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Usap Hayskul

May 30, 2007

Hindi nakapagpigil ang kaibigan kong si Carina na hindi magreply sa friendster bulletin post ko about “Usap Hayskul”…

Totoo nakakamiss pala talaga… ang mga high school friends, teachers, mga guards, at administrators at ang mga bawal sa school.

Bawal ang makeup. Bawal ang makapal na polbo sa mukha. Bawal ang dangling na earrings o alahas na pang-famas.

Dapat close black shoes. Malinis ang puting blouse na may maliit na blue necktie na hindi appropriate sa height ko.

Isa lang ang snack time at sa umaga yun. So yung gutom ng hapon ay panaka-nakang nakaw na subo ng chocolate at tinapay. Malas pa kung ang tinapay ng katabi ko ay ung malutong na dinig hanggang unahan ang kagat ko.

Bawal din siyempre ang mag-ingay pero sino ba ang makakatiis sa kwentuhan ng katabi ko at mga pasahan ng notes ng crush at mga inookray na teacher at classmates.

Bawal din ang lalagpas sa oras. Pag nagring na ang bell, dapat nasa loob ka na ng classroom.

Bawal din ang relasyong teacher at estudyante. Pati ang relasyong lalaki sa lalaki at babae sa babae. Pero bakit hindi bawal pag nanliligaw si teacher kay student?

Bawal din noon ang chi-chirya sa canteen kaya madalas KitKat ang nilalantakan ko at ang chichirya ay after ng 4:10 sa hapon.

Bawal magistambay sa labas ng school.

Pag graduation, bawal ang bongga. Kaya dapat first year palang mahinahon na sa paglalaba ang inyong mga magulang para pagdating ng fourth year, si blue na palda ay hindi pa kupas.

2 magkasunod na late ay katumbas ng paglilinis ng grounds ng IJA na siyempre sikat ka sa buong school dahil ikaw ang tagapagmana ng trono ni Mang Ruben.

Bawal maupo kapag panaho ng Rosary Month. Dios ko po.

Bawal umalis sa pila kapag naglilitanya ang napakahabang dasal sa umaga at flag ceremony.

Bawal ang walang “tag” sa mga teachers … kaya ako…. Lahat sila meron!

Hahahaha!

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Baon ni Nanay

Pababa ako sa MRT-Buendia kaninang mga 7 ng gabi. May nakita akong isang matandang babae na may dala dalang transparent na supot na bakas na bakas na "kanin at ulam" ang laman. Lakas ng loob niyang itaas ito at senyasan ang taong nasa kabilang lane.

Si Nanay pala un at si anak pala ung nasa kabila.

Si Anak bitbit ang malaking bag… kung saan siya patungo ay hindi ko na inalam. Pero sigurado akong malayo para ipagbaon ng ganun karaming kanin. Hinintay kong abutin nung anak yung baon. Hangos siyang bumalik at kinuha. Tuwang-tuwa naman si Nanay na makitang talagang nageffort si Anak na kunin ang baon.

Naalala ko tuloy nung elementary pa ako.

I hate "kaning lamig!". Pakainin mo na ako ng kahit ano wag lang ang malamig na kanin. Hindi ko alam kung psychological lang o sadyang hindi ko malunok ang kaning saksakan ng lamig. Kaya hate ko ang ipinagbabaon ako ng pagkain. Dalawa lang ang kinakahinatnan ng baon na padala ni Mader, either sa basurahan o papanisin ko sa bag ko hanggang may maglabasang puting mga malilit na uod. Nagsawa na si Mader na ipagbaon ako dahil sa munting hiling kong ayoko ng kaning lamig. Magtitiyaga akong umuwi para sa mainit na kanin.

Nang nagawi ako sa Manila noong kolehiyo at netong nagtatrabaho na ako. Much appreciated ko ang ipagbabaon ako ng pagkain. Una, dahil sa tipid na… eh hindi pa hassle sa pagbili.

Ngayon ko hinahanap ang baon… sandwich.. .wag kaning lamig. Minsan nakakalimutan kong kumain, o hinahayaan kong magaway ang mga bulate ko sa tyan kesa bumaba ako sa canteen at bumili ng food.

Kaya ung scene kanina… napa-"Aayyyy"… natouched ako kay Nanay at kay Anak.

Buti pa cia … mabait.. at di nagtatapon ng pagkain… take note.. lalaki pa yun.. matipuno at may hitsura..

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Words of Mother Theresa

I missed seeing Mother Theresa in the usual scene where she cuddled little children, embracing men and women, giving little joys to most of the unfavored and unfortunate people in the society.

