Introducing! Today's Bookmarks!
After spending on average of about 6 hours or more a day online, it's quite a collection the amounts of websites you can see per day. You ever wonder about the amazingly scary amount of websites out there?! My GOD! It sounds deathly.
http://www.happyslip.com/
Happy Slip Production!
This is one hell of an amazing phenomanon. A one person show developing into a online craze! One of top 10 on YouTube, and one hell of a funny girl. :)
http://www.ravshmuel.com/
Rav Shmuel!
Prolly his Protocol is the one everybody knows. I loved it, so did most of the people who sent it to me. The brilliance of the Jewish people once again shined in ours eyes... well... just brilliant! (*sob* with touch)
http://www.slyart.com.tw/
Sly Art in Taipei!
Well, I know where I am going this weekend! :) (What a Sunday this is gonna be!) I'm excited already! :)
http://www.youngvoice.com.tw/2007my24hrs/default_E.htm
My 24 Hours!
I love this stuff! Definitely need to go see it! What happens when you put a video camera in a child's hand?! He he he... a wick of a world!
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Jamendo
The creator of this site is in Taipei this weekend! For Wikimania! (Okay, definitely getting myself hooked with Creative Commons asap)... I can see where the next musical addiction is coming from... :)
http://blog.yam.com/ccgarden/
ccGarden!
All Hail ccTaiwan's Mr. Chuang... :P Although I am way over-due with my email to him, but I'm offering myself as a hand in help for any future events! That, and I'm going up north for sure this weekend to get to know what Creative Commons is about more... :)
http://www.openbusiness.cc/
Open Business!
This is kinda like a really cool website/project aimed at sharing of business plans (I wonder what the participants of GlobalTiC will think of this... @@) Still need to look into it more, but anyways, will get updated on it asap. :)
More to come from today's events! (as we slowly move this blog from private to public~)
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Adaptation
Crowds. I cannot hear.
This is a progressing problem as years go by. It's pressing, it's painful, and it's on-going.
I remember the time when people cannot really tell if I can hear or not... And now, they can, and they don't understand.
There's a lot of people like me in this world, and each of us must learn to adapt.
I see the similar patterns, the distance from the crowd, the individuality, the quiet self.
There is so much to see, if you look carefully everyday, you will be surprised at how the world is.
Adaptation. That's the que. Every creature in this world must learn to adapt. The only question is what direction is the best?
From here, which direction do we go to adapt?
Why do I bring up people who cannot hear right? Not that I pity myself nor ask for pity, but that this is a strong process of adaptation. You see, for people who cannot hear entirely, people excuse them. For people who cannot hear partially but are old, people can understand them. For people who are partially impaired but young, most do not notice them. So, we must learn to adapt. Not because we are afraid of how people see us, but because we must not look down on ourselves (which, in my case, happens sometimes)...
(I don't know if this makes sense at all... I feel like Beethoven, you know... :P He created magic when he could hear, and miracles when he could not.)
This is a progressing problem as years go by. It's pressing, it's painful, and it's on-going.
I remember the time when people cannot really tell if I can hear or not... And now, they can, and they don't understand.
There's a lot of people like me in this world, and each of us must learn to adapt.
I see the similar patterns, the distance from the crowd, the individuality, the quiet self.
There is so much to see, if you look carefully everyday, you will be surprised at how the world is.
Adaptation. That's the que. Every creature in this world must learn to adapt. The only question is what direction is the best?
From here, which direction do we go to adapt?
Why do I bring up people who cannot hear right? Not that I pity myself nor ask for pity, but that this is a strong process of adaptation. You see, for people who cannot hear entirely, people excuse them. For people who cannot hear partially but are old, people can understand them. For people who are partially impaired but young, most do not notice them. So, we must learn to adapt. Not because we are afraid of how people see us, but because we must not look down on ourselves (which, in my case, happens sometimes)...
(I don't know if this makes sense at all... I feel like Beethoven, you know... :P He created magic when he could hear, and miracles when he could not.)
Monday, July 30, 2007
What is this?!
Reminds me of Jack's song from Nightmare Before Christmas.
But, what is this?!
The whole world went nuts, all of a sudden, and here in front of me is a web of thoughts, a continueous thought...
They say that once you start a ripple, it only gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Here I am, staring at a very very very big ripple. Sort of just folds around itself, the circles, you know.
When ideas strike a building point, somehow they just keep growing. Then you need to fill in with more concrete information and facts, you need to get more into the system, more to pump.
The world is so big it engulfs us too easy. *Sigh*
But, what is this?!
The whole world went nuts, all of a sudden, and here in front of me is a web of thoughts, a continueous thought...
They say that once you start a ripple, it only gets bigger and bigger and bigger. Here I am, staring at a very very very big ripple. Sort of just folds around itself, the circles, you know.
When ideas strike a building point, somehow they just keep growing. Then you need to fill in with more concrete information and facts, you need to get more into the system, more to pump.
The world is so big it engulfs us too easy. *Sigh*
You remind me of him
You remind me of him. The same smile. The same looks. The same shyness in the eyes. The same wanting, but never to take. The same caution. The same fear. The same consideration. The same words. Words that are so cautious, it's hard to tell if they are real.
He said, he wanted me to always live near him, always and always. He wanted me to never marry, but always be his. He wanted a lot of things, but he never gave. Until, it was too late for him to give, then he regreted. And then, he disappeared. And then, he appeared again. However, still, he was the same. The same wishing that I am always his, even though he has others with him.
