After a night out in town dropping and playing marbles in the night, XiaoQiang finally got caught and met his nemesis suffering serious injuries following an intense epic battle.
The name of the Nemesis of XiaoQiang?
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Lord S
lipper!!!
haha… i am so boliao….
I have lived a long life and had many worries, most of which never happened. -Mark Twain
Worries is just a about the major energy sapper in our existence. It drains us, reduces us, traps us. Our anxieties even control us. How much time was spent worrying about things that never happened?? How much was given up to accommodate an anxiety that never happened?
Worrying about an event has never made it less likely to happen, neither has it made it less painful when it happens… so why do we even bother?
XiaoQiang just wanna tell me that i should make list of what worries me in Microsoft word, make plans if these worries do happen, and then save it some folder (which I probably cannot find later). Then forget about it and relac.
Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt and live life like it’s heaven on Earth. No replay, no cheat code, it is a one way ticket.
And so the Sith shall live ………
Life has to be understood backward… but it has to be lived forward.
I could do well to remember this quote when I look back at some personal hell and crisis.
I was an avid amateur fish rearing enthusiast when I was young. As the water gets dirty and cloudy or when the fish grows too big, we have to change the water and/or the tank. The thing is that whenever I try to use the fish net or my hand to take the fish out of the tank, they will swim like crazy to avoid, making the tank even dirtier as the shit gets stirred by the frentic actions. Talk about shit stirring.
Then, when I finally managed to get them on the small fish net or my hand, the fishes will struggle and at times they managed to get out of my grasp only to land on the floor, traumatizing themselves further and possibly exposing themselves to greater risk. And all I wanted to do was to move them to a better, cleaner, tank. Yet their struggle put them thru trauma and stress which was totally unnecessary.
Often, human beings are the same. We struggle thru what we think is a personal hell or crisis without realizing that perhaps a greater power might just be moving us away from a dirty and cloudy tank into a better, cleaner tank.
When we do look back, the “crisis or personal hell” is sometimes a good thing and how we have grown. I begin to understand life better and the dots begin to connect.
Let the dark night pass. Such is the true power of the Sith.
XiaoQiang the pet cockroach just wanna say that although life can be understood backward and it can to be left lived forward, the reverse is not true. Please do not live life backwards, it’s not healthy.
XiaoQiang the pet cockroach and his theory on the cycle of beer
After decades in the pugilistic world, I have come to note certain truisms about beer/alcohol and its cycle.
Phase 1 : You head down for the regular drinking hole for a short drink before promising yourself you would head home early cuz you have to work tomorrow. You have already promised yourself not to drink too much after the last time.
Phase 2 : While in the pub, a couple of frens show up and you guys go for a few more rounds. You tell the guys that you have something on tomorrow so you will still drink but in moderation. You expect to leave about 10pm.
In the meantime, you notice the average looking gal in the corner of the bar.
Phase 3 : It is about 12.30am and everyone in the pub is now your fren. You know you should be tucked in bed now for your impt meeting tomorrow but what the heck, you could still go back home at about 3am when the pub closes. 5 hours of sleep is enough for a healthy adult like yourself.
You notice the same gal in the corner of the bar is still around but now you think she looks amazingly gorgeous. Night vision is sinking in.
Phase 4 : It is coming to 3am and you are slurring. You notice the same gal in the corner of the bar is leaving with her frens but now you think she looks like a supermodel and you promise yourself you would chat her next time when you have a chance.
One of your frens suggest another place that close much later and away you go. The appointment tomorrow? Never mind, no need to sleep, you could just take a shower, have a change of clothes and head down to office right away. No one will notice anyway! Who knows, maybe the gal in the corner might be there too…..
Phase 5: It is now morning and your head is now throbbing. You are in no state for the appointment later and you promise yourself “ I will never do this again!”
Return to Phase 1
And so the cycle continues
