NS promotion ... And my diary ... The 3 Suckers of Brains

(The rank of Sergeant ...)

For the past 1 week, everyday I report to Tracom for courses. Sergeant courses to be exact, and of course this is something to be happy about. This means that my monthly wages or allowances will increase substantially.

There are 2 views I have about this course.

And of course, none of this is right or wrong, but simply politically correct or wrong.

Personal (Negative) views - This course sucks. This course just waste my time. Everyday long lectures, and having to do a crap project. This is wasting my time. Patrolling may be a lot better than this. Just give us the rank ... And money ...

Pragmatic views - This course, though long and monotonous, is useful and important in my future guide to be a leader. I might not want to be a leader, but I cannot run away from the fact that I am going to be group leader for the next 1 year. This is due to my a "little" seniority and "rank". The facilitators have tried their best efforts to make the courses as lively as possible, and I cannot help but applaud them for their efforts. Long and boring, but flashes of the essence of courses are going to help me in the future. KNow more won't die, know less may die ... And only by going through the hard way can we gain something. Life is not a bed of roses. Moreover, I am a lot more fortunate than my Army friends. As their courses requires months of stay-in, and doing "shits" or lousy chores, and getting scoldings. I get to sit in an air-con room, comfortable and relax. Therefore, I should appreciate what I have now.

The personal views are just the "dark" side inside me. Of course, on the rationale side, I do still follow pragmatic side. This is also important in establishing the self-enlightenment. But the personal views can be used as a judgement on cons, even though the cons may be a lot more bias and narrow than reality.

Anyway, tomorrow will be the last day of the course. Submission of the written reports of the project and a last test of MCQ. I am confident I can get through it.

But being enlightened, means I cannot base on personal views to judge anything. Many things must be taken into account. Of course, to save trouble, use Occam Razor, where simplicity solves problems. However, I view simplicity out of the whole box, or simply simplicity within chaos. (For those who do not know what I am talking of this, just treat it as crap)

I have met many friends in the courses, of which we use the chance to converse. All of them complain, some of them whince. Anyway, I am still glad to meet my squad mates, and make many friends during the courses. This in fact opened up my world.

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(Journals .........)

For this weekend, I spent my time with my friends doing what we are supposed to do. Though this is busy, I think it is worth it. Hard work without believing yourself is worthless. I have faith and believe that the formula of success can come. We even sought advice from an expert friend ...
I have also added one hard work theory. Good hard work saves time and bring quality, and not waste time. I have shared this with a friend, for which impatience might hinder work, while slacking brings down the work. Perfect balance must be achieved, just like when how I study. Study Hard, Play Hard. For me, likewise, when out patrolling, my motto: Work Hard, Rest Hard and Relax Hard.

So much for all the crap thinking ... Heehee ...

I have learnt many important things from that expert friend of mine. About the "Story theory". I coined this term by my own. This is about painting a nice story, a nice life, a nice finale. This can help to keep passion going... As life is a long journey, there is always ups and downs. Likewise, when doing a project. A major project, business or others. Painting a nice rosy picture will help. Of course, we must be cautious, not to fall into the trap of delusion. But painting the nice finale do keep the fire going in the heart. This will enable us to complete the tasks, willingly and eagerly. Simply, it keeps our morale going.

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The 3 Suckers of Brain ...

Everyone of us will have this type of occurence at one point of time and another.

I name it the 3 suckers of the brains ... These names are termed crudely, as they will make you look like a fool, and a sucker.

First, it is brain freeze.
Next, brain Halt.
Fianlly, brain substitution.

All these are in reference to human psychology and how our brains and neurons work. And all these occur during communication. The reason behind it, I am still exploring. These syndromes I believe are still not named.

Brain freeze means there is this instant when you want to pass a message, but you just cannot pass totally and correctly. Maybe you are anxious, or you are tired, but you cannot pass the right message. Eg: You want to inform everyone to visit the toilets at every houses, but instead, you say, "everyone goes to toilet". Stunningly, while having this experience, you will feel yucks.

