To my international readers, this is a film in a Singaporean setting. Nevertheless, It contains a very touching message, which will resonate with any human being. The central theme here is filial piety, or caring for our parents and grandparents. This video really touched my heart, especially towards the ending.
You wil not waste any time watching it. Highly Recommended. 5 Stars out of 5.
Recently I tried to make funny comments on facebook. After it’s posted, I tell myself it isn’t funny. But since I have to make a constant flow of blog posts, here you go. Sarcasm is a good thing.
Just what is fun?
A game of laser tag? A game of paintball? A hearty meal?
a good tv show? a heart to heart chat? a skydive?
fun…
a word to ponder upon in our meaningless world.
In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don’t try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.
When you are content to be simply yourself
and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you
Who uses the word Orient nowadays anyway? I know it refers to Japan, Korea, China, etc, i.e. the Far East. But Orient? Sounds so 1800s.
Anyway, I have a flight from 1pm, San Francisco Time on Jun 24th, to 11.30pm San Francisco Time. That’s 10.5 hours.
When I land, it will be Viva La England!
I was just doing research on market share for the mobile industry, when I realised that the USA has a population that is equal to 5 Western European nations combined. And these are the 5 most prominent Western European Nations.
These are 2008 data.
France 60,765,983
Italy 59,715,625
United Kingdom 60,587,000
Germany 82,217,800
Spain 45,061,270
USA 304,059,724
Does this mean capturing market share in US alone is enough? Well, maybe not.
Because the entire European Union, not just Western Europe, is really large, at 499,673,300.
Well, and also consider China, 1,329,740,000. That is a holy 4 times the size of the USA.
India 1,145,174,000 . And that’s 3.5 times the size of USA.
Well, these are all really pretty useless numbers actually.
Like, they aren’t even my Facebook friends or anything.
Nor are they on my MSN friends list.
Nor my Skype list.
As a segue to my social networking topic, SHOCKINGLY, the number of CLOSE friends one has over Facebook is just 5.
Yes, 5. FIVE.
According to research, over here:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/10057/Social-Networkers-Five-Close-Friends.phtml
Take that, you popular people with over 500+ friends! Only 1% of your friends list is CLOSE to you. HahahaHAHAHHA!
Just kidding.
Snowboarding
An expensive sport to do on a regular basis, but this was done in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
Beach Volleyball
My friend and I watched, not played, beach volleyball in Santa Cruz Beach in California.
Skydiving
Skydiving from a different angle
Skydiving literally takes your breath away.
Meditation, not levitation
I am pretending to meditate (no I seriously do not know how to really meditate and I have no formal training in it) on one of the beaches along the 17-Mile Drive in California.
Baseball
My friend had an extra ticket for a baseball game and so I hopped along to watch this game in sweltering heat. San Jose Giants VS some other minor league team in the San Jose Municipal Stadium.
Basketball
Basketball in the Oracle Stadium in Oakland, California.
Where is American Football? At the point of this post, I can’t seem to find my photos of the Cal Vs Stanford game, otherwise known as the Big Game amongst the students of University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University.
Well, they will come up soon.
Oh gosh, this post was not funny at all. It was about my life. But since it’s my blog, I get free reign. Oh well.
This burger is awesome.
First of all, the title is a joke. This burger did not attack me. Secondly, it was a very delicious burger. To order it, you go to In and Out, a fast-food restaurant chain in the United States, and say “I’d like a Four by Four, please”.
Yes, this burger is the Four by Four. It’s not displayed on the physical menu in the In and Out Chains. It’s available on the not-so-secret menu on their website. I accidentally discovered that this burger was available when I pulled over in my car in the drive-through window and said, “What’s your biggest burger here?”.
And yes that is my hand, and yes those are 4 huge delicious meat patties – with delicious melting cheese. Yum, yum, yum. Take it all in…
Indulgence is so… indulging.
I think people with below par grammar or spelling should really try to improve their language. Just so that their sentences are more pleasing to the eye. But of course, I applaud their courage for even at least making the effort to try. And thank them for at least having communicated.
I am a grammar and spelling tyrant. But I don’t correct people on the spot or in public when they make these errors. Etiquette books and human societal norms say that’s too rude.
So I take the path of the coward pedant and correct them on my blog. Take for example this sentence in an email I received from University staff:
Pls be reassured that your feedback is confidential and it will not affect your grade for the course if you really provide the truth feedback or any negative feedback.
First, since “assured” wasn’t mentioned before this or after this, there is no need to add a “re” in front of the “assured”.
Second, there is no such thing as “truth feedback”, only “truthful feedback”.
Thirdly, the writer is assuming that “truth feedback” has a negative connotation, by writing “will not affect your grade for the course” in front. In fact, truthful feedback can be very positive as well.
And lastly, in “really provide the”, “really” is really not necessary. The word can be omitted from that sentence.
Well, being grammatically correct is not always important. Succint communication is important as well. But, this blog was meant to be funny. And one way to be funny is to laugh at other’s mistakes or yourself. This time, I’m not laughing at myself.
