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Usa ka Pari nagmisa.

“Dili maayo kanang pagpangabit kay sala kana sa mata sa tawo ug sa Diyos. Imoral kana, makalaglag sa kalag.”

Unya kay ang iyang kulukadidang diha man sa atubangan, misenyas dayon sa pari kabahin sa ilang relasyon. Aron di mabuking, gisagolan ug Latin sa pari ang iyang estorya.

“Aw, bastum ang atum permanentum...”


Bwahaha!

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Nenga pumila

   
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A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

Borassodendron borneense

   
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Never hire the people with exceptionally high grades at university and secondary school... If they're not screwed up by the age of 23 they're not going to do anything interesting by the time they're 83. --Tom Peters, Business Guru speaking in London in 2004

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Scheelea liebmannii

A lawyer married a woman who had previously divorced ten husbands.

On their wedding night, she told her new husband, “Please be gentle, I’m still a virgin.”

“What?” said the puzzled groom.

“How can that be if you’ve been married ten times?”

“Well, Husband #1 was a sales representative: he kept telling me how great it was going to be.

Husband #2 was in software services: he was never really sure how it was supposed to function, but he said he’d look into it and get back to me.

Husband #3 was from field services: he said everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn’t get the system up.

Husband #4 was in telemarketing: even though he knew he had the order, he didn’t know when he would be able to deliver.

Husband #5 was an engineer: he understood the basic process but wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method.

Husband #6 was from finance and administration: he thought he knew how, but he wasn’t sure whether it was his job or not.

Husband #7 was in marketing: although he had a nice product, he was never sure how to position it.

Husband #8 was a psychologist: all he ever did was talk about it.

Husband #9 was a gynecologist: all he did was look at it.

Husband #10 was a stamp collector: all he ever did was… God! I miss him! But now that I’ve married you, I’m really excited!”
“Good,” said the new husband, “but, why?”

“You’re a lawyer. This time I know I’m gonna get screwed!”


Bwahaha!

 
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It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood: who strives valiantly, who errs, and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. --Theodore Roosevelt, address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23rd April 1910

Bwahaha! 

   
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- Botoy gahilak kay dugay nang wa kakaon ani...

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Rhopalostylis cheesemanii

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 07:48:30 PM
Ang lalaki nga naghagbong sa bag-ong gihimugso nga bata gibanabanang nagpanuigon og kapin sa 50-anyos samtang ang kauban niini’ng babaye wa na maklaro ni Villejo sanglit nagtakilid kini.

Hmm, anak tingali sa pagpakasala...

Ni Sheila C. Gravinez
Monday, July 18, 2011


NAGHILAK ug nagkisi-kisi pa ang bag-ong gihimugso nga batang babaye dihang gihagbong sa sapa sa wa mailhing lalaki sa Barangay Pangdan sa syudad sa Naga alas 11:30 kagahapon sa buntag.

Si Guadalupe Villejo nga nagpuyo duol sa sapa, maoy nakakita sa bata nga gihagbong sa usa ka hamtong nga lalake gikan sa ibabaw sa taytayan tumong ngadto sa nagpundok nga mga bato sa tunga-tunga sa sapa.

Matod niya nanikop siya og isda niadtong higayona, dihang iyang nakit-an ang lalaki nga padung molabay og usa ka plastic bag nga iyang gibuyag ug gipangutana kon hugaw ba sa tawo ang ilabay niini sa sapa.

“Hoy, unsa na imong ilabay, tae na sa tawo? Ipakaon na nako nimo ron,” asoy ni Villejo dihang gihinabi sa mga tigbalita.

Apan igo lang siya gitubag sa lalaki nga, “Nay, padaplin kay naa koy ilabay.”

Tungod sa kakusog sa impact sa paghagbong, nalubyok ang ulo sa masuso nga gidudahan nga maoy nakaingon sa kamatayon niini.

