Mga Walang Magawa sa Buhay

1. How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
   116 years, from 1337 to 1453.
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
   Funnily enough, Ecuador .
3. For what animal do we get catgut?
   Sheep and horses.
4. In what month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
   November; the Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours.
5. What is Camel's hairbrush made from?
   Squirrel fur.
6. What animal are the Canary Islands named after?
   Dogs, from the latin Insularia Canaria; Island of the Dogs.
7. What was King George VI's first name?
   Albert.
8. What colour is a Purple Finch?
   Distinctly crimson.
9. Where are Chinese Gooseberries from?
   New Zealand.
10. How long did the Thirty Years' War last?
    Thirty years, from 1618-1648. Duh!

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A Thing About Life

A Cup of Coffee
>
> A group of alumni, highly established in
their
> careers, got together to visit their old
University
> of Notre Dame lecturer. Conversation soon
turned
> into complaints about stress in work and
life.
>
> Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went
to the
> kitchen and returned with a large pot of
coffee and
> an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic,
glass,
> some plain-looking and some expensive and
exquisite,
> telling them to help themselves to hot
coffee.
>
> When all the students had a cup of coffee in
hand,
> the lecturer said: "If you noticed, all the
> nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up,
leaving
> behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is
but
> normal for you to want only the best for
yourselves,
> that is the source of your problems and
stress. What
> all of you really wanted was coffee, not the
cup,
> but you consciously went for the better cups
and are
> eyeing each other's cups."
>
>
> "Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money
and
> position in society are the cups. They are
just
> tools to hold and contain Life, but the
quality of
> Life doesn't change."
>
> "Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup,
we
> fail to enjoy the coffee in it."