Wow_3rd Place

Posted by: ginnain About me!, Unbelievable
1
Dec

My sister, May was one of the short listed contestants for the Nippon Paint Young Designer Award. She was in KL last Friday to attend the award giving ceremony at Coutryard Restaurant. She admits having butterflies in her stomach on that night. I know she is disappointed in not coming up first… there goes her free trip to Japan. I am disappointed too for now I can’t tag along to visit Japan…there goes my dream. But coming up 3rd is no mean feat. To me, that is already a very good achievement.

May, we are all very proud of you. Well done!

龙的传人

Dragon-i Restaurant Sdn. Bhd.

Lot No.2F-77, 78, 79 & 81

Queensbay Mall,

100 Persiaran Bayan Indah,

11900 Bayan Lepas,

Pulau Pinang.

Tel: 604-646 6888

Last Sunday, we (total eight of us) had dinner at Dragon-i which was suggested by ee ee. Every time when we have no idea where to go for our dinner, she will definitely suggest Dragon-i. She loves the food there so much.

上海小笼包 (Shanghainese Steamed Meat Dumpling) RM9.00

This is the signature dish of the restaurant. You can seep out the hot soup before savouring the dumpling with a dab of black vinegar and a few silvers of fresh ginger. It is quite expensive for this appetizer but I would feel very worth to order this dish. (One Bamboo basket with four dumplings costs RM9.00) No doubt that Xiao Long Pao is widely available in many Chinese Restaurant, my vote definitely goes to Dragon-i. By staring at this photo and writing the post makes me feel hungry and how wish I can immediately have one bite of this.

南翔生煎包 RM8.00

A bit oily but tasted well.

北京烧饼 RM10.00

椒盐四季豆 RM16.00

It is crunchy and very appetizing. We ordered total two plates of these for sharing but still seemed not enough. However, I find that it is a bit salty as I keep eating non-stop. Yummy yummy…

XO酱炒虾仁萝卜糕 (Fried Carrot Cake) RM12.00

Simple and plain presentation but taste very well. The ingredients combined very well as it caught my taste bud once I have tried one mouth.

上海百页结红烧肉(Shanghainese Braised Pork Belly With Beancured Leaves) RM23.00

A traditional Shanghainese favourite and signature delicacy at Dragon-i. The pork belly is slowly braised in a delicious blend of top-grade light and dark soya sauce flavoured with rock sugar, ginger, spring onion and aniseed. The tenderness and softness of the meat is nicely complemented with the fragrant sauce. In addition, warm “Man Tao” will be served together which can be dipped into the sauce and it taste really well.

海鲜干炒拉面 RM16.00

You may also want to try the fried “La Mian”. This is considered one of the good variety of la mian in the menu. Something plain and simple. The portion of the food was not really that big and it was just right enough for all of us to have a try.

四川辣子鸡丁 RM20.00

This was the dish recommended by the waitress when she took our order. The only and one word which I can describe about this dish would be “spicy”.

腊肠北菇滑鸡蒸饭 RM15.00

冬菇肉饼芙蓉蛋饭 RM15.00

I would say that this dish was just a normal dish with nothing special.

香芒糯米兹 RM8.00

It is a cold serving. It was a bit tasteless and maybe more working need to be done on it.

腐竹薏蛋糖水 RM6.00

The meal was completed with the serving of dessert. This fairly sweet dessert was served warm and delicious.

多芒小圆子西米露 RM10.00

If you are a mango lover, you should not miss this desert. The smell of the mango indeed very strong as I can still feel the sweeteness of mango even after eating it. Highly recommended.

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Washroom

Posted by: ginnain Creative
30
Nov

What would you feel if you ever enter to this kind of toilets?

