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Thursday, October 31, 2002
I woke up this morning... by really loudest volume I ever had in my house since I don't know when...
I literally thought I was in a 'Dim Sum' Restaurant back in Hong Kong...
U gotta understand the magnitude of the volume,
you see..my room is in the basement...
All I heard was 'HAHAAHAH' and cantonese slangs you only hear in Cantonese movies...
I crawled myself upstairs to find my Auntie and Grandma...
Shoot! I totally forgot I was suppose to pick them up from the airport with my dad...
I was suppose to take a little nap and go to the airport...
But Elaine had talked me to sleep...
Neways, I gave my Auntie and Grandma a great hug...
Most importantly was my auntie...
she is the 3rd oldest, my mom is the 4th...
Auntie 3 is practically my second mother, for she raised me up during my whole time in Hong Kong...
Seeing her kinda gave me tears... it's been 6 years or so since I last came back...
other than my parents (and Elaine of course), she is the closest love to me...
It's been a wonderful morning...
but I still have to work on my portfolio while they're out for 'dim sum'...
They'll bring back goodies for me though...
10/31/2002 12:40:00 PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
VINCE CARTER (Raptors) vs. MICHAEL JORDAN (Wizards)
only one word to discribe the feeling... AMAZING
7:00pm ET tip off...
My song of the day has been 'Our love is here to stay'
by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong... so sweet...
U can't beat Ella's and Louis's vocal plus Louis's trumpet solos...
Another one is by Ella Fitzgerald
"What a difference a day makes"
What a difference a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain
My yesterday was blue, dear
Today I'm part of you, dear
My lonely nights are through, dear
Since you said you were mine
What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you
What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you
Best all time jazz classics...
so... my designs had took a new turn since then...
My designs can be very music driven sometimes...
If any of you get a chance to download thess 2 songs...
then you'll know what I'm talking about...
If any of you have girlfriends... it's like real smooth to listen to it with them...
so smooth...
10/30/2002 10:53:00 AM
Friday, October 25, 2002
JBL Creature
one sweet design I picked up today...
it's the new JBL Creature 3 piece speaker system includes two desktop speakers and a subwoofer. Both speakers and the subwoofer are magnetically shielded to provide the greatest protection against image distortion on a computer monitor. The JBL Creature comes with unique "capacitance touch" volume control buttons on the right satellite. Both satellites also have down firing green LEDs for a cool desktop look in minimum lighting environments.
$129.95 US for the 3 piece 24 Watts at 10% for the Subwoofer and 8 Watts per satellite at 10%
DANG SWEET!!
10/25/2002 04:08:00 PM
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
I've been real busy... to say the least...
portfolio...yes I've been doing that... as I speak actually...
I've also been involved with Elaine's recent family loss... trying my best to comfort her and help her in tasks she has to do...
so that's why I haven't been updating...
but to see that I have reached beyond the 2000 mark on my website counter was pretty interesting...
Sunday me and Elaine went 'Dim Sum' with Will, Viv, and Jensen's circle of friends... I was interesting, 'cause I never went dim sum with my friends B4... so it was kinda kool for me... after lunch, I gave Elaine a hug when we were stepping out of the Dim Sum restaurant. Viv decided to give both me and Elaine a big hug from behind, but I thought it was Jensen pulling a trick on me (as he usually do), so I fooled around thinking it was Jensen by grabbing his butt... but little did I knew... I grabbed Viv's butt by mistake.. ahem ahem yes that's it... it was pretty funny though... for me at least... Me and Jensen have this 'butt-grabbing' thang btw us... But doing on Viv was weird... didn't feel the same... there's no bounce to it... sorry Viv, your butt's got no BITE = (
life has been rather interesting...
I went back to York for the first time in a long while with Elaine on Monday for her marketing class...
