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Pay if Forward

March 30, 2009 by Bob
Filed under News

by:striker_jem

Pay it forward refers to repaying the good deeds one has received by doing good things for other unrelated people.

The “pay it forward” concept was popularized with the book Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde, which was later made into a movie with the same title.

The idea that you are giving back after having received is wonderful. The fact that it is to three other people is a great reminder that it is better to give than receive.

Accordingly, practicing the “Pay it Forward” principle will make you alert to unexpected kindness from strangers toward you, and you may find yourself becoming more grateful for everyday kindness and consideration from people you don’t even know.

But here’s one unique way to start the principle. A young professional distributes ballers bearing the “Pay it Forward” phrase to encourage those who will receive it to do good deeds and be thankful that there is someone who will be willing to extend help even in simple ways to make a positive difference and could change the world. The gesture made is very timely in observance of the Lenten Season.

John Carpio, fondly called by friends as RJ gave ‘Pay it Forward’ ballers with a concept that those who have it must pass it over to another person who did something nice to him/her instead of saying thank you!

It is a reminder that everyone must not feel obligated to help others because a simple act of kindness was received; but rather, creating a social responsibility and a desire to help others in recognition of the help one has received.

Link: Here

Weekend Inuman Galore

Saturday afternoon, I met someone from San Beda. After a short talk, I sent SMS to a college friend who happens to live within the vicinity. She invited me to come over for a short talk or should I say, I invited myself to go to their place. She was still accommodating and offered me some soda. She even asked if I would like to drink some bottles of beer but I decided not and to just have a short talk and leave after some time.

As soon as I arrived home, I called another friend and invited him to come over my place since I got really bored. We went to another friend to kidnap him... hahaha... We drank the whole night. Cesar told me that They were able to make it to Dragon Boat semi-finals and have to be in Bay walk before 7am. I told him I wanted to go to have some shoot. and so we go around 7:30am good thing the competition just started and his team was already aboard.

After the competition, there was a "defeat" party... hahaha kidding aside, they still celebrate the game as those who compete for the team was all new comer and for most of them, it was the first time to paddle for a competition. They also invited me to join and so I signed the waiver that I will be attending the training...

whoah!!! Got a sport to do now... hahahahha... first time ko mag-sport.... yeah... dragon boat pa... I don't know how to swim... goodluck...

What is a man without me? - GOD

This past days been thinking what are the things I have to done to make my relationship with "my God" flourish...

Since I arrived Manila, I've never been to church for mass. I usually pass by churches during my of town photo tours to take pictures. But hearing the mass, I attended once but not the whole.

Exactly 60 days today but I only shared my grace once while buying for my merienda and a boy approach me for some money. I gave him a part of my food instead. Maybe, I forgot, I'm not in KSA anymore. I never gave alms to KSA beggars. yes you heard it right. There are also beggars in KSA. Sosy beggars I may say. Women have their Gucci or Louis Vuitton bags with a lot of gold earring and necklace, bracelets and some even have anklets ( now tell me, will you give alms to those whom you think is richer than you?).

Fasting, hmmmm... for few days now I'm having my fasting... I only drink water while in office... Is this because I wanted to do so? or just because i have no money to spend during breaks??? oh well... whatever the reason is. I know it's still not counted. since I still smoke and eat streetfoods after...

Am I not unfair to "my" God?

Though I haven't done anything good for Him these days, he is still there to remind me that without Him I am nothing...

Though I am much pre-occupied with the world, He still reminds me that there is still something special in store for me in His world...

Thanks Bro...

Wishlist... (lapit na kc bday ko...)

91 days n lng, birthday ko nanaman...

kaya habang maaga, list down ko n ang wish list ko para sa mga kaibigan kong may busilak na kalooban... ayan ha, mahaba haba ang pag-iipon...


External hard drive (para s mga photos ko... wla n space c lappy ko eh...)

Photography seminar (gusto ko attend ng basic to advance seminar para ma-enhance pa ang mga lente ko)

New Lens (18-300mm) xempre kung may magbigay ng free seminar, kailangan ko din ng bagong lente... I need an upgrade na...

Photo Tour sa Batanes matagal ko na plano punta ng Batanes but after seeing the rate... teka muna... medyo mahal...

Photo tour sa Siquijor haist.. I always wanted to go to this place... nature tripping to the max e2...

Birthday Party (xempre pano nya mabibigay ang present kung wala party... ahhahahahha)


yan lng cguro... mababaw lng nman kaligayahan ko... basta magawa ko lng ang gusto ko for the sake of lakwatsa at potograpiya...

FYI: June 24 po ang birthday ko...

Lumalaki ang Pamilya namin...

Around 8pm last night, I saw our cat Mimi with something hanging on her butt. I tought my brother played with her again. To my surprise, she is already in labor.

