Carpe Diem

hiring

2010-10-12T08:55:00.001+08:00

we are in need of teachers for the following subjects: algorithms, automata, game programming, xml, internet server mgt. pls. call 221-8181 loc 131

Lost humanity

2010-10-07T08:43:00.001+08:00

Why are you so weak? Why do you put yourselves in the hands of fate rather than faith? Don't forget that you are human and therefore are given great power over many things. Remember that you are not only governed by your emotions. Do not control your thoughts by what you feel. Rather, regulate your feelings with reason. In this manner, you will not easily give up. Thoughts form words and words become your reality. Get yourselves back together and become human once again.

How to iron your clothes

2010-09-19T18:10:00.000+08:00

I have almost forgotten how annoying it is to iron my clothes. Some clothes can be so stubborn and it pisses me off. Well, at least I get a little exercise doing it. The chore only comes ones in a while.

Pig and Turtle :(

2009-02-23T20:23:00.001+08:00

der ws a turtle
hu fel nluv wd a pig.
1day, d trtle
vsted d pig
& sed
"luv njd kau tka"
d pig rpLied:
"kmi n ni rabit, dugay mN gd ka!
nghulat bya ko nMu"
=( OUCH!

***************************
d turtle
had 2 w8,
2 prove
8 was true.
1st tym 8 went
out of 8s shell,
2 make sure
8 was real.
so as not 2
hurt d pig,
n not to
do a trick.
bt nw 8s
too l8.
it could
only w8.

Twisted

2009-02-12T21:08:00.003+08:00

How I hate that twisted behavior. People say what they say without even listening to themselves. People give advices to others without even experiencing those advices or even understanding the same in a mature perspective. Even the most conservative individual commit big mistakes on the very same thing he/she is known to be good at. How I hate that twisted behavior.

One difficult responsibility

2009-01-21T00:30:00.002+08:00

As we get older, we are given the responsibility to guide those who are younger. It is expected because we've gone ahead in life and have experienced what's right and wrong. We have learned things from these experiences. Naturally, we try to impart these things to others who have less experiences. It's the joy and pain of adulthood.
I for one am admittedly at an adult's age have been given this responsibility also. Why should I disregard it? After all, it will help shape the future and I can benefit from this - a peaceful future. However, it is of great difficulty when your physical appearance comes in the way of this responsibility. I look ridiculously young for my age. A simple example would be an instance where I get to ride a tricycle. It is common sense and a sign of respect that if you know that your destination is quite far, and you know the probability of you getting off that tricycle first is very low, you move and give the seat near the entrance to people with closer destinations because they get to arrive first. This common sense is not very common anymore. You have to tell the person sitting at the entrance to move away (but in a polite manner of course) because your destination is quite near. This scenario is fine when the one talking is obviously of older age and appearance. Not fine with me though. People stare at me like it hit their pride when I do the same. Sometimes they become rude and lean as close to the entrance as possible and stare away and ignore me. I don't get offended if the one sitting there is older or a senior citizen who doesn't want to bother sitting close to the driver who sometimes smell awful. Talking about manners. Well, it might have been my fault also because I usually wear casual clothes which make me look young (aside from my face and my height and I really cannot understand why other people with same height as mine, look mature enough to be respected). I should wear semi-formal as often as I can. It's quite funny because I want to look mature but I don't want to look old. It's ironic. Tension of the opposites. Well, I'm used to that.

Trying to act stupid again.

2009-01-14T22:51:00.003+08:00

I just wanted to test their reactions... a reply to my email implies something and my reply is uncorrelated lolz. I wonder how stupidity (or somewhat like that) affects that community.

Are you a student?

2009-01-07T19:21:00.002+08:00

I was on my way home from work. I went to the workstation at the guardhouse to log myself out when this lady looked at me with serious eyes. I'm really stupid at things like that. I tried to think of every possibility of knowing this lady. I really can't remember. I thought of looking at both my sides but didn't do it. I can't afford to embarrass someone who might knew me by looking uncertain in front of her. Well, what I did was to also stare at her with a little smile as if I knew her also. After a few seconds, she finally spoke. She said: "Are you a student?". Wow she's fluent and pretty by the way. Although her words took me by surprise, I just smiled and shook my head. I was relieved that I didn't actually know her and didn't have to embarrass her like I did to someone before. She went on and told me: "You look like a student." I really didn't know what to say so I just smiled. She smiled back. Well, that shouldn't flatter me as it meant that I look ridiculously young for my age (but it did flatter me lolz). I'm a college instructor handling 3rd year and 4th year students.

NBA cards

2009-01-04T20:09:00.002+08:00

I've had a few NBA cards from high school and I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who would want to buy it. Here are a few:

So far so good

2009-01-03T22:52:00.002+08:00

2009 was a year where predictions for people born on the year of the pig are not quite lucky. I'm one of them. I however haven't experienced this "bad luck". At least not yet. 2009 came like the usual year for me, well not really usual. I've been lucky hehehe. I got a new task for blogging, a paid blogging site paid me, and my google adsense had been earning (not big but I'm glad it's moving). I was able to give gifts to most under my list (I can't give everyone though, there are too many of them). I am almost done with my pending jobs. Lastly, I bought quite a few presents for myself. I hope these predictions don't get in my way. We all know how thoughts created by these predictions affect our environment and eventually give a feeling of fulfillment. Optimism! That's my new year's resolution!

Should I?

2009-01-02T23:08:00.002+08:00

Funny how I can't seem to decide on what to do about misidentifying people. I have people in my YM contacts which I have no idea where I've come into contact with. I don't know who they are really. Though their names are familiar, I really can't recall any instance of encounter with them. I'm really poor with people. The thought just bothers me. Should I ask them promptly? Wouldn't it be rude? What if they really know me? I hate this. I'm an idiot.

Learned a rose origami

2008-12-23T09:33:00.002+08:00

I've learned another origami from the internet. It's a better looking rose than those that I already know.

God's garden must be beautiful

2008-12-14T22:39:00.001+08:00

One of our relatives gave this card for my grandmother who died Dec. 02, 2008.

God's Garden Must Be Beautiful

God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped His arms around you,
And whispered, "Come to Me".
You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only picks the best.
And when i saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain.
I could not wish you back,
To suffer that again.

Reasons

2008-12-14T22:19:00.002+08:00

Reasons, reasons, there are always reasons. Fear is intensified by the trauma and it became the limiting factor for this being. It is the reason for the kind of existence being lived by. It fused and cannot be separated. When will it end? Only time can tell where a mediocre life can never be achieved. Read between those lines and see the struggle within those chains. They cuffed the hands with fury, keeping them on the ground and there's just no key to set it free. Can you feel it? Can you read? Time will tell and time is running out. What can be done? What can be done?

UIC ITE professors went nuts again

2008-11-05T13:12:00.002+08:00

Just click the photo to view the entire album.

From ITE pix (not lenovo cam)

Another Idiotic Moment

2008-11-02T13:34:00.003+08:00

Whew, just got home from church and I had another idiotic encounter. After the mass, I went straight to Mercury Drug Store to buy some food (canned goods and some junk foods) when I met this lady. She approached me and called me by some name (I really did not hear clearly). Honestly, I really could not remember her. I even looked if there was someone behind me lol. Anyway, she approached me and asked where my "mama" was. I wasn't sure what she meant by "mama" as I call my grandmother "mama" and my mom "mom". I immediately answered that she was home. My mom is currently at the province, and my grandmother is at home (intubated). I noticed the expression on her face as if the confidence of knowing me slowly subsided. She then asked if we didn't celebrate all souls' day at the province and I confidently answered a "no" and unintentionally had an expression of being surprised why she didn't know (If she was a relative, she'd know that my grandmother was at home and needed nursing and that there's no way of visiting the dead when there's someone at home catching her breath to live). I think that expression really had her. She left and I know from the look on her face that she had second thoughts if I was really the person she thought I was, which I am. These was all because of my automatic response of clumsiness when a somewhat stranger tries to converse with me. I always give out answers without thinking twice whether or not I understood clearly their question. I even pair it with expressions I don't really intend on showing but they do, which then give false impression on what I really mean (Now I'm confused with my words)
. Well, just wanted to share this experience. I think I got her to feel embarrassed more than I did.

