Thursday, February 26, 2009

from sex and the city

"Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies."

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Imaginary Albums Of Imaginary Bands

Okay, so I got this from Facebook. But it's a lot of fun if you're bored.

To do this:
1. Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
- The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2. Go to "Random Quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
- The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3. Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
- Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.


Here's mine:


i likey! =)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

more bob ong

sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sayo --- ang sarili mo. tama sila. isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. kaya siguro namigay ng konsensya and Diyos, alam Niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao.

kung pumapasok tayo sa eskuwela para lang makahanap ng trabaho at kumita ng pera balang araw, di na nakakapagtaka kung bakit marami ang namamatay nang mangmang. nakalimutan na ng tao ang kabanalan niya, na mas marami pa siyang alam kesa sa nakasulat sa transcript of records niya, na mas marami pa siyang kayang gawin kesa sa nakalista sa resume niya, at mas mataas ang halaga niya kesa sa presyong nakasulat sa payslip niya tuwing sweldo.

Ang babae, nirerespeto, inaalagaan!Hindi yan PSP na bubunutin mo lang sa bulsa pag gusto mo ng paglaruan.Hindi yan IPOD na papakinggan mo lang kapag wala kang libangan.At hindi yan RED HORSE na pwede mong laklakin hanggang madaling-araw.Ang babae, marami mang arte sa katawan, hindi yan gadget para kolektahin at paglaruan.

Bakit ka magpaparamdam sa taong hindi marunong makaramdam? Wag kang magpakatanga, sa taong hindi marunong magpahalaga. Matuto kang sumuko at mang-iwan, kung lagi ka namang sinasaktan.

Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng dalawang tao pag nagtalikuran na sila? Kailangan mong libutin ang buong mundo para lang makaharap muli ang taong tinalikuran mo.

Imbis na magtanong ka ng "Hindi pa ba sapat?" Bakit hindi mo na lang kalimutan ang lahat? Kung alam mong binabalewala ka na, tanggapin mong nagsasawa na sya.
Wag kang magpadala sa salitang "sorry" at "ayokong mawala ka"
kung totoo yun,patunayan nya.

Pag pinag-aagawan ka, malamang maganda ka o gwapo ka.
Tandaan mo: Sumama ka sa mabuti, di sa mabait. Sa marunong, di sa matalino. Higit sa lahat, sa mahal ka, di sa gusto ka.

lastly, his suicide tip:
bago ang lahat, alamin muna ang tamang dahilan ng pagsu-suicide. kung ang problema mo ay dahil lang naman sa wala kang pera o iniwan ka ng minamahal mo, hindi ka dapat magpatiwakal. ang mundo ay tambak ng mga tao na pwede mong mahalin, at ang pera naman ay pwedeng kitain, kaya hindi ka dapat mawalan ng pag-asa. ang pagkitil sa sariling buhay ay karapatan lamang ng mga taong gumagamit ng cellphone at nakikipagkwentuhan sa loob ng sinehan

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

when's your birthday?

