God is so not Cool

If God is just and righteous, why, then, did He make me broken? Am I just damaged goods to Him or what? Why wasn't I made flawlessly? Why do I have flaws?
I guess everybody has flaws. Even the most purrrfect people have flaws. Nobody is purrfect except maybe (?) God. God sent His Son, Jesus, who was flawless, in every way except  for the people who persecuted him. Jesus came to die for our sins b/c He was no sinner. He was God personified.
(Sorry to get so religious on you folks.)

Help Chile...Help the World!

Chile suffered a horrible 8.8 earthquake Saturday, causing tsunami in the Pacific Rim all the way from Alaska to Hawaii. It is in dire need of help for those that suffered the casualty. Help, Help,Help! It is terrible! Why is this happening? It is very sad that people are dying everywhere. First, it was Haiti. Now it's Chile and then there's the tsunami... Oh dear. Is it b/c of global warming? 'Cause now they're having earthquakes in places that didn't used to have earthquakes... California is supposedly the only place to have earthquakes. I mean, California is Earthquake Country. Next we know, there'll be earthquakes over in New York (like in that Greg Evigan movie Earthquake in New York!

RIP Andrew Koenig aka Boner of Growing Pains

Remember Boner from Growing Pains? He was the funny guy (he was funny-looking), the sidekick to Kirk Cameron's ladies man, the smooth operation with the ladies. Boner agreed to everything Mike did, being the loyal best friend he was.
Well, he met a tragic end. Andrew Koenig, best known as Boner from Growing Pains has died. He committed suicide.
How did it come to this?! Why didn't anyone, anyone in his family or any of his friends knew about his depression? And if they did, why didn't they seek help for him?! Why did they wait till it was too little, too late? It shouldn't have to come to this... Why did they let it? If they knew about his depression was this deep, why didn't they take drastic measures? Everything is messed up. It takes a tragedy to help another person.
Someone I know said that committing suicide is a very selfish act b/c the one who commits the deed is only thinking of him/herself; they're not giving a thought as to what might happened to other people who might suffer b/c he/she commits suicide.
But then again, they're not thinking about others and how it might it affect them 'cause they're in so much pain like Andrew Koenig.
Being depressed is like before you're cut off from this world. You feel like drowning in your own nightmares day after day with no end in sight. It may feel like your life is ending, but it is just beginning... So reach out to someone if your feeling down in the pits. Talk it out.
So seek help before it's too late...  Look at the bigger picture. Reach out to someone who needs a friend. Be a friend to them.
Enjoy life to the fullest with your loved ones before their lives are cut short, whether its by suicide, illness, natural causes or whatever ailment b/c this is a cold, hard world. We must face the cold, hard reality-we don't live in an utopia-we live in a world full of violence and sexual innuendo. It's not safe out there. Oh, as children, our parents tried to shelter us, but as adults we must face reality-the hard, cold world. We can't be sheltered forever, though our parents wish we could be.

Help thru Blogging

I read an article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100220/tc_afp/chinasocietypoverty_20100220171438)that blogger  help the Beijing (China, natch!) homeless through blogging. People contribute money through his website to help the homeless mostly either disabled or out-of-work Chinese. Now, with the help of this one blogger and his contributers, he helped the Beijing's homeless.  That's very noble of him. That's above the call of duty. Now that's what I call making a difference in a life of a person-being a good samaritan, thinking about others before yourself, doing a selfless act, an act of random kindness.
Blogging could change lives (ie.: contributing to the homeless)!
Bless his heart! And to everyone who contributed to the cause!

Note: My folks say this could be a scam, so watch where you contribute your money 'cause you don't know where it goes.

Labels, labels, labels

I hate 'em
The confines of labeling
I hate being labeled as
disabled
when I am totally, competely capable of doing lots of things...
interdependent
when I am totally, competely capable of doing things on my own,
thank you very much
I don't need your support;
I can do it on my own,
thank you very much
I don't need an enabler,
thanks but no thanks
Come to think of it,
I hate being label as
client
cause it means I need help;
I'm not fragile,
I won't break in half
I can speak up for myself-
I CAN SELF-ADVOCATE
just as others advocate for me
I HATE LABELS-
I JUST CAN'T STAND 'EM!

Happy Holidays to One & All!

Happy, Happy Chinese Year! (Gung Hay Fat Choy!) Happy V-Day (Valentine's Day, natch!) Happy President's Day! Happy Mardi Gras (Fat or is it Phat? Tuesday).
These holidays are coming up this weekend! I hope y'all enjoy to whatever effect!! Enjoy!! Enjoy!! And don't let the holidays go by without so much as celebrating it! Don't forget or else consequences will be dire! SUCCUMB TO THE MADNESS that is Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, President's Day. And let's not forget Mardi Gras!
Enjoy! ;p

Sororities are a Sham!

