Kids on Marriage, Dating, Love (from Luville)

If you like kids enough, you'll find this hilarious. This made me freak out in laughter. Okay, hyperbole.

From Luville's blog.

(A few kicks I found in my inbox...)

"HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?"

You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. Alan, age 10

"WHO ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY?"

No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. Kirsten, age 10

"WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?"

Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. Camille, age 10

No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. Freddie, age 6

"HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?"

You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. Derrick, age 8

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?"

Both don't want any more kids. Lori, age 8

"WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?"

Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. Lynnette, age 8

On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. Martin, age 10

"WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?"

I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. Craig, age 9

"WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?"

When they're rich. Pam, age 7

"AT WHAT AGE DO YOU THINK YOULL GET MARRIED?"

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. Curt, age 7

"WHEN IS IT THE RIGH TIME TO MARRY?"

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. Howard, age 8

"IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?"

It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. Anita, age 9

"HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?"

There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? Kelvin, age 8

"HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?"

Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck. Ricky, age 10

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My favorite merienda

Coke and Chocovron from Ian Maliksi. That one pack lasts only a day or two. The Coke lasts shorter.


Yeah, I know. My father died of stroke. In his later years, he suffered from high sugar level. Coffee na nga lang. Hehehe.....

Three Men About Their Funeral

Three men were asked what they would want to be said about them at their funerals. The first one said, “I want someone to say I was a wonderful father.”

The second man said, “I want someone to say I was the greatest baseball player ever.”

The last man said, "I want someone to say, ‘He’s moving, he’s moving!’”

Wayne Gray
Bonner Springs, KS

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my head's in a jam cant take you off my mind
from the time we met i've been beset by thoughts of you
and the more that i ignore this feeling 
the more i find my self believin'
that i just have to see you again

i can't let you pass me by 
i can't let you go but i know 
that im much too shy to let you know
afraid that i might say the wrong
word and displease you
afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true

like a child again
im out and lost for words
how can one define a crush combine with longing
longing to posses oh so dearly
and im obsess with you completely
ill go mad if i cant have you

i cant let you pass me by
i cant let you go let me say
the things and the words to let you know
i would rather say the awkward words than to loose you 
afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true

afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true... 

Panahon na para dito...

I am always a person who is concerned of sorrows and pains from other people.  Some things happened in my past that made me resolve - almost feverishly - that should there be a chance, I would try to somehow ease the pain of those people who are within my zone of influence.  In those years, when silent tears would fall, and I would question the existence of the One who called out of nothing, I just push myself to sleep.  Counting sheep, squaring those numbers in my head, and then, cubing them.  Until I end up as a mathematics student.

There were no students then, no youth groups, no choir members, no Legionnaires, no co-teachers, no co-employees, no co-administrators.  There was just me.  And it was hard.

I read somewhere that the surest ways to cure your pain are killing yourself, or listening to another pain.  If you try to soothe the sorrows of another, you tend to forget your own.  That was a good plan.  Saintly, I should say.  In the heat of the battle, however, when sorrows would drown me with my tears, and I could not see in the dark, it is very hard to think of those saintly thoughts.  And so, I baptized myself dreamshadow, a sort of escape.  Invisible to pain and fortified in my philosophical cloisters.  Defended by archers and pikemen who would try the doors of its heart.  That way, it protected me of trying hard to be happy.  Whenever sad, I would only convince myself that, hey, you're the dreamshadow, no one cares for you.  You should not complain because you're not supposed to be loved.  Years later, I heard Kurt Cobain - a Piscean also, and a "successful" suicide - singing "I miss the comfort of being sad".  When you're sad, you can't be sad anymore.  That was the comfort.  I once wrote of the "anxiety of being happy". Cobain was my brother.  I missed meeting him though.

But then, one grows up.

And growing up, I believe that, now, passing corridors, seeing those lonely eyes hidden behind those emo-hairstyles, I feel that I have a connection with the youths of today, with their angst, pain, identity-crisis, and role-confusion.  Erikson would've clapped.  

My brother used to call me Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up.  But there is a critical difference between us.  He was bubblier and happier, while I was just a melancholic trying to look like a bubbly and happy person.  

Growing up sometimes makes one forget his/her own youth.  Hence, they don't understand the young people when they misbehave in class, or smoke because they weren't allowed to play after "Sugarfree", or find a way inside the gym sans ticket, or slap you in the face with her wand because she is "Princess Andrea" and I am just a "Slave Daddy".  These things make one furious, but it's what happens after that matters.  The young people now don't need to be told that they are right.  They need only to be heard, and understood.  Just like what I told my former student in Dominican College, "I heard, I understand...but I don't agree".  To which, he replied, "Thank you".

