bits and pieces

• It felt so surreal as I tore the November page of my calendar and in comes December...  it's really amazing how fast time flies, cliche as it may sound...it really is...

• As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” – Romans 10:15.  I was reminded of the pain my gout is making me experience...I will take care of my health na.

• 
  Was talking to Mama E...  --  Sometimes it takes a long time to find the joy in your suffering.  --  Sometimes your sufferings were given not just for you to learn but to teach the people closest to you very valuable lessons that they can learn from seeing you suffering.  --  When you've done your part, it's time to simply pray and believe in them.  --  It's their turn;  it's their journey, it'll be their experiences and lessons.  -- You might not have prepared them for everythign but at least they have something to start off with. --

abilities - choices

We were doing a marathon of HP Movies.  Last night we're on HP 2.
Was struck by the last few scenes with Harry and Dumbledore talking.
Dumbledore said something similar to it's not about the abilities that you have but the choices that you make...
Hmmm...nice line, I thought.

Then this morning, I was reading a Yahoo News Article about Leslie Nielsen who passed away last Sunday (may he rest in peace).

And I quote:

"...As soon as he graduated from high school at 17, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, even though he was legally deaf (he wore hearing aids most of his life.)

After the war, Nielsen worked as a disc jockey at a Calgary radio station, then studied at a Toronto radio school operated by Lorne Greene, who would go on to star on the hit TV series "Bonanza." A scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse brought him to New York, where he immersed himself in live television."

A legally deaf guy (whatever that means, he's still 'deaf) who went on to work as a disc jockey.  Cool.  He was not hindered by his in-ability...he definitely made the right choice/s.

May I have the same discernment to make the right choices and not be consumed by my abilities...

-bhey-

thank you for converting her...
for making her realize...
and she's now an advocate...
actively advicing against it...

months ago, I thought I couldn't change her mind
now...I couldn't...
BUT I know, God allowed her to experience it
so she herself would know it first-hand
not by teachings
not by hearsays
not by peer pressure

she's now a very convincing advocate

thank You, Lord.
truly, in Your perfect time
You make all things beautiful, perfect, and fall into its proper place
may she continue to be an advocate
may she always find the real reason behind it all
may she never fail to remind other sisters
thank you.
I feel so overwhelmed, I want to say
I am proud of her
and I am proud of my God

this is not a book review

just finished reading a book, a pocketbook actually.
ahhhmmm...

just finished ranting as to how it has left me...dot, dot, dot.
(lost for words!) don't know how to describe my emotions

but probing deeper...
I realized, I rode on the lead character's emotions
I agreed with her, supported her
her decisions, her crazy ideas
I silently voted for her out-of-the-blue-gestures
and silently chided her friends for not agreeing with her
and what 'we' (the lead character and me) thought was the 'right' way to take
backfired at us
lalo na sa akin...

did I relate to her character so much that when she 'failed' with her expectations
I felt her devastation was also mine

and now I am really thinking that this book is no coincidence
and is a wakeup call for me...
So, shall I wake up, now na?
:)

All I know is that I don't want to end up like her
I've decided, I believe, weeks ago (even before I read this book)
that I'll steer clear of occasions, events, situations, or any insinuations
that would lead me to assume that there is something, whatever that 'something' is.
argh!
And I need to be realistic...
So that I'll have tangible results
Correct.

If it's doodling when you're drawing
And it's babling when you're talking
It's called blogging when you're writing
argh!

Thanks to Abi...and Juno.
Especially to Juno.

La lang...

For now, I simply want to bask in the good feeling that I was able to finish reading a book
Thank you, Lord for the opportunity to finish one.
even a short one at that.

As for the book...
am not sure if the writer is so good that she was able to make me take on Abi's choices
or I'm just somehow going through something similar to what Abi went through

sabi nga ni Claire, between dinner and the morning star...star tlaga!
:)

and yes, I'll wake up na po...
Am wide awake na...

weird

went to BH yesterday for a check-up.
met with the orthopaedic surgeon
was asked to go for an x-ray
that's when a weird thing happened...

while waiting for my turn in the x-ray dept. lobby
the receptionist was talking loudly on the phone.

R: Yes, Leila... Leila, okay...and you want to speak to...

(i'm used to hearing her name...arabic name din kasi for girls)
but...

R: Okay. one moment

mejo mdami pa sinabi si receptionist but what I heard loud and clear

R: yes, Leila wants to speak to Doctor Espinosa. 

now, she got my attention big time.

