Thursday, November 17, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Flings
My friend posted this on her blog, and I felt compelled to offer my own thoughts.
No strings attached? So it's purely a friend with benefit? Somehow, I don't agree. Once you form an emotional attachment with the other person (which I agree all flings must have, to a certain miniscule degree), there are strings attached no matter how much you try not to form strings. What defines a fling? Is it a relationship? Yes and no. Yes because mainly, everyone recognises the coupling, but then again, there is the quality of transcience in the relationship, that both parties know it would never last. And once that quality is lost, that one party starts seeing more into the relationship than the other, that's when the official flings stops and descends to a deeper emotional level.
Well said, my friend:). Nothing is ever black and white ever again.
Argh. I shall go back to something more concrete, more evidential. MATHEMATICS! MID TERM TOMORROW! Die.
lip
ranting
Topic of the day: Flings.Why topic of the day? Somehow 2 grp of my friends brought it up. How ironic
-Discussion 1 during ethics project meeting-Was suppose to be
doing ethics presentation but somehow duno how come we end up talking abt flings(... ) And it all started with me finding a ang moh fling & how i should go fling overseas. Like errr... That aside... So i posed this qn... "So how do we define what is a fling?" A qn that we all couldn't really ans... Our conclusion: No strings attached. Short term. Categorize into 2:
sexual and non sexual flings. And a lot more crap that's not worth mentioning-End of discussion 1
No strings attached? So it's purely a friend with benefit? Somehow, I don't agree. Once you form an emotional attachment with the other person (which I agree all flings must have, to a certain miniscule degree), there are strings attached no matter how much you try not to form strings. What defines a fling? Is it a relationship? Yes and no. Yes because mainly, everyone recognises the coupling, but then again, there is the quality of transcience in the relationship, that both parties know it would never last. And once that quality is lost, that one party starts seeing more into the relationship than the other, that's when the official flings stops and descends to a deeper emotional level.
This brings me to the next qn of then wat is a r'ship... what does it mean to be in a relationship? to be attached? to be dating someone? wat constitutes being together? Does it start of as strangers then u become acquaintance then friends then u date then when that magical qn is popped u become attached? Haha... The whole process is getting GREYER... What once used to be distinctive black n white is no longer the case. Everything has been blurred... Lines are dividing these two colours are disintegrating... n the colours r mixing... mixing too well... so welll tt it's grey.
Well said, my friend:). Nothing is ever black and white ever again.
Argh. I shall go back to something more concrete, more evidential. MATHEMATICS! MID TERM TOMORROW! Die.
lip
ranting
Monday, November 14, 2005
Winter
"Hell does freeze over" -or so they say about Uchicago.
The interesting things about the U of C are that we value academics much more than our social lives (woe betide), we do not have grade inflation, and we constantly have this nerdy culture that we are proud of.
Slogans like "Where the Fun Comes to Die" and "Where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA" are really funny. In a nerdy type of way. And the funny thing is, we are all proud of it.
And look at all the interesting things we have over here. Polar Bear Run, in the dead of the midwest winter. For those who have lived their whole life in tropical Singapore, Winters in the Midwest are Hell. It can get to negative 20. Farenheit. With Windchill of course. (that's approx -40 celcius). Reason? Continentality. Illinois is right beside Lake Michigan, rather Inland, and thus, there is greater variablity in temperature throughout the year: Hot summers and Cold winters. Whee... Btw, the Polar Bear Run is where runners go stark naked in the middle of winter and run through the campus. Crazy.
And check out scavenger hunt at http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/oldsites/2001/. In 1999, 2 students built a working Nuclear Reactor for Scavhunt, the most anticipated event in Uchicago. It's superb fun. Check out the nuclear reactor news here.
In other news, I need a car. I shall put my pleading on my blog:). And discuss the reasons with parents in Dec.
1. Go Chinatown! I am sick of Barlett Food. I am sick of taking bus down to Chinatown in Winter and suffering the cold. I am sick of spending $20 on cab fares to buy stuff from Ikea and Target. Thus, I need a mode of transport.
2. Cars are cheap here. You can get a 2nd hand car (good quality) for around $5k USD. That's around the price of 1/10th of a grand piano. Yay. And it's safer too. Because Hyde Park has 2 crazy gangsters who are robbing people at gun point and I tend to stay outside of my dorm for extended periods of time:).
Okay. I shall not bitch in public. Haha. Mum, Dad, take care! Sis too! And bro, spend less time on the computer. If you're reading this. haha. I wanna go Zouk! I wanna go MOS! I wanna eat Roti Prata and Chicken Rice and Char Kway Tiao. Damn.
lip
ranting
The interesting things about the U of C are that we value academics much more than our social lives (woe betide), we do not have grade inflation, and we constantly have this nerdy culture that we are proud of.
Slogans like "Where the Fun Comes to Die" and "Where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA" are really funny. In a nerdy type of way. And the funny thing is, we are all proud of it.
And look at all the interesting things we have over here. Polar Bear Run, in the dead of the midwest winter. For those who have lived their whole life in tropical Singapore, Winters in the Midwest are Hell. It can get to negative 20. Farenheit. With Windchill of course. (that's approx -40 celcius). Reason? Continentality. Illinois is right beside Lake Michigan, rather Inland, and thus, there is greater variablity in temperature throughout the year: Hot summers and Cold winters. Whee... Btw, the Polar Bear Run is where runners go stark naked in the middle of winter and run through the campus. Crazy.
And check out scavenger hunt at http://scavhunt1.uchicago.edu/oldsites/2001/. In 1999, 2 students built a working Nuclear Reactor for Scavhunt, the most anticipated event in Uchicago. It's superb fun. Check out the nuclear reactor news here.
In other news, I need a car. I shall put my pleading on my blog:). And discuss the reasons with parents in Dec.
1. Go Chinatown! I am sick of Barlett Food. I am sick of taking bus down to Chinatown in Winter and suffering the cold. I am sick of spending $20 on cab fares to buy stuff from Ikea and Target. Thus, I need a mode of transport.
