Russia!

The US must be pretty embarrassed by now on the incidence of Georgia. The trick played by Russia is definitely wise and stunning, given the fact that it mimes the model what NATO got used to on other countries (Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq etc) and uses it back on the NATO itself. Well, it is clear that this time Georgia is in fault timing the attack during the Olympics and wishes to involve the US, and called ceasefire once the Russian army started 'helping' the attacked territories defending and realized that the US is not gonna help.

Russia took the chance and swung a big slap right at the face of the NATO, then recognizes the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. See what US says? Separatists? Why don't they recognize themselves as separatists while separating Yugoslavia? Well given the Yugoslavian government is evil in NATO's eyes, what is so good about the Georgian one in Russian eyes?

I'm proud of Russia this time, even if only by the smart trick it played.

China, a Giant in Sports?

I know that China is leading the medal tally in the Beijing Olympics, however, I don't think number of gold medals represents a country's level in terms of sports, this is especially not true under China's government funded 'professional' athletes.

I don't see any other countries than China ever establish so-called 'college of sports', where you don't do much other than training. Such colleges are government-funded and aim for the medals in Olympics solely. While the trainings inside the college is evil, i.e. one will easily be beaten up for making a mistake something like that in training. The athletes, in their youth years, knows almost nothing more than training and competition. Not only had the prolonged training ripped of the right of the athlete being educated normally, to the age of retire from their career as an athlete, they may probably suffer chronic injuries from it. I've heard a former gold medaller of women's 10,000m running suffers so seriously from the training that she cannot even walk for long distances and her feet is distorted. She cannot work as a PE teacher due to her injuries, her whole life is ruined by the training. And, this is only one of the countless cases of athletes don't get a job and suffering for the whole life thanks to the training and gold medals.

Outside the 'college of sports' the sport is completely different. There are some sports such as badminton and table tennis that have a massive base of popularity among the mass, it is no wonder that Chinese people can do well in such sports and these gold medals are the only ones China deserves. The others, well, which woman else the hell in China does weight lifting of hundreds of kilos other than the ones inside the training just for the fun of it?

Actually for many of the sports that China had a gold medal on, at least half of the citizens had never touched it ever in their whole life! Diving? Rings anyone?

Besides, the physical education outside the 'college of sports' are extremely poor. For anyone in the 3rd year of middle school or high school in China, you can see PE classes are around one session out of 40 per week if not completely eliminated in there timetable. And if you ask the students, they will probably tell you that many of these one per week session are looted by other subjects, simply because PE is not essential for graduating and move onto the higher level of education!

Well what Chinese people concern is solely on the number of the gold medals gained, they never ask the value of each medal, well if Chinese boys could ever get a gold medal in men's soccer in my life extend, I think I will be more than happy to admit that all of the above is bullshit and fly a blood flag cheering for China.

WHITE SENSATION!!

I couldn't be any more exited to get the ticket in the first possible stage for the White Sensation Party this New Year's Eve!!

Just see the video, which was the 5th July one held in Amsterdam. already can't wait!!

Minor Miracle

I bought some German beer from Aldi the other day as they were on sale. And before I finish them, I found my gum stopped bleeding! Amazing, although I'm not quite sure if there's a definite link between the two. Stop spitting red foams while brushing my teeth would never be bad though.

Recently

I've been pretty hazy these days. I should have finished my prac book by now but it was not yet halfway. I know I got another week for it but I really don't want to spend the rest of my holiday working on that 30 page book... Now, who can tell me who is the "classic" producer in Sicily for Nero D'Avola? I know I'll have to Google such and dive into the ocean of frauds to get some usful information because I can't even find the answer on Wikipedia... Grrr...

My gum's been bleeding for quite a few days and for no reason. Especially when I brush my teeth, I spit red foams. I don't even know where the blood was from because I can't see a cut or anything. It's just there, bleeding.

Been a pretty crappy day yesterday. I don't touch basketball as someone knows me may know. I was dragged to a basketball field and standing at the side alone doing almost nothing for more than one hour, extremely upset but what else can I do? I just shouldn't have accepted to be there. It was so stupid just to telling that me ridden a bike there and stand for an hour then ride back. And when I was back home I found a birthday present for me, which is the one that I was most looked forward to this year, had been attempted delivered and no one's home! And the delivery people had left me a wrong consignment number that I cannot get it redelivered until tomorrow! I was so pissed off and helpless, but all that is left to do is wait.

