such a sad day

it is such a sad day....

such a sad way to start the week.....

i was already feeling kinda anxious this weekend thinking about where to get money to send to the province next week....i've just received my salary but has sent part of it already to the province for my father's medication and his daily needs (for this week)....i've also used part of it to pay the bills.....only some bills, i must say...there are so many others waiting to be paid for....i was contemplating on how to sort of stretch what is left with me for next week's needs....but unfortunately i got a text from my aunt this morning asking me to send some more money because there are other things to spend for....i'm not complaining about it because its for my father's needs....i'm very much willing to do anything to provide for his needs.....its just sad to realize howdifficult it is to budget now.....prices of things have gone up quite dramatically....and yet the value of your money is so low it like it is buried six feet under the ground.....

how do you stretch the value of your money without reaching its breaking point.....

just how do you do it......

i may be able to send what my aunt is asking for today....but that means i have nothing to bring home to the province next week....i don't even have enough to go home there in the first place....

hay......sad.....but true.....

i received this quote yesterday.....and this is just about the only thing i am holding on to right now.....just like i've done before.....

there comes a moment each day when we must simply drop what weighs on us and hand it over to god.......

the philippines' quest for gold -- 2008 beijing olympics

the philippines has never won a gold medal in the olympics.....wala.....zero.....talks about why we never win gold in the olympics crop up a few months before or after the games.....but beyond that you hear almost nothing.....during the times when athletes should be preparing for the olympics, you hear almost nothing......and then we wonder why the best that we have now is a silver.....no, i'm not saying that we shouldn't be proud of the achievement of onyok....magaling sya and i admire him....but you see, i think the filipinos can get gold medals......like in swimming for example.....i read in the news a few days ago that the record of our best swimmer is not far from the world record (is that how you call it?).....so pwede di ba?.....and then mikee cojuangco is good in riding horses.....then marami ring good in bowling......and of course there is boxing......
what the athletes need is support not just from the government but from all of us filipinos as well.....how?......why don't we start by praying for thier success.....what do you think?......

oh, by the way, i read this morning that a filipino has been chosen as one of the senior executive chefs in the olympics....is this a sign....that we will bring home the bacon?

upcat traffic

yesterday, i was going to a food tasting activity in quezon city (remember, i am helping my friends prepare for their wedding....i was supposed to meet them in philcoa but something happened to their car so i decided to just meet them inside the up campus.....i didn't know that it was upcat day that day.....i was surprised by how bad traffic was just because it theres upcat.....i graduated some 10 years ago but i can still recall that traffic wasn't as bad then......it took us around 20 minutes from philcoa to reach admin and another 25 minutes from admin to vinson's hall....as we were passing through the oval, i realized that there were so many cars picking up examinees.......back then there were fewer cars.......does this mean that the composition of examinees have changed already?......are there more relatively 'rich' 4th year high school students taking their chance of getting the best education in the country?........im not saying, in absolute terms, that students in cars are richer than those riding in jeepneys.....i can only assume....but the chance that they are living a more 'comfortable life (at least financially) is high......i was hoping that up will give more chances to bright students who are not well off.....i'm not saying that rich kids should not be given that chance of studying in up......if they really deserve it, then sige....anyway its not their fault that they were born rich....sana lang, there will be more chances for students who are in need.....di ba that would be nice.....they will have the opportunity to learn more and become the best in their chosen profession.......para they can have better chances of earning more in the future.....

hay....why am i saying this......maybe i was just irritated yesterday for having to sit in a jeepney while those kids are sitting comfortably in their air conditioned cars....hya selfish pala hahaha joke