na-gets -- nuggets of "aha's"

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Words of Wisdom from Batjay

From http://kwentongtambay.nicanordavid.com/

"On the other hand, you have different fingers"

"Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow"

"Always try to be modest, and be proud of it"

"How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?"

"Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now"

"When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane"

"Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear
bright until you hear them speak"

Brilliant! I bet, Pigrolac ang gatas ni BatJay nung biik pa lang
siya... ;-) - ka edong

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Bitter sweet

Without the bitter, the sweet ain't sweet.

- from Vanilla Sky

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Laway at Pawis

Nagpapatalsik ka lang ng laway habang ang iba ay nagpapatulo ng pawis.

- sabi ng langgam sa tipaklong
Bob Ong's Alamat ng Gubat

Paggawa

Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala.

- Sabi ni Tong Tipaklong kay Ulang na gumagawa ng wala

Bob Ong's Alamat ng Gubat

Monday, July 18, 2005

Death and love

Death does not end love.

- Jennifer Love Hewitt
If Only

Confrontation

The best way to win a confrontation is without fighting.

- Karahan
Urban Streetfighting

Attachment and fear

Freedom from attachment means freedom from fear.

- Arahan

Friday, July 15, 2005

See who

Sometimes you need to see who you're not
To see who you are

- a character in Joan of Arcadia

Move on

When there's nothing you can learn where you are, you've got to move on.

- John Kotter

If your job has become easy, someone else will do it for less.

- Thomas Stewart
Intellectual Capital

I will survive

If God brings you to it,
He will bring you through it.

- a forwarded e-mail

Monday, July 11, 2005

Patience

If you are not patient, don't eat hot tofu.

- A Chinese proverb
quoted by Lu Yao

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Shoot

Dito i-shoot
para cute!

- a painted sign above the "funnel" in an MMDA urinal

Talk

He keeps on talking,
but is he saying anything?

- from the Cat in the Hat movie

Do do do

I'm feeling like the government:
Given more to do
with less time to do it.

- Ramon Isberto
on his speaking assignment (Bottom of the Pyramid)
at the Corporate Social Responsibility Expo

Monday, July 04, 2005

Stand...

Stand for something or stand for nothing

Title of presentation
Robinhood Foundation
at the Corporate Social Responsibility Expo
<a href="http://www.lcf.org.ph">www.lcf.org.ph</a>

Love your country...

Love your country, leave it!

- 5-word acceptance speech
Lonely Planet
Webby Awards