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is applying the word idiot to someone, imagined or otherwise, enough cause for a defamation suit? 

answer: it would depend on what the meaning of the word idiot is...

'We always ask the public to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity to the police.'

The homeowner alerted police on August 25, as she feared she had become a burglary target.

In 2009, Surrey Police warned householders in Caterham to be careful after more of the symbols were noticed.

DC Steve Fleetwood said knowing the meaning of the symbols could be a valuable crime-fighting tool.

He said: 'The Exeter Neighbourhood Team saw them at the end of a few drives, on a few kerbs and on gate posts and we want to warn people about them.'

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/

The symbols have been known to police for several years, but have come to police attention again recently when they were spotted on a home in Walkden, Salford.

Greater Manchester Police said they carried out inquiries when one of the symbols appeared on the side of an elderly woman's home.

Chief Insp Sue Downey, of Greater Manchester Police, said: 'Police in Salford received a call from a woman in Walkden, who was concerned that a symbol had been marked on her house in chalk.

'Inquiries have been carried out and residents in the surrounding area have been spoken to, and we have received no further reports of any such activity.

An 'x' shape simply means 'good target', while five circles shows that the owners of the house are wealthy.

A box with three lines, a circle, and a triangle in one corner shows that the property has been burgled before.

Two diagonal boxes together shows that the home contains a vulnerable female.

A D-shaped box with a short line through it shows that the home is deemed 'too risky' to enter.

Homeowners have received a fresh warning over a set of chilling chalk symbols which burglars use to scope out potential victims.

The markings, dubbed 'the Da Pinchi Code' are a variety of boxes, lines and shapes which show whether a house is worth breaking in to.

Drawn in chalk on the side of peoples' houses, they pinpoint vulnerable householders, houses with 'nothing worth stealing', or nervous homeowners.

Other shapes are thought to denote houses with a burglar alarm, or those which are deemed 'too risky to target'.

in the uk...

The 'Da Pinchi Code': Fresh warning over chilling chalk symbols burglars use to scope out victims

The markings are a variety of boxes, lines and shapes which show whether a house is worth breaking in to

By Chris Parsons | Yahoo! News â€" Fri, Sep 6, 2013


Great Manchester Police have urged householders to be extra vigilant. (MEN Syndication)

cannot find his kind in the legislature.  pikat kun naay senador o congressman nga mo-resign.

saludo gyod ko ani niya.  haraw maoy magdaghan.

such rare courage deserves such miracle.  congratulations!

morag taga sur kay di sa luyo sa munisipyo ang iyang kaliwat.

trivia:  how long is an average rat's tail?  zero to 6 inches.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 09, 2013, 11:19:30 AM
Some other needs balls, but sadly he has lost them...

nibalhin nimo?  don't tell tatlo na ang atin ngayon...

diin man ni?  kausik sa kahoy nga gipamutol.

di ko ana.  hunit pa sa adidas nga sapatos.

tigs na diay ka hubs, hihihi.

haaay, salamat.  i have no balls to korog.

no, i'm not a victim of those testicles-biting fish introduced in another thread.  it's just that i don't need balls.

Quote from: ayesha on September 08, 2013, 09:33:51 AMlook at bill gates and warren buffett. they use their enormous wealth for charity.

how nice of them, how great of them.  di pareha sa atong mutual friend, yesh, nga ibansiwag ug balik-balik unsa siya kadato ug kamaayohon, mamoyboy pa kay he expects loyalty atong mga naging recipients of his charitable heart kunohay, mao nga bisan unta way crab mentality dinhi kay wa ta kahibawo kinsay dato o pobre dinhi whatever that means, aguy, nagpaka-agukoy na lang pod hinoon ang uban dinhi, mga agukoy nga nagkatawa, ahihihihi.

