Tune of the Day: Ghetto Gospel

Tips from My Online Life Coach

Every now and then i feel the need to hear some wise words of wisdom, some food for thought, a time where i can just take a moment to stop and think and reflect...

Which is why I decided to sign up with the My Life Coach blog to receive life tips from Coach Michele. I'm not exactly sure how i found the blog and I don't even remember signing up to receive their eNewsletter, but earlier this week i opened my inbox to find a nice little surprise waiting for me, some "Soul Food" as I like to call it (No, not actual food like macaroni and cheese and fried chicken, even though those are both good for the soul as well).

This is the first eNewsletter I've received from Michele but I really like her suggestions, especially #4 and #5. If you like her tips too, go to this site and sign up to receive her newsletters: http://www.mylifecoach.com/newsletter_jan_08.htm

Creating Your Ideal Life
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Feeling Great About You – 10 Suggestions

by Michele Caron

1. Make very few promises. Keep them. Especially promises to yourself.

2. Speak-up about what is true for you.

3. Don’t be around people or circumstances that are not healthy for you. Instead, endeavor to be around people and in places that energize you!

4. Know what you love. Focus on maximizing those things in your life.

5. Be really “present” with others. Be peaceful in your own mind and heart, listen, observe, and be in the moment. (Really, this applies to all moments of your life, not just around others!)

6. Forget about how you’d like to look. Love how you look right now.

7. Feel free to be yourself. The right people will love and appreciate you, the wrong people don’t matter.

8. Forget about judging others; who’s right and who’s wrong. Everyone is doing the best they can in the circumstances they find themselves in. Including you. Instead, just concentrate on what is true and best for you.

9. Live a lifestyle that you know is healthy for your body, heart, mind and spirit. If you are not, don’t judge yourself, just start making it better today.

10. Connect with the wonderful feeling of love and all of its variations as often as possible.

© Michele Caron, 2008. Michele is a consultant, entrepreneur, and Life/Career Coach. She can help you create your ideal life! Simply contact her at michele@mylifecoach.com for a free initial coaching session by phone. There are also many career and life resources at her web site, www.MyLifeCoach.com. You may redistribute or post this article on the web, as long as this copyright notice and link remain intact.

Daniel Day Lewis' Tribute to Heath Ledger

The 2008 SAG awards were on TBS last night. Daniel Day Lewis won the award for best actor in his portrayal of a greedy oil hungry businessman in "There Will Be Blood." In receiving his award, he made a very touching speech and tribute to Heath Ledger. When an attributed, well respected actor takes the time to acknowledge the work and talent of their peers, one cannot help but be touched by the level of comraderie and respect they have for each other. It made me cry.

"Its always been the work of other actors and there are many actors in this room tonight including my fellow nominees who have given me the sense of regeneration and um... Heath Ledger gave it to me... in "Brokeback Mountain" he was perfect. And that scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything i have ever seen and i would like to dedicate this to Heath Ledger."

Here's a video of Daniel Day Lewis' speech followed by a video from last year's SAG awards when Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger presented the film "Brokeback Mountain"
Enjoy. Its nice to know that he was appreciated





RIP Heath

RIP Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger was found dead in his bed by his housekeeper and masseuse today at 3:35 PM EST. Word on the street is that he died of a drug overdose. He was only 28-years-old.

I first fell in love with Mr. Ledger in 1999 when he starred in the film "10 Things I Hate About You" as Patrick Verona. What a waste of a beautiful beautiful man. Other than Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Leonardo DiCaprio, he was probably one of my first celebrity crushes.

Seeing as how the theatres have just started promoting the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight" where Heath plays the Joker, I think his death is and will generate an exceptional amount of buzz and anticipation around the film.

I obviously never met Heath Ledger, but i did see his ex-wife Michelle Williams and their daughter Matilda at a quaint little breakfast joint in Portland called Besaw's (NW 23rd and Savier).

Its really a tragedy and so sad to see him go... only 28. This is just another reminder that life is short and we need to appreciate who we are, those we love, what we have and to live life to the fullest.

It's 2008! Time for some new resolutions

Happy New Year everyone!

With the start of a new year, comes a new list of resolutions.

I have a good feeling about 2008. It's gonna be a good year for me, i can tell.

So this year, my goal is to make some SMART resolutions. Ya know, Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely, SMART!

Well here I go with my list, wish me luck!

* Read 8 books (specifically Poisonwood Bible, Brothers K, the World is Flat)

* Make a minimum of 3 posts a month

* Give up 1 thing a month (Jan. i'm giving up soda)

* Brush up on my Japanese

* Pay off my UO loan and 20% of my CU loan

* Do 1 new thing a week

* Watch less tv and work out more
* Go to church more
* Learn how to say "no"(something i really struggle with)
* Learn the Michael Jackson "Thriller" dance by Halloween

I'm pretty sure i had a few more that I can't remember at the moment, so I guess this is it.
Well cheers to 2008, to you, to your family and to your friends!

