Strange, isn’t it? February 28, 2006
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1. Isn’t it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
2. Isn’t it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you’re at church, and how short they seem when you’re watching a good movie?
3. Isn’t it strange that you can’t find a word to say when you’re praying, but you have 
no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
4. Isn’t it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
5. Isn’t it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
6. Isn’t it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events at the last minute?
7. Isn’t it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
8. Isn’t it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?
9. Isn’t it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don’t want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
10. Isn’t it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?
IT’S STRANGE ISN’T IT?
Deep Friendship… February 27, 2006
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Deep Friendship doesn't come from how many times when friends wer together or how happy they were.
It's the time when you never see them and yet keep on believing that the friendship will always stay.
- Juvy
Find Time to Thank People… February 22, 2006
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Find time to thank people who are good to you.
Tell them you appreciate all the things they do to make you happy…
That's why I'm sending you this message.
To say Thank You for being nice.
- Juvy
Keanna-isms on Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition February 16, 2006
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Keanna: “Di ko alam na pinag-uusapan ako kasi ba’t naman ako nila
paguusapan? di ko naman bertdey”
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Keanna: “Andami kong pimples wala kasing moisturizer eh”
Rico: “Ano ?”
Keanna: ” Bakukang..andami kong bakukang( pertaining to her
pimples)”
Rico: ” Anong bakukang?”
Keanna: “Insekto..(tapos sabay hipo sa mukha niya)”
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Keanna” “Buti na lang pinaligo na tayo, akala ko kasi sa Sabado pa
puwedeng maligo. Paano kaya sila matutulog non?”
( now, i dont get this. tayo tapos sila?)
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Keanna to Koya: (About not taking bath) Pakiramdam ko po kasi hindi
na ako FRESH.
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Keanna: “Rustrum!!”
Roxie: “Rustom hindi Rustrum!”
Keanna: *deadma mode” pakealam mo? mayaman ako sa letter R!
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Some excerpts from Pinoy Big Brother and Keanna Reeves.
You can just love her for being herself.
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Keanna: (habang nagwawalis) “Hindi ako makatulog na madumi ang bahay
kasi. tapos mahilig pa kayong magkape. gusto ko tuloy kayong paluin”
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Keanna: Ang hirap kaya mag-dishwasher
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Keanna ay nagpa-fashion show sa harap ng mga housemates
habang nagpo-pose:
Keanna – “Dapat pala ay mag-pouch ako”
Housemates – “Pout hindi pouch( tapos halakhakan)”
Keanna – “Eh ano yung pouch past tense”
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RULE: Bawal galawin ang furnitures ng wala akong pahintulot
Keanna: edi bawal pala gamitin yung rocking chair? kasi gagalaw yun
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Keanna: “John Prats! John Prats! Kunin mo nga yung chicken.”
(hahhahahahh! Full name talaga? )
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Keanna: (from the rule book) si big bra.. brother ang magbibigay sa
inyo ng mga kakailanganing gamit…(thinks)… e bat di natin makita
ung kamay ni
big bradir eh sya pla magbibigay( sbay twa sila..)
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ZANJOE: Yung kapatid ko ZANDRO…
KEANNA: Lahat kayo start sa ‘S’??
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Keanna: “Ay naku wala na pag-asa tayo mag-modern times. Ito pa din
ang toothbrush…Talagang back to BISIKS tayo
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Keanna – “Streppers ako” (stripper)
Cupid Works Overtime in RP Call Centers February 14, 2006
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By Volt Contreras
Inquirer
WHAT is love like in the time of call centers?
It’s about going on dates in the morning, obviously the only time available for couples or spouses who work in these high-tech firms while the rest of the city sleeps.
It’s also about seduction, infidelity and other dangerous games of the heart that thrive in the isolation of workstation cubicles.
Call centers are said to be one of today’s brightest spots in the economy, but they have their own share of dark secrets when it comes to office intimacy, according to insiders.
There have been so many extramarital affairs at one call center, for example, that its management finally cautioned its employees in a general assembly recently. According to one of the workers, the company owner himself gave “tips on how to make relationships last” — with legitimate partners, that is. For the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who work in such companies, the romance — illicit or not — must conform to their nocturnal schedules and altered body clocks.