2. Cars are cheap here. You can get a 2nd hand car (good quality) for around $5k USD. That's around the price of 1/10th of a grand piano. Yay. And it's safer too. Because Hyde Park has 2 crazy gangsters who are robbing people at gun point and I tend to stay outside of my dorm for extended periods of time:).
Okay. I shall not bitch in public. Haha. Mum, Dad, take care! Sis too! And bro, spend less time on the computer. If you're reading this. haha. I wanna go Zouk! I wanna go MOS! I wanna eat Roti Prata and Chicken Rice and Char Kway Tiao. Damn.
lip
ranting
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Interesting Song:) Make of it what you will
I'm Not in Love ( 10 CC )
I'm not in love, so don't forget it.
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
And just because I call you up,
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
I like to see you, but then again,
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me.
So if I call you, don't make a fuss -
Don't tell your friends about the two of us.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
I keep your picture upon the wall.
It hides a nasty stain that's lying there.
So don't you ask me to give it back.
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me.
Ooh, you'll wait a long time.
I'm not in love, I'm not in love...
lip
ranting
I'm not in love, so don't forget it.
It's just a silly phase I'm going through.
And just because I call you up,
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
I like to see you, but then again,
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me.
So if I call you, don't make a fuss -
Don't tell your friends about the two of us.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
I keep your picture upon the wall.
It hides a nasty stain that's lying there.
So don't you ask me to give it back.
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me.
I'm not in love, no no, it's because...
Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me.
Ooh, you'll wait a long time.
I'm not in love, I'm not in love...
lip
ranting
Fall Formal
Went to fall formal today, back from it.
It was good, Lousy music, not enough food, but good enough company.
I shall post more photos in the future
lip
ranting
It was good, Lousy music, not enough food, but good enough company.
I shall post more photos in the future
lip
ranting
Thursday, November 10, 2005
My Favourite Posts
I should have a template linking to my favourite quotes and posts. But here they are. In my journey of self-discovery, I have realised that I am not perfect, that I am flawed. Christians turn to God to patch up their flaws, and in some way, maybe I do look to a higher being. But I firmly believe my destiny is my own hands, to do as I wish with it. Here are some of my more lucid moments and posts.
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2/12/2005
well, valentines day is coming soon. hehe. just 2 days away actually. and i'm all alone. all those singles, care for a KTV break come monday:)? to sing away the blues and whine away? heh. well, i read somewhere: marry the one who loves you more than you love him/her. at least you won't get hurt that way. cynical, but very true.
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1/28/2005: Less Thought About Post
sometimes i look at the situation i am in. i really am such a klutz around girls:) i am not a sweet talker, i am not someone who is forthright with feelings. i tend to be objective, rational and sincere in dealings with people, or rather, i am trying to be objective rational and sincere. perhaps the best compliment paid to me thus far is not for my talents, but rather, for my effort in overcoming my main weakness: arrogance and complacency. i need to work towards a more humble self, to overcome my short comings, to be sincere in relationships. i guess i really am extroverted after all...
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1/15/2005
sometimes i wonder where that someone i can talk to without fear of hiding behind a mask is. i realised in 20 years, a lot can happen. sometimes, everyone should take up their photo albums, their diaries and re read what they had in mind last time.do you believe in soul mates? do you really? or is everyone just caught up in their veneer of outward happiness and inward sorrows?
sometimes i really hate being gep. causes you to overanalyze things. and lose the ones you love. or loved.
wishing everyone a happy new year.
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"When Conscience governs Vision, Discipline and Passion, You get a Gandhi. When Ego governs Vision, Discipline and Passion, You get a Hitler..."
Vision, Discipline and Passion. To be truly great, one needs a combination of all three, governed by conscience and ya your beliefs and morals. You also need humility, something i am in short supply of. you need to put the needs of others above your own.. oh well read shar's blog today. insecurity... hmmmm.. is it good to be insecure? actually, we all are, i just choose to ignore it. after all, only the exhibition and externalising of insecurities can anyone truly tell you are insecure... we are all human, and to be great, you have to let others know you are not the super CEO or the superman or super president we all come to expect. you are human. as human as those who died in the tsunami. as human as the guy next to you at the traffic jam...
there is a price to pay for success. i really have been paying very little for mine.. i truly am blessed, and i recognise that.. others with much more success have paid much much more. is it not true that our PM is only human? to lose a wife and to have an abnormal kid, doesn't it cut him as deeply as the rest of us?
the sooner we realise we are all similar can the world improve on its disposition. i paid prices, sacrifices and had many breaks in life. i hope to be generous, to bring joy to other people.
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5/21/2005
i don't know. maybe our younger generation is more open to such things, but even i am feeling the pressures of being the first grandson in a traditional chinese family.
i remember my grandmother bringing me downstairs when i was staying in laguna park, burning incense and paper "nuggets" for my ancestors. i took it up with gusto back then. folding, burning with glee. i was only 7.
and then i remember my grandfather is hospital, saved from a heart attack, the episode leaving him far weakened than ever before, and with much less mobility. he can still walk, thank god.
i don't know. why can't the younger generation make decisions entirely our own, for we have our families to answer to, and subsequently, our future wives and husbands and families to be. that we must do our best now for a better future tomorrow?
but then again, i am not one to worry about such intrigues. Que Sera Sera
Once again i have failed to blog happy post that makes people laugh, but rather a serious post that is a total counterbalance to my happy side that i prefer to show people. how ironic. but those who know me, know that i have always been deep.
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Isn't it better to write about your feelings then to vent them out on those who care about you the most?
lip
ranting
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2/12/2005
well, valentines day is coming soon. hehe. just 2 days away actually. and i'm all alone. all those singles, care for a KTV break come monday:)? to sing away the blues and whine away? heh. well, i read somewhere: marry the one who loves you more than you love him/her. at least you won't get hurt that way. cynical, but very true.
