Archive for February, 2007

I got this on my mail from Augel. I loved it that is why I want to share it with you.

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A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored, not knowing what to do.

One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered together and were more bored than ever. Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea: “Let’s play hide and seek!”

All of them liked the idea and immediately Madness shouted: “I want to count, I want to count!” And since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek Madness, all the others agreed. Madness leaned against a tree and started to count: “One, two, three…”

As Madness counted, the vices and virtues went hiding. Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon, Treason hid in a pile of garbage. Fondness curled up between the clouds and Passion went to the center of the earth. Lie said that it would hide under a stone, but hid at the bottom of the lake, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he ended up breaking. And Madness continued to count: “…seventy nine, eighty, eighty one…”

By this time, all the vices and virtues were already hidden – except Love. For undecided as Love is, he could not decide where to hide. And this should not surprise us, because we all know how difficult it is to hide Love.

Madness: “…ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven…” Just when Madness got to one hundred, Love jumped into a rose bush where he hid. And Madness turned around and shouted: “I’m coming, I’m coming!”

As Madness turned around, Laziness was the first to be found, because Laziness had no energy to hide. Then he spotted Tenderness in the horn of the moon, Lie at the bottom of the lake and Passion at the center of the earth. One by one, Madness found them all – except Love.

Madness was getting desperate, unable to find Love. Envious of Love, Envy whispered to Madness: “You only need to find Love, and Love is hiding in the rose bush.”

Madness grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly at the rose bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed until a heartbreaking cry made him stop. Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face with his hands. Between his fingers ran two trickles of blood from his eyes.

Madness, so anxious to find Love, had stabbed out Love’s eyes with a pitch fork. “What have I done! What have I done!” Madness shouted. “I have left you blind! How can I repair it?” And Love answered: “You cannot repair my eyes. But if you want to do something for me, you can be my guide.”

And so it came about that from that day on, Love is blind and is always accompanied by Madness.

In tagalong it is translated as “Pagmamahal sa sariling Wika.”

I just don’t know if I translated it correctly, but for Filipino’s we have a saying “Ang di marunong mag mahal ng sariling wika, ay higit pa sa mabahong isda.” (For those who cannot love his own language is worse than a smelly fish.)

As my routine, I visit every site of the visitors I have (just turning back the favor). Doing so, I have encountered this proud Filipino who translates a Tagalog words, phrases or songs into English. For his visitors to understand it easily, he made it a Podcast. Seeing his site made me appreciate him as a Filipino, and I guess he smells wonderful, because he loves his language (hehehe).

Not only that he made it, he has done a great job with it. I hope I could be a proud as he is. He has a good voice too.

So, for Filipino’s that are proud to be one, why don’t you visit his site and check it out.

For those who want to lean the tagalong language for free, I guess you could start from that site. I think it’s easy to understand, since he explains every word briefly.

You might fall in love with his voice.

I guess every mother have their own plans on how to raise their children. My strategy is different than my friend, however I could not say her strategy is best, nor mine.

I plan to work so that I could buy everything my child wanted. (I work because I have heard a parent say that its too hurtful to see that your child wants something and you couldn’t give it to her.) I bond with her when I come home from work and every Sundays. I know that is not enough, but I couldn’t say we don’t bond. I love my baby and I know she loves me as well. I could see that on the way she plays with me. She is spoiled because gets what she wants (just as I have when I was young). I wanted to buy her a toy car, but the father didn’t want it thinking it’s too expensive and she might just get hurt with it. I know my baby loves to drive. I just hope I could buy her one soon.

My friends plan is to be with her daughter and sacrifice not working to create a bond with her child. She spends most of her time at the side of her daughter and she could proudly say that they bond.

I don’t know what kind of bond she has created with her daughter but I am satisfied with what I have.

Do you think I am wrong in not having enough time to spend with my daughter?

