Friday, October 26, 2007
what is the rules of War?
If you can not win then try to survive, flee away from battlefield and try to come back again.
make a full preparation with one strike on his weakness when the enemy is arrogant and corrupted.
what is the rules of War? be prepared(economy), be united(alliances), be powered(technology).
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Why we pay more for Canadian Car Prices ?
"Audi A4
US Price: $32,000 Canadian Price: $40,900 % markup: 27.
BMW 328xi
US Price: $34,300 Canadian Price: $43,600 % markup: 27
Ford Taurus SEL AWD
US Price: $25,095 Canadian Price: $33,399 % markup: 33 Note that the Taurus SEL AWD is in fact the old Five Hundred with a bigger engine. The price discrepancy is pretty shocking here because as a Ford vehicle built in Chicago it’s probably made half from Canadian parts!
Mercedes-Benz C300 4MATIC
US Price: $35,215 Canadian Price: $44,700 % markup: 27
Subaru Impreza WRX 5-door
US Price: $24,850 Canadian Price: $33,895 % markup: 36
Volvo S40 T5 AWD
US Price: $28,990 Canadian Price: $39,995 % markup: 38 (!)"
Friday, September 28, 2007
Q4 the summer of the beautiful white horse
The background is based on an honest but poor tribe dwelled in a beautiful village. The law and value, rules or tradition is being followed by most people. How two young boys broke the rules and enjoyed the riding every morning? I preferred the scene that two boys so in love with the horse and how they played with each other. It means freedom. Adults did not like boys to run wild or do crazy things. It was a secret between two boys before they met the farm. Were they lying? Were they stealing? All the people in the tribe would say yes. At last, the horse was returned. All the rules have to be followed again. People might think Uncle Korsrove was a crazy man too. It is a happy ending for everyone. “It is no harm”.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Ghosts Festival Rituals
Have you ever seen a ghost in your life? It is said, on July 1, the gate is reopened for all the ghosts to visit the world we lived. Your ancestor’s will come back to your family until July 31 midnight, all the ghosts will be summoned back.
My parents did not allow us to swim in the river even swimming pool during the month. The ghosts who died by drown will hide under water and drag your legs. You are not supposed to do any dangerous activities during the lunar July.
There are three “Bye-Bye” which we worship the gods or ghosts will take place in the first and end of July and in between. The July 15th will be the biggest. On July 1, we prepared the meals for the ghosts when they traveled and past our home. On July 31, we also prepared the meals for them to see off all the ghosts. And may all the bad spirits leave us far… far away.
On July 15, my parent burned incenses and asked for the blessings. My grandma setup a table outside the house. Everyone was called to the table with 3 incenses on both hands. We prayed with the ghosts of our ancestors for prosper or get a good mark in our school. The table is filled up with dishes, pork, cooked chicken, fish, and fruits. I knew I could enjoy a good meal in my dinner.
The temples will build a platform for all kinds of ceremony. There is one puppet show are my best favor. It is free for everyone to watch it because of temple already got a lot of donations by peoples. The puppets are made of a piece of palm size clothing made in details to match the characters identity. The wooden painted head is hollow to fit index finger. Some puppet’s heads can flash eyes and move the mouse as he is talking. The people who hidden behind a theater which look like a two story mini building with curtain wrapped around, use both palms to control the puppets and make conversation with prepared screenplay in his memory. They were two shows every day. The afternoon show played the history with famous heroes. My favor show was a red-faced hero rode on a red-skin horse with a spear-like weapon from “the Romance of the
“It’s time to eat” my aunt shout at me. A voice interrupted my imagination of being the hero of me combating on the show. I was unwillingly to leave the show but went home for a big dinner.
There are other ceremonies and activities held in the "ghosts month" but I like the puppet show which brings me the best entertainment of my childhood.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Summer Rituals Back Home
It took almost one day trip to go back home. Summer vocation was the day to see my parents. I had to take a bus in the early morning with my uncle or my aunt. They are many mountains in between so the winding road kept turning and turning, up and down like never ending. If typhoon came, the road would be heavily beaten and torn into pieces and became dangerous to travel. Traffic was blocked until it repaired. The bus drove along the edge of deep cliff along the
Saturday, September 15, 2007
introduce myself
Ken Ju is my name. I am a Taiwanese Canadian.
I owned a 1993 Chrysler Concorde which I bought in 2003 for $3500. It was a nice old car even thought some function already worn out or had a little problem but the engine is still good to run
The
If you ask me which I like most, I can not tell you because I like them both. The ZZR250 is more gas economic
I just want to be nobody with a peaceful life.
This is a picture of me when I rode to Harrison Spring this summer with a group on the ferry.