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Ang panukalang batas na ito ay nakabimbin pa rin sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso subalit tiyak na naghihintay lamang ng tamang pagkakataon upang maaprubahan.
Ayon sa Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines, ang panukalang batas, na ang pangunahing layon umano ay limitahan sa 2 anak lamang ang bawat mag-anak na Pilipino, ay tahasang pag-atake sa kasagraduhan ng pamilya at sa karapatan ng mga Pilipino na desisyunan ang kanyang karapatan.
Sa ngayon ay wala pa tayong balita sa pasya ng ating kinatawan sa Kongreso, ang butihing Jaime C. Lopez, hinggil sa kanyang magiging boto para sa Bill na ito, subalit mas mainam na ngayon pa lamang ay maiparating natin sa kanya ang ating pagtutol sa panukalang ito.
Ipagbigay alam natin sa ating Congressman Lopez ang ating paggalang sa kasagraduhan ng Pamilyang Pilipino. Abangan sa susunod na mga issue ng anluwage.com ang ating pasisimulang kampanya upang maibasura ang nasabing panukalang batas.
Joy & Sorrow
When the Los Angeles Lakers lost to San Antonio Spurs in 2002-2003 NBA Western Conference Finals, Kobe Bryant was shown bursting into prompt and understandable tears. His voice crackling and shaking while being interviewed live. Likewise, Michael Jordan also burst into tears during the 1997-1998 season when he hit the winning shot that gave the Chicago Bulls it's sixth world championship in eight years.
What makes us cry when we are happy? One of the unexpected learning's for me in being a parent has been discovering how we develop the ability or tendency to cry out of happiness. I would never have thought about this if I hadn't observed it in my children.
My kids could never figure their grandma out: I remember them staring at her if she got weepy in church at a joyful song or at a happy ending in a movie: "Mommy Day, you're crying!" one was sure to exclaim and she would quickly try to shush them. My mom would tell them she
was crying because she was happy, which confused them even more: as a child, you cry if you are sad, hurt, lonely or upset, but when you are happy? For them it's totally ridiculous.
Somewhere during the late teenage years (but later than I would have expected) children seem to finally develop this ability or inclination to cry when they are happy.
My thoughts on what makes people cry when sad or happy suddenly clicked when a friend lend me a copy of "The Propeth" by Kahlil Gibran, and I came about the nature of joy and sorrow. I've heard or read this many times before, but sometimes things click in a new way:
"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is
only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."
The prophet concludes by saying joy and sorrow are inseparable.
If that is true, I guess seeing my children not being able to cry happy tears is a good thing-because it shows they have been protected enough or lucky enough to be spared deep and great sadness in their youth. It is only as we have experienced pain, grief and setback that we then better know the blessing of health and wellness, healing, and overcoming problems. Part of maturation involves experiencing enough of life that we have gone through tough times, death of a loved one, illness, injury, hospitalizations. We have either personally or vicariously suffered through dreadful events: murder, kidnapping, and so can feel joy and tears of empathy when there are happy endings to terrible stories.
Thus deep happiness creates the joy that then prompts tears of sorrow if and when the happiness is taken away. So even if we must shed tears in mourning and grief, deep down we can know that we feel grieved because we have also experienced the kind of love and relationship that gave us joy.
Joy and sorrow: opposite sides of the same coin. Knowing that we can't have one without the other helps to heal the grief and sorrow.
"Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them."
- Viktor E. Frankl
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."
- Albert Einstein
Kaya daw nirerespeto ang mga Gagalanginenos ay dahil matatalas ang utak.
Owwws? Kailangan ng pruweba!
Daanin natin sa quiz...
Oo, tinatanggap ko ang hamon!
Annulment, Etc.
Q: Why do you think the Church is okay with annulment but not with divorce?
The Church accepts that there can be a marriage that is null and void from the moment itself that it was entered into. And when after the proper judicial process is made and the said invalidity were proven, then there is the declaration of nullity of the marriage.
The Church does not honor the so-called “annulment” and “divorce”. Annulment means that a valid marriage is invalidated. Divorce on the other hand means that a likewise valid marriage is simply cancelled.
Q: So far, since you started handling the matrimonial tribunal, how many couples have filed for annulment? On what grounds?
I have been working at the Marriage Tribunal of the Church since 1971. And roughly speaking, there are about some 150 marriage cases files every year.
By and large the grounds for nullity since then to these times have been force and fear, mental disorder, volitional adversity, emotional impairment, socio-affective immaturity.
Q: Rate per year? Is the number alarming? Why, yes/no?
Based on the actual marriage case filed before the Church for declaration of nullity, there is no significant cause for alarm.
What is alarming is the increase in “live-in” arrangements. Also, there must be hundreds of “broken marriages” that are not brought to the Tribunal, or presented thereto but they have no ground for a declaration of nullity.
Q: What’s the process in filing annulment? What exactly do you do?
