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CHAPTER 4 WALKING HABIT 

 
 

WALK AND BENEFIT 

 

 The human body is made to walk. 

 Walking 30 minutes a day cuts the rate of people becoming diabetic by more than half and it cuts the risk of people over 60 becoming diabetic by almost 70 percent. 

 Walking cuts the risk of stroke by more than 25 percent. 

 
 

 Walking reduces hypertension. The body has over 100,000 miles of blood vessels. Those blood vessels are more supple and healthier when we walk. 

 
 

 Walking cuts the risk of cancer as well as diabetes and stroke. 

 
 

 Women who walk have a 20 percent lower likelihood of getting breast cancer and a 31 percent lower risk of getting colon cancer. 

 
 

 Women with breast cancer who walk regularly can reduce their recurrence rate and their mortality rate by over 50 percent. 

 
 

 The human body works better when we walk. The body resists diseases better when we walk, and the body heals faster when we walk. 

 
 

 We don't have to walk a lot. Thirty minutes a day has a huge impact on our health. 

 Men who walk thirty minutes a day have a significantly lower level of prostate cancer. Men who walk regularly have a 60 percent lower risk of colon cancer. 

 
 

 For men with prostate cancer, studies have shown that walkers have a 46 percent lower mortality rate. 

 
 

 Walking also helps prevent depression, and people who walk regularly are more likely to see improvements in their depression. 

 
 

 In one study, people who walked and took medication scored twice as well in 30 days as the women who only took the medication. Another study showed that depressed people who walked regularly had a significantly higher level of not being depressed in a year compared to depressed people who did not walk. The body generates endorphin's when we walk. Endorphin's help us feel good. 

 Walking strengthens the heart. Walking strengthens bones. 

 
 

 Walking improves the circulatory system. 

 Walking generates positive neurochemicals. Healthy eating is important but dieting can trigger negative neurochemicals and can be hard to do. 

 
 

 Walking generates positive neurological. People look forward to walking and enjoy walking. 

 
 

 And research shows that fit beats fat for many people. Walking half an hour a day has health benefits that exceed the benefits of losing 20 pounds. 

 
 

 When we walk every day, our bodies are healthier and stronger. A single 30 minute walk can reduce blood pressure by five points for over 20 hours. 

 Walking reduces the risk of blood clots in your legs. 

 
 

 People who walk regularly have much lower risk of deep vein thrombosis. 

 People who walk are less likely to catch colds, and when people get colds, walkers have a 46 percent shorter symptom time from their colds. 

 
 

 Walking improves the health of our blood, as well. Walking is a good boost of high density cholesterol and people with high levels of HDL are less likely to have heart attacks and stroke. 

 
 

 Walking significantly diminishes the risk of hip fracture and the need for gallstone surgery is 20 to 31 percent lower for walkers. 

 
 

 Walking is the right thing to do. The best news is that the 30 minutes doesn't have to be done in one lump of time. Two 15 minute walks achieve the same goals. Three 10 minute walks achieve most of those goals. 

 
 

 We can walk 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night and achieve our walking goals. 

 
 

 Walking feels good. It helps the body heal. It keeps the body healthy. It improves our biological health, our physical health, our psycho social health, and helps with our emotional health. Walking can literally add year’s entire years to your life. 

 
 

 It's good to walk. 

 Be good to yourself. Be good to your body. 

 
 

 ALL ACUPRESSURE POINTS ARE IN THE SOLE OF YOUR FEET. 

 LET US ALL MAKE A DAILY HABIT OF WALKING AND 

 BE BENEFITED IN MANY WAYS!! 

 
 RELATIONSHIP NEVER DIES 
 Human relationship is more important to be maintained in everybody’s life.In the process of lead-life, many people, either relatives, or new incumbents will be getting acquainted in ones like, either for new start of married life or otherwise to maintain close relationship. As past experiences say that relationship generally never dies, its natural death, but, as circumstances lead the relationship to get suspended for few months or years due to one’s own Ego, Jealousy, Attitude and Ignorance and relationship looks like murdered for various reasons. If Ego, Jealousy, Attitude and Ignorance are kept away at a distance, then the relationship can long last without any hindrance or long troubles, may be few short-term temporary troubles can crop-up which are hushed-up in no time, and relationship will stay intact forever. 

 

MARK’s QUOTES are generated from the brain of the Author & Writer, MANTRIPRAGADA MARKANDEYULU. TheseQuotes would impress the readers’ and keep them in sober condition. All the readers shall feel happy to go through all these QUOTES in a pleasant manner 

 
 

It is the need of the hour to mention here that these “Quotes” are most useful for purposes of movies, episodes and feature-films and short films. “MARK’s QUOTES” could well be useful for Hollywood, Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood movies too. This QUOTES book also could be given as gifts to students, children’s and also as presentation as gifts in marriages and at various functions at schools, colleges to the competitors in various programs. These “Quotes” are of non-fiction type category and realistic ones, as per experience gained in life of past, present and future, as somebody or the other have confronted various problems in day-to-day life, may be due to poor economic, financial, illiteracy, poverty, poor employment opportunities, poor living standards. Also due to non-scientific and no technology, poor & slow development conditions, and also may be due to various aspects of poor life-styles related stories. 

 
 

These “Quotes” are some of the ‘Special Collections’ ascertained from the books of this Author & Writer (English), whose eBooks are both Fiction, Non-Fiction and other Love Story-line and Failed Love Story-line related subjects apart from Ghosts Stories, Bank Frauds, Gamblers’ Life, Deceivers’ Life, and on Black Money related stories, etc. 

