New dictionary

If a man tells a woman "this is good for you, that is bad for you", it is called caring.

If a woman tells a man "this is good for you, that is bad for you", it is called nagging.

If a husband tells his wife "don't come back too late", it is called concerning.

If a wife tells her husband "don't come back too late", it is called controlling.

Spider

Today, I met my neighbour "Spider" in my room. As my window was open, the spider wrongly assumed that it was welcomed. I was shocked and also a bit scared when I saw it because it is so big -- as big as half of my palm.

People always judge other people or creatures by their look. For example, when you see a small rabbit, you may think that it is cute and lovely even if it is known that rabbits are tricky animals. For another example, when you see a lion, you may think that it is violent and cruel, but lions have good family values among animals. 

Although I know that judging the spider by its look is unfair to it, I had to invite it out by catching it in a plastic bag and then put it outside. On my balcony, I found that the spider net had been destroyed by the rain. So au revoir, my spider.

Spider net

Today, I found a spider net on my balcony. It is only visible when you face a tree and look up. No wonder I have never noticed it through my window. The net is very thin and looks quite new as there is no dust on it. For many people, spider nets indicate that the place has not been cleaned for long time and the first cleaning job is to remove it. But I did not. If spiders catch mosquitos, they should be my friends. So why not let them be my neighbours. 

Human beings always talk about being equal, talk about animal rights, etc. But it is very hard to achieve. I personally like spiders more than mosquitos so bon appetit to spiders.    

Personality determines forture

Motto in Texas

I visited a friend in Texas in the southern U.S. two years ago. In her house, I saw a motto:

Work as if you do not need money;

dance as if nobody is watching;

love as if you have never been hurt.

She told me that it is quite a popular local motto. Yes. From the motto, I can smell the care-free air in Texas.

Manners

I have had such a dream for a number of times:

"It was a luxurious buffet. I saw a lot of food I like. But we had to wait for the rest of the guests to arrive before we could start. I stared at the food and waited and then woke up."

Each time I woke up like this, I blamed myself, "It is in a dream. It is safe to do whatever I like as there won't be any consequence to face. Why care about manners. Just go ahead and eat. Don't be silly next time." But each time, I was still unwillingly waiting in my dream. I think sometimes people care too much about their manners than what they really want.

Yes. I just had such a dream last night.

Housework

When I was very young and lived with my parents, I always heard working women complaining about the burden of doing housework. So each time my dad asked me to either study or do housework, I chose to study because it seemed to be a much easier and less boring task. Although I did not do much housework at home, at that time in China, students were supposed to take turn to clean classroom themselves. So I did some cleaning in school before.

When I live oversea, I have to do some housework myself. To my surprise, maybe more advanced cleaning facilities and detergent have emerged, doing housework seems to be a very easy task. It turns out to be a great pleasure to see the kitchen and bathroom shine in few minutes.

What motivated me to write today's blog? I just realised that I could be a plumber as well -- unblocking the blocked basin and bathtub in few seconds. Well, I think everybody can do that. Only the person, who did it for the first time, feels so proud of herself.