The Devil's Advocate

2008-11-02T07:42:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, when I scanned through the television set, I was able to watch the Devil's Advocate (starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pachino). There was a line by the Devil (Al Pachino) saying that the 20th century was his (just before reaching the year 2000). It got me thinking. People before the millennium were too worried about the end of the world. Movies came out about comets hitting the Earth, or "the beast" appearing. Some religious leaders even talked their followers to go to their sacred place because only they can be saved (you might know who I'm talking about and I don't want to name names). Everyone was busy for the said event--the End of the World. Well, watching the movie for the second time got me into thinking: What if they had the right idea of the world belonging to Satan, but only got the date wrong? What if it were that only until the 20th century was the world able to resist him? People after the "expected End-of-the-World" I think got away with the pressure, and some I think felt quite free. Freedom to think, feel, and act. The feeling that the end may not come. Just look around, even the Catholic church tolerate scandals and have no power against it. Actions taken against immorality are taken as being judgemental. Conservative cultures are dying fast, and doing wrong is much preferred than doing right. Self-sacrifice is a thing of the past and all I care about is my future. Vanity is inveitable.

What if the 20th century wasn't his but was the last stand for humanity and faith to succeed? What if the 21st century onward is deemed under his ownership? Just a question though, what if?

Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo.. Dapat lumandi ka din.

2008-11-01T19:51:00.004+08:00

I was amused by one of the posts made by my college classmate at her multiply site. Here it is:

Ayon kay Bob Ong,

1. "Kung hindi mo mahal ang isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya.."

2. "Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba."

3. "Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang."

4. "Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na."

5. "Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

6. "Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo.. Dapat lumandi ka din."

7. "Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang."

8. "Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi

pagkukusa."

9. "Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya quits lang."

10. "Kung dalawa ang mahal mo, piliin mo yung pangalawa. Kasi hindi ka naman magmamahal ng iba kung mahal mo talaga yung una."

11. "Hindi porke't madalas mong ka-chat, kausap sa telepono, kasama sa mga lakad o ka-text ng wantusawa eh may gusto sayo at magkakatuluyan kayo. Meron lang talagang mga taong sadyang friendly, sweet, flirt, malandi, pa-fall o paasa."

12. "Huwag magmadali sa babae o lalaki. Tatlo, lima, sampung taon, mag-iiba ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong hindi pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang maganda o nakakalibog ito. Totong mas mahalaga ang kalooban ng tao higit sa anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan nagmumukha ding pandesal, maniwala ka."

13. "Minsan kahit ikaw ang nakaschedule, kailangan mo pa rin maghintay, kasi hindi ikaw ang priority."

14. "Mahirap pumapel sa buhay ng tao. Lalo na kung hindi ikaw yung bida sa script na pinili nya."

15. "Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng dalawang tao pag

nagtalikuran na sila? Kailangan mong libutin ang buong mundo para lang makaharap ulit ang taong tinalikuran mo."

16. "Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala"

17. "Hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohan, at hindi lahat ng hindi mo kayang intindihin ay kasinungalingan"

18. "Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lng yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

19. "Pakawalan mo yung mga bagay na nakakasakit sa iyo kahit na pinasasaya ka nito. Wag mong hintayin ang araw na sakit na lang ang nararamdaman mo at iniwan ka na ng kasiyahan mo."

20. "Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang mga taong malalapit sa iyo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo."

Went nuts again over the Lenovo Cam

2008-10-30T18:56:00.003+08:00

Well, just see for yourself. People in the UIC ITE went nuts again.

From Nuts Over Lenovo 2

More photos here

Just another badminton night

2008-10-28T23:18:00.002+08:00

Just got home from another badminton night. It wasn't the game I expected though. Quite a lousy game tonight. Hopefully next time won't be the same. I have this problem though. My work schedule changed and I have to wake up as early as 5:00 in the morning for 4 days per week. If a game night is hyper, the next day will be very tiring. Whew. Well, it's just a matter of getting used to.

Lenovo Camera

2008-10-24T23:54:00.001+08:00

Went nuts over the Lenovo Camera lol.

From Picture Picture at the ITE Faculty Office

Get together at Hanoi and Coffee Peace

2008-10-23T20:29:00.003+08:00

Last October 1, we had a small get together at Hanoi and Coffee Peace.

From Hanoi October 1, 2008

Observe

2008-09-20T20:30:00.000+08:00

Just trying to see how people react to a certain post.

Sikat

2008-09-20T08:05:00.001+08:00

Sikata sa akong blog entry about C# express, Firebird, and Crystal Reports XI oi. wakekeke.

What dreams may come...

2008-09-13T22:22:00.002+08:00

I just wonder... I always had this dream (I don't even know if it's a nightmare or what). It's just that I'm not disturbed by the nature of this dream. I'm just disturbed by its frequent occurrence.

In the dream, I see my high school classmates. We were by the beach. It's a weird beach because there are high walls (I think it's similar to an episode of Mr. Bean, where he tried to dress up in front of a blind man). There were subdivisions behind the wall. Suddenly, the sea becomes calm. Then I see a very huge wave. We just went up the wall and up to the houses to see the waves bang the wall. Some people were drowned. But we just stood there spectating. The waves could not harm us at all.

I think I like this dream that is why it keeps repeating. I know this is something psychological and I need to be able to explain its logic.

The necklace

2008-08-22T20:51:00.002+08:00

At the end of ten years, they had paid everything. Everything with the rates of usury, and the accumulations of the compound interest.

Madame Loisel looked old now. She had become the woman of impoverished households - Strong and Hard and Rough. With frowzy hair, skirts askew, and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water. Sometimes however, when her husband was at the office, she sat down near the window and thought of that gay evening long ago, of that ball where she had been so beautiful and so feted.

What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How life is strange and how changeful! How little a thing is needed for us to be lost or to be saved!

But one Sunday, having gone to take a walk in the Champs Elysees to refresh herself from the labors of the week, she suddenly perceived a woman who was leading a child. It was Madame Forestier, still young, still beautiful, still charming.

Madame Loisel felt moved. Was she going to speak to her? Yes, certainly, and now that she had paid, she was going to tell her all about it. Why not?

She went up. "Good-day, Jeanne."

The other, astonished to be familiarily addressed by this plain goodwife, did not recognize her at all, and stammered.

"But madame! I do not know. You must have mistaken."
"No, I am Mathilde Loisel."
Her friend uttered a cry.
"Oh my poor Mathilde! How you are changed!"
"Yes, I have had days hard enough, since I have seen you. Days wretched enough, and that because of you!"
"Of me! How so?"
"Do you remember that diamond necklace which you lent me to wear at the minister balll?"
"Yes, well?"
"Well, I lost it."
"What do you mean? You brought it back."
"I brought you back another just like it. And for this, we have been ten years paying. You can understand that it was not easy for us, us who had nothing. At last it is ended, and I am very glad."

Madame Forestier had stopped.
"You say that you bought a necklace of diamonds to replace mine?"
"Yes, you never noticed it then! The were very like."
And she smiled with a joy which was proud and naive at once.
Madame Forestier, strongly moved, took her two hands.
"Oh my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste. It was worth at most five hundred francs!"

-Maupassant-

Is that embarrassing or what?

2008-08-20T00:39:00.001+08:00

Just a while ago, I went to the university wearing a formal wear. It was the second day of PAASCU visitation. Everything was set. I started the day right. Got up, took a bath, ate my breakfast, and went off. Upon arriving at school, I went straight to the lab, as I saw some of my students waiting. I left my things and hurried to the faculty room where I heard something on the way. The first class wasn't satisfactory as my supposed lecture did not work out. The computer just didn't cooperate. Well, we went on anyway. I didn't have my 11:00 class because we were due for an interview. I already felt uneasy, but never realized what it was. Then came the interview. I noticed the very cool feeling... it was cold because the room was airconditioned. But it was cooler. Just in the middle of the interview, I found out what that uneasy feeling was and it was related to that cool feeling. I saw my pants torn out right at the center! I was in front of a nun! The hell should I know what to do? I kept silent even though I should have talked a lot during the interview. I just kept silent. What's interesting is I forgot about it after the interview. We went on to take our lunch, did my job on my 1:00 class, then went on with the 2:30 class. In the middle of our discussion, I remembered that funny feeling. Damn the pants. I know my students couldn't have missed it! There was still roughly 30 minutes left and I discontinued our circular discussion. I should feel embarrassed! Geeez!

R.I.P

2008-08-18T21:27:00.002+08:00

Father Ocampo sure is consistent with his R.I.P messages. I was hoping I could get more useful info from his messages. I mean, as Atenean, i also wish to receive updates that are really useful for both me and the ADDU community. I just wish that more useful updates would come specially those that would help the industry where I'm in. Just an opinion. No offense meant.

