tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25329585530025570882024-03-13T18:13:57.304+08:00Get out of the box! Live and Explore! (아이비)Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling - Margaret Lee RunbeckPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-13563481379319547392015-10-31T10:00:00.001+08:002015-10-31T10:11:02.245+08:00HSG -- Hysterosalpingogram<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hysterosalpingogram</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It seems like a tongue twister HSG or hysterosalpingogram is an x-ray procedure to test the fallopian tubes if it’s blocked or patent which is the cause of a woman’s infertility. More info here from<a href="http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=hysterosalp" target="_blank"> Google. </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since me and hubby are TTC (trying to conceive) for over a year now (we’re 1 year married), I consulted Dra. Arlene Ricarte-Bravo, OB from Makati Medical Center. She’s an Infertility specialist with good reviews from women who became prego under her care. I told her my dilemma and advised me to undergo HSG to check my tubes. She said to schedule it on the 5th-10th day after my period. And so we scheduled it last 09 October 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s somewhat annoying or I don’t know how to call it that when I called her assistant Ms. Janet and asked about the cost, she said she doesn’t know. So I called MMC radiology departmet to ask for the cost and they told me 5-8k pesos depending on the materials to be used. So I called again Ms. Janet to ask how much would be the PF, and still her answer was <i>‘I don’t know. I will compute it depending on the cost of the procedure’</i>. I told her to give me just the range so I can prepare, still she didn’t give me figures. How could it ever be? This won't be the first time right?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I proceeded with the procedure anyway. Somewhat half hearted because the assistant won't cooperate. The process itself did not last for 5mins. The experience, well, it was painful when the dye were flushed, but tolerable. I read from other blogs that it is more painful if the fallopian tube was blocked. Thank you Lord that mine was patent. I can still conceive, in Your time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So after the procedure, there comes Ms. Janet the assistant. Assessed the bill and told us the PF was whooping 10k. Since she never told us how much would it be even the range, hubby negotiated with her (I was so drowsed due to the medicine injected to me - diphen). She said <i>'ganun talaga, minsan nga 12k</i>...' Hubby told her <i>'alam nyo naman po pala, nagtatanong kami magkano kahit range di kayo nagsasabi. kulang tuloy dala namin.</i>' The discussion ended me at the ATM withdrawing since we don't have enough cash. She never let us have a discount. The most amazing thing of it all is that she didn't give us a receipt! Hubby demanded at first but Ms. Janet said that we will pay for the tax! Where on earth she got that?! I just asked hubby not to argue anymore as I want to go home. I can see that he was so furious. He said never mind how much the PF was, she just and must clear it first, and the fact the we consistently asked her about it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #373e4d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; line-height: 17.0667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My friend Lanie had the same procedure early this year. She paid 5500 pesos for everything. She has a different OB though. Mine was 3x higher. Sigh to that. Consolation is that everything is okay. And oh, the nurses at MMC were all great and reliable. You can never go wrong in MMC when it comes to service. :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">Since we are all unaware of the vicinity, we decided to try Lucky China Town. But to our dismay, the area wherein the supposed stalls of authentic Chinese noodles, dumplings and the like are nowhere to be found. With our determination, we walked.. and asked for directions... and walked again along the streets of Soler, and Ongpin until we found Ling Nam.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 26px;">It was a super old restaurant and we thought, it's the same like the ones we saw in Pop Talk. Though we originally looked for Ramon Lee's, the oldest Chinese resto in Binondo, Ling Nam can take the place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Inside, it was a very small room which can accommodate atleast 20-25 diners at a time. I dunno if there is still a second floor if the ground floor is jampacked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, we ordered Chicken Dumpling Noddles, Beef Dumpling Noodles, Bola-bola and Asado Siopao. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The verdict? Ask Sir JB for he finished his bowl in less than 10 mins. We we're just nearly halfway our soup and there he was, finished his lot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a good dining experience. We were all satisfied with the food. Yummy!</span><br />
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PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-88682239170253768452015-09-11T18:36:00.001+08:002015-09-11T18:37:18.830+08:00Invest on experiences<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is just a repost of something I came across online. I thought it's a good read and you might be interested too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As the famous saying these days, you can shout out YOLO or You Only Live Once. So do what makes you happy. Leave all your inhibitions behind. As long you're not making someone else's life miserable, JUST DO IT! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's the <a href="http://www.thegrowthlist.com/invest-in-life-experience/" target="_blank">link</a> for the original post. Happy reading! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Lamborghinis on Wall Street, the Louis Vuitton bags that celebrities wear, the mansions that “successful” people live in. The list goes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ve fooled ourselves into believing that the sole recognition — no, definition — of success & happiness comes from the type of cars we own or the number of zeros in our bank account. We’ve put the notion of material success on a pedestal and convinced those around us to adopt the same beliefs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a society that idolizes the pursuit of happiness, carrying out a life where one’s destination is to find joy through material goods is not only ineffective, but it’s a never-ending journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The key to happiness is not spending our time & money acquiring goods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The key to happiness is spending our time & money experiencing life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s the priceless experiences in life that makes us happy at the end of day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in December, I went on a ten-day silent meditation trip in Hawaii.