The Man Who Thinks He Can

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Junko Furuta

Junko Furuta. The girl who went through 44 days of torture.

DAY 1: November 22, 1988: Kidnapped
Kept captive in house, and posed as one of boy’s girlfriend
Raped (over 400 times in total)
Forced to call her parents and tell them she had run away
Starved and malnutritioned
Fed cockroaches to eat and urine to drink
Forced to masturbate
Forced to strip in front of others
Burned with cigarette lighters
Foreign objects inserted into her vagina/anus

DAY 11: December 1, 1988: Severely beat up countless times
Face held against concrete ground and jumped on
Hands tied to ceiling and body used as a punching bag
Nose filled with so much blood that she can only breath through her mouth
Dumbbells dropped onto her stomach
Vomited when tried to drink water (her stomach couldn’t accept it)
Tried to escape and punished by cigarette burning on arms
Flammable liquid poured on her feet and legs, then lit on fire
Bottle inserted into her anus, causing injury

DAY 20: December10, 1989: Unable to walk properly due to severe leg burns
Beat with bamboo sticks
Fireworks inserted into anus and lit
Hands smashed by weights and fingernails cracked
Beaten with golf club
Cigarettes inserted into vagina
Beaten with iron rods repeatedly
Winter; forced outside to sleep in balcony
Skewers of grilled chicken inserted into her vagina and anus, causing bleeding

DAY 30: Hot wax dripped onto face
Eyelids burned by cigarette lighter
Stabbed with sewing needles in chest area
Left nipple cut and destroyed with pliers
Hot light bulb inserted into her vagina
Heavy bleeding from vagina due to scissors insertion
Unable to urinate properly
Injuries were so severe that it took over an hour for her to crawl downstairs and use the bathroom
Eardrums severely damaged
Extreme reduced brain size

DAY 40: Begged her torturers to “kill her and get it over with”

January 1, 1989: Junko greets the New Years Day alone
Body mutilated
Unable to move from the ground

DAY 44: January 4, 1989: The four boys beat her mutilated body with an iron barbell, using a loss at the game of Mah-jongg as a pretext. She is profusely bleeding from her mouth and nose. They put a candle’s flame to her face and eyes.

Then, lighter fluid was poured onto her legs, arms, face and stomach, and then lit on fire. This final torture lasted for a time of two hours.

Junko Furuta died later that day, in pain and alone. Nothing could compare 44 days of suffering she had to go through.

When her mother heard the news and details of what had happened to her daughter, she fainted. She had to undergo a psychiatric outpatient treatment . Imagine her endless pain.

Her killers are now free men. Justice was never served, not even after 20 years.
They deserve a punishment much greater than they had put upon Furuta, for putting an innocent girl through the most unbearable suffering.

This story from 1989 is true. Please spread her story around. Everyone should know about the existence of Junko Furuta’s unimaginable and incomprehensible suffering, and this is why this group has been made.

Invite your friends. Never let her story be forgotten. If this story changes the life of at least one person then it has been worth it.

Rest In Eternal Peace,
Junko Furuta
1989-Eternity

FAITH

An atheist professor of Philosophy was speaking to his class on the problem Science has with GOD. He asked one of his new Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD good ?

Student : Sure.

professor: Is GOD all powerful ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does satan come from ?

Student : From . . . GOD . . .

Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it is, were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you'll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won't you?

Forward this to increase their knowledge . . . or FAITH.

By the way, that studentas Einstein.!

A friend is someone who walks in
when the whole world has walked out.

Best thing about being single!

--no drama -no fighting -no crying -no feelings -no confusion -no worries -no PROBLEMS!haha!:)

There is so much things to LOVE yourself ! <3

Living simply

"Look at the world around you. It supplies all your bodily needs. It feasts your eyes with its beauty. And its glory reflects the glory of God, so it feasts your soul also. Look at the plants and the trees. Can you count all the different species? Can you describe al the different shapes of the leaves, the color and fragrances of the flowers? Look, too, at the animals and the insects. Are you not enthralled by their different sizes and shapes, by the different colors and textures of their skin and fur, by the different ways in which they move about and gather food? And the wonder why God has created all this. Has he created the marvelous universe just to supply our needs and to feast our eyes and souls? or is there some other purpose in it all? The answer is that he has created all things--for their own sake. Each creature has its own purpose and destiny, which God in his infinite wisdom and love has planned. Do not try to understand God's plans; the human mind is hardly better than that of an ant in discerning the ways of God. 

Simply accept all his plans and rejoice in them." 

 - Chrysostom, On Living Simply-

"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look 

around and see what other people are coping with.

  You may consider yourself fortunate." 

 - Ann Landers 

Wisdom, Justice, and Love

"I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight 

because my conscience leaves me no other choice... 

A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, 

'This way of settling differences is not just.'

This business of burning human beings with napalm, 

of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, 

of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, 

of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, 

cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love..."

--Martin Luther King

The end is near...

The end is near
It has been a blast
But now we must say goodbye
Not because we want to 
But because we have to


It may not be forever
We will meet again
If it was meant to be


Now is the time
When we look back at the good times
And leave each other with open hearts


We have been through
The bad times as well
But we won't look back in regret
But learn from it 
And become wiser


And when we move on
We will remember
How much love and care
We felt for each other


Remember that
I am always here for you
I will never forget
Our time together
It will always be close in my heart 

ON MY WAY HOME

A drunk person sat beside me.

I've seen girls wearing very short skirts and sexy tops outside a night club.