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1/28/2005: Less Thought About Post
sometimes i look at the situation i am in. i really am such a klutz around girls:) i am not a sweet talker, i am not someone who is forthright with feelings. i tend to be objective, rational and sincere in dealings with people, or rather, i am trying to be objective rational and sincere. perhaps the best compliment paid to me thus far is not for my talents, but rather, for my effort in overcoming my main weakness: arrogance and complacency. i need to work towards a more humble self, to overcome my short comings, to be sincere in relationships. i guess i really am extroverted after all...
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1/15/2005
sometimes i wonder where that someone i can talk to without fear of hiding behind a mask is. i realised in 20 years, a lot can happen. sometimes, everyone should take up their photo albums, their diaries and re read what they had in mind last time.do you believe in soul mates? do you really? or is everyone just caught up in their veneer of outward happiness and inward sorrows?
sometimes i really hate being gep. causes you to overanalyze things. and lose the ones you love. or loved.
wishing everyone a happy new year.
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"When Conscience governs Vision, Discipline and Passion, You get a Gandhi. When Ego governs Vision, Discipline and Passion, You get a Hitler..."
Vision, Discipline and Passion. To be truly great, one needs a combination of all three, governed by conscience and ya your beliefs and morals. You also need humility, something i am in short supply of. you need to put the needs of others above your own.. oh well read shar's blog today. insecurity... hmmmm.. is it good to be insecure? actually, we all are, i just choose to ignore it. after all, only the exhibition and externalising of insecurities can anyone truly tell you are insecure... we are all human, and to be great, you have to let others know you are not the super CEO or the superman or super president we all come to expect. you are human. as human as those who died in the tsunami. as human as the guy next to you at the traffic jam...
there is a price to pay for success. i really have been paying very little for mine.. i truly am blessed, and i recognise that.. others with much more success have paid much much more. is it not true that our PM is only human? to lose a wife and to have an abnormal kid, doesn't it cut him as deeply as the rest of us?
the sooner we realise we are all similar can the world improve on its disposition. i paid prices, sacrifices and had many breaks in life. i hope to be generous, to bring joy to other people.
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5/21/2005
i don't know. maybe our younger generation is more open to such things, but even i am feeling the pressures of being the first grandson in a traditional chinese family.
i remember my grandmother bringing me downstairs when i was staying in laguna park, burning incense and paper "nuggets" for my ancestors. i took it up with gusto back then. folding, burning with glee. i was only 7.
and then i remember my grandfather is hospital, saved from a heart attack, the episode leaving him far weakened than ever before, and with much less mobility. he can still walk, thank god.
i don't know. why can't the younger generation make decisions entirely our own, for we have our families to answer to, and subsequently, our future wives and husbands and families to be. that we must do our best now for a better future tomorrow?
but then again, i am not one to worry about such intrigues. Que Sera Sera
Once again i have failed to blog happy post that makes people laugh, but rather a serious post that is a total counterbalance to my happy side that i prefer to show people. how ironic. but those who know me, know that i have always been deep.
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Isn't it better to write about your feelings then to vent them out on those who care about you the most?
lip
ranting
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Do I look like Ham Sup Kia to you?
A friend today told me that I was a playa.
I was like whattt?!?!...
Firstly, to be a player, you need to actually look good.
Sorry folks, first criteria I fail liao. I just have darn good relationships that I take the trouble maintain even when I'm 2000 miles away haha. People matter. And that's the short and sweet of it.
Anyway, I'm of the firm belief that everything is transient, so might as well enjoy life, have a good time, try everything once and generally carpe diem all the way right?
But then again, I can be responsible. If I want to be. So if you don't know me that well, shut the fuck up and shove your bloody opinions and comments right up your own ass.
Have a nice day
lip
ranting
I was like whattt?!?!...
Firstly, to be a player, you need to actually look good.
Sorry folks, first criteria I fail liao. I just have darn good relationships that I take the trouble maintain even when I'm 2000 miles away haha. People matter. And that's the short and sweet of it.
Anyway, I'm of the firm belief that everything is transient, so might as well enjoy life, have a good time, try everything once and generally carpe diem all the way right?
But then again, I can be responsible. If I want to be. So if you don't know me that well, shut the fuck up and shove your bloody opinions and comments right up your own ass.
Have a nice day
lip
ranting
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Love 101
I shall set up a new course in Uchicago called Love 101.
Programs of study:
Requirement for:
Biological Chemistry
Chemistry
Humanities
Program Requirements:
B.A. Program. The program for the bachelor's degree offers a balance of practical, theoratical and bitching programmes.
The required course in Love skills is:
Bitching 101
Sex 101 - 401 (Masters programme available)
Sweet Talk 101-201-301
Cooking 101 (For girls)
Buying cheap gifts that look expensive 101 (For guys)
Moving on 101
Honors: Students who have a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and at least 3.5 in the major AND who show competency in sex skills. Moreover, practical experience must be demonstrated in live demonstrations under "artistic" merit.
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[23:29] mango: you seem slightly hyper
[23:29] mango: hahaha
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: i know
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: i'm in my depressed mood now
[23:29] mango: eat too much chocolate izzit
[23:29] mango: why?
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: about how transient everything is
[23:29] mango: why you so hyper when you are depressed?
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: cos i talk a lot of rubbish
[23:30] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: that people think is rubbish
[23:30] mango: hahaha
[23:30] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: but is actually good philosophical bullshit
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Can't belive it. I'm listening to "Pu Tong Peng You" by David Tao now...
How Ironic...
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But it's true. Everything is so transient. Perhaps humans were made for short term relationships, where everything is transient and you just move on fast and forget everything.
Except that some people can't. And others fall so deep, they find themselves in this big shithole when it's over. And others shelter themselves and keep themselves from being hurt; that's not fair. Not at all...
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More dating theories.