Brain Halt is also quite common, for you just cannot relay the message at all. It is like your brain suddenly stop working at that short point of time, and the electricity impulse cannot pass though the axons and dentrites. But, in light syndrome, people will be able to recover or overcome in a few seconds. The more serious one may result in a few minutes. Do not mistake brain Halt with thoughts, as thoughts means you are running through neurons. But Brain Halt will be like the sudden dying of the car engine, and you will have to reboot the car again for the engine to run.

Brain substitution is very common. This is obviously related to how we communicate and how we relay languages. When you want to give a sentence, but somehow, either subconciously other people influences you or subconciously you are thinking of another words, and this cause you to blabber out the subconcious words. Of course, in many cases, people will say, "Sorry, I mean ...". They will correct and reiterate the former sentences. This substitution of words may be due to the "hijacking" of words from the subconcious mind. When we think, for instance in different will, say for Languages, we will only utilise and stress more on the certain part of our brain, in this case, the cerebellum of the brain.

Of course, vital activities like heart beat are all set automantically. But our will to speak, means we will be stressing on part of the brain. Within this part, there may be "intra-hijacking" of subconcious words. Or in more serious scenario, there may be "inter-hijacking". "Inter-hijacking" may means you do not want to walk but want to speak, but you somehow walk. .. In many normal sense, people multi-task. But in this substitution, people do mutually exclusive action, or simply, not 2 things at a time, but merely doing one thing over the other in which you have willed.

I will like to iterate all these syndromes are normal, and having these does not mean you are mentally unsound. However, if many of these syndromes persist, it is better for the person to go through concentration excercise. Playing certain types of game or exercise that helps you concentrate. And learning to be calm and relax. So that less jumping and hijacking of neurons can occur.

What I have thougt of may sound lame and crap. However I feel that they are right as I have personally experienced all these and also collate based on the experiences of others. I have explored and exploited the possibilities. And from all these possibilities, I have formulated some hypothesis. To better this hypothesis, it is best to do scientific experiements.
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[Added infos on brain ...]

Left-brain/Right-brain

As is true for every other functional ability, parts of the brain specialize in language. The brain has two roughly identical halves -- the left and the right hemispheres. We now know that there are small differences in the sizes of some regions in the two hemispheres. These differences may form the basis for the first major brain specialization for language -- lateralization of language to the left hemisphere.

In about 98 percent of right-handers, the left hemisphere accomplishes most language processing functions. In non-right handers (which include left-handed and ambidextrous people), language functions are far more likely to involve the right hemisphere. There is some evidence that lateralization differs in males and females.

There is also evidence that the non-dominant hemisphere is primarily involved in functions that are just one step beyond the essential language functions of relating form to literal meaning. These include determining the emotional state of a speaker from his or her tone of voice, and appreciating humor and metaphor.

[For more info, http://www.med.harvard.edu/publications/On_The_Brain/Volume4/Number4/F95Lang.html]

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Anyway, it is pretty much of what happened over the week. I am quite tired, as 7 days, I work. Unlike the normal patrol days, which I will rest tremendously. I can be a workaholic sometimes. "). Anyway, Xmas coming and Chinese New Year coming ... Seasons greeting ....

And happy aniversary to my blog .... !!!


[I have to be ambiguous to protect identity of the people who do not want to be embroiled. Only related people will understand the full context of the whole picture. Just get the gist of what I am talking for any viewers. Pardon me ...]

Himura Kenshi (And William Kenshi ... Heehee)

(The above 2 pictures are gotten from "http://www.animegalleries.net/album/191".)

Rurouni Kenshin or Himura Kenshin (I prefer to call him Himura Kenshi or simply Samurai X).

A character that looks like a girl (but the author add a X to his left cheek to inject masculinity to this character), weak and small-sized.

Nonetheless, do not be fooled by this outlook.

