b.Grotesque Printing of Fiat Money

The last part is here:   Exploration - Fiat Currency

I know this is a much discussed topic and everyone has their own angle. I am now thinking hard about mine.

When a government-of-the-day operates, she has to pay her loyal subjects and servants month after month increasingly. How to pay them? Well, the best way is to print cheap but pretty IOUs like fiat money. In return, how to make it legal? Well, by asking the citizenry that she needs to be paid taxes by way of accepting these fiat money too. This becomes the central theme to the employment of fiat money.

Well too, most governments-of-the-day run a deficit most of the time, unlike the white fuckens. Hence, the white fuckens' currency tends to be quite strong. But, unfortunately, the white fuckens love to gamble. It was too easy as there was no accountability. The white fuckens lost big time in 2009. The white fuckens then had no choice but to start filling the big hole. They do so by printing more fiat money and inflate all prices to try to reduce the impact of their big losses of $360bn. Indeed, the white fuckens have to a certain extent succeeded. But, the hardship imposed on the citizenry was horrendous. That is another bedtime story for another time.

This grotesque printing of fiat money has only one effect: inflation. In inflation, the prices are made very high, but yet the consumption is very low. The wages are stagnant and every citizen will restrict consumption, commonly known as stagflation.

In the usual boom-and-bust cycle, real estate prices will go up during boom and comes down during bust. But, this bizarre printing of fiat money masks this trend. property prices will seem to be only going up. How does one know then that it is indeed a good time to buy? The only sign left is not so much huge drop in price, but the presence of gap-downs, i.e., buyers are not willing to buy at the sellers' price nor the sellers willing to take the buyers' offer. Very often, this is characterized by extremely low transaction volumes.

With the inflated property prices, one should not be surprised that I now may have to turn my back on one of my most fundamental mantras: no loans.

I have no choice but to admit that with the new twist in the tale, one would never be able to save money fast enough to overcome inflation. So buying properties have to be supported initially by bank loans.

We have to go back now and shake hands with the evil powers. It is interesting as to how this game plan will play out.

When borrowing, do be careful in not over-stretching one's purchase power. It is good to buy a property at less than 10% one's true purchase power. Else, one would be over-stretching when hard times hit again.

At 10% true purchase power, the banks are more than willing to lend. Even in the hard time, these cheap-cheap properties may be sold if necessary to recover some purchasing powers.

The last thing I would like to suggest: Never refinance your properties no matter how tempting is the bank offer. Your properties have already crossed the bridge and enjoying the cake. Don't risk them again over bank loans.

Good Luck!

p.The Butterfly Effect

The last part is here:   Why I Am Not A Politician?

The Butterfly Effect

The idea that one butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on subsequent historic events first appears in "A Sound of Thunder", a 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury about time travel.

In 1961, Edward Lorenz was using a numerical computer model to rerun a weather prediction, when, as a shortcut on a number in the sequence, he entered the decimal 0.506 instead of entering the full 0.506127. The result was a completely different weather scenario. In 1963 Lorenz published a theoretical study of this effect in a well-known paper called Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow. (As noted in the paper, the calculations were performed on a Royal McBee LPD-30 computing machine.) Elsewhere he said that "One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings could change the course of weather forever." Following suggestions from colleagues, in later speeches and papers Lorenz used the more poetic butterfly. According to Lorenz, when he failed to provide a title for a talk he was to present at the 139th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972, Philip Merilees concocted Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? as a title. Although a butterfly flapping its wings has remained constant in the expression of this concept, the location of the butterfly, the consequences, and the location of the consequences have varied widely.

The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the occurrence of a tornado in another location. Note that the butterfly does not power or directly create the tornado. The flap of the wings is a part of the initial conditions; one set of conditions leads to a tornado while the other set of conditions doesn't. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events (compare: domino effect). Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different - it's also possible that the set of conditions without the butterfly flapping its wings is the set that leads to a tornado. 

Butterfly Upon A Wheel

"Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" is a quotation – sometimes misquoted with "on" in place of "upon" – from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" of January 1735. It alludes to "breaking on the wheel", a form of torture in which victims had their long bones broken by an iron bar while tied to a Catherine wheel.

The line "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" forms line 308 of the "Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot" in which Alexander Pope responded to his physician's word of caution about making satirical attacks on powerful people by sending him a selection of such attacks. It appears in a section on the courtier John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, who was close to Queen Caroline and was one of Pope's bitterest enemies.

The section opens as follows:

Let Sporus tremble –"What? that thing of silk,   
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? 
Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? 
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" 
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, 
This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings; 
Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, 
Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys, 

Sporus, a homosexual favoured by Emperor Nero, was, according to Suetonius, castrated by the emperor, and subsequently married. Pope here refers to accusations made in Pulteney's Proper reply to a late scurrilous libel of 1731 which led to Hervey challenging Pulteney to a duel. Hervey's decade long clandestine affair with Stephen Fox would eventually contribute to his downfall. As first published the verse referred to Paris, but was changed to Sporus when republished a few months later.

The last time I wrote about the young man who was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. The simple but deadly act set off a change of political leaderships throughout the Arab World and was later known collectively as the Arab Spring. This is the butterfly effect.

Now they classified the Roy boy's effort as the butterfly on the wheel. How silly of them! Kill the chicken and frighten the monkeys. The self-pawned joke is that the monkey is never harmed in any case but scared off till another day of reckoning. In all cases, the butterfly is weak and fragile. If one crashes the butterfly on the wheel and most of the time, nothing would really happen. But, sometimes with the right conditions, this butterfly may turn in a butterfly effect. The old fucken knew about its dreadful effects, but not the younger fuckens. The old fucken had meticulously stamped out all possible trouble-makers, hence, the apparent peace before the huge storm. Given more time, one true butterfly would appear. Till then, SYB - Suffer You Bastards.

Grief and doom aside. There is a lesson to be learnt. In business too, never look down on any tiny business proposals, they might be the one that brings you absolute happiness. Because the nature of these tiny proposals are humble in the beginning, the start-up cost is going to be very low. They are therefore durable and hardy to environmental factors. Their survival rates are deemed the best.

Although I have taken a big hit on a stalling of a major project, I was given another tiny window to play a similar game. I am satisfied that my losses in time would be returned to me, though it might take a longer time.

Because my investments are very low and do not involved the banks. I am not too stressed by the current losses. I was too ambitious. I have to re-examined my priority.

Tengri is very fair. Play a playful game, my ass would be wiped. Play it fair and small. Slow rewards but safe passages. Maybe it's time for me to consider loving myself more.

p.If You Are Down and Out ...

