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There's control and There's Control 2008-08-05 21:23:00 [Cloned Labs]Isn't it ironic that one of the two infamous dog-killing/eating nations has commercialised genome-mapping?Frankly, this passionate dog fancier is torn... What I would do to have my darling Pup snoozing without a care in my arms again. But... no, he's never coming back. Even if cloned, "it" wouldn't be the same Being. Am not against science - on the contrary; genome projects will proba Read more:Control
Usurpers: Part II 2008-08-05 21:15:00 [Google, You Suck]People who haven't suffered unwanted attention from psychopathic stalkers often suggest that being stalked is complimentary on some levels. Believe me, you wouldn't feel loved/adored if you had to fear for your safety; if your burly male friends have to escort you home (just in case); if your boyfriend's safety is often compromised; if you have to keep changing your phone numbers
Please Sir, Can I Have Some More? 2008-07-31 22:08:00 Of Wanted, Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said: "It looks as if it has been written by a committee of 13-year-old boys for whom penetrative sex is still only a rumour, and the resulting movie plays like a party political broadcast on behalf of the misogynist party..." If Bradshaw was trying to dispel the rumours of his being the world's oldest living virgin with equipment hang-ups to boot, his effort w Read more:Please
Vegetarianism Rules 2008-07-30 16:20:00 This is a beautiful story... Christian the lion reminds me of my darling Pup. Anyway, do follow the links and watch this wonderful rekindling of friendship:The short version (the reunion): Read more:Rules
Propaganda Overdose 2008-07-30 03:28:00 China is so hot right now - you know why: the Killer Anti-Human-Rights Beijing Olympics (a.k.a. a re-enactment of Nazi Berlin 1936) - even though I am boycotting it in my own way, it's still in my face wherever I go (money, too much money). So, in the spirit of the so-called One World, One Dream (whatever the bloody hell that means in the CCP psyche), let's at least have some fun with... the fashi Read more:Overdose
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Nothing Sweet 'Bout Me 2008-07-24 21:26:00 [Not Here]Apparently, it's terrible manners to comment on others' dietary preferences (or general choices in Life, for that matter). However, not employing Jamie Oliver's shock tactics (to change consumption habits), say, has yielded me a mere handful of converts to vegetarianism in the last few years. [Mind, Psychology 101 infers that people generally live to please others; they desire/need affir Read more:Nothing
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Scottie Tails 2008-07-24 04:09:00 These Scottie
s are hilarious and very well-travelled:PS: They're also here. Read more:Tails
Ethical Empowerment 2008-07-23 03:50:00 Something I can no longer observe in silence is seeing/hearing adequately-educated people idolising God in front of (impressionable) children.It's abominable. ...There exists one school of thought that loves and cares for all with minimal conditions, you know. This school of thought empowers one to be as spiritual as one needs to be - worship Nature, if one must; meditate on the workings of the Un
Usurpers of Goodness 2008-07-23 03:38:00 An old university pal told me about her "exciting" dalliances with her newly-married colleague... People often share with me sordid imageries I have no desire whatsoever to contaminate my mind/heart/soul with - more often than not, I sense that they savour the challenge of "corrupting" another. It's irritating beyond belief. For starters, I won't be able to look at another corporate boardroom with Read more:Goodness
Random Nonsense 2008-07-21 03:12:00 Marcel Pagnol is the Heart of Provence, so goes the saying. Losing myself in his beautiful childhood memoirs when I was a wee lass certainly piqued my interest in his region of birth. As an adult, I make an effort to reread them every so often so as to keep cynicism at bay. Not long ago, I finally understood that the affection/admiration I've long reserved for M. Pagnol has much to do with the sim Read more:Nonsense
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Feasting on Carcasses (and Karma?) 2008-07-21 03:10:00 [Still Trying]My Go-Vegan initiative is not going well at all (I like some shoes, some bags, some cheeses & dairy-tainted espresso drinks), but a basic vegetarian lifestyle is thankfully rather easy to maintain. [I won't stop trying to convert others and myself to veganism in the name of animal liberation.]In case you still need to be convinced however, here's another incentive for those of yo
Live the Life If You Dare 2008-07-18 03:45:00 Chris Martin seems a bloody decent and affable bloke. But oh-boy... his voice - now that, is an acquired taste. In order to listen to him fronting Coldplay, it's imperative to develop an immunity of sorts against whiny, effeminate sounds. However, if you do have immunity, you certainly won't be sorry with Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. It's the best Coldplay album by a mile and a half;
Happy Boys 2008-07-18 03:32:00 This is hilarious:PS: GP refuses to be caught.PPS: New Fur Kid not yet born... Read more:Happy
Ranting On 2008-07-17 04:00:00 Why I Am In A 10-Minute Bad Mood:1. Realpolitik.For a while I really thought 2008 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tell some blood-thirsty dictators to xxxx off once and for all get stuffed. However, with the exception of a couple of world leaders (e.g. Dr. Angela Merkel), most (including my own PM) will be extraordinarily busy axx-kissing in Beijing come 08-08-08. One can only imagine how
Coherence is Nothing 2008-07-17 03:58:00 [How Could You?!]That geriatric with the most-ridiculous red shoes continues to wreak havoc over here; divide and conquer has served his Clergy well over two millennia, after all. Today, he ranted on the ills of "false idols and promises". A tad rich coming from someone who can't prove his "Maker" actually exists and keeps putting off The Second Coming. So. Whatever. Still, what exactly is a false Read more:Nothing