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was the most intense, yet enlightening experiences that I’ve been through, and I’ve never felt a stronger reciprocation between my mind & body. More importantly, it led to a life-changing decision to leave the company I helped found in the past year, in order to fulfill my dreams of moving to New York City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every experience brings with it a mistake or triumph, and often a realization about who we are as individuals. Experience helps us clarify how we think, who we want to surround ourselves with, and ultimately an understanding of what makes us happy in life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We live in a society where tangible things appear more valuable because we can feel, hold, and touch the materials we purchase. Above all, it’s because tangible thin3gs are tied with currency that places a price of its value in the marketplace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s no way to physically feel the experience of diving off a cliff on a Sunday afternoon with our closest friends. Nor can we “sell” the experience of our first fight with our partners. It’s the same reason why we can’t put a price value on a human being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.”—Abigail Van Buren</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are the accumulation of everything we’ve ever seen, heard, smelled, tasted and felt. It’s experience that teaches us not to take that 9-5 cubicle job again, and it’s experience that will lead to that next big breakthrough idea for our businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In other words, experiences come with life lessons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Materials come with nothing but a bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Experience Stays With Us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we think back to our fondest memories, what are they?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For me, it’s not the gifts I received for Christmas or my birthday. It’s the context surrounding the gifts — the people at my birthday party, the smell of the hot chocolate on Christmas morning. It’s the first time I learned how to ride a bike with my brother, and the time I went on my first (awful) date. This is what puts a smile to my face to this day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here’s the main caveat to investing in materials — they have expiry dates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The moment you purchase a material, not only does its monetary value drop in the marketplace, our perception of its value quickly fades over time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Experience can be relived. Experience has emotional longevity. It can be improved in our minds as we continue to grow and progress in life. It stays with us and they are lessons we can use everyday for as long as we live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Cornell survey found that 83% of participants reported mentally revisiting their experiential purchases more often than their material purchases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This means that experiences bring us happiness not just when we’re having the experience, but also when we simply think about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Here are three tips to start living a life of experiences.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1. Change Your Budget Priorities.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If we want to start living a life of experiences, we need to prioritize our financial budgets to accommodate the adventures we’ll undertake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s as simple as saving up for a flat-screen TV vs. a trip to South America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Figure out what you actually need in your life, and what will truly serve you in the long-term. The truth is, we need very few materials to enjoy and live our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Learn to be prudent when purchasing materials, because salvaging those few extra nickels could lead to the experience that could change your life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>2. Say “Yes” More.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Growing up, we were taught to make decisions with calculated risk assessments by carefully thinking things through. If we want to start fulfilling more experiences in life — we need to unlearn these principles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best adventures arise from moments when we least expect them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Filling our mind with “what ifs” is only going to keep us on our couches watching other people live their lives. Before we know it, our “what if” will turn into “should have.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Start saying “yes.” Learn to be present in the moment. When the next opportunity for experience appears, ask yourself this simple question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will I regret not taking this opportunity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomorrow, next week, or even next year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If the answer is yes — or even maybe —your immediate response should also be yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The future will always be uncertain. That’s never going to change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But you can control how you shape it by thinking less and taking action.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3. Start With The Small (And Cheap) Adventures. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Are you the type of person that watches the same movies over and over again, takes the same walking route to the office, and eats at the same restaurants?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You need to break out of your regular routine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Opening our mind up to new experiences needs to start with the small decisions and interactions we have in our daily lives. Instead of going to that same Italian restaurant near your office because you know it’s a safe decision, go somewhere new.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most fulfilling experiences don’t have to cost a lot of money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Often times, it’s right next door. We just need to know where to knock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Groupon.com (Events & Activites category)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ve heard the negative stigma that comes with using daily deal sites as a small business owner. But as a consumer who is seeking cheap, exciting, and novel experiences — this is where you want to live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’ve personally experimented everything from salsa dance lessons ($15 — 10 lessons), to three-course Medieval Times dinners ($39), to flight lessons ($88) through daily deal sites. It’s the cheapest way to experience the most incredible adventures with friends or even yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Start taking the small risks in life. You’ll be surprised how far it takes you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If there’s anything to take away from this article — take away this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are all going to die one day, whether you choose to accept it or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of our lives, we’re going to ask the same questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did I live?