
年度语录：创建一种超主权的国际储备货币单位。
人物介绍：中国人民银行行长、党委书记，清华大学工学博士学位。集国家经济政策领路人与学者身份于一身的周小川，是一位专家型的央行行长。他是清华博士，在学术研究上造诣颇深，曾两次获得国内经济学界的最高荣誉——孙冶方经济科学论文奖。自2000年以来，周小川一直处于风口浪尖。两年证监会主席，两年央行行长，四年中周小川所就任的职位，总是牵动着公众的切身利益。他亲身参与了国有银行股份制改革和人民币汇率改革。周小川被媒体尊称为“人民币先生”。
龙永图
年度语录：应该2/3的房子由政府提供；1/3由开发商去做，且这部分房价越高越好，让富人去买，税收给政府。可以将高档房放在郊区，富人不是有汽车吗？让他们开着奔驰宝马去¡¡
人物介绍：中国入世首席谈判代表、现任博鳌亚洲论坛秘书长，中国人民大学兼职教授。一个得意一笑的男人，曾在谈判中摔座离席，也曾将美国代表赶出会议室，但是他最终成为见证将中国带入世界，也将世界引入中国这一历史时刻的第一人。
王岐山
年度语录：对中国资本市场要有信心和耐心。
人物介绍：中共中央政治局委员，国务院副总理。西北大学历史系历史专业毕业，大学普通班学历，高级经济师。
任志强
年度语录：倒地不是一种犯罪，经济制度存在问题。
人物介绍：任志强，现任北京市华远地产股份有限公司董事长，华远集团总裁，同时兼任北京市商业银行监事、新华人寿保险公司董事。持有中国人民大学法律硕士学位。是京城房地产圈内的资深人士，在业内被称为“大哥大”。
任正非
年度语录：让听得见炮声的人来决策 。
人物介绍：1978年，从部队转业；1988年，创办深圳华为技术有限公司，成为中国市场GSM设备、交换机产品及接入系统的佼佼者。
马云
年度语录：10年后阿里巴巴希望为1000万的中小企业提供生存、发展的平台；提供全球1亿人的就业机会；全球10亿人的消费平台。
人物介绍：1995年4月马云创办“中国黄页”网站。1997年年底，马云和他的团队在北京开发了外经贸部官方站点、网上中国商品交易市场等一系列国家级站点。1999年初，马云回到杭州以50万元人民币创业，开发阿里巴巴网站。
潘石屹
年度语录：2009楼市仍将低迷，政府政策像扭秧歌。
人物介绍：出生于甘肃，大学毕业后到国家石油部工作，1987年起开始在深圳和海南开创自己的房地产开发生涯。1992年，潘先生与人合作共同创建了北京万通实业股份有限公司，在北京开发出一系列房地产项目。1995年潘石屹先生与妻子张欣女士共同创立了SOHO中国有限公司。自公司创建以来，两人共同开发了一系列房地产项目。
袁岳
年度语录：政府应创造一种创业氛围。
人物介绍：袁岳，身兼数职，现任零点研究咨询集团董事长，第一财经《头脑风暴》的主持人，北京大学社会学博士，耶鲁大学世界学者，哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院MPA，西南政法大学法学硕士。
曾子墨
年度语录：应对金融危机应先保就业。
人物介绍：曾是华尔街著名投行的明星分析师，继而投身电视事业，成为凤凰卫视知名主持人，担任财经节目主播，发挥其专业优势，判断透析全球经济形势及第一手金融行情。
陈伟鸿
年度语录：做让百姓看懂经济节目。
人物介绍：他是一位不卑不亢、拿捏到位的对话者，虽专业而内敛、虽内行而平和；这个在人们眼中颇为智慧的男人，他的热忱与他的微笑一样极具亲和“杀伤力”，在瞬间掳掠与他接触的人的心扉。如今的他是央视经济频道首个评论节目《今日观察》的主持人。
2009-12-31
溫商盧偉光的創富傳奇
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2006年09月08日10:12 華夏經緯網
燙煙頭 “偷”號碼 變綠卡 賭私募——溫商盧偉光的創富傳奇
每個成功商人的創富人生中，總免不了有那麼幾個讓當事人銘心刻骨的瞬間，它的魅力不只是在於對當事人是寶貴的財富節點，更在於回頭看，它彰顯了當事人的財富個性。
12年前，盧偉光還只是溫州漁船檢驗局的一名工作人員。而現在，他已是木地板銷量全國第一、全球第五的上海安信地板有限公司的董事長。而且，他還因在巴西收購1000平方公里的原始森林而被業界譽為“森林之王”；他曾隨胡錦濤主席出訪拉美，曾先後六次受到巴西總統盧拉的親切接見。
盧偉光的成功似乎還有些和亞馬遜原始森林一樣的神秘色彩。然而，走近盧偉光才發現，就那麼幾次看似尋常的選擇、舉動，一次次改寫了他的財富人生。
那支越燒越短的中華香煙
盧偉光說，那支越燒越短的中華香煙，他一輩子也忘不了！
盧家世代經商，上世紀八十年代初期，父親第一個將日本任天堂遊戲機引入國內而迅速致富。但他不願意兒子“重蹈覆轍”，在他心目中，文化人才具有比較高的社會地位。於是，從小在算盤珠子碰撞聲和與人討價還價中長大的盧偉光，發奮求學並考上了大連理工大學。
進大學時，盧偉光個性孤傲鬱鬱寡歡，身邊也沒有多少知心的朋友。有一次，他在學校武術訓練隊拉傷腿部肌肉，幾位隊友費力地把他背到了醫院。這件小事改變了他的人生觀。
“我意識到，人在任何時候都需要別人來幫助。可能你今天很強，很能幹，但人總會遇到自身能力無法克服、無法解決，必須借助外界的力量來幫助的情況。也許幫助你的人或者被你幫助的人平時不一定是你最認同的，但他是你最需要的。”回首往事，盧偉光感觸良多。
1988年，盧偉光畢業後成為溫州市船舶檢驗局的一名工作人員。接下來的六年裏，他的主要業餘工作就是幫助父親把遊戲卡上的英文翻譯成中文，然後交給客戶。漸漸地，盧偉光對做生意有了興趣，隱約覺得也許這更適合自己。
盧偉光開始思考人生的價值，“人的一生是短暫的，我應該在有限的時間裏創造更大的財富，何況我有文化有資金。”他想，有些東西或許與生俱來，比如這個商賈家族對自己的影響。在回歸家族傳統的過程中，他希望找到人生的方向。
當時，隨著國內電子遊戲機行業競爭的日益加劇，這一塊的利潤越來越薄，盧家面臨著新的選擇。有一天，一位香港客人帶來六塊進口木地板，與盧父討論建材生意的“錢景”。當時每種地板的價格都不低於每平米600元人民幣，最高能達到每平米1200元，一旁的盧偉光並不懂木材，只是覺得人家的地板確實不錯，但價格也實在是高。
不曾想，這次討論的結果倒成就了盧偉光。1994年初，盧偉光決定辭職經商。
“我太太是教師，他們家族是從來沒做過生意的，我父母親是商人，也不喜歡我去做生意。我說先試試看，如果一年之內做得不好或者不開心，我就不做了。”盧透露，當時他的想法遭到了家人的一致反對。
同年4月8日，一家叫“安信”的實木地板商店在溫州開業。這爿面積28平方米的小店，耗費了30萬元啟動資金。這筆錢，來自於盧偉光的父母。
新店開張的第一天，看的人多，買的人少。有個小夥子在店裏轉悠半天后，隨口問盧偉光地板的優點。急於開張的盧偉光脫口而出：“耐磨不怕燙。”小夥子較起真來了，說：“我正裝修房子，你拿塊板讓我燙兩分鐘，如果不壞，我就買。”
盧偉光心裏一咯噔，實木地板不便宜，進貨時自己也沒燙過，行不行啊？猶豫片刻，他決定接受考驗，就硬著頭皮遞上一塊地板，說“燙吧!”
小夥子果然點了一支中華香煙，耐心地在地板上燙起來。10釐米左右的香煙一點點地變短，盧偉光的心裏急得直冒煙。兩分鐘後，地板安然無恙！第一筆生意就這樣做成了，盧偉光凈賺了近1000元。
“當時賣給他18平方米，單價好像是270元，毛利潤25%。”十二年後，盧偉光對第一筆生意記憶猶新。他說，特別幹的地板，會吸收水分，特別潮的地板，會釋放水分。如果選用不當，地板就禁不住水浸火燙，這是木頭的性格。
那時候，全國有5000多家大大小小的木地板經銷商，“安信”只不過是最後一名。但從第5000名到第1名，盧偉光只用了10多年。2005年，“安信”銷售地板300萬平方米，已經位居全球第五、全國第一。
那個電話號碼是“偷”來的
“燃情歲月”，盧偉光的青春時光實在美妙。開店第一年，他做成第一筆外貿業務；第二年，有了自己的施工隊；第三年，有了自己的生產車間；第四年，把公司搬到了上海……
就在一切順風順水時，盧偉光的創業藍圖卻遭遇了“瓶頸”：1998年，國家一紙公文，禁止砍伐森林。沒有了地板的原料來源，怎麼辦？
突然，墻上世界地圖的右下角，那一大片翠綠抓住了他的眼球——巴西！巴西有世界上最大的熱帶雨林。去巴西？但當時國內根本沒人直接從巴西進貨，盧偉光頭緒全無……
041-3237370，這個讓盧偉光刻骨銘心的電話號碼，開啟了他的巴西奇緣。
一次，他去臺商那裏檢驗木材品質，不經意瞥到包裝膠帶紙上印著一個巴西電話，就偷偷記了下來——1999年以前，台灣中間商控制著盧偉光的國外原料鏈，巴西供應商的聯繫方式可是“最高機密”！
接下來，盧偉光撥通越洋電話。
“Hello. I am Chinese. I want to buy woods.”(英語：我是中國人，我要買木頭。)
“Que? Que falar eu?”(葡語：什麼？你說什麼？)
那個7月裏，他不顧中、巴兩國間11小時時差，不管巴西木材供應商路易斯不懂英語、自己不懂葡語，硬是打掉了1000多元電話費。同時，巴西木材業界也都知道有個“中國瘋子”要買木頭。
路易斯後來對盧偉光說，你每天追著我要木頭，如果我做出來你不買了，那我不是虧大了？所以，當他決定嘗試與這個素昧平生的中國人做生意時，要求盧偉光在沒有拿到一片木頭的情況下，預先支付30萬美元。
賭，還是不賭？盧偉光下了這個賭注。1999年底，上海港的集裝箱碼頭迎來了路易斯送來的高品質實木地板原料，盧偉光由此敲開了巴西木材市場的大門。很快，“安信”在全國大面積設立代理商及專賣店，目前總數達到了500家。
“我早就聽到了亞馬遜叢林的召喚，那些木頭是有生命的，有細胞，會呼吸，還會說話。”雖然時過境遷，但此話還是道出了盧偉光成功後的喜悅，也飽含著他對所從事的事業的一往情深。
“我從小不喜歡跟著別人走。”因為不走尋常路，盧偉光也曾嗆過一口水。
1999年春節前夕，市場被普遍看好，他從巴西預訂了很多木材。但按照傳統習俗，絕大部分裝修工程在那時候都停工暫歇，沒人買貨，他手頭現金一下子窘迫起來。
那一年，印尼盾暴跌，1美元本來兌換8500印尼盾，一下子跌到了1：13000，大部分供應商都轉向印尼采購，包括和巴西合作多年的台灣人。
因此，盧偉光就無法從存貨中套現來支付訂貨的款項，而他的儲備資金也用完了，他遇到了做生意以來最大的一次挫折——資金鏈危機。
在這種時候，業內有人對供應商吹毛求疵，採取拒收拒付的對策。盧偉光也很猶豫：如果按照原來約定的匯率訂貨，自然能夠贏得巴西人的尊敬和喜愛，但貸款利率加上匯率損失，折合起來要虧損1700多萬元人民幣，幾乎是當時一整年的利潤；如果毀約的話，自己這3年在巴西辛苦經營的渠道和信用則要毀於一旦。
於是，他決心兌現自己對巴西一百多個供應商的承諾。“我平時很少向人家借錢。但那個時候，時間很緊，我叫我太太和我弟弟飛回溫州，一天借到一百萬現金，用一個麻袋裝著飛到上海，按時付清了木材款。”他說。
風波之後，盧偉光總共損失1500萬元，但“上海安信講信用”的消息很快傳遍巴西業界。盧偉光的友善、真誠獲得了豐厚的回報，150多個原木鋸材廠與他建立了深厚的友情，甚至連當地的印地安人都成了他的好朋友。
盧偉光說，企業取名“安信”，即取了“安心、誠信”的意味。他坦陳，當時起名倒沒有太多的考慮，如今隨著生意做大，這個名字逐漸給他更多的體會。
而作為安信公司董事，盧的妻子陳潔頗有怨言。她說：“偉光認為信譽是最難建立的，錢是次要的。他一般不會計較人家壓價，他只在乎供貨品質和數量，我就數落他怎麼這麼笨！不過，人家可能以為他比較傻，都願意跟他合作。”
在盧偉光看來，人生的意義顯然不僅僅是賺錢這麼簡單。
那張綠卡是靠在巴西生兒子“變”來的
盧偉光與巴西商人的蜜月期轉瞬即逝，問題隨之出現：木材總量有限，安信買得越多，其他人就買得越少，少買的人為了多買就會加價，如此往復，形成惡性迴圈。
2002年，他收購了兩家巴西木地板工廠。但他很快意識到，光有工廠遠遠不夠，最根本的是要擁有森林。只有打通產業鏈，由地板生產商升級為木材供應商，才能解決後顧之憂。
但是，巴西法律嚴禁外國人購置森林、土地。在一位老華僑的指點下，2003年盧偉光把他的第二個兒子選在巴西出生，並加入巴西國籍。他作為監護人直接取得巴西的綠卡，合法地擁有了購買森林的權利。
2004年，盧偉光投資約一個億，分兩次購買擁有永久砍伐權的巴西森林，總面積達1000平方公里——實際上，包括土地，以及土地上的森林和動物都已被他買下。
自此，安信每年在巴西採購的木材達到10萬立方米，佔巴西年木材出口量的60%。再度贏得市場主動權的安信，甚至能夠調控市場的採購價和在中國的銷售價格。
“巴西有一百多個工廠，有一萬多個家庭與你事業息息相關。”2004年1月份，巴西總統盧拉接見盧偉光時表示，“你把巴西的森林有效的開採好，保護好，發揮了更好的作用”。
在安信的全球木材採購網中，南美洲的木材佔其採購量的70%，東南亞佔20%，加上自有森林資源，其受原材料漲價的影響很小。自2005年以來，中國實木地板的價格連續4次飆升，平均每次漲幅在10%以上，安信也順勢將實木地板的價格上調10%到20%。對盧偉光來說，真是兩頭受益。
以巴西為起點，盧偉光開始拓展採購版圖。2005年，他在中俄綏芬河邊境置地7萬平方米，建造新工廠，最終投資額將追加到1億元。據介紹，俄羅斯森林擁有量佔全世界的40%以上，而現在俄羅斯木材的生長速度比砍伐速度大6倍，可以提供的原材料數量龐大。
不過，盧偉光首先得考慮資金週轉的難題。“綏芬河邊境的木材加工廠2007年投產後，安信要完成每個月1000立方米的加工量，必須保證每月在俄4000萬元的採購費用，一年需要近5個億的採購投入。”算盤打得飛快的盧偉光思索著，一家民企希望能開展跨經緯度的戰略宏圖，全靠自有資金擴張投入，速度肯定不夠快。
“如果有更多的資金，我們還將考慮更多的項目。”去年底，盧偉光向外界透露，安信將前往非洲尋找合適的“領地”。
那次私募是一種“對賭”
2006年5月，機遇再度撲面而來。全球私人股權投資公司凱雷投資集團宣佈，將投資2750萬美元入股上海安信地板有限公司。
在私募前，安信地板的註冊資本為8800萬人民幣，其中，盧偉光夫婦持有94%的股份，其餘6%由盧偉光的弟弟持有。
完成私募後，安信地板將和凱雷在開曼群島註冊成立安信國際集團，註冊資本為2980萬美元。盧偉光對凱雷所佔的股份不願透露，僅表示他和他的家族保持著絕對控股地位，市場傳言，凱雷約佔20%的股權。
而因為簽有“對賭協議”，實際上現在也無法明確凱雷的股權比例。盧偉光說，對賭協議設定的目標是合理的，凱雷確定的業績目標和安信前兩年的增長速度基本持平。
據統計，安信地板2003年的稅後利潤是2800萬元，2004年是4500萬元，2005年達到1.2億元，3年平均增速保持在1倍多的水準，這個業績並不包括在巴西投資的巴西安信木材有限公司。根據以往的業績，安信國際2006年的稅後利潤大約會在2.5億元左右。
下一步，安信國際將收購原安信在國內的6家公司，包括上海安信地板有限公司、上海安信企業發展有限公司、上海愛威思特木業有限公司、上海東信國際貿易有限公司、上海安信地板銷售服務有限公司和上海奧翔木業有限公司。
盧偉光表示，“巴西安信”是和別人合夥成立的，目前還游離在框架之外。但以後不排除將其納入到安信國際中，可能的前提是要求凱雷追加投資或者調整股權。
他覺得，長遠投資不能依賴商業銀行，其貸款一年到期就需要還，而固定資產投資的回報起碼要在5到8年以上。“安信之前在固定資產投資方面不足。現在，股東的這筆錢是可以先投資而不還的。”他說。
精明的“地板大王”宣稱，安信國際未來將赴港上市。據估算，其市盈率在12到15倍，操作IPO，大約能拿到4億多人民幣。
“在產能擴張、市場行銷與收購方面，我們馬上會有很多動作。”盧偉光透露，凱雷的注資，成了安信的又一個轉捩點。
他表示，未來三年除了在實木地板領域確保行業第一的領先優勢，將加大對實木複合地板的投入。目前已投入8000萬元，建成兩條國際一流的實木複合地板生產線，明年還將投入2億元在上海青浦工業園區建設三條新的生產線，同時擴大實木地板的生產能力。
近日，雙方共同設立了一家外商獨資企業——安信偉光(上海)木材有限公司(A&W)，推出新品牌——“偉光”，大舉進軍實木地板和複合地板市場。安信地板在材質選擇上將以高檔巴西材為主，而“偉光”品牌則以俄羅斯材為主，兩個品牌將擁有各自獨立的經銷渠道。
盧偉光說，推出偉光品牌，除了繼續擴大市場份額，形成安信和偉光在市場上並駕齊驅的局面外，還可以通過兩個品牌的運作，加快資金週轉速度、縮短產品週轉週期，提高資金利用率，做到資本效益最大化。
而從控制產業鏈方面講，整體銷量的增加更便於安信在國際市場競爭中處於主導地位，更容易掌握原材料採購的主動權。
提及2006年的“整合戰略”，盧偉光透露，首先，將安信在地板市場的佔有率提高到12%-15%之間(目前不到10%)；其次，將和葡萄牙合作，利用中國陜西秦嶺的軟木資源生產軟木(樹皮)，目前已投資3億元建設工廠，預計2007年正式生產；第三，收購上海、山東、深圳等地區域性品牌，使安信布點、物流系統更完善；另外，直接出口歐美市場，打造國際品牌，以及涉足傢具業等。
有專家估計，2005到2006年將是地板行業的重組年，隨著全球木材價格上漲與國內消費稅的徵收，將有50%的公司淘汰出局。如今，中國木地板行業平均利潤為5%到7%，已經成為薄利行業。不過，盧偉光胸有成竹。他預計，三年之內，其在中國實木地板市場佔有率將達30%，營業額可望做到25億到30億。
”借助凱雷在國際上的資源，打開國際市場。”在與凱雷的簽約儀式上，盧偉光如是說。其實，這裡指的是安信、偉光產品，單以其木地板原材料來看，則早已進入國際市場。
“美國人和日本人都向我們要貨，台灣人和內地的廠商也向我們要貨。”數年前，每次盧偉光從國內飛到位於巴西馬托格羅索州首府庫亞巴市，在安信地板加工廠門口，他總能看到數百位供應商排起長長的隊伍。
這個小個子中國商人在辦公室落座後，洋人們挨個兒走進來，向他打聽中國的市場需求狀況：量有多少，哪些木材好賣，哪些不太受歡迎，未來幾個月的預期怎樣，順帶把最近他們產品的全球供給狀況和最新的研究成果告訴他，聽聽他的看法。
但這並非盧偉光全部的夢想，雖然他現在已經是全球十大木地板商。在他的內心裏，安信應該是一個更加讓人尊敬的跨國企業。
“凱雷進入後，安信看到了擴大規模的希望。”盧偉光說，目前，公司正在著手建立新一代管理團隊，並將向部分高管釋出8%的股份。
在異國本土化方面，盧偉光也已經取得了寶貴的經驗。
在安信巴西工廠，因為中國和巴西文化差異太大，他聘請了巴西當地人作為公司的管理層和主要骨幹，中國員工只有7位。兩位經理人都是從貿易夥伴中遴選出來的，一位是波蘭裔律師，另一位是當年巴西最年輕的議員。兩人聯手管理工廠裏的300多位員工，他們在當地的經銷商和供應商中也很有威望。
為此，盧偉光把巴西安信10%的股份給了他倆，並從每年營業利潤中提取20%作為他們的工資。
盧偉光對木頭感情至深，對於企業和社會也懷有一顆“感恩”的心。“看到我的企業發展了，納的稅多了，員工們換了新房，經銷商們富了，人們過上了健康的生活，我就快樂。”
從商業氣息濃厚的溫州，到中國最大的商業城市上海，再到廣袤無垠的巴西原始叢林，盧偉光的成功凸現出他對財富和商機的敏感。
而成功後的盧偉光卻相當低調，他說：“我可能還沒有度過創業期，因為我還是一個戰士，還沒有成為一個元帥，我一直夢想有一天不需要我親自提刀衝鋒陷陣。”
來源：《商界名家》劉華
2006年09月08日10:12 華夏經緯網
燙煙頭 “偷”號碼 變綠卡 賭私募——溫商盧偉光的創富傳奇
每個成功商人的創富人生中，總免不了有那麼幾個讓當事人銘心刻骨的瞬間，它的魅力不只是在於對當事人是寶貴的財富節點，更在於回頭看，它彰顯了當事人的財富個性。
12年前，盧偉光還只是溫州漁船檢驗局的一名工作人員。而現在，他已是木地板銷量全國第一、全球第五的上海安信地板有限公司的董事長。而且，他還因在巴西收購1000平方公里的原始森林而被業界譽為“森林之王”；他曾隨胡錦濤主席出訪拉美，曾先後六次受到巴西總統盧拉的親切接見。
盧偉光的成功似乎還有些和亞馬遜原始森林一樣的神秘色彩。然而，走近盧偉光才發現，就那麼幾次看似尋常的選擇、舉動，一次次改寫了他的財富人生。
那支越燒越短的中華香煙
盧偉光說，那支越燒越短的中華香煙，他一輩子也忘不了！
盧家世代經商，上世紀八十年代初期，父親第一個將日本任天堂遊戲機引入國內而迅速致富。但他不願意兒子“重蹈覆轍”，在他心目中，文化人才具有比較高的社會地位。於是，從小在算盤珠子碰撞聲和與人討價還價中長大的盧偉光，發奮求學並考上了大連理工大學。
進大學時，盧偉光個性孤傲鬱鬱寡歡，身邊也沒有多少知心的朋友。有一次，他在學校武術訓練隊拉傷腿部肌肉，幾位隊友費力地把他背到了醫院。這件小事改變了他的人生觀。
“我意識到，人在任何時候都需要別人來幫助。可能你今天很強，很能幹，但人總會遇到自身能力無法克服、無法解決，必須借助外界的力量來幫助的情況。也許幫助你的人或者被你幫助的人平時不一定是你最認同的，但他是你最需要的。”回首往事，盧偉光感觸良多。
1988年，盧偉光畢業後成為溫州市船舶檢驗局的一名工作人員。接下來的六年裏，他的主要業餘工作就是幫助父親把遊戲卡上的英文翻譯成中文，然後交給客戶。漸漸地，盧偉光對做生意有了興趣，隱約覺得也許這更適合自己。
盧偉光開始思考人生的價值，“人的一生是短暫的，我應該在有限的時間裏創造更大的財富，何況我有文化有資金。”他想，有些東西或許與生俱來，比如這個商賈家族對自己的影響。在回歸家族傳統的過程中，他希望找到人生的方向。
當時，隨著國內電子遊戲機行業競爭的日益加劇，這一塊的利潤越來越薄，盧家面臨著新的選擇。有一天，一位香港客人帶來六塊進口木地板，與盧父討論建材生意的“錢景”。當時每種地板的價格都不低於每平米600元人民幣，最高能達到每平米1200元，一旁的盧偉光並不懂木材，只是覺得人家的地板確實不錯，但價格也實在是高。
不曾想，這次討論的結果倒成就了盧偉光。1994年初，盧偉光決定辭職經商。
“我太太是教師，他們家族是從來沒做過生意的，我父母親是商人，也不喜歡我去做生意。我說先試試看，如果一年之內做得不好或者不開心，我就不做了。”盧透露，當時他的想法遭到了家人的一致反對。
同年4月8日，一家叫“安信”的實木地板商店在溫州開業。這爿面積28平方米的小店，耗費了30萬元啟動資金。這筆錢，來自於盧偉光的父母。
新店開張的第一天，看的人多，買的人少。有個小夥子在店裏轉悠半天后，隨口問盧偉光地板的優點。急於開張的盧偉光脫口而出：“耐磨不怕燙。”小夥子較起真來了，說：“我正裝修房子，你拿塊板讓我燙兩分鐘，如果不壞，我就買。”
盧偉光心裏一咯噔，實木地板不便宜，進貨時自己也沒燙過，行不行啊？猶豫片刻，他決定接受考驗，就硬著頭皮遞上一塊地板，說“燙吧!”
