olympics, derivatives and da lian.

sometimes with so much buzz going on about a specific world event or controversy, i find it hard to blog upon the issue as gajillions of other writers have already beaten me to the punch.  i'd then need to peruse through everyone else's comments before finding my own personal perspective.  but today, while staring at the massive 10 year old girls-choir during the closing ceremony of the olympics, it hit me like a ton of bricks. 

i will now blog on the olympics along with some other topics.

for me, going to hostess ktv, is an occupational hazard.  an occupational requirement.  an occupational edge.   i find myself frequenting these service-oriented beverage-induced establishments quite frequently and internationally.  whether it's a brothel out of a chow yun fat movie or a victorian style ktv ala rush hour 2, whether it's in china, or indonesia or in singapore or in macau...these women that line up for 'service' are all from mainland china, imported on visitor visa's working night in and night out.  it's funny cuz everytime u ask where in china they are from, it's always "da lian"....so it had me thinking

what if you took a trip to da lian.  would it turn out to be like the matrix?  human farming for the sole purpose of ktv chicks?  if u went straight to the source, would she end up being a hot slutty mom wearing a high slit qi-pao genetically engineered for obedient and aesthetic pedigree breeding?  as there is no chinese translation for "human rights" in china, it doesn't sound too far fetched does it?  if da lian went IPO, would you buy it?  seriously, what scenario would cause this stock tumble?  it could easily perservere through a credit crunch.  it could easily persevere through a monetary crisis....but what if there was an "OUTBREAK"

that's when the next topic comes to mind.

i spent a good amount of time reading up on carbon trading over the weekend.  that led me to do some research on the world of "weather trading".  weather derivatives are created by financial institutions for companies adversely affected by weather to hedge that risk.  essentially, there will always be someone on the other side willing to take that bet.  (it just so happens that my buddy's sister is the one creating all sorts of weird scenario's for derivative trading)....so how about this one? 
"if obama was elected and visited china, and swung through da lian, how would that change china's ktv industry knowing asians prefer light skinned petit chinese girls."  HAHAHA.

seriously, how does one get into this kind of derivative scenario group?  how does one get into non-mainstream occupations?  do you sit there and watch the olympic highlights and wonder, what in blazes drove u to get into synchronized swimming?  how do you get into dancing with a bowling ball on the gymnastics floor?  i mean, with all your choices out there, how does drive and determination and 43 billion dollars of beijing olympics equate to lifelong training of artistic water treading?


PS.  i know im going to hell.  i correlate girls choir with hostess ktv.  outta control.