The last part is here:   Show - Steve Jobs

If you are down and out ...

What a question !?! This is killer.

There is clearly a difference between brute stubbornness and misguided faith. Not everything you can stubbornly grind at the stone and it will succeed in the end. There are things out there that are vicious and of violent nature. They are fuckens at their very best.

If you encounter this group of people, be nice, just quit. Don't burn your life force over a lost cause. You can never win. Even if you can win, there would still be another time, another engagement that these fuckens can fuck you.

Am I a defeatist? Surely not. I just choose my own battle ground and I choose my own battle formations.

If you had studied carefully, fuckens came from very established backgrounds, if you don't have these advantages. Please don't fight them. You are not strong enough.

Then what should you do if you can't leave the battle ground? There is no such thing. You can always choose to leave. It is always your choice.

In the event if you truly can't leave, that fight a very slow attrition war. Be stealthy. Be nibble. Be invisible. The success is in the invisibility.

This is a very old worn record ... It is timeless. It is perfect. This battle is never won by loudness.

b.Longevity as a Religion

The last part is here:   Longevity Businesses

I apologize for not being able to blog as frequently as I wanted to. There are simply too many physical world things that I need to take care of.

Nowadays I have accumulated quite a follower-ship of believers. They now just sit quietly by my side and listen intently to my preaches.

I guess this is how Jesus started it all. First, talked cock and then, suddenly he found that people do listen to his cock-and-bull stories. But, as time went by, his cock-and-bull stories cannot hold his audience anymore. He started to dish out his mythology cock god father. Everything he claimed he did, he did it for his father. If there were any mistakes, it was his own, but, his father in heaven would have corrected him in time and he would be rewarded beyond this world.

After a while, even this cock-and-mythology also cannot hold the audience further. He went for the final suggestion that he is god reincarnated. If he had lived, he would probably have to go on further to more bullshit, after his execution at age 33.

I am now in the stage where everyone wants to jump onto this longevity wagon. They literally want to listen more. My appointments for longevity talk are filling up fast. Just today, at one stage, even the waitresses stopped serving and started to listen attentively, oblivion to their master's calling.

At the end, the waitresses thanked me for enlightening their lives with hope. I smiled. I am on my way to become god.

b.孫子兵法 (作戰篇第二) (Chapter 2 - 2) (Part 12)

The last part is here:   孫子兵法 (作戰篇第二) (Chapter 2 - 1) (Part 11)

作戰篇第二

孫子曰：凡用兵之法，馳車千駟，革車千乘，帶甲十萬，千里饋糧，則內外之費，賓客之用，膠漆之材，車甲之奉，日費千金，然後十萬之師舉矣。
          其用戰也貴勝，久則鈍兵挫銳，攻城則力屈，久暴師則國 用不足。夫鈍兵挫銳，屈力殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣。故兵聞拙速，未睹巧之久也。夫兵久而國利者，未之有也。故不盡知用兵之害者，則不能盡知用兵之利也。
          善用兵者，役不再籍，糧不三載﹔取用于國，因糧于敵，故軍食可足也。
          國之貧于師者遠輸，遠輸則百姓貧。近師者貴賣，貴賣則百姓竭，財 竭則急於丘役。力屈、財殫，中原內虛于家。百姓之費，十去其七﹔公家之費：破軍罷馬，甲冑矢弩，戟盾蔽櫓，丘牛大車，十去其六。
          故智將務食于敵。食敵一鐘，當吾二十鐘﹔箕杆一石，當吾二十石。
          故殺敵者，怒也﹔取敵之利者，貨也。故車戰，得車十乘已上，賞其 先得者，而更其旌旗，車雜而乘之，卒善而養之，是謂勝敵而益強。故兵貴勝，不貴久。 故知兵之將，民之司命，國家安危之主也。

Let's continue ...

          其用戰也貴勝，久則鈍兵挫銳，攻城則力屈，久暴師則國 用不足。夫鈍兵挫銳，屈力殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣。故兵聞拙速，未睹巧之久也。夫兵久而國利者，未之有也。故不盡知用兵之害者，則不能盡知用兵之利也。

Some translation suggested: 
When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be damped. If you lay siege to a city, you will exhaust your strength.
Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain.
Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.
Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.
It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

This part is not well crafted by Sun Tzu. Maybe this explains the fallacy faced by the Chinese for 5,000 years. I will analyze why at the end.

Let's discuss:

其用戰也貴勝，久則鈍兵挫銳，:   Wage a battle, the victory longing, the men's weapons will now grow dull and their ardor will now be damped.
攻城則力屈，久暴師則國 用不足。:   Siege a city, you will exhaust your strength. If the campaign is protracted, the resources of the state will be insufficient to supply the army.
夫鈍兵挫銳，屈力殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣。:   Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other warring chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Even with however wise men as advisers, they will not be able to avert the consequences that must ensue.
故兵聞拙速，未睹巧之久也。:   Thus, though we have heard of crude hasty victories in war, we never witness a classic win due to protruded time strategy.
夫兵久而國利者，未之有也。:   Hence, there is no instance of a country having benefited from protracted battle engagement.
故不盡知用兵之害者，則不能盡知用兵之利也。:   Therefore, it is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it out.

Interestingly, as I take a longer timeline to study 孫子兵法。I realized Sun Tzu is not a 帥才 but a good 將才，i.e., he can try to win local battles but overall, he was a poor strategist. Based on this segment, he already showed his weakness. No battle can be won on a permanent basis. When you are strong, you beat the living daylight out of your neighbour, but, on other days, your neighbour will soon ask for a rematch and he in turn will beat the living daylight out of you. Since both of you are neighbours, both of you can't quit. No conquests are permanent. Just look at Genghis Khan, he may have the largest empire. He lost it all in 2 generations. Just look at British Empire, within 350 years, the empire that sun never sets closed shop. There are numerous other examples. Although I can't think of counter-examples. It is good to note that there are very peaceful companies that last for many centuries and the ownership is with the original family, such as Kikkoman, Hennessy and many others (please wiki them, too many to name). All of them are super non-aggressive types. Once they are aggressive, they will lose in no time. Only patience will win the day.

It is important to note that our enemies won't die. Once they are defeated, they just lie dormant for a while to recuperate. When the day comes that they are strong enough, they will do a rematch. If you can't play well this next time, you will be beaten. This push-pull will last forever.

If you bother to study about trees, most trees don't last very long. Some 100 years; some 500 years; some 1000 years. Very seldom beyond 1200 years. The reason being that the tree couldn't regenerate enough new tissues all the time for renewal. Yet, if you do a research on the net, you will find trees that can last up a million years old. They managed to clone themselves forever and older tissues just die off, but the clonal tree stayed alive.