小夥子果然點了一支中華香煙，耐心地在地板上燙起來。10釐米左右的香煙一點點地變短，盧偉光的心裏急得直冒煙。兩分鐘後，地板安然無恙！第一筆生意就這樣做成了，盧偉光凈賺了近1000元。
“當時賣給他18平方米，單價好像是270元，毛利潤25%。”十二年後，盧偉光對第一筆生意記憶猶新。他說，特別幹的地板，會吸收水分，特別潮的地板，會釋放水分。如果選用不當，地板就禁不住水浸火燙，這是木頭的性格。
那時候，全國有5000多家大大小小的木地板經銷商，“安信”只不過是最後一名。但從第5000名到第1名，盧偉光只用了10多年。2005年，“安信”銷售地板300萬平方米，已經位居全球第五、全國第一。
那個電話號碼是“偷”來的
“燃情歲月”，盧偉光的青春時光實在美妙。開店第一年，他做成第一筆外貿業務；第二年，有了自己的施工隊；第三年，有了自己的生產車間；第四年，把公司搬到了上海……
就在一切順風順水時，盧偉光的創業藍圖卻遭遇了“瓶頸”：1998年，國家一紙公文，禁止砍伐森林。沒有了地板的原料來源，怎麼辦？
突然，墻上世界地圖的右下角，那一大片翠綠抓住了他的眼球——巴西！巴西有世界上最大的熱帶雨林。去巴西？但當時國內根本沒人直接從巴西進貨，盧偉光頭緒全無……
041-3237370，這個讓盧偉光刻骨銘心的電話號碼，開啟了他的巴西奇緣。
一次，他去臺商那裏檢驗木材品質，不經意瞥到包裝膠帶紙上印著一個巴西電話，就偷偷記了下來——1999年以前，台灣中間商控制著盧偉光的國外原料鏈，巴西供應商的聯繫方式可是“最高機密”！
接下來，盧偉光撥通越洋電話。
“Hello. I am Chinese. I want to buy woods.”(英語：我是中國人，我要買木頭。)
“Que? Que falar eu?”(葡語：什麼？你說什麼？)
那個7月裏，他不顧中、巴兩國間11小時時差，不管巴西木材供應商路易斯不懂英語、自己不懂葡語，硬是打掉了1000多元電話費。同時，巴西木材業界也都知道有個“中國瘋子”要買木頭。
路易斯後來對盧偉光說，你每天追著我要木頭，如果我做出來你不買了，那我不是虧大了？所以，當他決定嘗試與這個素昧平生的中國人做生意時，要求盧偉光在沒有拿到一片木頭的情況下，預先支付30萬美元。
賭，還是不賭？盧偉光下了這個賭注。1999年底，上海港的集裝箱碼頭迎來了路易斯送來的高品質實木地板原料，盧偉光由此敲開了巴西木材市場的大門。很快，“安信”在全國大面積設立代理商及專賣店，目前總數達到了500家。
“我早就聽到了亞馬遜叢林的召喚，那些木頭是有生命的，有細胞，會呼吸，還會說話。”雖然時過境遷，但此話還是道出了盧偉光成功後的喜悅，也飽含著他對所從事的事業的一往情深。
“我從小不喜歡跟著別人走。”因為不走尋常路，盧偉光也曾嗆過一口水。
1999年春節前夕，市場被普遍看好，他從巴西預訂了很多木材。但按照傳統習俗，絕大部分裝修工程在那時候都停工暫歇，沒人買貨，他手頭現金一下子窘迫起來。
那一年，印尼盾暴跌，1美元本來兌換8500印尼盾，一下子跌到了1：13000，大部分供應商都轉向印尼采購，包括和巴西合作多年的台灣人。
因此，盧偉光就無法從存貨中套現來支付訂貨的款項，而他的儲備資金也用完了，他遇到了做生意以來最大的一次挫折——資金鏈危機。
在這種時候，業內有人對供應商吹毛求疵，採取拒收拒付的對策。盧偉光也很猶豫：如果按照原來約定的匯率訂貨，自然能夠贏得巴西人的尊敬和喜愛，但貸款利率加上匯率損失，折合起來要虧損1700多萬元人民幣，幾乎是當時一整年的利潤；如果毀約的話，自己這3年在巴西辛苦經營的渠道和信用則要毀於一旦。
於是，他決心兌現自己對巴西一百多個供應商的承諾。“我平時很少向人家借錢。但那個時候，時間很緊，我叫我太太和我弟弟飛回溫州，一天借到一百萬現金，用一個麻袋裝著飛到上海，按時付清了木材款。”他說。
風波之後，盧偉光總共損失1500萬元，但“上海安信講信用”的消息很快傳遍巴西業界。盧偉光的友善、真誠獲得了豐厚的回報，150多個原木鋸材廠與他建立了深厚的友情，甚至連當地的印地安人都成了他的好朋友。
盧偉光說，企業取名“安信”，即取了“安心、誠信”的意味。他坦陳，當時起名倒沒有太多的考慮，如今隨著生意做大，這個名字逐漸給他更多的體會。
而作為安信公司董事，盧的妻子陳潔頗有怨言。她說：“偉光認為信譽是最難建立的，錢是次要的。他一般不會計較人家壓價，他只在乎供貨品質和數量，我就數落他怎麼這麼笨！不過，人家可能以為他比較傻，都願意跟他合作。”
在盧偉光看來，人生的意義顯然不僅僅是賺錢這麼簡單。
那張綠卡是靠在巴西生兒子“變”來的
盧偉光與巴西商人的蜜月期轉瞬即逝，問題隨之出現：木材總量有限，安信買得越多，其他人就買得越少，少買的人為了多買就會加價，如此往復，形成惡性迴圈。
2002年，他收購了兩家巴西木地板工廠。但他很快意識到，光有工廠遠遠不夠，最根本的是要擁有森林。只有打通產業鏈，由地板生產商升級為木材供應商，才能解決後顧之憂。
但是，巴西法律嚴禁外國人購置森林、土地。在一位老華僑的指點下，2003年盧偉光把他的第二個兒子選在巴西出生，並加入巴西國籍。他作為監護人直接取得巴西的綠卡，合法地擁有了購買森林的權利。
2004年，盧偉光投資約一個億，分兩次購買擁有永久砍伐權的巴西森林，總面積達1000平方公里——實際上，包括土地，以及土地上的森林和動物都已被他買下。
自此，安信每年在巴西採購的木材達到10萬立方米，佔巴西年木材出口量的60%。再度贏得市場主動權的安信，甚至能夠調控市場的採購價和在中國的銷售價格。
“巴西有一百多個工廠，有一萬多個家庭與你事業息息相關。”2004年1月份，巴西總統盧拉接見盧偉光時表示，“你把巴西的森林有效的開採好，保護好，發揮了更好的作用”。
在安信的全球木材採購網中，南美洲的木材佔其採購量的70%，東南亞佔20%，加上自有森林資源，其受原材料漲價的影響很小。自2005年以來，中國實木地板的價格連續4次飆升，平均每次漲幅在10%以上，安信也順勢將實木地板的價格上調10%到20%。對盧偉光來說，真是兩頭受益。
以巴西為起點，盧偉光開始拓展採購版圖。2005年，他在中俄綏芬河邊境置地7萬平方米，建造新工廠，最終投資額將追加到1億元。據介紹，俄羅斯森林擁有量佔全世界的40%以上，而現在俄羅斯木材的生長速度比砍伐速度大6倍，可以提供的原材料數量龐大。
不過，盧偉光首先得考慮資金週轉的難題。“綏芬河邊境的木材加工廠2007年投產後，安信要完成每個月1000立方米的加工量，必須保證每月在俄4000萬元的採購費用，一年需要近5個億的採購投入。”算盤打得飛快的盧偉光思索著，一家民企希望能開展跨經緯度的戰略宏圖，全靠自有資金擴張投入，速度肯定不夠快。
“如果有更多的資金，我們還將考慮更多的項目。”去年底，盧偉光向外界透露，安信將前往非洲尋找合適的“領地”。
那次私募是一種“對賭”
2006年5月，機遇再度撲面而來。全球私人股權投資公司凱雷投資集團宣佈，將投資2750萬美元入股上海安信地板有限公司。
在私募前，安信地板的註冊資本為8800萬人民幣，其中，盧偉光夫婦持有94%的股份，其餘6%由盧偉光的弟弟持有。
完成私募後，安信地板將和凱雷在開曼群島註冊成立安信國際集團，註冊資本為2980萬美元。盧偉光對凱雷所佔的股份不願透露，僅表示他和他的家族保持著絕對控股地位，市場傳言，凱雷約佔20%的股權。
而因為簽有“對賭協議”，實際上現在也無法明確凱雷的股權比例。盧偉光說，對賭協議設定的目標是合理的，凱雷確定的業績目標和安信前兩年的增長速度基本持平。
據統計，安信地板2003年的稅後利潤是2800萬元，2004年是4500萬元，2005年達到1.2億元，3年平均增速保持在1倍多的水準，這個業績並不包括在巴西投資的巴西安信木材有限公司。根據以往的業績，安信國際2006年的稅後利潤大約會在2.5億元左右。
下一步，安信國際將收購原安信在國內的6家公司，包括上海安信地板有限公司、上海安信企業發展有限公司、上海愛威思特木業有限公司、上海東信國際貿易有限公司、上海安信地板銷售服務有限公司和上海奧翔木業有限公司。
盧偉光表示，“巴西安信”是和別人合夥成立的，目前還游離在框架之外。但以後不排除將其納入到安信國際中，可能的前提是要求凱雷追加投資或者調整股權。
他覺得，長遠投資不能依賴商業銀行，其貸款一年到期就需要還，而固定資產投資的回報起碼要在5到8年以上。“安信之前在固定資產投資方面不足。現在，股東的這筆錢是可以先投資而不還的。”他說。
精明的“地板大王”宣稱，安信國際未來將赴港上市。據估算，其市盈率在12到15倍，操作IPO，大約能拿到4億多人民幣。
“在產能擴張、市場行銷與收購方面，我們馬上會有很多動作。”盧偉光透露，凱雷的注資，成了安信的又一個轉捩點。
他表示，未來三年除了在實木地板領域確保行業第一的領先優勢，將加大對實木複合地板的投入。目前已投入8000萬元，建成兩條國際一流的實木複合地板生產線，明年還將投入2億元在上海青浦工業園區建設三條新的生產線，同時擴大實木地板的生產能力。
近日，雙方共同設立了一家外商獨資企業——安信偉光(上海)木材有限公司(A&W)，推出新品牌——“偉光”，大舉進軍實木地板和複合地板市場。安信地板在材質選擇上將以高檔巴西材為主，而“偉光”品牌則以俄羅斯材為主，兩個品牌將擁有各自獨立的經銷渠道。
盧偉光說，推出偉光品牌，除了繼續擴大市場份額，形成安信和偉光在市場上並駕齊驅的局面外，還可以通過兩個品牌的運作，加快資金週轉速度、縮短產品週轉週期，提高資金利用率，做到資本效益最大化。
而從控制產業鏈方面講，整體銷量的增加更便於安信在國際市場競爭中處於主導地位，更容易掌握原材料採購的主動權。
提及2006年的“整合戰略”，盧偉光透露，首先，將安信在地板市場的佔有率提高到12%-15%之間(目前不到10%)；其次，將和葡萄牙合作，利用中國陜西秦嶺的軟木資源生產軟木(樹皮)，目前已投資3億元建設工廠，預計2007年正式生產；第三，收購上海、山東、深圳等地區域性品牌，使安信布點、物流系統更完善；另外，直接出口歐美市場，打造國際品牌，以及涉足傢具業等。
有專家估計，2005到2006年將是地板行業的重組年，隨著全球木材價格上漲與國內消費稅的徵收，將有50%的公司淘汰出局。如今，中國木地板行業平均利潤為5%到7%，已經成為薄利行業。不過，盧偉光胸有成竹。他預計，三年之內，其在中國實木地板市場佔有率將達30%，營業額可望做到25億到30億。
”借助凱雷在國際上的資源，打開國際市場。”在與凱雷的簽約儀式上，盧偉光如是說。其實，這裡指的是安信、偉光產品，單以其木地板原材料來看，則早已進入國際市場。
“美國人和日本人都向我們要貨，台灣人和內地的廠商也向我們要貨。”數年前，每次盧偉光從國內飛到位於巴西馬托格羅索州首府庫亞巴市，在安信地板加工廠門口，他總能看到數百位供應商排起長長的隊伍。
這個小個子中國商人在辦公室落座後，洋人們挨個兒走進來，向他打聽中國的市場需求狀況：量有多少，哪些木材好賣，哪些不太受歡迎，未來幾個月的預期怎樣，順帶把最近他們產品的全球供給狀況和最新的研究成果告訴他，聽聽他的看法。
但這並非盧偉光全部的夢想，雖然他現在已經是全球十大木地板商。在他的內心裏，安信應該是一個更加讓人尊敬的跨國企業。
“凱雷進入後，安信看到了擴大規模的希望。”盧偉光說，目前，公司正在著手建立新一代管理團隊，並將向部分高管釋出8%的股份。
在異國本土化方面，盧偉光也已經取得了寶貴的經驗。
在安信巴西工廠，因為中國和巴西文化差異太大，他聘請了巴西當地人作為公司的管理層和主要骨幹，中國員工只有7位。兩位經理人都是從貿易夥伴中遴選出來的，一位是波蘭裔律師，另一位是當年巴西最年輕的議員。兩人聯手管理工廠裏的300多位員工，他們在當地的經銷商和供應商中也很有威望。
為此，盧偉光把巴西安信10%的股份給了他倆，並從每年營業利潤中提取20%作為他們的工資。
盧偉光對木頭感情至深，對於企業和社會也懷有一顆“感恩”的心。“看到我的企業發展了，納的稅多了，員工們換了新房，經銷商們富了，人們過上了健康的生活，我就快樂。”
從商業氣息濃厚的溫州，到中國最大的商業城市上海，再到廣袤無垠的巴西原始叢林，盧偉光的成功凸現出他對財富和商機的敏感。
而成功後的盧偉光卻相當低調，他說：“我可能還沒有度過創業期，因為我還是一個戰士，還沒有成為一個元帥，我一直夢想有一天不需要我親自提刀衝鋒陷陣。”
來源：《商界名家》劉華
Song - Longer
Dan Fogelberg - Longer
Longer than every fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I'be been in love with you
(I am in love with you)
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you
I'll bring fire in the winters
You'll sent showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls
And summers with love upon my wings
Through the years
As the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you
Longer than every fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I'be been in love with you
(I am in love with you)
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you
I'll bring fire in the winters
You'll sent showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls
And summers with love upon my wings
Through the years
As the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you
Song - 酒干淌賣無
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
沒有天那有地 沒有地那有家
沒有家那有你 沒有你那有我
假如你不曾養育我 給我溫暖的生活
假如你不曾保護我 我的命運將會是什麼
是你撫養我長大 陪我說第一句話
是你給我一個家 讓我與你共同擁有它
雖然你不能開口說一句話 卻更能明白人世間的黑白與真假
雖然你不會表達你的真情 卻付出了熱忱的生命
遠處傳來你多麼熟悉的聲音 讓我想起你多麼慈祥的心靈
什麼時候你再回到我身旁 讓我再和你一起唱
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
沒有天那有地 沒有地那有家
沒有家那有你 沒有你那有我
多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
酒干淌賣無 酒干淌賣無
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多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
沒有天那有地 沒有地那有家
沒有家那有你 沒有你那有我
假如你不曾養育我 給我溫暖的生活
假如你不曾保護我 我的命運將會是什麼
是你撫養我長大 陪我說第一句話
是你給我一個家 讓我與你共同擁有它
雖然你不能開口說一句話 卻更能明白人世間的黑白與真假
雖然你不會表達你的真情 卻付出了熱忱的生命
遠處傳來你多麼熟悉的聲音 讓我想起你多麼慈祥的心靈
什麼時候你再回到我身旁 讓我再和你一起唱
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多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
沒有天那有地 沒有地那有家
沒有家那有你 沒有你那有我
多麼熟悉的聲音 陪我多少年風和雨
從來不需要想起 永遠也不會忘記
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Join the Live in the Moment Challenge
http://www.dontsweat.com/challenge.html
At the heart of personal growth is intention.
