<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194</id><updated>2010-03-22T14:43:19.597+08:00</updated><title type='text'>オンライン英会話JEP：Staff Weblog～Melody</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/atom.xml'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>53</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-1077953544507009932</id><published>2010-01-21T10:39:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T12:23:07.129+08:00</updated><title type='text'>“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BLACK-ROSE-769421.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BLACK-ROSE-769391.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes if you just leave those words that was in your mind, someone may think that what others keep on telling was true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel pity for those people who was saying something that is not true in order to deceive other just to cover up their own mistakes, cause I know that they will never succeed in life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But sometimes it hurts when someone are using those capability just to put down other person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-1077953544507009932?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/1077953544507009932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=1077953544507009932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/1077953544507009932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/1077953544507009932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2010/01/when-words-are-scarce-they-are-seldom.html' title='“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-8165297682256327724</id><published>2009-07-08T21:59:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T22:11:42.859+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Picture-279-767263.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Picture-279-767241.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Love is a temporary madness. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And when it subsides you have to make a decision. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Because this is what love is. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-8165297682256327724?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/8165297682256327724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=8165297682256327724' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/8165297682256327724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/8165297682256327724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2009/07/love-is-temporary-madness.html' title=''/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-749220794222300372</id><published>2008-09-11T14:05:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T14:11:45.566+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blessed Mother Mary</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Blessed_Virgin_Mary-785458.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Blessed_Virgin_Mary-785456.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/virgin-mary-2-786359.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/virgin-mary-2-786322.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In commemorate of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mama Mary's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Birthday I would like to offer some prayer for her.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MANAOAG&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Virgin Mother of God, Queen of the most holy rosary, thou, who has chosen to raise thy throne of mercy in Manaoag, to be the beloved protectress and patron of the province of Pangasinan, and there from to bestow thy graces on us, thy children, banished in this valley of tears, look down with thine eyes of mercy upon me, who am beset with so many dangers of the body and soul. Despite not my petition, O dearest Mother, but intercede for me before thy divine Son now and the hour of my death. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;Virgin of Manaoag, pray for us..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hail Mary, full of grace.Our Lord is with you.Blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb,Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God,pray for us sinners,now and at the hour of our death.Amen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-749220794222300372?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/749220794222300372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=749220794222300372' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/749220794222300372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/749220794222300372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2008/09/blessed-mother-mary.html' title='Blessed Mother Mary'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-3492309625666522489</id><published>2008-09-11T13:48:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T11:05:43.144+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Picture-22-794892.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Picture-22-794890.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/jesus-794921.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/jesus-794911.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN4006-748336.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN4006-748333.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;“We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;“You've changed so much. I guess that's what happens. I wish you knew how much you changed me. I wonder if I changed you, if your life isdifferent because of me. Because mine's different. My God, you taught me so much, and now we don't even talk to each other. I guess that's what happens.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-3492309625666522489?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/3492309625666522489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=3492309625666522489' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/3492309625666522489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/3492309625666522489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Picture-28-787353.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Wishing to be &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;friends&lt;/span&gt; is quick work,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;but &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;friendship&lt;/span&gt; is a slow ripening fruit.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src=""&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-819542717565089793?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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/&gt;&lt;img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/JnB*PTExOTg3MDE3NzIzOTAmcD*zOTUxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlcg==.jpg" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-113401365698086706?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/113401365698086706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=113401365698086706' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/113401365698086706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I find comfort in our snuggle, There I could stay all day long.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;When all seems lost and hopeless,When dreams are far and few,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I will return to your caress,And start my day anew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;When joy seems out of reach,I remember the time we spent,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;The beautiful lesson of love you teach,Take away my heart's lament.