Over the 2 years that I’ve been coaching and blogging (video and here on Vanae.com), I’ve felt a deep connection with you. Some I know a lot about, others, I’d like to get to know more.
Here’s opportunity for us to learn more about one another. (and boy, am I excited).
For this week’s game, I’d like for you to answer the questions below to share who you are:
1. What’s your name? Location?
2. Age?
3. Happiest memory?
4. What do you love?
5. The world will be a better place when __________.
I’ll start with mine:
1. Vanae – SF bay area
2. 28 (Ah-ha! Now you know!)
3. When my siblings and I were little kids, we used to sleep in a big bed together. I would make up bed time stories and do story-telling time for them to fall asleep. I remember, playing this game- using our finger to draw on each other’s back and we’d have to guess what it was. I loved being the older sister, nurturing and taking care of my siblings.
4. I love hugs, babies looking at me and smiling, the sight of bright yellow autumn leaves falling to the ground, when my mum and I laugh about something together, stephen colbert show, writing and receiving snail-mail, and feeling a good fuzzy connection with random strangers.
5. The world is a better place when we share smiles with strangers and have compassion for more people each day.
YOUR TURN.
1. Todd, Palm Desert, CA
2. Mentally 30, Physically, 42
3. Happiest memory? Hm..I’m like Charlie Brown about favorite, best, happiest, etc….Wishy-washy. I have lots of great memories of travel, relatives, games, etc.
4. I love the outdoors, laughing, good food and great friends.
5. The world will be a better place when people get over themselves and embrace good old-fashioned values like goodwill, charity, politeness, etc.
1. Brad, Melbourne, Australia
2. 24
3. When i was 18 i decided to do something a little different so i packed up my things and headed to the USA and worked at a summer camp for under privileged kids. it was the most amazing experience and i cant wait to return and do it all over again
4. my family and friends. i am falling in love with jeff buckley all over again.
5. The world will be a better place when people finally take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming others. i also think a little grace goes ALONG way
Phuong Le/New Jersey
19 yrs old
my happiest memory was when i graduated from high school
i love everything: i love life, i love myself, i love my friends, i love god, my mom, everything and everybody
the world will be a better place when less violence occurs
1. Charngchi, in the Boston area (Cambridge, MA)
2. 31
3. Not sure…. Meeting some of my personal heros and doing work with them, people like Howard Zinn, and Noam Chomsky, and Norman Finkelstein and Mike Albert.
4. Granny, friends, other human beings…. solidarity among people, standing up to injustice. making a contested layup, a well struck golf ball…..
5. The world will be a better place when we: stop asking questions like this, and start doing things, organize, educate oneself, live up to our moral responsibilities, and dismantle coercive and hierarchical institutions, building new ones based on solidarity.
1)Mark, grew up in New Orleans but am living in dallas.
2)23
3)Hanging out with my friends back in school.
4)I love all my friends and the people I grew up with and I love vanae and all the others online who try to help people(and the girl in high school I couldn’t get and can’t get over).
5)The world will be a better place when people start to believe that they are there brothers(or sisters) keeper.
1 My name is Cesar and based in Sydney, Australia.
2 I’m 44 years old, but only look 34. Truly, I am not joking!
3 Probably if I had to pin-point one of my happiest moments, it would be seeing my family in Costa Rica after 18 years since leaving there to live in Australia. The highlight of the trip was seeing the smile on my grandmother’s face.
4
a) I love seeing the smiles of the disadvantaged when someone like myself offers them support to get ahead in life.
b) I love giving more than receiving.
c) I love my routine breakfast of oatmeal sprinkled with LSA, yoghurt with mixed nuts and my Ginger and Lemon herb tea.
d) Basically, I love anything that makes you feel good inside.
5 Sincerely, the world would be a better place if we had more special people like Vanae.
I dedicate this song to you Vanae http://tinyurl.com/yc29do5
Don’t Blush Ok?
1- Wissam . Beirut, Lebanon ( at the moment)
2- 28 (with some life experience worth 60 years and some stuck at 12)
3- Dunno
4- Things that go fast
5- The world would be a better place when religions disappear.
just remembered my best memory…
second time I went to Metallica and I was like 10 meters away from them, battling for 2 hours and a half for my position.
2 hours and half of a lovely hormone cocktail, adrenaline, testosterone , and endorphins.
Loveleh!
1 – Fife, Scotland! XD
2 – 19
3 – Twelve birthday! I had possibly the best cake!
4 – Making music with friends!
5 – The world would be a better place when everyone stops disagreeing with each other
I miss Scotland
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lived there for 3 years and just left 2 weeks ago
1. Two first names, Andy John. Seattle.
2. 18.
