Happiness in our life... ^^

Happiness Is the Supreme Motivation

We base every decision we make on how the consequences of our choices affect our overall happiness. We wrap birthday gifts because seeing our loved ones joyfully tear off the paper while wondering what could be inside makes us a little happier than just handing over an unwrapped gift. We donate to charities because helping others increases our own happiness. We watch cartoons and read comic strips even if they don't add anything productive to our day because we want to feel a moment of happiness. We go to therapy to find happiness when we feel it is missing from our lives.

We will even create pain in our lives if we believe that it will lead to happiness. We go to jobs we hate because we believe that the money or status from that job will lead to happiness. We develop anxiety because we believe that it will help us hang on to things that make us happy. We will take drugs that destroy us because we believe that the high will make us happy. We will even do something unthinkable, like torture or murder, if we think that it is necessary to bring us long-term happiness. We may even kill ourselves to achieve happiness in the afterlife.

Life Without Happiness Is Not Worth Living

Happiness even surpasses the need to survive. A person who has no hope of ever being happy may commit suicide and cease to exist rather than try to survive in a depressed state. Without hope of future happiness, we have no reason to go on.

The only way we continue to convince ourselves to move forward, even through the struggles, instead of giving up, is to find something that gives us the hope that happiness will once again return.

Hoping for Happiness

If we were simply emotionless computers, we wouldn't need religions, cultural traditions, art, literature, music, dance, philosophy, stores filled with luxury items we don't need, and beauty products. We would be content to have only what we need to survive and feel physically comfortable. But philosophy and the arts do exist and all because they give us hope that they will somehow lead us to happiness. The remind us of happy moments and give us hope that such moments will happen again. They tell of possible future moments of happiness. They even whisk us into our imaginations where we fantasize about happy moments that may seem impossible.

FRIENDSHIP


You are friendly, kind and caring
Sensitive, loyal and understanding
Humorous, fun, secure and true
Always there... yes that's you.

Special, accepting, exciting and wise
Truthful and helpful, with honest blue eyes
Confiding, forgiving, cheerful and bright
Yes that's you... not one bit of spite.

You're one of a kind, different from others
Generous, charming, but not one that smothers
Optimistic, thoughtful, happy and game
But not just another... in the long chain.

Appreciative, warm and precious like gold
Our friendship won't tarnish or ever grow old
You'll always be there, I know that is true

I'll always be here... always for you.

Love Poem.. hehee

An Entrapment

My love, I have tried with all my being
to grasp a form comparable to thine own,
but nothing seems worthy;

I know now why Shakespeare could not
compare his love to a summer’s day.
It would be a crime to denounce the beauty
of such a creature as thee,
to simply cast away the precision
God had placed in forging you.

Each facet of your being
whether it physical or spiritual
is an ensnarement
from which there is no release.
But I do not wish release.
I wish to stay entrapped forever.
With you for all eternity.
Our hearts, always as one.

JaCKaSS!!!!!! ^^

About JACKASS!! ^^

Jackass is an American television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, and self-injuring stunts and pranks. The show served as a launchpad for the television and acting careers of Jonny Knoxville and Bam Magera. Since 2002, two Jackass theatrical films have been produced and released by MTV corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, continuing the franchise after its run on television. It is one of MTV's most popular shows and sparked several spin-offs including Viva La Bam, Wildboyz, Homewreker, Dr. Steve-O, and Blastazoid. In 2008, Entertaintment Weekly called Jackass the 68th greatest show of the past 25 years.

The show developed from Big Brother Magazine, a skateboarding-related humor magazine that Jeff Tremaine, Dave Carnie, Rick kosick and Cris Pontilus all worked for, and featured regular contributions from Johnny Knoxville and Dave England, among others. The concept of Jackass dates back to 1999 when struggling-actor-turned-writer Johnny Knoxville birthed the idea to test different self defense devices on himself as the basis for an article. He pitched the idea to a couple of magazines and was turned down until meeting with Jeff Tremaine of Big Brother. Jeff hired him as a journalist and convinced Johnny to videotape this idea and other stunts for stories. The footage, which involved Knoxville being tasered, maced, and ultimately shot while wearing a bulletproof vest, appeared in the second Big Brother skateboarding movie (which is also the title of the second Jackass theatrical film) Johnny and the videos quickly became a hit. Future Jackass castmember Wee Man made an appearance in the videos, and Florida clown steve-o would send in submissions to be part of the videos. Since the first episode, Jackass frequently featured warnings and disclaimers noting that the stunts performed were dangerous and should not be imitated, and that recordings of any stunts would not be aired on MTV. Such warnings not only appeared before and after each program and after each commercial break, but also in a "crawl" that ran along the bottom of the screen during some especially risky stunts, as well as showing their 'skull and crutches logo' at the bottom right of the screen to symbolize the stunt performed as risky. Nevertheless, the program has been blamed for a number of deaths and injuries involving teens and children recreating the stunts.