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do I have regrets?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did I experience everything I wanted to in life? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ask yourself if you want your existence to be defined by the type of car you owned or the adventures and freedom you led in life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Invest in something that will bring you lessons rather than a bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Become minimal in assets and rich in experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Because experience will win — every single time. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace, Secret Garden </span></div>
<br />PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-49766167863819148332015-04-13T19:48:00.003+08:002015-04-13T19:48:37.331+08:00Korean Trip: Day 4: Korean Folk Village, Everland<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 2: North/South Korea DMZ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 4: Korean Folk Village, Everland </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace, Secret Garden </span></div>
<br />PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-70644226215080582362015-04-13T19:48:00.002+08:002015-04-13T19:48:31.017+08:00Korean Trip: Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace, Secret Garden </span></div>
<br />PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-62196653165915725652015-04-13T19:48:00.001+08:002015-04-13T19:48:24.167+08:00Korean Trip: Day 2: North/South Korea DMZ <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 4: Korean Folk Village, Everland </span></div>
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<br />PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-60242629545905837422015-04-13T19:48:00.000+08:002015-04-13T19:48:16.907+08:00Korean Trip: Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower related links:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 2: North/South Korea DMZ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 4: Korean Folk Village, Everland </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace, Secret Garden </span></div>
PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-88418912805296472312015-04-13T19:47:00.001+08:002015-09-11T18:41:51.538+08:00Hanguk Saranghamnida! 한국을 사랑 :)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since the transferring of my blogs from multiply has been pended, here's a super late post from my South Korean trip. Information and details was not accounted anymore. Its almost a year and I lost all the documents and write ups. My post from multiply was also unfinished. So please bear with me :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It started with my fascination to Korean movies and dramas. I love everything about them especially Jeju Island. I share this fondness with my grade school best friends Joy and Lanie. So when we saw the Cebu Pacific promo for 1888Php one way trip to Incheon, we never thought twice. I asked my office friend Joseph, who was then in Ohio for vacation if he wants to join. And as a traveler that he is, of course he said yes. And Joy's friend Diane also joined after knowing about the trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I booked our flight immediately for April 9-14, 2012. And that was only Nov 2011. Imagine the preparation. Our trip was on time for the spring season so we are hoping to see cherry blossoms. Those little pinked petaled flowers has their own charm that makes everyone enthralled and joyous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The three of us (Joy, Lanie and me) met almost every weekend to plan our vacation. We kept searching on where to stay, where to go, best attractions and tourist destinations. Too bad, stalking our favorite K-Pop stars can't fit our busy schedule. Maybe next time. :D </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So here's our hectic but still bitin itinerary. We able to do everything in our plan and managed to maximize our stay in Seoul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 1: Nami Island, Namsan Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 2: North/South Korea DMZ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 3: Jinhae, Banpo Bridge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 4: Korean Folk Village, Everland </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Day 5: Changdeokgung Palace, Secret Garden </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks to all our 'angels' and for the guidance despite of North Korea's peril satellite launch, we were all safe. Looking forward to visiting South Korea again in the future. Especially Jeju Island, Jinan and Busan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">now playing: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1_Mvd7lOqQ" target="_blank">so little time</a> - arkana <i style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">♩♪</span><span style="line-height: 16px;">♫ </span></i><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><i>So little time so much to do, I rather spend my days with you,So little time so much to do, I'd like to spend one day with you, And if that day is not enough,Maybe we can stay in touch, But i'm not making plans for tomorrow, For tomorrow never comes.</i></span></span><i style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">♩♪</span><span style="line-height: 16px;">♫</span></i></span></div>
PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-48973237873374944182015-04-13T19:25:00.000+08:002015-04-13T19:30:58.081+08:00A D D I C T E D -----> Love is a drug<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So! after a year of hiatus, I am back to writing! Oh my, I have a lot to tell about. But where to start? Which topic to share? Hmmm... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For now, let me share this very nice song from Mark Feehily. This is his first ever single being a solo artist. 'Love is a drug' showcases Marks high pitched voice in an upbeat tempo. I super miss his boy next door look. Now that Shane, Kian & Mark has their own solo albums, I wonder when is Nicky's turn! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy the video! Hope you love it as much as I do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah I'm so thrown, that there's no saving me now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I feel such a fool, depending on you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Falling on my knees and I cannot get up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wish I would have known when enough was enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Need something for the pain but the killer is us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it keeps on pulling me when I wanna get up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It keeps on kicking me when it's holding me down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah your love is a drug, yeah, yeah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your love is a drug, yeah, yeah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm lying in your bed looking up at the stars</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You got no mercy and you're holding my heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I try to erase you but you make it so hard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah I would try anything just to tear us apart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I feel such a fool, depending on you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I wanna scream </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Somebody let me out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wish I would have known when enough was enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Need something for the pain but the killer is us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it keeps on pulling me when I wanna get up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It keeps on kicking me when it's holding me down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah your love is a drug, yeah, yeah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your love is a drug, yeah, yeah</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your love, you make the feeling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your love, afraid I'm in this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your love, your love, your love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wish I would have known when enough was enough</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Need something for the pain but the killer is us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it keeps on pulling me when I wanna get up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah your love is a drug, yeah, yeah</span></div>
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PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-42527047690939307672014-03-23T23:38:00.001+08:002014-03-23T23:38:44.619+08:00Look At Me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Got inspired by a bride who sang this song as she walked the aisle. I want to sing this also on my wedding day for my Yam. :)</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That you were the one, baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've never been so sure of anything before</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's driving my heart crazy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Darling, look at me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've fallen like a fool for you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Darling, can't you see</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd do anything you want me to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tell myself I'm in to deep</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I fall a little farther</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every time you look at me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How do you do that, babe?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Make me feel like I'm the only girl alive for you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know what it is that makes me fall like this</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First time in your arms, I knew</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The way you held me, I knew that this could be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What I've been waiting to find</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Darling, look at me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Darling, can't you see</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd do anything you want me to</span></div>
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PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-8210109090599547122014-03-23T23:32:00.002+08:002014-03-23T23:32:35.170+08:00A good read : 10 Life Lessons to Excel in Your 30s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everything in this article is a Repost from Mark Manson's <a href="http://markmanson.net/10-life-lessons-excel-30s" target="_blank">original</a>. However, I changed related photos of my own. Enjoy and hope everyone get something from this. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I did something else. I sent an email out to my subscribers (subscribe here) and asked readers age 37 and older what advice they would give their 30-year-old selves. The idea was that I would crowdsource the life experience from my older readership and create another article based on their collective wisdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The result was spectacular. I received over 600 responses, many of which were over a page in length. It took me a solid three days to read through them all and I was floored by the quality of insight people sent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So first of all, a hearty thank you to all who contributed and helped create this article.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While going through the emails what surprised me the most was just how consistent some of the advice was. The same 5-6 pieces of advice came up over and over and over again in different forms across literally 100s of emails. It seems that there really are a few core pieces of advice that are particularly relevant to this decade of your life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Below are 10 of the most common themes appearing throughout all of the 600 emails. The majority of the article is comprised of dozens of quotes taken from readers. Some are left anonymous. Others have their age listed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>1. Start Saving for Retirement Now, Not Later</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I spent my 20s recklessly, but your 30s should be when you make a big financial push. Retirement planning is not something to put off. Understanding boring things like insurance, 401ks & mortgages is important since its all on your shoulders now. Educate yourself.” (Kash, 41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most common piece of advice — so common that almost every single email said at least something about it — was to start getting your financial house in order and to start saving for retirement… today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were a few categories this advice fell into:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Make it your top priority to pay down all of your debt as soon as possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep an “emergency fund” — there were tons of horror stories about people getting financially ruined by health issues, lawsuits, divorces, bad business deals, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stash away a portion of every paycheck, preferably into a 401k, an IRA or at the least, a savings account.