A Love Story

 

There’s only one good thing about breaking up and that’s making up, especially during the holidays. Why do people fall in love and the end up crying? Breaking up is something like untying a rope to a tree; breaking a glass or tearing a piece of paper. Being meant to be in a relationship in spite of the obstacle the couple encounter is not possible so long if any of them will do the first move to initiate the make up. If love is still prevailing, why not cope up the lost time?
I will share to you the love story of my friend. I had known this relationship because I was the “sumbungan” of their happy and sad memories of their relationship.

THE BREAK-UP:

“Looking back, I know that I freaked out; I became a commitment-phobe,’ says 25-year-old Samantha. After she graduated from college in 2002, Samantha returned home to- leaving behind Dave, her boyfriend of two years. ” Dave still had another year of school left,’ says Samantha. “We were totally in love, and I tried very hard to do the long- distance- relationship thing- we would see each other almost every weekend. But eventually we got so caught up in our own lives that we practically stopped talking.”
After a series of strained phone conversations, Samantha and Dave ended their relationship. Determined to make the most of her new freedom, Samantha began to date “a lot”, but she couldn’t stop thinking about Dave. No matter how many dinner dates she laughed through, he was on her mind: “I kept asking myself, how I could have let him go?’
The breakup wasn’t easy for Dave either. “When we ended, I was so upset, “remembers Dave, 24. “I missed Samantha terribly, but there was nothing I could do. She was in Cagayan; I was in Manila. I just had to get on with my life.”

THE MAKE-UP:

When Dave graduated a year later, he moved to Cebu City. Unknown to him, Samantha had also moved to the city to pursue her medical course. Then at 7:00 on New Year’s morning, Samantha received a call that made her heart sink. Her best friend was phoning to say that she had been to a bar the night before and had bumped into Dave- with his new girlfriend, a beautiful blond. “When my friend told me she saw Dave with another girl, I cried my eyes out and called him immediately, “Samantha recounts. ” It was vey weird. I cried even more on the phone. I just missed him so much.”
Understandably, Dave had his reservations. “I didn’t want to get hurt,” he says, “but I couldn’t not see her.” He agreed to meet Samantha for a holiday drink.
Samantha recalls her feelings when she met Dave again: “I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach. My hands were shaking. The conversation was very awkward. We were both trying to pretend that life over the past year had been great, when in truth we were both hiding a lot of sadness.” But says Samantha with a big grin, “A couple of drinks were just like old times again.”
The evening ended with a good-night kiss, and they quickly picked up their relationship where they’d left off. “We fell in love all over again,” Dave says. “That was two years ago. Now. I can’t imagine life without her.” And that other blond? Promptly banished to Christmas past.

 

Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City

MISS UNIVERSE 2007 IN MEXICO CITY

By Alejandro Guevara Onofre

Miss Universe’s my favorite Telecast. It’s really exciting. I always want my favorite “Miss” to win. When they win, I am really happy. But when my favorite lose…Every year, I have a favorite delegate. Last year was Miss Japan, Kurara Chibana. From my point of view, I think that Miss Japan 2006 is a perfect beauty… In 1978 was my countrywoman: In my opinion, I think that Miss Peru, Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga, has one of the best bodies in the Miss Universe History…she was a big favorite in Acapulco, Mexico… I think that Olga was eliminated this contest because she did not speak English…In this year I was a children…I was a fan of Miss Peru…

In 1985, my favorite was Miss Zaire, currently the Democratic Republic of Congo…. Miss Zaire ,Kayonga “Benita” Mureka Tete…Miss Africa and great favorite in Miss World 1985… …her exotic beauty was very special. Some people think that I am passionate about Miss Universe…It’s true…My mother is guilty of that. She has a great admiration for Gladys Zender, Miss Universe 1957.

I remember that my country was elected host the Miss Universe on January 1982. For me, was a surprised to read in the newspapers that Lima, Peru’s capital, hosted the Miss Universe. I felt very happy…My country made a great contest…were times against the terrorism by Shining Path… One of my favorites was Miss Brazil.. spectacular Cecyle Pinto Marques da Sylva (1,80m-18 years old and brown eyes) was born in Belem do Para, Amazonas (Amazonian jungle. She studied medicine. Glamorous Miss Amazonas said that her idol is the Supreme Pontieff John Paul II.

