From My Inbox
BOB HOPE IN HEAVEN
Tribute to a man who DID make a difference.
ON TURNING 70
'You still chase women, but only downhill.'
ON TURNING 80
'That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.'
ON TURNING 90
'You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.'
ON TURNING 100
'I don't feel old. In fact , I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.'
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING
'I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.'
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR
'Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'.
ON GOLF
'Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.'
ON PRESIDENTS
'I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.'
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER
'When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, Congratulations, you have an eight pound ham.
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
'I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.'
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY
'Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.'
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS
'That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.'
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES
'I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.'
ON GOING TO HEAVEN
'I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.'
Give me a sense of humor Lord, the grace to see a joke and pass it on to others.
TUBIG vs COKE
WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak
that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism 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 drink every day?
COKE
#1. In many states 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 bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
Wrap aluminum 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: Apply 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 aluminum foil, and bake.
Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix
with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
#8... To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke
into the 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 Coke is phosphoric acid.
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 of osteoporosis.
#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is, would you like a glass of water?
or Coke?
Quick! send this helpful info on to your friends, health concious or not !!! Ang dami palang pwedeng pagamitan ng coke! !!!
Six Career-Killing Facebook Mistakes
Erin Joyce, Investopedia.com
Monday, April 12, 2010
With more than 400 million active visitors, Facebook is arguably the most popular social networking site out there. And while the site is known for the casual social aspect, many users also use it as a professional networking tool. With that kind of reach, Facebook can be a valuable tool for connecting to former and current colleagues, clients and potential employers. In fact, surveys suggest that approximately 30% of employers are using Facebook to screen potential employees – even more than those who check LinkedIn, a strictly professional social networking site. Don't make these Facebook faux-pas – they might cost you a great opportunity.
1. Inappropriate Pictures
It may go without saying, but prospective employers or clients don't want to see pictures of you chugging a bottle of wine or dressed up for a night at the bar. Beyond the pictures you wouldn't want your grandparents to see, seemingly innocent pictures of your personal life will likely not help to support the persona you want to present in your professional life.
2. Complaining About Your Current Job
You've no doubt done this at least once. It could be a full note about how much you hate your office, or how incompetent your boss is, or it could be as innocent as a status update about how your coworker always shows up late. While everyone complains about work sometimes, doing so in a public forum where it can be found by others is not the best career move. Though it may seem innocent, it's not the kind of impression that sits well with a potential boss.
3. Posting Conflicting Information to Your Resume
If you say on your resume that your degree is from Harvard, but your Facebook profile says you went to UCLA, you're likely to be immediately cut from the interview list. Even if the conflict doesn't leave you looking better on your resume, disparities will make you look at worst like a liar, and at best careless.
4. Statuses You Wouldn't Want Your Boss to See
Everyone should know to avoid statuses like "Tom plans to call in sick tomorrow so he can get drunk on a Wednesday. Who cares that my big work project isn't done?" But you should also be aware of less flamboyant statuses like "Sarah is watching the gold medal hockey game online at her desk". Statuses that imply you are unreliable, deceitful, and basically anything that doesn't make you look as professional as you'd like, can seriously undermine your chances at landing that new job.
5. Not Understanding Your Security Settings
The security settings on Facebook have come a long way since the site started. It is now possible to customize lists of friends and decide what each list can and cannot see. However, many people do not fully understand these settings, or don't bother to check who has access to what. If you are going to use Facebook professionally, and even if you aren't, make sure you take the time to go through your privacy options. At the very least, your profile should be set so that people who are not your friend cannot see any of your pictures or information.
6. Losing By Association
You can't control what your friends post to your profile (although you can remove it once you see it), nor what they post to their own profiles or to those of mutual friends. If a potential client or employer sees those Friday night pictures your friend has tagged you in where he is falling down drunk, it reflects poorly on you, even if the picture of you is completely innocent. It's unfortunate, but we do judge others by the company they keep, at least to some extent. Take a look at everything connected to your profile, and keep an eye out for anything you wouldn't want to show your mother.
Facebook Can Help You Get Hired - Or Fired
The best advice is to lock down your personal profile so that only friends you approve can see anything on that profile. Then, create a second, public profile on Facebook purely for professional use. This profile functions like an online resume, and should only contain information you'd be comfortable telling your potential employer face to face. Having a social networking profile is a good thing – it presents you as technologically and professionally savvy. Just make sure your profile is helping to present your best side – not the side that got drunk at your buddy's New Year's party.
Capitalism, Christianity and AVATAR
December 15th, 2009
By David Outten, Production Editor
A screenwriter can create any world he wants to and with computer graphics directors like James Cameron can bring it to life. Reality is something else.
At a screening for AVATAR, I was given a book entitled AVATAR: An Activist's Survival Guide. The book begins with a quote:
"There are many dangers on Pandora, and one of the subtlest is that you may come to love it too much."- Dr. Grace Augustine.
Grace is the fictional character in the movie, who heads up the avatar program and wants to see mankind befriend the natives. Her comment is actually true but in a context not intended.
The danger to moviegoers is that AVATAR presents the Na'vi culture on Pandora as morally superior to life on earth.
If you love the philosophy and culture of the Na'vi too much, you will be led into evil rather than away from it.
Colonel Miles Quaritch, the human military commander in AVATAR, is meticulously scripted to evoke dislike and to get audiences looking forward to his eventual demise. Everything about the production works to manipulate audiences to cheer for the survival of the Na'vi and an end to the brutality of the greedy humans destroying the planet.
People need to carefully consider the messages in the movie and weigh them against reality.
THE NASTY CAPITALISTS
It's politically popular to be critical of Capitalism. Michael Moore recently tried to make a few more million documenting the evil of capitalism.
