...because I am no longer a procrastinator, it's time this place changes name :)
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Time...
I am trying to figure a way to archive optimal health by living my life in the most efficient way. My current time table is this
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Sleep: 5 hours
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Exercise: 1 hour
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Work: 10 hours
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Eating: 2 hours
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Hygiene: 1 hour
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Travel: 2 hours
total non-negotiable time is 21 hours. That leaves me with 3 hours for family, errands, helping homeless, family, facebook stalking, shopping, girls, blood donation, TV,…etc. On days with special events, i.e Oscars, Super Bowl, EPL, Formula 1,…..nothing gets done. It is hard to have a full-filling life if these aren’t given enough attention, but doing all is nearly impossible.
One solution I found is to be extremely wealthy. This will free up about 10 hours for me. But that option isn’t available for many. And it is also not 100% full-filling because most rich people still work full schedule, or full-er.
The alternative is to sacrifice a few years of your life by not sleeping or exercising. That probably gives you 6 extra hours to do choir, call a girl, etc…The only issue you might need to consider is you will slowly get fat and die.
The last approach, which is what I am adopting, is to work less, enjoy each days, and force my mind not to think about an increasing possibility and depressing picture of living on a card box when I retire.
Thoughts?
How are you today, friends?
-k
JC Penny scored !
I heard this song from the JC Penny ads last night while watching the 81th Oscar. Took me a while to hunt it down. It will be my welcome song for the time being.
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Movies...
Tomorrow is Oscar night. In the spirit of this most anticipated event of the week, I spent the afternoon at a coffee shop and came up with this list – it is a list of misconceptions about life you get from Hollywood.
Perseverance equals worthiness
No, working hard does not automatically lead to success. Gates can buy toys, sure, but when you have enough money you get so scared that you will lose it that toys become a secondary. You get into bed with a $10,000 escort only to find out that she’s a lot like your girlfriend. ‘Success’ is not what you thought it would be back when you were ‘unsuccessful’
There is someone you are meant to be with.
You aren’t meant to be with anyone, you are meant to live out your life chasing after toys and food then one day realize that it is time to get put down. That’s it. No mystery, no enlightenment around the corner, no sudden feeling with camera rolling around in circle like everything just makes sense.
Do what you love, follow your dreams, and finish what you start.
People don’t have dreams, people have fantasies – a sci-fi world in which everything works in their favor. Fantasies are popular and appealing because they are unrealistic. Follow your dream, or do what you love is like trying to fuck your Paris Hilton desktop wallpaper. It doesn’t work out the way you want it to, does it?
Good guys always win
To paraphrase Steve Jobs: Truth be told, there is no good guy. Anywhere. Look into your life, and you won’t find anybody you would cheer for if you knew them.
Intelligent, gentle, affectionate works on girls
None of those works on girls. The only way that works on girl is your ability to fit in with the misguided perception they have of themselves. If you are good looking, and they see themselves as the sort of broads who only date good looking guys then it doesn’t matter if they can see another girl's thong in your left pocket, you will get her. If she thinks of herself as only sleeping with guys from her own demographic, you don’t even have to do anything. The key is to find where those that want your kind and hang out
Kids are adorable.
No. Nothing poops unannounced and makes noise is adorable.
Nerds are smart.
No one is smart in all area. Great knowledge in one area leaves a void some where else. So yes, you can hack into the Department of Defense in a minute but can you bring orgasm to a girl you don’t like in 10 seconds with just your finger?
I am not all productive today. That’s why this post sucks. Nap time.
-k
Post Valentine
Imagine if you took a man from really difficult life, placed him in a five star hotel and paid for him to hang out at a up-scale coffee shop all day and surf the Internet. Then ask yourself how long you think it would take him to start complain about petty things. ‘I don’t like the music here’, ‘This tea isn’t hot enough’, ‘the mattress is too hard to sleep’…etc
I wonder how long it would take me, if you put me where the man lived, to cry. I probably cry before I died, so I would happen pretty quickly, probably on the way there.
Perhaps, everyone should just stay where they are?
I went to a pre Valentine party over the weekend. It was organized by a university here. It took me by surprise to that most of the male were single. The reason I know this is you have identify your relationship status at the door. Red – for couple, Green – for single.
Ok, so men and women have been at odd with each other since the time when our ancestors were still living on trees. But by the 20th century, things has evolved so that once a man is old enough to watch TV, he knows: he is supposed to call and ask for date, supposed to pick up his date, supposed to take his date out, say, to a dance (in the early century), a movie (in the middle of the century), a club (if the date is of age). If the first date goes well, he was supposed to call and ask for another one, and at some point, the everything progresses along its natural course – or if the woman is pregnant – he was supposed to ask her to marry him.
