HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
I hope all you losers that have girlfriends or boyfriends can have all the FUN like you thought you would, BOO-HOOOOOOOO!!
and I hope all us realists singles out there can happily "pshhhhh" our ways way till Chinese New Year!
Just playing, have a happy valentine's day (now night) folks! 
That's right boys and girls, one of the best films made in the recent years: "The Departed" DVD is (FINALLY) in store now, cop it!
An interesting note for the film: the story is not only based on the famous Hong Kong mega trilogy "Infernal Affairs", but the role of Irsih crime lord Frank Costello in which Jack Nicholson played was also inspired by a true Boston criminal icon: James Bulger, or better known as Whitey Bulger.
Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello
You can actually see the guy's pictures and remarks from the official FBI top ten most wanted website, he was a reputed leader of Boston criminal organization called "Winter Hill Gang" and an FBI informant, below is a direct summary of Whitey Bulger from the FBI website:
Various photos of James "Whitey" Bulger
Born September 3, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, Bulger is an avid reader with an interest
in history. He is known to frequent libraries and historic sites.
Bulger is currently on the heart medication Atenolol (50 mg) and
maintains his physical fitness by walking on beaches and in parks
with his female companion. Bulger and Greig love animals and may frequent
animal shelters. Bulger has been known to alter his appearance through
the use of disguises. He has traveled extensively throughout the
United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico.
JAMES J. BULGER IS BEING SOUGHT FOR HIS ROLE IN NUMEROUS
MURDERS COMMITTED FROM THE EARLY 1970s THROUGH THE MID-1980s
IN CONNECTION WITH HIS LEADERSHIP OF AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP
THAT ALLEGEDLY CONTROLLED EXTORTION, DRUG DEALS, AND OTHER ILLEGAL
ACTIVITIES IN THE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AREA. HE HAS A VIOLENT
TEMPER AND IS KNOWN TO CARRY A KNIFE AT ALL TIMES.
CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS
Source: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/bulger.htm
Billy Bulger
Another note on James "Whitey" Bulger is that his younger brother Billy Bulger was also a very powerful icon, he was the senate of Massachusetts and later rose to President of the Massachusetts Senate and the President of the University of Massachusetts. Now retired.
Sources: Wikipedia, a college student's best friend.
This is yet another one of my favorite photograph.
It was taken back in 1997, the year I moved to America. I remember it was my dad who took us there and took the picture.
It's been ten years since then, a lot has changed, a whole lot.
Come to think of it, this is what our father saw; and what we saw our father as.
So much has changed, I wonder, if he closed his eyes sometimes, would he still see this?
So I was smashed with boredom the other day, I started staring at myself in the mirror. (Because it's the only thing interesting to be staring at, in my opinon.)
I came to one amazing discovery about myself that had been hiding for the past 24 years:
I can't wink with my LEFT EYE.
Though I was bothered, I found it rather interesting for some reason. Many of you may know that I am right handed, and that my right arm is significantly stronger than the left; well it really makes sense when you are right handed, but then come to think of it, it isn't only the arm. When I attempt to do a jump, I use my right leg; when I get tired and lean while standing, I use my right leg; and when I snowboard, my right foot controls the direction. It seems that my right hand and foot are more easily manuvered and stronger. The more of these I think, the more curious I become.
So I went to Wikipeida and searched. I found that the left hemisphere of your brain controls the right side of your body, mostly limbs; and it determines the linear cognitive ability, or "logic" "mathematics" and "pattern", in short, the left brain tells a person the whole image; whereas the right brain tells the detail, the quality, and time and space. Which in place proved lots of my inabilities to manage time, directions, and most obvious of all, MULTI-TASK! I seriously realized that I can't multi-task, I find it difficult to drive while talking on the phone, chatting with multiple MSN boxes in my face, or listening to lectures without my face looking retarded.
All in all, I don't know, I just think that I may need to start practicing more excercise with my right brain...
Well, all these self-developed theories may not be true, but I'll look more into it another day, when I get even more bored.
See ya suckes later!
