Was reading something online and came across this post by Charmaine. First read and thought was another post by another jealous male who can't get over his love;losing to a lesbian a.k.a. she-male. but it turned out to a tribute to women. yes, salute to god who create her( no, i am not embracing god). salute to her to be a role to balance the nature ecosystem. What makes a man? a woman. And i love women.


By the time the Lord made woman, he was into his sixth day of working overtime.

An angel appeared and said,"Why are you spending so much time on this one?"

And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable and able to run on diet coke and leftovers, have a lap that can hold four children at one time, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart and she will do everything with only two hands."

The angel was astounded at the requirements, "Only two hands!? No way! And that's just on the standard model? That's too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish."

But I won't," the Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick and can work 18 hour days."

The angel moved closer and touched the woman. "But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason and
negotiate."

The angel then noticed something, and reaching out; touched the woman's cheek.
"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."

"That's not a leak," the Lord corrected, "that's a tear!"

"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her pain, her
disappointment,her love, her loneliness, her grief and her pride."

The angel was impressed."You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything! Woman is truly amazing."

And she is!

Women have strengths that amaze men. They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous.

They fight for what they believe in. They stand up to injustice. They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.

They go without so their family can have. They go to the doctor with a frightened friend. They love unconditionally. They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards. They are happy when they hear about a birth or a wedding.

Their hearts break when a friend dies. They grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left. They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.

Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors. They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you. The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning. They bring joy, hope and love. They have compassion and ideals. They give moral support to their family and friends. Women have vital things to say and everything to give.

However, if there is one flaw in women, it is that they forget their worth.

this is weird. Was reading something off some piece of news. Awared that some countries did took their POWs for some experiments which you might have some mutated being in some parts of the country. Oh are we expecting X-mens? i've to say this is against geneva convention. but who cares at that point of time. i have weapons. i won the war. i own the land. perhaps that's the mindset of the warlords then.

Please read below for details.

 China has demanded Japan take responsibility for the actions of its military in World War II after a Tokyo court rejected damages for Chinese victims of a notorious germ warfare unit.

 "Germ warfare is one of the serious crimes committed by the Japanese militarism during World War II. The Japanese government should hold an honest attitude to bear the responsibilty," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"It should sincerely deal with the reasonable demands of the victims and properly handle this issue."

The Tokyo High Court Tuesday upheld a 2002 lower court decision that recognized wrongdoing by imperial Japan but said any compensation had to be paid by the government. The lawsuit was brought by 180 Chinese who said they were survivors or relatives of the victims of Unit 731, which conducted human experiments and bombed cities with the plague, cholera and other germs. The plaintiffs, who were in Zhejiang and Hunan provinces from 1940 to 1942, had demanded the court order the government to apologize and grant them each 10 million yen (90,000 dollars) in compensation.

The ruling was no surprise. In April, the same court rejected a separate compensation lawsuit filed by victims of Unit 731 together with survivors of the 1937 massacre in the city of Nanjing. China accuses Japan of whitewashing its past, pointing to the approval in April of a textbook that makes little mention of wartime atrocities. The book sparked three weekends of major anti-Japanese demonstrations in China, which has said relations were at a three-decade low because of the history issue.

In an editorial, the state-run China Daily accused the court of "forgiving criminals", but said it "did not come as a surprise given that tensions are running high between the two countries". "Unit 731 perpetrated the most shocking, heinous, cruel crime the civilized world has ever known -- it used human beings for vivisection to develop biological weapons," it said.

When Chinese nationals request war reparations from the Japanese government, they ask for justice. "History is a heavy page Japan will not be able to turn over if the country refuses to face it squarely," the China Daily said.

The Japanese government denied the existence of Unit 731 until 1998, when the Supreme Court indirectly acknowledged it by ruling that there was an academic consensus that it existed. At the same time, the government says it knows nothing about specific wrongdoing by the unit, which was disguised as a water purification bureau, and has rejected related damages claims. Lawyers for the Chinese plaintiffs have said they will appeal to the Supreme Court by the end of the week. - AFP

 

Today love, is a decision I do not know, I'm not sure if this is what I believe. Until today I never found a reason to wake up from the fantasy I'd conceived. Still I remember the heartache through the tears, through the fears, I made it through the night somewhere deep inside that there was never any reason to cry.

