Having a loving wife and a sweet daughter...
Having friends...
Being with people who really care...
Friday, October 10, 2008
The Most Amazing Things in Life are Free,Surprisingly
Having a loving wife and a sweet daughter...
Having friends...
Being with people who really care...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Top 10 Things na nakapagpapaiyak sa akin...
1. Inspirational TV Programs
2. Pag maysakit ang sinumang mahal ko sa buhay
3. Motivational at inspirational books
4. Sentimental moments
5. Pag nagbabasa ng love letters
6. Success stories ng mga simpleng tao
7. Heartwarming movies or documentaries
8. Achievements ng loved ones
9. Puwing sa mata!
10. Pag pinaghihiwa ako ng asawa ko ng sibuyas!
2. Pag maysakit ang sinumang mahal ko sa buhay
3. Motivational at inspirational books
4. Sentimental moments
5. Pag nagbabasa ng love letters
6. Success stories ng mga simpleng tao
7. Heartwarming movies or documentaries
8. Achievements ng loved ones
9. Puwing sa mata!
10. Pag pinaghihiwa ako ng asawa ko ng sibuyas!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Rule of Law
"For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."--Thomas Paine, Common Sense(1776)
Ano ba ang rule of law?
Ang rule of law bilang doktrina ng sibilisadong komunidad ay ang pangingibabaw ng batas na iniluwal mismo ng mga taong bahagi ng isang komunidad upang walang sinuman,maging tao o mga grupo ng tao ang maaring magdidikta ng mga panuntunan o aksyon sang-ayon lamang sa mga konsiderasyong pansarili, kapritso, at kaginhawahan o praktikalidad. Ito ang pagpapatakbo ng gobyerno o organisasyon sang-ayon LAMANG sa nakasulat at itinadhanang mga batas sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod o pagtalima sa due process. Ang rule of law ang siyang proteksiyon ng mga miyembro ng organisasyon o mamamayan ng isang bansa laban sa anarkiya o diktadurya.
Ano naman ang rule of men?
Bilang isang doktrina, ang rule of men ay tahasang taliwas sa adhikain ng mga taong nagsusulong ng doktrina ng rule of law. Ang doktrinang rule of men ay isang klase ng pamumuno kung saan ang pagpapatakbo ng pamahalaan ay nakasalig lamang sa kapritso at pagnanais, makatwiran man o hindi, ng mga nasa puder ng kapangyarihan. Ito ang doktrinang pinagmumulan ng isang gobyernong arbitrary at may mahinang tindig sa usapin ng due process.
Ano ba talaga ang maganda--"KING is LAW o LAW is KING na paniniwala?
Para sa may pang-unawa at may lubos na pagmamahal sa moralidad, kaayusan at kasaganaan...hindi ko na kailangan pang sagutin ang tanong na 'yan.
Ano ba ang rule of law?
Ang rule of law bilang doktrina ng sibilisadong komunidad ay ang pangingibabaw ng batas na iniluwal mismo ng mga taong bahagi ng isang komunidad upang walang sinuman,maging tao o mga grupo ng tao ang maaring magdidikta ng mga panuntunan o aksyon sang-ayon lamang sa mga konsiderasyong pansarili, kapritso, at kaginhawahan o praktikalidad. Ito ang pagpapatakbo ng gobyerno o organisasyon sang-ayon LAMANG sa nakasulat at itinadhanang mga batas sa pamamagitan ng pagsunod o pagtalima sa due process. Ang rule of law ang siyang proteksiyon ng mga miyembro ng organisasyon o mamamayan ng isang bansa laban sa anarkiya o diktadurya.
Ano naman ang rule of men?
Bilang isang doktrina, ang rule of men ay tahasang taliwas sa adhikain ng mga taong nagsusulong ng doktrina ng rule of law. Ang doktrinang rule of men ay isang klase ng pamumuno kung saan ang pagpapatakbo ng pamahalaan ay nakasalig lamang sa kapritso at pagnanais, makatwiran man o hindi, ng mga nasa puder ng kapangyarihan. Ito ang doktrinang pinagmumulan ng isang gobyernong arbitrary at may mahinang tindig sa usapin ng due process.
Ano ba talaga ang maganda--"KING is LAW o LAW is KING na paniniwala?
Para sa may pang-unawa at may lubos na pagmamahal sa moralidad, kaayusan at kasaganaan...hindi ko na kailangan pang sagutin ang tanong na 'yan.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Acts, Deeds...Not Theories
The State of Things in the Philippines at Present
On Corruption. Based on an article published in the International Herald Tribune dated March 13, 2007, nearly $2 billion dollars, or roughly 13 percent of the Philippines' annual budget, is lost to corruption in the country each year (United Nations Development Program). In the same article, it was said that “local corruption monitors confirm that graft and bribery in the Philippines remain rampant. Corruption has penetrated every level of government, from the Bureau of Customs down to the traffic police officers who pull over motorists to demand bribes”.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Daily Inquirer in its July 05, 2008 online edition reported that “[in the] 2008 WB [World Bank] study shows…our country’s corruption control ranking worsened from 45 percent in 1996 during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos to only 22 percent in 2007 during the incumbency of President Arroyo, edging out bottom-dweller Indonesia”. Also in that news report, the newspaper stated that “the Philippines is perceived as the most graft ridden in East Asia and among the worst in the world, and our people regard the Arroyo administration as the most corrupt in history”.
On Poverty. Local TV station giant, GMA 7 claimed in its news report that survey from SWS (Social Weather Stations) showed that “the incidence of hunger in the Philippines has reached a new high”. It added that “in the fourth quarter of 2006, at least 19 percent of families in the country, roughly 3.3 million households, experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the last three months”. In the SWS survey, 52 percent of respondents said that they considered themselves as poor. The TV station also said that “World Bank data support the survey results. As of 2005, the lender's data show that 10.8 percent of the country's population survives on just $1 a day and another 41.2 percent make do with less than $2 daily”.