The photos taken on my birthday is seen today... I don't know why I look so fat and my face perfectly round! I hate that and I'll have to work harder on my Wii Fit. Well, mentioning that, I had not touched it for over a week now cos last week was a real busy one and I've been trying to sleep back those times these days...

Ya better off for it now.

Difference

I noticed recently that many Chinese college or university students are complaining that their teacher doesn't allow them to cheat in the examination... What is wrong with them! They sound like cheating is perfectly justified because everybody does it, without thinking of what cheating actually is! I feel quite a bit of mercy to these guys but more of a despise. I can't understand why the student don't do what they should during term time and end up cheating in the exam to get a pass for the subject while they learn absolutely nothing after getting a diploma for the degree they are doing!

The overly extended intake of universities in China has been causing a huge problem, which makes people disrespectful the bachelor and even master degrees because it sounds like everybody is getting one. As the teaching resources are not capable in amount with the need of the students overly taken, resulting in horrible sacrifice of quality of education, and hence further reduce the value of the degree. Adding those guys that shouldn't be qualified for entry of universities entering and struggling with it, you could imagine.

The pay for the graduates, on the other hand, is horrible. A bachelor from a regular university would probably accept an office job paying under two thousand Yuan per month. What's the concept? In a regular city the rent of a regular apartment room for the person would be 600-800 Yuan per month, food is at least 15 Yuan per day, eating out would cost more than 30 per person. A T-shirt not from luxury brands costs about 100-200 Yuan. Transportation would be around 5 Yuan per day. That means a graduate might not even afford average everyday living costs. Now, what about the tens of thousands of Yuan that his/her parents thrown onto the higher education? There's not only no sign of higher pay in reward for the input, the graduates are even suffering from poverty after expensive higher education, isn't that ridiculous enough?

Not trying to give suggestions here. The universities is not to be blamed for extended intake. Parenting is different in China that all kids are expected to finish university no matter what they are actually into. This is a big problem itself as with the population boom and place of universities limited. The government's probably forcing the universities to extend intake to please parents without considering bigger disaster following up.

University, as well as other higher educations, should be offered and "Elite Education", people who are not really keen to or able to receive a university level education should not be pushed into universities, I would rather be happier to see them earn their own living early with some skills instead of struggling in the universities playing tricks for a pass and ruin the image of university as well as graduates.

It is gone quite a bit off title but I ain't keen to hold it back for such long days, so here it goes.

Round Trip, the Other Way Though

Back in Melbourne more than one hour late from Gold Coast as Qantas engineers strike delays my Jetstar flight... When the bus reach Southern Cross it's like 12:20 so no wonder no trains or trams anymore on a weekday... Took a cab home and have to change the linen something and take a shower, bed at about 2.

Turn back a bit.

I don't remember I have ever cried like that in a bus, well actually I haven't been crying for quite a long while, and I don't even know what it is for. We'll definitely meet again right? It doesn't work that way no matter what right? Why is it like something very important that I lost somehow while I've never had it? I know I did seem weird taking up two seats with my backpack, sobbing and looking around a crowded bus through my tears, I meant to stop it but I just can't help until it was like fifteen minutes to the airport that I managed to calm down. I tried to make myself cry last night on the bed but it did not work until I am writing such stuff now.

It's maybe that hug. I finally work out.

You remind me too much about that person I guess, whom I had never hugged like that from the front. I've not been imagining the scene we say good bye, but I never expected I would cry as I was like forgot how to, I managed not to cry in front of you though. You weren't easy at that stage as well, I could see that.

Home (not mine though)

I haven't been getting used to sitting at that table on the floor crossing my legs as I told you my durability is horrible, plus the sore legs I had from that climbing. So I have been virtually lying and shifting while we were talking. I noticed that you didn't get used to look at me while we talk, that makes sense though as following what you told me later. I've been enjoying all those chats like that, very much, and I don't think I have ever talk about all those stuff to a friend face-to-face... Bit too embarrassing isn't it? Sometimes for me, but I guess it gets lots worse if I were chatting to somebody else.