The "live and love in the moment" challenge to help inspire your commitment to yourself to treasure the gifts of life and love.
The first part of this challenge is for you to set the intention to answer the questions posed by Stephen Levine that inspired the letter Richard wrote to his wife on their eighteenth wedding anniversary - In your last hour of life, whom would you call and what would you say?
The second part of this challenge is to write letters or make phone calls to those you love and give the best gift you can give by sharing your true thoughts, feelings and heartfelt appreciation.
The final challenge is to do your best to live in the moment and not to sweat the small stuff by bringing your attention, right here and now, to what matters most to you in your life.
At the heart of personal growth is intention.
The "live and love in the moment" challenge to help inspire your commitment to yourself to treasure the gifts of life and love.
The first part of this challenge is for you to set the intention to answer the questions posed by Stephen Levine that inspired the letter Richard wrote to his wife on their eighteenth wedding anniversary - In your last hour of life, whom would you call and what would you say?
The second part of this challenge is to write letters or make phone calls to those you love and give the best gift you can give by sharing your true thoughts, feelings and heartfelt appreciation.
The final challenge is to do your best to live in the moment and not to sweat the small stuff by bringing your attention, right here and now, to what matters most to you in your life.
"An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love"
By Richard Carlson & Kristine Carlson
If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to? What would you say? And why are you waiting?
Richard Carlson's sudden, tragic death in December of 2006, left his millions of fans reeling, but even their many letters, calls and e-mails couldn't erase the loss felt by his wife and partner, Kristine. To assuage her grief, she pored over a quarter century's supply of love letters, reliving the emotions and cherishing her late husband's memory. And in a profoundly moving act of healing, she focused on one letter full of particularly apt questions, which Richard gave to her on their 18th wedding anniversary, answering them with keen insight and fresh passion.
An Hour to Live, and Hour to Love is Richard's letter to his beloved Kris, and her heartfelt response. Both an intimate look inside a special relationship and a gift to the many people whose lives were changed by Richard's work, it will have readers everywhere wondering how they themselves would answer these questions.
http://dontsweat.com/anhourtolive.html
If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to? What would you say? And why are you waiting?
Richard Carlson's sudden, tragic death in December of 2006, left his millions of fans reeling, but even their many letters, calls and e-mails couldn't erase the loss felt by his wife and partner, Kristine. To assuage her grief, she pored over a quarter century's supply of love letters, reliving the emotions and cherishing her late husband's memory. And in a profoundly moving act of healing, she focused on one letter full of particularly apt questions, which Richard gave to her on their 18th wedding anniversary, answering them with keen insight and fresh passion.
An Hour to Live, and Hour to Love is Richard's letter to his beloved Kris, and her heartfelt response. Both an intimate look inside a special relationship and a gift to the many people whose lives were changed by Richard's work, it will have readers everywhere wondering how they themselves would answer these questions.
http://dontsweat.com/anhourtolive.html
2009.12.31
Last day of 2009 -
Today is new year eve - Another new year is waiting for us!!
Early in the office, exceptionally received a phone call from an old friend, who read today's newspaper that my boss is going to retire - he wanted to know where I am going :( :( ?????!!!!
End of the workday at noon time, my boss stopped by, and he was excited again to discuss the Chinese grammer with us, from 1 to 1:30 !!!
I was hungry to dead...... Actually, one superior offered a lunch party in her office from 1PM, by the time I started to join and eat, all the dishes were cold - but it was good, I didn't need to fix my LUNCH!!
Outside weather is not good, cloudy and a little bit chilly, but all the people are happy to expect the new year's coming - streets are full of people.
Going to enjoy this 3.5 days break, and excited to enter another new year!!!
Today is new year eve - Another new year is waiting for us!!
Early in the office, exceptionally received a phone call from an old friend, who read today's newspaper that my boss is going to retire - he wanted to know where I am going :( :( ?????!!!!
End of the workday at noon time, my boss stopped by, and he was excited again to discuss the Chinese grammer with us, from 1 to 1:30 !!!
I was hungry to dead...... Actually, one superior offered a lunch party in her office from 1PM, by the time I started to join and eat, all the dishes were cold - but it was good, I didn't need to fix my LUNCH!!
Outside weather is not good, cloudy and a little bit chilly, but all the people are happy to expect the new year's coming - streets are full of people.
Going to enjoy this 3.5 days break, and excited to enter another new year!!!
2009 年度潮字
(明報)2009年12月31日 星期四 05:10
【明報專訊】英國 字典權威專家選出《牛津英語詞典》今年「年度潮字」，上榜的包括多個社交網站常見字眼，突顯社交網站與日俱增的影響力。
英國字典專家登特（Susie Dent）在檢索了擁有20億項字詞的牛津英語詞庫後，選出反映過去一年流行生活方式和人們關注重點的年度「潮字」。入選網絡詞彙包括「unfriend」，它是facebook一項功能，可讓用戶把某人從其facebook「朋友」名單中刪除。它在上月剛被《新牛津美語詞典》選為本年度「美國 風雲詞語」。另一年度潮字「tweetups」與Twitter有關，Twitter用它組織聚會或其他活動。
「bossnapping」逼老闆撤裁員
還有不少因應經濟不景的詞彙入選，例如﹕「staycations」指的是在失業率高企和油價不斷攀升的情况下，一個人或一家人待在家裏休息，或在附近地區度假的時光；「bossnapping」即挾持老闆，它源自法國 等地一些企業員工把老闆鎖起來，逼他們取消裁員決定；「zombie bank」（ 殭屍銀行）指擁有大量毒資產，需要政府打救才能運作的銀行。
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【明報專訊】英國 字典權威專家選出《牛津英語詞典》今年「年度潮字」，上榜的包括多個社交網站常見字眼，突顯社交網站與日俱增的影響力。
英國字典專家登特（Susie Dent）在檢索了擁有20億項字詞的牛津英語詞庫後，選出反映過去一年流行生活方式和人們關注重點的年度「潮字」。入選網絡詞彙包括「unfriend」，它是facebook一項功能，可讓用戶把某人從其facebook「朋友」名單中刪除。它在上月剛被《新牛津美語詞典》選為本年度「美國 風雲詞語」。另一年度潮字「tweetups」與Twitter有關，Twitter用它組織聚會或其他活動。
「bossnapping」逼老闆撤裁員
還有不少因應經濟不景的詞彙入選，例如﹕「staycations」指的是在失業率高企和油價不斷攀升的情况下，一個人或一家人待在家裏休息，或在附近地區度假的時光；「bossnapping」即挾持老闆，它源自法國 等地一些企業員工把老闆鎖起來，逼他們取消裁員決定；「zombie bank」（ 殭屍銀行）指擁有大量毒資產，需要政府打救才能運作的銀行。
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2009-12-26
Easy Carrot Cake Recipes
I like carrot cake. I used to have one good recipt, but lost it.
I find this one in the web, and looking forward to making them later:
http://www.grouprecipes.com/65684/easy-carrot-bread.html
Easy Carrot Bread:
Ingredients
•2/3 cup salad oil
•1 cup sugar
•2 eggs
•1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•1 tsp soda
•1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
•1 cup grated carrots
Directions
1.Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl; mix 2 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer.
2.Spoon into a greased loaf pan.
3.Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until done.
4.Yield 1 loaf.
Easy Banana And Carrot Bake Recipe
Ingredients
•3 large bananas (ripe) mashed
•1 large carrot (finely grated)
•3 cups plain flour
•1and a half tablespoon baking powder
•1 teaspoon bicarbonate
•a pinch of salt
•3 tablespoon vanilla essence
•2 eggs (lightly beaten)
•half a cup vegetable oil
•1 cup and a half white sugar
•2 tablespoon orange rinds (finely shredded)
Directions
1.preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
2.grease a large loaf pan with margarine or butter and set aside
3.mix all the dry ingredients together
4.beat the eggs and oil together
5.form a well in the dry ingredients
6.pour the egg and oil mixture and mix
7.add the banana and carrot and mix
8.the mixture should be smooth but not too soft or dry
9.pour in the prepared tin and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes or until a small fork comes out dry when inserted in the cake.
10.cool in baking tin for about 5 minutes and turn over
11.enjoy warm with butter or plain
http://www.grouprecipes.com/61727/best-ever-carrot-cake.html
Ingredients
•1 c Canola or Corn oil
•1 1/4 c Honey
•4 Eggs
•2 c AP Flour, sifted
•2 tsp @ Baking Powder & Baking Soda
•1 tsp Salt
•1 Tbsp Cinnamon
•3 c grated Carrots
•1 c Pecan pieces(optional)
Directions
1.Mix oil and honey well
2.Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each
3.Whisk dry ingreds. together.
4.Add to honey mixture and stir just til blended.
5.Fold carrots and nuts into batter.
6.Divide between 2 greased & floured 8x8 glass baking dishes
7.Bake at 325 F for 30 minutes or til tests clean and cake is just starting to pull away from sides.
8.Serve warm as a veggie or cool and frost with your favourite frosting or warm caramel sauce.
I find this one in the web, and looking forward to making them later:
http://www.grouprecipes.com/65684/easy-carrot-bread.html
Easy Carrot Bread:
Ingredients
•2/3 cup salad oil
•1 cup sugar
•2 eggs
•1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•1 tsp soda
•1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
•1 cup grated carrots
Directions
1.Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl; mix 2 minutes on medium speed of electric mixer.
2.Spoon into a greased loaf pan.
3.Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until done.
4.Yield 1 loaf.
Easy Banana And Carrot Bake Recipe
Ingredients
•3 large bananas (ripe) mashed
•1 large carrot (finely grated)
•3 cups plain flour
•1and a half tablespoon baking powder
•1 teaspoon bicarbonate
•a pinch of salt
•3 tablespoon vanilla essence
•2 eggs (lightly beaten)
•half a cup vegetable oil
•1 cup and a half white sugar
•2 tablespoon orange rinds (finely shredded)
Directions
1.preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
2.grease a large loaf pan with margarine or butter and set aside
3.mix all the dry ingredients together
4.beat the eggs and oil together
5.form a well in the dry ingredients
6.pour the egg and oil mixture and mix
7.add the banana and carrot and mix
8.the mixture should be smooth but not too soft or dry
9.pour in the prepared tin and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes or until a small fork comes out dry when inserted in the cake.
10.cool in baking tin for about 5 minutes and turn over
11.enjoy warm with butter or plain
http://www.grouprecipes.com/61727/best-ever-carrot-cake.html
Ingredients
•1 c Canola or Corn oil
•1 1/4 c Honey
•4 Eggs
•2 c AP Flour, sifted
•2 tsp @ Baking Powder & Baking Soda
•1 tsp Salt
•1 Tbsp Cinnamon
•3 c grated Carrots
•1 c Pecan pieces(optional)
Directions
1.Mix oil and honey well
2.Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each
3.Whisk dry ingreds. together.
4.Add to honey mixture and stir just til blended.
5.Fold carrots and nuts into batter.
6.Divide between 2 greased & floured 8x8 glass baking dishes
7.Bake at 325 F for 30 minutes or til tests clean and cake is just starting to pull away from sides.
8.Serve warm as a veggie or cool and frost with your favourite frosting or warm caramel sauce.
Night Food Market in " Hong Kong" Temple康公廟
This afternoon, went out to do some grocery shopping, passed by the Hong Kong Temple area.
They have already decorated and prepared for the night market which will be started tomorrow.
There are two areas, one is for local food, one is for the Taiwanese food (which is closer to the Ponte 16).
For the local food, there is only one stand with people working there, but for the Taiwanese area, all the stands are ready for business.
As it was around 5, there were not many eaters. I don't understand why the market opens after Christmas time, but not during Christmas, as there should be more tourists looking for delicious food.
It seems that there are many typical Taiwanese food - the pan-fried oyster cake, the fish cake, the thin noodles, the beef noodles.... which we seldom have in Macau. I visited the night market in Taiwan, and I remember the price is not as expensive as in this market.
Anyway, as I can see, all the stands here are with famous name, they are trying to promote their food, with the cost on travelling here, there should be a cost in the price!!!
I didn't try for it was still early, not for dinner time yet. But if I eat here, I think just a little bit in each stand, it will cost a lot!!!
They have already decorated and prepared for the night market which will be started tomorrow.
There are two areas, one is for local food, one is for the Taiwanese food (which is closer to the Ponte 16).
For the local food, there is only one stand with people working there, but for the Taiwanese area, all the stands are ready for business.
As it was around 5, there were not many eaters. I don't understand why the market opens after Christmas time, but not during Christmas, as there should be more tourists looking for delicious food.
It seems that there are many typical Taiwanese food - the pan-fried oyster cake, the fish cake, the thin noodles, the beef noodles.... which we seldom have in Macau. I visited the night market in Taiwan, and I remember the price is not as expensive as in this market.
Anyway, as I can see, all the stands here are with famous name, they are trying to promote their food, with the cost on travelling here, there should be a cost in the price!!!
I didn't try for it was still early, not for dinner time yet. But if I eat here, I think just a little bit in each stand, it will cost a lot!!!
Portuguese Restaurants in Macau
My recommendation on eating Portuguese food in Macau
A Lorcha (船屋餐廳)
Litoral (海灣餐廳)
Galo (公雞餐廳)
O Manel (阿曼葡國餐) in Taipa
Espaço Lisboa (里斯本地帶餐廳)
Fernando's (法蘭度餐廳) in Coloane
D. Afonso III (in Rua Central)
Clube Militar de Macau (陸軍俱樂部)
A Lorcha (船屋餐廳)
Litoral (海灣餐廳)
Galo (公雞餐廳)
O Manel (阿曼葡國餐) in Taipa
Espaço Lisboa (里斯本地帶餐廳)
Fernando's (法蘭度餐廳) in Coloane
D. Afonso III (in Rua Central)
Clube Militar de Macau (陸軍俱樂部)
東京小食館 Estabelecimento de Comidas Tokyo
The name is something like Tokyo eating shop, but it is nothing related to Japan nor Japanese food.
Actually, it is a noodle shop,the style is more close to the South Asia Style.
I like the slices of chicken meat with oily noodles mixed with the soy sauce, served with a small plate of fresh onion in chilly sauce and a small bowl of soup.
There are also several kinds of deep fried snack to go with, such as spring rolls.
There are always plenty of the people eating there as it is located in a busy area near Red market. Business starts in afternoon, so, one cannot eat breakfast nor lunch over there, but it opens until very late, a place for late supper.
The famous dish is the noodles with pig' brain!!!! I didn't try, but my friends said that nothing special.
Location: 三盞燈圓形地1-C, Rot Carlos Maia 1C
Actually, it is a noodle shop,the style is more close to the South Asia Style.
I like the slices of chicken meat with oily noodles mixed with the soy sauce, served with a small plate of fresh onion in chilly sauce and a small bowl of soup.
There are also several kinds of deep fried snack to go with, such as spring rolls.
There are always plenty of the people eating there as it is located in a busy area near Red market. Business starts in afternoon, so, one cannot eat breakfast nor lunch over there, but it opens until very late, a place for late supper.
The famous dish is the noodles with pig' brain!!!! I didn't try, but my friends said that nothing special.
Location: 三盞燈圓形地1-C, Rot Carlos Maia 1C
“Lai Kei” Gelados 禮記雪糕店
It is an old shop in Ho Lan Un. It is a family business, and it has a long history in Macau, most of us know it well.
It is a good place to have a cold drink with friends. They also offer instant noodles, sandwiches and drinks.
All the ice-cream are home-made by the owners, very original favor. I like the Taro ice-cream and the red-bean ice-bar.
During summer, even though in the supermarket, there are plenty of choices for ice-creams, I still like to stop by the shop and buy half dozen to store in my refrigerator.
I like ice-cream, I like the old favor!
Location : Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida No. 12
It is a good place to have a cold drink with friends. They also offer instant noodles, sandwiches and drinks.
All the ice-cream are home-made by the owners, very original favor. I like the Taro ice-cream and the red-bean ice-bar.
During summer, even though in the supermarket, there are plenty of choices for ice-creams, I still like to stop by the shop and buy half dozen to store in my refrigerator.
I like ice-cream, I like the old favor!
Location : Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida No. 12
Restaurante “Long Va” 龍華茶樓
It is a traditional Chinese restaurant near Red Market, as it is not on the ground floor, it is easy to pass by and not realise that there is a tea house on second floor.
I went there few times, as I was attracted by the promotion that it is a smoke free restaurant, and my father likes Yam Cha, we always tea in different places.
Actually, last time, I saw some Hong Kong people had tea over there.
It is not too difficult to get tables. Even though in Summer, they don't have air-conditioning, but it is comfortable, as there are plenty of windows.
The food there are very traditional, no surprise, nor the service. But I can have a very cultural eating environment as the owner has plenty of art collections there.
Address: Rua Norte do Mercado Almirante Lacerda No.5
I went there few times, as I was attracted by the promotion that it is a smoke free restaurant, and my father likes Yam Cha, we always tea in different places.
Actually, last time, I saw some Hong Kong people had tea over there.
It is not too difficult to get tables. Even though in Summer, they don't have air-conditioning, but it is comfortable, as there are plenty of windows.
The food there are very traditional, no surprise, nor the service. But I can have a very cultural eating environment as the owner has plenty of art collections there.
Address: Rua Norte do Mercado Almirante Lacerda No.5
2009-12-25
Eating Street in Macau - Rua da Felicidade 福隆新街
Today is 25 December.
When I was out, as usual, I passed by the famous Rua da Felicidade. I saw a lot of people queuing in front of the shops for the famous food such as the shark's fin soups, Wan Tan Noodles.
Many people were holding the guide books and were patiently waiting for the recommended food.
This street is very famous for food, as whether people look for places to eat or not, the tourists would like to stop by this place and buy some gifts for friends - the Chinese cookes, peanut candy, egg rolls and all kinds of sweets can be found here, especially, the famoust shops - "Choi Heong Yuen" and "Koi Kei", they have the stores in this area.
Actually, there are many eating shops and restaurants in this street, the most famous and oldest are Sai Nam Restaurant(Chinese), Lei Hong Kei Restaurant (Chinese) and the Fat Siu Lau Restaurant(Portuguese), Cheong Kei Noodles, Tai Sam Un Congee. They have been there for many years ago.
It seems to me that most of the others were newly opened in the recent few years only, like the shark's fin stores, there are more than five in this area.
The name of the street means "prosperity", it used to be the street where the prostitutes worked and lived.
The street is not very long, but it is narrow, only one car can pass through. However, it is near the main street - San Ma Lou.
All the houses there are only 2-3 floors height and the outlook of the houses are quite similar. I remember my father told me, most of the houses are used to be owned by one person.
Few years ago, the Government spent money to renovate the houses for the owners few years ago, all the windows and the doors of the houses were painted in red ( it was very ambiguous, as nearby, there is another street called - "Red Window Door Street" - in Portuguese Rua Alfandega).
The street is famous now for it attracts many visitors to come for the delicious food,not for the GIRLS!!
Today, I can see the long queues in front of Cheong Kei Noodels and the Tim Fat Shark's fin soups.
Good Choices!?
When I was out, as usual, I passed by the famous Rua da Felicidade. I saw a lot of people queuing in front of the shops for the famous food such as the shark's fin soups, Wan Tan Noodles.
Many people were holding the guide books and were patiently waiting for the recommended food.
This street is very famous for food, as whether people look for places to eat or not, the tourists would like to stop by this place and buy some gifts for friends - the Chinese cookes, peanut candy, egg rolls and all kinds of sweets can be found here, especially, the famoust shops - "Choi Heong Yuen" and "Koi Kei", they have the stores in this area.
