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Everyday notes to enjoy life (8)
2007-11-15 14:24:00
I love to eat. Who doesn't? But do you like to cook? I do. However I just am not that good at it without my good old recipe book or magazine for that matter. Cooking is fun just as blogging is. When I cook, sometimes I imagine myself as a scientist or chemist if you may. Concocting different ingredients, trying different formulas then experimenting the final result unto yourself, by tasting it. Now wasn't that fun? Life is like cooking. You've got to try and experiment other recipes, methods and ingredients so as not to bore your taste buds. You may love the change or not. You may like the new recipe or not. But the sure thing is, you'll learn something new out of this experience. It may be an improvement or it may be a mistake. Either way it will add to your skill in cooking. Just like in life. No risk, no gain.
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An innocent sacrifice
2007-11-12 09:02:00
I heard of the sad news about a 12-year old girl named Mariannet Amper, who took her own life because of poverty. Her father went out of job several months before and her mother work part-time in a noodle factory earning a mere P50.00 ($1.00) a day. The night before she committed suicide, she asked her father P100.00 for her school project but her father coudn't give her any. The family is living in a shanty with no running water or electricity in Ma-a, Davao City. She took her life by hanging herself using a nylon cord.Days before she died, she has plan of writing to Wish ko lang!, a local TV program that grants wishes to selected individual who would write them and relate their wishes. However, she never did finish her letter. In her letter, she wished for a new school bag, a new pair of shoes, a bicycle for her brother, and a better-paying job for her parents. The sad plight of the little girl caught the nation in shock and disbelief that such a young age was so distraught about...
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Busy! Busy! Busy!
2007-11-09 17:01:00
I didn't have the luxury of time to update my blogs this past few days. Our project in the office kickstarted just recently. As a result I'm so busy beating deadlines after deadlines and new work keeps on coming. It's like a landslide of rocks that keeps on rolling unto my desk. And to make matters worst, my teammate for the project has to take a sudden paternity leave. His wife recently delivered their third angel. That's double blessing for him and a double whammy for me. The balance will surely tilt every load to my side. I just hope I'll be able to manage everything till he comes back. Well, as my blog put it, (deep sigh) life's like that! Wish me luck....
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An anecdote for the brainies...
2007-11-06 04:54:00
A wonderful anecdote for the intellectuals. Read and decipher the lesson within.A scientific convention was held at a lakeside resort. After the first day?s proceedings, a mathematician, a physicist, an astronomer and a molecular biologist hired a boatman to row them around on the lake. As they sat in the boat, they discussed string theory, bubble universes, the Gaea Hypothesis and other abstruse topics.The biologist noticed the boatman looking at them from the corner of his eyes. He asked him, ?What do you think of these ideas??The boatman replied, ?I didn?t understand any of it.?The astronomer asked him how far he had studied. He told them he couldn?t even read.?I hate to say it,? said the physicist, ?but you seem to have wasted a good part of your life.?The boatman remained silent. By now they were out in the middle of the lake, far from shore. A sudden storm whipped up. The waves started churning and heaving. All of a sudden, the boat flipped over. The boatman started swimming f...
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (7)
2007-10-30 07:55:00
For a change, why not spread good news instead of the usual headlines bannered by newspapers everyday bearing all the attrocities, disasters, and miseries of the world. It's very sad to note that the dailies, sidetrack all the good news in just a narrow section of their pages. Well it's obvious that such headlines would not sell newspapers because people tend to read unsound news.However if you happen to know a good news and relate it to anyone I'm sure they'll be glad to listen. Sometimes it's a breather to hear the better side of the world.
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Another Chance
2007-10-25 17:34:00
by Helen Steiner Rice. How often we wish for another chanceto make a fresh beginning.A chance to blot out our mistakesAnd change failure into winning.It does not take a new dayTo make a brand new start,It only takes a deep desireTo try with all our heart.To live a little betterAnd to always be forgivingAnd to add a little sunshineTo the world in which we're living.So never give up in despairAnd think that you are through,For there's always a tomorrowAnd the hope of starting new.
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A CUP OF COFFEE
2007-10-25 15:21:00
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the lecturer said:"If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups.""Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, bu...
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The Pencil
2007-10-24 14:06:00
The pencil is not just a writing tool. It has a deeper purpose. If you think and look closely enough, you'll realize that it has a strange resemblance to our way of living. Here are at least five important lessons to learn from a pencil... 1. It tells you that everything you do will always leave a Mark .2. You can always correct your mistakes .3. The important thing in life is what you are from inside and not from out side .4. In life you will undergo painful sharpening which will make you better in whatever you do .5. Finally, to be the best you can be, you must allow yourself to be held and be guided by the hand that holds you.