Hypocrisy

2008-08-17T10:10:00.002+08:00

I really don't understand the way of the world. Many people proclaim their faith in God but do not practice the teachings. Forwarding messages/videos of "encouragement"(sometimes these aren't even encouragement but threats). Email messages that contain something like having the courage to stand up and asks to forward these messages, I really think that's stupid. If you really are strong in faith, why not proclaim it head on. Face your adversaries! Why go behind the technology where you hide through chain messages? You are proclaiming not your faith but of that who created the message. After forwarding them, would you talk to your colleagues about it? I doubt it. You don't even feel encouraged by it. You just feel guilty not forwarding these messages, and guilt is not a manifestation of faith.

I also have observed that these "compassionate" people are those who see problems of humanity every day and talk about it but never made a single action to resolve at least one of them. You are pitiful, but I don't pity you. I hope people stop forwarding these chain letters and just do something about the problem. Actions speak louder than words. Walk your talk. I did, why can't you?

Further Back and Forth

2008-08-03T21:53:00.003+08:00

Winston Chhurchill once said: "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see." What does this mean? Can I predict the future if I study the past? Well, I looked back at our history (not only the Philippine History, but the World History). How does knowing how dinosaurs and the Homo erectus lived enable me to know the future? Will their extinction be the same as ours? Just a thought.

What if looking farther backward makes me dwell in the past too much? Will it also cause me to worry too much for the future? Is it what people are doing today that we take the present for granted? Again, just a thought...

What?! Generous Lawyer

2008-07-15T23:03:00.001+08:00

A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.

"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"

The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?"

Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, "Um ... no."

The lawyer interrupts, "or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"

The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again.

"or that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"

The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."

On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, "So if I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"

Lessons in life

2008-07-15T23:02:00.002+08:00

I don’t know what’s going to happen over the next few days or weeks, but I do know one thing: The people who are responsible for this evil get away with it again, then heaven help Jun Lozada. One is tempted to say heaven help Romy Neri as well, but why should heaven help those who will not help themselves? They get away with this again, and Lozada’s sacrifice will not only have gone in vain—and what a sacrifice it is, one few of us will ever be able to make in 10 lifetimes—it will add macabre dimensions to the adage that no good deed ever goes unpunished. These people get away with this again, and we will have delivered Lozada to the scaffold.

Had I been blessed with omniscience, I’d have added: I don’t know what’s going to happen over the next few days or weeks, but I do know one thing. The people who are responsible for this get away with it again, then God help us. One is tempted to say God help Romy Neri as well, but God in the form of GMA doesn’t particularly mind being called evil and forgives those who forgive themselves. They get away with this and Neri’s shameless display of wimpiness will not only not have been in vain—and what a shameless display it is, one the most spineless of us will be hard put to do in 10 lifetimes—it will add whole new dimensions to the proposition that in this country no deviltry ever goes unrewarded. These people get away with this again, and we will have delivered Neri to Nirvana.

Top 10 Popular Love Songs

2008-07-15T23:00:00.001+08:00

Love songs from recent times. Ideal for younger brides wanting something different.
1	One In A Million	Aaliyah
2	My Boo	Usher and Alisha Keys
3	Put It On Me	Ja Rule
4	Underneath It All	No Doubt
5	Crazy In Love	Beyonce
6	We Belong Together	Mariah Carey
7	A Moment Like This	Kelly Clarkson
8	On Bended Knee	Boyz II Men
9	Thank You (For Loving)	Bon Jovi
10	I Do (Cherish You)	98 Degrees

I fear from something but quick cash loans save me

2008-07-15T22:57:00.002+08:00

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Almost round the clock when I dedicate myself to something that I really want to achieve that is why functioning more the 8 hours is not that bad as long as you are settling on to achieve your goals in existence. I rouse up 5:30 in the sunrise and start preparing my chow for mealtime then followed by my much loved grooming stage of point in time. But before I go to my workplace I always go down by my desired remedial situate, it is like a yoga set where I can get pleasure from the immense sight of our metropolis and then take a profound breath and contemplate for a minute of two. The place is not that far to my place of work so there is no get on your nerves in fact.

I effort tough on every chore that is being assigned to me and I for all time give my most excellent in every stroke that I made because it will in some way make me a high-quality employee and citizen.

The Insurancerate Way

2008-07-15T22:54:00.002+08:00

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Not anything can forecast or even let know us where this can take place. Indemnity is like a gate to triumph, it can guard us from being insolvent because incase dreadful things my crossed my course we have an important person that would defend us from these foreseeable experiences. How magnificent it is on foot down the streets with radiance feeling of being tenable and protection from becoming a bust. A lot to bring up about insurance online but one thing that I could bring to a close from this. They are just at hand, behind you for us to come within reach of and extend our dreams with them.

Thoughts my soon be true, just retain information that insurance plays a full-size part in reaching those. Enjoy and stay cool!

My express solutions for payday loans

2008-07-15T22:54:00.001+08:00

I feel so great today because my dreams are composing up little by little. Today I want to share on how this feeling I had have made a remarkable footprints. Of course people have multiple or a lot of dreams to achieve. Basically, dreams started from finishing grade school then followed by completing the high school and lastly come to an end by graduating with a bachelor’s degree but that was before when I was a student. But now things change rapidly. And with these I have to hold to its pace.

Of course I am working now and currently employed to a good company but the truth is, my paycheck does not sometimes fit on my needs and my dreams somehow unreachable to me. That is why I am looking for quick payday loans to help me from this scenario of my life. With this I can stand and continue to grow because I know I have someone that I could lean on in case I have shortage on my monthly paychecks.

As we go older, we realized that life is full of mystery and not by misery. It is challenges that we must face and always remember that in every endeavor we have friends that we can hold onto.

Cash advance made easy

2008-07-15T22:52:00.000+08:00

Hey! Not too fast. Read this one because this is all about easy cash advance and payday loans that you may want to avail. Yes, I am not kidding here and I myself can attest to this very satisfying discovery that I have.

I have been working hard and much to that I toil more than a regular workers do and I mean 15 hours per day of hard work just to suffice that needs that I need every month. I know it may sound ridiculous but there is nothing that I could do about but to work and work and work, that’s it. Did you get what I mean here if could only do other things that pays more that my current job I will grab such because I rise to be practical and not by any cute stuff around. Payday loans really help a lot especially to those people that is doing similar to me. You should understand it because to avail an easy cash advance will only took a bit of your time. There is nothing to worry about hassle papers, you just need to follow some rules of course and instructions on how to avail it for a person like us.

That is all! Nothing more, nothing less as simple as that. Thanks and enjoy!

Debt help is what I exactly want

2008-07-15T22:49:00.002+08:00

I am slowly drowning with debts and I have been thinking if could recover from this feeling. I know it was my fault because I let myself to get drowned from these inevitable actions of every person. But that was before I discover a great debt help from a company that you can trust.

It is a perception in life that whenever you need cash we do always resolve it by owing an amount from someone or from our close friends and relatives. But you can always change this perception and it always depends on the character you have. It is never been easy to hunt and look for someone that would lend you that amount that you want. Because the people that you are trying to involve may have it but they also have their own things to manage that needs attention with regards to their financial expense. Debts are inevitable that is why I am here to guide you and point to you to a wiser place where you can avail justifiable and in short a good debt help.

Soon, you will be able to realized and think of this but you can always prevent it by trying it now and see the goodness it brings.

This is the way that it should be

2008-07-15T22:48:00.001+08:00

Planning to buy your own pretty automobile? But have this dilemma with regards to your monetary resources. I have something to present here and good tips certainly. Before you pay for one, better scout for companies that offer a great agreement especially on terms of payment. It is always the issue of every potential buyer of cars.

But if you think that new a car are very expensive and is not that necessary to have. You should think about second hand cars and avail the used car loan as an alternative. It does not mean the used cars are not good instead they are just cars that other people do give any value on them or maybe the current owner is experiencing predicament badly needs a capital for crisis. Do not think that is not that proud to have because in fact having a car is great than walking. And besides that money that you have spent are hard earned. So that is why be proud of yourself of owning a car. Whether it is new or not because it is the same the general conclusion is that you have one.

See you soon and thanks for the visit and enjoy your stay!

I know it already, you should know it too

2008-07-15T22:46:00.000+08:00

Encompass you contemplation of car insurance company before if you contain not enhanced think of it first. When scheduling to own your vision car, think also of insurance that will defend you in case unwanted things or incidents may happen. There is zero in this world that could envisage and tell where we can understand the bitterness of scenarios that is distasteful.

All right, I will not inform you that you be supposed to get one if I have not experience the kindness of having one. I made an incorrect verdict before on not securing insurance before so that is why I am telling you guys. You should have one. It is better to have this security from being broke if something happens in the near future. I am not scaring you instead I am telling you that being prepared is what a good man should do. Remember the old boy scout’s slogan always prepared and I mean we should be always prepared in everything including. Think two times or much great more the two before you make a decision on things that you might be apologetic for the long period of time. I am giving out now the stuffs that you must consider always previous to purchasing the automobile of your vision.