Someday, some way somehow, soon but not now.

I thought I knew how it should be. But now that it's gone, I don't know what I should see. What lies before me is a darkened mystery .Sometimes I think that I no longer believe. Count the hours, the days, remember the way. When you touched me, loved me, said you would stay. Feel the strain, the pain, your lips say my name. But now it's all gone and faded away.

Finally, I see that it's not what I thought it would be.

White petals of daisy flowers fall on my blue denim jeans. I lowered my head and smelled the burst of fragrance. Letting me in my future days, when I feel like sighing to always remember that day's starlight. Forever cannot happen. how long is forever?

Devon Aoki as "Miho"

Clive Owen as "Dwight"

Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba as Haritgan and Nancy

Alexis Bledel as "Becky"

Nick Stahl as "Yellow Bastard"

Jaime King as "Goldie"

Genres: Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster ; R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue.
Running Time: 2 hrs. 06 min.

Sin City is a violent city where the police department is as corrupt as the streets are deadly. In this movie, we follow three stories, the central of which is Marv, a tough-as-nails and nearly impossible to kill( cannot die want lor~) street fighter who goes on a rampage of vengeance when a beautiful woman, Goldie (King), he sleeps with for only one night is killed while lying in bed with him.

Pretty violent, bloody show but yet tastefully directed ( i give 4 stars)like those classic 60s movie on big screen which reminds me of the movie, Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow. They tried to do as close as what was drawn in the comic. Guys, i mean man. a piece of comment, you feel abit hurt at your groin at one part of the show.

by the way, it's R21

Playing Sade - By your Side

After reading Mr Brown's post in TODAY. i can't help laughing.

Hmm.. maybe i should start my own charity, Xiaoqiang Charity or XQC. Helping those who want to share their secrets but no one to confine to. Meeting with the person will be done outdoors/ open areas; i.e. coffee places, clubs, restaurants, etc. No first classy, fine dining please. No private conversations over MSN, emails or phone, etc to answer to the current call of transparency; conversation volume to be kept at minimal for me to hear and for you to say.

Donations will pay for the cost of the meetings, my tranportation fee to and fro, maybe lodging too. Extra entertainment fee will go to my drinking sessions. it might be peanuts to you when credit cards do their sliding tricks at the cashier/ taxi for you. Just don't complain when the bank sends a statement asking you to pay up for those expenses.

Estimated i can service 3,000 people. erm no, 2,000. Argh, heck, my memory bank a.k.a the brain has unlimited storage spaces which i don't charge for deposit procedures or administrations. it's a value-added service. All informations will be classed as confidentiality, only the cilent and myself have the access to it.

If you like, i can do a playback to whatever you've told me like a recorder.

HAHA... just kidding for XQC.

Something which i read off. it just amused me. hope it cheer up your day. a joke to be taken with a certain pinch of salt, but funny nonetheless... my comments are in brackets.

 1. The nice men are ugly.(  i'm not nice.)

 2. The handsome men are not nice. ( told you i am not nice.)

 3. The handsome and nice men are gay.( i am not gay and not nice.)

 4. The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.( i'm married to my career.)

 5. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have no money. ( i've no money, but i am handsome.)

 6. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we are only after their money. ( i've no money and i am handsome.)

 7. The handsome men without money are after our money. (i've no money, but i'm praying hard to strike 4D and TOTO every other day.)

 8. The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't think we are beautiful enough. ( but i love you~)

 9. The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice and have money, are cowards. (you think, i thought; then who confirm??)

 10. The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money and thank God are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!!!! ( you say i'm shy liao lor.)

 11. The men who never make the first move, automatically lose interest in us when we take the initiative. ( you never got me interested in the first place.)