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Beautiful friend of mine so true,Whom I love so much to cuddle,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Thank you for loving me,When life seems to be a struggle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-2862569524921406301?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/2862569524921406301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=2862569524921406301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2862569524921406301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2862569524921406301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/11/when-life-seems-to-be-struggle-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-4557276251106829132</id><published>2007-11-11T18:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-11-11T18:47:39.948+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Today, I caught a glimpse,&lt;br /&gt;Of a heart, that is so pure,&lt;br /&gt;A heart that loves, unconditionally, Of this you can be sure.&lt;br /&gt;I caught this glimpse while gazing, At the stars, one night in May,&lt;br /&gt;And in my heart, I felt pure love, There, this love shall stay.&lt;br /&gt;I caught a glimpse, of you, I'll, forget it not, Just remember that,&lt;br /&gt;for always, I'll love you, with all my heart.&lt;br /&gt; A glimpse of you and you captured me, My inner thoughts, you read,&lt;br /&gt;Somehow, you have filled my world,With the love I need.&lt;br /&gt;My eyes have seen, My heart has felt, My soul does overflow,&lt;br /&gt;Today, I caught a glimpse of you, I love you, now you know.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-4557276251106829132?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-4490859328559833833</id><published>2007-09-23T15:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T15:17:07.973+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-4490859328559833833?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/4490859328559833833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=4490859328559833833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/4490859328559833833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/4490859328559833833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/09/friend-is-someone-who-knows-song-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-2033387761892186864</id><published>2007-07-09T15:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-09T16:08:27.182+08:00</updated><title type='text'>To my dear " THELMA " HAPPY BIRTHDAY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/candid-721751.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/candid-721750.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;July 7 is one of my Friends Birthday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;AND HER NAME IS "THELMA".....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;She is now leaving in Japan with her Japanese Husband.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;I called her that time and it seems that she never recognise my voice, maybe because &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;It was almost 4 years since we didn't meet either talk to each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;I felt sad because of that, but still I'm happy cause i know no matter what she is still my friend thru ups and downs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#333300;"&gt;I hope that when she accidentally open our web site she might read this Blog of Mine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Again to my Friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;"THELMA"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; belated &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;HAPPY BIRTHDAY....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN LIFE....To YOU , your husband &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;"SHIINJI"&lt;/span&gt; And to your "CHILDREN'S".....ESPECIALLY MY "INAANAK"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Thanks for everything for all the love and care that you've given to me when we are still there in Japan,Thanks for all the help and the guidance,thanks for helping me to be strong enough to face all the problems that we've encountered there ,and also thank you cause i know you gave a lot on me and never ever ask for a return.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I know one day i can pay back all of that to you,that one day we will see each other again....AND BACK JUST LIKE THE PAST TIME......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;HON TO NI, MACARONI (TABETAI),MAKOTONI O TANJOVI OMEDETOU GOSAIMASU (USUI KEDO) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-2033387761892186864?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/2033387761892186864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=2033387761892186864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2033387761892186864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2033387761892186864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/07/to-my-dear-thelma-happy-birthday.html' title='To my dear &quot; THELMA &quot; HAPPY BIRTHDAY'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-1347251659497248707</id><published>2007-06-29T12:43:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T13:14:52.945+08:00</updated><title type='text'>10 Ways to Ruin a First Date</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2596240061-758987.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2596240061-758985.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey there here are some tips if you want to ruin your First date,&lt;br /&gt;this is if you don't like the guy that you are dating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got this cause i find it interesting.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try it then you will find if the he/she will really will like you no matter who you are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Don't look like your picture&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post an old picture from when you were thinner or had more hair.&lt;br /&gt;Or you could post a photo of someone else: your daughter (folks always say you could be twins, right?),&lt;br /&gt;a model you plucked from an online site (hey, didn't you say you always wanted to be a model?),&lt;br /&gt;or your "sort of" twin brother/sister (non-identical).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Don't make any special effort to present yourself well&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dress for a first meeting the way you would for a Saturday night at home, rationalizing that you want to appear "real" and be liked for the way that you are.&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it is a kindness to show, right up front, what your date's Saturday nights would be like if they were to marry you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt; Be late. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing says you couldn't care less than to be late.&lt;br /&gt;While arriving early might give you the advantage of being able to see your date before he/she sees you,&lt;br /&gt;being late implies you are too important to be polite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Forget your wallet&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Male or female, the "I forgot my wallet" schtick is the fastest route to being labeled cheap.&lt;br /&gt;If you are a guy and this is a coffee date, springing for both cups is a bargain-rate way to look good.&lt;br /&gt;And ladies, men notice if you offer to pay, even if they insist on opening their wallet for your latte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;span style="color:#ffcc33;"&gt;Use your cell phone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go ahead, plunk your cell phone down on the table between the two of you,&lt;br /&gt;leave it on and answer every call, taking as long as you want while ignoring your date.