I duno why, but I think this is one of the most hated festive seasons that I having for these few years. I feel so lonely even though my family members are all present.
I think it is the stress that my education is bringing me. That's why I hated my department of study. Why do they have to leave it till the last minute and not prepared their own students in advance? It is not just the student's problem, it is the entire department, entire faculty problem. Other departments have done it last semester. I dun see why we have to do it last minute even though we are a young department. The stress is killing me in fact. I hate this.
I realise I had to do a lot of things these feel days. I am freakingly stressed. I cant seem to find my happiness anymore. Not even my dearest books can make me smile or happy.
I wonder how am I supposed to cope with it when I get out to work?
I need some depression management.
I need to re-adjust again.
Desperately.
I hope I'll be happy when I am celebrating my CNY.
I need times off. Desperately.
Hope everything come out smooth.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Blogging ethics??
Recently after a spate of incidents that occured to me, I start to question a lot of things.
Yeah, your Question-Baby comes back to the world!!!
I was wondering about whether the First Amendment applies to blog so that we can have Freedom of Speech!
Obviously, it may not apply to Singapore unless the criticism or comment is constructive.
Then I wonder again if there is any law concerning copyright on blogs?
If anyone have any unique posting like your own poems, your own novels, own stories, own comments, together with the infinite repeatability of the Internet, it is quite a scary thing isnt it?
Imagine if someone actually cut and paste your work, and pass it as their own without giving you credit, how will you feel??
Ok, you may feel that I am over-exaggerating stuff, but things like that do occur isnt it?
Once again, people may feel that copyright discourages creativity and development.
Then people may have similar thoughts and stuff.
Think again!
Unless you have everyone in the cyberspace developing some ethics like giving credits to the person that you cut and paste the stuff from, it is hard not to impose copyright.
Furthermore, do you like it if someone stole your work and pass it as their own?
Even though you took minimal efforts to do, that is afterall your work, isnt it?
In addition, even though, you have similar stuff, you do not have the same way of expressing it. That really make a difference.
Why?
Because when one is paraphrasing it, they are adding their opinions and ideas into it. So that makes the idea somewhat different.
Ok..you may think that that is the best way of representing an idea.
Great! Fine!
At least credit it to the original author instead of not doing anything.
That's ethics!
In my opinion, it is quite hard to rule and make everyone abide by this ethics.
Unless everyone agree to take the trouble.
Hard lah!
According to the Laws of Human Nature, No.XXXXXXX, nobody would be willing to do so as they are lazy!
Yeah !
I admit I am lazy too. But hey, I do give credits to the source.
hehe.......in case you bombard me with mails.
Yeah, your Question-Baby comes back to the world!!!
I was wondering about whether the First Amendment applies to blog so that we can have Freedom of Speech!
Obviously, it may not apply to Singapore unless the criticism or comment is constructive.
Then I wonder again if there is any law concerning copyright on blogs?
If anyone have any unique posting like your own poems, your own novels, own stories, own comments, together with the infinite repeatability of the Internet, it is quite a scary thing isnt it?
Imagine if someone actually cut and paste your work, and pass it as their own without giving you credit, how will you feel??
Ok, you may feel that I am over-exaggerating stuff, but things like that do occur isnt it?
Once again, people may feel that copyright discourages creativity and development.
Then people may have similar thoughts and stuff.
Think again!
Unless you have everyone in the cyberspace developing some ethics like giving credits to the person that you cut and paste the stuff from, it is hard not to impose copyright.
Furthermore, do you like it if someone stole your work and pass it as their own?
Even though you took minimal efforts to do, that is afterall your work, isnt it?
In addition, even though, you have similar stuff, you do not have the same way of expressing it. That really make a difference.
Why?
Because when one is paraphrasing it, they are adding their opinions and ideas into it. So that makes the idea somewhat different.
Ok..you may think that that is the best way of representing an idea.
Great! Fine!
At least credit it to the original author instead of not doing anything.
That's ethics!
In my opinion, it is quite hard to rule and make everyone abide by this ethics.
Unless everyone agree to take the trouble.
Hard lah!
According to the Laws of Human Nature, No.XXXXXXX, nobody would be willing to do so as they are lazy!
Yeah !
I admit I am lazy too. But hey, I do give credits to the source.
hehe.......in case you bombard me with mails.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
做人很累
做人真的很累!
你得面对人。
而人，你又惹来是是与非非这对兄弟。
人不管善良还是邪恶，一坐下来，只要身边有人，必定是讲他人闲话。
也不管会不会造成别人的嫌隙。
所以可以说是。。。。。。。
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。。。。。。
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人言可畏！
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又有朋友说朋友之间是互相利用的。
这点我没话可以说。
这辈子我注定要欠人家，我一定设法还。
我也不好意思欠别人，虽然我很欠扁。
友人又说： 有些人脸皮比较厚，利用别人不还不说，还不懂的偿还。
拿的理所当然，拿得心安理得。
这就是人。
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麻烦的人和事，为什么我老是碰上？
老是掉入陷阱却不知？
我是不是应该自我反省？？？
看来我做人失败！
你得面对人。
而人，你又惹来是是与非非这对兄弟。
人不管善良还是邪恶，一坐下来，只要身边有人，必定是讲他人闲话。
也不管会不会造成别人的嫌隙。
所以可以说是。。。。。。。
。。。。。。
。。。。
。。。。。。
。。。。。。
人言可畏！
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又有朋友说朋友之间是互相利用的。
这点我没话可以说。
这辈子我注定要欠人家，我一定设法还。
我也不好意思欠别人，虽然我很欠扁。
友人又说： 有些人脸皮比较厚，利用别人不还不说，还不懂的偿还。
拿的理所当然，拿得心安理得。
这就是人。
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麻烦的人和事，为什么我老是碰上？
老是掉入陷阱却不知？
我是不是应该自我反省？？？
看来我做人失败！
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Relief!!
Jus in case you think I am on a suicidal mode, I was waiting for my results so dun worry just that I am paranoid that's all. Hope you are not scared by me!
