I am moving my blog to www.yflcsandi.wordpress.com
Because China blocks my blog.
Everything looks exactly the same, except the outlook.
Thursday, March 20
fluff has taken over rara
My bardie has lost sense of herself in the world of fluff pets. She even allow herself to say cruel words to her bardie (me). If you put her on an island filled with nothing, she would choose a fluff pet, that is, a virtual one, over a coconut. She would feed on fluff pets while her body shrivels and dies. She doesn't even blog now.
The other day she came and IM me, “HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR EGGS FOR THE DAY?’
Caught by surprise, I muttered, “I don’t know?”
Like a daily reminder, I mimicked her. ALSO IN CAPS.
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR VEGETABLES TODAY?”
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TODAY?”
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOU WOMB'S TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY?”
Adding one more…
“Have your done your ARK* of the day?”
*ARK: A Random Act of Kindness. From the movie Evan Almighty.
I HATE IT! I'm going to sue FACEBOOK FLUFF for immortalizing my bardie into some sort of a fluff machine!
The other day she came and IM me, “HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR EGGS FOR THE DAY?’
Caught by surprise, I muttered, “I don’t know?”
Like a daily reminder, I mimicked her. ALSO IN CAPS.
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR VEGETABLES TODAY?”
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE TODAY?”
“HAVE YOU TAKEN YOU WOMB'S TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY?”
Adding one more…
“Have your done your ARK* of the day?”
*ARK: A Random Act of Kindness. From the movie Evan Almighty.
I HATE IT! I'm going to sue FACEBOOK FLUFF for immortalizing my bardie into some sort of a fluff machine!
Wednesday, March 19
Foreclosures are NOT very good ideas of making money.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t think mortgage and foreclosures are very good ideas of making money.
See, one of the ways real estate mo-gus (gurus, millionaires) earn money is to take over mortgages, in other words, buy over foreclosures from the bank at a big heaping discount and sell them off at the market price.
How did this happen?
Well. Prior to that, some people owed some money to the bank. They probably took up a debt, and put their house under mortgage. Or buy a house they cannot finance and took up a 20-year loan. (Meaning, they have to take a certain amount off their paycheck to pay the bank every month) Somewhere along that line, they couldn’t pay up anymore. So the bank says, “I’m taking away your house because you owe me such and such money.”
Now the bank is left with all these houses. The banks doesn’t want houses. The banks want their cash back – the money they loaned out. So they will sell to whoever wants it so that they can recoup some of their cash back. Like my lecturer says, Roy Pipitone, “The banks doesn’t want to be real estate agents, so they sell the houses.”
On the other hand, we have my brother here, Carleton Foxx, helping people get their houses back. How exactly did he do that, I am not sure. (I am asking.)
To be continued…
See, one of the ways real estate mo-gus (gurus, millionaires) earn money is to take over mortgages, in other words, buy over foreclosures from the bank at a big heaping discount and sell them off at the market price.
How did this happen?
Well. Prior to that, some people owed some money to the bank. They probably took up a debt, and put their house under mortgage. Or buy a house they cannot finance and took up a 20-year loan. (Meaning, they have to take a certain amount off their paycheck to pay the bank every month) Somewhere along that line, they couldn’t pay up anymore. So the bank says, “I’m taking away your house because you owe me such and such money.”
Now the bank is left with all these houses. The banks doesn’t want houses. The banks want their cash back – the money they loaned out. So they will sell to whoever wants it so that they can recoup some of their cash back. Like my lecturer says, Roy Pipitone, “The banks doesn’t want to be real estate agents, so they sell the houses.”
On the other hand, we have my brother here, Carleton Foxx, helping people get their houses back. How exactly did he do that, I am not sure. (I am asking.)
To be continued…
Rockefeller
Near the Rockefeller buildings (about 3 rows of them) are Radio City and the NBC Studios and the NBC Candy store.
At the top of the Rockefeller Plaza is the Observation Deck, you go up to the "Top of the Rock" and see...the entire NYC. Another place you can "go up and see the entire nyc" is the Empire State Building.
Merchandise of Heroes, Office, Gray's Anatomy, and many more...
