Clever

A wise man once sat in the audience and cracked a joke. Everybody laughs like crazy. After a moment, he cracked the same joke again, less people laughed this time. He cracked the same joke again and again. When there was no laughter in the crowd , he smiled and said, “You can’t laugh about the same joke again and again, then why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over again?”

Resignation Letter: I QUIT

I quit!

I quit not because I'm tired, I quit because I'm sick and tired.

Empty Your Cup

A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"
"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"




how can someone fill you with something when it's full of somethings.

Filipinos: Soft and Forgiving Blood

While in the taxi today, I heard this news in the radio that the Philippine government is begging for the lives of those 3 Filipinos caught in China for drug trafficking. The 3 Filipinos were sentenced of death penalty.


"Under Chinese law, smuggling of 50 grams or more of heroin or equivalent drugs is punishable with the death penalty.

The death penalty will be carried on three Filipino nationals:

1. A male, 42 years old, who was convicted for smuggling 4,113 grams of heroin on 28 December 2008, in Xiamen;
2. A female, 32 years old, who was convicted for smuggling 4,110 grams of heroin on 24 December 2008, in Xiamen;
3. A female, 38 years old, who was convicted for smuggling 6,800 grams of heroin on 24 May 2008, in Shenzhen."

Source: DFA

Upon hearing this, I bursted to the cab driver saying "ito hirap sating mga Pinoy e, kapag tayo nahuli sa ibang bansa ng drug trafficking -- death penalty, kapag sila nahuli natin wala pang isang linggo nakalaya na."

There's a big problem with our government or our Filipino blood -- we are too soft, too forgiving. This is one of the reason why most of us has no pride and dignity when we are in another soil. I really want thank Manny Pacquiao for giving the Filipinos some pride.

When we are in their country we are treated like rats but when they are in our country they are treated like kings. I don't know whats wrong. If a Filipino guy will enter a building in his own country the security guard will look for an ID with intense body search but if they will see that the guest is a foreigner, Filipinos will happily greet them without checking their bags not even thinking that they could be the terrorist that will kill them.

I have nothing against to any foreigners but I got beef with my own blood.

To my president, Sir, please be a dignified man. Please, create a law that will sentence this fools to death when we also caught them.

I wrote to too much. Now I have more grammar lapses. Sorry.
I got my title from an article I read about a commentary of a previuos Singaporean Prime Minister, he mentioned that Filipinos are soft and forgiving.

SmartBro Chronicles 1: The Phantom Menace

SmartBro is one of the ISP or internet service provider here in the Philippines brought by the Smart Corporation. They are providing wireless internet service either with a USB wireless dongle or with external antenna called Motorola Canopy.

Fail: Google translate's "pekpek"

Try this:
1. Go to translate.google.com
2. Set it to Filipino to English
3. Type pekpek and hit translate

Epic Fail

I hope Google will seek some help in getting some good translations. Excuse me girls, but pekpek should be the female reproduction organ -- vagina. I hope this blog might caught their attention.

Anyway, thanks to Google, we had a great laugh this morning... we called every expats in the office as pekpek.

The Truth About Ditching The iPhone For Android

The Truth About Ditching The iPhone For Android
by Nick Saint

Android vs iPhone

To switch, or not to switch?  It took me a long time to build up the courage to get rid of my iPhone and buy an HTC Droid Incredible. The iPhone is an amazing accomplishment, and I had a great few years with it. But there were a few things that kept driving me crazy.

It's been a few months since I took the plunge now, and I'm ready to deliver a final verdict. Here's what you need to know if you're thinking of making the switch.
AWESOME: Android gives the user much more power to customize Switching from the iPhone to Android is all about getting control. Apple is all about figuring out the right way for things to look and work, and making them look and work that way.

Conflict Management

This is interesting and I just wanna share it to you guys. Anyway, I found myself as Cooperating :P

Conflict Management
by Fleur De Liz

Directing/Competent - (highly assertive and not concerned about relationships). "Here is what we are going to do (my way, of course)...."

Harmonizing - (very concerned with relationships and not assertive). "Whatever you say is fine with me (I just want to keep you happy)....

Avoiding - (neither assertive nor concerned with relationships). "I'd rather not talk about it right now (better to do nothing than have a disagreement)..."

Cooperating - (assertive but also concerned with the relationship). "Here is how I'd like to do it, but I'd also like to hear what you think we should do (If we just state our differences openly, I'm sure we can figure out a way to keep us both happy)...."