This guy is known as Batossai the Man Slayer. The very Man who help in the building up of Meiji Era, or simply an era that modernisation and industralisation takes place in Japan, starting from around 1860s. But Batossai's contribution is to assassinate important figures from the former era where Emperor and Monarchs rule, in order to start a revolution.

When starting a revolution, chaos is a must. When a country is stable, what is the use of starting revolution when everyone just want to live their lives peacefully, and that the government troops can concentrate their efforts in one recalcitrant organisation, and will probably have ousted the outlaws and rebels (Labels given to these people by the ruling party) easily.

This is always a price for a revolution. Overthrowing a dynasty or kingdom, slaughtering of many people including civilians, countries embroiled in chaos. This, you can see from history of various countries including Singapore herself. China herself, is a very obvious example on how many people die and how Sun-Yat Sun, the founding father sacrifice much to start the revolution to overthrow Qing empire.

In fact revolution especially political ideology is often associated with wars and it is in fact an euphemism of "War". And as you know, revolution always start when the people feel there is a need for changes that are beneficial to them and yet, ruling parties do not budge. This will cause dissentment among the people. And when a new ideology occurs that fits the changes, and normally seems more "fairer", then people will fight for ideology. When fighting occurs, a war happens. Violences and sacrfices will kick in.

Such as in the horror of wars, and the political ideology, and a political revolution.

However, there is always peaceful revolution, like the Industrial revolution started by the British in the 1980s. But even this types of revolution requires many sacrifices. Maybe not so bloody, but resentment do occur always. But Industrial revolution is a successful one without much violence and blood due to the fact that it is economical rather than fully political in nature. This is why you can say that more people die for ideology rather than political.

Sacrifices means, a revolution cannot always be possibly fair to all people, but as always benefit most. The minorities are always a sacrifices. However, it is always the responsibility of the ruling party or the government to minimise the unfairness accorded to the minorities due to the revolution. There is also a need to train minorities to adapt and change with the society. Or else, there will be repercussive violences if things are not handled appropriately.

Okay, hahah ... Enough of elaboration of revolution. For Samurai X, Kenshi, he is a great guy that is empowered with a very good sword techniques known as Hiten style, an ancient swordplay skills. And he looks very young.

What I have learnt from him ... That is of course not to become an assasin, but that doing housework is in fact a type of exercise and training.

Now, everyday, with 2 days work, I am very free. I spent my half of my free time doing all forms of housework and menial labour. Doing laundry, changing fish water, taking care of the fish, praying joss sticks to immortals 2 times everyday, vaccuming the floor, mopping the floor, drying and ironing of clothes, wiping cupboards and windows. You name it, I do it. And sometimes, even cooking (Heehee)...

I may look like a househusband, but another 1/4 of my free time I spent on television, anime, computers and library via reading. Another 1/4 of the free time going out just for a fling at window shopping, and "meetings", "doing work" for the "dream" and even tutoring. Sometimes going out with friends to rollerblade, watch movie, or a couple of bowling and pools. Manyatime, I also play chess, Go chess, by my own (to my own dismay) as I have no common competitors. (Hai~~)

This is why I am quite busy if I can say. "Busy" in the sense of finding things to do. There is always things to do. Menial labour is not as lowly as I think it is. In fact, it trains up me. Like any other exercise, doing household chores also train up my different sets of muscles. Many of my inspirations are also gotten from doing household chores.

Like Kenshi, a great person does not mean he does only big things, but ignoring many supposedly small things like menial labour. Household chores can also teach me something about endurance and hard work. The hard work many Singaporeans perceive is unfortunately very minor, compare to others. Look at what the foreigners we have employed doing the menial jobs in Singapore, these are hard works. Of course, facing stress in office, has its own aptitude afterall. But at least, there is always a presence of a nice sofa, hot coffee and air-con. Under the hot sun, doing labour, is hard work, even with a certain degree of welfare.