The truth is that Capitalism is only as evil and the person practicing it. If someone wants to sell drugs that enslave the youth in vile addictions, that illicit business can be called Capitalism. If someone wants to start a company that for the first time offers computers for ordinary people, that's Capitalism. We live better today in our average American home than kings used to live because of Capitalism. If you want to sleep in a tree, wake up and go hunting with bows and arrows you might prefer being a Na'vi, but if you want the opportunity to buy a ticket to AVATAR you need to appreciate Capitalism.
What you really need to come down on is sin. God has instructed us to, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." When you scam the elderly out of their retirement, sell a loan that you know will blow up in a homeowner's face or write some disgusting computer virus you make earth a less desirable place to live.
The problem with life on earth is not Capitalism it is the wickedness of human nature. The cure for this is not found in hugging a tree. The cure is to repent of sin and accept that Jesus Christ paid the price for your forgiveness AND TRANSFORMATION. You can become a new person driven by the Spirit of God to be kind, considerate, honest and loving.
THE SPIRITUAL NATIVES
Any well-funded filmmaker can make pretty scenes where the character they choose to portray as heroic has little light flowers descend on him. What James Cameron has done is revive the myth of the noble savage - at one with nature. In the book mentioned above the Na'vi are described:
"They have developed a vibrant, complex, and sophisticated culture based on a profound spiritual connection to their moon, to one another and to the encompassing ‘spirit' they call Eywa. The operative concept for the Na'vi is balance. Their lives express this balance in body, mind and spirit."
In reality, you are connected to the earth by gravity, not by spirit. The Bible tells us the earth will be burned up and there will be a new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness reigns. We are stewards of the earth and its creatures, not brothers. We are accountable to God for what we do with the resources He's given us.
The spirit world is not something in need of balance. It is a war zone where evil spirits want to drag you into lust, greed, anger, and depression while the Spirit of God seeks to rescue you from darkness. The unity you need is not with plants and trees but with the eternal God who will still be ruling and reigning when the plants and trees are all burned up.
If you think Pandora looks like a great place to live, consider the beginning of what's known as the Lord's Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
What do you think life on earth would be like if God had his way? Children would grow up in homes with two loving parents, employees would be impeccably honest, employers would be generous, crime would not exist, there would be no pedophiles, scamers, spamers, or drug dealers. There would be no addicts, no gamblers, no AIDS or herpes. Imagine the prosperity that would be possible.
You can hug all the trees you want and nothing will do more to help the planet earth than a revival. What God wants for mankind is absolutely glorious.
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
While the movie AVATAR only mentions it, the back-story that earth has been nearly destroyed by those who failed to heed the warnings of environmentalists is part of why humans have come to Pandora.
Have there been real horror stories of pollution? Yes.
Do we need to be better stewards? Yes.
Is the world on the brink of environmental disaster? No.
In 1971, the movie THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE predicted that we would be overrun by insects by now.
In 1975, Newsweek Magazine had this to say about global COOLING:
Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects. They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve. ... The longer the planners delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality.
Now the scare is global warming, even as temperatures are dropping again. The common constant is the demand for political action, starting with plenty of funding for scientists who shout the loudest about the latest popular scare.
The disaster we really need to be concerned about is moral. You cannot dismiss the impact of immorality on the United States. In 1960, eight percent of births were to unwed mothers. In 2007, that had risen to 37 percent. In the same span of time, America's prison population has multiplied more than ten times. More than half a million Americans have died of AIDS. The cost of welfare and health care related to immorality is staggering. National and personal debt are at shocking highs.
Politicians are under great pressure to take drastic action to combat global warming, while the already obvious results of our moral disaster bring no political interest beyond funding more disaster relief.
CONCLUSION
Movies are fiction.
Fiction can inspire good or evil. During World War II Hitler, Stalin and the United States used movies to inspire their people. German screenwriters made Hitler look like a god who'd come to lead the master race.
When you watch a movie like AVATAR know that the filmmaker is playing with your mind and emotions. Every frame is carefully planned to lure you to come to the conclusion the filmmaker wants you to accept. By the time the final scene comes, you don't just want the bad guy killed; you want him to die some spectacular death. The filmmaker picks the bad guy. James Cameron could have made you hate the Na'vi and love the Colonel. Michael Moore could interview people that make Capitalism look glorious. Al Gore could go shoot a movie about global cooling.
If you want the truth, read the Bible.
LOVE
The Special Feeling That Makes You Feel
All Warm And Wonderful.
RESPECT
Treating Others As Well
As You Would Like To Be Treated.
APPRECIATION
To Be Grateful For All The Good Things
Life Has To Offer.
HAPPINESS
The Full Enjoyment Of Each Moment.
A Smiling Face.
FORGIVENESS
The Ability To Let Things Be
Without Anger.
SHARING
The Joy Of Giving
Without Thought Of Receiving.
HONESTY
The Quality Of Always
Telling The Truth.
INTEGRITY
The Purity Of Doing What’s Right,
No Matter What.
COMPASSION
The Essence Of Feeling Another’s Pain,
While Easing Their Hurt.
PEACE
The Reward For Living
The 10 Most Important Things
Holy Land Church in 3D
This is amazing. It is your trip to the Holy Land . View the Church in 3D.
When you open up the site, go to the bottom of the picture and click on one of
the smaller pics. When it comes up, double click on the big screen picture and
you will be able to really zoom in and do a 360 look all around. It is a
beautiful presentation. Makes you feel like you are right there!
Click on one of the pictures and use curser to scroll up and around each picture. You can
see all the way around each room, plus from floor to ceiling!
http://www.360tr.com/kudus/kiyamet_eng/index.html
SAAN PATUTUNGO?