The basic steps for a marriage nullity process are the following:
First, going to the tribunal for inquiry what documents are needed. Second, knowing from the Tribunal if there is a possible cause for marriage nullity (if not, it stops here). Third, hearing of petitioner, respondent, witnesses—and experts if necessary. Third, judgment on the case in the Tribunal of First Instance. Fourth, review of the case in the Tribunal of Appeals. Fifth, recourse to Rome if opted by either the petitioner or the respondent.
Q: Advice to couples who might want to get married someday?
Practical advisories to couples:
One, teenagers should not get married. Two, dependents should not get married. Three, unconvinced of marriage for a lifetime should not get married. Four, incapable of observing marriage obligations should not get married. Five, having preference for single life should not get married.
Q: Why do you think getting marriage is so expensive nowadays?
Marriage in Church ranges from altogether free to a sizable amount of money, totally depending at the option of the couple (parents/relatives) getting married. Marriage in Church can be most simple or very elaborate at the instance of those getting married and those advising them.
One thing is certain: The fundamental focus of marriage are the persons of the couple getting married for life—not definitely the celebrations before and after the wedding that last but for some hours.
Q: Reaction to latest fad (garden weddings, kasalang bayan, etc.). Is the Church okay with these?
In principle, Church wedding being a serious and sacred reality should be celebrated in Church. “Garden Weddings” should be discouraged as much as possible. Whereas the wedding place contributes much to the solemnity and propriety of the wedding itself. It is doubtful if gardens have these attributes.
(Honest, I do not know nor have seen any so-called “Kasalang Bayan”. It is motivated for the purpose of advertising something? Is there a business angle therein? Is it done for religious, financial reasons or what?)
Q: Among the 7 sacraments, is matrimony the most administered by the Church? If not what then? (Pls. rank if possible).
Among the seven sacraments in the Church, the most administered in quantitative ranking appear to be the following:
First: Baptism
Second: Confirmation
Third: Communion
Fourth: Confession
Fifth: Marriage
Sixth: Anointing of the sick
Seventh: Priesthood
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. ."
- Aristotle
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HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?
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from AVigail Nocom
Les was driving across the old bridge. He remembered well how deep it was. Many a time as a kid Les had tried to swim down and touch it only to be rebuffed by shortness of breath and thick weeds that protected the bottom.
He noticed two boys swimming on this bright morning and stopped his car for a moment. "P100 to the kid who can touch the bottom," he shouted.
"You're on," said the red-head and under the water he went. After a short time he reappeared and yelled, "O.K. I touched the bottom. Give me the money."
Les shouted back, "You'll have to prove it to me. I have no way to know you got all the way down."
The other boy hollered, "I'll get there!" and then he disappeared under the water. Some seconds later he surfaced with a hand full of mud which he flung across the pond. "There's the bottom . . . I showed it to you. Give me the money!"
Les wadded up a P100 bill and dropped it into the pond. "It's yours. You earned it."
It had to be something like that when Jesus returned to heaven after His life on earth. An angel met Him at the pearly gate and said, "Where have you been, Jesus? You've been gone a long time."
"Thirty-three years," Jesus smiled. "I went to redeem the souls of men."
"Redemption is a big word," the angel responded, and then asked, "Who's that with you?" Jesus looked at the man next to Him and said, "This is the thief who died next to me on the cross. I promised I'd bring him home with Me today." "How deep does your redemption really go, Jesus?" Jesus lifted the hand of the thief and said, "I went all the way to the bottom. Here's the proof."
10 best excuses
when you get caught falling azzzzleep on
your desk
10. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen."
9. "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved
about in that time management course you sent me to."
8. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out.
You probably got here just in time!"
7. "I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission
statement and envisioning a new paradigm."
6. "I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance."
5. "I was doing a highly specific Yoga exercise to
relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminatory toward
people who practice Yoga?"
4. "Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured
out a solution to our biggest problem."
3. "The coffee machine is broken..."
2. "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot..."
And the #1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping
at your desk...
1. " ... in Jesus' name. Amen."
Moral Aspect : ACCEPTABLE
Technical Aspect: AVERAGE
Si Eric (Richard Gutierrez) at Pia (Angel Locsin) ay mula sa magkaibang mundo. Si Eric ay mahirap lamang, isang working student na pinalaki ng kanyang lola; si Pia naman, isang unica hija na namumuhay ng marangya. Sa eskwelahan magku-krus ang kanilang landas. Ligaw-tingin lamang ang gagawin ni Eric sapagkat alangan silang dalawa sa kanyang paningin bagama’t siya ay may di-karaniwang talin at sipag. Magkakataong iisa ang kanilang inuupuan sa silid-aralan—si Pia sa araw at si Eric sa gabi. Nang minsang mapahiya sa klase at hindi makasagot sa math problem si Pia, isinulat niya ito sa desk ng kanyang upuan. Nang mabasa ito ni Eric, ito’y kanyang sinagutan. Nakatulong ang sagot na ito kay Pia kung kaya’t sinulatan niya ang sinumang “nagligtas” sa kanya at ito ang naging simula ng kanilang komunikasyon. Magtatanong si Pia tungkol sa kanilang assignment, at sasagutan naman ni Eric. Mula noon ay itinuring na ni Pia na kanyang savior si Eric kahit hindi pa niya ito nakikilala. Ngunit hindi pa rin magka-lakas-loob si Eric na magtapat kay Pia. At nang sa wakas ay binalak na niyang magtapat at magpakilala, nakaalis na si Pia papuntang America.
