My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Pacquaio.. and this wonder kid...a world of differ...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Pacquaio.. and this wonder kid...a world of differ...: There has never been a more magnanimous winner...... and there has never been a more gracious loser...... than our very own champion Ma...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD HAD NOTHIN...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD HAD NOTHIN...: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT??? : God and Religion had nothing to do with it? Sayang talaga....Marqu...

Pacquaio.. and this wonder kid...a world of difference

There has never been a more magnanimous winner......

and there has never been a more gracious loser......

than our very own champion Manny Pacquiao!
 

This young singer should learn a thing or two from Manny, regarding poise in victory and in defeat.

...and it's not your opinion that hurt us Mr. Wonder kid.....it's the flagrantly insensitive pictures you posted with equally insulting comments.

Manny came from the poorest of the poor...he was always humble and he worked hard to be where he is.....he remains as humble and has even become a better person.....he has helped countless people.

This other kid ......

...so young....so arrogant...so foolish.....and he remains unapologetic!

....well, this proves it.........money, and even fame, can't buy manners!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT???

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT???: God and Religion had nothing to do with it? Sayang talaga....Marquez was fighting with a broken nose....and you can't last with that...

GOD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT???

God and Religion had nothing to do with it?

Sayang talaga....Marquez was fighting with a broken nose....and you can't last with that...another 2 rounds na lang siguro, and it would've been curtains for Marquez.
So called experts have beli

ttled the effect of religion or even God in this fight....well....
Manny was leading comfortably in all the stats, and Marquez had a bloody nose that Manny could concentrate on hitting....so Manny was on his way to a victory again....
then on the last second of the 6th round, everything went dark with one lucky punch....
and the experts tell us that God had nothing to do with it?....
That's the problem with experts they think they can remove God from the equation...sobra silang galing at bilib sa sarili nila ...
They have an explanation for everything.

I am a Catholic, a practicing one...one that prays the Rosary as often as I can....I have no plans of saying anything derogatory about another person's religion or beliefs.....but I am so offended when the Catholic Religion is looked down upon.....if some people don't practice it well...that's their fault, not the Religion's fault...

Did anybody really believe that Manny's past problems had something to do with practicing the wrong religion?
So he shifted to another one....but still kept the same company, or the same people around him.....
You have warlords, corrupt politicians, gamblers, womanizers, men who beat women...and they thought religion was at fault for his marital problems? Sinong expert na naman ang nagpayo nito????

If I prayed the Rosary and wonderful things happened to me...I would not abandon that practice, nor would I abandon Mother Mary.

Deep reflection is needed before the next fight....

Leave politics, leave show business, you can always go back after you retire....Manny is clearly not as effective when his mind is occupied by a lot of things.

Don't listen to the so called experts...some of them have never entered the ring...some of them have so little faith in the one Being that really matters.

Reflect...meditate...pray...listen to your heart....listen to God.....not to your pastors....open your ears and your heart to the Lord...and let Him lead you.

You are still our champion and God bless you!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A SERIOUS RE-EVALUATION FROM THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A SERIOUS RE-EVALUATION FROM THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP: Manny Pacquiao --- a serious re-evaluation. It is quite obvious even for Pacquiao haters that Marquez's victory came by courtesy of a lu...

A SERIOUS RE-EVALUATION FROM THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

Manny Pacquiao --- a serious re-evaluation.

It is quite obvious even for Pacquiao haters that Marquez's victory came by courtesy of a lucky punch or a "rabit punch" hitting Pacquiao on the right vulnerable spot.....but it should also be re

membered by Pacquiao fans, I included, that our champion received and handled, quite well, all of Margarito's punches...and Margarito was a lot bigger and probably a lot stronger than Marquez...so it should also be obvious to all of us, Pacquiao fans, that our idol has dipped in his conditioning....

So a re-assessment or re-evaluation has to be done..by Roach, the trainer, the whole camp...and Pacquiao....
He is clearly not a multi-tasker....so he should choose.....is he a boxer or a politician....he is clearly not effective doing both.

As for the change in Religion....I only have this to say....if praying the Rosary to our dear Mother Mary had done me a lot of good...I would not have abandoned her....

So again...reflection....deep...deep reflection and re-evaluation of who and what he has become, is in order!

God bless our champion!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PERSONAL TALAGA ITO.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PERSONAL TALAGA ITO.: Sa mga nagsasabing masayadong pinipersonal ni Noynoy ang paghabol sa nakaraang administrasyon...sabi ni Noynoy, "Oo, at dapat lahat ng Pil...

PERSONAL TALAGA ITO.

Sa mga nagsasabing masayadong pinipersonal ni Noynoy ang paghabol sa nakaraang administrasyon...sabi ni Noynoy, "Oo, at dapat lahat ng Pilipino, ganito ang nararamdaman,"
Tama! Kung Pilipino ka, na nararamdaman ang paghihirap ng bawat Pilipinong hindi kumakain, hindi nakapagaaral, at namamatay ng walang katuturan...dahil sa pandarambong,.. dapat galit ka, at dapat maging PERSONAL din ito para sa

iyo!


A grave mistake or a crime, if left unpunished will be imitated, copied, and even immortalized and perceived to be right. So no matter how hard or arduous the task is, we have to right the wrong! If not for us, then at least for the generations that will follow!
God Bless all of us, esp. those who would wish to do right!
It may not always be the easy path, but RIGHT IS MIGHT, .....
For the longest time, past leaders and even some of the leaders now....have made all of us accept that since they are in power, they can never be wrong...they want us to believe that MIGHT IS RIGHT....BUT NO....We have to prove to them and make them see, that RIGHT IS MIGHT....it is never the other way around!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOT ON MY WALL PLEASE...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOT ON MY WALL PLEASE...: This is a request or a plea...you may disregard it if you want....but read it first..... I don't mind friends posting something...a pictu...

NOT ON MY WALL PLEASE...

This is a request or a plea...you may disregard it if you want....but read it first.....

I don't mind friends posting something...a picture or a message on my wall...but be careful not to make it look like...I support the message or the post, whatever it is....respect me enough to ask me first.

I am a physician and I am not a fan of medications that claim they can heal everything...I am a believ

er in the power of prayers...but not in medications, herbal or chemical, that claim they can heal almost anything....
So when you post on my wall, the wall of a physician about a drink or anything that claims this or that....it may appear to other people, that I, as a physician, believes in this....and it may send a wrong message to some of my patients who are also my friends here at FB, that I support whatever it is you're promoting....
Again, respect me enough to consult me first.

If I have hurt anyone with this plea...I apologize, that was not my intention....but I believe my plea has its merits.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCOLO

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCOLO: Happy Birthday Niccolo De Guzman ! To this day...I am still flattered and tickled pink when I hear people telling me and your mom about ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICCOLO

Happy Birthday Niccolo De Guzman!

To this day...I am still flattered and tickled pink when I hear people telling me and your mom about how you look exactly like me..that you are my "carbon copy"....The very first time anyone saw you...the

Ob-Gyne..."Hay Naku, Jonathan na Jonathan!"...I was beaming....my smile was from ear to ear.....seeing you for the first time gave me a thrill I could never describe....I have a son!

Now when I hear some people saying that while we look alike, we seem so different...you seem more active, more into sports...and less refined...I tell them, I am happy that you're doing things I never did...I am happy that you are more athletic than I am...the refinement will come...I am sure of it....as long as you never forget your studies...I will support your activities.