The “Presidential Promise”
Amidst the so-called damning US-dominated World Bank study, President Macapagal-Arroyo promised that “we will work to fix the corruption that has, unfortunately, long plagued our nation. We have been working to take control of the situation. Our efforts will include passing a comprehensive anti-corruption reform act in 2008” (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 05, 2008). But like any other promises, some people think that this is again another “presidential promise” that is meant to be broken. Indeed, only time can tell if this will materialize or not.
A Perceived Solution
Much has been said about corruption, moral degradation, political instability and solutions thereto that are perceived to lessen, if not ultimately stop these sufferings. The former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani was one of the Filipino leaders who believe that there is still hope and thus proposed one solution. Briefly, she stated that:
“At the bottom of our economic problems and political instability is the weakness and corruption of moral foundation of our society. We do need an economic recovery program. We also urgently need a moral, intellectual and spiritual recovery program.”
The solution—an economic, moral, intellectual and spiritual recovery program—is not really a novel one as this solution is something more of common sense than sheer ingenuity. While this author believes that this is indeed a plausible solution, he hesitates to believe that this can be achieved in the absence of one important ingredient—political will. Any solution will surely fail if implementers have no political will. Honestly, the people are already fed up by so many promises and plans. In the author’s opinion, Shahani’s statement is mere book decoration and but a mere piece of oratory without solid actions. The people need more than mere discussions and inquiries from our leaders. We need actions not words.
On Corruption. Based on an article published in the International Herald Tribune dated March 13, 2007, nearly $2 billion dollars, or roughly 13 percent of the Philippines' annual budget, is lost to corruption in the country each year (United Nations Development Program). In the same article, it was said that “local corruption monitors confirm that graft and bribery in the Philippines remain rampant. Corruption has penetrated every level of government, from the Bureau of Customs down to the traffic police officers who pull over motorists to demand bribes”.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Daily Inquirer in its July 05, 2008 online edition reported that “[in the] 2008 WB [World Bank] study shows…our country’s corruption control ranking worsened from 45 percent in 1996 during the term of President Fidel V. Ramos to only 22 percent in 2007 during the incumbency of President Arroyo, edging out bottom-dweller Indonesia”. Also in that news report, the newspaper stated that “the Philippines is perceived as the most graft ridden in East Asia and among the worst in the world, and our people regard the Arroyo administration as the most corrupt in history”.
On Poverty. Local TV station giant, GMA 7 claimed in its news report that survey from SWS (Social Weather Stations) showed that “the incidence of hunger in the Philippines has reached a new high”. It added that “in the fourth quarter of 2006, at least 19 percent of families in the country, roughly 3.3 million households, experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the last three months”. In the SWS survey, 52 percent of respondents said that they considered themselves as poor. The TV station also said that “World Bank data support the survey results. As of 2005, the lender's data show that 10.8 percent of the country's population survives on just $1 a day and another 41.2 percent make do with less than $2 daily”.
The “Presidential Promise”
Amidst the so-called damning US-dominated World Bank study, President Macapagal-Arroyo promised that “we will work to fix the corruption that has, unfortunately, long plagued our nation. We have been working to take control of the situation. Our efforts will include passing a comprehensive anti-corruption reform act in 2008” (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 05, 2008). But like any other promises, some people think that this is again another “presidential promise” that is meant to be broken. Indeed, only time can tell if this will materialize or not.
A Perceived Solution
Much has been said about corruption, moral degradation, political instability and solutions thereto that are perceived to lessen, if not ultimately stop these sufferings. The former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani was one of the Filipino leaders who believe that there is still hope and thus proposed one solution. Briefly, she stated that:
“At the bottom of our economic problems and political instability is the weakness and corruption of moral foundation of our society. We do need an economic recovery program. We also urgently need a moral, intellectual and spiritual recovery program.”
The solution—an economic, moral, intellectual and spiritual recovery program—is not really a novel one as this solution is something more of common sense than sheer ingenuity. While this author believes that this is indeed a plausible solution, he hesitates to believe that this can be achieved in the absence of one important ingredient—political will. Any solution will surely fail if implementers have no political will. Honestly, the people are already fed up by so many promises and plans. In the author’s opinion, Shahani’s statement is mere book decoration and but a mere piece of oratory without solid actions. The people need more than mere discussions and inquiries from our leaders. We need actions not words.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wny I Ask My Students to Memorize?
I am really blessed to have met a professor who taught me the value of accuracy and deep understanding. In fact, it was her methods and techniques that partly form the foundation of my teaching techniques. I recall her saying "It is better to ask your students to memorize good poetry or verse because that will open the flood gates of possibilities.They may dislike it at first but it's up to you to deliver the needed push so that they fall off the cliff toward greater and more profound learning based on solid facts."
Memorization in present day educational setting has somewhat received a rather negative reputation. Memorization is frowned upon not only by students but by a considerable number of teachers, as well. If you ask students to memorize a poem or some lines of verse, the next thing you here is an uproar of complaints. And I do not blame them for doing that because it is, so to speak, "normal" these days for they live in an age of disillusioned love for liberty and have-it-your-way mentality. They should not be blamed for feeling that way likewise because memorizing is such a tedious task and human nature (particularly that of today's)tells you that most people just don't have that much liking to do tasks like that. "The easier to accomplish something the better" is a conviction that has reached dogmatic proportions.
But, memorization if treated as the end all and be all of learning is not good. My belief is that memorization or remembering is the starting point of any other kinds of learning. The bone of my contention is this: How would you be able to apply, analyze, synthesize or even evaluate things without having solid data on which these thinking skills will be based on, in the first place? It is really impossible to gain "any" higher form of thinking without accomplishing the basic step--remembering raw data, that is.
Now, I'd like to enumerate what research and authorities have to say about memorization and remembering.