Peace. I'm out.

- Kangsta

Urban Drinks: The Ultimate Portland Happy Hour Site

Growing up in Eugene, i always heard about this alleged "Happy Hour" where the drinks are cheap and the food even cheaper, but never experienced it til i moved up to Portland last year. It is now one of my favorite activities. Caesar salads for $2, California rolls for $3, burgers for $3, drinks for $5, amazing...

There's nothing like grabbing a drink and some grub with friends after work, talking about work, friends and lovers. Great company+ savory foods+ strong drinks+ cheap prices= Bliss.

I recently found the ultimate Happy Hour site for Portlanders called: Urban Drinks
The site was started by a bunch of friends who wanted to provide the most up-to-date info on happy hour in the Portland area. It's brilliant!

Not only does Urban Drinks list all the happy hours in town, it also breaks it up by neighborhood (Northwest, Southwest, etc...), and includes the total # of happy hours in that area...my favorite feature so far: what happy hours are happening at that moment.

So if i felt like getting a drink right now, @ 11:00 am on a Tuesday(it's 5 o'clock somewhere) it would show me exactly where and what pubs/clubs/bars/restaurants have happy hour at the moment (If you're curious, there are 10).

Additional features include: a Google map with happy hour locations, venue descriptions, reviews, and contact info.

Their main focus is Portland, but the site also covers happy hours in Columbus, OH/ Seattle, WA/ and Dallas, TX.

Ch-ch-check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Guess who's hitting up the Happy Hour tonight?! :)

- HK

(BLANK) for President!

The New Hampshire primaries are less than a month away, do you know who you're planning on voting for? Jon Stewart! just kidding... well kind of.

I've always made a conscious effort to be a well informed voter. It is our duty to vote. The only time someone shouldn't vote (in my opinion) is when they are uninformed or are voting purely based on their parents' or friends' political views and/or affiliations. I feel like a lot of people do this and it doesn't bode well with me.

On that note... You should vote, but only if you're an informed voter of course, so get edumicated and check out ABC's Vote 2008 Match-o-Matic

The "Match-o-Matic" is a quiz where you answer questions about your views on health care, immigration, the war, etc... and at the end, it tells you what Presidential candidate your views most closely align with. There's also a "Meet Candidates" tab with additional information on the candidates.

I was pretty surprised at my results, you might be with yours as well.

Youtube's a great resource too! I'm a huge fan of their CNN*Youtube debates.

Happy Voting! :)

HK

Charge your ipod with an onion and some Gatorade

Oh man! You just found out that you have to go on a 20 minute car ride with your aunt who is not only a habitual snorter, but only listens to John Tesh's Holiday cd...and your ipod just died! You have your USB cable, but no computer handy to charge it in. What to do what to do?

Well have no fear, because the guys from Household Hacker will teach you how to charge your ipod for up to 20 minutes, using nothing but an onion, screwdriver, Gatorade and an iPod USB cable. Genius!

I don't have an ipod, but if you do and you try this let me know.
Science is cool :)

Hana’s Restaurant (Part 1): The Name

Growing up in Eugene, I was always known as "Oh! You’re Hana’s Restaurant!” For those of you that don’t know Hana’s Restaurant, I should slap you… just kidding. In 1993, my uhm mah (mom in Korean) Mia, started a Japanese/Korean/whatever she felt like cooking restaurant near the University of Oregon campus called Hana’s.

Uhm mah said she named the restaurant after me, her one and only daughter, her pride and joy ;) but decided to spell the name differently for the following reasons:

1. Hana has multiple meanings in a variety of languages:
· Korean: One
· Japanese: Flower, nose
· Other meanings: Favorite, grace, happiness

2. My Favorite reason: (If you ask her, this is exactly what she'll say)
“Hannah has too many letters, 6, too expensive when you make sign, so I spell Hannah with 4 letters: H-A-N-A, save me lots of money. Geeze, your mom is so smart, huh!”

So Hana it was.

I used to always tell my little brother Daniel that she would name her next restaurant after him, ha, yeah right. Who wants to go to a restaurant that means "God is my Judge"

What is a Palindrome?

Hi! 안녕하세요! Hola! こんにちは!
Welcome to my blog!
I'm excited to write this blog and i hope you're excited to read what I have to say.
As of right now, I plan on writing about, I guess, pretty much anything I want.
Just know that it'll pretty much be the best thing you will ever read ;)

Now, you might be asking yourself:
What in the world is a Palindrome?
A 23 sided figure? An African Beetle? A spell from Harry Potter?

Well, let me enlighten you...
A Palindrome is a word/phrase/# that you can spell the same forwards and backwards,
like my name:

Hannah= hannaH.
Cool, i know :)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Wow
Race Car
1234321
Step on no pets
Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog
A link to the longest palindrome EVER

Well that's it for today.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you again soon :)

- HK