The Miss Universe Pageant originated in the 1950s in Long Beach, California. Certainly, Miss Universe has been compared to Olympic Games. I think that Miss Universe begin in Ancient Greece…More than 1,000 years… I remember that sports and beauty were important for the Ancient Greeks. Certainly, Cyprus Island was the sanctuary of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love

For the fourth time, Mexico will host the 56th the Miss Universe Pageant. The final will be at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, on May 28th.Mexico is one of the most wonderful places on Earth…There are very nice beaches: Cancun, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz, Puerto Escondido, and Acapulco. For example, Cozumel Island is a tropical paradise…The Mexican Jungle is the real fascination…paradisiac landscapes. Furthermore, Mexico has one of the oldest histories in the world. Like Peru, France and Thailand, Mexico is the home of International gastronomy…Mexico is very famous for its food…tacos, empanadas, moles, and enchiladas…Finally, the people are very warm and friendly. From my perspective, I think that Mexico is the perfect place for Miss Universe…Welcome to MEXICO!

FROM 1952 TO 2007:

1952: Long Beach, California. Miss Finland was the first Miss Universe…

1955: Long Beach, California. Miss Sweden was crowned Miss Universe. Miss El Salvador, Maribel Arrietta, was the big favorite. Miss El Salvador was compared to Marilyn Monroe by American journalists.

1957: Long Beach (California). Miss Peru, Gladys Zender Urbina was elected Miss Universe. She is the first Latin woman to win the Miss Universe.

1959: Long Beach, California. Miss Italy, Maria Grazia Buccella, was the big favourite, but she did not make the semifinals. Next day, Italian newspapers criticized Akiko Kojima…New Miss Universe from Japan….

1961: Long Beach, California. Marlene Schmidt became the first German woman to win the Miss Universe title.

1962: Miss Haiti, Evelyn Miot, was the first black woman to be a semifinalist at Miss Universe…

1964: Long Beach, California. Corina Tsopie was the first person from Greece to win the Pageant.

1968: Miami Beach, Florida.Martha Vasconcelos became the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title.

1969: Miami Beach, Florida. Miss Philippines, Gloria Diaz, became the third Miss universe from the Asia.

1975: San Salvador (El Salvador).The winner was Anne Pohtamo, Miss Finland. She looks like Grace Kelly, who was an American actress and Princess of Monaco (a small country in Europe).During her reign, she went to the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Dominican Republic and other countries in the Third World…She was crowned in El Salvador, the birthplace of Maribel Arrieta, one of the most beautiful delegates in the chronology of MU…. Jackeline Gammarra, Miss Bolivia, was big favorite in San Salvador. Ironically, she had been eliminated in the semifinals of Miss Universe. She is one of the best South American delegates in the history of Miss Universe…

1978: Acapulco, Mexico. Miss South Africa won the title. The favorites were : 1-El Salvador, 2-Peru, 3-USA, 4-SAfrica, 5-Israel, 6-Sweden, 7-Wales, 8-Costa Rica. Miss Costa Rica, Maribel Fernandez (actress in the 1980s and 1990s), was eliminated. The great surprise was Miss Chile… very intelligent (she spoke English, French and German)… Miss Peru, Olga Roxana Zumaran Burga, has been the only Peruvian favorite in the Miss Universe History…but she did not speak English as Miss Colombia and Miss Spain. Another eliminated was Miss El Salvador, Iris Yvette Mazorra, one of the best Latin American delegates in MU.

1979: Perth (Australia). Miss Brazil was a big favorite until last minute, but she had poor speech in the finals. Miss Venezuela, Maritza Sayalero won the title.

