9:08 AM If I lost my limbs?

if I lost my limbs the thing I would miss the most is the independance. I'm a very independant person and I like to do most things on my own. I would also miss my wrist tattoos. Another thing I would miss would be the ability to feel things example feeling my hair, my skin, or just textures in general. probably the thing that I absolutely take for granted that I would miss would be my drawing ability. I love to draw and planned on going to art school. I draw almost everyday. Another thing I would miss would be walking, I like to take walks and walk around my neighborhood or just walk to the train and ride around with my friends. I honestly would not miss driving, I hate to drive, there's too many bad drivers on the road and it's stressful. It's like waiting in a long line to get what you want, it just doesn't fit well with me. I would also miss showering because when I'm extremely stressed I drop everything and take a long hot shower to help calm me down. Not being able to make my own food would also be unbearable, I like to cook and feed myself rather than be fed.

8:20 AM Flying Bird Tattoo

My 6th tattoo will be an addition to one of my existing tattoos. I want to get four birds flying above and below the roman numeral date I have on my right wrist. This tattoo is not only visually pleasing it will also have an enormous amount of signifance to my life. The four birds will represent the four people that I consider to be part of my immediate family, my mother, father, sister and myself. The date on my wrist stands for the date my grandmother died. The flying silhouettes represent that we have all now let go and moved on and accepted the fact that she has moved on to a better place and that one day when the time comes, we will all eventually fly with her in heaven. The reason why I want the birds in black silhouettes is because I want the tattoo to have an ambiguous quality to it. You won't understand until you hear the background and meaning behind it. Each of my existing tattoos have some relative and significant meaning to me. The phrases "Only Love," "dont forget," and "Part of moving on is letting go," all relate to stages in my life that I hold dear. These birds will be the second symbol I put on my body, the first being a cross symbolizing my faith in God, forgiveness after suffering, and resurrection. 

7:50 AM Food items I can't live without

The two food items I could not live without are eggs and rice. As a Filipino-American I consume rice as part of my daily diet. Ever since I was a young I ate rice, when I was a baby I ate a typical type of rice porridge that is typical to the Philippines that even adults eat. Eggs are also part of my daily diet, i eat eggs every morning and before I go to sleep. However, with my high metabolism I do not tend to gain weight. During the school year I tend to lose more weight due to the time constraints and limitations on when I can eat. During the summer I tend to gain more weight because I eat all the time. Eggs and rice are my go to food when I'm hungry, partly because rice is always available in my household and eggs are easy to cook. I can make myself a variety of dishes from these two main ingredients along with a few sub-ingredients for example fried rice, rice with hard-boiled eggs on top, egg salad with a side of rice, garlic rice (typical from the Philippines) and deviled eggs.

7:49 AM Vine vs Instagram

Vine is twitter's new method of social media rivaling the social media giant, Instagram. A significant difference between the two however is that Vine is intended to create video or gif images. The article goes on to talk about whether consumers would respond positively to the new media or remain loyal to Instagram. In my opinion people use Instagram because it's easy, and makes our regular photos more interesting. Vine just seems too impractical and too tedious to become popular. The app itself, according to the article, is clean simple and easy to use. Something that will appeal to consumers. However not everyone will want to use it, because of shyness and vulnerability. With Instagram, you don't even have to post a picture of yourself if you don't want to. You wouldn't have to do that with Vine either but realistically what else would you put on video?

Article: http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/24/technology/social/vine-twitter-video-sharing/index.html

8:29 AM Pick a quote, any quote!

"Part of Moving on is Letting go."

This quote is correlates to everyone in some degree. Whether it be a death in the family, a bad relationship or even graduating from school. Part of moving and and moving forward in your life is letting go of your past and looking to a brighter future. Letting go can be hard for anyone to endure. People naturally like to hold on to things that feel normal or secure to them because we’re scared of what’s ahead of us. Progression in history has moved forward when innovators broke the normality’s of their societies and tried something new. Here in the United States we have elections every 4 – 8 years. This keeps us from staying in one hole of misfortune since we have a change of power every few years. The new policies and ideas of a new president gives us hope and will always keep our nation fresh. We can adapt this quote to our daily lives by learning to never see a mistakes as failures, but as lessons.

8:28 AM If I Was a Teacher

If I was a teacher I would want to teach History class. I have always had a fascination with historical events and I really enjoyed all my history classes I've taken at school. I started to like history in grade school when we were first learning about the ancient Greeks and the ancient Egyptians. I was curious as to how society was back then and compared them to how we live now. I would want to teach high school students because I know that as a student most of my peers didn't like history class. I would want to try and teach in a way that didn't seem as if it was all textbook work. Sparking interest and ideas into other people is something that I like to do, sort of like how I do with my drawings. I like to draw simple things to high quality and when asked about it tell them the deeper significance behind it. This is like history, because in history you have to understand multiple points of view and how different aspects changed the course of history to fully understand the picture  

9:03 AM If I won the lottery?

If I won the lottery, I would open a charity to help people in developing nations. I would help people mostly in the Philippines. By opening a charitable organization I would do more help than just donating a large sum of money to another organization that I wasn't familiar with. The next thing I would do is invest a portion of the money. Investing money will help grow my money instead of spending it all at once, I would most likely invest in stock and government bonds. I would then put another portion of the money in savings accounts. Putting the money away will help me in the future, in case of any mishaps or misfortunes. I would then build myself a house, then give my parents money to do with what they please. In all honesty I would use the money to get myself more money. Without struggle there is no progress  and the only way for me to ensure my families well being for generations after me, I would have to fight the urge to save my materialistic goals and focus on different methods of ensuring wealth and prosperity for my family. I would also invest in my own education, by paying for the education that interests me such as marketing and art. Investing in yourself and the future is one of the best investments anyone can make. I would take a few trips to see my family in other countries for example my family in Switzerland, Germany and the Philippines. One thing to keep in mind with money is, if you don't use it wisely it will dry up fast. There are numerous accounts on where people win the lottery and then spend the money all at once and in 2 years, they are broke and homeless.