January 2012
2 posts
“You gotta be patient. What do you want? To be happy? [Andi], the root of happy...”
– My Kuya Victor to my niece, his daughter, Andi. :)
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November 2011
4 posts
“Anyplace that refuses to sell you a burger under medium temperature is basically...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via soupsoup)
October 2011
5 posts
“And underground restaurants have found their niche. Stringing together the...”
– The New York Times, The Anti-Restaurants (via souslaterre)
September 2011
3 posts
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Watcharazor:
I got the chance to have a conversation about our water project with Colin Chimento a few weeks ago and this is the video he made out of that conversation. It is quirky but towards the end you can really see the examples we created and understand better the concept of edible data visualizations.
On Saturday, August 6th, Michael Cirino of the Brooklyn based culinary performance...
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August 2011
4 posts
Celeste: you want to fish?
Celeste: do you know how to clean a fishy.
Celeste: it's ickkkyyy
Celeste: but i'll do it
Celeste: coincidentally
Celeste: the word icky
Celeste: stems from the word icthyus
Celeste: which is the greek root for fish
Jeff: COOL STORY BRO
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Craig O's Blog: Drive + Joy = Productivity →
craigormiston:
Sure, hard work gets things done. It takes drive, inspiration, and commitment to fuel hard work. But hard work alone cannot generate continuous, sustainable results. It takes a magic ingredient and one far too many large corporations fail to mix into the recipe: joy. Employees need to be happy,…
July 2011
5 posts
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer Twofer of the Day: First official trailer for Gattaca/Truman Show writer Andrew Niccol’s sci-fi thriller In Time.
The film, which stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Matthew Bomer, and Alex Pettyfer, is due out October 28.
Below: Straight from SDCC, a red band (i.e. NSFW) trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s highly anticipated...
“Your life should be about finding the intersection of the world’s greatest...”
– Unknown to Gary White, co-founder of Water.org.
June 2011
5 posts
“The embarrassment is that I’m given credibility in this world because of...”
– Jon Stewart on Fox New Sunday
“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes....”
– French aviation pioneer and author Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Takeaways from My Role Model: Warren Bennis
This evening I had the pleasure of partaking in a Coro Executive Fellows Group Interview from one of my role models, Dr. Warren Bennis. Here are some takeaways from our 2.5 hour interview.
Ralph Waldo Emerson used to ask people he hasn’t seen in a while - ‘What has become clearer since we last spoke?’
Intellectual Curiosity developed through Acquisition/Ambition, Bonding,...
May 2011
4 posts
“‘The powerful motivator in our lives isnʼt money; itʼs the opportunity to...”
– Frederick Herzberg, on how to be sure we find happiness in our career.
“You are the kind of person who sees a hill and says ‘I’m going to...”
– Ardy Kassakhian, one of my Coro peers during a feedback session
dozalpha:
“Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders. A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.” - Herbert N. Casson, author
April 2011
8 posts
Top 10 Myths about Introverts →
throatazoa:
cavesoflilith:
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.
Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of...
My Ideal Life in 2 Years
I recently did an exercise with Celeste regarding how we envision our ideal life in 2 years. After listing 9 items, I prioritized them according to what I thought would be most important to me at that stage.
1. Having a flexible schedule
2. Traveling 2 months out of a year
3. Expressing my leadership skills
4. Having long dinner with good friends
5. Seeing family once a month
6....
Top 5 Things I Learned from the NASA Jet...
1. Only 4-5% of the universe can be seen by humans
2. Water is one of the most abundant resources in the solar system, it’s just that Earth is the only place that it exists in all 3 states (solid, liquid, gas)
3. One of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, has a large body of salty water, covered by a thick crust of ice. Underneath, life could be teeming with giant sea monsters. They hope to...
April Questions to Ponder
April Questions to Ponder
April Questions
CORO Assignment: Generate three specific questions you feel are meaningful or important for you to consider, then reflect upon them as you write your entries for the months.
1. What do I want my ideal life to look like in 2 years?
2. As my Coro program ends, how do I want to incorporate what I learned into my future career choices?
3. What are my...
March 2011
9 posts
I'm Fearless. Tiger Blood.
While cheating on my Slow Carb Diet and scarfing down in one of the best pizza joints in Downtown, I had a conversation with Ian about fear.
“I can’t think of anything that you’re scared of. What do you fear?” Ian asked me.
I thought about it for a while, and decided that I fear losing myself in my work, and forgoing personal relationships as a result, but I’m too...
Relationships and Success
The more successful people I meet, the I understand the importance of relationships. I find relationships to be the foundation of success. Do the most talented succeed? Not always. Take a look at the music industry. Are the most successful artists those that have the best singing voice or the best dance moves? Not necessarily.
The idea of relationship building as a platform success seems to...
Affordable Housing in Los Angeles
Yesterday, we had a CORO session about affordable housing and economic development. It was a site visit of the NEW offices (New Economics for Women). An hour before the session, I realized that the address for the office was one block away from my apartment!
I learned that my neighborhood is one of the most densely packed neighborhoods in Los Angeles. My building is surrounded by two...
Power Overwhelming
Last Friday during my last Coro session, I participated in an exercise where myself and five others had to arrange ourselves in a particular order depending on the subject. Six chairs were lined up on one side of the room with ten other people staring at us intently, their job to observe.
Sadie said ‘Arrange yourself in alphabetical order according to your birth place.’
Easy. Took...
New Levels of Honesty
On Friday, my Coro group reached a turning point of openness and honesty. Our session provided us with the ability to speak openly to each other about the progress we are making as a team. Part of that session was a 5 minute critique on each member of the team. I provided some honest feedback for some and patiently waited for my turn.
The feedback the group gave me was overwhelmingly positive. A...
March Questions to Ponder
March Questions
CORO Assignment: Generate three specific questions you feel are meaningful or important for you to consider, then reflect upon them as you write your entries for the months.
1. Where is the line between continuing to challenge yourself by putting yourself in uncomfortable situations, and being okay with enjoying life?
2. What is the right balance between enjoying the...
February 2011
5 posts
6 Things I Learned in Chicago
When I realize how much of the world I don’t know, understand, or experience, all of a sudden my ‘knowledge’ sits on a much more unstable foundation. More than once, something I thought I ‘knew’ turned out to be false.
On Feb 20th, I returned from a 4 day vacation in Chicago. It was my second visit, but the last time I was there, I was too young to really...