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Name: Jason/Jay
Birthday: 10/12/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: poetry/writing, girls, makin people laugh, sports (hockey, tennis, bball, baseball, soccer, football...whatever), gaming away, singin, listenin to music, partyin, jus havin fun in this lil life we're givin all while doin the most i can to help others along the way =)
Expertise: chillin'...yuuuups
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
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AIM:  RapnJay
Member Since:
1/2/2003
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| haven't blogged about anything in a while...sooo...here's an article i wrote for the Filipino Association for Health Careers' newsletter "Prescriptions":
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"And
now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is
love."
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1 Corinthians 13:13
I
have never been one to speak out strongly about my beliefs. I feel that people have the right to believe
in what they feel is necessary. But for
me, and from what I have experienced so far, these three things, no matter what
thoughts one might have, all stay true - faith, hope, and love.
I
have always wanted to write something meaningful; write something that I feel
proud to pass on to people lost in thought, like I used to. Since there are three quarters to add to this
publication, and three different aspects I can focus on, I do not see it as
coincidence for me not to write about one of these per quarter. Haha, and I even more so do not see it
coincidence that my "lucky number" has always been 13, and that I
believe in these three virtues so strongly.
"But
the greatest of these is love." All
three are connected to each other. It
seems too difficult to have one without the other two. But love remains the greatest. Now, I know that this may seem like I'm
heading off onto a sappy relationshippy tangent, but love does not limit itself
to a man and a woman. Love for your
family, love for your friends, love for whatever religion you may believe in,
and a love for yourself, all exist as well.
It's this love that keeps us here, keeps us wanting to be that something
for someone else.
Today,
however, I feel that love seems to have lost its true meaning. It's been tossed
around like a hacky sack, kicked, kneed, beaten, until it finally drops, only
to start all over again. Thanks especially to todays "perception of
love," the essence of "true love" has been replaced by the dream
of an "ideal love." The thought that love is something found, and once
it's found, everything becomes perfect. Love will heal all wounds, will right
wrongs, and be all that person needs.
But
what happens when it doesn't? What
happens when that love is actually the cause of one's wounds, the cause of the
wrongs, and no longer what a person desires for? I see that love like those overhyped diet
products that give you "instant results" without any work at all. Is
that really the kind of love we want? One that supposedly gives us what we want
right away? Then what happens when it stops working? Wasn't it love? Love is
supposed to be everlasting, then why did it stop?
It
stopped because it wasn't love. It was a want that was fulfilled, and a new
want came into play. They were "in want," not "in love."
People always say we fall in love. But in that sense, it makes love seem like
an accident, something that we can't see and get trapped in. But the truth remains that, we never fall in
love, we find our way to love. Love raises us above what we were before.
Brings us to the dreams that we place high in our minds. Love challenges us to
reach it, by yourself, with others, and with God. Love brings us to new levels
that we wish to share with others, which is why we work even harder for that
special love. This is the true love that
seems to be lost in today's heart. A love that people live for, not kill for. A
love that people work for, not wish for. A love that we feel comfort in, not
trapped in. A love that replaces wants, not a want that replaces love.
"Love
always wins (pg 40, Tuesdays with Morrie)." Great quote from Tuesdays with Morrie (if you
haven't read it yet, you should...its like, my favorite book, and an awesome
read). There are always these horrible
things on the news about people dying, killing each other, lies, deceit,
mistrust, and all these horrible things in the world today. But there is truth within it in that, love
does exist through it all. If it didn't,
we all wouldn't be here right now.
Through all the bad, people come together out of love for each other to
MAKE SURE that we all make it through to see another tomorrow. This is the love that always wins. This is the love that should be strived for
and kept within all of us - for your family, for your friends and loved ones,
for that one you will love, for your faith, and most importantly yourself. I know, and I am positive that you all know
that it is out there in the world. If
you can't see it, and you want to change it so you do, the only way possible
was best put through Mahatma Ghandi's words: "Be the change you want to
see in the world."
Keep
the love alive, folks.
-- Jason Rommel Rapanut - "Faith, Hope,
Love installment Vol. 1"
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| NFC WEST - St. Louis - 11-5
NFC SOUTH - New Orleans 9-7
NFC EAST - Dallas 10-6 over tiebreaker w/ Philadelphia
NFC NORTH - Green Bay 10-6
NFC Wild Card - Seattle 10-6
AFC WEST - San Diego 11-5
AFC SOUTH - Indianapolis 12-4
AFC EAST - New England 13-3
AFC NORTH - Cincinnati 11-5
AFC Wild Card - Denver 10-6
SUPERBOWL Prediction
San Diego vs. St. Louis
San Diego wins 32-28
Personal prediction
RAIDERS - 7-9
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| 10,000 acres burn east of Morgan Hill
Marisa Lagos,Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle Staff Writers
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
(09-04) 21:47 PDT Santa Clara County --
Fed by shifting winds, a brush fire in the hills east of Morgan Hill
scorched more than 10,000 acres by late Tuesday night, said state fire
officials.
Dubbed the Lick Fire, the blaze is 20 percent contained.
