Underground Cemetery

...at last nabisita ko rin ang UNDERGROUND CEMETERY doon sa may Nagcarlan, Laguna.

Our camera cannot take good picture without the flash so we didn't took any picture. Unfortunately, camera flash is not allowed inside the cemetery for the reason of the place conservation. It might broke the particles inside the historic place, and may weaken the structure of the cemetery.

Even without the pictures inside, the place was worth visiting for. It feels like I went back to the History of my country. The park outside is also good for an afternoon stroll and picnic. Grasses are clean and the place has its nocturnal ambiance that will make you forget the busy life of the present once in a while and help you relax a bit.

If I'm not mistaken, the place is open until 4pm everyday except monday. If foods and place to stay is the problem, there are a lot of resorts and restaurants around it.

Also check out of other places worth visiting for in Laguna;

pagsanjan falls
calamba laguna(historical place of the national hero Doctor Jose Rizal)
Isdaan at Calauan, Laguna
Enchanted Kingdom
and a lot more.

scissor it

if given a chance, what part of your life you would like to cut? Would you edit your life and insert some
    things you lack in some time of your own history?

the remote

when did you watch the television without changing the channel? or have you share the remote
    without getting stressed when the person you are watching with changed the channel?

coin bank mystery

Have you feed your coin bank completely full?

value your time

have you spend a day without checking the time?

just go straight

How bad maybe your friend is, for you,
they have the good spot in their heart
and that there is a connection between you two
that keep your relation.
Understand and just follow your heart,
trials may come to strenghten your friendship.
 No matter what happen,
just go straight.

dont go beyond

You are a friend, not a mother, not a higher one and not a teacher to your friend.
 You are her/his sibling who would listen
to what he/she wans to share,
who would see those things he/she is comfortable to do,
 and a friend who would give them consent even on risky things,
 who will give them advise but never criticize.
Stay on your place and dont go beyond the
things they dont want to share.
Wait till they open up and show.
Dont go beyod the line.

stooping down

Never sell a friendship for an ego.
Your loved ones knows how good and how worst you are in things,
so keeping your pride wont make sense.
If you're wrong, say sorry,
if they're wrong, learn to give way and forgive.

Sometimes, its not just the pride that matters,
 fixing your pride while letting loose of a valuable person is equally proportional to selfishness.
Your pride is usually compose of the things you did and the characteristics that people sees in you.
IF stooping down would means rescuing a broken heart,
 then it means keeping a low profile while doing the good deeds.
But if going down just to tell the world how high you are,
then its praising yourself while dragging down yourself. 
Know when to step down and when to just look.

reaching up

Just because you dont have time would mean that your relationship will also sink.

How busy you are should not give you an excuse to spare your time for your loved ones.


 If they cannot reach you, its time for you to reach them.

Its not just who gave the effort, but also what you have saved. 

pacman vs bradley, cleared at last

tnx yahoo.com

http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/news/no-misdeeds-found-pacquiao-bradley-probe-report-215422072--spt.html

.......whoever wins for each one of us, they both deserve the belt and the appreciation for the game they played. They both give their best, and I wish them the best. 

the news, 

Nevada's state attorney general's office has found no wrongdoing by officials in Manny Pacquiao's controversial loss to Tim Bradley on June 9, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.

But investigators interviewed none of the judges involved in what was considered by most fight fans a robbery of a split-decision victory by unbeaten American Bradley over the Filipino icon.

Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada's attorney general, said her top investigator spoke with members of the state athletic commission and gaming board and found no evidence of criminal acts, including match-fixing or unusual bet patterns.

But that will do little to ease the pain of Pacquiao fans who howled in disgust after two judges ruled Bradley at 115-113 winner while Pacquiao was given a 115-113 victory by the third judge.

"Displeasure with the subjective decisions of sporting officials is not a sufficient basis for this office to initiate a criminal investigation," Cortez Masto told promoter Bob Arum in a letter.

"Unless evidence beyond mere displeasure is forthcoming, this matter will be considered closed. While there may be strong disagreement with the decision, the exercise of professional judgment by individuals officiating at a sporting event is not by itself a criminal investigation."

Arum told the newspaper the probe came up short of the type of investigation he would have liked to have seen.

"I'm happy that the attorney general did some investigating, but there's a tremendous gap," Arum said. "Why didn't they interview the judges?

"I'm not sure this brings closure. I would feel a lot better if they had interviewed the judges. But it's her investigation, not mine."

Keith Kizer, the Nevada Athletic Commission executive director, met with the three judges last week and reviewed a video replay of the fight round by round to discuss their scoring. Kizer said he was satisfied with their efforts.

"I thought they handled it well," Kizer said. "It's unfortunate that people reacted the way they did following the fight. But this was a very close fight and eight of the 12 rounds could have went either way.

"The three judges did a great job."

Bradley is still dealing with ankle and foot injuries suffered in the fight while Pacquiao is vacationing in Israel. Arum said he plans to meet with Pacquiao in about 10 days to decide whom "Pac-Man" will fight in his next planned bout, set for November 10.

Pacquiao could enforce a rematch clause to avenge his loss to Bradley but could also opt for a fourth fight with Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez, which brought about 500,000 more pay-per-view purchases last November than the Pacquio-Bradley fight.

live longer; love coffee

reposted......


http://ph.she.yahoo.com/study-finds-coffee-lovers-may-live-longer-112209926.html

If you love your morning coffee, a new study finds that your daily habit could protect your health. In a study by researchers from the National Cancer Institute in the US, older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee.

The java drinkers -- especially those who drank three or more cups a day -- were less likely to die from a number of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and infections -- although researchers found no link with cancer. Results of the study were published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Head researcher Neal Freedman and his colleagues examined the association between coffee drinking and risk of death in 400,000 American men and women ages 50 to 71 who participated in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

"The mechanism by which coffee protects against risk of death -- if indeed the finding reflects a causal relationship -- is not clear, because coffee contains more than 1,000 compounds that might potentially affect health," said Freedman. "The most studied compound is caffeine, although our findings were similar in those who reported the majority of their coffee intake to be caffeinated or decaffeinated."

Still, while more research needs to be done to fully understand the protective components of coffee, Freedman adds that "these results do provide some reassurance that coffee drinking does not adversely affect health."
Coffee has also been shown to improve brain function in mice studies, with researchers probing the possibility of using coffee as a treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in Portugal also recently found that the consumption of caffeine could protect against memory loss associated with advanced diabetes.
Still health experts don't recommend overdoing your coffee intake. The US-based Mayo Clinic suggests no more than two to four cups a day, since more than that can cause insomnia, upset stomach, and anxiety.



