There are those who remember Michael Jackson as a good singer/dancer more famous for his outrageous clothes and antics, and of course the controversy he generated, and there are those like me who remember him as an extremely talented artist whose contribution to the music industry is so immense that it probably change the landscape forever.
I remember Michael Jackson more as someone who revolutionised MTV, prior to him, MTV was nothing more than a filler film that showed an artist doing a song and dance piece. But Michael Jackson working with such varied talents as Eddie Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Eddie Murphy, to famed directors such as John Carpenter to Martin Scorsese, came up with such productions that his MTV presentation is actually a short story/movie in itself. Just watch (again) any of his music videos, and you’ll know what I mean. I do not mourn the man, but the passing of a great artist. His title of “King of Pop” is well deserved, FAREWELL TO THE KING!
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Showing posts with label human interest. Show all posts
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
DEAR PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE)DA
Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of the economy, your Government has decided to implement a scheme to put workers 50 years of age and older on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to the government to be eligible for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination).
Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers).
A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as the government deems appropriate.
Only persons who have been RAPED can get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance). Obviously, persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by the government.
Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHlT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. The government has always prided itself in the amount of SHlT it gives out. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHlT, please bring this to the attention of either your Governor, Congressman, or local Mayor. They have been trained to give you all the SHlT you can Handle
OR: You can be active and fight for meaningful change-it's all up to you, after all, there are 3 types of people:
Those who make things happen
Those who watch things happen
And those who wonder-What happen?
What type are you?
(forwarded email)
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to the government to be eligible for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination).
Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers).
A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as the government deems appropriate.
Only persons who have been RAPED can get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance). Obviously, persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by the government.
Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHlT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. The government has always prided itself in the amount of SHlT it gives out. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHlT, please bring this to the attention of either your Governor, Congressman, or local Mayor. They have been trained to give you all the SHlT you can Handle
OR: You can be active and fight for meaningful change-it's all up to you, after all, there are 3 types of people:
Those who make things happen
Those who watch things happen
And those who wonder-What happen?
What type are you?
(forwarded email)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
LADIES, GIRLS, BEWARE OF THE 2 WAY MIRROR
Can you tell a mirror whether it is in fact an ordinary mirror or 2-way glass? I thought it was quite interesting! This is not to scare you, but to make you aware.
A policewoman travels all over the US gives seminars and techniques for businesswomen and passes this information.
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror (i.e., they can see you, but you can't see them)?
There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms, CR's, Boarding houses, and Ladies Dorms. It is very difficult to identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at?
Just conduct this simple test:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, FOR IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR!
So remember, every time you see a Mirror, do the 'fingernail test.' It doesn't cost you anything.
Remember: 'No Space, Leave the Place'
Ladies: Share this with your girlfriends, sisters, daughters, etc.
Men: Share this with your wives, daughters, daughters-in- law, mothers, girlfriends and friends
A policewoman travels all over the US gives seminars and techniques for businesswomen and passes this information.
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror (i.e., they can see you, but you can't see them)?
There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms, CR's, Boarding houses, and Ladies Dorms. It is very difficult to identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at?
Just conduct this simple test:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, FOR IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR!
So remember, every time you see a Mirror, do the 'fingernail test.' It doesn't cost you anything.
Remember: 'No Space, Leave the Place'
Ladies: Share this with your girlfriends, sisters, daughters, etc.
Men: Share this with your wives, daughters, daughters-in- law, mothers, girlfriends and friends
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
THE POWER OF SILENCE
"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."
- William Penn
Renewing a Forgotten Virtue
By Alex Green
What would you most like to leave to your kids some day? A house... a business... some money?
If so, there is plenty of good advice out there about what to do and how to do it. (A good starting point, in my view, is Warren Buffet’s suggestion to leave your children enough money so that they could do what they want, but not so much that they could do nothing.)
There are more important things we can leave them, however. Plato said, "Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
Reverence means understanding human limitations. It's a feeling of respect for what lies beyond our control: nature, truth, fate, death.
It's also an attitude of acceptance toward life and our fellow human beings, flawed as we may be. Reverence underlies the grace and civility that make life in society bearable and pleasant. It reminds us what's important, what's sacred, what's worth protecting.
Reverence is as old as civilization itself, perhaps older. Writing in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., the Greek historian Thucydides called it a cardinal virtue, existing universally across all cultures.
Moreover, irreverence makes it difficult to respect those who are weaker: children, prisoners, the poor, the elderly.
Many equate reverence with religiosity. Yet this is not always the case.
In Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, Paul Woodruff writes, "Reverence is not faith, because the faithful may hold their faith with arrogance and self-satisfaction, and the reverent may not know what to believe. ... If your form of worship or faith is reverent, so much the better. You know one place to look for reverence. But you should look further, so that you can see how you might share reverence with people who do not worship with you or share your faith."
Throughout history, religion and reverence have often gone their separate ways. Taken to extremes, religious beliefs sometimes engender just the opposite: intolerance, guilt, fear, ignorance, zealotry, and hatred.
In the West today, however, most of us live peaceably beside those with different beliefs. What the devout admire in other religions, however, is not faith, since they reject most of its content, but rather reverence, that universal sense of wonder, respect, and humility.
Some experience reverence in organized worship, in community with others. Others discover it outdoors, enjoying the glories of nature. Still others may experience it with music.
Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's St. Paul oratorio, Bach's Mass in B Minor, and many other classical and choral masterpieces were clearly inspired by a deep sense of reverence - and, centuries later, still bring that spirit to life.
Yet something else comes closer to capturing the true spirit of reverence: silence.
"Do you imagine the universe is agitated?" asked Lao Tzu a few thousand years ago. "Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question."
A quiet mind, freed from a noisy environment and the onslaught of continuous thought, has long been a signpost of spiritual development.
In Christianity and Judaism, there is the silence of contemplative prayer. In Islam, the Sufis wrote about the wisdom of finding silence within. Hinduism, the source of yoga, emphasizes the importance of silence for inner growth. Buddhists believe that silent meditation is the path to enlightenment. For Quakers, silence makes up much of the service, allowing for the development of heart and mind.
Secular philosophers and other writers have advocated its benefits, as well.
Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching."
Humanist Aldous Huxley observed, "Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture."
Claude Debussy even reminded listeners that music is found in the space between the notes. Avant-garde composer John Cage took this idea to an extreme. His composition 4'33" consists of just over four and a half minutes of complete silence. (To this day, it's the only piece I can play on the violin.)
Silence opens us to the experience of reverence. Yet many today lead noisier lives than ever. Some choose to live near busy highways and airports. Restaurants and retail stores blast rock and country music non-stop. A study conducted by Pennsylvania State University found that urban teenagers listen to four and a half hours of pop and rap music a day. In our homes, radio and television broadcasts are punctuated with a steady stream of commercial messages at trumped up volumes.
This creates frustration and anxiety, especially for innocent bystanders. In The Happiness Hypothesis, psychology professor Jonathan Haidt writes that "noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. It's worth striving to remove sources of noise in your life."
Sensible advice. Yet Matthew Kelly believes there is another reason we choose noisy environments: Silence reveals our weaknesses to us, our shortcomings.
In The Rhythm of Life, Kelly writes, "In the silence, we see at one time the person we are and the person we are capable of becoming. ... It is precisely for this reason that we fill our lives with noise, to distract ourselves from the challenge to change."
We can fix this, however. We can hit the off button, walk outside, visit a chapel, or take a quiet drive in the country. If you really can't escape the barking dogs, screaming kids, or NFL football, do yourself a favor and buy a pair of noise-canceling headphones. (Trust me, they're worth it.)
A few days ago, I took my five-year-old son David on a hike up to Humpback Rocks, an outcropping about half a mile above the Blue Ridge Parkway that offers an awe-inspiring view of the Shenandoah Valley, especially near sunset.
As we neared the summit, I stopped. "Listen," I said. "What do you hear?"
He looked around the trail and up at the treetops. There was no traffic, no sound, not even the wind. He shrugged and said "Nothing."
"Isn't it great?" I asked.
He glanced up to make sure I wasn't kidding, then looked around again, listening.
"Yeah," he said, exhaling. "It is."
- William Penn
Renewing a Forgotten Virtue
By Alex Green
What would you most like to leave to your kids some day? A house... a business... some money?
If so, there is plenty of good advice out there about what to do and how to do it. (A good starting point, in my view, is Warren Buffet’s suggestion to leave your children enough money so that they could do what they want, but not so much that they could do nothing.)
There are more important things we can leave them, however. Plato said, "Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
Reverence means understanding human limitations. It's a feeling of respect for what lies beyond our control: nature, truth, fate, death.
It's also an attitude of acceptance toward life and our fellow human beings, flawed as we may be. Reverence underlies the grace and civility that make life in society bearable and pleasant. It reminds us what's important, what's sacred, what's worth protecting.
Reverence is as old as civilization itself, perhaps older. Writing in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., the Greek historian Thucydides called it a cardinal virtue, existing universally across all cultures.
Moreover, irreverence makes it difficult to respect those who are weaker: children, prisoners, the poor, the elderly.
Many equate reverence with religiosity. Yet this is not always the case.
In Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, Paul Woodruff writes, "Reverence is not faith, because the faithful may hold their faith with arrogance and self-satisfaction, and the reverent may not know what to believe. ... If your form of worship or faith is reverent, so much the better. You know one place to look for reverence. But you should look further, so that you can see how you might share reverence with people who do not worship with you or share your faith."
Throughout history, religion and reverence have often gone their separate ways. Taken to extremes, religious beliefs sometimes engender just the opposite: intolerance, guilt, fear, ignorance, zealotry, and hatred.
In the West today, however, most of us live peaceably beside those with different beliefs. What the devout admire in other religions, however, is not faith, since they reject most of its content, but rather reverence, that universal sense of wonder, respect, and humility.
Some experience reverence in organized worship, in community with others. Others discover it outdoors, enjoying the glories of nature. Still others may experience it with music.
Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's St. Paul oratorio, Bach's Mass in B Minor, and many other classical and choral masterpieces were clearly inspired by a deep sense of reverence - and, centuries later, still bring that spirit to life.
Yet something else comes closer to capturing the true spirit of reverence: silence.
"Do you imagine the universe is agitated?" asked Lao Tzu a few thousand years ago. "Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question."
A quiet mind, freed from a noisy environment and the onslaught of continuous thought, has long been a signpost of spiritual development.
In Christianity and Judaism, there is the silence of contemplative prayer. In Islam, the Sufis wrote about the wisdom of finding silence within. Hinduism, the source of yoga, emphasizes the importance of silence for inner growth. Buddhists believe that silent meditation is the path to enlightenment. For Quakers, silence makes up much of the service, allowing for the development of heart and mind.
Secular philosophers and other writers have advocated its benefits, as well.
Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching."
Humanist Aldous Huxley observed, "Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture."
Claude Debussy even reminded listeners that music is found in the space between the notes. Avant-garde composer John Cage took this idea to an extreme. His composition 4'33" consists of just over four and a half minutes of complete silence. (To this day, it's the only piece I can play on the violin.)
Silence opens us to the experience of reverence. Yet many today lead noisier lives than ever. Some choose to live near busy highways and airports. Restaurants and retail stores blast rock and country music non-stop. A study conducted by Pennsylvania State University found that urban teenagers listen to four and a half hours of pop and rap music a day. In our homes, radio and television broadcasts are punctuated with a steady stream of commercial messages at trumped up volumes.
This creates frustration and anxiety, especially for innocent bystanders. In The Happiness Hypothesis, psychology professor Jonathan Haidt writes that "noise, especially noise that is variable or intermittent, interferes with concentration and increases stress. It's worth striving to remove sources of noise in your life."
Sensible advice. Yet Matthew Kelly believes there is another reason we choose noisy environments: Silence reveals our weaknesses to us, our shortcomings.
In The Rhythm of Life, Kelly writes, "In the silence, we see at one time the person we are and the person we are capable of becoming. ... It is precisely for this reason that we fill our lives with noise, to distract ourselves from the challenge to change."
We can fix this, however. We can hit the off button, walk outside, visit a chapel, or take a quiet drive in the country. If you really can't escape the barking dogs, screaming kids, or NFL football, do yourself a favor and buy a pair of noise-canceling headphones. (Trust me, they're worth it.)
A few days ago, I took my five-year-old son David on a hike up to Humpback Rocks, an outcropping about half a mile above the Blue Ridge Parkway that offers an awe-inspiring view of the Shenandoah Valley, especially near sunset.
As we neared the summit, I stopped. "Listen," I said. "What do you hear?"
He looked around the trail and up at the treetops. There was no traffic, no sound, not even the wind. He shrugged and said "Nothing."
"Isn't it great?" I asked.
He glanced up to make sure I wasn't kidding, then looked around again, listening.
"Yeah," he said, exhaling. "It is."
Thursday, April 2, 2009
TWO DIFFERENT STORIES, ONE LESSON: COURAGE
There are 2 stories here.
The last line of the 2nd story tells it all. Two Stories - BOTH TRUE
STORY NUMBER ONE
Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.
Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was Capone's lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.
To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the e conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block.
Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him.
Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object.
And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was.
Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good example.
One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done.
He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al "Scarface " Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified.
Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of 20 gunfire shots on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.
The poem read:
"The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still."
STORY NUMBER TWO
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare.
He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.
One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.
He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.
His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.
As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet.
The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenceless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.
Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.
Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly.
Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.
Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.
Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft
This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor.
A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man.
So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.
SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?
Butch O'Hare was "Easy Eddie's" son.
The last line of the 2nd story tells it all. Two Stories - BOTH TRUE
STORY NUMBER ONE
Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.
Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was Capone's lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.
To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the e conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago City block.
Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him.
Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object.
And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was.
Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good example.
One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done.
He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al "Scarface " Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great. So, he testified.
Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of 20 gunfire shots on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.
The poem read:
"The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still."
STORY NUMBER TWO
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare.
He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific.
One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank.
He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship.
His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.
As he was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way toward the American fleet.
The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenceless. He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.
Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent.
Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering them unfit to fly.
Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction.
Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier.
Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft
This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Medal of Honor.
A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man.
So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.
SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?
Butch O'Hare was "Easy Eddie's" son.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Career and Business Predictions for 2009
Builders make plans. Entrepreneurs make goals. Gamblers make bets. Fools make predictions.
I am quite sure that some of the following predictions will make me look foolish by the end of 2009, (I’m no expert) just the same, I’d like to share with you an article by self-help guru Michael Masterson of early to rise, I have edited it to make it more compatible with my plans, and maybe I hope also with yours. Which is why I’d like to share with you a few of the actions I plan to take, business-wise, this year.
Prediction: Not only is the sub-prime crisis not over, but we will actually start to feel its effects (Recession) this year, in which case the financial markets will still be in the negative, whatever that means.
What I will do about it: Remind my clients to hang on to their investments, as this is the worst time to redeem, actually this recession is still the best argument for saving. (that’s how I look at it)
Prediction: The information industry will hold up relatively well in 2009, particularly among those businesses that give advice. Haven’t you noticed? Computer stores don’t advertise selling computers-they offer biz solutions.
What I will do about it: Remind myself that information itself is unwanted. Today consumers are looking for advice. In which case I will upgrade from being insurance and Mutual funds Agent to a financial planner, consultant or adviser, and continue to learn everything about the financial markets and being an information marketer.
Prediction: General advertising's decline will accelerate. Dozens of newspaper and magazine publishers will feel the pinch. At the same time, direct (there are a lot of them here at Multiply-take note A-frame) marketing will continue to grow, attracting some of the money formerly spent on general advertising.
What I will do about it: Continue informing pinoys about the virtues of savings through my blogs. I will also recommend to my clients who are in business that they learn more about direct marketing and consider doing business here in the net-maybe I might suggest they sign in @ multiply and see the vibrant economy going on here. (I sure hope the term “vibrant” is not an exaggeration nor a hyperbole)
Prediction: The Internet will continue to become a larger and more active medium for commercial transactions. The Great Recession will make other media – print advertising, direct mail marketing, and TV advertising (to name a few) – less economic. Businesses will continue to spend more of their budget on the Internet.
What I will do about it: Learn more about copy writing and search engine optimization (SEO) web-page design (the new visual marketing) and continue to learn about successful marketing on the Internet. I will recommend everyone to do the same.
Prediction: I saved the best for last-Despite the recession, surfing in the Philippines will continue to grow (in case you didn’t notice, its starting to be an all pinoy showdown last time at the Lanuza surf contest) more surf spots will be discovered (dunno if its good or bad) and Global warming will bring in more waves.
What I will do about it: Duuuuuuuuuuuuh!
I am quite sure that some of the following predictions will make me look foolish by the end of 2009, (I’m no expert) just the same, I’d like to share with you an article by self-help guru Michael Masterson of early to rise, I have edited it to make it more compatible with my plans, and maybe I hope also with yours. Which is why I’d like to share with you a few of the actions I plan to take, business-wise, this year.
Prediction: Not only is the sub-prime crisis not over, but we will actually start to feel its effects (Recession) this year, in which case the financial markets will still be in the negative, whatever that means.
What I will do about it: Remind my clients to hang on to their investments, as this is the worst time to redeem, actually this recession is still the best argument for saving. (that’s how I look at it)
Prediction: The information industry will hold up relatively well in 2009, particularly among those businesses that give advice. Haven’t you noticed? Computer stores don’t advertise selling computers-they offer biz solutions.
What I will do about it: Remind myself that information itself is unwanted. Today consumers are looking for advice. In which case I will upgrade from being insurance and Mutual funds Agent to a financial planner, consultant or adviser, and continue to learn everything about the financial markets and being an information marketer.
Prediction: General advertising's decline will accelerate. Dozens of newspaper and magazine publishers will feel the pinch. At the same time, direct (there are a lot of them here at Multiply-take note A-frame) marketing will continue to grow, attracting some of the money formerly spent on general advertising.
What I will do about it: Continue informing pinoys about the virtues of savings through my blogs. I will also recommend to my clients who are in business that they learn more about direct marketing and consider doing business here in the net-maybe I might suggest they sign in @ multiply and see the vibrant economy going on here. (I sure hope the term “vibrant” is not an exaggeration nor a hyperbole)
Prediction: The Internet will continue to become a larger and more active medium for commercial transactions. The Great Recession will make other media – print advertising, direct mail marketing, and TV advertising (to name a few) – less economic. Businesses will continue to spend more of their budget on the Internet.
