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O Mother of Perpetual Help, grant that I may ever invoke your most powerful name, which is the safeguard of the living and the salvation of the dying.

O purest Mary! O sweetest Mary! Let your name henceforth be ever on my lips.

Delay not, O Blessed Lady, to succour me whenever I call on you.

In all my temptations, in all my needs, I will never cease to call on you ever repeating your sacred name, Mary, Mary! Oh, what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what emotion fills my soul when I utter your sacred name, or even only think of you!  I thank the Lord for having given you, for my good, so sweet, so powerful, so lovely name. But I will not be content with merely uttering your name. Let my love for you prompt me ever to hail you, Mother of Perpetual Help.

Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for me and grant me the favor I confidently ask of you (mention favor here).

 

Hail Mary , Daughter of God the Father, full of grace the Lord is with Thee

Blessed art Thou amongost women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death

Amen.

Hail Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, full of grace the Lord is with Thee

Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death

Amen.

Hail Mary. Mother of the Son of God, full of grace the Lord is with Thee

Blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death

Amen

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end

Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God

Have mercy on me a sinner.

Amen!

In years of my existence, never have I been so flattered by few strangers who drop me a message or approach me in person and reveal themselves to me that I have been their inspiration and idol. It is really heart warming to have that blown in my face; it is like a heavenly breeze touching every fragment of my body and soul. I may sound that I am bragging or something but I cannot contain all the happiness that my heart holds. A big THANK YOU to these people and to the Lord God for all the wonderful gifts and blessings He has given me. I cannot believe that I have “fans” just by being a Church Lector, a Newspaper Columnist, and way back as being a Disc Jockey. SHUCKS!!! I too have to aver that your words of adoration inspired me to fully embrace life with great love and to thank God more each day. I know I have disappointed a few people along the way but this I want to share that I am just being myself. What you see is what you get, no more and no less. Though it hurts to see people leaving my life due to some new ones but life goes on and the only sane and good thing to do is pray for them that wherever life leads them, they will be safe and happy.

My Heartfelt Thank youS!

God Bless you Always

with love,

ace

When you love someone you do not love
them all the time, in exactly the same
way, from moment to moment. It is an
impossibility. It is even a lie to
pretend to. And yet this is exactly
what most of us demand. We have so
little faith in the ebb and flow of
life, of love, of relationships. We
leap at the flow of the tide and
resist in terror its ebb. We are
afraid it will never return. We insist
on permanency, on duration, on
continuity; when the only continuity
possible, in life as in love, is in
growth, in fluidity - in freedom.

Top 10 Ways to Get Lucky at Love

by: Kathryn Lord

1. Know what you want. Your looks change and fade, character does not. While a certain amount of "chemistry" is nice, dont rely on lust.

2. Get clear about what you dont want. Knowing what you really cant tolerate in a partner is important. Make a list of your "dont wants" and cut it down to the 10 most important. Any more than that and you’ll be too picky.

3. Live your life. Once you know clearly what you want (and dont want) in a relationship, shift your focus to living your life. You’ll find that you start noticing those who might fit, and passing by those who dont.

4. See the big picture. Dont try so hard that you miss the obvious. If you are great at focusing, step back now and then and look at the big picture. Work on having a playful whimsical attitude towards life.

5. Get out of the house. Cultivate opportunities to expand your social circle and meet new people. Vary your routine.

6. Open your eyes and your attitude. Lucky people notice, create and maximize chance oppotunities. Chat with other shoppers while you are waiting in line. Be ready with a "calling card" — a personal business type card with basic contact information.

7. Get Curious. Dont content yourself with the obvious. Ask questions. Wonder why. Find answers.

8. Try something new. The best way to have things stay the same is to never do anything different. Vary daily your daily routine, just to keep yourself awake. Shake yourself up and notice what happens. Keep yourself open to chance opportunities and then take advantage of them.

9. Expect good luck. Monitor your self-talk for negative messages that interfere with luck. Replace the negative thoughts with positives. Surround yourself with examples of lucky people.

10. Learn from bad luck. Take steps to prevent more bad luck from what you have learned, then let the "bad" go. Dont dwell on or renash the bad experience. Look for the positive elements.

If I was the sun I would shine my light to light your world
If I was the rain I would wash your tears away
I keep your world right be your light in the night
If I was the sky I would rain down love into your life

If I was a river you would be my ocean
Every stream would lead me to your arms
And if I was a river I’ll flow to you forever
Love would run forever in this heart of mine
If I was a river

If I was the wind I would carry you above the clouds
And if I was the earth I would be your solid ground
If I could I’ll be all you ever would need
I would be your world you’re the only world there is for me

If I was a river, i will flow for all eternity to you and you alone.