Mortgaga is what I think

2008-07-15T22:44:00.000+08:00

I experience so vast today because my judgment are composing up inches after one. Nowadays I would like to have a say on how this sentiment I had have completed a noteworthy path. Of course crowd have numerous or a lot of dreams to finish. Basically, dreams started from finishing grade school then followed by completing the high school and lastly come to an end by graduating with a bachelor’s degree but that was before when I was a undergraduate. But now things transform rapidly. And with these I have to hold to its time of knots.

Of course I am running now and currently employed to excellent company but the reality is, my paycheck does not sometimes fit on my requests and my dreams in some way out-of-the-way to me. That is why I am searching for refinance mortgage to help out me from this picture of my life. With this I can position and continue to grow because I know I have someone that I could lean on in case I have shortage on my monthly paychecks.

As we go older, we realized that life is full of mystery and not by misery. It is challenges that we must face and always remember that in every endeavor we have friends that we can hold onto. The good companion to have.

For emergeny, have your credit cards

2008-07-15T22:42:00.000+08:00

I want to have a break from my work and I want to witness the Beijing Olympics. It would be so satisfying in existence to eyewitness this incredibly impressive global experience in the world. I think I have put aside an enough sum of funds on my back account but I do not think it would be an adequate amount. I recognize China, that is far from our nation so in case I will get famine on my monetary requests I think I should obtain my personal credit cards, at least in case if I will practice it there. I have other resources to get or avail unique promos in China.

It is a gigantic nation to travel around and they have plenty of traveler spots to visit. I am not the wealthy to go back there if I feel like to so that is why I need to cherish my days spent when I arrive there for the Beijing Olympics. Great! To hear my plans and it is much better that soon I could get approve with my credit cards applications. With it, I do not have to bring a lot of cash instead bring one card that has access to almost everything and advantage promos and extraordinary offers when using it.

Have you heard about this?

2008-07-15T22:40:00.001+08:00

There is only one place that I could refer to you guys. What I am saying here is about the best payday loan that ever exists. Yes is it absolutely true. So better try it for yourself and enjoy its quality service.

I have been working for almost 17 hours per day because I want to buy my most wanted DSLR camera that is why working more the 8 hours is not that bad as long as you are determine to achieve your goals in life. I wake up 5:30 in the morning and start preparing my food for breakfast then followed by my favorite grooming period of time. But before I go to my office I always drop by m favorite healing place, it is like a yoga place where I can enjoy the great view of our city and then take a deep breath and meditate for a minute of two. The place is not that far to my office so there is no hassle in fact.

I work hard on every task that is being assigned to me and I always give my best in every action that I made because it will somehow make me a good employee and citizen. These things may somehow have its effect on my payday.

Avail this free survey online

2008-07-12T21:04:00.001+08:00

If have a problem with regards to any survey business. You are on the right spot; just continue reading this because I will give you a tip on where to go. Instructions and examples are already provided by Free Survey – www.easy-poll.com and you can also see their terms of use. Ignorance is not an excuse in any law is not an excuse so better read it before getting it.

Don’t just read here visit their website now and avail the free survey for you.

Adsense Really Make Sense

2008-07-08T03:22:00.003+08:00

I've read an article from rgbconnections, where it states that Google Adsense really works and it is a good avenue for us to make money online. I have adsense here in my blog but it doesn't earn that much and I am hoping that I could make a remarkable earnings with my adsense.

I know that I don't post regularly compare to others and may be that the main reason why my adsense does not earn as what others is earning. I am a man that is full of hope. Soon, I know I can earn as high as they have now.

Aaron Neville singing Amazing Grace

2008-07-04T17:09:00.002+08:00

Actually, it's difficult to find where you can listen Aaron singing this Amazing Grace on the internet. But today it will change, i'll show to where exactly you can find one.

The best way would be to do a search on iTunes, eMusic, 101 Free songs, Napster, Urge, Yahoo music. Those are your best places to start. Better yet, surf YouTube.

You see, it's too simple. Have fun. :)

Opportunity

2008-06-29T20:11:00.002+08:00

Guess what? Tried another blogging site - Bloggerwave. Make Money with Europe's biggest advertising media on blogs. I'm not really good with money making blogs. Can anyone help me evaluate bloggerwave? I think it's a legit site. I hope I can jump start my blogging skills this site hehehe. Although, blogging's easy, stopping laziness isn't. I don't even write my thoughts which by the way are way off charts hehehe.

How does this work?

2008-06-29T14:29:00.001+08:00

Let's see... hmmm... gadget, mobile, cell phones.<---- Do you get this? :))

Solve it with a better way.

2008-06-27T23:15:00.001+08:00

I have a great night and it is all because I made to manage some bugs and errors on my new little project. It makes me to think hard and sweat a little while doing those fixings. Tips to everyone when fixing something try to have a music gadget that would at least entertain you.

Week from now, I will be buying my own digital SLR and it really cost me a lot that is why I am saving more from now until I have it. Since I really value this thing that is why I need to read some gadget reviews from different websites or blogs and experienced people about this gadget that I’m about to purchase soon. Unsecured personal loans will help you make it real. Today, it is the smartest way to buy a gadget and I think you should follow it too. Read reviews about the things that you want to buy and plan it on how you will finance it in order for you to afford it.

For more tips and experiences, I will be posting it soon to help you solve some little quirky hang ups. So try to read some articles about unsecured personal loans Stay and Enjoy!

What is Wisdom?

2008-06-25T00:50:00.002+08:00

For years man sought for the profound meaning of life. With this, we seek for the kind of character that would help in achieving it. Questions have been raised, and theperiod of inquisition never ceased. Having many philosophers and learned people, "wisdom" was suggested to be the key to the ultimate meaning of life. But through this, many types of wisdom came out. One is Socratic wisdom, which is something that seeks, and looks for what life is worth living. Another is Hindu wisdom, which suggests casting out desires. There is also a wisdom that is of a deep type of knowledge that could explain reasons and causes of things. there is also the wisdom from the profound understanding of human life. Another is from sensitivity for humanity. There would also be wisdom as a broad view of things. Also, the matter of decision-making, guided by good judgment, is a kind of wisdom. Others also would consider spirituality as wisdom, since one may know a certain religious truth and live in terms of it. There is also wisdom that everyone likes the most, which knows how to be happy. Such wisdom was presented by two philosophers: Buddha and Epictetus, though they are quite different in their means. Wisdom also can be achieved in terms of living to what is really important. Also, it can be attained in terms of living in tune with a greater reality found in nature. There are so many kinds of wisdom, and so many thoughts about it, but what would be the most valuable among these?

There are certainly many factors influencing our views in terms of the value of wisdom. It may be through our knowledge, or by our experiences that we tend to say that this wisdom is crucial. It can also be because of our problems that we would like to have a little more freedom from, that we suggest the other kind of wisdom. Rarely, we try to point out that a certain kind of wisdom is more valuable because we however might have a little understanding of what true meaning of life would be.

My inclination would go for two types of wisdom: Socratic, and the wisdom as the sense of the overall goal of human life. My preferences to these two were somehow influenced by my experiences. For the Socratic wisdom, I found similarities from my character to that of what the great philosopher has been doing. The difference is, I think but not act. I seek for explanations, and I seek for my life. I also seek for what is good for the world, as I, at the same time, seek for what is good for me. Having learned about the other kind of wisdom, which is the sense of overall goal of human life, I realized that I need not push myself to act because my nature is doing it. I observed my life and how it goes, and somehow, it gave many suggestions to what my destiny should be. My inquisition though only through my thoughts, led me to having an "examined life," and I am happy for that. I don't have to waste my life because somehow, I found meaning to it. There is a little vague, but a very important goal that I should reach, and this made my life so important to me. Having realized my own goal, it led me to understanding that others may also have their ultimate goals, which in turn, would also make their life very much important.

The Socratic wisdom taught me something about humility. Pretending to know what I really do not know, gives a lot of trouble, and eventually, a great humiliation. Wanting to be always right would not do me any good, much more to those who believed what I might say and do. They might be given false hopes and false ideas that would also create foolish people of themselves. Humility would also mean knowing my own limitations in life. I am not all-knowing, and I am not perfect. Upon knowing this, I realize my importance.

I also view life as a kind of game that everyone must enjoy. It has a "goal" that we try to reach, and while doing so, we have a lot of fun while gaining a lot of knowledge. It is unavoidable to have "fouls" in our life but it is necessary for the game.