However, it seems like things are starting to change. Perhaps, men finally have arrived at the conclusion that traditional, committed relationship, with its socially imposed requirement of being a wallets with legs, is empty and meaningless. One day, maybe the traditional adulthood – one wife, two kids, three bedrooms could also break. And that likely a beginning of a new civilization.
On the other hands, today’s trading is plagued with misfortunes. I got kill in an epic scale with the Swiss Franc. But then, Valentine was good.
In the celebrity department, I am nominating Salma Hayek as Mother of the Year (even it is only February). While on a mission for UNICEF in Sierra Leone, she saw a hungry baby and took immediate action – with her breasts. Angelia Jolie should take note.
The baby was perfectly healthy, but the mother did not have any milk," she later recalled to USA Today. "He was very hungry - I was weaning my daughter Valentina, but I still had a lot of milk, so I breastfed the baby." "You should have seen his eyes," she said. "When he felt the nourishment, he immediately stopped crying."
now is probably the time to put Salma Hayek’s breasts on the one dollar bill. This not only allow me to tip stripper, but also inspire her to use her boobs for the greater good. Who knows boob can be so awesome.
Time for a quick nap. How was your Valentine, friends?
-k
Laugh at the liberals...
Hello friends, how are you to day? This post is another instance of my having nothing do while I wait for my delivery.
I don’t have a TV. I am not always the best at keeping up with current events, especially politics, CSPAN, etc… I try to keep up, to be informed but I usually get distracted by small toys, chocolate, books or boobs or something else 
. It is hard to follow what is going on because things just keep happening and happening. Keeping up with them is like memorizing your heartbeats.
Nevertheless, last night something so egregious and awful on TV that it demands response by all conscientious persons. I feel obligated not to sit peacefully and idly and let it go uncensored. If the good does speak up against evil, who will?
I am talking about last night President Obama’s press conference.
Because we are living in crisis mode, I was eager to hear the President telling me how the stimulus plan works. Mean: he needs to answer one question: how do massive government programs jump start the economy?
I didn’t get the answer. PBO (President Barack Obama) said only the private sector can fix the economy – and you can’t rely on the government for solutions. Oops. Did I hear it correctly? isn’t the government that needs to ….uhm….solve this problem?
Tax cuts – by the Bush regime – caused this crumbling economy, PBO says. Well, wrong, but doesn’t matter. Well, it does matter though, because PBO spent his campaign talking about the difference between Wall Street and Main Street, but since the recession, if we learned anything, that is there is no difference. When Wall Street gets a cold, we sneeze. When the rich become poor, the poor – poorer.
It is now time to act, he points out. Doing little or nothing will cause an even greater catastrophe. It is not the time for the market to correct itself. Doing nothing, henceforth, is not an option. I disagree, respectfully. Sometimes, doing nothing keeps girls from getting pregnant 
. PBO keeps saying the plan will keep the economy from tanking, but doesn’t say how to go from contracting to growing. He is like the guy who shows up after a hurricane to tell you where your family is going to stay, where to get fresh water, who’s got the ramens and all that. He is doing a good job.
In the end, this crisis is an opportunity for people who never liked economics to run, and possibly ruin, economy. Like letting a ten years old to take control of a place.
There is this article published in Forbes two years ago I recently stumbled. Some excerpts that might appeal you
Guys: a word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career.
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If a host of studies are to be believed, marrying these women is asking for trouble. If they quit their jobs and stay home with the kids, they will be unhappy ( Journal of Marriage and Family, 2003). They will be unhappy if they make more money than you do ( Social Forces, 2006). You will be unhappy if they make more money than you do ( Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001). You will be more likely to fall ill ( American Journal of Sociology). Even your house will be dirtier ( Institute for Social Research).
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Girlfriends: a word of advice. Ask your man the following question: When was the last time you learned something useful, either at home or work?
If the last new skill your guy learned was how to tie his shoes in the second grade, dump him. If he can pick up new ideas faster than your puppy, you've got a winner.
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The essence of a good marriage, it seems to me, is that both people have to learn to change and keep on adapting. Children bring tons of change. Mothers encounter it first during the nine months of pregnancy, starting with changing body dimensions. But fathers have to learn to adapt, too, by learning to help care for children, to take charge of new aspects of a household, to adapt as the mothers change.
So, guys, if you're game for an exciting life, go ahead and marry a professional gal.
This is probably long enough. The food is already here too.
-k
2008 Performance Evaluation
I meant to do this in the first few days of 2009, but then again, there were so many distractions back home.
Living standard/Housing
Moved to a new place in a better neighborhood. A little more expensive, but affordable. The result is better restaurants, quicker pizza delivery, less walking, and more subway time.
Score: 8/10
Work
Serious uncertainty all of 2008, and will continue into 09. Spent most of 2008 looking for the answer the what-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years question. This year, I might begin to look into astrology for an answer.
