Improvement in the number of arguments with my parents going down to the single digits everyday now.

Today is a bad day to drive.

300 isn’t as good as the previews.

The first half hour made me wonder if I was watching a porno…
Very repetitive with superior computer graphics and Middle Earth looking creatures.

I laughed too much due to this wacked movie.

Its nice to sometimes just cut loose and enjoy.

Ah one of those questions…

1. From your fears come misconceptions.
The
uncertainty of exploring your passion can lead to irrational fears and
unlikely conclusions. Many are afraid that pursuing their passion will
put them in the poorhouse. Others fear that the path to their true
calling may lead them in some irreversible direction or limit their
future options. Bronson observes, “Often we burn 70 percent of our
emotional energy on what we fear might happen (90 percent of which
won’t happen).” These psychological stumbling blocks are most often
overblown, worst-case scenarios that keep people from finding
themselves. He adds, “What I found is that, if you take care of these
obstacles, you create an environment where the truth is invited into
your life.” Get rid of the fear factor and pursue your dreams.

2. Don’t wait for clarity.
Many
people wait and hope that their calling will come to them in the form
of an epiphany. Don’t wait for a “big moment” or a sign. Sometimes the
obstacle isn’t that you don’t know what makes you happy, rather it’s
hard to imagine that what you love could be a profession. It’s possible
to bridge these two worlds together with a little hustle, training and
determination. Having an epiphany is great, but so often they tell you
something you already know in your heart.

3. If you aren’t happy, don’t stay.
Bronson’s
book is filled with stories of real life examples of people who left
jobs that compromised their values, consumed far too much of their
lives, were no longer interesting, or created feelings of constant
fatigue or insomnia. They were doctors, lawyers and investment bankers
who left the jobs that were dragging them down and have found happiness
as a massage therapist, bakery owner or catfish farmer. It’s not
selfish to deny what will make you happy. Life will evolve naturally if
you listen to your inner self and pursue what you truly enjoy.

4. Experience speaks for itself.
Real
wisdom is found in experience, yet people too often ignore the strong
message of their experience. They fail to embrace their experience
because they believed their calling was to be figured out
intellectually. If you have no idea where to start, there’s some
insight waiting for you in the experiences you’ve already had.

For
some that may mean changing sides like the oil company geologist who
was morally troubled by his environmental clean-up work. He took a
county government job to fight the very same company he used to work
for. For others it means finding a career in doing what they love more
than anything. Bronson shares a story of a college grad who had held 16
jobs in eight years. His true passion was golf and he really wanted to
use his love of the sport to help others play better. He had even
designed a golf swing trainer and putter grip. With a little nudge and
using his sales experience, he took a job selling golf equipment and
has already pitched his ideas to the United States Golf Association
(USGA) and demonstrated his grip prototype at a couple of golf expos.

5. Never give up.
It’s
okay and even normal to take many years before pursuing or discovering
your calling. It’s possible to have more than one purpose in life, and
you can do them together or sequentially. It really doesn’t matter as
long as you are focused and pursuing them versus chasing other
unimportant things like a job title that will impress people you don’t
really care about, a top-paying job that is uninspiring or a dream that
is someone else’s (your parents’, your spouse’s) and not your own.

Po
Bronson is the author of The New York Times Bestseller “What Should I
Do with My Life?” — a book that chronicles inspirational true stories
of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great
question. He is the author of two other books and has written articles
for The New York Times Magazine and The Wall Street Journal.

This was found here
 

Soccer practice in the morning with Jason, Chun, Alan and Shirley.
Jason ended on the disabled list due to Shirley’s powerful kick to the ball =p
Alan nearly took off a little girl’s head with the first throw of the frisbee… right after Jason got disabled
We got reprimanded by Sai Sok Sok so we stopped and had dumplings!

First UEAA meeting went well.
Plans are being made for quite a summer, hehe
Looks promising.
Anyhoots we yum chai-ed afterwards and did some Mario Karting on DS / Ping Pong.

Nothing special other than dinner with my army buds.
By the way… cigarette cartons are wayyyyyy damn expensive..

Went to chinatown and “accidentally” ran into the parade today.
Unfortunately that wasn’t part of my plans and it got me entangled in the immobile crowd for a good half an hr.
Didn’t have my camera either so there went making the best of it =p

Snuck past some badly emplaced police barracades, which attracted the attention of an NYPD Sgt. who proceeded to threaten those behind me with summons.

I snuck pass him too and asked the nicer cop behind him how in the world am I supposed to get to where the NY Chinese School on Mott St.

Since he was the nicer cop, he told me to go around the barricades at Elizabeth St. to proceed to my destination.

However when I got around those darn barriers, a female cop was allowing people to only leave the Mott St. area and nobody in.

It’s wonderful hearing all the colorful words fly from her mouth about us asian people treating our elderly with such disdain (*in other words, slowing the procession of those leaving the parade area).

She was only doing her job BUT there was an obvious lack of courtesy and professionalism.

However I shouldn’t be surprised at this lack of planning of alternate routes for the pedestrians during this New Year festival. You see it whenever the traffic officers direct vehicle traffic too. Forcing drivers to go in the opposite direction of their destination without an word of advice.

The same happened when I asked when the street will be open again.
“When the parade ends”
And when is that?
“I don’t know, I’m NOT on the committee”

Eh, it was ok in the end since luckily the school has a back entrance/exit, which I managed to sneak into too.

What a day…