Askmen.com
Q&A: Don't Stay On The Phone Too Long,
Telling Her How You Feel Is Wrong
Right. Guys are supposed to be bold and macho and not SNAGS. Fine. Learn it, use it.
Making her Jealous
And she'll fry your balls for dinner.
Don't be afraid to approach women.
This one's easy. Just think of them as "friends". Like making new "friends". And if all else fails, put a face on them that screams UGLY SHITHEAD.
That is, if you're the most gorgeous guy in the world ala Lip Jin.
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Enough bullshit for the evening. Argh. I hate it when I'm in this mood. I get pensive, restless, depress, think too much, overanalyze and pretty much blow up anyone close to me. As in really blow up. With TNT and C4.
I don't like this at all. Symptons and signs of this mood: I'm playing the guitar, in a large group i'm sitting by the side not making any noise, I'm anal over the smallest things, i get competitive and I seem to be thinking deeply and randomly.
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Pensive, angst ridden guys seem to attract the wrong sort of women. The kind that usually brings a lot of trouble and baggage.
lip
ranting
Programs of study:
Requirement for:
Biological Chemistry
Chemistry
Humanities
Program Requirements:
B.A. Program. The program for the bachelor's degree offers a balance of practical, theoratical and bitching programmes.
The required course in Love skills is:
Bitching 101
Sex 101 - 401 (Masters programme available)
Sweet Talk 101-201-301
Cooking 101 (For girls)
Buying cheap gifts that look expensive 101 (For guys)
Moving on 101
Honors: Students who have a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and at least 3.5 in the major AND who show competency in sex skills. Moreover, practical experience must be demonstrated in live demonstrations under "artistic" merit.
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[23:29] mango: you seem slightly hyper
[23:29] mango: hahaha
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: i know
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: i'm in my depressed mood now
[23:29] mango: eat too much chocolate izzit
[23:29] mango: why?
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: about how transient everything is
[23:29] mango: why you so hyper when you are depressed?
[23:29] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: cos i talk a lot of rubbish
[23:30] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: that people think is rubbish
[23:30] mango: hahaha
[23:30] Lip Jin: l'enfant terrible. I left a girl back in Singapore. Her name was Ice Kachang.: but is actually good philosophical bullshit
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Can't belive it. I'm listening to "Pu Tong Peng You" by David Tao now...
How Ironic...
***************************************************************
But it's true. Everything is so transient. Perhaps humans were made for short term relationships, where everything is transient and you just move on fast and forget everything.
Except that some people can't. And others fall so deep, they find themselves in this big shithole when it's over. And others shelter themselves and keep themselves from being hurt; that's not fair. Not at all...
***************************************************************
More dating theories.
Askmen.com
Q&A: Don't Stay On The Phone Too Long,
Telling Her How You Feel Is Wrong
Right. Guys are supposed to be bold and macho and not SNAGS. Fine. Learn it, use it.
Making her Jealous
And she'll fry your balls for dinner.
Don't be afraid to approach women.
This one's easy. Just think of them as "friends". Like making new "friends". And if all else fails, put a face on them that screams UGLY SHITHEAD.
That is, if you're the most gorgeous guy in the world ala Lip Jin.
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Enough bullshit for the evening. Argh. I hate it when I'm in this mood. I get pensive, restless, depress, think too much, overanalyze and pretty much blow up anyone close to me. As in really blow up. With TNT and C4.
I don't like this at all. Symptons and signs of this mood: I'm playing the guitar, in a large group i'm sitting by the side not making any noise, I'm anal over the smallest things, i get competitive and I seem to be thinking deeply and randomly.
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Pensive, angst ridden guys seem to attract the wrong sort of women. The kind that usually brings a lot of trouble and baggage.
lip
ranting
Random Thoughts
Mahjong is pretty fun, unless you're wiping out a beginner's entire stash of cash, then it just becomes cruel. But that's how you start to learn mahjong...
I have good luck in mahjong...
Coming back at 7 am in the morning and waking up at 11 am is not enough sleep...
Spending too much money on cab fares and paying for everyone sucks because not everyone pays you back. And paying for alcohol sucks too because you tend to lose money...
I must have lost at least $50 from people not paying for my tips and not paying me back generally...
Dad i need more money...
I need to buy a car because I need to get down to Chinatown more often and because I don't want to be restricted by the bus schedule that runs over the place. I tend to miss buses and it's cold waiting for the bus...
I miss Singaporean food, like Bak Kut Teh, Ice Kachang, Mee Goreng Pattaya...
I love my family... My fat ass sister and thin as reed brother who are both likely failing their respective exams right now, as am i...
I tend to make purchases that don't make sense after I purchase it but make perfect sense during the purchase...
I need to learn to love again...
I am lucky to have a scholarship, be studying at a good university and sit around discussing Marx when people in the world are starving...
lip
ranting
I have good luck in mahjong...
Coming back at 7 am in the morning and waking up at 11 am is not enough sleep...
Spending too much money on cab fares and paying for everyone sucks because not everyone pays you back. And paying for alcohol sucks too because you tend to lose money...
I must have lost at least $50 from people not paying for my tips and not paying me back generally...
Dad i need more money...
I need to buy a car because I need to get down to Chinatown more often and because I don't want to be restricted by the bus schedule that runs over the place. I tend to miss buses and it's cold waiting for the bus...
I miss Singaporean food, like Bak Kut Teh, Ice Kachang, Mee Goreng Pattaya...
I love my family... My fat ass sister and thin as reed brother who are both likely failing their respective exams right now, as am i...
I tend to make purchases that don't make sense after I purchase it but make perfect sense during the purchase...
I need to learn to love again...
I am lucky to have a scholarship, be studying at a good university and sit around discussing Marx when people in the world are starving...
lip
ranting
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
More Halloween Pictures
The denizens of boys town in Belmont are really fun people. For example, you get weird Halloween costumes like Barbie dolls. Queen Victorias and Willy Wonkas.
