It was in the news a few weeks back, it is estimated that in China, there are 18 million more single males in the wedable age than there are of single females in the same age group.
This is due to China's single kid law they had for years, another brilliant idea from Mao. To think in an economics sense, the supply of males have increase, but the demand hasn't, so the "price" of males will drop. So, it will be very apparent that it will be a lot harder for males in China to find someone to get married. There are a few things they can do:
1. Work harder so they will increase their own prices in a way to attract single, but limited number of women.
2. Become gay, there will be 9 million pairs of gays in China. They will be bringing love, peace, and art into China. It will be a culutral revolution part 2!
Now, you have to know that ever since the single kid law came out, there have been social problems. First, parents in rural areas will only want to have boys instead of gals, because boys are better at working in the field. Second, if you have a generation of kids who can have the caring of not only their parents but also the caring of grandparents from both sides, like many single kids out there, these kids are likely to be very very spoiled. Compounded with an economic booms in China, spoilness will likely to increase.
Okay, so you have a lot of single guys in rural areas, who are likely to be spoiled. It is unlikely for them to do option 1 I listed before. The parents will likely to tell them, they are perfect anyways. Also, it is still quite traditional for guys living in rural areas, so option 2 is probably out of question as well...
If you go back to the number, 18 million, that is a huge number. According to my friend from China, he thinks the number is grossly underestimated. Because there are many many men (presumably rich) in China with multiple wifes. Also, Statistics China like to underestimated all the bad things in China. Maybe, that number is say... 5 million higher?
23 million single males? God damn, that is the population in TW! Can you imagine when you wake up in the morning, everyone you see becomes a guy, the news anchors, the guy on bike, everyone on transit, everyone in your office, and everyone in the mall...?!
Maybe, there is something behind this Single Kid Law. Maybe one day, the Chinese government will gather all these single guys up, hand them AK47s, and put them in fishing boats. Then tell them, "over there is TW, there are girls there, they all look like 臨智零!". TW will be reunited by these single males very quickly. Or another country, like Japan, "over there is Japan, there are girls there, they all look like 冰奇不!", Japan will fall as well!
11/30/2007
11/24/2007
Thinking outside of a box, military version.
The time was World War II, when British Royal Airforce was sending squadrons of bombers to Europe mainland. The losses were very heavy, about 50% of Lancaster bombers were lost to enemy fires.
The top generals were frustrated, they couldn't figure out where to place more armours on their bombers. Initially, they put extra armours around cockpits, but there were still heavy casualties.
So they hired the smartest person they could think of, a cambridge professor, and asked him to figure out the best place to put more armour plates on the plane.
The professor talked to repair crews, and checked the returning bombers, to see where damages were.
One week later, the professor walked into the meeting room, full of eagerly waiting generals. He took out a model of the Lancaster Bomber. There were black spots all over the model plane. The professor explained, the black spots indicate the damages on the bombers which just returned from their missions.
All the generals could see that there are a few places with high concentrations of of black spots. They said, "Great! We should put armour plates on these places!"
The professor interrupted by saying, "No, no, I recommend we put plates on these places", pointing to the spots that have very little or no black spots.
He explained, "because all the bombers with these areas being damaged have either crashed somewhere in the mainland or in the bottom of Atlantic ocean, they never returned from their missions!"
British Royal Airforce implemented the professor's suggestion and the casualty was down by 37%!
The top generals were frustrated, they couldn't figure out where to place more armours on their bombers. Initially, they put extra armours around cockpits, but there were still heavy casualties.
So they hired the smartest person they could think of, a cambridge professor, and asked him to figure out the best place to put more armour plates on the plane.
The professor talked to repair crews, and checked the returning bombers, to see where damages were.
One week later, the professor walked into the meeting room, full of eagerly waiting generals. He took out a model of the Lancaster Bomber. There were black spots all over the model plane. The professor explained, the black spots indicate the damages on the bombers which just returned from their missions.
All the generals could see that there are a few places with high concentrations of of black spots. They said, "Great! We should put armour plates on these places!"
