What am I doing right this moment? Rearranging something I have been look at for quite sometime and wanted to make it different. Books on the shelf will now be in color coordination :) Now that's fun I guess :)
Tuesday:
Jury Duty
I was mildly excited aobut serving on a jury but after about two hours of being there, watching a movie and listening to few people speak, I was let go. I guess I will see the court in three years.
I rearranged our pantry space. It is now cleaner, more organized and have more extra space for things.
So I had an afternoon to myself. Bought some groceries and made banana walnut cranberry bread. It was a little dry but overall very good.
Thursday: Thanksgiving Game
Michelle cooked few things: cranberry pies, bacon pin wheels, stuffed mash, we ended up coming to Arts right at the time when they all were having dinner. So we ended up having thanksgiving dinner at the last moment. quite peculiar, I'll say. We had little wine, and soup too, in addition to traditional turkey, mash, sweet potato and Brussels sprouts. Food was excellent and I don't remember ever not being uncomfortably stuffed on Thanksgiving, but this dinner was an exception. We were guests so we shared a plate of food and only spent about 20min eating. I had enjoyed that a lot. I also had some space for Michelle things upon arriving to MetLife Stadium and pregaming.
Alcohol was too much. I don't drink often so my tolerance is low. Good thing I had enough food in my stomach to take care of me for the evening.
Friday: GHS Reunion
Upon entering the scene, I saw several kegs, and four tables set up for beer pong . It made sense once I saw them, but i just wouldn't think about it is someone were to ask me. Garden Catering food was very good, and sandwiches provided good nutrition. Unfortunately no open bar, but that still was fun. I saw few people I forgot I went to school with, and mostly spent time with people I typically see - my friends. It was interesting to see where people congregated - at the keg, near food, at the dance floor. We did a little shaking and event ended at 11pm. It was pleasant and I can see why people need to be slightly trashed to see old high school classmates. I also made and wore a sign that said "Cowboy, Astronaut, Millionaire", in case people were wondering what kind of things I am doing with my life currently.
Saturday: MHS Reunion #2
I enjoyed Michelle's reunion probably even more than my own. We found parking lot after 5min of search right near the club (on Sat. night @ North End - pretty good.) It was at a club with servers walking frequently with plates of food offerings. Very pleasant as you go about drinking. I have known perhaps 5 people at the gathering - few of Michelle's girlfriends I have met before. I had few nice conversations with couple of guys. Michelle had a ton of fun, seeing all the people and making plans for the future to see them again. There was one gentleman who mentioned he had a crush on her in 8th grade and that i should take care of her. While it was sweet, I'm pretty sure he still does have a crush on her. Shyness never gets you into places. He was a nice guy but fear kills. If you don't take a chance you will never reap the benefits.
Sunday:
To culminate the long weekend of activities we are getting a Couple's Massage, which I have never had before. So that's something to look forward too. We are also planning on going to Goodwill to pick up few things for friends and couple of frames. I will do my best and spend less than $20 total. I need to be careful with Goodwill since I very much enjoy yard sales and low price items. Frugality at it's best.
The massage was so good I signed up for a whole year - 12 hour massages at $49. Great deal, since I rarely treat myself to anything this will be a very nice thing to look forward to every month.
A great video (40min) of Leo Babauta interviewing Tim Ferris. If you don't know these people, they are the top of the top popular people online who inspire, teach, and blog about both. Powerful to those who are passionate about learning.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
I have been with this girl for 5 years!
Life Coaching continues.
I have approached few more people with a promosition to coach them and the benefits they would
gain from working with me:
1) You will become more aware of your needs, goals, and the abilities you already have to accomplish these goals.
2) You will feel more in charge of your life and where it is heading.
3) You will be able to clearly assess current reality and strategize for change to have a more fulfilling future.
I have a client coming in Tuesday for her first session and few more people are figuring out whether or not they are interested enough. I'm just happy to coach and help people out. I think it's a great way to make a little cash on the side, but ultimately feel great knowing I have helped someone achieve their goals.
Things went great, we scheduled for another meeting in several days.
Our Anniversary of 5 years was a great time. We started a tradition involving a nice bottle of wine before going to the restaurant.
Crash Course on Creativity continues to be challenging and I need to remember to spend more time on it, or at least allocate some physical space on the calendar.