'cause I never thought I would set foot in York again... or in a class for that matter...
but while the Prof was lecturing on the critical issues of internal/external dynamic impacts in response to a launch of a consumer toy product, I was busy sketching away on my sketch pad, and pondering on designs and stuff... = )
Due to recent sniper cases and US political stand-off with Iraq, North Korea, and the rest of the world… my mom was getting really worried this morning and wanted to talk to be about rethinking about going to school I the US… so she came over to my desk to talk to me…and here I was, with a few snipering rifle magazines, redesigning a lens scope that would go well with “Bravo-51” sniper rifle…
Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Win.)
Action: Remington M700, Accurized and blue-printed
Weight: ~11 lbs (5 kg)
Length: 44.3" (112.5cm) (depending upon barrel length)
Barrel: Tac-Ops Match Grade, 18"-24" (457 - 609mm)
Threading for suppressor optional.
Chamber: Match spec with .001 head space.
Stock: McMillan Fiberglass (McHale), Aluminum pillar bedded.
Trigger Pull: 2.5 lb or to Spec.
Metal Finish: Bridsong Green-T® and Black-T®
Cost: $3650 USD
Accuracy: .25 MOA
she saw it and freaked at me… oops…
10/23/2002 10:42:00 AM
Friday, October 18, 2002
MEETING THE PARENTS
aiya… well last night I got to meet Elaine’s parents…
First time that I was ever so nervous… I thought it was absolutely weird for me… getting nervous is rare for me… getting nervous over meeting parents is ever more rare, ‘cause that’s just ain’t me…
But I think I pulled it off ok in the end… I was not so composed in the beginning, but then I was myself afterwards… PLUS!! I had a plan where Elaine and his brother (Howard) would coach me if I was ever stuck in a awkward position… Howard would of pulled me out of any situation I would think…
So all in all, I haven’t heard any negative feedback yet… that’s supposed to be a very good thing… = )
One thing funny happen on my way to Elaine’s house… I had bought her a bouquet of flowers earlier and I had it on the side passenger seat… I was pulling up fast on Leslie to 404 up to Hwy 7… and I noticed there was a RSX that was cutting me off and stuff… Since I had Jimi Hendrix cranked on loud… I felt like racing and the guy felt prompted in doing the same… so I did what any guy would do… I maxed out to 6500RPM and even though the RSX wasn’t a Type-S, it had more power than mine… but I didn’t care… I was doing maneuvers that were pretty bad… I was driven by adrenaline and male testosterone… I was lucky I guess, I burned past him with some lucky maneuver…
The drive was pretty fun… but my flowers ended up sliding everywhere next to me on the passenger seat, and the sides of the clear wrapping was getting scrunched-up… So I grabbed it and put it on my lap at a long stop-light intersection… I was fixing it when the chick in the RSX pulled up beside me and saw the flowers and started pointing at me and was talking to his bf… She rolled down the window and asked me where I got it… I told her where I got it… she kept on commenting on how gorgeous it looks and started bitching and complaining to his bf that why he hasn’t given her flowers like that… Her bf gave me a weird look… like as if he totally regretted in racing me… hee hee…
10/18/2002 12:50:00 PM
Thursday, October 17, 2002
some have you have asked me on my guitar influences in how I sound...
well in terms of my solos... cause most are asking me that...
my biggest influences in my solo is Stevie Ray Vaughn
Voodoo Chile
Pride & Joy
U you get to see and hear the musi video, then U can hear some of the similarities lies...