I have scolded you quite often these days...because I have been worried that perhaps, sometimes, you have let your other activities take precedence over your studies....and we can't have that...and as your dad, it is my job to remind you of your priorities....in this regard, I may not support some of your activities and hobbies.....but I will always support you!

The thing that a lot of people don't know about you...is that you're very sweet......despite being scolded...right after having dinner, you would still say "Goodnight!" to each person on the table...and I never trained you to do this...you started this beautiful habit all by yourself and now your sisters are doing it as well.

Very recently, a "yaya" or a nanny of your sister Lizzie's classmate, who happens to be the sister of your batch mate , had these words to say about you..."Nakakatuwa po yung anak nyo, kasi
'pag pumupunta po siya sa bahay namin para mag basketball....ano man po ang gawin ko o dalhin ko para sa kanila....lagi po siyang nagpapasalamat...minsan po nag-aalok pa tumulong....at lagi pong may 'ate' at 'po'."..... I and your mom were so proud of you when we heard the story....again and again..I was telling your mom...."he's my son".

You are also you're A-pe's (Uncle, my recently deceased brother) only nephew and you know how much he loves you....I know he watches over you...and I do talk to him every day...asking him to pray for you as well.

You have good friends my son..I know that...but always remember....that next to God...I will always be your best friend...we may not see eye to eye on a lot of things...but I will always have your back....I may hurt you at times with my words...but I will never do anything that is not done out of love..I will be your most loyal friend...the one who will fall and rise with you through every trials and struggles.

You will require my presence less and less as you grow older, but remember....I will never be too far away....I will always be your dad...and I will love you no matter what!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ....

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ....: Last advice concerning this matter.... If you are going to write about someone...make sure he gets to read it..... Don't write something....

....

Last advice concerning this matter....

If you are going to write about someone...make sure he gets to read it.....
Don't write something..and then restrict it to him....
It doesn't makes sense....
You have to give him the right to read it and to respond...

Well...of course the assumption here is we're all playing fair and have the proper conduct to do this.

It's a pity money can't buy manners!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY: HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY Our past should never be as important as our present and our future. No matter what our past was about...

HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY

HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY

Our past should never be as important as our present and our future.
No matter what our past was about....the more important thing is that we strive to become a better person (not necessarily richer financially), for the present and for the future.

But it is always desirable and actually required that we are open to our partner about our past...it is important that our partner knows everything about us, no matter how sordid.

 

If you are honest with your partner...he or she will forget your past but he will always remember your honesty.

If he hears about your past from someone else....he may still forgive you and forget about your past...but he will always remember that you lied to him....and he may never trust you again.

So for now and for always....HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PAGDASAL NA LANG NATIN

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PAGDASAL NA LANG NATIN: Never use the name of God in vain....never use His Name or the act of praying to Him, as a weapon, or an instrument against others...that ...

PAGDASAL NA LANG NATIN

Never use the name of God in vain....never use His Name or the act of praying to Him, as a weapon, or an instrument against others...that is using the name of the Lord in vain....

So when we say..."pagdasal na lang natin sila..." dapat nga ipagdasal mo...it is not a phrase that should be used lightly....the power of prayer is so potent and should only be used to ask for help, for yourself, and for other people.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: STILL LOVE MY WIFE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: STILL LOVE MY WIFE: I have never changed towards my wife, Dinah .....I still carry everything we buy when we're in the mall....I still carry the tray and orde...

STILL LOVE MY WIFE

I have never changed towards my wife, Dinah.....I still carry everything we buy when we're in the mall....I still carry the tray and order the food when we're in fast food chain...I still open doors for her....What I did when I was just courting her....I still do now.....she was always my sun and my moon and she continues to be....my children, Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie are the stars!

I wish

I can buy her more expensive things....but I've been fortunate to have a wife who values loyalty, time and love more than material things...that's why the most common description my wife gets is this...."You are beautiful, inside and out."....and I always feel so proud when I hear this.

Yes....I will fight for her.....I fight for her when I hear nasty or discriminating comments from my Chinese relatives...even those relatives I am close to....I fight for her, period, regardless of the persons involved....
Now if I would stand by her side even against people I care for...then imagine what I would do if people I don't care for...or persons who hold no value for me in the universe I live in, hurt her or affect her negatively in any way......I am not taking a back seat....

Being peaceful or being quarrelsome....does not enter the equation, as far as I'm concerned....

I fight and always stand by the person and persons I love......
let's forget the romantic side of things for a minute.....
but is there anything more logical and more sensible than fighting for people you love?

But then you know what they say about "common sense"...it's not so common anymore.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE: I've been accused quite often by a lot of people...of loving my wife Dinah too much....well...I am proud of it.... Recently, I've also b...

FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

I've been accused quite often by a lot of people...of loving my wife Dinah too much....well...I am proud of it....

Recently, I've also been accused of interfering or interjecting myself into my wife's affairs....well, if my wife is hurt in anyway.....or even just affected in any way...you can expect to hear from me...

It's not because I don't trust my wife to defend herself....she can handle herself pretty well...but that's what we do for people we care for...we stand up for them...we fight for them....

So...yes I will fight for my wife, my children, my parents, my sister.....I pity those without people to stand by their side.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ...: Be careful about how you treat people....esp those who know you......Our past...the ones we sometimes want hidden....they become collatera...

...

Be careful about how you treat people....esp those who know you......Our past...the ones we sometimes want hidden....they become collateral damage.....and you end losing so much more.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ARROGANCE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ARROGANCE: ARROGANCE Arrogance is a trait reserved for those who pretend to be happy...but are actually...down deep inside...insecure, envious and ...

ARROGANCE

ARROGANCE

Arrogance is a trait reserved for those who pretend to be happy...but are actually...down deep inside...insecure, envious and sometimes, even full of hate.

There is a Filipino saying that says "Di bale magyabang basta may pinagyayabang." I have never been a fan or a follower of this saying...this was obviously made by an arrogant man.

How do you know when you have the right to be arro

gant?....When you've become rich?.....How do you know when you're rich enough?....Has it never occurred to you that a lot of people are still richer than you..even those who post about their problems....because your idea about being rich is vastly different from theirs.

I have a lot of friends and batch mates who are rich, some of them are even included in the "Forbes Magazine" of the richest people in Asia....but....and this is what truly counts....they have never bragged about it....they support scholarships, give to charity...they never brag about their properties...I guess they don't feel the need to.

I have a lot of relatives who have a great life abroad...some of them have sent their nephews and nieces to school....some of them continue to send money to my parents...some of them sent money when my wife had to be operated on....but none of them, none of them....talk about it....ever!

I have relatives....one in particular....who ever since I was a little boy would send "pasalubongs" and now "door to door"....when I first married my wife....she was shocked at the things they would send us, not only on Christmas time.....and it was not just ordinary or your typical pasalubongs....it was "grand"....but said relatives never talked about it, posted it.....never even wants it mentioned.....and I mean never!

I am pleased to say....that all of my relatives and friends are like this....they never brag.

My sister is a manager at SGV with ties to Ernst and Young, and is married to a partner at SGV.....both she and her husband has continued to shower my kids with gifts....they never bragged or talked about it....both have FB accounts....

