Jimo's cavern

who can I call?

2011-12-03T01:27:00.000+08:00

I went to sign up for a line and chose a package to sign on.

The customer service told me: with this package, you can call three numbers for free totally anytime,everywhere.

I didn't have an answer.

Elites

2011-10-06T00:11:00.000+08:00

As I climb up the ladder, I get more and more sick of this phenomenon.

Intellectual snobbery. Aren't people with higher intelligence supposed to have better emotional capacity? Because they understand/know more, they should have more empathy for people and acknowledge the inequalities in reality and then help people, solve things.

But then they only use it for their own advantage and exploit people. They just wanna keep climbing higher and higher, be better than everyone else. Being better or the best gives them a sense of satisfaction. So what began as meritocracy actually ends up as elitism.

And uncaring elites tend to be anglophiles who reject their own culture ( a bit of generalisation yea), they are classist and only take sides with the more powerful ( but not necessarily righteous) side. They are what I call comformist, vain and power hungry people who wants to look good.

That was what happened during the Late Qing dynasty where some idiots chose to side with the "enemies" which contributed to the divergence of society and eventual downfall of china and had a very slow recovery.

I cant stand how some people in school just flaunt their academic knowledge all the time and take pride in how brainy they are. In the outside world, nobody knows about your academic jargons. They mean nothing. Ok, maybe I am making a sweeping statement here.

And then some elites have really corrupted values and they justify them with their so-called theories and philosophical jargons they have read somewhere. Probably from Freud or Nietzsche. Nihilism and the idea that morals are nothing but just shaped by society blah blah blah. so they tweak it to their own advantage.

And then the thing about white collar crimes, these people are more implicit and subtle than than the outright baddies. Scary.

the highest paid jobs in the world is fuelled by ego and driven by....I cant find the word for it. Anyway, the "care for others" jobs are paid so little. Like nurses, and stuff. If you know what I mean.

Anyway, my ideal elite is someone like Bertrand Russell. He's so wise and actually has/had a heart. An empathy for the human race and everyone in general and tries to steer us towards a positive direction.

People who are more educated are more refined and good? Not really.

Sometimes I dont want to climb up the ladder anymore, I'm losing my innocence. my precious innocence.

The membrane

2011-10-05T23:43:00.002+08:00

I realise that I'm like a fully permeable membrane when it comes to love. If I really like you, I will merge my world with yours, without including my world.

I will try to love your friends,family and even your dog. I will get adapted to your imperfections and adopt little habits of yours. I will get interested in your interests. I will get accustomed to your values. I will speak your language. I will do things to make you happy.

I will cook breakfast for you and make your bed for you. Warm your bed before night time during winter. Why do I sound so submissive wtf =.= aiseh. I think I will become a house husband next time hahahaha and my 16-17 years (including university which I have not attended lol) of education will go down the drain.

And I lose myself.

But then I need to have a firmer stand. Never, ever settle for a relationship that doesn't allow you to be yourself. True love doesnt calculate, does it? Can love be calculated, then?

Pictures and Words

2011-10-05T23:30:00.000+08:00

I realise I'm kinda less superficial than other guys. I fall in love with people's soul. And its so easy to get me. Just be nice to me and I'll fall in love with you.

how can I survive

2011-08-16T08:17:00.000+08:00

Why are we medicating the symptoms and not curing the root cause of it all?

Why are we so caught up and obsessed with the means that we forgot what was the end goal in the first place?

All I need is someone to understand me and do things with me together. Is it that difficult.

I need some divine intervention in my life right now. I'm so weak.

Just moved house

2011-08-15T08:27:00.001+08:00

Ive moved house again, the 6th or 7th time in 18 years. I feel like a vietnam boat refugee, without a stable home. having to drift here and there.

I live across st.patrick's now, very near to VJ. I should totally transfer school lol. My area has a lot of private housing and man I feel inferior. Keep up with the joneses tsk. But buddha says we must be contented with what we have! Ok so what if "our house" is rented now? This is only temporary! Actually, its my own fault eh, my parents sold the house because of me in the first place =.=

I miss having the whole house to ourselves, doing what I do when I feel like it like screaming randomly or dancing retardedly and singing in the shower. Now got people around, cant do that much lol. I miss my stuff even more, they're all packed up now and I cant take them out and fondle them regularly while reminiscing about the past.

