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Boots and fibre experiment: sleep disorder: better shape

just got to the office. slept late because of allergies again. this time both chat and I had it. there is really something wrong with our bed. everytime I left the room to look for answers online my sinuses cleared up. will probably move bed temporarily till we get the room uber cleaned. will also get neozep to help me sleep. the antihistamines shld help bot my sinuses and my sleepiness. Feel healthier and working out more. once the sleep thing is fixed ill be able to go to work earlier. taking more fiber, but having a hard time choking it down. freaking disgusting but makes stuff going out feel better. also finally lost some weight and a bit of waist line. trying out my boots today. brought extra shoes in case too painful. I think I figured it out. at size 9 its a bit too small. I figured how to tighten the shoes around the meta carpals.

just an update.

at jolibee right now eating my usual p50 meal. the cilium really helps make my system pass along what little I eat in a day. I could really use a caffiene buzz. feeling weak and distracted. I'm experimenting at what dosage will get the best results. This morning I tried 2tbs. the time I finished what remained in the bottle I had a good day. It also made my waistline shrink a bit. The work and tiredness I felt yesterday was different. my metabolism felt more active. ate a #1 wendys meal and it felt like it instantly got digested. Will resume jogging every morning tomorrow tues. 4 rounds (1rnd is 1km) till I can finish it in 30mins. my program is to work towards very basic combat fitness. Will go home early to fix my gun. It needs some barrel cleaning.

Experiment: Curry Oatmeal

It makes sense in a wierd way. I need fiber and to reduce my fat and instead of rice or bread, why not oatmeal. A curry porridge is only natural given the preference for indian thick curry paste dishes. Congee (or rice poridge) + Curry dish. Instead of making my starch rice or bread, I chose oatmeal this kind of dish is very modern given that oats isn't exactly an indian staple. My wife's love of congee and of course the very strong similarities made me wonder, why not just use oatmeal. Anyway: step 1: Mixed frozen Vegetables step 2: Aromatics browned in butter or oil (onions, ginger, and spices) step 3: Curry paste, sauce or mix step 4: Oatmeal step 5: Egg taste: Ok and less guilty.

Back to Diet and Exercise

Waistline is not just aesthetics, the practical advantage of having a lean one is the flexibility. First day of exercising in the morning and I'm really sluggish right after. Trying to take adequate caffeine to keep my heart rate up its not working so well or too slowly. 170lbs fluctuating 171 to 169 because of sleep water loss. Current Waistline 38" and working towards 34". Since there is no working coffee machine at the office, its easy for me to avoid the caffeine 6+ hours before target bed time. Hopefully I can work towards a better endurance with the ability to do short quick bursts. Less fat in my thighs will prevent me from having sores. I still remember all the exercises for my old track and field training and soccer days. Endurance and Speed. Plan to go to the Plant and Check the guns on Saturday Early Morning and back before lunch (10pm) to check my gun ranges. Will call the plant manager to expect me. A long drive just to check distances. I need some way to mar

Figuring Out Gifts

its easier for me to give gifts to my bros than my little sister. Especially since mom gets her ANYTHING she wants. New laptop, ipad, iphone, art school in NY etc... Same goes with my folks. the last time I gave something to my mother, she looked disappointed because i wasn't able to get it in a level of discount that is in her expert bargain hunter standards. My father buys his own stuff, anything he could want he would buy and use, most of the gifts given to him end up with me. The best gift hunter is my best friend, who has a good habit of giving gifts. My wife and I had this discussion about gifts. Basically P100-200 gifts that hit the spot are very HARD to dig. Its a matter of inconvenience that jack up the value of getting these gifts. They rely also on timing and foresight, as they are only available on sales. It is easier to get Gifts with more impact on the persons lifestyle, collection, or convenience at around 400-700 mark. It is only lately I am able to have time to thi

Cop Punches Jaywalking Woman

I hate how this video is taken out of context. Watch the video first and read the report before passing judgement. Consider the context, in a middle of a struggle someone blindsides and gangs up on a LONE officer. The Punching for JAYWALKING is a load of BULL to sell Hits. Blown out of proportion and made into a racial BS. The officer is on his guard, doing his job and within his duty to arrest. Arguments of Racism can be MADE after the fact. Just because it is a WOMAN?!? these ladies are tough and they can gang up on a Cop and basically corner him to incriminate himself by just having to defend himself. I'm all for minorities as a filipino, but cmon they were pushing boundaries. They were already given a warning and IF you let it slide then what happens, Chaos! Its strange but everyone know, just give them a little slack and they'll hang you for your generosity. So the cop was just supposed to let people break the law and remove the consequence of the action... Niice. Of cours

