Monday, June 23, 2008

The multiple states of 倒霉

It just occurred to me that there might be 3 major levels of 倒霉 or being unlucky.

Level 1- The Ships passing through the sea level: It happens, it makes you feel mad and that’s it.

Level 2- The broken record level: It happens, it makes you feel mad and, just when things get better, something new happens again to make you feel mad again.

Level 3- The ultimate 阿Q level: To reach this level, you first experience the combination of level 1 and level 2 for an extended duration of time till you are so very 出神入化 in a defense mechanism rooted solely on 阿Q 精神 (e.g., What, DHS? You don’t even know about 阿Q 精神 ?) lol

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