I got this blog idea last night in bed. It’s obvious everyone is different in many ways. We have different interests, different hobbies, different beliefs, different careers, different intelligence, different emotions, different physical features, different personalities, etc. We are unique, and our individual uniqueness defines our differences.
Why are you blogging an obvious observation?
The friends I spend time with the most our strongest commonality are anime, video games, computers, board games, and anything related to the anime hobby; however, I am the lowest common denominator among them. In other words, they have a stronger interest, a stronger connection, a bigger desire in our commonality than I do. I’m fortunate we have our Friday night hangouts and they invite me to events they know I have a good time. They don’t invite me to video game tournaments because they know I’m not going to have fun since I play on a causal level.
You have more friends in addition to the guys
I have other friends. I spend less time with them. They’re either busy with other activities, busy with commitments, and/or busy with their closer friends. When we do gather, they more we know each other, the more we earn our friendships, the more we become closer, then the more we spend more time. Also, there are moments and events I meet new people and make new friends. The new friends I make we may become friends at a faster rate because the connection develops quicker.
I’m fortunate and happy that all my friends share parts of who I am. The guys and I spend time on anime, computers, and board games. I have another group I play board games. And I have another group we go dancing (although we haven’t danced in a long time).
I want to meet more people and make new friends. For example, I want to have friends share my other hobbies including hiking and cooking. I want to meet new people who have the desire to go outside and do something new such as visit a new place for the first time. I want to meet people who ice skate. My desire to ice skate happened in March 2010. The bottom line is I want to meet new people and make new friends to share my other hobbies, satisfy my other desires, and match my personality (more importantly, no jerks, bitches, and assholes). The guys have friends outside our Fri night hangouts.
There is no guarantee
I was naive years ago. I thought I get along with everyone I know and meet. If I follow Dale Carnegie’s human relation rules, I always succeed. I don’t succeed. For example, my dumb ass co-worker at Colliers International. We never got along. He was stupid and childish. He was someone I don’t want to be. There are lots of people I meet I have no connection for a good reason. The few people I meet and have the connection I look forward to developing a casual, professional, or personal relationship.
Still growing up, still learning
It’s getting better. I’m getting better. I still have lots to learn, adventures to seek, experiences to experience, and wisdom to gain. In time, I’m going to achieve being a good guy. Good guys seek and attract people. After I accomplish being a good guy ten times better than today, I continue to learn, seek adventures, find new experiences, and expand my wisdom.
Side note: The blog was initially for Innovating Common Knowledge. I changed my mind to post at Finding Raymond Mar because the more I wrote, added, and deleted, the more it became personal. I choose to keep the original title.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Positives Sat Dec 25, 2010-Wed Jan 5, 2011
*Christmas Day. Celebrated with my parents, brother’s family, and one of my uncle’s family from Southern California.
*Also on Christmas Day, we drank cranberry sparkling cider for the first time.
*Tried eggnog and a blueberry tart for the first time.
*Rode the cable car in San Francisco for the first time. We rode from Market and Powell to Hyde and Beach.
*Repaired my crack on my windshield. Insurance paid for the repair.
*Got new maps for my car. Three years was a good time to update my road maps. I think four years could be good.
*Finished reading Lord Of The Flies by William Golding.
*First Day Of School. I’m taking Intermediate Accounting Part 2, Introduction To Business, and Social Dance.
*Played Guesstures and Set board games for the first time.
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*Also on Christmas Day, we drank cranberry sparkling cider for the first time.
*Tried eggnog and a blueberry tart for the first time.
*Rode the cable car in San Francisco for the first time. We rode from Market and Powell to Hyde and Beach.
*Repaired my crack on my windshield. Insurance paid for the repair.
*Got new maps for my car. Three years was a good time to update my road maps. I think four years could be good.
*Finished reading Lord Of The Flies by William Golding.
*First Day Of School. I’m taking Intermediate Accounting Part 2, Introduction To Business, and Social Dance.
*Played Guesstures and Set board games for the first time.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Saturday, January 1, 2011
What Were Your Raymond Mar Life Key Moments?
There are moments in my life I realized something new. It was like I powered up in a video game or leveled up playing role playing games. It was like I earned a promotion in Raymond Mar. I became a new person. I became wiser. My soul became brighter. Life was going my way. I earned more luck and good fortunes.
Here are the key moments in my life that changed me and continues to influence me today since 2000:
*September 2002: My co-worker at Colliers introduced me to Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. I became interested in reading books and learning financial education. Other moments included buying and selling on eBay and my manager was fired. The lesson I learned when my manager was fired was if you’re a nobody, you’re going to be treated as a nobody.
