Sexuality, it is ironic that while we are busy running around branding ourselves with words such as “civilized”, “evolved”, this most primal, even animalistic part of our being would become the center of virtually every person’s life. From the self-entitled moral high horses of politics to the seedy underbelly of very metropolis, it would be hard pressed for a latest version of the homo-sapiens to look up and being reminded(explicitly or implicitly) of the most innate part of his/her genetics, the part that are unchanged through fifty thousand years of evolution.

If only sex could be another subject, then it would be praised and esteemed as the height of our physical or intellectual achievement. But sadly, it isn’t. The uninformed person I am, I couldn’t go back and ascertain the exact date when the part of our anatomy that’s solely responsible for keeping our race alive was deemed indecent and put in the Pandora’s Box for the world to fear. But we certainly are still at a time when sex is to be talked about with a cautious tongue.

Much like love, sexuality would remain a staple for the motion pictures for a long time, if not eternity, to come. After depicting it often overly erotic and sometimes indecent, we can now see productions like this movie – “After sex”. Watching this movie is like watching a movie that discusses any other social phenomenon of our time. Even though the subject would be sensitive in many people’s eyes, because it was handled with great taste and, more importantly, sincerity, I imagine it would not be offensive to even the most conservative of us. Another thing that made me like this movie is that behind all the heavy dialogues and light comedic tone of this production, you can feel a positive and affirming heart, which is unlike most of the other productions that discuss social subjects.

I like this one. It makes me think but doesn’t give me a heavy heart.

Christopher & Leslie

“Love is……a guessing game. And that's the beauty of it. There's no guarantee. It’s like diving into a pool of water without knowing if it’s shallow or deep. And sure, yeah, if it’s shallow, you end up hurt and paralyzed from the neck down…… but if it’s deep……you know……it’s a leap of faith, it’s like throwing yourself out there without any guarantees, and that’s what life’s about!

Ok, you know those carnival games, right? And you know how some of them are really hard to win and some of them are super easy and everyone wins. Well, it’s just, that’s the difference between love and sex. Sex’s the game where everyone wins a little prize and no one goes home a loser. And……love is the game that’s really hard to win…… but if you do and you got to take home that life size stuffed rhinoceros…… it feels whole lot better than taking home that shitty little plastic key chain.”

“I love you...”

“I love you too...”

Freddy & Jay

“I’m not arrogant enough to know who you are. You might be like me, you might be just curious. But either way, whatever you are, don’t… try and cater to other people’s ideas of who you should be. You just be you.”

meant to put it up here before Christmas, but better late than never, huh?~~

A visit from St. Nicholas

'Twas The Night Before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

I got this off a recent game between the U.S and Venezuela in the FIBA tornament of Americas.

This dude is really sick,don't you think?

As a nation, one has been immersed in the cultural characteristic mediocrity for thousands of years, we tend to avoid confrontation whenever and wherever we can. As a multi-race and multi-ethnic country, this may seem necessary for the survival of the integrity as a nation, however, it is making us forgetting the benefit of argument. Controversial as it may sound, rather than hindering the process of development, argument actually helps it.

For illustration, we need to look no further than the free society of the US. As most of us recognize, freedom is the cornerstone of the existence of the US. And as freedom goes, freedom of speech and press can be count as the hallmark of modern democracy. Diversity is the most noticeable feature of the American society. As so many people with different backgrounds coexist, differences of opinion arise as daily routine, be it political, religious or academic. Quite unlike Chinese people in general, Americans like to talk about their differences, in some occasions more heated than others. Heated or not, I think it would be safe to say that Americans love to argue. Then how is it beneficial in the sake of social advances? It is because of the simple fact that one person, as intelligent and resourceful as one can be, cannot hold the key to every problem we are faced. Few can argue that Albert Einstein is the most brilliant mind of the 20th century. However, when quantum theory, on which a number of nowadays rather active and productive disciplines are based, surfaced in the late 1920s, he simply refused to accept its legitimacy, on the account, which seemed quite irrational, that “god don’t play dices”.

Far from the impression that an argument would be “damaging towards unity”, the fact is, if carried out in proper manners, rather than damaging the union, it could be productive for the union. Still the argument being that truth is not hold in the hands of one person. For instance, every democracy in the modern world has an establishment resemble the congress of the US, or the parliament of the UK. And the function of these establishments is simply to provide a place for people to argue. However passionate the debates happened on these floors, they supplied people with an outlet of their voices as oppose to merely accept what is thrown to them. Similar principle as flood managing, voice cannot be suppressed but rather channeled. As legitimate faucets are provided, the chances of more damaging action happening are minimized.

Ok, enough for the dispassionate reasoning!

