Today's Good Article
What We Expect Is What We Get
If you want to change your experiences, change your expectations, studies tell us (again). What you think will happen may really affect you physically.
Psychology Today has posted four studies that support the concept of the Placebo Effect, the idea that what you expect to happen will happen (something we've seen before when investigating the science behind having a bad day).
In one study, golfers who were told they had a "lucky" ball made more putts than they did using the ordinary ball. In another, researchers were able to manipulate the flavors participants tasted by adding tasteless food coloring (you could market vanilla pudding as banana pudding by adding yellow food coloring).
A third study cited, done by Harvard Professor Ellen Langer (who wrote a great book on cognitive thinking, Mindfulness), suggests your expectations can also affect your health and fitness:
Dr. Langer told the workers at four of the hotels that their work provided good exercise and "met the guidelines for a healthy, active lifestyle." To the housekeepers at the other three hotels, Langer said nothing.
Four weeks later, she compared the two groups.
The women who hadn't heard about the health benefits of their work showed no change in weight, body fat, or blood pressure. The housekeepers who heard that their work was good exercise, by contrast, lost an average of two pounds and 0.5 percent of their body fat—and experienced a 10 percent drop in their systolic blood pressure.
Just as believing in free will gives you more power to take action, you may be able to change what you experience by changing your mind. Photo by Roland Tanglao.
BY MELANIE PINOLA
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"Cape Promthep"
Phuket, Thailand
Taken by me :)
So many people keeps reblog this on my tumblr so I guess there will be no better place than this
and I could say that I've been to the edge of the cape, and it was so perfect. Really really stunning,
I really really wanna stay there forever, build a house there, live there and nothing to worry about
because it's paradise, yes Paradise.
Cascades - Tamaryn
Just another conversation between Natt and Suse'
N : I sometimes think it's maybe better to not know her at all
S : Why?
N : So I wouldn't be happy, sad or worry about all the things about her...if she knew this she would be so sad
S : I don't know, but if you didn't know her, your life maybe worse than this, who knows?
N : You mean this is meant to be? It has to be like this anyway?
S : I do believe there's a reason why you keep loving her so much like this, all you have to do
is believe in what you do or who you love, heaven always give us the best thing
N : Do you think she really important to my life? Or she's just someone that I'm wasting my time loving her
or just a stupid thing I do, like someone who doesn't understand what I'm doing...
S : I can't tell, it's your choice.. but one thing I know is we always get something back from what we give,
I don't think you're wasting time loving someone , believe me there will be something comes back to you
my love will come, my love will come
my love
for you i wait, for you i wait
my love
my love it burns, my love it burns
my love
my love will come, my love will come
my love
the choice is mine
to wait my lover's plane
delay my love, i'll wait
my love will come, my love will come
my love
for you i sing, for you i sing
my love
my love it burns, my love it burns
my love
my love will come, my love will come
my love
So it's my friend's birthday yesterday, he's the one and the part of my band
and we had fun fun fun fun a lotttttttttttttttt!!!! I fucking love Friday night!
so i didnt know what to wear so i got my pinky doc and the dotty dress
English girls, Nicole and Rebecca we had lot of fun! |
P'Yo gave Oath's sweet present!!!! |
LOL |
Maya sings 'when i'm with you' by best coast to the French guy |
LOL2 |
LOL3 and cat eyes |
birthday boy and his tshirt by me!!!! |
Does unexpected things happen for a reason
or do u just believe that it is because of the choices we make ?
My sister just told me today she met PLASTISCINES on the subway
OMG OMGGGGGGG WHATTTTTT?!!!!
She said, she was standing there and then Ana came in..
and then Katty,... omg i don't know what to say!
I told her few days ago that 'if you meet ana tell her you're my sister and ask her to come to thailand'
but i didnt believe she'd meet her because PARIS IS BIG!
but then she showed me thhis picture
and i'm like... OMG
i'm so jealous !
It's a small world after all, do you believe that?
M
or do u just believe that it is because of the choices we make ?
My sister just told me today she met PLASTISCINES on the subway
OMG OMGGGGGGG WHATTTTTT?!!!!
She said, she was standing there and then Ana came in..
and then Katty,... omg i don't know what to say!
I told her few days ago that 'if you meet ana tell her you're my sister and ask her to come to thailand'
but i didnt believe she'd meet her because PARIS IS BIG!
but then she showed me thhis picture
and i'm like... OMG
i'm so jealous !
It's a small world after all, do you believe that?
M
Between art and music
It's a thing I wanna know
What's the best
When I draw, I love
When I sing, I love
When I draw, I'm happy
When I sing, it's a relief
But when I draw, I can't sing and play
When I play music, I can't draw
24 hours is not enough
For one day
Listening to :
Amourex Transi - Tropic Revolver
It's a thing I wanna know
What's the best
When I draw, I love
When I sing, I love
When I draw, I'm happy
When I sing, it's a relief
But when I draw, I can't sing and play
When I play music, I can't draw
24 hours is not enough
For one day
Listening to :
Amourex Transi - Tropic Revolver
I never thought I'd say this in my life
"I miss my student life and i need it back now!!!!!"
somehow, life after graduate is free as a bird
but you know you'll always miss what you've had :)
-first playing guitar !
-the very first day !
-when we were a freshman, we all know each other, every majors, every faculties,
we know ALL the people that exist in the campus (see how friendly we are?)
-in class, boooooooooring !
- i had a bieber hair or something and i changed my hairstyle every week
-some sweet girl (oh yes girl! - i'm not sayin i'm gay though, i was studied in
girls high school for 12 years and i think it's ok and girls and guys are fine with me,
they're all good i don't mind any gender just people )
She gave me this box on my 19th birthday at my dorm
and i was like, omg! you made this for me?! omg!!!!
she knows everything about me, stalking every moves i make
and i didn't even notice !
she made the teddy bear, wrote something and also prints my photos
and put it in the notebook, oh yes she also draw for me what an amazing person !
but i was like, like someone else so i had to tell her we should be friends,
so many sad and happy love stories at the freshman year!
(such-a-looooooooooooooong stories dammit, i somehow think
i wanna write a book about it it was so funny)
man! i wish i could go back in time
i miss you guys ! miss you a lot
even though we still talk and meet, you know the memories are the best !
i never thought i'd say this in my life, ever.. that i miss those times a lot
when we were so young, 4 years passed , time flies so fast
now we're (kinda) old and we still have to moveeee onnnnn
love you my friends
I went to Phuket again,
and I was so happy there
when you are on holidays, it feels like you've left a real life behind
and be so happy with a dream life,
oh I was so happy to be there, by the sea, under the sun,
at the beautiful beaches, people are so nice,
great sea foods, great times,
I don't have to think about the other things in the real life, no...
see how good it can be
at Phuket, Thailand.