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Waiting
Waiting Paige
Waiting is a torture
The future is unknown
But you feel as it a heavy weight is on your chest
You try to heave it out but it stays
Your stomach feels as it another big rock settled there
You cannot feel hunger or pain
You just feel the weight hanging there
Bending your back to lug it with you
You start to theorize anything and everything
Trying to rationalise it to predict your future
Eyelid batting Which one stands for good luck
Cut yourself Oh no, you see red
Fall down Oh my god what luck are you having
Bad dreams Are they going to coming true
Everything that you have done
Even though you know deep down that it will not help you
Everything is predestined
Then you start to do things you don't do in the past
Things that you consider stupid
But you end up in the cycle of doing it
In hope that it will help you to alleviate your fear
Fear for the unknown
Fear is terrible for your health you know it
But you cannot help it
You fear this You fear that
All because you have trip over the step before
And you hate yourself for making the same mistake
You fear to feel the same agony again
The next step is hard to cross
You pray hard
You try to inflict pain on yourself to keep the rock away
But that does not help
You start to panick Walking around in circles over and over again
Picturing the worst
The worst that your imagination allows you to travel
Nothing survives in the picture
Your panic escalate to fear and to stress and finally depression
You feel as it you are collapsing
You are useless afterall
You can't do anything well
You are just a failure and a loser
How come others can do it and not you
What are you thinking
I don't know how to explain this
But it just happen
Just happen and I'll break in cold sweat
Denying everything
Hoping it doesn't exist and go away quickly
But can it be done
I really don't know
I am about to breakdown
Honestly and seriously
I am not kidding
I am sick
Very Sick
How to cure this
I don't know
Don't think anyone can help
I am freaking out
End of the bottomles pit
God regardless of your race or origins, Help me
Waiting is a torture
The future is unknown
But you feel as it a heavy weight is on your chest
You try to heave it out but it stays
Your stomach feels as it another big rock settled there
You cannot feel hunger or pain
You just feel the weight hanging there
Bending your back to lug it with you
You start to theorize anything and everything
Trying to rationalise it to predict your future
Eyelid batting Which one stands for good luck
Cut yourself Oh no, you see red
Fall down Oh my god what luck are you having
Bad dreams Are they going to coming true
Everything that you have done
Even though you know deep down that it will not help you
Everything is predestined
Then you start to do things you don't do in the past
Things that you consider stupid
But you end up in the cycle of doing it
In hope that it will help you to alleviate your fear
Fear for the unknown
Fear is terrible for your health you know it
But you cannot help it
You fear this You fear that
All because you have trip over the step before
And you hate yourself for making the same mistake
You fear to feel the same agony again
The next step is hard to cross
You pray hard
You try to inflict pain on yourself to keep the rock away
But that does not help
You start to panick Walking around in circles over and over again
Picturing the worst
The worst that your imagination allows you to travel
Nothing survives in the picture
Your panic escalate to fear and to stress and finally depression
You feel as it you are collapsing
You are useless afterall
You can't do anything well
You are just a failure and a loser
How come others can do it and not you
What are you thinking
I don't know how to explain this
But it just happen
Just happen and I'll break in cold sweat
Denying everything
Hoping it doesn't exist and go away quickly
But can it be done
I really don't know
I am about to breakdown
Honestly and seriously
I am not kidding
I am sick
Very Sick
How to cure this
I don't know
Don't think anyone can help
I am freaking out
End of the bottomles pit
God regardless of your race or origins, Help me
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Can you believe this???
Ok! I realli have get over the shock upon seeing this but friends, let me share with you this brand new gadget that left me in awe!
What is this??
Look realli carefully at this......
Are you doubting if you are guessing correctly?
Yeah you are right!
Ta-da! It is a HUMAN WASHING MACHINE!!!
Here are the details....
Japan: Japan Seeks Robotic Help in Caring for the AgedBy James Brooke, the New York TimesMarch 5, 2004
Toshiko Shibahara in the new human washing machine. "The temperature is just right ?the bubbles are really comfortable," she said.
MACHIDA, Japan- With an electronic whir, the machine released a dollop of "peach body shampoo," a kind of body wash. Then, as the cleansing bubbling action kicked in, Toshiko Shibahara, 89, settled back to enjoy the wash and soak cycle of her nursing home's new human washing machine.
"The temperature is just right ?the bubbles are really comfortable," she said, happily sealed up to her neck inside the Sanyo Electric Company's latest elder care product. Turning to an attendant hovering around the pink, clamshell-shaped "assisted-care bath," she asked, "May I have a bit more water, please?"
Futuristic images of elderly Japanese going through rinse and dry cycles in rows of washing machines may evoke chills. But they also point to where the world's most rapidly aging nation is heading.This spring Japanese companies plan to start marketing a "robot suit," a motorized, battery-operated pair of pants designed to help the aged and infirm move around on their own.
Then there is the Wakamaru, a mobile, three-foot-high speaking robot equipped with two camera eyes. It is used largely by working people to keep an eye on their elderly parents at home.These devices and others in the works will push Japanese sales of domestic robots to $14 billion in 2010 and $40 billion in 2025 from nearly $4 billion currently, according to the Japan Robot Association.
Leaders of the Philippines and Thailand, two countries that are negotiating free trade pacts with Japan, suggest a different route: granting work visas to tens of thousands of foreign nurses. But that is unlikely in a nation that last year granted asylum to only 10 refugees and in the last decade has issued about 50,000 work visas a year ?
a fraction of the 640,000 immigrants a year that demographers say are necessary to prevent Japan's population from shrinking.Building on such xenophobia, Japan's nurses' unions successfully lobbied lawmakers of the governing Liberal Democratic Party in late February to block the admission of foreign doctors and nurses.Caught between Japan's high labor costs and anti-immigrant sentiment, some mainstream politicians have even suggested exporting some of Japan's elderly to Thailand and the Philippines, but that has never won much popular support.
So even though the human washing machine retails for almost $50,000, enough to pay a year's wages for two Filipino nurses, robotic home care may lie in the future for Japan's aging millions. Fueling the demand is the decision by the government to push for home care for the elderly.Nursing homes are not seen as a financially viable option in a society where the portion of people aged 65 or over is forecast to soar to 36 percent in 2050, from 19 percent today. By that time there may be only one worker for every retiree.But Japanese women increasingly rebel against traditional expectations that they will stay home to care for aged relatives, creating an ever-larger pool of elderly people in need of care. "There are 600 would-be residents on the waiting list here," said Yukiko Sato, general manager of the Katsura-ryo nursing home here, which has only 80 residents.
A year ago Katsura-ryo became one of the first 100 pioneer companies in Japan to buy Sanyo's new washing machine for people."Residents say it is really good because they warm their whole body, they can take the bath on their own, they can protect their privacy," Ms. Sato said. "As for the staff, it means less burden on their backs. Also, they can save time, because the whole procedure can be done in a very short time."To operate the washer, the user sits in a chair that is rolled backward into place.
The sides of the machine then close like a clamshell, forming an instant tub with the person's head sticking out the top. Shampooing and drying is done by hand.At a Sanyo office in Tokyo, Hiroaki Otsubo, a general director for biomedical business development, noted that the washing machine had been developed by Mitsuru Haruyama, a businessman crippled by muscular dystrophy."Some people in the industry say Japanese people are not able to accept a robot as a nurse, that they attach importance to the humanity aspect," Mr. Otsubo said. "So we are stuck in the middle between efficiency and nursing with a human touch. But if you pay attention to the humanity side, you obviously need labor power."
But several elderly women living in Katsura-ryo said they rather enjoyed their robotic baths."It automatically washes my body, so I am quite happy about it," said Kuni Kikuchi, an 88-year-old in a wheelchair who is paralyzed on her left side after a stroke. "These bubbles are good for the massage effect."Eiko Suzuki, 73, generally agreed, saying: "I like both ways. But it is a machine and it hasn't got a heart. So once they set the program they can't change it midway."Ms. Shibahara, whom the nursing home chose to demonstrate the washing machine, said: "With this `hirb' you don't get a chill. You feel always warm."
On the front of each machine Sanyo stamps "HIRB," short for harmony in roll-lo bathing, because people are rolled in. But for older Americans it might evoke memories of another effort to humanize a machine ?the Disney movie about "Herbie," the Volkswagen "love bug" with feelings.
Amazing isnt it!!!
Yeah.....But I dun want to sit in it....feel so enclosed...
What do you think??
What is this??Look realli carefully at this......
Are you doubting if you are guessing correctly?Yeah you are right!Ta-da! It is a HUMAN WASHING MACHINE!!!
Here are the details....
