Goodbye, KFC?

I stumbled over this link at KC's Multiply Account.

I feel for the chicken and even if I wanted to take this as a joke and laugh, I can't seem to do it.

I'm starting to feel GUILTY!!!

Oh, no!? Say goodbye to chicken? Mmmmhh...I can't tell. I'm not sure!

But anyhow, here's the link: http://www.subservientchicken.com/

THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY...

I got this from my "Inbox". Thanks, Wilver.

Nice and TRUE. ;)

Read on and see if you can relate...

I do.


In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with... and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with whom everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little nicetiest of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big;inconsequentials become deal breakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.

If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away."

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehowand you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end,to be able to say to someone.. "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."

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Coffee muna, dear?

I’m a COFFEE person!

And can consume 3-5 cups a day at that. ;)

I started drinking coffee since my early years when our lolos and lolas, nanays and tatays would tell us that drinking coffee would make us “mango!”

Really now.

Oh well…'Missing my morning coffee upon arriving at the hotel with Tibiao's Butter Toast bought from Nong Ciloy's store!...I really just miss those coffee-moments with Nang Gemma…Blue Jay meet ups after a private concert at MO2 with 4Season ka-berks…I love the ol’ del Rio’s Cappucino Freeze! Yummy!

But nothing beats coffee-time at home with matching “tinanok” na saging or biscocho and pan de leche…

Mmmmmhh….can’t wait to sit and talk a while, in a one world of…ooops!

By the way check out the following links! ‘Guess tried looking for some justification for that 3-5 cups consumption a day…hehe…


http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-food
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/coffee_health_risk.htm

For Dudi, Tetet & Dicky...

You're so far away,

but you're here

in my heart every day.

I know how lucky I am

to have sisters like you.

You're not just family,

but my BEST FRIENDS*, too.

I only wish that

you lived closer to me,

so we could get together

to share a cup of coffee*.

But even though you're not here,

it's such a good feeling

to know you're out there...

sharing and caring

and making each day,

so much brighter

in your own special way.

All of the warmth you send

shines through,

and there will always be

a place in my heart for all* of you.

Original Poem "My Sister", written and designed

by Bobette Bryan, 2003

*Added by Blog Author

The Power of Pen, err...Blog!

I’ve written something about the Untold Stories here in Dubai. I was writing about my personal experience and observation…and as it has to come from my blog, you could say it was an honest to goodness piece. I ONLY wanted to share. I was glad to hear from Mr. Editor that they will have it published in The News Today and was pretty excited. A career in the making? I was proud to see my work printed in one if not, the most read newspaper in Iloilo and even the whole world as they have their own website (www.thenewstoday.info). Until…

I was able to chat with a friend just yesterday and was pretty excited to ask how things are going when we came to the topic of her plan coming to Dubai. I was quite disturbed to learn that she started to have some doubts of pursuing her plans after reading my article!

As mentioned, I ONLY WANTED TO SHARE but it never crossed my mind that I will in anyway affect someone’s decision. I even doubt, there will be people who will read what I have written! Just then I have realized when we speak of “the power of pen”.

Only then I have remembered and thought of the responsibility carried by every "writer" whenever they start on an article may it be a headline, article in a column or even a showbiz piece! How words can affect one’s feelings and thoughts!

I never wanted to stop my kabayans in dreaming and getting here in Dubai. Defensive? I may sound one but I would like to believe, I’m not.

For I always believe that at the end of each day, it will still be ‘you and yourself’ alone who will decide on how you will shape up your life…Don’t let others (especially other people’s blog!) determine your future.

As Bea Saw of PBB said, “Follow your dreams…GO!”

Utang na Loob...NO MORE!

It was an opportunity that does not come to many…going abroad and being helped by your “TITO”. Or so I thought.

I was excited…an answer to our prayer. I’ll be able to work abroad, earn bigger and be able to help the family back home. Yes? No.

First shock came upon arrival. Querida? In-house? Oh no! But what can I do? Even I, who is a self-proclaimed querida-hater can do nothing but makisama…or otherwise, where do I go? What can I do? But be bulag, pipi and bingi.

Time passes by and reality strikes! My so called-Tito’s true color day by day comes out…but again, what could we do? But listen to his tales and live with hell!

Alas! Pinalayas…Yes, we were thrown out of the house because of his querida’s dramatic performance. Talking behind her back? Get real woman! There are far better things to talk about than your whore-living!

Sad? No. We were actually happy. Excited even to be out of the so called Bahay ni Kuya and savor our freedom…or was it?

Came another shock! The supposedly help was actually an UTANG! LOAN! CASH ADVANCE! CREDIT! Ok, just think of all the related words to this…Utang na loob becomes real, REAL UTANG! Not that I was not planning to give back his help…I’m even planning to pay up more than just!

Go abroad and earn big and help family back home? Hah! How can I? When I actually came here P41,000.00 poorer when all along I thought, I will become richer!

Tsk! Tsk!

Life.

But then again, I’m glad it happened soon…We were enlightened even before we got blind of one monstrous being.

Paying one’s kindness is impossible as you can never place any cost of amount to that kindness….Thanks God, it’s Utang Na Loob, NO MORE!

Now, let me count my extra fils here to save up and pay up that P41,000.00!

Help Save the Earth!

Mother Earth is calling out for you!
REDUCE.

REUSE.

RECYCLE.

Visit http://www.greenpeace.org/
Let's do our share before things become TOO LATE!

Prayer for Strength

"O Source of Mercy, give us the grace to show forbearance to those who offend against us. When the wrongs and injustices of others wound us, may our hearts not despair of human good. May no trial, however severe, embitter our souls and destroy our trust. When beset by trouble and sorrow, our mothers and fathers put on the armor of faith and fortitude. May we too find strength to meet adversity with quiet courage and unshaken will."