50 minutes

Posted by: ginnain About me!
26
Nov

During our lunch hour today, we spent 50 minutes to wait for the food being served. 50 minutes… Total eight of us sat there and waited until all our patience also kept decreasing. How can that be? There were many people also waiting at the same time, but I just felt that the service was too bad and slow. Just imagine that normally lunch our for workers will be just one hour, how can they manage to go back office in one hour time? Do you think that they are going to visit that “place” for lunch again next time? No doubt that the food was delicious, or maybe because I waited for 50 minutes which I was too hungry, so whatever food to me was considered delicious. I definitely can wait if it is during weekend or dinner time. I just find that if the restaurant would like to serve those people who work in factory or office (normally one hour lunch break), they should improve their efficiency.

What do you think is important for a restaurant? Service or delicious food? Of course the answer is both also equally important. If the service is super good but the food is tasteless, I believe most of the people would not visit that restaurant again. However, if the food is yummy but the service is considered average, a lot of people will give it another chance and try to visit one more time. I just think that time is also a matter. If ever ask me to wait for 50 minutes during my lunch hour for the “delicious” food again, I would say “No.. Thanks..”

美麗的誤會

Posted by: ginnain Story
25
Nov

With the increasing rates of divorces case in this world, what is your understanding of “LOVE”? Do you believe that true love does exist? Is there any definition of love? I truly believe that the meaning of love will vary in everyone’s dictionary. I just read one short story which was mainly about one couple which both of them thought that their partner was  deaf  mute. They were willing to tolerate and sacrifice to each other although their partner was a handicap. Eventually they found out that was just a “misunderstanding” between each other. How was a beautiful scene when they found out the truth? Do you get the meaning of the story? Anyway, do you still think that you able to find this kind of person in this world? I doubt …

美麗的誤會 2004年12 月24

日,這一天是平安夜。下午,羅蘭在公交車站等車。10米外,一男一女兩個用手語交流的年輕人吸引了她的視線。讀大學時,羅蘭當過三年的志願者,定期去聾啞學校服務,她能熟練地用手語交流。她看出,女青年是在問路,而男青年,用手語說他不知道。一向樂於助人的羅蘭連忙跑過去,用手語告訴二人。女青年卻用手語和羅蘭聊起天來。出於對殘疾朋友的友好,上車前,羅蘭留下了自己的電子郵箱和QQ號碼。

第二天,羅蘭意外地收到了男青年的電子郵件。他叫吳天宇,在一家物業公司工作。父母都在外地,他一個人住在一個花園小區。羅蘭很認真地回復了郵件,介紹了自己的基本情況,她還鼓勵吳天宇好好工作。後來,兩個人就開始在QQ上聊天了。除了網上聊天,吳天宇還偶爾約羅蘭出來走走,地點是羅蘭家附近的公園,雖然總是用手語交談,羅蘭卻絲毫不覺得溝通有障礙。可漸漸的,羅蘭發現自己喜歡上了吳天宇,而吳天宇,顯然也很喜歡她,可他不是一 個健全的人,他永遠只能用手語比劃〝我愛你〞。羅蘭在網吧碰見網友就問:「你會喜歡一個啞巴嗎?」沒有一個人給出肯定的答案,羅蘭更加難過了。吳天宇似乎也察覺的了她的異常,但對羅蘭仍然很關心體貼。轉眼到了第二年的12月,晚上,吳天宇約羅蘭出來,這天,他居然捧著一束玫瑰。憋紅了臉,認真地用手比劃:「你願意做我的女朋友嗎?」羅蘭既驚喜又驚訝,可隨之而來的是矛盾的心情。她請求吳天宇給她一點時間,她要說服父母,去爭取朋友們的理解。不出羅蘭所料,父母得知此事後大發脾氣,看他態度堅決後又動員了家中其他長輩輪翻當說客。羅蘭告訴他們:「他很優秀,他非常樂觀,生活和工作的態度都很積極,凡事總為別人著想,比很多正常人強百倍。聾啞人也是人,也應該擁有美好的愛情。他給我的愛,我要用一顆知足感恩的心去回報!」一段時間過去,家人不再激烈反對,要求先見見這個小伙子。

