Oooohhhh, I'll definitely keep silent while the game is on, I know when to keep my lips zipped! Now, do you need another beer? Chips?
When the game is over.....well, that will be a different matter!

You'll be surprised that in some seemingly patriarchal families...... the men work, provide financially, never lifts a finger in the household chores, is served hand and foot by the women of the house, and by his children too..... but behind the scene, his woman actually has him wrapped around her little finger! (ok...before you start firing at me, read back, I said 'some')

Anyway, there must be some substance to the age old saying 'behind every great man, there is a great(er) woman'!

If he makes me happy, I would bring him the beer anytime when he is watching his football game, even pour him coffee and serve him breakfast as he pore over his papers, and remove his shoes when he flops on the sofa exhausted from whatever he had been doing.

And I would think he would be happy in turn to bring me a glass of wine as I flop on the sofa after a hard day of work, wash the dishes after our meals, and carry me to bed when I fall asleep on his lap while he is watching his football game.

You have the power to decide and chart your own path..... if you have to ask and say it out loud, you have already relinquish your own 'power' or diminish it somewhat.

So, if you want to preach it that way..... go practice it, and it can be reality.

We all have had our fair share of dumping and being dumped, and being admired and also having to say 'no' and said 'no' to ..... so, it is something we have to learn to cope or we will all be 'very very bruised'.

So, take it slow and steady........ get to know a person more, allow the person to get to know you more. Don't rush it!

I have just the right thing for your bruised heart!

Ok....I don't get it! What is it that you actually want..... a patriarchal or a matriarchal system!

When it is a patriarchal system, you lament that women are not given equal rights and that women are being over sexualized, have to remain primary caregivers, do more housework, etc etc.

In a matriarchal system, do you expect the men to undertake the care giving, housework, cooking and still bring back the dough, or are the women taking over the financial aspects as well......fully?

I would think if the man is stronger and sole breadwinner....by all means, let him rule. If the man is contented to stay at home and let the woman be dominant as she earns more, then it is a compromise that they can work at. With a compromise on who brings in the bread and who dons the apron strings........ problem solved!

Personally, as I am not physically strong....and who likes to struggle with financial woes...... I would say, let the men rule (or think they rule)! Just bring back the bread and the dough, and I will be happy to tend to the children and the house.

Happy belated birthday, Torgo!
Sorry for the 'belated'..... I've been a bit slow lately!

Haven't heard about this..... if it is, it should be in the travel guide or advisory.
Anyway, I'm not from China and don't live in China..... but my mum was. She was among the boat people who fled China with her mum to reunite with my grandfather in Malaysia sometime in 1930s. I am a Malaysian Chinese.

When a Dutch friend came to Kuala Lumpur for a work stint from Singapore where he had been working, he was traveling with a Canadian. He asked if his friend could spend a night or two at our place. I settled them into a room, told them where the bathroom were, asked them to make themselves comfortable and be ready for dinner.

They took turns to take their shower..... the Canadian took his bath first, then my Dutch friend went in. He came out and apologized profusely...... the friend had immersed himself in the bathroom water reservoir, similar to the one in this pic and there were soap suds all over. I don't know how he got around to explaining to his friend....hehehe!


[This is not an over-sized bath! It's basically a reservoir to be used by everyone in the household, so it's not for bathing in directly!]

It is even worse here....... and I can't even voice it out, lest I get hauled in.

Yeah.... I know what you mean, all that blaming, I can't stand it either, so, I'm sitting down!

For once, I agree with you..... but it is 'definitely'..... obama's fault!

CARS...... definitely the fast ones!

I like the build up..... slowly at first! With the pace growing and growing.....steady pace.... then picking up speed..... wait, stop!!

I need to stop to smell the roses occasionally.....take a breather, so to speak.

OK..... seriously, it is still as I said above! No point rushing it, or it will come fast and go fast.

No! But apparently our PM and he 'may be' friends!
Yeah....you could say 'it's obama's fault too'!

The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.

The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE,[1] were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.[2] Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.

Because....... God say???

It's his passion to 'hate and blame' Obama! Silly, but sort of cute the things he can dig up to say 'it's Obama's fault!

It's the same the world over.... we place the blame on our country's PM too! Even the potholes that appear miraculously every time it rains, it is our PM's fault!

Mmmmmmmmm....... nice piece!!!!!