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FACE BOOK INFORMATION [FBI] 

 

FBI (FB Information) friends itself is a directory consisting of friends with faces. This FB is a time killer and in oneway it is good as people are engaged in their own FB activities from home without disturbing others instead of chit-chatting and gossip making with other friends and neighbors and wasting one’s own time as well others. Moreover, FB readers and operators longevity will be more when compared to non-FB operators, as per a research made by scientists - a leading Englishnewspaper recently quoted. 

 

FB services can be best utilized for the purposes of communication information of new deals, set up of institutions information, information on various Training programs/government and private schemes information/NGO services information/health, educational, cultural and sports information, manufacturing of new products information, so on and so forth. 

 

More than all, one can know the whereabouts and location places of persons/friends/relatives and known people at different places, their activity and movement of people around the world. We can also convey messages to all. FB Information serves people in many ways and it is up to the FB operators to know how best one can utilize the FB Tool system, when compared to Internet system o Messenger or WhatsApp system or SMS system. One can operate FB system by sitting at house/office or at any place including during travel time. 

 

Also, one can watch the developments taking place at Rural places, villages and in various Cities pertaining employment opportunities and facilities and also one can participate in many programs that are being offered through FB Information system. Participation of FB utilizing people is welcome various programs organized by many of the institutions through FB Information system. 

 

Also FB operations are all free of cost and lot of money is saved in one way. So, it is advisable to use FB as per one’sown time availability and there looks to be no harm in posts as long the item posts doesn't harm anybody with regard to caste, creed, religion and also sentiments of others. 

 

FB is a good media tool and faster than any tool which one can use free of cost. The best utility in 21st century is FB TOOL. One should be happy for this FB facility provided by FB CEO. 

 

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SUCCESS KNOW-HOW
(For Students and All Age People)

SYNOPSIS

SUCCESS KNOW-HOW is the beautiful thoughts generated from the authors mind. These are not sayings, but reality thoughts which are useful and knowledgeable to all the children & student community, employees and employers, business, traders & sales personnel, global universities & university students etc. The SUCCESS KNOW-HOW enhances the intellectual capacity of a reader. SUCCESS KNOW-HOW makes one's mind very sharp and keep the thinking power in alert and ship-shape condition. These thoughts are well written & projected through sheer life experience happenings.

This book enthrall readers with - easy going, knowledge gain, competitive mind, dashing nature, good natural energetic attitudes, calculative arithmetic mind, meeting and mixing with people, spontaneous answering, appreciate others, leadership quality gain, expose natural expression, artistic thoughts expression, creativity of application mind, generating original ideas, desire to gain from your hard work, expression of love and affection, maintaining balanced mind, shrewd decisions taking, applying time management and many more positive thoughts gaining as life progress.

Author expects all the global people read, understand and enlighten their near & dear, kith & kin, family & friends, relatives & known people.

by
Mantri Pragada Markandeyulu, Litt.D.,
Poet, Novelist, Song and Story Writer
B. Com, DBM, PGDCA, DCP.,
Honorary Doctorate in Litt. from ITMUT, BRAZIL.,
Royal Success International Book of Records Honor
Gujarat Sahitya Academy and Motivational Strips Honor
Literary Brigadier Honor from Story Mirror, Mumbai, India
Spotlight Superstar Honor from Story Mirror, Mumbai, India

Plot No. 37,
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Anupuram, ECIL POST,
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Telangana State  India
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+91-9951038802

♦ -The thoughts of our main character are in quotes.
ex:
"I love chocolate"

♦ -When someone speaks, there is a hyphen in front of the quotes and the text. Pay Attention!
ex:
- "I love chocolate" she said

/  Just to avoid confusion :D  \

♦-I also wanted to make it clear that English is not my native language.-
                             This is my first Novel on the platform, please indulge ;)

♦-Good reading !

Lee Yon, promising young team leader.

When she woke up from her assassination attempt, she was no longer in her world, she was now in a world that was both familiar and foreign to her.

She had become the elder sister of the villain, the second masucline role in the novel "Flower's love": Tasha Bellion, the only princess of the empire of the same name.

A secondary character who "almost always" had a "rich" and peaceful life.

A pawn frequently used by the villain who "hardly" used it.


So what was the problem?


This girl has a curse that takes her word away and because of it people are treating her like crazy. MUTE AND DISRESPECTED

And she's the older sister of the evil emperor, a bloodthirsty punk! IN RISK OF DEATH AT ANY TIME


- "Hmm ... Can we survive?"




Author: - "Who knows?"

