apathetic, bored, cloyed, cool, disenchanted, disentranced, fed up, glutted, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid back, lukewarm, mellow, mondaine, offhand, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, surfeited, unconcerned, unexcited, uninterested, unmoved, weary, world-weary, annoyed, blasé, blue*, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, sated, satiated, surfeited, tired, weary, absent, absent-minded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, deaf, distracted, distrait, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, flighty, giddy, heedless, in clouds, inadvertent, indifferent, inobservant, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off guard, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, undiscerning, unheeding, unmindful, unnoticing, unobservant, unobserving, unperceiving, unthinking, unwatchful, vague, woolgathering, blah*, blasé, bored, cool*, dulled, exhausted, fagged out, fatigued, fed up*, had it*, laid back, mellow, satiated, sick of*, spent, surfeited, tired, tired-out*, wearied, weary, worn, worn-down, worn-out, absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, energyless, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, lagging, laid back, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, lymphatic, mopish, neutral, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant, aloof, apathetic, blase, bored, bored stiff*, casual, detached, disinterested, distant, hard-hearted*, impassive, incurious, indifferent, listless, remote, thick-skinned*, turned off*, unconcerned, uncurious, uninvolved, unresponsive, weary, withdrawn
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
booreee
Not that its anything new, but i was feeling terribly bored today, again. yes again.
So sent a few sms, try my luck to see any close friends free. Pauleon happened to be free, treated me to dinner, in the bored and frustrated life, i really appreciate friends and feel blessed.
yes, thank God, i do feel better, blessed, because of family and friends.
So sent a few sms, try my luck to see any close friends free. Pauleon happened to be free, treated me to dinner, in the bored and frustrated life, i really appreciate friends and feel blessed.
yes, thank God, i do feel better, blessed, because of family and friends.
10 ways to cyberslack
Aug 29 (Reuters) - Employees all over the world spend up to
a fifth of their working day cyberslacking, or wasting time on
the Internet, studies show.
Here are 10 ways cyberslackers can pass the time at work.
(Warning: Your workplace may prohibit access to the sites)
1. Network:
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) is popular with students
and business professionals. MySpace (http://www.myspace.com)
uses more graphics and video. Companies, bands and celebrities
often use the site to promote themselves.
2. Rant about work:
Rant about fellow employees on the Annoying Coworker site
(http://www.annoyingcoworker.net). Are customers getting you
down? Try Customers Suck (http://customerssuck.livejournal.com).
3. Going once...:
Buy or bid for rare things not usually found in shops. Score
vintage clothes, old music records or even that sword from the
Lord of the Rings movies you've been eyeing on Ebay
(http://www.ebay.com).
4. Judge beauty contests:
Rate people (http://www.hotornot.com), animals
(http://www.ratemypuppy.com) or rooms -- even college dorms
(http://ratemyspace.hgtv.com). Let puppies (http://puppywar.com)
and kittens (http://kittenwar.com) battle it out for cuteness.
5. Catch up on celebrity gossip:
It may be superficial, but it sure is fun. Read about
celebrities' latest exploits at The Superficial
(http://www.thesuperficial.com) or Oh No They Didn't
(http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com).
6. Write in a personal blog:
Post stories, rants and pictures on your own online journal.
Popular hosts include Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) and
Livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com). You can also link to
your friends' journals and exchange comments on separate posts.
7. Put a story behind the face:
Read what it's like to be a waiter
(http://www.waiterrant.net) and you may end up tipping better.
Or read about the life of a coffee barista
(http://baristabrat.blogspot.com), a New York City taxi driver
(http://newyorkhack.blogspot.com) or a London subway station
supervisor (http://lifeonthetube.blogspot.com).
8. All work and no play
Turn the sound down on your computer if people are around
and play online card, arcade or word games at Yahoo!
(http://games.yahoo.com) or MSN (http://games.msn.com).
9. Run your own sports team:
Sports fans can manage their own virtual team in a fantasy
league (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com).