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (6)
2007-10-22 02:55:00
As we were shaken up by an unfortunate event recently, I think this Everyday Note is most appropriate at this very moment. But somehow our prayers are most needed now by those we really don't know. The people who were caught in the eye of the blast. The people who were innocently walking, passing thru or having a great time and were unaware of their fate.The blast has taken 11 lives and hundreds of injured victims.Hope you can spare a little moment for them too....
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A terrifying moment
2007-10-19 17:08:00
By now, probably everyone already heard of the tragic event that happened today in Glorietta, Makati City. I was astounded to realize that I was actually on my way to the mall at that moment but went instead to a nearby bookstore where I thought is a better place to buy some time as I was waiting for my colleague's call. It was a very terrifying moment, being in there and hearing sirens everywhere. For two hours I stayed inside the bookstore, not wanting to leave fearing of another blast within the area. I really felt sorry for those people who were caught in the explosion. But I felt no remorse to those whoever responsible for it though it wasn't yet confirmed as of this writing if it was a delibarate act of terrorism. I am very thankful to God for not experiencing such tragedy.
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Life is not a box of chocolates.
2007-10-18 03:37:00
"Life is like a box of chocolates." Everyone probably knows the famous line by Tom Hanks from the movie Forrest Gump. However I have a different view. Life is not always a box of chocolates. It's not always full of surprises. Life is not always sweet, and tasty and good that somehow you may not want to savor it over and over and over again. Most of the time it's full of dissapointment, and anguish and hatred. All the things that make life sour.Happiness is a hard-earned commodity in life. Sometimes you would find your luck, most of the time you won't. Life is not here for us to enjoy. Life is work and survival for us to continue living. For most of us then, life is like a box of sour grapes, and rotten eggs and spoiled cookies.I wonder then how Forrest Gump came out with such an idea that life is like a box of chocolates. How is he different to us? And I came out with the very obvious answer. Forrest has a different outlook in life than most of us. He always think positively. He ...
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The Main Difference
2007-10-17 09:20:00
Here's a funny comparison. Hope nobody is offended.
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (5)
2007-10-13 19:41:00
Most of the time we are afraid to let ourselves get involved. We think of ourselves first before doing something. We first think of our own comfort. We ask so many "what if's" to preserve our own safety. I do heard of people getting hurt not because they wanted to be heroes or something but because they are concerned. Nobody asked us to be heroes. It's just a matter of choice. Either you step up to make a difference or you don't. Reaching out to a streetkid makes a very big difference. Letting him know that you care means giving him hope. And giving him hope means creating an opportunity for him to grow up into a better person. That would mean lesser risk for him to grow up into someone you will regret later.
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The Tale of Three Trees
2007-10-12 20:12:00
Once upon a mountain top, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. The first little tree looked up at the stars and said: " I want to hold treasure. I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I'll be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!" The second little tree looked out at the small stream trickling by on it's way to the ocean. " I want to be traveling mighty waters and carrying powerful kings. I'll be the strongest ship in the world!" The third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and women worked in a busy town. I don't want to leave the mountain top at all. I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me they'll raise their eyes to heaven and think of God. I will be the tallest tree in the world.Years, passed. The rain came, the sun shone and the little trees grew tall. One day three wood cutters climbed the mountain. The first wood cutter looked at the first tree...
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Just a thought
2007-10-10 18:35:00
I've been contemplating on my blog's title. I've chosen it as a title for I want to touch on the many aspects about life. Now it just occured to me that the statement somehow does not promote positive outlook at all as it limits someone's real perspective of life. "Life's like that! Just get over it. There's nothing you can do about it. It happens." Those sort of things.For most of us who had been used to life's difficulties, it's not that encouraging. It's like being stuck in a cell wherein you think you can't do anything because well, life's like that! when in fact you can make a change and do something about it.But then again, it wouldn't be appropriate to go over blogger and re-edit the whole thing right? Simply put, my blog's title isn't my basis for posting, but my thoughts, my ideas and anything that is worth sharing to touch my readers and make them feel more abundant and encouraged and thus keeping them from thinking that life is just like that.