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Dharvey embraced herself, knowing that sooner or later, she is about to cry. Since she is alone in one of the places she finds comfort the most, she allowed herself to be vulnerable.
To Dharvey, she read on the internet quotes that Angela Abraham shared in descriptionari.com about sadness.
The lines that Dharvey read from her hit like home, making her save the quotes in her notepad of favorite quotes for her to read every now and then whenever she wanted to.
Dharvey couldn't count in her hand how many times she opened her notepad of quotes. She did it again while the music in her phone played, her eyes scanning to Angela Abraham's quotes about sadness.
"As the sadness comes you must love yourself as a good friend, treat yourself as a person you love, for then you will make it and the tough road will have been worth travelling with bare soles."
"Sadness comes as a painful cleanse. It is a chance to detox and reassess what is helping and what is hurting, a chance to make new choices and inform others that I have boundaries, needs and vulnerabilities."
"Let the sadness out or it'll poison you; such open-heart surgery without anesthetic takes real bravery. Do it though. I'll be waiting for you to finish with a glass of water."
"The sadness drained through me rather than skating over my skin. It travelled through every cell to reach the ground. I filtered it yet strangely enough, I kept what was pure and it was the dirt that left."
All of the aforementioned quotes were from Angela Abraham that Dharvey liked and copy pasted it in her notepad for her to read from time to time when she wanted to.
In all of her quotes, however, stood one quote at the very end. It was still from Angela Abraham, one of Dharvey's most favorite when it comes to a quote about sadness.  
"One must remove a bullet from a wound and one must let sadness come out, it hurts like hell because it is."
That specific quote from Angela hit her. The first time she read it, she couldn't help but read it over and over again.
Every time she felt down, she couldn't help but read the quote. The last time she did read the quote was before she met Arlo and the others when she was in a depressive state.
Now that she is left alone again and that her friends were gone in an instant, she couldn't help but open it again after a year of not opening it for a very long time.
To Dharvey, it's true—what Angela said about sadness. One must let sadness come out like a bullet from a wound. It hurts like hell, but it is.
Dharvey knew too well of how one would feel if he or she continued to bottle his or her feelings. If it is kept inside for too long, who knows how it will snap the person.
She did that for how many years since she was a child until now that she is a young adult. Before she met Arlo, it was the moment when she was about to commit suicide from the school's rooftop that she felt that she had enough of everything.
With the events that had transpired a while ago, Dharvey didn't even need to bottle everything in before she felt enough of her life again.
It happened all of a sudden—something that she didn't expect because of her own selfishness clouding her judgments.
It was a ripple effect affecting everything that she had in life.
Like a bubble, it suddenly popped to nothingness, leaving nothing behind but little droplets of liquid that represented all she had left.
Just herself.
Dharvey suddenly felt a sudden surge of adrenaline rush in her body. As she leaned her body out of the window, she wanted so much to jump even though it was only a one-storey house.
Instead, she just shouted at the top of her lungs, surprising some birds and other creatures at the back of their house. 
She then started laughing as she hung her head low, shaking her head at the same time to make her long hair hang loose outside the window.
"Fuck my liiiiiiiife!"
Dharvey shouted once more, some tears escaping from the corner of her eyes as she tried her best to control herself not to cry uncontrollably.
At the same moment, Ava silently appeared in Dharvey's house. It was easier for her to visit the place since she saw how Frey and the others came to visit her house when she and Levin pried into her memories.
Sighing at the sight of Dharvey as if she was about to lose her mind, the demoness, Ava, crossed her arms in front of her chest and cleared her throat, slightly surprising Dharvey as she instinctively turned her body to look at her uninvited visitor.
"Oh!"
Dharvey blinked her eyes a few times, a foolish smile appearing on her face as she spoke, no longer caring what she was about to say.
"Who's going to visit next? The other angels?"
Ava shook her head, knowing that Dharvey didn't care what she was talking about because she already knew what else is there to lose when she already lost everything?
Her friends, and the person she loves.
Taking a few steps in, Ava approached Dharvey, the Cambion, laughing as she sat on the floor, looking up at Ava as she didn't know why she visited her in the first place.
"What? Angeal came home and told everyone about what happened? You came here to punish me, is that it?"
Ava didn't say a single word. She knew that Dharvey is already in the brink of a depressive state, not wanting to egg her in further since it would only make things worse for her.
Instead, she just knelt in front of her, reaching out her hand towards Dharvey. 
The Cambion, confused, just cocked her head to the side in wonder as she arched a brow at her, wondering why Ava acted this way towards her.
Ava then gave her a small smile. She spoke, making Dharvey vulnerable again as what Ava said poked her heart, exposing Dharvey's emotions.
"If no one else would be willing to listen, then I would without judgments."


"Devin, do you love me?"

Hearing her question that had snapped him out of his thoughts, the Soul Eater opened his eyes slowly to meet her blue eyes once more. He smiled foolishly as his right hand reached out to her face, his thumb caressing her bottom lip.

"Is that a question you dare ask your husband?"

Angeal pouted like a child. 

"Tell me you love me... or I’ll cry."

Devin chuckled, making Angeal pout more as she narrowed her eyes at him. When Devin ceased his jovial laughter, he didn’t answer her question. Instead, he bent down as he pulled her closer to him, his lips smoothly landing on hers to give her a loving kiss. 

’I love you, Angeal. Before I even knew it, my heart yearned for you.’

~

Punished by the Almighty Seraphim, Devin was branded a fallen angel and was given a curse to become a Soul Eater—a being who is hungry for souls and feeds on them for sustenance.

Devin was bound on earth, looking for clues on how to cure his irrevocable curse until a desperate old man saw the Soul Eater and begged him to save his newborn granddaughter’s life.

However... it comes with the price of selling both of their souls. 

With the old man giving both of their lives to the Soul Eater, what path lies ahead for Angeal as she grows in a house full of magical immortals?

~

The Almighty Seraphim sighed, shaking herself from her thoughts. She then spoke, planting more curiosity in the mind of the Dominion who was watching over the Soul Eater. 

"Continue watching over them. She is his cure, but it will lead her to oblivion.”

~

With the Soul Eater cursed and with them eventually knowing that the sweet innocent girl he saved is the cure, will their relationship be a boon or a bane?

Will they perhaps have sweet love, forbidden love... or maybe even both?

With the given thoughts at hand, will fate bless their lives... or curse them even more?

Let us know the answers to these questions as we unravel the story of Angeal being the Soul Eater’s Possession.

~

[WARNING: Some chapters may contain mature R-18 content.]