Si Villejo nihulagway sa masuso nga giputos og tualya nga kolor orange nga gisulod sa usa ka plastic bag diin nagbitay pa ang pusod niini uban sa inunlan.

Iyang giasoy nga nakurat siya dihang iyang nakit-an nga bata diay ang sulod sa plastic bag, nakahilak siya tungod sa kaluoy ug wa niya kini gibutang sa yuta sa kahadlok nga kan-on kini sa iro.

“Sos, luoy kaayo ang bata. Kung niingon pa siya nga imo na ni bisan pobre mi ako to dawaton oi! Ang uban gani gusto magka-anak, sila nuon ilang gilabay, Kaluoy gyud sa bata,” dugang pahayag ni Villejo kinsa usa usab ka inahan.

Ang lalaki nga naghagbong sa bag-ong gihimugso nga bata gibanabanang nagpanuigon og kapin sa 50-anyos samtang ang kauban niini’ng babaye wa na maklaro ni Villejo sanglit nagtakilid kini.

Human sa paghagbong sa puya, ang duha ka mga responsabli daling misakay sa usa ka pribadong multicab nga color puti ug berde ug mipabulhot balik sa Poblacion, Naga.

Ang bata gipahimo-an ni Naga City Mayor Valdemar Chiong og gamay nga lungon ug gibunyagan sa pangan nga Angel Rose sa wala pa gilubong sa publikong sam-ang sa syudad.

Si Chiong nagtuo nga dili taga Naga ang naglabay sa bata tungod kay way nakaila niini diha sa maong lugar.

Iyang gimando-an ang kapulisan sa dakbayan nga imbestigahon kini aron masilotan ang mga ginikanan nga way kaluoy nga milabay sa inosenteng anghel.

“Sos kung dili man gani sila makabuhi, maayo pa gipasagop na lang,” padayag ni Chiong.


Gipatik sa mantalaang SuperBalita Cebu Hulyo 19, 2011.

 
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http://www.junglemusic.net/

Bwahaha!

Dawo ra ba kaayo, di manghatag...

Bwaaa! Anggaw jud nis Ms. Hisle...

Quote from: islander on July 18, 2011, 10:07:28 PM
come on, di baya makasulti ang ilong sa tag-iya sa mga tudlo...

Hmm, nose fetish...

Quote from: statesville on July 18, 2011, 09:24:33 PM
unsay nasud sa ulo aning tawhana nga hikog man diretso ang sulbad sa problema..

Naanad tingalig short-cut...

Bwahaha! Bantay, Bay Tigs! Mosikit gani ni siya nimo, impas ka!

Hmm, bahala na lang kon unsay isul-ot, ang importante mao ang gisul-otan...

Quote from: statesville on July 18, 2011, 08:54:01 PM
Nag malfunction ang  equipment, diin kaha to gihimo sa Japan?..naunay man gud ang hapon nga doctor 

Hmm, pwede pud hinimo sa China...

He he, unsa kahay kinapayan...

Manggitikasanan pud...

In classical thought, the four elements Earth, Water, Air, and Fire frequently occur; sometimes including a fifth element or quintessence (after "quint" meaning "fifth") called Aether in ancient Greece and India. The concept of the five elements formed a basis of analysis in both Hinduism and Buddhism. In Hinduism, particularly in an esoteric context, the four states-of-matter describe matter, and a fifth element describes that which was beyond the material world. Similar lists existed in ancient China and Japan. In Buddhism the four great elements, to which two others are sometimes added, are not viewed as substances, but as categories of sensory experience. â€"Wiki

Allegory of the Four Elements by Mark Ryden

Klaro bitaw kinsay pinakabagag nawong...

Ang Pinoy kon dili manggiloloy-on, manggiloloon...

Quote from: bugsay on July 19, 2011, 03:59:54 PM

kon mapamatud-an, aw, sama sa uban nga nahukman, pasayloon lang dayon....pagkamanggiloy-on kaayo sa Pinoy...