I went to take a look at st.pats unintentionally that day and damn the school looks so posh, better than any institutions I have attended! I wondered what happened to maris stella man, must be bro anthony's fault. Swallow all the funds meant for infrastructure.

Life is kinda fast-paced and unstable now but I believe it will get better, after my A levels. I can survive this. I can do it!

happy birthday

2011-08-01T08:53:00.002+08:00

Happy birthday to me! *clap clap*
Happy birthday to me! *clap clap*
Happy birthday to me! *clap clap*
Happy birthday to me ~ooohhh Happy birthday to me!

Ok Ive got so many things to say. Firstly, today starts operation night study, day fucking one. I need to get my act together again, Ive got so many dreams to accomplish and Ive already painted out a canvas of who I want to be. In five years time, I want to read this post again and give myself a pat on the back and say to myself: Well done!"

As much as I'm idealistic, embracing bohemianism, I still have to succumb to the harsh facts of reality. I need to get into a uni. But then, I shouldn't be so harsh on myself also. My emotional health takes priority over anything else.

I know I can do it, if I put my heart and soul into it. But I need to learn how not to get stressed up so easily and do things with the right spirit. Patience. Patience! Do one thing at a time! dont panic! and keep going on!

Ok, I had a huge fight with dad two days ago. And we almost murdered each other haha. I just experienced a real-life manifestation of the cold war theory lol. Implicit and indirect confrontation at first then sudden escalation and tension a.k.a the cuban missile crisis!

He just keep probing about my results and then rake up the past about my misconduct in secondary school and how I disrespect everyone and think highly of myself Then I retorted lor. Past is past. Now is now okeh! Then he said he'll confiscate my laptop and hp as usual =.= and then we talked about death. And then he threatened to throw me out of the house and said if im so good he shouldnt provide for me. And then I talked about how he'll rather provide for those rotten people back in malaysia than me.

Anyway I think Ive come to the stage where I need to break away from my parents and find my own identity and lifestyle. That's considered normal, right? I mean they're still my parents and its not like Im going to severe ties with them or whatever.

My father, being a hardwired engineer, doesn't understand my artistic brain. He thinks of life as a mathematical equation and everything must obey the law of physics. Everyone must be hardworking like him. And his notion of hardworking is like slogging, making no way for entertainment or daydreaming. All he talks about to me is school work, so sad right. All he's concerned about are my grades. It's like the sole existence of human beings are to chase papers. Subconsciously, he is a fundamental Confucian. Everything is about stockades of morals and ethics. And must abdicate your personal desires for upright morals and to make ur ancestors proud. Sounds so depressing. Sometimes I think he doesn't have a soul, all he does is work, fulfill responsibilities, come home and watch TV and play computer on random china websites. He doesn't read good books and he doesn't appreciate art.

I think he's just brainwashed by the industrialism era. Must drop everything and must work and work and work like an ant. Man work is just a means to an end. The end is happiness but many people have seemed to lose focus. Modernity has made man sick.

I want to have a soul. I want to love, dance and be flexible. Bathe in pools of desire and have an open mind. Capture every scents and sounds and live every experience. I want to have autonomy over my own body and mind. I want to be free. I want to be who I want to be and not to be a shadow of society or the strings of a marionette. Just because its norm in society, doesn't mean its absolute and correct.

Liberty. Equality. Fraternity.

I yearn for the day that I will be free.

That being said, I'm 19 and its time to do something about my life. and throw the teddy bears away.

people

2011-07-27T21:56:00.000+08:00

Today, let's talk about people. Ive not touched blogging for a damn real long time, forgot how to embellish my words haha.

Let's talk about scheming people with insidious motives and shadowy tricks. 人心险恶，贪权贪利，防不胜防！

-Case study 1-

There's this mad chiongster in school that I cant stand. Somehow I think over-achieving attitude is driven by an internal lack of security, fucked-up self confidence and low self-esteem. She thinks that she's fat. And she's a homophobic, she makes fun of gays to relieve her own oily insecurity. In order to achieve success at all cost, she'll morph into a shape-shifting chameleon.

