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| ...are better left unsaid.
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| Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009..
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake..
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness..
19.. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree..
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26.. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up..
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy.. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
40. Share this to everyone you care about, I just did.
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| (this entry was hooked from my new blog domain, 03.03.03 stories...)
i find 2009 amazing for what it offered humanity. while i can not exactly speak about what transpired in the other parts of the world, i'm pretty sure about some worldwide "issues" that the year 2009 has hosted: AH1N1 became a world scare, the first african-american president of the united states was sworn into office, high-profile-celebrity deaths, issues on climate change has become more serious following the 'abnormalities' of the weather in all parts of the globe. here in Manila, some major issues rocked the whole populace. most newsworthy should be the death of former president Corazon Aquino, followed by the doctor-actress video sex scandal that spread all over the internet, recently the Maguindanao horrifying massacre, and natures fury also had its share for 2009: twin typhoon Ondoy & Pepeng making their presence very much felt in the whole of Luzon, then the ever active Mayon volcano's erruption. good news pick for this year should be the winning of 'pambansang kamao' Manny Pacquiao over Ricky Hatton (in May), and over Miguel Cotto (in November).
as for me, 03.03.03 stories captured my personal 2009 headlines. most joyful moment of the year was my "daddy dayhood" while the saddest time was the passing of our beloved leader, Bro. Erano G. Manalo. another mournful moment for us this year was the passing of apung tino, my dad's father who taught us a lot of good values in life. i will also not forget how typhoon Ondoy devastated the National Capital Region and also our region (southern tagalog) in just a day--- it's effect lasted for weeks and in some parts it ruined, months. another good memory for me in 2009 was wifey and i's 2nd guesting in Sweet Life. and to put icing on the cake, i was able to have a souvenir photo taken with my singer idol, Dingdong Avanzado. speaking of local celebrities, also this 2009, my officemates and i lined up in the viewing of master rapper Francis M. unfortunately due to office hours restriction, we were not able to wait for the viewing's re-opening and we had to go back to the office.
another up and down ride for year 2009 is my family life. not the newly established family but my core (or first) family. i'm not very vocal or too open with my personal life but this part of my life had become too complicated for me to even face reality. sometimes, i just wanted to bring back the time when my sister and her family was still here with us and we live in one roof. everything back then seems more ok than today. on the other side, wifey & i were surprised by her brother with a newborn son! i don't know but the timing is really, really off. i'm not pointing fingers at anyone and we all have to face this dilemma together. that's what families are for anyway. this aspect should be the one i'll look forward to have a remarkable improvement for the coming year--- (core) family life.
as for my 'online life', a few 'firsts' happened this year. it was in January of 2009 when i first met three of my good (online) friends that realized yet another milestone in making real the friendship that only started online: i met atty. sandarino, totomai, and fjordan. it was also my first time to meet in person the respected Ms. Janette Toral, have attended iBlog (5) forum, and also my first time to have participated in her writing project, the 10 Emerging Influential Blogs. Plurk friends were also first met in person and eventually turned out as real-life good friends. Facebook reunited me this year with grade school & HS classmates and it's simply amazing to get in touch with them after over a decade.
well, that's the sweet-and-sour 2009 summary of 03.03.03 stories.... meanwhile i'm leaving you all this AVP i made, bidding goodbye to the year that brought us a roller coaster ride...
i wish us all a happy, peaceful, bountiful 2010! | | |
| God measures a person
with the burden He puts on him.
So when you feel
your load is heavier than others,
be happy!
God sees you
stronger than the rest.
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| the sweetness of a person
might hurt you
when you thought
it was love. | | |
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