Mt. Warning

All I hope is that while that large woman went pass very quickly me saying sorry on the way down she didn't hear me say 'inertia'... The rental car stuff had been very frustrating throughout the day as we almost hit on all the tricks that stupid company made...

Dream World

Bit of regret not having played Tower of Terror, not the other one though... Well if I were having someone to go with whom I could grab while falling and screaming, I would probably go.

Brisbane city

I was to say that it was bit like Sydney with a botanic garden in CBD that I realized that Melbourne has one as well... Difference is, there's not much stuff special in the Melbourne one as far as I remember, while all what Sydney botanic garden had left in my memory was the annoying flies, this one in Brisbane is actually pretty nice, I think I only mean the wet land ecosystem part beside the river looking over to Kangaroo point though. walking in there was a pretty good relax.

Picasso

The one currently showing in GoMA is not actually all Picasso's work, instead, was his own collection of some of his work and the others. The show's been pretty nice but takes too long and I didn't know that prior that I got hungry at about 2/3 of it and had to rush through the rest and run out for a Subway. Well the other bad thing for travelling alone is that I would feel weird entering gourmet restaurants alone, which ends up junk food all the way...

BEAT

The last stop of my pub tour on the first night. Not much actually, only thing is I promised a crazy girl that I will say goodbye before leaving while I actually ended up not finding her before leaving... Well I doubt I had put any effort on that though...

Brisbane Airport

Like always, feeling bit of dizzy arriving a strange city. Worked out my way to the hotel without much trouble though. The train stop I was to get to is closed... I realize that it should be the case in Brisbane just like showground in Melbourne as well. It's alright though it only takes a 10-minute walk from Brunswick St station anyway. One thing embarrassing is just that the train opens theirs doors in a different way than Melbourne trains does as the button is not on the door...

Melbourne Airport

Been arriving early, a big Boost just kept me running to toilets...

Sheep Counting

It had become pretty frustrating that I cannot fall asleep without counting sheep, even if I did, it doesn't always work... Just bought some chamomile tea from Coles, hope it would work tonight...

Well I was wondering, what to think while counting sheep helps me falling asleep?

Usually when I count sheep, I'll think of their arrangements according to the number counted, though I am not that kind of math savvy... The arrangements are in different forms, among which the simplest way is add them to a circle and imagine the circle enlarges, but what I usually do is try to arrange them as rectangles or squares, which requires much more maths... :S It is usually the case that my head gets bit of slower than the count as the number increases and I'll think hard, which comes one of the thresholds. I'll either find it harder and harder to get the image of sheep arranging then fall asleep or simply dumped counting and remained awake.

The classic sheep counting is more likely to imagine the sheep jump over the fence one after another despite the number counted. But with numbers counting aloud I can't help myself concentrating on the ones that are in the fence... I must declare again that I ain't a math savvy, but I don't think one would believe if they only read this, I actually am not though...

I didn't know why am I writing such crap but there's a voice in me calling for it so here it is... Another thing is I found the quality of posts here gets worse with time... Maybe I should reduce the frequency of updating...

How about some sunshine? How about some beach?

I shouldn't have been thinking of such actually as I am supposed to be revising for the exams coming from next week. Thing is, if I ain't planning that right now, I don't have another chance to.

Ya I am thinking of an escape to Queensland and I am almost finished planning. I think I'll fly to Brisbane on 23rd or 24th June, this is actually the hardest part. I hate those cheap airlines not offering a good price to Brisbane from Melbourne. There's only two flights every day by Jetstar and not at all by Tiger. The Jetstar flights are extremely weird, besides they all depart that desolate Avalon airport, you will have to either get up at 5:00 in the morning to catch the 8:00 flight or reach a complete strange city close to midnight... I would do neither. Think I'll choose to fly at noon or something by Virgin Blue, although the ticket is more expensive itself, the difference is not as much to cover taxi fares to Avalon, which would probably costs $120.