&lt;br /&gt;Cell phones are the best excuse for blanket rudeness that has been invented.&lt;br /&gt;They have no place on a date, except as a safety mechanism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Brag.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My grandma used to say "Don't brag," and when you are on a date,&lt;br /&gt;she was -- and is -- so right.&lt;br /&gt;However, if you can't resist, talk about the price you paid for your car, flash your Rolex, and prop your implants on the table.&lt;br /&gt;Tell how important you are at work and how many men or women are dropping at your feet.&lt;br /&gt;See how your date reacts... if they are still at the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. &lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;Complain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whine. Grouse. Say how no one listens to you and you are looking for someone who will.&lt;br /&gt;Go on and on about your health problems or, better yet, your dietary quirks.&lt;br /&gt;Then notice that your date is in such a rotten mood, whine about that, and chalk this date up to yet another one of those horrid experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Be rude. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To your date, and to everyone around you.&lt;br /&gt;Talk down to the waitperson and don't leave a tip.&lt;br /&gt;Complain to the management about the poor service.&lt;br /&gt;Ask your date what the last STD they had was or whether they are still fertile.&lt;br /&gt;If you must, really pull out the stops and get all your orifices going:&lt;br /&gt;burp, pass gas, scratch scabs, pick your nose or blow it on your hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Try to get sexy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell your date that she is turning you on and you want to see her naked.&lt;br /&gt;Move in too close too fast, hugging, touching or kissing, despite what your date is signaling.&lt;br /&gt;Grab his butt when you meet.&lt;br /&gt;Wear clothes that are too short, too tight and in general too slutty.&lt;br /&gt;Talk sexy and do it loud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Tell dirty, racist or just plain poor-taste stories&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know that you are funny, especially after you have a couple of drinks.&lt;br /&gt;If it is a coffee date, then stop off for a couple of quick ones before you get there.&lt;br /&gt;You know that men (or women) like a good sexy joke, so fire away.&lt;br /&gt;And most people think that racist or bathroom stories are hilarious, so your date should too.&lt;br /&gt;After all, you want a partner who can take a joke, don't you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have fun on your Date,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-1347251659497248707?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/1347251659497248707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=1347251659497248707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/1347251659497248707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/1347251659497248707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/06/10-ways-to-ruin-first-date.html' title='10 Ways to Ruin a First Date'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-9023170201850755335</id><published>2007-06-27T18:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T12:04:10.853+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Stress-Free for A Longer Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3488418526-757465.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3488418526-757463.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Release Your Stress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some healthy habits you can integrate into your daily grind to free yourself from stress forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Cut the Caffeine&lt;/span&gt;: Caffeine stimulates the adrenaline release.&lt;br /&gt;Give up the cup of coffee and opt for the therapeutic benefits of caffeine-free herbal teas.&lt;br /&gt;Or you can cut down on your caffeine intake by substituting green tea for coffee, which usually has 1/3 of the caffeine of a cup of coffee, but with the benefits of the antioxidant polyphenols.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Meditation:&lt;/span&gt; A daily meditation program is can be your number one method to decompress at the end of a busy day and release tension.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; Take a Breather&lt;/span&gt;: Exhale the stress away.&lt;br /&gt;Specific exercises can detoxify your body and revitalize your being.&lt;br /&gt;Try this exercise, adapted from Chinese qigong and make your goal to slow down, smooth out, and deepen each breath.&lt;br /&gt;With every exhalation, utter the word calm in your mind and breathe out the tension from a part of your body, starting from the top of your head and working your way down through each part of your body until you get to your feet.&lt;br /&gt;Release the remaining tension through your toes and the bottoms of your feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; Cleanse the Clutter&lt;/span&gt;: Have you ever heard the saying that what you own soon owns you?&lt;br /&gt;Not only do these unnecessary items consume much of your energy for cleaning and maintenance, they also add to the clutter, making you disorganized and increasing your stress level.&lt;br /&gt;Cut back and let go.&lt;br /&gt;A good rule of thumb is that anything you haven't used in six months can be given away to charity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Lighten Your Schedule&lt;/span&gt;: Cut back on the commitments in your calendar of events.&lt;br /&gt;If you are really scrambling for some free time, try writing in a day a week to just spend alone and relax...and stick to it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. &lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Reframe Your Perspective&lt;/span&gt;: As you move through your day, pay attention to what causes you feelings of stress.&lt;br /&gt;Our response has much to do with how it will affect us; by reframing our perspective on stressful situations, we can often see that the danger is largely an illusion and maintain a calm frame of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you take some healthy steps toward reducing daily stress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May you live long, live strong, and live happy! BE STRESS FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-9023170201850755335?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/9023170201850755335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=9023170201850755335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/9023170201850755335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/9023170201850755335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/06/go-stress-free-for-longer-life.html' title='Go Stress-Free for A Longer Life'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-591883581120037536</id><published>2007-06-18T15:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-06-18T16:13:01.137+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Land and People of the Philippines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BANAUE-RICE-TERRACES-758972.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BANAUE-RICE-TERRACES-758964.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2palawan-758980.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2palawan-758978.