Mr. Frost forwarded this nice, very amusing story to me. It was so good I just had to share it.

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In 1986, Mark Murray was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Depaul University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The Elephant seemed distressed, so Murray approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Murray worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Murray stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Murray never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, he was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Murray and his son Tom were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Murray, lifted its front foot off the ground and then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Murray couldn't help but wonder if this was the same elephant.

He summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Murray's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

Labels: funny story, great finds

Tuesday, January 15

I got a lot of new stuff.

And got reprimanded by Zaero. I was still thanking Myla for the planner she gave to me, but apparently, it was from Zaero. Honest mistake, really, as Myla was the one who handed me the planner. Thanks so much, anyway, Zaero.

Back to the new stuff that I got...

I received the package of the Bailey breast milk storage that I bought from eBay. I got it for $9.99 for a lot of 4oz bottles, and you could just imagine how I felt when, after a week, the seller repriced the item to $3.99. I bought two sets so that's about $12 that I could have saved if I waited several days more before hitting that "Buy It Now!" button. If I only knew.

Anyway, I like the bottles. I'm stocking up on breast milk containers for when I've given birth already. I plan to breastfeed Baby Frost #2, like I did with Issen, but I want to do so longer. Issen was purely breastfed (direct feeding and expressed milk) for only about 5 months. My milk supply dwindled around that time and I wasn't producing enough milk for the little boy's growing appetite, but that's another story. So we had him on mixed feeding (with formula) until I got pregnant on his 8th month and I had to stop breastfeeding altogether.

Another stuff that I got was the Olay Total Effects cream and cleanser set I ordered from a friend. I called her up Monday to order one set for me and another cream for my mom. I told her I'd deposit the payment the next day, Tuesday, but I was surprised to get an SMS from her later that (Monday) afternoon telling me that the items have been shipped! Indeed, I got the items today and I'm so very happy.

In gratitude, I went around the office bringing the products and practically peddled them to my officemates. I got several orders from the ladies and I informed my friend right away. I still have to bug a couple of guys who told me they're thinking of ordering as well to give as gifts. I'm still getting orders this day and I'm so happy to be able to help my friend.

Shameless plug: If you are interested with Olay Total Effects with REALLY BIG discount, I can assure you it's the real thing. Just shoot me a message and we'll have you as smooth as La Greta.

Anyway, I also got my Unionbank EON card. This baby will allow me to withdraw the Paypal funds I've earned (and haven't spent yet ) for the past couple of months. I have no plans of cashing them out, actually, as I intend to use them to purchase a new breast pump (am yet to decide whether to get a battery-operated or electric one, but that's another story ). But since this card serves as debit and credit card, I can do online shopping again on sites that require a credit card.

Senator GM Tristan and I applied for the card online, though on different times, so we went together to the bank to pick up our cards. As it turned out, our cards ended up on two different branches, so after GM T got his, we walked to the other branch to get mine.

One of these days, I'll post the details of my application and the processes I went through to help those who are either at a loss on acquiring this baby or met a dead end on their quest to utilize their recently acquired EON.

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That was one busy day. Now will you forgive me for not being able to post it on the day that all of these happened?

Thank you very much.

Labels: about me, friends, great finds

I was getting rid of old files here in my workstation when I stumbled upon these pics. Have a good laugh, everyone.

EXHIBIT A: ISSEN'S FIRST FACE-OFF WITH DADDY
This was taken when Issen was hospitalized at Makati Medical Center sometime October last year. We have just moved to a smaller room (after spending 5 days in a large private room, ugh, imagine the rates) when Issen started playing with his tubings again. He won't stop pulling the tubes so naturally, Mr. Frost reprimanded the little boy. I caught in camera the first father-and-son face-off.


EXHIBIT B: YOU ARE NOT COOL, YOU ARE ANNOYING
Mr. Frost showed me this JPG file he got from the internet. I apologize if you are offended by its message, but I really have nobody in particular in mind to say these words to. I see people doing this usually while hanging out at coffee shops and bars. It annoys me, but really, no offense meant. In the first place, I wasn't the one who made the JPG file. I'm really sorry, but I find this image highly amusing.


EXHIBIT C: WORLD'S FINEST... COUPLE
As most of you know, among our shared interests (though MR. Frost is more knowledgeable) are Marvel and DC merchandises. We bought the Batman shirt I'm wearing from a mall's children's section, size Medium, way back when Mr. Frost and I just started dating. Yep, I was that small before I got pregnant or married. It still fits me, though, but I have hoist up the hem up above my bulging belly. Then last month, we saw this large, black Superman shirt at another mall and we bought it immediately, since it's seldom that we find a shirt of that kind that fits Mr. Frost perfectly. We wore it together to work and couldn't resist having our picture taken.


EXHIBIT D: ELEVATOR SURPRISE
I am simply lost for words for this animated image. It pays to know some wrestling moves. You wouldn't know when you'll need one. I just wanna say, though: Wrestlers rock!


Hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.

Till next "PC cleaning" day.

Labels: frosts, great finds