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I'm Jackson Wang 😂

Kwinento lang ito ng kapatid ko. Pauwi daw sila ng Munti ng kaklase niya. Sa jeep daw hiniram ng kaklase niya yung phone niya. Kaklase ni Shin: Sino si Jackson? Boyfriend mo? Ang cute niyo mag-usap. (Maybe she’s referring sa recent convo namin about sa medyas) Shin: Hahaha. Si Ate yan. Pinangalanan kong Jackson. Bagong labas kasi yung Got7 nun, dahil mahilig ako mag-derp face, kamukha ko daw si Jackson kapag ganun. Kekeke~ napagkamalan pa kong boyfriend. 😝

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How to do this?

I'm planning to organize this blog but I dunno where to start. I just post random stuff here whenever twitter is inadequate to express thoughts. For now, I'm motivating myself to start drawing mini comics, probably about slice of life, personal thoughts and memories. Drawing skills might be rusty now so I have to practice some. I have to keep myself busy while waiting for board exam results. Unfortunately, digicam and laptop is down. I can't post my recent short adventures. Hmm. So maybe, I'll stick with the first plan. 😅

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You are a survivor!!!! Be proud of yourself for getting through today!

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So what the heck is “lupus” anyway?

It occurs to me that I’m writing about my experiences with lupus but the vast majority of people have never heard of lupus outside of the running House joke. So let me try to explain. 

Lupus (official name: systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE) is an autoimmune disease that attacks my healthy cells. 

What does that mean?

When you are sick, your immune system reacts and attacks the diseased cells so that they can’t hurt you. That’s what happens with a healthy immune system. In my case, my immune system thinks my normal, healthy cells are actually diseased and attacks them. 

That’s right. My immune system is confused and attacks the cells they’re sworn to protect. I think evolution screwed up somewhere here… 

The most common symptoms of lupus are joint aches, extreme fatigue, brain fog, rashes (especially a distinctive butterfly shaped rash on the face, which is why the lupus symbol is often a butterfly), and fever. Lupus can attack any and all organs. 

Yes, lupus can be fatal, but with proper treatment, most people will live a normal lifespan. The most common type of lupus-related death is from kidney or heart failure. (Here is my pitch for everyone to become organ donors. My life may rely on organ donations one day. Thousands of others are already waiting.)

No, lupus is not contagious. 

No one knows exactly how lupus works or why our immune systems go haywire. It’s not a very well-researched disease and the treatments for it are mostly for symptom control. It is not curable (at least not yet). I take medicine to suppress my immune system, leaving me vulnerable to infections and viruses. The rest of my meds are for symptom control- heart, GI system, allergies, skin care, and so on.

Lupus tends to run in families but I am the first known lupus case in my family. There are other mild autoimmune diseases though. 

I hope this helps people understand what this weird is and what it does :) 

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Life with an autoimmune disease

What my immune system thinks when it sees healthy cells: “IMPOSTOR! DESTROY!” 

What my immune system thinks when it sees diseased cells that they should attack: “This is fine. These are fine. Carry on.” 

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Feels like a civil war within my body 😫

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24 Invaluable Skills To Learn For Free Online This Year

Here’s an easy resolution: This stuff is all free as long as you have access to a computer, and the skills you learn will be invaluable in your career, and/or life in general. 

1. Become awesome at Excel.

Chandoo is one of many gracious Excel experts who wants to share their knowledge with the world. Excel excellence is one of those skills that will improve your chances of getting a good job instantly, and it will continue to prove invaluable over the course of your career. What are you waiting for?

2. Learn how to code.

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Perhaps no other skill you can learn for free online has as much potential to lead to a lucrative career. Want to build a site for your startup? Want to build the next big app? Want to get hired at a place like BuzzFeed? You should learn to code. There are a lot of places that offer free or cheap online coding tutorials, but I recommend Code Academy for their breadth and innovative program. If you want to try a more traditional route, Harvard offers its excellent Introduction to Computer Science course online for free.

3. Make a dynamic website.

You could use a pre-existing template or blogging service, or you could learn Ruby on Rails and probably change your life forever. Here’s an extremely helpful long list of free Ruby learning tools that includes everything from Rails for Zombies to Learn Ruby The Hard Way. Go! Ruby! Some basic programming experience, like one of the courses above, might be helpful (but not necessarily required if you’re patient with yourself).

4. Learn to make a mobile game.

If you’re not interested in coding anything other than fun game apps, you could trythis course from the University of Reading. It promises to teach you how to build a game in Java, even if you don’t have programming experience! If you want to make a truly great game, you might want to read/listen up on Game Theory first.

5. Start reading faster.

Spreeder is a free online program that will improve your reading skill and comprehension no matter how old you are. With enough practice, you could learn to double, triple, or even quadruple the speed at which you read passages currently, which is basically like adding years to your life.

