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Swaying room as the music starts
Strangers making the most of the dark
Two by two their bodies become one

I see you through the smokey air
Can't you feel the weight of my stare
You're so close but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that

Chorus:

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you

Trying hard to control my heart
I walk over to where you are
Eye to eye we need no words at all

Slowly now we begin to move
Every breath I'm deeper into you
Soon we two are standing still in time
If you read my mind, you'll see

Chorus:

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
I'ts all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
You'll feel it in my kiss because
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
Its all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
im crazy for you,
crazy for you
crazy for you
crazy for you

its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, im crazy, crazy for you
its all brand new, im crazy for you
and you know its true, yeah, Im crazy for you
Crazy for you baby
im crazy for you

This is the original,

By Madonna

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by New Found Glory


Yes, I'm going crazy for you, my dear study buddy.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fNABGAbUbE

Great Message.

Come back, The Doors of Home is always Open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF7Lk271ahI&feature=related

We are Catholic. Welcome Home. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv1Du5MFlng

We are a Family.

Alright class. I'll see you Monday. We will be discussing why Freud did enough cocaine to kill a small horse.
- Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting)

Aqui,

Quote from: junayag on March 13, 2008, 02:01:53 PM
Bran,

Nindot gyod ang Spain..I've been to Barcelona 3 years ago and stayed for a week near the famous cultural avenue the La Ramblas.  ( would have loved to go to Madrid, Seville ) pero layo-layo man as would still have to proceed to Rome, Vienna and Zurich after unya 30 days lang ang visa na gihatag... you would love to visit Spain if your passion is on arts...among them.. the towers of La Sagrada Familia, the museums and architectures..

Mr. Ayag,

Do you have pictures of your trek to Espana?

Vamos!

To Spain!

Quote from: orChids on November 10, 2007, 10:30:00 AM
Nice shots @ Lorenzo...

Here's my autumn pics too;


and at Matsumoto Castle;

Beautiful shots, Ma'am. Japan is truly eclectic and aesthetic.

Quote from: C2H4 on April 24, 2008, 06:40:41 AM
Unsa kaha taste sa wild turkey compared anang gi farm na noh? basin gahi nang ilang meat

haha, 'te, lami siguro. Ubutang na lang ug banana katsup.

Mmmm

Quote from: orChids on December 10, 2007, 07:54:32 AM
Bili is worth Dong Lorenzo..

Ms. Orchids,

Thank you for answering my request. Now I know.

What about the scent of a woman?

Pheromones, anyone? lol

Are you the eldest, youngest, middle-child? Etc.

What has been your greatest challenges, strengths, etc regarding your status in the family?

Life has many ups and downs. Goals and Aspirations.

How has your life's aspiration(s) changed in the chapters of your life?

The Siege of Kievan Russ greatly demonstrated the power of the Mongol's Cavalry.

Probably in the 14th century. England.

To have seen the great King, Edward the First "Longshanks".

Another would have been in in the late 18th century; to have met the Great Marat, Robespierre, and the great minds of the French Revolution. To have seen the storming of the Bastille.

The shaking of Western European History, itself.

Reviewing central dogma of medical genetics and clinical symptoms. Pharmacological treatment of ailments resultant of genetic abboration.

Cooking ramen noodles for my dinner.

And TBing on the side, lol

My relief of studies. TB. How I adore thee..

Another thing to add for the 'blushing',

When you mistaken an individual for a former classmate and call out, 'Hey Laura! What's up?" And then as she turns her head, you realize it isn't the person who you thought it was.

Your face blushes red.

haha. Take a nice glass, fill  a third of the glass with Southern Comfort, the rest pour in the sprite. Add in maybe 3-4 cubes of ice. Squeeze a quarter of a lemon.

And Boom! Ready to serve. mmmm

My first kiss was to a woman 2 years my senior.

Ah, such sweet lips.

Bulak,

Are you pregnant?

By the Heavens!!

Congratulations, My Dear Sister!

Interesting aspect of Cellular Biology,

Erythrocytes have within their chromosomes, which are present in the nucleolus and nucleus of eukaryotic erythrocytes--the promotor for complete and total genetic transcription, translation, elongation, endonucleatic repair, mutation repair and excision.

Cellular Immortality.

Clean air lessens the necessity of the lymph nodes to clean impurities in the blood and in the lungs. Ergo, it lessens the stress on the dust cells to expel foreign dust particulates and or smoke from inhalation.

This translates in a decreased pressure and likelihood of fibromyelinzation, fibrosis, and thus less metastasis of carcinoma (cancer).

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 26, 2009, 07:14:45 AM
I dont study anymore. But what really interest me is why AM I here on earth.

Ah, an existentialist! I highly recommend the works of Powell, Kundera, Marino and the Great Cicero.

On a personal hobby, am in love with History. Classical Imperial History and Military History are two areas of personal interest.

Why am I interested in History?

Because the actions of men in the past, their speeches, their lifestyles, their ambitions, aspirations, their fears, their failures, their successes--gives a better understanding--a clearer understanding of the society at present.

To reiterate a historical proverb, "If we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it."

