Spring Allergies That Make You Depressed?

Even though spring seems like coming slowly this year, we still got to remember that as soon as those rainy days are over, most of us got to prepare Kleenex sheets, for a new fight against allergies. People have a sniffing noses, red eyes, all day, and in recent article written by Elizabeth Landau, CNN, it says that there are actual connections between mood change and seasonal allergy.
Implying that: "Seasonal allergies, which affect about 36 million Americans, aren't just an annoyance; many doctors agree there is a real connection between allergies and mood", research also has shown that there is about a doubling of risk for depression in a person suffering allergies and, if you've been seen by an allergist, that about triples the likelihood of having depression. And that's actually questions terms like "Clinical depression" and "Social disturbance", but actually the secret is within the the biological response, which is briefly explained in article. Knowing the cause is always helpful in solving the solution. Can we fight depression that caused by allergy? Of course. Then, we can live positive ;)

Real origin of 4/20 @_@ ;)

Many people all over the United States, celebrate April 20th as a non-official pot smoking day, spending their day as a herb appreciation day, gathering in parks, plazas and many other public places. On college campuses this "holiday" always been popular, but no matter how many years american student might spend on dedication to the pot, he might not know true story of 4/20, or heard the story but never fully knew truth...

This piece provided below was published in the May issue of High Times magazine in 1991 and handed to Huffington Post in order to help them with their research of origin of story of 4/20. However, the story provided below was confirmed by Huffington Post only partially right and implying that the story originally came from forests of California at Point Reyes...
Shortly I've decided to show you original article and witness the story with your own eyes, Read this Article here...

Spending the weekend: positive Anime to watch...

I know it sounds mad asian but there are a lot of people who enjoy watch Anime. I've never been a big fan of Anime by myself, but would finish whole DVD once I've seen first episode ;) If you not familiar to this type of animations, you would think that it same type of cartoons that you used to watch on Nickelodeon channel when you were kids, however it's not quite right. Anime being drawn by thousands of young and old artists in Japan been recognized as a form of art, and nowadays you can find tones of Manga books and DVD's in stores all over the world.

So, after crazy Friday night, I found myself on my sofa, in front of my laptop on Saturday morning. I didn't want to fulfill my brains with all these information from TV so I've decided to watch Anime. I've seen many Anime's and not all but most of them, as I remember, were full of blood, violence and sex. So I started my search of the most positive Anime's in the history. There are a lot of drawn worlds full of well-hearted and funny characters, but the contrast that have been described in the "Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight" (I know that the title is really weird) was really amazing. The storyline full of positive and colorful characters even though the place takes in the year of 2035, which is not the best year for Japan (according to Anime). In order to not to spoof this movie, I want to shut down at this moment, and just show you this trailer so you can see it and decide for yourself. I enjoyed it, and I think not only Anime's but also other types of cartoons and movies that don't have violence and sex can help us to Live Positive ;)

Test on Gambling Addiction

Everybody at some point of their life must find themselves in the center of noisy gambling room, full of people who are ready to spend their savings on a little hope for easy money. Why do people chase these kind of places? Nobody, really knows, may be you a guy who look for attraction from beautiful ladies that respect fat wallet (like ones presented in photo on the left), or may be just opportunity of easy cash is an idea that stuck in your brain at the moment. Whatever reasons are, people of all ages, races, ethnicities connected with the same place called Casino, where they spend their nights. Personally I never was interested in such a games following my dad's old-school principles, but however have seen lots of strangers and close to me people play gambling games and lose decent amounts, but with this money they also tent to lose their smiles, and happy moods. How people lose their self-control so radically? Even if someone would answer this question, we average people not involved in science, probably wouldn't understand it. However we know that like 96 plus percent of population are not affected by "addiction", and they can bet without feelings of - anxiety, depression or sleeping disorders, that accompany gambling addiction.

Probably that's why Cambridge Health Alliance came up with this test that have 4-questions and works as interactive widget that can define your own gambling behaviour.

Take The Test

Christine Reilly, senior research director for the National Center for Responsible Gambling implied that: "Gambling is very parallel to alcohol use," making people to alienate from friends and family, lose jobs and money, making it really serious problem to consider.

So, defining the problem is always the first step, after you know what the problem is, it's easier to control it. Just always remember to keep yourself in check: never spend more than amount you wanted to spend, never gamble with strangers and no late gambling. Thank you and live positive ;)

There is a hope...

“Considered to be one of the the most influential skateboarders of all time, Tony Alva, an original Z-Boy, hit a bottom 4 years ago battling drug addiction and alcoholism. There, at his lowest point, his reliance on successes and ego came into perspective for the first time. Tony’s fight for sobriety and truth has recently lead him to a new perspective on life and direction moving forward. Dedicated to giving back Tony now see’s passing the bucket as the only way out.”

Today I would like to present you a short movie which was posted yesterday by company run by worldly known skateboard company "Vans" and professional skateboarder Tony Alva. Since skateboard is a new thing for me (half year only), I've never heard about this Hippy looking old guy when I was watching this movie for the first time. For me, his movie was inspirational and I'm glad for people who change their lives to better, people who stop at the edge and realize that they shouldn't give up life, inspiring many teenagers stay out from drugs, gangs to change their lifestyle for better. Most of people would ask "Who is this hippy look a like old man?". My answer would be simple: "This is Tony Alva, one of the most inspirational skateboarders of all time and the world's professional skateboard Champion, the title which he received in 1977" ;) After years and years of skateboarding this man runs his company with "Vans" in pour neighbourhoods all over the world to put smile on a face of youngsters who choose skate, sun and friends over TV, drugs and alcohol and I think ;) Tony Alva thank you today and enjoy your video here, Livin' Positive ;)

China have a lifestyle problems! Internet cafes in China ;)

Like on a picture, being asian I've been spending most of my free time in childhood playing computer games like Quake, Counter Strike, War Craft and of course Star Wars (not the second one which was made in 3D). Gathering with my group of friends in the nearest Internet Cafe, we were spending hours and sometimes even nights playing Co-Op games. Nowadays in Asia, in this type of places you can find players representing both genders and all kinds of different age categories, starting from early ages like 7, till the random more matured age like 40. I even remember when I've met a guy who was celebrating his 29th birthday in the internet cafe I've been visiting like 2 years ago. He had a hot-dog and soda with his friend, had a little love from his girlfriend who came around for half an hour, and he was able to drink alcohol in the internet cafe too. So basically he had normal birthday in the internet cafe, he've been doing his favorite thing, was playing video games all day, had love from his friends, nothing special. So basically there is amount of people who share this lifestyle in Asia. Socializing, playing video games in the internet cafe. The only question is: Is it right? Is it right in terms of health?


Reading post about this type of problem in China, it says that the Chinese government is taking steps to curb the amount of time kids spend in these environments. "The cafe is a physical place where friendships are negotiated face-to-face," says ethnographer and sociologist Tricia Wang. "If the government wants kids to spend less time in Internet cafes, they should think about building more public spaces for low-income families." So, that means having parks and more public places would reduce the amount of kids visiting internet cafes, however would it effect grown people? Is it too late to change lifestyle of these mature people in Asia? This question makes me to think about my own lifestyle, and think about reducing my time spending on computer, even though I don't play no more video games after finishing all possible computer games about Star Wars saga ;) Think about how video games effect you leisure time and if you really want to spend most of your time in the front of monitor. Think carefully, take care of your own health and live positive ;)