Got my Wonka bar and Whirly Pop in NBC Candy store
These places offers tours and talks about the history of radio and tv in new york city.
Ice-skating Rink at Rockefeller
The Electronic Fountain outside Rockefeller Plaza
Facing the Electronic Fountain is this guy plastered on the entrance of Rockefeller Plaza
He looks like Zeus, God of Greek Gods
John D. Rockefeller. philanthropist. revolutionized the petroleum industry. From Wikipedia.
- Founded the Standard Oil Company and became first U.S. dollar billionaire, and is often regarded as the richest person in history.
- Pioneered the development of medical research and instrumental in the eradication of hookworm and yellow fever..
This was still Day 1.
At the top of the Rockefeller Plaza is the Observation Deck, you go up to the "Top of the Rock" and see...the entire NYC. Another place you can "go up and see the entire nyc" is the Empire State Building.
Merchandise of Heroes, Office, Gray's Anatomy, and many more...
Got my Wonka bar and Whirly Pop in NBC Candy store
These places offers tours and talks about the history of radio and tv in new york city.
Ice-skating Rink at Rockefeller
The Electronic Fountain outside Rockefeller Plaza
Facing the Electronic Fountain is this guy plastered on the entrance of Rockefeller Plaza
He looks like Zeus, God of Greek Gods
John D. Rockefeller. philanthropist. revolutionized the petroleum industry. From Wikipedia.
- Founded the Standard Oil Company and became first U.S. dollar billionaire, and is often regarded as the richest person in history.
- Pioneered the development of medical research and instrumental in the eradication of hookworm and yellow fever..
This was still Day 1.
New York City Day 1
I took a subway from the airport to 34th street, Penn Station, where Manhatten Inn Hostel is about 4 streets away. This, is my first glimpse of the city when I come out of the subway station underground.
The Subway, popular public transport in NYC
Err.... not as new and high-tech as Singapore's MRT. When it came, I thought choo choo train some ler. Inside the train, not very dirty also. I actually got a video of it coming into the station. Don't know where it is now...
The first day in NYC: I walked till my right thigh hurt. Followed by my right knee the next few days.
After taking a nap in Manhatten Inn Hostel, Viv called me up and ushered me into the sun. Says its a good day with no rain.
My first stop: Empire State Building
Andrea at 5th Avenue
Trump Tower, 5th Avenue
Fat Pigeons in NYC!
Finally see life in US.
Everybody's favorite
New York State Public Library
Saks, 5th Avenue, the place Gossip Girls always shop
Live "band" in Saks
Saks
Outside Rockefeller Center
Andrea at Times Square, West 42nd Street
Bright Lights, Big City
*Takes a deep breath*
Viv and I went to the M&M's store
We saw Disco M&M
Wah lao, i think we'll call it a day -- day 1
Tuesday, March 18
Life Without Testosterone
An audio recording of a anonymous man who lost his testosterone. I can't help feeling like he just described me. Me. What I see. What I think when I walk through the streets when I tour (e.g. NYC). Me. What I relate to. God. My most literal understanding of things. It's like having what you always known to be your world, interpreted and described by somebody in words.
A grocery list is enough to satisfy my curiousity. Perhaps, knowing everything is in its place, and beautiful is enough to satisfy me. Yes! Like walking down a street, knowing everything is in its place, and everything is beautiful, like the creator taking a walk down the aisle and admiring his finished work of beauty, is enough to satisfy me.
“Who you are, exists independent of any other forces of the universe. And that’s humbling. And it’s terrifying.”
“People who are deprived of testosterone don’t become incredibly rational, they become nonsensical. Because they do not distinguish between what is or isn’t interesting.”
Describe your thoughts on your morning walk.
“I would see a brick in the wall and I would think: ‘a brick in the wall’. I would see a pigeon and I would think ‘pigeon’. It’s the most literal possible understanding of the world.”
So in this time you’re walking down the street, you’re picking things up, just making these very simple observations.
“Like a grocery list.”
Yeah like a grocery list exactly. You also had a thought that comes to you all the time, right?