It is an unsure world out there.  I fear that the stocks would fall and wipe out my investments.  I fear that an earthquake will devastate our country.  I fear that the terrorists would bomb cities and blow us back to the Middle Ages.  I fear alien invasion, meteor collision, ozone depletion, the end of humanity.  But all these things are part of the march of humanity towards the great sea of Life (or the final shearing, for negative people).  One writer then said, "I am glad to be old at such a finished world".  That was almost 200 years ago.  The world goes on.

And while we worry about our own lives, relationships with our loved ones, financial problems, health problems, security problems, problems of our children, our parents, our teachers (ugh!)...while we worry about them, let me say - cliche, though it is - it is still a beautiful world.

Let us just remind ourselves that all the things that worry us now will be gone tomorrow or the next day.  Fifty miles down the road, we will be nurses, writers, broadcasters, managers, accountants, teachers... we will be parents too.  And as parents, we will take care of the next generations with their peculiar problems.  They will be looking for heroes also, for eagles, for soldiers who came from battles and did not grow weary.  Who stood up in the face of death and calumny with the strength of a lion.  They are the gods.  They are the angels sent to the world to inspire those who may have broken their wings.  They are the ones who carry the torch onwards, and inspire the youth to carry them the same.  Light their torches too.  Light the world.  Light the world.  Light the future of the world.

When Prometheus stole the fire of Olympus, he was bound and imprisoned by the gods.  We will carry the torch forward the light a thousand other torches.  Live on.  Keep on keeping on.  Life goes on and everything is for the best.

There was a story I read back when I was just 14.  It's from one of those Bible Diaries that carry a "thought a day".  Back when I wanted to be a priest.  It's a fitting ending for this meaningless piece that has no unity and coordination (that my students in Writing will fail me for).  

In one of those cold counties in Canada, an old woman named Cely goes to church everyday to hear Mass at six in the morning.  She lived very far and needed to rise up at 4 each morning, because she needed an hour to prepare, and another hour to walk the distance from her house to the church.  Everyday, without exception, she heard Mass, staying at the front row of the church.  She was too deaf to hear.

One day, the worst blizzard in that county happened.  Snow covered the land, and rendered the roads impassable to vehicles.  The priest rose a little late that day.  No one will hear Mass today, he muttered to himself.  When he peeped from the altar curtain, however, he saw old Cely in her usual dress ready to hear Mass.  

The priest then went on with the Mass with his one audience.  

After the Mass, the priest called old Cely and asked her, "How did you ever make it through this terrible blizzard?"

Cely answered, "I just kept saying to myself, One more step for Christ, and I got here".  

She walked away.

Post script.

We all need to go on.  One more step.  For life, for Buddha, for Krishna, for Allah, for God, for Christ, for your future.... for whatever inspires you.  Don't give up, kids.  

"That these tatters in you may find harmony.... (cf. Will Durant, History of Philosophy)"

All the love.

Philosophy of the One

One World - Philosophy of the One

The last breath of man is for the truth, beyond all the legends of his heart.

This is my wordpress account, where I will start to write the draft of my profession of faith. This is my philosophy, which I dubbed "Philosophy of the One". The title will be clear when I get to the theory of innate ideas.

George for Dubya

You Are Most Like George W. Bush

So what if you're not exactly popular? You still rule the free world. And while you may be quite conservative now, you knew how to party back in the day!

What Modern US President Are You Most Like?

Entrepreneur, I am

You Are a Natural Entrepreneur

You're creative, driven, and full of great ideas. You could be the next Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, or Oprah. Keep with your dreams, even if people don't understand or respect them. Someday you'll have too much money to care what they think!

Are You a Natural Entrepreneur?

What the....?

You Are A Romantic Realist

You tend to be grounded when it comes to romance. Sure, you can fall hard... but only for someone you've gotten to know. And once you're in love, you can be a total romantic goofball... But you'd never admit it to your friends!

Are You Romantic or Realistic?

Dr Phil's test

I got this from my friend Drew
From DJ

Below is Dr Phil's test. (Dr. Phil scored 55; he did this test on Oprah - she got a 38.) Some folks pay a lot of money to find this stuff out!

Read on, this is very interesting!

Don't be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate and it only takes 2 minutes. Take this test for yourself and send it to your friends.

When you're done, place your score on your blog title. Don't peek, but begin the test as you scroll down and answer.

Answers are for who you are now --- not who you were in the past Have pen or pencil and paper ready

This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today. It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees. It's only 10 Simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper, keeping track of your letter answers to each question.


Ready?


Begin.