Japan: Japan Seeks Robotic Help in Caring for the AgedBy James Brooke, the New York TimesMarch 5, 2004
Toshiko Shibahara in the new human washing machine. "The temperature is just right ?the bubbles are really comfortable," she said.
MACHIDA, Japan- With an electronic whir, the machine released a dollop of "peach body shampoo," a kind of body wash. Then, as the cleansing bubbling action kicked in, Toshiko Shibahara, 89, settled back to enjoy the wash and soak cycle of her nursing home's new human washing machine.
"The temperature is just right ?the bubbles are really comfortable," she said, happily sealed up to her neck inside the Sanyo Electric Company's latest elder care product. Turning to an attendant hovering around the pink, clamshell-shaped "assisted-care bath," she asked, "May I have a bit more water, please?"
Futuristic images of elderly Japanese going through rinse and dry cycles in rows of washing machines may evoke chills. But they also point to where the world's most rapidly aging nation is heading.This spring Japanese companies plan to start marketing a "robot suit," a motorized, battery-operated pair of pants designed to help the aged and infirm move around on their own.
Then there is the Wakamaru, a mobile, three-foot-high speaking robot equipped with two camera eyes. It is used largely by working people to keep an eye on their elderly parents at home.These devices and others in the works will push Japanese sales of domestic robots to $14 billion in 2010 and $40 billion in 2025 from nearly $4 billion currently, according to the Japan Robot Association.
Leaders of the Philippines and Thailand, two countries that are negotiating free trade pacts with Japan, suggest a different route: granting work visas to tens of thousands of foreign nurses. But that is unlikely in a nation that last year granted asylum to only 10 refugees and in the last decade has issued about 50,000 work visas a year ?
a fraction of the 640,000 immigrants a year that demographers say are necessary to prevent Japan's population from shrinking.Building on such xenophobia, Japan's nurses' unions successfully lobbied lawmakers of the governing Liberal Democratic Party in late February to block the admission of foreign doctors and nurses.Caught between Japan's high labor costs and anti-immigrant sentiment, some mainstream politicians have even suggested exporting some of Japan's elderly to Thailand and the Philippines, but that has never won much popular support.
So even though the human washing machine retails for almost $50,000, enough to pay a year's wages for two Filipino nurses, robotic home care may lie in the future for Japan's aging millions. Fueling the demand is the decision by the government to push for home care for the elderly.Nursing homes are not seen as a financially viable option in a society where the portion of people aged 65 or over is forecast to soar to 36 percent in 2050, from 19 percent today. By that time there may be only one worker for every retiree.But Japanese women increasingly rebel against traditional expectations that they will stay home to care for aged relatives, creating an ever-larger pool of elderly people in need of care. "There are 600 would-be residents on the waiting list here," said Yukiko Sato, general manager of the Katsura-ryo nursing home here, which has only 80 residents.
A year ago Katsura-ryo became one of the first 100 pioneer companies in Japan to buy Sanyo's new washing machine for people."Residents say it is really good because they warm their whole body, they can take the bath on their own, they can protect their privacy," Ms. Sato said. "As for the staff, it means less burden on their backs. Also, they can save time, because the whole procedure can be done in a very short time."To operate the washer, the user sits in a chair that is rolled backward into place.
