Thursday, January 31, 2008

Computer training

Being in the world of computer age and technology, there should be no wonder why one should take computer courses and computer trainings nowadays. Computer based training is learning using software applications installed to computers. It means students are being trained by computers instead of the conventional classroom and instructor or professor setting. One type of computer course highly valuable is excel training. It is one of the highly sought training course for today's businesses. Likewise, for some who needs self-improvement, leadership training is the solution in order to obtain leadership skills in order for businesses to run smoothly, happily and efficiently. Method Corp also offers ways to pass the PMP training in which through Method's exams, it will help you identify your areas that need more refinement.

New kind of Breast Cancer?

In November, a rare kind of breast cancer was found. A lady developeda rash on her breast, similar to that of young mothers who are nursing.Because her mammogram had been clear, the doctor treated her withantibiotics for infections. After 2 rounds, it continued to get worse,so her doctor sent her for another mammogram. This time it showed a mass. A biopsy found a fast growing malignancy. Chemo mastectomy was performed; then a full round of Chemo; then radiation. After about 9 months of intense treatment, s he was given a clean bill of health.



She had one year of living each day to its fullest.Then the cancer returned to the liver area. She took 4 treatments and decided that she wanted quality of life, not the after effects of Chemo.She had 5 great months and she planned each detail of the final days.After a few days of needing morphine, she died. She left this message tobe delivered to women everywhere:



Women, PLEASE be alert to anything that is not normal, and bepersistent in getting help as soon as possible.



Paget's Disease: This is a rare form of breast cancer, and is on the outside of the breast, on the nipple and aureole. It appeared as a rash,which later became a lesion with a crusty at outer edge. I would not have ever suspected it to be breast cancer but it was. My nipple never seemed any different to me, but the rash bothered me, so I went to the doctor for that.Sometimes, it itched and was sore, but other than that it didn't bother me. It was just ugly and a nuisance, and could not be cleared up with all the creams prescribed by my doctor and dermatologist for the dermatitis on my eyes just prior to this outbreak.They seemed a little concerned but did not warn me it could be cancerous.



Now, I suspect not many women out there know a lesion or rash on the nipple or aureole can be breast cancer. (Mine started out as a singlered pimple on the aureole. One of the biggest problems with Paget' sdisease of the nipple is that the symptoms appear to be harmless. It is frequently thought to be a skin inflammation or infection, leading to unfortunate delays in detection and care.)



What are the symptoms?

1. A persistent redness, oozing, and crusting of your nipple causingit to itch and burn (As I stated, mine did not itch or burn much, andhad no oozing I was aware of, but it did have a crust along the outeredge on one side.)



2. A sore on your nipple that will not heal. (Mine was on the aureolearea with a whitish thick looking area in center of nipple).



3. Usually only one nipple is effected. How is it diagnosed? Yourdoctor will do a physic al exam and should suggest having a mammogram ofboth breasts, done immediately. Even though the redness, oozing andcrusting closely resemble dermatitis (inflammation of the skin), yourdoctor should suspect cancer if the sore is only on one breast. Your doctor should order a biopsy of your sore to confirm what is going on.

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A BABY'S HUG (A Touching Story)

We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly sitting and talking.

Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, "Hi." He pounded his fat baby hands on the high chair tray. His eyes were crinkled in laughter and his mouth was bared in a toothless grin, as he wriggled and giggled with merriment.

I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. It was a man whose pants were baggy with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicose it looked like a road map. We were too far from him to smell, but I was sure he smelled. His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists.

"Hi there, baby; Hi there, big boy. I see ya, buster," the man said to Erik.
My husband and I exchanged looks as if to say, "What do we do?"
Erik continued to laugh and answer, "Hi." Everyone in the restaurant noticed and looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a nuisance with my beautiful baby.
Our meal came and the man began shouting from across the room, "Do ya patty cake? Do you know peek-a-boo? Hey, look, he knows peek-a-boo."

Nobody thought the old man was cute. He was obviously drunk. My husband and I were embarrassed.
We ate in silence; all except for Erik, who was running through his repertoire for the admiring skid row bum, who in turn, reciprocated with his cute comments. We finally got through the meal and headed for the door.

My husband went to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot.
The old man sat poised between me and the door.
"Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks to me or Erik," I prayed.

As I drew closer to the man, I turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be breathing. As I did, Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in a baby's "pick-me-up" position. Before I could stop him, Erik had propelled himself from my arms to the man's.
Suddenly a very old smelly man and a very young baby consummated their love and kinship.

Erik in an act of total trust, love, and submission laid his tiny head upon the man's ragged shoulder. The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His aged hands full of grime, pain, and hard labor, cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back.
No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Erik in his arms and his eyes opened and set squarely on mine.

He said in a firm commanding voice, "You take care of this baby."
Somehow I managed, "I will," from a throat that contained a stone.
He pried Erik from his chest, lovingly and longingly, as though he were in pain.
I received my baby, and the man said, "God bless you, ma'am, you've given me my Christmas gift."

I said nothing more than a muttered thanks.
With Erik in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I was crying and holding Erik so tightly, and why I was saying, "My God, my God, forgive me."

I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not.

I felt it was God asking, "Are you willing to share your son for a moment?"
when He shared His for all eternity.

The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me, "To enter the Kingdom of God, we must become as little children."

--author unknown

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ALWAYS USE LEFT EAR FOR MOBILE PHONES
As received.....Save your brain! Please use left ear while using cell (mobile), because if you use the right one it will affect brain directly. This is a true fact from Apollo medical team.

