Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
I tried something new...
Allen and I are going on our late honeymoon finally, Hawaii end of November, for 1 week.
We're going on a cruise there and going to all the islands
Anyway yesterday I had 2 mormons visit me. One of my friends here used to go to a mormon church when he was young (he's Taiwanese) but he's not mormon, so he has mormon evangelists visit him once a week. So I thought well, I don't know much about mormons, and I hear so much bad things about it (like polyagomy, the weird stuff) so I told him to bring them over one week to teach me about the history of mormonism and rectify my misconceptions of mormonism. Anyway, it was an interesting 2 hours, and they taught me what they believe in and stuff. It was weird tho. They believe in prophets.
well, that was my interesting Thursday, just wanna share it. Don't think I'll be going to a mormon church... just too awkward.
But my point is that I tried something I was afraid of. Have you?
We're going on a cruise there and going to all the islands
Anyway yesterday I had 2 mormons visit me. One of my friends here used to go to a mormon church when he was young (he's Taiwanese) but he's not mormon, so he has mormon evangelists visit him once a week. So I thought well, I don't know much about mormons, and I hear so much bad things about it (like polyagomy, the weird stuff) so I told him to bring them over one week to teach me about the history of mormonism and rectify my misconceptions of mormonism. Anyway, it was an interesting 2 hours, and they taught me what they believe in and stuff. It was weird tho. They believe in prophets.
well, that was my interesting Thursday, just wanna share it. Don't think I'll be going to a mormon church... just too awkward.
But my point is that I tried something I was afraid of. Have you?
Sunday, October 23, 2005
I really really...
really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really
don't wanna do my paper
don't wanna do my paper
Thursday, October 20, 2005
What Kind Of Asian Are You?
from: http://nemesiscorporate.com/AsianRU/
Young Asians in America come in many forms. Below are the major categories. Most Asians fit into multiple groups. For example, Rice-boys can also be Fobs and many Tabs are Fobulous. The only groups that are never part of another group are the Twinkies and the Asian-Americans. Claim your Fobbiness! When you see your Asian friend, greet them with "Wassup Fob!" And if your Asian friend says something ridiculous, say "Fob please!" Of course, when a non-Asian calls you a Fob, that is grounds for a fight. Ahahaha... The categories below are to be taken lightheartedly. Read, recognize and laugh.
Twinkie
- Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
- Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
- You have few Asian friends, if any
- You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
- You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
- You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
- You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
- You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock
Asian-American
- You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere
- You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
- You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
- You read A. magazine and think it's great
- You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
- You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below
Yap (Young Asian Professional)
- You are in one of these professions:
a) Medicine / Pharmaceutical
b) Engineering
c) Finance
d) Investment Banking
e) Accounting
- Most of your wardrobe was purchased at Banana Republic
- You go to "mixers" on Thursday nights to meet other Yaps and talk about the Dow Jones.
- You did exactly what your parents wanted you to do and as a result, your life is hella boring
- Your apartment/home is decorated almost exclusively with stuff from Pier 1
- Your parents always talk to their friends about how much money you make. If they don't, then you're a dissapointment
Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat)
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not speak any English
- When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
- You get extremely good grades in school
- You cannot dance
- Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe
SuperFob
- Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
- You like dim sum chicken feet
- You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
- Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
- You dry your cloths outside your window
- You need a haircut
- You either smell like cigarettes or food
Fobabee
- You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
- You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
- You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
- You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger ; Tea egg)
- If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous
Gangsta Fob (Fobsta)
- You have shot another Asian
- Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
- When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
- Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
- You have a serious gambling problem
- You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
- No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
- You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs
Tab (Trendy Asian B*tch)
- You shop at A/X, Bebe and Club Monaco
- You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
- You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
- You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
- Platform heels are your favorite
- You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless
- You do not smile in public
- You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
- You smoke
- Your cell phone is completely customized
- On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man
- Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
- You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
- You are often seen with Rice-boys
- You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend
Hoochie Tab
- You are an import car model
- Your boobs are not real
- There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
- Stiletto heels are your favorite
- Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
- Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
- You cheat on your boyfriend
- Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school
Rice-Boy
- You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
- Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form
- Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
- The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
- The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
- You always drive like you are racing someone
- You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
- The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
- Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
- If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.
