The List

This 101 Things To Do in 1001 Days Project was founded by the guy at Triplux: Day Zero.

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

My Approach: It’s not called Focus Finder for nothing. I set 15 BIG GOALS for myself, to help me find focus and to determine what are really important to me. And then I set 101 MINI-GOALS that will help me achieve those BIG GOALS one step at a time.

My original start date was May 5, 2008–but things happened along the road, but now I am back and more determined than ever to finish this! Leave me a message and link me up to show me support : ) I’ll link you back too!

Start Date: January 1, 2009
End Date: September 29, 2011

Goal 35: Weekly Update #7

WEEK 7: Feb. 9-Feb.15

IRASCIBLE (adjective).
1: Quick-tempered.
2: Showing anger or resulting from anger.
My mother can be quite irascible: she is quick to anger, and her reflex is to grab something and hurl it at you.

KEELHAUL (verb).
1: To haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture
2: To rebuke severely
It was like the essence of her existence to keelhaul every proposal that her students present. Nothing is ever good enough for the stingy professor.

SPOONY (adjective).
1: Silly, foolish; especially : unduly sentimental
2: Being sentimentally in love
The Valentine’s season got all the couples being spoony, even in public places!

INTERMINABLE (adjective).
So long as to seem endless; never stopping
That was the most interminable performance ever! It was so awful I just wanted it to be over!

CLEPE (verb).
To name or to call
Viella cleped the little creature ‘Angel’, as it was given to her by her former guardian in the orphanage.

PINCHBECK.
1: Noun – An alloy of zinc and copper used to imitate gold in jewelry-making; by extension, something counterfeit; an imitation
2: Adjective – Not genuine; fake
Everybody was fooled. No one ever suspected that the painting was pinchbeck!

PARLOUS (adjective).
Attended with peril; fraught with danger; hazardous.
Going out to buy medicine for her ailing father, Jess knew that she was also in a parlous situation.

Goal 57: Weekly Update #6 & 7

Week 6&7: Feb. 2-Feb. 15

Tutoring Revenue = P 1200 x 30% = P 360
Weekly Savings = P 400

WEEK 6&7 SAVINGS = P 600.00

AS OF FEBRUARY 15:
TOTAL SAVINGS
P 3265.50

Goal 35: Weekly Update #6

WEEK 6: Feb. 2-Feb.8

FROWARD (adjective).
Not easily managed; contrary
Jac is having a lot of problems in trying to keep her very froward team together and productive.

TOME (noun).
A large, often scholarly, book
Justin’s heavy physics book is his signature tome.

CANARD (noun).
A deliberately misleading story; hoax.
Janine regrets fabricating that canard, which did make her the center of attention, but is now causing her a lot of trouble.

SANGUINE (adjective).
1: Cheerfully optimistic or confident.
2: Having a healthy reddish color.
3: Blood-red.
She saw in the woman a rare childlike, sanguine attitude that could brighten up any room that she entered.

TOADY.
1: Noun – A fawning flatterer; humble dependent
2: Verb – To attempt to gain favor by fawning or being servile
Lindsay Lohan’s character in the movie, Mean Girls, became the Queen Bee’s toady–blindly adoring and idolizing Regina.

PIED (adjective).
Having patches of two or more colors; multicolored.
I don’t know if this counts as a sentence, but I absolutely had no idea that the “Pied Piper of Hamelin” title came from the fact that he had multicolored clothes! I always thought ‘pied’ was connected to piper… hahaha!

EXPURGATE (verb).
To remove objectionable words or passages from a document
I had to expurgate our research paper of all his grammatical errors, unnecessary comments and plagiarized paragraphs.

A super partial update. Sorry for being so late, it’s finals week, and I promise to update when this chapter of my life called COLLEGE is finally done!