I
"The memorization and recitation of the classic utterances of poets and statesmen form part of a tradition of learning that stretches back to classical antiquity, when the Greeks discovered that words and sounds—and the rhythmic patterns by which they were bound together in poetry—awakened the mind and shaped character. They made poetry the foundation of their pedagogy. Athenian schoolboys learned by heart the poetry of Homer, through which they gained mastery of their language and their culture. They memorized as well, in versified form, the civic pronouncements of Solon, the founder of the Athenian political tradition."
--In Defense of Memorization,Michael Knox Beran
II
"Just like learning to walk before you can run, learning multiplication and memorizing the times tables are building blocks for other math topics taught in school - higher learning such as division, long multiplication, fractions and algebra."
--The Importance Of Memorizing The Times Tables
Susan Jarema
III
"The most important quality of being a good scholar is a trained and retentive memory."
--Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the
Christian Faith, Marvin R. Wilson
IV
"First, at the base of the pyramid (Bloom's Taxonomy) is memorization. Every student must memorize in order to have a firm foundation. The base of the pyramid has the widest expanse which indicates the importance of memorization."
--The Need for Memorization, Drill, and
Excellence, Donna Garner
V
"Psalm 119:11 says, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You”. The Word of God is precious book to the Christian; it is our guide and manual for daily living. Because it is so valuable to us as Christians, the psalmist stresses the importance of memorizing it."
--Milford Bible Church
VI
"Why, then, do so many middle-class Americans now act as if education is nothing more than a 'game'? . . . Along with any serious commitment to subjects like English and History, the idea of education as a way to sharpen mental discipline, to cultivate higher cultural interests, or to teach civic principles has simply disappeared."
--Ready Or Not: What Happens When We Treat
Children as Small Adults,Kay Hymowitz
VII
"To learn "by rote," according to Webster's dictionary, is to learn "by memory alone, without understanding or thought." ...Plant precepts in small children's heads, and you'll shape their thinking and their actions as they grow.
But not all memorization is learning by rote. To commit something to memory isn't necessarily to learn it "without understanding or thought."
--The Difference Between Thinking and Knowing
(Memorization doesn't deserve its bad
name),Claudia Winkler
The space for this post is not enough to lay down all proofs and arguments in favor of memorization. What has been presented here is just a short list--a very small tip of an iceberg, indeed.
Memorization or remembering is not just like mushrooms that emerged from nowhere. Rather, it emerged from a long line of tradition the effectiveness of which has been tested throughout the ages. And thus, the derogatory notion about it is totally uncalled for and unfounded.
NOTA BENE: This post may be reproduced or republished provided proper and complete author citation and link back to this blog is given.
Memorization in present day educational setting has somewhat received a rather negative reputation. Memorization is frowned upon not only by students but by a considerable number of teachers, as well. If you ask students to memorize a poem or some lines of verse, the next thing you here is an uproar of complaints. And I do not blame them for doing that because it is, so to speak, "normal" these days for they live in an age of disillusioned love for liberty and have-it-your-way mentality. They should not be blamed for feeling that way likewise because memorizing is such a tedious task and human nature (particularly that of today's)tells you that most people just don't have that much liking to do tasks like that. "The easier to accomplish something the better" is a conviction that has reached dogmatic proportions.
But, memorization if treated as the end all and be all of learning is not good. My belief is that memorization or remembering is the starting point of any other kinds of learning. The bone of my contention is this: How would you be able to apply, analyze, synthesize or even evaluate things without having solid data on which these thinking skills will be based on, in the first place? It is really impossible to gain "any" higher form of thinking without accomplishing the basic step--remembering raw data, that is.
Now, I'd like to enumerate what research and authorities have to say about memorization and remembering.
I
"The memorization and recitation of the classic utterances of poets and statesmen form part of a tradition of learning that stretches back to classical antiquity, when the Greeks discovered that words and sounds—and the rhythmic patterns by which they were bound together in poetry—awakened the mind and shaped character. They made poetry the foundation of their pedagogy. Athenian schoolboys learned by heart the poetry of Homer, through which they gained mastery of their language and their culture. They memorized as well, in versified form, the civic pronouncements of Solon, the founder of the Athenian political tradition."
--In Defense of Memorization,Michael Knox Beran
II
"Just like learning to walk before you can run, learning multiplication and memorizing the times tables are building blocks for other math topics taught in school - higher learning such as division, long multiplication, fractions and algebra."
--The Importance Of Memorizing The Times Tables
Susan Jarema
III
"The most important quality of being a good scholar is a trained and retentive memory."
--Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the
Christian Faith, Marvin R. Wilson
IV
"First, at the base of the pyramid (Bloom's Taxonomy) is memorization. Every student must memorize in order to have a firm foundation. The base of the pyramid has the widest expanse which indicates the importance of memorization."
--The Need for Memorization, Drill, and
Excellence, Donna Garner
V
"Psalm 119:11 says, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You”. The Word of God is precious book to the Christian; it is our guide and manual for daily living. Because it is so valuable to us as Christians, the psalmist stresses the importance of memorizing it."
--Milford Bible Church
VI
"Why, then, do so many middle-class Americans now act as if education is nothing more than a 'game'? . . . Along with any serious commitment to subjects like English and History, the idea of education as a way to sharpen mental discipline, to cultivate higher cultural interests, or to teach civic principles has simply disappeared."
--Ready Or Not: What Happens When We Treat
Children as Small Adults,Kay Hymowitz
VII
"To learn "by rote," according to Webster's dictionary, is to learn "by memory alone, without understanding or thought." ...Plant precepts in small children's heads, and you'll shape their thinking and their actions as they grow.
But not all memorization is learning by rote. To commit something to memory isn't necessarily to learn it "without understanding or thought."