*September 2004: I wore a costume for the first time in an anime convention. I have worn a costume thereafter. I attend anime conventions with friends, meeting new people, and making new friends. I meet new people and make new friends even outside anime conventions.
*October 2008: I realized I must grow up. I must act and behave as a grown up. I must wise up and stop acting naive. I continue to grow up and catch up from the years I was an idiot.
*December 2010: 2010 continues from October 2008. There are new experiences, new adventures, and new knowledge in the years to come.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Here are the key moments in my life that changed me and continues to influence me today since 2000:
*September 2002: My co-worker at Colliers introduced me to Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. I became interested in reading books and learning financial education. Other moments included buying and selling on eBay and my manager was fired. The lesson I learned when my manager was fired was if you’re a nobody, you’re going to be treated as a nobody.
*September 2004: I wore a costume for the first time in an anime convention. I have worn a costume thereafter. I attend anime conventions with friends, meeting new people, and making new friends. I meet new people and make new friends even outside anime conventions.
*October 2008: I realized I must grow up. I must act and behave as a grown up. I must wise up and stop acting naive. I continue to grow up and catch up from the years I was an idiot.
*December 2010: 2010 continues from October 2008. There are new experiences, new adventures, and new knowledge in the years to come.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Positives Tue Dec 14-Fri Dec 24, 2010
*Ate at Siam Royal, a Thai restaurant in Downtown Palo Alto.
*Completed the first aid kit, flashlight, fire extinguisher, and smoke detector check.
*Purchased a money clip wallet. It’s useful when I need the bare minimum driver license, cash, and needed cards.
*Tried Safeway potato chips and sparking sodas for the first time. I also tried Merci Chocolate and a strietzl at Andersen Bakery.
*Deposited a check in the ATM for the first time. Fast and convenient.
*Ate at Sushi Factory since March. The menus are like I’m in a Chinese restaurant lol.
*Purchased Inception movie. I also purchased a table cloth for my card table. Bed Bath & Beyond earned more respect for me.
*Slept on a new pillow. There are different pillows for different sleepers.
*Updated my webpage Innovate Infinitely.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
*Completed the first aid kit, flashlight, fire extinguisher, and smoke detector check.
*Purchased a money clip wallet. It’s useful when I need the bare minimum driver license, cash, and needed cards.
*Tried Safeway potato chips and sparking sodas for the first time. I also tried Merci Chocolate and a strietzl at Andersen Bakery.
*Deposited a check in the ATM for the first time. Fast and convenient.
*Ate at Sushi Factory since March. The menus are like I’m in a Chinese restaurant lol.
*Purchased Inception movie. I also purchased a table cloth for my card table. Bed Bath & Beyond earned more respect for me.
*Slept on a new pillow. There are different pillows for different sleepers.
*Updated my webpage Innovate Infinitely.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Positives Sun Nov 14-Mon Dec 13, 2010
*Watched the following movies: Some Like It Hot and The Manchurian Candidate.
*Ate at 99 Chicken, Orenchi Ramen Noodle, and Yiassoo Greek restaurants for the first time.
*Got my car’s tires rotated, tires balanced, and alignment checked. I applied Armor All to the dashboard, vacuumed the interiors, and applied headlight restoration chemical.
*Attended a friend’s baby shower for his first child.
*Celebrated Thanksgiving with family. We watched the family’s traditional movie “Planes, Trains & Automobiles.” We also watched Bolt and Rosemary’s Baby.
*Black Friday. I purchased the Monopoly card game “Deal”, Bolt DVD, and a 8GB mp3 player.
*Ate Honey Bunch of Oats Cinnamon and drank blueberry cocktail and pomegranate cherry cocktail for the first time.
*Purchased a new pair of shoes. I need another pair.
*Attended the Nor Cal Winter Cosplay Gathering. I wore my Hitsugaya Xmas version cosplay.
*Completed my Fall Quarter ’10 at De Anza. I’m confident I passed my classes.
*Caught up with the Bleach manga and finished the Arrancar arc.
*I also caught up with my emails.
*Rearranged and cleaned up my room. More junk must go.
*Time to really learn MahJong. I purchased my own Japanese MahJong (riichi) set.
*Reinstalled Windows XP and my programs in my laptop. My laptop crashed. Files were backed up.
*Used a leaf blower for the first time for yard work.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
*Ate at 99 Chicken, Orenchi Ramen Noodle, and Yiassoo Greek restaurants for the first time.
*Got my car’s tires rotated, tires balanced, and alignment checked. I applied Armor All to the dashboard, vacuumed the interiors, and applied headlight restoration chemical.
