My friend Eliza is a manager in a call center base in Cebu. She has 2 children and her oldest child is in 3^rd grade but her second child is just a week old. The contention is whether her husband or she is going to resign to take good care of the new born baby. It’s a tough decision they are going to make. Since her work gives the family comfort of living high ends lifestyle. Though her husband is earning much higher than she does, she consider it impractical to resign, the fact that not all woman at her age is given the opportunity to be in that position.

Her maternity leave is soon to expire, the crux should be resolve. They are running out of time she finally decides to look for a nursing home. Luckily she found one who promises good services, a home away from her own house. This nursing home offered lots of options to choose at costumers’ convenience. They also have numbers of nanny who are registered nurses. Clients are insured of the best services. Anybody can be on focus of their work while their baby is in the hands of qualified professionals. Her baby now is five months old, very healthy and bubbly it only indicates that the baby is properly given care and attention. Eliza and her husband are happy for the outcome.

Early this morning, a call from the province informed me that they have a good and huge harvest of mangoes. My mind then gets jumbled and anxious on where to market my stuff. I have contacted all possible buyers and their orders were not so big for me to dispose the incoming stocks. As I reach the store, I saw big trucks loaded with mangoes which can supply my entire buyers with leftovers. What can I do with all these supplies on hand? So, I sit on my table and turn my computer on. I browse the net and found a marketing company that can help me find more buyer of my fruits. Though reluctant, I decide to grab the offer, if I succeed Ill be adding few hundreds to my profit. At the end of the day all of us; me and my workmen were tired and we go home. After dinner a call from an unfamiliar voice saying that he is interested in buying the mangoes. He said his company needs tons of mangoes for juices and purees. I was very happy by the outcome. All my mango supply I have was not enough for the needs of my new buyer. The marketing company that helped me once was a big hit in my venture. Now my business was doing very well. To business people out there who encounter problems just like mine try invest to a marketing company. So to the question do I need a marketing company the answer would definitely Yes. Since they have the best knowledge as to where and to whom they are going to sell your products in that instant…..

My youngest brother has fascination to play soccer that is aside from baseball. Timely because all grade two pupils who belong to the top seven in the class are given the opportunity to join in any extra curriculum activity. Mama then let him join the soccer team. From then on he began to play with the team. Since he is very eager to be the best athlete, we bought him his own soccer balls so he can practice kicking. While we shop, my mother and I argued on what brand we are going to buy. Of course mama wants the cheaper one since she is budget conscious. But I keep my stand to buy the branded soccer balls. I don’t want to compromise the quality of the ball. Mother told me it’s the same since it will wear off as it gets old. However, I successfully persuaded mama to buy the branded one; anyway I’m paying for the stuff. My brother always volunteers to use the ball during his practice. On the first day of the elimination round the team got the first rank and they remained on that rank until the finals. Then final match is set on Saturday, we all have the chance to watch the event. During the game, we shouted like we are watching world cup in a big soccer field. The coach raised his hand for a break. Father and I draw closer then we learned that the soccer ball was torn when it hit a sharp object. When I look at it, it was the cheap soccer ball mama wants to buy. Then I asked the coach if he wants his players to use the soccer balls that we bring with us, and he willingly accepts it. After few minutes, the team of my brother is leading. They lead 9 points against their opponents and became the champion. The kid athletes were all tired but they are all very proud and happy for their performance as they exclaimed “Sir, we won because we are using the best soccer ball in town” at the end of the contest.

Peter was once a healthy boy. He is in his first grade when he was hit by a high fever. His doctors diagnose his ailment as polio this epidemic had claims numbers of lives in that place. Luckily this young boy has a strong will to survive his doctor says. After a month or more he recovered but sad news to his parents was he can no longer walk. Thanks to a simple machine a GoWheelchair-Rollator-2. The family purchases one for Peter. They started to bring the boy outside the house using the machine so he can have the morning sunlight and for him to have garden fresh air. A boy was still fragile but the family is trying not to absent from doing it. They go to the hospital again for his checkup. The doctor was surprise because according to him the boy was recuperating very fast. The doctor asks the mother if they were applying therapy. Yes we bring him outside using the equipment we purchased from an online store. We really recommend the Wheelchair-rollator-2 for giving our child the chance to experience life even if he could not walk. After 2 years the boy went back to school and still using the simple machine. He graduated elementary and high school after then he took a computer course and finished it like a normal person. This man still uses his machine as he was employed in a government office as an encoder. If not with this machine he might still be lying on the bed.

My great grand uncle who is 84 years old is still happy with his 15 year old girl. He married twice but the two wives were already dead. And now he is living with his 15 year old girl and still maintaining concubines as he claims. I ask him as to his secret? Well he simply answered me that he is using viagra.

When he reached the age of 40 he started having problems with his duty as a husband and he felt insecure. From that on, he and his second wife always have big fights. So he went to the doctor for some advice to save their marriage and to keep his concubines who soon lose their interest towards him. The doctor then prescribes him viagra as a solution to his problem. He told me that he was very satisfied when he started using viagra in his second wife. But unfortunately his second wife died last 2005. However before she died, she claims that my great grand uncle is really sexually aggressive. As of today, He still boasts that he can still do well despite his age. “Thanks to viagra” he says. As I look at his face I think it’s true since he is a happy man and also his 15 year old girl just gives birth to a healthy boy last year.

The people lived in the heavens and there were yet no human beings on earth. However on earth was glistening water and fresh green plants and trees. Ukinurot, a hunter in heaven, was fed up with the never-changing diet of meat, the brown and bare landscape and the warm clothing made of birds’ feathers

While hunting one day, a large bird swam into his ken. He aimed his bow and arrow at it and shot. The arrow passed clean through the bird’s body and landed on the ground, a distance away, and was deeply embedded in the ground. As he pulled it, a good amount of soil came up with the arrow, leaving a large hole in the ground. Ukinurot peered through the hole and saw below him shining water and green earth. He summoned his companions, men and women, and all were pleased with what they saw.

Then they decided to go down. They plucked the bird’s feathers and twined a rope with them. Then one by one they climbed down. A rather fat woman could not go through the opening.

Ukinurot was the last to descend. As soon as he touched earth, the rope snapped. So they could no longer return. The fat woman who remained in heaven, lights up the stars every night to remind the people below whence they originally came. The hole through below which they descended now shines as the moon.

Misamis Oriental Myth by Francisco Demetrio, SJ

This is a mythological story from the Philippines; accordingly the earth was unmanned till Ukinurot from heaven accidentally discovered that there was a paradise below them. Out of curiosity they then went down from heaven and accidentally settled on earth.

Isn’t it amazing how people think of the beginning of the human race here on Earth? Well, there are lots of beautiful stories through out the world and for me this story is one of them.