A sense of urgency to set a new goal and do something special has thrown me into a panic...I would like to forget every little thing I have done for the last 5-6 years. Probably, it would give me some room so that I could realize what would be really necessary for me at this very moment. But again, you see, even right now I am trying to come up with something new...for me to always look for instant answers to every uncertainty that I have is quite obsessive. somebody please help me out here?

The records of 2 years I spent in GJ is one of the most precious things I will keep on the shelf for the rest of my life.

Knowledge Is Power.

What Are You Passionate About?

Today's world is more focused on the fast paced style that we have set for ourselves than the dreams and hopes that once fueled our aspirations. We get so very caught up in our responsibilities that the obligations and expectations of our lives makes for a more important goals than our true passions. Many people feel that if they focus on themselves they are being selfish and cutting the attention to the other aspects of their lives that they have deemed more important, thus leaving room for those inner most desires lacking.

There are several self-help articles about how to make one happier and more fulfilled. But it all starts with realizing your true passion. What motivates you? What makes you smile? Or even, when you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up?

The first step to finding happiness is realizing what it is that makes you want to get up and start moving in the morning. Those aspects of life that leave you whistling are the ones that hold the key to the passions of life.

As we grow up and grow older, we often take the more traveled road to adulthood. We attend college and achieve degree status in order to obtain a "real" job. This conformation to societal ideals about living often leave the passions that once gave us fire and hope dead in the water. Women give up their dreams to raise children, men leave the their true callings behind for fear of not being what their families would hope they would become. When we leave our passions behind, who are we really becoming and is that person the true person we always wanted to be?

Rediscovering your passion may actually be harder than you think it should be. After lying stale in our minds for so long, those small things that once drove us often become alien in nature and need to be rekindled and reworked in order to find a place in our every day lives. The best path is to revert to your youth. Think back to what things made you most happy. Remember the passions that made you smile and the hobbies that once held such a high importance in your life and make room for those passions again.

Once you discover your passion, pursue it! For some, it may be scary to step outside of the norm and onto a path less traveled. But personal growth only happens when we extend ourselves beyond our usual boundaries. You don't have to neglect your responsibilities to pursue your passion. It may simply be to take an art class at a local community center or you may find that you wish to switch careers and become a graphic designer. Determine what you are passionate about and then find ways to embrace it.

There is no amount of money in the world that can measure up to the payment your passion can provide. While the payment may not increase your checkbook or give you that promotion at work, it will give you back a sense of yourself that has been lost for a very long time.

Stop right now and think about those things that made youth so wonderful. If only for a moment, take a step back 10, 20, 30, 50 years and find that one thing that drove your mind to the limits of happiness. Once you have that thought firmly in your grasp, go for it!

About The Author: Elliott Roberts is a writer at Becoming, a Personal Development blog, discussing ideas from Productivity to Meditation, and more. Visit Becomng, and change your life forever!

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I've been working at the International Fleet Review Planning Group in Daejeon where I got newly stationed a couple of weeks ago. The purpose of transferring me to here from CNBC was to support officers in charge of translation and interpretation. But as a matter of fact what I mainly do is to gather information from the participants and also organize some IFR plans. Fortunately, I'm working with my OCS seniors who are too nice to give me their own workload. :)

I was wondering what it would feel like to access the Internet wirelessly on the move. I purchased Xnote R510 at Hi-Mart last week which is officially my first laptop. What am I going to use it for? well...play games and stuff..

20 minutes left to go back to the base.

Another week of survival is about to begin!

Do what you love

“A study of business school graduates tracked the careers of 1,500 people from 1960 to 1980. From the beginning, the graduates were grouped into two categories. Category A consisted of people who said they wanted to make money first so they could do what they really wanted to do later after they took care of their financial concerns. Those in category B pursued their interests first, sure that the money eventually would follow.

What percentage fell into each category? Of the 1,500 graduates in the survey, the money-now category A’s comprised 83 percent or 1,245 people. Category B risk takers made up 17 percent, 255 graduates.

After 20 years, there were 101 millionaires in the group. Only one came from Category A, 100 from category B."