1981: New York City. Under the leadership of Osmel Sousa, President of Miss Venezuela Organization, Venezuela’s Irene Saez was crowned Miss Universe. The final ranking:1-Venezuela, 2-Canada, 3-Sweden, 4-Brazil, 5-Belgium. After the Miss Universe, Miss Brazil, Adriana Alves de Oliveira had worked as professional model in Paris…In 1984 she was London, the United Kingdom, where she was the first favorite by international journalism and houses of best. With at 1.81m, she had a perfect body and European profile…But she only came between 7 semifinalists. She is the best delegate from Brazil since Magdalena Sbairini, other big favorite in Miss World 1977…

1982: Lima ,Peru. The favorites were: 1-Miss Chile, 2-Miss South Africa, 3-Miss Brazil, 4-Miss Finland 5-Miss Canada 6-Miss Austria 7-Greece 8-Miss Wales 9-Miss Italy 10-Miss Australia…Weren’t favorites: Guam, USA, Uruguay, Germany, Peru, Venezuela, England and Miss Sweden. Miss South Africa, Odett Octavia Scrooby, (18 years old, 173m, blue eyes and 54 k) was born in Skeerpoort. She had been a professional model in Johannesburg, a city in SA. Her hobbies are drawing and painting. Her dream was to become an international supermodel. She did not win because her country was the birthplace of Apartheid…However, Miss Canada won the title. Karen Baldwin was a student at university in Canada.Her dream was to become a businesswoman. Her hobbies were water sports and playing tennis, squash and racquetball. Like Gladys Zender, one of the judges, Karen was a sportswoman. “My idol is the Mother Theresa of Calcutta”, said in an interview with Mario Vargas Llosa (judge).In the International judge, Karen had had the support of Rod Duguay, her countrymen and a famous hockey player…

1984: Miami, Florida. Miss South Africa, Leticia Snyman, was a big favorite, but she did not win Miss Universe. After 1984,Miss Universe company did not accept South Africa contestants until 1995,when Namibia was host the Miss Universe.

1985: Miami, Florida. The final ranking: 1-PR,2-Spain,3-Zaire,4-Venezuela,5-Uruguay. Miss Zaire, Benita Mureka, was the first black African finalist in Miss Universe. Miss Zaire has her own style, very beautiful. Miss Puerto Rico, a girl very common, was elected Miss Universe…very strange result.

1986: Panama City. Miss Venezuela, Barbara Palacios Teyde. Venezuela has had many judges in the Miss Universe since 1984: Certainly, Carolina Herrera (1984 and 1997), Irene Saez (1983 and 1995), Maria Consuelo Alonso (1993 and 1998), Lupita Ferrer (1986), Barbara Palacios Teyde (1988) and Jose Luis Rodriguez (1991. Different from Venezuela, Jamaica has not had an judge in MU history…as Bolivia, Paraguay, Portugal, Austria, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Namibia, Curacao, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland…

1987: Singapore City. Miss Chile, Cecilia Bolocco was crowned Miss Universe Pageant. She had a sensational interview with judges. Miss Colombia, Patricia Lopez, did not qualify for the semifinals. After of won Miss South America-Universe and Miss Photogenic, Patricia Lopez became the big favorite to win the Miss Universe, but she did not speak English very well. Good bye Colombia…

1989: Cancun, Mexico. Andrea Stelzer was Miss South Africa 1985 but when she arrived at Miami Airport Immigration did not accept her entrance to Miami. Reasons: Radical protests by American Anti-Apartheid activists. After…like many South African, she became German citizen. In 1989 she won the Miss Germany title. She went to Cancun and was semifinalist at the Miss Universe…

1990: Venezuela was the dominant force in Miss Universe Pageant in the 1990s.

1993: Mexico City. Maria Consuelo Alonso, international judge, did not support Miss Venezuela, Milka Chulina, at the Miss Universe. In Caracas, there was many critics towards Maria Consuelo…She was born in Cuba.

1994: Manila, Philippines. The ranking final: 1-Miss India, 2-Miss Colombia, 3-Miss Venezuela. Many people think that Colombia never winner Miss Universe… because the narcotrafic. Colombia have had spectacular girls like Aura Maria Mojica and Paloma Turbay Ayala…

1996: Las Vegas, Nevada. Miss Venezuela, Alicia Machado, won the Miss Universe Pageant. She is always controversial and charismatic…

1999: Trinidad Tobago. Miss Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe, became Miss Universe. Since 1999, she is an Anti-AIDS activist in the Third World.

