{"id":1370,"date":"2025-04-11T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:48:03","slug":"importance-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/importance-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Raoul’s Two Cents: April 10, 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Movie Endings<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I had an interesting talk with my Japanese-American friend during my Monday breakfast meeting. She said (growing up) her parents were so strict about their bedtime; even if the movie they were watching was not yet finished, they had to go to sleep already. Her parents said you can draw up your own conclusions. So she usually imagines happy endings. This pattern stayed with her all her life. To this day she has no clue of the endings of many movies she has partially watched. But because she grew up with “happy endings,” she has a positive view of life — she’s always smiling (there’s a lesson here as well). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thought that was weird. But as I was flipping through movie titles on TV (deciding which one I’d waste the next 3 hours of my life with) I realized I’ve seen so many movies and I couldn’t remember how they ended either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s either I’m weird too or I’m turning Japanese … I really think so<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is just me. TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”<\/em> — Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRight now I\u2019m having amnesia and d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu at the same time. I think I\u2019ve forgotten this before.\u201d<\/em> — Steven Wright<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.”<\/em> — Mark Twain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.\u201d<\/em> — James 4: 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOKE OF THE WEEK<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Maling of New Manila, Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original art by Raoul Pascual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parting Shots<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Juan of San Diego<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Colleen of Washington State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Art of Sierra Madre, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So who do you think won the war?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Norm of Encino, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Joanne of Hacienda Heights, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Got any good jokes? Come share it with rest of us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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