Why losing weight is so hard and gaining weight is so easy

You just went away for the weekend and you came back to find that you gained 5 pounds over the course of 3 days. In your disbelief, you quickly curse the Weight Gods for being so cruel. Sound familiar? This was me last weekend. A little jaunt to Montreal, eating at decadent cafes, packed it on quick. This inspired me to discuss the seemingly unbalanced equation of weight gain vs. weight loss, the facts that surround the issue and how losing the 5 pounds feels so much harder than gaining them:

Winning 1st baseball gold

By KELLY OLSEN, Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)—South Korea erupted in joy Saturday after the country claimed its first Olympic gold medal in baseball by beating perennial powerhouse Cuba in a nail-biting final to stay undefeated in Beijing.

South Koreans gathered in homes, bars, restaurants, public squares and a Seoul stadium to cheer for their team in the most important game in their country’s baseball history.

The final two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, courtesy of a clutch bases loaded double-play, sealed South Korea’s 3-2 win.

“It’s great. I’m overjoyed,” said Cho Chong-eun, a mobile communications company employee who had joined several hundred people to watch the game on a big screen television on a muggy night in a downtown Seoul square.

If not me, who? If not now, when?

The world may be divided by peoples of different languages but knowledge transcends the barriers of language. Doing translation from one language to another is both a skill and an art. Mere knowledge or scholarship on two languages alone can not make one qualified to be a good translator. I'm sure that only passion will lead me to become a good translator.

UFG

Ulchi-Freedom Guardian is the new name (as of 2008) of the military exercise previously known as Ulchi-Focus Lens, a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. The exercise is the world's largest computerized command and control implementation which mainly focuses on defending South Korea from a North Korean attack. The exercise was initiated in 1976 and is conducted annually during August or September. The word 'Ulchi' comes from the name of a famous Korean general called Eulji Mundeok who was the Commander-In-Chief of the army of Goguryeo.

The Dark Knight - Joker Interrogation Scene Spoof

lol at "are you speaking bat? is that what bat sounds like?"

Popo

Believe it or not, she knows exactly when I return home from Chinhae. If I don't make it on every weekend, she would be devastated. 'cause I'm the only one who knows what she loves to play with and what she would die for..of course it's all food. haha but today she started to have her period which is her second time. I'm not really familiar with this. Does anyone know how long it's going to last? also any advice you might want to give me on this matter?

August 15, 1945

Gwangbokjeol is one of the Public holidays in South Korea. It commemorates liberation from Japan and the subsequent creation of the Korean government three years later. It is celebrated yearly in both South Korea and North Korea; in the latter, it is known as Chogukhaebangŭi nal.

Despite the date, Korea did not gain actual independence on August 15, 1945 (except for the short-lived People's Republic of Korea), but was occupied by the armies of the world's two superpowers, who oversaw the decommissioning of Japanese troops on the peninsula. The North was occupied by the Red Army and governed by the Soviet Civil Authority. The South was occupied by the United States starting August 13, 1945.

South Korea was not independent until Syngman Rhee was sworn in as first president of South Korea on August 13, 1948. There is speculation as to why the celebration is August 15, one of them supposing a political strategy to associate Korean independence with the date of Japan's surrender to the Allies of World War II (August 15, 1945), though the true reason is unclear.

home sweet home :)

I saw the gap I can fill at will.

All staff at the operations department are off today. It's a rewarding holiday from the CNBC commander because he thought we had worked hard throughout the President and his families' visit. I don't know whether I deserved it or not...tomorrow new US seventh fleet, Commander will be visiting our base, which is like the biggest event I have to participate in. I hope they will not be talking about naval strategies and tactics using terminologies that I'm still not used to ;; then I'm gonna be in big trouble. better keep my fingers crossed.

“You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've never met , and I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet... You walk by, and I fall to pieces.” - Patsy Cline

CNO Releases Podcast on Maritime BMD

"Even though it may be the AEGIS ships that are the ones launching the missiles that intercept the ballistic missiles, it's the total Navy approach. It's the ability for all of the information to be fused; for all of our ships to be out operating globally, operating forward, providing for that sea control and being ready to project power wherever and whenever needed. We're a total Navy, we're a great Navy and we're a Navy made up of great Sailors," Roughead said.