Re-vamping my blog

Hello my future readers!

I have resurrected one of the products of my old trawls through the vast world of cyberspace.

As I contemplate my first period away from home, there are many things that strike me.

Firstly, how much do I know my adopted country? I don't interact much with local media, local marketing doesn't really reach me either (doesn't help that around 90% of it revolves around a sport, that, while barbaric, is not barbaric enough to entice the bloodthirsty spectator, but on the other hand, while technical, is not technical enough to keep the keen spectator mentally engaged for the full lengh of the game. Of course, this makes for excellent intoxicated viewing, which is generally what one does, but, the idea that one must be under the influence of a drug to enjoy an activity does not exactly score that activity brownie points does it? Mayhaps I have simply not taken the time to explore the game and its subtleties.

Of course, the natural follow up to that is of course, how much do I know about China? Not much. If anything. But I'm going to find out no doubt.

Also, there is the feeling that one must not accumulate too much material things in the world. It is so true that you cannot take it with you. And not just to the grave. From now on, I shall try to maintain this "refugee mentality", all that one really possesses is what is in one's head, and what can reasonably fit in one's pockets (and perhaps a small handbag). Everything else are just temporary auxillary things. Imagine accumulating so much stuff that you have come to depend on, that you cannot bear to relocate permanently to another place! I have come to empathise with Kubrick in his later years. This whole excercise reminds me of that base thingy in Dune 2000. Just double-click and the entire thing turns into your future base. Doesn't help if you've choosen the wrong spot and it's on the most exposed part or alteratively, your finger slipped...

Actually, that is the similar kind of reasoning that 《突击》 (my latest TV drama obsession) went through．　Property is of no value. No loss is greater than loss of comrades. Sigh. Who's getting philosophical in her cold swivel chair?