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Blue Floral Squeeze
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At the end of July I showed this design as a swatch and said that it was a suitable design to use for a wall coverings and, at last, I have been able to produce a 3D interior design using this wallpaper.
The design owes its inspiration to various mid-century patterns that appeared in the 1960s in the United Kingdom and the colouring is mostly mid-century with the exception of the yellow which is from my expanded palette.
The set is my small apartment set that I made several years ago now and which I still use because it seems to work so well. I thought that this design might be something of a squeeze to use in this space but, happily, I was wrong and, as soon as I put the paper on the wall, I was able to see that I was on the right lines. As a colour, blue tends to make everything look cold but I think, for this small apartment, it does make it look fresh and not too tiny. Sitting back and looking at the finished image I was quite pleased with the way that it had adapted to the size of the apartment.
If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

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CPI slips by 0.1% in August
WASHINGTON (9/17/15)--The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) edged lower by 0.1% in August, reversing the 0.1% gain seen in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Economy.com Sept. 16).
Every piece of data that has arrived in advance of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which wraps up today, seems to carry at least some weight on the decision the Fed will make on whether to raise interest rates, analysts say.
Still, experts don't believe a weak month of consumer price inflation will affect the Fed's decision.
"The August CPI doesn't alter either our view that the Federal Reserve will begin normalizing interest rates (this week) or our estimate of third quarter gross domestic product (GDP)," said Ryan Sweet, Moody's analyst (Economy.com). "The CPI points toward a solid 0.5% gain in real consumption in August, but our high-frequency GDP model's estimate of third-quarter GDP was unchanged at 1.8% at an annual rate."
An attenuation in energy prices and a strengthening dollar have put significant downward pressure on consumer prices, Moody's said, adding, however, that the pressures should not last.
The CPI for food, meanwhile, climbed 0.2% in August, with both food at home prices rising 0.3% and food away from home prices increasing 0.2%.
Excluding food and energy prices, or core CPI, prices rose 0.1%, with apparel prices increasing 0.3%, and new-vehicle prices sitting flat after a 0.2% drop the previous month.
"Some Fed officials, including Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, are optimistic that U.S. inflation will return to the central bank's 2% target, and they downplay the role of economic slack in downward pressure on prices. This is a shift," Sweet said. "The Fed consensus usually sees resource slack as driving inflation dynamics."


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Photos: 2013 BIOS Marine Science Open House
On Saturday [Sept 22] the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] hosted its annual open house 'Marine Science Day.' A wide range of research and tools were on display, from investigations of the ways climate change is affecting our oceans to studies of the microscopic plants and animals that live there to a fully-equipped ocean-going research ship.
Several BIOS faculty members were on hand in the "Ask a Scientist" tent to answer questions about coral reefs, climate change and hurricanes, air and water pollution, cancer and aging research or what life as a working scientist is really like. The day also included kid friendly exhibitions and activities such as wacky science, mini research cruises, ocean-themed face painting and a puppet show.
Other groups from the community were present and provided information about their sustainability-related programs, including Bermuda Blue Halo, Bermuda Alliance for the Sargasso Sea, the Ocean Support Foundation, and the Department of Energy and Conservation Services Environmental Valuation of Coral Reefs, among others.
"Marine Science Day gives us a great opportunity to welcome the public to BIOS to learn more about the ocean and have fun at the same time," said JP Skinner, BIOS Education Officer.
BIOS is an independent marine science research and education institute. It was founded in 1903 as the Bermuda Biological Station by scientists from Harvard and New York University to take advantage of Bermuda's ideal location for deep-ocean and coral reef research and education.
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Plugging along with another week down...I honestly can't decide if the time is flying by or dragging on...either way, 6 weeks from now I'll have a baby girl in my arms!
How far along: 34 Weeks!!
How big is baby: Cantaloupe; 4.75 lb
Gender: My sweet baby girl, Nora Kay!
Weight gain/loss: I honestly feel like I've stopped gaining weight anywhere except for my big ole' belly...which I consider a good thing. My face is still a little round, but as you can tell from the photos below, it's not nearly as round as the first time around.
Sleep: It's truly hit or miss. I can always fall asleep just fine, but some nights I seem to have a bit of insomnia around the 2-4 am mark. I always manage to fall back asleep, but it's those nights that I also wake up early, like around 5:30am and can't go back to sleep.
Diet/Cravings/Aversions: I've been really trying to watch my sodium intake to avoid any access water retention...which was certainly a problem last time around. I'm not really craving anything specific, but I know all the Halloween candy, followed by my annual cookie exchange, followed by Thanksgiving will be rough! And we might have stopped by a donut shop this morning for breakfast...but I've made it this far so I can indulge right?!?
Movement: Yesterday at work I think she literally must have been doing some sort of hip-hop routine in my belly...which makes no sense since I had Christian worship music playing on my computer. This girl moves ALL. THE. TIME. But I'm not complaining, for the most part those kicks, jabs, and full body rolls are just a sweet reminder of how close we are getting to actually meeting her!
What I'm loving: The nursery! & my sweet Elyse. The nursery is pretty much finished and is more than ready for a little baby girl to occupy the space. You can see nursery reveal pictures in yesterday's post. And can I just brag a moment on my first born daughter? She is truly the light of my life and while I know there will be plenty of room to love another daughter, I've just been overwhelmed recently with the fact that God blessed me with a daughter like Elyse. She truly is going to be a great big sister, and a huge help to this momma. I love her with every bone in my body and I'm really trying to soak up these last few weeks with her.
Symptoms: Thanks to a forced, relaxing weekend my ankles have actually stayed ankles and not CANKLES! Woohoo! I've still got the frequent bathroom breaks, round face, and really round belly but the heartburn & Braxton Hicks have also subsided quite a bit. I still get uncomfortable fairly easy and I'm having to take a break during my morning routine because I just get worn out. However, these are all pretty minor things that I can deal with.
What I'm looking forward to: Some down time. But I'm not exactly sure when I'm going to get it. I'm trying to be much more intentional about not over-planning our schedule because that's when I get worn out and exhausted. I'm also really looking forward to Halloween on Friday...that is if we can get Elyse to actually WEAR her costume. Right now she's protesting, but Hubby and I have big plans of implementing bribery! ha!
Best moment of the week: Maternity photos were truly a lot of fun. Elyse cooperated pretty much NOT, but we got some great shots and I'm excited to share them soon. While maternity photos are definitely an optional thing, I'm so glad that we chose to do them again. They remind me that I really do look beautiful during this process and it's a great reminder of what amazing things the human body can do. Babies truly are such a miracle of life!
And just for fun...here's a comparison shot of me at 34w with Elyse. I actually think I look a LOT better this time around!


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iBikeRide.com are delighted to announce that the winner of the UK Trail of the Year for 2017 is Wind Hill B1KEPARK.
Wind Hill B1KEPARK can be found in the Longleat Estate in Wiltshire. It was previously known as the Allotment and the Black Cannon trails.
It went through a major revamp in 2016 and re-opened as part of the growing B1KE network to become Wind Hill B1KEPARK in April 2017. Hence, it is a new kid on the block to many, as well as having a rich history to many.
It is a progressive bike park catering for all levels of riders offering a variety of trails ranging from flowing blue grade to pro freeride and expert downhill.
Wind Hill B1KEPARK take the crown from last year's winners Comrie Croft, who are now in second place followed by Bike Park Wales in third place (who also won in 2015). The list of the Top Ten Trails of 2017 are published below:
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|Wind Hill B1KEPARK
|Comrie Croft
|BikePark Wales
|Western Park
|Revolution Bike Park
|Forest of Dean
|Laggan Wolftrax
|Gawton Gravity Hub
|Afan Forest
|Foel Gasnach Downhill
The Trail of the Year winner is driven by an Index based solely on rider reviews. Of the fantastic choice of 327 UK trails, bike parks and tracks available to review and rate on iBikeRide the Top Ten trails above (which is only around 3% of the total network) account for a whopping 26% of all reviews written (i.e. 683 out of the 2635 reviews that make up the index), showing just how popular they are amongst the riding public.