A thin woman holding a flashlight through her mouth and seems searching for something from the  garbage.

A mother and a baby sleeping on the sidewalks.

A smoking very young boy.

And an old, weak woman sellling balot in a very cold night.

-- it really disturb the peacefulness I have. :/

I Can't stop crying today

I can't stop crying today
My world walked out the door
With her she took my heart
For I will love no more


The hours passed like seconds
When our two hearts were one
The seconds passed like hours
After she said that she was done


She was going to love me forever
At least that is what she said
Her heart belonged to someone else
That is what her letter read


I no longer live in color
My world is black and white
I always wonder what she is doing
As I lie awake at night


I hope tomorrow is better
This is what I pray
But right now my heart is broken
I can't stop crying today

Always Remember

Always remember to forget
The things that made you sad
But never forget to remember
The things that made you glad.

Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue.
But don't forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.

Always remember to forget
The troubles that have passed away.
But never forget to remember
The blessings that come each day:))

Life As A Cake

A little boy is telling his Grandma how everything is going wrong — school, family problems, severe health problems, etc.

Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks the child if he would like a snack, which of course he does.

"Here. Have some cooking oil."

"Yuck," says the boy.

"How about a couple of raw eggs?"

"Gross, Grandma."

"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"

"Grandma, those are all yucky!"

To which the Grandma replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!

"Many times we wonder why God would let us go through such difficult times.

But, when He puts everything in His order, they always work for good.

We just have to trust Him: for he will make something wonderful!"

Choosing the right path...

3rd runner up in Miss Universe 2011: Shamcey Supsup

The whole world watched and rooted for their own Ms. Universe 2011 candidates. No matter where they were in the world, they were glued to their TV sets to watch the beauty pageant unfold right before their eyes. Those who were at their offices were watching the pageant on the live streaming sites as São Paulo, Brazil became the venue where all the beauties from all over the world converged.

Credicard Hall, in São Paulo, Brazil witnessed how beautiful the women are and warm and supporting each of the candidates’ supporters well. Almost everybody carried their own flags with them and waving it whenever their Ms. Universe candidate was called. The supporters of our very own Ms. Shamcey Gurrea Supsup was not different.

Filipinos from all over the world supported and rooted for her and since the beginning of the beauty pageant, Shamcey has always a crowd favorite not only by Filipinos but by other beauty pageants watchers as well. This beautiful and intelligent girl from General Santos City carried herself really well from the beginning of the pageant until the end of the show.

During the first elimination, she was an obvious shoo-in for the Top 16. With the swimsuit competition, it was quite obvious that she will be surely on the top 10. When the Top 10 beautiful ladies of the Ms. Universe 2011 was announced, everybody knew that it would be close to impossible for Ms. Philippines not to be on the Top 5. And on the Top 5 she landed indeed!

The “major major” answer of former Bb. Pilipinas Universe 2010 and Ms. Universe 2010 4th runner-up Ms. Venus Raj was still fresh in the minds of everybody so when the Question and Answer portion came, Filipinos from all over prayed really hard that Shamcey will be able to give a good answer. Her question was “Would you change your religious belief for the person you love?” She answered in straight English “ If I had to change my religious beliefs, I would not marry the person I love because the first person that I love is God who created me and I have my faith, my principles and this is what makes me who I am and if that person loves me, (he) should love my God too“. She was the only candidate who answered without an interpreter. And it landed her the Ms. Universe 3rd runner-up title.

Here’s the list of the Ms. Universe 2011 winners:

4th place – China’s Zilin Luo
3rd place – Philippines’ Shamcey Supsup
2nd place – Brazil’s Priscila Machado
1st place – Ukraine’s Olesya Stefanko
Miss Universe 2011: Angola’s Leila Lopes

We are proud of you Shamcey!

to heal my broken HEART

I cant show that I care for you

I am shy to say to say I love you
but deep in my heart I do
and scared that the time will came to lose you.

Telling that you  like me coz  i'm better than anyone else
Saying nice words make me like no one else
Am I just being carried away?
This feelings I cant take away.

Maybe I became too cold
For you not to hold
The one i'm waiting is gone
It is sad to say that it is done.

You find someone who brings you happiness

I found someone who brings me sadness
It's not suppose to feel this way
If you don't have the right to say "I'm not okay."

It's hard to pretend and fool your heart
It feels like tearing me apart
Maybe its only a lesson
Giving your heart have caution.
 

I never knew it will come into my life instantly
And I never knew it will be lost slowly

I hope tomorrow will be a fresh start
For me to heal my broken HEART!haha!:)

Iridescent

Healthy Foodtrip :)

I wish our FRIENDSHIP will stay as cheesy as FRENCH FRIES

And as sweet as HAPPI HAUS DONUT

SWEETENED with laughter, joy and pain

DISTANCE may make it as cold as SCRAMBLE

But it won't happen because our friendship is well toasted like FISHBALL

TOASTED with love, care and understanding

TIME may get tired like falling in line buying FRIED ICE CREAM

But it won't happen because our friendship is coated like ITLOG PUGO

COATED with happiness, sadness and craziness

ABSENCE may wrap around all our memories like TURON

But it won't happen because our friendship is full of toppings like SUNDAE

TOPPINGS of challenges, struggles and achievements

DISTANCE, TIME, ABSENCE IS NOT A BIG THING

BECAUSE OUR FRIENDSHIP IS SWEETENED, TOASTED, COATED AND LOTS OF TOPPINGS!