By Chris Gardner, "Start Where You Are: The lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be". Chris Gardner is the author of memoir "The Pursuit Of Happyness", Will Smith played him. Awesome, Awesome, Awesome book. I really enjoyed it.
I am gathering all kinds of ideas about passion, cultivation of habits, success, goals, visions, experiences and all aspects of living, really.
I have started a quest of Creating Every Day(CED?.. hmmm..) , for the next 25 days to challenge my mind, my abilities, and to try something I haven't done before and see if I am capable :)
I Have a notebook, that my dear had kindly gave me. It's a Moleskine, that fits in my pocket. Page 1 contains:
- Brainstorming
- Creative Mode
I have started collecting words that catch my mind now and then. Let's do this!
Currently listening to:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Black Friday or Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving turned out to be not so awkward and weird as it could have turned out. We had both fried and non-fried turkey. They were yummy. Also had all kinds of salads, veggies, mash, and such. As shots continue to be refilled with cognac, the gobble contest arisen. Each person at a table had to do their best goble sound (3 times) and then the whole table judged. I won and got a paper turkey as a reward. My children would be proud. I know my mother was. It was a challenging time of my life.
Soup-off.
I don't even remember how we got into it (perhaps Michelle does) but we decided to to have a soup-off on a Friday and compete in cooking dishes of our choice. She went for French Onion Soup, with red and sweet onions, and some red wine. I tried making some vegetable soup that included carrots, cabbage, potatoes, onions, peas, green beans, garlic, cauliflower, broccoli and some chicken meatballs to tie it all up. To my surpsire, my soup ended up being super good. (first soup ever made). Michelle's created came out positive as well, though she knew she had made better soups before. Even my sister had some.
Went to see a movie - Hugo. It was a little slow in the beginning but the ending made up for it. It was an interesting movie, without much action packed. Certain mechanical themes were easy to spot and the overall concepts of passion and upbringing were brought in nicely.
pizza party lots of fun, wine and good company. was definitely taking notes on things to the activity, as it was fun and engaging. not to mention delicious.
My lady really enjoys strawberries, but had never had a rhubarb pie. I thought this disaster should be fixed and we decided to create the desert. Turns out, rhubarb is available during spring, so there was none in grocery store. No worries, we made a 4 berry pie instead, after all, you can't just abandon the idea of making a pie simply because one of the ingredients is missing. There is was: strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, homemade crust and everything. To say yum is to say nothing, people LOVED the pie, though it was a bit sweet (since we used a recipe from rhubarb, and it required quite some sugar).
2nd day of life coaching went much better, I thought, as first. We spent more time talking about goals, and issues in his life. 100 questions challenge was met with 66% chance of success (he only wrote 66) but that was enough to see the themes and lack their off in the exercise. It also opened up more ways to see why certain problems arise (time management). I voice recorded our session and will have to listen to it and go through it before upcoming Sunday, while creating my Day 3 Life Coaching sheets.
Mi madre also made some banging beef ribs over weekend.
On the last day (Monday) Michelle and I went bowling with Julius and W.B. I lost all three games but it didn't matter. Since it was Monday after 9pm, each game was something like $1.69. It was a fun time.
Soup-off.
I don't even remember how we got into it (perhaps Michelle does) but we decided to to have a soup-off on a Friday and compete in cooking dishes of our choice. She went for French Onion Soup, with red and sweet onions, and some red wine. I tried making some vegetable soup that included carrots, cabbage, potatoes, onions, peas, green beans, garlic, cauliflower, broccoli and some chicken meatballs to tie it all up. To my surpsire, my soup ended up being super good. (first soup ever made). Michelle's created came out positive as well, though she knew she had made better soups before. Even my sister had some.
Went to see a movie - Hugo. It was a little slow in the beginning but the ending made up for it. It was an interesting movie, without much action packed. Certain mechanical themes were easy to spot and the overall concepts of passion and upbringing were brought in nicely.
pizza party lots of fun, wine and good company. was definitely taking notes on things to the activity, as it was fun and engaging. not to mention delicious.