Combining these two types of wisdom, I believe that other types would follow. Knowing my importance to others would also mean knowing their importance to me, and this gives me sensitivity to human life. Knowing that my own life is important would give me happiness. Understanding life would direct me to understanding all other things, and eventually drive me to having good judgment. Trying to reach for the overall goal and looking at life as a kind of game, I will know of greater realities, and would live in tune with it. "Let it be", let the realities of life come to me. Understanding these things make me realize that our own existence is not enough to explain our evolution of life, rather, I would come to think that there is a Supreme Being that created all these. Man's abilities would not be sufficient enough to create a very great generation, and only what is believed to be supernatural can. All that there is, I finally found in the types of wisdom that I have been craving for.

Tonight I Can Write... (Pablo Neruda)

2008-05-13T11:19:00.004+08:00

Did a cleaning in my room and found this literary work of Pablo Neruda. We tackled this in our Literature 1 during college. Here are the lines:

Tonight I Can Write...
(Pablo Neruda)

Tonight I can write
the saddest lines.
Write for example, "The night is shattered
and the blue stars shiver in the distance."

The night wind revolves in the
sky and sings.

Tonight I can write
the saddest lines.
I loved her, and sometimes
she loved me too.

Through nights like this one
I held her in my arms.
I kissed her again and again
under the endless sky.

She loved me and, and sometimes
I loved her too.
How could one not have loved
her great still eyes?

Tonight I can write
the saddest lines.
To think that I do not have her,
To feel that I have lost her.

To hear the immense night,
still more immense without her.
And the verse falls to the soul
like dew to the pasture.

What does it matter that my love
could not keep her?
The night is shattered and
she is not with me.

This is all, in the distance,
someone is singing.
In the distance, my soul is not satisfied
that it has lost her.

My sight searches for her as
though to go to her.
My heart looks for her,
and she is not with me.

The same night whistling
the same trees.
We, of that time, are no longer
the same.

I no longer love her, that's certain.
But how I loved her.
My voice tried to find the wind,
to touch her hearing.

Another's. She will be another's.
Like my kisses before.
Her voice, her bright body,
Her infinite eyes.

I no longer love her, that's certain.
But maybe I love her.
Love is so short,
Forgetting is so long.

Because through nights like this one,
I held here in my arms.
My soul is not satisfied
that it has lost her.

Though this be the last pain
that she makes me suffer,
and these be the last verses,
that I write for her.

An escapade from Mati

2008-04-23T21:16:00.005+08:00

I'm showing you how great Mati is, the following pictures shows the beauty of an ideal place of Summer.

Lot for Sale

2008-03-06T00:09:00.011+08:00

Farm Lot for Sale
Size: 11 hectares
Location: Brgy. Bayabas, Malita, Davao del Sur
Contact #: (082)2342427/ 09193587893/ tonnieemberda@yahoo.com

Ideal for:

Retirement purposes
Farming (Fertile Soil)

Banana
Mango
Coconut
etc.

Mountain Resort

Zenni Optical Shop

2008-02-05T14:03:00.000+08:00

One thing that pops up in my mind lately is the problem on my eyes. And recently I have made a Great Discovery: Zenni Optical a company that offers bunch of eyeglasses to anyone.

A Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical for they creates and have a tons of designs for different customers and the designs of frames starts from Classic look up to the present preference of each customers. Like Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses is one of the trendy frames that you can choose from. What is good about them is that they directly sell their products to customers, so there will be no delay and even mark ups on prices.

Look for a good design now and feel good with your new Zenni Optical Glasses.

Bakit nagsisinungaling ang mga lalake?

2008-02-03T16:50:00.000+08:00

Ang Alamat kung Bakit Sinungaling ang Mga Lalake

Karpintero itong si Pedro at isang araw eh gumagawa siya ng isang
bahay sa tabi ng ilog. Sa lakas ng pagmamartilyo niya eh nalaglag
ang martilyo niya sa ilog.

Umiyak siya at lumitaw yung guardian angel niya, "Tutulungan kita, Pedro"
Sabay lundag sa ilog. Lumabas ito na me hawak na gold hammer, "Ito ba
ang martilyo mo?"...

"Hindi po."

Lundag uli ang anghel at lumitaw na me silver hammer, "Ito ba?"

"Hindi po."

Lundag uli sa ilog ang anghel at lumitaw na me ordinary hammer, "Ito ba?"

" Opo!"

Natuwa ang anghel.

"Dahil honest ka, bukod sa martilyo mo, sa 'yo na rin ang gold and
silver hammer!"

Makaraan ang ilang araw, naglalakad si Pedro sa ilog at kasama ang misis
niya. Eh sa katangahan, nalaglag si misis sa ilog. Iyak si Pedro. Litaw si
guardian angel.

"Tutulungan kita."

Sabay lundag sa ilog at ng lumitaw eh kasama si Diana Zubiri. "Ito ba ang
misis mo?"

Sagot si Pedro, "Opo!"

Nagalit si anghel, "Sinungaling ka. Akala ko pa naman eh mabait ka."

Nag-reason-out si Pedro, "Sorry po, angel... kasi kapag sinabi kong
'Hindi', eh lulundag ka uli sa tubig at paglitaw mo eh kasama mo si
Katrina Halili. At kapag sinabi ko uli na hindi siya ang asawa ko, eh
lulundag ka uli at ang tunay na misis ko na ang kasama mo. At dahil
sa kabaitan ko, eh ibibigay mo din sa akin sina Diana at Katrina.
Mahirap lang po ako at hindi ko kaya ang me tatlong asawa, kaya 'Yes'
na lang ang sinagot ko nung una."

MORAL OF THE STORY: Kaya lang naman nagsisinungalin ang mga lalaki eh
for a good and noble reason. ..

History v1.0

2008-02-01T10:56:00.000+08:00

He came from a distant land where freedom is scarce. All the people could do there was to follow the Emperor. Same clothes, same lifestyles and same number of children. He had enough so he decided to take off and find his destiny. Arriving at a small village far from his land, he created many acquaintances. A hard worker that he is, soon enough he found his luck. An entrepreneur as he was described. He grew to be a famous man in that village. Though famous, he never considered himself on top. Still as humble as he was, he continued to live life to its fullest. Soon enough he found his eternal match. A pretty woman full of grace but also firm. She was also hardworking and spiritual. They put up a small chapel at the land they acquired. The village became lively because of them. They were considered pioneers to that land. They were Akima and Kina...

Suprisingly Accepted

2008-01-28T09:30:00.000+08:00

I can't speak, I just can't believe that I'm making a post here. Yehey! :D

Be Right Back. Thanks again to fishbon3. God Bless!

I'm adding a writer

2008-01-28T09:23:00.001+08:00

I'm adding a writer here. He will help make this blog site as informative as possible. :D

How did we survive?

2008-01-28T08:22:00.000+08:00

got this email from my classmate:

How did we survive?
Take a very short walk through our history / memory lane. How did we survive our childhood?
If you were a kid in the 50's, 60's, 70's or even early 80's ..how did you survive your childhood?

1.- When we were growing up we never wore seatbelts in the car, cars didn't have airbags...

2.- Riding on the back of a pick up truck was an adventure that we still remember!

3.- Our cribs were painted with bright colors (paint which was full of lead)

4.- We didn't have childproof medicine bottles, nor did our parents ever childproof our house
5.- When we rode our bikes we never wore a helmet.

6.- We would drink water from the faucet or from a hose in the backyard (not bottled water).
7.- We didn't have cell phones , so our parents were never able to reach us (awesome) .
10.- We would get scrapes, bruises, break bones , lose teeth, but we would never sue for these accidents. ,
11.- We would eat cake, bread and butter, drink sugary drinks, and we weren't overweight because we were always outside playing

12.- Four of us would share a drink, we would all drink from the same bottle and that wasn't gross nor would anyone get sick.

13.- We didn't have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X boxes, video games
, cable TV with over 100 channels, VCR's, surround sound , cellular phones , computers , online chatrooms , instead we would have tons of FRIENDS

16.- Some of us weren't as bright as others but when one would get left back that was no big deal. They would not get taken to a psychologist, nor did they ever suffer from dyslexia, hyperactivity, ADHD, ADD, etc, they would simply repeat the grade until they passed.
7.- We had freedom , mishaps, , successes, , responsibilities,
and we would learn to deal with them. The question is...How did we survive? and above all, to become the GREAT people that we are today? . Are you from one of these generations

If you are, then send this message to others from your same generation or to others who are younger so that they can see how we survived

They will probably say that we were very boring, but I believe that we were VERY HAPPY CHILDREN...