Quote from: ayesha on September 08, 2013, 01:01:17 PM
imbis unta nga malipay ta nga mi asenso ang atong isig ka tawo, mag hari na hinoon ang kasina, mag tanom ta ug pag dumot sa atong kasingkasing. angay unta nga usbon na nato ning batasana. dili ba.
ato untang tabangan ang atong isig ka tawo nga mo asenso. instead, ato na hinoong i do-ot sa ilawom,
kay lagi, dili man ta gusto ma labwan.

speak for yourself, yesh.

if this thread serves as a warning to male tblanders, fine.  if this attempts to extract confessions of been-there-done-that from the same ethnic group, forget it.

hahahaha!  abat.  how square naman.

monkeyng.

kapoy na ug lalis point for point.  my conclusion is simply that the author is a 16-year-old transgender.

hehehe, prrreciousss gyod tuod ning scratching post uy.  lalim bag batiis nato ang himoong scratching post ning mga mingkay.

Maxime inside his cottage on top of the Katskhi Pillar on June 22, 2013. (Photo by REX USA/Amos Chapple/Rex)

http://news.yahoo.com/

Sergo Mikhelidze and a friend deliver lunch to Maxime at the top of the Katskhi Pillar by winch on June 22, 2013. (Photo by REX USA/Amos Chapple/Rex)

Maxime receives his lunch at the top of the Katskhi Pillar by winch on June 22, 2013. (Photo by REX USA/Amos Chapple/Rex)

In an isolated region of the Caucasus this Georgian monk is spending his days in prayer and silence atop a 40-metre pillar of limestone. The Katskhi Pillar was used by stylites (Christian ascetics who lived atop pillars and eschewed worldly temptation) until the 15th century when the practice was stopped following the Ottoman invasion of Georgia. For centuries the 40 metres (130ft) high pillar lay abandoned and locals could only look up at the mysterious ruins at its summit. However, after first being ascended in 1944, the pillar has been home to Maxime Qavtaradze, last of the stylites, since 1993. Since then Maxime, who has previously spent time in prison, and the Christian community in the area have constructed a ladder to the top, rebuilt the church, and built a cottage where Maxime spends his days praying, reading, and "preparing to meet god". (Photo by REX USA/Amos Chapple/Rex)

The Last of the Stylites


Maxime stands by the church on top of the Katskhi Pillar looking at the view
Last of the Stylites Maxime Qavtaradze, who lives on top of the Katskhi Pillar in Georgia on June 22, 2013. (Photo by REX USA/Amos Chapple/Rex)

at least, cainggit pass is nearer the cabawan shrine (aka fr chic's residence).

my last bottle...

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 07, 2013, 10:29:43 AM
Nong,

Hapit na homan ang summer, duol duol na pod ang winter. Did you start planting your mumps in your garden? There are so many projects to do lageh no sa balay this time of the year?

korek.  mumps should be planted in the garden, dili sa utok o sa apapangig.

Quote from: diablo on September 07, 2013, 08:40:22 PM
botoy = hubagbohol

tagatigbao = tagatigbotoy

tagatigbao = hubagbohol 

barrraaayyyttt!

teban ug golyat.

hahay.  sakto gyod si lorenz in some other thread here.  maayo mong duha ikusion. 

whatchamatta here?   mao pay akong pagmata, matamatahon man dayon ta, hehe.  i see the bad moon rising...

54 Party List Congressmen. The following got the highest releases:

Cresente Paez, Coop Natco (P105 million)
Isidro Q. Lico, Ating Coop (P90 million)
Mariano U. Plamonte, A Teacher (P85 million)
Sharon Garin, Aambis OWA (P84 million)
Mark Sambar, PBA (P78 million)

Party list congressmen who got the lowest allocations:

Wesllie T. Gachalian, Alay Buhay (P14 million)
Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, Ang Galing (0)
Solaiman Pangandaman, AA Kasosyo (0)

-from  The ‘pork barrel’ and who got their releases in 2012, CROSSROADS (Toward Philippine Economic and Social Progress) By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), September 4, 2013

239 District Congressmen.  Highest recipients of pork releases:

Ruben Ecleo Jr., Dinagat Island (P137 million)
Thelma Almario, Davao Or. 2nd (P128 million)
Dakila Carlo Cua, Quirino (P120 million)
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Pampanga (P109 million)
Al Francis Bichara, Albay 2nd (P105 million)
Ma. Georgina De Venecia, Pangasinan 4th (P105 million)
Czarina Umali, N.Ecija 3rd (105 million)

Congressmen who received the lowest allocations:

Rodolfo Farinas, Ilocos No. 1st (P20 million)
Diosdado Ignacio Arroyo, Camarines Sur 2nd (0)
Ignacio Arroyo, Negros Oc. 5th (0)
Augusto Syjuco Jr., Iloilo 2nd (0)

23 senators. The six highest amount of pork releases:

Pia Cayetano (P258 million)
Alan Peter Cayetano (P257 million)
Antonio Trillanes IV (P254 million)
Teofisto Guingona III (P229 million)
Francis M. Pangilinan (P227 million)
Loren Legarda (P207 million)

Those who received the lowest releases:

Aquilino Pimentel III (P59 million)
Joker P. Arroyo (0)
Panfilo Lacson (0)

As further note, Pimentel’s releases for 2013 so far (at P195 million), however, are the highest by collecting his continuing allocations (that amounted to P192.7 million).

2012 Total amount of pork releases   P24.2 billion
     Lower House    P20.2 billion
     Upper House    P 4 billion

Average releases for each legislator (in million pesos):
District congressman     P 70.5 million
Party-list congressman  P 65.2 million
Senators                     P179.5 million

Each legislator could use the previous year’s unused allocations as continuing allocation for later years. Thus, the pork release in a given year can exceed the allotments for any given year.

The Yanzhao Metropolis Daily quoted Guo’s mother as saying the boy’s account of the attack had varied from moment to moment.

“The child would say one thing at first and then another thing later. I asked him later, did she speak the way I do, and he said yes,” the report quoted her as saying.

The report described the family as saying that they did not see the aunt’s family frequently because they lived in different areas, though the boy was quoted as saying that he knew his aunt. Asked if the woman who grabbed him was his aunt, the boy said he did not know.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

State media previously had raised the possibility that the boy’s corneas were taken for sale because of a donor shortage in China, but police said the boy’s eyeballs were found at the scene, and that the corneas hadn’t been removed. At the time, though, Guo’s father told The Associated Press the family had not actually seen the eyeballs.

The attack horrified the Chinese public, and added to outrage over violence against children in the wake of a scandal earlier in the year over a spate of cases of school teachers sexually abusing young girls.

Chinese Internet users expressed dismay as they circulated reports of the attack on the boy and links to footage showing him writhing in pain on a hospital trolley with bandages around his head, and his parents, both farmers, crying.

Initial reports said the boy, Gua Bin, was lured by an unidentified woman with a strange accent into a field on August 24 where she used an unspecified tool to gouge out his eyes.

Xinhua did not cite a possible motive for the aunt to attack the boy. The police finding seemed to conflict with the family’s initial comments on the boy’s assailant, which cited him as saying that the woman spoke with an accent from outside the area and had hair that was dyed blonde.

One of the case investigators reached by phone, a police officer in Fenxi county surnamed Liu, referred only to the Xinhua report and refused to answer further questions, saying he was not authorized to speak to the media. Calls to the city and county’s police bureaus’ propaganda departments rang unanswered. Guo’s mother’s mobile phone also rang unanswered.

China police say aunt likely gouged out boy’s eyes

Associated Press
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013


Guo Bin lies on a bed in a hospital as he recuperates from an attack in the rural area of Linfen city that left him blind, in Taiyuan in northwest China’s Shanxi province. AP

BEIJINGâ€"Chinese authorities suspect that the woman who gouged out a six-year-old boy’s eyes was his aunt who later killed herself, state media said Wednesday, adding a surprising twist to a gruesome case with conflicting details.

Police in the city of Linfen in northern Shanxi province have identified the boy’s aunt Zhang Huiying as a suspect because the boy’s blood was found on her clothes, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Six days after the boy was attacked, Zhang killed herself by jumping into a well.

my prayers for your father, bai tigs.

abi kay pork barrel scammer, baboy na?  di pwede senador na lang?

nabati ba nimo diha sa digos ang earthquake about an hour ago, loll?

good grief!  pity the patient's suffering and possible close call. 

i thought unsa na gyod ni siyang sayantisa kay wa man tawon ko kaila ani niya, hahaha!  interestingly, he also quoted in toto kurt vonnegut and oscar wilde.