Basin naay nag-una-unag pasaylo aron inig-abot sa iyang panahon, pasayloon pud...

Converted Fakir

The Full Indian Rope Trick

Gahing mamatay ning klaseha sa tawo--or duwende, as the case may be... 

Fakir Magic

Some of the more well known feats performed by these fakirs include: charming deadly snakes in large baskets with musical instruments, lying near-naked on a bed of sharp nails without incurring any injuries, levitation and the infamous Indian rope trick. According to Dr. Karl P.N. Schuker in his book The Unexplained, a professor called Larry D. Kirkpatrick, a physicist at Montana State University duplicated the lying on a bed of nails trick in an experiment.  This was to find out how, and if, it was actually possible to do.  Whilst lying on his bed of nails he even permitted a well-built American football player to sit on his chest.  The experiment was possibly less about 'debunking' fakir magic, but a lesson in the relationship between weight distribution and pressure, i.e. the greater the number of nails that supported his body, the smaller the amount of pressure exerted by his body's weight on each nail (this number is directly proportional to the weight of the person lying on them), the amount of pressure that the body exerts on any given nail is not great enough to puncture the skin.

Levitation, is another feat associated with Indian Fakirs that is possibly less easy to explain scientifically.  It has also tended to sit less comfortably with European religions which have deemed its performance as pagan. However in India any Asian youngster caught levitating, then becomes methodically trained up by experienced practitioners, in order to develop the youngster's powers further.

One particular report that came out of Southern India in 1936 was depicted by a series of stunning photographs in the Illustrated London News (6 June 1936).  The photos featuring a fakir called Subbayah Pullavar were taken by an eyewitness called P.Y. Plunkett.  The event occurred around 12.30 pm and was watched by around 150 people.  According to Dr. Schuker:

"After pouring water in a circle around the tent in which he would be performing the levitation, the fakir stepped inside the tent where he remained hidden from view for a few minutes.  The tent was then removed and the onlookers saw to their amazement that he was suspended horizontally in the air, in a trance, resting his hand upon a cloth-covered stick about a metre (3 feet) tall, which he seemed to be using not for support but rather for balance."

Even though onlookers passed their hands underneath and, in and around the space surrounding the fakir, no wire, props etc. were ever found.  Apparently many photographs were taken and after around four minutes he was again shielded by his tent as he made his decent.  However Plunket, allegedly could discern his shape through the thin tent walls; and is said to have seen him gently swaying for a short time while still in mid-air.  He then slowly sank in a horizontal position to the ground which in total took around five minutes to complete.  As yet this incident has not been satisfactorily explained.  Perhaps the onlookers were experiencing some form of mass hypnosis or hallucination.  See also: indian rope trick, fakir, levitation, and snake charming.

Source:  Information for this article,  Dr. Karl P. N. Schuker, The Unexplained, Carlton Books Limited (1997) ISBN: 1-85868-384
http://www.paranormality.com/fakir_magic.shtml

Cool fakir...

Sceptic takes on India's fake fakirs
Jeremy Page
From: The Australian March 20, 2010 12:00AM


NEW DELHI: When a famous tantric guru boasted on television that he could kill another man using only his mystical powers, most viewers gasped in awe or merely nodded unquestioningly. Sanal Edamaruku's response was different. "Go on then - kill me," he said.


As head of the Indian Rationalists Association, Mr Edamaruku, the country's self-appointed sceptic-in-chief, had been invited to the same talk show as the holy man. At first, Pandit Surinda Sharma was reluctant, but he agreed to perform rituals designed to kill Mr Edamaruku live on television. Millions tuned in as the channel cancelled scheduled programming to stay with the showdown, which can still be viewed on YouTube.

The master chanted mantras, then he sprinkled water on his intended victim. After several hours of similar antics, Mr Edamaruku was still smiling and taunting the furious holy man.

"He was over, finished, completely destroyed." Mr Edamaruku chuckles in his office at the Rationalist Centre in the town of Noida, outside Delhi.