Actually, there are many eating shops and restaurants in this street, the most famous and oldest are Sai Nam Restaurant(Chinese), Lei Hong Kei Restaurant (Chinese) and the Fat Siu Lau Restaurant(Portuguese), Cheong Kei Noodles, Tai Sam Un Congee. They have been there for many years ago.
It seems to me that most of the others were newly opened in the recent few years only, like the shark's fin stores, there are more than five in this area.
The name of the street means "prosperity", it used to be the street where the prostitutes worked and lived.
The street is not very long, but it is narrow, only one car can pass through. However, it is near the main street - San Ma Lou.
All the houses there are only 2-3 floors height and the outlook of the houses are quite similar. I remember my father told me, most of the houses are used to be owned by one person.
Few years ago, the Government spent money to renovate the houses for the owners few years ago, all the windows and the doors of the houses were painted in red ( it was very ambiguous, as nearby, there is another street called - "Red Window Door Street" - in Portuguese Rua Alfandega).
The street is famous now for it attracts many visitors to come for the delicious food,not for the GIRLS!!
Today, I can see the long queues in front of Cheong Kei Noodels and the Tim Fat Shark's fin soups.
Good Choices!?
Afternoon Tea
I like to have high tea with my father or my friends in weekends or holidays.
I usually have several familiar places to go.
1. Sai Van On Kei - it is an old coffee shop in Macau, actually the first one is located in Sai Van, where my primary school is in. I used to pass by the shop every day when I was small.
I like the curry fish bun (the Portuguese crispness Piggy Bun). It is very delicious. they also have the curry meat bun, and also pan-fried/deep fried pork chop bun and/or spaghetti. ( It seems to me they sold the Pork Chop Bun long long time ago, but many shops claim that they were the first one to sell the famous Pork Chop Bun). As Sai Van On Kei has very good business, they started to open several shops in Macau, I remember one is near Central, one is near Beijing Street.
2. (南屏雅敍)Nam Ping Ngai Chui - it is an old coffee shop in Rua de Cinco de Outubro. I like the egg sandwich and also the hot egg tart. In the afternoon, there are always plenty of eaters there.
3. Angela Cafe - I like the club sandwich and chef Salad. Most of the time, I need to wait for the table.
4. Cantina in University Macau (Margaret’s Café e Nata (瑪嘉烈餅店)) - hot dishes,Portuguese egg tart and or tuna fish sandwich, and several options too. My friend enjoys the coffee.
5.Andrew Stow 's bakery (安德魯餅店)in Coloane , Portuguese egg tarts, sandwich and several nice light dishes and comfortable place to spend few hours there, if not many customers.
6. Macau Cafe near Hotel Sintra - I discovered this place not long ago, food is quite good, but my experience for the service was bad. In addition, many people smoke inside the shop.
7. Restaurant in Hotel S.Tiago - Good environment, and I can also have the tea-set.
8. Restaurant in Hotel Westin - Good environment !!!
9. Starbucks - I don't have many choices since I don't drink coffee, but I like the bakery.
10. McDonald's - my last choice! Fish sandwich and or sausage with egg & cheese muffin. Burger - no, thanks. Don't like the drinks there, as there are not many choices, I don't drink coffee nor cold soft drinks.
Actually, when I was in Singapore, I discovered that there are many places to have a drink in anytime anyplace there, so good!!
N.S. P recommended me Cafe Honolulu is also a good place to have a cup of tea/coffee there, and some of the shops are also smoke free too.
I usually have several familiar places to go.
1. Sai Van On Kei - it is an old coffee shop in Macau, actually the first one is located in Sai Van, where my primary school is in. I used to pass by the shop every day when I was small.
I like the curry fish bun (the Portuguese crispness Piggy Bun). It is very delicious. they also have the curry meat bun, and also pan-fried/deep fried pork chop bun and/or spaghetti. ( It seems to me they sold the Pork Chop Bun long long time ago, but many shops claim that they were the first one to sell the famous Pork Chop Bun). As Sai Van On Kei has very good business, they started to open several shops in Macau, I remember one is near Central, one is near Beijing Street.
2. (南屏雅敍)Nam Ping Ngai Chui - it is an old coffee shop in Rua de Cinco de Outubro. I like the egg sandwich and also the hot egg tart. In the afternoon, there are always plenty of eaters there.
3. Angela Cafe - I like the club sandwich and chef Salad. Most of the time, I need to wait for the table.
4. Cantina in University Macau (Margaret’s Café e Nata (瑪嘉烈餅店)) - hot dishes,Portuguese egg tart and or tuna fish sandwich, and several options too. My friend enjoys the coffee.
5.Andrew Stow 's bakery (安德魯餅店)in Coloane , Portuguese egg tarts, sandwich and several nice light dishes and comfortable place to spend few hours there, if not many customers.
6. Macau Cafe near Hotel Sintra - I discovered this place not long ago, food is quite good, but my experience for the service was bad. In addition, many people smoke inside the shop.
7. Restaurant in Hotel S.Tiago - Good environment, and I can also have the tea-set.
8. Restaurant in Hotel Westin - Good environment !!!
9. Starbucks - I don't have many choices since I don't drink coffee, but I like the bakery.
10. McDonald's - my last choice! Fish sandwich and or sausage with egg & cheese muffin. Burger - no, thanks. Don't like the drinks there, as there are not many choices, I don't drink coffee nor cold soft drinks.
Actually, when I was in Singapore, I discovered that there are many places to have a drink in anytime anyplace there, so good!!
N.S. P recommended me Cafe Honolulu is also a good place to have a cup of tea/coffee there, and some of the shops are also smoke free too.
A Small Business Man from Mainland China
Yesterday, met uncle Pou on the street,and I introduced him to my father.
He told my father that I was very smart. I think he was over-praised me, but I worked very hard for my previous boss.
I knew Uncle Pou when I got my first job back from States. He was a sole proprietor to offer the delivery service for the HK customers who bought Chinese furniture in Macau. Even though there were many similar furniture shops on the street, he knew that we had a very good business, as we always shipped many furniture to HK.
It reminds me of my boss of that job. I want to summarise what I learned from this " Chinese Business Man"( Knowing well the Chinese furniture industry, he first diversified and later on he changed his business and now he is no more in this field!!!!).
My boss (H) is from mainland China, and all his family members are in China too. At that time, he realised that Macau money was better than CCY, that was why he set up business in Macau(now he only owns business in China, as CCY is more attractive !!!) He got the chance to get a Macau ID, then he came to Macau. He told me he had many jobs before, so he knew the hard way of living, another way to say, he started from zero to what he had at that time.
He didn't receive formal education nor speak English, but he knew the way to communicate. He could finish the deals with foreigners in busy days when I was pretty busy on receiving the other customers, as our shop was very big.
He set up his Chinese furniture factory in China, then exported to Macau to sell, target customers were Portuguese and the British in HK.
He also provided furniture to some Hong Kong furniture shops, I was once very puzzled that one Hong Kong guy was very unfair to him, but still he accepted the request (Later on, I realised that H was looking for a long term business, and also it was a way to get rid of the products in the factories - for the turnover is more important for the business, it is no use to keep the stocks all the time, cash is cow!!!)
To be honest, H is not a hard-working person, but he used his brain. By the time I looked for the job, right after I came back, he interviewed me for a short time and he asked what did I expect for salary.
I gave an amount close to my previous summer job in Macau, and insisted that I wanted for a commission, so that we could have a win-win situation. He immediately promised and in a very short time later on, he and his wife had a good trust on me (Later on, we did have a win-win situation, I was very happy with my selling record and also met the clients all over the world).
My careering as "selling representative" started immediately, I worked almost every day. His business was quite good. I received all kinds of customers, and I learned from the customers as well as from H.
H always told me trust/honesty is important. When I offered the furniture price, even though if I made a mistake of the price, I should not change the price again, otherwise the customer would not believe or come back.
He insisted this principle for many times, but it was contrast to his wife, who was very careful of the money. She wanted to earn all the money, even though one dollar, at the beginning, she didn't understand why his husband hired me at such a high cost, more than the current market price - but later on, she was smart enough to know that I had a value for their business !! Overall, H had a long term view of business.
We didn't have a fix-pricing (but rather flexible pricing) in the shop, and it depended on the business, if it was very slow, even though customers stopped by, he charged me to lower the price in order to finish the deals. But I should had a good memory of the offered price, as customers would like to stop by for many times before making the decision.
Another strategy I learned from him was that , he knew the people liked to compared prices, for the first two or three pieces, he would lower the price to attract customers, once customer decided to order a whole house of furniture, he was very careful of the pricing of the rest, that meant the marginal benefit for the customers had reduced, instead, he mentioned that he would offer better follow-up service, so that he could secure his profit, some customers accepted this as they also realised that there was a cost to search for the other furniture in the other shops.
I was started to in-charge of the whole shop all the time, from the money, the keys and the products. He started to open more shops, from one to three, one of them was a huge shop, like the storage. Business was quite good, I also went to China to bring the buyers to check the furniture for exporting business.
He said that this could tell the customers that there were a lot of products to choose, whenever they spend more time in the shop, they will buy more. He knew what the customers think.
He told me once in a while, change the furniture's position, so that people can have a new look whenever they stop by.
When I was in China's factory, I could see the factory was very big, actually, he had supervisors to help him to organise the daily operation, so that he could have time to travel and went to Macau.
He himself in-charge of the purchasing (this was important, as the raw Chinese furniture cost a high % of the selling price, while the labor cost and the transportation cost were comparatively lower, he himself knew the conditions and the cost of the purchasing) . Only once in a while, he came back to Macau to see the retail business, and got the money back to China for the wages of the labors.
He also knew that relationship to the government department is important. His wife is also a smart woman, and provides help for him once in a while especially the customer relations. Whenever oversea buyers visited the factory, she helped a lot of the arrangement, from meals to transport.
Business is business, the smart business man needs to use his brain, but honesty and trust are the most important things.
He told my father that I was very smart. I think he was over-praised me, but I worked very hard for my previous boss.
I knew Uncle Pou when I got my first job back from States. He was a sole proprietor to offer the delivery service for the HK customers who bought Chinese furniture in Macau. Even though there were many similar furniture shops on the street, he knew that we had a very good business, as we always shipped many furniture to HK.
It reminds me of my boss of that job. I want to summarise what I learned from this " Chinese Business Man"( Knowing well the Chinese furniture industry, he first diversified and later on he changed his business and now he is no more in this field!!!!).
My boss (H) is from mainland China, and all his family members are in China too. At that time, he realised that Macau money was better than CCY, that was why he set up business in Macau(now he only owns business in China, as CCY is more attractive !!!) He got the chance to get a Macau ID, then he came to Macau. He told me he had many jobs before, so he knew the hard way of living, another way to say, he started from zero to what he had at that time.
He didn't receive formal education nor speak English, but he knew the way to communicate. He could finish the deals with foreigners in busy days when I was pretty busy on receiving the other customers, as our shop was very big.
He set up his Chinese furniture factory in China, then exported to Macau to sell, target customers were Portuguese and the British in HK.
He also provided furniture to some Hong Kong furniture shops, I was once very puzzled that one Hong Kong guy was very unfair to him, but still he accepted the request (Later on, I realised that H was looking for a long term business, and also it was a way to get rid of the products in the factories - for the turnover is more important for the business, it is no use to keep the stocks all the time, cash is cow!!!)
To be honest, H is not a hard-working person, but he used his brain. By the time I looked for the job, right after I came back, he interviewed me for a short time and he asked what did I expect for salary.
I gave an amount close to my previous summer job in Macau, and insisted that I wanted for a commission, so that we could have a win-win situation. He immediately promised and in a very short time later on, he and his wife had a good trust on me (Later on, we did have a win-win situation, I was very happy with my selling record and also met the clients all over the world).
My careering as "selling representative" started immediately, I worked almost every day. His business was quite good. I received all kinds of customers, and I learned from the customers as well as from H.
H always told me trust/honesty is important. When I offered the furniture price, even though if I made a mistake of the price, I should not change the price again, otherwise the customer would not believe or come back.
He insisted this principle for many times, but it was contrast to his wife, who was very careful of the money. She wanted to earn all the money, even though one dollar, at the beginning, she didn't understand why his husband hired me at such a high cost, more than the current market price - but later on, she was smart enough to know that I had a value for their business !! Overall, H had a long term view of business.
We didn't have a fix-pricing (but rather flexible pricing) in the shop, and it depended on the business, if it was very slow, even though customers stopped by, he charged me to lower the price in order to finish the deals. But I should had a good memory of the offered price, as customers would like to stop by for many times before making the decision.
Another strategy I learned from him was that , he knew the people liked to compared prices, for the first two or three pieces, he would lower the price to attract customers, once customer decided to order a whole house of furniture, he was very careful of the pricing of the rest, that meant the marginal benefit for the customers had reduced, instead, he mentioned that he would offer better follow-up service, so that he could secure his profit, some customers accepted this as they also realised that there was a cost to search for the other furniture in the other shops.
I was started to in-charge of the whole shop all the time, from the money, the keys and the products. He started to open more shops, from one to three, one of them was a huge shop, like the storage. Business was quite good, I also went to China to bring the buyers to check the furniture for exporting business.
He said that this could tell the customers that there were a lot of products to choose, whenever they spend more time in the shop, they will buy more. He knew what the customers think.
He told me once in a while, change the furniture's position, so that people can have a new look whenever they stop by.
When I was in China's factory, I could see the factory was very big, actually, he had supervisors to help him to organise the daily operation, so that he could have time to travel and went to Macau.
He himself in-charge of the purchasing (this was important, as the raw Chinese furniture cost a high % of the selling price, while the labor cost and the transportation cost were comparatively lower, he himself knew the conditions and the cost of the purchasing) . Only once in a while, he came back to Macau to see the retail business, and got the money back to China for the wages of the labors.
He also knew that relationship to the government department is important. His wife is also a smart woman, and provides help for him once in a while especially the customer relations. Whenever oversea buyers visited the factory, she helped a lot of the arrangement, from meals to transport.
Business is business, the smart business man needs to use his brain, but honesty and trust are the most important things.
Information in the Leaflet
Yesterday received a promotion leaflet on the busy street,the paper was colorful printed, I was thinking to throw it away, but later on, I think I can get at least some information with it. Therefore, brought home and have a look.
It was from a Ginseng and Dried Seafood Shop, it emphases that they are offering promotional sales.
However, as a consumer, I don't like the information manipulated by the shop.
The products listed have different weight units - some in ounce, some in catty, some in pound. A bigger number was put, and delected with a red line, then a smaller amount below ( phycological effect!!!)
As I also shop every day (sometimes I am a smart buyer, sometimes not), I realise that for some products, it is unreasonable to assoicate weight with the unapproporate weight unit, therefore, I think the shop may mislead the careless buyers.
It reminds me from the HK news, I heard similar report like this.
I think a succesful business should be honest.
I would like to share some of the lessons from my previous boss who was a smart and successful businessman (sometimes it is hard to define by what is sucessful, but if someone is happy with what he has, then he can be succesful!!!)
It was from a Ginseng and Dried Seafood Shop, it emphases that they are offering promotional sales.
However, as a consumer, I don't like the information manipulated by the shop.
The products listed have different weight units - some in ounce, some in catty, some in pound. A bigger number was put, and delected with a red line, then a smaller amount below ( phycological effect!!!)
As I also shop every day (sometimes I am a smart buyer, sometimes not), I realise that for some products, it is unreasonable to assoicate weight with the unapproporate weight unit, therefore, I think the shop may mislead the careless buyers.
It reminds me from the HK news, I heard similar report like this.
I think a succesful business should be honest.
I would like to share some of the lessons from my previous boss who was a smart and successful businessman (sometimes it is hard to define by what is sucessful, but if someone is happy with what he has, then he can be succesful!!!)
Loja de Sopa de Fitas em Macau - Noodles Shop in Macau
For me, I can live my life with noodles only, as noodles is my favorite food.
From fried noodles to soup noodles, from Chinese noodles - Cantonese style, Shanghainese to the northern style, to Japanese, Vietnamese, Burmese or the Thai style noodles......I like all of them.
In Macau, I am lucky, for I can eat many different kinds of noodles.
For chinese traditional noodels, I can choose Wong Chi Kei（黃枝記), Cheong Kei and Fung Shing Chu Kei Noodle Expert（鳳城珠記). Lok Kei congee and noodles shop（六記粥麵） at Sha Lei Tau（沙梨頭） and Weng Luen Kei noodles shop（聯記麵家）at the Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida are also good choices.
In area of Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (三盞燈), there are also many Burmese noodles shops, their flavorful fish soup, oily noodles and bean pie, coconut flavored chicken noodles, all of them are very delicious.
On the other hand, in all kinds of different eating shops in Macau, there are choices of Japanese Noodles, Shanghainese noodles, Vietnamese noodles, Thai noodles.
Not to mentioned that in the western style restaurants -e.g. Italian restaurant, I can have choice of spaghetti or the angel noodles.
I think it makes Macau so typical, as we can find so many different kinds of noodles here. Wonderful!!
From fried noodles to soup noodles, from Chinese noodles - Cantonese style, Shanghainese to the northern style, to Japanese, Vietnamese, Burmese or the Thai style noodles......I like all of them.
In Macau, I am lucky, for I can eat many different kinds of noodles.
For chinese traditional noodels, I can choose Wong Chi Kei（黃枝記), Cheong Kei and Fung Shing Chu Kei Noodle Expert（鳳城珠記). Lok Kei congee and noodles shop（六記粥麵） at Sha Lei Tau（沙梨頭） and Weng Luen Kei noodles shop（聯記麵家）at the Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida are also good choices.
In area of Rotunda de Carlos da Maia (三盞燈), there are also many Burmese noodles shops, their flavorful fish soup, oily noodles and bean pie, coconut flavored chicken noodles, all of them are very delicious.
On the other hand, in all kinds of different eating shops in Macau, there are choices of Japanese Noodles, Shanghainese noodles, Vietnamese noodles, Thai noodles.
Not to mentioned that in the western style restaurants -e.g. Italian restaurant, I can have choice of spaghetti or the angel noodles.
I think it makes Macau so typical, as we can find so many different kinds of noodles here. Wonderful!!
Steamed Egg Pudding with Walnut Paste
Delicious dessert !! It only costs CCY8 (year ago, it was only CCY6, and people could pay MOP too, but not now, as CCY has appreciated).
For me, I think it is a best value dessert. The other weekend, had a similar dessert in causeway bay in HK, it cost HKD15.
There are also plenty of choices in this little shop (actually, originally, it sold herb tea, but now it diversifies the business by selling desserts).
The little shop is in the basement of the big mall which is located next to the Gongbei Border, China.
By the time of eating, I was thinking the costing of making it by myself - shopping, preparing and cooking.I also think of the economics theories - comparatively economics and economic of scales.
How the chefs are cooking the desserts in the kitchen, for me, my cost for making it at home will be more than that !!!!
I always like to stop by that shop to taste the hot desserts !!
For me, I think it is a best value dessert. The other weekend, had a similar dessert in causeway bay in HK, it cost HKD15.
There are also plenty of choices in this little shop (actually, originally, it sold herb tea, but now it diversifies the business by selling desserts).
The little shop is in the basement of the big mall which is located next to the Gongbei Border, China.
By the time of eating, I was thinking the costing of making it by myself - shopping, preparing and cooking.I also think of the economics theories - comparatively economics and economic of scales.
How the chefs are cooking the desserts in the kitchen, for me, my cost for making it at home will be more than that !!!!
I always like to stop by that shop to taste the hot desserts !!
Merry Christmas 2009
For this Christmas, we have 4 days holiday!!!!
In central area, like Largo Senado, there are always plenty of people, most of them are visitors and IACM has decorated the area with a lot of gorgeous Christmas lights and decorations -"White Christmas".
Hope everyone has a warm and wonderful Christmas!
In central area, like Largo Senado, there are always plenty of people, most of them are visitors and IACM has decorated the area with a lot of gorgeous Christmas lights and decorations -"White Christmas".
Hope everyone has a warm and wonderful Christmas!
2009-12-23
Young Wife To Heaven (Part 1)
Heard the news that she has passed away.
It is less than a year, and she has left him and went back to heaven.
She was young, and her husband, is around 30 only. Last Christmas, they were happily preparing for the wedding which was planned in this April.
I still remember well their parents were very happy to share the engagement news with me several months ago.
Unfortunately, it was only in this February, it was discovered that she got the brain cancer. It was not a person's illness, but two families'.
He loves her so much, even though the chance for living longer was very slim, he tried all the best to get the good doctor for her.
She immediately started to receive the treatment and operations. The banquet ceremony was cancelled, but he followed the plan to have the marriage registration, to give her a title.