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The Truth About "Tanglad" (Lemon Grass)

Truth is, even supermarkets are already selling tanglad leaves (seevegetable/fruits section) - - around P20 per bundle. Tanglad leaves also help regulate blood pressure and sugar level as well. Pag sa supermarket ka bibili, malinis na. But you still have to wash it before boiling.


Fresh lemon grass:


A few weeks ago, an article on the medicinal powers of tanglad went the rounds of internet. There's no harm trying this. A bunch of tanglad is ten centavos. Or you can plant it in your backyard for a steady supply.


The article is by Allison Kaplan Sommer:


"At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in KfarYedidya in the Sharon region, couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemongrass.


"It turned out that their doctors had sent them.


'They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments," Zabidov told ISRAEL21c. "And this is the place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass.'


"It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.


"The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. YakovWeinstein, incumbent of the Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation andMalignant Diseases, from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at BGU.


"Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa(Melissa officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis. )


"According to Ofir, the study found that citral causes cancer cells to'commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed cell death."A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube.


"The BGU investigators checked the influence of the citral on cancerous cells by adding them to both cancerous cells and normal cells that were grown in a petri dish. The quantity added in the concentrate was equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of regular tea using one gram of lemon herbs in hot water. While the citral killed the cancerous cells,the normal cells remained unharmed.


"The findings were published in the scientific journal Planta Medica, which highlights research on alternative and herbal remedies. Shortly afterwards,the discovery was featured in the popular Israeli press.


"Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the BGU scientists have a theory.


"'In each cell in our body, there is a genetic program which causes programmed cell death. When something goes wrong, the cells divide with no control and become cancer cells. In normal cells, when the cell discovers that thecontrol system is not operating correctly - for example, when it recognizesthat a cell contains faulty genetic material following cell division - it triggers cell death," explains Weinstein. "This research may explain the medical benefit of these herbs.'


"The success of their research led them to the conclusion that herbs containing citral may be consumed as a preventative measure against certain cancerous cells.


"As they learned of the BGU findings in the press, many physicians in Israel began to believe that while the research certainly needed to be explored further, in the meantime it would be advisable for their patients, who were looking for any possible tool to fight their condition, to try to harness the cancer-destroying properties of citral.


"That's why Zabidov's farm - the only major grower of fresh lemon grass in Israel - has become a pilgrimage destination for these patients. Luckily,they found themselves in sympathetic hands. Zabidov greets visitors with a large kettle of aromatic lemon grass tea, a plate of cookies, and a supportive attitude.


"'My father died of cancer, and my wife's sister died young because of cancer," said Zabidov. "So I understand what they are dealing with. And I may not know anything about medicine, but I'm a good listener. And so they tell me about their expensive painful treatments and what they've been through. I would never tell them to stop being treated,but it's great that they are exploring alternatives and drinking the lemongrass tea as well."


"Zabidov knew from a young age that agriculture was his calling. At age 14,he enrolled in the Kfar Hayarok Agricultural high school. After his army service, he joined an idealistic group which headed south, in the Arava desert region, to find a new moshav (agricultural settlement) called Tsofar.


"'We were very successful; we raised fruits and vegetables, and," he notes with a smile, "We raised some very nice children.""On a trip to Europe in the mid-80s, he began to become interested in herbs.


Israel , at the time, was nothing like the trend-conscious cuisine-oriented country it is today, and the only spices being grown commercially were basics like parsley, dill, and coriander.

"Wandering in the Paris market, looking at the variety of herbs and spices,Zabidov realized that there was a great export potential in this niche. He brought samples back home with him, "which was technically illegal," he sayswith a guilty smile, to see how they would grow in his desert greenhouses.


Soon, he was growing basil, oregano, tarragon, chives, sage, marjoram and melissa, and mint just to name a few.

"His business began to outgrow his desert facilities, and so he decided to move north, settling in the moshav of Kfar Yedidya, an hour and a half north of Tel Aviv. He is now selling "several hundred kilos" of lemon grass per week, and has signed with a distributor to package and put it in health food stores.


"Zabidov has taken it upon himself to learn more about the properties of citral, and help his customers learn more, and has invited medical experts to his farm to give lectures about how the citral works and why."He also felt a responsibility to know what to tell his customers about its see. 'When I realized what was happening, I picked up the phone and called Dr. Weinstein at Ben-Gurion University , because these people were asking me exactly the best way to consume the citral. He said to put the loose grass in hot water, and drink about eight glasses each day.'"Zabidov is pleased by the findings, not simply because it means businessfor his farm, but because it might influence his own health. "Even before the news of its benefits were demonstrated, he and his family had been drinking lemon grass in hot water for years, 'just because it tastes good.'"


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Heart Tag

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Thanks to chant for giving me this tag. Thank you sis for the gift of friendship...that comes from the heart, right?

I am passing this tag to all my friends that are linked to me :) If you still haven't receive this tag, feel free to grab it.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mortgage & Loan Review

Mortgage seems to be an important loan being into these days. It is because it is a type of secured loan for one getting a property. There are many types of mortgages out there, depending on any one's capability and circumstances. It is a risky undertaking choosing the proper mortgage, because we need a lot of thinking and considerations before we plunged into it. But who doesn't like cheap mortgage payments? Eveybody of us does ;) That is why here come a UK based website who offers a cheap mortgage quotes for its clients. From here, clients can compare mortgage deals as well. TheHelpGroup.co.uk is the perfect financial matchmaker for you because they can help you get cheap loan quotes and from there you can compare loans deals. let us face it, but getting a mortgage loan for the first time is not as easy as we think. The reason why HelpGroup is here to help.
UK is said to be a nation of secret borrowers according to a conducted research by Abbey Loans. It is surprising to know that at least 1.35 million unsecured loans taken out in UK were done without the knowledge of the borrower's family or friends. It is because of the primary reason that the borrower was too embarrassed to mention it. I agree that borrowing in secret is not a good idea. Thinking carefully before securing a mortgage loan seem to be the safest way to be done at least considering the fact that new mortgages dropped since December 2007.