Hence, given a choice, conserve your resources. If you don't need to battle, please don't tempt your evil intent. Even if you have won, it is not at all permanent. It is only with resources in hand that victory is permanent. Try your luck in building century-old business type. Please don't waste time to wear monkey suits and ties.

Shit! Talking about suit and tie, I am buying and wearing one to meet the ultra-grand chieftains this week and the next.

b.Megatrend - War is Needed

The last part is here:   Megatrend - 16-year Depression

I am feeling prophetic today. Not for showing off but to realize the art of praying in the temple 廟算. Calculations made in the temple is very important.

Like it or not, the deep depression in 1930 started the world war II in 1939 that ended in 1945. This is a major war effort. Thereafter, since 1946, the west has an unprecedented peace and prosperity. While the west was enjoying the prosperity, a cold war with the eastern bloc was fought (1946-1991). This constant war tension was actually good for the west. The west grew from strength to strength.

But, once the cold war ended, the west immediately needed another major war to game. They then started the gulf war I (1990) and gulf war II (2003). Noticed the approximate 10 years' gap.

To date, another 10 years has gone by. The west is now itching for another war. The reason for war is simple. The west needs tons of money to finance their retirement funds. Their greying population is giving the leaders sleepless nights.

Waging war is no different from defamation suits of that fucken little island. Once the war is concluded, the loser would have to owe the victor a huge sum of money which the loser has to honour using their oil reserves. With these cheap resources at the disposal of the west, they can sustain their lifestyle a little longer.

When they feel poor again, approximately every 10 years at the current rate, they will wage another major war.

The trend is obvious. This coincides with the need to take care of the retiring baby boomers. War is therefore very imminent now. They will come out with all kind of excuses to wage one. Once war is waged, the currency will depreciate and the west will have to pay less in terms of debt and net-worth. It is their way of depreciating their currency with no ill side-effect.

Over time, wars would be more and more frequent. So stay with the winning side, i.e., the whites. Go and stay with food produces. Keep cash to buy up more land globally.

p.醉卧沙场君莫笑，古来征战几人回？

The last part is here:   The Making of the Karmic Monster

3 days ago, a guy from a little island has rescinded his contract with me. He has caused me some inconvenience, but, I managed to resolve it after 3 days. The damage done was not too bad. Today, I am good to go again. In exchange, the good news is I am no longer obligated to complete any goodwill I might have committed to him. In short, I am now bond-free from any friendship insinuations. For every bad, there is always good that follows.

The cost of course is I can't blog for the last 3 days. He has robbed me of my comfort food.I am so glad to be back in one piece.

I enjoy this kind of relationship very much. After a few rounds of drinking and eating with me (I make sure I paid for all of these sessions), many guys fail to understand that this is actually my mating dance of business. If after a few rounds of eating and drinking and there is no reciprocity, I will then run away real fast. If he passes this stage, I will ask him for fulfillment of a small non-monetary contract. If he makes it, then I will think carefully about his trust-worthiness. At this point, to many of my best friends, they found me stupid. By now, I would have spent quite a bit for all their drinks and meals. But, to me, it is still a cheap cost to pay to find truth.

The compromise nowadays is to treat only gals. That way, I don't suffer any losses at all. I have good meals and I have great companionship.

Guys I met tended to judge very quickly on my sponge-worth to them. But, I am an old guy, quite slothful most of the time. So the quick-hand-quick-leg guys were too anxious to see great results. The results I have gotten were through years and years of slog. They expect me to hand them the success on a silver platter with no time-delay. I am afraid other than my heir(s) or loved ones, they would never be able to receive it. It is just not fair.

At the end of the day, I am still merrily single and available, doing things that I always enjoy ... the hunt of business.

The hunt of business is very interesting, it will bring me to places I have never been. Opens my eyes and offers great comfort food.

Many guys always thought that doing business is a risky business. You either make money or you don't. But, I usually don't define it that way. Because, most of the time in business, I touched gold. It was always the partners that played me out. So before I embark on a business venture, I will first ask myself if I can handle it alone. Usually I can't ... lol ... too lazy. Then I will try to procure an honest partner. I might even give him great shares. Because, a good honest partner is worthy million more than the business venture. If this partner puts his nose on the grindstone. I not only get gold, I will draw diamonds.

閨中少婦不知愁，春日凝妝上翠樓。
忽見陌頭楊柳色，悔教夫婿覓封侯。

The time has come for me to complete the teaching of 孫子兵法。There is no shortcut to knowledge. There is no shortcut to council of the strong. There is no shortcut to the temple.

夫 未 戰 而 廟 算 勝 者 ， 得 算 多 也 ； 未 戰 而 廟 算 不 勝 者 ， 得 算 少 也 ；多 算 勝 ， 少 算 不 勝 ， 而 況 於 無 算 乎 ？ 吾 以 此 觀 之 ， 勝負 見 矣 。

Use this knowledge wisely, you will triumph over all evils ...

p.Show - Assault on Wall Street

The last part is here:   Show - 杀戒 

The show is here:   Assault on Wall Street

I have mentioned before, every male that survived till now had once upon a time a general great grandfather. He is now a beta because he has lost his wit, but only temporarily. If you test him, he will be back big time. So don't give him a chance.

Stay within the correct karma. Never anger a male and remove all escape routes from him. You will not kill him but instead, you will force him to fight you with whatever his tools. You will suffer a great force and of course, great losses. If he cares not about his life, you will have a deadly enemy. Never test a desperate guy.

As for good and bad karma, those fucken (old) guys who fed on weak guys will get their comeuppance, don't worry too much about it. They will get it some day, even if it means their second generations. They may wine and dance for all they like, they will get no where. If they are blooded, they will pay back with their own blood.

So stay on that straight and narrow path of honesty and fairness, you will live to fight another day.

Enjoy the show ...

p.Story - Josef Stalin's Chicken

The last part is here:   Story - Sylvester Stallone

Josef Stalin was a bastard in his days. He was the de facto leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. His story was one of disgust and lack of humanity. But, his story was not unique. His story was the main basis that this blog is based on. The Animal Farm. 1984. He single-handedly butchered 20 millions of his countrymen. He was the butcher of man. Nothing good could come out of his regime. AND that was only 50-60 years ago. Indeed, greed has great fellowship in man. His heir(s) would be extinguished in time through karma. Just see how cruel he treated his wives, sons and daughter(s).

