kulisap

Codename: Kulisap (my nom de plume). eto ang nick ko sa chatroom. Kulisap as in Kulit-kausap. Maliit syang insekto pero lumilipad, at saka hindi nangangagat. saka hindi sya tatanga-tanga tulad ng gamo-gamo na nasunog sa kandila. hahaha. Sa maikling paghinga ko dito sa mundong ibabaw, marami na ring pangalan ang itinawag sakin.

• "MEOW" tawag skin ng napakalambing kong pusa. pinagsisisihan tlga namin na di namnin sya sinama nung lumipat kami bahay. Tama na naiiyak na ko… waaaaaaaaaa
• "GAYAS" eto naman ang gamit-na-gamit na tawag sakin sa skul. apilido ko kasi.
• "Pre" tawag sakin ni ate Ollie.
• "GAYAS, JEFF CHRISTOPHER" tawag sakin ng mga teacher pag first day of classes.
• "CHRISTOPHER", "CHRIS", "TOPHER" wala pang tumatawag sakin ng ganyan. hehe
• "ALI" or "ALITAPTAP" tawag sakin ni Erika.
• "WIWI" tawag ng kalikasan.
• "SIR" tawag ng mga saleslady
• "PAPA JEFF" ang tawag sakin ng tropa nila K-ann at jezzel. Lakas Trip eh!
• "CHESSMASTER" naman ang tawag sakin ni Othaner. kasi chess player ako nung high skul since 1st year ko.
• "POGI" Ang tawag sakin ng mga mamang hindi ko kakilala. mabuti na rin yun kesa sa "BOY".
• "TRACER_BULLET" naman ang tawag sakin ng mga kalaro ko sa counter strike. Yun kasi ang gamit kong pangalan sa game na un.
• "SECRET" ayokong sabihin kung ano ang tawagan namin ng ex ko. Hi, Sugarplum!
• "DUGDUPPAK–DUGDUPPAK" <*drum sound*> yan naman ang tawag sakin ni Renato tuwing nagkikita kami sa classroom. (ginagawa nya yan with matching kunot ng noo habang nakatitig sakin)
• "BOY PALTOS" eto naman ang tawag sakin ng kapatid ko nung nakita nya yung mga as in "Mga" paltos ko sa mga daliri ko (naubos nga yung isang box ng bond aid eh, seryoso) ikaw na tumugtog ng drums sa cuneta ng 22 na kanta!
• "KUYA JEP"naman ang tawag sakin ng mga children sa church namin. Ang kyu-kyut talaga nila!
• "PASTORITO"naman ang tawag sakin ng mga elders (ate mezhel hindi ko sinabing kasama ka doon)
• "DUDE" ang tawag sakin ni Lizzie (she calls everybody Dude!)
• "CUTE" ang tawag sakin ni shane. wag na kayo kumontra!
• "JESUSFREAK" ang tawag sakin ni emily
• "BUNSO" naman ang tawag sakin ng mga ka gangmate ko dati Itawag nyo na sakin lahat yan wag nyo lang akong sisitsitan. Baka lapain ko kayo ng buhay. GRRRRRRRR…. pinakamalupit na tawag na gusto… I’m Hoping for a "well done’ thy Good and Faithful Servant" from God when I die. For me thats the greatest compliment one can have.
• "HOY JEPLOK! andito ka lang pala kanina pa kita hinahanap!" alis na ko tawag na ko ng ate ko.
• CIAO!!!

hi friends, how are you doin’? just wanna share something, if it’s for you
then hope you’ll take time to read and ponder, and if not, then just keep
it, someone might be needing your piece of advice sometime=) i thought i’ve
already learned much about life and love, but there’s more lessons to learn
yet… thank God for the learning process. hope you’ll find this one
cool…enjoy!

God bless you all!
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somethings about love….

When you think of your past love, you may view it as a failure. But when
you find a new love, you view the past as a teacher.

In the game of love, it doesn’t really matter who won or who lost. What’s
important is you know when to hold on and when to let go. You know you
really love someone when you want him or her to be happy, even if their
happiness means that you’re not part of it.

Everything happens for the best. If the person you love doesn’t love you
back, don’t be afraid to love someone else again, for you’ll never know
unless you give it a try. You’ll never love the person you love unless you
risk for love. Love strives in hurting. If you don’t get hurt, you don’t
learn how to love. Love doesn’t hurt you all the time. Though hurting is
still there to test you, to help you grow.

Don’t find love, let love find you. That’s why it’s called falling in love
because you don’t force yourself to fall. You just fall. You cannot finish
a book without closing its chapters. If you want to go on, then you have to
leave the past as you turn the pages.

Love is not destroyed by a single failure or won by a single caress. It is
a lifetime venture in which we are always learning, discovering and
growing. We lose someone we love only when we are destined to find someone
else who can love us even more than we can love ourselves. On falling out
of love, take sometime to heal and then get back on the horse. But don’t
ever make the same mistake of riding the same one that threw you the first
time.

To love is to risk rejections, to live is to risk dying, to hope is to risk
failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is risk
nothing. To reach for another is to risk involvement, to expose your
feelings is to expose true self. To love is to risk not to be loved in
return.

How to define LOVE: fall but do not stumble, be constant but not too
persistent, share and never be unfair, understand and not to demand, hurt
but never keep the pain.

Love is like a knife. It can stab the heart or it carves wonderful images
into the soul that always last for a lifetime. Love is supposed to be the
most wonderful feeling. It should inspire you and give you joy and
strength. But sometimes the things that give you joy can also hurt you in
the end. Loving people means giving them the freedom whom they choose to be
and where they choose to be. For all the heartaches and the tears, for
gloomy days and fruitless years, you should give thanks, for you know, that
there were the things that helped you grow.