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The population of the Philippines is around 63,200,000 people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filipinos live and work in an area which encompasses 300,000 sq. kilometers of land on 7,109 islands and islets. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today in the Philippines, one can come into contact with a diversity of lifestyles ranging from those of people grouped as cultural communities (or ethnic minorities) who have many different sets of traditions developed well before Spanish colonization, to the fast-paced lives of international businessmen and women who reside in Manila and other big cities. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the cities, great diversity also can be seen; often there are high-rise apartments in the same neighborhood as "squatters" who live in the streets or in homemade cardboard houses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The majority of Filipinos make a living from agriculture and fishing in lowland and coastal areas, while in the mountains, the people also grow rice and other crops as well as hunt. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In more urban centers, people might work in factories, in offices or in the "service and tourist economy," meaning that they work in hotels, shops and restaurants. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filipinos might also work as wage-laborers on plantations and in timber operations.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are many ways to categorize the people of the Philippines although no set of categories will truly include every Filipino. Most people identify themselves strongly with their religion. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the Philippines, there are two major world religions, Christianity, (90% of the population) and Islam (5-7%). In addition, each Cultural Community practices its own distinct religion. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;These number in the hundreds. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filipinos also feel a strong bond with the area in which they were born and raised, so that, for many people, allegiance to extended family, village, and then local area is just as important as their Filipino heritage. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The islands of the Philippines have been divided by the government into 12 geographical regions which stretch from the northernmost island groups of Babuyan and Batanes, 50 miles south of Taiwan, to the islands of the Sulu Archipelago which nearly reach northern Borneo, in Malaysia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Each region is subdivided into provinces, and each province has a capital. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Throughout these regions, there are hundreds of different written and spoken languages and consequently, each region is home to many different kinds of people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-591883581120037536?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/591883581120037536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=591883581120037536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/591883581120037536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/591883581120037536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/06/land-and-people-of-philippines.html' title='The Land and People of the Philippines'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-7030355495157038014</id><published>2007-05-08T18:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-05-08T18:39:45.241+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2877-745121.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2877-744236.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2894-702092.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2894-701426.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2893-703269.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/DSCN2893-702187.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;I&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt; see your smile, I know your mind&lt;br /&gt;No words need be said, I understand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Focused on each other,We listen and we care.&lt;br /&gt;Laughter ripples like water Together, we are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Others are here, yes,&lt;br /&gt;And we value them, yes,&lt;br /&gt;But a special bond remains,&lt;br /&gt;A line be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;tween us two.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Each friendship is special,&lt;br /&gt;Each is unique&lt;br /&gt;And so is ours We know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;And then time begins to roll and rear it’s ugly head Change begins.&lt;br /&gt;Now a little less than before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Slowly, surely,&lt;br /&gt;Not knowing why Faster, stronger, without care Our world shifts and shimmers and splits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Shattered shards cascade down Spurred by angry,&lt;br /&gt;lashing words Contorted faces, stone deaf ears Outside the whirlwind,&lt;br /&gt;We die inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;The scars run deep Jagged clefts in our souls&lt;br /&gt;We have succeeded in hurting And hurt ourselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;So you move on And I remain&lt;br /&gt;We keep on living Turn our faces apart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Now I glance across At you from outside Shaded eyes dry with tears New friends, new life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;Laughter, smiling (clenched teeth)&lt;br /&gt;The flippant toss of the head&lt;br /&gt;The enclosure surrounds you i cannot come near.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;From behind my glass window i know more than those within&lt;br /&gt;I see the hurt in your eyes&lt;br /&gt;I know the pain in your smile&lt;br /&gt;I have been there before -&lt;br /&gt;I love you Why do you pretend?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;I hate to see your pain And I cry inside Tears deep within my soul&lt;br /&gt;I cannot help you anymore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;What we had once We can never have again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;The scars run deep,&lt;br /&gt;But I still care.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span &gt;You were my friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-7030355495157038014?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/7030355495157038014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=7030355495157038014' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7030355495157038014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7030355495157038014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/05/friends.html' title='Friends'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-5920532513281129059</id><published>2007-04-19T18:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T18:49:34.665+08:00</updated><title type='text'>One way love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2567024947-728519.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2567024947-728502.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;A one way love can never thrive;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;It needs reciprocation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;And so in order to surviveMy love needs affirmation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;So throw your caution to the sky,And let your heart command.