I recently posted a forwarded email, Tequila and Salt. I thought it was nice, but have to say that I disagree with it's statement that it is 100% true for the following reasons:
1. I think that only insecure or jealous people hate someone because they want to be just like them. I think I've known people who didn't like me or tried to put me down cause they thought there was something about me that they wanted, and that's too bad cause everyone has good and bad points, and I didn't think I was better... For me, I usually like people very much when I want to be like them in some way.
2. People do hate for reasons other than wanting to be like someone else combined with being jealous or insecure. I find that when someone often puts me down to my face and/or behind my back (and even causes others to snob me who don't even know me at all) when all I've done is try to be nice, and this goes on for a long time in spite of the efforts I make to befriend him/her, I start to want to avoid him/her and, in some cases, feel hatred towards that person in spite of my efforts not to. It's terrible to hate, but it's very hard to figure out how to hate the sin but love the sinner in such situations:-(. I'm still working on that. Another reason I would be tempted to hate would be if someone were to wrong me many times and never try to make things right or be sorry or care at all or even see that they've done wrong. You who are reading this can probably think of reasons you would be tempted to hate.
3. Sorry, but I'm not a Tequila fan. If you want to bring some over when life hands you lemons, go ahead. Otherwise, just bring the lemons and we can put salt onto them and eat them:-).
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I received this in one of those emails that people keep sending on. I think it's kind of nice.
Tequila and Salt
This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.
1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
So.........If you are a loving friend, send this to everyone. And always remember.... when life hands you Lemons, ask for Tequila and Salt and call me over! Good friends are like stars........ You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
'Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another.'
I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truck load when I'm gone.
....Don't you know the phrase 'stop and smell the flowers'?
Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going
Tequila and Salt
This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.
1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
So.........If you are a loving friend, send this to everyone. And always remember.... when life hands you Lemons, ask for Tequila and Salt and call me over! Good friends are like stars........ You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
'Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another.'
I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truck load when I'm gone.
....Don't you know the phrase 'stop and smell the flowers'?
Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going
Friday, December 14, 2007
We were in an earthquake while waiting for our food at a restaurant on top of SM Baguio. It didn't do any damage as far as I know, but, because of the 7 point earthquake that killed about 5000 in 1991, all of the students immediately suspended school for the rest of the day, and the streets became very crowded.
Monday, December 10, 2007
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence (unabridged) by Edith Wharton. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1997. [ED. Glenn Mott. Dover Thrift Editions]
This book was originally published in 1920.
Two ideas stand out to me from reading this book:
1) This is a story of a man who got married to someone that he realized was exactly the same as everyone else in New York society when he met her cousin, the Countess Olenska. He fell in love with the countess because, as in the end, he said of her, “Lovely? I don’t know. She was different” (230).
His son replied, “Ah—there you have it! That’s what it always comes to, doesn’t it? When she comes, she’s different—and one doesn’t know why” (230-231).
When I read that, it occurred to me that the reason I fell in love with the man that I married was because I felt that he was different, and different in a good way. I still feel that way about him, and have always thought that even if my feelings for him fade or die, I’ll still like him because of who he is: he’s different.
2) This is also the story of the same man who found joy and self-respect after he choose to give up the countess and be faithful to his wife and children. Though he had also had to live with the regret of marrying someone who kept his horizons narrow because of her own blindness to the possibilities in life (and lack of imagination and the inability to grow as a person), and of never again seeing the woman he thought was different and felt passionately about, he had really mourned for his wife later in life when she passed away. It seems that he had developed a love for her by choosing to love her. His thought ultimately was, “Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites” (225).
This idea is also given in John 15:10-11:
“If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.”
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
2 pesos- pee (ihi), 3 pesos- poop (dumi)
Scene 1
CR (restroom) attendant: Hello, sir. Will it be pee or poop?
customer: pee
CR attendant: that will be 2 pesos
Scene 2
CR attendant: Pee or poop, sir?
customer: poop
cr attendant: that will be 3 pesos, sir
Scene 3
CR attendant: Hello. Pee or poop?
customer: both
CR attendant: ok, that will be 5 pesos, sir
customer: 5? But I thought the pee was included with the poop.
CR attendant: No, we charge separately for pee and poop.
customer: Then why is poop more expensive than pee?
CR (restroom) attendant: Hello, sir. Will it be pee or poop?
customer: pee
CR attendant: that will be 2 pesos
Scene 2
CR attendant: Pee or poop, sir?
customer: poop
cr attendant: that will be 3 pesos, sir
Scene 3
CR attendant: Hello. Pee or poop?
customer: both
CR attendant: ok, that will be 5 pesos, sir
customer: 5? But I thought the pee was included with the poop.
CR attendant: No, we charge separately for pee and poop.
customer: Then why is poop more expensive than pee?
Scene 4
CR attendant: Hello. Will it be pee or poop?
foreign customer: both
CR attendant: 5 pesos, sir
foreign customer: Never mind, I'll just pee.
