Sigh, it was nice knowing you spring break…
It went by really fast and I can’t believe I’m back at school already, but the end of the semester should be packed and fun as well.
A nice family gathering last night to celebrate three birthdays spanning across three generations was a good way to end it.
Thanks Mom, for cooking up a feast for dinner every night over break. I ate so much food and probably packed on a few pounds.
She also remembered that I loved eating pomelo, especially the super sweet ones from farmer’s market, and bought some just for me.
My mother’s unconditional love ?
delicious pomelo
This is worth watching:
You have to watch the whole clip to get the clever twist.
I shared some thoughts on publishing in a previous post.
Injuries suck.
I hate getting injured in any way because it prevents me from going about life normally. Today, I was playing basketball and jammed my left thumb pretty badly. That put me out of commission for the rest of the day and probably for the next few days.
Whenever I play basketball, I usually get nicked up in some way- a scratch here, a scrape there, it’s pretty much unavoidable with the contact in pick-up games. It’s worse when I injure a leg or foot though, because it keeps me from running around and being active.
I wish I had some kind of special ability to instantly heal up cuts and injuries. With all the sports I play, I guess I’m fortunate to never have broken a bone. Let’s keep it that way haha.
In the Bay Area, the weather’s been absolutely wonderful this past week. So what do you do when you look outside and see sunny weather, clear skies, and temperatures in the seventies? Take a stroll and explore! Go out, live, and learn.
Today, I was at University Ave. near Stanford with several friends. We had a nice lunch and didn’t do much besides walk around. Even though we didn’t do anything active per se, it was just a lovely day to be outside. Simple yet pleasant. Sometimes, really simple things, like just hanging out and catching up with friends can make for the perfect day.
There’s so much out there in the world. It doesn’t take much to learn something new. Take advantage of good weather and leave the comfort of your home. As my good friend Elaine would say, “go adventuring!”
Inspiration: One Million Trees for Ethiopia
Gashaw Abdela Tahir, an American citizen, traveled back to his birth country of Ethiopia several years ago and was shocked. He came back to see the land that he once saw as green become degraded and eroded, due to deforestation. Rivers were drying up, temperatures were rising, and people were dying of malaria. The conditions added up to make plant life more difficult to maintain.
So Tahir decided that something had to be done. His goal was to plant a million trees.
He asked the city council for two acres of land to plant. It gave it to him and Tahir started collecting the young people in his neighborhood, just talking to them and telling them what’s possible. He only reached out to a few dozen people at first, but those young people grabbed their friends and family, and before long, there were hundreds.
In the first year, they planted nearly 500,000 seedlings on those two acres of land. With this success, Tahir went back to the government and it granted him 11,000 acres of Ethiopian land. He hired over 450 young people, educated them, and empowered them. Now, they have over one million trees on the land.
“You see, one person can enroll other people,” Tahir says. “Outreach to them for a vision. And he can lead, and other people follow and they can make a difference. You can do a lot. I planted over a million trees, hired over 450 young people, and made a difference in the ecology. That’s what I have done. If one man can do this with collaboration, we can make a huge difference.”
Tahir is a person who is making a difference in the global community.
“My ultimate vision is making Africa green again,” he says. “That inspires me, touches me, and moves me into action.”