見面時間是這一年年的聖誕節。羅蘭想,如果父母冷待吳天宇,他們就去教堂請求上帝的原諒和祝福。傍晚,忐忑的羅蘭帶著吳天宇回家。公車上,吳天宇特別開心,他用手比劃著:「放心吧,你爸爸媽媽一定會喜歡我,我會告訴他們,我要好好照顧你一輩子!」羅蘭感動得要流下眼淚。一進家門,羅蘭告訴父母:「這就是吳天宇……」沒想到,語音剛落,他做夢也想不到的事情發生了,吳天宇扔下手中的禮品,緊緊抱住羅蘭說:「你會說話?」而這句話,也正是羅蘭想問吳天宇的。在場的四個人全都驚呆了,足足愣了幾分鐘,羅蘭突然喜極而泣。原來,吳天宇也一直以為她是聾啞人,但他還是深深地愛著她。我想,開玩笑的上帝此刻一定笑了。心懷感恩的人是美麗的。對愛情也能心懷感恩的人則是偉大的。如果不是勇氣和善良,他們將永遠不可能走到一起。有些誤會令人終身遺憾

Kampachi

Hotel Equatorial Penang

Tel: 604-643 8111

Fax: 604-644 8000

Lunch: 12pm to 2.30pm

Dinner: 6.30om to 10pm

Good service, cosy atmosphere and absolutely delicious treats.

On 8th Nov, we had a gathering at Kampachi since Lyn was back for a few days. Seow Wei was the organizer for this “event” and the responses seemed really good. Seow Wei sent out the email invitation and everyone replied her in a short while. Most of the people of our “Disted Gang” were able to come for this buffet lunch except Debbie (she needs to study for her Sunday examination), Suki & Ching Ling (both of them are working in KL) and Su Lin (she is now working in S’pore). Seow Wei helped us to make the reservation and we need to reach there by 12pm on Saturday, As usual, I was late because I fetched those people that are hardly can reach the destination on time. Who are they? Of course, there are Ee and Lyn. (Don’t scold me because I am telling the truth). By the time we reached there already nearly 12.30pm.

These were a few shots taken before we entered the restaurant.

These are the scenes that greeted me when I just stepped into the restaurant. A wine cooler is placed at the corner where is clearly visible upon entering.

You may choose to dine in the public dining area or a private room.

Public dining area

This is the private room where we had our lunch on that day.

Sashimi… Sushi…

Beef … Tempura …

Chawanmushi … Dofu …

Miso soup … Soup (Ops! I forgot the name of this dish) …

Deserts …

Ice-creams …

I really find that Kampachi is an authentic Japanese cuisine. I like the food because the ingredients are freshly flown in from Japan. Although the price after discount (RM64 per person) might be a bit steep but I do get valuable treats which I find worth while spending the money.

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Natural Finish Combing Mascara

Posted by: ginnain About me!
22
Nov

Today, I bought mascara and curler from Shisheido counter at Gurney Plaza. Why I choose Shisheido? The last time I met Suki and I saw her eyelashes were shaped into a beautifully curled form. She told me that her secret was Natural Finish Combing Mascara from Shisheido.

The unique and special for this mascara is the comb which able to define lashes one by one for delicate drama and a long lasting, glossy finish. (RM80)

I also bought one Eyelash Curler which able to create a smoothly defined and lasting curl. (RM72)

At night when I reached home, I straight away tried and applied it. Actually I am not good at applying mascara as I do not have the skill to make my eyelashes look curled and long.

Before : After cleansing my face and applying all the skin care but without wearing the contact lens.

After : Already wearing the contact lens. Use the curler to make my eyelashes curl up and apply the mascara.

Do you see the difference? After applying the mascara, it will make my eyes look bigger but seem not very natural. I believe I can apply it and make my eyes look more natural one day in the future because practice makes perfect.

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New Christmas Song

Posted by: ginnain Creative
20
Nov

Christmas is coming soon! Today I received one lyrics of the new Christmas Song from Miki which I felt so funny. The title was “Recession Is Coming To Town”. 