Instead of moonlit walks or leisurely dinners, a quick morning bite at any 24-hour store or café would often do for the likes of Joyce and Paul Tabake, a young married couple who work in different call centers at about the same night-till-dawn slot.
She reports to Ambergris Solutions in the Ortigas Center in Pasig City while he to People Support in Makati City. Whenever she and her hubby go out on dates before coming home together from work, the metropolis is just starting its day and Cupid must still be curled up in his diapers.
In those hours, what spice and variety could the city possibly offer to such a bonding pair?
“It could be Starbucks, 7-11, Ministop or any fast-food chain that offers breakfast,” sighs Joyce, 24.
Good thing, she said, there’s now even a videoke bar in the Ortigas area that opens in the early morning for the benefit of call center people.
“It was a big challenge for our relationship because, initially, he was the only one working in a call center,” said Joyce, who used to be a freelance interior designer before deciding three years ago to join her husband in the same career path — and time zone.
“Now I understand his situation better,” said the wife, who admitted feeling insecure during those days — and nights — when her partner was often away amid “the different culture you encounter in a call center” and she was home alone in bed.
“We were reduced to being boarders in our own house and could only talk on the phone just before dawn. It was a great sacrifice,” she said.
Before their common jobs finally put them in sync, their communication deteriorated to one-liner “hellos” via text messages. He came home in the morning just when she was about to leave for her day job, and they could only go out on “real” dates during his days off, Joyce said.
Daytime dating
But now, at least they’re back solidly as a couple on an after-office stroll. The only difference being: “We have to be home and asleep by around 3 p.m.,” she said.
Of course, there are “advantages” to daytime dating, smiled Ricci de los Reyes, a supervisor at Teletec, a call center based in Pasay City.
“You can avoid the big crowds since you are the first to enter the malls and catch the day’s first movie screenings,” said Ricci, boyfriend to Andrea, a former officemate who is now with another call center.
Another hassle-free aspect is the ride home after the date. While the rest of the rat race gets stuck in traffic jams on the way to offices and factories, call center employees find themselves taking the opposite less-congested routes, Ricci noted.
Ricci observed that “it’s easier to fall in love with someone who is also working in (this) same industry. Your expectations from each other get cleared up right away.”
In fact, before he and Andrea went steady, they started out as rivals for a promotion and “hardly spoke” to each other. Eventually, they found a common path to their hearts just the same.
Only abnormal thing
“I’m confident we can continue with this lifestyle,” said Ricci, who intends to marry Andrea in April.
Perhaps the schedule is about “the only abnormal thing” about having a lover or suitor working in a call center, according to Cheska Javier, an assistant manager in another Makati-based center.
If one is in a regular 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. office job and the other does a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift in a call center, “that means you just have this window between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.” for trysts or courtship, she said.
And what about sex? “Margie,” wife of a call center night owl and mother of one, said it’s all about seizing the opportunity during her husband’s day off or (on weekdays) engaging in what the adventurous would knowingly refer to as “afternoon delights.”
Romance aside, though, there must be some other things “abnormal” about working in a caffeine-charged environment tailor-fit for insomniacs.
Breakfast is like dinner
As Joyce put it, “we take breakfast (after leaving work in the morning) but our bodies somewhat feel like it’s dinner.”
That’s because break time for call center workers on the night shift is strangely referred to as “lunch” even though it’s taken at around 3 a.m., she said.
“You miss prime time shows on TV, games, evening concerts and all that. You rev up for the night’s work with coffee and more coffee,” said Christopher Marasigan, an operations manager at Teletec, who together with Christopher met with the Inquirer at around 11 p.m. at a Starbucks near their office.
New recruits assigned to the graveyard shift complain of headaches before their bodies finally make the adjustment, he said. Pregnant women are moved to the day shift.
The majority acquire the smoking habit. “Nicotine helps keep you awake,” Ricci said, himself halfway through a cigarette during the interview.
Morning beer
For young, single male employees in their 20s like himself, there are 24-hour convenience stores where cold beer can be had in the morning. He has gotten used to having a for-the-road tipple with his buddies by midday that having an occasional drink in the evening “now makes me drunk much quicker.”
