Recover from a Bad Night of Sleep by Faking a Nap

http://lifehacker.com/5887647/recover-from-a-bad-nights-sleep-by-faking-a-nap

Working out too much, doing endless homework, playing too much computer games, reading too much novels and staying up too late! Stop! Let me just take a break!

With the age growing, We have to do more and more stuff incluing studying, doing sports and having more entertainment. Time becomes tighter and tighter.

So usually our sleep time is condensed. We take out of our part of sleep time to play more and study more. However, it's obvious that we will get tired easily. In order to mantain energetic in the day time and be able to work and learn, what's the most efficient way to save or restore energy?

Take a nap.

 I used to take a nap in the afternoon in the school and I was amazed by the consequence the nap lead me to. I just felt great after 5 or 10 minutes nap even I didn;t actually fall asleep!

Our bodies need to be recovered after working constantly. A 5 minutes nap is enough for our bodies to get ready for the remaing work in the day.

So just try to squeeze out this 5 or more minutes. You will be surprised how fantastic you feel after the nap and you will be ready for the remaing work whatever how hard it is!

Burnout Is Real: How to Identify and Address Your Burnout Problem

http://lifehacker.com/5884439/burnout-is-real-how-to-identify-the-problem-and-how-to-fix-it

A lot of people always ignore an important reaction in the life; that is the term "burnout". We usually use that term to describe an exhausting experience.

In the mojority of lifetime, we always feel strss from diferent areas of life which can not be averted. We have to face the stress situation, using efforts and power to try to solve it. However, when we are out of power, we feel uncomfortable and weird because we are exhausted without even noticing it. So how to identify and solve the "burnout" situation?

We should always be patient when we tend to be irritable. Some sufferings in the world are alsays irresistable and we must overwhelm it instead of escaping.

Just take a rest to cut off the source of the burnout when you feel stressed. Stop thinking about the burden and relax yourself for a short period of time and then come back to face the difficulty.

We will know how to speed up only if we know how to stop.

In addition, encourage the people around you who are also facing their burdens. Tell them to stop working to get rid of the ehausting status.

Don't speed up too much unless you know how to stop.

Improve Your Memory by Using Memory Foraging Strategies

http://lifehacker.com/5885293/improve-your-memory-by-using-memory-foraging-strategies

Memorizing is an important part in my life since I come to this new land and to speak a foreign language. Endless vovabularies and pharses confuse my brain and I keep fighting with these hateful words. I saw this article on the internet. I was curious what strategies can improve memory rapidly at first. After having read the article, I realize that the only way to improve memory is constant effort.

There are too many temptations in our life and we sometimes are addicted to it. Memorizing something that you don't want to memory requires durable perseverance.

We should make a list of plans everyday and force ourselves to reach it without excuses. However, there might be some sudden changes in daily life. We should makeup the miss work when we have available time.

Memorizing new vocabularies seems very boring to me so I always try to find some excuses to avoid suffering the pain of memorizing.

Therefore, when I feel tired or lazy, I will write down my aim and destination in order to remind me of the saying "No pain, no gain." When I overcome the challenge I'm facing by my patient and perseverance, I feel proud of myself.

In conclusion, the only way to improve memory is to memorize more and undertake the pain. Just let your brain keep training by adding more stuff to it.

Before she was Gaga

http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/24/before-she-was-gaga-the-unseen-photos/?hpt=hp_c1

Lady Gaga, as one of the most controversial artists in the US, is critiqued and discussed by the people all around the world. Her unique style and outfit create a strange reputation for her. A lot of people think she's gross and nasty. However, more people think she is an outstanding singer with distinguished talent and innovative music.

Recently, some pictures of Lady Gaga before she was famous was uploaded on internet and newspaper. I was pretty shocked when I first saw them. I cannot believe the meek and pure girl in front of me was changed to Lady Gaga on the stage.

So what caused her to turn to be the current Lady Gaga?

The anwser is unclear.

My point is that everyone has his own story and personality. Whatever purpose she has to be dressed in that style, her effort and works should be approved. She is a singer and her job is to bring relaxation or amusement for people. We don't need to critique her or even insult her style. It's her choice. We should focus more on her music and works that make her famous.

A real artist is not famous for discussion but for her impressive opus and the treasure he brings to this world.

Apparently, Lady Gaga creates a new style to this world and we should have a much opener opinion to accept different art.

Train Yourself to Become a Morning Person

http://lifehacker.com/5882993/train-yourself-to-become-a-morning-person-and-test-yourself-to-find-your-sleep-patterns

As time flies, the homework for everyday keeps growing all the time. Although it's not growing terribly,but I just can not go to bed on time every night.
10 minutes homework, then 5 minutes internet, 5 minutes bathroom, 5 minutes eating snack, then back to homework....
This is my current status....
This reminds me of my study life in China which is horrible and tough when compare it with American study. I had at least 3-hour homework everyday and the school ended at 5 o' clock.I was forced to stay up late and I always complainted about it.
Nowdays, I have much more free time but too many things attracts me. I could go to bed much earlier and have a good sleep everday. But I just addicted to the colorful world!
So I realize that we should have the ability to keep us away from the addiction and the attraction and should be able to tolerate the loneliness. Everyone has the potential mind to relax himself and avoid suffering pain.
Living alone without controling by parents, it is so easy to relax myself and do whatever I want. However, if I can avoid being addivted to different temptation, I can reach my dream.
One year from now, you will wish you had started today.