[FYI: This book is also a SLOW BURN romance. If you don’t appreciate slow burns, feel free to take a chance on this book if you want to. *wink*]

Volume 1: Nunc Domum
When the Soul Eater, Devin, and his personal servant, Ivar, found no clues about the curse, they finally went home after 18 years. However, when the two arrived in the mansion, Devin's curse suddenly went amok when he met the human girl, Angeal. What could be the girl's involvement in his curse?

Volume 2: Est Ignotum
As the immortals and the mortals spent their days with each other, they are more confused than ever with not only with the feelings they have for a certain person, but also with their background, with their loyalty, and with what lies ahead. To them, there are a lot of things that are unknown...

Volume 3: Actio Culmen Cadentia
The peak of their lives had finally arrived as secrets and revelations, stirring their judgments and what they believe in. As they all go on with their lives, what will they decide for others, and of course, for themselves?

Volume 4: Et Requiem
With all the events that had transpired, each one of them had started to question one's judgment and decisions. Now that these actions had been falling, what will Devin, Angeal, and everyone do to face what's ahead of them?

Volume 5: Insidiamini Torquet
Everyone's lives are now practically caught in series of unexpected twists and turns. As they are to face the challenges that are thrown at them, what would everyone do as everyone is in it for a shocking revelation about their fate? Will they fight for friendship, freedom, or for love?

~

Update Schedule:
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Here Are the Best Daily Inspirational Quotes for 2021, 1 Month at a Time

Every month in 2021, we'll share the best inspirational quotes for each day. Here's the first of 12 installments, plus a free e-book full of extra inspiration.

BY BILL MURPHY JR.@BILLMURPHYJR

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Every New Year's Day since 2016, I've started the year by gathering the best inspirational quotes I can find, one for each day of the coming year.

This year, we all need an extra bit of inspiration. So, I'm doing two big things. 

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First, we'll share the quotes for 2021 in 12 monthly installments, each one with a theme. For January, the theme is hopefulness and new beginnings.  

Second, in case you're looking for a big dose of inspiration all at once, I've gathered hundreds of the most popular quotes from past years -- plus new ones, suggested by readers -- into a free, downloadable e-book. 

It's been humbling to realize how much power these short words and phrases have to inspire people. Here's the first installment of 2021.

Friday, January  1, 2021

"I won't wait."

--McKenzie Scott, who in 2020 donated more than $6 billion, promising not just to give away her "disproportionate amount of money," but also to start immediately. 

Saturday, January  2, 2021

"Optimism, pessimism, [forget] that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
--Elon Musk, in 2008, after the first three SpaceX rocket launches failed to reach orbit

Sunday, January  3, 2021

"Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage."
--Susan Sontag

Monday, January  4, 2021

"Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.... If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually,' just do it and correct course along the way."
--Tim Ferriss

Tuesday, January  5, 2021

"Our industry does not respect tradition. It only respects innovation."
--Satya Nadella

Wednesday, January  6, 2021

"Stability and education are important. I'm not taking anything away from that -- but innovation is the real driver of progress."

--Bill Gates, Rolling Stone interview 2014

Thursday, January  7, 2021

"If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. ... If, by chance, you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that's made--that you made. And a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better."
--Admiral William McRaven

Friday, January  8, 2021

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Saturday, January  9, 2021

"I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."
--Steve Jobs, Stanford speech, 2005

Sunday, January  10, 2021

"When you think about the things that you will regret when you're 80, they're almost always the things that you did not do. They're acts of omission. Very rarely are you going to regret something that you did that failed ... I'm not just talking about business things. It's like, 'I love that person and I never told them,' and you know, 50 years later you're like, 'Why didn't I tell her? Why didn't I go after it?'"
--Jeff Bezos, in a 2018 interview

Monday, January  11, 2021

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
--Walt Disney

Tuesday, January  12, 2021

"Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else."
--Sara Blakely

Wednesday, January  13, 2021

"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."
--Karen Kaiser Clark

Thursday, January  14, 2021

"Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!"
--Mark Cuban

Friday, January  15, 2021

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
--Maya Angelou

Saturday, January  16, 2021

"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."
--Malala Yousafzai

Sunday, January  17, 2021

"The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves."
--Barbara Corcoran

Monday, January  18, 2021

"If you have a dream, you can spend a lifetime studying, planning, and getting ready for it. What you should be doing is getting started."
--Drew Houston, in his 2013 commencement address at MIT

Tuesday, January  19, 2021

"I branded myself. I created a thing called the Salinger Group. I started saying 'we' instead of 'I.' My now-wife who was then my best friend designed a business card for me that was gorgeous. I had a website that said tons and tons of nothing and no physical address and no contact information other than an email address. And the funniest thing would happen. I'd come to things like this. I'd be talking to somebody and hand them my card and they'd say, the Salinger Group, huh? I know you guys. You do good work."
--Chris Sacca, at an Inc. event in 2016, explaining how he reinvented himself and started over after losing $4 million in bad stock trades  

Wednesday, January  20, 2021

"I think people waste so much time strategizing about what they should do, rather than just going and doing something, making mistakes, and then pivoting. The goal of a startup should be: Launch as many things as possible, fail as quickly as possible, and then figure out how to move forward from there."
--Jennifer Hyman, co-founder and CEO of Rent the Runway

Thursday, January  21, 2021

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
--Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Friday, January  22, 2021

"Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it."
--Jack London, in an essay called "Getting Into Print," from 1905

Saturday, January  23, 2021

"The single most important factor to getting rich is getting started, not being the smartest person in the room." 
--Ramit Sethi, I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Sunday, January  24, 2021

