Good vs Evil: I was just sitting here pondering on the nature of Good and Evil (as ya often do) and have hit numerous roadblocks which I hope someone can help me out with.

What is Evil? Is it the act of doing something evil or merely thinking about it? Now, everyone has evil thoughts, that's basic human nature, but most of us try to avoid acting upon these impulses. IE-Robbing a store, punching out random people. So if it is the actual act of doing, then is it possible for an evil act to be perceived as good? Ok, so then evil is not finite, it's a perception...like love or beauty.

Q: If someone commits an act and it is perceived by others as evil, is it? What if someone commits the same act and it is perceived as being justified, but that person feels terrible for what they have done, is it still evil? Is it necessary or acceptable to be evil at times? Or is evil just the absence of good. Ah...but then what is good? Heavy, I know...any ideas?

I'm on the Internet! Again! I have recently been made aware of another website that mentions me, and since this blog is all about...well...me...I thought I'd give y'all the link. The International Street and Ball Hockey Federation has a few write ups and pics on HK ball hockey, including some of the exploits and conquests of both the HK Islanders and Nordiques. They are also kind enough to provide a calendar with information of upcoming tournaments that I will be competing in. Ok, so this is all cool and all...but what the hell does ball hockey have to do with Winnie Cooper (AKA Danica McKellar)? Absolutely nothing. She's just friggin hot. It's great to see that some childhood dreams never die. Oh yeah...Fred Savage is an idiot.

Well, my back hurts, my hands are blistered and raw, I have a cut on my knee that won't heal, one fingernail is hanging on for dear life, my eyes are stinging and I can barely lift my right arm to feed myself. And strangly...I've never felt better. Have I been hit by a bus filled with bikini models? No, but close...well, about the bus part anyway...the S.M.U.G.s training season has begun! Our team website has finally been updated as well so check out the pics in the gallery section of our site: www.southsidemassive.com Note to all: If you see a man closely resembeling me wearing the women's kit, it is not me. Not me. Ahem....

Well, here's a very original post: Silvan the captain (He calls himself the Admiral) of the Lichenstein Princly Navy (No, not a real Navy...just a Dragon Boat Team...but don't tell them that) got married to Mei his drummer girl on Dec. 2nd 2006. Now, Silvan being the dedicated paddler that he is decided that he wanted to meet up with the wedding party by getting paddled to Repulse Bay by 50 man Dragon Boat. The Navy was a bit short on seamen (yeah, yeah) so they asked SMUGs to lend a few able bodies for the day. Find me in this picture for 50 points. In short we paddled the big tub for about an hour before heading in for our Fosters reward. It was great seeing Silvan having such a great time out playing in the boat while the rest of his friends and family were waiting on the beach. Classic. Check out his personal site if you want a more complete description of the day: www.silvancolani.com/mainwww.silvancolani.com PS-It felt GREAT to get into a Dragon Boat again. I actually can't wait for the season to start! Yeah, I'm sure I'm a bit touched too. This day was also my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday Karl! Yes, we had a cheers to you.

Here is a beau-t-ful pic of Terry, Me, Duff (Joey Jerrimah) and Nick (The Crowe Bar) enjoying a few during the post tournament banquet at Amici. Thanks again to Juraj for setting up yet another fine feast and free drinks to help us mend our bruises (of both the physical and egotistical varieties).

November 11th marked the 2nd annual Mid-Autumn Cup. This year I got drafted by Gavin (Mrs.) Robinson and so was added to TEAM IRONHEAD. Here's a quick run down of the tournament: we basically got smacked in the round robin, but did manage to play a bit better every game. Keeping with that trend we managed to win in the quarter and seim finals only to lose to Jeff Wall's THE USUAL SUSPECTS in the final. Wait a sec...didn't my team lose to Wall and the Suspects last year? Damn.... if I didn't play with him on the NORDIQUES I'd really have to do something about that guy.

Round Tw0! Scarlet and her friend Walter invited Val and I to attend the Bier Fest once again. I though, "Hey why not? If they are going to pay our entrance fee we might as well go. We can get some good saussage, one free beer and leave before things get too hairy." WRONG! Not even the Late Mother Teresa could have escaped from that tent without wobbling. Val shattered the ego's of many an Asian male when she managed to ring the bell in the strong man competition. Doesn't she look great with that mallett? Thanks again Scarlet and Walter.

Bier Fest! - No, not the crappy movie. This was the real deal. Well, as close to the real deal as you can get outside of Munich...and in HK. Err...you get my drift. Swilling Steins of Lowenbrau out of wooded clogs, yodeling, trying to blow 20ft horns, and froliking with hundreds of HK locals as we all try derperatly to sing in German has become a Hong Kong tradition. All very surreal I tell ya. We went along with SMUGs and I believe won every contest we entered, except for one. It's the one time of the year that people think It's actually cool that I'm half German. Great food, great friends, great beer, great night, great God I'm glad it over for another year. Tikki-Takki! Takki-Takki! Here's picture of a semi-naked German playing a pot and spoon on his privates.