She has zero tolerance for nonsense and must be tense up 99% of the time like a terracotta army is at the opposite site of the river, waiting to rush over and massacre her. No giggling during cca sessions! Must be serious! Like a gungho fighter! Must do work! cannot slack for a minute! fuck you. obviously you dont understand what life is about and la dolce vita- the sweetness of doing nothing. During her free spare time, mugging is here favourite hobby. Besides that, she balances violin lessons,ballet,tuition and etc.

Since young, she just wanna achieve. And forever, she will be in the rat race. Primary 4 streaming exam, PSLE, sec 3 Streaming, O level, A level, Uni, get a good job, CPF, prepare for retirement at 80. what a sad life......

-case study 2-

i mentioned case study 2 before so this shall be short and sweet. very similar to case study 1, hypercompetitive and tense. cannot tolerate noise in class, if u make a joke in class, she'll turn around and stare at you with her horse face to convey the message：YOURE NOT FUNNEH!

And if you skip lessons or dont pass up homework, she'll stand on her high horse and despise you. Think you're worthless and nothing while on comparison, she being hardworking, is the most well-behaved person in the world!

If you slightly complain about school( which ure allowed to, god! freedom of expression!) she will snap at you: YOU CAN DONT COME WHAT!

sigh, case study 1 and case study 2 are the results of our overly competitive education system. competition brings the best results but brings out the worst in people. Selfish, uncaring individuals.

If

2011-06-06T20:22:00.002+08:00

If the colors of old photographs fade and seep into drains, will they evaporate and precipitate as colorful rainbows?

If winds of change could be captured into a bottle, would you keep them?

末世纪的想法，没有绝对的逻辑.....

This blog reminds me of a deserted fairground. The ferris wheel have stopped spinning and popcorns are no longer served.

What's left? scavenging flies circulating around remnants of food. The bagpipes have deflated. No more merry music, only still silence lingering. Lingering in the cold,stale air.....

The laughter have dispersed and you could only hear soft howling of the wind. The clown have shed his makeup and removed his red nose for all the children have gone home.

The only thing that is working now is the merry-go-round as it does not need electricity to work. The strong hand of the wind pushed it from time to time and spins it around.　Round and round it goes, never stopping. Spinning and never stopping. Never!

苏醒

2011-01-17T21:38:00.000+08:00

从恶梦中苏醒的那刹那，充满了生命力，也对一切充满了感激。

一切有为法，如梦幻泡影 ,如雾亦如电, 应作如是观.

情绪平定之后，整个人感觉好多了。脑细胞复原后，平静多了。好喜欢这种祥和，无忧无虑的感觉。不要让它消失，好吗？

Ashes and dusts

2011-01-08T00:28:00.004+08:00

when i was in europe i felt so happy that i thought all my sadness will go away. but when i come back to singapore, i breathe the stale air and i feel my life is in a standstill again. All those torrents of unhappy emotions came crashing back like waves that could erode shores and destroy habitats.

Travelling is a type of escapism but that doesnt mean it could transform your life. I have to change my lifestyle and do something groundbreaking.

I keep having escapist thoughts when I'm unhappy. I just wanna steal a boat and set it out on the choppy waters and get to the secluded islands. I'll then rock the boats, drive it up the bridge, burn the god damn bridge and start a campfire to celebrate my newfound freedom and independence. Freedom to. And freedom from.

Away from throngs and crowds of people who are too quick to judge behind their tainted glasses. I, too, should take off my glasses and wipe them periodically. I have been polluted and my heart is heavy from prejudice.

Bring me to a place where animals are treated the same as humans. Where freedom of speech is a right,not a priviledge. A place where I can protest without being thrown behind bars. A place where I can wake up during unearthly hours to paint graffiti for the sake of art. A place where dead bodies of suicide commiters won't be hand cuffed. This is my life, damn it, maybe it belongs to my parents too and maybe to a god (if he/she exists) but definitely not a collective state.

I guess I'm a hopeless romantic and manic depressive kind of person and perhaps I really need to break free from these kinda train of thoughts or I'll end up like those suicidal artists. It's so not cool.