Barbie dolls are pretty. This one is especially pretty:)
Does anyone want anymore Barbie Dolls in their houses?
I think everyone wants to be a Hilton. The Paris Hilton is exclusive! Not everyone gets in.
"Can I stay in the Paris Hilton?"
"It's pretty exclusive"
"If I'm a celebrity and I need anonymity, Can I enter via the Back Door?"
"No. Ain't going to happen".
The Denizens of boy's town are pretty cool:)
Me, Helena and Aiko.
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Now that Autumn is around, the leaves are pretty and red. Love the Seasons, but that just means winter is around the corner. And Chicago Winters SUCK. It gets to 0. Farenheit. That's negative 20 celcius. Help me.
lip
ranting
Barbie dolls are pretty. This one is especially pretty:)
Does anyone want anymore Barbie Dolls in their houses?
I think everyone wants to be a Hilton. The Paris Hilton is exclusive! Not everyone gets in.
"Can I stay in the Paris Hilton?"
"It's pretty exclusive"
"If I'm a celebrity and I need anonymity, Can I enter via the Back Door?"
"No. Ain't going to happen".
The Denizens of boy's town are pretty cool:)
Me, Helena and Aiko.
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Now that Autumn is around, the leaves are pretty and red. Love the Seasons, but that just means winter is around the corner. And Chicago Winters SUCK. It gets to 0. Farenheit. That's negative 20 celcius. Help me.
lip
ranting
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Boy's Town @ Belmont
Went down to Boy's Town @ Belmont with Andy, Aiko and Helena for dinner and the Halloween parade this evening. It was pretty awesome, thanks Andy for driving us down and sharing his philosophy:). Which is pretty much mine: People matter.
PICTURES!
We had dinner together at some Japanese restaurant. It was great! Haha. You can read Aiko's blog about the ratings for the Jap restaurant, after all, she's Japanese and you can trust her taste in sushi!
Some pictures from the night from the halloween parade. More pictures will be sent by Andy Tan soon!
It was raining so it was pretty cold... Went Regents later for dumplings:)
It was a very good day:)
lip
ranting
PICTURES!
We had dinner together at some Japanese restaurant. It was great! Haha. You can read Aiko's blog about the ratings for the Jap restaurant, after all, she's Japanese and you can trust her taste in sushi!
Some pictures from the night from the halloween parade. More pictures will be sent by Andy Tan soon!
It was raining so it was pretty cold... Went Regents later for dumplings:)
It was a very good day:)
lip
ranting
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Navy Pier
Top of the Ferris Wheel @ Navy Pier. Freaking COLD. And that leather jacket is something new that I just bought THAT DAY:) woo hoo
Saturday, October 29, 2005
My sister and her comments:)
Ok, so I was church camp committee president back in 2001, and now, in 2005, my sister is heading the church camp. Good luck:). We had a fun time 4 years ago.
And this is what she says about me:)
"my brother is spending alot of money and now he wants a car. yeah. good job! BUT OH WELL that's better than being shot and killed by blacks roaming the streets." -Oct 29th
"and the leeying award goes to coolest guy on earth: tie between dad and elder bro" -Oct 24th
And to think I used to write "leeying is stupid" in glow-in-the-dark chalk right above my parent's TV (it's still there), and treated her pretty shit for almost 18 years:) haha.
Yay! My sister rocks!
Check it out @ http://overandoveragain.blogspot.com/
lip
ranting
And this is what she says about me:)
"my brother is spending alot of money and now he wants a car. yeah. good job! BUT OH WELL that's better than being shot and killed by blacks roaming the streets." -Oct 29th
"and the leeying award goes to coolest guy on earth: tie between dad and elder bro" -Oct 24th
And to think I used to write "leeying is stupid" in glow-in-the-dark chalk right above my parent's TV (it's still there), and treated her pretty shit for almost 18 years:) haha.
Yay! My sister rocks!
Check it out @ http://overandoveragain.blogspot.com/
lip
ranting
Memories of the past...
A friend asked me why I put:
"memories of the past,
illusions of the present,
hope for the future"
in my sidebar.
I guess it was what I came up with after Sep 2003:). Where the past was so transient and dear to me and I was holding on to it so much, the present seemed like an illusion. (all the weights, the stripping in the army, the studying, the bridge building, the hazing (or tekkan in Singlish). And I was hoping for a better future.
I guess that future has arrived. So, maybe the present is an illusion, but at least, it's a oasis in the desert, not merely a mirage that does not hold. Let's see how long the hope lasts.
Carpe Diem.
lip
ranting
"memories of the past,
illusions of the present,
hope for the future"
in my sidebar.
I guess it was what I came up with after Sep 2003:). Where the past was so transient and dear to me and I was holding on to it so much, the present seemed like an illusion. (all the weights, the stripping in the army, the studying, the bridge building, the hazing (or tekkan in Singlish). And I was hoping for a better future.
I guess that future has arrived. So, maybe the present is an illusion, but at least, it's a oasis in the desert, not merely a mirage that does not hold. Let's see how long the hope lasts.
Carpe Diem.
lip
ranting
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Why I blog the way I do.
Because:
1) The people who read this are those who truly give a shit. If you don't give two hoots and want to read it to garner (negative) information that you can use against me, well i'm not affected by what you think:)
2) I blog because I am. It's a outlet for thoughts. And frankly, I don't care what you think. It's mine! muhahaha... (copyrighted)
3) My roommate's in his underwear and playing loud country-type music (he'll argue if I call it country music). So I blog.
4) Well, it's just me:)
P.S. No, I don't owe you dinner Shar. You lost the bet.
P.P.S and I don't owe you four seasons Hanxue:) hehe. next time, sign a contract!. BECAUSE I DID NOT PUKE! haha. (or at least I can't remember)
lip
ranting
1) The people who read this are those who truly give a shit. If you don't give two hoots and want to read it to garner (negative) information that you can use against me, well i'm not affected by what you think:)
2) I blog because I am. It's a outlet for thoughts. And frankly, I don't care what you think. It's mine! muhahaha... (copyrighted)
3) My roommate's in his underwear and playing loud country-type music (he'll argue if I call it country music). So I blog.
