Treinta Dias

Entrada Primero. As I am making myself comfortable to the vacation I had, lots had came to be significant in form and substance. Today is not just an ordinary for others may try to feel but in my lifepad, it turns to be the treinta dias of my visit. Taiwan is quite a better place than any other place I had been into and I want to see it as one of the happy moments I had in that I certainly call a lifepad. Don't be wonder, I am incorporating foreign languages in here so as learning will take place and I want to look myself bent into it, a part of everyday learning. Chinese verbal calligraphy is one of the thing that I am having hard time of finding the technique of it. Though my reading to my Chinese dictionary I bought way long back, I am considering it rigorous, the four stresses they have made it a clear difficult cut so far in the languages I have been meet.

I had to have to subdivide this phase into three for me to be much more organize, the less expected, expected and the never expected. The three was the only way I can make this visit a meaningful yet crafty in approach though each remains to be natural. I have just limited time on this that is why I have to offer my advance pardon if cases where not fully talked with. But anyone can appeal, as you want!

Less Expected. Those moments that is surely a less expected are those happenings that is worth mentioning such as Innolux way of disaster preparation. It is highlighted in here since and for all the benefit would suffice more on the employees and it is an admirable move of the company to do as such since and after all nobody has the hold of all the circumstances to occur in the wee hours of work. They had to got a good grade on it and I am happy Innolux is not just a company that thinks well of itself but instead it thinks well to the wellness of the workforce who truly made who Innolux is. Secondly, the first trip was made last October 11, 2009(Sunday) and I have to say people are very impressing that I never had to expect it. The acceptance was quite admirable as I am seeing people enjoying in their live bands in its nearby Hsin Chu train station. Hsinshu by is one the big cities place that comprises Taiwan and it is to noticing that the city was trooped by its citizens as some have to take it as family day while others have to caress its own partners. Thirdly, the Innolux process of automation was the one that is captiviting as it does to me. You may consider me as an newborn to such technology but that is great and amazing as it was well plan and properly coordinated with. The skyway panel transmitters and conveyors truly made the whole process a seemingly winner!

Expected. A luscious foods was served every meal, that was a plain expectation. Innolux have to take good care of their employees as it become their sole asset, their is no other else that can put it up in the matters of productivity other than their them as a return of paying it.

Never Expected. It is that some basic process was not yet properly implemented. As I have toured Pingchen Store, prices are slimming down most especially to its everyday appliances. Electronic gadget that priced at the range of NTD17208 where cut short to NTD12000. Laptop and some LCD TV are one of the best sellers.

Idea de final. I am having a good time. I am getting an increase in weight as I become physically awake and healthy. Though work really is so much on fight with physical strenght I had to overcome in tandem with that enjoyment as I am meeting some big men of the company that I am eager to work with.

The Innolux way

After having been into the orientation process, respective departments were assigned to the newly hired employees. AUO the company that I have been before shares almost same flow with Innolux as the two are one of the display panel makers of the world though companies believed to exist in its different kind of culture, mission and objectives.

However, Innolux is a company that was born with simplicity and innovativity. It marks a pass to my personal assessment and I am suring that learning again will just counterback. It does no longer need for me to switch from farming to fishing since my experience at AUO before was well shaped and that I way myself to a rigorous road before simply knowing that the production was all done simply because it need to survive the processing of quality control and test.

Innolux Display Corporation leads the word INNOvate which became the core plead of the company and to the people that belongs to it since they believe that through their perfect innovation then can LUXurate the customer through the different output and applications the company has to offer, that is why INNOLUX insist to exist.

The first day I had at the fab was marvelous as it was. I did introduced to you before that Innolux Display Corporation has two main production site which is just a nearby to each other at the Jhunan Science Park, here in Miaoli County, the T1 and T2. The science based park they have is a place where there are heterogeneous companies allocated in the area that is just neighboring to each other as they are producing in own relevant to the consumer care and applications.

T2 stands in an overall ninth floor with an astounding thousand of square miles in land area, and that is where my department lies.

I first viewed the area of the fab while we are on our way to the place. The place is an ideal to it’s cell production and that the machines inside are well fit as well as chosen. It implements strict discipline in during entering the fab’s cleanroom with which one must have to obey in washing hands, take an air shower to initially keep you away from internal particle and dust, wear a head and mouth masks , get yourself with a cleanroom suit together with wearing hand glove before finally stepping in the air shower again.