List of 8*

2007-11-26T20:40:00.000+08:00

THE RULES - List of 8* write 8 facts about yourself.

* in the 8 facts, you share 8 things that your readers don’t know about you. at the end, you tag as much other bloggers to keep the fun going. each blogger must post these rules first.
* each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* at the end of the post, a blogger needs to choose as much people to get tagged and list their names.
* don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I started noticing the opposite sex (I meant having a crush) at the age of 5. I didn't know what it meant. I just can't stop noticing her. I think maybe my parents got irritated with me always telling them about this girl that they told me "Crush nimo siya?". I was surprised because I did not know what "crush" means.
2. I loved going to saturday school and sunday school during my elementary years. Why? Snacks!!! hahaha. (I don't know why, but I really liked the juice)
3. My highschool days were miserable. (Don't ask why)
4. College was fun. Yeah. It was.
5. Work wasn't what I expected it to be.
6. I haven't had a vacation in 7 years.
7. I'm now some kind of an entrepreneur. I'm not yet successful, but I will surely do my best to be one.
8. I have some serious trust issues. I really want to get rid of it, but my findings always support my theory about someone. I love to observe you know...

Five (5) lessons about the way we treat people.

2007-11-08T21:20:00.000+08:00

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor
gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
and had breezed through the questions until I read
the last one:

"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the
school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her
name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers,
you will meet many people. All are significant. They
deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
is smile and say "hello."

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
name was Dorothy.

2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in
the Rain

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American
woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had
broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960's. The man
took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
special note was attached.

It read:
"Thank you so much for assistin g me on the highway
the other night. The rain drenched not only my
clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
husband's bedside
just before he passed away... God
bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
others."

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.

3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those
who serve.

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and
studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he
inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table and
walked away The boy finished the ice
cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress
came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
were two nickels and five pennies.

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had
to have enough left to leave her a tip.

4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our
Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
and simply walked around it. Many loudly bla med the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the
road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.

5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare &serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little
brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will
save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in
bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his
face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in order to save her.

CATS

2007-10-19T21:55:00.001+08:00

for those of you who love cats see the following links:

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=443577&cache=1
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?gid=117896&b=3&vid=490039&p=
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?gid=117896&b=2&vid=491155&p=

2007-09-18T20:35:00.000+08:00

Dahil sa tindi ng kahirapan sa
probinsya, namasukan si Inday bilang
katulong sa Maynila. Habang
ini-interview ng amo

Amo: Kelangan namin ng katulong para mag
ayos ng bahay, magluto, maglaba,
magplantsa, mamalengke, at magbantay ng
mga bata. Kaya mo ba ang lahat ng ito?

Inday: I believe that my trained skills
and expertise in management with the use
of standard tools, and my discipline and
experience will contribute significantly
to the value of the work that you want,
my creativity, productivity and
work-efficiency and the high quality of
outcomes I can offer will boost the work
progress.

Amo: [nosebleed]

Nakaraan ang dalawang araw, umuwi ang
amo, nakitang me bukol si junior.

Amo: Bakit me bukol si junior?

Inday: Compromising safety with useless
aesthetics, the not-so-well engineered
architectural design of our kitchen
lavatory affected the boy's cranium with
a slight boil at the left temple near
the auditory organ.

Amo: [nosebleed ulit]

Kinagabihan, habang naghahapunan.

Amo: Bakit maalat ang ulam?

Inday: The consistency was fine. But you
see, it seems that the increased amount
of sodium chloride (NaCl) affected the
taste drastically and those actions are
irreversible. I do apologize.

Amo: [nosebleed na naman]

Donya: Bakit tuwing paguwi ko,
nadadatnan kitang nanunuod ng tv?!

Inday: Because I don't want you to see
me doing absolutely nothing.

Donya: [hinimatay]

Kinabukasan, sinamahan ni Inday si
junior sa principals office dahil di
makapunta ang amo at donya.

Principal: Sinuntok ni junior ang
kanyang kaklase.

Inday: It's absurd! It was never a fact
that he will inflict a fight. I can only
imagine how you handle schizophrenic
kids on this educational institution.
Revise your policies because they suck!

Principal: [nag resign]

Pag dating sa bahay, nandun na ang amo,
galit na galit.

Amo: Inday, bakit nagkalat ang basura sa
likod ng bahay?!

Inday: A change in the weather patterns
might have occurred wrecking havoc to
the surroundings. The way the debris are
scattered indicates that the gust of
wind was going northeast causing damage
to the path it was heading for.

Amo: [nosebleed ulit]

Habang nagluluto si Inday ng hapunan,
malikot si junior.

Inday: Stop your raucous behavior. It is
bound to result in property damages and
if that happens there will be
corresponding punishment to be inflicted
upon you!

Junior: [takbo sa CR, punasan ang
nagdudugong ilong]

Pagkatapos magluto, nanood na ng TV si
Inday. Nabalitaan nya umalis si Angel
Locsin sa GMA 7.

Junior: Bakit kaya sya umalis?

Inday: Sometimes, people choose to leave
not because of selfish reasons but
because they just know that things will
get worse if they'll stay. Leaving can
be a tough act, and it's harder when
people can't understand you for doing so.

Junior: [tuloy ang pagdugo ng ilong]

Nung gabing yon, me nag text ke Inday.
Si Dodong, ang driver ng kapitbahay,
gusto maki pag text-mate.

Inday: To forestall further hopes of
acquaintance, my unfathomable statement
to the denial of your request - Petition
denied.

Di nagla-on, dahil sa tyaga ni Dodong,
nagging syota nya rin si Inday. Pero di
tumagal ang kanilang relasyon, at
nakipag-break si Inday ke Dodong.

Inday: The statute restricts me to love
you but you have the provocations. The
way you smile is the proximate cause why
I love you. We have some rules to think
of. We have no vested rights to love
each other because the upper household
dismissed my petition!"

Dodong: Perhaps you are mistaken, what
you seem to contrive as any affections
for you are somewhat half-hearted. I was
merely attempting to expand my network
of interests by involving you in my
daily recreation. Heretofor, you can
expect an end to any verbal articulation
from myself"

Me dumaan na mamang basurero, at narinig
ang usapan ni Inday at Dodong.

Basurero (sabi ke Inday): Be careful in
letting go of the things you thought are
just nothing because maybe someday
you'll realize that the one you gave
away is the very thing you've been
wishing for to stay.

Narinig ang lahat ng eto ng amo ni inday.

Amo: [nagpakamatay]

World's Easiest Quiz

2007-09-14T19:51:00.000+08:00

This is for all my "bright" friends.
I wish you the best and be honest.

WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ
(Passing requires 4 correct answers)
Please answer all questions before scrolling down for the answers.

1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

All done?
Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below.

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
(Passing requires 4 correct answers)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert

8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange, of course.

What do you mean, you failed?

Me, too. (And if you try to tell me you passed, you lie!)

Pass this on to some brilliant friends, so they can feel rotten, too.

2007-09-13T23:48:00.001+08:00

Linkin Park Lyrics

What is Love?

2007-09-12T14:28:00.000+08:00

People often ask about this and I think people have forgotten what this is all about. What is love? The answer is and has always been given to us, but we refuse to accept it. That is why there can never be peace in this life.

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

Why do people say that this is just an idea of perfect love? Or why do people say that these verses only tell us about an ideal love? Why do we refuse to accept?

You can not say you believe in something yet you don't have faith on.

No one ever listens anymore.
No one ever reads the Bible anymore.
Everyone stopped learning from history, when it was laid down before us so we could learn.

Is it because of pride?

"MOMENTO MORI".

Can you crack this code?

2007-09-07T22:08:00.000+08:00

What translates from Bad Fate,
diminished as quantifiable Two.
Connects to the Clover tree,
a passage through and through.

As the Stars explode,
the Earth began.
Thus the Chinese for the Native,
inhabiting the Promise Land.

Don't forget the cross

2007-09-07T08:48:00.001+08:00

Got this email from a friend and it's worth sharing. :D

Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
there will always be sunshine,
after the rain ....
Perhaps you may stumble,
perhaps even fall,
But God's always ready,
To answer your call ...
He knows every heartache,
sees every tear,
A word from His lips,
can calm every fear ...
Your sorrows may linger,
throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish,
in dawn's early light ...
The Savior is waiting,
somewhere above,
To give you His grace,
and send you His love ..
Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
"God always sends rainbows ....
after the rain ... "

morning laugh para sa mga nakakaintindi ng bisaya

2007-09-03T08:14:00.000+08:00

Thought I would want to share this post from my multiply blog site:

She said... (Matud pa sa mga chicks)

1. kamong mga laki, kung mo tan-aw gani ang mga babae sa inyo, ayaw
pod pag feeling2x nga naka angay mi nu? maka turn off na sha...