Of the top ten winners 4 are found in England, 4 in Wales and 2 in Scotland.
The specific winners on a country by basis are as follows:
- The 2017 Trail of the Year for England is awarded to "Wind Hill B1KEPARK". In second place is "Western Park".
- The 2017 Trail of the Year for Scotland is awarded to "Comrie Croft Mountain Bike Trails". In second place is "Laggan Wolftrax"
- The 2017 Trail of the Year for Wales is awarded to "BikePark Wales". In second place is Revolution Bike Park.
It's great to see Richard Kelly, the B1KE team and the Wind Hill local community get the credit deserved by taking this years Trail of the Year crown. As we see every year the opportunity for progression as well as the welcoming nature of the local riding community are the two things most valued by the UK riding public and Wind Hill B1KE have that in buckets.
Looking further into the top ten trails we can see that Revolution Bike Park, Gawton Gravity Hub, Foel Gasnach Downhill, Western Park and of course Wind Hill B1KEPARK themselves are all in the top ten for the first time this year. All of these are Bike Park and Downhill orientated centres which emphasises the continued trend we see in popularity in the iBikeRide Index for these type of riding venues over the more typical XC orientated centres.
One of this years stand out stories has to be Western Park in Leicester. Standing proudly amongst the Goliaths of the UK trail network is this small (comparatively tiny) and progressive bike park frequented by both mountain bikers and BMX'ers alike. Found in a small corner of a public park in an urban setting is a true hidden gem. I've visited and it probably has one of the friendliest and most helpful communities in the UK. Punching above their weight they come in 4th in the UK and second in England. Their position is a testament to both them and also the power of the iBikeRide Index as a solely grass roots community driven campaign to help riders discover the best trails and bike parks in the UK.
Massive thanks to everybody that reviewed a trail and an equally massive thanks to all our generous sponsors (below) for their support of the campaign which is now in its 5th year. To celebrate 5 lucky reviewers will be chosen from a prize draw over the next week to win a host of prizes from our sponsors.
As a final note, I wanted to explain how the iBikeRide Trail Index that determines the Top Ten Trails of the Year works. Basically, the index dynamically adjusts every time a rider writes a new review and leaves a rating. The algorithm that drives a trail's eligibility into the index, as well as its relative rankings, is a combination of a) the average rating score of the trail b) a minimum threshold on the number of ratings and reviews a trail has c) and freshness i.e. a significant number of reviews need to have been written in the last year. The Index then uses a Bayesian Average which generates a score for each listing that takes into account both the average rating and the number of reviews.
The criteria above means it's really hard (with an ever-increasing bar throughout the campaign) to even qualify for the index let alone be in the top ten or win for that matter. So congratulations again to Wind Hill B1KEPARK winner of the 2017 Trail of the Year.
Don't forget you can start writing reviews from today to decide the 2018 winners. It's never too early. Who wins? You decide!
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So Final day of Junior Space School "Astronaut Training" and Satellite Launches and the turn of Sputnik and Apollo.
One Satellite "launched" by Sputnik and a pretty good effort by Apollo (with a little help!) - see communication in 'space' is not that easy.
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Five and a half hours to Launch.....
So Leicester Space School 2017 has started and today sees the first two launches of the Dive Rutland space satellite (hopefully!)
To allow us to support Leicester Space School our opening hours will be changing over the coming weeks to accommodate.
We will publish our opening times weekly for the next three weeks and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Monday 24th July - 12:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 25th July - 12:00 - 15:00
Wednesday 26th July - 12:00 - 15:00
Thursday 27th July - Closed
Friday 28th July - 10:30 - 17:00
Saturday 29th July - 10:30 - 17:30 - Pool will be running as per our normal schedules
So the last day of my work experience with Dive Rutland, although tomorrow (Thursday) is the actual last day, this is Tracey's day off (sorry, had to mention it! as it never seems to happen) and I plan to sleep most of it.
The day was busy and started early with me meeting Tracey and her husband (Paul) at her house as we were off to Peterborough Lido for an extra curricular activity for Hampton Academy who are having a Space themed week. Tracey will put an blog up with pictures.
We ran a two hour session with some basic skills and then they built the space object being used for the Leicester Space School that Dive Rutland is running over the next three weeks.
On returning to the dive centre, sat and had something to eat (trying hard not to fall asleep - even Tracey was tired!) followed by offloading all of the equipment and packing it away - except the BCD's which I put out to dry and then it rained really heavy, so they took a little longer than normal. As we had used all of the small cylinders and some of the Dive Rutland club members are diving Norfolk this weekend we then filled them all.
Tracey finished resolving some issues with a customers regulator and moved some school regulators around to match their First Stages... and the last real job was to place a supplier order.
I hope that you have enjoyed my daily blog updates as I have learnt a lot in writing them. Its been a fun work experience and I have learnt loads, including finally how to close the containers without help!... Thanks for reading.... and see you all soon.
Sam's Work Experience Week 2 Day 2
The day consisted of preparing for the normal Tuesday night pool session and the Wednesday morning pool enrichment session which you will hear more of in day week 2 day 3 blog.
So, in preparation for Wednesdays pool session all of the 7 L pool cylinder had to be topped off and loaded onto the van, along with the 'space exercise'.. the same one being ran over the next couple of weeks for Leicester Space School.
After a busy day, we finished off by going to pool at 5:30 we had a club member gaining confidence in a dry suit, an open water student finishing off their confined water activities and two TDM's Rick and Gill at the end of the pool session doing a kit exchange but i didn't get to see it which was disappointing but Tracey said it was better than last week - there are pictures....
Then we went to the pub, again i was feeling hungry so i had a big burger and an extra portion of cheesy chips, followed by going home and sleeping like a baby.
One more day to go as getting Thursday off, but its a long day....
Sam's Work Experience Week 2 Day 2
Today, the start of my second week of work experience started with cleaning of the very dirty van. There was no kit to offload due to no pool because of the Dive Rutland club Barbecue on Saturday night, just a smelly bin! which we soon sorted out..
Whist I was washing the van, Tracey did the weekly shop clean (bathroom etc.). I got a bit wet while washing the van but it was very cooling as it was a very warm summers day (maybe I did a bit of that deliberately!)
After I had washed the van Tracey and I carried on with the very long process of inventory rack cleanning but the good thing is we only have 4 more racks to go it's nearly over yippee!!!!!!, Tracey has been applying the updates each evening, so EVE will soon be really up today - inventory wise anyway.
The only bad thing about yesterday was some of the products were not on the computer which meant it took a really long time.
And we were bugged all day by some very annoying flies....
Sam's Work Experience Day 6
I started by offloading the van and putting the pool equipment used by Tracey and Rachel on Friday evening, followed by finishing the inventorying and cleaning of the hose and regulator acessories rack I started the day before with the help of Rachel and the spare stock of masks
Had a dry practise build of the Space School object - has anyone guessed from the bits posted earlier in the week what it is? It looks amazing when built. Great idea...
Rachel cleaned the three glass cabinets whilst I did a bit of gardening at the front of the dive centre in preparation for the club BBQ as well as helping with the setup of the BBQ which consisted of filling up 2 kit boxes of cold water for the drinks, setting up chairs and tables. But I was not allowed near the food for some reason!!!!!
I worked right up until the BBQ started at 18:00 and I still have only made one cup of tea all week... amazing work experience so far - lots of variety.. roll on next week (I get tomorrow Sunday off and guess what I am going to is sleep)


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Washington Post - Barack Obama is outspending John McCain at nearly a three-to-one clip on television time in the final weeks of the presidential election, according to ad buy information obtained by The Fix, a financial edge that is almost certainly contributing to the momentum for the Illinois senator in key battleground states.