2000: Nicosia, Cyprus, the birthplace of Aphrodite…Miss India, Lara Dutta was crowned Miss Universe. Miss France, Sonia Rolland, who speaks French, English and Spanish, was another bi-racial beauty. She has a Rwandan mother and a French father. Sonia was a child who lived at the time of the Rwandan War.

2006: Los Angeles, California. Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera, was crowned Miss Universe Pageant… Did you know that… Puerto Rico has had several judges in the Miss Universe History: Mapy Cortes (actress/1972), Marisol Malaret (former MU: 1977 and 2002),Deborah Carthy-Deu (ex-MU: 1987 and 2003), Dayanara Torres (2001),Marc Anthony (2001)and Maria Celeste Arraras (journalist/2003 and 2006)…but Chile only has had two judges: Cecilia Bolocco (1996) and Christian de la Fuente (20001)….

2007: Welcome to Mexico…Miss Universe 2007

Short stories: God

A Missionary journey is like nothing you can experience. The excitement of seeing a new country, meeting new people and helping others. I tell you there is NOTHING like it! As I stepped off the plane in Manila in 1987, with only $1000 in my pocket and no return fare to New Jersey, my excitement was tempered by a little fear, but I was determined to make God proud of me. I had wasted much of my life with terrible living and evil behavior. This was my second chance.

My first contact with The Philippines came through correspondence with a woman of God, (Sister Maria) who along with other Christians, were unsuccessful in getting a young girl free from a strong demonic power, which had haunted her for quite some time.. This poor young lady had been tricked into delving into the occult, and was now paying the price for her lack of, just plain common sense. Sister Maria had contacted me, asking for prayer and help and within a few weeks we were able to get this unfortunate child set free.

This was the beginning of my missionary outreach, and soon people from villages all over The Philippines, were inviting me to come and help them.

During this time there were many problems within the country. The (NPA) or New Peoples Army was creating a lot of problems, especially in the more rural areas outside of cities, like Manila and Cebu City. This was a pro-communist group, highly armed and very motivated. Their motivation came as the result of living in the poor and wretched conditions that government corruption has a way of producing.

It was going to be very dangerous for me, due to my determination to teach the bible in the remote areas, the very areas controlled by the communist insurgents and the forces of darkness. I would need all the supernatural graces that God had provided; but knowing he sent me gave me a lot of courage.

Shortly after my arrival in Cebu City, I was contacted by a Baptist pastor. He was working in a very remote mountain region. The people knew very little about God and the only bible they had ever seen was the one owned by Pastor Johnathan. However, many people begged me not to go.

The area was infested with the Communist rebels and demonic activity was quite strong. Anyone well versed in geography, knows that the Philippines is a nation made up of about five thousand Islands. The Southern tip is near the nation of Indonesia. I was going to Cuduinan, a group of villages on the Island of Negros Occidental, which is just about

Sites for freelance writers to earn money

MAKE MONEY WRITING

(Or Sell Your Soul Instead)

Want to make money writing? Hey, don’t we all?

Well, I needed to make some money and I didn’t want to give up writing for a “real” job, so I started looking more seriously and the ads offering big bucks for proofreaders and copywriters.

Unfortunately most of them start off by costing you money. You pay upfront and they teach you how to do it. It’s probably all good stuff and fine, but in this age of instant gratification I wanted to skip the courses and go straight to the money. If I was smart enough and had a good search engine, I ought to be able to body swerve the regular courses and do just that.

Well, I did! And, oh man, I wish I hadn’t.

There is a huge writing industry out there! It straddles the world and travels instantaneously via the net. It strips writing right down, cleans up its bones and sells the pieces on. Now one has copyright, no one can claim ownership. Well, you wouldn’t want to.

Creativity, imagination, the satisfaction of a good job well done. They have no place in this world of what must be hundreds of thousands of desperate, poorly paid writers. But, maybe that’s not fair. It takes a certain kind of creativity to write something about nothing, then spin it in twenty different directions. It’s just not a kind of creativity that feels good.

