Stop and smell the roses...

So for some strange reason I woke up at 2 am yesterday and I could not get back to sleep. Maybe eating a snack before bedtime is not such a good idea after all. I figured that since I was already up, I might as well do something. I started reading " In praise of slowness" by Carl Honore (which is the American version of "In praise of slow". I wonder why he had to change the title for the American release?) While I was reading it at 3 am, it hit me that maybe... just maybe he was right. Maybe the reason why I was awake was because I was stressed. We need to slow down and enjoy our life. Constantly trying to be more productive, doing more than one thing at a time, has the adverse effect of making everything crash and burn... our health, our mind, our relationships.


On other news, the maintenance dude from my unit came in to "fix" my shower door. Not sure if he fixed it, but he sure got paint on my leather chair. :( I also had my computer unlocked ( I know, stupid me), and personal information on my desk too ( double doh). Lets hope he did not go through them.

About love... it is a trust thing

Ian and Matt say it so well and their art rocks too.
Check them out at: http://www.threepanelsoul.com/

Back to the roots... or leaves and stems... whatever

So, I have been waking up and going to bed earlier and earlier for some weird reason. Maybe I am slipping into my EST time zone. To stay somewhat operational I have resorted to drinking Yerba Mate. Which is this awesome but bitter Argentinian drink made from the stems and leaves of some sort of plant. A good substitute for coffee, since I am way sensitive to that delicious but makes me jittery like mad drink. :)
I am hooked to mate. On the plus side, mate is supposed to lower your blood pressure and has a higher amount of antioxidants when compared to tea.

Really need to get back in shape...

So I went to the gym today after a five month hiatus. It was a harsh reality check. I am really really out of shape. Barely made a 2 mile run without feeling like dieing. Then when I tried to do weights, I could barely push things up. :( Hopefully, I will get in better shape soon. The food at work is too good.

Things have a knack of working out by themselves

Today, I got my new cellphone and it is nice. For one thing the LCD on this one does not bleed like the old one. :D However, I still need to mail back my old broken one and get credit for it. I had to pay 300$ to get it.... Grrr.... Sprint better give that money back to me. :( I have the Samusung Upstage which is one neat little bugger. Except that the constant flipping of the phone to text stuff is starting to get annoying. XD

I also picked up a 17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan e200 CRT that someone was throwing away and it works marvelously. :D It will have to do while I wait for a good sale on those gorgeous 32" LCD screens. It is strange how when I picked the screen up I thought it was a 15". Either I have grown bigger from all the good food I have been eating recently or I forgot how 17" CRT used to look like. I can't believe I am still acting like a student and trying to save up as much as I can. XD hehe... I guess habits are hard to break. Well, granted, I got a big shock from my first paycheck. Half of it disappeared in random taxes. T.T And all the moving expenses are adding up. :( i don't think my first pay check is enough to pay rent. Urgh... Living expenses in California are so expensive. Oh well. I can think of it as doing a good thing. I recycled the CRT. Instead of landing in a dumpster, it sits here on my table, delaying its inevitable fate.

On other notes, I started reading books again. Those low tech method of information transferal. I started reading Fast Food Nation, while I wait for the arrival of my other books from Amazon. I wished there were a better way to buy things online. A centralized Walmart would be cool. :D

What doesn't kill me will make me stronger.

I am 26 now. It is starting to sink in, after 4 days. Despite my age, I feel that I still got so much more to learn, to experience. I will face forward with courage and not stress too much about every little things. I need to review the list of things to do in this lifetime. I need to be more open to new ideas, embrace new experience with enthusiasm, and learn from past mistakes.

I remember writing a list of goals long time ago, but for some reason I can't find it. Time to do an update. :D More of this to come.

Cute quote

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. -Confucius