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;You'll find that it will not denyA love which must expand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Come now, to me, with open armsAnd sweep me off my feet;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;And then display for me your charms,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;To make my love complete.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;My one way love will terminateWithout your inspiration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;So, therefore, please reciprocateWith no more hesitation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-5920532513281129059?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/5920532513281129059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=5920532513281129059' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/5920532513281129059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/5920532513281129059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/04/one-way-love.html' title='One way love'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-7876737653508450821</id><published>2007-04-02T13:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T13:28:43.826+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adventures in the Philippines</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/puerto-galera-767235.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/puerto-galera-767204.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BANAUE-RICE-TERRACES-772343.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/BANAUE-RICE-TERRACES-772306.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/jeepney2-759089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/jeepney2-759074.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A typical everyday picture from a Filipino town, the jeepney here is in a lot better condition than most jeepneys in the Philippines though. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Jeepney&lt;/span&gt; is a preferred transport for many Filipinos on a daily basis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another adventure that is worth mentioning is mountain climbing on Mount APO in Mindanao,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;or exploring the Ifugao's Eight Wonder of the World.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Banaue Rice&lt;/span&gt; Terraces in the northern part of Luzon Island,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;very close to the Hanging Coffins of &lt;span style="color:#cc6600;"&gt;Sagada &lt;/span&gt;and,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;the summer capital &lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Baguio&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;One of the main sources of food in the Philippines is the ocean, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;the Philippines consists of over 7000 islands, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;so no matter where you go, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;you can get marvellous and very inexpensive seafood.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't have to look for long to find breathtaking scenery in the Philippines, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;this picture is from a remote beach on the north part of Mindoro, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;not far from the popular beaches of Puerto Galera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-7876737653508450821?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/7876737653508450821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=7876737653508450821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7876737653508450821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7876737653508450821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/04/adventures-in-philippines.html' title='Adventures in the Philippines'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-4199867589436850836</id><published>2007-04-02T13:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-04-02T13:51:01.514+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Boholbeach-780827.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/Boholbeach-780819.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/PAGSANJAN-FALLS-LAGUNA-780889.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/PAGSANJAN-FALLS-LAGUNA-780862.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A beach, or strand, is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How i wish that i could go to these places.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sometime i feel that i want to RELAX.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Looking this pictures and thinking of Summer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I really wanna go there...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-4199867589436850836?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/4199867589436850836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=4199867589436850836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/4199867589436850836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/4199867589436850836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/04/beach.html' title='Beach'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-438834710787456380</id><published>2007-04-01T13:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T14:13:55.538+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Palm Sunday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2217511754-740850.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/2217511754-740840.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3071965478-748154.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3071965478-748147.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Good day everyone'&lt;br /&gt;Today we Christian's are celebrating Palm Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the Christian calendar which falls on the Sunday before Easter. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Canonical Gospels &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(:Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19) - the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE REAL MEANING OF PALM SUNDAY&lt;br /&gt;Mark 11: 1-11 Philippians 2: 5-11&lt;br /&gt;What a splendid occasion that must have been--Jesus riding on that humble donkey, into the city of Jerusalem while children spread palm branches on the street in front of Him--people on the side shouting "Hosanna, Hosanna! Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord."&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps Palm Sunday didn't make much of an impact on the city of Jerusalem. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These were festival days. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jerusalem was crowded. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;During this time of year it became a large city even as it does on the holy days of our modern times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;No, it probably didn't make a big impression on the Holy City.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But those people who stood on the side knew that something special was happening in their very midst. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Someone special was entering their city. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And so they shouted "Hosanna."&lt;br /&gt;Paul describes the same kind of event with regard to the coming of Christ into the world when he writes in Philippians: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Have this mind among yourselves, which you have in Christ Jesus, who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And This is also a beginning of SEMANA SANTA...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-438834710787456380?