These past few months, I heard the news that he was very tired and exhausted, he went to HK hospital to see her and take care of her if possible, in addition of his tight work schedule.
He has changed a lot, for he was getting very depressed and a little strange tamper, and he could not express himself well.
His parents are very hurt, to see his son suffering like this.
Now, she is gone.
Hope tomorrow is another sunny day for him!!
It is less than a year, and she has left him and went back to heaven.
She was young, and her husband, is around 30 only. Last Christmas, they were happily preparing for the wedding which was planned in this April.
I still remember well their parents were very happy to share the engagement news with me several months ago.
Unfortunately, it was only in this February, it was discovered that she got the brain cancer. It was not a person's illness, but two families'.
He loves her so much, even though the chance for living longer was very slim, he tried all the best to get the good doctor for her.
She immediately started to receive the treatment and operations. The banquet ceremony was cancelled, but he followed the plan to have the marriage registration, to give her a title.
These past few months, I heard the news that he was very tired and exhausted, he went to HK hospital to see her and take care of her if possible, in addition of his tight work schedule.
He has changed a lot, for he was getting very depressed and a little strange tamper, and he could not express himself well.
His parents are very hurt, to see his son suffering like this.
Now, she is gone.
Hope tomorrow is another sunny day for him!!
Sunshine
On Tuesday morning, a lady phoned-in the radio program to comment for the new CEO's plan for the "sunshine" Government.
When I heard of sunshine, I remember the writer "Tou Kit" once wrote - "Where ever there is sunshine, there is hope".
She said that there is not enough only improving for the government, but also for the city. As our city is getting a lot of noise, air and light pollution, we should deal with the problems of having plenty of people, cars, casinos and less tress and less recreation facilities. We should make a better and healthy environment, a sunshine city!!
The person in-charged of the program commented that the meaning for the CEO is to get a transparent government, free of corruption.
Any way, I think if referring to "sunshine" , I think I like " Tou Kit" 's meaning, we are looking for HOPE for Macau, for the government, for the people and for the city!!!
When I heard of sunshine, I remember the writer "Tou Kit" once wrote - "Where ever there is sunshine, there is hope".
She said that there is not enough only improving for the government, but also for the city. As our city is getting a lot of noise, air and light pollution, we should deal with the problems of having plenty of people, cars, casinos and less tress and less recreation facilities. We should make a better and healthy environment, a sunshine city!!
The person in-charged of the program commented that the meaning for the CEO is to get a transparent government, free of corruption.
Any way, I think if referring to "sunshine" , I think I like " Tou Kit" 's meaning, we are looking for HOPE for Macau, for the government, for the people and for the city!!!
Truffle Templation from Pizza Hut
Have a delicious lunch - (黑松露菌) Truffle pizza, Truffle rice, Portuguese style baked vegetables, and one seafood rice with my colleagues in Pizza Hut...... Wonderful!! Full of holiday mood, with the Christmas jingles.
But if the portion is bigger, much better !!!!
But if the portion is bigger, much better !!!!
Ah Yat Abalone Seafood Restaurant
It is a new renovated restaurant located in the casino area,the original name was Tung Wu. But now, it has been upgraded to a more higher class restaurant.
There is one in Hotel Fortune, 7F, I went to the first flagship restaurant several years ago, the eating experience was very pleasant with the delicious abalone.
Have a Yam Cha there, it took long time to get the table, during lunch hour.
The Dim Sum is very good, I like Shrimp Dumpling, the "whole chicken served with one wooden bucket" and the Fried White Radish Patty. The restaurant is spacious, and it is very comfortable. Service is acceptable.
Actually, there are some cash coupons which can be bought in the market, overall in 60% of the ticket value.
Nevertheless, for cash or Visa Card payment, customer still can also enjoy 29% off from the menu price!!!
There is one in Hotel Fortune, 7F, I went to the first flagship restaurant several years ago, the eating experience was very pleasant with the delicious abalone.
Have a Yam Cha there, it took long time to get the table, during lunch hour.
The Dim Sum is very good, I like Shrimp Dumpling, the "whole chicken served with one wooden bucket" and the Fried White Radish Patty. The restaurant is spacious, and it is very comfortable. Service is acceptable.
Actually, there are some cash coupons which can be bought in the market, overall in 60% of the ticket value.
Nevertheless, for cash or Visa Card payment, customer still can also enjoy 29% off from the menu price!!!
2009-12-21
Lessons from My Uncles
Yesterday had family dinner with my two uncles and the family members.
Simultaneously, during the dinner, they gave me lessons.
My elder uncle told me he met one high rank officer whom he gave eight words to him, I can also be awared of these words:
One who is charged with a very heavy responsibility and in front there is a long way to go, excellent and brilliant horse ????!!!!
任重道遠 駿馬良駒
My uncle said that a question mark or exclamation mark be put at the end of these words, it is up to the person to decide!!
My uncle encouraged me to read a lot of Chinese newspapers to improve the Chinese writing, since we are Chinese.
The lesson from my youngest uncle was - charity starts at home, we should try to help others whenever possible, since we are lucky, therefore we should be grateful of what we have. There are many people they are living in a poor condition, and cannot receive education, we should offer our help whenever we could.
I will bear in mind of those lessons.
Simultaneously, during the dinner, they gave me lessons.
My elder uncle told me he met one high rank officer whom he gave eight words to him, I can also be awared of these words:
One who is charged with a very heavy responsibility and in front there is a long way to go, excellent and brilliant horse ????!!!!
任重道遠 駿馬良駒
My uncle said that a question mark or exclamation mark be put at the end of these words, it is up to the person to decide!!
My uncle encouraged me to read a lot of Chinese newspapers to improve the Chinese writing, since we are Chinese.
The lesson from my youngest uncle was - charity starts at home, we should try to help others whenever possible, since we are lucky, therefore we should be grateful of what we have. There are many people they are living in a poor condition, and cannot receive education, we should offer our help whenever we could.
I will bear in mind of those lessons.
Chiu Kei
Had a family dinner in a small Chinese restaurant.
It was crowded and full, and many people were eating their dinner in this small restaurant. Luckily, we had a private room upstairs.
We had plenty of food - big lobsters with noodles, pigeons, a big chicken, fish, pork, vegetables.......lots of food. At the end of meal,besides the fruit, we also had a cheese cake for dessert.
The dinner was good in overall, the shop was not in Central area, but it is opposite to the "little tortoise" fried noodles (the fried noodles is pretty good).
One disappointing thing was that I missed the beautiful firework in this significant day!!
It was crowded and full, and many people were eating their dinner in this small restaurant. Luckily, we had a private room upstairs.
We had plenty of food - big lobsters with noodles, pigeons, a big chicken, fish, pork, vegetables.......lots of food. At the end of meal,besides the fruit, we also had a cheese cake for dessert.
The dinner was good in overall, the shop was not in Central area, but it is opposite to the "little tortoise" fried noodles (the fried noodles is pretty good).
One disappointing thing was that I missed the beautiful firework in this significant day!!
President Hu pins hopes on Chui’s government
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/7208-President-pins-hopes-Chuis-government.html
Natalie Leung
The 10th anniversary of the founding of the Macau SAR was not only marked by the two-day celebration events, but also the 28-hour visit of President Hu Jintao who has promised to give Macau a pair of pandas and also pinned hopes on the third-term SAR government led by Chief Executive Fernando Chiu Sai On.
The Macau government started the big day at 8am yesterday with a flag rising ceremony at the Golden Lotus Square.
It was followed by the inauguration of the principal officials of the new SAR government at the Macau Dome, where around 1,400 officials from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau and also public figures were invited to witness the special moment.
Mr Chui entered the venue along with the President, and stepped onto the stage shortly to swear in as the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR, which was administered by President Hu.
The ceremony marked the official end of Edmund Ho Hau Wah’s term of office who had been heading Macau over the past decade after the 1999 handover.
The key government officials and the Public Prosecutor-General afterwards took their oaths, administered by President Hu and the Third Chief Executive of Macau.
The Executive Council members also swore in on the stage.
Delivering his first speech as formally being the Macau Chief Executive, Mr Chui said for years the motherland had always been a “strong backing” to the maintenance of Macau’s prosperity and stability,, “Ten years ago, when the regional flag of Macao rose by the side of the five-star red flag, the concept of ‘one country, two systems’ started to inject new dynamics into Macao,” Mr Chui said.
“We have been unswervingly implementing the principle of ‘one country, two systems’, under which Macao people administer Macao with a high degree of autonomy and the Basic Law of Macao SAR,” he added.
According to the former social affairs and culture secretary, the third-term government would “firmly adhere” to the “people-oriented” concept of governance, and would inherit and innovate.
When looking to the future, Mr Chui said Macau should in the next five years “actively promote diversified development at an appropriate level”.
He stressed that attention would also be put on the convention and exhibition logistics industries, cultural and creative industry as well as the upgrade and transformation of the traditional industries apart from enhancing the regulation on gaming.
“We will continue to optimise the allocation of government resources on medical care facilities and education. We will carry out the construction of public housing and urban planning and try our best to improve Macao people’s lives,” Mr Chui said.
“...We will pay special attention to training and preserving of talents, optimise human resources, raise our competitiveness and make sure that the great cause of ‘one country, two systems’ will be carried on from generation to generation,” he added.
President Hu Jintao, who arrived in Macau on Saturday morning with his wife Liu Yongqing and a delegation of government officials, then gave a 16-minute speech at the end of the inauguration.
President Ho recognised Edmund Ho Hau Wah’s contribution in maintaining Macau’s prosperity and stability and also making the territory progress despite all the challenges and difficulties during the past 10 years.
Reviewing the decade of experience of Macau, he highlighted five main points which the SAR must continue to uphold.
“First, it is important to have a correct interpretation of the principle of ‘one country, two systems’ and enforce it accordingly,” the President said.
He added that the key was to safeguard Macau’s original socio-economic system and living style, but at the same time also defend national sovereignty, unity and security, and respect the socialist system being exercised in the country.
“Second, it is important to strictly adhere to the Macau Basic Law, which reigns supreme in Macau legal system.
“Third, [Macau] must concentrate on promoting development. Through the wisdom and efforts of all Macau people, we can devote more attention to all-round, coordinated and sustainable development, thus enhancing its resistance to all kinds of financial risks.”
“Fourth, [Macau] should safeguard social harmony and stability by all means. Having a good security environment, peaceful social ambience and stable development is a luck shared by the entire Macau society,” President Hu said.
Lastly, the President reiterated that it is necessary to nurture different types of talents in a bid to raise the competitiveness of Macau in a long term basis.
In the meeting after the inauguration, the President congratulated Mr Chui on assuming office as Macau’s third-term Chief Executive. He said that the central government placed extensive trust in Mr Chui and hoped he would not let people down in uniting the SAR and leading it towards a better future.
President Hu said Mr Chui should work based on the following beliefs - putting people as the first priority, uniting Macau, enhancing government efficiency and also upholding integrity.
In a separate meeting with representatives from different local sectors, including the former Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, President Ho called for social unity and all people’s support for the new government in promoting growth and stability.
President Hu afterwards inspected the People’s Liberation Army Macau Garrison, and praised them for their important role in maintaining Macau’s prosperity and stability.
Hengqin campus construction began
President Hu, accompanied by Chief Executive Chui Sai On and State Councillor Liu Yandong, laid the foundation stone of the new campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island in the afternoon.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms Liu said that building the university campus on Hengqin was a “significant strategy” of the central government in supporting Macau’s education development.
She said she believed that the UM had played a vital role in nurturing local talents and the new campus would further enhance this role by providing the institution with more space for development.
Stressing the President’s expectations on the university, Ms Liu said she hoped it would become one of the best tertiary institutions in the world, with world class facilities, faculties, talents and research.
Meanwhile, Mr Chui said the SAR government would use the project as a starting point for establishing closer co-operation with Guangdong and also regional integration in line with the “Reform of the Pearl River Delta Region Development Plan”.
Covering about 1.09 square kilometres, the Hengqin campus is about 20 times the size of the existing campus in Taipa.
After the construction is completed in three years’ time, the campus will be able to accommodate up to 10,000 students.
Since Macau is allowed to exercise jurisdiction over the campus, local residents commuting between the new facility and Macau will not be subject to immigration checks.
The President returned to Beijing after the groundbreaking ceremony at around 5pm, marking the end of his second visit in Macau since 2004.
According to director of the Chinese Liaison Office in Macau, Bai Zhijian, who summarised the Chinese delegation’s Macau trip to the media, said that President Hu wished Mr Chui could “pass on the successful experiences from the past and continue the good traditions, but have an innovative mind when facing problems and also uphold the ‘five main points’ in the future”.
Mr Bai also said the President’s visits to the Science Centre, a local family (the three generations in the family all worked in the teaching profession) and the Hengqin campus showed that he paid “high attention to education and training of talents”.
The SAR government afterwards hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau SAR at the Macau Tower.
In addition, Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau performed at the Macau Stadium in the afternoon, which attracted thousands of people to celebrate the anniversary day with some popular Chinese songs.
At 9pm, Macau gave its largest-scale firework display ever at seven different locations to conclude the two day long celebration activities.
胡錦濤主席講話全文
【新華社澳門二十日電】國家主席胡錦濤二十日在慶祝澳門回歸祖國十周年大會暨澳門特別行政區第三屆政府就職典禮上發表重要講話。講話全文如下：
同胞們，朋友們：
今天，我們懷着喜悅的心情，在這裡隆重慶祝澳門回歸祖國十周年。十年前的今天，中葡兩國政府舉行了澳門政權交接儀式，中國政府莊嚴宣告對澳門恢復行使主權，中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區成立。澳門回歸祖國，實現了包括廣大澳門同胞在內的全國各族人民的夙願，標誌着澳門同胞從此真正成為這塊土地上的主人，澳門從此進入歷史發展新紀元。這是中華民族發展史上的一座重要里程碑。
在這裡，我代表中央政府和全國各族人民，向全體澳門市民，致以誠摯的問候！向新就任的澳門特別行政區行政長官崔世安先生和特別行政區主要官員、行政會委員，表示熱烈的祝賀！
我相信，新一屆澳門特別行政區政府一定能夠總結經驗、繼往開來，團結帶領廣大澳門市民把澳門建設得更加美好！
此時此刻，我們要向創造性地提出“一國兩制”科學構想、為澳門回歸祖國開闢了正確道路的鄧小平先生，表示深深的懷念！向為實現澳門順利交接和成功落實“一國兩制”作出了歷史性貢獻的江澤民先生，致以崇高的敬意！借此機會，我們還要向所有關心澳門、為澳門保持繁榮穩定作出貢獻的海內外同胞和國際友人，表示衷心的感謝！
澳門回歸祖國十年來，在中央政府和祖國內地大力支持下，澳門特別行政區行政長官何厚鏵先生和特區政府帶領澳門各界人士團結奮鬥、務實進取，積極應對亞洲金融危機、非典疫情、國際金融危機等帶來的嚴峻挑戰，努力克服澳門發展進程中遇到的種種困難，保持澳門繁榮穩定，各項事業取得長足進步，使澳門這座歷史悠久的商埠名城煥發出前所未有的生機活力。“一國兩制”在澳門的成功實踐，為澳門發展譜寫出新的輝煌篇章，為國家發展增添了奪目光彩！
澳門回歸祖國以來的十年，是“一國兩制”在澳門成功實踐的十年，是澳門基本法順利實施的十年，也是澳門各界人士積極探索符合澳門實際的發展道路、不斷取得進步的十年。回顧澳門回歸祖國十年來的不平凡歷程，可以得出以下重要啟示。
第一，必須全面準確理解和貫徹“一國兩制”方針。“一國兩制”是一個完整的概念，“一國”和“兩制”緊密相連。要全面準確理解和貫徹“一國兩制”方針，關鍵是要把愛國和愛澳有機統一起來。既要維護澳門原有的社會經濟制度、生活方式，又要維護國家主權、統一、安全，尊重國家主體實行的社會主義制度；既要維護澳門特別行政區依法享有的高度自治權，充分保障澳門同胞當家作主的主人翁地位，又要尊重中央政府依法享有的權力，堅決反對任何外部勢力干預澳門事務。今年年初，澳門基本法第二十三條立法順利完成，充分體現了澳門特別行政區政府、立法會和澳門各界人士對維護國家安全和利益的高度責任感，也為澳門長治久安提供了堅實保障。只要澳門同胞繼續發揚光榮傳統，在愛國愛澳旗幟下實現最廣泛的團結，就一定能夠構築起澳門長期繁榮穩定的牢固政治基礎。
第二，必須嚴格依照澳門基本法辦事。澳門基本法在澳門特別行政區法律體系中具有最高地位。依法治澳，就是要按照澳門基本法辦事，堅決維護澳門基本法的權威。澳門回歸祖國以來，特別行政區政府和各社會團體堅持不懈宣傳推廣澳門基本法，自覺以澳門基本法規範行政、立法、司法行為和處理政制發展等重大問題。這是澳門特別行政區十年來所取得的一項重要成就。要在這一基礎上進一步健全澳門特別行政區各項法律法規，加強制度建設，特別是要按照以人為本、勤政、廉潔、高效的要求，完善政府行政規章制度，促進澳門特別行政區政府管治水準不斷提高。
第三，必須集中精力推動發展。發展是硬道理。澳門特別行政區政府和社會各界人士在過去十年中始終牢牢把握發展這個主題，避免政治紛爭和社會內耗，形成了經濟快速增長、民生明顯改善的良好局面。在今後的發展中，要更加注重集民智、聚民心、匯民力，更加注重發展的全面性、協調性、可持續性，切實提高澳門抵禦各種經濟金融風險能力。當前，特別要充分利用中央政府已經採取的一系列支持澳門發展的政策措施以及國家頒佈實施《珠江三角洲地區改革發展規劃綱要》、《橫琴總體發展規劃》的有利機遇，加強同內地特別是廣東省的合作。要繼續加強和完善對博彩業的管理，努力推動澳門經濟適度多元發展。要統籌規劃，加大教育、科技、文化、衛生、體育等社會事業投入，使發展成果惠及廣大澳門市民，致力於提高市民生活綜合素質，促進澳門經濟社會全面協調可持續發展。
第四，必須堅持維護社會和諧穩定。澳門是一個多元化社會。各階層各界別雖然利益多元、訴求多樣，但根本利益是一致的。良好的治安環境、融洽的社會氛圍、穩定的發展局面是澳門全社會的共同福祉。包容共濟是促進澳門社會和諧穩定的良方益策。澳門同胞向來講團結、重協商，只要大家在維護澳門長期繁榮穩定的大目標下相互尊重、求同存異、加強溝通、顧全大局，就一定能夠找到解決矛盾和問題的辦法，為澳門各項事業發展營造良好社會氛圍。
第五，必須着力培養各類人才。人才是各項事業發展之本。不斷提升澳門競爭力，最關鍵的支撑因素是人才。要着眼長遠，增強緊迫感，大力發展教育、科技、文化事業，培養造就一大批澳門社會發展需要的政治人才、經濟人才、專業技術人才以及其他各方面人才。要高度重視和加強愛國愛澳優秀年輕人才培養，使澳門同胞素有的愛國愛澳傳統薪火相傳、發揚光大，使“一國兩制”事業後繼有人。
同胞們、朋友們！
“一國兩制”事業是香港特別行政區、澳門特別行政區和祖國內地共同發展繁榮的事業，也是中華民族偉大復興事業的重要組成部分。在已經取得成功經驗的基礎上，把這一偉大事業繼續推向前進，需要中央政府和香港特別行政區政府、澳門特別行政區政府以及社會各界人士共同努力。在這裡，我鄭重重申，中央政府將繼續堅定不移貫徹“一國兩制”、“港人治港”、“澳人治澳”、高度自治的方針，嚴格按照香港基本法、澳門基本法辦事，全力支持香港特別行政區、澳門特別行政區行政長官和特區政府依法施政。中央政府對香港、澳門採取的任何方針政策措施，都會始終堅持有利於保持香港、澳門長期繁榮穩定，有利於增進香港、澳門全體市民福祉，有利於推動香港、澳門和國家共同發展的原則。偉大的祖國始終是香港、澳門繁榮穩定的堅強後盾。
同胞們、朋友們！
新中國成立六十年來，經過包括澳門同胞在內的全國各族人民共同奮鬥，國家建設取得了舉世矚目的偉大成就，綜合國力大幅增強，人民生活顯著改善，國際地位和影響空前提高。國際金融危機發生以來，我國各族人民堅定信心、團結奮鬥、共克時艱，取得了應對國際金融危機衝擊、保持經濟平穩較快發展的顯著成績。當前，全國各族人民正沿着中國特色社會主義道路，繼續解放思想，堅持改革開放，推動科學發展，促進社會和諧，繼續為建設惠及十幾億人口的更高水準的小康社會而奮鬥，繼續朝着建設富強民主文明和諧的社會主義現代化國家、實現中華民族偉大復興的宏偉目標奮勇前進。
澳門同胞既是澳門特別行政區的主人，也是國家的主人。澳門特別行政區成立以來，不僅從祖國內地快速發展中獲得了源源不竭的發展動力和越來越多的發展機遇，在國際上分享着偉大祖國的尊嚴和榮耀，也為國家發展作出了重要貢獻。對澳門同胞長期以來為國家改革開放和社會主義現代化建設、為祖國和平統一大業作出的重要貢獻，全國各族人民不會忘記。
展望未來，我們堅信，澳門的明天與偉大祖國一樣，一定會更加美好！澳門同胞的未來生活與全國各族人民一樣，一定會更加幸福！
謝謝大家。
Natalie Leung
The 10th anniversary of the founding of the Macau SAR was not only marked by the two-day celebration events, but also the 28-hour visit of President Hu Jintao who has promised to give Macau a pair of pandas and also pinned hopes on the third-term SAR government led by Chief Executive Fernando Chiu Sai On.
