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Sunday, February 12, 2012

This One's For You

It is love month again and I think love is really in the air and people are in the mood for some love.

Yesterday, riding on the bus on my way home, I found a crumpled piece of paper on the seat next to me.  A portion of it was a little exposed and my curiosity got the best of me again.  No matter how much I told my self not to pick it up, I was not able to resist the temptation.  So I picked it up and read it.  It has neither an addressee nor the name of the writer.  And as I read through it, I realized that it was too general it could be for anyone.  I don't know if it's a prank, an open letter or what.  It may be left there intentionally for others to see.  Lucky for that writer, I found it and now it has find its way to the cyber space.  Here's the content of that letter and hopefully, if it is really intended for someone, may that person find this letter's place in his/her heart.

"Our fight last night wasn’t as big as the previous ones we had but it made the deepest wound so far. My head was buzzing with thousand questions that I can’t even remember how I fell asleep. All that I remember was that I was crying last night.  And when I woke up this morning, I had an aching head and swelling eyes. The only consolation I had, I woke up with you still by my side.


I wonder why you always ask if I really love you whenever we had an argument. Do you really feel that I don’t? I may be narrow-minded as you always tell me, but as far as I know, it doesn't have anything to do with how I feel for you. I do not argue for the sake of arguing or even try to prove you that I was right.  I just want you to see things the way I see them.  I just want you to know that there’s another side to it, not just your side.  And if I do sound like I’m always trying to prove who’s right, I’m sorry.  It was never my intention. I just want you to see the bigger picture.  And if right now you feel like I am again trying to prove that I’m right or insisting on my side, I’m sorry. If you prefer me to remain silent, then silent I will be.  I just wonder how that would help us both grow and know more about each other.


You are the most intelligent person I’ve ever met and I love exchanging ideas with you. I love talking to you.  Whenever I remember how I would sometimes fall asleep while talking to you, it always brings smiles in me.  One day we’ll both grow old and moving and playing around like young children will no longer be possible.  One day, all we will be doing is just sit on our porch or on our couch and talk the whole day through.  I look forward to those days; I look forward to those days when I can simply say that I became a better person because of the one who never got tired “arguing” with me - the one who held my hand all through my life.


I know one day we will have our arguments again, petty or big, but I want you to know that it won’t affect how I feel for you – how I love you. 


You ask me if I love you, and that question swirled in my head the whole night.  It brought me back to our younger days, back when our love was young and new, the days when we don’t ask why or how but simply believe that we “do” love each other.  I long for those days.  I long for those moments. I wonder what happened to us.  Why do we suddenly need proofs now? Is it because of all the mistakes of our yesteryears?  Seems we haven’t really let go of the past then.


There’s only one person whose hands I will forever love to hold, one face that I will always love to see before I close my eyes at night and the moment I open it in the morning, one house to come home to and  one person to share my love with.  If you will still ask me if I love you, then you don’t know that I am talking about you. 


If you know who’s the one who really loves you, hurry, I will be waiting for you. You know where to find me." 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Goals on Track

Just a couple of days ago, I made something really funny and I am surprised until now of its effect.  But, before I tell what it is, or show rather you, I want you to take this step by step procedures for a short while.

Did you know that you can change your default homepage when you browse the internet?  It's like your corporate web address if you are using company computer or Yahoo! or Google or whatever is that first internet site that appears when you launch your internet browser.  Did you also know that with just a simple change in your browser's home page it could make a significant impact to your life, your career and in keeping your goals on track?  

If you're in the office or using NOT your own computer, I suggest NOT TO DO the following.  But if you are USING YOUR OWN computer (or your company allows you to personalize your web browser), follow me in this little experiment.  

Ready?  Here we go... 

What internet browser are you using right now?  Internet explorer?  Great!

Launch your Internet Explorer and find the upper most gear icon on the right hand side of your window.  It looks like this.  


Then, click on the "Internet Option" menu and a similar box like the one below would appear.  Now hold it for a second cause we're not done yet.  You see, the highlighted portion is the URL of your homepage.  That is what we want to change, which we will do later.  Ok?


Now, If you are using Mozilla Firefox, here's how you are going to do it.  

Launch Firefox.  On the upper left hand side of your window is the tab "Firefox." See it?  Click it and then the menus will appear.  Select the "Option" menu and then "Option" again, just like the second picture below.  Once you've clicked that, a box similar to the third one below will appear.  





Notice the highlighted portion again.   That's what we are going to change.  But don't proceed just yet.  Let's wait for the Chrome users.  

Chrome users, are you ready?  Here we go!  

Launch your Google Chrome and on the right hand side of your window you will see a "wrench" icon.  See that?  Yep, click on that and the menus will show up.   Select the "Options" menu and the second window below will appear. Are you there now?  Good.  See the "on start up" and "home page" items like the ones highlighted below?  Great! Hold it just right there.  



Now, IE, Firefox and Chrome users, are you ready to achieve your goals by simply changing your personal computer's home page?  Ready?  

Type this on the highlighted portions you've seen thus far:  


You got it?  Amazing! It isn't that hard is it? Now save what you've just did. (Chrome users, there's no "save" option on that window, but it's OK, it will be saved automatically).  

Close your browser now and then re-launch it.  

There you go! 

I was quite surprise that for just three days after I made that site, it has been viewed by more than 30 unique visitors.  You could be one of those.  

Imagine what a simple reminder like this one can do to keep you on your goal.  I made this my browser's homepage and whenever I am tempted to surf the internet for unnecessary matters, I would just back-out and say, "Whoa! Do I really NEED to use the internet right now?"

There, I hope you've learned something new today and I hope that I have shared something to you to keep you on your goals of BEing MORE and LIVING THE GOOD LIFE!