DREADFUL TYPHOON ONDOY

September 26,2009, A typhoon name "Ondoy" International name "KETSANA"came to the country particularly in Manila and nearby areas which brought a month worth of rainfall in just a few hours causing a dreadful flooding,which resulted to a sudden death of many innocent people and damaged billions of private and public propeties.

I'll use my blog as a medium to express myself of what i feel to the victims of the typhoon. I was so touch to see pictures and videos of the current happenings of the victims of the typhoon. " It was a big Disaster".

Now,I'm encouraging each one of us to please help even a little to our fellow brothers and sisters, to our fellow countrymen who were the victims of this typhoon.

Guyz it's so great to help to our beloved brothers and sisters, even we're in different status or race. Let's help/act one another. Let's make a difference
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. ~Sydney Smith








We can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa

The Missing Rib

A girl in love asked her boyfriend..

Girl (g): Tell me... who do you love most in this world?

Boy (b): You, of course!

(g): In your heart, what am I to you?

(b): The boy thought for a moment and looked intently in her eyes and said,

"You are my rib. In the Bible, it was said that God saw that Adam was lonely, during his sleep; God took one of Adam's rib and created Eve.

Every man has been searching for his missing rib, only when you find the woman of your life; you'll no longer feel the lingering ache in your heart." After their wedding, the couple had a sweet and happy life for a while.

However, the youthful couple began to drift apart due to the busy schedule of life and the never-ending worries of daily problems....their life became mundane....

All the challenges posed by the harsh realities of life began to gnaw away their dreams and love for each other... The couple began to have more quarrels and each quarrel became more heated..

One day, after the quarrel, the girl ran out of the house.... At the opposite side of the road, she shouted, "You don't love me!"

The boy hated her childishness and out of impulse, retorted, "Maybe, it was a mistake for us to be together! You were never my missing rib!" Suddenly, she turned quiet and stood there for a long while.... He regretted what he said but words spoken are like thrown away water, you can never take it back. With tears, she went home to pack her things and was determined in breaking-up.

Before she left the house, "If I'm really not your missing rib, please let me go..... She continued, "It is less painful this way... let us go on our separate ways and search for our own partners...

"Five years went by....

He never remarried but he had tried to find out about her life indirectly...... She had left the country and back.... She had married a foreigner and divorced..... He felt anguished that she never waited for him.

In the dark and lonely night, he lit his cigarette and felt the lingering ache in his heart. He couldn't bring himself to admit that he was missing her..

One day, they finally met.... At the airport, a place where there were many reunions and good-byes.... He was going away on a business trip.

She was standing there alone, with just the security door separating them. She smiled at him gently.

(b): How are you?

(g): I'm fine. How about you... Have you found your missing rib?

(b): No.

(g): I'll be flying to New York in the next flight.

(b): I'll be back in 2 weeks time. Give me a call when you are back...

You know my number... Nothing has changed. With a smile, she turned around and waved good-bye..

Good-bye.....

One week later, he heard of her death. She had perished in New York . In the event that shocked the world..

Midnight..... Once again, he lit his cigarette..... And like before, he felt the lingering ache in his heart.... He finally knew, she was the missing rib that he had carelessly broken....Sometimes, people say things out of moments of fury..... Most often than not, the outcome could be disastrous and detrimental.... We vent our frustrations 99% at our loved ones.... And even though we know that we ought to "think twice and act wisely", it's often easier said than done.

Things happen each day, many of which are beyond our control.... Let us treasure every moment and everyone in our lives....Tomorrow may never come; give and accept what you have today.

"Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains." - Emilie Cady

Andoy

Somewhere in Milaor, Camarines Sur, there lived a fourth grader boy who would follow this route to school everyday: He has to cross the rugged plains and cross the dangerous highway where vehicles are recklessly driving to and from. Once passed this highway, the boy would take a short cut by passing by the Church every morning just to say Hi to God, and faithfully say his, "Magandang umaga po" in Bicol dialect. He was faithfully being watched by a Priest who was happy to find innocence so uplifting in the morning, "Kamusta Andoy! Papasok ka na?" "Opo padre... " he would flash his innocent grin, the priest would be touched.

