an ad says...
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Posted:Oct 25, 2006 6:14 pm
Last Updated:Nov 3, 2006 3:29 pm 1845 Views
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attitude is contagious... is yours worth catching???
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life in the US 1...
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Posted:Oct 25, 2006 2:10 pm
Last Updated:Nov 3, 2006 3:28 pm 1820 Views
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my husband and i were watching the VHS tape of "far and away" (an old movie of nicole kidman and tom cruise) last night. we were almost half way the movie and we're exchanging comments about the plot and the lead actors (in between mouthful of cracker jacks) when the phone rang. my husband grabbed the cordless phone while i reached for the remote control and pressed it's stop button to give my husband and the caller a comfortable time to talk. after exchanging a few words, i heard my husband said, "i'm watching a movie with my wife right now. when is the best time to call u back, dallas?"
so, it was dallas, a pilot from Wyoming who is also married to a pinay and is a very good friend of my husband. i knew it was rude of me to have done this but while he was saying his last words to dallas, i was urging him to continue talking and enjoy the call. though he got my message correctly, he put the phone down to end the conversation. "it was dallas," he said while reaching for the remote control. "i know," i replied coldly. i knew my strange reaction surprised my husband. and the next couple of words that came out of my mouth both stunned us. "you have not seen him for years. you both have a hard time contacting each other because of your busy schedules. he must be very excited to hear from you or he might have some good news he wants to share with you. you just let go of a call of a precious friend!" i grabbed the remote control from his hand and hit the play button. "is this movie more important than him?" i asked. i felt like nagging a lil boy after i delivered the line. and in my heart, i felt sorry for dallas.
my husband was able to smile amidst the shock. this time, he hit the stop button of the remote control and he looked at me as if he was thinking what and how to say things. "honey," he started. "here in america, every time you make a call, you always have to ask the person (you're calling) if you call him/her the bad time. if a person calls you and you're in the middle of something, let the caller know politely. it's good to be honest. he/she can call you back some other time or you can call him/her back when you're available. he/she is not narrow minded not to understand."
"but he's your friend. he's not just another person" i insisted. "yes, he's my friend, and i'm gonna return his call as soon as possible," he explained. "and this movie is not important than him. it is the good time i'm having with you while watching the movie which i don't like to be interrupted," he softly said while trying to make face, an obvious effort to cool me down.
suddenly, i thought about the phone call i got from a filipino neighbor just after dinner the previous night. i was busy cleaning the mess on the dining table when i picked up the phone. i was laughing with her (on the phone) that i almost threw the bowl of chicken adobo into the garbage can.
embarrassed and feeling like a lil girl just learning her abc's, i smiled back at my husband and said my sorry.
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my balikbayan box...
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Posted:Oct 25, 2006 1:25 pm
Last Updated:Nov 3, 2006 3:04 pm 1852 Views
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i am still busy filling up my balikbayan box. it contains christmas presents for my family, relatives, friends, godchildren and neighbors in the philippines. i have been working on it for the last three months and i feel that the more i buy stuff to fill it up, the more i discover that i still need "bottles of this", "cans of that" and "boxes of those."
it's no joke being from a big family. i always have to play fair. if i buy a sister a bottle of perfume, i must also get some for the rest of the siblings. otherwise, they would say in silent chorus, "bakit wala kami?" (why don't we have perfume?). oh, my, i don't want to hear any complain. so the standing rule is, what one gets, everybody gets.
putting name tags on each item is also a lot of work. but it's wiser to do it for easy identification and distribution. along with all these labeled/named stuff, as usual, i would slide into the box some computerized personal letters for each of my family. there's also this general letter in a coupon bond that says "whoever has complain/s, please call me overseas," in huge fonts. of course, it's just some sort of a joke.
i plan to send the box either end of this month or first week of november. i only have a week to go. right now, it's still one fifth empty. it only means i have to go to Costco again. i have bought almost everything the past couple of weeks--- from shirts/tops to shoes and socks, from perfume to hand sanitizer, from canned goods to cereal--- and i wonder if i can still find items my family would enjoy. for sure, a big pack of toilet paper just to fill the box is a stupid idea.