Stalin's Quotes

“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”
"Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem."
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.”
“Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?”
“Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
“History has shown there are no invincible armies.”
“It is not heroes that make history, but history that makes heroes.”
“Gratitude is an illness suffered by dogs.”
“I believe in only one thing, the power of human will.”
“This creature (his first wife) softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.”
“You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.”
“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”
“Quantity has a quality all its own.”
“The Pope! How many divisions has he got?”
"The easiest way to gain control of the population is to carry out acts of terror."
"The public "will clamour for such laws if the personal security is threatened.""
"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."
"Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."
"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
"Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party."
"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."
"I trust no one, not even myself."
"Writers are the engineers of human souls."
"Die, but do not retreat."
"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union."
"The rich experience of history teaches that up to now not a single class has voluntarily made way for another class."
"Человечество делится ... which means Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.”
“Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from the well-known words of Luther, Russia might say: ‘Here I stand on the frontier between the old, capitalist world and the new, socialist world. Here on this frontier I unite the efforts of the proletarians of the West and of the peasantry of the East in order to shatter the old world. May the god of history be my aid!”

In today's context, how many leaders are guilty of these vile acts. The key problem with them is they have yet known the bitches of karma. All are welcomed to try them.

Stalin's Chicken

In the late summer of 1934 Russia was in the midst of a period of extreme upheaval and change known as the purges. Under the guise of progress and modernization the self promoted leader of the communist party, Josef Stalin, was systematically killing millions of his own people. Those whom he did not kill he left broken and scared, striped of their lands, possessions, food, and freedom.

Few outside of Russia seemed aware or concerned about what he was doing. State news reports at the time touted the dramatic evolution of such a large and backward country into a modern industrial society. The massive government work projects moved mountains and changed the course of rivers, industrial factories began to produce a limitless supply of modern goods, and endless oceans of wheat grew upon the arid farm land of the western step under the direction of authoritative state owned collectives.

Stalin himself was lifted up as the model of a strong leader. Every where he went there where large crowds cheering him as he struck impressive and stoic poses for the media. Numerous events were staged to demonstrate the triumph of communism over poverty, ignorance, and corruption and to portray Stalin as the firm benevolent father.

At one such event a small group of state and visiting western media were gathered to document Stalin as a man of the people. He was to tour a local farm, interact with the workers, and answer questions from the press. All had gone as planned. The farm was perfectly staged for pictures. The workers were hand picked and prepared for their performance. Stalin’s presence was undeniable as he answered every one of the prescribed questions given to the media. Stalin walked casually through the barnyard answering questions and spreading grain to a group of chickens. “Yes, domestic agricultural output has increased by four hundred percent since we nationalized agricultural production.” answered Stalin. “Through the implementation of modern farming methods and state control there is more grain, more cabbage, and more carrots.” He continued, “Even these chickens have increased egg production.” He half joked. The media and his aides nodded and smiled in agreement. Everything was wonderful in Russia. Everyone agreed and that’s all there was to know.

That is until one typically skeptical American journalist dared to ask an unprepared question; an honest and informed question. “Mister Premier,” the journalist said “How long do you think you can keep up this charade?” To which there was no reply.

Stalin just continued spreading grain. The journalist asked again, “What makes you think you can starve and torture and kill your people and they won’t rise up against you?” The local media stood dumbstruck with fear and his aides in a panic attempted to shuffle off the question and the journalist. Stalin motioned for them to stop and for the cameras to be put away.

He then reached down and picked up one of the chickens and held it tight under his arm so it could not move. Stalin then continued in reply to the journalist’s question as calm and as confident as before. He said, “We have more grain because we have nationalized farming and so we can sell the grain for capital in order to build factories to produce the things the people need.” As he spoke he began to rip the feathers off the chickens back in great handfuls. He continued, “The people have need of many things that we are now giving them.” The poor bird squawked and screeched in agony. Stalin’s grasp tightened. His iron grip held the bird firm as he calmly turned to the journalist and spoke. “It is a testament to the ability of man in this modern age that through the state we have overcome the individual weaknesses of greed and selfishness that have kept us from solving our problems.”

The journalist could hardly speak. He stared in horror as Stalin savaged the chicken. The bird nearly limp, convulsed slightly as Stalin placed it back on the ground. It staggered clumsily away, unlikely to have been able to process what was just done to it. A feeling of disgust covered over by fear was palpable upon the barnyard. Stalin reached into his pocket for a handful of grain and continued on as before to feed the chickens who flocked around him.

The journalist stammer, “What… Why…?”

Stalin continued in response, “We are solving these problems.” Seemingly oblivious to the journalist’s questions. He was remarkably unaffected by his own actions or the journalist’s response to it. He said, “In Russia, as it should be in all the world, from each according to his abilities and too each according to his need.”

Stalin, identifying the wounded chicken he had just damaged creeping back toward the edge of the flock to peck at the bits of grain remaining on the ground, reached again into his jacket pocket and pulled out a fresh handful of grain. He knelt down a bit and held out his hand toward the injured animal. The bird looked for a moment, cocked its head to the slide a bit, and then timidly step toward Stalin.

In a moment, it was eating the food right out of the hand that minutes before had torn the feathers right off it’s back. Stalin dropped the remaining grain on the ground stood and turned toward the journalist. "Did that answer your question," he said.

The journalist hesitated, locked in a momentary state of emotional and mental chaos. He responded, “Yes sir, thank you.” as the full impact of the situation became clear in his mind.

The Point:

The point is there is no point. People do things because they can. Both good and bad. This is a difficult concept to understand and even more difficult thing to accept without generally destroying most people’s basic understanding of the world. Our interaction with the world is based on perception and perception is the act of drawing internal conclusions based upon external stimuli.

We take what is on the outside bounce it off of what is on the inside and try to figure out how they relate. This is why people can have widely varied opinions. What is on the inside is never exactly the same. The problem is that most people tend to think that everyone else thinks the same as they do. If you have ever heard the expression, “think out of the box”, this is what that is talking about.

The bigger problem is that in general, we do all think the same or at least in a similar enough manner to get by. As much as we are different we are the same grouped along varied trains of thoughts. There are liberals and conservatives, aggressives and passives, intellectuals and physicals all gravitated together in sub categories within the general human experience.

So when an abnormality presents itself, such as a serial killer, we don’t know how deal with it. They are outside of our general understanding. When confronted with things outside of our individual and general experience we waste precious time trying to explain it in a way that reconciles with our understanding or perception. The result is that when you are confronted with this. The best thing to do is to simply identify the situation and then determine what response is in your best interest. Do not waste time trying to figure out why, you can do that at a later time. Trying to understand often leads to anger, confusion, frustration, and delay. All of which can impair your ability to act or act wisely.

