Yesterday, I arrived in the office early. I turned on my PC, check my todo list, had to follow up some paper works from a colleague, made a couple of calls, and viola, im done. I checked my mails, updated my todo list, checked a couple of schedules, and open my mobile phone to transfer some old message on my PC. My inbox is getting clogged up with messages from a person I don't really know of personally, and keeps on sending me defamatory and unkind words. Pretty ironic, because I know for a fact this person is a devout in thier chosen relegion.
Anyways, after transferring a few messages, I noticed that students are arriving in to their respective rooms, and inquiring here and there about thier classes. I went out of my office, and began my rounds to check every classes if it's intact and going without any delays. After my round, I went back to my office, checked my email again, and continued to transfer messages from my phone. After a while I saw one of my faculty who just arrived, I checked the time, it's around 10:15am-10:30am.
I just went on with my transferring of messages. After a while a knock came on my door, one of the faculty came storming to my office with looks of frustration and/or anger(?). The frist words that I heard was an apology for not report for work a day before, and then the word I dreaded the most "RESIGNATION". I ask to talk about it, I asked why, the answer came to me just as I suspected. It was about the conflict that has been brewing for some time now, between a superior and another employee. She said that she feels pressured whenever the other person is around, and she doesn't like the way the Superior is treating the employee. In as much that I wan't to disclose the details between the argument between the superior and the employee, I rather not, it's getting personal already and I can sense that the superior is getting very very personal.
My poor colleague is so pressured that she wants to resign within 15 days. She doesnt want to be in a hostile working environment. After the details of our personal talk(which I will not disclose here), I adviced her that it would take around 30 days for the effectivity of the resignation, that is the mandate of the HR manual and we are bound to follow it. I advised her just to hang on a little bit, for the reason that if she would resign, she has no company to transfer to, second, most of the companies during the last quarter of the year stops hiring additional personnel, and alots funds for the upcoming Christmas Party and employee bonuses. I told her just to stay put for a while, just hang on a little longer, and just don't think about the pressure coz it's not her thats at fault.
We also talked about how the company is turning around from the previous manager's mess, I also emphasized that as of now, the company is gaining revenue and the company is getting positive revenues every month. I don't know if I am wrong or right in my advices, all I know is that when we talked, I didn't have to think of what words to say regarding the company, and her performance, and brewing conflict....it was spontaneous....it came from my heart.
Deep inside me I was saddened and troubled. I was saddened because my team was getting agitated as the result of the conflict and they are now expressing thier intention to resign, albiet in a form of a joke or in a serious talk like we had with my colleague. I came to realize that all their troubles roots to the conflict between the superior and the employee, and it is affecting their performance in the office, and it is affecting them as a person. What can I do? We can't tell our superior to be professional or to stop doing what they might be doing wrong. They are our boss, we don't have the right to tell them that they are wrong nor we can't order them to stop pressuring other employees, and we don't have the courage to go against them.
The same day also, I received the letter of explanation from the two of my team members from the NTE(notice to explain) letter I gave them last saturday regarding their violation. After reading their response, I gave the letter to my immediate supervisor and reviewed them, he advised me to schedule their respective suspension without affecting their classes. I went back to my room and checked the calendar, and decided that it would be best to serve their suspension next week, during midterm exams. They would just leave the questionaires to other faculty.
This is the first time I have to give a faculty member a suspension, not just one, but two. The fact that I'm their immediate head, and issuing them suspension coming from the orders of a another superior, makes me question myself. Why would I issue suspension to my faculty, they have not directly violated any rules of the company. I don't wan't to talk about it. Maybe, there will come a time that I will understand why I did what I did. I felt guilt deep inside when I issued the suspension.
*Sigh* Just another day in the office.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Back from Down Under
It's been awhile, and I haven't updated my blog for a very long time. It's been stagnant for months, and a lot has happened since then...I got a lot of catching up to do. But with my busy schedule in the office my only chance to catch up is to write small doses of my blog whenever I can have a free time.
Well, I'm back fresh and new...with the old/new me. ^^
If you've missed me....I missed you too.
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I have this poem in a poster in vacant room in our house and I've been wanting to copy it and post it in my office for inspiration. But the poster has partly been covered by the closet, I wasn't able to copy it whole. I've been scouring the net in the past few days but fail, and I tried again and succeeded. Well, thanks for posting this poem, to whoever you are, Turtle Princess.
Read below:
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Love Your Work
if you don't like your work,
you'll need three times the energy:
to force yourself to work,
to resist the force,
and finally to work.
if you love your work,
your desire to do it
will be like a wind
to propel your ship
with much less fuel.
if you like your work,
you work no more -
for work, when you like it,
is work no longer,
but sheer enjoyment!
if you enjoy your work,
you'll work and work
without counting the hours -
and you'll reap and enjoy
more earnings as well.
- H.L. Neri
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Thanks Turtle Princess
Well, I'm back fresh and new...with the old/new me. ^^
If you've missed me....I missed you too.
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I have this poem in a poster in vacant room in our house and I've been wanting to copy it and post it in my office for inspiration. But the poster has partly been covered by the closet, I wasn't able to copy it whole. I've been scouring the net in the past few days but fail, and I tried again and succeeded. Well, thanks for posting this poem, to whoever you are, Turtle Princess.
Read below:
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Love Your Work
if you don't like your work,
you'll need three times the energy:
to force yourself to work,
to resist the force,
and finally to work.
if you love your work,
your desire to do it
will be like a wind
to propel your ship
with much less fuel.
if you like your work,
you work no more -
for work, when you like it,
is work no longer,
but sheer enjoyment!
if you enjoy your work,
you'll work and work
without counting the hours -
and you'll reap and enjoy
more earnings as well.
- H.L. Neri
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Thanks Turtle Princess
Friday, June 09, 2006
Positive Outlook in Life
I am thankful:
For the wife
Who says it's hot dogs tonight,
Because she is home with me,
And not out with someone else.
For the husband
Who is on the sofa
Being a couch potato,
Because he is home with me
And not out at the bars.
For the teenager
Who is complaining about doing dishes
Because it means she is at home,
Not on the streets.
For the taxes i pay
Because it means
I am employed.
For the mess to clean after a party
Because it means i have
Been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug
Because it means
I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work
Because it means
I am out in the sunshine
For a lawn that needs mowing,
Windows that need cleaning,
And gutters that need fixing
Because it means i have a home.
For all the complaining
I hear about the government
Because it means
We have freedom of speech..
For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
Because it means i am capable of walking
And i have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill
Because it means
I am warm.
For the lady behind me in church
Who sings off key because it means
I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing
Because it means
I have clothes to wear.
For weariness and aching muscles
At the end of the day
Because it means i have been
Capable of working hard.
For the alarm that goes off
In the early morning hours
Because it means i am alive.
And finally, for too much e-mail
Because it means i have
Friends who are thinking of me.
Live well, laugh often, & love with all of your heart!
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Today, before you think of saying any unkind word
Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the food that you eat
Think of those who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about life,
Think of someone who went early to heaven.
And when you are tired and complaining about your job,
Think of the unemployed, the disabled and
Those who wished they had your job
And when depressing thoughts seems to get you down
Put on a smile on your face,
And thank God you're alive and still around.
Life is a gift. Live it well.
Worthy Risk
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There is a risk involved in everything
Every time you share a smile
Every time you shed a tear
You are opening yourself up to hurt.
Some people tread slowly through life,
Avoiding the closeness risk brings,
Sidestepping the things they can not understand
Turning away from those who care too much-
Those who care stay too long,
Those who hold too tightly.
There is never an easy way to love
You cannot approach it cautiously
It will not wait for you to arm yourself.
It does not care if you turn away
It is everywhere, it is everything.
Love is the greatest of all risks.
It is not reliable, it is not cautious,
It is not sympathetic
It is unprejudiced and unmerciful.
It strikes the strongest of mind,
And brings them to their knees in one blow.
Even in the best of times, love hurts.
It hurts to need, it hurts to belong,
It hurts to be the other part of someone else,
Without either of your consent.
But, from the moment it overtakes you,
It hurts worse to be all alone.
The risk of love never depletes;
It grows stronger and more dangerous with time.
But, it is in the total surrender of all defense,
That we, no matter weak or strong,
No matter willing or captive,
No matter what, we truly experience love.
Despite the many things love is not,
Outweighing it all are the things that love is.
Love is surrender without a loss.
It is a gift without the cost.
It consumes your every thought and desire,
Every breath you take.
It is the fire that fuels you
To do more than pass through life;
It urges you, instead, to live.
No matter the outcome, having felt love,
You will never be the same.
It may scar your heart and soul
And leave you only memories of forever.
Or, it may cause every day of your life
To feel like there is no need for tomorrow.
But, love is worth it. It is worth the risk...
For in all of life,
Love is truly the only risk worth taking.
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from a very close friend. Richie.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
The Difference
- I got this text message from a friend since in high school days. It's funny how she tells the difference of women with regards to age, in relevance to BED and STORY. Read along.
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Question: What is the difference among girls aged: 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, and 68?
Answer: At age 8, you take her to bed and tell her a story. At age 18, you tell her a story and take her to bed. At age 28, you don't need to tell her a story to take her to bed. At age 38, she tells you a story and takes you to bed. At age 48, You tell her a story to avoid going to bed. At age 58, You stay in bed to avoid her story. At age 68, If you take her to bed, now that will be a story.
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- Yesterday, I also got a hilarious text message from my girlfriend, in relevance to the 6-6-6(June 6, 2006) event. Read along.
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"Today is 666(June 06, 2006) This is a once in a lifetime event.
Never let this day past without greeting our love ones.
HAPPY SEX SEX SEX! (instead of SIX SIX SIX)
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~ciao
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Question: What is the difference among girls aged: 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, and 68?
Answer: At age 8, you take her to bed and tell her a story. At age 18, you tell her a story and take her to bed. At age 28, you don't need to tell her a story to take her to bed. At age 38, she tells you a story and takes you to bed. At age 48, You tell her a story to avoid going to bed. At age 58, You stay in bed to avoid her story. At age 68, If you take her to bed, now that will be a story.
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- Yesterday, I also got a hilarious text message from my girlfriend, in relevance to the 6-6-6(June 6, 2006) event. Read along.
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"Today is 666(June 06, 2006) This is a once in a lifetime event.
Never let this day past without greeting our love ones.
HAPPY SEX SEX SEX! (instead of SIX SIX SIX)
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~ciao
Saturday, June 03, 2006
How to Stay Young
I got this article in my email from a very good friend, I like the message it conveys. It's about a making positive view of getting old and how to stay young in everything you do. Read along.
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Art of Aging
by: George Carlin
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50, and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90's, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them!"
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, arts & crafts, cooking, style, fashion, gardening, music, movies, sports, books whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity
11. Should I include Gossip????!!!!! ha ha ha.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Art of Aging
by: George Carlin
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50, and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90's, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them!"
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, arts & crafts, cooking, style, fashion, gardening, music, movies, sports, books whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity
11. Should I include Gossip????!!!!! ha ha ha.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Happiness
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"Why should we not have a good time
from a part of our daily program?
Why should not this enter into our
great life plan?
Why should we serious and gloomy
because we have to work for a living?
There is a moral as well as healing
influence in things which amuse and
makes use enjoy life.
No one was ever spoiled by good humor,
but tens of thousands have been made
better by it. Fun is a good necessary to
the wholeness of man as bread."
-Dr. Sidney N. Bremer
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"Why should we not have a good time
from a part of our daily program?
Why should not this enter into our
great life plan?
Why should we serious and gloomy
because we have to work for a living?
There is a moral as well as healing
influence in things which amuse and
makes use enjoy life.
No one was ever spoiled by good humor,
but tens of thousands have been made
better by it. Fun is a good necessary to
the wholeness of man as bread."
-Dr. Sidney N. Bremer
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Happiness Come in Pieces
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Happiness is like a crystal,
Fair and exquisite and clear,
Broken in a million pieces,
Shattered, scattered, far and near.
Now and then along life’s pathway,
Some shining fragments fall;
But there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
You may find a bit of beauty
Or an honest share of wealth,
While another just beside you
Gathers honor, love or health.
Vain to choose or grasp unduly,
Broken is the perfect ball;
And there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
Yet the wise, as on they journey,
Treasure every fragment clear,
Fit them as they come together,
Imagining the shattered sphere,
Learning ever to be thankful,
Though their share of it is small.
For it has so many pieces,
No one ever finds them all.
-Priscilla Leonard
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Happiness is like a crystal,
Fair and exquisite and clear,
Broken in a million pieces,
Shattered, scattered, far and near.
Now and then along life’s pathway,
Some shining fragments fall;
But there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
You may find a bit of beauty
Or an honest share of wealth,
While another just beside you
Gathers honor, love or health.
