Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Taray Quotes


Sent in by: Astroboy 
  1. Addie 17 – Back in college, I was walking along Mendiola when this manong came up to me out of nowhere and said: “Hi, beauty!” So I answered: “Hello, beast.”
  2. Diwata – During a wedding, an aunt asked me: “Kelan ka susunod?” I answered: “Tita naman, how would you feel kung magkita tayo sa burol and I asked you the same question?”
  3. Jen – “Hindi ko sinasabing maganda ako. Ang sinasabi ko lang pangit ka.”
  4. Mr. Perk – Girl to guy she doesn’t like: “Email me nalang at getlost@donttalktome.com
  5. Forg – While studying a difficult lesson in school, a classmate told his groupmate: “I’m as confused as your sexuality!”
  6. RC and Cess – Sister ordered burger with no lettuce. Burger arrived with lettuce. When she got mad manager apologized and offered free side order. Sister: “Ang gusto lang, tanggalin ang lettuce, hindi yung bigyan niyo ko ng kung anu-ano!”
  7. Hakunamatata – Girl1: “Bakit ang sama mo makatingin?” Girl2: “Eh ikaw, bakit ang sama mo tignan?”
  8. Arvie – “Pag nakikita kita, parang gusto ko mag-sorry sa mga mata ko.”
  9. Glenskie – “Diba pag pangit ka dapat nice ka?”
  10. Boknoi – Wife: “Bili mo kong bagong bra!” Husband: “Wag ka na mag-bra, maliit naman boobs mo eh.” Wife: “Eh bakit ikaw, nagbi-brief?”
  11. Xuxalera – After waiting in line so long at the toilet, when I was next in line, a girl approached me and said: “Miss, puwede sumingit? Naiihi na ko eh.” I told her: “Eh ano ba sa palagay mo ang rason kung bakit kami lahat nakapila dito?”
  12. Andee/Maymay – When someone told me: “Ang ganda mo!” I answered: “Sana ikaw din…”
  13. No name – Annoying classmate: “Guys, guys, saan kayo pupunta?” Kami: “Papalayo sa yo.”
  14. Foxmodem – I was an intern 3 years ago in a charity hospital about to circumcise a boy. The mom of the boy bought an ampule of local anesthesia but forgot to buy a syringe. The nurse told her: “Mommy, anong gagawin ko dito sa lidocaine, ibubudbod ko sa tit* ng anak mo?”
  15. No name – When we gave coins to a kid beggar, he said: “Hello, ni value meal di ako makabili nito!”
  16. Cootchiemhie – Boy: “Para akong lalagnatin.” Girl: “Eh di parang uminom ka ng gamot. Malay mo, parang gagaling ka.”
  17. C. Vanilla Ben – Boy: “Masarap?” Girl: “Bumili ka, para malaman mo.”
  18. No name – Girl sees a guy peeing against the wall: “Yuck, ang liit ng tit*, ang daming bulb*l!” Guy: “Ano gusto mo, maliit ang bulb*l at madaming tit*?”
  19. Grace – When the cashier at the grocery said: “Miss, puwedeng kendi nalang ang sukli ko sa yo?” I told her: “Bakit, tsokolate ba ang binayad ko?”
  20. Andee – At a swimming pool. Officemate1: “I’m sure lulutang ka.” Officemate2: “Bakit, dahil payat ako?” Officemate1: “Hindi, dahil plastic ka.”
  21. Arvie – Sa isang turo-turo. Customer: “Miss, may langaw sa arroz caldo ko!” Tindera: “Sa halagang limang piso, anong ine-expect mo, manok?”

If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Sometime by May Riley Smith

Sometime, when all life’s lessons have been learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have set,
The things which our weak judgements here have spurned,
The things so’er which we grieved with lashes wet,
Will flash before us out of life’s dark night,
As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all God’s plans are right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.

And we shall see how, while we frown and sigh,
God’s plans go on as best for you and me;
How, when we called, He heeded not our cry,
Because His wisdom to the end could see.
And e’en as prudent parents disallow,
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood,
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
Life’s sweetest things, because it seemeth good.

And if, sometimes, commingled with life’s wine,
We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink,
Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine,
Pours out the potion for our lips to drink;
And if some friend you love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh, do not blame the loving Father so,
But wear your sorrow with obedient grace!