The Lesson to Learn:

Jee’s just re-read the story. The lessons to learn from this story about human nature, business, and social interaction are near endless. OK, here is an example of a lesson about human nature.

This story illustrates both of the far sides of the human experience. Man is corrupt anyone who tells you differently is likely attempting to delude themselves in order to deal with the world in a manner that they can handle. By pretending that the world and people are good and just need a chance to do what is right they feel safer.

But man and the world are neither good nor safe and by recognizing this you can take better actions to protect yourself, those you are responsible for, and your stuff. It is easy to see how Stalin was corrupt always dominating, control, and ruling by fear. The image of him as an aggressor brutalizing the poor weak bird is a caricature of the strong over the weak. This is an obvious example but given the choice, I would choose the obvious evil over the hidden. I can fight it or at least avoid it. You can’t avoid what you can’t see.

Besides the very principle of strong over the weak is the basis of survival and for the non religious reader who denies the Biblical account of the fall and the corrupt (sin) nature of man it is also the basis of the Darwinian model of evolution. Strong over the weak for the purpose of survival via propagation of dominant traits. So don’t get upset when a bum beats the crap out of you in an alley because you think it is wrong to carry a gun.

The less obvious corruption is that on the opposite side of the pool from Stalin, the chicken is just as corrupt. It shows no moral courage, no strength of character taking hand outs and charity. It demonstrates no advanced thought or ingenuity in the pursuit of its subsistence. It puts forth no real defense to the aggression forced upon it and having been abused it does not rise to a higher status of purpose with the knowledge and understanding gained by its experience. It simply comes back for more… it is meat. It is fodder for the energies of those who take action. It is the potential corruption of ---- that lies at the shallow end of the pool.

It is the evil that exists and we don’t see it as evil for pity’s sake. But in being a victim it exists as a temptation to the strong like a glass of whiskey is a temptation to a recovering alcoholic. And what about everything in between these two extremes?

Think of the state media and Stalin’ s handlers, or the farm workers, or even the journalist; all were complacent in the situation and the system. Each singly looked out for themselves in order to get by. Is Stalin any worse then anyone else in this story, well yes, but he is a shark and a shark is a shark and a chicken is a chicken and if a chicken falls into the shark tank can anyone blame the shark for eating it.

Stay away from the tank, if you are a chicken. If you’re not a chicken then take your chances as you see fit but don’t expect us to cry for you if you jump into the tank and end up bloody.

The Short Lesson:

People are bad and will hurt you to get what they want. People are weak and stupid and will keep coming back to harmful situations if they don’t learn.

The Brutal Truth:

There are bad people out there and I mean really bad; evil. There are a lot more of them then you think and they look just like you and me. They can and will hurt you. They will hurt you financially, mentally, emotionally, and physically. It does not matter why but most will do it as a simple unconscious exercise of a choice between them or you. Then there are others who will hurt you on purpose because they don’t like you or they feel threatened by you. And finally some will hurt you just because they can.

Let this essay be marked and remembered in its raw form. I have no doubt of its value when the right moment arrives. I know the flow is biased towards nastiness, but do bear in mind, karma is a real bitch when it comes to revenge. Try not to hurt anyone if you can. If you must, do it with the understanding that one day, a stronger force will swallow you whole. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

g.Pants Chasing

The last part is here:   Skirt Chasing

Caveat Emptor

Before I start, I believe every gal has a dream man of their life, and they all come in different shapes and specifications. So what I am going to write is only suitable to only a specific group of gals. It is by no means completely suitable for all gal groups. Hopefully, it speaks truth for most gal groups though.

Guy Mentality

By nature, guys are very simple folks. Their genes still stuck back in 200,000 years ago. Hence, innately guys are hunters at heart. After they have hunted the best animals, they will go back to their fruit-gathering woman groups and try to hump as many attracted females to the food table as possible. They really don't have much other greater ambition. Fast forward to today, guys similarly have 2 key worries: career and gals.

In career, they normally strive to hit the top as soon as possible as they wanted to show-off like a peacock to peahens and hope to attract the finest species. They do so by going to different channels. Some go into politics to acquire power (leader, individual). Some go into business and acquire money (employer, individual). Some go into facilitating a huge group in achieving goals (employee, group). Some goes into skill-selling (self-employed, individual or group). Some go into religion (mind-fucker, individual or group). Each of these pursuits has pros and cons. Each pursuit entails money and power, both money and power components ultimately are measured in monetary terms.

Sufficed to say, the winner is the guy who has absolute power over another guy's life-and-death, such as an emperor. Every guy dreamed about being an emperor. With the absolute power to life-and-death, the gals will clamour for his attention and it doesn't matter how many competitors and sharing. Given a chance, the gals will just go for it. Too juicy to let up the proximity chance. Lower down the power line are equally attractive too, such as court officers and so on ... So even traffic police sergeant got a chance to fuck if the gal kana ticketed.

Second comes the monied man. Not matter if you are a CEO of a huge corporation or a sampan, the gals will go for you if you are full of money. Ultimately, money is a good measure of the guy's ability to acquire luxury. The gal's key measure is only the amount of luxury the guy can supply and for how long. So even if the guy is an old fuck, the gals from 18 to 99 years of age will still be keen to know the guy. Such is the draw of money.

In gals, the guy's interest is actually very simple. He just want to ensure that his genes are carried to the next generation. In the past, the guy used to hope for 10 kids. But nowadays, he is lucky to have just one. His dilemma is huge. Coupled with the fact that the law-of-the-land prohibits polygamy, his bag of trick is now very restricted. It is therefore no surprise that the gals that he humps are as bad as whalers and porkies. He will always try his best to propagate his genes through very random liaisons. Prostitution is the modern solution of the government-of-the-day in reining in rape crimes.

Process

I have mentioned before, the total length of man is constant. If the guy spends his early years in grooming his fur, he will get tons of gals due to his youth and body. But, he will be poor and unsexed for the rest of his life. If the guy spends his early years in building his career, he will not get as many gals. Hopefully his investment in time on career pays off, he will be sexed for the rest of his life.

Gals don't really care whether his cock is young or old, she will sex him to sire the next generation if he proves to be the real thing. A guy can sire kids even at 99 years of age, if the young gal allows.

Beta and Alpha Males

Gals are extremely sensitive towards whether the guy is an alpha or beta. If he is an alpha, i.e., too many gals around him, the gal will sex him regardless to get his superior genes, as she has considered her peers must have done a good job in evaluating his quality. Her peers will even explain in great details his sexual performance. Sexual performance is equated to alphaness. Rough sex is clear indication of alphaness. That's why fantasy of most gals is to be raped. It will give them high when masturbating. An alpha is characterised by not being able to stay to take care of the young.