I don't want to go back to school where people have serpent tongues and spit poisonous venoms just because you act different and having to work monotonously like a robot for your grades just scares the hell out of me. Repetition and rote memorizing just makes my mind so dull. I wanna enjoy moments of life.

I'm infected by bohemianism lately. Just roaming around to search for meaning and purpose with the company of like-minded people. But how do I find people like that in this industrialised and realistic, often cruel society?

Guten tag, Berlin, Germany!

2011-01-04T22:40:00.003+08:00

Guten tag, Ich bin jetzt in Berlin! -7 degree celsius, it's biting cold! when the wind blows, your ears feel like as if its being pricked with needles and your cheeks slashed with knives!

Nevertheless, Berlin is still an amazing city, having shaped and influenced the history of 20th century. Ransacked by the Nazis, bombed by the soviets, the city has fallen apart countless of times but it has never fail to pick itself up again and again. It has gone through transformations.

Ruin is a gift, it is the road to transformation！--Eat,pray,love

At bradenburg gate! The German equivalent of Triumphal arch. It is a famous landmark of berlin. Built when Germany was still called Prussia for sign of peace.

There were horse carriages around. Hmm, should I touch it?

Ok, maybe I should!

A closer look of the gate. There were alot of people dressed up as soldiers or teddy bears and urge tourists to take a picture with them. Euros needed. If they see that you look east asia, they'll say either ni hao or konichiwa first. If you don't respons they'll say aneonghaseyo wtf.

A christmas tree erected in the middle of the square to welcome christmas. There were also alot of people from middle-east and eastern europe who beg for money when they see tourists.

The way to escape this is to pretend that you dont understand english. sigh, i'm so cold-hearted.

Charlottenburg palace

The largest palace in Berlin. Seat to the Prussian monarchies. Germany dont have monarchies liao, suffered the same fate as the french one. Slaughtered during revolution(s) lol.

Went in from the back gate because I'm a sinister thief. Yes, it was snowing.

Me and my mum who dressed up as a pink power ranger.

The main dining hall. Look at the intricate gold carvings! Grandeur. Manifique. 完美。

A nice looking door and cozy fireplace, reserved for the aristocrats. No you peasants shall not enter!

A nice looking hallway with gold carved mirrors and chandeliers

I wonder how they paint the ceilings lol

The hallway

Painting room, renaissance and baroque art

Royal tea sets. My mum says: "do you want coffee or tea?"

Queen's bed. Man, she must be puny

This is the indian room I think. The royalties liked exotic stuff very much and there was even an oriental room with chinese and japanese furnishings.

There was a christmas night market! Europe's equivalent of singapore's pasar malam haha. Just in time for the festive mood!

A larger view of the windmill.

Flowery archway

People dressed up as angels and a musical band to blend music with the festive mood

Berlin victory column

the Berlin victory column. built in 1864 to commemorate Prussian victory over war with denmark. When I was there, it was still under construction.

This is how it looks like originally.

A park in Berlin, which is practically frozen

Parents drag their kids on sleigh here! I thought that only happens in storybooks.

Gendarmenmarkt

Konzerthaus was built on the ruins of the National Theater, which was destroyed by fire in 1817. And the cathedral is either the french cathedral or german cathedral. There were two identical cathedrals! I can't tell them apart haha but one of them is supposedly a little taller.

Either the french or german cathedral lol.

Mor christmas market! They are everywhere during December!

Traditional handcrafted german toys. I didn't know that nutcrackers originated from Germany! Well, now I know.

More toys.

twinkle twinkle little star!

Speaking of snow

This is not my first winter but it's my first time experiencing heavy snow falling down from the sky! I used to have this wild fantasy about snow and romantic icy forests. But this real experience kinda burst my bubble (I still like snow).

Trudging through thick layers of snow with your luggage isnt fun at all.

Not to say getting your shoes wet when you sink into thick layers of snow everytime.

Let's eat here and experience the chilly weather baby!

The city snow is damn disgusting. Snow is supposed to be white and pretty right but when it mixes with the dirt and mud it just gets icky!

Anyway I also visited charlie checkpoint, the berlin wall and the island museums but going to split it since its so long. Also got switzerland, munich, fussen, koblenz and prague,czech republic posts wtf. Wonder how am I gonna finish writing them.