You remind me of him, the same joke, the same quietness, the same non-sense, and the same care flowing in your eyes. Yet, this time, I am more cautious than before. I don't know what I should believe, perhaps nothing, perhaps everything. However, I still feel connected, to you, somehow. Like quiet water flows, like little streams, too light to make a ripple, but too sure to be not there.
I'll put you in a little box and put it in my heart. Now I am more careful about feelings, more careful than before ever was.
You see, there was a man I had loved, loved with my whole heart. And this man, I just gave up. Because I could not love him anymore. Because I could not feel him anymore. Because the distance was too far, in life and in the heart. More than anything, because we're going separate ways, him and I, so different is our lives, so different our directions, so different our future. I do miss him, and I still miss him, but this, I know, was the right thing to do.
It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. Actually, it hurts quite a lot, but I know now how to control myself. You see, one should definitely be more careful of their feelings and their heart. You are cautious, you know. You are also diplomatic. That's an admirable trait.
He said, he wanted me to always live near him, always and always. He wanted me to never marry, but always be his. He wanted a lot of things, but he never gave. Until, it was too late for him to give, then he regreted. And then, he disappeared. And then, he appeared again. However, still, he was the same. The same wishing that I am always his, even though he has others with him.
You remind me of him, the same joke, the same quietness, the same non-sense, and the same care flowing in your eyes. Yet, this time, I am more cautious than before. I don't know what I should believe, perhaps nothing, perhaps everything. However, I still feel connected, to you, somehow. Like quiet water flows, like little streams, too light to make a ripple, but too sure to be not there.
I'll put you in a little box and put it in my heart. Now I am more careful about feelings, more careful than before ever was.
You see, there was a man I had loved, loved with my whole heart. And this man, I just gave up. Because I could not love him anymore. Because I could not feel him anymore. Because the distance was too far, in life and in the heart. More than anything, because we're going separate ways, him and I, so different is our lives, so different our directions, so different our future. I do miss him, and I still miss him, but this, I know, was the right thing to do.
It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. Actually, it hurts quite a lot, but I know now how to control myself. You see, one should definitely be more careful of their feelings and their heart. You are cautious, you know. You are also diplomatic. That's an admirable trait.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Smoking and Relationships
Once long long ago I made this "vow". I've vowed very few times in my life. Once not to marry before I am 29... the rest I don't recall... except...
This vow... If I smoke, then I will not have good relationships.
So.... if I stop smoking now, will it get better?!
Gosh... there REALLY IS someone out there, isn't there?!
This vow... If I smoke, then I will not have good relationships.
So.... if I stop smoking now, will it get better?!
Gosh... there REALLY IS someone out there, isn't there?!
It was the right thing
Deep inside, I know it is the right thing to do, but then, why do I still feel so bad about it?!
Maybe it should have been done a long time ago. Maybe that's why it feels so bad.
Sometimes I just don't understand myself.
The air is suffocating today, very... I'm tired, very... but tired of what?!
Maybe it should have been done a long time ago. Maybe that's why it feels so bad.
Sometimes I just don't understand myself.
The air is suffocating today, very... I'm tired, very... but tired of what?!
Missing you
I do miss you. This, I admit. I miss you very dearly. If the distance was not a problem, it would have worked. I was very serious about my feeling for you, indeed, that is true. No matter how little time we spent with each other, the feelings were very true. It would have been much better if we had spent more time face to face getting to know each other, more time in each other's arms, more time feeling each other's existance, the reality of it all. More time for me to get to know you and for you to get to know me.
I wish you can understand how I wish we can be friends. Not just regular friends, but very close and very good friends. Good friends are so hard to find these days. This is probably for the best. I do not wish to loose someone as you.
I don't know if you will read this, nor if you will understand or take in anything said here. I don't know how you will feel about any of this. I don't know anything much, to be honest.
It's stupid how it is. I always manage to get a good deal of my work life in order, get my personal accomplishments up. Yet, when it comes to relationships, it's always such a wreck and such a mess. Prolly it's better this way. No one can be perfect.
I wish you can understand how I wish we can be friends. Not just regular friends, but very close and very good friends. Good friends are so hard to find these days. This is probably for the best. I do not wish to loose someone as you.
I don't know if you will read this, nor if you will understand or take in anything said here. I don't know how you will feel about any of this. I don't know anything much, to be honest.
It's stupid how it is. I always manage to get a good deal of my work life in order, get my personal accomplishments up. Yet, when it comes to relationships, it's always such a wreck and such a mess. Prolly it's better this way. No one can be perfect.
Be nice to me, please
Be nice to me, please.
I've been as nice as can be.
Why is it never enough, no matter what I am.
Never enough to be niced to.
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Hate this feeling. feels like being a coward...
I've been as nice as can be.
Why is it never enough, no matter what I am.
Never enough to be niced to.
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Hate this feeling. feels like being a coward...
The happening
Sometimes, the happening just happens.
Willing to believe, but knowing the distance of truth from the reality.
Truth from dreams.
Bottle it up, put it all inside. There is no point in exploring this anymore.
A past, far in the past.
Let go, let grow, let expand, let become, let....
The heart be released from the endless pain.
Willing to believe, but knowing the distance of truth from the reality.
Truth from dreams.
Bottle it up, put it all inside. There is no point in exploring this anymore.
A past, far in the past.
Let go, let grow, let expand, let become, let....
The heart be released from the endless pain.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Someone said my blog is interesting
Someone said my blog is interesting, so... I read it again... and questioned myself on the interesting parts of it... and decided that... like I've said before...