Mr Edamaruku has dedicated his life to exposing charlatans - from levitating village fakirs to televangelist yoga masters - who he says are obstructing an Indian enlightenment.

He has had a busy month, with one guru arrested over prostitution, another caught in a sex-tape scandal, a third kidnapping a female follower and a fourth allegedly causing a stampede that killed 63 people.

This week, India's most popular yoga master, Baba Ramdev, announced plans to launch a political party, promising to cleanse India of corruption and introduce the death penalty for killing cows. On Wednesday, police arrested a couple in Maharashtra state on suspicion of killing five boys on the advice of a tantric master, who said their sacrifice would help the childless couple to conceive.

"The immediate goal I have is to stop these fraudulent babas and gurus," says Mr Edamaruku, 55. "I'd like to see a post-religious society. That would be an ideal dream, but I don't know how long it would take."

The Indian Rationalist Association was founded officially in Madras (now Chennai) in 1949 with the encouragement of philosopher Bertrand Russell. Since Mr Edamaruku took over in 1985, membership has grown from 300 to more than 100,000 members - mainly young professionals, teachers and students.

One common trick members expose is levitation, usually done using an accomplice who lies on the ground under a blanket and then raises his upper body while holding out two hockey sticks under the blanket to make it look like his feet are also rising.

Other simple ruses include the "weeping statue" trick, usually done by melting a thin layer of wax covering a small deposit of water.

Exposing such tricks can be risky. A guru called Balti (Bucket) Baba once smashed a hot clay pot in Mr Edamaruku's face after he revealed the holy man picked it up with a heat-resistant pad.

The chief rationalist was almost arrested by the government of Kerala for revealing it was behind an annual apparition of flames in the night sky - in fact, several state officials lighting bonfires on a nearby hill - that attracted millions of pilgrims.

Indian politicians shelter gurus to give them spiritual credibility, use their followers as vote banks, or to mask sexual or criminal activity. That explains why India has never tightened the 1954 Drugs and Magic Remedies Act, under which the maximum punishment is two months' jail and a 2000 rupee (about $48) fine.

Another reason is that educated, middle-class Indians are feeling alienated from mainstream religion but still in need of spiritual sustenance. "When traditional religion collapses, people still need spirituality. So they usually go one of two directions: towards extremism and fundamentalism or to these kinds of people."

Since richer, urban Indians have little time for long pilgrimages or pujas (prayer ceremonies), they are often attracted by holy men who offer instant gratification - for a fee. -- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

Bwahaha!

This book was written in the 1860s, when reliable information about Hinduism was just starting to filter back to the west. Jacolliot was searching for the roots of western esoteric traditions in the far East. The high point of this book is the travelogue of his encounters in India with a fakir, who demonstrates his siddis (yogic powers) exuberantly. There is also an extensive discourse on Kabbalah, and its relationship to Eastern mystical beliefs. Jacolliot was a diffusionist, and he believed that many western esoteric traditions, specifically Egyptian, Jewish and Christian, had their origin in India.

Jacolliot, the author (1837-1890) was a French lawyer who worked as a judge in India and Tahiti. He subsequently became a prolific author. Although he apparently had enough familiarity with Sanskrit to do some desultory translations of the Laws of Manu, Jacolliot was not an academic. He quotes extensively here from a text called the "Agrouchada-Parikchai," which appears to be a pastiche of the Upanishads, Hindu law books, and a bit of Freemasonry. This text does not seem to exist except in Jacolliot's imagination. Jacolliot also believed in a lost Pacific continent, and was quoted by Helena Blavatsky in Isis Unveiled in support of Lemuria. --J.B. Hare, June 21, 2008. -- http://www.sacred-texts.com/

Indian Fakir show / part IV (orig.)

The Fakir's crutch.





