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Sorry for the inconvenience guys, but due to some issues with this blog, I’ve decided with a heavy heart to change blogs for the final time.

Since I like this layout so much, I’ve decided to retain the same layout and theme in my new blog. So you’d definately have no problems navigating it if you’re used to this one by now.

I’ve also decided to transfer some of my favourite posts to my new blog, so don’t be suprised if you get a sense of deja vu when you see some of my previous posts there Unfortunately, there’s no way I could transfer your comments with them as well, so that’s a pity

But nevertheless, it’s still cool So what are you waiting for? Go check out my new blog right now!

It’s called ‘Sigma’s Simulacrum of Reality‘. Just click the link to get there!

And oh yeah, don’t forget to change your previous links to my new blog’s address!

Fcuk man. While rummaging through my scattershot stuff, I came across a my electorate brochure.

Wanting to be a good Ozzie citizen, I decided that those brochures weren’t meant to be used as origami material So being a good Confucious-educated boy that I am, I proceeded to learn how I can serve my new country.

And almost choked on my Indomie (copyrighted) Mee Goreng in the process.

What the hell! I was living in one of the blue-est of blues Liberal NSW seats around! Soo… painful…. to….. realise….. What happened to Labor here???

Apparently, I live in the Federal Division of Berowra. My Federal MP is that bloody Mr Phillip Ruddock, who’s practically an ancient walking fossil…

The old foggie’s mugshot

Oh yeah, and he’s also the current Australia’s Attorney General (Law Minsiter). Plus that oldie’s been in this seat since 1993 now…

This electorate’s voting stats under the 2-party preferred system is:

Liberal: 62.12%
Labor: 37.84%

Damn…

To rub salt into my wounds, I’ve also just found out that even my State District MP’s a Liberal! He’s a Mr Michael Richardson, member for The Hills (that’s my state district).

The smug dude

The state results:

Liberal: 61.6%
Labor: 38.4%

Freaking almost identical to the federal elections! Labor trounced both times!

Anyway, I shouldn’t be that suprised by the results. The Berowra area is quite an affluent area after all. However, I thought that the increase in the number of migrants of Asian descent here might have given Labor more votes than this, since migrants seem to prefer Labor to Liberal. But I guess this is a good sign after all, as there doesn’t appear to be any ethnicity-based voting going on here. I guess every rich person, irregardless of skin colour, will vote for the party which advocates tax cuts

Apalah this Labor here….

Chinese dragon

While reading up on Chinese history in Wikipedia, I came across the whole list of past Chinese dynasties. I’m kinda ashamed that I didn’t read up more on Chinese history prior to this. Chinese history is just the coolest man!

Here’s a description of Chinese history in a nutshell for dudes like me who knows next to nothing about it. It’s pretty cool

1. Xia Dynasty => 2000 - 1600 BC

The earliest civilisation. Not confirmed as there’s not enough archeological proof.

2. Shang Dynasty => 1600 - 1046 BC

Nothing spectacular happened. The Chinese people were still gradually getting out of ther neolithic state and society.

3. Zhou Dynasty => 1046 - 214 BC

Semi-feudal system appeared. Small nyamuk warlords began conquering other neighbouring states. The Hundred Schools of Thought of Chinese philosophy appeared: Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Mohism. First emperor appeared: Emperor Ying Zheng, the King of the state of Qin, who later called himself Emperor Shi Huangdi (the First Emperor) after he unified China’s many warring states.

4. Qin Dynasty => 214 - 207 BC

Emperor Shi Huangdi

The aforementioned Emperor Shi Huangdi managed to subdue and unite the main Han (almost all Chinese today are decendents of the Hans) ethnic group of China. Established the capital in Xianyang (modern Xi’an). Started the Great Wall of China.

Incidentally, the word ‘China’ comes from ‘Qin’, as in the Qin Emperor’s (Shi Huangdi) people, used by foreign merchants.

5. Han Dynasty => 207 BC - AD 220

China’s first Golden Age. Everything was boom-booming there. Confucianism the prominent philosophy. Emperor was Emperor Wu (Han Wudi), and later, Emperor Guangwu . Silk Road opened.

Emperor Guangwu’s power gradually declined. Chaos and war broke out during the Period of the Three Kingdoms between the kingdoms of Wei, Han and Wu (romanticised in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel).

