Mortality and landslide

That previous thoughts bring me to a song that swims through my life quite a bit since forever. May be it’s the holiday season that makes you slow down and think a little. And I do think a lot about my mortality of late.

All the bad things that had happened in my life for the last few years… feelings and emotions was the last to go, but an angel brought them back. But you know, spirit and man are never meant to be together.

Two smaller version of me running the house, laughing, smiling, bring the sunshine into my dim little shire… playing, testing, learning, doing all the things that I have done before… Oh! Not forgetting hurting themselves as well. As a parent, all I can do is to patch them up and let them do what ever that they are doing again.


Fleetwood Mac, Dixie Chicks, Smashing Pumpkins have all done a version of this song… I still like the original the most… so here enjoy.

Landslide

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
’till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, I’ve been afraid of changing
’cause I’ve built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I’m getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down

A largemouth, 3 spotteds, 2 bluegills and a pumpkinseed

I had a chance to drive out to the country, at Plantersville, TX, a few days ago. The weather was chilly but tolerable. Weather was dry and the sun came out once in a while when the puffy clouds were not watching.

The cabin was cozy and about 20 feet away is a nice little pond where we could fish. Half an hour after arriving there, we got the grill ready, got a little campfire up next to the pond, some marshmallow on sticks; let my wife and the baby enjoy the melted marshmallow.

At the mean time my 3 year old and I have a different plan. We pull out our fishing rod, string them up, set the bubbles, some bullet lead, fixed some bread balls on the hooks and cast in. We waited, and waited, recasted but for about half an hour without a bite.

Time to improvise. We caught some frogs, but they are just too cute to be used as bait. So we romped around and caught some very active grasshoppers and decided to try them to lure the fish.

It works. In the next hour, my son and I caught 7 fishes. 1 largemouth bass, 3 spotted basses, 2 bluegills and a pumpkinseed. The first fish I caught was a bluegill. My son was so excited that I decided to let him reel the fish in again. He end up “reel it in” 3 times. Poor fish. I did help the bluegill to get water through its gill before fully released it though.

My 3 year old son did “catch” two more fish, but unfortunately he did not know how to “set the hook”. So he reeled them in and lost both of them at the surface. It’s fun nonetheless.

I have not fish in 3 years... yes, my son is 3 years old... and that's the direct relation to that. And to bring him fishing and caught fishes and seeing his eyes lite up, was one of the greatest feeling in life.

Coldfront and tennis

At this present moment, I am looking at the cold front coming in from the North, bringing rain, thunderstorm and chill to the windows of my office.

Yesterday, the weather report said that Nov 14, 2005 should be the last day of “summer” because the Canadian cold front will reach Houston by tonight Nov 15, 2005.

So last night, after work, I called up the 3 regular tennis sparing partners of mine, in order celebrate the coming of winter, and also lamenting the last day of playing tennis with shorts and T-shirts this year.

At the gas pumps

At the gas pumps.

I got some gas yesterday after holding out as long as I could. I got it for $2.12 per gallon. Wow! That was actually cheap comparing to last couple week. Then again, I was buying gas at $0.89 exactly 12 month ago!!

Now folks. Most of us are actually paying for an amount of gas but do not collect all that we’ve paid for.

For example. You pay with credit card. Pull the pump handler out of the machine. The pump flap drop. You put the pump in the car, press the button that select the grade. And then pump away. After the automatic gas pump handler jumped. You put the handler back and drive away.

Well, you are not getting all that you are paying for. What you should do after the automatic gas pump handler jumped is to manually push the flap. That turns off the machine. So what remains in the pump handler and the tube is still yours. And now pump the handler. It will give you your share of gas that you’ve already paid for. It won’t be much but then again, it’s yours.

It’s like buying a bacon cheese hamburger. Would you leave the bacon behind? No. You’ve paid for them.

Happy gassing and drive safe.

By the way if you live in SW Houston click HERE. It tells you the locations of lowest priced gas in town.

For all other people in the US and Canada, please check Gas Buddy before you go to fill up your car in the future.

Greatest design half the world would see

When I saw this picture, I was crushed. I wish I was the first one be brave enough to come up with this design. Unfortunately, this project will only be enjoyed by the lesser race of human kind...

By the way ladies... which one are you?

Oh yes... they are in 3D... put on your 3-D glass and see them pop!

Toilet fixtures. If you really like that sort of things, this are the ones that you rarely see, unless you are an architect or... a convict... not that's anything wrong with that.

In the sun

This is one of those songs that you will cherish forever... when the emotion is right.
A song about looking back or look into the sky and pause for a while.
The song is about memories, regrets, move forward and wishing nothing but love and well...

In the sun
by Joseph Arthur
performed by Peter Gabriel 1997 and Joseph Authur 2000

I picture you in the sun wondering what went wrong
And falling down on your knees asking for sympathy
And being caught in between all you wish for and all you seen
And trying to find anything you can feel that you can believe in

May God’s love be with you
Always
May God’s love be with you

I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes
’Cause when you showed me myself I became someone else
But I was caught in between all you wish for and all you need
I picture you fast asleep
A nightmare comes
You can’t keep awake

May God’s love be with you
Always
May God’s love be with you

’Cause if I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
If I find
If I find my own way
How much will I find
You

I don’t know anymore
What it’s for
I’m not even sure
If there is anyone who is in the sun
Will you help me to understand
’Cause I been caught in between all I wish for and all I need
Maybe you’re not even sure what it’s for
Any more than me

May God’s love be with you
Always
May God’s love be with you