4) Well, it's just me:)
P.S. No, I don't owe you dinner Shar. You lost the bet.
P.P.S and I don't owe you four seasons Hanxue:) hehe. next time, sign a contract!. BECAUSE I DID NOT PUKE! haha. (or at least I can't remember)
lip
ranting
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
I miss....
Clarence - for the stupid DoTA sessions and general ability to talk crap about anything and anyone whenever we meet up, and for the equally fast switch from random banter to deep and thoughtful conversation about everything and anyone...
Jesse, Alex, ZL, JR and gang - for soccer nights, mahjong nights, drinking nights @ Walas and for generally being the mainstay of my social life back in Singapore.
Debi, Wendy, Mich, Maria, Weng - for the 01S70 action that always seems to be around whenever we guys hang out. And for the friendship and unspoken concern that will always be around.
Joanna - for generally being there whenever she wants to (like a cat) and calling at random times for clubbing and prata (depending on whether she needs my car or not).
Sharleen - for teaching me so much about life:) and generally being a bitch at most times, and at the same time, someone whom I used to love. (key: used to).
Wenliang, Des, Hanting and army gang - for the times we spent back in camp, to the chao geng times, and the tough times, from Ex Spade (thanks Elliot!) to 24 km Route March, Ex Beaver Venture and EOAC, to all the fun times and strip shit. Yay!
Sheryl! For being my latest coffee buddy and future work colleague (groan, work!)
XY, WZ, Ben, Faith etc - For being strong in faith, friends in more faithful times, and for generally caring about me:)
Being insommatic at 5 a.m. really sucks. Because you start thinking about life... and how shallow relationships are in America. It's hi, bye, carry on with your own thing. Individuals i guess, and you can't build up a solid friendship over a cup of coffee or a beer (mainly because everyone is underaged).
Resolve: To build more college friendships. Not transient ones that start with "hi, how's it going" and ends the moment you see someone else.
Maybe that's what I've been needing all this while...
I'm lucky to have friends:)
lip
ranting
Jesse, Alex, ZL, JR and gang - for soccer nights, mahjong nights, drinking nights @ Walas and for generally being the mainstay of my social life back in Singapore.
Debi, Wendy, Mich, Maria, Weng - for the 01S70 action that always seems to be around whenever we guys hang out. And for the friendship and unspoken concern that will always be around.
Joanna - for generally being there whenever she wants to (like a cat) and calling at random times for clubbing and prata (depending on whether she needs my car or not).
Sharleen - for teaching me so much about life:) and generally being a bitch at most times, and at the same time, someone whom I used to love. (key: used to).
Wenliang, Des, Hanting and army gang - for the times we spent back in camp, to the chao geng times, and the tough times, from Ex Spade (thanks Elliot!) to 24 km Route March, Ex Beaver Venture and EOAC, to all the fun times and strip shit. Yay!
Sheryl! For being my latest coffee buddy and future work colleague (groan, work!)
XY, WZ, Ben, Faith etc - For being strong in faith, friends in more faithful times, and for generally caring about me:)
Being insommatic at 5 a.m. really sucks. Because you start thinking about life... and how shallow relationships are in America. It's hi, bye, carry on with your own thing. Individuals i guess, and you can't build up a solid friendship over a cup of coffee or a beer (mainly because everyone is underaged).
Resolve: To build more college friendships. Not transient ones that start with "hi, how's it going" and ends the moment you see someone else.
Maybe that's what I've been needing all this while...
I'm lucky to have friends:)
lip
ranting
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Detached
Part of the problem about being a guy is that there are all these social expectations that weigh you down.
Guy-guy relations and guy-girl relations differ so much in scope and in type that it's often a fucking CHORE just to connect with people.
But then again, we are all humans, and we are all social creatures. But we are all afraid of being penetrated down to our social core, to who we really are, to the person deep inside all of us.
We show that root only to those we really care about, and to those we trust the most. Isn't that what emotional trust is all about? To love the very SOUL of the person? Whether good or bad, rotten or messed-up, whether they differ from you or whether they are similar?
For there are always differences between the face we show the world and the face we keep hidden. Whether there is a geniune fear of being hurt, of having our trust ripped about. Whether there is a GENUINE TRUTH in this fucking world.
I'm in my angsty mood, so forgive my rants. Being interested in people is a must for good social relations, but what about people being interested in you? Do you reject them? Do you side-step and launch a counterstroke? Are you such a bastard that you can only invest your trust in people after they have invested theirs in yours in a tit-for-tat situation?
Or is that real humanity? Where everyone is self-centered and individualistic, where there can only be emotional exchange at the self-interest of people (ala Smith).
Sigh.
lip
ranting
Guy-guy relations and guy-girl relations differ so much in scope and in type that it's often a fucking CHORE just to connect with people.
But then again, we are all humans, and we are all social creatures. But we are all afraid of being penetrated down to our social core, to who we really are, to the person deep inside all of us.
We show that root only to those we really care about, and to those we trust the most. Isn't that what emotional trust is all about? To love the very SOUL of the person? Whether good or bad, rotten or messed-up, whether they differ from you or whether they are similar?
For there are always differences between the face we show the world and the face we keep hidden. Whether there is a geniune fear of being hurt, of having our trust ripped about. Whether there is a GENUINE TRUTH in this fucking world.
I'm in my angsty mood, so forgive my rants. Being interested in people is a must for good social relations, but what about people being interested in you? Do you reject them? Do you side-step and launch a counterstroke? Are you such a bastard that you can only invest your trust in people after they have invested theirs in yours in a tit-for-tat situation?
Or is that real humanity? Where everyone is self-centered and individualistic, where there can only be emotional exchange at the self-interest of people (ala Smith).