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, Obama spent more than $20 million on television ads in 17 states including more than $3 million in Pennsylvania and more than $2 million each in Florida, Michigan and Ohio. McCain in that same time frame spent just $7.2 million in 15 states. Even when the Republican National Committee's independent expenditure spending in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin is factored in (a total of $5.3 million), Obama still outspent the combined GOP forces by roughly $8 million in the last week alone.
The spending edge enjoyed by Obama has been used almost exclusively to hammer McCain as both a clone of the current president and someone who is out of touch on key domestic issues -- most notably the economy. The assertion of Obama's spending edge has coincided with the collapse of the financial industry and a refocusing by voters on the economy to turn the election from a toss up to one in which the Democratic candidate has moved into a discernible lead.
While the struggles of McCain and his party over the Wall Street bailout bill that passed Congress last week after much sturm und drang have been well documented, the practical political impact of Obama's decision to forego public financing for the general election and McCain's choice to accept the $84 million in public funds has not been as fully explored.
Obama's fundraising machine has continued to churn in recent months -- bringing in $67.5 million in August alone and ending that month with more than $77 million on hand. (Reports for September are not due at the Federal Election Commission until Oct. 20.)
Obama's ad spending strategy has been based on the idea of stretching McCain to the limit in a series of non-traditional battlegrounds (Indiana, North Carolina, Colorado, Virginia), knowing that such an approach would force the cash-poorer Republican's hand at some point.
That decision paid off last week when McCain pulled down his television ads in Michigan, a move due in large part to the prohibitive cost of continuing to run commercials in the Wolverine State. A look at advertising in the last week in Michigan showed Obama dropping nearly $2.2 million as compared to $642,000 for McCain and just over $1 million by the RNC -- a difference of nearly $600,000 in favor of the Illinois senator.
A detailed look at campaign spending on ads over the last week shows clearly how Obama is using his financial edge over McCain. In 13 of the 15 states where both candidates were on television, Obama outspent McCain -- in some states, drastically.
In Florida, where recent polling suggests an Obama surge, the Illinois senator disbursed more than $2.8 million for television ads in the last week while McCain spent $623,000 -- a massive $2.17 million spending gap.
In North Carolina, Obama dropped approximately $1.5 million on television commercials last week while McCain spent only $137,000. Such a wide spending disparity explains why a series of polls has shown Obama trending upward in the Tarheel State of late.
Even in Pennsylvania, the state where McCain is now focusing much of his time and energy in the final month of the campaign, Obama's spending advantage is massive. Obama disbursed a little more than $3 million in the Keystone State last month as compared to $1.2 million in ad spending by McCain and another $807,000 by the RNC. It adds up to a million-dollar edge for Obama on television -- meaning that he outspending Republican by roughly 33 percent in Pennsylvania.
In Virginia, a state that has gone Republican in every presidential election since 1964, Obama's pronounced spending advantage is also being felt. Obama spent $1.6 million on ads in the Commonwealth last week while the combined forces of McCain and the RNC spent $909,000 -- giving Obama a $700,000 spending lead.
Only in Minnesota and Iowa did McCain have a spending edge on television over Obama in the last week.
In Minnesota, the McCain spent $377,000 on television, far more than the $196,000 Obama spent during the same period. Republicans saw a significant uptick in their numbers in Minnesota following the national party convention in August although most recent surveys show Obama reclaiming a statistically significant lead. History is also against McCain in the state as no Republican presidential nominee has carried Minnesota since 1972.
In Iowa, McCain spent $297,000 on television as compared to $224,000 for Obama. That's rough parity in a state where polling shows Obama with a comfortable lead. McCain has spent considerable time, attention and money in Iowa, however, a strategy that has baffled many within the Obama campaign. Iowa went for then Vice President Al Gore in 2000 by 4,000 votes in 2000 but George W. Bush carried it by 10,000 votes four years later.
Spending by the RNC's independent expenditure arm has kept McCain within shouting distance of Obama in several crucial states including Ohio and Wisconsin.
In Ohio, Obama spent $2.86 million on television last week while the combination of McCain ($1.1 million) and the RNC ($1.66 million) gave Democrats just a $100,000 edge. The same was true in Wisconsin where Obama disbursed $1.24 million, compared to $1.03 million for McCain and the RNC.
Is Obama's spending edge conclusive when it comes to determining the outcome on Nov. 4? No. External events can -- and always seem to -- intrude on even the best laid of political plans and strategies. But, Obama's fundraising prowess has provided him a major leg up in the final month of the campaign that, when combined with the detrimental effects the focus on the economy has had on McCain, make it an uphill climb to victory for the Arizona senator.


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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
was supposed to study today! hahahah but in the end become chit-chatting session with alicia and jieying. HAHAHA!
shall sleep early tonight! hahahha can feel something not right with the nose. i think my plastic surgery fail. HAHA!
wants to bulk up so that his head looks smaller. HAHA!
oh i keep hearing TELEPHONE everywhere in amk. EVERYWHERE...
just completed the student feedback on teaching - well, a prof fared really well, as usual, while the other 2 kinda sux. okay one of them really sux. i am sure all the thm students know which prof i am talking about. he should have just sticked to research, and should be trained to improve his pedagogy.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
today was such a low-productivity day. oh well it's sunday! hahha :P
had meeting with xianhui and daniel at mos. i guess we are on the right track. i can feel it. at least now prof won't say that we lack lit reviews and are not exposed enough to the topic. :P
it was so coincidental to see alicia at amk mrt just now! YOU YUAN REN! hahah i hope you are sleeping now cuz you looked like a GHOST just now when i saw you. HAHAH!
yeah went to hawker centre opp andy's shop and celebrated joel's birthday. hahaha had fun poking fun at andy. HAHA! yeah then we went to amk hub and sorta walked around aimlessly. i was thinking we really didn't change at all after all these years. (the longest i had known these guys was since 2000. 10 YEARS. OMG) hahaaha yeah we walk in 2s and 3s and just sorta window-shop the entire building. HAHA! some things just never change.
i feel relieved and pleased when i see that my cousin is happy to be at home. i dunno why.
i can barely wait to know what i will be doing for my internship! everyone's been asking me when and where i am flying and all i can say is that everything is still TBA!!!! hahha this is really frustrating, but i guess there's nothing much that i can do right! hahah :P
...since when did i get so much courage/thick-skined-ness to move about so much on stage? hahahah
Saturday, March 27, 2010
had big breakfast with alicia at amk macs in the morning. woohoo! i like pepper and salt on the scrambled egg! yummy!
score reading with vc was kinda fun! i think we were really productive and came up with alot of songs! woohoo :P and thanks shixuan for the ride to macpherson! hahahah although i think i still spent about 50 mins to get home from there! hahah u live in a very bishan-inaccessible area. HAHA!
ok...here comes the question AGAIN. HAHA
what should i sing for thur?
