So I've been extremely curious about past lives lately.  Basically, whether or not they even exist.  As a person with a focus for Chinese studies I find myself wrapped up in the endless dynasties and stories.  I keep hoping that if there is such thing as a past life then I could be one of those people with a great story.  Perhaps something like an espionage, or a part of a peace keeping marriage, or maybe even just a  plain villager that perhaps got drowned in the river as punishment or something [LOL, ya, I know. How morbid is that?]  I'm hoping for a dramatic past.  One that makes a great story.  Some wonderful experiences. 

One of my friends used this app on fb.  And granted this is probably the least accurate thing possible, but here are my results:

Your past life diagnosis:

You have lived 7377 days, 8 hours, 31 minutes and 46 seconds in this life.

I do not know how you feel about , but it seems that you were female in your last incarnation.

You were born somewhere in the territory of modern West Russia, around the year 0975.

Your profession was that of a designer, engineer or craftsman

Your brief psychological profile in your past life: Seeker of truth and wisdom. You could have seen your future lives. Others perceived you as an idealist illuminating path to future.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation: You fulfill your lesson by helping old folks and children. You came to this life to learn to care about the weak and the helpless.


What do y'all think?
Do you guys believe in past lives?
Who do you think you were?
Who would you have wanted to be?

Something to think about, perhaps...?



Peace,
LZ

I'm going to fall in love and be in a relationship by Valentine's day!

Why? because this year Chinese New Year is on February 14th...great time to introduce someone to family

So there's a blog that I was in teh middle of writing that's supposed to go before this one but I've been lazy and I haven't finished it. 

But anyway, I thought I would post this up:

My friends (2) and I are planning a road trip and its really becoming true.  If all goes out we are gonna be gone all next weekend

Having a super lonely night and none of my friends are online.  Its almost 1 AM and I've been bored out of my mind since 10 PM ish.  It's frustrating how I have nothing to do and that none of my friends are online.  That leaves too much time to think about that email that I have to send out asking my professor how I did in the class.  I am really anxious about that A and I really hope that I can get that good grade.  Drowning it all with these dramas and shows etc is so superficial and not working because I'm still bored.  I need to write more blogs because so much happens to me in such a short amount of time.

Its the summer and yet there is absolutely no one I really want to hang out with.  No driving force that says "yes! Let's do something together today."  I mean don't get me wrong.  I have gone out this summer but usually its spur of the moment why not kind of thing and no one can think of anything to do.  I have yet to have something planned out and enjoyed a great night or day.  My highlight of the summer is still probably catching that crab at the shore .  I need to find a job or something because its that sense of potential notbeing used that's wasting me away and going to eventually wither me away to nothing and kill me. 

It's not that I'm not thankful for a vacation but I just feel that I am so horrible at planning and organizing.  I just want to do something more intensive.  I'm the type that needs a schedule and dneeds to be constantly busy.  Perhaps its just this sudden frustration of no one I like talking to being online.  I miss my social life, or rather the life I had when my best friends and I lived so close together and we saw each other everyday.  I've become the two point one line person and apparently most of my friends are doing the same thing but they are still living close to each other so they can still spend their days together.  I don't exactly have problem with a reclusive lifestyle which is half the problem.  I've found that over these years of staying at home I've become more and more reclusive.  I suppose I'm used to the oppression

Nevermind, one thing leads to another and unhappiness builds.  Probably better if I just shut up about it and suck it up

BTW Today is my mother's birthday 

That's something I should be happy for and I should celebrate it well

Nothing but sunshine when I see her tomorrow

Cheers

I actually don't remember ever eating a fresh papaya so it was weird to find a papaya in the fridge a couple of days ago.  This morning when I woke up I found it all nice and freshly cut on the kitchen table by my dearest mother, who I think is the only one in our family that has had fresh papaya before.

So anyway... I see the papaya and it looks OK.  I have to say that the first bite was definitely not what I expected.  It was kind of stinky and had a bit of a taste like another familiar fruit I've tasted before [though I couldn't recall at the time].  It was definitely not what I expected even though I've had papaya milk and things like that before.  The flavours are much more concentrated when they are fresh. 

After that first piece I had another and decided that it was time for official breakfast [I had cold noodles and lots of cucumber that my mum sliced extremely thin (julienned).  Those were good  ]  I finished my noodles and decided to give the papaya another try.  This time I found a softer piece.  I have to say that I quite liked the texture and the after taste is much better than the initial flavours.  It's pretty fleshy but there are a few spindly, threadlike fibers in there.  It took a couple more pieces to figure out what that familiar fruit taste was.  Turns out papaya has an undertone of a certain type of succulent peach only stinkier [maybe an old peach?.] 


Overall papaya isn't so bad and it gets better the more pieces you have because you get more accustomed to the taste.  It's definitely a more "exotic" tropical fruit that may be hard for some people to accept.

Now I'm just looking forward to tryng pure jackfruit and dragonfruit