Sigh.
lip
ranting
Sunday, October 23, 2005
A bit of a urhhh moment:)
This is interesting:) hehe. I don't know what was happening! haha. But Serene's on the right, very high, very loud... from left: Andy, Germaine, Xuda and Serene. Don't tear any more guy's shirts please, Jianfeng is enough :)
Jiahui and Bryan:)
Truth or dare. To piggy back someone around the room:) So he goes for his wife.. :)
Andy Tan: Mambo King
This guy is the Lao Da:) Life of the party:) haha. He KNOWS ALL THE MAMBO MOVES! JO! Let's MAMBO! haha
New Zouk... Can't wait...
Wincy!
Cute right! I mean the guy on the right:) haha. Thanks for the Photos Wincy! Too bad I don't have Stella's photo, cos she baked the cake, RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE! And I didn't realise. gosh
The First years!
From left: Me (With beer, Kenneth, Wai Keong, Sibo, Jason, Calvin, Yik Lei)! We had an awesome time (at least I did). Me, Jason and Kenneth stayed over:)
Birthday girls!
Thanks to Hanxue (in blue, foreground) for providing the Apartment for the party! And i didn't even know it:) From left: Annie (yr 3), Helena (yr 3),, Hanxue (yr 2) , Wincy (yr 2) and Germaine (yr 3). I think hanging out with seniors rocks:) hehe
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Happy Birthday to Me from Chicago
The best things about birthdays is how everyone remembers and you don't.
You wake up, think it's a normal day, your friend invites you over for dinner and a party, you go without any inkling, you have loads of fun, your friend's roommate bakes a cake for you which you go over and STUPIDLY ask: Hey! who's this for, and you believe her lie that it's for someone other than you. And you have ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING IDEA that there was going to be a party for you and friends came and everything.
then suddenly, bam, it's 12:00 am and there's this cake (which you watched being baked) and everyone starts singing and you ALREADY had like 20 shots and you just start acting really sketchy.
And your dad calls the next morning to wish you happy birthday and you are at your friend's place and there's no reception and people leave you stuff on your facebook and you have 1001 msn messages wishing your happy birthday and your come back to your dorm @ 11 am.
Bad.
:)
But fun! And wish me luck!
lip
ranting
You wake up, think it's a normal day, your friend invites you over for dinner and a party, you go without any inkling, you have loads of fun, your friend's roommate bakes a cake for you which you go over and STUPIDLY ask: Hey! who's this for, and you believe her lie that it's for someone other than you. And you have ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING IDEA that there was going to be a party for you and friends came and everything.
then suddenly, bam, it's 12:00 am and there's this cake (which you watched being baked) and everyone starts singing and you ALREADY had like 20 shots and you just start acting really sketchy.
And your dad calls the next morning to wish you happy birthday and you are at your friend's place and there's no reception and people leave you stuff on your facebook and you have 1001 msn messages wishing your happy birthday and your come back to your dorm @ 11 am.
Bad.
:)
But fun! And wish me luck!
lip
ranting
Friday, October 21, 2005
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Math Mid Term is tomorrow.
and i'm blogging. Bad Bad me.
Anyway, I think classes are getting more and more interesting. We had a class on Herodotus today, about ethonography and anthropology and on Greek/Persian History.
And in Sociology class, we went through the Communist Manifesto. Interesting that. French Revolution, Industrialization, Smithian 1776 theory Versus Marxist 1848 Theory. I should have taken like European history during O levels or something. Oh well.
Back to math. Archimedean Principle, L'Hospital's Rule and L.U.B axiom. Here we go!
lip
ranting
Anyway, I think classes are getting more and more interesting. We had a class on Herodotus today, about ethonography and anthropology and on Greek/Persian History.
And in Sociology class, we went through the Communist Manifesto. Interesting that. French Revolution, Industrialization, Smithian 1776 theory Versus Marxist 1848 Theory. I should have taken like European history during O levels or something. Oh well.
Back to math. Archimedean Principle, L'Hospital's Rule and L.U.B axiom. Here we go!
lip
ranting
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Fuck all ye who enter here
The entrance to my dorm room:). Fuck all ye who enter here. and Hongyan! I met Julia from NUS/Upenn. Please acknowledge because we both agree you are a very very good drinker.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Piana SHOWCASE!
And being the egoist that I am, I must trumpet the fact that my piano is soo good, they asked me to perform next Thursday at the showcase. So come and watch! Haha. Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no. 10 will be played. Hopefully, well:).
Entrance to the Suite.
So I have to enter 2 doors to get into my room. That's the first door. Enter. Right side, Shower room, Left side, Toilet. Common space right inside the door. Splits into 2 rooms, left side my room. 315B. Right side, Anthony's and Jon's room. Understood:)?
P.S. I stole the caution tape from downtown from some construction. I hope no one dies as a result of the removal of Caution Tape.
My room
Room photo! After my room mate moved in. Bed on the left is mine, as is the messy desk in the foreground. Check ou the new Harmon Kardon speakers and my Seinheiser HD 250 Headphones. Woot!
South Koreans
June Hyuk, Sang and Suhgoo from left to right. Interesting people. That guy on the left is ranked #16 in the world for Maths. And i thought Calvin was good:). Sang is very good at guitar, and Suhgoo's a pretty funny dude.
Suite Mates
My suite mates, Anthony on the left and Jon on the right. My room mate has not arrived yet (this was taken first week of school). I'll get a pic of him up ASAP. Once I get over the laziness of taking pictures
Interesting Cap
Shopping @ Aurora, where I bought a $170 Calvin Klein Winter Jacket, $70 timberland boots, and various cardigans and shirts for a grand total of $350 of shopping.
And Nike is pretty cheap here too. So is Levi's
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
hope everything is sexy out there
i need money.
wtf.