The sides of the machine then close like a clamshell, forming an instant tub with the person's head sticking out the top. Shampooing and drying is done by hand.At a Sanyo office in Tokyo, Hiroaki Otsubo, a general director for biomedical business development, noted that the washing machine had been developed by Mitsuru Haruyama, a businessman crippled by muscular dystrophy."Some people in the industry say Japanese people are not able to accept a robot as a nurse, that they attach importance to the humanity aspect," Mr. Otsubo said. "So we are stuck in the middle between efficiency and nursing with a human touch. But if you pay attention to the humanity side, you obviously need labor power."
But several elderly women living in Katsura-ryo said they rather enjoyed their robotic baths."It automatically washes my body, so I am quite happy about it," said Kuni Kikuchi, an 88-year-old in a wheelchair who is paralyzed on her left side after a stroke. "These bubbles are good for the massage effect."Eiko Suzuki, 73, generally agreed, saying: "I like both ways. But it is a machine and it hasn't got a heart. So once they set the program they can't change it midway."Ms. Shibahara, whom the nursing home chose to demonstrate the washing machine, said: "With this `hirb' you don't get a chill. You feel always warm."
On the front of each machine Sanyo stamps "HIRB," short for harmony in roll-lo bathing, because people are rolled in. But for older Americans it might evoke memories of another effort to humanize a machine ?the Disney movie about "Herbie," the Volkswagen "love bug" with feelings.
Amazing isnt it!!!
Yeah.....But I dun want to sit in it....feel so enclosed...
What do you think??
Friday, December 16, 2005
另类的英雄会
金庸笔下奇男子交流追女绝招
来源:网易 作者：小李飞刀
一天，金庸笔下的几名男子相聚一堂，以酒会友。酒过三巡，众人的话也多了起来，于是便聊到了追女孩子这热门的话题上来。首先发话的是萧峰，他喝了一大口酒，用手抹了抹嘴巴，清了清嗓子道：“这追女孩子啊，萧峰(天龙八部)自认为也没什么诀窍，最主要的是你要时时刻刻在她面前装英雄。你们想，哪个女孩子不希望自己的男人是英雄？有安全感？所以不用你半点口舌，她自己就会自动找上门来。”
群雄一听都觉有道理，当年阿珠姐们就是看上他这点才爱得他死去活来的。可又有人说道：“萧大侠？你的话是有道理，可世上这么多的男人，不是每个都像你这样武功盖世，这英雄也不是每个人能做得了的啊？”众人一听都一起点头，萧峰只得坐下身来。
这时，郭靖(射雕英雄传)站起身来，朝四周望了望，见黄蓉不在时才道：“我郭靖认为，追女孩子不一定要自己是英雄。当年我武功并不好，却把蓉儿追到手，你们知道是什么原因吗？”群雄一见是郭靖，心中都感纳纳闷，当年欧阳克那样一表人才的人都没把黄蓉追到手，他郭靖这傻小子都却成功了，莫非这其中真有些奥妙？四下顿时一片寂静，等待郭靖的下文。
郭靖又道：“追女孩子最重要的是要学会装傻，你们想，蓉儿这女孩子多么聪明，可她又怎么容得下一个比她更聪明的男人呢？只可惜欧阳克那小子不懂味，怎天在她面前耍些小聪明。而我就不同了，越是在她面前装得什么都不懂，她越是觉得我这人可靠。所以啊，追女孩子最重要的是要装傻。”群雄一听，甚觉有理，只是心里在想：都说郭靖这人有点傻，今日一见，并不傻啊，看来以后可要留点神了。
没等郭靖坐下来，杨过(神雕侠侣)又站了起来。对郭靖说：“郭伯伯，过儿可不这样认为。”群雄一年是杨过，心想他要是没半点本事，又怎么把小龙女追到？又听杨过说道：“过儿认为追女孩子最重要是要学会虚伪。”此话一出群雄一起张口结舌。
杨过淡淡一笑，又道：“你们想想，我当年是怎样把姑姑追到手的？当年我若不装出一幅可怜巴巴的样子，姑姑怎么会把我留下来，后来我若不装出一副对她一往情深的样子，她又怎么会对我动情呢，你们又想想，我姑姑的清白被全真教那个狗日的道士夺走了，而我又怎么做呢？我也是男人，遇到这种事情你们会怎么做，怎么想？可我杨过无半点嫌弃她的样子，你以为我愿意啊，可我这也是没办法，小不忍者乱大谋啊？你们又想想看，我杨过在其她女孩子面前是哪个样子？”
杨过说得振振有辞，似乎把一腔的不满都发泄出来。众人忽然想起杨过的事迹来，他杨过在其她女孩子面前总是满嘴油腔滑调的，一到了小龙女面前却老老实实的了。原来这一切都是他装出来的啊。想不到一代神雕大侠也会这一套，这人真不可貌相啊。
杨过，郭靖一坐下，段誊(天龙八部)马上站起身来，说道：“在下段誊要有不同的看法。”群雄一看是段誊，一想到那王语焉，心中自然也流露出羡慕之色。又听段誊说道：“在下自认为追女孩子的诀窍是四个字：死缠烂打！俗话说，女人的心是水做的，总会有心软的一天，只要你穷追不舍，总会成功，若不是这样，我又怎么追得到王姑娘？”
众人恍然大悟，心道：“你段誊确够死皮赖脸的，人家王姑娘当初那么讨厌你，却能把她追到手，这等本事非一般人所及了。看来，这一招确实管用了。又听段誊说：”只是这一招用起来好辛苦，脸皮不厚的人千万别学。“说着坐了下来。群雄都在思索：自己的脸皮可没他的厚啊，看来这一招是行不通了。
这时令狐冲(笑傲江湖)站起身来，仰头喝了一大碗酒，说道：“我令狐冲觉得追女孩子不能死缠烂打。”众人一听，都觉一惊。这时令狐冲又道：“你们想想，我令狐冲暗恋我小师妹那么多年却一直搞不定，而盈盈却毫不费劲的追到了？”群雄都好奇地看着令狐冲，等他说完。令狐冲又道：“所以依我看追女孩子最重要是要装酷。”
众人听到这里，不禁哦了一声。又听他说：“你们再想，我和小师妹是在一块长大的，我那些底子她怎么会不知道，而盈盈就不同了，我一酷起来她果真被我吸引住了。我再告诉各位：天下的女孩子都喜欢酷男人！”说完笑了笑便坐了下来。群雄这时也明白了过来，原来令狐冲的一切都是装出来的，难怪他当年在华山派的时候不怎么样，可一出江湖便轰轰烈烈，这小子也不简单啊，以后也要留点神了。
过了良久，忽然韦小宝(鹿鼎记)站起身来，冲着众人哈哈一笑。群雄一见是娶了七个如花似玉的老婆的韦小宝，打心底流露出一种敬意。要知道他韦小宝要是没半点本事，又怎么追到那么多女孩子？一个个眼睛睁得大大的，都希望他能说点什么。韦小宝开口了：“小宝的招数可与以上各位大侠的不同了，小宝我没读什么书，又没武功，可我能娶七个老婆，我凭得是什么？”一句话把众人问得面面相觑。
韦小宝又道：“我凭得是脑子和嘴巴！”众人一听都觉有理，可说得太笼统了，忙追问了下去。却见韦小宝从怀中掏出四粒骰子，往桌上一扔，嘴里叫道：“满堂红！”众人一看，四粒骰子都是四点，不禁齐声叫好。韦小宝又道：“追女孩子和扔骰子一样，别人用的方法到了你手里不一定管用，不信哪位来扔个满堂红看看！”众人一齐摇头。韦小宝又道：“也就是说，女孩子不是一成不变的，追这个女孩子的方法不一定就能用到别人身上去……”
众人一个个听得津津入神，像是在听教授讲课一样。又听韦小宝道：“俗话说，追女孩子要胆大心细脸皮厚，这也不是没有道理的，像萧大侠，郭大侠，杨大侠等人的方法也是有道理的，我就用过，但是不能死搬硬套，要灵活运用，不能做书呆子，要从实践中出真知。要不断地尝试，不断地学习，才能不断地进步！你看我小宝，若是脸皮不厚，怎么追得到阿珂姑娘，要是胆子不大，又怎么敢去追建宁公主，洪夫人？”
