Ever wonder what you want to do in the future? I ask myself this. I worked for a large company for near 12 years now. Get company stock along with it. The future could be good with the company yet I am not sure I want to stay in the position that I am in at the moment. Great hours and all but I sit down 95% of the day. Hmm that gets old after a while.
I am currently doing the college thing with 4 classes to go for an AA degree in Liberal Arts yet what will I do with it? That which I am somewhat interested in I don't think I am good enough for the things to learn in. I speak of math topics. I refer to computer related stuff and even engineering. I could use both of these things at my current employer with more money.
I have yet to have a mid life crisis yet I wonder if I think too much on these things will it eventually lead to one? hmmm, makes me wonder.
JW
Sunday, November 15, 2009
seeking advice and getting nonsense
Have you ever asked a question of someone or a group of people and they gave you everything that seemed to walk around the question but not answer the direct question?
In a few weeks I head off to the Philippines for 2 weeks. While I am there I know there are going to be times when I get hungry even after I have eaten. I know this because of the last 2 times I was there. I could easily eat so much that we would have to do alot of grocery shopping. I don't want to put the family through cooking so much because they don't have that much. So, I am looking for a meal replacement or something that will help me get through the hurdle during those times when I get hungry type of thing. Usually going to be once a day. Maybe twice in extreme cases. My solution is a meal replacement powder or weight gainer because of high calories.
Not sure why but much of the advice I am getting seems to be directed at me not needing to weightlifting and telling me to take vitamins and such. No plans to weightlift. The questions revolves solely around the extra meal. Vitamins can make a person hungry.
I will be thirsty alot but I can take care of that by buying cases of water. Not an issue. What do I do about an extra snack during the day. I will be doing ALOT of walking!
JW
In a few weeks I head off to the Philippines for 2 weeks. While I am there I know there are going to be times when I get hungry even after I have eaten. I know this because of the last 2 times I was there. I could easily eat so much that we would have to do alot of grocery shopping. I don't want to put the family through cooking so much because they don't have that much. So, I am looking for a meal replacement or something that will help me get through the hurdle during those times when I get hungry type of thing. Usually going to be once a day. Maybe twice in extreme cases. My solution is a meal replacement powder or weight gainer because of high calories.
Not sure why but much of the advice I am getting seems to be directed at me not needing to weightlifting and telling me to take vitamins and such. No plans to weightlift. The questions revolves solely around the extra meal. Vitamins can make a person hungry.
I will be thirsty alot but I can take care of that by buying cases of water. Not an issue. What do I do about an extra snack during the day. I will be doing ALOT of walking!
JW
Monday, November 9, 2009
A collision course between fun and labor
College is in its final month for the semester and I am battling myself through College algbera. For whatever reason my mind seems to be overthinking this stuff to the point of meltdown. Is it really this hard or has my mind road a rabbit trail into some land that has nothing to do with algebra? Probably the latter, I think my mind is making stuff up in order to confuse me. hmm
I will having 4 tests in the next month. When it comes to algebra, 4 tests in 4 weeks will not be fun. I cringe thinking about it.
Yet, at the end of these 4 weeks I will be taking a trip to the Philippines with a layover in Hong Kong. On the way back from the Philippines I will be staying overnight in Hong Kong at the Hotel Jen. This should be interesting since the Philippines is the only foreign country I have ever been to. Uusally I take a straight flight on Philippine airlines but this time it is Cathay Pacific.
I will only grow to hate the flight time involved.By my count it will take 26 flying hours to get the plus layovers in 3 different cities.
In the meantime I am having to battle my way through algebra. I need to make a B in this class in order for it to count towards some CLAST thing.
I will having 4 tests in the next month. When it comes to algebra, 4 tests in 4 weeks will not be fun. I cringe thinking about it.
Yet, at the end of these 4 weeks I will be taking a trip to the Philippines with a layover in Hong Kong. On the way back from the Philippines I will be staying overnight in Hong Kong at the Hotel Jen. This should be interesting since the Philippines is the only foreign country I have ever been to. Uusally I take a straight flight on Philippine airlines but this time it is Cathay Pacific.
I will only grow to hate the flight time involved.By my count it will take 26 flying hours to get the plus layovers in 3 different cities.
