There are 5 basic levels of communication.


Level 1: A Hi Bye Communication.
Hi!! Good morning!!
You greet to a stranger at the park. You do not
know his/her name, etc

Level 2: Sharing of general opinion.
This hamburger is really good.
You talked to your co-worker during lunch
on your 1st day of work. You may know
his/her name, etc

Level 3: Sharing of personal feeling.
My boss says my performance is bad.
You talked to one of your closet buddy
at work and you feel like crying.

Level 4: Sharing of intimate feelings.
ABC, thanks for listening to me and I will
always love you XYZ.
You shared with your loved ones about
how you feel for each other.

Level 5: The Ultimate Intimacy.
Every day, I fall in love with you and for
the last 30 years. Happy 30th Anniversery Honey!!
I guess you understand, else...... slap yourself.


Here is the deal. Each and every one of us has
only 24hrs to interact with one another. We have
to fully utilize the 24hrs to either, to put in more
effort to push a relationship from Level 3 to Level 4,
or simply, forget about a Level 2 relationship. You have
to ask yourself, which realtionship you want to really
focus on or rather, worth pursuing.

A relationship is also either, growing or dying. If it's
stagnant, that means the relationship had died some
time ago. The choice is yours.

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and
his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they
began to have a good conversation. They talked about
so many things and various subjects.

When they eventually touched on the subject of God,
the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that
God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be
so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a Loving God who would allow all of these
things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond
because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber
finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after
he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with
long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked
dirty and un-kept.! The customer turned back and entered
the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know
what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist
because if they did, there would be no people with dirty
long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do
not come to me."

"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point!
God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't
go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's
so much pain and suffering in the world."



"Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell
the storm how big your God is!"

I watched Hitch 3 times this week. Don't get me wrong okay.
There are a lot of things we can learn from the movie.

1) How to be a gentlemen when provoked by d*mb women.
2) How to be a gentlemen when provoked by d*mb women.
3) How to be a gentlemen when provoked by d*mb women.

Men....here are some tricks to encounter d*mb women when
they try to make us feel the same way.

1) No woman wakes up saying, "God, I hope I don't get
swept off my feet."
In English, is this my day?

2) 60% of what we say is body language, 30% is tone.
Only 10% are words.
In English, they like to see how we make our body dance
in the air.

3) Even a beautiful woman doesn't know what she wants
until she sees it.
In English, they have not idea what they want all the time.

4) A woman's best friend must sign off on all big
relationship decisions.
In English, the day came and they got confused and ......
never mind.

5) Listen and respond.
In English, pretend to listen and say something that will
confuse them. They will appreciate you more.

6) If you're shy, be shy. If you're out-going, be out-going.
In English, guys, kick back and be cool. They enjoy our
company for who we are, ALL THE TIME.

7) 8 out of 10 women believe that the 1st kiss will tell
them everything they need to know in a realtionship.
In English, I just know he is the ONE!!

8) The secret to a kiss is to go 90% of the way, and hold,
and leave the 10% to the women.
In English, hope you will figure out where my lips are.

Friday was good. Went to Russell Peters Live in San Diego.
A friend of mine drove from Mobile AL to Atlanta GA to
see his show. I guess I drove pretty far too, 25miles?
Well, been there and done it!! Next time? Not sure cause
the ticket was $40. My goal is.....I have been there!!

I think he will be really really good if there are no F***
words. Here's the catch, be cool, be funny, be absolutely
funny, be original and ..... be straight.


Pinkistan.......
Wonder what will happen if Kamasutra was not created by
the people from India.
Parents is in China and family is in Taiwan.
Emily = Eh Mee Lee
you are from the Emirates but you are not an Arab.
If you are from Asia, you are Chinese.

Russell Peters should visit Penang, Singhapoor and Indianesia
to get more inspirations. End of Story.

The following examination is taken from the
Sacred Scripture - Ephesians 4:1-3, 17-32 and
Colossians 3:1-10, 12-17. Each question is based
upon a passage from these two letters to the early
Christian communities.

1) Do I "live a life worthy of the calling I have received?"

2) Do I bear with my friends and family "with patience,
meekness and humility?"

3) Do I "make every effort to preserve unity" in my
family and in my church?

4) Do I "resist God" or do I pray to know His will?

5) Do I strive to "set aside my former way of life" and
to try to avoid sin?

6) Do I lie? Do I "speak the truth to my neighbor?"

7) Do I lose my temper? Do I "let the sun go down
on my anger?"