"BRAIN CRAMPS"

You decide..is it being witty? or just plain..."brain cramps?" :))

Question: If you could live forever, would you and Why?

Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we c ann ot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"


-- Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest .


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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." - Mariah Carey

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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life," -- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign .


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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other partof my body," -- Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward .


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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country," --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .


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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." -- Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.


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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it," --A congressional candidate in Texas .


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"Half this game is ninety percent mental." --Philadelphia Phillies manager, D ann y Ozark


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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." "We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur." --Al Gore, Vice President


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"I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix ." --Dan Quayle


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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" --Lee Iacocca


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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina


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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record." --Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman


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Host : If you had a foreigner friend, where will you bring him to showcase the beauty of the Philippines ?


Girl Contestant : Bocaue.


Host : Bocaue. Why Bocaue? There are so many places in the Philippines ? Why Bocaue?


Girl : Because it's a magnificent place.


Host : Which part of Bocaue?


Girl : The Bocaue Rice Terraces.


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Host : What is your best feature? Contestant :


My graduation feature.


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Host : What is you favorite motto?


Contestant : If others can't why, why can't I


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Host : What would you like to say to foreigners?


Contestant : Please come back.


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Host : What is your typical day?


Contestant : I think Saturday po!


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Host : If you were to describe the color blue to a blind person, how would you do it?"


Contestant : That's a very good question. Keep it up.


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Host : What is your edge over the other contestants?


Girl Contestant : My edge.... 23 years old.


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Host : Hey, I heard you almost didn't make it, how did you get here? Did you ride or did you walk?


Gay Contestant : Of course, did you ride. What do you think of me, did you walk???




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Ganito magbigay ng masamang balita (Joke)

KUMIRIRING ang telepono nang madaling araw....

"Hello, Master Carlos? Si Arnaldo po ito, 'yung katiwala niyo sa bahay-bakasyunan niyo."

"O, Mr. Arnaldo, ikaw pala. Ano't napatawag ka? May problema ba?"

Um, napatawag lang po ako para abisuhan kayo na namatay ang alaga niyong parrot."

"'Yung parrot kong si Pikoy, patay? 'Yung nanalo sa bird show?"

Opo, Master Carlos, 'yun na nga po."

"Putris ... sayang! Ang laki pa naman ng nagastos ko sa ibong 'yon. Hay, buhay! Teka, ano nga ba ang ikinamatay niya?"

"E, kumain po kasi ng bulok na karne...."

"Bulok na karne? At sino namang salbaheng tao ang nagpakain sa kanya ng bulok na karne?"

"W-Wala po. Nanginain po siya ng karne ng isang patay na kabayo." "Patay na kabayo? Anong patay na kabayo, Mr Arnaldo?"

"E, 'yun pung mga thoroughbred horses niyo, Sir. Namatay po kasi lahat sila sa pagod, kahihila ng kariton ng tubig."

"Nasisiraan ka na ba ng bait? Anong kariton ng tubbbiiiiggggg?"

"'Yun pong pinampatay namin ng sunog."

"Diyos ko po! Anong sunog naman 'yang pinagsasasabi mo?"

"'Yun pong halos tumupok sa bahay niyo.... Tumumba po 'yung isang nakasinding kandila, tapos nagliyab 'yung kurtina at mabilis na kumalat ang apoy...."

"Ano? Puuut.... E, may kuryente naman diyan sa bahay-bakasyunan, a. Para saan 'yung kandila?"

"Para sa burol po."

"Ano? Kaninong burol?

"Sa nanay n'yo po, Sir. Bigla kasi siya dumating dito nu'ng isang gabi, walang kaabi-abiso. Lampas hatinggabi na. Akala ko po magnanakaw. Binaril ko."

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Interesting aspects of life

Warren Buffet ( 2nd Richest Man in the World)


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There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:


1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.



5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: Do not lose any of your share holder's money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop! corn and watch Television.

8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk. His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and

Remember:

A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.

B. Live your life as simple as you are.

C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good. D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.

E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.

F. After all it's your life then why give chance to others to rule our life."

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

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Joke Time (ulit) :)

SI INDAY....


1) I believe that my trained skills and expertise in management with the use of standard tools, and my discipline and experience will contribute significantly to the value of the work that you want, my creativity, productivity and work-efficiency and the high quality of outcomes I can offer will boost the work progress.


- sagot ni Inday sa interview ng bago niyang amo!


2) Compromising safety with useless aesthetics, the not-so-well engineered architectural design of our kitchen lavatory affected the boy's cranium with a slight boil at the left temple near the auditory organ.


- sagot ni Inday nang tanungin ng amo kung bakit may bukol si Junior.


3) The consistency was fine. But you see, it seems that the increased amount of sodium chloride (NaCl) affected the taste drastically and those actions are irreversible. I do apologize.


- nag-explain si Inday kung bakit maalat ang ulam.