"There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started."
--Eddie Van Halen, in a 1996 interview for Guitar World magazine

Monday, January  25, 2021

"What we call the beginning is often the end / And to make an end is to make a beginning. / The end is where we start from."
--T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding," 1946

Tuesday, January  26, 2021

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."
--Plato, The Republic, c. 375 BC

Wednesday, January  27, 2021

"I intend to approach this year as one of great promise. No doomsday for me: I'm going to do my part, within myself and within the world, to bring about a shift that lets us live more authentically, more lovingly, more intuitively, more creatively, and more collaboratively. That's my idea of spiritual evolution. Of a spiritual revolution!"
--Oprah Winfrey, from her 2012 new year message

Thursday, January  28, 2021

"Goal: by 1-1-81, NO typewriters at Apple..."
--Apple memo, 1980

Friday, January  29, 2021

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
--Michael Altshuler

Saturday, January  30, 2021

"I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." 
--J.K. Rowling

y, Janaruy  31, 2021
"Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress." 
--Seth Godin
She didnt understand anything cuz she read it in the fastest way possible and that took her around 20 mins or so...


3 friends aged over 18 find a secretively path which is a secret path/tunnel to a magical land where imaginary animals live, on a beautiful scenario.They found some extraordinary things they have never heard or seen or thought about but one day an unexpected thing came up.

A year later.....

It's late December, I took 2 weeks off to visit Tiere at Jakarta, staying at her apartment. Tiere told me she loves her job and she made a lot of money. I'm so happy that I let her chase her dreams. And I, I finally got to work at my dream game company, was accepted right after a month dating Tiere. She's like a lucky charm to me.

The sun shining through the open curtain, I woke up before the alarm start beeping. I turned it off once it rang cause it's Sunday, I leaned forward looking at the peaceful looks of Tiere while she's sleeping, drooling on her pillow, greasy hair, and her messy waterproof makeup, did she forget to wash her face or? I use my thumb to wipe her eye –shadow but I didn't make it, for me she's always beautiful, my lips lifted upward I feel warm in my heart as it beats faster cause I realize how much I love her. Somehow it's so calming and my heart is melting. I leaned my head forward again, kiss her lips once and she pouted. "I want to sleeeppppp" she said, tossing her body to the other side. I laid back on the bed, hug her from behind. 

"Good morning, my dear" I whispered. I heard her sniffing smiles. Then my phone ruined my Sunday. 

drrrttt drrttt drrttt

I sit up to catch my phone, my mom's picture popped up. DAMN! SHE IS VIDEO CALLING ME RIGHT NOW? I LIED TO HER! But it's okay, I am 24 years old. BUT NO, JUST PRETEND I'M IN THE HOTEL.

I click the green button soon as my mom's face close up-ly appeared. I was kind of shock, my heart start pumping fast, throbbing behind my ribs, it's going to crack soon.

"Hii.. Mom" my jaw turns rigid. 

"Hey, so, you're at Jakarta?" my mom asked, still smiling.  

I nod my head, "Yes"

"Huh.. it's so hard to ask you to come to Miami, but when it is about Tiere, you arrived soon as she asked" 

I told my mom about Tiere and my mom was so happy about it. I don't know she used to ship me with Tiere since grade –school. I don't understand my mom sometimes. 

"Mom..." I rolled my eyes. 

"So where's she?"

"She is beside me..ups" I covered my mouth, DAMN! MY MOM PURPOSELY SHIFT MY CONCENTRATION.

Her smile disappeared, her face turned scary. THIS IS THE END OF MY LIFE!

"HAA!! YOU!!! Bastard! You slept with TIERE?? YOU DARE LIED TO ME?? YOU WANNA GET MARRIED SOON, HUH?" 

"Momm.. mom... listen" like usually....

Then, how about Caroline and the flowers?

Back to that time.

Once I've done my confessions towards Tiere, I walked back to my car light –heartedly. I feel happy and relieved at the same time. 

drrrtt drrttt

It's Caroline. Oh, I really forgot about her! I was kinda shock.

"Ryan.. where the hell are you?"

"Caroline.. I'm so sorry to say this. But, I think I'd like to stay with Tiere cause I love her" I said as I scratched my forehead, I know I sound like a total jerk but this is for the best.

"What???" she moaned and hung up the phone, before I even explain. 

Then the florist got to call me. 

"Hello, Giany's florist here. Am I talking with Mr.Valerian?"
 "Hello, miss florist. The bouquet and the chocolate box, sorry.. my girlfriend just left the town, so I'm giving that package for you. Thankyou!"

It turned her speechless, maybe I sound pathetic but not too pathetic that makes her confused. Ah, not a big deal.

That's how I deal with my puppy lover and the first roses I bought.

-Bonus Chapter End-

Hello, do you enjoy Bestfriend With Benefits?

Right, if you did, please hit follow my account and send me tons of likes! If there's anything you need to add, please do comment below. I'm so glad that I finally made it until the final of the story.

So here's a little throwback of the story and the specific descriptions of the character: 

Ryan (Valerian) : a tall nerd guy, he used to be thin, but he did some work out. He has a dark hair color and a pair of glasses but just in some times since he plays computer a lot. Sometimes he doesn't put any glasses while on date. Well, he is kind of good looking back in High School, just very thin so nobody noticed them, like he is nearly invisible. Ryan is from a very rich family too, but he is simple, so nobody has ever realized it. 