3. Happiest memory? .. 17th bday, my friend, she sang for me. May not be the most happy, but I really liked it.
4. What do you love? Things that are lovable, like tofu and tigers, and good people that smile back at you.
5. The world will be a better place when evil is destroyed and tigers live in space that eat tofu.
1.my name is idris,and known among my frnds as mr.eddie,i currently live in sudan to study engineering
2.im 21 years old
3.happiest memory?rare and i cant think of one
4what do i love?i lvoe football n having a good time and getting out of my routine,i love watching movies and listening to music
5-the world is a better place when we all forget who we are and live for peace and love and enjoying life together because we all share the same planet
1. Paula Filipa Fernandes, Portugal
2. 17
3. This year!
4. Music, friends, movies, photograph, arquelogy, antropology, history, animals, and much more
5. The world will be a better place when people start being more modests. Oh, and if the Global Warming and the war stopped!
=D
1. Daniel – Germany
2. 32
3. Probably childhood memories with my family
4. Discovering and understanding more and more of all aspects of life and nature
5. The world will be a better place when more actions will be based on reason rather than greed.
1- shady ahmed , Egypt
2- 20
3- back in 2002 hanging out with my best friend in Kuwait doing WHATEVER we want ( it was the greatest year of my life )
4- I love doing things with my best friend
I love being alone for a while
I love playing video games & watching Anime ^^
5- who knows ???
1. Gregoire. Flint, Michigan.
2. 50.
3. The Boy Scout camping trips my son and I did together.
4. I love my family, friends and my cats. I also love getting to know new people and ideas.
5. The world will be a better place when differences of all kinds are not just tolerated, but celebrated.
1. Baldwin Saintilus from Brooklyn, NY
2. 27
3. When my current girlfriend told me she loved me.
4. I love the people I call my family, which includes my mom, my best friend for over 20 yrs, my girlfriend, and a few other people in my life.
5. The world will be a better place when we stop stressing each other and ourselves out over everything.
1. Camellia, Montreal, Canada … although I used to live in Toronto.
2. 18… almost 19
3. Traveling Europe when I was 17, Mom reading books to me as a kid. Pretending I was a princess in a kingdom called Elyrone and making one of my guy friends my prince lol I was like 7. Doing fun crazy stuff with my little sister.
4. I love to read, write, music, riding horses, camping, hearing other people share their stories… it’s quite fascinating. Broadway, Broadway and more Broadway… if it’s a musical then I adore it
5. More love in the world… there’s just not enough of that going around.
1. Jaydon, Malaysia
. I spent most of the time with them, sharing bed, foods & games. My neighbor’s kids are my best friends. We liked to do star-gazing on the rooftop, climbing trees, swim in the river, traditional games & share ghost stories.
2. 33
3. My happiest memory is when I was a little kid, i used to lived with my God-Parents, they have 10 children, I am the 11th
4. I love psychology, travel, foods & soulful friends. I like to see people laugh from their heart without judgment & fear.
5. The world is a better place when we start to accept who we are & embrace everything in life..
1.Ronnie Schmidt
2.17
3.don’t have one
4.I love to watch scifi and play videogames
5.The world would be a better place when people start to stop judging others.
Hi Vanae i hope to know you more too!
1) Alfie, but people call me AZ. Harrow, London uk.
2) 19yrs
3) My happiest memory was i went to abu dhabi, dubai. Me and close friends went we had right a laugh. We saw all the tourist sites,shops, buildings and scenery. I also meted and greeted people and made new friends from the hotel we stayed at.
4) I love to know people from all different backgrounds, and make new friends. I love my girl friend, my friends (Not the gay way). Lastly i love designer clothing like gucci , armani, moschino and much more……
5) The world will be a better place, if we can share our feelings and emotion as a unity and help each other prosper to become the person their are.
Vanae i”ve got an interested question for you !
Why are people initial instinct is to become shy, when meeting new people?
Is it normal to feel this way?
Is shyness linked to self confidence?
Please answer these questions, if you have time.
Much love, cheerrio
1. My name is Niall Brady and I am from Peterborough, England
2. I am currently 21 years old
3. My happiest memory is when my best friend loved me and had done for many years but was scared to tell me in case it messed up the most important thing to her…Our Friendship
4. I love night walks!
5. The world will be a better place when animals can talk to humans in English and when there’s a stronger act against bullying in schools
1.Jason.Dimapur,Nagaland,India. 2.28 3.Back in dec’07.metting my childhood friends and hanging out with them after 12 years. 4.I love listining to birds chirping in the morning,children laughter,babies looking at me and smiling and making those sweet cute sounds they make,the sound of the pouring rain. 5.the world would be a better place if violence and corruption ceases.simple.
Keith, Tennessee, near Nashville
34
My happiest memories are with my Grandmothers, my first girlfriend, my best friend Daniel & his family, some people I used to work with in Gallatin, & when I used to live with Jason & Jennifer
I love great conversation, sincerity, integrity, sarcasm, the human form, man’s infinite potential & women’s comical belief that men have no idea how they feel or think
The world will be a better place when Big Business & the Government figure out how to correctly operate America
1. Justin. Northern Virginia (near DC)
2. 20
3. Going into my first Muay Thai class, and Caitlyn.
4. Being free, not having to be tied down due to obligations, etc.
5. The world will be a better place when people finally get over their minor religious, ethnic, and political differences and can talk things out.