I have said so many times that this winter vacation has taught me so many so much. One of them is the beauty of argument. To disagree on a topic actually can be more enlightening than the opposite. Because an argument compels you to think, to reason, to search deeper into your mind and to search deep into the topic of the argument. Along the way, you learn things that are not readily available to you before, enrich yourself, discover unknown territories in knowledge, in people and even in yourself.

To those who still shy away from arguments as well as those who just cannot endure the sound of a different voice, dare to argue, take pleasure in them, for the journey would be colorful and enlightening.

Close-up of one of the posters for a certain someone. Nice huh? Do u have any idea where this comes from? 'Curz i don't. Let me know, ok?

Also a poster wall, this time is inside the new cinema in the new mall, quite interesting.

 被Panda点名
01.要传达出去的几个人：
朋友里的所有人，大家谁想做谁作罢

02.新年第一次犯白痴是什么事？
 还没~~
 
03.多大：
    23
 
04.职业：
    学生
 
05.你是否快乐？你是否也会带给别人快乐？
    看状态了
 
06.喜歡的异性類型：
  漂亮当然好，气质内涵更重要
 
07.專長：
  很多~~其实算是没有了~~
 
08.有沒有什麼證書：
  四六级，口语，雅思
 
09.有煩惱的事情嗎：
    现在是出国
 
10.喜歡和討厭的食物：
  喜欢很多，讨厌木耳蘑菇黄花菜
 
11．對你愛的人說一句話：
现在还没有~~
 
12．請簡單介紹你要傳答出去的几個人：
都是我的好朋友

13．用一種動物來形容傳答給你的人：
这个自然是Panda了
 
14．用喜欢的角色来比喻传答问题给你的人的角色：
Gracie Hart
 
15．用一种食物来形容传问题给你的人:
 粽子~~嘿嘿~~
 
16．用颜色来形容将接棒的几个人：  
太多了，算了
      
17．最让你感动或激动的一件事
可以说将来的么？收到UC Berkeley的Offer
 
18．理想中的爱情：
    就是理想的爱情~~非要画个框么？
 
19.如果吃好吃的第一个想到谁：
  看谁喜欢吃那东西了
 
21．最近一次哭是为什么：
  挺长时间了，忘了
 
22.最让你后悔的一件事：
  我不后悔
 
23.你最重要的东西:
   信念
 
24.喜欢什么季节：
   夏末秋初，不过这两天也是很舒服啊
 
25.最喜欢的地方是：
    还没找到
 
26.最喜欢听的歌是哪首:
   很多
 
27.最想去的时间空间：
 离开人世前那一刻
 
28.如果只剩下一天的生命，会做些什么？
    最近想过这个问题，没想出答案
 
29.如果生命可以重来，你愿意回到过去重新开始吗？
   不愿意，那么多人都不见了怎么办
 
30.没有面包的爱情，你会接受吗?
    连爱情都还没有，何来“没面包的”呢？
 
31.如果给你重新选择一次的机会，你想自己变成谁？为什么？
    自己啊
 
32.被点的心情如何：
  第一次，刚开始有点兴奋，现在没什么感觉了
 
33.如果你是国家领导人,你会提出什么建议?(只能一个)
别装了
 
34.如果你有1000万，你怎么用拉?
  这个最近也和人讨论过，比较成熟的做法是，一半拿出来投资，令一般拿出来挥霍，我的梦想是开着RangeRover拖着trailor去环球
 
35.你最难忘的一个人是谁？
    朋友们
 
36.做过的最郁闷的梦是？
    非常真实的好梦，醒来发现是梦
 
37.你相信爱情么？
  这个问题我没有发言权
 
38.你爱的人背叛了你，你会怎么对他（她）（两个人正面对着）
还是没有发言权
 
39.什么时候会选择放弃：
什么时候也不会
 
40.什么事最让你称心如意：
 参考17
 
41.寒假都在干嘛：
上G班
 
42.填了这么多道题，你的最深的感受是什么：
  参考32
 
43.有没有挂科，感受是什么:
    这学期没有
 
44.对大学生活还满意么：
还不错，不过还是有遗憾的
45.觉得爱情重要还是友情重要：
 都重要
 
46.有没有人觉得这个游戏很无聊呢？
  一般了
 
47.春节就不能安静点过吗？！
太安静了，就是北京的炮太响，像高炮一样
 
48.喜欢春晚么?
    不喜欢，四五年前就不看了

49.你的本命年过得好吗？
  明年再告诉你吧
 
50.这次的发起人是谁？想不想一砖头…………
   还是一般了
 
51.怎么才算真正爱一个人？
这个问题我还是没有发言权
 
52.被点到的亲爱的人阿，没有生我气吧？
  依旧一般了，不过我是不会怪Panda的
 
53.谁能送我几张建业的票？
   我不喜欢足球
 
54.买过假货吗？
应该是有吧
 
55.你相信永远么？为什么？
相信啊
 
56.好多题啊，能结束了吗？
我想结束了
57.最近有什么计划？