.......oh. well, I would agree....No wonder I am posing a lot of news about coffee, because I love coffee a lot.....
.......but remember that too much is bad.....
......so be moderate and know your limit....

toxic friends

repost.....


http://ph.she.yahoo.com/8-10-women-struggle-toxic-friends-102329675.html

London, Aug 23 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that 84 percent of women put up with so-called "toxic friends", who are self-absorbed, emotionally draining, critical or backstabbing.

Men did not fare much better, with three-quarters admitting to having had such a friendship.

Sixty-five percent of those polled complained of having a self-obsessed friend, and 59 percent accused their closest acquaintances of being emotional "vampires", draining all their energy reserves.

The poll, of 18,000 women and 4,000 men by Today.com and Self magazine, found just over half had an over-critical friend, while 45 percent reported backstabbing behaviour and barbed comments.

Thirty-seven percent of people questioned also admitted to being turned off by friends who were unreliable or flaky.

Though a third admitted that they would end a friendship with someone who was untrustworthy, 83 percent said that they had let a friendship drag on longer than it should have done because the prospect of "breaking up" was too daunting.

"The reason it's hard to dump a toxic friend is the same reason people stay in all kinds of dysfunctional relationships," the Daily Mail quoted Dr Gail Saltz, associate professor of psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital, as saying.

"There's something in it that you find compelling or familiar," she added. (ANI)

.......oh well, friendship, just like peeing unto yourself, everybody sees it, but only you feels the warmth...
.......as long as you are not hurt, keep all your connections connected. You know what they say, never burn a bridge.

Tanong: Tumawa ka ba?

Matagak ko ng pinag-iisipan ang tanong na ito.

Marami ang natatawa at napapailing pagtinatanong ko ito.

 Iyong iba naman, naiinis at binabato pabalik sa akin ang tanong.

Pag-tinanong kita, sana maging totoo ka.

Sana huwag mong palitan iyong una mong sagot.

Handa ka na ba? Madali lang ito, pramis.

Di ko pa natatapos yung tanong, tiyak may sagot ka na kaagad, ikaw pa.


Ito na iyon, wag ka tumawa agad ha.Alam ko ngingiti ka, di mo mapipigilan ngumiti, alam ko iyon.




Huwag mo gawin makitid ang utak mo.Isang sipleng tanong lang.

MAdali lang ang sagot, may consequences depende sa kung ano at kung paano ka sumagot.

Huwag mo ring isipin gandahan o pag-isipan ang isasagot mo.

Gusto ko yung natural lang. Iyong kung ano lang ang unang pumasok sa isip mo.
 Opps, hindi to maharot na tanong ha.

Oh ayan napangiti ka na naman.
Ganyan lang, yan ang gusto ko, yung tipong COOL.

Ay, patawad, nasa pagatlong talata na tayo, di ko pa nasasabi ang tanong.
Ikaw kasi, ngiti ka ng ngiti, naaaliw tuloy akong bolahin ka.

Ang cute mo pa naman pag ngumiti.

Ngiti ka nga ulit.

Ay tumawa ka na eh.

Siguro iniisip mo baliw ang sumusulat nitong binabasa mo ano? Ikaw ha, huwag ganyan, pagbaliw ang sumusulat, kabaliwan ang sinusulat nun,at nababaliw din ang nagbabasa. Gusto mo ba mabaliw? Hindi malamang. Kaya isipin mo na lang, gusto ko lang ihanda ka sa itatanong ko.


Pramis ito na iyon. Sa dulo ng talata na ito. Opps huwag ka lilingon sa katabi mo ha, malamang, kung nakikibasa iyan, pinagtatawanan ka na niyan. O di naman kaya ay nakikingiti din iyan. Ang tanong ko ay tungkol sa atin. May kasama ka ba? Tiyak hindi mo gugustuhin na may kasama ka pag tinanaong na kita. Dahil ayaw mong malaman nila ang isasagot mo sa tanong na,
       




 "Sinong baliw sa atin?"

Opps COOL ka lang sa sagot mo. Susubukan kong hulaan iyan. Itoy nakaayon sa aking obserbasyon sa mga taong nakapaligid sa akin, sa mga taong nakakasakay ko sa dyip, sa mga nakakasalubong ko sa mall, at sa lahat ng taong nakita ko na, sa panaginip at sa totoong buhay.


Kaya mahigpit kong pinapaalalahanan ang sino man na huwag gayahin ang mga sumusunod sapagkat ito ay ginagawa ng mga eksperto lamang.

1. Sigurado ako na napangiti ka sa tanong ko. Malamang sinabi mo na, "yun lang?". Pag ganyan ang sagot mo, normal iyon sa mga taong nakatikim na ng kulangot. O wag na itanggi, totoo naman. Maalat diba?

2. Kung pagkabasa mo ay lumingon ka kaagad sa katabi mo, isa lang ibig sabihin nun. Ayaw mong amining iniisip mong baliw siya, kaya hanggang tingin ka na lang.
Huwag ka tumawa, iniisip mo bobo katabi mo.

3. Kung napamura ka pagkabasa mo sa tanong. Ay naku bato bato sa langit ang tinamaan, di marunong umilag. Alam ko kung ano nilalaro mo pagkabukas pa lang ng pc mo. (no offense on online games) Ok lang yun, kasama yun sa paglaki ng mga taong kagaya mo.

                         Ang magmura at mamura.

4. Kung sinabi mo ang salitang "ikaw". Aba maghunustili ka, papunta sa akin iyon. Kung baliw ako, kabaliwan ang sinusulat ko at baliw rin ang nagbabasa. Oh eh di bumalik din sayo, welcome to crazy world.

5. Kung nagbanggit ka ng pangalan bilang sagot mo sa tanong, bilisan mo na ang pagbabasa mo. Kung nariyan lang sa tabi mo ang binanggit mong pangalan, naku, mag-ingat ka. Baka masapak ka niyan. Ngingiti lang iyan, pero naiinis na iyan.

Kung wala kang reaksiyon sa tanong dahil takot ka sa magiging outcome o sa mga consequences, malamang ang boring ng buhay mo. Subukan mo rin kasi tumikim ng kulangot paminsan-minsan, ang sarap kaya nun. It adds color to your life.  Everytime na maalala mong ginawa mo iyon, tiyak mapapangiti ka. At least meron ka ng masayang maaalala pag-nag-iisa ka lang.

Pero kung wala ka talagang reaksyon sa kabuuan ng binasa mo. Kung hindi ka man lang napangiti, maaari ka nang magpatingin sa espesyalista. Normal ka pa ba? Pagkat normal sa amin ang tumawa sa mga walang kwentang bagay. Pagkat parte yun ng buhay.

Sa ibinato kong tanong, wala akong balak patamaan o tumbukin.
Nais ko lang ipahayag ang realidad na simpleng nagaganap sa buhay ng mga simpleng mamamayan. Simpleng realidad na maaaring nakaapekto sa takbo ng buhay ng bawat simpleng tao na madalas kinaiinggitan ng iilan. Iilan na masyadong abala sa lipunan, at wala ng panahon sa mga simpleng bagay na tunay na magmamarka sa kabuuan ng pagkatao ng simple at masayang nilalang.

