TotallyOz Posted December 31, 2009 Posted December 31, 2009 Many people make New Year's resolutions every year. I have done this for years although I sometimes struggle in doing them. For 2010, I resolve to: 1. Run 2 marathons 2. Spend at least 5 months in LOS 3. Tell the BF "no" at least once a month. 4. Avoid the Sunee white sox mafia. 5. See a sunrise over Rio. 6. Lose weight, gain it back, and then lose it again. (at least 3 times) 7. Find a new airline to give my business as I am unhappy with the Delta/NWA merger. 8. Try not to put meaningless things on my friends facebook pages. (like "I'm going to sleep now.") Anyone else have any resolutions? Quote
Gaybutton Posted December 31, 2009 Posted December 31, 2009 Anyone else have any resolutions? Sure! I resolve to make no New Year's resolutions at all. I would probably break them within the first 24 hours anyway . . . Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted January 1, 2010 Posted January 1, 2010 Find a new airline to give my business as I am unhappy with the Delta/NWA merger I flew to London a couple of weeks ago on Qatar. My first experience of an airline which had been much recommended by others. It was a revelation! Their 777 service was the best business class I have ever experienced. Flat-beds, huge amount of space - even the toilets were double-size (wonder why?? ), near gourmet meals, vintage champagne, excellent red and perfectly chilled white wines (3 of each), huge video on demand selection. Plus the business class lounge in Doha is spectacular. But not worth the hassle if you are travelling from the west coast. Quote
kokopelli Posted January 1, 2010 Posted January 1, 2010 You got me going fountainhall! But from where did you fly to London? From the west coast of where and why the hassle? Your trip sounded like a dream. And just where is Doha? Quote
Guest fountainhall Posted January 1, 2010 Posted January 1, 2010 You got me going fountainhall! But from where did you fly to London? From the west coast of where and why the hassle? Your trip sounded like a dream. And just where is Doha? Doha is the capital of Qatar, one of the Gulf States a little north of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I'm based in Bangkok, so I flew Bangkok/Doha with a quick connection to London - and then the same in reverse. Since Doha is the airline's home base, you can connect there for most capitals in Europe as well as others in Asia and Africa. As a relatively new airline, they presently fly only to 3 cities in the US - New York, Washington and Houston. So to fly to BKK from the west coast, you'd first require a connecting flight into one of those cities, and then change planes again in Doha. Too far and too much trouble, unless the price is vastly cheaper, I'd reckon. But if you go from BKK to Europe and want business class at a reasonable price, Qatar is far cheaper than most non-stop's. It's also Skytrack's only non-Asian 5-star airline - the others being Singapore, Cathay Pacific, Asiana, Malaysian and Kingfisher (one of the new Indian start-ups). As another example of the special touches, when boarding you are offered not just a hot face towel, but a choice of either piping hot towels or nicely chilled ones - both slightly scented. One sllght caveat. The airline flies 3 aircraft types on its long-haul routes - the Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and A340. The Airbus packs a few more passengers in and has angled flat bed seats and thus less room. I had these on the Doha/London sector, but still had no trouble sleeping. Quote
Guest Posted January 1, 2010 Posted January 1, 2010 1 Exercise a little more, especially sit ups to keep the belly in shape. 2 Start to configure my investments to eliminate dependency on working in Europe in 3~5 years time. So I can therefore spend several months a year in Asia. 3 Learn to cook a few more different styles of meal. 4 As for the Thai holidays: (i) More massages, less gogo bar (ii) Learn to say no when I don't want to meet the same guy twice Quote
Guest rainwalker Posted January 2, 2010 Posted January 2, 2010 20 New Year Resolutions More Real Food, Less "Food-like Substances", More Fruit and Vegetables, Less Sugar, Wheat and Corn More Organic, Less Toxic More Chewing, Less Eating More Water, Less Soda More Recycling, Less Waste More Walking, Less Driving More Exercising, Less Watching TV More Outdoors, Less Indoors More Sleep, Less Worry More Calm, Less Chaos More Being, Less Doing More Consciousness, Less Ignorance More Smiles, Less Anger More Love, Less Hatred More Play, Less Serious More Letting Go, Less Holding On More Forgiving, Less Blaming More Generosity, Less Greed More Ubuntu, Less Me! Ubuntu means what makes us human is the humanity we show each other. It is a Xhosa (South African) word and philosophy emphasizing community, sharing and generosity. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu says "Ubuntu is about the essence of being human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. It embraces hospitality, caring about others, being able to go the extra mile for the sake of others. We believe that a person is a person through another person, that my humanity is caught up, bound up, inextricably, with yours. When I dehumanize you, I inexorably dehumanize myself. The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms and therefore you seek to work for the common good because your humanity comes into its own in belonging". From the Huffington Post Quote