My lady really enjoys strawberries, but had never had a rhubarb pie. I thought this disaster should be fixed and we decided to create the desert. Turns out, rhubarb is available during spring, so there was none in grocery store. No worries, we made a 4 berry pie instead, after all, you can't just abandon the idea of making a pie simply because one of the ingredients is missing. There is was: strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, homemade crust and everything. To say yum is to say nothing, people LOVED the pie, though it was a bit sweet (since we used a recipe from rhubarb, and it required quite some sugar).
2nd day of life coaching went much better, I thought, as first. We spent more time talking about goals, and issues in his life. 100 questions challenge was met with 66% chance of success (he only wrote 66) but that was enough to see the themes and lack their off in the exercise. It also opened up more ways to see why certain problems arise (time management). I voice recorded our session and will have to listen to it and go through it before upcoming Sunday, while creating my Day 3 Life Coaching sheets.
Mi madre also made some banging beef ribs over weekend.
On the last day (Monday) Michelle and I went bowling with Julius and W.B. I lost all three games but it didn't matter. Since it was Monday after 9pm, each game was something like $1.69. It was a fun time.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
2 interesting videos
This first one is of a guy who takes a picture of himself for 6 years. Everyday. The video has only been watched 21million times.
The Second video is of a girl who did the same thing for 4.5years. This video has been watched over 6million times.
What a contrast in two people, one male, one female.
The Second video is of a girl who did the same thing for 4.5years. This video has been watched over 6million times.
What a contrast in two people, one male, one female.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
The Perks of owning a used car
On Wednesday, I encountered a flar tire while driving through the park. I had to stop and change it, replaced it with doughnut. Next morning I got a new tire before work and thought that was it. My battery also died while i was fixing a flat. Turns out I have a crappy no good battery. (But i don't find out about it until Sunday).
My mother's friend who's a mechanic took a look at Vincent. Yes, this is now the name of my Volvo :) Anyway, he was kind enough to check all that is wrong and fixed a bunch: driver's window now works, nothings hanging out at the front right light, oil tank leak fixed.
The audiobook "The Spark" (something about engaging creativity) is about curqe du soleiu "Ka" performance, which I attended while in Vegas in Oct. 2010. It is very interesting to listen about all the behind the scenes and people's lives. Great connection.
I also have been using my dichtophone for couple of days and I really like it. It recorded some interesting stuff already. I can't wait to continue using it.
Also, spent an exciting afternoon with a friend, talking about all kinds of ideas and concepts. Something about our minds being activated to full potential, and seeing things from very different perspectives.
Sunday, Nov. 20th reflection:
I guess i set a reminder on my phone to reflect on the week on Sunday. I'm glad i did that. The week has been interesting. On Wednesday, i worked alone because my partner took a break to catch up on some studying and whatnot. I made it fine, and it felt good. That evening i drove to friends house, stopped on the side to text, and apparently got a flat tire. Had to take care of that. It was a bit drizzling but relatively pleasant evening. Once the doughnut was on, i tried to turn the car on. The battery died. I had to call my friend to rescue me, since mi madre didn't have cables in her car. Next day, the battery died again, while a friendly mechanic was fixing all kinds of business with my window, oil tank, and body.
It's incredibly important to reflect on Sunday, because each week presents new and different ideas and circumstances. I need to remember that.
My mother's friend who's a mechanic took a look at Vincent. Yes, this is now the name of my Volvo :) Anyway, he was kind enough to check all that is wrong and fixed a bunch: driver's window now works, nothings hanging out at the front right light, oil tank leak fixed.
The audiobook "The Spark" (something about engaging creativity) is about curqe du soleiu "Ka" performance, which I attended while in Vegas in Oct. 2010. It is very interesting to listen about all the behind the scenes and people's lives. Great connection.
I also have been using my dichtophone for couple of days and I really like it. It recorded some interesting stuff already. I can't wait to continue using it.
Also, spent an exciting afternoon with a friend, talking about all kinds of ideas and concepts. Something about our minds being activated to full potential, and seeing things from very different perspectives.
