Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
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Posted:Jan 11, 2007 11:02 pm
Last Updated:Jan 28, 2007 4:16 pm 2673 Views
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I JUST want to share this with everyone here  I find this nice. It was shared by a friend before in Shell. It's only now that I paid attention to the lines of this song, and I find them very useful.
I have highlighted my favorite lines...
EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO WEAR SUNSCREEN)
By Baz Luhrrman
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99 If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proven by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have , maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either ‒ your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…
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Bad Sweet Dream
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Posted:Jan 8, 2007 8:44 pm
Last Updated:Jan 18, 2007 1:50 pm 2770 Views
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TODAY is the worst day of my life. My mind isn't working. I can't think of anything except the headache I feel. The excitement of the past weeks was completely destroyed by this one. Unfairly destroyed 
All of a sudden, I'm back to experiencing a serious lack of contentment or happiness. What the h**k is wrong?
It all started this morning. My two alarm clocks were set to wake me up at 5:00 a.m. but I was engage as the main character in a sweet dream and couldn't get out of it, never wanted to get out of it.
Because of that, I was late in attending to the most important activity of the day. The whole morning experienced the "domino effect" of that bad waking up period.
Now, I am suffering from that. What a shame! The day is still long. I hope what needs to be changed can be modified. May there be a happy ending to this day. Never mind the bad morning. It rarely happens, anyway.
Not all our sweet dreams can make our day brighter... We need to wake up from this one when it's really time to do so. Otherwise, real life suffers.
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I Hate You Then I Love You
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Posted:Jan 5, 2007 6:06 pm
Last Updated:Jan 16, 2007 1:33 am 2969 Views
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ATE N, my other shrink in the office, was listening yesterday afternoon to Celine Dion and Luciano Pavarotti belting this song that I never knew I'd like.
I'm still thinking if this one suits me. There's someone to whom I'd like to dedicate this, but I'm not sure if he'd welcome me exposing his handle here. I just met him, and he's a great person to know. Someone unbelievable, but is true just the same. This is exactly how he feels right now, I think...
I HATE YOU THEN I LOVE YOU
I'd like to run away from you
But if I were to leave you I would die
I'd like to break the chains you put around me
And yet I'll never try
No matter what you do you drive me crazy
I'd rather be alone
But then I know my life would be so empty
As soon as you are gone
Impossible to live with you
But I could never live without you
For whatever you do / For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
You make me sad
You make me strong
You make me mad
You make me long for you / You make me long for you
You make me live
You make me die
You make me laugh
You make me cry for you / You make me cry for you
I hate you
Then I love you
Then I love you
Then I hate you
Then I love you, I Love You more
For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
You treat me wrong
You treat me right
You let me be
You make me fight with you / I could never live without you
You make me high
You bring me down
You set me free
You hold me bound to you
I hate you
Then I love you
Then I love you
Then I hate you
Then I love you more / I love you more
For whatever you do / For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
I never, never, never
I never, never, never
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
But you
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ChocNut!!! Yummy!!!
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Posted:Dec 30, 2006 5:29 am
Last Updated:Jan 11, 2007 4:15 am 2613 Views
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I CAN'T let this day pass without thanking and saying I LOVE YOU to two very, very, very good friends who have surprised me beyond measure.
Tim and Grace, my goodness, you two are so... damn, I don't know what to write again to describe you both beautiful people I am lost for words!
I received the ChocNut -- the chocolate of my youth -- in proper order. Hahaha! From the bottom of my heart this Christmas, I want to say THANK YOU for the sweetest Chistmas gift. Literally sweet, that is... hahaha 
Friends like you and Tim should forever be etched in my heart. You've shown me a kind of friendship that does not require so much except honesty and sincerity.
I will end this year with a happy smile on my face because I've met friends here in FFF who are worth my eternal respect and love.
I am proud to yell I AM IN LOVED WITH YOU BOTH!!! It's a great feeling. I will always be here. Anytime you need a friend, you know how to find me.
Mwah!
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When Love Beckons...
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Posted:Dec 29, 2006 10:40 pm
Last Updated:Jan 11, 2007 10:54 pm 2691 Views
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When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions
May wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
As the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you
So shall he cruficy you
Even as he is for your growth
So is he for your pruning.
(The Prophet by Gibran Kahlil Gibran)
Now, what compelled me to remember this poem? I really don't know. I just feel like spinning lately into that endless space. Spinning, rotating quickly and then slowly, a dancer making her own carnal minuets round the room. A room where no one else sees her except herself. Her own being. The one she herself does not recognize. And don't want to recognize for once.
