Saturday, July 24, 2004

Chicken wing or how old?

My class went to Children recreation center yesterday, we're bounch of 16th haggin in small children out-theme park. Even though the sun so strong and hot, our 'Big' size didn't be obstacle for us to enjoy it, act silly, and fulfill our children's games where we haven't done or in our life. I able to make me skin a bit darker, yes.... Sexy, here I come....
I saw a lovely young mother (+/- 28years) carrying a cute little baby, I stand next to her and say hi, I smiled and said"...... Ci Thuei(Chicken bones)?............." her face expression changed instantly then i realized i said the wrong words, " i mean.... Ci Shuei(How old)". I was so ashamed and try not to leave to show my gentlemen side, so then i said sorry and luckily some friends came and say nice things to her. :) This problem happens a lot, especially for someone who tried to learn other language. I was so lucky she/her husband didn't slap me or yelled at me in the public.

How long can you stand ur self?

 It's not a story about some sin that you keep doin all over again, but it's actually about my hair, why? because in the past 6 years I've never had a different hair style. I'm so bored with my hair style, I even dream few times of having a long hair where maybe can look cool in my asian look. I promised my self not to cut it until it's long, but again i failed to keep my promises.
It was started six years ago in high school, i often colored my hair, red, gold, yellow, white, dark blue, green, etc. every time it became dry, bit curly, and a very bad color after the color fade(2month), I cut my hair. But every time, until the middle of my cheek i can't stand with my no style, weird look hair style, so then i cutted it again. Now my hair just naturally curly in which i don't like it, and no body believe me where i used to have a straight hair.

Today, I actually didn't regret 2 cut, it just that the stylist, chinese women with a bad body aroma and her deodorant hair was hanging so near my face while she cut, never tries putting much effort to listen my opinion. I told her with my minimum chinese that I want a little bit short and spike style, it only takes 3 second then she said she understood. She got it wrong model, then i showed her my photo when i had my short hair, and -again- it only took 3 sec for her, to start the cut, and again it's hell wrong model. Having not even hair cut in my expectation of looking nice and neat, really shocked me. I think about the things that i can buy with this money... hmmmm...... so now i'm thinking of getting a real bold head. I'm sorry for not being patient to my self, please don't do the same mistake like i did. 

Monday, July 19, 2004

Westin Taipei Hotel

July 18, had my cheap fried rice (with a very natural Ingredient, sweat) lunch at 1.30 with some of friends, it was nice, 65NT for a big portion. we canceled our planned to watch "The House of Flying Dagger"cause many people say that the half end story were ridiculous so we went to meet friend's uncle, that worked at a restaurant. Have no idea how it would be, and we're half full, we went there, get losed a little bit, stopped a while at The Hooters to see a cool funny toilet, now I know why they called it the Hooters. Almost like Hard Rock Cafe, but they have the sexy hooters 'servin'. hahahaha.....

After 15 minutes walk around some building, we found it, it was WESTIN TAIPEI Hotel, we walked in, it's 5 star Hotel, new design, shines everywhere, slow expensive music. We walked to the second floor, lookin for her uncle, almost walked to the executive lounge, then some one called us with a cool chef hat (Her uncle), we're surprised and without saying anything he asked the waiter a table for us, a nice expensive(NT.850/person) buffet for 5 person. The food were very different with our 2month same meal cafetaria, hahaa.. what a relief. Adam was so hysteric, it's really out of our plan, but still we force our self to eat as many as we can. All the food is great but the best thing for me is, they provide Hagen Daaz ice cream all you can eat, even though only 3 flavour left, still..... Hagen Daaz, the shinnin restroom, the 3 level cookie plate, indoor palm tree, even the executive chef came to our table to greet us. So Great...

It's been a long time since i had my last nice buffet. During my work experience, I missed my free expensive buffet with clients(Reimbursement, of course!). I remember one of my best meal, a private buffet prepared just for me from one of my client (Rest. Owner), it was sunday morning, I went to a fancy restaurant with my girl friend, her littler sister and my future parent in law. what amazing is they put my name on the table, I'm so honoured, I dressed cassual, they were surprised the guess were so young, they didn't recognice me, as I look much older in working outfit. It was a great day. Thanks every one, for all the help and support during my work experience. I miss you all. 
 