R: Okay, Leila for Doctor Melanie Espinosa.

weird!

HP 7.1

20112010. Dubai Mall

with Chinkee.Jeanette.Gina*

Looking forward to HP7.2

*tenks for the treat!

The Day Originality, Creativity, and the Desire To Excel DIED

THE DAY ORIGINALITY, CREATIVITY, and the DESIRE TO EXCEL DIED!

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I am one who would usually (often, actually) GET inspiration from various media whenever I am preparing advertisements, teasers, event concepts.

But this... coming from a Department who wants to send its message to the WORLD...

no more...no words in the dictionary fit for ...argh!

Inquirer Article 1

an attempt to deny the wrongful act only made it worse.

The Philippine tourism department swiftly denied it imitated the Polska official travel website badge, only to admit Friday it actually did, and countered: “First of all, Poland doesn’t have a copyright on the font.”

And the ART OF BLAMING OTHERS is utilized...

“We shall take this experience as a cautionary tale against giving in to the client and allowing their over-enthusiasm to override our better judgment. It was a reminder that the road to perdition is paved with good intentions,” Consunji said.

Inquirer Article 2

Now, feel the wrath of the people...

Anonymous was more harsh in his comment: “Disgrace. Total disgrace. If there is little self-respect to the designer who made this, the only option is to resign and pursue another profession.

“Design is not about good layout, cool colors and fantastic use of fonts. It is an expression of excellence and a rendition of dignity. I see none of these from this shameless work.”

Blogger Richie was, well, comical. "Maybe it’s just a coincidence... a coincidence that the fonts are the same, same waves, same started with P, both have tree. Do you think there are just too many coincidences? I think so, too.”

14Nov - 21Nov

the (blessed) week that was
*sa naaalala ko na lang

14Sun
Dinner with Gandang Household
Heard Holy Mass
First Time ko sa Fish & Co.
Returned Yaris to T2
Starbucks at T2
Late night chikka with blanca

15Mon
Down with katamaran and sickness
Stayed home, didn't attend HH

Eid Holidays na!

16Tue
Failed attempt to hear 6AM Mass
Meeting with SW2 Team
Visited Music Min Practice
McDonald's Delivery Service

17Wed
6AM Mass, Check. Yes!
Videoke with Housemates
Labadidang in between
Visited Lorelei

18Thu
Drove Gina to the Terminal
6AM Mass,Check. Praise God!
Career na agad for SW2, groceries and all.
Then off to Sharjah.

19Fri
SW2
David's 1st Bday

20Sat
Drove Gina to the office
9AM Mass, Happy Christ the King!
Orthopaedic Doc Visit
Financial Statement for SW2 with Cass
Dinner at Jollibee
HP 7.1 at Dubai Mall

Futuristic
21Sun
Dinner with my Unit Househodl at Pita
kasi Talah's here for the Eid Holidays!

In summary, experienced the 'past,present,future' of my life.
Many firsts (first resto, first brand new car, first videoke sa haus)
Felt blessed, victorious, rested, scared & fearful, tired, refreshed...
and the list can go on...
All praise and honor to a wonderful God who allows me to experience all
AND still be amazed with His love and end up thankful & grateful HE is my God.

SW2 Nov2010

A very fitting event to close 2010 and to start 2011 anew!

Thank you to all who participated, attendees and service team alike!

And to our powerful and God-sent speakers,too!

Praise GOD for a victorious, refreshing, spirit-filled, love-rich weekend!

Thank you, Father for the opportunity to head another event for you.

PACMAN

Pacquiao transcends sporting world

It’s not often that the President of the United States serves as an opening act for another politician, but to boxing promoter Bob Arum, that’s exactly what happened Sunday on “60 Minutes.”



After Steve Kroft’s interview with President Obama, a profile of Manny Pacquiao, the true star of the show in Arum’s eyes, was broadcast.


Pacquiao – Congressman Manny Pacquiao, to those in the Sarangani province of the Philippine Islands – has become not only the best boxer in the world, but also the most beloved since Muhammad Ali.


CBS correspondent Bob Simon, who traveled to the Philippines to do the “60 Minutes” profile and was twice stood up for interviews by the notoriously hard to pin down fighter, opened the segment by noting “We haven’t done many stories about boxers, but there’s good reason to do one now.”


Pacquiao, who meets Antonio Margarito on Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the World Boxing Council super welterweight title for what could be, depending upon who is doing the counting, a championship in a record eighth weight class, has a global influence now that extends far beyond the borders of his beloved homeland.