--The Difference Between Thinking and Knowing
(Memorization doesn't deserve its bad
name),Claudia Winkler
The space for this post is not enough to lay down all proofs and arguments in favor of memorization. What has been presented here is just a short list--a very small tip of an iceberg, indeed.
Memorization or remembering is not just like mushrooms that emerged from nowhere. Rather, it emerged from a long line of tradition the effectiveness of which has been tested throughout the ages. And thus, the derogatory notion about it is totally uncalled for and unfounded.
NOTA BENE: This post may be reproduced or republished provided proper and complete author citation and link back to this blog is given.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
When Eros Strikes
Relationship is an art of blending
In relationships and magnets, opposites attract. A rather timid man gets hooked with an out-going, sparkling woman while an out-going man is dazzled by a timid, reflective woman.
Men and women are like magnets and they have different temperament. And making the somewhat clashing differences blend with one another is a key to maintaining a lasting relationship. A man or a woman's failure to understand the temperament of the other may often lead to stand-off and word-war.
Relationships call for mutual adjustment. Men and women in relationships have to acknowledge and appreciate the emotional needs of one another. In this regard, a “give and take” attitude will definitely be helpful in attaining a healthy relationship.
As a rule of thumb, we should not aim to change the temperament of our partner; but we should aim to channel that temperament to blend with our own and vice-versa. Opening the line of communication and spending more quality time with each other will greatly boost this process of blending.
Relationships, indeed, call for opposites that blend.
Falling in love is magic!
Falling in love and the term love per se are two very distinct emotions. Falling in love is such an exciting feeling that sweeps a person head over heels. It can be a flash of weird, spine-tingling sensations or a first of the many steps to find true love.
Falling in love is a powerful instinctive, emotional attraction of one toward the opposite sex or of the same sex, in certain cases. And fortunately, when the feeling is mutual, meaning one falls in love with another and the other reciprocates the feeling, this act of mutual falling in love can grow into a beautiful love affair.
Falling in love, in my case, was a truly an inspiring experience. It touched the very heart of me that I could not possibly get myself the focus I need to do things that I had to do then. There were moments of immense daydreaming…The sudden weakness I felt in the knees and increase in bodily temperature whenever I saw her was to me the most exciting of all moments when I fell in love.
Falling in love is not so strange a phenomenon. You don’t have to search for it; it just happens. And when you fall in love, you can’t do anything to stop it. It haunts you day and night. Like a patriot missile, it follows you wherever you are. Certainly, it is so mysterious.
When you fall in love, the feelings you have are not always pleasant. I bet that for people who have experienced this powerful potion of Eros, they felt a total mix of emotions--excitement, doubts, overpowering attention on one’s self-image, and even extreme jealousy.
Falling in love is nature’s way of showing how fragile and delicate men and women are. It is likewise nature’s way of telling us that there are cases beyond our control. Definitely and for most cases, people who fall in love lose control. It’s the time in our lives that the heart overpowers the mind, decisively. It makes brave men and women go “chicken” and it makes the most brilliant the dumbest of all creation!
Many of us think that falling in love is all about sex. I beg to disagree. Sex may be an inescapable aspect of it in the long run; but, that is not the “end all and be all” of falling in love. Sex is but a mere outward manifestation of surrendering ourselves to the dictates of the most overwhelming of all human emotions—love. But, sex can never be the object of true and unconditional love.
Falling in love is one of the essential steps on finding our lifetime partner. Being attracted to another person is the most basic part of settling down. In this regard, falling in love as a stage in our lives is significant.
I always tell my students to be careful when you fall in love. But I know deep inside that this is an irony. Why? Simple…It’s because as I said earlier, falling in love is usually that time in a person’s life when the heart takes control.
Many of my students ask me “what is love?” and when I explain, I end up first explaining “how do you know that you have fallen in love?” then, proceed with their question. Almost always, my explanation would be like this—love is… falling in love with the person over and over again… every second of the minute, every minute of the hour, every hour of the day and everyday of your life.
Falling in love is really one of the best experiences that any person can ever have. It’s compelling. It’s wonderful. It’s magic.
"Favorite Love Quotes"
"Love makes the world go round" so goes the song. Imagine a world without love, that's probably the worst of situations--yeah, a loveless world is indeed a lifeless one. As for me, I have always been living for love's sake. I laugh, I cry, I breathe because of love.
The term love has many meanings. Millions have tried to explain love. Some have even tried to calculate love. But almost always, they end up trying. And, that is no surprise because love is mysterious. I guess this blog is to end in the same way the others did. But, who cares anyway!
The love verses below are some of my favorites. The list contains some of my original quotations on love, too. As you read them, take time to suck the juice out of magical words of few of the world's romantics and feel the rush of passion into your veins; think of that very special someone you would rather spend your life until this world is no more....
----o0o----
"Life is but a world torn in shreds and the world--a row of flesh crushed in bitterness, without love." -Joel M. Santos
"The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion." -Mathew Arnold
"Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself." -Mahatma Gandhi
"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,Old Time is still aflying,And this same flower that smiles today,Tomorow will be dying." -Robert Herrick
"Oh, my luve’s like a red, red rose,That ’s newly sprung in June;Oh, my luve’s like the melodieThat’s sweetly played in tune." -Robert Burns
"If I must die, let me... in love's blade." -Joel M. Santos
"If this be error an upon me prove, I never writ nor no man ever loved." -Shakespeare
"The greatest irony of life is to love your enemy better than yourself." - Joel M. Santos
" Roses are red and violets are blue, And all the sweetest flowers that in the forrest grew." -Edmund Spenser
" If there ever comes a day When we cant be together keep me in your heart, Ill stay there forever." -Winnie the Pooh
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go.Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same."
-Flavia Weedn
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter." -John Keats
"I've never been so condemned in my life, I've never been so wretch'd, so damn'd, and miserable. But all these I shall happily endure for a minute shared with you." -Joel M. Santos
"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." -Franklin P. Jones
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." -Plato
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
-Robert Frost
"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
-Henry Louis Mencken
"Love is a friendship set to music."
