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6 Serious Medical Symptoms

Some medical symptoms are warnings that you need immediate care. Learn to recognize these six.

By Katherine Kam
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD

That new symptom is troubling: the inexplicable swelling in your calf or the blood in your urine. Could it be serious or even life-threatening?

"Your body flashes signals -- symptoms and signs -- that warn you of potential problems," say Neil Shulman, MD, Jack Birge, MD, and Joon Ahn, MD. The three Georgia-based doctors are the authors of the recently revised book Your Body's Red Light Warning Signals.

Fortunately, many symptoms turn out not to be serious. For example, the majority of headaches stem from stress, eyestrain, lack of sleep, dehydration, caffeine withdrawal, and other mundane causes.

But a sudden, agonizing "thunderclap" headache -- the worst of your life -- could mean bleeding in the brain. Being able to recognize this serious symptom and calling 911 may save your life.

Here are six important flashing signals.
1. Paralysis of the arms or legs, tingling, numbness, confusion, dizziness, double vision, slurred speech, trouble finding words, or weakness, especially on one side of the face or body.

These are signs of stroke or a "brain attack" -- in which arteries that supply oxygen to the brain become blocked or rupture, causing brain tissue to die.

Symptoms depend on which area of the brain is involved. If a large blood vessel is blocked, a wide area may be affected, so a person may have paralysis on one side of the body and lose other functions, such as speech and understanding. If a smaller vessel is blocked, paralysis may remain limited to an arm or leg.

If you have symptoms, call 911 right away and get to an emergency room that offers clot-busting therapy for strokes due to blocked vessels. Such treatment, which dissolves clots in blocked vessels, needs to be given within the first three hours after symptoms begin, but newer treatments may work within a longer time frame, says Birge, who is medical director at the Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.

Timing is urgent; fast treatment can potentially stop brain tissue death before permanent brain injury happens. "There is a time clock ticking as to when you might totally recover," Birge tells WebMD.

2. Chest pain or discomfort; pain in the arm, jaw, or neck; breaking out in a cold sweat; extreme weakness; nausea; vomiting; feeling faint; or being short of breath.

These are signs of heart attack. If you get some of these symptoms, call 911 immediately and go to the emergency room by ambulance. Shulman and Birge also recommend that patients chew one regular, full-strength aspirin (unless they're allergic to aspirin) to help prevent damage to the heart muscle during a heart attack.

Not everyone who has a heart attack feels chest pain or pressure or a sense of indigestion. Some people, especially women, the elderly, and people with diabetes, get "painless" heart attacks, the doctors say. Being aware of "painless" heart attack signs is crucial: a very weak feeling, sudden dizziness, a pounding heart, shortness of breath, heavy sweating, a feeling of impending doom, nausea, and vomiting.

Both doctors say that it's important to learn heart attack signs and understand them in context. "Everybody has jaw pain. You don't immediately run and say, 'I've got a heart attack,'" Shulman tells WebMD. He is an associate professor of internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. "But if you're also sweating and you have some of these other symptoms -- shortness of breath and so forth -- then that's going to tip you off that there's something much more serious happening."

3. Tenderness and pain in the back of your lower leg, chest pain, shortness of breath, or coughing up blood.

These are symptoms of a potentially dangerous blood clot in your leg, especially if they come after you've been sitting for a long time, such as on an airplane or during a long car trip. These signs can also surface if you've been bedridden after surgery.

"Anybody is susceptible," Birge says. He adds that such blood clots are more common than most people and doctors realize.

Blood is more likely to pool in your legs when you're sitting or lying down for long periods of time, as opposed to standing and walking. If a blood clot forms in your leg as a result, your calf can feel swollen, painful, and tender to the touch; you should be evaluated. If you get sudden chest pain or shortness of breath, a piece of the blood clot may have broken off and traveled through the bloodstream to your lungs. This condition can be life-threatening, so get to an emergency room without delay.

4. Blood in the urine without accompanying pain.

Anytime you see blood in your urine, call your doctor promptly, even if you have no pain. Kidney srones or a bladder or prostate infection are common causes of blood in the urine. But these problems are usually painful or uncomfortable, which sends people to the doctor promptly.
In contrast, when people see blood in their urine but feel no pain, some take a "wait and see" approach, especially if they just have one episode. "But you can't have this attitude," Shulman says. Lack of pain doesn't necessarily mean lack of seriousness.

Cancer of the kidney, ureter, bladder, or prostate can cause bleeding into the urinary tract; when these cancers are small enough to be curable, they may not cause pain. So don't dismiss this important sign because, according to Shulman and Birge, "blood in the urine may be the only clue for an early diagnosis."

5. Asthma symptoms that don't improve or get worse.
Asthma attacks are marked by wheezing or difficulty breathing. When an attack doesn't improve or worsens, a patient should get emergency care.

If an asthma attack is left untreated, it can lead to severe chest muscle fatigue and death, say Shulman and Birge. Some people with persistent asthma hesitate to go to the emergency room because they've gone so many times before, or they need someone to drive them because they're too short of breath. So instead of seeking care, "They try to hang in there," Birge says, even if they need higher doses of inhalants or have decreasing lung function measurements when using a device to measure how well they move air out of their lungs.

Because asthma makes breathing difficult, the muscles for breathing may tire and the volume of air exchanged by the lungs will decrease. As a result, a person's oxygen level drops while blood levels of carbon dioxide rise. As Birge and Shulman explain in their book, "A carbon dioxide buildup in the blood has a sedating effect on the brain, which may cause you to feel even drowsier. You may lose the motivation or energy to breathe."

"A person with asthma who seems to be relaxing more, who seems to not be struggling for breath anymore -- even though they've been at it for six or eight hours -- may actually be worse. It could be a sign of respiratory fatigue," Birge says. Eventually, the person could stop breathing.

"They're really in a big danger zone," Shulman adds. Patients believe they're getting better when they're actually getting worse, he says. "They become sedated and seem to be peaceful when actually, they're dying."

One of the most important considerations is how long an attack lasts, according to both doctors. "If you've been having labored respirations with the asthma not relenting after a period of several hours, even though you may be apparently doing OK, don't let it go any longer," Birge says. "Get on to the emergency room."

6. Depression and suicidal thoughts.
Few people would put up with crushing chest pain or extreme shortness of breath, but many endure depression, even though at its extreme it can be life-threatening.

"Depression can be a very, very serious problem because people can commit suicide," Shulman says. "Some people will not seek care when they are depressed because they think that they'll be perceived as being crazy or not strong or not manly, and they have to understand that there is a chemical imbalance going on in their brain. It is a disease just like any other disease."

Symptoms of depression include sadness, fatigue, apathy, anxiety, changes in sleep habits, and loss of appetite. Depression can be treated with medications and psychotherapy.
If you have suicidal thoughts, you can speak to someone right away by calling national phone numbers such as 1-800-273-TALK or 1-800-SUICIDE.

Speak Up When You Think Something Is Wrong
Doctors are human: They can miss important diagnoses, including heart attacks. A patient's awareness and vigilance can make a difference, Shulman says.

"My feeling is, as a doctor, I want a patient who's informed. I'd rather have a patient who's informed, who's helping me so I won't make a mistake," Shulman says. "And I can be honest and say, 'I'm human. Don't be intimated by me because I have a white coat on. Don't be intimidated by me because I'm using big words.'"

If patients can recognize potentially serious symptoms, they'll have more power when they go to the doctor or the emergency room, he adds. "You have enough to say, 'Well, have you ruled out this problem?'"

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/features/6-serious-medical-symptoms

GE/GLE Luzon Summit 2009

Brethren:

On behalf of the Pi Chapter (CLSU), I wish to inform the entire brotherhood of the agreed Zonal Summit of this Frat/Soro, to be held on June 20-21, 2009 at Villa Carlota Resort, Guimba, Nueva Ecija. This Summit (supposedly Summer Camp '09) is JOINTLY organized and sponsored by the National Council and the Pi Chapter (CLSU). The venue (Guimba) is highly accessible from Manila, Cabanatuan and major cities of Luzon.

The registration fee for Resident members (students) is P200, while for Alumni is P700. GE T-shirts will be distributed for the paying delegates () free. There might be more surprises, so please do come and have more bonding with our brods/siss.

It's an overnight affair, so care to block-off now your schedules on this weekend. It's an opportune time to reminisce (among alumni) our college days, and meet our younger counterparts in this Group of Executives (GE).

For more inquiries, contact the Pi Chapter (Brod Darwin Lictawa, Grand Archon or Sis Glaiza, Grand Lambda at 0907-4725980) or the National Council (Bro. Katot at 0917-626-4528).

For the Organizers;
Brod Josh announcing...

Josue S. Falla, Ph.D
Email: joesfalla@yahoo.com
CESO V Director II, BPRE, & Concurrent Chief, TPPD
Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT)
Department of Agriculture
CLSU, Munoz Science City 3120 Nueva Ecija, Philippines

VISAYAS ZONAL CAMP BULLETIN #1

BULLETIN #1

ATTENTION: Visayas Chapters (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Ilo-ilo, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar and Southern Leyte)

Preparation Status on GEi-Regional Summit for Visayas (Zonal Camp):
1) Per Secretary General Ernesto "Katot" Burdeos, the official name of the event will be "GAMMA EPSILON INTERNATIONAL- REGIONAL SUMMIT FOR VISAYAS".

2)The GEi Alumni Association of Calbayog already agreed to be the host of the GEi-Regional Summit for Visayas 2009.

3) Program of activities has been formulated.

4) The group decided to make it a 2-day event that is on October 24 and 25, 2009.

5) The venues are already identified, namely:
* Handumanan Building, City Hall Compound (Day 1/registration)
* Haven of Fun Beach Resort, San Antonio Northern Samar (Day 1/program proper and accommodation)
* TTMIST Hostel (Day 2/accommodation)
* Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral (Day 2/city tour)
* Calbayog Museum (Day 2/city tour)> * Christ the King College Museum (Day 2/city tour)
* San Vicente de Paul Seminary (Day 2/city tour)
* Nijaga Park-Art Gallery (Day 2/city tour)> * Cave and waterfalls hopping (optional)
* Sulô Island Café (Day 2/dinner)
* Zah-lug Disco, Marju Krizel Apartel (Day 2/fellowship night)

6) Different committees are already identified and initial members per committee.

7) Invitation letters are ready for distribution as well as sponsorship letters.

8) Bro. Councilor Jim Uy already signified his cooperation on transportation needs and other related concerns.

9) Other details are already being taken cared accordingly.

Please send your remarks/suggestions if any to further improve this preparation status.


