The Reincarnation of Sexism, Part Deux

But then again, imagine guys telling their brother, "Kor, I want to marry you in my next life..."

The Reincarnation of Sexism

It just occurred to me that this is so strange. If it is a Chinese perspective that the dead get reincarnated, and males can get reincarnated into females and vice versa, why then is there such undeniable sexist undercurrents in the traditional Chinese thinking? Are they too existentialist or they just can't get it sorted out? If couples will say "I still want to be your wife next life", why don't they also remember that thy could end up brothers, or brothers could end up couples?

Gaps in logic, holes in the brain.

Confessionary Confectionery

Remember Kogepan? The reason we loved it that much must have been because it so simply voiced what we refused to say, but are dying to admit. That's why we also have chain mails that go along the lines of "answer the following questions truthfully and send it to another 5 people..." We're dying to let everyone know what we secretly want so much of, but yet so afraid that they find out that we want this badly to tell it all.

Ok so here shall hardly be my list of my 5 top most secret desires:

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Bleah.

Mushroom Madness



Red or Black?


Oops forgot to smile...

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept 
   when we remembered Zion.

いきなり、この詩篇を思い出した。追放の苦しみ、どこかへ帰りたい気持ち、それは都会にもあるものだ。形のない故郷は、もう滅亡されたかもしれません。われわれ都会人は、みんな亡命者だ。もう逃げ場のないところまでたどりつき、未来など考えたくない毎日を送る人生を馴染んでしまった。こんな僕らの救いは？確実に存在していても、手を出す勇気が沸いてこない・・・

Rush Hour Etiquette

01. Stand left, walk right. Even if you're reaching the top/bottom of the escalator, continue walking. If you have to stop because you're reaching the end, keep left. Common sense - if you stop walking, how on earth is the guy behind you, and the guy behind the guy behind you, and the guy behind the guy who just stepped onto the escalator, going to walk right?

02. The reason the queue at the escalator is so long is because everyone's refusing to stand on the step directly behind the guy in front. Don't waste space. If you take three steps to get onto an escalator, use the stairs during rush hour.

03. Don't swing your hands when you walk. You're claiming too much personal space.

04. If you have to read the news, fold it and read it. Don't force the guy standing in front of your read the cover of your papers for the whole half hour on the train.

05. You don't have broadcast rights to the music you bought. Use earphones in the train. Someone might be trying to catch a nap cos he got home at 3am the night before.

06. Leave space for weavers. If you're walking in a group, make sure people who are trying to beat the bell can run through.

07. Move into the centre of the train. Between the rows of seats along the walls of the carriage, you should be able to fit three rows.

08. Don't wait until the door opens and then say "excuse me" in a lift. Make your way to the door before the door opens so that the whole lift doesn't have to wait for you to get off. Waiting 10 seconds for each person to get off means that it takes forever for the guy on the 30th storey to get to his office. No, the math should be 30x(10+f+2d) where f is the time it takes for the lift to get from one storey to the next and d is the time it takes for the door to open or close. And you will need to multiply that number by the number of people in the lift.

09. Kid's don't qualify as "those who need the seat more than others". If you have kids who don't want to sit, make them stand. They've got more energy than anyone else.

0A. The reason train companies put money into contactless cards, small magnetic tickets and so on is so that commutors can clear the gates more efficiently. Don't take your time to take out your ticket and read the LCD to see how much money you have left on your card. You can do that during off-peak.

花非花，雾非雾。
夜半来，天明去。
来如春梦儿多时？去似朝云无觅处。

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