20090929-Trying Theme

Well, I’m trying another free theme here at WordPress.com:

Sandbox 1.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

Rich with powerful and dynamic semantic class selectors, Sandbox is a canvas for CSS artists

Options: Widgets | Extras | Edit CSS

Tags: white, microformats, fixed-width, flexible-width, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar

Personal PROs:

  • Time/date stamps underneath post entry titles.
  • Three columns for content, archives and lost list of weblog links.
  • Custom header featuring an image of a sylph, blog title and tagline.
  • Navigation bar with drop-down menu feature (only FireFox not Internet Explorer).
  • Customizable search form widget.

Personal CONs:

  • Posts in archive mode viewable as excerpts only!

20090927-Anger Answered

After nine slong years and while steaming un-restfully at church for the past few days, I’ve been getting more than frustrated, nay,  angry at TPTB. My anger has once again manifested as `Philippine death toll rises, as new storms brew`. A particular bank happens to be headquartered in Metro Manila. I was thinking about Makati instead but a particular city does start with the letter `M`.

I recalled the struggle of my Filipino people, who work as apple pickers here in America and were housed in little houses. But since the Filipinos are already used to living in such horrid conditions, they worked hard like any ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, who have successfully put their children to college.

Now on the recent news about Obama’s health care insurance reform bill, I take offense at other ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS get better treatment and possibly free health care in the form of socialized, government-controlled system. While watching a cable news, an advocate for IMMIGRANTS include the ability to buy into affordable capitalistic heath care, which makes more sense.

What makes the difference between ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from Mexico and the Philippines is that the Mexicans are violent, killers with gang-like mentality. So I would advocate NOT to give the American’s taxes in the form of government subsidies, such as health care, which is already implemented through the emergency room.

Anyway, my other story comes from a conversation with a couple of older Filipino parishioners a few weeks ago. It is with disappointment to learn that Filipinos working overseas have built a naughty reputation for stealing everything in hotels, from picture frames to towels and down to the bars of soap and toilet paper, too!

In another related story, I see the same struggle from one of my cousin, who showed one of her many provocative photos (which I once posted via my Flickr.com account) and her story of doing business with a foreigner, a German man, who was married and whose wife called one day, only to be intercepted by my cousin, who had to let the man go. In return she got jewelry. For me, that was a sad trade-off.

And all this for survival. And like my cousin’s poor plight, it was all for naught: my goodness to help those people from that `similar` international bank will NOT go FORGOTTEN!

During my last and final vacation in the Philippines back in 1996, I recall seeing one of my cousin’s plastic cards with the numbers towards the top. On the lower left hand corner of that card, I see her married name and below that line read: FOUNDER. The card is issued by CITIGROUP, another entity of my PERSONAL INTEREST, only in another Muslim nation westward of the Philippines.

So all the pieces will fall in place – in due time.

20090927-Steaming Mad

Just heard over our local radio station KGO AM 810 Newstalk Radio, San Francisco, CA with Lyn Jimenez sitting in for Bob Brinker on Moneytalk.

A guy calls in and was steaming mad over NOT receiving a single damn penny from the now defunct Lehman Brothers. She told him that his stockbroker is NOT responsible for losing his investment, mostly preferred stocks.

The guy went on about a CONFIDENCE game, which is correct. The people involved in losing his money had the responsibility to protect the stockholders.

She suggested that the guy go online and research if there is a class action lawsuit against Lehman Brothers. He has not taken any action, not even arbitration.

She had to disconnect him because he started throwing a fit over the airwaves. I REALLY understand how he must feel when he can NOT pay his bills!

I see this as another sign of the time: FIGHT BACK! Anything about money is a scam because the money has to come from SOMEWHERE – either through hard-work or through borrowing in the form of capital or investments.

WAKE UP people!

20090927-Yeah, Fight

On a night in August 2000, Landy and I drove many miles to a hotel in South San Francisco, CA. I made a series of raps with my right knuckles upon the door on the second story. A short thick person came out to give me Maori greeting on the nose. I pulled back not knowing what that meant at that time or thinking he was going to kiss me or whatever but instead I shook his hand up and down vigorously American style.

Two thick people and a little, light-haired girl were inside a hotel room. I didn’t expect the couple and a child to be present. They were his relatives with Oscar being his cousin.

We watched a video of a race which took place near American Samoa. The point of view of the camera was way above the Pacific Ocean and too far away to view the pin-sized contestants up close. There was no sound but a visual of vast ocean. My mind was racing with many thoughts, later realizing they had the gift of hearing without speaking. Damn.

Oscar was the talker of the group and he told of a time when he used to be very good at racing in canoes during his younger years. He motioned left and right as if rowing and his strokes were truly smooth and rhythmic to that of a canoe racer. I could see that he was in muscular shape from the looks of his upper body, which appears doughy from age but still tight and probably left over from working out during his high school years.

I later found out that he lost his girlfriend out to sea while they both went swimming during his high school years. He tried to swim after her but his strength from body building left him and could not save her. I figured anyone who has lost a loved one has already suffered, which probably explains why he loves talking about women. So on with my story.

He went on to brag how many beautiful women would wave: `Hi, Oscar`. He smiled widely, cocking his neck this way and that and waving back at these women. I believe the man was very popular and attractive to women in those days. At that time, I was sitting on the edge of the bed with Oscar to my right hand side.

Then suddenly, Ruby his wife flung an empty water bottle on his head. She was sitting to my left hand side and to Oscar’s right side. This incident was after a brief pause in Oscar’s conversation of women. I remember looking downward in silence, too, while visualizing all the women waving to Oscar.

I later found out that he dated lots of women and that he probably let a few more stories slip by, letting his wife, who was within earshot to hear of his newest story. I was rather impressed but not amused. I didn’t react to the incident but kept my cool as my mind was too relaxed at that time; since it was late into the night.

He then started talking about credit agencies and my asking for his website of that sort of business. For whatever reason, I tugged on Oscar’s dark-blue, long-sleeved, plaid-designed shirt (similar to some sort of gang color code) after he said:

We fight them.

I knew they meant business. I too am business minded. But I still wonder if I could see them once again on better terms after so many years. I made weird discoveries over the course of nine slong years. But those data do NOT reflect what is printed in black and white. And I’ll keep it at that – simple and merely administrative.

So to the intel community, just lay off the mainstream media. It is NO longer worth my entertainment. TPTB know more than they are willing to expose, much like UFO’s and extraterrestrials floating around above in the air or hiding below underground. Once again, many are called, few are chosen. Go figure.