So f*cking true

"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons"

Update

I'm on a boat motherfucker! XD

La Familia

Got a splitting headache right now, and still need to spend around 4-5 hours more on Marketing (test tomorrow!). Kids, never underestimate a subject! You'll procrastinate until you, one day, wake up and realize you've got limited time to learn oh so much material!

On another note, I'm getting more in touch with my roots. For those who don't know, I was born and raised in Sweden, but my parents are from Iraq (both of them, some people thought I was half-Swedish, which I take as a compliment!). Not so much in contact with my mother's side of the family, as they're scattered across the globe, except for her youngest brother, whom I've grown closer to over the past year!

I'm closer to my father's side of the family, as they were all in Sweden or England when I was a kid, and were from that point on very involved with my life. Some people say their parents raised them. For me it was my parents, 3 of my uncles, my grandparents, 1 of my aunts, the wife of one of my uncles and subsequently the other two uncles' wives as they got married.
And when I say raised, I mean RAISED! Not that "see you twice/year"-bs that some families have. I'm talking weekly visits (even though we were scattered over Finland, England, North of Sweden and Stockholm, but we all eventually relocated to Stockholm), were each person, through the course of time, contributed with something to my developement as a person.

And now, they each have at least 2 kids, and I have begun the process of raising them!
This is not a bragging of any sort, this is a message to you guys. We wouldn't be where we are if it weren't for our families. So appreciate them, and thank them for their continous hard work and effort. They could've just sent you to school and not given a crap about you. But they were there. Supporting your progress, and comforting you through the hard times.

I can honestly say that friends (and partners, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife), they come and go (only a handful of the people you meet will TRULY be your friends. you'll meet a lot of "buddies", but only a few friends. I myself have so far only met 2 or 3 people I consider true friends, but I've got loads of "buddies"), but your family will always be there for you. So cherish them! And thank them for being there!

Do this...NOW!

Berserker Mode: Bankai Limit Lifted!

So far so good. Gotta kick it up a notch.
3 exams done (Managerial Accounting, Corporate Finance and Games & Strategies) and 4 to go:

6th of May - Marketing

11th of May - Financial Markets and Institutions

13th of May - Microeconomics 2

14th of May - Statistical Methods In Economics 2


And at 12:00 on the 14th of May, when the invigolators (bastards!) say "Time's up, pencils down!" I will be FREE!
After which the summer can begin, and all the crazy things planned can commence (Boxing with Edin, Roadtrip or Holiday with the guys, Inner and Outer Game, Fashionista, Spain by myself, Sweden and all the music festivals London will be hosting!) :-D
It shall be a summer of splendor and joy! And some work as well (got an awesome internship at a secret place lined up now, and NO I will not be telling ANYONE where it is, let THAT drive you crazy guys :-P).

Now back to the studies, at berserker mode gone BANKAI!

You know I'M awesome! ;-)

Berserker Mode: Activated

I've got 20 days left until freedom. An accounting exam on tuesday which I am NOT ready for (studied 2/10 of it so far!), Corporate Finance exam on Thursday which I am NOT ready for (3/10 done), and Games&Strategies exam on friday which I am NOT ready for (4/6 done!).
Thought I have not done this in a while, it is time to awaken Berkerker-Vince yet again. This guy can handle hours of crammin' without food (but with plenty of water) or rest, an unstoppable force that will only be slowed down as the examineer says "Pencils down!" on Thursday the 14th of May at 12:00.
Until then no more fun. No games. No socializing. No training. NOTHING!

20 days of gruesome hell starts in 7 hours (let me get some sleep first), BRING IT ON!

Game

Two quotes come to mind when I think of "Game".

The first one is by the great Richard LaRuina, aka "Gambler", which is: "Anything that another human being can do is learnable by you.". Which is a quote that gets me through my revision and, hopefully, my finals.

Because every other student is in my situation right now, we have the same amount of days to prepare for the exams, so why should they get better grades than me? What stands in my way? Myself. Simple and true, the only person standing in your way towards self development is...yourself!
Once you realize that you deserve a greater life than the one you are leading, once you realize that it is attainable. Well, THEN you can finally get "en route" to getting the life you want!

The other one is by the very talented Matthew Hussey: "People who say it can't be done, shouldn't interrupt people who are doing it".
The concept behind this quote is really simple. People, sometimes people in your own peer group, will tell you that something can't be done, it's impossible.
They aren't telling you this out of concern, no. They are telling you this because they know, and can see, that YOU can get it done, but they can't. This makes them irritated, because you are doing something they could never do. So in order to keep you down there on THEIR miserable level, they'll make you doubt yourself.

