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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Time for vacation
Oh jeez. My mind... is sooooo filled to the brim..... with everyday crap.... that I'm so... so... so... exhausted. Sometimes I have no idea what my job is. I do so many random things. I feel like I do a bit of everything, but don't do anything. It's crazy.
I think because of the constant switching between tasks, my brain gets tired a lot. It's like..oh.. where are we with this? Where are we with that? What, there's a problem here? Why isn't it fixed? Because we're waiting for THAT? Why didn't anyone bring that up earlier?
Communication is soooooo shitty.
There's not enough people to do things.
I really can't wait for my vacation. I just need to take care of myself. Sleep in, do nothing, focus on getting some new clothes, maybe change my hair a bit, take care of my skin.... we're getting old. It's not going to stay this way forever!
Can't wait to turn on my OOO message in about 12 minutes. Time for me to go incognito.... muahahaha. I'm going to be traveling, so I'll get about 15-16 hours of peace. Thank you, Buddha！
I think because of the constant switching between tasks, my brain gets tired a lot. It's like..oh.. where are we with this? Where are we with that? What, there's a problem here? Why isn't it fixed? Because we're waiting for THAT? Why didn't anyone bring that up earlier?
Communication is soooooo shitty.
There's not enough people to do things.
I really can't wait for my vacation. I just need to take care of myself. Sleep in, do nothing, focus on getting some new clothes, maybe change my hair a bit, take care of my skin.... we're getting old. It's not going to stay this way forever!
Can't wait to turn on my OOO message in about 12 minutes. Time for me to go incognito.... muahahaha. I'm going to be traveling, so I'll get about 15-16 hours of peace. Thank you, Buddha！
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Fake people and spoiled kids
My masseuse told me today about her spoiled son. She works hard everyday and is exhausted each night and even though she lives alone in Shanghai she prefers the solace versus her family life back in Chengdu.
Good masseuse only make about 3000rmb a month. They get a % off the fee a customer pays when that customer specifically asks for them. So she would get roughly 10rmb for every 100rmb her customer spent. This is why they try to sell you 1.5 hour to 2 hour packages, etc, because they get a larger % of what you spend.
Anyway, so she's alone in Shanghai and her husband, their son, and her parents are all living in an apartment in Sichuan. Her husband doesn't work. Occasionally he'll drive around as a taxi. Her son is 16 and wants her to buy him name brands. When she went back 2 weeks ago, she brought him a jacket and shoes that she bought for him. But he said they weren't good enough because the brand wasn't high class. So he asked her where she bought it, and she named a street off Shanghai. And he asked her how much was it, and she said 200rmb. Then he asked her for the receipt because he wanted proof she went there and bought it.
What a little spoiled brat. I would have slapped that little fugger straight across the face. With my broom. I don't like kids very much. Correction: I don't like undisciplined kids.
But how is she supposed to discipline him anyways? She lives in Shanghai. Her husband is a slacker. Her father is old and sick. The little money she makes she spends on them, and her father's hospital bills are costly. She went back for 2 weeks and spent over 10,000rmb. That's about 6 months worth of savings. This is why she prefers to stay in Shanghai and hates going back to Sichuan.
Her bike broke a few months ago so I gave her mine for free. I'm glad I helped her out. Maybe that's why shes such a good masseuse to me. :)
My next thought today focuses on fake people. I'm not too good at being fake. Maybe that's why I offend people. But I don't care. I'm not going to tell you your kids are good looking when they're not. I won't tell your kids they're ugly to their faces because I don't want to be the catalyst for their future coloumbine endeavors. So I would rather just not say anything if you showed me a picture of your kids asking if they're cute. Apparently to most parents, it means you think they're ugly. Which I do. But I didn't say anything.
Anyway what am I talking about.
So yeah, I know a lot of people who don't really care about you but they act like you're the most important thing in the world. Do people not see through that? I met some girl before and talked to her for about 5 seconds. A few weeks later I saw her again and she acted like she missed me soooooo much. No she didn't. She doesn't even know what I do for a living or what my last name is. I can't stand that.
I can't tell you anything that I don't believe in. So if your hair is ugly I'm not going to say it looks good. If I like you and I know you well I might not be so blunt about it. Instead of, "Yeah.. its pretty ugly," I might say, "Well, I've seen you look a lot better." Not much difference but at least one has less of an edge.
