My desk

It looks like this once a month I think. On other days it is covered with paper :-)

seven and twenty

Welcome to the 27th year! Stay alive.

Words of Wisdom

Laughter is the best...

Cockroach is a pest, find their nest and you will rest!

-Bongbong

Youtube Effect

After reprimanding a kinder for pulling the pants of another kinder...

KINDER: And what if someone had a cellphone and took a picture of him with his pants off and post it in the internet, then that would be very embarrassing!

Hindsight into the future (Harper's Magazine)

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character; ma, di ko na alam ang gagawin ko, nahihirapan na ako.

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me; bawasan mo kaya ang make up mo?

Teach US!

Kinder: Miss Gladys, teach us what you taught the first graders. We want to know what they know!

All I really need to know

All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW about how to live and what to do

and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not

at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the

sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some

and draw and paint and sing and dance and play

and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic,

hold hands, and stick together.

Be aware of wonder.

Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:

The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody

really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even

the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die.

So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books

and the first word you learned - the biggest

word of all - LOOK.

And it is still true, no matter how old you

are - when you go out into the world, it is best

to hold hands and stick together.

© Robert Fulghum, 1990.

Found in Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, Villard Books: New York, 1990, page 6-7.

New years idea from a t-shirt

Live loudly, play hard, choose your line, follow your passion, ride hard, rock hard, reward yourself, educate, dig in , aspire to greatness , commit to excellence, go big or go home, have fun give, share, free your spirit, free your mind, respect others, respect yourself, stretch, dream big, say what you don’t want, empaque su basura, pack your trash, love the earth, love yourself, wear sunscreen, be a steward to the land, imagine peace, take a chance, carpe diem, follow through, drop in, set your edge, shred, cut, relax, celebrate life, breathe, eat right, be kind, smell the flowers, smell the coffee, grind it, rip it, stick it, kick it, work it, nail it, hit it , spin it, flip it, jump it, enjoy it, fear not, save the whales, save the humans, take only pictures, leave only footprints, vote, challenge mediocrity, run don’t walk, love your friends, be good to each other, be yourself, let your inner beauty shine, laugh, chill out, don’t trip, dance, paddle.

Received on Jan 14

Dear Ms. Fernandez:

Thank you for contacting me regarding recent events in the Middle East. I appreciate hearing from you.

As you may know, on December 27, 2008, Israel responded to ongoing rocket attacks against its citizens by launching an offensive in the Gaza Strip against Hamas, the militant Islamist group that controls the Gaza government. The death and destruction is tragic on all sides.

It is time for a real and sustainable cease-fire and a post-conflict diplomatic solution that will allow the promise of peace in the Middle East to be realized, not just for hours or days but permanently.

I believe that it is important for the United States and the international community to be actively engaged in promoting a lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me on this important issue. Please be assured that as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I will continue to monitor this situation closely and work to encourage a peaceful solution to the crisis in the Middle East.

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

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