In her face, though the trace of old age, is very evident… it's the peacefulness of her soul that radiates in her face. The smile is so genuine, the compassion is real and the look in her eyes is natural.

I searched for some quotes by Mother Theresa…. and hope we get something from these….

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
Mother Teresa

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother Teresa

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Teresa

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
Mother Teresa

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Mother Teresa

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa

Good works are links that form a chain of love.
Mother Teresa

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.
Mother Teresa

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.
Mother Teresa

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
Mother Teresa

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
Mother Teresa

I think I'm more difficult than critical.
Mother Teresa

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
Mother Teresa

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa

In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
Mother Teresa

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
Mother Teresa

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.
Mother Teresa

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
Mother Teresa

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
Mother Teresa

It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.
Mother Teresa

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
Mother Teresa

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Mother Teresa

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Mother Teresa

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Mother Teresa

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.
Mother Teresa

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother Teresa

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
Mother Teresa

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
Mother Teresa

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty.
Mother Teresa

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.
Mother Teresa

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Mother Teresa

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.
Mother Teresa

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother Teresa

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Mother Teresa

Peace begins with a smile.
Mother Teresa

So many signatures for such a small heart.
Mother Teresa

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Mother Teresa

Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.
Mother Teresa

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.
Mother Teresa

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
Mother Teresa

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
Mother Teresa

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
Mother Teresa

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.
Mother Teresa

There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.
Mother Teresa

There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Mother Teresa

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
Mother Teresa

There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.
Mother Teresa

We are all pencils in the hand of God.
Mother Teresa

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

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa

We, the unwilling,led by the unknowing,are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much,for so long,with so little,we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Mother Teresa

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
Mother Teresa

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Veronika Decides to Die

I'm half through with Paulo Coehlo's Veronika Decides to Die. I've been glued to my sit upon reading the first few pages of it. I am reading it not because "Sheggz decides to Die, too" but to understand the longing of the soul of people with suicidal tendencies. What was missing in their lives and what liberation do these people want themselves to be freed of? What was gradually destroyed at the course of struggling to live.

Let me share with you a few lines from the book according to Veronika.

She believed herself to be completely normal. Two very simple reasons lay behind her decision to die, and she was sure that, where she to leave a note explaining many people would agree with her.

The first reason: Everything in her life was the same and, once her youth was gone, it would be downhill all the way, with old age beginning to leave irreversible marks, the onset of illness, the departure of friends. She would gain nothing by continuing to live; indeed, the likelihood of suffering would only increase.

The second reason was more philosophical: Veronika read the newspapers, watched TV, and she was aware of what was going on in the world. Everything was wrong, and she had no way of putting things right — that gave her a sense of complete powerlessness.

- Excerpt from the book-

Do you want to die out of the natural order of things?

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The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

May 28, 2007

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.
where your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

There is only one way to learn.
It's through action.

Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do,
when you really want something,
it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.
It's your mission on earth.

And when you want something,
all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

(Thanks Aart for the comment… http://aart-hilal.livejournal.com/#item6244)

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The Pact

I know that my heart is not the same as that of my playmates when I was six.
I played early and has no choice but to mature early with every experiences my life has given me, in family, in people around me, in the choices I make and in what I have failed to achieve.

When I gave up my desire to start a vocation inside a convent in early 2005, I dare God that I may be used in whatever way He wishes in exchange of marital bliss. That I tell you, why, despite the pressure, I am not overly concerned whether I will end up marrying somebody or not. Because I have made a pact in lieu of a greater purpose which up to now I am still discerning what purpose I will perfectly serve my life with… that's more I am more concerned… the bliss of my soul.

Ending life, drastic career moves, detachments and planning to go abroad always fail. For whatever the reason is, I still don't know…

I am wondering why, despite several attempts to land a job abroad, despite the smooth processing at the beginning, somewhere along the way, something will go wrong and the plan will never pursue.

Now, I dare God once again… If I still have something left to do at my hometown, a mission that was never been accomplished yet, then point me to a job that offers the same remuneration I am expecting to achieve abroad and lead me to people, places and events that will cultivate my first longing to be fulfilled.

… what purpose is that … preventing me to go out of the country?

… what else I leave unfulfilled?

… what more can I do?

Posted by sheggz at 10:04 pm | permalink | Add comment

Deal

… then someone by the name "Toby" sent this to me…

"Always look for your personal legend.
When you find it, all of the universe conspires with you."

I got curious. I searched the net for anything related to this message and I found a link to "The Alchemist" and Paulo Coehlo. So I decided to get a copy of it.