Of course, many of these writers don’t have the luxury of feeling good.

I’m talking about the kind of writing that bulks out web-pages you and I are never going to visit. Hard sell sites where the content doesn’t need to make sense, it just has to be loaded with key words that attract lots of search engine traffic. I’m talking about a girl in India writing 500 words on finding a locksmith in Houston, Texas. She searches the web, grabs some information she doesn’t understand and puts it together in her imperfect English. This might be one of 50 “articles” she will research and write that morning. A broker will buy this for 25 cents and pass it to a fellow in Manila. The Manila writer will re-write this in five different ways, each of which will be sent to someone with English as a native tongue to make sure they scan to English/American readers. He or she (or me!) will be paid a dollar for every 500 words we make readable.

Of course, not all the articles are on locksmiths. You might be asked to re-write pieces on whales, humidifiers, oestrogen, or I was once asked to write sexy, attractive profiles

Bad bosses: How to work for someone with a drinking problem

I go back a long, long way with alcoholic associates. I served in the Navy during World War II and was a recalled Reservist in Korea. Being a civilian at heart, I was surprised by the number of alcoholics I met in various ships and duty stations.

During WWII, as a teenager, I thought it was cool to go out with the guys and get drunk. It happened infrequently, but could have been enough to set me off on a lifetime drinking problem. Then, stationed in Manila just as WWII was ending, I went out drinking for what turned out to be my last time. We spent several hours at a recently reopened Filipino night club, and during the show, our group of a dozen sailors ordered several bottles of whiskey. Each had familiar labels, such as Seagram’s and Black Label scotch.

I know I didn’t have more than four drinks before I dropped to the ground unconscious. I dimly remembered being taken back to our tent on the floor of our truck, my face and white uniform bouncing on the dirty metal. Then, still groggy, my buddies tossed me on my cot, which was covered by a mosquito net. When I woke up in the morning, I was twisted up in the netting and deathly sick. We had a primitive shower stall outside, and I managed to drag myself to it and wash everything away. But throughout the next two days, I was sick over and over again.

We found out later that the whiskey we drank at the club was a homemade brew containing poisonous ethyl alcohol. It had been put in the bottles with the authentic labels. I was lucky and recovered, but there were many sailors and soldiers who drank more than I did at various places that served the lethel drinks. Some died, some were blinded, and others went berserk with guns and caused casualties.

My WWII experience made me a non-drinker. During the Korean War, I roomed with another chief who was an alcoholic. One day, two Marines escorted him to the room, watched him load up his gear and marched him off to the brig. After nearly 20 years in the Navy, he was court-martialed, imprisoned for two years and kicked out with a dishonorable discharge.

I worked with others in the Navy and in ensuing years with alcoholics. In those day, addicts were punished for their misbehavior. They lost jobs, careers, families and usually ended up in prison. Fortunately, today there are organizations that consider alcoholism a disease, including the Armed Forces, and addicts get treatment and therapy.

I can’t offer any firm advice to someone who must work with an alcoholic,

World War II: Espionage

Throughout history, women have showed extreme patriotism for their countries through the acts of espionage. But no era of United States history has seen more excellent female spies than that of the Second World War. With America’s declaration of war on Japan and Germany, military men were not the only people needed for the war effort. Women who grew restless on the home front turned to espionage and smuggling to aid the Allies. Every woman who took part of this secret network knew that capture and conviction would mean inescapable torture and death. Some of the most infamous women spies included Claire Philips, Yolande Beekman, and Virginia Hall. Women such as Iva Toguri D’Aquino, Velvalee Dickinson, and Mildred Elizabeth Gillars, who helped the Axis powers by undermining American morale, were considered enemy spies, and guilty of execution. These women were cooks, nurses, actresses, mothers and wives, who came from normal backgrounds, with normal lives. These women were also spies.