Ni Noli O. Caña
ANG BUHAY SA SIMULA …….Kamuwangan
SA PAGLAGAS NG PANAHON……..
Pakikihamok
SAAN…… Tunggalian ng pamumuhay?
Pakikidigma sa karupukan?
Pagsama sa agos ng lipunan?
ANG PAGGALAW NGA BA AY DAHIL SA PAG-IBIG …….
SALAPI, KAMUNDUHAN, KARANGYAAN
AT KAPANGYARIHAN, KATANYAGAN,
KARUNUNGAN, KASAGANAAN?
ANO PA ANG GUSTONG NASAIN?
PAANO ANG KALUNGKUTAN,
PAGKABAGOT,
PAG-IISA,
PAGDARAMDAM,
PAGKABIGO,
PAGDADALAMHATI?
ANO ANG PAGMAMAHAL,
PAG-UNAWA,
PAG-ALO,
PAGDAMAY,
PAGBIBIGAY,
PAG-ASAM?
SAAN PATUTUNGO?
Survival of the Kindest
We can change the world with kindness
We've remarked before on the lack of civility in today's society. Part of it, I suspect, is as it's always been (According to Plato, Socrates famously complained about the disrespect of the youth of his time and warned against the growing indolence of society). Part of it is the ease of anonymity of the internet age allowing you to express your basest self without fear of being known. But we have also become a society where facts matter less than emotion, where self-righteousness and demonization triumphs debate and understanding and too many people assume that you exercising your freedoms mean less for them. It all adds up to a society for which kindness is the least appreciated virtue.
Curiously, according to a recent study, that's actually going against our most successful instincts:
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.
In contrast to "every man for himself" interpretations of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychologist and author of "Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life," and his fellow social scientists are building the case that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, altruistic and compassionate traits.
They call it "survival of the kindest."[..]
While studies show that bonding and making social connections can make for a healthier, more meaningful life, the larger question some UC Berkeley researchers are asking is, "How do these traits ensure our survival and raise our status among our peers?"
One answer, according to UC Berkeley social psychologist and sociologist Robb Willer is that the more generous we are, the more respect and influence we wield. In one recent study, Willer and his team gave participants each a modest amount of cash and directed them to play games of varying complexity that would benefit the "public good." The results, published in the journal American Sociological Review, showed that participants who acted more generously received more gifts, respect and cooperation from their peers and wielded more influence over them.
"The findings suggest that anyone who acts only in his or her narrow self-interest will be shunned, disrespected, even hated," Willer said. "But those who behave generously with others are held in high esteem by their peers and thus rise in status."
I want so deeply in my heart for this to be true...I would love to see us champion the generous over the self-interested more.
OFW problem poses major challenge for next president
By NIKKA CORSINO & ANNIE RUTH C. SABANGAN, GMANews.TV
02/23/2010
They may have brought home the bacon – $17 billion in 2009 or over 10 times bigger than last year's expected foreign direct investment – but more than an economic force, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have evolved into a social phenomenon that the country’s next president needs to resolve decisively.
The Filipino diaspora has fostered a “culture of migration," Professor Mary Lou Alcid of the University of the Philippines’ College of Social Work and Community Development said in a campus forum in early February. This has resulted in “transnational Filipino families" with the father in Saudi Arabia, the mother in Hongkong, the daughter in Taiwan, the brother in Dubai, and the youngest left in the Philippines, she added.
In the May elections, migration experts believe that voters should pick a candidate who can resolve the problem of large-scale labor deployment abroad which results in the break-up of families, abuse of OFWs, the spread of infectious diseases, and other ills.
However, less than three months before the polls, migrant groups say no candidate has come up with specific strategies to address these problems.
“Migration is a new answer to a very old problem, which is unemployment," said Maria Angela Villalba, executive director of the non-government Unlad Kabayan Migrant Service Foundation.
While some candidates have been helping abused OFWs get repatriated, none of them has come up with a comprehensive plan to solve the problem of Filipinos who are forced to work abroad as a matter of necessity, she said.
“(Most of them) are just focused on migrants in distress…and not on the migration problem itself," says Villalba.
With the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimating an average of $13.6 billion or a staggering P627 billion worth of remittances from OFWs every year, it is no wonder the government values human capital more than any other export.
The Philippines places third in the world when it comes to the volume of overseas deployment, next only to China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. This makes Asia “the largest source of temporary contractual migrant workers worldwide," according to IOM.
OFWs in 200 countries
The migration phenomenon is common among developing countries that are making the transition from agrarian economies to industrialization, according to social scientists.
Labor export either stops or becomes an optional decision when countries achieve economic development, like what happened in South Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand. While they were strengthening their economies through industrialization in the 1980s, these countries relied on labor export. However, this trend stopped when they achieved economic progress that ensured sustainable domestic jobs, according to the report The future of Labor Migration in Asia: Patterns, Issues, Policies by Ron Skeldon.
Unfortunately, such a transition has not happened in the Philippines more than three decades after labor export was first introduced, supposedly as a temporary remedy to unemployment. OFWs from the '70s to the '90s
Click here to enlargeBack in the 1970s, labor migration was seen by the government not as a problem but a solution to rising unemployment and inadequate foreign exchange earnings to pay for increasing foreign debts.
The solution was supposed to be temporary while the government was working toward building a solid domestic economy that could generate sustainable local jobs.
However, the stopgap measure became a policy when the Marcos administration created laws during Martial Law that became the foundation for the government's overseas employment program.
