Aaminin ko na... Adik ako!

I don't normally spend more than a few hours a week playing games on Mark's PSP. Sure, I liked Virtua Tennis - wasted a lot of time trying to finish it -- had to give up eventually because the King and Queen were just unbeatable.

Lumines was good too. and Mercury. But this new game (came out January of this year so it's fairly new) really got me hooked. When I first saw it, pointless talaga sya for me. Sabi ko pa kay Mark, sakto yung title - PaTAPON!


Haaaaaay. Now, I'm stuck sa 2nd to the last level. Great. More sleepless nights for me. And I keep hearing the song in my head! (Pata Pata Pata Pon...)

Walkthrough... against my will.

Check it out. It's pretty kewl. :)
http://www.us.playstation.com/patapon/

Quantity Time vs Quality Time

Years ago, a belief became popular that it’s not the quantity of time you spend with your loved ones but the quality. Being virtually an orphan (kidding! my mom will kill me for this) who grew up with both parents working full time, I have wished for the contrary -- that my parents spend MORE time with us. Kahit pagalitan na lang nila kami, so long as they spend a few more minutes with us, the spanking was all worth it.

Actually, quantity over quality makes some sense. If you went to a fancy restaurant and were served the juiciest piece of steak in the world, but it was only the size of a 5 peso coin. You’d no doubt be begging like Dickens’s Oliver, “Please, sir, can I have some more?” To some degree, our kids and/or partners are standing and asking, “Please, please,can I have some more—of your time and attention?”

For people who absolutely can NOT afford to spend more than 30 minutes a day with your peeps, then you better spend Dom Pérignon minutes with them - top of the line, precious moments that should REALLY REALLY count. But honestly, is a few more minutes with you too much to ask?

Here's another mom's take on this issue:

"Waldman reasons that quantity time wins out over quality time. "Quality time doesn't work with kids," she says. "If kids had to decide between spending one hour a day with an attentive, loving mom, and 24 hours with a bitterly suicidal mom, they'll pick the suicidal wretch every time. They want you 24/7."

Am I spending enough quality AND quantity time with my peeps? hmmmmmm...

Jeffrey Rowland Rocks

This is taken from Jeff Rowland's Overcompensating Online Comic thing.
I love the candid take on life.

There's no such thing as "stainless" steel or "non-stick" cookware. Not if you get it hot enough.
Same goes for "flame retardant," "non-toxic," "idiot proof," and "dolphin-friendly." If it is a thing, it is potentially lethal.
The fabric of reality is stitched together with a fine thread of lies. "No more tears" shampoo won't stop the pain.
There's also no such thing as "environmentally-friendly." The environment doesn't need friends, because it is the environment. And even if the environment wanted friends, do you really think it would want to be friends with you? I mean, come on, look at you.