Laughter

June 30 is the last day of work that is after about 6 years of project implementation. I came in during the extension period and worked in the MinSSAD Consulting Office for one year only. Before the dealine, many of our collegues had already resigned and landed high-paying jobs abroad. The remaining staff of the MCO held an overnight farewell party in one of the resorts in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) recently (June 27-28).

Highlighting the party was a program of games, food, drinks, peptalks, and exchanging souvenirs where I got a pocket book entitled "If I really wanted to BE HAPPY I would..." from my colleague Mae. When I arrived home, I immediately browsed the pocketbook. It says and I quote: "Laughter promotes good health, both in body and spirit. It not only brightens your mood but also eases tension." It says further: "laughter is also an expression of faith in God - it is the best response you can make to your own human frailties as you strive to live a happy life." How true. My souvenir for my colleague was a Crispa t-shirt that carried my own graphic design.

To see images of laughter, I surfed the net and chose the innocent babies instead and made a collage on them as posted here. You see the innocence in the very faces of the tots. Oh by the way, beginning July 1, I would be jobless. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Rudy Fernandez

Tragic days we have for a number of reasons. The first when our place was almost inundated early morning of Saturday after last night’s heavy downpour. Ninety percent in the subdivision got flooded and when it subsided it left us with some mud and driftwoods from a nearby river which overflowed during the heavy rain. Shower rain continued the whole morning. While it did not stop us from doing our regular household chores, it gave me running nose and slight fever in the evening. The next day, a Sunday, it had me stuck before the computer tweaking on my blogs after so much thought on whether or not make changes on their templates (I authored 5 blogs). Alas! I ruined all my widgets and links had gone.

I mentioned “tragic” earlier all because we heard the news on the untimely passing-away of well-loved Movie Actor Rudy Fernandez at the age of 56. Mr. Fernandez had a bout with rare periampullary cancer for over two years. His fans must be mourning now and I am sad too. I saw on tv his fans lining up to get a last glimpse of their idol whose remains lie in state at Heritage Park in Taguig City (Metro Manila). Mr. Fernandez made over 100 movies. Some of which I was able to watch and for that held him with admiration for his high-caliber portrayal of his characters. He won three best actor awards.

More than that, I admire him for his unwavering commitment to his marriage with Actress Lorna Tolentino (for 25 years already) knowing fully well that the movie industry is one of the deadliest places for married couples and even young women who have become mothers but not lawful wives. How many showbiz couples have sacrificed their marriage vows because of other so-called third parties? I know we are humans, we tend to make errors or make mistakes in our decision but sacrificing the holiness of marriage is something we cannot condone however you explain your reasons.

Daboy as he is fondly called by showbiz friends and fans had my respect for sticking to his wife. He was one of the few good husbands in the showbiz industry who dedicated his life to his own family. So long, Daboy!

Photo by ver paulino

Scammers all Around

My inbox is also clogged with scams from the morons on the net trying to prey on their innocent victims by telling lies about million or billion-worth of money. There are those who emailed that you have won a lottery in a draw or copious emails on inheritance that the senders want to transfer to your bank accounts. Some I received are as follows:

From the so-called “NI Online Promo”

Attn: We are please to inform You that you just won the sum of 1,000,000 EURO,
form our netherland NATIONAL LOTTERY 2008. Fill the details:Full
Name,Country,Tel,Occupation: Email: nll3458745676@googlemail.com

From another scam “Dell Award Notification”

We are delighted to inform you that you are one of the THREE LUCKY
WINNERS whose e-mail address won the sum payout of £500,000 pounds.(Five
Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterlings Only) in the DELL ELECTRONICS SEASONAL
AWARD 2008.

To file in for your claims,contact our claim's agent with your information as provided below:

Brown .J. Williams
Tell: +447031908584
Email: agt_bwilliams@live.com

Full Names:..Country:...Tel:..Sex...Age:...Occupation:...Residential
Address: ...

Dr.Carl A.Moore
(Information Officer)

And one of the “moving” lies that scammers are trying to sell through email is one coming from supposed Miss Sonia Savimbi of Ouagadougou,Burkina, Faso, read:

Dearest one,

Good day, I am Miss Sonia D. Savimbi the only daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs D Savimbi. My father was a highly reputable cocoa and gold machant business magnet who operated in the capital city of Burkina Faso and C'voire during his days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in Liberia civil war during one ofhis business strips abroad on the 12th September 2004. Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth..

After his death, his lawyer who happens to be our family lawyer called me to inform me that my father has the sum of(USD$7,300,000.00)USD and 350 kilo of Golddust in a finance & security company here in Burkina Faso. He further told me that he deposited the money with my name as the next of kin since i am his only child and alsogave me all the necessary legal documents that back up the fund with theCompany.

I am just 23 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what
to do, with due respect ,i am contacting you to present an account overseas in
any part of the word where this funds can be transfered and after the transfer,
I will also want you To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in
order to further my university education and to secure a residential permit for
me in your country.

The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. Moreover, I will also like to invest the fund under your care because I am ignorant of business world.

I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country.

Immedaitely I confirm your willingness, I will inform you more details involved in this matter. please mail me on my private email (sonia_savimbi@yahoo.com)

Thanks and hoping to hear from you soonest,

Yours faithfully,

Miss Sonia.

Scammers are hard to die. They will be here to look for their gullible victims and the only weapon we can use against them is to be contented of what we have. We dream and attain our dreams through hard work and not through offered supposed “easy money.”

Wife vs. Husband Anecdotes

I have other blogs that are thematic in nature. My first blog was with friendter but only for months. I decided to scrap it for a new blog on editorial cartoons where I considereably gave time posting. Then I authored another blog on graphic arts and another addition on computer sales - my business. This blog will be unique in a way that this will feature almost everything that catches my attention as another mortal on the net :-). For the first post, I would like to post here the jokes I received from a friend. I know this is already going the round through email.

WIFE VS. HUSBAND

A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?""Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."

W O R D S

A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day... 30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"

CREATION

A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time. " The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!

WHO DOES WHAT

A man and his wife were having an argument about whoshould brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee." The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee." Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee." Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me." So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says.........."HEBREWS"

The Silent Treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM ." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM . Wake up." Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece.

My New Blog

The first time that I worked on my blog, the themes that easily came into my mind were on editorial cartoons and graphic arts. Although I wanted to post other topics, I decided to preserve my themes in my two blogs (zamora's editorial cartoons and grapika). This blog would serve as another venue to express my reflection on other themes.