so i'll start a revolution from my bed

If there's one thing I can be sure I'll never do, it's smoke (well that and giving up beef)

My anti-smoking stance has nothing to do with morals or some warped sense of self-righteousness, it's actually quite silly. You see, I've been obsessed with basketball for the past 16 years. In my teens that's all I ever cared about. Like, literally. I spent my first paycheck buying Jumpsoles(specialized shoes that are made to increase one's vertical jump. I wore them for a few weeks and realized I'm Asian and not Black, so I gave up). I never got into smoking and avoided it because I didn't want anything that might possibly hold me back in the sport. I wanted to be as good as I could be and wanted every edge.

The obsession for playing basketball is finally starting to fade as I hit the old age of 27, so I've backed off on the "fuck smoking" stance the last year or two. But still, at this point in my life I'm not gonna suddenly feel the urge to join.

Anyway, I'm writing about this because I've been trying to sleep for the past two hours (have to get up early tomorrow for Up) but have been unable to because of this cough I have. I'm not sick, I never get sick. I'm coughing because I spent the weekend at smoke-filled venue next to smokers. And now I'm pissed.

"Don't worry, you only have to put up with smoking indoors for a few more days," you say.

Well no.

If there's one thing I learned from living in Chinese communities in LA, it's that Chinese people are the king of loopholes and breaking minor laws (most small Chinese restaurants in LA cheat taxes and don't report full staff. In College, Taiwan kids be applying for financial aid and then they drive a BMW...) And yes, most of the places in Cali that break the no-smoking law are Chinese karaoke bars or cafes.

Was reading SCMP today and there's a report that bars may turn a blind eye to the smoking ban if it's a paying customer. I'm not surprised at all.

Then I read another piece and one of the interviewees is this guy by the name of Jacob Bluhme bitching and moaning about the smoking ban.

"I hate the smoking ban," he said. "I've already encountered the ban in LA, Chicago and Singapore, Hong Kong is my last safe haven."

Oh boo-fucking-hoo! I've never met him but I want to slap him. Not because he's a smoker. But because of how ignorant he is. You see, most smokers actually are aware of the fact that they're an annoyance to non-smokers. This idiot thinks he's a victim because there's a smoking ban indoors now.

Oh don't think I'm siding with them over controlling anti-smoking groups though. I thought what they did to Coco Before Chanel's poster was a travesty, and this is just the epitome of folks having too much time on they hands.

By the way, thank you Marvin "REAL LAKER FAN" Lee for digging this up.

HAhahahaha my writing was so shitty back then. But damn I made good points. GP represent!