Compromising - (medium assertive and medium concern for relationship). "I'll back off a bit from what I'd prefer if you'll back off some too (Nobody should expect to get everything they want)...."

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.


In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.


Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.


It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


Just finished watching Invictus, with Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon and Tony Kgorogoe. Good film. Feel good movie. I really like it, I thought it was boring. Directed by Clint Eastwood.

Why Intelligent People Fail

I think this is worth re-blogging. Read about this folks, I'm pretty sure you will get something from this article.

Why Intelligent People Fail?

ANSWERS: 


1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done, for instance). External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.

Morning Rush -- My Daily Routine

I'm wondering why I am always late.

This is my daily morning routine. It feels like my bed has 3 times more gravitational pull than Earth. Do we have the same theory?

Why Everybody Hates a Villain?

Recently, a certain ex-policeman hostage a bus with 25 Chinese nationals in Manila. The whole hostage drama took 11 hours to get resolve. As a result 8 Chinese died and also the villain.


People hates villain but for me, I always have a tendency to like them, odd huh? but I dont think so. I remember Green Goblin said to Spiderman "In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you". Well the guy who hijacked the bus was, they say, a good policeman. They said that he was a decorated policeman and one of the top 10 police of the country back on his glory days until he turned into the dark side. But why? Well, for some reason he was dismissed on his duty being a policeman, without benefits or whatsoever. What the H? how do you expect this man to survive? I think with all these things and reasons, some good guys are turned to bad guys. The same reason why Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side. I guess he was thinking about this love ones. The hostages said that he was kind and calm right until he saw his brother getting arrested on TV... well there is a TV inside a tourist bus.

So why hate them if they were used to be the good guy? Is it unfair to hate them? Is it much better if we give them some lovin' and understanding?

I made some survey to my officemates why they hate a villain, here it goes:

- The girl villains all have the pretty clothes, goodlooking boyfriends that are head over heels sa kanila kaya nauuto nila and nice eyebrows! - Cathy
- Manipulative..cunning - Randy
- Because they hinder my happiness….. wahahha. - April
- Rather hate… I’d rather love them. They are more concentrated and focus! - Thunder Mags McLeod

Oh well, for me they shouldn't be hated... they are actually magnifying every goodness in this world.

Syril versus the drunk tattooed man

last night i'm with a couple of drunk people; there was only 2 person who did not drink beer, me and my chinese friend crystal.
all that I hear last night was "bottoms up!" and lots of killer jokes...
there are 3 races on that long table, filipinoses, chineses and a korean... amp, lakas uminom ng korean! we have boys, girls, boy-girl and girl-boy :D

mixing up those people will give you tons of laughter enough for the week.
around 11pm nung naisipan namin magkanya kanya na...

I'm with the drunk tatooed man, arjey... he is known ladies man... babaero.

He told me a lot of things about the other life.. lovelife. sa lahat ng sinabi nya isa lang natatandaan ko...

sa lovelife, 2 lang ang klase ng tao ung nasasaktan at nananakit.

I dont believe on his words right away but they made me think. its the reality.



which side are you?



i still believe in true love and he is just another drunk man.

Myth - DOTA versus GF

"Sumosobra ka na dotA haaa! Love kita pero inaagaw mo na boyfriend ko!! Ang landi mo dotA. Bahala ka hindi na kita bati! Umayos ka haaaa" - Facebook

I saw her status in Facebook; she is biggest crush in Facebook, anyway, I burst into laughter when I saw her status and made me think, what's with DOTA? why girlfriends hated DOTA?

Boys, teach your girl to play DOTA and make the world a will a better place to live in.

trash talk

someone asked me; what's with the candy wrapper? I told her, it's nothing for some but to someone, it's something.


Some people does not know what they have. They just didn't get it that somebody wants it and will do anything just to be with it. People should learn how to value things, even a candy wrapper. You may treat the candy wrapper like a trash but to someone, it is all that he got.

migrating birds

"Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather."

As humans, we must also move to another place we see that all is moving and changing. We must not stay in a single place, change is constant.

Why do we wish to linger when they are not paying any attention? Why do we stay when there is no hope? Why love someone who is not interested to you? Why stay when they already moved?

red pill

I took the red pill - it means I accepted the truth; the things I knew, what I am knowing and will be knowing. The things that happened, that are happening and will happen.


I accepted the truth; the things you have said, the things that you are saying and will be saying. The things that you shown me, what you are showing and will be showing.

I took the red pill to stay in wonderland and feel no pain.

Would you believe if I say, “I’ve seen it all.. I saw it all in your eyes.”