10/17/2002 10:34:00 AM
Saturday:
then at night, there was a Potluck dinner at Mike Mak’s new Place…
It would be dang sweet if I owned a bachelor, penthouse suite like that…
Sunday:
Church… then Viv and Elaine came over…
My mom was talking to them like she’s ‘daughter’ crazy…
Never seen my mom so girl crazy… maybe she’s been with males too much, and it’s refreshing to see and talk to girls as if they were her daughters or something…
Monday:
Elaine came over for thanks giving…
My parents were not behaving themselves… well at least my dad wasn’t…
Elaine was laughing so hard at my dad, her stomach was starting to hurt…
Tuesday:
Chilled with Elaine after work and then went down to met up with Jensen and Viv at Panorama… gorgeous view of the city skylights… romantic… but there were so much city noise below…
Wednesday
Went to a pretty wicked Japanese Buffet…
mmmmmm…
then walk down main street in Richmondhill…
Thursday:
JUDGMENT DAY… I’ll be officially meeting Elaine parents for dinner…
Giving me the gitters…
10/17/2002 09:35:00 AM
Friday, October 11, 2002
FIRST PIC OF ME AND ELAINE...
thanks to Will Lau for his great photography work!!
10/11/2002 11:22:00 AM
Thursday, October 10, 2002
SLICK MOVES TIP 2 | ‘HICKIE’ MANEUVER
Excerpts from the ‘B-Lo Medical Journal of Behavioral Science’…
Professor Lo, PhD in Women Studies
|Preliminary Facts|
The scientific term for "hickeys" is ecchymosis from the Greek "ek" for out and "khumos" for juice, in other words to suck the juice out of your neck or more medically speaking to extravasate blood. Indeed a hickey is nothing else than a bruise! Bruises are caused by ruptures of capillary blood vessels in the subcutaneous tissue. The extravasated blood pools into the surrounding tissues and cause the typical purple/red discoloration of the skin. Purple/red to greenish marks is defined as the ‘Hickie’. The breaking of the blood vessels may be caused by a variety of physical abuses to the skin (bumping into an object, falling, strangling, etc...) but in the case of hickeys, the damage is created by the vacuum applied to the neck or other parts of the body by the lips and mouth of the hickey donor. Smmmooocha!
Note that hickeys are more likely to occur in areas where the skin is thin (and hence capillaries are closer to the surface) such as the neck or medial aspect of the arm or the abdomen (hmmmm…). Areas such as the back or thighs benefit from a thicker epidermis and hence are much less susceptible to vacuum-caused ecchymoses. So please avoid in sucking the girl’s legs and thighs… unless U’re that kinky…
|Prepping for the Manuver|
1. SHAVE!! Smouching down her delicate skin with your unshaved chin is like trying to sandpaper your outdoor porch…
2. BREATH MINT… self explanatory
3. Some smooth groove background music, David Craig, Boys 2 Men.. etc… Barry White or Kenny G if U’re super old school..
4. Pick a place that would... ahem ahem… confine you both to a small amount of space to move.. so U’re bound to brush up on her neck… (ie. In your soop-up Honda Civic, phone booth, little tiny Ikea sofa…etc.
|The Maneuver|
Specifics of applying the ‘Hickie’
1. BEWARE OF YOUR LIPS| DO NOT just suck with your mouth open like a goldfish, or sucking on a lolly-pop… As much as she may be that tasty to U… = P
2. START AT HER CHEEKS| Don’tbe no Count Dracula and start just chomping at her neck… instead, kiss her lips and cheeks first… and then work your way down..
3. APPLY ADEQUATE MOISTURE TO YOUR LIPS| your lips should not be too dry and not too wet… make sure it’s not so dry that she’s going to get paper cuts from your lips, or get slobbered all over like a mad puppy…
4. GENTLE LIP ACTION| Apply your lips GENTLY to her neck, and kiss in such a way like U’re eating a really sweet dessert at Just Dessert or something… SMOOCHA!!
5. SMOOCH-SUCK-LICK TECHNIQUE… smooch first, give a little cute suck, then lick .. in that order, repeat several thousand times…
6. Hold the back of her head, play with her hair, and caress her all over… don’t just apply lip and SUCK…
7. Duration of maneuver will really depend on how smooth U are, and how passionate U are towards her…
|The Maneuver| ADVANCE LEVEL
Once U have master the technique, U can go on to more advance lip control techniques to a greater degree of art form… or as a form of text messaging to her co-workers…
1. Patterning… With high levels of Lip control and sucking techniques, U could create wonderful patters like how ppl do tattoos… An Hell Angle stylistic barb-wire for example… U’ll really give an ‘edge’ to your girlfriend
2. Graffiti Art… If you’re in the Studies of Arts & Design, U can ‘hickie’ out a picture of a cute panda bear, or her Chinese Astrological Animal… (year of the horse), or maybe a Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Keropi… what she wants..