The Macau government started the big day at 8am yesterday with a flag rising ceremony at the Golden Lotus Square.
It was followed by the inauguration of the principal officials of the new SAR government at the Macau Dome, where around 1,400 officials from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau and also public figures were invited to witness the special moment.
Mr Chui entered the venue along with the President, and stepped onto the stage shortly to swear in as the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR, which was administered by President Hu.
The ceremony marked the official end of Edmund Ho Hau Wah’s term of office who had been heading Macau over the past decade after the 1999 handover.
The key government officials and the Public Prosecutor-General afterwards took their oaths, administered by President Hu and the Third Chief Executive of Macau.
The Executive Council members also swore in on the stage.
Delivering his first speech as formally being the Macau Chief Executive, Mr Chui said for years the motherland had always been a “strong backing” to the maintenance of Macau’s prosperity and stability,, “Ten years ago, when the regional flag of Macao rose by the side of the five-star red flag, the concept of ‘one country, two systems’ started to inject new dynamics into Macao,” Mr Chui said.
“We have been unswervingly implementing the principle of ‘one country, two systems’, under which Macao people administer Macao with a high degree of autonomy and the Basic Law of Macao SAR,” he added.
According to the former social affairs and culture secretary, the third-term government would “firmly adhere” to the “people-oriented” concept of governance, and would inherit and innovate.
When looking to the future, Mr Chui said Macau should in the next five years “actively promote diversified development at an appropriate level”.
He stressed that attention would also be put on the convention and exhibition logistics industries, cultural and creative industry as well as the upgrade and transformation of the traditional industries apart from enhancing the regulation on gaming.
“We will continue to optimise the allocation of government resources on medical care facilities and education. We will carry out the construction of public housing and urban planning and try our best to improve Macao people’s lives,” Mr Chui said.
“...We will pay special attention to training and preserving of talents, optimise human resources, raise our competitiveness and make sure that the great cause of ‘one country, two systems’ will be carried on from generation to generation,” he added.
President Hu Jintao, who arrived in Macau on Saturday morning with his wife Liu Yongqing and a delegation of government officials, then gave a 16-minute speech at the end of the inauguration.
President Ho recognised Edmund Ho Hau Wah’s contribution in maintaining Macau’s prosperity and stability and also making the territory progress despite all the challenges and difficulties during the past 10 years.
Reviewing the decade of experience of Macau, he highlighted five main points which the SAR must continue to uphold.
“First, it is important to have a correct interpretation of the principle of ‘one country, two systems’ and enforce it accordingly,” the President said.
He added that the key was to safeguard Macau’s original socio-economic system and living style, but at the same time also defend national sovereignty, unity and security, and respect the socialist system being exercised in the country.
“Second, it is important to strictly adhere to the Macau Basic Law, which reigns supreme in Macau legal system.
“Third, [Macau] must concentrate on promoting development. Through the wisdom and efforts of all Macau people, we can devote more attention to all-round, coordinated and sustainable development, thus enhancing its resistance to all kinds of financial risks.”
“Fourth, [Macau] should safeguard social harmony and stability by all means. Having a good security environment, peaceful social ambience and stable development is a luck shared by the entire Macau society,” President Hu said.
Lastly, the President reiterated that it is necessary to nurture different types of talents in a bid to raise the competitiveness of Macau in a long term basis.
In the meeting after the inauguration, the President congratulated Mr Chui on assuming office as Macau’s third-term Chief Executive. He said that the central government placed extensive trust in Mr Chui and hoped he would not let people down in uniting the SAR and leading it towards a better future.
President Hu said Mr Chui should work based on the following beliefs - putting people as the first priority, uniting Macau, enhancing government efficiency and also upholding integrity.
In a separate meeting with representatives from different local sectors, including the former Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah, President Ho called for social unity and all people’s support for the new government in promoting growth and stability.
President Hu afterwards inspected the People’s Liberation Army Macau Garrison, and praised them for their important role in maintaining Macau’s prosperity and stability.
Hengqin campus construction began
President Hu, accompanied by Chief Executive Chui Sai On and State Councillor Liu Yandong, laid the foundation stone of the new campus of the University of Macau (UM) on Hengqin Island in the afternoon.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms Liu said that building the university campus on Hengqin was a “significant strategy” of the central government in supporting Macau’s education development.
She said she believed that the UM had played a vital role in nurturing local talents and the new campus would further enhance this role by providing the institution with more space for development.
Stressing the President’s expectations on the university, Ms Liu said she hoped it would become one of the best tertiary institutions in the world, with world class facilities, faculties, talents and research.
Meanwhile, Mr Chui said the SAR government would use the project as a starting point for establishing closer co-operation with Guangdong and also regional integration in line with the “Reform of the Pearl River Delta Region Development Plan”.
Covering about 1.09 square kilometres, the Hengqin campus is about 20 times the size of the existing campus in Taipa.
After the construction is completed in three years’ time, the campus will be able to accommodate up to 10,000 students.
Since Macau is allowed to exercise jurisdiction over the campus, local residents commuting between the new facility and Macau will not be subject to immigration checks.
The President returned to Beijing after the groundbreaking ceremony at around 5pm, marking the end of his second visit in Macau since 2004.
According to director of the Chinese Liaison Office in Macau, Bai Zhijian, who summarised the Chinese delegation’s Macau trip to the media, said that President Hu wished Mr Chui could “pass on the successful experiences from the past and continue the good traditions, but have an innovative mind when facing problems and also uphold the ‘five main points’ in the future”.
Mr Bai also said the President’s visits to the Science Centre, a local family (the three generations in the family all worked in the teaching profession) and the Hengqin campus showed that he paid “high attention to education and training of talents”.
The SAR government afterwards hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau SAR at the Macau Tower.
In addition, Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau performed at the Macau Stadium in the afternoon, which attracted thousands of people to celebrate the anniversary day with some popular Chinese songs.
At 9pm, Macau gave its largest-scale firework display ever at seven different locations to conclude the two day long celebration activities.
胡錦濤主席講話全文
【新華社澳門二十日電】國家主席胡錦濤二十日在慶祝澳門回歸祖國十周年大會暨澳門特別行政區第三屆政府就職典禮上發表重要講話。講話全文如下：
同胞們，朋友們：
今天，我們懷着喜悅的心情，在這裡隆重慶祝澳門回歸祖國十周年。十年前的今天，中葡兩國政府舉行了澳門政權交接儀式，中國政府莊嚴宣告對澳門恢復行使主權，中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區成立。澳門回歸祖國，實現了包括廣大澳門同胞在內的全國各族人民的夙願，標誌着澳門同胞從此真正成為這塊土地上的主人，澳門從此進入歷史發展新紀元。這是中華民族發展史上的一座重要里程碑。
在這裡，我代表中央政府和全國各族人民，向全體澳門市民，致以誠摯的問候！向新就任的澳門特別行政區行政長官崔世安先生和特別行政區主要官員、行政會委員，表示熱烈的祝賀！
我相信，新一屆澳門特別行政區政府一定能夠總結經驗、繼往開來，團結帶領廣大澳門市民把澳門建設得更加美好！
此時此刻，我們要向創造性地提出“一國兩制”科學構想、為澳門回歸祖國開闢了正確道路的鄧小平先生，表示深深的懷念！向為實現澳門順利交接和成功落實“一國兩制”作出了歷史性貢獻的江澤民先生，致以崇高的敬意！借此機會，我們還要向所有關心澳門、為澳門保持繁榮穩定作出貢獻的海內外同胞和國際友人，表示衷心的感謝！
澳門回歸祖國十年來，在中央政府和祖國內地大力支持下，澳門特別行政區行政長官何厚鏵先生和特區政府帶領澳門各界人士團結奮鬥、務實進取，積極應對亞洲金融危機、非典疫情、國際金融危機等帶來的嚴峻挑戰，努力克服澳門發展進程中遇到的種種困難，保持澳門繁榮穩定，各項事業取得長足進步，使澳門這座歷史悠久的商埠名城煥發出前所未有的生機活力。“一國兩制”在澳門的成功實踐，為澳門發展譜寫出新的輝煌篇章，為國家發展增添了奪目光彩！
澳門回歸祖國以來的十年，是“一國兩制”在澳門成功實踐的十年，是澳門基本法順利實施的十年，也是澳門各界人士積極探索符合澳門實際的發展道路、不斷取得進步的十年。回顧澳門回歸祖國十年來的不平凡歷程，可以得出以下重要啟示。
第一，必須全面準確理解和貫徹“一國兩制”方針。“一國兩制”是一個完整的概念，“一國”和“兩制”緊密相連。要全面準確理解和貫徹“一國兩制”方針，關鍵是要把愛國和愛澳有機統一起來。既要維護澳門原有的社會經濟制度、生活方式，又要維護國家主權、統一、安全，尊重國家主體實行的社會主義制度；既要維護澳門特別行政區依法享有的高度自治權，充分保障澳門同胞當家作主的主人翁地位，又要尊重中央政府依法享有的權力，堅決反對任何外部勢力干預澳門事務。今年年初，澳門基本法第二十三條立法順利完成，充分體現了澳門特別行政區政府、立法會和澳門各界人士對維護國家安全和利益的高度責任感，也為澳門長治久安提供了堅實保障。只要澳門同胞繼續發揚光榮傳統，在愛國愛澳旗幟下實現最廣泛的團結，就一定能夠構築起澳門長期繁榮穩定的牢固政治基礎。
第二，必須嚴格依照澳門基本法辦事。澳門基本法在澳門特別行政區法律體系中具有最高地位。依法治澳，就是要按照澳門基本法辦事，堅決維護澳門基本法的權威。澳門回歸祖國以來，特別行政區政府和各社會團體堅持不懈宣傳推廣澳門基本法，自覺以澳門基本法規範行政、立法、司法行為和處理政制發展等重大問題。這是澳門特別行政區十年來所取得的一項重要成就。要在這一基礎上進一步健全澳門特別行政區各項法律法規，加強制度建設，特別是要按照以人為本、勤政、廉潔、高效的要求，完善政府行政規章制度，促進澳門特別行政區政府管治水準不斷提高。
第三，必須集中精力推動發展。發展是硬道理。澳門特別行政區政府和社會各界人士在過去十年中始終牢牢把握發展這個主題，避免政治紛爭和社會內耗，形成了經濟快速增長、民生明顯改善的良好局面。在今後的發展中，要更加注重集民智、聚民心、匯民力，更加注重發展的全面性、協調性、可持續性，切實提高澳門抵禦各種經濟金融風險能力。當前，特別要充分利用中央政府已經採取的一系列支持澳門發展的政策措施以及國家頒佈實施《珠江三角洲地區改革發展規劃綱要》、《橫琴總體發展規劃》的有利機遇，加強同內地特別是廣東省的合作。要繼續加強和完善對博彩業的管理，努力推動澳門經濟適度多元發展。要統籌規劃，加大教育、科技、文化、衛生、體育等社會事業投入，使發展成果惠及廣大澳門市民，致力於提高市民生活綜合素質，促進澳門經濟社會全面協調可持續發展。
第四，必須堅持維護社會和諧穩定。澳門是一個多元化社會。各階層各界別雖然利益多元、訴求多樣，但根本利益是一致的。良好的治安環境、融洽的社會氛圍、穩定的發展局面是澳門全社會的共同福祉。包容共濟是促進澳門社會和諧穩定的良方益策。澳門同胞向來講團結、重協商，只要大家在維護澳門長期繁榮穩定的大目標下相互尊重、求同存異、加強溝通、顧全大局，就一定能夠找到解決矛盾和問題的辦法，為澳門各項事業發展營造良好社會氛圍。
第五，必須着力培養各類人才。人才是各項事業發展之本。不斷提升澳門競爭力，最關鍵的支撑因素是人才。要着眼長遠，增強緊迫感，大力發展教育、科技、文化事業，培養造就一大批澳門社會發展需要的政治人才、經濟人才、專業技術人才以及其他各方面人才。要高度重視和加強愛國愛澳優秀年輕人才培養，使澳門同胞素有的愛國愛澳傳統薪火相傳、發揚光大，使“一國兩制”事業後繼有人。
同胞們、朋友們！
“一國兩制”事業是香港特別行政區、澳門特別行政區和祖國內地共同發展繁榮的事業，也是中華民族偉大復興事業的重要組成部分。在已經取得成功經驗的基礎上，把這一偉大事業繼續推向前進，需要中央政府和香港特別行政區政府、澳門特別行政區政府以及社會各界人士共同努力。在這裡，我鄭重重申，中央政府將繼續堅定不移貫徹“一國兩制”、“港人治港”、“澳人治澳”、高度自治的方針，嚴格按照香港基本法、澳門基本法辦事，全力支持香港特別行政區、澳門特別行政區行政長官和特區政府依法施政。中央政府對香港、澳門採取的任何方針政策措施，都會始終堅持有利於保持香港、澳門長期繁榮穩定，有利於增進香港、澳門全體市民福祉，有利於推動香港、澳門和國家共同發展的原則。偉大的祖國始終是香港、澳門繁榮穩定的堅強後盾。
同胞們、朋友們！
新中國成立六十年來，經過包括澳門同胞在內的全國各族人民共同奮鬥，國家建設取得了舉世矚目的偉大成就，綜合國力大幅增強，人民生活顯著改善，國際地位和影響空前提高。國際金融危機發生以來，我國各族人民堅定信心、團結奮鬥、共克時艱，取得了應對國際金融危機衝擊、保持經濟平穩較快發展的顯著成績。當前，全國各族人民正沿着中國特色社會主義道路，繼續解放思想，堅持改革開放，推動科學發展，促進社會和諧，繼續為建設惠及十幾億人口的更高水準的小康社會而奮鬥，繼續朝着建設富強民主文明和諧的社會主義現代化國家、實現中華民族偉大復興的宏偉目標奮勇前進。
澳門同胞既是澳門特別行政區的主人，也是國家的主人。澳門特別行政區成立以來，不僅從祖國內地快速發展中獲得了源源不竭的發展動力和越來越多的發展機遇，在國際上分享着偉大祖國的尊嚴和榮耀，也為國家發展作出了重要貢獻。對澳門同胞長期以來為國家改革開放和社會主義現代化建設、為祖國和平統一大業作出的重要貢獻，全國各族人民不會忘記。
展望未來，我們堅信，澳門的明天與偉大祖國一樣，一定會更加美好！澳門同胞的未來生活與全國各族人民一樣，一定會更加幸福！
謝謝大家。
2009-12-20
Amorous Macau澳門風情
Those are the old local life and culture in Macau, some may not be seen easily now in town .
Dragon Boat Jingles唱龍舟 - may be disappeared!
Drunken Dragon醉龍- we still have this, as this is one of the big annual events in town.
Hopscotch跳飛機 - don't know whether the children play or not, but we used to pay this in the school playground.
Jackstones 抓子 - kids' game, I wonder whether it became history or not, as the kids have plenty of toys, especially for the girls.
Cartoon Cards拍公仔紙 - this is the boy's game, they have a large collection of the cards, the collection worth a lot of money, and sometimes I heard from them, they could earn money too.
Those are the delicious of traditional food and dessert.... I like them!!
Maltose Bonbon 麥芽糖邦邦
Cha Cha Dessert 喳咋
Rice Noodle Rolls腸粉
Rooster Olives雞公欖
Dragon Boat Jingles唱龍舟 - may be disappeared!
Drunken Dragon醉龍- we still have this, as this is one of the big annual events in town.
Hopscotch跳飛機 - don't know whether the children play or not, but we used to pay this in the school playground.
Jackstones 抓子 - kids' game, I wonder whether it became history or not, as the kids have plenty of toys, especially for the girls.
Cartoon Cards拍公仔紙 - this is the boy's game, they have a large collection of the cards, the collection worth a lot of money, and sometimes I heard from them, they could earn money too.
Those are the delicious of traditional food and dessert.... I like them!!
Maltose Bonbon 麥芽糖邦邦
Cha Cha Dessert 喳咋
Rice Noodle Rolls腸粉
Rooster Olives雞公欖
Va Kei Ka Lei Min Sek ( Curry Beef Noodles)
Delicious Curry Beef Noodles, I used to eat in the shop near Red Market, there should be another one which is near Hotel Holiday!
However I don't like the portion, it is too small, I need to eat two.
Last time, when F came back to visit from Canada, I also brought her to taste the beef noodles, she told me it was expensive in Canada, she enjoyed very much too!!
However I don't like the portion, it is too small, I need to eat two.
Last time, when F came back to visit from Canada, I also brought her to taste the beef noodles, she told me it was expensive in Canada, she enjoyed very much too!!
Song - Child
When you were born into this world
Your mom and dad saw a dream fulfilled
Dream come true
The answer to their prayers
You were to them a special child
Gave 'em joy every time you smiled
Each time you cried
They're at your side to care
Child, you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
How many seasons came and went
So many years have now been spent
For time ran fast
And now at last you're strong
Now what has gotten over you
You seem to hate your parents too
Do speak out your mind
Why do you find them wrong
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
And now your path has gone astray
Child you ain't sure what to do or say
You're so alone
No friends are on your side
And child you now break down in tears
Let them drive away your fears
Where must you go
Their arms stay open wide
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
Your mom and dad saw a dream fulfilled
Dream come true
The answer to their prayers
You were to them a special child
Gave 'em joy every time you smiled
Each time you cried
They're at your side to care
Child, you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
How many seasons came and went
So many years have now been spent
For time ran fast
And now at last you're strong
Now what has gotten over you
You seem to hate your parents too
Do speak out your mind
Why do you find them wrong
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
And now your path has gone astray
Child you ain't sure what to do or say
You're so alone
No friends are on your side
And child you now break down in tears
Let them drive away your fears
Where must you go
Their arms stay open wide
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
Child you don't know
You'll never know how far they'd go
To give you all their love can give
To see you through and God it's true
They'd die for you, if they must, to see you live
Song - See you in Heaven
it's hard to say goodbye, my friend,
but this waiting can't last forever;
sooner or later the sun must set
ending this time together.
i wish that i had one more chance
to spend another day with you,
and even though i know i can
i'll see you in heaven.
the only thing that hurts more than losing you
are all of the years of living without you.
i wanna run back to you
and show you the life i've lived without you,
'cause living without you is the only thing that hurts
more than you.
i see a picture of a little child,
standing alone, wondering where you are.
i can't believe how this child has grown,
living this life, sometimes so alone.
wishing i had one more chance
to have you hold me once again,
now even though i know you can
you'll hold me in heaven.
i've let so many years of life go by
thinking it's all worked out.
now i realize i do now
to say that it's over and let you go for now.
still, i wish that i had one more chance
to say i love you one more time,
and even though i know i can
i'll say it in heaven.
i'll see you in heaven . . .
but this waiting can't last forever;
sooner or later the sun must set
ending this time together.
i wish that i had one more chance
to spend another day with you,
and even though i know i can
i'll see you in heaven.
the only thing that hurts more than losing you
are all of the years of living without you.
i wanna run back to you
and show you the life i've lived without you,
'cause living without you is the only thing that hurts
more than you.
i see a picture of a little child,
standing alone, wondering where you are.
i can't believe how this child has grown,
living this life, sometimes so alone.
wishing i had one more chance
to have you hold me once again,
now even though i know you can
you'll hold me in heaven.
i've let so many years of life go by
thinking it's all worked out.
now i realize i do now
to say that it's over and let you go for now.
still, i wish that i had one more chance
to say i love you one more time,
and even though i know i can
i'll say it in heaven.
i'll see you in heaven . . .