Quote from: ayessa on January 26, 2009, 06:40:47 AM


you only read what you want to read.  and my respects for you as a historiam, the Research Output of the Research Institute in Netherlands must be wrong as you try to insenuate.

Again Lorenzo, if you are a real historian , you should know other important sources such as oral history.

I'm a traditionalist type of Historian and sing with the likes of men of my epoch such as Trever-Roper, Taylor etc. In this we regard the proper analysis of written documents, not oral history since oral history is not only subjective, partisan but also unreliable. Oral History can be distorted, diluted, added, altered.

Whereas Written Documents, per se in example, The Cuneiform, Hamurabi's Codets, Egyptian Heiroglyphics, Aztec Tablets, Incan Codets etc are cannot be altered. It is imprinted and the spirit of the document has been importalized for all generations to analyze--the way it was meant to have been read--by the writers of the given society and epoch it existed in.

As what Dr. Marwick states, "History based exclusively on non-documentary sources…may be sketchier, less satisfactory history than one drawn from documents."


Best,
Lorenzo

Quote from: ayessa on January 26, 2009, 06:43:15 AM
European scholars are idiot maybe?

Control your tongue, Roy, you are over-reacting yet again.

Let us debate with composure, dignity and professionalism.


Best,
Lorenzo

Roy,

There has been little to no writings in the Historical Body regarding Philippine History prior to Hispanization. And historical analysis requires the analysis of primary sources written in that particular epoch to validate any claims, be it whatever it is.

Garcia's writings simply talks about the matestisis of homosexuality, and the manifest of transgenderism in the Philippines.

Look at his sources, it has no official writings regarding pre-colonial Philippines. No validating proof to credulate. History requires such.

The Spanish chronicled its presence in the Philippines, I submit to that, and by their written sources, which are primary documents, we, in the Historical Body can analyze the society that was predicated within that epoch in History.

Any sources written by Filipinos, either it be in Latin or Baybayin has been mute, or non-existant, regarding the homosexuality within the Philippines, transgender etc in the Archipelago prior to Pax Hispanica.

Unless there is physical documentation of such, primary sources, then it will nothing but heresay.

Secondary sources are secondary sources. Without primary documentation, one's argument will be subject to a plethora of attacks, questions and opposing opinion in an Academic Historical Community.



Best,
Lorenzo

Quote from: ayessa on January 26, 2009, 06:34:06 AM
here is the other source lorenzo

http://www.dignitycanada.org/sin.html

im not  fictional writer.

This link is superfluous. Am not interested in this, I was interested in your post about Pre-Colonial Philippines.

Am a Historian and I scrutinize facts and written accounts.

Garcia's writings are secondary sources.

There are no primary sources written by the Filipinos prior to Spanish Hispanization to credilute it.

Thanks for sharing the article link, tho.

Garcia morely focuses on a picture of a Filipino Bakla wearing the regalia and attire suggesting the late 19th century.

Pre Colonial Philippines was prior to 1521 and earlier.

Quote from: ayessa on January 26, 2009, 06:05:33 AM
In pre-colonial Philippines, individuals who are queer and different were treated with hight respect and even reverence.  The midgets were considered powerful creatures, and the great Babaylans were women and gays. karyapa was the most popular and respected Bol-anon poet, not a man but a woman.  Most of the gays were either great poets ( tigbabalak)  or witches.  Gays were even considered to have supernatural powers.  Havent you asked yourselfs why the winds, storms and natural calamaties in the Philippines were blamed on gays?  This is because in pre-colonial Philippines, they were babaylans or witches who could either cast a very bad spell or heal sickness.

Transgenderism

We know from Spanish accounts of encounters between conquistadores and the archipelago’s various indios that gender crossing and transvestism were cultural features of early colonial and thus, presumably, pre-colonial communities. Local men dressed up in women’s apparel and acting like women were called, among other things, bayoguin, bayok, agi-ngin, asog, bido and binabae.
They were significant not only because they crossed male and female gender lines. To the Spanish, they were astonishing, even threatening, as they were respected leaders and figures of authority.
To their native communities they were babaylan or catalonan: religious functionaries and shamans, intermediaries between the visible and invisible worlds to whom even the local ruler
(datu) deferred. They placated angry spirits, foretold the future, healed infirmities, and even reconciled warring couples and tribes. Donning the customary clothes of women was part of a larger transformation, one that redefined their gender almost completely as female. We may
more properly call them ‘gender crossers’ rather than cross dressers, for these men not only assumed the outward appearance and demeanor of women, but were granted social and symbolic recognition as ‘somewhat-women.’ They were comparable to women in every way except
that they could not bear children. Cronicas tell us they were ‘married’ to men,
with whom they had sexual relations. These men treated their womanish partners
like concubines; being men, they had wives with whom they had their obligatory children.

What source can you provide to support this?

There was no concept of a 'Philippines' prior to the advent of Hispanic Colonization. The Archipelago was composed of multiple tribal states, minor rajanates. Additionally, the population of the archipelago was no more than 500,000; as compared to the some 8 Million Filipinos that were produced under Spanish Colonization during the eve of La Revolucion Guerra Filipinas Con Hispanola. There was no organized religion, there was no understanding of ordered social etiquette, no concept of Judiciary that we know of. And any historical evidence of such prior to Hispanization has been moot. Unless there is evidence to support such claims, before a culturo-historico-anthropological body.


