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asong tamad

this is a picture of a guard dog i took a few months back at SM North

standing, he looks like a common guard dog..
resting, what the heck....its the first time ive seen one with his head down instead of his butt... infairness he looks so cute and calm..

i wonder what his master tells him or teaches him and whats with the gesture..ang asong tamad

tiis tiis lang po..

somewhere down the road ....when you try to think of what your life would be in years to come....

you start to imagine....... what life would bring and where it would take you....

you try i foretell the best you can every think of and hope that everything will come true...

along the way, you need to pass the rough roads where hopes and patience are below the ground..

keep smiling and nobody will notice,.... that all you have is faith and a thank full stomach and that GOd doesnt forget...we just need to wait.

--i would like to marry a chef, who would cook for me and pamper my love for food...celebrating a day of ate jings impatience with life....

listening

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study.








The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice.

The young man couldn't help but wonder, "Does God still speak to people?"

After service he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message.

Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.

It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, "God..If you still speak to people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey."

As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.

He shook his head and said out loud, "God is that you?" He didn't get a reply and started on toward home.

But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.

The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.

"Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk." It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.

As he passed Seventh Street , he again felt the urge, "Turn Down that street."

This is crazy he thought and drove on past the intersection.

Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street ..

At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.

Half jokingly, he said out loud, "Okay, God, I will".

Purpose-Driven Life

A GREAT TESTIMONY

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales.

This is an absolutely incredible interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life" author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

"People ask me, what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but not the end of me.

I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.

God w ants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems: either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.

The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.

God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.

This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.

Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a ra ilroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.

No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.

And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.

It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.

It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.

So I began to ask God wh at He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.

Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?

When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings."

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.
This is beautiful and food for the soul. A friend sent it to me, and I would like to share it with you. May God richly bless you.... no matter what circumstances we maybe in....

Great Minds

Only great minds can read this


This is weird, but interesting!

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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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FORWARD ONLY IF YOU CAN READ IT.

ang huling el bimbo

kix, mel and me.....
ang huling el bimbo wih the eraserheads

magkahawak ang ating kamay at walang kamalay malay......

na tinuruan mo ang puso ko...

...naumibig ng tunay!!!!

peace out --francis M.--

every color, every hue...is represeted by me and you

take a look in the koleidosccppe, .....in this koleidoscope world...

cee & jei

strike anywhere...

Big C & Big J ( cee and jei)

enjoying life and feeling the summer heat of 2009!!!

shocking world bank news

> To All Filipino Overseas Workers (OFWs): > > The Financial Analyst of World Bank would like to inform> each and everyone of you that the present currency exchange> rate of US Dollar to Peso is actually $1 = 52 pesos. > > Your government is manipulating the exchange rate for some> years now. It is very much improbable and impossible that> the Philippine Peso is appreciating compare to Euro, British> Pound, Rials, and any other foreign currency. Even your> ASEAN neighboring countries are suffering from the Global> Crisis. Singapore , a developed country is affected by> depreciation of their currency what more of your country? > > We admire you for your hard work but we also pity you for> having such a very corrupt government that is taking> advantage of your hard earned money. The ARROYO> ADMINISTRATION is blatantly milking each and every OFWs all> over theworld of billions of pesos for its own greedy,> selfish ends. Investigations reveal that this milked money> from OFWs will be spent to BRIBE not only PGMA’s pet> COCODILES in CONGRESS but some in the SENATE as well for her> to PERPETUATE IN POWER BEYOND 2010. The rest would be> deposited to the family's SECRET ACCOUNT in> Switzerland . Another money-making scheme is the LOTTERY> DRAWS. Filipinos should be aware that all LOTTO DRAWS are> orchestrated, and big money goes to the two sons of the lady> president. Recent example is the SUPER LOTTO 6/49 draw,> where supposedly two individuals from Luzon won. Do you know> WHO these individuals are? It’s Mikey and Datu, who else?> One might ask how could the draw be rigged when it is being> televised in front of millions of viewers. The answer is> simple. As you all know, all bet combinations arebeing> entered into PCSO’s main data base as it is on-line,> therefore, it is easy to determine which combinations were> NOT betted upon. If they want to raise big money, no winners> will be declared until the JACKPOT reaches sky-high because> they could dictate the outcome at will. When it’s> “HARVEST TIME”, voila, there would be “winner or> winners” and the process repeats all over again. One might> ask how this is being done. One insider told our> investigators that actually the “DRAWN BALLS”, six balls> to be exact, are the only set which could fit into the> transparent tube which sucks the balls up. All others are> slightly bigger than the diameter of the tube which could> not be distinguished by the viewers, therefore, there’s no> way they could be drawn! > > > > You Filipinos are being skinnedalive, fried in your own> fat and lard by your own government. Do you ever wonder why> president-elect BARACK OBAMA, avoids your president like a> stinking leper? > > -World Bank

ang sulat

para sa lahat ng anak.....