It's just crap written with a shitload of blank nothingless from a rather fucked up mind that ponders endlessly in pointless crappy things.
All hail crappy writing! And all hail fucked up mind! And all hail shitloads of blank nothingless.
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Am I cynical? Tell me I am cynical...
I'm cynical...
It's just crap written with a shitload of blank nothingless from a rather fucked up mind that ponders endlessly in pointless crappy things.
All hail crappy writing! And all hail fucked up mind! And all hail shitloads of blank nothingless.
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Am I cynical? Tell me I am cynical...
I'm cynical...
People
Spend far too much time wondering about people instead of actually doing something worth-while... It's the work that matters... focus focus focus...
Tempting moments
Tempting moments bring tempting flows
of tempting things yet unknown nor note
Tempting as it is this tempting thought
Tempted to realize but what speaks the at-tempt
Just another fleeting tempting moment in a tempting day
of a tempting future so temptingly played
and the tempting self so tempting displayed
the mind and soul of tempting may
of tempting things yet unknown nor note
Tempting as it is this tempting thought
Tempted to realize but what speaks the at-tempt
Just another fleeting tempting moment in a tempting day
of a tempting future so temptingly played
and the tempting self so tempting displayed
the mind and soul of tempting may
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Long forgotten hours
The long forgotten hours said to me today,
"Long forgotten as I am, here I stand again."
As I wonder at the queer shape of it,
"Oh, how you've grown!"
And yet never quite out of its measurements, not just yet.
The long forgotten hours stood and stared
And opened its mouth, the dripping white water
Steaming as it does, flowing
Surrounded me, and then, quite happily
It ate me up and finished me
Rumbling with me inside its acid sack
The long forgotten hours said to me
"Long forgotten as I am, here I stand again."
And into the abyss of it I fell, somehow willingly
And into the acid I dived, somehow wantingly
And into the long forgotten hours I swam
The overwhelming sensation of me and me and me and me...
And then the memories flew
I wake and stared into
Just another page of scribbling words
And
You
"Long forgotten as I am, here I stand again."
As I wonder at the queer shape of it,
"Oh, how you've grown!"
And yet never quite out of its measurements, not just yet.
The long forgotten hours stood and stared
And opened its mouth, the dripping white water
Steaming as it does, flowing
Surrounded me, and then, quite happily
It ate me up and finished me
Rumbling with me inside its acid sack
The long forgotten hours said to me
"Long forgotten as I am, here I stand again."
And into the abyss of it I fell, somehow willingly
And into the acid I dived, somehow wantingly
And into the long forgotten hours I swam
The overwhelming sensation of me and me and me and me...
And then the memories flew
I wake and stared into
Just another page of scribbling words
And
You
Will miss you
Will miss you when the moment arrives
When the birds must fly
When the sun must set
Will miss you when the moment arrives
Words unsaid
You still not know what's there yet
Will miss you in the quiet wanting
Silence engulfing, eating
And this sentiment, this I hate
For this is what makes me woman, what makes me nothing like I desire yet
Not of the cold robotic child
Not of the career driven self
But that sentimental woman who will cry
In the dead of the night, o night.
But that sentimental woman who will cry
In the moments least want, o want.
When the birds must fly
When the sun must set
Will miss you when the moment arrives
Words unsaid
You still not know what's there yet
Will miss you in the quiet wanting
Silence engulfing, eating
And this sentiment, this I hate
For this is what makes me woman, what makes me nothing like I desire yet
Not of the cold robotic child
Not of the career driven self
But that sentimental woman who will cry
In the dead of the night, o night.
But that sentimental woman who will cry
In the moments least want, o want.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Dreams
Sometimes... it's okay to dream...
You dream, then you find a way to make it happen... these dreams...
If you never even start, then you are stuck right there... and totally lost
It doesn't matter if you fail, because... if you don't even move forward, you are just... lost...
You dream, then you find a way to make it happen... these dreams...
If you never even start, then you are stuck right there... and totally lost
It doesn't matter if you fail, because... if you don't even move forward, you are just... lost...
I miss
I miss Adam, Eve, Akia, HE, Sindsay, Vincent, Bronx, Monkey, Butterfly, Tamer, Hunter, "Dad", Deli, Connor...
Soulmates...
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Also miss Tai...
Soulmates...
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Also miss Tai...
Have you ever been honest to yourself?
No. Maybe. A little.
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I want to win. And it's so hard when you see failure so near. Yet, I want to win. I always want to win. I want to bath in glory. Who doesn't?!
I can see the same frustration in Alfredo's face.
He wants to win. He wants to always win. Yet, sometimes, things aren't always as we expect.
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I very rarely loose, actually... When I see that I will fail, I normally just escape. Yet, that isn't right either, cuz then it's just false winning in the end. I'm not afraid of taking risks, but I am afraid of loosing...
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Am I incompetent?! No, I don't think so. If I am, well, then I probably wouldn't have done what I have accomplished so far. Written a business plan, and a second one forming (in secret) on an industry I haven't a single clue about: Internet Service. Hei, how many literature majors attempt this and at the same year worked as international sales secretary, English secretary for a trademark company, direct salesperson for a cosmetic company, and am now going after a possible law degree (not possible, but definite).
What a very eventful year.
If I record all the things I did this year, it's quite a story, isn't it?
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修身，齊家，治國，平天下
一個人做一件事情，不可以跳過任何一個步驟。不然，不過是一個空殼子，華而不實。
應該多看點書了，好想好想讀書。
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I want to win. And it's so hard when you see failure so near. Yet, I want to win. I always want to win. I want to bath in glory. Who doesn't?!