漁屋Japanese Cuisine
Originally, we planned to eat in 肥仔文 of Taipa, but it was closed, I don't know whether it opens for dinner or today is a public holiday.
We just walked around in Taipa to find some place to eat, and we stopped by one Japanese Restaurant.
When I read the menu, I saw the sentence - the seafood are from 築地 of Japan. Should be quality food!! A also realised that the Chef speaks Japanese fluently with one of the Japanese female customers.
At the same time, I was thinking there are really several nice places for Japanese food - one is closed to my house - a couple sells the Japanese pan-fried prizza, very resonable and delicious meal too!!
The price of this restaurant is fair, we had three lunch sets and some extra orders.
Overall, I like the Salmon, the grilled fish and the noodles.
But I think I miss the the fresh seafood in fish market of 築地, where I had a very delicious brunch!! Although I had to wait in front of the shop before enjoying the meal, as there were so many customers there, the price was a little bit expensive, but for the quality, it is worth !!!
We just walked around in Taipa to find some place to eat, and we stopped by one Japanese Restaurant.
When I read the menu, I saw the sentence - the seafood are from 築地 of Japan. Should be quality food!! A also realised that the Chef speaks Japanese fluently with one of the Japanese female customers.
At the same time, I was thinking there are really several nice places for Japanese food - one is closed to my house - a couple sells the Japanese pan-fried prizza, very resonable and delicious meal too!!
The price of this restaurant is fair, we had three lunch sets and some extra orders.
Overall, I like the Salmon, the grilled fish and the noodles.
But I think I miss the the fresh seafood in fish market of 築地, where I had a very delicious brunch!! Although I had to wait in front of the shop before enjoying the meal, as there were so many customers there, the price was a little bit expensive, but for the quality, it is worth !!!
Macaroni with home-made tomato soup
On the way to hike this morning, stopped by one small eating shop in downtown Coloane - "Chiu Un Kei Cafe"
This shop has a long history, I remembered that I ate there for few times with my father, who liked to visit downtown Coloane as one of his friend - Uncle Fai is the honourable citizen there, we visited him once in a while, especially the April 8 of the Lunar Calender - I used to have sandwich and hot-drink there.
But this morning, as F and A just ordered the food to take away, then I followed them to have a closer look of the kitchen and observed the cashier desk, and also the food the people eating in the shop.
I realised that the famous food is the "Macaroni with home-made tomato soup", many people ordered this, and I could also see the kitchen - the preparation of the soup!!!
It should be delicious, especially in a chilly day, a bowl of hot soup, I will try this the other time!
This shop has a long history, I remembered that I ate there for few times with my father, who liked to visit downtown Coloane as one of his friend - Uncle Fai is the honourable citizen there, we visited him once in a while, especially the April 8 of the Lunar Calender - I used to have sandwich and hot-drink there.
But this morning, as F and A just ordered the food to take away, then I followed them to have a closer look of the kitchen and observed the cashier desk, and also the food the people eating in the shop.
I realised that the famous food is the "Macaroni with home-made tomato soup", many people ordered this, and I could also see the kitchen - the preparation of the soup!!!
It should be delicious, especially in a chilly day, a bowl of hot soup, I will try this the other time!
Daily Economics
Economics of scale - make a bowl of steamed egg pudding cost half an hour, but making ten bowls of pudding cost only 1 hour.
External effects - the fortune bus of the casions offer free ride to their guests, some residents can enjoy the free transportation to certain destinations.
Marginal cost-10 dollars to get five oranges, after paying 10 dollars, the old lady asked to get one more organge by paying 1 dollar, the additional orange's cost = the marginal cost = 1 dollar, not the original 2 dollars/organge.
Opportunity cost - have a nice dinner but miss the beautiful firework.
External effects - the fortune bus of the casions offer free ride to their guests, some residents can enjoy the free transportation to certain destinations.
Marginal cost-10 dollars to get five oranges, after paying 10 dollars, the old lady asked to get one more organge by paying 1 dollar, the additional orange's cost = the marginal cost = 1 dollar, not the original 2 dollars/organge.
Opportunity cost - have a nice dinner but miss the beautiful firework.
Coloane Trail
What a beautiful Sunday, especially today is Dec 20!!
On this special day, I went out to have a hike with F and A.
On our bus ride from Macau to Coloane, we saw a lot of policemen working very hard on the streets in the Taipa area. Actually, the bus had to change the route, to use the Sai Van Bridge instead, some stops in Tapia were also cancelled due to security reason, as the Beijing leaders were in town and were in the big ceremony in the near-by area.
On the other part of Taipa, outside the Stadium , we also saw the fans started to wait for this afternnon's Andy Lau Concert.
When we arrived Coloane, it was very quiet, like the normal day, except some shops closed for today's holiday.
Had a wonderful walk in the hill side of Coloane island, did breathe-in a lot of fresh air, saw varieties of green trees/plants and got closer to the nature. We spent about 2.5 hours over there.
It was a good walk. We hiked along the trail as well as the Ma Chou Statue.
There are several trails to different places too: Seac Pai Van Park, Cheoc Van Barbecue Park, Hac Sa Reservoir Barbecue Park, and Ka Ho Height Barbecue Park.
This is alos the longest hiking trail in Macau.
By the time we came back, we saw the armies and their trucks left as well, they were on the way back to China by using the Lotus Bridge.
It seems that we were monitoring the progress of the events for today, in different areas.
On this special day, I went out to have a hike with F and A.
On our bus ride from Macau to Coloane, we saw a lot of policemen working very hard on the streets in the Taipa area. Actually, the bus had to change the route, to use the Sai Van Bridge instead, some stops in Tapia were also cancelled due to security reason, as the Beijing leaders were in town and were in the big ceremony in the near-by area.
On the other part of Taipa, outside the Stadium , we also saw the fans started to wait for this afternnon's Andy Lau Concert.
When we arrived Coloane, it was very quiet, like the normal day, except some shops closed for today's holiday.
Had a wonderful walk in the hill side of Coloane island, did breathe-in a lot of fresh air, saw varieties of green trees/plants and got closer to the nature. We spent about 2.5 hours over there.
It was a good walk. We hiked along the trail as well as the Ma Chou Statue.
There are several trails to different places too: Seac Pai Van Park, Cheoc Van Barbecue Park, Hac Sa Reservoir Barbecue Park, and Ka Ho Height Barbecue Park.
This is alos the longest hiking trail in Macau.
By the time we came back, we saw the armies and their trucks left as well, they were on the way back to China by using the Lotus Bridge.
It seems that we were monitoring the progress of the events for today, in different areas.
2009-12-19
Shanghainese Food
Shanghainese Food is one of my favorite food, there are several places I like to eat.
The first one is the Old Shanghai in Hotel Kam Tou, the second is the Chi Un in Hotel Royal. "Four Five Six" is also a good one, but the price is a little bit expensive.
Once I ate in a high class Shanghainese restaurant in Zhuhai, it is located in the one inside the " Silva Capital" hotel. There were a lot of varieties for selection.
Actually, in Central area, it is easy to find Shanghainess Restaurant, two of them are near the Largo Senado.
Besides the spice and scour hot soup, the shanghainese dim sum, I also like the dessert!!
The first one is the Old Shanghai in Hotel Kam Tou, the second is the Chi Un in Hotel Royal. "Four Five Six" is also a good one, but the price is a little bit expensive.
Once I ate in a high class Shanghainese restaurant in Zhuhai, it is located in the one inside the " Silva Capital" hotel. There were a lot of varieties for selection.
Actually, in Central area, it is easy to find Shanghainess Restaurant, two of them are near the Largo Senado.
Besides the spice and scour hot soup, the shanghainese dim sum, I also like the dessert!!
Angela Cafe
The first one is in New Yahan department store building. The second one is inside the Macau Musem.
I like the club sandwich and the chefe salad. Good for lunch or tea.
In the afternoon, they also offer tea-set !!!
I like the club sandwich and the chefe salad. Good for lunch or tea.
In the afternoon, they also offer tea-set !!!
Lord Stow's Bakery
http://www.lordstow.com/
Andrew Stow......
Many people like the famous Portuguese Tart, I also like the sandwiches. Besides the one in Nam Wan, there are shops in Coloane. In Macau University, they also provide the service for the students.
There is one shop near the bus-stationin downtown of Coloane, very good environment inside the Cafe, there are also some tables at the backyard.
Overthere, they also provide nice tea/coffee and some hot dishes.
Good for afternoon tea with friends.
Here are the pictures that I ate last time:
Andrew Stow......
Many people like the famous Portuguese Tart, I also like the sandwiches. Besides the one in Nam Wan, there are shops in Coloane. In Macau University, they also provide the service for the students.
There is one shop near the bus-stationin downtown of Coloane, very good environment inside the Cafe, there are also some tables at the backyard.
Overthere, they also provide nice tea/coffee and some hot dishes.
Good for afternoon tea with friends.
Here are the pictures that I ate last time:
珠記Wan Ton Noodles
The flagship shop is near Central area.
I ate there since I was small, the famous one is the Wan Ton Noodles. It is convenient, just go in the shop, order the food, and within short time, the noodles is ready.
When it it cold, it is good to have a hot bowl of noodles, at MOP13 only, but I think it is not as good as before, still they open more shops in different area in Macau, and many tourists locate the shop and taste the famous noodles
I ate there since I was small, the famous one is the Wan Ton Noodles. It is convenient, just go in the shop, order the food, and within short time, the noodles is ready.
When it it cold, it is good to have a hot bowl of noodles, at MOP13 only, but I think it is not as good as before, still they open more shops in different area in Macau, and many tourists locate the shop and taste the famous noodles
發達 Vietnamese Food
This is a small eating shop in Rua Sacadura Cabral, it serves delicious Vietnamese food in very reasonable price,from mid-day to mid-night.
Delicious noodles, slice of chicken meat, spring rolls, dessert....but don't expect very high customer service, and sometimes it is quite slow to serve your food!
Wish there are some more Vietnamese Food eating shop in Macau.
Delicious noodles, slice of chicken meat, spring rolls, dessert....but don't expect very high customer service, and sometimes it is quite slow to serve your food!
Wish there are some more Vietnamese Food eating shop in Macau.
Buffets
I started to like buffet dinners or lunch, since I was in college as I ate in the food service for every meal in the college, and it is self-help service with buffet style.
I can choose whatever I like and it can save a lot of time.
Even though I cannot eat all of them, I think I can enjoy a lot by seeing all kinds of food, and the price is fixed, no matter how much I eat.
In Macau, I have several places I like to eat for buffets:
Hotel Sintra ( lunch buffet and weekend dinner buffet)
Hotel New Lisboa (Grand Buffet - lots of choices of the dishes, really wonderful!)
Hote Lisboa 不夜天
Hotel Four Seasons ( Portuguese and some other countries, like Indian, Chinese.....)
Clube Military ( only lunch buffet) ( Portuguese food!!!)
I am going to discover some more places
I can choose whatever I like and it can save a lot of time.
Even though I cannot eat all of them, I think I can enjoy a lot by seeing all kinds of food, and the price is fixed, no matter how much I eat.
In Macau, I have several places I like to eat for buffets:
Hotel Sintra ( lunch buffet and weekend dinner buffet)
Hotel New Lisboa (Grand Buffet - lots of choices of the dishes, really wonderful!)
Hote Lisboa 不夜天
Hotel Four Seasons ( Portuguese and some other countries, like Indian, Chinese.....)
Clube Military ( only lunch buffet) ( Portuguese food!!!)
I am going to discover some more places
Restaurant Fernando
Fernando is the name of the owner of this portuguese restuarant.
It is in Hac Sac of Coloane, and it takes time to get there. However, as it is very famous, many tourists like to go to this restaruant to taste the Portuguese dishes.
For me, I am not tourist, but I also like the BBQ tiny pig and the fish over there.
The restuarnt is big, there is a rear hall at the back of the restaurant, with air-conditioned while the front one is like an open-area.
There is also one backyard with few tress and a area with bar tables for drinking.
Usually, it takes time to get table, especially during meal hours of weekends. It seems to me that they do not accept telephone reservation, and there is no service charge, service is OK, and the portion of the dish is big.
Most of all, I also enjoy the fresh load of bread served before the meal, it is hot and delicious !!
It is in Hac Sac of Coloane, and it takes time to get there. However, as it is very famous, many tourists like to go to this restaruant to taste the Portuguese dishes.
For me, I am not tourist, but I also like the BBQ tiny pig and the fish over there.
The restuarnt is big, there is a rear hall at the back of the restaurant, with air-conditioned while the front one is like an open-area.
There is also one backyard with few tress and a area with bar tables for drinking.
Usually, it takes time to get table, especially during meal hours of weekends. It seems to me that they do not accept telephone reservation, and there is no service charge, service is OK, and the portion of the dish is big.
Most of all, I also enjoy the fresh load of bread served before the meal, it is hot and delicious !!
The Illiterate Surgeon
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: June 12, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Just about the worst thing that can happen to a teenage girl in this world is to develop an obstetric fistula that leaves her trickling bodily wastes, stinking and shunned by everyone around her. That happened four decades ago to Mamitu Gashe.
But the most amazing thing about Ms. Mamitu is not what she endured but what she has become.
Ms. Mamitu's story begins when she was an illiterate 15-year-old in a remote Ethiopian village unreachable by road and with no doctor nearby. She married a local man, became pregnant and after three days of labor, she lapsed into unconsciousness and the baby was stillborn.
"After I woke up, the bed was wet" with urine, she remembers. "I thought I would get better after two or three days, but I didn't."
That's typically how an obstetric fistula arises: a teenage girl, often malnourished and with an immature pelvis, tries to deliver her first baby. The fetus gets stuck, and after several days of labor it is stillborn - but some of the mother's internal tissues have been damaged in that time, and so to her horror she finds herself constantly trickling urine or sometimes feces from her vagina.
Soon she stinks. Her husband normally abandons her, the constant trickle of urine leaves her with terrible sores on her legs, and if she survives at all she is told to build a hut away from the rest of the village and to stay away from the village well. Some girls die of infections or suicide, but many linger for decades as pariahs and hermits - their lives effectively over at the age of about 15.
Fistulas were common in America in the 19th century. But improved medical care means that they are now almost unknown in the West, while the United Nations has estimated that at least two million girls and women live with fistulas in the developing world, mostly in Africa.
This should be an international scandal, because a $300 operation can normally repair the injury. A major effort to improve maternal health in the developing world should be a no-brainer, for it could prevent most fistulas and reduce deaths in childbirth by half within a decade, saving 300,000 lives a year.
But maternal health is woefully neglected, and those suffering fistulas are completely voiceless - young, female, poor, rural and ostracized. They are the 21st century's lepers.
Ms. Mamitu was exceptionally lucky in that she was brought to a hospital here in Addis Ababa that offered free surgery by a saintly husband and wife pair of gynecologists from Australia, Reginald and Catherine Hamlin. Reg is now dead, while Catherine is the Mother Teresa of our time and is long overdue for a Nobel Peace Prize.
After that operation, 42 years ago, Ms. Mamitu was given a job making beds in the hospital. Then she began helping out during surgeries, and after a couple of years of watching she was asked by Dr. Reg Hamlin to cut some stitches. Eventually, Ms. Mamitu was routinely performing the entire fistula repair herself.
Over the decades, Ms. Mamitu has gradually become one of the world's most experienced fistula surgeons. Gynecologists from around the world go to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to train in fistula repair, and typically their teacher is Ms. Mamitu.
Not bad for an illiterate Ethiopian peasant who as a child never went to a day of school.
A few years ago, Ms. Mamitu tired of being an illiterate master surgeon, and so she began night school. She's now in the third grade.
The Fistula Hospital where Ms. Mamitu works is nicknamed "puddle city" - because patients stroll around dripping urine - but it abounds with joy and hope.
President Bush has increased aid to the developing world generally and to Africa in particular, but a few days ago he rejected Tony Blair's appeal for a further dramatic increase in assistance for Africa. The real stakes in that rejection will be measured in lives like Ms. Mamitu's. I hope that Mr. Bush will reconsider - for the sake of people like those girls with fistula living in huts alone on the edges of hundreds of thousands of villages.
Ms. Mamitu shows us what a tragedy it would be to write them off. A couple of Australians once gave Ms. Mamitu a break, and so today Ms. Mamitu is not a victim at all, but an inspiration.
And, I hope, an inspiration to us to be more generous.
Resources:
To find out more about obstetric fistula, or to learn how to help, try these two links:
• www.fistulafoundation.org (this is a site in support of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where Ms. Mamitu is a surgeon)
• www.wfmic.org (this is a site for the Worldwide Fistula Fund, which raises funds for fistula repairs in West Africa.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/12kristof.html
Published: June 12, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Just about the worst thing that can happen to a teenage girl in this world is to develop an obstetric fistula that leaves her trickling bodily wastes, stinking and shunned by everyone around her. That happened four decades ago to Mamitu Gashe.
But the most amazing thing about Ms. Mamitu is not what she endured but what she has become.
Ms. Mamitu's story begins when she was an illiterate 15-year-old in a remote Ethiopian village unreachable by road and with no doctor nearby. She married a local man, became pregnant and after three days of labor, she lapsed into unconsciousness and the baby was stillborn.
"After I woke up, the bed was wet" with urine, she remembers. "I thought I would get better after two or three days, but I didn't."
That's typically how an obstetric fistula arises: a teenage girl, often malnourished and with an immature pelvis, tries to deliver her first baby. The fetus gets stuck, and after several days of labor it is stillborn - but some of the mother's internal tissues have been damaged in that time, and so to her horror she finds herself constantly trickling urine or sometimes feces from her vagina.
Soon she stinks. Her husband normally abandons her, the constant trickle of urine leaves her with terrible sores on her legs, and if she survives at all she is told to build a hut away from the rest of the village and to stay away from the village well. Some girls die of infections or suicide, but many linger for decades as pariahs and hermits - their lives effectively over at the age of about 15.
Fistulas were common in America in the 19th century. But improved medical care means that they are now almost unknown in the West, while the United Nations has estimated that at least two million girls and women live with fistulas in the developing world, mostly in Africa.
This should be an international scandal, because a $300 operation can normally repair the injury. A major effort to improve maternal health in the developing world should be a no-brainer, for it could prevent most fistulas and reduce deaths in childbirth by half within a decade, saving 300,000 lives a year.
But maternal health is woefully neglected, and those suffering fistulas are completely voiceless - young, female, poor, rural and ostracized. They are the 21st century's lepers.
Ms. Mamitu was exceptionally lucky in that she was brought to a hospital here in Addis Ababa that offered free surgery by a saintly husband and wife pair of gynecologists from Australia, Reginald and Catherine Hamlin. Reg is now dead, while Catherine is the Mother Teresa of our time and is long overdue for a Nobel Peace Prize.
After that operation, 42 years ago, Ms. Mamitu was given a job making beds in the hospital. Then she began helping out during surgeries, and after a couple of years of watching she was asked by Dr. Reg Hamlin to cut some stitches. Eventually, Ms. Mamitu was routinely performing the entire fistula repair herself.
Over the decades, Ms. Mamitu has gradually become one of the world's most experienced fistula surgeons. Gynecologists from around the world go to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to train in fistula repair, and typically their teacher is Ms. Mamitu.
Not bad for an illiterate Ethiopian peasant who as a child never went to a day of school.
A few years ago, Ms. Mamitu tired of being an illiterate master surgeon, and so she began night school. She's now in the third grade.
The Fistula Hospital where Ms. Mamitu works is nicknamed "puddle city" - because patients stroll around dripping urine - but it abounds with joy and hope.
President Bush has increased aid to the developing world generally and to Africa in particular, but a few days ago he rejected Tony Blair's appeal for a further dramatic increase in assistance for Africa. The real stakes in that rejection will be measured in lives like Ms. Mamitu's. I hope that Mr. Bush will reconsider - for the sake of people like those girls with fistula living in huts alone on the edges of hundreds of thousands of villages.
Ms. Mamitu shows us what a tragedy it would be to write them off. A couple of Australians once gave Ms. Mamitu a break, and so today Ms. Mamitu is not a victim at all, but an inspiration.
And, I hope, an inspiration to us to be more generous.
Resources:
To find out more about obstetric fistula, or to learn how to help, try these two links:
• www.fistulafoundation.org (this is a site in support of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where Ms. Mamitu is a surgeon)
• www.wfmic.org (this is a site for the Worldwide Fistula Fund, which raises funds for fistula repairs in West Africa.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/12kristof.html
Gardener behind Africa's heart pioneer
By Alastair Leithead
BBC correspondent in Cape Town
The world knows the achievements of Professor Christian Barnard - the first man to carry out a heart transplant in his native South Africa.