CR attendant: OK, 2 pesos, sir. And 1 peso per toot.
foreign customer: Uh, 1 peso per toot?
CR attendant: Yes, and 1 dollar for a long toot.
foreign customer: That's okay, I'll just toot over there under that tree first.
CR attendant: Ok, 2 pesos then.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Tagged! 38 Questions
1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? my husband, he always makes me laugh
2. What were you doing at 0800? I was trying to drag myself out of bed so that we wouldn't be late.
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Eating and boiling water for tea in a 220 kettle plugged into a 125 outlet. The water took forever.
4. What happened to you in 2006? I got engaged:-).
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? hi-gam
6. How many beverages did you have today? green tea, herbal tea, and water
7. What color is your hairbrush? I have a white brush that a friend gave me many years ago.
8. What was the last thing you paid for? I paid my husband p500 cause I used his money to buy a new sweater and purse.
9. Where were you last night? In a dorm room.
10. What color is your front door? dark brown, even darker than my husband:-)
11. Where do you keep your change? officially in a coin purse and a cup, but also in a drawer and sometimes in the bottom of my purse...or I give it to my husband
12. What’s the weather like today? signal 1 typhoon
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? I don't know. Cookie dough ice cream is good.
14. What excites you? traveling to different countries and places, buying tea (especially from specialteas.com), talking with friends, studying holistic nutrition
15. Do you want to cut your hair? I like having long hair cause it's easy form me to take care of, but I'm sometimes tempted to try a different style of long hair...
16. Are you over the age of 25? almost
17. Do you talk a lot? I'm usually introverted, but sometimes I talk a lot when I'm with friends. An occasional conversation with a stranger can be nice, too. But I find that when I'm not feeling well, I can't think of much to say even if I want to talk:-(.
18. Do you watch the O.C.? What's O.C.?
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? I have a cousin-in-law with that name, I think, but we call him Steve. I had a classmate named Steven. I've known other people with that name, too.
20. Do you make up your own words? yes
21. Are you a jealous person? no, generally not
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Allison
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. What about my friend whose name starts with C? That's almost the same as K, right? What about the other letters? I guess I can't include my other friends cause this is limited to K and A.
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? my husband
25. What does the last text message you received say? No....[sorry, I can't write it here, it's private]
26. Do you chew on your straw? I don't have straw, but if I get the urge, I chew on other things such as toothpicks etc:-)
27. Do you have curly hair? wavy hair
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Maybe I'll visit Korea next year.
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? maybe taxi drivers in Manila who refuse to give us a ride cause they don't want to go where we're going
30. What was the last thing you ate? Half of an apple. My husband ate the other half.
31. Will you get married in the future? I got married 7 months ago and plan to stay that way.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? I haven't seen one in the past two weeks.
33. Is there anyone you like right now? Yes, many people.
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? last week
35. Are you currently depressed? no
36. Did you cry today? no
37. Why did you answer and post this? I was tagged by Ganda. Now I'm in a dormatory with wireless and not that much to do:-).
38. 5 people you tag next?
2. What were you doing at 0800? I was trying to drag myself out of bed so that we wouldn't be late.
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Eating and boiling water for tea in a 220 kettle plugged into a 125 outlet. The water took forever.
4. What happened to you in 2006? I got engaged:-).
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? hi-gam
6. How many beverages did you have today? green tea, herbal tea, and water
7. What color is your hairbrush? I have a white brush that a friend gave me many years ago.
8. What was the last thing you paid for? I paid my husband p500 cause I used his money to buy a new sweater and purse.
9. Where were you last night? In a dorm room.
10. What color is your front door? dark brown, even darker than my husband:-)
11. Where do you keep your change? officially in a coin purse and a cup, but also in a drawer and sometimes in the bottom of my purse...or I give it to my husband
12. What’s the weather like today? signal 1 typhoon
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? I don't know. Cookie dough ice cream is good.
14. What excites you? traveling to different countries and places, buying tea (especially from specialteas.com), talking with friends, studying holistic nutrition
15. Do you want to cut your hair? I like having long hair cause it's easy form me to take care of, but I'm sometimes tempted to try a different style of long hair...
16. Are you over the age of 25? almost
17. Do you talk a lot? I'm usually introverted, but sometimes I talk a lot when I'm with friends. An occasional conversation with a stranger can be nice, too. But I find that when I'm not feeling well, I can't think of much to say even if I want to talk:-(.
18. Do you watch the O.C.? What's O.C.?
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? I have a cousin-in-law with that name, I think, but we call him Steve. I had a classmate named Steven. I've known other people with that name, too.
20. Do you make up your own words? yes
21. Are you a jealous person? no, generally not
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Allison
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. What about my friend whose name starts with C? That's almost the same as K, right? What about the other letters? I guess I can't include my other friends cause this is limited to K and A.
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? my husband
25. What does the last text message you received say? No....[sorry, I can't write it here, it's private]
26. Do you chew on your straw? I don't have straw, but if I get the urge, I chew on other things such as toothpicks etc:-)
27. Do you have curly hair? wavy hair
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? Maybe I'll visit Korea next year.