I can see the same frustration in Alfredo's face.
He wants to win. He wants to always win. Yet, sometimes, things aren't always as we expect.
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I very rarely loose, actually... When I see that I will fail, I normally just escape. Yet, that isn't right either, cuz then it's just false winning in the end. I'm not afraid of taking risks, but I am afraid of loosing...
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Am I incompetent?! No, I don't think so. If I am, well, then I probably wouldn't have done what I have accomplished so far. Written a business plan, and a second one forming (in secret) on an industry I haven't a single clue about: Internet Service. Hei, how many literature majors attempt this and at the same year worked as international sales secretary, English secretary for a trademark company, direct salesperson for a cosmetic company, and am now going after a possible law degree (not possible, but definite).
What a very eventful year.
If I record all the things I did this year, it's quite a story, isn't it?
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修身，齊家，治國，平天下
一個人做一件事情，不可以跳過任何一個步驟。不然，不過是一個空殼子，華而不實。
應該多看點書了，好想好想讀書。
Monday, July 16, 2007
Hateful feelings
Decided to use old material and improvise to improve. The new materials still needs a lot more modification (Will finish after the first deadlin)... Although the new material is probably grander and much more interesting and well developed, it simply requires far too much information which I am inable to provide at the moment.
Old material is good after condensation, added with new marketing methods, it should provide a certain degree of competitiveness, although I strongly doubt its ability to actually combat large corporations. Feeling quite aweful at the state of things, and doubtful of myself and my abilities.
Big note... Never, ever, not matter what... attempt to get into a field which you do not specialize in. That... is definitely a grand of a mistake...
Old material is good after condensation, added with new marketing methods, it should provide a certain degree of competitiveness, although I strongly doubt its ability to actually combat large corporations. Feeling quite aweful at the state of things, and doubtful of myself and my abilities.
Big note... Never, ever, not matter what... attempt to get into a field which you do not specialize in. That... is definitely a grand of a mistake...
Sunday, July 15, 2007
There are times you wonder
There are times you wonder, what is this all about?
What is this all worth? Is it worth anything at all?
Then you know, it's worth it, because you wondered...
So you strife on, even if you feel lack of something at this precise moment...
Motivation will come... dream big, act big, make big...
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Tired of watching the world this way
Tired of hearing complains
Find a way out of this suffocation
Find a place to belong
Find a me, inside the depth of it all... fulfill your own destiny...
What is this all worth? Is it worth anything at all?
Then you know, it's worth it, because you wondered...
So you strife on, even if you feel lack of something at this precise moment...
Motivation will come... dream big, act big, make big...
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Tired of watching the world this way
Tired of hearing complains
Find a way out of this suffocation
Find a place to belong
Find a me, inside the depth of it all... fulfill your own destiny...
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Last year this time...
Last year this time I was leaving you. This year this time I'm just missing you. Next year this time where will I be?
Life likes to play us games. Too many, too complicating.
思念是一種病
Missing is a kind of Illness
作詞：齊秦/張震嶽 作曲：齊秦/張震嶽 女聲：蔡健雅
當你在穿山越領的另一邊 我在孤獨的路上沒有盡頭
When you are on the other side of the mountains I am on an endless road of loneliness
一輩子有多少的來不及
How many "not in times" do we have in life?
發現 已經 失去 最重要的東西
Discovering that we've already lost the most important thing
恍然大悟 早已遠去
Suddenly realizing that it is gone
為何總是在犯錯之後
Why is always after we've done wrong
才肯相信 錯的是自己
That we'd admit it is us who was wrong?
他們說這就是人生 試著體會
They say this is life, you should try to understand
試著忍住眼淚 還是躲不開應該有的情緒
Try to keep behind the tears, but still cannot escape the emotions
我不會奢求世界停止轉動
I don't wish for the world to stop moving
我知道逃避一點都沒有用
I know running away is no good
只是這段時間裡 尤其在夜裡
Just that these days in the nights
還是會想起 難忘的事情
I still remember what I cannot forget
我想我的思念是一種病
I think my missing is a kind of illness
久久不能痊癒
And it will never heal
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I want to stop thinking about this, and just live. But I know I'll never stop thinking about it, and I know that even if I am cold and harsh, I know that I'm just trying to hide it all away.
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Last year this time I was leaving you. This year this time I just miss you. Next year this time... what will happen then?!
Life likes to play us games. Too many, too complicating.
思念是一種病
Missing is a kind of Illness
作詞：齊秦/張震嶽 作曲：齊秦/張震嶽 女聲：蔡健雅
當你在穿山越領的另一邊 我在孤獨的路上沒有盡頭
When you are on the other side of the mountains I am on an endless road of loneliness
一輩子有多少的來不及
How many "not in times" do we have in life?
發現 已經 失去 最重要的東西
Discovering that we've already lost the most important thing
恍然大悟 早已遠去
Suddenly realizing that it is gone
為何總是在犯錯之後
Why is always after we've done wrong
才肯相信 錯的是自己
That we'd admit it is us who was wrong?
他們說這就是人生 試著體會
They say this is life, you should try to understand
試著忍住眼淚 還是躲不開應該有的情緒
Try to keep behind the tears, but still cannot escape the emotions
我不會奢求世界停止轉動
I don't wish for the world to stop moving
我知道逃避一點都沒有用
I know running away is no good
只是這段時間裡 尤其在夜裡
Just that these days in the nights
還是會想起 難忘的事情
I still remember what I cannot forget
我想我的思念是一種病
I think my missing is a kind of illness
久久不能痊癒
And it will never heal
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I want to stop thinking about this, and just live. But I know I'll never stop thinking about it, and I know that even if I am cold and harsh, I know that I'm just trying to hide it all away.
