discombobulation in Hangzhou
bob - guangtou wrote: Apart from that, I haven't got a clue about anything. I'm an idiot.
Somehow I seriously doubt that. For example I bet you know something about Hangzhou China and Huang Shan. I only ask because I am going there with my wife and co-workers on thier company vacation. As the token white boy I imagine I'll be required to sing Karokee and perhaps perform a strip tease but that's seems like a small price to pay for a week of travel with first class accomodation....
guangtou - Yep, know something about Hangzhou and Huangshan, but not as much as I know about tinea. And that's the problem with knowing a lot about one specialized topic - everything else pales in comparision.
For example: if you have Hong Kong foot, and then you get rid of it, and THEN you wear the same shoes you wore before you got rid of it, it'll come back again really fast. You have to disinfect the shoes AS WELL AS treat your feet, otherwise you'll go on reinfecting yourself forever. It's a vicious circle (and probalby a PhD).
Hangzhou? It's in China right?
bob - Last I checked. On the map it appears equa-distant between Nanjing and a great big pain in the ass as for some milenia now it has been inspiring poets and philosphers with it's somehow uniquely Chinese grandiloquence which, for the unitiated, translates to a cable car to the top.
bob - Sorry I thought you were talking about Huang Shan. I don't know why though since you quite clearly stated Hang Zhou, a fact that can be confirmed with a quick puruse through the previous posts. In any case such is the case in this case and what with one thing and another each coming into play and becoming factors worthy of consideration each in their own right it isn't long before one feels overwhelmed again.
bob - Apologies for this thread and whatever discombobulation it may have caused so far. The doctor has switched my anit-depressant and so far the effects, while certainly colorful and energizing, have not been entirely integrative. Adjustments will be made and we hope to have things back to normal shortly. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Richardm - I used to think I could understand anything. (Sometimes I still do.)
Huang Guang Chen - I lived in Hangzhou and should have climbed Huangshen with a bunch of class mates, but that was 14 years ago. I suspect that despite the odds, you are in for a a seriously good time. Oh yeah, and outside of HK feet, Guangtou knows fuck all.
And while I'm here, let me just say what a treat it is to have Richardm's presence. Long may you tap, old horse.
bob - Staying at that hotel right on top of Huang Shan we are too. Despite the tone of my earlier posts regarding the issue you can believe I feel pretty durn excited about that. In fact, given a choice of ALL the worlds hotels, I would probably chose that one (provided of course that the weather co-operates). It certainly has to be one of the world's most extraordinary locations.
Namahottie - I don't understand bob and why bob talks about Jesus.
JOHN MOSS - dear bob,
what is it that you are trying to understand?? don't try to understand everything, because a lot of stuff really makes no sense. the world has become a complicated place. I find it's best to look deeper, and by that I mean get to the basics, look past all the material crap we have acquired.
humans are all the same, yet we are all different, that's the beauty of life. we all wake up in the morning and take a poop. we all eat food, we all drink water, we all laugh, we all cry. we all came in to the world butt-naked. we all will die someday. we have to enjoy each day while it is here.
find something that makes you feel wonder each day. it could be looking deeper at something you always took for granted before. for example, have you ever looked at a dragonfly's eye up close? I mean really close, like with a botanists hand-lens if you have one, or a magnifying glass. or a leaf. stuff is cool if you examine it in new ways. take a hike. listen to silence. listen to good music.
don't go trying to find enlightenment on the surface. I think it's deeper.
just remember to keep it simple and keep it real.
nobody knows everything; besides, nobody likes a "know it all".
take care,
john
Somehow I seriously doubt that. For example I bet you know something about Hangzhou China and Huang Shan. I only ask because I am going there with my wife and co-workers on thier company vacation. As the token white boy I imagine I'll be required to sing Karokee and perhaps perform a strip tease but that's seems like a small price to pay for a week of travel with first class accomodation....
guangtou - Yep, know something about Hangzhou and Huangshan, but not as much as I know about tinea. And that's the problem with knowing a lot about one specialized topic - everything else pales in comparision.
For example: if you have Hong Kong foot, and then you get rid of it, and THEN you wear the same shoes you wore before you got rid of it, it'll come back again really fast. You have to disinfect the shoes AS WELL AS treat your feet, otherwise you'll go on reinfecting yourself forever. It's a vicious circle (and probalby a PhD).
Hangzhou? It's in China right?
bob - Last I checked. On the map it appears equa-distant between Nanjing and a great big pain in the ass as for some milenia now it has been inspiring poets and philosphers with it's somehow uniquely Chinese grandiloquence which, for the unitiated, translates to a cable car to the top.
bob - Sorry I thought you were talking about Huang Shan. I don't know why though since you quite clearly stated Hang Zhou, a fact that can be confirmed with a quick puruse through the previous posts. In any case such is the case in this case and what with one thing and another each coming into play and becoming factors worthy of consideration each in their own right it isn't long before one feels overwhelmed again.
bob - Apologies for this thread and whatever discombobulation it may have caused so far. The doctor has switched my anit-depressant and so far the effects, while certainly colorful and energizing, have not been entirely integrative. Adjustments will be made and we hope to have things back to normal shortly. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Richardm - I used to think I could understand anything. (Sometimes I still do.)
Huang Guang Chen - I lived in Hangzhou and should have climbed Huangshen with a bunch of class mates, but that was 14 years ago. I suspect that despite the odds, you are in for a a seriously good time. Oh yeah, and outside of HK feet, Guangtou knows fuck all.
And while I'm here, let me just say what a treat it is to have Richardm's presence. Long may you tap, old horse.
bob - Staying at that hotel right on top of Huang Shan we are too. Despite the tone of my earlier posts regarding the issue you can believe I feel pretty durn excited about that. In fact, given a choice of ALL the worlds hotels, I would probably chose that one (provided of course that the weather co-operates). It certainly has to be one of the world's most extraordinary locations.
Namahottie - I don't understand bob and why bob talks about Jesus.
JOHN MOSS - dear bob,
what is it that you are trying to understand?? don't try to understand everything, because a lot of stuff really makes no sense. the world has become a complicated place. I find it's best to look deeper, and by that I mean get to the basics, look past all the material crap we have acquired.
humans are all the same, yet we are all different, that's the beauty of life. we all wake up in the morning and take a poop. we all eat food, we all drink water, we all laugh, we all cry. we all came in to the world butt-naked. we all will die someday. we have to enjoy each day while it is here.
find something that makes you feel wonder each day. it could be looking deeper at something you always took for granted before. for example, have you ever looked at a dragonfly's eye up close? I mean really close, like with a botanists hand-lens if you have one, or a magnifying glass. or a leaf. stuff is cool if you examine it in new ways. take a hike. listen to silence. listen to good music.
don't go trying to find enlightenment on the surface. I think it's deeper.
just remember to keep it simple and keep it real.
nobody knows everything; besides, nobody likes a "know it all".
take care,
john
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