Vain to choose or grasp unduly,
Broken is the perfect ball;
And there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
Yet the wise, as on they journey,
Treasure every fragment clear,
Fit them as they come together,
Imagining the shattered sphere,
Learning ever to be thankful,
Though their share of it is small.
For it has so many pieces,
No one ever finds them all.
-Priscilla Leonard
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
Why Go To Church?
If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!
Why Go To Church?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!"
Why Go To Church?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!"
TO MEET SUCH A MAN
Hi, here is another article from my email that got my attention, I like reading articles like these, it reminds me of something that life is worth living and filling it with little good deeds to people and strangers alike. Hmmm....anyways read on.
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I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.
As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, "I will work for food." My heart sank.
I broughthim to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief.
We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him. I made some purchases at a store and got back in my car.
Deep within me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: "Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square."
Then with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the square's third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the store front church, going through his sack.
I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor.
"Looking for the pastor?" I asked.
"Not really," he replied, "just resting."
"Have you eaten today?"
"Oh, I ate something early this morning."
"Would you like to have lunch with me?"
"Do you have some work I could do for you?"
"No work," I replied. "I commute here to work from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch."
"Sure," he replied with a smile.
As he began to gather his things, I asked some surface questions. Where you headed?"
"St. Louis."
"Where you from?"
"Oh, all over; mostlyFlorida."
"How long you been walking?"
"Fourteen years," came the reply.
I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier. His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, "Jesus is The Never Ending Story."
Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in life. He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought.
He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly. He gave his life over to God.
"Nothing's been the same since," he said, "I felt the Lord telling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now."
"Ever think of stopping?" I asked.
"Oh, once in a while, when it seems to get the best of me But God has given me this calling. I give out Bibles . That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads."
I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: "What's it like?"
"What?"
"To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show your sign?"
"Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments. Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became humbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me."
My concept was changing, too. Wefinished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused. He turned to me and said, "Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a stranger and you took me in."
I felt as if we were on holy ground. "Could you use another Bible?" I asked.
He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. "I've read through it 14 times," he said.
"I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and see" I was able to find my new friend a Bible that would do well, and he seemed very grateful.
"Where are you headed from here?" I asked.
"Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park coupon."
"Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?"
"No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star
right there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next."
He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his mission. I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things.
"Would you sign my autograph book?" he asked. "I like to keep messages from folks I meet."
I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of scripture from Jeremiah, "I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope."
"Thanks, man," he said. "I know we just met and we're really just strangers, but I love you."
"I know," I said, "I love you, too." "The Lord is good!"
"Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?" I asked.
A longtime," he replied
And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, my new friend and I embraced, and I felt deep inside that I had been changed. He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, "See you in the New Jerusalem."
"I'll be there!" was my reply.
He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll a! nd pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, "When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
"You bet," I shouted back, "God bless."
"God bless." And that was the last I saw of him.
Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his hands would staywarm that night without them.
Then I remembered his words: "If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. "See you in ! the New Jerusalem," he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...
If this story touched you, forward it to a friend!
"I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."
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ciao~
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I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.
As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, "I will work for food." My heart sank.
I broughthim to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. Heads moved in a mixture of sadness and disbelief.
We continued with our meal, but his image lingered in my mind. We finished our meal and went our separate ways. I had errands to do and quickly set out to accomplish them. I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat halfheartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call some response. I drove through town and saw nothing of him. I made some purchases at a store and got back in my car.
Deep within me, the Spirit of God kept speaking to me: "Don't go back to the office until you've at least driven once more around the square."
Then with some hesitancy, I headed back into town. As I turned the square's third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the store front church, going through his sack.
I stopped and looked; feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner seemed to be a sign from God: an invitation to park. I pulled in, got out and approached the town's newest visitor.
"Looking for the pastor?" I asked.
"Not really," he replied, "just resting."
"Have you eaten today?"
"Oh, I ate something early this morning."
"Would you like to have lunch with me?"
"Do you have some work I could do for you?"
"No work," I replied. "I commute here to work from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch."
"Sure," he replied with a smile.
As he began to gather his things, I asked some surface questions. Where you headed?"
"St. Louis."
"Where you from?"
"Oh, all over; mostlyFlorida."
"How long you been walking?"
"Fourteen years," came the reply.
I knew I had met someone unusual. We sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier. His face was weathered slightly beyond his 38 years. His eyes were dark yet clear, and he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. He removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, "Jesus is The Never Ending Story."
Then Daniel's story began to unfold. He had seen rough times early in life. He'd made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment. A concert, he thought.
He was hired, but the tent would not house a concert but revival services, and in those services he saw life more clearly. He gave his life over to God.
"Nothing's been the same since," he said, "I felt the Lord telling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now."
"Ever think of stopping?" I asked.
"Oh, once in a while, when it seems to get the best of me But God has given me this calling. I give out Bibles . That's what's in my sack. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads."
I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: "What's it like?"
"What?"
"To walk into a town carrying all your things on your back and to show your sign?"
"Oh, it was humiliating at first. People would stare and make comments. Once someone tossed a piece of half-eaten bread and made a gesture that certainly didn't make me feel welcome. But then it became humbling to realize that God was using me to touch lives and change people's concepts of other folks like me."
My concept was changing, too. Wefinished our dessert and gathered his things. Just outside the door, he paused. He turned to me and said, "Come Ye blessed of my Father and inherit the kingdom I've prepared for you. For when I was hungry you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me drink, a stranger and you took me in."
I felt as if we were on holy ground. "Could you use another Bible?" I asked.
He said he preferred a certain translation. It traveled well and was not too heavy. It was also his personal favorite. "I've read through it 14 times," he said.
"I'm not sure we've got one of those, but let's stop by our church and see" I was able to find my new friend a Bible that would do well, and he seemed very grateful.
"Where are you headed from here?" I asked.
"Well, I found this little map on the back of this amusement park coupon."
"Are you hoping to hire on there for awhile?"
"No, I just figure I should go there. I figure someone under that star
right there needs a Bible, so that's where I'm going next."
He smiled, and the warmth of his spirit radiated the sincerity of his mission. I drove him back to the town-square where we'd met two hours earlier, and as we drove, it started raining. We parked and unloaded his things.
"Would you sign my autograph book?" he asked. "I like to keep messages from folks I meet."
I wrote in his little book that his commitment to his calling had touched my life. I encouraged him to stay strong. And I left him with a verse of scripture from Jeremiah, "I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you; Plans to give you a future and a hope."
"Thanks, man," he said. "I know we just met and we're really just strangers, but I love you."
"I know," I said, "I love you, too." "The Lord is good!"
"Yes, He is. How long has it been since someone hugged you?" I asked.
A longtime," he replied
And so on the busy street corner in the drizzling rain, my new friend and I embraced, and I felt deep inside that I had been changed. He put his things on his back, smiled his winning smile and said, "See you in the New Jerusalem."
"I'll be there!" was my reply.
He began his journey again. He headed away with his sign dangling from his bedroll a! nd pack of Bibles. He stopped, turned and said, "When you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
"You bet," I shouted back, "God bless."
"God bless." And that was the last I saw of him.
Late that evening as I left my office, the wind blew strong. The cold front had settled hard upon the town. I bundled up and hurried to my car. As I sat back and reached for the emergency brake, I saw them... a pair of well-worn brown work gloves neatly laid over the length of the handle. I picked them up and thought of my friend and wondered if his hands would staywarm that night without them.
Then I remembered his words: "If you see something that makes you think of me, will you pray for me?"
Today his gloves lie on my desk in my office. They help me to see the world and its people in a new way, and they help me remember those two hours with my unique friend and to pray for his ministry. "See you in ! the New Jerusalem," he said. Yes, Daniel, I know I will...
If this story touched you, forward it to a friend!
"I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."
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ciao~
Friday, May 26, 2006
The story of the "Last Supper" Painting
I don't know if this is true but I heard the story before during my elementary years in my ReEd class. Inline with the hype of The Da Vinci Code, let me publish this article I got from my email.
It has been a tough week, so busy with work, I have to handle 1pm-7pm class, and some other reports/office paperworks to catchup during the past weeks, I apologize for not updating my Blog so often. I have been in a low state recently due to financial reasons, but I'm still hanging on. I know I can make it!!! I can make it. With prayers and understanding I can still walk tall and talk proud of my self. Let me finish this with the article itself.
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The painting of the last supper is extremely interesting and instructive. The two incidents connected with it afford a most convincing lesson on the effects of right and wrong thinking in the life of a boy or a girl or of a man or a woman.
Leonardo Da Vinci, a noted Italian artist, painted the Last Supper; and the time engaged for its completion was seven years. The figures representing the twelve apostles and Christ himself were painted from living persons. The life-model for the painting of the figure of Jesus was chosen.
When it was decided that Da Vinci would paint this great picture, hundreds and hundreds of young men were carefully viewed in an endeavor to find a face and personality exhibiting innocence and beauty, free from the scars and signs of dissipation caused by sin.
Finally, after weeks of laborious searching, a young man nineteen years of age was selected as a model for the portrayal of Christ. For six months, Da Vinci worked on the production of this leading character of his famous painting. During the next six years, Da Vinci continued his labors on this sublime work of art. One by one, fitting persons were chosen to represent each of the eleven apostles; space being left for the painting of the figure representing Judas Iscariot as the final task of this masterpiece. This was the Apostle, you remember, who betrayed his Lord for 30 pieces of silver, worth in our present day, currency of $16.96.
For weeks, Da Vinci searched for a man with a hard callous face, with a countenance marked by scars of avarice, deceit, hypocrisy, and crime; a face that would delineate a character who would betray his best friend.
After many discouraging experiences in searching for the type of person required to represent Judas, word came to Da Vinci that a man whose appearance met his requirements had been found in a dungeon in Rome, sentenced to die for a life of crime and murder.
Da Vinci made the trip to Rome at once, and this man was brought out from his imprisonment in the dungeon and led out into the light of the sun. There, Da Vinci saw before him a dark, swarthy man; his long, shaggy and unkempt hair sprawled over his face, which betrayed a character of viciousness and complete ruin. At last, the famous painter has found the person he wanted to represent the character of Judas in his painting.
By special permission from the king, this prisoner was carried to Milan where the picture was being painted; and for months he sat before Da Vinci at appointed hours each day as the gifted artist diligently continued his task of transmitting to his painting this base character in the picture representing the traitor and betrayer of our savior.
As he finished his last stroke, he turned to the guards and said, I have finished. You may take the prisoner away. As the guards were leading the prisoner away, he suddenly broke loose from their control and rushed up to Da Vinci, crying as he did so, O, Da Vinci, look at me! Do you not know who I am?
Da Vinci, with the trained eyes of a great character student, carefully scrutinized the man upon whose face had constantly gazed for six months and replied, No, I have never seen you in my life until you were brought before me out of the dungeon in Rome.
Then, lifting his eyes toward heaven, the prisoner said, Oh, God, have I fallen so low? Then turning his face to the painter he cried, Leonardo Da Vinci! Look at me again for I am the same man you painted just seven years ago as the figure of Christ.
This is the true story of the painting of the Last Supper that teaches so strongly the lesson of the effects of right or wrong thinking on the life on an individual. Here was a young man whose character was so pure, unspoiled by the sins of the world that he represented the countenance of innocence and beauty fit to be used for the painting of a representation of Christ.
But, within seven years, following the thoughts of sin and a life of crime, he was changed into a perfect picture of the most traitorous character ever known in the history of the world.
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ciao
Monday, May 08, 2006
Monday Blues
*Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!* O.o
I'M SO FREAKIN' OUT!!!!! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DELETE THOSE FILES!!! I COULD $@^#%&@#%$%&^&(^*%&$%&*%*&()_^*&^$@%!@$!#^$%u%^&u!!!!!
*Whew*, feels better now. For goodness sake, these ppl who deletes files should be given a sanction. N-E-V-E-R to use my PC again! Why I'm so furious? it's because these people who are priviledge enough to use my box, are abusing their right to the extent that they own the PC they are using, to the extent that they are deleting almost every file they think they don't like.
Last Friday, I was able to download, Red Hat Linux Fedora Core release 5, in as much that I'm happy about it, I was able to get a copy from torrent servers, using Azureus Torrent Client. After downloading 3 Gigabytes of ISO Images, I decided to share the file to others coz that's what torrent all about sharing, since I downloaded 3Gb of data, it sounds fair to share what I have to others so that they too, can have a copy of Fedora Core release 5.