NOW, WHO THE HELL UNDERSTANDS MEN? (don't worry, neither do i.)

"Men are like a fine wine.They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with." ( what about sex?)

just a pinch of salt hor~.. err pepper? abit of light soy sauce, maybe?

 

Currently playing You're Beautiful by James Blunt

the song currently playing was introduced by dickson. been drinking since last week. i guess the only day which i touched only coffee and water is thursday. this is terrible, what if i was put on alcohol analyser? i will never pass off. i may look fine though bits of alcohol transforms me into hellboy(bloodyred face). My blood will diagnosed with 30% alcohol, 30% ciggies poison, 20% caffeine and 20% of water and stuffs. i probably think too much. and pretty silly to wait for an sms till saturday morning taxing my beauty sleep.



I have this listening ability inborned in me which leads me to enjoy listening to someone sharing about his/her views or personal experiences shadowed by candlelights.

A candle light that silhouette her features.

Her fringes blanketing her forehead.

Her eyes reflects the orange glow of the flame.

Her lips outlining the red tones of background.

My eyes locked on hers;

giving more than 101% attention and focus to what she has to say. I just indulge in this picturesque settings while the music jazzing through the ears, chivas casting its magic on me on tuesday night.




- A Lot Like Love -





Genres: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Running Time: .1 min. 47 hr. Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Herschel Bleefeld, Kathryn Hahn, Moon Bloodgood

It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A LOT LIKE LOVE is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance friendships and happily ever after. A LOT LIKE LOVE traces the relationship of Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet) who met on a flight from Los Angeles to New York seven years ago - each of them declaring that they couldn't be more wrong for each other.

Caught this movie with friends before leaving for aussie. not a bad show; where fate has been toying with the couple. worth to catch it on weekdays.

i woke up on saturday afternoon with a heavy head ( thanks to simon and his friend) and blurred mind. What was that i dreamt? it must have been a decade that i dreamt of her again. it's been quite a while. but still...

Dream: suppose to meet her for a dinner. saw her( yes still remember the face, though sometimes the face is blurred too, same voice too), chat up, saw another friend and chat longer. but the time i went to her, she fallen asleep on the table waiting for me with food untouched......

Been thinking about her over this weekend. thinking... Is she still alive? How's she doing now? Did she lead a better life? Was she happy? Have she found someone new? How do she look like now? Why did she left without a word? We never had to say goodbye.

My birthday wish? I really hope she's fine and things are working out for her. i do.

Everyday, i mean almost every working day. SAF never fails to greet me with their 3 choppers and the Singapore state flag. and their deafening figher aircrafts that flies better than any sound effects a home theatre system can give. National day is coming. National day = Public Holiday!!!

Was reading one article in TODAY, Voices column from Ms Frances Ong Hock Lin. Some issue which maybe the government is pretty concerned about. which also lead me think what went wrong. Did the society evolved and changed through time? i.e modernised. e.g. there's no TV in the much olden days, thus mum and dad has not other recreations and therefore make babies. now i know why i have so many uncles and aunties. Is singaporean women asking too much? or singapore men did not live up to expectation? or is it the handphone/ mobilephone/ cellphone( whatever phone you call it ) radiation that was introduced in the 90s(i think) that fried everybodies' mind, causing us to think otherwise. where is the so-called cut-off imaginery line that distingushed the standard? does individual wants and desires affect that line we speak?

what will happen to the double income family if there's no comprise between two parties? Would the same situation happen in other developed countries? i used the term developed countries as i think the context, equality is not so emphanised in not-developed/ developing countries.

Frances wrote as the writer, an educator, celebrated her 17th wedding anniversary this month,

SEVENTEEN years ago, my unhappy father walked me down the aisle in a Katong church. He was about to hand over his daughter to a man who eagerly grabbed her arms, as if to make sure the bride would be given away. My father left midway through the ceremony to drown his sorrows at the famous Marine Parade Satay Stall. But it was my grandfather who had the greatest impact on our marriage. He told me that people used to marry to fall in love, but that people now fall in love to get married. He saw marriages going up in smoke after the initial passions burned out. He believed that a wedding is only a day, but a marriage is a lifetime.