The priest was so concerned that one day he talked to Andoy, "From school...", he advised "Do not cross the highway, you can pass through the Church and I can accompany you to the other side of the road... that way I can see that you are home safe ..." "Thank you father ..." "Why don't you go home ... why do you stay in this Church right after school?" "I just want to say "Hi" to my friend, God," and the priest would leave the boy to spend time beside the altar, talking by himself, but he was hiding behind the altar to listen to what this boy has to say to his heavenly FATHER. "You know my math exam was pretty bad today, but I did not cheat - although my seatmate is bullying me for notes ... I ate one cracker and drank my water, Itay had a bad season and all I can eat is this cracker.

Thank you for this! I saw a poor kitten who was hungry and I know how he feels so I gave my last cracker to him ... funny but I am not that hungry ... Look, this is my last pair of slippers ... I may have to walk barefooted next week ... you see this is about to be broken.. but it is okay ... at least I am still going to school ... some says we will have a hard season this month, some of my classmates have already stopped going to school ... please help them get to school again, please God? ... Oh, you know, Inay had hit me again, it is painful, but I know this pain will pass away, at least I still have a mother ... God, you want to see my bruises? I know you can heal them ...here... here and ... Oh ... blood ... I guess you knew about this one huh? Please don't be mad at Inay, she is just tired and she worries for the food in our table and my schooling that is why she hits us ... Oh, I think I am in love ..

There's this pretty girl in my class, her name is Anita ... do you think she will like me? Anyway, at least I know you will always like me, I don't have to be anybody just to please you, you are my very best friend! Hey your birthday is two months from now!!! Aren't you excited? I am! wait till you see, I have a gift for you .... but it is a surprise! I hope you will like it! Oooops, I have to go ..." then he stood up and calls out, "Padre, padre, I am finished talking to my friend .. you can accompany me to the other side of the road now" This routine happens everyday. Andoy never fails. Father Agaton shares this every Sunday to the people in his church because he has not seen a very pure faith and trust in God, a very positive look at negative situations. One Christmas day, Father Agaton was sick so he could not make it in the Church, he was sent to the hospital.

The Church was left to 4 manangs who would chant the rosary in 1000 miles per hour, would not smile and would always find fault in what you do, they are also very well versed in cursing if you irritate them! They were kneeling, saying their kilometric rosary when Andoy, coming from his Christmas party, playfully dashed in, "Hello God!!!!! I " P----!!!!! (a curse) Bata ka!!!! Alam mo nang may nagdadasal!!!!! Alis!!!!!" Poor Andoy was so terrified, "where's Father Agaton? He is supposed to help me cross the street .... and to be able to cross the street I will have to pass by the back door of this church .. not only that, I have to greet Jesus-it is His birthday, I have a gift right here ...." just as he was about to get the gift out of his shirt, the manang pulled his shirt and threw him out of the church. "Susmaryosep!!! (does a sign of the cross fervently) Alis kang bata ka, kung hindi matatamaan ka!!! So the boy had no choice but to cross the dangerous side of the road in front of the church. He crossed. A fast moving bus came in. There was a blind curve. The boy was protecting his gift inside his shirt, so he was not looking. There was so little time. Andoy died on the spot.

A lot of people crowded the poor boy, the body of a lifeless young boy... Suddenly, out of nowhere a tall man in pure white shirt and pants, a face so mild and gentle, but with eyes full of tears... He came and carried the boy in His arms, He was crying. Curious bystanders nudged the man in white, and asked, "Excuse me sir, are you related to this child? Do you know this child?" The man in white, His face mourning and in agony, lifted up and answered, "He was my bestfriend ... " was all he said. He took the badly wrapped gift in the bloody chest of the lifeless boy, and placed it near His heart. He stood up and carried the boy away and they both disappeared in sight. The crowd was curious...

The next day, Father Agaton learned of the shocking news. He visited the house, and wanted to verify about the man in white. He consulted the parents of Andoy. "How did you know that your son died?" "A man in white brought him here." sobbed the mother. "What did he say?" The father answered, "He did not say anything. He was mourning. We do not know him and yet he was very lonely at our son's death, as if he knew our son very well. But there was something peaceful and unexplainable about him.