Bordeaux Binary Fedora Core 5
FC-5-i386-disc1 655.39MB
FC-5-i386-disc2 668.16MB
FC-5-i386-disc3 687.61MB
FC-5-i386-disc4 687.51MB
FC-5-i386-disc5 369.79MB
FC-5-i386-rescuredisc 75.45Mb
A total of 3.06Gb in size all in all. Last Saturday, I was supposed to BURN these files into CD, but due to a lot of paperworks, and other miscellaneous work in the office, I ended up postponing to write it by monday, that is today. I had prepared all the discs for the files, but ended up, dismayed after discovering all those files have been deleted. I can't believed it at first, I tried searching the whole drive, I tried asking my colleague if they happen to delete it or whatever, but they have no idea either. I was furious, and I have no choice but to download it again.
I tried using recovery software, Stellar Pheonix, remember the one my cousin asking me about. Yup, that was it, I was able to use it, and viola! I did recover it but not all, I was able to recover DISC 4 only and the rest was corrupted. Aww..too bad, no choice but to redownload again. Oh well, that's the use of bandwidth in the office.
As of this writing, it's 50% done, 50% more within 4 hours, as if I will wait for that. By 7pm, I will have to go to my friends Cellphone repair shop and have my other phone repair the ON/OFF switch. After that dinner at home, and sleep early, my day has been so sleepy since I woke up in the morning.
*yawns* im sleepy still!
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I was supposed to write about what happened yesterday, Beach outing, after beach outing, up to the time my eyes went blank. Updates tomorrow. I have to go it's almost 7pm. Ciao!
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I'M SO FREAKIN' OUT!!!!! WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DELETE THOSE FILES!!! I COULD $@^#%&@#%$%&^&(^*%&$%&*%*&()_^*&^$@%!@$!#^$%u%^&u!!!!!
*Whew*, feels better now. For goodness sake, these ppl who deletes files should be given a sanction. N-E-V-E-R to use my PC again! Why I'm so furious? it's because these people who are priviledge enough to use my box, are abusing their right to the extent that they own the PC they are using, to the extent that they are deleting almost every file they think they don't like.
Last Friday, I was able to download, Red Hat Linux Fedora Core release 5, in as much that I'm happy about it, I was able to get a copy from torrent servers, using Azureus Torrent Client. After downloading 3 Gigabytes of ISO Images, I decided to share the file to others coz that's what torrent all about sharing, since I downloaded 3Gb of data, it sounds fair to share what I have to others so that they too, can have a copy of Fedora Core release 5.
Bordeaux Binary Fedora Core 5
FC-5-i386-disc1 655.39MB
FC-5-i386-disc2 668.16MB
FC-5-i386-disc3 687.61MB
FC-5-i386-disc4 687.51MB
FC-5-i386-disc5 369.79MB
FC-5-i386-rescuredisc 75.45Mb
A total of 3.06Gb in size all in all. Last Saturday, I was supposed to BURN these files into CD, but due to a lot of paperworks, and other miscellaneous work in the office, I ended up postponing to write it by monday, that is today. I had prepared all the discs for the files, but ended up, dismayed after discovering all those files have been deleted. I can't believed it at first, I tried searching the whole drive, I tried asking my colleague if they happen to delete it or whatever, but they have no idea either. I was furious, and I have no choice but to download it again.
I tried using recovery software, Stellar Pheonix, remember the one my cousin asking me about. Yup, that was it, I was able to use it, and viola! I did recover it but not all, I was able to recover DISC 4 only and the rest was corrupted. Aww..too bad, no choice but to redownload again. Oh well, that's the use of bandwidth in the office.
As of this writing, it's 50% done, 50% more within 4 hours, as if I will wait for that. By 7pm, I will have to go to my friends Cellphone repair shop and have my other phone repair the ON/OFF switch. After that dinner at home, and sleep early, my day has been so sleepy since I woke up in the morning.
*yawns* im sleepy still!
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I was supposed to write about what happened yesterday, Beach outing, after beach outing, up to the time my eyes went blank. Updates tomorrow. I have to go it's almost 7pm. Ciao!
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Saturday, May 06, 2006
*puff, puff* - work work
As promised, I will be working my ass out today, tehehehe...with a little or less idle musing and horsing around the office looking for excuses not to do my paperworks. Wait a minute, I just remembered I have to call my cousin today, he sent a message last night asking for favor. Oh well, maybe he will call/text again today. Hmmm, what else, I have to call AJ about tonight's dinner at Venice in Lapu-lapu, I just hope he is available. *scratches head, rolling the eyeballs in the ceiling....thinks*
Alright, enough thinking...is time for some quick action! Be back later in the afternoon for some updates on my to-do list! ;)
Well ciao~
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A little update.....
12:00nn
Speaking of work, my younger brother Michael is now officially training as service crew in a fastfood restaurant (KFC). KFC phoned him in morning to report this afternoon for training. I'm so happy for him, finally he can now save his own money and be able to appreciate hard earned cash. He(Michael) went to the office and ask for extra allowance for the day and later he came back again and ask for additional cash for hygienic requirements of the job. He needed a haircut, eeek my budget for the day was ruined *X_x* . Anyways no worries ^_^. Good Luck on your Job Bro!!!
*Im still working on my paper works ^_v*
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Another update...
5:00pm onwards
Yey! it's almost time for me to go home. Another update of my progess....umm...right my to-do list:
Alright, enough thinking...is time for some quick action! Be back later in the afternoon for some updates on my to-do list! ;)
Well ciao~
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A little update.....
12:00nn
*Im still working on my paper works ^_v*
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Another update...
5:00pm onwards
Yey! it's almost time for me to go home. Another update of my progess....umm...right my to-do list:
- do my super-duper paper works
- prepare class materials for May 8
- update my blog again for another entry
- errr..do whatever necessary to be done in the office.
- after 6pm, I'm going out with my Girlfriend and a friend to attend a dinner (party???) from another friend
- 10-11pm - home home home.
- Fight another episode of my Insomnia attack.
- My paper works is 80% done, so basically it's a lot of progress compared to where I left it. I'm just gonna print a hard copy and keep the softcopy for safe keeping.
- Materials...umm...there are no new materials yet for the opening of class, Services Department hasn't given us supplies for the new term.
- Yup, another entry was made, and I was happy about it.
- errr.....collaborate with colleagues regarding pending paper works in the office. Just an isolated case of forgotten student record. (to be submitted before Wednesday)
- It's almost 6pm......I can't wait already
- I'm to go out yet so :P~
- Yeah.....another episode of insomnia attack. Let me tell you about it, fortunately for me last night when I went to bed, it was already 1am, same routine, I change to a more comfortable clothes to sleep, I turned on the TV and set the timer to 30mins. Miraculously my eyes went blank before the timer was off....lucky!!!! c", ). My insomnia stop??? Heheheh maybe it shied away when I was open and talking about it. Tehehehehe.
Friday, May 05, 2006
OMG I have Insomnia!!!
Yup, you've read it right, I have insomnia, and I'm not proud of it. Every night when I sleep, actually I can't sleep because of this sleeping disorder. Normally when I'm in my bed at 11pm-12midnight, I usually watch TV and set the timer to 1 hour to 1hr and 30 minutes(if I'm watching a nice movie), then I'd go to sleep with no problem in less than the specified time in the timer. But lately I have observed, that I can't sleep yet within an hour, so I've set the timer to another 30minutes, then 30 minutes more, day after day within the couple of weeks. Little did I noticed that, I usually been sleeping around two(2) in the morning, later 2:30am, then lately around 3:00am-4:00am.
Wow!! this sleeping disorder is killing me, it's cutting short of my time for sleeping. Before I was hit by insomnia, I used to wake up early in the morning around 6:30-7:00 in the morning, and have more time doing some chores, clean my room, do a little stretching, have a leisurely walk in the town plaza, prepare my clothes for work. But now, my normal waking time is around 10:30am-11:00am in the morning, errr..no more stretching, no more leisurely walks, no more time to arrange/clean my room. Luckily last week, I had to report 12nn in the office so I still have time to prepare my stuff and go to the office, But this week, my schedule had changed, our Operations Manager changed our time from 12nn-9pm to 9:00am- 6:00pm or 10:00am-7:00pm. So waking up late in the morning is not a good Idea anymore coz I'm gonna be late if that's the case.
Last Tuesday, I was late, I woke up almost 11am, and I have to report 10am, waaaaaaaa....I'm so so late! I hurriedly do my chores, took a bath, change to working clothes, and report to the office at around 12:30pm...wow, 2 hours and 30 minutes late. I'm sure I could get a memo for that incident. Last night I went home around 12 midnight, talked to my girlfriend on the phone for 5 minutes and started to relax so that I can sleep. The climate was so humid, I can't sleep, I set my electric fan to medium, so that it would compensate the humidity of the climate. I decided to watch National Geographic Special, it was part of the "Secret Bible Week" - It was about the Novel of Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code, hmmmm....interesting I said, I set the timer to 1hour and 30 minutes. After the show is over, I still couldn't sleep, it was already almost 2:00 in the morning. The timer is almost up, still I don't feel like sleeping. I set the timer again for another hour, I still can't sleep, this sleeping disorder thing is getting on my nerves, I'm getting irritated on the feeling that I can't sleep and thinking that I won't have enough sleep/rest grrrrrr.
It was already 3:00 in the morning, I'm still struggling to make my ass to sleep, *O_o* OMG this is taking toll on me. I'm getting irritated again, I can't relax sleep, I am not comfortable because of the humidity. The TV is still on, I checked the timer, it's almost up, 10 more minutes. I did turn off the TV so that I could sleep, but to no avail, so I set the timer for another 30 minutes, and this time I couldn't care about what's showing on TV, I just want to sleep! I checked the time, it was already 3:30am, in an attempt of struggle, I closed my eyes and after a few minutes....my world went BLANK!!
I woke up early, around 7:30 in the morning, whoa almost 4hrs of sleep, strange enough I'm not drowsy or something, it seems like I slept for more than 8 hours or something, I got up, do some stretching exercises, cleaned and arranged some stuffs in my room, I went out, around 8:30am, took my towel, soap, and toothbrush, so that I can take a fresh shower, and go to the office early. When I got downstairs, my uncle is still awake and drunk, he kept on talking and nagging to everyone he see. I placed my towel and my soap on the side of the drum, then I went outside. My Uncle is a nice guy, a silent type of person and very observant, he just smokes on the corner. But when he's drunk, he nags and talks so much it annoys you. So you might want to avoid him when he is drunk, because if you don't he will talk to you till he is done, and God knows when will he ever stop talking just about anything. So I decided to eat my breakfast at a nearby carenderia, after eating it was almost 9am, I didn't went back inside, coz I know my drunk uncle is still there. So I decided to have a little chat with our neighbor Nang Delia, since my Uncle is still talking/nagging around his drunkenness, I decided to go to my cousin's house and fix the Ragnarok game of my nephew, I took me almost an hour just to finalize the installation and testing of the Ragnarok Private Server. It was 9:45am, I'm going to be late. I hurriedly went inside, and luckily my uncle is already asleep, so I hurriedly took a bath, but when I checked the water on the drum, OMG it's so filthy dirty!!!! *X_x*. How can I take a bath with this water so dirty, I removed the water from the drum, clean it, and fill it again with clean water...and it took me...the whole 15 minutes just to remove the dirty water, clean it up and started filling it in again. I have to wait for another 5-10 minutes just to be able to take a bath. There goes my early wake up call! I'm late again. *o_O*.
I guess there is no use in getting in the office early then, what a great start of my day. Any ways, I decided not to hurry anymore and went on leisurely on getting dressed for office work. I picked my light orange polo, I ironed it, then after that, I casually walk outside, and started my stride to the jeepney stop where I could catch a jeep bound to SM. I checked my watch, it's almost 11am. Well, another hour late, so much for waking up early then.
After I punched in to DTR machine, I went directly to my BOX, and checked my mails, I remembered that I have to upload the remaining pictures from our Medellin Trip to http://www.photobucket.com to which I did, after a few idle musings. I decided to re.configure the other machine for mySQL Database Engine, but still failing to start miserably. I decided to remove the mySQL 5.0 Service on the Windows 2000 Server, and installed a lower version 4 which still not working(maybe the machine needs to be restarted). Hmm....I remembered that the Fedora Core 5 download is done (the 1st ISO image series of 5). I decided to download the remaining four ISO Image, but it would take a while for it to be downloaded, more or less a day for each ISO Image. Hmmm, I thought it would be better to download this using TORRENT, which Fedora Core have a ready link on the site, I downloaded, the torrent file, and ask the permission of my supervisor to install the software call Azureus - a popular Bittorrent client just for the purpose of downloading the remaining ISO Images of Fedora Core 5 + 1 Rescue Disc. I had the go signal, and I queued the torrent file, and started downloading in no time. (If you are wondering what is Fedora Core and why I am so eager to have a copy, it's a Linux Operating System from Redhat Enterprises, the next version of Redhat Linux 9.)