Score: 3/10
Family
I am grateful for my family.
Score: 10/10
Health
So so in the first half of the year, once the food improved after moving to a new place, it got better. At the end of the year, 2/3 times work-out a week at school’s gym.
Score: 8.5/10
Love, Relationship
A series of up and down. There were times when there is no one, there were times when there is one and there were times when there were too many.
Score: 6/10
General well-being and happiness
Like most people, happiness and well-being are another up and down, sine-curve. gray area
Score: 6.5/10
Friendship
A generally mixed feeling. Some good old friendships were rekindled, with equal enthusiasm from both sides. A beautiful friendship developed, and strengthened. An old friend is now ex-ed. Another friendship that I have tried to keep as a constant has changed, not for better or worse, just changed.
Score: 7/10
Writing
The fact that I can still keep this blog is a major achievement. While it doesn’t live up to my expectation, it is still a solitude place to rest my mind.
Score: 8/10
Money
Cash was burned at rapid rate when the coffer is full, and at a slower rate when the coffer is empty. Learning to save is a harder than anyone thought, but after all, money is the root of all evil, why keep?
Score: 5/10
Trading
Still learning the market, and backing up my opinions with money. The pleasure is purely intellectual. The market can teach you a lot about yourself. It gives you an incredibly intense feeling of what life is all about. Emotionally, you live on the extremes.
Score: 7/10
Total Score of 2008: 69/100
Last week, President Obama’s blunder sent a cheerful wave through half of the country when it is revealed that Tom Daschle is the second Obama nominee that hasn’t paid any taxes. It is funny because he (and Tim Geithner) belong to the party of higher taxes – but like me and you, they hate paying taxes.
The story goes that Daschle forgot to pay nearly 130k based on income in the form of a free limo and driver. The irony is we are talking about a Cadillac, the car with highest carbon emission, and a gasoline black hole. What happened to global warming? the party of climate change and Al Gore should embrace fuel efficient, green car like a Prius, no? 
Lucky for President Obama, America is in crisis mode over the economy, people will soon forget all about this, and he could nominate a ferret to a position, and it would still get a chance.
I am not going to lie about the reason I am posting the image of Katy Perry (whose ‘I kissed a girl’ has become a worldwide hit) at the 2009 Pre-Grammy Gala & Salute. I love music and her song, or maybe there is another reason.... 
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-k
I am back...
Friends, hello, again !
I went back to Vietnam for a month. That explains why I have been MIA for such a long time.
I used to have this thought process where I would think of something to say and then I would say it. However, lately it doesn’t seem to work so I am trying to get by with an alternative process wherein I don’t think of anything to say and then say it. So far, it doesn’t work as well as my former one. Take this post, for example, it is supposed to be a love poem.
During my long break in Vietnam, I spent most of my time going out and meeting people. Some become my new friends, some do not. Have you ever thought about how a person you know crosses the line from being an acquaintance to being a friend? I asked myself this question on the flight back. I think, an acquaintance becomes a friend when a) you tell that person a secret and b) that person has accepted a favor from you. Notice, both conditions must be met.
You can see I am following the cliche that defines a friend in terms of things you “give”, and not “take”. I do actually believe that if you look at a person in terms of what they can do for you, or how they can entertain you, you probably don’t have a lot of friends. The reason I include a) is “Psychology Today” once told me that telling someone a secret creates a connection between you and the recipient. It puts the teller in a vulnerable position and changes the receiver into a protector. Think of a person you consider a friend, does he/she have a knowledge that could be a potential embarrassment for you?
The start of any relationship-friendship is an exciting time of anticipation and discovery. There is this new person whose company we enjoy. We share common interests, enjoy every minutes of our conversations. At the start, everything is fresh and exciting. As we progress in this ‘discovery’ phase, we can be tolerant of their behaviors, attitudes but once a relationship-friendship is forged, the ‘get to know’ stage has settled, we begin to develop expectations of them. Expectations always lead to disappointment.
Simply put…it sucks.
I read in the news a few days ago that police chiefs across the country are saying recession is causing a rise in crime. This poverty-causing-crime theory is classic. I laugh every time I hear it. Unless you count watching porn, the majority of poor people do not commit crimes. Criminal mind is driven more by arrogance than need. Think about this: it is a lot harder to break into a house, take a LCD, open a a safe, and leave without anyone noticing than it is to work at McDonalds. The reason a criminal choose the former is because he feels that he deserves the LCD – as opposed to working at McDonalds.
That is not the worst part about this absurd poverty-crime link. The worst part is the message that criminal behavior is expected in tough times. It’s like saying you can steal an umbrella when it rains. Which is somewhat true, but that is not the point 
I mentioned a few times here about the possibility of gold making a jump. It did, yet I completely missed the move because there were so much fun at home.
Happy belated-New Year, btw.
-k
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