Things That White People Like

One of the things that I do on a weekly bases is to watch the Buzz Report by Molly Wood on Cnet.com. This week, she mentioned something about a new website that has been pretty popular in the US. Being in Singapore, I just today heard of it. I went over the list of 94 to see how many would apply to me. I was surprised to score only 45. I thought I was a lot more "White"

The website is http://http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

Here is the list. Whether it applies to me and my comments.


#1 Coffee
Yes
The world loves coffee, so really white people unless you are Mormon


#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
Yes
If you are an Asian American, this would apply to you


#3 Film Festivals
No
To weird for me

#4 Assists
No
The way it is explained, feeling guilty for slavery and so make up for it with Charity. Yeah, not a very charitable guy

#5 Farmer’s Markets
No
Have to wake up too early

#6 Organic Food
No
Too expensive, will get the genetically altered

#7 Diversity
No
Darwin all the way. Survival of the fittest

#8 Barack Obama
No
Yeah, Think the white think that they will be cool if they vote for a black man

#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
No
I can stay home and sleep for the rest of my life

#10 Wes Anderson Movies
No
I don't even know who he is.

#11 Asian Girls
Yes
Well what can I say? I have to say yes no matter what right?

#12 Non-Profit Organizations
No
If no profit than no reason

#13 Tea
Yes
After all, I am Chinese

#14 Having Black Friends
Yes
Don't have much of a chance in Singapore, I remember seeing a black person once, but I do remember in high school that I thought it was pretty cool

#15 Yoga
No
I know. I am going to get killed for this one. Tao's don't do Yoga, we are not flexible enough physically or emotionally

#16 Gifted Children
Yes
Once again, I am Chinese and Secondly, I am a Tao

#17 Hating their Parents
No
Definitely an American Thing

#18 Awareness
Yes
OK, I will go for this one. If people are aware of the issues, than that is half the battle, but they do have to becareful where they get the source from. It should come from me.

#19 Traveling
Yes
I say I love to travel but I am a bit lazy. I qualify because I love the Travel Channel

#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
No
If you consider my culture to be Chinese, than I am completely clueless

#21 Writers Workshops
No
I hate any kind of workshops

#22 Having Two Last Names
No
No Hyphens please. I am through with that

#23 Microbreweries
Yes
Two words "Hmmmmmm Beer"

#24 Wine
Yes
I love collecting wine. I do have a weakness. I love to buy wine, but strangely, I don't like to drink it.

#25 David Sedaris
No
No idea who he is

#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!)
Yes
Never been there but the movies are cool, like "When Harry Met Sally"

#27 Marathons
No
Once again, too lazy. Too much work

#28 Not having a TV
No
I will Die!

#29 80s Night
Yes
It is the coolest decade!

#30 Wrigley Field
Yes
Never been there but you can't beat an old ballpark

#31 Snowboarding
No
Too old to learn again, will have to stick to Skiing

#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism
No
Weirdo’s

#33 Marijuana
No
Just Say No

#34 Architecture
Yes
But I will not go out a book

#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
Yes
They actually show this in Singapore

#36 Breakfast Places
Yes
But than I have to wake up which is a problem for me.

#37 Renovations
Yes
Quite a hassle but you can do some nice things. I have learned this in Singapore

#38 Arrested Development
No
Never followed this show

#39 Netflix
No
I am all Itunes Man!

#40 Apple Products
Yes
You know where my allegiance lie

#41 Indie Music
No
Sounds like somebody choking a chicken

#42 Sushi
Yes
Wow, notice how expensive tuna is these days?

#43 Plays
No
Unless you count Andrew Lloyd Weber, which is pretty white

#44 Public Radio
Yes
NPR is pretty cool

#45 Asian Fusion Food
Yes
A lot of Fusion food in Singapore. In a way, I am Fusion

#46 The Sunday New York Times
No
Strange, In Singapore, the Saturday paper is the thickest

#47 Arts Degrees
No
Useless

#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
No
I still think that it equals to expensive

#49 Vintage
No
I think it equals to old.

#50 Irony
Yes
I love Irony

#51 Living by the Water
Yes
In Singapore, you have to be careful because sometime water = to Mosquito’s

#52 Sarah Silverman
No
Again, no idea who she is

#53 Dogs
Yes
Sleepy, Teddy, Tiger, Lucky, Alpine, Noodle and Happy

#54 Kitchen Gadgets
Yes
Yeah Baby!

#55 Apologies
Yes
But I never get any:)

#56 Lawyers
No
Pond Scum!