All other males are beta. Beta males are known to be great nest keepers. They stick to the nest and bring up the youngs. Given a choice, the gal will keep a beta male and quietly sex an alpha for his genes. The sired young will be brought up by the cuckooed beta male. Sad, but true. The risk involved in being caught is high, but the gal has no power over this tendency, it is coded in her genes.

Cuckoo game is very dangerous to the gal. If found out, the off-spring might be killed. Check the sexual habits of monkeys and lions. We humans are no different. I am puzzled that many gals behave with such tendency. As in order to reach today's generation, the beta guy's ancestors must have one time or another been made a general, else there is no way the guy's genes can propagate till this day. Playing the cuckoo game is not really that wise a choice. Gals are advised against this maternal instinct.

Methodology

Strong guys like to be pampered. A gal should never try to wear pants in front of the strong guy. She will fail big time. That being said, some guys like to be dominated. Some gals like to dominate. So to each their cup of tea. Exercise regularly and do doll up and make the guy proud to get her as his arm candy. If he don't even feel proud about showing her off.  Chances are that she as a gal has lost.

Quite a large number of gals are extremely lazy. She thinks that by having a golden pussy, she would have already won. Sorry, bad choice. A strong guy has full of choice. He is limited edition. Too many gals have sought his attention before her. So from young, he already had been schooled in this social game. His skill level is high and not much different from the gal's ability in social awareness. So go out to events, activities, festivals and parties that will fill with these princelings. Some princelings are quite shy and may not appear. They might even appear to be damn beta, but do be careful, these betas can become alpha overnight. Great examples are Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. 

It is that simple.

g.Skirt Chasing

The last part is here: Leader of Gals

I was told by my friend not to write so much rubbish on boring topics like business; try some other more interesting topics. Business is a guy’s problem. Just leave it as that. @$#%^&*()_+ …

When you approach a girl openingly by saying “hi”, she would reply, “I have a boy-friend.” or “Buy me a drink, then I will talk to you.” or “You are not my type, so buzz off.” or “You are so cute, talk to my hand.”

Am I deformed? Did I do any wrong to piss the ladies so much that I can’t even start normally as a friend? Am I a social retard? Many unanswered questions. Why can’t we be friends first before the need to judge whether I am of boy-friend potential? Why do girls always, within 30 seconds of their interaction with you, only thought of whether they will have sex or not afterwards?

Human Race

Modern human started evolving 350,000 - 600,000 years ago. Loosely, the “human” race used to have two branches, Neanderthal and modern Homo Sapiens. Both deriving from a chimp-like ancestor between 5 - 10 million years ago.

The Neanderthals 

Neanderthals disappeared in Asia by 50,000 years ago and in Europe by about 30,000 years ago.

Neanderthal cranial capacity is thought to have been as large as that of modern humans, perhaps larger, indicating that their brain size may have been comparable, or larger, as well. Study showed Neanderthal and modern human brains were the same size at birth, but by adulthood, the Neanderthal brain was larger than the modern human brain. Neanderthal males were heavily built with robust bone structure. They were much stronger than Homo sapiens, having particularly strong arms and hands. It simply implied that Neanderthals were more intelligent and stronger than modern Homo sapiens. They should have survived but didn’t.

Females were similarly featured.

Neanderthals were almost exclusively carnivorous and apex predators. Both male and female hunted together, alongside with their youngs. They did not practise specialization. Studies on Neanderthal body structures have shown that they needed more energy to survive than any other species.

About 55,000 years ago, the weather began to fluctuate wildly from extreme cold conditions to mild cold and back in a matter of a few decades. Neanderthal bodies were well suited for survival in a cold climate—their barrel chests and stocky limbs stored body heat better than the Cro-Magnons. However, the rapid fluctuations of weather caused ecological changes to which the Neanderthals could not adapt; familiar plants and animals would be replaced by completely different ones within a lifetime. Neanderthals' ambush techniques would have failed as grasslands replaced trees. A large number of Neanderthals would have died during these fluctuations, which peaked about 30,000 years ago.

Most discoveries showed that both male and female sustained deep bone injuries, suspected to have come about through life-threatening joint-hunting. The parents once killed would cause the youngs being on site to be unable to survive, without parents’ protection and nursing.

Modern Homo Sapiens

All people today are classified as modern Homo sapiens.  Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago in association with technologies not unlike those of the early Neandertals.  It is now clear that early Homo sapiens, or modern humans, did not come after the Neandertals, but were their contemporaries.  However, it is likely that both modern humans and Neandertals descended from Homo heidelbergensis.

Compared to the Neandertals and other late archaic humans, modern humans generally have more delicate skeletons.  Their skulls are more rounded and their brow ridges generally protrude much less.  They rarely have the occipital buns found on the back of Neandertal skulls.  They also have relatively high foreheads, smaller faces, and pointed chins.

Most modern homo sapiens used specialization, i.e., the guys go out to hunt in groups, while the girls huddled together as fruit gatherers under protection of some guys or among themselves. The youngs stay with their mothers. This specialization allowed modern homo sapiens to survive any changing climates, a key to survival of the species. During this time, a hierarchical society automatically evolved.

Females, being frequently detached from the males, would naturally and obviously choose to mate with the hunters that would bring back their sabre-tooths or mammoths to procreate their next generation. The females presume (rightly so) the best genes must come from the best hunters. But, hunting was a treacherous activity. Many hunters didn’t return after the hunt. There was therefore an overwhelming majority of females as the females were huddled centrally with little or no danger. Polygamies were common affairs, i.e., the stronger hunters would have plenty of females, siring many kids. The frequent social interactions amongst the females during the fruit-gatherings ensured that the female jealousy was reduced to the minimum.

From these gatherings, the social skill of the surviving females way exceeds the males by a good mile.

The present days

Fast forward to present days. We no longer need to learn how to hunt animals. Instead the males are taught specialization for each and every single trade-able skill in school. The most able tradesmen automatically get the best gals and multiple-partners.

It is in the guys’ nature and interest to exercise and win friendships, comradeships among his guy counter-parts during their studentship. They do so by playing team sports. In school, guys will play football while the gals watch by the side. Social training for gals already starts at that football pitch. They establish a hierarchical system whereby the best looking gals will have a higher social standing and will be able to choose the guy of her choice, subject of course to their tribal council’s endorsement. On the other hand, guys will still be kicking that silly white ball round the field clueless about his social expectation. This naturally explains why even hot guys are tongue-tied when approaching a pretty gal, who already showed obvious interest.

