invention of china

not sure if u know but...
We know China invented compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing way before europeans modify them.
but do u know calculators (@ abaus), seismological detector, Kongming lantern, Pontoon bridge, Suspension bridge also by chinese? power right...

when will i invent something funny...

pre christmas

anyone care to make more guesses?
fr: dont guess things like 'beauty in a box', 'magic lamp etc'. else i will be ali baba

i got another 2 boxes and spent almost $200 for cny. this doesnt count the 100++ cny clothes i bought.

i like to buy cny clothes in christmas. well, cny clothes are mostly red. guys clothes are almost the same. no difference. might as well buy early to siam the rush.

i know... u girls will think 'siao ah! buy 3 boxes over $200! i wont buy lor'
i was talking to some gals today that i bought a shirt in tw n it costs abt S$40. their faces turned n said 'y u dont buy more and get discount'. Pls lor. if i buy more, it will cost me a few hundred, just to get some discount.

i can tell u that when a guy working in office, he is wearing 'silver n gold'.
shirt will cost abt $40, pants another 40, shoe another 40, belt another 40.

gals' clothes, on the other hand, are more cheaper. someone told me that her clothes can everyday change for at least 3 mth! mine ah... 2 weeks i think also got problem

i juz got the world most ugly photo.

its so ugly that i decided to make it more ugly. the costume is nice but the wearer is not. dont ask who is the wearer

golden house

陳嬌，是漢武帝的第一任皇后。與漢武帝的血緣關係一說是表姊弟，也有說是表兄妹。

起初，館陶公主為了鞏固自己在宮中的勢力，因此向當時漢景帝的皇太子劉榮之母、即景帝的寵妾栗姬求親，表達希望將女兒陳嬌嫁給劉榮的意願。但栗姬對於公主時常獻美人入宮給景帝之事頗為懷恨嫉妒，便強硬的拒絕了公主的請求。公主碰了栗姬的釘子後，便將目標轉向景帝的另一個寵妾、夫人王娡與她的兒子劉徹。相傳公主為了與王娡議婚，將女兒帶到宮中，見到年紀還很小的劉徹，便將他抱在膝上一起玩，問他：「讓你娶阿嬌可好？」而小劉徹也回答她：「如果以後阿嬌成為我的妻子，我一定會蓋一間黃金宮殿讓她居住。」而這後來也成為成語「金屋藏嬌」的典故由來。

劉徹即位為武帝後，太子妃陳嬌為皇后。

funny, when empress became a mistress....

The Analects

i found these lines very meaningful thus share with u all

2-1. The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."

2-4. The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.

"At thirty, I stood firm.

"At forty, I had no doubts.

"At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.

"At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth.

"At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right."

4-9. The Master said, "A scholar, whose mind is set on truth, and who is ashamed of bad clothes and bad food, is not fit to be discoursed with."

4-14. The Master said, "A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."


6-19. The Master said, "Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness, and yet live, his escape from death is the effect of mere good fortune."

7-37. The Master said, "The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."

7-38. The Master was mild, and yet dignified; majestic, and yet not fierce; respectful, and yet easy.

forgotten

there are lots of ppl who are forgotten
although these ppl are members of history but no one seems to know their contribution.

not sure if i feel sad or happy for them.
happy for their 'bad' history, not written and forgotten by ppl. but sad that their contribution is forgotten

all remembers Han Wu Di's contribution in history but who remember the courtiers who did the job for him

one not knowing history, will not know how bad Empress Lv of Liu Bang. So is that good news?

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Anthem: The ASEAN Hymn

Seat of Secretariat:Jakarta, Indonesia

Secretary General- Ong Keng Yong (SG)

Formation: 8/8/1967

Population : 566.3 million

GDP (PPP) 2007 (IMF) estimate : 737.48 billion US$ 5,541

GDP (nominal) 2007 (IMF) estimate US$ 737.48 billion US$ 5,541

Currency: 10

Area 4,497,493 km² (1,736,492 sq mi)

Density: 125/km² (323.7/sq mi)

Members: 10

I wanted to do a table of comparsion but dont know how to do. Although ASEAN is bigger but its poorer, so sad.

European Union

Anthem: Ode to Joy (orchestral)

Political centres: Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg

Official languages: 23

Government Sui generis supranationalism - Commission José Manuel Barroso (EPP)
- Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP)
- Council Portugal
- European Council José Sócrates (PES)

Formation - Treaty of Rome 25/3/1957
- Treaty of Maastricht 7/2/1992

Population - 2007 estimate 494,070,000

GDP (PPP) 2007 (IMF) estimate- $14,953 billion
- Per capita $28,213

GDP (nominal) 2007 (IMF) estimate - Total $16,574 billion
- Per capita $29,476

Currency: 15

Area:4,324,782 km²
1,669,807 sq mi

Density: 114/km²

Members: 27
289/sq mi
Members 27

christmas

its e christmas season again.
went to orchard to see the lights today.
ki siao, 1 person also gd to walk.

well, i read books til bored. bo bian lor. wanted to go T3 for walk but changed my mind at last min

anyway, got a christmas present hehee for myself

care to give a guess wat i buy?

i am still considering if to accrue another gift for myself. very x present esp after i drained myself in tw

prawns

tell u lor
i love prawns... every 2 - 3 days, i will have prawn mee for breakfast or dinner.
today, mr ong treat lunch in restaurant below my office

i wanted to order wheat prawn but they only got drunk prawn. better than nothing. after the dish came, mr ong said he cant eat prawn as he got high cholestro. omg... i forgot abt it.

in the end, jiajuan ate abt 2. jeremy n i had to finish the whole plate abt 8 each

every cny, i will eat 2nd round. the 1st round is by my uncle's family. they will eat up abt 30% of the dishes. too bad for me, they also like prawns

if there is prawns on my grandma's birthday, she will peel the prawns for me cos her table normally the uncles dont eat.

of cos i not so greedy til i eat the whole plate. everyone will have a fair share. i will only try to clear if no one wants.

toto

decided to queue for toto since my mom asked me to buy 4D on sun

i hardly buy toto n 4D 1 lor. but i was quite bo liao. since i am there, might as well buy a dollar or 2...

guess wat!
i won monday toto... er... $20 only... better than nothing. can help me offset that $100 medical bill

unbelieveable

this is a no head, no tail blog. if u understand, u will understand. if not, u wont.

i juz did an unbelievable thing while we gathered at mk's place for a chat session. at first, i tot will have liqin joining me but she had already tried it. so she 'gave me the chance'.

upon mk's suggestion, i decided to join the fun. hey, i may be sitting in 1 corner but i quite sporting 1 ok... then omg, it happen...

i cant bear to watch...
for the whole night, i so pai seh.

most ex doc

went to find zhong yi for my back.
whenever i going to be sick, my back will hurt first. its a sign given by myself that i going to be sick.

doc said nothing much, could had caught cold (during the trip) and asked me to eat some medicine. as my back hurts a lot, i requested for zhen jiu. this will loosen the pain faster. he said 'its true, i dont recommend cos many ppl scare the pain'

cow! zhen jiu got pain 1 meh? first time heard. its really only a mosquito bite.
he plucked 14 needles on my whole leg n 1 in my heart after he gave me the bill...

a whopping $100! fainted!
may n yh went buy costumes til broke. i went c doctor til broke.
sigh... cant claim that bill... companies dont recognise chinese physicians' bill