A rather rare form of Indian mace or pick used, as the name implies, mostly by religious mendicants forbidden by law to carry arms. Usually made from a solid piece of steel, it has a short handle on one side of which is a head shaped like a hand holding an antelope's horn and, on the other, a serpent with a tiger's head. This 'crutch' is placed under the arm when a fakir is seated, and, should the need arise, can be a very efficient weapon. -- http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=126562

Quote from: islander on July 19, 2011, 10:43:49 AM
aherm, as classic as bisaya ug liwayway komiks, ayaw na lang apila ang bohol chronicle.

Hmm, kadtong mga basahon kansang mga hapin naghulagway sa mga artista sa puting tabil?

Muhammad defined faqr as "Reaching at peak, faqr is merged in Allah and his unity"

One of the most respected and beloved early Muslim saints Abdul-Qadir Gilani also elaborated Sufism, tasawwuf and faqr in a conclusive manner. Explaining attributes of faqir, he says, "faqir is not who can not do anything and is nothing in his self-being. But faqir has all the commanding powers (gifted from Allah) and his orders can not be revoked."

Then Ibn Arabi explained Sufism, including faqr in more details. He wrote more than 500 books on topics relating to Sufism, tasawwuf and faqr. He was the first Muslim scholar who introduced (first time openly) the idea of Wahdat al-wujud which remained the talk of the town for many centuries.

Another dignified Muslim saint Sultan Bahoo describes a faqir as one, "who has been entrusted with full authority from Allah (God)".  At another place, in the same book Sultan Bahoo says, "Faqir attains eternity by dissolving himself in oneness of Allah. He, when, eliminates his-self from other than Allah, his soul reaches to divinity."[13] He further says in his other book, "faqir has three steps (stages). First step he takes from eternity (without beginning) to this mortal world, second step from this finite world to hereafter and last step he takes from hereafter to manifestation of Allah". --Wiki

Historically, the terms tasawwuf, Sufism, faqr, faqer (noun of faqr) were first used (with full definition) by Husayn ibn Ali who was the grand son of Muhammad. He wrote a book "Mirat ul Arfeen" on this topic, which is said to be first book on Sufism and tasawwuf. However, under Ummayad rule, neither could this book be published nor was it allowed to discuss tasawwuf, Sufism or 'Faqr' openly. For a long time, after Husayn ibn Ali, the information and teachings of 'faqr', tasawwuf or Sufism kept on transferring from heart to heart.

In the 10th century, highly reputed Muslim saint Abdul-Qadir Gilani who is founder of Qadiriyya silsila which has the most followers in Muslim Sufism elaborated Sufism, tasawwuf and faqr.

Then in the 13th century Ibn Arabi was the first vibrant Muslim Scholar who not only started this discussion publicly but also wrote hundreds of books about Sufism, tasawwuf and faqr.

With the passage of time the doctrine of Sufism had been fading as well as that of tasawwuf and faqr. During some Mughal Emperors time, in the Indian continent, improper terminology were inserted in Sufism and Islam and "faqir" was quoted for street beggars and Hindu monks. The term then came to India where the term was injected into the local idiom through the Persian-speaking courts of Muslim rulers. The fakirs are called syed, shah or sai since they belong to the decents of sufi orders.

During the 17th century another noble and spirited Muslim scholar and saint Sultan Bahoo revolutionized Sufism and reinstated (with fresh properties) the definition of faqr and faqir.

In the modern era, there is a Muslim Saint, Najeeb Sultan from Pakistan who is said to have extra ordinary spiritual powers and contends new dimensions in Sufism.

In English, faqir or fakir is originally, a mendicant dervish. In mystical usage, the word fakir refers to man's spiritual need for God, who alone is self-sufficient. Although of Muslim origin, the term has come to be applied in India to Hindus as well, largely replacing gosvamin, sadhu, bhikku, and other designations. Fakirs are generally regarded as holy men who are possessed of miraculous powers. Among Muslims the leading Sufi orders of fakirs are the Chishtiyah, Qadiriyah, Naqshbandiyah, and Suhrawardiyah.