Plus school is going to start soon in about 6days and I have lots of homework undone. Those hyper competitive pricks and restless must-get-it-done people must be saying: still got time to blog meh?"

best christmas gift into the world

2010-12-25T01:10:00.000+08:00

Having cold weather hives now, in germany. best gift from santa wtf, thank you a lot. I must have been a very good boy this year.

interlaken,switzerland

2010-12-19T00:43:00.001+08:00

Hallo, guten tag! Ich bin in switzerland right now! using the hotels free computer hahaha. their internet is all in german but I can still manage to find my way heh heh. their keyboard is quite weird also and i had a hard time finding the exclamation and @ signs lol. anyhoo, i think i will only be able to upload photos when i get back to sg.

this is how it looks like roughly, except that its covered in snow now haha. I love this place so much, its so much more warmer and emits the heartwarming feeling. unlike berlin which is biting cold, wet and dark.

anyway, kids get dragged by parents on sleighs here on the rich and thick snow! sometimes I just feel like hopping on haha.

the pigeons are fatter, porn magazines are everywhere, singapores one is damn fail no full nudity lol. and construction workers are mostly europeans! haha singapore just imports road sweepers from overseas cause we are just too spoilt.

the atmosphere here is just too liberal and i feel damn unconstricted like loads of bricks have been removed from my brains. people can just whip out their muscial instruments and play them on the train. pets are allowed everywhere. people eat on the train. grafitti is a national past time. such stark difference from the place that i came from, with such an authoritarian and paternalistic govt.

so i guess ill enjoy more of this romantic atmosphere and indulge myself while i still can. this is just a short update hahaha. tata. ciao. see zou then!

berlin brrr

2010-12-17T18:24:00.000+08:00

berlin is so cold and it snows like shit!

charlie checkpoint, bradenburg gate, berlin wall....ahh so nice.

Meanwhile

2010-12-12T02:22:00.002+08:00

I will be away for 17 days(refer to post below), dunno if will update or not.

However I have uploaded old archives from my old blog! Haha, my writing used to be full of literary techniques and puns back then. All because I had been reading avidly and emulating my favourite authors :) However, I sounded a tad irritating when I was 16!

My favourite posts will be:

Marriages and happy endings
judgement day, end of the world is tomolo
Prodigal parties and pleasant panties (pantries)
Ridiculous results

I'm going to Europe tomorrow!

2010-12-11T22:11:00.004+08:00

I'm going to Europe tomorrow! No,actually, it's in a few hours time! Yes!!! In case you're wondering, I'm not impersonating anyone. *sniggers*

Anyway, I have done a lot in order to prepare myself for my Europe trip haha. I wake up everyday at 3pm Singapore time (8am Czech time) so that I won't get jetlag when I go there!

Here's what I'm going to do on the airplane to reinforce the Asian stereotype:

1) put on my 3 inches thick glasses and practise algebra
2) burst into tears and break into hives when they serve me spaghetti instead of rice
3) showcase my karate moves by breaking wooden planks into two

Anyway, I'm just crapping. This will be the places that I will be going.

Prague, czech republic

Prague. If the capital of the world is selected based on beauty and aesthetic instead of economical and political reasons, prague definitely deserves the name instead of Paris and New York! Look at the well-protected middle-ages architecture! Gothic, renaissance, romanticism, baroque! You name it, they've got it. Prague castle is one of the largest castle in the world!

Berlin

This place is full of history! From the Jewish massacre to the division of Germany and the symbol of east-west schism between communism and capitalism, Berlin wall!

Munich, germany

Beautiful!

Koblenz,Germany

I'll be having a white christmas at this place! I feel damn lucky! One of the best christmas in my pathetic little life! HAHA.

Fussen, Germany

Home to the beautiful,dreamy and immaculate castle! The Disney castles such as cinderella and sleeping beauty are modelled after this classic castle!

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich! Haven't read up on switzerland yet but will try to on my trip!

Berne,switzerland

High up in the mountains, will reach to about negative 20 degrees! BRRR

I'm eggcited! Have a happy holidays hohoho. See you next time!

How to be a good wife

2010-12-10T22:09:00.000+08:00

The good wife's guide. Dummy's guide to being a good wife. lol.

