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The Blog made up of original works such as poems, essays, short stories, novelette, editorial, product/technology review, website review, book review, local discoveries, investigative report, advice, humor, inspirational and horoscope among other things. The purpose of the site is to inform, entertain and inspire. Both English and Tagalog works are included.Bible passages and articles from other authors are properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifBrutalThoughtsOnEverythinghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis is all original works! Other works, not mine, are cited with the author's name/shttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/gVMm0dkyiNs/important-announcement.htmlannouncementnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-8468206713549925432007-07-29T23:09:07.792+08:00In preparation for its official launching this Sunday, July 28th ,this blog will have its major construction starting 9pm Friday night. Broken links will be checked as well as other bugs; content will be updated and be defined; site will be tested for various browser compatibilities; and other nitty gritty which I cannot divulge in the name of national security (Green berets are all over my house0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=gVMm0dkyiNs:NejEERB5Bc8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/gVMm0dkyiNs" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/07/important-announcement.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/t0tBW3UybBU/thomas-carlyle-thoughts-about-work_30.htmlother's workinspirationalworknoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:38:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-63250560420280551412007-07-30T00:41:49.592+08:00There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were a man ever so benighted, or forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in him who actually and earnestly works; in idleness alone is there perpetual despair. Consider how even, in the meanest sort of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into real harmony. He bends himself with free valor against his task; and doubt 1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=t0tBW3UybBU:7_XaPC6ovSo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/t0tBW3UybBU" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/07/thomas-carlyle-thoughts-about-work_30.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/Dw82D8oI01g/ecclesiastes-31-8.htmlBibleinspirationalpassagesnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:38:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-6543591074996244302007-08-01T18:40:04.284+08:00To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=Dw82D8oI01g:PuSKF2DCekU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/Dw82D8oI01g" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/ecclesiastes-31-8.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/tvyCCfc03Qo/journalists-creed-by-walter-williams.htmlother's workenglishcode of ethicsnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:44:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-49991607892638434782007-08-03T07:32:25.916+08:00I believe in the profession of Journalism. I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of lesser service than the public service is a betrayal of this trust.I believe that clear thinking, clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism. I believe that 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=tvyCCfc03Qo:6UaD83DLp9E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/tvyCCfc03Qo" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/journalists-creed-by-walter-williams.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/qmz7WQB11gM/of-constancy-of-change.htmloriginal workenglishessaynoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:58:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-28945825074109315432007-08-03T01:00:54.366+08:00Though mankind has started making fiction stories into scientific realities, most people are not aware yet that the progress being made in science and technology will trigger a domino-like effect.Most people are unaware that technological boom will be bane for some. In the United States, for example, millions of workers are packing their things as new technology replaces them to assume their line1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=qmz7WQB11gM:UfM_7JVty4k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/qmz7WQB11gM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/of-constancy-of-change.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/zmGpAfTQg9U/toasting-and-testing-my-site-for-web-20.htmlwebsite revieworiginal workenglishnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:40:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-1986275140200695002007-08-13T06:52:32.789+08:00For bloggers wanting to know if their site is Web 2.0 or at least wanting to be one, here is one cool site that would do the validating for free. The site http://web2.0validator.com is a must-visit site for anybody curious enough to know their site's standing. Anyway, since I wanted my site to be hip (yo ma man, are we cool?), I tried a little experimentation by giving positive responses to the 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=zmGpAfTQg9U:Ify6uXUEk-w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/zmGpAfTQg9U" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/toasting-and-testing-my-site-for-web-20.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/pNAr06rZgbc/desiderata-by-max-ehrmann.htmlother's workenglishpoemsnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:52:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-47643809077941530112007-08-13T06:54:03.667+08:00Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit.If you compare yourself with others,you may become vain and 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=pNAr06rZgbc:Ua1IYw3Jbxo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/pNAr06rZgbc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/desiderata-by-max-ehrmann.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/K_p5vdxUODw/if-by-rudyard-kipling_13.htmlother's workenglishpoemsnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:57:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-6078416536366549732007-08-13T06:58:09.590+08:00If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt on you.But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated don’t give way to hating,And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;If you can dream – and not make dreams your master0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=K_p5vdxUODw:TbJH3WToptI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/K_p5vdxUODw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/if-by-rudyard-kipling_13.