damn it. stop giving solutions. i just want someone to listen and understand, be encouraging and show some emotional support.

A lesson from Zombieland

Rule 32: Enjoy the little things in life

If I could give million props, I would, but I'd give a million more to this: enjoy the little victories in life. Eating healthy tonight, running for thirty minutes, reading the next chapter of that long Bible study analysis (I should be enjoying this...hmmm...), communicate with small group leaders, or taking initiative to pray, all the little victories I had today. I think we need to praise God for these little victories and open up a bit more to His working in our lives.

chinese music revolution...for me

I've notice my music tastes have been expanding recently. Call me old-school and cliche if you will, but I generally enjoy the main stream artists without exploring other up-and-coming performers. Jay Chou, Leehom Wang, David Tao, and your dose of pop faves like Show, Wilbur Pan, and what not are all good and each to his own merits in the industry. However, I just feel they are...out there, in this general pop atmosphere where slew and slew of fans are out there following their every move. This is not a neg to these artists at all, in fact, my favorite Chinese artist all time is DT, but it is exactly that hold bounds me to a rather narrow perspective of "good" chinese music.

So what did I do about it? Force myself to listen to artists I normally don't. And boy, what a world of different it makes!

Yen-J, A-Lin, Della, Rachel Liang, Anthony Neely, Gloria Tang, Olivia Ong, and even Edison Chen all impresses in their own ways! My senses have liberated!

hello xanga!

Every once in a while, I'd check in on xanga to see what's up with the xanga world, who's still using xanga, and what's left of my own. It's a weird relief, actually, to see that a lot of people have left xanga for other awesome weblog sites like tumblr, twitter, or using facebook notes and what not because it makes xanga more private. I've noticed in some of my entries in the past, I am not writing for myself but for an audience. I am not saying I have a huge following on xanga, but having lesser and lesser read this xanga due to the great blogging migration actually makes me more comfortable posting here. I am sure you went through one of those phases that you sit in front of the computer and have something in mind to blog but pauses before the keyboard because you want to make the posts interesting, engaging, or funny so that others can be entertained. sure, nothing is wrong with that, but man, being an E on xanga really isn't worth my time anymore. Maybe this is a sign of me becoming more of an I.

getting old

24 is the new 70