Extend your Life!

Something enriching to share today haha. I suddenly remembered an article I read in a magazine years ago. So I tried to dig it out. And ta-da! The above picture is the magazine. It reads 姐妹, with a picture of Kristy Yeung(杨恭如) and it’s dated October 2001. It was the first, and probably the last woman’s magazine I ever buy take. She’s my dreamgirl! (*blushes) And it’s free, cause I took it from my Mom’s shop. :x

Yeah, so at pg 123…. There’s an article titled qi gong~ First sentence reads “Do you know how to breathe?” (*sniggers)
A lot of people don’t know how to breathe. (*grinz)
Ok, the reason they stated why Tortoises can live over a hundred years. It’s their slow breathing. In short, they know qi gong~~(interpreted by myself) In a minute, a normal person inhales about 10 times. A person who knows the way to breathe inhales only about 4-6 times. The secret is to breathe in and out from your diaphragm AKA 丹田. It is located 3 fingers below your belly button.

The method they taught to breathe from the diaphragm: First, you must sit in a meditating position (I don’t know why). Your back must be straight. Your eyes should focus at 1 inch away from your legs (I don’t know why also. Just do it). Relax. Now take a deep breath and imagine a white light going through your nose, throat, heart, stomach and then the diaphragm. The light must glow for a while in the diaphragm and then bounce back the same way out. Do this 7 times. Do this everyday and you will master qi gong, and probably live longer than any tortoise you have ever heard of!

Ps: This article is in Chinese and I’m not really good in Chinese. Do it at your own risks!

“It takes alot of courage to end yr life, but takes even more to live on and face the problem”
– quote from err… I forgot where I saw it

Smoking

It reads serial killer on the cigarette

There is always something about somebody we don’t like, don’t we? Ok maybe you do like everything about me. (*smirks)

For smokers, I hate their selfishness. There are nice people I know who are smokers (Mr I.T, you are not one of them haha). But as I said again, everyone has flaws and it’s their selfishness I’m going to be talking about. I’m sure it’s a common knowledge that someone who inhales the smoke beside a smoker (AKA the 2nd-hand smoker) suffers as bad as or even worse than the smoker himself. I see some hands raised up saying you always smoke alone. Fine~ Please proceed to the next paragraph.

Smoking also causes diseases such as heart attack, emphysema, lung cancer, etc. So isn’t it also selfish to expose yourself to such danger and risk dying young when you have family and kids? Ok I now see legs raising up and you saying that “Will die means will die mah! Some people live so healthily also die!” That’s a crappy reason. If I take a knife to stab you, would you not avoid it and say “Will die means will die mah!” I do believe in fate, but we do everything we can to produce the outcome we desire. When we can do no more, that is when fate comes in place. We don’t sleep at home and hope money suddenly appears. Don’t study and expect to score well. So, not smoking MINIMISES the risk of various diseases.

For most smokers who tell me they smoke because of stress, read this:
http://no-smoking.org/march04/03-15-04-2.html Smoking DOES NOT relieve stress.
For people who think they look cool. “………………………..”
I have friends who don't smoke in front of me or do not smoke directly in my faces. But read the previous paragraph and consider again.

Ps: i finished learning "Canon in C"!! YAY! choosing a jay chou's song to learn next. and err... since today’s post is about selFISHness, here’s a quote :x
“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he can eat for a lifetime”

Clubbing

I have a couple of friends who love clubbing man. I don’t like clubbing. Been there twice. Both times for Mr I.T’s birthday. Sucky friend who loves to chiong. :x
People usually go there to do 3 things.
-Smoke
-Drink
-Dance
If you do one thing less, it’s not really worthwhile lei. If you don’t smoke, you will be there as a 2nd-hand smoker. If you don’t drink, like damn weird lei. If you don’t dance, please proceed to the nearest kopitiam. You can smoke and drink there too. Paying so much and not doing the 3 is such a waste of money. Out of the three, I only drink. A little. Hate the feeling of having a headache.

And something else guys do when they club? Buah(rub against) girls. Girls? Get buah-ed~~ So, readers. Give up clubbing!! Mr I.T… Give it up!!

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
- quotes I found in the internet

Women

This is a marquee i created for fun. you don't have to read it. but i guess u already have. ha...ha....ha
I wanted to put pictures of women clad in bikinis, but I have decided this should be a healthy blog. :x

For unknown reasons, I tend to find myself empathising problems women face. And due to these various problems, I fear of having a daughter in the future. Reason being, I’ll be over-protective and she’s gonna really hate me. There are just too many things girls should take care of and I definitely cannot protect her 24/7.

Read in the paper once about an artiste commenting that girls have to look pretty on tv whereas guys can look fat and stuff and no one cares. How true. Whether a girl is pretty, ugly, well-endowed, flat-like-阿雅, they get unnecessary attention.