Goal 36: Weekly Update #6

WEEK 6: Feb. 2-Feb. 8
RANDOM RULES

VERY/TOO: AJU VS. NOMU
아주 (Aju) – More positive
너무 (Nomu) – More negative/exaggerated (can also be sarcastic)
Example:
Compliments: 아주 예뻐다 – Aju yeppeoda – Very pretty

POINTING TO SUBJECTS: I – KU – CHO
이 (i) – THIS: Object is near the speaker
그 (ku) – THAT: Object is far from the speaker
저 (cho) – THAT OVER THERE: Object is far from both speaker and listener
Example:
이 여자가 제 친구예요 (I yoja-ga che chinguyeyo) – THIS girl is my friend.
그 여자가 제 친구예요 (Ku yoja-ga che chinguyeyo) – THAT girl is my friend.
저 여자가 제 친구예요 (Cho yoja-ga che chinguyeyo) – THAT girl OVER THERE is my friend.

I WANT TO…: “SHIPO”
(For own desires only – I/We want)
PATTERN: (Base form of verb) + 고 (go) + 싶어 (shipo)
Example:
보고 싶어요 (Bogo shipoyo) – I want to see you; I miss you
걸고 싶어요 (Kolgo shipoyo) – I want to walk
만나고 싶어요 (Mannago shipoyo) – I want to meet you

TOGETHER WITH: “RANG” + “HAMKKE” OR “KATI”
PATTERN: (Noun) + (Particle for ‘with’) + 함께 (hamkke) OR 같이 (kati)

“With”
There are many particles that can be used to mean “with”, but to make things simple, I will now only introduce one particle:
이랑/랑 (irang/rang) – with
“Together”
함께 (hamkke) – Together
같이 (kati) – Together
These two are interchangeable, and really just mean the same thing.

Example:
친구랑 (Chingu-rang) – With friend
친구랑 함께 (Chingu-rang hamkke) – Together with friend
친구랑 같이 (Chingu-rang kati) – Together with friend

Goal 35: Weekly Update #5

WEEK 5: Jan. 26-Feb.1

INDUBITABLE (adjective).
1) too evident to be doubted : unquestionable
I cannot afford to rest on my laurels this semester, unlike the other studious scholars who are indubitably on the road to Latin honors.

PRETERNATURAL (adjective).
1) existing outside of nature
2) exceeding what is natural or regular : extraordinary
3) inexplicable by ordinary means; especially : psychic
Mocs’ uncanny ability to finish my sentences and tell exactly how I feel is almost preternatural, it scares me.

PRIMOGENITURE (noun).
1) the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
2) an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son
I don’t know if my primogeniture is a good or a bad thing, because I get to be the experimental guinea pig of my parents.

FORTUITOUS (adjective).
1) Happening by chance; coming or occurring by accident, or without any known cause.
2) Happening by a fortunate or lucky chance.
3) Fortunate or lucky.
By that fortuitous event, I was able to land the scholarship that I wanted, as well as travel and actually live in the country that I’ve always dreamed of going to.

PALADIN (noun).
1) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion of a medieval king or prince; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.
2) A champion of a cause.
Mrs. Garchitorena, to me, had that aura of being the paladin for corporate social responsibility.

BOULEVARDIER (noun).
1) A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
2) A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.
Gab is the ultimate example of a boulevardier: he’s everywhere, and knows everyone who matters!

EBULLIENT (adjective).
1) Zestfully enthusiastic.
2) Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.
That girl is definitely ebullient, but sometimes to the point of being irritating.