李圣杰 - 手放开
萧敬藤 - 爱过了头
张信哲 - 爱如潮水
李玖哲 - 洗牌
洪俊扬 - 沙沙的谁
曹格 - 寂寞先生
小宇 - 爱上
i want to do all the miscellaneous stuff tonight, like packing. :)
Friday, March 26, 2010
bm305 - interesting as usual. i thought the group presenting went a little out of point though...
bt202 - a waste of time as usual: 'facebook' tutorial as mentioned by bernard...hAHA
fyp meeting with xianhui and daniel. hahaha aiyah we are really still very unproductive leh....
had a really great evening at ob.
dinner with alex (thanks for walking with me to maxwell for my fav curry rice! hahah), then sang gaseum apado for review (whoah my first time! i nv thought that i would even dare to sing this song! hhaha). HAHA you all know why i always want to sing first? cuz my voice warmed up already before that so i dun want it to cool down, that's why i always rush to be the first one to sing...HAHAH! then supper at macs - told lotsa stories and lame jokes but the best one must be julio's NUT story. HAHA!
thanks avril for sending us home! :)
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
did a little shopping at amk earlier in the afternoon. oooo the avocado juice at the food centre opp andy's shop was REALLY GOOD! really CREAMY! yum yum! oh i got a hair straightener btw. becoming more and more like a girl. HAHAH! oh and i didn't mention that i cut my own hair yesterday! so if you see any holes in my head pls tell me. HAHA!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
is going to listen to justin bieber on youtube later!
totally didn't learn anything from prof li! textbook is better!
wasted my time coming to school today. i thought that my group would be presenting, but no! KNS. prof pls promise to deliver what u say u will be delivering! stick to your lesson schedules!
woots woots.
just finished with the presentation slides! damn not satisfied but what to do?! no time...
FYP meeting wasn't productive at all. we need a slave-driver in the group to make sure everyone does their work and contribute. i am the FREE-RIDER inside! kns.
really really really not looking forward to prof li's morning lesson tml.
Monday, March 22, 2010
had lunch at suntec's swensen's with alicia and irene. wooohoo i like the big breakfast! however service at swensen's probably the same throughout the island - rushed, impersonal and not very responsive. hahah
at jco donuts with daniel now waiting for xianhui who will be an hour late! kns.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
just woke up from an afternoon nap.
oh. about stardust auditions. clearly they dun have as much manpower as impresario. and we were kinda intimidated by all the full bands, since we are only an acoustic band with a little guitar and 2 shaker eggs (and we pack up and set up really fast!), but somehow we are like the underdogs - there's really nothing to lose in participating in it. HAHAA yeah only thing was that we had to adjust the sound system (reverb, volume, etc) ourselves! hahahah they gave us 2 mins to test the sound...
we look fugly dun we. HAHAH!
really thankful for all the support given by everyone to rubberband! i think we never pray to the 台神 enough! the stage and the mic blacked out during our second medley, 我爱你+no one+where is the love! it happened the last time also during impresario finals when the feedback almost drowned our voices. i guessed we have given up putting the blame on the sound man already. hahaha we really tried very hard to make sure that he was happy with us and stuff. oh well in the end it still became like that! hahahh GIVE UP! hahahah but yeah thanks everyone for singing along with us! we had a great time today! :) i think we learnt alot and really felt loved by everyone! :) thanks alex for the pic!
this is fion and shuting from urban queens.
time to sleep and prepare for stardust audition at 10.30 tml at bugis. SHAGGS! hahaha
then it's a long day of projects. blah.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
15 new mails! wow that's a record. HAHAA
just came back from supper at macs opp int'l plaza. the service there's really good. it makes the sundae taste soooo much better! woohoo. :P
yup i think i learnt growling today! hurhurhur.
been listening to kaseum apado the past 2 days. almost every minute on buses and trains were spent listening to it. WOOHOO. FTTS ROCKS!!!
oh yeah need to find out how to differentiate our rubberband medleys!
oh YES.
RUBBERBAND will be performing in front of Wisma this coming Saturday, alongside other OB performing artistes such as Urban Queens, Simpli5 and Augmented 6. Huanjie and Junyang will also be performing there! Oh yeah other artistes from Lee Wei Song, Ge Fang and Ark will also be there to perform! do come catch us from 8pm onwards. :)
Thursday, March 18, 2010
meeting with prof gerard in the morning for FYP. argh. was under-prepared again and sorta 'kenna scolded' by him for not putting in enough effort, since he kept mentioning "as i told you during our last meetings,..."
met up with alicia yesterday for dinner. HAHHA i should run a counselling centre for her. HAHA oh why is saba always soooooo oily?
prac at zach's place was fairly productive. :)
I had the urge to eat hot fudge sundae, but resisted the temptation in front of daryl cuz he was having a sorethroat. HAHA!
today is one of the rare productive days in recent months. :P michael li still sucks. oh yeah prof gerard kept targeting me today during lessons! hahah it's weird. i dun like it when i keep getting unwanted attention. BLAH.
going to ob in a while for rubberband prac. shit i am feeling hungry. BLAH.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
learning Gaseum Apado (Even Though My Heart Breaks) and its chords now. :) like finally...
Ga-seum a-pa-do na i-reo-ke u-seo-yo
Ne nu-ni haeng-bo-khan geon cheo-eum-i-ni-kka
Sam-kin nun-mu-re ma-mi jit-mu-lleo-ga-do
Gu-dae-ra-myeon nan gwaen-chan-ha-yo
it was the first time i took a non-aircon 179 in the morning. okay it will be the last time i run for a non-aircon bus. kns. okay only good thing was that i met hamizah on the bus. WOOHOO.
will start on the arrangement in 10 mins!!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
doesn't like the feeling of showcasing something which i haven't prepared enough for - it happened last thur and it happened again today. BLAH...
sorry huanjie!
will work hard on always online and 100 days!!!!!!! trying to come up with a decent acapella arrangement. :P
argh. headache at night and stomachache in the morning. kns. :P
Monday, March 15, 2010
mom bought durian back home. yum yum. :)
i just created a facebook group to hunt for songs for victoria chorale's In Song 2010. theme is on water.
hoping to leverage the power of social media! haahahah
almost thought that i was gonna have a tooth extraction at the dentist just now when he did some injection into my gums!!! whoah heng he only wanted to smoothen the chipped edges. haha i think i ate too much nuts. HAHHA!
and i saved a little boy at the pool today. okay i didn't really do anything dramatic but i guessed he was really scared when he was struggling in the pool. yay proud of myself.
lindt dark choc ROX. it's been in my mouth for the past 10 minutes. HAHAH!
and based on the videos below i came to a few conclusions:
- tend to oversing - as such listen to the voice in my head and relax everytime i oversing. it helped alot during bei dui bei especially.
- must use more head voice to sustain the higher notes
- sense of tempo kinda sucks. i nv get my entries right.
- i often add too much ad-lib into the interludes.
- hold the mic too far away esp during the higher notes, and as such the notes suck cuz they were too soft and sounded like i didn't have any strength.
- lack interaction with joel on stage even though i told him before that that we must have more eye contact! hahha
- my tailing off sounds bad cuz i dun have proper control of wei yin.
- i still talk too quickly on stage
- there is a lack of emotional buildup for most of the songs. like i didn't have different treatments for the painting of the words. BLAH. and as such the songs sound emotionless and too technical.
- i move awkwardly on stage. i think learning dance helps.
okay good night world. :)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
woke up late today. but had a really long day.
had prac with rubberband at zach's. oh there are really imbal people doing imbal things on earth. how on earth do ppl know how to sing, play the piano and guitar, kajorn, beatbox, rap and harmonise at the same time. it's ridiculous! hahahah
wanted to get to admiralty station with daryl but the rain was really big and we got really drenched in the end. i think i may be falling sick from it. oh nos!!!!
yeah then it was fyp meeting at amk hub with daniel and xianhui. think we managed to come up with something at least. oh well but i lost in both the cai quan and scissors paper stone and got to do the suckiest lit review. oh wells.
perf at ntu open house with joel was fun! :) thanks andy for helping us get the room for prac and for being our PA for the day! the sound system was really good! we have FOUR monitor speakers. WHOAH say. and we got pei fen and zhi yong from fm93.3 as the host. WAH daniel! big budget ar! hahaha
choir meeting was good i guess! :P
alicia and her friend geok leng.
bah didn't manage to take photos with ob peeps. :(
Jam's concert rox. his fashion designer really went out of the box by putting a giant carnation to surround his head.
i was rocking to the music 99% of the time. except when the guest performer was singing. kns.
okay things to learn:
- 尾音 (HUANJIE TEACH ME!!! hj was irritating us by singing the wei yin in the very 油 way. kns.)