In the meantime I am having to battle my way through algebra. I need to make a B in this class in order for it to count towards some CLAST thing.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Catholics and Protestants/a side view
I had sort of an awakening or understanding recently related to a difference between protestant christians and Catholics. I was listening online to vatacan radio from the Philippines for about 10 minutes and he said a mouthful to me that after a while it gave me understanding of something I didn't fully comprehend until now. My wife was in agreement and she is Catholic which tells me this understanding I have is right.
This understanding deals with the role of the church in relation to God. For a Protestant the church or local church is an assembly of believers. You go to sing praise and worship to God and hear a sermon and some will come forward and repent of their sins and become born again. Usually Protestants read their bibles and if they feel their pastor or congregation is going astray and they confront it and if it doesn't change they leave. They faith is in God and in God's Word by their understanding of the bible. Key word is THEIR understanding. For Protestants God is their direct subject of faith and not the church. The church is a group of believers who come together to lift up their God.
Catholics are a bit different. Most Catholics really don't know their bible because they do not read it. It is taught that only the priests can read it because otherwise it will be corrupted. So, the catholic relies on the priest to interpret it for them and they go from there. The catholic church is considered the HOly Mother meaning it is said to be Gods institution in the Earth. Catholics really give their allegiance to God directly through the church and not directly to God. It is throught he Priest that they get their 'orders' so to speak and are given their forgiveness of sins and so forth. Catholics pray but not directly to God. They use saints and Mary to help them to pray to God.
JW
This understanding deals with the role of the church in relation to God. For a Protestant the church or local church is an assembly of believers. You go to sing praise and worship to God and hear a sermon and some will come forward and repent of their sins and become born again. Usually Protestants read their bibles and if they feel their pastor or congregation is going astray and they confront it and if it doesn't change they leave. They faith is in God and in God's Word by their understanding of the bible. Key word is THEIR understanding. For Protestants God is their direct subject of faith and not the church. The church is a group of believers who come together to lift up their God.
Catholics are a bit different. Most Catholics really don't know their bible because they do not read it. It is taught that only the priests can read it because otherwise it will be corrupted. So, the catholic relies on the priest to interpret it for them and they go from there. The catholic church is considered the HOly Mother meaning it is said to be Gods institution in the Earth. Catholics really give their allegiance to God directly through the church and not directly to God. It is throught he Priest that they get their 'orders' so to speak and are given their forgiveness of sins and so forth. Catholics pray but not directly to God. They use saints and Mary to help them to pray to God.
JW
Friday, October 2, 2009
Finger pointing in politics
Obama is in Denmark peitioning the Olympic committee for Chicago to get them. I have heard that the Republicans are pointing fingers at him as to why he is doing this on 'company' time. They could have a point with this but do they really? My only source is whatever news feeds I can read and I have read that while Obama is there he is taking care of national business beyond lobbying for the Olympics.
I am not a democrat and I don't applause some of things Obama stands for yet why do Repubublicans feel the need to poing the fingers? The way I see it fingers are pointing back at them. Just like my previous post before this. It becomes a Hollywood type of thing.
I have also wondered about this, Democrats have control of Congress and the Presidency but just as the Republicans did when it was their turn years ago, we don't see much of anything good happening. Just alot of bickering. It shows me that it doesn't matter who is in Congress, nothing seems to get done.
JW
I am not a democrat and I don't applause some of things Obama stands for yet why do Repubublicans feel the need to poing the fingers? The way I see it fingers are pointing back at them. Just like my previous post before this. It becomes a Hollywood type of thing.
I have also wondered about this, Democrats have control of Congress and the Presidency but just as the Republicans did when it was their turn years ago, we don't see much of anything good happening. Just alot of bickering. It shows me that it doesn't matter who is in Congress, nothing seems to get done.
JW
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The shame of Politics
I often wonder what is a worse subject to talk about. Religion or Politics? Both can be very heated and bring out anger in even the best of people but I think Politcs gets more of the center stage. Out of it politics becomes of war of chess with the attitude of little kids. Politics is a smoke and mirrors game with people out there who was the maximum amount of power. This gets them drunk with it and then corruption soon follows.
Have you ever been drunk? Did you know what you were doing? Could people take advantage of you and you really not realize it or understand what was happening? Just like politics.