I just want to be that. An invisible person to be allowed to do what she wishes to do without being ridiculed, without being condemned. Someone who is not afraid to surrender to that irresistible inner force that shoves her to be in that sweet world where she has never gone before.
Ahh, damn!
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Sweet Chill
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Posted:Dec 28, 2006 2:55 am
Last Updated:Dec 30, 2006 5:17 am 2645 Views
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SWEET CHILL, today is December 28 here in the Philippines. In the Bible, it's the day Herod, who was deluded by wise men, sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all male infants from two years old and under. Hence, the day we call Innocents Day or Niños Inocentes or Childermas, if I spelled them correctly
In Catholic celebration, this is best remembered by bringing to church to be especially blessed. Parents believe that when you bring your to church on this special day, they'll be consecrated the whole year through.
On the lighter side, and prevalent in Filipino culture, the celebration has also been exploited to become a day of tall stories or practical joking (often cruel ones) played on relatives, friends, and other people like April Fool's Day.Que la inocencia le valga!
Several friends of mine here tried playing jokes on me, but I've managed to fend off their attempts I always try to remember this day during December because I don't want to be caught ahm... innocently?
But the one BIG... as in HUGE, SWEET, SYRUPY, PLEASANT, HONEYED, THOUGHTFUL, SOFT-HEARTED, CHARMING -- all nice adjectives -- surprise ever that I wasn't able to prophesy today, December 28, came from you. It wasn't a JOKE at all.
twent47blue
From the bottom of my heart... this Christmas... I want to say THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU so much I want to cry for the surprise. No words can describe it so I won't even try.
You just don't know how much you've made me feel lucky, Sweet Chill  Your sweetness is an inspiration. It's sunrise that always tells me there's going to be a GOOD MORNING, and sunset the whispers it'll forever be a SPECIAL NIGHT.
May God's blessings be yours for your heart is not only big, it loves truly... unconditionally.
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I Have Found My Soul Mate
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Posted:Dec 26, 2006 9:20 pm
Last Updated:Dec 28, 2006 1:46 am 2482 Views
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IT's pure coincidence.
One of the gifts I received from relatives and friends this Christmas is a book written by Edgar Caycee on Soul Mates. And then several nights ago when I logged in and checked the FFF Magazine, I saw a question posted and it's asking if the respondents believe they have soul mates.
Isn't that sheer and utter coincidence? I have the book, and the question's there but I failed to make a sensible riposte
Anyway, Caycee's book is very informative about the subject matter of Soul Mates. The book's almost wafer-thin, but is really gratified with so much facts about it that you may choose to believe or not.
He said "almost every person feels a longing for companionship." "At times," Cayce said "this desire is understood as a directive towards union with God, and at other times, as a longing for union to another person."
I find the word here UNION onerous (very demanding) in meaning "act of joining together to form a whole." Is he saying that if I do not have a soul mate I am not whole? I don't think that's his major point.
Caycee introduced two principles concerning the choice of a companion, particularly a life partner.
"First is the principle that we are here on earth for the purpose of growth and development in consciousness. What is more, associations with some individuals are more conducive to growth than associations with others; therefore, it is prudent to choose carefully our companions. This principle is probably easy for us to accept if we merely reflect on the types of influence various friends and acquaintances have had on us in the past. The impact is most powerful in a marriage relationship, and a good union should be founded upon a shared purpose in life and the capacity to help each other to grow."
"The second principle relates to reincarnation: We as spiritual beings (or souls) experience our growth in consciousness through a series of lifetimes in physical human form. In other words, we have been on earth many times before, and more specifically have had close personal relationships with particular souls. Attraction to another person and thoughts of marriage could very likely be related to memory patterns (even subconscious memories!) of having been with that soul in the distant past. In the readings, Cayce suggested that, often, we are attracted to a particular person for marriage in this lifetime because of such a relationship at least once before."
Interesting ideas, right? And I can't say I do not understand what the fuss is all about I am not amongst the SCEPTIC ANONYMOUS regarding this.
We do indeed have soul mates of all kinds who come to us while we are still living. Soul mates are alive and well in this lifetime and every lifetime after that.
What we need to realize is that there are various kinds of soul mates. Like how different we all are, our soul mates are distinct also, and they come into our lives for reasons that are atypical and yet important. Reasons that are essential to our self-growth and shouldn't be ignored.
If somebody tells you that soul mates do not exist, maybe you should ask him or her if he or she has ever felt a spiritual feeling towards someone his/her lifetime. I would bet that they did not only felt this once, but many times and they're only denying the consciousness.