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Time
2007-10-09 13:32:00
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.It carries over no balance from day to day.Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to useduring the day.What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failedto invest to good purpose.It carries over no balance.It allows no overdraft.Each day it opens a new account for you.Each night it burns the remains of the day.If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.There is no going back.There is no drawing against the "tomorrow".You must live in the present on today's deposits.Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!The clock is running.Make the most of today.To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth ...
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A dismal service
2007-10-09 03:21:00
Have you ever felt neglected? Say in some restaurant where you can easily catch someone's attention because you are the customer and people are just not paying attention.I just had that experience lately in a popular fastfood chain here in Manila. The place is not buzzing with people. Not so much customer and the crews were not that too busy to attend to some additional requests.So I ordered my dinner and I thought it would be good to sip some soup perfect for the cold weather. The restaurant gives ordinary soup as complimentary so I requested one. The crew in his gentlest smile and eloquent voice said, "Okey sir your soup will be right over."I thought it was best to wait for the soup before I began eating my meal. But no soup came. I didn't have any choice but too start my dinner. I tried to call somebody's attention but to no avail. I finished my dinner and not a single drop of soup came. Talking about a dismal service from a well-known food chain.To my disgust, I pulled a copy...
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The Parable of the Water Bearer
2007-10-08 14:48:00
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on an end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the masters house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his masters house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only ha...
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (4)
2007-10-04 19:30:00
Being shy as I am sometimes hamper my ability to make friends. It's a real deal of effort for me to reach out and talk to someone I've just met. I'm too conscious about what to say, how to act, what to talk about. It's something that I have been wanting to overcome for a long time. I envy people who don't have this kind of "impairment". So if you're one of those I envy, heed this fourth installment. Make friends. Who knows, you may encounter some of "us" and may help us to reach out and make friends easily in the process.
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The Optimist Creed
2007-10-04 11:14:00
The Optimist Cree d was authored in 1912 by Chistian D. Larson, appearing in his book Your Forces and How to Use Them. It was adopted as Optimist International's creed in 1922. Many have found inspiration in The Optimist Creed. In hospitals, the creed has been used to help patients recover from illness. In locker rooms, coaches have used it to motivate their players.Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature yo...
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Tuesdays with Morrie
2007-10-01 10:36:00
I read Mitch Albom's Tuesday's with Morrie. It's a decade old book which I was able to discover just recently. And I'm glad I did. It's a very inspiring story, full of valuable lessons and wisdom, about a student and his dying mentor.Professor Morris "Morrie" Schwartz (1916-1995) is the teacher. He was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease),a fatal disease of the motor neurone. Morrie is a great counselour, full of wits and wisdom.Mitch Albom, a sports columnist by profession was his student. He learned a great deal with his Tuesday meetings with Morrie. And he understood what he has to do in his life. Together they concocted an inspiring manuscript that widens people's perspective about life.Here are some of the adorable quotes from the book. - "Everybody knows they are going to die," he said again, "but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently."- So we kid ourselves about death, I said.- "Yes. But there...

The Cross in the Room
2007-09-25 11:27:00
Here's a good story to reflect on. For those who are tired and weary. For those who feel that they have the worst of everything. Contemplate on this and be inspired.The young man was at the end of his rope. Seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer."Lord, I can't go on," he said. "I have too heavy a cross to bear."The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight, just place your cross inside this room. Then, open that other door and pick out any cross you wish."The man was filled with relief. "Thank you, Lord," he sighed, and he did as he was told. Upon entering the other door, he saw many crosses, some so large the tops were not visible.Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall. "I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered.And the Lord replied, "My son, that is the cross you just brought in."When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself far more fortunate than you...
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (3)
2007-09-25 08:50:00
Lessons usually come from mistakes committed. Lessons in life usually from experiences. Nobody has the better conviction to impart better wisdom than they who have experienced life's intricacies. I never had the chance to meet my grandfathers. They were long gone before I was born. But my grandmothers, they are the ones whom I was able to communicate with as I was growing up. They were great storytellers. I can imagine reliving their experiences on how they survived the war, how they raised my parents, how they lived the world without formal education. They were so metaphorical that sometimes I could not understand what they were talking about. But I've learned a lot from them. And I owe it to them, and my parents, everything that I am reaping now.
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Little Things
2007-09-24 09:41:00
I've just learned of this beautiful poem. It makes one realize the value of small things. It makes one appreciate the significance of every creation. It motivates all of us that whatever it is that we do, how little it may be, how insignificant you may think, all of it makes a difference. I think it's just a part of the whole poem and I'm looking for the rest of it. I hope I'll be able to post the complete version. Little Things by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. So the little moments,Humble though they be,Make the mighty agesOf eternity.Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,Help to make earth happy like the heaven above.So our little errorsLead the soul awayFrom the path of virtue,Far in sin to stray.Little seeds of mercysown by youthful hands,grow to bless the nationsfar in heathen lands.