After two or three days visit in Brisbane I'll ride a train to gold coast and stay in a friend's place, which they just moved in. They will be happy to show me around I'm sure, but it is pretty embarrassing I would have to bother them for quite a while. I'll then fly back to Melbourne.

Wish I could make it as I am still not quite sure about the Brisbane part... But I'll try anyway, to escape from the windy and freezing weather in Melbourne, and to embrace some sunshine and beach up Queensland.

Memoir (Childhood)

Just seen someone talking about his childhood, reminding me a lot here, so here I am. Before I forget more of them.

I have not had much memory about my pre-kindergarten life. I remember living in the second floor of a pretty old house facing the street, when mum cooks in the kitchen I would usually be put on a cane chair surrounded by a table tennis net. I remember I often fall off that chair and got my head hit on the floor, then no doubt started crying. I remember I play often in a neighbour's house and sometimes have dinner with them. Mum told me it was because they are worried that I often fall and took me there while she's cooking.

I have no memory of my first kindergarten but mum told me it was pretty sad memory to her, that when she picks me up after work she often found me tied on a urinal because there are too many children that the workers are too busy to take care of everyone.

When I grow up a bit to like 4 or 5, I was transferred to another kindergarten, and lived there. I remembered crying every Monday morning and finally found that it is actually more like a ritual than real mourn. I was special in that kindergarten. Everyone takes a nap in the afternoon according to the timetable but I could seldom sleep in the light. The teachers/nurses in the kindergarten would then tells tales to me or make me help them a little bit sometimes when other children are sleeping.

And I was even special in terms that I was like a star at the moment. I was acting in various commercials at the time, and once attended a fashion show last for months. And there was a time that I went to Jiangxi for a film shooting and stayed there for like one month, but the film is eventually abandoned because the scenario didn't pass the censoring. I remembered the weather was extremely hot that we have to pour water outside our doors to ease it, whereas the watermelons there are fabulous and incredibly cheap.

Yes, they are all memories now. Memories fade, don't want it that quickly though.

Funny Stuff I'm Using Online

Well, just don't think I'm advertising something, I don't get a cent for this... And I'm actually wondering why do I not ask for a pay spending that time...

Midomi
Ever get into a condition that you can only remember to hum a fragment of a song and real wish to know what song is that? How about just humming it on the search engine of Midomi and it will find out what song it is for you? Sound amazing? Give it a try!
It is a problem though, it cannot have every single song on it as it is only a beta version, it is improving anyway. PLUS, you can actually sing it your way, sing your favourite songs and save it on there and hopefully they would help someone else to find what they had forgotten!
I hope one day I could use visions to search though, I know I am asking for a lot.

Google Docs
Google didn't seem to be advertising hard on this feature. It is simple, works well though. The idea is to get rid of stuff like Office and Acrobat in your hard disk taking up spaces counting in G's and expensive licenses while you don't actually need those fancy but useless and puzzling help pages, eyed paper clips jumping there on custody of every single letter you type and having some rubbish to tell you every now or the sluggish processing speed, while work on the same document on any computer with internet connection without saving them onto those easily lost (both themselves and the data inside) thumb drives. There is one function that I really like which is change any documents into PDF format, protecting them from being changed after publishing, shame that they cannot be changed back though...
I regarded myself really wise for payed merely A$75 (It is still a pretty generous offer till now although it is for students only) for a Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate license forever while that offer comes, and I think I'm even bit of regret now. All I need is Word, Excel and Powerpoint, which is only one third of the main components of the package, and Google Docs is providing all I need!

VerveEarth
A pretty new blog category website, while blogs are marked on a world map where the owner is and fed onto the user profile page.
It is a new idea but the icons seem too clustered in the city area which means it is less possible for a blog whose owner lives in the city to be viewed than the ones by suburban or country owners. This game is not very fair, luckily mine is not too affected :P I don't think it drove lots of people here though because it is not yet that popular itself.

Don't Ever Say That

NOOO! Please don't say that, I can never imagine a world without you.
I know I was alive for some many years before I met you, I cannot go back to that. You changed me, permanently. You must understand that, I can't.
You are the one that I know I would never stop thinking of. I think of you in those sleepless nights, I cry to your small picture in my wallet when I have grievance that I could tell no one, I wish I could share with you when there is suddenly some light in the dullness of my life.
I'll be there whatever you become and whatever tough situation you are in, willing to hold you in my arms and do whatever it takes, just to see you smile again.

