The Standpoint

This is an old but very touching story that has been on the internet and chain e-mails for a while.  I am not sure how many of you have read the story, but here it goes: A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call ASAP, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled: "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?" The doctor smiled & said: "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital & I came as fast as I could after receiving the call...... And now, I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work" "Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do??" said the father angrily The doctor smiled

Father and son tread water 15 hours overnight in the Atlantic with help from Buzz Lightyear This is an inspiring story about parenting.  Time and time again, as parents we are caught up in the tide of life.  Sometimes the tide gets too overwhelming that we begin to lose faith.  Tides come in different forms, it could be stress of parenting itself or a work/financial problem, and there are those tides of real physical danger much like in the news above. If you were the parent in this news, yourself and your son - two tiny specks in an infinite pool of deep blue and dangerous waters, to see your son slowly drift away while you just stare in utter helplessness would break your spirit faster than you could blink your eye.   Most parents in the same dire situation would swim themselves to death and possibly hold on for as long as humanly possible to provide an anchor or a floater for his/her kid til help arrives.  Even those that cannot swim would probably instantly become expert sw

With the news of the Mothers Day shooting incident in New Orleans today, I embarked on a journey to find any news about something that is still good out there. I guess something inside me still wanted to believe that there is still something good left in humanity.  Equipped with the key words "good news around the globe", I came across a very good and inspiring news, but not of a heroic act by a human but rather that of a feline.  Below is the link the story... Good News Story: Lions guard abducted Ethiopian girl until rescuers arrive Reading this news makes me wonder what is so bad in being called an "Animal"?  The only bad thing I could think of is the injustice we do to animals when liken bad humans to animals.  Sad to say but I think despite the evolution and the technological advancements that we humans have achieved, we have come to a point where it is more appropriate branding a misbehaving pet as "Human" that a misbehaving human an "

Here is a collection of funny Pinoy Jokes all over the net.  This post will be updated as regularly as possible, with the latest jokes showing at the top. Learn Useful French Words in Minutes 1. TURN - le coup 2. LITER - le true 3. BEHIND - le coud 4. ALMS - le mousse 5. FIVE - le ma 6 . FLY - le pad 7. DEAD SKIN - le bag 8. CONFUSED - le tou 9. NO LONGER A VIRGIN - les pag 10. UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND - cou ma le wah 11. CITY - ce vou 12. DRUGS - sha vou 13. GOODBYE - va vou 14. MUSICAL BAND - com vou 15. BALD - cal vou 16. CAUGHT IN THE ACT - na vou coup, na coup!! 17. FEATHERS - valahe vou 18. UNCLEAR - ma la vou 19. SINK - lah va vou 20. COCONUT - vou coup 21. OPEN WIDE - vou camou 22. CIRCUMCISE - vou ratattoule 23. ALWAYS UP - va yagriah 24. YOU'RE HOT - le voug mou 25. WASHROOM - coup vaetta 26. JAIL - coup lou ngan 27. SUPER BOOBS - la que zouosu 28. BOOGER - coup la ngout 29. BIG SCAR - va coup cangh 30. BIG MOUTH -