1. When do you feel your best?

a) in the morning
b) during the afternoon and early evening
c) late at night


2. You usually walk...

a) fairly fast, with long steps
b) fairly fast, with little steps
c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
d) less fast, head down
e) very slowly


3. When talking to people you. .

a) stand with your arms folded
b) have your hands clasped
c) have one or both your hands on your hips
d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair


4. When relaxing, you sit with. . .

a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) your legs crossed
c) you r legs stretched out or straight
d) one leg curled under you


5. When something really amuses you, you react with...

a) big appreciated laugh
b) a laugh, but not a loud one
c) a quiet chuckle
d) a sheepish smile

6 When you go to a party or social gathering you...

a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed


7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted. ..

a) welcome the break
b) feel extremely irritated
c) vary between these two extremes


8. Which of the following colors do you like most?

a) Red or orange
b) black
c) yellow or light blue
d) green
e) dark blue or purple
f) white
g) brown or gray


9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are...

a) stretched out on your back
b) stretched out face down on your stomach
c) on your side, slightly curled
d) with your head on one arm
e) with your head under the covers


10. You often dream that you are...

a) falling
b) fighting or struggling
c) searching for something or somebody
d) flying or floating
e) you usually have dreamless sleep
f) your dreams are always pleasant



POINTS:

1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1
10 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.

OVER 60 POINTS : Others see you as someone they should 'handle with care.' You're seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS : Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS : Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but and who someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do makeexpect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the de cisions & who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you' re boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren't.

All We Have To Do

Voltaire, one of the most prolific writers of the Enlightenment, wrote Candide, a story of a man who went through a lot of pain and trouble. On the backdrop are Pangloss, his tutor who obstinately believes that everything is for the best. A parody of Leibniz, this well-loved classic is really a pessimistic attack against blind optimism, understandable only in an age ravaged by wars carried on in the name of religion and pride.

Augustine would have laughed, reading the Enneads at his deathbed during the Vandalic* siege of Hippo.

He was the optimist.

"You must have a vast and magnificent estate," said Candide to the Turk.

"I have only twenty acres," replied the old man; "I and my children cultivate them; our labour preserves us from three great evils--weariness, vice, and want."

Candide, on his way home, made profound reflections on the old man's conversation.

"This honest Turk," said he to Pangloss and Martin, "seems to be in a situation far preferable to that of the six kings with whom we had the honour of supping."

"Grandeur," said Pangloss, "is extremely dangerous according to the testimony of philosophers. For, in short, Eglon, King of Moab, was assassinated by Ehud; Absalom was hung by his hair, and pierced with three darts; King Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, was killed by Baasa; King Ela by Zimri; Ahaziah by Jehu; Athaliah by Jehoiada; the Kings Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, were led into captivity. You know how perished Croesus, Astyages, Darius, Dionysius of Syracuse, Pyrrhus, Perseus, Hannibal, Jugurtha, Ariovistus, Cæsar, Pompey, Nero, Otho, Vitellius, Domitian, Richard II. of England, Edward II., Henry VI., Richard III., Mary Stuart, Charles I., the three Henrys of France, the Emperor Henry IV.! You know----"

"I know also," said Candide, "that we must cultivate our garden."

"You are right," said Pangloss, "for when man was first placed in the Garden of Eden, he was put there _ut operaretur eum_, that he might cultivate it; which shows that man was not born to be idle."

"Let us work," said Martin, "without disputing; it is the only way to render life tolerable."

(Emphasis mine)

My Dark Side

What's Your Dark Side?

My Result: Taking Chances

Quitting your job before you have a new one lined up? Drinking the milk even if it expired yesterday? Chatting up that cute stranger on the bus? Whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want it — nobody takes chances quite like you. You're definitely not the type to play it safe, at work or anywhere else, because that's no way for a go-getter like you to have fun or to get ahead.

Like everybody else you hesitate from time to time, and you definitely have your moments when you toe the line. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Just make sure you don't go too far over into the dark side and you'll come out on top. Way to chance it!

What are you?
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Getting over "love"?

We don't really get over love... either it's just not there to start with - "love's not time's fool....bears it out even to the edge of doom (Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVIII)"

OR

It is there in your life for education:"God is love, and those who live in God lives in love".

We are merely imitating that love that is there in our heart always prodding on to be able to possess what is infinite, eternal and self-fulfilling. But such love cannot be found at the moment. Whether it can be found in eternity in the arms of God WHO IS LOVE is the subject matter of theology.

Suffice it to say that (from our point of view) compared to the infinite, Love is an illusion. Compared to nothingness, it is the most wonderful thing that we have in this world. And when one feels the stigma of being in love, s/he only needs to look beyond the moment of the horizon, and believe that love is just for education of the soul. When love is unfulfilled and unrequited on earth, then it flows back to the person, and makes him/her more noble and capable of loving some more (G. Atento, "On Love and Loving (1995))"

I Met Her In Paris (Jimmy Jimmy)

Jimmy Jimmy

Valentine's for Zarathustra

A student forwarded a message for me today. It goes something like, Everytime I see my mother prepare breakfast, etc. I know there is love. Whenever I see my cousin fetch her son from school, etc. thereby saying that love is not merely for sweethearts. Further, that this kind of love is the one being depicted during Valentine's Day.