3. Lettering… The best one of all… If you want to make a statement to her co-workers, then U can suck out letters that say something along the line of “PROPERTY OF BERNARD”… or “Bernard was here”.. any of that sorts would suffice… either way, she’ll be a walking text messaging for all those players at work who’s trying to flirt with your girl…
|The Maneuver| MANUVER COMBOS!!
1. NECK-EAR COMBO---smooch at the neck and then slide your way to nibble at her ear lobes…
2. NECK-BACK OF EAR COMBO--- nibble at her neck then go down to her back of her ear… really tender spot there..
3. NECK-COLAR BONE COMBO--- nibble at her neck then follow her collar bone like a train track to the other side of her neck… back and forth... back and forth…follow the yellow brick road…
4. NECK-SHOULDER---nibble her neck then to her shoulder… helps if she’s not wearing any thick sweaters…
5. SUPER DOOPER ‘TIN WONG’ COMBO--- basically apply all the COMBO above in one slow, smooth motion… kinda like one of those crazy street-fighter combo move…
10/10/2002 11:07:00 AM
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
= )
Thanks for all the… ahem… encouraging comments on my blog entries…
I sense this blog is reaching out to more people then I had intended when I first started this journal entries…
S’all good though… just hope no Pastors of my church is going to read it… Eeeeek!
To start off…
I did something I’ve never done in my life before... and that’s to walk a dog…
I went over to Elaine’s house and walked her dog… I think the dog is of a Bolognese Breed…
A white, fluffy thing that I think is cruelly genetically altered to be cute, fluffy, and huggable, but can’t seem run or walk normally along side with a human companion…
Short stubby legs and overly ‘bushy’, curly hair that totally obstruct the dog’s vision…
I’ve walked varies kinds of animals in my days… ferret, alligator (in Thailand), Camel (always have to watch your head, ‘cause the creature spits a lot), and yes my favorite, horses = )
But never had I walked a dog. I was quite nice but I was pretty nervous in walking it, and I’ll explain more later…
Today’s topic of focus is a serious and probably biggest obstacle a guy could ever encounter in his walk upon the road of love... (yeah, baby)
So here it is…
In another acclaimed research studies within the Behavioral-science department of Fok Geng University in China, there is an article on this particular subject matter…
This one is was a 10 year study done by Professor Lo with a PHD in “women studies”
He had several articles published; among them is this one that talks about the rules of engagement in practicing the appropriate method and correct etiquettes in meeting the girl’s parents for the first time…
It’s is still an on-going research however… commentary and response to the article is greatly appreciated… as usual…
And since this is pretty much the hardest and longest topic to cover, it’ll be like a 3 part, or 4 part series… ‘cause there’s just too much to cover at one time…
This topic was also written due to those who have asked me in the past to do a topic of such caliber… U know who U are = )
As for those of U who knew me well… I’m not bad with parents, and I have done certain tasks such as asking on behalf of you guy’s girlfriend’s parents if I could bring their daughters out for lunch or dinner… so… here are some of my thoughts… or ahem ahem.. I mean Professor Lo from Fok Geng University…
Oh and by the way, the rule of engagement will be focused primary within the Canadian Chinese Cultural context of Cantonese background… since it’s what I’m most familiar with… In addition, if the content is invalid and offensive to your liking, my apologies to you…
So here are a few rules of engagement which I find funny to share…
Excerpts from the ‘B-Lo Medical Journal of Behavioral Science’…
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT : MEETING THE PARENTS
Part 1
---PRE-MEETING PREP---
1. alright!! first off… U gotta be comfortable in speaking Chinese... Cantonese or whatever the girl’s parents speaks… so I don’t care if it’s going to be Ka-La-O’K 24/7or watching some mid-night Chinese Cultural Channel, LEARN SOME… ANYTHING… at least you should be able say ‘Thank you’ in Chinese without sounding like a “Joke-Sing”!!... Having a common tongue when meeting the parents is be a great bonus…
2. Shave and shower… U be surprised at how some guys miss this…
3. Avoid dressing in all BLACK!! or looking like a typical “Asian Punk” that’s about to go clubbing or involve in a HK Mafia organization… or else this would present a great nasty first impression