6. Jin Dynasty => 280 - 589

The Three Kingdoms reunited temporarily to form the Jin Dynasty, but not for long. Soon was fragmented into two states, one in the north and one in the south. Hence was also known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Minority non-Han ethnic groups controlled the North, cumulating in the formation of 16 kingdoms there. Was temporarily united under Fu Jian who then tried invading the South, but failed. The North was later reunited again under Emperor Taiwu.

Meanwhile, the Han-Chinese migrated south, and reinstated the Jin Dynasty, under Emperor Yuan. Capital in Nanjing.

7. Sui Dynasty => 589 - 618

China’s North and South reunited again, after 300 years of fragmentation. Made the Grand Canal of China.

8. Tang Dynasy => 618 - 960

Emperor Taizong

China’s Second Golden Age. Emperor Gaozu on the throne. Buddhism becomes the dominant religion. Chang’an (modern Xi’an) the capital and the world’s biggest and most happenin’ city (how cool is that? Ancient NYC ). Extensive trading with outside world.

From 860, Tang Dynasty began to decline, due to internal rebellions. Another period of political chaos ensured: The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period.

9. Song Dynasty => 960 - 1279

Song Dynasty gained power and restored stability and peace. Capital in Kaifeng. Continuation of the Second Golden Age. Great technological advances made. Finally fell to the smelly and barbaric Mongols in 1279.

10. Yuan Dynasty => 1279 - 1368

Mongols successfully conquered China, slaughtering half of its population in the process (bastards!!!). Also was the first foreigners to conquer China. Was the time when Marco Polo visited China. Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan, and still smelly) mensiasuikan his own people by wanting to adopt the Han-Chinese’s customs. Rules from Beijing.

11. Ming Dynasty => 1368 - 1644

Emperor Taizu

The Chinese people disliked being ruled by foreigners. A peasant called Zhu Yuanzhang lead peasant revolts. Managed to kick the Mongols back to Mongolia. Chinese culture re-emphasised.

Zhu Yuanzhang made himself Emperor. Third Golden Age. Emphasised agricultural production and de-emphasis on commerce (following the Confucianism thought). Strong and complex central government formed.

Naval exploration was conducted. Period where Admiral Cheng Ho discovered much of the world, including South-East Asia, Africa and America. Could have easily conquered/colonised much of the known world. But didn’t as China thought it not worthwhile. Brought back giraffes to the Emperor. Emperor amused, but declared that China needed nothing from the ‘uncivilised’ outside world. Declared a close-door foreign policy. *First major error?*

Construction of the Great Wall was completed. Forbidden Palace completed.

Forbidden Palace

12. Qing Dynasty => 1644 - 1911

The period which is most familiar to Westerners and bananas such as myself. Popularised by numerous Chinese TV period drama serials and movies (think Wong Fei Hung, My Fair Princess (Huan Zhu Ge Ge), etc). Most recognisable trait during this dynasty was the ‘pigtail’ hairstyle that all men had to adopt, or risk execution.

It should be noted also that it was during this period that the Western civilisations began to catch up with, and soon surpassed China intellectually as well as technologically, due to its enormously important Industrial Revolution during 1760 - 1850. This revolution replaced farms with factories, and from then onwards machineries began to be used extensively. China, sadly, in contrast, did not move forward in that vital direction. An illustration of this point can be seen if one compares the eras of the earlier Qin Dynasty to the later Qing Dynasty. The social and economic conditions of those two dynasties seemed remarkably similar, taking into account the vast differences in time between them. In contrast, one can easily see the vast differences between the British Victorian Age and the later Industrial Age.

The Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchus from the north of China, who were the second group of foreigners to invade China, after the earlier Mongols. Was a period of great unrest and rebellions. The Han-Chinese hated the their foreign Manchu conquerers.

The Manchus formed a small insulated ruling elite class in China. Held all top posts. They constantly feared losing their identity to the numerically superior Han-Chinese masses, and therefore banned intermarriages between them, as well as imposing seggregatory laws on the Hans.

Qipao (Hokkien: cheongsam) (women)

Tangzhuang (men)

Manchus also forced the Hans to wear their traditional clothings, such as the cheongsam and the tangzhuang, which are now mistakenly thought by many to be the Chinese’s traditional dresses. In actual fact, the true Han-Chinese traditional clothings were the loose-fitting hanfu.