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? maybe taxi drivers in Manila who refuse to give us a ride cause they don't want to go where we're going
30. What was the last thing you ate? Half of an apple. My husband ate the other half.
31. Will you get married in the future? I got married 7 months ago and plan to stay that way.
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? I haven't seen one in the past two weeks.
33. Is there anyone you like right now? Yes, many people.
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? last week
35. Are you currently depressed? no
36. Did you cry today? no
37. Why did you answer and post this? I was tagged by Ganda. Now I'm in a dormatory with wireless and not that much to do:-).
38. 5 people you tag next?
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Sunday, November 18, 2007
My Dream: A Line To Death By Junk Food
I had a dream a long time ago, maybe when I was sixteen, but I still remember it very well. I didn’t know much about nutrition and health when I had the dream. I’ve added my interpretation at the end.
I saw a television hanging from the ceiling flashing colorful pictures of all kinds of junk food so quickly that my eye could only catch some of the images. A voice was explaining that all of the children in the nation had to be put to death because they ate junk food and it had been decided that junk food must not exist anymore. I think I was surprised and confused when I heard that in my dream. I went to the place where children were sitting on four seats along the wall. The seats were going up and down alternatively. Children were sitting on them and lined up behind them. Whenever the child on the first seat was taken to be killed, everyone would move up. I sat down on the forth seat, then moved up to the third seat. Suddenly I thought, “Wait a minute! I’m not just going to let myself be killed!”
I then ran out of that building and into another where several of the older people from church were standing. One of them asked in an alarmed voice, “You’re not going to be put to death, too, are you?”
I replied that I was trying to hide, and hoped that I wouldn’t be. I wasn’t sure it would be safe there, and ran out to my car, slouched down into the driver’s seat, and put a blanket over me. I soon realized that no one was after me, and no one would come to take me to be put to death. The only way I would be killed would be if I were to go back and stand in the line to die.
Now, after this dream has rolled around in my head for several years, I think that its overall moral is that it’s dumb to do something that we know could harm us. This is an obvious truth, but it must be one of the hardest to follow. In my dream, we were like cattle lining up to be slaughtered, and it must be almost the same when we do things that hurt ourselves or have bad consequences. The problem is, if we aren’t aware that something is bad for us, think that we have no choice but to go along with it and reap the consequences like everyone else, or prefer short-term happiness over long-term joy and success, then we will never be aware of how free we are to choose a different path. I didn't know I could choose to live rather than to die until after I ran.
It seems that this was specifically applied to junk food in my dream. If junk food harms us, as in this dream, then eating it all the time could be like standing in the line to be put to death, or at least to develop poor health, get sick, contract a disease, or develop a nutritional deficiency. I eat junk food, too, but not nearly as much as I did before I was more aware of the connection between nutrition and health, and I’m going to start eating even less of it now.
I saw a television hanging from the ceiling flashing colorful pictures of all kinds of junk food so quickly that my eye could only catch some of the images. A voice was explaining that all of the children in the nation had to be put to death because they ate junk food and it had been decided that junk food must not exist anymore. I think I was surprised and confused when I heard that in my dream. I went to the place where children were sitting on four seats along the wall. The seats were going up and down alternatively. Children were sitting on them and lined up behind them. Whenever the child on the first seat was taken to be killed, everyone would move up. I sat down on the forth seat, then moved up to the third seat. Suddenly I thought, “Wait a minute! I’m not just going to let myself be killed!”
I then ran out of that building and into another where several of the older people from church were standing. One of them asked in an alarmed voice, “You’re not going to be put to death, too, are you?”
I replied that I was trying to hide, and hoped that I wouldn’t be. I wasn’t sure it would be safe there, and ran out to my car, slouched down into the driver’s seat, and put a blanket over me. I soon realized that no one was after me, and no one would come to take me to be put to death. The only way I would be killed would be if I were to go back and stand in the line to die.
Now, after this dream has rolled around in my head for several years, I think that its overall moral is that it’s dumb to do something that we know could harm us. This is an obvious truth, but it must be one of the hardest to follow. In my dream, we were like cattle lining up to be slaughtered, and it must be almost the same when we do things that hurt ourselves or have bad consequences. The problem is, if we aren’t aware that something is bad for us, think that we have no choice but to go along with it and reap the consequences like everyone else, or prefer short-term happiness over long-term joy and success, then we will never be aware of how free we are to choose a different path. I didn't know I could choose to live rather than to die until after I ran.
It seems that this was specifically applied to junk food in my dream. If junk food harms us, as in this dream, then eating it all the time could be like standing in the line to be put to death, or at least to develop poor health, get sick, contract a disease, or develop a nutritional deficiency. I eat junk food, too, but not nearly as much as I did before I was more aware of the connection between nutrition and health, and I’m going to start eating even less of it now.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
tree beans (i forgot the name)
These are beans that grow on trees in the village. They're very delicious and flavorful. I ate a lot of them when we were there.
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