COMELEC Update

We now have 3 members for the electoral committee. We would like to say "Thank you" to Edwin, Marcelo and Abelardo for volunteering. We are still looking for 2 more, please if your are interested, give me a ring @01482320227.

Rona

update

Hello Everyone!

We had a meeting yesterday regarding the details of the Hull Filipino Community Election (I know.... I can only apologize for the lenght of time it took). Anyway, may we request volunteers to be members of the electoral committee (COMELEC). We needed 5 lovely people to make up this committee, so if you could spare sometime please give me a ring (320227). Also anybody who wants to run for office is very much welcome and encouraged to do so. This could be done by filling your own candidacy, or members can nominate people that they deemed can give a fresh and inspiring influence on the community. So everybody start thinking of names.

But as you all know, it is crucial to form the COMELEC first before any other steps can be taken. So please, help us out by calling me to volunteer or any suggestion of a name that we might persuade to help us.

Thank you all very much!


Rona

Lenten Reflection : Living Happily

Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. – Denis Waitley

Life is a journey. Along that journey, one experiences many different situations, meet diverse people and encounter a multitude of adventures, happiness, sadness, achievement, peace, anger, excitement, despair and much more.

We can be generous and loving sometimes while other times we feel empty, vengeful and arrogant. There are times when one feels that life is satisfying, happy and fulfilling. However, life is not one long rollercoaster of joy and glee. Truthfully, as you read this you might be suffering of one kind of another of these experiences. Pain and heartache does not distinguish between age, or wealth or status or nationality. There is no easy way of protecting yourself totally from some of the hardships of life.

To some experts however, there is a way to minimize suffering and to maximize the levels of happiness that we can experience.

Some of life's sufferings are unavoidable. However we can take responsibility for preventing as much suffering as possible. Much suffering can be the result of our choices, behaviours, decisions that leads to pain, heartache or injury to ourselves or to others.

Suffering may be prevented by doing some of the following:

• Develop a spirituality that connects you healthily to God, yourself and others;
  
• Don't take unnecessary risks;
  
• Pay attention to the wake-up calls;
  
• Listen to feedback from others;
  
• Examine the negative consequences of your decisions;
  
• Take responsibility for yourself;
  
• Be honest at least with yourself;
  
• Learn from mistakes: other peoples and your own;
  
• Set realistic and achievable goals for yourself;
  
• Walk before you can jump
  

Suffering can also be something that is internalised. It can be closely connected to how we see ourselves or feel about our lives. God continually invites us to see ourselves as His beloved children. Accepting that our God is a loving God, and that he gave up his life for our sake because we are important and deserving of all his love.

And for us to live happily in this life, we should try not to be harsh, critical and negative towards others and ourselves, avoid being aggressive and rude to other people, mingle with people who are positive, healthy and worthy of respect, we should be able to forgive ourselves for our mistakes and stop envying other people. Life is short and we have to make the most of it. It is not too late to mend and change our ways and this holy season is the perfect time to try to start living a happy life.

stress-reliever

> PINOY JOKES
> Anong bansa ang walang pangit? UGANDA
> Anong bansa ang di sikat? LAOS
> Anong bansa ang tinutukso? CUBA
> Anong bansa ang madulas? GREECE
> Anong bansa ang hindi sa iyo? KENYA
> Anong bansa ang nakagapos? ITALY
> Anong bansa ang maraming bacteria? GERM-ANY
>Anong bansa ang nagmamadali? RUSSIA

Learn Japanese:
> 1) Is this your underwear? Jakimoto
> 2) Speechless? Wasabi
> 3) What are your thoughts? kuro-kuro mo
> 4) Are you regular customer? Sukikaba

> > Wife: Gusto kong magpadagdag ng boobs......
> Husband: Ha.... di ba masagwa yon, magiging tatlo.

> > Mga lasa ng gatas ng babae:
> Dalagita: Fresh milk
> Dalaga: Pasteurized
> Bagong kasal: Skimmed
> Matagal ng kasal: Yogurt
> Matandang dalaga: Taho
> Lola: Tokwa

> > Nag-aaway ang dalawang tanga:
> Kulas: Ano ba ang gusto mo? away o gulo
> Tomas: Away na lang para walang gulo.

> > Tomas: Ano ang ingles ang "Maswerte akong lalaki?"
> Susan: Lucky Me with Egg.
> Tomas: Eh, iyong "matronang babae?"
> Susan: Payless instant mommy.

> > Sa isang ospital pagkatapos ng operasyon.
> Pasyente: Dok, bakit ganito ang operasyon sa ulo? Halos kita na ang utak ko.
> Dok: Okey yan.....at least open-minded ka na ngayon.

> > Inday: Sir, karamihan pala ng nakalibing sa sementeryo ginahasa.
> Sir: Paano mo nalaman? Inday: kasi nakalagay sa lapida nila RIP!

> > Sa airport canteen, umorder ang isang Amerikano.
> Kano : Miss, will you please give me one few two..
> Tindera: What sir?
> Kano : I said one few two.
> Tindera: oh, puto.
> Kano : yeah, that's right.
> Tindera: (sa loob-loob, tanga. puto lang, pino-few two, few two pa, gagantihan ko nga).
> Tindera: okey sir, what color do you want? Few la or few ti?

> > Ano ang mas maraming sakay, jeepney or ambulansya?
> SAGOT: siyempre ambulansya. kasi ang jeepney, 10-10 lang bawat side.
> Samantalang sa ambulansya, madalas na 50-50 ang sakay.

> > Hindi raw bingi...
> Customer: sumisigaw... .... Pabili ng HOPE.
> Tindero: huwag kang sumigaw. hindi ako bingi. ilang COKE ba ang bibilhin mo?

> > Kumpisalan.. .
> Tulume: Father, patawarin po ninyo ako.
> Pari: ano ba ang kasalanan mo?
> Tulume: nag nakaw po ako ng limang manok.
> Pari: magdasal ka ng limang Ama Namin
> Tulume: Father, walong Ama Namin na po ang dadasalin ko.
> Babalikan ko pa iyong naiwang tatlong manok

> > Mister1: Ang misis ko, ang sarap humalik.
> Mister2: Alam ko, kasi nahalikan ko na rin.

> > Mister at Misis
> Mr: Sa wakas, nagising din ako sa alarm clock ko.
> Friend: Bakit, sira ba dati?
> Mr: Hindi. Binato na sa akin ni misis.

> > Husband and wife
> Husband: On our 10th anniversary, dear, I'm so proud to be married to the same woman.
> Wife: After 10 years with you, I am no longer the same woman.

> > Two married men talking
> 1st man: Swerte ko, my wife is an angel.
> 2nd man: Buti ka pa, ako ang asawa ko buhay pa.

> > Biro lang po, hehehehehehehehe> Pampabawas lang po ng Stress.