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don’t spend frivolously. Don’t buy a home unless you can afford to get a good mortgage with good rates.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don’t invest in anything you don’t understand. Don’t trust stockbrokers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One reader said, “If you are in debt more than 10% of your gross annual salary this is a huge red flag. Quit spending, pay off your debt and start saving.” Another wrote, “I would have saved more money in an emergency fund because unexpected expenses really killed my budget. I would have been more diligent about a retirement fund, because now mine looks pretty small.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then there were the readers who were just completely screwed by their inability to save in their 30s. One reader named Jodi wishes she had started saving 10% of every paycheck when she was 30. Her career took a turn for the worst and now she’s stuck at 57, still living paycheck to paycheck. Another woman, age 62, didn’t save because her husband out-earned her. They later got divorced and she soon ran into health problems, draining all of the money she received in the divorce settlement. She, too, now lives paycheck to paycheck, slowly waiting for the day social security kicks in. Another man related a story of having to be supported by his son because he didn’t save and unexpectedly lost his job in the 2008 crash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The point was clear: save early and save as much as possible. One woman emailed me saying that she had worked low-wage jobs with two kids in her 30s and still managed to sock away some money in a retirement fund each year. Because she started early and invested wisely, she is now in her 50s and financially stable for the first time in her life. Her point: it’s always possible. You just have to do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Your mind’s acceptance of age is 10 to 15 years behind your body’s aging. Your health will go faster than you think but it will be very hard to notice, not the least because you don’t want it to happen.” (Tom, 55)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We all know to take care of our health. We all know to eat better and sleep better andexercise more and blah, blah, blah. But just as with the retirement savings, the response from the older readers was loud and unanimous: get healthy and stay healthy now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So many people said it that I’m not even going to bother quoting anybody else. Their points were pretty much all the same: the way you treat your body has a cumulative effect; it’s not that your body suddenly breaks down one year, it’s been breaking down all along without you noticing. This is the decade to slow down that breakage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Step 1: Laugh. Step 2: Eat Salad. Step 3: ????. Step 4: Profit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The key to salad is to laugh while eating it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And this wasn’t just your typical motherly advice to eat your veggies. These were emails from cancer survivors, heart attack survivors, stroke survivors, people with diabetes and blood pressure problems, joint issues and chronic pain. They all said the same thing: “If I could go back, I would start eating better and exercising and I would not stop. I made excuses then. But I had no idea.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>3. Don’t Spend Time with People Who Don’t Treat You Well</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Learn how to say “no” to people, activities and obligations that don’t bring value to your life.” (Hayley, 37)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gently let go of those who are not making your life better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After calls to take care of your health and your finances, the most common piece of advice from people looking back at their 30-year-old selves was an interesting one: they would go back and enforce stronger boundaries in their lives and dedicate their time to better people. “Setting healthy boundaries is one of the most loving things you can do for yourself or another person.” (Kristen, 43)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What does that mean specifically?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Don’t tolerate people who don’t treat you well. Period. Don’t tolerate them for financial reasons. Don’t tolerate them for emotional reasons. Don’t tolerate them for the children’s sake or for convenience sake.” (Jane, 52)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Don’t settle for mediocre friends, jobs, love, relationships and life.” (Sean, 43)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Stay away from miserable people… they will consume you, drain you.” (Gabriella, 43)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Surround yourself and only date people that make you a better version of yourself, that bring out your best parts, love and accept you.” (Xochie)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People typically struggle with boundaries because they find it difficult to hurt someone else’s feelings, or they get caught up in the desire to change the other person or make them treat them the way they want to be treated. This never works. And in fact, it often makes it worse. As one reader wisely said, “Selfishness and self-interest are two different things. Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we’re in our 20s, the world is so open to opportunity and we’re so short on experience that we cling to the people we meet, even if they’ve done nothing to earn our clingage. But by our 30s we’ve learned that good relationships are hard to come by, that there’s no shortage of people to meet and friends to be made, and that there’s no reason to waste our time with people who don’t help us on our life’s path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Show up with and for your friends. You matter, and your presence matters.” (Jessica, 40)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conversely, while enforcing stricter boundaries on who we let into our lives, many readers advised to make the time for those friends and family that we do decide to keep close.