In a normal courtship, it’s usually boys who go after the girls. Girls don’t go wooing boys they like(normally). Therefore, girls can only choose among people who like them. If they are fortunate enough, the love is mutual. So when the girl doesn’t like the boy. The boy starts doing romantic stuff and finally touched her heart. Now, does the girl really like the guy or is she just choosing to be with someone who loves her? And more than often, the romantic stuffs end after courtship yah.

Going on to marriage. Girl will have to live with the guy’s family. Personally, I feel that I MUST insist my mom live with me. Unless if she’s living with my bro. I’m not acting filial but this is a kind of responsibility. So what about girls who are so filial towards their parents? I feel that it’s rather unfair to women.

I told my dear 徒弟 once before and I shall share with you guys. I told her how dangerous it is to go to a guy’s house. It doesn’t matter if you are in a group or alone. If you are in a group, you are probably just safe from being raped or having your drink spiked(and then rape). There are sick guys who install pinhole cameras. So if you really have to go to a guy’s house, avoid drinking from cups, changing clothes and going to the toilet. And although the public is much safer, these things apply too.
(Ps: I’m not rich enough to install a pinhole camera and the best drug I have to make you drowsy is my panadol. :x so I think my house is rather safe.)

There are just so so so so many trivial things a girl shouldn’t do. They are so trivial you are going to punch my face when you hear it. Conclusion: I don’t want a daughter… I must emphasize that I’m not a sexist. I don’t discriminate women. I’m just hoping I do not have a daughter suffering in this dangerous world. If you are a woman reading this blog, please don't end your life haha. Take extreme care of yourself.

“It takes a lot of courage to end your life, but takes even more to live on and face the problem” – quote from the internet
(ps: the quote doesn’t have to relate to the topic ok. If you insist on one…. “no place is safer than home” – quote from benne)

Be Content With Your Life and Everything You Have

Happiness is defined differently by each and every one of us. As I grew older, I begin to treasure my life more and more. I love my life. No exaggeration. Whenever I’m sick, I would think “wow, life’s really great without bein sick man.” And the other time I had wisdom tooth. Phoooooooooo. The pain….. I was unable to eat. Swallowing my saliva was painful too. Countless times I woke up in the middle of night due to the pain. Going to the army also made me realize how comfy my bed is. How a warm bath feels so good. How to appreciate roti prata~ I missed my mom for the 1st time in 20 years during confinement period. And I almost cried when she told me my dog, Junior always went to my room to look for me.

I don’t have any illness. I can eat my food. My mom cooks good food. :D
I have a nice bed. I am not rich, but not that poor either. And seeing Junior everyday makes me smile. I used to always think I’m super unlucky. Now, I really feel blessed… just thinking of all these simple little things we overlook everyday.

Life is just wonderful~

"Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing."
- quote from a drama based on true life, 1 litre of tears

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American Idol
These people are my current favourites~ They are not great singers, but they are rather unique. I don't know why, but female singers just don't appeal to me. There are great female singers, but somehow I just don't idolise them. I hope this is not a sign of being gay... :x Singers like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston. I really admire their superb vocals. But no "like" factor lei.. Except for Christina Aguilera. I do like her. YES she has bad fashion sense. But that's not the point.

dun hav a great voice. but he does beatboxing. only one in the competition.

one of the better singers among the guys. sings abit like justin timberlake.

funny guy wif quite a nice voice

Trends

I remember reading an article in the newspapers a long time ago. It was about whether people are really adapting to the fast-paced changes in life or are they forcing themselves to fit into the world we are in now. Personally, I’m a more traditional person. I can’t really accept a lot of new things. This brings me to something I wanna talk about.

My friend(JW) and I were talking about an old friend(XD). He was asking me the reason my old friend broke up with his GF(J) a few years back. I explained to him that J had found someone she liked in her poly and therefore broke up with XD. I feel that falling in love with another person when you are already in a relationship is acceptable. Because, humans have emotions. You cannot simply tell your heart not to like someone when it does. But knowing that if you are already in a relationship, you ought to have some basic responsibilities. J shouldn’t go out with the guy she could probably develop deeper feelings with.

JW was telling me it’s normal for teenagers to do that. Happens all the time. Yeah, I do agree it’s normal. But normal doesn’t mean that it’s right. Normal doesn’t mean it’s acceptable. I like to give exaggerated examples to highlight the point. Picture this: A very peaceful town. Due to a change in events, murder is so common it becomes normal to read articles of murder everyday. Now… it’s normal right? Acceptable?

The normal things in the world we live in today…. Girls smoking. Normal. Unplanned pregnancy BEFORE marriage. Normal. Increasing divorces, disrespect to elders, kids havin HPs better than mine(freak~). Normal stuffs. Acceptable? Not to me at least.

Ps: this post was not created to piss u, JW. :D
Just thoughts of mine

“a popular choice may not be a right one. a right choice may not be a popular one”
- quote from an email