The professor interrupted by saying, "No, no, I recommend we put plates on these places", pointing to the spots that have very little or no black spots.
He explained, "because all the bombers with these areas being damaged have either crashed somewhere in the mainland or in the bottom of Atlantic ocean, they never returned from their missions!"
British Royal Airforce implemented the professor's suggestion and the casualty was down by 37%!
11/15/2007
我看色戒
最近看了許多朋友在他們的布拉格上登出他們對色戒的感想。 報章雜誌也是天天有色戒。 (當然是有關梁朝偉的蛋或是湯唯的波) 覺得好像我也該表示一下…
當然，電影對情色一段，比小說仔細多了。看得在場的男人津津有味，而且又自嘆不如。有一位結婚不到兩年的太太，在電影院中，不自情的大叫”這不是YOGA的姿勢嗎?”男人看色，女人就是看戒了。劇中的鴿子蛋出現的時候，不少女性同胞都發出讚嘆的聲音，就連之前在罵梁朝偉角色有夠賤的也變得安安靜靜。不過，不只是電影院裡的女性同胞，連湯唯的角色也在那時候發現，原來那個賤人是愛我啊… 用講的，或用做(愛)的都不算，要看到石頭才是愛…
兩位主角表現優異不在話下，那幾場打麻將的戲，幾個女人眉來眼去爭鋒頭，才是經典。
王力宏的演技就真的不大行了。一開始不大了解為什麼李安找個國語不大標準的來做愛國青年。不過，看女性朋友們對小王的欠佳演技都十分諒解的態度。我才發現，原來李導是怕一個鴿子蛋再加梁朝偉的蛋還不夠，再加個小生才能保證女性朋友笑著離開戲院。
所以，男的看動作，女的看石頭，各取所需，皆大歡喜。
這樣講李安的電影不大公平，因為角色精采，情感細膩，背景豐富，還是好片一部。但我的屁股還是看得會痛，太長了…
Ps. 如果你對色戒的背景有興趣,你一定要看張愛玲的小說(或有關她的小說) ，因為在小說裡，以可以了解她為什麼對上海那麼有感情(她自己是上海人)，而易先生她當年的先生胡蘭成的影子(許多人把胡蘭成歸類成漢奸)
當然，電影對情色一段，比小說仔細多了。看得在場的男人津津有味，而且又自嘆不如。有一位結婚不到兩年的太太，在電影院中，不自情的大叫”這不是YOGA的姿勢嗎?”男人看色，女人就是看戒了。劇中的鴿子蛋出現的時候，不少女性同胞都發出讚嘆的聲音，就連之前在罵梁朝偉角色有夠賤的也變得安安靜靜。不過，不只是電影院裡的女性同胞，連湯唯的角色也在那時候發現，原來那個賤人是愛我啊… 用講的，或用做(愛)的都不算，要看到石頭才是愛…
兩位主角表現優異不在話下，那幾場打麻將的戲，幾個女人眉來眼去爭鋒頭，才是經典。
王力宏的演技就真的不大行了。一開始不大了解為什麼李安找個國語不大標準的來做愛國青年。不過，看女性朋友們對小王的欠佳演技都十分諒解的態度。我才發現，原來李導是怕一個鴿子蛋再加梁朝偉的蛋還不夠，再加個小生才能保證女性朋友笑著離開戲院。
所以，男的看動作，女的看石頭，各取所需，皆大歡喜。
這樣講李安的電影不大公平，因為角色精采，情感細膩，背景豐富，還是好片一部。但我的屁股還是看得會痛，太長了…
Ps. 如果你對色戒的背景有興趣,你一定要看張愛玲的小說(或有關她的小說) ，因為在小說裡，以可以了解她為什麼對上海那麼有感情(她自己是上海人)，而易先生她當年的先生胡蘭成的影子(許多人把胡蘭成歸類成漢奸)
11/04/2007
愛很簡單
愛很簡單 - 陶吉吉
忘了是怎麼開始
也陷是對你一種感覺
忽然間發現自己
已深深愛上你 真的很簡單
愛的地暗天黑都已無所謂
是是非非無法抉擇
沒有後悔 為愛日夜去跟隨
那個瘋狂的人是我 喔~~
