BookBook

So excited about my new iPad cover. I wanted to purchase this BookBook by TwelveSouth before the left for my Hawaiian vacation, but I didn't want to pay the full retail price of $70 plus tax. On eBay I could it for about $40, but it would take several weeks to receive it from it's Asia seller. I've been back a week from my trip and I was at Barnes at Nobles on a whim--and there it was in the the Clearance bin with a red sticker that said 50% off! My final price? $38.05! I was thrilled that I didn't have to deal with an overseas vendor--it was waiting for me just two miles away--hurray!

Carpe Diem or Don't Carpe Diem? That is the question

This morning, I was just looking on my Facebook news feed and saw this two posts just inches away from each other:

First this photo:

Carpe Diem

Then this article:

Don't Carpe Diem

Here's an excerpt:

"Every time I'm out with my kids -- this seems to happen:

An older woman stops us, puts her hand over her heart and says something like, "Oh, Enjoy every moment. This time goes by so fast."Everywhere I go, someone is telling me to seize the moment, raise my awareness, be happy, enjoy every second, etc, etc, etc.

I know that this message is right and good. But, I have finally allowed myself to admit that it just doesn't work for me. It bugs me.

This CARPE DIEM message makes me paranoid and panicky. Especially during this phase of my life - while I'm raising young kids. Being told, in a million different ways to CARPE DIEM makes me worry that if I'm not in a constant state of intense gratitude and ecstasy, I'm doing something wrong."

So should I Carpe Diem or Don't Carpe Diem? That is the question!

Photo Coincidence

How funny is this? I have the same shot taken a few days later. I think these photographers live in Santa Monica, and mine was taken in Long Beach.

http://www.tedanddebbie.com/celebrations/happy-new-year-2

Here's my shot so you can compare and contrast.

And I just noticed after I posted this, but the wallpaper for my blog at this time is artwork of birds flying!

Free food

Tonight at a sushi bar, I got the wrong order. I was supposed to get a shrimp tempura roll, but was given a fish tempura roll by mistake. They looked exactly the same, so I understood the confusion. They brought out another roll when right after my son ate the first piece of sushi. So we got a complimentary sushi order tonight. I wanted to give a plug to this place because it actually a good place to eat a reasonable price. It was the SUSHI STOP in Santa Monica of off Sawtelle and Mississippi. Most everything is $2.75, except for some roll specials and their more pricey fish. The portions are actually a good size, and the orders come to you quickly. My son and I got out of there spending $15 for both us, that's including the tip!

Adventures in Synchronicty title not unique

I thought the name for my blog was quite unique. But when I Google it, several posts appeared. Here is on that I thought was a fun story about zoot suits and dance class:

More Adventures in Synchronicityby Brook @2bdancing

In my Art History/Literature class we are reading Zoot Suit, a play about the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles.




I had never heard of these riots and I grew up in L.A. But I guess I left before they got to the real history stuff–assuming they did. But it casts an entirely different light on the song Zoot Suit Riot by Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.

Who’s that whisperin’ in the trees?

It’s two sailors and they’re on leave

Pipes and chains and swingin’ hands

Who’s your daddy?

Yes I am

Fat cat came to play

Now he can’t run fast enough

You’d best stay away

When the pushers come to shove

Zoot suit riot throw back a bottle of beer

Zoot suit riot

Pull a comb through your coal black hair

According to the article on wikipedia "The Zoot-Suit Riots sharply revealed a polarization between two youth groups within wartime society: the gangs of predominantly black and Mexican youths who were at the forefront of the zoot-suit subculture, and the predominantly white American servicemen stationed along the Pacific coast. The riots primarily had racial and social resonances although some argue that the primary issue may have been patriotism and attitudes to the war.”

My teacher showed a bit of the music video to show what a Zoot Suit looked like.And that was my morning class.So then I went over to my Dancercize class and we started our section on Swing dancing and guess what song we were dancing to?

Yep.Zoot Suit Riot! Now isn’t that a riot!

http://2bdancing.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/more-adventures-in-synchronicity/

What is Synchronicity?

Why am I writing a blog about synchronicity? What does synchronicty mean anyway? I first heard the term in college when the band "The Police" had a pop song called "Synchronicity." I never bothered to find out what the word meant until over a decade ago. Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrealted or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner. The concept of synchronicity was first described in this terminology by Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist, in the 1920s.[1]

Once I knew the word's meaning, I realized I experienced these occurrences quited often. This blog is written for me to have a running record of my almost-daily happy coincidences. When I have a sychronicity, I feel like it is a hug from God above assuring me that I am in the right place at the right time.

I will share my God hugs from earlier that day, or some of my favorites from the past. I play a synchronicity game with myself where I hear my songs sung or written by my favorite singer, who coincidentally is the singer/songwriter of the tune "Synchronicity," with
the single name monicker, Sting. Wherever I am when one of his songs comes over the loud speaker in a store or restaurant, I say to myself something to the effect of, "I guess I must be where I'm supposed to be right now." I called them "Stingchronicity" moments.

I look forward to you sharing this year of Adventures in Synchronicity!





[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity , Tarnas, Richard (2006). Cosmos and Psyche. New York: Penguin Group. p. 50. ISBN 0-670-03292-1.

Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal

Sixteen years ago, I found the Filipino movie "Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal" a few months before my husband and I started dating. My favorite Filipino actress Lea Salonga (famous for being the original Kim in the musical "Miss Saigon") stars in the movie and also sings the self-titled song is on the soundtrack. I loved the movie so much that I bought the movie's soundtrack. Tonight, I found myself singing this song on karaoke at a friend's house with my husband of 15 years!