Monday, August 24, 2009

Ano ang pinagkaiba ng mga bulag at ng mga nakakakita?


"Kapitan Sino" ni Bob Ong (a portion of his latest book..try to read this..and contemplate..)

Tumawa si Tessa. Labag man sa isip, napatanong din si Rogelio makalipas ang ilang sandali. :"Mukha ba talaga akong tanga?"
"Hindi ah, sino may sabi nun?"
Ngumiti si Tessa nang tago ang ngipin at humarap sa kausap. "Wala akong paningin. hindi ako nakakakita ng maskara. Kung sino ka talaga, yun lang ang nakikita ko."
"Naku, kung talagang gwapo pala ako sa ilalim ng maskara e hindi mo rin malalaman yon!"
"Hindi ko malalaman, pero maaawa ako sa'yo."
"Dahil?"
"Dahil maraming pwedeng magkagusto sa'yo nang di ikaw ang nakikita nila kundi kung ano ang itsura mo."
"Um, oo, pero hindi ba mas mahirap ang buhay kung...kung kunyari kamukha ko si Bok-bok?"
"Una, hindi ko alam itsura ni Bok-bok. Pangalawa , hindi ba mas masarap mahalin nang di lang dahil sa itsura mo?"
"E kung dahil naman sa kayamanan? O kapangyarihan?"
"Hindi pagmamahal yon."
"E kung wala kang itsura, o pera, at walang magmahal sa'yo?"
"Naniniwala ka ba talaga sa mga tanong mo?"
"Hindi, pero -"
"Sabi ni Exupery, ang pinakamahalagang bagay sa mundo , hindi nakikita ng mata."
"Naniniwala ka ba talaga sa mga sagot mo?"
"Alam mo ba ang pinagkaiba ng mga bulag at ng mga nakakakita?"
"Paningin?"
"Hindi alam ng mga nakakakita kung kelan sila bulag."
"Ikaw, lahat ba ng hindi nakikita ng mata, nakikita mo?"
"Nararamdaman," bahagyang niyakap ni Tessa ang sarili para labanan ang lamig.
"Sabi ng tatay ko dati, wag daw akong malungkot dahil mga panlabas na anyo lang ang di ko makikita, pero mas makikilala ko ang mundo sa kung ano ito dahil di ako mabubulag ng mga anyo."
"Hehe."
"Ano'ng nakakatawa?"
"Wala. Naalala ko lang kasi si Bok-bok, naubos ang trenta pesos ko sa pakikipag-phone pal."
"Trenta?! Pwede na sya kumain sa Cindy's noon ah!"
"Parang ganoon na nga nangyari. Gumastos pa ulit sya nang magkita sila ng ka-phone pal nya sa Tropical Hut. Ubos ang naipon nya, pero walang nakapagsalita sa date. Ang alam ko manunuod pa sila noon ng Iron Eagle, pero nagkatakutan na yata. Hahaha."
"Nakakatakot nga."
"Si Bok-bok?"
"Na mapagkamalang hindi ka pwedeng mahalin, o mapagkamalan kang mahalin ng tao dahil sa itsura mo."

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Top 10 Most Annoying Tech Products (PC World Survey)

10. Apple QuickTime for Windows (2001 to present)
What is it about media players that makes them think they own your PC? Install QuickTime, and it immediately sets up camp in your Windows system tray, drops icons on your desktop, and loads the qttask.exe applet every time you power up--no questions asked. You can kick it out of the tray, but the next time you upgrade or reinstall the program, it sneaks back in. Worse, if you want to use iTunes, you have to take QuickTime along with it. Plenty of programs are looking for a home in your system tray, but most of them ask politely first.

9. Microsoft Windows Update (1998 to present)

Yes, we know, our computers would be even more vulnerable if we didn't use Update to plug Windows' seemingly endless security holes. But using it to distribute Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage tattleware puts Update firmly in the annoyance column (not to mention the way it autorestarts your system after it's done installing). Delivered as a "critical" update last spring, WGA installed itself with minimal notice, secretly phoned home with information about users' systems, and wrongly identified possibly millions of legitimate copies of Windows XP as pirated. No one likes a rat, and clearly that's the sentiment our readers hold toward this otherwise reasonably useful service.

8.Microsoft Windows Vista (2007)

It's one of the unwritten laws of computing: All versions of Windows are annoying. Windows Me takes the cake, but Vista has its own unlovable annoyances, like its overzealous "Cancel or Continue?" confirmation windows so brilliantly lampooned by Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials. But that's only the tip of the Vista annoyance iceberg. Installing Vista onto an older system? There's a good chance that your graphics card, sound card, and some of your older software won't work properly. And even if you have a new system with either the Premium or Ultimate version installed, Vista won't display its nifty 3D Aero interface if your PC lacks the graphics horsepower for it. No warning screens, no error messages, no explanations--Aero simply doesn't work. That's annoying.