In view of this to the subject matter, all I will say is that each periodic epoch in the history of Human Civilization will have its own flair and societal problems.

Roy,

Please cite the site that you posted that from.

In any case, here it is:

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/9409.htm

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 26, 2009, 03:50:50 AM
Ako ra jud maka sulti mao ni:

When you and I or anybody was born in this world, one has the right to anything, anything and everything, as long as you dont commit murder. No one should judge because that is what they learned or heard, or one has told them. COMMON SENSE PIPOL! Everybody owns this world. So everyone has the:

RIGHT TO LIVE.
RIGHT TO HAVE.
RIGHT TO OWN.
RIGHT TO LOVE.
RIGHT...
RIGHT...
etc...
etc...

P-E-R-I-O-D! (dili mens ha?)

Abortion is also murder, Ate Belle.

The tenents of Medical Embryology, (which is instructed to Nurses and Physicians etc)
states that there different stages of Human Life.

The first stage begins in conception.
Second stage is the Fetal intra-uterine stage
Third Stage is Post-Uterine or Neonate stage
Fourth Stage is Infancy
Fifth Stage is Childhood
Sixth Stage is Adolescence
Seventh Stage is Adulthood
Eighth Stage is The Geriatric Stage (Senescence)

And finally, Physiological Death.

What are you interested in? Professional aspects, if you wish to share.

Why do you like to study that aspect, and what influenced you in that study.

Roy,

No one has the right to condemn anyone. Anyone what so ever. I do not believe in condemnation, I do not believe in the taking of life at all. (Though I must battle my thoughts on serial killers and murders in death row--yes in a way I even feel that we do not have the right to kill them.)

If a person, individual, boy or girl is a homosexual, gay, bisexual or transgendered, dili man na for us to ridicule about them for being who they are.

Either it is innate or acquired over time. Because I do have friends who are gays and lesbians. Do I treat them any differently? Of course not, sure It may seem akward some times when we make jokes, pero, I still love them because they are my friends. In fact I know that there are some active catholics in my church who are gay. And what is beautiful in The Catholic Church is that we are not taught to condemn people on their sexual practices, but love them. The act of homosexuality is a sin, just like the act of adultery, the act of stealing, act of killing etc. Does not matter what sin it is, because all sins are detestable to God.

And I had a friend, a good friend of mine (as we went to catholic mass almost every sunday during my collegiate undergrad years) and he came up to me to tell me if I thought he was going to perdition. And to me, my response was, "What is he talking about?". It was then that he told me that he was a homosexual, and of course for me na kuratan ko to hear this because he was a close college friend. A former room mate, to be exact. For me, I don't think that he will go to perdition, in fact I think that The LORD loves him and all gays, lesbians, etc just like anyone else. As any other heterosexual also commits sins.

I can always remember this verse:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23

So we are all equal in the sight of God. As we are all sinners. But it is in faith and in believing in Our Lord Jesus, and the promise he has for us. That we are justified. Diba?

No one should boast his or her own righteousness as we are ALL sinners and ALL fall short in the eyes of Our God.

That is my view on it, and I am sharing with you all my thoughts and words.



Respectfully and In Fraternity,
Bran Lorenzo

We hope and pray to never stray from the teachings of LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Because His Word is strength for the bones, and sinew of marrow.
Ang Ginoo, will strengthen even the weakest person, even if life is not in the future for that individual, the Lord still strengthens them to accept their fate and the Love of God.



The Peace and Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of Us.
We ask this In His Name.
And His Name Alone.

Amen.

We follow it because we are Christian.
It is fundamental to Our Faith and having a better understanding of Our Lord.



To follow The Teachings of the Bible does not cause Chaos. It is when one misinterprets biblical scripture for a political motive and for power--that is when it corrupts.

Firmly,
Lorenzo

Roy,

I will defend Gener's point of view because he is pointing out a verse from scripture; in The Old Testament.

We must not pick and choose which verse in scripture appeal to us, as all of Scripture in Unison with Tradition--compels us to the Truth.

We all yearn for forgiveness, we all yearn for compassion, and Understanding.

Nothing in this materialistic, finite world will comfort, and it is only in Christ Jesus--beloved of The Father, that we receive this comfort. This is in my view, and I firmly believe it.

Homosexuality is a Sin. In the end, we all fall short from the glory of God. We all sin. Does not matter what the sin is--as all sin is detestable to the Lord.

But even a sinner can receive salvation. The Love of Christ and His Father pardons such sin.

Lorenzo,

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3:23

It does not matter what sin we do, as all sin is detestable to the Lord.

But we have faith and we are confident in the Love of Our Lord;

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23

My favorite,


All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.

2 Timothy 3:16

Reign16,

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

This verse in scripture should apply to each and every single individual.

We live not by bread alone, but by the word that comes out of the Mouth of God.

That, I am confident of.



Lorenzo,

Always keep on moving, always keep on trying. For if God is with us, who can be against us?

