Monkey Majiik, Monkey Madness

"空はまるで" is definitely playing on "repeat one" mode on my ipod when I worked out int the gym. Although I don't quite get what the song is talking about, the melody is definitely sweet though. I have embedded a music video for the song.



Other than Monkey Majiik, I have used some of my remaining itunes credit on the preorder for Kanye's upcoming album, "Graduation". I believe that this album is definitely worth my investment. Since the release date for the album is on September 11th, I listen to more Monkey Majiik while I wait for "Graduation".

"Sicko" again

Well, I just saw "sicko" again and it really lets me think about the right Medicare for people in the US. On one hand, you have the top of the world Medicare research facilities that allows the development of new drugs that can cure diseases that no human kind has yet to be able to cure. On the other, you will have to allow your people to work hard to afford your own and your families' Medicare. I think it is really a hard problem to solve but it really depends on the will of the people and the type of Medicare that they desire. I guess Sicko gave us a lot of information about the cons of the US Medicare systems that does not provide many help to the low or middle class families and the many wonderful benefits about the Medicare systems in the world. However, people will really have to make their own decision to think about what they should do next since we all know that the Medicare system not only affects the current generation of Americans but it will also affect the lives of the American children.

Went to gym for 5 days in a week

Man! Working out in the gym for 5 days a week is not really a good thing for me. Well, it has to help somehow if not I would not have joined the club at all. Today, I brought my uncle with the free guess pass that I received when I first joined the club to the gym. I wonder the definition of guess passes that these health clubs hold for today. In my knowledge, people are suppose to bring their own guest at their own desire to a health club as long as they have a guess pass with them. However, my health club wants to have a membership consultant to talk to my uncle when he tries to work out in the club for the first time. I wonder if this is what we called "aggressive marketing". Somehow, I don't think that everyone likes to be consulted if they were invited as a guess to a particular place to work out or to have fun. Well, I guess they believe if they try to consult everyone who had their first visit to the club, they may have a higher chance to recruit a new member. It is somehow similar to the economics theory that I used to learn in college. the Adam Smith's "Invisible hand" VS the Keynes' school of economics. On one hand, Adam Smith believes in the free will on the economy to adjust itself to the correct position at a given time. It may also apply to the case of the marketing strategy of a health club which they may let their potential customers to access and to decide on their own will if they will like to join the club. On the other hand, Keynes believe that if someone were to apply some financial measurements such as raising the overnight rates, it will be able to help boost or to help cool down the current state of economy. It may apply to the case of my club's membership recruitment campaign which try to recruit people at any time. I guess not many people believe in the free will of the consumer today!!

Before moving on to my next TVB drama...

Over a month, I have been watching this half an hour per episode TVB drama "高朋满座". This is definitely one of the most entertaining series that you can find among the TVB drama. It involves a family dealing with their family matters and their ways of dealing current issues in Hong Kong at the time. In addition to the main family, it also talks about the external social network of the family. Like its predecessor, "皆大欢喜“， it has more than 200 episodes. Well, this is definitely worth a try if you happen to grab it for rental in Chinatown!!

Simpsonized "me"

Today, I went to check out engadget, one of my favorite tech blogs and I found this special site that lets people simpson-ized themselves. As a result, I have decided to give it a try. The results were posted before the original image. I guess they must have done a good job in recognizing the color of my shirt. Anyways, check out the site for a simpson-ization of yourself!!

The Simpsons Movie was great!!

Yesterday, I finally went to watch the Simpsons movie on the big screen at Midvalley. It is definitely one of the winner for this summer. From the start till the end, I guess the animation movie was well executed. Although there are some sites that mentioned this movie has many similar plots as their regular tv shows, but heck, they are the simpsons. If it is not broken, don't fix it. Anyways, if you have not watch it, go watch it. I am sure it is a better movie than the many sequels out there in this summer!!

Finally, I am done applying for one of my scholarships

Woh, the process of applying for a scholarship in a short time is definitely not a good thing to do. Well, I got this information from one of these schools that has accepted me to apply for a scholarship called the endeavor awards by the Australian Government. However, the deadline was actually a month away from the time I received that information. I gave it a try and I tried to get my documents certified and scanned in order to attach it for my online application. In addition, I received support from my professors, my friends/peers and my previous co-workers for my referee report. Well, there is no free lunch in this world. Applying for a scholarship is definitely not easy. Off with the scholarship, another major thing that happened yesterday is KG is actually moving to Boston. What a surprise!! It is hard to imagine KG playing along with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce in a team. There have been a lot of teams that got their NBA championship rings by acquiring superstars from other teams for example the Lakers in 1999-2000 by acquiring Glen Rice from the Hornets etc. On the other hand, many teams failed because their new star acquisition disrupted the team chemistry that used to work for example, the Portland Trailblazers since 1998-1999. However, at this point of time, it is still hard to see the celtics become the new eastern conference champ since we have the Detroit Pistons, the maturing Cleveland Cavs and the Diesel-powered Miami Heats playing in the east. The good news for the NBA now is the Eastern Conference is getting more exciting since MJ last played in Chicago. Well, all the best to KG, who used to be called "Da-Kid", aka "Da Big Ticket"!!