Nakakatuwa, first time ko makakita ng pusang nanganganak... Kasi ang dati naming pusa, nagtatago kung saan pwede magtago. But Mimi is really different. Sa harap ko nanganak... ahahhaha...

Medyo napuyat me kasi natapos xa manganak ng almost 12mn.

She has 3 gold orange and 1 tri-color kittens... They are so cute. I want to keep them all but we need to send them for adoption...

Kittens now open for adoption... Pics will be posted as soon as I get home this afternoon...

Mt. Samat during the Holy Week.

Yes!!!

It's final... I will be going to Bataan during the Holy Week. those who wants to join, please freely comment on this post.

I am much preoccupied of what will be my activity during the holy week. I planned first to have a walk from Robinson's Galleria to Antipolo Church as the usual thing I am doing before I left for Saudi Arabia. But thought twice about it as I also want to document my holy week and it will be in the evening and lights will be my problem.

I was also invited to go Mt. Mayon in Bicol as my officemate leaves at the foot of Mayon. But I still want to go somewhere where I can also praise God in a serene and nice place. Mt. Mayon would be nice but there is still something that I am looking for a place...

Here, Mt. Samat came across my mind. I invited my travel companion. he said he's planning to visit the natives of Banawe and stay there for a week. I am tempted to join him, and even asked him lets finalize where would we go...


Around 2am this morning, everything is finalized and here is my drafted itinerary.

Holy Wednesday: late afternoon motorbike going to Orani Bataan where we will be staying in my aunt's house.

Maudy Thursday: morning, Bus station to meet those who plans to join us.
Check in at the Hotel
Photowalk in Orani Bataan (Plaza, Churches, etc)
Early lights off or travel to Mt. Samat for overnight stay.

Good Friday : Mt. Samat for the whole day photo session (planning to invite model with us)

Black Saturday: Corregidor Escapade

Easter Sunday: Back to Manila


Haist... This will be a nice Holy Week escapade for sure...

Itinerary will be finalized as soon as I speak with my Aunt.

Where should I go???

This is it...

Dahil hnd ako marunong mag take note ng mga appointments... Got several appointments to cancel this weekend...

Pero ano ba ang dapat kong i-cancel??? I'm getting confused now... huwaaaa....

Last month a friend invited me for hiking in Laguna. We will be leaving on Saturday na pala. She just texted me early this morning to confirm if I wil be going with them. That would be for 2 days. Coming back to Manila Sunday, no time yet.

My cousin also invited me to go to our house in Antipolo on Saturday to celebrate my God-child's birthday. I also commited myself that I will be coming and her sister even sent me PM yestrerday confirming that I will be going with them.

Just the other day, Mian invited me to go for a photowalk on sunday with One Asean group I dunno if this would be together with the BULLET in Norzagaray...

Another friend who is a member of a Rowing team is inviting me to their tournament on Saturday in Subic and asked me if I want to join them and take their pics... I wanted to go as it is a good opportunity na kunin nila ako as their official photographer.

This morning also, another group wants to have a shoot in Baseco and asking me if I can go with them. Fortunately, I already know na meron n meng mga appointments so I asked them to have it next week...

Now I'm confuse... Saan ako pupunta???

I'm very eager to go hiking... but I have to cancel all my appointments just to be with them for 2 days...

I want to go to subic for the Rowing competition. It is really a great chance to travel as they will be competing in Australia next month.

I wanted to attend my other appointments too... Masaya lahat yun...

huwaaaaaaa.....

FOR SALE: Sony DVD Camcoder DCR-DVD-708E

Category:	Electronics
Price:	Php20,000.00

Selling my DVD camcoder.

Bought it in Saudi Arabia July2008 for personal use. Now I want someone to make better use of it.

Price is still negotiable, pero konti n lang ang bawas...

Specs:

Digital Zoom 2000 x
Optical Sensor Size 1/1.6"
Optical Sensor Type CCD
Min Illumination 4 lux
Analog Video Format PAL
Digital Video Format MPEG-2
Image Stabilizer Optical (Super Steady Shot)
Digital Scene Transition Black fader
Shooting Modes Digital photo mode
Shooting Programs Landscape , Spotlight , Beach & ski , Portrait mode , Sports lesson , Sunset & moon
White Balance Custom , Presets , Automatic
White Balance Presets Indoor , Outdoor
Exposure Modes Program, Automatic
Widescreen Video Capture Yes

Specs: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camcorders/sony-handycam-dcr-dvd708e/4507-6500_7-32401456.html


comes with the Package:
Camcoder
Installer
Battery with Charger
Original Sony Bag
5 blank DVD rewritable

Contact John Carpio at these numbers:

Landline: 2513778
Mobile : 09283772236

*No Box and manuals as it is too bulky if I bring it home with me...

The Most Unforgettable Shoot I had...