Kenshi after all the slaughthering and establishment of Meiji era, he decided not to kill anymore. Unlike many other swordsman who cannot accept that time has changed, he did not commit sucide or just sigh. In fact, he holds the sword of "Yin Ren Dao" (A type of sword that is shaped opposite and cannot be used to slay people at all), and swore to protect the people with his sword. Thus instead of becoming Batossai the Manslayer, he becomes the protector, and has helped many people including the new Meiji government in stablising the country by quashing rebels, mostly formed by the former era swordmans who cannot embrace the new era.

Of course, in terms of calibre, I can never become like Kenshi in sword techniques. Other than a very basic degree of Japanese history (Which many contexts in the story are not very accurate but still acceptable) and the housework principle, I have learnt about the meaning behind what is wrong and what is right. This is stated in the (Friday, October 07, 2005 "Resting ..." and "Blogging") entry which I have blogged.

A very important point I have learnt, and that this keeps me open and a balance view. For I have vowed to find out the way of Balance.

Anyway, the "family" behind Kenshi like Kaoru, Yahiko, Sasuske, and Megi are not the real family, but a family that is formed by trust and fate. Friends are somehow very precious to us, and that I have set my own principles of, Thou shall value all kinships and friendships in my heart of law book. Kenshi Group merely consolidates and prove to me how important a family is, and that a wandering person without a home, friends and kins is a very sad hermit, and eventually die off without happiness.

Sometimes fate might seem to betray us which is not true. Manyatime, it is our choices that is "betraying" us, and therefore a lousy fate is always caused by ourselves and not an excuse of "Heaven or fate is being very unfair to me". Fate simply follow our instincts to span out how the future will be. Kharma in Buddhism and Hinduism follow this principle but unfortunatly, Kharma sometimes is very inflexible and therefore people will choose to hate it.

Therefore flexibility is a way to go behind the engine of Balance, which is also the symbol of Libra.

Many to learn ... Life is a long long path ...

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P.S: I have added an "Add-on" in the Gai Sensei and Rock Lee section blog entry just below. Feel free to read on what I have thought of luck and what Gai perceives luck as ...

Rock Lee and Gai Sensei (What I learnt about)

(The above 2 pictures are from http://www.animegalleries.net/category/62)

Rock Lee

A Genin level Ninja, he is a Taijutsu specialist and Gai's student. Incapable of using NinJutsu or GenJutsu, he spent all his time and concentration on Taijutsu. It is because of this determination and hard working ethic that Lee has become an outstanding Ninja. When in heated battle, Lee removes the extremely heavy weights he wears on his legs. This vastly increases his already amazing speed. After using his trump card and specialty technique, the Extreme Lotus for the first time against Gaara, Lee's body was so beaten up that he could barely even move, yet even after his left leg and left arm were both completely pulverised and he fell unconscious, he still stood up to prove his ninja way. However, because of all of the damage done to his body during the battle, he was told by the Leaf Village medics that he would be unable to live as a Ninja any more. He would not give up and, even with his torn and unusable body, continued to try practicing.

Maito Gai

Sporting very thick eyebrows, an exceedingly unconventional persona and a very shiny haircut, Gai is a jounin(The high rank of Ninja) who is the rival of Kakashi and the sensei of a team consisting of Rock Lee, Neji and Tenten (though he has, by far, bonded with Lee the most- it was under Gai's guidance that Lee started tapping his potential at all, having been subpar in all ninja categories up to then). Gai tends to appear accompanied by Nin-kame, a gigantic redturtle (his summon), and has several weird mannerisms- including, but not limited to Giving the thumbs up and smiling with teeth so white they give the proverbial "ting". Punching Lee for various reasons and immediately bursting into tears and hugging him, and generally over-reacting, even by anime character standards.Gai claims to have a record of 50 wins and 49 losses against Kakashi, but it is hinted that many of those wins might be in games of Rock, Paper, Scissors rather than in actual battle. He believes that "hard work without believing in yourself is worthless".


Above two characters bios, I have gotten from "http://narutodownload.com/".

These 2 characters are very interesting fellows, and if in real life, will have become my best friends.