Lunch came, my officemate(Jun) decided to eat lunch outside SM so that we can save, in the carenderia we used to eat, I ate chicken curry + 2 servings of rice(actually it only 1 1/2, I gave the other half to Jun) + 3 Glass of water. After lunch, went back in the office, this time I decided to update my BLOG. I'm having a hard time updating it, coz I'm confuse, errr.....don't really know what to update. I'm jumping from one idea to the other, I guess my mind and idea is not really that cohesive at the moment, then suddenly I focused on one topic, then here is another boring entry to my blog. But of course, there are other things I've done while updating it, like:
Plans for tomorrow:
Lastly let me leave you with a quote from Harry Emerson Fosdick
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“The facts of existence are like so much loose type which can be set up into many meanings. One man leaves these facts in chaotic disarrangement or stets them up into cynical affirmations, and he exists. But another man takes the same facts and by spiritual insight makes them mean glorious things and he lives.”Wow!! this sleeping disorder is killing me, it's cutting short of my time for sleeping. Before I was hit by insomnia, I used to wake up early in the morning around 6:30-7:00 in the morning, and have more time doing some chores, clean my room, do a little stretching, have a leisurely walk in the town plaza, prepare my clothes for work. But now, my normal waking time is around 10:30am-11:00am in the morning, errr..no more stretching, no more leisurely walks, no more time to arrange/clean my room. Luckily last week, I had to report 12nn in the office so I still have time to prepare my stuff and go to the office, But this week, my schedule had changed, our Operations Manager changed our time from 12nn-9pm to 9:00am- 6:00pm or 10:00am-7:00pm. So waking up late in the morning is not a good Idea anymore coz I'm gonna be late if that's the case.
Last Tuesday, I was late, I woke up almost 11am, and I have to report 10am, waaaaaaaa....I'm so so late! I hurriedly do my chores, took a bath, change to working clothes, and report to the office at around 12:30pm...wow, 2 hours and 30 minutes late. I'm sure I could get a memo for that incident. Last night I went home around 12 midnight, talked to my girlfriend on the phone for 5 minutes and started to relax so that I can sleep. The climate was so humid, I can't sleep, I set my electric fan to medium, so that it would compensate the humidity of the climate. I decided to watch National Geographic Special, it was part of the "Secret Bible Week" - It was about the Novel of Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code, hmmmm....interesting I said, I set the timer to 1hour and 30 minutes. After the show is over, I still couldn't sleep, it was already almost 2:00 in the morning. The timer is almost up, still I don't feel like sleeping. I set the timer again for another hour, I still can't sleep, this sleeping disorder thing is getting on my nerves, I'm getting irritated on the feeling that I can't sleep and thinking that I won't have enough sleep/rest grrrrrr.
It was already 3:00 in the morning, I'm still struggling to make my ass to sleep, *O_o* OMG this is taking toll on me. I'm getting irritated again, I can't relax sleep, I am not comfortable because of the humidity. The TV is still on, I checked the timer, it's almost up, 10 more minutes. I did turn off the TV so that I could sleep, but to no avail, so I set the timer for another 30 minutes, and this time I couldn't care about what's showing on TV, I just want to sleep! I checked the time, it was already 3:30am, in an attempt of struggle, I closed my eyes and after a few minutes....my world went BLANK!!
I woke up early, around 7:30 in the morning, whoa almost 4hrs of sleep, strange enough I'm not drowsy or something, it seems like I slept for more than 8 hours or something, I got up, do some stretching exercises, cleaned and arranged some stuffs in my room, I went out, around 8:30am, took my towel, soap, and toothbrush, so that I can take a fresh shower, and go to the office early. When I got downstairs, my uncle is still awake and drunk, he kept on talking and nagging to everyone he see. I placed my towel and my soap on the side of the drum, then I went outside. My Uncle is a nice guy, a silent type of person and very observant, he just smokes on the corner. But when he's drunk, he nags and talks so much it annoys you. So you might want to avoid him when he is drunk, because if you don't he will talk to you till he is done, and God knows when will he ever stop talking just about anything. So I decided to eat my breakfast at a nearby carenderia, after eating it was almost 9am, I didn't went back inside, coz I know my drunk uncle is still there. So I decided to have a little chat with our neighbor Nang Delia, since my Uncle is still talking/nagging around his drunkenness, I decided to go to my cousin's house and fix the Ragnarok game of my nephew, I took me almost an hour just to finalize the installation and testing of the Ragnarok Private Server. It was 9:45am, I'm going to be late. I hurriedly went inside, and luckily my uncle is already asleep, so I hurriedly took a bath, but when I checked the water on the drum, OMG it's so filthy dirty!!!! *X_x*. How can I take a bath with this water so dirty, I removed the water from the drum, clean it, and fill it again with clean water...and it took me...the whole 15 minutes just to remove the dirty water, clean it up and started filling it in again. I have to wait for another 5-10 minutes just to be able to take a bath. There goes my early wake up call! I'm late again. *o_O*.
I guess there is no use in getting in the office early then, what a great start of my day. Any ways, I decided not to hurry anymore and went on leisurely on getting dressed for office work. I picked my light orange polo, I ironed it, then after that, I casually walk outside, and started my stride to the jeepney stop where I could catch a jeep bound to SM. I checked my watch, it's almost 11am. Well, another hour late, so much for waking up early then.
After I punched in to DTR machine, I went directly to my BOX, and checked my mails, I remembered that I have to upload the remaining pictures from our Medellin Trip to http://www.photobucket.com to which I did, after a few idle musings. I decided to re.configure the other machine for mySQL Database Engine, but still failing to start miserably. I decided to remove the mySQL 5.0 Service on the Windows 2000 Server, and installed a lower version 4 which still not working(maybe the machine needs to be restarted). Hmm....I remembered that the Fedora Core 5 download is done (the 1st ISO image series of 5). I decided to download the remaining four ISO Image, but it would take a while for it to be downloaded, more or less a day for each ISO Image. Hmmm, I thought it would be better to download this using TORRENT, which Fedora Core have a ready link on the site, I downloaded, the torrent file, and ask the permission of my supervisor to install the software call Azureus - a popular Bittorrent client just for the purpose of downloading the remaining ISO Images of Fedora Core 5 + 1 Rescue Disc. I had the go signal, and I queued the torrent file, and started downloading in no time. (If you are wondering what is Fedora Core and why I am so eager to have a copy, it's a Linux Operating System from Redhat Enterprises, the next version of Redhat Linux 9.)
Lunch came, my officemate(Jun) decided to eat lunch outside SM so that we can save, in the carenderia we used to eat, I ate chicken curry + 2 servings of rice(actually it only 1 1/2, I gave the other half to Jun) + 3 Glass of water. After lunch, went back in the office, this time I decided to update my BLOG. I'm having a hard time updating it, coz I'm confuse, errr.....don't really know what to update. I'm jumping from one idea to the other, I guess my mind and idea is not really that cohesive at the moment, then suddenly I focused on one topic, then here is another boring entry to my blog. But of course, there are other things I've done while updating it, like:
- I have to check some of the pending grades, hopefully it would be done tomorrow(SATURDAY)
- Answer some phone calls from my previous students
- Recalibrate/reconfigure mySQL from other server
- Reconfigure Mozilla ThunderBird Email client so that SMTP server would sent emails
- Organize my ideas so that I can publish another entry for my BLOG.
- Configure my blogger account so that I can publish entries through emails(not ever having to login to http://www.blogger.com, and create a post then publish).
- Anticipate, anticipate, anticipate for the Fedora Core to finish downloading(by the way it's already done, I'm gonna burn them to a disc tomorrow).
Plans for tomorrow:
- do my super-duper paper works
- prepare class materials for May 8
- update my blog again for another entry
- errr..do whatever necessary to be done in the office.
- after 6pm, I'm going out with my Girlfriend and a friend to attend a dinner (party???) from another friend
- 10-11pm - home home home.
- Fight another episode of my Insomnia attack.
Lastly let me leave you with a quote from Harry Emerson Fosdick
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**errr...this is not the update I've mentioned earlier. ^_v
**errr...this is not the update I've mentioned earlier. ^_v
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Hi....I miss my blog.....Im gonna update my blog real soon. Im currently doing the weekly update now, so hang on tight..coz this is gonna be one good ride :)
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Echoes of the HEART
from my mail.
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Sometimes we close our eyes and just listen to the echoes of our hearts. We all fall inlove and there are times when we love so much that we lose ourselves in our emotions.More often than not we wonder why there are love that grows and love that grows cold. We would start to search for answers and try to find where we have gone wrong. But in the end we find ourselves where we started for we cannot questions LOVE when it has its own reasons. Many of us believe that love is forever, that love never dies, only to be disillusioned in the end when we find our hearts empty and our hearts longing.
We mistakenly looked at love as a need to be fulfilled. But Love is only a gist to us,we should not hold it in our hands. For we may never find the strength to let ot go when it decides to leave. We should only embrace its warmth and glow while its lasts and then freely open our arms when its time to say GOODBYE.
When we fall inlove with someone, we dont want that feeling to end. For its everything that we wanted to be. we pray that LOVE will stay and grow in our hearts. But if it doesnt then we should never let our lives be taken by it. For it should not end where our heartaches begin. There is always a reason why we have to move on when we have to say goodbye to the feelings that we wanted to stay forever. Let us not wave our hands with a heavy heart that we will have to set its wings free and find the place where it belongs. We may have lost it but then again when we close our eyes and listen to the echoes of our HEARTS, we will hear that feeling resounding silently forever.
Then well know that it has never left us, For the good that we have become because of LOVE will always stay.
It will always be there reminding us that we should be thankful and happy not because we have lost LOVE, but because for once in our lives that feelings is in our hearts and made us happy.
-Anonymous
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Sometimes we close our eyes and just listen to the echoes of our hearts. We all fall inlove and there are times when we love so much that we lose ourselves in our emotions.More often than not we wonder why there are love that grows and love that grows cold. We would start to search for answers and try to find where we have gone wrong. But in the end we find ourselves where we started for we cannot questions LOVE when it has its own reasons. Many of us believe that love is forever, that love never dies, only to be disillusioned in the end when we find our hearts empty and our hearts longing.
We mistakenly looked at love as a need to be fulfilled. But Love is only a gist to us,we should not hold it in our hands. For we may never find the strength to let ot go when it decides to leave. We should only embrace its warmth and glow while its lasts and then freely open our arms when its time to say GOODBYE.
When we fall inlove with someone, we dont want that feeling to end. For its everything that we wanted to be. we pray that LOVE will stay and grow in our hearts. But if it doesnt then we should never let our lives be taken by it. For it should not end where our heartaches begin. There is always a reason why we have to move on when we have to say goodbye to the feelings that we wanted to stay forever. Let us not wave our hands with a heavy heart that we will have to set its wings free and find the place where it belongs. We may have lost it but then again when we close our eyes and listen to the echoes of our HEARTS, we will hear that feeling resounding silently forever.
Then well know that it has never left us, For the good that we have become because of LOVE will always stay.
It will always be there reminding us that we should be thankful and happy not because we have lost LOVE, but because for once in our lives that feelings is in our hearts and made us happy.
-Anonymous
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
60 seconds of Eternity
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I have just only a minute left,
Only sixty seconds left,
Forced upon me – cannot refuse it,
But it’s up to me to use it,
Give account if I abuse it,
Just a tiny little minute –
But ETERNITY IS IN IT.
-Anonymous
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I have just only a minute left,
Only sixty seconds left,
Forced upon me – cannot refuse it,
But it’s up to me to use it,
Give account if I abuse it,
Just a tiny little minute –
But ETERNITY IS IN IT.
-Anonymous
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Reminder
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Forget the days when it’s been cloudy,
But don’t forget your hours in the sun…
Forget about the time you’ve been defeated,
But don’t forget the victories you’ve won…
Forget about the mistakes that you can change now,
But don’t forget the lessons that you’ve learned…
Forget about misfortunes you’ve encountered,
But don’t forget the times your luck has turned…
Forget about the days when you’ve been lonely,
But don’t forget the friendly smiles you’ve seen…
Forget about the plans that didn’t seem to work out right,
But don’t forget to hope and always have a dream.
-Amanda Bradley
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Forget the days when it’s been cloudy,
But don’t forget your hours in the sun…
Forget about the time you’ve been defeated,
But don’t forget the victories you’ve won…
Forget about the mistakes that you can change now,
But don’t forget the lessons that you’ve learned…
Forget about misfortunes you’ve encountered,
But don’t forget the times your luck has turned…
Forget about the days when you’ve been lonely,
But don’t forget the friendly smiles you’ve seen…
Forget about the plans that didn’t seem to work out right,
But don’t forget to hope and always have a dream.
