Sunday, February 28, 2010

End of Chinese New Year

Today marks the end of Chinese New Year, and it is also the valentine's day for Chinese (for the race, not limited to China).

I got slight flu today, after playing badminton, I just stayed home for the whole day. Not really interested to get out to face the hot sun. Read news and learned there was an earth quake happened hours ago, and there were Tsunami warnings to all the neighboring countries.

The world is messy, need to appreciate every day.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Everything comes to a halt

The long holiday is going to end soon and I am back from my holiday.

These two weeks were not exactly relaxing because I had to work on the house chores alone. Trimmed the grass, mopped the floor, washed the car porch, and cooked meals.

On top of that, my parents were constantly having problems with the computer, and the culprit was the crappy Seagate hard disk: it just died a few months before it is 5 years old. Luckily Seagate still covers the warranty and I just sent it back for repair. This is so far the second failing Seagate disks that I have had, while there are a few more similar cases happened to people around me. Way to go Seagate!!

The issue that lingers in my mind this few days is not Chinese New Year, but the incident of of Joe Stack piloting a plane into the Texas IRS office.

First of all, I am not a supporter of violence, and I fully disagree with what he did. His action would only kill and harm the poor employees who have no relationship to his plight.

What set me thinking is this: when a country like US is hit by suicidal attacks done by foreigners, the knee-jerk reaction is labeling those people as terrorists. Those people are against the US government, therefore by definition, they oppose freedom, peace, liberty and whatever shit the government claims to represent. Now, an American killed himself by similar method, and I observe the mainstream media try to isolate this case as 'abnormal' and starts to portray him as lunatic.

If you believe what the media tells you, then you should stop reading this blog. Go watch TV, watch the news, and feel really good that American government has freed the poor people in middle east (but got thousands of American soldiers killed, oops, we must sacrifice something to achieve greatness, right?), serves you well (but don't get sick, because you still have to pay, and pay dearly), and has your interests in mind (Who cares if you are jobless or poorly paid? But we must save the rich bankers! Bail them out with your money, and let them take obscene amount of bonuses at year end, hey banks are very important for the country).

I can't believe how a fine country like the States can rot in this way, and the more amazing thing is: the people are still abiding!

What do you expect us to do then, you may ask. Good question. As I stated earlier, violence is not the answer.

There are two options you can consider. The first is to exercise your suffrage, write to your representative and tell that person your thoughts. However I recognize this option is usually futile because you need a number of people who are rational, who can think independently and won't follow the crowd. If you look at people around you, you will find a lot of them have NO brain activities. All they know is watching TV, having sex, and having sex again.

For example, try to ask "What is your goal in life?", and I bet you will get answers like "I want iPhone", "I want LV", or "I want to look like Lindsay Lohan".

And this brings us to the second method: Vote with your feet. Explore a country that you like, get a permanent residentship (PR), stay there for a while, and convert to the citizen there if you really like that country. If Stack had considered this option, he would leave the country, started a business in countries with relatively liberal tax policies like Singapore, or Hong Kong, most likely he would avoid the frustration of the IRS treatments, and could live longer and happier.

Really, I recall a saying by a management guru that goes something like "when a good manager meets a crappy company, more often than not the company will win".

In other words, when your house is on fire, your first reaction is to put out the fire, but if that fails, will you grab a chair and die together with the house?

Same goes for a messed-up country and a smart person. Run like a cat.

P/S: I heard the term patriotism, well, patriotism is bi-lateral, the pre-requisite is the country loves you and treats you well. Go figure.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

12 Minutes

It is 23:48 now, 12 more minutes to Chinese New Year. Sound of fire crackers carpets my surroundings, gives me an illusion as if fire cracker can still be legally sold here. 

As usual I am waiting for the new year, because I know I will be waken up by the fire crackers at midnight anyway. I am here, blogging. My parents are downstairs watching tv and do some last minute preparations.

I just finished reading a book about human body's natural healing power. It claims human bodies will only be healthy when the pH is more on the alkaline side. If the body is acidic, that is where all the sickness comes from. And where can we get alkaline body pH? Organic veggies, and fruits. The firecrackers are very distracting. I will end my blog here. 

