Tuesday, August 29, 2006

U.S. waistlines continue to grow.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/29/obesity.state.ap/index.html


same old stuff. boring!!

A - another
M - moron
E - exercising
R - rights
I - in
CA - California

exercising rights..... live to eat!!

America = California. why? 30 Million inhabitants on that state.
the state with most people. that is 10% of the population of the
nation of 300M. food is everywhere; convenient. most of all, BigMac's
everywhere.

it's not only your diet. that's what i feel. it's other stuff too.
your exercising habits, your metabolism rate, how well u sleep,
most of all, the time spent chewing and munching your sandwich, etc.

most people eat on the go; that's the problem. when i drive around
esp lunch time, i see a lot of people chowing down a bigmac while
they drive. that's where the drive-thru comes in. come on....u can
eat a hamburger from your driver's seat without moving your fata55.

if u eat in a hurry, u tend to eat junk food and eat lots of them.
i really hope someday i could have a good lunch all the time with
a glass of red wine. of course, a siesta to follow.

also, people contracting AIDS are on the rise.

A - another
I - idiot
D - dying
S - sooner(not soon)


Tuesday, August 15, 2006

i should have........

ever done something that u regret? i should have....this, that...
looking back, there are many things that i have done, that i
wish i did not do it. like, spending so much money and time
at the arcade center playing the video games..... familiar
with galaga, street fighter, bubble bubble, 1942, tetris, etc?

when i was a lot younger, around 13 to 15, i spent so much
time over there. when i look back, what was i thinking?
usually i wore my pyjamas after dinner. later in the evening,
i would wear something underneath the pyjama then, i would
go to my friend's place and off we go to the arcade center.

with just 40cents, i could play at least an hr at the place.
fortunately, i have $1. by the time i head home, it was around
11pm. my parents warned me that i was wasting too much time
with the arcade and my dad was really upset. it was because there
are bad people over there, people who smokes, gamble, and the
whole nine yards that could divert my focus on my school.

one time, my dad beat me up after getting some tip off that i was
at the arcade place. he dashed in and saw me; he pulled my
ear and dragged me out. i knew that someday this will happen and
tonight's the nite. my dad did not say anything and when we got
home, i could never forget the slap he gave. it's not because of
how hard he slapped me, but the tears from him that followed.
i will never forget that nite when i knelt, crying, mumbling;
i am sorry, to you and to God.

i am not sure until now why i am not that interest in PS2, XBOX, etc.
i am still wondering.....


Friday, August 11, 2006

the cycle is here.

the cycle is here. the cycle where u have to work your butt off.
ever been to this kind of situation before, where your project
leader says, i need you to work over-time. we have a lot of work
to do. work as much as u want.

is that good news or bad news?

good news. u have a lot of work. company is doing well. u may be
eligible to claim over-time. u are needed. they need u.

bad news. u have to stay late.

more important. how much do u need to work? A LOT!!

till when? the truth is out there.....


Wednesday, August 09, 2006

awesome guitarist.




this is what u get when u have an electric guitar and
Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D.


My Easy Button.....thanks to Staples.



This is a good marketing program. Because of this easy button,
Staples profit went up by 15%.


Tuesday, August 08, 2006

my 1st hand/mobile/cellphone experience.

my first handphone was a philips. i remember u have to put a deposit
at a bank and then u got a 'free' phone. in addition, u have to maintain
that balance for a year or 2.

i was so excited. finally, i got myself a 'tai koh tai' as said in cantonese.
it means big brother big in english. everyone was looking at u
differently and somehow, your social status changed. here....here is
my handphone #. call me....i will return your call anywhere anytime.

i was worried since the ear piece can attract paper clips. back then,
there were so many rumors that the phone is bad for u, u can have
hearing lost, be sterile because of the Radio Frequency radiation, etc
nevertheless, i continued using my phone since it's still under
contract. sigh!!

it was a pretty slim phone. it has a monochrome screen and
3 rows of text. i bought another battery since they don't last very
long and u have to bring along the spare battery. burden!! burden!!
more stuff in your pocket. it was annoying esp if you are wearing
a pair of jeans. later, i bought the 'leather' case and the plastic was
still there on the screen after 3 months. i did not remove it until
after a yr. that was when i sold it to my friend.

it was irritating when it rings esp when u are riding the moped and
wearing the helmet. i could remember that it does not have the
feature, vibrate mode. it rang a couple of times when i was in church
or meeting and later, i just decided to turn it off.

one of the things that i hate is, getting your bill. u will know how much
time u called. what??? RM130!! the bill also has a feature for itemised
billing and i have to pay RM5 for that. it was ridiculous.

some ah beng and ah lian never realized that handphones comes
with a microphone. they will yell to the phone and talking super loud
that the whole restaurant knows that the mum is dating this
ang moh kau. and when having dinner, they like to show off by
placing the phones on the table. they even point at people using
their phones.

my first phone call was calling a girl. i don't remember her name.

overall, it was a very good experience and it is an excellent
telecommunications invention of humans.


Wednesday, August 02, 2006

me and him.

what is the similarity between hugh jackman and me?

girls love him and men want to be like him{{PERIOD}}


Coooooool........


effects of move and mobility.

after living in the US for more than 6yrs, i am still struggling
with acceptance, dynamic friendship & intimacy and i have the
reasons. i moved too often. here is the problem. Americans move too
often. i think there are only 30% of Americans that live somewhere
for more than 8yrs. On average, Americans don't live in their
home for more than 8yrs. i wonder why. i still wonder why.


modern education.

there is a big problem in the education system in America. i am not
sure about other countries. this modern education system teaches
u how to be a doctor, physician, lawyer, engineer, scientist, etc. they
teach u by becoming those guys, u will make lots of money and u will
be happpy. they do not teach u about:
1) paradox of life and happiness
2) financial education
3) studying, reading & learning
4) think, reason, decide, imagine & dream

and everyone wants to be happy, thinking that by being those people,
they can be happy.

we all want to be happy. on the other hand, we all know the things
that make us happy. but we don't do those thing. why? simple. we are
too busy. too busy doing what? too busy trying to be happy.

because the education system does not teach 1 & 2, and parents did
not do a decent job in educating their children; what u see right now are:
1) divorce, separation
2) bankruptcy, bad credit report

a lot of us gets confused with studying, reading & learning. when u go
to school, u spend a lot of time studying. to study, is to pass exam with
flying colors. to read, it's more like for leisure, light reading, read
magazines, newspaper. and to learn, is more like to read during leisure
and to learn something. to learn is a lifetime process. everyday we
learn to be a better person, to be a person of integrity.

in addition, these elements (think, reason, decide, imagine & dream)
are important to us. it is us!! without these qualities, who do u think u are?
u will feel.....hopeless. we need HOPE in our lives for HOPE is a beautiful thing.

do u know what is the difference between us, the homo sapiens and the
animal kingdom? do u know why we are on the top hiearchy of all the
living things on earth? that's because we have:
think, reason, decide, imagine & dream.