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Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2010, 10:16:15 PM
THE PARABLE OF THE ARROGANT GUEST
Luke 14:1, 7-11

1 One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him. 7 Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, 8 "When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him; 9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you, `Give place to this man,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, `Friend, go up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Meditation:
Who do you honor at your table?  The Lord is ever ready to receive us at his table.  As far as we can tell from the gospel accounts, Jesus never refused a dinner invitation!  Why, in this particular instance, does Jesus lecture his host on who he should or shouldn't invite to dinner?  Did his host expect some favor or reward from Jesus?  Did he want to impress his neighbors with the honor of hosting the "miracle worker" from Galilee? Jesus' parable of the arrogant guest who attempts to upstage others at the wedding banquet echoes the warning in the Book of Proverbs:  Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great; for it is better to be told, 'Come up here,' than to be put lower in the presence of the prince'" (Proverbs 25:6-7).  Jesus parable shows us the paradox of the kingdom:  the last shall be first, and the first last.  Pride estranges us from others and conceit in spiritual things alienates us from God.  Humility frees the heart to love and serve others generously without prejudice, conceit, or favoritism. Jesus probes our hearts.  Do you show favor and generosity to those who will repay you in kind?  What about those who do not have the means to repay you â€" the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged?  True generosity springs from a heart full of mercy and compassion. We cannot outgive God in his generosity towards us.  Do you give freely as Jesus gives without expectation for personal gain or reward?

"Lord, fill me with gratitude for your boundless love and mercy towards me.  And purify my love for others that I may seek their good rather than my own benefit or gain.  Free me to love others as you love."

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2010, 08:27:32 PM
Anywhere? Apil na ang confessional?

haha, after Easter Mass ning adto ko sa confessional. Ning huwat sija nako (took time kai there was a line; the priest must have seen 100s that morning). After i came out, she was there waiting for me. With a smile that took away all my guilts.

As they say, "the Lord's compassion is renewed every morning" ...it manifests in her smile. Pasalamat lang ko sa Ginoo. That the Lord loves even a poor sinner like moi.

After church.

After giving thanks to the Source of that Love.

Quote from: tohnichi007 on May 31, 2010, 01:32:22 PM
under modification pa later nalang gusto ko maayo pagka present heheheh

Take your time, dear, but you should know, that you don't have to make it formal...kay..whoever it is that you love and who returns it to you..does not care if you had a crown over your head, or had the mastery of the pen like Shakespeare or as clever with lip and tongue as Shelley. Your form, your very being, and manner of speech, by nature, is already perfect in his eyes...

and voice is as soothing like soft lullabies to his ears....

by: Giles Fletcher





Love is the blossom where there blows   
Every thing that lives or grows:   
Love doth make the Heav'ns to move,   
And the Sun doth burn in love:   
Love the strong and weak doth yoke,
And makes the ivy climb the oak,   
Under whose shadows lions wild,   
Soften'd by love, grow tame and mild:   
Love no med'cine can appease,   
He burns the fishes in the seas: 
Not all the skill his wounds can stench,   
Not all the sea his fire can quench.   
Love did make the bloody spear   
Once a leavy coat to wear,   
While in his leaves there shrouded lay 
Sweet birds, for love that sing and play   
And of all love's joyful flame   
I the bud and blossom am.   
    Only bend thy knee to me,   
    Thy wooing shall thy winning be!
 
See, see the flowers that below   
Now as fresh as morning blow;   
And of all the virgin rose   
That as bright Aurora shows;   
How they all unleavèd die,   
Losing their virginity!   
Like unto a summer shade,   
But now born, and now they fade.   
Every thing doth pass away;   
There is danger in delay: 
Come, come, gather then the rose,   
Gather it, or it you lose!   
All the sand of Tagus' shore   
Into my bosom casts his ore:   
All the valleys' swimming corn
To my house is yearly borne:   
Every grape of every vine   
Is gladly bruised to make me wine:   
While ten thousand kings, as proud,   
To carry up my train have bow'd,
And a world of ladies send me   
In my chambers to attend me:   
All the stars in Heav'n that shine,   
And ten thousand more, are mine:   
    Only bend thy knee to me,
    Thy wooing shall thy winning be!

by: Christopher Marlowe




Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs:
And if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.



Remark: How sweet...

Quote from: tohnichi007 on May 31, 2010, 06:47:54 AM
nawala sa akong huna2x akong way of demonstrating love to my love pagkabasa sa reply ni Lorenzo hehehe

ahahaha, aguy, ngano naka kalimot man ka, tohnichi?
sige, mo, wait pood ko, how do you show your love?

Inspector Tiger: Somebody. In this room. Must the murderer be. The murderer of the body is somebody in this room, which nobody must leave... leave the body in the room not to be left by anybody. Nobody leaves anybody or the body with somebody. Everybody who is anybody shall leave the body in the roombody. Take the tablets Tiger. Anybody with a body but not the body is nobody. Nobody leaves the body in the...
[takes a tablet]

-Monty Pythons' Flying Circus, 1969

Thanks for sharing this with us, Father, great song!

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant




Matthew 18:23-35  

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.  When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.  But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.  The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’  The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.  "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’  "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’  He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.  So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.  Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.  Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’   His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.  So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

Oh what a powerful song! Thanks for sharing this with all of us, Vince!