Life after Jackass

When the hit show ended, each member of the cast found new work in movies and television, each gaining their own degree of success. Knoxville pursued a career as an actor, appearing in such films as the 2004 remake of Walking Tall, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Men In Black 2, The Ringer, A Dirty Shame and Big Trouble.

Margera and the CKY crew were given their own spin-off show Viva La Bam, which follows Margera and his family, who are often made the victim of the clique's practical jokes. Bam and the crew also have Radio Bam on Sirius Radio. Margera has also been featured in Bam's Unholly Union, following him and his fiance Missy in the run-up to their wedding, while Brandon DiCamillo and Rake Yohn featured in Blastazoid, a short-lived show about video games. When Viva La Bam finished its run, Ryan Dunn, who was part of Bam's crew on Viva La Bam, was given his own show Homewrecker, in which he finds revenge for helpless victims of practical jokes by renovating the prankster's room according to the original incident. The show only lasted one season.

Pontius and Steve-O were also given their own spin-off show Wildboyz. Unlike Jackass and Viva La Bam, Wildboyz rejected the formula of practical jokes and instead features the two traveling the world in search of wild and exotic animals. Directed by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, Wildboyz featured frequent guest appearances by fellow Jackasses Johnny Knoxville, Manny Puig, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuña.

The simpson!heheh

THE SIMPSON

The Simpson is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, lisa and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.

The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a pitch for a series of animated shorts with the producer James L.. Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracy Ulman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and was an early hit for Fox, becoming the first Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1989–1990).

Since its debut on December 17, 1989 the show has broadcast 458episodes and the twenty-first season began airing on September 27, 2009. The Simpson Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and grossed US$527 million worldwide.

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 25 Primetime Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Awards. Time magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime entertainment series. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.

Formation and early years,SLIPKNOT (1995 – 1998)

Early formations of a band were beginning to coalesce as early as 1992, when the core band members, percussionest Shawn "Clown" Crahan, vocalist Anders Colsefini, and bassist Paul Gray enlisted the help of guitarists Donnie Steele and Quan Nong, and created Pain Face.

In September 1995, the band "The Pale Ones" was created comprising Crahan on drums, Gray on bass, Colsefini on vocals, and guitarist Steele. Joey Jordison joined the band shortly after, taking up the role of drummer and, subsequently, Crahan moved to percussion. The band continued to develop their vision of what the band would be, deciding to add a second guitarist, recruiting Josh Brainard and moving Colsefini to percussion along with lead vocals. under the name of Meld on December 4, 1995 at a club called Crowbar in Des Moines. Soon after, Jordison suggested renaming the band "Slipknot" after their song that eventually appeared on the band's demo Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. The band also began experimenting with their image, wearing grotesque make-up and eventually the anti-image concept developed towards the members wearing masks. Up until this point, the band had remained mainly obscured due to their desire to wait until their music was fully developed. With plenty of material ready, the band began recording in a local studio, SR Audio with Sean McMahon. In February 1996, guitarist Donnie Steele left the band due to his Christian His replacement, craig jones arrived during the mixing stages of this new project. On April 4, 1996, Slipknot played their first public performance at Des Moines reggae club the Safari, where they played most of their early gigs. Their second gig at the Safari was alongside Stone sour. The band began to realize again that there was need for a change, as they were adding samples to their recordings but could not produce these sounds live. Subsequently, Jones moved to full-time sampler and Mike thompson was brought in to fill the space on guitar. After conflict over the mixing and mastering, the band self released their first album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat on halloween, October 31, 1996.

Debut album and commercial success (1998–2001)

In late 1998, Slipknot entered the recording studio to work on their debut album. In the early new year, guitarist Brainard decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. His replacement, Jim Root , left the band with the line-up they retain. Recording finished in early 1999, with "Me Inside" and "Purity", and the band attended the Ozzfest which began in March. On June 29, 1999, the band released their eponymous album Slipknot. Regarding the album, Rick Anderson of Allmusic wrote "You thought Limp Biskit was heavy? They're The Osmonds. Slipknot is something else entirely." The band performed in the Livin La Vida Loco tour in support of Slipknot.