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I think sometimes I may have taken some relationships for granted, and when that person is gone, they’re gone. Unfortunately, the older you get, well, things start to happen, and it will affect those closest to you.” (Ed, 45)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Appreciate those close to you. You can get money back and jobs back, but you can never get time back.” (Anne, 41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Tragedy happens in everyone’s life, everyone’s circle of family and friends. Be the person that others can count on when it does. I think that between 30 and 40 is the decade when a lot of shit finally starts to happen that you might have thought never would happen to you or those you love. Parents die, spouses die, babies are still-born, friends get divorced, spouses cheat… the list goes on and on. Helping someone through these times by simply being there, listening and not judging is an honor and will deepen your relationships in ways you probably can’t yet imagine.” (Rebecca, 40)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>5. You can’t have everything; Focus On Doing a Few Things Really Well</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Everything in life is a trade-off. You give up one thing to get another and you can’t have it all. Accept that.” (Eldri, 60)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In our 20s we have a lot of dreams. We believe that we have all of the time in the world. I myself remember having illusions that my website would be my first career of many. Little did I know that it took the better part of a decade to even get competent at this. And now that I’m competent and have a major advantage and love what I do, why would I ever trade that in for another career?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“In a word: focus. You can simply get more done in life if you focus on one thing and do it really well. Focus more.” (Ericson, 49)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another reader: “I would tell myself to focus on one or two goals/aspirations/dreams and really work towards them. Don’t get distracted.” And another: “You have to accept that you cannot do everything. It takes a lot of sacrifice to achieve anything special in life.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few readers noted that most people arbitrarily choose their careers in their late teens or early 20s, and as with many of our choices at those ages, they are often wrong choices. It takes years to figure out what we’re good at and what we enjoy doing. But it’s better to focus on our primary strengths and maximize them over the course of lifetime than to half-ass something else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’d tell my 30 year old self to set aside what other people think and identify my natural strengths and what I’m passionate about, and then build a life around those.” (Sara, 58)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For some people, this will mean taking big risks, even in their 30s and beyond. It may mean ditching a career they spent a decade building and giving up money they worked hard for and became accustomed to. Which brings us to…</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>6. Don’t Be Afraid of Taking Risks, You Can Still Change</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“While by age 30 most feel they should have their career dialed in, it is never too late to reset. The individuals that I have seen with the biggest regrets during this decade are those that stay in something that they know is not right. It is such an easy decade to have the days turn to weeks to years, only to wake up at 40 with a mid-life crisis for not taking action on a problem they were aware of 10 years prior but failed to act.” (Richard, 41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Biggest regrets I have are almost exclusively things I did *not* do.” (Sam, 47)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many readers commented on how society tells us that by 30 we should have things “figured out” — our career situation, our dating/marriage situation, our financial situation and so on. But this isn’t true. And, in fact, dozens and dozens of readers implored to not let these social expectations of “being an adult” deter you from taking some major risks and starting over. As someone on my Facebook page responded: “All adults are winging it.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I am about to turn 41 and would tell my 30 year old self that you do not have conform you life to an ideal that you do not believe in. Live your life, don’t let it live you. Don’t be afraid of tearing it all down if you have to, you have the power to build it all back up again.” (Lisa, 41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Multiple readers related making major career changes in their 30s and being better off for doing so. One left a lucrative job as a military engineer to become a teacher. Twenty years later, he called it one of the best decisions of his life. When I asked my mom this question, her answer was, “I wish I had been willing to think outside the box a bit more. Your dad and I kind of figured we had to do thing A, thing B, thing C, but looking back I realize we didn’t have to at all; we were very narrow in our thinking and our lifestyles and I kind of regret that.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Less fear. Less fear. Less fear. I am about to turn 50 next year, and I am just getting that lesson. Fear was such a detrimental driving force in my life at 30. It impacted my marriage, my career, my self-image in a fiercely negative manner. I was guilty of: Assuming conversations that others might be having about me. Thinking that I might fail. Wondering what the outcome might be. If I could do it again, I would have risked more.” (Aida, 49)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>7. You Must Continue to Grow and Develop Yourself</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You have two assets that you can never get back once you’ve lost them: your body and your mind. Most people stop growing and working on themselves in their 20s. Most people in their 30s are too busy to worry about self-improvement. But if you’re one of the few who continues to educate themselves, evolve their thinking and take care of their mental and physical health, you will be light-years ahead of the pack by 40.” (Stan, 48)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It follows that if one can still change in their 30s — and should continue to change in their 30s — then one must continue to work to improve and grow. Many readers related the choice of going back to school and getting their degrees in their 30s as one of the most useful things they had ever done. Others talked of taking extra seminars and courses to get a leg up. Others started their first businesses or moved to new countries. Others checked themselves into therapy or began a meditation practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A friend of mine stated that at 29, he decided that his mind was his most valuable asset, and he decided to invest in it. He spent thousands of his own education, on seminars, on various therapies. And at 54, he insists that it was one of the best decisions he ever made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The number one goal should be to try to become a better person, partner, parent, friend, colleague etc. — in