I've been alive for 28 years now. Been surfing the net for almost half of my life but only this quarter did I find myself looking for the people I've come to admire in songwriting. And I gladly did. Been exchanging emails with the people who share the same passion… now I know some of the details in "KATHA" and several other gigs.

Then I got "The Book of Answers"…

Am I getting the answers… or is this the deal behind the "deal with God"?

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Which Star are you from?

May 27, 2007

I'm excited to watch "Which Star are you from?".. i love the song which Toni Gonzaga sung for this..

Catch me… I'm falling…

Can you find your true love… twice?

Which Star Are You From is a Korean drama which speaks of a man who fell for a pair of sisters (one dead, one living) and the amount of pressure and objections they face throughout their entire relationship.

Starting on May 28 right after Walang Kapalit.

http://that.animeblogger.net/2006/11/12/k-drama-which-star-are-you-from/

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Never give up on the good times

"Never Give Up On The Good Times"
by Spice Girls

Whoo
She used to be a chancer, sparkle in the rain
Told me she needed a friend
If she's going crazy, baby's on the way
Seems like the day never ends
Everybody needs some affection
(Ah Ah Ah)
Never shines (never shines) gotta try (gotta try)
Wherever you're going
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Bossanova baby, heart is never soul
Shouting but he's never heard
Eyes all wide and open, streets are paved with gold
Someone come back on their word
Everybody needs some affection
(Ah Ah Ah)
Never shines (never shines) gotta try (gotta try)
Wherever you're going
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Down and dirty city, feeling outta place
Maybe you've ran outta time
Treats her like a lady, smile upon her face
Make up the last of the lines
Everybody needs some affection
(Ah Ah Ah)
Never shines (never shines) gotta try (gotta try)
Whereever you're going
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it uuuuuuppppp)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Believe in the love that you find)
Hey now look around, pick yourself up off the ground
I said hey now look around pick yourself up off the ground
I said hey now look around pick yourself up off the ground
I said hey now look around pick yourself up off the ground
I said
(Never give up) hey now look around, pick yourself up off the ground
I said hey now look around, pick yourself up off the ground
I said
(Never give up) hey now look around, pick yourself up off the ground
I said hey now look around pick yourself up off the ground
I said
(Never give up) hey now look around, pick yourself up off the ground
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it uuuuuuppppp)
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no)

[Fades out over last 4 times]

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The Kind of Housemate

Never shines (never shines) gotta try (gotta try)
Wherever you're going
Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)
Never give up on the good times, living it up is a state of mind
(Never give it up no, never give it up no oh oh)

For several seasons of PBB, admittedly, I'm one of those posting in the threads of PBB Housemates and in PEX in defense of my favorite housemates and in all issues thrown upon them. This time, I thought I would no longer be like that since I can't watch PBB as much as before. But with the growing controversies inside the house, the obvious manipulations and the obvious favoritism of Big Brother and PBB Management, I chose to be active again, not in watching, but moreso, in posting and in bugging my friends to support Beatriz Saw. To some, it might be a senseless waste of time and effort, but to me… it's well worth of my time to support and put on top of it, who I think is deserving of the title.

In our quest to support BEA in the coming nominations, which I think would be tonight…. please find time to read this blog… http://www.beatrizsaw.i.ph

And why I chose Bea… over the long list of boring housemates inside…

Ang gawin sanang panuntunan ng pagpili ng karapat-dapat na housemate ay iyong may kakayahang pangkaraniwan o <minsan ay nakakahigit sa iba> ngunit may pagkataong kahanga-hanga…

Ipagmalaki mo man sa buong mundo…

ganito ang isa sa mga klase ng Pilipino

na nasasalamin sa modernong panahon.

hindi kailangang perpekto..

pero may pagkataong "TAO".

ibabandera mo sa buong nasyon.

Eto ang klase ng "housemate" na pinagsumikapan naming mapanalo.

Marami na ang "Pangkaraniwan"

Humanap ka ng "Out of the Ordinary… struggles to make a life better than the Ordinary by being, living, thinking and doing things EXTRAORDINARY"..

Hindi ka ba flattered… na out of your show..

maiintroduce mo sa maraming tao..

nakakita kami ng taong hindi man panghabambuhay na SIKAT…

pero kilalanin ng maraming tao ng may RESPETO at PAGHANGA dahil sa ganda at astig na PAGKATAO.

Yun ang BIG WIN!

This is a Reality Show. Not a Star-Search.

"Basta pagdating sa pamilya, pagpapaguran mo talaga, kasi yun lang ang meron ka."

- Beatriz Saw

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