There is no definitive origin or inventor of the skateboard. One proposed origin is that skateboards arose in the 1930s and 1940s, when children would participate in soapbox races, using soap-boxes attached to wooden planks on rollerskate wheels. When the soap-box became detached from the plank, children would ride these primitive "skateboards". However, there are arguments that this origin is not accurate, and that it has simply been taken from the film Back to the Future. Another suggests that the skateboard was created directly from the adaptation of a single roller skate taken apart and nailed to a 2x4, without the soapbox at all. Surfers would skate when the waves were flat and began skating to recreate surfing on land, some surfers began to do tricks on the land such as Bert slides and Power slides. Another theory about the origin of skateboards claims that third and fourth grade children in the Los Angeles South Bay Area developed skateboards in the spring of 1952 or 1953, after having received roller skates as the "Christmas gift of choice." The young children who developed skate boards in 1952 and/or 1953 did not do this quite so much as an outright imitation of surfing, but rather, simply because the skates they had received for Christmas eventually fell apart under hard use, and they found that they could continue and enhance the skating experience by nailing skate halves to 3-to-4 foot long boards, and then by learning to balance themselves on the boards while rolling down hills. In 1972, the first Urethane wheels came into production which made these tricks possible. Some of the most well known early skaters, the "Z-boys" named after the Zepher surf shop, used a more fluid motion than most skaters at the time and styled themselves after a famous surfer.[citation needed] The skaters brought back the trend from its slump in 1975 during the Del Mar competition where they wowed audiences with their close to ground maneuvers and fluid movements. The main types of skating during this time were slalom, long jump, free style, and downhill racing.[citation needed] Later during the drought of California the Z-boys and other skaters started to skate empty pools thus creating vert skating. One of the group's members, Laurie Picken, would perform the world's first Aerial in a swimming pool. Retail skateboards were first marketed in 1958 by Bill and Mark Richard of Dana Point, California. They attached roller skate wheels from the Chicago Roller Skate Company to a plank of wood and sold them in their Val Surf Shops.[2] As skateboarding became more popular, Larry Stevenson created the "kick tail" on a skateboard which led to the design of the trick board.[citation needed] The sport of skating was considered to be an outcast sport because of its strong ties to the punk and hardcore scene during the 80s.[citation needed] It wasn't until the 2000s X Games that skateboarding made a new name for itself as an official sport.

My favorite drink recipes

Jell-O with Vodka in it

1. Run to the store and buy yourself a good supply of plastic shot glasses or small Dixie cups will do.
Before you leave the store, buy a few boxes of your favorite flavors of Jell-O.

2. Pick up a bottle of your favorite vodka.

3. Once you get home,
boil some water to make the Jell-O with.

4. Arrange the shot glasses or Dixie cups on a tray that you can fit into your refrigerator.

5. Get a measuring cup and pour in one cup of boiling water into a mixing bowl.
Pour the water into the bowl with one box of Jell-O powder in it.
Stir the contents till the powder is completely dissolved.
Set aside till cool.
(if its hot the alcohol will evaporate from the jello)

6. Measure out one cup of vodka and pour it into the liquid Jell-O.
Make sure to mix well. Pour into the shot cups.

7. Pour the mixture into the cups so that they are about 1/2 to 3/4 full.
Put the tray of shots into the refrigerator.
Allow the mixture enough time to set.
REMEMBER: With Vodka in the mixture it will take longer than usual to set.
Provide spoons to your guests.
If you feel like being creative you can put a little whipped cream on top of the shot.

Remember: There is always room for Jell-O!

A great variation is to use
Tequila and lemon or lime Jello

Trip to Mahua

The Kanadaru Catholic Community

I had the apportunity to join the Youth Catholic Community of Kanadaru to Mahua Waterfall in December 2008 by bus. It took about 1 ½ hours to reach Mahua Sub Center by bus. We had potluck lunch. Everyone had to bring some foods. Amongst the foods were: "Sambal ikan masin “Sambal ikan bilis ", "Sambal belacan” and etc. Oh...My! I could say it’s delicious.....everybody enjoyed the lunch.

After lunch, we were excited to go to the Mahua Waterfall. These was my first experienced. From Mahua Sub Center, the park entrance the trail begins and takes 15 minutes for an easy walked along the river Mahua. The beautiful Mahua Waterfall drop about 17 meters tall and has a pool depth of 1.3 meters. The water was a little yellowish because its has been raining since morning. The water was very cool and I don’t dare to go inside the water. I was busy capturing candid shots and I must say I enjoyed doing this and it made me smile and laugh when I had the candid shots on them.