Fraternally yours,

Ian Baldomaro
Email: ianbaldomaro@yahoo.com
Vice President for Visayas
GEi National Alumni Council

The story of the eagle...

The eagle has the longest life-span of its' species

It can live up to 70 years, but to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision in its' 40's

Its' long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food

Its' long and sharp beak becomes bent


Its' old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its' chest and make it difficult to fly

Then, the eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days.

The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its' nest

There the eagle knocks its' beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its' talons


When its' new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its' old-aged feathers


And after five months, the eagle takes its' famous flight of rebirth and lives for ...
30 more years

Why is change needed?

Many times, in order to survive we have to start a change process

We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions.

Only freed from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present.

Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Sunnie Noel
Mindanao State University
Marawi City
Email: sc_noel@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.msuans.net/mevn

Point-and-Shoot does not preclude thinking

If you got a new digital camera over the holidays, you probably got a point-and-shoot model. True, if you point that sort of camera at something and push the big button on top of the case, you will take a picture.

That doesn’t mean, necessarily, that you will have taken a good one. The not-so-dirty, not-so-little secret about even the simplest point-and-shoot cameras is that they work best if you know just a tiny bit about what’s going on when you snap a picture.

Otherwise, even scads of megapixels and image stabilization and other ballyhooed features can’t save you from overexposed images and washed-out colors.

Below are some basic tips and tricks. They apply to most of the cameras on the market today, even if the manufacturers have different names for their various features and settings (word to the wise: don’t throw away the owner’s manual). Putting this advice in action won’t make you a great photographer, but it will elevate you to the glorified realm of the "not bad."

SETTING UP YOUR SHOT
Photography is, at its core, about making the most of light. All cameras include a fully automatic mode that sets optimal exposures based on lighting conditions, but most also give the user some degree of manual control to adjust settings.

SCENE MODES The entry-level, basic snap-shooters may offer little to no manual control, but all cameras include scene modes. These are presets that adjust the camera to perform best in a given situation.

Typical scene modes include party, night, portrait, snow, beach, sunset, fireworks, sports and kids and pets. In sports mode, for instance, the camera will automatically set a fast shutter speed to freeze the action.

Scene settings are a great place to start experimenting because they help you capture the best shots in specific shooting conditions, and you don’t have to know a thing about exposure.

ISO One of the most basic ways to control the light is to adjust the ISO. Doing so will make your camera more or less sensitive to light. Cameras use lower ISO settings of 80 or 100 for photographing in bright conditions like sunny days. Higher ISO settings — 400 and up — enable the camera to capture the details of subjects in lower light. Today’s cameras may include ISO settings of 3200 or higher, but use them judiciously — you’ll start to see "noise," or multicolored specks in images, starting at ISO 400.

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION Exposure compensation can save the day in difficult lighting conditions, such as bright sunlight and strongly backlit scenes. For instance, if you photograph a friend with very bright lighting behind her, the details of her face will probably be in shadow. Set the exposure compensation to a positive value to capture more details of the foreground and her face.

WHITE BALANCE Another useful setting that is available on most cameras is white balance, which ensures that the light source — fluorescent or tungsten lamps, for instance — does not apply an artificial color cast to your image. For instance, white objects snapped under fluorescent lighting often exhibit a greenish tint. To correct white balance, simply select the correct light source from a list that typically includes tungsten, fluorescent, shade or sunlight.

FLASH MODES Most people set their flash to Auto and don’t think about it again (unless they’re trying to sneak in a few surreptitious shots in a museum, in which case they turn off the flash). But auto flash isn’t always the best flash, which is why cameras typically offer a couple of flash settings that can greatly enhance photos.

For instance, if you’re taking an outdoor photo of someone whose face is in shadow, using force flash (or flash on) will coax your subject’s face out of the shadows. Many cameras also enable you to adjust the brightness of the flash, which is useful when snapping shots of subjects in close range. You’ll want to decrease the brightness of the flash so that the image isn’t washed out.

Another useful flash setting is slow synchro (also called nighttime mode), which slows the shutter speed in combination with the flash. With slow synchro, you can get more background detail in dimly lighted scenes, such as portraits shot outdoors at twilight or indoor shots where you want the right amount of flash for your subject, but don’t want to wash out the whole room with a bright flash.

Now that you understand the adjustments to make in order to capture the right exposure, you’re ready to shoot.

AUTO-FOCUS Auto-focus is a two-step process. First, press the shutter button halfway to focus on your subject and set the correct exposure. You’ll hear a beep to indicate that the lens has focused and that the automatic exposure is locked. Press the button all the way down to snap the shot.

OPTICAL ZOOM Most basic point-and-shoot cameras have an optical zoom range of 3X to 5X, which enables you to zoom in (or out) on your subject. Many models also include a digital zoom.
You can tell the difference when zooming in because you can feel and hear optical zoom — the lens is actually moving. If you zoom in after that, it will be silent, because digital zoom is happening deep inside a microchip in the camera.

It’s best to ignore digital zoom because it simply enlarges the pixels and results in inferior images. Also, zoomed-in shots are more prone to the blurring caused by shaky hands. So if you are in close, make sure that your camera’s image stabilization is turned on.

MACRO MODE Macro enables you to move in as tight as an inch to take extreme close-ups of objects. You’ll need to enable Macro mode to ensure the proper focus.

BURST MODE Most digital cameras have a burst mode that snaps off a series of photos in quick succession. It’s a useful feature for capturing a soccer goal or Junior’s quick smile. A caveat is that many cameras will save burst-mode shots in a lower resolution. Also, continuous shooting will not work with flash, because the electronic flash cannot recycle that quickly.

MOVIE MODE Just about any point-and-shoot camera will record a movie with sound (digital S.L.R.’s traditionally have not offered video, although high-end models are beginning to add movie capabilities). Increasingly, newer cameras let you capture video in high definition.

Movie mode is typically selected on a top-level dial. To use movie mode, depress the button halfway to focus and set the exposure, then fully depress to start recording. To stop, fully press the button again. Note that most cameras do not allow you to use the zoom while you’re recording a movie, so you’ll need to decide on focal length before you begin.

Another thing you can and should do: Take a lot of pictures. A whole lot. Play with the settings and see what kind of pictures you get. After all, you’re not going to have to shell out for extra film. (NYT)

http://www.mb.com.ph/TECH20090128146608.html

Gamma Epsilon National ID

To All Bonafide Members of Gamma Epsilon.

1. The National Office is now ready to issue the National Alumni ID (This is your permanent Number).

2. National ID of the Resident Members. For the Office to give these ID, the Grand Archon should furnish the National Secretariat the Alpha List by batch of the chapter members.

Please provide this office the signature of the Grand Archon/Grand Lambda and the Keeper of the Scrolls for verification purposes. Also we need the contact numbers and email and postal addresses. We will not process the ID if you cannot submit these requirements.

Thank you.


Ernesto "Katot: Burdeos
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile: +63.917.626.4528

Email was received on: Wed 4/15/2009 8:53 AM



Addendum:

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Please find these schedules helpful if you are submitting the National ID Forms in person.Thanks.I am a text away.

I will be in these places soon. See you.
May 25, Cagayan de Oro City all the way to Malaybalay City.
May 26, Malaybalay City
May 27, Malaybalay up to 3pm, get down to Cagayan de Oro sail to Cebu in the evening.
May 28, Cebu city, meeting with Dennis Atto, National President of the National Resident Council proceed to Panglao Bohol and have an ocular survey for a possible national activity or Boracay care of Bro Rolly Labios. please make some proposal for a boracay off season meeting. maybe after I come back from Malaysia after june 11 to 18. 2009.

May 29, Panglao, Dumaloan Beach Resort, meeting with Bohol GE transients, Eric Pilapil

May 30, back to Cebu City, Cebu Waterfront Lahug

May 31, fly to Butuan, meeting with Bro Molong Villanueva for the December Regional Summit for Mindanao.

June 1, Butuan City

June 2, fly back to Cebu City
june 3, fly out to manila.

I am attaching the forms again for you to download. dont forget your latest picture, hindi later ha? and also your signature.

Note: for the Pi CLSU chapter, I am waiting for your update on the Luzon Regional Summit, which we have agreed to have it at Carlota Resort in Guimba Nueva Ecija on June 20 and 21, 2009.

Thanks uli.


Bro Katot

Email was received on Fri, 5/22/2009 6:57 PM

12 rules for microenterprise success

I picked up this little pamphlet in Cebu, City that can be easily put inside your wallet while on coverage last year. It has little snippets of wisdom that any microenterprise owner can use to improve his business.

Prepared by The Academy for Creating Enterprise, an organization that trains small business owners nationwide, the pamphlet is one of those little wonders that has helped thousands of individuals across the country develop the confidence to step into entrepreneurship.
So here are ACE’s 12 rules for microenterprise success:

1. Practice separate entities
Keep business cash and products that you sell separate from your personal money and family use. No family member or employee should ever take money or goods without paying for them. One good way to make this work is to regularly pay yourself a livable salary.
“Attitude determines altitude.”

2. Start small, think big
Some want to get really big, really fast. Too rapid growth, without experience or money in reserve, can kill a great business faster than almost all other mistakes. Learn from costly mistakes when the business is small, then grow at a sustainable pace.
“Anything the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve.”

3. Differentiate your business
Selling the same product as your neighbor is bad for business as it drives prices down which then hurts everyone. Make your business different by carrying unique products, displaying your products differently and not locating near your competitors.
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

4. Buy low, sell high
To make money in business you must sell something for more than you paid for it. The difference between the price you pay and the price you charge for a product is the gross profit or margin. The bigger the difference, the more money you will make. Negotiate with suppliers for lower prices.
“Winners speak in specifics, losers speak in generalities.”

5. Buy on credit, sell for cash
Many owners have this backwards; they buy in cash and sell on credit. If you can get your supplies on credit and collect cash from your customers at the time of sale, you can carry a lot more inventory and possibly turn it faster. You must, however, pay suppliers on time.
“Compete with someone, even if it’s yourself.”

6. Turn your inventory often
If you buy a product for P100 and sell it for P300 you earn P200. If you do this 10 times a week, you earn P2,000 that week. If you do this 10 times a day, you earn P2,000 that day. Small inventory turned everyday is best.
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

6. Turn your inventory oftenIf you buy a product for P100 and sell it for P300 you earn P200. If you do this 10 times a week, you earn P2,000 that week. If you do this 10 times a day, you earn P2,000 that day. Small inventory turned everyday is best.“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

7. Keep good recordsOne of the important ways to grow a business is to keep simple records. A small business should keep track of five things everyday: cash-on-hand, money you owe, the amount people owe you, sales for the day and the value of your inventory.“Winners keep track of results, losers keep track of excuses.”