Wherefore, I reply - in the manner of Hume -

Love is merely sophistry and illusion. It is an abstraction by commerce in order to sell flowers 500x more than their real value.

Oh no, it is a mere result of man's insistence to be completed, looking at the depths of his existence and yearning for his place in eternity. But let him define eternity and he does not have the words for it. He will perchance reply with St. Thomas, in the negative, as in the absence of before and after. But when we ask him, in eternity, there will be no motion then? He would say - forced by the existence of motion - there is. Our mind still thinks, and since Plato describes that as a sort of motion, then there is. But then, we ask, Plato is your authority? No, he would say. Augustine said something like that too. He has an imprimatur. And motion carries a before and after? Well yes. Hence, there is a before and after? Yes. Okay, so there is time then. Ah, well... let us start again.

Love is nothing but the impulses of the material brain. Wherefore, as a proof, people who were not loved when they were young, behaved more or less like a brigand. So, being good, loving another, though part of human nature, cannot be described apart from the materiality of man. And in the end, when this matter succumb to corruption, and all that is left is a cosmic egg in a big crunch, or a dead universe, then love does not remain.


"When he awakes from his dream, he will be the first to join in the laugh against himself and to confess that all his objections are mere amusement, and can have no other tendency than to show the whimsical condition of mankind, who must act and reason and believe though they are not able, by their most diligent inquiry, to satisfy themselves concerning the foundation of these operations or to remove objections which may be raised against them."

- An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding (David Hume)

Tagged - too long, too late.

Instructions: Each player starts with 7 random habits/facts about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!


1. I worked in a bank where I stayed for ten years. I became the branch accountant even though my undergrad course was BS Math

2. I almost entered a seminary. Three times. Twice as a Dominican.

3. I love movies. During Saturdays, I would sleep at 3 in the morning. From watching 5 movies in a row.

4. There was a time in my life that I really thought I was an angel.

5. I started doubting and proving in 1995. After watching Braveheart. I never got back ever since. Those who have eyes, see.

6. I loved, I mean, I love Nicole Kidman. And Monica Bellucci. And several other Holywood girls.

7. I used to write a lot of thoughts. I almost became a writer. And a band singer/guitarist.


I'm gonna tag:

Nobody na lang. Lahat na na-tag na eh. Ay teka.

Andy
Blisterband
Edmelia
Hazel
Deane
Candice Mendoza
Tahnee

Quotes from Catcher in the Rye

Quotations from
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger, 1945

What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. If you don't, you feel even worse. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 1


I don't even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 1


It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 1


People always think something's all true. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 2


People never notice anything. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 2


I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful. If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera. It's terrible. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 3


When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something. Only, I don't go. I'm too worried to go. I don't want to interrupt my worrying to go. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 6


All morons hate it when you call them a moron. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 6


In my mind, I'm probably the biggest sex maniac you ever saw. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 9


It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 9


Sex is something I really don't understand too hot. You never know where the hell you are. I keep making up these sex rules for myself, and then I break them right away. Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls that, deep down, gave me a pain in the ass. I broke it, though, the same week I made it - the same night, as a matter of fact. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 9


I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 10


There isn't any night club in the world you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. Or unless you're with some girl that really knocks you out. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 10


It's no fun to be yellow. Maybe I'm not all yellow. I don't know. I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13


I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13


Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 15


If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 17


"Take most people, they're crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, and they're always talking about how many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand-new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that's even newer. I don't even like old cars. I mean they don't even interest me. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 17, spoken by the character Holden Caulfield


Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 18


Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 20


It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 21


Holden: "You know that song, 'If a body catch a body comin' through the rye'?..."
Phoebe: "It's 'If a body meet a body coming through the rye'!... It's a poem. By Robert Burns."
~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 22


"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 22, spoken by the character Holden Caulfield


"I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.... It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in looking as if he might have played football in college. Then again, you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.' Or you may end up in some business office, throwing paper clips at the nearest stenographer. I just don't know." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24, spoken by the character Mr. Antolini


"This fall I think you're riding for - it's a special kind of fall, a horrible kind. The man falling isn't permitted to feel or hear himself hit bottom. He just keeps falling and falling. The whole arrangement's designed for men who, at some time or other in their lives, were looking for something their own environment couldn't supply them with. Or they thought their own environment couldn't supply them with. So they gave up looking. They gave it up before they ever really even got started." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24, spoken by the character Mr. Antolini


"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry." ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24, spoken by the character Mr. Antolini


Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 26

Ako?

