Today's Message

by **the_messenger** Thu 15 May 2008, 2:01 am

May 14, 2008
9:58 pm ( UAE Time )

What is a Friend? (C. Raymond Beran)

What is a friend? I will tell you.
It is a person with whom you dare
to be yourself. Your soul can be naked
with him. He seems to ask of you
to put on nothing, only to be what you
are. He does not want you to be
better or worse. When you are with
him, you feel as a prisoner feels
who has been declared innocent. You
do not have to be on your guard.
You can say what you think, so long as it
is genuinely you. He understands
those contradictions in your nature that
lead others to misjudge you.
With him you breathe freely. You can
avow you little vanities and envies
and hates and vicious sparks, your meanesses
and absurdities and, in opening
them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on
the white ocean of his loyalty.

He understands. You do not have to be
careful. You can abuse him,
neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all,
you can keep still with him. It
makes no matter. He likes you--he is
like a fire that purges to the bone.
He understands. He understands.
You can weep with him, sin with him,
laugh with him, pray with him.
Through it all--and underneath--he sees,
knows and loves you. A friend?
What is a friend? Just one, I repeat,
with whom you dare to be yourself.

by **sprity** Thu 15 May 2008, 1:26 pm

My Frndship doesn’t get closer by Meetings.But, its sweetened by thoughts. I care for U in my own strange ways. So U may never know and I may never show.

by **MOOrderer** Thu 15 May 2008, 4:11 pm

I'm sorry for
the words i didn't say. and i regret not telling you how much i cared
because the truth is i love you more than anyone in this world... im
sorry.. for not showing what i really feel..for not doing what i have
to do... tired

by **the_messenger** Fri 16 May 2008, 3:08 am

May 15, 2008
11:05 pm ( UAE Time )

THE GOLDEN BOX

The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and said, "This is for you, Momma."

The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty. She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner. "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"

The little daughter had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Momma, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full."

The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems, she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, has been given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

--- Author Unknown

http://www.motivateus.com/stories/g-box.htm

by **the_messenger** Fri 16 May 2008, 11:09 pm

May 15, 2008
07:10 pm ( UAE Time )

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

- Unknown -

http://www.inspiration4everyone.com/poems/success_poems/dont_quit.html

by **Avalanche** Sun 18 May 2008, 12:08 am

Hellllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

This is not a blog!! This is a forum>>>>>
What do you just create an account at blogger.com and have it there??????

Hehehehe stick

by **the_messenger** Sun 18 May 2008, 12:11 am

May 16, 2008
08:10 pm ( UAE Time )

FOOTPRINTS ( Unknown )

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

http://www.motivateus.com/stories/prints.htm

by **the_messenger** Sun 18 May 2008, 12:21 am

Avalanche wrote:Hellllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

This is not a blog!! This is a forum>>>>>
What do you just create an account at blogger.com and have it there??????

Hehehehe

The beauty pageant expert visited this thread! I hope you read them. They might guide you how to answer beauty pageant questions if ever you join one! But I believe you are a veteran to these competitions right?

On the blog issue thing, I dont care what you say and I dont care what you feel. Just go home to your mother and ask her to teach you some manners...

Hehehehe stick

also...

by **benjbuddy** Sun 18 May 2008, 1:52 am

thanks kuya those are inspiring Wink

by **camomile** Sun 18 May 2008, 3:37 pm

Errrr....Avalanche.....are u having PMS ???????

by **the_messenger** Sun 18 May 2008, 7:20 pm

May 17, 2008
03:20 pm ( UAE Time )

Priorities

An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he pulled out a one-gallon, mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"

Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."

The time management expert replied, "Really?"
He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"

By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered.
"Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"

"No," the speaker replied, that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.

What are the 'big rocks' in your life -- time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.

*Stephen Covey

http://www.topachievement.com/chronicles.html

by **the_messenger** Mon 19 May 2008, 9:24 pm

May 18, 2008
05:25 pm ( UAE Time )

Remember your ABC

Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits

Believe in yourself

Consider things from every angle

Don't give up and don't give in

Enjoy life today, yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come

Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches

Give more than you planned to

Hang on to your dreams

Ignore those who try to discourage you

Just do it

Keep trying to matter how hard it seems, it will get easier

Love yourself first and most

Make it happen

Never lie, cheat or steal, always strike a fair deal

Open your eyes and see things as they really are

Practice makes perfect

Quitters never win and winners never quit

Read, study and learn about everything important in your life

Stop procrastinating

Take control of your own destiny

Understand yourself in order to better understand others

Visualize it

Want it more than anything

Xcellerate your efforts

You are unique of all God's creations, nothing can replace you

Zero in on your target and go for it!

