Evidently some dogs are also status symbol now... a Samoyed pup can cost up to $3K - $6.5K. Are these people insane?? My cat only cost $100, and have a longer life span, and cheaper pet insurance. :S
First of all, I would like to say that I don't have anything against pretty girls, especially if they are nice. As much as we normal females would like to think that pretty women are mean and/or stupid, qualities like beauty, intelligence, and niceness are, unfortunately, not mutually exclusive. Fortunately, being a 40 year old woman in a happy marriage I don't discriminate, I like eye-candies of both genders. Then what is the problem? You may ask.
The problem came with the way men behave around goddess-like females. Let's be honest, we all know that men think with a certain part of their anatomy other than their brains. The symptom is particularly obvious with a pretty girl around. I want to clarify that I have no problems with most of men's behaviors around pretty girls. It is entirely okay that when a pretty girl enters the room, all men will swarm them, like bees attracted to honey, as a Chinese saying would say. As I have stated above, I'm in a happy relationship, I am not going to stand between a man and their shot as procreation, especially with a pretty woman. That is, assuming my husband is not one of those men. :) If a man wants to bend over backward for a woman, whether he has a shot of getting laid or not, that's his prerogative. What is not okay is when their acts of showing fondness towards said females infringe on the rights of other women around. For example, if a man wants to pay for goddess's meal, by all means. If he wants to give up his seat for her, by all means. What is not okay is to suggest that Goddess should eat free, and the bill should be divided among the remainder of the group, both males and females. Look, I am not shooting to get laid with Goddess, even if she's willing to. I have no vested interest. Anything that infringes on my share/perceived share will cause me to harbor negative feelings for Goddess.
In short, we normal girls really don't have anything against goddesses, other than maybe a tinge of jealousy. It's the men around them that made us dislike them.
What I am saying below I have absolutely no way of substantiating except with my wild imagination. Given the ways the internet are nowadays, I'm SURE I can find websites that will support just about any crazy theories that I can come up with; nonetheless, I am just too lazy to do the research.
Pheromone, a completely unproven concept, I think has it merits. Ever noticed that sometimes we are just attracted to the worst possible person? That you are in a relationship that you are utterly miserably, but there are just some fatal (and sometimes quite literally) attraction? I think that's pheromone at work. That's your body somehow (pheromone) detecting that the other person, biologically, complement you the best. Nature does not take personality/compatibility into consideration, given that we have not always been in long term, monogamous relationships.
But now that we have developed intelligence, we should know when's a good time to leave a toxic relationship, no matter how strong the unexplainable attraction.
So my friend, J, is the artistic type who aspires to become a director. Artistic type, in my eyes, are anyone who wants to pursue a career in film-making, writing, drawing, performance arts, actors/actresses, musicians, etc. As Asians, or at least in my family, pursuing of artistic talent is discouraged. I supposed there is a possibility that things might be different should I demonstrated remarkable artistic talent at a young age, but I didn't. I was raised that your number one concern is roof over head and food on table, and sufficient money so you are not miserable, anything else, especially a hobby, can come after that. There is a reason why there is an abundant amount of Asian engineers, doctors, pharmacists. It may not be your passion and being a professional of the above listed might not bring you happiness, in fact, you may or may not hate life, but you will be financially stable. That's the #1 goal.
As much as my mother has a crazy way of showing her love, I must say she nailed this one head on -- financial stability is the single most important thing. (And I have subsequently married a White guy with very Asian values....) But my point is, because I was brain washed at such an early age, that is how I will always view pursuing such a passion as a career path. You see, in my opinion, pursuing an artistic path is like a gamble -- some people make it, others don't -- it's a combination of talent and some luck. You just never know. In my opinion (again, brain washed value), you first get a job that will provide you with roof and food, then you pursue your passion; however, we have all heard the story of J.K. Rowling. Had she pursued her writing career as a part-time job, she might never have succeeded. In the end, it was her decision (?) to pursue it till the very last moment -- on welfare.
