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| XANGA NO MOREEveryone,
I've just arrived home in Taiwan. And must log into Xanga to say one last farewell. China has completely shut down internet access to xanga sites, so I no longer use Xanga.
Those who know me personally will be able to get facebook invites. Those who don't know me personally? Well, sorry.
-Yun | | |
| My xanga loading rate is so freaking slow.
But I just thought about it - B/c of the Taiwanese earthquakes, the internet is slow. I gotta think about the GREATER inconvenience that the people have to endure.
Selfish
Winter break is kind of cool. Although it's getting awfully quiet in BeiJing. Awfully quiet | | |
| MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
I know it's not very personal, but I'm too lazy to send everyone E-cards :D | | |
| Shhh, they're listening!http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn
An interesting article about how cellular phones can be used for spying, even when off??? I don't really know about the off part, but it's still interesting to see what technology can do nowadays.
I still can't believe cell phone mics can be used as bugs even when your phone is off. I don't believe it. I know Nokia phones are still passively active when you turn your phone off, but transmitting data when your phone is off?! That's something my mind can't grasp. | | |
| Funny that it happened Last week, during a night out, a few friends and I
were going for dinner, so we went to a bar for
some food (yes, some bars have better American
food than some immitation restaurants), so it just
so happens that I had no reception inside, so I went
outside to make a phone call.
Well, after the phone call, I went to go back inside,
well, therein lay the problem: the bar was too full,
a bunch of people were waiting outside to get in.
So being the patient guy I usually am, I waited in
silence. Now the problem with that is that if you wait
silently, you usually get ignored, so I was ignored for
the first few times they let a few people go back in.
It got to the point where it was kinda annoying, and
that's when I heard people behind me complaining in
Korean, Mongolian, Chinese and English. Scratch Korean
(well, all the non-swear-word-stuff), scratch Mongolian,
I understood the English and Chinese, so I just listened
in silence, utterly amused by what was being said.
Two girls behind me gave me a disctinctly memorable
conversation: "Why aren't we in yet? How come the line
is so long? Wow, that Mongolian chick is flipping out,
and look, that Korean girl is drunk, why doesn't she come
out so we can go inside?"
"Yeah, what's taking so long?"
"Ohhhh, I know why we aren't inside yet!"
"Huh?"
"It's because we're standing behind some *emphasis* fat dude!"
That's when I thought that intervening might be a funny idea.
So I go ahead, turn around, look for the girls, don't see anyone,
oh wait, they're just short, I had to double take downwards to
see the tops of their heads. "Yeah, I guess I am pretty heavy
for my age..." I let out softly.
"............... SHIT!!!! He understands!!!!!!! SHIT SHIT SHIT
SHIT SHIT SHIT!"
"What should we do?!"
"............... I don't know...???? >.< Apologize?"
A few moments later.... "Sorry!"
Heh heh, it pays to be multi-lingual (even if it just means understanding
swear words in a foreign language), and pretend like you know
absolutely nothing.
I wish I had said something more witty. Like, say the following
with an Indian accent: "I may be a little fat, but at least I am not
trying to throw up to lose it." Or, "All my girlfriends say they like it,
because there's more of me to love!"
But nope, I just flat-out ruined the fun. I can't stop thinking of
cooler ways to respond, like in Chinese "Wow, your English
is SOOOOooo good! Teach me how to translate: what do you
say when you have two bitches behind a big guy. Tell the man
to run, skank tank!" Well, the last one didn't really work, but....
you get the point. | | |
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