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zappadelta · Joined: 31 Aug 2004

This year, I turned the big 30. What's the worst thing for you about getting older? For me, it's the hangovers. I remember 5-7 years ago, I would go out drinking all night and wake up the next day and play basketball or just do normal activities without much of a penalty. But, these days, I can't do anything the day after I drink. The hangovers seem to last for 2-3 days, instead of half a day. Oh, 짜증나!

desultude · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Getting Old

DHX · Joined: 11 Jun 2006

I turned 27 this year and I'm starting to feel it... 20 year old girls aren't as easy to impress anymore....... Laughing

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

1. No, I'd say 20-yr-old girls just aren't as _fun_ to impress anymore.

2. Zap, please stop fretting. You're letting down the side. Only woman are supposed to fret about getting older. It's the Creator's will, you know?

3. Anti-Aging Molecule Discovered

By Kim Tae-gyu, Staff Reporter

A team of South Korean scientists on Sunday claimed to have created a "cellular fountain of youth,�� or a small molecule, which enables human cells to avoid aging and dying.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200606/kt2006061209433511780.htm

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Moldy Rutabaga · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea

Ah, Guadalajara.. beautiful zocalos, great food..

Being older isn't so bad. The 18 year-olds look good.. the 28 year-olds look good.. the 38 year-olds look good... Cool

Of course, nothing tastes good anymore. And everything hurts when you get up. And you can't hear like you used to. But that's alright, because those rotten kids nowadays don't have any good music anymore anyway, it's all noise, noise, noise!

Ken:>

rawiri · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.

I hear ya man......32 for me next week Confused

desultude · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject:

nagging injuries

Confused

healing just isn't as fast or as complete at times

and that's just in the midthirties...

feeling old already sometimes

pet lover · Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Location: not in Seoul

Although I have fun pretending to my students that I believe myself to be in my early twenties (I also go on and on about being a beautiful princess), I have been relishing my real age. When I was in my twenties, the thought of my thirties scared me.

I'm 31 and a half now ( Smile

hehehehe...still counting in halves) and wouldn't dream of dropping any of those years. I'm totally looking forward to the rest of this decade and onwards. I would not agree to being in my twenties again for all the money in the world.

I've found that as I've grown older, I've become more confident in myself, developed better life habits, made wiser choices and smarter decisions, and have just plain had more FUN than when I was younger. And if it's this great at a mere 31, then I really look forward to experiencing life in my forties, fifties, sixties, and onward.

I'm less concerned with other people's opinions of me, my beliefs, or my actions (that is, strangers' opinions...still care about family and friends to an extent). I have a lot more self-confidence, am able to stand firm with my beliefs, and I don't take crap off of anyone. I'm not a pushover and am good at saying "No" whenever I think it's necessary.

I'm only "getting older" from the standpoint of myself when I was younger. I prefer to look back...to imagine myself in my dotage and "remembering when". There is a 90 year old pet lover bossing me around to make sure that I take care of myself NOW, physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially so that she isn't screwed later down the line. To her, I'm youth itself and I feel like it. Very Happy

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

Just remember everyone, you are only as old as WHO you feel.

captain kirk · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

Aches and pains in the joints, I'd say. Particularly the knees. I went up a mountain hike Saturday, motorbiked Sunday and I wish I was a spider with more joints, more legs, more support that way. Like at this job I stand for five hours straight while teaching (big classes, lots of kids). As a result I drink tea and read at night, something civilized, and rest the ears from childish hoots and hollers, the mind from blurting elementary encouragements, and the knees from load bearing.

Getting old is new territory, if you're smart, follow the deepening. If one wants to fight it and stay foolish and superficial then one has the sneaking suspicion it's living ridiculously. But everyone has knees...

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

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formerflautist · Joined: 30 May 2006

The fine lines are starting to show. And some day my freckles will start to morph into age spots. My Oil of Olay has not been enough to keep away either.

Howard Roark · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Location: Canada

I'm 26 and I can already feel effects of aging. The most notable change is definitely how my body handles alcohol. In university, and even 2 years ago, I could drink (and smoke) ALL NIGHT and wake up the next day feeling like a million dollars!

Nowadays however, as someone else described, a solid night or two of drinking takes days to get over. If I spend a weekend in Seoul, forget about it! I don't feel "normal" again until Wednesday.

And it's not just the hangovers either. I used to be able to drink, as I said, quite a bit and always keep my wits about me and I never "blacked out". But now, I find my drinking memory is getting worse and worse. Which actually, is alarming.

I eat healthy and I go to the gym 5 days a week - I'm probably in better shape than 5 years ago. So that has nothing to do with it. What else could it be but age?

It was really amazing how quickly it happened too. It was like as soon as I hit 25 !BOOM! Can't drink anymore!

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