4) Donya: Bakit tuwing paguwi ko, nadadatnan kitang nanunuod ng tv?!


Inday: Because I don't want you to see me doing absolutely nothing.


5) "It's absurd! It was never a fact that he will inflict a fight. I can only imagine how you handle schizophrenic kids on this educational institution. Revise your policies because they suck!"


- Inday, kasama si Junior sa principal's office.


6) Amo: Inday, bakit nagkalat ang basura sa likod ng bahay?!


Inday: A change in the weather patterns might have occurred wrecking havoc to the surroundings. The way the debris are scattered indicates that the gust of wind was going northeast causing damage to the path it was heading for.


Amo: (nosebleed)


7) Stop your raucous behavior. It is bound to result in property damages and if that happens there will be corresponding punishment to be inflicted upon you!


- si Inday, pinagbabawalan ang mga bata na maglikot.


8) Sometimes, people choose to leave not because of selfish reasons but because they just know that things will get worse if they'll stay. Leaving can be a tough act, and it's harder when people can't understand you for doing so.


- sagot ni Inday kung bakit umalis si Angel Locsin sa GMA 7.


10) "Nurture others with positive truthful words, not words that hurt. It doesn't cost anything to do so. But mean what you say, and say what you mean. Do it everyday. This is one of the most obvious qualities of the most beloved people. If you cannot be generous financially, at least be generous with your words."


-sagot ni inday sa amo nya na di xa pinautang at minura-mura pa!


11) "Ipomea aquatica has become the constant ingredient to this Filipino delicacy which is very helpful in the digestion during the peristaltic process of the food we intake. Due to the continuous rain and floods, the harvest of the said vegetable has lessen the production in the market"


- sagot ni inday samin kung bakit walang KangKong sa nilutong sinigang.


12) AMO: Inday, bakit mo binenta yung sira na silya?

INDAY: I have computed the chair's fair value less cost to sell, and the value in use using projections for 5 years and a pretax discounting rate. Accordingly, the value in use is lower, so I decided to sell the chair. This is in accordance with PAS 18 on Revenue, PAS 16 on PPE and PAS 36 on Impairment of Assets.

AMO: Hinimatay!


PAS - Philippine Accounting Standards

PPE - Property, Plant and Equipment

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KIDS BORN BEFORE 1980...

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1950's, 60's and 70's !!



First, some of us survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us. ( sioktong ang inumin)



They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, fish from a can ( brand : ligo ), and didn't get tested for diabetes.



Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints, pati na yung laruang kabayu-kabayuhan.



We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, no kneepads , sometimes wala ngang preno yung bisikleta.



As children, we would ride in car with no seat belts or air bags – hanggang ngayon naman, di ba ? ( jeep )



Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. ( maykaya kayo pare ! )



We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle ( minsan straight from the faucet).



We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this. Or contacted hepatitis.



We ate rice with tinunaw na purico ( dahil ubos na ang star margarine), nutribuns na galing kay macoy and drank sopdrinks with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight kasi nga......



WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!



We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. Sarap mag patintero, tumbang preso , habulan taguan….



No one was able to reach us all day ( di uso ang celfon , walang beepers ). And we were O.K.



We would spend hours building our trolleys or slides out of scraps and then ride down the street , only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.



We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms....... ...WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!



We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents. The only rubbing we get is from our friends with the words…..masakit ba ? pero pag galit yung kalaro mo,,,,ang sasabihin sa iyo…..beh buti nga !



We play in the dirt , wash our hands a little and ate with our barehands…we were not afraid of getting worms in our stomachs.



We have to live with homemade guns – gawa sa kahoy, tinali ng rubberband , sumpit , tirador at kung ano ano pa na puedeng makasakit…..pero walang nagrereklamo.

made up games with sticks ( syatong )and cans ( tumbang preso )and although we were told it would happen, wala naman tayong binulag o napatay….paminsan minsan may nabubukulan.



We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!



Mini basketball teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Walang sumasama ang loob.



Ang magulang ay nandoon lang para tignan kung ayos lang ang bata….hindi para makialam.



This generation of ours has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and managers ever!



The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And I am one of them! :))



CONGRATULATIONS batchmates!!!

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Pictures in Amarillo, TX.

These are the pics of the crucifixion of Christ that a man sculptured out of metal near Amarillo, Tx .. The cross is a giant made of metal also. The man did this out of the kindness of his heart. Someone donated the land to him.

How I wish we can be able to visit the place. We might be considering it since we will be in Texas in May. That will be around early summer. God willing :)

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Who is Jesus?


HE IS JESUS WHO IS HE?


IN CHEMISTRY, HE TURNED WATER TO WINE.


IN BIOLOGY, HE WAS BORN WITHOUT THE NORMAL CONCEPTION;


IN PHYSICS, HE DISAPPROVED THE LAW OF GRAVITY WHEN HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN;


IN ECONOMICS, HE DISAP PROVED THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURN BY FEEDING 5000 MEN WITH TWO FISHES & 5 LOAVES OF BREAD;


IN MEDICINE, HE CURED THE SICK AND THE BLIND WITHOUT ADMINISTERING A SINGLE DOSE OF DRUGS,


IN HISTORY, HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END;


IN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID THAT HE SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, PRINCE OF PEACE; IN RELIGION, HE SAID NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH HIM;


IN GOD I'VE FOUND EVERYTHING!


The Greatest Man in History ...


Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him..
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
I feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!

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Friendly Site Award

Got this award from Chant. Thanks sis...it's cute! :) Appreciate it.


