Saturday, January 10, 2009
I'm sorry if I haven't updated this blog. I've been
sooo busy with school lately!
MORE BLOGS TO COME.
I will fix the position of that google ad soon.
And I'll update the list of my links :)
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I know I'm still new here in Blogger. You can call me a noob all you want :))
Despite of my noobness, I'm joining this contest organized by
Liza.Cupid's Site of the Month Contest
It is open to any active blogger. It'll start on January 1 and end on February 25 but you can register early which is what I'm doing right now! :D
Hey, early registration means an extra ten points! *wink*
If you want to know more about the details, click here.
Here is the list of the sponsors:
Dianne of palmatics.org - domain hosting package (shared plan)
Ms. Arianne of xoxaiiya.com - domain (.info), hosting and 1 year advertisement
Rose of glamorous-heart.info - 1000 E-cards, 1 year text advertisements in her 2 sites
Dhadha of maldita.us - 500 E-cards from maldita.us and 500 E-cards from mykimycup.com
Janelle of conest-love.bs.com and phinkness.info - 500 EC from xoxjanellexox.net, 500 EC from phinkness.info and 1 month 125 x 125 banner ad space
You can become a sponsor yourself. Again, click
here.
Labels: blog, contest, cupid's site of the month contest
I found the most beautiful resort in the Island Garden City of Samal.
MAXIMA BEACH RESORT: The house above the seaWhat I love in that resort:
1. You can jump to the water from the house whenever because the first floor is an open area.
2. You can never hit nor touch the bottom of the sea. The water's around 10 feet.
3. It has an amazing view of sea and the sunset.
4. It's breezy, especially on the second floor.
5. The water's clear. It's not infested with
lumot like Boracay.
6. The place is isolated so you won't be disturbed.
7. The bedrooms are all airconditioned.
8. The water coming out of their faucets/showers/toilets/sinks are all freshwater. Thank God.
9. The house used to be a rest house so it gives off that
homey feeling.
10. The balcony on the second floor. It's my favorite spot!
I actually wrote a longer blog in my Multiply. As far as I know, Blogger can't cross-post so instead of copy-pasting everything, I'll just give you the link. Click
here. It's a pretty lengthy blog so have patience. hehe.
MAXIMA BEACH RESORT
San Jose, Penaplata
Contact No: +63(82) 286-1055, +63(927) 302-6054
davaowildwater@yahoo.com
http://vacation.davaocrocodilepark.com/index.php?sec=1
For more resorts in the Island Garden City of Samal: http://journeytosamal.com/2008/12/samal-island-resorts-master-list/
If you ever go to Davao City and want to hit the beach, go to Samal!
Labels: beach resort, davao city, maxima, samal
Friday, January 2, 2009
[Source:
http://www.librarything.com/work/173604]
Last week, I finished reading Jodi Picoult’s novel “Mercy”. One conflict in the novel is euthanasia. Euthanasia is mercy killing. In the novel, James Macdonald killed his wife because his wife had cancer. She was going to die anyway.
This made me think a lot about euthanasia. The novel left me with a lot of questions but basically pointed out to
who was more selfish? In the beginning of the book, I immediately thought of how selfish James was. He wasn’t in any position to take away the life of his wife, Maggie even though he is her husband. He is not the only person in Maggie’s life. Maggie had friends and parents who may have wanted her to live for a little bit longer. Did he consider their feelings and thoughts? No, he only thought of himself.
At one point in the story, he even thought that the real reason why he killed her was because he didn’t want to see her that way and that he wanted to remember her as the healthy Maggie. Maybe it was just his own selfishness that driven him to kill her.
But in the middle of the book, I changed my mind. Maggie was the selfish one. She made James promise to kill her. During that time, James would do everything for Maggie, including killing her just to please her. He was like her little robot. She made him think that everything would be okay.
It wasn’t. James was left with a trial, dead wife and a lost hope. He just wanted to get the trial over with and rot in jail. Maggie never thought that he could go to jail for killing her but James knew this all along. He knew he would go to jail because after killing her, he went immediately to a police station and turned himself in.
James loved her too much to care. It is said in the book that in a marriage, there is always someone who loves more, and who is giving more to make the relationship work and to keep things the way they used to be. That was James. He loved her more.
In real life, there are probably a lot of cases of euthanasia. I bet a lot of them ended up with the "killer" in jail because in the law, it all points out to what you did. It doesn't matter
why you did it. We should all take note though that in ordinary murders, killers do it out of hate but in euthanasia, "killers" do it out of love. That makes it different.
I would definitely recommend this book. Jodi Picoult is an amazing author. Amazing is not even the right word to describe her because she has this way of making you think of what is right and what is wrong; and if those things (right or not) really matter;
Labels: euthanasia, jodi picoult, mercy
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