nice song... great lines

A line from the Alchemist book of Paolo Coehlo:

When everyday seems the same, it is because we have stopped realizing the good things that appear in our life...

A line from the book Tuesdays with Morrie:

Life is a series of pulls, back and forth. You want to do something, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know you shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, yet you know you should not take anthing for granted...

A song from the Wedding Singer, performed by Adam Sandler

I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you
I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you
I'll miss you
Kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold
Need you
Feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control
So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

cadbury chocolate salmonella scare

I love chocolates and Cadbury is one of my favorite! Recently, there had been emails and text messages circulating about the salmonella in cadbury.

Have read the news in the Internet about this.

More than a million Cadbury chocolate bars are to be removed from shelves amid fears that they may be contaminated with salmonella. The products affected are Dairy Milk Turkish (250g), Dairy Milk Caramel (250g), Dairy Milk Mint (250g), Dairy Milk 8 chunk, the 1kg Dairy Milk, the 105 gram chocolate button Easter egg, and the 10 pence 'Freddo' bar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5112470.stm

on destiny

Destiny is not a matter of chance;
but a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for,
It is a thing to be achieved.
-- William Jennings Bryant

I wish I had more... wishing I could easily change situations. Life had made me different... a far cry from the person I wanted to be.
Living had never been easy... oftentimes thinking and questioning my destiny, the choice I had made. Finding myself in the dark, finding it difficult to stand up. Wanting to paint life with colors... wanting to revise and create a new version.

Happy Birthday Mama

my reflection

It was about 12 midnight and I am still awake. Turned on the PC and decided to make a scrapbook. Browsed through our pictures a year ago. Happy with the realization I had seen. How I look so fresh, the radiance in my eyes and the good body shape I wear. That wa just a year ago. Have I changed now that I've given birth a few months back? Yes. I've gained more than 10 pounds and I need a hair makeover. Whew! I am not vain. But of course, I have to take extra care on myself.

my good heart

Michelle sent me a message yesterday. She told me that she still wants to befriend me after what had happened between us... that she feel that I am a good person, but because of the people around us and the situation we are into, we always end up having confrontations.

That was weird. What are her reasons this time? I am in a good mood yesterday, so I decided to tell her that if it's right, if she had truly let go of the past, if this is not a bluff, well maybe then we could be friends.

And I thank her for reaching out. I am really thankful. Yet, I knew the personality of this person. I am preparing myself for another dose of her extreme bitterness towards me. I don't know, maybe she just wanted to know something this time.

And I am being careful. I've learned my lessons. I knew what kind of person she is.
But I am being real.

raining randomness

It was raining hard today when I woke up. How I wanted to crawl back in my bed. Well, just lucky I have no problem going to work. Thankful for my father's car.

My random ramblings for the past days:

July 5
+ 9pm at Baywalk with my kids, sisters and nephew
+ transferred to Harbor Square
+ midnight snack at Iceberg's

July 9
+ visited mommy lola & daddy lolo
+ my kids received money
+ got to see cute baby Fiona, kuya's daughter

July 10
+ Monday, glad I was not late
+ had some chit-chats with a girl working in the same building I am

united 93

Watched the advance screening of the movie, United 93 at Glorietta 4 last night. Here's some of the reviews and synopsis I had read in the Internet:

United 93 tells the story of the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, the fourth plane hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001. It begins with a scene of a man praying softly in Arabic. It ends in the chaos of a falling airliner, with the ground spinning up as passengers fight for control with hijackers.

The scenes take us in real time from takeoff to the hijacking to the realization by those on-board that their plane was part of a coordinated attack against the United States. The previous three planes had already hit their targets, the two World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. United 93 was aimed for the Nation's Capital in Washington, but before the target was reached, the passengers aboard learned what had already been happening on the ground through use of cell and air phones. Realizing they had only one chance to survive or, at the very least, stop the terrorists from achieving their goal, these passengers rose up and attacked the terrorists, causing the plane to crash and avoid further destruction.

We see the pilots stroll casually to work, checking the controls, chatting amiably. Capt. Jason M. Dahl (actual United pilot JJ Johnson) plans to take his wife to London for their anniversary. First officer Leroy Horner (pilot Gary Commock) has an 11-month-old baby just beginning to sleep through the night. We listen to the flight attendants gossip ("She's got a crush on that maintenance man") and overhear the passengers make small talk ("I've got three kids at home").

People on board are ordinary travelers on the flight headed for San Francisco. Using airphones and cell phones, they learn of the attacks on the twin towers, and realize that they must act, not only for themselves, but for the sake of innocent people on the ground. there is one terrorists who have been the pilot, waited and seemed reluctant, but then he's willing to die. if it had not been for the 30minutes delay, they must have reached their target. The famous cry, “let’s roll” is spoken, not as a battle cry, but as a resolute statement, when there is no choice but to act. Later in the film, the passengers pray in the face of danger. In an ironic way, terrorists and passengers are united in prayer. Regardless of our faith tradition, we turn to prayer.

British filmmaker Paul Greengrass has done an admirable job bringing this sensitive story to the screen. It is a fitting tribute to ordinary people caught up in a tragedy they could never have predicted. It focus on our common humanity, and the heroic courage of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances . It does not try to explain or condemn. It is designed as a tale of heroism, but we understand it as a tale of terror.

http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011028flt93mainstoryp7.asp
http://unitedheroes.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/thepilot/note.html

I have read and learned more about the September 11, 2201 incident, biographies of those in flight 93, the terrorists and the three planes that have reached their target. I could say that this is a heartbreaking yet remarkable film. The people in the flight had gained my respect.

this time

Oh there might have been time to be me
For myself, for myself
There's so many things that she wishes
She don't even know what she's missin'
And that's how she knows that she missed
-Sandra, Barry Manilow

I cry. Though tears are not enough. Tears and feelings doesn't count anymore. Regrets. I can't go back. Questions. I knew the answer somehow. There's no sense feeling the hurt. Just need to be strong. This is life. Deep breathe...