Quote from: taga tigbao on May 31, 2010, 11:41:23 AM
Naay usa ka language nga gusto jud naho maantigohan bahala ug dili na ang uban, Aramaic.

This is the language that Christ was supposed to have used.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 11:26:47 AM
That is interesting. Thanks for sharing that. I love to explore different languages too, in fact am refreshing my Spanish now. There are some Filipino dialects that I am also fluent.

Wolf, what other dialects are you fluent in?

For me, besides my Binisayang-Bolanon, I am trying to learn Hiligaynon (Ilonggo), and also Tagalog.

Quote from: taga tigbao on May 31, 2010, 11:17:52 AM
Its totally different Bro. Hehehehehe. Wa jamo koy nasabtan. For the Ibanag, nagtuon ko sa pagkakaron, I know vocabulary words pero I find it difficult kung unsa pag construct sa sentence or pag istorya.

Pareho diay ta ug interest Bro, languages. I write in my diary using Baybayin text tailored for English language aside from Filipino. I also know the Alibata alphabet. If ever Bro you want to explore more on alphabets you can visit omniglot.com kay tua didto halos tanan including Filipino alphabets.

Very similar indeed. I also have a physical diary (Moleskine), bro, which i put my daily thoughts to--the ones that i do not share here in Tubag Bohol Dot Com. hehehehe!

As in interesting.

As for the language--i am now interested in knowing more about Itawis and Ibanag. These are the same people that built and carved the Rice Terraces right? (if i am not mistaken, they are similar to the Ifugao?)

My father told me one time when he visited Baguio with my mother for their honey moon, tugnaw kono didto ug ang tawo didto gamay kono ilang stature. Igorot, is the term that they were called. Kuyawa no. That throughout the thousands of years that they have been in the philippines, throughout the waves of foreign influences, they still have retained their original cultural identity whereas the entire country (well, for the most part) has been amalgamated and taken up a stratified layer of different foreign influences (genetic and cultural).

Amazing. Its akin to an igneous rock, Vince, seeing the different layers of a rock throughout the thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation. And being able to see the original layer prior to the advent of other layers. The Ibanag/ Ifugao, are still there.

A reminder for us, physically and linguistically, of how we originally were.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:36:25 AM
Romantic? To me it's Italian. I have an Italian friend and I love to hear him talking the language.

Si si! Mama Mia!

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:37:40 AM
Spanish? not the Mexi-Span OMG! Contemporary Spanish can be a runner-up for me ( I am trying to speak that language).

Hahaha, yes not the Mexican form. I like the Castillian Spanish, as it has the northern accent and it is the way Spanish is supposed to be spoken and heard.

Quote from: taga tigbao on May 31, 2010, 11:08:43 AM
Bro, Itawis is a native language of the people of the North especially the people living between the boundaries of Isabela and Cagayan Provinces. Naay daghang dialects diha aside from Ilocano like Ibanag.

This is so interesting, bro. I feel so limited because the extent of my knowledge about my Filipino Fatherland is based mostly in the Visayas. There are so much more to discover, aside from the different dialects of Visaya. I want to know more about other Filipino dialects such as Illocano, Tagalog, Maranao, Tausug etc.

In regards to Itawis, Vince, can you understand them at all? Are there some words that are similar to Visaya, or is it totally different?

Another Chavacano Song:
A chavacano song

This is Spanish.

Quote from: taga tigbao on May 31, 2010, 10:53:26 AM
Pinaka nindot nga language para naho kay ang Chavacano (aside siyempre sa Binol-anon) pero the most interesting of all for me is Itawis. Paminawi, mura lagi ka ug naa sa aviary, murag tweet tweet sa langgam ang pagkaistorya.

I have heard about Chavacano, it does have heavy Spanish influence.
I consider Chavacano a dialect of Spanish than a native Filipino dialect.

CHAVACANO - Major Chords (With Lyrics)

I do have a question, bro, what is Itawis?

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:21:57 AM
I googled Kill Bill and I found what you said. However, I read this one: "The difference between revenge and justice is a subtle one." "In many people's minds, they are synonymous. When people say, 'I want justice,' often what they are really saying is, I want revenge.

Does it necessarily explain that, the reason why justice is always delayed if not denied is because synonymously it is evil to carry revenge. The law of nature plays in the midst.

You bring up a good point about the notion of evil and revenge. Then again good does not rejoice in evil or the fall of another, good is the antithesis of that. (by this premise, revenge is an act of evil)

You do bring up a good point, i reiterate. Something for all of us to ponder upon.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:34:12 AM
We are now on the modern world, however, there are still people that believe in the so called world of the unknown.

You are so right, Wolf. My father, who is a man of science and logic, has reservations in regards to superstition. He cautioned me once, "It is better to practice restraint than to denounce everything that you do not understand."

I did heed his wisdom and take everything with a grain of salt when hearing/listening to things. And as for superstitious beliefs, tho i may have personal objections to them, i will not deny that there are things that happen that are unexplained or unexplainable.

If we believe that there is a God of Love, then there is also a place for satan and his devils who may take up the powers of this world and the powers of these so called 'diwatas/ mga enkantas'.

