A boring quiz result - what will I be after reborn?

You scored as French. French! French 75% German 70% Chinese 60% Aussie 55% British 55% HongKonger 50% American 45% Japanese 35% Taiwanese 25% Singaporean 25% What will you be after reborn? (translation) created with QuizFarm.com

Trivial and non-trivial

Just saw a friend's blog - he has marked the date of his publication of SPIE on his blog, and indeed it was a remarkable day - but, why didn't I think about it at all? I was having this random email of informing me that the publication from my U.S conference was available as well...and it went straight to the trash bin without much hesitation.

TRIVIALS - it is something of smudging definition. Too many times in my life - things that I consider as trivial was noticed by others, remarked and remembered.

Nothing is trivial in this world - time, after all, is flowing without any hesitation.

Broken River and Mind

Last Saturday George and I went to a Jazz concert by Tim O'Dwyer - from NUS arts festival. The ticket was $25 per pax. The saxophone player was branded as the "most innovative and accomplished" from his official website.

The concert indeed started with tremendous amount of energy, as what the NUS arts brochure has described - "mind blowing". But I am not sure if I really appreciate the mixing of various strange sounds into music. Maybe that's the meaning of free jazz - however i thought at some moments, the squirting sound came from the saxophone did imitate a desparate bird song or even - scream of a donkey, if I'd say.

The special effects created by the bass and the percussion - was extraordinary on the other hand, The rhythmic scrambles with sticks, car plates (from NSW of Australia), dry brushes, bells and even a Chinese-style children's toy drum agree to my ear very much. These special effects gave me a horizon to imagine - as if i am on an ancient beach on a deserted island, or in a jungle with dangerous beasts lurking around, or from a mysterious kingdom's showroom before a performance starts...

Bummer - a donkey howls into the beautiful imagination of the above movies in my head and that's where the high-pitch saxophone's part came in.

oh well - i am just a layman, but i really wish the saxophone can be played a bit more on the normal side.

华人新年@singapore

新加坡的华人新年有其自己的特色 - 首先就是不可缺少的财神爷像。每年新年期间，类似庙会一样的活动会在新加坡河附近举行 - 美其名曰“春到河畔"(Hongbao Riverside). 我往年都会去凑凑热闹， 今年也不例外。大财神，小财神照例是众人的焦点，游戏，小吃的摊位也是必有的。 财神走过之处，锣鼓宣扬，人们都热情的前去握手，听听祝福。可怜新加坡比较热，财神爷的工作很辛苦啊！

今年我突然看到“糖人师傅”， 这个在中国都不常见的手艺在异国他乡显得格外珍贵。里三层，外三层的人围了几圈。我连忙凑上前去， 花了S$2 (合人民币10元）买了个小猴子。希望新年我这个小猴子会有好运！