review: lunch break at SOHO Exchange, Shanghai

was recently inspired to write a new blog post. with hopes to make it more useful have decided to create a review post. unfortunately i havent seen any new movies or played any new games lately, so i'll be doing a review of my lunch experience today.

1) Leave Office
not much to say as i was distracted by my phone, didnt really notice any of my surroundings. 低头 to the max. did however manage to feel the warmth from the sunlight. overall pleasant experience.

2) Walk Around 久光
usually crowded especially during lunch hour so i dont recommend 低头ing while indoors. typical person walking in Shanghai either 1) doesnt watch where theyre walking or 2) walk wherever they want. in both cases they dont care where YOU are walking, so you will need your awareness with you otherwise you'll unpleasantly bump into someone.

3) Food (Taiwan Bazaar 台湾集市)
a little booth in the basement floor of 久光, ¥24 for a 卤肉饭套餐, set meal of braised pork rice with a pork/radish soup loaded with 2 pork balls + ¥10 for some 盐酥鸡 salt fried chicken. decent cost for good food. considering there's no legit Taiwanese food in Shanghai it actually tastes as close as it gets. limited seating, set up kind of like the corner of a bar table and bar stools. not the most comfortable but most people who are there just eat and leave, not the best place to hang around after youre done.

4) Return To Office
walking back i took another path around Jingan Kerry Center. more grass and green in this path bundled again with the soothing sunlight feels pretty good. unfortunately along this path there is an Abercombie & Fitch store with its usual pungent smell of six-packs and junior sex.

probably the most useless and irrelevant review to anyone but at least i managed to use up a few minutes of my otherwise doing fuck all time. cause thats all that matters right, me wasting time, cause honestly who the fuck is gonna read this shit. okay. PEACE OUT

LIES

the other day someone said i was a really good liar, and good at making excuses. some people say Libras overall are good liars, and i can see that. successfully lying is all about reading the other party, by doing so you'll know what kind of lie will work, and what wont. is the person vulnerable to a lie, or is he not. and most important, whether the lie is even necessary. in my opinion, no one is better at reading a character than a Libra, which makes them excellent liars.

i wont deny, i am i good liar, but that doesnt really mean i lie all the time now does it. it got me thinking about the whole ethicality of lying, when is it okay for one to lie and when is it not.

some people lie for their own gain: "yes im rich, let's have sex and i'll share my wealth with you"
some people lie cause they dont wanna get in trouble: "no i didnt eat your last cookie, maybe the dog did it"
some people lie just to spite others: "yea dont talk to him, he has AIDS"

then there's the white lie to avoid conflict and hurting others: “you look great in that dress!”

not gonna say im a saint that never lies, but i do take a lot more considerations before making one. my motto around lying- "no harm, no foul". and remember, a joke is not a lie, a joke is a joke. if you cant tell the difference then you better learn or people are gonna think you have no sense of humor and stop hanging out with you.

have a look at a very simplified flow chart of considerations when urged to lie, it might help in understanding a bit better (does not apply to people who lie just for the hell of it).

seems like a lot to consider, especially if youre on the spot and need to lie quickly or you'll get caught. part of being a good liar is instinctively knowing these steps and making a quick decision, or playing out a conversation beforehand and planning out an appropriate lie.

well to sum up, guess what im trying to say is, just cause im a good liar, doesnt mean i lie all the time... or is that a lie? HMMMM???