The Cambridge English dictionary refers to a faqir 'as a member of an Islamic religious group, or a holy man'. --Wiki

The word is fakir comes from the Arabic for poverty and usually denotes someone who has given up worldly goods for spiritual ones.

Herbert Ponting's 1907 photograph of "a fakir in Benares" (Varanasi), India. However, it is far more likely this depicts a Hindu sannyasi particularly since Benares is the holiest city in Hinduism where large numbers of ascetics gather. --Wiki

A fakir or faqir is a Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms.

The term has become a common Urdu, Bengali, and Hindi word for "beggar". The term has also been used to refer to Hindu and Buddhist ascetics (e.g., sadhus, gurus, swamis and yogis). These broader idiomatic usages developed primarily in the Mughal era in India. There is also a now a distinct caste of Faqir found in North India, descended from communities of faqirs who took up residence at Sufi shrines. --from Wiki

Nisukol man gud kuno. Pero pilahay ra tawoy kusog og tiguwang...

Way helmet pero naay body armor...

Quote from: islander on July 19, 2011, 09:23:37 AM
unya, nagnganga pod ka pareha niya, na-shot ang pan sa imong baba, nagdala ug atuli.

Hmm, mora diayg peanut butter nga palaman...

Quote from: magbalantay on July 19, 2011, 09:47:41 AM

            Mga taga TB...bantayan ni nato pra naa na pud atong ma pistahan!

Bwahaha! Sakto. Puol man ning permi lang baki atong kinaon...

Sigon sa atong kasinatian, lahi man ang treatment sa prominent people nga nakalapas sa balaod...

Quote from: chicogon on July 19, 2011, 09:48:46 AM
Threesome? 

He he, simplest solution if acceptable to everyone concerned...

By Belinda Merhab
10:50 AM Tuesday Jul 19, 2011


Two Australian mothers are having their blood screened for infectious diseases after each breastfed the other's baby mistakenly given to them by hospital staff.

A family member discovered the mistake more than eight hours after the babies were handed to the wrong mothers at the St John of God Hospital in Geelong.

The mothers' blood is being screened for all infectious diseases, but the risk to the babies is "negligible", the hospital said.

St John of God Hospital chief executive Stephen Roberts said the bungle occurred after hospital staff failed to check the babies' ID bracelets against the bracelets of the mothers.

He said the families were upset by the incident.

"There's been a breakdown in process. It appears that a name bracelet wasn't checked and the babies were placed in incorrect cots," Mr Roberts told Fairfax Radio yesterday.

"Unfortunately, the babies were returned to the wrong mothers, which is just a terrible tragedy and it's come as a great shock to us and of course for the families involved.

"Our protocol and processes broke down and we're obviously deeply apologetic and regretful for the pain and concern that we've caused.

"It should be a great time in any young family's life, and for us to contribute to this situation, it disturbs us that it's happened but we're trying to do everything we can to support them."

The babies had been in the nursery overnight before being given to the wrong mothers about 6.30am on Friday, the hospital said in a statement.

The hospital said it would investigate how the mistake occurred and had offered counselling and pastoral care to both sets of parents.

"We deeply regret this mistake and will be reinforcing to staff the importance of abiding by hospital protocols at all times," the hospital said.

Premier Ted Baillieu said the bungle was "entirely unacceptable".

"That's a matter that needs to be investigated and we'll be making sure it is," he said.

The hospital declined AAP's request for an interview. -- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

Hmm, classic beauty diay...

Maluoy ka, Inday Marikit, pakita na intawon bisan lamang sa daklit
Kay hapit na mahurot ang Binisayang mga pulong nga ang kataposan "-it"...

Bwahaha! Minatamis diay?

Hmm, a role model for you, Ms. Isle?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 09:46:16 AM
It's healthier for two people to end a relationship themselves than to have someone else end it for them. Life is short, be honest and save time when your relationship is flying on one engine.

Indeed...

