Life is 80% mental and 20% perseverance
It took me a while to realize this but I’ve finally found the perfect formula for getting through life. How you perceive things greatly affect what you do, the impossible will always be impossible if you think it so. Find your passion and pursue it with fanatical vigor, and above all stay true to yourself, take pride in what you do no matter what others may say. If you can’t take pride in it then you’re pursuing the wrong interest. If things take a turn for the worse take comfort in the fact that whatever your aspirations may be, 80% of it is mental, you only have to put in 20% of work to persevere and make it through.
Filed under: Stream of Consciousness
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.” ~ Oscar Wilde
I am beginning to see the truth in the quote above. It kills me to do it but I finally stopped deluding myself and ended a friendship that means a lot to me. I had to be selfish and end it while we were still on good terms. After numerous attempts at trying to woo her heart I finally came to understood that no matter what I do, it will never be. It was naive of me to think otherwise. Perhaps things wouldn’t be so complicated if we weren’t such close friends. My feelings toward her will always linger if we remain friends. The best thing for me to do is to just get out of her life and give myself a chance get over it. Maybe one day I will meet another girl that make my heart jump. Until then I hope to find enough things to do to occupy my time so I don’t have to regret making such a rash emotional decision.
Filed under: Stream of Consciousness , friends, friendship
At my coach’s suggestion I went to RnJ Sports to get myself properly fitted for a good pair of running shoes. So I got to the store, walked in took a look around and asked one of the store helpers if he can help me find a correct pair of running shoes. He was very knowledgeable, he asked what kind of shoes I need and claimed that he will try his best to accommodate my needs. We sat down, I was sitting on a chair and him on a stool opposite of me, he told me to took off my shoes, stand up and bend my knees. He looked like he know what he was doing so I didn’t question his methods and did as I was told. He then proceeded to ask if he could see my gait, I hesitated and thought whether I should show it to him. I don’t think its something that I should show to everybody, a friend later confirmed that my intuition was right. A guy should NEVER show his gait to just anybody. However at that time I gave in and showed it to him, he told me to walk up and down a path in the store while he stoop down and checked out my gait. I was very uncomfortable but played it off and gave him a good show.
After the brief gait encounter we sat down so he can measure my feet to get accurate read of my shoe size, as he was measuring he casually mentioned that “WOW you have REALLY small feet”. So again I was thinking to myself, NO SHIT, I know I have small feet, why don’t you just STFU and do your thing and let me try on a few pair of shoes @W#$@#$. Of course I didn’t say all that out loud, instead I casually laughed it off and agreed with him. Yea that’s not the first time people have told me that. My feet are size 7 and the store only carry size 8 and up. But according to him its good to always have at least 1 inch of free space at the front of the shoes. Also my feet are pretty flat and I have a pretty good stable gait so he suggested that I get neutral running shoes. He brought out 3 pair of shoes, Mizuno, Asics and Brooks. The one pair that caught my eye was the Brooks Glycerin 6. I tried it on and took it for a spin out on the sidewalk, of course the whole time I was testing the shoes he was behind me stooping down looking at my gait.
I decided to go with the Brooks Glycerin 6, I also picked up a few pair of specially made running socks. It would really help my right ankle from crapping out after a few miles. After all I am training for a marathon. I took the shoes out for a spin today and I must say they’re exceptional. The padding really helped relieve the stress on my knees, after 6 miles I felt like I could do 6 more.
Here they are, my new babies.
Hawt huh ?
Filed under: Uncategorized
“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.“
For the life of me I cannot understand the women’s psyche. Nothing have ever been so contradicting and confusing. Perhaps the lack of understanding account for my two failed attempts in trying to find a girlfriend. Nothing really changed, I am still just as clueless. Instead of pining over my failures I decided to shift focus and pursue a few personal goals. Perhaps one day lady Aphrodite will reveal herself to me and fill in the final piece of the puzzle.
Filed under: Stream of Consciousness
Things I want to accomplish by the end of summer.
- Run a marathon
- Learn ASP.NET
- Learn PHP & MYSQL
So far all 3 goals are on track. I recently joined a first time marathon training group and today was my first slow weekend long run. Due to my 10k finish time of 61:34 the coaches put me with the 11:20 pace group. We ran for 9 miles today in 1 hour and 48 minutes.
I am learning ASP.NET for work so I can advance to a better position so most likely that will take up the bulk of my time.
PHP & MYSQL is something I want to learn on the side so I can write a facebook application.
Everything seems to be on track so far, I just need to keep the momentum going and give it all I got.
Filed under: Stream of Consciousness , summer goals
I never was ambitious at anything, if anything I consider myself as the ultimate slacker. Always just doing enough to get by and was never really passionate about anything. So going along with the wind of change I eagerly jump into a project at work that I have NO idea where to start or how to go about approaching the end product. ASP, Oracle, SQL, Linx, Webstr ahhh wtf ? I guess I better start reading soon before they realize I don’t know wtf I am doing 
Filed under: Stream of Consciousness , overwhelm
They like me, they really like me