Archive for June, 2009
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:
(Where’s the after-pic anyways? lol………)
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