- 咬字 & 口气 (mesmerised by his voice when he sang 心如刀割! that usage of breath and how much he bit his words really mattered so much!
- sense of rhythm (all his notes are on beat. like even if they are off he makes them on beat! wow!)
- transition at the passagio (his transition really rocked. why did everyone say that there were very few points whereby he had to transit between real voice and falsetto? hahah)
- how to hit high notes with the head voice effortlessly. i am sure there is a way.
oh and i met shihui who just returned from japan on the way out from jam's concert!!! woohoo what a coincidence. and...either she grew or i shrank. HAHA
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
bm305 presentation in the morning was not too shabby. glad that prof liked my slides. WOOHOO.
BT202 is seriously just a WASTE OF TIME. potential THM students pls beware of michael li. think twice before u decide to join thm specialisation.
i wasn't prepared for lessons with huanjie at ob, and as such was really disappointed with myself. hahah but i wasn't emo today. it's just that i was damn tired from the lack of sleep.
just came back from julio's birthday celebration at hk cafe. the cake from breadtalk's really good! i like.
well. let's just put ourselves as our main competitors. look at others for inspiration, but never pretend that we are like them cuz we aren't. just keep trying to surpass ourselves... HAAHHA really ar. my posts are quite blue nowadays. BAH.
oh yeah just to tell my sis that i shook hands with he wei jian. HAHA
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
you know. it really kinda sucks that despite so much efforts put in, we sometimes fail to garner the support of the people we want friendship and support. We then begin to lose confidence in these people, and the mind starts to wonder "what are we doing everything for?"... we wander off somewhere and found something better, but still clinging on with the hope that someday, they will want me back and make me love what i am doing again.
but no.
we suggest negativity, we show our lack of interest, and we blame things on other people without throwing out constructive remarks in the first place. one by one, we slowly lose interest and allow what we love to disintegrate. then we blame it on others again.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
today's a hot day.
woke up late at 10 plus. was shagged from yesterday. bm305 meeting at novena. whoah year 3 jiu shi year 3. damn efficient. i feel like a free rider in the group.
interview at transinex again, this time with sam and adrian. i think i got it. but dunno go where sial.
i dunno how to start on bt202 assignment, bm305 ppt and fyp lit reviews. i foresee a long night ahead.
a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who supported rubberband in one way or another throughout our journey in impresario 2010. thanks wensi and lee kuan for being so patient and helpful throughout! many thanks to the hairstylist, who blew my hair and straightened my bangs (HAHA) and makeup artiste for giving me a glossy pink lips! we almost had to put eye shadows. HAHAHA thanks daniel, yy, alicia, irene and my family for coming down to support rubberband!
****OH YES!!! thanks to ivy-jie for porh-ing us on stage! rubberband really appreciates it!
:) We really hope that we could have done better today, but i guess we didn't have 天时地利人和. yup we will work harder in the future and aim to stand on a bigger stage to perform for all our friends and family. :) hwaiting!
Friday, March 05, 2010
haha went to shangri-la in the morning and realised that the hotel is REALLY HUGE! wow we took 2 hours to just tour the facade + a few guestrooms and ballrooms. HAHAHA
just came back from dinner after impresario rehearsal. shaggzzzz.
listen to nothing but the sound in myself.
oh my dad just passed me the hdd which was supposed to have been killed by bath soap. and with evetything intact! incl the new year gathering' photos that we took at iris's! :)
to go to NTU auditorium:
1) take 179 from Pioneer MRT (once you exit the gentry, turn left and go down the escalator. you will see a kopitiam on your right. Walk straight to the bus stop)
2) Once you enter NTU, stop at the 6th bus stop (outside Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information) - see the blue dot near the bottom left of the map.
3) walk UP the slope which you just came from
4) make a right turn at the first junction (you will see the sign board with 'nanyang auditorium' on it.
thank you google map :)
Thursday, March 04, 2010
just came back from ob. HAHAHAH rubberband jiayou.
i think there comes a point when the party has to end. i think i will really miss everyone when it comes to a stop, however temporary the halt is... :_(
okay. time to look for a new song to sing next thur liao! :) think i should sing a fast/uptempo song right? :)
really impt link that must be save.
jade and jie sin came over to my house in the morning to do project for BM305. hahah we ended up jamming on the guitar and keyboard. oman. jie sin can sing really well!! woohoo. jiayou for project! still gotta do the ppt tml morning :P
yeah after that went to clarke quay for wine appreciation workshop with thm peeps. it was damn cool and damn worth it. choir peeps wanna try? :) i think i prob had too much to drink! hahah i loved the champagne! the food there was good. especially loved the orange cheese with crackers. and i bought some sweet wine too. HAHAHAHA
ahahha i most certainly look drunk in all 4 photos! hahah
rubberband prac at ob. no stress no stress. just relaxing la! just came back from supper at coral village cafe. food and company were goooood. :)
oh man. will things really be different if i go out of singapore for 4 months?
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
i am becoming an untidy person. or maybe i just realised that i am really really untidy. LOOK AT MY ROOM! omg. HAHAHA
meeting at orchard zara starbucks with BM305 mates. aahahah when someone takes the lead i love to sit back and be a follower. :)
after that went to adelphi for a meeting with kwok wei to talk about choir trip at the end of the year. She's really nice!!!
okay. 2 internships are kinda confirmed. i am waiting for one other to be born, which is also the one that i really want. BLAH. but i have to reply everyone by TONIGHT / THIS WEEK. HOW. DIEEssss....
Monday, March 01, 2010
was at mrs liang's house today! and managed to meet up with these amazing ppl, some of whom i have not seen for 10 over years! :) yeah had a really good time catching up with mrs liang, xunqi, zi cheng, guo feng, kennedy, zhe qin, eugene, daryl, jie wei. hahah we managed to squeeze 7 full-grown male adult in daryl's car from clementi mrt to mrs liang's house. woohoo.
prac at zach's was stressful! extremely stressful!!!
oh man i just need a confirmation!!!


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Predator Crossovers I'd Like to See
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|1) Predator/ Daredevil
Predators go after guys that have weapons, and DD uses his billy club pretty well. After taking down a street gang single handedly, a predator starts tracking him. Daredevil's got an advantage though - his radar sense allows him to see where the predators are.
|2) Predator/ Spider-Man
I really don't see this as too different from the DD crossover. The difference is Spidey's weapons are the web shooters. He doesn't quite have the same advantage as DD though, because while his spider sense warns him of danger and helps him avoid being hit, it doesn't allow him to see where the predators are.
|3) Predator/ Iron Fist
I just like the idea that predators attack guys with weapons, and Fist is "The Living Weapon."
|4) Predator/ Wetworks
I'd like to see how those golden symbiotes fare against predator tech.
|5) Predator/ Team 7
This would be a little more like the original movie, but the soldiers have super powers, so a little more even.
|6) Predator/ Wolverine
Logan's adamantium skull and spine would be an irresistable trophy to a predator. I'd want to see this in the Savage Land, where Wolverine can go full on berzerker mode, and tear into some predators. A T-rex has got to eat at least one predator, or be blown to bits trying.
|7) Predator/ Ghost Rider
It's kind of a weird match-up, but here, the predators can see the skull up front, so I think this would be a desirable trophy for them. I think GR's penance stare would be useless here, and this would be more of a physical fight. Can the Rider give as much fight as the Predators?
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Quote Of The Week – 47 – 2016
How To Stay Motivated To Reach Your Personal Goals
"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."- Jim Rohn
About The Quote
We all have great ideas and personal goals for our future but only few people are actually ready to take the necessary action steps. The problem many people have is their unwillingness to get out of their comfort zone and to change their habits.