I arrived that day following every step I had just mentioned as I am eager to play with the machines again that I had before. The first encounter with the machine is supposedly the learning process but then again anytime somebody will just instruct you to be with some other place to do more on the other side. Spacer, dense, sponges as they call and the like are just some of the new terms I have initially gain inside. The whole day of spacer cleaning was quite a good stuff since you don’t exert so much effort on the object which also doesn’t require much of your intellectual capacity. You’re just going play with it while you have to run over time and naughty conversation with my fellows as they are doing the thing prior to our arrival.

Clock turns to be cooperative; time has come to have our healthy dinner on the first level of the fab. I slightly grasping the ideas already and that after having viewed the machines that we are handling, learning must took place.

That is Innolux way.

The Taiwan Journey Year 2: The Backstory

As did post few days back at my twitter that I do have so much to say besides a storyteller like me couldn’t sleep if he can’t tell a story that is why this article must be brought online. So hold on, relax enjoy this short piece, for this would lead you to understand the story of my life, my journey, my happiness.

Let’s begin.

Journey.

It is in that simple word we farm for completeness. The step we make is a lifetime story that retracts colors of our fields. Journeying is not just all about the champions but it is all about how those champions became champions after their defeat and fall. Fundamentally, life is an everyday journey. We are accustomed to tune ourselves to what that journey has and rest to it wherever it bangs.

I have to bring first to you the people, the places and the beginning of this journey. It is a sort of a memorabilia to me which also give more definition on the path that I walk, jog and run on. Remembering back, the first visit instructed me to be advance with technical aspect that indeed had shaped my mind as it slowly digs down the deep of human mystery and I want to experience it back since its part of my history, a very part of my life that is challenging yet inspiring.

The countdown begun, story unfolds.

The Search

May on this year, second week to be more specific I started fishing job locally and internationally. I have to settle to what came in first in the processing though I had some commitments already at that time. The first that is so noticing is the offer posted over the media sheets for Canada in an agency officed near POEA Central Visayas Satellite as I am composting the needed dossier together with the local selected companies. The advertisement was a hit, public response is intense, lines are getting snaked but then on nobody claims the slot of opportunity, was it a joke?

While I made myself comfortable to the couch I sat in, my readings on the newspaper I bought that Sunday morning in the house of our eldest sister Vanjessa were also kept on progressing. I usually got intrigued and read the headlines before the content, to sports backward. Lapu-lapu, the place where I was at that time gathers men and women seeking work abroad most especially to its Job Fair resulted to the curiosity to gamble my luck in which the luck turns true.

I have reasons enough why I delayed my reapplication abroad though I had previous stories of attempts which I blogged before. After four years of my first, I never been became a good use to the companies I have been with in the country, that discouragement paved the way to where I am now.

Moreover, if you are an avid reader of my low budgeted blogsite, you will be able to relate the things that I have in here. Few months ago, I wrote an article of the next future jobsite which I considered my stay as a state visit, vacation for I want to view enjoyment ahead. The article that I have isn’t that itemized and that I never had got the chance to narrate the whole thing. Now is my chance.

I have made a diary to the first entry that I have in Taiwan before, my plan is to share that diary I created six years ago except to those articles that I find private and that appropriateness does no longer travels in consonance to what the blog really runs. This is already year two, different story at same country. The theme I got before is just merely to succeed but now I chose to accelerate.

Going back, the schedule of flight was set in the middle of June 2009 but then it was moved to August 05, 2009 and finally resets to September 16. The wait is really not that bad since I had placed myself near to quarantine(oops! I don’t have AH1N1) at the place where I was. The neighbor that I have (previously my colleague) made the entertainment, he offered beach trip which we did swimming, chatting down below the arcs of the bridge at that dim days and do manage to practice and learn well my vocals through constant singing. I am starting to realized that singing can be learn though I am not that good but I can learn the way professional does.

