This was another famous saying that started during the Romance of the Three Kingdom period. “周郎妙计安天下,赔了夫人又折兵” means “Double losses”. After 赤壁之战 (the Battle of the Red Cliff), 周瑜 wanted to expand 吴’s territory but was hindered by 诸葛亮’s scheming tricks. In one incident, 周瑜 wanted to use 孙权’s sister 孙尚香 as “bait” to lure 刘备 to 吴国. 周瑜 tasked one of his surbodinate to meet 刘备 on the pretext of match-making, but this scheme was seen through by 诸葛亮. After consulting with his advisor, 刘备 headed over to 吴国. 诸葛亮 planned several “moves” for his master and 周瑜’s initial plot was thus voided. In the end, 刘备 not only managed to marry the beautiful and talented 孙夫人 and while returning to his own kingdom, destroyed 周瑜’s troops. Thus the saying “赔了夫人,又折兵…”
Today’s my 5th wedding anniversary. I’ve never really celebrated with my wife during the past 4 years. So tonite, she suggested we have a sumptous dinner somewhere. =) And so we went over to Iko Japanese Restaurant at Miramar Hotel along River Valley Road just now. It was S$30+++ per head and definitely worth every single cent of it! We had like 4-5 servings of sashimi (salmon, tuna, yellow tailed, octopus, etc) and some other tempura stuffs. The complimentary soup was fantastic too! I’d recommend this nice restaurant to those who loves Jappie food. Go try it someday! =D Anyway, what I wrote above has got nothing to do with what I am feeling today. Haha! How rare? I seldom write something so irrelevant in my blog. But I just wanted to share my little know-how on the history of the Romance of the Three Kingdom with whoever reads my blog. Just the rare few, I know. =) And I know you probably wun know the history of the Romance of the Three Kingdom. More to come, but hope its not too boring to you.
I was told the news about my posting. And so it is to be. The concrete news of me going back to my roots has finally arrived. My superior asked me “So how? Do you wanna go?” I told him why not? Anyway, its time for someone else to fill my shoes in my present work place. Let’s see how well the next chap can handle all the work. =D Hahaha… Am I being mean? Well, since the organisation thinks that I should move on, then I should. But I always think that since I am doing such a wonderful job now, I should stay and continue. Becos in this state of corporate image, it is not very wise to just switched the people involved. But then again, it may be a good thing for me afterall, career-wise. So, let’s move on. Like I’ve said it before. I am already proud of what I have achieved. It may not be some Oscar winning, but still I feel I’ve done myself proud to be able to do what I am doing. I dun see it as any loss. In fact, I will treat it as a gain. A kind of knowledge which I could not have gained elsewhere…