Sunday, Nov. 20th reflection:
I guess i set a reminder on my phone to reflect on the week on Sunday. I'm glad i did that. The week has been interesting. On Wednesday, i worked alone because my partner took a break to catch up on some studying and whatnot. I made it fine, and it felt good. That evening i drove to friends house, stopped on the side to text, and apparently got a flat tire. Had to take care of that. It was a bit drizzling but relatively pleasant evening. Once the doughnut was on, i tried to turn the car on. The battery died. I had to call my friend to rescue me, since mi madre didn't have cables in her car. Next day, the battery died again, while a friendly mechanic was fixing all kinds of business with my window, oil tank, and body.
It's incredibly important to reflect on Sunday, because each week presents new and different ideas and circumstances. I need to remember that.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Anniversary and CT Wine Trail.
My dear lady and I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary this Friday, the 11th. We dressed up to go for a fancy dinner (fanciest I have ever paid for :)) at Valbella in Greenwich. We sat downstairs in the wine cellar room - really quiet, and romantic. The food was outstanding and the service was fantastic also. She had Veal filet mignon with truffle sauce and figs and I enjoyed Chilean sea bass with mustard sauce. We had some lobster & brie appetizer, and even Michelle had couple of bites of lobster (which is typically a no-no in her book.)
We may have polished half a bottle of red in a Walgreens parking lot right before dinner.
We chatted about our love, our relationships and other topics of desire.
Saturday was supposed to be our bungee jumping adventure, but i just couldn't find any place close enough that had working digits. It was like the internet was against me. Or bungee jumping. In any case, we decided to go unto a CT Wine Trail and planned to go into 5 vineyards. Though we made it to only three, it was super fun. We tasted 6-7 wines in each place, bought some great bottles and even some local honey - I got blueberry blossom, she got pumpkin-something. Weirdly, two of the vineyards were on Walnut Tree Hill rd.
Jones Winery in Shelton was our favorite.
We may have polished half a bottle of red in a Walgreens parking lot right before dinner.
We chatted about our love, our relationships and other topics of desire.
Saturday was supposed to be our bungee jumping adventure, but i just couldn't find any place close enough that had working digits. It was like the internet was against me. Or bungee jumping. In any case, we decided to go unto a CT Wine Trail and planned to go into 5 vineyards. Though we made it to only three, it was super fun. We tasted 6-7 wines in each place, bought some great bottles and even some local honey - I got blueberry blossom, she got pumpkin-something. Weirdly, two of the vineyards were on Walnut Tree Hill rd.
Jones Winery in Shelton was our favorite.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
It's been a month at Work
4 weeks, going onto 5th. I'm fairly comfortable with all that is happening around. My lab partner and I became more friendly and open. It's nice, because I have completely oversaw the whole "people" sphere when thinking about my lab tech position. Weird, because I am one to boast about importance of people and relationships.
Michelle's and mine anniversary coming up on 11/11. Thinking about a road trip and maybe even Bungee Jumping. Who knows, though, its just plans. And I've learned from experiences, that life happens while you're making plans.
Today (Tuesday, Nov. 8th) an asteroid YU55 came closer to Earth than the distance our Moon typically resides, to be precise 0.8 distance away. I went out to the nearby observatory, but no one was there, except a couple of curious individuals such as myself wanting to see the asteroid.
Currently I'm listening to "59 Seconds: think a little, change a lot" by Richard Wiseman (ISBN: 9780307707543) which is a really cool collection of studies that can help improve pretty much anything - creativity, relationships, time management, anything. I am really enjoying the audiobook.
Michelle's and mine anniversary coming up on 11/11. Thinking about a road trip and maybe even Bungee Jumping. Who knows, though, its just plans. And I've learned from experiences, that life happens while you're making plans.
Today (Tuesday, Nov. 8th) an asteroid YU55 came closer to Earth than the distance our Moon typically resides, to be precise 0.8 distance away. I went out to the nearby observatory, but no one was there, except a couple of curious individuals such as myself wanting to see the asteroid.
Currently I'm listening to "59 Seconds: think a little, change a lot" by Richard Wiseman (ISBN: 9780307707543) which is a really cool collection of studies that can help improve pretty much anything - creativity, relationships, time management, anything. I am really enjoying the audiobook.
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