Dreams Come True

I am subscribed to Jobstreet and daily, I received job alerts from a sender named LiNa. When I'm employed, I usually ignore LiNa's email… but this one I received from him/her… that I would want to post in my blog…

Dare to Dream…. Dare Yourself! 

Dear JobStreet.com Members,

This is the stuff of movies: a young man, in the face of personal and professional challenges, struggles against the odds and finally achieves his dreams.

Naozumi "Nao" Tsuchiyama, a 26-year-old Japanese language instructor whose right leg was amputated as a child and now wears a prosthetic, had always wanted to become a boxer.

To do so, he needed a boxing license but was denied this in his home country on account of his physical condition. So, he went abroad but even then it wasn't easy for him.

The first time he applied for a boxing license from the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) in the Philippines, he was rejected because his condition was deemed not fit for boxing. Medical examinations showed otherwise, but the GAB would not budge.

Last August, he took part in a trial fight in the Philippines where he impressed the GAB officials in attendance. Despite a favorable recommendation from these representatives who were impressed with his performance, the GAB still rejected his application.

Undeterred, Nao persisted and flew to South Korea to take part in the World Boxing Association's annual conference. He returned to the Philippines with the assurance that there is no international policy preventing him from fighting professionally. This time around, the GAB relented and gave him his license.

Nao will be fighting his third match in the Philippines on Aug 9. JobStreet.com is proud to support Nao's endeavor.

We hope his tale will inspire everyone to pursue their dreams. If there's a will, there's always a way.

Warm wishes
LiNa, your personal career agent
JobStreet.com

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Repost: Dancing in the Moonlight

My brainy caboodles started to stuck up after the mind-boggling exam I took yesterday.  The first part was just a number sequence but it totally put me out of control… The first time actually to encounter such exam that has almost pulled my nerves out of my senses…

Just in the middle of answering the time-pressured exam, when I heard the intro of Dancing in the Moonlight… I stopped for awhile and started dancing while on my seat.  No one's in the room, and I was the only one taking the exam so I had a rare time of my life to dance to my favorite song….

When the test administrator entered… I sat immediately & continued what I was doing..

She said.. "Okay, time is up!"

I was about to exclaim … "What?!? I was not yet done."

I keep on laughing… I told myself… "When I fail this exam and I didn't get the job… that is because of I couldn't resist the tune of that song…. it's too captivating!"

Hehehe

Luckily… after several minutes… I was called up again for the interview.. wooohoo?!? Ano un hindi chineckan ung papel ko ?? 

The Papa Intsik

Last week I joined by Ate Imee in Powerplay in Ermita.  She was practicing badminton for the upcoming tournament while I am just sitting on the edge watching her… as she threw a strong hit despite the arm injury.

Later on, we had a heart-to-heart talk.  Ate Imee is the youngest Tita in the family while I'm the eldest niece.  The close age gap made us clicked.

We talked about love, of life, of apply-and-resign mode, of almost everything we think of, even the Singapore thingy and now the family's plan of bringing me to Canada…  She was telling me…

Oh my God… nagresign ka na naman… it means.. magreresign na naman ako.. hahaha 

What I admire most about Imee is that she's focused at what she's doing.  She stands for every decision she wishes to make… without having to be acknowledged as "Pasaway"…

She is a fighter, too… who knows what exactly what she wants in life… not even bothered and overly concerned whether or not to live life alone… She's in mid-30s already… but… not bothered at all… because of the numbers in lotto.. hahahaha

Now… she's happy with her Papa Intsik… and I'm too happy that sooner or later… our dreams of finally walking down the aisle with me wearing also a long gown… will soon happen… aww!  As to when and how… that has to be fervently prayed for.

We've even thought of enrolling to dancing school before… of ballroom dancing… so when we get older… we know basically how to dance with the oldies… hahahaha

She even reminded me of… "You danced Macarena before in Singles… remember?!"

Ako?!? Macarena?!? Hello!!

We're just too happy when any of us do something out of the conventional perception of people towards us… like me… Ate Imee, is the only girl, in her family…

Pampered with love… and the tiger-look towards who's who is courting us.. hahaha

Water or Softdrinks?

I received this e-mail from SFC Davao Yahoogroup.  For everyone's awareness… 

This is really an eye opener! We all know that water is important but I've never seen it written down like this before.

WATER

1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.)
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50%less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?

COKE

1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumpe r with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

1. The active ingredient in softdrinks is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of softdrinks have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would YOU like a glass of water or softdrinks?