Wii Fit

Yep I got it right at the release day (again). Walking on the the street with it makes myself feel like a large mobile commercial banner that everyone looks at you... What's worse, I was in whole black that day while the box is white... It was pretty embarrassing I have to say...

It was exciting yet depressing as I was rated overweight... Not too bad though...

The exercises exhausting, especially the jogging one... And the yoga poses are pretty hard... I couldn't keep stable while standing on one feet, especially that tree position... My legs suffer quite a lot after two days workout and I decided to skip it for today...

The fun side, hula hoop is hilarious, especially when you lean forward to catch another one, and got it hit right at your forehead... The best I could do is with four hoops currently... And the step game is pretty fun, especially the plus one.

I don't think I'm ever gonna play that push up game as you know the balance board is for stepping on, I don't wanna kiss it anyway...

Well last but not least, I found myself suck at those balance games... especially that football one and the tilt table... I was always overreacting... So weird...

Tiësto!

Went to the show last night, it was BIG! And I still have a physical sore throat now and my ears are still humming!

The first hour was not actually him but a bald DJ who know who he is... I can't be sure of that by then as I actually can't recall Tiësto's face, just his music, and no Tiësto's tracks were preformed during that. I found that guy pretty crap and starts to get bit of disappointed, until fireworks are blooming and Tiësto shows up and I realize that one's a real crap and should begin to get high from now.

Elements of Life, Just Be, In the Dark and then Traffic! Blockbuster tracks are on in the first hour that heats up everyone in there. When 'Hello Melbourne' is shown on screen everybody is hands up and screaming like crazy! But it was programmed that the next screen must be 'I can't hear you!', and they are no doubt even crazier.

Dance for Life is up and the screen play is about fighting AIDS something, and called for dance for life to fight AIDS... Well, dance is cool but I feel hilarious about the idea that this would be any help to people suffering from the disease... Or maybe it was talking about some of the money would go for the fund? Anyway people got heated up again.

The next few hours are a bit bored, although the music is still loud and people still high, that seems to be remaining of the first pulse. I turned out playing with the laser beams...

It was just past 11:00 that we were talking about leaving, and we are glad that we finally didn't! Flight 643 and Lethal Industry, both vintage wonders of Tiësto are on! And then there's a vocal track that everyone knows and follows loud but I don't and I feel real weird...

My favourite track on his new album was He's A Pirate, but this doesn't show up until the encore session and the dry ice up the front is jetting all the way to exhaustion. People is so high and so loud and all the lights are on and crazy.

After that there was some tracks never hear, maybe unreleased ones performed, when it all goes down to loops but still not to the very end we left and found ourselves too tired for the after party, just home and sleep then~

A pretty memorable event though.

Down

Don't want to see you like that... I know this world is not always fair, when it turns its back to you, what you should do is not turn your back to it but turn it back, or , if not possible, go around and face it.

You might lose everything, but you will never lose me at your side, and always there for you.

Explosion

Time to look back what I've done this week...

Monday, stats homework after 4 hours of prac and 2 hours of lectures on campus.
Tuesday, spent almost whole day on revising for the Food Chemistry mid-term.
Wednesday, well kind of relaxed after the exam, but found my bike stolen... Watched the end of skins and grieved for the change in staff for the next season.
Thursday, went shopping then whole day on assignments, resulted one finished and handed in, one from a third to halfway and one had not started.
Friday, which was today, changed the air ticket back to China in July and kind of wish to continue on the halfway assignment and maybe try to start the next one... Nothing done until now though...

Everything just seems coming out from nowhere, and I was real exhausted in handling with them...

Help.

This boy

Well, no matter whether a ten-year-old boy would understand what he's singing, he did touched me with his powerful voice and the call in the lyrics for conscience of the world.
Problem is, this seemed kind of commercialized as the singer seems to be too 'professional' in performing rather than to expressing what he really cares through this song.

Tiësto's Show, My Trance Story

7:00pm May 1st, Festival Hall, West Melbourne.