Fobulous
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride
Young Asians in America come in many forms. Below are the major categories. Most Asians fit into multiple groups. For example, Rice-boys can also be Fobs and many Tabs are Fobulous. The only groups that are never part of another group are the Twinkies and the Asian-Americans. Claim your Fobbiness! When you see your Asian friend, greet them with "Wassup Fob!" And if your Asian friend says something ridiculous, say "Fob please!" Of course, when a non-Asian calls you a Fob, that is grounds for a fight. Ahahaha... The categories below are to be taken lightheartedly. Read, recognize and laugh.
Twinkie
- Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people
- Your significant other is not Asian and never has been
- You have few Asian friends, if any
- You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you
- You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist
- You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is
- You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is
- You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock
Asian-American
- You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere
- You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any
- You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college
- You read A. magazine and think it's great
- You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are
- You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below
Yap (Young Asian Professional)
- You are in one of these professions:
a) Medicine / Pharmaceutical
b) Engineering
c) Finance
d) Investment Banking
e) Accounting
- Most of your wardrobe was purchased at Banana Republic
- You go to "mixers" on Thursday nights to meet other Yaps and talk about the Dow Jones.
- You did exactly what your parents wanted you to do and as a result, your life is hella boring
- Your apartment/home is decorated almost exclusively with stuff from Pier 1
- Your parents always talk to their friends about how much money you make. If they don't, then you're a dissapointment
Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat)
- You were not born in America
- You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently
- You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends
- You do not have any non-Asian friends
- Your parents do not speak any English
- When you speak English, you like to make everything plural
- You get extremely good grades in school
- You cannot dance
- Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe
SuperFob
- Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care
- You like dim sum chicken feet
- You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged
- Your only hangout is Chinatown
- All the lights in your house are fluorescent
- You dry your cloths outside your window
- You need a haircut
- You either smell like cigarettes or food
Fobabee
- You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken"
- You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys
- You have taken the Asian Studies course at college
- You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger ; Tea egg)
- If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous
Gangsta Fob (Fobsta)
- You have shot another Asian
- Your favorite hangout is a pool hall
- When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid
- Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them
- You have a serious gambling problem
- You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car
- No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them
- You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs
Tab (Trendy Asian B*tch)
- You shop at A/X, Bebe and Club Monaco
- You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up"
- You do not weigh more than 105 lbs
- You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life
- Platform heels are your favorite
- You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless
- You do not smile in public
- You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it
- You smoke
- Your cell phone is completely customized
- On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man
- Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item
- You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car
- You are often seen with Rice-boys
- You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend
Hoochie Tab
- You are an import car model
- Your boobs are not real
- There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere
- Stiletto heels are your favorite
- Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu
- Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob
- You cheat on your boyfriend
- Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school
Rice-Boy
- You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura
- Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form
- Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in
- The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing
- The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing
- You always drive like you are racing someone
- You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps
- The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground
- Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit
- If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.
Fobulous
- You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language
- You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends
- You listen to Asian pop as well as American music
- You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture
- You are a good dancer
- You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race
- You are a good designer and have superior Html skills
- You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed
- For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being
- You have lots of Asian pride
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Goal
Life is a lot more exciting if there is a goal that you're fighting for.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
天底下只有三件事
一件是「自己的事」
諸如：上不上班、吃什麼東西、開不開心、結不結婚、要不要幫助人...
自己能安排的皆屬之。
一件是「別人的事」
諸如：小張好吃懶做、小陳婚姻不幸福、老陳對我很不滿意、我幫助別人,
別人卻不感激.....別人在主導的事情皆屬之。
一件是「老天爺的事」
諸如：會不會颳風、地震、戰爭、開悟、成道......
人能力範圍以外的事情，都屬於老天爺的管轄範圍。
人的煩惱就是來自於：
忘了自己的事、愛管別人的事、擔心老天爺的事
所以要輕鬆自在很簡單：
打理好「自己的事」、不去管「別人的事」、不操心「老天爺的事」
這只是靜心在「哲學」上的詮釋，知道並不代表你能辦到。
除非你能進入「靜心狀態」去「觀照」，你就會「如實」發現
天底下真的只有這三件事：
「自己的事」、「別人的事」、「老天爺的事」
下次心情不好時，趕快問自己，那件事到底是「誰」的事！
諸如：上不上班、吃什麼東西、開不開心、結不結婚、要不要幫助人...