Thus, it is better to incline our ears and attention to The Lord and His Goodness than to the powers of darkness....

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:26:51 AM
That is true. There is a Grand Master that dictates everything.

Yes, indeed.

I was taken back baya when I was listening to one of the conversations at a Filipino Party, the topic was about ghosts and what not. And someone mentioned the notion of "Diwatas, Enkanta". I did not know what those were so I asked and they told me that Diwatas was the old Binisaya term for 'gods'.

Then it came to me that these terms and folklores are remnants of our old animalistic-paganist history prior to Christianization.

I did listen to the entire conversation as a means to soak up the cultural / oral history lesson. Interesting to listen to.

For me, its a tie between Spanish and Italian.

Quote from: hubag bohol on May 31, 2010, 10:18:41 AM
A German professor of long ago used to fascinate me with his spoken English (not to mention his profound scholarship). Pero sa iyang klase adto ko molingkod sa luyo kay hadlok kong mapiskan sa iyang laway! Showering jud, bwahaha!

buahahahaha I know what you mean, Hubag.

This is not German, but when I was taking a crash-course on Introductory Russian when I was studying abroad in Kiev, one student in our program was from Germany and he had a very strong German accent (a good guy tho, his name was Franzheinrich) and the Ukrainian women would always joke on his accent. For me it was rather interesting to listen to.
My experience in that program was entertaining, if not for the academics, the cultural meshing. My first day there the Ukrainian college students were asking if I was "Mongo" apparently I looked Mongolian to them. Then to realize that most of the 'oriental' looking people in Ukraine were Eurasian peoples from the former soviet union.

I would rank Russian and German in the same level. Both languages require a guttural control, Russian for example is a very masculine language.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 09:57:02 AM
"revenge is a dish best served cold".
You think so....maybe. Well, it makes sense, buying time time to carry a revenge shall enable proper planning to take place and of course to calm down emotions. Successful revenge should be devoid of emotions...

For me, even if a person does me ill, I'd rather have no revenge on him/her. Leave it with them.

There is an excerpt from The "Our Father Prayer" that I do like and try to fulfill:

"And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen."


Kini mai guapo nga mensahe.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 10:00:45 AM
Ako motuo ko og gaba, ambot nga hadlok man ko ana. Maybe because of my religious belief.

Di ko mo deny nga na intrigan ko sa point of view ug sa rason sa superstition.

Naa pood konong belief nga ug naay tawo nga itom nga dila, it is necessary to strike your shoulder and arms if they say anything complimentary to you kono. And the need to wear diamonds kono.

Para nako, this is borderline paganist superstition. Walay jamong biblical mandate for it. Na suko ahong Tita who told me about it that tinuod kono to, di man jud ko mo tuo ana.

Pero mo tuo ko ani:


That Jesus Christ is LORD.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 09:07:59 AM
Yes, I believe in black tongue not literally "gabaan" or with certain power. I know one, if someone hurt her she prayed hard and forgive that person. If she cries and was hurt, the person that inflicted pains will suffer certain kind of pains in his/her life.

It never failed.

I had heard something like this before from one of my Titas who told me about some superstitious folklore in the Philippines.
For me, di ko mo tuo aning superstition.

Ang rason nako, ai, ngano ma hadlok man ta sa tawo nga naa man ta sa Salvaccion ni Jesus Christ who is Lord. Gi ingnan ahong mga Tita sa ahong opinion sa matter and mo ingon sila nako nga naa konoy 'unexplainable' things sa Pinas nga tinuod jud kono. Pero for me, di man ko mo tuo ani.

Ug naa tay belief sa Ginoong Jesus Christ, there is no power or spirit that can affect you. For all authority in heaven and under heaven is in Jesus Christ Alone.

St. Vincent De Paul


Prayer:
O God, who didst endue thy blessed Saint Vincent with apostolic virtue, to the intent that he should preach thy Gospel to the poor, and stablish the honour of the priesthood of thy Church : grant, we beseech thee ; that we may so hold in reverence his works of righteousness, that we may learn to follow the pattern of his godly conversation.  Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.




St. Vincent de Paul was born of a peasant family at Pouy, Gascony, France, in 1580, and worked as a shepherd boy on his father’s farm. At a young age Vincent had a great desire to become a priest; and after completing his studies for the priesthood, he was ordained in 1600 and remained in the vicinity of Toulouse, acting as a tutor while continuing his own studies.

Having traveled to Marseilles for an inheritance and sailing home to Toulouse, Vincent was captured by Turkish pirates in the year 1605 and was taken to Tunis. He was maltreated and eventually sold as a slave; but he escaped two years later with his master, a renegade whom he eventually converted to Catholicism. Upon his escape from the Turkish pirates, Vincent immediately dedicated his life to the practice of spiritual and corporal works of charity. He set up many poor houses for the crippled and sick and personally cared for the patients who had the most contagious diseases. He would dress their wounds and nurse them back to health; indeed there wasn’t a poor man that didn’t know of Vincent’s kindness.

