August 2011
2 posts
“Why should a financial engineer be paid four, four times… to a hundred...”
– Inside Job documentary
scone recipe
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
1/2 cup raisins (or dried currants)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg
Directions
preheat oven 400 degrees
mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, butter
mix sour cream and egg in separate bowl
add blueberries or other...
January 2010
1 post
humanity
After these past few months, i am becoming more and more convinced that the only way to make a tremendous impact on our world is when we are able to become that change ourselves. It goes beyond the pitfalls of materialism - that is the easiest step on the long path. Far too often we see amazing people fail because of their constant internal struggle against desires - desires of monetary success,...
June 2009
1 post
swearing
We’re always told to get into the habit of stopping the use of swear words when we work around young students - to “watch our language.”
Most scenarios that involves a slip here and there, is usually followed by a kid with a shock look or a comment along the lines, “omigosh, he/she just said the ‘S’ or the ‘F’ word!” This hasn’t...
April 2009
2 posts
What Happens to Your Student Loan if You Die?
from simpletuition.com:
What Happens to Your Student Loan if You Die? It’s not a pleasant thought, but take heart: there is no need for you to worry about the impact your federal student loans will have on your family if you should die. (Note: this is not always true with private student loans. If you have a private student loan that required a co-signer, your co-signer might be responsible...
birds and planes
The decrease in use of DDT and increase in support for cleaner water has increased the population of birds.
There are more reports of collisions between birds and airplanes, sometimes resulting in plane crashes due to the shutdown of engines.
I wonder if birds have to come to consider planes as their “God”, wanting to fly near planes when they see one.
This world excites me, there...
November 2008
2 posts
war
War.
For the sake of killing off anyone who disagrees with our thinking. We are close-minded, stubbornly refusing to listen to another opinion. There is no such thing as another opinion, only ours - ours to make, ours to do, ours is RIGHT.
“Who dares to protest?” a man bellowed. The room was silent, knowing that any voice against him would be shattered.
Ours is right. why?
because...
motivation
what gives us the right to have three complete meals everyday on our tables when others are malnutritioned?
is our life more valuable than theirs?
they are barely lucky enough to get one full meal.
i grew up in a large family and we eat a lot, but i have come to realize that some people eat to live and others live to eat.
For the past few months i have trained myself to eat to live, see it as...
October 2008
4 posts
reaching satisfaction.
decisions sucks…
…life is hard
…but a life with choice is always better than without.
ah
Ah the internet.
It is so beautiful….
but can be so distracting!
Andorra wha?
A little country nestled between France and Spain currently holds the highest life expectancy rate, an average of 83.5 years (World Health Organization). Quick facts:
1. Population size: 83,000 2. Andorrans only make up 36% of their population. 64% are Portuguese, Spanish, and French. 3. Physical exercise and transportation to the facility is provided free of charge to elderly women,...
September 2008
6 posts
do not be afraid
I cannot tell you how you should interpret or live your life.
the fact that you’re still here says a lot. be proud to be breathing. some of us were not/are not/may not make it.
we become less angry, the more we understand.
however - let’s not confuse confidence with arrogance.
scary ...
Live backwards is eviL. Lived backwards is deviL.
from below to up above
To those who are watching us beings from up above, i apologize on our behalf. i do not know who you are, but i can feel you laughing. this laughter is not in joy or happiness - it is in agony yet almost joke-like. you have been laughing for over centuries, as we repeat the costly mistakes - enjoying our blindness.
Elders have paid the price, paved the paths and warned us of missteps. perhaps...
HATE
To progress towards the elimination of hate,
we must first remove it from within ourselves.
the right path
The right path. If a right path was to exist, would all of us follow it? Would it only be right because most of us follow it? If we all follow it, would it then make it right? Say, everyone should be a doctor. Would we all be less sick? In the body. The soul. or the mind? Or would we all be more sick? In the body. The soul. and the mind?
Who would supply the medical products? Who would...
August 2008
6 posts
cold dark air
I pedaled home. Barely September yet the temperature has dropped dramatically. The branches swayed and leaves whispered. A strong night’s chill.
I can’t recall the last time I’ve rode home in the dark. The bike has aged - my gears does not shift - a handicap in a city filled with hills.
The night can be frightening. The silence. The many parked vehicles resting for the day. ...
where is my land?
lost in a place that had been foreign for so long longing for a place to find self.
upon the arrival on home - it is not as suspected.
all the misguided truths the old but new branches of the same tree are now tangled in webs.
after seeking what is wanted to be found
the feeling of being more lost overwhelms the soul.
the search does not need to go any further - everything that wants to be...
one moth
there’s this moth that has been residing in my room free of board. For the past month it has survived. the room is the smallest in the house and one of the hottest. i decided to do some research on moths to find out what they live off of…
Facts:
butterflies and moths are related. moths are world known as pests who ruin clothing and farming through their larvaes and caterpillars.
...
Design Boom →
now that’s a fun site.
making the switch.
i went back go my old xanga site after 2 years of not using it. it’s packed with tons of advertisement and it took me awhile to find how to edit the site so that it doesn’t look so messy…. i couldn’t find it, so here i am.
this site will be for the purpose of thoughts and my attempts at searching for answers to random things that boggle my mind.
