New Year's Eve

Tonight is the last night for year 2005. Tommorow is a new day, a new beginning for year 2006.
Tonight let us join hands and rejoice with a BANG as the New year comes.

Auld Lang Syne

Verse One
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

Verse Two
And there's a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie's a hand o thine
And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne

Chorus
For auld lang syne, my dear
For auld Lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

WWE Raw Live Tour in the Philippines

Wow!!! Still can't believe RAW will be in the Philippines (Araneta Coliseum) on February 24, 2006 - Friday at 6:00pm and February 25, 2006 - Saturday at 4:00pm.

The line ups will be (Subject to change)

3 Way WWE Championship Match with Mick Foley as the Special RefereeJohn Cena vs. Kurt Angle vs. Triple H

Tag Team Special
Shawn Michaels & Ric Flair vs. Edge (Lita) & “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters

Tag Championship Match
Big Show & Kane vs. Tyson Tomko & Snitsky

Shelton Benjamin vs.Carlito

Chavo Guerrero vs.Trevor Murdoch

Woman’s Championship
Trish vs. Torrie Wilson

Viscera vs.Lance Cade

Price tickets: Check www.ticketnet.com.ph

In Memory of a Great Man - Dr. Jose Rizal

Last 109 years ago, on the same date as of today, a man of greatness and exemplar was shot at Bagumbayan Field. His name was Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonsonso Realonda.

In Memoriam

Sparky peacefully passed away last night. You will always be remembered and cherished. We will miss you.

Catching some Zs

Last week was the most grueling, challenging, and exhausting week I ever experienced. We prepared, edited, and submitted our hardbound thesis to our beloved professor. Buti na lang natapos namin. It was a relief when we finished everything.

Presently, I am enjoying my semestral break at home. By next week, I would already know if I pass this semester. I wish everything would turn out right.

Something to Think About

That's why we call it The Majestic. Any man, woman, child could buy their ticket, walk right in. Here they'd be, here we'd be. "Yes sir, yes ma'am. Enjoy the show." And in they'd come entering a palace, like in a dream, like in heaven. Maybe you had worries and problems out there, but once you came through those doors, they didn't matter anymore. And you know why? Chaplin, that's why. And Keaton and Lloyd. Garbo, Gable, and Lombard, and Jimmy Stewart and Jimmy Cagney. Fred and Ginger. They were gods. And they lived up there. That was Olympus. Would you remember if I told you how lucky we felt just to be here? To have the privilege of watching them. I mean, this television thing. Why would you want to stay at home and watch a little box? Because it's convenient? Because you don't have to get dressed up, because you could just sit there? I mean, how can you call that entertainment, alone in your living room? Where's the other people? Where's the audience? Where's the magic? I'll tell you, in a place like this, the magic is all around you. The trick is to see it. - Harry Trimble, The Magestic 2001

A Statement to Remember Part II

Statement of Susan Roces, widow of Fernando Poe Jr., on June 29, 2005 on the President's apology

Dininig ng langit ang aking mga dalangin kasama ng lahat ng mga sumusuporta kay FPJ. Ang langit ang humusga na may karapatan tayong malaman ang katotohanan. Para sa ating mga Pilipino, mahalaga ang karapatan nating piliin ang ibig nating mamuno sa atin. Sagrado ang ating mga boto sapagkat iyan ay karapatang ipinamana sa atin ng ating mga ninuno. Pinagbuwisan nila ng buhay, ipinakipaglaban nila ang ating karapatan at nanindigan sila para makamit natin ang ating kalayaan. Tuwing araw lamang ng halalan na tunay na lahat tayo ay pantay-pantay, mayaman man o mahirap, tigitig-isa lang tayo ng boto kaya iyon ay sagrado.

Nakalulungkot at nakagagalit ang kasalukuyang pangyayari. Noon, ang sumusupil sa ating karapatan at nanlalamang sa atin ay ang mga dayuhan at sumakop sa ating bayan. Ngunit sa kasalukuyan, ang nanglalamang at kumikitil ng ating mga karapatan ay sarili nating kalahi at kadugo.

Nagpahayag si Mrs. Arroyo noong Lunes ng gabi, labis akong nalungkot sa aking nakita at narinig. Napaisip ako, nadagdagan ang mga katanungan sa aking diwa. 'Sorry' daw at kinausap niya ang isang COMELEC commissioner. Kasalukuyan pang nagbibilangan noon, alam niya iyon, alam niyang bawal iyon, alam ng lahat ng mga kandidato na bawal iyon, pero ginawa niya, nilabag niya ang batas at iyon ay inilihim niya at kung hindi pa lumabas ang tape, kailanman ay hindi natin malalaman.

Kay tagal din niyang nanahimik, ang tagal din niyang pinag-isipan, aaminin ba niya o hindi na boses niya ang boses ng babaeng nasa tape? Bakit? Bakit napakatagal niyang naghintay? Dahil may higit siyang mabigat na pagkakasala na ibig niyang ilihim at ibig pa tayong muling isahan at iyon ang pinag-uusapan nila at ayaw at bawal ito na ating marinig ang pandaraya.

