New Years.

New Years has always been a great time for me. Unfortunately I won't be able to spend it with my favourite girl, but spending it with friends is still lots of fun. More importantly, it is new start, a new career and basically the start of many minor changes in my life.

1. I plan to lose weight. I have to play more sports and workout more, my stomach is finally catching up with my age and I have to eat in moderation and exercise more frequently.
2. I start a new job the first week of January. Higher targets, more responsibility and more pressure. But at least things are going in the right direction and I am working quickly towards an executive role in a nationwide bank.

Well those are my main things for the new year and I truly hope my relationship with my significant other progresses in a positive manner, as it has the past 2 years and a bit. Truly it has been a blessing and to share all this with one particular person has made every minute worthwhile. No regrets. Love you lots.

Seeing the world.

The past week I have been to 5 different countries and airports. As much as I hate to admit travelling costs a lot of money, seeing the world has opened my eyes to the global society and how small and insignificant I am in the world. I would say it was and still is a great privilege to see the world and I definitely encourage that to all my friends and family.

The best part of seeing the world is seeing it when you're young. Definitely, as you get older you'll have more money to live more comfortably and purchase more items, but the world will not shape how you think. It is more of a vacation or a getaway.

When you're still young, you don't have the same responsibilities yet, such as kids, mortgage payments, etc...., and your mind has not developed into a particular pro-working mindframe. You see the world and discover the creation of civilizations, learning about culture and history, seeing how people live, the architecture of new and old...This will help you generate a level of comparison of lifestyle, standard of living and also what you want to do with your life. It may result to the conclusion that you prefer Toronto lifestyle more, but in the end the decision was only derived because you saw certain comparable parts of the world.

If you ever want to travel, let me know. I have lots of vacation and I am dying to see the rest of the world.

My future travel goals:
1. Asia - as many cities, towns, farms, landmarks as I can afford
2. South Africa
3. The rest of Europe - Mainly Prague, France, London, Spain (Mallorca, Barcelona, Madrid), Greece, Italy (Rome and Sicily)
4. South America - Brazil and Chile
5. Panama City
6. LA/San Francisco
7. BC Rockies
8. Golfing anywhere in California or Southeast coastline.

Nightmares.

I find myself always in a nightmare when my dream starts off like this....(this exact sequence)

1. I see a clown
2. He chases me
3. We run to an elementary school playground
4. He chases me to the highest point of the playground
5. I jump, land and begin running away again
6. He slides down the fireman pole and chases after me

Then my nightmare begins. The nightmare usually never even includes the clown, but it starts off that way and branches off to something like being locked in a tight space, walking in a morgue, sitting on a chair in a wet and dark basement or something at that degree of nonsense.
It kind of sucks to have dreams like that, but they´re completely uncontrollable unless you have an on-going fear of some sort, in my case, the clown. Weird how our minds play around like that..I hate waking up in a cold sweat and realizing that i am 23 years old and still fear crazy clowns...

I recommend downloading David Bowie´s "Modern Love".

Protection.

I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection.

Massive Attack has always been one of my favourite bands. Their record sales are way below the radar but they continue to produce record after record. I am happy they exist and continue to make thoughtful music that calms me down before I sleep, lets me relax on a Saturday afternoon or even gets me riled before I go out on a Friday night.

Karmacoma.
Teardrop.
One Love.
Everywhen.
False Flags.
Mezzanine.

Oceanship

"Take the photographs
and take the frames,
but leave the memories, cuz they're mine."

Fairytales.

I have always wondered about Fairytales. They seem so joyous, positive and will never end realistically. Although they were written and designed for children of all ages to learn an important life lesson, real life lessons are never that positive. I think I might switch occupations to change this genre of literature before it becomes uncontrollable.

Chinese Fairytale.

"Mommy, I didn't get an A+ in Math this year, but I got a 89% which I think is pretty good considering the class average was 70%. Can I get a PS3 still?" -typical chinese son
"No Pan Fu, you won't even be allowed to use hot water to shower." - typical chinese mother

Moral of the story: Don't f*ck with your parents. A+ is not 89%, its 90%. Don't feel bad for Pan Fu, he deserved it.

The Secret to a brighter Canadian future.

ssssh......



it's Bob Rae.