Life according to liquids...
2007-09-24 09:25:00
I found a nice picture here reflecting on life. There is actually a sense of reality in it. Most of it however I think is just a misnomer. One may grow old and spend a happy natural life. It's just a matter of choice. We have the power to choose. We can choose to live a life without boundaries or respect life as God's gift. Realizing life as a gift I think will not lead into the liquid dextrose. What do you think?
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Mass Baptism
2007-09-24 08:50:00
Last Saturday, I witnessed the mass baptism of more than a hundred kids. The 9-month-old daughter of my wife's cousin happens to be one of them and I was asked to be one of her godparents for which I obliged.The church was packed with people and the kids, 76 of them and the first of two batches, have to endure the weltering ceremony. Outside the church, 98 more kids were waiting for their turn.The special occassion, I've learned is held every year coinciding with the barangay fiesta. Parents take this opportunity to spare themselves of expensive preparations for the baptismal celebration including the minimal fee often charged by the church.The only presiding priest attending the ceremony referred to all the kids in general, all the parents and godparents. Then he has to go to every baby for the actual baptismal rites.It was quite an experience however I just felt no solemnity at all. In most part, the priest was barely audible such that most of us couldn't respond well during th...
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INSIDE OUT
2007-09-21 19:30:00
Ms. Cory Quirino is a health enthusiast and beauty expert here in the Philippines. She's an advocate of natural means to enhance one's well-being. She promotes alternative ways to obtain clean, healthy living by using the gifts of nature. She has written countless books about beauty and fitness, and discovering the fountain of youth. Thought I could share some of her tips on how to live life to the fullest.Living for the present momentBy Cory QuirinoInquirer"No time like the present." -Mary ManleyA POPULAR text message being passed around goes something like this: "Don't fret over the past, it's gone. And worrying about the future makes today stressful. Instead, live for the moment. Today is a gift, that's why it's called the present."Stress vs the presentLiving for the present moment is not possible unless one loosens the grip of fear. Other blocks in one's psyche can freeze one in the past or paralyze a person to make him unable to focus on the future. World-renowned expert...
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Everyday notes to enjoy life (2)
2007-09-20 11:29:00
Here's my second random everyday note to enjoy life, it's about simplicity. The problem with simplicity is that it opposes our very human nature to desire more. Some of us might be contented of what we already have but then again we also have the nature to get tired easily of the same thing that we have. But if we can heed such simple advice, I'm pretty sure we'll find out what Mr. Easwaran means.
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Who am I? -Casting Crowns
2007-09-16 18:23:00
The following is a very beautifully rendered song from a popular Christian band, Casting Crowns . It's a very moving song, full of humility. I've attached the lyrics at the bottom so you may sing along. Enjoy and be touched.Who Am I by Casting Crowns album: Casting Crowns (2003) Who am I? That the Lord of all the earth,Would care to know my name,Would care to feel my hurt.Who am I? That the bright and morning star,Would choose to light the way,For my ever wandering heart.Bridge:Not because of who I am,But because of what you've done.Not because of what I've done,But because of who you are.Chorus:I am a flower quickly fading,Here today and gone tomorrow,A wave tossed in the ocean,A vapor in the wind.Still you hear me when I'm calling,Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,And you've told me who I am.I am yours.I am yours. Who am I? That the eyes that see my sinWould look on me with loveAnd watch me rise again.Who am I? That the voice that calmed the sea,Would call out through the ra...

Everyday notes to enjoy life (1)
2007-09-15 10:52:00
Yesterday, as I was rummaging through some stuff in our cabinet, I found a tiny box. Inside it were wonderful notes of everyday good things to do to add more joy to life. This was a gift from my thoughtful wife way back when we were still dating when I was desperately looking for a better job. I thought that the theme is very perfect for this blog and that I have to share the notes to inspire others. So what I'll do is to pick random notes every now and then and I hope to lift some spirit on anyone who feels glum.So here's the first one:You may also double your effort by adding a few ?good day? greetings to your smile. Some people may just smirk you off or may leave harsh remarks such as ?What are you smiling at as#@$&?le!?. The important thing is that you?ve conveyed your message and it?s up to them if they reject it or receive it well.
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