Maaring gasgas na ang temang poor boy meets rich girl ngunit nabigyan naman ito ng bagong bihis sa Let the Love Begin. Mahusay at nakakaaliw ang mga nagsiganap at naging makulay at biswal ang isang ordinaryong kuwento. May mga naging problema nga lamang sa istorya gaya ng hindi maliwanag na kuwento ng buhay nina Eric at Pia. May mga karakter din na bigla na lamang sumusulpot at nawawala sa kuwento tulad nina Tonton Gutierrez at Bearwin Meily. Marami ring insidente sa pelikula ang hindi kapani-paniwala tulad ng mga gamit na naiiwan sa silid aralan ng matagal na panahon at mga biglaang pamumuo ng pag-iibigan. Hindi maliwanag ang daloy ng damdamin sa kuwento kung kaya’t hindi masyadong nakakadala ang ibang eksena. Masyado ring malinis tingnan si Richard Gutierrez bilang janitor bukod sa hindi kapani-paniwala ang trabahong ito para sa karakteng niyang guwapo at matalino.
Ang Let the Love Begin ang pelikulang magpapanumbalik sa paniniwala ng manonood sa kapangyarihan ng pag-ibig. Dito muling ipinakita na dumarating ang pag-ibig sa kahit sino at sa tamang panahon. Kahanga-hanga rin ang malaking papel na ginampanan ng pagdarasal sa pelikula. Ang Diyos nga naman ang sentro ng lahat ng pag-iibigan kung kaya’t marapat lamang na Siya rin ang maging daan at sentro ng anumang relasyon. Kita rin sa pelikula ang pagbibigay halaga sa ating mga kaugalian tulad ng paggalang sa matanda at pagiging masunurin. Kapansin-pansin din ang tunay na pagkakaibigang namayani sa mga tauhan sa kabila ng iba’t-ibang estado sa buhay. Bagama’t pawang hindi na totoo, kahanga-hanga pa rin si Eric na bukod sa masipag at matalino ay mapagkumbaba pa ito. Bagama’t nakapaloob pa rin sa konteksto ng istorya, may ilang nakababahalang gawi ang ipinapakita sa pelikula na dapat ipaliwanag upang hindi tularan ng mga kabataang manonood: gaya ng bandalismo, pagiging delingkuwente sa pag-aaral, pagkakalat sa paligid, labis na hilig sa porma, at pagkutya sa tao dahil sa pagkamaralita nito.
(INSTANT )PRAYER
from A.D.S.
A religious man, ignoring a nagging conscience, went bear hunting on Sundays even though he knew he was being disobedient to a commandment.
He was feeling a little guilty about it as he entered the woods.
Suddenly he heard a noise close by. Quickly he tried to raise his rifle, alas, too late, for the huge grizzly bear was upon him.
Gazing in horror at the ferocious beast while the huge bear grabbed him in a bear-hug and squeezed the life out if him, he prayed with his last breath, "Please, oh God, make this bear a Christian."
Immediately the bear released him, knelt down, bowed his head and said, "Bless us Oh, Lord and this Thy gift which we are about to receive from Thy bounty..."
Amen.
"Grumpy"
from Batang Planas
A man was walking down the street when he noticed his Grandfather sitting on the porch, in the rocking chair, with nothing on from the waist down.
"Grandpa, what are you doing sitting out here with nothing on below the waist?" he asked.
The old man slyly looked at him and said, "Well, last week I sat out here with no shirt on, and I got a stiff neck. This was your Grandma's idea."
"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."
- Saint Teresa of Avila
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have
to work a day in your life."
- Confucius
COMMUNITY NEWS
"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."
- Saint Augustine
Check this site, folks, and pass the message around. This is Laurel High School alumni's presence in the net and they're having some get together stuff.
"Jesus asked me how much I love Him so I spread my arms and said "This much". I asked God how much He loves me. He spread his arms and said "This is how I died for you."
- Unknown
"may mga bagay na masaya pero corny.. pero may mga bagay na corny pero masaya.. pag kasama kita lagi masaya.. corny no? pero masaya!."
- Unknown
"A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently."
- St. Augustine
Anluwage,
Kudos to you for creating such a wonderful website. I salute you and the members of your group for spending your time and effort in this creative and positive hobby. The youth are the future of our neighborhood and it just hurt my whenever I see them wasting their lives to vices.
I hope that you could bring in more members into your group.
