January 2010
25 posts
On becoming a mountain
On becoming a mountain
HUMMING IN MY UNIVERSE By Jim Paredes (The Philippine Star) Updated January 31, 2010 12:00 AM
As a writer of a weekly column, I often like to flatter or delude myself by fancying that my readers and I have a special thing going — that they eagerly await what I write and avidly devour my writing.
The “fancy” is of course, mostly self-flattery, and I admit that it can...
Senator Pimentel--Shame on you!
In an official senate ethics hearing on Villar’ alleged double insertion on the C5 extension project,
ROXAS : I had no insertions, period…Let alone an insertion for a road to pass through any such property..”
PIMENTEL: Well, I am sure that after your marriage, you had some insertions”.
ROXAS:That is an affront on my wife (Korina Sanchez), Mr. President!”.
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Breaking up is hard to do
Posted on January 23, 2010 by jimparedes [e]
HUMMING IN MY UNIVERSE By Jim Paredes (The Philippine Star) Updated January 24, 2010 12:00 AM
The APO held a press conference a few days back to promote our upcoming Valentine show. It was billed as APO’s last Valentine gig and it will be held on Feb. 13 at the SMX venue in the Mall of Asia.
At the...
Clever new words and meanings
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the 2009 winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person...
Last APO Concerts Tentative schedule
1. Valentine show on Feb. 13 at SMX, Mall of Asia 2. Provincial Tour - The dates and cities have not been finalized yet but definitely it will include Cebu and Davao. Other cities lined up are Bacolod, Iloilo, Tacloban, Dagupan, Baguio, Cabanatuan, Bohol. 3. Show in Compostela Valley for the Bulawan Festival on March 7 4. US Tour - Right now, only 2 shows have been confirmed for March 19...
Saying yes to life
Saying yes to life 0
Posted on January 17, 2010 by jimparedes [e]
A few days ago, at lunch with my daughter Ala, I told her how happy and proud I was that she did a great job on her first day as a courtroom sketch artist during the arraignment of Andal Ampatuan Jr. the other week. It was a job that came from out of the blue just the night before the trial...
Hey pretty woman, someone likes you. →
Ha ha ha…quite funny.
HP (101) hits worldwide
(Source unknown)
A Worldwide Epidemic is spreading with enormous speed.
The ‘WWO’ (World-Wellness-Organisation) foresees billions of people becoming infected within the coming decade!
Called the ‘happiness pandemic’, here are the most prominent symptoms of this wonderful enlivening ‘disease’:
1). The tendency to let yourself be guided by intuition instead of acting under pressure...
APO bids farewell...
Yes, it is true. The TV news said it right.
APO is winding down. We, (Jim, Danny and Boboy) announced that we have decided to stop performing, recording and singing together.
We are doing our last Valentines show this Feb 13 at SMX in Mall of Asia. We still have other concerts to do before and after Valentines but only until end of May. If you can, do catch the last few shows we will be doing...
Writing deadlines
Been writing a column for more than three years now, and I have not missed a single week. I have been pretty much reliable and have managed to come out with something for my column in Philippine Star each Sunday for the past 168 weeks or so. My editor must be happy.
Yet every week, I go through the ritual where I stare at the computer screen wondering what to write and worrying whether I will be...
“Furthermore, we have not even to risk the journey alone; for the heroes of all...”
– Joeph Campbell (my idol).
“If you can see your path laid out
in front of you step by step,
you know...”
– Joseph Campbell
What's in a name? Plenty!
Posted on January 09, 2010 by jimparedes [e]
HUMMING IN MY UNIVERSE By Jim Paredes (The Philippine Star) Updated January 10, 2010
I have always had a fascination with languages. I believe that one mark of an educated person is the ability to read, write and speak more than one language. Why? Because it gives him the ability to look at reality from at least...
Read what people say about TCU workshop...
Read what people say about TCU workshop…
JIM PERET (Sydney, NSW) TCU workshop was really an eye opener and a mind blowing technique on how to tap the creative universe. I have also learnt how to deal with and set aside the blocks that stands in my way in everyday life that prevents me from being more creative. I would like to thank Jim Paredes in running this workshop and I really enjoyed...
“I didn’t know the way to the temple
So I walked miles
Among the cloudy...”
Tweaking our lives in the New Year
HUMMING IN MY UNIVERSE By Jim Paredes (The Philippine Star) Updated January 03, 2010 12:00 AM
A new year always brings the resolve to change things. Only a cynic will not think of how he can improve, change or tweak something in his life to have a greater experience. I know some people who start the year with a haircut or a makeover of sorts — buying a new dress or a shirt just to feel...
Life's mysteries # 1
Why is it that when someone dies, we take comfort imagining that he/she has just gone on a long trip. But when someone we love leaves for a long trip, why can’t we take comfort when someone tells us to just imagine that he/she has died?
Is it a case of A equals B, but not vice-versa?
Best forwarded message this year so far
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 kinder 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...