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I am passing this award to my friends Chari, Lisa, Juliana and Raquel. You can skip the award if you already have it ahead. Come get it gurls ;)

Monday, January 28, 2008

$8 Complete Prescription Eyeglasses+ Case

Great Discovery: Zenni Optical. That is what I have discovered today! I haven't known there is one site that sells prescription glasses online, and even comes in stylish designs. They have huge selection of frames from single vision lens, sunsensor(potochromic)lens, tinted suglasses lens, bifocal lens to progressive lens. And one more important thing is this exciting promo, Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses with case included! Now that is a super low price and very affordable, don't you think? Good thing about ZenniOptical is that they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget, the reason why they have low prices. And come to think of it, they go international. What more can I say it is the...Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical. No more, no less! ;)

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IT IS 'RIGHTEOUSNESS' THAT EXALTS A NATION!

(pr.14:34) GOD, HEAL OUR LAND!


Mga kababayan;Meron akong gustong ibahagi para sa ating lahat na mga PILIPINO. Simple pero parang mahirap gawin ng karamihan sa atin.Hindi ito makukuha sa puro daldalan lang or walang kabuluhang pagtatalo, kumilos tayo ngayon na.


Sa ibang bansa: Pag nagkasala ang Pinoy, pinarusahan siya ayon sa batas.

Sa PINAS: Pag nagkasala ang ang Pinoy, ayaw niyang maparusahan kasi sabiniya mali raw ang batas.


Sa ibang bansa: Pinag-aaralan muna ng Pinoy ang mga batas bago siyapumunta roon, kasi takot siyang magkamali.

Sa PINAS:Pag nagkamali angPinoy, sorry kasi hindi raw niya alam na labag sa batas iyon.


Sa ibang bansa: Kahit gaano kataas ang bilihin at tax sa USA okey lang,katuwiran natin doble kayod na lang.

Sa PINAS:mahilig ka sa last daypara magbayad ng tax minsan dinadaya mo pa o kaya hindi ka nagbabayad.Rally ka kaagad kapag tumaas ang pasahe at bilihin imbes na magsipag masgusto natin ang nagkukwentuhan lang sa munisipyo o kahit sa alinmang tanggapan.


Sa Singapore: Kapag nahuli kang nagkalat or nagtapon ng basura sa hinditamang lugar, magbabayad ka na 500 Singapore dollars. Sabi ng Pinoy,Okey lang kasi lumabag ako sa batas.

Sa Pinas: Kapag nagkamali ang Pinoy katulad nang ganito, Sabi ng Pinoy, ang lupit naman ni Bayani Fernando,mali naman ang pinaiiral niyang batas eh akala mo kung sino. Ayun nag-rally na ang Pinoy gustong patalsikin si Bayani Fernando kahit naalam niyang mali siya.


Mga igan, ilan pa lang iyan baka may iba pa kayong alam.


Bakit ang PINOY, pwedeng maging "law abiding citizen sa ibang bansa ngwalang angal" pero sa sarili nating bayang PILIPINAS na sinasabi ninyongmahal natin, eh hindi natin magawa, BAKIIITTTTT?????????


ETO PA "Ang Pilipino NOON at NGAYON":


NOON: Wow ang sarap ng kamote (kahit nakaka-utot)

NGAYON: Ayaw ko ng kamote gusto ko French Fries(imported eh)


NOON: Wow ang sarap ng kapeng barako

NGAYON: Ayaw ko niyan gusto kong kape sa STARBUCKS (imported coffee 100pesos per cup)


NOON: Bili ka ng tela para magpatahi ng pantalon like maong

NGAYON: Gusto ko LEVI'S, WRANGLER, LEE (Tapos rally tayo "GMA tuta ngKANO") Di ba tuta ka rin naman.


NOON: Sabon na Perla OK ng pampaligo

NGAYON: Gusto mo DOVE, HENO DE PRAVIA, IVORY, etc.may matching shampoo pa


NOON: Pag naglaba ka batya at palopalo ok na, minsan banlaw lang sabatis pwede na

NGAYON: Naka-washing machine ka na plus ARIEL powder soap with matchingDOWNY pa para mabango. Alam ko mas marami pa ang alam ninyo tungkol dito, pero ilan ilan langiyan para bigyan ng pansin. Mga Pilipino nga ba tayo? O baka sa salita lang at E-Mail pero wala naman sa gawa.


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My Fellow Filipinos, When I was small, the Philippine peso was P7 to thedollar. The president was Diosdado Macapagal. Life was simple. Life waseasy. My father was a farmer. My mother kept a small sari-sari storewhere our neighbors bought sang-perang asin, sang-perang bagoong,sang-perang suka, sang-perang toyo at pahinging isang butil na bawang.


Our backyard had kamatis, kalabasa, talong, ampalaya, upo, batao, andokra. Our silong had chicken. We had a pig, dog & cat. And of course, welived on the farm. During rainy season, my father caught frogs at nightwhich my mother made into batute (stuffed frog), or just plain fried.During the day, he caught hito and dalag from his rice paddies, which hewould usually inihaw. During dry season, we relied on the chickens,vegetables, bangus, tuyo, and tinapa. Every now and then, there was porkand beef from the town market.


Life was so peaceful, so quiet, no electricity, no TV. Just the radiofor Tia Dely, Roman Rapido, Tawag ng Tanghalan and Tang-tarang-tang. Andwho can forget Leila Benitez on Darigold Jamboree?On weekends, I playedwith my neighbors (who were all my cousins).Tumbang-preso, taguan,piko, luksong lubid, patintero, at iba pa. I don't know about you, but I miss those days.