On the 27th of September in the year 1660, Vincent died at the age of eighty, having faithfully served God throughout his whole life. On August 13, 1729, Vincent was declared a Blessed by Benedict XIII; and on June 16, 1737, he was canonized by Clement XII.  His relics can be seen in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris.

Saint Veronica Giuliani





Veronica, named Ursula at her baptism, was born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, in the year of 1660. At a young age she showed marvelous signs of sanctity; and when only eighteen months old, she uttered her first words to upbraid a shop man who was serving a false measure of oil, saying distinctly: “Do justice, God sees you.” At the age of three years, she began to be favored with Divine communications. And as a young girl, showing great compassion for the poor, she would set apart a portion of her food for them and was even willing to part with her clothes when she met a poor child scantily clad.

When she became of age, her father urged her to marry and found several suitors for her; but Ursula desired to become a nun instead. Because of her father’s opposition to her desire to enter a convent, Ursula fell ill and only recovered when he gave his consent. In 1677 she was received into the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares in Citt` di Castello, taking the name of Veronica in memory of the Passion. At the conclusion of the ceremony of her reception, the bishop said to the abbess: “I commend this new daughter to your special care, for she will one day be a great saint.” Veronica became absolutely submissive to the will of her directors, though her novitiate was marked by extraordinary interior trials and temptations to return to the world.

During the time of her temptations and interior trials, Veronica had a vision of Christ bearing His cross and henceforth suffered an acute physical pain in her heart. In 1693 she entered upon a new phase in her spiritual life when she had a vision of the chalice, symbolizing the Divine Passion which was to be re-enacted in her own soul. At first she shrank from accepting this cross, and only by great effort did she eventually submit. She then began to endure intense spiritual and physical suffering.

In 1694 she received the impression of the Crown of Thorns, the wounds being visible and the pain permanent. By order of the bishop she submitted to medical treatment, but obtained no relief.

For thirty-four years she was novice-mistress and guided the novices with great prudence. In 1716 she was elected abbess; and while holding that office, she enlarged the convent. After her death the figure of the cross was found impressed upon her heart. She was canonized in 1839 by Gregory XVI. Her body remains beautifully incorrupt and can be seen at the Monastery of St. Veronica Giuliani in Citt` di Castello, Italy. 

Saint Theresa Margaret




Teresa Margaret, born of the noble Redi family in Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy, in 1747, entered the Discalced Carmelites at Florence while she was yet quite young. She was given a special contemplative experience concerning the words of St John, “God is love”; and thus she deeply felt that her vocation was to live a hidden life of love and self-sacrifice. This vocation, confirmed by her heroic exercise of fraternal charity, was soon completed when she died in 1770 at the young age of twenty-three.

Immediately after her death, her body began to decompose. In a very short time her whole complexion had turned to a dreadful green color. The nuns in the convent hurriedly prepared Teresa Margaret’s body for burial; but as they were preparing to put her body into the ground, the green color miraculously was changed to her original skin coloring. She looked as though she had died only seconds before! Her body is still incorrupt and can be seen in the nuns’ choir in the Convent of Carmel in Florence, Italy.

Body of St. Mary Domenica Mazzarello (Co-foundress of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians)

St. John Bosco






John Bosco was born in Becchi, a hillside hamlet near Castelnuovo, Piedmont, Italy, on the 16th of August in the year 1815.  When John was barely two years old, his father died and left the support of three boys to the mother, Margaret Bosco. John’s early years were spent as a shepherd, and he received his first instruction at the hands of the parish priest. John possessed a ready wit and a retentive memory; and as years passed, his appetite for study grew stronger. Because of the poverty of the home, he was often obliged to turn from his books to the field; however, the desire for the religious training that he had given up never left him.

In 1835 he entered the seminary at Chieri. And after six years of study, on the eve of Trinity Sunday, Don Bosco was ordained priest by Archbishop Franzoni of Turin. Leaving the seminary, Don Bosco went to Turin where he entered zealously upon his priestly labors. It was here that the real field of charity that would be his calling until death opened up to him.

One of his duties was to accompany Don Cafasso upon his visits to the prisons of the city. The children who were confined in these places and abandoned to the most evil influences, with little before them but the gallows, made such an indelible impression upon Don Bosco’s mind that he resolved to devote his life to the rescue of these unfortunate outcasts.

On one occasion, when Don Bosco was vesting for Mass, he overheard the sacristan driving away a ragged urchin. Don called the young boy back to the church, and immediately a friendship was struck that would be the first of thousands for Don Bosco. Soon all of the young boys from the village knew that they could find a loving and trusting friend in the good priest. More and more young boys without homes began flocking to Don Bosco’s church; and in February of 1842, the “oratory” (as it had come to be called) numbered twenty boys. In March of the same year, the oratory numbered thirty; and in March of the year 1846, four hundred. Don Bosco soon had to find more room for all of these homeless boys and obtained one building after another in an effort to keep them off the street.

God called Don Bosco to Heaven on the 31st of January in the year of 1888. St. John Bosco’s incorrupt body lies in the Basilica of Mary Our Help, in Turin, Italy, next to the incorrupt body of St. Maria Mazzarello.

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 09:00:50 AM
Mokaon kag baki no?

No, I'm not French.

