Stalking in any form should be made illegal, for example, it should be made illegal on internet to search about a person's e-mail and private address. If you are smart enough, you will never leave any traces of your home address or telephone number on net. However, some people leave their details on because they want to attract stalkers. Doctors. Dentists. Pharmacists. There are also people who make up identities because I did a search on rugby players and found one. Of course his detail is not real.
Physically stalking someone is illegal but if you can't find the person, and he/she does not know you have been to his/her place, then your act is not illegal. Or is it? Can you be found out if that person is unaware of your presence? What about checking their mailboxes? New Zealand post has done something naughty recently. They send out posties to check other people's houses. If they need painting, then the posties will report back to the paint company to send ad to these houses. That should count as stalking. However, New Zealand Post has discovered this is a serious breach of privacy so stop doing that. Good on ya.
What about stalking using e-messenger, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and AOL? As long as you don't get on line, you will not be stalked. E-mail, by the same analogy, should be save as well. You can always have a second e-mail handy.
Privacy, at this day and age, is sincerely dead. Your phone number is listed in the Yellow Pages. Your address is listed as well. Who knows when The Terminator will find your house and come to eliminate you? Who knows when The Borg will come to assimilate you into their race? It's scary, but it is so easy to find someone now it's not funny.
Can we actually have any peace?
Do a google search of yourself. Don't be too proud if you find yourself because somewhere, some time, someone is on the internet doing the same search as you. Delete it.
If you are paranoid about not being found, don't list your phone number and address in the telephone book. That does have its downs because like the Telecom ad states, if you don't list your mobile, when your car breaks down and has no petrol, there's no way your relatives can contact you. There's also no way of trying to tell you there's no parachute in your bag. Haha. Seriously, that's life threatening.
Also, don't leave your bank account number out anywhere on net. That's dangerous. This also applies to Visa and other credit card numbers, Eftpos numbers, your pin number, you password, and so on and so forth. You never know when your account is going to empty. That's why I always worry about people in movies who transfer their money into foreign accounts. Even though they are major crime heads or thugs most of the time, but what if, at the same time, someone hack into their computer and take all their money? Wouldn't that upset your master plan of transferring your money to Swiss Account? Haha. Gotcha!
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
Admiration of the opposite sex
Opposite attracts. People are like magnets, you have a certain feeling about the others, no matter good or bad. Your childhood sweetheart may turn out to be a big jerk. Your long time friend may become your future partner. Who knows what's around the corner?
People who fall in or out of love know the feeling. You can't live without them. You have to tell them everything even though it's just about a new handbag that you've brought. The other will listen to you as if the handbag is Prada and must compare price with you. He will be there when you are shopping, swiping the Visa card without breaking a sweat. Why? Because he loves you. He doesn't care if you are stupid. He doesn't care if you are smart. As long as you love him in return, he will do anything for you. You will cook for him no matter how late he comes home. Fill up the tub with hot water. You will clean his house. You will drive him to places. You will ask him to do impossible things like getting a rock from the moon. You will bring up his kids. That's what love is all about.
Before Valentine's Day, let's review the present status of the relationship between men and women around the world. At least the part of the world where I live in.
Most of my friends have a partner or a boy/girlfriend. They are happy with their relationship, if they are not, they are breaking up with them. The people who are single are reasonably happy, but some are trying to find the one in the crowd. Congratulation to those who found their love ones, good on you. Work hard on it. Relationship can't be taken for granted. If you've sow the seed, you have got to water it so it will grow up and flower in the spring and summer. You have to pull out the weeds around the flower so it will get all the nutrients in the ground. You have to get rid of the dead plant in the winter so you can sow the seed again. Love is a lot like a garden, it requires tender loving care.
A lot of people don't take care of their relationships. That's why you break up. Don't expect the other half to wait around for you forever, that's not gonna happen.
So have I got any advice for those people who are trying to find a partner? Yes, I have. Don't take my word if you know how to do it because you know the answer in the deepest of your heart.
1. Find someone who is easy to talk to. I think communication is the most important thing in the relationship. Try to find someone who is easy to talk to. Try to find someone who is truthful. Find someone who will tell you what he/she did and not hide anything. It will be easier to get to know this person, and more you know about them, the more you will like/dislike them.
2. Find someone who is similar/disimilar to you. Yes, this is what happens. Sometimes you want to find a person who is exactly like you, but you may get too bored with this person and long for someone who is different. That's why foreign lovers are in such high demand. Someone who is from a different place. Someone who is from a different background. Someone exotic. However, you may find them so exotic and dispicable that you will want to go back to someone who is more normal. Having the same interest often helps. Watching movies. Reading books. Riding. Swimming. Drawing. You name it, you will find someone out there who likes doing what you do.