'13th sign of the zodiac'

Though its a bit late to post this, its summer already, but it just pop out of my curiosity.
I would be asking if you guys will accept this to be a part of the zodiac signs. Thus, changing your current zodiac sign. Whats your opinion about this?
As fro me, I can barely say its okay, for I love reading horoscopes, but I don't believe at all.

                                                     credits to  ( please click )

        
Ophiuchus is one of thirteen constellations that cross the ecliptic. It has therefore been called the '13th sign of the zodiac'. However, this confuses sign with constellation. The signs of the zodiac are a twelve-fold division of the ecliptic, so that each sign spans 30° of celestial longitude, approximately the distance the Sun travels in a month, and (in the Western tradition) are aligned with the seasons so that the March equinox falls on the boundary between Aries and Pisces. Constellations, on the other hand, are unequal in size and are based on the positions of the stars. The constellations of the zodiac have only a loose association with the signs of the zodiac, and do not in general coincide with them. In Western astrology the constellation of Aquarius, for example, largely corresponds to the sign of Pisces. Similarly, the constellation of Ophiuchus occupies most of the sign of Sagittarius.



Traits of the Ophiuchus sign:
           from...(this site)
        
Postive Ophiuchus personality traits:
-Tend to embrace and seek to change, disliking routine and ordinary in life.
- Follow their instincts to a fault and can be impulsive.
-Are happy and humorous.
-Are honest to a fault.
-Are often described as intellectual and clever.
-Think with their hearts not their heads.
-Are powerfully, passionate.
-Have a great deal of creativity, imagination and curiosity.
-Are people magnets possessing high charisma.
-Are empathic, people pleasers with a knack for persuasion.
-have a strong sense of justice.
-Are great with language arts and the written word.
-Are passionate and adept lovers naturally.
-Are eccentric and quirky.
-Are driven to succeed.
-Dislike authority, rules, regulation and restriction of any kind. They like to live on the edge.
-Dislike irrelevant and trivial information.
-Have a high sense of pride and arrogance and dislike being treated as inferior or subordinate.
-Enjoy being #1 and being told about it.
-Tend to seek the unknown and are always seeking knowledge and wisdom.
-Tend to take the defense rather than offense.
-Are not "open books" and can be secretive.
-Don't fall well into social labels.
Negative Ophiuchus personality traits:
-Have trouble with monogamous relationships.
-Can be the jealous type.
-Are judgmental and critical.
-Can be restless and irresponsible.
-Procrastinate as a rule.
-Have violent but short lived tempers.
- Are sarcastic and have a dry sense of humor.
-Tend to only keep useful things, including friends, around.

granny's smell

I wasn't trying to stay near them because they love me more than my parents,  but because I felt the loneliness every time I see them walking alone in their spacious house where their kids use to ran around to play. Granny needs more attention now that she is gaining that much avoided- age.  Much of my cousins would say that granny emits an old smell that they cannot stand to eat beside them.

Granny do really smell. Grandpa too, just like all of my grandparents, emits the smell that most of my cousins avoided. But I had learned to love that smell, it was the scent I could breath in every time I need someone to pamper me because I am alone and my parents are both busy working. It was the scent that warms my skin during cold nights, the scent that made me calm during times that I cannot control my anger to my sisters and cousins. During the ups and downs of my childhood, I was raised with the smell they called-old smell.

During summer days, I am used to a piggy-back ride of grandpa when we are hiking up the hill to his bigger nipa hut. I would doze up peacefully on his back, breathing his scent that reminds me his unconditional love and caring. He would then show me his aching knees and wold enjoy the massage that I playfully give. Those swinging elastic skin under his arms and chin, I just love to play them while watching the stars shine brightly during full-moon nights.

During school days, grandma would give me extra piso for me to spare during snack time. A snack is ready though after I finish school. Before grandma and grandpa goes back to their house, they would kiss me a deep warm goodbye cheek kiss. With the bonus of tickling my armpits till I drop laughing. Every perfect test would mean extra cookie, every achievement during recognition, there is an equal reward and an unlimited boasting to their friends, making me quite popular to the neighborhood. And I just love it, annoying but I am happy that they totally show that they are proud of me.

During rainy nights, grandma would hug me under her blanket. To ease away my fear of the storm. She would offer my native cacao drink.

I didn't grew up spoiled though, because grandma and grandpa had always been there to remind me that life isn't just all about goodness. They taught me the value of the persons around me. That most of all, the important thing I should keep is the love between me and my family. Because in the end, it will be them that I can lend on during downfall. That they are the given blessing by GOD, all those I will obtain as I grow-up will be just be the extra blessing that God will send to guide me through this life. They taught me to respect and to never put grudge against anyone. Every downfall is a challenge to stand again and face the world. Respecting and giving way to other is another way of advocating peace. A blessed chick is the peaceful one, those noisy out there, are seeking for food.

But time had passed, and I am now already twenty-one years old. Two of them, both my grandpa's had died already. My grandmas' living alone, though I can see in their eyes that they are afraid, they are not showing it by strongly facing each day with a smile. After the burial of my grandpa just this year, I suddenly think about how they live their lives. That they haven't gotten most of the care. They didn't receive much love, same as they gave us much love but we didn't give it back. We have become busy with our lives that we forgot to give them the attention they so deserved. And when they died, I ask myself suddenly, "Am I deserving to cry?". What my tears would be for, is it for the pain of his living, or is the regret of those days I missed and should have spent with him? When he was still lively enough to play to with, when he is asking me to go home because he miss me a lot,  I just never mind and continue working away from him. I still have the time of my life, I didn't notice that he has his time nearly coming, and that he wants to spend it with us. Oh, why didn't I spare some of my time, just like them when I needed a playmate when I am younger. They would put their chores aside to play with me.

They are not bound to consume all our time, just some assurance that we are not leaving them alone because they are old or because they are smelly.
It maybe true according to the research that they smell, but it wont kill you. Before its late, show them your love, as they did to us. They might not ask you what they like but your smile will melt their worries away about living alone. Like us younger, our old grandparents also love to be with the crowd, so lets not live them their in the corner.

Lying? When?

A minister told his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17."

The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17.

Every hand went up.
The minister smiled and said, "Mark has only 16 chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."


..........NOTE......
           (for me)

Ang pagsisinungaling ay kasalanan na hindi maiiwasan, may mga bagay na mahirap aminin kung kaya napipilitan na magsinungaling ang isang tao. Ngunit minsan ay kailangan mong pangatawanan ang mga pinagsinungalingan mo. Sa pagiging pranka, hindi maiiwasan na masasaktan mo ang damdamin ng mga tao sa paligid mo. Masakit ngunit totoo, mas maiging sinaktan mo siya dahil sinabi mo ang totoo, kaysa sa napangiti mo siya sa isang kasinungalingan.


