Race like a warrior October 5, 2009

Hola,
Did everyone go to race for the cure? We are destined to make this world a better place. =)
yours,
Anastasia

Tech vs. UNM. This game is amazing! GO TECH GO TECH. Football players are too cute.

Monstrous mistake made when I decided to eat breakfast one hour prior to Race for the Cure.
Usually I can run 3 miles in 30 minutes without stopping. I was aiming to do that today. Unfortunately, my breakfast decision had led me to walk through most of the race. On top of that, Sherlock slept through the race! Where is thy support?!

Support breast cancer research! You can make a difference! I arrived home and decided that another bowl of fried rice and one fried egg and four servings of fried green onion eggs ( 2 whole eggs+ 2 egg whites + lots of green onion) and 5 (!!??) pears and two apples would increase her brain cells’ ability.

Just when I decided no more food for the rest of the day, Sherlock and Dumpling made butternut squash fries!
Another 3 mile run was needed for the day!

Duty of the day

• Finish reading the Time Traveler’s wife
• Do notes for genetic/analytical chemistry/biology
• Research for bridging the gap between science and humanities
• Reach Ch5 of PoliSci
• Read the Wallstreet Journal and economist
• clean room
• do laundry!!
• STOP EATING

Weekend reverie

This weekend has been astonishing! It embarked with a great breakfast on Friday. None fat Dannon yogurt with a whole table spoon of honey and walnut topping. I say that is a whole tablespoon of delight!Almond chocolate milk is always a good companion to any breakfast meals! Oh!! I have a bloody affection for fruits! And pears are DELICIOUS! Asian pears are super good too, but they exceed a poor college student’s budget. =(

Hunger deprived.

Lunch was beef fried rice!! I like to put a bunch of green union in it. It makes it really flavorful. One advice about green onions on food is that, add it FRESH! I usually make several servings worth of fried rice and eat it throughout the week. If I had added the green onions in and cooked it, it would have lost the flavor and turn yellowish.

Desserts are needed due to my strong temptation for sweets

Dinner was a disaster, a awesome one though. =) I had three bananas, three pears, and four apples. I wanted those fruit to last a week, but…plan failed.

!Walmart trip with Sherlock!
Sherlock and I decided to try butternut squash and sweet potato baked fries! I also decided to cut down on fruit consumption but it might be futile.

Warrior power

To start my semester, I would like to share some of my favorite quotes from Jane Austen and Confucious.

Here it goes:

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

I have100% admiration for Jane Austen. The delightfullness of indulging myself in her books and plots! Thy shall suffer from the lack of such prodigious masterpiece.