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| Five Great Lessons Everyone Should Learn |
| 04.04.04 (1:21 am) [edit] |
There is hope yet for the human race.
I Always Believed that We Humans would bring about our own destruction. there are so many things in this world that makes me think how we even survived as long as we have. We have wars, racism , children dying of hunger when just a few bloack away people eats three square meals a day,Wepons that could destroy our own planet in an instant, priests that sexually abuses the children who trusts them and leaders who care about nothing more than to make themselves more powerful, instead of serving the people in their nation. Yet after reading this article i felt that if people are able to learn from these examples maybe we can turn things around and make this world a better place for ourselves and the children we have or hope to have.
Edmund
1 - Most Important Lesson During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely, this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'hello' ." "I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
2 - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance, and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others." Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.
3 - Third Important Lesson -Always remember those who serve In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now, more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table, and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies - You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
4 - Fourth Important Lesson - The Obstacle in Our Path In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.
5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving when it counts Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, "Yes, I'll do it if it will save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?" Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her. You see, after all, understanding and attitude are everything. =)
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| Things to do before i die |
| 04.04.04 (1:05 am) [edit] |
Things that i would like to happen in my life before i die
By Edmund Falgui
Everyone has a plan for their life, an outline if you will. Well this is a short list of things that i would like to do before i die.
1. Buy a house of my own
2. Have a big backyard
3. Find someone i can live with for the rest of my life
4. Have three children (2 boys and a girl)
5. being true to the one that i fall in love with.
6. Fly a Plane
7. Live as another person for one whole year.(using an alias)
8. Cliff dive (done)
9. Pick a fight in a bar and win(done)
10. Go on a Cruise in the Medd
11. Learn how to snowboard
12. Memorize all the positions in the kama sutra =)
13. Live in japan for a year
14. Live in france for a year
15. Go on a Safari in Africa
16. Own a 140 ft yatch
17. Earn $130,000 a month
18. Win the lottery
19. Sky dive
20. Have a beachhouse
21. Scuba diving (done)
22. fall in love (done)
23. Lose 30 pounds =)
24. Cut classes to go out of town (done)
25. Get drunk then go to class without the teacher knowing (done)
26. Swim with Dolphins (done)
27. swim with sharks (done)
28. Lie to get laid (done)
29. Get some girl to pay you after sex
30. total a car all by myself but live to tell the tale
31. get all the books written by my favorite authors
32. learn how to play the piano or the guitar
33. Bite a live shark, then swim for the godamn boat Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! =)
34. Save someones life
35. live for a month with only 20 dollars
36. live for a day with 1 million dollars
37. spend a whole day doing nothing (done)
38. write a novel of my own (done partway)
39. buy a porsche
40. to be happy
41. for my family to be happy
42. buy a ranch somewhere and raise horses (arabian spanish halfbreed)
43. buy an authentic katana sword from japan
44. ride a plane (done)
45. learn to cook paella and other hard to cook recipes (done)
46. learn 100 ways to cook spam
47. go to the south pole
48. live in bali for a year
49. go to a city where even cabdrivers knows your name (done)
50. hike through the amazon
51. disappear for a year without telling anyone
52. swim naked (done)
53. hike up a mountain (done)
54. See the Full Moon Rise Over Every Continent
55. speak spanish
56. speak french
57. speak japanese
58. witness wildebeest migration
59. learn thai cuisine Royal Thai School of Culinary Arts
60. see the aurora borealis
61. work on an archeological dig
62. walk barefoot for a month.
63. join dakar
64. spelunk (done)
65. Surf
66. scuba dive in the great barrier reef
67. Make love on a forest floor
68. make love on a train and plane
69. Raft through the Grand Canyon
70. Look into my child's eyes, see myself, and smile
71. Visit the Great Wall of China
72. go to Rio's Carneval
73. Go whale watching(done)
74. Ride a gondola in Venice with my love
75. Be on TV (done)
76. Learn to fire a hand gun(done)
77. go hot air ballooning
78. become a well known philosopher =)
79. Double the books i have. (currently have 520)
80. Never be lonely again
81. Jam onstage with Nirvana, Elvis or Parokya ni Edgar
82. Master karate, judo, aikido, wudan and arnis
83. Write a really good poem
84. discover a cave and name it for the one i love
85. die saving someone
86. Make someone become an alcoholic (done)
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| Spam and Eggs!!! |
| 04.03.04 (6:59 pm) [edit] |
7:26 am Sunday
Well this is our last day at the beach. We all got drunk yesterday evening drinking tequilla and beer, and when i say drunk i mean really drunk. Anne and Peaches were the only people who didnt get drunk as hell. Its a good thing i never get hangovers.
Anyway I woke up pretty early this morning to cook breakfast for all of us. i tried not to wake up Anne but it was no use since she was hugging me the whole time. It was perfect though since we were both awake before the sun came up we decided to wait for the sun to rise over the horizon.
(im typing this as im cooking spam and eggs for breakfast. anyway im just gonna paste this later when im online.)