#57 Juno
No
Never followed this show

#58 Japan
Yes
All the cool gadgets

#59 Natural Medicine
No
It is not regulated and so most likely, you will get lead poisoning

#60 Toyota Prius
Yes
My brother-in-laws hybrid is pretty cool

#61 Bicycles
Yes
However, it is too hot to ride in Singapore

#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
Yes
Yeah, Get a job!

#63 Expensive Sandwiches
Yes
Hmmmmm Togo's

#64 Recycling
No
It must be convenient. I want a bin right there

#65 Co-Ed Sports
Yes
Yeah Baby! Tackle

#66 Divorce
No
Hai, No Comment

#67 Standing Still at Concerts
Yes
I am the most white you can ever imagine. I have no rhythm what so ever

#68 Michel Gondry
No
No idea who he is

#69 Mos Def
No
No idea what this is

#70 Difficult Breakups
No
No comment

#71 Being the only white person around
No
Can't really relate to this, but I have been the only Chinese a lot but never thought much about it

#72 Study Abroad
No
I wouldn't change my collage days for anything

#73 Gentrification
No
No idea what this is

#74 Oscar Parties
No
I just find myself alone by the food at parties:(

#75 Threatening to Move to Canada
Yes
Haha, I moved to Singapore

#76 Bottles of Water
Yes
Now have to re-boil though

#77 Musical Comedy
No
I don't see how you can sing a joke

#78 Multilingual Children
Yes
Have no choice in Singapore

#79 Modern Furniture
No
Usually Not comfortable

#80 The Idea of Soccer
Yes
Only because I moved to Singapore

#81 Graduate School
Yes
Thought about it all my life but once again too lazy

#82 Hating Corporations
No
Corporations Rock!

#83 Bad Memories of High School
No
High School Rocked

#84 T-Shirts
Yes
Haha, I am going to wear a t-shirt to the grave

#85 The Wire
No
No Idea what this is

#86 Shorts
Yes
I do live in Singapore, I can wear shorts EVERYDAY! Haha

#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
Yes
I have been thinking about buy a tank top but not sure if I can pull it off

#88 Having Gay Friends
Yes
Some of the funniest people but very hard to find in Singapore.

#89 St. Patrick’s Day
Yes
How can you say no to Green Beer!?

#90 Dinner Parties
Yes
I like to throw them but hate attending them. I guess when I throw them I can excuse myself from hanging out with you buy cooking

#91 San Francisco
Yes
As Journey Say" When the lights, go down in the city ….. Oh I want to be there in my city"

#92 Book Deals
No
I will never be that famous

Free Tibet!

I have not blogged for a long time. Have been pretty busy, but saw something on the TV that I must post.

China took selected reports to Tibet on a PR tour to show all the damage that was done by the rioters and took them to the hospital to see the injured. This was all a shame. The press tour took them to a temple, but 30 or so monks, closed the doors behind the reports before the Chinese security could come in. They were all crying. They said that the monks outside are all imposters from the communist party. They said that China said the monks were behind the rioting but they were not. They say that the Dali Lama is behind everything but he is not. They said they have been imprisoned for 2 weeks and could not go out. They just want freedom.

These monk will lose thier lives for this outburst. I search a long time today to look for the video of the actual monk dialog instead of western translations of what they said. The translations takes all the emotion out of it. This HK report was the best that I could find.

Moses Was On Drugs

Wow, another interesting story today. This is also very surprising because of the source. A professor in Israel from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

He claims that Moses must have been on some kind of acid trip when he saw the burning bush and when he got the ten commandments on Mount Sinai. Groovy!

Peace! Love Power! Free Love! Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080304/od_afp/israelreligionoffbeat;_ylt=Atzsa_s2abvy7ImjHRG95Nas0NUE

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

The US elections has become very interesting this year. Last week, they were talking about Clinton droping out of the race but after wins in Ohio and Texas, Clinton is back in the thick of things. So a few thoughts:

1. They will go into the democratic convention with no clear front runner. The convention is used to promote their candidate but this convention will still be used to fight among themselves in the democratic party. McCain is loving this.

2. Saw a article that Clinton is now declaring herself the front runner again. Hasn't she been paying attention for the last 3 months. Everytime a front runner goes into an election, they have lost. American's loves the underdog. They should hire me as the campaign manager.

3. Not only are the democratic candidates sling mud at each other and spending precious campaign dollars within their own party. McCain is in a position to save his funds to fight the democrats. In a national poll, McCain would lose to Obama in a one on one election but he would win against Clinton. So if you think about it, a vote for Clinton is a vote for McCain. Hmmmm.