specifically catholics.

morag nakabagdok ni sa lotto da, ug nalibog siya unsaon paggasto ang kwarta.

clintarcher.com
Skydiving: Okay, there cannot possibly be enough time for this in the air.

http://www.yourtango.com/

libbyneder.wordpress.com
Avatar: I’m not actually 100% clear on what’s going on here, or who is getting married, but it’s kind of awesome.

baliweddingplanners.com
Scuba: All you need is one shark, and there goes the reception.

weddingclan.com
Batman and Wonder Woman: Yeah, cuz there's a match that makes sense (sorry, is my inner geek showing?).

weddingclan.com
Zombies: Somehow, not as scary as clowns.

weddingclan.com
Clowns: Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sleeping tonight.

willyoumarrymekc.com
And to keep the universe balanced: Star Trek.

galacticbinder
Star Wars: What list would be complete without intergalactic nuptials?

weddingunveils.com
Renaissance: Now that takes quite a commitment from a large group of people.

gma.yahoo.com
Disney: Really? You couldn't cram any more princesses into this shot?

10 Wildest Theme Weddings

By Kristen Droesch

Running the gamut from Disney to Star Trek.

Everyone's been to that one strange wedding. Maybe the bride rode in on a motorcycle, maybe the groom sang his vows, maybe the entire wedding party was nude. We've all been to a strange wedding or two. But has anyone ever been to a wedding as out there as these?

future rock singers.  or members of the chinese politburo.

Culture and Arts Minister T.B. Ekananayake said it undermined traditional wedding rituals and should be strongly condemned. He called for an investigation.

Police spokesman Buddhika Siriwardena apologized for any damage to the country's cultural heritage, saying the goal was to breed sniffer dogs domestically.

"This program is aimed at breeding dogs accustomed to local weather and food, thereby saving money," Siriwardena said in a statement, adding that in 2011 the police department spent $500,000 importing such dogs from the Netherlands.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Their marriages were registered by an official in the presence of a crowd of veterinary surgeons, medical doctors, top police officers and the public.

Local television showed the dog couples later being driven away in a decorated police jeep for their "honeymoons."

The ceremony received wide publicity, and strong criticism from cultural officials.

Dog Wedding Puts Sri Lankan Police In The Doghouse

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
08/27/13   AP


Sri Lankan police apologized Tuesday for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country's culture minister condemned the event.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan police apologized Tuesday for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country's culture minister condemned the event and demanded an investigation.

Nine pairs of police sniffer dogs dressed in shawls, hats and socks were placed on a decorated platform like those used in traditional Buddhist weddings in the ceremony Monday in the central town of Kandy.

Quote from: hubag bohol on September 03, 2013, 06:30:48 AM
Hmm, wa ba kahay OCD kini sila ni Mme. Islander, Ms. Lolla., Ms. Raqz ug Bay Tigs. Obsessive Cat Disorder, that is!

syalan ba diay ni... now pa man ko kabasa ani.  i didn't know you're interested in celebrities (another C for your OCD, aherm).

ooops, OCD is obsessive cat devotion in our case, okay?

about the paranormal, there's another credible person in our country who's been around, interestingly another guy named jaime--- fr. jaime bulatao, sj.  (right, he's a jesuit.)

Fr. Jaime Bulatao, S.J., the founder of the Department of Psychology in Ateneo de Manilla University can communicate with creatures that are normally invisible such as the dead and the dwarves. In one of his experiences, he asked a favor from a dwarf named “Anilaida” to help fix a diamond ring for a family. - more at http://goodjesuitbadjesuit.blogspot.com/2011/11/manilla-jesuit-on-dead-dwarves-kything.html

to know more about him, if you have the leisure, here's another interesting read: http://g.theguidon.com/2009/10/31/spirit-questors/

may she rest in peace.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 03:29:10 PM
I did ask Rachel one time if these spirits actively talk to her or approach her. She did say that she actively tries to ignore them because once they see that you see them, they will follow her kono.

