News for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Enrile opposes text tax without rate cut
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile would vote against the Lower House proposal to impose a five-centavo excise tax on text messages if the measure would result in an indirect tax on consumers.
11 PETCs suspended
The LTO has suspended 11 Private Emission Testing Centers (PETCs) for non-conforming with proper testing procedures in issuing emission clearances to vehicle owners.
Former envoy recalls 9/11 attack in NY
Then chief of Philippine Permanent Mission (PM) to the United Nations (UN) Claro Cristobal recalls the day he witnessed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York.
Calamity fund dries up
Admitting that the national calamity fund has dried up, Malacañang Thrusday asked local government units to ready their own disaster funds to address the needs of their typhoon-affected constituents.
Krissy vows to work for Noynoy campaign kitty
Kris Aquino has vowed to work doubly hard to raise funds for her brother, Senator Noynoy Aquino, who has decided to run for president in 2010 only last Wednesday.
Camanava floods cut by 70% - DPWH
The DPWH said it has gained a major breakthrough in its flood control project in the Camanava area after the most recent floods in the localities were reduced by 70 percent despite the incessant rains.
PRC bares 799 new medical technologists
The Professional Regulation Commission Thursday announced that 799 out of 1,404 passed the Medical Technologist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medical Technology.
Ground Zero rising: A somber look at 9/11
I can’t help but marvel at the power of the indefatigable human spirit coping with the heartbreak of 9/11.
Plan to export corn to Vietnam hit
The government's plan to export corn at a loss to Vietnam supposedly to relieve the local market of the burden of oversupply has drawn criticism from the House of Representatives.
Fil-German beauty vies for Ms. Intercontinental crown in Belarus
Jacqueline Durano Schubert, 2009 Mutya ng Pilipinas-Tourism, leaves on Friday for Belarus to represent the Philippines in the 2009 Miss Intercontinental beauty pageant.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 6:39-42.
And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
slough • \SLUFF\ • verb
1 : to cast off or become cast off
2 : to crumble slowly and fall away
*3 : to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous -- usually used with off
Example Sentence:
"As the war advanced the armies reluctantly sloughed off such amenities as two-man tents." (Paul Fussell, Wartime)
Did you know?
There are two verbs spelled "slough" in English, as well as two nouns, and both sets have different pronunciations. The first noun, referring to a swamp or a discouraged state of mind, is pronounced to rhyme with either "blue" or "cow." Its related verb, which can mean "to plod through mud," has the same pronunciation. The second noun, pronounced to rhyme with "cuff," refers to the shed skin of a snake (as well as anything else that has been cast off). Its related verb describes the action of shedding or eliminating something, just like a snake sheds its skin. This "slough" derives from Middle English "slughe" and is distantly related to a Middle High German word meaning "snakeskin."
Your money’s worth today
Source: XE.com
US$1 = Php48.20
Teaching for the day
Source: Engr. Paul Morala from Duisburg, Germany
Stress and a Glass of Water
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?
"Answers called out ranged from 20 to 500grams’’
The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.
"He continued, "And that's the way it is with stress management.
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on.
As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.
So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.
* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.
* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
* If you lend someone P1000 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.
* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
* The second mouse gets the cheese.
* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
* We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colours, but they all have to live in the same box.
*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today...I did.
Chill
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Shameful couple
Little Johnny sees his Daddy’s car passing the playground and going into the woods.Curious, he follows the car and sees Daddy and Aunt Jane kissing.Johnny finds this so exciting and can barely contain himself as he runs home and starts to tell his mother excitedly.
MOMMY, MOMMY, I WAS AT THE PLAYGROUND AND DADDY AND….Mommy tells him to slow down, but that she wants to hear the story. So Johnny tells her. I was at the playground and I saw Daddy’s car go into the woods with Aunt Jane. I went to look and Daddy was giving Aunt Jane a big kiss, then he helped her take off her shirt, then Aunt Jane helped Daddy take his pants off, then Aunt Jane laid down on the seat, then Daddy….At this point, Mommy cut him off and said, Johnny, this is such an interesting story, suppose you save the rest of it for supper time. I want to see the look on Daddy’s face when you tell it tonight.
At the dinner table, Mommy asks Johnny to tell his story.He describes the car into the woods, the undressing, laying down on the seat, and, Then Daddy and Aunt Jane did that same thing Mommy and Uncle Jeff used to do when Daddy was in the Army. (buking si Mommy)
Moral of the story: Wait to hear the end before interrupting.
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