Saturday, January 10, 2009

What Is Love

Everybody wants and needs love, and everybody actually feels it and have it in so many different ways, but why can't we find a universal meaning for love. Each one of us has its own definition of love but what's right for someone might be totally wrong for another. And that makes me wonder, with all those interpretations and definitions, how could we really know if we are really in love or we are just in love with the idea of being in love?


Of course, I'm talking here about romantic love. We may feel or think that something is right but what if everybody finds it wrong, can it still be considered love? It's really true that love is blind, we get blinded by the feelings we have for that moment, and do things that we think is right, But when love decides to leave, soon we realize that all those things we used to believe to be right was just plain stupidity. Why could something so good could hurt so bad and why something so wonderful could break your heart into pieces? Yet, despite the pain and all the uncertainties, we sometimes tend to cling to love and forget to know when to say it's enough and let go.

One thing's for sure, love is complicated and mysterious, we can't fully define or understand it because it has its own reasons that no matter how hard we try, we can never fathom its depths. It's a gift that's given freely and we can never force it to stay. All we can do is to accept it when it arrives and let it go when it decides to leave. When it arrives, we might know how long it will stay, all we can do is cherish it while we still have it. It might not be always right but it will always give you memories that will last a lifetime. One day, when you look back, you can say to yourself, all the pain was worth all the happiness I had and you'll be more than enough willing to be in love all over again.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Advantages of Having Fishes as Pets

I've always been a fish lover since I was in grade school and I remembered when I was in high school, I always try to be thrift in spending my allowance just to buy some more fishes every weekends. But during college, all of them, except my two janitor fish, just died one by one since I no longer have time to care for them. But after I graduated and had a job, I decided to have fishes again as my pets. Actually, I also do love to have reptiles at home but they are expensive and I'm sure it will make my mom freak out so I think I will just settle for fishes for now.

Having fishes like any other pets makes you relax, because its very soothing to watch them swim and they have actually have a lot of advantages over having other domesticated and furry animals.

First of all fishes are less expensive to buy and low maintenance pets. Unlike furry pets, you don't need to visit a veterinarian regularly and fish medications are a lot cheaper. It is also less traumatic to see a floating dead fish once in a while than seeing your dog or cat lying dead in your house. hahaha.

Secondly, fishes don't require that much tender loving care. Its perfect for those busy people because fishes don't need to be walked around, bathed or to be taught to have a proper toilet training. You also don't need to deal with noise like barking or wailing at night. All you need is enough space for them to swim freely, little amount of food, clean water and that's it.

Third, cleaning is also a lot easier, you just have to clean your aquarium and for my concrete ponds, I just siphon the dirt that settles at the bottom then replace the water twice a month, with furry animals, you have to clean your place every day from fur that they leave behind.

But having fishes can also be addicting, you always want to have more, to have different kinds of breed and to have a bigger specie but unlike when I was in high school, I now only have a few kinds of fishes, until maybe I can add more fish tanks, hehehe.

my bettas







carp and shubunkin









double tails








my red pacu and 11 year old janitor fish















sword and mollies

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Sinulog Festival 2009 Schedule

A week before the celebration of the Dinagyang festival, here in Iloilo City, Cebu City will also celebrate its annual and most popular festival, the "Sinulog Festival". Like the Dinagyang celebration, the Sinulog Festival also honors the Child Jesus or the Santo Niño which is teh City's patron Saint. It traditionally last for nine days in which on the final day, it is culminated with a grand parade in a dance ritual with colorful costumes in the rythm of teh drums to commemorate the transition from pagan beliefs of our ancestors to the birth of Christianity.
















2008 Sinulog Festival Pictures from Flickr

Schedule of Major Events

January 09, 2009
Sinulog Photo Exhibits at SM City Cebu and Ayala Center Cebu
Launching Parade after the mass at Basilica del Sto. Niño to Cebu City Sprots Center
Opening and Launching Program at Fuente Osmeña

January 10, 2009 - Sinulog sa Kabataan - Lalawigan

January 11, 2009 - Sinulog sa Kabataan - Dakbayan

January 15, 2009 - Miss Cebu '08 Coronation Night at Cebu Waterfront Hotel

January 17, 2009
Fluvial Procession of the Image of Sto. Niño
Re-enactment of the Baptism of Queen Juana & Rajah Humabon at BAsilica del Sto. Niño
Procession of the the Image of Sto. Niño
Street party at Plaza Independencia and at Fuente Osmeña
Kasadyahan Nite Mardi Gras at Ayala Center Cebu

January 18, 2009 - Sinulog Grand Parade and grand fireworks display at Cebu City Sports Center and at Ayala Football Grounds in the evening.

January 19, 2009 - Awarding Ceremonies at Cebu City Sports Center

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

My Betta (Siamese Fighting Fish)

Because I have fishes for pets, about a month ago, a friend who is interested with bettas asked me if I do have any idea about them because he wanted to have them as pets together with his tortoise, during that time I don't have any interest in taking care of bettas since you can't group them or place them in a community tank.
Since I know where to buy cheaper fishes and its just a block away from my place I volunteered to buy for him and temporarily take care of them until the weekend. But after a few days of watching them, I decided to buy some for myself because they are so colorful and beautiful to watch.
As a rule in taking care of bettas, you should never put male bettas together for they will fight, sometimes to death so I placed them individually on empty soda bottles. But later on, I feel pity for them because they can't move freely so I decided to transfer them to my aquarium, and as of now I have 16, six males and ten females all in my 20 gallon aquarium. At firts, they are always fighting but bettas are territorial fishes and after establishing their owmn places, they are getting quite well now.



A Day with Friends

As far as I can remember, this past Christmas season has the most number of holidays, which means more time to have a break from the stress and pressure of work and more time to spend with the family and friends. It's good news for those who are working away from home for they have ample time to go home to their provinces and spend the Holiday season with their families at the same time a perfect opportunity to meet with old friends.
Last Friday, January 2, my friends are scheduled to return to their respective jobs in other parts of the country so we decided to meet before they leave, sadly, one of our friends didn't make it for his grandfather died the previous day, so only the three of us met with my friend's mom.
We don't have enough time so we just had lunch and spend the rest of the time singing in an arcade. We spent only a few hours but we had fun because we don't know when will be the next time we can spend time again.


 
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