Even Goats Quarrel, Sometimes

The Meh Story

Goat No.1: (silently walks away)

Goat No.2: Hey, I''m not done with you yet. Hey!

I saw this cute couple a few months ago. Have you noticed they were both unharnessed? Hmm. Maybe it was their first year anniversary that their equally romantic owner temporarily let them go. Or maybe they were really siblings who just escaped the harshness of barnyard life. I wanted to ask them (haha, in my mind at least) to introduce themselves. But of course, with the apparent tension between them, all I'd get would be a loud "meh." 

Have you also been in a fight? Be it a pillow or some Pacquiao-inspired fight, perhaps all of us have. One disliked aspect of conflict is the silent treatment. Many animals could feel sorry for the second goat then because it hurts to be ignored.

With people, it still does. Right? It really does. But if one's purpose is to lighten the tension at first, silent treatment can be okay (Proverbs 17:14). I may be sharing this now but once in a while, I don't get to heed the said advice. 8|

In any case, it will always be an inspiration. 8) Hmm. Seems like it also inspired our beloved goats:

Goat No. 1: I'm sorry. I just didn't wanna say anything 
                 worse.

Goat No. 2: It's okay. I'm also sorry for hurting you.

Tricycle Driver: Wanna ride?

Goats: No, thank you. We'd rather walk together. Wanna 
          join?

The End <3

I Love You More Than _______

Is there a measuring stick for love?

For the followers of iloveyoumorethanblank, there is. Described as "a small project with a big heart," the site is wonderfully designed for anyone who wants to express his affection towards somebody via comparison. 

As far as my sometimes-bad-sometimes-good-memory can tell, I have already filled in one of those blanks a couple of months ago. Thanks to a local magazine that featured the site, I was able to say how "I love you more than you'll ever know." Yep, I love my family and my friends more than they'll ever know. Hmm. Since most of the other followers' responses referred to their ahem, sweethearts, I seemingly played safe with my answer (but it was my answer, I swear). Haha. Oh well. 8D 

Anyway, we all agree that the special people in our lives deserve every special way of knowing our love for them, don't we? Cheers to the creators of iloveyoumorethanblank, then! 8)

From Rambo to Bunny

"What's in a name?" asked the Romeo-smitten Juliet.

Plenty, my dear. The following story says so:

When war started in his homeland, Milanko, who lives in the Balkans, joined the army. Because of his courageous exploits, he was nicknamed Rambo, after a violent movie hero. In time, though, Milanko became disillusioned with the military because of the corruption and hypocrisy he saw. “That,” he writes, “led to many vices—alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, gambling, and promiscuity. I was heading for the bottom and could not see a way out.”

At that critical time in his life, Milanko began to read the Bible. Later, while visiting a relative, he saw a copy of the Watchtower magazine, published by Jehovah’s Witnesses. He liked what he read and soon began to study the Bible with the Witnesses. Bible truth put him on the path to happiness and real success. “It gave me new strength,” he says. “I gave up all my vices, became a new person, and was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. People who knew me before no longer call me Rambo, but Bunny—my childhood nickname—because of my now gentle nature.”

http://www.watchtower.org/

 

Fall in Love

I could sit under this lovely, lovely tree all day. 

Wanna join? 8)

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/2955603509/)


You see, my love affair with autumn began when I first read my all-time favorite novel A Walk to Remember. I fell even harder upon watching my most beloved Korean drama Autumn in My Heart [a.k.a. Endless Love 1].

Both are surprisingly tragic, though (not to mention the movie Autumn in New York which I have yet to watch) - which gets most people to think that falling leaves suggest sorrow. 

But I digress. For several reasons, autumn is a happy season :

1) It makes us wanna hug our loved ones, our pets -- even ourselves!

2) It convinces us that 'idleness during autumn' is actually 'productiveness.'

3) It teaches us about the beauty of our complicated life's simplicity.

Funny how I could easily make these assumptions in my vicarious-living-loving-mind. Haha. Of course, I'll never experience autumn in the Philippines. And at present, traveling abroad seems as unlikely as having the season here. 

Nonetheless, I wouldn't be surprised if I found a lot of smiling people already sitting down that tree before I could even make a move. And we'd be talking about how delightful autumn is.

All day. 8)   

Fairy Grandmother

Naku naman. 

I can't believe how forgetful I've become. At this very moment, my Civil Service Eligibility Certificate is strolling along a nearby road. Or so I wish. I mean, it'd have been easier that way. 

You see, the CSEC is lost and I don't have a single idea where I last put it (to think I'm still seeking possible positions in government offices). I should have secured another copy - even copies - of it. And even though I'll eventually snatch it off the road, err, the area where it's currently hiding inside our house, the anticipated eureka moment may not immediately sink in.  

My Papa is right. I really have the tendency to take some things for granted. Is this the reason why I'm still unemployed? Perhaps; I relied too much on outside sources that I have almost forgotten the importance of self-sufficiency. 

Oh dear. 8(