I guess the biggest difference between those who brag and those who don't is......There are those who are so comfortable with their lives and what they have that they find real pleasure in it, and decide to share it with other people......the pleasure is not in the bragging, it's in the giving...and they truly are happy! Then there are those who pretend to be happy and give to brag, not to share. This incessant need to brag...is actually pitiful.

I end with how I started....
Arrogance is a trait reserved for those who pretend to be happy...but are actually...down deep inside...insecure, envious and sometimes, even full of hate.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PERHAPS....WE ARE TO BLAME

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: PERHAPS....WE ARE TO BLAME: I've been writing about things I've noticed about today's youth.....and some of them have placed them in a bad light......But don't get me...

PERHAPS....WE ARE TO BLAME

I've been writing about things I've noticed about today's youth.....and some of them have placed them in a bad light......But don't get me wrong, I am a great admirer of today's young people....they are brilliant esp. with technology and gadgets, they are also witty, they are outspoken and they are savvy.....
But somewhere along the way.....they misplaced values like respect, honesty and humility.

.....some because of their brilliance have even forgotten, that whatever it is they possess...it was only given to them by Our Creator.

I refuse to put the blame on them, and unlike others....I also refuse to put the blame solely on technology like the internet and media...
We are to blame....the political leaders, the church leaders, people in media, the teachers....and the greatest blame goes to us, the parents.
If we were more respectful, more honest, more humble, and more prayerful then.....perhaps it is because we had better role models...perhaps our parents had done a better job than us.....

It is time for us to reflect and really pray for guidance and enlightenment...not just for our kids...but for ourselves...that we may become better parents.

God bless all parents!
God bless our kids!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: REMEMBER HOW RESPECTFUL WE WERE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: REMEMBER HOW RESPECTFUL WE WERE: REMEMBER HOW RESPECTFUL WE WERE..... Remember when we were young...when we were still students, and we would see our classmate's or our ...

REMEMBER HOW RESPECTFUL WE WERE

REMEMBER HOW RESPECTFUL WE WERE.....

Remember when we were young...when we were still students, and we would see our classmate's or our friend's parents...we would say "Hi Uncle or Hi Auntie!", some of us would even bow our heads or, at the very least, wave and smile!

Even now when I meet with my friend's parents, I would treat them as if they were my parents....giving them all the respect and t

he care that they so richly deserve.

Remember when we would go to our classmate's or our friend's house....and when we see their parents, we would immediately stand up and greet them, and we would even be courteous to their help...and then before we leave, we would say goodbye to their parents...because after all...they do own the house and we did disturb them somewhat......

So what happened to this generation?

I and my wife Dinah, are very close to our kids....we bring them to school and we fetch them from school.....

Some of Mary Nicole's and Niccolo's classmates do greet me and some even spend time talking to me...and I always have a sincere smile and a ready wave for these friends of my kids....I appreciate that they respect me, or at least recognize my presence.....
but, sad to say, a lot of them don't do that......

Most of them disregard me, even if I am talking to my kid and they are just there beside my kid....
Some of them don't even look at me inside the elevator, when I am with my kid and they know that I am the father...and these are my kids' classmates....

These are kids who are studying at an expensive, private, Chinese and Catholic School.....it's painful to hear and realize...but what a waste of money!

Is it inherent to this new generation....or is it our fault, the parent's fault?....
Have we been so obsessed with making sure that our kids get good grades and become rich in the future...that we have forgotten to teach them the basics...to be respectful....to be honest....to be decent?

I cringe at the prospect of a future filled with these kids becoming rich.....because if they are this arrogant and disrespectful now...
now that they have not proven anything yet...imagine how swollen their heads will be when they do become rich.....they may just step on people!

But.....but.....there is always hope.....

Lizzie's classmates...all of them at the age of 6 or 7...
almost all of them greet me and talk to me...they call me....."Charlize's Dad"...and I tell them to call me "Uncle Jonathan" or "Uncle Doc" to those who may have a hard time with "Jonathan." ...
They wave when they see me.....then they talk to me and tell me about anything at all...and I am always flattered that they spend time talking to me....and I always give importance to whatever it is they tell me....because they have shown more respect than the students twice their age.

I hope my kids have not embarrassed me, by not greeting their friend's parents....because I would be sorely disappointed if they did, even more disappointed than if they had gotten a low grade in school.

There are several things infinitely more important than grades, money and power.....if as adults and as parents, we don't know that yet...then truly, the problem of this generation and the future generations, is us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: strangers...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: strangers...: Due to the emergence of the SARS virus and so many other viruses...the old practice of holding hands during Mass, while singing the "Lord'...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOT PERFECT CHILDREN

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOT PERFECT CHILDREN: I never claimed to have perfect children... all of them are disobedient at times, irreverent, hard to understand... I scold them, I lectur...

NOT PERFECT CHILDREN

I never claimed to have perfect children...
all of them are disobedient at times, irreverent, hard to understand...
I scold them, I lecture them....
I am disappointed....sometimes I am even hurt by their words and by their actions.....

but

then I see them praying every night...
I see them praying in the chapel......
and in today's world...sadly, this has become less and less common....
it has become an oddity...
something kids are ashamed of....
an act regarded as "not cool."

So yes....I am proud of my children.....
I take great pride in saying that my children pray,
and that even Lizzie can pray the Rosary.

For me this is the best sign, that not only do they acknowledge the presence of a higher being...
but my kids truly believe in HIM...
they talk to him...they ask for help....they know that He is their Savior and their only God.

I can face my Lord and tell Him that, at least, in that one aspect....I trained my kids well.

They are not perfect...
but I will always love them, regardless of anything they might do....
I will always support them and I will never abandon them....

They may not be perfect kids....
but then, I am not a perfect father....
but my love for them....it can only be perfect!



(tagged to Dinah, Mary Nicole, Niccolo)

strangers...

Due to the emergence of the SARS virus and so many other viruses...the old practice of holding hands during Mass, while singing the "Lord's Prayer" or "Ama Namin" has been discouraged...
only those related to each other are seen doing it now.....
Well during yesterday's Mass....
a small boy with Down Syndrome seated in front of me.....refused to hold his companion's hand during the singing of "The Ama Namin"...instead,
he reached out to me and gave me his hand...
and we held each other while singing "The Ama Namin"....
we may have been strangers to each other...
but we, both of us...were God's children....and we prayed to Our Father.
Good morning guys! Have a great day! God bless all of us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WORK....

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WORK....: Sometimes we wish work was better....... Sometimes we wish all promises were kept....... Then we remember the promises we've broken........

WORK....

Sometimes we wish work was better.......

Sometimes we wish all promises were kept.......

Then we remember the promises we've broken.....

Then we look at the majority and we realize that we are still better off.......

Then we are thankful that there is still work.......

We are even more thankful, that we have friends working with us.....

Then we come home later........

and we pray.....

we thank the Lord for everything......

and we ask that He never abandons us.......

and that He makes us better, in every way....

for the sake of the people we love.......

Good evening my friends!

God bless all of us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOTHING WRONG WITH POLITICAL DYNASTIES?

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOTHING WRONG WITH POLITICAL DYNASTIES?: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH POLITICAL DYNASTIES???? I was surprised to see this in the front page of a broad sheet, a few days ago....wh...

NOTHING WRONG WITH POLITICAL DYNASTIES?

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH POLITICAL DYNASTIES????

I was surprised to see this in the front page of a broad sheet, a few days ago....when a certain senator said this...it was said without the question mark...he was reassuring us, that there was noting wrong with political dynasties.....