So when I see people that are too eager to see other people I start wondering if its for real or not. And when the other person really likes it I wonder why they can't see through the fakeness. Really fake people make me uncomfortable, especially because I don't really talk to people unless I feel we have something in common. I'm not one to make small talk so I don't get it. Usually geeks are easy to talk to because I know we have some sort of video game we like. Or some kind of geek movie. But with non-geeks.... I dunno. Maybe I'm just an antisocial dork.
Good masseuse only make about 3000rmb a month. They get a % off the fee a customer pays when that customer specifically asks for them. So she would get roughly 10rmb for every 100rmb her customer spent. This is why they try to sell you 1.5 hour to 2 hour packages, etc, because they get a larger % of what you spend.
Anyway, so she's alone in Shanghai and her husband, their son, and her parents are all living in an apartment in Sichuan. Her husband doesn't work. Occasionally he'll drive around as a taxi. Her son is 16 and wants her to buy him name brands. When she went back 2 weeks ago, she brought him a jacket and shoes that she bought for him. But he said they weren't good enough because the brand wasn't high class. So he asked her where she bought it, and she named a street off Shanghai. And he asked her how much was it, and she said 200rmb. Then he asked her for the receipt because he wanted proof she went there and bought it.
What a little spoiled brat. I would have slapped that little fugger straight across the face. With my broom. I don't like kids very much. Correction: I don't like undisciplined kids.
But how is she supposed to discipline him anyways? She lives in Shanghai. Her husband is a slacker. Her father is old and sick. The little money she makes she spends on them, and her father's hospital bills are costly. She went back for 2 weeks and spent over 10,000rmb. That's about 6 months worth of savings. This is why she prefers to stay in Shanghai and hates going back to Sichuan.
Her bike broke a few months ago so I gave her mine for free. I'm glad I helped her out. Maybe that's why shes such a good masseuse to me. :)
My next thought today focuses on fake people. I'm not too good at being fake. Maybe that's why I offend people. But I don't care. I'm not going to tell you your kids are good looking when they're not. I won't tell your kids they're ugly to their faces because I don't want to be the catalyst for their future coloumbine endeavors. So I would rather just not say anything if you showed me a picture of your kids asking if they're cute. Apparently to most parents, it means you think they're ugly. Which I do. But I didn't say anything.
Anyway what am I talking about.
So yeah, I know a lot of people who don't really care about you but they act like you're the most important thing in the world. Do people not see through that? I met some girl before and talked to her for about 5 seconds. A few weeks later I saw her again and she acted like she missed me soooooo much. No she didn't. She doesn't even know what I do for a living or what my last name is. I can't stand that.
I can't tell you anything that I don't believe in. So if your hair is ugly I'm not going to say it looks good. If I like you and I know you well I might not be so blunt about it. Instead of, "Yeah.. its pretty ugly," I might say, "Well, I've seen you look a lot better." Not much difference but at least one has less of an edge.
So when I see people that are too eager to see other people I start wondering if its for real or not. And when the other person really likes it I wonder why they can't see through the fakeness. Really fake people make me uncomfortable, especially because I don't really talk to people unless I feel we have something in common. I'm not one to make small talk so I don't get it. Usually geeks are easy to talk to because I know we have some sort of video game we like. Or some kind of geek movie. But with non-geeks.... I dunno. Maybe I'm just an antisocial dork.
Meh.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
2NE1's fashion makes me faint
I love a particular style of fashion, and 2NE1 is exactly the style that I love. I LOVE IT. Sometimes I feel like fainting when I see their style. omg. I'm in love.
CL's fashion in this performance is SO CRAZY. I LOVE IT!!! /SCREAM
Big Bang is hugely popular in Japan starting last year. Like, insanely popular. I am almost 100% sure that its because Japanese women are preferring more manly men. Arashi? Kat-tun? News? Way too girly. Especially since birth rate is dropping in Japan and many women are staying single longer since they have more education and make more money, leaving their socially awkward men left to marry their NDS's. Stronger men is what they're looking for.
It's interesting how they're so huge in Japan, and one of the main things they have is charisma and individual personalities. I was reading the Japanese comments on youtube for their live performances in Japan, they all say the same thing: "Japan's Idols lose to Big Bang, we don't need them around anymore."
Reasons why?