3. Find a reliable person. Being reliable may make a person boring, but reliability is very important throughout the life. Someone who is never on time is not reliable. Someone who does not have a job is not reliable. Someone who doesn't have a bank account with money in it is not reliable. Someone who make empty promises is not reliable. Reliability brings stability, and stability brings a good life. Of course some people doesn't want to stay in one place all the time, but a reliable person will go with you to the end of the world because they will always be there for you no matter what. They won't throw stones into the well when you are at the bottom, they will pull you up. They won't let you get lost in the woods and will always check if you are walking too slowly. It's a matter of life and death, so find someone who is reliable.
4. Find a nice looking person. Yes, I mean it. It's important. I don't mean those people who have movie star looks. A person who looks straight and trustworthy. A person who has confidence and stand out in a crowd. A person who believe in themselves. All these qualities make you look good. Tidy and clean. Also, it makes your life easier to look at nice looking person. (I am so shallow.)
5. Find someone who you can work with. That's important because you don't want to fight all the time when you are renovating your kitchen. You don't want someone to pick on you when you have spent three hours in the kitchen making a soup. You don't want someone who doesn't mow the lawn or cut the tree. You don't want someone who will not hand over their money so you guys can buy a house togehter. No. You don't want that kind of person who is selfish and arrogant. You want someone who is willing to share the glory with you when you succeed. You want someone who will cry with you when you are sad, not someone who is cold and distant.
I can't think of any good qualities you can find, so I will end this article with a piece of advice that I have been given by my sister:
"Stop looking for the person who you love. They will come and find you."
Exactly. When you stop looking for love, they will find you.
People who fall in or out of love know the feeling. You can't live without them. You have to tell them everything even though it's just about a new handbag that you've brought. The other will listen to you as if the handbag is Prada and must compare price with you. He will be there when you are shopping, swiping the Visa card without breaking a sweat. Why? Because he loves you. He doesn't care if you are stupid. He doesn't care if you are smart. As long as you love him in return, he will do anything for you. You will cook for him no matter how late he comes home. Fill up the tub with hot water. You will clean his house. You will drive him to places. You will ask him to do impossible things like getting a rock from the moon. You will bring up his kids. That's what love is all about.
Before Valentine's Day, let's review the present status of the relationship between men and women around the world. At least the part of the world where I live in.
Most of my friends have a partner or a boy/girlfriend. They are happy with their relationship, if they are not, they are breaking up with them. The people who are single are reasonably happy, but some are trying to find the one in the crowd. Congratulation to those who found their love ones, good on you. Work hard on it. Relationship can't be taken for granted. If you've sow the seed, you have got to water it so it will grow up and flower in the spring and summer. You have to pull out the weeds around the flower so it will get all the nutrients in the ground. You have to get rid of the dead plant in the winter so you can sow the seed again. Love is a lot like a garden, it requires tender loving care.
A lot of people don't take care of their relationships. That's why you break up. Don't expect the other half to wait around for you forever, that's not gonna happen.
So have I got any advice for those people who are trying to find a partner? Yes, I have. Don't take my word if you know how to do it because you know the answer in the deepest of your heart.
1. Find someone who is easy to talk to. I think communication is the most important thing in the relationship. Try to find someone who is easy to talk to. Try to find someone who is truthful. Find someone who will tell you what he/she did and not hide anything. It will be easier to get to know this person, and more you know about them, the more you will like/dislike them.
2. Find someone who is similar/disimilar to you. Yes, this is what happens. Sometimes you want to find a person who is exactly like you, but you may get too bored with this person and long for someone who is different. That's why foreign lovers are in such high demand. Someone who is from a different place. Someone who is from a different background. Someone exotic. However, you may find them so exotic and dispicable that you will want to go back to someone who is more normal. Having the same interest often helps. Watching movies. Reading books. Riding. Swimming. Drawing. You name it, you will find someone out there who likes doing what you do.
3. Find a reliable person. Being reliable may make a person boring, but reliability is very important throughout the life. Someone who is never on time is not reliable. Someone who does not have a job is not reliable. Someone who doesn't have a bank account with money in it is not reliable. Someone who make empty promises is not reliable. Reliability brings stability, and stability brings a good life. Of course some people doesn't want to stay in one place all the time, but a reliable person will go with you to the end of the world because they will always be there for you no matter what. They won't throw stones into the well when you are at the bottom, they will pull you up. They won't let you get lost in the woods and will always check if you are walking too slowly. It's a matter of life and death, so find someone who is reliable.
