Checking Emails…

I woke up this morning and found some new emails…

• I got an infraction for inappropriate language. Why? Not reading and understanding post clearly… well, I thought it is for using foul language, glad it is not.
• paid to read email worth $0.01… well
• 2 friend requests from another program.
• Paypal email saying I got payment. Just in time for paying another service I badly needed
• subscribed expired domain list
• expired domain profits newsletter
• learning Japanese podcast for the day
• some spam emails that got deleted right away

That’s what my inbox has collected since I logged off 6 hours ago.

Which One to Write

Have you experienced writing from an idea then while writing, another topic comes up and you want to also write about that? Then, another idea keeps on drumming up on your head that before you realize it, you already have too much topic to write on and that you’ve created too many drafts. Yet, finishing them all is not possible because you don’t know where to begin and how to end. Or, it could be that there are many beginnings but the body seems to start another topic.

So, which one would you finish first? The original idea you wanted to write about or the thoughts that came out from that original idea? Which one would you publish first?

Oil Prices on $61 a Barrel

I had a glimpse of the newspaper headline today that says “Oil Plunges to $61/barrel” so I thought of checking the history of oil prices in the last few months. With a record of $147 a barrel in July that caused the rise in prices of gas, LPG, goods, commodities and fares, the oil price has gone down to more than 50%.

With such drop in prices, consumers (including me) expect that there will be a noticeable price decrease. Unfortunately, the cost of 11-kilogram LPG is still at about Php650.00 instead of the previous less than Php500.00 per 11-kilogram cylinder. Fare, goods and commodities have not decreased. Some goods and commodities are even predicted to have price increases due to the incoming holiday season. Oil prices are slashed by mere Php1.00 to Php3.00 per liter.

Some of the reasons cited why oil prices can not have an immediate decrease are the cost of the available stock is higher, that the oil companies are still trying to gain their losses, and reimposing of tariff. These are reasons which are hardly understood by most common people. What they do understand is that when there is a news of oil price increase, local oil prices immediately follows. But, when there is a price decrease, it takes sometime before a price decrease is implemented and that even if the previous low price is surpassed, the oil price will not go back to the level or lower than before.

As to when the price decrease becomes noticeable, it is a wait-and-see game.

Poem - Concern To Others

My daughter requested help on writing a short poem on showing concern to others and its importance and I came up with this one. Hope you will enjoy it, too.

Butterfly on a Flower

CONCERN TO OTHERS

Smile genuinely and a smile
And a smile from the lips of a person
Who is lonely you will see
And happiness will spread to others contagiously

Extend a hand to the needy
And someday when you feel weary
You may find someone without looking
A helping that is ready.

To others, be good always
Show concern when you can
And your heart will be filled with joy
Like a gift from heaven.

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You Will Miss All The Shots You Have Not Taken

Sometimes, we prefer to live in the safety of our four-cornered walls. Although we want some changes, there is the fear of taking risks due to different reasons. Some may just be contented of what they are or what they have. Then later on, as we grow older and have more time to reminisce or have a look at the pictures of the past, some may try to wonder and ask the question “Where will I be now if I had the courage to face the risks.”

Some opportunities that passed by may come again but the events surrounding the said opportunity is forever gone. It is like the shots that you have not taken and missed hoping for a better view on the next corner or street. You can go back again at the same street but some leaves on the trees may have already fallen, flowers may have closed and the rays of the sun is already at a different angle, therefore, the view is already different.

Keep shooting. As they say, getting the perfect shot is not easy. But you will never know that you have the perfect shot if you have not taken any shot at all.