Do you know what you should do in these situations? Cut these people out of your peer group and replace them with people who will support you, pat you on the back, and in some instances not even be impressed by the extraordinary things that you do.

Because a good peer group will make the extraordinary feel ordinary, which will make you feel it's a part of your reality.
Example: You pull off an amazing interview and nail that job you always wanted. Your previous peer group would say: "You got lucky. You won't last. Shit, I never thought you'd be able to do it. etc. etc."
Your new peer group will say: "So? Of course you were gonna nail it, what did you expect? Jeez. Shut up and sit down mate, it's your round!"

I hope these quotes will help you the way that they've helped me. And remember: If someone is dragging you down, cut them loose!

RocknRolla

Enough said. Let's get it started.

Rhytm

General announcement: I have re-discovered my love for "The Killers", and I now see what the big deal is with "Kings of Leon", those guys can play some serious songs!

And today is all about...Marketing! I will completely immerse myself in the world of Marketing for the next...35 hours!

And also...Fizzy Bubblech!

So let's go!

Rejuvenation anyone?

So last night was fun, celebrated my sisters birthday at some club in London with Edin, Alexandra and my sisters entourage. But there is something I don't get. Why would some people take time to fix themselves up, go to a club, stand in the que, pay an entrance fee, stand in the cloakroom line, pay a cloak fee..why would anyone go through all that, and then just sit down in the club and do NOTHING!

Now this is not an attack on any ONE individual from last night (I could name at least 8 people who were just sitting around pouting and being f*cking miserable last night, but that's not the point, and NO I am not talking about Freddie and Evija as some people have asked me), I am targeting everyone who does this. Why would you doll yourself up, go through all that, pay loads of money, just to sit around and pout? Couldn't you have just stayed home if you wanted to sit around and pout all night? Why would you go out to a festive event, and drag everyone else down with you? Do you want some sympathy for something? Do you want people to notice that you are f*cking miserable so that they'll maybe come over and ask you why?
Please...go f*ck yourselves!

And yes, I am a bit upset as it was my sisters birthday, and people were invited to come and celebrate. If they didn't want to celebrate, they could've gone somewhere else, or just stayed home...right?

Anyway, my birthday is coming up in 6 days time, and I will certainly NOT be inviting any of the people who were acting like miserable f*cks from last night! When you want to celebrate, you don't want people to bring their shit to try and bring you down to their lowly level. I've got my own shit to worry about, but for tonight I'm leaving it behind, so don't come here trying to bring me down with yours!

I have spoken.

Networking...

...is AWESOME! Lärde känna två "investment bankers" idag, så två nya kontakter i bankvärlden...YAY! ^.^ And they're great guys too! :-D

Oh...and I would LOVE to get me some "Arab Money"...

'nuff said, good night people!

Vincent/Valentine

On the path to success...

Now it's off. What's off? Well, the people who see me will understand ;-) But they are FINALLY off, after over 2 years of restraint, I can finally release my full potential, in every aspect of my life...

The constant quest for knowledge has lead me to a subject far more important than any other.
Namely: Self-improvement!

And I'm not talking about the following of the constantly "evolving" ideal people follow, created by the media. Because those who know me know that I train for my own health, and dress for myself, not following the fashion trends directly. But indirectly is another story, as you can't escape it even if you try.

No, I'm talking about myself. My being. Not my body (although a healthy body supports the healthy mind better). My thoughts, my state, my psychology, my mindset (Me, Myself and I) is currently being reprogrammed through different channels (books, seminars, discussions, videos, experiences etc.), and the end result is going to be spectacular...hell it already is near-spectacular ;-)
Because what people don't realize is that their GREATEST asset...is themselves! In the words of Mr. Christopher Adams: "You are your greatest asset!"
Now what does this mean? Well put quite simply: "There is only one person who will be with you from the moment you are born, until the moment you die. One person who will always be by your side and experience new things with you. One person who you should put first (but never actually do!)...and that person is YOU!"

And right now I'm beginning to realize that (although I care about the people in my life) I need to put myself first more frequently, and truly focus on developing myself. Because you are constantly developing yourself. No one will ever be perfect, because there will always be things they can do or say or understand to better themselves!
So if anyone tells you they're perfect, they're full of shit!
And if you tell anyone they're perfect, then you're lying through your teeth!