1) Big Bang is fun, whereas most Japanese idols are more reserved, afraid to show their true personalities
2) Big Bang can dance, having been trained professionally for years
3) Most boy bands in Japan are born from Johnny's Entertainment, and it's widely known that "Johnny" himself is super duper gay. Therefore all the boybands look effeminate, with girly dance moves, hair, and clothes
4) All the "manly" boy bands copy African American hip hop, most just dress like that and have no charisma.
It's been like this for years, no wonder Big Bang can just debut over there and take over the market by storm. This also rings true for the girl bands. Besides the fact that AKB48 is hugely popular (thanks pedo salarymen), 2NE1 is about to debut and probably win over a huge share. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a ton of female fans from Japan, especially since they sing about being stronger women. They're one of the most popular and charismatic girl groups in Korea right now, if not #1.
This big export of KPOP to Japan is so popular and successful that its crazy. Almost more than half of the top acts right now are from Korea. What are you going to do with your talent, Japan? If they were smart, they'd start getting some more realistic artists, instead of the ones that just dress cute, african american, or "rock." The style of their artists are so old and 3 years ago. Which is probably why KPOP basically took over.
hiroak86
5 months ago 32
日本のアイドルはもういらない。ダンスヴォーカルはK-POPに は敵わない。
ryo600
6 months ago 11
おーい、日本負けてるぞー
やっぱあれだけやられたら
日本のアイドル達は悔しいでしょうね。
ビッベンはアイドルというくくりではないけれどもさ
CL's fashion in this performance is SO CRAZY. I LOVE IT!!! /SCREAM
Here's the video:
CL -- you're so fierce. I love you.
Big Bang is hugely popular in Japan starting last year. Like, insanely popular. I am almost 100% sure that its because Japanese women are preferring more manly men. Arashi? Kat-tun? News? Way too girly. Especially since birth rate is dropping in Japan and many women are staying single longer since they have more education and make more money, leaving their socially awkward men left to marry their NDS's. Stronger men is what they're looking for.
It's interesting how they're so huge in Japan, and one of the main things they have is charisma and individual personalities. I was reading the Japanese comments on youtube for their live performances in Japan, they all say the same thing: "Japan's Idols lose to Big Bang, we don't need them around anymore."
Reasons why?
1) Big Bang is fun, whereas most Japanese idols are more reserved, afraid to show their true personalities
2) Big Bang can dance, having been trained professionally for years
3) Most boy bands in Japan are born from Johnny's Entertainment, and it's widely known that "Johnny" himself is super duper gay. Therefore all the boybands look effeminate, with girly dance moves, hair, and clothes
4) All the "manly" boy bands copy African American hip hop, most just dress like that and have no charisma.
It's been like this for years, no wonder Big Bang can just debut over there and take over the market by storm. This also rings true for the girl bands. Besides the fact that AKB48 is hugely popular (thanks pedo salarymen), 2NE1 is about to debut and probably win over a huge share. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a ton of female fans from Japan, especially since they sing about being stronger women. They're one of the most popular and charismatic girl groups in Korea right now, if not #1.
This big export of KPOP to Japan is so popular and successful that its crazy. Almost more than half of the top acts right now are from Korea. What are you going to do with your talent, Japan? If they were smart, they'd start getting some more realistic artists, instead of the ones that just dress cute, african american, or "rock." The style of their artists are so old and 3 years ago. Which is probably why KPOP basically took over.
hiroak86
5 months ago 32
日本のアイドルはもういらない。ダンスヴォーカルはK-POPに は敵わない。
ryo600
6 months ago 11
おーい、日本負けてるぞー
やっぱあれだけやられたら
日本のアイドル達は悔しいでしょうね。
ビッベンはアイドルというくくりではないけれどもさ
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Piles and Piles of....
excel sheets! I guess since they're digital you can't really get stuck underneath them but I sure as hell feel like I am. Sometimes I find myself updating the same status over and over to the same group of people in different emails. Why not just read the other one? Or... why do you need an update...EVERYDAY? I think every 2-3 days is good enough, maybe 2x a week.... why? why? why?
There are too many meetings. Meetings that I sit there and start looking at my nails, wondering if I should wake up early for the rest of the week and go to the gym, or wondering if I should go get a massage after work. When the meetings make your mind wander --- its an inefficient meeting.
