Work is like kungfu: Speed, Accuracy, Creativity & Endurance

We sometimes strangle ourselves to the carousel routines we have everyday that we scream inside our minds in despair. Work, family and even time is against us… but did you realize that the enemy is you?

It no surprise really, our eyes are focused outside our body that we can’t see our face and/or our entire body for that matter. We actually need mirrors to see ourselves as a whole, that’s why we are bound to have a partner in life to be our “mirrors”. And the simplest way to look inside of you is to close your eyes, and reflect… you’ll soon realized “you” will be talking to you. “What is the problem?”

Now let’s get back to what I’ve said that the problem is “you”. Maybe you don’t manage your time efficiently, time is indeed gold but for me they are priceless and much expensive than diamonds.

You can’t refund “time” spent unlike when we refund payments from Paypal. So spend it wisely.

Procrastination, there are two types of procrastination for me: The good procrastination and the bad procrastination. Just like good (constructive criticism) and bad (destructive criticism) they can be a guide for your own leverage. A loaded gun can either save you or kill you.

Laziness: If you’re a person… of course you have a brain.
Use it, strengthen your brain just how you strengthen your muscles. In this way, there’s no room for laziness as your brain will happily work with you if you have use it.

And here’s my favorite solution to all problems:
How to solve a complex problem?
Simplify it.

There’s no complex problem when you simplify it, and there’s no question without an answer. Everything can be solved.

Check the links for other reference for good guide for living.

21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life

25 Ways to Simplify Your Life with Kids

Simplify A great book, very affordable for only $9.95

It’s been hours now that Aweber.com is down, I was playing around with a custom aweber form when I found out from WarriorForum regarding the issue.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/248081-gasp-aweber-getresponse-down.html

I found out that it is not just Aweber that is down today but also GetResponse.com.

Others believed that it has something to do w/ Aweber’s data center, and Peter Antonio, a warrior forum member confirmed:

“I called HostGator about 1 Hour ago and they verified Aweber is down. There are going to be many upset customers including me. Hopefully no data will be lost.”

A warrior forum member verified for GetResponse.com :

“We apologize for any inconvenience. Our data center is experiencing downtime. They’re scrambling to fix the problem. We’ll be back shortly.

Piotr from GetResponse “

I just hope this won’t last more than 24 hours, a lot of people using Aweber and GetResponse’s service will be very, very mad. I’m sure August 13, 2010 will be a date that most web developers, online marketers, SEO specialist, or webmasters that will not be forgotten.

We held a late mini bday party for my daughter with her class ‘Tulip’ at her school. We held her bday Aug 13 last Friday whereas her bday was actually Aug 3.

Video Description: 1st graders performing on stage dressed more apealing then beyonce herself in the original Single Ladies Music Video..
If you had kids or for the ones that do have little girls, would you allow of your kid performing & dressed more like this one? Yes or no And state the opinion on the choice u made.

These video is starting to have publicity, I can tell it will as these 1st grader girls danced pretty well to the tune of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”. I think they combined power dancing and ballet as their main flavor, these girls will go far with their hard work talent. Keep it up!

I just can’t let this moment pass by, just after watching this trailer from youtube my mouth was open till the trailer ends.

…wow…

Iron Man 2 is scheduled to be in theaters May 7, this is a good movie to watch now that my birthday is coming on May 11 and hopefully the theaters won’t be full as I don’t want to sit or stand on stairway.

I believe Robert Downey Jr. made a great job in doing the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man in the first Iron Man movie. With Ms. Paltrov they made a good couple too, the chemistry is great in the first movie.

I just hope this movie will last 3 hours because I love to munch 2-3 bucket of popcorn and 1-2 good `ol ketchup, mayo, mustard hotdog jumbo deluxe. And oh, don’t forget the V-cuts…

Problem solving is education at its best

A little effort is a best replacement for excuses

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand
A sun’s ray couldn’t burn until brought to a focus

In battling and minimizing (hopefuly prevention and treatment as I don’t want to have surgery) the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS, I’m now using ergonomic thingies for my computer. I’ve bought 1 CD-R King ergonomic keyboard and 1 Mouse Pad with wrist rest (Ambidextrous).

For those of you who don’t know what is Carpal tunnel syndrome:

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), or median neuropathy at the wrist, is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist, leading to paresthesias, numbness and muscle weakness in the hand. Night symptoms and waking up at night is a characteristic of established carpal tunnel syndrome. They can be managed effectively with night-time wrist splinting in most patients.

Source : wikipedia

I picked the ambidextrous mouse pad so I can switch hands in using the mouse. This allows me to use my left hand so that my right hand can have a rest.

The CD-R King Ergonomic Keyboard cost Php 480 or (around $10.50 – $11.00)

The CD-R King Mouse Pad with wrist rest cost Php 35 (around $0.75 cents)

My other method is playing basketball (recommended by my friend JR), shooting and dribbling is good for the hands. Ironically, someone stole my ball while my nephews’ play with it last week. I got it for only $3 bucks.. not good quality but uber cheap, and does the job done. I guess I’ll just get a new one.

Using the ergonomic keyboard does lessen my typing problems (the tingling, flaming, stinging pain sensation to the palm and wrist), and speeds up my typing .

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I already got my free gadget, I picked the HP Deskjet F4280 Printer!

Of course the only downside of renewing my contract is that I’m tied with SmartBro for two years. Well, the services was good enough for my work these past few months. And the only internet available around my area are Globe Wireless Broadband and SmartBro Plan 999. I really wish for a physical line of DSL, but I think it’ll take a year or so for the phone companies to penetrate our subdivision.

Btw, almost the same promo is given to Globe Bro subscribers. Business competition is really good for the consumers.

Holy week has passed, its been a great weekend.

Last week’s dates of holiday:

Maundy Thursday – April 1

Good Friday – April 2

Another long weekend break for this week too..

Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9

And the next holiday will be next month…

Labor Day – May 1

Anyways, I’m back to my funspace..

Work time again