THIS BLOG TELLS SOME THOUGHTS ON LIFE AND DEATH

Today November 1, is All Saints' Day ( is a christian holy day to honor all saints of the Catholic Church, including those not known by name. All Souls Day (November 2) was established by Odilo, abbot of Cluny, in the 11th century in commemoration of those baptized Christians believed to be in purgatory. All Souls' Day purposely follows All Saints' Day to shift people's attention from the saints in heaven to the souls in purgatory.) Most Catholics visit graves of their departed on November 1, which is All Saints' Day. Maybe they subconciously or purposely believe that their loved ones have become saints? What a marvelous optimism!We shall ponder a little about time, life and death. It is important that what we do with our life. We should also accept that death is, in truth, the grand partner of life. Life ends in death and, who knows, eternal life starts with death.Death and dying shouldn't be black and depressing, I believe it doesn't make sense that much of the world closely associates death with the color black, horror movies, Halloween, terrifying darkness, ghouls and spooky witches.

HOW DO WE WANT PEOPLE REMEMBER US?American writer Mark Twain once responded with wit to a false report that he had supposedly died, saying "News on my death has been greatly exaggerated." The legendary Swedish inventor and chemist Alfred Nobel had once experienced what Mark Twain went through. He woke up one morning in 1888 to the startling news that a French newspaper had mistakenly published an obituary of his death and called him the "merchant of death." It was a double shock for Nobel, who sincerely believed that his invention of dynamite would actually end all wars and hasten world peace.Nobel was so disturbed by his possible dark legacy, he wanted to change his future obituary. When he died in 1986, the reading of his will shocked his relatives. Alfred Nobel had bequeathed 94 percent of his wealth to the creation of five world-famous prizes -Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or medicine, Literature, and Peace - to be given to "those who, during the preceeding, shall have confered the greatest benefit to mankind."During All Saints' Day and funerals , let us not only be fixated on mourning death . Celebrate life more. Wouldn't it be much more better if we celebrate the lives of those who died and gain inspiration from them, rather than forever grieve in gloomy, inconsolable sorrow?

FAMOUS LAST WORD AND EPITAPH:
" A great artist dies in me." - Roman Emperor Nero"
I feel the flowers growing over me." - Socrates"
Consummatum est!" (it is done) - Jose Rizal"
A dying man can do nothing easy." - Benjamin Franklin "
Applaud, friends, the comedy is over ." - Ludwig Van Beethoven"
It is very beautiful over there." - Thomas Edison"
All wells, that ends well" - William Shakespeare

NOT SO FAMOUS:
" I told you I was sick." epitaph in Georgia cemetery"
At last she sleeps alone." epitaph of a prostitute "
Its so peaceful here." - epitaph of a troubled husband."
Here lies an Atheist, all dress up and no place to go." - epitaph of an Atheist"
The defense rest." epitaph of a defense attorney"
Here lies Lester Moore/ four slugs from forty four/no less, no more."
" He was a simple man, who died of complication." epitaph of a simple man.

DO NOT MOURN DEATH, CELEBRATE LIFE - A well made film "Ladder 49" when the heroic film fireman played by Joaquin Phoenix died, his chief played by John Travolta delivered an eloquent speech asking people in the funeral "not to mourn on his death, but to celebrate life." and that was the best part of the film.

KAILANGAN PA BANG I-MEMORIZE 'YAN?

I was riding in a bus the other day, there was a music going on coming from an FM radio. It was a good music, so relaxing, unmindful of a heavy traffic going on. I position myself to sleep while listening to good music. Suddenly, there was an intermission from a radio station where the DJ's are jokings and greetings in a street manners, (usapang-kalye, baga) then played played music again but interrupted by some corny and recycled jokes and repeteadly shout their station slogan "kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan"?

When the conductor shifted to the other station it was the same programming, endless ads and station's ID. It was so annoying.

Gone are the days where FM radio played more music than DJ's talking.

BOMBA!