4. Find a nice looking person. Yes, I mean it. It's important. I don't mean those people who have movie star looks. A person who looks straight and trustworthy. A person who has confidence and stand out in a crowd. A person who believe in themselves. All these qualities make you look good. Tidy and clean. Also, it makes your life easier to look at nice looking person. (I am so shallow.)
5. Find someone who you can work with. That's important because you don't want to fight all the time when you are renovating your kitchen. You don't want someone to pick on you when you have spent three hours in the kitchen making a soup. You don't want someone who doesn't mow the lawn or cut the tree. You don't want someone who will not hand over their money so you guys can buy a house togehter. No. You don't want that kind of person who is selfish and arrogant. You want someone who is willing to share the glory with you when you succeed. You want someone who will cry with you when you are sad, not someone who is cold and distant.
I can't think of any good qualities you can find, so I will end this article with a piece of advice that I have been given by my sister:
"Stop looking for the person who you love. They will come and find you."
Exactly. When you stop looking for love, they will find you.
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Take a stab at the wild direction
The gnome is still struggling, but I quickly withdraw from the helpless animal. Let its body collapes in the fading sun, I walk towards another one.
The green field is filled with gnomes that move to my rhythm. There is no place to hide. It's much cooler now. My sleeve is soaked with blood now as they drop one by one.
The castle looms large as the shadow close in when the sun finally goes down. The forest across the field is as dark as the night. The Southern cross comes out from behind the thick cloud as the moon slide smoothly in the darkness. You can almost feel the air. It envelopes my cloak as I open the castle door.
Move quickly across the hall, I notice the forms glide in the parallel universe. A very young Harry Potter is walking toward his dormitory. Teachers are still finishing their dinner. I open the door of Hogwarts castle as my tired hands can no longer kill any more gnomes in the field.
Say hello to the road that goes towards Penacles. Occasionally, you will be able to catch the glimpse of a rabbit on the road. Most of the time, you see people travelling from Penacles quickly towards where the mob are congregating.
Yes, this is a virtual world filled with mobs that you can kill. Otherwise, how can a student of biology kill gnomes and have tired hands? You can see people from all walks of life playing here. Computer programers. University lecturers. Students. Secretaries. Managers.
The green field is filled with gnomes that move to my rhythm. There is no place to hide. It's much cooler now. My sleeve is soaked with blood now as they drop one by one.
The castle looms large as the shadow close in when the sun finally goes down. The forest across the field is as dark as the night. The Southern cross comes out from behind the thick cloud as the moon slide smoothly in the darkness. You can almost feel the air. It envelopes my cloak as I open the castle door.
Move quickly across the hall, I notice the forms glide in the parallel universe. A very young Harry Potter is walking toward his dormitory. Teachers are still finishing their dinner. I open the door of Hogwarts castle as my tired hands can no longer kill any more gnomes in the field.
Say hello to the road that goes towards Penacles. Occasionally, you will be able to catch the glimpse of a rabbit on the road. Most of the time, you see people travelling from Penacles quickly towards where the mob are congregating.
Yes, this is a virtual world filled with mobs that you can kill. Otherwise, how can a student of biology kill gnomes and have tired hands? You can see people from all walks of life playing here. Computer programers. University lecturers. Students. Secretaries. Managers.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Life on other planets?
After reading articles in New Scientist, it made me wonder that maybe there was life on other planets. Afterall, they may be older than us so we have never had the chance of meeting a Martian.
Presence of water is the indicator that life may once be present on Mars surface. Or they may live in the soil. Who knows? So exciting. Scientists also claim that rocks may contain some fossils of life. Wait until they collect the rocks from Mars and trying to do an Indiana Jones on Mars. Isn't that exciting? Next time, NASA will send a maned mission to Mars so we don't have to watch movies about going to Mars anymore.
Isn't there a book somewhere called: Men are from Mars? Who knows if it's true or not. If Mars was once habitable, then we may come from there. Maybe not. No one can dispute that life may come from outer space, so why not Mars?
I suppose people will think me crazy, but before we have enough evidence otherwise, we can let out imagination run wild.
Wish they can collect more data in the future so we know more about the red planet. The results may show there wasn't any life on Mars, but who cares, let's find out more about Mars. We can learn from the atmosphere and the soil of Mars about the past and the future of Earth. We can learn about whether organisms will or will not be able to adapt to such harsh environment. We can look at the soil and try to solve the puzzle of Mars's history. We can also find minerals and other resources on Mars so one day we can live there.
Dreams are just dreams when you are thinking them, but it will become reality if you follow a logic path to solve the problems. Hope they success!
Presence of water is the indicator that life may once be present on Mars surface. Or they may live in the soil. Who knows? So exciting. Scientists also claim that rocks may contain some fossils of life. Wait until they collect the rocks from Mars and trying to do an Indiana Jones on Mars. Isn't that exciting? Next time, NASA will send a maned mission to Mars so we don't have to watch movies about going to Mars anymore.