Quote from: philippines on May 31, 2010, 08:33:59 AM

Manny Pacquiao's face on a Philippine Flag

Beautiful.

I want to get a shirt like this, but one without Manny's face in it.

  The Vixen and the Lioness



A Vixen who was taking her babies out for an airing one balmy
morning, came across a Lioness, with her cub in arms. "Why such
airs, haughty dame, over one solitary cub?" sneered the Vixen. "Look
at my healthy and numerous litter here, and imagine, if you are
able, how a proud mother should feel." The Lioness gave her a
squelching look, and lifting up her nose, walked away, saying
calmly, "Yes, just look at that beautiful collection. What are they?
Foxes! I've only one, but remember, that one is a Lion."


      "Quality is better than quantity."

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 08:35:38 AM
The Laborer and the Snake


  A SNAKE, having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage,
inflicted a mortal bite on the Cottager's infant son.  Grieving
over his loss, the Father resolved to kill the Snake.  The next
day, when it came out of its hole for food, he took up his axe,
but by swinging too hastily, missed its head and cut off only the
end of its tail.  After some time the Cottager, afraid that the
Snake would bite him also, endeavored to make peace, and placed
some bread and salt in the hole.  The Snake, slightly hissing,
said:  "There can henceforth be no peace between us; for whenever
I see you I shall remember the loss of my tail, and whenever you
see me you will be thinking of the death of your son." 


   No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him
   who caused the injury.

This is a nice one, Wolf.


~~

AN OLD WOMAN found an empty jar which had lately been full of
prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its
former contents.  She greedily placed it several times to her
nose, and drawing it backwards and forwards said, "O most
delicious! How nice must the Wine itself have been, when it
leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a
perfume!" 



The Moral:    The memory of a good deed lives. 

I dedicate this to my good friend Robert. I miss you bro.

by: Madonna


The power of goodbye - Madonna

by: Keith Whitley



Keith Whitley-"When You Say Nothing At All" (STEREO!)

The Parable on Lost Money




Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?  And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.  Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

--Luke 15:8-10

The Pearl




And the Lord Jesus Christ said unto them, " Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:  Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."

--Matthew 13:45-46

The Parable of The Hidden Treasure




The Lord said unto them: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

-Matthew 13:44

Let us study the parables in the Holy Bible.

Join me, brothers and sisters.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on May 31, 2010, 06:15:10 AM
Mr. Plankton love Mr. Crab crabbie patties so he always plan to steal the recipe. I think I like Mr. Plankton he is a genius.

hahaha ka hinudmum ko when my brother was still small and would watch that show all the time.

Maka katawa lang ko kai si Sponge bob naay pet named "Gary", nga snail raba. ha ha ha

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 05:57:55 AM
Yes, I directed one of our college theater shows, and I wrote the script as well. It was about prostitutes in Olongapo, timely for the debate of the US bases.

a director! i never knew (nor had you mentioned) that you were from the stage. What kinds of plays / genres did you direct, Wolf?

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.


-Shakespeare's Henry V

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 05:50:44 AM
The "p**t" said:

Oo, p**t kami, pero anong tawag sa sosyedad na lumikha sa aming ganito. (Crystal Geiger during college theater)

hahaha, interesting.



Minstrel: [singing] Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, oh brave Sir Robin. He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways, brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin. He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp, or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away, and his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin. His head smashed in and heart cut out, and his liver removed, and his bowels unplugged, and his nostrils raped and his bottom burned off and his penis...
Sir Robin: That's, uh, that's enough music for now, lads... looks like there's dirty work afoot.

-Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Hebrews 1: 1-3


God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty On High.

The Bible is the infallible Word of God. Simple Truth.

Quote from: indaymen50 on May 30, 2010, 04:15:31 PM
Unsaon  man  pod  ug dili   sila  moangay  nako..wa  tay  mahimo  ana...just  go on  with  our  lives  no??

Welcome back Tita!

Quote from: wolfpack823 on May 31, 2010, 12:42:20 AM
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security.  Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad.  Otherwise what is there to defend?  ~Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985

i agree with this, and this reminds me of the BP catastrophe. This is shameful.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on December 21, 2007, 12:13:01 AM
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

Do you love the society of the vulgar? Then
you are already debased in your sentiments. Do you seek to be with
the profane? In your heart you are like them. Are jesters and buffoons
your choice friends? He who loves to laugh at folly is himself a fool.
Do you love and seek the society of the wise and good? Is this your
habit? Had you rather take the lowest seat among these than the
highest seat among others? Then you have already learned to be good.
You may not make very much progress, but even a good beginning is not
to be despised.

Michael, I like this. I agree with this.

People should not laugh at other people or poke fun of other people, because, in the end, it represents a sense of weakness on their own part. Or in psychology pa, it is projection. Di ko kasabot ngano ang tawo mo talk man sa ubang tawo nga dili man sila mo intend harm or malintent nila, ang saying lang, siguro kananag tawo nga hait ilang dila, hait pood ilang kasingkasing. Na sakitan sigoro lang sila sa unang panahon, maoy sigoro mo suko sila sa ubang tawo.

Para nako, let there be peace, pero, unsaon man jud, dili man tanan mo believe in peace kai ilang natural inclination is to poke fun of others and nothing but destructive criticism. It reflects their own nature and character. Destructive and utterly ugly.