Nuong dekada '70, kapag sinabing bomba ay lalong pumapasok ang mga tao sa sinehan lalo na yung mga barako, kasi ba naman ito ang tawag sa mga x-rated films noon. Kasama rin ako bilang bahagi ng aking kabataan. Tanda ko pa sila Merle Fernadez, Yvonne, Ricky Roger, George Estregan (ayon sa tsismis ay namatay sa aids) at iba pang hindi naman sikat na artista.
ang nakaka-inis lang nakaabang na sa 'yo yung mga bakla na naghahanap ng masisila.
Kahapon ay ginulantang tayo ng balita sa pagsabog ng totoong bomba sa Glorietta, Makati. kumpirmado na bomba at hindi LPG ang sumabog. So, katakot-takot na imbestigasyon, espekulasyon ang maririnig mo sa mga awtoridad. Nagpi-pyesta naman ang mga news network at ang iba ay masyado ng naging-OA sa pagbabalita. Ang isang estasyon ay nag-bansag pa ng "Ground-Zero" na halatang ginaya sa Twin Towers sa Nueva York sa Amerika.
So, ano na naman ang magiging implikasyon nito?
A.) Kakalat ito sa buong mundo at magkakaruon na naman ng dahilan ang gobyerno na tuloy-tuloy na sana ang pag-ganda ng ekonomiya.
B.) Sisisihin ang Abu Sayaf o NPA.
K.) Panibagong impeachment issue ito sa Presidente.
D.) Muling mgapi-piyesta ang mga raliyesta sa kalye.
Takbo, bilis may bomba!!!

Bwiset!!

Ang hirap maging mahirap lalo na kung kumakalam ang sikmura mahirap itong makausap. Ang lagi mong maririnig sa kanila ay "bwiset na buhay ito !" Sabi ng mga Intsik ang kahulugan daw ng bwisit ay walang pagkain at walang pera.
Katulad ngayo bi-bwisitin ka na naman ng napipintong pagtataas ng pamasahe dahil nag-petisyon na raw ang mga nasa hanay ng pam-publikong sasakyan na itaas ng 2 piso, kaya mula sa 7 piso ay magiging 9 piso na ang regular na pamasahe.
Ewan ko ba kung bakit tuwing nag-aaway ang transport group, gobyerno at mga kompanya ng langis at sa bandang huli nito ay tayong mga mamamayan ang magdurusa, kasali ba tayo sa away at usapan nila?

Tapos na ang Boksing!

Tapos na ang boksing sa pagitan ni MP at MAB, at gaya ng inaasahan ng mga Pinoy si Pacman ang nanalo. Ang totoo kaya ngayon lang ako nakapag-post ay dahil nakipag-boksing din ako sa mga bwiset na "virus" at "spyware" ng kompyuter ko. Sana naman ay balatuhan tayo ni Pacman mula sa humigit-kumulang na P308 milyones na kinita nya sa laban para makabili na tayo ng "Pentium 4" Nahihibang na yata ako ah? Sino ba naman ang hindi mahihibang sa ginawa ng kapuso natin sa laban na yon, halos isang araw nagpapalabas ng komersyal, Diyusme! Marimar, huwag naman sana pana'y pera ang nasa utak ng mga telebisyon estasyon na ito. Isipin nyo rin naman ang kasiyahan ng mga nanunuod. (Bulong ng taga-GMA7, "talagang ganon, pre, negosyo yan) namputsa negosyo daw o, e paano kami inuubos ninyo ang oras ng mga nanunuod ah. Siguro dapat pakia-alaman na rin ng MTRCB hindi lang ang uri lang ng kanilang pinapalabas siguro dapat magkaroon na rin ng regulasyon sa mga komersyal dahil sa sobrang dami nakai-irita na at minsan pati mga bata ay napupuyat dahil sa panunuod dahil sa dami ng komersyal. (Naalala ko tuloy si Cesar Asar, famous komik strip ito nuong dekada 70, may telebisyon siya na ang palabas ay puro komersyal)
Siguro wala ring solusyon ito, tulad ng dati tiis tayo,
hay, Buhay Pinoy talaga..sabi nga ni Manny Pacquiao ang buhay ay tulad ng boksing, walang katapusan pakikipaglaban sa hamon ng Buhay.

Samu't-saring pangyayari

Si Chairman Abalos ng Comelec nag-resign, kaya nag-resign na rin ang kampanyang impeachment sa kanya. Samantala si Senadora Santiago naman ay galit na galit sa isang kolum sa pahayagan na diumano'y naninirang-puri sa kanya ng personal. Si Marimar naman at Fulguso ay napadpad sa Maynila, salamat at nakita niya roon si Inocencia. Handa na raw si Pacquiao sa laban nila ni Barrera. Pumasok sa finals ng UAAP ang La Salle, Bagyong hanna wala na, pumalit si Ineng.
Samu't-saring pangyayari na napapakinggan at napapanod sa telebisyon kung saan nakatutok ang maraming Pinoy na sugapa na sa ganitong pampalipas-oras, kahit bwisitin pa ng sandamak-mak na komersyal ng shampoo.