Quote from: Gener on January 25, 2009, 08:16:11 PM
Hi Manay Tess,
I tried to fight the urge of not commenting on this post due to its sensitivity but since the thread title encourages one, so here is my position. But before anything else, i just want to make it very clear for I could be misunderstood, that my position doesn't in anyway despise any lesbians, gays and transgenders (LGT) per se but their act. Its not the person but the sin. Likewise, I have no intention to impose values on anyone nor trying to be hyper critical nor being an ULTRA moralist. Its just that I personally believed that the Bible could lead us to the truth in discerning this issue. Thank you for your understanding - Gener


How About Same Sex Marriage, Anyone?

Just recently, CHR advocates basic rights of LGTs; including the right of same sex marriage. Last year, I commented to an article posted by a well-known columnist regarding an article he posted in the PDI. You can view the link below.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/letterstotheeditor/view_article.php?article_id=139422

I have nothing against the advocacies to promote the rights and welfare of lesbians, gays and transgendered (LGT) if this will mean protecting their rights for equal employment, access to education, right for medical attention, freedom from abuses, and other forms of discrimination, both in private and public sector. But if these rights would also allow same-sex marriage among other detestable sins, what kind of rights are that?

Our society though biased against LGTs. However, there are those who are slowly beginning to accept lesbians and gays in particular and are recognizing their contribution in the areas where they perform most like arts, fashion, etc. While there are still areas in our society who are still intolerant of gays but to push for the legalization of this same-sex marriage still doesn’t give them acceptance from those who opposed it.

(Romans 1:26-32) “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way that men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Although, they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

(Leviticus 18:22) is clear. Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin.

Again, what I'm trying to say is this; that we can't really separates Biblical teachings from the present happenings regardless of one's values and beliefs for it is for these reasons why God created Laws as given to Moses - to guide how we should live our lives. Likewise, I'm not also trying to play as self-appointed rightheous here for no one among us is perfect, not even one. But doing what is wrong either can't right something that is already wrong.

Gener,

Thank you very much for sharing your view. It takes courage and spirit to express one's views against a plethora of different/opposing views and arguments.

And yes, those verses in scripture are indeed true. In the Old Testament.

For me, I have nothing wrong or ill intent towards homosexuals or lesbians, bisexuals and or transgendered.

It is their decision and their will.

We can only pray for them. As Love and Forgiveness is what surmounts in our Faith. That I am confident of.

Love the Sinner. Hate The Sin.


Lorenzo,

Quote from: ms da binsi on January 26, 2009, 04:54:12 AM

Agree Yee. One must remember, it's all men who wrote the bible...=)

Excuse me, Ate Belle,

I mean no disrespect,

It is a Holy Book. The Holy Bible is God-Breathed and written by men whose hearts and minds were under the care of the Holy Spirit. Who proceeds from the FATHER and THE SON.


Firmly,
Bran Lorenzo

I don't believe that anyone has the right to use personal and lecherous comments on anyone. Despite their sexual preference, their age, their gender, and physical and or mental limitations.

It goes for both aspects of the spectrum. Conservatives as well as Liberal views.

But here in Tubag Bohol, we all have the right to share our views on a particular thread, so long as we will abide by the forum board rules and adhere to proper social and forum etiquette.

We all have different views, we all come from different parts of the world and subscribe to different mores and ethos. In order to maintain a proper union, we must shore respect for each views. Even if it is different from our own.


In the words of Voltaire,

"I may not agree to what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it."




Best,
Bran Lorenzo

    Thus the word of the LORD came to me:
16
    Now, son of man, take a single stick, and write on it: Judah and those Israelites who are associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.
17
    Then join the two sticks together, so that they form one stick in your hand.
18
    When your countrymen ask you, "Will you not tell us what you mean by all this?",
19
    answer them: Thus says the Lord GOD;  I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and of the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will join to it the stick of Judah, making them a single stick; they shall be one in my hand.
20
    The sticks on which you write you shall hold up before them to see.
21
    Tell them: Thus speaks the Lord GOD;  I will take the Israelites from among the nations to which they have come, and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.
22
    I will make them one nation upon the land, in the mountains of Israel, and there shall be one prince for them all. Never again shall they be two nations, and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.
23
    No longer shall they defile themselves with their idols, their abominations, and all their transgressions. I will deliver them from all their sins of apostasy, and cleanse them so that they may be my people and I may be their God.
24
    My servant David shall be prince over them, and there shall be one shepherd for them all; they shall live by my statutes and carefully observe my decrees.
25
    They shall live on the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where their fathers lived; they shall live on it forever, they, and their children, and their children's children, with my servant David their prince forever.
26
    I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will multiply them, and put my sanctuary among them forever.
27
    My dwelling shall be with them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
28
    Thus the nations shall know that it is I, the LORD, who make Israel holy, when my sanctuary shall be set up among them forever.

--Ezekiel 37: 15-28

Please read JOB 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.

Who are we to question what can be done by OUR LORD OUR GOD?

He who can do anything, and whose justice and plans cannot be thwarted?

We who doubt repent in dust and ashes.

For In The LORD OUR GOD, ANYTHING is POSSIBLE.

Lest we should boast in our questionings.

Glory to The Lord God Who Is In The Highest.

And Peace and Good Will to His People On Earth.

Amen.