Hanfu, the original Han-Chinese traditional wear

First Manchu emperor was Emperor Shizu, who ordered the slaughter of the Sichuan Chinese. Emperor Qianlong supressed the intellectuals, and banned political writings and societies. Emperor Kangxi ordered the compilation of the most extensive Chinese dictionary.

China was still relatively stable during the early years of the Manchu’s reign. However, during the 19th century, the Qing dynasty slowly descended into turmoil and chaos. Mass revolts by the locals due to poor economic conditions began to weaken the Emperor’s power and authority. Foreign powers started to vie for control over China. Start of one of the most humiliating periods in Chinese history.

One third of the adult population were opium addicts. Opium was banned by the Emperor. British retaliated by attacking China - resulted in the 2 Opium Wars. China lost both (soldiers all weak from opium), had to give up Hong Kong to the British. Western powers began to ‘advice’ (read: coerce and manipulate) the royal family on its domestic and foreign policies.

China being carved up by foreign powers

Manchu imperial treasury declared backrupt twice, due to opium-purchasing. China suffered 2 long famines in the 1860s and 1880’s.

Manchu’s banned the Song and Ming Dynasty’s gunpowder usage, declaring it to be a ‘Han-Chinese’ thing. Further contributed to China’s lost to the Western powers.

Lost the Sino-French war (1883-1885) and the Sino-Japanese (1894-1895).

Last Manchu-Chinese Emperor was Emperor Puyi, the 2 year old nephew chosen by the Empress Dowager Cixi before her death.

13. Republic of China => 1912 - present

Dr Sun Yat-Sen

The young ruling class, frustrated and dissapointed by the Royal Family, decided to overthrow it and form a republic in its place. Was inspired by the western-educated Dr Sun Yat San’s (Father of Modern China) revolutionary ideas. The Republic of China was formed. His protege, General Chiang Kai-Shek, managed seize power of the whole of China through his Kuomintang (KMT) nationalist party (now the opposition party in Taiwain). Defeated the opposition Communist Party. Hunted them down, but some managed to escape to the desolate territories in the Shaanxi Province on the Long March. The Communists regrouped there under a new leader, Mao Zedong, and continued its fight against the KMT. Restarted the Chinese Civil War. The second most humilliating period in Chinese history. This was also the period when many of today’s Chinese-Malaysian’s ancestors fled from China to Malaysia.

Mao Zedong

In between the civil war, the Japanese invaded during World War 2. The KMT and the Communists rallied together and defeated Japan in 1945. Resumed their civil war until 1949, where the Communists finally won. Established the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The KMT and General Chiang Kai-Shek was forced to retreat to Taiwan. Accused the Communists government as illegitimate, and declared the KMT the true Chinese government of the Republic of China (ROC).

From 1949 onwards, the repressive Chinese Communist Party must be given credit for managing to bring stability, modernisation, as well as economic prosperity to the country. Most of its coastal cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong presently almost resembles modern high-tech cities such as Kuala Lumpur or even Singapore. In my opinion, once China manages to shake off it’s repressive political nature, China would then be entitled to rightfully take its place alongside the US as a true world superpower again.

And thus the end of ancient Chinese history. What a history huh? The Chinese people have the earliest history in the world (starting around 1600 BC, compared to the Western civilisation which started around 800 BC), as well as a continuous, unbroken civilization (unlike the Greeks/Romans/Egyptians). It sure makes me proud of my heritage!

Just some interesting observations on my race

During the golden dynasty eras of the early Chinese civilisation, the Chinese were renowned for their artistic talents, be it paintings, poems, or calligraphy. In fact, to attain high government posts, potential candidates had to be well versed in the literary works of past philosophers and officials. This neglect of the sciences was ultimately the cause of the decline of the Chinese civilisations and the rise of the Western civilisations. Now most Asian kids in most countries view the arts with contempt and embrace the sciences and maths with gusto, to the extent that Asian kids have earned the stereotypes as all being science-whizzes. Compensation for past errors with a vengence, perhaps?

The second thing which struck me as pretty odd were the Chinese’s views towards economic systems. The Chinese race around the world have gained the reputation as being a shrewd (bordering on dishonestly cunning) bunch of people. In fact, the Chinese people and capitalism seem to be a marriage made in heaven Which other race in the world wishes each other “Prosperity” instead of “Happiness” during their celebrations? Gong Xi Fa Chai! Micro-Chinese nations such as Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong prospered and thrived thanks to capitalist free-market economies. Yet the biggest irony for the Chinese people is that their (ancestral in my case) motherland of China is still the largest communist country in the world! The irony!