You are an Atheist

When it comes to religion, you're a non-believer (simple as that).You prefer to think about what's known and proven.You don't need religion to solve life's problems.Instead, you tend to work things out with logic and philosophy.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Personality Test

Your Personality Is

Idealist (NF)You are a passionate, caring, and unique person.You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily.Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings.You seek out other empathetic people to befriend.Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships.In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily.At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career.With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone.As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style.On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours.

The Three Question Personality Test

Nerd?

Master Geodda

Many Faces

100 here I come.... I look like it anyway

Chance You'll Live to 100: 66%

100 is looking pretty likely for you right now. You've made your health a priority.So kick back, keep doing what you're doing, and enjoy the great life you've made for yourself.And you might get to see what the world is like 70, 80, or even 90 years from now.

Will You Live to 100?

Emotionally Immature

You Are 62% Grown Up, 38% Kid

Congratulations, you are definitely quite emotionally mature.Although you have your moments of moodiness, you're usually stable and level headed.

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

What is A-minus?

You Have A Type A- Personality

You are one of the most balanced people aroundMotivated and focused, you are good at getting what you wantYou rule at success, but success doesn't rule you.When it's playtime, you really know how to kick backWhether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love!You live life to the fullest - incorporating the best of both worlds

Do You Have a Type A Personality?

What else is new?

You Should Be a Musician

You have a rare combinations of talents: an ear for music, nimble fingers, and the willpower to practice. You could master almost any instrument you choose to play (if you haven't already!)

What Sort of Artist Should You Be?

Are You Emo?

You Are 44% Emo

You're not emo, but you're plenty thoughtful, unique, and even a little angsty.

Are You Emo?

What the.....not being able to beat 'em, I joined them.

Ok, I know. No need to ....ah well.

Megatron Yeah!

I AM
71%
MEGATRONTake the Transformers Quiz

Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like This

Actually.

I don't know if I am just a perfectionist.
Or a pessimist wanting to act like an optimist.
Or too sensitive over things I could not really do anything about anyway.

But they do happen. Things like this one.
And I am just not too good looking to post vlog over YouTube - that may win over some 10k subscribers and 1 million views. Who needs them anyway.

Sometimes when these days do happen, I just look toward the high tower of eternity. Looking around the bend. This too will pass.

That this is for a greater purpose. F**k. At times, I am just excusing the yin for the sake of the yang.

If you were to ask the darn philosophers - whom I turn to when all the people around me are momentarily just a bunch of a-holes - they would say (Okay, Martin would say) "Live the moment. Live the pain. Accept it. It hurts. Don't deny. The more it will hurt you."

So I do.

It f**kin' hurts that sometimes - okay, most of the times - you exert everything you have in you, talk to 3,000 people everyday, sit down in three thousand meetings hearing basically the same things, spend more time going to and fro the buildings than sitting at your table - sometimes you do all that, and then, because of that, you miss a thing - and why? because you were in some goddam meeting that does not concern you primarily - and there are no floating vegetables anymore but hey - and because of that, all hell breaks loose.

I hate it when a good thing would go wrong.

At the back of my mind, the days of PB-Greenhills are always there. When I was young and restless and very productive. But, there's always that whisper: Go on. Move on. Forget Paris. Forget Prudential. Move on.

Can I not find something like it?

**God I remember Andrea's book (THE favorite book now): "When you're lost...make every place look like home".

"If you're afraid of the dark, add one more star to the night". Aaaaw. (Andrea mimicks that)

Ok, I am just going to feel bad a bit more. Just this day. Three more hours. Tomorrow, I pick up a new, better card.

And hope that Language Objectives don't repeat on my student activities anymore. Or those petty things that are but unicellular organisms in this vast ocean of Georgeness. Which nobody recognizes anyway.

And if it does not work out....

I could always say good bye.

Again.


"...alone, once more alone...a travelling boy, and merely passing through...."

Love and Venus

Again, 17 years ago, John and I wrote this song.

LOVE AND VENUS

scared, scared to death
tired, running out of breath
hear me calling to you
woh

long, long are the nights
short, short are my arms
longing for you

how can i
how can i make it through
got to be
got to be with you
can't you see
can't you hear
have you an eye
have you an ear
have you a heart
that beats for love

they shattered the wall
venus and love
they make us fall
while i dream of you above
woh
while round and round and round
the world is going round

i'll shatter the wall
between us and love
i'll make them fall
i'll dream of you above

Sometimes I Get So Nervous

This is a song I wrote when I was just 19. Some 17 years ago. Back when I was still pessimistic about everything. I even claimed the "Mister Pessimister" of TFF as my own.

