I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked
side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the
Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received."
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels
sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from
people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.
Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and
delivered to the living persons who asked for them."

I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard
at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being
packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a
very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there,
idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section,"
my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed "How is it
that? There's no work going on here?" I asked.

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they
asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked.

"Simple," the angel answered. "Just say, "Thank you, Lord."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead
and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75% of this world. "If you have
money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the
world who has that opportunity."

Also ....

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .... you are more
blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are
ahead of 700 million people in the world.

"If you can attend a church meeting without the fear of harassment, arrest,
torture or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion
people in the world.

"If your parents are still alive and still married ..
you are very rare.

If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you are unique
to all those in doubt and despair."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that
someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than
over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along to
remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

Attn: Acknowledge Dept.: Thank You Lord!
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for
giving me so many wonderful people to share it with."

Blessings

kagabi niya lang nalaman ang tungkol sa gucci gang.

"sinetch sila?"

"anukaba? blogger ka ba? sila ang mga bagong sikat sa mundo ng blogging. tinalo pa ang apat na sikat ng jollibee noon. heto ang link..."

ilang minuto pagkabigay ko ng link, natahimik na ang aminadong tapa queen. (dahil sunog na sunog daw siya sa boracay)

"hello?"

"sino si tina tinio? wala na si tim sa inquirer?"

umpisa pa lang, hindi na tumigil si lenggai sa kababasa ng kuwento ng buhay ng talentadong si mr. montano at ng mga kaibigan niya.

pero sino nga ba sila? at bakit ba may pakialam ngayon ang buong mundo sa pinaggagagawa nila? bakit ba araw-araw eh sinusundan natin ang mga bagong kabanata sa blog ni brian gorrell, ang bida/kontrabida (depende sa punto de bista ninyo) sa epikong tumatabo ngayon sa takilya ng blogging.

Ayon sa aking pagsasaliksik, ang dahilan kung bakit mabenta ang buhay ng mga mayayaman sa mga masang tulad ko at tulad ninyo ay dahil isa itong mundong hindi karaniwang ipinapakita o inilalathala sa publiko.

Aspirational ika nga nila sa mundo ng telebisyon.

Bakit nga ba tayo naaliw kapag nakakapanood tayo ng mga lifestyle shows? Natutuwa kapag pinapakita sa TV ang bahay ni Ate Shawie? O kaya ang kuwarto ni Christian Bautista? Bakit ba tutok na tutok tayo sa TV kapag may sikat na personalidad na nagbubukas ng isang pribadong bahagi ng buhay nila?

Nagkakaroon kasi tayo ng pagkakataong makasilip sa mundong ginagalawan ng mga mayayaman… makita ang buhay ng mga alta de sociedad… mabasa ang gawain ng mga taong ipinanganak na may gintong kutsara sa bibig… masulyapan ang isang bahagi ng buhay ng mga miyembro ng high society.

In short, dukha ka. Dukha ako. Dukha tayo. Wala tayo ng meron sila. Kaya aliw na aliw tayong nakikita ang mga bagay na pinagsasasaan nila.

(Tulad diumano ng cocaine?)

Isa pa raw rason, natural ding tsismoso ang mga Pilipino. Kaya naman supah powerful ang media rito sa Pilipinas ay dahil sa need o pangangailangan ng mga Pilipino na malaman kung ano ang nangyayari sa paligid nila, may kinalaman man ito o wala sa personal na buhay nila. Nagkaroon tayo ng tsansang masilip ang mundong ginagalawan ni eventologist Tim Y., socialite Tina T., fashion diva Celine L., at si DJ M., na sa totoo lang, hindi ko kilala, (well, hindi ko naman sila lahat kilala, dukha ako, remember?) kaya tuwang tuwa tayo na mabasa na ito pala ang ginagawa nila sa mundo nila.

Na si ganito pala ay adik sa ganito… at si ganito ay maliit ang ganun… at si ganyan ay nangamal ng malaking ganyan. (mahirap na maglagay ng pangalan, baka madawit ako sa demandahan.)

Case of crab mentality? Hindi naman. Ang crab mentality kasi, hinihila mo pababa ang mga umaakyat sa tagumpay. Eh ito naman, nakikibasa lang naman tayo ‘di ba? Hindi naman natin wini-wish na bumagsak silang mga involved sa kinalalagyan nila, ‘di ba? (weh?)

Case of envy? puwedeng oo, puwedeng hindi.

dahil mayaman sila at mahirap tayo? dahil sikat sila at sino ba tayo?

I don’t know. I don’t care. And I don’t give a damn about what other people think about it.

Aminado ako, binabasa ko ang blog na ito. Inaabangan ang bawat bagong entry. Sinusundan ang mga kabanata mula nang magsimulang magsulat si Brian noong March 4.

Bakit?

It’s freakin’ entertaining. It’s a guilty pleasure. It's like Beverly Hills 90210, or Gossip Girl, or Marimar (the original version) for goodness’ sake. Isama mo pa si Eugene, Voltes V, Mara Clara at Encantadia (oo, nanonood ako nito noon).

Kung anuman ang rason ninyo sa pagsunod sa kuwentong ito, eh inirerespeto ko iyun. Kanya-kanyang trip tayo. Walang basagan ng trip ika nga nila.

Mabenta sila, mabenta ang kuwento ng buhay nila. Sorry na lang sa kanila dahil may isang taong nangahas magbukas ng pinto sa daigdig nila.

at pumasok ang buong sanlibutan dito, kahit pa 'di naman kami imbitado.

Nga pala, idinadawit na ngayon sa blog ang apo ni Imelda.

My gosh, ang juicy, juicy, juicy talaga nito di ba?