Is your birthday day 1 of the month?
Your Life
You are very curious and dedicative. When you are interested in something,
everything else has to wait. This is your quality. But if you learn to be
more patient and complete what you have started, you will be successful in
life.
Your Love
You believe in love at first sight. You won't wait to learn more about the
person. Vise versa, people who fail to impress you will hardly get a chance
to be your friend. Your emotion is on the extreme. You can only love or
hate, nothing in between and this often shows in your expression. Try not to
end a relationship in a quarrel.
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Is your birthday day 2 of the month?
Your Life
You have great common sense but usually fail to follow through. This might
happens because you are too busy with your mission and shut yourself from
the outside world. You are clever and profound so there's a slight chance
for self-control problem.
Your Love
Your love progress slowly, and quietly. You seem to be contented with your
unrequited love. Your are a romantic and loyal lover.
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Is your birthday day 3 of the month?
Your Life
Although you are innocent and romantic but your expression often mislead
others that you are an active, fun loving kid. Because of your double
personality, it's hard for others to really know the real you. You are
careful and patient.
Your Love
Your love is the greatest which often surprises others. No one can bring you
to light when you are in love. Your confidence
might lead you to the track your parents disagree .
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Is your birthday day 4 of the month?
Your Life
You usually think before acting which makes your life quite easy. But you
often are the one who give yourself a hard time by being paranoid. People
might not truly understand you but you are really nice to be around. You are
cheerful and friendly.
Your Love
Still water runs deep, that's what you are. You always surprise others with
your new character when you are in love. Your love trap often comes
unexpectedly and your love life is full of surprises.
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Is your birthday day 5 of the month?
Your Life
Although you are on the quiet side, but you enjoy excitement and changes.
Routine is something you cannot stand. Because of your extreme confidence,
you hardly ask others for opinion. You believe in leading your own life, and
you have got the gift in doing so.
Your Love
Nothing can stop you from making progress in your love life. Once you are in
love, you feel the ownership of your lover. A third party can only makes
your jealousy becomes worse.
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Is your birthday day 6 of the month?
Your Life
You are generous with people in need, sometimes to an extreme that people
find you nosey. Your hidden courage and dedication often surprise others.
Your imagination is extremely unique.
Your Love
Your love life is on the smooth track because it grows from friendship.
Although you may not make a sweet lover but your sincerity bring happiness
to your couple.
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Is your birthday day 7 of the month?
Your Life
You are sensitive to changes around you but your feeling is hardly
expressed. You hate exaggerations. Under your quiet personality, you are
rather stubborn and self-centered. These qualities are the force behind your
extreme persistence.
Your Love
You have enormous courage to please your lover. Your relationship often
progress quickly.
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Is your birthday day 8 of the month?
Your Life
You have pleasant and friendly personality. People look u to your wit and
imagination. You are unpredictable and hardly complete what you started,
which sometimes create negative impact to people around you.
Your Love
Falling in love becomes your routine. Most of the time you are lucky. You
fascinate people with good taste but you never have enough with one.
Although your love progresses very fast, it never lasts.
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Is your birthday day 9 of the month?
Your Life
You often have problem in promoting yourself, just because you don't know
how to express your true self. On the other hand, you don't really care what
they think. This is why people misunderstand you until they really get a
chance to learn about your pleasant personality.
Opposite sex find you mysterious and worth searching. Your wit is remarkable
but sometimes you are too fast to follow.
Your Love
You won't reveal your feeling even after dreaming about the same guy over
and over. Your first love lasts forever. You are responsible to the feeling
of your lover. The chance to betray your lover is none. You have luck with
children. You Will be Happy Always with u r Love Marraige. and she
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Is your birthday day 10 of the month?
Your Life
You are very capable. If you are a woman, you have high chance to be a
renowned workingwoman. If you are a man, your path to fame and honor is
near. As an innovator, you are not a good follower. You are good in
implementing your imagination and share it with
others. You are always well dressed.
Your Love
You often lose your love ones from being too jealous. You always feel like
you own the person you fall in love with and that often blows your
relationship.
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Is your birthday day 11 of the month?
Your Life
You are gracious, elegant and prudent. People admire your qualities and some
even become jealous of you. You are realistic, flexible and adaptable. You
are remarkably kind and moral person.
Your Love
You are willing to sacrifice yourself for the one you love. Your lover will
always have your gentleness, care and loyalty. You will always be happy to
hand around the one you love.
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Is your birthday day 12 of the month?
Your Life
You are friendly, humorous and full of energy. You are open-minded and do
not care for minor details. Your weak point is your hot temper.
Your Love
You are willing to start off in one-sided love affairs because you strongly
believe that you will eventually win his/her heart. On the other hand, once
you are together, you always want to do things your way, which is often the
