some dale chihuly artwork for the new banner
looks pretty cool

anyway macro blogging(my own term) has been difficult
while micro blogging has been much easier
check me out on my twitter page - xuyuqin

i may try vid or podcast
but seriously
who wants to hear or see me

god bless

Recently did a quiz and was a given an INTJ classification.

However falttering or uncanny it may be, I still believe its is quackery. One does not need a label/description to live one's life or even to understand yourself better.
Finding or knowing yourself is a much more difficult process than just quizzes.

God Bless

While micro blogging may have its peculiarities and novelty, its short length ensures that attention on it will be similarly tiny.

Being concise or abrupt becomes somewhat stifling if it is always enforced.

School has started again, bringing an end to three wondrous and very short months of holidays. Achievements listed in no particular order are:

1. Watched the West Wing in all its storied seven seasons.

2. Earned a sizeable amount of money from work.

3. Enjoyed company(not so sure if company enjoyed though).


In sum, been redolent and wealthy, or at least practiced to be a good exaggerator.



Yet some self pity and inward reflection seems to reveal a spirit of dissembling ingrained into my being.
Being duplicitous to myself and others behind their backs, while being unable to dissemble in front of people; either from not thinking fast enough to being just a pathetic snitch, does not bode well for character.

Self pity is my favourite indulgence. I pray that inward censure drives me to a substantive effort to improve, and not simply masturbatory blog posts.



God Bless


I'm in no hurry, you go on
And tell your friends I'm losing touch
Fill their heads with rumours of impending doom
It must be true

Losing Touch - The Killers

Or rather, is content on blogs too "voluminous" and obtuse to digest?

The blog as a source of personal or issue specific dissemination may be too unwieldy and inaccessible for users.

1)Attention is grabbed by headlines, catch-phrases and one-liners. Being succinct is the rule of the day when displaying/convincing people of ideas and facts.

2)The blog, while undeniably shorter than the column or the journal; is becoming less effective in distributing information. The challengers to the blog provide much less written content. However, the size of content does not determine the utility or relevance of information. It cannot compete with competitors that reduce the information flows to a concentrated distillate or provide functions and communication that greatly extends the meaning of the social.

3)Bloggers may feel cramped by having to produce a certain amount and maintain a level of interesting content and frequency.
While some may argue that blogging is about personal freedom and choice, blogging voices one's opinion in a public arena. This entails that the blogger is subject to an audience regardless of his decisions. Thus, shorter or more varied forms of information flows may give the individual greater width to exercise one's choices.

This does not touch on the issue of seemingly smaller attention spans that people develop. Whether this is caused of or by technology is another matter for another day.

But blogs about fashion, books, music and politics are still prolific. They chart the latest and cutting edge of their genre. Their subscribers are growing as people leave the older sources of media for their greater speed and relevance.
Next, the blog is one of the few tools that affected the course of politics and the world. Look at American elections '04 and '08. Observe media shifting the word blog into discussing sports to the environment. The blog is mainstream.

Yet, it is telling that when the size of such entries are observed, they seem to be shrinking. Pictures, videos and other modes of media now take as much space as words. Can the blog still be a blog if it is made up of a background, tagboard and picture or one-liner entries?







A man called moore made a theory that new technology is being created at doubles the rate of its predecessor. It does sound true, but to interject any more of thoughts would be like bird babble to everyone.





God Bless



Sunlight, sunlight baby
We just let go of the night now slowly
We won't dance, we won't sing, we won't talk
We just gonna watch how it bends

Harlem Shakes - Sunlight

Tired like hell, from doing nothing actually. But as promised, the last one.

Superheroes do exist. Granted, they do not save the world literally, or band together and avenge something or serve justice. Yet, they uplift the spirit and give people something to cheer about. They even wear tights.

I talk about athletes. They do jaw dropping physical feats that astound the mind. Maybe it can be attributed to talent, but the fortitude to practice and hone one's body to such a stage includes an mental element too. Seeing people like Torres, Wade or Bolt display such otherworldly skill and finesse is a sheer privilege. For one who lacks any talent in sport, their deeds are the stuff of legend and inspiration.

Err, actually that is all.
Just for the heck of it, here are some super villains.

The Curser


Powers: Has powerful curse that can be broad casted on many television screens.





The Frightener


Powers: Frightens opponents, adults, little children with growling face. Secondary power involves getting away with wearing a singlet and having armpit hair, frightens people too.






Toxic Anarchy


Powers: Defier of authority and carrier of deadly flu toxins.






Long Hands

Powers: Eating great chunks of the world's food supply. Secondary power involves smoking the world's drug supply too, which is good.








God Bless


Thank you for sitting through

"Curtain’s finally closing,
That was quite a show,
Very entertaining,
But it’s over now,
Go on and take a bow."

Rihanna - Take A Bow