This week, California’s San Francisco Bay Area counties finally announced Shelter-In-Place for all residents to help flatten the coronavirus (COVID-19) national rise of infected cases. As more states started to follow this new drill across the country, the news injected addition fear to the public and stirred up more exhaustion into the stock market. People immediately raced to long lines inside grocery stores and pharmacies to stock up on foods and emergency medical supplies. Selective schools are asked to be closed for the rest of this school year. The U.S. Government is working on over a trillion dollars bailout to help everyone during the crisis. People are upset with the government’s handling of the illness spread. Everyone around the world is glued to the negative media news and chat discussions have gone viral on social media. Fear and anxiety are growing at its highest levels.
During these times, people need to remember to develop mental toughness and confidence. They need to keep themselves healthy , hydrated, and safe by limiting group activities or being exposed. Being brave and confident is required in order to make courages choices for achieving an ideal life in an abnormal setting. There are too many familiar pains, struggles, and patterns around the world right now. In order to live the best life possible in times of a crisis, people need to embrace the freedom of picking new choices by doing new things and making better decisions. Don’t be blinded! It is easier to be saddened or depressed by the entire situation, compared to pushing through and surviving through tough times. Lots of people will be losing their jobs as employers struggle to keep their businesses alive. The real test of life is what you will be worth when you have nothing left in your control. Leaders are constantly put into these tests each day, and so are medical professionals and staff members, as well as public servants who are working at their peak levels to help keep the public safe during these times.
Who Am I: My name is Mary D. Lu, a self-funded woman entrepreneur, Business Owner/CEO of multiple e-Commerce businesses. I am a U.S. Army veteran and an investor. While my businesses are diversified, running online stores on Amazon and Shopify across sales channels, my deepest passion and love are in music, art, writing, traveling, and global communications. I am an independent explorer of new experiences. I believe in inspiring and influencing people from all backgrounds, building their confidence to see the world and living a more improved lifestyle.
What I Blog About: I absolutely enjoy new experiences of living and working remotely abroad in different countries around the world. Cooking cultural foods and dining are some of my favorite experiences during traveling. Over the years, I have found ways to fund my adventures throughout my journey: free airfares, free hotel stays, upgrades, transportation, dining, and more. Is traveling expensive? It depends on the traveler, budget, and season. I am a travel bargain hunter. I still eat great foods, enjoy local entertainments, and stay at convenient hotel locations. Traveling is helpful for building positive mindsets, discovering your own true spirit, offering life balance, and expanding perspectives around different world cultures, languages, and history. You can better connect with the world through foreign languages, cooking, music, and other shared hobbies, in which all experiences help contribute to world peace. I enjoy sharing my travel experiences with the world and hope that the information provided will help influence your next memorable trip planning decisions.
My Background: I was born in Macau, China and raised in Oakland, California, USA. My parents were Chinese immigrants from Vietnam with GuangXi province ancestors. I am the second born child and eldest daughter in a family of six children. I am fluent in a few world languages and can carry conversations in: English, Cantonese, Mandarin-Chinese, French, and basic Korean. I can also understand some Japanese, Vietnamese, and Spanish languages. My first French language study abroad experience was in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). I joined the military active duty service in the United States Army after high school to pay for college. After returning to California, my parents divorced. I became nearly homeless, but I worked and built my technical sales career during my 20s and 30s living in Sunnyvale, California. From being a call center representative working on shifts to managing sales accounts, support renewal contracts, and then from a sales enablement operations manager to managing my own inside sales teams, I can say that I have experienced a full corporate sales career in Silicon Valley. I purchased my first single family home when I was 30 years old. Finally, I wanted to bring all my skills to explore the real world, so I resigned from my corporate sales career by age 37, self-funded and jump started several businesses on my own. Life has totally surprised me since then.
My Hobbies:
Singing, listening to music, playing musical string instruments, live performances, exercising/workout, cooking, baking, dining, potlucks, holiday events, biking, drawing, painting, writing, photography, interior design, fashion illustrations, traveling, foreign languages, world cultures, martial arts performances, and more.
Feel free to follow Meriloo Adventures! I look forward to sharing and introducing you folks to various adventures and destinations around the countries, based on my own travel experiences. Life is too short. Let’s have fun exploring what real life have to offer and capture those moments in time!
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