Goal 36: Weekly Update #5

WEEK 5: Jan. 26-Feb. 1
KOREAN SLANG

• Chukketa! – 죽겠다! – Im going to die!/Im beat!
• Jangnanhae!? – 장난해? – Are you serious?!/Seriously?!
• Ommaya/Mapsosa – 엄마야!/맙소사! – Oh my god! Gosh! Oh no! Yikes!
• Kol ddaerinda! – 골 때린다 – Unbelievable! Ridiculous! Nonsense! You must be kidding me!
• Shimbwatta!!! – 심봤다!!! – Jackpot!! Yesss!
• Choasso! – 좋았어! – Good job!
• Assa! – 아싸! – Awesome!/Yeah!
• Ansup – 안습 – How touching/how sweet
• Shiwonhada! – 시원하다! – Feels great!/Refreshing!/What a relief!
• Chesu opso – 재수 없소 – How unlucky! You’re so lame! You’re such a loser!
• Jjajungna! – 짜증나! – Irritating/annoying! What a pain!
• Nolgo ittne – 놀고 있네 – Yeah right. As if.
• Naemam iji – 내맘 이지 – Mind your own business. Its my deal.
• Ojjorago – 어쩌라고 – Whatever/Whatever you say/What else can I do?
• Dwaetgo dun – 됐거든 – Enough already/Talk to the hand
• T’ona’wa – 토나와 – Im gonna barf!
• Kaenyom opta – 개념 없다 – Clueless.

Source: King Baeksu

Goal 57: Weekly Update #5

Week 4: Jan. 26-Feb. 1

Tutoring Revenue = P 900 x 30% = P 270
Weekly Savings = P 742

WEEK 5 SAVINGS = P 1012.00

AS OF FEBRUARY 1:
TOTAL SAVINGS
P 2665.50

Agenda for the Week: Jan. 26-Feb.1

I again failed in last week’s NO SWEETS campaign, hahaha XD I swear, it’s extreeeeemely difficult for me! But this week is another week, and it shall be in my agenda again:

NO SWEETS! 7 sweet-free days. Pleeeeeease. x_x

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GET INTO MY THEO ORALS. I vowwww to get an A. No matter what.

GET STARTED ON THE ELECTION WEBSITE. I’ve put this off for too long. I want to get it up and running by end of March at the latest.

The week is off to a good start, and I’m super looking forward to the rest of it!

Goal 57: Weekly Update #4

Week 4: Jan. 19-25

Tutoring Revenue = P 2350 x 30% = P 705
Weekly Savings = P 299

WEEK 3 SAVINGS = P 1004.00

AS OF JANUARY 25:
TOTAL SAVINGS
P 1653.50

Goal 35: Weekly Update #4

WEEK 4: Jan. 19-25

MANACLE (noun).
1. A shackle for the hand; handcuff.
2. Usually, manacles. restraints; checks.
MANACLE (verb).
1. To handcuff; fetter.
2. To hamper; restrain.
The stunning veteran model and women’s rights activist advised the young girls in the audience that they shouldn’t let other people’s opinions and comments manacle their confidence and individuality.

DENIGRATE (verb).
1. To speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone’s character.
2. To treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage: to denigrate someone’s contributions to a project.
3. To make black; blacken: rain clouds denigrating the sky.
His very own self-denigration was so evident in his writing that it made people look down on him and his country of origin.

DURESS (noun).
1. Compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
2. Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.
3. Forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment.
Her radiant smile and confident stance did not show any signs that she was experiencing a lot of duress.

EXTENUATE (verb).
1. To lessen or attempt to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses. (Syn: Archaic)
2. To make thin or emaciated; To reduce the strength of. (Syn: Obsolete)
3. To belittle; disparage.
The government tried to extenuate the situation by releasing a barrage of public service announcements and press releases, but the courageous journalists made sure that every bit of the issue was exposed.

PRODIGIOUS (adjective).
1. Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.
2. Wonderful or marvelous
3. Abnormal; monstrous. 4. Obsolete. ominous.
His first solo pottery exhibit, which captured and fascinated a huge audience, proved that his talent was indeed prodigious.

PORTMANTEAU (noun).
1. A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; “’smog’ is a blend of ’smoke’ and ‘fog’”; “‘motel’ is a portmanteau word made by combining ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’”; “‘brunch’ is a well-known portmanteau” [syn: blend]
2. A large travelling bag made of stiff leather.
Perplexigirl is a portmanteau that I invented myself!

CYNOSURE (noun).
1. The northern constellation Ursa Minor; also : North Star.
2. One that serves to direct or guide.
3. A center of attraction or attention
The Obamas are sure to be a cynosure everywhere they go, not just in the United States, but all around the world. The paparazzi is the least of their worries!