韦小宝滔滔不绝地讲着：“有的时候，追女孩子还要趋人之危，花言巧语，瞒天过海，故擒欲纵……”韦小宝一口气说了十几个成语，把众人听得暗暗吃惊，有的拿出了笔记本，当场记下，有的忙道：“小宝兄弟，能不能慢点说？”看来，这套武功是人人想学的啊。韦小宝又道：“最后，我送大家一句话，到哪座山唱哪首歌！”说完喝了口茶，说道：“我韦小宝如今可以断言，天下没有我追不到的女孩子！只要被我碰到的，没一个走的了的！”
此话声音不大，却敲打着每一位的心，群雄此时更是佩服地五体投地，可刚才发言的那几个人却有点心惊了。都在想：“韦小宝这小子有这种本事，自己家里的女人可不能让他碰到了，他什么事都做得出来，自己费了这么一番劲可不能前功尽弃啊！”
韦小宝一见那几人脸色大异，微微笑道：“郭大侠，杨大侠，段公子，令狐大侠，你们尽可放心，俗话说：朋友妻，不可戏，我韦小宝再不是人，也不会打在场每一位的主意，我韦小宝别的不说，对义气倒是看得挺重的。”众人听到这里时心中才松了一口气，心想：以后可不能得罪韦小宝了，朋友妻他是不戏，敌人妻嘛，就难说了。
韦小宝刚想坐下身来，忽然周伯通(射雕英雄传)站起身来。众人一惊，他老顽童也有话要讲吗？只见周伯通大叫一声：“我老顽童想说句话：女人这东西碰不得，你一碰这辈子就完了啊！”众人一听，就要晕倒，心想你老顽童懂个屁！令狐冲站起身来说道：“周伯通，你吃得好好的，谁要你多嘴了，别人又不当你是哑巴！”周伯通计讨了个没趣，正待坐下来，这时少林寺的一个老和尚缓缓站起身来。说了一句：“阿弥陀佛”群雄一看，此人正是少林寺的方丈，虚竹的亲生父亲，风二娘的初恋情人玄兹大师，难道他也有绝招？正待好奇，只听玄兹开口说话：“罪过啊，罪过啊，问世间情为何物……”众人一听，一齐晕倒在地，狂吐不止。
来源:网易 作者：小李飞刀
一天，金庸笔下的几名男子相聚一堂，以酒会友。酒过三巡，众人的话也多了起来，于是便聊到了追女孩子这热门的话题上来。首先发话的是萧峰，他喝了一大口酒，用手抹了抹嘴巴，清了清嗓子道：“这追女孩子啊，萧峰(天龙八部)自认为也没什么诀窍，最主要的是你要时时刻刻在她面前装英雄。你们想，哪个女孩子不希望自己的男人是英雄？有安全感？所以不用你半点口舌，她自己就会自动找上门来。”
群雄一听都觉有道理，当年阿珠姐们就是看上他这点才爱得他死去活来的。可又有人说道：“萧大侠？你的话是有道理，可世上这么多的男人，不是每个都像你这样武功盖世，这英雄也不是每个人能做得了的啊？”众人一听都一起点头，萧峰只得坐下身来。
这时，郭靖(射雕英雄传)站起身来，朝四周望了望，见黄蓉不在时才道：“我郭靖认为，追女孩子不一定要自己是英雄。当年我武功并不好，却把蓉儿追到手，你们知道是什么原因吗？”群雄一见是郭靖，心中都感纳纳闷，当年欧阳克那样一表人才的人都没把黄蓉追到手，他郭靖这傻小子都却成功了，莫非这其中真有些奥妙？四下顿时一片寂静，等待郭靖的下文。
郭靖又道：“追女孩子最重要的是要学会装傻，你们想，蓉儿这女孩子多么聪明，可她又怎么容得下一个比她更聪明的男人呢？只可惜欧阳克那小子不懂味，怎天在她面前耍些小聪明。而我就不同了，越是在她面前装得什么都不懂，她越是觉得我这人可靠。所以啊，追女孩子最重要的是要装傻。”群雄一听，甚觉有理，只是心里在想：都说郭靖这人有点傻，今日一见，并不傻啊，看来以后可要留点神了。
没等郭靖坐下来，杨过(神雕侠侣)又站了起来。对郭靖说：“郭伯伯，过儿可不这样认为。”群雄一年是杨过，心想他要是没半点本事，又怎么把小龙女追到？又听杨过说道：“过儿认为追女孩子最重要是要学会虚伪。”此话一出群雄一起张口结舌。
杨过淡淡一笑，又道：“你们想想，我当年是怎样把姑姑追到手的？当年我若不装出一幅可怜巴巴的样子，姑姑怎么会把我留下来，后来我若不装出一副对她一往情深的样子，她又怎么会对我动情呢，你们又想想，我姑姑的清白被全真教那个狗日的道士夺走了，而我又怎么做呢？我也是男人，遇到这种事情你们会怎么做，怎么想？可我杨过无半点嫌弃她的样子，你以为我愿意啊，可我这也是没办法，小不忍者乱大谋啊？你们又想想看，我杨过在其她女孩子面前是哪个样子？”
杨过说得振振有辞，似乎把一腔的不满都发泄出来。众人忽然想起杨过的事迹来，他杨过在其她女孩子面前总是满嘴油腔滑调的，一到了小龙女面前却老老实实的了。原来这一切都是他装出来的啊。想不到一代神雕大侠也会这一套，这人真不可貌相啊。
杨过，郭靖一坐下，段誊(天龙八部)马上站起身来，说道：“在下段誊要有不同的看法。”群雄一看是段誊，一想到那王语焉，心中自然也流露出羡慕之色。又听段誊说道：“在下自认为追女孩子的诀窍是四个字：死缠烂打！俗话说，女人的心是水做的，总会有心软的一天，只要你穷追不舍，总会成功，若不是这样，我又怎么追得到王姑娘？”
众人恍然大悟，心道：“你段誊确够死皮赖脸的，人家王姑娘当初那么讨厌你，却能把她追到手，这等本事非一般人所及了。看来，这一招确实管用了。又听段誊说：”只是这一招用起来好辛苦，脸皮不厚的人千万别学。“说着坐了下来。群雄都在思索：自己的脸皮可没他的厚啊，看来这一招是行不通了。
这时令狐冲(笑傲江湖)站起身来，仰头喝了一大碗酒，说道：“我令狐冲觉得追女孩子不能死缠烂打。”众人一听，都觉一惊。这时令狐冲又道：“你们想想，我令狐冲暗恋我小师妹那么多年却一直搞不定，而盈盈却毫不费劲的追到了？”群雄都好奇地看着令狐冲，等他说完。令狐冲又道：“所以依我看追女孩子最重要是要装酷。”
众人听到这里，不禁哦了一声。又听他说：“你们再想，我和小师妹是在一块长大的，我那些底子她怎么会不知道，而盈盈就不同了，我一酷起来她果真被我吸引住了。我再告诉各位：天下的女孩子都喜欢酷男人！”说完笑了笑便坐了下来。群雄这时也明白了过来，原来令狐冲的一切都是装出来的，难怪他当年在华山派的时候不怎么样，可一出江湖便轰轰烈烈，这小子也不简单啊，以后也要留点神了。
过了良久，忽然韦小宝(鹿鼎记)站起身来，冲着众人哈哈一笑。群雄一见是娶了七个如花似玉的老婆的韦小宝，打心底流露出一种敬意。要知道他韦小宝要是没半点本事，又怎么追到那么多女孩子？一个个眼睛睁得大大的，都希望他能说点什么。韦小宝开口了：“小宝的招数可与以上各位大侠的不同了，小宝我没读什么书，又没武功，可我能娶七个老婆，我凭得是什么？”一句话把众人问得面面相觑。
韦小宝又道：“我凭得是脑子和嘴巴！”众人一听都觉有理，可说得太笼统了，忙追问了下去。却见韦小宝从怀中掏出四粒骰子，往桌上一扔，嘴里叫道：“满堂红！”众人一看，四粒骰子都是四点，不禁齐声叫好。韦小宝又道：“追女孩子和扔骰子一样，别人用的方法到了你手里不一定管用，不信哪位来扔个满堂红看看！”众人一齐摇头。韦小宝又道：“也就是说，女孩子不是一成不变的，追这个女孩子的方法不一定就能用到别人身上去……”
众人一个个听得津津入神，像是在听教授讲课一样。又听韦小宝道：“俗话说，追女孩子要胆大心细脸皮厚，这也不是没有道理的，像萧大侠，郭大侠，杨大侠等人的方法也是有道理的，我就用过，但是不能死搬硬套，要灵活运用，不能做书呆子，要从实践中出真知。要不断地尝试，不断地学习，才能不断地进步！你看我小宝，若是脸皮不厚，怎么追得到阿珂姑娘，要是胆子不大，又怎么敢去追建宁公主，洪夫人？”
韦小宝滔滔不绝地讲着：“有的时候，追女孩子还要趋人之危，花言巧语，瞒天过海，故擒欲纵……”韦小宝一口气说了十几个成语，把众人听得暗暗吃惊，有的拿出了笔记本，当场记下，有的忙道：“小宝兄弟，能不能慢点说？”看来，这套武功是人人想学的啊。韦小宝又道：“最后，我送大家一句话，到哪座山唱哪首歌！”说完喝了口茶，说道：“我韦小宝如今可以断言，天下没有我追不到的女孩子！只要被我碰到的，没一个走的了的！”
此话声音不大，却敲打着每一位的心，群雄此时更是佩服地五体投地，可刚才发言的那几个人却有点心惊了。都在想：“韦小宝这小子有这种本事，自己家里的女人可不能让他碰到了，他什么事都做得出来，自己费了这么一番劲可不能前功尽弃啊！”
韦小宝一见那几人脸色大异，微微笑道：“郭大侠，杨大侠，段公子，令狐大侠，你们尽可放心，俗话说：朋友妻，不可戏，我韦小宝再不是人，也不会打在场每一位的主意，我韦小宝别的不说，对义气倒是看得挺重的。”众人听到这里时心中才松了一口气，心想：以后可不能得罪韦小宝了，朋友妻他是不戏，敌人妻嘛，就难说了。
韦小宝刚想坐下身来，忽然周伯通(射雕英雄传)站起身来。众人一惊，他老顽童也有话要讲吗？只见周伯通大叫一声：“我老顽童想说句话：女人这东西碰不得，你一碰这辈子就完了啊！”众人一听，就要晕倒，心想你老顽童懂个屁！令狐冲站起身来说道：“周伯通，你吃得好好的，谁要你多嘴了，别人又不当你是哑巴！”周伯通计讨了个没趣，正待坐下来，这时少林寺的一个老和尚缓缓站起身来。说了一句：“阿弥陀佛”群雄一看，此人正是少林寺的方丈，虚竹的亲生父亲，风二娘的初恋情人玄兹大师，难道他也有绝招？正待好奇，只听玄兹开口说话：“罪过啊，罪过啊，问世间情为何物……”众人一听，一齐晕倒在地，狂吐不止。
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
The Amazing Race Turn off
Nearly want to slam my remote control after watching the final moments of "The Amazing Race: Family Edition".
