Sunday, November 01, 2009

Grand Cayon from plane



While on a plane, I tried to take a couple pics of the Grand Canyon

The pics are not perfect but still nice

Here's some closer pics on google images of it click here

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

musical stairs

Monday, October 05, 2009

The pink sun

These are a couple of pics that I took as the sun was setting and looked very colorful. It actually looked darker in person.
I was thinking, I have to take a picture.



Importance of knowing why

Many are taught what to do in regards to our tradition, and we know different infomation about it. - Sometimes we feel it inside, and other times we don't. What helps us to continue it is to know 'why', then we understand the importance of doing what we are taught. Here's the basics to help encourage us

First, lets look what happens with our actions and behaviors. We know our actions have an impact on the world. But besides having a physical impact, they also have a spiritual impact, in which we either bring down good or bad energy, depending on whether we do mitzvos or aveiros. It is our choice what we do. Everyone does both of them. We all have ups and downs. What people need to do is pause and think about what effect a certain action might have, whether the action is between person and person, or one between person and G-d.

Besides that, it also effects our neshama. Our neshama needs food just like our body. Thus we have Torah and mitzvos. It's our source of nourishment and connects us to Hashem. We might not feel it sometimes, and it might just feel like rituals. That's why it helps to learn the meaning of a mitzvah, and try to do the mitzvah with joy. With continuous effort and time, the feeling inside will grow.

Finally, we should remember that it is our obligation to uphold the laws, traditions, ethics and values that we Jews are meant to keep, ever since that everlasting promise at Mount Sinai.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

rhetorical questions

Recently I had an exam in this class, psychology of marketing. At the end of the exam, there were a couple of questions that were not related to the exam. The teacher justed wanted to know our viewpoint.
They are the kind of thought provoking questions inwhich the answer is subjective.

The first one was, 'if an author writes on a certain page that this page is blank, is the page still blank or not?'

The second one was about how do you prove to yourself whether you are dreaming or awake?

These remind me of that rhetorical question that many have heard, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?'' To me, this is not a good example. If you think about it, the sound waves are still there, whether someone is there or not. It doesn't disappear because nobody is there to listen. That's my thought anyhow

shalom

Sunday, September 27, 2009

making a difference

There's going to be a basketball game here on Oct 20 involving the Los Angeles Clippers and the Maccabi Tel Aviv team.

The proceeds go to a youth villiage in Israel named Migdal Ohr which helps disadvantaged children; The organization was started by Rabbi Grossman who's from Jerusalem; Even without superpowers, it's truely amazing what one person can do, Baruch Hashem
Here's a video of the place there

Monday, September 21, 2009

having superpowers

materialmaidel tagged me to do this meme about supowers.

Rule number 1: Read the rules.
Rule number 2: Write one superpower you would like to have and what you would do with it.
Rule number 3: Write why you chose that super power over everything else.
Rule number 4: Tag and link 7 people, and write why you think they will have an interesting meme.
Rule number 5: fix your broken links.


I was thinking of making my superpower be completing house work instantly. For ex, snap my fingers and the dishes are done, or the vacuum cleaning. However, I don't really mind doing house work. - A long time ago, it would take people all day just to make dinner. Now it's takes a short time.

What I would really like is to complete my college homework instantly. For example, if I have an essay or report to write, I just snap my fingers and the report is complete. Just need to print it out. That would be nice. Don't have to worry about writer's block and having it finished on time. I chose this over other super powers because this one really interests me. There are others that interest me as well, but I chose to write this one.

I tag

Staying afloat Because she's a sweet woman with a lot of strength BH

Floatingreflections Because I can imagine her being creative with this

Thinking out loud Because she's good with mashals

SerandEz because his would be really cool

Erachet I can imagine hers being sophisticated

I know that's only five, but some others I was thinking of were already tagged

shalom

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

shanah tovah

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שנה טובה

Shana tovah everyone, have a great year

Here's one of my favorite songs from this singer's album

Ps, there's a pause in the beginning, but then continues