When everybody was back from Mahua Waterfall, the team leader divided the youths into 3 groups. They had some games and later two groups were assigned to set up the tents and one group was asked to do the barbecue.

While the others prepared the dinner for that night. We took our dinner at 6.30pm and we really enjoyed the meal. Thanks to our Cooks.

9 tents were set up on the parking place. I slept in the tent with my daughter and nieces. It was cool at night. I had a nightmare that night....that they were small boys came to peep into our tent. I could not recognize any of them. Hmmm... Luckily I was able to wake up and nothing happened ...It was only a nightmare. I thought to myself...maybe those tiny boys was just curious...... :)

The next day, we went to Mahua Waterfall again. Now I went into the water because I don’t want to miss the beautiful waterfall. Oh...my!! The water was really cool. That made me shivered. I saw my cousin was shivering too and that make us laugh at him because we could see his jaw was shivering and could see his veins.... Whew!

We left Mahua Sub Center about 11.30 am. If I ever had the chance to come back here I will bring along my family. I definitely sure, they would like it.

my favorite food!!!hehhee

About my favorite foods in the categories pasta, japanese, chinese, american, and mexican. This is for anyone who wants to try something someone else likes if they are not sure what they want.

Pasta

My favorite food that is pasta, beleive it or not, is the classical, macaroni & cheese. Oh yes. Anyway, I love it. I don't now why. I can't say the cheese or the noodles because I don't know.

Japanese food

I like alot of japanese food, but the one I seem to like the most is the spider rolls. I like crab so I guess that's why..... I also like things hot and fried..... hmmmmmmmmm.... oh well, try it!

Chinese food

My favorite chinese food is fish fillet. I like it because seafood, I like things fried, etc.

American food

Out of all the american food I have tasted, It is hard to choose which I like best. I'll have to say, though, the BLT. It's bacon, lettuce, and tomato, on sandwich bread, with mayonaise. Simple, yet good.

Mexican

Simple is good scince when it comes to mexican food I pick a taco with just beans, rice, and cheese. It's good.

Try these foods out for you selves!

Jack Daniel's

According to the Jack Daniel's website, founder Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel was born in September 1850, although seemingly no one knows the exact date because the birth records were destroyed in a courthouse fire. If the 1850 date is correct, he might have become a licensed distiller at the age of 16, as the distillery claims a founding date of 1866. Other records list his birth date as September 5, 1846, and in his 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel author Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show that the distiller was actually not founded until 1875. Daniel was one of thirteen children to Calaway Daniel and his mother Lucinda Cook. Jack Daniel's grandfather, Joseph “Job” Daniel emigrated from England as did his Scottish wife to the United States. He was of Scoth-Irish and Scottish descent.

Jack died in 1911 from blood poisoning which started from an infection. The infection allegedly began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured one early morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it open (he was said to always have had trouble remembering the combination).

Because Jack Daniel never married and did not have any children, he took his favorite nephew, Lem Motlow, under his wing. Lem was very skilled with numbers, and was soon doing all of the distillery's bookkeeping. In 1907, due to failing health, Jack Daniel gave the distillery to his nephew. Lem Motlow then gave the distillery to his children, Robert, Reagor, Dan, Conner, and Mary, after his death in 1947.

Tennessee passed a state-wide prohibition law in 1910, preventing the legal distillation of Jack Daniels in the state, and as a result Lem Motlow moved the distillery to St louis and Birmingham, Alabama, though none of the production from these locations was ever sold due to quality problems.

guitar tablature.

Guitar tablature is a very handy tool for learning popular songs because it does not require that the guitarist know how to read music. It is also easy to for anyone to write and therefore the internet is a rich source for free guitar tablature of all kinds. However, since virtually anyone can upload tablature to the internet, you can't always be sure that the tab you try is an accurate representation of the original artist's rendition. Not everyone is excellent at figuring out what a guitarist is doing!

There are also many guitar tablature songbooks you can purchase. One popular author is Hal Leonard, and there are several others.

Guitar tablature, sometimes called tab, is a staff with 6 lines representing the strings on a guitar. The top line represents high E. This can be confusing since the guitar is strung the opposite, with high E being the bottom string. However, the bottom string on a guitar is considered the first string. Hence the first string on the guitar and the first line on the guitar tablature staff are both high E.