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| Freedom: Effects of The Environment, Society and Our Desires |
| 04.03.04 (6:08 pm) [edit] |
Does Total Freedom Exist?
Have you ever asked yourself this question? If not, then you should ask yourself now. Because this is probably one of the questions that will shape what and who you will be.
But before going forward we first must know what freedom is and the difference between the freedom of nature and the freedom of a person.
There is genuine freedom in the world. When we observe it from the outside, it takes the form of unpredictability; when we observe it from within, we call it our free will. We know that the reason why our behavior is unpredictable from the outside is that we have ultimate freedom of choice. This freedom is the very essence of our personalities, the treasure of our lives. It is given us as the first element of the world we come into.
Since I am talking about freedom concerning humans, then it is free will that we will be talking about.
I believe there are three basic positions that one can adopt on the question of free will: either we have absolute free will, or we have no free will at all, or we have a certain measure of free will.
I myself believe that we can with proper constraints such as rules and laws etc. Without such constraints our society would be in total chaos. Another factor to consider is that freedom rests in the principal of respect for other people—that of which each and every human being is of equal value—irrespective of race, gender, religion, sexuality—or anything else.
This states that no person is an object to be used simply as a means to some other end. That is, all people have a basic degree of dignity that is denied when we use them merely as a tool for our own purpose.
Therefore we should not only protect our own freedom but those of other people as well. In helping other people gain freedom, we ourselves get a bit more freedom through our actions.
Nature too comes into the picture. For example, we cannot change the past, breathe under water, or fly like a bird. These constraints though are already so natural for us that we rarely pay any attention to them.
In addition to these physical/natural limitations, there are also psychological limitations on our freedom: our mental conditioning and our numerous habits and instincts play a major role in determining our actions.
I have to admit that I myself have lost control or succumbed to irresistible urges, to have been impelled by some unknown/unconscious motives and desires that I didn’t know I had. But I feel that most of the time we do freely choose our own actions, and that some of the impulses we have can be resisted if we put our minds to it.
As for destiny, I believe in self-made destinies. Fashioned by our desires, forged by our wills. Our lives are not governed by outside forces where we have not played a part in creating. But these outside forces do affect our lives. In the very end thought is in the choices that we make, whether we have mean and selfish or noble and altruistic, that gives meaning to this life of ours. Freedom for me is never for the weak of will, anyway those kinds of people never have freedom anyway since they are the type of person that does whatever the masses is doing. That for me is the worst choice one can make. Doing something just because other people are doing it. For me it just doesn’t make sense and probably never will.
Anyway this is already pretty long. About 1 out of 15 people who will look at this would even read this till the end so ill end this article with this. The greatest freedom one can have is in serving the greater good. Anyway goodbye all.
"We can never be truly free unless we give others the same freedom we would want to have for ourselves."
Edmund Falgui
PS I know its a bit vain for me to quote one of my papers but thats what i am, vain and narcissistic. But i would like to believe i am also a good person after alls been said and done. ;)
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| Top 10 Turn Ons. |
| 04.03.04 (1:46 am) [edit] |
Things that attract me to a person. :P
By Edmund Falgui
Im a very choosy person. i know what i want but i can adapt. Now here are what im mostly looking for in a person, as the title says my turn ons.(what turns me on about other people.)
1. Attractiveness: what else is the first thing we see about a person. this is what makes me want to get to know a person.
2. Intelligence: If the person turns out to be a total bonehead, well maybe id go out with her for a few weeks. the relationship wont last though. i want a person who can stimulate my mind as well as my sexual urges. ;)
3. Well Read: i love reading. its one of my passions, a good book for me is worth its weight in gold. i want a woman whom i can discuss things with, things that i have read.
4. Loves to travel: i make it a point to go around the country by myself or with a couple of friends from time to time. i want a girl that has no problem with us traveling to places that i havent been yet.
5. Funny and happy-go-lucky: i cant stand people who cant have fun.
6. Is not afraid to show affection: Speaks for itself. :)
7. A good speaker: able to hold her side of the arguments we are likely to have. :D
8. Caring: i want someone who would care for me as much as i do her.
9. Strong: i dunno, i just like people who has a strong personality.
10. A good dancer: if she knows how to dance then we will really get along. (any kind of dance...even lap dances. :D J/K)
of course im not saying that she has to be all these, if she has a couple of these then we would probably get along well. there are a few more but im starting to see things in double. I NEED SLEEP. (5:30 am) G'night All!!!