But, unfortunately the total length of man is constant (My Theory). I know:

• A guy who bedded 65 gals within a short 5-8 years. He dolled himself up and go to gym like 6 days a week. But he is right now real miserable as he couldn’t hold a roughneck job for more than 2 years each time.
• Another guy who is a young, very handsome and aspiring qualified doctor but found no gal friend even though he is the sports champion for that country.

And, I think which of these guys makes a better hunter is obvious. But, life is never fair.

I can understand where all these come from ...

It is nothing wrong with that, but our genes have not evolved as quickly, we are still stuck at about 200,000 years ago. There were no contraception then, every sex might involve a child-bearing risk. So gals are extremely careful about who they want to go to bed with.

Gals, before you go out there and ask guys to talk to your hand. Do think of my Theory of Man who’s length is fixed. If they are good hunters, they will be a little of a social retard, otherwise, they might be suave, but you will expect to live in much poorer conditions.

These days, like what Bill Gates have said, “The Nerds will rule the world.” I suspect he must have had it hard too when young.

To be a strong skirt-chaser, please read:
(1)   The Game By Neil Strauss
(2)   Sperm Wars by Robin Baker
After you have read these books and practised (takes about 3 years), you would have a nuclear weapon at your disposal. Do be kind to the gals. Don't cheat them. They are actually quite clueless about their state and behaviour.

ps:   LOL. I know. Even skirt-chasing also involved philosophy. My bad. 职业病 ...

p.Leaving the good shore in search of a better life

 

The last part is here:   p.Darkness 2012

When I found a fellow blogger under attack by his fellow ex-countrymen about his foreign citizenship and blog, I felt really sad. Human nature is stinky, i.e., when they find it is impossible for them to emulate the good job of the blogger, instead of learning humbly from his ways. They chose to attack him as a quitter:

"Can you don't politicize every thing that went wrong in your life? Get a grip! You made the decision to give up your pink IC, so be a man and don't whine. Be responsible for your actions. If you are truly happy foreign citizen, why you keep harping about Singapore's system? An axe to grind? Sore loser? What's your motive?" ...

扑你个街 ... These 冇屎忽畜类 really 衰到贴地. 偷呃拐骗, 生安白造 ... everything also can do.

屌你老母 ... How often can you find an Oxonian or a Catabrigian addressing you for free and giving you the heads up for a better future? Zero. Absolutely zero.

This blogger has a heart of gold. He has been there, done that. There is no further need for him to prove anything further. But, yet he chose to blog about how he did it and gave his time to document this process. He is being very patient and extremely kind. In other times, he would have been called a messiah.

Of course, all things said. Emigrating is not for the faint-hearted. There are so many things that can go wrong. One simply has to grit that damn teeth and move along. Some are even without support of loved ones, that feeling I can tell you is not funny.

Proud? You bet. When an immigrant finally made it, I can bet to my last dollar, that guy will be the happiest lark on earth. Let him prize that moment. Let him chew on his good fortune. Let him feel that all his previous shits are worth every cent of it. Let us all rejoice in his happiness.

I don't yet know what those 躝癱s want to achieve in degrading his decades-long good work. Maybe their dog-master wants them to do it to rein the dissidents in or prevent further degradation of their fragile rule.

To emigrate, I repeat, is not for the faint-hearted. What we want is not your respect but your fucking silence! If you think by staying back in that fucken little island is doing you and future generations good, be my guest. You have spoken and you have chosen. May I wish you all the best in your doing your master's bidding and crumps gathering. Don't try to derail those frail lion-hearts. They are working their little magic one step at a time. If you can't contribute to their well-being. Just shut the fuck up! If you are doing your duty as an internet B, then may I wish you and all your future generations be 世世代代男为盗女为娼.

I just heard a fellow ex-countryman just got serious eye infection from working as construction worker in his 60s. He has been in white land for more than a decade. Life is not easy in white land. We don't need your pity, we just need your silence and time to work our magic.

I am a believer of debate. One can get stronger by the council of the strong. If you debate correctly by providing your view of things, I can respect that. If your views are not the same as mine, by all means, I can agree that all of us have a choice. But, if you use half-truths and shaft them down my throat, I can also agree as I am way too strong for you. But, if you try your luck on the weaker ones, be sure, I will shaft the fuck out of you. You don't deserve living on cute earth. I will extinguish your light.

May the blogger stays strong and be among his fervent fans ... 

歷史名著《三國演義》中，「諸葛亮罵死王朗」一段中有句名言「廟堂之上，朽木為官，殿陛之間，禽獸食祿；狼心狗行之輩，滾滾當朝，奴顏婢膝之徒，紛紛秉政。」 

助紂為孽者， 其后人男的代代为奴，女的世世为娼，生仔無屎忽！

b.Contract - The colours of People

The previous parts are here:   b.Contract - Mister 20% and p.A Joke in Emigration.

This is a very interesting part of life. When I first arrived in a white land, I thought my best friends must come from my ex-countrymen or same-same colours. How foolishly wrong!

(1)   Talk to a 45yo Vietcon for a professional service. She quoted $X. I asked why so expensive. She replied it is a complicated matter. I swallowed my saliva and said I got no money. I later decided that I have no choice but to open up the task to more quotes. I asked a white from a very famous place. He said it is too simple a matter. He suggested to bill me $Y, a fucking 27% of $X. 屌你老母 ...

(2)   I asked for a rental for a small place when I first arrived. I was introduced to a 55yo ex-countryman from another ex-countryman. We started off very well. We talked about NS and fucked that fucken little island till kingdom comes. When we finally come down to price, he quoted $X, claiming that his wife will cook nasi-lemak now and then for me. I replied that is a little above market. He claimed that is not the case, in fact, he has already given me a 33.3% discount from what he charged the whites. I said I got no money. Later, I just read the newspapers and book a place from a white. He only charged me 50% of $X in a superior location. 屌你老母 ...

(3)   I went to another place again for rental in another city. This time a chinaman discussed with me on the rental, she quoted $X. I said that is about 25% more than the usual price. She said I got no choice if I don't wish to rent. I just read the internet and went to a very nice white couple for exactly market price. Later, they reduced my rental by another 50%. 屌你老母 ...

...

Don't need too many examples ...

It is so obvious that these jokers haven't make it in white land, since they can't sponge the whites, they act like lao chiaos and try to sponge off the newbies. How foolish! They should have grouped together and fight in a foreign land. I have coined a new word "auto-racism", auto means self in Greek, to suggest the racism I am facing. So what a beautiful day, I now run away fastest whenever I happen to hear that fucken accent from that fucken little island. Help them? Lol ...