-Amanda Bradley
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Walk Don't Ride
Walk don't ride
By Fr. Jerry Orbos
By Fr. Jerry Orbos
It is Holy Week. This week is the most important week for us Christians. In fact, it is more important than Christmas because if Christ did not suffer, die and rise again (Paschal Mystery) there would have been no salvation. The events of this week, starting with Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, the Way of the Cross, the Crucifixion and Death, the Easter Vigil, and Easter itself have only one clear message: You and I are so much loved personally by God that He gave His only Son to die on the Cross. Think about it: Is there anyone, anyone at all in your life, who is willing to die for you? (Maybe your husband is with you right now. Ask him, if he is willing to die for you!)
As the events of the Holy Week unfold, let us not just be by standers or onlookers. Let us be a part of it all. Walk, don't ride. How high you fly at Easter depend on how you walked the Holy Week. Sorry, there are no short cuts, no free rides in the business of saving one's soul. Here are some suggestions to make Holy Week holy. They are all doable, all valuable.
RELAX: Many of us are over worked and overstressed. We need to rest our bodies and our minds so that we can "fine tune" with ourselves, with other people and with God. Take a break. Take a walk. Commune with nature. See the sunset. Enjoy the moon. Close your cellular phone and your beeper and just allow yourself to be open to the divine. Let go. Let things be. God is in charge. Experience the restoring power of sleep and rest. Smile at the sky. Walk the earth. Whistle a happy tune, or hum a favorite melody. Just thank God you are still alive.
REFLECT: Find time to relax so you can reflect. Don't end up just relaxing. Don't end up tired and empty because you were too busy to relax and thus found no time to slow down and reflect. How long has it been now since you have been in this world? What have you done? You have work, but do you have a life? What is really important for you? What do you still want to do or accomplish? How is your family and your relationships? And how are you relating with your God? Is there an area in your life that needs to be healed? Is there excess luggage in your heart? How would you like to be remembered after you are gone? Questions. Allow yourself to be questioned by life itself.
REPENT: We all fall. We all have mistakes and weaknesses. Accept your limitations. Welcome to humanity! Be humble. Visit the "red light" district in the church and make a good confession. It's the Jubilee Year. Make that general confession. Find time to say sorry to people you may
have hurt or just taken for granted. Make time to visit, to write, to call, to text anyone you need to say sorry to. Is there one bad habit you need to give up? Is there one good habit you need to take up? This is the time for soul-searching. Promise yourself not to go back to the pit of selfishness and sin. If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.
RENEW: Take time to recharge and just be filled up. Renew your contact with God. Don't just sit in the comforts of your home and watch the services of the Holy Week. Make the sacrifice of participating in church. Show your gratitude to the Lord. Make that Bisita Iglesia, that Via
Crucis, that Easter Vigil and do it all with gratitude and love. Renew ties with your immediate family. Make yourself available and vulnerable to them. Tell them in so many ways that you really care. The world is not just you and your family. Reach out. Give and share. The time to give is always now and it is never too late, never too much. Make a generous donation. Go and visit a hospital, an orphanage, an old folks' home or a sick person. It would be more wonderful if you can do all these with your family. Renew your contact with yourself. Go over old pictures, old letters and files and remember who you were and what you wanted to be. Clean your room and clean your heart of all the could-have-beens and should-have-beens and accept yourself. Embrace yourself for what you are and what you still can be.
RESIGN: That's right, resign. Resign from places and people who do not bring the best in you. Resign from vices and sins that are slowly but surely eating you up. Resign from falsehood and pretenses. Be true. Have substance. No more japorms. No more papogi. Just give your very best and God will take care of the rest. Resign to God's will and God's plan for you and you will have peace-that peace of Easter, that peace, which the world cannot give or take away. Good luck, and all the best as you walk the Holy Week. The road that leads to true life is never easy, but the assurance is there: It is a road that leads to life, and He himself is on the road with you, every step along the way.
A Moment with the Lord
Lord, help me walk another mile, and help me smile another smile. Just one more smile as I walk the Holy Week with You. Amen.
As the events of the Holy Week unfold, let us not just be by standers or onlookers. Let us be a part of it all. Walk, don't ride. How high you fly at Easter depend on how you walked the Holy Week. Sorry, there are no short cuts, no free rides in the business of saving one's soul. Here are some suggestions to make Holy Week holy. They are all doable, all valuable.
RELAX: Many of us are over worked and overstressed. We need to rest our bodies and our minds so that we can "fine tune" with ourselves, with other people and with God. Take a break. Take a walk. Commune with nature. See the sunset. Enjoy the moon. Close your cellular phone and your beeper and just allow yourself to be open to the divine. Let go. Let things be. God is in charge. Experience the restoring power of sleep and rest. Smile at the sky. Walk the earth. Whistle a happy tune, or hum a favorite melody. Just thank God you are still alive.
REFLECT: Find time to relax so you can reflect. Don't end up just relaxing. Don't end up tired and empty because you were too busy to relax and thus found no time to slow down and reflect. How long has it been now since you have been in this world? What have you done? You have work, but do you have a life? What is really important for you? What do you still want to do or accomplish? How is your family and your relationships? And how are you relating with your God? Is there an area in your life that needs to be healed? Is there excess luggage in your heart? How would you like to be remembered after you are gone? Questions. Allow yourself to be questioned by life itself.
REPENT: We all fall. We all have mistakes and weaknesses. Accept your limitations. Welcome to humanity! Be humble. Visit the "red light" district in the church and make a good confession. It's the Jubilee Year. Make that general confession. Find time to say sorry to people you may
have hurt or just taken for granted. Make time to visit, to write, to call, to text anyone you need to say sorry to. Is there one bad habit you need to give up? Is there one good habit you need to take up? This is the time for soul-searching. Promise yourself not to go back to the pit of selfishness and sin. If today you hear His voice, harden not your heart.
RENEW: Take time to recharge and just be filled up. Renew your contact with God. Don't just sit in the comforts of your home and watch the services of the Holy Week. Make the sacrifice of participating in church. Show your gratitude to the Lord. Make that Bisita Iglesia, that Via
Crucis, that Easter Vigil and do it all with gratitude and love. Renew ties with your immediate family. Make yourself available and vulnerable to them. Tell them in so many ways that you really care. The world is not just you and your family. Reach out. Give and share. The time to give is always now and it is never too late, never too much. Make a generous donation. Go and visit a hospital, an orphanage, an old folks' home or a sick person. It would be more wonderful if you can do all these with your family. Renew your contact with yourself. Go over old pictures, old letters and files and remember who you were and what you wanted to be. Clean your room and clean your heart of all the could-have-beens and should-have-beens and accept yourself. Embrace yourself for what you are and what you still can be.
RESIGN: That's right, resign. Resign from places and people who do not bring the best in you. Resign from vices and sins that are slowly but surely eating you up. Resign from falsehood and pretenses. Be true. Have substance. No more japorms. No more papogi. Just give your very best and God will take care of the rest. Resign to God's will and God's plan for you and you will have peace-that peace of Easter, that peace, which the world cannot give or take away. Good luck, and all the best as you walk the Holy Week. The road that leads to true life is never easy, but the assurance is there: It is a road that leads to life, and He himself is on the road with you, every step along the way.
A Moment with the Lord
Lord, help me walk another mile, and help me smile another smile. Just one more smile as I walk the Holy Week with You. Amen.
Monday, March 27, 2006
A greedy Ambition
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"A selfish ambition is a fatal guide, and will surely wreck the happiness of those who follow it. It will rob one of all that it is dearest and sweetest in life. It will murder his enjoyment as he goes along by holding up alluring pictures of the future, which will never become realities. Oh, what a fatal price men have paid for the mad following of this greedy ambition! What tragedies have followed it!"
-Dr. Sidney N. Bremer
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"A selfish ambition is a fatal guide, and will surely wreck the happiness of those who follow it. It will rob one of all that it is dearest and sweetest in life. It will murder his enjoyment as he goes along by holding up alluring pictures of the future, which will never become realities. Oh, what a fatal price men have paid for the mad following of this greedy ambition! What tragedies have followed it!"
-Dr. Sidney N. Bremer
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Saturday, March 25, 2006
Between Rich & Poor People
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One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
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One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
little acts of kindness
It has been a while since my last post. It has been two weeks already, and during those weeks, I have been problematic about my personal life. Domestic problems, is already taking its toll on me and it's eating my time and crunching it's way to me psychologically and financially.
This is the first time I have faced this kind of problem in my life, though I have seen it coming, I can't just escape away from it's clutches, in one way or the other, I will have to face this demon. So better face this early than later.
Wish me luck, that I may survived in this ordeal!
Meanwhile, here is an inspiration thought from the great William Wordsworth.
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“The best portion of a good man’s life, his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
- William Wordsworth
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This is the first time I have faced this kind of problem in my life, though I have seen it coming, I can't just escape away from it's clutches, in one way or the other, I will have to face this demon. So better face this early than later.
Wish me luck, that I may survived in this ordeal!
Meanwhile, here is an inspiration thought from the great William Wordsworth.
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“The best portion of a good man’s life, his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
- William Wordsworth
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Thursday, March 09, 2006
Philippines Through A Korean's Eyes
From my mail, a heartwarming essay about Filipino's from a Korean's observation. If you are a Filipino, you should read on.
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Philippines Through A Korean's Eyes
Dec 20, '05 5:14 AM ET
by Kent Bryan
As you know, we have plenty of Koreans currently studying in the Philippines to take advantage of our cheaper tuition fees and learn English at the same time.
This is an essay written by a Korean student i want to share with you. (Never mind the grammar; it's theCONTENT that counts) Maybe it is timely to think about this in the midst of all the confusion at present.
MY SHORT ESSAY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES
by Jaeyoun Kim
Filipinos always complain about the corruption in thePhilippines. Do you really think the corruptionis the problem of the Philippines? I do not think so. I stronglybelieve that the problem is the lack oflove for the Philippines.
Koreans did not work just for themselves but also for their neighborhood and country.Education inspired young men with the spirit of patriotism.40 years ago, President Park took over the government to reform Korea. He tried to borrow money from other countries, but it was not possible to get a loan and attract a foreign investment because the economic situation of South Korea was so bad. Korea had only three factories. So, PresidentPark sent many mine workers and nurses to Germany so that they could send money to Korea to build a factory.They had to go through horrible experience.
Have you cried for the Philippines? I have cried for my country several times. I also cried for the Philippines because of so many poor people. I have been to the New Bilibid prison. What made me sad in the prison were the prisoners who do not have any love for their country. They go to mass and work for Church. They pray everyday. However, they do not love the Philippines. I talked to two prisoners at the maximum-security compound, and both of them said that they would leave the Philippines right after they are released from the prison. They said that they would start a new life in other countries and never come back to the Philippines.
Many Koreans have a great love for Korea so that we were able to share our wealth with our neighborhood. The owners of factory and company were distributed their profit to their employees fairly so that employees could buy what they needed and saved money for the future and their children. When I was in Korea, I had a very strong faith and wanted to be a priest. However, when I came to thePhilippines, I completely lost my faith. I was very confused when I saw many unbelievable situations in the Philippines. Street kids always make me sad, and I see them everyday.
The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia, but there are too many poor people here. People go to church every Sunday to pray, but nothing has been changed. My parents came to the Philippines last week and saw this situation.They told me that Korea was much poorer than the present Philippines when they were young. They are so sorry that there are so many beggars and street kids.
When we went to Pasangjan, I forced my parents to take a boat because it would fun. However, they were not happy after taking a boat. They said that they would not take the boat again because they were sympathized the boatmen, for the boatmen were very poor and had a small frame. Most of people just took a boat and enjoyed it. But, my parents did not enjoy it because of love for them.
My mother who has been working for Catholic Church since I was very young told me that, if we just go to mass without changing ourselves, we are not Catholic indeed. Faith should come with action. She added that I have to love Filipinos and do good things for them because all of us are same and have received a great love from God. I want Filipinos to love their neighborhood and country as much as they love God so that thePhilippines will be well off. I am sure that love is the keyword, which Filipinos should remember. We cannot change the sinful structure at once. It should start from person. Love must start in everybody, in a s mall scale and have to grow. A lot of things happen if we open up to love. Let's put away our prejudices and look at our worries with our new eyes.
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Philippines Through A Korean's Eyes
Dec 20, '05 5:14 AM ET
by Kent Bryan
As you know, we have plenty of Koreans currently studying in the Philippines to take advantage of our cheaper tuition fees and learn English at the same time.
This is an essay written by a Korean student i want to share with you. (Never mind the grammar; it's theCONTENT that counts) Maybe it is timely to think about this in the midst of all the confusion at present.
