Another leaf has fallen.
It’s my birthday again.
I stopped counting my age.
My 5-year old son asked me to stay at my current age so that we can grow old together [with his papa].
I don't usually write about my birthday. I just realized the other day that I have not updated two of my important blog sites-- online zones which I initially thought as an area where I could scan repository of past issues and problems I have frivolously or wisely pursued in this journey.
However, micro blogging has become the trend; much easier than writing an exposition, essay or any narratives on issues--where mind would articulate about co'z we can't yield to forget.
So, what about November 9?
I don't celebrate it lavishly.
In the past, I would just go elsewhere, in some places where I wouldn't frequent but where I have seriously considered the emotional contentment it brings if am in that confines. Maybe in a restaurant; a new shopping site; a garden; a tourist site; a resting place... or maybe in a sacred place where candles are wildly aflame by prayers.
In the past, I would just go elsewhere, in some places where I wouldn't frequent but where I have seriously considered the emotional contentment it brings if am in that confines. Maybe in a restaurant; a new shopping site; a garden; a tourist site; a resting place... or maybe in a sacred place where candles are wildly aflame by prayers.
This year, I will celebrate it somewhere.
In a solemn place still, although Brian insisted he wanted a bit of a homey celebration.
In a solemn place still, although Brian insisted he wanted a bit of a homey celebration.
Ah, life. What I got thus far?
I have kept a young mind while slowly surrendering with age.
I have kept a young mind while slowly surrendering with age.
I am recently most reflective and have preferred more quiet conversations than noisy exchange of ideas.
I spent more time reading and appreciating books: hard-covered or online.
I spent more time reading and appreciating books: hard-covered or online.
I found simple joys with my child.
I learned to summarize a daylong event into just three words, just like how that lengthy dogma was summarized by John Lennon into one-word-titled-song "Imagine."
I got tired with recycled and winding events; got tired of anger and unending cynicism; got tired of violence and politics. I got tired of pretensions and lies.
I got tired with recycled and winding events; got tired of anger and unending cynicism; got tired of violence and politics. I got tired of pretensions and lies.
However, I maintain interest on people with clarity of thought and purpose, but prefer this time to be not sooo engaged with arduous, strenuous & demanding tasks.
This decision to be in a corner-while-watching-the-world-go-by is an experiential option taken after I have so much of the world and from people I've met. It’s a decision made, inspired, and caused by some elders who have indirectly nurtured me "to breath and get a fresher look within." An option to enjoy the solace of peace independent from the forces engaged in constant transformation of our state-of-affairs.
It’s quite a decision that I have morphed.
Gee, I am happy [that I have a stage in life] that I morphed.
Gee, I am happy [that I have a stage in life] that I morphed.
Anyway, except for my immediate family, I could say that my birthday is not very significant. In fact there are more significant events happening this November 9. See my notes below I sourced from my emails, links and connections. There is a variety of important events, holidays, commemorations etc.
2nd Northern Mindanao Regional Media Conference.
2nd Regional Media Conference on November 9 and 10, 2011 in Iligan City
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 November) -- The ceasefire committees of the government peace panel (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are meeting with the International Monitoring Team (IMT) here on Wednesday, November 9, to finalize the schedule of the joint probe on the October 18 clash in Al-barka, Basilan. Admiral Adib of Malaysia , Deputy Head of Mission
Peace Media Forum with Sec. Ging Deles and Panel Chairs Marvic Leonen & Alexander Padilla
In an effort to clarify issues linked to the Peace Process and to orient the media on the Government’s Peace Framework, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) holds a Peace Media Forumon Wednesday, November 9, 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Gateway Suites, 4/F Gateway Mall, Cubao, Quezon City. OPAPP Sec. Teresita Quintos-Deles and GPH Panel Chairs Marvic Leonen for the GPNP-MILF and Alexander Padilla for the GPNP-CPP/NPA/NDFP, with their respective panel members, will grace the occasion [Opapp].
ELSEWHERE IN SOME PART OF THE GLOBE
Feds Will Temporarily Cut Off All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9
If you have ever wondered about the government’s ability to control the civilian airwaves, you will have your answer on November 9th. On that day, federal authorities are going to shut off all television and radio communications simultaneously at 2:00PM EST to complete the first ever test of the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). This isn’t a wild conspiracy theory. The upcoming test is posted on the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau website. Only the President has the authority to activate EAS at the national level, and he has delegated that authority to the Director of FEMA. The test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through FEMA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS). [The Blaze./ Oct. 22, 2011; details can alse be viewed in this link http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/emergency-alert-system-nationwide-test]
No water on Nov 9, 10 in India
IMF Starts Hungary
The International Monetary Fund’s regular annual overview of Hungary
In Berlin & Germany
Nov 09 is German day of Destiny.
In The IT Front:
Eee Pad Transformer Prime on Nov 9 tips ASUS doc
ASUS’ Eee Pad Transformer Prime will launch on November 9, according to an investor conference presentation, with two further Eee Pad “hero products” expected in Q1 2012, as the company attempts to build on the success of the first-gen Transformer. Meanwhile, Windows 8 tablets are set to follow on later in 2012, according to the slide desk [pdf link], though the first such models won’t arrive until Q3 next year (Davies, Chris/ Oct 31, 2011/Slashgear.com]
OUTER SPACE
Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Approach Earth on November 8, 2011. NASA made a trajectory that the asteroid is near to Earth by November 09, 2011 [For details see link http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news171.html of Near Earth Object Program]
Probable Book To Read
Decision Point published on November 09, 2011 authored by George W. Bush.
Decision Points brings readers inside the Texas governor's mansion on the night of the 2000 election, aboard Air Force One during the harrowing hours after the attacks of September 11, 2001, into the Situation Room moments before the start of the war in Iraq
Wikiqoute for November 09, 2011
Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive. ~ Carl Sagan
[Qoute was proposed by Kalki who believes that
"Love is the ultimate of holies, by which all else receives its worth."
Kalki also belives that "All attempts to share wisdom with others is an expression of love for that which is truly essential." [Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Kalki]
From Wikipedia
Holidays & Observance
Christian Feast Day:
Dedication of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral of the Pope (memorial feast day)
Theodore of Amasea (Roman Catholic Church)
Vitonus
Benignus of Armagh
November 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas (Bolivia
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France
Inventor's Day (Germany , Austria , Switzerland
Schicksalstag (Germany
World Freedom Day (United States
Links for November 09
1. http://www.humanitas-international.org/showcase/chronography/timebase/november9.htm
2. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/November+9
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