I have learnt many things from them. "Great people", like Kakashi,Nenji (White Eye Boy) and Sasuke (Person who possess Sharugan eye), who are widely acknowledged as a genius, admired by many and feared by enemies. They possessed talents and intelligence in their field, the Ninja techniques, and are also gifted with unique traits (like their eyes, although Kakashi is not bornt with yet obtain one Sharugan by a twist of fate).

These 2 people have many sayings that inspire me much. I am not that great as a person, but neither am I that lousy. However I have many occasions when I am pretty down and out, yet I learnt many from these 2 people (And this is why I like Naruto Manga so much).

Sayings like, "hard work without believing in yourself is worthless". This is the word, Gai Sensei tell Rock Lee. Rock Lee is a very determined person, and he is always teased and ostracised by his fellow comrades as unlike other Ninjas, he can only use physical techniques of Ninja but not Hallucination and Ninja techniques. Nonetheless, with great determination and willpower, he become one of the feared opponent for his speed and physical techniques.

And Rock Lee is lucky to meet Gai, who encouraged and inspire him for his ideas.

Though both bring laughter to many and viewed as eccentric for their over-reacted and exaggerated action, I still like both of them. As both possess the 3 laws of what a Man should be.

What I learnt - The Never Say Die attitude, the Genius concept (I have written in my blog in the earlier entries and before) and the ×ÔÎҹ涨concept[In Chinese, pls open Chinese software to view the words] (Or the concept of Setting harsh agreements to one self).

The concept of setting harsh agreements to one self is not unheard of, but not many people including me dare to follow this all the time, as we fear the harsh punishment that we do not want to undergo and the concept of pragmatism and praticality kicks in (Like Many Singaporeans.)

Gai Sensei says that setting harsh agreements is tantamount to punishments for a wager or a duel, and that, this will allow the duelists to do his best so as to elude the hellish punishments, as this is the same as everything is at stake and that the duelists are pushing himself to the desperated end by setting extreme conditions and stakes. By pushing one self, the best of the person is exposed. Even if the person lost the duel, and have to do the gruel stakes he set for himself, there are advantages. First, the gruel stakes normally involve physical like 500 push-ups at one go, or sommersault 500 times, and this can train up the physical aspects of the person while fulfilling the punishments.

And other than using the chance to train up, the best in you is forced to show up.

But of course, this concept must be equipped wth the right courage and valour. And the person must put up with the humiliation of being ridculed when doing punishments or when losing. Of course, the person must accept the wager, and fulfill punishments when lost. A person who goes back on his words indiscriminately is not a real man at all.

I viewed myself as being witty and not cunning as I want to be a good and true Man. Like the above great people whom I have shown. I believe that I cannot be that steady and straightforward like Gai and Lee, but I will always remember the principles I have learnt from them.

At occasions, I am sometimes even being ridiculed for my folly and stupid actions. And also, in retrospect, from the earlier entries in my blog, I have also talked about the working hard and smart. I have to work doubly hard because simply I am not endowed with the good fortune of a gift. And so, working hard is very relevant to me though many people may laugh it off. People may study 1 time and become a professor. I know I definitely cannot do it, but I will work doubly hard, and study 4,5 or even 6 times. Of course, working smartly then kicks in. Thus, in this, I have learnt the values from Rock Lee especially, with the "guidance" from Gai.

So, somehow, Gai and Rock Lee's blood flows in me.

But yet, my dream, targets and character are still very closely linked to Shikumaru ...

The first 2 people I have introduced in imparting good principles and values to me. ...

Many to come .... :).

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(Adds-on)

Ah Gai also once said a very important thing that hit me very deeply. He said, "In terms of strength between people, Luck actually plays a great part in establishing who is better ..."

What he said is actually very correct. Though it is very wrong to throw your life and fate entirely to luck, it is a fate that a good probability coupled with a lady luck is very important in determining whether you will be on a higher end ... A good wits and strategy merely helps you to rise higher, and a super bad luck will render all your wits useless.