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/-WSeF-ipEhc/prop.htmltulatagalogorihinal na gawanoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:03:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-61577897062641471812007-08-26T06:09:28.732+08:00Kamay mo’y puno na ng kalyoBuhok mo’y puting – puti naMga kuto mo’y nagsipagtandaan naDating dal’wang mata, ngayo’y apat naNgunit ika’y di pa rin suko sa pagtuturoMaraming panahon na ang lumipasMaraming magandang pagkakataon na ang pinalagpasMaraming inumpisahan na ngayo’y nagwakasMarami nang pinagdaanang siphayoNgunit ika’y di pa rin suko sa pagtuturoIlang ulit ka na nga bang nabigo?Ilang ulit 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=-WSeF-ipEhc:kLLieRJzo98:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/-WSeF-ipEhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/prop.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/mVhL_vGkph0/2007-nursing-board-passers.htmlannouncementnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:38:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-40216117691794742922007-08-29T13:34:09.427+08:00To see the lists of new Filipino nurses who passed the June 2007 Nursing Licensure Examination click here.4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=mVhL_vGkph0:bTqJHGn255E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/mVhL_vGkph0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/2007-nursing-board-passers.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/5zIwKbicqZc/robert-schullers-thoughts-on-failure.htmlother's workinspirationalenglishpoemsnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:52:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-41558524012856866772007-08-27T19:58:47.235+08:00Failure doesn't mean you are a failure; It means you have not yet succeeded. Failure doesn't mean you accomplished nothing, It means you have learned something. Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool. It means you had a lot of faith. Failure doesn't mean you've been disgraced. It means you were 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=5zIwKbicqZc:lwXxSOnF2RE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/5zIwKbicqZc" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/08/robert-schullers-thoughts-on-failure.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/tRAupnWpa_0/i-miss-you.htmloriginal workenglishpoemsnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:29:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-6782686432566351482007-09-03T06:31:43.695+08:00If I were only a poet, you will be my world in my poetry.Myriad of stars heavenly beaming in the sky haveImprinted incalculably its canticle of anguish as it Sits imperturbable upon the vast darknessSilhouetted with torments of deafening silenceYou are so beautiful I just kept On loving you, though my love remainsUnspoken...0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=tRAupnWpa_0:jM1Y6pVogZs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/tRAupnWpa_0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-miss-you.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/6nlxjlzs_6Q/indonesia-hit-by-79-quake.htmlforeign newsenglishnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:55:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-27517683633698190142007-09-12T22:23:29.679+08:00A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday at around 6:10 pm with its epicenter in Sumatra, the United States Geological reported. The earthquake caused a small tsunami in Padang, the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. As this developed, local authorities issued a tsunami warning on most parts of the Indian Ocean area. The quake was felt across Jakarta. As of press 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=6nlxjlzs_6Q:7_VMayDXOdI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/6nlxjlzs_6Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/09/indonesia-hit-by-79-quake.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/341ipVtbAoI/japans-pm-abe-quits.htmlforeign newsenglishnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:24:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-16239560792901478472007-09-12T22:41:22.145+08:00Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday, Sept. 12, that he is relinquishing his post to give way for political parties to approve the extension of its naval mission now currently rendering military service in Afghanistan as part of a US-led coalition.He also said in his televised conference that he is resigning because of his party's humiliating defeat in parliamentary elections 0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=341ipVtbAoI:I2qq576Ngv4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/341ipVtbAoI" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/09/japans-pm-abe-quits.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/64VdHYTM8lY/pres-erap-convicted-of-plunder.htmllocal newsenglishnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:47:00 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-32228558553016716872007-09-12T23:03:38.285+08:00Unlucky "12" for the the ex-president who despise being called the "13th President" On the day before the unlucky "13", Former president Joseph Estrada was found guilty by the Sandiganbayan's Special Division of plunder charge and sentenced him to life imprisonment (reclusion perpetua) while also barring him from running for public office again.On the case of perjury, Estrada was acquitted due to1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=64VdHYTM8lY:xvgt38CRROc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/64VdHYTM8lY" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2007/09/pres-erap-convicted-of-plunder.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~3/u_GgUTPEISI/in-honor-of-our-teachers-today-and-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Aries Pineks)Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:13:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944318901414604122.post-35364085323200775342008-01-18T04:15:45.311+08:00Kathryn Patricia Cross, a scholar on educational research, said that "The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people." Today we are gathered here to honor our excellent teachers in our school in a celebration deserving to be repeated everyday within 36<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?a=u_GgUTPEISI:taY1D8Qn3qc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrutalThoughtsOnEverything/~4/u_GgUTPEISI" height="1" width="1"/>http://ariespineks.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-honor-of-our-teachers-today-and-in.htmlnonadult