July 2,1991

Tuesday, 6:30AM. My dad lies on a reclined bamboo chair. He showed different tricks like he can actually move his body up and down using his arms. Nevertheless, he still cant stand. He was bedridden for like 2 months.

He told my mom "Go ahead, go to school. You need to teach. You have a job. Do not worry about me, I'm all good. See! (moved his upper part of the body using his arms)" he continued "Just be home early, ok!"

"Are you sure?" mom said worrily

"Pretty sure I am?" dad said with a smile on his face.

"Ok we will go then" mom said and left the house together with my two sister.

They go altogther in one school. Its a chinese school in Manila. My mom works there as an educator for like 10 years. My sisters are enrolled there as well. They were in high school.

After they left my dad told to my uncle and aunt, "Why don't you take your breakfast?" dad said with all smiles. "Go ahead, I am not going anywhere though" said with a giggle.

"Alright then" uncle said "Dont try to escape" uncle said jokingly

"You showed a huge improvement! Thank GOD!" aunt said with tears in her eyes.

So they took their breakfast as what my dad said to them.

All was left was me and him. I asked him "Does it hurt?"

"Of course" he said.

Then he told me "Why don't you go to sleep, seems to me you are tired"

After he said that, its like a magic thing that my eyes felt so heavy. So I did closed my eyes.

July 2,2007 7:00AM - Few seconds after I closed my eyes, I suddenly opened it up like someone just woke me up with urgency. I saw my dad lying on his reclined bamboo chair. He left us.

I tried reviving him using cpr. I did what I have been seeing on tv. Tried my best but to no avail. I called my uncle and aunt who had their first bite on their breakfast. They saw me trying to revive my dad. My uncle hold me and told me, "He left us"

"He leaved with nobody around" said with a frightening voice.

"He does not want to see us crying when he leaves." now with a teary eyes and voice.

"Your father is a joyful person!" uncle said

My mother was informed just as soon as she arrives from school. She rushed through the door and straight to my father. Of course she cried a lot. She cried like she lost half part of her life.

I witnessed how mom and dad loved each other. They showed us how a couple should have a relationship. Both should know how to sacrifice. Both should enjoy the fruits of their labor. Love is not being a slave to someone. Love is a lot of things. Respect, dignity, sacrifice, joy, understanding and everything else.

LOVE is a four letter word. But it can mean lots of things. Value the person you love. If you said "I love you" mean it. Embrace the meaning of it. Let it freely flow in your body. For this is the greatest gift we can give.

Our Lord Jesus Christ gave his love to us unconditionally. He never gave a meaning to his Love. He did what he wants to do. He did it for no reason but for LOVE.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son"

Some Wacky Quotes

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. - Albert Einstein

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. - Robert Frost

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? - Jean Cocturan

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. - Darrin Weinberg

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.

It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't know where to shop.

Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk.

Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.

Forgive your enemies but remember their names.

The number of people watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Dont worry that the world ends today, its already tomorrow in Australia!

21 Advises

ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it.

FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

FIFTEEN. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson .

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.

EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

Chris Benoit dies

Benoit’s son suffered from Fragile X Syndrome; speculation over whether pressure was too much

Written: June 27, 2007

WWE.com learned from an interview conducted Tuesday by Vancouver’s News1130 that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel possibly suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a genetically passed-on condition that results in impairments ranging from physical and learning disabilities, to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.
In the interview with News1130, Pam Winthrope, whose own 12-year-old son suffers from Fragile X Syndrome, recounted how she and her husband talked to Benoit about the condition five years ago.
“We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in B.C. and in Canada; we only have a couple of them,” she said. “My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes, and then he said he didn’t want to be a public face for Fragile X. He just wanted to keep it really, really quiet.”
A source close to Benoit recalls similar conversations with him, where he described his son’s condition as “a learning disability much like autism.” This source quotes Benoit as saying “Daniel wasn’t capable of interacting with other children and was afraid of other children. Daniel also had a hard time making eye contact with everyone, which was another symptom of his disability.” Benoit also claimed that his son was on medication for this condition.
Winthrope discussed the pressures facing parents of children diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome. During her interview with News1130, she stated that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. Winthrope added, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy -- they don't tell you."
A co-worker and long-time friend of the Benoits speculates that perhaps the pressures of home and Daniel’s illness had gotten to him, causing him to snap and take the lives of his wife and son before taking his own.
“Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn't be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (if that is indeed true) with no mother and a father either in jail or dead? Did he then decide that the only way he could protect and take care of his son was to take him to the next world and go with him? In his warped and twisted state, did he think this was the only way to shield his son from a difficult life of pain and hardship? It doesn't condone or justify a damn thing, but it's the best reason I can think of. I'm trying to put together some semblance of logic for his actions, but it's an impossible task trying to explain this.”

Wives and Husbands

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—

for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Rules for Christian Households

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

Jada's first birthday

Time flies so fast! Imagine we celebrated Jada's 1st birthday. Everyone attended to her birthday has only one comment, "Jada keeps on smiling!" She never showed any signs of tiredness and even irritability. She enjoyed every minute of it. She seems to know that it is her birthday that day. A year ago, we are so excited and astounded when she came out in this world. All we hear from her is nothing but cry. Now she responds to everything we do. At the most, she shows a lot of talent (thanks to Dad!). A very jolly person I can say she is. I am hoping that she will be able to maintain that kind of attitude.

The next stage that we are now preparing for is her shool years. I believe we will give her the best education there is. We will be so proud of her. Just like how our parents was so proud then.

Happy Birthday Jada! I love you! - dad -

Divisoria

Divisoria, Manila. Lots of people from all walks of life. Food carts everywhere. Man with megaphone announcing sale. Humid. Pollution. Unimaginable traffic. Damn! That's all I can say. Though when it comes to wholesale prices, this is the place to be, the place where you can buy things way cheaper than at the malls.

My wife and I went there to check out what they call "Bodega". Toys there are cheaper than you can imagine. We bought back packs with different cartoon characters, hear this, 3 for P100. We bought 20 girlie backpacks. We also bought backpacks for boys and costed us P45 each. Well to make the long story short we were able to buy all the loot bags and the stuff we need to put in there.

Its tiring but fulfilling. I enjoyed doing this for my daughter. She will turn 1 year old tomorrrow. I am so excited being a father and a friend to her.

Motorola SVLR

I got a new cellphone again. And this time i will definitely take care of this. My wifey got herself a new cellphone as well. It's a Nokia 5200. Awesome in features as well. We got this at Filinvest Alabang. Mind you, both phones costs us less than 14K. Isn't that outrageous?

New car

I got a new car....