Hmm, love quadrange na lang kaha aron way mabakante...

by Rich Santos, Marie Claire, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:38am PDT


Why don't people refrain from repeating bad actions that have actually caused them harm in the past? Jennifer Aniston lost Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie, but she’s now seeing actor Justin Theroux â€" who the tabloids speculate she started dating while he was still with his live-in girlfriend Heidi Bivens.

I'm not one to follow celebrity gossip (I swear), but I was intrigued by Dr. Jane Greer's analysis of the Aniston situation in her Huffington Post article, Jennifer Aniston: Is She The Other Woman or the New Woman? And I do agree with some of Greer's points.

Dr. Greer mentions that couples work to keep a relationship alive in the face of "the never-ending fight." Often, one person in a union gives up when they feel there is no solution. In fact, many relationships continue despite one person's emotional detachment. The fights stop because someone has given up, but the other person in the relationship perceives this as healing. The couple stays together because they fear that final break. Relationships with only one investor can continue but they certainly aren't healthy. A two-engine plane can still fly if one engine fails, but who wants to sit on that plane?

I disagree with Dr. Greer's points that the other woman, or man, is somehow saving a failing relationship. Dr. Greer goes as far as to say that affairs save some relationships because the bored person is now being satisfied elsewhere. So, they go through the motions of their relationships, drawing passion from other sources. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think it's ever helpful or healthy to have an affair.

Maybe a new and exciting person can save someone from his or her dying relationship and put it out of its misery. This other woman or man is essentially pulling the plug on the original relationship that was on life support. That's all fine and good, but there's still someone who wants to keep the relationship alive â€" he/she is the victim.

Love triangles are selfish. Everyone involved is satisfying their own needs, without considering anyone else's feelings. The victim must let their disillusioned lover go. The cheater should open his/her mouth and explain that he/she can't be in the relationship. The other woman or man should wait in the wings until said love interest has wrapped up the other relationship. It's healthier for two people to end a relationship themselves than to have someone else end it for them. Life is short, be honest and save time when your relationship is flying on one engine. Don't wait for someone else to do it for you. Don't hold on to someone who doesn't want to be there, and don't pretend you want to be there if you don't.

Can a love triangle help end a relationship? Or do you agree with me that a relationship should be ended by the two people in it? -- http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/can-a-love-triangle-be-healthy-2511862/

Quote from: Lollapalooza on July 19, 2011, 08:57:48 AM
i don't know how to swim...pero i know how to float in the water...hehehehehe

honestly, kung dagko gani balod sa dagat dili gyud ko maligo ana kay talawan ko ug dagkong balod...

OK lang at least kahibawo ka how to float, Ms. Lolla. In fact kon dagko ang balod mosamot man kag float...

Quote from: islander on July 19, 2011, 08:25:44 AM
and the blue skies.
and the polluted sea waters.
and the face of your friend.

...and your cats and dogs?

Quote from: chicogon on July 19, 2011, 09:12:21 AM
Ilakip na ang TB ani eh 

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on July 19, 2011, 05:18:36 AM
The golf balls are the important things - family,
children, health, Friends, and Favorite passions â€"
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.

Ay, salamat nga apil tuod ang TB... 

She borders on the sick and repugnant but she succeeds in entertaining a lot of people, that's for sure.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 09:29:05 AM
The Senate hearing reveals that a lot of repair needs to be done in our government agencies,” Palma said.

He he, that’s a wallop, however diplomatically put.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 19, 2011, 09:29:05 AM
The Senate will investigate today reports that the PCSO signed an anomalous contract for a lotto system during the term of its former chief Manuel Morato. Morato earlier criticized the present PCSO board of spending more funds for the agency’s PR campaign.

Hmm, nagkinahanglan pa ba diay og PR campaign ang PCSO? 

Palma says Church to be extra careful; says PCSO to blame for scandal
Cebu Daily News
8:48 am | Monday, July 18th, 2011


Brotherly reminders” will be issued to priests who will receive or solicit donations from government, the incoming president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday.