And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends His friends,
And that, sometimes, the sable pull of death
Conceals the fairest boon His love can send;
If we could push ajar the gates of life,
And stand within, and all God’s workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find a key.

But not today. Then be content, poor heart;
God’s plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold;
We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart,—
Time will reveal the chalices of gold.
And if, through patient toil, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may rest,
When we shall clearly see and understand,
I think we will say, God knew the best.”
 
-May Riley Smith-

A Letter To God

Funny story about a an old lady who has no money

A man worked in a post office. His job was to process all mail that  had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in shaky handwriting to God. He thought, "I better open  this one and see what it's all about."
So he opened it and it read:  "Dear God, I am a 83 year old widow living on a very small  pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had a hundred dollars  in it which was all the money I had until my next pension check."

"Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and I had invited my last two friends  over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food  with." "I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can  you please help me?" The postal worker was touched, and went around  showing the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his  wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the  rounds, he had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope  and sent over to her.

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of  the nice thing they had done. Mother's Day came and went, and a few  days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the  workers gathered around while the letter was opened. It read,  "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?"  "Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for  my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of  your wonderful gift. " "By the way, there was 4 dollars missing. It  was no doubt those thieving bastards at the post office!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A WOMAN'S QUESTION by Lena Lathrop


Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart, and a woman's life--
And a woman's wonderful love.

Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died to win
With the reckless dash of a boy.

You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike, you have questioned me.
Now stand at the bars of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirt be whole;
I require your heart be as true as God's stars
And as pure as His heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef,
I require a far greater thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts---
I look for a man and a king.

A king for the beautiful realm called Home,
And a man that his Maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did on the first
And say: "It is very good."

I am fair and young, but the rose may fade
From this soft young cheeck one day;
Will you love me then, 'mid the falling leaves
As you did 'mong the blossoms of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.

If you cannot be this, a laundress and cook
You can hire and little to pay;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.




***Lena Lathrop

Thursday, February 10, 2011

L♥ve's Enduring Promise



Love's Enduring Promise is a 2004 Christian Drama made for TV movie based on a series of books by Janette Oke.
The film is the second in the "Love Comes Softly" series of television movies on Hallmark Channel that includes Love Comes Softly (2003), Love's Long Journey (2005), Love's Abiding Joy (2006), Love's Unending Legacy (2007), Love's Unfolding Dream, and Love Takes Wing (2009). The eighth movie and final installment of the series Love Finds a Home aired April 11, 2009.


Missie Davis (January Jones) is a hard-working woman who is devoted to both her teaching profession and agricultural labor. She almost fell deeply in love with Grant Thomas (Mackenzie Astin), a railroad heir who begins to court her. However, Willie Nathan LaHaye (Logan Bartholomew), an odd stranger with a troubled past, appears. Willie helps Missy's father after he has an almost fatal accident. Positioned in a dilemma between two distinct men, Missie learns what is truly important.




"Reality movie... very inspiring again... learn to love unconditionally."

"Never despise meager beginnings."

L♥ve Comes Softly


Love Comes Softly is a 2003 Christian drama television movie set in the 19th century, based on a series of books by Janette Oke. It originally aired on Hallmark Channel in 2003. It was directed by Michael Landon Jr., and stars Katherine Heigl as a young woman named Marty Claridge.

Marty Claridge (Katherine Heigl) has just moved out to the West with her husband Aaron Claridge (Oliver Macready), who dies shortly after. With no other options, she accepts the arrangement offered by widower Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff), who offers to give her a place to stay for the winter and provides her with the fare for the wagon train heading back East in the spring. In exchange, they agree to get married, and he wants her to provide a maternal influence for his young daughter Missy (Skye McCole Bartusiak). The two do not live together as husband and wife but keep separate quarters. Marty, while expecting her late husband's baby, is even more in need of a warm place to stay. Still, it is not an ideal arrangement for any of them, and at first Marty and Missie do not get along. Marty learns more about "Clark's God" than she ever dreamed, and as the Winter season passes, they all start to feel more like a family, and finally Marty and Clark come to realize they're in love.


"Very touching and very inpiring movie ever... my tears can't hold on. Must see... :)"