The expectation that I have gained more on my strength side since my sister Lowie was the person who extended her arm for the support of the possibilities of flying back again that is why I owe her my thanks and my prayers for her family. Jopman agency would also a part of this story since they are the one responsible helping to make this journey possible and for that successful pushed of my documents to acquire the required visa. PJH, the financial institution who is so kind of lending me that huge amount for me to pay whatever expenses I have. The nurses, medical technologist, doctors who took good care of our medical examination. I am having a good time with you guys.

The Flight

After knowing the final scheduled flight, responsibility comes in as it stabilizes the excitement. I am that type of person who wants to get things done and see the output in a glance since I want to organize myself as I am avoiding traffics and collisions. I don’t want that I will be leaving behind those responsibilities will just left without any single solutions posted upon.

Its just a days of doing. I had to move quickly to race against the scheduled time ahead. I packed the needed things in the journey, washed the sweet soak clothes, clean and sanitized as much as possible the area that I will be leaving behind. All of those had given my body the right to ouch! The left eye that I have develops red conguivitis due to lack of sleep, processing with the lending, back and forth before I finally boarding the plane to Manila.

Tuesday, September 15. The Cebu Pacific plane captain(forgot his name though he mentioned it for the passengers) announces the details of the flight covering from the altitude, the temperature and so do like in which, we deplaned safely at NAIA Domestic Terminal. If one can remember, I had written something about the surroundings of Manila and I am happy to notice those little improvements. NAIA is already a standard international terminal, designs meet it and that’s good that eventhough the Philippine government is so poor in responding the need of the people at least they had viewable projects that is so much useful to the many.

I picked up my luggage on the area and directly headed to the agency for final document signing. While I am confident that the yellow cab taxi would deliver me to the place I started to get nervous since he asked for more details. I really was not able to remember the whole place since I am not a frequent traveler in the place. I know he is just playing me around, Taft Avenue LRT station is a landmark that most taxi driver knew but I just let him be. I should have reported him to the proper authorities but I settle to relax, excess charging is not on the law and it should not be tolerated then. The co-departees that I have got the chance to stop the abusing driver as they had given me an address which I unload myself as my friends meet me at the gate of the place they momentarily stayed.

Later that afternoon, I meet Ms. Bham. She is the one in-charge with the few things that we need before flying which is schedule September 16 , 7:50am as we have Philippine Airlines as our official air transporter via PR896 flight bound to Tao Yuan International Airport which I thought that Chiang Kai Chek was the deplaning station. The atmosphere was good, I made a good laugh as if I am on high spirit at the agency place. She reintroduces some personnel of the agency and assigned Ms. Acar(HR Personnel) to revalidate some important aspects in our flying just for reminders.

Time runs fast. The things that I eventually need with Jopman had come to culminate. We moved forward of getting some sleep and have planned to met the sister of my friend(Mr. Potoy) which is working at Makati, the business district of the country. The last moment I have with Makati is BPI Main Corporate wherein I did the processing of my employment opportunity to the bank. I had to admit of making wrong decisions as I chose BPI over my South Korea employment. I cried on it and blame much on me but many says forget it, there’s still light better than to it. The bank owes me one thing which I supposedly had to work on but time can no longer be inserted on the schedule, that up to now they were not able to release my certificate that I had been out of the company for a long time.

We travelled Makati away from Taft and finally met Ms. Jill which gave us a free meal as promised that I won't go if it doens't have(haha!). The first target was to be at Glorietta Mall but we finally wave our way to SM Mall of Asia owned by Henry Sy, the mall tycoon. She brought us to the seaside of the mall which at that very last at the place with their sumptuous fresh specialties that had shared with the talk of family relationships and realities. We ended up looking for a Vitress which my batchmate is requesting in Taiwan at Watson’s Personal Store and to the house of where his sister resides.

Finally we got home with some leftovers from our dinner. Actually we are four from Cebu to depart, the remaining two enjoys their bedrest as we bring them something good for their stomach.

Two o’clock in the morning the following day, we woke up early for we are advised to be at the terminal station as such. We bath off and boarded our way to our final docking point. We are not just too ahead of time, the agency personnel gave us the documents back in our side together with the plane ticket, the passport and to other pertinent documents. We started to check-in our luggage, got some government personnel to countercheck our visa and finally waited for the embarkation process as we are readying ourselves for the flight to Taipei.