In 1974, President Ferdinand Marcos came out with Presidential Decree 442 or the Labor Code. Among its goals was “to ensure the careful selection of Filipino workers for the overseas labor market to protect the good name of the Philippines abroad."
Three agencies were created to pursue this goal:
(1) the National Seamen Board (NSB) that was tasked to “develop and maintain a
comprehensive program for Filipino seamen employed overseas"
(2) the Overseas Employment Development Board (OEDB) that should “promote the
overseas employment of Filipino workers through a comprehensive market and development program," and
(3) the Bureau of Employment Services (BES) which is responsible for the regulation of “private sector participation in the recruitment of (local and overseas) workers."
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Labor export reached its peak under the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who further strengthened the government’s policy of sending workers abroad through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).
“The POEA shall execute a paradigm shift by refocusing its functions from regulation to full-blast market development efforts, the exploration of frontier, fertile job markets for Filipino expatriate workers," declared Arroyo in Administrative Order No. 247 issued on December 4, 2008.
The edict said her administration’s “target shall be to increase the countries currently hosting Filipino workers and break through the 200-country barrier."
At that time, OFWs had reached 1,236,013 or 42 percent more than the deployment in 2001, when Arroyo assumed the presidency. Joblessness worsened during her term, with the highest unemployment rate of 11.8 per cent since 1992 recorded in 2004.
As of November 2009, the POEA estimated that more than 1.28 million Filipino workers were deployed abroad that year.
Overall, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas has reported that as of 2008, almost 8.2 million Filipinos were estimated to be working abroad in 193 countries and territories, which means that the Arroyo government has yet to achieve its target.
Stakeholders in nation-building
Their substantial spending power should have made OFWs an economic force to reckon with, but unfortunately their contribution has not seemed to make a dent in the efforts to reduce poverty in the Philippines.
“Sige pwede kang magpadala ng tao. Pero paano natin gagamitin ang mga remittances?" (Yes, we can send people, but how will we use the remittances?) said UP’s Alcid. What is needed is not “jobless economic growth" but development that will allow Filipino workers to find jobs in the country, she added.
“[Migrants should not be] objects of policies. The issue here is about turning them into stakeholders also in nation building, in crafting policies for national development," said Dr. Jorge Tigno of UP Diliman’s Political Science department. “Importanteng papel ang ginagawa nila, hindi lang iyong pagpapadala ng remittances." (They have an important role to play, not just sending remittances.)
Villalba, whose organization promotes the provision of entrepreneurial opportunities for OFWs, emphasized the importance of a “savings consciousness" among the country’s overseas workers so they can have a more proactive role in nation-building.
“Ang sabi namin, kung mayroon kayong impok, kahit paano iyong level of vulnerability ninyo ay nare-reduce," Villalba said. “Marami pa namang Pilipinong naiiwan dito ah, nabubuhay pa rin. Mayroong yaman ang Pilipinas. Iyong ating kinikita sa ibang bansa, kaya rin nating kitain dito."
(We tell them, if you have savings, your level of vulnerability gets reduced. There are many Filipinos who remain here and survive anyway. The Philippines has its own wealth. What we earn in other countries, we can also earn here.)
LESSONS IN LIFE
1. "Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
P A N I M U L A
Panimula: Walang Himala! Himagsikan sa Edsa
ANGELA STUART-SANTIAGO
Kung hindi sa Foundation for Worldwide People Power sa pamumuno ni Eugenia Duran-Apostol na totoong pursigidong ilantad ang kototohanan tungkol sa panahong Marcos hanggang himagsikang EDSA, malamang ay inaamag pa rin ang aking manuskritong Chronology of a Revolution na inilathala ng Foundation noong 1996, matapos isantabi ni Fidel V. Ramos nang limang taon. At malamang ay inalikabok lang itong Himagsikan sa EDSA Walang Himala!sa bodega ng National Centennial Commission kahit nagawaran ito, isa sa apat na sanaysay, ng "Karangalang Banggit" o "Honorable Mention" sa Centennial Literary Contest noong Agosto 1998. Ang usapan ay ilalathala ng Commission ang mga premyadong obra sa lalong madaling panahon pero hanggang ngayon, mahigit isang taon na, ay wala pang nailalathala kahit isa. Balita ni Alfred "Krip" Yuson, isa sa dalawang nanalo ng Third Prize sa English Novel, naghahanap pa ng funding ang University of the Philippines Press; tila inupuan ng Malakanyang ang pondong pang-imprenta na isinulit ng National Centennial Commission bago ito buwagin. Ang nangyayari tuloy, kanya-kanya nang hanap ng publisher, kanya-kanyang launching, unang-una na si Krip.
Salamat na rin at kahit paano ay napremyuhan, kahit hindi malinaw sa akin kung anong naging pagkukulang ng aming mga sanaysay at ni isa ay hindi naipalagay na karapat-dapat gawaran ng major prize, hindi tulad ng siyam pang kategorya na sang- katerba ang mga tie sa First, Second, at Third prizes. Nakakapagpatanong. Pangit kaya ang Filipino namin, hindi maintindihan? O mas mataas kaya (o mas makitid) ang mga pamantayan ng inampalan sa kategoryang Sanaysay kaysa mga pamantayan ng inampalan sa ibang kategorya? O baka naman iba't iba ang dahilan, at sa kaso ng Himagsikan sa EDSA... ay mga loyalistang kulelat pala ang inampalan?