Believe it, I've found some of my soul mates here in FFF. All I did was open my eyes and my heart, and they all appeared
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When Friends Threaten You, Give Up!
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Posted:Dec 26, 2006 12:44 am
Last Updated:Jan 2, 2007 6:18 am 2588 Views
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Y's text message read: "Pls put n yur clendar dec 30 sat dner wd geof n me at manalo chik inato 6pm. Tnk u."
When I said: "Amen! By hook or by crook." Her reply was: "Pls cnfirm 4 d rservation."
It wasn't an invitation. It was more like an order. Hahaha! More like a threat again
Y just came back from China two weeks ago with her husband Geoff (a Brit) and her Eliya (my goddaughter) to spend Christmas here in Puerto Princesa with her Troy, and her family. She had sent me a text message the minute she arrived to meet with her and our friend L. I had initially agreed to meet with both of them at Itoy's, but I had to fink out the last minute because something very important came up in the newspaper.
We arranged to meet again the next day, but I failed to go one more time because I was so hooked on a project my other group has been dying to implement. Y and L are both mad already thinking I don't have time for them any more. L belongs to my group, but Y is not. L understands, and Y doesn't. She cannot believe there isn't enough space for her in my rather eventful schedule this December.
It's difficult sometimes for me because I have different sets of friends But I love it when they start looking for me because that means they miss me and care for me.
If there's one thing good during Christmas, it's when your friends remember you. It's when they have to resort to the extremes, like kidnapping you sometimes, so you'll get to spend time with them. They threaten to end the friendship if you don't see them
It's that good with Y and L. I love both of them.
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Time After Sunset
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Posted:Dec 24, 2006 10:09 am
Last Updated:Jan 9, 2007 4:48 am 2502 Views
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IAN Christopher, the 21 year old mental patient at the Drop In Center, wasn't his usual moody self when my group gave them a surprise visit yesterday a little after sunset. He was unusually quiet. He surprised me because last November when I saw him, he was noisy and he was inviting everyone to join him on a fist fight.
We are all women in Peacock Jaycees, and I guess that unnerved him a bit. Hahaha He wasn't naughty, and it's nice.
But I was happy to see ANONYMOUS (remember her?). She has gained weight, and she's already smiling the sweetest when she saw us. Her mother said she has been eating a lot since her psychiatrist gave her the medicine she needed before to yank her out of depression.
From 14, the number of mental patients at the Drop In Center has been reduced to only a dozen. We were told that two were taken home to spend Christmas with their families. That was good! Nothing beats a Christmas celebration with your family.
We prepared "loot bags" for each of them, and they were happy. We also left several bags of canned goods, ready to cook noodles, etcetera so they'll have something to share during Noche Buena with Jun and Chester (their caretakers).
It was an exhausting day for all of us, but we all appreciate the opportunity to make a difference in their lives this Holiday Season.
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Yesterday's Christmas
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Posted:Dec 24, 2006 9:41 am
Last Updated:Dec 24, 2006 9:49 am 2323 Views
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AFTER a successful fund raising event last December 2 at the Backyard Grill, my group, the JCIP-Puerto Princesa Peacock (or Peacock Jaycees) succeeded again in implementing the Share-A-Home-Adopt-A--and-A-Family (now on its 6th year) project yesterday morning till about 5:00 p.m.
It was fun! We were all in our tangerine local organization management (LOM) uniforms, and the were in their white t-shirts with the words "All We Give Is Love and Certified Sons & Daughters of Share-A-Home" printed in front.
Last year, there were only 50 . Yesterday, we hosted about 60 from different destitute villages in Puerto Princesa. The number goes up every year, and we are thankful that God is keeping us in His mercy always to be able to do this.
Share-A-Home spent the whole morning yesterday touring the all over my City. I'm no longer amazed that some of them haven't gone to most places that are best to see here, like Bakers' Hills, our local version of Disneyland. It was a treat even for us adults to see how happy they all were bonding with Homer (the ostrich) at the place's small farm.
The whole afternoon, on the other hand, was spent playing games with them at the People's Amphitheater in Mendoza Park. When it was time to go home, we sent them back to their parents with Noche Buena baskets so they'll have something to share on Christmas eve (that's just a while ago).
It was a tiring day, but MERRY just the same. And it's CHRISTMAS
To Grady59, my FFF friend, who -- one time we were chatting -- offered to send help, I told my group about you, and they are thankful and appreciative that someone whom we haven't met has a BIG heart. One day, we'll take you up on your offer.
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