Anyway, just some tiny observations of mine here. What are your thoughts on this then?

Let me tell you about this nincompoop called Tony Abbot. He’s Australia’s Health Minister and Liberal MP. He’s also another Christian zealot from the Liberal Christian Right.

And above all, he’s the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen. I just saw the parliament commitee formed to debate on whether to allow abortion pills to be sold in pharmacies. The funny thing about it was that the MPs there were full of men! I mean, come on lah, isn’t this more of a women thing? Unless they have ovaries as well as sperm, I would suggest that female MPs should instead be sent to represent the parliament in that commitee. I believe that women should be given the choice as to whether the pills should be allowed to be sold to the public, as they would ultimately be the ones who are gonna use it, and thus they should be the ones debating the morality, as well as the safety of the issue. Instead we get a phalanx of Christian Right MPs such as Abbot, and the Family First’s Senator Steven Fielding representing the parliament.

And back to this Abbot bugger. God forbid that he’s also one of those politicos who’s in line for Howard’s throne when he retires. He’s a joke man. While he was in uni, he didn’t seem to mind having unprotected pre-marital sex with his girlfriend. Lol! So much for being one of God’s soldiers!

Okie dokies! Now a little bit of history on my mum’s side of the family

My mum-side grandparents are great. Grandpa is the old fashioned British-mannerism type of Chinese. Unlike my dad’s side, my mum’s side of the family is of the English-educated type of Chinese-Malaysians from Alor Setar, Kedah. My grandfather is a Hokkien, and my grandma’s a Teowchew. They eventually moved to Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Their families are quite interesting.

My grandfather’s parents can be considered the upper-middle class of Chinese-Malaysians of the 1950’s. His dad was the headmaster of an English school. During those times, that means that his parent’s social circle includes other professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and prominent community leaders. It also means that he earns a lot, and commands a great deal of respect. Unfortunately for my granddad, his father passed away young. This was a terrible event then, as his dad was the only breadwinner in the family. It’s safe to say that my granddad was on his way towards quite a privilleged life, but his father’s death changed all that. He had to work early, and he became a Telekom technician after high school. Life’s unpredictable.

My grandma’s family is even more unique. Her mum’s a Peranakan. For those of you who don’t know what that is, Peranakans are the earliest Chinese to come to Malaysia. They were the entourage of the Chinese Princess Hang Li Po, which married the Sultan of Malacca. Most Peranakan these days can be found in Malacca, Penang and Singapore. They’re quite an affluence bunch during the 20’s and 30’s. They’re also unique because they took a lot of the Malay culture and incorporated them into their Chinese culture, resulting in a delightful mix of cultures, cuisine, fashion and mannerisms. They have cool dishes and wear sarongs, for one thing

Anyway, so my grandma wears a sarong and makes the most delicious sambal udangs, sambal ikans, sambal sotongs, chicken curries, green chicken curries, weird petai things, and a whole lot of kuihs. Many aren’t traditional Chinese dishes, which I think explains my fondness for Malay dishes

And so my mum was born. She got a Christian-Convent education (even though we were all Buddhists), and finally also went to teacher’s colleage, where she meet my dad. She speaks only English and Hokkien, and no Mandarin. And unfortunately, I took on that trait as well (even though I do know how to speak Mandarin, but not write or read it)

So that’s that! My half-arsed family tree summary thingy!

During dinner last night, my family had a very interesting conversation on my family’s history while munching down my mum’s delicious sambal prawns. *Yum….* :)

Anyway, it’s pretty cool learning about your roots and all. So basically, since my dad’s family’s Cantonese, he said that my ancestors were probably some half-starved peasants from Canton, in Southern China. After realising that his potatoes aren’t gonna grow no matter how much cow dung he chucked on them, I’m guessing he started thinking what the hell was he gonna do now to avoid starving his family and himself. Then one day, he saw this ad in the papers telling about a funky far-away land called Malaya, where there’s heaps of gold and potatoes. He promptly packed his bags, gave the middle finger to the crappy Chiang Kai-Shek’s government, and took the first boat to Malaya.

