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May 21 BLACK PEOPLE >>> WHITE PEOPLEBlack people >> White people I have a small bone of contention that I would like to throw out, and hear what you have to say.. With most of my blogs I type what comes to my fingers and dont go back and edit, so if my spelling is bad, grammer, if points are contradicting, or if you feel what I am saying is not right, then its your place to set me straight.. Ive noticed for quite some time now, how often in all forms of media relating to many different subjects, that people labeling is rampant.. Im curious as to whether this practice is at all needed. Only yesterday, reading a story in the newspaper that read as folows..
"Police have launched an inquiry after a 15 year old boy died outside his London school during an altercation with another young man" Blah Blah Blah with details of school location and the fact that it was a stabbing "Police have said they want to speak to a 16 year old BLACK boy in connection with the attack" REUTERS
My question... why was it necessary to state that the boy needed for questioning was black?? Why didnt they say that it was a young white boy that had died? Does it really matter to me or anyone else what color either of them were? It's in our face all the time that a Muslim, Native American, Black, Hispanic or any other non white, non majority race has does something negative.. Rarely would it be said that "white man stabbs white women", "white man caught with huge stash of drugs".... To continue placing these labels on our brothers and sisters will never allow for equality in all humans.. If someone has done something and if it needs to be reported, then it should be reported just that way... A man or a women has done blah blah blah... Yes, some might say, "then do we not disclose someones race when they have achieved a great sucess or something to be proud of?" I say "no, I dont think in these circumstances either". yes it may be great to hear that one of our underecognized muslim scientists have found a cure for cancer or a rich hispanic man has donated all his riches to a new hospital wing. I still feel this is stating or sounding as if its a big shock that it was accomplished by such a person and that WOW a minority raced perosn has accomplished something so great, when labeling has caused poeple to think that this is such a great feat in the first place.. No More labeling!! I'm sure i have done it myslef in the past, but will work to halt it, as we all should.. Someone has done something wrong or accomplished a great deed, that is all that needs saying if it needs saying at all. Lets work to implant in or childrens minds that we are all the same, HUMAN BEINGS, all cut from the same cloth. ME KONG May 09 update on life and a few new art piecesAN UPDATE AND A FEW NEW ART PIECES
Well i must say sorry for being a slacker and not getting online as often as i should. Thanks everyone for commments and visits, and hope everyone is well. As for the art ring ive done some looking and looks like it is going well, and i see there is alot of talent out there..... I havent worked on much and going to get some new canvasses really soon and hope for the mood... All else is good, was on holidays from march 3rd til April 17th, then worked a summer camp for 3 weeks and now have another 2 weeks off. Flying to Chaing Mai(city in Northern Thailand, on the 10th for 4 days as a birthday gft to myself. Last month i took the train to south of Thailand to an island on the coast of malaysia with some freinds and stayed for a week and then trained back. Was at home for 3 weeks and then went to an island (koh Samet)about 3 hours from bangkok for a week. there are pics here from that trip. Anyway not much else and will get back on track here very soon..
ciao
KONG (JOEY)
PS the last 4 pieces are my latest art pieces, ENJOY! April 15 ART RING"ART RING"
ABOUT MY ART
I am posting my "art work" here for the "ART RING" that we are all going to get going. I must tell you that I know nothing about art terms, names, techniques, absolutely nothing. About 2 Years ago a friend moved back to Hong Kong and didnt want to pack all of his art supplies up, so he left them at my place and said i should pick up the paint brush as it is good for relaxing and fun. I believe the last time i had a paintbrush in my hand was in elementary school and maybe again when i painted my bedroom a few years back. I have fallen in love with putting the paintbrush on the paper(most recently on canvass), but cannot explain any part of what i have done and have no names for the works(if i can call them that). I didnt know about paint types so my first ones have a mix of acrylic and water and some even some house paint:) hahaha.. And when I started I was painting actual pictures, which i found not to be what I enjoy, so started doing more abstract(correct term?) Anyway i hope you enjoy and love to have any feedback you may offer. One or 2 of the paintings on my entries are not mine, they are a friends. My works are in the photo section. Will add a few whenever I CAN
Oh yeah will post my collage work(term?) as soon iI take some photos
Joey A.K.A Kong
April 08 Appreciation*** Kong's thoughts!***ap·pre·ci·ate
ap·pre·ci·a·tion
DOES ANYONE EVER FEEL NOT APPRECIATED???? DOES IT EVER GET SO BAD THAT YOU DONT FEEL LIKE BE NICE OR DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS, AT WORK, HOME, FOR FRIENDS?? IS APPRECIATION, ONE OF THINGS WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT??
