Woman & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny

It is a wonderful book, it tells women how to control their money, then control their own destinies. It will be the 3rd English book I am going to finish, and the 1st non-fiction one;)

The author Suze was born in US. She was thought to be a stupid girl as she had some problem with her pronunciation. She studied in University for a couple of years, but still could not get her degree. The reason is to be eligible for the degree, she has to study a foreign language. She didn't think she could learn a foreign language, as she even had problem with her native language. So she just left school without degree, and worked as a waitress in a restaurant for ~6 years. At the age of 29, she still earned only $400 per month. But then, some changes began to happen in this girl's life....

Went to Grouse Mountain last weekend

The view of the Greater Vancouver from the top of Grouse Mountain.

The skiing place on the top of the mountain.

I'm skating...


No hiking, as there are too much snow... We just walked on the top of the mountain, then did some ice skating there. I totally forgot how to skate at the begin, I had to skate with a frame. But after around 1 hr, I began to skate without it. Good experience!

resume the studying of the root NAT, SEQE/SECU, TRACT

another 12 new words
1) NAT = be born;
nascent
2) TRACT = pull, draw;
3) SEQU/SECU = follow

A young professor wanted to launch a NASCENT study of the RENAISSANCE. Even with his own INNATE abilities, he decided to ENTREAT two graduate students to learn INTRINSIC details of SECTARIAN beliefs and of NATAL customs in Italy. Don, in TRACTION due to an accident, became DISTRAUGHT at the burden of more work. He became INTRACTABLE in his refusal to help. Joan, more OBSEQUIOUS, willingly agreed to assist in the research and, as a result, a long discussion ENSUED.

Happy Valentine's day

Weight in the morning: 56.8kg/125.1lbs

Breakfast
one slice of home-made whole wheat bread, coverd by peanut butter.
A cup of warm water with honey.
1 home-made walnut raisin cookie.

1 glass of Coffee with Milk
2 potato chips

Lunch
1 whole wheat naan.
Grilled beef (85g)
some mixed green salad with Cesar sauce.
1 apple

1 glass of Coffee with Milk

Snack
1 kiwifruit
some longans

Workout (17:00 - 18:15)
Running exercise 32 mins: W2-R8-W2-R8-W2-R8-W2, burned 310 calories
I'm still working on the breathing pattern... It seems I could breath properly when walking and the first 2 mins in running, but I began to lose control on my breathing from the 3rd minute...
Later, did those machine related exercise for 25 mins: Lifting exercise, leg extension exercise...

Supper
some pine nuts
mixed green salad with homemade dressing(olive oil + vinegar + honey; actually, it is not a good dressing, it supposed to be red wine vinegar + olive oil, but I don't have red wine vinegar...)

Before sleep
3/4 cup of milk

Studying the root NAT, SEQE/SECU, TRACT

Studied 12 new words with the 3 roots which I learned yesterday.
1) NAT = be born;
nationality, supernatural, cognate, naive
2) TRACT = pull, draw;
distraction, portrayal, protract, abstract
3) SEQU/SECU = follow
inconsequential, secondary, sequel, persecute

Sophia, a woman of Greek NATIONALITY, wanted a DISTRACTION and decided to study the SUPERNATURAL. Familiar with COGNATES, she examined languages that gave a PORTRAYAL of creatures and unexplained events. Perhaps she was NAIVE but she even pursued INCONSEQUENTIAL details and information of a SECONDARY nature. She became so involved that she indicated a need to PROTRACT her analysis. The final SEQUEL to her interest ended with unkind associates who were annoyed with her obsession of ABSTRACT circumstances. They began to PERSECUTE her for her fantasies.

A comfortable leisure day in office

Weight in the morning: 57.1kg/125.7lbs

Breakfast
one slice of home-made whole wheat bread, coverd by chocolate sauce.
A cup of white fungous & red dates soup.
2 home-made coconut butter ball.

1 glass of Coffee with Milk
1 Home-made Valentine's Cookie from my colleague, it is so cute and delicious.

Lunch
some rice(1/3 brown rice),
Grilled beef with potatos
Toasted mixed mashrooms
some mixed green salad with Cesar sauce.

1 glass of Coffee with Milk

Snack
1 kiwifruit
1 apple

Workout (17:00 - 18:15)
Stair Climber 15 mins, 139 calories
Stationary bike 15 mins, 116 calories
Also did some dumbbell exercise.

Snack
1 chocolate candy

Supper
Durian
1 small cucumber

Before sleep
3/4 cup of milk

Phonetic Alphabet

You may have heard a Sailor or Soldier spell a word to someone over the radio or on the phone in a funny code. It may have sounded like she or he was transmitting a highly classified message, when they were merely speaking in the military's alphabet. We cannot give away any encrypted codes, but you can learn this alphabet to create your own secret messages.

The Navy and other services use the same 26-letter alphabet that we use everyday, but they substitute a word for each letter. You might pronounce the letter "a" when spelling the word a-n-t. A Sailor uses words in place of each letter, making a-n-t into alpha november tango.

This may sound confusing to you, but the system prevents mix-ups between similar sounding letters such as "m" and "n," and "b" and "v". This also clarifies a message over a static-filled telephone line.

A Alpha
B Bravo
C Charlie
D Delta
E Echo
F Foxtrot
G Golf
H Hotel
I India
J Juliet
K Kilo
L Lima
M Mike
N November
O Oscar
P Papa
Q Quebec
R Romeo
S Sierra
T Tango
U Uniform
V Victor
W Whisky
X X-ray
Y Yankee
Z Zulu