What I will do about it: Learn more about copy writing and search engine optimization (SEO) web-page design (the new visual marketing) and continue to learn about successful marketing on the Internet. I will recommend everyone to do the same.
Prediction: I saved the best for last-Despite the recession, surfing in the Philippines will continue to grow (in case you didn’t notice, its starting to be an all pinoy showdown last time at the Lanuza surf contest) more surf spots will be discovered (dunno if its good or bad) and Global warming will bring in more waves.
What I will do about it: Duuuuuuuuuuuuh!
2009 WILL BE AWESOME!
By Boo Chanco
That was some year we just had. It is one year people couldn’t wait to forget. Our first working day finds us full of hope about what 2009 will bring, fully aware that the worse of 2008 isn’t quite over and will spill into 2009. Indeed many economists say we won’t see real relief on the economy until 2010 or even 2011.
After reading a lot of economic forecasts that were understandably inconclusive, I decided to have a talk with my astrologer friend. Because she could be pretty scary (she predicted among other things the explosion at Glorietta many years before it happened), I only wanted her to tell me the general lay of the land. What should we expect in 2009 given the turbulence of 2008? After our talk, I got the impression that astrology and economics share some things and I don’t just mean the ambiguity of some of their predictions and their technical language.
For one thing, astrologers and economists talk about cycles. “Z” my astrologer friend of long standing, puts it beautifully: “to study cycles is to realize that events occur within a continuum of time. Every event, in effect, carries within it the seeds of forthcoming events. The astrologer’s task is to determine the starting point of current operative cycles to know at what point in the cycle a corporation, country, or individual stands at any given moment — in order to map out the direction to which it is headed and predict the outcome of the ‘journey’.”
Economists talk of cycles in these terms: “Predictable long-term pattern changes in national income. Traditional business cycles undergo four stages: expansion, prosperity, contraction, and recession. After a recessionary phase, the expansionary phase can start again. The phases of the business cycle are characterized by changing employment, industrial productivity, and interest rates. Some economists believe that stock price trends precede business cycle stages.”
Kuya Kim explains in street language what the astrologers and economists are saying about cycles, ang buhay ay weather weather lang.
When I asked “Z” what’s in store for 2009, she explained everything in terms of “sub-cycles of crests and troughs of the various economic cycles from now till 2024 – some of which began more than a century ago and beyond.” It is in this sense that “Z” thinks 2009 will be a pivotal year — memorable and significant for the massive economic changes it will bring upon the world.
2009 will be different from 2008, “Z” explains, because numerous astrological configurations and signatures not normally seen in other years occur in 2009. According to “Z”, new cycles begin in earnest now — the very same cycles that, when they last unreeled, wrought havoc in world markets which led to the Depression in the 1930’s and precipitated World Wars I and II.
For those of us stuck in the stock market of 2008, 2009 brings only limited hope. According to “Z”, 2009 begins the waning cycle of stock exchanges and investment markets that begun its waxing phase in the early 1980s, peaked in the late 1990s, and will be completed by 2028. In other words, there may be short rallies here and there but the exuberance of the market of the last few years will no longer be experienced in the magnitude and duration that we saw. As “Z” puts it, rallies will occur but lower and lower from the levels wherein they started their descent.
In more specific terms, “Z” sees continued turmoil in world bourses and financial investment houses in 2009 — and beyond. Recovery will take longer than economic analysts, using traditional tools of predicting market movements, forecast. The parameters and models they use will be outdated and need to be discarded, “Z” says. New ways of looking at things and thinking out-of-the-box in a most drastic and revolutionary way is the only way for them to go if effective solutions are to be found at all.
“Z” does not think talking up the market will do any good. We have to go through a long dark tunnel of financial purgatory before seeing any real light of economic redemption.
“Z” also made some predictions of general trends in global terms. Globalization is over, she says, at least as the world knew it in the cycle just past. Governments will turn more insular and more concerned with providing basic necessities for its hungry, jobless, desperate masses.
“Z” sees a waning of terrorism based on religious fundamentalism because groups will worry more about survival. The fight will be for food. There will be outbreaks of hostility in the usual trouble spots where extremists operate, “Z” concedes, but these will be isolated incidents — just as it was in the past cycle.
