Things that we take for granted

I often ramble about things I do and things I don't. I often ramble about things I should have done and things I shouldn't have done. I often ramble about how I regret not to do certain or regret about doing certain things.

"life comes at you fast." Really? Today topic is about things that we often take for granted.

We often take our parents for granted. Yes, not all parents are fabulous. They don't always give you the best life. They don't always give you the best clothes, food, houses, or even emotional support. Some even abuse some. But in general, they give you life. And some might say... I owe my parents my life. I beg this to be different. I don't think anyone owes anyone's life. You weren't asked to be born. You weren't ask ed to be in the same family. It's the parents choice to have the children born. But anyway.. I'm deviating from the point I'm trying to make.... I think we take our parents for granted for many reasons. Only until they are gone, we remember the good time. And only until we are almost gone, we will remember what it is like.

We often take our health for granted. When we are young, we do things to harm ourself. Smoking, drinking, doing drugs, or simply just eating fast and junk food. We stock our bodies with high cholesterol and fat food. We stock our bodies with all the possible "toxins." High glycemic drinks, coffee for a short caffeine, chips for fun etc. These are not good for our health. Countless of time, I've seen people are overweight but they don't do anything about that. Sometimes I wonder what it really means. Don't they know.

We take our time for granted. Yes, we do. Tell me how much time you spend on the internet in the last few hours or the last day. What do you do? I know I spent a lot of time on the internet for nothing. Literally. It's very time-wasting but we haven't learned how to control our impulses just yet. We take our time for granted because we think we are young. Yes, we are young and we think we can fix our mistakes when we are given the time. But we never realize that we never give us time to fix because we always think that time is always there.

There are many more but that's it for now since I don't want to post such a long post ;)

education

I haven't talked much about education and maybe I should just because it just occurs to me that it might be time.

Time after time, I've always wondered why we are required to go to school and get a good education. Ever since I was young, education is always a number one priority in our list. My parents always want me to have a good education. They want me to be successful and be treated nicely instead of not.

As I grew up, I just knew that education is a must and I have no other choice but go to school and graduate to get a job. Yes, as I started working, I realize many people that I work with have no college degree or even a high school diploma sometimes. And I wonder how do they survive in this harsh world. Going to school taught me many things. No, I can't stand harassment. No, I can't stand people talking down on me. No, I can't stand there and see that people are going to put me into a tough spot for no reason. I learn that I am raised with equality. Yes, the equality that I can do things without being judge whether I'm a male or female or whether I'm coming from a prestige or a lower background. I was taught that I should never let anyone hurt me mentally and physically. Interestingly enough, I've learned this lesson when I was very young and I kept them with me. Yes, when I was younger, I didn't think much about it or thought about it as deep as I thought about it now. I understand why my parents want us to have good education. I understand why my parents sacrificed things in order to give us a good place to stay. Yes, I understand why I should not take things for granted because many people wish to be in my shoes.

Am I digressing? I guess so.

But back to education... education is important. And yes, I will say it again. Education is important. It might not be important to some because they have to work in order to support themselves. But even then, learn a good skill that you can use. What I mean by education is not about just going to school, getting your master or PhD. It's about learning to do what you're good at and be an expert in that.

I'm learning myself. I'm exploring different things within my profession. If you're in economics, try to find different things that you can do with it. If you're in law, try to find different practices that fit you the most. If you're in cleaning services, try to find what you're good at about cleaning and do it with integrity. I guess I can't emphasize enough about the fact that people should do things with integrity. People should realize that without that their career will mean less to them and meaningless to others.

Do what you love but just be sure to get a good grasp of it.

Ps: My thoughts are scattered. Yes, I tend not to organize them just because I let it flow. I hope I haven't confused you yet already.

new move

hi everyone,

it's been a long time since I've posted anything. Yeah, things have been very busy lately but I have learned so much after my moving in. So here are a few tips that I have to offer you in your moving in process.

- When you go for apartment hunting, making sure you know everything in the contracts.

- Before you have any moving in, making sure to ask the landlords about roaches or termites infestation in your home or around the area.

- Make sure your apartment is free of the infestation before you move in.

-You can request a pest control company *it could be different from the one your landlord having contract with* to inspect the apartment before you move in.

- If there is an infestation, tell the landlord to clean it up before you move in.

- Make sure everything is working when you move.

- if you found anything broken, notify the landlord immediately.

The moving process can be very daunting. You might have a lot of boxes that you carry with when you move. Be careful, they have insects, roaches, or other kind of animals that you and I normally wouldn't see. How would you be able to trust the shipping company? Their cargo is not refrigerator and the boxes can be broken.

Make sure to have your things inspected before taking inside the house. I would suggest you open the box outside and then take things inside. But sometimes it's not feasible doing it that way. So you can take things out immediately and dispose the boxes as soon as possible. You don't want them to lie around the house for too long.

Another thing that I found could be useful in your moving in is... if you decided not to have a lot of furniture, you don't have to buy a lot of furniture. The fact that it will help a lot and ease the moving process tremendously. You won't have to make as many trips or need a big car or truck to carry all these materials.

I think that is it for now. I will update later with more things.

Good luck with everything!

PS: Don't let your food lying around the house without being protected from insects and roaches. They love your food if they are lying around unprotected. Use your refrigerator because it's their for a reason. Use plastic container to store things if you can. Don't let them lying around the house unprotected!

If you found anything, you should report it immediately.