WHY ON EARTH DID THE LINZES WIN???!!!!
Fed up with it. I dun mind the Bransens or the Weavers win, but not the yucky family of siblings!
Chauvinistic pigs, meaty bloks, and a whiney sister.
KAo!!!!
CAnt stand it!
Spoil my morning!
The Bransens stupidly choose the logs chores, Dad gets a tad slow in assembling the 52 states of US jigsaw puzzle.
The Weavers sleep thru the search trails, should have get in the stadium long before. They start of badly at the start of the race.
Can't stand it!!
Worse still, the famous line by the sister.
"I can smell the $1 million dollars!"
Wah KAo!
The brother still struggling with the jigsaw and she say that.
Puts me off. She din cheer him but say that!
MAke me want to puke!
I also want to smell the crisp and newness of the new dollar notes wat!!!
You dun have to say it out u know.
Make u look like $$$ faced..
Cant stand it!!!
Yucks!!!!
Still prefers the Gaghan family!!!
WHY ON EARTH DID THE LINZES WIN???!!!!
Fed up with it. I dun mind the Bransens or the Weavers win, but not the yucky family of siblings!
Chauvinistic pigs, meaty bloks, and a whiney sister.
KAo!!!!
CAnt stand it!
Spoil my morning!
The Bransens stupidly choose the logs chores, Dad gets a tad slow in assembling the 52 states of US jigsaw puzzle.
The Weavers sleep thru the search trails, should have get in the stadium long before. They start of badly at the start of the race.
Can't stand it!!
Worse still, the famous line by the sister.
"I can smell the $1 million dollars!"
Wah KAo!
The brother still struggling with the jigsaw and she say that.
Puts me off. She din cheer him but say that!
MAke me want to puke!
I also want to smell the crisp and newness of the new dollar notes wat!!!
You dun have to say it out u know.
Make u look like $$$ faced..
Cant stand it!!!
Yucks!!!!
Still prefers the Gaghan family!!!
The essence of blog
Haha...This is my 301th blog entry. Feel pretty proud of myself. Normally, my attention span for newbies would not last that long haha..
So let's talk something special then.
The idea of blog.
The definition under the "Online Oxford Dictionary" 's "The Oxford's Dictionary of Modern Slang" states this:
blog noun An Internet website containing an eclectic and frequently updated assortment of items of interest to its author. 1999-. [Shortening of weblog.] So blogger, noun.
Yeah..
Then there are a variety of blogs including political blogs, news blogs, corporate blogs, moblogs and personal blogs.
I definitely duno which category my blog falls into?
Hate blog?
Rant blog?
cobwebby blog (coz I had the tendency of not updating)?
To me, blog is not just a personal blog. It is more like a column in the mass web of internet.
Bloggers are the columnists. They wrote stuff that people want to read. Quirky, porn, sweet, juicy...different aspects of life with different perspectives.
I love to read blogs. That's for sure.
Get to know different aspects of lives.
hehe..
But......
I got worked up after I heard that there is a competition for the Most popular Blogs award.
Yeah online.
Several local blogs are in it.
But the way they compete is quite ugly.
Vote-rigging.
Vote hacking.
Variety of vote mobilisation.
Blogging for the sake of blogging and vote mobilisation
What has the world of blogs come too?
Seems to me like a political arena!
haha....no longer pure pleasure of reading blogs. Now you have the "American Idol " syndrome spreading like wild fire to different parts of our lives.
EEEKS!
It is definitely a turn-off sia!
Aiya.....
Blogs continue to evolve..
Duno what will happen to it then!
So let's talk something special then.
The idea of blog.
The definition under the "Online Oxford Dictionary" 's "The Oxford's Dictionary of Modern Slang" states this:
blog noun An Internet website containing an eclectic and frequently updated assortment of items of interest to its author. 1999-. [Shortening of weblog.] So blogger, noun.
Yeah..
Then there are a variety of blogs including political blogs, news blogs, corporate blogs, moblogs and personal blogs.
I definitely duno which category my blog falls into?
Hate blog?
Rant blog?
cobwebby blog (coz I had the tendency of not updating)?
To me, blog is not just a personal blog. It is more like a column in the mass web of internet.
Bloggers are the columnists. They wrote stuff that people want to read. Quirky, porn, sweet, juicy...different aspects of life with different perspectives.
I love to read blogs. That's for sure.
Get to know different aspects of lives.
hehe..
But......
I got worked up after I heard that there is a competition for the Most popular Blogs award.
Yeah online.
Several local blogs are in it.
But the way they compete is quite ugly.
Vote-rigging.
Vote hacking.
Variety of vote mobilisation.
Blogging for the sake of blogging and vote mobilisation
What has the world of blogs come too?
Seems to me like a political arena!
haha....no longer pure pleasure of reading blogs. Now you have the "American Idol " syndrome spreading like wild fire to different parts of our lives.
EEEKS!
It is definitely a turn-off sia!
Aiya.....
Blogs continue to evolve..
Duno what will happen to it then!
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Puzzle Pirates!
Look here Pals!!
I think I am getting my family hooked on this game.
If you are looking for a simple avatar game, then this is it!
judging from the title, you know that it is a kind of pirate's game.
But how does it involved puzzle?
Well, for every job you performed as a pirate like Bilgeing (Pailing water out of the boat), Sailing (you increase the wind speeds for your sails), Carpentry (you try to repair your boat after it is attacked and prevent water from flowing in) , gunning (where you load cannons to shoot enemies) and navigating(where you are searching and plotting directions for the ship), you are actually given a simple game of puzzle. Upon completion, you have fulfilled ur duties as a pirate and $$$ will be given.
Oh not to mention, as a pirate, you have a unique attribute of Pillaging!! That means you attack other ships to plunder their booty!hehe!!!!Very cool!!
You can build your own house and furnished it to give parties and so on. You can host ur own drinking games and so on.
Getting you itchy for the game? Let me show you how to get there.
first you go to miniclip.com.
Then click on last option under the Top ten games. Select "puzzle pirates".
If not can click here.
Then you can download a small software, then can play already.Cool and simple ok!
Bet you will get hooked!
hehe...
I think I am getting my family hooked on this game.
If you are looking for a simple avatar game, then this is it!
judging from the title, you know that it is a kind of pirate's game.
But how does it involved puzzle?
Well, for every job you performed as a pirate like Bilgeing (Pailing water out of the boat), Sailing (you increase the wind speeds for your sails), Carpentry (you try to repair your boat after it is attacked and prevent water from flowing in) , gunning (where you load cannons to shoot enemies) and navigating(where you are searching and plotting directions for the ship), you are actually given a simple game of puzzle. Upon completion, you have fulfilled ur duties as a pirate and $$$ will be given.
