An Era of Urban Impatience: the Elevator Syndrome

February 2nd, 2010

Living in an age of over populating rapid urbanization that has seen many o’ wide open spaces replaced with the likes of slums and suburbia, the cities of the world continue to expand across horizons, expanding through the upper stretches of the biosphere. With longer horizontal and vertical distances to cover, we’ve come to be coerced in accommodating an increase in commute times coupled with a decrease in patience.

With such combustion of city congestion, essentially, everyone’s running to stand still.
Honking horns, red tail lights and roaring engines in rush hour are the norm of the streets. On the sidewalks, crosswalks, and within the buildings throughout the lego-land expanse, human herds stampede towards their destinations as if contestants in the latest reality game of survival of the fittest. Not surprisingly, redundant repetitions of modern lifestyles have implanted us with various new habits, soon to be on the verge of installation in to the human genome. Of these peculiar nervous-phenomenon is what one might refer to as the ‘elevator syndrome.’

Next time you’re in the elevator, observe that person next to the buttons. Nine times out of ten, he or she will be anxious to manually push the doors close as soon a person enters or exits, never mind that the elevator is automated to close on its own. Rather than take that millisecond opportunity to breath and let the machine do what it was programmed to do, this contagious syndrome has us anxious to speed up the process, saving us truly an insignificant amount of time, while probably even taking more time away from our ultimate life span as we let anxiety and anticipation control our lives.

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Online Courtship Guide & Principles: Profiling Disclosure, Personals and Pictures

January 24th, 2010

So you’ve grown virtual balls, realizing and accepting that the internet may be your best bet in getting laid if not at least a date for next weekend. You’ve read the first part, and done your research of which network(s) has the fish pond ideal for you. Before you can cast your pole and start fishing, it’s time to proceed to the first preliminary action stage: Profiling. Read the rest of this entry »

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12 Nights (2000) Hong Kong Film starring Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi and Eason Chan

January 22nd, 2010

12 Nites movie posterThe other night, I was browsing my friend’s movie collection and came across one of the first Asian films I became fond of from a decade back: 12 Nights (2000). My initial viewing was at the Denver Asian Film Festival of 2000. At that particular time, I was preparing to travel to Southeast Asia for the first time on a journey to explore my Asian roots. This movie represented somewhat of a fertilizer for the seed of Asian passion and romance which was planted within back when.

I was quite impressed with 12 Nights (directed by Aubrey Lam Oi-Wah and produced by Peter Chan Ho-Sun) when I first saw ten years ago, and viewing it again recently inspired me to write a quick promotional for others who may be interested in seeing this worthy contemporary Asian relationship film. Read the rest of this entry »

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Online Courtship Guide and Principles: Internet Dating-Mating Introduction

October 14th, 2009

http://ire.nosf.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/computer-love.jpgRemember the good old days sitting in your lonely room with soothing Sam Cooke ballads, wishing you were out on a date with that special someone to share all that love you had stored inside, if not help you spend that hard earned dough?

Well, what was so good about them boring and destitute Saturday nights anyway? Never mind the malfunctioning state of the economy, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be out on the town with the love of your life—if not at least for one night, wedding bells are certainly chiming beyond the horizon if that’s what you’re after.

Whether an unforgettable lay or an unbreakable stay, weekends are meant to look forward to! As a cyber dependent society would have, the world’s netizen population continues to swell momentously, meaning the chances of you landing a compatible date—without ever have even brushed your teeth—has increased in both speed and convenience. In this article, we’ll outline the fundamental principles for the online mating-dating game, which if adhered to, will ensure increased success rate in finding the right desired date-mate.

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Crocodile Blood Capsules: Health Supplement Boost

October 8th, 2009

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Croc Blood Serum as a Savior?

It’s a common observation that reptiles heal quicker than mammals, far less prone to disease and infection of exposed wounds. Considering crocodiles, particularly, are constantly exposed to millions of microbes and pathogens that would pose threat to exposed humans, one must wonder what can be learned or gained from crocs, yet another beast that would be unaffected if injected with HIV virus, for example.

In recent med-business ventures, various researchers and entrepreneurial pharmaceutical chains across the globe have come out claiming and promoting that crocodile blood serum can be used for health boosts with little to no adverse affects in everything from HIV-AIDS, Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes and Flu to augmenting skin complexion, sexual libido, and physical Fitness–such as was rumored utilized by Chinese Olympic athletes. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Actual P’s of Contemporary Capitalism and Marketing

July 26th, 2009

Capitalism & Marketing Mix: The true story

p_problem.jpgImagine an alien student studying human-kind getting hold of a Marketing text book. Sooner or later, they’d get to the chapter about the four P’s: What were they again—oh yea, Product. Place, Price, and Promotion. Reading further, they’d go on to learn that a few additional Ps were amended on by some Doofus PHD academia: People, Political, Packaging, and the misleading list goes on.

