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
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."
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