-E. Joseph Cossman
"They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love."
-William Shakespeare
"And she wrote my name on a piece of flesh and my soul flew upon the universe."
-Joel M. Santos
"Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work. " -Vincent Van Gogh
"One is very crazy when in love." -Sigmund Freud
"You can't blame gravity for falling in love. "
-Sheetal
"How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
-Albert Einstein
"A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. "
-Woodrow Wyatt
"Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and be forced to recognize the ethics that knows no bounds. But on the other hand, those who believe in love for all creation must realize clearly the difficulties involved in the problem of a boundless ethic and must be resolved not to veil from [humankind] the conflicts which this ethic will involve [us], but allow [us] really to experience them. To think out in every implication the ethic of love for all creation -- this is the difficult task which confronts our age." -Albert Schweitzer
“You will never know love unless you surrender to it.” -movie quote from”Fools Rush In"
“kisses are a better fate than wisdom.” -e.e. cummings
"True love stories never have endings.” -Richard Bach
"Love is falling in love over and over again and true love is to be in love every second."
-Joel M. Santos
" I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
" When love is not madness, it is not love." -Pedro Calderon de la Barca
" Let me lie,
let me die on thy snow-covered bosom,
I would eat of thy flesh as a delicate fruit,
I am drunk of its smell, and the scent
of thy tresses
Is a flame that devours."
-George Moore
" The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence."
-Edward Thomas
"All the world is but a dying ember without your presence."
-Joel M. Santos
"My heart to you is given:
Oh, do give yours to me;
We'll lock them up together,
And throw away the key."
-Frederick Saunders
"In law, not all love is legal.
But in love, it doesn't really matter."
-Joel M. Santos
"See! the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea: -
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?"
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"To die is even blissful... when you're the reason."- Joel M. Santos
In relationships and magnets, opposites attract. A rather timid man gets hooked with an out-going, sparkling woman while an out-going man is dazzled by a timid, reflective woman.
Men and women are like magnets and they have different temperament. And making the somewhat clashing differences blend with one another is a key to maintaining a lasting relationship. A man or a woman's failure to understand the temperament of the other may often lead to stand-off and word-war.
Relationships call for mutual adjustment. Men and women in relationships have to acknowledge and appreciate the emotional needs of one another. In this regard, a “give and take” attitude will definitely be helpful in attaining a healthy relationship.
As a rule of thumb, we should not aim to change the temperament of our partner; but we should aim to channel that temperament to blend with our own and vice-versa. Opening the line of communication and spending more quality time with each other will greatly boost this process of blending.
Relationships, indeed, call for opposites that blend.
Falling in love is magic!
Falling in love and the term love per se are two very distinct emotions. Falling in love is such an exciting feeling that sweeps a person head over heels. It can be a flash of weird, spine-tingling sensations or a first of the many steps to find true love.
Falling in love is a powerful instinctive, emotional attraction of one toward the opposite sex or of the same sex, in certain cases. And fortunately, when the feeling is mutual, meaning one falls in love with another and the other reciprocates the feeling, this act of mutual falling in love can grow into a beautiful love affair.
Falling in love, in my case, was a truly an inspiring experience. It touched the very heart of me that I could not possibly get myself the focus I need to do things that I had to do then. There were moments of immense daydreaming…The sudden weakness I felt in the knees and increase in bodily temperature whenever I saw her was to me the most exciting of all moments when I fell in love.
Falling in love is not so strange a phenomenon. You don’t have to search for it; it just happens. And when you fall in love, you can’t do anything to stop it. It haunts you day and night. Like a patriot missile, it follows you wherever you are. Certainly, it is so mysterious.
When you fall in love, the feelings you have are not always pleasant. I bet that for people who have experienced this powerful potion of Eros, they felt a total mix of emotions--excitement, doubts, overpowering attention on one’s self-image, and even extreme jealousy.
Falling in love is nature’s way of showing how fragile and delicate men and women are. It is likewise nature’s way of telling us that there are cases beyond our control. Definitely and for most cases, people who fall in love lose control. It’s the time in our lives that the heart overpowers the mind, decisively. It makes brave men and women go “chicken” and it makes the most brilliant the dumbest of all creation!
Many of us think that falling in love is all about sex. I beg to disagree. Sex may be an inescapable aspect of it in the long run; but, that is not the “end all and be all” of falling in love. Sex is but a mere outward manifestation of surrendering ourselves to the dictates of the most overwhelming of all human emotions—love. But, sex can never be the object of true and unconditional love.
Falling in love is one of the essential steps on finding our lifetime partner. Being attracted to another person is the most basic part of settling down. In this regard, falling in love as a stage in our lives is significant.
I always tell my students to be careful when you fall in love. But I know deep inside that this is an irony. Why? Simple…It’s because as I said earlier, falling in love is usually that time in a person’s life when the heart takes control.
Many of my students ask me “what is love?” and when I explain, I end up first explaining “how do you know that you have fallen in love?” then, proceed with their question. Almost always, my explanation would be like this—love is… falling in love with the person over and over again… every second of the minute, every minute of the hour, every hour of the day and everyday of your life.
Falling in love is really one of the best experiences that any person can ever have. It’s compelling. It’s wonderful. It’s magic.
"Favorite Love Quotes"
"Love makes the world go round" so goes the song. Imagine a world without love, that's probably the worst of situations--yeah, a loveless world is indeed a lifeless one. As for me, I have always been living for love's sake. I laugh, I cry, I breathe because of love.
The term love has many meanings. Millions have tried to explain love. Some have even tried to calculate love. But almost always, they end up trying. And, that is no surprise because love is mysterious. I guess this blog is to end in the same way the others did. But, who cares anyway!