Mo ampo na lang ta para nila. They cannot help it man.

I like this one. True.

In the dead of night, as two souls study hard, when it is unexpected.

Correct, Vince, or so they say, "Practice makes great...or perfect?"

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
Francis of Assisi

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
Francis of Assisi

You stood before creation
Eternity in your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
And carried the cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what could I say?
And what could I do?
But offer this heart, Oh God
Completely to you

So I'll walk upon salvation
Your spirit alive in me
This life to declare your promise
My soul now to stand

So what could I say?
And what could I do?
But offer this heart, Oh God
Completely to you

I'll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the one who gave it all
I'll stand
My soul Lord to you surrendered
All I am is yours

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on May 30, 2010, 02:10:51 AM
The Nicene Creed sums up all that I believe in life:

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father [and the Son].
With the Father and the Son
he is worshipped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. AMEN.

You said everything, Mike. Wisdom.

Quote from: way_paki on May 30, 2010, 03:53:29 PM
thank you, lorenzo. i hope, you'll stay in-love with each other (i'm sure, you will).. god bless you both...

Thanks Way_Paki, God Bless You too!

by: Hillsongs United


Hillsong United - The Stand

A great rendition.


"knock you down" -- keri hilson ft. neyo & kanye west cover

Baby - Justin Bieber Ft. Ludacris Lyrics on screen [Full song Studio Version]


Sweet song

In the morning, oh the morning so light so colorful as leaves begin to drift by the blow of northern wind
Oh caress my face my dear woman ever so enchanting in my eyes
Won't you come sit with me a while, sit with me by the river's edge, by the shining sun oh come have some fun

Put down your book of gamma globulinemia, put away the book of pathological diseases, sit a while
And let us look into each others' eyes as lovers do,
oh would you?

Oh sweet darling, my flower from Bacolod, come sit with your Boholano boy,
I shall prepare Jagnanon calamay for you, topped with coke and ice,
so long as your bring your pastillia de leche and sweet rice,
lets sit and snack here by the the rivers' edge,
enjoying the suns warm glow.

Miss you.





Bran Lorenzo

Quote from: way_paki on May 30, 2010, 03:42:47 PM
100% true. in every relationship, it's a must that GOD must be at the center. i hope, all those young people out there will be like you. good luck to both of you. God bless your relationship.

Thanks so much, Way_Paki, thats what we always remind each other...that we met each other for a reason and for a purpose bitaw. Because we both met each other in medical school when we both were not looking for a relationship but for a career prerogative. Unsaon man lagi, ang Ginoo, mo hatag man ug Grasya and promises whenever HE deems it appropriate, and not what we deem. he he he! When the time comes, it comes jud.

Mo agree ko, we always have to pray and strengthen each other when one is weak, and be patient and understanding when one is stressed, God knows there have been difficult times (balancing a relationship and a career/studies) but one thing that we both have that my parents have always stressed for me to look for in a woman is: 1) Trust 2) GOD-fearing 3) Strict and understanding.

Ang Ginoo mo hear jud na sija sa atong gi-AMPO. For me i have never ever dated Filipina before, and never thought i would. But i ended up with a Filipina. And to tell you the truth, Filipinas are just the best bitaw. Caring, sensitive, so very strong and stubborn (which is a good thing! kai dili ma easily taken advantaged of), intelligent and most of all...GOD FEARING.

She was the one that re-introduced me to praying the rosary again. She is a Marian Devotee. Super Catholic! he he
Pasalamat ko sa Ginoo, cuz, HE really does provide and he does know best...when we TRUST IN HIM.

Quote from: way_paki on May 30, 2010, 03:44:21 PM
you guys look good together. you're both good-looking.. is she a medical practitioner, too?

We are both in medicine. Yes.
(i'm a 3rd year med. intern, and she is in her 2nd year medical proper)

Quote from: rogamz on May 30, 2010, 11:01:39 AM
..absolutely right  apparently, I guess his photo being rejected by himself.. ..so now unfortunately, he is a sample on this thread hehehe.. 

lol  bwahahahah

i could not help but make a medical prognosis in one of the cartoon figures. Their eyes are protruding abnormally out, which looks like bilateral exophthalmos, condition seen in Grave's Disease (other wise known as autoimmune hyperthyroidism).

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on May 09, 2010, 11:14:24 AM
Murag si Mr. Plankton sa Spongebob usa ra pud ang mata.

LoL, i was thinking the same lines! Did plankton ever get the chance to have a crabbie pattie?

This is a rather interesting presentation, there are rather many factors for this, and one that i can think of right now would be the increase in IVF procedures in the past decade, which would be the practical reason for the increased cases of IVF mishaps. The latter reason could be a deviation from proper IVF protocol.

Thanks for the input tho, this is interesting to read about.

Ha ha ha, perhaps the camera man said something wrong, perhaps he ate a frog? He looks like he has something caught in his throat.