Sometimes I Get So Nervous

sometimes i get so nervous

on my way to the town circus

thinkin' by myself would the clowns show up

or are they tired already

sometimes it gets so scary

as i plan on climbin' the cherry

worryin' would the cherry fall

hit my head to the wall

is my tree so tall

or is it too small

does it look like a tree to thee

it doesn't to me...

sometimes i ask myself

would there be someone to watch over me

would someone listen as i sing this song

without thinking i just jumbled the words and this doesn't mean a thing

sometimes i ask is there someone out there

except god ...

sometimes i get so crazy

and i write a song about me

a song that many won't understand

as a clap of one hand

as a guitar buried in the sand

a song that goes.... on and on...

I wrote a song "Are You Out There?" - a song intended for God. Thing is, after a month or two, a strong earthquake happened. That was July 16, 1990. And I was in UST then. As I look above the Main of "my UST"... I saw the cross shaking....and it looked like a message or a vision. So the lyrics..."is there someone out there...except god.." is like a resignation that. Ok, he is there. But aside from him...?

Which Tarot Card Am I

You are The Lovers

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.

Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

I bought a book "Tarot Cards for Dummies" at Book Sale today. It's worth 5 pesos! Then, I saw the blog entry of Hayden. Just couldn't resist doing this.

Mukhang aso daw ako (In the tradition of Andy U.)

You Are A: Puppy!

Beloved by all, puppies are energetic, playful, and loving. Your outgoing and friendly nature is part of what makes you a puppy. Known for their loyalty, puppies make great pets for young and old alike. And an innocent puppy face can melt anyone's heart!

You were almost a: Pony or a Lamb
You are least like a: Chipmunk or a TurtleWhat Cute Animal Are You?

I always thought I was spooky

62%

Mingle² - Free Online Dating

Totally sarcastic?

Blogthings - How Sarcastic Are You?

You're Totally Sarcastic

You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad.

How Sarcastic Are You?

My IQ

Blogthings - A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Your IQ Is 150

Your Logical Intelligence is Genius Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

What should I major in

Blogthings - What Should You Major In?

Your Scholastic Strength Is Innovating

You are the master of new ideas, techniques, and ways of looking at things. You are talented at structuring thoughts, decision making, clarifying, and making deadlines. You should major in: Marketing Psychology Desgin Cognitive Science Economics Photography

What Should You Major In?

Like A Rolling Stone

Probably the coolest song ever written. See the performance and know the difference between a singer and a poet/prophet.

Kawawa naman ang love ko....

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here

$200 for a laptop

Laptop makers push size, price limits to gain sales (Reuters)

Reuters - Notebook PC makers are stretching the boundaries of light-weight and low-cost computing, rolling out ever slimmer tablet PCs and mass market models costing as little as $200 in their quest to find the next big thing.

Bagsakan

tisoy:cnandito na si chito
si chito miranda
nandito na si kiko
si francis magalona
nandito na si gloc9
wala syang apelyido
magbabagsakan dito in 5 4 3 2

GROUP:
nandito na si chito
si chito miranda
nandito rin si kiko
si francis magalona
nandito rin si gloc9
wala syang apelyido
magbabagsakan dito
mauuna si chito!

chito:
hindi ko alam kung bat ako kasama dito
sama sama sa mga pasabog nila kiko at ni gloc9 - astig patinikan ng bibig
teka muna teka lang painom muna ng tubig
shift sa segunda bago mapatumba
dapat mabilis at ang areng na maganda
at madulas ang pagbigkas
at astig baka sakaling marinig
ng libo libo na pilipino nakikinig sa mga aktibo ko
hindi ka ba nagugulat sa mga naganap
hindi ko din alam kung bat ako sikat
para bang panaginip na pinilit makamit
talagang sinusulit ang pagiging makulit
kailangan galingan hindi na kayang tapatan ang tugtugan ng parokya at aming samahan
shit! panu to wala nko masabi
ngunit kailangan gumalaw ng mga labi kong ito
kunyari nagbabakasakali
na magaling din ako kaya nasali!

GROUP:
natapos na si chito
si chito miranda
nandito na si kiko
si francis magalona
nandito rin si gloc9
wala syang apelyido
magbabagsakan dito
babanat na si kiko!

kiko;
and then the uzi yo' ingram
jigsaw in the maximum
not a 45 but 44 magnum
memimate-eve and a 357
knor 12 gates but your not so listen
nandito na si kiko at kasama ko si chito at si gloc9
and its time to rock rhyme
dko mapigilan lumabas ang mga salita
sa aking bibig hindi padadaig
ang bunganga
hala tumunganga
lahat napapahanga sa talento
akoy taga kalentong
batang mandaluyong na ngayun nakatira sa antiplo
sumasaklolo sa mga hiphop
pwede karerin to'
pwede rin trip lang
si gloc9 kasama ng parokya
parang bulagaan at kelangan hindi mabokya
hindi mo na kelangan pa malaman
kung bakit pa
kaming lahat ay nagsamasama
mic check eto na nagsanib na ang pwersa
francis magalona-gloc9-at-ang-parokya
1 2 3 4 lets VOLT IN!

