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Name: DAN
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 3/23/1989
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Monday, September 12, 2005

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and
always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was
doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee
how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael
and asked him, "I don't get it!

You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two
choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to
be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood."

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can
choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their
complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the
positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away
all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to
situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your
choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what Michael said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry
to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when
I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious
accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released
from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw Michael about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins
Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his
mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my
soon-to-be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I
remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could
choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Michael continued, "..the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into
the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I
got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed
to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael.
"She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and
nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and
yelled, 'Gravity'."

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as
if I am alive, not dead."

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his
amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to
live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
itself.. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

15 Things You Probably Never Knew or Thought About

1. At least 5 people in this world love you so much they would die for you.

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

6. You mean the world to someone.

7. If not for you, someone may not be living.

8. You are special and unique.

9. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

10. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.

11. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look: you most likely turned your back on the world.

12. When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you believe in yourself, probably, sooner or later, you will get it.

13. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

14. Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know.

15. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.

A Minute
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
Take the time... to live and love.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

75 ways you know you're Korean

1.The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations or any of the rest of the furniture.
2.You own a rice cooker or two.
3.You buy soy sauce by the gallon.
4.Your family owns huge butcher knives
5.Your grandma lives with you
6.You hate Denny's, even though you go there 24-7.
7.You know how to twirl your pen
8.You have a box of Ramen in your house
9. You have a box of epoca in your house
10.Your parents own at least one Mercedes, lexus, or beamer
11.White people always say, "Say my name in Korean!"
12.Your family fight over the resteraunt bill.
13.Your parents say, "1600 isn't that hard... just study."
14.Whenever someone of the opposite sex calls, your parents interrogate you.
15.No matter how well your parents speak English, they can't say "wood."
16.Your dad hits you in the head with his knuckle, and it hurts REALLY bad.
17.You have a big container of Kimchi in your fridge right now
18.Your parents are shorter than you.
19.Your parents start singing when drunk.
20.You know the "san-toki" song.
21.You have a Bottle and/or lil green cartridge of soju in your fridge
22.Your main source of income is New Years.
23.Your parents think anything goes with rice
24.Failing a class means finding a new place to live.
25.Your mom rents a gang load of Korean soap operas and watches them daily.
26.Your parents have naked baby pictures of you and shows them to everyone
27.When you were little, your relatives used to grab you places where you'd rather not be touched...some still try
28.You have to talk for your parents when ordering fast food.
29.Your parents are afraid of black people
30. Other non-asian races refer to you as the chinese guy/girl
31.You know how to "kimchi squat." A.K.A Gangster Squat
32.Your mom sings church praises while driving or doing other chores.
33.Your grandmother sings church praises really loud, while pounding her thigh, which is TOTALLY off beat.
34.You have a million black leather bibles in your house.
35.You have a gazillion small containers in your fridge with a different ban-chan inside.
36.Your parents are constantly trying to make you tall even though it's genitically impossible.
37.Whenever your parents raise their hand or make a fist you squint or shudder.
38.After coming back from church retreats, you have craving for Korean food
39.You are ashamed to be near your parents in non-asian public places
40.Your parents often wear non-matching clothes with mismatched colors.
41.Your parents verbally abuse you, even when joking around.
42.Your parents never go to your Back to School Night or Open House's.
43.You have attended some kind of Hagwon or Kumon at least once in your life.
44.You are taking or have taken Piano and/or violin lessons
45.Whenever guests come over, you have to put a show on for them with your instrument that you play
46.When you go out to hang out with someone your parents have to kno that person's phone number, adsress, cell phone number, if they go to church, wat nationality they are, etc..
47.When the doorbell rings, your parents get ALL suspicious and prohibit you from answering it. When they do answer it, they'll open the crack like 1 centimeter and speak through that. And if it's a salesperson, they'll slam the door screaming, "we no interest!"
48.Your dad will answer the door with WATEVER he has or doesnt have on.
49.Your family owns or owned a mini van which your mom drove.
50.When you cook kalbi outside, the neighbors always ask what that aroma is
51.You think EVERYTHING is racial, even if someone was just mildly rude to you.
52. People ask you if you really eat dog
53.You have never seen your parents kiss each other
54. Sleeping on the floor is nothing new
55.You have giant 15 pound blankets in your house with strange designs
56.Your parents yell your korean name REALLY loud in public places.
57.At least one person in your family wears glasses
58.You have a 40 lb. Bag of rice in your pantry.
59.If you're a guy; youre had a bowl haircut in one part in your life.
60.Your parents always compare you with other kids.
61.You've had to sit through karaoke videos with ugly asian women attempting to dance in a beach, temple, park, etc.
62.Piles of shoes make it hard to open the front and back doors.
63.No one in your family has natural eye lids
64.Your parents insist you marry within your race
65.Your parents never told you about the birds and the bees
66.You parents alwasy scream at the top of their lungs into the fast food intercom
67.When your parents go over other parent's house they always bring a box of fruit that is ripe in that season
68.You would smile but your eyes disappear
79.You always take off your shoes when enter a house
70.You are immune to the toxic Kimchi smell
71.When your non-asian friends open your fridge, they fly back 10 feet from the smell.
72.Whenever guests leave you have to go otuside with them and bow like a million times until you cant see their car anymore
73.You can tell the differences between other asian races
74.You always talk about how your going to fix up your car but it never happens
75.You have a 75% chance of marrying someone with the last name, Lee or Kim

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