My 5 Secrets to Happiness - Secret #2
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Loading ...My second secret to happiness is one that I learned while I was doing my flight training. I realized that there are a lot of things in one’s life that one can control, however, there are an equal if not greater number of elements that simply cannot be controlled; one of these elements is the weather. There were many days when I would get so anxious and, in some cases, angry at the fact that I couldn’t fly because of the weather. One of the courses that I took as part of my commercial pilot training was “Human Factors”. The course discussed the psychological factors... Read more »
My 5 Secrets to Happiness - Secret #1
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...So you’re probably asking yourself how a 35 year old could possibly hold the five secrets to happiness. First of all let me qualify that these are MY secrets to happiness and may not work for everyone, but I’ve discovered I’m a pretty average guy so I figure what works for me probably works for a bunch of other people as well. Heck, one of my favorite sayings is… “In China, if you are a one in million kind of guy, there’s still 1,800 of you!” So, here we go… My first secret to happiness is… drum roll please… “Let go of the past” What... Read more »
All Hail the Asian Leprechaun
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...Well, it finally happened. One of my very few most embarrassing childhood memories has been disclosed for all to read on the Internet. Not that I mind really. I’ve always enjoyed telling the story and seeing the reaction. For a long time I figured Barb was the only person who actually found the story hilariously funny, but apparently many other people find it hysterical as well. Here is the back story… Barb sent me an email last week with a link to a blog called MetroDad written by a fellow who is a newage Dad of Asian decent. He had written a post about the things parents inadvertently... Read more »
Steve’s Famous Thai Beef Salad & Gado Gado
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...I’m posting this one for all those people who ate this salad at Uncle Al’s Summer party or the block party last summer. I used to work as a waiter at a Thai Restaurant many many moons ago and this was by far one of my favorite dishes. I found the recipe from AllRecipes.com and modified it by adding vermicelli noodles. It also works well with chicken too. INGREDIENTS 2 green onions, chopped 1 lemon grass, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 cup chopped fresh mint leaves 1 cup lime juice 1/3 cup fish sauce 1 tablespoon sweet chili sauce 1/2 cup white sugar 1 1/2... Read more »
