Freedom is one of the most important thing in life...

The U.S. elections have got me thinking about the political regimes we have today. The majority of countries have a chosen democracy as their regime. But there are still some countries that have communism. Because I am from Slovakia I learned about the communist regime in our country. I watched documentaries, heard stories, watched films and learned about it in our history class. I was really moved by a documentary that was about the government snitches. When you did something against the regime you could have been punished severely. But if the crime against the regime wasn’t a big one, you could have been given the opportunity to become a government snitch. You would get paid for accusing people that talked trash about the system or just listened or watched banned material (like American bands or seeing a foreign movie). These people would continue their normal lives and they had to inform to a special department about anyone that did „illegal“ things. So you could never be sure that the person you met isn’t a snitch. You had to be very careful when talking in public because apparently there were many people that were snitches at the time. My father told me that when he was in college one of his roommates was indeed a governments snitch. Can you imagine living with someone that could end your opportunities in the world forever? If you got reported you would get immediately dropped out of college and no one would ever hire you. Well, maybe you could be a cleaning lady but my father would never be where he is today if he wasn’t very careful. And that was very hard at the time because everyone hated the system. Everyone had the urge to talk trash about the government and share their thoughts with the other people. And he was sleeping next to a person that could make his life miserable in so many ways that I am having chills just when I am thinking about it. He would never meet my mother, he would never get into the world of business and he wouldn’t get his degree ( btw he finished college with a red diploma which is the most prestigious you could have achieved). Anyway, I am really happy that the world fought against that regime and that today the most of us can live in the world where you can express yourself and be free. Because freedom is one of the most important thing in life. If you aren’t free, you can never achieve your maximum life potential. 

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The future of tablets / laptops?

We are living in a world full of technology. Smart phones, computers, PCs...And the gadget market is still evolving. Recently Microsoft launched their „tablet“ called "Surface". I it’s really great because it runs Windows 8 and it has an awesome keyboard covers. Actually Microsoft is selling two models. One with normal clickable buttons and other with touch buttons so you can choose the one you prefer. And I think it could really change the tablet and notebook industry because you can have the productivity of a notebook and the multimedia experience of a tablet.

 Tablets these day are not used so much as a productive device because you can’t write on them as comfortably as on a notebook but with the concept that Microsoft came up, tablets could really catch up with notebooks with their ability to write. And you can also switch between a tablet layout and a PC layout. So if you just want to watch a movie or read a book on it, you can simply just remove the cover and turn the Surface to the tablet layout and you will have a 100% tablet experience. And gadgets like these can really change the computer industry! Tablets with these special keyboard covers may replace notebooks forever because it is nearly the same as buying a laptop and a tablet just for a smaller price. Can you imagine how great these things are for writers? They can write their books or articles on it and read other books as inspiration on the same device. ( I am really considering buying one for myself J ) This invention is somewhat similar to e-mail. E-mail in fact replaced fax. People were already using computers and fax for contacting people at the same time. E-mail just put fax into the computer so people don’t have to use both services on separate devices. And by that made their life easier and the people also saved Money. And that’s what technology is all about, isn’t it? To make peoples’ lives easier. The Microsoft Surface is getting very positive reviews and I am really hoping that also the other tech manufacturers will catch up with Microsoft and produce their own tablet and laptop hybrid because I really think that this is the future of tablets.

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More info in the Microsoft Surface: http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US

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Who will win this years election battle?

I have always admired the elections of American presidents. They are always grandiose and also very expensive. For example this years election cost about 5.8 billion dollars. And since today is the day when the American people go and vote for their preferred candidate, I have decided to write about the election. We all know that the president of the United States has also an influence on the other nations of the world. They make the heads of state of the other countries change their mind about things or make alliances which are always a big thing. If you are and ally of the U.S. you are respected and sometimes even feared. You can also make some serious money by making business with the U.S. because they have one of the strongest economics of the world. But back to the election. Let’s talk about Barrack Obama for a minute. In the last election he promised to pull of the troops from Iraq which had a very big influence on the votes he got that year. Everybody likes to hear that a war is going to end. But there is a threat that can make Obama loose this year and that’s the economics. I know that I told earlier that the U.S. has one of the strongest economics in the world but frankly, the whole world is having problems with the economy these days. And in the whole history of history of America no president has been reelected when the economy situation is bad. But everything can happen for the first time right? On the other hand Mitt Romney (the republican candidate) can’t be sure that he will win because many people fear that he will be like the pervious republican president George Bush (his worst moments: http://alturl.com/5dkrt ). And the people from the lower class and also a part of middle class think that Mitt Romney cannot understand their needs because he has never been in a position as them. Mitt Romney has been born to a very rich family and so he had never felt the lack of money in his life, so the people from lower classes are more likely to vote for Obama. On the other hand I think that the majority of the upper class will vote for Romney because he promised them some benefits. We will know the election results very soon so are going to see who will win this years election battle.