--- Copyright © 1991 Wanda Hope Carter

http://www.motivateus.com/stories/abcs.htm

by **camomile** Thu 22 May 2008, 11:54 am

This TM....in malay term what we call "SYIOK SENDIRI"

LOL...

by **the_messenger** Thu 22 May 2008, 7:31 pm

May 19, 2008
Posted only May 22,2008 3:30 pm ( UAE Time )

Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny--he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally--you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.

Osho

by **the_messenger** Thu 22 May 2008, 7:39 pm

May 20, 2008
Posted only May 22,2008 3:40 pm ( UAE Time )

A ship is safe in harbor-- but that's not what ships are for.

-John A. Shedd

by **the_messenger** Thu 22 May 2008, 8:18 pm

May 21, 2008
Posted only May 22,2008 4:20 pm ( UAE Time )

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Robert H. Schuller

by **sprity** Thu 22 May 2008, 8:22 pm

Your determination, focus and your relationship with others determine how far you will go in life."

by **benjbuddy** Thu 22 May 2008, 8:25 pm

Thanks kuya, your messages on this forum have been really enlightening. Please continue! Jeesan (Smile)

by **the_messenger** Thu 22 May 2008, 8:25 pm

May 22, 2008
04:22 pm ( UAE Time )

HAND OF HOPE

"The tiny hand of 21-week-old foetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."

That picture should be shown on every television newscast and run in every newspaper in America. It is a graphic reminder that growing in the womb of his or her mother is a baby. It is not a "glob of tissue," or "product of conception." That pre-born baby is a human being with all the emotions, will and personality of any human being. That picture says it in a way that a thousand words cannot.

Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about disability or illness, it's about a little person." That's what it's always been about. That's what the liberal elite have tried to get us to forget. May this image jog our memories so that we will never forget.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/babysamuel.htm

by **sprity** Sat 24 May 2008, 7:33 pm

by **Alan_Ariel** Sun 25 May 2008, 11:32 am

by **the_messenger** Sun 25 May 2008, 12:54 pm

May 23, 2008
Posted only May 25 08:51 am ( UAE Time )

What is a Father?

A father is a person who is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic.

He growls when he feels good and laughs very loud when he is scared half-to-death.

A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child's eyes.

He is never quite the hero his daughter thinks. Never quite the man his son believes him to be. And this worries him sometimes. (So he works too hard to try to smooth the rough places in the road of those of his own who will follow him.)

A father is a person who goes to war sometimes ... and would run the other way except that war is part of an important job in his life (which is making the world better for his child than it has been for him).

Fathers grow older faster than other people, because they, in other wars, have to stand at the train station and wave goodbye to the uniform that climbs on board.

And, while mothers cry where it shows, fathers stand and beam ... outside ... and die inside.

Fathers are men who give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough, so that they can have children that are smarter than anybody's.

Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table off to the arena, which is sometimes called an office or a workshop. There they tackle the dragon with three heads: Weariness, Works, and Monotony. And they never quite win the fight, but they never give up.

Knights in shining armor; fathers in shiny trousers. There's little difference as they march away each workday.

~ Author Unknown ~

http://www.heartwarmingstories.net/fathers.htm

by **the_messenger** Sun 25 May 2008, 1:04 pm

May 24, 2008
Posted only May 25 09:02 am ( UAE Time )

A good friend will bail you out of jail, …but a true friend will be sitting next to you and saying , “Damn, that was fun!”

http://www.heartwarmingstories.org/#jokes

by **sprity** Mon 26 May 2008, 9:04 pm

Keeping a FRIEND is As Difficult AS losing one. U sacrifice A lot To keep them. I may not have sacrificed enuf 4 u... but in my HEART I swear I'm keeping U..

by **the_messenger** Mon 26 May 2008, 11:02 pm

May 25, 2008
Posted only May 26, 07:02 pm ( UAE Time )

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Confucius

by **the_messenger** Mon 26 May 2008, 11:16 pm

May 26, 2008
07:13 pm ( UAE Time )

To serve people takes dignity and intelligence. But remember, they are only people with money. And although we serve them, we are not their servants. What we do, Miss Ventura, does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling.

A line from a movie Maid in Manhattan ( 2002 )

by **the_messenger** Tue 27 May 2008, 9:42 pm

May 27, 2008
05:40 pm ( UAE Time )

Happy Birthday LRK!!!