7. MySpace (2003 to present)

Gwendolyn would like to be added as one of your friends. Brittany would like to be added as one of your friends. Latisha would like you to view her free adult video, which incidentally will download spyware to your hard drive. Sure, the biggest Web sites always attract scammers (see eBay), but they don't have to make it easy. MySpace's minimal barriers to entry make it a haven for bogus "friends." Apparently, our community has all the "friends" it needs.

6. Bonzi Buddy (1999 to 2004)

Described as a "helper" application, Bonzi Buddy delivered contextual ads to your PC, basically after collecting information from you. Its passing has not been mourned. As reader Randy J put it to us: "I used to do support for one of the big ISPs. Bonzi Buddy was one to remember. I once used a computer with it on there. It kept popping up and obscuring things you needed to see. I had to uninstall it from many, many people's systems."

5. Real Networks (Progressive Networks) RealPlayer (1996 to 2004)

In 1996 Progressive Networks (now called Real Networks) began offering RealPlayer in a $30 Plus version and a free version, but finding the download link for the free one was like playing "Where's Waldo" on the Real.com site. Once you tracked down and installed the free player, it declared itself your default media player for all file formats and began nagging you to pony up $30 for Plus. Later versions installed themselves into your Windows system tray and popped up pointless (and annoying) "special offers" from Real advertisers. And, of course, Real's notorious attempts to assign unique ID numbers and track consumer media usage--anonymously or otherwise--did nothing to endear itself to us. Pay $30 for this pioneer of pushiness? Get real.

4. McAfee Internet Security, Symantec Norton Internet Security (1998 to present)

Security suites are supposed to be like personal bodyguards for your PC, quietly enforcing the rules and keeping you safe without drawing attention to themselves. Not these two. Norton and McAfee are constantly prompting us to check our security settings, update our subscriptions, and/or buy more products. Time was when you didn't have to buy annual subscriptions to antivirus products, and you wouldn't be nagged about it either. A lot of you seem to remember that time.

3. Hated DRM: Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Zune, Napster (2003 to present)

The media players themselves are mostly fine, but their incompatible digital rights management (DRM) schemes drive you nuts. Despite Apple's recent decision to sell some DRM-free songs, most iTunes tunes still play only on iPods, a couple of Motorola phones, or a computer with iTunes software on it. (And the DRM-free songs cost 30 cents more.) Microsoft has said it will "soon" sell DRM-free music for the Zune. We'll see.

2. Windows Me (2000)

Last year, in our list of the Worst Tech Products of All Time, we said Windows Me was the "worst version of Windows ever released." In our survey, you plainly agreed. It was a mess. Shortly after its release a tidal wave of bug reports smashed into Redmond. Installation was difficult, hardware driver support was sketchy, and system crashes were routine. As one PC World columnist said: "If you upgraded to Me from an older version of Windows, you might feel that the term 'Millennium' refers to the length of time it will take to fix the glitches."

1. AOL CDs (1993 to 2006)

You've spoken, and loudly. The carpet bombing of free AOL discs was possibly the most annoying (and environmentally irresponsible) marketing campaign ever waged. Estimates put the number of discs shipped between July 1993 and July 2006 at over 1 billion; we feel like we received that many ourselves.

Friday, February 20, 2009

KeEp In MiNd..


When you're still hurting and in the process of healing, never ever let yourself fall for someone until you're sure that you've already moved on from the past..because if you do let yourself fall for someone while you're not sure of you’ve already moved on..You will just be continuing to ask the same questions over and over again..you’ll just do the same MISTAKES.. mistakes that will cause such feelings, leading it to pile on your already WOUNDED, HURTING, SUFFERING, DYING “heart”...

--from Thinay's Blog--

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Funny Weird Experience

this morning, nakapagbigay ako ng pangalan sa isang sanggol na hindi ko naman kaano ano! bongga!

tama ba naman kasing saken ipabuhat ung baby at bigyan ko daw ng any amount para di na sakitin. hmmmm.. now lang ako nakarinig ng ganung paniniwala huh..anyway ginawa ko naman!.. tahimik daw kasi akong tao kaya sakin tinesting..ahaha!..(ako tahimik?)..then after binalik ko na ung bata(s kapitbahay namin un actually). akala ko ok na. abah eto.. bumalik.. bigyan ko daw ng bagong pangalan dahil dapat daw nang palitan!ay sows..ka tindi eh noh..ganun ba talaga yun?..edi isip naman ako.."anu ba maganda? anu ba gusto nyo prutas? APPLE? (isip.. isip.. isip..) oh yun n lang! APPLE"..haha..pinag isipang mabuti eh noh.. ayun para akong nanay diba.. well, sana nga nakatulong ako at wag na maging sakitin yung bata..

the story ends here..share ku lang..toink!