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Not a deep minded article...

Hey people. Today I don’t feel like writing about anything deep. Well, I have written a half of a post before my workout but when I read it to myself it sounded just too negative. I wrote about a couple in Pakistan who killed their daughter by pouring acid on her. Just sick. So I decided just not to post it. And now that I am thinking about it I think I shouldn’t t post about things like these. If you want your daily dose of horror and disgust you can go watch the news or something… The news today is full of stuff like that. There are a couple of segment about nice stuff like that but it’s  really a minority and it just makes people depressed and sad so you won’t expect that from me. I like to write about nice stuff. Stuff that makes people happy and that makes them think of nice things (if you want to read something like that check out this article : http://alturl.com/35v56 ). I was in the gym today and I really liked the atmosphere. Everybody was talking with each other and laughing. I like to think about my gym as my other family. I don’t go to a big gym so the people that go there are just from the little part of the city where I live in. We discuss our problems and help each other out. We don’t know each other very well so the conversations are alway friendly and the people there don’t judge you. I you have a little gym around your neighborhood I encourage you to go there and take a look. Not only will you get fit but you also may find new people to talk about and some of them may become your friends. Well if you expected another deep minded article I am sorry but I will leave you with a nice song you can listen to. Maybe tomorrow something will come to my mind and I’ll write about it J

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No respect or sympathy...

The situation in New York is growing more and more desperate. People are without fuel but the shortages are also in food and policemen. Yeah policemen. And do you know why? Well you see, a couple of houses got robbed the other night by some people wearing uniforms from the electricity provider. That’s just sick! Could you imagine this happening to you? So, your city was damaged by a big-ass hurricane, because of that you didn’t have power in your house for two days and now some guys wearing uniforms knock at your door at midnight, you open the door and get smacked down with a freaking baseball bat or something and then they rob you? What the hell people? If you can’t be good to people than at least have some respect! I really think that this is one of the worst thing you could do. Another thing even worse than this may be taking someone’s work and pretending it’s your own. I saw it yesterday in an episode of Californication. A guy that has a lot of problems is a writer and he didn’t write anything in a long time because he was trying to put his shit together and on top of that his father died. So he went to his hometown to attend the funeral of his old man and stayed there for a couple of weeks. The feeling of being home got him on his feet back again and he even managed to write something there. When he got back to California he wanted his ex girlfriend (that he still loves) to read his new  novel and give him a opinion about it. When she wasn’t looking, another girl took the papers so that she could make a copy of them. When the guy returned and collected the papers from his ex the girl didn’t mention that she made a copy or that she read them. On the way home the man that wrote the book got carjacked and his book stayed in the car. His opportunity to get back on track was gone! And the girl that made the copy of the book went to an agent and wants to get the book published under her name. No respect or  sympathy...That’s the thing that is going on in New York right now. And it is just a sad fact that these kind of people actually exist in our everyday lives. The bright side of the story is that the people of New York are now armed and ready for these burglars so there is a good chance of catching them. But I don’t think they are coming back...These people are cruel and cold-hearted but they are also cowards. I hope that the people of New York and the other regions that were hit by Sandy recover from this disaster as soon as possible and get back to their normal lives.

Good luck from Slovakia J

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More info on Californication: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0904208/

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Just sugar?