The ones who usually say that there is nothing wrong with building a dynasty are those who've already built o

ne in their city or province...and those starting to build one.....

These are the reasons they've given....."We don't appoint our relatives, they run for elective positions, and the people vote for them."..."It is their right to run for public office, and it is the voter's decision to vote for their relatives or not."......On the surface, said reasons seem logical and fair.....but are they really....fair, just, and right!

Let's think about it....

(1) If a certain person, of unquestionable good moral character, and unchallenged qualifications and leadership skills, were to run in a city where most of the local officials belong to one family...do you really think he can win, regardless of how qualified he is?

In this particular city, this mayor is about to reach his term limits on 2013, his son will run for mayor in the next elections...so on all the banners in this city....on all the projects being done and already finished, it is not just the incumbent mayor's face on the banner, beside him in his son's face....who, in all likelihood, had nothing to do with the project....but the present mayor wants people to know and recognize his son, for the coming elections....

How can this deserving, more qualified person win, when his main competition already has his face plastered all over the city? The incumbent has all the machinery that will be used to make sure his son wins...by hook or by crook!....

Now is this fair?

(2) You serve as Town Vice Mayor or Provincial Vice Governor, for 9 years....you have gained the experience and the knowledge for the job....then after 9 years, when the term of the incumbent Mayor or Governor is over...does he give the position to you, or does he endorse you to the voters...NO...his son, his brother, his daughter, his wife or even his mistress, will now run for Mayor or Governor...this poor Vice Mayor or Vice Governor is forgotten, along with his years of loyal service.....

Is this fair? Is this just?

(3) For example, if in a particular place, a De Guzman is the Congressman, a De Guzman is the Governor, a De Guzman is the Mayor, a De Guzman is even the Barangay Chairman...one De Guzman may even be in the Senate....Now if Mayor De Guzman cheats in the election, will Governor De Guzman say anything, or will he cover for him?....Now if Governor De Guzman steals, will Congressman go to the DILG or will he cover for him?

Wouldn't it be better, if a De Guzman was the Congressman, a Rodriguez was the Mayor, a Garcia was the Governor, a Gutierrez was the Head of the Barangays?...So that if Mayor Rodriguez cheats, Congressman De Guzman will make sure that he doesn't get away with it....If Governor Garcia cheats in the election, Mayor Rodriguez will raise hell.....in short there will be checks and balances...no cover-ups.

Which is fairer, which is preferable.....the setting wherein every official has the same surname....or one wherein people from different families are in position and can make sure that the other one is doing his job?

(4) Are these people who have now built their own fortresses and dynasties, so convinced that only their relatives can serve their place? Aren't there any brilliant, well qualified people with a different surname and a different blood line who can run the city? For me to assume that only they can serve is to insult every other Filipino! Sila lang ba ang matalino?

What is the first thing that comes onto your mind when you hear of a family trying to get every position in their place?

Do you think it's because of their desire to serve....or...
Do you think it's because they're hiding something.....or....
Do you think it's because they're protecting each other...or
Do you think it's because they enjoyed the money and the power so much, and would like to keep it within the family?

Political Dynasties = Warlords

Political Dynasties....their existence promises unfair and unjust elections.

Political Dynasties....the reason given for their existence is stupid and is insulting.

Political Dynasties....their continued existence is a sure formula for corruption and for our downfall.

There is nothing wrong with political dynasties.....kung saksakan ng kapal ang pagmumukha ninyo!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION: NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION (1) Used to think physicians were a cut above everyone, healers who who always placed service above ev...

NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION

NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION


(1) Used to think physicians were a cut above everyone, healers who who always placed service above everything....then I see a doctor who takes advantage of her being the relative of a local official and milks a lot of the companies in their locality for loads of money, but in the process, it is the ordinary employees who are burdened.

(2) Used to think public utility drivers had no conscience due to the recklessness of their driving, then I hear about taxi drivers returning loads of cash left on their vehicles.

The first (1) case ...definitely involves someone who not only finished college, but even went further than that....but she probably grew up in an environment that reeks of dirty politics, one that teaches their kids that money mattered above all else...and that fairness, decency and mercy should all take a back seat to greed.

The second (2) case...involves someone who may not have finished college or even high school...but grew up with parents who instilled in their kids...that integrity and honesty was more important than money and luxury.

It isn't about one's educational background...it is about how one is brought up with the right values....honesty, decency, loyalty, integrity....together with cleanliness....cleanliness of a person's thoughts and intentions...are next to Godliness!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SHORT POEM ABOUT HOPE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: SHORT POEM ABOUT HOPE: A SHORT POEM ABOUT HOPE (No plagiarism here) Without hope...our hearts would be breaking..... Without faith...we would stop believing.....

SHORT POEM ABOUT HOPE

A SHORT POEM ABOUT HOPE

(No plagiarism here)

Without hope...our hearts would be breaking.....
Without faith...we would stop believing...
Without love...life would have no meaning!

With hope...the heart continues it's longing...
and our heart continues beating!....

With faith...you believe and you become confident that everything will get better...
So you continue the fighting!

With love..life is more beautiful..
and every struggle
every heartache...becomes fleeting...

With love...
life ceases to be about existing...
and it begins to be about living...
as joy and happiness becomes ours for the taking!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ARE WE REALLY LESS GRACIOUS?

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ARE WE REALLY LESS GRACIOUS?: Are we really less gracious? After Romney's very gracious act of conceding to President Obama....once again, we hear everyone, esp. repo...

ARE WE REALLY LESS GRACIOUS?

Are we really less gracious?

After Romney's very gracious act of conceding to President Obama....once again, we hear everyone, esp. reporters citing the big differences between elections and candidates abroad, compared to hoe what we have here in the Philippines.....

The reporters had a field day yesterday, discussing about how decent and how much of a gentleman, compared to us, American Politic

ians are.....

They said that here in the Philippines, if a candidate loses an election, instead of conceding, he would file a protest and claim that he was cheated.....

While there is a lot of merit in this comparison...

the comparison should not end here...

and this is not the biggest difference.....

If the younger Senator Pimentel had not filed a protest, he would not have become Senator, and we would not have known that he was cheated.....

So was the Senator ungracious because he fought, what he believed was an unfair election?.....

So would it have been preferable for him to accept defeat although he knew he was cheated?

The biggest difference between our politicians and the politicians in the States, is not that their candidates concede and our politicians don't.....

The real difference is one even more embarrassing and degrading.....

Most of our politicians cheat in elections....everybody knows it, and that is why...it isn't easy to accept defeat.

Accepting defeat in a fair fight....that is the only way to go....but one is not less gracious for accepting it well.

But accepting defeat in an arena that reeks of cheating, lying, corruption and manipulation???

So are we really less gracious?....

NO....our candidates do not concede that easily.....because cheating is rampant, cheating is a reality!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: WORTHY OF PRAISE

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My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: OBAMA WINS A SECOND TERM

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WORTHY OF PRAISE

Just heard 2 of the most heart warming and inspiring speeches...one came from the victor, President Obama, and the other one came from the losing candidate Romney....you can feel the pain in his speech, but he was a gentleman and he was gracious in defeat...and for that he is worthy of praise.