Upon arriving there, he started working in the rich tin (close enough to gold laa) mines there. While there, he and his wife gave birth to my grandfather and his siblings. Not all of them survived. During that time, the Chinese people like my great-grandfather viewed Malaya only as a place to get some moolah, so that he could go back to Canton and build a cool wooden house, to show off to his neighbours. Unfortunately, during his stay there, the Communists came into power, thanks to that round-faced, molely Mao Zedong. So that was that. He couldn’t go back anymore.

Anyway, my grandfather then grew up in Kepala Batas, Penang and called Malaysia his home. I guess it was a pretty cool life there, running around paddy fields, playing marbles to impress the chicks, etc. His idillyc life was interrupted when those cruel bastard Japanese soldiers started invading Malaya. My great-grandpa must have hidden in the paddy fields frequently to avoid meeting God too soon. Thankfully, the cool British came in and finally kicked the Japs out. My great-grandpa then got married. He became a blacksmith, and I guess he earned enough to be able to have my grandfather.

My grandfather first tried continuing his dad’s trade, but he didn’t have the work ethics for it. He quit that and decided to set up a Wanton Mee stall instead. Luckily, it was a success. People loved his home-made (they still have the noodle-making machine) noodles and wanton. Unfortunately, he loved drinking, and spent a lot of money on it. My dad once counted how much he earned, and how much was used to buy wine, and concluded that his father would have been a very rich man if he had kicked that habit. He passed away early, and the business was passed on to my grandmother. My granny, it was soon apparent, was a much better businesswoman, and together with not having many expensive habits, was soon earning quite an impressive sum for the whole family. Oh yeah, and my dad was then born some years after my grandpa started his noodles stall. My dad have always said that if my grandpa’s noodles stall didn’t take off, he and I wouldn’t be here right now. It was that crucial then, during those poor times.

My dad, I guess, was the smartest among his siblings. His brother took over the noodles stall. My dad took the ’school’ route and went to Technical Institute in Penang Island, where he meet my mum. After that, he went to teaching college, and finally graduated as a Maths teacher. His first compulsory posting, together with my mum, was in a God-forsaken tiny indigenous village near Miri in Sarawak. There, he wrote a dirtbike (my dad’s so cool ) to school, lived in a longhouse, and taught half-naked kids with spears. I was born there, incidentally. After 5 years, my dad then transferred to Penang, where he attended USM for a teaching degree. After about another 5 years, we moved to Johor Bahru down south.

We lived there for 7 years, until I was in the Lower 6th Form, where he saw an ad that Australia needed Maths teachers. He applied for it, and got it.

And that where we all are now, in Sydney, NSW

The recent passing of the VSU laws in the Australian senate here has made me realise something interesting. Nono, its not that Italian pasta sucks (I’ve already found that out recently…), its that the parliamentary systems of both the UK and Malaysia operates based on a ‘winner takes all’ modus operandi. The Senate in both countries are useless, irrelevant things, when you think about it. Heck, I don’t even know how senators are elected in Malaysia! After reading this article on Wikipedia on the UK’s House of Lords, I at least got an idea of how it works there.

Basically, in the UK (and I’m presuming Malaysia works similarly as well, correct me if I’m wrong), senators there are all not elected by the people. They are made up of priests, aristrocrats, judges, and some intellectuals on particular fields. Some posts are passed from father to son (aristocrats), while others are elected by the House. Very weird and uncool…..

So based on this, the UK and Malaysia’s system don’t actually have a true ‘House of Review’ in its Senate to review the legislations passed by the House of Representatives (HoR). Since both Senates can’t block laws (they can only delay them), then what are their use? They seem to be to just be a waste of the taxpayer’s money. The party which won the General Elections in both countries gets to pass whatever they want, without any obstacles. The only obstacle they would face (in this case, only in the UK) is that if they become too arrogant in their usage of their power and piss the voters off, the Opposition party will beat them in the next election.

Australia is very different in this aspect. Although it adopted the British Westminster parliamentary system, it also incorporated a US-style Senate here. The Senators here are all elected by the people. No royalty crap for us here! HoR members represents the people, but Senators represent their states. The Senate here have real power to block legislations from the HoR. Furthermore, it’s very rare for the government of the day to have a majority in the Senate, since senators are elected at a different time from the HoR members. Most of the time it’s controlled by the Opposition. This presents a very good check-and-balance mechanism to the government here. Most of the more ‘extreme’ legislations are forced to be watered down by the Opposition in the Senate before allowing it to be passed. In fact, some laws, such as the recent Industrial Relations Reforms (laws making it easier for employers to fire employees) were fanatically opposed by Labor in the Senate for years before the 04 GE.

