The Expansionist Meme

It seems to me memes are the easiest thing to blog about; no need for photographs, no need to turn what’s essentially random unrelated events in the day into a cohesive narrative, complete with the tripartite structure. (My friend KL is damn good at narratives now that I look at it. And this is something good, okay!)

Anyway, stole this meme off Sulz.

One religious work from a non-familiar tradition you’ll read:

I would like to read something about the Wu Wei (无为) (literally: non-being) from the Taoist tradition. It’s about how true wisdom is through doing nothing, thinking nothing. Seems like my kind of stuff.

One music video–that you like–from your “least likely to listen to’ genre:

Not a big fan of music videos … I don’t like J-pop, but haven’t seen a good J-pop MTV either.

A book from a genre you almost never read, that you have read, or you will read (promise!):

I read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, despite not being a fan of Sci-fi novels. So there.

Somewhere you’d never thought to go on holiday/vacation, and why it might be fun to go there:

Well, for a person who watches Discovery Travel and Living channel, no vacation is unthinkable. If I had to choose somewhere that I might actually go, it’d be Palau. Being in Southeast Asia and surrounded by beach holiday spots like Redang (heck I nearly typed Rendang, a curry-like dish ), Bali, Phuket, I never had the desire to go to beaches too far away like the Maldives, let alone lesser-known Palau. So it might be a good place to go, I suppose.

A specific food you’ve never tried, but will because of this meme, honest!:

Because of this meme, I will attempt to eat a raw ebi (prawn). I don’t ever eat anything raw, unless it’s fruits and vegetables. So in time to come, I shall go to a nearby sushi bar and order a raw ebi sushi and eat it and blog about it (might as well make the most of the ordeal I have to go through). Back in 2003 I tried a piece of raw salmon because of a dare from a friend and let’s just say “I hated it” is understatement.

A sport or game you really hate, or haven’t tried yet, but are willing to give one more go:

I want to try squash! I have a fear of squash because I am afraid of getting hit by the ball that rebounds off the wall. But alas I shall force someone to teach me one of these days.

A style of dance you probably won’t try (we won’t make you promise on this one):

I refuse to do ballroom dances, the Waltz, Salsa, Ramba or Tango (especially tango. I think the head twisting is silly and I will probably break my neck doing it.) I would rather learn the Cancan or Flamenco.

A career job you don’t feel you’re suited for, and why:

I cannot be tattooist because I don’t have steady hands. That said, I can’t be a dentist either.

An item that’s “thinking out of the box’ for this meme that hadn’t been included:
My question : What item would you choose to put into a time capsule for your generation?

Well, an item I’d want to put into a time capsule for 2008, to be opened 30 years later: the PAPER manual for a digital camera. The reason being (1), it’s printed on paper. Chances are, 30 years down the road, we might have given up paper for the electronics. (2) It’s for a digital camera, something that might or might not be obsolete 30 years down the road. (3) It’s a manual. I hardly think anyone reads the instruction manual nowadays; we just KNOW how to operate a digital camera; so, 30 years later, who still needs instructions?