September wishes

" If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride."

- Douglas Horton

So, the "ber" months is here in our footsteps. Good tidings are on its way to full bloom. It would be worthy to note once again at the start of this month for wishes, dreams, desires, hopes and wants. I don't really care if all these wouldn't be realized, what matters is the joy it brings in achieving or taking steps in seeing it in reality.

- How about getting myself an iPad? We'll see if the budget could squeeze in for this "gadget luho ng katawan"

- I blogged last August about petting a dog? Oh well, i get to see a somewhat a golden retriever while having a walk sometime a week prior to my birthday, the odds on this dog though is its color which is black, he was alone under a tree trying to rest, my impulse was to get near him but i stepped back thinking that i could get harmed or bitten; nonetheless the master is nowehere to be found. But then, surge of pity came over me as i walked past through this Canis Familiaris specie of animal. I'd include this in my September wishes that i could play with a dog or a pup.

- Holidays are coming after Ramadan, i'm hoping to get myself unwinding outside the city and would love be in deserted places or a deserted beach; just feeling and contemplating about nature and its beauty.

- That hopefully, i could maintain heroic acts inside my mind; sticking to principles and having an unwavering faith.










~mAC

iPhone app of the week

I just can't get enough of this NYtimes application for the iphone. If you are addicted to US happenings and would always up to know the latest, freshest news on what's happening all around the United States, then this app is for you.

NYTIMES 

This is no ordinary news outlet that you can hang out with, the articles are exquisitely written by non other than nyTimes journalists. Juicy and beefy in nature, full of vibrance and collective journalism is at its best. Go ahead and DL it. Don't be the last to know on what's happening with Barack O.

Along with my top 2 pick this week is the NEWSER application. Trust me, you'll end up checking newser every hour on what's happening around the world. This app just definitely serves its purpose in its head banner "READ LESS. KNOW MORE".

NEWSER

Gone are the days when you seat during breakfast along with your newspaper, flipping the pages, and hassling the longitude of the paper itself to touch the table. With this NEWSER app, you can directly check what's hot real time on the latest current events mainly in the US and around the world. What's intriguing about this app and what's making you want for more about this is the fact that it offers squeezed in update/breaking news for a specific topic. So, you can really know more...and read less.

~mAC

Incognito of Chrome

"It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. "

John Steinbeck 

Incognito mode of Google Chrome has been up back in the days of it's old beta version. And since its birth i've been using its prowess in overmining capabilities of handling cookies, auto-fills, history etc. Well that's an understatement, incognito is the private browsing version of Chrome in contrast to IE and Mozilla.

I wont discuss the benefits of private browsing but i want to share how to open google chrome via incognito mode immediately after you click the chrome icon.

and  here's how:

Locate your Google Chrome shortcut, Right click it then click on properties.

You must get to see this window after that, then type -ingcognito at the end of the line.

After you hit apply and ok, voila! when you click on your Chrome shortcut icon, it will default to incognito mode.

Happy surfing!!!, mind your back though, someone's watching ;-)







~mAc

Don't Overcomplicate

"Heroism exist not only on the battlefield, or in public but also inside the head, in the ability to face unpleasant thoughts"

-NYTimes

Neither lose nor
triumph for fight
For to walk off the plank
doesn't mean to give up

Fierceness of passion
as conquered by solitude
Vanquishing temptation
to kill thy being crude

Dreamless nights
are soon be over
But deep inside
it yearns to stay forever

Grow up!
and don't overcomplicate
Resist to fall in nowhere
but seek for peace a shelter






˜Mac

Heal the world

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

~William Shakespeare

'tis my first time to watch this video. The message is so profound, leaving me an enormous feeling of grief and inspiration. I can't help but to smile when i thought of the receding troops of the US going home from Iraq. Nowhere is the war to end but that step would significantly make a difference.

Look around what's happening all around us, it's as if love has vanished so sudden giving the world to succumb in a wounded state.

With the intensifying recession hitting all over the world, it seems a hopeless journey. Why do all good things come to an end? Like happiness always gone too soon. It's a fact of life, i reckon.

But humming the song of the great Michael Jackson somehow brings me back to a sane reality that each human beings' love can make a difference. That the light of a single candle is not only serving itself but creates a bridge, a way, a connection to light the other so many candles unlit. Paving the way to a brighter atmosphere, illuminating chaos and darkness that seem to envelope this ever changing world of ours.

Come August 29th marks the birthday of Michael, it has been more than a year since his passing but reminiscing his history never faltered me to get a lump in my throat especially when i listen to his songs. "Heal the world, make it a better place.. for you and for me and the entire human race..."

Each day that passes, may our candles of light shine... with empathy, with compassion, with hope, and with love. Make a lil' space, make a better place...












~mAc