Friday, May 31, 2013

Bill Gates Rules

HOW SMART ARE YOU REALLY? BILL GATES TOOK THIS TEST ONCE (UNVERIFIED) AND GOT 3 OUT OF 11 QUESTIONS.  NO WONDER HE BOUGHT LEONARDO DA VINCI'S NOTEBOOK FOR $ 32 MILLION ( ? )

Are you ready...I got this before but you know the internet.

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Continuing...after my late lunch of yummy shrimp lo mein, egg foo yong, house fried rice, beef with broccoli, crab rangoon, and eggrolls.  I always get hungry whenever I use my computer.

I disagree with Bill Gates Rule #1 of "Life is not fair - get used to it!"  I think you agree with me in your reply when I wrote, "Life is fair."  We always think the grass is greener on the other side; but, do we really know the whole story about this or that person?  I believe if you sit, wait and live long enough, your life will be fair to you. 

I'm forwarding the whole 11 Rules of Bill Gates, who by the way was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2012.  I hope he gets it - he's by far and beyond more worthy and deserving of the prize than Al Gore of the Global Warming hoax and hype and Barack Obama of ?????????!!!  I could not for the life of me why they got this most coveted prize but oh so political.  I'm still mystified and shaking my baffled head up to this day.

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~ Bill Gates ~
This should be posted in every school or kid's bedroom.
Love him or hate him , he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.



Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7
:
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were:
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room..

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
*Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.


Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you'll end up working for one..




If you can read this
... Thank a Teacher.


If you can read this in English... Thank a Soldier!

And for life and everything else you have... Thank God!!



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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Mountain Province Philippines

KAREN WORKS FOR CONGRESSMAN SINGSON IN THE DISTRICT OF ILOCOS SUR, PHILIPPINES.  On their trip to Mountain Province, they visited  its popular attractions: Sagada and Sumaguing Cave.











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Typical me! I'd be surprised if there's no food wraphsody.  I got 99% karaoke score singing "Light My Fire" - only because it was a duet with a dude.  Babe that sings alone will never get a score that high.  Always sing with a dude!

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Just for Laughs!

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT A FILIPINO PARTY?

  Simple!!!

         

-    You're an hour late and there's still nobody there!

-    There's enough food to feed the Philippines ..

-    You can't even get through the door because there's a pile of 50 shoes blocking the way.

-    You see a huge fork and spoon on the wall, a framed picture of the Last Supper, a huge Santo Nino, and a barrel man.

-    They' re singing "Peelings" on karaoke.

-    There's a piano in the living room for decoration. 

 

-    You are greeted by a Tita Baby and/or a Tito Boy.

-    The older men are in the garage playing posoy-dos, or poker or 31, the women are in the kitchen gossiping, or are playing mahjong,the other people are in    the entertainment room singing karaoke, and the kids are outside the streets running around unsupervised.

-    There's goat 'pulutan' beeing cooked.

-    There's a crazy woman with a camera going around the room snapping away and yelling, "Uy peeeek-chuuur! "

-    You enter a family party and you "Mano" to half the old crowd and when you leave you have to say goodbye to EVERYONE that's related to  you as a sign of    respect.

-    You end up saying hello and goodbye for a total of 30-40 minutes.

-    You know you're at a Filipino party when you hear a male's voice on the karaoke trying to emulate Frank Sinatra's "My Way".

-    Women are still doing the line dance to "todo todo "..

-    When there's at least one or more with the name : JP,JJ, JT,TJ,DJ,AJ, RJ,LJ,  Lingling, Bingbing, Tingting, Dingding, Wengweng, Bongbong, Dongdong etc. 

-    All the old aunties and guests are already wrapping up food to take home.

-    You have the Pacquiao fight on the illegal cable boxes on the 70" LCD in the movie room, The 10 yr old 50" CRT in the living room, The 15 yr old 30" tube in    the breakfast nook, The 20 yr old 15" tube in the kitchen, The 30 yr old 13" tube in the garage And the  Little portable by the BBQ grill, Because TVs are    NEVER retired in a Filipino household, they merely get demoted to whichever room doesn't have a TV yet(hahaha), then it ends up in the balikbayan box to    be sent to a relative back home, and it ends up being the main TV at the house again.

-    The aunties & guests are showing off their "designer" Louis Vuitton and Coach bags that they secretly bought at a swap-meet.

-    Someone is always in the kitchen constantly cleaning up, and you're not sure if she's the maid or a relative, so you greet and kiss them  on the cheek    anyway.

-    Relatives/friends will ask you where you work and if it's a retail job or if you work at an amusement park, they'll ask if you can get them a discount.

-    The lumpia is gone in 5 minutes and they are frying up another batch.

-    They play "Achy-Breaky Heart" over and over again.

-    What starts as a religious gathering turns into an illegal gambling set up by the end of the night!

OH DI BA? ARE YOU NOT  PROUD BEING A FILIPINO?

ANONG SAY MO

Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day

MAY 27, 2013 MONDAY



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A FEW DAYS AGO, I received a beautiful dark-brown security blanket from DVNF (Disabled Veterans National Foundation).  In a side corner - these 4 unforgettable words, Freedom is Not Free.  People in the liberal mainstream media , we know who they are,  kept mentioning "unpopular war."  War is never popular, will never be popular and will never ever be popular.  So, please stop saying "unpopular war."  War is the high cost of freedom and who pays?  The American soldier.
Tomorrow, Memorial Day - May 26, 2008 - let's remember all the soldiers who lost their lives for duty and country and gave the ultimate sacrifice no one can equal.  Let's say with love and prayer for them as always: a Memorial Day Mass will be held at St. Joan of Arc Parish Church in Skokie at 10:00 A.M.
 