All I can say is that it is very interesting.

If the Breast Doesn't Fit, You Must Acquit

Hahaha. This is just too funny for anybody to make up.

A model in Japan was charged from breaking into a man's house and destroying his property. The case was overruled because, it was ruled that the model's breast was too big to fit into the hole.

Johnny Cochran must be having a chuckle over this case in his grave.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080304/tts-entertainment-japan-court-people-off-7d7070a.html

Tina Fey New Update on Clinton

Youtube had to take out the video but it is not available directly from NBC.



Here is the repost of the Huckabee SNL appearance

Fly Is Still the Safest Way To Travel

Happened this weekend in Germany

Alternative Energy

I am convinced that we are all doomed to a life of muscular thighs. Why do I say this? In 30 years when the worlds reserves in energy runs out, we won't have any viable alternative energy sources and so to watch TV or get lights, we will have to pedal bikes to generate power. Hmmm, that's a business idea. I will get bunch of children from a 3rd world country and start training them to pedal bikes now. In 20 years, they will be in high demand. A kid in every house!

Anyways I digress.

Just wanted to update you on my alternative energy tally

Nuclear - Environmentalist against because of the nuclear waste
Biofuel - Turns out to be carbon negative because the forest that is chopped down to grow these plants

And now the latest

Wind Farms - Turns out it will cause the extinction of many bird species.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080304/tts-us-environment-energy-animals-conser-972e412.html

We are now down to solar until some activist shoot that down also, than my biker plan will be set!

Damm! It is Confirmed. I am Old!

I read something on the internet today that made me go and do a search to confirm that the statement is true.

It said that the last Indiana Jones movie was 19 years ago. I read this and I thought, no way. Impossible. I still remember Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade like it was yesterday.(By the way, it was the best movie of the Trillogy) True. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was release in 1989.

I am happy that Steven Speilberg and George Lucas has brought this character back. I am curious how an 66 year old Harrison Ford will be in the role. At 65 you qualify for the AARP.

The story says that the trailer are very popular with the young people. Which also make me wonder, how do they even know who Indiana Jones is because if you 18 years old now, when the last movie came out, you weren't even born yet.

Too bad it's Monday. I have an urge of going clubing tonight.

Anyways, here's the trailer.

TJ of Asia

In the past I have always said that Bangkok was the TJ of Asia. After coming back from Manila, I have changed my mind.

I didn't see much of Manila. Only from Airport to Hotel and back and Hotel to Church and back.

What I did see was about 2000 police in full riot gear, trash everywhere, dirty empty buildings, and people everywhere. The rest of the bridal party went to party at Makati, but I felt much happier just staying in my hotel room. Maybe I am getting old. I normally like to travel to taste the local cuisine, but nothing looked tempting to me. Luckily, the hotel was connected to a large shopping mall or else, I would have never left the hotel other than the church. Manila would not be on my top vacation spots.

So Manila is officially my new TJ of Asia and they even speak Spanish.

Hamas is Killing It's Own People

I believe in the right of self determination. This is what the how the US was formed. Recently, 80% of the population of Kosovo declared independance from Serbia. Also as part of of the land for peace deal between Isreal and the Palestinian's, Isreal allowed the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to self rule. But this freedom does come with a price. If you want to declare that you are an independant country, you have to make sure that you are econonmically vaiable. You must make sure that you have a means of generating income and that your population is taken care of. Also, than other countries has the right to treat you as a independant country. And so if they wish, they can close off their borders to your country.

This is what has happened to Isreal and the Gaza Stripe. Because too much arms and terrorist were going through the borders, Isreal closed the border. They did this to protect their own population from Homocide Bombers. It is the responsibility of the government to protect their own people first. So this has caused the Gaza strip to lose one of their connections to the outside world. Their other border with their fellow muslims Eygpt has been closed also.

So Hamas recently started to send rockets into Isreal, which had hurt and killed civilians. This starts a chain of events that we have seen in the past. Isreal will be forced to do something because their people lacks security. Which they now have done. They have went into Gaza to locate these rockets and to put down the Hamas infrastructure. Of coarse innocent lives will be lost, but when Hamas fired the rockets, they already know this. They also already know that the world would than start criticising Isreal for killing civilians and the world would some how forget that it was Hamas who started the entire chain of events by firing rockets in the frist place. In the end, Isreal will look like the bad guy.