May mga bagay na dapat malaman ang isang tao na hindi niya pwedeng basta basta na lamang ipagkakalat at ipagyayabang. Lahat ay may pantay pantay na karapatan na ipahayag ang mga saloobin ngunit sadyang marupok at mapangahas ang mga tao. Minsan ay gumagawa siya ng mga bagay nang hindi pinag-iisipan kung ano ang kahihinatnan at kung anu-ano at sinu-sino ang madadamay sa mga kalalabasan, kung ito ba ay makabubuti o makakasama.

        Kahalintulad ng isang guro na naatasang magsiwalat at magpalaganap ng mga wastong kaalaman ngunit sa likod ng bawat edukasyon na kanyang ipinamamahagi ay ang mga lihim na mula pa nun bata pa siya ay pinakatagu-tago na niya at kahit kanino ay di niya ninais ipaalam.
          Nahihirapan na marahil ang iba kung kaya sa ihip ng tadhana ay natutumba at bumibigay sila. Bagaman pinagtibay sila ng kanilang pananalig ,silay tiyak na magagapi sapagkat ang nakatayo sa altar ng kanilang paniniwala ay ang mga pekeng panginoon, na nangingintab sa ginto na sinamsam nila sa mga tangang sumasamba sa kanila, na patuloy na nabubulag sa mga kunwaring tulong at kalingang inilalaan sa kanila ng mga hangal na panginoon. Ang tenga ng panginoon nila ay banat at unat na kunwari ay pinakikinggan ang lahat ng nasasakupan ngunit ang katotohanay matagal na silang bingi.Nabingi sila sa kalansing ng pera na ibinulsa nila galing sa kaban ng mga taong tunay na nagmamay-ari ng kayamanan. Ninakaw nila ang barya na pinaghirapan ng mga aba kung kanilang tawagin. Baryang dugot pawis ang pinuhunan upang kamitin ang kakaunting barya na umaakit  sa mga sakim na bayani-kuno ng lansangan  na pangunahing kutong ng lansangan. kutong nga ba? marahil kutong nga? siguro nga kutong. sige na nga kutong nga talaga.
          Bakit nga ba hindi nagtataka ang mga kaanib ng mga pinunong ito kung bakit ang kahirapan ay tila institusyon na, na kung ayaw mong makibagay ay tiyak na mahuhuli ka sa lipunan. Ngunot ang lubhang nakapagtataka ay kung bakit ang mga dukha, kahit anong pagpapagal ang gagawin ay tila nakatali na ang buhay sa haligi ng kahirapan at kung bakit ang mga mayayaman ay animoy  nakajet patungo sa tagumpay.
Ano nga ba ang kulang? Alin nga ba ang mali?
Sino ang hindi kumikilos? Sino ang dapat sisihin at sino ang dapat mamulat?
Simulan mo sa sarili mo kaibigan  ko.


Minsan, mas maigi na itago mo na lang ang mga opinyon mo kaysa sa sabihin mo ito at maging sanhi ng isang magulong usapan.

Alin ang mahirap gawin, ang magsinungaling ka sa sarili mo o ang magsinungaling ka sa kapwa mo.
Kailan nga ba dapat maging pranka at kailan nga ba dapat maging tahimik na lang?
Tulad ng pakikisama, bakit kailangan mong ngumiti at makipag-usap sa tao na hindi mo naman gusto kausapin? Kasi nakikisama ka at ayaw mo ng gulo. Ayaw mo ng awkwardness sa pagitan ng grupo.  Ngunit agsisinungaling ka sa sarili mo. Pinipilit mo ang sarili mo sa bagay na hindi mo naman gusto.
Ngunit alam mong iyon ang ikabubuti ng lahat.

Ang mundo ay umiiikot para sa lahat, kaya nararapat lang na bawat kilos at salita natin ay nakaayon sa damdamin ng pangkalahatang madla. Dahil sa bawat masayang kabayo ay  katumbas ng umiiyak na damo. Korny no?....Marahil nga, ngunit ang buhay sa mundo ay isang malaking give and take relationship. May mga pagkakataon na kailangan mong magparaya para sa ikasasaya ng iba. At minsan, kailangan mong apakan ang iba para makatayo ka. Sabi nga nila na hindi mo kailangang mang-apak ng damdamin ng iba para makaangat ka sa buhay. Ngunit hindi mo maiiwasan na may masasaktan sa bawat hakbang na gagawin mo upang mga-usad ka sa buhay.#

sick?

Are you feeling weird about your self? Are you thinking that you are nuts to feel something wrong or react differently hen you are in a certain situation? I got this on my email and Im happy enough to share this to you from rdasia.com.

Hanger
 Do you start to feel positively witchy when a too-long meeting makes you eat lunch an hour later than usual? You’re probably "hangry", a new phrase folks are using to describe hunger-related mood swings, according to MSNBC.com. When blood sugar levels dip too low, according to the site, the body’s ability to process the brain chemical serotonin is affected, resulting in crabbiness, anger, and a low threshold for frustration.



E-Book Moments
The theory that people remember less of what they read from digital books (on iPads and Kindles) than from paper-based books, as coined by Time magazine. Some experts believe that reading on paper provides more opportunities for memorizing and retaining information because you can relate words to their location on the page (left side, right side, near a chart, etc.), which helps cement the material in your mind.


Tight Pants Syndrome
A cluster of symptoms—including abdominal pain, heartburn, and reflux a few hours after meals—that predominantly affects overweight men who wear poor-fitting pants with too-tight waistlines, according to ABC News Medical Unit. Doctors are also seeing a comparable version in women, in which skinny jeans can contribute to pelvic pain, yeast infections, and itching. Bottom line: Don’t suffer too much for beauty’s sake, advises Orly Avitzur, MD, a Tarrytown, NY-based neurologist. If it hurts to wear a new trend or a too-tight favorite piece of clothing, skip it.



Surgeon Enthusiasm
The measure of how likely a surgeon is to recommend an operation for a condition that can be treated in other ways. A recent study suggested that this eagerness helps explain why surgery rates for back problems and other tough-to-treat ills vary wides across the country: You're almost 25 times more likely to get spinal fusion in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for instance, than in Bangor, Maine. (Source: Study in the journal Spine.)


Decision Fatigue
The notion that the mental work of making decisions over and over again can warp your judgment and lead to poor choices. In one example, an Israeli study found that judges granted more parole requests early in the day than they did after making a series of rulings. According to the New York Times, "the more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain."


