January
has been a great month. I started the
New Year observing hundreds of kids at
their playful best. This has given me
tremendous impetus to move on with my
life with even greater passion and
purpose. February is a month of love and
for those who found themselves in
"delightful" relationships,
hmmm, take it easy, savor the moments.
The new millennium has taken off, and if
the gyrations of the US stock market are
any indicator of the shape of things to
come [historically, January has provided
reliable indications of things to come
during the year], we are in for a real
roller coaster ride. Let us fasten our
seatbelts, folks. Technology and
innovation will further speed up the
already light speed changes hitting
humanity. Business success will demand
ever newer approaches. This issue
contains some thoughts on the subject.
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LOVE MONTH
Sometimes we
think that loving someone can be such a
risk. How else would we win if we
don’t take a chance? We don’t lose
by loving, we lose by holding back.
THOPSULE - Forwarded
message from a friend:
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"All
about LOVE"
If
you find yourself in love with someone
who does not love you,
Be gentle with yourself there is nothing
wrong with you
Love just didn't choose to rest in other
person's heart
If
you find someone else in love with you
and you don't love him,
Feel honored that love came and called
at your door,
But gently refuse the gift you cannot
return
Do not take advantage, do not cause pain
How
you deal with love is how you deal with
yourself
And all our hearts feel the same pains
and joys
Even if our lives and ways are different
If
you fall in love with another, and he
falls in love with you
And then love chooses to leave,
Do not try to reclaim it or to assess
blame, let it go
There is a reason and there is a meaning
You will know in time
Remember that you don't choose love,
Love chooses you
All you can really do is accept it for
all its mystery
When
it comes into your life
Feel the way it fills you to
overflowing, then reach out and give it
away
Give it back to the person who brought
it alive in you
Give it to others who deem it poor in
spirit
Give it to the world around you in
anyway you can
There is where many lovers go wrong
Having been so long without love, they
understand love only as a need
They see their hearts as empty places
that will be filled by love,
And they begin to look at love as
something that flows to them rather than
from them
The first blush of new love is filled to
overflowing, But as their love cools,
They revert to seeing their love as need
They cease to be someone who generates
love
And instead become someone who seeks
love
They forget that the secret of love is
that it is a gift
And that it can be made to grow only by
giving it away
Remember this, and keep it to your heart
Love has its own time, its own seasons,
and its own reasons for coming and going.
You cannot bribe it or coerce it, or
reason it into staying
You can only embrace it when it arrives
and give it away when it comes to you
But if you chooses to leave from your
heart or from the heart of your
lover. There is nothing you can do and there is
nothing you should do
Love always has been and always will be
a mystery
Be glad that it come to live for a
moment in your life
IF
YOU KEEP YOUR HEART OPEN, IT WILL COME
AGAIN.
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DETOUR
Dynamited detour in my professional
path. I will be taking my Comprehensive
Exam-21st and 27th of this month, soon I
will graduate MBA. Please pray for me.
For those who are contemplating to
follow my great leap, go for it, you are
the only one who can write the complete
unabridged improved version of the tale
of YOU. Reinvent yourself.
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PARENTING
Discipline in private, praise in public.
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HOMEFRONT
Magandang gabi, Bayan. Maayo adlaw sa
imo tanan, sama-sama natin alamin ang
nangyayari sa ating bayan, mga kabig,
dito na at maging, saksi! Philippines in
crisis--- January 27 - Pres. Estrada
officially announced that there is a
National Crisis so the following day
there’s a drop of 20% in stock market,
whew! Translation: hmmm...I refuse to
state my opinion.
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FLOATING RESTAURANT -
Jumbo Palace Restaurant
Owned by a Hong kong -Chinese tycoon Ho.
The rumor has it that it will be a
floating casino. I’ll check, hahaha!
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"ISABELAN
OF THE MONTH!"
This February, we will start featuring
"Isabelan of the Month!" You'll
find out the very first student of our
alma mater: SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE (where
I've spent my elementary to high school
days) to grace your computer screens!
It's her 30th birthday this month, so
let's give it up for.....Hang on to your
seats! So, what the heck are you waiting
for? Move and click your mouse HERE!
***Arrividerci!
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