6. Learn a language!

With Duolingo, you can learn Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, or English (from any of the above or more). There’s a mobile app and a website, and the extensive courses are completely free.

Full disclosure: BuzzFeed and other websites are in a partnership with DuoLingo, but they did not pay or ask for this placement.

7. Pickle your own vegetables.

Tired of your farmer’s market haul going bad before you use it all? Or do you just love tangy pickled veggies? You too can pickle like a pro thanks to SkillShare and Travis Grillo.

8. Improve your public speaking skills.

You can take the University of Washington’s Intro to Public Speaking for free online. Once you learn a few tricks of the trade, you’ll be able to go into situations like being asked to present at a company meeting or giving a presentation in class without nearly as much fear and loathing.

9. Get a basic handle of statistics.

UC Berkeley put a stats intro class on iTunes. Once you know how to understand the numbers yourself, you’ll never read a biased “news” article the same way again — 100% of authors of this post agree!

10. Understand basic psychology.

Knowing the basics of psych will bring context to your understanding of yourself, the dynamics of your family and friendships, what’s really going on with your coworkers, and the woes and wonders of society in general. Yale University has its Intro to Psychology lectures online for free.

11. Make your own music.

Step one: Learn how to play guitar: Justin Guitar is a fine and free place to start learning chords and the basic skills you’ll need to be able to play guitar — from there, it’s up to you, but once you know the basics, just looking up tabs for your favorite songs and learning them on your own is how many young guitar players get their start (plus it’s an excellent party trick).

Step two: A delightful free voice lesson from Berklee College Of Music.

Step three: Have you always thought you had an inner TSwift? Berklee College of Music offers an Introduction to Songwriting course completely for free online. The course is six weeks long, and by the end of the lesson you’ll have at least one completed song.

Step four: Lifehacker’s basics of music production will help you put it all together once you have the skills down! You’ll be recording your own music, ready to share with your valentine or the entire world, in no time!

12. Learn to negotiate.

Let Stanford’s Stan Christensen explain how to negotiate in business and your personal life, managing relationships for your personal gain and not letting yourself be steamrolled. There are a lot of football metaphors and it’s great.

13. Stop hating math.

If you struggled with math throughout school and now have trouble applying it in real-world situations when it crops up, try Saylor.org’s Real World Math course. It will reteach you basic math skills as they apply IRL. Very helpful!

14. Start drawing!

All kids draw — so why do we become so afraid of it as adults? Everyone should feel comfortable with a sketchbook and pencil, and sketching is a wonderful way to express your creativity. DrawSpace is a great place to start. (I also highly recommend the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain if you can drop a few dollars for a used copy.)

15. Make your own animated GIF.

BuzzFeed’s own Katie Notopoulos has a great, simple guide to making an animated GIF without Photoshop. This is all you need to be the king or queen of Tumblr or your favorite email chains.

16. Appreciate jazz.

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Have you never really “gotten” jazz? If you want to be able to participate in conversations at fancy parties and/or just add some context to your appreciation of all music, try this free online course from UT Austin.

17. Write well.

Macalester College’s lecture series is excellent. If you’re more interested in journalism, try Wikiversity’s course selection.

18. Get better at using Photoshop.

Another invaluable skill that will get you places in your career, learning Photoshop can be as fun as watching the hilarious videos on You Suck At Photoshop or as serious as this extensive Udemy training course (focused on photo retouching).

19. Take decent pictures.

Lifehacker’s basics of photography might be a good place to start. Learn how your camera works, the basic of composition, and editing images in post-production. If you finish that and you’re not sure what to do next, here’s a short course on displaying and sharing your digital photographs.

20. Learn to knit.

Instructables has a great course by a woman who is herself an online-taught knitter. You’ll be making baby hats and cute scarves before this winter’s over!

21. Get started with investing in stocks.

If you are lucky enough to have a regular income, you should start learning about savings and investment now. Investopedia has a ton of online resources, including this free stocks basics course. Invest away!

22. Clean your house in a short amount of time.

Unf$#k Your Habitat has a great emergency cleaning guide for when your mother-in-law springs a surprise visit on you. While you’re over there, the entire blog is good for getting organized and clean in the long term, not just in “emergencies.” You’ll be happier for it.

23. Start practicing yoga.

Most cities have free community classes (try just searching Google or inquiring at your local yoga studio), or if you’re more comfortable trying yoga at home, YogaGlohas a great 15-day trial and Yome is a compendium of 100% free yoga videos. If you’re already familiar with basic yoga positions but you need an easy way to practice at home, I recommend YogaTailor’s free trial as well.

24. Tie your shoelaces more efficiently.

It’s simple and just imagine the minutes of your life you’ll save!

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Tutol kasi siya sa indulhensya, kaya ayun nangayat. 😅

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Taoism strongly believes in WU WEI. Pwede ring principle sa lablayp. 😅

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