Posible rin na praning o paranoid lang ako. Posibleng bulagain pa rin tayo ng administrasyong Estrada at ilathala ang 49 obra, pati ang mga saling-pusang Sanaysay. Kung gayon ang mangyayari, puwedeng ituring na original version ang sa Centennial Commission at edited version itong sa Foundation. Medyo madalian kasi, naghahabol ng deadline, ang pagkakasulat ng orihinal at may ilang bagay akong nakaligtaang sabihin at ilang bagay na kailan ko lang nawari tungkol sa EDSA. Isa pa, dahil mas sanay akong sumulat sa Inggles kaysa Filipino (at tila nga inisnab ng mga "eksperto" ang aking trabaho), malaking bagay para sa akin ang mapasadahan minsan pa ang manuskrito at pagkatapos ay maipa-edit ito sa isang bihasang magsulat sa Filipino.
Ang Himagsikan sa EDSA Walang Himala! ay batay sa Chronology of a Revolution/1986 ngunit magkaiba ang kanilang format. Ang Chronology ay tipong talaan ng pinakamahahalagang eksena at pinakamalulutong na soundbite ng EDSA ayon sa oras at araw ng pangyayari batay sa mga ulat sa media at sa mga interbyu ko sa ilang pangunahing aktor sa drama ng EDSA; ang Himagsikan ay tipong sanaysay na nagsasalaysay at nagpapalagay kung ano ang naganap sa, at kung paano naganap ang, EDSA.
Hindi sinasadya ang pagkakabuo at pahirapan ang pagpapalathala ng Chronology. Nagsimula ito bilang sequence guide para sana sa isang TV magazine show na ididirek ni Marilou Diaz-Abaya á la Star Wars puwersa ng kabutihan kontra puwersa ng kasamaan noong Mayo 1986. Hindi natuloy ang TV show ngunit naintriga na ako at hindi ko na nabitiwan ang EDSA. Itinuloy ko ang pagsuyod ng mga pahayagan at magasin, pagsala ng historical sa hysterical sa bawat ulat at eyewitness report, at ang pagsusunod-sunod ng mga detalye ayon sa araw at oras ng pangyayari. Mabusisi (wala pa akong word processor noon) at nakákalitóng trabaho. Hindi malinaw ang karamihan ng mga report, o hindi magkasundo, kung anong oras naganap ang iba't ibang eksena. Ayon sa ilan, halimbawa, bandang 9:00 ng gabi unang nanawagan si Jaime Cardinal Sin sa Radyo Veritas noong ika-22 ng Pebrero; pero sabi ng iba, nauna raw ang panawagan ni Butz Aquino; ng iba pa, lampas na ng 10:00 nang unang tumawag si Butz.
Pabago-bago ang sequence ko ng mga pangyayari, lalo na pagdating ng mga snap book nina Quijano de Manila, Cecilio T. Arillo, Patricio R. Mamot, at ng James Reuter Foundation na sunod-sunod ang launching noong Mayo at Hunyo 1986, at ng Veritas Extra edition, pinamagatang "Coup!" akda nina Alfred McCoy, Marian Wilkinson, at Gwen Robinson na lumabas noong Oktubre. Mayroong napaaga pala ang tantiya ko kung anong oras naganap ang ilang pangyayari, mayroong náhulí. May ulat ng isang presscon ang isang reporter na hango pala sa tatlong magkakaibang presscon. Iba't iba rin ang tinutukoy na anggulo at detalye ng iba't ibang reporter at manunulat. Para mabuo ang larawan ng bawat pangyayari, pabunot-bunot ako ng detalye kung saan-saan.
Unti-unti, utay-utay, naliwanagan ako tungkol sa EDSA at sa katuturan ng aking ginagawa. Pinagtawanan natin si Ferdinand Marcos nang isumbong nito ang tangkang kudeta nina Juan Ponce Enrile at Fidel Ramos, at pinalakpakan natin si Enrile nang tawagin niyang "a bunch of bull" ang bintang ni Marcos. Iyon pala, si Enrile ang nagsisinungaling at si Marcos ang nagsasabi ng totoo. Saan pa tayo nagkamali? Para mapagpulutan natin ng aral ang EDSA, kailangan nating linawin muna ang istorya.
May tatlong taon bago ako natapos sa unang draft 1989 na. Magulo na noon, sunod-sunod ang dramang kudeta, wala naman kasing malaking pagbabago na naganap maliban sa napalaya ang media, gayon din ang mga komunista. Inalikabok ang chronology.
Sandali itong napagpagan at nadagdagan noong Agosto 1990 sa pamamagitan nina Mars Marquez at Louie Morales, mga kaibigan ni Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos sa advertising at public relations. Talambuhay ng heneral ang habol nila, laan sa 1992 presidential elections. Unang nilapitan ni Marquez si Howie Severino ng Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism; umayaw agad ito, hindi raw siya sumusulat ng pang-PR. Ako naman, nakita ko ang pagkakataong usisain ang dating heneral, na limang taon na ang nakakaraan ay hindi pa nagkukuwento tungkol sa EDSA, bagay na hindi ipinagpaliban nina Enrile, Cardinal Sin, at Butz Aquino. Sabi ko kina Marquez at Morales, double feature ang gawin namin, back-to-back, talambuhay ni Ramos at kuwento ng EDSA. Nang makita nila ang chronology ko, hindi na lang daw bale ang talambuhay, EDSA na lang.
Dalawang beses kong nakapanayam si General Ramos, minsan sa opisina niya sa Camp Aquinaldo (Nobyembre 1990) at minsan sa tahanan niya sa Alabang Village (Enero 1991). Nandoon din si Amelita Martinez-Ramos, mga anak nila't manugang, mga kaibigan at kapitbahay, kabilang si General Rene Cruz, si Joe Alejandro, at sina Belle at Tony Abaya. Sinadya ko rin sa Camp Aguinaldo si General Jose Almonte at si Major Avelino Razon. Noong Pebrero 1991, sinulat ko ang script ng "View from Within," isang TV documentary, tampok ang kuwentong EDSA ni Ramos, na ipinalabas ng GMA Channel 7 noong ika-limang anibersaryo. Nagpa-interbyu din si Ramos kay June Keithley sa radyo, at pinadalhan ako ng transcript ng bawat interview. May computer na ako noon at word processor kayâ madali kong naisingit-singit ang mga kuwento nina Ramos at iba pa sa kahabaan ng chronology. Agosto 1991 natapos ang manuskrito. Oktubre nag-submit si Nonoy Marcelo ng dummy o disenyo ng libro at pabalat, at ilang sample illustrations.