Hanging Out With Lunatics 2008-07-14 21:36:00 [I Ain't Gloating]If you think we're suffering unprecedented resource scarcity these days, wait 3-4 decades when our global village must satisfy the needs of 9.5 billion people. Yet, the likes of Cardinal George Pell (also a right-wing racist homophobe + promoter of HIV/AIDS infections + closet defender of paedophile priests) believe the answer to global social problems is for the West to populate Read more:Hanging
The Road 2008-07-09 15:20:00 This book had been sitting (out of sight) on my night table for over a year: I knew I had to read it, but I was doing everything possible to avoid the suffering. Last night, I finally plucked up the courage and read it in under two hours. If my recollection is right, I started bawling uncontrollably from page 280-ish. The Road is one of the best books I have read and perhaps too, one of the most r
Possession 2008-07-08 04:03:00 [Dordogne Farmhouse]Not long ago, the Clan Elders voted to demolish the 130+ year-old house my Great-Grandfather built (some parts of it with his own hands). Nobody asked for my opinion (of course), but I was devastated.It's not that the house was habitable (without extensive restoration) or that, I even contemplated living there (in southern Ta1wan). In less-lucid moments, I simply mourned the lo Read more:Possession
Galling Behaviour 2008-07-08 03:55:00 [Still #1]#1. The media writing off Roger Federer: RF battled for nearly five hours, then lost the match in the fifth set to Rafael Nadal (9-7); he remains the most complete tennis player ever lived and is still in his prime. Moreover, he is one of only two people to have won five consecutive Wimbledon titles (the other is Björn Borg). If (and this is a humongous IF) Rafa can out-do Roger's recor Read more:Behaviour
Microfinance As Key 2008-07-04 03:17:00 This is a collection of short films about the exploitation of children (and the loss of childhood/innocence to poverty/social indifference + inertia) by the likes of Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing), Kátia Lund (City of God) and Ridley Scott (Gladiator).Some stories are much better than others - I loved Kátia Lund's beautiful Joao and Bilu (the endearing Brazilian optimism and warmth made me smile
On With the Tirade 2008-07-04 03:15:00 Forgive me for being candid: I feel repulsed whenever people erroneously allude to F0rmosa as "Chinese" (what they really mean is "Han-Chinese"). First, I am disgusted with myself for caring at all (i.e. it doesn't bode well with my ideal of global unity). But much more than that, I find any association with the demonic/tyrannical/amoral Invading Han-Chinese Nationalists (KMT) and their nuke-wield Read more:Tirade
Who Needs Alcohol? 2008-07-03 03:41:00 I am not ashamed to admit that I've done some utterly stupid things no thanks to my love of accents. Anyway. My favourite is that sing-song Southern German/Bavarian/Austrian one (no matter how dull the conversation is). That is, unless this ♥ Russian-Tatar-Catalan ♥ opens his mouth:Normally I do not like the Spanish accent (although Castilian is beautiful, the Spanish drawl is super-annoying). Read more:Alcohol
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Highs & Lows 2008-07-03 03:39:00 EIU sends me freebies for toying with answering their bloody stupid/tedious surveys. Two recent ones: Guide to Hedge Funds & Pocket World in Figures 2008 Edition.I shan't bore you to tears with the first book (or to a premature heart attack what with the state of the global financial market atm). The latter however, yielded a few interesting findings.Amusing Tidbits:1. Tokyo is the world's big
The Kindness of Strangers II 2008-07-02 03:33:00 [Not GP]Oooooh! People, I've found a home for the poor GP in the backyard! S/he has been crying a bit of late - not from the cold I think nor from a lack of food (on the contrary?), but due to loneliness methinks: guinea pigs are social animals.The cries are really distressing. I couldn't tolerate his/her suffering any longer so I contacted a few animal shelters with a No-Kill Policy. One kindly/c Read more:Kindness
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Super Highlanders 2008-08-21 22:18:00 I am in love with these two Highlanders. She is Twinkles from New Zealand: He is Donut from Canada: Read more:Super
What Century is This? 2008-08-20 22:09:00 In the recent months, I've noticed that people Down Under (ah, I loathe this expression) have taken to asking "what nationality are you?" when they mean to say "what ethnicity are you?". [Nobody's bothered me with this thus far, by the way. I don't hang around ignorant rednecks.]This never happened when I was a child, growing up here. Why now?...Asking someone's ethnic background is really in poor Read more:Century
Despicable Waste of Money 2008-08-20 02:43:00 [The Machine]Fret not, I am far too disillusioned to write about politics right now (all politicians bar Angela Merkel, Mike Bloomberg and Ing-Wen Tsai can go jump off a cliff). I just want to get some things off my chest about competitive sports:1. What exactly is the point of handball? How about beach volleyball, BMX (I ain't kidding), steeplechase (it's just so weird), trampoline, boxing, baske Read more:Money
Ab¡an, Go Kill Yourself 2008-08-18 03:41:00 Some of you may recall: in this Blog's previous incarnations, I tirelessly defended him. His record until now was exemplary, see - I refer especially to his fight for justice and human rights (which put him in KMT's firing line)... Yet deep down, I confess I always knew his wife was going to be his downfall, someday. We need wait no longer: it's official. [In response to the scandal.]I am so disap Read more:Yourself
Sleeping Dogs... 2008-08-15 04:00:00 [Weekend Sewing Project I] Whenever I post memes, it really means: (a) I am stressed out beyond belief, (b) I can't be bothered thinking (that is, more than usual) and (c) I feel strongly that at least one other person should suffer along with me (am considerate if nothing else). Thank you very much for your kind understanding:1. Does someone love you? You can tell an American started this meme ju Read more:Sleeping
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