Life is short do the things that makes you happy.

by **the_messenger** Thu 29 May 2008, 9:34 pm

May 28, 2008
Posted only May 29 05:34 pm ( UAE Time )

by **the_messenger** Thu 29 May 2008, 9:56 pm

May 29, 2008
05:55 pm ( UAE Time )

I AM JUST HAPPY TO BE ME
Catherine Slonecki, M. S.

Chorus:
I’m just happy to be me.
I don’t need drugs, I think you’ll agree.
I’m very special all by myself.
One of a kind, and I don’t mind,
Because I’m just happy to be me.
I’m the best “me” that I can be.
I don’t care if someone else says that I should.
I don’t need drugs to make me feel good.
Sometimes I don’t feel so very special.
My problems seem like more than I can bear.
But doing drugs won’t melt my troubles away.
So what do I say? (Group)
Just say no!

Repeat Chorus
What if someone asks me just to try it?
What if someone ask me if I'll buy it?
Wouldn’t taking drugs make people like me?
(Group) What kind of friends would they be?
Just say no!

Repeat Chorus

Note: This is an anti - drug song for children.

by **the_messenger** Fri 30 May 2008, 12:52 am

May 30, 2008
Posted May 29 08:55 pm ( UAE Time )

I have not cried for a long time but these pictures made me cry. This was part of a powerpoint presentation forwarded to me entitled "Heroes".

Sichuan Earthquake, 2008

Millions of people lost their beloved ones, their homes, their belongings. Yet
there is no looting, no complaints, just people helping each other (CNN )

This baby, after being buried over 24 hours, miraculously, was rescued unscratched. He is about 3-4 months old, and his mother kneeled down, pinned her head and hands on the ground to shielded him from the falling concrete, and milked him. His mother did not make it out. A rescue worker found his mom’s cell phone in his wrapper. It had a text message left by his mother: “Dear child, if you survive, please remember, Mom loves you forever…”

A 5 year old boy was rescued after being buried under rubbles for 24 hours. His left hand was broken, but he smiled and saluted to his rescuers. His smile made everybody cry.

Song Xinying (宋馨懿), 3, pulled out from rubble after being buried for 2 days. She was in critical condition and lost a leg, but survived. Her parents hold each other’s hands and shoulders face to face to make an arch to shield her from the falling building. Her parents did not make it out.

by **the_messenger** Sat 31 May 2008, 5:40 pm

May 31, 2008
01:27pm ( UAE Time )

CAMOMILE'S AWARD

This put a smile on my face when I read their discussion in the chat box...LOL

TM and Sprity : MOST SURPRISING COUPLE AWARD... LOL ( we are just friends... we are not couple...sprity will be upset with this )

JEESAN: MOST REQUESTED IN ONLINE GAMES

ALADIAH: THE BEST DRAG QUEEN...THIS IS VERY FUNNY...LOL

by **aladiah** Sat 31 May 2008, 9:22 pm

you're sneaky kuya TM! stick

Yup it's indeed funny!
hey you are playing as a geisha in survivor too, so I am sharing the award to you.. LOL

by **benjbuddy** Sun 01 Jun 2008, 6:07 pm

how you read it kuya? refresh refresh? Very Happy

by **camomile** Sun 01 Jun 2008, 11:17 pm

LOL

sorry TM didnt mean it actually......dont know what happen to me that day, didnt find it that funny when i typed it on the spot but after u paste it here and read it all over again, it is really funny.....but is this what u have been doing all along??

spying on us?? hahahahaa

by **benjbuddy** Mon 02 Jun 2008, 1:43 am

i don't think he's spying us stick

maybe he just got interested to print screen it when he saw his name Very Happy

am i right kuya? Razz

by **Nazrin** Mon 02 Jun 2008, 11:22 am

Twin, separated at birth, sues for mix-up

MADRID (Reuters) -
A Spanish twin, separated from her
family for 28 years, is suing the Canary Islands for a mix-up
at the maternity hospital which led to her being taken home by
the wrong mother, media reported Wednesday.

The woman discovered she had an identical twin when she was
mistaken for someone else in a shop in 2001.

The two sisters , who were not named, found they were born
in the same hospital in 1973 around the same time and a DNA
test subsequently showed they were identical twins.

"In 1973 there were two assistants and one supervisor for
60 babies," Densi Calero, who worked in the maternity unit of
the clinic at the time, told local radio. "It's not impossible
to imagine something like this could happen."

The woman is suing the Canary Island health services for 3
million euros ($4.7 million) for emotional trauma, El Pais
newspaper reported. "I wish I'd never found out about it," her
lawyer quoted her as saying.

