how to chase a girl

Express interest.  This can be done in the following ways,  not necessarily in this particular order.

- small gift.  The key is something with small monetary value but stands out amoung its peers.  For example Starbucks coffee or California dates, not regular coffee or a packet of cheap snacks.
- small favour.  Again the key is small.  Proof reading an university assignment is a good example, completing the whole assignment is overdoing it.
- compliment.  Be specific, be creative.  For example 'you are pretty' is no good; 'you have pretty eyes' is not bad ; 'some girls have looks but no style, some girls have style but no looks,  I think you have both ' is amazing.  Saying a good one once is enough to have a permanent effect. Saying it too often backfires and makes you a pandering wimp.

And then what?

If a girl digs you she will start the interaction. Give her the pleasure to do the rest of the work.

If not it doesn't matter what else you do,  it won't change anything.  Find another target, rinse and repeat.

Macau + Zhuihai + Guangzhou

Went on a family trip.

Met for the first time and bonded with many cousins. They generosity knows no bounds!

Eyewitness to the lavish lifestyle of today's rural China

Had geoduck and many other exceeding expensive delicacies excessively for the first time.

Village chicken farming was eye opening.

Macau people seem chilled and friendly.

People try all things under the sun to make money

Caught my flight by the skin of my teeth.

It was a nice trip!

passport photo

The devil is in the details.   Because of the impressive clarity,  passport photos can be a sore sight and they make people look away .   Well it is what it is .. This is watered down because of lost in digital translation of some of the resolution

pedometer

on days when i do my weekly run i hit 25000 steps on my pedometer.

wink hotel

Bloody hell,  locked myself out of my apartment,  resorted to spending a night at a nearby capsule hostel.

The little place is tastefully done up.  I got a berth/compartment instead of a air tight capsule I had imagined.  Although the curtain safeguarded my privacy,  it was not sound proof at all;  spending a night at such a place meant you'd get only REM sleep as you'd be constantly awoken by fellow backpackers going in and out, chatting, crying, turning on their beds,  etc.

I did note that white girls wore very little when they slept.

thinking about it only makes it worse

It took me a very long time to slog through this book my David Mitchell.   While it is a proper book it is just a unrelated collection of articles ranting about popular culture and current affairs.  As it was written 4-5 years ago a lot of it has become rather irrelevant.

I admire and thoroughly enjoy the sacarsm and witticism,  it's Bristish to the core.  I am tempted to re-read it just to make some of the outrageously smart and funny lines mine.

Or perhaps I should let it go and read a new one,  I have a long reading list after all.

The Ceroc and I

Ceroc is French for 'let's rock';  a popular partner dance in Europe particularly the UK.

I have been grappling with dancing for an embarrassing number of years.  While I knew enough moves to complete a dance which may even impress non dancers,  my timing was all off as I paid no attention to the music beat.  Without musicality dancing is just prancing.  I couldn't call myself a dancer, hell no.

After a hiatus of self discovery in that department I think I finally hear the music.  I think I may have come to terms with dancing to the music.  My ceroc dance after months away was mostly on beat.  Feeling kind of excited to see how the rest unfolds.

Some action from last year.  I was such a non worthy participant.  I scored top marks in the fun department though.
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