OBAMA WINS A SECOND TERM

With losses in Massachusetts and Wisconsin, Romney-Ryan becomes the first ticket to lose both home states since 1972.....Romney is the Governor of Massachusetts.....when you lose in your own state..it says a lot about who you really are...because these are the people you serve and should know you....
OBAMA WINS A SECOND TERM.
PEACE GETS A BETTER CHANCE.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE US PRESIDE...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE US PRESIDE...: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS : THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS (Dinah, I don't claim to have accurate kno...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS (Dinah, I don't claim to have accurate knowledge about the coming US Presidential Elections..... but I've hear...

THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
(Dinah,

I don't claim to have accurate knowledge about the coming US Presidential Elections.....
but I've heard time and again about the foreign policies of Republican Candidate Romney...esp. the way he figures on handling China.....
just a reminder.....

(1)The "Star Wars" Nuclear Armament Program was started by Ronald Reagan...it was also during his term that they trained
Afghanistan Rebels to fight Russia..they same Afghan Rebels they are fighting now. President Reagan---a Republican.

(2)The Persian Gulf War was during the term of President Bush (the father)---a Republican.

(3)The Iraq War or the invasion of Iraq.....on the false premise that they were to blame for 9/11...
and again, on the false premise...that they had WMD or Weapons of Mass destruction...
both premise were proven to be wrong and, not only that, it was a lie...a blatant fabrication...or a frame-up..
I am not a fan of Saddam, I abhor what he stood for....but a frame up is a lie...and a lie is a lie---all under President Bush (the son)----a Republican.

(4)Now Romney says President Obama is too soft with the Chinese...
again I think the Chinese are wrong when it comes to their actions regarding the Scarborough problem, and their support of North Korea...
but what does Romney propose.....dare them, insult them, frighten them...
Scare a super power, they owe half their country to...
China is not Iraq or Iran...going to war with China will inevitably lead to World War 3....you should have no doubt about that......Romney----a Republican.

4 clear instances where a Republican went to war or welcomed war, or initiated war.

Should Romney win...I fear for the future of my children....I would hate to have them experience war....just because of a group of "War Freaks".

Remember that during the first 2 world wars....America was never invaded, their soldiers went abroad to fight...

Our country, the Philippines, was invaded and ravaged and we will be invaded again...should they wage a war against a super power....

I could be wrong....but with the new technology and the new weapons...even America may not be so safe should they wage war against a super power.

Again....I know very little about American Politics, but I am just a father who fears for the future of his children....and that is my right and my obligation.

May the Good Lord enlighten Americans to choose wisely..for their sake of for the sake of everybody!

God bless all of us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: DANIEL CRAIG IS BOND IN SKYFALL

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: DANIEL CRAIG IS BOND IN SKYFALL: Just saw the new Bond film "Skyfall" with my son, Niccolo and it is deserving of all the great reviews it has been getting.... I am old sc...

DANIEL CRAIG IS BOND IN SKYFALL

Just saw the new Bond film "Skyfall" with my son, Niccolo and it is deserving of all the great reviews it has been getting....
I am old school when it comes to Bond....so I was not a fan of Daniel Craig's Bond....
Although the action scenes in his Bond films were fantastic and heart-stopping, I always hungered for the panache, the wit and the grace that accompanied the Bond films of old.
My James

Bond was always well groomed and dapper under pressure and even after the most terrible fights....
I thought that this Bond film, through it's director Sam Mendez made a conscious effort to remind us of those things I missed in Bond.
In the pre-credits sequence, Craig fixes his suit after a grueling fight, in the same way Roger Moore used to do.
His suits are also so well tailored, he looked like a ramp model, which is how Connery, Moore, Brosnan, and even Lazenby and Dalton carried their suits.
The original Aston Martin car used by Sean Connery in Goldfinger, complete with the ejector seat, also makes a welcome and terrific comeback...and when Bond starts driving it, he does so, accompanied by the original version of the Bond theme.
The movie actually revolves around M, and the significant changes in her character.
Weapons and gadgets expert, Quartermaster (Q) and Secretary Moneypenny are also re-introduced in this new Bond Film.......
So Bond is finally back....
and even for old -school Bond fans like me....
Daniel Craig is now 007, James Bond!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: JUST MY THOUGHTS....(18)

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: JUST MY THOUGHTS....(18): JUST MY THOUGHTS.....(18)....MY WIFE ( Dinah ) "You can bank on love, on true love that is...when you've experienced it, it can bring yo...

JUST MY THOUGHTS....(18)

JUST MY THOUGHTS.....(18)....MY WIFE (Dinah)

"You can bank on love, on true love that is...when you've experienced it, it can bring you unprecedented happiness... the promise of forever with someone...how can anyone not want that?"


An em

pty heart is a greater misfortune than an empty purse..but an empty heart is so much easier to fill...you just open the lock...then you welcome the love, the joy and the blessings...not much work is required, however, dedication and honesty is needed...the rewards are limitless!


Marrying money cannot guarantee anything...in one instant you may lose everything you have financially. But in true love...therein lies the guarantee...no guarantee of a life free from problems...but a guarantee that whatever difficulties we may face...we will face them together..hand in hand, believing in each other and our Faith in the Lord.


I tell my kids, Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie..."no discrimination can exist in our house and in our hearts. If you believe in God, really believe in Him and what He teaches us, then you have to know that He made all of us in His own image and likeness...in short...He made us equal!"....I tell them, "I have lived with this discrimination and, and I have triumphed against it.".....I married the most gorgeous Filipina and you've been witnesses to our struggles and how we fight to survive.... but more than this....you have seen how we live and how we love....there is no place for discrimination in our lives....everything we have is anchored on our trust, our belief, and our respect for each other...and on the greatest love of all...one that is pure, honest, and true!


To those, who arrogantly and so brutally tell their wives that they can replace them anytime...you are fools and you don't deserve your wife and your children's love...as for me....I can only have one wife and one woman-she is as irreplaceable and as indispensable as my mother...and she is also my children's only mother..she is Dinah....and she is my only one, there can be no one else.


My children give me joy, they eradicate my sadness with their hugs and their kisses...but my wife, she is my pillar of strength, her belief in me, her love for me...I am able to go on, because of her. My wife was even the cause of my renewed faith in the Lord, she and her experiences and her strength.

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ANOTHER ADVICE

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My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: JUST MY THOUGHTS...(17)

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: JUST MY THOUGHTS...(17): JUST MY THOUGHTS...(17) TIRED FROM WORKING LAST NIGHT TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING...THEN SAW MY FAMILY'S LOVELY FACES....LOOK AT Y...

ANOTHER ADVICE

Another advice for my kids.....Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie.....regarding friendship.

It is when you are down....
it is when you feel besieged and attacked.....
it is when you feel so alone.....
This is when you need your friends....
and this is when your true friends will shine like a beacon....
to light your way, to support you and to comfort you...
sometimes, they will even fight for you...

..
in the end...
this is also the moment for you know....
who your true friends really are!

I and your mother (Dinah), will always be at your side, your most avid believer and fanatics....and we will fight for you....for no other reason, simply because....we love you!

JUST MY THOUGHTS...(17)

JUST MY THOUGHTS...(17)

TIRED FROM WORKING LAST NIGHT TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING...THEN SAW MY FAMILY'S LOVELY FACES....LOOK AT YOUR KIDS AND YOUR PARTNER, YOUR LOVED ONES...MAKE THEM THE SUNSHINE OR THE SOURCES OF THE SUNSHINE IN YOUR LIFE....TO BATTLE AND SCARE THE BLUES AWAY...AND MAKE YOU GO ON FIGHTING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD LIFE. GOOD MORNING GUYS! MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU WITH A FAN

TASTIC DAY!

