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tech·no·gasm /tɛkˈnɒgæzəm/. n., pl. -gasm·s. 1. a form of ‘orgasm’ or intense pleasure that is derived from technological gadgets and gizmos galore; this pleasure is mostly experienced by nerds, geeks or other related stereotypes: I am having a technogasm over device X. Okay, so the definition was mostly copied from Urban Dictionary. Feh. But I do indeed . . . → Read More: Technogasm/Realisation · Awesome The Buddhist teaching is about the middle way – taking neither extremes. It means the taking of a middleground. But I must say, the middleground sucks. Here’s a picture to explain the whole thing, since a picture is a thousand words:  And then, comes the words. Of course there are words. When Buddhist monks go on protests and become violent, it is usually news. Because usually monks don’t get violent, and the Buddhist tenets clearly prohibits violence. So why did they go on protests and become violent? The answer is quite simple. It’s not the “oppression” of the Chinese government. No, its something that has been taught in Buddhism for a long time – attachment. Our good friend, Pope Benedict XVI claimed today that the world’s cruelty comes from atheists (Hat tip to John Walkenbach). You can read the actual excepts here. You know, I have always been led to believe that Christianity is a ‘loving’ religion (the woman I love is of a Christian faith, even when I am not). However, the Pope has indeed proved me wrong, once again.
I recently acquired a movie – Shanghai Kiss. I originally acquired it because Hayden Panittiere is in it. Those who know me knows that I recently abandoned my jacaranda wallpaper for a nice high resolution picture of her. Anyways, I watched Shanghai Kiss last night, and found it to be not bad. Usually, I don’t review those ‘rediscovering roots’ movie because I find them quite condescending (I wrote three different draft reviews of Saving Face, and threw them out). Also, some of the movies kinda harp a lot on the past, and keeps politicizing racial issues (Anyone remembers Mateen Kemet from On The Lot? Yea, I HATE his type of movies, not to say I hate blacks, but I don’t like the condescending tone of his movie, politicizing blacks vs whites), but I found this movie to be quite different. Quite pleasantly different. I admit I have a fetish for Dim Sum. I like dim sum a lot. And this morning, I ate at a restaurant Kai Loon recommended – Hong Kee. No, this will not be a post with pictures of dim sum and food, rather, it will be a post with cultural musings, and thoughts about life. Eating . . . → Read More: Small Bites This post is to humor Shyuing, who’s been going through hell (I assume) studying for her Macroeconomics. We Chinese have a custom called Qing Ming (清明). It is akin to All Souls’ Day in the west. Qing Ming is a time for us Chinese to honor our dead ancestors, tend to the graves of the departed and so on and so forth. That is of course, assuming that the dead ancestors are buried, and not cremated or something else. Anyways, Qing Ming is primarily a day to remember the dead, for us Chinese who value our customs (but that’s totally another issue). Qing Ming was last week.
Accordingly, the denominations vary from H$10 (H$ = Hell Dollars) to H$8 billion, per note. Now, let’s find out if inflation happens in hell. Continue reading Does Inflation Happen in Hell? Today’s the last day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. My dad shared with me a few things that… I can’t help but laugh. Though I doubt that you’d understand. But since it’s the last day of Chinese New Year, I thought I’d honor my own heritage. The fun thing goes as this- |
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Anyways, during Qing Ming, those who stick to old Chinese customs will tend to burn money for the dead, for their continued usage in the afterlife, a.k.a Hell. These money of course, are not real money. These money are known as Hell notes, or Hell Money (Which by the way, caused the Chinese to start using paper money in ancient times). For more information on hell notes,