Thirdhand Smoke
It sticks around for hours, days or even months after a cigarette is smoked: a residue of toxins (lead, cyanide, and arsenic among them) that clings to virtually all surfaces in a room, a car , and other enclosed spaces long after the smoke is gone. Researchers have found that thirdhand smoke can combine with nitrous acid, a common indoor air pollutant, to form a carcinogen that can be inhaled by anyone in a room. (Source: Study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.)




Self-Compassion
You have it if you're as kind and understanding about your own shortcomings as you are about a friend's. It's a hot topic in psychology, the New York Times reports, and the focus of two new books: Self-Compassion: Stop beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, by Kristin Neff, PhD, and The Self-Compassion Diet, by Harvard psychotherapist Jean Fain. "Self-compassion is the missing ingredient in every diet and weight-loss plan, " Dr. Fain told the Times.



Broga
Attention, downward-facing dudes. You may not know it yet, but you're practicing broga: yoga for men with strength-building moves—and without the chanting. Namaste, man


Sweatworking
Forget the martinis: One way to impress clients today is to get them spinning—at the gym, that is. Can't come to terms? Box it out, and close the deal in the steam room.


Coregasm
You may want to wait on this one till you get home. Forty percent of women in a survey experienced exercise induced orgasms on more than ten occasions. Kind of makes you want to sit up and take notice!

Going back to school?....read this

Ah, you're sick of your school bus being late everyday? Or you dont like the new driver your parents hired. Whatever it is that you are complaining about your daily commute to the school, you should learn to thank that you are sitting their going to school with the less danger you can think of. Unlike these unlucky ones who needs to face the danger just to go to school.


                                             Los Pinos zip wire, Colombia

Forget the perils of bullies on the school bus—for the children of Los Pinos, 
a village in the Colombian jungle, the trip to and from class holds rather more dramatic dangers. With their settlement cut off from neighboring communities by a 1,200-foot-deep gorge that takes two hours to walk around, the kids get across using 1,300-foot zip wires.

Every morning, around a dozen of them arrive at the launch pad, armed with their own pulley, 
rope and—crucially—a piece of wood to use as a brake so they don’t slam into the tires on the other side at 40mph. Smaller pupils are bundled into hessian sacks and tied to older children.

Some 60 adults brave the trip daily, too, often transporting supplies. Nobody knows what the zips’ weight limits are, but locals have carried animals, large food parcels and even furniture across, and the steel cables haven’t broken. Yet.

                                               Hussaini Bridge, Pakistan

 If there’s one thing worse than navigating a rickety wooden suspension bridge, it’s having to do so while looking at its broken predecessor dangling alongside. But that’s the routine of villagers in Hussaini, northern Pakistan, who need to cart firewood, crops and livestock across the 635-foot-long structure to reach their farmland.

A strong gust of wind lifted up the old bridge a couple of years ago, then smashed it back down, dislodging most of the slats and rendering it useless. But the new bridge hasn’t had an easy time of it, either. A recent landslide caused the water levels of the Hunza River below to rise so much that the bridge was submerged for weeks. Indeed, even under normal conditions, the Hunza is no gentle stream. To put it bluntly, if you fell 
off the bridge into the rapid-riddled torrent, you wouldn’t be sculling to safety.

Locals try to keep the bridge patched up as best they can, relying on bits of wood, twine—and hope. But it’s still not so much a serious river crossing as something resembling an Indiana Jones film set—or possibly the Bridge of Death in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

                                                 Yungas Road, Bolivia

This mountain pass is also known as El Camino de la Muerte, or “the Road of Death”
—and the nickname’s not a jokey exaggeration. Up to 250 people a year have been killed on this 38-mile-long stretch since it was carved into the mountainside in the 1930s and became a key route for trucks traveling from Bolivia’s capital La Paz to rain forest settlements in the north.

The road is about as wide as a dining table is long—not ideal when you’re trying to creep a truck round a hairpin bend with a 3,000-foot sheer drop on one side. Add a smattering of landslides, torrential rain, and another truck coming in the other direction (even if there is the occasional narrow passing place), and suddenly your local highway seems much more palatable.

Since 2006, a less-dangerous bypass has provided an alternative to the worst parts of the route. But, even so, the memorial crosses and floral tributes that appear at regular intervals along the Yungas Road show that it remains far from accident free.

                                 Yakutsk, Russia

When it’s freezing cold outside, the thought of leaving your warm bed and waiting on a frigid train platform can fill even the hardiest with dread. So spare a thought for commuters in the eastern Siberian city 
of Yakutsk—they regularly have to brave temperatures below minus -49°F.

Just starting a car in such conditions can, of course, prove impossible (wealthier residents use heated garages that cost around $32,000—some four times the average annual salary). But if travelers manage that, they then have to brave roads that are so thickly coated in ice that winter tires are little help. There are dozens of accidents each week, as cars skate across junctions and career off roads.

Waiting too long at the bus stop can be fatal, too—especially for older people, who can quickly develop respiratory problems. And permafrost means an underground tube system is out. The city will finally be linked to Russia’s over-ground rail network late this year, though, so at least residents will find it easier to get away.

                                        Tokyo rail system, Japan

You know a city’s got transport issues when it’s coined a specific phrase, tsukin jigoku, 
to describe “commuter hell”.

And Tokyo’s commuter lingo doesn’t stop there—or get much cheerier. White-gloved train pushers, known as oshiya, are employed to cram the rail network’s 8.7 million daily passengers into carriages. Meanwhile, sleazy travelers who take advantage of the cramped situation are labeled chikan—loosely translated as “train gropers”. As well as being sex pests, they also create paranoia. A girl recently caused chaos in 
a carriage by spraying Mace at a number of innocent businessmen after she’d unwittingly straddled a clarinet case.

The fact that there are plans to reduce Tokyo’s train capacity to 150 per cent in the next two years demonstrates the extent of the city’s problem. The Tōzai Metro line frequently operates at 199 per cent capacity. Passengers 
can just about grasp a newspaper, but there’s no chance of holding it up and reading it.

                                           Beijing, China

Singer Katie Melua claims that there are “nine million bicycles in Beijing”, but it’s the five million cars she wants to worry about. Even in crowded international capitals like London, where rush-hour traffic crawls along at under 10mph, there are just three million cars—or 432 cars per square mile. In Beijing, that figure is 1,226 and, though Beijing is half the size of London, the average commuting time is around 12 minutes longer at 52 minutes.

The Chinese capital’s economic growth over the last decade or so has resulted in 1,900 new vehicles on the road each day, and poor public transport doesn’t provide much of an alternative. What’s more, you don’t get ahead in a country of 1.3 billion people by waiting your turn, so a traffic jam on a two-lane highway can quickly turn into four-lane gridlock as drivers nose into gaps.

Last August, a jam starting in Beijing grew into a 60-mile tailback that stretched all the way to Inner Mongolia and lasted nine days. For now, investing in a pair of sneakers and walking to work is probably the best option.

note...I intentionally didn't edit this article from readers digest site, since this is a delicate issue and information.  They have the rights to be acknowledge by what they posed and researched. I just wanted t share what I read and I wanted to tell each one of us that every little things are to be thankful for.

