Especially if you gotta go into debt for it. Only nuance — if you get a 100% free ride. Then college (if free) is just a fun experience!
Category: Posts
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We Don’t Care for Numbers
In marketing, less focus on numbers. More focus on aspirational qualities!
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Critique of Life in America
Too many distractions from products, advertisements, etc.
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I don’t like sticking to the same concept or form factor.
My resistance of just getting another MacBook laptop. I prefer a new concept?
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Sugar is the new Smoking
People say “a little sugar†or “sugar in moderation†is fine. But why don’t we say that “just a little bit of smokingâ€, or “social smokingâ€, or “smoking in moderation†is ok?
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The paradox of security
Setting up all this two factor authentication etc — you end up getting locked out of your own account!
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“What city are you from?â€
A more accurate and precise way of asking “Where are you from?â€
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If you want to become happier, move to Phnom Penh Cambodia
That is assuming happiness is your life goal:



























































































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Why Plain Text Is the Future
Information in space, and interplanetary Internet and Wi-Fi; probably will be insanely insanely insanely slow, therefore, in someways, plain text is the future.
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Lifting very very very very heavyweights transforms you
I just did something very very fun at the gym; I attempted to do a micro squat of 540 pounds. And, it was a pretty transformative experience.
First of all, one transformative thought and life lesson:
If you attempt to lift a very very very very very heavyweight, something you have not attempted before, you should not record yourself.
Why is this? Because it will rob you of your focus. With danger requires focus. This is why I imagine that Indy or Formula One race car drivers probably don’t listen to music or podcasts when they are extreme racing. Because when it is a life or death matter, or when it is a very very dangerous matter, your supreme focus is key. Therefore, when I attempted this 540 pound squat, which is about 3.3x my body weight, no distractions. No music, no podcast, no headphones, no AirPods. No straps, no knee wraps, no wrist drafts, no belt, etc. All I used was some chalk, to chalk up my hands, and chalk up the bar. And I did it in a “back squat†form using a thumbless (“suicideâ€) grip.
So how did it go? Very well! This is how I would explain it:
First of all, today I felt in supreme health and vigor. I limited my coffee and caffeine intake before 11 AM, and in the evening, I eat all you can eat shabu shabu. Therefore, I slept very well.
Also, when going to the gym, I actually successfully deadlifted 540 pounds, about two or three days ago.
When going to the gym, I spend a lot of time warming up, stretching, doing dynamic exercises, etc. And then when it came to the squat, this was my progression:
- First, just squatting the bar, ass to grass.
- Then, adding a 25 kg plate to each side. The red one. Then squatting it ass to grass.
- Then adding another 25 kg plate to each side, then squatting it ass to grass.
- Then adding another 25kg plate to each side, then just doing a mini squat
- Big break … and hype up.
The big kahuna
Then how did I finally do the big kahuna? This is how I would describe it:
First, I spend a really really long time trying to focus and hype myself up. This meant … walking around, staring into the distance, going to the bathroom several times, etc.
Then finally, when I felt like I was ready and maximally focused and hyped, I chalked up my hands (again) and slapped myself on the chest and thighs (HAKKA MAORI STYLE), then went to the bar.
Once at the bar, I grabbed the bar, and stared into it, and into the distance. I waited patiently for my energy to focus, and my mind to go blank. Then I started yelling really loud (power grunts, hype up words) and did some Ronnie Coleman quotes (“Lightweight baby, ain’t nothing but a peanut!”) And in my mind, I had the vision of the Farnese Hercules and his epic thighs in my mind.