People in Asia just looooooove to discuss. Discuss discuss discuss. DURING meetings. Look. The meeting is for a decision to be made. Not a discussion about the decision that hasn't been made. The discussion part happens BEFORE the decision part, so that a decision CAN be pulled out of that mass of random digression.
So. I know Americans in Asian meetings go crazy because nothing is ever done. All the discussion happens, people are afraid to make a decision, and the decision is made somewhere later in a smaller meeting or on a smaller email chain with actual power to make a decision. So why even bother to have a meeting for 2 hours (supposed to be 1 hour) discussing stuff you probably will not make a decision on....?
This happens in Asia, all the time. Asians just loooove to not take responsibility for any action, or not step on anyones toes if they make a decision (Japan). Man. Meetings in Asia suck.
I miss meetings in the US. Short, sweet, to the point, and done when the 30 minutes are up.
ugh.
Today all my coworker and I did was chat on MSN during the meeting. We had no idea what it was about after they stopped speaking in English. I could understand all of it but I'm not going to listen since its a bunch of digressions and philosophy. Also, most of the important decisions are made in English. So. If its being discussed not in English, chances are there is no one important enough there to make a decision. :P
There are too many meetings. Meetings that I sit there and start looking at my nails, wondering if I should wake up early for the rest of the week and go to the gym, or wondering if I should go get a massage after work. When the meetings make your mind wander --- its an inefficient meeting.
People in Asia just looooooove to discuss. Discuss discuss discuss. DURING meetings. Look. The meeting is for a decision to be made. Not a discussion about the decision that hasn't been made. The discussion part happens BEFORE the decision part, so that a decision CAN be pulled out of that mass of random digression.
So. I know Americans in Asian meetings go crazy because nothing is ever done. All the discussion happens, people are afraid to make a decision, and the decision is made somewhere later in a smaller meeting or on a smaller email chain with actual power to make a decision. So why even bother to have a meeting for 2 hours (supposed to be 1 hour) discussing stuff you probably will not make a decision on....?
This happens in Asia, all the time. Asians just loooove to not take responsibility for any action, or not step on anyones toes if they make a decision (Japan). Man. Meetings in Asia suck.
I miss meetings in the US. Short, sweet, to the point, and done when the 30 minutes are up.
ugh.
Today all my coworker and I did was chat on MSN during the meeting. We had no idea what it was about after they stopped speaking in English. I could understand all of it but I'm not going to listen since its a bunch of digressions and philosophy. Also, most of the important decisions are made in English. So. If its being discussed not in English, chances are there is no one important enough there to make a decision. :P
Monday, November 15, 2010
It's only Monday....
Usually Mondays are like a free holiday for me. Well, not all the time. But usually I do schedule my doctors appointments or annoying errands on Monday, knowing that I would have more time to handle them. Well those precious days are over! Mondays are now as stressful as my every other stressful day!!
I don't think I would mind stressful days so much if I didn't feel like I was always ninja'ed that I have to handle a new project... or, if I could just get some definite answers in the beginning of the project, or maybe some pointers at the best way to handle it -- I don't think I would be so stressed out. I really hate doing anything wrong. I hate it. I always have to be right, I always have to do everything to the best of my ability -- so when I don't have enough information to do that I feel stressed out.
Unlike the events I plan myself where I can go and demand answers from everyone and anyone I feel like, I unfortunately can't do that in certain situations so I don't know what to do. And I HATE not having the answers.
Ah well...
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Bohemia
That's basically where I am. And I like the music here. I think I'll come back and visit.
There's a coffee shop here with GREAT coffee that I used to frequent a lot. It's called DANs.
However, as business picked up, so dropped its quality. The coffee is still great, but the service isn't as quick as it used to be, and the servers attitude has become defiant, probably because they no longer need to beg for business since they're always full.
If I ever open my own business, I will never be a bitch to my customers. Only the ones that deserve it. :P
Don't worry, I'm not an entrepreneur, I hate customers and they're always wrong because I'm always right. If I want to serve you slop you eat it, bitch. I'm the boss of you.
Anyhoo.
I came here to do some work but of course ended up procrastinating. At least we switched to a less busy cafe. D came and ate dinner with me, then left for a client dinner so now I'm all by myself, watching people walk by. I really like this place -- minus the 5 billion tourists. I know it's not their fault that they're so fucking n00by but fuck stop being such a fucking n00b!! I say in my head.
It's funny that the waitresses in front of me are talking about ChinaJoy. That was months ago.