50. Where the most happening places are not where the party is. Instead it is where gang wars happen or where the people overthrow a president.

49. Where even doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed.

48. Where everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition

47. Where mountains like Makiling and Banahaw are considered holy places.

46. Where everything can be forged.

45. Where school is considered the second home and the mall considered the third.

44. Where Starbucks coffee is more expensive than gas.

43. Where every street has a basketball court and every town only has one public school.

42. Where all kinds of animals are edible.

41. Where people speak all kinds of languages, and still call it Tagalog and where it is fast becoming unfashionable to speak English.

40. Where students pay more money than they will earn after graduation.

39. Where telemarketer and call-center employees earn more money than teachers and nurses.

38. Where driving 4 kms in the capital city can take as much as four hours.

37. Where flyovers bring you from the freeway to the side streets.

36. Where the tourist spots are where Filipinos can not or do not go to.

35. Where the personal computer is mainly used for games, chatting and friendster.

34. Where 13-year-olds are alcoholic.

33. Where colonial mentality is dishonestly denied.

32. Where the squatters have more to complain (even if they do not pay their tax) —- than those employed and have their tax automatically deducted from their salaries.

31. Where people can pay to defy the law.

30. Where everything and everyone is spoofed.

29. Where even the poorest of the poor have television sets and air conditioning but do not have food on the table and can not send their kids to school.

28. Where the honking of car horns is a way of life.

27. Where being called a bum is acceptable and never offensive.

26. Where floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during the rainy season.

25. Where everyone has a relative abroad who keeps them alive.

24. Where crossing the street involves running for your dear life.

23. Where you can get killed if your singing sucks at a karaoke bar.

22. Where billiards is a sport, darts is a bar game and where boxing is almost becoming the national sport.

21. Where even the poverty-stricken have the latest cell phones (that are stolen from those who can afford.)

20. Where insurance does not work.

19. Where water can only be classified as tap and dirty - clean water is for sale (35 pesos per gallon).

18. Where the church governs the people and where the government makes the people pray for miracles.

17. Where University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go. Ateneo is where all the nerds go. La Salle is where all the Chinese go. College of Saint Benilde is where all the dumb La Sallians go.

16. Where fast food is a diet meal.

15. Where traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.

14. Where mostly people with influence and power can make it big in showbiz. No talent required.

13. Where being held up is normal. It happens to everyone.

12. Where kids dream of becoming pilots, doctors and basketball players but never get to live it.

11. Where rodents and cockroaches are normal house pets.

10. Where the definition of traffic is the "non-movement" of vehicles.

9. Where the fighter planes of the 1940s are used for military engagements, and the new fighter planes are displayed in museums.

8. Where Nora Aunor is an acclaimed actress, Boy Abunda is the best talk show host and Manny Pacquiao is a hero… Where the population knows more their showbiz stars better than their national heroes and past presidents, knows more of showbiz gossips than their national history and current events. And where candidates for senator and president use celebrities to win the national elections.

7. Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is a commodity.

6. Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama.

5. Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the entertainment.

4. Where finding a deer on the road will be a phenomenon. A dog? It’s normal.

3. Where people can get away with stealing trillions of pesos, but not for a thousand.

2. Where being an hour late is still considered punctual.

1. And finally… where everybody wants to leave the country!!!

English is a terrible language.
There is no egg in the eggplant no ham in the
hamburger and neither pine  nor  apple in the
pineapple.
      
English muffins were not invented in England,
French fries were not invented  in France.
    
We sometimes take English for granted. But if we
examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down  slowly, boxing rings are
square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor
is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don’t fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the
plural of phone  booth be  phone beeth?
      
If the teacher taught, why didn’t the preacher
praught?
      
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what the heck does
a  humanitarian eat!?

Why do people recite at a play, yet play at a
recital?

    
Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language where a house  can   burn  up as it burns
down and in which you fill in a form by filling it
out. And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers, and
it reflects the creativity of the human race (which of course isn’t a  race at all). That is why when the stars are out they are visible, but when the  lights  are  out they are
invisible.
      
Why is the man who invests all your money called a
broker?

Why is a person who plays the piano called a
pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a
racist?

Why are wise men and wise guys opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific
mean to make terrible?

Why isn’t 11 pronounced onety one?
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked,
doesn’t it follow  that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models
deposed, tree surgeons  debarked  and dry cleaners
depressed?

Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1
billion stars in the universe you will believe them,
but if they tell you a wall has wet paint
you will have to touch it to be sure?

If you take an Oriental person and spin him around
several times,  does the become disoriented?

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:

"Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen!"