1 Then Job replied to the LORD :

2 "I know that you can do all things;
       no plan of yours can be thwarted.

3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?'
       Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
       things too wonderful for me to know.

4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak;
       I will question you,
       and you shall answer me.'

5 My ears had heard of you
       but now my eyes have seen you.

6 Therefore I despise myself
       and repent in dust and ashes."


--JOB 42

(continued)

"Can you pull in the leviathan [a] with a fishhook
       or tie down his tongue with a rope?

2 Can you put a cord through his nose
       or pierce his jaw with a hook?

3 Will he keep begging you for mercy?
       Will he speak to you with gentle words?

4 Will he make an agreement with you
       for you to take him as your slave for life?

5 Can you make a pet of him like a bird
       or put him on a leash for your girls?

6 Will traders barter for him?
       Will they divide him up among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
       or his head with fishing spears?

8 If you lay a hand on him,
       you will remember the struggle and never do it again!

9 Any hope of subduing him is false;
       the mere sight of him is overpowering.

10 No one is fierce enough to rouse him.
       Who then is able to stand against me?

11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
       Everything under heaven belongs to me.

12 "I will not fail to speak of his limbs,
       his strength and his graceful form.

13 Who can strip off his outer coat?
       Who would approach him with a bridle?

14 Who dares open the doors of his mouth,
       ringed about with his fearsome teeth?

15 His back has rows of shields
       tightly sealed together;

16 each is so close to the next
       that no air can pass between.

17 They are joined fast to one another;
       they cling together and cannot be parted.

18 His snorting throws out flashes of light;
       his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

19 Firebrands stream from his mouth;
       sparks of fire shoot out.

20 Smoke pours from his nostrils
       as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
       and flames dart from his mouth.

22 Strength resides in his neck;
       dismay goes before him.

23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;
       they are firm and immovable.

24 His chest is hard as rock,
       hard as a lower millstone.

25 When he rises up, the mighty are terrified;
       they retreat before his thrashing.

26 The sword that reaches him has no effect,
       nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.

27 Iron he treats like straw
       and bronze like rotten wood.

28 Arrows do not make him flee;
       slingstones are like chaff to him.

29 A club seems to him but a piece of straw;
       he laughs at the rattling of the lance.

30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
       leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

31 He makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
       and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 Behind him he leaves a glistening wake;
       one would think the deep had white hair.

33 Nothing on earth is his equal—
       a creature without fear.

34 He looks down on all that are haughty;
       he is king over all that are proud."

-Job 41

The LORD said to Job:

2 "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
       Let him who accuses God answer him!"

3 Then Job answered the LORD :

4 "I am unworthyâ€"how can I reply to you?
       I put my hand over my mouth.

5 I spoke once, but I have no answerâ€"
       twice, but I will say no more."

6 Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm:

7 "Brace yourself like a man;
       I will question you,
       and you shall answer me.

8 "Would you discredit my justice?
       Would you condemn me to justify yourself?

9 Do you have an arm like God's,
       and can your voice thunder like his?

10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
       and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,
       look at every proud man and bring him low,

12 look at every proud man and humble him,
       crush the wicked where they stand.

13 Bury them all in the dust together;
       shroud their faces in the grave.

14 Then I myself will admit to you
       that your own right hand can save you.

15 "Look at the behemoth, [a]
       which I made along with you
       and which feeds on grass like an ox.

16 What strength he has in his loins,
       what power in the muscles of his belly!

17 His tail  sways like a cedar;
       the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

18 His bones are tubes of bronze,
       his limbs like rods of iron.

19 He ranks first among the works of God,
       yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

20 The hills bring him their produce,
       and all the wild animals play nearby.

21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
       hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

22 The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
       the poplars by the stream surround him.

23 When the river rages, he is not alarmed;
       he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

24 Can anyone capture him by the eyes, [c]
       or trap him and pierce his nose?

-Job 40: 1-24

The Lord of All Who is In All and Through All.

The God The Father.

Who humbled Prophet Job.

How blessed is Prophet Job to have been in conversation with the MOST HIGH.

To have heard the Voice of The King of Glory.

  Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:

2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel
       with words without knowledge?

3 Brace yourself like a man;
       I will question you,
       and you shall answer me.

4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
       Tell me, if you understand.

5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
       Who stretched a measuring line across it?

6 On what were its footings set,
       or who laid its cornerstone-

7 while the morning stars sang together
       and all the angels [a] shouted for joy?

8 "Who shut up the sea behind doors
       when it burst forth from the womb,

9 when I made the clouds its garment
       and wrapped it in thick darkness,

10 when I fixed limits for it
       and set its doors and bars in place,

11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;
       here is where your proud waves halt'?

12 "Have you ever given orders to the morning,
       or shown the dawn its place,

13 that it might take the earth by the edges
       and shake the wicked out of it?

14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
       its features stand out like those of a garment.

15 The wicked are denied their light,
       and their upraised arm is broken.

16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
       or walked in the recesses of the deep?

17 Have the gates of death been shown to you?
       Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death  ?

18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
       Tell me, if you know all this.

19 "What is the way to the abode of light?
       And where does darkness reside?

20 Can you take them to their places?
       Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
       You have lived so many years!

