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No One Knows The Future

Posted in Get The Girl!, tagged , , , on March 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

An old couple embracing

“Tận nhân lực mới tri thiên mệnh.”
“Only when you have put in your best effort, will you know your true fate.”
-Vietnamese proverb

You see it in the movies all the time. You very seldomly see it in real life. But when you do, it is a charming vision to behold. What I’m talking about is the sight of an old woman and an old man, maybe in their mid-80’s, walking hand-in-hand in the park. It is a rare occurrence, and becoming even rarer.

Wouldn’t that be nice, to find someone with whom you can grow old together? With the divorce rate skyrocketing all over the world, the prospect of loving someone “til death do you part” seems all the more elusive.

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2012 New Year, New Resolutions

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , on December 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

2012 celebration

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.
-Lou Holtz

With the new year upon us, new year’s resolutions will abound.  But most of the time, there’s nothing new about our resolutions.  They’re simply verbalizations of what we’ve always wanted.  If you have unmet expectations or unrealized dreams from previous years, take this opportunity now to renew your commitment: to escape mediocrity and live a better life.

You’ve started the race and that is more than many would have done.  Now, continue the race.  Don’t look back with regret towards the past.  Don’t look forward with anxiety towards the future.  Just keep one foot in front of the other and keep moving.

Happy New Year!

Love

The Cool Nerd

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Not Just Now, But Immediately

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , on November 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

An hourglass

This is the sequel to the popular post Now, Not Later.

“Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.”
-Bruce Lee

I used to date a girl who epitomized spontaneity. If I told her she should volunteer, she would walk to the nearest hospital and apply for a position the very next day. If I mentioned skydiving, she would make sure we went as soon as we could both take off from work. If we couldn’t due to inclement weather, she made sure we jumped out of the next available plane.

If I mentioned a particular lounge I wanted to go to, she would call me to meet her as she headed out the door. If she wasn’t allowed in because of her sneakers, she would buy a pair of boots on the way. If she had just come from the gym, she would shower and buy a new outfit before meeting up with me. If she needed makeup, she just dolled herself up at the closest Sephora. If this girl had a bucket list, it was an incredibly short one because everything she did, immediately.

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Find the Courage to Fight

Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged , , , on November 4, 2011| 6 Comments »

A Muay Thai Fighter

Get back in the ring

Here’s the scenario. You’ve been burned in the past. You’ve tried and failed, on multiple occasions. Maybe you set the bar too high one too many times and fell short of your goals. You feel disappointed. Discouraged. Like, what was the point? But that’s no excuse to throw in the towel. You’re just not good enough… yet.

But you can be, if you just get back into that ring! Stop analyzing your past failures to death in the hopes of avoiding future mistakes. If the world gave you a good whipping, don’t make it worse by giving yourself three more beat-downs in your own mind. In the end, it’s better to keep fighting for your dreams and lose than to sit at home and cheer for the winning team. If you don’t fight, you will have already forfeited. If you do fight but lose, at least you’ll have had one hell of a ride. (more…)

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How Dog Food Will Get You A Girlfriend

Posted in Get The Girl!, tagged , , , on October 13, 2011| 1 Comment »

A Puppy Eating Chow

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
-Archimedes

In middle school, I was voted most likely to be a male nun. One of my best friends was voted most likely to be a pooper scooper, and another friend, most likely to be a deodorant tester. Out of all the positive superlatives available (e.g. most likely to be a millionaire), we were saddled with the most unflattering ones. The ironic thing was the votes were coming from fellow GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) classmates. In other words, even among nerds, my friends and I were considered to be bigger nerds.

Throughout high school and even into my first year of college, I remained a nerd at large. At best, some of my peers would agree that I had become kingpin of the nerds. During my second year of college, still with no girlfriend, I began to worry if my middle school prophecy would really be fulfilled.

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