Hmm I wonder how modern females, equality fighters or staunch feminists will react to this. Ahh, men, dont you miss the good old days? :P

浑浊的世界

2010-12-10T02:25:00.000+08:00

今天用中文打。最能表达我内心深处的感受。

这个世界充满名利物慾誘惑，很容易就会陷下去，然后被吞噬进血盆大口里。我不是圣人，常常也会被人或物威迫利诱。在这个浑浊的现代社会，诱惑常常对不经意的你招手，你要怎么才能出淤泥而不染呢?

幸好有时候有朋友或好心人士拉我一把要不然一定会后悔莫及的，然后跌进无底深渊。有时候面对自己是最恐怖的事情。

phone to email to facebook to teleporter

2010-12-07T07:35:00.005+08:00

‎1800: "i'll ask the owl to send a letter to you"
1970: "I'll talk to you when I see you"
1990: "I'll call you"
2000: "I'll email you"
2005: "Can I text you?"
2010: "Alright, facebook or text?"
2100: "I'll send you a telepathic message"

2100:"I'll teleport to where you are now,baby"

Technology is so stylo milo. Back then, people calculated using hands, then some smart china guy invented abacus. Then a smart angmoh guy invented calculator. And now we have quantum computers that can decode impossible numbers to save man from his lazy tendencies

We used to pass messages to each other in class discreetly by throwing paperballs, avoiding getting caught by the menacing teacher with a fearful aura, but to no avail. Now we just hide our phones in our pockets and msg by our magnificent sense of touch. Writing diaries was meant for private consumption, in a distant past. Porn came in the format of papers and then came moving pictures that maximized satisfaction.

Research requires one to rot a hella vu la way at cold and stale libraries and then came the dot.coms

I was asking my mum who is 50 years old how people met during the 1970s without cell phones. She said they just agreed on a timing and place and meet. But what if something suddenly held up? What if a road accident happens? You get held up for nothing........

Anyway I was considering the possibilities of teleporters. Think of satellites, they can transmit messages and images from one end of the Earth to the other end.

"But only waves can be transmitted! Particles can't be! Humans are made up of Particles!!!???"

Bet you learnt that from Charlie and the chocolate of factory, didn't you. Maybe maybe particles can be deconstructed and then constructed again in a distant far away land?

hmm if this is possible, i'll think that there'll be alot of gruesome accidents. I imagine that teleportation transport ppl by taking apart their molecules and send them to miles away and then construct them back again.

if the machine goes cuckoo then uh oh.....

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2010-12-06T19:50:00.003+08:00

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Caucasian women v.s. asian women

2010-12-04T23:04:00.011+08:00

Since when did caucasian girls represent beauty and asian girls are just dismissed as....plain?

Is it because Caucasian girls have sharper nose, protruding lips, deep-set talking eyes and better jawlines? Or the big, volumised hair complete with an impeccable sense of fashion? Admit it guys, it's because they have bigger nehnehs to squish your face in.

Going back to the root of the problem, it's because Western culture has a much stronger global impact than other cultures and media conglomerates undeniably comes from the west, toying with our perceptions and such.

To me, caucasian beauties are overrated (although still beautiful) and they cannot achieve the kind of look that asian girls can. The gentleness, frailty, ice cold and innocent look.

Since when did horse-face Lucy and slut Bai ling represent the whole of Chinese race? We should start importing fresh faces now to uphold our reputation!

Sorry Lucy Liu, I still like your role in Charlie's Angels and your wicked sense of humor!

Ok, back to caucasian women. Sometimes I just wonder why people like Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock and Megan Fox dominate the lists of "Hottest Women" by men magazines.

Bold and pretty features yes but too strong and explicit for my liking. Heavy features make one look masculine, not to mention sausage-like lips.

Even worse, I dont get what's the deal with Sex bomb a.k.a Megan fox

Man, is there even a tinge of femininity left in her(pun intended)? She looks like a transvestite to me. Or is she the younger version of plastic queen Janice Dickinson

See the uncanny resemblance? Now, which guy of the right mind would like to screw people like this? People who are blind perhaps.