22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
       or seen the storehouses of the hail,

23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
       for days of war and battle?

24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
       or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?

25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
       and a path for the thunderstorm,

26 to water a land where no man lives,
       a desert with no one in it,

27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
       and make it sprout with grass?

28 Does the rain have a father?
       Who fathers the drops of dew?

29 From whose womb comes the ice?
       Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens

30 when the waters become hard as stone,
       when the surface of the deep is frozen?

31 "Can you bind the beautiful [c] Pleiades?
       Can you loose the cords of Orion?

32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons [d]
       or lead out the Bear [e] with its cubs?

33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?
       Can you set up God's [f] dominion over the earth?

34 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds
       and cover yourself with a flood of water?

35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
       Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?

36 Who endowed the heart [g] with wisdom
       or gave understanding to the mind [h] ?

37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
       Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens

38 when the dust becomes hard
       and the clods of earth stick together?

39 "Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
       and satisfy the hunger of the lions

40 when they crouch in their dens
       or lie in wait in a thicket?

41 Who provides food for the raven
       when its young cry out to God
       and wander about for lack of food?


-Job 38: 1-41

Thank you so much for sharing these videos, colliers.



Si, Viva El Santo Nino

To our dearest and loved Mr. Dioscoro Ayag Jr,

You, sir, are a shining star for many Filipinos and Filipinas. An example of what hard work, determination, resiliency, faith, and brotherhood can accomplish and achieve.

You have brought so much pride to Bohol, and you are a son of Dagohoy.

We love you, and we are proud of you. Don't let such negative individuals affect you, Sir. The way you carry you carry yourself so honorably, speaks for your behalf, Sir.

In Fraternity and In Friendship,
Bran Lorenzo

MARIAH RAMOS, crowned as Miss Teen Kalayaan Philippines 2007 by Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal of Long Beach and Mayor Jim Dear of the City of Carson.

Shine, Filipinos!


Americans sporting the Barong or the 'Americanized' Barong. 

Former-President George W. Bush styling the Barong 

Philippine coconut silk is in demand, expensive, yet exquisite.

Mr. Daray, the Barong Tagalog can be worn in warm areas; not all of the United States is tugnaw. Southern states such as Texas, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, Nevada, Southern California etc maintain a fairly warm weather even in winter time.

"Quite the lovely gathering, don't you agree?", as Longshanks views the Scottish Army.

"Not the archers, my scouts tell me their archers are miles away and pose no threat to us. Arrows cost money. Use up the Irish. The dead cost nothing."

And the best quote in the movie,


"So tell me, what advice would you offer on the eh--present--eh--SITUATION" (pushes Philip out the window)

Love the sinner, Hate the Sin.

That is my view on it.

Thousands more turned out for the 2009 Walk for Life West Coast despite a chance of rain. No rain this year, but lots of enthusiasm and excitement as more than 30,000 walked from Justin Herman Plaza along the Embarcadero to Marina Green on Saturday, January 24.

"We shall overcome!" said Frank Lee of Asian Americans Against Abortion.

“We thank God today for this moment. You’re not going away, I’m not going away. This is our moment,” said Rev. Clenard Childress Jr., who rallied the crowd and led the 2 mile Walk.

Also speaking at the event were Diana Nagy, a singer who placed her son for adoption after becoming pregnant at 15, and Sister of Life Mother Agnes Mary.  “We’ve made a lot of progress,” Nagy said, noting that 36 years after the Roe v. Wade decision, “abortion is at an all time low.”

“Let us pass on the love,” Mother Agnes Mary said. “Let us tell the truth, let us change the world.”




California Bishops William Justice of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone of San Diego, Jaime Soto of Sacramento, and Rutilio Del Riego of San Bernardino at the 2009 Walk for Life.

English King Edward I the Longshanks.

Played by Patrick McGoohan in Braveheart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a664vyjFzgk&feature=related

The Machiavellian type of Ruler.

I was so delighted to see that Quentin Tarantino styling the Barong Tagalog.

It brings pride to every Filipino to see that his traditional attire is being fashioned by foreigners.

Sir Ayag, I will contact you via email, sir. Thank you for the connections, Sir.

Lorenzo,

With a immense population of close to 1.4 BILLION souls in its border, and having the largest Land Army in the world, any invasion of China would be complete suicide. And crossing the paths of China would lead to total exhaustion of any nation's military power whose borders are within the reach of the Chinese Army.

The United States does not have the capability of ever conquering China. Never. The Middle Kingdom has never been conquered in its over 5,000 year old civilization (the oldest in the entire world).

I can only hope that the Chinese will be a cooperative force in the future. One that will not have Imperialistic ambitions.

The Chinese have always been friendly to its neighbours in the past. I pray they maintain the status quo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5QLZ4oj_6A

The 21st century is a challenging time for the United States  of America, the World's Hyperpower.
Caught in the middle of two wars-one in Iraq and the the other in Afghanistan, as well as in expansive global military interests. The United States Armed Forces is, definiately and undeniably, over-stretched.

I saw this video as provided by a friend of mine, and a Military Historian, and couldn't help but get a cold chill run down my spine.