1. Sebastian, New York, Long Island
2. 23
3. I took the spontanious trip to Brooklyn Bridge Park in the middle of nice, warm, summer night with my girlfriend, who was just my friend that time. We were just hanging out in our neighborhood, later laying on the hamack next to my house watching the stars, and later just an idea to get there at midnight. I think everybody saw that on the picture:
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4.I love doing creative things. I like later watch on my results and be proud of myself. I like to give creative gifts, make closest to me people happy.
I love music, listening, reading about and everything about music. I love Florida, and the weather, i love summer and hot weather. I love chocolate, champagne, mexican food, chinese food and sushi.
I love when woman are smilling and i love positive and kind strangers.
5.The world will be a better place when we are kind, honest, respectful and first of all POSITIVE.
1. Francis, Tamworth, England.
2. 17 (18 in 5 weeks ^_^)
3. About 2 years back i learned to swim. May not sound like much but i had been trying to learn since i was 5 ^_^”.
4. I love bettering myself, for example i recently started the British army’s interactive training program to get myself fitter, I also love dogs, i have a little yorkshire terrier called Stan, I also like it when i can strike up a convocation with a stranger without it feeling uncomfortable.
5. The world will be a better place when racism and discrimination are completely banished from our society.
1.Paul, central Massachusetts
2. 33yo
3. Memories of going to camp to get out of the city when I was a kid. I swam, rode horses, canoed, practiced archery, etc and made lots of friends.
4. I love doing almost anything with friends (movies, dinner, etc). If I’m with friends, the whole world just seems like a nicer place.
5. The world will be a better place when everyone follows the Golden Rule: treat others as you would have them treat you. Seems so simple….
1) Johnny Dea Dao – San Jose, CA.
2) 25
3) Happiest memory is the boat ride to Alcatraz. The boat was rocky and cold, but the sun was out and in my face. I was with my ex and she made it even better.
4) I love to travel and see new things. I wouldn’t trade where i’ve been and what i’ve seen throughout my life. With traveling, comes very diverse foods and culture.
5) The world would be a better place “if people are in love”.
1. Josh Perez – Abilene, Texas
2. 23
3. My happiest memory is when I found out (I have an ongoing illness, known more by its acronym of MS) that acupuncture and Chinese medicine really helped more than anything else I’ve tried. I feel completely healed! Although I’ll always have MS, I finally feel like I have “quality of life”.
4. What do I love? I love realizing the lessons that life teaches me. I’m a fiction writer (not yet published), and I have a tendency to write about some things that I’ve learned through my past. I especially love writing.
5. I believe the world would be a better place if everyone would strive to get along with each other.
Name: Victor Leading Horse
Location: Omaha, NE
Age: 22
Happiest Memory: My dad died when I was really young so I never got to know him. But one time I can barely remember he took me and my mother out for Ice cream. He got me a Banana Split. It was too much so he helped me finish. I can just barely remember it but I’ll say it was one of my happiest.
What do you Love?: I love new. New anything. But particularly when I really need an escape from life, I love going to the Rave movie theatre by myself, getting a bunch-a-crunch and a pop, and enjoying a movie. I’m pretty jazzed about James Cameron’s Avatar btw! Ppl think I’m lonely but I genuinely enjoy going by myself some of the time.
The world will be a better place when: It’ll be better when we get rid of this idea that there is a ‘right’ way to live. Cuz that then justifies the destruction of every other way of life(considered wrong by us). I think it has been and will be cause for much suffering. We instead need to accept that there are other ways, with no right way to live. Instead, live and let live. Life’s just too short for that ‘rightway’ BS.
Name: Gabriel De Peralta
Location: Oahu, Hawaii
Age: 19 (turning 20 in a day) december 26 haha kinda weird how im doing this on christmas day.
Happiest memory: Finding Vanae in youtube! ahaha nah it was a kiss that made my heart pound so hard that it felt like i was a deaths door. either that or my first concert.
What do you love: simple. i love life.
the world would be a better place:if we learned to forgive and let go.
1. Emie NYC (Born in Gabon)
I learned that there are so many people out there with the same insterests and hobbies as me and many others who can teach me something new.
2. 18
3. My first year of college. I made new friends and learn to be more confident with myself. Looking back I really miss my freshman year
4. Learning languages,meeting new people from diverse background and traveling.
5. The world will be a better place when we could acheive world peace.
This is so late. I just found you on youtube. You’re awesome. Actually I am trying to write for my school newspaper about many of the issues you brought up. You’re very inspirational ^^
Please keep blogging!