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Last year this time I was leaving you. This year this time I just miss you. Next year this time... what will happen then?!
I wish to be a robot...
I wish to be a robot, then I wouldn't feel anything.
A msn contact has, "Life is not a struggle, it's a joke" as her nickname.
Indeed, it is.
A msn contact has, "Life is not a struggle, it's a joke" as her nickname.
Indeed, it is.
Friday, July 13, 2007
THE BUTTERFLY WINGS!
Well, so there is actually some evolution going on in this world anyways!
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Butterfly shows evolution at work
Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly.
The tropical Blue Moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria.
Six years ago, males accounted for just 1% of the Blue Moon population on two islands in the South Pacific.
But by last year, the butterflies had developed a gene to keep the bacteria in check and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population.
Scientists believe the comeback is due to "suppressor" genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is passed down from the mother and kills the male embryos before they hatch.
"To my knowledge, this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed," said Sylvain Charlat, of University College London, whose study appears in the journal Science.
Rapid natural selection
Gregory Hurst, a University College researcher who worked with Mr Charlat said: "We usually think of natural selection as acting slowly, over hundreds of thousands of years.
"But the example in this study happened in the blink of the eye, in terms of evolutionary time, and is a remarkable thing to get to observe."
The team first documented the massive imbalance in the sex ratio of the Blue Moon butterfly on the Samoan islands of Savaii and Upolu in 2001.
In 2006 they started a new survey after an increase in reports of male sightings at Upolo.
They found that the numbers of male butterfly had either reached or were approaching those of females.
The researchers are not sure whether the gene that suppressed the parasite emerged from a mutation in the local population or whether it was introduced by migratory Southeast Asian butterflies in which the mutation existed.
But they said that the repopulation of male butterflies illustrates rapid natural selection, a process in which traits that help a species survive become more prominent in a population.
"We're witnessing an evolutionary arms race between the parasite and the host. This strengthens the view that parasites can be major drivers in evolution," Mr Charlat said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/6896753.stm
Published: 2007/07/12 23:18:22 GMT
© BBC MMVII
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Butterfly shows evolution at work
Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly.
The tropical Blue Moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria.
Six years ago, males accounted for just 1% of the Blue Moon population on two islands in the South Pacific.
But by last year, the butterflies had developed a gene to keep the bacteria in check and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population.
Scientists believe the comeback is due to "suppressor" genes that control the Wolbachia bacteria that is passed down from the mother and kills the male embryos before they hatch.
"To my knowledge, this is the fastest evolutionary change that has ever been observed," said Sylvain Charlat, of University College London, whose study appears in the journal Science.
Rapid natural selection
Gregory Hurst, a University College researcher who worked with Mr Charlat said: "We usually think of natural selection as acting slowly, over hundreds of thousands of years.
"But the example in this study happened in the blink of the eye, in terms of evolutionary time, and is a remarkable thing to get to observe."
The team first documented the massive imbalance in the sex ratio of the Blue Moon butterfly on the Samoan islands of Savaii and Upolu in 2001.
In 2006 they started a new survey after an increase in reports of male sightings at Upolo.
They found that the numbers of male butterfly had either reached or were approaching those of females.
The researchers are not sure whether the gene that suppressed the parasite emerged from a mutation in the local population or whether it was introduced by migratory Southeast Asian butterflies in which the mutation existed.
But they said that the repopulation of male butterflies illustrates rapid natural selection, a process in which traits that help a species survive become more prominent in a population.
"We're witnessing an evolutionary arms race between the parasite and the host. This strengthens the view that parasites can be major drivers in evolution," Mr Charlat said.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/6896753.stm
Published: 2007/07/12 23:18:22 GMT
© BBC MMVII
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Bed and Wifi
Note.... adorable combination...
Bed work seems more productive than I had expected, reason being that it is relaxing, very, instead of the tense sitting up position that we assume almost day to day to night to night...
Okay, the bad is the sometime hard to connected wifi connection, but the good is the flow of inspiration (and then the dreadful feeling that u can never type fast enough to catch your brains...)
Been reading this absolutely gorgeous book (and that evoked me to purchase more books, hence raising the definite need for a paid job)... by Terry Allen, marvelous guy...:P I can really identify with him, and I think I like the way he led his life... Although, it might not have been the most material fulfilling life, nor the most relaxed, but it definitely sounds like the most fun! He started so many businesses, and recked most of them (it's hillarious, really), but got a real kick out of it. What really took me on was the fact that no matter how many times he failed, he just doesn't stop, cuz, it's just fun.
Hence, Q's words... Enjoy life. It's not about speed, nor about what you do... how you do... just Enjoy it! Have fun!
Bed work seems more productive than I had expected, reason being that it is relaxing, very, instead of the tense sitting up position that we assume almost day to day to night to night...
Okay, the bad is the sometime hard to connected wifi connection, but the good is the flow of inspiration (and then the dreadful feeling that u can never type fast enough to catch your brains...)