MY SHORT ESSAY ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES
by Jaeyoun Kim
Filipinos always complain about the corruption in thePhilippines. Do you really think the corruptionis the problem of the Philippines? I do not think so. I stronglybelieve that the problem is the lack oflove for the Philippines.
Let me first talk about my country, Korea. It might help you understand my point. After the Korean War, South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world. Koreans had to start from scratch because entire country was destroyed after the Korean War, and we had no natural resources. Koreans used to talk about thePhilippines, for Filipinos were very rich in Asia. We envy Filipinos. Koreans really wanted to be well off like Filipinos. Many Koreans died of famine. My father & brother also died because of famine. Korean government was very corrupt and is still very corrupt beyond your imagination, but Koreawas able to develop dramatically because Koreans really did their best for the common good with their heart burning with patriotism.
Koreans did not work just for themselves but also for their neighborhood and country.Education inspired young men with the spirit of patriotism.40 years ago, President Park took over the government to reform Korea. He tried to borrow money from other countries, but it was not possible to get a loan and attract a foreign investment because the economic situation of South Korea was so bad. Korea had only three factories. So, PresidentPark sent many mine workers and nurses to Germany so that they could send money to Korea to build a factory.They had to go through horrible experience.
In 1964, President Park visited Germany to borrow money. Hundred of Koreans in Germany came to the airport to welcome him and cried there as they saw the President Park. They asked to him, "President, when can we be well off?" That was the only question everyone asked to him. President Park cried with them and promised them that Korea would be well off if everyone works hard for Korea, and the President of Germany got the strong impression on them and lent money to Korea.
So, President Parkwas able to build many factories in Korea. He always asked Koreans to love their country from their heart. Many Korean scientists and engineers in the USA came back to Koreato help developing country because they wanted their country to be well off. Though they received very small salary, they did their best for Korea. They always hoped that their children would live in well off country. My parents always brought me to the places where poor and physically handicapped people live. They wanted me tounderstand their life and help them. I also worked for Catholic Church when I was in the army. The only thing I learned from Catholic Church was that we have to love our neighborhood. And, I have loved my neighborhood.
Have you cried for the Philippines? I have cried for my country several times. I also cried for the Philippines because of so many poor people. I have been to the New Bilibid prison. What made me sad in the prison were the prisoners who do not have any love for their country. They go to mass and work for Church. They pray everyday. However, they do not love the Philippines. I talked to two prisoners at the maximum-security compound, and both of them said that they would leave the Philippines right after they are released from the prison. They said that they would start a new life in other countries and never come back to the Philippines.
Many Koreans have a great love for Korea so that we were able to share our wealth with our neighborhood. The owners of factory and company were distributed their profit to their employees fairly so that employees could buy what they needed and saved money for the future and their children. When I was in Korea, I had a very strong faith and wanted to be a priest. However, when I came to thePhilippines, I completely lost my faith. I was very confused when I saw many unbelievable situations in the Philippines. Street kids always make me sad, and I see them everyday.
The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia, but there are too many poor people here. People go to church every Sunday to pray, but nothing has been changed. My parents came to the Philippines last week and saw this situation.They told me that Korea was much poorer than the present Philippines when they were young. They are so sorry that there are so many beggars and street kids.
When we went to Pasangjan, I forced my parents to take a boat because it would fun. However, they were not happy after taking a boat. They said that they would not take the boat again because they were sympathized the boatmen, for the boatmen were very poor and had a small frame. Most of people just took a boat and enjoyed it. But, my parents did not enjoy it because of love for them.
My mother who has been working for Catholic Church since I was very young told me that, if we just go to mass without changing ourselves, we are not Catholic indeed. Faith should come with action. She added that I have to love Filipinos and do good things for them because all of us are same and have received a great love from God. I want Filipinos to love their neighborhood and country as much as they love God so that thePhilippines will be well off. I am sure that love is the keyword, which Filipinos should remember. We cannot change the sinful structure at once. It should start from person. Love must start in everybody, in a s mall scale and have to grow. A lot of things happen if we open up to love. Let's put away our prejudices and look at our worries with our new eyes.
I discover that every person is worthy to be loved. Trust in love,because it makes changes possible. Love changes you and me. It changes people, contexts and relationships. It changes the world. Please love your neighborhood and country. Jesus Christ said that whatever we do to others we do to Him. In the Philippines, there is God for people who are abused and abandoned. There is God who is crying for love. If you have a child, teach them how to love the Philippines. Teach them why they have to love their neighborhood and country. You already know that God also will be very happy if you love others. That's all I really want to ask you Filipinos.
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I don't need to say more, even me is guilty of this sometimes. Let's just face it, somehow, in one way or the other, he is right, and we are guilty from his/her observation.
If you are a Filipino, please let us do our part even how small it is to do our share of loving our country, for the common good of MEN.
(PS: To all FILIPINOS: Please repost this article in your BLOG/email/website/etc)
Monday, March 06, 2006
Heaven is our true Home
We are in this life as if we were in another man’s house. Heaven is our home, in this world is our Inn. Do not so entertain yourself in the Inn of this world for a day as to have your mind with a drawn from longing after your true Heavenly Home.
-Bella Angeles Abangan
-Bella Angeles Abangan
Friday, March 03, 2006
Change and Renew YOU!
“The greatest virtue of man in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually to make a new man of himself.”
-Wan Yang-Ming
-Wan Yang-Ming
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Happiness in Selfless Service
"Real happiness is more of a habit than a goal, more of an attitude than an attainment. It is the companion of cheerfulness, not the creature of circumstances. Happiness is what overtakes us when we forget ourselves, when we learn to open our eyes in optimism and close the door in the face of defeat. We win happiness when we lose ourselves in service to others."
-Bella Angeles Abangan
-Bella Angeles Abangan
Monday, February 20, 2006
Work with a Golden Heart
"All that is necessary to break the spell of frustration is this: Act as if were impossible to fail. That is the Talisman formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure towards success."
-Dorothea Bronde
-Dorothea Bronde
Saturday, February 18, 2006
~DEATH~
~DEATH~
HOW TO EXPLAIN IT WONDERFULLY!!!!
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A sick man turned to his doctor,
as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said,
"Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side."
Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know?
You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
and as he opened the door,
a dog sprang into the room
and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
"Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
but I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough."
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HOW TO EXPLAIN IT WONDERFULLY!!!!
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A sick man turned to his doctor,
as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said,
"Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side."
Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know?
You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
and as he opened the door,
a dog sprang into the room
and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
"Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
but I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough."
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Happy Valentines Day
Hey!! Happy Hearts Day to all!!! No additional comment whatsoever, no romantic blah blah's from me this HEART'S DAY. Just think it through, that it's a special day for all hearts who in someways have love, had loved, and will be loving. Good Day.
Tonight im going to have dinner with my girlfriend, after that...watch a movie. Oh, im gonna buy her flowers too! Im missing her a lot! I miss my baby.
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Here is another poem about VALENTINES from the wires:
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Joy is love’s music.
Peace is love’s agreement.
Long suffering is love’s endurance.
Kindness is love’s service.
Goodness is love’s gift.
Faithfulness is love’s measure.
-John Haggai
Tonight im going to have dinner with my girlfriend, after that...watch a movie. Oh, im gonna buy her flowers too! Im missing her a lot! I miss my baby.
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Here is another poem about VALENTINES from the wires:
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Joy is love’s music.
Peace is love’s agreement.
Long suffering is love’s endurance.
Kindness is love’s service.
Goodness is love’s gift.
Faithfulness is love’s measure.
-John Haggai
Friday, February 10, 2006
The Husband Store
From my mail: For all woman who wants a perfect husband should by from this store.
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A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City,where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions atthe entrance is a description of how the store operates. You mayvisit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as theshopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch.... you maychoose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up afloor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012th to this floor. There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
Please send this to all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
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"No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE.No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK.And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE."
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A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City,where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions atthe entrance is a description of how the store operates. You mayvisit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as theshopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch.... you maychoose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up afloor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012th to this floor. There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
Please send this to all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
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"No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE.No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK.And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE."
Thursday, February 09, 2006
31 Ways To Make A Girl Smile
Well, since it's almost HEARTS day, here is another list of ways you can make your special someone(girl) happy. Read on
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1. Tell her she is beautiful
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if its just for a second.
3. Hug her from behind.
4. Leave her voice or txt messages to wake up to.
5. Wrestle with her.
6. Don't go hang out with your ex when she's notwith you, you might not relize how badly it hurts her.
7. If youre talking to another girl, when you're done talking, walk over and hug her and kiss her....let her know she's yours and they aren't.
8. Write her notes or call her just to say "hi".
9. Introduce her to your friends . . . as yourgirlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up (she loves it).
12. Get upset if another guy touches her and she doesn't like it.
13. Make her laugh.
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. If you care about her, then TELL HER.
17. Every guy should give their girl 3 things:
1-a stuffed animal(she'll hug it every time she goes to sleep)
2- jewelry (she'll treasure it forever)
3-his t-shirts (she'll most likely wear it to bed)or sweatshirts sprayed with his cologne!!
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when you're alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Hang out with her on weekends
21.Kiss her in the rain (girls love this).
22.Kiss her just for the heck of it.
23. If your listening to music, let her listen too.
24. Remember her birthday and get her something even if its simple and inexpensive, it came fromYOU. it means the WORLD to her.
25. When she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just whenever, take it and tell her you love it, even if you don't (it'll make her happy.).
26. Always call her when you say you will, it may not seem like it, but it does hurt her and makes her think you don't care so call even if you can only talk for a minute. Girls don't necessarily have to have hour long conversations every night but its nice for us to hear your voice even for a quick hello.
27. Give her wat she wants.
28. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
29.Dont hug her friends or your friends that are girls cause she'll feel left out.
30.Hang out with her whenever you are free.
31.If u care about her...SHOW her!
EXTRA::
-kiss her forehead.
-send her emails saying u cant stop thinking about her.
-if u're far apart, use d webcam!!
-MSG her when you are free
-Help her reload RM 100 digi hahahaha(<---I don't really understand what the author mean by this). Don't
-Simply buy her ring.
-Dont lie to her.
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taken from iSTORYA.NET
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1. Tell her she is beautiful
2. Hold her hand at any moment . . . even if its just for a second.
3. Hug her from behind.
4. Leave her voice or txt messages to wake up to.
5. Wrestle with her.
6. Don't go hang out with your ex when she's notwith you, you might not relize how badly it hurts her.
7. If youre talking to another girl, when you're done talking, walk over and hug her and kiss her....let her know she's yours and they aren't.
8. Write her notes or call her just to say "hi".
9. Introduce her to your friends . . . as yourgirlfriend.
10. Play with her hair.
11. Pick her up (she loves it).
12. Get upset if another guy touches her and she doesn't like it.
13. Make her laugh.
14. Let her fall asleep in your arms.
15. If she's mad at you, kiss her.
16. If you care about her, then TELL HER.
17. Every guy should give their girl 3 things:
1-a stuffed animal(she'll hug it every time she goes to sleep)
2- jewelry (she'll treasure it forever)
3-his t-shirts (she'll most likely wear it to bed)or sweatshirts sprayed with his cologne!!
18. Treat her the same around your friends as you do when you're alone.
19. Look her in the eyes and smile.
20. Hang out with her on weekends
21.Kiss her in the rain (girls love this).
22.Kiss her just for the heck of it.
23. If your listening to music, let her listen too.
24. Remember her birthday and get her something even if its simple and inexpensive, it came fromYOU. it means the WORLD to her.
25. When she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just whenever, take it and tell her you love it, even if you don't (it'll make her happy.).
26. Always call her when you say you will, it may not seem like it, but it does hurt her and makes her think you don't care so call even if you can only talk for a minute. Girls don't necessarily have to have hour long conversations every night but its nice for us to hear your voice even for a quick hello.
27. Give her wat she wants.
28. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most.
29.Dont hug her friends or your friends that are girls cause she'll feel left out.
30.Hang out with her whenever you are free.
31.If u care about her...SHOW her!
EXTRA::
-kiss her forehead.
-send her emails saying u cant stop thinking about her.
-if u're far apart, use d webcam!!
-MSG her when you are free
-Help her reload RM 100 digi hahahaha(<---I don't really understand what the author mean by this). Don't
-Simply buy her ring.
-Dont lie to her.
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taken from iSTORYA.NET
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A new day, a new tomorrow
If we might have a second chance
To live the days once more;
And rectify mistakes we made
To even up the scores.
If we might have a second chance
To use the knowledge gained;
Perhaps we might become at last
As fine as God ordained.
But though we can’t, retrace our steps
However stands the score;
Tomorrow brings another chance
For us to try once more.
-Anonymous
(PS: if you know the author of this poem, pls email me so that I can post his/her name.)