4. NO bright color dyed hair-do, Ear-rings, nipple rings, eye-brow rings, nose-ring, tattoos, etc… ahem ahem…pretty self explanatory… Unless your girl’s parents are actually INVOLVE in a Mafia… I suggest you PULL or DETACH all unnecessary foreign objects out and away from your body!!…
5. MOST IMPORTANT: ASK YOUR GIRL ABOUT HER PARENTS!! Do some homework about her parents by asking her about them! Most guys are too dumb to do this…
Here are a few questions to ask you…
• What are her parent’s personalities?: IF they are out spoken, then you yourself can be more out spoken, if they’re the quiet type.. Don’t say nothing unless U’re ask to… IF they are like the high classy or formal type, then U better know your etiquettes, body posture, manners, etc... If they are the casual informal type, then don’t sit like a log at the meeting… ‘LISTEN MORE, TALK LESS’… saves my ass enough times!
• Their likes and dislikes in a guy?: VERY CRUCIAL!! All parents have their preference... and yes it sounds anal... but first impression is pretty much what sets the path in a Chinese culture family… Most girls love it if their daddy and mommy like the guy they bring home… I don’t mean present yourself something U’re not, but at least know a bit on their turn-ons, turn-offs and Pet Peeves so that you don’t do something that ?
• Past history ‘events’ with her Ex?: This is kinda sensitive, since U and your girl has got to be at a level in your relationship where U both feel comfortable in talking about the past… make sure the past don’t repeat itself … things like “I brought this guy home and he
• What the parents expect from the guy: Some are picky about the guy’s profession or major in study, while some just care enough that the guy she brings home is not a celebrity on the weekly shows like ‘America’s Most Wanted, or COPS’… Don’t act like something U are not either, ‘cause faking can only get U so far...
END OF PART 1
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT-> MEETING THE PARENTS
Well so there it is… the first Part of a series on Rules of Engagement…
Stay tune for Part 2… the actual engagement methods…good stuff…
Well anyways.. I used to think I’m well trained in the Rules of Engagement…However… that has been status dramatically changed somewhat since I’ve met Elaine’s parents, and have proven to be quite the hardest challenge I’ve ever encountered…
I can’t share much yet…But I’ve been actually in deep trace every time I think of meeting her parents…
For example, while walking her dog… I was actually thinking of the movie “Meet the Parents” with Ben Stiller… I was like so nervous that I was going to screw up with the leash on the dog, and end up killing it by having it run off on the road, run over by a car…ripping the dog in shreds and into 2 pieces… and then going home and trying to explain it to them… To sum it short, I’ve been nervous…
Neways.. off to Paul’s B-day Party… and maybe a arm-wrestling match at Hooters, Will’s invitation = P
10/08/2002 01:34:00 PM
Monday, October 07, 2002
Saturday: Planned a big prank on Jensen and Viv = ) They were both getting high on how they are such good match maker (even thought they really were)… So I thought I would pull a prank on them… I thought Jensen would appreciate the prank, I did feel bad towards the end of the stretch for Viv… ‘cause I didn’t think she can take a prank as well as Jenson can…. So sorry = ( it was my idea… not Elaine’s…
The story was:
Viv had introduced her lil’ sister Elaine to me a week ago…(SUN Sept 29)
My prank was to tell a little lie to Vivian that I’m having a negative vibe between me and Elaine (but meanwhile we were going out during the week), and she got really worried, and told her I might not want to go Salsa Dancing with them (in which Viv had invited earlier in the week)…
So when time came on SAT, Viv had told Elaine I was in a wedding earlier in the morning of Sat and that I might not ba able to come, and I couldn’t be reached… kinda lying for me = )
Meanwhile I was with Elaine the whole day?? So I was bursting in laughter when I heard it from Elaine’s cell phone when we were together in the morning on SAT…
Neways, so later in the day, when Elaine went to her apartment to tell her the bad news and meet up for the Salsa party that night… I walked in and surprised Viv…
But even then she was still confused… I think Viv thought I had drop by to see her…
Neways I told her it was a prank later, and then it kinda sunk into her head…
Promise I won’t do that again… thanks again for introducing Elaine to me .. Jen &Viv!!