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Veterans War Memorial of Texas, McAllen, TX

VETERANS WAR MEMORIAL PHOTOS
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Winter Texan Times Article

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Jan 2/2012  More on Col. Frank Plummer and his Memorial project.

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20111103_Veterans_Spire_FEAT“There is nothing like this memorial anywhere else in the United States,” states Col. Frank Plummer, U.S. Air Force (Ret). Plummer has been the spokesman for the group of veterans that has been the life force behind creation of the Veterans War Memorial of Texas.

“Winter Texans tell me all the time they have traveled the country and not seen anything like it, even in Washington,” he added.

Currently, a 105-foot “American Spire of Honor” in the center of the Veterans War Memorial of Texas is nearing completion.  The spire is a symbol of love and honor bestowed by this nation for the men and women killed in all wars.

The black granite spire with a stainless steel dome should be completed by December. Then the process of sandblasting names and laying the bricks on the ground surrounding the spire will begin. Plans are to dedicate the spire on Memorial Day.

The spire will be five-sided when completed, and will have the 50 states and their emblems around it. Brief summaries of the wars will also be engraved on the 17-foot high base. Granite walls near the base will have the names of people and corporations who supported construction of the memorial.

20111103_War-Memorial_0055For the past 18 years Plummer, along with a group of very dedicated veterans and business corporations from McAllen, the Rio Grande Valley and state of Texas have worked to create a memorial to the men and women who have given their lives in the name of freedom for this country.

“We realized that the Rio Grande Valley is a very patriotic place. Almost every family had someone who served in the military at one time or another. Plummer pointed out that Mission, at the time a small town of 10,000, lost 41 “sons” during World War II. Plummer indicated that was a higher ratio than most other communities of similar size. Mission also lost 23 “sons” in Vietnam. Other Valley towns lost their young men in the conflicts as well.

As plans for the memorial began, the organizers realized they wanted it to be a teaching memorial. Future generations could come to the memorial and learn about past conflicts.

“We wanted to place a memorial here where so many families have sent sons to service and lost so many of them,” said Plummer. “We want their families to realize why they made the sacrifices.”

The memorial is in the shape of a circle and different arcs represent different conflicts: World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and another section representing “all other conflicts.”

“In all, America has lost 1.3 million men in wars since America became a nation. “I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around the enormous number of men and women who have given their lives to keep our freedom,” said Plummer. “Freedom is not free.”

The Civil War is included in the wars.

On Veterans Day, during the memorial service, the names and pictures of the four latest Valley casualties will be placed on the wall representing the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Their families will be honored as part of the tribute. The ceremony is at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11.

Much of the ground-level memorial has been completed and visitors are welcome to walk around the grounds, circled by 50 flags for 50 states and see the granite walls explaining the conflicts and seeing the sculptures created by McAllen sculptor Douglas Clark.

“Douglas’ sculpture of the Medal of Honor winner throwing the grenade was an award-winner,” said Plummer.  He also created the women of the armed forces, the sculpture of General James Hollingsworth who figured prominently in World War II and others.  Plummer said more sculptures are planned as funds allow for creation.

Plummer said the memorial is coming to fruition because so many people and organizations have helped through dedication of funds.  Local veterans groups from McAllen and surrounding Valley cities have been instrumental in funding the memorial. And the City of McAllen has provided the very valuable land located right next to the new McAllen Civic Center.

Plummer added that every penny received has been put into the memorial. Not one of the organizers has taken one cent for travel, phone calls or other personal expenses related to creation of the memorial.

“But we are running short on funds for completion,” he said.

Plummer urged families of veterans to purchase a brick in their name. Bricks still cost only $25 and honor the people who served in the military. Larger square pavers in the walkway are $265 and can be used to honor groups of soldiers, or families can honor veterans in their family. Benches can also be purchased for $1,500. Corporations wishing to assist with completion of the memorial can become sentinel guards with a granite marker and a flagpole.

Anyone wishing to can become a guardian of the spire with a donation of $100.  Checks should be made payable to Veterans War Memorial of Texas/Spire and mailed to Col. Frank S. Plummer, 8609 N. Ware Road, McAllen, TX 78504. For additional information call 956-631-2511.



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Saturday, May 25, 2013

ALT Spring Dinner Meeting Via Veneto 2009

" Spring Dinner of the Past"

VIA VENETO
Chicago, IL
773-267-0888

May 1, 2009


Yeah, labtech babies!  We go for it and we all had a good time at Via Veneto Ristorante - a WTTW Channel 11 Chicago big sponsor.  It's so nice of Dina the owner to give us $10 free gift certificate.  Thank you!
We missed regular party attendees Bel (& Rex) as somehow she was not informed of the re-scheduled date.  I did send an e-mail also to all but like almost all, just too busy to open their e-mail.  By the time she was reminded it was too late as she could not find a lab tech substitute at her job.
Secretary Yousuf (Zaeb) had prior family commitment.  It's his first time to be absent from ALT party events.  No one can escape -- there's always a first time.
For the first time in our lab affair, VP Vicky opened with a dinner blessing.  At the end of a sumptuous dinner, we had a free raffle with prizes of Gucci purse, re-usable bags from Pier 1 Imports, photo albums and designer sunglasses.  Free T-shirts were given to officers and members.  I ordered sizes L & XL.  They did not like the XL size and were looking for M.  Oops, sorry.  I forgot no one is fatso in the group.  Giggles.
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Visit by Andrea Bocelli

Eaters: WGN News Anchor Robert Jordan
Pop Artist Michael Bolton


We are sorry to miss SkyGoddess Te, Edwin, and Margie also.  She was scheduled to fly to Beijing because of the short month of February.  She already paid so I'm substituting for her the Spirit of Chicago cruise.

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