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funny car sticker...again!
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Posted:Oct 24, 2006 1:20 pm
Last Updated:Oct 24, 2006 4:37 pm 1640 Views
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"...somewhere in texas, a village is missing it's idiot !!!
when i read this, i just couldn't help but laugh.
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it's very true...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2006 4:34 pm
Last Updated:May 20, 2024 12:13 pm 1675 Views
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I got this in my inbox today:
when there is nothing left but GOD, that is when you find out that GOD is all you need.
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success quotes...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2006 12:13 pm
Last Updated:Oct 13, 2006 4:20 pm 1666 Views
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many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - thomas edison
along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.- euripides
even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - will rogers
the most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.- theodore roosevelt
you will find the key to success under the alarm clock. - benjamin franklin
destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - winston churchill
if A=success, then the formula is A=X+Y+Z
where:
X=work
Y=play
Z=keeping your mouth shut. - albert einstein
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by the way...
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Posted:Oct 13, 2006 11:49 am
Last Updated:Oct 13, 2006 4:23 pm 1682 Views
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i am not into reading biography stuff only. i also love to read inspirational and motivational books---they are a good source of inspirations and hopes. i also read romantic ones---they always bring out the love struck ager in me. they always make me fall in love all over again.
by the way, i went to a thrift store this morning and stumbled upon the book "the sexiest man alive." i found the book very revealing that i didn't think twice to buy it. it's all about warren beatty, one of the prettiest actors to have ever graced hollywood. honestly, i don't know the guy. i don't remember i have ever seen even one of his movies. what i've found interesting (after reading the front and back flap of the book while roaming inside the store) is that beatty pursued only famous women (if you're nameless, you're out!), ended up in bed with hundreds of them yet he didn't marry until he's in mid 50's.
another thing which i found interesting is beatty's entry and withdrawal from the US presidential race more than a decade ago which details are going to be revealed by the book.
wow, i suddenly realized that this one is another biography again!
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any suggestions?
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Posted:Oct 12, 2006 5:07 pm
Last Updated:Oct 16, 2006 4:26 pm 1788 Views
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i have just finished reading "american evita." the book tells how hillary clinton, like argentina's eva peron and our very own imelda marcos, plays a very important role in her husband's grand entry to the white house.
my interest in reading books about great and non great leaders started in 1986, at the height of the first edsa revolution that toppled the dictatorship of ferdinand marcos. the first book i bought was about him (marcos) and the second one was about cory aquino, the widow in yellow who occupied the malacanang palace after the marcoses fled. from my very meager school allowance, i bought more books, one by one, and they were all about filipinos (ninoy aquino, diosdado macapagal, manuel quezon,claro recto, antique's evelio javier, joseph estrada, to name a few) who made their names permanently etched in the minds of filipinos and in the history of my beloved philippines. later, i found myself attached to the life stories of leaders of other countries (ford, eisenhower, thatcher, gorbachev, gandhi, peron & mother teresa) whose names you would not miss in the pages of the world history. while i found these books very interesting, my family and friends didn't even try to see their intro pages.
i really love to read. it consumes the bigger part of my day. before i go to bed, i read. when i don't like to go line, i read. when i don't want to watch tv, i read.
and now that i'm done with american evita, i'm thinking of what to read next. i'm not selective. i don't mind reading crazy, odd stories as long as they inform, entertain and educate me.
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be silent...
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Posted:Oct 12, 2006 8:33 am
Last Updated:Oct 12, 2006 8:35 am 1671 Views
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"...but when it is necessary, SPEAK --- and speak in such a way that people will remember." - wolfgang amadeus mozart
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where did the love go...
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Posted:Oct 12, 2006 8:23 am
Last Updated:Oct 12, 2006 8:26 am 1673 Views
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the direction you're going leads me to an empty, lonely place
your whisper is all but mumbling words of broken promises
your hugs and kisses are as cold as the chilly winter breeze
and your heart that used to be mine alone is now crying out loud for someone else...
ajpj
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