observations
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I need my sleep but sometimes I wonder, why do we sleep? Do I really need to sleep? If I didn’t sleep I could spend more waking hours doing a million more things. Why we sleep though is a question that has been asked for centuries and still no one really knows the answer. I…
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A strange kind of peace seems to have transcended since the New Years. Maybe it is because I am just getting a little older and a little calmer. Or maybe it’s because I have been enjoying the time truly having some much needed “me” time reading books and being alone with my thoughts. I think…
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It’s 2012. It’s the year the world as we know it is supposed to end. There’s a whole movie dedicated to this year which I haven’t seen yet, but many tell me it is strikingly familiar with earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and any kind of natural disaster you can think about. Whatever happens, let’s not live…
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Sometimes, happiness can be found in the littlest places. You do not need much space to be happy as a friend of my discovered this past two months during the recent flooding in Bangkok. Happiness is something that for different people comes from a number of reasons. Even though this flooding was disastrous it actually…
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Okay, I still have two myths remaining about food. This ninth myth is one that apparently some people still believe in even though it has been proven to not be true. It started, according to the article, in the 1960’s and1970’s when research showed elevated levels of aluminum in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This scared…
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For some things in life you only discover a love, a passion for it later on in life. I suppose it’s better late than never as the old saying goes. With this blog, I rediscovered my love of writing and with teaching I discovered my love of teaching. Nothing gives more satisfaction than the sight…
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Have you ever had one of those moments when you want something, know you have it somewhere, just saw it the other day, but now that you need it, you can’t find it? It’s just not there? I’m having one of those moments now. It makes me wonder, if suddenly it is going to pop…
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In life, in dealing with problems and losses psychologists generally say we go through five stages of emotions: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Most commonly we experience this from heartbreak, losing a loved one, going through a crisis, business problems, etc.. The list is endless.. We humans have a lot of problems and we…
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I’ve been back for a few days now from my evacuation. I missed home too much and needed to get some things done at work. Now that I’m back, I once again feel the psychological stress and intensity with which this flooding is affecting Bangkok citizens. It’s like a race against time. A race against…
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