On a side note, another mystic who was gifted with the power of the 6th sense was Blessed Padre Pio, who could not only see angels , but also even demons.

the same things happen to us all, as far as my understanding of such things goes.  it's just that some are more sensitive than others.  (they see better, feel better, etc.)

saints are most sensitive because of the height of spirituality that they have achieved.

meanwhile, the rest of us, mere mortals, can actually practice becoming sensitive (as in achieving heightened and sharpened senses) if we put our minds and hearts to it. 

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 03:25:04 PM
she told me that when she saw arlene, arlene was smiling kono. arlene passed away of lung cancer and was in pain up to the moment of her death.

assuring her friends that she's in a better place now.  how thoughtful of her.

i used to be a skeptic about these things too.  until, well, i hate to admit this publicly, but i will anyway because it is the truth as i've experienced it--- i talked with 2 of my 3 spirit guides.  (i wish it was my angel i talked with!)

i don't know what fr chic will say about this.  i'm sane, lorenz.  never more so than now, hehe.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 03:17:46 PM
interesting.

i can't help but to question his testimony, but at the same time, faith reminds me that there are things one cannot see with one's eye, but through the lens of faith.

you're right!  we know and believe magellan landed in the philippines.  yet we were not there to greet him.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 03:08:34 PM
2. he's having audio & visual hallucinations as in brief psychotic attack (bpa)

hehe, obviously it's the science of medicine in you.

but sometimes, we've got to believe in things that are beyond explaining.  makes life easier, actually.  what some might call superstition other would call faith.   

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 03:11:28 PM
he he he, interesting. if he can communicate to angels, can he also communicate to Divine Providence as well ?

probably, but not in this context of his communicating with his angel.  it would be like talking to fr chic like a friend instead of pope francis.

Quote from: islander on September 03, 2013, 02:47:39 PM
According to the Catholic Church, God assigns only one guardian angel to each person, from birth to death. But I have been told by several foreign psychics that I have seven spirit guides, and you told me recently an eighth guide appeared. Is there a difference between an angel and a spirit guide?

the greater one's mission in life is, the more one's sufferings are, the more spirit guides one has.  that's what i know.  and believe.

senator loren legarda, guru jaime licauco, tycoon george

Since angels cannot interfere with the free will of man, what good are they for? How do they help people? Can you give specific cases or examples?

When we ask for guidance, angels clarify the situation by pointing out aspects of the problem that we may not have considered. They act as objective third parties.

For instance, if someone asks which job offer they should accept, an angel may merely counter that with a question such as, “Which one do you really want? Where does your heart lead you?”

This may cause the person to really stop and consider where he is being led, rather than where his ego leads him. In this way, angels never choose for us and do not interfere with our free will.

They clarify who we are for ourselves, so we can make deeper and more informed choices.

How has the ability to see and talk to angels affected you and your life?

I guess I’ve become more introspective and hopeful in all the years I’ve been experiencing angels.

I’ve realized many things and have become more aware of who I am, not just as a person but also as a being that lives forever, as spirit. Angels are excellent behavioral models, and I believe that we should all strive to be like angels even in the middle of, and in spite of, our daily lives.

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/

Are there hierarchies of angels? What’s the difference among cherubs, angels, archangels, thrones and powers that the Bible mentions?

Although we are taught that there are ranks of angels, I have learned that these ranks are merely “job descriptions.”

Angels, in my experience, are all of one level but with different functions such as archangels, thrones, seraphims. Each has a specific function to fulfill in the universe, but they are equal. They’re more democratic than we are.

What is the reaction of people when they learn that you can see and talk to angels?

Always, the persons who ask to see me in consultation are excited, curious and generally positive. Since I don’t go around advertising myself, I don’t encounter people who are skeptical or who object violently. There seems to be a lot of people out there who genuinely want to communicate with their angels for spiritual purposes.

Did you ever ask them why they appear to you? Have they also appeared to other people?

I often ask my angel why I continue to experience angels, and I am always answered with just a smile. I assume that this is part of a life plan for me, so I merely accept it.

Yes, they do appear to others, as others have also told me. That’s good because it may mean there’s hope for all of us.

Aside from angelic creatures, do you also see elementals or nature spirits? What about spirits of the dead? Where or under what circumstances?

From time to time I see ghosts, elementals such as dwarfs and the like. This happens when I’m in a playful mood and I just want to see them. Most of the time, though, I’d rather not look for them. I don’t get to be playful too often anymore.