At Arum’s request, Pacquiao left training in Los Angeles on Oct. 29 to fly to Las Vegas to help boost Sen. Harry Reid’s chances of re-election. Reid, the Senate majority leader and one of the most powerful politicians in the country, was in the toughest race of his career. The local newspaper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, was gleefully reporting his demise and leading the charge against him. Reid’s negatives among would-be voters were astronomical. He trailed upstart challenger Sharron Angle in nearly every public opinion poll.


Las Vegas is home to a large Filipino population and Reid needed all the help he could get in what was a very tight race. When Pacquiao arrived for the joint appearance with Reid and Arum at Orr Middle School, the crowd looked as if it could have been in Manila. The gym was filled with Filipinos.


Reid won the election by about 40,000 votes.


Pacquiao, publicist Fred Sternburg noted, didn’t simply lend his dazzling smile to Reid’s re-election effort. Sternburg was in Los Angeles with Pacquiao, coordinating his public relations effort, and discovered Pacquiao researching the Nevada campaign and Reid’s stances on the issues.


“He didn’t just want to show up and smile and wave and then fly back (to Los Angeles),” Sternburg said. “Just in the time I’ve worked with him, he’s grown tremendously. Since the (Joshua) Clottey fight (on March 13), I’ve noticed a visible change in his temperament, in his demeanor. I think he realizes that being a public servant is his calling and that this is what he was meant to do.”


Arum has promoted boxing for nearly a half century, and for much of that time, he’s had to beg, plead and cajole the media to take an interest in his shows.


Boxing is largely a forgotten sport in the United States, particularly among the mainstream media, and only when a truly major bout come along does it get even cursory interest outside the boxing press. The Washington Post doesn’t cover the sport at all. The New York Times rarely does. The same is true of the Chicago Tribune.


Arum promoted a bout in Las Vegas on Saturday between Juan Manuel Lopez and Rafael Marquez that was legitimately touted as a potential Fight of the Year candidate. No reporter from a major newspaper outside of Las Vegas bothered to make the trip. Even the Associated Press, which has one of its national sports columnists based in Las Vegas, skipped the event, hiring a stringer to write a short piece.


But Arum wasn’t bemoaning the lack of coverage of a stellar fight on Saturday because he could barely wait for the “60 Minutes” piece on Sunday. It was the latest in a series of profiles of the one-time street urchin by major media outlets which usually shun boxing.


Media at all levels, from tiny, boxing-specific websites to monolith media outlets such as CBS, have all taken a crack at profiling the man that biographer Gary Andrew Poole says “is a much bigger character than just a boxer.”


Sternburg was hired as Pacquiao’s publicist in 2005, just before a fight with Erik Morales. By that stage, Pacquiao was already a legend among boxing insiders, but he was a virtual unknown among the wider audience in the U.S. In order to generate attention for Pacquiao and the pay-per-view fight, Sternburg resorted to gimmicks such as the mysterious “Manila Ice” punch that Pacquiao was supposedly working on in secret. Now, Sternburg has to play traffic cop and sort out the incredible list of demands for Pacquiao’s time down to a manageable few.


Pacquiao appeared on the ABC late night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last week and sang a duet of the John Lennon song, “Imagine” with actor Will Ferrell. He was profiled in Time Magazine and appeared on the cover of its Asian edition. CNN International did a half-hour segment on him. Magazines such as Esquire, GQ and The Atlantic, which rarely cover sports, let alone boxing, did profiles of him. The New York Times regularly sends a reporter now to cover Pacquiao. NPR’s Weekend Edition did a long segment on his plans to help his countrymen a few days before his 2009 fight with Ricky Hatton. He’s also on the cover of the November issue of American Airlines’ in-flight magazine, which has never before profiled a boxer.


Pacquiao has become one of the most recognizable athletes in the world and the most significant boxer on the world stage since Ali. He’s beloved in the Philippines, where his name recognition, as Poole says, “is probably 101 percent.”


“He is adored,” Simon said of the love his countrymen have for Pacquiao on “60 Minutes: Overtime” that aired on the Internet after the show was over on television. “I can’t think of any other person in the world who has ever been so adored by his people.”


Poole, whose recently released biography of Pacquiao, “PacMan,” is the best-selling boxing book on Amazon.com, spent two weeks in the Philippines and got a first-hand glimpse of that adoration.


He tagged along with Pacquiao as the boxer was on the campaign trail, running for a seat in the Filipino Congress representing the Sarangani province.