Quote from: rogamz on May 30, 2010, 09:31:04 AM
haha korek ka bay Hubs.. og wa pa gyod ko makabasa libro karaan unsa jud mga mithi o kahibulongan nga sinaw kasagaran ang agtang pero sa ubos perte labunga noh...(morag nakakaon kasag galono oopps joke lamang jud, bitaw init tengale hinungdan pud) mga decada sinawon jud og hangtod karon panahona morag naa gihapon tengale ksagaran sa mga puti..(hinoon liwat2x lang)...

i think you're referring to something like this:



?

Speaking of history, did you know rogamz, that in earlier times, when bleeding was part of medicine (interesting that this practice is still retained to this day, especially in cases of hemochromatosis), it was the barber who was the phlebotomist/surgeon.

During the training of Napoleon's surgical teams for his army, the French employed barbers to the front as surgeons. Interesting tidbit.

The great Thai King, Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V of the Chakri Dynasty):

Posing with family in European-style regalia and styling the Russian-Moustache.
His Majesty King Chulalongkorn was great friends with Tzar Nicholas, during their early years.

The Meiji Emperor, In European-style regalia.
In my opinion, he looks handsome with his European(prussian-style) beard, authoritative and progressive.

If the barbar does not wish to shave, then he does not wish to shave. As was the style in Europe and the United States during the 19th century, it was fashion sense to have facial hair. Those that could not did what they could do...they grew mutton chops. ha ha

Lets examine some:


British gentlemen, victorian era


General U. S. Grant, Commanding General of the Army of the Potomac


General Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, The Confederacy


His Royal Siamese Majesty, King Chulalongkorn The Great, King of Siam

~~~

Some Famous Filipino History Figures:


Marcelo Del Pilar, Filipino Revolutionista, Pro Independencia, La Solidaridad


Marcelo Del Pilar, photo taken in Spain.

~~

Again, it was the style of the day, and even to this day where there are a variance in facial hair styles. Bare shaven to full grown beard.

It's rather interesting reading this. There are many theories in where the Filipino people came from, some say that we are part of the Malay waves that came from Java-Borneo and settled what is the Philippine Archipelago, still there are others that claim that we are part of the same Pacific Polynesians that inhabit interior Taiwan. Did we come from the north, the south or a mix of both and some western dna?

Quote from: Michael Ligalig on May 29, 2010, 11:05:04 PM
Bran, you would love Octavio Paz's poems.

let me give it a try.



Fingertips' Touch
by: Bran Lorenzo



If green could describe strength as a Spartan, then even Xerxes would cower,
as does superficial fascia cowers and protracts to the edge of your scalpel
But as I come over to show you the proper technique, i can sense your timidity
your body hums and is nervous on my arrival, i stir it my had on your back.
I take your hand and place my on top, guiding your fingers to fascia to fascia,
cartilage to bone, nerve ending to musculature junction.

With my peripherals i can see you are looking at me,
but i do not budge, for you see, i have you now even when i do not face you.
Ever so inclined to show you more, i take off the surgical gloves and with bare hand on hand,
i guide the scalpel. cold surgical steel pressing down the serratus anterior down the mid thoracic grid,
to the abdominal trunk.

I can feel your fingertips on my finger slightly, giving in to my direction,
the tension is gone, all that is left is calm surrender.
So with a firm smile and a wink or two, i can see your face mellow to mine.
"Such a surgeon" you say, oh no, woman, not surgery, its just anatomy.
You smile, i cannot help but return one, then in the back of my mind, i question my reasonings
why i did that. Why i did what i just did.

Then it is obvious. Affection.

That is when i first met you.
Everything else is history.

You're quite welcome, dear.

puahahaha! lol! 

oh you must try it, cujo, its equivalent to the Filipino Halo-Halo.

This is a must-try.

Quote from: cujo on May 30, 2010, 04:46:27 AM

Hmm...Is french kiss similar to sloppy kiss?? Just kidding!

bwaahahaha, sensuality, sloppy, moist, its all in the tongue, lol!

Quote from: david on May 30, 2010, 04:41:04 AM
mag ik je tanden poetsen met mijn tong...unang nahibaw-an nahong salita sa dutch makipag ila-ila sa tsiks

lol! haha! David, misschien kunnen wij gedichten aan hen enkel lezen. dat zou hen gelukkig ook moeten maken.

Quote from: cujo on May 30, 2010, 04:38:16 AM
French.Even if I understand only "merci" and "Au Revoir".

Haha, i know what you mean, cujo. French sounds so very passionate to the ear. Perhaps that is why they refer to a certain way of kissing as "Frenching". ehem.

pero for me, i like dutch language, and they seem to have a laxed attitude. Dutch folks seem to be very international-minded. I knew one dutch man who spoke papamyentu (a language in dutch-antilles), javanese, and even knew some afrikans, as well as english to boot. A really nice guy, he owned a scuba diving place in Kralendjik and Curacao.

haha,im sorry David, my dutch is mediocre. Dutch and German does sound very similar tho no? Is Dutch considered a germanic language ?

woah, thats quite tasty, cujo!

I love, love, love, Italian Spumonis!

Gut dank ye! dag!

Hallo, David! Hoe gaat het?

What is your favorite dessert?

If it is thundering outside and pours heavy rain, do you stay inside or go outside and dance in the rain?

In your point of view, what is the harshest-sounding language?

In your point of view, what is the most romantic-sounding language?

Huten Tag, David!

Ma luoy ko very easily.
Only because i know that my grandparents were very poor and suffered economic woes in their youth.
If i see a poor person, i cannot help but think of my Papa Titing (paternal grandfather) who left Pintuyan Southern Leyte when he was only 8 years old on a banka. To search for a better future.

When I went back to Bohol in 1998, i saw very poor kids in the port by Cebu and were selling foods to foreign-based Pinoys and saw one boy who was hauling a huge package/balikbayan box for this one family. I thought of my papa titing. I am sure when he was  younger when he first left Pintuyan, he did something like that...honest low paying work. I could not help but cry.

Again, the importance of one's roots. Never forget it jud.

My father used to tell me, "Always be compassionate to others who are less fortunate than you, because when you give blessings, God never forgets that. God loves a happy giver...."


So True!

Quote from: Vistabel on May 30, 2010, 03:04:12 AM
1st I’m comfortable to live the place where I raised.

2nd I can’t leave the small real properties which I own particular to those properties which I valued more, a properties inherited from our great grandparents. Who care of it if I leave?

3rd I have no chance to work and live abroad because I know my capability is not enough.

4th sa akong nakita sa TV walay tindahan sa abroad nga nag tinda ug Tuba malutas ko didto unya wala pod siguroi buwang/sabong sa abroad.

You would be surprised how many Filipino restaurants and stores there are abroad. In North Jersey, there are over 60,000 Filipinos and there is a strong Filipino-Community here: Tagalog, Visaya, Illocano, Kristiyano, Muslim, etc.

There is a strong support group for those who recently immigrated.

As for Tuba, ....if there is none, we can just brew our own, ha. Our own little version of Pinoy-style Moonshine. ha ha
Give me a coconut and I will brew it for you. Ug ma bati, we can use it as suka. ha ha

joke.

Quote from: Vistabel on May 30, 2010, 03:04:12 AM
1st I’m comfortable to live the place where I raised.

2nd I can’t leave the small real properties which I own particular to those properties which I valued more, a properties inherited from our great grandparents. Who care of it if I leave?

3rd I have no chance to work and live abroad because I know my capability is not enough.

4th sa akong nakita sa TV walay tindahan sa abroad nga nag tinda ug Tuba malutas ko didto unya wala pod siguroi buwang/sabong sa abroad.

That is an honorable reason, Vista. I admire and honor that.

~

Though I left the Philippines when i was but 5 years old, I have never lost my Filipino identity and have tried to hold on to my Bisaya manner of speech. I am proud to be Bolanon and my language, unlike some Filipino youth who just left the Philippines and within 3-5 years have already claimed to have forgotten how to speak Filipino.

Alot of Filipino-American youth are so ashamed of their Filpino identity and think it is 'unpopular' to be a FOB or have an accent. I think not. If it where not for our immigrant parents, we would not be blessed with a life abroad, or in the case of Americans, have our American Dream, a piece of the American Pie, so to say.

Luckily for us, my parents were very strongly linked to family in Bohol and tried to reinforce that aspect; the importance of one's ROOTS.

In that regard, I still am in Bohol Island, in spirit and through the web.

My mother is a nurse and was part of the Brain Drain.
My father was an executive Civil Engineer Supervisor for a German-based Construction Firm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

When my mother came back and was approved to relocate family, my father, without hesitation, resigned from his position , and took all of us kids with my mother back to the US. Sacrifice for the chance of a bright future and the American Dream.

The Brain Drain is responsible for the over 3 million Filipinos in the United States.

Over 150,000+ nurses and 20,000+ doctors in the United States are a product of the Filipino Brain Drain.

Quote from: jig37504 on May 30, 2010, 02:50:58 AM
where at? my place is in East Anglia region,  around 120 km north of London and 45 km west of Cambridge.

In around London.

by: A. Lorenzo Lucino

For: My beloved

How sweet it is for a man who walks the path of distance to have hand in hand a woman to adore him
a woman to strengthen him when his own faculties becomes tested.
As similar to Napoleon having Josephine, Marc Antony to Cleopatra, George Washington to Martha,
I am with you.

If ever a man were to dispose of his childish rants and calamaties of past, it would be at the moment of quaint reflection,
that love is in his heart.
And sweet flower the was raised by the banks of Ilo-Ilo, I will say that I have been blessed with the aroma as sweet as Bacolod-style Pastillia.

Or would you claim that too be too sweet?
ha, of course and if it were too sweet, then i shall have my pill of metformin read, oh i jest, i jest,

In the dark moments of our program, throughout the difficulties we have have managed to complement each other,
in weakness and in strength, in loneliness and in company, how precious you are to me.

I would pick flowers for you as varied and colorful as a rainbow from pot of gold to pot of gold,
share them in abundance for the gold they can keep, the rainbow in you and i, i choose.
I would sing to you at night , despite the humility of my voice, sleep to sleep, and sing to you again that favored melodie
that you so sang to me. Dandansoy.

You might ask yourself what takes hold of man to write such testament for his beloved,
and I will admit to you and to the world, without any slight of refrain, because my darling
You are the Light in My Eyes.


I adore  you. Palangga ko ikaw, babycakes.