According to the Catholic Church, God assigns only one guardian angel to each person, from birth to death. But I have been told by several foreign psychics that I have seven spirit guides, and you told me recently an eighth guide appeared. Is there a difference between an angel and a spirit guide?

From my experience, angels are eternal beings who were never human, who guide us through our lives and are concerned with us as eternal spirits.

Their guidance involves not only the day-to-day issues but, more important, our larger life issues.

Spirit guides are beings who were once living persons, are concerned only with your issues in this lifetime, and do not involve themselves with larger, karmic matters.

How do you know they are angels?

If you’ve noticed, I have been using the word “experience” rather than “see.” Being with angels is a total sensual and extra-sensual experience. I see them and I also hear and feel them.

I always get this sensation of floating or levitating, like I’ve entered heaven, even while fully conscious. It’s almost an indescribable feeling.

I know they’re angels, based on instinct. You can feel the positive energy around them. Angels never announce themselves or call attention to themselves.

How or what do they look like? Are they male or female? Do they really have wings?

They appear, to me at least, as human beings with a huge, swirling, multicolored aura around them. They don’t seem to have wings as we know them. What they have in place of wings and a halo is that very animated aura. Because they appear human, they seem to be either masculine or feminine in nature or personality, although, of course, as spirits, they are androgynous.

Do they appear to you only in certain places, like your house, in churches or anywhere?

I experience angels anywhere and everywhere. Guiding angels are always near the persons they are connected to, which means that there are guiding angels wherever there are people. I have experienced angels attached to specific places, though, such as churches. Others may be “roving,” such as archangels. In sum, angels are everywhere you can think of.

What was your reaction when these beings first made themselves visible to you?

On hindsight, I was excited when I first saw my own angel, but I was definitely not afraid, perhaps because I seem to be naturally adventurous. I remember also being curious, which allowed me to initiate a conversation. It was a very heady experience. The funny thing was that I never doubted what I was experiencing. I merely accepted it for what it was.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 02:31:02 PM
Interesting.

the blurb about the author in wikipedia goes thus:

"Jaime T. Licauco, popularly known as Jimmy Licauco, is a parapsychologist, author, and management practitioner in the Philippines.

He is the Founder and President of the Inner Mind Development Institute, a training center for parapsychology, philosophy, psychic investigation, and metaphysics."

well, he's one of the more credible parapsychologists around, in my opinion.  he started as a parapsychology skeptic in the 1970s. 

Do you actually see and talk to angelic creatures while awake, and with your eyes open?

Yes, but I also “turn on” this ability at my own choosing. This means that I can control when I want to experience angelsâ€" at will. This allows me to manage my daily, waking life better and also protect other persons’ privacy, so I don’t unintentionally discover things about them.

Can you see them even if your eyes are closed?

I sometimes find it better to experience them if my eyes are closed, so I can filter out visual distractions. In my mind, I can still see or imagine the scene in front of me, only this time with the angel present.

When did you begin seeing these spiritual beings?

I started experiencing angels in May 1993. I was having merienda at home when a being that looked like a lively 15-year-old boy suddenly appeared in front of me.

He started “talking” to me in my mind, and we had a small conversation. The experience lasted 14 days, in which I could actually see and talk to him whom I intuitively knew to be an angel and, in fact, my angel.

The architect who sees and talks to angels

By Jaime Licauco
Philippine Daily Inquirer
September 2nd, 2013

Emilio “Nonoy” Ozaeta is no ordinary professor of Architecture at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. He sees and talks to angels any time. He has been doing this since 1993.

What follows is my interview with Ozaeta:

thanks, raqz.  here are hopes that you're also in the pink of health.  sige na lang kun di ta parehag balhibo sa atong mga puti nga iring, hehe.

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 09:00:24 AM

My Lord My God, please, take away this feeling from me. My Lord Jesus Christ, take this pain that affects my heart so, please take it all away. Strengthen me , My Lord Jesus, please strengthen me to focus on Medicine and my Doctoral Program. And not on thoughts of my former love. I beg this in your name.