If you would like me to describe Caucasian beauty in a literary way with analogy, I would like to think that Caucasians represent the element fire. They are bold and dazzling and certainly burn with confidence. They instill fear in those who hear their name. But after all that burning, what's left is just dust and ashes.

Asian Women, or East-Asian women rather, would represent the element water. They are quiet and gentle and do not yearn to get noticed, they hide in insignificant places and appear to be transparent. They taste plain but are essential to life.

To quote Memoirs of a geisha

Water changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret path no one else has thought about - the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of a box There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the Five Elements. It can wash away Earth, it can put out Fire, it can wear a piece of Metal down and sweep it away. Even Wood, which is it's natural complement, can't survive without being nurtured by water.

Asian beauties are implicit and require time to discover and the taste to appreciate beauties requires time to nurture. Caucasian beauties are love at first sight but Asian beauties require time to appreciate but once you do, it's everlasting.

Asian women are like fine french wine, the longer you brew and taste, the more fragrant they get. Or maybe Tsuke Sushi, the more you chew, the tastier they get.

Just look at Liu Yi fei (刘亦菲). Those delicateness and Porcelain skin. One would definitely not associate her with evil. Slightly perky and small nose. Beautiful but not overwhelming and threatening. Gentle is the word. One would expect her to speak like the wind, soft and wispy.

Hebe tian (田馥甄). Cold ice queen, indifferent to the world. broody like a philosopher, complete with an independent attitude. I like!

And caucasians certainly can't sport the pan-cute look better than Asian girls.

Some random Japanese celebrity, Rainie Yang (杨丞琳) and Ayumi Hamasaki (滨崎步) . And to prove my point, here's a little snippet of scientific evidence.

The Mongoloid skull, whether Chinese or Japanese, has been rather more neotenized than the Caucasoid or European."[30] "The female skull, it will be noted, is more pedomorphic in all human populations than the male skull."[30] "Mongoloid races are explained in terms of being the most extreme pedomorphic humans."[31] "The intuition that advanced human development was pedomorphic rather than recapitulationary and accelerated was disturbing to many Eurocentric nineteenth century anthropologists."[32] "If juvenilization was the characteristic for advanced status, then it was clear that the Mongoloid races were more deeply fetalized in most respects and thus capable of the greatest development.

Neotenized and Pedomorphic means retaining childhood features when you have already reached adulthood. This explains why asians tend to have the least body hair and why we age the slowest. And in evolution terms, it is considered better.

A potential correlate of beauty is pedomorphy, which is the retention in adults of child-like traits. For instance, women have facial features that are closer to those of children than men, and more feminine women have facial features that are even closer to those of children. Thus, it may be proposed that pedomorphy is a correlate of beauty.---taken from a site about beauty science.

which is why madonna looks like this in her 50s while Maggie Cheung ( 张曼玉 ) is still radiant

Ok to be fair to Madonna, she didnt put makeup while Maggie has. And also Maggie's photo is taken in a studio.

This is the classic National Geographic photo of the same afghan woman(caucasian). She's 13 on the left and 20 plus or 30 plus on the right. shocking doesnt it? I thought she was a full-grown adult(left pic).

But in the end it all boils down to personal preferences doesnt it? Both races are beautiful in their own way but to me, Asian women wins cause of their femininity and gentleness.

But then again, I'm making over-generalizations. You have to factor in the individual as well! If you have crappy genes, nothing will salvage the situation!

Just look at Nina Dobrev

A caucasian with softer features and the "water" quality. Perfect.

inuyashsa: Final Act

2010-12-04T19:32:00.001+08:00

You can watch the Final Act on www.veoh.com, it loads very fast although u need to download something.

Finally, Naraku is dead. I have been waiting for 10 years. I have been cheated over and over again during the series that Naraku is dead. I was thinking 这个死老妖怪很长气hor? (translation: this old demon's breath very long hor?)

I finished all 26 episodes of the Final Act in two days. Pro or not? haha.

The anime finally finished after a long run of 10 years. I enjoyed it alot during childhood but nah, not now. I wish that I watched the ending when I was in secondary school though.

I mean I prefer implicit stuff now, the themes and "moral of the story" in Inuyasha is too blatant and the moralistic lines are very "in your face". I guess that's the downside of being trained in literature?