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charge to experience

If you fail, never just take it as failure, always put in mind that from it you will learn something. Like after waking up all night to study for your exam, you ended up sleeping whole day long which lead you to miss your exam. Lesson is, study day by day, slowly and shortly but surely. So you wont have to cram on your exam days.

Here are some examples you should take a read too. Its alright to laugh.

"When holding a DVD in one hand and food in the other, remember which hand has what when you take a bite."

"When running errands where one stop involves going to a bank and one involves dropping off a firearm, drop off the firearm first."

"If you’re prone to impulse purchases, stick to shoes, not tattoos."

"When attending a funeral, never clap after the eulogy, regardless of how meaningful and heartfelt it was."



When buying, also remember this;

"Can you tell me who the author of Shakespeare is?"

"I’m looking for a book, but I only know the title, not the author. It’s called Dante’s Inferno."

"I definitely don’t want nonfiction. I like autobiographies and history."

"Do you have Shakespeare in English?"

"Can I buy colgate, I like that red Close-up."




..at amusement


My friend was working at an amusement park when a couple stopped him. “Excuse me,” said the woman, pointing to a pond. “What is that water made out of?”
Bemused, my friend replied, “Two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen.”
“See?” she said to her boyfriend. “I told you it wasn’t real.”



All those things are done mistakenly once. Dont ever do a mistake twice or it cant be a mistake anymore. It could be a sign of something you might not like.

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love lines

How do you usually start your letter..
Or should I say, is letter sending still done these days where email and social networking site are so easy to access if wanna send a love one some cheesy line. If possible, how would you catch your loved ones attention through your lines, I will give you some true samples and be free to post yours....

Seeing you takes my breath away. – Sue Coleman 

You know I know I love you. Don’t tell anybody. – Giovanna Hinojosa Lopez

There’s something new and different in the way I feel with you. – Melissa Buck

A cup of tea with you is worth a thousand dinners! – Abida Jabeen

I love you without knowing how or when, or from where. I love you because I know no other way. – Tins Matienzo Antonio

I never knew I needed love until I thought you didn’t love me anymore. – Sharmila Sivalingam

Your eyes are so beautiful, and your heart is even more heavenly. – Gretchen Eldridge

You’re cuter than fuzz on a caterpillar’s belly! – Sheila Burt

If I ever wished a wish, dreamed a dream, or sought my fortune — all paths would lead to you. – Patty Marshall

My obvious observations of the day… it’s raining and I love you. – Hannah Orr

This will knock your socks off. – Stephanie Pak

I will love you and be with you until the end of my days. – Umay Flores




 be free to know more here....

stress management

Stress is a normal part of life and usually comes from everyday occurrences.

  Nobody is exempted from them, here's how to compromised;
1. Get rid of them.
       If you don't like something and it just wont stay out of your way then avoid it. Instead of getting irritated because you hate a non-attentive employee in a certain store, try talking to her what you like her to do, or better don't go pay on a counter where she is attending. If your sandwich maker spoils your breakfast mood by always burning your sandwich or making it half-done, go change it.

2. Write it down and plan.
       Always give your self extra time. If showering takes you 20 minutes then write 25 minutes in your time planner so you can always have spare time to insert extra things that you just suddenly like to do, like checking your pores more longer in the mirror.
If you are always late with your appointments like 10 minutes late, depart 15 minutes earlier so you don't need to hurry in case of crowded streets, and you can still have time to fix your face and aura. Relax and check the people around you while waiting instead of getting irritated, prepare for the things you might talk.

3. Know what pleases you.
       Don't take courses that you know you don't like. If a colleague invites you to an acquaintance party which requires you to forcefully smile even to people you don't know and you know you hated it. Then don't go. There's no bad in declining an invitation than saying a thing after going there.

4.Don't be afraid to be absent sometimes.
    Don't loose your welcome. People you are with wont notice you exist unless you are gone and they suddenly notice that nobody's doing the photocopier or whacking the coffee machine when its too slow pouring the coffee. If you are too tired with your job, take a vacation to charge up and you will realize that you miss your job and that complaining about it is what you are used to. Occasionally change your environment so you wont feel that life is in routine.

5. Competition and insecurities, is an avoidable source of stress.
   Stress from this kind of jealousy is self-inflicted.
     Know and love yourself. Your friends love you as who you are and not what you have become. You don't have to compete and shine from the rest. Just do your best and enjoy the race.

6. Proper management of laborsaving devices.
You have your laundry done by your mighty washing machine but it doesn't mean that you will go shopping while its working and leaving the auto vacuum cleaner clean the room while you are gone. Electronics needs to be patronize usually, getting them fixed when broken could be more stress talking to the electricians, saying terms you don't understand.
Having more electronic devices for yourself make you plan to do more things, which will just make you cram. Its not bad to have them, you just have to know how to manage  them to make work done faster and at ease.

7.One thing at a time.
Don't brush your teeth while watching television. You wont like it if you see your carpet spotted with toothpaste bubbles. Getting the work done before moving to next will help you make the work done well.


8. You are not lazy, just need to pace down.
    If you are wondering because you got nothing to do and you cant think of something to do, don't worry; instead get a book and make   your favorite juice drink. Turn on your music player and open your window curtains. Have a break.
    Enjoy your day.

9.  Self control.
              Stay your calm, always breath and count one two three before reacting to something you don't like. Look positive and think things will go your way the moment you flash your smile. Exercising and giving your self a makeover can help you build a better outlook in life. You will get sick if you think you will and you wont if you think you wont. Remember that your brain controls your whole system.

10. Seek professional help — a doctor or therapist.
       Sometimes, and usually, stress leads to many problems specially to your health.Like hair loss, lost of appetite, and many more. Getting the help of the experts will help you know well and manage well your stress problems.




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Sealed With A Kiss

Written with a pen.

Sealed with a kiss.

If you are my friend,

Please answer this:

Are we friends?

Or are we not?

You told me once

But I forgot.

So tell me now

And tell me true.

So I can say....

"I'm here for you."

Of all the friends

I've ever met,

You're the one

I won't forget.

And if I die

Before you do,

I'll go to heaven

And wait for you.

I'll give the angels

Back their wings

And risk the loss

Of everything.

Just to prove my

Friendship is true..

To have a friend like you!

sealed with a kiss

The Happiness I Feel at Your Achievements

The happiness I feel at your achievements
Reflects the happiness you feel at mine.
Friends expand the pleasures of such moments,
As mine in yours, and yours in mine, combine.
The same when we look forward to our futures:
So much more unfolds when there are two!
Populating your proposed adventures
Gives me a joy that mine must give to you.
We've been through much, and will be through much more,
But traveling together is more fun.
Whatever life and love may have in store,
Two is always preferable to one.
Your graduation thus becomes my pleasure:
Your happiness is mine, a double treasure.

