Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die!

Things I would like to learn

An inspiration from the traveling is that my friend is willing to dedicate a month to learn surfing in Bali. I always feel that I am too old to pick up a new Sports or any kind of activities. However, he inspired me to learn the following activities in the very near future:

1) Ice-skating;
2) Surfing;
3) Cycling (I want to be really good at it.);
4) Butterfly Stroke;
5) Driving a manual car;
6) Speak French;
7) Speak Spanish;
8) Web Design
9) Practice bowling
10) Tennis
11) Darts! (I picked it up when I was in Japan and I love it!)
12) Shooting (I tried it once in Vietnam and I want to be good at it.)

It's a lot but I am going to tackle them one by one. Let's see what I master by the end of this summer.

3 virtues I learned from my traveling

After spending 3+ weeks traveling with a very good friend of mine, I feel like that I am a lot calmer and more patient than before. Since I was with my friend all the time, I had an opportunity to learn how to control my temper and my emotions.

Three virtues I learned from my Asia traveling in May:

1) Patience:
It helps resolve conflicts and allow each person to think carefully before carrying any irrational act. Just give yourself a little time to calm yourself down will go a long way. It does not do any good to be very angry and get too involved in a situation. Believe it or not, many things in our life have been determined by some higher spirit, depending on your religion. Things will eventually follow their own course.

2) Don't be angry at things happened:
It happened and nothing can change it. It's already in the history record and no one can turn the clock back and wish that it didn't happen. Embrace the results and the outcomes, whether they are good or not.

If money can solve the problem, it really isn't a problem because there is solution to it. Just when we feel that there is no option, there is always one, depending on whether you want to accept it or not.

3) Treasure the unpredictable:
If everything goes as planned, there will be no excitement, disappointment, job, and surprises in life. It's good to have things go as planned but the contrary doesn't necessarily mean a disaster.

Thank you my friend for giving me the opportunity to practice the above three virtues. I will remind myself from day to day.

Linkin Park - Leave Out All the Rest

Linkin Park: Leave out all the rest

I dreamed I was missing,
You were so scared.
But no one would listen
'Cause no one else cared.

After my dreaming,
I woke with this fear.
What am I leaving,
When I am done here?

So if you're asking me I want you to know;

When my time comes,
Forget the wrong that I've done.
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.

And don't resent me,
And when you're feeling empty,
Keep me in your memory.
Leave out all the rest.
Leave out all the rest...

Don't be afraid,
Of taking my beatings;
Of shit behind me.

I'm strong on the surface,
Not all the way through.
I've never been perfect,
But neither have you.

So if you're asking me I want you to know;

When my time comes,
Forget the wrong that I've done.
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.

Don't resent me,
And when you're feeling empty,
Keep me in your memory.
Leave out all the rest.
Leave out all the rest...

Forgetting;
All the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well.
Pretending;
Someone else can come and save me from myself.

I can't be who you are...

When my time comes,
Forget the wrong that I've done.
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed.

Don't resent me,
And when you're feeling empty,
Keep me in your memory.
Leave out all the rest.
Leave out all the rest...

Forgetting;
All the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well.
Pretending;
Someone else can come and save me from myself.

I can't be who you are,
I can't be who you are.

Linkin Park - Given Up

"Given Up"

Wake in a sweat again
Another day's been laid to waste
In my disgrace

Stuck in my head again
Feels like I'll never leave this place
There's no escape

I'm my own worst enemy

[chorus]
I've given up
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say

Take this all the way
I'm suffocating
Tell me what the fuck is wrong
With me
[end chorus]

I don't know what to take
Thought I was focused but Im scared
I'm not prepared

I hyperventilate
Looking for help somehow somewhere
And no one cares

I'm my own worst enemy

[chorus]
I've given up
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say

Take this all the way
I'm suffocating
Tell me what the fuck is wrong
With me
[end chorus]

[bridge]
Goddddddd!!!!

Put me out of my misery
Put me out of my misery
Put me out of my
Put me out of my fucking misery
[end bridge]

[chorus]
I've given up
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say

Take this all the way
I'm suffocating
Tell me what the fuck is wrong
With me
[end chorus]

The above song is one of the my favorites from the Linkin Park's new album "Minutes to Midnight."

I am back!

It's been more than a month since I last posted an article on the blog. Tons have happened:

1) I packed and sold most of the stuff I have in San Francisco;
2) I moved back to Hong Kong.
3) I traveled with my friend, Luke, for 3 weeks in Asia. We ended up going to Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand. I will write more about our trip in the coming posts.

Let me rest for a few days and organize all the pictures I took in Asia. After that, I will be back to show everything I've seen and learned in the past 4+ weeks.