Tiere : a nerd girl who tends to be so active, and talkative. She has a dark past during her school time, students like to judge her, but since graduated from high school she did some improvements of her both appearance and her image that makes her prettier in the present time. But nah, in the past time, she is kind of retarded. Her family isn't that rich, but her mom's new husband and her dad's new wife are billionaires. But Tiere won't take a cent from them. She is tough. 

Caroline : she is one of the queen bees gang in their school. But she is the most normal among the others, I mean.. she is kinda study a lot rather than hanging out and shopping, even though she does a lot of shopping too. She is from a very rich family, that's why people like to cling into her. Nowadays people.

Calvin : Tiere's ex –boyfriend. Son of a famous cosmetic company. Calvin and Tiere were not in the same school. They met in the pub where Tiere worked at. That time, Calvin has a crush on her, and get to know her better. Tiere doesn't change because of Calvin, so don't get her wrong. She changed because she feel kinda ashamed of her past life during her school time. 

The quotes and some descriptions were inspired by descriptionari, they have tons of beautiful quotes and inspirational writings there. I develop my knowledge, learning from that website. 

The cover of the book might confused you. It is the picture of them wearing their middle school lab suit in their adult age. 

Here, I made 2 quotes for you! You can share quotes from Bestfriend With Benefits story your own in the comment section!

"You can't predict people, you can't predict love. It just came across you somehow, so you'll barely realize it"

"The worst part is sometimes the best part" 

-      Bestfriend With Benefits

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(Goodbye in Bahasa Indonesia)

Tik tok …tik tok…tik tok... It was always the clock ticking that would wake me up from my thoughts. Something about it always alert me about it. I look at my right and I found that it's already 1 pm, morning isn't really my thing.
"well look who decided to show up."
"good morning to you too mother."
"are you ok Elena you look a little pale."
"oh I'm ok mum I just slept too much."
"hmmm I see."
My said with a soft smile that had a deeper meaning than just a smile it means that she is there for me but is she really.
"hey mummmmm I'm hungry."
"Sophie I think mum already know that you called her mummmmm after all."
"well Elena I wasn't talking to you that's for sure so why speak up."
"Sophia Grason never speak like that to your older sister do you hear me."
"you are weak mum have to defend your pathetic self."
Sophia said whispering so mum won't hear.
"Hey Elena what do you want to eat?"
"thanks mum I'm not hungry now."
"Elenaaaaa."
"mummmmmmm."
"make sure you ate after a while."
"yessss mummm."
As I said that I started to head for my room I might still be young but one thing for sure I don't wanna stay at the same place with my sister.
"you are weak."
my sisters words kept ringing inside my head and I knew for sure that my overthinking will start soon so I decided to listen to music and try to look at quotes. I decided to listen to Ghost by Jacob lee that song always takes my heart, his voice is so unique and the lyrics always hit me up and the melody it's just right. Everything about that song is right. i kept scrolling between different quotes but nothing caught my attention it's all the same except for one 
"the word clue….
It means a hint. something to help us find something or someone.
Sometimes it's someone close to us or something we put ourselves to not lose our way in the future."
I read that quote and wondered is that true did we somehow help ourselves and didn't know it but if we did, How did I help myself? 
All that thinking made me wonder of every choice I made and if it was the right one back then or if it was the right one for the future. As I try to recall the memories my mind get blocked and become blanked.
"I have to remember to get better."
I keep telling myself but no use it's still blank.
the memories and the words are stuck inside my mind i try over and over but no use. it's funny they always say to speak my mind it's easy but look at me stuck and trapped inside my mind i'm really a good for nothing. will i ever be good at anything or for anyone i doubt it someone like me shouldn't exist from the beginning.
.........….

the door that we closed inside of us is it really closed or did it open while we were consumed by life

Some authors in chat talked about a book's worth. 

Most agreed that its value depends on the readers' willingness to pay for a novel. And the most selling here in WN are romance and h e n t a i.

Honestly, it is true in a sense that most authors who don't write these two genres or have the general audience receive lesser income to none. However, there are also other genres that are popular.

What saddening is that a story which has no s** will be buried deep in the list of books.

One time, a person told me that he won't read books without s**. I think you understand what I mean.

Sad... 

Those good literary authors will just choose Amazon. I totally agree with that.

But, is that what really makes a book valuable? So, the authors will just resort to writing stories with s**  since most will welcome it.

I feel sad if it is.

I've been reading and watching epic and classic stories like Mary Poppins, The Twelve Kingdoms, Fushigi Yuugi, The Vision of Escaflowne, Star Wars, Anne of Green Gables, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, and others. 

These are great books but I'm not sure if the new generation is still reading them.

Hoping they are.

So, what is the worth of a writer? Of a person's storyteller's heart and creativity?

Will it just be buried deep in isolation? Will it just be following the flow of readership and abandon its desire to produce good stories?

I disagree. We still love good stories. There are still more readers who love good reads. In fact, these type of stories are more engaging and imploring. Those epic stories won't be called epic if no one reads them anymore. They are classified as such because their worth is beyond trends.

They simply go against the flow and create a tsunami, leaving people awestruck.

That is the type of book I want to write. I prefer to be remembered as an author who writes good stories without compromising the principles I believe.

Don't get me wrong. There are still good books with a bit of those s** things out there that you can read. But they don't focus on those scenes but on the story itself.

I am a person who never follows trends. And I care less what people call me. I will rather be true to myself than to follow the crowd and lose my self-respect.

In my opinion, the worth of a story is not only on the business side but also on how much heart and effort the author gives to his/her books.

To authors: Let us enjoy writing good stories. Let us be proud of what we write for not everyone can be authors. And not all writers can finish a book. The truth, most books here are unfinished.