~ Nicholas Gordon

till death do us part

A girl and a boy
were on a motorcycle, speeding through the night. They loved each other a lot..

Girl: "slow down a little.. I'm scared.."
Boy: "No, it's so fun.."
Girl: "please..it's so scary.."
Boy: "Then say that you love me.."
Girl: "Fine..I love you..can you slow down now?"
Boy: "Give me a big hug.."

The girl gave him a big hug.

Girl: "Now can you slow down?"
Boy: "Can you take off my helmet and put it on? It's uncomfortable and its bothering me while i drive."

The next day, there was a story in the newspaper. A motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken. There were two people on the motorcycle, of which one died, and the other had survived......

The guy knew that the brakes were broken. He didn't want to let the girl know, because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared. Instead, he was told the last time that she loved him, got a hug from
her, put his helmet on her so that she can live, and died himself...:(
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Life is not measured by the breaths we take,
But by the moments that take our breath away..

acceptance

Lets face the truth that there are some kind of idiot like me whose so afraid to get mistakes. I do love to be corrected, but it just hurt at first. Lets face it, we can easily say that we love to be corrected, but its kinda hard to digest it at first. I know I am right, we often get mad to the people who's correcting us, but in the end, we realized that they are right. Sometimes, due to pride, we keep it ourselves and never thanks them for correcting us...

Recipe For Happiness

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.

How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gas up and stammer, 'I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain.' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.

Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained.. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet... We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'

When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas.. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.

Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to......not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butter fly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask ' How are you?' Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say 'Hi'?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away..... Life is not a race Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.

It's National Friendship Week every week. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

To those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship and appreciate all you do.

'Life may not be the party we hoped for... But while we are here we might as well dance!'

tns for the picture..

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lets grow old together

A gentle word like a spark of light,
Illuminates my soul
And as each sound goes deeper,
It's YOU that makes me whole

There is no corner, no dark place,
YOUR LOVE cannot fill
And if the world starts causing waves,
It's your devotion that makes them still

And yes you always speak to me,
In sweet honesty and truth
Your caring heart keeps out the rain,
YOUR LOVE, the ultimate roof

So thank you my Love for being there,
For supporting me, my life
I'll do the same for you, you know,
My Beautiful, Darling Wife.

- David G. Kelly -

move forward, fly high

The higher you wanted to fly,
the painful it will be when you fall down.
So secure your wings and check the wind.
Learn the dance of the sky
to glide properly with the clouds
and the other birds.
Some birds are harmful
and some are just nice.
Just like life,
there are also tricks up way there,
there are birds that looks so harmless
but really attacks like an eagle
so-hungry attacking an innocent chick.
The pressure up there is not that nice
so bring a lot of your comfort-air with you.

The weather is not like a green house weather
that only provides the warmth you need
and the coolness to make you stay crisp.
Sometimes, there's this shower rain
that will clean you up
from the dust you have encountered through the journey.
There will also be a day
that rain seems like to stay forever.
A storm is not banned to come,
like the cycle of the water,
storm is scheduled to precipitate your wings
enough water and coldness.
But dont loose hope,
you cant have a 365 rainy days for a whole year.
Sunny days are meant to dry your wings
and provide you enough warm
to gather the strength
you had lost during the cold winter
and rainy seasons.
Be careful of sunny days,
sometimes, sun comes with a heat
that will burn your perseverance
to soar more up high.
Just because you got wings,
the sky isn't a home for you,
you should also learn to touch the ground
to familiarize its roughness for your feet,
so you wont feel alienated during windy times
that you have to stay under a cave for a shelter.
Or when storm comes,
at least you know how to walk grounded.

Its a pleasurable thing to learn to soar up high,
but its also a must to learn to live the life on ground,
because the life,
just like wheels,
isn't always on top.
Up and down, there's no difference.
Life is more fun
if you know how to deal with its tricks.
You just have to be prepared,
and don't be afraid to take the risk
and always move forward.

Remember,
"There's no one principle that governs the whole society."

kwaderno sa dilim

kwaderno mo ako noon, sana'y alagaan mo pa rin ako ngayon

hinanakit sa dilim, isang tinig mula sa maalikabok na imbakan.

Matagal-tagal din tayong nagkasama. Halos isang taon din diba?Naaalala ko pa na tuwing umaga, tinitingnan mo ako, kung ok lang ako. Sinisigurado mong kasama mo ako sa pagharap mo sa bagong araw mo kasama ang iyong pinakakinatatakutang guro. Pagkapasok ng guro mo sa silid aralan, tinitingnan mo ako kaagad. Natatakot kang harapin ang masungit mong guro ng hindi ako kasama. Alam mong pagwala ako, makakalimutan mo gagad ang mga itinuro sa iyo ng titser mo kahapon. Sa tulong ko, naaalala mo ang mga aral na itinuro kahapon ng guro mo. Tuwing hapon, ako pa rin ang kasama mo hanggang sa uwian. Sa paglisan ng mga kaklase mo, at isa-isa ng mag-uuwian sa kani-kanilang tahanan, madalas ako ang naiiwang iyong kasama hanggang sa pagdating sa bahay. Di ba nga minsan napagalitan ka ng nanay mo nung minsang hinayaan mo akong mabasa ng ulan. Sa inis mo ibinalibag mo ako. Ang sakit ng katawan ko nun. Halos manglupaypay ako. Pero labis ang pangangailangan mo sa akin, hindi mo ako kayang kallimutan na lang basta-basta. Kahit anong mangyari, ako pa rin ang kailangan mo. Akin pang nahihimay sa aking gunita, na tila habang buhay ng idinikit sa kabuuan ng aking alaala, ang mga panahong, dahan dahan mo akong hinahawakan ng nanginginig pa ang iyong kamay sa tuwing dadaan ang iyong lihim na iniirog. Sa tuwing mahinhin na ngingiti ang iyong sinisintang binibini.Na kapag hindi mo naiintindihan ang leksyon ay sinusulat mo sa akin anng kanyang pangalan at tuwang tuwa ka habang nakangiting ginuguhit ang mga hugis puso sa paligid ng pangalan ninyong dalawa ng magandang binibini. Masaya rin ako sa tuwing nakikita kitang masaya.

Luha at ngiti ang pinagsaluhan natin ng halos isang taon. Iniingatan mo pa nga ako na huwag magasgasan upang mapanatili ang aking kalinisan. Ayaw mo akong ipahiram sa iyong mga kaklase na tamad magsulat.NUng huling pagsusulit, pinag-agawan ako ng mga kaklase mo para makapag-aral din silang mabuti upang maibsan ang pangamba na baka bumagsak sila at hindi makakuha ng diploma pagdating ng pagatatapos. Ngunit hindi ka pumayag, ayaw mong mapunta ako sa mararahas na kamay na hindi marunong mag-alaga ng gamit.