I love people watching. Japanese people to my right, talking about whether or not they like their lives in Shanghai. Some dude across from me reading a book -- careful dude, the lighting is so dim you're going to go blind. Some customer annoyed the place only takes cash -- "Where's the ATM??!"
I saw a friend today. He was with a girl, and just passed by and we said hi. He said, "I haven't been around, been traveling and getting the hell out of here." "Oh? What's the matter?" we said.
"This place sucks. I'm going to move. It's the same group of guys. Getting into fights with also the same groups of guys. Sometimes new guys come, and they get into fights with them too. So fucking stupid. I'm tired of this small ass group, these people."
"How long have you been in living here now?"
"Almost 2 years."
Ahh.... that explains everything. The 2 year crisis, where you realize that living here sucks when you can't find a group of close friends. Close friends are hard to find here. People are fake and stupid, stuck in their own little bubbles, insignificant lives.... when you're tired of clubbing, partying, hoes, sluts, drinking.... and you look for deeper meaning and fulfillment.... its hard to find here. People are shallow. It's Vegas with even less rules. Money goes a lot farther here. You can imagine what life is like, how much debauchery there is, Welcome to Never Never Land....
But congrats to him though. He recognizes what it is... people tend to grow cynical when they realize what is really happening around them. Bravo for him for realizing how shallow the ties here are. I hope he finds some better friends too. Some more intellectual people who he can find common ground with. Because I see so many people here stuck as if its still the first 6 months of their adventure here. As if they're still in high school. Drinking everyday. Fighting everyday. And for what? KTV hoes. So sad. I wonder when they'll realize how big the void is in their hearts that they're really trying to fill with all this partying, hoeing around, and drinking.
There's a coffee shop here with GREAT coffee that I used to frequent a lot. It's called DANs.
However, as business picked up, so dropped its quality. The coffee is still great, but the service isn't as quick as it used to be, and the servers attitude has become defiant, probably because they no longer need to beg for business since they're always full.
If I ever open my own business, I will never be a bitch to my customers. Only the ones that deserve it. :P
Don't worry, I'm not an entrepreneur, I hate customers and they're always wrong because I'm always right. If I want to serve you slop you eat it, bitch. I'm the boss of you.
Anyhoo.
I came here to do some work but of course ended up procrastinating. At least we switched to a less busy cafe. D came and ate dinner with me, then left for a client dinner so now I'm all by myself, watching people walk by. I really like this place -- minus the 5 billion tourists. I know it's not their fault that they're so fucking n00by but fuck stop being such a fucking n00b!! I say in my head.
It's funny that the waitresses in front of me are talking about ChinaJoy. That was months ago.
I love people watching. Japanese people to my right, talking about whether or not they like their lives in Shanghai. Some dude across from me reading a book -- careful dude, the lighting is so dim you're going to go blind. Some customer annoyed the place only takes cash -- "Where's the ATM??!"
I saw a friend today. He was with a girl, and just passed by and we said hi. He said, "I haven't been around, been traveling and getting the hell out of here." "Oh? What's the matter?" we said.
"This place sucks. I'm going to move. It's the same group of guys. Getting into fights with also the same groups of guys. Sometimes new guys come, and they get into fights with them too. So fucking stupid. I'm tired of this small ass group, these people."
"How long have you been in living here now?"
"Almost 2 years."
Ahh.... that explains everything. The 2 year crisis, where you realize that living here sucks when you can't find a group of close friends. Close friends are hard to find here. People are fake and stupid, stuck in their own little bubbles, insignificant lives.... when you're tired of clubbing, partying, hoes, sluts, drinking.... and you look for deeper meaning and fulfillment.... its hard to find here. People are shallow. It's Vegas with even less rules. Money goes a lot farther here. You can imagine what life is like, how much debauchery there is, Welcome to Never Never Land....
But congrats to him though. He recognizes what it is... people tend to grow cynical when they realize what is really happening around them. Bravo for him for realizing how shallow the ties here are. I hope he finds some better friends too. Some more intellectual people who he can find common ground with. Because I see so many people here stuck as if its still the first 6 months of their adventure here. As if they're still in high school. Drinking everyday. Fighting everyday. And for what? KTV hoes. So sad. I wonder when they'll realize how big the void is in their hearts that they're really trying to fill with all this partying, hoeing around, and drinking.
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