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/438834710787456380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=438834710787456380' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/438834710787456380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/438834710787456380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/04/palm-sunday.html' title='Palm Sunday'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-2591156970406787607</id><published>2007-03-31T13:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T13:59:16.699+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Election</title><content type='html'>Good Afternoon,&lt;br /&gt;Hello there I'm here again.&lt;br /&gt;May Election here in the Philippines is past approaching.&lt;br /&gt;Every candidates determine to do a good job,&lt;br /&gt;Road beautification was on going in every where.&lt;br /&gt;And a heavy traffic was notice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Election &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the usual mechanism by which modern democracy fills offices in the legislature, and sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and in regional and local government. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is also typically the case in a wide range of other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-2591156970406787607?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/2591156970406787607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=2591156970406787607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2591156970406787607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2591156970406787607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/election.html' title='Election'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-7916829453877062641</id><published>2007-03-30T17:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T17:55:50.028+08:00</updated><title type='text'>JOLLIBEE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/homenew_jfclogo-709992.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/homenew_jfclogo-709982.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/fran-pic01-703133.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/fran-pic01-703126.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Good evening everyone,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I wanna share to you one of the famous food chain here in the Philippines.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It's JOLLIBEE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;taste it and I'm sure you love it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I like it very much especially the Chicken Joy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hmmmm! Delicious&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jollibee is one of the Philippines' phenomenal business success stories. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Starting in 1975 as a two-branch ice cream parlor, it later expanded its menu to include hot sandwiches and other meals.&lt;br /&gt;Recipe for success:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The foundation of Jollibee's rapid growth has been its strategy to establish dominant market coverage complemented by its superior menu line-up, creative marketing programs and efficient manufacturing and logistics facilities in support of its widening restaurant chain. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is powered by teams of well-trained individuals embracing the culture of integrity and humility, working in a family-like environment of fun and togetherness.&lt;br /&gt;A triumph for and of the Filipino,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jollibee dedicates its continuous success to those who have supported the company from the very start - the Filipino people.&lt;br /&gt;Jollibee has grown to be so well loved that every time a new store is opened, especially overseas, Filipinos form long queues to the store without fail. It is not just a place where they feel at home; it is a stronghold of heritage, a monument of Filipino victory. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-7916829453877062641?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/7916829453877062641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=7916829453877062641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7916829453877062641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/7916829453877062641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/jollibee.html' title='JOLLIBEE'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-2237069959250112908</id><published>2007-03-28T10:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T10:39:10.609+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paving the Way for Memory Lane</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/ginkgo_leaf-719974.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/ginkgo_leaf-719964.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Common name:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Leaves, Flowers and Fruits:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;The ginkgo leaf is one of the most elegantly beautiful of all trees. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;The tree's common name (Maidenhair Tree) comes from the flowing fan shape of the leaf. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;During the Spring and Summer, the leaf is a bright, medium-colored green, and ginkgo's provide one of the best and most consistent Fall displays as the leaves turn to a golden yellow. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;A noteworthy attribute of the ginkgo is the speed with which it sheds its leaves during the Fall. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Once the ginkgo's leaves begin to fall, they typically go very quickly (within a couple of days) so you won't be constantly raking up ginkgo leaves all season. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;You'll notice a few stray leaves starting to drift down one day and the next morning you may find the entire lawn a carpet of yellow. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;The ginkgo does not have a significant flower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Feeling like the absent-minded lately?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are some memory-improving strategies to keep your brain sharp.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ginkgo to Think Ginkgo, the oldest surviving species of tree, has been traced back 300 million years and is one of the most widely studied plants. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The leaf of the ginkgo tree is shaped like a human brain, and some believe this is why, in Asia, it has always had a reputation of benefiting the mental processes.&lt;br /&gt;A dwindling memory and decreased concentration is largely caused by decreased blood flow to the brain and loss of brain cells; ginkgo has been confirmed to boost circulation to the brain and other organs, improving memory and cognitive functions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Additionally, ginkgo is used far and wide as a longevity tonic in Asia and Europe.&lt;br /&gt;The best-known and most commonly available form of ginkgo is as teas and herbal extracts, but ginkgo nut, used in the culinary traditions of Asian cultures, also has therapeutic properties and is also said to strengthen lung function.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mental Gymnastics Keep Your Mind Nimble It is normal to become more absent-minded as we age, and in fact, most people over the age of 40 experience some memory loss. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The most likely causes of a forgetful memory include poor concentration due to brain-chemical imbalance, tiredness, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you find you are more forgetful than usual, try these steps and see if there isn't some improvement in your cognitive clarity: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;1.) Get an uninterrupted eight hours of sleep each night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) Do a half an hour of cardiovascular exercise every day, such as brisk walking, slow jogging, biking, or swimming. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This will improve circulation and increase blood flow to the brain.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.) Turn yourself upside down for a couple of minutes daily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.) Mental fitness activities are imperative to prevent age-related cognitive decline.&lt;br /&gt;Read and learn new things, find new hobbies, do crossword puzzles, add up your bill in your head while shopping, memorize a set of phone numbers forward and backwards; all these can stimulate brain cell activities and in some cases even grow new brain pathways.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.) Work with your physician to find a supplemental regimen that helps improve your cognitive capabilities. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Memory-enhancing supplements and herbs include B-complex vitamins, magnesium, CoQ10, alpha-lipoic acid, fish oil, flax seed oil, Chinese club moss, ginkgo, and ginseng. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A supplement that has been well-documented in Europe for reversing age-related dementia and memory loss is phosphatidylserine (PS), a compound made by the body from the amino acid serine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Taken in supplement form, PS lowers stress response and promotes the release of neurotransmitters in the brain that facilitate thought, reasoning, and concentration.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you find your days more memorable for many years to come! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;May you live long, live strong, and live happy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-2237069959250112908?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/2237069959250112908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=2237069959250112908' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2237069959250112908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/2237069959250112908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/paving-way-for-memory-lane.html' title='Paving the Way for Memory Lane'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-101464240889922812</id><published>2007-03-23T13:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T14:44:01.887+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm also a fan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/MM19123-712716.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/MM19123-712711.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi! good afternoon,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'm here again in front of my computer,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thinking of what to share to all of you out there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oops. gotcha!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I want to share to you this unforgettable experience of mine while i was in japan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If i wasn't wrong this happened about year 2000.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;While i was there in Yamanashi Ken in Japan it is my first time to saw a Japanese&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Movie star it was Katori Shingo of SMAP one of the famous Male group in Japan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He'd been there to the place where i work maybe to unwind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was in disguised of a hat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;When he entered along with the two guys,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;it was ordinary but we are all curious because we all can't see his face cause of a cup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Somebody assist him without knowing who he really is,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;he don't even want to tell his name,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;so instead of talking to him the girl who was assisting him requested him to sing a song.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He Sang one of the famous song there at that time "SAKURA SAKA".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;While he was on the stage a commotion began cause his voice was recognise by one of our guest,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He said that it was Katori who was singing out of curiosity one of the Guest went to the stage to find if it's true.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are all shock cause really it's him. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;He got a great voice and he's so cute and i become one of his fans.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-101464240889922812?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/101464240889922812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=101464240889922812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/101464240889922812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/101464240889922812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/im-also-fan.html' title='I&apos;m also a fan'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-6133523872392235433</id><published>2007-03-21T15:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T15:56:23.461+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oops! Tech error wipes out Alaska info</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3969512462-756629.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3969512462-756617.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good day everyone,&lt;br /&gt;While i was reading a news,My eyes catch this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JUNEAU, Alaska - Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue.&lt;br /&gt;While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.&lt;br /&gt;There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of defense, backup tapes, were unreadable.&lt;br /&gt;"Nobody panicked, but we instantly went into planning for the worst-case scenario," said Permanent Fund Dividend Division Director Amy Skow. The July computer foul-up, which wiped out dividend distribution information for the fund, would end up costing the department more than $200,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the next few days, as the department, the division and consultants from Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. labored to retrieve the data, it became obvious the worst-case scenario was at hand.&lt;br /&gt;Nine months worth of applicant information for the yearly payout from the Alaska Permanent Fund was gone: some 800,000 electronic images that had been painstakingly scanned into the system months earlier, the 2006 paper applications that people had either mailed in or filed over the counter, and supporting documentation such as birth certificates and proof of residence.&lt;br /&gt;And the only backup was the paperwork itself — stored in more than 300 cardboard boxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a news right?&lt;br /&gt;It was the sensibility of the computers so that's why maybe we have to learn that in every transaction that we are doing we have to have a back-up.&lt;br /&gt;Or else we've be gone to nothing, and be back from the start again. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-6133523872392235433?