I see my turning 40 in the following quotes:

Life begins at 40! (Walter Pitkins)

Life begins to be better in one's middle age.

I’m 18 with 22 years of experience!
This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age (Cicero).
To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something (Samuel Beckett).

The 40 Cities/Places I have been to:

USA

California

1.      San Francisco

2.      Elk Grove

3.      Sacramento

Nevada

4.      Reno

5.      Las Vegas

New Jersey

6.      South Plainfield

New York

7.      New York City

Washington DC

8.      Catholic University

US Territories

9.      Guam

Asia

10.  Philippines

11.  Vietnam

12.  Singapore

13.  Taiwan

14.  Hong Kong

15.  Macau

16.  China

17.  Israel

Africa

18.  Cairo

Europe

Portugal

19.  Lisbon

20.  Fatima

Spain

21.  Madrid

22.  Caleruega

23.  Salamanca

France

24.  Lourdes

Italy

25.  Milan

26.  Como

27.  Bologna

28.  Florence

29.  Assisi

30.  Siena

31.  Montepulciano

32.  Rome

33.  Napoli

34.  Pompeii

35.  Amalfi

Switzerland

36.  Lugano

Czech Republic

37.  Prague

Poland

38.  Krakow

Germany

39.  Mainz

40.  Frankfurt

I am known by family and close friends to be picky on food. The list contains 40 dishes/beverages my palate prefers.

1.      Rice (plain, garlic, fried, arroz caldo, risotto, valenciana, champorado)

2.      Talong (torta, fried, alla parmigiana)

3.      Noodles (beef, sotanghon, pancit, palabok, sphagetti)

4.      Chicken

5.      Shrimp

6.      Alimasag

7.      Sausage (longaniza, hotdog)

8.      Pinakbet

9.      Tuna in can

10.  Tofu

11.  Italian Pasta

12.  Ice cream (sorbetes, gelato)

13.  Coffee (Columbian, cappuccino, dunkin donut’s)

14.  Creamer (coffee mate)

15.  Wine (red and white)

16.  Tea (green, Japanese)

17.  Chocolate (dark, salted caramel)

18.  Peanut butter

19.  Fish (fried tilapia, tinapa, ball)

20.  Spam

21.  Pork (dinuguan, adobo, barbeque, sinigang, chop, tocino, batchoy, humba, menudo)

22.  Kare-kare

23.  Junk food (chips)

24.  Meryenda (lumpia, turon, kamote-que, taho, kinulti, ginataan, buko pie)

25.  Desert (leche plan, biko, tiramisu, halo-halo)

26.  Chicken egg (hard boiled, fried, poached, omelet)

27.  Pizza

28.  Bruschetta

29.  Liquor (whisky)

30.  Fruits (apple, orange, guava, strawberry, prunes)

31.  Burger (ham, bacon cheese, chicken)

32.  Pancake

33.  Beer (San Mig Light, Taiwan, Japanese)

34.  Nuts (corn, wall, chest, pistachio)

35.  Salad (vegetable, fruit, macaroni, buko, potato)

36.  French fries

37.  Pandesal

38.  Juice (calamansi, orange, lemon, cranberry, papaya milk)

39.  Condiments (salt and pepper, garlic, chili, ginger, fish sauce, ketchup, vinegar, butter, mango tomato salsa, bagoong, rosemary)

40.  Green and leafy vegetables

Laughter is the best medicine. My 40 favorite source of laughter are:

1.      Ellen De Generes

2.      Jimmy Fallon

3.      Steve Martin

4.      Will Ferrel

5.      Senator Miriam Santiago

6.      Perci Perez

7.      Jeff Dunham

8.      Gabriel Iglesias

9.      Ramil and Nel

10.  Kelly Pickler

11.  Steve Harvey

12.  Stephen K Amos

13.  TVJ

14.  Bubble Gang

15.  Novak Djokovic

16.  Robin Williams

17.  Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean)

18.  Billy Crystal

19.  Ai ai delas Alas

20.  Scary Movies

21.  Whose Line Is It Anyway?

22.  Fr Romy, CS

23.  Finding Nemo

24.  Jimmy Kimmel Live

25.  Sofia Vergara

26.  SNL

27.  Shrek

28.  Forrest Gump

29.  Nora Ephron

30.  Tracey Ullman

31.  David Walliams

32.  Sister Act

33.  Just for Laughs

34.  TV News Bloopers

35.  Tom and Jerry

36.  Sandra Bullock

37.  Nova Villa

38.  Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

39.  Comedy Central

40.  Ratatouille

The 40 Saints I usually invoke for spiritual help.

1.      The Blessed Virgin Mary

2.      St Joseph

3.      St Dominic de Guzman

4.      St Catherine of Siena

5.      St Francis Assisi

6.      St Claire Assisi

7.      St Thomas Aquinas

8.      St Albert the Great

9.      St Therese of Liseux

10.  St John of the Cross

11.  St Teresa Avila

12.  St Martin de Porres

13.  St John Macias

14.  St Rose of Lima

15.  St Padre Pio

16.  St Lorenzo Ruiz

17.  St Pedro Calungsod

18.  St John Bosco

19.  Sts Peter and Paul

20.  Sts Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

21.  Sts Michael, Rafael, Gabriel, the Archangels

22.  St Augustine of Hippo

23.  St Monica

24.  Bl. Pope John XXIII

25.  Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

26.  Bl. Pope John Paul II

27.  Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman

28.  St Jude Thaddeus

29.  St Ignatius of Loyola

30.  St Agnes of Montepulciano

31.  St Bernadette Soubirous

32.  St Narcissus

33.  St Maximilian Kolbe

34.  St John Mary Vianney

35.  St Martha

36.  St Mary Magdalene

37.  St Jerome

38.  St Faustina Kowalska

39.  Sts Anne and Joachim

40.  St Anthony de Padua