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Everybody deserves a second chance, as what the author of this poem would say. Even though we made a mistake today, we can still correct it tomorrow, or in the days to come.
I really like to add more of my insights regarding that poem, but today...my brain is not functioning properly, as if it's in a NUMB state. I can't really put into words, the wonderful ideas in my mind. It just that when I think of something wonderful, suddenly it will be shrouded with black cloud, then vanish....then my head begins to ring...then I can feel a tingling sensation in my head.
Woooootttt!!! Is there something wrong with me? Lack of sleep?? I think not, coz I sleep almost 10hrs a day, but for some instances, I only sleep for 4-6 hrs. Well, whatever is wrong with me I certainly need a break, a vacation for a week or a month. Just to wind up everything I been working for almost 6 years in the company. A visit in the province with my relatives, one week in the beach, and do some other useful stuffs, manage my own small grocery store or even my own Internet Café or a retailing business.
Whatever~~~
~~ciao
To live the days once more;
And rectify mistakes we made
To even up the scores.
If we might have a second chance
To use the knowledge gained;
Perhaps we might become at last
As fine as God ordained.
But though we can’t, retrace our steps
However stands the score;
Tomorrow brings another chance
For us to try once more.
-Anonymous
(PS: if you know the author of this poem, pls email me so that I can post his/her name.)
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Everybody deserves a second chance, as what the author of this poem would say. Even though we made a mistake today, we can still correct it tomorrow, or in the days to come.
I really like to add more of my insights regarding that poem, but today...my brain is not functioning properly, as if it's in a NUMB state. I can't really put into words, the wonderful ideas in my mind. It just that when I think of something wonderful, suddenly it will be shrouded with black cloud, then vanish....then my head begins to ring...then I can feel a tingling sensation in my head.
Woooootttt!!! Is there something wrong with me? Lack of sleep?? I think not, coz I sleep almost 10hrs a day, but for some instances, I only sleep for 4-6 hrs. Well, whatever is wrong with me I certainly need a break, a vacation for a week or a month. Just to wind up everything I been working for almost 6 years in the company. A visit in the province with my relatives, one week in the beach, and do some other useful stuffs, manage my own small grocery store or even my own Internet Café or a retailing business.
Whatever~~~
~~ciao
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Count Your Blessings
Count your blessings instead of crosses,
Count your gain instead of losses,
Count your joys instead of woes,
Count your friends instead of foes,
Count your smiles instead of tears,
Count your courage instead of fears,
Count your full years instead of lean,
Count your kind deeds instead of wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
-Anonymous
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Count your gain instead of losses,
Count your joys instead of woes,
Count your friends instead of foes,
Count your smiles instead of tears,
Count your courage instead of fears,
Count your full years instead of lean,
Count your kind deeds instead of wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
-Anonymous
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Serious, Down, and Future
All those who journey, soon or late,
Must pass within the gardens gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there;
And battle with some fierce despair,
God pity those who cannot say;
"Not mine but, thine," who only pray;
"Let this cup pass," and cannot see
The purpose in Gethsemane.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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I don't know, I'm just so down today. I don't really feel good about myself, it seems that I don't even know who I am. Confusing as it may seem, but sometimes, I don't seem to know who the real me is, the one living inside of me. I'm just so down and confused today.
To all people who are also down today, may you find the above poem an uplifting one.
Must pass within the gardens gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there;
And battle with some fierce despair,
God pity those who cannot say;
"Not mine but, thine," who only pray;
"Let this cup pass," and cannot see
The purpose in Gethsemane.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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I don't know, I'm just so down today. I don't really feel good about myself, it seems that I don't even know who I am. Confusing as it may seem, but sometimes, I don't seem to know who the real me is, the one living inside of me. I'm just so down and confused today.
To all people who are also down today, may you find the above poem an uplifting one.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Work Ethics should be.
"Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man. Excellence in any art of profession is attained only by hard work and persistent work."
- Sir Thomas Martin
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishment while others stay awake and do them."
- Sir Thomas Martin
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishment while others stay awake and do them."
Friday, February 03, 2006
Love is Selfless
February is Valentines, so im gonna post articles about LOVE and stories that will inspire and/or nurture the seed of LOVE in your heart.
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Love delights in giving attention,
Rather than in attracting it,
Love finds in the elements of good,
And builds in it,
Love does not magnify defects;
Love is a flame that warms,
But never burns.
Love knows how to disagree
Without becoming disagreeable;
Love rejoices of the success of others,
Instead of being envious.
-Father James Keller
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Love delights in giving attention,
Rather than in attracting it,
Love finds in the elements of good,
And builds in it,
Love does not magnify defects;
Love is a flame that warms,
But never burns.
Love knows how to disagree
Without becoming disagreeable;
Love rejoices of the success of others,
Instead of being envious.
-Father James Keller
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Kung Hei Fat Choi - Year of the DOG
Aiggght!!!! Since this year is the Chinese Year of the DOG, im gonna post some cute Dog Pics in Honor for the coming Chinese New Year!!!! January 29, 2006.
To all Chinese and Chinese Believers in the whole wide world.
To all Chinese and Chinese Believers in the whole wide world.
KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!!!!
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Enjoy the PICTURES
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Monday, January 23, 2006
Monday Morning BLUES
Darn...it's monday and Im not having a good day.
I woke up around 8am, not feeling well. Im shivering from the cold I felt, and when I realize it. I am having fever chills. Im having fever on a monday morning......great!!!! What a good day to start the week! I said to myself "I have to drink fever medicine so I can report to work @ 12nn". Just when I was going to stand up to my surprise, I couldn't move a muscle due to the chills, I dont feel like standing up coz I felt dizzy. I wrapped myself with my blanket and made my self warm as possible, seconds later.... I was asleep again.
........................................HOURS LATER ........................................
I woke up again, the sun is already up, and my best guess is it's already 12nn coz my uncle is already preparing the food for my nephew's and niece for lunch. I got up, and this time I forced myself to stand up and got to the medicine cabinet and drank a fever medicine. I went back to bed after drinking, I sent SMS to Karl, my immediate supervisor, informing him that I can't attend today in the office. I don't know whether or not he did received it coz I got no reply when I woke up at around four in the afternoon. I should have called but my cellular phone credits wouldn't permit me.
Well, there goes my whole day.....lying all day on the bed sick! When I got up finally, around 4:30 pm still feeling dizzy, and my headache is stinging me. Man...I dont know where I got this fever....it just struck me like a jackpot lottery. Im still in my room, lying. At 5pm I got up and went to the SALA to watch TV. I did not eat breakfast in the morning and I have not eaten LUNCH, surprisingly enough I was not hungry....hmmmmmm weird.
Dinner came, and Im feeling kinda okey. After dinner, I watched the NEWS, when I got bored, I went to my cousin's house, I asked to use the computer to check my Adsense Account if it's doing okey and WHAM!!!! I got no traffic this day! In short, I have not gain any $$$ for my blog. Anyways, I just decided to post my not so good day, and here it is!
After this im gonna, call my girlfriend and talk to her about her day at work(by the way I did inform her that I did not report in the office). Then head straight to bed, sleep early. I just hope that I will have a very good day tomorrow.
~ciao
I woke up around 8am, not feeling well. Im shivering from the cold I felt, and when I realize it. I am having fever chills. Im having fever on a monday morning......great!!!! What a good day to start the week! I said to myself "I have to drink fever medicine so I can report to work @ 12nn". Just when I was going to stand up to my surprise, I couldn't move a muscle due to the chills, I dont feel like standing up coz I felt dizzy. I wrapped myself with my blanket and made my self warm as possible, seconds later.... I was asleep again.
.............
I woke up again, the sun is already up, and my best guess is it's already 12nn coz my uncle is already preparing the food for my nephew's and niece for lunch. I got up, and this time I forced myself to stand up and got to the medicine cabinet and drank a fever medicine. I went back to bed after drinking, I sent SMS to Karl, my immediate supervisor, informing him that I can't attend today in the office. I don't know whether or not he did received it coz I got no reply when I woke up at around four in the afternoon. I should have called but my cellular phone credits wouldn't permit me.
Well, there goes my whole day.....lying all day on the bed sick! When I got up finally, around 4:30 pm still feeling dizzy, and my headache is stinging me. Man...I dont know where I got this fever....it just struck me like a jackpot lottery. Im still in my room, lying. At 5pm I got up and went to the SALA to watch TV. I did not eat breakfast in the morning and I have not eaten LUNCH, surprisingly enough I was not hungry....hmmmmmm weird.
Dinner came, and Im feeling kinda okey. After dinner, I watched the NEWS, when I got bored, I went to my cousin's house, I asked to use the computer to check my Adsense Account if it's doing okey and WHAM!!!! I got no traffic this day! In short, I have not gain any $$$ for my blog. Anyways, I just decided to post my not so good day, and here it is!
After this im gonna, call my girlfriend and talk to her about her day at work(by the way I did inform her that I did not report in the office). Then head straight to bed, sleep early. I just hope that I will have a very good day tomorrow.
~ciao
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Tehehehehe....MMORPG + CyberSEX
I got this link from a blog somewhere on the NET through BlogExplosion.com. I found this very funny and it tickled me a lot. This is what you get if you play a lot of MMORPG game mixing it with CyberSEX. Hehehehe....here are some logs of it.
=-=-=-=-=-=[ MMORPG + CyberSEX ]=-=-=-=-=-=
bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
bloodninja: I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
BritneySpears14: Hey...
bloodninja: I meditate to regain my mana, before casting Lvl. 8 Cock of the Infinite.
BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
bloodninja: I spend my mana reserves to cast Mighty Fuck of the Beyondness.
BritneySpears14: You are the worst cyber partner ever. This is ridiculous.
bloodninja: Don't fuck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the lands.
bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000 Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid.
BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of shit.
bloodninja: Robots are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield inflicts DOA attack, leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal.
bloodninja: King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
bloodninja: Baby?
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BritneySpears14: Ok, are you ready?
eminemBNJA: Aight, yeah I'm ready.
BritneySpears14: I like your music Em... Tee hee.
eminemBNJA: huh huh, yeah, I make it for the ladies.
BritneySpears14: Mmm, we like it a lot. Let me show you.
BritneySpears14: I take off your pants, slowly, and massage your muscular physique.
eminemBNJA: Oh I like that Baby. I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: What the fuck, I told you not to message me again.
eminemBNJA: Oh shit
BritneySpears14: I swear if you do it one more time I'm gonna report your ISP and say you were sending me kiddie porn you fuck up.
eminemBNJA: Oh shit
eminemBNJA: damn I gotta write down your names or something
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If that didn't made you laugh, seriously, you're not into MMORPG!!! Hahahaha
Here is the complete link
http://www.chrudat.com/the_best_cyber_sex.html
=-=-=-=-=-=[ MMORPG + CyberSEX ]=-=-=-=-=-=
bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
bloodninja: I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
BritneySpears14: Hey...
bloodninja: I meditate to regain my mana, before casting Lvl. 8 Cock of the Infinite.
BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
bloodninja: I spend my mana reserves to cast Mighty Fuck of the Beyondness.
BritneySpears14: You are the worst cyber partner ever. This is ridiculous.
bloodninja: Don't fuck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the lands.
bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000 Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid.
BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of shit.
bloodninja: Robots are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield inflicts DOA attack, leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal.
bloodninja: King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
bloodninja: Baby?
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BritneySpears14: Ok, are you ready?
eminemBNJA: Aight, yeah I'm ready.
BritneySpears14: I like your music Em... Tee hee.
eminemBNJA: huh huh, yeah, I make it for the ladies.
BritneySpears14: Mmm, we like it a lot. Let me show you.
BritneySpears14: I take off your pants, slowly, and massage your muscular physique.
eminemBNJA: Oh I like that Baby. I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: What the fuck, I told you not to message me again.
eminemBNJA: Oh shit
BritneySpears14: I swear if you do it one more time I'm gonna report your ISP and say you were sending me kiddie porn you fuck up.
eminemBNJA: Oh shit
eminemBNJA: damn I gotta write down your names or something
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If that didn't made you laugh, seriously, you're not into MMORPG!!! Hahahaha
Here is the complete link
http://www.chrudat.com/the_best_cyber_sex.html
Friday, January 20, 2006
Happy New Year/ Pit Señor / Kung Hei Fat Choi
Aaaaiiit, it's been a while since I put contents in my BLOG. Well, anyways, im going to patch things up in my BLOG, im gonna improved it, buffed it up, and make it look more presentable. Especially now that I have Adsense account! Especially now that I can earn money just by publishing my one heck of a daily life.
Alrighty!!!! Let me have a recap on the past month.
December 2005:(These events is as far as I can remember)
Dec 01: I have no idea where I was during this day...it was a thursday, so basically Im in the office, Im on duty but I have no idea, what I've done during the day. All I remember is we just got our salary, hehehehe.
