•Reflections 10/02/09: 3 realizations in the past month

On my way from the subway to work today, I realized I haven’t found the time to reflect on what’s been happening since the last time I blogged.  Granted, my life might not be as chaotic or exciting as it used to be, but still, there are life lessons to be learned.
So, below are 3 [...]

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•Facial Transplant Patient Revealed: 3 tells about human nature

Today, the 4th face transplant patient in the world was revealed.  Her name is Connie Culp and she was shot in the face by her husband with a shotgun.  “Hundreds of fragments of shotgun pellet and bone splinters were embedded in her face.”  She was left with a gaping whole.  Although she went through 30+ [...]

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•Quarter-Life Crisis, pt. 3: follow the Nike slogan and “Just Do It”

The mid-twenties is when you have the least economic ties, the least financial needs, the least number of assets holding you down.  It is the time with countless opportunities.  It is a point where many paths can lead to many different lives…
Take that risk.  Take that leap of faith.  Just do it.  Perhaps (or most [...]

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•Quarter-Life Crisis, pt. 2: reassessing the path

Research, articles, books, movies, TV shows, etc. are always more obsessed with mid-life crises, when adults who’ve lived a certain life for 20-30 years all of a sudden realize they have never lived their lives to the fullest.  Probably because those crises involve dramatic behavioral changes such as buying a way-too-expensive Porsche to satisfy a [...]

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•Jan. 16th Post Revisited

A bit of a side-track from my Oscar reviews, but I wanted to revisit my first post on the US Airways Flight 1549 (3 miraculous minutes on jan. 15th).  Reason being that I had come across an animation of the flight landing based on the black box information, etc.

It goes to show [...]

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