8) Do I steal? Am I honest in my business dealings?

9) Do I share my wealth with those in need?

10) Do I gossip or say evil things? Have I slendered
the reputation of another?

11) Do I hold on to bitterness, passion and anger?

12) Do I forgive as the Lord has forgiven me? Is there
someone I need to forgive?

13) Am I "intent on the things of earth," or "on things
of heaven?"

14) Am I too busy? Do I make time to pray?

15) Do I "harbor evil desires?" Am I faithful to my spouse?

16) Do I use foul languages?

17) Does peace "reign in my heart?" Do I actively work
for peace in my family and in my world?

18) Do I "dedicate myself to thankfulness?" Do I regularly
express my thanks to God and to those around me?"


EOF

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a
$20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this
$20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give
this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to
crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in
the air. Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it
on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did
not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives,
we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions
we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has
happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless
to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what
we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."

Count your blessings, not your problems. And remember:
amateurs built the ark .. professionals built the Titanic.

If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

Russell Peters....... I salute you!!

Yes, I will be going for his performance in San Diego tomorrow.
I will be going with 5 guys from India and I am sort of chinese.
Why? I am 4% Portugese.

Sooner or later, Chinese and Indian will be all over the world.
U can't deny it and let's mix and see what will happens.

Chinese and Indian = Chindian
French and Greek = Freek
Dutch/Holland and Philipino = Hollapino
Malaysian and Indonesian = Malindo
European and Asian = Eurasian
Peruvian and Malaysian = ??

Elise and Eldrick ......... I miss you guys!!

I cooked today. It was good. I feel not all right if I eat out every
single meal. First of all, I will be burning my health and secondly,
I will be burning my wallet. Yesterday was an excuse to get
2 hamburgers from In-N-Out. I was in the park doing some
exercise and later I thought, I need to reward myself with some
goodies. There u go...... 2 hamburgers with onion and a fries.
Any drinks for you Sir? No thank-u. I tried to avoid drinking soda
as much as I could. I always remember that Coca-cola was born
in the pharmacy. The rest....pls firgure it out.

I have to say this, In-N-Out has the best hamburger of all the
fast food chain. The fries....absolutely FRESH. In addition, I like
the uniform that the employees wear, Red and White. The thing
that catchers my attention most is.....not the girls ok, but the
huge safety pin. It is a cool design. Animal style Sir?

I was helping my sister with her gardening on Saturday. She bought
4 tiny vege plants, 2 tomatoes, 1 egg plant and 1 something. My
brother-in-law needs to fix a dresser and she is pregnant. I guess
I could help her.

I had a small shovel and I started to dig. Moments later, I saw
the most beautiful thing in the ground. I don't believe what I saw.
I saw an earth-worm!!

What does that tell u? The soil is moist and it is perfect for growing
plants. The last time I think I ever saw an earth-worm is probably
before I moved to AZ and that was in 2001. CA's weather is superb
for gardening. My sister's backyard has a lot of stuff, lettuce, grapes,
strawberry, eggplant, tomato, jalapeno, sunflower, boungaville, etc.

We were at Armstrong's earlier and boy.....I would love to have a
garden like that with all kinds of flowers and plants.

Back to the story, she asked me to plant 4 and 1 hr later, I planted 11.
What does that tell you? She is in management huh.

I moved out of the hotel finally on Sat. PHEW!! Staying in
the hotel is bad. I don't feel being at home. Something is
missing or the feeling is not there.

I move to a house. I am renting 2 rooms, 1 bathroom,
1 dining room, 1 living room, 0.5 kitchen, etc...... WOW!!
And.....all my boxes...are in the living room, piling high...
reaching for the sky.

Something happened.......my laptop could not tap on to the
existing internet. I was trying to activate the WiFi and thanks
to MCFS for spending 2 hrs on Sunday going thru the steps.
It did not worked!! EEErrrgggghhhhh.

I slept very well last nite. I finally realized that the
heater helps. For the last couple of days, I could not
really sleep. The nite time lows are around upper 50s
and I said to myself that I will get used to the weather.
I guess not. It's actually pretty chilly, I know I know,
upper 50s. I hate cold!!

It has been raining on and off and very humid. I was
walking from my car to the hotel. Along the curbs,
there were at least 20 snails on the pavement. What
does that tell u.....BYE BYE DESERT.

When the humidity is at a certain value, the
environment is just perfect for snails. I felt I am in
living at the mountains somewhere along the
equator. I missed the dew.....and....it appears as early
as 9pm.....when it rains......ha.....all day....

