SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN TORONTO

"Spring is here again and we are still alive!" said John Travolta in the movie A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG.  Spring is back in Toronto just last week: before that the weather was still unstable. But now! This last day of April the sun was out the whole day..I took some shots at the Eaton's Center,  one of Toronto's landmarks alongside with the CN Tower, the Skydome where Baseball games take place all the time. I took some shots last time I went out. Photos were mostly inside the Eaton Centre, a good shopping mall comparable to many of the other shopping centres all over the world...

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Photo no 1 was really shot from an angle that "fused" the 2 buildings..There is really a street between them..

CHRISTIANS

"Christians - By Maya Angelou
SUBMITTED BY ANNIE C. CANO,

KATY,  TEXAS



When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."
I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow!


Share this with somebody who already has this understanding, as reinforcement. But more importantly, share this with those who do not have a clear understanding of what it means to be a Christian, so that the myth that Christians think they are "perfect" or "better than others"can be dispelled.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
                              Nelson Mandela

....I keep coming back to Manila....."

Comment from: longwaybye
"Count me in! Im a Manila fanatic too. Some of my friends wonder why I make it a point to spend several days in Manila, while they hurry back towards their provinces.

It was in Manila where I became a man. It was where I made that transition from high school to a college independent. It just holds too much memories, and for me the best years of my life was during that time. I always compare my life's events with what happened during those years of my life.

Time seemed stuck in those years, so when I hear a song Id usually place it into old, as in the time of my father and backward, or  modern as in elementary and Highschool, and Id usually categorize the songs during my college as the current hits. So,it brings confusion when I say' "Bago lang yan kanta yan'" because what I mean is I was already in college when that song broke the charts, and college was sooo long ago.

And of course, those songs, and much of everything in fact are associated with Manila, the Manila of my time.

....I keep coming back to Manila....."

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ATTITUDES!

contributed by Marcie ( Bing) Uson Wise, from Domakit/Domanpot, Asingan.  She is now in Ewa Beach, Hawaii till end of July then will move to Virginia near Washington, D.C. Her husband is in Southern Afghanistan attached to the U.S. Embassy-Kabul.

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ATTITUDES!

 

Quotes for Attitude

“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it’s successful outcome.”
–William James

"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."
- Martha Washington

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”
––Muhammad Ali

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
–– Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'ts not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life ;it is how you handle what happens to you.
Zig Ziglar
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"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars." Frederick Langbridge

"Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it."
––Merle Miller

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you thing about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are." Norman Vincent Peale
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"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
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"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Always look at what you have left.Never look at what you have lost." Robert H. Schuller
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"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad." Denis Waitley
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"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
Lou Holtz
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"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha

"The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity." Winston Churchill

WHERE ARE YOU PLANNING TO RETIRE?

--from Lito Domaoan..

 Where To Live After Retirement

As we all know, sometimes we come face to face with the fact that it may be time to relocate. The big question is: where to? Here are some tips.

You can live in Phoenix , Arizona where.....

1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that " dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

You can Live in California where...

1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.

You can Live in New York City where...

1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan .
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3.You think Central Park is "nature,"
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn.
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can Live in Maine where...

1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco.
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can Live in the Deep South where...

1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.
5. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, MARY BETH, etc.

You can live in Colorado where...

1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can live in the Midwest where...

1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

AND You can live in Florida where..

1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you are often driven by headless people.
6 . The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and snowbirds.

Or..in ASINGAN WHERE..( this is from Vic..:))

1. You eat 6 times a day, 7 if u include a midnight snack ..

2. You can go grocery shopping without cash or credit card. Just say the magic words: ILISTAM DITAN

3. You can walk around in your living room half naked in your underwear with a fan in your hand

4. You use the fan to shoo your fart away esp. when you just had 6 bottles of beer and guinisang balatong

5. You can eat with your bare hands with one foot up your chair

6. You can burp anytime you want, as many times as you want..

7. People call you baknang even if  your pension money is gone after a night of mah jong.

the best:

8. You have the best washing machine in the world! After your bath, just leave all your dirty clothes on the bathroom floor. At night all them are automatically washed, ironed and neatly stored in your wardrobe closet..Only in Asingan, eh?---#

 

MORE MANILA MOVIE HOUSES...

Comment from: dixonchic35
"It is incredible how much you remember. I frequented the same places because my school was just down the road (Mendiola), but I barely remember the names of the theatres and the shops. This is why I check your entries everyday, even though I've never laid eyes on Asingan. You take me back to places I haven't thought about for the longest time.