Oh not to mention, as a pirate, you have a unique attribute of Pillaging!! That means you attack other ships to plunder their booty!hehe!!!!Very cool!!
You can build your own house and furnished it to give parties and so on. You can host ur own drinking games and so on.
Getting you itchy for the game? Let me show you how to get there.
first you go to miniclip.com.
Then click on last option under the Top ten games. Select "puzzle pirates".
If not can click here.
Then you can download a small software, then can play already.Cool and simple ok!
Bet you will get hooked!
hehe...
Gathering!
Haha...it is a miracle that I blog on that particular itself.
Very proud that I am alive n still writing this down.
Ok..today, I finally enjoyed what starving means!
Well, ladies mah...always late sia...
We meet at Pizza Hut!
Then we have the biggest feast ever had!
haha..Yingzi was as funny as ever..She created a lot of jokes.
Like how she fall asleep in the CC while studying n how she end up watching tv while she was supposed to study at home.
Still as blur as ever, she forget she ever meet me or wat.
I think if we dun mit up, guess she will forget who I am or wat I look like.
Min is as cute as ever, with a short skirt and white top.
haha....She has changed a lot I observed.
Better complexion, better dressing taste, manicure...n much more ladylike.
Val as usual was her old self, nice n witty...not much to describe. Probably due to seeing each other too much. Dun get the wrong idea.
Hehe...
we took a lot of pictures that I would not b able to share with u.
hehe.....
too bad!
We promise each other to save up and go Taiwan. So anyone has any idea where to go?
hehe...fun nite.
Later, Min's bf join us.
He is very nice to her I can see. But I forget that cant pity him!
Oops!
So sorry Sze Hang!
If you got any orh-qing(Bruises), tell me lor..send u the address to the famous physician!!! hehe...
nite time come so fast! so sad to leave liao...hope we can get together soon!!!
hehe....
Very proud that I am alive n still writing this down.
Ok..today, I finally enjoyed what starving means!
Well, ladies mah...always late sia...
We meet at Pizza Hut!
Then we have the biggest feast ever had!
haha..Yingzi was as funny as ever..She created a lot of jokes.
Like how she fall asleep in the CC while studying n how she end up watching tv while she was supposed to study at home.
Still as blur as ever, she forget she ever meet me or wat.
I think if we dun mit up, guess she will forget who I am or wat I look like.
Min is as cute as ever, with a short skirt and white top.
haha....She has changed a lot I observed.
Better complexion, better dressing taste, manicure...n much more ladylike.
Val as usual was her old self, nice n witty...not much to describe. Probably due to seeing each other too much. Dun get the wrong idea.
Hehe...
we took a lot of pictures that I would not b able to share with u.
hehe.....
too bad!
We promise each other to save up and go Taiwan. So anyone has any idea where to go?
hehe...fun nite.
Later, Min's bf join us.
He is very nice to her I can see. But I forget that cant pity him!
Oops!
So sorry Sze Hang!
If you got any orh-qing(Bruises), tell me lor..send u the address to the famous physician!!! hehe...
nite time come so fast! so sad to leave liao...hope we can get together soon!!!
hehe....
Friday, December 09, 2005
WAh....
Today go out with frenz from same faculty.
Then meet another guy, I supposed that he dislike me.
Why??!!
Let me sit in the time shuttle and zoom you back to...
2003 Economic class
So long ago!!!
Yeah! Be patient
We are having this lecture with a boring economics lecturer whom I termed as " law ding" (Please read it in hokkien, for those who duno, it is lamp- post in hokkien)
As usual, I sit with my clicks...and this guy sit right in front of me.
alone.
due to the boring nature of the class, we start to talk.
I dun think we are very loud.
He turned his head anyway and stared at us.
Tot he hate us at that moment
so I din dare to tok to him for the rest of the years till today.
Wow!
Friendly guy out of sudden.
Tok to us and even walk to the mrt together with us.
Amazing!
I would have faint by now.
hehe........
Yeah, tot he hate me turn out he is still friendly.
Wonder why.
haha...forget it lah...since it is over liao...
Then meet another guy, I supposed that he dislike me.
Why??!!
Let me sit in the time shuttle and zoom you back to...
2003 Economic class
So long ago!!!
Yeah! Be patient
We are having this lecture with a boring economics lecturer whom I termed as " law ding" (Please read it in hokkien, for those who duno, it is lamp- post in hokkien)
As usual, I sit with my clicks...and this guy sit right in front of me.
alone.
due to the boring nature of the class, we start to talk.
I dun think we are very loud.
He turned his head anyway and stared at us.
Tot he hate us at that moment
so I din dare to tok to him for the rest of the years till today.
Wow!
Friendly guy out of sudden.
Tok to us and even walk to the mrt together with us.
Amazing!
I would have faint by now.
hehe........
Yeah, tot he hate me turn out he is still friendly.
Wonder why.
haha...forget it lah...since it is over liao...
Thursday, December 08, 2005
遗忘 念棠
太多伤心的事历历在目
短暂的岁月里 心却如此苍老
一遍又一遍 临迟我的心
像是走马看灯 像是放慢脚步
哀伤 忧伤 受伤 死亡 到迷惘
无力排除这一切
外表的天真 掩盖不了内心如老媪(ao3)
乍似含苞待放 却已然凋零
我试着去遗忘
试着不去理会
往事如今成了一团霓虹灯
交缠在一起 分不清也看不见
这样的日子似神仙 没有过往的包袱
什么人也认不得 什么事也看不见
认真踩着自己的步伐过日子
不要怪我无情冷漠
这时候我的生存法则
原谅我的遗忘
是你对我的仁慈
于阳历2005年11月4日表 804号巴士随笔
P/s: if you want to use my work, please ask permission and cite me as well. hehe...
thanks alot!
短暂的岁月里 心却如此苍老
一遍又一遍 临迟我的心
像是走马看灯 像是放慢脚步
哀伤 忧伤 受伤 死亡 到迷惘
无力排除这一切
外表的天真 掩盖不了内心如老媪(ao3)
乍似含苞待放 却已然凋零
我试着去遗忘
试着不去理会
往事如今成了一团霓虹灯
交缠在一起 分不清也看不见
这样的日子似神仙 没有过往的包袱
什么人也认不得 什么事也看不见
认真踩着自己的步伐过日子
不要怪我无情冷漠
这时候我的生存法则
原谅我的遗忘
是你对我的仁慈
于阳历2005年11月4日表 804号巴士随笔
P/s: if you want to use my work, please ask permission and cite me as well. hehe...
thanks alot!
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
What is culture?
I have been thinking what is culture in the Singapore context.
A very good and general term you might tell is Multicultural society.
But what exactly is multi-cultural?
In terms of races, religion?
According to Paul Du Gay, a sociologist, it is a set of shared practices under a common interpretative framework.
Shared practices that we as Singaporeans do know and immerse into.
What is it?
Languages like Singlish and English?
Food like Hainanese Chicken rice, laksa, roti-prata?
Shared interest like 4D?
I don't know. Frankly speaking, this question has been haunting me since my lecturer ask it.
Then she went on to ask what is culture industry?
Of course a standard and lame answer would be an industry that produced culture lah?
A rather oxymoron term.
Under Singapore's interpretation, creative industry like animations and special effects are under it.
That make me even more confused.
Is a lot of people under this broad framework?