“I followed him out into the jungle where he was making a campaign speech and that’s when I realized the depth of the love they have for this guy,” Poole said. “We’re in the middle of a jungle – Who here could even imagine a campaign stop like that? – and there were literally thousands of people there. They were looking at him like a demigod. When he’d walk the streets, they’d just reach out and try to touch his shirt.


“We love our sports figures in the U.S., but he’s bigger than a sports figure over there. When he speaks, it transcends all class and cultural boundaries. Everyone listens. He’s a one in a 92 million story.”


Pacquiao had a sense early in his life that he was put on Earth to serve his countrymen. As his success as a boxer has increased and he’s become wealthier, Pacquiao has been able to do more for his country. The day after he was sworn into office, Pacquiao went scuba diving in order to promote tourism.


He’s worked tirelessly to build a hospital in Sarangani and took time off from training for the Margarito fight, much to the consternation of trainer Freddie Roach, to fly to Manila to discuss the project with Filipino President Benigno S. Aquino III.


“What this guy means to that country is something that you couldn’t understand in a hundred years unless you went there and saw it,” Arum said.


During the “60 Minutes” piece, Pacquiao noted that he’d reached all of his goals in boxing. He’s held world championships at flyweight, super bantamweight, super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight and welterweight. He didn’t win a title belt at featherweight, but stopped the great Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003 to win the linear championship. And on Saturday, the man who began his career as a 106-pounder will meet Margarito for a super welterweight belt.


Pacquiao told Simon, though, that win or lose against Margarito, he’s accomplished all he’d set out to do in boxing. He’s widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world and is rapidly moving up the all-time rankings.


“I already achieved my goals in boxing, my dreams in boxing,” Pacquiao said to Simon. “And what I want to achieve more is in public service, you know. I want to be a champion there.”


Arum has gone on record numerous times suggesting that Pacquiao is the greatest fighter he’s even seen, including Ali. And the venerable promoter, who was once a U.S. Attorney in the Kennedy administration, believes that Pacquiao will some day be elected president of the Philippines.


It would be an extraordinary rise for a young man who came from one of the poorest families in one of the poorest countries on Earth. But after what he’s seen in the last five years, nothing Pacquiao can do will surprise Arum.


“There isn’t a shadow of doubt in my mind that he’ll be the president of the Philippines,” Arum says, resolutely. “None. He’s an incredibly bright guy. I watched him campaign for his seat in Congress and he was going up against a very established, entrenched opponent. Manny ran in 2007 and he didn’t have the right people around him and he didn’t campaign the right way and he lost.


“But he learned from that and he ran a brilliant campaign. I was out there watching him and he was speaking in all these different dialects and it was a side of him I’d never seen. It was awe-inspiring. I was so touched by what he was doing, I can only imagine what it must have been like to have been a Filipino listening to him. There’s never been anyone like this kid and there probably never will be.”


God bless sa laban, Pac-Man!

techy...

At the same time, islanders and summer residents alike regularly complain about all the people who now walk around the main streets of St. James, staring at a smart phone screen or iPad instead of their beautiful surroundings.



source

are we being too techy-savvy...that we fail to appreciate the 'real' happenings and going-ons?

random wants

wants part 1...

as random as it can get...

some far fetched...some quite attainable...

and am not sure 'when' part 2 would be available...just want to mean it's just a few of what i wants.... *winks*



mangga at bagoong

-the food aspect-



Jenga!
- the play aspect -



Car Racing
(watch lang...not participate in one)
- the driver-in-me aspect



videoke
sing and win *winks*
- the 'songstress** in me aspect -
(**songstress - when i sing songs, people get stressed, thus, songstress)



Go back to Seychelles

- the nunal-sa-paa aspect -



Parola
to meet again and ACTUALLY release a new issue
- the frustrated MassComm student/Journalist-in-me aspect -

whew!
;D

am just reading...

NU Homepage

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i don't know how and where to begin...

i'm not a HUGE fan of rock but NU made me appreciate 'rock

i'll stop writing muna...

too early to chronicle the emotions...

NU no more...

manila bulletin

inquirer lifestyle

abs-cbn

got the word from a tumblr post...
went google-crazy...
it's true...

After 23 years, the all-rock format FM station DWNU 107.5 signed off the air for the last time at midnight, Sunday.

Station manager Chris Hermosisima was the last one to take the microphone. He thanked God, his family and station big boss Atom Henares “for the trust” and reminded everyone to “disperse quietly” amid hearty cheers and laughs before calling off for the last time the NU 107 station ID.


