dragontooth73
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LASur5er - I like it when I clock out and I know it's pau hana, but getting clocked out is never going to be acceptable. I think I ended up venting coz the majority of the situations I find hostility in, I have restraints (i.e. lawsuits, "civilized" behavior" etc) so even though I know pretty much what's the best way to take 'em down and disengage fast, it's everything leading up to that point that is so damn hard for a dumb keiki like me to read.
In this age of people going violent at the workplace (i.e. Xerox shooting) it's so much more important to figure out when them bad apples go coocoo ... wish things were simpler.
By the way senpai, your Japanese is pono No worries. My pidgin is about as rusty as (insert crap firearm of your choice here.)
fubsy - If I flamed on you then I am very, very, very sorry. I've had the utmost respect for your posts from day one. I'm not really proud of my family history in the way that it reflects on me. If the communists had left things well alone my dad's family would have carried on being silkweavers, my mom's would have been minor gentry. My uncles would have chased water buffalo in the fields, ridden motorcycles, done all those bucolic things we take for granted. Really makes me wonder how quickly people forget just because the Soviets are gone ... communists are still around. We pay for short memories.
fubsy, there's not much translated in the way of military texts, compared to what's out there ... try to get a hold of:
(1) "The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China :Wu Ching Chi Shu (History and Warfare)"
by Ralph D. Sawyer (Translator), Mei-Chun Sawyer (Editor)
(2) "Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel. Abridged Edition [ABRIDGED]"
by Kuan-Chung Lo, Moss Roberts, Luo Guanzhong, John S. Service
The first will make you completely up to date on pretty much the majority of classical Chinese military thought ... the second is the only readable translated edition of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" I have ever been able to find in English. You'll enjoy both. I grew up with the second ... it's like the Tales of King Arthur for Chinese kids ... Chinese politicians even today quote the people out of it, take their sayings and assume their roles.
I'm thinking of the implacable knight Zhao Yun as I write ... the centeredness he had in all his life. fubsy, thank you so much for reminding me of what's important.
everyone, thank you for your wisdom. try to get hold of the two books above when you can. You won't regret it
In this age of people going violent at the workplace (i.e. Xerox shooting) it's so much more important to figure out when them bad apples go coocoo ... wish things were simpler.
By the way senpai, your Japanese is pono No worries. My pidgin is about as rusty as (insert crap firearm of your choice here.)
fubsy - If I flamed on you then I am very, very, very sorry. I've had the utmost respect for your posts from day one. I'm not really proud of my family history in the way that it reflects on me. If the communists had left things well alone my dad's family would have carried on being silkweavers, my mom's would have been minor gentry. My uncles would have chased water buffalo in the fields, ridden motorcycles, done all those bucolic things we take for granted. Really makes me wonder how quickly people forget just because the Soviets are gone ... communists are still around. We pay for short memories.
fubsy, there's not much translated in the way of military texts, compared to what's out there ... try to get a hold of:
(1) "The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China :Wu Ching Chi Shu (History and Warfare)"
by Ralph D. Sawyer (Translator), Mei-Chun Sawyer (Editor)
(2) "Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel. Abridged Edition [ABRIDGED]"
by Kuan-Chung Lo, Moss Roberts, Luo Guanzhong, John S. Service
The first will make you completely up to date on pretty much the majority of classical Chinese military thought ... the second is the only readable translated edition of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" I have ever been able to find in English. You'll enjoy both. I grew up with the second ... it's like the Tales of King Arthur for Chinese kids ... Chinese politicians even today quote the people out of it, take their sayings and assume their roles.
I'm thinking of the implacable knight Zhao Yun as I write ... the centeredness he had in all his life. fubsy, thank you so much for reminding me of what's important.
everyone, thank you for your wisdom. try to get hold of the two books above when you can. You won't regret it