So, the homily last Sunday on V-Day was about Lent.  The priest talked about the history and was informative about it’s origin.  Lent really meant… “spring” though it had a different name in Latin as the term quadragesima, or fortieth day.  40 is indeed a significant number in the Bible. 

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday.  Though it’s not a holiday of obligation, it feels like one as we see people in the subway, work, school, and so forth with ash crosses on their forehead. It feels like everyone is a Catholic on this day.

The priest says, “from dust you came and to dust you shall return…“ Serves as a reminder that we are all mortals.  The priest continues about Lent and our tradition of letting go of something for this occasion.  Of course, we can’t eat meat tomorrow and every Friday til the end of Lent.  yay salad and fish! .. SUSHI!!!!  I guess I’ll see my Catholic friends for Sushi?

Anyways, for Lent the priest says that we should give up something easy. Not too easy, and not too hard either.  Something in-between.  If it’s too hard, you’ll fail.  If it’s insignificant, it doesn’t matter.  The priest says, “If you don’t like broccoli, that wouldn’t count.“ haha.  It has to be something you like and doable.  In times when you forget, don’t give up.  It’s better to say, “I ruined my Lent 5x!“ than say, “I was doing so well, until the nth day when I ruined it..yada yada yada.“  In times when you have the urge to give up lent or fail, he continues by saying that we should put something in its place. That’s where prayer comes along.  Whatever you give up, replace it with prayer. That’s about it.. just wanted to share and serve as a reminder.

Nonetheless, have a great Easter everyone and see you for sushi! =D

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I’m just wondering whether the Earth’s angle of rotation has changed.  A minute change can be affecting all of this weather and shifting the location of the Earth’s poles.  It’s just interesting to think that if we look back during the years of the dinosaurs, New York was a dense tropical area.  Could it be that the north and south poles were different back then? This is a food for thought!

This hypothesis is already thought of… read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothesis

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Woah! Time sure flies when you are having fun!  New Years are nice as you think of starting N E W….a fresh start this year! 

It wouldn’t hurt to reflect back in 2009 on the lessons learned, things accomplished, and blessing that we have received.  I’m just glad to be healthy and still kickin’  despite the economic crisis and global warming.  Nonetheless for 2010! Looking forward to it…

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NY Subway… thumbs down!

There’s nothing like a morning commute and hiked up prices.  Did someone say ‘sardines’?  Nonetheless i just wanted to rant and talk about improvements.  Sure they are making new train lines, sure they have a lot of trains, and sure they have daily ongoing construction… But its still inefficient and not dependable.  A subway commute is randomized and does not seem to follow a schedule.

It’s based on train delays and how other people hold up the trains.  That’s right it’s actually other people not MTA.  But they are also to blame because they don’t seem to understand this.  Solutions! (1) Announce and provide approximations of the next several incoming train and the train letter/number. This will allow passengers to also accomodate their travel plans and not try to rush in to the next train creating additional delays.  I have seen my share of seeing the next train so empty it becomes… (2) don’t you hate it when the local train gets to where you are going before the express train you switched on? WTF lol this is solved by #1 (3) i still dont have signal in my train station. Where is my wifi? 

These changes are easy to implement and should make people much happier including myself.  Hopefully, our next mayor can intervene to nudge some MTA @$$!!!    

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