Is it possible? Is the 21st century, the era of Chinese Military Dominance? Or as what Chinese Military Strategists hail as, 'PAX SINICA'?

Is the Red Dragon of China truly awake?

By Louis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IIXeR5OUI

This is why we should protect our beautiful world.

Mr. Dioscoro Ayag Jr,

You will always have my absolute and endearing respect and admiration. Good works and Excellence precedes you, Sir.

Your works and accomplishments have been noted by many Filipino-Americans and Filipinos around the world.


Respectfully Yours,
Bran Lorenzo

Dressed in Cebuano-Barong Tagalog.

I was then, the President of the Allegheny College International Club.
2006-2007

Quentin Tarantino styles the Filipino Barong Tagalog in the Golden Globe Awards.



Again,

This is a nice roadster.

BMW Z9

Lamborgini Diablo

This is what Dr. Jensen prays out loud:


Lord, You are the Healer when we are tired and weak; help me show my patients that You're the strength they seek.  And when there are not answers and no medicine will do, may they find hope in knowing that I'm lifting them to You. 
Isaiah 40:31

Medicine, and especially in Surgery, is a seniority-based profession.

It is a progressive step. You have the Experienced Attending Surgeon, behind him is the attending surgeon, behind him is the surgery resident, and behind him is the surgery intern.


The surgical intern is in the back. Observing and listening. The one in front is the Experienced Attending Surgeon. Who, literally, holds the life the patient in the palm of his hands.

Sa unang panahon? Ug tinuud, ngano man?

I go out and count the stars till my eyes get tired.

Probably of my first date, so I could see how idiotic and childish I was at that time.

Ah, Dios Mio~

For Filipino men,

In parties, I've noticed alot of older Filipino men like to cross their arms. LOL.

And yes another,

Any Filipino party I go to, there is always a karaoke machine involved.

Hmmm?

Another,

When I am defeated in Chess.

'te,

What vodka brand do you use?

Smirnoff, Stoletov or Blue Goose?

LOL!

I was introduced to something "beautifully sweet" by my friend Andy this past semester.
Its called "Tennesee Hit", lol.

It's Southern Comfort mixed with Sprite and a quarter of lemon juice added in.

It depends on the context, Kiams.

Living well is such an abstract concept and can differ from person to person. For some, "Living Well" is in accordance to Christian theology and the message, for others still, it means living by simple means, but being open and loving. And still for some it means living extravagantly--vis-a-vis materialistic means.

Depends on what you're referring to.

lol interesting discourse.


Another thing that makes a woman happy:
Be ever-so honest with her.
Express yourself, hold no inhibitions.
Establish the trust,  Oh and how glorious it is!

Especially like a friend's trust..

Quote from: A Layman on January 09, 2009, 02:37:15 PM
Lami jod nang Blue Cognac, pero ang nakalami pa jod kadtong katable nga way saplot.

I recommendCourvoisier, slightly chilled.

Enjoy that slowly with a nice Dominican Cigar.

Perfect for this cold winter season.

Let us get back to the subject matter.

Tita, when Lolo lived with us back in 2003, we had to care for him completely. Hard bitaw kaayo to provide palliative care, pero, for me, it allowed me to bond with my dear Lolo.

For me, it was my turn to care for him, as he cared for me when bata pa ko sa unang panahon.

You are a woman to be admired!

Quote from: hofelina on January 24, 2009, 08:28:40 PM
Boys, unsa man ang inyong trip, para dili mi maglisod pag-abla? Kay very daring na man karon ang mga babaye plus the society seem to tolerate it nowadays.

Tita,

the consensus for the younger generation has been open-mindedness in a woman pursuing a man. It is an empowering aspect for the woman.

For me, I have no problem with a woman pursuing a man or asking me out. In fact many of my dates were  a result of such; however, whenever I go on a date, I will always offer to pay the check. Small things like paying for a woman, opening the door for her, seating her, is, in my book, still very essential.

Sure, women are looking for independence, but most women still look and hold true to conservative notions of a man offering to pay for her, escorting her. At least, it is part of the etiquette lang.

And for me, never jud to kiss on the first date. Ug mo offer siya 'signs' on the 3rd date or so, then it is the man's right to reign it so.


Lorenzo,

Tita,

what is your papa's name?

He is in my prayers. God Bless you, Tita, for caring for him.

Gener,

I am reading your thoughts and feel for your predicament. In my youthful adolescence, I would rebel against the judgment of my father and his discipline, which I thought (at that particular age, that is) was too overbearing and strict.

We were never allowed to stay over our friends' place for too long or were detracted away form attending parties while in high school.

My father is also an active disciplinarian, well to me he was--and I mean this in a symbolic aspect considering I was the eldest in the family and am the role model for my siblings. Judgment passed on me by my father was a lesson my younger siblings were to learn from.

As a man now of 23 years on my back, I cannot help but reminisce and analyze the ways of my father. Sure, he may have been strict, sure I may have clashed heads with him in the past. Despite the plethora of arguments we might have had in particular aspects of growing up, from seeing the troubles of individuals my age and from talking to some friends who didn't grow up with a father figure--hearing their stories and personal scenarios--allowed me to re-analyze the view I had of my father.