There are many examples that happen to all of us that do not need to be spelled out. Therefore, acknowledging that good luck, good conincidences, and a good probability will allow someone to become better, is a must for me. But like the principle of survival, you cannot just depend on food and other basics to survive. What about shelter and clothing ???

These are the comforts that we must have although the intensity will depend on how posh we want to be. This is why, I will treat luck as my clothing, that is part of our survival. While strategies and wits and action possess the principles of surviving. "Moral" will become the definition of whether the means we get for surviving smells good, or filthy. and "Moral" is tantamount to choices, the choices we make, in life.

While fate and destiny becomes shelter. Fate and destiny also means circumstances, and eventually leads to environment. Many people may perceive this as a slippery slope argument, but in certain prospectives, they are one. Environment and circumstances means shelter literally. And shelters influence your choices. And also the building up of the characteristics. Of course, certain choices also vary depending on the ideology instilled or created and the willpower of the beholder.

From the above, the "survival" simply means winning in a duel (No matter from a small competition to a big battle). It is impossible to "win 100%" mathematically, that means not losing anything at all. [To be lame, even playing scissos, paper, stones, when you win, you still use up your effort via energy and time ... (Lame! Diao!)]

To analyse how I should live, and how to win a very small and insignificant duel is very unnecessary and even perplexing. But this is a way, to show how complex I can be, or whether I want to be complex at all. I can also prefer Occam's Razor, to think simple and easy. In manyatime, Cool and Easy wins the game.

This is the add-ons, I have just garnered while pondering over Gai's insights on luck as a vital factor in terms of strength.

The insights I gained are wonderful, and help me eradicate misery. And unlike Science, which solve one question, but to produce many, I think philosophy and religions are the ones that put a full stop to certain infinites that will cause our brain to explode and unnecessary stress and mental anxiety.

Sometimes, putting full stops are imperative, as it gives us time to see whether we are on the right tracks and even spending the time asking whether the precious time we have are put to good use. Just imagine, looking at an essay without full stops ...

So much for thinking again ....

[Adds on done at 1500 hrs on Nov 14 Year 2005, Monday]

Anime ...

Naruto !!! Yo ... GoGo ...


Pokemon Anime (Up to Pokemon Generation and Advanced)



Samurai X (Himura Kenshi)


Yu-Gi-Oh

Hikaru

Full Metal Alchemist (FMA)

Inuyasha



These are all the anime and Manga, I have watched. Amazingly, all of these products are Japanese. When can Singapore ever produce this type of top-rated anime ...

All the anime talks about friendships, rivalry, principles and values ... And The main characters in these anime, are Man of Valour, Man of character and Man of principles ...

I have learnt much and these have actually allowed myself to become the person I wanna be.

Kudos to all of these Manga's creators and people working ... !!!!!

(For many of the entries after, I will input what I have learnt from many different characters in these manga. Of course, other than these, for the English side, I do watch Marvel Series of animation... But of course, Japanese are still better in this aspect, I guessed)

Shikamaru (Testing of the uploading ...)

This is my favourite Naruto character ...

[Haha ... Finally, I am very happy, that the uploading works. Actually, it is easy, it is just that I am so stupid, not to notice that I can just simply add up using blog. Though I have signed up for photobucket. It may prove useful, as long as I can put pictures in the net, and not in my blog.]

[Anyway, thanks Tara for her recommendation ....]

Shikamaru, my favourite Naruto character. This is a personal blog, and I believe I got this picture from the Naruto Fans.

Shikamaru, Why? Why not other great people like, Kakashi, Rock Lee, Ah Gai Sensei or even Naruto himself. (I just don't like Sasuke, he gives me a feeling of a haughty person though he is an Innate Genius) Obviously, it is because I am like Shikamaru in almost all aspects.

Well, for one of the similar thing like him, I do not like trouble, the necessary or voluntary though my principle that I must rise to the occasion, when there is a big thing happening or when I am needed, still stands. I hate trouble, trouble makers, bastards who create trouble. Or any other mudane or even small things that are troublesome and cumbersome.