It's Saturday and I promise to help this RCG(recent college graduate)
to buy a car. He is from Bombay or Mumbai and he is eyeing on
the Audi. A MSEE graduate with 3.9 GPA, a smart kid and no doubt
what do u think he needs, a COOL car of course. A typical college
graduate. Sigh!!

He cannot decide whether to get a certified A4 cabriolet or a
A4 sedan. We test drove the cabriolet today and he loved it. That car
is awesome u know. Those Germans no doubt knows how to build
fantastic automobiles. At the end of the day, we went to 2 dealers.

All I can say is that, the sales guy taught him how to buy a car. He
thinks buying a car is like buying a microwave oven, trying to get the
best deal from Wal-mart, Target, etc. I felt like slapping him man.

Anyway, earlier in the afternoon, we went for pasta in San Diego
Little Italy. I did not have time to really walk around. What a waste!
But on the way back to Mira Mesa, we drove to Mission Bay and
Pacific Beach. It's beautiful!! I helped him to move some stuff from
the hotel to his apartment after we got home. What a day.

Oh yes, he needs to call his mum for advice on the A4 cabriolet.
To me......a car is to take u safely from point A to point B. And, when
a car is a liability, it is no good. But when a car is an asset(though
it de-appreciates thru time) then it's good.

We'll see what's gonna happen tomorrow. He needs to get a car since
he needs to return the rental car soon.

1. WHAT TIME DID YOU GET UP THIS MORNING?
9:30 AM - din't sleep well.

2. DIAMONDS OR PEARLS? Diamonds
3. WHAT WAS THE LAST FILM YOU SAW AT THEATER?
Memoirs Of A Geisha.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Game shows.
5. WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST? Banana.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Wai Chian
7. FAVORITE CUISINE? Chinese.

8. WHAT FOODS DO YOU DISLIKE?
anything that is not supposed to be greasy, they are greasy.
9. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CHIP FLAVOR?
Little salted, baked and 0% Trans Fat.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CD AT THE MOMENT?
My own compilation: My Favorite Classical I, Various Composers

11. WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE? 97 Honda Accord

12. FAVORITE SANDWICH?
Panini the way it's supposed to be.
My home-made sandwich with must have Provolone cheese and avocado.
13. WHAT CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU DESPISE? Unorganized.
14. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING? Shirt

15. IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON
VACATION, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? Up in the mountains....

16. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR BATHROOM? Gloss Cottage White
17. FAVORITE BRAND OF CLOTHING? Tommy Hilfiger

18. TO WHERE WOULD YOU RETIRE? Places with a lot of greenery.
19. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY?
I made ribs and camaron de ceviche for X with a romantic evening.
20. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? FIFA World Cup

21. FURTHEST PLACE YOU ARE SENDING THIS? Somewhere.

22. PERSON YOU LEAST EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU?
Anne.....
23. PERSON YOU EXPECT TO SEND IT BACK FIRST? X.

24. GOAL YOU HAVE FOR YOURSELF? serve the Lord.

25. WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? Jan 12th.....every year.

26. WHEN IS YOUR ANNIVERSARY?
I don't understand big fat words.

27. ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT PERSON?
Evening.

28. WHAT IS YOUR SHOE SIZE? US 10
29. PETS? Not yet.
30. ANY NEW AND EXCITING NEWS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE
WITH US? Thank-u Lord for creating beautiful San Diego.

31. WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE
LITTLE? A scientist.
32. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? Tired.

33. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY? KitKat

34. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER? Roses, Orchids.
35. WHAT DAY ON THE CALENDAR ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO?? Christmas.......

36. WHERE IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE EVER BEEN
FROM HOME? going to be heaven, soon, I hope.

37. A SMALL THING YOU REALLY ENJOY? my brain.

Ha.....I almost got myself killed, twice.

First time when I was lost and don't know where to go
at Hillcrest. I heard someone honked at me when I turned
on my turn signals. I turned right and 1 second later, I
realized that the traffic was coming towards me. As quick
as lightning, I turned the wheel as fast as I could and went
to the other side of the street. Phew....that was close.

The second time it happened this evening. I was at SDSU.
I was desperated to look for a gas station and when I saw one,
I was on the right lane. Without hesitate, I quickly move
to the left lane and drove over the divider. I think I drove
like a drunk driver or something. Of course, I did not see
the divider and there was no traffic on the opposite side of
the road. Phew.....that was a rental car.