“Which is a very strange thing. Which is, that is, beautiful. Everything I saw I thought: that is beautiful... Which is odd-sounding I know, because that sounds like the Judgement of A Person with Passion. But it was the exact opposite. It was thought with complete dispassion. With objectivity.”
“The most mundane sight of the world. A weed in the sidewalk. That’s beautiful. The surgery scars on people’s knees. The bolts in the cars. All of it just seem to have purpose. And I was like, ‘Aw that’s beautiful.’ ”
Why do you think it happened?
“The issue of God comes into the equation to me. Without testosterone, it brought me closer to God. Thinking like God. He sees things as they really are. He sees you as you really are. I was seeing through the skin of things. I was seeing things as they really were. And the objective conclusion, not the judgemental one, the objective conclusion was they are beautiful.”
“Perhaps to see things objectively, is to see all of them, as beautiful.”
“But…you have to understand the thought was expressed in the most flatline, boring way possible.”
I would encourage you to listen to the audio recording if this is like you too.
By Chicago Public Radio, presenting This American Life. Episode 220. Titled Testosterone. Originally aired 30 August 2002.
I beg to differ. I think life without testosterone would be very boring. He said he became very humble. Life without testosterone, without desire, would be very bland. And dead. And lifeless. I would rather have desire. I don't want to live a dead life and walk through day by day like a zombie.
A grocery list is enough to satisfy my curiousity. Perhaps, knowing everything is in its place, and beautiful is enough to satisfy me. Yes! Like walking down a street, knowing everything is in its place, and everything is beautiful, like the creator taking a walk down the aisle and admiring his finished work of beauty, is enough to satisfy me.
“Who you are, exists independent of any other forces of the universe. And that’s humbling. And it’s terrifying.”
“People who are deprived of testosterone don’t become incredibly rational, they become nonsensical. Because they do not distinguish between what is or isn’t interesting.”
Describe your thoughts on your morning walk.“I would see a brick in the wall and I would think: ‘a brick in the wall’. I would see a pigeon and I would think ‘pigeon’. It’s the most literal possible understanding of the world.”
So in this time you’re walking down the street, you’re picking things up, just making these very simple observations.
“Like a grocery list.”
Yeah like a grocery list exactly. You also had a thought that comes to you all the time, right?
“Which is a very strange thing. Which is, that is, beautiful. Everything I saw I thought: that is beautiful... Which is odd-sounding I know, because that sounds like the Judgement of A Person with Passion. But it was the exact opposite. It was thought with complete dispassion. With objectivity.”
“The most mundane sight of the world. A weed in the sidewalk. That’s beautiful. The surgery scars on people’s knees. The bolts in the cars. All of it just seem to have purpose. And I was like, ‘Aw that’s beautiful.’ ”
Why do you think it happened?“The issue of God comes into the equation to me. Without testosterone, it brought me closer to God. Thinking like God. He sees things as they really are. He sees you as you really are. I was seeing through the skin of things. I was seeing things as they really were. And the objective conclusion, not the judgemental one, the objective conclusion was they are beautiful.”
“Perhaps to see things objectively, is to see all of them, as beautiful.”
“But…you have to understand the thought was expressed in the most flatline, boring way possible.”
I would encourage you to listen to the audio recording if this is like you too.
By Chicago Public Radio, presenting This American Life. Episode 220. Titled Testosterone. Originally aired 30 August 2002.
I beg to differ. I think life without testosterone would be very boring. He said he became very humble. Life without testosterone, without desire, would be very bland. And dead. And lifeless. I would rather have desire. I don't want to live a dead life and walk through day by day like a zombie.
Ripley's Believe it or not
"Ripley's Believe it or not" is a physical manifestation of the TV show, where they find some stuff that is out of ordinary and present it to you to ask if you can believe it or not. I expect to see freaky stuff. Instead, i found entertainment like this:
Background:
"Duck and Cover" is a civil defense video message in 1951, teaching people how to protect themselves temporarily should the atomic bomb go off near them.
This is as close to what I remembered from Ripley's as I can. The full version can be found here.
Click here for the parody 2007 version.But, can you believe this??
New York City
I would like to change everything I’ve said about New York City, having now been to the city itself. Everything I said about the city was heard from others.