10. I'm no slacker:
Keep your cyberslacking secret. If you are using Windows,
push the Windows button and M to minimise your programs. Or
toggle from the site where you are cyberslacking to Don's Boss
Page (http://www.donsbosspage.com), which displays a fake
spreadsheet to fool your supervisor.
a fifth of their working day cyberslacking, or wasting time on
the Internet, studies show.
Here are 10 ways cyberslackers can pass the time at work.
(Warning: Your workplace may prohibit access to the sites)
1. Network:
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) is popular with students
and business professionals. MySpace (http://www.myspace.com)
uses more graphics and video. Companies, bands and celebrities
often use the site to promote themselves.
2. Rant about work:
Rant about fellow employees on the Annoying Coworker site
(http://www.annoyingcoworker.net). Are customers getting you
down? Try Customers Suck (http://customerssuck.livejournal.com).
3. Going once...:
Buy or bid for rare things not usually found in shops. Score
vintage clothes, old music records or even that sword from the
Lord of the Rings movies you've been eyeing on Ebay
(http://www.ebay.com).
4. Judge beauty contests:
Rate people (http://www.hotornot.com), animals
(http://www.ratemypuppy.com) or rooms -- even college dorms
(http://ratemyspace.hgtv.com). Let puppies (http://puppywar.com)
and kittens (http://kittenwar.com) battle it out for cuteness.
5. Catch up on celebrity gossip:
It may be superficial, but it sure is fun. Read about
celebrities' latest exploits at The Superficial
(http://www.thesuperficial.com) or Oh No They Didn't
(http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com).
6. Write in a personal blog:
Post stories, rants and pictures on your own online journal.
Popular hosts include Blogger (http://www.blogger.com) and
Livejournal (http://www.livejournal.com). You can also link to
your friends' journals and exchange comments on separate posts.
7. Put a story behind the face:
Read what it's like to be a waiter
(http://www.waiterrant.net) and you may end up tipping better.
Or read about the life of a coffee barista
(http://baristabrat.blogspot.com), a New York City taxi driver
(http://newyorkhack.blogspot.com) or a London subway station
supervisor (http://lifeonthetube.blogspot.com).
8. All work and no play
Turn the sound down on your computer if people are around
and play online card, arcade or word games at Yahoo!
(http://games.yahoo.com) or MSN (http://games.msn.com).
9. Run your own sports team:
Sports fans can manage their own virtual team in a fantasy
league (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com).
10. I'm no slacker:
Keep your cyberslacking secret. If you are using Windows,
push the Windows button and M to minimise your programs. Or
toggle from the site where you are cyberslacking to Don's Boss
Page (http://www.donsbosspage.com), which displays a fake
spreadsheet to fool your supervisor.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Bush to invoke Vietnam in arguing against Iraq pullout
from here: Bush to invoke Vietnam in arguing against Iraq pullout
The president will also make the argument that withdrawing from Vietnam emboldened today's terrorists by compromising U.S. credibility, citing a quote from al Qaeda leader Osama bin ladin that the American people would rise against the Iraq war the same way they rose against the war in Vietnam, according to the excerpts.
"Here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from Vietnam carried no price to American credibility, but the terrorists see things differently," Bush will say.
HUH......????????? EVERY DAY, there is people dying of car-bombs and chopper crashes, those westpoint kids go to the frontline and die after they graduate, just graduate; and that stopped terrorism? maybe someone can compile a statistics, what is the cost (deaths, financial, time, energy, tension, causing people to be homeless, governmentless etc) per terrorist caught.
The president will also make the argument that withdrawing from Vietnam emboldened today's terrorists by compromising U.S. credibility, citing a quote from al Qaeda leader Osama bin ladin that the American people would rise against the Iraq war the same way they rose against the war in Vietnam, according to the excerpts.
"Here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from Vietnam carried no price to American credibility, but the terrorists see things differently," Bush will say.