When the demand for my time becomes more valuable, when people start offering me job opportunities, I feel great. I feel useful but I also need to be able to manage time wisely. What do I really want? What skills do I want to sharpen or learn? Where do I want to be? Is taking this road leads me away from my values?
Thanksgiving will be one of a kind this year: Going to see Jets vs Pats football game in NJ. I'm going with Michelle who is a Pats fan, and Art, who roots for Jets. I am probably going to wear a grey hoodie so as not to attract much attention. Plus I just don't have a team to root for.
This upcoming weekend I will venture into Boston to see Amanda Palmer and friends. Should be quite a show. Michelle really likes her so I'm tagging along.
The Concert was fun, met few interesting individuals, and also people watched for a good portion.Great fun!
Upcoming stuff:
Thanksgiving game
5yr Reunion
I have approached few more people with a promosition to coach them and the benefits they would
gain from working with me:
1) You will become more aware of your needs, goals, and the abilities you already have to accomplish these goals.
2) You will feel more in charge of your life and where it is heading.
3) You will be able to clearly assess current reality and strategize for change to have a more fulfilling future.
I have a client coming in Tuesday for her first session and few more people are figuring out whether or not they are interested enough. I'm just happy to coach and help people out. I think it's a great way to make a little cash on the side, but ultimately feel great knowing I have helped someone achieve their goals.
Things went great, we scheduled for another meeting in several days.
Our Anniversary of 5 years was a great time. We started a tradition involving a nice bottle of wine before going to the restaurant.
Crash Course on Creativity continues to be challenging and I need to remember to spend more time on it, or at least allocate some physical space on the calendar.
When the demand for my time becomes more valuable, when people start offering me job opportunities, I feel great. I feel useful but I also need to be able to manage time wisely. What do I really want? What skills do I want to sharpen or learn? Where do I want to be? Is taking this road leads me away from my values?
Thanksgiving will be one of a kind this year: Going to see Jets vs Pats football game in NJ. I'm going with Michelle who is a Pats fan, and Art, who roots for Jets. I am probably going to wear a grey hoodie so as not to attract much attention. Plus I just don't have a team to root for.
This upcoming weekend I will venture into Boston to see Amanda Palmer and friends. Should be quite a show. Michelle really likes her so I'm tagging along.
The Concert was fun, met few interesting individuals, and also people watched for a good portion.Great fun!
Upcoming stuff:
Thanksgiving game
5yr Reunion
Friday, November 2, 2012
Halloween cancelled again?
Unilever:
It all happened so fast: interview, call back next day to start work in two days! The hurricane put a dent on majority of people's plans including my own. We lost power for few days and had to relocate all our frozen meats into my mom's place with very little being thrown away.
My days are shifted and I forgot how to have a "full time job" day. My mornings are practically non-existent - but that's not going to last long, I will wake up earlier! I still need to continue working out and meditating, so i may have to have a heavy shift on my weekends (which is fine) and also distribute some activities for after work.
Hurricane:
I underestimated hurricane Sandy, by a lot. I figured it was just a media hype, from bits and pieces I over heard or underread, since we don't have cable. My car's rear window got broken into by a branch. Tuesday morning I woke up to this clean up job:
My gratitude kicked in immediately as I smiled, picking up little glass pieces from everywhere, because it wasn't a front window that was smashed so I was able to drive to work and pretty much continue doing my chores and routines. I now drive 60mph on the highway, which also changed my attitude of getting to work - no reason to speed.
I fixed the gap with some thick trash bags and tape to protect me from rain. My mechanic is buying few windows in next few days and told me he'd buy one for me too. He's such a nice guy!
Another thing I learned on my very first day at work, unrelated to chemistry, was the term - flexiterian. A flexiterian (which is who I am) is someone who mostly follows vegetarian diet, but who hasn't eliminated meat and occasionally eats it.
As I'm reading the sentence "some vegetarians eat meat" (which is obviously a contradiction with which vegetarian community disagrees wholeheartedly) but I thought of a good example of why this sentence is, by definition wrong; saying some vegetarians eat meat, is like saying some virgins have sex. It's in the definition, really.
But that doesn't stop me from enjoying meat - i do like it, but not every single day. Oh I remember times when I would eat meat three times a day, that's not something I have done in a while.
