..gone for weeks, now it’s back

I wanted to give precious change (a bit) to my blog as a treat for having been my hangout for more than a year. That’s why I decided to purchase and paid my own domain.

I followed the instructions on the blogspot settings, set and registered a domain myself. Then I found out days after that google apps registered it with GoDaddy.com. As far as I know, I bought it from google apps then why there’s this GoDaddy.com? So I chased my domain at GoDaddy and try to follow the long links to activate advance settings. Until I made a one wrong click and it turns out mess. I was really frustrated about it. The more, I’m getting anxious because I had a hard time registering it through my busy schedule. I called GoDaddy customer line and would get some help but still I wasn’t able to retrieve my registered domain for some reason. So if by chance you’ll find your way to GoDaddy.com, there you can see SHINEELLENMAYatCHICORIVER.com is for bid, auction and most of all it’s for sale at much higher price than I paid for it.

I am tongue-tied when I saw it and with that I’m so upset. Couldn’t think of a better reason to explain and give myself the right conclusion how internet really works. My consolation now is there’s this blogspot.com for free. (Although I feel sad to the dollars I spent for the registration, sayang naman :) ) So why would I leave it and bother to spend time with things without assurance?

More of March

We’re now in March and for me days seem moving way, way fast. March is widely known as the month of many weathers. We can expect everything and anything from warm, sunny days to fierce winds by way of rain, fog, frost and even snow.

Sometimes we get a lot within a very short time. I myself say it so. (Not to add that I was born on March.) It’s this month that our long journey being locked up with our studies will usually end at. There was the achievement, excitement, and of course very happy that we could finally relax. Lot of pleasant and pleasure things to do are at wait. The mountain hiking, swimming and picnics, joyrides, sharing and singing, reunion with family and friends to mention a few which sometimes makes me say “it’s nice to go back being a student of those yester years”.

In addition, we also have holy week that falls on March that sometimes makes me feel intimidated. So from anything and everything, we try to do lot of things. From fasting, abstaining and some tend to totally give up necessary things. And to quote abstain, many college students have abstained from Facebook for lent not only last year but in recent years – as Stephanie Simon reports in the Wall Street Journal. (Woo, that’s a thing that impressed me much about the Americans.)

Moreover, March was once the first month of the year, moving to third place when January and February were added about 700 BC according to Nicholas Rhea in Britains Newsquest Media Group in 2005.

March sometimes give me much that I am so pleased yet I’m always reminded of the things that may come unexpected. And so with the old familiar saying “if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.”

RE: [unpeaa] Updates

Thanks to this email and update from Engr. Larry L. Cabatic (Batch 1986)President, UNP Engineering Alumni Association;

Greetings of peace and felicity!

We had our First UNP BSCE Graduates reunion (sort of) last Sunday,February 15, 2009 at Linda's Garden, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur.

There were 36 of us who attended. Members of batch 77, 79 and morerecent ones were with us. We shared our memories and laughter. We had a short and simple program followed by a lunch sponsored by Engr.Cristina Corpuz-Palos of batch 1985. Thereafter, we had a planningsession where we contributed our ideas on things we can do to share toour beloved Alma Mater as expression of our gratitude forpreparing us in attaining where we are now.

We will post some of the pictures.

In the meantime, please be informed and help us disseminate this: that there will be another gathering / reunion set on May 2, 2009(Saturday), 9:00AM at the Open Cafe, UNP, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur.

Please be there!

Shattering silence

Now you’re more of a coward mum
I can’t fathom what this is all about
Been hoping for some time now to get back the least wink of your eye
Unfortunately all I got was more than a silence

You were the kind who always creates sound
Sound that brings smile to the depth of my heart
That made me feel you were just so near
Might come on wee hours or at my busiest time

Suddenly you are so silent then
It’s disturbing, worrying and weakening
Would you mind telling me please
Rather, I’d loose in your shattering silence

Burden: deal or no deal?

On the weekend, I was contemplating over my mailbox what messages would I erase from the new mails in queue. Save some of those who has nice subject on it and would read the following day. However few minutes passed I decided to go over them and read quickly.

I found somehow a pointer in this long read mail and redirect my cloudy thought for quite a while.

Making it shorter;

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

Dealing with burden in some ways;

• Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
  
• Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
  
• Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
  
• Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "Recalled" by their maker.
  
• If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
  
• If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
  
• It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.
  
• Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.
  
• Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
  
• Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
  
• The second mouse gets the cheese.
  
• When everything's coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
  
• Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
  
• You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
  
• Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
  
• We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.
  
• A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
  ==========('o')

Tiny-healthy legumes

Have we started setting aside legumes on our daily menus for some reasons? Perhaps we’ve already long forgotten them. Why not? Most of the people around us laid the verdict already. It causes or may develop arthritis as they say.

In contrast to the hearsay I’ve been hearing from some folks within and far from our place. To my relief (because I love legumes), below is a result of long study how legumes could be of much help to our health.

Taking a part of Canada’s RD February health news:

Diabetes. An increased intake of legumes could reduce risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by about 40 percent, according to researchers from the Shanghai Women’s Health Study ( a population-based study whose participants are being monitored for the occurrence of several diseases). They assessed the diets of more than 64, 000 women over 4 ½ years. Of all subjects, those who had the highest intake of legumes had a significantly lower incidence of the disease, adding further evidence to the beneficial effects of this food.
Coronary Heart Disease. Data from a large study of more than 9,600 healthy adults showed that those who ate legumes four more times a week had a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease than those who ate them once a week or less.
Cancer. There is some evidence that legumes may decrease risk of developing prostate cancer. This may be due, in part, to their plant chemicals such as saponins and phytosterols.

I couldn’t almost believe it but here it is. It is such good news for us who like eating these tiny creatures. Ultimately we can start loving and eating legumes again.

RE: all UNP BSCE graduates

There will be a reunion on February 15, 2009 at Linda's Garden Vigan City. Motorcade will start at 9:00 a.m. in front of Mart 1 near Salcedo Plaza. A 150 registration fee will be collected for our lunch and other expenses.

Please pass this message. Thank you.

Nelia Verzosa - Aman batch ‘86

(I do hope this isn’t too late to post. Please find time to visit unpeaa@yahoogroups.com as well)