Habits can be very powerful if used wisely. Once you are acting out of habit you no longer need your limited willpower and motivation. So by changing your habits you can give your life a turnaround and literally reach your goals on autopilot.
But here comes the problem:
It is not us controlling our habits, but our habits controlling us. And we are not even aware of them most of the time! We have all kinds of habits that keep us from reaching our goals but instead define our comfort zone and keep us within its boundaries.
We wonder how some successful people have been able to achieve the unthinkable and how much they have invested to get there. But once you make it a habit to work on your goals it is much easier to actually get there. Having beneficial habits makes you not only achieve your biggest goals, but it makes you become a greater version of yourself! You literally grow into your goal by following your new routines, no matter how big it is. All it takes is a relatively small daily commitment that becomes a habit after a while.
Goal Setting Series: Step 3 to Step 5
This is the third part of the Holistic Life Transformation goal setting series. If you haven't done so already, please read Introduction To Goal Setting – 8 Steps To Achieve Your Goals and subsequently How To Set Goals And How To Achieve Them before continuing with this post.
In this post I walk you through #3, #4, and #5 of the 8 steps to achieve your goals.
In the last post we covered the first two steps that are necessary in the process of reaching your goals. By now you should have:
- 5 goals that are most important for you and a reason why you want to achieve them over the next five years in different areas of your life
- very achievable, and time-bound milestones or mini-goals over the course of the next 12 months that will lead you to your big goals
- milestones or mini-goals that are represent a measurable outcome by the end of each month
- one source or person that can help you in achieving your big goal.
- a fixed time and place for each week when you are going to conduct your weekly planning.
- a fixed time and place when you are going to work on your goal each day (re-evaluated on a weekly basis but ideally in the morning before all other tasks)
Now it is time to move on and becoming an "action hero" by getting into action the right now and in the right way. In this post we cover the next steps which are all about staying motivated on your journey to accomplish your goals:
- Step #3: Track your time and action
- Step #4: See the big picture
- Step #5: Build habits to automate the process. Reach your goals on autopilot.
Step #3: Track your time and action
Stop being busy. Prioritize and focus. Achieve more that matters by doing less that distracts.
An easy way to put it is this:
The more time and effort you invest in your goals the bigger will be your progress. So in order to measure your progress you have to either record your effort, your time, or both.
How to track your performance
A way to measure the time is of course relatively easy. You simply need to measure the time you spent on doing something. If you want to work out 30 minutes a day or work on hour on your goal then measure the time you actually do that but make sure to exclude the breaks.
But time alone is not the best indicator if you cannot generate some results. So you could also use a performance based system to measure your progress like writing 1000 words per day for your book. By the end of the week or month you can sum up all the words you have written and compare them to your total goal of let's say 50,000 words for your new book. So if you stick to your plan you will see that by writing 1,000 words every day you basically add 2% every day to your big goal.
You can apply this to other areas as well like the amount of push-ups you make, the miles you want to run, the number of videos you want to upload for your new channel, or the money you want to save or earn. Be creative here.
What are the benefits of measuring your progress?
The biggest advantage that I can see is that you actually stop comparing yourself to other people. Instead you compare yourself against your own performance. With your goal in sight you can use it as an internal yardstick when you struggle somehow. Then you will see what you have achieved already and are much more willing to continue.
It doesn't help to compare you to others because each one is different and has his own path to go. You never know the whole story and what appears to be shiny on the surface might not be what it seems to be. In either way it is a fool's game that you cannot win. You externalize your power and waste your precious time and energy thinking about others and what they have done better or worse than you.
And why does it actually matter? Don't get distracted by other people and rather focus on your own goals. This is not about being selfish but about channeling your energy to what matters most in your life. When you focus on reaching your goals you will see anything else as a distraction. Get rid off negative thinking that is no longer serving you and make new priorities.
The only one who has enough in common with you to make it worth comparing is you. So it makes only sense to look at your own performance. Anything else should be out of your focus once and for all. It can be a huge relief to focus on your own track record and stop caring about anyone who could be "better" than you. This is not about letting yourself go but rather to not worry about stuff that you cannot change and that should be not your business anyway.
Task 7: Look at your goals, milestones, and checkpoints. They all should consist of measurable outcomes. Think of what could be your minimum daily or weekly performance or time requirement. Then go ahead and start to actually measure your performance or time every time you are working on your goal.
Explanation: This will help you to prioritize and focus instead of just being busy. You can set daily or weekly minimum goals and a minimum of time that you want to work on it. Everything you do more is fine for your big goal and keeps you ahead of schedule. Achieve more what matters by doing less that distracts.
Step #4: See the big picture
Visualize your goal clearly, on a daily basis. Seeing is believing, believing is doing, and doing is success.
Also remind yourself always why you started in the first place
Do you know of the story of Jim Carry who wrote himself a check? It is a very good example for seeing the big picture.
Task 8: Create a vision board and place it somewhere where you can see it every day. Search for images or other ways to illustrate how your achieved goal looks like. Besides just seeing it you should really imagine how you spend your ideal day after you have achieved your goal. The vision board should serve as a daily reminder for you to envision and "experience" your achieved goal in your mind.
Explanation: You already have written down a precise description of your goals and you should know why you want to achieve them. Now it is time to actually visualize your goals and remind yourself what it is that you want to get or become. Pictures are apparently the best way to put it but you could also use phrases or a big list.
Step #5: Build habits to automate the process. Reach your goals on autopilot.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
In the last post I already mentioned how you can change habits that annoy you or hold you back of some sort and replace them with new more beneficial ones.
You can apply the same principle for generating new habits that are actually helping you to achieve your goals.
Identifying your old habits
We have all kinds of habits whether we are aware of them or not. Most of them are most likely not serving you very well on your pursuit to "fame and fortune", otherwise we would not have to sit together here and work on a solution. 🙂
But don't worry, you are far ahead of the majority of people because not only got you aware of the situation you are in but you actually started to do something about it. This is a massive accomplishment! And I pull my hat off to you for your efforts. Don't think that any of this is nonsense or wasted time. In fact, you could hardly spend (or rather invest) your time more wisely than setting your goals and working towards their accomplishment!
Task 9: Write down the normal sequence of events on a workday and also on the weekend or what you normally do when you don't work. Identify 10 habits for each day and think about whether this habit is serving you well in reaching your goals or not. Think about 3-5 habits that you want to change and how you can replace them with new habits that are in alignment with your goals.
Explanation: Each one of us is driven by all sorts of habits and routines. Those habits determine where we are in life and what we are getting out of it. Your actual circumstances are a reflection of your actions and beliefs. Most of what we think and do happens out of habit and thus, creates the exact same reflection in our life. Once you observe and analyze your habits you can actually learn a lot about yourself. Analyze your day and think about how you start it, what you are eating, how you go to work, how much coffee you need, and so on. How do you spend your time at work? What are you doing after you come back home? How much TV do you watch and how is this going to help you with your goals?
- You should have 10 habits of what you do on a normal working day.
- You should have 10 habits of what you do on a normal day off.
- You have compared your goals and habits and identified which habits are no longer serving you.
- You have started to change one habit right now and you are replacing it with a new one over the course of the next month.
Type of habits
Habits are not just things that you do but also thoughts you think, the mindset you have and the way you behave in certain circumstances. Here are some examples:
- Self-talk: What is the voice in your head telling you in certain situations? Do you have the habit to think mostly negative about your life and the world in general?
- Beliefs: Talking to ourselves forms various beliefs that most often than not are based on false assumptions or pure speculation. Nevertheless, we end up believing them and make our decisions accordingly. We tend to have all kinds of negative beliefs in our subconscious mind unless we start reprogramming them.