The love verses below are some of my favorites. The list contains some of my original quotations on love, too. As you read them, take time to suck the juice out of magical words of few of the world's romantics and feel the rush of passion into your veins; think of that very special someone you would rather spend your life until this world is no more....
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"Life is but a world torn in shreds and the world--a row of flesh crushed in bitterness, without love." -Joel M. Santos
"The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion." -Mathew Arnold
"Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself." -Mahatma Gandhi
"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,Old Time is still aflying,And this same flower that smiles today,Tomorow will be dying." -Robert Herrick
"Oh, my luve’s like a red, red rose,That ’s newly sprung in June;Oh, my luve’s like the melodieThat’s sweetly played in tune." -Robert Burns
"If I must die, let me... in love's blade." -Joel M. Santos
"If this be error an upon me prove, I never writ nor no man ever loved." -Shakespeare
"The greatest irony of life is to love your enemy better than yourself." - Joel M. Santos
" Roses are red and violets are blue, And all the sweetest flowers that in the forrest grew." -Edmund Spenser
" If there ever comes a day When we cant be together keep me in your heart, Ill stay there forever." -Winnie the Pooh
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go.Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same."
-Flavia Weedn
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter." -John Keats
"I've never been so condemned in my life, I've never been so wretch'd, so damn'd, and miserable. But all these I shall happily endure for a minute shared with you." -Joel M. Santos
"Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile." -Franklin P. Jones
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." -Plato
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
-Robert Frost
"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
-Henry Louis Mencken
"Love is a friendship set to music."
-E. Joseph Cossman
"They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love."
-William Shakespeare
"And she wrote my name on a piece of flesh and my soul flew upon the universe."
-Joel M. Santos
"Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work. " -Vincent Van Gogh
"One is very crazy when in love." -Sigmund Freud
"You can't blame gravity for falling in love. "
-Sheetal
"How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?"
-Albert Einstein
"A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. "
-Woodrow Wyatt
"Thought cannot avoid the ethical or reverence and love for all life. It will abandon the old confined systems of ethics and be forced to recognize the ethics that knows no bounds. But on the other hand, those who believe in love for all creation must realize clearly the difficulties involved in the problem of a boundless ethic and must be resolved not to veil from [humankind] the conflicts which this ethic will involve [us], but allow [us] really to experience them. To think out in every implication the ethic of love for all creation -- this is the difficult task which confronts our age." -Albert Schweitzer
“You will never know love unless you surrender to it.” -movie quote from”Fools Rush In"
“kisses are a better fate than wisdom.” -e.e. cummings
"True love stories never have endings.” -Richard Bach
"Love is falling in love over and over again and true love is to be in love every second."
-Joel M. Santos
" I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
" When love is not madness, it is not love." -Pedro Calderon de la Barca
" Let me lie,
let me die on thy snow-covered bosom,
I would eat of thy flesh as a delicate fruit,
I am drunk of its smell, and the scent
of thy tresses
Is a flame that devours."
-George Moore
" The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence."
-Edward Thomas
"All the world is but a dying ember without your presence."
-Joel M. Santos
"My heart to you is given:
Oh, do give yours to me;
We'll lock them up together,
And throw away the key."
-Frederick Saunders
"In law, not all love is legal.
But in love, it doesn't really matter."
-Joel M. Santos
"See! the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea: -
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?"
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"To die is even blissful... when you're the reason."- Joel M. Santos
Monday, May 12, 2008
5 Things Students Don't Know About Their Teachers
You rarely see a teacher and a student getting along well with each other. Perhaps this is because of the rules that professors impose upon their students; and as democratic as we all are, students dislike rules and limitations.
Teachers Know How to Listen
More often than not, students consider their teachers to have closed ears. Well, this isn't entirely true. Good teachers only close their ears when they have to. For example, if a student failed because of not doing his obligations, then the teacher is compelled to give failing marks to that student. However, if the teacher sees that there is a potential in you, they will usually wait for you to approach them and confess about your difficulty in doing and learning tasks.
Teachers Take Care of Their Students Like Their Own Child
Unknown to you, the teachers treat their students like their own child. They assign you tasks, gives you things to do, and punishes you whenever there is a need to. Do not think that a teacher gets happy when a student fails; they feel a bit of disappointment within themselves if such situation happens.
Teachers Understand You Because They Were Once Students Too
Most of the students deem that they are not understood by their teachers. However, this is not a fact. Teachers used to be students so they perfectly understand how you feel and how you react. They are just doing their jobs to make it possible for you to become better students.
Teachers Feel Every Emotion That You Feel
Teachers are very good at gauging feelings. They will know if a student is sad, depressed, happy or intimidated. They evaluate through the response of the student at academics. Students easily get affected and it shows through their grades; teachers act upon this problem as swiftly as they could.
Teachers Are Capable of Mistakes Too
Teachers are great; but they are not perfect. Like us, they commit a few mistakes from time to time. We cannot really expect them to be perfect. After all, we're all humans and we're all capable of committing mistakes.
Teachers Know How to Listen
More often than not, students consider their teachers to have closed ears. Well, this isn't entirely true. Good teachers only close their ears when they have to. For example, if a student failed because of not doing his obligations, then the teacher is compelled to give failing marks to that student. However, if the teacher sees that there is a potential in you, they will usually wait for you to approach them and confess about your difficulty in doing and learning tasks.
Teachers Take Care of Their Students Like Their Own Child
Unknown to you, the teachers treat their students like their own child. They assign you tasks, gives you things to do, and punishes you whenever there is a need to. Do not think that a teacher gets happy when a student fails; they feel a bit of disappointment within themselves if such situation happens.
Teachers Understand You Because They Were Once Students Too
Most of the students deem that they are not understood by their teachers. However, this is not a fact. Teachers used to be students so they perfectly understand how you feel and how you react. They are just doing their jobs to make it possible for you to become better students.
