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On the first day, God created the dog and said:

‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in
or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’

The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten
years and I’ll give you back the other ten?’

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

‘Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give
you a twenty-year life span.’

The monkey said: ‘Monkey tricks for twenty years?
That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like
the Dog did?’

And God agreed.

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Noel :: Jul.10.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

Remember how your relationship was in the very beginning?

You stayed up all night talking about everything - your dreams and desires and even the things that scare or embarrass you. But then, as the relationship went a long, you stopped talking about so much. Everything became so heavy and meaningful.

In the beginning, things were great. There was a level of trust and open communication that created intimacy and understanding. So, what happened to that? Where did it go and how can you get it back?
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Noel :: Jul.01.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let’em go,
because, man, they’re gone.

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them
down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

To me, it’s a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when
you walk around. That way, if anybody says, “Hey, can you give me a
hand?” You can say, “Sorry, got these sacks.”

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Noel :: Jun.10.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

This story was forwarded to me by my gf. I don’t know the author but in case someone knows, just let me know and I’ll acknowledge him/her as the author. The story was about a guy who fall in love with a popular and pretty lady. There was one time that a guy had actually got the chance to speak up with her, but he doesn’t know what to say or do while he was in front of her. It’s a very inspirational story so read on…

He met her at a party. She was so outstanding, many guys chasing after
her,
while he was so normal, nobody paid attention to him.

At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, she
was
surprised but due to being polite, she promised. They sat in a nice
coffee
shop, he was too nervous to say anything, she felt uncomfortable, and
she
thought to herself, “Please, let me go home…”
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Noel :: May.20.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

Too often we go through life on autopilot, going through the motions and having each day pass like the one before it.

That’s fine, and comfortable, until you have gone through another year without having done anything, without having really lived life.

That’s fine, until you have reached old age and look back on life with regrets.

That’s fine, until you see your kids go off to college and realize that you missed their childhoods.

It’s not fine. If you want to truly live life, to really experience it, to enjoy it to the fullest, instead of barely scraping by and only living a life of existence, then you need to find ways to break free from the mold and drink from life.
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Noel :: May.18.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

Many of us think of happiness as a luxury, but in reality it is essential to health - beyond the margins of simply not being sick.

In the immortal preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

These glorious words actually pointed the way for future Americans to embrace wellness by being responsible, taking control of their lives and focusing upon optimal outcomes, not merely a coping existence. This was an early mind/body perception of well-being — and if thatâs not wellness, what is?
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Noel :: May.17.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

When it comes to knowing my personality, for whom and what I am is I guess the most difficult question that I have to answer if someone would be asking. Because, who and what kind of a person I am right now is definitely difficult to understand. I don’t know if others having difficulty understanding me as a person, but for me, if I would ask myself, I could say that, it is really difficult to understand me sometimes. I don’t know why, but I just can’t understand why I behave so strange sometimes. Although I know that I’m not crazy, because I will not be in school if I’m crazy. There are times that I felt so bad about myself. Feels like a piece of me is lost. Sometimes it would take me a whole day trying to figure out what’s going on with me. But still, I can’t find any reasons why I act like that. I even ask my friends, and they say I’m a serious person, some say I’m not friendly, hard to deal with, but others say I’m funny, jamming, jolly and joker. Although I admit that I have those kinds of characteristics. That’s why it’s hard for me to understand what kind of behavior I have. Whether to be serious, funny, or maybe in between.
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Noel :: May.14.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

My family plays a very important role in the society. My family can be classified according to various categories. In the first category which is according to organization, structure, and membership, my family is nuclear. I can say that we are a nuclear family because; I have my father, mother, and lots of brothers and sisters. We are a one big happy family. Sad to say that we are so big and I must admit that we were criticized by others for that reason. But nevertheless, I don’t care what they say as long as I have a big happy family.

According to place of residence, my family is matrilocal. We lived to my grandparent’s house ever since the day that I was born. My parents had an early marriage, in fact, my mother haven’t reached twenty yet, when they got married. At my mother’s young age, maybe she didn’t know how to raise a child yet; my parents decided to live in my grandparent’s house. We lived there in a random number of years. Random because, every time my parents and grandparents had a fight, we moved temporarily away from my grandparent’s. After a few weeks or a month, my grandparent’s would be begging and asking for forgiveness to make us stay with them. So we stay with my grandparents. Then after a few months or a year, there would be another fight again, another begging to stay, then we stays. Another fight, begging, it was repeated all over again. But there was one fight that I would never forget even all through out my entire life. It took a very long serious fight. I was so angry because the only reason is the one little stupid cassette tape! If only I had that tape, I would crushed and make it like pieces of paper. It was only ended during my second year college. A week before my grandmother died. I think it took more than ten years. And it was never been happy ever after. At the present we lived near my grandparent’s house. After the long big fight, I didn’t hear a fight between them again. It was never been the same after that. All things had changed. It seems like happiness is hard to find. I cannot see the perfect smile in their eyes anymore. And it makes me confused asking, does complete happiness comes after a fight?
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Noel :: May.14.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

After a long way trip from cebu to davao, Im finally home… Air smells so good. Sky is so bright & blue. & the temperature is just right. Yup… Im home indeed.

Theres no place like home. A place where you want to spend your time with your parents. A place to go where you want to bring back the memories of your childhood. A place to relax & have some peace in mind. A place where you spend the spring of your youth. Because sometimes you need to look back from where you came from in order to move forward. Because if you wont, you’ll lose your self.

There is one thing I was planning to do by the time I step on our house. I want to hug my mother & father… But its sad that after a long time since I havent seen them, I wasnt able to show them how happy I was to see them. I cant even look at them in the eye. I only did a funny face & smiled instead of hugging. Because I know I’d cry a river if I did that. Its a shame for me not being able to do just a simple hug & I know they want it too. If they just knew how I wanted to do that, but havent got the courage to do so. If its my girl I wouldnt have any hesitation. I dont know why, there my parents. Why was I hesitating? Uhh… Duhh… Err… Forget about it! I guest I’ll just spend my time with them as much & as best as I could… But I still wish I could hug them…

Noel :: May.02.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »

Sometimes, being with her isn’t just enough for her. You also need to show and shout to the world wide web that she exist. Everything has a reason. And for this reason, I’m doing this for my girl… I love you ANNA FE PULVERA!

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Noel :: Apr.29.2008 :: Life & Leisure :: No Comments »