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June 26, 2008
June 25, 2008
Clutter Control
Last summer, i have been reading old magazines and have learned many things about self-improvement. For me, self-improvement is a continuous task that a person should always pay attention.
One article that took my interest is about clutter control. I find it very helpful for me because i could describe my room as the ‘chaotic mass of things’.
Read the rest at 'Clutter Control'
June 24, 2008
Beware of a Group of Manila Cops
beware of a group of manila cops
this was passed on by my husband's classmate from college in la salle.... hope it never happens to any of your loved ones!
thanks for the e mail. i'd like to tell you my son's experience with the manila police last wednesday evening at about 10pm. Christian went to the condo at the corner of vito cruz and taft ave. to return his cousin's laptop. he handed the laptop to his cousin and went back to the car. when he got to the car, there was a cop who asked him what he was doing there; why he was parked on a no parking area. christian said, if it were a no parking area why is it that there are a lot of cars parked. the cop told him to open his trunk and chris asked, why? do you have a warrant? anyway, the car doors and windows were open and another cop searched the interior while another opened the trunk. in the toolbox they found the plastic end of spark plugs. the cop said it was a paraphernalia. the same cop brought to the trunk used plastic sachets of shabu and started to shout 'drugs 'to!', 'drugs!' so they took christian, to the atm of bpi. they saw his card and asked him to withdraw all his money. fortunately he does not keep his money there. only his salary is deposited there. so the cops we insisted that he was a drug user. and my son was saying do a test now so they'll see if he's positive. he said i can't work in mandarin as a chef if i'm a drug user. he said he had to get police, nbi, barangay, court and medical clearance before he could start working. then the police took him to police head-quarters at un ave. and there forced him to eat shabu. it took a while before he ate it. six cops were punching him and scaring him with their guns until the poor guy peed in his pants out of fear. he had to swallow the drug. then the cops started to laugh. now we'll see if you are negative of shabu. '200,000php and we'll let you go or this will be at the fiscals office in the morning. call your friends and parents. this ordeal started at 10pm. he was able to call me at 5am the following day. poor son of mine was really traumatized. a friend of his came with twenty thousand the cops grabbed it and let him go as if nothing happened. i was in lipa all the time this was happening. chris later found out from his cousin that seven of her friends were also apprehended by the same group of cops and also took them to their atm's. they got all their money in the account. this cop is capt.mendoza of the mobil group and sargent gavino. if you guys know influential people in the service, please let them know about this. i would also like for them to return the money they took from my son so he could give it back to his friend. the more people know about this so called police officers the better. this is the type of government that we have now. disarm the population and this type of abuse happens. thanks and pass it on. bob
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June 18, 2008
The Jury has Decided
To live and survive these days is the toughest struggle for me. The daily needs has been getting more and more expensive as each day passes by. It is getting harder to survive.
I admit, i am afraid to lose my job. Beside for the facts that I love it and I am enjoying every tasks given to me, it is already my life. It has been the air that I am breathing and the one that provides food in our table and fills up our stomach. I am the breadwinner of the family and losing a job is least thing I would want to happen to me.
And now the result is out. The nervousness is killing me and I hate it when my patience is being test this way.
"This is the moment you have been waiting for", the HR told me.
For a moment, my world stopped spinning as I wait for the next set of words that she would be telling me.
"You have passed," and the thorn that was stuck in my throat was removed.
"Hooray!", my heart jumped in joy but my face showed no emotion. It is a talent that was given to me. To hide my true feelings.
Thanks God.
Everyday I was waiting until I have forgotten about it and it has been more than a month before the result was revealed. I have been traveling through a rough road lately. And in the day you least expect things like this, is the day they would always come. It just come on the moments that you have nowhere else to turn to.
I am just happy right now. Just now. I don't want to get overexcited about it. I just want to savor this moment silently with a smile.
In every rough road, there is a lesson to learn. In every good things that come is a chance to be happy and prepare yourself for a bigger battle ahead.
June 16, 2008
2008 Wishlist
Next month, I'll be adding another count to my age. Sadly, I am starting to feel that I am old and that I am missing a lot. On the other hand, I am very happy in how my life turned out and what it would be in the future.
As I was taking a break, I decided to write a birthday wishlist(as inspired by ate marian). And as I am jotting them down, the list is getting longer and longer. For now, here are the things I want in my birthday.
Book - I love reading books and I feel i missed a lot of the bestselling books in the market.
- Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
- Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- A Message to Garcia - Elbert Hubbard
- Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- Fear of Flying - Erica Jong
- Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
- The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
- The Shack - William P Young
- As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner
CD
- Boyz II Men - I just love them so much
Manga
- Naruto - what can I say, I am a naruto fanatic from the very beginning
Gadget - just a wish hehe
- White Apple MacBook
- Canon Digital Rebel XTi / XSi
If it is christmas and santa is real, i'll hang up a very big sock(maybe a sack with be better :D) in the window.
There is nothing wrong with dreaming and wishing y'all heheh :)