http://cyrix.blogsome.com Cyrix's Litany On Life, 'presently-non-existent' Love and Politics Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:48:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/23/changing-blog-for-the-final-time/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/21/a-red-guy-living-in-a-dark-blue-area/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/19/ancient-chinese-dynasties/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/17/the-peculiarity-of-the-chinese-race/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/17/stop-your-christian-zealotry-abbot/ 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, ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/16/a-summary-of-my-family-so-far-part-2/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/15/a-summary-of-my-family-so-far-past-and-present-part-1/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/13/uk-malaysia-government-takes-all/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/12/race-riots-in-cronulla-australia/ 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 ... http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/11/on-telling-a-girl-that-you-like-her/