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery; shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balanced the checkbook. He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dog.

Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.

At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed.

At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint. The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said:

"Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back."

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied:

"My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. You’ll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night."

1. You feel insulted when a non-Bisdak ridicules someone by saying "Bisaya", but it’s okay if another Bisdak uses it to another Bisdak, as in "ah, Bisayaa sab oy!"

2. You feel proud when Matud Nila is sung and you sing along with it bisan dili nimo memorize.

3. Hibal-an nimo kung unsa ang “habal-habal” bisan wala pa ka kasakay niani.

4. Common usages kung ga-tinagalog: the use of "kuwan" as interjection, ang superlative nga pirmi gamiton mao ang "masyado", i.e., maingay masyado, sobra masyado, bilisan mo masyado (read: paspasi lagi) adunay tendency nga pulihan lang ang "o" or "a" og "i", i.e., ang atop into atip, ang kan-on into kan-in, ang sud-an into sud-in ug ang utan into utin)

5. You know what "itlog mo ‘noy orange" means.

6. You know that the karaang "bayle" aron mahimong modern gipulihan na og "disco" (discoral).

7. Aduna kay hibaw-an nga at least usa ka kanta ni Yoyoy Villame or Max Surban bisan sa tono lang.

8. You can use varied terms of endearment for friends and relatives like bay, parts, paparts, migo, parekoy, pareng, choy, higala, kid, gaw, gaweks, manoy, nong, inse, ditse, iyo, iya, palangga, pangga, gang.

9. You call someone "Inday" and/or "Dodong" as a term of affection and hate it when other non-Bisdaks use the term as if its a title given for a househelp.

10. You know what "maninghag" is?

11. You know Vino Kulafu and Fighter Wine…sometimes you even know their jingles!

12. Instead of Stork, you chose Snowbear or you buy Timbura when you mean Corniks.

13. You’re familiar with the brand Loalde in clothing.

14. You crave for inun-unan, paklay, ginamay, halang-halang, kinilaw, ginamos, buwad, binignit,, sikwate paresan sa puto maya.

15. Esteban Escudero and Golyat are folk heroes.

16. “Handumanan sa Usa Ka Awit” is closer to your heart than “Maalaala Mo Kaya” TV show.

17. At …pag-nagulat-nabigla ang mga Bisdak ang biglang sigaw ay "ay bilat" o kaya "ay otin sa kabayo"

18. SUTUKIL is as common as TAPSILOG; in fact you know that SUTUKIL came first.

19. Your common pulutan for tuba drinking is "TARGET" - asin nga targeton lang nimo sa imong tudlo.

20. You have at least once in your lifetime experienced "Ang Mysterio sa Paglawig sa Barko Padulong Manila", a phenomenon that when the boat is approaching Manila, everybody around you suddenly becomes Tagalog speaking nga adtong miaging adlaw lang pwerting Bisaya pa ninyo!

21. You whisper Bisaya to a fellow Bisdak in the midst of a Tagalog crowd …and he replies loudly to you in Tagalog!

22. The first question you ask when you found out that someone is Bisdak, "taga-asa man diay ka?"

23. You usually use the warning phrase “Hala Ka”!

24. You know the meaning and proper usages of the following (irreverent) words/phrases: pesteng yawa, usapa na, pastilan, lat-inanag, butalo, way kurat, hastang, puslan man, buing, kuwangol, libod-suroy, ligas-paka, way kuha, ka-ubo, kolera, burikat, duha singko, balang, palag, wa ka kyapi?, ok pas olrayt, haybol, ang pahak!, jer-jer, way blema, pagarpar, giro, kalandrakas, ambot sa langaw pilay idad sa ok-ok, bugnawg simod, bagdok, gi-atay!, gi-ahak, gibangkong, tibak (tiguwang bakla), NPA (nawong puros agtang), tira pasagad, basin diay pilay pad sa ungoy, banat kay awaaw, mat-an pas pinya, ngitngit pas alkitran, tak-om pas tuway, malalim mo na!, sus!

25. Sigurado ko nga naa pa kay ikadugang ani: miembro ka sa GKK no? “gagmayng ki-at ki-at”, LKK (Looy Kaayo Ka), bayntchenge (.25), sewewen (.50), wesiwesi (P1), eskina lang noy, pamokong, bahala na’g ligsan basta in-shirt, ug ering-ering DUHA!

Sa mga lugar, kahibalo ka asa ang Larsian, Bukid, Boulevard, Sammy’s, ka Monette, kandingan, Sutukil, Duawon, original Ngo Hiong (kadtong orange nga plato nga puwerting ka mantikaon).

Be proud that you are a BISDAK!!!