Friday, April 28, 2006

Rising Gas Prices

Gasoline is a commodity, a great smelling liquid, turning expensive. I have ranted and whined in the past. Now I am so tired of people complaining about the soaring gas prices. I know it’s a pinch to our wallets, but I've come to realize its really is a good thing. High prices open up the market for alternative and cleaner sources of energy. If we start using the alternate sources of energy we lessen our dependency on Middle East, and less dependency means less meddling, less terrorism and less threat.

Also high gas will hopefully encourage people to walk more. I recently read an article which said an average American walks only 1.5 miles a week. That’s awfully pathetic. No wonder we have serious issues with obesity. I implore every American reader to put down their car keys and walk.

I admire Brazil for gaining independance by completely converting to ethanol. We must commit to do the same and realize that oil is a non renewable resource, meaning our long term supply will never go up, the demand will always be there, crippling us as a country. We will never win the war on oil.

So people save gas and your money, stop idling your engine, use AC only when necessary, carpool, use public transportation, cut down several road trips and moreover walk.
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day

Kids seen on the commute, kids seen running amuk on elevators, kids seen playing nick at workstations, kid voices being heard in hallways, kids seen around on streets at lunch. Such preety faces, such dashing smiles. Corporate environ turning casual. What fun!

Today is "Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day", a nationwide event helping girls and boys, age 8 to 13 stay focused on their futures during adolescence. An awesome opportunity for kids to experience a day at the office with their Mom or Dad. Most kids go to their parents workplace on summer Fridays and such, but this is a different kind of event. It exposes kids to what adults do during the work day, shows them the value of their education, and gives them an opportunity to meet new peers, talk to a diverse group of people and share how they envision their future.

We had an agenda for kids to follow today. And I enjoyed this half day event.

A good time spent with kids feels exceptionally rewarding!

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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Name the New York Way

Here in New York, cool and hip neighborhoods are al about trendy names. Why, you ask? Because a cool and trendy name helps in boosting real estate values. Ask New Yorkers where they come from and you hear fancy stuff like RAMBO (Right After the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). Huh? You know, right before DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)!

Since, space is NYC is always an issue, we simply like renaming locales to make them sound hip.

Manhattan has long had regions like SoHo and NoHo (South and North of Houston Street), NoLiTa and SoLiTa (North and South of Little Italy). But what if you go west? Will you discover an over developed LoLiTa? Or will you just run into under developed TriBeCa? Manhattanites have learned to take such cool neighborhood acronyms in their stride.

While the B train rides you through the exotic lands of BoCoCa (Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens), may I humbly suggest names for humdrum places like Flushing as FLOMO? and Borough Park as BOPA? And how about a special neighborhood called ARTSY (area restricted to the single and young)?

Per recent real estate news, South Bronx in Manhattan is one of the best places to buy investment properties in the US. Oops, did I say the South Bronx? You know I really meant SoBro :P

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Yin and Yang

There’s somebody else around me who has a magnificent idea. First, I was jealous, now I’m being supportive. Optimist that I am, I think together we’ll be even more powerful

I was involved in a project, which seemed beyond my expertise. Gradually I started feeling somewhat confident and raised to the challenge. Meanwhile, my boredom vanished.

I looked here and I looked there. The answer I was seeking wasn’t in either place. It was all over the place.

I was being tested to see if I could do what I had promised. I’ve been thrifty with promises, I could!

I tried answering all the questions coming to me like machine gunfire. Guess this is what all those years of training and learning have been for.

Discussions about shared money are confusing, but a hope for happy ending prevails

Upsetting information at first causes a problem. I felt unprepared but was not dismayed. The truth had set me free.

To let the nay sayers slow me down is so unreassuring. Endeavors that I’ve begun now are favored to succeed, but there are rocky moments

I must decide now to better the best I’ve done before. I must go farther, faster, higher or whatever it takes to renew my faith.

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