“Z” sees more failures of banks and investment houses in the global environment, not to mention hedge funds. More revelations of accounting shenanigans and malpractice will come to light. This cycle acts as a cosmic plunger, she says. Shady, if not downright criminal, banking practices will surface — like scum. The collapse of ailing financial institutions will escalate in number and speed as the cycle runs its course. The survival of the worthy ones will be a result of something akin to Darwinian “natural selection.”
But in the face of the negatives, “Z” sees some positives. Everything, she says, will seem like bad news. But even the Depression of the 1930s (and the financial panics of late 1700s and 1800s) brought positive change to the markets and allowed the progress that brought the world the prosperity and standard of living many now enjoy.
“Z” takes a very philosophical view of transpiring events. “Seasons, as the rotation of the Earth shows, follow a rational cycle. So, now: first — Winter, the “return of the Sun.” The Earth on the Winter Solstice (longest night of the year, after which the days get longer as the earth begins its northward journey around the sun). Winter clears the ground for planting new seed. .Then, Spring: a new beginning. The evolutionary spiral is ever upwards — though sometimes it looks otherwise to those unaware of, or choose to, ignore nature’s cycles.
I have known “Z” for many years now. She was a former journalist who took an interest in astrology and took it up seriously to the point of actually taking and passing an international credentials test for it. She explained to me that astrology is mathematical but at the same time requires a keen sense of history. It is not unusual for “Z” to crosscheck her findings by doing historical research in various libraries and archives.
I decided to feature today some of the insights “Z” unselfishly shared with me not because I believe or do not believe in astrology. I am incurably curious about anything that offers an explanation of what makes the world go around. With the proper perspective, I don’t think it conflicts with my religion. After all, we yearly celebrate the feast of Three Kings, the best known astrologers in the Bible who predicted the time and place of the birth of our Savior. The Bible calls them “wise men”. If astrology was good enough then, maybe was even one of God’s ways of communicating with man, it must hold some insights too that can benefit us now.
But what is astrology doing in a business column? I know for a fact that many top businessmen consult astrologers like “Z” before making any major decisions from inaugurating an office to making a major investment to choice of partners. In a sense, there is an element of faith involved. But there is also a large element of faith involved when one takes in the stuff churned by the dismal science of economics.
Some articles about the present crisis say many economists are probably working on the wrong assumptions in their present models. That explains why they are having difficulty figuring out what’s happening and what to expect now. Quantitative models of Nobel Prize winning economists have failed spectacularly in our recent past (LTCM comes to mind). The once great Alan Greenspan himself had to apologize for being mistaken about his assumptions.
In the end, no matter how quantitative they may try to make modern economics, it is simply difficult to predict human behavior. It is no longer tenable to assume consumers will always make rational decisions on what’s best for them, as recent experience and adherents of the relatively new field of behavioral economics will tell you. The environment has drastically changed as we enter a new cycle and it is constantly changing.
Then again, I don’t claim to understand astrology and economics as well as the professionals in those fields. I just read enough of what the more knowledgeable of them say and figure out who seems to make sense and build from there.
May our New Year be a lot happier and infinitely more prosperous than the last! “Z” says it will be awesome!
That was some year we just had. It is one year people couldn’t wait to forget. Our first working day finds us full of hope about what 2009 will bring, fully aware that the worse of 2008 isn’t quite over and will spill into 2009. Indeed many economists say we won’t see real relief on the economy until 2010 or even 2011.
After reading a lot of economic forecasts that were understandably inconclusive, I decided to have a talk with my astrologer friend. Because she could be pretty scary (she predicted among other things the explosion at Glorietta many years before it happened), I only wanted her to tell me the general lay of the land. What should we expect in 2009 given the turbulence of 2008? After our talk, I got the impression that astrology and economics share some things and I don’t just mean the ambiguity of some of their predictions and their technical language.
For one thing, astrologers and economists talk about cycles. “Z” my astrologer friend of long standing, puts it beautifully: “to study cycles is to realize that events occur within a continuum of time. Every event, in effect, carries within it the seeds of forthcoming events. The astrologer’s task is to determine the starting point of current operative cycles to know at what point in the cycle a corporation, country, or individual stands at any given moment — in order to map out the direction to which it is headed and predict the outcome of the ‘journey’.”
Economists talk of cycles in these terms: “Predictable long-term pattern changes in national income. Traditional business cycles undergo four stages: expansion, prosperity, contraction, and recession. After a recessionary phase, the expansionary phase can start again. The phases of the business cycle are characterized by changing employment, industrial productivity, and interest rates. Some economists believe that stock price trends precede business cycle stages.”
Kuya Kim explains in street language what the astrologers and economists are saying about cycles, ang buhay ay weather weather lang.