Tila hindi natuwa ang kampo ni Ramos sa trabaho namin. Hindi na uli tumawag si Morales; si Marquez ay tumawag nang ilang beses pa (bago ng halalan at noong naluklok na si Ramos sa Malakanyang), nangangakong matutuloy ang proyekto, kahit siya mismo ang gumastos. Pangakong napakò. Nagtaka ako. Utos ba ng hari? Pero mabango naman ang datíng ni Ramos sa nabuo kong chronology: tipong, kung hindi sa People Power at kay Ramos, hindi nagkasundo sina Cory at Enrile. Mali kaya ang basa ko, hindi niya kayang panindigan? Napaisip tuloy ako. Inamag na ang chronology.
Apat na taon ko pang pinag-isipan ang EDSA. Taong 1995 nang binalikan ko ang manuskrito upang magdagdag-bawas. Nagbawás ako ng propagandang Ramos at, dahil hindi maisnab ang mga istorya ng dayuhan tungkol sa EDSA, nagdagdag ako ng bagong datos mula sa mga libro nina Lewis M. Simons, Sandra Burton, at Stanley Karnow, gayon din nina Ma. Criselda Yabes at Arturo C. Aruiza, na nagsilabasan noong 1987-'89. Idinagdag ko rin ang kuwento ni Freddie Aguilar na nainterbyu ko noong Abril 1986 para sa TV show na hindi natuloy. Setyembre 1995 nainterbyu ko si Rose Marie Arenas at idinagdag ko ang kuwento niya. Sabi ko, huli na 'yon. Maghahanap pa ako ng publisher.
Nobyembre na nang natapos ako. Saka naman sinuwerte. Naghahanap pala si Apostol ng materyal tungkol sa EDSA para mismo sa pagdiriwang ng ika-10 anibersaryo. Biglang nagka-publisher ang chronology. Bago natapos ang buwan, na-interview pa namin ni Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, editor ng Chronology, ang dating Presidente Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. May nakalap din akong bagong datos sa files ni Apostol ng news clippings at mga libro nina Sterling Seagrave, Cynthia Baron, at Asuncion Maramba.
Sinikap din naming ihabol ni Lorna (suntok sa buwan) sina June Keithley at Senador Juan Ponce Enrile at sina Imee at Irene Marcos ngunit nabigo kami. Naging mailap si June at si Imee, parehong hindi mahagilap. Si Irene ay naimbiyerna lang daw nang nabasa ang isang draft ng chronology; aniya, hindi Pilipino ang promotor ng EDSA. Mabigat naman ang kondisyon ni Enrile kailangang makita muna niya at aprubahan ang final manuscript; siyempre hindi ako (kami) pumayag. Mas maganda nga sana kung nagpa-interbyu sila at nakumpirma nila, o naitanggi, ang dapat sa mga istorya tungkol sa kanila noong panahong EDSA, pero okey lang kung ayaw nila. Tuloy pa rin, laban pa rin, ang Chronology.
Habol ko lang sa Chronology na maibahagi ang daloy ng mga pangyayari blow by blow, bahala na 'kako ang mambabasa na bigyang-kahulugan ang mga ito. Sa Himagsikan ang habol ko lang noong una ay maisa-Filipino ang Chronology at maiparating ang kuwentong EDSA sa mambabasang Pinoy. Sa huli, napakambiyo ako; ang talaan ay naging sanaysay, panglahok sa literary contest ng National Centennial Commission.
Nadagdagan pa uli ng bagong datos ang Himagsikan galing sa mga libro nina Ninotchka Rosca, James Fenton, Alan Berlow, at ng Davide Fact-Finding Commission, gayon din sa kuwento ni Gen. Alfredo Lim na sinulat ni Quijano de Manila para sa diyaryong Inquirer noong 1996, at sa isang liham na sinulat kay Apostol ni Joker Arroyo (matapos niyang basahin ang Chronology) na nagpapatotoo at naglilinaw sa mga report tungkol sa mga kaganapan sa kampo ni Cory noong EDSA.
Binago ko rin ang pasakalye sa apat na araw: ang "Before EDSA, 1965-1986" ay naging "Panahong Marcos," maikling buod ng daloy ng mga pangyayaring humantong sa EDSA batay sa mga libro nina Primitivo Mijares, Carmen Pedrosa, Charles C. McDougald, Raymond Bonner, Burton, Karnow, Yabes, Rosca, at ng Davide Commission at sa mga diyaryo't magasin noong snap elections hanggang EDSA. (Sorry, walang endnotes; naging masigasig lang ako sa datos tungkol sa EDSA; hindi ko agad naisip na pagtatalunin din ang istorya ng diktadurya.)
Nabago rin ang pagtalakay ng ika-26 ng Pebrero, Miyerkoles. Sa Chronology, halos pahabol lang, tipong punch line, ang "The Flight," kung saan tinipon ko ang hindi magkakatugmang ulat ng mga huling oras ni Marcos sa Pilipinas. Sabi ng isa, 5:00 ng umaga umalis si Marcos sa Clark papuntang Guam. Sabi naman ng isa pa, 5:22. Ng iba, 9:15. Hirit pa ng isa, nakarating daw muna si Marcos sa Paoay. Hindi malaman kung anong totoo at anong hindi. 'Kako, pagtawanan na lang natin. Sa Himagsikan, ang "Huling Hirit" ay pahabol sa EDSA, pahabol ni Marcos, baka nga naman makalusot.
