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my cheating heart

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family

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed. So what is the morale of the story? Don't work too hard... and you know what's the full word of family?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

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fascination

i love reading, mula pa ng matuto akong magbasa ay gustong gusto ko ang magbasa. (siguro kaya malabo na ang aking mga mata.) lahat halos ay binabasa ko, komiks, pocketbooks, textbooks kahit wrapper ng kendi ay binabasa ko ang nakasulat. pero sa lahat, ang pinaka-nakakatamad na basahin ay ang textbook!

when i was in grade school, i only read komiks. yung komiks na tagalog. gustong gusto ko ang komiks kasi may drawing. hindi mo na kaylangan mag-imagine kung ano ang nangyayari kasi nakikita na mismo sa drawing ang eksena. lagi nalang kapang umuuwi yung tito ko (kapitbahay namin) kasama ang kapatid ko, lumilipat kami sa kabilang bahay para makibasa ng komiks. naputol lang ang hilig namin sa komiks ng tumuntong kami ng highschool. tumira kasi kami sa bahay ng lola. doon walang komiks. paminsan-minsan, kapag umuuwi kami sa bahay ay naghahanap kami ng komiks subalit wala na, ang meron ay yung mga tagalog na pocketbooks na manipis, yung tipong 5minutes lang tapos ng mabasa.
ng mag college na kami ay sa manila na kami nag-aral. dahil hindi naman kami mahilig lumabas at gumimik, at dahil sa pag-galugad sa recto ng murang textbook, natisod naming yung mga tagalog romance pocketbooks. una kong nabasa ay ang nobela ni margarita nuestro na "Don't Give Up on Us, Abigael" diko lang sure kung yun nga ang pamagat pero parang ganon na nga. nagustuhan ko ang kwento at naenganyong magbasa ulit ng nobelang tagalog. sumunod na nabasa ko any ang "be still my heart" ni martha cecilia. hay naku. mula noon ay nagustuhan na namin ang magbasa ng tagalog pocketbooks, kahit na minsan ay parang imposible ang mga karakter (super hunk, super ganda at super yaman) ay ok lang. nakaka inspire at nakakapagbigay din ng pag-asa. minsan kapag malungkot ako ay nagbabasa lang ako ng pocketbook at gagaan ang pakiramdam ko. minsan ay nakakaiyak ang mga eksena. dito nagsimula ang pag kumpleto naming ng mga tagalog romance pocketbooks (precious hearts romance). mga martha cecilia novels ang aming pinaka favorite. minsan paulit-ilit na naming nababasa pero ganoon parin ang impact. ang kapatid ko ay sweethearts, gems, classics,etc. at ang sa akin ay kristine series. nais naming makumpleto ang aming koleksyon. gusto din namin yung ibang mga writer ng phr gaya ni amanda, ken roz yu, laurice del rio, margarita nuestro, camilla, rose tan, sonia franchesca, etc.

but then again, i also love reading fictional english papaerbacks. i have a collection of books of sydney sheldon ang judith mcnaught. yung sidney sheldon ay kulang pa ng dalawa dahil nawawala. may nanghiram at hindi na nasoli. yung "nothing last forever" at "tell me your dreams". pag may time ay maghahanap ako sa recto or sa booksale. before sydney died, he made his last novel "the other side of me". i really want to have that book but wala akong makita sa nb sa pampanga. i told roel i want to have that book at minsan day-off nya ay nakahanap siya sa trinoma. he bought me the book. hehe.

oh! btw, i am a frustrated writer myself kaya siguro ganoon nalang ang fascination ko sa mga pocketbooks.

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I.O.U.

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: 50¢

Baby-sitting my brother while you went shopping: 25¢

Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I nurtured you here while you were growing inside me there: No Charge

For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and nursed and prayed for you: No Charge

For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge

For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge

For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your runny nose: No Charge,

Son When you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:

"PAID IN FULL"

~ Author Unknown ~

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