Jakie and the Beadstalk

Yesterday, I was so broke that I decided to go to my bank to withdraw over the counter during lunch break.  When I handed my withdrawal form and ID to the teller, the teller told me, we don't allow withdrawals without the passbook (it was a passbook account and I couldn't find my passbook).   I said, but it's the same bank, though in a different branch and you're computerized right now and I have more than two valid IDs and I still can't withdraw? He said, "sorry ma'am, you can't talaga." So I thanked him and left. I told myself I'd eat at Rob instead of going to the canteen because Rob was nearer. Then I panicked because when I opened my purse, I couldn't find my coin purse inside but there was a 100-peso bill tucked in one of my ATM cards! Wooooohoooooo!!!!! (Now looking back, I'm pulling my hair for panicking because I forgot my purse when there's only 70 pesos in my purse! What was I beating myself for???) So I had my mea...

I am not as magnanimous as people think I am. In fact, I am the exact opposite of such. I don't give unless I know there's something for me in return.  I harbor ill-feelings.   I don't forget.  I get even. And if I can't get even, I hold a grudge... for eternity. I read somewhere that kids can be more forgiving than adults. I believe that is true.  Probably because they have much purer hearts and souls or because they haven't experienced much pain and suffering that they have lost their belief that forgiveness is a healing balm. Yes, I am no angel.  I have a lot of patience. I rarely contradict other people's opinions, in the fear that I might hurt their feelings.  I try to be sensitive enough to others' sensibilities in order not to offend them. But it's always not so easy.  Why go through all the trouble of being nice at all? Because, I don't like people saying anything bad about me behind my back.  That's how self-abs...

The Supreme Court Building in the 1930s Photo credit:  Mr. John T. Pilot June is an important month for the Supreme Court because of the following events: June 1, 2004 - The New Code of Judicial Conduct for the Philippine Judiciary and the Code of Conduct for Court Personnel took effect. - Cayetano Arellano was appointed as the first Chief Justice in 1901. June 2, 1989 - Proclamation 417 declared June 11 as Supreme Court Day  June 5, 1899 - The Courts of First Instance and Justice of the Peace Courts are re-established in Manila June 6, 2000 - Proclamation No. 322 declared June 11, 2000 to June 11, 2001 as "Centenary Year of the Supreme Court"  June 7, 2011 - The Supreme Court upheld its decision dated November 23, 2010 which held the establishment of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) as constitutional in G.R. No. 191618 ( Macalintal v. Presidential Electoral Tribunal ). - In 2011, the S...

Getting ready to cover my son's books and notebooks When I was still a student, one of the things I look forward to was going shopping with my family for school necessities. We'd shop around the second week of May each year to avoid the long lines in cashiers and our favorite venue was National Bookstore in Harrison Plaza. Of course, one's school needs aren't complete without the requisite notebooks. I have always loved covering notebooks and books and when I graduated from college, I usually offered my friend/relative/kumare-in-the-future (Mukmik) to cover her notebooks. Now that I am a mother, I relish covering my little one's books and notebooks and I am quite happy with the available materials these days that weren't available in my time: (Hindi na ganun kahirap magcover ng libro at kwaderno!) 1. Color-coded notebooks. Hindi na kailangan ng art paper para gawing red ang cover! A lot of schools require that notebooks are co...

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