When I asked “Z” what’s in store for 2009, she explained everything in terms of “sub-cycles of crests and troughs of the various economic cycles from now till 2024 – some of which began more than a century ago and beyond.” It is in this sense that “Z” thinks 2009 will be a pivotal year — memorable and significant for the massive economic changes it will bring upon the world.
2009 will be different from 2008, “Z” explains, because numerous astrological configurations and signatures not normally seen in other years occur in 2009. According to “Z”, new cycles begin in earnest now — the very same cycles that, when they last unreeled, wrought havoc in world markets which led to the Depression in the 1930’s and precipitated World Wars I and II.
For those of us stuck in the stock market of 2008, 2009 brings only limited hope. According to “Z”, 2009 begins the waning cycle of stock exchanges and investment markets that begun its waxing phase in the early 1980s, peaked in the late 1990s, and will be completed by 2028. In other words, there may be short rallies here and there but the exuberance of the market of the last few years will no longer be experienced in the magnitude and duration that we saw. As “Z” puts it, rallies will occur but lower and lower from the levels wherein they started their descent.
In more specific terms, “Z” sees continued turmoil in world bourses and financial investment houses in 2009 — and beyond. Recovery will take longer than economic analysts, using traditional tools of predicting market movements, forecast. The parameters and models they use will be outdated and need to be discarded, “Z” says. New ways of looking at things and thinking out-of-the-box in a most drastic and revolutionary way is the only way for them to go if effective solutions are to be found at all.
“Z” does not think talking up the market will do any good. We have to go through a long dark tunnel of financial purgatory before seeing any real light of economic redemption.
“Z” also made some predictions of general trends in global terms. Globalization is over, she says, at least as the world knew it in the cycle just past. Governments will turn more insular and more concerned with providing basic necessities for its hungry, jobless, desperate masses.
“Z” sees a waning of terrorism based on religious fundamentalism because groups will worry more about survival. The fight will be for food. There will be outbreaks of hostility in the usual trouble spots where extremists operate, “Z” concedes, but these will be isolated incidents — just as it was in the past cycle.
“Z” sees more failures of banks and investment houses in the global environment, not to mention hedge funds. More revelations of accounting shenanigans and malpractice will come to light. This cycle acts as a cosmic plunger, she says. Shady, if not downright criminal, banking practices will surface — like scum. The collapse of ailing financial institutions will escalate in number and speed as the cycle runs its course. The survival of the worthy ones will be a result of something akin to Darwinian “natural selection.”
But in the face of the negatives, “Z” sees some positives. Everything, she says, will seem like bad news. But even the Depression of the 1930s (and the financial panics of late 1700s and 1800s) brought positive change to the markets and allowed the progress that brought the world the prosperity and standard of living many now enjoy.
“Z” takes a very philosophical view of transpiring events. “Seasons, as the rotation of the Earth shows, follow a rational cycle. So, now: first — Winter, the “return of the Sun.” The Earth on the Winter Solstice (longest night of the year, after which the days get longer as the earth begins its northward journey around the sun). Winter clears the ground for planting new seed. .Then, Spring: a new beginning. The evolutionary spiral is ever upwards — though sometimes it looks otherwise to those unaware of, or choose to, ignore nature’s cycles.
I have known “Z” for many years now. She was a former journalist who took an interest in astrology and took it up seriously to the point of actually taking and passing an international credentials test for it. She explained to me that astrology is mathematical but at the same time requires a keen sense of history. It is not unusual for “Z” to crosscheck her findings by doing historical research in various libraries and archives.
I decided to feature today some of the insights “Z” unselfishly shared with me not because I believe or do not believe in astrology. I am incurably curious about anything that offers an explanation of what makes the world go around. With the proper perspective, I don’t think it conflicts with my religion. After all, we yearly celebrate the feast of Three Kings, the best known astrologers in the Bible who predicted the time and place of the birth of our Savior. The Bible calls them “wise men”. If astrology was good enough then, maybe was even one of God’s ways of communicating with man, it must hold some insights too that can benefit us now.
But what is astrology doing in a business column? I know for a fact that many top businessmen consult astrologers like “Z” before making any major decisions from inaugurating an office to making a major investment to choice of partners. In a sense, there is an element of faith involved. But there is also a large element of faith involved when one takes in the stuff churned by the dismal science of economics.
Some articles about the present crisis say many economists are probably working on the wrong assumptions in their present models. That explains why they are having difficulty figuring out what’s happening and what to expect now. Quantitative models of Nobel Prize winning economists have failed spectacularly in our recent past (LTCM comes to mind). The once great Alan Greenspan himself had to apologize for being mistaken about his assumptions.