fire starter. You usually run in and out of love quickly.
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Is your birthday day 13 of the month?
Your Life
You are sincere and easy going. Flattering and charming around are not your
style. You care so much for freedom that often leads you to the difficult
path. Because of your sincerity, most people find you easy to be around
although you are sometimes too straightforward.
Your Love
Your gentleness, care and sincerity make you an attractive person.
Eventhough you don't intend to be charming, but you naturally are,
especially in the eyes of opposite sex.
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Is your birthday day 14 of the month?
Your Life
You are so confident that sometimes you forget about the people around you.
If you have to be in one of the two teams, you will choose to be in the
winning team. On the other hand, you are kind and caring but above all, you
care for your own benefits. Your imagination is
unique and often gets implemented shortly after it comes across.
Your Love
You will not get soft with the one you don't really like, no matter how hard
he/she tries. But once you feel for someone you have chosen, there's no
getting back.
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Is your birthday day 15 of the month?
Your Life
You are outgoing and love to be at the center of attention. From the
outside, you may seem flashy, flirty, and tricky but your true self is
strong, full of hope to be the leader. When you
fail to convince someone, you will get frustrated, and perhaps let your
temper shows.
Your Love
You are emotional. Many can win your heart at once, but not for long. This
is why you hardly win a decent relationship.
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Is your birthday day 16 of the month?
Your Life
You always follow the good and the right instead of listening to your heart.
Another word, you are a perfectionist. You care for every word people say
about you. You often seen isolated while you are, by nature, curious and a
dreamer who is ready to get over the edge to make
your dream comes true.
Your Love
You often fall in love with a person who is much different from you, in age
and other aspects. Your relationship grows on friendship. Love at fist sight
is not your style.
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Is your birthday day 17 of the month?
Your Life
You neither want to be interfered nor have the desire to mess with others'
life. But you are friendly and occasionally a party animal. You are always
in a circle of friends. You often do things in your own way that
occasionally go beyond the acceptable limit. People may find you childish
and not very attractive in that sense.
Your Love
Your fun-loving character attracts opposite sex. Many of those are great.You
often find yourself trapped among a few great guys while you have to choose
only one.
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Is your birthday day 18 of the month?
Your Life
At first glance, people think you are quiet type of person. Actually you are
cheerful, but conditionally. You will show your joyful character only in
good mood. One the other hand, when you are moody, no one would dare to be
around. Because of your emotion fluctuation and frank character, some find
you hard to be around.
Your Love
You hardly show your feeling towards opposite sex no matter how much you
like him/her. Your partner also has similar character so your love affairs
often take quite a while to flourish. Time tells it all. Your sincerity
makes you very attractive.
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Is your birthday day 19 of the month?
Your Life
You are great in managing everything in your life and this is how you gain
respect from others. Because of this quality, you sometimes feel that you
are better than the rest. Extreme confidence might lead you to the wrong
path. You are a free bird and want to lead your
own life.
Your Love
You love life is rather different from others'. When you are in love,
nothing can stop you. You may often fight with your partner but, soon after
that, you will make up in a way that surprises others.
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Is your birthday day 20 of the month?
Your Life
You are prudent, circumspect and take things seriously. Before you make any
move, you will think of a few alternatives that might take a while. You are
patient, imaginative and target oriented. You value friendship more than
anything else.
Your Love
You usually study your partner carefully before making any move. You never
demand anything beyond the natural quality of that person. Your sincerity
doesn't bring excitement in your love life but it brings deeply grown
relationship.
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Is your birthday day 21 of the month?
Your Life
You are curious and a true follower. You can please someone so much that it
seem like you are trying to charm that person. You hide your disagreement
under your smiling face. This is a charming quality of yours.
Your Love
You are quite unlucky in love. You are loved by someone you don't like while
your dream man is so far away. Your love life is occasionally under
turbulence. Sometimes you don't have the clear view of the guy in your
heart.
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Is your birthday day 22 of the month?
Your Life
You have the boss character, but not a leader. Most people look up to you
for your capability and confidence although they find you quite stubborn.
You should listen more to others. You are a unique and charming individual.
Your Love
You hardly take the moderate track. You either love or hate someone. Whom
you call friends are the chosen ones. If any of them betray you, you won't
let them get away without having hard time.
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Is your birthday day 23 of the month?
Your Life
You never live your life in the way others want you to. You are an
independent individual who loves challenges and excitement. You are ready to
face with the result of your decision. You are usually the one your friends
count on.
Your Love
Because you love excitements, you occasionally get involved in forbidden
love affairs. You may fall in love with a married person and no one can stop
you from making progress. You are very charming, although you might not

