What's one food you'll never eat again?

Pomelo Salad and Pickles.

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If you could eat dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and where would you go?

Robert Kiyosaki or Ray Kroc. Anywhere would do. I am after of what our chats would be and not of the food. I am inspired by them now.

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Do you consider yourself a good dancer?

Why not? HAHAHAHA :p (sa feel naq beh)

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Prophet Muhammad’s Struggles Form Better Lives for All

Peace is what we all desire for us to live a harmonious life in our conquest in this world. But peace cannot be peace until there is justice and equality. And justice and equality can only be brought about by truth. Tying all this relationships, in the absence of the truth, there can be no justice and equality and this complements the hindrance to attaining peace. This has been the struggle of Prophet Muhammad (saw) in his entire existence. It is his enthusiastic desire in discovering and spreading the truth which is said to be the religion of truth and goodness – ISLAM.

Almost the whole of Prophet Muhammad’s life was spent into the struggles he encountered against the dominating Meccan Elites which greatly opposed to the teachings of Allah (swt). There has been many obstruction and obstacles that were encountered by the Prophet but despite these hardships he endured all of it positively with a vision that in the end, the much awaited victory will not be suppressed but rather it will be granted. The prophet and his followers were even persecuted for ten years and another ten years were spent fighting against the dominating Meccan Elites. He was not at all mistaken because the victorious fleet for the seek of the truth soon came. People were now aware and guided by the Qur’an, the holy book of revelations.

What can be inferred from this life of struggles by Prophet Muhammad (saw)? It is actually when we start to positively believe in the things we do or when we do things the easier way when we’re torn by different options, that we tend to get closer and nearer to the goals we want to achieve. It is impossible to achieve what we want to attain when we do it impulsively and when we start it bulkily. As what our Prophet has exemplified, as much as he would want to spread the words of Allah vigorously, he didn’t hurry at all especially in converting non-Muslims to Muslims. Instead, he started with himself and then reached to the closest persons to him like his wife, cousin and friend for this is the easiest way to start his voyage. Moreover, he was never impatient and weak. He stood by his faith and vision. He never gave up despite the different challenges he experienced. He saw an advantage on what has been a disadvantage, when it was not possible to conduct the plan of action in Mecca he moved to Medina, he made a friend out of an enemy, and he remained pragmatic all those times. He took everything on the best positive way he can so as not to create violence and negative impacts regarding Islam. These things have been his way of achieving the success he was able to impart to us. During the jahiliyah period, life was a misery. It was a hell for most. People can be compared to beasts or to the lowest form of animals. With the struggles that the Prophet Muhammad (saw) were able to overcome, people were uplifted from the deepest corner of darkness. It paved way for the religion of truth and goodness and it is what he left for us to continue nurture and make Islam our basis for truth in our daily lives.

MSU-IIT Life is Simpler than in XU

Having been a student of Xavier University (XU) for three consecutive semesters already made me realize how much I am missing Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT). MSU-IIT is different from XU. MSU-IIT which offers low-cost education runs under the government. The infrastructures are just fine and enough to accommodate the students although the campus has fewer areas for students to stay during vacant periods. Despite the lesser privileges a student gets when it comes to facilities and the like, still, they, and also the faculty members, are competitive enough as evidenced by the high performance ratings in different professional examinations. Simpler life is depicted also by the students who are less conscious of their physical appearance, considering the fact that uniforms are not mandated, and that they are most of the time down-to-earth. Having fun does not necessitate pulling bills from the pocket. Meals can be had for as low as Php 20.00. Meanwhile, XU, being a private sectarian university, offers an expensive education. The campus is huge with appreciable infrastructures that can also accommodate the students. It also has several areas that are adaptive for school works, socializing, and studying. And like MSU-IIT, both the students and the faculty are competitive with good performance ratings too. Moreover, XU mandates the wearing of school uniforms but the students are more inclined into being physically conscious especially during wash day. Also, spending is attached to almost every move that a student takes. Here is the thing: IIT is never a notch higher than Xavier and vice versa. It is just that I see MSU-IIT simpler than XU.

It Was After All A Choice!