This is called CREATIVE.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Recession Is Coming To Town
Oh! You better watch out,  Oh! You better watch out, 
You better not cry,  You better not cry,
You better not pout,  You better keep cash,
I’m telling you why: I’m telling you why:
   
Santa Claus is coming to town! Recession is coming to town!
   
He’s making a list, It’s hitting you once,
He’s checking it twice, It’s hitting you twice,
He’s gonna find out, It doesn’t care if you,
who’s naughty or nice. have been careful and wise.
Santa Claus is coming to town!  Recession is coming to town!
   
He sees you when you’re sleeping, It’s worthless if you’ve got shares,
He knows when you’re awake. It’s worthless if you’ve got bonds,
He knows when you’ve been bad or good, It’s safe when you’ve got cash in hand,
So be good for goodness sake! So keep cash for goodness sake!
   
Oh! You better watch out,  Oh! You better watch out, 
You better not cry,  You better not cry,
You better not pout,  You better keep cash,
I’m telling you why: I’m telling you why:
   
Santa Claus is coming to town! Recession is coming to town!
   
He sees you when you’re sleeping, Finance products are confusing,
He knows when you’re awake. Finance products are so vague,
He knows when you’ve been bad or good, The banks make you bear the cost of risk,
So be good for goodness sake! So keep out for goodness sake!
   
Oh! You better watch out,  Oh! You better watch out, 
You better not cry,  You better not cry,
You better not pout,  You better keep cash,
I’m telling you why: I’m telling you why:
   
Santa Claus is coming to town! Recession is coming to town!

Tree Flow

Posted by: ginnain Theory
19
Nov

May’s Graduation Ceremony

Posted by: ginnain About me!
16
Nov

Today, May was having her Graduation Ceremony at Traders Hotel. I would like to say a “congratulation” to her that she finally graduate after so many years of hard work of studying.

Why this photo was taken without May’s showing her happiness on her face? She was like forcing herself to smile and took this photo….

When she was standing on the stage for the photographing session, she was busy gossiping and not paying attention…

Taking photos with mum and ee ee…

Of course I will not miss to take one photo with her as well…

I felt so proud of her that she managed to take the outstanding award for the interior design.

A snapshot was taken for my family members before we left…

Would like to say congratulation to her again!

Deepavali

Posted by: ginnain About me!
16
Nov

Time flies, I have been working at Engtek around 1 year. Wearing the same Punjabi Suit, taking the photo at the same place, is there any difference?

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Midah organized an outing to Little India on 17th Oct and at the same time we all can celebrate birthday for SG. I still can recall that last year when I first joined Engtek, I followed them to Little India to have dinner, shopping and managed to get one punjabi suit for myself.

We went to the same restaurant as last year which was Sri Ananda Bahwan.

We took a few photos before the dishes were being served.

These were all the snapshots taken for the food that we ordered on that night. I do not really know what is the name of the food because Midah is the one who order every time when we go out for Indian Food. Conclusion for this meal was delicious and cheap.

Everyone also very enjoyed the food…

Yummy yummy food… Three of us like so greedy… “Tam Ciak”…

Birthday Cake for SG…

We all sang the birthday song, she made a wish and cut the birthday cake…

A group photo was taken before we left the restaurant..

After that, we walked around at Little India Street. Four of us shopped and took photo at the same time…

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家乡海鲜楼

Cia Xiang Seafood Restaurant

1663, Jalan Paboi, Pathau, Bukit Tambun, 14100 Simpang Empat, Penang.

HP: 012-434 5338, 012-504 1815

The venue of October Birthday Celebration (Mun Ling, Tong & Phaik Yong) was chosen at Cia Xiang Seafood Restaurant. Most of us did not know the place so we met at the Juru Toll and Mun Ling guided us to the restaurant. Since it was quite early when we reached, there did not have many people around.

A snapshot was taken before the food was served.

This was the overall food that we ordered on that night.

蟹王香饭 - The first dish to arrive was the crab which was the famous dish for Cia Xiang. Crabs and rice were cooked together.