- Mindset: What is your mindset about certain people, companies, politicians, countries, sport clubs, or about men or women? Do you have a habit to complain or gossip about others? This is also a habit that is not serving you in reaching your goals. Instead it keeps you drained, distracted, and pessimistic. If you want to learn more about how you can change your mindset then I can recommend you to check out the 10 best mind changing books for 2017.
- Morning Routine: How do you wake up an spend your morning? Do you need 3 cups of coffee, 2 donuts and a cigarette to get started or do you workout for 30 minutes and write down what you want to achieve today and how you want to feel today? Do you have healthy or rather unhealthy habits?
- Communication: How do you behave when talking to different people? Did you ever realize that you use another role depending on who you talk to? You automatically change your behavior depending on who you deal with because we tend to live up to other people's expectations.
Go ahead and have a look at your 10 habits again. Can you categorize them according to what was mentioned above? Or do you realize that there are even more things that you haven't been aware of before. Maybe you realize that you tend to have negative beliefs about money?
This might sound overwhelming. But don't worry; just go ahead one step at a time. You can actually set the goal to change the most distressing habits you have. Remove limiting beliefs about your goal and enhance your mind power, boost your confidence, and make it a habit to work weekly or better daily on your goals!
Change one habit at a time
This was basically already mentioned in the previous post.
Give yourself the time that you need to change ONE habit at a time. Getting over ambitious here can be counter-productive. If you don't have a life changing event or any other rock solid reason why you want to start over completely then you may not be able to make it through the first seven weeks and changing all at once.
Take small steps but make them rock solid.
Do you want to get up earlier? Start with 15 minutes per week and work yourself towards your goal.
Implementing a new habit is like having a daily mini goal that you have to accomplish over and over again. Notice that all goal setting principles apply likewise! Make sure you know what you want to do when, where, and why!
Frequency of repetition
If your new habit is nothing that you want or can do on a daily basis then it might become much harder to actually make it a habit.
This has been a major struggle for me for years. The less frequent my new habit occurs the more likely I am going to fail to implement it. Imagine that you want to work out three times per week and have to convince yourself every two or three days that it is now time again. You most likely tend to do too much and suffer from the consequences for the next day. The next time you have to convince yourself again and use a lot of willpower. In my case I tended to look forward to the days I wouldn't have to work out rather than being excited about the actual training days.
Whereas when you do a bit less per day but more frequently then you get into the habit of working out much easier. It is better to make each day 20 push-ups than doing 140 one time per week.
If you cannot do it daily then set fixed times and places for your task! Make time for it in your schedule and make it a priority over other things.
Achieve your goals faster with more habits
Imagine having various big goals that you would have to approach one by one according to our goal planning procedure. This can take a long time and you may not feel satisfied about the progress you make. The solution would be to work on several goals at the same time. Ideally these goals are not within the same category.
If you have a passion, health, and wealth goal then you may work on them at different times per week. So if you can manage to keep an overview of all these goals and make it a habit to work on them regularly, then you don't need to wait until you have reached one of them.
You could implement a morning routine that enables you to work on all of your goals one by one before you actually get started with your other duties. You could write 500 words right after waking up for your blog or book (passion), then you go to make sport because you want to lose weight (health), and after that you write down all the things you are grateful for (wealth). These are three habits that you do in a row and that help you for your goals.
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How To Stay Motivated To Reach Your Personal Goals
In this post I gave you the right tools that you need to stay motivated on your journey to actually reach your goals. Now, you do not only have set your personal goals and made a plan about how to achieve them, but you actually made sure that you stay motivated once you get right into the work.
By now you should be able to compare your own performance to yourself and not get distracted by other people's success (getting inspired is much better though), you have the big picture which enforces your "why" and makes it much more enjoyable for you to actually get started every single day, and last but not least, you know how you create new habits that will set you on autopilot on your way to success. This way you will need much less willpower to bring your goals into reality.
Well, this is a bunch of work for you at this time. But you will have one week to go through these three steps. When you are done, there will be the next post waiting for you to follow along with the next steps. Until then have a nice week.
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Leave a comment below and tell us what is working for you. Have a great week and share this post with your friend if you found it to be helpful.
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Emanuel James "Jim" Rohn (1930-2009) was an American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
For more than 40 years he helped people around the world to become their greatest version and achieve the success in life that they wanted.
On his website it is summarized like this:
Jim Rohn focused on the fundamentals of human behavior that most affect personal and business performance. His is the standard to which those who seek to teach and inspire others are compared. He possessed the unique ability to bring extraordinary insights to ordinary principles and events, and the combination of his substance and style captures the imagination of those who hear or read his words.
Jim is known as one of the great wordsmiths of our time. Here is a sampling from Jim's Treasury of Quotes that reflect on his philosophy on life and business:
Skills: Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.
Growth: Don't join an easy crowd. You won't grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform and achieve are high.
Change: We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.
Activity: The few who do are the envy of the many who watch.
Success: Success is what you attract by the person you become.
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1940, Philip was born in Meerut, India, the region high up in the Himalayas.
Philip's father, who worked in India for 30 years was the Chairman of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club and a horse owner.
His interest ignited Philip as a child and led to his first visit to Newbury races when Philip was 6 years old.
1953, the Johnston family returned to Scotland where his father still kept some broodmares in a farm at Kelso, Roxburghshire.
After education at Winchester and later at Trinity College Dublin where Philip continued a deep interest in racing much to his housemaster's concern!
Philip found Economics far too boring, he set off to gain himself a position in racing administration.
Firstly he learnt the fundamentals of handicapping.
Then he worked in racing stables and studs until departing in charge of two horses boxed on deck bound for New Zealand and Australia via the Panama Canal.
CAREER in the EAST:
By that time, he had heard of the possibility of a position with the RHKJC to work with the Stipendiary Stewards, Handicapper; as well as being the assistant to the Stables Manager and Veterinary Surgeon, Dr Allan Auchnie.
1968 August, Philip joined the RHKJC when it was still an amateur club.
Howard Braham was the Chief Stipendiary Steward and Michael Boycott the Secretary of the Club.
1971, he took over as handicapper for the full season of the first year of professional racing.
1980, Philip left the RHKJC to join the Singapore Turf Club as Chief Stipendiary Steward.
1986, Philip returned to Hong Kong as Chief Stipendiary Steward.
1990, eventually joining the board of Management as the Director of Racing.
1998-06-14, Philip retired from HKJC.
CAREER in the WEST:
Philip left HKJC in 1998 after 30 years in the East to join the Curragh Bloodstock Agency (CBA) and Johnny McKeever who is the co-director and Chairman of McKeever Bloodstock (MBL).
Philip's involvement in the following projects give him a special sense of satisfaction:
- the first import of Northern Hemisphere griffins to HK.
- the building of Sha Tin Racecourse.
- the International Sale.
- the staging of the first Invitation race.
Most memorable horses in HK:
BEN VORLICH – SILVER LINING – BULLISH LUCK (as he bought BULLISH LUCK for his owner Mr Wong)
Most memorable jockey in HK:
So many of the world's best jockeys have ridden in HK that it is hard to pick a favorite but if forced to make a choice,
Philip would name Pat Eddery as the most exciting to watch.
Most memorable trainer in HK:
The same goes for trainers as there have been many fine trainers as well as all the trainers visiting for the International races.
For Philip thought George Sofronoff was as good as anyone and George was such a lovely person.
Most memorable owner in HK:
Mr Alec Potts, a charming man and Steward of the Club who always had a decent horse in training.
Most memorable event in HK:
The opening of Sha Tin Racecourse and the win by MONEY NO OBJECT of the first race ever held there.
Ridden by Lee Hon Ming whose father was the head-lad at Beas River Country Club and
Owned by Mr Eric Cumine, who was an architect and Steward of the RHKJC, another very delightful person.