8. Increase sales, decrease costsSmart business owners work hard to increase sales, while carefully watching costs. This requires keeping records so you can track sales and understand costs. Some don’t want to offend customers by being pushy or negotiating with suppliers—better to offend than to starve.“Lots of people confuse bad management with destiny.”

9. Make a profit every day.Ask a business owner if he made a profit today and you might be faced with a blank stare. The goal in business is to make a profit everyday—to do that you must buy right, add value, and do correct pricing. Suggestive selling as a way to increase the size of each sale and leads to increased profits.“Winning is a habit, just like losing.”

10. Value your customers.For many businesses, the most valuable asset they have is their customers. If you can build up a group of loyal and repeat customers, then you can count on that much repeat income. You then must concentrate on keeping them happy, plus attracting new ones.“The purpose of an enterprise is to create and keep customers.”

11. Pay yourself a livable salary.One of the biggest reasons small microenterprise owners fail is they take some of their working capital out of their business almost daily, depending on personal needs, without keeping records. This is not good! We suggest that each owner takes a specific amount out each day or week as salary.“We can’t change the results without changing the behavior.”

12. Don’t “eat” your inventory.Eating, giving away or letting others “borrow” your inventory are all ways to lose money and therefore could cost you or your business. Not selling pershable items fast enough is also a way of “eating” your inventory.
Never let anyone take inventory without paying.“Poverty needs no plan. Success requires one.”

http://blogs.inquirer.net/openforbusiness/2009/01/27/12-rules-for-microenterprise-success-part-1/

2nd NATCON in Cebu City on October 24-26, 2008

TO ALL GE-GLE Members/Alumni!
Please open the following LINKS and read!

Final Announcement: 2nd NATCON
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/08/final-announcement-of-2nd-natcon.html

WELCOME to the 2008 NATCON in Cebu City
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/07/welcome-to-ge-gle-natcon-in-cebu-city.html

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No.4 : Registration
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/05/natcon-2008-bulletin-no-4-registration.html

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No.3 : National Theme Song Writing Contest
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/04/natcon-2008-bulletin-no-3-song-writing.html

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No.2 : Logo Contest
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/02/natcon-2008-bulletin-no-2-logo-contest.html

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No.1 : Reminder/Announcement
http://ge-alumni-international.blogspot.com/2008/02/natcon-2008-bulletin-no-1.html


Posted by the 2nd NATCON Secretariat, Cebu City

Live a Life That Matters..

What Will Matter
Ready or not, someday it will come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises,
no minutes, hours or days.

All the things you collected,
whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone else.

Your wealth,
fame and temporal power
will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned
or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustations,
and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans,
and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and looses
that once seemed so important
will fade away.

It wont matter where it came from,
or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end.

It wont matter whether you were beautiful or brillant.
Even your gender and skin will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought,
but what you built;
not what you got,
but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success,
but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned,
but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity,
compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched,
empowered or encouraged
others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your confidence,
but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew,
but how many will feel a lasting lost when you're gone.

What will matter is not your memories,
but the memories that live in those who love you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered,
by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters!

Author: Michael Josephson
Song Playing: "You'll never walk alone"
Original Composers: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II


Compiled from the email forwarded by:

Sis. Mila Aldema-Ramos, PhD
USDA-ERRC Agricultural
Research Service, PA 19002
Email: miladema@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.usda.gov/

Final Announcement: GE 2nd NATCON

Dear Members of the Gamma Epsilon Family
( Alumni and Resident Members )

Deadline for the Registration for the 2nd NatCon is 5 days away, that is Augsut 30, 2008. The purpose of which is to account the number of people intending to attend the said convention because we will only prepare the materials and convention kit enough for the delegates. Also, ID's will be prepared in Manila and ship to CEBU with your name printed on it to avoid the rush. So I suggest that you fill out the Registration Form attached to this email.

Registration is Php 500.00.
This will go to the KIT, ID, TShirt, CD content of the Convention,Venue Rental, Sound Systems and Ad Materials

Board and Lodging is Php 1,600.00
This will go directly to the ECOTECH Center for your Lodging and Food for 3 days.

Transportation: Airfare/Boat Fare is on your own
Please contact the carrier directly. Just indicate in your registration form your arrival date and carrier para masundo kayo sa airport.

If ever you cannot pay on or before deadline, it is okay, as long as you fill out the FORM and send it to the Secretariat and you can pay at the venue on October 24, 2008.

If on the last hour you decide not to come, You can still get your KIT as long as you pay the Registration which is Php 500.00 or assign it to someone who previously did not signify to come.
For those who wish not to stay in the Dormitory we have big hotels around the area for you at a reasonable price plus the Casino around. BUT you will pay the Registration of Php 500.00 and your MEALS Php 900.00 for three days na yon.

For Cebu Delegates, You have the same Option. Registration of Php 500 and Meals for three days which is Php 900.00.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SPEAKERS AND REACTORS, ARE NOT EXEMPTED FROM ALL THESE PAYMENTS SINCE WALA TAYONG PONDO TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR WORK FOR THE CONVENTION. YAN ANG NAGAGAWA NG PADDLE NA YAN? MAYBE SA 2010 PWEDE NA.


REGARDING THE PROGRAM:
1. We will have 4 topics to discuss.
a. Gamma Epsilon at 45 years old sustaining a transformative relevance.
b.The Existing Laws on Fraternities and Sororities and the Pros and Cons of Physical Contact
c. 'He ain't heavy, he's my brother,' The Values and Spirituality of Brotherhood
d. The Psychological, Emotional, and Physical Impact of Initiation Rite


Methodology of Presentation.

We have requested competent speakers for every topic and 2 reactors after the presentation of each topic. An open forum will follow after each topic and or at the end of the day, depending on the time availablity.

After all the presentations the delegates will be divided into groups ( take note of the colored sticker in your ID because that is your permanent grouping). Everyone will be given a chance to talk or motivated to share. A facilitator from the Resolutions Committee will handle the groupings. This is a heterogenious grouping. alumni, resident, boys and girls. ( san ka ba?)

From the ouput of the guided sharing are the resolutions we CAN formulate for the betterment of our organizations and the creation of the National Structure of the Alumni Association and the Resident Councils.

2. Presentation of the GE/GLE National Structure.
( this will include Council Members and their Job Descriptions, etc. )

3. Election of Officers.
After which the National Structure is set-up we will now come together to Elect our Officials taking the mandate of the people in this General Assembly.

First, we need to encourage the Presidents of the different Alumni Associations all over the country to come together to compose the Membership of the National Alumni Council. If the president could not make it, he can designate a proxy if the vice is not also coming. For those alumni who has not established their Alumni Association yet, then they can meet on friday evening, time alloted for their local elections, because the national elections is on saturday yet.
for those who have no alumni association and cannot elect on friday the Committee on Resolutions, have resolved during their 2nd meeting in Manila last August 13, 2008 that whosoever is present from that chapter will sit down as the representative of that chapter in the National Council and can vote and be voted upon to the national office. (Majority is not a factor here because we have not accounted our flock ever since ).

The National Council of the Resident Members ( Composition of this are the Grand Archons currently enrolled during the just concluded semester, since this is already the semestral break ) will also be convened and will have a separate elections for their national officers.

Same procedure will be done for the Council of the Grand Lambdas as their counterpart.

SO THEREFORE, I AM PLEADING TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP YOUR CHAPTER SEND THESE KEY PEOPLE TO THIS HISTORIC GATHERING. PART OF OUR HISTORY WILL BENCHMARK FROM THIS INTERNATIONAL EVENT.

4. AN INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY NIGHT
TO BE HELD ON THE MOUNTAINTOP WITH YOUR FAVORITE ICED COLD BEEEERRSSSSSSSS, and a Live Band together with Django's Tatak Boracay International entertainment caliber will also be part of the evening while gazing at the CEBU Skyline by night and part of Cebu Strait with the two Bridges connecting CEBU Mainland and Historic Mactan Island (minus-Yoyoy Villame)... bad news ! pay your own beer, no? kaw kaya iinom. Libre ang iced tea at may food din naman, local nga lang!

This night will HONOR OUR FOUNDERS, the living and the Dead, and that for 45 years, buhi pa gyod intawon tang tanan, hehehe, So please prepare your beautiful words (by chapter ) or maybe a token of appreciation being the father, all chapters are encourage to do something, give something, huwag na kiss, something di mabubura kahit maligo sila, hehehe.

On this night we will award the winner of the National Theme Song Writing contest.
This night will also showcase the talents and resources of the organizations.

PAX et Bonum !


ALL THESE WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF YOU ARE AROUND. SEE YOU IN OCTOBER 2008.

P.S.
PLEASE PRINT HIS DOCUMENT AND GIVE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ESPECIALLY THE REGISTRATION FORMS.
Also there are eGroups that did not allow me to come in so please paki forward nyo lang to, para di naman sila ma deprived sa ating privileges-the right to access information.

IKAW ANG PAG-ASA NG GAMMA EPSILON.
IKAW ANG ATING KINABUKASAN.
LET US WRITE OUR HISTORY TOGETHER.

To all Brothers and Sisters:
Please register now for the GE-GLE Natcon in Cebu City. Please be there!

For more Information please contact:

Bro.Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

Happy 45th Anniversary to Gamma Epsilon

Mabuhay ang Gamma Epsilon Fraternity and Gamma Lambda Epsilon Sorority!



Photo during the Anniversary Celebration, see below:







More photo in the GE Alumni eGroup.... click the link http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ge_alumni/photos/browse/7a46

Welcome to the GE-GLE NATCON in Cebu City

To all Brothers and Sisters:
Please register now for the GE-GLE Natcon in Cebu City.
Please be there!

For more Information please contact:

Bro.Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

Gamma Epsilon Sa Puso, Sa Isip, at sa Dugo

Dedicated to the GE-GLE Family







(Capo 3rd Fret)

C G Am Em
Malayo na ang ating narating
F C G
Patuloy sa pagsulong ang Gamma Epsilon
C G Am Em
Kahit saang dako ay makikita n'
F C G
May agilang lumilipad naghahanap ng pugad

(Refrain 1)
Am Em F C G F C
Ikaw ako tayong lahat ay magkaugnay
Am Em F C
Iba't iba ang ating pinagmulan
G F C
Nguni't tayong lahat ay Epsilonian

(Use the same chords as 1st stanza)
Anumang balakid nasa landas natin

Lahat ito'y bubuwagin upang pangarap marating

'Wag tayong mag-aalinlangan

Abot kamay na natin ang tagumpay

(Repeat Refrain 1)

Malayo pa ating lalakbayin

'Wag tayong titigil ikalat ang lahi natin

Ipagmalaki sa buong mundo

Na tayo'y Gamma Epsilon at higit sa lahat Pilipino

(Repeat Refrain 1)

(Refrain 2)

(Use the same chords as refrain 1)
Iisang dugo ang sa ating ugat ay dumadaloy

Ito ang dugo ng Gamma Epsilon

Ang nagbigkis sa atin sa habang panahon

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLzyJnXmH1I


Composer:

Bro Noel Nabor
3345 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Mobile No. (626) 241-5493
Email: simpleniceguy4u@sbcglobal.net

NCRC Dental and Feeding Program

Dental Mission and Feeding Program at Caloocan City sponsored by Gamma Epsilon will be published in Manila Bulletin next week.