realize it.
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Is your birthday day 24 of the month?
Your Life
You are very optimistic and that's why you always enjoy life. You are gifted
in entertaining others. Your friends love and trust you. You'll be the first
they come to when they are in need of someone to speak their heart out.
Your Love
Sometimes you fall in love just because you want to be in love, not that you
really like that person. You always be seen as a sweet couple but you can't
really get over your love ones from past. Your partner is usually crazy
about you because you are remarkably charming and
romantic.
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Is your birthday day 25 of the month?
Your Life
You are a warrior. No obstacle can stop you from reaching your goal. You
always keep yourself busy. This quality plus your responsibility will
eventually bring you success.
Your Love
You adore your partner as the number one priority. You value your love one
more than yourself. Your love is the greatest of all and your have potential
to get married young.
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Is your birthday day 26 of the month?
Your Life
You are always curious and responsive to changes. Routine life is not the
way you choose to live. Travelling is your favorite hobby because excitement
is what you are after.
Your Love
You will not stand being around the one you dislike. Your love comes and
goes quickly. You can be deeply in love but soon after you will be looking
around for the next one.
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Is your birthday day 27 of the month?
Your Life
You are sensitive and vulnerable. Tears often run down your cheeks even when
the matter is not that bad. This might be the result from being to
pessimistic. You might seem cold on the shell, but your inner self is a kind
loving person.
Your Love
You will be elegantly dressed, no matter how casually dressed your date may
be. You are emanding in love and sometimes to an unacceptable extend.
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Is your birthday day 28 of the month?
Your Life
You are a capable person but you usually underestimate your own ability.
This is the cause of missing numbers of opportunity to step forward. If you
try to give yourself a chance, you can be successful in life. Try to see
things on the bright side and you will be happier than ever.
Your Love
You are quite unlucky in love. The one in your arm is not the one in your
heart. Your love has so many ups and downs. You often chicken out before
seeing any progress in love.
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Is your birthday day 29 of the month?
Your Life
You can trust your sixth sense. Life is exciting so routine job is not your
interest. You have great ideas and fantastic imagination. You often feel
tired of things and people around you.
Your Love
You can tell what's in the mind of another person just from looking into
his/her eyes. You are paranoid and jealous and these are the cause of fights
between you and your lover.
Sometimes the thing you believe in is just your imagination.
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Is your birthday day 30 of the month?
Your Life
You are always surrounded by a circle of friends. You are friendly and fun
to be with. Though you occasionally disappoint them by being stubborn, but
over all, they love your qualities.
Your Love
You want to have full control of your love and that's not a nice way to
treat your partner. You take your time in saying yes to his wedding proposal
or if you are a man, you will not propose anyone until you are certainly
confident which might take ages.
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Is your birthday day 31 of the month?
Your Life
Your emotion is hard to predict. You can be sad this minute and happy in the
next. People might find it difficult to follow your emotion and understand
you. You tend to take things seriously.
Your Love
You take your time to study a person before falling in love. Once you decide
that he or she is the one, no one can stop you from making progress, even
your partner.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