These days, we face the TV, Internet, e-mail, newspaper, magazine,grocery catalog, or drive around. The peso is a staggering andincredible P54 to the dollar. Most people can't have fun anymore. Lifehas become a battle. We live to work. Work to live.Life is not easy.


I was in Saudi Arabia in 1983. It was lonely, difficult, & scary. Itdidn't matter if you were a man or a woman. You were a target for rape.The salary was cheap & the vacation is far between.If the boss didn'twant you to go on holiday, you didn't. They had your passport. Oh, andthe agency charged you almost 4 months of your salary (which, if you hadto borrow on "20% per month arrangement" meant your first year's pay wasall gone before you even earned it).


The Philippines used to be one of the most important countries in Asia.Before & during my college days, many students from neighboring Asiancountries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and China went to thePhilippines to get their diplomas. Until 1972, like President Macapagal,President Marcos was one of the most admired presidents of the world.The Peso had kept its value of P7 to the dollar until I finished college.


Today, the Philippines is famous as the "housemaid"capital of theworld. It ranks very high as the "cheapest labor"capital of the world,too. We have maids in Hong Kong, laborers in Saudi Arabia, dancers inJapan, migrants and TNTs in Australia and the US, and all sorts of other"tricky" jobs in other parts of the globe. Quo Vadis, Pinoy? Is that awonder or a worry?


Are you proud to be a Filipino, or does it even matter anymore? When yousee the Filipino flag and hear the Pambansang Awit, do you feel a senseof pride or a sense of defeat & uncertainty? If only things could changefor the better.......


Hang on for this is a job for Superman. Or whom do you call?Ghostbusters. Joke. Right? This is one of our problems. We say "I lovethe Philippines. I am proud to be a Filipino." When I send you a joke,you send it to everyone in your address book even if it kills theInternet. But when I send you a note on how to save our country & askyou to forward it, what do you do? You chuck it in the bin.


I want to help the maids in Hong Kong. I want to help the laborers inSaudi Arabia. I want to help the dancers in Japan. I want to help theTNTs in America and Australia. I want to save the people of thePhilippines. But I cannot do it alone. I need your help and everyoneelse's. So please forward this e-mail to your friends.


If you say you love the Philippines, prove it. And if you don't agreewith me, say something anyway. Indifference is a crime on its own.

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More Facts About Me

Got this tag from Lisa. Thanks a lot sis :)

Get to know me more by reading my answers.

1. At what age do you wish to marry ? Am already married.

2. What color do you like most? sea green

3. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one? I love you and want to grow old with you.

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most? carribean or Europe

5. Which part of you that you hate the most? None

6. When you encounter a sad moment, what would you do? I usually cry, or teary eyed.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most? My husband.

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do? Go for investment, and buy real estate properties both US and the Philippines LOL!

9. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you. Lisa? She's a chirstian, soft-spoken, and friendly.

10. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half? A God-fearing man, and he is :)

11. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?Giving my trust to the person I thought I could trust but she was not trustworthy.

12. Which type of person do you hate the most? Liar, arrogant and boastful.

13. What is your ambition? I think I got what I was asking for already...it's God given ;)

14. If you had one wish what would you wish for? World peace and unity in one God.

15. How would you celebrate new year? I still go for Philippine new year celebration.

16. What is the best gift you can give to someone this year? Friendship and love.

17. Are you afraid of death? At times, yes. That's why I keep on praying that I will die peacefully and painless :)

18. What did you learned in life? That life is full of trial and tests.

9. What is the best thing to do if you had just a break up? Pray and ask for strength, move on, and let go.

20. Would you give your life to save someone very special?Depends what the situation is.



I'm tagging belle, petra, and Lisa Gold.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Sightseeing Tours

I am a frequent traveller. Do you love going on tours? I do, and it has been a memorable vacation experience for me doing it with Trusted Tours & Attractions. Experience wise, this tour company is doing a great job.
One unforgettable experience I had was our Old Town Trolley Tour of Washington DC. We got tickets for the DC trolley tour so, from Union Station we boarded the DC trolley. It was supposed to be a full tour of the entire DC tourist destinations, but we planned to stop at the US Capitol and had a tour inside. It's a long tour since they do it by batch, so we decided to stick to this tour for today. This was my first time seeing the US Capitol, a very famous landmark that I have been wishing to see all my life :) I must have been lucky that I still got to see the building inside too. Although we have been in the US capitol building for more than couple hours, we were still able to pass by Lincoln Memorial, the Mall, Smithsonian, etc. There is so much to be done when doing Washington DC tours. You won't regret doing it. Let's face it, once you are on tour, sightseeing tours are always a highlight. Here's the good news from Trusted Tours. You can now sign up for a travel e-newsletters and win a HandHeld GPS! That's a big bonus, right? Sightseeing is much fun to do, and getting a handheld GPS should have been much better too! Have fun!

A Dad's Story

A very touching story, one of those stories that made me teary eyed.

Isn't it amazing how the Lord would find ways to tell us He is around us with the angels? :) His miracles are still working today, tomorrow, and forever more.

"On July 22nd I was in route to Washington, DC for a business trip. It was all so very ordinary, until we landed in Denver for a plane change.
As I collected my belongings from the overhead bin, an announcement was made for Mr. Lloyd Glenn to see the United Customer Service Representative immediately. I thought nothing of it until I reached the door to leave the plane and I heard a gentleman asking every male if he were Mr. Glenn. At this point I knew something was wrong and my heart sunk.