Nah, god knows if people know there is a creative industry if not for the today's news that government going to pump in $1B (you see it right) into this industry that has great potential.
Haha...
To me culture is simple. There is no high arts like Mozart or popular culture like boybands.
As long as people enjoy and interpret in their own ways, it is culture.
So to me:
Culture is an art.
Culture is about creativity.
Culture is a bond that bind people together.
Culture is not really about money (although nowadays culture = $$$)
Culture is what makes a group of people happy.
Culture is what that make people participate and immersed in.
Culture is what you can share and people understand it.
So another question comes, do you believe there is a global culture?
I would say not really. Some practices happened to be coincidentally similar. Others are created by you know, TMNCs.
I would say everything is somewhat unique in certain way though you might say well people imitate others.
Well, imitation cant get you anywhere. Unless you modify it. By modifying it, it is unique.
hehe.......
Well, some thoughts here....
hehe....
hope you dun mind my rambling.
hehe
A very good and general term you might tell is Multicultural society.
But what exactly is multi-cultural?
In terms of races, religion?
According to Paul Du Gay, a sociologist, it is a set of shared practices under a common interpretative framework.
Shared practices that we as Singaporeans do know and immerse into.
What is it?
Languages like Singlish and English?
Food like Hainanese Chicken rice, laksa, roti-prata?
Shared interest like 4D?
I don't know. Frankly speaking, this question has been haunting me since my lecturer ask it.
Then she went on to ask what is culture industry?
Of course a standard and lame answer would be an industry that produced culture lah?
A rather oxymoron term.
Under Singapore's interpretation, creative industry like animations and special effects are under it.
That make me even more confused.
Is a lot of people under this broad framework?
Nah, god knows if people know there is a creative industry if not for the today's news that government going to pump in $1B (you see it right) into this industry that has great potential.
Haha...
To me culture is simple. There is no high arts like Mozart or popular culture like boybands.
As long as people enjoy and interpret in their own ways, it is culture.
So to me:
Culture is an art.
Culture is about creativity.
Culture is a bond that bind people together.
Culture is not really about money (although nowadays culture = $$$)
Culture is what makes a group of people happy.
Culture is what that make people participate and immersed in.
Culture is what you can share and people understand it.
So another question comes, do you believe there is a global culture?
I would say not really. Some practices happened to be coincidentally similar. Others are created by you know, TMNCs.
I would say everything is somewhat unique in certain way though you might say well people imitate others.
Well, imitation cant get you anywhere. Unless you modify it. By modifying it, it is unique.
hehe.......
Well, some thoughts here....
hehe....
hope you dun mind my rambling.
hehe
Monday, December 05, 2005
Shopping trips
haha...Well, sorry for the lack of update lately...
hehe...
Ah...I have meet with my very very dear frenz, Val and Xin.
hehe....Bought a lot of things like shoes and facial stuff.
Oh, Bought a top which i like it a lot. hehe...Thanks to Xin who convince me to buy it.
haha...nothing much except that I have been walking non-stop.
Then guess who I see today?
A senior whom I has at least one class with him every semester till he graduate and he went for exchange program.
He is with his gf.
Tot this semester since he grad I wun see him again. Fate has it planned that I see him even in Dec. Can you believe???
haha....
Normally I dun.
But no choice now have to believe so isnt it.
Yeah, guess for this Dec, I have to meet a lot of people. My sec sch frenz, 7sisters and of course my bunch of university frenz.
hehe....Busy I guess....
I have been planning to go to ACM to see the exhibition.
Any nerd want to join me for it?
I am going to look at the exhibition very slowly. Do bear that in mind!
hehe...
Ah...I have meet with my very very dear frenz, Val and Xin.
hehe....Bought a lot of things like shoes and facial stuff.
Oh, Bought a top which i like it a lot. hehe...Thanks to Xin who convince me to buy it.
haha...nothing much except that I have been walking non-stop.
Then guess who I see today?
A senior whom I has at least one class with him every semester till he graduate and he went for exchange program.
He is with his gf.
Tot this semester since he grad I wun see him again. Fate has it planned that I see him even in Dec. Can you believe???
haha....
Normally I dun.
But no choice now have to believe so isnt it.
Yeah, guess for this Dec, I have to meet a lot of people. My sec sch frenz, 7sisters and of course my bunch of university frenz.
hehe....Busy I guess....
I have been planning to go to ACM to see the exhibition.
Any nerd want to join me for it?
I am going to look at the exhibition very slowly. Do bear that in mind!
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Media icon of UK
I read this on "The Sun" and find this rather interesting so I tot perhaps can share with u about it.
He's Bart of our life
TELLY brat Bart Simpson has changed more people’s lives than Mother Teresa, a survey reveals.
The cartoon character came fifth in the poll ahead of the nun, computer billionaire Bill Gates, former PM Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II.
Only Live Aid hero Bob Geldof, Princess Diana, George Bush and Nelson Mandela were placed above Bart in the research by directory inquiries service 118 888.
A spokesman said: “Modern media are now so important that Bart Simpson is as well known as some of the world’s biggest icons.”
Whoa! a rather high praise for a cartoon character. That's how scary the power of media is. But here at least it is for good use isnt it? Together with so many celebrities and prominent upper class and leaders. Whoa! Wonder Wat he will say??
Ok, I admit that I am falling ga-ga over astronomy ever since I took the class.
Here are some more pictures and again courtesy of NASA's APOD
A horsehead nebula. U can clearly see the horse there.
Supernova remanents. Notice the filament-like structure. Utterly amazing
Sudden stellar flash on V838 Mon.
View of moon at Antartica. Notice that the moon was oval instead of a full circle
Light reflection on the sky of North Dakota, US. Brilliance.
He's Bart of our life
TELLY brat Bart Simpson has changed more people’s lives than Mother Teresa, a survey reveals.
The cartoon character came fifth in the poll ahead of the nun, computer billionaire Bill Gates, former PM Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II.
Only Live Aid hero Bob Geldof, Princess Diana, George Bush and Nelson Mandela were placed above Bart in the research by directory inquiries service 118 888.
A spokesman said: “Modern media are now so important that Bart Simpson is as well known as some of the world’s biggest icons.”
Whoa! a rather high praise for a cartoon character. That's how scary the power of media is. But here at least it is for good use isnt it? Together with so many celebrities and prominent upper class and leaders. Whoa! Wonder Wat he will say??
Ok, I admit that I am falling ga-ga over astronomy ever since I took the class.
Here are some more pictures and again courtesy of NASA's APOD
A horsehead nebula. U can clearly see the horse there.
Supernova remanents. Notice the filament-like structure. Utterly amazing
Sudden stellar flash on V838 Mon.
View of moon at Antartica. Notice that the moon was oval instead of a full circle
Light reflection on the sky of North Dakota, US. Brilliance.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Free of Exam!
Finally free of exam liao..haha...Glad that everything is over. ButI got a feeling that I wun do well because the last paper is a killer. Damnit!
Aiya..then I got another attack when I heard some1 close to me got higher average than me.Wah! Think I am the average kid liao...haiz..sad thing lah...
But..feel free to msg me then. I am on auto-roam mode.haha.....
Cya in the hols!
Aiya..then I got another attack when I heard some1 close to me got higher average than me.Wah! Think I am the average kid liao...haiz..sad thing lah...
But..feel free to msg me then. I am on auto-roam mode.haha.....
Cya in the hols!