I am already in my golden years. A graduate of JP Laurel High School in 1968 when it was still in Solis Street. I lived in Sunog Apog Street and I still stay there with my son whenever I'm on vacation.
Being away for so many years, I long for old friends and classmates. With the wonders of cyberspace, in Sept. 2004, I created a website for Laurelians batch '68 hoping to reach other batch mates. With God's blessings, it clicked and we are able to establish contact with each other which are scattered all over the world. As of today, we have 32 former student members not to include former teachers that we are able to contact. Several mini-reunions are happening in Manila, Australia and U.S. It is just amazing and really very exciting to mingle again with old friends and classmates and bring back old happy memories. A full day is not enough for every mini reunion .
However, 32 members are just a fraction of what we wish to be contacted and we are still looking for all other fellow 1968 batch mates.
We hope that your site can assist us to relay our message to any other ex-laurelians of batch 1968 and 1969 that you or your readers may know, they may be your parents, grand parents, relatives or neighbors. We have a lot of plans on the work which includes a Grand Ruby Reunion on our 40th anniversary to be held in JPLHS Campus, we are in the process of establishing to fund a college scholarship program for deserving JPLHS students and other projects for the welfare of JPLHS students as our way to give back to our old school.
For information on how our fellow alumni can contact us is available at our website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laurelhighschool/
I hope you would not mind me putting your site as a link in our site so my fellow members especially those who lives out of the philippines, would be able to visit your site and learn about the current happenings in our beloved Gagalangin.
We would also appreciate if you can also link us in your site.
Thank you and God Bless
Roy Yabut
Couples for Christ
New York, NY
The Ten Commandments of God
I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange gods before me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Lord's day
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
- You shall not covet you neighbor's goods.
"When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
- St. Francis de Sales
NAG-IILUSYON KA LANG
Hindi animated ang artwork na ito. Dangan nga lang at tila gumagalaw ang di mo tinitingnan.
Subukan.
Courtesy of extremefunnypictures.com
"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."
- St. Teresa of Avila
BREAKING NEWS
Matinding lungkot diumano ang naramdaman ng Santo Papa, John Paul II nang mabalitaan ang pagpanaw ni Sister Maria Lucia, ang nalalabing saksi sa pagpapakita ng Mahal na Birhen sa Fatima, Portugal. Ito ay ayon sa isang insider sa Vatican.
Si Sister Lucia ay yumao sa edad na 97 noong Linggo , Pebrero 13, 2005, sa piling ng kanyang mga kasamang madre sa Convent of Coimbra, hatid na rin ng katandaan.
Ayon kay Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martin, “ Batid nating lahat ang malalim na pagkakaibigang namagitan kina Sister Lucia at Santo Papa. Ilang beses silang nagkita at para sa Santo Papa ito ay napakahalagang sandali sa diwa ng pananampalataya. “
Lagi umanong sinasabi ng Santo Papa na ang kanyang pagkakaligtas sa tangkang pagpatay sa kanya sa St. Peter’s Square noong Mayo 13, 1981 ay sa intervention na rin ng Birhen ng Fatima.
( Larawan at detalye mula sa Catholic Online )
"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."
- St. Francis of Asisi
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KARAOKE-MANIA
By Mike Flores
Likas na mahilig kumanta ang mga Pilipino. Bawat handaan o pagtitipon tiyak may kantahan. Lalo na ng maimbento ang karaoke at videoke, basta may mic at tugtog, kanta na si Juan dela Cruz. Kaya minarapat ng manunulat na ito na suriin ang ilang web site na nag-aalok ng mga libreng karaoke.
BLESSA.COM - Punong-puno ng pag-ibig ang site na ito sapagkat karamihan ng mga awit na nakapaloob dito ay patungkol sa pag-ibig. Simple ngunit elegante ang lay-out nito kaya hindi mahirap buksan ng browser. Hindi nga lang ito mabuting source ng music habang nagsi-surf ka sa internet o nagcha-chat dahil hindi mo ito maririnig kapag naka-minimize. Pwede bang i-download ang mga kanta? HINDI.
Ratings : * * * *
TRISTANCAFE.COM - Ang site na ito ay parang kare-kare - maraming sangkap. Mayroon itong message board, mga jokes, chat, columns, atbpa. Subalit ang kanyang pinaka-karne ay ang streaming music at sing-a-long features nito.
Bagama't tunog-lata ang ilan sa mga kanta sa kanilang streaming music, pwede na rin pagtiyagaan dahil may mga bagong awit namang nakapaloob dito, kasama na ang "Bulaklak" ng The Company.
Nakakaaliw naman ang listahan ng kanilang karaoke songs dahil variety ang genre nito, inclusing Batibot theme. Downloadable ba ang mga kanta? HINDI.
Ratings: * * *
Trivia > Si Roberto " Bert " del Rosario, isang Pinoy inventor, ang nakaimbento ng Karaoke Sing-a-long system dala na rin ng kanyang passion sa musika. Kabilang sa kanyang credit ang 20 pang patented inventions.