On the Pics:

Model: Sachi McPherson
Photographers: Pot Tomas
Echel Darcen
Jay Romero
One Carpio

Experience was nice. First time ko mag studio / model shoot but I enjoyed it a lot. Too bad, my cam setting does not fit Canon / Nikon setting. Have to set my Aperture to 3.5 - 5f shutter speed 1/6, sometime 1/5 just to have a clearer picture.

Overall experience is really memorable. Meeting Sachi would be the best part of this experience. She was really nice and accommodating. Though I don't ask her mush to give a good post, she really does. Yun nga lang as earlier mentioned, hnd masyado maganda yung iba kong shots due to the shutter speed... grrrr... asar...







During change of outfit, we had our group shots.









Going back to the experience. Though the studio was fully airconditioned, I can't help myself but to wipe my sweat out. Sachi is really freaking hot... grrrrrr... She poses nice on every sets and really give her best...

Can't wait to work with you again soon Sachi...

Kolokoyheads, nice experience.... kelan ulit ang sched...

Mongoloid daw...

Yesterday morning, I got really upset. My dad told me that our idiot neighbor called my brother "mongoloid".

Yup we must admit, my brother is a special child. Classified to have Learning Disability (LD) or slow learner due to his series of head operations. But calling him mongoloid is not fair.

My brother got really hurt with that until now. I wanted to talk to our idiot neighbor but my dad told me that he's going to talk first with the mother inlaw of that crazy man...

Is our neighbor educated??? I may say yes, he is my schoolmate in high school but he's just paying her instructors to get a passing grades. I don't know during college...

Now tell me, who's more normal? My brother who can read and talk freely to anyone and known anywhere in Tondo because of his friendlynes? or our neighbor who happend to be an educated man but seems to have no breeding??? My pets are more educated than him I think...

My cat knows how to do massage...

My dog knows shake hand...

My pig... yeah forget it... maybe he's more like my pigs... Lamon lng ng lamon...

Target before the end of the year...

I want to put up a photo studio business here in our place. Market is good. I'm in the center of 4schools. I remember when I was still in highshool. I also love having a photo shoot. I have to go to Navotas or Juan Luna / Gagalangin to have my photos shot. High school students enjoyed it having a photo shoot.

March time, graduation time and other occasions in school needs a photographers. I can make a good market as I will have the most accessible photo studio in my area.

ID pictures, some computer shops already offered ID pictures but a bit expensive. I had my photo taken 3pcs 1x1 photo for 20php. I have to pose for myself, they will just take the pic, not even telling if you're slouching or you look like having a hunchback. They will kust take the pic as is.

Good premonition to start up my own business:

1. I've got Euphorbia (I don't know if that's the name of that plant, basta matinik xa na namumulaklak). I have it for morethan 3 years but never had even a single flower. As soon as I thought of putting up a business, Four of my plants bear good flowers...

2. As soon as I got the message of Raffy the other day that my pics will be posted on Picture Perfect. That same time my pig delivered her 7 healthy piglets.

3. My dog, whom I thought to be barren, just had a "heat"...

4. My cat is also pregnant and will deliver her kitten any time this week...


What's the connection of pergnancy to putting up business??? Wala lng...gusto ko lng majustify na tama ang gusto kong gawin... ahahhahahaha... kc sabi nila pregnant women brings goodluck...

ahahahahahhahah


woot woot...

Happy Birthday kolokoys

Pra s mga kolokoys n celebr8 ng bday this month...

The Birthday Song - Corrinne May

Manila Bulletin Picture Perfect

Got an email from Raffy that my pics will be featured tomorrow 10March2009.

Buy yourself a copy... huwaaa... tpos scan me a copy, para d n me bili... ahahahahha

e-heads fever...

As I woke up yesterday noontime, I checked my phone for messages. Got a message from Mian asking if I want to watch Eraserheads concert. Got really excited about it. I jumped off my bed and immediately went to SM San Lazaro to buy CF card reader to transfer the photos from my cam.

I arrived MOA at around 4pm and met Joeffey in front of Pizza Hut as it is where Mian told us where she will meet us. We were told by Joef that SLR cam are not allowed at the concert venue, so we decided to leave our cams in Mian's car.

We entered the concert venue at 7:30pm. Got a bit upset as I've seen some with their SLR & LOMO cam at the venue. Program started late. Everyone was really energetic... I enjoyed the program especially when Marcus had his reggae version of "Wag mo nang Itanong" ahhaha... that was really cool...

List of my fave eheads song that was included on their repertiore...

Huling El Bimbo
Toyang
Wag mo nang Itanong
Poorman's Grave
Wishing Well
Pare ko

and wait... there is more...

Koleidoscope World was also performed to pay tribute to Francis M.


Saya... calling Joeffey & Nino... pictures please... pa grab nman...