排骨 - The strong aroma of the spareribs was indeed tasty.

Baba 署叶 - I would like to give my thumb’s up. I like the gravy as it was a bit “lemak” which I cannot stop myself from eating. I really addicted to it.

酸柑蒸拉拉 - It was slightly salty but definitely very good to be eaten together with rice.

菜蒲蒸鱼尾 - It was utterly amazing. I would like to point out 2 things of this dish. One: the fish was really fresh and the yummy; Second: unique of this dish which was came together with the “Hor Fun”.

雪地藏龙 - This dish was worth trying. The combination of the coconuts and the prawns was really unique. I thought that this was a cold dish until I have taken a bite. The sweetness off coconut flash and the freshness of prawns brought the best out of the dish.

桂豆苗炒虾仁 - I have nothing much to mention about this dish. Just a normal fried vegetable with prawns but no doubt that it was taste great.

You definitely need to visit this restaurant in order to taste the food and let the dishes tell you how great they are. I can say that this is the place that you should not miss if you “love” seafood.

A group photo was taken as a memory before we leave the restaurant.

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六口气

Posted by: ginnain Theory
6
Nov

Miki showed me these few sentences just now and she asked me to apply all of the following criterials.

  1. 沉住气
  2. 不泄气
  3. 少生气
  4. 别斗气
  5. 要喘气
  6. 别叹气

Do you know are these few sentences mean? Do you know how to apply it?

  1. Have to cool yourself down when you get angry, so you won’t do or say something that hurt other people.
  2. Don’t give up easily whenever you face any difficulties or problems.
  3. Control of you temper and try not to angry so often.
  4. Do not argue or fight with some unnecessary issues.
  5. To inhale and exhale in a long deep breath as in weariness of relief.
  6. Don’t always sigh as Chinese do believe that by doing this action will bring back luck to yourself.

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Catch the ball

Posted by: ginnain Creative
6
Nov

Try to catch the ball and click on it… The colour of the ball will change…

Click on this link … “The Dog Paddler” and have a try!

Manage to do it? Do you find it interesting or get annoyed because cannot catch the ball?

This is my lifestyle … most of my time will be spending with my laptop …

At office - My laptop is my “working partner”. I cannot work without him.

At home - Will online doing nothing: check emails, update my blog, browse through the web etc.

When is the time that I can stop staring at my laptop screen?

Whenever I am neither at office nor at home; When the time I am sleeping and dreaming.

Uncle and aunty_Wedding Ceremony

Posted by: ginnain Story
31
Oct

Today, I read one article which I felt that it was very touching. It mentioned about how great the parents are; how can they sacrifice for their children. The love that come from your family is always the thing that we need to treasure but seem most of the people get to ignore it. Although this is just a story, I do believe these kind of parents still exist. Every time  once I finish reading this kind of article, it will remind me to spend more time with my family. We should feel lucky that we still able to spend our valuable time together with our beloved.

Enjoy reading!

結婚那天,媽問我:坐在角落像兩個要飯模樣的人是誰?

我看過去的時候,有個老頭正盯著我,旁邊還有個老太太,發現我看著他們時趕忙低下頭。我不認識他們但也不像要飯的,衣服是新的連折印都看得出來。媽說像要飯的是他們佝僂著身子,老太太的身邊倚了根拐杖的緣故。

媽說天池是孤兒,那邊沒親戚來,如果不認識就轟他們走吧。現在要飯的壞著呢,喜歡等在酒店門口,見哪家辦喜事就裝作親戚來吃黑酒。

我說不會,叫來天池問一下吧?天池慌慌張把我的手捧花都掉地上了,最後吱吱唔唔地說是他們家堂叔和堂嬸。我瞪了媽媽一眼:差點把親戚趕走。

媽說天池你不是孤兒嗎?哪來的親戚呢?