There are 3 kinds of people: those who make things happens, those who watch things happens and those who wonders what happened.
- anonymous
FORWARDED
HEADLINES
from quashimodo@hotmail.com
Bata nalunod, natagpuan…basa!
Palaisdaan, nasunog!!!
Tahanang Walang Hagdan, inakyat!!!
Bakla sumali sa away, napasubo!!!
Bagong tuli nagyabang, lumaki ang ulo!!!
Bulag nakapatay, nagdilim daw ang paningin!!!
Tindera ng suka, tinoyo!!!
Teacher nagkamali, tinuruan ng leksyon!!!
Eroplano nag-crash, lahat ng pasahero namatay sabi ng mga survivor!!!
Basurero nagsampa ng kaso, binasura!!!
Dahil may reklamo, eskwelahan ng mga bingi, nag-noise barrage!!!
Tubero, nagka-tulo!!!
Lalaki natagpuang pugot ang ulo, inaalam pa kung buhay!!!
Barbero tumestigo sa krimen, ayaw paniwalaan!!!
Misis ng photographer, nakunan!!!
Tindera ng tubig, namatay sa uhaw!!!
Kaso ng pilay, nilalakad!!!
Invisible man, nakita na!
THE PERFECT HEART
from Arnel G. Matias
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most
beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.
The people stared - how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."
"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty
place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty
gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.
Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect
anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.
True story: ((daw!))
from HidaLGO DE aRRABAL
Last week, I left Manila with a couple of friends heading toward Punta Fuego in Batangas, when I decided to stop at a comfort station in a relatively new Gas station in Tagaytay. Being a new gas station, this place would have a clean banyo and pwede na just right clean facility to take a good crap : )
The first stall was occupied (my theory was correct) so I went into the second one. Just when I was seated and poised to emit a very "silent" fart, I heard a voice from the next toilet: "Hi, how are you doing?" Putek!!! I thought in my mind. I am certainly not the type to chat with strangers in highway comfort rooms or any comfort room for that >matter. Normally, I would keep as dead silent as possible in a situation like this so no one would think I was there. What was I to do? run? keep quiet? So many questions in my mind. I really don't know quite what possessed me, but anyway, I answered, a little embarrassed: "OK LANG, pare!" And the stranger said: "Whats up with you?"
Talk about your unnervingly dumb questions! WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY? (In my mind) I was really beginning to think this was just TOO WEIRD! So I said: "WELL, JUST LIKE YOU I'M MAKING TAE."
Then, I heard the person, all upset, say, "Look, I'll call you back, there's some idiot in the next toilet answering all the questions I am asking you."
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
- St. Augustine
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PARA SA MGA SOBRANG PIHIKAN
You know, love is just like someone waiting for a bus. When the bus comes, you look at it and you said to yourself "eeee...so full....cannot sit down". So you said to yourself, "I'll wait for the next one". So you let the bus go and waited for the second bus.
Then the second bus came, you looked at it you said , "eeee...this bus so old...surely very uncomfortable one." So you let the bus go and again, decided to wait for the next bus. After a while another bus came, it's not crowded, not old but you said, "eeee... no air-con one...and the weather is so warm, better waitfor the next one". So again you let the bus go and decided to wait for the next bus.
Then the sky started to get dark as it is getting late. You panicked and jump on to the next bus. It is not until much later that you found out that you had boarded on to the wrong bus! ( you dislike it ) So you wasted your time and money waiting for what you want! Even if an aircon bus comes, you can't ensure that the aircon bus won't break down or whether will the aircon be too cold for you? So people...(mostly gals!) wanting to get what you want is not wrong. But it wouldn't hurt to give other people a chance, right?
If you found that the "bus" doesn't suit you just press the red button and get off the bus! (as simple as that!) ( iyon nga lang minsan aabutan ka ng conductor tapos sisingilin ka malaki maski blower laang ang gumagana tapos ang sabinaka aircon. ... hey who said life is fair. the best thing to do is be observant andscrutinize the bus. If it doesn't suit you, get off. But you must always have an extrasomething which you could use for the next bus that comes.
But wait........ I'm sure you have this experience before. You saw a bus coming (the bus you want of course) you flagged it but the driver act blur by pretending not seeing you and zoomed pass you! (waiting for theperfect lady but when you meet her she doesn't see you as the perfect man forher... ka-inis!) Well, and when the bus zoomed pass, what you may have to do is WALK!!! The bottom line is being loved is like waiting for a bus you want. To geton the bus and give the bus a chance depends totally on you. And walking is likebeing out of love!!.... The only good side on it is that you can still choose any bus you want...the rest who couldn't afford to walk would just have to be contented.One more thing....sometimes it better to choose a brand of bus which you are already familiarwith rather than gamblewith a brand that is unfamiliar to you. Life is really fun, don't you agree?