other words to grow as an individual.” (Aimilia, 39)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>8. Nobody (Still) Knows What They’re Doing, Get Used to It</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Unless you are already dead — mentally, emotionally, and socially — you cannot anticipate your life 5 years into the future. It will not develop as you expect. So just stop it. Stop assuming you can plan far ahead, stop obsessing about what is happening right now because it will change anyway, and get over the control issue about your life’s direction. Fortunately, because this is true, you can take even more chances and not lose anything; you cannot lose what you never had. Besides, most feelings of loss are in your mind anyway – few matter in the long term.” (Thomas, 56)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my article about what I learned in my 20s, one of my lessons was “Nobody Knows What They’re Doing,” and that this was good news. Well, according to the 40+ crowd, this continues to be true in one’s 30s and, well, forever it seems; and it continues to be good news forever as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Most of what you think is important now will seem unimportant in 10 or 20 years and that’s OK. That’s called growth. Just try to remember to not take yourself so seriously all the time and be open to it.” (Simon, 57)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Despite feeling somewhat invincible for the last decade, you really don’t know what’s going to happen and neither does anyone else, no matter how confidently they talk. While this is disturbing to those who cling to permanence or security, it’s truly liberating once you grasp the truth that things are always changing. To finish, there might be times that are really sad. Don’t dull the pain or avoid it. Sorrow is part of everyone’s lifetime and the consequence of an open and passionate heart. Honor that. Above all, be kind to yourself and others, it’s such a brilliant and beautiful ride and keeps on getting better.” (Prue, 38)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I’m 44. I would remind my 30 year old self that at 40, my 30s would be equally filled with dumb stuff, different stuff, but still dumb stuff… So, 30 year old self, don’t go getting on your high horse. You STILL don’t know it all. And that’s a good thing.” (Shirley, 44)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Spend more time with your folks. It’s a different relationship when you’re an adult and it’s up to you how you redefine your interactions. They are always going to see you as their kid until the moment you can make them see you as your own man. Everyone gets old. Everyone dies. Take advantage of the time you have left to set things right and enjoy your family.” (Kash, 41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was overwhelmed with amount of responses about family and the power of those responses. Family is the big new relevant topic for this decade for me, because you get it on both ends. Your parents are old and you need to start considering how your relationship with them is going to function as a self-sufficient adult. And then you also need to contemplate creating a family of your own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pretty much everybody agreed to get over whatever problems you have with your parents and find a way to make it work with them. One reader wrote, “You’re too old to blame your parents for any of your own short-comings now. At 20 you could get away with it, you’d just left the house. At 30, you’re a grown-up. Seriously. Move on.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But then there’s the question that plagues every single 30-year-old: to baby or not to baby?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You don’t have the time. You don’t have the money. You need to perfect your career first. They’ll end your life as you know it. Oh shut up…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kids are great. They make you better in every way. They push you to your limits. They make you happy. You should not defer having kids. If you are 30, now is the time to get real about this. You will never regret it.” (Kevin, 38)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“It’s never the ‘right time’ for children because you have no idea what you’re getting into until you have one. If you have a good marriage and environment to raise them, err on having them earlier rather than later, you’ll get to enjoy more of them.” (Cindy, 45)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“All my preconceived notions about what a married life is like were wrong. Unless you’ve already been married, everyone’s are. Especially once you have kids. Try to stay open to the experience and fluid as a person; your marriage is worth it, and your happiness seems as much tied to your ability to change and adapt as anything else. I wasn’t planning on having kids. From a purely selfish perspective, this was the dumbest thing of all. Children are the most fulfilling, challenging, and exhausting endeavor anyone can ever undertake. Ever.” (Rich, 44)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The consensus about marriage seemed to be that it was worth it, assuming you had a healthy relationship with the right person. If not, you should run the other way (See #3).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But interestingly, I got a number of emails like the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“What I know now vs 10-13 years ago is simply this… bars, woman, beaches, drink after drink, clubs, bottle service, trips to different cities because I had no responsibility other than work, etc… I would trade every memory of that life for a good woman that was actually in love with me… and maybe a family. I would add, don’t forgot to actually grow up and start a family and take on responsibilities other than success at work. I am still having a little bit of fun… but sometimes when I go out, I feel like the guy that kept coming back to high school after he graduated (think Matthew McConaughey’s character in Dazed and Confused). I see people in love and on dates everywhere. “Everyone” my age is in their first or second marriage by now! Being perpetually single sounds amazing to all of my married friends but it is not the way one should choose to live their life.” (Anonymous, 43)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I would have told myself to stop constantly searching for the next best thing and I would have appreciated the relationships that I had with some of the good, genuine guys that truly cared for me. Now I’m always alone and it feels too late.” (Fara, 38)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the flip side, there were a small handful of emails that took the other side of the coin:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Don’t feel pressured to get married or have kids if you don’t want to. What makes one person happy doesn’t make everyone happy. I’ve chosen to stay single and childless and I still live a happy and fulfilled life. Do what feels right for you.” (Anonymous, 40)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conclusion: It seems that while family is not absolutely necessary to have a happy and fulfilling life, the majority of people have found that family is always worth the investment, assuming the relationships are healthy and not toxic and/or abusive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Be a little selfish and do something for yourself every day, something different once a month and something spectacular every year.” (Nancy, 60)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one was rarely the central focus of any email, but it was present in some capacity in almost all of them: treat yourself better. Almost everybody said this in one form or another. “There is no one who cares about or thinks about your life a fraction of what you do,” one reader began, and, “life is hard, so learn to love yourself now, it’s harder to learn later,” another reader finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or as Renee, 40, succinctly put it: “Be kind to yourself.