February 13, 2010
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Happy Year Of The Tiger
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
…even though I don’t give a toss about either but some folks do apparently.
The former I couldn’t care less. It’s all Chinese superstitious nonsense. I rate it leagues below Christmas. And Christmas is just for kids. The latter is just a marketing gimmick to proliferate consumerism. I mean, why would you need one day in a year to tell someone you love them and that they are special? Especially the manifestation of that love in a form of an expensive gift and an overpriced mediocre dinner at an overbooked restaurant?
It’s has been eons since I’d blogged properly and good to know the cynicism in me is still flowing freely!
And before anyone start jabbing their finger at me with the overused remark “No wonder he’s single”, I was recently in a relationship and I was the one who dumped her. And as a couple of friends earnestly pointed out, dating in London is expensive. I was pretty glad to be out of that relationship. The money I would have spent on her I now spend on myself. Or rather my new home. Being the techno-geek that I am, I’d invested in a new bundle of home entertainment and it is my pride and joy. They give me hours of pleasure without being needy, clingy, desperate, bigmouthed and smouldering.
Being single again, I was able to independently revisit Thailand last month. Photos on the way.
There’s A Fly In My Champagne
A multi-national company held a reception to celebrate their success. The waiter gave each guest a glass of champagne, but on inspection, each guest noticed that their glass contained a fly.
* The Swede asked for new champagne in the same glass
* The Englishman demanded to have new champagne in a new glass
* The German picked the fly out and drank the champagne
* The Russian drank the champagne, fly and all
* The Chinese ate the fly but left the champagne
* The Israeli caught the fly and sold it to the Chinese
* The Italian drank two thirds of the champagne and then demanded to have a new glass
* The Norwegian took the fly and went off to fish
* The Irishman ground the fly and mixed it in the champagne, which he then donated to the Englishman
* The American sued the restaurant and claimed for a $50 million compensation
* The Scotsman grabbed the fly by the throat and shouted, ‘Now spit out all that you swallowed.’
Flasher Imminent
Comments (8)
the american is so true
I was laughing so hard at the Chinese and the Israeli part that I couldn’t read the others after that. Will have to come back later and then copy and link.
Chinese New Year is about being with family, irrespective of the superstitions involved.
The thing about superstitions is that we are all connected in the spiritual universe. And mass consciousness in the spiritual universe is the strongest force for change in the physical universe. And the Chinese belong to at least 20% of the earth’s consciousness. That humanity is hardworking go-it-alone semiantisocial in the Ox year and suddenly becomes very social in the Tiger year isn’t just superstition, it is 4708 years of Chinese consciousness influencing the total world consciousness.
welcome back
Yes, no cynicism lost in Thailand at all!
people like to celebrate, that’s why
lol! at the fly story. if we’re talking about chinese and israelis, flies now have market value.
Love it!
Happy New Year!
Haha…happy new year too! I wish I had more money to spend on myself.
Happy new year