bonus number:
11 Great In Bed: Duh it Speaks for itself!!! (hmm... should know at least 3 position in the kama sutra :)
All these i found in Anne. Lucky me huh. ;)
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| Easy ways to annoy people. |
| 04.02.04 (6:11 am) [edit] |
Annoy People
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1. Pay tolls with $100 bills
2. Leave your supermarket cart on the street or in the middle of the parking lot
3. Eat produce at the market; don't buy it
4. When giving directions, leave out a turn or two
5. Leave the outdoor Christmas decorations up until March or April
6. Before exiting the elevator, push all the buttons
7. Knock and ask "How is it going?" to someone constipated in a public bathroom stall.
8. Develop at least three strategies for cutting into the front of lines
9. Announce when you're going to the bathroom
10. Chew other people's pencils
11. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
12. Wear large hats during the movies
13. Touch strangers
14. Tell little children the truth about Santa Claus
15. Bite your dentist's finger
16. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
18. Leave lipstick prints on people's cheeks and foreheads
19. Don't stand during hymns and anthems
20. Dance fast to slow music and vice-versa
21. Tell people they have bad breath
22. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
23. Flirt with a friend's spouse
24. Sit in the home bleachers and cheer for the other team
25. Shake with your left hand
26. Use the quote bunnies after every other word you say when talking to someone.
27. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way".
28. Drum on every available surface.
29. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
30. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go".
31. Honk and wave to strangers.
32. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange.
33. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
34. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complementary mints by the cash register.
35. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
36. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
37. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
38. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
39. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
40. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
41. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
Annoy Cops
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42. Say out loud when he/she approaches you "You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?"
43. Ask to see his gun.
44. When he's telling you what you did wrong, start repeating him, quietly.
45. Say out loud "Hey, you must've been doin' about 125 mph to keep up with me! Good job!"
46. Slap his hand and say "Bad cop! No donut!"
47. When he frisks you, say "You missed a spot", and grin.
48. After every other sentence oink like a pig quietly to yourself but loud enough for him to hear you.
49. Refer to him by his first name.
50. When he comes up to the car, say "License and registration, please" right when he says it.
Annoy Your roomate
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51. Smoke weed. Do whatever comes naturally.
52. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class.
53. Twitch a lot when you guys eat dinner.
54. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep.
55. Steal a fishtank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them.
56. Ask him/her to do you a favor and get you a drink, then when they bring it, slowly pour it on the floor.
57. Clip your toenails while watching a movie or eating dinner.
58. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin.
59. Speak in tongues.
60. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtlely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling.
61. Walk and talk backwards.
62. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them.
63. Spend all your money on Transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, "They're more than meets the eye."
64. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g."The Road Warrior," "Repo Man," Casablanca,") almost inaudibly.
65. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance at art class (or hit him/her with the wrench).
66. Collect all your urine in a small jug.
67. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food.
68. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are.
69. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks."
70. Buy as many back issues of Field and Stream as you can. Pretend to masturbate while reading them.
71. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened.
72. Eat glass.
73. Smoke ballpoint pens.
74. Smile. All the time.
75. Collect dog shit in baby food jars. Sort them according to what you think the dog ate.
76. Burn all your waste paper while eying your roommate suspiciously.
77. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can.
When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you.
78. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of grievances.
79. Paste snot on the windows in occult patterns.
80. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly.
81. Dye all your underwear lime green.
82. Spill a lot of beer on his/her bed. Swim.
83. Bye three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet.
84. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it.
85. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's parents (postage due).
86. Pray to Azazoth or Zoroaster. Sacrifice something nasty.
87. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up.
Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks.
88. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them.
89. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley.
90. Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why...." Be creative.
91. Shave one eyebrow.
92. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bedframe. If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently.
93. Put horseradish in your shoes.
94. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want.
95. Always flush the toilet three times.
96. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often.
97. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class.
98. Give him/her an allowance.
99. Listen to radio static.
100. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up.
101. Wear sunglasses at night. Bump into things often. Swear loudly.
Annoy your examiner during a Driver's Test
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102. Turn the radio on. When the testor goes to turn it off slap his/her hand.
103. Beep your horn at everything.
104. When you stop at a light, start revving the engine while looking back and forth between the person next to you and the light
105. Get in the car, look down at the pedals, and say, "now which one is the gas again?"
106. After the examiner gets in the car, pop the hood, and get out and check the oil.
107. Fill your car with beer bottles.
108. The whole time driving, talk about how Aunt Gertrude smells like mothballs.
109. In the middle of driving, put your arm around the examiner.
110. Swear at everybody on the road.
111. Break off your rear-view mirror and then ask the examiner to hold it up.
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| Guess What I Found At The Beach. |
| 04.02.04 (5:32 am) [edit] |
I just finished dinner over here. Crabs Tuna and fried chicken among other things. i went around for a smoke while Anne was taking a bath in our room. As i was walking i heard shout and gunfire behind one of the doors near the entrance to the resort we were staying in, at first i though someone was just watching tv until i heard a voice shout out DIE You Damned Terrorist bastards!!! after a second or so i heard a reply saying "fuck off asshole!!! im gonna save my last snipe for you." as i heard this i realized that i was hearing, they were plaing counter-strike. after knocking i entered the room and to my suprise i saw my 2 friends and the younger son of the owner of the resort inside. turns out that the resort wasnt the only business they had they also had a computer rental store (cyber-cafe). anyway all this happened yesterday a couple of hours after we arrived. well see you guys later me and my girl are going night swimming. hope you people are having as fun a summer as i am.
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