Extremely racist yellow fever song

Woooow.  Not sure if trolling or just completely stupid.  Way to perpetuate the "submissive" Asian girl stereotype.

First of all, why the frack is this song called Asian gurlz? They do realize that the word "asian" is just a broad term given to the demographics of that particular region which includes countries such as India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.  The only "Asian" I saw in this video was Chinese so just the title itself is beyond idiotic and ignorant.

Second of all, why is this song so objectifying to not just "Asian" girls but to women in general?  What makes it worse is that it is a song sung by a bunch of white guys who think that "Asian" girls are easy.  For example, whenever you see a "Asian" girl date a white guy, the stereotype that comes up from the public is that the girl must be "easy" to get in bed and she is THAT girl that only dates white guys.  Way to make all white guys look like they have yellow fever and race is all they care about.  

6 year old video card being sold for over 300 dollars

So I was recently looking at the market price for some of my old computer parts and then I came across this:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce-7600-GT-VCG7600GXPB-256-MB-GDDR3-SDRAM-PCI-Express-/300934896132?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item46111e1a04&_uhb=1


Are you fricking kidding me?  This Card was no more than 200 dollars when it first came out although I did get it for $160 in 2008 but for over $300?  WTF!??? Either the bidders are trolling or they are seriously mentally retarded.  I have no words.

Neediness

So I cam across this great website called calmdownmind.com and came across one of the author's comments which was:

The way most people define love in relationships is sometimes just another term for emotional dependence or neediness, where you crave the other person’s attention, approval and care. This is one reason why this so-called love turns to “hate” in quick time when they are not able to control the behavior of their partner. True love is not imbued with neediness, it’s mostly just an experience of sharing your life with a person you feel compatible with and enjoying physical intimacy/sex as an experience of joy without neediness. Or you can also enjoy a sexual connection with a partner, as an experience, without looking for any emotional fulfillment. If you depend on your partner to make you feel whole, it won’t be long before you suffocate her/him with your neediness thus causing a bitter conflict in the relationship. When you feel whole within yourself, you will enjoy the experience of having a relationship without feeling needy in it.

This is 100% true and I think everyone needs to know this.  I even find myself victimized by the so-called love because it actually is not love.  Depending on someone for emotional gain is not how it should be because you're relying on the other person to make you "whole".  In other words, your partner is dictating your life and when things go south, your whole life burns away with it.  

Eczema as my inspiration

Today was a tough day to swallow.  I had to let go of the fact that my current friendships will never be the same again despite all that I did to keep them in-tact.  Aforementioned from my previous posts, fighting to keep something almost never works and sometimes it is best to put it to rest and hopefully destiny reunites the people you care about the most with you again.  Anyways, my sister and I have recently come down with an extreme case of eczema problems but my sister has it much worse than me.  For example, the redness only affects one part of my palm but her whole two arms are literally covered from every inch with redness caused by the eczema.  It just looks awful and painful to look at but it also inspires me to push myself to me very limit.  It reminds me that there's no such thing as comfort and as long as we still have our limbs in-tact, we have no excuse not to take any risk in our brief lives.  By August 26, I want to push myself to the limit and ascend into God mode.

Putting friendships on hold

Lately my friends have let me down but I think this gives me the perfect opportunity to focus the advancement of my personal growth. I find that whenever I'm hanging out with my friends, my level of growth has peaked with them. It's time to establish new connections and see who wants to come along in my journey towards victory. Let's do this! 19 days and counting.

Knowing is not enough

Today was my first day back from my brief holiday.  I went to my boring economics lecture but came out of it learning a new quote which was by the legend Bruce Lee.


“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

Such a profound quote.  Applying things is something I lack so I must find a way this summer to try and do it.

How Relationships are like Sports teams

Canucks are now down 2-0 to the Sharks thanks to their old comrade Raffi Torres. I'm not too shocked from the fact that the Nucks are down 2-0 and neither should anyone else.  However, there are those who still believe that this is essentially the same core of guys we had during the 2011 cup run which feature the Sedins, Burrows, Kesler, etc.  This year's team is definitely not the same as the 2011 team.  The Canucks coach Alain Vigneault is already in his eighth year as the team's head coach and he has clearly lost the team.  For example, there were many instances where the Canucks would take undisciplined penalties like the senseless penalty by Bieksa today where he made a hit after the whistle.  This is a sign of poor coaching and it shows from the lack of coherency from top-down.  This starts from the general manager of the hockey club Mike Gillis who has made many questionable moves since the fallout of the series loss to Boston.  For instance, the failure to re-sign Raffi Torres, the deal for injured forward David Booth and the notorious trade for Kassian are cases of the general manager's incompetence.  It even came to the point where Gillis attempted to pry Torres back to Vancouver during this year's trade deadline but failed.  This has shown a lack of vision by the GM and he has also failed to recognize the team's biggest woes which comes from coaching.

Again, this team is 100% not comparable with the 2011 team.  Despite having a similar mix of players, the passion that was there during 2011 has been long expired.  This brings me to my next point in how sports teams are exactly like relationships.  Both share the initial stages of passion.  For example, prior to the 2011 cup run, the Canuck players have undergone several disappointments but have simultaneously saw their players reach new heights like when both Sedins won the Art Ross trophy.  We also had a solidified number one goalie in Luongo who everyone at the time felt that he was only going to get better and eventually lead us to the cup.  2011 was supposed to be the Canucks' year but that was brutally taken away by the hands of the big bad Bruins.

Since then, the team hasn't been the same.  Just like relationships, the passion goes away after experiencing the pinnacle of its potential.  If 2012 was any indication of the Canucks' decline to mediocrity then this year's playoff run is most definitely indicative of the fact that the Canucks need a major change within their organization.  It's time for the breakup.