Breaking Loose..

At first i thought i could not make it, but i did. Then i thought it would take days or even weeks before i could even post my initial thoughts, but my excitement broke loose, and i did. This is just the beginning, I vow to make this a lifetime passion.

Not-So-White Lies..

"I care about the housewife who has to care for her children, I care about the farmer who has to fed the nation, I care about the student who has to graduate, I care about the padre de pamilya who has to care for his family." These are the words of Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the most hated and despised Philippine President after Marcos. She had more than 9 years to have had put these words into action, but she did not.


Ex-President Joseph Ejercito Estrada said, "I am willing to offer my services in whatever capacity should Presumptive President-elect Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III request for it". He uttered this words for all the world to hear in the midst of his pronouncements that he is not conceding to the latter, despite their almost 5 million vote difference as of the latest count and with only about 1.4 million still to be canvassed.


"I did my best but I guess my best wasn't good enough", said Speaker Prospero C. Nograles on the failure of the 14th Congress to ratify the Freedom of Information Bill. Yet, we saw on national television that he simply laughed-off a duly seconded motion invoking a house rule saying that congressmen can be arrested so that they could be physically present during plenary proceedings.

Hachiko

from Wikpedia, the free encyclopedia:

Hachikō (ハチ公, November 10, 1923–March 8, 1935), known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公, "faithful dog Hachikō" ('hachi' meaning 'eight', a number referring to the position within the nest the dog came from, and 'kō' being a Japanese familiar suffix)). Hachikō was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, remembered for his loyalty to his owner, even many years after his owner's death.

In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner's life Hachikō saw him out from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage at the university that day. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting. Hachikō was loyal and every day for the next nine years he waited sitting there amongst the town's folk.

Hachikō was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. Eventually, Hachikō apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachikō waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he did not see his friend among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for nine years with Hachikō appearing precisely when the train was due at the station.