*Attended a friend’s baby shower for his first child.
*Celebrated Thanksgiving with family. We watched the family’s traditional movie “Planes, Trains & Automobiles.” We also watched Bolt and Rosemary’s Baby.
*Black Friday. I purchased the Monopoly card game “Deal”, Bolt DVD, and a 8GB mp3 player.
*Ate Honey Bunch of Oats Cinnamon and drank blueberry cocktail and pomegranate cherry cocktail for the first time.
*Purchased a new pair of shoes. I need another pair.
*Attended the Nor Cal Winter Cosplay Gathering. I wore my Hitsugaya Xmas version cosplay.
*Completed my Fall Quarter ’10 at De Anza. I’m confident I passed my classes.
*Caught up with the Bleach manga and finished the Arrancar arc.
*I also caught up with my emails.
*Rearranged and cleaned up my room. More junk must go.
*Time to really learn MahJong. I purchased my own Japanese MahJong (riichi) set.
*Reinstalled Windows XP and my programs in my laptop. My laptop crashed. Files were backed up.
*Used a leaf blower for the first time for yard work.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
I Remember . . .
Here are random thoughts in my mind:
*Cool Ranch Doritos. The first time I ate cool ranch my family and one of my uncle’s family were fishing in a reservoir in Los Angeles.
*My preschool teacher was Miss Sue.
*My first professors at San Jose State were Underdal and Gerston.
*My first movie was Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
*My first favorite radio station was 1170 KLOK.
*Richard McCarville was my first dentist.
*Cupertino Square used to be Vallco Fashion Park. My favorite store when it was Vallco was King Norman’s Kingdom of Toys.
*There was a small supermarket chain called Brentwood. Safeway purchased the store I think in 1984 or 1985.
*The first time I drank Sprite was a road trip to Reno with my family and one of my uncle’s family.
*I passed my driver’s test the first time scoring an 86.
*My first traffic ticket took place at the San Jose State University Seventh Street Parking Garage.
*Donnie & Marie Osmond were my first concert at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
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*Cool Ranch Doritos. The first time I ate cool ranch my family and one of my uncle’s family were fishing in a reservoir in Los Angeles.
*My preschool teacher was Miss Sue.
*My first professors at San Jose State were Underdal and Gerston.
*My first movie was Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
*My first favorite radio station was 1170 KLOK.
*Richard McCarville was my first dentist.
*Cupertino Square used to be Vallco Fashion Park. My favorite store when it was Vallco was King Norman’s Kingdom of Toys.
*There was a small supermarket chain called Brentwood. Safeway purchased the store I think in 1984 or 1985.
*The first time I drank Sprite was a road trip to Reno with my family and one of my uncle’s family.
*I passed my driver’s test the first time scoring an 86.
*My first traffic ticket took place at the San Jose State University Seventh Street Parking Garage.
*Donnie & Marie Osmond were my first concert at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
Monday, November 15, 2010
Positives Sun Oct 31-Sat Nov 13, 2010
*Wore my Edward Elric costume for the Halloween cosplay gathering at the Winchester Mystery House.
*The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Series Champions. They defeated the Texas Rangers 4-1.
*Ate at Holder’s Country Inn for the first time. We ate a Swedish pancake for the first time. The butter is very sweet.
*Purchased my own pair of ice skates. I also purchased my first Threadless t-shirt.
*I also purchased Toy Story 3.
*Played Shear Panic and Masters Gallery board games for the first time.
*Attended my first LAN party playing TF2.
*Auto maintenance. I changed the oil, replaced the air filter, and installed new headlights.
*Watched Yankee Doodle Dandy movie.
*Drank Peach Ice Green Tea Brisk for the first time.
*Attended mDuo13 birthday party. I played Telephone Pictionary for the first time.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
*The San Francisco Giants are the 2010 World Series Champions. They defeated the Texas Rangers 4-1.
*Ate at Holder’s Country Inn for the first time. We ate a Swedish pancake for the first time. The butter is very sweet.
*Purchased my own pair of ice skates. I also purchased my first Threadless t-shirt.
*I also purchased Toy Story 3.
*Played Shear Panic and Masters Gallery board games for the first time.
*Attended my first LAN party playing TF2.
*Auto maintenance. I changed the oil, replaced the air filter, and installed new headlights.
*Watched Yankee Doodle Dandy movie.
*Drank Peach Ice Green Tea Brisk for the first time.
*Attended mDuo13 birthday party. I played Telephone Pictionary for the first time.
Always Innovating and Changing Innovating Common Knowledge
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