He gave me my son, and then he smiled peacefully. He rubbed my son's hair away from his face and kissed him on his forehead, then he whispered something .." "What did he say?" "He said to my boy ..." the father began, "Thank you for the gift ... I will see you soon... you will be with me ..." and the father of the boy continued, "and you know for a while, it felt so wonderful... I cried, but I do not know why .... all I know is I cried in tears of joy ... I could not explain it father, but when that man left, something peaceful came over me, I felt a deep sense of love inside... I could not explain the joy in my heart, I knew my boy is in heaven now ... but ... tell me father, who is this man that my son talks to everyday in your church, you should know because you are always there... except on the time of his death ..." Father Agaton suddenly felt the tears welling in his eyes, with trembling knees, he murmured," ... He was talking to no one ... but ....GOD...."

ECHOES OF OUR HEART

.. Sometimes when we close our eyes, we tend to listen to the echoes of our heart. We all fall inlove, and there are times we love so much that we lose ourselves in our own emotions more often than not, we wonder, why there are love that grows and love that grows cold. We would start to search for answers and try to find were love has gone wrong. But in the end, we find ourselves where we started. We cannot question love, it has its own reasons. Love will always be as it always has been silent, mysterious and deeply profound.

Many of us believe that love is forever, that love never dies, only to be disillusioned in the end. When we find our hands empty and our hands longing, we mistakenly look at love, that it is a need to be fulfilled, but love is only a gift given to us - we should not hold it in our hands for we may never find the strength to let it go when it decides to leave, we should only embrace its warmth and glow while it lasts and then, freely open our arms when its time to say goodbye... When we fall in love with someone, we dont want that feeling to end for it is everything we are and is everythigng that we want it to be. We pray that love will stay and grow in our hearts but if it doesn't, then we should never let our lives be taken by it, for life should not end where heartaches begin.

There is always a reason why we have to move on. when we have to say goodbye to the feeling we wanted to stay forever. Let us not wave our hands with a heavy heart, for love will have to set it's wings free and find a place where it belongs. We may have lost it, but then again, as we close our eyes and listen to the echoes of our heart we hear that feeling, whispering gently, then we will know that it has never left us, for the good that we have become because of love, will always stay, and it will always be there, reminding us that we should be thankful and happy not because we have lost love, but because for once in our lives, that feeling touched out hearts and made us happy.

Modified Cars

Honda Civivc 1991

Honda Civic Hatchback 1995

Honda Civic Si 2000_01

Honda Civic 1991_ORTHO

BMW 330-XD 2003_RR VW

BMW 330-XD 2003

MG ZR 2002


Nissan Sentra 1995


Mitsubishi Eclipse 1998


Mazda RX8 2005


Mazda RX7 1997

How To Start Over A Failure

How To Start Over After Failure

A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance. Proverbs 28:13 (LB)

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Here are four steps to take when starting over after a failure:

1. Accept responsibility for your own failure. If you’ve made a mistake, admit it. Welcome to the human race! Don’t blame others. To blame others is to “be lame.” Losers love to blame bad luck, the economy, the boss, their spouse, or even God for failure.

But winners never accuse others and never excuse themselves when they fail. In 1974, after an 88-game winning streak, the UCLA basketball team lost to Notre Dame in a game where they’d led by 11 points. The next day’s headline read: “Coach Wooden says, ‘Blame me!’” Wooden was a winner.

“A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance”
(Proverbs 28:13 LB).

2. Recognize the benefits of failure. Failure teaches you what doesn’t work. Thomas Edison, the great inventor, said, “Don’t call it a failure. Call it an education!”

Failure forces you to be more creative as you look for new ways to accomplish something. It prevents arrogance and egotism. If everything you did was a stunning success, no one could live with you!

Failure also causes you to reevaluate what’s important in life. It’s one way God gets you to reflect on the direction of your life. “Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways” (Proverbs 20:30 GNT).

3. Ask God for wisdom to understand what caused your failure. Why did you fail? Is there any reason you might have set yourself up to fail? There are many unconscious reasons we sometimes sabotage our own efforts:

• Fear of success – Success may mean handling more responsibility than you want to carry.
• Guilt – If you feel you don’t deserve to succeed, you may set yourself up to fail.
• Resentment – Some people fail as a way of getting even with those who are pressuring them to succeed.
• Ask God what caused it – “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all ...” (James 1:5 NIV).

4. Forget the past and focus on the future. Your past is past! It’s water under the bridge. You can’t change it so you may as well stop worrying about it. “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on ...” (Philippians 3:13-14 NIV).