GROUP:
natapos na si chito
si chito miranda
tapos na rin si kiko
si francis magalona
nandito na si gloc9
(gloc9: ahhh mic check - mic check)
wala syang apelyido
(gloc9: okay na ba ung mic?)
magbabagsakan dito
kelangan ng magingat
at ang huling bagsakan
si gloc9 ang babanat!

gloc9:
bato bato sa langit
ang tamaan'y hwag magalit
bawal ang nakasimangot
baka lalo ka pumangit
pero okay lang
hindi naman kami mga suplado
sumabay ka sa amin na parang nkaeroplano
sa tunog ng gitara
kasama ng pinakamalupit na banda
pati si kiko
magaling-hindi parin kayang tapatan
parang awit na lagi mong binabalik balikan
stop-rewind and play mo
nakapakasaya na para bang birthday ko
alam mo na siguro ang ibig kong sabihin
hindi na kelangan pang paikutikutin
baka lalong matagalan lang
lumapit at makinig na para iyong maintindihan
mga salitang sinulat na hindi ko papel
pero pwede ilatag
na parang banig na higaan
kapag hinawakan ang mikropono parang nabubuwang
eh kasi naman siguro
ganyan lang kapag gumagawa kami ng bago
medyo nabibilisan
hindi mo naisip na pwedeng mangyari
magkasamasama lahat ay kasali!
ge!

chito:
ngayun lang narinig
hindi na to' madadaig
nagsamasama sa bagsakan
at naging isang bibig
magingat ingat ka nga at baka masindak
sapagkat andito na si chito-at-si-kiko-at-si-gloc

SKIT:
im pedro basuraman
i live in the garbage can
i went thru my auntie
and punit her pantie
im pedro basuraman

Sultans of Swing

One of my favorite songs. Sultans of Swing. Guitar George, I am, who knows all the chords. Ha ha.

As big as this

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here

A Sudanese man drinks Coca-Cola under a bottle-shaped drinks stall in Khartoum on Monday, June 4, 2007. (AP Photo/ Alfred de Montesquiou)

Complete Story...

The Best Companies for me.

100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: The Best Companies For You | FORTUNE

Company	Employees	City	State
Qualcomm	8,860	San Diego	CA
JM Family Enterprises	4,452	Deerfield Beach	FL
Yahoo	6,840	Sunnyvale	CA
SRA International	4,861	Fairfax	VA

My Confidence level

Confidence is the trait that makes people feel self-assured and certain that they have what it takes to be successful. You have high confidence. As a result, most of the time you probably feel quite stable and emotionally calm. However, it's not unlikely that there are also times when you feel insecure or overwhelmed by stress. When stressful things happen, try to maintain your perspective and avoid emotional extremes. Remember that you can choose to look on the bright side of any situation that presents itself. Chances are you already know how to snap yourself out of negative patterns of self-doubt when they happen. You may just need a little push in the right direction to be encouraged to do it.

Because of your usual high level of self-acceptance and belief in yourself, you're generally open and accepting of others. This graciousness can include a tendency to be warm to those around you. It can also mean that you reserve your judgments of people until you get to know them well. People who come in contact with you likely appreciate this generous nature and may seek out your company.

Full reports are found here and here.

I am a cheapskate. And proud to be one.

You Are a Cheapskate

You're so cheap, you probably turn your underwear inside out to wear it the next day ;-)Seriously though, while times may be tough - you need to work on being a little more generous.No one likes a cheap person. So give what you can, and scale back on the things you truly can't afford.

Are You a Cheapskate?

Am I Right or Left Brained?

Blogthings - Are You Right or Left Brained?

You Are 55% Left Brained, 45% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

Iran to announce nuclear plans

Iran set to announce nuclear plans (Reuters)

Reuters - Iran's president has promised to disclose news about Iran's nuclear program when he visits its uranium enrichment facility on Monday where the West says Tehran is mastering the skills needed to make atomic bombs.

Looks Like George to me.

You Are Placid and Peaceful

It's not that you're scared of most thrills It's just that you don't need them to be happy You're content with life as is... no need to change it Just make sure to let loose a little every now and then!

How Daring Are You?

Okay, Come on. Just Converted My Percentiles

Your SAT Score of 1580 Means:

You Scored Higher Than Howard Stern You Scored Higher Than George W. Bush You Scored Higher Than Al Gore You Scored Higher Than David Duchovny You Scored Higher Than Natalie Portman You Scored Lower Than Bill Gates Your IQ is most likely in the 150+ area Equivalent ACT score: 35 Schools that Fit Your SAT Score: California Institute of Technology Stanford University Princeton University Yale University Harvard University

What Does Your SAT Score Mean?

