It’s beginning to be All About Me!
May 31, 2009
My Facebook and Friendster profiles suck. I have left a lot of blanks empty whereas my “friends” (that’s what they call members who are privileged to snoop on your account) assiduously fill theirs. So, to return the favor, I’m filling out mine. Here’s what I copy-pasted on my Facebook account.
Activities
Reading, practicing spoken Mandarin, doing tàijí qìgōng (太极气功) exercises, surfing the Internet, folding aerodynamic paper airplanes and origami, playing chess, listening to the radio.
Interests
After reading my entries, I think it will become apparent.
Music
Music genres: acoustic, alternative, easy listening, dance, latin, pop, R&B, rock, traditional.
Artists: 12 Girls Band, ABBA, Alex Toh, Arashi, Ayumi Hamasaki, Bob Marley, Fall Out Boy, F.I.R., Jay Chou, JJ Lin, Kitchie Nadal, Lisa Loeb, Namie Amuro, Siti Nurhaliza, S.H.E., Stefanie Sun, Teresa Teng, Utada Hikaru, Wang Lee-Hom, Wilber Pan, Wilson Philips.
*Hahaha! Got lazy so I just copy-pasted lame Wikipedia links.
TV Shows
I don’t watch TV on a dedicated basis.
Movies
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Kung Fu Hustle; House of Flying Daggers; Hero; Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; Infernal Affairs; Love of Siam; Red Cliff; Princess Mononoke.
Books
Types: Nonfiction (autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, travel, social science-related), histories, detective novels, conceptual science and technology
Titles: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Luo Guanzhong trans. by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor), Animal Farm (George Orwell), Forrest Gump (Winston Groom), The End of History and the Last Man (Francis Fukuyama), Civilizations (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto), From Beirut to Jerusalem (Thomas L. Friedman), The Physics of Star Trek (Lawrence Krauss), Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Legacy of Ashes (Tim Weiner), Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer), The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck), Wild Swan (Jung Chang), Hiroshima (John Hershey), Kamikaze (Yasuo Kuwahara & Gordon Allred), Balloon Top (Nobuko Albery), First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung), The Elements of Style (William Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White).
Quotations
So many deeds cry out to be done, / And always urgently; / The world rolls on, / Time passes. / Ten thousand years are too long, / Seize the day, seize the hour (Yī wàn nián tài jiŭ / zhĭ zhēng zhāo xī). – Mao Zedong (1963).
About Me
I’m digging my way to China!
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By the way, I hate Facebook and I’m not using it (on a dedicated basis) again. It’s too chaotic. I get edgy with the security issues and constant emails. The interface looks unmanageable! Because of that, I’m imposing an indefinite moratorium on accepting friends in Facebook and Friendster and a complete ban on sending invites. It’s not permanent though.
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Happy birthday to my sister!
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