PERO THERE'S ONE BUS THAT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU. THE BUS THAT YOU DON'T HAVETO WAIT FOR...KUSA SYANG HIHINTO AND WILL ASK YOU TO COME OVER AND TAKE A FREE RIDE FORTHE REST OF YOUR TRIP."
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing animperfect person perfectly.".... perfectly for you to love & adore.
from
Art B. Reyes
SAMPUNG UTOS SA PAG-INOM
1.Huwag makulit habang umiinom
2.Huwag matakaw sa pulutan(dahil itoy hindi picnic)
3.Huwag patagalin ang baso(dahil my naghihintay)
4.Huwag uminom ng uminom(bumili ka rin)
5.Uminom ng diretso sa tiyan(huwag sa ulo)
6.Magpaalam kung uuwi na, hind iyung bigla nlang mawawala
7.Magtira ng pamasahe(para hindi maglakad pauwing bahay)
8.Huwag matulog sa harap nginuman kung may tama o lasing na
9.Siguraduhing sa bahay ang uwi kapag lasing na
10.Huwag manakit pag ikaw ay lacng!
from
Oliver Cruz of R. Fernandez St.
JOKE KO'TOAnak,
Medyo mabagal akong magsulat ngayon dahil alam kong mabagal ka ring magbasa. Nandito na kami sa Estados Unidos para bantayan ang bagong biling bahay ng kapatid mo. Pero hindi ko maibigay sa iyo ang address dahil dinala ng dating nakatira ang address para daw hindi na sila magpalit ng address.
Maganda ang lugar na ito at malayo sa Manila. Dalawang beses lang umulan sa linggong ito,tatlong araw noong unaat apat na araw noong pangalawa.Nakakainis lang ang mga paninda dito katulad nun nabili ko na shampoo dahil ayaw bumula. Nakasulat kasi "FOR DRY HAIR" kaya hindi ko binabasa ang buhok ko pag ginagamit ko. Mamaya ay ibabalik ko sa Walmart at magrereklamo ako.
Noong isang araw naman ay hindi ako makapasok sa bahay dahil ayaw bumukas ng padlock. Nakasulat kasi ay "YALE", eh aba namalat na ako sa kasisigaw ay hindi pa din bumubukas. Magrereklamo din ako sa nagbenta ng bahay, akala nila hindi ko alam na SIGAW ang tagalog ng "YALE", wise yata ito!
Mayroon nga pala akong nabili na magandang jacket at tiyak na magugustuhan mo. Ipinadala ko na sa iyo sa "Federal Express" medyo mahal daw dahil mabigat ang mga butones kaya ang ginawa ko ay tinanggal ko na lang ang mga butones at inilagay ko na lang sa bulsa ng jacket. Ikabit mo nalang pag dating diyan.
Nagpadala rin ako ng tseke para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo, hindi ko na pinirmahan dahil gusto ko na maging anonymous donor. Nakakahiya naman kung ipagkakalat ko pa.Ang kapatid mo palang si Jhun ay may trabaho na dito, mayroon siyang 500 na tao sa ilalim niya. Nag-gugupit siya ngayon ng damo sa memorial park, okey naman ang kita above minimum ang sahod.
Nakapanganak na rin pala ang ate baby mo, hindi ko pa alam kung babae o lalake kaya hindi ko pa masasabi na kung ikaw ay bagong uncle or auntie. Wala na akong masyadong balita. Sumulat ka na lang ng madalas.
Love,Papa
p.s. Maglalagay sana ako ng pera, kaya lang ay naisara ko na ang envelope. Next time na lang ha?
fromADORABLEPENN
ANG PAGTUKSO KAY JESUS
Unang Pagbasa: Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Pagkatapos ay hinubog ni Yahweh-Diyos ang Tao mula sa alabok ng lupa, at inihinga sa ilong nito ang hininga ng buhay, at nabuhay ang Tao. Nagtanim ang Diyos ng isang hardin sa Eden, sa silangan; at doon niya inilagay ang Taong kanyang hinubog. Pinasibol ni Yahweh-Diyos sa lupa ang lahat ng punongkahoy na maganda sa tingin at mabuting kainin. At inilagay niya sa gitna ng hardin ang Puno ng Buhay at ang Puno ng Kaalaman tungkol sa Mabuti at Masama.
Pinakatuso ang ahas sa lahat ng mababangis na hayop na ginawa ni Yahweh-Diyos. Sinabi nito sa babae: “Sinabi ba talaga ng Diyos – Hindi kayo dapat kumain ng bunga ng alinmang puno sa hardin?” Sinabi ng babae sa ahas: “Makakain namin ang mga bunga ng mga puno sa hardin, ngunit para sa bunga ng punong nasa gitna ng hardin sinabi ng Diyos – Huwag ninyong kakanin iyon ni hipuin man lang, kung hindi’y mamamatay kayo.”