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/6133523872392235433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=6133523872392235433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/6133523872392235433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/6133523872392235433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/oops-tech-error-wipes-out-alaska-info.html' title='Oops! Tech error wipes out Alaska info'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121699576946546194.post-157836903003846211</id><published>2007-03-20T13:32:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-03-20T14:31:16.514+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo"Jumong" or "Chumong"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3711961709-795737.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/uploaded_images/3711961709-795729.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good day everyone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was thinking of what to share with you today?&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes i got an idea.&lt;br /&gt;Recently i was hooked by a korean tele nobela tittled &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;"JUMONG".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo&lt;br /&gt;"Jumong" or "Chumong" redirects here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the historical drama,&lt;br /&gt;Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo (58 - 19 BCE, r. 37 – 19 BCE),&lt;br /&gt;also known by his birth name Jumong ,&lt;br /&gt;was the founding monarch of Goguryeo,&lt;br /&gt;the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.&lt;br /&gt;In the Gwanggaeto Stele,&lt;br /&gt;he is called Chumo-wang (King Chumo).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Samguk Sagi and the Samguk Yusa,&lt;br /&gt;he is recorded as Jumong, with the surname Go.&lt;br /&gt;The Samguk Sagi states that he was also known as Chumo or Sanghae.&lt;br /&gt;The name is also transcribed in other records as Chumong , Jungmo or Domo.&lt;br /&gt;The founding myth of Goguryeo are related in ancient Korean and Chinese texts,&lt;br /&gt;including the Gwanggaeto stele.&lt;br /&gt;The best known version is found, with slight variationsin the Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa,&lt;br /&gt;and the Dongmyeongwangpyeon of the Dongguk Isanggukjip&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jumong is described as the son of Hae Mosu=the son of heaven&lt;br /&gt;and Yuhwa=daughter of the river god Habaek .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hae Mosu met Yuhwa by a river where she was bathing,&lt;br /&gt;but the river god disapproved of Hae Mosu, who returned to heaven.&lt;br /&gt;The river god chased Yuhwa away to Ubalsu, where she met and became the concubine of King Geumwa of Dongbuyeo.&lt;br /&gt;Yuwha was impregnated by sunlight and gave birth to an egg.&lt;br /&gt;Geumwa tried to destroy the egg, and tried to feed it to animals,&lt;br /&gt;who instead protected the egg from harm.&lt;br /&gt;Geumwa returned it to Yuhwa.&lt;br /&gt;From the egg hatched a baby boy, who was named Jumong, meaning "skilled archer."&lt;br /&gt;"Leaving_Dongbuyeo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jumong married Ye Soya, who was the daughter of a merchant, at the age of 20.&lt;br /&gt;Together they had a son.&lt;br /&gt;Jumong was known for his exceptional skill at archery.&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, Geumwa's sons became jealous of him, and Jumong was forced to leave Dongbuyeo. According to legend, as he fled on his horse, he approached a fast-running river.&lt;br /&gt;Turtles and creatures of the water rose up and formed a bridge.&lt;br /&gt;When he entered the land south of the river, he was greeted by Go Museo Dangun,&lt;br /&gt;who was the ruler of Jolbon buyeo, which was Bukbuyeo under a changed state-name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go Museo knew that Jumong was not an ordinary man and gave his daughter Soseuno in marriage.&lt;br /&gt;After the death of his father-in-law in 58 BC, Jumong became the 7th Dangun of Bukbuyeo, and reunited all of the five tribes of Jolbon buyeo into one centralized kingdom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first King of Goguryeo&lt;br /&gt;In 37 BC, Jumong established Goguryeo, and became its first Taewang ("Supreme King"). During that same year, King Songyang of Biryu surrendered to him after receiving assistance in defeating the Malgal tribe that had invaded.&lt;br /&gt;In 34 BC, Jolbon-Seong, Goguryeo's first capital city, was completed, along with the royal palace. Two years later, in 32 BC, Jumong sent his generals Oh-I, and Bu Bun-No to conquer Haeng-In Kingdom, which was south of the Taebaek mountains.&lt;br /&gt;Four years later, in 28 BC, Jumong sent General Bu Wi-Yeom to conquer the kingdom of Okjeo. During that same year, Jumong's mother, Yuhwa, died in the palace of Dongbuyeo, and was given the burial ceremony of a Royal Queen even though she was a Royal Wife.Jumong sent a messenger and numerous gifts to King Geumwa in gratitude of his generous act. In 19 BC, Jumong's first wife Ye Soya fled Dongbuyeo with their son, Yuri, and entered Goguryeo.Ye became the empress, causing tension as Jumong's second wife, Soseuno, feared for her sons' positions in the future of Goguryeo.&lt;br /&gt;Soseuno left Goguryeo with her two sons and some of the people and headed south into the Korean peninsula.&lt;br /&gt;Jumong named his first son Yuri as the crown prince and successor to the throne.&lt;br /&gt;Death and Succession&lt;br /&gt;During the same year, Jumong died at the age of 40. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Crown Prince Yuri buried his father in a pyramid tomb, and gave him the posthumous name of King Dongmyeongseong. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Legacy&lt;br /&gt;Jumong's kingdom of Goguryeo eventually grew into a great regional power.&lt;br /&gt;Goguryeo stood for 705 years and was ruled by a total of 28 kings until it was conquered by the Silla-Tang alliance.&lt;br /&gt;Balhae and Goryeo succeeded it, and the modern descendants of Jumong still bear his family name 'Go.'&lt;br /&gt;The Go Royal Family exercised great power over its kingdom and continued to do so until the reign of its last king, thus continuing on a major legacy of its ancestor and founder, Jumong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Family&lt;br /&gt;Father: Hae Mosu&lt;br /&gt;Mother: Lady Yuhwa&lt;br /&gt;Foster Father: Geumwa, the second king of Dongbuyeo&lt;br /&gt;1st Wife: Queen Consort Ye So-ya&lt;br /&gt;Yuri (Yuri of Goguryeo), son of Jumong and Ye So-ya&lt;br /&gt;2nd Wife: Queen Consort So Seo-no&lt;br /&gt;Biryu&lt;br /&gt;Onjo (Onjo of Baekje). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;YOU TOO GUYS TRY TO WATCH THIS ONE AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT YOU WILL LIKE IT TO.............&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4121699576946546194-157836903003846211?l=joyful-ep.jp%2Fassistant-blog%2FMelody%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/157836903003846211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4121699576946546194&amp;postID=157836903003846211' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/157836903003846211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4121699576946546194/posts/default/157836903003846211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joyful-ep.jp/assistant-blog/Melody/2007/03/dongmyeongseong-of-goguryeojumong-or.html' title='Dongmyeongseong of Goguryeo&quot;Jumong&quot; or &quot;Chumong&quot;'/><author><name>Melody</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11451619808224550240</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02139383489927505388'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>