Ang sinungaling ay kapatid ng magnanakaw! Hindi ko matatanggap ang iyong sorry. Sinira mo ang pagtitiwala ng mga kababayan mo sa iyo. Wala kang karapatan na mamuno. Remember, Mrs. Arroyo, before foreigners, before foreign investors can trust you, you must first have the trust of your countrymen, which unfortunately you have lost. You have embarrassed the Filipinos enough. There is nothing we can find that we can be proud of, that you have done for us from day one to the present.

You are full of empty promises. Obviously, you have no love for your country. The gravest thing that you have done, is you have stolen the presidency, not once, but twice!

A Statement to Remember Part 1

Statement of Susan Roces, widow of Fernando Poe Jr., on June 29, 2005 on the President's apology

Magandang tanghali sa inyong lahat.

Maraming salamat po sa pagdalo ninyo ngayong tanghali. Napakahalaga po para sa akin na kayo ay naririto.
April 14 noong huli tayong magtipon-tipon dito. Noon ay inilahad ko sa inyo ang lahat ng nasa aking damdamin sa pagkakabasura ng Presidential Electoral Tribunal sa kahilingan ko na sana ay maipagpatuloy ko ang protesta ni FPJ. Ang tanging layunin ko noon ay malaman ang tunay na nangyari at kung paano tinrato ang mga boto nating lahat. Hindi lang po para sa akin, hindi lang po para sa aking pamilya, kundi para sa ating lahat na lumahok at bomoto sa araw ng halalan upang piliin natin kung sino ang ibig nating mamuno sa atin.

Mayroon po tayong kanya-kanyang pinili, so ito po ay ginawa ko hindi lamang para sa bumoto kay FPJ kundi para din sa kani-kanilang mga ibinotong kandidato. Kaya lang hindi tayo pinagbigyan. Nalungkot po ako noon sapagkat kailan po natin malalaman ang katotohanan?

Lumipas po ang panahon. Nanahimik po ako katulad ng sabi ng mga nakakaalam sa batas. It was legal but not moral, life must go on. Sinikap ko na gawin ang pang-araw-araw na dapat kong gawin katulad ng isang mabuting mamamayan. Sinunod kong lahat ang mga batas, sinunod ko kahit labag sa loob ko, kahit nakikita ko na na, inspite of our state, our economic state, our financial crisis, personal and business crisis, pinilit tayo, whether we like it or not, na dagdagan ang ating VAT.

Ganunpaman, sabi ko kung lahat kayo ay nakakatiis bakit hindi siya bigyan ng pagkakataon. Ngunit ano ang isinukli niya? Arogante siya! Arogante! Hindi niya isinaalang-alang ang damdamin ng nakararami, manhid!

June 6, tulad ninyong lahat, nagulat na lamang ako, doon pa man din sa Malacañan, inilabas ang dalawang disc. Hindi ko hinanap iyon, hindi oposisyon ang nakahanap ‘nun kundi marahil ay naibigay sa akin noong kasalukuyang ipinaglalaban ko ang protesta ni FPJ.

Four Straight Wins of UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe

What can I say. UST ROARS!!!!

Measurement of Goodness

I think we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do - by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude. I think we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create and who we include. - Père Henri from Chocolat

Lo que bien se aprende, nunca se pierde. (What well is learned never is lost.)

"I’m distressed that we will end up this way by killing the one impeachment complaint that contains a truly substantial case and its evidence, killing a complaint that the President should answer and the public wants her to answer" - Rep. Ronaldo Zamora

"I will never sell my soul to the devil" - Rep. Robert Barbers

"Tinatanggap at nirerespeto po namin ito subalit di pa rin kami sang-ayon dahil marapat na panagutin si Pangulong Arroyo sa mga paratang at dapat bigyang linaw ito. This was the golden opportunity she did not take (to clear her herself)" "Ikinalulungkot po namin na di nagamit na instrumento ng katotohanan ang Kamara at ang Kongresong ito…Nasayang ang pagkakataon, Mr. Speaker, na marahil sa mga mga darating na araw ay di po natin pagbabayaran at bagkus atin pong maitatama at maiwawasto" - Rep. Francis "Chiz" Escudero

“The Filipino people mark a glorious day in history, when instead of forcing a President out of office through people power, they chose to keep a President through voting in the halls of constitutional democracy. This is a grand display of political maturity that seals our stability and resilience as a nation battling the vagaries of a challenging age, and poised for takeoff” - Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;

from Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope

www.monadnock.net/poems/eloisa.html

Wala na bang Pipirma para sa Katotohanan?

"For the truth to come out, the Filipino people need six more members of this House to endorse the complaint. Just six more. Is there anyone else? Is there no one else? Is there any one else who will sign for the truth?" - Marinduque Representative Edmund Reyes