自己能安排的皆屬之。
一件是「別人的事」
諸如：小張好吃懶做、小陳婚姻不幸福、老陳對我很不滿意、我幫助別人,
別人卻不感激.....別人在主導的事情皆屬之。
一件是「老天爺的事」
諸如：會不會颳風、地震、戰爭、開悟、成道......
人能力範圍以外的事情，都屬於老天爺的管轄範圍。
人的煩惱就是來自於：
忘了自己的事、愛管別人的事、擔心老天爺的事
所以要輕鬆自在很簡單：
打理好「自己的事」、不去管「別人的事」、不操心「老天爺的事」
這只是靜心在「哲學」上的詮釋，知道並不代表你能辦到。
除非你能進入「靜心狀態」去「觀照」，你就會「如實」發現
天底下真的只有這三件事：
「自己的事」、「別人的事」、「老天爺的事」
下次心情不好時，趕快問自己，那件事到底是「誰」的事！
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Warcraft
Cool, Allen got into Warcraft too.
But he didn't do it because of me, I begged him to play a million times, but he didn't want to. Now that his coworker is playing, he wanted to play. Am I not as important as his coworker?
Well, at least he started.
But he didn't do it because of me, I begged him to play a million times, but he didn't want to. Now that his coworker is playing, he wanted to play. Am I not as important as his coworker?
Well, at least he started.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
November 18th
To celebrate the up coming of Harry Potter Goblet of Fire, I will be re-reading book 4 for the 3rd time to refresh my memory and to catch any details I missed the first 2 times.
What I'm absolutely crazy about:
Harry Potter
Miyazaki's anime
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Spoke to advisor today...
Well, I went to my advisor today to get a better understanding of my degree and my casebook (thesis).
to make long story short, I told my advisor that I want to do a dissertation for PHd eventually and I asked him if I can do a PHd from Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT). He said no and told me to switch to Masters of Arts.
He did say that my idea for a dissertation was pretty good.
Anyway, after I talked to him, I went to the Dean's secretary and asked her the same question, and she told me that in order to do a PHd, we need to first get our masters degree and take a language proficiency test. Well, I plan to take the Chinese test, but she said that nobody on campus can grade it... DARN! and on top of it, the ESL advisor (not the one above) is retiring at the end of this semester.
Boy my degree is going to be tough!
Oh so the idea for my dissertation is that I'm going to critize the current standard way they teach phonetics and establish a new system. I still have a year to think about it.
to make long story short, I told my advisor that I want to do a dissertation for PHd eventually and I asked him if I can do a PHd from Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT). He said no and told me to switch to Masters of Arts.
He did say that my idea for a dissertation was pretty good.
Anyway, after I talked to him, I went to the Dean's secretary and asked her the same question, and she told me that in order to do a PHd, we need to first get our masters degree and take a language proficiency test. Well, I plan to take the Chinese test, but she said that nobody on campus can grade it... DARN! and on top of it, the ESL advisor (not the one above) is retiring at the end of this semester.
Boy my degree is going to be tough!
Oh so the idea for my dissertation is that I'm going to critize the current standard way they teach phonetics and establish a new system. I still have a year to think about it.
the process of learning
I came to a realization today...
in order to learn something, we must first learn to imitate
and then once we do that, then we apply the knowledge, and this step means to go "out of the box"
so taking art for example.
the first step of learning it is to imitate, drawing something or taking a picture of something or designing something similar to what we saw and liked.
Once we can do that successfully, then we can create our own style, and designing something that, although comes from a pre-existing idea, is original.
is this too deep for ya'll?
in order to learn something, we must first learn to imitate
and then once we do that, then we apply the knowledge, and this step means to go "out of the box"
so taking art for example.
the first step of learning it is to imitate, drawing something or taking a picture of something or designing something similar to what we saw and liked.
Once we can do that successfully, then we can create our own style, and designing something that, although comes from a pre-existing idea, is original.
is this too deep for ya'll?
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Shee Gua's bad hair cut
Shee Gua got a bad hair cut today... and I was the culprit...
he needs to hide from the public for a month
he needs to hide from the public for a month
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