To readers: Support good books and give the authors that confidence to continue writing good stories. Without your support, the authors might give up. If no one read good stories, then there's no point on writing one. But I believe most readers still love those type of books.
-----o----
Inspirational Quotes for Authors:

"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose." — Stephen King

"If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write." — Somerset Maugham

"Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer." — Ray Bradbury

"I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly." — Edgar Rice Burroughs

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." — Ursula K. Le Guin
-----o----
Inspirational Quotes for Readers:

"Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light."
–Vera Nazarian

"Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself." —George Bernard Shaw

"Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood." — John Green

"The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you." —W. Somerset Maugham

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life."
–Helen Exley

Have a good and fruitful day.

😁😁😀😄💖💓💞

I  invite you to read the short diary of my daily struggle as a writer. No clear update but I will try to write every day. Don't expect very long chapters.

Started as an entry for fun and submitted for writing prompt #63: One chapter post but still ongoing.

 Please add tags: #diary #drama #comedy #author #writing

Please read my ongoing story:
The Sorceress' Heir: Blossoming Youth and Power

"The competition is really fierce, who knows who the final winner will be."
"I have been standing here for just fifteen minutes and have already seen over ten Gu Masters putting quotes in the counter."
"Ah, this is a game for the rich. People like us don't even qualify to compete."
In the second floor of the treehouse, Gu Masters were surrounding the central counter; discussing and sighing.
As night approached, the competition for the red steel Relic Gu had reached its peak. Many Rank two Gu Masters who were observing in the dark started putting their quotes in this final hour.
Some Gu Masters even made several bids.
"The final winner for this struggle should be either Mo Yan or Chi Shan," someone guessed.
"That's possible. Mo Yan and Chi Shan are both at Rank two upper stage. With this Relic Gu, they can advance to peak stage and be at the same level as Qing Shu."
"In recent years, Gu Yue Qing Shu has been hanging over their heads. I don't believe these two don't have any thoughts about it." 
"We can't say for sure. It is not only us Rank two Gu Masters, there are even some Rank three elders who have made bids. Just this morning, someone saw Lord Yao Ji casting her bid."
"Right, I also heard that. Lord Yao Ji's granddaughter Gu Yue Yao Le is taking part in the coming Awakening Ceremony; Lord Yao Ji should be preparing ahead and paving the way for her granddaughter."
"Ah, how good would it be if I had such a doting senior!"
Fang Yuan was among the crowd, his gaze tranquil as he listened to the discussions.
No one had mentioned his name. In the people's eyes, Fang Yuan was only a lucky kid who had just inherited the family assets. In their minds, Fang Yuan was still not at the level of people like Chi Shan, Mo Yan and Qing Shu.
"Great. The less attention on me, the more smoothly can I get this red steel Relic Gu. But with these repeated purchases, I should have attracted his attention."
Fang Yuan was ninety-nine percent sure of getting this Relic Gu; he began to think of another problem.
If the following events develop according to his expectations, then there would be a perfect ending to his several days of effort.
It was time.
The leaves and branches on the counter suddenly grew and wrapped firmly around the Relic Gu. The green leaves blocked the people's sight and when these leaves again unfolded, the red steel Relic Gu was not there anymore and was replaced by a Revert Gu.
The Revert Gu looked like a flat, oval, palm-sized stone. Its surface was slightly bulging and smooth, forming an eye pattern. The base of the stone was flat and felt rough to the touch.
The stone was black whereas the eye's pattern was covered with white lines.
About every two seconds, the eye would blink once and the white lines that portrayed the eyeball would swivel, giving the feeling that this stone was rolling its eyes.
Revert Gu had a special function.
It decomposed Rank two Gu worm to Rank one.
For example, if the Revert Gu was used on Fang Yuan's White Jade Gu, the White Jade Gu would again change back to White Boar Gu and Jade Skin Gu.
This process was called reverse-refining.
Fang Yuan glanced at it and immediately lost his interest. He didn't need the Revert Gu.
The surrounding Gu Masters began arguing. Revert Gu couldn't become everyone's focal point like the red steel Relic Gu.
Everyone was very curious on who the red steel Relic Gu went to.
Some people looked for the floor's caravan Gu Master and some people waited at the main desk.
The crowd slowly thinned out, but Fang Yuan didn't move away.
"Young Master Fang Yuan, please come to the third floor. Our lord Jia Fu would like to have a chat with you." A voice suddenly entered Fang Yuan's ears.
Fang Yuan wasn't surprised; there were many types of secret sound-transmission Gu worms in this world.
He followed the directions given by the voice and walked to a wall in the third floor.
Branches and leaves stacked together and covered the wooden wall.
Swoosh…..
The branches and leaves automatically parted to the sides and revealed a concealed door.
Fang Yuan pushed open the door and saw an exquisite whirling staircase that moved up.
He walked along the stairs and came to a small study room.
In the study room, Jia Fu was handling some accounts, his hand writing away speedily.
He raised his head when he heard Fang Yuan's footsteps, revealing the scar on his face. He gave a gentle smile, "We meet again, little brother Fang Yuan."
"Respects to Lord Jia Fu." Fang Yuan clasped his hands and saluted.
"Come, sit here." Jia Fu pointed at a nearest desk.
After Fang Yuan sat, his left hand pushed a bamboo paper on the desk towards Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan took a glance and immediately recognized that this bamboo paper held all his quotes that he had made in the recent days. Under every quote was his signature.