When the Japanese suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt announced the next day that America was now involved in the Second World War. Japan, meanwhile, began their conquests of several Pacific islands, including Burma and the Philippines. It was on the Bataan peninsula where General Douglas MacArthur ordered a hasty retreat of America troops, who were attempting to hold the front lines from Japanese power. On April 9, 1942, the Allied forces, unable to defend the island, surrendered to the Japanese. What followed during their captivity as prisoners of war would become infamously known as the Bataan Death March. One woman who secretly operated a spy ring on Bataan was the American-born Oregon native Claire Philips, who opened up a restaurant overlooking Manila Bay. She opened up Club Tsubaki exclusively to high-ranking Japanese officials to gain top-secret information from the men. Claire defined herself to the officers as an Italian-Filipino woman, and she would coquettishly ask the most prominent officer questions such as, “What are you carrying in such a big boat?” or “Which one of those ships out there is yours?” To avoid obvious suspicion, Claire would flutter to another table, and ask some of the distinguished men different questions. At the end of the evening, Claire would lead the officers out of the restaurant, bow in courtesy, and affix the dead bolt. Running upstairs to her apartment, she would hurriedly jot down the information

Rotary, The Instant Business Connection

Gene, a friend of mine in the chemical business told me about traveling to see a potential client in Manila. They had a morning meeting and discussions were going well, but as the clock got to about half past eleven, Gene noticed that the client had something else on his mind. Eventually, the client told Gene that he was sorry, but he had somewhere else he needed to be.

“Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 167 countries.”

– Information from www.rotary.org

Whenever I meet in someone’s office, the first thing I do is check out their plaques and certificates hanging on the walls. I recommend this to everyone in business. Many times you’ll find membership information for Kiwanis, Exchange, Lions, Jaycees and other organizations. If you are a member of one of these organizations, you have an instant connection with the person you are meeting.

My friend Jim and I were flying to Columbus, Ohio to watch the University of Washington Huskies play the Buckeyes in football (we lost). I called the president of the Columbus Rotary Club and explained about our trip. I was immediate past-president of my club, and Jim was going to be president the following year.

Rotary is a great organization for fellowship and business. The average size of a Rotary Club is around fifty. Older clubs like mine in Tacoma and Columbus, Ohio have hundreds of members. While Tacoma is my favorite club, with about four hundred members, my second favorite club, Fife-Milton, only has about thirty. Both clubs have fun meetings that are enjoyable.

Author Don Doman: Don is a published author of books for small business, corporate video producer, and owner of Ideas and Training (http://www.ideasandtraining.com), which provides business training products. Don also owns Human Resources Radio (http://www.humanresourcesradio.com), which provides business training programs and previews 24-hours a day.

Confessions of a smoker

I decided to smoke when I was 14 one January day nearly 70 years ago. I used my weekly allowance of 15 cents to buy a pack of Camels. I felt all grown up as I strutted among the other kids in the park near my home. I imagined the eyes of the younger boys looking at me with envy and respect, and the teenage girls looking at me with admiration and … dare I think it … desire.

Keeping up the image in the park that day wasn’t difficult, especially while conversing with girls as I puffed one cigarette after the other. After the second cigarette, boy, was I cool! After the tenth cigarette, boy, was I sick! It wasn’t sudden, fortunately for everyone around me, but someone must have noticed I was sweating in the 20 degree weather and my ruddy red face was turning a sickly green. I managed to make it to a bunch of bushes before I lost my lunch, breakfast and probably the midnight snack of a dozen hours before.

I didn’t suddenly take the pledge and forever swear off smoking. I just didn’t smoke any more. Ever. Smoking always has seemed like a really stupid, self-destructive habit. Why would anyone want to put a burning stick of smelly weeds into his mouth and breathe down the fumes. I didn’t think of the addiction problems at that time.

Nobody did, and newspaper and magazine readers and radio listeners (no TV yet) were inundated with ads for the wonderful taste of the exotically blended tobaccos. Movie stars like Ronald Reagan and Barbara Stanford posed for the ads, looking real happy while holding the cigarettes. Of course, they were happy. They were making big bucks for posing for the ads.

I did Navy tours during World War II and the Korean War, and just about everyone in barracks and aboard ship smoked. In fact, when payday money ran out, cigarettes became legal tender. I hated the smell of the stuff, especially when confined to the small areas of a ship, but never thought about leading a march to ban them. Nobody did at the time, even C. Everett Koop.

