Tuesday, April 29, 2008

batman suparman at your service

got this from pex:

this is a story of one poor customer officer who receive calls on a daily basis. one day he has to endure the conversation as follows:

customer: may i know your name?

agent: batman...

customer: may i know your name?

agent: my name is batman...

customer: trying to be funny?!?! what is your surname?

agent: suparman..

customer: (shouting) i want to speak with your manager!!!


according to the pexers, this is a true story. his father's name is suparman. that's how islamic names are. you take your father's first name as your last name. and "bin" stands for "son of". thus that would translate to "batman son of suparman".

kewl! @_@

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

keep 'em coming!


just checked my blog stats a few minutes ago and was surprised that i got 118 offsite clicks and 104 page views on a single day!!! omg!!! i don't check my blog stats that often anymore as i have been busy with other things so my jaw literally dropped when i saw these numbers pop up on my screen. ayayay!!! where did you all come from??? anyway, i'm not complaining. just shocked. O_O

the etc/2nd avenue addiction

i was always an avid viewer of star world since it's premature days. star tv first launched it as "star plus" before getting it's current name. whenever i had the liberty to do channel surfing, i always make sure that it's on star and i'm so glued to this station for hours. name any program that was shown on this channel and chances are, i've seen it. remington steele, small wonder, peanuts, friends, jag, baywatch.. name it. yes, even santa barbara! and so years went by and times have changed. i'm no longer a star world fan. etc/2nd avenue is now my new addiction. etc is a philippine television channel produced and founded by solar entertainment which also created its sister station, 2nd avenue. it is currently available over the philippine free-tv after it had been pulled out by skycable from it's channel line-up. they feature talk shows, dating shows, sitcoms, drama series, reality shows and entertainment news from the u.s. which is pretty much similar to star world.

it all started when i wanted to have cable tv after moving to my new place. at first i was pissed because the management of the building only allows global destiny as the cable provider. pissed at global destiny because first, they don't have star world, star movies and axn. and second, they do have a lot of channels but the problem is, half of their channel line-up is a non-english/tagalog channel. if i could only speak mandarin and korean, maybe i can appreciate it! and so i subscribed to global destiny since i didn't have a choice. this is where the addiction begins. i was starting to miss my star world and etc/2nd avenue came to the rescue. what else can i do? they were my only choice. i was really hesitant at first. i thought these channels might just be another studio 23 which doesn't really fit my taste (no offense to any s23 viewers though). but i was wrong. days and weeks passed by and before i knew it, i was glued to etc and 2nd avenue.

i really commend solar entertainment's programming staff for selecting the best canned programmes from the u.s. for their line-up. with this kind of programming, i must say that they are totally at par with star world's service. two thumbs up for etc and 2nd avenue! my viewing habits have never been the same! ^_^

Saturday, April 19, 2008

what constitutes a good life? by jim rohn

got this inspirational article from arie:

the ultimate expression of life is not a paycheck. the ultimate expression of life is not a mercedes. the ultimate expression of life is not a million dollars or a bank account or a home. here's the ultimate expression of life in my opinion, and that is living a good life. here's what we must ask constantly, "what for me would be a good life?" and you have to keep going over and over the list. a list including areas such as spirituality, economics, health, relationships and recreation. what would constitute a good life? i've got a short list.

1. productivity. you won't be happy if you don't produce. the game of life is not rest. we must rest, but only long enough to gather strength to get back to productivity. what's the reason for the seasons and the seeds, the soil and the sunshine, the rain and the miracle of life? it's to see what you can do with it. to try your hand, other people have tried their hand; here's what they did. you try your hand to see what you can do. so part of life is productivity.

2. good friends. friendship is probably the greatest support system in the world. don't deny yourself the time to develop this support system. nothing can match it. it's extraordinary in its benefit. friends are those wonderful people who know all about you and still like you. a few years ago i lost one of my dearest friends. he died at age 53 - heart attack. david is gone, but he was one of my very special friends. i used to say of david that if i was stuck in a foreign jail somewhere accused unduly and if they would allow me one phone call, i would call david. why? he would come and get me. that's a friend. somebody who would come and get you. now we've all got casual friends. and if you called them they would say, "hey, if you get back, call me we'll have a party." so you've got to have both, real friends and casual friends.

3. your culture. your language, your music, the ceremonies, the traditions, the dress. all of that is so vitally important that you must keep it alive. in fact it is the uniqueness of all of us that when blended together brings vitality, energy, power, influence, uniqueness and rightness to the world.

4. spirituality. it helps to form the foundation of the family that builds the nation. and make sure you study, practice and teach. don't be careless about the spiritual part of your nature, it's what makes us who we are, different from animal, dogs, cats, birds and mice. spirituality.

5. don't miss anything. my parents taught me not to miss anything. don't miss the game. don't miss the performance, don't miss the movie, don't miss the show, don't miss the dance. go to everything you possible can. buy a ticket to everything you possibly can. go see everything and experience all you possible can. this has served me so well to this day. just before my father died at age 93 if you were to call him at 10:30 or 11:00 at night, he wouldn't be home. he was at the rodeo, he was watching the kids play softball, he was listening to the concert, he was at church, he was somewhere every night.

live a vital life. here's one of the reasons why. if you live well, you will earn well. if you live well it will show in your face, it will show in the texture of your voice. there will be something unique and magical about you if you live well. it will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. and it will give you a vitality nothing else can give.

6. your family and the inner circle. invest in them and they'll invest in you. inspire them and they'll inspire you. with your inner circle take care of the details. when my father was still alive, i used to call him when i traveled. he'd have breakfast most every morning with the farmers. little place called the decoy inn out in the country where we lived in southwest idaho.

so papa would go there and have breakfast and i'd call him just to give him a special day. now if i was in israel i'd have to get up in the middle of the night, but it only took five minutes, ten minutes. so i'd call papa and they'd bring him the phone. i'd say, "papa i'm in israel." he'd say, "israel! son, how are things in israel?" he'd talk real loud so everybody could hear - my son's calling me from israel. i'd say, "papa last night they gave me a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the mediterranean." he'd say, "son, a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the mediterranean." now everybody knows the story. it only took 5 - 10 minutes, but what a special day for my father, age 93.

if a father walks out of the house and he can still feel his daughter's kiss on his face all day, he's a powerful man. if a husband walks out of the house and he can still feel the imprint of his wife's arms around his body he's invincible all day. it's the special stuff with the inner circle that makes you strong and powerful and influential. so don't miss that opportunity. here's the greatest value. the prophet said, "there are many virtues and values, but here's the greatest, one person caring for another." there is no greater value than love. better to live in a tent on the beach with someone you love than to live in a mansion by yourself. one person caring for another, that's one of life's greatest expressions.

so make sure in your busy day to remember the true purpose and the reasons you do what you do. may you truly live the kind of life that will bring the fruit and rewards that you desire.

to your success,
jim rohn

after reading this article, i realized that i made the right choices after all. for someone who only thinks about success rather than happiness, i'm pretty sure he'll disagree with the decisions that i made. but i am happy and i still am right now. happy because i know i had a purpose and i was able to fulfill that purpose. better days ahead. ^_^