2. kung mag ask gani mo date, ayaw kayu mo ngisi nga mura nag maniac
tan-awon kay mahadlok pod baya mi...

3. kung mo sabay gani mo sa amo, pagsinina pod mog tarong dili nang
murag tambay... para mo samot mig ka in lab ninyo bah...pamulbos
gamay, pangkolon gamay... panudlay gamay...

4. kung manguyab na gani mo, ayaw ug sulti nga "pwede ko manguyab
nimo? or naa koy chance?" kay kung tubagon namo na, mura nag gisugot
mo namo...

5. kung sugton na gani mo namo, taronga pod mi oi... dili kay biyaan
na lang, usahay himuon pang sulugoon... maid inyong gipangita?

6. do not forget to remind us that you love us... para kiligon sad
mi panagsa...hehehe

7. ayaw mog pangita ug lain kay wa nay lami!

8. kung makigbulag na gani mo, ayaw ninyo ingna ang girl nga "you're
just nothing to me now, understand!" hehehe... sakit baya nah...

9.ayaw pud ninyo hulata nga kami mouna ug pansin ninyo if ever
magkita ta somewhere hah... mao ra to...walay masuko...pildi ang
maglagot...hehehe

He said...

Para sa mga babae...

1. Kung muingon mi nga gwapa ka, ayaw dayon tubag
ug "atik!"...Panagsa ra mi mu dayeg ug gwapa...obyusleh, kung
gitawag ka nga "gwapa" naa jud mi enteres nimo...kinsa man sad kuno
ang tarong nga laki tawagon kang "bati'g nawong!" atubangan sa
kadaghanan.. .Di kaha mi katilaw ug plying kick ana?

2. Mangutana gani mi kung kanus-a imong RD (rest day) ug kung
abelabol ba ka ana, kana nagpasabot kung pwede ba ka ma detdet (DATE
ba sa iningles)... ayaw sab mi baraha kay mangutana lagi mi nimu ug
strait...amo lang gityming-tyming kay mauwawon man sab tawon mi...

3. Kung nakabantay na ka nga nagsige na mi ug sunod-sunod nimo, maka-
baynte na mi ug grit nimo gud morning, or ikaw na lang pirmi tagdon,
makig dungan ug uli bisan nort ug sawt, langit ug lupa ang gilay-on
sa atong balay wid matching "Ako lang dala sa imo tings beh!", kana
ganahan jud mi nimo...

Pero sa pirmi natong kinuyog ug detdet (DATE sa iningles pa), ayaw
sab pangutana ug dali-dali "Wat r we?" or sa binisaya pa, "Unsa man
jud diay ta?"... Inahak, makulbaan baya sab mi gamay ... we also
feel a bit presyur...

Kalma lang gud...musulti lagi mi in dyu taym.

4. Kung kahibawo na jud ka nga ganahan mi nimo kay nisulti na man
jud mi (hala ka!) Ayaw sad sige hisgot sa imo Ex-boypren oi...its
hurt man sad...not unlis kung nisturya ka sa panahong gigukod siya
sa inyong IRO nga nisutoy siya ug dagan kay por syur I will lap wid
u...

5. Hangyo lang sad, kung nakakita ka sa imong crush o di ba kaha
nakakita ka ug laki nga purting gwapoha, ayaw sad panguhit
namo, "Gwapo kaayo siya noh?" Hala plis! Laki intawon mi ug dili pud
mi kiligon sa imong crush... Masuko ra ba mo kung mu comentaryo
mi, "Gwapo pa man akong lolo ana!"

6. Sa panahon nga mag-date na tah, por syur kami man jud gasto, be
konsyus wid yor dayet ha para konsyus pud mi sa among bulsa...kung
kada adlaw na ta date ug nakabantay mo nga chippy ug tubig na lang
among gi-order, KKB na ta hah...salamat sa pagsabot.

7. But op cors labaw sa tanan, ayaw kayu ni ninyo siryusuha kay
basin mu comentaryo mo, mapikon mo ug ibalik ni ninyo nako, Dyok
dyok ra ni oi...dalang tinoud...hehehe

8. Pero kung dili na jud madala kay naglagot jud mong mga babaye
ani...Iporward sa tanang babaye nga kaila ninyo nga wala pa
makabasa...

Pag porma dayon mo ug grupo nga Gabriella (lugar chapter ninyo)

9. Sa mga lalake, kalingawi lang ni ninyo ug porward pero ayaw sa
inyong naibgan kay basin instant basted niya mo ana!

Pahabol: Kung magpakuyog mo mirkado...ayaw pud mi paalsaha ug usa ka
sakong bugas... Kilo- kiloha lang pud ntawon na...maluoy mo...

A taste of Korean food

2007-08-31T20:23:00.000+08:00

I had a taste of Korean food before but not like tonight. Before, I just took a taste from someone's lunch box. Now, I had quite a lot. It's quite what I expected: spicy!. I like spicy foods but there's something about Korean food that just doesn't fit my taste (No offense Hong! hehehe. Maybe it's just my Filipino taste buds hehehe. Or maybe the taste buds I inherited from my Chinese ancestors). However, despite how foreign the taste is, just take a look at the picture, it's almost wiped clean hehehe. Well what can I say? Filipinos love to eat. As what was mentioned in my previous post (as observed by a foreigner, Filipinos love to eat and this is a seafood diet hahaha). To my Filipino friends, it's quite good to experience other countries' foods. We can somehow have a taste of their culture. Carpe Diem!

Where else but in the Philippnes

2007-08-29T15:01:00.000+08:00

Here's another email I received from one of my previous officemates... It's really funny

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO RELEASE STRESS..... This is so funny...take time to read all the way to the end.

The following is from a British journalist stationed in the Philippines. His observations are so hilarious!!!! This was written in 1999.

Matter of Taste

By Matthew Sutherland

I have now been in this country for over six years, and consider myself in most respects well assimilated. However, there is one key step on the road to full assimilation, which I have yet to take, and that's to eat BALUT.

The day any of you sees me eating balut, please call immigration and ask them to issue me a Filipino passport. Because at that point there will be no turning back. BALUT, for those still blissfully ignorant non-Pinoys out there, is a fertilized duck egg. It is commonly sold with salt in a piece of newspaper, much like English fish and chips, by street vendors usually after dark, presumably so you can't see how gross it is.

It's meant to be an aphrodisiac, although I can't imagine anything more likely to dispel sexual desire than crunching on a partially formed baby duck swimming in noxious fluid. The embryo in the egg comes in varying stages of development, but basically it is not considered macho to eat one without fully discernable feathers, beak, and claws. Some say these crunchy bits are the best. Others prefer just to drink the so-called 'soup', the vile, pungent liquid that surrounds the aforementioned feathery fetus...excuse me; I have to go and throw up now. I'll be back in a minute.

Food dominates the life of the Filipino. People here just love to eat.

They eat at least eight times a day. These eight official meals are called, in order: breakfast, snacks, lunch, merienda, merienda ceyna, dinner, bedtime snacks and no-one-saw-me-take-that-cookie-from-the-fridge-so-it-doesn't-count.

The short gaps in between these mealtimes are spent eating Sky Flakes from the open packet that sits on every desktop. You're never far from food in the Philippines. If you doubt this, next time you're driving home from work, try this game. See how long you can drive without seeing food and I don't mean a distant restaurant, or a picture of food. I mean a man on the sidewalk frying fish balls, or a man walking through the traffic selling nuts or candy. I bet it's less than one minute.

Here are some other things I've noticed about food in the Philippines:

Firstly, a meal is not a meal without rice - even breakfast. In the UK, I could go a whole year without eating rice. Second, it's impossible to drink without eating. A bottle of San Miguel just isn't the same without gambas or beef tapa. Third, no one ventures more than two paces from their house without baon (food in small container) and a container of something cold to drink. You might as well ask a Filipino to leave home without his pants on. And lastly, where I come from, you eat with a knife and fork. Here, you eat with a spoon and fork. You try eating rice swimming in fish sauce with a knife.

One really nice thing about Filipino food culture is that people always ask you to SHARE their food. In my office, if you catch anyone attacking their baon, they will always go, "Sir! KAIN TAYO!" ("Let's eat!"). This confused me, until I realized that they didn't actually expect me to sit down and start munching on their boneless bangus. In fact, the polite response is something like, "No thanks, I just ate." But the principle is sound - if you have food on your plate, you are expected to share it, however hungry you are, with those who may be even hungrier. I think that's great!