To some this might just be another year, to others this is called the year of the ox. But to me it is the year I finally begin the hardcore training of developing myself in every area of my life. Striving for perfection, but never catching it. Thus constantly alert!

This is not 2009 for me. This is not the year of the ox for me. For me THIS is...

...The year of Me, Myself & I

Fight Club

Isn't life in general just a big fight club? We all get in the ring and go one on one with...ourselves.
You can train, study, socialize and give. Be charming, funny, sweet, caring and a leader. But if you do these things to change other people's impression of you, instead of doing it just for yourself...well then my friend, you will just be running around in a circle...getting nowhere...

Update: Börjat på gymmet, tagit tag i studierna, spenderat lite tid med älsklingen (fast får aldrig spendera tillräckligt med tid med henne >.<) och börjat socialisera mig mer. Varför? Jo, för mig, och endast mig, oavsett om vad andra tycker så är detta MITT liv. Jag styr det dit JAG vill att det ska leda, inte dit folk vill att det ska gå. Don't get me wrong, alltid trevligt med lite positiva kommentarer när man gör saker, absolut, men jag tänker inte låta DET vara min drivkraft.
Min drivkraft är simpel: Jag gör allting för mig själv. Jag blir den bästa JAG KAN VARA!

Med det sagt så kan jag säga att jag gör det bästa jag kan för att upprätthålla MINA nyårslöften till MIG SJÄLV!
Tar tag i studierna, fastän det är otroligt mycket att göra. Har fem dagar i veckan jag kan gymma på, och använder mig utav alla fem just nu. Har börjat skriva en privat "journal" för att få ut alla mina tankar, så att jag kan hålla huvudet helt klart, och fokuserat på mina mål.

När det gäller att socialisera mig...tjae, de som känner mig vet att jag avskyr klubbarna i centrala London. Hela klubbvärlden är så...konstgjord :-S Man går inte till en klubb i centrala London för att socialisera sig, man går till en klubb om man vill dansa med samma frihet en sardin i en sardinburk har, eller om man vill slänga bort alla sina hårt förtjänade pengar på någon golddigger.

En viss tjej sa en gång till mig: "Män är assholes. Så varför inte skaffa sig en asshole med pengar, få lite saker ut utav det hela". Hmm...I'm sorry, so what you are saying is that you want a guy to spend a lot of money on you, buying stuff for you, taking you to expensive dinners etc. in order for him to sleep with you? So you want him to pay you money, before you give him sex? Wow, that sounds oddly enough a LOT like the world's oldest profession...PROSTITUTION!
And before people get all agitated and call me a sexist and bla bla bla (you fucking hippies!), let me make something abundantly clear: If a guy was doing this to a rich woman...it would STILL be called PROSTITUTION!

And to the guys that do this: Are you completely insane? If I worked hard to earn a certain sum of money, I wouldn't run out and GIVE IT to someone...f**k that s**t. I would save a large amount of it, and the rest I would spend on MYSELF or my FAMILY!

And then these golddiggers say: "Well I wan't him to spend a lot of money on me, so that I can be surrounded my luxury and have nice, expensive things -insert dumb b***h laugh here-"
Well here's an idea you f*****g w**re: WORK HARD FOR YOUR OWN STUFF!
I won't apologize for this. If sometime in the future, some golddigger tries to get me to spend my hardearned money on HER instead of on MYSELF! Well, then that b***h better come prepared, because I'll use any contacts I have to get her arrested for possesion of narcotics, or get her deported (don't matter if she's a local, I'll f*****g make that s**t happen!).

So now the people who DON'T know me, can clearly see why I dislike clubs in central London. But I absolutely LOVE student clubs and/or bars, no matter where on earth they are. A bunch of broke-ass students like me, spending minimum amounts of money for maximum fun, I LOVE it!

There you can socialize, because sitting down will NOT cost you £500 if you're a guy, it will cost you £5 to get in, and all rooms will be available to you, no VIP, no pretentious elitist bastard snobs, none of that shit. You will have a good time for a small amount of money, meet intelligent people who have ambitions and goals in life, and working hard to get to them. Gotta love student clubs and student bars ^.^ Now THAT is where I like to go socialize.

All in all, life is good. Got a beautiful wonderful girlfriend whom I love with all my heart (and more! ^.^), got a closely knit group of friends who would do anything for me, and I anything for them (and if anyone cares to join us, be our guest, just be a nice person with no alterior motives), training is going well (was in the gym yesterday, will do the same thing today) and my studies are improving.