HUH......????????? EVERY DAY, there is people dying of car-bombs and chopper crashes, those westpoint kids go to the frontline and die after they graduate, just graduate; and that stopped terrorism? maybe someone can compile a statistics, what is the cost (deaths, financial, time, energy, tension, causing people to be homeless, governmentless etc) per terrorist caught.
everything's broken
I think i have a personal best record, i finished reading a regular sized book in 2 days, working days.
my laptop can be pronounced total death already.
my guitar string broke.
what else am i left to do at home? there's nothing to watch on tv, i read most of the books already, so i coveted this book from dunno who, it was lying there, heroes of the greek mythology, and read. now i know the who's who in greek mythology.
my laptop can be pronounced total death already.
my guitar string broke.
what else am i left to do at home? there's nothing to watch on tv, i read most of the books already, so i coveted this book from dunno who, it was lying there, heroes of the greek mythology, and read. now i know the who's who in greek mythology.
Friday, August 17, 2007
cause and causality
"A journalist is trained in methods to express himself rather than to plumb the depth of things - the selection process favors the most communicative, not necessarily the most knowledgeable."
Some claims that medical journalists do not understand andything about medicine and biology, often making mistakes. I am often surprised by what some "professional" financial spokesman comments, and utterly could not stand those information providers that easily attributes certain events to the most obvious cause. Tomorrow morning, when you see the financial news headlines, you will see something similar to "market rallies..." or "market down...", quickly cover the following words in the sentence and make your own guess "due to....". Most of the time, a financially untrained reader will get it right. Just fill in the most current news, for now, its subprime. People attribute everything possible, to 'fill in the blanks' or to find a reason, where two things have no proven causal relationship.
Maybe you find a person you so called trust, that recommends you to something, say, a real-estate proposition, or more commonly for us, a financial-plan (what a gloss, just means sell insurance la - basically i sell you a insurance, whether life/term/investment-linked, then if you are younger, i put more money into equity, if you are older, i put more money into bonds/money-market. what risk-profile, nice-words that means little, do they truly understand the risk associated with bond/equity? ask your insurance agent next time you meet him/her what is the method one quantify the risk of a bond/equity). Have you ever, ever wondered whether these trusted acquaintances of yours really know what they are recommending? As much as i trust a sony salesman to sell me only sony products, i would trust an "expert" of one company to only recommend me the product of his own company, right?
The question is, do you even bother to do your own research to protect yourself? Well, most of us are trusting, unlike me, opinionated, cynical and critical, right?
We often claim that we are an agent of a greater governing value or cause, may it be what you believe in or may it be a greater divine purpose, purports to truth and depth; but most of the time, we are just forwarding our egoism in self governing ideas (everybody has their OWN RIGHT to express their own views/this is MY interpretation/this is MY life). Emotions are often used as an excuse for certain behavior, or i-am-mere-human claims. Time, equated to a factor directly contributing of healing and reconciliation. Priorities, a reason for things undone; incompetency, a resort of unwillingness.
How much a person claims that we have different profiles or personality and we can live or not live with uncertainty, all of us need a reason. Those that say they can live without a reason is pure bollocks. That is why a need for news, a need for gossip, love of tabloid, need of "sharing" and "unloading". Having this need for us to find a reason, makes us arrive at conclusion swiftly without consideration; makes us associate and lay down causal relationship to events that are possibly non-related.
Then there comes this thing called "belief" or "faith", and faith is not suppose to be blind. (or was it love?)
So if we cannot just put faith in things then how are we to live? No we can't because "faith" gives us certainty in life! With faith, we then can push anything we do not want to face or solve to, "ok i trust in a greater power or vision", or oh anything i cannot solve or lazy to put effort is, "by faith"; well or even more refined way is, to use "by faith" to move forward things we already planned in mind to achieve, blame it on the greater purpose, anyway the greater purpose won't bite you back right, might as well.
Merovingian: But do you? You think you do but you do not. You are here because you were sent here, you were told to come here and you obeyed. [Laughs] It is, of course, the way of all things. You see, there is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect.