I LOVE YOU 無法不愛你 BABY 說你也愛我
I LOVE YOU 永遠不願意 BABY 失去你
不可能更快樂 只要能在一起 做什麼都可以
雖然世界變個不停 用最真誠的心 讓愛變的簡單
I LOVE YOU 我一直在這裡 一直在愛你
I LOVE YOU (Yes I Do)
永遠都不放棄 這愛的權利
如果你還有一些困惑 Oh No 請貼著我的心傾聽
聽我說著我愛你 (Yes I Do) 我愛你
忘了是怎麼開始
也陷是對你一種感覺
忽然間發現自己
已深深愛上你 真的很簡單
愛的地暗天黑都已無所謂
是是非非無法抉擇
沒有後悔 為愛日夜去跟隨
那個瘋狂的人是我 喔~~
I LOVE YOU 無法不愛你 BABY 說你也愛我
I LOVE YOU 永遠不願意 BABY 失去你
不可能更快樂 只要能在一起 做什麼都可以
雖然世界變個不停 用最真誠的心 讓愛變的簡單
I LOVE YOU 我一直在這裡 一直在愛你
I LOVE YOU (Yes I Do)
永遠都不放棄 這愛的權利
如果你還有一些困惑 Oh No 請貼著我的心傾聽
聽我說著我愛你 (Yes I Do) 我愛你
11/03/2007
愛...計較...
前前後後談了幾次戀愛，雖然不變的角色是自己，但慢慢覺得好像欠這個多，對那個給得多。受過幾次傷之後，好像就變得很在意對方有多愛自己。如果愛得不盡理想，自己就會做調整...
以前朋友總是說，我談戀愛不該一下就跳進去，把自己弄得遍體磷傷。但現在不會了，現在會計較... 而戀愛也成了嚴肅的課堂，不公平，就講，不喜歡，就生氣。要求怎麼對妳，就要求你要怎麼對我。
以前說過，下次還是全身以進，不記後果。但不是，我還是變了。
最好的戀愛應該是可以做自己，因為那最自由，最快樂，但這並不像自己。我變成的那個人，我也蠻討厭的。
雖然說兩個人走在一起，應該像爬山，有共同的目標，手握手，共渡難關。但確定兩人目標相同的方式應該是溝通，不是爭吵。就好像兩個人在山腳已經在嫌對方背包難看，防曬油忘了帶。也許，對目標來看，都是小事，但這山路會走得很幸苦。
現在很迷惘...好像患失憶症，一覺起來，已經忘了該怎麼愛人...
以前朋友總是說，我談戀愛不該一下就跳進去，把自己弄得遍體磷傷。但現在不會了，現在會計較... 而戀愛也成了嚴肅的課堂，不公平，就講，不喜歡，就生氣。要求怎麼對妳，就要求你要怎麼對我。
以前說過，下次還是全身以進，不記後果。但不是，我還是變了。
最好的戀愛應該是可以做自己，因為那最自由，最快樂，但這並不像自己。我變成的那個人，我也蠻討厭的。
雖然說兩個人走在一起，應該像爬山，有共同的目標，手握手，共渡難關。但確定兩人目標相同的方式應該是溝通，不是爭吵。就好像兩個人在山腳已經在嫌對方背包難看，防曬油忘了帶。也許，對目標來看，都是小事，但這山路會走得很幸苦。
現在很迷惘...好像患失憶症，一覺起來，已經忘了該怎麼愛人...
11/02/2007
Pick a logo
The recent trip down to seattle for shopping, mss has a few favourite place, namely American Eagle, Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch. After gone to AF and Hollister, I realized the are the same stores! Same decro, same designs, same prices, and then AE, are of the same. Actually, you get different logos, an eagle, a buck, or a seagull. All of them, i am sure, are made by child labours in third world countries.
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