When I got off the plane a solemn-faced young man came toward me and said, "Mr. Glenn, there is an emergency at your home. I do not know what the emergency is, or who is involved, but I will take you to the phone so you can call the hospital."

My heart was now pounding, but the will to be calm took over. Woodenly, I followed this strang er to the distant telephone where I called the number he gave me for the Mission Hospital. My call was put through to the trauma center where I learned that my three-year-old son had been trapped underneath the automatic garage door for several minutes, and that when my wife had found him he was dead. CPR had been performed by a neighbor, who is a doctor, and the paramedics had continued the treatment as Brian was transported to the hospital.

By the time of my call, Brian was revived and they believed he would live, but they did not know how much damage had been done to his brain, nor to his heart. They explained that the door had completely closed on his little sternum right over his heart. He had been severely crushed. After speaking with the medical staff, my wife sounded worried but not hysterical, and I took comfort in her calmness.

The return flight seemed to last forever, but finally I arrived at the hospital six hours after the garage door had come down. When I walked into the intensive care unit, nothing could have prepared me to see my little son laying so still on a great big bed with tubes and monitors everywhere.

He was on a respirator. I glanced at my wife who stood and tried to give me a reassuring smile. It all seemed like a terrible dream. I was filled-in with the details and given a guarded prognosis. Brian was going to live, and the reliminary tests indicated that his heart was OK, two miracles in and of themselves. But only time would tell if his brain received any damage.

Throughout the seemingly endless hours, my wife was calm. She felt that Brian would eventually be all right. I hung on to her words and faith like a lifeline. All that night and the next day Brian remained unconscious. It seemed like forever since I had left for my business trip the day before.


Finally at two o'clock that afternoon, our son regained consciousness and sat up uttering the most beautiful words I have ever heard spoken. He said, "Daddy hold me" and he reached for me with his little arms.

[TEAR BREAK...smile]


By the next day he was pronounced as having no neurological or physical deficits, and the story of his miraculous survival spread throughout the hospital. You cannot imagine, we took Brian home, we felt a unique reverence for the life and love of our Heavenly Father that comes to those who brush death so closely.

In the days that followed there was a special spirit about our home. Our two older children were much closer to their little brother. My wife and I were much closer to each other, and all of us were very close as a whole family. Life took on a less stressful pace. Perspective seemed to be more focused, and balance much easier to gain and maintain. We felt deeply blessed. Our gratitude was truly profound.


The story is not over (smile)!


Almost a month later to the day of the accident, Brian awoke from his afternoon nap and said, "Sit down Mommy.. I have something to tell you." At this time in his life, Brian usually spoke in small phrases, so to say a large sentence surprised my wife. She sat down with him on his bed, and he began his sacred and remarkable story.

"Do you remember when I got stuck under the garage door? Well, it was so heavy and it hurt really bad. I called to you, but you couldn't hear me.. I started to cry, but then it hurt too bad. And then the 'birdies' came."

"The birdies?" my wife asked puzzled.
"Yes," he replied. "The birdies made a whooshing sound and flew into the garage. They took care of me."

"They did?"

"Yes," he said. "One of the birdies came and got you. She came to tell you "I got stuck under the door." A sweet reverent feeling filled the room. The spirit was so strong and yet lighter than air. My wife realized that a three-year-old had no concept of death and spirits, so he was referring to the beings who came to him from beyond as "birdies" because they were up in the air like birds that fly.. "What did the birdies look like?" she asked.


Brian answered, "They were so beautiful. They were dressed in white, all white. Some of them had green and white. But some of them had on just white."


"Did they say anything?"


"Yes," he answered. "They told me the baby would be all right."


"The baby?" my wife asked confused.


Brian answered. "The baby laying on the garage floor." He went on, "You came out and opened the garage door and ran to the baby. You told the baby to stay and not leave."


My wife nearly collapsed upon hearing this, for she had indeed gone and knelt beside Brian's body and seeing his crushed chest whispered, "Don't leave us Brian, please stay if you can." As she listened to Brian telling her the words she had spoken, she realized that the spirit had left his body and was looking down from above on this little lifeless form..


"Then what happened?" she asked.


"We went on a trip," he said, "far, far away." He grew agitated trying to say the things he didn't seem to have the words for. My wife tried to calm and comfort him, and let him know it would be okay. He struggled with wanting to tell something that obviously was very important to him, but
finding the words was difficult.
"We flew so fast up in the air. They're so pretty Mommy," he added. "And there are lots and lots of birdies."

My wife was stunned. Into her mind the sweet comforting spirit enveloped her more soundly, but with an urgency she had never before known. Brian went on to tell her that the "birdies" had told him that he had to come back and tell everyone about the "birdies." He said they brought him back to the house and that a big fire truck, and an ambulance were there. A man was bringing the baby out on a white bed and he tried to tell the man that the baby would be okay.
The story went on for an hour.


He taught us that "birdies" were always with us, but we don't see them because we look with our eyes and we don't hear them because we listen with our ears. But they are always there, you can only see them in here (he put his hand over his heart). They whisper the things to help us to do what is right because they love us so much. Brian continued, stating, "I have a plan, Mommy. You have a plan.. Daddy has a plan. Everyone has a plan. We must all live our plan and keep our promises. The birdies help us to do that cause they love us so much."