He was inwardly happy, it had gone according to his expectations. But on the surface, he wore a doubtful expression as he asked, "I am not sure what Lord Jia Fu wants to show me?"
Jia Fu's smile slightly decreased, his eyes flashing as he looked at Fang Yuan, "These are your quotes you made along with the quote you gave for the red steel Relic Gu. I will be honest, I am amazed at your business talent. Do you know, every one of your bids was very close to the final sale price."
"Although you only succeeded in buying a Black Boar Gu, a Liquor worm and the red steel Relic Gu, your quotes for other Gu worms only lacked by ten or so primeval stones. Brother, do you have any interest in working for me?" Jia Fu tried to recruit Fang Yuan.
"Here it comes!" Fang Yuan laughed inwardly. He had repeatedly made bids these days and had intentionally lost on most of them; his bids differing from the final price by only ten or so primeval stones. He had only successfully won Black Boar Gu, Liquor worm and red steel Relic Gu.
And just like he wished, Jia Fu was interested in the business talent he showed and took the initiative to recruit him.
However, in fact if Fang Yuan wished so, he had almost full guarantee of being able to purchase all the Gu worms.
"This…." Fang Yuan hesitated, then shook his head, "I am greatly honored to receive Lord Jia Fu's kindness, but I don't want to leave the clan."
"Oh, so it's like that." Jia Fu's gaze flashed, "Brother might have some misunderstandings towards me. A year ago, I indeed doubted you, but after using the Bamboo Gentleman, the suspicions on you have already been removed. Jia Jin Sheng was my brother, I hope you understand what my mood was like then. There is another piece of good news, I have already invited divine investigator Tie Xue Leng. There isn't any case which he cannot solve. I believe he will definitely be able to investigate the truth and give justice to you."
"Divine investigator Tie Xue Leng….this is a problem." Fang Yuan thought over this name. This was not good news to him.
In this world, there were many magical places and also many amazing methods that could be used to investigate.
When Fang Yuan killed Jia Jin Sheng, he had only been at Rank one. Even if he knew a lot of methods, he couldn't use them.
In his memories, Tie Xue Leng had a profound cultivation and wouldn't even tolerate a bit of sand in his eyes. He followed the thought of punishing evil and rewarding the right throughout his whole life. He had an extremely rich sense of justice and his thoughts were meticulous. He was very good at finding subtle traces from any clues.
"Divine investigator has a high reputation, I have also heard of him. But when will this lord divine investigator arrive at Qing Mao Mountain?" Fang Yuan put on an anticipating look and directly asked.
"That….." Jia Fu awkwardly smiled, "Divine investigator is very busy. From his reply, it might only be the year after the next."
Fang Yuan immediately felt relieved, he had a lot of time to prepare.
"Brother, I think highly of you. I hope you can carefully consider my proposal." Jia Fu made attractive offers.
Fang Yuan tactfully refused; now was not the best time to leave Qing Mao Mountain.
If he went to a strange environment without enough strength, he was bound to be bullied and pushed aside. The caravan was also full of unwritten rules on bullying and pushing aside.
"That is really a pity for your talent. How about this, I will give you this token. If there comes a day where you want my help, this token will be the proof that I will always welcome you." Jia Fu had failed in recruiting Fang Yuan, but he didn't feel surprised. He had a deep understanding towards this type of clan's cohesiveness.
If he was to know now that Fang Yuan was Jia Jin Sheng's murderer, who knows what his expression would be.
Fang Yuan apologised in shame as he received the token handed by Jia Fu along with the red steel Relic Gu.
He kept the two items close to him and backtracked his way out.
A young female Gu Master was caressing the leaves on the wall, when suddenly she cried out in shock. The branches and leaves suddenly parted and revealed a door.
The door was pushed open from inside and Fang Yuan walked out expressionlessly.
"You, you, you!" The young girl widened her eyes and blankly looked at Fang Yuan brushing past her.
Among the surrounding Gu Masters who saw this scene; some were familiar with this, some gave a knowing smile and some threw amazed looks.
Fang Yuan paid no heed to these gazes and walked down to the second floor. Some Gu Masters were still waiting there, excitedly discussing who the red steel Relic Gu went to.
Some people brazenly made guesses whereas some people gave some little news- "Mo Yan had a mysterious smile when she walked out of the treehouse,"—"Chi Shan's face was ashen,"—and so on.
And to top it all, some people pledged that so and so had bought the Relic Gu, even making an oath.
Fang Yuan went past this bored group of people. No one knew that at this moment, the red steel Relic Gu was so close to them.
When Fang Yuan walked out of the treehouse, he bumped into Chi Shan.
His face indeed looked unsightly, and at his side, Chi Cheng was asking about the whereabouts of the red steel Relic Gu.
After seeing Fang Yuan, Chi Cheng snorted and turned his head, intentionally not looking at him. Chi Shan silently nodded his head towards Fang Yuan as a greeting.
Fang Yuan also nodded his head as a reply, his face carrying a wisp of smile.
The last of the sunshine shone on this young boy's face; he was indeed happy.
With the red steel Relic Gu, his cultivation would instantly advance by a level.
And there was also the token.
A year ago, Fang Yuan wanted to build a friendship with Jia Jin Sheng and rely on him to take part in the future large-scale Gu fighting competition, reaping benefits in that period of upheaval.
Unfortunately, life was unpredictable, the final outcome made Fang Yuan not know whether to laugh or cry—unexpectedly, he ended up killing Jia Jin Sheng with his own hands.
No matter. Without Jia Jin Sheng, relying on Jia Fu also worked. This token was equivalent to the admission ticket to the future large-scale Gu fighting competition.


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


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