Amen.

and may he shower you with his mercy and grace, to one day make you the best healer there is and have as your wife the best woman that he has already chosen for you though you may not have met her yet, amen. 

and just like the senators at the national level, ang pasahan sa blame game ang makalolooy nga government bureaucrats, those ordinary workers at the implementing agencies of the executive branch who have no political clout, nga mao kunoy angay magbantay kun peke ba o di ang mga NGOs.  aruy, ang mga congressmen ra ba ang nagpili sa mga NGOs.  igo ra intawong mosunod bisag gakusmod ang workers sa implementing agencies kay any idiot baya will know unsay sakto o di nga paagi. 

what an inspiring story.  thanks, raqz.

from my end, divine grace is really at work.  i already despaired.  asa intawon akong 20+ cats and 4 dogs when my sister, who owns the connecting house (we share a common garage), shall already have her series of chemo sessions.  pets are off limits because her immunity would be very low by then.  unsa na kaha ning usa ka battalion nga pets.  nanghilak na mi.  we know of friends who ended up putting down their pets in the same situation.  i saw the end of the world.  we thought of many possibilities for her--- a convent, tagbilaran, a hotel in siquijor, etc.  she'd be too far from her doctor in case of emergency, she had said. 

luckily, two houses away in the same subdivision is a house up for rent whose owner, a friend, had already relocated to australia.  my sister asked if we could rent the place for her recuperation.  it was offered for free.  thank god everything worked out fine.  she's nearby, and all our pets are saved.   

Quote from: Lorenzo on September 03, 2013, 10:42:27 AM
thank you so much Tita. sending you my big hug!  

hugs too.  and meows from all my cats!

just to warn you... my first impulse at editing is to cut long paragraphs to pieces in keeping with the usual rules.  one's mind when one writes simply flows with ideas.  unfortunately, readers' minds don't flow the same way.  so the writer's product had to be redesigned with the reader's easy understanding in mind.

OT: the best writers submit themselves to editing.  t.s. eliot's editor was ezra pound.  guess who we know more about, now...

all the time, toto.  i will also go at it slowly... you can be sure i'll see to it that i'll find the time. 

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on September 03, 2013, 10:29:11 AM
Ayo gani kay before nangita ug puti nga iring akong brother inlaw naghisgot ko nga bayran namo ug 300 ang usa para sa ilang kahago magdala sa iring. Kato ug wala pay 300 dili man to dalhon ba. Kining mga iringa taga Loon ni sila. Looy daw ni kay gisuksok ra sa driver sa butanganan ug tools gisulod sako.

goodness me.  morag padung na ilabay o paligsan ba kaha.  kangilngig palandungon...

nice, raqz.  the fact nga nagpakita ka nga interesado nga mogasto for cats is enough to encourage others to look at strays with value. 

usa ra gyod akong all-white nga iring.  male nga arang malditoha, ako na lang gilain sa uban kay bully man gyod tawon siya.  blue-eyed raba siya, so chances are di siya makapaanak.  still i took no chances.  ako gihapong gipa-neuter.

we also know that calicos are invariably female.  mao tawon ang unang ilabay as kittens kay baye lagi.  mao nga di ko mahibung nganong daghan kag calico, hehe.

aruuuyyy, daghan man diay kag snow white princes and princesses, raqz.

magsakit pa gyod akong dughan maghunahuna nga naligsan si silka uy.  i hope it was sudden and painless for her...

go, go, go, lorenz!

the COA report on our congressmen's releases:

Chatto, Edgardo M. - 174.18 million pesos

Cajes, Roberto C.   -  168.11 million pesos

Jala, Adam Relso   -   134.200 million pesos
Jala, Eladio M        -     43.100 million pesos
(Total for both father-son: 177.300 million pesos)

aruy.  when kaha motumaw ang memes for cajes and chatto?  paskang linimpyohay ani sa mga files nila at this point in time, puslan mang wa pa kaayo mokuyanap ang galamay.  i understand jala, cajes and chatto are all lawyers?

“I couldn’t believe it. We laughed and joked for about eight minutes,” Stefano recalls. “He asked me to pray for him and then gave me a blessing. It was the most beautiful day of my life.” All because the phone rang.

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