Been reading this absolutely gorgeous book (and that evoked me to purchase more books, hence raising the definite need for a paid job)... by Terry Allen, marvelous guy...:P I can really identify with him, and I think I like the way he led his life... Although, it might not have been the most material fulfilling life, nor the most relaxed, but it definitely sounds like the most fun! He started so many businesses, and recked most of them (it's hillarious, really), but got a real kick out of it. What really took me on was the fact that no matter how many times he failed, he just doesn't stop, cuz, it's just fun.
Hence, Q's words... Enjoy life. It's not about speed, nor about what you do... how you do... just Enjoy it! Have fun!
I finally understood the rage
Listening to Linkin Park's tribute to the 911 event.
I can still remember the moment when I woke up in the morning and saw the news, printed neatly out in front of me. My father carefully printed it and placed it in front of the table. I remember, I was late for school that morning.
I woke my brother up, we opened the TV, we watched CNN. We sat there, just watching. We were even laughing about it, really. My first reaction, "Is this a new movie? That's some really amazing special effect and advertisement method."
I went to school, late. The principle's special announcement, the half down flag, the news... Don't know how to describe it, but, part of my world was broken. I'm not American, but, still, the world wasn't the same then.
What would it be like, if... I WAS American?
Maybe I am, on the inside, half of me is. That was the place where my most precious memories are. It's a magical wonderland (different kind of magic from Finland). I can still remember sitting by the lake, letting the spring wind blow by me with a book in my lap.
That world, included no violence, included no misery, included nature and beauty.
The world now? U can hear the pain in the voice of Bush's speech. All of a sudden, I can see why he hated Iraq so much, why he was so angry. He really did love America. He might not have been the greatest president ever, but he really loved America. Maybe that's the problem, you should never let people who love their country too much rule, because they will always end up making irrational impulsive emotional decisions.
--
Down to the bottom of it, this is what touches me the most, these things in life, these moments... these things that need to be improved...
Social entrepreneurship... hum... sounds like something worth getting into... :)
I can still remember the moment when I woke up in the morning and saw the news, printed neatly out in front of me. My father carefully printed it and placed it in front of the table. I remember, I was late for school that morning.
I woke my brother up, we opened the TV, we watched CNN. We sat there, just watching. We were even laughing about it, really. My first reaction, "Is this a new movie? That's some really amazing special effect and advertisement method."
I went to school, late. The principle's special announcement, the half down flag, the news... Don't know how to describe it, but, part of my world was broken. I'm not American, but, still, the world wasn't the same then.
What would it be like, if... I WAS American?
Maybe I am, on the inside, half of me is. That was the place where my most precious memories are. It's a magical wonderland (different kind of magic from Finland). I can still remember sitting by the lake, letting the spring wind blow by me with a book in my lap.
That world, included no violence, included no misery, included nature and beauty.
The world now? U can hear the pain in the voice of Bush's speech. All of a sudden, I can see why he hated Iraq so much, why he was so angry. He really did love America. He might not have been the greatest president ever, but he really loved America. Maybe that's the problem, you should never let people who love their country too much rule, because they will always end up making irrational impulsive emotional decisions.
--
Down to the bottom of it, this is what touches me the most, these things in life, these moments... these things that need to be improved...
Social entrepreneurship... hum... sounds like something worth getting into... :)
Monday, July 09, 2007
Super Sonic Speed
By Die Happy. Sometimes I feel that song can really relate to me, at least the lyric does, the title does.
Today at dancing my teacher told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Yesterday at a meeting my friend told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Last year at my previous work my boss told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
"Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Maybe I can be the Wang in my game, but like Wang, I always forget what the coaches say. (把手提起來！)
Dany Pham said, "I think it's really hard conversating with you cuz you're thinking so fast!"
Melodie said, "Seriously, you do think extremely fast!"
Friends complained, "It's hard to conversate with you cuz you're always moving so fast!"
Mom said, "It's hard to talk to you because you are always talking so fast!"
Dad said, "Slow down! You're just going too fast!"
I ride the scooter at 80 to driving class.
Driving coach said, "Slow down! Don't go so fast!"
I ride the scooter with my sister up the hill.
Athena said, "Slow down! Don't go so fast!"
Fast forwarded a movie because it was too slow.
Fast forwarded a song because it was too slow.
Jumped to the end of a book because it was taking too long.
Took 3 minutes showers.
Enjoyed speeding, a lot... cuz that's the one time when I felt the whole world is moving with me, at the same speed.
Always on the edge, always moving through the world with super sonic speed, and then wondering...
why is the world so slow?
but the truth is...
You're too fast. Slow Down! Enjoy life, enjoy the moment, enjoy each breathe... slow down and see what you really feel, what you really want, what you are really moving towards... just... slow... down...
Today at dancing my teacher told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Yesterday at a meeting my friend told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Last year at my previous work my boss told me, "Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
"Slow down! Why are you always in a hurry?"
Maybe I can be the Wang in my game, but like Wang, I always forget what the coaches say. (把手提起來！)
Dany Pham said, "I think it's really hard conversating with you cuz you're thinking so fast!"
Melodie said, "Seriously, you do think extremely fast!"
Friends complained, "It's hard to conversate with you cuz you're always moving so fast!"
Mom said, "It's hard to talk to you because you are always talking so fast!"
Dad said, "Slow down! You're just going too fast!"
I ride the scooter at 80 to driving class.
Driving coach said, "Slow down! Don't go so fast!"
I ride the scooter with my sister up the hill.
Athena said, "Slow down! Don't go so fast!"
Fast forwarded a movie because it was too slow.
Fast forwarded a song because it was too slow.
Jumped to the end of a book because it was taking too long.
Took 3 minutes showers.