Reported by:
Bro. Rolando de los Reyes
Vice Chairman for Internal Affairs (2008-2009)
Gamma Epsilon NCR Council
Email: rolandbandido1210@yahoo.com For complete photo, please visit: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ge_alumni/photos/browse/e044

What Happens in Heaven

This is one of the nicest e-mails I have read and is so true:

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 scrap 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 Aknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is 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, 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 .'

' 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 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're 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.

Attention:
Acknowledgement Department: “Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with.”

Compiled from the email of:

Sis Violeta Lamayo
Ontario, Canada
Email: violet3858@yahoo.com

MSU-IIT Rho Theta Alumni Reunion

For more Reunion photo, check out at http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/ge_alumni/photos/browse/b59a


Photo compiled by:

Sis. Daisy Rano
Arizona, U.S.A.
Email: sweetie_djr37@yahoo.com

Rho Theta Reunion in Iligan City

Reunion Program

July 10:
AM and PM- Arrival and Registrations of GE/GLE brothers and sisters from Luzon-Visayas- Mindanao and abroad.

7:00 PM- Dinner, Practice for the mass songs and preliminary bonding time at Sabac Beach Resort

July 11:
7:00 AM- Breakfast

8:00 AM- Departure from Sabac Beach Resort to Redemptorist Church (just in case we can't have the mass at the venue)

9:00 AM- Eucharistic Mass

10:00 AM-12:00 NN- Groupings by Batches (sharing on the following questions: after MSU-IIT, where have you been? What lifeprofession/vocation/ all are you concentrating on now? Any suggestions from the group?)

12:00 NN-1:30PM-Lunch Break

1:30-3:00 PM- Continue the sharing..

3:00-5:30PM- Assembly Gathering (Here we will discuss about GE NatCon in Cebu and our plans for the next reunion).

5:30-6:30 PM-Preparations by Batches or Group for a presentation number in the evening (be ready with this)

6:30-7:30 PM-Dinner Break...

8:00 pm - "NIGHT OF THE EPSIES"

Part 1:
1. Invocation
2. Singing of the Philippine National Anthem
3. Opening Remarks
4. Introduction of Participants
5. Presentation 1
6.Explanation of Why we are here and what happened?
7. Presentation 2
8. Inspirational Message
9. Giving of Thanks
10. Closing Remarks
11. The Singing of "You Ain't Heavy You're My Brother"

Part 2: Bonding Time!

Note: Digital Photo of the Rho Theta reunion activities will be posted soon here!


Posted by:
Sis. Mary Grace Lapanta
Rho Theta GE Alumni
Email: magracea_lapatha@yahoo.com

Gallstones Removal

Gallstones Removal (6-day treatment)

This is a useful piece of information that you may have received before. This is true and it works. You can 'google'.

Dr Lai Chiu-Nan to find out more about her and the feedbacks of this treatment.

ps. as always, spread the good things

Pictures first, explanation and procedure follows:

1.. Liver
2. Common Bile Duct
3. Gallstones
4. Gallbladder

REMOVING GALLSTONES NATURALLY
by Dr Lai Chiu-Nan

It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news. Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone. Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from the regime. Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. 'Cancer is never the first illness,' Chiu Nan points out. 'Usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer.

In my research in China, I came across some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.

One of the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloating after a heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area.' So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally.

The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.

Regimen:

1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.

2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.

3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.

4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.

5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage.
PS. 1cup=250ml, ½ cup lemon juice=3 lemons (aprox.)

The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. 'Usually they float,' Chiu Nan notes. 'You might want to count them. I have had people who passed 40, 50 or up to 100 stones. Very many.'

'Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.

PASS THIS AND YOU MAY HELP OTHERS!

Compiled from the email of:
Bro. Salome Sendrejas
University of the Philippines-Davao City
Email: sendrejas@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.upmin.edu.ph/

NATCON 2008 Fundraising in Canada

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Please see the photo of Gamma Epsilon Canada Family and Friends who supported our fund raising campaign for the NatCon 2008.

Pax et bonum!



Bro. Vic Distrito
109 Etobicoke, Ontario Canada
Email: vcdistrito@rogers.com
Website: www.gammaepsilon.ca





GE Canada Family with the Founder Amor Gaborno:




GE Family and Friends in Ontario:

The Ant and the Contact Lens: A True Story

Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens . 'Great', she thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight is blurry.'

She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there.

She felt the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for calm, and she prayed that she may find her contact lens.

When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found.. Although she was calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth.'

She thought, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.'

Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?'

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it!

The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'

I think it would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will.'
God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him....I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

This is a simple test. If you love GOD and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things He has done for you, send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you.
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'You Gave Me A Mountain'

Compiled from the email of:

Sis Pearl Rivo
GE-GLE MetroManila
Email: jos1_8_9pearl@yahoo.com.ph

Enhancing Relationships

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB. Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is."

Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".

NO POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"

The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you." We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves. If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.

CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS?

A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one." The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please." "Oh, good looking, polite, humorous , sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." The officer listened carefully and replied, "I understand you need television."

There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband ,because the blind wife cannot see the faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.

NO OVERPOWERING

Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."

It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.

It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..

RIGHT SPEECH !!!

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.

A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, "Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered ,"You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you."

Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.

PERSONAL PERCEPTION

Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way home, a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey? "Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.

Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no gentleman." The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey. Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will be in the future.

Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear..

BE PATIENT .............

This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy,I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home & committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with someone u love. Trucks can be repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognize the difference between the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

During the next 60 seconds, Stop whatever you are doing, and take this opportunity. (Literally it is only One minute!). All you have to do is simply say "The Lords Prayer" for the person/s that you dearly love, especially your family!

The Lords Prayer: Our Father, who are in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, forever. Amen.

Compiled from the email of:

Bro Ronald Fookson

Email: fookson@gmail.com
Omega Rho Chapter

Mindanao State University

Photo taken in Disneyland last May 15, 2008...



Bro. Ronald Fookson and wife in Disneyland....

Drink Water On Empty Stomach

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the
following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.


The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:

1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Gastric - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days
6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards - daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life.

Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ..not cold water. maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.

Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.

Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.


**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about......I just did!!!**

Compiled from the email of:
Bro. Salome Sendrejas

University of the Philippines-Davao City

Email: sendrejas@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.upmin.edu.ph

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 4 Registration

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

The Secret to a Lasting Marriage: Embrace Imperfection

Contributor: Deb Graham



When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school.

I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite! When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said: "Baby, I love burned toast."

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Debbie, your momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides ­a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!"

In bed that night, I thought about that scene at dinner…and the kindness my daddy showed my mom. To this day, it's a cherished memory from my childhood that I'll never forget. And it's one that came to mind just recently when Jack and I sat down to eat dinner.

I had arrived home late…as usual…and decided we would have breakfast food for dinner. Some things never change, I suppose!

To my amazement, I found the ingredients I needed, and quickly began to cook eggs, turkey sausage, and buttered toast. Thinking I had things under control, I glanced through the mail for the day. It was only a few minutes later that I remembered that I had forgotten to take the toast out of the oven!

Now, had it been any other day -- and had we had more than two pieces of bread in the entire house -- I would have started all over. But it had been one of those days and I had just used up the last two pieces of bread. So burnt toast it was!

As I set the plate down in front of Jack, I waited for a comment about the toast. But all I got was a "Thank you!" I watched as he ate bite by bite, all the time waiting for some comment about the toast. But instead, all Jack said was, "Babe, this is great. Thanks for cooking tonight. I know you had a hard day."

As I took a bite of my charred toast that night, I thought about my mom and dad…how burnt toast hadn't been a deal-breaker for them. And I quietly thanked God for giving me a marriage where burnt toast wasn't a deal-breaker either!

You know, life is full of imperfect things…and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook. And you might be surprised to find out that Jack isn't the perfect husband! He likes to play his music too loud, he will always find a way to avoid yard work, and he watches far too many sports. Believe it or not, watching "Golf Academy" is not my idea of a great night at home!

But somehow in the past 37 years Jack and I have learned to accept the imperfections in each other. Over time, we have stopped trying to make each other in our own mold and have learned to celebrate our differences. You might say that we've learned to love each other for who we really are!

For example, I like to take my time, I'm a perfectionist, and I'm even-tempered. I tend to work too much and sleep too little. Jack, on the other hand, is disciplined, studious, an early riser, and is a marketer's dream consumer. I count pennies and Jack could care less! Where he is strong, I am weak, and vice versa.

And while you might say that Jack and I are opposites, we're also very much alike. I can look at him and tell you what he's thinking. I can predict his actions before he finalizes his plans. On the other hand, he knows whether I'm troubled or not the moment I enter a room.

We share the same goals. We love the same things. And we are still best friends. We've traveled through many valleys and enjoyed many mountaintops. And yet, at the same time, Jack and I must work every minute of every day to make this thing called "marriage" work!

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each other's differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting marriage relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your married life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a marriage where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker!

Have a great day! May God bless your marriage.

Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Napoleon Albarillo
Ontario, Canada
Email: nralbarillo@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.interpol.int

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 3 Song Writing Contest

Gamma Epsilon National Theme Song Writing Contest

IT MUST TELL THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR BROTHERHOOD, VALUES, LOVE FOR GOD, COUNTRY AND ENVIRONMENT.

