Sunday, February 27, 2011

My Top 5 Favorite Foods

1. Cereal (Lucky Charms tend to be my favorite)













2. BBQ Pork Ribs










3. Apple Cake (my mum's one)













4. Lamb (in any form...)












5. Enchiladas

Monday, February 21, 2011

SSCDS

STRESS
SELF-ESTEEM
COPING
-------;---------
DEPRESSION
SUICIDE


Stress is a great component and result of low (or even high) self-esteem. Whether or not it is easy to cope with really depends on the level of stress. One must find ways to cope with these and try not to take perhaps their anger, frustration or hatred out on other people. One result of not being able to cope with stress is in the form of depression. Depression, once led the wrong direction can often lead to suicide. Coping with all of this is quite vital as it is a major cure for either the attacks of stress and depression.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Stressors vs. Stress Relief

Stressors:


1. Parents
2. School work (linked with parents)
3. Studying
4. The lack of being able to spend time alone
5. Sports (starting position on team/coaches approval)



Stress Relief:


1. Music (playing or listening)
2. Ps3 [CoD particularly as I can take my anger out by shooting other people :) ]
3. Sleeping (as long as I want and not as long as my parents want)
4. Swimming
5. Batting cages (smacking the p*ss out of softballs)

Stress News Entry: Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/02/06/2339628/newcastle-united-4-4-arsenal-and-the-other-greatest-premier


SUMMARY:
After leading 2-0 in the opening 2 and a half minutes, Arsenal had added two more by the 24th minute. Newcastle were struggling to even get hold of the ball for more than a minute. At the interval, the manager of Newcastle must've said SOMETHING that would have encouraged his men to fight back at all means. And so they did.

BIG MEANING:
Heading into the last 10-12 or so matches of the season, the pressure and stress will be building immensely on Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger whose side haven't won a trophy since the FA Cup back in 2005. Stress build up will soon come to a near overload for him with all the pressure of the entire club and fans alike wanting some silverware for the team. They are still currently in 2nd place in the Premier League and should have reduced the gap from the league leader who also lost last week. I personally believe that this pressure is incredibly hard to deal with, considering how important this man's situation is here. When the match ended 4-4, none of the players could look their manager in the eye. This is such an important time for the players and manager who will continue to be under great pressure till the end of the season. The pressure of the fans will grow with the impatience building up for their favorite team to actually win something having gotten so close in recent years having only slipped up near the very end.

WHY?
Arsenal Football Club is quite an important part of my life as it is the one team I have supported for more than 10 years. I haven't seen them lift a trophy since 2005 and have been quite disturbed how every year since then they have come so close only to slip up in the last few matches of the season. They still are in all competitions currently and are due for the final of the League Cup next month. This one match a couple of weeks ago really annoyed me how the team went from pretty much 100% of possession in the first half to hardly getting a touch of the ball in the final 20 minutes. I do feel quite bad for the manager who will be more hungry than anybody in the world to lift some silverware this season.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Stress DVD Response

The main idea posed in this documentary is that although study is made on monkeys, stress is a very serious condition taken by almost all living things on Earth. The title "Portrait of a Killer" is a connotation to what stress can really do to the human system. It slowly (or rapidly) plays its attack on the human body and mind, tearing away at ones ability to think straight or even think at all.