Boy was I glad I wasn't in a sorority back when I was in college!
Did ya read the article about the fashion & beauty rules at Cornell's sorority,  Pi Phi, that they issue out (the rules were linked onto the Internet) Here's the link: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/mean-girl-fashion-and-beauty-rules-at-cornell-sorority-no-mustaches-or-muffin-tops-636982/
The rules were set up for the pledges not for girls who are already in the sorority. But it is still unfair! I mean, who dictates what we should or shouldn't wear? Or how we should or shouldn't look? I mean, who does that (excluding the celebs, I'm talking about us commoners, us common folks, etc)? Do they think they're the fashion police?
Public figures' actions get scrutinized, natch. And that includes the way they dressed, beauty and fashion-wise (Fashion police alert!) What they say, do, even think get scrutinized. Even if they so much as blink, they get scrutinized and criticized. They changed they ways b/c they're 'role models.' Yeah, right. Some public figures don't act like role models; they act more like someone you look down on, someone who is disgraceful to our generation. The way they party all the time, but not all celebs party (here's looking at you,Hilary Duff & Miley Cyrus!) The ones who party can't be a good role models (ie.: Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan), yet little girls look up to them anyways. Why is that? They may think they're cool. But they're so not cool when they have a nervous breakdown aka a meltdown that's reported online (TMZ).
Sorry I digress... How did we get from one soroity that want to conform us to be more fashion & beauty appropriate for the pledges?!

Angry Lil' Spitfire

She was sparking-
             fire was coming out of her ears!
              raving mad
              crazy
              C-R-A-Z-Y
               living in the moment
               girl gone wild
                wild n' crazy
                                   girl
               nobody can touch this girl!
               she's untouchable
               invincible
                             no harm can come to this ole girl!
             when she like this,
              you better watch out!
                                              or else
            

Holidays-Gotta Love 'Em!

Where should we begin?
There is Presidents' Day, celebrating both Lincoln & Washington's birthdays.
Then there's Valentine's Day, which is just another commericalized holiday,, (which include Christmas & Thanksgiving-the mainstream media want you to spend, spend, spend). People can buy flowers/candy or just simply write a poem any day of the year; it doesn't have to be Valentine's Day. Why does it have to be
V-Day of all days? 'Cause it's romantic. It's not romantic when some mainstream media tells you to buy such-and-such on such-and-such a day.
Then there's Chinese New Year. This year's the Year of the Tiger. As a Chinese-American, I can't hardly wait for the festivities to start! I wonder who'll be chosen for this year's Miss Chinatown... Little wonder, huh? When they finally, and I do mean finally choose the Miss Chinatown of San Francisco, natch, they'll have the Chinese New Year Parade! I can't wait!
All of these holidays, this year, happen to fall on the same day.
And also, even though the Winter Olympics isn't a holiday, it is happening around the same time (Opening Ceremony Feb 12)
On an unrelated note, the Expo is coming to Shanghai in October; I've haven't been since '87. I wanna go.
Enjoy the rest of the winter! I, for one, will surely, without a doubt, will! ;P

Bike Polo

I read about bike polo in Jane (a defunct mag but whatever). It sounds fun. It's like regular polo but instead of using horses, you use bikes. It's the latest thing to do, dontcha know? Back when Jane wrote about it it was 2007. They had someone from their staff go out and do the sport (if that's what you called it), it was probably not as popular yet. Now, we can play like the royalty, only without the horses! Cool, huh? I mean, you savvy?
If you want to find out more about bike polo, either go to the regularly scheduled matches on Mondays & Thursdays at 7pm in Dolores Park (beware of the crackdown for unpermitted & unauthorized athletic activity, which carried a 5 citation and $103 fine) or Sunday at 2pm on Golden Gate Park's Speedway Meadows
Enjoy!;P

Be Careful...

...in your own neighborhood!
A murder occurred in the dead of the night (OK, afternoon, but still) in my neighborhood (Sunset District, San Francisco. And I thought this was a safe neighborhood like Richmond (the district not the city) as compare to Mission or even Mission Dolores (sorry-but Mission just isn't safe, to me anyway), but I guess it isn't... I guess nowhere is safe. Nowhere but nowhere is safe. Define safe for me, please and I'll show you a safe neighborhood. Cool? ¿Ya comprende? Anyways, what once thought was a safe neighborhood isn't anymore 'cause of the recent murder.
You gotta be on your toes at all times. You gotta be aware of your surroundings...or KAPOWIE!!!
You get into major trouble if you're not careful. So be alert and on at all times. Otherwise, your life-not to be a party pooper-might flash right right before your very eyes.

San Francisco

Lately, there are a buncha songs written about New York, stuff named after New York. Like New York is one big ab fab city. I disagree! I think San Francisco is hot stuff! way better than ol' New York! So here's a mini-poem about San Fran:

San Francisco
It has
Multicultural,
Multiethnicity,
Multiracial,
Multisexual-orientation.
Mixed that all in you got the entertainment mecca of the West Coast!