Her sister was brought up alongside another girl, believing
they were twins.

### Taken from Yahoo! News

by **Nazrin** Mon 02 Jun 2008, 11:24 am

REPOST : Twin, separated at birth, sues for mix-up

MADRID (Reuters) -
A Spanish twin, separated from her
family for 28 years, is suing the Canary Islands for a mix-up
at the maternity hospital which led to her being taken home by
the wrong mother, media reported Wednesday.The woman discovered she had an identical twin when she was
mistaken for someone else in a shop in 2001.The two sisters , who were not named, found they were born
in the same hospital in 1973 around the same time and a DNA
test subsequently showed they were identical twins."In 1973 there were two assistants and one supervisor for
60 babies," Densi Calero, who worked in the maternity unit of
the clinic at the time, told local radio. "It's not impossible
to imagine something like this could happen."
The woman is suing the Canary Island health services for 3
million euros ($4.7 million) for emotional trauma, El Pais
newspaper reported. "I wish I'd never found out about it," her
lawyer quoted her as saying.
Her sister was brought up alongside another girl, believing
they were twins.

## Thanks to Yahoo! News

by **the_messenger** Mon 02 Jun 2008, 1:28 pm

benjbuddy wrote:i don't think he's spying us maybe he just got interested to print screen it when he saw his name am i right kuya?

Yes benj...I always enjoy reading your exchanges in the chat box...being a talamasca, we only observe and watch, but never interfere...LOL

by **camomile** Wed 04 Jun 2008, 4:07 pm

Oohhh Benj, very clever aaaah you.......like to join the fun laugh here laugh there.....haha hihi there, LOL here LOL there but dont want to commit.......LOL

by **Nf-Heartbreaker** Wed 04 Jun 2008, 4:16 pm

by **Jeesan** Tue 17 Jun 2008, 7:37 pm

the_messenger wrote:May 31, 2008
01:27pm ( UAE Time )
CAMOMILE'S AWARD

This put a smile on my face when I read their discussion in the chat box...LOL

TM and Sprity : MOST SURPRISING COUPLE AWARD... LOL ( we are just friends... we are not couple...sprity will be upset with this )

JEESAN: MOST REQUESTED IN ONLINE GAMES

ALADIAH: THE BEST DRAG QUEEN...THIS IS VERY FUNNY...LOL

waaaa, I never saw this, hehe, thank you for the award cam Razz

by **camomile** Mon 23 Jun 2008, 8:52 pm

where is TM?

by **Nazrin** Mon 23 Jun 2008, 9:15 pm

Thanks to Zarrell for making this blog active lol..

by **the_messenger** Tue 24 Jun 2008, 1:22 am

Dear Guys,

I am sorry that I was away for almost two weeks. I have a big project for South Africa and UAE. I had difficulty in trying to get online because of the pressure of our boss.

Anyways...I miss you all...

1.) Benj... I am sorry that I did not answer for games or events that you choose me to be your partner... I am sorry bunso...babawi na lang kuya ha...

2. ) To the Gamemasters...I apologize for any delay that I have caused your games...It was so disrespectful of me not to inform you... Sad

3. ) Camomile and JL about sprity and me...Huh...LOL Very Happy

4. ) And to sprity...a day without you is a day wasted... LOL ( I am sure lahat na naman nag isip na kami nga hahahaha...) I was thinking of you every single moment...I just want to say sorry for not informing you ahead of time that I will be gone for a while...dont worry I am back... hola6

5. ) And to the guys that voted me out...see you next race and I remember each one of you... LRK's wrath

by **Alan_Ariel** Tue 24 Jun 2008, 5:36 am

haha, the_messenger.. stick

by **benjbuddy** Tue 24 Jun 2008, 7:47 am

Kuya it's okay Very Happy

Welcome back! hola12

by **camomile** Tue 24 Jun 2008, 11:18 am

Hahaha TM...sorry did I disturb your beauty sleep?

Really really sorry, shouldnt have call your name, and the voting thingy....definitely didnt come from me....

stick

by **ahdeng88** Tue 24 Jun 2008, 2:00 pm

lol... Tm... welcome back....

by **benjbuddy** Fri 27 Jun 2008, 2:41 am

Where are you kuya? Crying or Very sad

by **ronhahetaf** Fri 18 Jul 2008, 5:58 pm

the_messenger wrote:May 19, 2008
Posted only May 22,2008 3:30 pm ( UAE Time )

Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny--he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally--you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.

Osho

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