It's funny the things that come to your mind when you sit and let the old brain work..... This is the topic the old brain has brought forth today... I have had this building of frustration feeling that there have been many many times in my life that I may have been taken for granted and not apreciated.(likely as many of you probably have). Maybe I am too nice???? Should I not do so much for others??? Maybe this sounds selfish saying I need to feel appreciated but ........ when there is clealry a lack of it you come to feel used.... Its like many things it just chips away and chips away til there is nothig there. Maybe i have no right to say this and it may be a stupid subject, but being my space i have a right to say as i feel, and you have the right to respond as you like.. May be Im to soft and expect to much, but me expected this is no different then what poeple have come to expect from me, hence this blog..
For those of you that have no idea how to show appreciation, it can be very simple. As simple as a phone call, an TEXT message in the middle of the day with no other purpose then to say hey, or how are you?.. A email message even when you live nearby, a letter in the mail, a card, a hug, a kiss, showing up early for a visit as a surprise.... PEOPLE OPEN YOUR EYES...... ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE AND IT DOESNT REQUIRE THAT MUCH EFFORT!!!! A token gift, just doing something unexpected, just do something unexpected for someone to show them!!!!...........it can go a long way. We all surely have felt it at work, but its in our day to day life that it shouldnt happen. It doesnt have to happen all the time, just showing you appreciate someone once and awhile can mean alot to someone... At work, i know our bosses have alot on there minds but when we dont know that we are doing a good job or are unsure or we have put in a heck of week, wouldnt it make sense for them to show a tad bit of appreciation not only for their benefit to keep us going but mean it... in our day to day life, when you do sooo much for your freinds and in relationships its hurts and sucks when its like all that you do means nothing and isnt even noticed. im not sayin its everyone and all situations but sometimes it feels there is alot more times i am not apprecited or its not known then it being shown or felt..... I have been away from my hometown for many years now and many such instances have faded, but not completly, and I have alwasy wondered if maybe i did too much or was tryin to please everyone and not thinking of myself. Soul searching has actually helped me to realize this is a truth and its fine, I did what i did and dont regret being helpful or nice even when not appreciated just argghhhh, its feels so good to feel apprecited and feels sooo not good when your not.......... Even in my time abroad it happens in many situations so I'm sure it is happeneing to everyone. Im sure i will continue the way I have as I do enjoy doing for others, but I feel that a bit of bittereness has crept into me as well, surely not going to effect me, as i can handle it... Maybe i sound like I am whining, maybe i am:) Everyone try to be a bit more appreciative, its doesnt take much, it doesnt have to be all the time, and its one of the few things that can be a taken only as good.. KONG April 06 GOOD BYE MY LOVERJAMES BLUNT
"Goodbye My Lover"  Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown? 'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun, Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won. So I took what's mine by eternal right. Took your soul out into the night. It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care. You touched my heart you touched my soul. You changed my life and all my goals. And love is blind and that I knew when, My heart was blinded by you. I've kissed your lips and held your head. Shared your dreams and shared your bed. I know you well, I know your smell. I've been addicted to you. Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend. You have been the one. You have been the one for me. I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take. And as you move on, remember me, Remember us and all we used to be I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile. I've watched you sleeping for a while. I'd be the father of your child. I'd spend a lifetime with you. I know your fears and you know mine. We've had our doubts but now we're fine, And I love you, I swear that's true. I cannot live without you. Chorus And I still hold your hand in mine. In mine when I'm asleep. And I will bear my soul in time, When I'm kneeling at your feet. Goodbye my lover. Goodbye my friend. You have been the one. You have been the one for me. I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow. I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow. March 24 GUESTBOOKKongs guestbook
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Kong Blah Blah Blah VentingBlah Blah Blah