Quotable Quote
Mr Philip Johnston would say to young racegoers or those wishing to make a career in racing bear in mind the Latin saying:
"Carpe diem " or in other words "Grab the day and do your best."
Philip Johnston – McKeever Bloodstock
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Avery is so cute at the nail salon, what is it about girls?! Mine is 4 going on 14 and has so much attitude haha, I can't even imagine what the teenage years are going to be like. And that cheese plate looks SO good!ReplyDelete
Love your outfits, so cute! And your lil girl is so precious in those pictures!ReplyDelete
Loving that Old Navy top! So cute! And that cheese plate... yum!!ReplyDelete
<3, Pamela
Busy days definitely make for restful nights! Love this time of year!ReplyDelete
The Old Navy top and that white maxi amazing!! Orange & Blue my favorite combo too - gator colors hehe!ReplyDelete
I have that same old navy top! Love the summer time fun!! Your little ones are too cute!ReplyDelete
Yesss for breaking out the white clothes again! And hot mess express totally describes us, too - I swear we've been eating brownies like it's our job this week. So bad!ReplyDelete
I love my Joe's Jeans in white but they are expensive. I found mine at Marshalls for $49. Love that white maxi and Avery is adorable!!ReplyDelete
I need that shirt and the maxi dress!! Avery is too cute at the nail salon... Good luck with the attitude ;)ReplyDelete


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The Outlaw Way
In the Winter of 2011/12 I listened to a few UnRX'ed Podcast episodes, one of which had a good interview with Elizabeth Akinwale. She was well spoken, entertaining, and following a program she referred to as 'Outlaw' from a coach named Rudy.
I found her blog, then his, and I'm hooked.
Since the month before the '12 Open until December of 2012 I was following the Outlaw Way, as it's called, with some success and a lot of enjoyment (should I enjoy suffering?!?!).
Although I have not followed it for some time I felt my best when I was, and still occasionally grab a cherry-picked WOD from 'the way' site. Still need to scale the numbers down to what I can handle. Still hooked.
Still striving to be better.


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Balanced Measurement Historically by Fives and Sixes. I know. You are thinking the title is beyond logic. "Five and six what", you ask? A quick response: Words favor the left side of the brain. Left-sided thinking dominates most of our culture. Math and music use the right side. That's where this blog is coming from- the right side. I refer you to chapter six of The City of Revelation. Michell entitles the chapter- " Sacred Geometry: The Plan of the Holy City." In that chapter we find Mayananda's drawing of a lily and rose. At one time the rose and lily were thought to be polar opposites. Here are some of his included highlights:
- Five represents the strong petals of the rose. It has 13 weaker petals.
- Six represents the petals of a lily.
- Five has historically been the number of humanity. It is the core number of the ratio called "phi". [1] It favors ratios of life including those found throughout the human frame.
- Six was associated with inanimate nature, like the snowflake.
- Five was the footprint of the pentagon.
- Six was the mark of the hexagon
- Thus. five was considered yin. Six was thought of as yang.
So Where are the Ancient balanced Measurement Units?
Below is a list of balanced measurement units used in antiquity:
- 6/5 = 1.2 An Egyptian remen is 1.2165 feet (It gets better in a moment).
- 6 x 5/6 + 5 = 2.727272…A megalithic yard is 2.72 feet.
- 6 x 6 x 6/5 x 5 x 5 = 1.728. The larger Egyptian cubit is 1.728 feet.
- 6²/5² – 1.44. One hundred and forty four is a Fibonacci number.
- 6 x 6 x 6 x 6 / 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 2.0736. Approximates the Palestinian cubit of 2.107 feet.
- (6 to the 6th power) / (5 to the sixth power) = 2.979…This is close to the three feet of the English yard.
- Very important for Central America and the Mexican Pyramid of the Sun: The key unit of measure was the "hunab." (See Peter Tompkins Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids). The hunab is 3.41 feet. Again, the invaluable fives and sixes: (5 x 5 x 5) + (6 x 6 x 6) = 341. I took this information from a previous blog called "Measure Proves a Pre Genesis Citadel in Mexico."
- 341 refers to world before Genesis. Here's how: The name of the pre-creation God was Emesh אֶ֣מֶשׁ: "Laban said unto Jacob: The God of your fathers, Emesh, said to me…" In Hebrew "Emesh" literally means "yesternight." Reference Genesis (31:29). Letters doubled as numbers in middle eastern languages. There were no separate numbers apart from letters. Here are the letters in Hebrew with their representative numbers.
- אֶ֣מֶשׁ – Alef = 1; Mem = 40; shin = 300. Total is 341.
- אֶ֣מֶשׁ- The three Hebrew letters of Emesh are the the "mother" of all the Hebrew letters. This total is merely another fusion of fives and sixes. In the Hebrew language these three letters are the classification heading for the the remaining 19 letters.
Conclusion: A rose and a lily are easy for all to enjoy. Also numbers 5 and 6 are easy to understand. But we need to know what this meant to the ancient, even pre-Genesis civilizations. This blog is merely a glimpse into the mindset of those who knew of this in antiquity.


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gets really personal with wood.
At the Fretboard Festival the luthier is going to unveil new models, including his Red Arrow guitar, a hollow-bodied electric built like an acoustic and designed to play loud without feedback. He's making them out of all-local maple and walnut.
"I'm using some interesting wood, there. The walnut is coming out of part of the tree where the two trunks come together, so there's all this really neat opposing grain going on," Charters said from his East Cork Street shop.
All of his guitars' parts, except for electronics and machined items, are shaped by hand in his shop. "I start with boards of lumber and rip it out from there."
He could use a CNC machine, a computer-driven router. Put in a board, "push a button, come back and there's a neck. It's a very quick way to do it."
The problem with automation is, it can't deal with the fact that "each piece of wood is unique," he said. There may be weak areas and acoustic problems. "I get really familiar with a guitar when I'm working on it. If it's got a squirrelly piece of curl right here, I'm aware of that."
Charters, 30, loved and played guitars as a teen, but never thought of becoming a luthier. He got a job at Wechter Guitars in Paw Paw in 1998, and learned a lot from Abe Wechter. In 2002, he worked for Heritage Guitars, learning more from the former Gibson luthiers and from working on old equipment that had birthed guitars owned by Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Keith Richards, etc.
Charters opened his Driftwood Guitar Shop in 2003, and went back to Wechter in 2005, before that shop moved to Fort Wayne, Ind.
In those years, Charters grew obsessed with the art, and began making his own customs. He went into business as a luthier in 2006, and opened his shop on Cork in March of last year.
"I became fascinated in the precision involved in it. It's correct or it's incorrect," he said. "I like to have that tangible thing in front of me, see my work and satisfy myself that I've got it perfect."
He has basic popular designs, but is also trying out new ideas. "Most of the guitars that are coming out now are variations on designs that haven't really evolved since the '50s," he said. "I've got a pile of experiment guitars that are in the corner. Some of them work, some of them don't."
After a year of running his Cork shop in the worst economic downturn since The Depression, Charters has been able to hire two people and expand his line of models. Guitar repair has been their "bread and butter," but people are buying his guitars. "I think people are looking to buy local these days," he said.
His handmade instruments range from $1,400 to $3,000, and take 40 to 100 hours to make.
Charters feels his guitars are alternatives to cheap imports and factory-made guitars.
It's great that beginning players "don't have to take money out of their college fund to get a guitar," but since the '70s mass-produced guitars have dropped in quality. Even U.S.-made guitars "are not as good as they used to be, even (as good as they used to be) 10 years ago, because they're battling the importation aspect. They're making their guitars a lot quicker, and so as a result their quality is suffering."
It's no big deal for Charters to spend an extra five hours obsessing on shaping a piece of wood just right. "The little guys can do what the big guys can't," he said.


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