Watching the news, I heard a 33 year old woman who suffered a Spinal Cord Injury say this after being helped by a woman financially..."Thank you and thank God for loving me!" To everyone who has ever helped me and my family in whatever way...THANK YOU AND I THANK GOD FOR PUTTING YOU INTO OUR LIVES! YOU ARE HIS INSTRUMENTS AND THROUGH YOU, HE HAS SHOWN US HIS LOVE!"

Although it is always painful when we are hurt by others, esp. by friends or loved ones...no pain is more terrible...than the pain that we have inflicted on others...and no tears more unbearable..than those we ourselves have caused.

THE BEST WAY TO GET THE LAST WORD....IS TO APOLOGIZE! TRY IT, IT ALWAYS WORKS! IT ALSO MAKES FOR A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, WITH KIDS AND WITH YOUR PARTNERS. THAT ONE WORD ALONE, MAY SHOW HUMILITY, RESPECT FOR ANOTHER, AND EVEN...LOVE! "SORRY"...IT ISN'T REALLY THAT HARD TO SAY.

When you feel that a dear friend has hurt you, has been indifferent to you, or has disappointed you in any way....think of the times he's made you feel good when you really needed someone to talk to...think of all his concern and his help....these acts of kindness, you can never repay and should never forget....so at the end of the day, consider yourself fortunate to have such a great friend!

Whatever you think you've done, no matter how grave your sins are...don't be afraid to go back to Him...Pray even harder...Our Lord forgives and forgets the sin, but He never forgets the sinner, and He never stops loving him.


Attended one Saturday afternoon Mass at SJCS, it was in Chinese and celebrated by our principal Father Bernard. I had a hard time feeling it at first...then I closed my eyes, listened with my heart, remembering the English equivalent, and my Chinese lessons...then I realized that, Chinese, English or Tagalog...it was the same Jesus offering His Body and His Blood and His Love for me. It was a great Mass.


To those who have criticized the Bible as "old", "out of sync with the modern times", something written for a whole different generation of people...this is what I can say...The Bible is a living book, applicable to everyone, for all time...it does not need to be rewritten, it however, needs to be reread, understood and taken to heart.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE HONOR, THEN HAVE HONOR ALL THE TIME, EVEN WHEN AT YOUR DARKEST AND MOST TRYING MOMENTS...ACT WITH HONOR AND DIGNITY. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT "THE END SHOULD NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS".

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Pause for prayers

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: Pause for prayers: Whatever we are doing right now...let us stop and pause...clasp our hands together.... pray for the people in Canada who were affected by t...

Pause for prayers

Whatever we are doing right now...let us stop and pause...clasp our hands together....
pray for the people in Canada who were affected by the Magnitude 7.7 earthquake the other day...
special prayers for our friends and relatives.

Another prayer, an even more urgent one...
for everyone living in the East Coast, who may be affected by this "Frankenstorm", Hurricane Sandy .....
May the Good Lord bless you and keep you...May He make you feel the warmth if his embrace and and the assurance of His great love!

Special prayers to our friends and relatives there....please be safe...and please do pray also!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ANOTHER ADVICE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: ANOTHER ADVICE: Another advice.... A timely advice to my kids... Mary Nicole , Niccolo and Lizzie..... You know I and your mom ( Dinah ), will always f...

ANOTHER ADVICE

Another advice....

A timely advice to my kids...Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie.....
You know I and your mom ( Dinah ), will always fight for you, and with you, against anyone and against every adversary and in any situation.....
But...even though, I have always proclaimed that we will be here always...practicality and reality dictates otherwise....
So....you have to learn to fight some battles b

y yourself and for yourself...
for your self esteem and for self-respect.

Do not allow people to look down on you...
do not allow them to disrespect you...
do not allow them to insult you or
make false insinuations against you....
do not take them sitting down.....
speak up and demand answers.....
you see, most of the people who would do this to you, are those who have been given less ( in so many areas) and thus try to overcompensate, by talking trash and appearing brave....
they may not be worth your time, but you cannot let them get away with this all the time...
I am not asking you to quarrel with them....
but you have to make them see and understand that they cannot treat you in such a demeaning way....
"If you make a doormat out of yourself, people will step on you."
Sometimes you have to fight for respect!

We are not rich and we are not powerful...but because we give respect, we deserve respect.

...And to those who will cause them, or us, hurt, intentionally...
I repeat, intentionally.....
again....we are not rich or powerful....
but there are other ways to get back.....
you know the saying....
"That the pen is mightier than the sword!"...
and you guys know how much I love to write!

May we all be enlightened!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HONESTY...LOVE ......RESPECT

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HONESTY...LOVE ......RESPECT: HONESTY - RESPECT - LOVE Times truly are different now.....but regardless of technological advances and poor influences from media.....c...

HONESTY...LOVE ......RESPECT

HONESTY - RESPECT - LOVE

Times truly are different now.....but regardless of technological advances and poor influences from media.....certain things have to remain....Honesty, Respect and Love.

This is for all the kids...including my own...Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie....

Never lie to your parents...whatever the consequences are....regardless of what your friends tell you and what you've he

ard....Honesty is still the best policy!

When you lie to your parents....you are being disrespectful to them....and you cannot say that you love someone when you are disrespectful to them....esp. at an early age.

You start with the small, seemingly insignificant and harmless lies....
at first you feel bad about lying to your parents...
then friends tell you that it's normal and everybody does it...
then you get used to it....
then you cheat in exams...because, hey, everybody does it!....
then you grow older and lie to your business partners or your clients and you steal from them.
Then you have a family and you lie and cheat your wife and your kids.....
This all started from that small, seemingly, harmless lie.

There is no such thing as a harmless lie....
it is like a disease that spreads and occupies your soul.....
and soon....you lose yourself.

To kids who take the foolish stand of proclaiming that this is their life and they should be allowed to live it as they wish...
this should be the answer of every parent....
"When you can stand on your own two feet, when you can pay for your own tuition fees, when you can go on each day without asking money for your allowance and food....then you can live by your own rules."....
When you still ask your parents for every single thing....then please leave your arrogance behind....and follow your parents and respect them, because they deserve it.

Please be Honest all the time....
not just sometimes...not just most of the time....
but all the time...
esp. to the people who love you so much.
When you are honest to them....then you have shown great respect....and respect is almost as important as love....
So when you are honest all the time....you have taken leaps and bounds towards expressing your love for your parents and your family.

Remember kids....
long after your friends have betrayed or abandoned you.....
your parents, your family will still be there, even when you have betrayed them.

God bless all parents!
God bless all kids!
God bless all of us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD BLESS YOU DADDY

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: GOD BLESS YOU DADDY: Every time I leave for work at night.....when I say goodbye to each of my kids, Mary Nicole , Niccolo would both hug me and kiss me.......

GOD BLESS YOU DADDY

Every time I leave for work at night.....when I say goodbye to each of my kids, Mary Nicole, Niccolo would both hug me and kiss me..... I know they hate seeing me leave at night.....
but sometimes, too busy with school work, they would just

give me a quick kiss and say "'Bye dad!".....
Lizzie, on the other hand, would drop whatever it is she is doing....run to me, hug me, hold my face, kiss me and then say, as sweetly as she can....
"I love you so much Daddy! Please come home early! God bless you!"
After hearing these words....wouldn't I be able to handle any problem that should come my way?
Her sweet words peppered with urgency and importance, hits me just when I need to be encouraged...
and gets me right here, in my heart, and the rest of my body follows.