You can choose from a long list of unhealthy habits.  The Americans have clearly chosen eating too much  and exercising too little. I was shocked when I first  heard that two thirds of the adult American population  is obese. They are not overweight but OBESE! I was  overweight once and when I look back at how I  looked and how I was feeling, I can tell you that I  don’t want to go through that again... I was only  overweight and I can’t imagine being obese. I was so  fat that even after 3 years from the time I was fat I  can still wear the clothes that I wore when I was 12.  And the majority is even too big for me! And you  know what was the worst thing about being  overweight? It was the feeling that you are not as  good as the other people. The feeling that you are less  of a person than everybody else. The feeling of being ashamed of the way you looked 24/7. I can honestly say that loosing those 12 kilos (or 26.5 pounds) was one of the best things that happened to me. In a recent study they compared health risk of being obese and smoking and the conclusion was that they are not so far from each other. So that means that you can shorten your life by about 10 years also by just being obese. But sometimes you can’t help it and your lifestyle just leads you to being fat. I mean in the big cities in America people are always in a hurry. But one way or another they have to eat, don’t they? But what do they eat? Well fast food of course! It has so many benefits for them! Their lunch is fast, cheap and tasty! You get your soda so you can get that sugar buzz you have been craving for the whole day. Did you know that in a half liter (or 20 oz) of soda you have 275 calories. And those are empty calories! You don’t get any protein, fibre or healthy fats from it. Just sugar. Actually 15 teaspoons of sugar. That’s just crazy! And another factor that contributes to your „fatness“ is stress. If you are under a lot of stress your body produces a hormone called cortisol which makes your organism go catabolic. Simply put, it makes you store more fat. And naturally if you don’t have time for lunch than you don’t have time to exercise so you just go on like this for a year and voilà! You have just become overweight. And if you go on another year you will become obese. This is a great health threat for the society. Child obesity leads to bone problems, diabetes and asthma. And you know what the worst thing about child obesity is? It is the fact that they don’t know what being healthy feels. I didn’t know it too and it was a miracle that I gathered the will to change that. I really hope that the world wont turn to a place where the average person would have three chins and die of clogged arteries at the age of 40…The world has already learnt the dangers of smoking. Will it take another 50 years until the people learn that about being overweight too? 

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More info on cortisol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol

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It isn't bad at all...

In the world we live in today you simply can’t survive without your mask. We all have one ( including me). Somebody has a mask of a “tough guy”, some like to play the “I know everything guy” and some  the “I am too good to talk to you guy” but there are many more... It doesn’t matter what mask you wear because the result is the same. People respect you, sometimes people fear you. And with that you gain the feeling of security. And this was the way we lived for centuries. In the prehistoric times it was essential but nowadays you don’t need it any more. I know that it’s not easy to lower your mask. It is also a habit and everybody knows that old habits die hard, don’t they? But ask yourself, how would the world look if everybody would lower their masks? Would the overload kindness really be that bad? I really admire the people that lower their masks even just for a while. You can see people giving “free” hugs on the street sometimes… Do you even know how nice it is to have a long hug with someone? It is also scientifically proven that if you hug someone for 20 seconds a hormone called Oxitocin is released in both bodies and the people feel better and also trust each other more? Also a simple compliment or just saying what do you admire on the other person makes their dopamine (satisfaction hormone) levels spike like crazy. Hell a simple smile can make that happen! It is the simplest thing you can do! And you don’t even need to be afraid of some kind of rejection or something because really, everyone will return your smile back J So with this I want to encourage you to put down your mask even just for a while. And you will see that it isn’t that bad. In fact, it isn’t bad at all. J

Some time ago I read a very nice book called „Chicken soup for the soul“ which is an inspirational book by Jack Canfield where he writes many short stories that he got from his fans. These stories are all about hugs, kindness and love. It was a very good read for me so I attached a download link  which will be on the bottom of this post. (pdf. file)

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More info on dopamine:                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine
Download "Chicken soup for the soul": https://www.box.com/s/pgkh3rmsvq2wfkro7vam (takes a while to load)

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The clouds will pass and so will the mood...

I just simply hate these times. The weather is terrible, lots of rain and wind. You wake up early in the morning but you are on a holiday. You are still sleepy but you can’t get back to sleep. You try to wake yourself up with a cup of coffee and a peanut butter-jelly sandwich but It just simply doesn’t work... So what do you do? Personally I download some TV shows and try to kill some time. And the worst thing is that sometimes in this weather conditions the internet goes down! Then I realize that I have school work to do but I  sleepy am still as hell. These day are a pain. You sit in your dark room and you think about your life and see that you still have to go through a lot but you don’t know what it will be. You may try to guess what will be, but you aren’t always right .That is my situation right now. Where are the times when I would entertain myself with nearly everything? Just build some legos, play with some toy cars... I can’t remember a time when I was bored when I was little. Now is the time that I look back at the good times I have lived through. My mom said that would happen sometime. Do you remember your mom saying that when you were all hyped up about going to school or when you just bragged about how little you are and that you want to grow up already? Yeah... And what will be another 10 years from now? Will I be looking back at those times too? Well I guess we all have a different time period we will look back at when we will be just a bunch of old people waiting for their turn to go to that „better“ place that everyone keeps talking about... Time seems to go much faster now and I don’t know if it is a good sign or bad… You know that feeling when you had a week full of things and you worked your ass off and then during the weekend you just feel like the whole five days were so short that you even scare yourself that you forgot to do something during that time that seems so short. This is the time of that bad weather and low pressure that I think about these things. Hope it passes quick so I can get back to the more positive thoughts. To all of us that are also suffering because of the depressive weather outside I say „Hold on!“.  Because the clouds will pass and so will the mood J

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