Rock-it! 2006 proved to be another interesting combination of musical styles. There were some awesome performances (Japan's Electric Eel Shock beating themselves down on the stage with their own guitars was err...scarily cool). The Academy rocked out at usual, Tom the singer climbed the staging and almost died - Ok, not really, but it was pretty good. Local band Fat Little Pig was hilarious, they had little jumps and "Hey, Hey's!" choreographed into their set. QuiHong, the heaviest Cantonese band on the planet were incredible, and the lovely ladies of The Shotgun She-Ras were foot-stompinly good. Other than these, there were some very ahem...different sets. Most notably a few that were so terrible that none of us could believe that they actually got a spot in the concert. Ie, The Spencer Douglas Band (dude, take singing lessons...Seriously) and headliner (WTF?) canto-pop singer Anthony Wong. Horrible, just horrible...even the locals who know who he was had to turn away and refill their beers. The thing that really confused me was that both nights of this "Rock" concert ended with Drum and Bass DJ playing to a spaced out crowd in the Tent. I felt out of place as I mistakenly left my Fubu gear, Skull Cap and whistle at home. I'll bring them next year if they managae to put on another Rock-it! (Dance-it! Perhaps?) Speeking of D&B DJ's here's a pic of me harrassing UK Club Legend - Goldie. Gotta get my caps done like that too. Wonder if my medical plan will cover it?

Wedding Bells! - Ok, not me and Jes, but a great wedding all the same. My good friends Paula and Eric recently tied the knot at the Old Orchard Inn in Kentville, Nova Scotia. It was a great day and I actually don't have anything sarcastic to say about it. Surprising eh? It was kind of a theme wedding though, as they (Ok, Paula) are Lord of the Rings fanatics. "Oh, what do you mean?" you ask. One of Paula's sisters played the Hobbiton theme on violin before the ceremony, they walked down the isle to another soundtrack song (really gotta ask which one, they'll kill me if they ever read this) and Gandalf made an appearance to deliver the rings. Really. One of her sisters came in just as the rings were asked for, everyone turned and, yup, there was Gandalf. Beard, staff cloak and all. Rather unexpected but a great laugh! Well, Cheers to the happiest couple I know! Picture to follow soon - It's taken me so long to post this as my useless HP laptop recently crashed (again) and I lost about 3,000 pictures forever. Arrk!

It's Official! Jessica Alba an I are engaged! Yes, I know this may come as quite a shock for some of you. I am heartfully sorry about being so secretive, but Jess asked me to keep things quiet about our relationship until now in order to postpone the inevitable media frenzy. That, and we both agreed that it would be near impossible to get to know each other and let our relationship grow normally if we were constantly bombarded by the media. I proposed on our recent week long gettaway to Boracay in The Phillipines. No, we haven't set a date yet but are looking at a having an intimate gathering next summer...probably in Hawaii. Details and invites will follow soon! Don't you all worry, she will continue acting after we are married. It would be pretty selfish to keep her ALL to myself now wouldn't it? Ahh...if only wishing on all those useless stars really did make dreams come true.

Nova Scotia: The Search for Paddling - Found! I can't believe what I found in my first week in Nova Scotia: The 9th Annual Manulife Dragon Boat Festival! Who would have guessed it? Since I was already in Halifax I decided to pop over to Lake Banook in Dartmouth and check things out. Next thing I knew I was adopted by "The Model Units" (Killam Reality...a fine group of people) and I'm helping to coach and giving them paddle tips. I had never paddled a DB wearing a lifejacket before but hey, what cha gonna do? NS is saftey bonkers! We ended up in the A Cup Final and finished 5th out of 70 teams. Awesome! Especially considering half of our boat had never paddled before. Most of the boats that beat us were paddling clubs and not corporate ones like us as well. Well done! Oh, I love being a ringer!

Oh Canada - My initial impressions upon returning to Canada never cease to amaze me. Damn, we gotta lotta trees eh? Can we send a little bit of this clean air to Asia? Please? I feel like I just quit smoking as my body adjusts to living in a non-hostile environment. Tim's really is that good, it wasn't just me being homesick. Give me a Double-Double on the double! Yes, people are very friendly in the Maritimes, I love it! With one glaring exception: What's with being so agro after a few drinks? I don't understand how such nice people can turn into rage-machines after consuming a few beer. That and I feel like a runt outside of Asia. 5'9" 185 lbs, really isn't that big is it? I keep forgetting.