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step 3 to peaceful inner self
Step 3 to peaceful inner self: stop spending for stuff you dont really need. we have to attain independence from material excesses.
just because something is on sale doesnt mean you have to buy it. even if it’s 50% off. jessica zafra doesnt consider something a sale unless it’s 80% off. but dont get me wrong. im guilty of breaking step 3 every so often. and with heinous purchases at that. once i was at landmark shopping for props. came across that gorgeous optimus prime figurine and couldnt let go. goodbye 3K hello transformers.
i installed this app on my iphone that helps me keep track of every cash out i do in a month. bills, monthly payments, taxi fare, groceries, eating out and all, including charges on my credit card or debits on my atm. im surprised to learn how much i spend in a month, it’s crazy! so from last month, im trying to bring down the total of my expenses and see where this goes. just today i paid my bills and my month’s budget is consumed by almost 50% already. and it’s just the 2nd week of sept. i say good luck!
watched THE EXPENDABLES with carlo’s dad. adik nga salida. i enjoyed it yes pero OA ang botox ni stallone. i liked willis and schwarzenegger’s cameos (i can spell haha). thank God jason statham was in the film. i hope there wont be a pinoy counterpart because im pretty certain somewhere it’s been planned. starring revilla sr, revilla jr., estrada sr., estrada jr., lapid, jaworski and isko moreno. wait, that’s the government.
clocks
repost from spoon tamago
Carved by Naoki Terada by Johnny
Naoki Terada of Terada Design has created Carved, a new clock with the numbers carved out. Although the product doesn’t appear to be stocked yet, Lemnos, who specializes in Japanese designer clocks, will be the sole distributor. If this doesn’t float your boat, Lemnos is stock full of designer clocks from the typographically-inspired to the, I-don’t-really-need-to-know-the-time-I-just-want-something-cool-on-my-wall clock.
Inspired by ancient sun dials, Kazuo Kawasaki created Hola. It even has an iPhone app.
Makoto Komatsu took his signature wrinkled porcelain and applied it to the Wrinkle wall clock.
Luminary designer Riki Watanabe and his simple yet gorgeous Riki Clock.
Kanako Kajihara takes her experience as a textile designer for Issey Miyake to create the soft and delicate Syn.
ron mueck
the boy
once in a while you come across an artist that overwhelms you with the ordinary and inspires you with the familiar. ron mueck is an australian hyper-realist sculpture whose incredible works feature babies, old ladies and the ordinary street folk but in gigantic proportions. he’s crazy awesome! only way to appreciate his works is to look at it. here are a few from damncoolpics.blogspot.com:
in bed
pregnant woman
two women
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repost: beautiful plumbing lamps
i love these! genius who ever made these lamps. this is a repost 🙂
Posted by hipstomp | 27 Jul 2010
You gotta love plumbing fixtures, they’re like Lego for adults with industrial aesthetic preferences, as these DIY lamps show:
Sadly, these beautiful things were posted at Beautiful Life with absolutely no indication of provenance. If you’re the mystery designer, please drop us a line so we can give you some props (and/or do an interview)!
ghost photography? a repost
i thought this was fantastic i had to repost it. his pics with the children is particularly creepy. ahlovet! 🙂
Ghosts now officially exist, thanks to Sergey Larenkov’s computational rephotography via Core77 on 7/30/10
Photographer Sergey Larenkov uses computational rephotography (as shown above and explained here by Wired) to overlay extant WWII-era photographs on their corresponding modern settings. The results are both spooky and stunning:
The shots really do have to be seen large, so check out Larenkov’s LJ page for the rest of ’em.
via gizmodo
Step 2
Step 2 is to take account of all your personal assets.
Physical assets. hair? yes and no. face. pwede na. body? yikes. carlo and i took a body composition analyzer which you can get from any mercury drug store. here’re my results (taken july 15 2010):
age 32.
height 5’6″
weight 142 lbs (not bad, i guess)
body mass index 22.9
bmr (capability to burn at rest) 6172 kJ or 1475 kcal
fat % 23.7 (desirable range is 17-23%. that means im borderline overweight)
fat mass 33.6lbs (desirable range is 22.2 to 32.4lbs)
the results indicated my target body fat should only be 20% of my total weight, i should ideally be 135lb heavy (based on my weight and age) with a fat mass of 27lb. that means i have to lose 6.6lbs to achieve my ideal weight. tootsie, how hard is it to lose 6lbs? ghad.
Medical history. i had asthma as a kid. im prone to vertigo (triggered by stress and msg). i have dermatitis (inherited from my maternal lola). i itch a lot at night (even after bathing before going to sleep), i have no idea why. my sisters have scoliosis and probably so do i. im allergic to shrimp but i can eat bagoong. im allergic to msg but i can eat lucky mi pansit canton. im allergic to crab. im lactose intolerant. my dad is diabetic and has been diagnosed with cancer (prostate, 2007) and a brain tumor (1998, benign). chances are, id die of cancer or get eaten by fire ants, a very japanese horror film way to die.
Material assets. i have 3 boxes of books here in katipunan and probably 3 more in cdo. i have 2 bookshelves with other books and magazines as well. we’ve tons of props and materials for shoot, stored in plastic containers and some in huge orocan plastic bins. i have a clothes steamer i bought 2 years ago and a trolley from ace hardware we almost never use. my closet houses a decently-sized wardrobe but i have lots of underwear that are more expensive than my tshirts. ive my Luna (MBP) and my 2 mobile phones. i dont have a car and my MRT ticket has expired. 3 years ago i had a bed built and bought a new mattress for it. i bought my first ever ever tv last june with a nice home theater package. it now sits on the antique tv cabinet i got from my grandparents’ house (apparently that set was bought by my dad years ago so now it’s back with us hehehe). it also cost me a fortune to have my room and the public spaces of the house retiled. if i were to lose everything today, what 1 item would i want saved?
Financial assets. no comment 🙂 i learned not to talk about whether i have much or i have none. in the end, it doesnt really matter. but im thankful i have enough to eat out or buy groceries, pay the bills and watch a few movies every now and then.
Spiritual assets. ive the good Lord covering my back but im lacking on doing the other way around. i wouldnt consider myself a backslider, but i havent been praying much and finding time to worship the Lord. i should get my schedule fixed so i can pursue my old ministries in the choir and with the youth.
taking stock of what you have, which asset is more important to you? send your answers to 2677. per dti series of 2010.
benjamin padero 