Mahal kong anak,
Sa aking pagtanda, unawain mo sana ako atpagpasensiyahan.Kapag dala ng kalabuan ng mata ay nakabasag ako ngpinggano nakatapon ng sabaw sa hapag kainan, huwag mo sanaakongkagagalitan.Maramdamin ang isang matanda. Nagse-self-pity ako satuwingsinisigawan mo ako.Kapag mahina na ang tenga ko at hindi ko maintindihanang sinasabi mo, huwag mo naman sana akong sabihanng "binge!" paki-ulit nalang ang sinabi mo o pakisulatnalang.Pasensya ka na, anak. Matanda na talaga ako.Kapag mahina na ang tuhod ko, pagtiyagaan mo sanaakongtulungang tumayo, katulad ng pag-aalalay ko sa iyonoong nag-aaral ka pa lamang lumakad.Pagpasensyahan mo sana ako kung ako man aynagiging makulit at paulit-ulit na parang sirangplaka.Basta pakinggan mo nalang ako. Huwag mo sana akongPagtatawanan o pagsasawaang pakinggan.Natatandaan mo anak noong bata ka pa?kapag gusto mo ng lobo, paulit-ulit mo 'yongsasabihin,maghapon kang mangungulit hangga't hindi mo nakukuhaang gustomo.Pinagtyagaan ko ang kakulitan mo.Pagpasensyahan mo na rin sana ang aking amoy. Amoymatanda,amoy lupa.Huwag mo sana akong piliting maligo. Mahina na angkatawan ko.Madaling magkasakit kapag nalamigan, huwag mo sanaakongpandirihan.Natatandaan mo noong bata ka pa? Pinagtyagaan kitanghabulinSa ilalim ng kama kapag ayaw mong maligo.Pagpasensyahan mo sana kung madalas, ako'y masungit,Dala na marahil ito ng katandaan. Pagtanda mo,maiintindihanmo rin.Kapag may konti kang panahon, magkwentuhan naman tayo,kahitsandali lang.Inip na ako sa bahay, maghapong nag-iisa. Walangkausap.Alam kong busy ka sa trabaho, subalit nais kongmalaman mo nasabik na sabikNa akong makakwentuhan ka, kahit alam kong hindi kainteresadosa mga kwento ko.Natatandaan mo anak, noong bata ka pa?Pinagtyagaan kong pakinggan at intindihinang pautal-utal mong kwento tungkol sa iyong teddybear.At kapag dumating ang sandali na ako'y magkakasakitat maratay sa banig ng karamdaman,huwag mo sana akong pagsawaang alagaan.Pagpasensyahan mo na sana kung ako man ay maihi omadumi sahigaan,Pagtyagaan mo sana akong alagaan sa mga huling sandaling akingbuhay.Tutal hindi na naman ako magtatagal.Kapag dumating ang sandali ng aking pagpanaw, hawakanmo sanaang aking kamayAt bigyan mo ako ng lakas ng loob na harapin angkamatayan.At huwag kang mag-alala, kapag kaharap ko na ang Diyosna lumikha,ibubulong ko sa kanya na pagpalain ka sana ....Dahil naging mapagmahal ka sa iyong ama't ina...

bob ong's 4

HALO-HALO

"Wag magmadali sa pag-aasawa. Tatlo, lima , sampung taon sa hinaharap, mag-iiba pa ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong di pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang sa kaboses niya si Debbie Gibson o magaling mag-breakdance.

Totoong mas importante ang kalooban ng tao higit anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan sa eskwelahan e nagmumukha ring pandesal. Maniwala ka."

"ayokong nasasanay sa mga bagay na pwede namang wala sa buhay ko."

"hinahanap mo nga ba ako o ang kawalan ko?"

"hindi dahil sa hindi mo naiintindihan ang isang bagay ay kasinungalingan na ito. at hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohanan. "

"Sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sa'yo - ang sarili mo. Tama sila. Isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. Kaya siguro namigay ng konsyensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao."

"Obligasyon kong maglayag, karapatan kong pumunta sa kung saan ko gusto, responsibilidad ko ang buhay ko."

"Masama akong tao, tulad mo, sa parehong paraan na mabuti kang tao, tulad ko."

"Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala."

"iba ang walang ginagawa sa gumagawa ng wala."

"iba ang informal gramar sa mali!!!"

" Para san ba ang cellphone na may camera? Kung kailangan sa buhay un, dapat matagal na kong patay."

"Pare, isa kang totoong tao at walang halong kasinungalingan. In English, FACT you, pare. Totoo ka. In English, FACT you!"

bob ong's 3

BUHAY (IN GENERAL)

"nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay. hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false, enumeration or fill-in-the-blanks na sinasagutan kundi essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures."

"Kumain ka na ng siopao na may palamang pusa o maglakad sa bubog nang nakayapak, pero wag na wag kang susubok mag-drugs. Kung hindi mo kayang umiwas, humingi ka ng tulong sa mga magulang mo dahil alam nila kung saan ang mga murang supplier at hindi ka nila iisahan."

"Mangarap ka at abutin mo. Wag mong sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis. Kung may pagkukulang sa'yo mga magulang mo, pwde kang manisi at maging rebelde. Tumigil ka sa pag-aaral, mag-asawa ka, mag-drugs ka, magpakulay ka ng buhok sa kili-kili. Sa banding huli, ikaw din ang biktima. Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili."

"Tuparin ang mga pangarap. Obligasyon mo yan sa sarili mo. Kung gusto mo mang kumain ng balde-baldeng lupa para malagay ka sa Guinness Book of World Records at maipagmalaki ng bansa natin, sige lang. Nosi balasi.

Wag mong pansinin ang sasabihin ng mga taong susubok humarang sa'yo. Kung hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon, hindi pa rin tayo dapat nakatira sa jupiter ngayon.
Pero hindi pa rin naman talaga tayo nakatira sa jupiter dahil nga hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon. Kita mo yung moral lesson?"

"Nalaman kong habang lumalaki ka, maraming beses kang madadapa. Bumangon ka man ulit o hindi, magpapatuloy ang buhay, iikot ang mundo, at mauubos ang oras."

bob ong's 2

PAG-AARAL

"Mag-aral maigi. Kung titigil ka sa pag-aaral, manghihinayang ka pagtanda mo dahil hindi mo naranasan ang kakaibang ligayang dulot ng mga araw na walang pasok o suspendido ang klase o absent ang teacher. (Haaay, sarap!)."

"Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka.

Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba't-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan..."

"Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa."

"Dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. kung 'di mo pagtityagaan, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. sobrang lugi. kung alam lang 'yan ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko ehh walang
gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela."

bob ong's 1

PAG-IBIG

"Kung hindi mo mahal and isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya.."

"Lahat naman ng tao sumeseryoso pag tinamaan ng pagmamahal. Yun nga lang, hindi lahat matibay para sa temptasyon."

"Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo."

"Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba."

"Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang."

"Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na."

"Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

"Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo… Dapat lumandi ka din."

"Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang."

"Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa."

"Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya quits lang."

"Bakit ba ayaw matulog ng mga bata sa tanghali? alam ba nilang pag natuto silang umibig e hindi na sila makakatulog kahit gusto nila?"

"Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama ka."

"Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin!

Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay!
Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

minatamis na saging

nothing beats the summer heat if you had that very sweet and mouth watering minatamis na saging..... feels cool inside out and gives you that rejuvinated feeling to start on something different just like to day...

....everyday is the strat of your success...

feet off

where will the wind blow...
....and what will happen, if i kept on holding tightly at the pole
where will the sand brush off...
....and what will happen, if i kept me warm inside my sandcastle
where will the ocean sail...
....and what will happen, if i threw my anchor way deep
where will the road turn...
....and what will happen, if i never took that extra step
where wiil the river flow thru...
....and what will happen, if stayed on the stagnant side

where will i find me with out that extra feet.....feet off

me in you

--let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier-- mother theresa

i belive that peoples stand on different angles, people walk on different streets, people thinks on different perspectives. The only way you can come across them is passing on common grounds.... You dont need to choose your friends, are just wait in a corner to hope and find somebody. You need to take that extra effort not just to be kind to them but to know them to keep the friendship with in..And to keep them you should learn to stand not exactly where they are but somewhere along the line for them to see you..You, there to for anythign under the sun.. If you find your perfect spot you will always have a mark in them. That some how there will be always a you in them...or its a me in you!!!

thinking positively good

bored to death
im feelling blue
what you is what you get
no nothing, no clue

patience is a virtue
ive never had
waiting for the right cue
out of tune is really bad

now the gray starts turning
a little brighter
rainbow singing
celebrate the fighter