The DepartedS

It's the time of the year again ...

Where some people are excited about since it's a holiday or sometimes, a so called long weekend. Where some people are all headed to their respective provinces. Where you'll see a lot of people on the cemetery. Where some people are busy doing some cleaning or make-over on their loved ones' graves. Where some people are busy taking advantage of the season for a simple business, whether it's selling food, candles, flowers, or cleaning tombstones. Where you might see one of your old classmate or your long lost friend. Where flowers are double and sometimes triple than their regular prices. Where candles are all over the place, different colors, different forms, and for some reason, they're all expensive. Where food, balloons, toys, and everything you can buy inside the cemetery are all over-priced. Where traffic in the city is unbelievable. Where you can't bring your car inside the North Cemetery. Where you can't even park your car (figuratively) near the North Cemetery. =( And a lot more things that we don't have on regular days.

It's the time of the year where we all pay respect, visit and offer some prayers to the departed ones, as part of the tradition that we all grew up with, and just because these people once became a part of our busy lives. So, no matter how we celebrate it, either the All Saint's or the All Soul's Days, the only thing that matter is we still remember them and we would like to make them feel special that day in our own way. So for all of us who will be going to these sacred places, let's just take the necessary precautions needed, bring enough food and medicine to be sure, take care of yourselves as well as those people with you and belongings. Have a nice weekend! (^_^)

electronic mail

I love receiving emails. I dunno ... whether it's a "real" email message, a forwarded message, etc. I love them all. The fact that these people actually got my email address listed on their address book, or they thought that I might like, laugh or hate the message they just received that's why they forwarded it to me, or for whatever reason, the bottom line is, they remembered me, they care. The reason behind me saying all this crap about email is because I saw this blog post of my colleague/friend Jade, and it's all about "stopping spam" or something. Well, I agree with the part that spam is really annoying and all that, but these emails (or jokes) that we forward got nice intentions. Information, laughter, or just simply saying HI to the recepient.

I got this email from my kumareng Ces which is all about "why we forward jokes". This one applies whether through email or sms for me. Well, the real thought of the story goes like this ...

... Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word. Maybe this will explain.When you are very busy or when you have nothing to say, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do? You forward jokes.To let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke. So, next time if you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send youa smile ...

See, so I guess forwarded messages aren't bad after all. Sometimes, it is other people's way of saying HI, you are being remembered and I hope you'll laugh the hell out of this message or something. But again, spam is still spam, ha ha ha! Anyways, check out this email message I got from my good friend Mic, totally hillarious!

MGA BAGONG SALAWIKAIN

Ang buhay ay parang bato, it's hard.
Better late than pregnant.
Behind the clouds are the other clouds.
It's better to cheat than to repeat!
Do unto others ... then run!!!
Kapag puno na ang salop, kumuha na ng ibang salop.
Magbiro ka na sa lasing, magbiro ka na sa bagong gising, huwag lang sa lasing na bagong gising.
When all else fails, follow instructions.
Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika, lumaki sa ibang bansa.
To err is human, to errs is humans.
Ang taong nagigipit ... sa bumbay kumakapit
Pag may usok ... may nag-iihaw
Ang taong naglalakad nang matulin ... may utang.
No guts, no glory... no ID, no entry.
Birds of the same feather that prays together ... stays together.
Kapag may sinuksok at walang madukot, may nandukot.
Walang matigas na tinapay sa gutom na tao.
Ang taong di marunong lumingon sa kanyang pinanggalingan.... ay may stiff neck.
Birds of the same feather make a good feather duster.
Kapag may tiyaga, may nilaga. Kapag may taga, may tahi.
Huli man daw at magaling, undertime pa rin.
Ang naglalakad ng matulin, late na sa appointment
Matalino man ang matsing, matsing pa rin.
Better late than later.
Aanhin ang palasyo kung ang nakatira ay kuwago, mabuti pa ang bahay kubo, sa paligid puno ng linga.
Kapag maikli ang kumot, tumangkad ka na!
No man is an island because time is gold.
Hindi lahat ng kumikinang ay ginto ... muta lang yan.
Kapag ang puno mabunga ... mataba ang lupa!
When it rains ... it floods.
Pagkahaba haba man ng prusisyon ... mauubusan din ng kandila.
Ang buhay ay parang gulong, minsan nasa ibabaw, minsan nasa vulcanizing shop.
Batu-bato sa langit, ang tamaan ... sapul.
Try and try until you succeed... or else try another.
Ako ang nagsaing ... iba ang kumain. Diet ako eh.
Huwag magbilang ng manok kung alaga mo ay itik.
Kapag maiksi na ang kumot, bumili ka na ng bago.
If you can't beat them, shoot them. (Nalundasan)
An apple a day is too expensive.
An apple a day makes seven apples a week. (really expensive)

ha! ha! ha!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

xoxo!

(^_^)

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