天池怕媽,低頭說是他家遠房的親戚,好長時間不來往了。但結婚是大事,家裡一個親戚沒來心裡覺著是個憾事,所以……

我拍著天池的肩埋怨他有親戚來也不早說,應該把他們調一桌,既然是親戚就不能坐在備用桌上。天池攔著說就讓他們坐那吧,坐別桌他們吃著也不自在。

直到開席那桌上也就坐了堂叔和堂嬸。敬謝席酒經過那桌,天池猶豫了一下拉著我從他們身邊擦了過去。回頭看到他們的頭埋的很低,想了想我把天池給拽了回去:堂叔、堂嬸,我們給你倆敬酒了!

兩人抬起頭有點不相信的盯著我。二老的頭髮都是花白的,看上去很老應該有七八十歲的樣子,堂嬸的眼睛很空洞,臉雖對著我但眼神閃忽不定。我拿手不確定的在她眼前晃了晃,沒反應。原來堂嬸是個瞎子。

堂叔、堂嬸,這是俺媳婦小潔,俺們現在給你們敬酒呢!天池在用鄉音提醒他們。

哦、哦。堂叔歪歪斜斜地站了起來,左手扶著堂嬸的肩右手顫微微地端起酒杯,手指背上都是黃黃的繭,厚厚的指夾逢裡留著黑黑的泥。面朝黃土背朝天的日子讓他們過早地累彎了腰。我驚訝地發現,堂叔的右腿是空的。

堂嬸是瞎子,堂叔是瘸子,怎樣的一對夫妻啊?

別站了,你們坐下吧。我走過去扶住他們。堂叔又搖晃著坐下了,無緣由的堂嬸眼中忽然就叭嗒叭嗒直掉淚,看到堂叔無言地拍著她的背。本想勸他們兩句,但天池拉著我離開了。

我跟天池說,等他們回家的時候給他們一點錢吧,太可憐了。兩人都是殘疾,這日子根本想不通怎麼過。天池點點頭沒說話,緊緊擁著我。

第一年的除夕,天池說胃疼沒吃下晚飯回房睡覺去了。我讓媽媽熬點大米粥也跟著進了房。天池躺在床上,眼裡還憋著淚。

我說天池不該這樣的,第一年的除夕就不跟我們一塊吃晚飯,還跑回房裡這樣。好象我們家虧待你似的,一過節你就胃疼,哪有這樣的事情?其實我知道你不是胃疼,說吧什麼事?

天池悶了半天說對不起,他只是想起堂叔和堂嬸還有他死去的爹娘。他怕在桌上忍不住,惹爸媽不高興才推說胃疼。

我摟著他說:真是個傻孩子,想他們我們過完年看他們去就成了,再說我也想知道他倆是怎麼過日子的。

天池說算了,那條山路特別難走。你會累著的,等以後路通了我們生了小孩再帶你去那看他們吧。

我心裡想說:等我們生小孩的時候他們還不一定在呢!但沒敢講出來,嘴上說給他們再寄些錢物吧!

第二年的中秋期間我正巧在外出差,中秋節那天又回不了家。我特別想天池和爸媽,我就跟天池打電話。

我問天池想我想得睡不著怎麼辦?天池說就上網或者看電視,再不行就睡那睜著眼睛狠狠得想。

那晚,我們直到把手機聊得發燙沒電為止。躺在賓館的床上,看著窗外圓圓的月亮,我怎麼也睡不著。睜著眼睛流著淚想天池、想爸爸、想媽媽。想到天池估計也沒睡著,說不定正在網上神遊。翻身我也打開電腦,重新申請了一QQ號名叫讀你想捉弄一下天池。查了一下,天池果然在,我主動加了他,他接受了。

我問他:這樣一個萬家團圓的好日子,你為什麼還在網上閒逛呢?

他說:因為我老婆在外出差,想她睡不著覺所以就上網看看。

我挺滿意這句話,接著又打出:老婆不在家,可以找個情人代替,比如說網上,聊以自慰一下。半天他才敲出一行:如果你想找情人的話,對不起,我不是你找的人,再見。

對不起,我不是那個意思,你別生氣。叭叭叭,我趕緊發過去。

過了一會他問我:你怎麼也在網上閒逛呢?

