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Ironheart The Hopeful One: This life is a book with tattered pages Stained with years and tears of readers Most were pictures of despair and sadness Cuz the love story is yet to be carressed.   Turning the page to the prologue Eyes won’t see much but dialogues Yet as each chapter unfolds A glimpse of a life that holds.   Life is an enigmatic journey Nothing to be cracked in a hurry For the answers and the pieces Should fit and match the spaces.   The Hurt One: The end is near, the reader shuts his eyes The book shall be closed to wait in the shelves May the next one, I pray at all times Learn how to read between the lines.   The Hopeful One: Read with your heart and not your eyes Feel with your mind and not your hide Hope with your all, your soul, your heart And life shall be full and smiles will be much. mdp/'02

Here's more of those forwarded stuff that I think some of you would love. It is claimed as a true story but who knows... A lawyer in Charlotte, North CArolina purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.' The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued and WON ! (Stay with me.) Delivering the ruling , the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed ...

Author Unknown 1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down. 2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice. 3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that. 4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It 'In.' 5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso. 6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Smuggling Diamonds' 7. Finish All Your sentences! With 'In Accordance With The Prophecy.' 8 . Don't use any punctuation. 9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk. 10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go.' 12. Sing Along At The Opera 13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme? 14. ...

If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct her/him, If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend, If you can conquer tension without medical help, If you can relax without liquor, If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, � � �  Then You Are Probably The Family Dog! hehehe

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it. The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, 'Good morning Alex.'              'Good morning Pastor,' he replied, still focused on the plaque. 'Pastor, what is this?' he asked.                The pastor said, 'Well, son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service.'                Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque.               Finally, little Alex's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear, asked, 'Which service, the 8:30 or the...

(Another one of those forwarded emails floating around. I think it's funny, but be forewarned... in a criminal way! hehehe) I am writing to say what an excellent product you have! I've used it all of my married life, as my Mom always told me it was the best. Now that I am in my fifties I find it even better! In fact, about a month ago, I spilled some red wine on my new white blouse. My inconsiderate and uncaring husband started to belittle me about how clumsy I was, and generally started becoming a pain in the neck. One thing led to another and somehow I ended up with his blood on my new white blouse! I grabbed my bottle of Tide with bleach alternative, to my surprise and satisfaction, all of the stains came out! In fact, the stains came out so well the detectives who came by yesterday told me that the DNA tests on my blouse were negative and then my attorney called and said that I was no longer considered a suspect in the disappearance of my husband. What a relief! Going t...

Just thought you might like to know what's really causing the global warming problem... This was forwarded to me by a friend.  I think it's cute. :)

(I got this from an older friend. I didn't ask if it's his own story or just one of those funny stories that circulates around. Anyhow, I think it's funny so I'm sharing it:) Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day the wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and I said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a dumb@$%%. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires. So Mary called him a s*%#head. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for 2o more minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally, we didn...

First off, thank you, everyone, for your concern and your prayers.  I thought I should write an update right now (really, I'm so tired of this) as some seemed to think that I'm a terminal case (cuz Djin put my name alongside dead people. hehe)  Btw, condolences to the Alamag and AGS family.  I wish we can all read 90-Minutes in Heaven.  It is really a good book to help us process the lost of a loved one. It makes it easier to accept death when you are reminded what heaven is really like and how the people who are already there are incomparably happier than any of us down here and that they are waiting for us.                   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I woke up last Wednesday with a sharp and shooting pain in my right lower abdomen--the kind that makes you grit your teeth and try to keep the tear...

It's 2:24 in the morning.  At 11:30 , I went to bed with Don Piper's book and a flashlight.  My primary goal was to read myself to sleep.  But the book got so 'maddeningly' interesting that there was no way my brain could do whatever it does to make me close my eyes and go to sleep, so I just went on and on, reading until there was no more page to read.  I even read everything that was printed on the covers, just wanting to know more about the stories of lives the author's experience has impacted. DEUT. 10:21 He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done mighty miracles that you yourselves have seen. I just found out that I have finished the Heaven part yesterday night.  When I started to read again last night, I was expecting to read more about the heavenly time of the author.  I was disappointed... disappointed in a funny way.  I said funny for lack of neurons to come up with a more suitable word.  What foll...

OK, let's get a little bit saner here.  That 'she' thing in the previous entry is driving me crazy! :)  I was talking to Daphne a while ago and she wanted me to write something new here. Last January 25th, an American lady came to pray for me after I came home from the hospital.  She mentioned something about a certain Don Piper:  She asked me if I have heard of him and I said no.  She said that this guy had  a glimpse of heaven and that my would-have-been baby was delivered right into the hand of God.  My mind was focused on my physical pain at that time and so I really have not thought about it until yesterday when AJ told me to turn the tv to Fox news.  There, a man named Don Piper was talking about his death experience, and then after the tv program, AJ lent me a book written by him called "90 Minutes in Heaven."  Last night I started reading it and it is a very timely book for the state that my mind is in right now.  As I've ...

Author Unknown I have always had a special love for words. Words have such power in them. The right words can uplift, inspire, heal, and create endless joy and love in our lives. The wrong words can depress, discourage, hurt, and bring us endless misery and pain. It is so very important then to try and choose the right words in our lives. By choosing the right words I don't just mean saying the right words or writing the right words either. I also mean thinking the right words. It is amazing the garbage that so many of us allow ourselves to think each and every day of our lives. In order to live a truly blessed life we must haul away the garbage and start to plant words that will grow into a garden of joy and light in our minds. Start today then to make the words in your life work for you and not against you. Do away with "can't" and "no". Try "can" and "yes" instead. Say, " I can be happy, I can choose joy, and...