Inuyasha is very asian-themed, the story is set between the Heian Era where chinese influence was very strong and Sengoku Japan. All those elements of buddhism, shintoism and allegories about concepts of asian mysticism. Karma,demons and reincarnation etc. I'll say that perhaps I will be able to appreciate it more if I was younger, back in those days when I was in an all-chinese school. I feel that the landscape of my mind has changed now, being exposed to years of English and western education. I can't think fully with a chinese mind anymore?

Nevertheless, I still like how the characters struggle for identity and fight against discrimination. Lots of scenes are dedicated to revealing the discrimination against demons and half-demons. Half-demons are the most tragic as humans fear/loathe them and full demons look down on them and dismiss them as weaklings.

Like most asian films, Inuyasha also focuses a lot on the psychological development of the characters. Inuyasha and Kagome had to overcome their innermost fears and normally illusions are set up to deceive them. Kikyo and Inuyasha also had to solve the deceit and overcome the misunderstanding set up by Naraku fifty years ago when he posed as Inuyasha and set out to harm Kikyo.

One of the part, sibling rivalry between sesshomaru and Inuyasha, I can relate to it well lol.

Anyway I would like to think that the most tragic character of all is Kikyo. Fooled and killed by Naraku and revived fifty years later to an undead body.

Kikyo

Kikyo reminds me of Xiao Long Nu from Return of the Condor Heroes. The pale delicateness. Those despair and loneliness in the eyes....cold and indifferent to the contaminated world.

Movie Analysis: Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Part I

2010-12-03T15:33:00.009+08:00

Warning:Spoilers Ahead!

From the beginning of the movie, I was thinking if reference is made to the Holocaust. A professor who majored in Muggle Studies and in defence of their bloodline is captured by Voldemort and then killed.

Later throughout the movie, it is evident already. There are recurring elements that reflect one of the major theme is revealing the horrors of ethnic cleansing like those of the Jewish massacre. Muggle families need to register their particulars and secret agents are always on the run to catch those with "inferior blood". Propaganda is always printed and widely distributed by the Magic Ministry(which fell into the hands of the evil) to further condemn and smear the names of those with non-magical blood.

Totalitarianism and Subversion also ring a bell at points of time. When the ministry is infiltrated by death eaters and Voldermort's team, truth is often distorted, oppressive measures got in place, "dissents" like harry potter has to be captured and "inferior blood" has to be cleansed. Voldermort would remind one of Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin. Dictatorship.

Dolores Umbridge is a conservative education worker and would tweak the education system according to her agenda by hook or by crook and she ends up working with the dark forces. She is a power hungry bitch.

The movie also seem to hint that sacrifices need to be made for the greater good. To achieve the end, sacrifices are inevitable and necessary. When the Order of the Phoenix has to escort Harry to the safe place, Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody died as a result of protecting Harry. Dobby is also killed when he attempts to save Harry and gang when they are captured and held as hostages in the Malfoy Manor.

If you ask me what the movie smell of, I'll think that it smell of death. Death is imminent throughout the movie and Ron is afraid that Death will be upon his family and guards by the radio continuously and hopes that the names of his beloved ones wont be broadcast. He gets into a fight with Harry later and told Harry that he could never put himself in his shoes because his parents are already dead.

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermoine also have to isolate themselves from the rest to seek the hocruxes in a bid to destroy Lord Voldermort. Loneliness bears the "death" smell too, dont you think?

<----end of analysis---->

Overall the movie is not bad, very theme heavy and matured, unlike the first few books. I like!
The visual effects are good, the pace is mid-fast and culminated in a final exciting battle which leaves craving for the audiences!

The development of the story is also different from the previous books as most of them are set in Hogwarts and this time they have to go on a quest to find the hocruxes in order to destroy Voldermort instead of spending their final year in school.

And walao I caught the movie during thurs morning and the cinema was full of JC students! Liberation from last A level paper perhaps?

I wish that I can be Harry Potter

2010-12-01T18:52:00.001+08:00

Since I'm going to watch harry potter tml...

Drew this 3 years ago when I was 15 years old when I had my own domain. Everything is original except for the cloud and and brushes.
I wanted to be a comic artist back then but I guess I didn't have the resolve. oh well. Watch this space.