Teachers Feel Every Emotion That You Feel
Teachers are very good at gauging feelings. They will know if a student is sad, depressed, happy or intimidated. They evaluate through the response of the student at academics. Students easily get affected and it shows through their grades; teachers act upon this problem as swiftly as they could.
Teachers Are Capable of Mistakes Too
Teachers are great; but they are not perfect. Like us, they commit a few mistakes from time to time. We cannot really expect them to be perfect. After all, we're all humans and we're all capable of committing mistakes.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
How to be happy
1. Learn to see the good side of even the worst of situations. See problems as challenges and failures as mere setbacks. We are capable of accomplishing things--great or small.
2. Love yourself. Appreciate your strengths while you polish your weaknesses.
3. Love others as you love yourself but convince yourself too that you are no martyr as everything has its end and the most important thing is that you've given unto Cesar what is for Cesar...so keep what should be yours, too.
4. Share.
5. Live every minute of your life as if it were your last!
6. Do not covet so much those things that you do not have yet. Forget things which are impossible for you to have. Make use instead of what you already have and be contented for the meantime.
7. Compete with yourself and not with others. Beat your best, always...but if you are unable to beat your record, it's fine as you always have another day to try again.
8. Days don't stop even if you don't have money or if you are heartbroken or if you lost your pet or if you are scolded or you lost thousands. Make your lack of money as a source of your inspiration and not of your desperation.
9. Live your life and not somebody else's. Your life is, in some ways, better than the life of the person you are "copying".
10. Let your dreams soar...Let them take you to places. But, never end there. Make them happen.
11. Have faith.
12. Learn.
13. Tell yourself you are cute, you are handsome..you are one of a kind.
14. Cry some. Laugh some. Suffer some. Enjoy some.
15. Show the world who you really are. If people around you accept you, that's great...but if not, that's fine. Accept the fact that you cannot make everybody happy no matter what you do.
2. Love yourself. Appreciate your strengths while you polish your weaknesses.
3. Love others as you love yourself but convince yourself too that you are no martyr as everything has its end and the most important thing is that you've given unto Cesar what is for Cesar...so keep what should be yours, too.
4. Share.
5. Live every minute of your life as if it were your last!
6. Do not covet so much those things that you do not have yet. Forget things which are impossible for you to have. Make use instead of what you already have and be contented for the meantime.
7. Compete with yourself and not with others. Beat your best, always...but if you are unable to beat your record, it's fine as you always have another day to try again.
8. Days don't stop even if you don't have money or if you are heartbroken or if you lost your pet or if you are scolded or you lost thousands. Make your lack of money as a source of your inspiration and not of your desperation.
9. Live your life and not somebody else's. Your life is, in some ways, better than the life of the person you are "copying".
10. Let your dreams soar...Let them take you to places. But, never end there. Make them happen.
11. Have faith.
12. Learn.
13. Tell yourself you are cute, you are handsome..you are one of a kind.
14. Cry some. Laugh some. Suffer some. Enjoy some.
15. Show the world who you really are. If people around you accept you, that's great...but if not, that's fine. Accept the fact that you cannot make everybody happy no matter what you do.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Sana
Buti na lang hindi dumating si Atty. Castillo kanina. Pagod na pagod kasi ako at tantsa ko sasaltod ako kung sakaling natuloy nga ang exam sa Nego.
Nakausap ko kanina ng matagal-tagal dalawang kaklase ko. Isang pulis at isang negosyante. Tanong ko sa kaklase kong pulis (sa lahat ng pulis sa totoo lang siya lang yata ang humble at matino)"pre kahirap ng buhay dito sa pinas no?" Oo nga e maliit masyado sweldo swapang pa karaniwang nakaupo...Sa madaling salita medyo umikot dun ang usapan hanggang sa mapunta kami sa usapan tungkol sa tagumpay. Point blank tinanong ko ang kaklase kong negosyante..."pre pano ka ba nagtagumpay?" Tumingin lang siya ng ilang minuto tapos sinabi niya "katuwiran ko lang kasi sa buhay e ganito...BAKIT SILA."
Napaisip ako. Oo nga no? May pitik yung sinabi niya...Bakit sila--Bakit sila nagawa nila bakit ako hinde? Bakit sila nakaya nila, bakit ako kumpleto ang mga paa, kamay, hindi bulag, bingi o may anupamang kapansanan hindi ko kaya?
Minsan din natanong ako ang estudyante ko...Ser, pano niyo nagagawang mapagsabay ang pagtuturo sa tatlong eskuwelahan, pag-aaral ng law at pagiging ama sa pamilya niyo gayong iisa lang naman ang katawan niyo at kaunti lang ang oras? Tumingin lang ako sa kanya tapos sabi ko "Ewan ko kung paano".
Maraming mga bagay dito sa mundo ang talagang mahirap isipin at minsan nga di na nga dapat pag-isipan pa...kailangan na lang gawin bagaman suko na ang katawang lupa.
Kagaya ng katwiran ng kaklase kong--BAKIT SILA--hinahangad ko rin nga na sana may mangyayaring maganda sa katwiran kong--EWAN KO KUNG PAANO. Pero alam mo kung may choice lang ako... sana, sana, sana--
Nakausap ko kanina ng matagal-tagal dalawang kaklase ko. Isang pulis at isang negosyante. Tanong ko sa kaklase kong pulis (sa lahat ng pulis sa totoo lang siya lang yata ang humble at matino)"pre kahirap ng buhay dito sa pinas no?" Oo nga e maliit masyado sweldo swapang pa karaniwang nakaupo...Sa madaling salita medyo umikot dun ang usapan hanggang sa mapunta kami sa usapan tungkol sa tagumpay. Point blank tinanong ko ang kaklase kong negosyante..."pre pano ka ba nagtagumpay?" Tumingin lang siya ng ilang minuto tapos sinabi niya "katuwiran ko lang kasi sa buhay e ganito...BAKIT SILA."
