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HELLO EVERYONE, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR, HAPPY TIBETAN NEW YEAR, AND HAPPY LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY

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MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS BACK TO NORMAL, MY DOCTOR ASKED ME HOW I DID IT IN 2 WEEKS, I STOPPED EATING SALT, LOW FAT FOOD, LOW SUGAR, ATE CELERY A LOT, LOW CAFFEINE (NO COFFEE), ATE APPLES AND DRANK HISBISCUS TEA (RED TEA) FOR A FEW DAYS, ALSO GREEN TEA (LIGHTLY BREWED) FOR A FEW DAYS, EXCERCISE, THERE, NOW ITS NORMAL, BUT I STILL SHOULD BE CAREFUL AND OF COURSE DON'T SMOKE (LA LA LA I DON'T DO THAT ANYWAY, LA LA LA),

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CHINESE NEW YEAR EXCITED ME, I WATCHED SOME PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH ABOUT THE CELEBRATIONS, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT IT IS THAT IT IS MORE A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, MEANING THAT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE SMALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES WOULD HAVE A MEAL TOGETHER OR SOME TREAT, DANCE AND PARADES, THEY ARE SO HAPPY, AND OF COURSE THE DRAGON PARADES, IT IS ALL SO PRETTY, IT IS ALSO THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THAT MIGHT BE WHY IT SEEMS SO LIGHT AND PRETTY TO ME, SPRING, AND THEY ARE SO SPRINGY, CELINE DION SANG IN CHINESE, IS THERE ANYTHING SHE CAN'T DO, LOL, ALSO YANNI WAS THERE AND OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT NATIONS, AND THE FOOD, EVEN THE FOOD IS PRETTY, LOL, IT WAS FUN TO WATCH, AND A FEEL GOOD MOMENT!

I WAS THINKING TODAY WHY DID FEBRUARY 12TH MEAN SOMETHING TO ME, AND THEN I REALIZED IT IS THE DAY WE USED TO CELEBRATE A. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY, REMEMBER WHEN THEY ALL HAD SEPERATE DAYS, WHEN I WAS IN GRAMMER SCHOOL, OH SO LONG AGO, WE HAD A PAINTING OF ABE LINCOLN IN SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE GEORGE WASHINGTON (WHICH I BELIEVE WAS IN EVERY CLASS ROOM, WELL THE SCHOOL'S NAMED AFTER GEORGE, LOL).

THE DAYS BEFORE I SMOKED, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID SMOKE THEN, BUT MOSTLY MEN, I RARELY SAW A WOMEN SMOKE THEN, ACTUALLY CAN'T THINK OF ANY THAT DID OR THAT I SAW THEN,SUPPOSE THERE WERE, CLOSET SMOKERS, LOL

THEN THERE IS THE TIBETAN NEW YEAR, CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT THIS AS THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING ON ABOUT IT, EXCEPT FOR THESE DUMPLINGS THEY MAKE, THEY PUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN THEM AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE NOT TO BE EATEN, I KNOW, STRANGE, BUT EVERYTHING HAS A MEANING, LIKE SOME HAVE CHARCOAL OR WOOL IN THEM, IF YOU GET WOOL IT MEANS YOUR VERY WARM PERSON, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THE WHOLE 5 MINUTES THAT I WAS WATCHING THIS MY OLDER SON IS SHOUTING FROM ANOTHER ROOM, CHARCOAL, CHARCOAL, LOL, 

SO TWO MORE NEW YEARS AND THE NEW CHANCES TO RENEW OURSELVES?  MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO RENEW THEIR VOWS TO QUIT SMOKING, START AGAIN, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T STOP TRYING TO QUIT, IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO STOP SMOKING, MIGHT BE THE ONE SINGLE THING THAT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, WE DON'T KNOW WHO WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM, ANY ONE OF US HERE ON EX ARE AT RISK, AT ANYTIME WE MIGHT GET THAT AWFUL NEWS, NO MATTER HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN QUIT, IT COULD STILL HAPPEN, BUT THE LONGER YOU ARE QUIT THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES, THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO, WE ALL HAVE TO DO IS QUIT, AND STAY THAT WAY, SO I WILL GIVE MY NEW YEAR'S WISH TO ALL OF YOU (THAT IS 2 WISHES, LOL), SO MAKE YOUR WISHES COME TRUE.

HAPPY 2 NEW YEAR'S AGAIN , NOW TO SEARCH FOR MORE NEW YEAR'S DAYS OUT THERE, I THINK I WILL CELEBRATE ALL OF THEM, TO BE CONTINUED IN THE EVENT THAT I FIND MORE! LA LA LA 🙂

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