Something I thought I should start in my blogging column…
A section on stuff I think would be slick moves in making advances to a girl...or to score points sorta speak… and vise versa…
Ain;t no expert myself… but since House arrest at home have limited me to the outside world for any FUNNY STORIES OF THE DAY…
I thought I could start something else…
Gotta know how to saddle a horse B4 U RIDE!!! ->Gerrome & Nelson = )
So I appropriately named it SLICK MOVES…
SLICK MOVES TIP 1 | ARM AROUND GIRL TECHNIQUE
Here’s a new technique to the “ARM AROUND GIRL TECHNIQUE”
Traditional techniques in trying to put your arms around the girl…
1. YAWN-ARM OVER TECHNIQUE ---Yawn… arms over
2. SOMETHING IN YOUR HAIR TECHNIQUE --- say something like “oh there’s something in your hair”… then pretend there is something in her hair, pick it out and then leave your arm there...
3. ARM ON BACK CHAIR PANEL TECHNIQUE --- put your arms behind her while she’s not resting on the chair back panel, and then proceed in leaning forward till your arm touches her back… then go from there…
4. BACK MASSAGE TECHNIQUE --- If her back is sore and she happens to be stretching, give her a slick-quick-back-squeeze… and go from there…
5. HAND ON WAIST STEERING TECHNIQUE --- If your walking in a crowded mall… has to be crowded… pretend U’re guilding from all the turbulences of crowd people and violent moving objects with your arm behind her back… firmly secure the 4 fingers on her ‘love handles’ and steer her to course…
6. SOFT WHISPER- HAND BEHIND BACK TECHNIQUE --- in places appropriate, whisper something in her year and pretend U have to lean over and say something really quietly, and in order that to not tip over from out of balance, U must gently place you hand behind her…
All these are good… seen it used enough times…
But I thought of a new one to would be just as effective…
It’s the NO JACKET-FRICKEN COLD-NEED A HUG TECHNIQUE…
This is a level 8 on a 1-10 Level scale
Rejection percentage- 75%
Why 8? ‘cause U gotta play a girlie man role… gotta admit that U’re freezing and there’s quite a risk factor involved… and not just the rejection percentage% but also you physical health…
Basically, on a cold day… U go out without a Jacket.. so the risk is getting yourself sick… for those who are physically weak in the immune system... Please do not attempt this technique…
So anyways, on a cold day, U go out with the girl, say to a park or anywhere out-door, and U tell her “dang it’s so cold”… depending on her respond… U can see if she’s really into U or not…
“well maybe we should go back to the car?”--- is not a good response…
“you’ll be ok.. don’t be a girlie man…”--- she’s going to be a whiper Whop Baassshh!!
