Wow! It's about time to leave and enjoy the one of the most awaited breaks of the year---the Spring Break! I planned the trips to Hong Kong and Nepal since January after Panama and Colombia trips in December! Now I am just counting few days and I will board in the plane again. In love planes and I love flying, of course. It was my ambition to be an airline pilot when in was in elementary but it has changed overtime into science-related career ane it was because of my high school science Biology teacher in high school Miss Martinez. I was impressed with her science knowledge and how she made science very interesting to me. My inclination to science became even more intense when I competed in the Safeguard science bee in one of the noon-time show Student Canteen way back in 1988. I lost few points but I felt good as candidate and representative of my high school, and being televised on TV, indeed! I was a school boy! Hehehehe
Back to the trip...I should start packing my luggage tonight, at least the toiletries. From work, after workout and swimming this Friday, will be drive to San Francisco International Airport to catch the early Saturday dawn flight to Hong Kong, then to Kathmandu in Nepal. It's will be a tight schedule but it's a matter of good timing and planning - the way i think about it...hoping to get this done. I guess I am good with this matter when it comes to planning my trips....it add excitement and thrills as well as expectations.
Time flies...and it has been 4 hours that I am waiting for my car to be ready from regular maintenance and it felt that I just took a quick nap here in the lounge area of Firestone in Santa Cruz...busy reading, on line surfing, listening to music, blogging, catching up with emails, and searching good restaurant for mother's birthday celebration on April 30....plus I had a small sun-tanning inside due to the sunlight entering the glass windows here....it felt so good! And all is good! Oops, my car is almost ready...now it's ready for another 10 to 20 grand miles. This will be another long wait time for another big maintenance....again, it's all good!
Waiting for turn and patience pay off! I take my time and take things slow. More often than not, taking things slow and being quiet are good combination to accomplish things successfully. For this matter, slowness needs attention to details not being sluggish and sloppy! As I look at life with all it's demands, it should not be a "rat race." It's like swimming for efficiency and energy efficiency. A swimmer should take time to carefully watch and refine techniques and refined techniques follow fast speed. Focusing on speed instead of techniques makes a swimmer not last long in the pool due to high energy consumption. Economizing energy is the key to longer and efficient swimming! It's all about waiting for write timing and patience! As for me, it's not a rat race! It's a matter of pacing and good timing.
Fast-paced life is stressful, and in effect, it one may become neglectful to many important aspects to pay a very detailed attention. Hurrying up in the morning to work sometimes end up keys left inside the car. No grocery list before shopping ends up returning back just go get the forgotten pack of sugar. And the list goes on and on and on...
Is your life like a "rat race?"
Photo taken in Times Square, New York City, New York. Spring Break 2007
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