But for every Joyce and Paul, or Ricci and Andrea, who proudly declare love’s triumph in the seemingly haywire world of call centers, there are others who prefer to speak in whispers about the scandalous side of it all.
“Angel,” 22, said she had just been to one of the weirdest office assemblies on Saturday, when her Manila-based call center held a “talk” in time for Valentine’s Day. The reason: Management was “concerned” about the alarming cases of infidelity among the office workers.
She said the company owner himself spoke for about 45 minutes before the 100-plus agents who made up the staff to stress that he personally “values morality more than all the profits we can bring to the company.”
Unwanted pregnancies
Angel said she had about 10 female co-employees who were on leave because of “unwanted pregnancies” from extramarital affairs, some with their team leaders or supervisors who had families of their own.
Angel, who currently has a boyfriend not working in a call center, said she herself was being courted by an older married coworker.
His wooing, she said, comes leeringly with some kind of assurance that “it’s supposedly a natural thing in call centers to have a lover while you’re inside and another one outside, both at the same time.”
“Para lang daw masaya (Just for a little happiness),” she told the Inquirer.
Asked what she thought made her call center prone to such indecent overtures and liaisons, Angel said: “When you’re in one, you tend to spend more time with your coworkers than with your family or partner. You practically have a life nowhere else but there.”
Breaking Up February 13, 2006
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Where’s the relationship at?
Are you about to break up off or has it happened already? If you’re
about to, do it now. Don’t wait one more day to ease their pain or
yours. It’s not fair to you or the other person. If the relationship
has already ended, accept it and move on! Learning from your
experience.
Can you still be friends?
It’s the worst line ever! But seriously – can you be friends after a
break-up? Well – it depends. If the bond is deep it’s unlikely – it
may be too painful. The examples we find of people remaining friends
are those who split for some time – often married couples, and
relationships that involved no sex. If it’s someone you trust not to
manipulate your feelings then it may be possible.
You’ll need a cool-off period. This avoids things being said that may
be regretted or inhibit future friendship. When you make contact use
light conversation. Avoid confrontational talk or accusations such
as "why did you break up with me?" In time, you might ask them to
join you in a group but make sure it can’t be construed as a date.
Mend your broken heart!
There isn’t a sure-fire way to mend a broken heart but there’s
definitely things you can to do to make it feel lighter and ready for
new love. First, allow yourself to feel what you need to and take all
the time in the world to get over the person. For some people it may
only take a few weeks to move on and others years. The ideas below
are not meant to cover up your loss but rather to help your healing
process so you can move on and enjoy being single for a while!
Time to grieve
Remember, you just lost a loved one so grieving is the best thing you
can do. Afterwards move on! There are ways to do this successfully!
Things you might want to do include:
. Throw away and objects that remind you of your past love.
. meet new people.
. Take a vacation or day trip with friends.
. Talk about your break up and feelings.
. Enjoy your new singleness – do something you wouldn’t normally do!
. Exercise. Take time to look good!
. Learn something new.
. Take yourself on a date, watch a film or eat your favourite food.
. Do things you said you always wanted to do when you were with your
partner but never did.
. Get a new look.
The rebound
Remember to resist finding a new love straight away. Rebound
relationships ease the pain but are doomed from the beginning! You
don’t have the "get to know each other" bit. If you do find someone
of romantic interest take it slow – you’ll be glad you did!
Getting back with your past love!!!
If something was strong enough to end the relationship the first
time, it’s safe to say the same issue will come up again. Be aware of
this.
Confide in the right people!
Don’t confide in the opposite sex at this vulnerable time. Men and
women can rarely do this without at least one ending up with romantic
feelings.
Avoid the question -" what’s wrong with me".
You’ll probably get what sounds like a load of excuses that leave you
feeling insecure – like you’ve got a problem. The simple fact is that
people subconsciously search for personalities that are on their
wavelength and sometimes it takes a while for people to realise that
their personalities don’t fit! If you can figure out incompatibility
early on then it’s a lot of heartache saved. But by the same token
don’t judge a book by it’s cover – some people take time to show
their true colours, and not because they’re insecure, there may be a
whole load of reasons why they hold back. Take the time to get to
know someone or you’ll miss opportunities. I’ve lost count of the
number of times that I’ve totally misjudged someone’s character by
taking their first words as how they are. True – what’s in the heart
comes out of the mouth but not always straight away!