Rules and Regulations:
1. Genre includes but is not limited to ballad/jazz/pop/R&B/new wave, etc.
2. Composition must be in English.
3. Submitted entry must be an original composition which should not be shorter than 3 minutes but must not exceed 4 minutes.
4. The entry may have multiple co-writers. Open to all members and friends of members.
5. Entry will be judge equally on melody, composition, originality and lyrics.
6. Submit entry before August 30, 2008. Music in one CD and lyrics in Powerpoint in another CD and must be properly labelled.
7. Contest participants may have to submit a maximum of 2 entries.
8. Pre screening will be conducted in case there will be more than 5 entries.
9. Contest participant will have to render the song or assign someone to sing the composition during the final Judging and Awarding of Prizes which will be made during the 2nd National Convention on October 24-26 in Cebu City, Philippines.
10. Submit sealed entries thru LBC or other couriers to:
The Secretariat, 2nd NatCon
c/o Ernest "Katot' Burdeos
Manhattan Town Homes U2B3
No. 1 F Castillo St. Corner Aurora Blvd.
1109 Brgy Marilag, Proect 4, Quezon City
Philippines

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

The 90/10 Principle

by Stephen Covey
Author of the book
7Habits of Highly Effective People




Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life.
What is the 90/10 Principle?
10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you react.
What does this mean?
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us.
We cannot stop the car from breaking down.
The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off.
A driver may cut us off in traffic.
We have no control over this 10%.
The other 90% is different.
You determine the other 90%.
How? By your reaction.

You cannot control a red light, but you can control your reaction.
Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example.

You are eating breakfast with your family.
Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt.
You have no control over what just what happened.
What happens when the next will be determined by how you react.
You curse.
You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.
She breaks down in tears.
After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for
placing the cup too close to the edge of the table.
A short verbal battle follows.
You storm upstairs and change your shirt.
Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy
crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school.
She misses the bus.
Your spouse must leave immediately for work.
You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school.
Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit.
After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school.
Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.
After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase.
Your day has started terribly.
As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse.
You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find
a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning.

Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is D.
You had no control over what happened with the coffee.
How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you.
Your daughter is about to cry.
You gently say, "It's ok honey, you just need, to be more careful next time."
Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs.
After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase,
you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus.
She turns and waves.
You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff.
Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.
Notice the difference?
Two different scenarios.
Both started the same.
Both ended different.
Why? Because of how you REACTED.

You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens.
The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.
If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge.
Let the attack roll off like water on glass.
You don't have to let the negative comment affect you!
React properly and it will not ruin your day.
A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic?
Do you lose your temper?
Pound on the steering wheel?
A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off!
Do you curse?
Does your blood pressure skyrocket?
Do you try and bump them? WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work?
Why let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.
You are told you lost your job.
Why lose sleep and get irritated?
It will work out.
Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.

The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day.
Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant?
She has no control over what is going on.
Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.
Why get stressed out?
It will just make things worse.

Now you know the 90-10 principle.
Apply it and you will be amazed at the results.
You will lose nothing if you try it.
The 90-10 principle is incredible.
Very few know and apply this principle.
The result?
Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache.
There never seem to be a success in life.
Bad days follow bad days.
Terrible things seem to be constantly happening.
There is constant stress, lack of joy, and broken relationships.
Worry consumes time.
Anger breaks friendships and life seems dreary and is not enjoyed to the fullest.
Friends are lost.
Life is a bore and often seems cruel.

Does this describe you? If so, do not be discouraged.
You can be different!
Understand and apply the 90/10 principle.
It will change your life.
live well.. laugh often.. love much.. have a good life!


Compiled from the email of:

Bro Bienvenido Calvario Jr
Philippine National Police
Email: biencalvs@yahoo.com.ph
Website: www.pnp.gov.ph

The Image of the Father

I heard The Old Age Story before when I was still a studying Philosophy in Manila. The wordings were not the same of what sister Emilia shared to us but speaks the same thought.

Let me share to you my homily last June 17, Father's Day.

A few years ago I was giving a talk to some Singles for Christ. After the talk, a young man named Manuel came up to me to share a story with him.

When Manuel finished his story, I asked him if he would write it out so that he could share it with other people. Manuel gladly obliged.

Here is Mauel's story, in his own words:
"My father left home [when I was 11]...My whole family was broken [up]. The tears flowed for weeks, except mine.... I began to hate my father, especially for hurting my dear mother...

"I started into crime and drugs. At age 12 I was picked up for thefts... "Now my mother is a Handmaid of the Lord. She hounded me to go on this [retreat]... I knew nothing about it and only registered to get her off my back...

"During one of the large group talks, I began daydreaming about God. Then I visualized myself on my knees before Jesus as he hung on the cross. An enormous weight of guilt was upon me... I...wept for forgiveness. As I wept, God forgave me ..he loved me.

He loved me in all my filth..."I opened my eyes and wiped my tears...At last I knew that God was for real...

"I came off that retreat...high for the first time [in my life] without smoking, dropping, or drinking...I actually had to take the next day off work to think and to pray.

"While I was reading the bible, I began to think about my father. I didn't wan't anything to keep me from getting closer to Jesus, and so I called up my Tatay.

That night I went up to his apartment having prayed for the guidance by the Holy Spirit.

"When I arrived, we sat down and talked about nothing. Finally he asked, 'So what did you come for?' I was relieved he asked me, but I didn't know how to lead into it.

"So I explained how on the weekend I learned how I cannot judge any person for anything, no matter what. Then i asked for his forgiveness for hating him and having bitterness, and judging him...

"He left the room and came back with a folder...Then he pulled out a slip of paper which we both read. [It
was a note I had written him years before.] The note went like this:

"Manong: " 'Who do you think you are, and what are you doing? I hate you and I don't want anything from you ever again in my life.

Your ex-son,
Manuel'

"I was aware of all the pain he must have gone through, having carried that note all these years...I threw my arms around him and tears of forgiveness and love flowed beautifully....

Manuel's story also illustrates the spirit of Father's Day. It illustrates something we often overlook. It illustrates that fathers need forgiveness too.

So often we think of fathers as being perfect. But they are just like us. They have faults too--sometimes big faults.

Yet, beneath these faults is a loving person, a person who will keep for years a painful letter from a pain-filled son.

If Manuel's father had not kept that letter all those years. Manuel would never have known how much his father love him.

The great American father and general, Douglas McArthur. He says:
"By profession I am a soldier and I take pride in that fact--but I am prouder--infinitely prouder--to be a father.

"It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from battle, but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer: "'Our Father in heaven, holy is your Name...Forgive us as we forgive those who sins against us...


Compiled from the email of:

Bro. McRae Escarpe
St. Martin of Tours Parish Priest
Terrace Bay, Ontario
Email: raulescarpe@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.saveourparish.com

Different women in your life ...

Love the women in your life because...
























Respect Her .

Forward this to as many women as possible... they'll love you for it!
Forward this to as many men as you can so that they'll know why women are so special :-) Have a wonderful day!!

Compiled from the email of:




Bro Syd Vasquez
GE Founder 1963
Email: syd_vasquez@yahoo.com

Website: www.gammaepsilon.com

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 2 Logo Contest

To All: Gamma Epsilon Computer Artists

The Convention Committee needs your ORIGINAL DESIGN for our Official Logo to be used in all of our convention materials.

Please submit your entries on or before MARCH 30, 2008 in CD or email.

Format: Corel Draw-Lay-out (Editable)
Prize for the winner: FREE CONVENTION REGISTRATION and BOARD and ACCOMMODATION Plus + + + you name will be published in the souvenir program.

Contents of the Design:
Gamma Epsilon Official Seal
45^th Foundation Anniversary Celebration
2^nd National Convention
24 -26 October 2008
DepEd ECOTECH Center
Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines

Theme: Gamma Epsilon Family: Sustaining a Transformative Relevance

( You can also incorporate symbols of Cebu & Philippines )

Furnish us your Name, Chapter name, School and address, year accepted to the Gamma Epsilon and your picture (recent photo).

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
2008 Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

The Carpenter of our life

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire, and he told his boss of his plans to leave and live a more leisurely life with his wife. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see such a good worker go, and he asked the carpenter to build just one more house as a personal favor.

The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said. “It is my gift to you.”

The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then with a shock we realize we have to live in the house we have built.

If we could do it over, we’d do it much differently. But we cannot go back…

You are the carpenter of your life. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall.

Your attitudes and the choices you make today build your “house” for tomorrow…

Build wisely!

Ask God to be the Master-builder of your life!

He will show you how to build a strong foundation for the ‘house’ of your life.

Compiled from the email of:


Sis. Judith Domingo
DAR CARAGA, Butuan City
Email : jmd2158@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.dar.gov.ph

Great Tips

1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove , set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done; easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go. Cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic. They will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

9. Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.

11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside , just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load of clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh. That's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film , but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of th e box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it. The water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddli ng at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS

BOOK. NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME , BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.



Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Crisologo Tagupa
Phil-Canada Local Govt. Support Program
Email Address: crxtagupa@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.lgspa.org.ph

NATCON 2008 Bulletin No. 1: First Announcement

GAMMA EPSILON FRATERNITY
GAMMA LAMBDA ESPILON SORORITY

2^nd National Convention Bulletin # 01

My Dear Brothers and Sisters:

Please Reserve OCTOBER 24, 25, 26, 2008 in your Calendar for our Second National Convention which will be held in Cebu City, Philippines.

The 2^nd NatCon Committee will issue announcements as the preparation progresses.

The venue and the Registration Fee will be announced in the next bulletin that is by mid February since we are still in the process of scouting and comparing prices.

For those who have access to other GE-GLE eGroups please forward this email.

Thanks a lot.

For more Information please contact:

Ernesto ‘ Katot’ Burdeos
Convention Chairman
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Mobile No. +63.917.626.4528
Mobile Fax. +63.917.676.5406
TeleFax : +63.2.371.2970

Things Happen for a Reason

Beautiful story.... makes you understand that things happen for a reason...



The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October excited about their opportunities When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc, and on December 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm hit the area and lasted for two days.

On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when he saw that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster about 20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just behind the pulpit, beginning about head high.

The pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor, and not knowing what else to do but postpone the Christmas Eve service, headed home. On the way he noticed that a local business was having a flea market type sale for charity so he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful, handmade, ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross embroidered right in the center. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it and headed back to the church.

By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running from the opposite direction was trying to catch the bus.. She missed it. The pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for the next bus 45 minutes later. She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the entire problem area. Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was like a sheet.. "Pastor,“ she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth?" The pastor explained.

The woman asked him to check the lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They were. These were the initials of the woman,
and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria. The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just gotten the Tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her husband were well-to-do people in Austria.

When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next week. He was captured, sent to prison and never saw her husband or her home again. The pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it for the church. The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he could do.. She lived on the other side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn for the day for a housecleaning job.

What a wonderful service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was almost full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, the pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they would return. One older man, whom the pastor recognized from the neighborhood continued to sit in one of the pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he wasn't leaving.

The man asked him where he got the tablecloth on the front wall because it was identical to one that his wife had made years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and how could there be two tablecloths so much alike. He told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety and he was supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and put in a prison.. He never saw his wife or his home again all the 35 years in between.

The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had taken the woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three flights of stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on the door and he saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever imagine.

