Growing old is mandatory whilst Growing up is optional..


Let me just share this story with you guys, it was sent as an email and it made me stop and think for a while about life. Hope it does the same with you guys.


"The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know . I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?

"I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she gave me a giant squeeze. "Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked.

She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel.

"No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

"I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester, we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry. I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.

"As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!"

"There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability."

"The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.

"She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose." She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

At the year's end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

If you read this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it! Remember, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL."

my star






If every person took a few moments to look back over their life they might come to recall one single moment that changed them completely. One event that shook them to their core and altered the course of their life. One special time when they realized that there was a meaning to life that they had never considered. A moment where everything else paled and faded by comparison. One particular person who opened up the world for them and gave them a sense of their own existence. For me that moment, that someone, was you. You are the person who changed everything. The person who changed me. You are my moment.

random thinking

"If smiling doesn't necessarily mean that you're happy, can frowning
also mean that you're not really sad?"

Can frowning, just like smiling, only be one's way of making others curious about what they really think?

Do people really mean it when they frown? Because I do know they do not always mean it when they smile.

Are expressions a good basis on how the person really feels, or what he/she really thinks?

Do these facial movements really say much about a person? And that person's real emotions?

Oh well. Don't mind me. This is just one of my many silly thoughts.

A quote to ponder on:

"Usefulness of an opinion is itself a matter of opinion." --John Stuart Mill
The point of this entry:


Opinions I write in my blog may come off as one of my many rants, or one of the many things I think about that also make you think.

Bottomline is, it's up to you to either see my entries in a negative or a positive way. All I know is that they're useful to me :)

the ugly truth


Ever since, I've always tried to be idealistic when it comes to dealing with other people. I've always believed that the key for people to stay with you is to be good to them, but then later on I realized that this is not always the case. At times, no matter how sucky your attitude is, when you've got the power, the money, the connections, the charm and the knowledge, you've got them all under you because they still benefit from it in a way.

In a world like the one we're living in right now, sometimes it's but inevitable to forget your morals for you to survive not that i'm saying it's acceptable, but it's a reality and I should not necessarily embrace and accept it but at least try to understand.

it's been a while



The early days of a new relationship are exciting indeed. You find someone who makes you feel special and who is fun to be around. Over time, though, as the two of you become more familiar with each other it's easy to fall into the same old routine. When this happens you may start to feel as if you are being taken for granted.

If you have ever taken your significant other for granted then it will absolutely 100 percent negatively affect your relationship. If you think about it for a moment, you can say that no one likes to be taken for granted and very few people in their right mind will put up with it.

The sense of being taken for granted usually doesn't just appear overnight. It kind of creeps up on you, a little at a time, until eventually you start to notice that something about the relationship is different.

Nothing makes people feel better than that wonderful feeling of being appreciated and valued. Can you remember back when you met your other half and how absolutely wonderful it was? There was a feeling of mutual admiration and affection. We said things to each other like, "It's so nice to hear from you" or "thanks for calling". Do you remember spending what seemed like hours, (but it didn't matter). Why do we lose all of that?

Here are some of the telltale signs that he may be taking you for granted:

• He assumes you'll always be there: This one can be subtle. Do they tend to ignore you or your phone calls when he is around his friends? Do they turn to you when they need something but push you away when you need something? Are they not as affectionate as they used to be?
• He forget to tell you things: Everybody forgets things now and then, but if it's a pattern there may be more to it. Does he accept invitations for parties without telling you? Does he say he'll go somewhere with you and at the last minute remember that he has another commitment? Does he forget to let you know he'll be late?
• He doesn't care what you do: Does he care where you are and what you are doing if he doesn't hear from you? Does he say nothing when you appear for the first time with a new haircut or a new outfit? Do you ever get the feeling that you could walk out of his life and wouldn't realise till next week that you're gone?

Point of this entry. We broke up, I just couldn't do it anymore. I felt like it was the right thing to do, I just didn't "feel it" anymore. I just waited too long for him to "change", that I ended up forgetting about my own happiness, I finally realized that there's more to life out there, rather than waiting and wallowing around hoping for him to change. It would have been our three years tomorrow, but you know what I'm not upset about the fact that I broke it off, I'm just "nanghihinayang" about the fact that he let me slip away..

Millions of fans across the globe watched the televised memorial for Michael Jackson on July 7, 2009, there were plenty of the trappings of celebrity and fame.

There was the golden casket, the tributes from the rich and famous, the overflowing crowds, the songs sung by the megastars, such as Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Usher and Human Nature.

But it was the small moments in the service that were the most touching.

There was his brother, Marlon, talking about watching "The Three Stooges" with Jackson after school before being hustled off to a recording studio.

Magic joked about a time when he caught Jackson eating Kentucky Fried Chicken.

There was Brooke Shields, describing how she and Jackson, as kids, sneaked into Elizabeth Taylor's bedroom to see her wedding gown.

Shields recalled how Jackson's favorite song was an old-fashioned one, "Smile," written by Charlie Chaplin, who himself knew the bitter price of worldwide fame.

Then there was perhaps the saddest, most heartbreaking moment of all, when Jackson's young daughter, Paris, told the world through her tears that Jackson "Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him so much."

"Maybe now, Michael, they will leave you alone," Jackson's brother Marlon had said moments before Paris' brief, tragic moment at center stage. One after another,the King of Pop's loved ones stepped forward to make their case for Jackson as a misunderstood, harmless sweetheart who wanted only to heal the world.

"Wasn't nothing strange about your daddy," Reverend Al Sharpton told Paris and her two brothers, who were seated in the front row. "It was strange what your daddy had to deal with."

I just finished watching Michael Jackson's Memorial Service a few minutes ago, and Oh my God I have never, ever, ever been emotional over any celebrity's death.

Hindi ako showbiz, at lalong hindi ako yung " fan" type. In fact I was never really a die hard fan of Michael Jackson, but I do believe that he is one of the best entertainers we have ever had. Listening to his songs and watching his video clips now gives me goosebumps, he is often imitated but never duplicated. I am proud to have had the opportunity to listen and watch how he shared his music to the world, I may have not known him personally but I am happy to be born in the Era where there was once a Michael Jackson.