Unlucky me! I was messing around with my music folders and chatting with my sis D of Me, Myself and I at the same time when she told me that's she's doing one of these tagging stuffs and that she's gonna tag me. I ignored it :) and went to visit with my neighbors. When I got back to my pc, and refreshed my Mozilla, there's D's blog and tag staring back at me, so I don't have a choice but to do it, right? Anyway, she talked about All In , a Korean serial drama that she borrowed from a friend of hers. I remember a few days ago when I went online at around 1 or 2 in the morning and I asked her why she's still up. I asked her what she's doing like three times but I didn't get a good answer. :) Was that because of this All In drama? Hmm, probably... I can relate to that, I've done the same and worst when I watched Prison Break Season 1 and 2 in August of last year and House 1-3 last month for three straight days getting up only for toilet nee...

"She was looking at the mirror earlier this evening (well, make that yesterday cuz now it's almost two in the morning,) and asked the girl in the mirror (as Britney would say :)  that question... are you ok?  She has been keeping herself esp. her mind pretty occupied with anything that she can get her hands on.  Mostly, she sits before her pc and read until the little muscles on the upper part of her eyes begin their spastic activity; then she has to pay them attention.  She noticed that her mind is mostly empty.  She goes to her room to read her school books but only a wee bit seem to register.  She talks to people but she noticed that she can't make a good conversation. Her conversations are ok, thank you, (grunts, nods) and the necessary answer to whatever questions she's asked.  At worst, the crankiness escapes to the surface if she doesn't guard herself.  She spends her nights listening to her husband's breathing and getting up every ...

Sweet By and By: Copyright: 1910, Joan H. Webster (Later Recorded and Performed by the great Johnny Cash, in his Album, My Mother's Hymn Book) 1. Waday logad ni kaphêdan At way timpon ollaw kihod man; Hi Jesus i kamanhêghêgêd dima logad ni indaan to. Koro: Ollaw kiho lad man, Dima logad ni indaan to ni toon namadti, Diman i tayo pandêdêtêngan. 2. Kangkanh'yon tan gaya ni nayon Di logad ni tayo kahi­nopan; Andi lawê tan andi bahol têp hi Jesus i today diman. 3. Apo Diyoh i kakayangan, Dayaw i tayo ihongbalit, Têp inayowanan tokiho at indawat toh Jesu-Cristo.

Probinsiya tayon Vizcaya (Vizcaya, our province) Kadakkelen ni Kalanguya (Where Kalanguyas are many) Nakalkalahi hapit da (They have different dialects) Way aatang, eeteng tan aateng (There is 'aatang eeteng tan aateng' [big]' No piyan tayon amtaan (If you want to know) Logad ni da naikad-anan (the places where they are) Di bandan Haggud, kamangkal-ing (In the Haggud side, they use the "e" sound) Di ka-Benguet-an, kamankib-al. (In the Benguet area, they use the 'a' sound) No ibag-an iday nangkaama (If you ask the elders) Toy nalapwan ni Kalanguya (Where Kalanguyas were from) Andi kusto ni makaamta (Nobody knows where exactly) Basta kan da ay Tinoc kono li pa (From Tinoc, they usually say) Nem uray, takon, di anggan (But even then, as such) Anggan ketteg ag pakatontonan (We don't have to trace really carefully) Basta hay importanted tan (The important thing here is that) Kalanguya at man-iinawatan. (The Kalanguyas live in peace with each other) Hipa na-...

Probinsiya tayon Vizcaya (Vizcaya, our province) Kadakkelen ni Kalanguya (Where Kalanguyas are many) Nakalkalahi hapit da (They have different dialects) Way aatang, eeteng tan aateng (There is 'aatang eeteng tan aateng' [big]' No piyan tayon amtaan (If you want to know) Logad ni da naikad-anan (the places where they are) Di bandan Haggud, kamangkal-ing (In the Haggud side, they use the "e" sound) Di ka-Benguet-an, kamankib-al. (In the Benguet area, they use the 'a' sound) No ibag-an iday nangkaama (If you ask the elders) Toy nalapwan ni Kalanguya (Where Kalanguyas were from) Andi kusto ni makaamta (Nobody knows where exactly) Basta kan da ay Tinoc kono li pa (From Tinoc, they usually say) Nem uray, takon, di anggan (But even then, as such) Anggan ketteg ag pakatontonan (We don't have to trace really carefully) Basta hay importanted tan (The important thing here is that) Kalanguya at man-iinawatan. (The Kalanguyas live in peace with each other) Hipa na-...

Cheers to our Ibaloi kailyans! :) INA: Anak, tawagim kha's dadim ta on-akad kha nin ale! ANAK: Mama, Bi-i met i sinmongbat! INA: Arah! Agpayso sota sutpetsak ay waray kabit nen tatang mo! Ngantoy kwan nita bii? ANAK: "You have zero balance in your account!" Kwan to met! INA: Ayuh! Kashianak mango ni abos! Insa-dat towak emo lad 'merikano! Ita met ja emanEngdis. Pinshowam khan tawagan! ANAK: Sota bii met mowan, kwan toy please reload immediately! INA: Ayoh! Ita met gayam, marama! Jet ngantoak emo mango?!

A Kalanguya song adapted from a Tagalog Praise song

The above video contains two songs from our band's (kano met ah!:) first attempt at recording some centuries ago. We recorded a Kalanguya Gospel Album for our churches. Enjoy uray adi yo maawatan!