The one time in my life when cigarettes were beneficial was when WWII was ending and I was stationed in the Philippines. We were issued a carton of cigarettes a week at a cost to us of 50 cents. Black market guys paid up to $25 a carton for American cigarettes. At first, I gave my cigarettes to my shipmates, and then handed them out free to the many homeless kids who roamed the streets of Manila. But, when money got tight, I made some $24.50 deals I’m a bit shamed about to this day.

Well, I made that confession of pocketing some unearned profits on cigarettes. Maybe the cigarette companies should come clean and admit they’re also making a killing on cigarettes. Or, rather, millions of killings.

The elite NYC Society

One could say that NYC society is itself made up of many societies, each with its own focus and agenda.

While normally the term “NYC society” refers to rich and/or famous socialites, the fact is that a society is in its most basic form, an association or organization of like-minded people.

One interesting NYC society calls itself just that – “The Society.” Billed as a “culture club for the creative class,” this organization aims to bring more people into contact with the fine and performing arts who would not normally have the opportunity for such experiences, and to provide new and unique cultural experiences for its members.

The Society is only one of virtually hundreds of such organizations in the Big Apple, each of which considers itself a NYC society. Many a NYC society is built around ethnic identity; one such NYC society is the Hispanic Society of America. Dating back over a hundred years, this organization seeks to preserve and promote the diverse cultures and histories of Spanish-speaking peoples from Madrid, Spain to Manila, Philippines – and everywhere in between.

Similarly, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is a NYC society devoted to the history and experiences of Chinese immigrants to the U.S. – whoaccording to some evidence, may have arrived on the present-day Oregon coast several decades before Columbus reached the isle he called Hispaniola. Another NYC society that is active in the community is the Danish American Society, which sponsors many cultural activities throughout the year.

Early American history buffs will definitely want to visit the New York Historical Society. This NYC society has an extensive collection of literature and all-important primary documents relating to the American War of Independence which include sources from not only the colonists and the British, but of several foreign governments that were either directly or indirectly involved, or were watching events unfold. This is an excellent opportunity for the student of U.S. history to get those all-important multiple perspectives on the seminal events in the formation of the country.

The fact is, no matter what your interest or concern is, there is likely to be a NYC society devoted to it. The Society of Scribes, which is an organization for the promotion and preservation of the art of calligraphy, is based in New York; animal lovers may wish to get involved with the New York Humane Society. If literature is your interest, there are societies dedicated to single writers; the W.B. Yeats Society is one such organization. There are many religious societies, and at least one non-religious society: the Humanist Societu of Metropolitan New York.

Bottom line: NYC society is itself one made up of many societies, and chances are good that there is one (or more) for you.

Flowerfull Philippines

A flower can say a lot of things if given in the right moment, such as when a boy give roses to a girl he likes, or when a kid gives some lilies to his mother for mothers day. The art of giving a flower can say a lot even without saying anything. That’s why a lot of flower shop in the philippine are in a buzz when the peak seasons approaches. So all of the flower shop in the philippines decided to gather in one place, so all the flowers can be bought in a single area, this place can be seen in dapitan manila, in a place called “Dangwa”. Some of the flower shops in the philippines that cannot make it to dangwa, were made to supply the flowers to sell in dangwa, amongst all of the suppliers came from Baguio. That’s why dangwa is one of the most visited flower shop in the philippines. Many come to dangwa because of its uniqueness in place especially some foreigners, all think, maybe because flower shop in the phillipines are different than were they came from. At peak seasons, dangwa is so full of people that cars cant even get past because people buying there are sometime park their car on the middle of the street. So that’s why many have turned to sell their stocks or flowers on the internet, that’s why Flower Express was made. Unlike some of the flower shops in the philippines that can be seen on the road, Flower Express made flower transactions more organized and systematic. Anyone, on the world, can purchase flowers or send them to their love ones. These flowers can even be arranged to your liking, or for the occasion. For details just go to www.flowersexpress.com.ph.

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