This Side of Heaven... where angels love to tread!

PAL Pre-Landing Announcement

PAL Stewardess: "We're now preparing to land at San Francisco International Airport. Kindly straighten up your seats, turn off all
electronic gadgets, pull up your window shades and buckle up for
safety. We hope you enjoyed flying with us as much as we did."

"Sa wikang atin po, tayo po ay papalapag na sa paliparang
pangkalawakang internasyonal ng San Francisco. Paalala po lamang sa
ating mga kababayan -- ang mga unan, kumot, headset at iba pang
kagamitan sa eroplano ay di po kasama sa pasalubong.
Huwag po lamang baklasin ang LCD-TV na nakadikit sa silya."

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*Joke from Hanneli
**Photo from postcardpost.com

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As a school tradition at Regis College, every year a few short weeks after the start of the schoolyear, Regis would have their hoop rolling and cap and gown ceremony to fire up the seniors spirits and give them the feeling that this is their last year in school. Every senior is ask to participate by getting their hoops and decorate it in ways that they want to do. To cap the ceremony... the seniors have a contest where they roll their decorated hoops down the hill near the home of the college's president. After the contest, they give out awards to the winner of the person who got to the finish line first and then there are other awards given out to the most creative, the most college spirit and another one that I don't remember for now.

It was a blast watching these girls play like little kids again which, I am sure that they haven't done this for awhile. The hoop rolling was followed by a cap and gown ceremony in the school auditorium which also honored some girls who are active participants in extra-curricular activities and leadership programs.

Karrol, and I'm sure the rest of the seniors were all excited since this gets them to the realization that they are nearing their goal... College Graduation! Whoopee!!!

NUDITY
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a
woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark
naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from
the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!

HONESTY
My son 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his
toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage.
He stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out
with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile,
"We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few
days ago."

OPINIONS
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from
his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not
necessarily those of his parents."

KETCHUP
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar. During
her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer
the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then
she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's
hitting the bottle."

MORE NUDITY
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker
room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies
grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement
and then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy
before?"

ELDERLY
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly
shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. The
various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheel-
chairs, unfailingly intrigued her. One day I found her staring at a pair of
false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable
barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy
will never believe this!"

DRESS-UP
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her
dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache the
next morning."

SCHOOL
A little girl just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my
time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and they won't
let me talk!"

BIBLE
A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered
through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked
up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been
pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found", the boy called
out." What have you got there, dear?" With astonishment in the young boy's
voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear."

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*Thanks to Melissa Boado for sending me this cute anecdotes by children.

**Photo by istockphoto

Another documentary movie, the likes of which drew a lot of attention and buzz about our environment was started by Al Gore. His movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" was a wake up call to all of us sharing a space on Mother Earth and whose immediate reaction to every inconvenience to anything happening in our world with just a shrug and a prayer that everything will get back to normal... soon.

However, this is really far from the truth because the reality is, despite all the world-wide attention that the movie generated, environmental action still leaves to be desired.

Now, Leonardo DiCaprio, has produced another documentary called the 11th Hour. This is another attempt at raising not only more conciousness but more of a call to action at the 11th hour. People in the know, knows that the 11th hour is too little too late, but I believe it is better to try rather than not do anything at all.

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If you still haven't watched the movie Strings which I blog about a few blogs ago, hope that this trailer will peek your interest. Here's the link again to the full-length movie "Strings".