For another thing I might be facisimilie of him is that, I do not like to be a leader or want to be a leader. It is not that I am chicken, but that I just do not like the responsibility and the attention. But I do adhere to instructions, or even forcing and impeachment. This is why, on certain occasions, I am still a leader afterall, though I am relunctant, but I still do my job well enough. But, if I can avoid, I will love to, as I feel that I am not a leader by myself. Or when forced to, I will feel that I am not bornt to be leader, and therefore imbued with a sense that I am like a puppet in a play, forcing to do things against my own will, in the name of fate.

And another thing, I understand that I am not bornt that well in my physical aspects. I am tall, but average-built. IN sports, I cannot achieve the best. And so, I look to other aspects and that will be using the brain and strategies to increase my winning chances when the occasion arises. Though I dare not say that I am that powerful compare to Shikumaru's startegies and battle ploy, I do always make use of strategies to calculate and predict. What I particularly, like is the ploy within ploy. That means, when dealing with smart people, letting obvious ploy be apparent to them, so that they will let their guards down in other aspects, allowing a second ploy to work. Ploy within ploy within ploy, will be the harder one of course. All these require good calculations and estimation and an in depth knowledge of human psychology. And of course, sometimes, fate play a trick, or simply that person is too lucky, that the ploy within ploy cannot work, because of certain choices he/she makes. And not that I purposely plot, for my principle is I do not plot against others (As it is very troublesome and tiring), but prevent others from plotting against me (Of course, I hope to be very neutral).

Other subtle analysis, I have also found out that like Shikamaru, I belong to a very neutral type, that means, I am not very well-liked by everyone, but I can confirm that for all the people who know me, they are not my enemies. In fact, I hold many secrets, that I am sometimes called a "Swiss Bank".
In life, there are 3 types of people. One, a person with great charisma, for what he does, when he appears, everyone simply like him, and look up to him. 2nd, a neutral person. And 3rd, simply outcast, and I am sure everyone knows this.
These caracteristics are dependent on circumstances, and to be which types of people, it is judged by when most of the circumstances, you are.
For me and Shikamaru, no one likes us, but people do not hate us, and which is very fine for me, as I hate attention, manyatimes, I still get attention in one way or another. To be neutral, yet if there is a mission, we can be relied on, and do our best, however much troublesome the tasks are.

The last aspect is of course about the life I want to live. Like Shikamaru, I want to live a peaceful life, marry a kind lady who is not so pretty, and not so ugly (For I do not want that much attention yet be neutral). Do my best until certain age, and find some place to live, and get to see the nature and the clouds everyday. Drinking tea, play all types of chess with a friend who love chess as much as me, eating some snacks, and be carefree throughout, with no woes. Shiok man. I believe I can live like this, and I will have no regrets. Hah ...

Of course in other aspects, like my background, is perfectly skewed from him. For he has an orthodox Ninja techniques that is passed down from his earlier generation.
For me, I am just an ordinary child, who believes that even if I will to pass a legacy, I will be the beginner, the starter for my future generation.

But I do like interesting characters like Naruto, Rock and even Ding Zhi (The fat guys who always eat).

In my life, my close friends are like them. But definitely, we may not be that apparent, but at least we are not outcast.

My principles of "4 oceans worldwide, all are my friends" will not change, regardless of religions or races.

In fact I am proud to have a "personal law" in my heart, for all the influences (I refuse to comment whether it is bad), I might have gone into smoking and drinking ....

Now, I am thinking of doing big things, which has the least troubles, (But yet, there always troubles around, hai~~~).

So much for comparing ... ... LOL :).

And btw, I have got many names wrong for the Naruto Manga characters whom I have inputted into the blog. Hahaha ... But at least I found out the real and official name now. (The mistakes caused due to the fact that I watch Naruto show in Chinese and not Japanese or English ...)