Thank you.
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Thank you too, Lena..:)

I can never forget Manila as long as I live. Especially the theatres. I spent most of my time inside them. My favorite 2nd run theatres were: Esquire at Raon, then Mayfair same street but you have to cross Avenida..Further on is Palace Theatre. If I am not not mistaken this was once known as Astor theatre, a burlesque house. And it is just a stone throw away from Sta. Cruz Church!..Then near it was Inday theatre, another burlesque house..I guess patrons will just change theatres if they did not have enough from the other one...Of course to those who are addicts ( mahilig ) there is still the King's and the Dragon at Ongpin, Chinatown if they want some more!.

For the 2nd run Hollywood double features there was Society theatre along Echague, and along Quezon Blvd. you have Main, then Times, then Boulevard theatres..On the otherside of Quezon Blvd. are the  Life and Dalisay theatres, homes of Filipino movies ( mostly Black and White during my time )..But I hated Filipino movies when I was a kid. I thought only the servants and maids were watching those movies because they can not understand English!  I was wrong of course..Now a days I wish they saved some copies of those vintage Tagalog movies..I only see those Pilipino movies in Dagupan or Urdaneta. I believed seeing them in Manila would be a waste of time because there are better Hollywood movies to see before I would go back to Pangasinan at the end of my Manila holiday.---#

PHOTOS AND FACTS RE: ASINGAN TOWN FIESTA, 2006

I "borrowed" these photos and facts from Asinganian.com. website. I would like to send them ( they are beautiful ) to some of my readers in the US who may not have access to your website. I would like to thank the administrator of the Asingan.com for letting me use the photos and thank you to those who sent them to that site. I enjoyed looking at them.The town fiesta beauties are:

MISS ASINGAN

KRISTA PAMELA CARIAZO MADRIAGA
Address: Poblacion West, Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring groups: LGU, PROVINCIAL, LOCAL


1st. PRINCESS

DAISY MABANTA PIOQUINTO
Address: Toboy, Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring Group: DepEd


2nd PRINCESS

MICHELLE SOMERA ACOSTA
Address: Sanchez Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring Group: Liga ng mga Barangay


MRS. ASINGAN


MARY ANN ZARAGOZA AGOTO
Address: Macalong, Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring Barangays: Baro, Domanpot, Dupac,
Macalong, Poblacion East, Poblacion
West, San Vicente East.


1st PRINCES

REMEDIOS APELLIDO RAMOS
Address: Sanchez, Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring Barangays: Ariston East, Ariston West
Bantog, Carosucan Norte, Carosucan Sur,
Cabalitain, Sanchez


2nd PRINCESS
GINALYN DE VERA AMISTAD
Address: Sobol, Asingan, Pangasinan
Sponsoring Barangays: Bobonan, Calepaan,
Coldit, Palaris, San Vicente West,
Sobol, Toboy

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BARANGAY, SK & ACHIEVERS’ NIGHT

April 19, 2006

ACHIEVERS By Barangay

HERNANI AGSALUD BRAGANZA – Poblacion West

ESTANISLAO VALDEZ VALDEZ – Domanpot

RODRIGO LABUGUEN - Ariston East

FLORO TAGANAS – Ariston West

BERNARDO BAQUIREN – Bantog

QUIRINO VALLEJOS – Baro

PACITA COLOMA – Cabalitian

VALERIANA ELEGADO, SR. – Calepaan

LITO QUINTERO – Carosucan Norte

ANSELMO BUSTAMANTE – Carosucan Sur

HERMINIGILDO ADAP – Coldit

MILA ANTONIO – Domanpot

LUZ MANANSALA – Dupac

PATROCINIO NATIVIDAD – Macalong

NIEVES BATES – Palaris

AMADO BENITO – Poblacion East

NELLY NAVARRO – Poblacion West

ROGER DARANCIANG – Sanchez

LUIS ORDONIO – San Vicente East

BERNABE LAYOS – San Vicente West

JOVITA ALVARADO – Sobol

JOSE BALLESTEROS – Toboy

MASTERS OF CEREMONIES: MRS. ANGELITA FEBRE

MR. MOISES VILLAMOR GANIR

MR. OSCAR BACALZO

STAGE DECORATORS: MR. CHRISTOPHER JERONE LAVARIAS

MR. FEDERICO ANTONIO

MAMMY JUANITEZ ORCHESTRA

UNTIL NEXT YEAR, FOLKS!!