In fact, this is frequently even taken one step further. Many Filipinos use "Have you eaten yet?" ("KUMAIN KA NA?") as a general greeting, irrespective of time of day or location.

Some foreigners think Filipino food is fairly dull compared to other Asian cuisines. Actually lots of it is very good: Spicy dishes like Bicol Express (strange, a dish named after a train); anything cooked with coconut milk; anything KINILAW; and anything ADOBO. And it's hard to beat the sheer wanton, cholesterolic frenzy of a good old-fashioned LECHON de leche (roast pig) feast. Dig a pit, light a fire, add 50 pounds of animal fat on a stick, and cook until crisp. Mmm, mmm... you can actually feel your arteries constricting with each successive mouthful.

I also share one key Pinoy trait ---a sweet tooth. I am thus the only foreigner I know who does not complain about sweet bread, sweet burgers, sweet spaghetti, sweet banana ketchup, and so on. I am a man who likes to put jam on his pizza. Try it!

It's the weird food you want to avoid. In addition to duck fetus in the half-shell, items to avoid in the Philippines include pig's blood soup (DINUGUAN); bull's testicle soup, the strangely-named "SOUP NUMBER FIVE" (I dread to think what numbers one through four are); and the ubiquitous, stinky shrimp paste, BAGOONG, and it's equally stinky sister, PATIS. Filipinos are so addicted to these latter items that they will even risk arrest or deportation trying to smuggle them into countries like Australia and the USA, which wisely ban the importation of items you can smell from more than 100 paces.

Then there's the small matter of the purple ice cream. I have never been able to get my brain around eating purple food; the ubiquitous UBE leaves me cold.

And lastly on the subject of weird food, beware: that KALDERETANG KAMBING (goat) could well be KALDERETANG ASO (dog)...

The Filipino, of course, has a well-developed sense of food. Here's a typical Pinoy food joke: "I'm on a seafood diet. "What's a seafood diet?" "When I see food, I eat it!"

Filipinos also eat strange bits of animals --- the feet, the head, the guts, etc., usually barbecued on a stick. These have been given witty names, like "ADIDAS" (chicken's feet); "KURBATA" (either just chicken's neck, or "neck and thigh" as in "neck-tie"); "WALKMAN" (pigs ears); "PAL" (chicken wings); "HELMET" (chicken head); "IUD" (chicken intestines), and BETAMAX" (video-cassette-like blocks of animal blood). Yum, yum. Bon appetit.

"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches"-- (Proverbs 22:1)

WHEN I arrived in the Philippines from the UK six years ago, one of the first cultural differences to strike me was names. The subject has provided a continuing source of amazement and amusement ever since. The first unusual thing, from an English perspective, is that everyone here has a nickname. In the staid and boring United Kingdom, we have nicknames in kindergarten, but when we move into adulthood we tend, I am glad to say, to lose them.

The second thing that struck me is that Philippine names for both girls and boys tend to be what we in the UK would regard as overbearingly cutesy for anyone over about five. Fifty-five-year-olds colleague put it. Where I come from, a boy with a nickname like Boy Blue or Honey Boy would be beaten to death at school by pre-adolescent bullies, and never make it to adulthood. So, probably, would girls with names like Babes, Lovely, Precious, Peachy or Apples. Yuk, ech ech. Here, however, no one bats an eyelid.

Then I noticed how many people have what I have come to call "door-bell names".

These are nicknames that sound like -well, doorbells. There are millions of them. Bing, Bong, Ding, and Dong are some of the more common. They can be, and frequently are, used in even more door-bell-like combinations such as Bing-Bong, Ding-Dong, Ting-Ting, and so on. Even our newly appointed chief of police has a doorbell name Ping. None of these doorbell names exist where I come from, and hence sound unusually amusing to my untutored foreign ear.

Someone once told me that one of the Bings, when asked why he was called Bing, replied, "because my brother is called Bong". Faultless logic. Dong, of course, is a particularly funny one for me, as where I come from "dong" is a slang word for well; perhaps "talong" is the best Tagalog equivalent.

Repeating names was another novelty to me, having never before encountered people with names like Len-Len, Let-Let, Mai-Mai, or Ning-Ning. The secretary I inherited on my arrival had an unusual one: Leck-Leck. Such names are then frequently further refined by using the "squared" symbol, as in Len2 or Mai2. This had me very confused for a while.

Then there is the trend for parents to stick to a theme when naming their children. This can be as simple as making them all begin with the same letter, as in Jun, Jimmy, Janice, and Joy.

More imaginative parents shoot for more sophisticated forms of assonance or rhyme, as in Biboy, Boboy, Buboy, Baboy (notice the names get worse the more kids

there are-best to be born early or you could end up being a Baboy).

Even better, parents can create whole families of, say, desserts (Apple Pie, Cherry Pie, Honey Pie) or flowers (Rose, Daffodil, Tulip). The main advantage of such combinations is that they look great painted across your trunk if you're a cab driver. That's another thing I'd never seen before coming to Manila -- taxis with the driver's kids' names on the trunk.

Another whole eye-opening field for the foreign visitor is the phenomenon of the "composite" name. This includes names like Jejomar (for Jesus, Joseph and Mary), and the remarkable Luzviminda (for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, believe it or not).

That's a bit like me being called something like "Engscowani" (for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Between you and me, I'm glad I'm not.

And how could I forget to mention the fabulous concept of the randomly inserted letter 'h'. Quite what this device is supposed to achieve, I have not yet figured out, but I think it is designed to give a touch of class to an otherwise only averagely weird name. It results in creations like Jhun, Lhenn, Ghemma, and Jhimmy. Or how about Jhun-Jhun (Jhun2)?

How boring to come from a country like the UK full of people with names like John Smith. How wonderful to come from a country where imagination and exoticism rule the world of names.

Even the towns here have weird names; my favorite is the unbelievably named town of Sexmoan (ironically close to Olongapo and Angeles). Where else in the world could that really be true?

Where else in the world could the head of the Church really be called Cardinal Sin?

Where else but the Philippines!

Note: Philippines has a senator named Joker, and it is his legal name.

BEST JOKE in some country

2007-08-28T23:34:00.000+08:00

I would like to share this joke forwarded to me by my friend and high school classmate...

One Chinese person walks into a bar in America late one night and he saw
Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes over to
him, and asks for his autograph.
Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says "You Chinese people bombed
our Pearl Harbor, get out of here."
The astonished Chinese man replied
"It was not the Chinese who bombed your
Pearl Harbor , it was the Japanese".
"Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same,"
replied Spielberg.
In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and says
"You sank the
Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship."
Shocked, Spielberg replies "It was the iceberg that sank
the ship, not
me." The Chinese replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg,
you're all the same."

Shake it off and step up

2007-08-15T08:37:00.000+08:00

I got this email from a friend who's out of the country, and I thought this is worth sharing :)
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One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw.

With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steeping stone.

We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!

Shake it off and take a step up!

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free ur heart from hatred.
2. Free ur mind from worries.
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less

:)

Heaven and Hell is on Earth

2007-08-13T23:02:00.000+08:00

Just last August 4, 2007 at around 3 am, my uncle passed away. Though there were many undesirable behavior he had, many other good attributes overshadowed them. He was a true person who expresses what he feels with neither reservations nor pretensions. He was a true friend who was always there in times of need even if his resources were too limited. At our place in the province, you can see people who are living within and below poverty level. These were his friends and companion and were really at a loss for his death. There were quite a number of people who went to the funeral and until the day of burial. It was just so unfortunate that he wasn't able to stop his addiction to alcohol.
When he was still alive, he often mentioned that "Heaven and Hell is on Earth". People never really understood him. Even now, I still don't get what he really meant with that statement. At least what I've grasped is that we can experience all the misery (hell) and happiness (heaven) in this planet. He lived a life full of misery. That I know for sure. I don't know if he was ever happy. It really saddens me that I was unable to do anything out of his situation. Maybe I'm just too weak. Always pointing to the limited resources that I have. Always blaming even though I believe that people who love to blame are lame. But again, maybe he experienced the happiness through the companionship that we had with our family, and with his workers that served him really well. I just hope that I will eventually understand his words -- "Heaven and Hell is on Earth".

Something New

2007-08-10T00:58:00.000+08:00

I'm really not the blogger type. I must admit, I'm also lazy in reading. This blogging craze however intrigues me. One thing's for sure, I'm a curious person. So why not get into this thing and satisfy my curiosity. "Curiosity Killed the Cat" yeah I know that, but curiosity feeds you with knowledge, and "Knowledge is Power". This is something new and I think it's worth a try. Will I lose something here? Maybe, maybe not. What's important for me is I've made a choice. Carpe Diem! Seize the Day!