I thank you Dynes (Dinah) for enduring everything while giving birth to our Lizzie, she was your hardest and most painful delivery, and pre-mature at that....but look at how brighter our days have been because of this bundle of joy. She is "makulit", she is curious to a fault, she is talkative....but she is smart, she is lovable and she is sweet.....heaven sent!

We should learn from small kids and the purity and the innocence of their feelings.....nothing, no activity should ever stop us from making our loved ones feel that they are the most important, the most loved....

...and when she says "God bless you daddy!" which she now does every morning...I feel truly blessed!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THANK GOD FOR FAMILY

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: THANK GOD FOR FAMILY: Thank God For Family! Just opened my cell phone which I misplaced (again) last night.....and I read distressing news concerning work.......

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LOVING MY KIDS...

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LOVING MY KIDS...: My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LOVING MY KIDS TOO MUCH : Is it possible for a father or for a parent to love their children too much?.....

THANK GOD FOR FAMILY

Thank God For Family!

Just opened my cell phone which I misplaced (again) last night.....and I read distressing news concerning work....when I, the original Company Physician, who's opinion was even asked as to how the clinic in said was g

oing to be constructed, and what the materials needed were, is now practically pushed aside by the strength of politics...then it is truly painful and depressing....My opinions are suddenly not needed anymore or even considered....
so my day was off to a very bad start......

then I opened my FB and looked at my family's pictures....
then I realized that it is so stupid of me to even consider allowing myself to be weighed down by people who care so little for me and for what's right....
rather than concentrate on being lifted up by people who care so much for me and would do everything for me.

Dinah, Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie....they are my strength, they are my pillars, they are my walls, they are my windows, they are my everything.....

I look at our pictures....and just for that one moment...I say
"The hell with everything else!"....
I have the loves of my life, their unwavering support and love...
and I have my faith and I know I am on the side of what's right and what's just!

So guys, never neglect your family.....
in times like these...even when it becomes more serious...
you will have them by your side...
long after others have betrayed and abandoned you, foes and friends alike....
you will have your family by your side.

Thank you Lord...Thank God for family!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LOVING MY KIDS TOO MUCH

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: LOVING MY KIDS TOO MUCH: Is it possible for a father or for a parent to love their children too much?.... As far as I am concerned.... I don't think I can ever...

LOVING MY KIDS TOO MUCH

Is it possible for a father or for a parent to love their children too much?....
As far as I am concerned....
I don't think I can ever love my kids enough or too much....
I will always feel and wish I could do more.....

But one day they ma

y not need me anymore,....
my knowledge and my wisdom may not be practical or hip anymore....
but I will still be here....I will always be here!

To my children...Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie....
you have to pardon your dad if I sometimes go overboard....
while being a father is the biggest thrill and fulfillment of my life, it is certainly not a walk in the park.....

So guys, pretty soon...
you will become much older, more beautiful or handsome, definitely wiser, and I hope happier and successful.....
while dad will become really old, weaker, out of fashion and time, occasionally, an embarrassment and terribly forgetful....
I will just have to hold on to my memories...
Sweet memories of you running to hug and kiss daddy....
precious moments when you would remind me to bless you...
and proud times, when we would do your assignments together, and you would believe that dad was so important and indispensable in your life....
and the one thing I will never ever forget...
I will never forget to love you....
for longer than forever!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A SIMPLE AND SHORT ADVISE

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: A SIMPLE AND SHORT ADVISE: Perhaps every parent would do anything for their kids...sometimes the challenge is not to go overboard...... Well...off to work... to my f...

A SIMPLE AND SHORT ADVISE

Perhaps every parent would do anything for their kids...sometimes the challenge is not to go overboard......
Well...off to work...
to my friends who are parents like me.....
Love your child in the best way that you know how.....just love them with everything you've got...give your time, and your attention to them...then pray for them.
To all kids.....
love your parents, they exist and continue to fight, because of you...respect them, honor them, and make them feel that you are appreciative of their love...then pray for them also.
Have a great evening my friends!
God bless all of us!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: MONDAYS

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My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: BLAMELESS?

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MONDAYS

MONDAYS

We usually hate Mondays....on this day we go back to work after a weekend, we bring the kids to and from school again....we anticipate the traffic, the work load, the expenses...and we are exhausted even before our day officially s

tarts.

This morning as per our usual practice I bless Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie before they leave the car. There were extra-blessings today because it was the periodical exams.

As Lizzie is only in Kinder 2, I, and Dinah, bring her directly to her classroom. As we were about to leave, Lizzie runs to me and asks me to bless her again...so I said ....

"God bless you and keep you....God make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you...God lift His countenance on you and give you peace. May God listen your prayers and may He answer you when you call on Him. May he help you with your test, may He give you the concentration that you need. May he protect you from all forms of evil, danger and harm and illnesses. May He always remind you that we love you so much and may He also make you feel His great love for you. I love you baby." ...And then I kiss her...then she flashes me her sweetest smile and says..."God bless you too my daddy. Love you!"....

And then Monday isn't so bad anymore!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: BLAMELESS?

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: BLAMELESS?: BLAMELESS? If I start smoking, drinking and gambling...then my son or even my daughters grow up doing the same things....am I not to bla...

BLAMELESS?

BLAMELESS?

If I start smoking, drinking and gambling...then my son or even my daughters grow up doing the same things....am I not to blame?

Let's take it a notch higher....if I steal and cheat...and then my children become politicians and do the same....should I not hate myself?

I asked these questions...because last night I saw our dear President in the news, and when asked if he would stop sm

oking, he said, he would not, because it was not against the law and he was not encouraging anyone!

I am an avid supported of the president, not of everything he does, but in general I support him...but this was an idiotic answer from a smart person...an irresponsible response from a responsible person!

He further says that his job is a stressful one and so, as many smokers have claimed, smoking helps them to cope up with the stress....

First of all, there is nothing in the components of cigarettes that can help remove anyone's stress....this belief is all in the mind....and tragically, while their perceived benefits are purely psychological, their known and accepted harmful effects, are physical and ever so real!

But what makes me hate and question his answer is this....when you become the President of a nation, you become the father or the mother of that nation...and you are suppose to set the example, not only to every government employee, not only to every voter, but more importantly, to the youth who look up to you as someone they'd like to imitate and emulate.

If as father, I can control my urges for the sake of my kids.....then the president, whether it is ordered by the law or not, should do the same..for the nation and his horde of followers.

The better answer from him should've been,..."I know it is wrong, I will try to stop it, it's not going to be easy...but I will, because I will show all of you, that if I can stop smoking...then you all can do it."

For every person who may get COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and eventually die of this disease or lung cancer....for every child who starts the habit of smoking....can our dear president really maintain that he is blameless?

God bless our president! God bless our people!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: I JUST TOLD THEM TO PRAY

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: I JUST TOLD THEM TO PRAY: I JUST TOLD THEM TO PRAY Yesterday, Lizzie and her classmates at Kinder-2 had their photos taken...after that I, together with Dinah , Li...