Enjoyed speeding, a lot... cuz that's the one time when I felt the whole world is moving with me, at the same speed.
Always on the edge, always moving through the world with super sonic speed, and then wondering...
why is the world so slow?
but the truth is...
You're too fast. Slow Down! Enjoy life, enjoy the moment, enjoy each breathe... slow down and see what you really feel, what you really want, what you are really moving towards... just... slow... down...
The Facebook.com
It's an amazing thing. (Just promised myself to stop being so negative about things)...
Spent a lot of time on it today, to be honest, but, not a bad thing. I discovered old friends, new friends, old love, new love, old fun, new fun...
Tali, Mindy, Ben, Pyumm ( ? )... Dreamed of Ohio again after forgetting it.
I guess I am the truely Nostalgic type. Living in the past. Good that recently I've been really living in the present (amazing, really).
Each of these friends are people I really admired, even as a small child. Each of them fascinates me. It's funny, I'm as rude as a bull, but I am constantly fascinated by people, some times a bit intimidated by their accomplishments... Yet, I never really look at the full picture, the right picture, the real picture... We were once the same, and they never gave up on their dreams... But I did. I let someone else start to decide for me, and I lost control of my life to him. Maybe he loves me, but he can't be me, and I can't be him.
So, it's not about rebellion anymore. It's merely about being me. I always talk about wanting to be me, always screaming for being me, but I am the last person who really did that. And then I grieve, I blue down, I melt into misery for not having the freedom to be myself. No one can tell me what to do except for myself.
So here goes. I am me. :) I want to be more of me, and I can feel it... more and more and more...
Spent a lot of time on it today, to be honest, but, not a bad thing. I discovered old friends, new friends, old love, new love, old fun, new fun...
Tali, Mindy, Ben, Pyumm ( ? )... Dreamed of Ohio again after forgetting it.
I guess I am the truely Nostalgic type. Living in the past. Good that recently I've been really living in the present (amazing, really).
Each of these friends are people I really admired, even as a small child. Each of them fascinates me. It's funny, I'm as rude as a bull, but I am constantly fascinated by people, some times a bit intimidated by their accomplishments... Yet, I never really look at the full picture, the right picture, the real picture... We were once the same, and they never gave up on their dreams... But I did. I let someone else start to decide for me, and I lost control of my life to him. Maybe he loves me, but he can't be me, and I can't be him.
So, it's not about rebellion anymore. It's merely about being me. I always talk about wanting to be me, always screaming for being me, but I am the last person who really did that. And then I grieve, I blue down, I melt into misery for not having the freedom to be myself. No one can tell me what to do except for myself.
So here goes. I am me. :) I want to be more of me, and I can feel it... more and more and more...
Dancing
New hobbie... Ballroom dancing. Decided that I will go also on wednesday (since the teacher said it's okay) just to watch. Will get a practice shoe first, but I'm aiming for this really lovely Latin Ballroom Dancing shoes. :P
Learned Tengo today. Got commented by the teacher as "fast learner" and got questioned more than once with, "Are you sure you never learned this before?" And then someone commented on possible future competition for amatures... Got interested...
When I am dancing, I can't stop smiling. It doesn't matter what people say to me, or that I'm almost always dancing with very very old guys with fishy hands (:P) I'm having so much fun that I really don't care. I probably smile more than the whole class added together and are so hyper that the teacher actually said, "you mind as well as buy two pair of shoes..."
Next course: Latin Dance.
I think I like the "stop+curve" feeling for tengo already... There's something very, hum, subtle about it. Although the music we danced to wasn't what I thought to be best (Taiwanese old tengo pretend to be music), yet, you can feel this bitter passion even with just the basic steps. Makes me think of the song Roxxane from Moulin Rouge, or the tengo scene with "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"... Make me also interested in Argentina...
Mexicans in coming... :P There's free Salsa lessons Friday night at Salsa Cubana in Taichung, will head there this Friday to check it out. :P
Learned Tengo today. Got commented by the teacher as "fast learner" and got questioned more than once with, "Are you sure you never learned this before?" And then someone commented on possible future competition for amatures... Got interested...
When I am dancing, I can't stop smiling. It doesn't matter what people say to me, or that I'm almost always dancing with very very old guys with fishy hands (:P) I'm having so much fun that I really don't care. I probably smile more than the whole class added together and are so hyper that the teacher actually said, "you mind as well as buy two pair of shoes..."
Next course: Latin Dance.
I think I like the "stop+curve" feeling for tengo already... There's something very, hum, subtle about it. Although the music we danced to wasn't what I thought to be best (Taiwanese old tengo pretend to be music), yet, you can feel this bitter passion even with just the basic steps. Makes me think of the song Roxxane from Moulin Rouge, or the tengo scene with "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"... Make me also interested in Argentina...
Mexicans in coming... :P There's free Salsa lessons Friday night at Salsa Cubana in Taichung, will head there this Friday to check it out. :P
Sunday, July 08, 2007
What I've Done
And if this song can yet strike your heart, then listen. Though only a repetition of what others have for ages and ages mentioned, listen to your heart then to the world.
Have we walked ourselves into a world that... has no future? (What is the future? where is the future? why is it that I see nothing and none of anything?)
Just listen. What should you be doing? What should you be thinking? Where should we be going?
Sunday, July 01, 2007
GOOOOOD....
I finally discovered the hidden question that was lodged in my heart. Or, not so much a question, but a doubt. Now, it's re-directing and re-modeling.