Choices define my college life. I was put into dilemma when I graduated from highshcool. I was faced with different choices which are very hard for me. I was made to choose from following what I really wanted from what’s good for me as they say. A lot of things sank to me when I was torn between taking up Accountancy or Interior Designing. It was hard. I had a couple of sleepless nights. I was bothered and I started to get unhappy when I was close to choosing what my family wanted for me from what I really wanted at first. I felt that the whole world turned its back on me when I finally decided to enroll in Accountancy which even made worse when I did it in a university I didn’t prefer at all. I didn’t feel the excitement every college freshman felt. I was like seeing bunches of burdens. I can see darkness when I attended the first day of class. I was really indifferent from all other students who wear great smiles. I didn’t even dress myself at my best for the first few weeks in school. I just wore something that’s more appropriate in strolling around a park. I was really devastated and I felt like carrying the entire universe in my back. I can hardly do the right things although I was close to being a Dean’s Lister during the first semester. All that I know was that I was betrayed and that my heart was broken and bleeding because of this choice. I don’t know where to gain strength. I can’t appreciate everything that was there for me. It was like it’s raining every day and that there was no chance of the sun rising again for me. I hold on to these feelings until I’ve finally realized that there was no way I am going to make a brighter future me if I continue to be like this. I was very pessimistic so I tried to be the optimistic one. After all, it was my choice to start my college life a misery and to make it a remarkable one was a choice I decided to follow!

Natal Report for ME???

I've been receiving messages, mostly spam messages from this unknown (to me) website which I think I joined or signed up years ago. It's a horoscope thing so maybe I was curious during that moment with the happenings in my life that I made myself known to that website. Anyway, I usually ignore her messages because it always end up with a note that more likely says I have to fully join and PAY in credit or cash for me to enjoy whatever services or revelations she's gonna offer. So being the typical PINOY, I won't of course 'coz it's a waste of money and I don't have any to pay either! haha :D

So much for that, I happened to read one of her messages and it says: YOUR NATAL REPORT IS READY. I was intrigued so I read it. And I just wanna post it here coz most of the things she said in that excerpt (yes, it was an excerpt only) are quite TRUE to me. :))

"... 1Your emotional development may have been delayed or it may simply be inadequate.
You find it difficult to be warm and loving towards people because you have been hurt in the past and you fear it may happen again. You are stingy with material resources and with affection.
You believe that everything must be earned and paid for ? there are no free lunches.
Because you find it difficult to express your feelings, you tend to show people how you feel by buying them gifts as a substitute for you and your feelings. If they reject your gift, then this is easier to take than if they reject you. Though you crave love and affection, intimacy is difficult for you.
You have a shallow opinion of yourself and your own worth and talents.
You do not understand why anyone could possibly love you. You feel that you are unlovable.
This is something you need to strongly work on as your life will continue to be miserable if you do not learn to change your attitude. You are as worthy of love as anyone else, but you must come to realize that for yourself. Do not let past experiences govern your actions and feelings for the rest of your life.

You are a serious and reserved person who appears to others as cold, aloof, unfeeling and uncaring.
You are not necessarily these things, it's just that you are very cautious in letting anyone see the real you or in letting people get close to you. You want to love and be loved, but you find this very difficult.
You need to remember that you first have to give love to get love. And you can't buy real love.
It doesn't work that way. You find it difficult to enjoy yourself in a light-hearted, open and playful way.
You understand work, duty and responsibility a lot better than you understand feelings, affection and love.
Rarely do you do anything for pleasure. If something involves work or getting something done, then that is pleasure for you.
Other people do not understand that about you. There are times, though, when you procrastinate and put off attending to necessities with the result that duties tend to pile up. You need to learn how to balance the seriousness with life and the enjoyment of life.

You may become romantically involved with people who do not value you or treat you well.
You need to learn to love and value yourself before you will find happiness in love.
Security is very important to you, yet you do not know how to feel secure.
Your fear of loss, of money, property, loved ones, etc., makes you very insecure.
This negativity colors all your relationships for the worse. You must learn how to trust again.
You must learn how to face your fears, even if it is painful. This is the only way you will ever overcome them...."

-this "reading" is gotta be kidding me. nyahahaha!