the Lve Lttr

Dearst,
Do you knw hw in lve wth you I am? Dd I trp? Dd I stmble? Lse my blnce, grze my knee…grze my hrt?I knw I’m in lve whn I see you. I knw whn I lng to see you…Nt a mscle hs mvd. Leavs hng unrffld by any breeze. The air is still. I hve flln in lve wthout tkng a stp…You are all wrng for me and I knw it but I no lngr cre fr my thoughts unlss thy’re thoughts of you.Whn I’m clse to you, I feel your hair brsh my cheek whn it does nt. I look awy frm you smtms, thn I look bck. Whn I tie my shoes, whn I peel an ornge, whn I drve my cr, whn I lie dwn each nght…I rmain, Yours"

Way Back When?

As I review my yahoo inbox, I was elated to see a Multiply friend invitation from a teen years barkada whom I have missed for a long time. Got to log in to accept and reason enough to post a blog entry........ and my son achieved his 12th birthday......... And finally sent a word to PJ. Oh, two month plus have passed.

Way back when?

To all my contacts here at Multiply, missed you all more than you'll ever know.

Keep on Multiplying!

Lost in Translation?

Aprub na Translasyon: This never failed to put a smile in my face every time I get to recall.

 

Watching a Harrison Ford movie with the “tropa” at SM, I felt the anticipation regarding the movie was quite high, within me and inside the movie house.

The title of the movie was “Regarding Henry” and anticipation was built around the promotion of the film being the first to be shown in the Philippines with a Tagalog subtitle for the duration of the film.

So the movie started.

 

Images came flashing in the screen….

Then the movie title “Regarding Henry” was flashed with some images in the background…….

At the lower portion of the screen was the subtitle, “Tungkol Kay Henry”.

Instantly the room was filled with muffled sound kinda mixes of ahhhhh…ohhhhh…wow…..and  some polite giggles.

 

It was a good movie but I can’t recall any movie with a Tagalog subtitle shown in the Pinas next to this one.

Or maybe the time came that the cost of the movie ticket made me made excuses to the “tropa” that they go ahead watch a movie without me.

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Alost Translation: Halloweeen

­Catholics celebrate their saints on their own "saints day,"  the anniversary of their saint's  death. With thousands of canonized saints, only a small percentage are recognized regularly. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV officially established All Saints' Day in order to honor all the saints at one time. Prior to this declaration, they are observing All Saints' Day on May 13. But in the eighth century, Pope Gregory III moved it to November 1. Many historians believe the Church really moved the observance to correspond with Samhain and other pagan fall festivals.

It has been noted that the Catholic Church had a long-standing policy of incorporating  traditions into its holidays in order to bring people into the Catholic faith. Many historians believe, for example, that the church set Christmas on December 25 so that it would correspond with pagan winter solstice festivals.

When All Saints' Day moved to November 1, the church did begin to incorporate Samhain traditions into the holy day's activities. This helped bring descendants of the ancient Celts into Christianity, but it posed some problems for the church. Much of the Samhain traditions centered on the supernatural and spirit world, ideas that don't have much of a place in Christianity. Recognizing saints, who were by definition deceased, covered a lot of the same ground, but the converts were still fascinated by the idea of their familiar dead returning to the world of the living.

Despite some unease in the church, many supernatural ideas persisted in All Saints' Day Eve celebrations, making the occasion a remarkable combination of Christian and pagan beliefs. At the end of the 10th century, the church tried to give these traditions a little more direction by establishing All Souls' Day, an occasion to recognize all Christian dead.

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Umbrella, Final Chapter!

Nawala na ang aking 3-fold umbrella last week ngunit di ko sigurado kung anong araw at saan ko naiwan.

Mamaya, bili ako ng Ginkgo Biloba!

News bearer.

I saw a newspaper delivery man on my way commuting to work this morning.

 

Sosyal siya! Honda 125 ang gamit nyang service. Di naman sa kinukutya ko siya, and on the contrary, I can relate to his situation kasi nga before I got hired by a manufacturing firm to which I am employed to the present, I lived by the “dignity of labor” of being a newspaper delivery boy for more or less 2 years using a good old BMX bike. Whew! Haba ng sentence na yun ah!

 

Yun lang po.

There goes my salute to the newspaper delivery man. To the dignity of labor.

 

The Pursuit Of Happyness

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

This is the last movie on my Will Smith dvd movie collection of which I have all finished watching a week ago. Notables among the line up, in no particular order was Hitch, Enemy of the State, Men In Black I and II and this one.

Will Smith plays the lead role of the rags to riches story of Chris Gardner, a struggling salesman trying to a medical equipment that unfortunately have become outdated and most doctors at that time have found no need for the product so his source of income got bleak support himself and his son Christopher (his son in real life).

The obstacles that Chris faces are likely familiar to many or most people who watch, father and son are scrounging for food and living in homeless shelters and train-station toilets. The movie is about the achievement of one man who overcame the many obstacles that could have easily surrendered to. It also strain free that the movie is told without creating racial obstacles, because it was never an issue that Chris is black or nobody looks down on him even if his appearance at some instances do not fit that part of the corporate world.

