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News for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online

Villar tops new ‘presidentiable’ poll
Senator Manuel Villar Jr. led another survey as the likely successor of President Arroyo in the 2010 presidential elections.

Mikey: No irregularity in SALN
Presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Mikey” Arroyo dared people to sue him if they believe he had misdeclared his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Network for 2007 and 2008.

‘Noynoy’ Aquino thanks Aksyon
Sen. Noynoy Aquino thanked the Aksyon Demokratiko Monday for endorsing him as its standard-bearer in the May 10, 2010 elections.

‘Ber’ months here; countdown begins
Times might be hard these days, but Filipinos have reason to smile as the cool “ber” months start Sept. 1, ushering in the joyous, traditional countdown to Christmas.

Puno cites need for moral change
People from all walks of life joined Monday’s launching of the Moral Force Movement.

Alabang lotto bettor wins P151-M jackpot
A Muntinlupa City bettor is richer by P150,952,935.60 for getting correctly the six-number combination in the Super Lotto 49 drawn Sunday night by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.

Actress loses P300,000 gems, accuses maid
Actress and television host Mickey Ferriols lost around P300,000 worth of jewelry allegedly to her maid who only worked for her for barely three days.



Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 4:31-37.

Jesus then went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God! Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!" Then the demon threw the man down in front of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.



Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online

daedal • \DEE-dul\ • adjective
1 *a : skillful, artistic
b : intricate
2 : adorned with many things

Example Sentence:
The filmmaker makes daedal use of lighting effects and camera angles to create a noirish atmosphere.

Did you know?
You might know Daedalus as the mythological prisoner who fashioned wings of feathers and wax to escape from the island of Crete with his son Icarus. But it was as architect and sculptor, one said to have designed a labyrinth for King Minos on Crete, that he earned his name. "Daedalus" (from Greek "daidalos") is Latin for "skillfully wrought." The same skillful Latin adjective gave English the adjectives "daedel" (in use since the 16th century) and "Daedalian" (or "Daedalean"), a synonym of "daedal."



Your money’s worth today
Source: XE.com

US$1 = Php48.71



Teaching for the day
Source: Annie Sebastian, Quezon City

CONTENTMENT

Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation?

You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong...

Read the following story... it may change your views about life:

After a conversation with one of my friends, he told me despite taking 2 jobs, he brings back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as he is. I wonder how he can be as happy as he is considering he has to skimp his life with the low pay to support a pair of old parents, in-laws, a wife, 2 daughters and the many bills of a household. He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India ...that happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and touring India after a major setback. He said that right in front of his very eyes he saw an Indian mother chop off her child's right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother's eyes, the scream of pain from the innocent 4-year-old child haunted him until today.

You may ask why did the mother do so; had the child been naughty, had the child's hand been infected?? No, it was done for two simple words---TO BEG!

The desperate mother deliberately caused the child to be handicapped so that the child could go out to the streets to beg. Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a piece of bread he was eating half-way. And almost instantly, a flock of 5 or 6 children swamped towards this small piece of bread which was covered with sand, robbing bits from one another. The natural reaction of hunger.

Stricken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He arrived at two bakeries and bought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries. The owner was dumbfounded but willingly sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain about 400 loaves of bread (this is less than $0.25 per loaf) and spent another $100 to get daily necessities.

Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in his life he wondered how people can give up their dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25.

He began to tell himself how fortunate he is. How fortunate he is to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have a family, have the chance to complain what food is nice and what isn't nice, have the chance to be clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of...

Now I begin to think and feel it, too! Was my life really that bad? Perhaps... no, I should not feel bad at all... What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one hand to beg on the streets.

"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that! we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past,you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.



Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox

Jollibee

Sa isang kaharian sa dako pa roon.may isang alipin "ERAP" ang pangalan na nagkasala at hahatulan ng kamatayan ng REYNA..

REYNA GMA: alipin ikaw ay nagnakaw at dapat kang patawan ng parusang kamatayan.
ERAP: parang awa nyo na po mahal na REYNA GMA..
REYNA GMA: anong gusto mong kamatayan..?ihuhulog sa bangin na maraming tigre...?oh papasukan ng isang bubuyog sa pwet mo hanggang mamatay ka.??? bulong ni ERAP sa sarili..(ung bubuyog nalang..matitiis ko pa ang sakit at maari pa akong mabuhay)..
ERAP: sige po mahal na reyna.payag na ako..
REYNA GMA: sige..ano ang napili mo alipin..
ERAP: ang pinili ko ung pasukan nalang ako ng bubuyog sa pwet.
REYNA GMA: pwes yan ang pinili mo..OKEY mga kawal...ilabas na si JOLLIBEE....
ERAP: OHHhh..NOoo...