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said this as he admitted that the recent fallout over the Pajero controversy involving seven bishops compelled the Church to become “extra careful” about accepting donations especially from public officials.

“Donations are considered expressions of love…Usually we are just channels of the donations. If there was any fault at all, it was with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO),” Palma told local media in a press conference held yesterday.

Palma, who was recently elected CBCP president, said the vehicles and funds allocated by the PCSO during the term of the Arroyo administration were received by the seven bishops in good faith.

Palma said there was nothing anomalous nor unconstitutional in those donations. “They were actually used for health care, for medical mission, for poverty alleviation, for projects and delivery of goods,” Palma said.

He cited his experience as parish priest of St. Anthony de Padua in Barotac, Nuevo Iloilo when he received a donation from a congressman.

“I said I hope this is not your community development fund and he said, no, no, no, this is personal. So, I received the money. And that was meant for construction of our restrooms in the church,” he said.

Palma explained that each diocese uses a “corporation sole” in which donated vehicles are registered under the name of the bishop. He said the bishop signs it for use on all their social outreach programs.

When asked if they will impose discipline against priests found to be soliciting donations from public officials, Palma said they will simply issue “brotherly reminders.”  “Nobody is above the individual bishop but the Holy Father,” he said.

Due to the presence of the Internet, Palma said news about the PCSO controversy may have reached the Vatican.  But Palma, who recently received a pallum or vestment from Pope Benedict XVI, said the Pope trusts them that they could handle the case.

Archbishop Palma uses an Isuzu Alterra, a seven-seater pickup-based wagon assigned to him a month after he was installed in January. When Palma arrived from his old archdiocese in Leyte, he brought over a 1980s model Toyota Corolla sedan.

Palma said he considered the Senate inquiry as “part of God’s plan.”  “I believe it’s part of God’s plan that the bishops were summoned. The Senate hearing gives us an avenue where they were able to express an insight,” he said.

During the Senate inquiry, Palma said he saw a copy of an agreement between the Church and PCSO.

He said the agreement indicated that the donated vehicles were intended for the delivery of goods, medical missions, and health care.

“Considering the nature of the PCSO, it’s really meant for charity. It’s meant for charity, it should be given for charity. The Senate hearing reveals that a lot of repair needs to be done in our government agencies,” Palma said.

Palma, who will assume as CBCP president in December, said despite what happened, they will still continue to do the “mandate of the gospel.”

“While there is a need to continue working with charitable government, in principle, many of these things that we are doing are primarily the work of the government. In many other countries, this is primarily the work of the government,” he said.

The Senate will investigate today reports that the PCSO signed an anomalous contract for a lotto system during the term of its former chief Manuel Morato. Morato earlier criticized the present PCSO board of spending more funds for the agency’s PR campaign. Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus with an Inquirer report

Quote from: magbalantay on July 18, 2011, 11:23:58 PM
   Nah, mingsamot....ingon pud si Miss Isles, tubagon nalang ka ug kinatsila o arabo....murag di na ko kasugakod ani dah

    ug kinatsila Isle...."hasta la vista, Beebee!" ra jud ni ako nahibal-an. Kung arabo? ....."abrakadabra" 

Para dili lisod, Hinapon na lang: Sayonara, baby... (Sayona ra jud tuod) 

Quote from: islander on July 18, 2011, 05:43:38 PM
tubaga na lang na si hubag ug kinatsila o arabo ba kaha, mags, aron daghan tang malingaw.

Ikaw kay Tsik-in man, tubaga kuno ko sa imong native tongue bi...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on July 18, 2011, 08:48:22 PM

pwede na ang balde himuong helmet

Bwahaha! Sakto kaayo ang gunitanan maoy gihimong silbi pugong...

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on July 18, 2011, 08:46:21 PM

another kind of helmet.

Hmm, angay ning labayon og bato aron bawsan tag pan...