My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 023:

Hobby, like a loyal partner on your grand journey, it will direct you towards the path you always wanted to pursue; maybe the adventurous, maybe the impossible. The rigorous path that others want you to walk on based on what they "think" is best for you? Respectfully turn them down, but thank whom provide advices. Acquire new hobbies, sharpen new skills once in a while, research shows mastering new skills have significant impact on improvements in person's brain potential.

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12/13'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 022:

Treat your family members with respect and care. Go back to your roots, you may or may not realize how essential it is for a person to seek knowledge in family heritage. Life, like trees, the larger you wish to become, the stronger the roots you will need.

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12/12'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 021:

Experience self-discovery, the sooner you go through self-realization period to reach into yourself, the sooner you will be likely find happiness in things you do everyday. Learn to be more purpose driven, it definitely makes things more fun.

Taken in Eternal Flames near Buffalo

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12/11'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 020:

Be on a wheel chair once, be on crutches once, go blindfolded, live in a different country where your verbal communication is completely disabled. We take way too many things for granted that we no longer see the values behind each senses, of which we will be dysfunctional without. Starve for a day, stay out of technology for a weekend, practice vegetarian for a month, read scripts from different religion for once; you do not have to love it, nor to hate it, simply appreciate and understand the differences. By exposing yourself to higher levels of divergent schools of though, you may enable the most powerful combinations of applied knowledge and practices. Again, challenge yourself, we are such shapable species that we can endure almost anything as long as we have a steady and robust mindset. 

I love living life, I am happy - Nick Vujicic

Click image to watch Nick Vujicic's motivating speech

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12/9'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 019:

Forgive others, it takes courage to do so. Throughout life, people are going to hurt you, intentionally or unintentionally. Sometimes even friends turn their backs on you, some backstab, some make use of you, some just plain talk too much. Whether you are prepared for it or not, it will come; some might later apologize, some won't. But there are just too much more in life, that you should not have time to store these unpleasant bundles in your backpack. If we can be larger than our past and forgive, learn a lesson and move on, why not?

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12/8'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 018:

Travel, even if it's around your own town. No matter where you go, there are always something new that might surprise you, that might inspire you. Though seemed less desirable, local budget trip could sometimes be far more interesting than overseas travel. Do a solo trip from time to time, I've gotten to discover myself through numerous travels. Relax your mind and body, observe the surrounding, understand the surrounding, derive unique thoughts, and finally, record progress. Traveling is learning, and all learning happens when you are at uncomfortable state. Challenge yourself while traveling, breakthrough your comfort zone.

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12/7'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 017:

Do not get comfortable too soon, we live in an environment that is designed to feed us excessive information without real effort. Taking instant information for granted will result in skills declined in independent reasoning. Be conscious, especially if your work/study involves following orders and completing low-skilled task, think for yourself: why should I do what I am doing? what is the purpose? what is the idea behind? how can I do better?. Live in office once, but leave before it makes you a slave. A quote from one of my favorite songs:


"Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft."

Mary Schmich - original author of The sunscreen song

Click image to listen to The Sunscreen Song

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12/6'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 016:

Having difficulty saving money? Think from the fundamentals. If you drink coffee everyday, $3x20 days = $60. If you go to bars every weekend, $15x4 weekends = $60. If you like eating at restaurants every week with friends, $15x4 times= $60. If you decide to switch on a saving mode, $180 a month can be saved. Others like bank fees, parking tickets, cigarettes, shopping... You can avoid paying and start saving simply by reducing unnecessary expense. Live minimal, be wise with monthly spendings.

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12/5'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 015:

Go back to your elementary school and middle school materials. You will discover gems in that whole pile of dust-coated, untouched boxes of memories. The simple concepts that you used to just copy from blackboard will become useful all of a sudden. The ethic discipline that nobody seemed to follow will start to make perfect sense. All this years we are unconsciously repeating the process of learning fractions of the same information acquired, but until you discretely review them as conscious signals and find use in them, they will always just remain as untouched boxes of memories. Go back in time, treasure hunt, be a child again.

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12/4'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 014:

Sleep early, don't let the exciting night life bubble lure you. Ask yourself, do I really need that right now in the prime of my life. Have plenty of rest for your body, it worked hard for you during the day, let it have time to recover. Wake up early, work while others are still snoozing, get the best, undistracted quiet quality time for work. Do not pull all-nighter, which makes you dumb, drains your energy. Live like human, not bat/vampire. 