To love
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart
will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure
of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one. Not even an
animal. Wrap it carefully with hobbies and luxuries, avoid all
entanglements and keep it safe in the casket of your selfishness. But
in the casket – safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It
will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable". C.S Lewis The
Four Loves
Are You In Love With Someone? February 13, 2006
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When you are together with that special someone, you pretend to ignore that person. But when that special someone is not around, you might look around to find them. At that moment, you are in love.
Although there is someone else who always makes you laugh, your eyes and attention might go only to that special someone. Then, you are in love.
Although that special someone was supposed to have called you long back, to let you know of their safe arrival, your phone is quiet. You are desperately waiting for the call! At that moment, you are in love.
If you are much more excited for one short e-mail from that special someone than other many long e-mails, you are in love.
When you find yourself as one who cannot erase all the messages in your answering machine because of one message from that special someone, you are in love.
When you get a couple of free movie tickets, you would not hesitate to think of that special someone. Then, you are in love.
You keep telling yourself, "that special someone is just a friend", but you realize that you can not avoid that person’s special attraction. At that moment, you are in love.
While you are reading this page, if someone appears in your mind, then u are in love with that person.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY February 12, 2006
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By Lionel Ketchian
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! I am able to send you love as a result of the life
changing decision that I have made. It is Being Happy that allows me to connect
with love in the first place. What is love? It is a word that has so many meanings
that it has lost its real meaning. It means feeling a certain way. Let me ask you a
question. If I don’t feel good about me, then how do I feel good about you? If I
don’t feel good about me, then I need you to feel good about me, so I can feel
good, right?
We go out and look for someone to love, desperately. Even if someone would,
or could love us in that state we would soon be unhappy. This is because we are
unhappy and we are looking for someone to make us happy. Even if the other
person you loved were happy it would not be enough to make you both happy.
When you first fall in love, the other person seems so perfect. You don’t see any
faults, you see only beauty and you’re in touch with only wonderful feelings for
them. It may take days, months, or years, but you begin to wonder what
happened to this person you fell in love with. Did you really know them in the
first place? Why have they changed so much? Maybe it’s you? Maybe you
changed your expectations of them. Maybe, you fell out of happiness!
If you don’t feel happy, you cannot love. Where does love come from? I’ll tell
you where! Love comes from your happiness. A happy heart is a loving heart!
Happiness is where love comes from. When you are happy, love is there. Think
about it for a minute. We talk about finding the love of our lives and living
happily ever after. Did you ever know anyone that wanted to get married so they
could live unhappily ever after? I don’t think so. Although everyone gets
married because they fell in love and became happy, many eventually become
unhappy nevertheless.
You cannot feel love toward another unless you are happy. Happiness is the
foundation for love. I know you want to be loved, everyone wants to be loved.
Sometimes you need to be loved because you do not love yourself. The reason
is you are just not happy. The way it seems to happen is we are unhappy, so we
need someone in our life to fill the void.
How many times have you heard that you need to learn to love yourself? But
doesn’t loving yourself seem self-centered? The answer is no! When you love
yourself you are gentle on yourself, and you can more easily be that way with
others. It’s when you are self-centered, rather than self-loving that the problems
start. Self-centered people want to talk about themselves all the time. They don’t
really care about others. You might hear someone say: "Oh, here I am talking
about nothing but myself, for the last twenty minutes, enough of that. OK, it’s
your turn to talk about me." This is a joke of course, but there is some truth to
it.
Self-centered people want everyone else to tell him or her how great they are.
They want other people to love them, but they can’t love back. Why? The reason
is; they are just not happy. A person who is self-centered is not Being Happy
and must constantly look for happiness. Self-centered people have little love for
themselves so they have only a tiny bit to give others.
A self-loving person is happy and wants to share their happiness and love with
other people. Self-loving people love themselves, so they are in touch with love
within themselves. That is where they get the love they have to give others.
When you love yourself, you are connected to yourself. You know yourself,
and you have plenty of healthy self-esteem. You love others as much as you
love yourself.