Now, I really miss the time, pressure, stress, marketing target, and many prospective clients..... but as we all know, workin in company where have different 'perspective' with the worker can be real barrier for gaining a better future, sometimes we just end up, being old without any security assurance from company and dumped out. WHY.....???

Love your country or loved ones ???

I watched Hitler, the raise of evil (2003) film in English was OK, He was a failed artist whose love of beauty turned into a hunger for destruction. Adolf youth was marked by failure and failure, never be true to his family, lie is what he's great at. "The bigger lie you make, the more people believe it"

There is no doubt that Hitler's greatest gift as a leader was his ability to influence the masses. His speeches were delivered with an intensity and fervor that demanded belief. He captivated people by playing on their emotions and by providing a spectacle of power in a nation drained by its defeat in World War 1. His fanaticism allowed for no compromise. Great power is promised in front of ur eyes, Who don't want power?

For me, they exaggerated Hitler, like he's such a hero/evil all his time 24/7. But actually what amaze me is the driven women for Hitler, after her third meeting with him. Never had a long conversation before, Hitler just told her that she'd given him inspiration to move on with his true germans dream and the other chance was, kneel down with a sharp look, beggin for affection, she really driven and forget bout her family after it, somethin that was describe as a happy family GONE instantly. For i'm just too afraid if those kinna things would happen to our life, all the dream that were built together, vanish like it'd no meaning at all. I can see the power of love can come without any spoken words, and the power of love can change someone's life 180 deg.

"The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing"


OCAC and Taiwan

July 17th, we had our Ocac meeting at the police college Taiwan, so many overseas chinese came, from Overseas Chinese Learning/Shi Da is 280 students(23 Country), Love Boat 400students, and Guan Mo Tuan, I'm not sure but looks like at least 100students. So many chinese people from all over the world, every one speaks their own languange, think their own culture way, dress like their own country style but we all have the same root, we can see even a little of chinese look or Chinese habit in every one. Besides talking English, we help our self to communicate with each other in Chinese.
I had to perform a Taiwan sign language, very differ from other group that perform Cool dance, mini orchestra music, drama spoken with a good chinese, etc. (can't u believe that Taiwan sign language is different from American Sign Language, isn't suppose to be international, WHY??), it was a great experience, too bad that they don't have the monitor to help audience from the back seat to see clearly of what we're doin on the stage. What really helps is friend from Shi Da that give full support to us by standing ovation and dance during we perform that really liven the atmosphere there. Thanks Friend.
 
I shaked hand with Taiwan's Vice President, Mrs. Lu Hsiu Lien, even though her 15 minutes speech is too political for students at 17th yeras old average age, maybe that's why we only pay half of our trip here, just for that 15 minutes speech, but she's still so cool, she brings the Taiwan's dream of existance in the world every where she go, and I respect that. I also get the chance to thanks the minister of OCAC, Mrs. Fu Mei Chang, face to face, I'm really sincere, cause so many friends and relative in Indonesia wonder why i chosen Taiwan (Traditional Chinese Charcter) than PRChina (Simplified), after study for 2 1/2month at Shi Da, I believe i improve a lot, I can listen and communicate to some local people with the most important language beside English. OCAC really treaten us like family, if it's not for OCAC, I will not come to Taiwan. Go Taiwan!!!

Monday, July 05, 2004

Facing an affair...

I watched 'In the mood for love'(2001) the other day, set in 1962 Hong Kong, where neighboring apartment dwellers Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) discover that their oft-absent spouses are having an affair. This realization parallels their own mutual attraction, but fidelity and decency ensure that their intimate bond remains unspoken though deeply understood.
the story almost like one of my favorite movie, 'Cousins' (1989, Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini), met at a family wedding and being left alone while their mates steal away(having an affair), the two spouses commiserate about their cheating partners, and they eventually find themselves falling in love and hiding their burgeoning relationship from the people they care about the most. A story as much about family ties as it is about finding romance in the most unlikely of places.

both about an affair of their spouses, where in the end, they end up facing their own feeling, in Love "Very Powerful word, especially in situation like that"

The different is the ending:
Cousins, it ended where they put guts to break all odds and live together, go sailin around the world with they real loved ones.(Divorce and all that crab)
In the mood for love, ended in very true asian culture, where we're suppose to not disgrace family name by divorce or having relationship with someone that already marriage.