That being said, there are also many nice chinamen that helped me along the way (non-monetary). The whites don't usually helped me but they are very fair. They don't quote above market, although they try their best not to deal with the likes of me.

Given time, each and every one would have survived, the government of the day would ensure that. They wanted more bodies to do up their economies.

Racism exists everywhere, sadly auto-racism is the hardest to swallow. Sometimes I feel the whites may be more genuine in dealing with the likes of me, after all, they still need to feed, but in nicer ways.

I am feeling stronger by the day ... principally, out of every 10 deals, I succeed in just 1. But, usually a very good one. The rest of the 9 losers, I just minimize my bets and take my time. I don't show-hand at all. The best is that the few successful deals paid me more than 10 times each. It is good to be patient. Lol ...

b.Why I Am Not A Politician?

This essay concludes once and for all all my thinking behind Why I am not a Politician?

In the same vibes of Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell or Albert Einstein's quote of God and Einstein, I am fully aware of the political price one has to pay in order to be a strong leader or a lame cock-sucker.

Malaysia is successful in democracy is because Mr Anwar Ibrahim has paid a price of imprisonment and beating up, leading to a successful grabbing of some opposition power in 2008 General Election. This was closely followed by the death of an innocent man, Teoh Beng Hock in 2009. Opposition capitalized this poor fellow's body as their altar for ubah (change). By 2013 General Election, the opposition parties made great inroads into the chinese hearts. But, at the same time, Anwar has lost many of the Malays and aborigines' votes back to the ruling parties. The chinese' claim for greater power sharing has rocked the confidence of the Malays. Thus, pushing them once again back to the ruling parties' arms. The ruling parties embittered by the poor Chinese support has immediately started their purge of Chinese privileges. The price that Chinese in Malaysia has to pay is going to be extremely heavy. In fact, in many Chinese areas, day-light armed robberies into homes have gone up by a huge quantum. The sad stories for Chinese will follow ...

The Chinese in the zeal of wanting change has forgotten that "短人财路，如杀人父母".

A wise man once advised that I must always vote for the opposition rings true in my ears. (I have mentioned this once before. Well, another story for another time.)

In the Arab world, the Arab Spring for a revolutionary wave of nonviolent and violent demonstrations, violent and nonviolent protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010, started in Tunisia. Many dictators lost their shirts that time. Link:   wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring

Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. 

Mohamed Bouazizi, who was known locally as "Basboosa". His father, a construction worker in Libya, died of a heart attack when Bouazizi was three, and his mother married Bouazizi's uncle some time later. Along with his six siblings, with his uncle in poor health and unable to work regularly, Bouazizi had worked various jobs since he was ten, and in his late teens he quit school in order to work full-time. Bouazizi lived in a modest stucco home, a 20-minute walk from the center of Sidi Bouzid, a rural town in Tunisia burdened by corruption and suffering an unemployment rate estimated at 30%. According to his mother, he applied to join the army, but was refused, and several subsequent job applications also resulted in rejection. He supported his mother, uncle, and younger siblings, including paying for one of his sisters to attend university, by earning approximately US$140 per month selling produce on the street in Sidi Bouzid. He was also working toward the goal of buying or renting a pickup truck for his work. A close friend of Bouazizi said he "was a very well-known and popular man [who] would give free fruit and vegetables to very poor families."

According to friends and family, local police officers had allegedly targeted and mistreated Bouazizi for years, including during his childhood, regularly confiscating his small wheelbarrow of produce; but Bouazizi had no other way to make a living, so he continued to work as a street vendor. Around 10 p.m. on 16 December 2010, he had contracted approximately US$200 in debt to buy the produce he was to sell the following day. On the morning of 17 December, he started his workday at 8 a.m. Just after 10:30 a.m., the police began harassing him again, ostensibly because he did not have a vendor's permit. However, while some sources state that street vending is illegal in Tunisia, and others that Bouazizi lacked a required permit to sell his wares, according to the head of Sidi Bouzid's state office for employment and independent work, no permit is needed to sell from a cart.

In any case Bouazizi did not have the funds to bribe police officials to allow his street vending to continue. Similarly, two of Bouazizi's siblings accused authorities of attempting to extort money from their brother, and during an interview with Reuters, one of his sisters stated, "What kind of repression do you imagine it takes for a young man to do this? A man who has to feed his family by buying goods on credit when they fine him...and take his goods. In Sidi Bouzid, those with no connections and no money for bribes are humiliated and insulted and not allowed to live."

Bouazizi's family claims he was publicly humiliated, that a 45-year-old female municipal official, Faida Hamdi, slapped him in the face, spat at him, confiscated his electronic weighing scales, and tossed aside his produce cart. It was also stated that she made a slur against his deceased father. Bouazizi's family says her gender made his humiliation worse.

Faida Hamdi and her brother claimed in interviews that she did not slap Bouazizi or otherwise mistreat him. An eyewitness referred to by Asharq Al-Awsat claimed not to have seen Hamdi slap Bouazizi.

Both Bouazizi's mother and the eyewitness who told Asharq Al-Awsat stated that her aides had kicked and beaten him after confiscating his fruit-cart, Faida Hamdi states it might have happened and Asharq Al-Awsat denies it happened.

Bouazizi, angered by the confrontation, ran to the governor's office to complain and to ask for his scales back. The governor refused to see or listen to him, even after Bouazizi was quoted as saying "If you don't see me, I'll burn myself." Bouazizi acquired a can of gasoline from a nearby gas station and returned to the governor's office. While standing in the middle of traffic, he shouted, "How do you expect me to make a living?" He then doused and set himself alight with a match at 11:30 a.m. local time, less than an hour after the altercation.

His act became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring, inciting demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia in protest of social and political issues in the country. The public's anger and violence intensified following Bouazizi's death, leading then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down on 14 January 2011, after 23 years in power.

The death of this one man led to the demise of many totalitarian states in the Arab world. Once again, as I have always quoted: 

 “What country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms ... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.”   - Thomas Jefferson

Since I am unwilling to pay such a price, I can never be in politics. I will just travel the world in search of the best place to settle. If that place deteriorates in time, hey, I will move again. I am a wanderer, a warrior, a knight, but never a coward. I will leave silly words-mongering to the self-clever idiots who can't even dare to move away from their comfort zones.

In this time and space, a plane ticket is too cheap an alternative to politicking. Why fight a battle that I am already disadvantaged in the first place. That old guy is already 3rd-5th generations before my time. Let him build his 阿斗. A real warrior has no fear of the unknown.

At times, it is a lonesome battle. It is nonetheless a fun path.