Remember no one is perfect by our standards. People are doing the best they
can. It may not be the best you can do, but given their life experience, fears,
hopes, and thinking, it is the best they can do at this time. Don’t be too hasty to
judge others; practice more forgiveness especially for your own sake, and for
the sake of the ones you love.
What is happiness? It is unconditional acceptance of life, the good, the bad, and
the ugly. Once you can understand unconditional happiness you can begin to
love, and be loved. Part of what I am talking about is accepting yourself for all
your parts, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Once you do that you realize you are
good enough. In fact you’re perfect! When you feel good about yourself it is
then that you can improve yourself. In fact Being Happy is the best
self-improvement exercise that I know of.
We need to learn the art of being Happy. If you can begin living your life with
happiness, love would find you so fast, you would not believe what happened.
Once you are happy you will go out and attract, or be attracted to someone who
is sincerely happy. Instead of being unhappy and finding someone to fill the
void, being happy allows you to find someone to share your joy. WOW! What a
winning combination that is. Two people who are happy could really find and
share love, and it would be the real thing. Love can only grow in the happiness
within you.
It is so important to be happy, and express our love. We must learn to detach
our sense of worth from outside things and place it within ourselves for a real
sense of worth. After all, how can you give love unless you have love to give?
How can you give happiness, unless you have happiness? How can you give
anything, unless you own it? When you have happiness within you, you can
reach within and give love to another.
If you want to live happily ever after, then be happy now. This is the way to real
love. People stop loving because they decide something else is more important
than their happiness. If you want to love forever than don’t give up your
happiness. Allow Being Happy to show you the way to deal with obstacles and
the problems that get in your way.
Love flourishes in happiness, and multiplies and overflows in a rich and happy
heart! A happy heart is a loving heart! Be Happy, and you will be more loving.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Stronger Storms February 12, 2006
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By Bo Sanchez
I like eagles. These creatures are swift and reach amazing altitudes.
Other birds cower at the thought of even nearing one thousand feet,
but eagles go twenty thousand. And while others seek shelter during
violent storms, eagles soar through the raging winds, and they
actually "have a ball."
Its secret? It doesn’t fly.
The eagle soars. You see, it doesn’t use the energy of its wings to
move about. It wisely takes the power of the rushing wind, catching
its quiet force behind and beneath him. And that is why they love the
storm: The stronger the wind, the greater their strength.
Eagles make me think about how I try to do things on my own,
propelling myself to reach higher altitudes by the vigor of my own
wings. No wonder I tire easily. But if only I allow the Glorious Wind
of His Spirit to move my soul, to carry me beyond my own failures and
weaknesses…I can boldy face the most difficult situations, soar
through the most violent of storms. Yes, the greater the problem, the
stronger I can become.
"Strength of my soul, desire of my heart, let me trust in You
completely: Let me give to You all the that assails me, that I may
fully rest under the shadow of Your wings".
Reflection: Tired of flaping your wings? Soar in the mighty wind of
the Spirit. He will take you to a place of rest of rest.
Sick Leave Policy February 12, 2006
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TO: ALL EMPLOYEES
SUBJECT: SICK LEAVE POLICY
SICKNESS:
No excuse…We will no longer accept your doctor’s statement as proof. We believe that if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.
AN OPERATION:
We are no longer allowing this practice. We wish to discourage any thoughts that you may need an operation. We believe that as long as you are an employee here, you will need all of whatever you have and should not consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are, and to have anything removed would certainly make you less than we bargained for.
DEATH:
Other than your own:
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for them, and we are sure that someone else can attend to the arrangements. However, if the funeral can be held in the late afternoon, we will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch hour and subsequently let you leave 1 hour early, provided your share of the work is ahead enough to keep the job going in your absence.
Your own:
This will be accepted as an excuse. However, we require at least two weeks notice as we feel it is your duty to train your replacement.
ALSO:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom. In the future, we will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order. For instance, those whose names begin with "A" will go from 8:00-8:15, and so on. If you’re unable to go at your time, it will be necessary to wait until the next day when your time comes again.
We appreciate your cooperation,
THE MANAGEMENT