The problem is, the original business plans were far too, hum... school oriented. To the degree that they seem like school reports. This isn't due so much to the fact that I am incapable of writing else-wise (as my other project plans are not so school-oriented), but simply the original direction was far too limited under certain strong external influences (aka board). If we continue on this path, we'll not succeed, in fact, we'll have more and more trouble on the way, finding obstacles in every developmental direction. The whole process is wrong, and should be altered and changed.
First.... Products are important, but they are not everything, nor do they need to be the first thing that you are definite about. There's no need to design into the detail, especially if you are the CEO. You give a general direction, then you worry about other things. For example, with our website, it changes day by day, the point isn't building a website, nor the website itself, the point is what service is provided, what's the focus point, what's the killer application? What's the killer idea?! YouTube and Flickr and Wretch, etc all sells "privacy" and "sharing"... it's not their website nor what they use that matters, it is these concepts that really counts.
Second... Any process should start with finding questions, and then you can answer them. You don't ask for answers without letting others know what the questions is, and you don't do that to yourself either. Spend the time to find the questions, and then spend the time to answer them carefully, spend the time talking to people and hearing different opinions, spend the time testing and re-testing your ideas.
Third... Know your market. Market survey doesn't need to wait for your service/product to be complete before it is carried out. In fact, there should be one survey done before you start doing anything. You need to know what's the present status quo of the market you are going into. For example, does everyone love YouTube? Why? What do they want more from it? What do people need? And so on, this way, you won't spend all your time in futile making a product that the market does not want.
Fourth... Know your opponents. Same ideas as above, only deeper. What's the history? What's it about? What's their strategies? Their statistics? These are very important. It's always important to know what you are going against, if just to safe yourself from another futile work period only to find that, damn... my competitor have already been doing that for decades...
Fifth... If the employee doesn't work, change. Maybe in a school club there's the problem of, "but he's my friend." or "but he's her son", etc. Yet, for the well-being of a company, sometimes the actual results are more important. Chose your team carefully and strictly.
Sixth... Depend on no one. This isn't to say no collaboration, it's to say that you don't want to depend everything on someone else. People are not reliable when they don't see the profits, and have not the same passion as yourself for any business. People are not reliable, period. If you want to do something, make sure that you are the one who knows what goes on in it. If you are the boss, you are the only person that cannot be missing from the team, anyone else can be replaced, but not you. If you are over-reliant on your tech-team, allowing them to make most of the decisions, you might end up being the one that's excused from the game instead of them, or you might have problems when they are excused. Power-structure, grrrr.
Seventh... Board is to be respected, but since CEO is the one working onsite... let the CEO decide.
Eighth... this isn't a game, it's a business... it's not school clubs... it's business... no one cares what educational values you have, and no one will take that as the reason to support you. Unless, of course, they are education based organizations.
The problem is, the original business plans were far too, hum... school oriented. To the degree that they seem like school reports. This isn't due so much to the fact that I am incapable of writing else-wise (as my other project plans are not so school-oriented), but simply the original direction was far too limited under certain strong external influences (aka board). If we continue on this path, we'll not succeed, in fact, we'll have more and more trouble on the way, finding obstacles in every developmental direction. The whole process is wrong, and should be altered and changed.
First.... Products are important, but they are not everything, nor do they need to be the first thing that you are definite about. There's no need to design into the detail, especially if you are the CEO. You give a general direction, then you worry about other things. For example, with our website, it changes day by day, the point isn't building a website, nor the website itself, the point is what service is provided, what's the focus point, what's the killer application? What's the killer idea?! YouTube and Flickr and Wretch, etc all sells "privacy" and "sharing"... it's not their website nor what they use that matters, it is these concepts that really counts.
Second... Any process should start with finding questions, and then you can answer them. You don't ask for answers without letting others know what the questions is, and you don't do that to yourself either. Spend the time to find the questions, and then spend the time to answer them carefully, spend the time talking to people and hearing different opinions, spend the time testing and re-testing your ideas.
Third... Know your market. Market survey doesn't need to wait for your service/product to be complete before it is carried out. In fact, there should be one survey done before you start doing anything. You need to know what's the present status quo of the market you are going into. For example, does everyone love YouTube? Why? What do they want more from it? What do people need? And so on, this way, you won't spend all your time in futile making a product that the market does not want.
Fourth... Know your opponents. Same ideas as above, only deeper. What's the history? What's it about? What's their strategies? Their statistics? These are very important. It's always important to know what you are going against, if just to safe yourself from another futile work period only to find that, damn... my competitor have already been doing that for decades...
Fifth... If the employee doesn't work, change. Maybe in a school club there's the problem of, "but he's my friend." or "but he's her son", etc. Yet, for the well-being of a company, sometimes the actual results are more important. Chose your team carefully and strictly.
Sixth... Depend on no one. This isn't to say no collaboration, it's to say that you don't want to depend everything on someone else. People are not reliable when they don't see the profits, and have not the same passion as yourself for any business. People are not reliable, period. If you want to do something, make sure that you are the one who knows what goes on in it. If you are the boss, you are the only person that cannot be missing from the team, anyone else can be replaced, but not you. If you are over-reliant on your tech-team, allowing them to make most of the decisions, you might end up being the one that's excused from the game instead of them, or you might have problems when they are excused. Power-structure, grrrr.
Seventh... Board is to be respected, but since CEO is the one working onsite... let the CEO decide.
Eighth... this isn't a game, it's a business... it's not school clubs... it's business... no one cares what educational values you have, and no one will take that as the reason to support you. Unless, of course, they are education based organizations.
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