They then segued into the Eraserheads’ “Huling El Bimbo” as the final song for the “longest running and best rock and roll station.”

DWNU 107.5 officially went off the air at 12:05 a.m.

saaed

second official* bangga in Abu Dhabi

good thing is...it ain't my fault. bow.

Better (Bitter) Me

I just want to rest.
Be on my own.
Away from people who triggers bad attitude, painful memories;
Who do not make me a better person.

I'll miss you for sure.
I'd want you by my side, of course.
I'd be jealous and resentful because you chose her over me.

But I'll be over all of these, I claim.
For I want a better me.
And a better me isn't any of these.

---

There comes a point when you just have to let go and give your heart a chance to heal.

---

People always think that the most painful thing in life is losing the one you value. 
The truth is, the most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of valuing
someone too much and forgetting that you are special too.

---

Sometimes, it's better to push someone away,
not because you stopped loving that someone;
but because you have to shield yourself from pain.

mutiply: solid

still lovin' my multiply site...
since am tamad to hand write my notes...
i'd troop to the keyboard to type down whatever rumination is going on inside that teeny weeny brain of mine...

then i post it 'for you'
it's private. for my eyes only
epecially during moments like this
when you simply want to write the pain away
write it down and pray it'll be just a memory

thanks to multiply...

LSS: 'Change'

If there's one thing

in my life that's missing
It's the time I spend alone

Sailing on the cool
and bright clear waters

There's lots of those
friendly people
showin me ways to go

And I never want to
lose your inspiration

Time for a cool change
I know that it's time
for a cool change

Now that my life
is so pre-arranged
I know that it's time
for a cool change

Well I was born in
the sign of water

And it's there that
I feel my best

The albatross and the whales
they are my brothers

It's kind of a
special feeling
when you're out
on the sea alone

Starin' at the full moon
like a lover

(Time) Time for (a cool)
a cool change
(Time) I know that
it's time (for a cool)
for a cool change

(Time) Now that my life
(for a cool) is so
prearranged (Time)
I know that it's time
for a cool change

I've never been romantic
and sometimes I don't care

I know it may sound selfish
but let me breathe the air

If there's one thing
in my life that's missing
It's the time
that I spend alone

Sailing on the cool
and bright clear waters
It's kind of
a special feeling

When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon
like a lover

(Time) Time for (a cool)
a cool change
(Time) I know that
it's time (for a cool)
for a cool change

(Time) Now that my life
(for a cool) is so
prearranged (Time)
I know that it's time
for a cool change

(Time) Now that my life
(for a cool) is so
prearranged (Time)
I know I know I know I know
that it's time
for a cool change

Yes it is
You know it's time
for a cool change...

it's what i want to have right now...change

Ten years living in a paper bag

Feedback baby, he’s a flipped out cat
He’s a platinum canary, drinkin’ falstaff beer
Mercedes rule, and a rented lear
Bottom feeder insincere
Prophet lo-fi pioneer
Sell the house and go to school
Get a young girlfriend, daddy’s jewel

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

God’s little gift is on the rag
Poster girl posing in a fashion mag
Canine, feline, jekyll and hyde
Wear your fake fur on the inside
Queen of south beach, aging blues
Dinner’s at six, wear your cement shoes
I thought you were singing your heart out to me
Your lips were syncing and now I see

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

Chasing dragons with plastic swords
Jack off jimmy, everybody wants more
Scully and angel on the kitchen floor
And I’m calling buddy on the ouija board
I’ve been thinking ’bout catching a train
Leave my phone machine by the radar range
Hello it’s me, I’m not at home
If you’d like to reach me, leave me alone

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

Hello, it’s me, I’m not at home
If you’d like to reach me, leave me alone

A change would do you good
A change would do you good

spot

i love my new theme...
la lang...
not too girly eventho' it's in shades of red/pink

sana it'll be this easy as changing your blog's theme...
u can then change everything
but if it is
then u'll come to a point u'll take it for granted

now, that's the reason why u'll have to exert effort to change
to value how you've grown
to appreciate ur efforts
to have something previous to look back to.

:D
change...
would do you good...
(who's the singer?...i'll google it this time...)

7 months

almost...
well, at least now it's back...
yun na lang cguro ang titingnan ko...
naibalik siya...
stop.

wag na lagyan ng kasunod....
it'll spoil the moment.

thank you po for protecting me the entire seven months...
please continue protecting me pa po.
:D