Sinabi ng ahas sa babae: “Hindi kayo mamamatay, ngunit alam ng Diyos na sa oras na kainin ninyo iyon, mamumulat ang inyong mga mata at matutulad kayo sa mga diyos na alam ang mabuti at masama.”
Sa tingin ng babae ay katakam-takam ang bunga ng puno at masarap kainin – at tunay na magandang paraan upang magtamo ng kaalaman. Kaya pumitas siya ng mga bunga niyon at kumain, at inabutan niya kaagad ang kanyang asawa na kasama niya. At kumain din iyon.
Namulat sila kapwa at nalaman nilang sila ay hubad. Kaya pinagtagni-tagni nila ang mga dahon ng igos at ginawa nilang tapi.
Ikalawang Pagbasa: Rom 5:12-19
Sa pamamagitan ng iisang tao pumasok ang kasalanan sa daigdig; at sa pamamagitan ng kasalanan, ang kamatayan. At umabot ang kamatayan sa lahat ng tao dahil nagkasala ang lahat. Nasa daigdig na ang kasalanan, pero wala pang matatawag na paglabag dahil wala pang Batas. Kaya mula kay Adan hanggang kay Moises, napailalim sa kamatayan maging ang mga hindi nagkasala dahil sa paglabag sa utos - gaya ni Adan - na siyang anino lamang ng ibang darating na Adan.
Ganyan ang pagkadapa. Ngunit walang kaparis ang bisa ng kaloob ng Diyos. Namatay ang lahat dahil sa kasalanan ng isa lamang; ngunit mas dumadami pa ang regalo ng Diyos, ang masaganang libreng kaloob na umabot sa napakaraming tao mula sa isang tao na si Jesucristo. Noo’y may isang makasalanan lamang. Mas malawak naman ang kaloob. Mula sa isang hinatulan ang paghatol, ngunit ngayon, marami ang mga makasalanang na-ging matuwid. Iisa ang nagkasala noon, at mula sa iisa lamang naghari ang kamatayan, ngunit ngayon, kay sagana ng kaloob na regalo ng kabanalang tinatanggap ng mga maghahari sa kaharian ng buhay sa pamamagitan ng iisang Jesucristo!…
Ebanghelyo: Mt 4:1-11
Dinala ng Espiritu si Jesus sa disyerto upang tuksuhin siya ng diyablo. Pagkatapos ng apatnapung araw at apatnapung gabing di kumakain, nagutom si Jesus. Kaya lumapit sa kanya ang demonyo at sinabi: “Kung ikaw nga ang Anak ng Diyos, utusan mo ang mga batong ito na maging tinapay.” Ngunit sumagot si Jesus: “Sinasabi ng Kasulatan: Hindi sa tinapay lamang nabubuhay ang tao kundi sa bawat namumutawi sa bibig ng Diyos.”
Dinala naman siya ng diyablo sa Banal na Lunsod, inilagay siya sa nakausling pader ng Templo, at sinabi: “Kung ikaw ang Anak ng Diyos, tumalon ka paibaba pagkat sinasabi ng Kasulatan: Uutusan ng Diyos ang kanyang mga anghel para sa iyo. Bubuhatin ka nila upang hindi matisod ang iyong paa sa bato.” Sumagot si Jesus: “Ngunit sinasabi rin ng Kasulatan: Huwag mong hamunin ang Panginoon mong Diyos.”
At agad na dinala ng diyablo si Jesus sa isang napakataas na bundok at ipinakita sa kanya ang lahat ng bansa ng daigdig sampu ng kayamanan at kadakilaan ng mga ito. At sinabi sa kanya: “Ibibigay ko sa iyo ang lahat ng ito kung luluhod ka at sasamba sa akin.” Kaya sumagot si Jesus: “Lumayo ka, Satanas! Sinasabi nga ng Kasulatan: Sambahin mo ang Panginoon mong Diyos; siya lamang ang iyong paglilingkuran.”
Kaya iniwan siya ng diyablo at lumapit naman ang mga anghel at naglingkod sa kanya.
Reflections:
Out of limits
By Pietro BS Albano
Jesus answered, "But the scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.' " (Mt 4:7; TEV-Second edition © 1992)
"Huwag nyo akong subukan!," cried one Philippine president in his inaugural speech. People cheered him for uttering these bold words. The country was graft-ridden that a leader who means business was more than required of. High hopes for him and the nation pervaded the air, but it was short-lived. He was found to be involved with the evils that he swore to fight. Further more, he was a womanizer. He may have thought that as president, he can do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. Some quarters did not take heed of his battle cry. They tested him. The result? He was found wanting. EDSA 2 brought him down.
Like that infamous president, we often forget our limitations. We know that our income is only this much and yet we spend a fortune for things that may not be worthless at all, but are not essential for our well-being. We have been told by the doctor never to smoke or drink because we are ill, yet every now and then we ignore those advices that may be for our advantage. We are in abject poverty yet every year needy families have another mouth to feed.
We try God in every way possible each time we don't pay attention to our limitations.