我說:我在外打工,現在想爸爸和媽媽。剛剛和男朋友通完電話還是睡不著,就上網了。我也想我爹和娘,只是,親在外,子欲養而不能。

親在外,子欲養而不能。怎麼講?我把這句話又重複敲了過去。我有點莫明其妙,天池怎麼說這樣的話?

你叫讀你,我今天就讓你讀一次吧。有些事情放在心裡很久會得病,拿出來曬曬會舒服些,反正你我也不認識,你就當作聽一個故事吧!

於是,我意外地知道了天池一直隱藏在內心的事情。

30年前,我爹快五十了還沒娶親,因為他腿瘸加上家裡又窮沒有姑娘願意嫁他。後來,莊上來了個要飯的老頭還攙著個瞎眼的女人。老頭病得很重,爹看他們可憐就讓他們在自家歇息。沒想到一住下那老頭就沒起來過,後來老頭的女兒就是那瞎眼的女人嫁給了我爹。第二年生下了我。我家的日子過得很清苦,可我從來沒餓過一頓。爹和娘種不了田,沒有收入就幫別人家剝玉米粒,一天剝下來十指全是血泡,第二天纏上布條再剝。為了我上學,家裡養了三隻雞,兩隻雞生蛋賣錢,留下一隻生蛋我吃。娘說她在城裡要飯時聽說城裡的娃上學都吃雞蛋,咱家娃也吃,將來比城裡的娃更聰明。但他們從來都不吃,有回我看見娘把蛋打進鍋裡後用嘴舔著蛋殼裡剩下的蛋清,我摟著娘嚎啕大哭。說什麼也不肯吃雞蛋了,爹知道原委後氣得要用棍子打娘。最後我妥協,前提就是我們三人一塊吃。雖然他們同意了,但每次也就象徵性的用牙齒碰一下。

莊上的人從來不叫我名字,都叫我是瘸瞎子家的。爹娘一聽到有人這樣叫我必定會跟那人拼命。娘看不見就會拿了磚塊亂砸,嘴上還罵著:你們這些殺千刀的,我們瘸瞎,我娃好好的,就不許你們這樣叫喚。將來你們一個都不如我娃。

那年中考,瘸瞎子家的考了全縣第一的喜訊讓爹娘著實風光了一把。鎮上替我們家出了所有的學雜費,送我上學的那天爹第一次出了山。上車的那會,我眼淚撲剌剌的直掉,爹一手拄著拐一手替我擦淚:進了城要好好學,以後就在城裡找工作娶媳婦。別人問起你爹娘你就說你是孤兒,沒爹娘,不然別人會看不起你。特別是娶不上媳婦,人家會嫌棄你。誤了你娶媳婦,我都無臉去見老祖。

爹!我讓爹別再說了,這是什麼話,還沒有用呢咋就不認爹娘呢?娘也說這是真話,要聽。你不記得在學校裡嗎?只要說你是瘸瞎子家的,別人就會拿白眼擠兌你。剛開始連老師都不喜歡你。以後,你帶了城裡媳婦回家就說俺們是你的堂叔和堂嬸。娘說完就在那抹淚。爹說,不要把媳婦帶回家,一帶回來你娘忍不住就會露餡的。然後往我懷裡揣了十個熟雞蛋就拖著娘走了。

我的眼淚也撲剌剌地往下掉,殘疾不是他們的錯,那是老天對他們的不公。但他們卻生了一個完美的天池給我。這個傻天池,這樣的爹娘,無法再完美了。我很生氣,他怎麼就這麼小看我呢?

那後來,你就告訴你媳婦他們是你堂叔和堂嬸?我敲過去這句話。本來我不信。媳婦找的是我又不是爹娘,為啥爹娘都不能認呢?不過我在外十年,爹娘一次都沒去過我的學校。第一年工作,我想帶他們進城玩玩,他們都不肯,說讓人曉得我爹娘是殘疾人會在我臉上抹黑,影響我娶媳婦。一輩子都在山裡了不想出去了。娘還說她就是從城裡來的,也沒啥意思。

後來,我談了第一個女朋友,當我認為時機差不多的時候,就帶她回了趟家。誰知到家後,她晚飯都沒留下吃一頓就走了,我追出去她說,和這樣的人過日子她一天都過不下去。

還說我們家基因有問題,以後的小孩肯定也不會健康。我氣得讓她有多遠滾多遠。回到家,娘在那哭,爹也罵我。說我不聽他們的話,非要斷了咱家的香火不可。

後來,我遇上了第二個女朋友,就是現在我的老婆。我很愛她,做夢都怕失去她,她們家又很有錢,親戚都是些上等人家,有了前車之鑒我很害怕只能不孝了。但是一到逢年過節我就想他們,心裡堵得慌,難受。

那你從來就沒有告訴過你老婆?也許她不計較這些呢?

我沒說過,也不敢說。如果她同意了我想我岳母也不會同意的。我和她們住在一起,岳父在外是有臉面的人。如果爹娘來了不是在他們臉上抹黑嗎?我也只能在出差學習的時候偷偷回去看上兩眼。謝謝你聽我說了這麼多,現在我的心裡舒服多了。

下了網,我依舊沒有覺意。都說兒不嫌母醜,狗不嫌家貧,看看我們都做了什麼?我理解天池的無奈,也瞭解他爹娘的苦衷。但他們不知道卻將無辜的我陷入了無情無義的逆境之中。

天將放亮時,我敲開了部門經理的門,告訴他下面的事情請他全權處理,我有點非常重要的事情儘快要辦,一切就拜託他了。然後簡單收拾一下行李我就直奔火車站。還好,趕得上頭班列車。

那條山路確實很難走。剛開始腿上還有點勁,後來腳上磨起了泡我就再也走不動了。正是中午時分,太陽又曬得厲害,我只有喘氣的份。背來的水差不多快喝完了,我也不知道下面還有多少路程要走。脫下鞋子擠了水泡,那一會疼得我都哭出聲來,真想打個電話讓天池來接我回家,最後還是忍住了。從路邊揪一把蘆葦花墊在腳底,感覺腳上舒服多了。想到天池的爹娘此時還在家勞作著腿上忽的一下就來了勁,站起來繼續往前走。

當老村長把我領到天池家門口的時候,那一片燒得紅紅的晚霞正照在他們家門口的老棗樹上。棗樹下坐著堂叔,哦不、是天池的爹,爹比結婚時看到的老多了,手上剝著玉米,拐杖安靜地倚在他那條殘缺的腿上。娘跪在地上準備收曬好的玉米,手正一把一把地往裡擼。

這,宛如一幅畫,而畫中便是這世上最完美的爹娘。

我一步一步地往他們跟前走著,爹看到了我,手中的玉米掉在了地上,嘴巴張得老大,吃驚地問:你、你咋過來了?

娘在一旁摸索著問:他爹,誰來啦?

天、天池家的

啊!在、在哪?娘驚慌失措地找著我的方向。

我彎腰放下行李,然後一把抓著她的手,對著他們,帶著深深地痛、重重地跪了下去:爹!娘!我來接你們回家了!

爹乾咳了兩下,淚無聲地從爬滿皺紋的臉上流出。

俺就說,俺的娃沒白養阿!娘把雙手在自個身上來回的搓,然後一把抱住我,一行行的淚水從她空洞的眼裡熱熱地流進我的脖子裡。

我帶爹娘走的時候村裡是放了鞭炮的。我又為爹娘風光了一次。

當天池打開門,看到一左一右站在我身邊的爹和娘時吃驚不小,怔怔地愣在那,一語未發。

我說:天池,我是讀你的人。我把咱爹娘接回來了。這麼完美的爹娘,你怎麼捨得把他們丟在山裡?

謝謝!天池泣不成聲,緊緊的抱住我,像他娘一樣把一行淚流進我的脖子裡。