been awhile...

... since i have really wrote anything. i wonder if i have changed over the past few weeks. i wonder if my style of writing has changed over the past few weeks.


it has been a pretty hectic 2 months. and finally there is a little bit of time to take a breather. and to consolidate my tots.

it has been raining the whole day today. had nothing much to do the whole afternoon. so, in a kinda pensive mood...felt like going out for a drink. felt like clubbing. as a matter of fact, i was mentally prepared to club last nite. but i took a shower after tennis. and i smell so nice. i decided i shall not waste the nice smell of lux shower gel. the pink one. so i slept. as usual. no brainer.

and tonite, i am in starbucks. taipan. with may. it's raining. not doing much. but it feels nice. to be in the company of a good friend. doing nothing much. should be doing this more often.

o.... corrected...

note corrections in chinese history overview.... thanks to dr c

Negarakuku

teng kiu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a very very big teng kiuuuuuuuuuuuuu to all me wonderful friendssssssssssssssssss....

ming fong
ai wei
angel
selina
yean
lai fong
jenn
keat
yuen
yarly

TENG KIU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love you ppl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for my very super nice brand new EF 50mm f/1.8 II canon lense!!!!!!!!!!!!! which looks like this....

(pending picture)

Special special teng kius to yean and selina for organising this whole thing....lots and lots and lots of lurveeeeeeeeeeeeee

a little bit of bitching...

i hate people who don't know the concept of win-win. a lot of the times, i feel like the goose which lays golden eggs.... and i think a lot of people are out to slay me. cut open my uterus (goose have uterus?) and see if they can get all the eggs immediately.

i am dying to ask "are you STUPID???"

"do i look like mother theresa??? what do you think i am? a non-profit organization????"

sigh.... but i can't. not that i can't. maybe i can. it's a matter of whether i want to. maybe i will.

home sweet home...

we really only appreciate what we have when we no longer have it....

was in beijing/ chengde/ tianjin/ hk for a holiday. beijing has rich history, no blue sky.

hong kong has beautiful people, no space.



i have discovered that i like fresh air. i like blue sky. i like space. i like lots and lots of space....

chinese history overview

correct me if i'm wrong

7 separate provinces/ countries subsequently united by Shi Huang Ti (burnt books)
Ching
Chu
Yuan
Han
Wei
Chao
Chi

Dynasties
Qing (Shi Huang Ti)

Han east
Han west

San guo (3 kingdoms)

Liang Qing east
Liang Qing west

Nan Bei Chow

Tang

Han

Song

Yuan

Ming (16 emporers - 13 tombs in beijing, 1 in nanjing, 1 missing, 1 was put on the floor on the way to the tomb and therefore, cannot be buried where the other emporers were buried)


(Sun Tzu)


Ching (12 emporers - only 10 are recognised as the first 2 are manchurians) vs Hong Fa Wui (Hans)
1st Wang Tai Chi
5th Chen Long (Wan Chu ge ge)
7th Ci Xi's husband (Ci Xi = Empress Dowager)
8th Ci Xi's son
9th Ci Xi's nephew
10th Pu Yi (The last emporer)

~ End of monarchy~

1) Sun Yat Sen (revolution -> Republic of China, after defeating 4 warlords) (trained Chiang Khai Sek)


2) Chiang Khai Sek became president (taking over from Sun Yat Sen)
vs
Communists (there are 2 schools? Russian communists - founder : Chen Tu Siew;
and China (wants autonomy) - Chow En Lai and Mao Tze Dong


3) Then japanese came along (1930?) and sent Pu Yi to Manchu


4) Chiang Khai Sek and Mao Tze Dong joined forces
vs
Japanese


5) Japanese left


6) Chiang Khai Sek (separatist - Kuang Ming Tang) married 3rd soong sister (Ching Ling) fled to Taiwan @ Republic of Taipei during Cultural Revolution
<1930s>
1st Soong sister (Mei Ling) married Sun Yat Sen
2nd Soong sister married a general


7) Cultural Revolution by Mao Tze Dong (1945?) -> communist republic


8) Deng Siao Ping


9) Chiang Tse Ming