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Geography of a Woman and a Man...

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"GEOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN"

BETWEEN 18 AND 22,
A WOMAN IS LIKE AFRICA, HALF DISCOVERED, HALF WILD,
NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL WITH FERTILE SOIL.

BETWEEN 23 AND 30,
A WOMAN IS LIKE AMERICA, WELL DEVELOPED AND OPEN
TO TRADE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WITH CASH

BETWEEN 31 AND 35,
A WOMAN IS LIKE INDIA, VERY HOT, RELAXED AND
CONVINCED OF HER OWN BEAUTY.

BETWEEN 36 AND 40,
A WOMAN IS LIKE FRANCE, GENTLY AGING BUT STILL WARM
AND A DESIRABLE PLACE TO VISIT.

BETWEEN 41 AND 50,
A WOMAN IS LIKE GREAT BRITAIN, WITH A GLORIOUS AND ALL
CONQUERING PAST.

BETWEEN 51 AND 60,
A WOMAN IS LIKE YUGOSLAVIA, LOST THE WAR AND HAUNTED
BY PAST MISTAKES.

BETWEEN 61 AND 70,
A WOMAN IS LIKE RUSSIA, VERY WIDE AND BORDERS ARE NOW
UNPATROLLED

AFTER 70,
SHE BECOMES TIBET. WILDLY BEAUTIFUL, WITH A MYSTERIOUS
PAST AND THE WISDOM OF THE AGES.ONLY THOSE WITH AN
ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT AND A THIRST FOR SPIRITUAL
KNOWLEDGE VISIT THERE.


"GEOGRAPHY OF A MAN"

BETWEEN 1 AND 70,
A MAN IS LIKE The UNITED STATES - RULED BY A DICK.

Hello, Mr Spring. Nice to meet you.

Spring Blossoms, Diag, AA, Apr 06.

Nothing like good weather and great company to cheer the world up.
It's a been a good year with my new found friends.
But great things will always come to an end.
It'll be alil' different next year. :-/
Then again, it's the uncertainty of life that keeps me going.
Until then, finals.....grrr!

It's a Beautiful Day

It's simply too beautiful outside for me to stay inside to study.
The weather is sooooooooooo nice.
and at the same time, sooooooooo bad for finals cos you're just not in the mood to stay inside.

Just a quick note on summer plans:
May 5-12: San Diego visiting Baby K
May 12-19: Oahu backpacking (anyone want to join me?)
May19-June12: Maui Internship
June12- ?? : Singapore!~ (everyone back home, make sure you keep ur nights free so we can go makan/drink/and be merry!)
July/Aug/Sept: Taipei (TBC)

Lemme know your plans!

Wolverine-like Powers!

No. I'm not dead ... yet.
Finals are next week, and I'm bracing myself for the stress train to smash me in to pieces.
Tues- Chem, Engin Final Report, Engin Indiv Report (Ying's birthday!!!!)
Thurs- Math (8-10), Hist 205 (1330-1530), GIEU mtg (1800-2000)
Friday- Hist 352
Week after... Tues - Engin 100

I'm more concerned about the history classes and doing well in them. I know I have most of my shit down pat for Chem, Math, and Engin, remembering dates/events is just not my forte.
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Check this out for regenerative superhuman powers!

ok... so u wont be seeing wolverine's spawns anytime soon... but this really is kinda cool. Imagine the medical possibilities!

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Here's a lil something I thought I'ld share. It's from a book called "Who Will Cry When You Die?" by this lawyer turned monk/inspirational speaker Robin Sharma.

Maintain Your Perspective:

One day, according to an old story, a man with a serious illness was wheeled into a hospital room where another patient was resting on a bed next to the window. As the two became friends, the one next to the window would look out of it and then spend the next few hours delighting his bedridden companion with vivid descriptions of the world outside. Some days he would describe the beauty of the trees in the park across from the hospital and how the leaves danced in the wind. On other days, he could entertain his friend with step-by-step replays of the tings people were doing as they walked by the hospital. However, as time went on, the bedridden man grew frustrated at his inability to observe the wonders his friend described. Eventually he grew to dislike him and then to hate him intensely.

One night, during a particularly bad coughing fit, the patient next to the window stopped breathing. Rather than pressing th button for help, the other man chose to do nothing. The next morning, the patient who had given his friend so much happiness by recounting the sights outside the window was pronounced dead and wheeled out of the hospital room. The other man quickly asked that his bed be placed next to the window, a request that was complied with by the attending nurse. But as he looked out the window, he discovered something that made him shake: the window faced a stark brick wall. His former roommate had conjured up the incredible sights that he described in his imagination as a loving gesture to made the world of his friend a little bit better during a difficult time. He had acted out of selfless love.

This story never fails to create a shift in my own perspective when I think about it. To live happier, more fulfilling lives, when we encounter a difficult circumstance, we must keep shifting our perspectives and continually ask ourselves, "Is there a wiser, more enlightened way of looking at this seeminly negative situtation?" Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicists ever, is reported to have said that we live on a minor planet of a very average star located within the outer limits of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies. How's that for a shift in perspective? Given this information, are your troubles really that big? Are the problems you have experienced or the challenges you might currently be facing really as serious as you have made them out to be?

We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.

Absolute Nonsense

This is actually on UM's server space! hehe

Ann Arbor on a Good Day

Ann Arbor on a Good Day

It's bright and sunny outside... just the way I love Ann Arbor to be. Although AA/Michigan is not synonymous with warm weather, the lack of it sorta makes it special. I feel so much more invigorated and cheerful when the weather is nice out. I know that the weather is unlikely to last (weather forecast for tmrw: SNOW!) but maybe knowing that it will come to an end makes it all that more special. An analogy to life? You make the connection...

I wanna go out for a longgggg run as I haven't been keeping up with my training in the past week, but this essay on How the Communist Revolution of 1949 changed China is sorta in the way... :/ Have put on abit of "healthy padding" since Xmas break, all those late night pizzas, weekend beers, and dining hall ice creams are starting to weigh me down haha... but i know i can get it off once summer comes around and i have more time to train for the Chicago Marathon this coming fall. Have this grand plan to run everyday while I'm in Hawai'i! No better way to get some sun.

Things to do this week:
- engin presentation
- China History essay
- START REVIEWING FOR ALL CLASSES
- Bar Crawl on Saturday night!!! woohoo!!!

Wet Wet Wet

:)