The streets are not dirty. Not for a city. I think Orchard Road is dirtier. Heck, Buffalo is littered with snow. The pigeons are fat. I see an even mixture of young, old, black, white and asian. The vehicles on the roads are impatient. They horn at everything—pedestrians crossing at a red light, taxi stopping to pick up people, cars which wouldn’t move across a box, drivers who take a little more time to move at a green light because of a jam upfront. The buildings are mostly old-fashioned, medieval looking.
The people are not rude. At least not if you’re polite to them. I saw people shout vulgarities at each other, but not to a lost tourist like me. They offer to help me find my directions a few times when I looked lost.
Dishonest people? I seriously think Chinese can be more cunning than these Whites. These people operate by trust. The competition is how honest verbally you can be. Not how you can outsmart each other.
The streets are not dirty. Not for a city. I think Orchard Road is dirtier. Heck, Buffalo is littered with snow. The pigeons are fat. I see an even mixture of young, old, black, white and asian. The vehicles on the roads are impatient. They horn at everything—pedestrians crossing at a red light, taxi stopping to pick up people, cars which wouldn’t move across a box, drivers who take a little more time to move at a green light because of a jam upfront. The buildings are mostly old-fashioned, medieval looking.
The people are not rude. At least not if you’re polite to them. I saw people shout vulgarities at each other, but not to a lost tourist like me. They offer to help me find my directions a few times when I looked lost.
Dishonest people? I seriously think Chinese can be more cunning than these Whites. These people operate by trust. The competition is how honest verbally you can be. Not how you can outsmart each other.
Everything you said was true.
I’ve been to NYC. Everything you said was true. About the rent. US is going through recession. Many people take on second jobs to pay for their expenses and living. It is not easy. True. But I guess I could get used to it.
I no longer want to ask you to go to NYC for me. I don’t want you to go and ‘die’ with me. I could survive with very little or give myself comfort or distraction with some weird things. But you cannot. You want the Heavens and the Earth. I have the Heavens and Earth from my Heavenly Daddy. My life can be reduced to just Him and me. But you cannot. You want things fixed. And you want them now.
It doesn’t matter if the tools aren’t there. Or the ground you’re digging has no gold. You want it now.
I no longer want to ask you to go to NYC for me. I don’t want you to go and ‘die’ with me. I could survive with very little or give myself comfort or distraction with some weird things. But you cannot. You want the Heavens and the Earth. I have the Heavens and Earth from my Heavenly Daddy. My life can be reduced to just Him and me. But you cannot. You want things fixed. And you want them now.
It doesn’t matter if the tools aren’t there. Or the ground you’re digging has no gold. You want it now.
Monday, March 17
The clubs in NYC are playing 'Lovestoned' a lot
The clubs in NYC are playing 'Lovestoned' a lot, so I went to check his (Justin Timberlake) videos, and then remembered he used to come from N'SYNC. I remembered my favorite video of N'SYNC was 'This I Promise You'. I remembered watching it. I remembered liking it.
N'SYNC - This I Promise You
I remembered all the guys in N'SYNC looked super ugly for a boy band and off-putting except for maybe the lead boy and Justin. I remembered when each their individual faces were featured in the video I felt my puke rising. I remembered getting confused-who is the lead boy, is it Justin or the dark-haired guy. Because Justin was featured a lot in the video along with the dark-haired boy and he sang half the song. I remembered I wish the dark haired boy would stop screeching when it comes to his part of the song. I rather he gave it to Justin.
I remembered liking the forest scenes. The city scenes. The bubbles. The models with their neutral-racial looks.
N'SYNC - This I Promise You
I remembered all the guys in N'SYNC looked super ugly for a boy band and off-putting except for maybe the lead boy and Justin. I remembered when each their individual faces were featured in the video I felt my puke rising. I remembered getting confused-who is the lead boy, is it Justin or the dark-haired guy. Because Justin was featured a lot in the video along with the dark-haired boy and he sang half the song. I remembered I wish the dark haired boy would stop screeching when it comes to his part of the song. I rather he gave it to Justin.
I remembered liking the forest scenes. The city scenes. The bubbles. The models with their neutral-racial looks.
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