True Story - By Pastor Rob Reid


Never take someone for granted. Hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day and realize that you’ve lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones...


Compiled from the email of:





Bro. Ernesto M. Burdeos
Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Phil.
Email: katot_emb@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.cbcpworld.com/laiko

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Pax et bonum !

Merry Christmas to all GE-GLE Worldwide

Happy Holidays

The 10 Best Foods You're Not Eating

By MSN Health & Fitness

There are many superfoods that never see the inside of a shopping cart. Some you've never heard of, and others you've simply forgotten about. That's why we've rounded up the best of the bunch. Make a place for them on your table and you'll instantly upgrade your health—without a prescription.

Beets

These grungy-looking roots are naturally sweeter than any other vegetable, which means they pack tons of flavor underneath their rugged exterior.

Why they're healthy: Think of beets as red spinach. Just like Popeye's powerfood, this crimson vegetable is one of the best sources of both folate and betaine. These two nutrients work together to lower your blood levels of homocysteine, an inflammatory compound that can damage your arteries and increase your risk of heart disease. Plus, the natural pigments - called betacyanins—that give beets their color have been proved to be potent cancer fighters in laboratory mice.

How to eat them: Fresh and raw, not from a jar. Heating beets actually decreases their antioxidant power. For a simple single-serving salad, wash and peel one beet, and then grate it on the widest blade of a box grater. Toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the juice of half a lemon.

You can eat the leaves and stems, which are also packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Simply cut off the stems just below the point where the leaves start, and wash thoroughly. They're now ready to be used in a salad. Or, for a side dish, sauté the leaves, along with a minced clove of garlic and a tablespoon of olive oil, in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Cook until the leaves are wilted and the stems are tender. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice, and sprinkle with fresh Parmesan cheese.

Guava

Guava is an obscure tropical fruit that's subtly acidic, with sweetness that intensifies as you eat your way to the center.

Why it's healthy: Guava has a higher concentration of lycopene—an antioxidant that fights prostate cancer—than any other plant food, including tomatoes and watermelon. In addition, 1 cup of the stuff provides 688 milligrams (mg) of potassium, which is 63 percent more than you'll find in a medium banana. And guava may be the ultimate high-fiber food: There's almost 9 grams (g) of fiber in every cup.

How to eat it: Down the entire fruit, from the rind to the seeds. It's all edible—and nutritious. The rind alone has more vitamin C than you'd find in the flesh of an orange. You can score guava in the produce section of higher-end supermarkets or in Latin grocery stores.

Cabbage

Absent from most American kitchens, this cruciferous vegetable is a major player in European and Asian diets.

Why it's healthy: One cup of chopped cabbage has just 22 calories, and it's loaded with valuable nutrients. At the top of the list is sulforaphane, a chemical that increases your body's production of enzymes that disarm cell-damaging free radicals and reduce your risk of cancer. In fact, Stanford University scientists determined that sulforaphane boosts your levels of these cancer-fighting enzymes higher than any other plant chemical.

How to eat it: Put cabbage on your burgers to add a satisfying crunch. Or, for an even better sandwich topping or side salad, try an Asian-style slaw.

Swiss chard

Hidden in the leafy-greens cooler of your market, you'll find this slightly bitter, salty vegetable, which is actually native to the Mediterranean.

Why it's healthy: A half cup of cooked Swiss chard provides a huge amount of both lutein and zeaxanthin, supplying 10 mg each. These plant chemicals, known as carotenoids, protect your retinas from the damage of aging, according to Harvard researchers. That's because both nutrients, which are actually pigments, appear to accumulate in your retinas, where they absorb the type of shortwave light rays that can damage your eyes. So the more lutein and zeaxanthin you eat, the better your internal eye protection will be.

How to eat it: Chard goes great with grilled steaks and chicken, and it also works well as a bed for pan-seared fish. Wash and dry a bunch of Swiss chard, and then chop the leaves and stems into 1-inch pieces. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan or wok, and add two garlic cloves that you've peeled and lightly crushed. When the oil smokes lightly, add the chard. Sauté for 5 to 7 minutes, until the leaves wilt and the stems are tender. Remove the garlic cloves and season the chard with salt and pepper.

Cinnamon

This old-world spice usually reaches most men's stomachs only when it's mixed with sugar and stuck to a roll.

Why it's healthy: Cinnamon helps control your blood sugar, which influences your risk of heart disease. In fact, USDA researchers found that people with type-2 diabetes who consumed 1 g of cinnamon a day for 6 weeks (about 1/4 teaspoon each day) significantly reduced not only their blood sugar but also their triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol. Credit the spice's active ingredients, methylhydroxychalcone polymers, which increase your cells' ability to metabolize sugar by up to 20 times.

How to eat it: You don't need the fancy oils and extracts sold at vitamin stores; just sprinkle the stuff that's in your spice rack (or in the shaker at Starbucks) into your coffee or on your oatmeal.

Purslane

Although the FDA classifies purslane as a broad-leaved weed, it's a popular vegetable and herb in many other countries, including China, Mexico, and Greece.

Why it's healthy: Purslane has the highest amount of heart-healthy omega-3 fats of any edible plant, according to researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The scientists also report that this herb has 10 to 20 times more melatonin - an antioxidant that may inhibit cancer growth - than any other fruit or vegetable tested.

How to eat it: In a salad. Think of purslane as a great alternative or addition to lettuce: The leaves and stems are crisp, chewy, and succulent, and they have a mild lemony taste. Look for it at your local farmer's market, or Chinese or Mexican market. It's also available at some Whole Foods stores, as an individual leafy green or in premade salad mixes.

Pomegranate juice

A popular drink for decades in the Middle East, pomegranate juice has become widely available only recently in the United States.

Why it's healthy: Israeli scientists discovered that men who downed just 2 ounces of pomegranate juice daily for a year decreased their systolic (top number) blood pressure by 21 percent and significantly improved bloodflow to their hearts. What's more, 4 ounces provides 50 percent of your daily vitamin C needs.

How to drink it: Try 100 percent pomegranate juice from Pom Wonderful. It contains no added sugars, and because it's so powerful, a small glassful is all you need.

Goji berries

These raisin-size fruits are chewy and taste like a cross between a cranberry and a cherry. More important, these potent berries have been used as a medicinal food in Tibet for over 1,700 years.

Why they're healthy: Goji berries have one of the highest ORAC ratings—a method of gauging antioxidant power—of any fruit, according to Tufts University researchers. And although modern scientists began to study this ancient berry only recently, they've found that the sugars that make goji berries sweet reduce insulin resistance—a risk factor of diabetes - in rats.

How to eat them: Mix dried or fresh goji berries with a cup of plain yogurt, sprinkle them on your oatmeal or cold cereal, or enjoy a handful by themselves. You can find them at specialty supermarkets or at gojiberries.us.

Dried plums

You may know these better by the moniker "prunes," which are indelibly linked with nursing homes and bathroom habits. And that explains why, in an effort to revive this delicious fruit's image, producers now market them under another name.

Why they're healthy: Prunes contain high amounts of neochlorogenic and chlorogenic acids, antioxidants that are particularly effective at combating the "superoxide anion radical." This nasty free radical causes structural damage to your cells, and such damage is thought to be one of the primary causes of cancer.

How to eat them: As an appetizer. Wrap a paper-thin slice of prosciutto around each dried plum and secure with a toothpick. Bake in a 400°F oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until the plums are soft and the prosciutto is crispy. Most of the fat will cook off, and you'll be left with a decadent-tasting treat that's sweet, savory, and healthy.

Pumpkin seeds

These jack-o'-lantern waste products are the most nutritious part of the pumpkin.

Why they're healthy: Downing pumpkin seeds is the easiest way to consume more magnesium. That's important because French researchers recently determined that men with the highest levels of magnesium in their blood have a 40 percent lower risk of early death than those with the lowest levels. And on average, men consume 353 mg of the mineral daily, well under the 420 mg minimum recommended by the USDA.

How to eat them: Whole, shells and all. (The shells provide extra fiber.) Roasted pumpkin seeds contain 150 mg of magnesium per ounce; add them to your regular diet and you'll easily hit your daily target of 420 mg. Look for them in the snack or health-food section of your grocery store, next to the peanuts, almonds, and sunflower seeds.

Compiled from the email of:


Major Dennis Artil
Firearms and Explosives Division
Phil National Police, Camp Crame, Quezon City
Email: raptor_cz98@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.pnp.gov.ph/

10 steps to keep your memory sharp

Keeping health in mind: 10 steps to keep your memory sharp

From MayoClinic

After 20 minutes of searching, you finally find your glasses resting on your forehead. You've gone to the basement three times in hopes of remembering why you went there the first time. You just poured orange juice into your cereal. Are you losing your mind? Probably not.

Memory loss is a common complaint, and it's typically blamed on aging. People fear that memory lapses are signs of what's in store.

But take note: Dementia - a mental decline advanced enough to affect daily activities, the most common form of which is Alzheimer's disease - is more than forgetfulness. Only about 10 percent to 20 percent of people older than 65 get dementia, so most people who occasionally forget things simply have too much on their mind.

Though it's impossible to predict memory loss, you can do your best to prevent it. To keep your noggin nimble as you age, follow these 10 steps suggested by Paul Takahashi, M.D., a specialist in geriatrics at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and an expert on cognitive decline.

Step 1: Exercise your mind

Just as physical activity keeps your body strong, mental activity keeps your mind sharp and agile.

"It is important to experience new frontiers, " says Dr. Takahashi. "Excitement is an important part of learning."

If you continue to learn and challenge yourself, your brain continues to grow, literally. Regardless of age, an active brain produces new dendrites - connections between nerve cells that allow cells to communicate with one another. This helps the brain store and retrieve information more easily, no matter what your age.

How can you challenge yourself? Try:

• Learning to play a musical instrument
• Playing Scrabble or doing crossword puzzles
• Interacting with people
• Switching careers or starting a new one
• Starting a new hobby, such as crafts, painting, biking or bird-watching
• Learning a foreign language
• Volunteering
• Staying informed about what's going on in the world
• Reading

Step 2: Stay physically active

Daily physical activity can help improve blood flow. Some people find it's easier to get motivated when they exercise with a friend. Some choose a favorite pet to accompany them on walks. However you choose to get moving, include these three activities - as important fitness components - in your routine:

• Aerobic activity. Activities such as brisk walking, bicycling or swimming slow the age-related loss of aerobic capacity - the ability of your heart, lungs and blood vessels to deliver adequate oxygen to your muscles during physical activity. The net result of aerobic activity is increased stamina and endurance. It also can decrease high blood pressure, which may reduce your risk of stroke, heart disease, kidney disease and other related conditions.