Wow, that was a looooong post :-P
Ah, more for you to read ;-)

Later

Resolution

Wow, här har man inte skrivit på länge :-P Tjae, nu när jag ändå har lov och tid över att skriva (och till och med DEDDE har börjat blogga, what has happened to the world :-S http://deddetheking.wordpress.com) så får jag ju börja igen ;-) Ja, första terminen av år 2 har avklarats, och jag har nu gått igenom HALVA min utbildning (ångest!), this is clearly not good!

Har försökt fokusera på SÅÅÅÅÅÅ många olika saker, påbörjat en massa projekt och lämnat de halvgjorda, som t.ex en novell jag börjat skriva ^.^ Men inga av dessa projekten kommer någonsin få se dagens ljus (mainly because I write during night time, but also...mysterious stuff..oooooooh! XD).

Har just laddat ner Style's exklusiva "game" metod (skriver inte namnet här, vill inte att en bunt idioter använder det för sina egna "twisted" fantasier), 5.18 GB av exklusivt "Game" material som endast såldes till 375 personer, utvalda av Style, runtom i världen. Men JAG lyckades få tag på detta! Och jag får då säga...WOW! Alltså, sakerna han lär ut är...WOW! Och det är inte bara "pickup", utan han visar hur man kan använda denna kunskapen till att komma längre i livet (hur man kan få en "promotion" etc.), samt hur man kan använda "Game" till att rädda sitt liv! En kille som hade lärt sig av Style hade hamnat i "finkan" för obetalda böter etc. Han var fast ett antal dagar och var omringad av de värsta människorna samhället hade att erbjuda. Snubben använde då "Game" och visade att han var en "alpha male" och började lära ut "Game" till folket där! He did NOT get raped or beaten up! :-P

Nyår är snart här, och en massa personer har nyårslöften (som håller i ca 2 dagar :-P), och i år är jag en utav de ^.^ Hur ser mina löften ut?
Well:

1. Träna hårdare och få en riktigt nice kropp

2. Börja på antingen MMA, Thaiboxning eller Krav Maga med Itay och Edin

3. Visa kvinnan jag älskar att jag...ja, älskar henne...varje dag ^.^

4. Fokusera på mina studier och få 80% i alla ämnen :-)

5. Göra mig av med "vänner" som endast saboterar för mig. Dvs. Dumpa alla som håller mig tillbaka! Alla "yay-sayers", alla som säger att man är bra som man är pga att de inte vill se en bli BÄTTRE än de! (I know who you are, and after the new year I will not be associating myself with you again!)

6. Utvidga min "social circle" och skapa mer vänner som är inriktade på samma saker som mig, och som INTE kommer hålla mig tillbaka!

7. Lära mig en massa "Game" metoder, och använda de i mitt vardagliga liv för att driva mig framåt, och ta mig dit jag vill komma!

8. Be the best that I can be

9. Skaffa lägenhet i East London med antingen Burim, eller Burim och Edin

10. Be LEGEN...wait for it...DARY!

More will come later on!

Relief

Ja då var omtentorna över, har en känsla av euphoria över mig, känner mig, glad. Får man säga så? Får man vara glad?
Well, jag är glad, över många saker (och väldigt krossad över EN viss sak, som ALDRIG kommer att gå över).
Har det bra med flickvännen, snart påbörjar jag mitt andra år i universitet, har äntligen skrivit mina första ord i mitt projekt så det är framsteg där, har folk jag älskar och som älskar mig (och de är alla i sverige >.<). Well, I'm lucky to be me! :D

Har börjat lyssna på "Immortal Technique" igen, och laddat ner mitt första album med "Jedi Mind Tricks" ("Violent by Design"), och deras låt "Heavenly Devine" är helt...mindblowing ^^, tja hela albumet är mindblowing :D.

Åker till Sverige imorgon, vilket jag starkt ser fram emot. Träffa brodern min igen, springa runt och jaga fleshbeasts med Janne, äntligen få matlagninslektioner av Nicke (stjärnkocken ^^), spendera lite tid med min släkt, samt förhoppningsvis åka ner och besöka min kära kvinna ^^ saknar henne :-).

Vad gör DIG glad?

Never Give Up

Hittat en "ny" favorit låt. Texterna är något så underbara, skön träningslåt/motiveringslåt.

Papa Roach - To Be Loved


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