I let  some of my officemates define love, and this is what they have to say:

Love is making someone happy. – Mawe

Love is 99% commitment and 1% emotion. That 1% emotion came from 99% commitment. – Mark

Love is acceptance. You accept the person you love, whoever he is and whatever he has. – Sweet

Love, is nothing is equivalent to a close range shot of a 45 caliber caliber pistol, aim at your head. In other words, deadly…So be warned…A close encounter of it’s kind could possibly be the your end. – Beauty

Love is thinking more of the other person’s welfare than you own. – Bracelet007

Letting Of Violence End. Love is Sacrifice. – Anna

Love is unconditional. – Rachel

Love is wisdom in action. Love is action and no action together. Love is all that is. Love knows nothing but love. Love transcends mind. Love is a feeling you feel when you feel you’re feeling a feeling you never felt before. Love is the inner substance of light. Love is an effervescent feeling that seems to escape definition. – GM

Love is a strong-positive emotion of regard and affection to someone. – RV

Love is seeing the beauty of the person in its ugliest. – Jalex

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. – Faith

Love is best described on the Cross. – Lemuel

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So, how would you define love?

Navy men always have girls around them. Temptations as some would call it, but maybe for Eric, he has found the perfect woman for him, and that no woman could ever let him turn his eyes away from the woman he loves.

I don’t know much about this couple, but I know they both love each other.

Vini, is a friend of mine. She is an attractive woman, but I don’t think she could top me on that (hehehe). Most men would admire her beauty – I have. So I guess that would make his boyfriend lucky. Lucky to have a woman with beauty, brains, talent, most of all the ability to love and be faithful to her lover.

They could hardly spend time together because Eric has a job that would eat most of his time. This could be a big deal for some, but this has not affected their love for one another – I think their love for each other goes stronger as time passed.

Vini, creates beautiful poems to fill her longings for Eric.

You could be poetic when in love, that is why it’s not hard to believe that Vini could create such poems.

What about you, what do you do when you’re in love?

I always knew men as more physical rather than emotional. That is why when I saw last night’s episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya” (a Filipino phrase which means – if you could remember), I could not believe a man could be as emotional and a martyr like the husband in the story.

SUMMARY: Couple met in a boat, fell in love and got married. They can’t have a child because the woman has problems. The man accepted the woman fully and continues to love her as days passed. However, the woman felt there is something missing in her life, and she asked the husband for her freedom. The husband of course could not give the freedom that the wife wanted; because it would mean that he will be losing her. The wife rebels by having sexual relationship with her boss and to the doctor; whom she said was her first love. As days go on, woman insists of having her freedom as she and the doctor rebuilds their relationship. In the end, the husband gave the freedom that the wife wanted, because all he wants is for her to be happy.

The irony in life is that when a husband loves the wife fully, the wife does not feel the same. However, there are also instances where a couple would be a perfect match; equal give and take of love. This is a rare kind of love. So if you found your perfect match, I suggest you appreciate the love you both have.

Happy loving!

This simply means “The gaze of a woman.”

Another TV series that I often watch (yeah – I watch a lot of TV).

At first I like the story because I could see the woman facing life bravely, and accepting that men are polygamous by nature.

I could relate to that, because you could be a martyr if you’re in love.

As I have watched the episode last night, it disgusts me to see the woman falling in love with a younger man (17 years younger). Maybe it’s just me, but I really don’t like that idea. I can’t imagine myself being an old woman then cuddling with a younger man (eeeww). I just hope I won’t swallow my words saying that.

Seeing that scene – my admiration to the character of that woman faded or instantly was lost.

I thought she would fight all the way through, and won’t give in to temptations, but she did. Desperate – problematic woman could easily give in to temptations. How sad …

Why do I have this mentality?

A man being a playboy – is acceptable … but a woman being a playgirl – its just isn’t right!

Maybe in the near future I would understand these things, but for now I like the way where my life is going – hoping I wont be desperate again.

The month of love is here and it just made me recall the TV series I often watch, “Princess Hours.” It is a Korean novel that is about a prince who was fixed marriage to an ordinary woman.

Last night’s episode, the sister of the prince asked him if he has fallen in love with his wife. The prince denied it, though it could be seen that he has develop a special feeling for that ordinary woman, his wife.

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Love fades, love develops and love could be felt instantly, like the love at first sight.

From my experience, love only fades if it’s not strong enough to hold on to your heart. Lack of special memories, could be a reason why it fades.

Love develops; like from that novel. As they knew each other, they became closer and they appreciate the existence of one another. Perhaps this is the best way to fall in love.

Love at first sight; most people would say, easy come, easy go. Perhaps this is true. But I am not a love GURU nor I have enough experience to be one. I am just 25 and yes I have experienced love in many different ways, but I am yet to experience more.

The best love I have felt so far is the love that my parents had given me and the love that my baby is showing to me.

So what about you? What’s the best love you’ve ever felt?