Back to Taiwan...

After 20 something hours of flight and bus rides. Finally I arrived home safe and sound. Soon I will head to Taipei for my tutoring meeting and it is great to see my friends again. Yesterday I just got my phone bills paid, so it is necessary to find some cash somewhere. It feels as if a new year has already started. Economy has been slow so I plan on lay low and stay low to sit out the bad weather...

Just recently the news reported that the previous President of Taiwan went to see a Tarot reader for card readings about the future for him and his family. It is rumored that "Death" was one of the cards he pulled and it was interpreted as actually death and extremely bad luck. All I have to say is that they have read the card wrong because by the book everyone who studies Tarot knows Death does not literally mean death itself or not even some kind of bad luck. It just means that a ending event cycle in life and maybe sooner than one knows, a new beginning.

Also the most popular way of card readings in Taiwan seems to be this "Ask a question and then pull a card" style. Has any of these readers actually learned about Tarot and maybe how to use a card spread? They love to claim how they have learned Tarot for more than 10 (or 20) years, but in this case the guy is merely in his twenties. Furthermore the lady who commented on this guy's reading took the opportunity and claimed herself a medium and psychic after she spent some quiet time in jail. All I can say is how brave they have become in these self serving claims. ;)

Anyway, let the rule of Karma take its own way. What goes around comes around. People might want to think more about those when they make certain moves in life...