Dec 02: Hmm....I forgot what I have done on this day either, this day is a Friday so basically office, and hmmm.....I was planning to buy a present for my cousin's birthday on the 3rd. So that was it. After office hours and after eating my dinner, I'd go to my friends Internet Cafe and play some online game there. After a few hours of playing and the Cafe is close, we eat at Rocky's Eatery and satisfy ourselves with the delicious sinigang ang ginaling for a meal! YUMMMMY!!!
Dec 03: Birthday of my cousin, I went home after I went out of the office. I bought 2 Roasted Chicken on the way to celebrate the bday of my cousin, just a small get together in the family. Just as simple as that, wait a minute......am I gonna post what really happened to me on last month??? Hmmm...let me do it this way, im gonna post important events nlng what happened, okey?? OKEY!
Dec 05: I have a dinner date with someone special, we went to Casa Verde, a cozy place to have dinner with. After the dinner we watched a movie in SM entitled "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros", after the movie, we went home.
Dec 12: Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe and at the same time, I have someone special again in my life. My Baby Tweety! Her name actually is Lilibeth Flordeliz, and I call her Bing or Liza.
Dec 13: We went out for a dinner in Shakeys Pizza in Fuente, we talked about anything...after the dinner, we went in the Fuente Circle and continued our talked.
Dec 16: Start of Misa de Gallo, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. But I wasn't able to attend kay giduka pa ko gikan ligo dagat overnyt. :))
Dec 18: (Sunday) Bing invited me in their coop's Christmas Party held at MCWD Auditorium. This day I got to meet her Mother personally. I went to the venue at around 2:30pm and went directly to the employees entrance of the building as she instructed me. The party was held at the 6th floor, as I arrived she greeted me with a sweet smile on her face. I was surprised to see her in dance costume, she looks like a true maranao princess, their group is going to dance a LUZON-VISAYAS-MINDANAO theme, which is also a contest . She is so beautiful and im out words to describe her during that day.
After meeting me in the corridor, we went inside immediately. There I was greeted by a multitude of COOP members, we walk in the side corridor in the auditorium, then she introduced me to her Mom(weeeeeeeeeeeee). I was nervous at first, but when I got to see her Mom and was formally introduced, I feel relaxed and got comfortable with her Mom, immediately. So I was, comfy and enjoying the show. I was excited to see her dance(she is a graceful dancer by the way). At the end of the day, their group won the First Prize of the contest.
Dec 23-24: Cebu Tambayan:10 Grand Eye Ball held in Vano Beach in Marigondon, Opon Cebu. For all the pictures visit this site http://www.geocities.com/ct10geb (click on the PICTURES link). Im gonna add some pictures maybe in a separate post. :P
Dec 25: Merry Christmas to all!!! Happy Holidays!!
In the afternoon, I went out to meet my special someone to spend the rest of the day in their house in Labangon. I went to Jollibee Sto. Nino to wait for them, while waiting, I already ordered something to eat, since it's already 2:30 and I haven't eaten my lunch yet. After a few minutes they arrived together with her Ate May. They ordered additional meal, after eating we fetched a taxi and went straight to thier house in Tisa Labagon in Hillsview Ville.
Dec 27-28: Happy Birthday to Agoy(Lycen) our dear friend in CT:10
The Celebration was held in Villa Teresita in Talisay, most of the guys went there already early in the evening to celebrate with Lycen's family. Fae, a dear friend of Lycen, ask me to buy a birthday cake for Lycen from Goldilocks and gonna pay me later. Bing, went on ahead of me together with the rest of the guys, but as for me, I have to wait for my friend Louie to close the Internet Cafe until 12mn. Together with Vince(Enting), we went to the Bakery and fetched Louie's girlfriend Cheeky, and after that, we went to Ate Yaneps office back of Freeman Office in Manalili Street. After meeting Ate Yaneps, we rode a jeep bound to Tabunok and when we arrived, I immediately got a tricycle cab to Villa Teresita. When we arrived, it was already closed, I called Bing and ask where they are now, She redirected us to the Talisay Plaza. Immediately, hop in back to the tricycle and went to Talisay Plaza, and there we met all the people in the picture above having a great time already, we catched up with them. Had some fun and a little drink til the wee hours in the morning. After that, we took some pictures together. Went home together inside Lycen's multicab, drop-off point, Bakery in Ponce. We said our goodbye's to each other then, went home our separate ways and we took advantage of the cold breeze of December air to sleep.
When I got home, I sent SMS to Bing telling her that I'm home and ready to go to sleep. When she replied, I went to sleep with my heart smiling.
Dec 30: Bing and I together with AJ were supposed to go to San Fernando to visit a friend(Yenyen) who broke up with her BF abroad. The meeting place is E-Mall, outside Goldilocks at 6:30pm. Due to heavy traffic, I arrived at the meeting place at around 6:45pm, but to my surprise nobody was there yet, for I thought I would be late. I tried calling Bing to let her now that I am on the meeting site already and sent SMS to query where she is. Same also for AJ, he's on the way to the meeting place. After a few minutes of waiting, Bing and AJ arrive just a minute after.
We wasted no time and to our feet to go to the Bus Terminal, were we are going to ride a V-HIRE Van on route to San Fernando. We immediately found a half-filled V-HIRE Van, and seated ourselves on the middle section of the Van. I told AJ to inform Yenyen that we are on the way to her house, no answer. I was bothered, I told AJ to contact her in anyway, nobody is answering the telephone on Yenyen's house, it means nobody was there, it also means that Yenyen was not HOME. Minutes later Yenyen replied to the SMS, and told us that SHE is not around and she is somewhere else with friends. Toinks!!! Butangi!!!
We look at each other inside the VAN, and immediately told ourselves to go somewhere else. Sayang! We took a cab and went to Larsian and have dinner there. After that the three of us, went our friend Louie's Internet Cafe, and waited for the reply of Yenyen. We waited till midnight for her reply, but no SMS from Yenyen, so we decided to call it a day. Since we are getting sleepy, we went home, sleep with much less a little frustration because our trip to San Fernando did not push through. Well, there will be a next time.
Dec 31: Preparation for the New Year!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Year 2006: Year of the Dog
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Happy New Year!!! Pit Señor!! and Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!!
Im gonna post the happening in January in the next post.
Alrighty!!!! Let me have a recap on the past month.
December 2005:(These events is as far as I can remember)
Dec 01: I have no idea where I was during this day...it was a thursday, so basically Im in the office, Im on duty but I have no idea, what I've done during the day. All I remember is we just got our salary, hehehehe.
Dec 02: Hmm....I forgot what I have done on this day either, this day is a Friday so basically office, and hmmm.....I was planning to buy a present for my cousin's birthday on the 3rd. So that was it. After office hours and after eating my dinner, I'd go to my friends Internet Cafe and play some online game there. After a few hours of playing and the Cafe is close, we eat at Rocky's Eatery and satisfy ourselves with the delicious sinigang ang ginaling for a meal! YUMMMMY!!!
Dec 03: Birthday of my cousin, I went home after I went out of the office. I bought 2 Roasted Chicken on the way to celebrate the bday of my cousin, just a small get together in the family. Just as simple as that, wait a minute......am I gonna post what really happened to me on last month??? Hmmm...let me do it this way, im gonna post important events nlng what happened, okey?? OKEY!
Dec 05: I have a dinner date with someone special, we went to Casa Verde, a cozy place to have dinner with. After the dinner we watched a movie in SM entitled "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros", after the movie, we went home.
Dec 12: Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe and at the same time, I have someone special again in my life. My Baby Tweety! Her name actually is Lilibeth Flordeliz, and I call her Bing or Liza.Dec 13: We went out for a dinner in Shakeys Pizza in Fuente, we talked about anything...after the dinner, we went in the Fuente Circle and continued our talked.
Dec 16: Start of Misa de Gallo, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. But I wasn't able to attend kay giduka pa ko gikan ligo dagat overnyt. :))
Dec 18: (Sunday) Bing invited me in their coop's Christmas Party held at MCWD Auditorium. This day I got to meet her Mother personally. I went to the venue at around 2:30pm and went directly to the employees entrance of the building as she instructed me. The party was held at the 6th floor, as I arrived she greeted me with a sweet smile on her face. I was surprised to see her in dance costume, she looks like a true maranao princess, their group is going to dance a LUZON-VISAYAS-MINDANAO theme, which is also a contest . She is so beautiful and im out words to describe her during that day.
After meeting me in the corridor, we went inside immediately. There I was greeted by a multitude of COOP members, we walk in the side corridor in the auditorium, then she introduced me to her Mom(weeeeeeeeeeeee). I was nervous at first, but when I got to see her Mom and was formally introduced, I feel relaxed and got comfortable with her Mom, immediately. So I was, comfy and enjoying the show. I was excited to see her dance(she is a graceful dancer by the way). At the end of the day, their group won the First Prize of the contest.
Dec 23-24: Cebu Tambayan:10 Grand Eye Ball held in Vano Beach in Marigondon, Opon Cebu. For all the pictures visit this site http://www.geocities.com/ct10geb (click on the PICTURES link). Im gonna add some pictures maybe in a separate post. :P
Dec 25: Merry Christmas to all!!! Happy Holidays!!
In the afternoon, I went out to meet my special someone to spend the rest of the day in their house in Labangon. I went to Jollibee Sto. Nino to wait for them, while waiting, I already ordered something to eat, since it's already 2:30 and I haven't eaten my lunch yet. After a few minutes they arrived together with her Ate May. They ordered additional meal, after eating we fetched a taxi and went straight to thier house in Tisa Labagon in Hillsview Ville.
Dec 27-28: Happy Birthday to Agoy(Lycen) our dear friend in CT:10
The Celebration was held in Villa Teresita in Talisay, most of the guys went there already early in the evening to celebrate with Lycen's family. Fae, a dear friend of Lycen, ask me to buy a birthday cake for Lycen from Goldilocks and gonna pay me later. Bing, went on ahead of me together with the rest of the guys, but as for me, I have to wait for my friend Louie to close the Internet Cafe until 12mn. Together with Vince(Enting), we went to the Bakery and fetched Louie's girlfriend Cheeky, and after that, we went to Ate Yaneps office back of Freeman Office in Manalili Street. After meeting Ate Yaneps, we rode a jeep bound to Tabunok and when we arrived, I immediately got a tricycle cab to Villa Teresita. When we arrived, it was already closed, I called Bing and ask where they are now, She redirected us to the Talisay Plaza. Immediately, hop in back to the tricycle and went to Talisay Plaza, and there we met all the people in the picture above having a great time already, we catched up with them. Had some fun and a little drink til the wee hours in the morning. After that, we took some pictures together. Went home together inside Lycen's multicab, drop-off point, Bakery in Ponce. We said our goodbye's to each other then, went home our separate ways and we took advantage of the cold breeze of December air to sleep.
When I got home, I sent SMS to Bing telling her that I'm home and ready to go to sleep. When she replied, I went to sleep with my heart smiling.
Dec 30: Bing and I together with AJ were supposed to go to San Fernando to visit a friend(Yenyen) who broke up with her BF abroad. The meeting place is E-Mall, outside Goldilocks at 6:30pm. Due to heavy traffic, I arrived at the meeting place at around 6:45pm, but to my surprise nobody was there yet, for I thought I would be late. I tried calling Bing to let her now that I am on the meeting site already and sent SMS to query where she is. Same also for AJ, he's on the way to the meeting place. After a few minutes of waiting, Bing and AJ arrive just a minute after.
We wasted no time and to our feet to go to the Bus Terminal, were we are going to ride a V-HIRE Van on route to San Fernando. We immediately found a half-filled V-HIRE Van, and seated ourselves on the middle section of the Van. I told AJ to inform Yenyen that we are on the way to her house, no answer. I was bothered, I told AJ to contact her in anyway, nobody is answering the telephone on Yenyen's house, it means nobody was there, it also means that Yenyen was not HOME. Minutes later Yenyen replied to the SMS, and told us that SHE is not around and she is somewhere else with friends. Toinks!!! Butangi!!!
We look at each other inside the VAN, and immediately told ourselves to go somewhere else. Sayang! We took a cab and went to Larsian and have dinner there. After that the three of us, went our friend Louie's Internet Cafe, and waited for the reply of Yenyen. We waited till midnight for her reply, but no SMS from Yenyen, so we decided to call it a day. Since we are getting sleepy, we went home, sleep with much less a little frustration because our trip to San Fernando did not push through. Well, there will be a next time.
Dec 31: Preparation for the New Year!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Year 2006: Year of the Dog
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Happy New Year!!! Pit Señor!! and Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!!
Im gonna post the happening in January in the next post.
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