“Fasten your seatbelt, we will finally take off”, an overhead announcement was made as the atmosphere cooperates with our travel. Charles Pastrana, PAL Flight 896 captain does the maneuvering of the plane as he gave the updates of the flight. As the plane finally touches the land of Taiwan, I had so many high hopes of my travel and that is first, to visit the presidential palace of the country for a tour, watch how National Taiwan University develops men and women of the century, and to help Taiwan’s tourism as I am featuring the places wherein Taiwanese people are very proud of.

The airport that we docked is not that impressive since it is still starting its operations but it was made for sure to further improvements. Tao Yuan International Airport is not the same as Chiang Kai Chek International Airport which became the main attraction of the country. Most of the passengers of the flight are groups of Filipino workers who dream as mine. We met CLA guy who assisted us to pass the thermal station for AH1N1 check and to the immigration bureau and to the final turnover to our different brokers.

Dart-wits Manpower Agency then will be held responsible to pick us up, do the medical reexamination before we have Innolux Display Corporation. The medical was fast, we just been able to have it in a matter of an hour as they are processing it as quick as they could. After the medical, we venture the roads to the dormitory and were warmly welcome by some personnel at Innolux. The company factory is big. It has two main production sites, T1 and T2 respectively as T2 became the newest building of the company. It is situated at Chunan Science Base Park wherein there are nearby companies that are also present in the place.

We are catered with foods since we are not able to have our lunch by Ms. Daryl, she let us sign again the documents and got the orientation again following the distribution of the room assignments. We need the hurrying of all those documents since we are still going to go inside the fab for a short trip. I am overfatigue already at that time, my head started to spin that I need to take medicines rightaway.

That night, the batchmates I had met me. They welcome me as if we are a year of not seeing each other. They treat me with foods, the conventional nai cha(milk tea) and some chicken foods as they share stories of the past as I have say that I need to go back to bed to take some rest in preparation for tomorrow.

The orientation made by Mr. Arman(Filipino Coordinator) and Mr. Edmund was good enough to further know our different responsibilities as they conducted it last Thursday and Friday after knowing our temporary departments. Innolux is composed in so many things. They have oriented us with safely with those precautionary measures in case fire, earthquake and typhoon will be taking into the place of where I was. We have visited the sweatshop and I found it interesting, facilities are great most especially to their treadmill. It has accupuncture machines for us to relax and audio visual room in a theaterlike, a playroom for those who are billiard addict and so do much more. It is as if I was sent here not to work but to do the most pleasurable thing in life.

That’s the story, the entry of all the things that will soon be happening to my stay here which I hope to expect that another country will be the my next stop as I will conclude this backstory.

Just up to here. It’s lunch time.

A story to live by

My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is the occasion." He took the slip from me and put it on the bed with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. His hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me. "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion."

I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. I thought about them on the plane returning to California from the Midwestern town where my sister's family lives. I thought about all the things that she hadn't seen or heard or done. I thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special. I'm still thinking about his words, and they've changed my life.

I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting on the deck and admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden.

I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savor, not endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them.

I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event-such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom.

I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing.

I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party-going friends'.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I'm not sure what my sister would have done had she known that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touch with-someday. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write-one of these days.Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special. Every day, every minute, every breath truly is...a gift from God.

Adapted Article:

Ann Wells, Los Angeles Times, spiritual-endeavors.org

INC grieves leader's loss

Quezon City, Philippines - The live telecast made by a local news arm of ABS-CBN consequently open me up with this article and I found it much more comprehensive in their updates to the current happenings of the country most especially the talk of the fastcoming national elections and the breaking news of the loss of the INC church leader, I was interested to further the conversation of the latter rather than the first one.

I am suppose to torch the opulent idea to the many that the church had tremendously extend their help to those who are seeking spiritual perfectness and that it could be a sad fact that the works of the minister would never be felt the same again as it was reported the loss of a pivotal spiritual leader Bro. Eraño de Guzman Manalo which happens to be the man known to have chased the footstep of his father Felix Y. Manalo whom was been called "the last messenger" and converted to become an essential tool to form a Filipino church values, following the church establishment in the Philippines during the World War in 1914. At 84, Ka Erdy dies in cardiopulmonary arrest at his home yesterday at exactly 3:54 pm. His body at peace was brought in place at the INC Church Central Temple in Commonwealth Avenue for its members public viewing.

