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When people are too free, they tend to do stupid stuff really. So yea I've done some pretty stupid stuff since my last post. Like Yong said, "You did all the stupid things you could possibly do dy, you have run out of stupid things to do." Fortunately for me, something happened which prevented me from doing something REALLY stupid, but I'm not going to talk about that. It reminds me why I was less depressed when I was hardcore gaming. I had less idle time to think up all this nonsense, hence my return to blogging. It also reminds me on how as played less as exams drew nearer, I fell deeper into depression and ended up doing more stupid things. Sometimes, things are just out of our hands that we should just embrace the Virtue of Doing Nothing:
When Liu Bang, founding emperor of the Han Dynasty passed away in 195 B.C, his son Liu Ying took over the throne. He was assisted by his father's very capable Prime Minister Xiao He. It wasn't too long before Xiao He too died of illness. The Imperial Court appointed a man named Cao Can to become the new Prime Minister. This new Prime Minister however, was nothing like Xiao He. He indulged in drinking and lived his life leisurely. Many officials were displeased with Cao Can's indulgence but there was nothing they could do. Eventually the Emperor found out about this and secretly ordered Cao Can's son, Cao Zhu to go and remind his father of his duty as Prime Minister. Cao Zhu said to his father, "The new Emperor is still very young and you being the Prime Minister should assist him in national affairs instead of indulging in drinking and living vicariously." Cao Can was furious and gave his son 200 lashes while lecturing him, "You're not in a position to discuss state affairs!"
The next day the Emperor summoned Cao Can and revealed to him that Cao Zhu was under the Emperor's instruction. Cao Can immediately apologised and started explaining himself. He asked, "Your Majesty, comparing you to the late Emperor Liu Bang, who is more powerful?" The Emperor replied "I wouldn't dare compare myself to the late Emperor!" . Cao Can proceeded to ask, "Who is more capable, Xiao He or me?" "You seem to be inferior to Xiao He", replied the Emperor. Whereupon Cao Can elaborated, "You're absolutely right Your Majesty. Since the late Emperor and Xiao He are clearly more capable than us, why should we do anything. Let things run its normal course. We need not change anything." This has led to the Chinese phrase "Governing by doing nothing". Its a very good excuse to use when my mum tells me to do something that I think is useless or when I'm just too lazy.
Back to Knowing About Yeah Episode 10, the last episode. I thank my lucky stars for my Uncle Victor who came up with the name Phillip,which I'm not really fond of to be honest, but I definitely prefer it to Stanley, that my mum originally wanted. Seriously don't ask what her other backup names were. Some people got a really good laugh out of it. But what I found interesting was that more than 80% of the participants thought that I was supposed to be named Albert. Danny claims that I have an 'Albert look'. Hey I know I have the look of a genius but...seriously?
When Liu Bang, founding emperor of the Han Dynasty passed away in 195 B.C, his son Liu Ying took over the throne. He was assisted by his father's very capable Prime Minister Xiao He. It wasn't too long before Xiao He too died of illness. The Imperial Court appointed a man named Cao Can to become the new Prime Minister. This new Prime Minister however, was nothing like Xiao He. He indulged in drinking and lived his life leisurely. Many officials were displeased with Cao Can's indulgence but there was nothing they could do. Eventually the Emperor found out about this and secretly ordered Cao Can's son, Cao Zhu to go and remind his father of his duty as Prime Minister. Cao Zhu said to his father, "The new Emperor is still very young and you being the Prime Minister should assist him in national affairs instead of indulging in drinking and living vicariously." Cao Can was furious and gave his son 200 lashes while lecturing him, "You're not in a position to discuss state affairs!"
The next day the Emperor summoned Cao Can and revealed to him that Cao Zhu was under the Emperor's instruction. Cao Can immediately apologised and started explaining himself. He asked, "Your Majesty, comparing you to the late Emperor Liu Bang, who is more powerful?" The Emperor replied "I wouldn't dare compare myself to the late Emperor!" . Cao Can proceeded to ask, "Who is more capable, Xiao He or me?" "You seem to be inferior to Xiao He", replied the Emperor. Whereupon Cao Can elaborated, "You're absolutely right Your Majesty. Since the late Emperor and Xiao He are clearly more capable than us, why should we do anything. Let things run its normal course. We need not change anything." This has led to the Chinese phrase "Governing by doing nothing". Its a very good excuse to use when my mum tells me to do something that I think is useless or when I'm just too lazy.
Back to Knowing About Yeah Episode 10, the last episode. I thank my lucky stars for my Uncle Victor who came up with the name Phillip,which I'm not really fond of to be honest, but I definitely prefer it to Stanley, that my mum originally wanted. Seriously don't ask what her other backup names were. Some people got a really good laugh out of it. But what I found interesting was that more than 80% of the participants thought that I was supposed to be named Albert. Danny claims that I have an 'Albert look'. Hey I know I have the look of a genius but...seriously?
Spot the difference.Ok that's all I have for today. Gotta go sleep now.
See ya!