I was Charlemagne in my past life

You Belong in Paris

Stylish and expressive, you were meant for Paris. The art, the fashion, the wine! Whether you're enjoying the cafe life or a beautiful park... You'll love living in the most chic place on earth.

What City Do You Belong In?

What d'ya expect? 10 years ago, I was single and weigh a ton less

You've Changed 76% in 10 Years

Compared to who you were ten years ago, you've changed a great deal. In fact, you're probably in a completely different phase of your life - and very happy about it!

How Much Have You Changed in 10 Years?

Cool Walks in the Moonlight Huh? The Neighborhood Dogs Will Eat Ya!

Your Dosha is Pitta

You have a quick mind, a gift for persuasion, and a sharp sense of humor. You have both the drive and people skills to be a very successful leader. Argumentative and a bit stubborn, you have been known to be a little too set in your ways. But while you may be biased toward your own point of view, you are always honest, fair, and ethical. With friends: You are outgoing and open to anyone who might want to talk to you In love: You are picky but passionate To achieve more balance: Be less judgmental of those around you, and take cool walks in the moonlight.

What's Your Dosha?

Give me another test. This one ain't true.

Your Sensitivity Score: 49%

As far as sensitivity goes, you're a lot more in tune than most people. You can't help but be touched by what's around you - good and bad. But when things do get really bad around you, you are strong enough not to break down.

Are You Extremely Sensitive?

I Knew It - Van Gogh killed himself right?

You Are Expressionism

Moody, emotional, and even a bit angsty... you certainly know how to express your emotions. At times, you tend to lack perspective on your life, probably as a result of looking inward too much. This introspection does give you a flair for the dramatic. And it's even maybe made you cultivate some artistic talents! You have a true artist's temperament... which is a blessing and a curse.

What Art Movement Are You?

Easy Going Traveller

Your Travel Personality Is: Easygoing

When you travel, you're looking for a lot of downtime. Vacations are your chance to recoup. All you need is a scenic spot and plenty of time on your hands. You'll figure out the rest. You're not one to make lots of plans when you travel. You just follow whatever path seems right.

What's Your Travel Personality?

Psychopath? Who you calling psycho? Mother....

You Are 52% Abnormal

You are at high risk for being a psychopath. It is very likely that you have no soul. You are at high risk for having a borderline personality. It is very likely that you are a chaotic mess. You are at medium risk for having a narcissistic personality. It is somewhat likely that you are in love with your own reflection. You are at low risk for having a social phobia. It is unlikely that you feel most comfortable in your mom's basement. You are at low risk for obsessive compulsive disorder. It is unlikely that you are addicted to hand sanitizer.

How Abnormal Are You?

Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors

LiveScience.com - Belief in Reincarnation Tied to Memory Errors

By Melinda Wenner
Special to LiveScience

People who believe they have lived past lives as, say, Indian princesses or battlefield commanders are more likely to make certain types of memory errors, according to a new study.

The propensity to make these mistakes could, in part, explain why people cling to  implausible reincarnation claims in the first place...

***I have to test myself.  I believe in reincarnation but I don't think I have memory errors.  I once tested my memory through online tests, and it showed I have better memory than 75% of those who tested.  I don't think I have memory errors. 

What was I doing again?  Ah, ok.  I am posting a blog entry.  Sorry. 

My Celebrity Look-alikes

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com. Get one for yourself.

Albert Einstein and God

Albert Einstein and God

In an exclusive excerpt from Walter Isaacson's new biography, the great physicist wrestles with his faith.

***The whole article was breath-taking.  I was reading through the recesses of my heart.  Some things are the same, some are not.  I think I found another hero.  Yet again.

Adrenaline Rush

You Are Running on 66% Adrenaline

Your Adrenaline Level: Borderline Dangerous You're running around so fast, you don't realize how quickly life is passing you by. While you may be getting a lot done, you're on the go lifestyle is probably wearing you out.

Are You Running on Adrenaline?

Mythological Character

You Are a Chimera

You are very outgoing and well connected to many people. Incredibly devoted to your family and friends, you find purpose in nurturing others. You are rarely alone, and you do best in the company of others. You are incredibly expressive, and people are sometimes overwhelmed by your strong emotions.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

Am I A Pack Rat?

You're a Pack Rat in Training

You know those crazy old people with a ton of video tapes and cats? Well, you're training to be one. Time to do some spring cleaning. Even if it isn't spring!

Are You a Pack Rat?

Optimist or Pessimist?

You Are a Realist

You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass. You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is... But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on. You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope.

Are You An Optimist or Pessimist?