The Farnese Hercules 1742 Richard Dalton. Life goals. Then, I yelled “KILL! POWER!!!” and attacked the bar, with my back squat form, then lifted the weight, walked back a few steps (felt the very heavy weight on my shoulders) and proceeded to do a micro-squat.
When I successfully was able to micro squat it (just a little downwards), then the fun part:
Walking it back to the bar, to re-rack it.
Squat as a weight bearing, and re-racking exercise?
Then, the fun part– walking back to re-rack it.
This is where things get interesting– because I thought:
Cool, I did a micro squat … now what?
Then the goal became to slowly, steadily, walk back towards the rack, and re-rack it.
Slow and steady does it
Slow and steady is the best technique.
The thing I have never felt before was as I was walking, I could feel the weight (barbell) bouncing around, because the weight is so heavy (the barbell was bending; remember the Hugh Jackman Quote– ‘If it ain’t bendin, you pretendin’)
I steadily walked back, confidently, but also knowing that if I took one wrong step or got distracted, I actually might not be able to successfully re-rack the weight. Here a small feeling of danger gave me additional focus.
Then, I re-racked the left side (carefully), and then felt the really really heavy weight on the right side (my wrist), but was also able to successfully re-rack the right side.
Mission accomplished.
The thing I never felt before like that– my wrists feeling that sore. So instead of being ‘greedy’ (I already did something insanely epic for myself) and instead of doing another floor bench press, or heavy dumbbell press, to not further bear any weight on my wrists, and to just go home.
And this was a good idea. Now as I’m typing this, my wrists feel great and fine!
So now what?
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The More Danger, the More the Happiness?
Also, the more danger, the more essential it is for you to focus?
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RED AND BRONZE.
Perhaps the best color car combination is this: red car paint, and bronze rims. Why? Think about the Spartan 300s.
Also maybe with clothes; a red and bronze outfit?
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Hats give you more freedom?
You’re less worried about your hair getting in your face, or your hair getting messed up.
Also, the more sun damage your black hat becomes, the more beautiful and Wabi Sabi it becomes?
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Swimming Pools
Why is it always in these futuristic, and often dystopic movies, or movies with spaceships, etc., there is always some sort of massive swimming pool?
My theory ; there is probably some sort of prime connection we humans have with water. Maybe assuming that we evolved from fish, etc.
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VLOG: WHAT I LEARNED AFTER DEADLIFTING 3.3X MY BODY WEIGHT (540 POUNDS)
VIDEO: WHAT I LEARNED AFTER DEADLIFTING 3.3X MY BODY WEIGHT (540 POUNDS) AUDIO
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MAXIMAL FREEDOM?
The question is, not what is the “best place to live“, but the place to live where you at the maximum amount of personal freedom?
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PASSION FOR WEIGHT LIFTING
Why do I have such a great passion for weight lifting?
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INSANELY GREAT HEALTH
The only thing I care for and desire.
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Endurance is boring
What is more entertaining, to see Eddie Hall dead lift 500 kg, once? Or to see some dude on YouTube swing a kettlebell 1000 times in a row?
I say the first. Maximal power I’ll put, once, much more interesting than endurance. For example, seeing quarter mile drag races is more fun than a 24 hour Le on‘s race.Maximal power I’ll put, once, much more interesting than endurance. For example, seeing quarter mile drag races is more fun than a 24 hour Le on‘s race.
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Insanely good
The new operating systems for iOS, iPad OS, MacOS is insanely good!
Apple products and operating systems now a quadrillion times better than any Google, Samsung, Microsoft etc product.
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The promise of Zen
What drives minimalism consumerism.
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Higher?
Go higher for the sake of what?
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ANTI AFFORDABLE
In theory, almost everything is “affordableâ€. Afford (a+forth):
Proto Germanic: furba— forwars.
Aforthen— to bear, suffice, be sufficient.
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ANTI IPHONE
Maybe +1 for Apple Watch — get rid of your iPhone.
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M over A
M-series processors and devices over A-series processors!
In other words, quit buying the iPhone Pro— buy the iPad Pro instead!
In an ideal world, no iPhone. Only iPad — what I did in Vietnam for nearly a year!
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DYNAMICS VS STATICS.
The problem with cars:
Even if you buy the worlds best car, it is a static. It doesn’t keep on getting better, unless you keep upgrading it.
Also, the issue with most technology, once you buy it, it is static, it doesn’t just keep improving. Some exceptions include Apple devices, in which the software keeps getting upgraded and better, even though the hardware might stay the same.


This is the funny thing — why the INITIAL D or Midnight Tune Arcade video game racer might have more happiness and joy than the guy who owns a McLaren, Lamborghini or other exotic car in real life:
As he keeps playing, his car keeps getting upgraded with newer and better parts (whether cosmetic or engine based), and also, his/her skills improve in terms of racing ability.
Also, perhaps this is where I’m so passionate or interested in crypto, cryptocurrency, crypto technology, Bitcoin, etc:
As time goes on, it improves.
The network improves, the blockchain improves, more people use and adopt it, etc.
Powerlifting
Figure 1: August 18– 540 pound attempt, but not strong enough yet. Also relatively slow pull upwards. Also, why I love powerlifting —
To increase your physical strength is uber-obvious.



Figure 2: September 1st: New personal record in deadlift, didn’t record video as it distracted me. For example two weeks ago I attempted 540 pounds in my deadlift, and wasn’t strong enough (yet), then two weeks later, I became strong enough and successfully lifted it!
How does our body get stronger?
Figure 3: Interim deadlift, note 5 kg less on each side. Got it up easy! To be specific, two weeks ago, I attempted 540 pounds, and got it a little off the floor, but my grip (specifically my left hand) gave out. My grip wasn’t strong enough, which meant my forearms and body wasn’t yet strong enough.
But after two weeks, and one trip to the gym (I lifted 5kg less on each side), and another week of all you can eat shabu shabu and meat, then my grip was insanely strong — and I lifted it without any grip slippages no problem!
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Anti School
An Elon Musk must would have never come out of an incubator, neither a Steve Jobs. Neither a Kanye West. Anti Y combinator.
Also, most great innovators and entrepreneurs have had very little schooling. Maybe in order to become more successful, you actually need less schooling.
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Self vanity hurts nobody
Nassim Taleb:
Meditation is the best way to be vain without hurting anyone else.
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Hate vs love
You could learn more about a person by asking what they hate, rather than what they love. Hate is a more authentic emotion than love.
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Why I love living in a Buddhist country
So much more chill, relaxed, focused.
The upside of living in Cambodia or Thailand? I love Phnom Penh. My friend Todd Hata loves Chiangmai (see his YouTube).
Also here in Phnom Penh, people are happier, friendlier, more open and warm. Not super money-driven like other countries like China, America, Vietnam, etc.
I really hate Siem Reap — too much foreign and tourist intervention makes for a bad living or travel experience. I totally loved the “Tomb Raider†temple however. I also really enjoyed the countrywide drive there — the road to Siem reap.
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Bumpers are good
Imagine if cars didn’t have bumpers.
Also, kids (and adults) would have more fun bowling with bumpers!
I would also never squat if there were no safety pins or bumpers on the side.
“Burning the ships behind youâ€â€” sounds romantic but in actuality, not a good idea.
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BLUE *AND* RED
What is the best colors? Blue or red? I say both — a combination of both.
For example, police lights. Also, the South Korean flag.
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Barefoot for the supreme performance
Kids in Cambodia play soccer barefoot, to enhance their performance. Also, Seneca walks better when he’s barefoot.
Also, if you want the most supreme squat or deadlift, do it barefoot. Or the most minimal shoe, like Vibram five fingers.
Barefoot, bare chest. Bare legs.
The best pants in the gym — just short compression pants? Or short shorts rolled up?
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“Do as I say, not as I do!â€
The saying of a hypocrite


















































































































































