Morpheus: Everything begins with choice.
Merovingian: No. Wrong. Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her. Affecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgeois, so boring. But wait... Watch - you see, I have sent her dessert, a very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply, each line of the program creating a new effect, just like poetry. First, a rush... heat... her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why - is it the wine? No. What is it then, what is the reason? And soon it does not matter, soon the why and the reason are gone, and all that matters is the feeling itself. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it, but it is of course pretense, it is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is we are completely out of control. Causality. There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the "why". "Why" is what separates us from them, you from me. `Why' is the only real social power, without it you are powerless. And this is how you come to me, without `why,' without power. Another link in the chain. But fear not, since I have seen how good you are at following orders, I will tell you what to do next. Run back, and give the fortune teller this message: Her time is almost up. Now I have some real business to do, I will say adieu and goodbye.
(fooled by randomness, Nassim Taleb)
Some claims that medical journalists do not understand andything about medicine and biology, often making mistakes. I am often surprised by what some "professional" financial spokesman comments, and utterly could not stand those information providers that easily attributes certain events to the most obvious cause. Tomorrow morning, when you see the financial news headlines, you will see something similar to "market rallies..." or "market down...", quickly cover the following words in the sentence and make your own guess "due to....". Most of the time, a financially untrained reader will get it right. Just fill in the most current news, for now, its subprime. People attribute everything possible, to 'fill in the blanks' or to find a reason, where two things have no proven causal relationship.
Maybe you find a person you so called trust, that recommends you to something, say, a real-estate proposition, or more commonly for us, a financial-plan (what a gloss, just means sell insurance la - basically i sell you a insurance, whether life/term/investment-linked, then if you are younger, i put more money into equity, if you are older, i put more money into bonds/money-market. what risk-profile, nice-words that means little, do they truly understand the risk associated with bond/equity? ask your insurance agent next time you meet him/her what is the method one quantify the risk of a bond/equity). Have you ever, ever wondered whether these trusted acquaintances of yours really know what they are recommending? As much as i trust a sony salesman to sell me only sony products, i would trust an "expert" of one company to only recommend me the product of his own company, right?
The question is, do you even bother to do your own research to protect yourself? Well, most of us are trusting, unlike me, opinionated, cynical and critical, right?
We often claim that we are an agent of a greater governing value or cause, may it be what you believe in or may it be a greater divine purpose, purports to truth and depth; but most of the time, we are just forwarding our egoism in self governing ideas (everybody has their OWN RIGHT to express their own views/this is MY interpretation/this is MY life). Emotions are often used as an excuse for certain behavior, or i-am-mere-human claims. Time, equated to a factor directly contributing of healing and reconciliation. Priorities, a reason for things undone; incompetency, a resort of unwillingness.
How much a person claims that we have different profiles or personality and we can live or not live with uncertainty, all of us need a reason. Those that say they can live without a reason is pure bollocks. That is why a need for news, a need for gossip, love of tabloid, need of "sharing" and "unloading". Having this need for us to find a reason, makes us arrive at conclusion swiftly without consideration; makes us associate and lay down causal relationship to events that are possibly non-related.
Then there comes this thing called "belief" or "faith", and faith is not suppose to be blind. (or was it love?)
So if we cannot just put faith in things then how are we to live? No we can't because "faith" gives us certainty in life! With faith, we then can push anything we do not want to face or solve to, "ok i trust in a greater power or vision", or oh anything i cannot solve or lazy to put effort is, "by faith"; well or even more refined way is, to use "by faith" to move forward things we already planned in mind to achieve, blame it on the greater purpose, anyway the greater purpose won't bite you back right, might as well.
Merovingian: But do you? You think you do but you do not. You are here because you were sent here, you were told to come here and you obeyed. [Laughs] It is, of course, the way of all things. You see, there is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect.
Morpheus: Everything begins with choice.