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many readers included the old cliche: “Don’t sweat the small stuff; and it’s almost all small stuff.” Eldri, 60, wisely said, “When confronted with a perceived problem, ask yourself, ‘Is this going to matter in five years, ten years?’ If not, dwell on it for a few minutes, then let it go.” It seems many readers have focused on the subtle life lesson of simply accepting life as is, warts and all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which brings me to the last quote from Martin, age 58:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“When I turned forty my father told me that I’d enjoy my forties because in your twenties you think you know what’s going on, in your thirties you realize you probably don’t, and in your forties you can relax and just accept things. I’m 58 and he was right.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who contributed...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-29139140341562766722014-01-30T23:16:00.001+08:002014-01-30T23:16:17.796+08:00Living the dream - Wroclaw, PolandPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-14007178158135555302014-01-30T23:14:00.005+08:002014-01-30T23:14:58.409+08:00Living the dream - Prague, Czech RepublicPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-12526422055550281292014-01-30T23:14:00.003+08:002014-01-30T23:14:36.367+08:00Living the dream - Rome, ItalyPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-90035245696144396882014-01-30T23:14:00.001+08:002014-01-30T23:14:10.895+08:00Living the dream - Me at 32PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-4998583748301375632014-01-30T23:13:00.001+08:002014-01-30T23:13:09.517+08:00Living the dream - Bamberg,DeutschlandPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-36867929684618259892014-01-30T23:12:00.001+08:002014-01-30T23:12:30.562+08:00Living the Dream - Nuremberg, DeutschlandPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-68607785909087073782014-01-30T23:10:00.002+08:002014-01-30T23:10:15.656+08:00Living the Dream - Euro TripPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-14070078077683253262014-01-05T18:03:00.001+08:002014-01-05T18:03:01.519+08:00tagaytay with apat na sikatPuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-80629064380130827402013-12-27T16:49:00.002+08:002013-12-27T16:52:30.592+08:00Bakit Sumisigaw ang Taong Galit?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tatay: Anak alam mo ba kung bakit nagsisigawan ang taong galit kahit magkaharap sila?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anak: Kasi highblood na po sila</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tatay: Ano pa?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anak: Kasi nga po galit sila</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tatay: (napangiti sa anak, at sabi nya) Nagsisigawan ang dalawang tao kapag galit kahit magkaharap pa ang mga yan, dahil malayong malayo na ang puso nila sa isat-isa. Malayong-malayo , na pakiramdam nila, hindi ito maririnig ng isat-isa kung hindi nila isisigaw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Napapansin mo ba ang dalawang magkasintahan pag nag-usap? malumanay lang at mahina, dinig na nila isat-isa... Bakit? Dahil magkalapit ang kanilang puso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yung mga bagong kasal, kahit bulungan lang, dinig na dinig nila... Minsan nga titigan lang, nauunawaan na nila isat-isa. Kasi magkadikit ang kanilang mga puso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kaya ikaw anak pagdating ng panahon na galit ka lalo sa iyong asawa o kapamilya, makipag-usap ng maayos at masinsinan... Iwasan mong sumigaw, dahil baka dimo mamalayan, sa kasisigaw mo, masyado nang lumayo ang puso nyo sa isat-isa na baka dumating pa ang panahong gusto mong lumapit, pero dimo na sya makita pa....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>...nabasa ko lang po sa FB..:) #reblogged...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">now playing: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMLsIW5P11w" target="_blank">ready to fall</a> - joey fatone - <i>♩♪♫ And I'm ready to fall in love tonight Ready to hold my heart open wide I can't promise forever but baby, I'll try Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight...♩♪♫</i></span>PuccangGalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17216212431189070549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2532958553002557088.post-29222745514540152172013-12-26T08:31:00.001+08:002013-12-26T09:05:29.255+08:00Difference in Love and Marriage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Nice story. Must read and Share: “Difference in Love and Marriage”…</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wonders… may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one… But may be there is an even bigger one waiting for him. Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted. So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand. The teacher told him,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>“this is love… You keep looking for a better one, but when later you realise, you have </i></b></span><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>already miss the person…” </i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>“What is marriage then?”</b> the student asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">feel satisfy, and come back to the teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The teacher told him, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>“This time you bring back a corn. You look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you get… This is marriage.”</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">now playing: ♩♪♫ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLkoR4nYeEY" target="_blank">the gift</a> - 98 degrees -<i> ♩♪♫ Coz I've been waiting to give this gift tonight Im' down on my knees, there's no better time It's something to last for as long as you live Tonight I'm going to give you (oh girl!) all my heart can give!!.....♩♪♫</i></span></div>
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