Isn't there a book somewhere called: Men are from Mars? Who knows if it's true or not. If Mars was once habitable, then we may come from there. Maybe not. No one can dispute that life may come from outer space, so why not Mars?
I suppose people will think me crazy, but before we have enough evidence otherwise, we can let out imagination run wild.
Wish they can collect more data in the future so we know more about the red planet. The results may show there wasn't any life on Mars, but who cares, let's find out more about Mars. We can learn from the atmosphere and the soil of Mars about the past and the future of Earth. We can learn about whether organisms will or will not be able to adapt to such harsh environment. We can look at the soil and try to solve the puzzle of Mars's history. We can also find minerals and other resources on Mars so one day we can live there.
Dreams are just dreams when you are thinking them, but it will become reality if you follow a logic path to solve the problems. Hope they success!
Pets
Recently we have acquired a pet-setting job from our friend's neighbour. They have an old guinea pig that slowly lose its fur on the front legs. Even though it is five years old and eating towards destruction, it's extremely cute.
I think mum's opinion about pet is quite philosophical:
"I can't even take care of you so why should I get a pet?"
We haven't had a pet since we moved from Taiwan. It's such a shame because pets are friends who will not argue with you. It generally listen to your problem, eat a lot and sleep through the day. The famous Harry Potter has an owl, his friend Ron has a rat, Hermione has a cat, and pets have featured in films and books through out the centuries.
Snoopy, the lovable character in cartoon Peanuts, is a pet of Charlie Brown. Its life has touched many hearts around the world. Even after the death of the creator, it continues to capture the heart of young and old. It likes to fly on top of its house as a fighter pilot. I love Snoopy, too.
Pets can be quite annoying sometimes. Iago, the parrot in Aladdin, is a very noisy pet.
In the Simpsons, Santa's Little Helper features in several episodes. It is quite realistic.
Next time, if you ever come across a weird pet, then you should look at the owner. The owner stands out in a crowd as well. Have you ever seen a guy who takes his snake to work? I hope not.
Pet relaxes you. After a hard day at work, you want to sit down in front of your television and do absolutely nothing. You want to hold your cat on your lap and tell it all your problems until its bored stiff. You want to walk your dog in the sun set. You want to run with your dog so the frustration from work can be released. When you are on holiday, you want to leave the city life behind and enjoy some quality time with your children and your pet. You want to leave land behind to catch some fish. You want to take time out.
Pets will always be with you no matter what. You should take care of it. Be gentle to it. They remembers. Just like elephants remember. Take it with you when you are strolling down the street.
Have a nice time with your pet when you can. There are a lot of people who will kill for a pet, but sincerely can't have one for various reasons. Good luck for the people who have pets. Good luck also to people who wants to have pets. Don't over do it, though. You will look weird and stupid.
I think mum's opinion about pet is quite philosophical:
"I can't even take care of you so why should I get a pet?"
We haven't had a pet since we moved from Taiwan. It's such a shame because pets are friends who will not argue with you. It generally listen to your problem, eat a lot and sleep through the day. The famous Harry Potter has an owl, his friend Ron has a rat, Hermione has a cat, and pets have featured in films and books through out the centuries.
Snoopy, the lovable character in cartoon Peanuts, is a pet of Charlie Brown. Its life has touched many hearts around the world. Even after the death of the creator, it continues to capture the heart of young and old. It likes to fly on top of its house as a fighter pilot. I love Snoopy, too.
Pets can be quite annoying sometimes. Iago, the parrot in Aladdin, is a very noisy pet.
In the Simpsons, Santa's Little Helper features in several episodes. It is quite realistic.
Next time, if you ever come across a weird pet, then you should look at the owner. The owner stands out in a crowd as well. Have you ever seen a guy who takes his snake to work? I hope not.
Pet relaxes you. After a hard day at work, you want to sit down in front of your television and do absolutely nothing. You want to hold your cat on your lap and tell it all your problems until its bored stiff. You want to walk your dog in the sun set. You want to run with your dog so the frustration from work can be released. When you are on holiday, you want to leave the city life behind and enjoy some quality time with your children and your pet. You want to leave land behind to catch some fish. You want to take time out.
Pets will always be with you no matter what. You should take care of it. Be gentle to it. They remembers. Just like elephants remember. Take it with you when you are strolling down the street.
Have a nice time with your pet when you can. There are a lot of people who will kill for a pet, but sincerely can't have one for various reasons. Good luck for the people who have pets. Good luck also to people who wants to have pets. Don't over do it, though. You will look weird and stupid.
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