Magdamag kang nag-aral kasama ako. Nais mong matumbasan ang pag-aalaga ng mga magulamg mo sa pamamagitan ng pagkuha ng matataas na marka sa mga pagsusulit. Kung maaari lang akong sumigaw at sabihing, magpahinga at umidlip ka naman upang makapag-ipon ng lakas para sa pagsusulit. Kung pwede lang kitang kalabitin at sabihing magpahinga ka naman saglit upang hindi ka mangarag pagdating ng pagsusulit. Ngunit sadyang wala akong kapangyarihang baguhin ang estado ng buhay ko, sapagkat ako ay isang abang pipi lamang, ginawa upang matulungan ka sa iyong pag-aaral at hindi para makialam sa mga disisyong iyong gagawin. Mugtong mugto ang iyong mga mata kinabukasan, dinaig mo ang namayan na magdamag na umiyak. Subalit matatag ka, likas sa iyo ang pagiging matapang at malakas ang loob. Sa kabila ng pagpupuyat, nakangiti kang pumasok sa eskuwela at taas noong ipinasa ang pagsusulit. Di man nagyayabang, labis ang tuwa mo nang batiin ka ng iyong iniirog na binibini. Lalong lumakas ang iyong loob na siya ay haranahin upang makamit ang kanyang ginintuang "oo" na makapagpapasaya ng mundo mo kung papalarin.Abot tenga ang ngti mo sapagkat alam mong malaki ang tsansang sasagutin ka ng iyong sinisinta sa taas ng marka mo. Paparating na ang pagtatapos. kumukunti ang mga aralin, pumapasok na lang kayo upang pagsanayan ang kantang iaalay niyo sa darating na pagtatapos.Madalang narin tayong magkasama. NI halos hindi mo na nga ako magawang dalawin sa ating tambayan. OO. parang nasasaktan ako na tila ba nakalimutan mo na ako kaagad. ang bilis naman.

Dumating ang pagtatapos, nagkamit ka ng maraming medalya. Sinagot ka na rin ng iyong iniirog na sinta. Ang saya saya mo noon. kitang kita ko. Ngunit hindi mo na kinikwento sa akin ang lahat ng mga yun. Marami ka nang kakuwentuhan, at hindi mo na ako kailangan. Dinaramdam ko ang pagkawala ng masaya nating samahan. Ako ngayon ay nag-aaral lumangoy, upang hindi ako malunod sa ilog ng luha na aking tinatahak ngayon. Nais ko man ngunit di ko mapigilan ang pagdaramdam ng aking damdamin.

Ngunit ako'y hindi marunong magtanim ng galit. Ako'y walang karapatang magbalangkas ng hinanakit sapagkat pag-aari mo lang ako. Gayunpaman, ako'y natutuwa sapagkat kahit di mo na ako kasakasama ngayon, naandito parin ako sa iyong kwarto, nakahimlay kasama ng iyong mga pinakaiingatang mga gamit, na tulad ko ay mga piping saksi ng iyong mga tagumpay sa likod ng mga luha at hinagpis sa iyong pagharap sa mga pagsubok. Subalit sadyang mabilis ang pag-inog ng mundo. Bagamat nasa kamay ng tao ang pagbabago sa halos lahat ng aspeto, hindi natin mapipigilan ang natural na mga pagbabago sa ating kapaligiran kaakibat ng pagdagdag ng mga bagong kakilala at kaibigan na maaring makakadagdag sa pagbabago ng galaw ng iyong mundo.

kolehiyo ka na, bago lahat ang mga gamit mo, at kasama ako sa papalitan mo. May bago ka nang makakasama. Tuluyan mo na akong kinalimutan, inalis mo na ako sa study table mo. Higit pa roon ay ipinalagay mo ako sa bodega, kasama ng iba pang mga lumang gamit na iyo na ring pinaglumaan. Hindi ko mapigilan ang bugso ng damdamin ko. Labis akong nalungkot. Hindi ko akalain na makakalimutan mo kaagad ang halos isang taon nating pinagsamahan. Nakakalimutan mo na ba ang mga panahong nagtagumpay ka dahil kasama mo ako? Alam mo ba na kahit kailan ay hindi ko ipinagkalat ang mga lihim na sinulat mo sakin? Hindi ako ng katulad ng iba mong kaibigan na ipinagkakalat ang maseselang bagay na lihim mong itinago. Akin pang naaalala lahat ng sinulat mo sakin, wala akong ni isa na nakalimutan.

Ganunpaman, mahal kita. Pag-aari mo ako at ako'y iyo lamang habang buhay, huwag mo lang sana akong ipamigay. Darating man ang araw na maaalala mo ako, bukas ako para sa iyo. Pagdating ng panahon na hahanapin mo ang mga kopya ng mga leksyon mo nung hayskul ka pa lamang, andito ako nakahandang bukalatin mo. Sapagkat ang mga dunong na iyong itinago sakin ay magiging walang silbi, hanggang hindi mo ginagamit. Dahil nagiging makapangyarihan ang dunong sa puntong ito ay ginagamit.

Sapagkat ang katalinuhan na tumatakbo sa isipan, ay nagiging kaalaman kapag ito ay naitala sa aklat na nagiging dunong kapag nabasa at nagkakaroon ng kapangyarihan na baguhin ang takbo ng bawat isipan ng mausisang nilalang na nagnanais at naghahanap ng pagbabago at kaganapan sa mga letrang naisulat sa mga lathala na pawang para sa ikabubuti ng lahat. Ngunit tila hanggang sa tanikala lamang ang mga iyon at kailanman ay walang iisang madaliang paraan upang maisakatuparan ang ginintuang panukala na umiinog sa matatabang utak ng mga tinaguriang abang manunulat.

Ang mga bagay at lihim na diwa na minsang inyong naisulat sa akin ay kailan may hindi na mababago hanggang sa iyong pagbalik upang ayusin at pamatnugutan ang mga alaalang iyong naisulat dito sa isang lumang kwaderno na ngayon ay iyo na lamang itinabi dito sa madilim na bodega na imbakan ng mga kinakalimutan ng mga alaala.

Ako ay matiyaga at mapakumbabang maghihintay sa iyong pagbabalik upang muli ay buklatin, banghayin at iguhit na muli sa himpapawid ang ngiti sa iyong gunita nung tayo ay magkasama pa. Iingatan mo pa sana ako, sapagkat akoy mapapakinabangan pa ng iyong susunod na henerasyon. Upang sa ganun ay mapakinabangan nila ang iyong sipag na magtala ng mga mahahalagang bagay sa kasaysayan dito sa iyong abang kwaderno.#

tnx for the picture..

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