In the end, no matter how quantitative they may try to make modern economics, it is simply difficult to predict human behavior. It is no longer tenable to assume consumers will always make rational decisions on what’s best for them, as recent experience and adherents of the relatively new field of behavioral economics will tell you. The environment has drastically changed as we enter a new cycle and it is constantly changing.
Then again, I don’t claim to understand astrology and economics as well as the professionals in those fields. I just read enough of what the more knowledgeable of them say and figure out who seems to make sense and build from there.
May our New Year be a lot happier and infinitely more prosperous than the last! “Z” says it will be awesome!
Friday, January 2, 2009
THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE COULD DO
This is actualy an old article but still worth posting, considering your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things you can do with it.
I. The emergency no. worlwide for Mobile is 112, If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. try it out.
(Note: I did try it out and it works although what you get is just a voice message which tells you the local emergency no. which is 117)
II. Subject: Have you locked your keys in the Car? does your car have remote keys?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cellphone; if you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on the cell phone, Hold your phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. your car will unlock, saves someone from having your keys delivered to you. Distance is no object, you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other"remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
(We tried it, and it works)
III. Hidden Battery Power; Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys*3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. this reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
(For Nokia cellphones only, I'm not sure if it works for other brands, or fake nokia and second hand units)
IV. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone. Check your cellphone's serial number by dialing the following digits *#06# and a 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. and if you bought your unit from an NTC authorized dealer, take the time and effort to have your unit registered by the NTC, so when your phone gets stolen, they will be able to block your handset, rendering it useless, even if the thief changes the SIM card. this applies to those using prepaid services, for postpaid services, it's easier since your units serial no. is already registered when you get it, all you have to do is report it at once when your unit is stolen. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
(We tried it on Nokia and sony-ericsson units, by dialing the same numbers, it did gave it's serial number, I don;t know the procedure for motorola and samsung)
I. The emergency no. worlwide for Mobile is 112, If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. try it out.
(Note: I did try it out and it works although what you get is just a voice message which tells you the local emergency no. which is 117)
II. Subject: Have you locked your keys in the Car? does your car have remote keys?
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cellphone; if you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on the cell phone, Hold your phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. your car will unlock, saves someone from having your keys delivered to you. Distance is no object, you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other"remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
(We tried it, and it works)
III. Hidden Battery Power; Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys*3370# Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. this reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
(For Nokia cellphones only, I'm not sure if it works for other brands, or fake nokia and second hand units)
IV. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone. Check your cellphone's serial number by dialing the following digits *#06# and a 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. and if you bought your unit from an NTC authorized dealer, take the time and effort to have your unit registered by the NTC, so when your phone gets stolen, they will be able to block your handset, rendering it useless, even if the thief changes the SIM card. this applies to those using prepaid services, for postpaid services, it's easier since your units serial no. is already registered when you get it, all you have to do is report it at once when your unit is stolen. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
(We tried it on Nokia and sony-ericsson units, by dialing the same numbers, it did gave it's serial number, I don;t know the procedure for motorola and samsung)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Summary Of my Last Year On The Computer
I must send my thanks to all those who have sent me their emails, because my life has definitely changed, after I forwarded it to a total of 2,170,687 people, costing me more than P300,000 in internet café expenses alone.
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer go to church or pray because God is attached to the files you sent me, and all I have to do is send it to 25 other people, and that earns me prayer points with God.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
Thanks to you, I have stopped paying all my insurance premiums (ya right) because from now on, no accident will ever happen to me, after all, I’ve already forwarded your last email to 15 of my friends.
Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up the P500.00 I found dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
I no longer eat at KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.
Oh, and don't forget this one either: I no longer take my kids to jollibee because you told me that their burgers are made of worms imported from china.
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician.
This is a forwarded chain email to answer and END all forwarded chain emails ...honestly speaking, do you really believe all that crap?
I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.
I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa's novena has granted my every wish.
I no longer go to church or pray because God is attached to the files you sent me, and all I have to do is send it to 25 other people, and that earns me prayer points with God.
Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.
Thanks to you, I have stopped paying all my insurance premiums (ya right) because from now on, no accident will ever happen to me, after all, I’ve already forwarded your last email to 15 of my friends.
Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.
I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
And thanks for letting me know I can't boil a cup water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face...disfiguring me for life.
I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.
I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.
I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan.
I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.
I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.
Thanks to you, I can't use anyone's toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.
And thanks to your great advice, I can't ever pick up the P500.00 I found dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.
I no longer eat at KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.
Oh, and don't forget this one either: I no longer take my kids to jollibee because you told me that their burgers are made of worms imported from china.
If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you to grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's second husband's cousin's beautician.
This is a forwarded chain email to answer and END all forwarded chain emails ...honestly speaking, do you really believe all that crap?
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