Loving someone means giving him the freedom to find his way, whether it
leads towards you or away from you. Love is a painful risk to take but the
risk must be taken no matter how scary or painful, for only then you’ll
experience the fullness of humanity and that is love.

Only love can hurt your heart, fill you with desire and tear you apart.
Only love can make you cry and only love knows why.

When you decide to love, allow it to grow.
When you promise to love, refuse to let it die.

–shared by Ptr. Jho Tolentino

By Mariel Calalo

TOO often people want what they want, or think they want at the moment, which is usually "happiness" right now. The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by willingness to accept the bad with the good do we usually attain those things that are truly worthwhile. I have a blessing which is sometimes seen as a curse. I am blessed with the gift of being single.

For most of us twenty something young professionals, or simply single people it seems! the world has already come up with its own set of expectations on how we should live life. The world expects us to finish school in our early twenties, get a job, find the love of our lives by the time we reach our mid-twenties, marry and have kids. But the thing is, not everyone sees their dreams come true in the same way. In this article, I shall try to endeavor to change the way the world looks at being single.

The Art of Contentment. For most of us, being single will be more of a phase than a final destination. This is the best place to practice the art of contentment. Someday, I’m sure most of us will fall in love and get married. But the thing is, love will always be tested. Someone more handsome, more charming, richer, funnier, sweeter would come a! long. If you have not practiced the art of contentment as a single person, chances are you would be tempted to want that and not cherish your chosen one. Practicing the Art of Contentment as a single person means that you take what life gives you, good or bad, you’re willing
to see it through. It means you don’t walk away every time things get tough because it builds in you patience, perseverance, understanding and a hundred different virtues that people in a hurry will never have. Being single means you would find how it feels to be alone thus, allowing you to cherish every moment you spend with your chosen one. The art of contentment means you wouldn’t mind if life had to make you wait for so long to find the love of your life, because you know that the waiting would only make the finding much sweeter.

A Time to Know Yourself Better. Being single is a time of you! r life when you can get to know yourself better. You can pursue different interests and passions without having to ask another person’s approval. It is a phase when you can keep focus on other things, discover your potentials and talents, and see yourself become more than what you expect to be. Allow yourself to surprise you. Stop wasting precious energy trying to figure out why you’re still romantically unattached. It’s all in the mind. Take the time to go see your friends, spend time with your family, do charity work and you will realize that you are not, and never for one moment, was alone. Try to get to know yourself first before you try to get to know other people. To be truly loved means to be known and accepted for who you are. How do you expect other people to know you and to love you, when
you don’t know who and what you really are?

A Choice between Good and Best. Sometimes the dilemmas we face are not between what is absolutely bad and absolutely good. Sometime! s, it’s between good and best. Treat this stage of your life as a phase to evaluate who is good for you and who is best for you. Sometimes, you won’t hear music, or feel magic to know who’s best for you. The heart just knows and it doesn’t need any romantically charged scenario to decide on the matter. Trust in your heart, and trust that time will
eventually lead you to, not to the perfect partner, but to the most suitable partner for you. Being single is a phase of life that we need to be thankful for, because being single means our hearts have yet to choose the best one for us.

Almost a Non-committal. Jane Austen once wrote, that it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man (or in our times a woman), in possession of a good fortune is in search of a spouse (just to be politically correct). Well, that was what the old school wanted us to believe in. Married life is a path most of us would take, however, it is not the only path there is. Relieve yourself of the pressure and stop making every single, straight guy friend a prospect. You have no business "entrapping" them and asking (which is more like "putting a gun in the head") them of their exclusive attention, if you’re not ready for commitment yourself. Sometimes, when you spend too much time trying to find a boyfriend, you normally end us marrying the first loser who comes to your door.

Take your time, the world will wait. Being married doesn’t guarantee that it will make your life happy. It doesn’t guarantee anything at all. Sometimes, it only brings two miserable people together only to make their life even more miserable. Without the right intention, the emotional maturity, financial security and of course, unwavering love, you’re better off unattached.

Living Life. Don’t put your life on hold for Mr/Ms. Right but don’t let it waste away with Mr./Ms Wrong. Life is about things that you do and happen to you everyday. It’s not about the things that could have happened but never did, or things that you think would happen in the future. Live life now. Live it to the fullest and stop beating yourself up, trying to be perfect on a Saturday night date. Allow life to surprise you with it’s most wonderful blessings

<p><span style="color: gray;font-size: 1.2em;">From a strictly mathematical viewpoint: <br /><br />What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations wh ere someone wants you to give over 100%. How about <br />achieving 101%?<br />What equals 100% in life?<br /><br />Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these <br /><br />Questions:<br /><br />If:<br />A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z <br /><br />Is represented as:<br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.<br /><br />Then:<br /><br />H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K<br />8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%<br /><br />and<br /><br />K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E<br />11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% <br /><br />But,<br /><br />A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E<br />1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%<br /><br />AND, look how far the love </span><span style="color: gray;font-size: 1.2em;">of God will take you<br /><br />L- O- V - E-O-F-G-O-D<br /><br />12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%<br /><br />Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: <br />While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it’s the Love of God that will put you over the top! It’s up to you’ll if you share this with your friends &amp; loved ones just the way I did.</span></p>

The boss drives his men,

The leader inspires them;

The boss depends on authority,

The leader depends on good will;

The boss evokes fear,

The leader radiates love;

The boss says “I”,

The leader says “We”;

The boss shows who is wrong,

The leader shows what is wrong;

The boss knows how it is done,

The leader knows how to do it;

The boss demands respect’

The leader commands respect;

So be a leader,

Not a boss.

                 -a poster on a government office a Harare, Zimbabwe