Middle Life is Beautiful

"What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight in its victories and defeats." - Paulo Coelho


Geez...so much had happened in the year 2018 and in just a few days the year that was will be over. We herald the coming of 2019 with a big bang! Today is a great day to sit back, take a break from what we are doing, pause for a while and reflect on the year 2018. It would be much better if you journalize it so you can read it later on and have a better look of what happened or didn't happened in your life this year. I have a to-do list which you can simply follow and serve as a guide on how you fared well this year.
Get a new notebook

It would be better if you can get a stenotype of a notebook, which you can easily flip the pages upwards.

List down your achievements for the year

You can break this down by making a list of simple achievements and a list of grand achievements. Why do you need to do that? Most people have the notion that success means having a ne…

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us. - David Cameron

*Christmas video #4

It will soon be Christmas day! People are milling in the department stores to buy clothes, shoes, gifts for family and friends. Everywhere you'd see people with paper bags on both hands filled with their Christmas shopping. Christmas carols can be heard everywhere, either they are played over the radio or children and adults singing carols outside our houses at night. Christmas trees filled with Christmas trimmings are prominently displayed in houses. Christmas lanterns add up to the brightness of the Christmas nights. One can feel the Christmas spirit in the air.

Is everybody really happy as we celebrate this Christmas season? What about in countries where there is a war going on? How about the people who are martyred for their Christian beliefs? How about the people languishing in prisons? How about the men and women who have to work in foreign lands to s…

*Christmas video#3
Christmas lantern up? ..check.
Christmas tree up?...check.
Christmas lights up?...check.
Mistletoe up?...check.
So what else is missing? uhhmm...
Christmas shopping list?...uncheck!
Well, the most important of all is Christmas shopping to complete our Christmas holidays! This is the most awaited activity during this season. We have all kind of reasons to splurge, fill our shopping bags and empty our pockets during this time of the year! But wait, we don't really have to empty our pockets and went through all kind of stress during this season, you just have to follow these tips guaranteed to make your Christmas holidays joyous, organized and budget conscious.
Plan the day of your shopping 
You can make your shopping date a bonding time with the family. Going shopping with the whole family would be lots of fun so it is important to choose a date where each member would be free for the day. It's a great way to have a personal time with your family, it's lik…