Recently, J's girlfriend asked him, "At which point will you give up becoming a director?" J's response, "I will never give up." As a female, I entirely saw where she was coming from. Now I am not writing this to judge whether J should or should not give up his passion or at which point he should give up. That's entirely his decision. The important part was he realized that it was unfair of him to expect her to wait for him, but also equally as unfair for her to expect him to give up his dreams for her. In the end, they parted ways. It was his prerogative to decided when he will (or will not) quit, and it was hers to decided when she is done waiting. If he ended up never succeeded, that's his decision. If he became the next James Cameron the day after she left him, that's her decision. In the end, we are all adults who are responsible for our own actions. We made our beds, and we will have to lay in them.
So CNN has an article on Religious Belief Is Human Nature, Huge New Study Claims. I don't know if I necessarily believe in that, or that the result necessarily support that point, for that matter. I believe that human, with our consciousness and because of our attachment to the existential world, would definitely like to think that there is a cause/reason for all these (life, etc.); that there will be life after death; that life after death will hopefully be able to answer questions that we can't at our current stage. That said, even the article itself had pointed out, the purpose of the study was not to proof whether God, gods or an afterlife exist. It is important to keep in mind that, just because we desperately want something to be true does not make it true.
http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries.htmlWay back in college, being an anthropology major, I've already learned that using the mitochondria DNA in human, the origin of all mankind was traced back to one African female, approximately 20,000 years ago. Interestingly enough, this fact can support both evolution or creationism, depending on your perspective. Being a strong Darwinian believer, I naturally take that as evidence of evolution, although I have always thought of it as the "Eve's theory." It was only until a few months ago when I heard that all mankind came from a male and a female 20,000 years ago, and that the "Bible had that right" (said in a joking manner). I have no idea why I never put one and one together. If the mitochondria DNA traced back to one female, more likely than not it's from the same male and female. After all, while a male can technically produce enough sperms in his lifetime to impregnate every female in the world, a female can have very limited number of offspring in her lifetime (I guess she could still have multiple partners). That really got me thinking. Let's be honest, the Bible is never known for it's logic, even the moral stories that did not involve any miracles. They always left me thinking, "What the hell? How does that make any sense? What exactly is the lesson here?" Again, these are not the ones that involved miracles. So, when the science inadvertently supported the Bible, perhaps there are some merits to it.
Nowadays, it's almost hip to talk about sustainability etc, etc. And even though I'm not in a field that can assist/improve on our environmental sustainability, I like to think about it. Food for thought, you know? And as far as energy sustainability is concerned, the ultimate solution is going to have to be solar and/or wind power (or tidal, I guess). And recently I have listened to this other TED talk -- Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries. It is almost, almost, as though there is a creator after all. It is almost as though everything is by design, that every pieces needed to solve the puzzle has been placed here, and we just have to figure out how to utilize them. It is almost eerie.
However, before we start rejoicing on my conversion from evolution to creationism, let's not forget that alien intervention can also explain the exact same phenomena. I still do not believe in an all-caring God who loves all of his creatures. Nobody can believe that literally, just look at all the sufferings on earth -- earth really consists of more than just US, and I'm by no means suggesting that we don't have any form of sufferings in our country. In fact, in I have to make an analogy, the earth is almost like an ant farm, we put in the soil, we put in the nutrients, we put in the ants. They really exist for our entertainment. While the owner of the ant farm doesn't want all the ants to die -- then there will be no farm -- he/she certainly does not concern about the well being of each individual. Taking this analogy one step further, who is to say the "truth" is not that while we create ant farms, and "alien/God" created earth, and that they, in turn, are ant farms to other existence? In the end, none of us can figure out what the point is, in this lifetime. Or perhaps, if there is a point at all, or, who's at the very top of the chain... and what is the purpose of all these?