(Just wanted to put shadow up here, she's bored.)
LONG TIME NO UPDATE!
What's going on people, though it's late, I wish all of you had a wonderful Christmas
and a fantastic Happy New Year!
My life is still moving on slowly; I am happy that Ray and Jimmy came back for
the past few weeks for the fun times; without these fools my life would've been
duller, darker, and more uninspiring. I miss messing around with you guys like
the old times. I really appreciate how it's been a long time since we parted
and we still stick together like old buddies, it's such a gift for us to still
treat each other the same damn way given many changes in our lives.
My parents are coming back soon; I hope it'll be as pleasant as it can be,
since my parents were throwing heavy TNT DRAMA on the entire Cheng Dynasty a
while ago. I thank all of you who cared and shared my anxious thoughts and
uncertainty, I am really unsure and often weak to face my problems but I spit
them out to you guys and feel much newer as a person. Everyone has his/her own
downfalls but I thank you guys for riding with me along with it.
The past few months weren’t the brightest days in my life, I couldn't figure
out what to do, except focus in what I'm supposed to, which is going to school.
I can’t help but feel a certain degree of regrets of many things that I should
have done. I look around and I find most people to be in the same situation;
it's the year 2007 and I'm turning twenty FIVE this year, a lot of things are
now harder and harder said and even harder done, I have many things yet to accomplish
and I feel that there is less time to roll by.
Well anyway here is this real nice song by John Mayer that somehow expressed (if not explained...) a lot of things for me and of me,
thanks to Jimmy and Ray (especially) for HEAVILY INTRODUCING HIM TO ME...LIKE PLAYING THIS DAMN SONG AT 10am (for the record, my average wake up time is 1pm, GO FIGURE) when I'm dreaming about polar bears smashing stupid penquins that are holding Coca Cola bottles in a pixelated north arctic.
I let go a heavy sigh and in return I smile away... It’s good to take the train with you guys…
I GOT F I V E ON IT~
Three down...
This is me on Thursday, wanna post it now in case I pass out drinking.
NIRVANA HERE I COME!
----- 12/13/06 update ----
YES YES YES YES YES I AM FUCKING DONE W/ MY LAST PAPER! WHOO-MOTHER-HOOO!
It's only 3:40am? shieeettt... it's late, but it's all good!
But anyway after tomorrow I'll be free shawshank's redemption style mwahahahahahaha~!!!
Come
to think of it, I started writing xanga roughly 3 years ago and now I'm
still here, and I noticed that for every period of time I tend to have
this kind of update where I celebrate or bitch about my finals and shit.
Man, if there is anything I DON'T GIVE UP, it's XANGA, SLACKINGING OFF, AND CIGARETTES!
YES I'm going to smoke, drink some water, and sleep till 11am, REALLY wake
up at 12pm, then have #7 small at LITO SAIGON as my breakfast, review a
bit, then murder my final FINAL at 2pm and then bomb CSU EastBay, then conquer
the world. SIMPLY PERFECT!
Good nite suckers.
It's been a while.
Final is coming, clock is ticking, family is bitching, and Jacky is sleeping.
Been dozing off, smoking endlessly, wondering what will happen next. Sunk in oblivion, I continue reading chapters after chapters of marketing strategy, wondeirng what's the difference between marketing strategy profile and strategic marketing report. Wondering to myself whether Arial is better than Verdonna. Wondering whether I should walk to the pile of shit or have the shit pile up to my ass. Trying to look for another movie to go watch with my special someone. Trying to teach Shadow instant bang bang you're dead. Trying to know whether or not I should smoke another one. Trying to figure out where my other foot is stepping into and if it matters at all. Wow, I am so full of decisions, it's wonderful!
But anyway, just in the middle of these nonsense, I've come to a perfect solution for almost all the debates in my head. It's as if the holy being just smashed through my window and landed me a gracious tombstone into all the illusional shit I created.
"FUCK IT"
...
suddenly the world seems simple!
and so I made a pointless update!
um okay, time to go zzzz, nite...
damn it's cold...
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