E ------------------ (high)
B ------------------
G ------------------
D ------------------
A ------------------
E ------------------ (low)

A note is indicated by a fret number appearing on the appropriate string. For example, if the first note of a riff was G played at the 3rd fret of the 6th string, that note would appear on guitar tablature as:

E ------------------ (high)
B ------------------
G ------------------
D ------------------
A ------------------
E --3--------------- (low)

A bar of music is indicated by a vertical line running down the staff, and an open note is indicated by a "0" or zero meaning there is no fret noted but the string is played open. Slides are shown by a connecting arc from the beginning note to the final note, and a hammer-on will have a ^ between the notes, or an h, like so:

E ------------------ (high)
B ------------------
G ------------------
D ------------------
A ------------------
E --3^5--or--3h5---- (low)

For a hammer-on the first note is plucked, but the second is accomplished by slamming down hard on the neck with the chording finger at the second position.

For pull-offs the second note will be lower, as in 5^3. Or a p might be used, as in 5p3. When performing a pull-off the first note is plucked normally then the second note is accomplished by pulling the finger off the string in a downward and outward motion away from the guitar, so as to pluck the string with the left or chording finger. Pull-offs and hammer-ons or hammers, are also called slurts.

Normally guitar tablature also includes the chord being played. This will be indicated by the name of the chord and most often a representation of it. In this case the horizontal lines represent the strings of the guitar but vertical lines represent frets on the guitar neck, and numbers will indicate at what fret the chord should be played. Dots will appear on the strings at the positions the fingers take to form the chord.

Guitar tablature is a great tool for learning and expanding your repertoire. If you are new to tab, pull up a search engine and enter your favorite song plus tab, like this: "my favorite song title" + "guitar tab". Then warm up the printer and get an empty notebook and a 3-hole punch. You'll probably be busy for a long time to come!

what is magic????

The concept of magic has been present in human culture for thousands of years. Many cultures had versions of witches, wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, witch doctors, shamans, and other people who could supposedly harness supernatural powers for various tasks. Some religions incorporate a belief in magic, while other religions reject magic as the work of the devil, perhaps because these religions arose in opposition to the traditional practice of magic.

Most cultures assume that in order to practice magic in the supernatural sense, someone must have magical powers. These powers may allow the practitioner to talk to inanimate objects, communicate with the spirits, or harness energy in the spiritual world; beliefs vary, depending on the culture. Practitioners of magic also undergo extensive training to learn how to use their skills, and to learn when the use of magic is appropriate; some cultures also differentiate between white or good magic and black or bad magic.

Historically, people who practiced magic often offered a variety of services to their community including health care, the removal of bad spells, the manipulation of weather for good crops, and so forth. These people became figures of veneration and respect because of their perceived abilities. They were also associated with less practical things like enchantments; many folk tales incorporate enchantments in which people are bewitched or tricked into doing things, for example.

While practitioners of magic were historically sometimes venerated, they were also feared. Many cultures experienced periods in which witches and other practitioners of magic were hunted down and punished, tortured, or killed. People believed in the power of magic, feeling that the spells cast by someone could have a real-world effect, and sometimes blaming events like famines, plagues, and crop failure on witches and others.

Modern practitioners of magic can be found in many regions of the world. Some are traditional shamans and wisepeople who serve tribes and communities as their antecedents have for centuries, while others incorporate magic into the practice of their faith, like Wiccans. The practice of magic for these people may include spells, rituals, medication, the creation of magical objects, charms, and similar tools.

In the less mystical sense, magic is a discipline in which people learn to physically manipulate their environment to create illusions. Skilled magicians can appear to make flowers bloom in mid-air, cut women in half, conjure rabbits from top hats, escape from sealed tanks, and perform other feats. This practice of magic does not involve the harnessing of supernatural forces; it requires hard, focused work and years of study to be successful.

Friendship. ^^

Have you ever found a friend who makes your heart glow?
Someone who is wonderful, who you're honored to know,
Someone to laugh with, and sometimes to cry,
Someone who loves you when you don't know why.

Someone who just seems to understand you,
Someone who you love no matter what they do,
Someone who you think of day and night,
Someone who shows up when the time is just right.

Someone who shares all your ups and downs,
Someone you smile with, replacing your frowns,
Someone who appears whenever there is a need,
Surely you must know, God planted that seed.

These seeds God has planted here on earth
Cannot be measured by earthly worth.
They were planted deeply in your friend's heart,
By God's love placed here from the start.

Value those friendships, honor their decisions,
Never try to make their dreams your revisions,
Respect their feelings, never make demands,
Hold their love tightly in your hands.

Never be angry if you don't talk to them each day,
For a heart can be loving even from far away.
Trust in friendship, send a piece of your heart,
This is how friendship was intended from the start.

Hold their memory in your heart and mind,
Continue to love them all the time,
See them for what they really are -
True friends are Angels sent by God from afar!