Maraming salamat kay Nick Joaquin, National Artist for Literature, sa Foreword na sinulat niya sa Chronology. Sana'y magustuhan din niya ang Himagsikan, kahit hindi siya bilib sa Filipino bilang medium of literary expression. Maraming salamat kay Eggie Apostol sa walang sawa niyang pakikibaka siya ang tunay na hulog ng langit; salamat din na sa mag-asawang manunulat na Jose "Pete" Lacaba at Marra Pl. Lanot niya pinabasa ang manuskrito ng Himagsikan, salamat kay Marra na pinasadahan ang Filipino ko.
Marami akong natutunan kay Marra. Ipinaalala niya ang mga patakaran sa paggamit ng "rin-din" at "raw-daw," gayon din ng "ng-nang," na nakalimutan ko na, siguro dahil may bias ako for slang Tagalog, na walang pakialam sa rules, basta naiintindihan agad. Idiniin din niya ang mga bagong patakaran sa mga salitang inuulit, tulad ng "sunudsunod" at "libulibo" na ngayo'y "sunod-sunod" at "libo-libo" na, at sa mga salita tulad ng "nguni't subali't datapwa't" na "ngunit subalit datapwat" na pala. Matagal kong pinag-isipan ang "aksiyon" at "tensiyon" imbis na "aksyon" at "tensyon" hanggang napansin kong may "i" din ang spelling ko ng "leksiyon." Sabi nga ni Marra, sanayan lang. Sa pagsulat ng Filipino, hindi sa bigkas binabatay ang baybay.
Pero may ilang bagay akong pinanindigan, tulad ng pagbaybay ng mga numero. Kung "sais" na ang "seis," puwede na ring "bente" ang "beinte" imbis na "beynte," at "trenta" ang "treinta" imbis na "treynta." At kung puwede ang "chismis" at "chika" para sa "tsismis" at "tsika," okey din ang "ocho" para sa "otso."
Hindi rin ako nag-atubiling gumamit ng mga salitang Inggles kung mas agad itong maiintindihan ng karaniwang mambabasa (na nakapag-high school). Iniwasan ko hangga't maaari na Tagalugin ang spelling ng mga salitang Inggles; hindi mas madaling basahin ang "ispeling" kaysa "spelling," at mas maginhawa sa mata ang "rally" at "crony" at "jeep" kaysa "rali" at "kroni" at "dyip." Gayunman, hindi ko iniwasan ang paggamit ng mga Tinagalog na salitang Inggles na pamilyar na sa marami, tulad ng "sibilyan," "lider," "kumander," at "kudeta."
Hindi ko rin tinanggal lahat ng tuldik sapagkat hindi totoo na hindi ito kailangan. Maraming salitang Filipino na naíibá ang ibig sabihin kapag náibá ang pagbigkas, tulad ng "kaya" at "kayâ," "lamang" at "lamáng," "punò" at "punô," "tayo" at "tayô," "buhay" at "buháy." Kung minsan ay naaaninag nga agad kung alin ang tamang bigkas ng isang salita batay sa paggamit sa pangungusap, pero hindi palagi. Para sa hindi marunong bumasa ng tuldik, senyas man lang ito, kung biglang matigilan siya't magulumihanan, na baka mali ang basa niya sa salita.
Katulong ko sa pagfi-Filipino ang kapatid kong si Luis Umali Stuart, may-akda ng Pinoy Translator (1991) at ng The Grid (1995). Matagal na niyang sinusuri ang ating pambansang wika, lalo na ang mga pandiwa at panlapi. Ang Tagalog namin ay tubong Maynila ngunit may halong Tagalog ng Cavite, Quezon, at Bulacan, gayon din ng Inggles, Kastila, at Pilipino.
SALAMAT DIN KAY Nonoy Marcelo na walang kakupas-kupas. Kay Jorge Arago sa pagsulat ng tungkol sa may-akda. Kay Jorge uli at kay Butch Perez sa mga librong Marcos, EDSA, at kudeta. Kay Gerry Gerena sa pagvi-videotape ng mga interbyu sa tropang Ramos. Kina Iskho Lopez at Mila Alora na nagset-up ng interbyu kay Rose Marie Arenas. Kay Lorna Kalaw-Tirol na nagset-up ng interbyu kay Presidente Cory Aquino. Kay Manny Martinez sa mga puri at puna sa Himagsikan. Kay Joanna Stuart na sumaklolo sa Himagsikan nang pumalpak ang computer ko. Sa aking mga magulang, Concepcion Umali at Godofredo Stuart, na nagmulat sa akin sa masalimuot na mundo ng pulitikang Pinoy. Kay Cholo Santiago, aking kabiyak, sa pasensiya't alaga, at kina Joel at Ina, aming martial law babies, sa walang sawang alalay.
Angela Stuart-Santiago. Pebrero 2000
Ito ang kwento ng EDSA 1
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Panimula.html
Top 10 Health Benefits of Lemon Water
Many people often love the tarty flavor of lemon juice in their dishes. But have you ever wondered that you can put this lemon juice to many more good uses than this?
Yes! There are enormous benefits of lemon juice and water in your everyday life. You simply need to arm yourself with relevant knowledge and you would soon start valuing this amalgamation more than ever.