29th & 3rd in college.
she dumped me on my law school graduation day.
i recommend the movie "woman in the window" to you guys. it is filmed in 1945, black and white, film nior woman. chio.
i do my laundry and fold my clothes. i am such a nice boy.
i have cool earphones. and i will throw 4 parties when i turn 21. :D
Hanxue @ Lip's Dorm
wtf.
29th & 3rd in college.
she dumped me on my law school graduation day.
i recommend the movie "woman in the window" to you guys. it is filmed in 1945, black and white, film nior woman. chio.
i do my laundry and fold my clothes. i am such a nice boy.
i have cool earphones. and i will throw 4 parties when i turn 21. :D
Hanxue @ Lip's Dorm
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Republicans in America
"I'm all for Bush, who made this country great again" -Quoted.
Wow. The same Bush who had his infamous bushisms and decided to go to war against Iraq based on WMD reasons. (like Baghdad beans produce farts which pollute the Earth because of Greenhouse gas effect (Which incidentally, Kyoto is not part of his agenda)).
I'm disturbed by that one comment. Classic redneck American from the South, elitism and imperialistic over the rest of the world. (Though they don't show it, but they think it.).
Nice. Really nice. And i have a lot more to blog about, but then, I have a Power, Identity and Resistance class in 25 minutes and I need to refresh Smithian theory in my head before the Prof. comes down on me for my poor understanding of Smith.
lip
ranting
Wow. The same Bush who had his infamous bushisms and decided to go to war against Iraq based on WMD reasons. (like Baghdad beans produce farts which pollute the Earth because of Greenhouse gas effect (Which incidentally, Kyoto is not part of his agenda)).
I'm disturbed by that one comment. Classic redneck American from the South, elitism and imperialistic over the rest of the world. (Though they don't show it, but they think it.).
Nice. Really nice. And i have a lot more to blog about, but then, I have a Power, Identity and Resistance class in 25 minutes and I need to refresh Smithian theory in my head before the Prof. comes down on me for my poor understanding of Smith.
lip
ranting
Sunday, October 09, 2005
The Aim of Frat Parties
Is to get drunk.
.Nuff Said. And it's very sad that's the one and ONLY aim.
Unless you're there to dance, and then you have to contend with groping and dirty dancing with perfect strangers who try to kiss you.
Not good.
So next time, I shall just go to apartment parties, where I can talk to the people there (ahha! More relationship voodoo stuff), and actually get to know them better.
I have to go for Andreas Schiff's Bach concert downtown. Will update later. But this is the first weekend, I didn't even FEEL like drinking, because, alcohol just tastes sooo bad.
lip
ranting
.Nuff Said. And it's very sad that's the one and ONLY aim.
Unless you're there to dance, and then you have to contend with groping and dirty dancing with perfect strangers who try to kiss you.
Not good.
So next time, I shall just go to apartment parties, where I can talk to the people there (ahha! More relationship voodoo stuff), and actually get to know them better.
I have to go for Andreas Schiff's Bach concert downtown. Will update later. But this is the first weekend, I didn't even FEEL like drinking, because, alcohol just tastes sooo bad.
lip
ranting
Friday, October 07, 2005
Getting into the swing of things
After a inordinately long period of time without any academic pursuits, my brain decided to take a vacation and decided that it would not inform me either of its whereabouts or of its estimated return date.
I have resorted to undertaking a quest to search for. and hopefully, find out, the whereabouts of my brain.
After being without it for the first 2 weeks of class, it finally made an appearance at Statistics 23400 today. "Hey lip jin without a brain, i'm back! and therefore, I am going to help you understand what the lecturer is saying!" (I shall not go into the complexities of illustrating how someone can function normally without a brain).
And *poof*. I can understand what the Prof was saying. And thereby, I can actually do my homework and get a decent grade for the class.
Yay!
lip
ranting
I have resorted to undertaking a quest to search for. and hopefully, find out, the whereabouts of my brain.
After being without it for the first 2 weeks of class, it finally made an appearance at Statistics 23400 today. "Hey lip jin without a brain, i'm back! and therefore, I am going to help you understand what the lecturer is saying!" (I shall not go into the complexities of illustrating how someone can function normally without a brain).
And *poof*. I can understand what the Prof was saying. And thereby, I can actually do my homework and get a decent grade for the class.
Yay!
lip
ranting
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
My parents know the existance of my blog
Bad.
Hi dad, Hi mum! Welcome! haha. I'm currently reading objects of Ethonography for Humanities class (Wtf) and trying to figure out how to get my stats book in time for the test next Monday, which I am kinda screwed for because my stats book doesn't arrive until MONDAY!
Yay. Die die die.
lip
ranting
Hi dad, Hi mum! Welcome! haha. I'm currently reading objects of Ethonography for Humanities class (Wtf) and trying to figure out how to get my stats book in time for the test next Monday, which I am kinda screwed for because my stats book doesn't arrive until MONDAY!
Yay. Die die die.
lip
ranting
Monday, October 03, 2005
A brief episode in my life
And so it ends.
Past week has been interesting (especially Hanxue and her drunkedness), and some encounters with the Venusians from Planet Venus. And perhaps, this has awakened my conciousness that, yes, there are other species on the planet earth besides us Martian Men.
And that of course, refers to the Venusian female.
For since 2003, I have been cloistered inside my own emotional wall and that I have been afraid to let it take hold of me again. Some friends have told me to learn to live and love again, but perhaps, it is not so simple and definitely not as rewarding to keep yourself walled up.
So here goes nothing. And Chicago, beware:)
lip
ranting
Past week has been interesting (especially Hanxue and her drunkedness), and some encounters with the Venusians from Planet Venus. And perhaps, this has awakened my conciousness that, yes, there are other species on the planet earth besides us Martian Men.
And that of course, refers to the Venusian female.
For since 2003, I have been cloistered inside my own emotional wall and that I have been afraid to let it take hold of me again. Some friends have told me to learn to live and love again, but perhaps, it is not so simple and definitely not as rewarding to keep yourself walled up.
So here goes nothing. And Chicago, beware:)
lip
ranting
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