“well, want my jacket?” ---hmmm... caring… but this techniques stresses on the last ‘hug’ part… AND hopefully!!! U won’t be able to FIT in her jacket… if U do.. man… big horsie U got there..
and finally…
“well, I would lend U my jacket, but U’re too big and muscular (ahem. Ahem.. jokes), what can I do keep U warm?) --- DING DING DING!!! EXECUTE the technique by giving her a firm but gentle bear hug… time and duration of this execution varies from the level of expertise in the HUG techniques that person has…
So guys… always make sure the girl would have enough to keep herself warm… but U don’t have to bring a jacket to keep yourself warm (but have one in a secret compartment in the car just in case), so that U can land yourself in some intimate situations..
(Actual technique may or may not be tested by the author…ahem ahem)
10/07/2002 12:57:00 PM
Friday, October 04, 2002
Thanks for all the great response from quite a number out there on my blog...
And answering U all each and individually on questions was kinda fun and interesting...
Getting to know some of U better and U getting to know me better...
I love the today's pic.. right now.. 1:14PM ET.. the LiVe pic of the La Jolla Beach
9:00AM PT @ California
(it’s just north of San Diego b.t.w.)
A VIEW like that is PERFECT for surfing!!
If U miss out on it.. oh well, but this is the perfect time for surfing…
Neways...I’m a guy who thinks and analyze things around me and beyond…
Everybody has their own perspectives on things... Right? = )
Actually... I have been doing more often ever since I started working on my portfolio..
I ponder on thoughts whenever I'm in the middle of executing a rendering, or working on some quick project given to me during the day..
I can’t usually multitask.. ahem ahem.. don’t laugh..
But I don’t know how, but I find it only occurs when I'm designing...
Maybe it’s like the right brain-left brain theory…
'cause maybe my whole right brain is functioning on its own while I’m designing and so my left brain is left to do it’s own stuff in it’s own corner of the head…
What do I think about… maybe similar to some of U out there… or maybe not…
I’ve been day dreaming on things like life as it may be… down the road in 5 years…
…5 years down the road is already interesting enough…
Usually it starts off from thoughts on career goals…
being in that stage in life…
What kind of occupation do I want to be chasing after?
Or am I not going to have a choice due to an economic down time and end up just picking whatever that’s going to come my way, and live the rest of my life on a weekday 9-5 schedule with occasional over-time?
Stuck at a desk job week after week? Pay checks after pay checks?
Getting by the rest of my 30 to 40 year old life by living in a routine… sorta like jogging on a treadmill?...
Mortgage, Car payments, Insurance, 2 vacation per summer.. etc…
No offence to those who live like that… or your parents…
What about Financial Security and Materialistic needs?...
Ahhhh.. most think about that more..
House, car, women.. they all costly to the your bank account…
(Side note: I fyou can find a women that helps and encourage U to save your hard earn money… TAKE IT!!!)
So anyways…
A Loft, Condo?... House (lawn mowing = (.. I did that too much while I was younger),
A Ferrari?? (G, Nev, Nelson!!!), or a Family sedan/Van.. Honda Civic? = )
Retirement portfolio plans? Million kinds of Insurance?
I have seen people with wealth and people without…
I must say… Money doesn’t matter…
I’ve seen ppl happy without money and ppl with wealth…
Can money buy happiness? Happiness is defined differently by different people…
A person’s happiness would be defined as not having a $100 000+ pay salary, while another person’s definition is simply to live another day without another agonizing session of chemotherapy…
…Choose your definition in happiness wisely…
Me? Well, I don’t want to be saturated with wealth… ahh I can hear some of U already..
“But U can have lots of money and be wise in saving and spending…”
My reason is that I just don’t want to live a life where I become totally indulgent and desensitize from depicting the difference between life necessities and materialistic obsession…
Don’t get me wrong… I like nice and beautiful things… like a new BMW Z4 or something… but I don’t want to be blindly obsessive over them…
And for some of U who are like me... then U would be thinking about your health in the long run…
If NOT? Then START…
I’m no health freak, mind U... but I don’t like the idea of feeling sorry for myself and regret 20 years from now that I had not taken good care of myself earlier in life, and end up suffering the consequences with illnesses and such…
Like VIv and Jensen have blogged about,
Being FAT, AIN’T PHAT!!!