Lemon is an inexpensive, easily available citrus fruit, popular for its culinary and medicinal uses. It is used to prepare a variety of food recipes such as lemon cakes, lemon chicken and beverages like lemonade and lemon-flavored drinks. It is also used for garnishing.
Lemon juice consists of about 5% citric acid that gives a tarty taste to lemon. Lemon is a rich source of vitamin C. It also contains vitamins like vitamin B, riboflavin and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium as well as proteins and
carbohydrates. Lemon is generally consumed in the form of lemon juice or lemon water. Lemon water makes a healthy drink, especially when taken in the morning. Daily consumption of lemon water provides a number of health benefits like:
Good for stomach
Lemon can help relieve many digestion problems when mixed with hot water. These include nausea, heartburn and parasites. Due to the digestive qualities of lemon juice, symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching are relieved. By drinking lemon juice regularly, the bowels are aided in eliminating waste more efficiently. Lemon acts as a blood purifier and as a cleansing agent. The intake of lemon juice can cure constipation. It is even known to help relieve hiccups when consumed as a juice. Lemon juice acts as a liver tonic and helps you digest your food by helping your liver produce more bile. It decreases the amount of phlegm produced by your body. It is also thought to help dissolve gallstones.
Excellent for Skin Care
Lemon, being a natural antiseptic medicine, can participate to cure problems related to skin. Lemon is a vitamin C rich citrus fruit that enhances your beauty, by rejuvenating skin from within and thus bringing a glow on your face. Daily consumption of lemon water can make a huge difference in the appearance of your skin. It acts as an anti-aging remedy and can remove wrinkles and blackheads. Lemon water if applied on the areas of burns can fade the scars. As lemon is a cooling agent, it reduces the burning sensation on the skin.
Aids in Dental Care
Lemon water is used in dental care also. If fresh lemon juice is applied on the areas of toothache, it can assist in getting rid of the pain. The massages of lemon juice on gums can stop gum bleeding. It gives relief from bad smell and other problems related to gums.
Cures Throat Infections
Lemon is an excellent fruit that aids in fighting problems related to throat infections, sore throat and tonsillitis as it has an antibacterial property. For sore throat, dilute one-half lemon juice with one-half water and gargle frequently.
ninth-round stoppage of De La Hoya taught us Pacquiao could dismantle a fighter at 147 pounds, albeit one way past his prime. The second-round starching of Hatton demonstrated what Pacquiao could do against opponents of anything but the highest caliber. Saturday's stoppage of Cotto provided an emphatic answer to the biggest question looming over Pacquiao's camp in the months leading up to it: could the Filipino stand in and exchange against a true welterweight. He could. Pacquiao took more punches than we'd seen him take against Diaz, De La Hoya or Hatton -- but was never hurt. Once self-doubt crept in and Cotto got tentative, moving backwards and releasing the pressure from Pacquiao, it was over. The Filipino's ring generalship never wavered. He was too fast, too sharp, too busy for Cotto and the result was deserved.
Devastates the country for two years and then leaves. Despite the entry of a new disturbance though, it threatens to re-enter the Philippine area of 
Gustiness rivals that of Typhoon Marcos in the ‘70s. Initial damage to agriculture is estimated at P728 million. Damage to infrastructure is unknown but initial reports say reconstruction of Macapagal Boulevard alone has cost the government P536 million. It was also able to sustain its strength after interacting with Typhoon Erap. It is forecast to remain almost stationary. 
Threatened to enter Philippine territory but after seeing the vigilance of Filipinos, it was forced to back out and gave way to Typhoon Noynoy.
and wind speed. After being officially declared a typhoon, it now brings scattered rain showers in Luzon including Metro Manila. Moderate to strong winds are expected to blow toward the Visayas and Mindanao in the coming days. [By the way, beware of typhoon Noynoy's thunder - it wouldn't shut up!]
Earlier forecast categorized it as a “super typhoon” maintaining strength in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao . Roads and road extensions were damaged - twice (double devastation) . But the entry of Typhoon Noynoy in Philippine territory has eclipsed its impact. The rest of the country will remain cloudy though.
A similarly-named typhoon entered the country in 2004 and threatened to pour 5 million centimeters of rainwater in the entire country. You know what happened. The typhoon was re-categorized as a drizzle. 
This weather disturbance was located at 14° 38′ 24″ North Northwest of Marikina City. Weather experts refused to categorize it as a typhoon because its impact is localized. It did, however attempt to pack maximum sustained winds similar to a tropical storm. But latest satellite data revealed no sign of activity.
winds were already blowing east of the metro before Gibo made its presence felt and officially entered Philippine territory. The weather bureau forecasts similarities in the movements of typhoon Gibo and typhoon Gloria although both Gibo and typhoon Noynoy originated approximately 10 miles east of Central Luzon. 
nd territorial,” this typhoon has recently threatened the whole country if not for some climatological developments. What’s alarming is that people to tend to ignore Typhoon Jejomar’s ability to destroy. It has remained stationary for 23 years (and counting).
phoons entered the country at the same time making landfall on the same area. The impact is moderate though, without much damage, and both typhoons are expected to leave soon… unless either of them interact with typhoon Erap.
disturbances. Scattered raindrops will not completely wet an exposed surface regardless of duration. But the public is advised to remain cautious of lightning. Despite the rains, temperatures will remain high.
The great symbol of the 1920s era in the Philippines was Pancho Villa, the most brilliant fighter of the period that bred such great boxers as Cabanela, Young Dencio, Frisco Concepcion, Clever Sencio, and the Flores Brothers.
Cover for September 1922 issue of Lipang Kalabaw magazine.
Pancho Villa caricature by cartoonist Jorge Pineda, Lipang Kalabaw 1923.