( The Bible Readings are courtesy of "ANG PANDESAL" by Claretians Communications Philippines )
SACRIFICES IN THE SACRED LENTEN SEASON
"Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Sacred Lenten Season for us Christians. These Forty Days of Lent are as sacred to us as Ramadan is to our Moslem Brothers and Sisters. Let us, therefore, prepare to enter this holy season in the spirit of prayer and generosity to take on sacrifice and the discipline of self.
“For some, sacrifice begins slowly as an attitude of the heart, and then as a willingness to do better, or just yielding to the prompting to give a little bit more for the cause of the poor. For very many of our brothers and sisters, life is already sacrifice. And yet beyond fasting as inflicting pain to one’s self, God looks at freeing the oppressed, sharing one’s food with the hungry, sheltering the homeless, as the special forms of fasting and sacrifice. (Isaiah 58:5-7).
We can still find prayer in the Church, in our hearts, in the moments of quiet, in the Sacrament, in the Eucharist, in reading or singing of the Pasyon ng Panginoon.
Our Lord Jesus Christ went to his own forty days and forty nights in the desert to pray, to fast and to be tempted. (Mt 4:1-11).
The Lenten Season is the closest most of us, Christians, can make the Spiritual Exercises. Let us make it at least in spirit, that accompanying Jesus Christ through these forty days, we may—as better Christians and Citizens—share in His Glory and the Joy at the Resurrection. This time of Lent, let us pray and care for one another.
God love and Bless Us All.
ANG MAHIWAGANG BABAE AT SI BERNADETTE
Isang hapon ng Huwebes, Pebrero 11, 1858, si Bernadette Soubirous, 14 taong gulang, kasama ang kanyang kapatid na si Marie at isang kaibigan ay namulot ng mga kahoy na panggatong malapit sa ilog. Sa di kalayuan ay nakarinig siya ng kakaibang tunog at dagundong. Namangha siya nang kanyang hanapin at lingunin ang pinagmumulan ng kakaibang tunog na iyon. Ito ay galing sa isang babaeng may maamong mukha, nakadamit ng puti na may alapay na asul, ang ulo ay natatakluban ng puting belo, at hubad ang mga paang nababalutan ng mga bulaklak. Ito ay nakatayo sa bunganga ng isang grotto o kuweba na kung tawagin ay Massabielle. Sa kanyang kanang kamay ay hawak niya ang isang rosaryo at nagsabing sabayan siya ng bata sa pagdarasal ng mga hiling ng Birhen.
Labingwalong ulit pang nagpakita ang mahiwagang babae kay Bernadette na lingid sa kanyang kaalaman na ito ay ang Mahal Na Birhen. Ang Mahal na Ina ay nag-utos sa kanya upang humukay at inumin ang tubig na bumukal dito. Kalaunan, ang hukay ay naging isang malaking bukal at ipinangako ng Mahal na Birhen na ito ay maghahatid ng lunas sa sinumang mangangailangan nito.
Hiniling din ng Birhen kay Bernadette na sabihan ang Kura ng lugar na iyon na magtayo ng kapilya sa dakong iyon bilang alaala ng kanyang aparisyon. Subalit si Bernadette ay hindi pinaniwalaan ng Kura at sa halip siya ay hinamon nito na sabihin sa mahiwagang babae na magpakita ng milagro.
At ito ay tinugon ng Mahal na Birhen. Marso 25, sinabi ng Birhen kay Bernadette na sabihin sa Kura na siya ang Inmaculada Concepcion, bagay na lingid pa sa kaalaman ng mga simpleng mananampalataya noong panahon iyon, Lalo’t higit sa isang katorse anyos na dalagita.
Taong 1862, lubos na tinanggap ng Simbahan ang mga aparisyong ito na naganap sa Lourdes, France. Magmula noon hanggang ngayon, libu-libo na ang mananampalataya ang napapagaling ng bukal na iyon. Samantalang si Bernadette ay naging madre at namatay noong 1879. Siya ay idineklarang Santa noong 1933, hindi dahil sa aparisyon kundi dahil sa kanyang simpleng buhay sa paglilingkod.
Regaining Flavour
By Pietro BS Albano
"But if salt loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again. It has become worthless, so it is thrown out and people trample on it. " (Matthew 5:13; TEV - Second edition © 1992)
When I made a visit to the Philippines last month, I was shocked at the sight of shanties that have inundated the already populous metropolis. Further more, the growing number of unemployed people who could hardly put their body and soul together. I felt really sorry for our countrymen who have been jobless and therefore penniless for quite a time. They have been at the low point of their lives, like salt that has lost its flavour. Indeed, they become prey to people who would look down at them or worse, give them false hope like what most dirty politicians do to their poor and hapless constituents.
February 6 is marked to remember the unemployed. Let's help them re-discover the 'salt' in them and share what we have --- introduce them to a friend who may be looking for a worker, give them counsel, pray for them and with them, etc --- so they may rise up from where they have fallen.
