So today, in this article I want to talk about life, my version of life. I am not a Christian, I am not a Muslim, and I am not Shaman either. It is because having no religions is better. I will explain why later.

 

Anyway, life is all about happiness. They come and go. You can’t just be happy. There are causes or reasons why you are happy. There are also reasons why you are sad as well.  An example is when one of your family members passed away. In situation like this makes you sad, lonely, and unhappy for a while. Why do we have funeral and said all these things to the dead person? Like “lord in heaven, please take good care of this person. We know that he/she is with you in heaven”. Well, we said it not for the dead person, but for the family member who’s left behind, to convince and make them believe that their son or daughter is really up in heaven with god. Even though we have no proof that God and heaven does exist. It is just a way of saying to comfort the family members so that they’re happy to continue with their lives.

 

Once you are happy, you seem to do better in life. Happiness is the key of living your life. Let’s say, at the age of sixteen. You’ve received your first pay check from your very first McDonald job. The moments when you looked at the paid amount, you’ve smile and “happy”. After that, you then keep going to work on time and hope that you will make more money, in which you will. But here is what I’m trying to say though. “When you’re happy, you’ve kept going to work on time”.  This is true about what I’d said on my first sentence in this paragraph. “Once you’re happy, you seem to do better in life”.

 

Ok so, remember the day when your parents first bought you a video game console? Do you feel like everything is possible in the household? I mean when your parents asked you to do something for them, and you did it right away. That’s because you’re so happy! Again, happiness is the key of life.

 

 

So why did I said, having no religions is better? Well, take a look around you and around the globe. Look at a person, a group, and a country.  The person, group, or the country that is very strict about religious. That person, that group, or that country is by far always behind on technologies. People are not born intelligent. We have to go to school and learn. We will have to learn from our mistake. We will have to learn from peoples who knew. Strict about religious is a very bad thing, because it is like a string that got your hands tied behind your back. You can’t do this, you can’t do that. You can’t eat this you can’t eat that, and many other things.

 

So when your hands are tied on your back, what can you do? Pretty much there’s nothing you can do. And if try to, they will beat you and possible they will kill you too. Look at Iraq and Afghanistan right now. What are the most powerful weapons that they had? I believed it’s the rocket launcher. That’s it. So do you think that they going to win the war? I don’t think so.

 

So when it comes to culture and religious. We must only keep what’s good and eliminate what’s bad.  For example, in our culture ( Hmong ). After the Shaman did his/her thing, and then tell you not to go out for 3 days? Don’t you think that within those 3 days, you could have done something that is beneficial to you and the family?

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What is Feng Shui? This is a simple question that can be difficult to answer. Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assure the health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.

Feng means wind and shui means water. In Chinese culture wind and water are associated with good health, thus good feng shui came to mean good fortune, while bad feng shui means bad luck, or misfortune.

Feng Shui is based on the Taoist vision and understanding of nature, particularly on the idea that the land is alive and filled with Chi, or Energy. The ancient Chinese believed that the land's energy could either make or break the kingdom, so to speak. The theories of ying and yang, as well as the five fenf shui elements are some of the basic aspects of a feng shui analysis that come from Taoism.

There are many Feng Shui tips for your home like, bedroom, living room, kitchen, doorway, and the color of your home.

Feng Shui Bedroom Tips


More video Feng Shui tips can be found at http://fengshui.about.com/

I do personally believed that if you implement these Feng Shui into your home, it will fefinitely make a change.

Good luck with your Feng Shui.
Kenji Chang

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When you think of mainstream Rap, not many Asian rappers come to mind, but the Far East Movement is hoping to change that. Comprised of four Asian Americans, the hip hop/rap/dance group is quickly building a fan following in Southern California.


Their infectious beats and energized music style is influenced by all types of music ranging from pop and dance to rock ‘n roll — think of their body of work as the dim sum of the music industry.

Not particularly weird or anything, we just thought it was cool and wanted to give notice to an up and coming group.

So far the Far East Crew has signed distribution deals in Japan and Korea, and have created an award-winning platinum album that broke sales records in Hong Kong.

Their popularity is growing in the United States – looks like America’s playing catch up to Asian trends yet again.

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In this interesting clip, a Japanese reporter visits a North Korea restaurant in China that specializes in high quality dog meat:

The restaurant specializes in dog meat dishes, and the reporter orders their most famous item: Dog Meat Galpi in a sauce with vegetables. It’s tender and not too bad.

The shot of the menu reveals the prices for dishes to be around 25 to 35 yuan (about 3 to 5 US Dollars), which isn’t so bad… for Chinese dog meat.

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There are many dangers of urban life but, up until now, getting executed for cell phone use was not one of them. This tragic event took place in North Korea where authorities captured, tortured and then executed a man for violating the country’s cell phone ban.

Jung, the man in question, was found guilty of calling a friend in South Korea.

He was initially captured by the police at his home and taken away. Soon afterwards, he was interrogated by police where he confessed about his phone activities. This included complaining to his friend about the terrible conditions in North Korea.

Soon afterwards, he was killed via firing squad for disobeying the law.

North Korea has stringent laws regarding cell phone usage. The authorities only allow folks to make national calls and even these ones are restricted to the Pyongyang area. Thus, there was a ban on making any international calls.

The state especially frowned upon any calls being made to its southern counterpart.

In the past, North Korea bigwigs have been known to roam the Chinese border in hopes of picking up cell phone usage.

In these cases, they were secret police officers who used cell phone signal detectors that in turn, which helped them pinpoint anyone chatting away on a cell phone.

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