Almost 9,000 words was what I gotta finish within 12 hours and I made it, hungry and drained. At 10pm I downed a big bowl of wontons and felt good. Yet…tragedy began when I returned and opened my bag, only to find my mouse was missing. I must have left it in the library and it must be absolutely gone.
It sounds funny that I had to bring my own mouse to the library, where computers were damn sluggish, dating back to 2001 or so. I don’t think anyone could have good experience making slideshows or surfing the net. At least the mouse there was an annoyance, and that’s why I used mine.
There’s no match for such a misery that a college student was born in China.
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“Runaway” – Linkin Park
Something sweet
Something bitter
Ambitious beats
Tremendous glitter
You were a legend
Born under Virgo
Now you’re distant
From a worldwide imbroglio
Anything but ordinary
Till the day you lay prone
See you nibble a scarlet cherry
You are not alone
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“You Are Not Alone” – Michael Jackson
From Sony Music:
Sony Music Entertainment expresses deep sadness and sorrow at the unexpected passing of Michael Jackson and extends wishes of sympathy and condolences to all of Michael’s family, friends and fans around the world.
From @MariahCarey:
I am heartbroken. My prayers go out to the Jackson family,and my heart goes out to his children. Let us remember him for his unparalleled contribution to the world of music,his generosity of spirit in his quest to heal the world & the joy he brought to his millions of devoted fans throughout the world. I feel blessed to have performed with him several times & to call him my friend. No artist will ever take his place. His star will shine forever.
From @Whitney Houston:
I can’t believe Michael is gone…My prayers go out to the Jackson family.
From @CoCo Lee:
I’m so sad that MJ died! I was lucky enough 2 have spent time w/ him n frenz at his home at Neverland n find him 2 b extremely shy n gentle. I was at Neverland for 2 days n he showed us around his amazing property. I kept the notepad from the guest bedroom. Great memories. Luv MJ. I actually have pics of MJ on my old cell. His kids were playin w/ my cell n took pics of MJ wen we’re all in Miami. Can’t believe he’s gone.
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“Heal the World” – Michael Jackson
Perhaps China herself doesn’t even know what she’s been doing recently. This mad state firstly kept its netizens banned from certain “touchy” Internet content for days around June 4, then threw out the irritating software Green Dam aiming at censoring “unhealthy” content in the name of protecting younger netizens. Right after that, CCTV had one of their staff play an ordinary college student’s role on TV, known as the screen name GAO Ye, who made a fuss about Google faking a reaction to the sexual content “brought” by Google. GAO Ye was eventually identified by human powered search on xiaonei.com and overwhelmingly condemned for he had explicitly ruined Google’s fame and respectability, which was not accepted by sensible netizens. But now you can’t Google anything with the keyword GAO Ye since China has barred all the results.
How come China has been panicked into banning sexual content? It’s plain to see that China is keeping an eye on political crises other than porn ban. As an alien corporation, Google has always been regarded as a foe in information transaction because it’s able to lead users to unwanted political content or help them uncover a number of covert horrid government issues. CCTV and Baidu, Google’s biggest competitor in China’s search service, have conspired to strike a fatal blow on Google at the expense of Google’s respectability and reliability and both CCTV and Baidu may well benefit from the intrigue. This time, again, Google has to go through the trauma, whether expected or not. But Google’s not alone, having received decent support from China’s netizens.
The picture (logo) above was created by a Chinese netizen named CantZH. As he expects, we should boycott Baidu and collectively thwart their conspiracy.
Online porn’s been in China even since 1990s and never ever had the state taken high-key measures to prevent them from getting popular. Out of the blue the state interfered. It was sheer absurdity.
It’s a barbarian’s war with no holds barred. We are waiting for China to confess that she enjoys politics better than porn.
Yum…Quite right…I don’t know why…
Before I realized half of my beard was gone, my razor was buzzing for a couple of minutes.
A before-after experiment:
Buds quipped that I looked younger—-younger than they could imagine before.
LAO DA said, “You are younger, at least by 20 years!… Now you look like in your thirties.”
Frustrating tho. Every time I shaved my beard, I would regret having done that stupidity. However, there’s still some time to go before my beard shows again. Nothing to do but wait.
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“Santa’s Beard” – The Beach Boys
Dear all,
Jason’s glad to announce that the newest single “(There Must Be) Something We Don’t Understand” is due on June 21, 2009, more exactly, at 10:00am (UTC+8).
The release date was made according to the International Day of Peace, which is on September 21. I’d rather people wouldn’t think and talk about world peace merely on that day. World peace should last for as long as we live and this time, I’ll bring world peace to your attention a season earlier than Sept. 21. Actually world peace is our constant concern and we can’t forget it at any time, whatever season.
Stay tuned at www.Arikid.com!
Love from,
Jason Arikid
Noon bacame midnight in Tianjin. The storm might well have harbored great grievance or else it wouldn’t have poured all day. It was freak, you know, and my friends said they had never seen such weather. The storm turned day into night at 1:00pm; hence netizens doubted if Doomsday was advanced according to the sinister disguise that the government’s wearing. Before the weird storm, a series of controversial incidents took place in China, on most of which netizens cast aspersions.
Tomorrow it’s gonna turn hot and sunny. I’m sure people will forget their Doomsday prediction/assumption. People always fuss, the same with Chinese.
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“Storm” – Lifehouse
A day is too short.
6 hours for sleep
2 hours for meals
2 hours for transportation
2 hours for exercise
2 hours for writing a paper
1 hour for communication (email, call, texting, etc.)
1 hour for housework
1 hour for the piano
1 hour for preparation for work
1 hour for cleanup
1 hour for reading (on computer or in books)
1 hour for doing nothing (say waiting or queuing or taking a break)
0.5 hour for blogging
0.5 hour for shopping
0.5 hour for emergencies
0.5 hour for trifles
The one hour left is for work. But that shit’s impossible.
Even though I throw away the piano, papers and reading, all right, plus blogging and shopping, that’s totally 6 hours for work. It seems I should get rid of exercise, too.
Time goes by really fast. I’m a pessimist in this sense.
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“30 Minutes” – t.A.T.u.
China has stunned its netizens again, after a series of actions taken to bar access to certain touchy Internet content. It’s sheer folly this time for China to have some sophomore Internauts design such kind of censoring software that is required to be pre-installed in PCs and laptops sold in China. Recently, I’ve been on a lot of articles depicting this software and their substance uncovers how foolish the software is and also a possible guess that it’s far from 40 million CNY’s worth. Shortly after the broad Internet censorship for 20th anniversary of the 1989 incident, China’s computer purchasers/users are about to better sense the phrase the shit hit the fan.
Dear all,
Jason’s very glad to inform you that the newest single is coming out in June.
The single, entitled (There Must Be) Something We Don’t Understand, laments the threat of nuclear warfare and also the deaths and poverty resulting from it. The song features an R&B style and a baritone voice.
On the cover of this single is the moon shot on a clear evening, by Jason himself.
(There Must Be) Something We Don’t Understand
Written and composed by Jason Arikid
Length: 5′07″
Solo and background vocals: Jason Arikid
Genre: R&B, Indie Pop
Release Date: due in June, 2009