Michelle keeps talking about wanting to have honey bees, and I'm in favor of that because I love honey and eat it everyday. The problem is that if we do end up having bees we'd need either a lot of greenery nearby for food or plant our own garden full of flowers and herbs and such. It's not a bad idea, but it is both time and effort consuming.
The Sunday before the storm TK invited us to a little Halloween Gathering at her new place in Hamden. They have a humongous back yard where they already made a fire pit an hung a hammock. Bonus points - our costumes matched :)
On the Horizon:
Our 5th year Anniversary coming up this Sunday. We were thinking about going to see a Broadway show, but they are very costly to us right now, so maybe we'll call in the day of and see if discounted tickets are available. Other than that and some nice dinner (with a bottle of wine - pre-killed in the parking lot) I haven't had much chance to sit down and think of what else we could do.
Andrew is coming for about a month (his winter break from school) so that should be also exciting.
Thanksgiving, I might go to a football game in NJ with few good friends, as long as the tickets aren't too expensive.
I guess money does dictate our outings to some extent. Yes, new experiences are important and so is bonding, and I have had to say no few times due to lack of finances (or rather my choice in spending it somewhere else - savings + loan repayment)
My frequent 22min meditation was removed, but i found this 30min one and I LOVE it. It relaxes and re-energizes me very well!
It all happened so fast: interview, call back next day to start work in two days! The hurricane put a dent on majority of people's plans including my own. We lost power for few days and had to relocate all our frozen meats into my mom's place with very little being thrown away.
My days are shifted and I forgot how to have a "full time job" day. My mornings are practically non-existent - but that's not going to last long, I will wake up earlier! I still need to continue working out and meditating, so i may have to have a heavy shift on my weekends (which is fine) and also distribute some activities for after work.
Hurricane:
I underestimated hurricane Sandy, by a lot. I figured it was just a media hype, from bits and pieces I over heard or underread, since we don't have cable. My car's rear window got broken into by a branch. Tuesday morning I woke up to this clean up job:
My gratitude kicked in immediately as I smiled, picking up little glass pieces from everywhere, because it wasn't a front window that was smashed so I was able to drive to work and pretty much continue doing my chores and routines. I now drive 60mph on the highway, which also changed my attitude of getting to work - no reason to speed.
I fixed the gap with some thick trash bags and tape to protect me from rain. My mechanic is buying few windows in next few days and told me he'd buy one for me too. He's such a nice guy!
Another thing I learned on my very first day at work, unrelated to chemistry, was the term - flexiterian. A flexiterian (which is who I am) is someone who mostly follows vegetarian diet, but who hasn't eliminated meat and occasionally eats it.
As I'm reading the sentence "some vegetarians eat meat" (which is obviously a contradiction with which vegetarian community disagrees wholeheartedly) but I thought of a good example of why this sentence is, by definition wrong; saying some vegetarians eat meat, is like saying some virgins have sex. It's in the definition, really.
But that doesn't stop me from enjoying meat - i do like it, but not every single day. Oh I remember times when I would eat meat three times a day, that's not something I have done in a while.
Michelle keeps talking about wanting to have honey bees, and I'm in favor of that because I love honey and eat it everyday. The problem is that if we do end up having bees we'd need either a lot of greenery nearby for food or plant our own garden full of flowers and herbs and such. It's not a bad idea, but it is both time and effort consuming.
The Sunday before the storm TK invited us to a little Halloween Gathering at her new place in Hamden. They have a humongous back yard where they already made a fire pit an hung a hammock. Bonus points - our costumes matched :)
On the Horizon:
Our 5th year Anniversary coming up this Sunday. We were thinking about going to see a Broadway show, but they are very costly to us right now, so maybe we'll call in the day of and see if discounted tickets are available. Other than that and some nice dinner (with a bottle of wine - pre-killed in the parking lot) I haven't had much chance to sit down and think of what else we could do.
Andrew is coming for about a month (his winter break from school) so that should be also exciting.
Thanksgiving, I might go to a football game in NJ with few good friends, as long as the tickets aren't too expensive.
I guess money does dictate our outings to some extent. Yes, new experiences are important and so is bonding, and I have had to say no few times due to lack of finances (or rather my choice in spending it somewhere else - savings + loan repayment)
My frequent 22min meditation was removed, but i found this 30min one and I LOVE it. It relaxes and re-energizes me very well!
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