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12/3'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 013:

It is a beautiful thing to help others, but ask yourself, are you in a position of giving? If you are not steady yourself, do not selfishly think that you are helping, sometimes you are creating a bigger problem, because when you face obstacles, and if you are weak, you might withdraw, you might quit. Then what happens to the person that you left behind? "Oh, sorry I can't help you anymore I have my own problems to solve" Then why help at the first place? To satisfy your saintly sympathy? The worst thing is helping someone halfway, where the person cannot proceed nor fallback. That is evil not good, that is selfish not kind. A hiker's wise quote: "secure yourself first, then offer a hand, or else both of you will fall, then you really need help."

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12/2'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 012:

Make use of time while performing simple daily tasks. You can squat down and increase tension on your abdominals while brushing teeth or washing face. You can listen to motivational speech or language program while commuting. You can stretch or do push-ups while waiting for your car to warm up. You can read 1/4 a book while waiting in the DMV. Allocate the time you save into activities you always wanted to start. Start a blog, pick up guitar, write a letter to home, cook a nice meal. Let efficiency bring you happiness and prosperity.

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12/1'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 011:

Every night I die when I fall asleep, every morning I live when the light enter my eyes. I am celebrating death, to allow more in life to arrive. If life itself is a full cycle, then decade is within life, year is within decade, month is within year, week is within in month, and day, a micro unit of life. Once the connections are made, you can direct life, because you made sure each cycle is maximized with endeavor. It has been 10 days since I started practicing death, I feel like I am in a cinema. I am the director, actor, and audience.


"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." -Jobs 2005

Click photo to watch Steve Job's commencement address at Stanford University in 2005

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11/30'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 010:

Be patient with yourself. Sometimes you just could not see what other people want you to see, no matter how hard you try. It does not mean you are limited, you just needed time. Fine wine takes years to ferment, fruits take months to ripe, so are your thoughts. Do not mind the criticism and humiliation you receive today, they are awful tasting medicine that cures. The day of true joy will arrive, people who bashed you will eventually stay silent, apologetically accepting the beam of your success, brightening their shadowed dim world. Time is a high-powered multiplier for all insignificant yet constant improvements.

To my dearest and beloved, happy birthday Lynnie!

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11/29'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 009:

Be inquisitive, ready to question things that used to be called facts. Not exactly everything you learnt in school, in life are written truthfully. People will challenge you with ignorant attitude like "Oh, how can you say that, in college we learnt it that way and that's the only way it will ever be." Read more, trace sources on your own, talk to people, defend your stance, educate others. The only way to seek truth is to return to zero, humbly accept different points of view, allow existence of multiple stories in a single event, deliver the words without packaging it with your own emotion.

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11/28'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 008:

Take notice of your surroundings, take notes whenever and wherever you can. Organize them in discrete fashion, keep the ones you want, toss the ones you don't want. Organizing notes = organizing records of thoughts = organizing and reliving time = organizing and summarizing your life at the cleanest, most efficient state.

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11/27'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 007:

Sometimes it's the struggle that makes a battle epic. Don't give up the fight yet, your crowd is still cheering for you, your coach is still pushing you forward, get up! Stay strong! One last round, make it count! Do not expect every fights to be won, but be damn sure when everything is over, nothing is left inside you. Only the toughest fighter can redeem the glory of that hard earned belt. Life is a beautiful struggle, fight your way out!

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11/26'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 006:

Minimize your distraction in life. Buy your same favorite shirt in bulk so you don't have to worry about how you look, you'll always look great; keep the same books you were so fascinated by; drink the same Scotch you always drank. Keep life simple, so you can focus on things you really wanted to do. The trade-off game with time is not always romantic and favorable.

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11/25'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 005:

Spend your leisure time wisely, instead of popular soap opera, visit TED.com, quality blogs, or other sites that constantly generates inspiration and prosperity.

Click image to watch collection of inspiring videos

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11/24'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 004:

(For guys) Masturbation drains your strength and makes you feel weak. Avoid sports injury, try not to exercise excessively. Do some squats, push-ups, kettle bell snatch in stead. Meditate, do Yoga, learn martial arts, and eat healthily. 

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11/23'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 003:

One thing that I am really blessed: having great, meaningful friendships. One thing that helps to have that blessing: visualize yourself being that great, meaningful friend of others.

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11/22'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 002:

Record important thoughts, cluster different ideas, utilize your phones, emails, physical notebooks, voice recorders, cameras...etc. Organizing notes are like shaking gold, toss the dirt, keep the gold flakes. Let these little habits work for you.

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11/21'11

My last words to you if I must die tomorrow 001

Cherish food, eat only what you need, buy only what you can eat. Work hard, if you really want it that badly, hard works always beat obstacles eventually. Say no to effortless fortune, it is the only known shortcut to misfortune and misery. Live strong, you are blessed enough to be among ones who enjoys long life expectancy, you don't have a right to give up on life. Exercise, maintain a healthy mindset and strong body, protect yourself from diseases and unexpected threats.

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11.20 '11