Apologized to my own Sales Agent

I feel guilty having recommended this acquaintance to our sales. They guy basically bitched and whined saying he needed the information 2 weeks ago, when he only texted me on the 9th. So it was a Punk-assed move to try get a better negotiating deal. I may not have any "bling" in my personal life in fact I'm down right trashy, but the family business is huge by Philippine standards. About a thousand employees and projects in china, tunisia, US, etc. we deal with projects the size of $100M to maintain our balance sheets. a $20,000 project or less is tiddly winks and won't be worth the time of the sales people and the technicians. There is no negotiating when you have this much skills and expertise to such a small company with so little to offer. Its a fucking Favor, and being a Prissy Assed Bitch about it is a slap on the face kind of discourtesy. Before whining like one, what just happened was about 24 hours ago. Enough time for me to get both sides of the story. No br

Tired of BS

People trying to hustle my company . Its ok when its me they are trying to flatter or lie to, I can take the BS but when its business never fuck with me especially when its supposed to be a favor from me. common sense dictates that 1) I have more things riding in business, 2) I have a responsibility and liable to my stakeholders (that includes employees) and 3) there is no "playing around". Also don't fuck with someone who can replicate your business services and model, that also should be common sense. When arguing dates, don't argue with the guy who has a Treo. I don't delete messages and call history. Bullshiting someone who has given you a ton of benefit of the doubt, requires me to get into the matter and examine it. If what comes out of it, is not to my liking or to the interests of the company and its stakeholders then one better starts treating their customers nicely or they stand to lose them.

What are Emotions?

In my own studies about cognitions, and self awareness I'm coming to the conclusion that emotions are responses to cognitive biases. I've talked a lot about what are cognitive biases and will assume the readers would know what it is (just highlight the words, right click and wiki or google). Looking at evolution and learning, neurological responses like emotions are programed into behavioral context that support a primitive survival strategy. Anger, Disgust, Happiness, Satisfaction, Arousal, etc... all such emotions a result of an evolutionary program to promote survival behavior and discourage detrimental behavior. As we all grow up, there are nuances that create a unique behavioral fingerprint about who we are. Time, environment, chance, genetic disposition, and values (personal and social) shape cognition and emotion. Our pleasures and our greatest sources of happiness can be argued irrationally, so can the same be said with of our sorrows and disappointments. Oversimplifyin

People Forget

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I may love science, but I still know where it all came from.

Closed my Facebook Account

I already feel the benefits. Less time lost, less news coming my way, but overall its less distraction. Mandarin Self-Learning - I can't hear the difference between the first, second and fourth tone. I really need to look through my material for more examples of how they really sound like. I learned that Chinese produce subtle distinct sounds we don't make in the languages I'm familiar with: Japanese, Filipino, and English. Filipino and Japanese are easy because they cut and dry simple syllabic. The syllables are so distinct and simple you can't get mis interpreted. Because of this, the words become longer and longer as the vocabulary becomes more complex. Compared to Chinese, it was like instead of compounding many simple sounds they made many more subtly different sounds instead of longer words. Basically you have to be linguistically more acrobatic and have to have a sharper sense of hearing (which I lack, a family thing). Thanks to youtube I can look for a variety o

Copyright and Game Systems

Copyright and Game Systems Copyright is tricky because, it can lead to stiffling of innovation instead of rewarding it. The paladium suing of the use of the term "Rifts " in a game kind of strange. It serves as an example where someone can just sit tight on a product for Years, fail to innovate, and still make a ton of money. In fashion, you can't do that, this TED video is great at explaining why it works. you might want to check the comments for the opposing views. Related to Games, I'm pro open RPG tools. In fact thats what i'm doing for my pet game project. Why I am making my own open RPG system for people to tear up the chunks they like to use and put out there again without having to give any credit for me is explained very well by this video by the RSA. Again the idea has to be marketed without all those nasty details. Google was run like this but had hit on some problems. So take it with a grain of salt and if your more into it, check out the actual study