It was 1967 at the height of apartheid.
But behind all the research and testing he carried out on animals that preceded the pioneering operation was a black South African called Hamilton Naki.
Employed at first as a gardener, Mr Naki worked his way up to become even more nimble-fingered on the operating table than Professor Barnard himself.
Those days you had to accept what they said as there was no other way you could go because it was the law of the land
Hamilton Naki
His work helped the first heart transplant become a reality and for years after that he passed on those skills to thousands of young surgeons.
Until recently his story was ignored, but now a film-maker hopes to change all that.
Professor Barnard carried out the first heart transplant in the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town where years earlier Mr Naki enrolled as a gardener.
Now a great-grandfather of 78 he lives in Langa township a few miles from the hospital - living on his gardener's pension.
But the research he did with animals paved the way to the pioneering operation.
"I was taken on to work in the garden. After a while I changed to work in the medical school in the clinical labs where they were working with dogs - eventually to work on open heart surgery and pulmonary bypass and so on."
"Here in South Africa nobody wanted to work with the animals as it was so dirty."
Life story
Film producer Dirk de Villiers is now working on a documentary of Mr Naki's life.
Professor Barnard died two years ago, but among the footage is an interview with the surgeon speaking about Mr Naki.
"I could see that he was a very capable young man and I gave him more and more to do and eventually he could do a heart transplant sometimes better than the junior doctors who came there."
Mr de Villiers, an old friend of Professor Barnard, is also making a biographical feature film called simply "Barnard".
He is giving Mr Naki a more important role than he had in reality - to redress the balance.
"I want justification to be done to Hamilton Naki because I think he's a remarkable man."
"I think that he's a role model for any young black man not even in South Africa but in the world. That is that you don't need to have the education or a certificate against a wall if you develop a skill."
He added that under apartheid there was very little recognition for a black man and he wanted Hamilton Naki to be recognised by the world "as one of the great researchers of all time in the field of heart transplants".
Mr Naki was given special permission to work, researching pioneering techniques with the animals in the laboratory.
Professor Barnard even said he was a better craftsman when it came to stitching than he was. Mr Naki said Professor Barnard had arthritis so he would often help him teach.
Accepting the system
When asked if he was disappointed he did not become a surgeon himself he replied: "Those days you had to accept what they said as there was no other way you could go because it was the law of the land."
The Groote Schuur Hospital still has photos of Mr Naki in the transplant museum. But his memory lives longer in the minds of those surgeons taught by him.
"Hamilton was very skilled not only in the surgical aspects, but in the anaesthetics aspects of animal research. If he hadn't been black he would have been given the opportunities to undergo medical training," said Professor Del Kahn, the hospital's head of surgery.
None of Mr Naki's children have followed in his footsteps as education was too expensive on a gardener's wage.
But he has been given a presidential award for his achievements - the Order of the Mapungubwe - one of the highest honours in South Africa.
"I can be happy now that everything is out. The light is lit and the darkness has gone," he said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/3011105.stm
Published: 2003/05/09 10:14:35 GMT
BBC correspondent in Cape Town
The world knows the achievements of Professor Christian Barnard - the first man to carry out a heart transplant in his native South Africa.
It was 1967 at the height of apartheid.
But behind all the research and testing he carried out on animals that preceded the pioneering operation was a black South African called Hamilton Naki.
Employed at first as a gardener, Mr Naki worked his way up to become even more nimble-fingered on the operating table than Professor Barnard himself.
Those days you had to accept what they said as there was no other way you could go because it was the law of the land
Hamilton Naki
His work helped the first heart transplant become a reality and for years after that he passed on those skills to thousands of young surgeons.
Until recently his story was ignored, but now a film-maker hopes to change all that.
Professor Barnard carried out the first heart transplant in the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town where years earlier Mr Naki enrolled as a gardener.
Now a great-grandfather of 78 he lives in Langa township a few miles from the hospital - living on his gardener's pension.
But the research he did with animals paved the way to the pioneering operation.
"I was taken on to work in the garden. After a while I changed to work in the medical school in the clinical labs where they were working with dogs - eventually to work on open heart surgery and pulmonary bypass and so on."
"Here in South Africa nobody wanted to work with the animals as it was so dirty."
Life story
Film producer Dirk de Villiers is now working on a documentary of Mr Naki's life.
Professor Barnard died two years ago, but among the footage is an interview with the surgeon speaking about Mr Naki.
"I could see that he was a very capable young man and I gave him more and more to do and eventually he could do a heart transplant sometimes better than the junior doctors who came there."
Mr de Villiers, an old friend of Professor Barnard, is also making a biographical feature film called simply "Barnard".
He is giving Mr Naki a more important role than he had in reality - to redress the balance.
"I want justification to be done to Hamilton Naki because I think he's a remarkable man."
"I think that he's a role model for any young black man not even in South Africa but in the world. That is that you don't need to have the education or a certificate against a wall if you develop a skill."
He added that under apartheid there was very little recognition for a black man and he wanted Hamilton Naki to be recognised by the world "as one of the great researchers of all time in the field of heart transplants".
Mr Naki was given special permission to work, researching pioneering techniques with the animals in the laboratory.
Professor Barnard even said he was a better craftsman when it came to stitching than he was. Mr Naki said Professor Barnard had arthritis so he would often help him teach.
Accepting the system
When asked if he was disappointed he did not become a surgeon himself he replied: "Those days you had to accept what they said as there was no other way you could go because it was the law of the land."
The Groote Schuur Hospital still has photos of Mr Naki in the transplant museum. But his memory lives longer in the minds of those surgeons taught by him.
"Hamilton was very skilled not only in the surgical aspects, but in the anaesthetics aspects of animal research. If he hadn't been black he would have been given the opportunities to undergo medical training," said Professor Del Kahn, the hospital's head of surgery.
None of Mr Naki's children have followed in his footsteps as education was too expensive on a gardener's wage.
But he has been given a presidential award for his achievements - the Order of the Mapungubwe - one of the highest honours in South Africa.
"I can be happy now that everything is out. The light is lit and the darkness has gone," he said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/3011105.stm
Published: 2003/05/09 10:14:35 GMT
Ca4e for 4
Have a walk in Sai Wan, then headed to Tower, and tea in the Cafe on the 4th floor.
Along the street in Sai Wan, very quiet, and with a little bit sunshine, it was a very comfortable walk.
In the Cafe, there is a very nice lake/sea view - with two bridges. Once in a while, some boats passed by.
There were not many people in the cafe, relax afternoon!!
Along the street in Sai Wan, very quiet, and with a little bit sunshine, it was a very comfortable walk.
In the Cafe, there is a very nice lake/sea view - with two bridges. Once in a while, some boats passed by.
There were not many people in the cafe, relax afternoon!!
Dec 19
Today is Saturday, have a high-school buddy gathering to "blow water" ..... to get update news of each other. Well, only three buddies, but that is good to see friends once in a while, to share everything, that 's what the friends for !!!
2009-12-18
Restaurant D. Afonso III
It is a very old Portuguese restaurant in Rua Central, and almost most of my Portuguese colleagues recommend this.
I ate there for few times, and I sometimes also bring my friends to eat there.
Very good cooking and fresh food !!
The restaurant is very small, not many tables, but very close to each others. The boss hires Philippines ladies as waitress.
One bad thing is that there is no non-smoking area, and sometimes the Portuguese smoke inside the restaurant.
My friend also recommends me the grilled tiny pig, I am waiting for enough people to eat there, as the portion is really big!!!
One thing to remember - this restaurant closes on Sunday.
I ate there for few times, and I sometimes also bring my friends to eat there.
Very good cooking and fresh food !!
The restaurant is very small, not many tables, but very close to each others. The boss hires Philippines ladies as waitress.
One bad thing is that there is no non-smoking area, and sometimes the Portuguese smoke inside the restaurant.
My friend also recommends me the grilled tiny pig, I am waiting for enough people to eat there, as the portion is really big!!!
One thing to remember - this restaurant closes on Sunday.
Belcanção
Few months ago, went to Four Seasons Hotel to have buffet dinner.
Had a wonderful time and enjoyed very much. Lots of seafood, Portuguese cuinine, and the dessert..... I was not disappointed at all of the food, and I think the money was well-spent, even though it was a little bit expensive.
At the same time, the service was really good, and I liked to observe the performance of the smart waiters and waitress.
I am planning to have another dinner there soon, to treat myself!!!
From Internet
Belcanção serves Portuguese and Macanese cuisine at its finest and is the perfect setting for business entertainment or intimate family celebrations. In the central open kitchen, innovative chefs use the finest regional ingredients to create a distinctive cuisine where local favourites play a leading role. An international buffet incorporates live cooking stations and a spectacular wine bar, with a large selection of wines available by the glass. A Kid's Corner is available for our youngest guests, featuring an extensive selection of treats.
Specialties
Belcanção presents a wide range of traditional and modern Portuguese and Macanese cuisine. Among Belcanção's specialties is the famous bacalhau, a signature fish dish that attracts many travellers to Macau.
Had a wonderful time and enjoyed very much. Lots of seafood, Portuguese cuinine, and the dessert..... I was not disappointed at all of the food, and I think the money was well-spent, even though it was a little bit expensive.
At the same time, the service was really good, and I liked to observe the performance of the smart waiters and waitress.
I am planning to have another dinner there soon, to treat myself!!!
From Internet
Belcanção serves Portuguese and Macanese cuisine at its finest and is the perfect setting for business entertainment or intimate family celebrations. In the central open kitchen, innovative chefs use the finest regional ingredients to create a distinctive cuisine where local favourites play a leading role. An international buffet incorporates live cooking stations and a spectacular wine bar, with a large selection of wines available by the glass. A Kid's Corner is available for our youngest guests, featuring an extensive selection of treats.
Specialties
Belcanção presents a wide range of traditional and modern Portuguese and Macanese cuisine. Among Belcanção's specialties is the famous bacalhau, a signature fish dish that attracts many travellers to Macau.
永利軒 Wing Lei
Have a family dinner in Wynn Chinese Restaurant.
This is my second time eating there, I like the environment very much, especially the crystal flying dragon, and I think I like the Dim Sum there rather than the dinner.
During the first time, the Dim Sum was really a wonderful surprise to me, with the service and the environment, I have a very good impression of the restaurant.
This time, for the dinner dishes, not bad, but not so excited either. Just like regular dinner in the other Chinese restaurant. We had Shanghai cold dishes, chicken, lamb, beef, Tufu, seafood, fish soup, vegetables....... and the melon from Columbia and blueberries. For the bill, it was about 380 per person.
Anyway, I enjoyed the service and the design there, feel so good.
The description from their web-site:
Chef Peter Chan creates culinary surprises under the sparkling eyes of Wing Lei's iconic crystal flying dragon. Set in a strikingly contemporary yet distinctly Chinese-style decor, guests are invited to savor classic Cantonese cuisine featuring signature and seasonal menus. For dim sum connoisseurs, an array of delightful hand-made dim sum and barbecued dishes prepared by our master chefs is served daily on our lunch menu.
This is my second time eating there, I like the environment very much, especially the crystal flying dragon, and I think I like the Dim Sum there rather than the dinner.
During the first time, the Dim Sum was really a wonderful surprise to me, with the service and the environment, I have a very good impression of the restaurant.
This time, for the dinner dishes, not bad, but not so excited either. Just like regular dinner in the other Chinese restaurant. We had Shanghai cold dishes, chicken, lamb, beef, Tufu, seafood, fish soup, vegetables....... and the melon from Columbia and blueberries. For the bill, it was about 380 per person.
Anyway, I enjoyed the service and the design there, feel so good.
The description from their web-site:
Chef Peter Chan creates culinary surprises under the sparkling eyes of Wing Lei's iconic crystal flying dragon. Set in a strikingly contemporary yet distinctly Chinese-style decor, guests are invited to savor classic Cantonese cuisine featuring signature and seasonal menus. For dim sum connoisseurs, an array of delightful hand-made dim sum and barbecued dishes prepared by our master chefs is served daily on our lunch menu.
Good News
Today is P 's Birthday, I still remember this.
December is usually a good season of the year, as Christmas and new year is coming.
Lots of good news around.
My colleague L gets a new born grandson.
Cousin is going to get marry on 16 January, and yesterday was the engagement date.
My uncle is going to retire, today is the last day of his career life.
My boss is going to retire pretty soon, and 15 January will be his last day of work.
Not to say, we are going to enter another new standing point, as we are going to celebrate the 10th anniversary return to mainland China.
Most of all, we are going to have the Christmas holiday!!!
December is usually a good season of the year, as Christmas and new year is coming.
Lots of good news around.
My colleague L gets a new born grandson.
Cousin is going to get marry on 16 January, and yesterday was the engagement date.
My uncle is going to retire, today is the last day of his career life.
My boss is going to retire pretty soon, and 15 January will be his last day of work.
Not to say, we are going to enter another new standing point, as we are going to celebrate the 10th anniversary return to mainland China.
Most of all, we are going to have the Christmas holiday!!!
Song - Hopelessly devoted to you
Guess mine is not the first heart broken,
My eyes are not the first to cry,
I'm not the first to know there's
Just no getting over you
I'm Hopelessly Devoted To You
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm out of my head
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Hopelessly Devoted To You
I know I'm just a fool who's willing
To sit around and wait for you
But baby can't you see there's nothing else for me to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my heart aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
My head is saying fool forget him
My heart is saying don't let him go
Hold on to the end that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
My eyes are not the first to cry,
I'm not the first to know there's
Just no getting over you
I'm Hopelessly Devoted To You
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm out of my head
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Hopelessly Devoted To You
I know I'm just a fool who's willing
To sit around and wait for you
But baby can't you see there's nothing else for me to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my heart aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
My head is saying fool forget him
My heart is saying don't let him go
Hold on to the end that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you
But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my love aside
I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Song - Will you still love me tomorrow?
tonight you''re mine completely
you give you love so sweetly
tonight the light of love is in your eyes
but will you love me tomorrow
is this a lasting treasure
or just a moment''s pleasure
can i believe the magic in your signs
will you still love me tomorrow
tonight with words unspoken
you say that I''m the only one
but will the spell be broken
when the night meets the morning sun
and I''d like to know if your love
is love I can be sure of
so tell me now and I won''t ask again
will you still love me tomorrow
will you still love me tomorrow
will you still love me tomorrow
you give you love so sweetly
tonight the light of love is in your eyes
but will you love me tomorrow
is this a lasting treasure
or just a moment''s pleasure
can i believe the magic in your signs
will you still love me tomorrow
tonight with words unspoken
you say that I''m the only one
but will the spell be broken
when the night meets the morning sun
and I''d like to know if your love
is love I can be sure of
so tell me now and I won''t ask again
will you still love me tomorrow
will you still love me tomorrow
will you still love me tomorrow
Song - Times of Your Life
good morning, yesterday
you wake up and time has slipped away
and suddenly it's hard to find
the memories you left behind
remember, do you remember?
the laughter and the tears
the shadows of misty yesteryears
all the good times and the bad you've seen
and all the others in between
remember, do you remember
the times of your life? (do you remember?)
reach back for the joy and the sorrow
put them away in your mind
the mem'ries are time that you borrow
to spend when you get to tomorrow
here comes the setting sun
(comes the setting sun)
the seasons are passing one by one
so gather moments while you may
collect the dreams you dream today
remember, will you remember
the times of your life?
gather moments while you may
collect the dreams you dream today
remember, will you remember
the times of your life?
of your life
of your life
you wake up and time has slipped away
and suddenly it's hard to find
the memories you left behind
remember, do you remember?
the laughter and the tears
the shadows of misty yesteryears
all the good times and the bad you've seen
and all the others in between
remember, do you remember
the times of your life? (do you remember?)
reach back for the joy and the sorrow
put them away in your mind
the mem'ries are time that you borrow
to spend when you get to tomorrow
here comes the setting sun
(comes the setting sun)
the seasons are passing one by one
so gather moments while you may
collect the dreams you dream today
remember, will you remember
the times of your life?
gather moments while you may
collect the dreams you dream today
remember, will you remember
the times of your life?
of your life
of your life
Song - My Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4DJMPGNiD0&feature=related
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
"Oh no, oh no not me,
I did it my way".
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!
Yes, it was my way
With chinese translation
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/28700807.html
<燕尾蝶>电影插曲《my way》中文歌词
My way
我的路
And now, the end is near
现在，终点已经靠近
And so I face the final curtain
于是我要面对最后的落幕
My friend, I'll say it clear
我的朋友，我将会清楚的说出来
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
我会肯定的陈述我的经历
I've lived a life that's full
我已经度过了充实的一生
I've traveled each and every highway
我已经走过所有的每一条高速路
But more, much more than this
但是更多，更多于此的是
I did it my way
我走自己的路
Regrets, I've had a few
后悔，我也曾有过一些
But then again, too few to mention
但是一样的是，（后悔的事情）太少不值得提起
I did what I had to do
我（都）是做我必须做的事情
And saw it through without exemption
回想起来也不会想去改变它
I planned each charted course
我计划好每一次行程
Each careful step along the byway
孤身一人在小道上时我会小心的走每一步
But more, much more than this
但是更多，更多于此的是
I did it my way
我走自己的路
Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew
是的，有过那么几次，我相信你也知道
When I bit off more than I could chew
当我咬下超过我能咀嚼的分量的时候
But through it all, when there was doubt
但是这一切，当还是犹豫的时候
I ate it up and spit it out
我毫不保留的吞了下去
I faced it all and I stood tall
我面对一切并且昂首而立
And did it my way
我走自己的路
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
我曾经爱过，我曾经笑过哭过
I've had my fill; my share of losing
我曾经心满意足，我也承受过失败
And now, as tears subside
现在，当泪水消逝
I find it all so amusing
我发现一切（回想起来）都（会觉得）那么有趣
To think I did all that
回想起我做过的一切
And may I say - not in a shy way
我可以毫不害羞的说
"No, oh no not me,I did it my way"
"不，我不是这样，我走自己的路"
For what is a man, what has he got?
什么是一个人，他拥有什么？
If not himself, then he has naught
如果他不拥有自身，那他就一无所有
To say the things he truly feels
说出他真实感觉的事情
And not the words of one who kneels
而不是屈尊的言语
The record shows I took the blows
唱片记录下我已经有点上气不接下气了
And did it my way
我走自己的路
yes，it was my way
是的，这就是我的路
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
"Oh no, oh no not me,
I did it my way".
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!
Yes, it was my way
With chinese translation
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/28700807.html
<燕尾蝶>电影插曲《my way》中文歌词
My way
我的路
And now, the end is near
现在，终点已经靠近
And so I face the final curtain
于是我要面对最后的落幕
My friend, I'll say it clear
我的朋友，我将会清楚的说出来
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
我会肯定的陈述我的经历
I've lived a life that's full
我已经度过了充实的一生
I've traveled each and every highway
我已经走过所有的每一条高速路
But more, much more than this
但是更多，更多于此的是
I did it my way
我走自己的路
Regrets, I've had a few
后悔，我也曾有过一些
But then again, too few to mention
但是一样的是，（后悔的事情）太少不值得提起
I did what I had to do
我（都）是做我必须做的事情
And saw it through without exemption
回想起来也不会想去改变它
I planned each charted course
我计划好每一次行程
Each careful step along the byway
孤身一人在小道上时我会小心的走每一步
But more, much more than this
但是更多，更多于此的是
I did it my way
我走自己的路
Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew
是的，有过那么几次，我相信你也知道
When I bit off more than I could chew
当我咬下超过我能咀嚼的分量的时候
But through it all, when there was doubt
但是这一切，当还是犹豫的时候
I ate it up and spit it out
我毫不保留的吞了下去
I faced it all and I stood tall
我面对一切并且昂首而立
And did it my way
我走自己的路
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
我曾经爱过，我曾经笑过哭过
I've had my fill; my share of losing
我曾经心满意足，我也承受过失败
And now, as tears subside
现在，当泪水消逝
I find it all so amusing
我发现一切（回想起来）都（会觉得）那么有趣
To think I did all that
回想起我做过的一切
And may I say - not in a shy way
我可以毫不害羞的说
"No, oh no not me,I did it my way"
"不，我不是这样，我走自己的路"
For what is a man, what has he got?
什么是一个人，他拥有什么？
If not himself, then he has naught
如果他不拥有自身，那他就一无所有
To say the things he truly feels
说出他真实感觉的事情
And not the words of one who kneels
而不是屈尊的言语
The record shows I took the blows
唱片记录下我已经有点上气不接下气了
And did it my way
我走自己的路
yes，it was my way
是的，这就是我的路
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