Mind-boggling series

I've always been fascinated in watching CSI, Charmed, 24, Alias and Ghost Whisperer.    

My brother is a big fan of Smallville and 24, too.

I introduced Ghost Whisperer to Matto (Matto, I got Season 2 already) and she mentioned to me about Grey's Anatomy.  

I saw a DVD entitled Unit… I should have kept a copy for myself to stop thinking the story about it.  I was looking for The Tomorrow People… that starred teenagers with special  mental powers… that of telekinesis, mental telepathy and teleportation and another one, entitled Haunted.

Anything about ghosts, supernaturals, secret agents, magic and superheroes… something that will left my imagination working until my migraine attacks. 

Now there's Deja Vu… let's see what's spooky about this film..  At times like these, I missed my friend my friendly ghost, Rowell… who is equally enthusiastic about it.

;-) 

‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

My second story is about love and loss.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

 

Thank you all very much.

The full article can be found in this link.

Bring the Pain

Meredith and Dr. Shephard must convince a religious man to allow his daughter to have a life-saving operation. Ellis is reliving her love affair with Richard. Alex and George must perform a surgery in less-than-ideal conditions to save a police officer's life. Cristina, right back at work, must find a solution when her patient loses access to his pain "medication." Izzie's mad at Alex. Meanwhile, it's decision time for Shepard-Grey-Shepard love triangle.

Meredith (voiceover): Pain, it comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain that we live with everyday. Then there is the kind of pain you just can't ignore, a level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else, makes the rest of your world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt, how we manage our pain is up to us. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it, and for some of us the best way to manage pain is to just push through it.

Meredith (voiceover): Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes the pain gets you when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain you just have to fight through, because the truth is you can't outrun it, and life always makes more.

http://www.tv.com/greys-anatomy/bring-the-pain/episode/469139/summary.html 

Sibling Moments

Hindi man ako nakauwi ng Cavite noong Sunday pero hindi ko makakalimutan ang Sunday na iyon.

Obong:  Hindi ka ba mag-aaral? 

Ovel: Hindi Ate, beauty rest ako.  Magpapa-grad pic ako bukas.

Obong:  Nakanampuchi.  Ay magpaderma ka, magpspa, magpatrim  Hahaha

Ovel: Bonding tayo.  Maglinis ka ng room, maglaba ka at ako'y magiinternet sa labas.

Obong:  Ang ganda naman ng bonding natin.

<Lumipas ang ilang oras at nadatnan niya akong tulog.>

Ovel:  Hindi ka na nakapaglaba.  Hindi ko tinext ang laundry.  Mag-aral kang maglaba.  Nagwalis na ako ng dorm

Obong:  Sama kasi ng ulo ko. May migraine ako.

Ovel:  Kaya pala nakatulog ka sa kama ko kagabi.  Kumain ka na naman ba ng chocolate?

Obong: Hindi.  Namigraine ako sa kulay ng kwarto natin.

Ovel:  Hahahahahahaha Ay naku.. matagal ko na ngang gustong sabihin sa yo.  Nahihiya lang ako dahil ang laki nang nagastos mo.  Pero ang pangit noh?

<tawanan kaming dalawa> 

Obong:  Pagkita ko, akala ko Kindergarten ni Winnie the Pooh.  Bakit ang tingkad ng pagkadilaw?

Ovel:  Eh hindi naman tayo marunong bumili ng pintura.  Hindi ko nga maatim tingnan at natatawa ako

Obong:  Kulang na lang eh tables and chairs at picture ng mga cartoons…. mukhang pangprep.

<Hahahahahahahahaha>

Pagkalipas ng ilang oras…

Obong:  Eto burger mo… sinamahan ko ng sansrival.. di ba paborito mo yan?

Ovel:  Wow naman.  Lasang hangin yang sansrival na yan jan.

Obong:  Eto pang mais.   Kumakain ka ba niyan?  At least hindi lasang buhangin na iniuwi mo dati.

Ovel:  Oo naman.  Gusto kong kumanta, Ate.

Obong:  Antagal mo namang gumradweyt eh. Hindi kita maisama sa mga bonding bonding moments.  Hindi naman maganda boses mo ah.

Ovel:  Oo nga… pero kumakanta ako.

Obong:  Ako rin eh.. Sablay.

Ovel:  Isa lang kinakanta ko pag nagvivideoke.. "Morning has Broken…" 

Obong:  Bakit naman yun?  

Ovel:  Un lang kasi ang abot ng boses ko… Hahahahaha

Obong:  Hahahahahaha

Ovel:  Eh si Kuya N- - - , narinig mo na ba kumanta yun?  Kinanta yung High..  hagalpak ako sa kakatawa.

