JUNE BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS

SORRY FOR POSTING LATE THE NAMES OF OUR BATCHMATES JUNE BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS.

TO YOU BATCHMATES BORN IN JUNE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MAY YOU HAVE MORE TO COME.

1. ELINITA LUNA MARIANO GUIAYA - JUNE 8

2. LAGRIMAS GUZMAN FLORES - JUNE 15

3. JUANITO RODRIGUEZ - JUNE 16

4. JOSE MARIANO - JUNE 19

5. RUPERTO BAGTAS - JUNE 19

The POPE and the RABBI

Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism or leave Italy. There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal. He'd have a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish community.

If the Jews won, they could stay in Italy; if the Pope won, they'd have to convert or leave.The Jewish people met and picked an aged and wise rabbi to represent them in the debate. However, as the rabbi spoke no Italian, and the Pope spoke no Yiddish, they agreed that it would be a "silent" debate.

On the debate day the Pope and rabbi sat opposite each other.The Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.The rabbi looked back and raised one finger.

Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head.The rabbi pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope brought out a communion wafer and a chalice of wine.The rabbi pulled out an apple.

With that, the Pope stood up and declared himself beaten and said that the rabbi was too clever. The Jews could stay in Italy.

Later the cardinals met with the Pope and asked him what had happened.

The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent theTrinity. He responded by holding up a single finger to remind me there is still only one God common to both our beliefs."Then, I waved my finger around my head to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with us."I pulled out the wine and water to show that God absolves us of all our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of the original sin."He bested me at every move and I could not continue."

Meanwhile, the Jewish community gathered to ask the rabbi how he'd won.

"I haven't a clue" the rabbi said. "First, he told me that we had three days to get out of Italy, so I gave him the finger."Then he tells me that the whole country would be cleared of Jews and I told him that we were staying right here.""And then what?" asked a woman."Who knows?" said the rabbi. "He took out his lunch so I took out mine.

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My new love

i'm a very loving person (ehem!) so, aside from my true love and "my other love", i have a new love nowadays. i've fallen in love with a very cute one. i guess, one's preferences change with age, with mood, with the times. my new love's initials are A.E.E.E. i met him on a very romantic day - valentine's day this year. i felt hot and cold, my heart was beating so wildly, how i wanted to scream in sheer happiness! i had to control myself, for there infront of me, was my husband of 33 years! i knew he was observing my reactions, so i pretended to be quite passive and unaffected with the encounter. but then, being the super-transparent person, that i am, i wasn't successful at hiding my true feelings for my new-found love. i wasn't able to hold back the tears of happiness, of ecstacy, perhaps. our son, marc hil, was the one who introduced my new love to me. my son has impeccable taste, too. he chose A.E.E.E. over the others, because of his reliability, his efficiency, not to mention, his handsome looks. he is a dynamo! thanks, marc, for A.E.E.E. he not only stays with me in our home, he even accompanies me to the garden, to the park, when i drive to the city, etc.,etc. your dad is very understanding, for he even reminds me about A.E.E.E. when i sometimes forget about him. he even encourages me to bring A.E.E.E along when we travel. isn't that sweet of him? no problem with A.E.E.E. because he's not heavy at all. he's small, dark, pero handsome naman. though he's small, he can perform the tasks of the bigger ones, with a lot of flair and very efficiently, too. looks like you're dying to know the identity of my new love. okay! his full name is ASUS Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play PC - A.E.E.E. hahaha! it's a 4" x 6" notebook (a mini-laptop).

An interesting website

http://www.paulsadowski.com

It's where you can get an analysis of your birthdate and your name as recorded in your birth certificate.

Try it - for fun!

A Forwarded Message - A Beautiful One

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always
wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the
wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback
by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but
I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family
for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind
to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed,
or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant
garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be
extravagant.


I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they
understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM
and sleep until noon?


I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I,
at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body,
and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the
pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as
well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important
things..

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.. How can your heart not
break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when
somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give
us strength and
understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile
and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to
have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So
many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn
silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what
other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the
right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like
the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am
still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or
worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I
feel like it)


"OLD AGE - I decided, is a GIFT."


MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE
HEART!

All So True (of us)!

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OBITUARY - Mr Romulo Flores

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Mr Romulo Flores, the husband of our former teacher Mrs Maria Fe Flores, nee Diaz. He passed away on the 29th of May, age 75. His funeral will take place on the 3rd of June at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Arizona.

Regrettably, we do not have Mrs Flores' address. Editha might have further details.