Bro. Manalo is the one responsible in propagation of the teachings of the Church not just in its root place in the Philippines but worldwidely including the Jerusalem where Jesus starts to crawl his evangelical teachings to the people. INC is considered to be one of the powerful flock most expecially during the exercise to the right of suffrage since they undergo a solid block voting or to their famous unity votes with their millions of members and that the Iglesia ni Cristo claims the largest independent church in Asia. His leadership is a great loss to the organization.

The church earns great praises to the many since they are known to its well-disciplined members up unto the way the church held its worship services wherein solemnity, decency and nobility in teachings are properly observed in their well funded Neogothic church designs, a structure built to put more the value of holiness during God's days and thankgivings.

One of their main religious strongholds is that they are so much compact to believe that only those who belongs to the church is the only one who will enjoy the salvation during the second coming of the Jesus which they had testimonized it in the content of the bible in Romans 16:16 which says, "Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings. ", a thing that can't be refuted that the bible recognizes the Church of Christ as the only church mentioned in the holy scriptures, the one real church.

The church became my home since I gained earthly wisdom up until I had just personally eloped the organization while I need to sacrifice the one most important life structure that my mother inherited in me due to the reasons that I suppose to believed and can understand. It haunt me much knowing the fact that while I am in the truth nothing secures my personal attitude compared to what the church stands for, that is why.

The church is so influential that most of my theological upbringing grows a majority of sixty percent and that the rest would be a learning on the sideways. The importance of unity is one that left up to now in my struggle to reform the world that is why I am advocating it the way the church does which conclusively they become successful.

I am allocating my space for him here since the church that he leads is a follower like me as part of being a member to the organization which became my past that I never regretted with of being one since it created more on spiritual basis of my humanhood formation. And it is just worthy that the government should declare its sympathy by simply recognizing the advantage of the church since the Iglesia Ni Cristo is bringing the banner of the country and that was adapted by millions of devotee of any races throughout the different continents.

Ka Erdy is the emblem of God's existence, envisioning to commission and teach the world with what the only bible has.

To God be in his soul!

A review of Sen. Ted Kennedy

While I am enjoying that very dumb silence of the place I have, news broke it out while knowing that Kennedy cuts his life short in a brain cancer at 77. On my bench, I can't let this pass without noting the good man in the US Senate Edward M. Kennedy for I am always been considering myself a collector of in good faith individuals. All that was printed on my mind that I can't have it into words was posted here and it is just a matter of allowing myself to a different kind of indescribable ecstatic feelings and that it results into a literary architecture I can ever redefined.

Kennedy.

I was nailed and soaked to the surname for awhile while I am trying to digest the lost of a really good man in the world of politics. Later on, it cleared on my thought how majestic the clan is and was one of those who believed that the family was destined to be in public service as it shows, it narrowed. One thing that enters in flash with my thought is nonetheless the 35th US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy which history conforms that he was brutally attacked with a bullets by his assassin's and was credited to be the youngest man elected President and the youngest to die. And for an additional information of everybody, the president also is the one who brained the historic Apollo moon landings.

Kennedy's clan deserved the highest distinction they should be for they served the office with what is a the real meaning of being a politician in truth that they soulfully sworn in. It is just as seldom as that, as seldom as that to happen that the clan somewhat managed to monopolized US politics in a very positive way as its output give a great outlook on the waywards of hope for those who are in need of their ready hand; that is why they were loved, they stayed in the position, and more imperatively they left a legacy far beyond the needs of just being in their standing.

Its Kennedy's clan trademarks.

It is none preventive that it stabbed my heart during the time that President Obama made a speech in one event of his inaugural ball which also happened the seizure of the senator in his brain cancer fight and that the words he said would be nearly like this, "... a part of myself is with him...", the tears in my eyes is cracking, I am that easy to collaborate most especially to emotional aspects.

Sen. Ted Kennedy and to the rest of the "Kennedians"(the Kennedy family members) is impossible to replicate. How can US citizen forget his applaudable works in the senate when in fact he composed his own advocacy that he believed in and that it is a government obligation to provide easy access to quality education and that the slogan No Child Left Behind Act was successfully implemented into law, a resolution to clear up illegal immigration issues, built thousands of job opportunities and equality to immigrants and the natural born citizens in acquiring benefits to health care and to the rest of those substantial laws within. He also rallied in support to give all people a chance a better living in his programs that would increase wages of the very ordinary workers.