I was listening to a radio show this morning while at work and a lady said something that I thought was astounding as so true. It was like a weird empiphany for me. I knew the words but the full effect hit me. We the people do not have the power anymore when it comes to Gov't. Sure we can contact out local Congressman for to protest laws and whatever else is happening in D.C. BUT in general BIG BUSINESS has its hand all over D.C. and as a result money talk, drunk congressman become puppets to the companies and WE THE PEOPLE bend over and take it. Isn't that a shame??!!
Where did WE THE PEOPLE go? More and more it seems like this has become a cheap slogan just like 'In God we Trust' on our money and better yet in the House of Reps. We have the slogan in there and in reality it is probably the only point of Light in the whole building and no one pays attention to it. I wonder why the ACLU has not done something about it. After all they have done a great job of tearing down everything other aspect of religious faith in Society.
Why would anyone want to get involved in politics? Is power that great even if it means sitting in means listening to what probably amounts to useless babble? You have your name and family exposed. If scandel comes you become a blight to your family and the vultures soon come to feed on you.
Can a person truly run for Congress and truly be FOR THE PEOPLE and represent THE PEOPLE? I think that IF this is ever possible this person would probably not be heard much because it doesn't seem Kosher.
JW
Have you ever been drunk? Did you know what you were doing? Could people take advantage of you and you really not realize it or understand what was happening? Just like politics.
I was listening to a radio show this morning while at work and a lady said something that I thought was astounding as so true. It was like a weird empiphany for me. I knew the words but the full effect hit me. We the people do not have the power anymore when it comes to Gov't. Sure we can contact out local Congressman for to protest laws and whatever else is happening in D.C. BUT in general BIG BUSINESS has its hand all over D.C. and as a result money talk, drunk congressman become puppets to the companies and WE THE PEOPLE bend over and take it. Isn't that a shame??!!
Where did WE THE PEOPLE go? More and more it seems like this has become a cheap slogan just like 'In God we Trust' on our money and better yet in the House of Reps. We have the slogan in there and in reality it is probably the only point of Light in the whole building and no one pays attention to it. I wonder why the ACLU has not done something about it. After all they have done a great job of tearing down everything other aspect of religious faith in Society.
Why would anyone want to get involved in politics? Is power that great even if it means sitting in means listening to what probably amounts to useless babble? You have your name and family exposed. If scandel comes you become a blight to your family and the vultures soon come to feed on you.
Can a person truly run for Congress and truly be FOR THE PEOPLE and represent THE PEOPLE? I think that IF this is ever possible this person would probably not be heard much because it doesn't seem Kosher.
JW
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Politics and Rallies
In the past when there were rallies or town meeting type of things it seemed hard to get people to come to them. It would be like pulling teeth. Who cares about politics? It is boring. Yet we have seen rallies with the TEA parties and even more people coming out to the town meetings giving their representative a piece of their mind. Sometimes it has gotten violent. I have also notice some of the more liberal reps in D.C. making excuses as to who 'most' of the people are who are attending the rallies.
Everyone that has an opinion related to this it seems wants to say there is a group behind it all. I ask, what group? I know some of these people have been motivated by what they have heard from some conservative talk radio shows and to a point that is good, as long as the information is accurate and not biased.
The way I see it, Obama was the most liberal person of the Senate and I have found that the more liberal a person is the more likely you will find some kind of socialist leaning in their decisions. Is Obama a socialist? Could be. Is this a reason why there is much shouting at these rallies because of what he is wanting to do along with many of the democrats? Probably. Could you blame people for speaking out against socialistic ways? America isn't built on that.
JW
Everyone that has an opinion related to this it seems wants to say there is a group behind it all. I ask, what group? I know some of these people have been motivated by what they have heard from some conservative talk radio shows and to a point that is good, as long as the information is accurate and not biased.
The way I see it, Obama was the most liberal person of the Senate and I have found that the more liberal a person is the more likely you will find some kind of socialist leaning in their decisions. Is Obama a socialist? Could be. Is this a reason why there is much shouting at these rallies because of what he is wanting to do along with many of the democrats? Probably. Could you blame people for speaking out against socialistic ways? America isn't built on that.
JW
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