Never bet more than you are willing to lose

Never bet more than you are willing to lose. It is one of the codes I live by.
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I talked to my father about the website that I want to open and all I get is a repeated message; study/work harder lah, you already isn't spending much effort in your work. With this kind of thing going on for you, you'll probably just spend even less efforts on work/study.

I gave up trying to convince him that his worries are unfound. He just can't be bothered with me. (I suspect it has something with his life element and mine; he's jin (金=metal/gold), while i'm shui(水=water). It is only natural that 'metal' shapes the way water goes, and not the other way round...similarly, he shapes the way i go and fixes my course near-permanently...).

On the other hand, some people have a business on their own which is already dying.
But these people are not having enough trouble with the current factory yet, so they are gonna open a new factory in some rural areas of China.
It will be built on a piece of arable land, which should be outright illegal by Chinese laws.
With 'paid-help' from corrupted high court officials, there will be no breaking of laws.
And what can be wrong when a person lacks something called conscience?

Looking at the plan, these people is going to get a 150% return out of the few hundreds thousand dollars that they are putting in. If they don't, they'd still earn by having the land under their name and leasing out to other people.

Sounds all too good right? So they signed the contract with the local village manager and local court officials, paid up a few years rent and 'other fees'. But after checking with a reputed mainland lawyer, they were told that the contract they have gotten is actually not valid in law. Whats going to be happen?

God help these idiots -_-;;;

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Source of education

Of all the sources that can teach me things, teachings/lessons from friends are most pleasant and rewarding. Not to mention its easiest to recall too...

Can I learn something from everyone?

"The water moves better when someone/something pushes it to."

Water Elemental

If you have been wondering about the 'water' thing that I'm so crazy about recently, I'm talking about my life. I'm a shui-ming person, which translate to water-life. That means I follow characteristics of the shui-ming people.

Most of the characteristics of such people are like water; free flowing, easily shaped and can be very helpful to a lot of people.

I had a dream last night. I was standing on the dam and it was almost overflowing. I saw a cup on the table and si-fu was sitting there. He pushed the cup over and the water poured out of the cup. The water hit another cup and the course of the water was changed, hitting the side 'walls' of the mahjong table.

"Weak water will not travel far. You won't be able to go straight as there are many obstacles in your path."

"Do you know the power of the still water holds here?"

The dam gates broke free and a gigantic wave of water crushed the village walls and houses below , without mercy or hesitation. Nothing stopped it.

"Hold the water... stay still and strike at the right moment..."

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I know what the dream is trying to tell me; I have not practiced my qigong for a very long time. The water is weak and it needs to be held; so that it will stay in shape, then be strong and unstoppable one day...

Maybe I sound crazy to you guys... but I can feel that its true.
The 'watery characteristics' are in me and I know what I should do to become a better person...

The water will lie still in the mountains and be held by the dam...