If this kinna dilemma ever happen to you, what will you do? sometime culture really makes us suffer more, so many things aren't suppose to do.
"I'm tryin to make chicken salad than chicken sh*t" Cousin - Ted Danson

I often wonder why this kinna things should happen, why we're so weak in our feeling, does it make us strongger or weaker?

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Osama, will him helps or make it worse

What's ur idea? do you think by killin osama will stop all the terrorism act or it makes the things even worse. That's what me and my friend talked about last night. He study Laws and I come from the place -where i personally think -many terrorist.
He believe, if Osama were killed by Americans that will make the fanatics more believe to all Osama idea and more loyal, and the terrorist act will be even worse. cause normally, after a person died, people will think twice of his idea, especially if you're dead by your believe that makes you like a martyr.
After compromising some point of view, What I believe is the other way around, cause what i notice from movie clips of some fanatics spiritual leader that i saw, I saw a great burning power that ruled the believers mindset. It offers power and the feelin to able do all the things u want without spesific border.

This is all my personal opinion, just a big crab, fill my time try to think why all the things like this would happen in this world.

why

I am very interested with the JFK assasin, wheter it's a conspiracy or not, we'll never know. Though I'm not american, but live the life where we're we have to guess/wonder what's the truth is really suffering.
I grew up in somewhere Asia, where I believe, lies so many fake history that really makes me wanna get out of there. I love you but i hate you, my country.
I see America, as a nation where freedom in used a base, after 100some year -civil war- now, the country stand as a very strong and powerful country.
I see Japan, where the people are very hardworker -personal opinion- after 50some years -Hiroshima Bomb- now Japan have a big influence in the world, business and technology. Cool - way to go Japan.
I Wonder about the Japanese hostage were released by the fanatics, but why some Korean were murdered, what really happen behind all the news. Why this kind of things have to happen??
why in the world like this, war still happen, children dies from some weird reason and haven't see the beauty of this world. If Only we could be less selfish and do things for others, there will never be a war or history lies.

my bike tell a story

It's about my bike, I live in the place where i believe, people more notice of our appereance than our mind.
As a single son, raised up by a single mother, is not easy for mom to allowed me to ride a motorcycle -there's none in my close family that ride a motorcycle-. I ask because as a non local look person, it's not easy for me to take the public transportation where crime and discrimination happen many times. My school is 15 minutes journey by bike or 1 1/2 hour by car during the rush hour.
Begged her for 2 years, 'the risk is too much' that's what she said all the time, near my 15 birthday and because we don't afford to buy a car also in addition of a more serious safety situation that time, she finally bought me a 4 month second hand small bike(110 cc). Ride it with pride and a little snobb feelin for 2 years.
For the first year, as a teenager that easily influenced, makes me fell out of my bike so many times. I often didn't wear helmet and do racing after school breaks (where look so cool and macho). It didn't stop, where after that I begged for a big motorcycle like Honda NSR 150 -The best cool looking bike at that time- She told me 'We don't have enogh money,honey', as a very spoiled son, i never thought about it, just kept on hurtin and force her to buy it. She bought me a bigger bike -not NSR- where the look still so stylish, then I modified it that worth more than the bike itself. Livin crazy like a cool renegade where many bikers give a good response of my bike makes me eager of people recognition.
After bored with that bike, hurtin my mom feelin again by askin a new model, limited edition Honda NSR, I got it also. After 2 month, I started to realized all the not good side, I read so many article in the local newspaper where stealin bike is just a stab in the middle public and nobody didn't give a damn shoot, also deep down inside I realized that i was snobb and think i'm better than other with that cool bike i had. Ride it for 3 month and sold it where it only takes a day of advertisement.
It's been 3 years now, I ride a small bike that worth only 400 US$., where some of my friends even made jokes that it looked worse than the post officer bike. I started to learn many things of life other than bike, bout priority in life, so many things were not in the good order. Sometimes we just bought cheap things without thinkin of it use in our needs. I proud that i still have that bike, where now, after workin two years full time in a top Bank in my country during my university time and helping mom on her business (this helps a lot), I bought my own old but very convinient car, study abroad for 6 month (Half price by goverment subsidized, here I am now) and laptop that worth much more than my bike.
I'm so proud of my mom that give me all the trust to grow up to be a mature person. Thank you mom, I Love You.

Drive inexpensive cars but own the best house you can afford :)