In the weeks that followed, he often came to us and told all, or part Of it, again and again. Always the story remained the same. The details were never changed or out of order. A few times he added further bits of information and clarified the message he had already delivered. It never ceased to amaze us how he could tell such detail and speak beyond his ability when he talked about his birdies.

Everywhere he went, he told strangers about the "birdies." Surprisingly, no one ever looked at him strangely when he did this. Rather, they always got a softened look on their face and smiled. Needless to say, we have not been the same ever since that day, and I pray we never will be.



Friday, January 25, 2008

TrustSource.Org

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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This tag came from belle. Thanks sis :)

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Why Women are Crabby

We started to "bud" in our blouses at 9 or 10 years old only to find that anything that came in contact with those tender, blooming buds hurt so bad it brought us to tears. So came the ridiculously uncomfortable training bra contraption that the boys in school would snap until we had calluses on our backs.�


Next, we get our periods in our early to mid-teens (or sooner). Along with those budding boobs, we bloated, we cramped, we got the hormone crankies, had to wear little mattresses between our legs or insert tubular, packed cotton rods in places we didn't even know we had.�


Our next little rite of passage (premarital or not) was having sex for the first time which was about as much fun as having a ramrod push your uterus through your nostrils (IF he did it right and didn't end up with his little cart before his horse), leaving us to wonder what all the fuss was about.�


Then it' was off to Motherhood where we learned to live on dry crackers and water for a few months so we didn't spend the entire day leaning over Brother John. Of course, amazing creatures that we are (and we are), we learned to live with the growing little angels inside us steadily kicking our innards night and day making us wonder if we were preparing to have Rosemary's Baby.�


Our once flat bellies looked like we swallowed a watermelon whole and we pee'd our pants every time we sneezed. When the big moment arrived, the dam in our blessed Nether Regions invariably burst right in the middle of the mall and we had to waddle, with our big cartoon feet, moaning in pain all the way to the ER.�


Then it was huff and puff and beg to die while the OB says, "Please stop screaming, Mrs. Hearmeroar. Calm down and push. Just one more good push (more like 10)," warranting a strong, well-deserved impulse to punch the %*#!* (and hubby) square in the nose for making us cram a wiggling, mushroom-headed 10lb bowling ball through a keyhole.�


After that, it was time to raise those angels only to find that when all that "cute" wears off, the beautiful little darlings morphed into walking, jabbering, wet, gooey, snot-blowing, life-sucking little poop machines.�


Then come their "Teen Years." Need I say more?�


When the kids are almost grown, we women hit our voracious sexual prime in our early 40's - while hubby had his somewhere around his 18th birthday.�


So we progress into the grand finale: "The Menopause," the Grandmother of all womanhood. It's either take HRT and chance cancer in those now seasoned "buds" or the aforementioned Nether Regions, or, sweat like a hog in July, wash your sheets and pillowcases daily and bite the head off anything that moves.�


Now, you ask WHY women seem to be more spiteful than men, when men get off so easy, INCLUDING the icing on life's cake: Being able to pee in the woods without soaking their socks...�


So, while I love being a woman, "Womanhood" would make the Great Gandhi a tad crabby. Women are the "weaker sex"? Yeah right. Bite me.�d

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Life's lessons

This is not something new... but...well....something to re-read and laugh about :-p


LESSON 1


A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a meeting. On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp.They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.


The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three, I will allow one wish each."


So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I want to be in the Bahamas , on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff, and he was gone. Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be in Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails." Pfufffff, and he was also gone.


The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after lunch at 12.35pm."


*MORAL OF THE STORY: ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSSES TO SPEAK FIRST*


LESSON 2


Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.


"Listen," said the CEO, "This is a very sensitive and important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"


"Certainly," said the young executive.


He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. "Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the shredder machine. "I just need one copy."


*MORAL OF THE STORY: NEVER, NEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING*


LESSON 3


An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA. The American turned to the Japanese and asked, "What kind of -ese are you?"


The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you mean." The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?" Again, the Japanese was confused over the question.


The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you !?!" Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese!, etc......???"


The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese." A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked what kind Of 'key' was he.


The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what kind of -kee' am I ?!" The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"


*MORAL OF THE STORY: NEVER INSULT ANYONE*


LESSON 4


There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a French, who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appeared.


Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of Water to become, then your wish will come true."


The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted"WINE". The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool. Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka. The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so contented with his beer pool.


The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he slipped on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, "SHIT!!!!!!!........."


*MORAL OF THE STORY: THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN*


LESSON 5


The organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in charge. Each organ took a turn to speak up:


Brain: I should be in charge because I run all body functions.


Blood: I should be in charge because I circulate oxygen for the brain.


Stomach: I should be in charge because I process food to the brain.


Legs: I should be in charge because I take the brain where it wants to go.


Eyes: I should be in charge because I let the brain see where it's going.


Asshole: I should be in charge because I get rid of your waste. All the other parts laughed so hard and this made the asshole very mad. To prove his point, the asshole immediately slammed tightly closed and stayed that way for 6 days, refusing to rid the body of any waste whatsoever.


Day 1 - Brain got a terrible headache and cried out for relief.


Day 2 - Stomach got bloated and began to ache terribly.


Day 3 - Legs got cramps and became unstable.


Day 4 - Eyes became watery and vision became blurred


Day 5 - Blood became toxic and poisoned the body


Day 6 -The other organs agreed to let the asshole be in charge.


*MORAL OF THE STORY: NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR HOW IMPORTANT YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS ALWAYS THE ASSHOLE THAT IS IN CHARGE.


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