• Strength training. Increasing your strength by using weights or elastic resistance bands can slow or even reverse the loss of muscle mass associated with aging. Strength training also can slow bone loss, cut your risk of injury and make you feel more energetic.

• Stretching . Stretching increases the range in which you can bend and stretch joints, muscles and ligaments, helping to decrease stiffness and prevent injury.

"Exercising also helps your mood," says Dr. Takahashi. "People who exercise briefly each day - maybe get some sunlight - certainly have better moods." During the day, you'll be more awake, more alert and quicker on the mental draw. And chances are if you're exercising regularly, you'll sleep better, too.

· Aerobic exercise: Why and how

· Strength training: Why and how

· Stretching: A key component of your exercise program

· Starting an exercise program? Take these 6 steps

Step 3: Eat, drink and be healthy

Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. These contain antioxidants - substances that protect and nourish brain cells. As an added bonus, these foods may reduce your risk of cancer, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, diabetes and osteoporosis.

And - you've heard it before - drink water. Water is essential to the human body. Water practically is the human body - making up about 70 percent of your body weight. Lack of water leads to dehydration, which can leave you feeling tired, making it hard to concentrate. So drink up. Here are some tips:

• Take a sip at every drinking fountain you see.
• Fill up a water bottle and keep it close at hand.
• Have a glass of water at lunch instead of soft drinks, coffee or other beverages that may dehydrate you. It's cheaper on the pocketbook and better for your body.

Step 4: Develop a system of reminders and cues

Information comes at you from all directions all the time. Sometimes it's necessary to take extra steps to remind yourself of what's important. Work through the information overload with these memory triggers:

• Write it down. Keep a diary, use calendars and make lists.
• Establish a routine. Store easy-to-lose items in the same place. Complete tasks in the same order. Change is difficult and takes extra effort.
• Set up cues. For instance, put your keys on the ironing board. That way you're more likely to remember to turn off the iron before walking out the door.
• Practice repetition. "To help remember a person's name, I'll work it into the conversation several times after being introduced," says Dr. Takahashi. "Repetition ingrains the information in your mind. It's a great habit to get into because it works."

Step 5: Take time to remember things

Normal aging changes the brain, which makes your mind slightly less efficient in processing new information.

But Dr. Takahashi emphasizes that wisdom can compensate for physical changes. "It's true that we lose some capacity for new memory," says Dr. Takahashi. However, experience compensates for this loss. "Older adults can still operate at an extremely high functional level despite

physiologic changes."

Forgetfulness may indicate nothing more than having too much on your mind. Slow down and pay full attention to the task at hand, whatever it may be.

Step 6: Learn relaxation techniques

Do you sit at the table with your shoulders hunched?

Do you catch yourself clenching your teeth? Do you tap your foot or your finger while you're idle? If you find yourself fidgeting or feeling tight, even when you're sitting still, chances are you're not relaxing.

Stress and anxiety can interfere with concentration, so it's important to take time to relax - really relax.

One technique involves taking a mental break from the world:

• Lie down or sit in a comfortable position with your eyes closed.
• Check in with your body mentally. Is it tense? Sore? Imagine the discomfort melting away.
• Take a relaxation tour of your body. Start with your toes and work your way up. Tighten every muscle group you come across for a few seconds before relaxing and moving on to the next section: toes to feet, ankles to knees, thighs to buttocks, back to shoulders, arms to fingertips, neck to head, and finally all the muscles in your face.
• Breathe slowly, regularly and deeply.
• Once relaxed, imagine you're in a favorite place or in a spot of beauty and stillness.
• After five or 10 minutes, rouse yourself from the state gradually.

· Managing workplace stress: Plan your approach

· Meditation: Calming your mind, body and spirit

Step 7: Keep a positive attitude

"Happiness plays an enormous role in your outlook on life," says Dr. Takahashi. "Happiness makes you more alert - and when you're alert, your senses are more open to receiving information."

And there's research to back it up. Studies show

that optimists tend to live longer. According to a study published in the August 2002 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, people who scored high on optimism had a 50-percent-lower risk of premature death than did those who scored more pessimistic.

· What's your outlook? The benefits of positive thinking

Step 8: Talk to your doctor

Many factors unrelated to aging or genetics can contribute to memory problems. These include the use of certain medications, poor vision and hearing, vitamin deficiencies, fatigue, depression, stress and illnesses unrelated to Alzheimer's disease.

Depression in particular can cause problems with memory and concentration and often is mistaken for Alzheimer's disease in older adults. Depression can be treated, improving memory and concentration.

If you or your family worry about your memory, get evaluated. Your doctor may be able to determine whether the cause is treatable.

Step 9: Check your levels

Know your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Also make sure your thyroid gland is functioning normally. These tests are relatively easy to take and are good indicators of what's going on inside your body. Older adults who keep their blood pressure in check - and who don't smoke - reduce their risk of stroke.

Healthy blood pressure
An optimal blood pressure level is 120 or less systolic (top number) and 80 or less diastolic (bottom number). Be alert to sustained elevations in either systolic or diastolic pressure.

Healthy cholesterol
Have your cholesterol checked by your doctor every five years - more often if you have a problem with your cholesterol level.

To see if your lipids are at a healthy level, cross-check your cholesterol or triglycerides numbers with the corresponding risk rankings....

· High blood cholesterol

Step 10: Keep your perspective

You're not the only one who's placed a coffee cup on the roof of your car and then driven away. You're not the first person to dial a number only to forget whom you're calling. It happens. Take note of it, but unless you feel it's unusually frequent, don't be concerned.

"We all lose a little bit of memory over time," says Dr. Takahashi. "But years of experience often make up for the little bit of mental sharpness we've lost."

Everyone has difficulty remembering things at times. So don't lose sight of how much you do remember. Wisdom is built from a lifetime of memories.

Compiled from the email of:

Sis Rachelritz Valenzuela
Venlenzuela City
Email: rockyritz513@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/

GE Canada Fellowship

With the help of our Founder, Brod Amor Garbono, we were able to get a spot in the local newspaper to advertise Gamma Epsilon / Gamma Lambda Epsilon. There are more ads to come including a spot on local Filipino TV show..... stay tuned..... we will be updating the website as we move forward.

In the ad, we were trying to get the attention of our brothers/sisters to come out and join our fellowship. We are positive that this ad will finally send the message across. We, Gamma Epsilon Fraternity are back in circulation and we will be bigger and better.

Fraternally Yours,

Brod Sonny Montojo
IBM Canada
Email: smontojo9012004@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.ibm.com/ca/

Meeting with the GE Founder at Tim Horton's

Greetings to all Gamma Epsilon Fraternity / Gamma Lambda Epsilon Sorority !!!

Attached are the pictures taken today, November 18, 2007 in the afternoon at the Tim Horton's Restaurant.

More photos to come on Dec 1st, when we will have another fellowship at Brod Vic's place.

Also, I have uploaded a small clip to YouTube.com with the title: "Gamma Epsilon Fraternity Meeting in Canada"

Hope this memorable day serves as an inspiration to all existing and new members of Gamma Epsilon Fraternity.

Best Regards to All,

Brod Sonny Montojo
GE Ontario Canada

The Rope

Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Sunnie Noel
Mindanao State University
Marawi City
Email: scnoel2000@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.msuans.net/mevn

The Hipphopoptamus and The Tortoise

Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed...

NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said .

The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean , then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.



"It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.



"After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately , it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.



"The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.



"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."



This is a real story that shows that our differences don't matter much when we need the comfort of another. We could all learn a lesson from these two creatures of God, "Look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the path together."


Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.


Compiled from the email of:

Sis Daisy Gay Nakila
Connecticut USA
Email: dcgay_nkl@hotmail.com
Website: www.uconn.edu

5 Donts when you are sleeping ...

DON'T SLEEP WEARING A WATCH



Battery operated watches can emit a certain level of radioactivity. Though small, but if you wear your watch to bed for a long time, it might have adverse effects on your health.

DON'T SLEEP WEARING A BRA













Scientists in America have discovered those that wear bras for more than 12 hours have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. Go to bed without it.

DON'T SLEEP WITH THE MOBILE PHONE NEAR YOU















Putting the phone beside your bed or anywhere near you is not encouraged. Though some of us will use phones as alarm clocks, but please put the phone as far as possible. Scientists have proved that electrical items including mobile phone and television sets emit magnetic waves when used. These waves can cause disruptions to our nervous system. Therefore if you need to put your mobile phone near you, switch it off first.

DON'T SLEEP WITH MAKE UP ON


People who sleep with make up might have skin problems in the long run. Sleeping with make up will cause the skin to have difficulty in breathing and problem in perspiring. You will also need a much longer time to go into deep sleep.

And finally.......

DON'T SLEEP WITH ANOTHER PERSON'S SPOUSE



You may never wake up again.


Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Nestor Besas
Saudi Iron & Steel Company
Jubail City
Email: nestor_besas@hadeed.com.sa
Website: http://www.hadeed.com.sa/

Birth Test

Put your number in the Subject and Pass it on! Have fun!

Your birth date describes who we are, what we are good at and what our inborn abilities are. It also points to what we have to learn and the challenges we are facing.

To figure out your Birth Number, add all the numbers in the birth date together, like in the example, until there is only one digit.

A Birth Number does not prevent you from being anything you want to be, it will just color your choice differently and give you a little insight.

Example March 20, 1950
3 + 20 + 1950 = 1973
1 + 9 + 7 + 3 = 20
2 + 0 = 2

Keep going until you end up with a single digit number.
2 is the Birth Number to read for the birth date in the example.
________________________________________________________
#1 THE ORIGINATOR
#2 THE PEACEMAKER
#3 THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
#4 THE CONSERVATIVE
#5 THE NONCONFORMIST
#6 THE ROMANTIC
#7 THE INTELLECTUAL
#8 THE BIG SHOT
#9 THE PERFORMER
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# 1 - THE ORIGINATOR
1's are originals. Coming up with new ideas and executing them is natural.
Having things their own way is another tra! it that gets them as being stubborn and arrogant. 1's are extremely honest and do well to learn some diplomacy skills. They like to take the initiative and are often leaders or bosses, as they like to be the best. Being self-employed is definitely helpful for them. Lesson to learn: Others' ideas might be just as good or better and to stay open minded.

Famous 1's: Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Hulk Hogan, Carol Burnett, Wynonna Judd, Nancy Reagan, Raque l Welch.

#2 - THE PEACEMAKER
2's are the born diplomats. They are aware of others' needs and moods and often think of others before themselves. Naturally analytical and very intuitive they don't like to be alone. Friendship and companionship is very important and can lead them to be successful in life, but on the other hand they'd rather be alone than in an uncomfortable relationship. Being naturally shy they should learn to boost their self-esteem and express themselves freely and seize the moment and not put things off.