As an add up to a website I visited it stated that, Senator Kennedy has long been a champion of civil rights, beginning with assisting in getting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted, and tackling the more recent aspects of the civil rights issue in 1991, which included increasing rights and protections, as well as granting women the right to a full place in the United States military. In 1980, he also proposed additional civil rights acts for institutionalized Americans and refugees.

It is just his very fractional part of his vital works he often shared and that there would be more that I am no longer qualified for my very own scrutiny.

Venturing more into his biography, Edward M. Kennedy reigns third longest-serving official in the United States Senate, born at St. Margaret's Hospital at Boston, Massachusetts and the youngest of the nine children. He received his law education at the University of Virginia which he accomplished it in 1959.

He is God's unique masterpiece.

Photo Credit:

wikipedia.com

Headaches: Reduce stress to prevent the pain

You're late. You can't find your keys. You're not prepared for your breakfast meeting. And the dog just tracked mud through the living room. No wonder you have a headache.

Headaches are more likely to occur when you're stressed. In fact, stress is the most common headache trigger. But you don't need to give stress the upper hand. Take simple steps to manage your stress — and help keep your headaches at bay.

The daily grind

The stress of a major life event — the birth of a baby, the death of a loved one, a career change, a divorce — is undeniable. But it's not necessarily this type of stress that triggers headaches. Instead, it's the everyday irritants — searching for lost papers, sitting in traffic, tolerating petty annoyances at work — that may erode your ability to cope. For some people, this triggers headaches.

Stress hormones can alter the level of certain chemicals in the brain, which may contribute to headaches as well. If you tense your muscles, grind your teeth or stiffen your shoulders in response to stress, you may only make your headaches worse.

Stop the cycle

You can't avoid daily stress. But you can keep stress under control — which can help prevent headaches. Consider these tips:

• Simplify your life. Rather than looking for ways to squeeze more activities or chores into the day, leave some things out. Ask yourself what really needs to be done, what can wait and what can be dropped entirely. It's OK to say no occasionally.

• Manage your time wisely. Update your to-do list every day — both at work and at home. Delegate what you can, and break large projects into manageable chunks. Tackle the rest one task at a time.

• Be prepared. Organize your day ahead of time. Anticipate challenges. Try to keep your plan flexible, in case a headache strikes and you need to change course.

• Let go. Don't worry about things you can't control.

• Adjust your attitude. If you find yourself thinking, "This can't be done," snap back to attention. Think instead, "This will be tough. But I can make it work." Putting a positive spin on negative thoughts can help you work through stressful situations.

• Relax. Set aside time for yourself every day, even if it's only a few minutes. When you feel your muscles begin to tense, breathe deeply. Inhale to the count of six, pause for a second and then slowly exhale.

• Take a break. If you feel overwhelmed, take some time to clear your mind. A few slow stretches or a brisk walk may renew your energy for the task at hand. Or take a mental vacation. Imagine yourself in a calm, relaxing place.

• Exercise regularly. Exercise is a proven way to prevent — and sometimes treat — headaches. Exercise also provides a break from the stress of daily life. Be careful to warm up slowly. Sudden, intense exercise can cause headaches.

• Eat smart. A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains can give you more energy — plus the fuel you need to keep stress under control.

• Laugh. Humor is a great way to relieve stress. Laughter releases endorphins, natural substances that help you feel better and maintain a positive attitude.

• Change the pace. Occasionally break away from your routine and try something new. A vacation or weekend getaway may help you develop a new outlook.

Recognize when it's more than stress

Most headaches are nothing to worry about. But if headaches disrupt your daily activities, work or personal life, ask your doctor for help. You may be stressed, but perhaps there's something else going on as well.

Seek emergency care if your headache:

• Is sudden and severe
• Accompanies a fever, stiff neck, rash, confusion, seizure, double vision, weakness, numbness or difficulty speaking
• Follows a head injury, fall or bump
• Gets worse despite rest and over-the-counter pain medication

These signs and symptoms may indicate a medical condition that needs prompt treatment.

Adapted Article:

mayoclinic.com