Merovingian: No. Wrong. Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her. Affecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgeois, so boring. But wait... Watch - you see, I have sent her dessert, a very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply, each line of the program creating a new effect, just like poetry. First, a rush... heat... her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why - is it the wine? No. What is it then, what is the reason? And soon it does not matter, soon the why and the reason are gone, and all that matters is the feeling itself. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it, but it is of course pretense, it is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is we are completely out of control. Causality. There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the "why". "Why" is what separates us from them, you from me. `Why' is the only real social power, without it you are powerless. And this is how you come to me, without `why,' without power. Another link in the chain. But fear not, since I have seen how good you are at following orders, I will tell you what to do next. Run back, and give the fortune teller this message: Her time is almost up. Now I have some real business to do, I will say adieu and goodbye.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
hmm house items
Some chair where u can park your manhood.. hmmm
Cool knives.. i need a set of these..
modern
What do you think of modern Manhattan mothers? “They’re these overqualified women with nothing to do. They’re frustrated and miserable so they become controlling, neurotic, or just self-obsessed.” —Laura Linney
Not that man are any better, but i think the above describes woman in the city very well, especially big cities. not just mothers. ahem.
Not that man are any better, but i think the above describes woman in the city very well, especially big cities. not just mothers. ahem.
coffee
The coffee from the foodcourt opposite my office is actually quite nice.. most of the time that is.. nothing can be consistent, in this world..
some chinese local writer once said that life is like coffee.. with the richness and aroma, carries a little of bitterness.. well it wouldn't be nice if there is no bitterness.. coffee that's too sweet is boring and un-tasteful.
Yes, we are wretched. we don't want things that are all good or all sweet. don't want things that makes perfect sense.. common sense is the most uncommon feature around. fine and well, maybe that's what gives life a kick..
some chinese local writer once said that life is like coffee.. with the richness and aroma, carries a little of bitterness.. well it wouldn't be nice if there is no bitterness.. coffee that's too sweet is boring and un-tasteful.
Yes, we are wretched. we don't want things that are all good or all sweet. don't want things that makes perfect sense.. common sense is the most uncommon feature around. fine and well, maybe that's what gives life a kick..
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
范晓萱 - 氧气(缺氧版)
沉入越来越深的海底
我开始想念你
我好孤寂
跌进越来越冷的爱里
我快不能呼吸
我想要你
人活著赖著一口氧气
氧气是你
如果你爱我
你会来找我
你会知道我
快不能活
如果你爱我
你会来救我
空气很稀薄
因为寂寞
跌进越来越冷的爱里
我快不能呼吸
我想要你
人活著赖著一口氧气
氧气是你
我开始想念你
我好孤寂
跌进越来越冷的爱里
我快不能呼吸
我想要你
人活著赖著一口氧气
氧气是你
如果你爱我
你会来找我
你会知道我
快不能活
如果你爱我
你会来救我
空气很稀薄
因为寂寞
跌进越来越冷的爱里
我快不能呼吸
我想要你
人活著赖著一口氧气
氧气是你
To live like you were dyin' - Tim Mcgraw
He said I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me
And one moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays
Talking bout' the options and talking bout' sweet times.
I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end
How's it hit 'cha when you get that kind of news?
Man what did ya do?He said
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew
And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
He said I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend, a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin' fishin, wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I finally read the good book, and I took a good long hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew
And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
Like tomorrow was a gift
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
What could you do with it
What did I do with it
What would I do with it
And one moment came that stopped me on a dime
I spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays
Talking bout' the options and talking bout' sweet times.
I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end
How's it hit 'cha when you get that kind of news?
Man what did ya do?He said
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew
And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
He said I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't
And I became a friend, a friend would like to have
And all of a sudden goin' fishin, wasn't such an imposition
And I went three times that year I lost my dad
Well I finally read the good book, and I took a good long hard look
At what I'd do if I could do it all again
And then
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chew
And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin'
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin'
Like tomorrow was a gift
And ya got eternity to think about what to do with it
What could you do with it
What did I do with it
What would I do with it
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