And though I do not vocally say this to my father, I think he knows that his ways are vindicated. I appreciate the discipline my father bestowed on me.

And in the end, Mr. Gener, I, his first born son, developed a high respect, love, and adoration for my father.

That what he did, was for the best.

I am sure your son will understand your point of view when he comes of age. And as a father, you will be seen, in his eyes, as a role model. The anchor that keeps him from drifting in rough oceans.




Respectfully Yours,
Lorenzo

St. Peter, The Apostle.




    He (Jesus) said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

     Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

    Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.

    And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,  and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

    I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.  Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

    Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.

Matthew 16: 16-20

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4:23

by Percy B. Shelley


The awful shadow of some unseen Power
        Floats though unseen among us; visiting
        This various world with as inconstant wing
As summer winds that creep from flower to flower;
Like moonbeams that behind some piny mountain shower,
        It visits with inconstant glance
        Each human heart and countenance;
Like hues and harmonies of evening,
        Like clouds in starlight widely spread,
        Like memory of music fled,
        Like aught that for its grace may be
Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery.

Spirit of BEAUTY, that dost consecrate
        With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon
        Of human thought or form, where art thou gone?
Why dost thou pass away and leave our state,
This dim vast vale of tears, vacant and desolate?
        Ask why the sunlight not for ever
        Weaves rainbows o'er yon mountain-river,
Why aught should fail and fade that once is shown,
        Why fear and dream and death and birth
        Cast on the daylight of this earth
        Such gloom, why man has such a scope
For love and hate, despondency and hope?

No voice from some sublimer world hath ever
        To sage or poet these responses given:
        Therefore the names of Demon, Ghost, and Heaven,
Remain the records of their vain endeavour:
Frail spells whose uttered charm might not avail to sever,
        From all we hear and all we see,
        Doubt, chance and mutability.
Thy light alone like mist o'er mountains driven,
        Or music by the night-wind sent
        Through strings of some still instrument,
        Or moonlight on a midnight stream,
Gives grace and truth to life's unquiet dream.

Love, Hope, and Self-esteem, like clouds depart
        And come, for some uncertain moments lent.
        Man were immortal and omnipotent,
Didst thou, unknown and awful as thou art,
Keep with thy glorious train firm state within his heart.
        Thou messenger of sympathies,
        That wax and wane in lovers' eyes;
Thou, that to human thought art nourishment,
        Like darkness to a dying flame!
        Depart not as thy shadow came,
        Depart not--lest the grave should be,
Like life and fear, a dark reality.

While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
        Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
        And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
I called on poisonous names with which our youth is fed;
        I was not heard; I saw them not;
        When musing deeply on the lot
Of life, at that sweet time when winds are wooing
        All vital things that wake to bring
        News of birds and blossoming,
        Sudden, thy shadow fell on me;
I shrieked, and clasped my hands in ecstasy!

I vowed that I would dedicate my powers
        To thee and thine: have I not kept the vow?
        With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now
I call the phantoms of a thousand hours
Each from his voiceless grave: they have in visioned bowers
        Of studious zeal or love's delight
        Outwatched with me the envious night:
They know that never joy illumed my brow
        Unlinked with hope that thou wouldst free
        This world from its dark slavery,
        That thou, O awful LOVELINESS,
Wouldst give whate'er these words cannot express.

The day becomes more solemn and serene
        When noon is past; there is a harmony
        In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
        Thus let thy power, which like the truth
        Of nature on my passive youth
Descended, to my onward life supply
        Its calm, to one who worships thee,
        And every form containing thee,
        Whom, SPIRIT fair, thy spells did bind
To fear himself, and love all human kind.

by P. Swayze

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by Peter Gabriel

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Here is an elaborate, Spanish inspired musical number from the classic Filipino motion picture "The Big Broadcast" (Sampaguita pictures 1962) that features Juancho Gutierrez and Gloria Romero.

Beautiful Film!

Beautiful Excerpt!

Magnifico ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3OWO8fLLdU&feature=channel_page

A GREAT historical film.

On the Battle for Baler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcnDCD6fD7g

En 1898 Estados Unidos de América declara la guerra al Reino de España escudándose en un sospechoso incidente acaecido en el acorazado Maine anclado en Cuba.

EEUU codiciaba desde hacía muchos años las islas al sur de La Florida y encontró en el fervor popular la excusa perfecta. La débil situación en la que se hallaba Reino de España desde hacía más de un siglo, hizo inviable una guerra de iguales. Tras la derrota de la armada española en Cuba y Filipinas , tras casi medio año de hostilidades, España es obligada a firmar la paz y a ceder la suberanía de sus últimos vestigios de poder colonial: Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Las Filipinas, Las Marianas, Las Carolinas, etc.

En una pequeña aldea en la provincia de Luzón (Las Filipinas) se produce el "Alamo" español, donde en el sitio de Baler 50 españoles resisten un año. Finalmente, se verán obligados a rendirse a mediados de 1899. La última guarnición española abandona la "joya" del Pacífico.

A Spanish documentary by Spanish Officials.

An interesting view to hear from the Spanish Government Official.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLFR7hVtJAY


"Philippines is the central interest of Spain in Asia, today.
It was in the past, and it is still, in the present."