Napaisip ako. Oo nga no? May pitik yung sinabi niya...Bakit sila--Bakit sila nagawa nila bakit ako hinde? Bakit sila nakaya nila, bakit ako kumpleto ang mga paa, kamay, hindi bulag, bingi o may anupamang kapansanan hindi ko kaya?
Minsan din natanong ako ang estudyante ko...Ser, pano niyo nagagawang mapagsabay ang pagtuturo sa tatlong eskuwelahan, pag-aaral ng law at pagiging ama sa pamilya niyo gayong iisa lang naman ang katawan niyo at kaunti lang ang oras? Tumingin lang ako sa kanya tapos sabi ko "Ewan ko kung paano".
Maraming mga bagay dito sa mundo ang talagang mahirap isipin at minsan nga di na nga dapat pag-isipan pa...kailangan na lang gawin bagaman suko na ang katawang lupa.
Kagaya ng katwiran ng kaklase kong--BAKIT SILA--hinahangad ko rin nga na sana may mangyayaring maganda sa katwiran kong--EWAN KO KUNG PAANO. Pero alam mo kung may choice lang ako... sana, sana, sana--
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Meron akong ibubulong sayo.Lika lapit ka.Konti pa...."#@$%^&*()_(&6%4$%^###" Sabi ko kase lumapit ka ayan tuloy di mo na-gets!
Ang tsismis daw malalala pa sa weapons of mass destruction ni Saddam. Ang tsismis daw kayang hatiin ang dagat katulad ni Moises. Eh panong mangyayari yun e di ba salita lang naman yun! E pano ka naman papatayin ng salita katulad ng weapons of mass destruction ni saddam? O kaya paano magagawa ng salitang papangyarihin ang imposible katulad ni Moises?
Ano ka ba? Tanong ka ng tanong ...
Ang tsismis ay malala pa sa WMD ni Saddam kase:
1. Ang tsismis pumapatay ng dangal na sang-ayon sa karamihan ay mas mahalaga pa sa buhay na kaya namang wasakin ng WMD's.
2. Ang isang tsismis pag pinasabog kayang kumalat sa isang iglap sa buong mundo; ang WMD's sa isang lugar lang ang perwisyo.
3. Ang tsismis pag lumala pwedeng maging dahilan ng hiwalayan ng mag-asawa. Ang WMD's hinde!
4. Ang kaalaman mo tungkol sa isang tsismis ikinakalat. Ang WMD's hinde!
5. Pag ikaw ang natsismis matagalan ang sakit at para kang naglalakad na walang ulo. Pag tinamaan ka ng WMD isang sakit lang wala lahat pati katawan.
6. Ang tsismis ginagawa din ng mga matitino. Ang WMD hinde!
7. Ang tsismis ginagawa kahit saan sa simbahan man o eskwelahan. Ang WMD hindi ule!
8. Ang tsismis ginagawa mo-ko-natin. Ang WMD hindi...malay ba nating gumawa nun.
9. Ang tsismis kayang magpaanak ng nagtanan pa lang. Ang WMD hinde.
Marami pa sana akong sasabihin kaso baka i-tsismis mo na ko eh. Kaya hanggang diyan nalang muna. Tandaan lang natin mga "kabaggis" (kapatid sa Tagalog) ang tanong na 'to sa tuwing mangangati ang dila natin at gusto nating i-kwento ang buhay ni KWAN kay ANO...Sasaya ka ba kung ikaw naman ang pagtsitsismisan? Kung hindi, 'WAG. Kung oo, GO!
Lika konti pa. May ibubulong ako sa'yo.
Ang tsismis daw malalala pa sa weapons of mass destruction ni Saddam. Ang tsismis daw kayang hatiin ang dagat katulad ni Moises. Eh panong mangyayari yun e di ba salita lang naman yun! E pano ka naman papatayin ng salita katulad ng weapons of mass destruction ni saddam? O kaya paano magagawa ng salitang papangyarihin ang imposible katulad ni Moises?
Ano ka ba? Tanong ka ng tanong ...
Ang tsismis ay malala pa sa WMD ni Saddam kase:
1. Ang tsismis pumapatay ng dangal na sang-ayon sa karamihan ay mas mahalaga pa sa buhay na kaya namang wasakin ng WMD's.
2. Ang isang tsismis pag pinasabog kayang kumalat sa isang iglap sa buong mundo; ang WMD's sa isang lugar lang ang perwisyo.
3. Ang tsismis pag lumala pwedeng maging dahilan ng hiwalayan ng mag-asawa. Ang WMD's hinde!
4. Ang kaalaman mo tungkol sa isang tsismis ikinakalat. Ang WMD's hinde!
5. Pag ikaw ang natsismis matagalan ang sakit at para kang naglalakad na walang ulo. Pag tinamaan ka ng WMD isang sakit lang wala lahat pati katawan.
6. Ang tsismis ginagawa din ng mga matitino. Ang WMD hinde!
7. Ang tsismis ginagawa kahit saan sa simbahan man o eskwelahan. Ang WMD hindi ule!
8. Ang tsismis ginagawa mo-ko-natin. Ang WMD hindi...malay ba nating gumawa nun.
9. Ang tsismis kayang magpaanak ng nagtanan pa lang. Ang WMD hinde.
Marami pa sana akong sasabihin kaso baka i-tsismis mo na ko eh. Kaya hanggang diyan nalang muna. Tandaan lang natin mga "kabaggis" (kapatid sa Tagalog) ang tanong na 'to sa tuwing mangangati ang dila natin at gusto nating i-kwento ang buhay ni KWAN kay ANO...Sasaya ka ba kung ikaw naman ang pagtsitsismisan? Kung hindi, 'WAG. Kung oo, GO!
Lika konti pa. May ibubulong ako sa'yo.
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