I JUST TOLD THEM TO PRAY

I JUST TOLD THEM TO PRAY

Yesterday, Lizzie and her classmates at Kinder-2 had their photos taken...after that I, together with Dinah, Lizzie and Mary Nicole, proceeded to have breakfast at McDonald's...
When we got there, one of Lizzie's classmates, together with his dad was already there, after a few minutes two more of Lizzie's classmates, with their respective moms arrived at McDonald's also.

With their moms still ordering their food, the kids were left with us.....people were starting to look in the direction of our table and were smiling because these were small kids talking animatedly about anything under the sun and laughing and having a great time.....
Before their moms got back and before we had to leave....I spoke to Lizzie's classmates...and this is what I told them....
"Do you pray at night?"....
and they said...."We pray at school."....
and I told them..."You have to pray at night also, at home or anywhere you are. Never forget to pray. Ask anything from Jesus, He is your friend."....
They listened intently for a while, they smiled at me, and then they continued with what they were doing....

The other night, on my way to work,...as usual I had texted Nicole, Niccolo, Lizzie and Dinah....expressing my love for them and blessing them and reminding them to pray......
With my wife...I also text her my thanks for keeping up with us.....
That particular night, I also texted this to Lizzie....
"Dad has a tummy ache, but has to work. Daddy loves his little girl so much. Pray! God bless!"...
All of them would text me back....Lizzie texted this...
"I love you soooo much daddy and good night and God bless!" ....but unbeknownst to me....
the minute Lizzie received my text about my having a tummy ache...she immediately went in front of a mini altar in our room and kneeled down to pray that her daddy gets better....
I was so....it's quite hard to put what I felt into words...I just felt fortunate and so blessed.

A lot of Lizzie's classmates talk to me, they think of me as their friend...so while I could've just laughed and played with them....I thought it was the perfect opportunity to talk to them about the need and the beauty of praying.....
and I think, that although they went back to talking and laughing.....
On sleepless nights or even on ordinary nights, they may remember....
that Uncle Jonathan or Tito Doc had told them .."To Pray!"

God bless everyone and keep on praying!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HORRIBLE NANNIES

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: HORRIBLE NANNIES: HORRIBLE NANNIES OR FETCHERS First off...this piece was not written to discriminate against anybody....I wrote this to warn parents who ...

HORRIBLE NANNIES

HORRIBLE NANNIES OR FETCHERS

First off...this piece was not written to discriminate against anybody....I wrote this to warn parents who have put so much trust in their "yayas" or nannies.

Some of these nannies have become friends, both to me and to my wife, Dinah, since we fetch our kids from school every day, we get to interact with a lot of them, and most of them are very respectful to us and

very caring of their "alaga" or the child they take care of.....but....some of them can just be uncaring, rude, cruel and even horrible to the child they take care of.

Some instances I and my wife have witnessed....

(1) A Nanny berating, yelling and insulting the child, not caring that the child is embarrassed because it is done in front of her friends and her classmates....it is given that some of these kids are quite a handful, but it is still not acceptable to treat them that shabbily or that harshly.

(2) A Nanny pulling a child recklessly or painfully by the hands or by the arms, almost dragging them, and the "alaga" ends up crying, both from the pain and from the embarrassment.

(3) A Nanny texting on her cell while her "alaga" is already several steps in front of her, or worst, behind her....Can you imagine what would happen if the child gets hit by a school bus, or is kidnapped?

(4) A Nanny who, probably, worried that her pants might get dirty, sits on her "alaga's" shoes, when she could have sat on her own sandals. As a result the shoes of her "alaga" becomes flat and deformed. My wife sits on the floor and takes extra care that my Lizzie's shoes are well preserved, so that she may wear it for at least a year. This particular "yaya" chose to preserve her own sandals.

(5) Nannies who feed their "alagas" in the school playground, while they are playing, unmindful of the risk of choking, because they will be running, riding the see-saw and the slides with food inside their mouths....
and also, not caring about the hazards it present to other kids as well....let me explain this....
The floor of the playground is made of rubber, or grass-rubber. I witnessed this particular "yaya" following a child inside the playground and dropping the container of food because she was bumped by another kid....so there was rice and viand with sauce all around the playground floor....The "yaya", for a while tried to get all the rice out, but stopped halfway...so the food particles she left on the ground will stick to the rubber and lead to an ant and cockroach infestation....
There is a big poster on the wall that details the dos and don'ts inside the playground...and one of them is eating inside the playground...
On several occasions, the chinese head teacher would reprimand the "yayas" about this, but they would persist to do it, the minute she leaves.
When did they become this brazen and this rude?

So my advice to all parents....it's okay and really quite convenient to get a "yaya" or a nanny, but don't leave them alone with your kids too often, sometimes instead of learning to love your kid, the opposite happens....and your kids are hurt, physically, mentally and even emotionally.

Don't get me wrong, a lot of the Nannies are heaven sent, the nanny that my sister, Adeline had was very good and caring to her, but then I was always there to watch over my sister as well.....My kids' (Mary Mary Nicole, Niccolo and Lizzie) past nannies have been very patient and kind also.....
but some of the nannies are the opposite of "heaven sent"....
They are just horrible!

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: VERY SAD...VERY DISAPPOINTED

My Life....MY Heart....My Thoughts: VERY SAD...VERY DISAPPOINTED: Very sadly and very disappointingly surprised this morning..... As I was walking down the school path with Lizzie and my wife, I heard 2 ...

VERY SAD...VERY DISAPPOINTED

Very sadly and very disappointingly surprised this morning.....

As I was walking down the school path with Lizzie and my wife, I heard 2 students, probably grade 2-4, they were directly at my back, and they were talking about basketball, rather loudly,.....then one of them says P_t_ng I_a, so I just looked at him and I said...."Ang lutong mo naman magmura, umagang-umaga!"...Guess what these 2 kid

s did?....
They continued talking and even almost laughing at me, as we were about to part ways, the other kid even took a parting shot at me...he said something about saying bad words....and he laughed at me.....
These were 8 -10 year old kids, studying in a Chinese Catholic School. I looked at the other kid closely, the one who said something about bad words, and I recognized a strong resemblance to another kid I know who says bad words like it was the most natural thing in the world....then I understood....I guess if the big brother does it often and gets away with it, what can we expect from the younger brother?

During my time, when I was their age or even younger, or older, I would be very embarrassed and even a little frightened if I an older person took notice of something wrong that I did, I would've said...."Sorry po Uncle!" or simply bowed and kept my mouth shut...but that's me.....and my generation...I'm sure my batch mates would've done the same.

Sad to say, the way these 2 kids acted....no big surprise for most people anymore!
They were not sorry! They were not embarrassed! They made fun of me!

Well....I am sorry for them!....Some of our kids are brought up thinking that money is everything...that you can be uncouth, ill mannered, bad mouthed, offensive and disrespectful, even be liars and cheaters...as long as you become rich....a lot of our politicians are brought up that way!

Well again, I am sorry for the kids...not so much for the parents..."You reap what you sow!"
You plant the seeds, you're supposed to water it with love, with lectures on honesty, decency, right manners and proper conduct, you tell them to be respectful....and the most important and most vital ingredient...you teach them about God..you teach them to pray....and you be the best example for them.....if they still end up rotten after this....then at least you've done your best.

Like I've said often....
The youth of today, some of them can give you cause for fear and despair...
but a lot of them still give you reason to hope and to believe...
that they are indeed our best chance for a better world!