In practice however, what that alien would ultimately come to observe as the biggest P of contemporary capitalism and marketing: Problem. Which problem is that?

The printing of paper and plastic packaging for promotional purposes

On a scale not in favor yet massive, its not only emotionally hurting us

Its burning us, scorching the earth adding value worth—no landfill’s dearth

Solution: Avoid consuming and supporting of products and companies who contribute to this problem–i.e. those who produce a bulk of litter by individually packaging to promote and brand the masses–whether talking about bulk printing of fliers, ads, plastic branded bags, individually wrapped crap, etc. Use your power. boycott the PP heads!

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Dear Galileo หนีตามกาลิเลโอ : Thai Europe Adventure – Romance – Friendship Film

July 23rd, 2009


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/th/8/89/Dear_Galileo.jpgDirected by Nithiwat Tharatorn starring Ray Macdonald (as Pisit) Chutima Theepanart (as Cherry), and Jarinporn Joonkiati (as Noon), Dear Galileo is a warm and modern Thai flick exploring the stretching bonds of friendship and love across the borders of Europe. Beginning in Thailand, the two prime characters, Noon and Cherry jump straight to the point, literally, doing a dual bungee jump, painting their closeness and commitment as best friends, making plans to take leave from studies to tour and work their way across Europe with no definite return timeline.

 

Fulfilling the dreams and fantasy of many a young (educated) Thai boy and girl, Noon and Cherry vow to make it to such famous sites as Big Ben, Stone Henge, Eiffel tower, and the leaning tower of Pisa—but first must conquer the first hurdle of telling their fathers, never mind immigration visas—the convenience and limitation of screen-writing.

 

As is the reality for most mobile Thais overseas, they make their living serving tables and chopping vegetables at Thai restaurants for minimal yet sufficient under-the-table wages, starting in London, eventually moving onto the likes of Paris and ultimately Milan.

 

While in Paris, their tight bond reaches its climax , around the same time the third character, Pisit comes into the picture. Without spoiling the art and outcome of this film, the author will only say he was initially expecting to see some kind of love triangle—guy comes between friends—plot, but was surprised of how the plot actually unfolded. While not the scheming, dramatic love triangle plot that it appears, it wa, nonetheless, a warm and emotional story overall with realistic and convincing acting and  90 % Thai dialogue, definitely worth seeing with your best friend.

 

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Will Write For Food: Supplemental Income Content Writing

April 20th, 2009

source= http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/dove-model.jpgDo you dream to work in your underwear but don’t possess the abs and buns of steel that any magazine would pay to snap pictures of? Lucky for you, your dream is not far fetched. Strip down and hang your modeling ambitions up and away. Become a writer!

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The Contemperary Crips & Bloods of Thailand: Siamese Color Wars

April 11th, 2009

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21MRv6mFbrL._SL500_AA280_.jpgAll over the Thai media in recent times has been the colored shirt political rivalries infesting the Siamese political and public arenas. Initially headlined by the pro (current) government yellow shirts, known formerly as PAD (Peoples Alliance for Democracy), and their bitter opposition, pro ex-Thaksin-government red shirted rivals, or PAAD (Peoples Alliance Against Dictatorship).

As world economic turmoil continues to manifest across local markets, and many more find their pockets thinning, bitter political propagandists seize opportunity, attracting idle citizens to rally on the streets of Bangkok and Pattaya as the Thai New Year Songkran week long festival swings into motion this second week of April.

And now, it appears the Thai ‘Bloods’ have a new enemy: the blue shirts, supposedly neutral from the PAD and PAAD , but widely believed to be a new fraction of PAD, pro government supporters. While this time of year is typical for war on the streets, the standard arsenal of water guns has been converted to clubs, tear gas and real guns, particularly in the latest clash in Pattaya, ending in a declared state of emergency haultiing the ASEAN summit meeting being held there after Red and Blue shirted mobs clashed head on. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mangosteen Name Mystery: Thai joke version

March 26th, 2009

With lifts on import bans in recent years, much of the western world has finally been introduced to the sweet & juicy delight of the mangosteen. This native Asian fruit identified scientifically as Garcinia mangostana is so new to the mass markets of US and Europe, common spell checkers  have yet to recognize it.

source= http://surfood.com/surfood_eshop/images/Mangosteen.jpgOur processing machines aren’t the only ones in the dark–chances are if one isn’t following exotic health supplement fads, has never been to Asia or doesn’t frequent the local Asian fresh markets for that matter, then mangosteen is likely as alien to ones vocabulary as the name itself is to common name derivative logic. Read the rest of this entry »

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