After the 04 GE, the Liberals won a majority of the Senate seats for the first time in decades. Thus all of John Howard’s pet laws such as the IR Reforms, VSU laws (laws weakening left-wing student unions in unis), and the Anti-Terrorism Act (ISA, Aussie style) were passed without interference. John Howard must be having wet dreams these days…

The Senate here works the same way like the US President’s relationship with the Congress. When the President’s party doesn’t have a majority in Congress, that’s where the headache for him starts

Sure, sometimes the Opposition dominated Senate here can reject legislations just because it can, but most of the time they’re pretty reasonable. So all in all, I think that the Aussie political system is much better than the UK’s or Malaysia’s.

Which reminds me, so how are the senators in Malaysia elected again?

Racial riots between the Lebanese-Australian and Anglo-Saxon Australians have broken out yesterday in the coastal town of Cronulla. I just saw some amazing scenes of mobs of people bashing other people on TV today.

According to the news, the riots were started when a Lebanese gang beat up three lifeguards on the beach there. Apparently this gang had also been causing a lot of trouble in that area lately, such as preventing other swimmers from swimming in a particular area where Lebanese women were swimming, and sexually harassing white Australian women on the beaches there. Some of the women there have received rape threats from them. This has finally sparked public outrage among the predominently white community there, and cumulated in an SMS being circulated which told white Aussies to gather on the beach at noon yesterday to ‘reclaim’ their beach. Chants such as “F**k off Lebs!” and the national anthem were song by the crowd.

Huge mobs of locals in the thousands then gathered there at the set time, and proceeded to find and attack any person of Middle-Eastern appearance that they could get their hands on (I pity the Singhs and Indians there man….). Disturbingly, for those of you who think that these people were all just Neo-Nazi skinheads, it should be noted that there were many young women, old men and even mothers participating in the riots. What does this show? On one hand, it could mean that some segments of Anglo-Australians do still hold racist views today. On the other, it should also be noted that the troublesome Lebanese gangs there were really an undesirable element there, and that they did cause the riots with their actions.

The Lebanese community today retaliated, gathering en mass in the Lebanese town of Lakemba. SMS messages were being circulated among the Lebanese urging them to gather on the same beach next week for revenge. Some of them have already started early, with groups of them smashing parked cars in the neighbourhood.

All in all, a frightening tragedy and embarassment to all Australians. Does this signal that the Lebanese community’s integration with the wider Australian community has failed miserably?

Got an interesting question here. How many of us have actually complimented the people we admire that they’re cute/attractive/nice before? Its funny how we seem to have no problems putting people down, insulting them, etc, but are so stingy when it comes to the compliment part Food for thought, ain’t it?

Extending this further, ummnn…. when exactly is it right to tell someone that you like her? If you suddenly developed feelings for the girl that you’ve been friends for for a long time now, is it appropriate to tell her that and risk the friendship? What if, on the other hand, you don’t really know the girl for long, but you just feel an instant attraction to her? Is that considered a crush? Would you actually tell her? Is is too weird to? Maybe in those instances, we should just say “To hell with conventions, and just seize the day?” There’s a reason why people talk about ‘love at first site’

When I really think about it, I came to this conclusion: I think we should just tell them. Why? Because if the feeling is mutual, then BAM! You’re all set! But if it’s not, what have you got to lose? *Okok, so maybe your dignity for a while, but I guess that’s a fair price to pay ;)* She could just take that as a sweet complement from you. Heck, you’ve also successfully barged into her thoughts after that bit of bravado, in case something changes in the future

So why someone gets attracted to someone else is actually quite a fascinating question, really. Sure, the majority of the kinda people who are fortunate enough to get this type of attraction from the opposite sex (or same even *PC*), are the ones that don’t look like that fat police in NYPD Blues , but heck is that all there is to it? Nah, I don’t think so. Some of the girls whom I’ve been attracted to aren’t knockout supermodels, but girls with very interesting and contagiously upbeat personalities. That’s so much more important than looks, in the end