I can say that Smith gave a great performance and this movie and this earned him an Oscar nomination and a number of acting recognitions. After viewing all the movies in that collection, I was curious how his career have been going so I read about the man and found out that ……..
• He is also one of only three actors in the history of film to have seven consecutive US$100 million blockbusters, the two other being Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks.
• Smith was nearly bankrupt in 1990 when the NBC television network signed him to a contract and built a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, around him. The show was successful and launched his acting career.
• 1996, Smith began a successful solo music career while simultaneously starring in a series of films. The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), in which he played a fearless and confident fighter pilot, and Men in Black (1997),
• Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West. After the failure of Wild Wild West and watching Keanu Reeves' performance, he believed that Keanu was "born" to play the part, but admits not regretting turning down the role[11].
• He then gained lead roles in several box office successes including Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, Hitch, and I, Robot.
• Smith was considered for the role of John Smith in the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith; Brad Pitt eventually received the role
• He was also considered for the role of Willy Wonka in the remake of the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

On a more personal side
Smith has admitted to studying Scientology and he has said many complimentary things about the controversial religion. He and his wife are close friends of prominent Scientologists Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, which has led to rumors that Smith is also a Scientologist. Although Smith has said, "I just think a lot of the ideas in Scientology are brilliant and revolutionary and non-religious." and, "Ninety-eight percent of the principles in Scientology are identical to the principles of the Bible.... I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different", he has denied having joined the Scientology Church, saying "I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions, and I respect all people and all paths." After Jada made the film Collateral with Cruise in 2004, the couple donated USD$20,000 to Scientology's literacy campaign, called HELP, The Hollywood Education and Literacy Program, which is the basis for Scientology's home-schooling system. (Wiki)

Scientology, let me see…..hmmmmmm.

Life Holds On

“Through the window in the kitchen I can see outside
My kids taking turns coming down the slide
I try not to worry as they grow a little every day
I've just got believe they're gonna find their way” >BNChapman

Over the afternoon weekend, my two boys won me over to accompany them to the new residential subdivision nearby our house to play basketball and to teach them to ride the bicycle.

Roland was more adept playing ball while Michael on biking.

Both have been practicing riding the bike but it is the three wheeled type, so this experience with the two wheeled type is new to them.

Roland I suppose will need a lot more sessions. Michael will learn ahead of Roland and after a few rounds, he is proudly saying that he can ride the bicycle on his own and wanted me to let go of the rider’s seat as he rode the bike.

I can see that Michael can control the bike when it is already running at a moderate speed. He only has difficulty at start up, turning, and stopping.

And that he painfully realized when I did let him ride on his own and in the process, he first hit a lady passing by when he tried to maneuver the bicycle to turn back.

I rushed to their area and checked on them if anybody was hurt. Good thing nobody was hurt or injured. Michael quickly got away from the area when I arrived and after I have checked on them. I can see that he is afraid and embarrassed about the incident.

I thought it was the end of learning to ride for the day, but after getting away from the collision area, he is trying again to ride the bicycle. I let him and after getting a little further, he got out balanced and bumped the rear end of a parked tricycle.

He suffered a scratch wound on his left leg and after picking himself up, walks straight towards our house.

Two collision for the day but I knew that the eagerness to learn will still be there given the time, healed wound or not.

And I look forward to reading on this experience of his, in his diary.

Have the year started?

Four days into the working year of 2008, I can say I have recovered on the works to be done after the long yet bitin na bakasyon. It took me 4 days because I cannot restrict myself to check out my email and reply or comment on some “currents”. Pero di naman ito yung inuuna ko pa yung chika kaysa sa trabaho. Basa lang ng email to take a “breather”.

How we end the year obviously will dictate how a new year will be welcomed and experienced is a proven good teacher. Reflecting on our mistakes and hoping not to repeat on it is a good start. Instantly, I have to say that for this year I must add on patience, to give attention to details, reconsidering/ really hearing out other options. Parang New Year’s resolution ahhh.

Promises, promises……and I think I have a promise to keep everytime I got to post something here at multiply, so I have to sort of fulfill it. Sort of…….

 

I went back home to my old town for the holidays, to the house that I grew up in. Going back was something after all these years. Same old street but big structures along the way. And felt a little excited two blocks away from our street.  Tambay muna ako sa kanto and I remember watching the sunset there in those earlier years pero ngayon these big structures have blocked my view of the sunset. There used to be a haystack  there that we played “tumbling" on. I also remember the first time I got “pikon” because of a prank played on me on those haystacks.

And I let time go by so slow, And I made every moment last, And I thought about years
How they take so long, And they go so fast.

Across the street my kumpareng George live. He was my best friend ever since even if  he was the one I got “pikon” to that one afternoon in the haystacks. His old man ka Bosyo is a little weaker now but still recognized me when he saw me.

And I thought of all the summers playing our brand of softball with our make-do gloves made out of carton, a ball made out from old socks, and a bat out of a roughly chiseled wood.
And I thought of what I'd give to feel another summer competing like that we our make-do gears.

 

And I let time go by so slow, And I made every moment last, And I thought about years
How they take so long, And they go so fast.

 

Big thanks to Beth for the Years.

 

P.S…..pasensya na po……..

·          ma’am Jopay that I answered your transferred call as if you are “others” the other day. Di ko po kasi agad kita nabosesan.

·          Sis Shy dahil sa last minute kong pag post na misspelled ko name ni mr. Carusso

 

Happy New Year to everyone!!!