post-vday post

a friend gave me this link:

www.iloveyoumorethanblank.com

it's a website that encourages people to fill in the blank with things which they love second only to the person they love. “We believe that you can never really evaluate the value of something unless you measure it up to something else,” reads the site.


So fill in the blank! There’s never too much love to go around.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

funny email

bob ong's takes on love:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

> 15. "Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng dalawang tao pag nagtalikuran na
sila? Kailangan mong libutin ang buong mundo para lang makaharap ulit ang taong
tinalikuran mo."

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

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

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

> 19. "Ang pag-ibig parang imburnal...nakakata kot mahulog...at kapag nahulog ka, it's either by accident or talagang tanga ka.."

Saturday, February 14, 2009

another nice email

TECHNICAL SUPPORT : INSTALLING LOVE


Tech Support: Yes, how can I help you?

Customer: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process?


Tech Support: Yes. I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?

Customer:Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready- What do I do first?


Tech Support: The first step is to open y our Heart. Have you located your Heart?

Customer: Yes, but there are several other programs running now.
Is it okay to install Love while they are running?


Tech Support: What programs are running ?

Customer: Let's see, I have Past Hurt, Low Self-Esteem, Grudge and Resentment running right now.


Tech Support: No problem. Love will gradually erase Past Hurt from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory but it will no longer disrupt other programs. Love will eventually override Low Self-Esteem with a module of its own called High Self-Esteem. However, you have to completely turn off Grudge and Resentment. Those programs prevent Love from being properly installed. Can you turn those off?

Customer: I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?


Tech Support: With pleasure. Go to your start menu and invoke Forgiveness. Do this as many times as necessary until Grudge and Resentment have been completely erased.

Customer: Okay, done! Love has started installing itself. Is that normal?

Tech Support: Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other Hearts in order to get the upgrades.


Customer: Oops! I have an error message already. It says, ' Error - Program not run on external components' What should I do?


Tech Support: Don't worry. It means that the Love program is set up to run on Internal Hearts, but has not yet been run on your Heart.
In non-technical terms, it simply means you have to Love yourself before you can Love others.

Customer: So, what should I do?

Tech Support: Pull down Self-Acceptance; then click on the following files: Forgive-Self; Realize your Worth; and Acknowledge your Limitations.

Customer: Okay, done.

Tech Support: Now, copy them to the 'My Heart' directory. The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching faulty programming. Also, you need to delete Verbose Self-Criticism from all directories and empty your Recycle Bin to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back

Customer: Got it. Hey! My heart is filling up with new files. Smile is playing on my monitor and Peace and Contentment are copying themselves all over My Heart. Is this normal?


Tech Support: Sometimes. For others it takes awhile, but eventually everything gets it at the proper time. So Love is installed and running. One more thing before we hang up. Love is Freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everyone you meet. They will in turn share it with others and return some cool modules back to you.

Customer: Thank you, God.


God/Tech Support: You're Welcome, Anytime.


Happy Hearts Day Everyone!!

Friday, February 13, 2009

doing things out of love

it's vday tomorrow and i'm sure a lot of bloggers will be talking about their valentines escapades with their loved ones.

i decided to talk about something else but still tackling that four-letter word we are celebrating every february 14.

I love the Philippines! Filipinos are resilient and i truly believe that if we do our part, our country can still progress. Gandhi once said "be the change you want to see in the world", so what can we do to help this country we all love? if we can't even do the simple things, how can we do bigger things?

check out the 12 little things every filipino can do to help our country:
1. follow traffic rules. follow the law.
2. whenever you buy or pay for anything, always ask for an official receipt.
3. don’t buy smuggled goods. buy local. buy filipino.
4. when you talk to others, especially foreigners speak positively about us and our country.
5. respect your traffic officer, policeman and soldier.
6. do not litter. dispose your garbage properly. segregate. recycle. conserve.
7. support your church.
8. during elections, do your solemn duty.
9. pay your employees well.
10. pay your taxes.
11. adopt a scholar or a poor child.
12. be a good parent. teach your kids to follow the law and love our country.

they have a website too.

i haven't lost hope in the filipino.

let's show our country that we still love her.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

ouch






-->that's the driver of the other car

i feel so stupid for this but i know that the accident was not entirely my fault...or was it?

sigh.

feel so bad about this.

Monday, February 9, 2009

stress!

This afternoon, while trying to take a break from all the work that needs to be done, i chanced upon this site and found the following article helpful:

We are complex animals living complex lives in which we are not always able to cope with the difficulties that we face. As a result, we are subject to feelings of tension and stress, for example the cognitive dissonance and potential shame of doing something outside our values. To handle this discomfort we use various coping methods.

Acting out: not coping - giving in to the pressure to misbehave.
Aim inhibition: lowering sights to what seems more achievable.
Attack: trying to beat down that which is threatening you.
Avoidance: mentally or physically avoiding something that causes distress.
Compartmentalization: separating conflicting thoughts into separated compartments.
Compensation: making up for a weakness in one area by gain strength in another.
Conversion: subconscious conversion of stress into physical symptoms.
Denial: refusing to acknowledge that an event has occurred.
Displacement: shifting of intended action to a safer target.
Dissociation: separating oneself from parts of your life.
Fantasy: escaping reality into a world of possibility.
Idealization: playing up the good points and ignoring limitations of things desired.
Identification: copying others to take on their characteristics.
Intellectualization: avoiding emotion by focusing on facts and logic.
Introjection: Bringing things from the outer world into the inner world.
Passive aggression: avoiding refusal by passive avoidance.
Projection: seeing your own unwanted feelings in other people.
Rationalization: creating logical reasons for bad behavior.
Reaction Formation: avoiding something by taking a polar opposite position.
Regression: returning to a child state to avoid problems.
Repression: subconsciously hiding uncomfortable thoughts.
Somatization: psychological problems turned into physical symptoms.
Sublimation: channeling psychic energy into acceptable activities.
Suppression: consciously holding back unwanted urges.
Symbolization: turning unwanted thoughts into metaphoric symbols.
Trivializing: Making small what is really something big.
Undoing: actions that psychologically 'undo' wrongdoings for the wrongdoer.