Obong:  Bakit?

Ovel:  Ganito… "Time won’t flow, everyone knows…. when the fain [pain] pades [fades] away.. "

<Hahahahahahaha>

Obong:  May f defect.

Ovel:  Naalala nga kita.. kung andun ka siguro… kasabay kitang tatawa… 

<Nasa CR cia.. naliligo… tapos kwentuhan kami.. >

Ovel:  Ate, tapos ka na ba maglaba..

Obong:  Hindi.  Dugo na kamay ko.  Paknit ang balat.

Ovel:  Dapat nag-aaral ka na maglaba, magluto…

Obong:  At dapat marunong ka na rin bumili ng pintura ng bahay.

<Hahahahahahahaha>

Sayang at hindi ko napicturean ang room namin… talagang… mauutas kayo sa kakatawa. 

B1 at B2

Si Obong at Si Ovel 

Nauna pa kami kay B1 at B2.  Magkakampi at magkaaway… not by chance, not by choice… but we have no choice at all.. whehehe

Bata pa lang kami, alam na ng tao kung gaano kami ka-close magkapatid. 
Kung ano lang kinakain ko… un din lang ang alam niya.  No gulay, no okra, at no sibuyas…

Ilang beses din kaming pinasayaw sa mga reunion kahit pareho kaming kaliwa ang paa.
Ako pa nga ang nagturo ng unang kanta na higit nagpasikat sa kanya sa aming pamilya.

Pareho kaming gustong-gustong kumanta pero likas na sablay ang mga boses. 

Siya ang weakling noong una at ako na ang likas na astig.  Kala ko noong una, bading!  Kala naman niya, isa akong tomboy!  Paano ba naman, pag nalolock ang pinto ng bahay, ako ang inaasahang umakyat ng bintana at bubungan.  Si Ovel ang moral support.

Ilang beses na kaming nagwre-wrestling na umaabot sa duguang noo niya at kalmot sa katawan. At sa pagtatapos ng laban, siyempre, ako ang Superman… at ang may hagupit ng sinturon sa pwet.  In short, ako ang maldita at siya ang tatahi-tahimik lang.  Nakalakihan ko nang siya ang anghel at ako ang may sungay.

Siya ang laking sakristan sa simbahan.  Ako naman eh ganoon din… lumaki akong nakakatulugan ang misa sa simbahan.   

Siya ang bata pa lang ay maporma, malinis, organized at disente.  So lahat ng opposite, ako yun.

Nang magsama kami noong highschool, doon na nakita ang malaki naming pagkakaiba.  Math ang forte niya at ako ay Recess…   Pero likas na maka-Ate yan.

Ate pahinging pera… Ate paano ba gawin itong assignment?

Ate may masarap sa canteen, bagong chocolate… parang masarap!  Bili ka, titikman ko!

Ate agahan mo naman ang gising, nakakahiya sa service… doon ka pa nagmemedyas.. hehehehe

Ate gumising ka na naman… 

Ate ko yan! 

Hindi ko makakalimutang minsan ay binuhusan niyan ako ng tubig sa kama dahil sa hindi ako magising… ilang araw kong hindi nahigaan ang kama na yun. 

At ilang beses na rin niyang nakita ang ginuguyam (nilalanggam) kong unan sa pagtatago ng balat ng chocolate at candy.

Ate, kadamutan neto… itinatago mo sa akin ang candy mo.. hindi naman ako hihingi.  Lagot ka kay Ina… ang daming guyam… <hehehehehe> 

Kelan ko lang nalaman na proud na proud pala cia sken everytime na may CAT Formation.  Officer ako nun… tagapagdala lang naman ng Flag at Sword… whehehe Feeling sikat daw cia nun sa mga classmates niya.

Nang sumikat ng konti ang mga kantang ginawa ko sa school.. tuwang-tuwa din yan.. 

Ako naman eh sobrang proud ng cia ang maging Corps Commander.  Huh!  Kapatid ko yan! 

At kamusta naman.. ako naman ang kinabahan at sobrang proud ng mapanood ko siya sa Musical ng Miss Saigon sa UP Manila.  Kumakanta pala ang kapatid ko ng live… ang ugat akala ko puputok.  Talagang sinadya niyang doon dumaan sa tabi ko habang hinahanap si Kim… talagang sinadyang banggain ang upuan ko para ipakitang… "ate… kumakanta ako… hahahaha"

May mga parte man sa pamilya naming hindi maayos… isa sa pinagpapasalamat ko na nagkaroon ako ng kapatid na katulad niya… 

Magkapatid na artistahin… nyahahahahahahahaha!