3 Things Why I'm Thankful of the Internet

Internet is indeed a world-flattener.

For ordinary folks like me, the net has made previously hard-to-find information within a few clicks on the keyboard.

I recall way back in college how I got resigned to the idea that the quotes and clips I've been dying to find won't ever be retrieved.

Well fortunately I live in a time when information became impressively available to everyone.

As a tribute to the good ol' net here are 3 items I finally unearthed.

1.  The rap portion of Superproxy

As a big fan of the Eheads I always croak their songs whenever an opportunity comes. I always get stumped when I get to the rap portion of Superproxy. It was tough to follow the barrage of words.
Well thanks to google that info is now available..

http://lyrics.rebelpixel.com/2006/02/superproxy/

Zipadee do dah Zippa dee day.. Hip Hop Hooray !

2. The passionate speech by Col. Nathan Jessep in A Few Good Men

A movie that talks about honor. I was blown away by the empathic speech of Col. Jessep played by Jack Nicholson in the court room. Definitely unforgettable

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104257/quotes

"Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men..."

3. That heart-breaking scene in "When Time Ran Out"

This clip from a movie I first saw when I was 5 years old had such a huge impact on me. The scene where the blond girl fell to her fiery death in the flowing lava haunted me in my dreams and probably caused my fascination for mestizas. It seemed that ever since, I always had this yearning to save mestizas.

Thanks to Youtube I had the chance once again to face the monster of my childhood.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9X1hxQmn6c

Decisions

Today my room is a total mess.

Boxes, books and what-nots are scattered all over.

The sudden intruders were stuff moved out of Newton Study Center-Sucat.

Newton had been my first business venture.  It’s main services were review programs for students aspiring to go to premiere schools.

I opened up a franchise in Sucat in summer of 2008. It had been 4 grueling years of keeping the business afloat.  Grueling in the sense that some of my weekends were booked because I had to work for my venture.

If only a consolation, I found a way to channel my passion to teach, by being an instructor in some of the review classes.

Last month, with much pain in my heart I pulled the plug.

I guess my dad’s medical emergency which happened 2 weeks after I opened the business, was a portent of things to come.

With my finances bleeding out to pay for the hospital bills, I barely had enough operating capital to keep the business afloat.

It was out of pride that I trudged on to have the operations running. I was hoping that things would eventually turn around. In due time, the required volume would come to cover the fixed cost.

But salvation never came. And the losses I incurred got bigger and bigger.

I guess my head knew back then that it had been a futile battle.

I gave my heart the chance.

But I realize that sometimes no matter how painful, decisions have to be made by the mind rather than the heart.