Marriage

"Where a man loses his being a Bachelor, and the woman gains her Master's."

Career Emotional Decisions

"1. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

  2. Procrastinating on going back to school

  3. Fear of Asking Questions

  4. Temptation to deceive

  5. Impostor syndrome

  6. Excessive competitiveness

  7. Takeaway emotional issues"

Space Hotel 2027

Reservations are being accepted from 280 guests to be flown on Voyager Station by Orbital Assembly Corporation of former pilot John Blincow, together with of crew of 112. Partners are Elon Musk of Space X and Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic, who is charging $250, 000 per person. Accommodations would cost like a cruise

Ex-change

On his royal grandmother's 95th birthday, estranged Prince Harry met billionaire Wallis (again!) Annenberg at an exclusive country club in California. 

Red Tags

Used to love them on items for sale. Now dreaded on people for persecution

Crass House

The person calling senators STUPID is one of the henchmen of PIDUTS!

Winsome

Julie Andrews begged for more to play Eliza Doolittle in the film adaptation of My Fair Lady but the role went to Audrey Hepburn. At the Oscars, though, Julie Andrews won as Mary Poppins over Audrey's My Fair Lady.

Export 2

The Community Pantry Project (CPP) of yet another red-tagged woman Patricia Non, has been adopted by Timor Este.

It's so annoying

Nakakakurot ng damdamin (a Facebook post translation) 

Madi Ann

She got into a maddening situation of a 19-year old renting a two-bedroom unit at a seniors' facility in Arkansas, and admittedly turned it into a Hallmark moment. She counted the ways:

1.  It costs only $350/ month.                                

2.  Package included extra grandparents.

3.  When she arrives home, all is quiet.

4.  She could have music anytime as seniors deaf

5.  They talked loud so she heard the latest news

6.  They were genuinely interested in her.

7.  They pampered her with snacks.

Madi was a catch too, being a nurse assistant in a local health maintenance company.

CPP

It could mean Communist Party of PH or Community Pantries of PH. How times and presidents have changed!

Buckshot Smith

Officer LC Smith is the longest-serving cop in Arkansas. At 91, all he took was a month's retirement.

Vanuatu

Once the Happiest Place in the World, aside from Disneyland, is now grieving on the death of their "god," Prince Philip.

Export

Prince Philip teased a Filipina in UK that the PH must be half-empty with the rest abroad.

In contrast, tvN features a hostel for Korean tourists in Spain.

Audrey Hepburn and Anne Frank

They were born 6 weeks apart.

Audrey came from Brussels; Anne, Frankfurt.

They then became Dutch Girls 60 miles apart.

Audrey's family hid a Red Devil pilot in their cellar. Anne's family hid in the attic.

After the war, Audrey lived in an apartment 

above the editor working on Anne Frank's Diary.

Audrey respectfully refused the request of Anne's father to portray Anne as being too near her experience, from which she did not want to make money.

Later, as UNICEF Ambassador of Goodwill,

Audrey would read excerpts from Anne's Diary.

Barbara Pym

This modern Jane Austen has been quoted as saying, "I love Bob, I love Richard, I love Rice Krispies,...perhaps it is better in the end just to love Rice Krispies." (Biographer Paula Byrne)

Paul Whybrew

He is not a fictional reformed bootlegger but Queen Elizabeth's trusted former servant now a "calming presence for the monarch." Plucked from retirement, he joined aide Angela Kelly back at service in Windsor Castle during Covid.  Shades of Queen Victoria's Abdul.

Marcel Marceau

A Jew in France during Hitler's reign of terror, he started doing mime at the cabaret and was called a clown by his butcher father. He took on another silent occupation when he joined the Resistance and personally took schoolchildren choir members across the Alps to Switzerland.

From Russia to Iran

In a documentary, a English journalist is instructed against the use of his camera. The Russian driver claims to be against reminders of civilization. And yet, the Englishman retorted, he is driving a car!

Lawyers Lain

Marcos' era human rights lawyer and former VP Jejomar Binay says that with the current "pikon"  DU30, slain lawyers have risen to 61 for the past 5 years, compared to the 49 put down during the 44 years from FM to Pnoy.

For the first time, too, a tarpaulin was put up in EDSA of Judge Monique Ignacio, red-tagged for freeing and clearing 2 activists.

And in Samar, the police chief asked the court for a list of lawyers representing activists.

Grim Reaper

So covid-fatigued, it has been depicted as having mistakenly carried its assignment to Windsor Castle/Buckingham Palace instead of Malacanan.

Photo Perjury

It's one thing to try and prove that DU30 is alive while not exactly kicking his boots off at work. Worse is to claim infrastructure in other countries as your own.

Ignatius of Loyola

This "Pivotal Player " of Christian history stood at 5'1", the youngest in an aristocratic family of 13. Orphaned of both parents at 16, he became a page at the court of the Spanish King. Living an entitled life, Ignatius subsequently got into trouble and hence would become the only saint with a criminal record. (Bishop Barron)

Pushed Up

Penalties have suffered inflation too. From the 20 push-ups for mutineers imposed by FVR, it has gone up to 300 for Covid protocol violators. One of them is now a goner.

Dis-Appointment with People

"God is Great." Life has more to offer.

"Beer is Good." At present.

"People are Crazy." Different.

"Live in Dignity." Treating self and others.

(Kristi Hoke Miranbell)

F Scott Fitzgerald

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

Mask

Christ's face cover was neatly folded at the side of his sarcophagus.  In Jewish table tradition, that meant he was not yet done and would be back. That's reassuring to all Christians.

Human Doings

"We are not. We are Human Beings. As such, at

Happy moments, Praise God.                      Difficult moments, Seek God.                          Quiet moments, Worship God.                      Painful moments, Trust God.                          Every moment, Thank God." 

(Paul Bradshaw interview with Rick Warren)

Pontius Pilate

He could be the Covid 19 poster boy for hand-washing but not for judicial wisdom, sentencing an innocent man, or at best leaving it up to a boisterous hang jury to decide.

April Fool's Reminder

"You can't always have a good day. But you can always face a bad day with a good attitude." (Serenity Raven Wolf.com)