It has destroyed one outbuilding, forced several state park rangers
and their families to evacuate their homes, and is threatening another
25 residences in the area, including a handful of hunting cabins, said
Cal Fire spokesperson Becky Bamberger.
"It's still moving to the southeast," she said. "It is windy. But on
Wednesday, they expect the winds to change, so the fire would go back
on itself and burn what's already burned. We'll have to see what
happens."
Flames were first reported at 1:45 p.m. Monday.
The fire is burning 2 miles north of Mount Sizer in and around Henry
W. Coe State Park, and officials do not have an estimate for total
containment, said California Department of Forestry spokesman Daniel
Berlant.
Winds switched direction early Tuesday, pushing embers over fire
lines and creating additional spot blazes, said Department of Forestry
spokesman Henry De- Kruyff.
Ten hunting cabins in the area and several campgrounds and trails
were evacuated Monday. Authorities have closed East Dunne Avenue, the
road into the park.
Nearly 1,300 firefighters are battling the blaze, using 155 engines,
24 bulldozers, eight helicopters and seven air tankers, including a
DC-10.
Four firefighters have sustained injuries. One firefighter,
suffering heat-related injuries, was airlifted Tuesday from the scene;
two firefighters Monday were treated for bee stings.
"It's such a rugged, inaccessible area that it really makes it
difficult to get the engines in there," Berlant said. "We're really
relying on air crews - we got the DC-10 out there Monday and will bring
it out again today. ... We're hoping if we hit it with everything we
have, we can contain it."
Investigators do not know what caused the fire.
State firefighters are being assisted by the Santa Clara County Fire
Department, state parks officials and the South Santa Clara County Fire
District.
Berlant said it had been a busy weekend for fire officials, with blazes burning around the state.
"A lot of people think Labor Day signifies the end of summer, but
for us it's the peak of fire season," he said. "We usually see the
largest fires in September into October. It's important for people to
stay fire-safe out there."
these are the pictures i took before i left last night...read an article about it when i got back to Woodland, some guy said it pretty much looked like a mini-mushroom cloud...
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Yes yes...the sappy ass part of me is being soemwhat exposed again...could be the past few hours of watching random Scrubs episodes...or prolly just being here at home in the bay pretty much by myself, other than my parents, who fell asleep like, 2 hours ago heh...
pretty much, after one of the episodes i was watching, it again sparked my old "jaylosiphizing" ways...the basic topic - the cliche-ical "two roads diverged in a yellow wood" dealy...going back to a relationship that worked amazingly if the opportunity presented itself vs. a new relationship that feels good, but has unsurity of where it will end up...the old relationship, you battle the "what if it works this time around" against the "i've been here before, and i know where it'll end up"...the new relationship is fun, exciting, but for some reason (perhaps an old relationship), has you wondering if it's really what you want...
i guess it's all pretty hard to judge this when you can never fully understand the certain situations, certain feelings that come up at different times...ive pretty much had one quality, steady relationship, and i've also had strong feelings for other girls too that never really led anywhere, many times on my failure to act...what's odd though, is that these things have happened pretty much on a cyclic path...my past relationship, we'd be awesome together, we'd have our fights, we'd had our falling outs, we'd have our recovery periods, and we'd have our back togethers...all this cycled until one point in time where we pretty much saw that cycle, and i guess kinda grew tired of it...since then i've been pretty much single, and although ive gone on a few random dates here and there, when i would wonder that "what if" question, for some reason, i really never did, or even have a solid, definitive answer...
as far as any new relationships, again, i've probably been on so few dates, haha i don't even want to count them to save myself the sadness =P...but from the initial get-go, they do start out fun and interesting...wondering what's gonna happen next...kinda wondering/hoping if things work out (haha even though for me, sometimes it's never been a good part...always a stressor haha)...but for some reason, maybe it's just me, you initially base it all against the best relationship you've had...and for some reason, if it feels it doesn't add up, sadly that's when things fall apart even before they have a good chance to clasp together...
maybe it's just me, though...maybe i do overexpect things to work out like they did before...but then again, i don't really want things to happen exactly like before either...with new girls, i seem to be like "shit, who do i have to be now? what part of me do i show? what do i hide?"...and if i think about my past relationship and the question if i'd go back, i initially think that "we had our chance, and things just didnt seem to work...what changes that into thinking that it won't work again?"...
right now, the only good quote i can think of to end this is that whole "Don't settle for someone you can live with, but for that one who you can't live without." I've been single for a little over a year now, and i seem to be doing okay sooo...i guess i still have a lot more time to find someone like that...i guess it just kinda bugs me looking around, heh, pretty much everywhere and seeing all the people who've found theirs already...i guess it does make sense for me, considering that i'm still really hoping for PT school anywhere, and if i start something now and shit happens later on during that schooling, which one's worth risking? i've been striving for both since i got more into my college life, but would be left at a toss up of what to do now, and what to do later...which one's worth it?...which one's worth living with, and which one's worth living without?
that's one damn tough question...dammit...awesome note to fall asleep on, huh? =P...
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