Earl Chua

The flight wasn’t too bad. It was about a 14 hour flight and I slept through half of it. I usually have a hard time sleeping on airplanes but I now have a new strategy. I’ll share my secret:

1. Do sudoku puzzles for the first hour
2. Ask the stewardess for 2 glasses of red wine
3. Down the red wine (both glasses)
4. Do one more sudoku puzzle and do not stop until you finish it…no matter what
5. Listen to ipod
6. Close your eyes

I was so knocked out that I missed my first meal.

I was a little disappointed because I wanted to be productive during my flight. I planned to read one of my books, study up on some material, or maybe even make a blog post. What I ended up doing was sleep, listen to music, and sudoku.

I guess the reason why I was not productive was because I did not have a set goal for what I wanted to accomplish during my flight. With everything that you get into you need to know your outcome. The clearer you are in what you want to accomplish, the more you empower your brain to focus on the goal. If I knew that I wanted to read during the flight and made it my goal to do so, I will most certainly have read my book.

Anyway…I enjoyed my first day of Philippines. I actually did a lot considering I’ve only been here a little over 12 hours. I met up with family, went to my grandfather’s 1 year death anniversary ceremony, ate 3 times, sight saw a little bit, and looked at some condos. I’m still a little jet lagged and tired from my long day but I will keep you guys updated and I’ll also try to take some pics.

Goals for tomorrow:

1. Study for most of the day
2. Buy weights and yoga mat
3. Look at more condos
4. Play basketball
5. Get a post basketball full-body massage for 7 bucks