Famous 2's: President Bill Clinton, Madonna, Whoopee Goldberg, Thomas Edison Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

# 3 - THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
3's are idealists. They are very creative, social, charming, romantic, and easygoing. They start many things, but don't always see them through. They like others to be happy and go to great lengths to achieve it. They are very popular and idealistic. They should learn to see the world from a more realistic point of view.

Famous 3's: Alan Alder, Ann Landers, Bill Cosby, Melanie Griffith, Karen Roundbutt, Salvador Dali, Jodi Foster.

# 4 - THE CONSERVATIVE
4's are sensible and traditional. They like order and routine. They only act when they fully understand what they are expected to do. They like getting their hands dirty and working hard. They are attracted to the outdoors and feel an affinity with nature. They are prepared to wait and can be stubborn and persistent. They should learn to be more flexible and to be nice to themselves.

Famous 4's: Neil Diamond, Margaret Thatcher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tina Turner, Paul Hogan, Oprah Winfrey.!

# 5 - THE NONCONFORMIST
5's are the explorers. Their natural curiosity, risk taking, and enthusiasm often land them in hot water. They need diversity, and don't like to be stuck in a rut. The whole world is their school and they see a learning possibility in every situation. The questions never stop. They are well advised to look before they take action and make sure they have all the facts before jumping to conclusions.

Famous 5's: Abraham Lincoln, Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Walter, Vincent Van Gogh, Bette Midler, Helen Keller and Mark Hail.

# 6 - THE ROMANTIC
6's are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. A strong family connection is important to them. Their actions influence their decisions. They have a strong urge to take care of others and to help. They are very loyal and make great teachers. They like art or music. They make loyal friends who take the friendship seriously. 6's should learn to differentiate between what they can change and what they cannot.

Famous 6's: Albert Einstein, Jane Seymour, John Denver, Meryl Streep, Christopher Columbus, Goldie Hawn.

#7 - THE INTELLECTUAL
7 's are the searchers. Always probing for hidden information, they find it difficult to accept things at face value. Emotions don't sway their decisions. Questioning everything in life, they don't like to be questioned themselves. They're never off to a fast start, and their motto is slow and steady wins the race. They come across as philosophers and being very knowledgeable, and sometimes as loners. They are technically inclined and make great researchers uncovering information. They like secrets. They live in their own world and should learn what is acceptable and what is not in the world at large.

Famous 7's: William Shakespeare, Lucille Ball, Michael Jackson, Joan Baez, Princess Diana.

# 8 - THE BIG SHOT
8's are the problem solvers. They are professional, blunt and to the point, have good judgment and are decisive. They have grand plans and like to live the good life. They take charge of people. They view people objectively. They let you know in no uncertain terms that they are the boss! They should learn to exude their decisions on their own needs rather than on what others want.

Famous 8's: Edgar Cayce, Barbara Streisand, George Harrison, Jane Fonda, Pablo Picasso, Aretha Franklin, Nostrodamus.

#9 - THE PERFORMER
9's are natural entertainers. They are very caring and generous, giving away their last dollar to help. With their charm, they have no problem making friends and nobody is a stranger to them. They have so many different personalities that people around them have a hard time understanding them. They are like chameleons, ever changing and blending in. They have tremendous luck, but also can suffer from extremes in fortune and mood. To be successful, they need to build a loving foundation.

Famous 9's: Albert Schweitzer, Shirley MacLaine, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Carter, Elvis Presley.


Once you have discovered your Birth Number, forward this email to the rest of your friends, including the one who sent this to you.

Compiled from the email of:




Bro Erwin Jayme
Central Visayas Council
Email: ge_cebu@yahoo.com
Website: gammaepsilonvismin@yahoogroups.com

This is unbelievable!

Locked your keys in your car? Did you know this? This is a good tip for cars with remote controlled door locks!

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on your (or someone else's) cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person on the phone (at your home) press the unlock button of your remote controlled key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock... saves someone from having to drive your keys to you, or calling a locksmith.

Distance is no object....cyou could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk!).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!

Personal Note: I locked the car & had my youngest daughter call me while I was far away from the car. I clicked "open" into the phone and I could hear the car doors unlock through her cell phone. My daughter confirmed that sure enough the doors opened.





Pass this on to your friends.



Compiled from the email of:

Bro. Romeo Salvador
Email: romelen@sbcglobal.net
Website: http://support.sbcglobal.net

Mud and bricks make artistic, durable architecture

RED bricks form the major building blocks of this building that houses the World War II Holocaust Memorial in Washington D.C. Similar red bricks are being used in other old cities in the US.

Mud and bricks make artistic, durable

architecture in old U.S. cities

Text and photos by

Manuel T. Cayon

SANTA FE, New Mexico—An average American would feel almost like being in another country when one enters this oldest town of the United States. The mud houses that were typical of the old pueblos of the Spanish era dot, the sprawling desert plains of Santa Fe, where water is at once the key issue as what confronted the then Spanish conquistadores, to whom many of the old Spanish-speaking families would trace their roots. Far from the ornate city hall building in Philadelphia designed in the elaborate fashion of Victorian architecture in Europe, besides other traces of English and French architecture elsewhere in the old cities of the US, that of Santa Fe is low-key but embedded with as much folklore and the rich cultural tradition from the old Spanish conquest of the New World. Mud clay houses of up to two floors high dot the avenues of this city of more than half-a-million residents of mixed national and ancestral origins, whose ancestors carved a rich trading post between southern US with Mexico and other northern countries of South America. The houses of what once were the pueblos of old settlements have largely remained intact in terms of the materials used and, in many instances, of designs and structure. Mud clay is abundant in the place and construction companies have provided the raw materials in brick form. From afar, the coffee-brown colored houses appear to blend well with the vast grayish brown panorama of desert plains, and authorities said that the mud houses have their ecological uses: heating the homes during autumn and winter, and cooling the inside during spring and summer. With mud abundant around, the pressure on the environment is also less than the requirements of the construction industry in the other US cities. The nation’s capital, Washington D.C., has also adapted the old practice of using the red bricks for its building materials, both for traditional and environmental considerations: to preserve the architectural tradition, to utilize locally sourced materials, and to serve as thermal-regulator. In both cases of either mud or brick materials, the urban planners have adapted them both for aesthetics and durability, attested by the tenacity of the houses and buildings to withstand weathering, war and calamity.

True Love...Worth Reading

It was a busy morning, about 8:30 , when an elderly gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife , I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.



I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?" He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is." I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life."

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be. With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. I had to share it with you all.

Oh, by the way, peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to thank.

"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have".

I hope you share this with someone you care about.

I just did.

Compiled from the email of:
Bro Jerry Corrales
15190 Kellen Court, Riverside California
Email: jerrycorrales@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.vna-ic.org/physicians.php

Top 20 Schools in the Philippines

-- Bro Nestor Besas [nestor_besas@hotmail.com] wrote:

Mabuhay ang MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology and Mindanao State University-Marawi City as one of the finest school in the Philippines.

-- Bro Renante Jamero [janreche@yahoo.com] wrote:

Cheers to Urios College now Father Saturnino Urios University of Butuan City .Gamma Epsilon dwells in the 14th finest school in the philippines.

-- Bro Kiko Trinidad [kiko_trinidad@yahoo.com] wrote:

Cheers to UPLB! Gamma Epsilon dwells in the 2nd finest university in the entire archi!

-- Bro Ronald Fookson [fookson@gmail.com] wrote:

Congratz! Pax et bonum!

TOP 20 SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES
This statistics is a result of the study conducted by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), based on the average passing in the BOARD EXAMINATIONS OF ALL COURSES of all universities and colleges in the Philippines. This study is concluded every 10 years.

Eleven schools come from Luzon, two from the Visayas and seven from Mindanao.
1. University of the Philippines (Diliman Campus /Luzon)
2. University of the Philippines (Los Banos Campus/ Luzon)
3. University of the Philippines (ManilaCampus /Luzon)
4. Silliman University (Dumaguete City / Visayas)
5. Ateneo deDavao University (Davao /Mindanao)
6. Ateneo de Manila University (Manila /Luzon)
7. University of Sto. Tomas (Manila /Luzon)
8. Mindanao State University(Iligan Institute of Tech/ Mindanao)
9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila/Luzon)
10. Saint Louis University (Baguio City / Luzon)
11. University of San Carlos (Cebu City / Visayas)
12. Xavier University (Cagayande Oro /Mindanao)
13. Mindanao State University (Main /Mindanao)
14. UriosCollege (Butuan City /Mindanao)
15. Polytechnic University of the Philippines(Manila/ Luzon)
16. De La Salle University (Manila /Luzon)
17. Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila / Luzon)
18. Adamson University (Manila /Luzon)
19. Central Mindanao University (Bukidnon/Mindanao)
20. University of Southern Philippines (Davao /Mindanao)

If your school is one of the listed top performing schools in the Philippines listed above, please repost this and be proud you are among the top!

GE Fun Shoot 2007

The GE Fun Shoot was held last 15-September-2007 at Armscor Firing Range attended by GE Brothers!



Bro Maj. Dennis Artil prepares to draw:



Bro Nap Albarillo in a draw position:



Bro Ruben Sumait in firing position:



Bro Gen. Majhal Guzman's double tap firing:




Photo: Contributed by Bro. Ruben Sumait * * *
GE Fun Shoot Trainors: Bro Dennis Artil and Bro Nap Albarillo***

God Always Answers Prayer

When the idea is not right, God says "No"
No- when the idea is not the best
No- when the idea is absolutely wrong
No- when though it may help you, it could create problems for someone else.

When the time is not right, God says "Slow"
What a catastrophe it would be if God answered every prayer at the snap of the fingers. Do you know what would happen? God would become your servant, not your Master. Suddenly God would be working for you, instead of you working for God.

Remember: God delays are not God's denials. God's timing is perfect. Patience is what we need in prayers.

When you are not right, God says "Grow"
The selfish person has to grow in unselfishness.
The cautious person must grow in courage.
The timid person must grow in confidence.
The critical person must grow in tolerance.
The negative person must grow in positive attitude.
The pleasure-seeking person must grow in compassion for suffering people.

When everything is all right, God says "Go"
Then miracle happen:
A hopeless alcoholic is set free!
A drug addict finds release!
A doubter becomes a child in his belief.
Disease tissue responds to treatment, and healthy begins.
The door to your dream suddenly swings open and there stands God saying, "Go!"

-by Dr Robert Schuller


Compiled from the email of:

Sis Wilhelma Fuchs
Email: wilhelma_fuchs@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk