As TIME Goes By ............

Time can be seen as instant or interval.

While I was writing this blog, Johnson came to ask me, "What time's it now, dad?" To which, I answered, "At this instant, it's 7 am on Wednesday 6 April, 2011." To be exact, 7 am on Wednesday 6 April, 2011 was the instant when I was looking at my watch before telling Johnson the time. By the time I finished saying that sentence, it was probably 15 seconds past 7, and it was some other instant already. Hence, instant is a snapshot at some point in time where there is no motion of any sort. At 7 am, I was looking at my watch. Johnson was standing beside me. Everything was in a standstill as if captured by a camera. But as I was telling the time (with some motion), TIME continues to advance continuously. There is saying that instant does not exist for if it does, motion will not be possible.
The situation is like real numbers. We cannot have answer to the question, "what is the next number after 1?". Naturally we say 2 is the number next to 1. But very quickly, we know that 1.5 is more 'next' to 1 than 2 is, and we can further get smaller number closer than 1 than 1.5. Even though we come to the number 1.00 ......... 001 to tens of thousands of digits, we can always get yet another number more closer to 1 than it.

A Few Lessons From A Few Stories

1. Long-term Parking
    A family left their car in the long-term parking at the airport while going away for vacation. Some thieves broke into the car and found the car's registration paper in the glove compartment. Using the information in the paper, the thieves broke into their house. Knowing that the owner of the house would be away for long period of time, the thieves had more than sufficient time to steal everything at ease.
Lesson:
Don't leave identifiable information in the car, particularly when parking in long-term parking area.

2. GPS
    Another family parked their car in the stadium carpark for a football game. Some thieves broke into the car and stole a garage door remote control and the GPS which was prominently mounted on the dashboard. The thieves then used the GPS to guide them to the victim's house and used the remote control to open the garage door and gained access to the house. Again, knowing that the owner of the house would not be home in short period of time because of the football game, they stole everything at ease.
Lesson:
1. When leaving your car, dismount the GPS and take it with you or store in a covered place (e,g, in the glove compartment).
2. Don't store your home address in the GPS. If you really have to find your way home with the GPS, store the address of a nearby store or gas station.

3. Texting
    A lady had her handbag stolen which contained things including her mobile phone. From a pay phone, she called her husband telling him what had happened. Her husband said, "I just received your text message asking for the PIN number of our bank card and I've replied a little while ago." They then rushed to the bank and only realized that all the money in their bank account had been withdrawn. The thieve actually had used the stolen mobile phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list, got the PIN number of their bank card and withdrew all their money.
Lesson:
1. Use names (e.g. John, Mary etc) in contact list and instead of relationships (e.g. hubby, wife, darling etc.)
2. When sensitive information is asked through texts, always CONFIRM by calling back.
3. If you are texted by friends or family to meet somewhere, always confirm by calling back. If you can't reach them, take extra care (e.g. have someone to accompany you) before going.

4. Lost Property
    A lady went grocery shopping at a supermarket in a local mall and left her handbag sitting in the trolley while reaching for something off the shelf ..... you know what happened but wait ...... that's not the end of the WHOLE story.
    The lady's handbag was stolen and she reported it to the store manager. After returning home, she received a phone call from the Mall Security saying that they had her handbag, and that although there was no money, it did still have her personal cards and belongings. The Mall Security then asked her to come back to pick it up as soon as she could. She immediately rushed back to the mall, only to be told by the Mall Security that they did not have her handbag and they did not call her. She then rushed back home and found her house was broken into and burglarized. The thieves just used the information found inside her handbag to lure her away from the house and burglarize it.
Lesson:
1. Don't leave important personal items unattended in public.
2. While it is logical (and natural) for people to rush back to claim their lost property, do it only when you have others staying at home. If not, stay calm and tell the Mall Security (the caller) to keep the lost property for the rest of the day and you would return to pick it up the next morning. If you were anxious about your lost property, you may then rushed back immediately to claim it. It's a bit dishonest though to do so, but it's for security and is not harmful to anyone.

廣東話竭後語‏‏

屎忽窿生瘡……冇眼睇
鹹蛋滾湯…....…心都實曬
瓦簷獅子…....…叻到呅
跪地餵豬乸……睇銭份上
床底破柴…....…撞曬大板
老婆擔遮…....…陰功（公）
投石落屎坑……激起公憤（攻糞）
火燒豬頭…...…熟口熟面
天堂尿壺…...…全神貫注
撒路溪錢…...…吸引死人
黃皮樹了哥……唔熟唔食
聾啞送殯…...…唔聽你支死人笛
濕水棉花…..…冇得彈
狗上瓦坑…..…有條路
十月芥菜…..…起曬心
肥婆坐屎塔…..TUP TUP 冚
紙紮下巴…..…口輕輕
屎坑關刀….…冇張利，文（聞）又唔得，武（舞）又唔得
番薯跌落灶.…該煨
老公潑扇…..…淒（妻）涼
和尚擔遮…..…無法（髮）無天
單眼仔睇老婆…一眼睇哂
水兵對水手……水鬥水
三元宮土地……錫（愛惜）身
陸文庭睇相……唔衰摞嚟衰
白雲山一擔泥…眼闊肚窄
年尾煎堆…....…人有我有
廚房階磚…....…鹹濕
秀才手巾…...…包書（輸）
十月蔗頭…...…甜到尾
倒掛臘鴨…...…油嘴滑舌
抬棺材甩褲……失禮死人
雷公劈豆腐……穩軟嘅來”蝦”
魚片粥….......…啱啱熟
生蟲拐杖…...…靠唔住
沙灣燈籠…...…何苦（府)
番禺蠟燭…...…假細心
棺材拐杖…...…死頂
屎坑石頭…...…又臭又硬
田雞過河…...…各有各YANG
墳場跳舞…...…扮鬼
廁所嚸燈…...…找（死）屎
啊波教燈…...…有著有唔著
半夜食黃瓜……唔知頭唔知尾
扁鼻佬戴眼鏡…冇得頂
鼎湖上素…....…好齋
火燒旗桿…...…長嘆（炭）
飛機打交…...…高鬥
海底石斑…...…好瘀（魚）
山草藥…….......up嘚僦up
番鬼佬月餅……悶極（moon cake）
非洲和尚…...…乞（黑）人憎（僧)
潮州二胡…...…自己顧自己（gee gee gu gee gee)
斷柄鋤頭…...…冇揸拿
貓兒洗面…...…系咁意
棺材鋪拜神……想人死
蒸生瓜…...........腎腎地
神仙放屁….…不同凡響
護照相片..........出洋相
單眼佬睇榜睇女婿（亞單睇榜）..... 一眼睇曬
順風屎艇..........快夾臭
曬菲林...............唔見得光
水浸眼眉...........唔知死
阿駝行路...........中中地
十幾人食一份煙....無厘癮頭
番婆大肚...........心懷鬼胎
狗上瓦桁...........有條路
塘邊鶴...............睇準嚟食
老鼠跌落天平....自己稱自己
白糖炒涼瓜........同甘共苦
杉木靈牌............做唔得主
火麒麟................周身引（癮）
賣鯇魚尾............搭嘴
神颱桔................陰乾
棚尾拉箱............暗中走人
隔夜油炸鬼........冇厘火氣
交通燈................點紅點綠
黃鱔上沙灘........唔死一身潺
魚生粥...............僅僅熟

航空母艦...........食水深
老鼠拉龜...........冇訂埋手
死人燈籠...........報大數
白鴿眼...............勢利小人（睇高唔睇低）
白菜煮豆腐...... 一清二白
問和尚攞梳....冇嗰樣攞嗰樣
雞食放光蟲.......心知肚明
密底算盤...........冇漏罅
瓦靴...................唔落得台
秀才手巾...........包書（輸）
繡花袋仔...........人人啱
神颱貓屎...........神憎鬼厭
山草藥...............噏得就噏
菠蘿雞...............靠黐
陸榮廷睇相.......唔衰攞嚟衰
賣魚佬沖涼.......冇腥氣
龍舟菩薩........（水）衰神
咸欖煲茶白欖...冇得解
龍舟棍...............頂衰神
賊仔入學堂.......碰到都是輸（書）
阿奇生阿奇.......奇上加奇
阿蘭嫁阿瑞.......累上加累（蘭花和瑞香花均是有香氣的花卉，放在一起則香氣重疊了。）
洗腳不抹腳.......系咁 fing（該歇後語是形容人花錢沒節制。）
返潮話梅...........又鹹又濕
烏蠅遛馬尾........一拍兩散
茅根竹...............借（蔗）水
冇米粥...............水汪汪（冇實際）
扭紋柴...............難搞掂
神仙過鐵橋.......包穩陣
剃刀門楣...........出入都刮
豬籠入水...........瓣瓣掂
疍家雞見水......得個望
塘底魚..............水干才見
賊佬試沙煲......試吓先
裁縫度身..........有分寸
唔食羊肉一身躁..............無端受牽連
電燈膽..............唔通氣
單料銅煲..........一滾就熟
細路哥剃頭......就快就快
挖肉攞瘡生......自討苦吃
火燒城隍廟......急死鬼
老火炆鴨..........得把嘴硬
食咗成擔蒜頭...好大口氣
冇掩雞籠...........自出自入
大姑娘做媒.......說人不說己
濕水麻繩...........越纏越緊
蟒蛇遇箭豬.......難纏
打針吃黃蓮.......自討苦吃
大砲打蚊茲.......白費力
燒壞瓦...............唔入疊
火燒石灰船.......冇得救（無藥可醫）
 木頭人..............冇心肝
上香打噴嚏.......一面灰
大花臉抹眼淚....離行離列
乾塘捉魚...........冇走雞
羅漢請觀音.......人多好擔當
水溝油...............撈唔埋
炮仗頸...............爆完至安樂
豬頭骨...............難啃兼冇肉
大石砸死蟹.......冇聲出
木頭眼鏡...........睇唔透
半夜雞啼...........唔知醜
上好沉香當爛柴,,,,,,,,唔識貨
香蕉樹影...........粗枝大葉
跑馬射蚊須.......十分眇茫
冇檳榔嚼唔出汁......事出有因
蓊菜文章...........半通不通
茶樓搬家...........另起爐灶
指天椒...............越細越竦
十二點半...........指天督地
出爐鐵................聽打（唔打唔得 ）
七個銅錢分兩份.......唔三唔四
上山捉蟹............難
太公分豬肉........人人有份
除褲放屁............多此一舉
食豬紅苛黑屎....當堂見效
阿崩叫狗............越叫越走
年三十晚謝灶....好做唔做
灶君上天............有個句講個句
灶頭抹布............鹹濕
阿茂整餅...........-無個樣整個樣
壽星公吊頸........嫌命長
豉油撈飯............整色整水
泥菩薩過江.........自身難保
八仙過海.............各顯神通
皇帝女................-晤憂嫁
姜太公釣魚.........願者上钩
盲公食湯丸.........心中有數
老虎頭上釘蝨乸..........想死
南無佬跌落糞坑..........無曬符
啞仔食黃連.........有苦自己知
聾人送殯.............唔聽你支死人笛
風吹雞蛋殼.........財散人安樂
死雞撐飯蓋.........死都想撐返生
去街運何村.........浪費時間
問蝦攞血.............無都要有
隨口嗡 ........當秘笈
女人心.........海底針
走得快.........好世界
大蝦細.........俾屎餵
人工高.........福利好
笑騎騎.........放毒蛇
識少少.........扮代表
牙斬斬.........死得慘
有早知.........無乞兒
搏大霧.........唔使做[混水摸魚]
有姿勢.........無實際
細細粒.........容易食
趁佢病.........羅佢命
有異性.........無人性
有殺錯.........無放過
眼光光.........等天光
冇啦啦.........整笪疤
人嚇人.........無藥醫
三行佬做門.........過得自己，過得人
老太婆飲湯.........無齒下流
裙底插令箭.........出西奇（旗）
牛皮燈籠.............點極唔明
太監騎馬.............無得頂
光棍佬教仔.........便宜莫貪
賣剩蔗................無人要
無尾飛陀.............無影無踪
無掩雞籠.............自出自入
水扣油................撈唔埋
廣東涼茶.............包好
入網魚,進籠蝦.....走唔甩
掛羊頭.................賣狗肉
外甥打燈籠..........照舊（舅）
墳場燒炮丈..........嚇死人
閻羅王嫁女..........揾鬼要
成吉思汗打仔.......大汗（踏）細汗
向飛發佬拜師.......從頭學起
旦家婆摸蜆...........第二世(篩)
未見過大蛇屙屎....未見過世面
羅來典..................無個樣驚個樣
打腫臉..................充肥仔
豬八戒發夢娶老婆.........盡想好事
閻羅王探病............問你死未
石灰鋪路...............白行
水浸缸瓦鋪...........盆滿缽滿
閻羅王招工...........揾鬼嚟做
落雨天掛梅香........又鹹又濕
黑白天鵝...............日哦夜哦
飛機火燭...............燒雲（銷魂）
擔掃把入屋............打橫來
丈母娘遇親家母.....婆婆媽媽
黃婆賣瓜................自賣自誇
豉油辣椒醬............你想點就點
阿駝賣蝦米............大家都唔掂
阿崩養貓................轉性
“鄧”家婆打仔..........睇你走去邊
東莞佬賣席.............你生定死架
屙尿射竹筒.............靠撞
隔年通勝................唔值錢
缸瓦船打老虎.........盡地一煲
雞疴尿...................少有
三水佬考試............少個得個
印度佬疴尿............烏sir sir
打開棺材喊捉賊......冤枉死人
剃頭佬走警報.........懶刮
灶君跌落鑊............精（蒸）神
五更雞啼...............唔知醜
床下底踢毽............大家咁高
瓦封領...................包頂頸
半桶水...................無料又認叻
狗咬呂洞賓............不知好人心
偷雞唔到................虧抓米
甩頭筆...................唔舍(寫)得
貓洗面...................系咁意
乾隆皇契弟............週日清
老鼠尾生瘡............大極都有限
男人靠得住............豬乸會上樹
船頭尺..................(度水) 借錢
酒樓例湯...............整定
三水佬睇走馬燈.....陸續有嚟
水至清則無魚........人至賤則無敵
窮人買米.............. 一聲（升）
賣布唔帶尺 ........... 存心不良（量）
窮木匠開張 ........... 只有一句（鋸）
風吹皇帝褲浪..........孤鳩寒（唔好教壞細路）
國際機場男廁.........乜鳩都有
落（用）手食西餐...冇叉用
西瓜正........... melon fine (麻撚煩)
澳門風扇.................Macau fan (麻鳩煩)