Well nothing to do, and bored so thought i would say hello Blog!!!!! Just finished watching the DVD "Red Eye" Its simply ....ok.... but felt it was a bit like a made for T.V. movie, Which is fine, but not such good quality, characters, looking realastic... which i guess is the way of many movies lately. Doesnt seem to be a whole lot of quality lately in movies. I just bought "Proof" "Capote" "Good night and good luck", "the constant gardener", and "North country". I am hoping that the rest of what i have bought has a little more substance and make me think a bit, and tell a bit of something.. I have noticed more and more international movies are on the scene and think its great to see.... In Bangkok we have a couple theatres that play mainly non mainstream movies and its hugely popular, escpecially with the great mix of nationalities living here. . Everyone gets used to seeing one way of thinking in the "blockbuster, MEGA movies" but i think its good to get a handle on foreign film makers and the product to open our eyes to other ways of living, and thinking... ... i find lately with Hollywood movies its all about the the images and the eye catching, which is great, and i do like to look at picture books but also like to get a story too. Just venting, and blah blah blahing cause when you need to vent you need to vent, right?? at whatever is there to vent about.:) hence this U.I. (useless information) blog. i know some might say that one should put your energies into positive things,and yes i agree, but nothing better then a good frustration venting over nothing about nothing importnat, for no other reason then this..... to say somethingl//whatever ever you want:) blalahh blah blah, lol have a good night everyone. i am done here going to bed. will submit something more positive, and informative soon:) but look on the bright side of my not so positve venting, you may save yourself a few bucks on a video rental by listening to me, although you should probably watch it and then come here to my amazing "SPACE" and give us all your opinions:) That's what this is all about, blah blah blah, lol really going to bed now, sweet dreams all. and blah blah blah!!:)
KONG March 20 THE UNEXPECTED THE UNEXPECTED by Kong
It's funny how sometimes the unexpected happens and it throws you for a loop and you dont know why your thinking a certain way about a certain person or thing. It comes in like a charging train and takes you by total surprise. You always assume you have control of how you think and feel, but than all of the sudden you have no control at all!! Your mind starts to make you do things you never thought in a million years you would do.... You react to situation in ways you never thought you would... You can be happier then ever thought you would... you think about why, what if, where more than you thought you ever would....you hurt in ways you never thought you would... you make decisions that you never expected you would.... you can be upset easier than you thought you could..... AND ALL UNEXPECTED!!!! Your mind can be totally absorbed by everything related to this new feeling. you try to bring your mind back under control, and you do, only to have it revert back to Auto polit. your way of thinking is sometimes altered, which can be good or bad, depending on how you look at it. I guess when something like this happens and your control is very little in the situation then go with it, you can only go forward.... If it's a good thing happeneing, enjoy it to its fullest, as it may not be around for long or you may regain control of your mind and see it in a different way again. If its a great thing dont try to gain control, as auto polit usually knows where its going, and rarely crashes and burns, let it happen for as long as it can.. If its a bad thing, work to overcome it, and regain control, but then look at it as a learnig experience, then wait for a similar expereicne again(as we all know will happen) and be better at dealing with it. IT ALL CAN BE HARD TO DEAL WITH, GOOD OR BAD, BUT IN THE END IT DOENST REALLY MATTER BECAUSE THE UNEXEPECTED WILL SURELY HAPPEN AGAIN....JUST LIKE THE SUN COMING UP EVER DAY THE MOON AT NIGHT.. March 17 The Name "KONG'S JUNGLE"OK OK, Forgot that i wanted to explain the name of my space. VERY SIMPLE!!! A special friend( I thought, heheh) thought that i resembled King Kong is some ways, while watching the film a few months back .soooo Kong was born...and has stuck around. I may sign off with Joey, but will try to make this my trademark, signing of as Kong, or king Kong so as a little adventure for us all, please blast me if I dont use my newest nickname(although still not truly sure if its complimentary...):) & (Isnt that nice, disguising the need for comments and responses with a little game, hehe) And remember ...... to alot of people King Kong is wonderful, loveable, beautiful, and a gentle giant....... Unless .........someone ticks him off, KEEP THAT IN MIND!!!!!!!!
 KONG first blogWell here it goes... Mr. computer sauvy.... "NOT", tryin out his first blog and my "SPACE" weheww!!! Had a to get someone special and truly sauvy to get me started and set up. Such a great little helper he is:) Thanks "PICE" .But I think it will be smooth sailing from here. This will be a great place for you all to start watching for my monthly or bi monthly , maybe weekly, bi-weekly:)newsletter from "LIFE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. I will keep the site updated with my latest tales of work, adventures, life crisis(which this year there has been a load and only in March!!!). Please be sure to coment when you can,correct any of my facts. Do not correct my grammer or spelling as my lack of knowledge is part of the "ADVENTURES" charm... haha, and it would take all day:) Anyway seems like long enough on the intro,and you can judge from this alone that I can be long winded.... so..... STAY TUNED, and HOLD ON!!!!!!! |
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