So, what's your coping mechanism?

Sunday, February 8, 2009

in honor of my astrology-obssessed friends part2







i'm a Virgo. you think the description suits me?

how about your sign?

in honor of my astrology-obssessed friends part1






you know your sign?
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

reminiscin part 2

Once there lived a kind lady farmer in a not so faraway land. She lves the soul and the plants and obviously she's got all the expertise- there was to know in sowing and growing all green things.

One day, an old hermit came to pass by the kind lady farmer's house. He was so weak and tired and so he asked for water. The lady farmer readily let the old man in to rest and provided him of the things he needed.

The time came when the old man had to leave. He thanked the kind lady farmer and as a gift, handed to her 83 seeds. "These are magic seeds", he said. "They grow by themselves. And when the right time comes, they will be your source of pride and joy." With that, the old man left leaving the kind lady farmer puzzled.

"How on erth could there be magic seeds?" the lady farmer asked herself. So she planted all 83 seeds and yet cared for them like real seeds, not magic ones. She watered them everyday, talked to them and dealt with all 83 like real people. Their growth was far more than just good.; they were all fast-growing to become beautiful plants. And soon thereafter, the lady farmer realized that the seeds seemed to have minds of their own: some refused to hear her words and yet the rest would often heed and follow.

Years passed in the not so faraway land and people of the town were amazed to see sixty-eight beautiful sturdy trees surrounding the kind lady farmer's house.


There need not be old hermits traveling, or magic seeds for us to become strong, mighty, sturdy trees that we are right now. It was the kind-hearted lady farmer who unconditionally made us become what we are today. There might be times when our pranks and mischief became too hard to reconsider, but the kind lady farmer's heart was a heart of a mother always willing to take back, accept once more and reconsider. The lady farmer was too good to be true but then her motherly presence touched our lives with such spontaneity and warmth that made us go through the seasons of our four great years in CPMT. Our childishness, irresponsibility and our passion for things speeled F-U-N were always there trying to block our paths, but kind lady farmer was always there to fish us out just in the nick of time.

Yes, indeed, lady farmer Rivero is one of a kind. Your love is a bounty, your patience always an extra mile long. You believed in us when there was no one else left to trust our capacity. Yours were the busiest hands in the department, yet with your motherly goodness you always try to find time to hear your children's cries. You were never swayed even when people try to belittle us. You welcomed their opinions but never used them against us.

To the CPMT faculty and staff, your're the anthropoids of our lives..the bees and the butterflies that made our growth far more easy and comfortable. Of course there were "ouch"-y times but we co-existed nonetheless. No hard feelings. You needed us and we needed you to survive.

To the Augustinian community, you were the fertilized soil that made our growth even more possible. You helped made us who we are today - trees deeply rooted with Augustinian values and principles.

To the old hermit who believed that there is magic is us, our parents, your unending support in all occassion was nevertheless as immeasurable as your love for us. You were and still are the truest believer, you never doubted us. You're always proud of us.

And finally, to God Almighty, our sunshine and rain, our morning ang night. The reason for our existence, all there we raise in your name!

Indeed, thak you's are never enough to show how deeply grateful we are for the bounty we have received in our lives. Blessings are always too plenty, our ten fingers are not enough to count them all. All these graces and blessings we've received are meant to be shared with others. We will bear fruit and we will share them. However not enough, we, the 68 beautiful sturdy trees, with humble hearts, say for the nth time...THANK YOU! =)