He was match-made to my grandmother, a great cook, and he surmised that she would support him in whatever he did. I have never seen them quarrel. From her, I learned how to make a husband happy. She saved the best meat for him, and would eat only when he was at the dinner table. Even after slaving the whole day over a hot stove, she would be bathed and powdered when he returned from work. And his slippers and a glass of water were always there to welcome him.

My grandfather, who knew I was an outspoken and stubborn child, worried that having a university education might make it difficult for me to submit to my husband. Growing up in the 1970s, with
women fighting for equal rights, I was at first shocked by what he advocated. I fought a good fight at university, debating with my male tutorial mates.

At work, I do not believe in the glass ceiling for women, and do not see myself as weaker then men.
But it was in the home context that I realised my grandfather’s foresight and wisdom. A marriage is not an equal partnership, where a couple are looking constantly to ensure that everything is
divided 50-50. That makes us calculative and mean, and reduces the marriage to a conditional clause: As long as he lives up to his end of the bargain, so will I. Instead of looking for the right person to be our spouse, we have to be the right person for them. We have to give 110 per cent without any conditions or strings attached to the marriage contract which, hopefully, we enter into with our eyes open.

The marriage vow basically says that even if a husband turns out to be a scumbag or a couch potato who cares more for Man U than for his mother-in-law, we still have to accept him. My husband and I have demanding careers, but when we come home, I give him a sponge bath even if I am tired. I prepare supper, and yes, I do peel prawns for him. I do so without asking for anything in return. He is the head of the household. When it comes to any major decision, his vote counts for 60 per cent, and mine for 40 per cent.

My grandfather was right. This is difficult. I find it challenging to submit to my husband. But I discovered that once I learned to obey him, it gave him a greater sense of responsibility, of wanting to take care of the family even more. In addition, when my children see that I obey him, they learn to obey him and respect him as a father. Being the heart of the family, my role is to complement, and not to compete with, his. I never challenge his views in front of others, which would make him feel small, insignificant and disrespected.

We try not to fight or quarrel in front of the children. Yes, we have thought of walking out of this marriage many times, but then we remembered that we started out with the belief that divorce was not an option. We will continue to fight, and our
marriage will be a rollercoaster ride. Given a chance, would I walk down the aisle again to the same man? Yes, I would, but this time I would obey him the minute he married me.




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Came across a nice story, something that pinched my cheek thats tells me work hard and smart helps to make it one day. But really, no offense to Microsoft.

A jobless man applied for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. "You are employed."

He said." Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start."

The man replied "But I don't have a computer, neither an email."

I'm sorry", said the HR manager," If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job."

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the Operation three times, and returned home with $60. The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, "I don't have an email".

The broker answered curiously, "You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!"

The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"

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Your power is: Clairvoyance

Explanation: Your power is that you can
look into the future and see what is coming.
How far and long you can look is all depending
on your skill level. This can, as all powers,
be used in both evil and good. Even if it may
seem like a boring ability it is a huge
responsibility for the carrier, becase they are
constantly tempted with doing the wrongs deeds
(e.g. cheat on a test). It takes high morals to
not be brought down with it.

Therefor you fit with this power quite well.
You take responsibility and do what is the
right thing to do. This does not make you a
saint, since you're only human after all. But
it makes a trustworthy person and you are loyal
to camrades and/or team mates. In school you
were probably a good student. If you were
social varies from person to person, but most
clairvoyant people tend to prefer their own
company or that of close friends and family.
That is because you are wise and knows how to
treasure the reliable in your life, since you
know popularity can be a false element. You are
also not that big on taking risks and prefer
what is already explored. That is because you
don't like suprises, they can turn out bad and
then you won't be in control.
Negative aspects: Since you're always
doing the right thing and being trustworthy all
the time you can become frustrated. Also, all
that you carry on your shoulders may stress you
out. You need to relax to be in good mental
shape.

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