Like they have observed (and I’ve had my share working in hospitals myself), people with an obesity problem end up going to hospital more often…
People who have a background history of genetic inheritable diseases should really be thinking about what they can do in order not to only live longer, but healthier and happier… Diabetic, cancer , strokes, heart attacks.. etc…
It can be prevented or avoided… look at your parents and relatives for clues…
Finally… Relationships… Girlfriends!!!…
As I think about it more and more… it’s getting to be more and more significant…
Why? Me going girl crazy? Mack daddie fever? Bootie-licious hunger?
Nope... but then U can think whatever U want =P
Why do people want to be with someone… don’t want to be alone.. maybe?
I believe having that special someone that gives U that unconditional love is absolutely priceless…
But girls like that are hard to find…
In my life time, I have traveled and met up with varies ppl in this world…
So I learn to ‘read’ and interact with people with varies levels of persona…
But when it comes to girls and when feelings are involved... my radar is screwed up..
And end up not perceiving as well… or at all…
When U fall for a girl… and when U both are over the honeymoon stage…
And U both are pretty secure about the relationship… emotional dependency tend to set it towards each other…
That’s when U can truly feel the sensation of what it would be like for someone to fill in the role of “You Complete Me”…
Neways, if a right girl comes along, U can feel like there’s nothing important than her…
That’s why U hear people call it “your other half”…
Because sometimes it does feel like it’s your other half… not complete without each other…
Neways… more to come later… from the far corners of my left brain…
10/04/2002 01:57:00 PM
Wednesday, October 02, 2002
Went to see MIYAZAKI's Spirited away
THE STORRY PLOT: Chihiro, a 10-year-old girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs with her parents, wanders into a mysterious town. It's the "other world" of gods and monsters, ruled over by a witch. There, humans are changed into animals and disappear. Chihiro, who has a listless disposition, must start working at a huge bath house to survive. Can she return to her own world?
Mr Miyazaki 
MIYAZAKI’s work amazing, not only for the art itself, but for his story telling and his ability to paint a story that is filled with original imaginations and ideas…
Every single movie that he made had meaning and philosophical interpretations of what humanity and the world around around us...
This movie I think was Disney’s second 'remastered', and english translated production...
The first one was titled Princess Mononoke
There are several others however, ‘Whispers of the Heart’, ‘Nausicaa’ and ‘Laputa, castle in the sky’ is among my favorites… There are others too.. memory is failing on me..
Miyazaki’s work are all hand drawn and takes around 2 years to do each movie, so it’s absolutely pricessless… As U can see, Japanese animation are actually a lot more discipline in their detailing and renderings techniques than the American style… FAR BETTER actually, all that Lion king and Lilo & Stitch has no comparison…
Disney’s been combining computer graphics in ‘matted back-drop backgrounds’ and even motion characters too…
I value traditional hand techniques in animation with no computer influence whatsoever…
Because it’s a much harder technique to do on a 2 hour motion picture
Plus..has much more of a higher degree of art form to it…
Hand draws look so rich in quality and beautiful = )
Neways, I think Disney is going towards a good approach by introducing foreign animation films from Japan
Miyazaki’s work has always been a great love for me since childhood, so seeing the movie was absolutely amazing…
What was sweeter was the fact that I got to share the movie with someone much sweeter = ) I dragged Elaine all the way downtown to see it… and she might of thought it was so weird… ‘cause there were some bizarre scenes and characters.. ok ok… fine… the WHOLE movie was bizarre and weird…
Having pulling an all nighter last night… ahem ahem…… made the night more interesting for me…
Since sleep is absolutely crucial in order for me to do my daily functions well… like driving... = )
Still feeling kinda groggy and dazed this morning though…
10/02/2002 10:19:00 AM
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