Have a good rest my friends. :)

Friday, February 12, 2010

Free Time, Free Time

This is a lazy afternoon. The sky is clear after a mild drizzle sometime back. Cars are zooming non-stop at the road outside of the house. Chinese New Year is coming, and today is the last working day for most office droids.

This year my family will have an early reunion dinner, on the 29th day of the lunar calendar, which is today. This is because every year at the eve of CNY (i.e. the 30th day), there are many interesting TV programs, but because of the reunion dinner, my parents would always be too busy to watch. This year the plan is to have the meal earlier, and on the new year eve we could relax and do whatever one likes. Good plan. :)

I am on my way to fully relax myself, and have concluded it is not a good deal to get myself stuck in front of the computer screen as what I used to do (but i am still blogging!). 

Now if PC and TV are out, what should I do then? The first plan is to try to do things I seldom do:  A few days I ago, I tried again to clear the cabinet filled with my college stuff, and for some unknown reason, I flipped the diary I wrote then, and that page was about one fine day when I was on duty at HKN lounge, and mak went in to buy a bottle of juice. Here it went all the memories got stirred up..., I knew she did it on purpose that day, I knew this was long time ago, and I know my chest is still painful now, damn the silly mak, and damn the silly me who still can't let the past go... Defeated, I hope next year I will finally have courage to clear those things away.  Yesterday, I dug out a Chinese detective novel and found it was pretty interesting. Today, I saw the GEB lying around in the book shelf. Hmm, maybe I should re-read this book? 

Another thing that concerns me is where I should go from now on? Start my business, or continue to work as an employee? My mom suggested I should get a girl and settle down, well, as if I am buying a chewing gum from grocery store... 


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Festive Season

Cuppa is now back home for Chinese New Year. Would like to wish everybody who celebrates this festival a Happy Chinese New Year!!!  


新年快乐!!

Thursday, February 04, 2010

What a girl wants?

I saw the following post at Facebook, with title "43 things a girl wished her boyfriend knew", it reads quite all right, though I am not sure if all of these are true.

I need inputs from female readers out there. :)

#1 When you break her heart, the pain never really goes away.

#2 When she misses you, she's hurting inside.

#3 When she says it's over, she still wants you to be hers.

#4 When she walks away from you mad, follow her.

#5 When she stares at your mouth, kiss her.

#6 When she pushes or hits you, grab her tight & don't let her go.

#7 When she starts cursing at you, kiss her and tell her you love her.

#8 When she ignores you, give her your attention.

#9 When she pulls away, pull her back.

#10 When you see her at her worst, tell her she's beautiful.

#11 When you see her crying, just hold her and don't say a word.

#12 When you see her walking, sneak up and hug her waist from behind.

#13 When she's scared, protect her.

#14 When she lays her head on your shoulder, tilt her head up and kiss her.

#15 When she steals your favourite jacket, let her keep it and sleep with it for a night.

#16 When she teases you, tease her back and make her laugh.

#17 When she doesn't answer for a long time, reassure her that everything is okay.

#18 When she looks at you with doubt, back yourself up with the truth.

#19 When she says that she likes you, she really does more than you could understand.

#20 When she grabs your hands, hold hers and play with her fingers.

#21 When she bumps into you, bump into her back and make her laugh.

#22 When she tells you a secret, keep it safe and untold.

#23 When she looks at you in your eyes, don’t look away until she does.

#24 Stay on the phone with her even if she’s not saying anything.

#25 Don't let her have the last word.

#26 Don't call her hot, but gorgeous or beautiful is so much better.

#27 Say you love her more than she could ever love you.

#28 Argue that she is the best girl ever.

#29 When she's mad, hug her tight and don't let go.

#30 When she says she's OK, don’t believe it, talk to
her about it, because 10 yrs later she'll still remember it.

#31 Call her at 12:00am on special occasions to tell her you love her.

#32 Call her before you sleep and after you wake up.

#33 Treat her like she's all that matters to you.

#34 Don't ignore her when she's out with you and your friends.

#35 Stay up all night with her when she's sick.

#36 Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think its stupid.

#37 Let her into your world.

#38 Let her wear your clothes.

#39 When she's bored and sad, hang out with her

#40 Let her know she's important.

#41 Kiss her in the pouring rain.

#42 When she runs up at you crying, the first thing you say is; "Who's ass am I kicking today baby?"

#43 After she reads this, she hopes one day you'd read it too.