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How to inject excitement into your life....
Posted Feb 16, 2006
Order food shoopping after a few glasses of wine... who knows what'll be delivered! I'm certainly looking foward to it 
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I've got broadband at home!!
Posted Feb 9, 2006
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What makes me feel better
Posted Nov 5, 2004
(Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99)
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience... I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked... You're not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind... the race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life... the most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary... what ever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either - your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can... don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own..
Dance... even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen...
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Superman has left us
Posted Oct 11, 2004
Christopher Reeve died yesterday. Superman has gone 
"Thank you Christopher for not only making us believe a man can fly, but also making us believe a man can live."
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What to do when you're in Yangshou and your luggage is in ChongQuin..
Posted Sep 16, 2004
Find an internet cafe! Well, no, not that sad 
, just passing the time while I'm waiting for my appointment to have a massage lesson... I'll be a fully trained Chinese masseuse in 1 hour! 
Flew in to Yangshou yesterday, waited by the luggage reclaim... waited some more... rest of the group had their bags.... 
Then a Chinese man came along to tell me my bag was in ChongQuin 
. It should arrive at 12noon... 45 minutes ago... the tour leader has now said he's sure it'll arrive today 
Have been out and bought a t-shirt and some knickers, though the knickers are a bit small... it may be a bit embarrassing when I strip down for my massage not sure what to do there.....
Have also booked a Calligraphy lesson for tomorrow, possibility of a Chinese cooking lesson this evening.. it's either that or go for the snake dinner. Would like to try snake but not so keen on seeing the live snake brought to the table and killed . The more adventurous will be drinking snake's blood with baijou (rice wine) 
Don't fancy that, but it's more the idea of rice wine that's yukky rather than snake's blood!
Apparently very easy to be an english teacher here... good pay and cheap apartments... city is very cool with lots of western food and funky Chinese.. got me thinking......... 
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