He's touring in Melbourne! And I managed to get tickets for it!

I should've got the May 2nd one and I was so regretful of I didn't... And neddless to say it's already sold out...

I've known him from "Lethal Industry" and "Magik" in the velfarre Cyber Trance series back in my high school days. Although that one is real impressive, I didn't recognize him as good among a bunch of world-honored artists like Ferry Corsten, Darren Tate, Barthezz, Above and Beyond, Svenson and Gilelen, Balloon, Yoji Biomehanika etc etc. Well you may think none of the above is comparable with Tiësto except Ferry Corsten nowadays, those are the first recognized trance artists by me anyway as their works are just too fantastic to forget. And yes these ones that I regard are almost all from Belgium and Netherlands, as you might have noticed.

After some extended and in-depth listening I started to recognize artists from other European countries, along with a long list of Mauro Picotto, Paul van Dyk, Mike Koglin, Ramon Zenker (Fragma), Groove Coverage, Lab 4, Future Breeze etc, and of course some more artists from Belgium and Netherlands like PUSH, Minimalistix and, Tiësto.

"Traffic" is the piece that made Tiësto the first-order DJ's that I regard. Groove, energetic and impulsive, all the factors you will ever need to perfect a trance and make it an unforgettable one. I'd been humming the theme for several days after the first time I hear that. And, it is until now, one of the best ever trance I've heard, along with "Sunlight" by DJ Sammy, "The Beauty of Silence" by Svenson and Gielen, "Ligaya" by Gouryella and "Look @ the Heaven" by Yoji Biomehanika etc. I desperately wish this one will appear on the show!

"Elements of Life" is his latest album, and I think I am yet to hear enough to give a comment, but for my first impression, this one is calmer and not as passionate except the last track "He's a Pirate". I have to admit that I'm bit of disappointed... But anyway I hope I will have fun on the show. No matter how I feel of the new release, the tickets' more than worth it as long as I hear "Traffic" live.

Dream

I dreamed of you again...

It was like in some kind of school, where you and me walked together in the corridor. It was pretty crowded at that moment. You saw a man waking towards you and you suddenly become confounded, dragged me out of the way and to a quiet place. You look extremely collapsed.

I tried to ask what happened, but you don't seem willing to tell. At last you murmured, that was my ex.

I was yelling "How could you?" in my dream but "I knew it" after I was awake. Although I don't recognize that man at all.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised, but I would surely be pretty pissed if it really happens.

Even if I knew it.

skins

I can't believe I watched the whole first season of skins last night... It doesn't seem that interesting but it kept me going anyway. And I started downloading the second season although it's not finished yet. What pissed me off is that the Episode 5 is finished while Episode 1 is far from it...

Tony plays tricks and cheats on everyone but he's still the undeniable, well, only among the characters inside I mean, and at last he's got almost no friends. He deserves that embarrassment as a return of what he did though. By the way I like his quilt~:P

Sid lives in the shadow of Tony. Well I didn't realized he's red-haired until it comes to the episode named after himself and see how he looks without that characteristic cap... Well he's like Alex in Roswell, one goes to him when they are in trouble and he takes it no matter whether he's able to and usually end up with himself in trouble. The only virgin there I guess?

The episode about Chris is probably the best in this season, I regard Chris as just an acidhead who likes flirting with his psycho teacher... And he's actually lot more than that...

Maxxie is of course my favourite character in this show although the episode named Maxxie is the crappiest(Russia? Saving that girl? They are completely nothing to do with Maxxie!)... Well who knows why I fancy all characters named Max(of course that one in Roswell)... And he's so caring to take Tony's fault onto himself just to reuniting Tony and Michelle, failed though.

Cassie, well pretty good looking girl though kind of suffering from some lunacy symptom, I like her way of saying "Wow that's cool" or "totally" though~

Michelle, pretty pleased she's finally able to deny Tony. A pretty nasty girl actually, although she was not able fight that "grand swear" from Abby.

Anwar, Muslim boy, but parties hard and lost his virginity to that unknown Russian woman... He managed to grab her heart at last though.

Jal, genius musician. I still don't get what that instrument is called though LOL~ I am not that pro referring those orchestra stuff...