Chinese Hot Pot Recipe???

http://chinesefood.about.com/od/festivalsandholidayfood/a/hotpot.htm

Living in the United States, with totally different culture and eating habit, I think every Chinese student like me misses the Chinese food terribly. I have invited my Chinese friends in my American School to come to my house to have a hot pot together several times. It's a pity that we can not make the same one as we had in China, even the one we made cannot be compared with....

So this time, I looked up on the internet and found a recipe for hot pot which looks really good and close to the real Chinese flavor. To my surprise, the spicy sauce and the red soup really reminded me of the hot pot in China, and my friends also enjoyed it very much.

Nevertheless, I still noticed that we were lacking a kind of flavor. And I finally realized it was the atmosphere and the love of our families....

Exploring an unknown world alone, sometimes we lost ourselves on this unfamiliar land. No one will take care of us like our parents do. When I was in China with my parents, I used to complain about their wordy instructs and get mad at them. However, I realized how much I love my parents when I first came to this land without them.

I feel sorry for the way I treated them before. I want to tell them that I do love them and I will let them be proud of being my parents.

20 Minutes of Exercise a Day Is Enough to Get You Fit

http://lifehacker.com/5885620/20-minutes-of-interval-training-is-enough-to-improve-your-health

With life quality becoming better and better, more and more people are being lazier and lazier. Adiposity turns in to a serious problem. How to deal with it and lose weight? One of the major answers is obvious——Excercise!
However, how long should we exercise everyday in order to keep fit? There are tons of researches and reports to explain their answers. Now there is a new theory about ecercising only 20 minutes everyday. It illusatrate how it can work to keep people fit. The report includes a huge amount of researches and experiments so as to make it reasonable and credible.
I wander what is the best way to keep fit because there are too many different opinions that you can find or hear everywhere.
In my opinion, everyone's body is different. We can not determine the best way for everybody to keep fit. People should figure out their own ways to train themselves. We can not follow every new theory blindly. These theories are just the suggesions or the advice for you. They may not work in different body structure. So I think we should trust ourselves and evaluate the news carefully because the "best one" may not be the "best one" for your body!

Valentine Dilemma

http://xkcd.com/1016/

The annual Valentine's Day is coming again and it's time to prepare a surprise for the one you care about. However, it's always hard to choose a gift for him/her because he/she is really important to you and you want to make him/her feel happy. This gift is too cheap and that one is too dazzling; this gift is too dull and that one is too contrived. A dilemma happens.

In my opinion, a good present for lover is the one with unexpected surprise and real love.

For the former one, life needs surprise to overcome the frustation and depression. People usually get tired of routine and want to get something special, especially from their lovers. A certain sending time, a proper sending place and an impressive sending format should be considered.

For the latter one, we should put our hearts and mind into our gifts. It means that your lover might not care about the price of the beauty of the gift. They just want to know that you're still crazy for him/her. A homemade decoration, a manual bracelet and a moving written letter will impress him/her.

The significance of sending gift is not about the price or the usage, it is about how much effort you have put in it for him/her.

The Habits That Crush Us

http://zenhabits.net/crush/

"We don’t know how to cope with stress and boredom in a healthy way."

Different life styles and different personalities lead people to different habits. We use various ways to divert oursevers while facing pressure or trouble. As we all know, there are too many temptations which we have to face them in our life. Therefore, smoking, drinking, playing video games and other distracting habits become some people's bad hapbts.
In my opinion, a successful person must be the one who can tolerate the depression in the life and resist the different kinds of seducements.
There are a lot of healthy ways to help us overcome our troubles and lead us to a good mood. Listening to music, reading and talking with friends are all easy methods to relieve our pain. In addition, smile is the most powerful and beautiful magic in the world. Let a smile lead you through the trouble and get rid of bad mood. And it can also make the people around you feel comfortable. Let the habit of smiling guide you to cast off the bad habits you have already formed.
It will never be too late to correct the habits.

Why Apple's products are 'Designed in California' but 'Assembled in China'

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/22/why-apples-products-are-designed-in-california-but-assembled/



     Having the biggest population in the world, as we all know, China plays an important role in the worldwide economy which requires endless and extremely cheap labor force. Why do the majority of developed countries choose China as an assemble base?

    In my opinoin, there are 2 major points. First, there is no developed country that can have such a big population and enable huge number of people to do such a job. Secondly, China has the cheapest labor force in the world. Most workers, working in an assemble line, are paid less than 10 dollars for more than 12 hours, which sounds ridiculous but does happen! In contrast to the valuable labor force in developed countries, apparently every big company will choose china to get their goods assembled though the shipping is very expensive.

    As a Chinese, I feel entangled. I think China and most developed countries such as the USA, are in a Mutually Beneficial Supplier Relationship. Think that America forces Apple to get assembled in local labor company, what will happen to 230,000 people or even more people in China who work for assembling? And what will happen to Apple if they have to pay the high salary for the labor forces? Can they still make such a big profit? The anwsers are obvious.

    Which makes me ashamed and upset is that the core technology still belongs to foreign countries. We only have the qualification to assemble the stuff that others send to us. In a word, China still has a long way to go though it is developing at an extremely fast speed. I hope that one day I can see some famous products that are designed by a Chinese company!