Dec. 8, Happy Birthday Elmer aka PEW

December 8 has always been a part of my life... aside from being the birthdate of my younger brother Elmer who was born on Dec 8, 1981. Our first cousin Eliezar from my father's side was born on the same date and year as Elmer. My high school best friend, Angelito Nicolas who now lives in Cabanatuan also was born Dec. 8, my first girlfriend Recy, Norilyn my ex-gfs friend whom I knew first is also a Dec.8, it is also Immaculate Concepcion day.

I searched the net for more related facts about Dec.8. And here are the facts that I've found.

John Lennon was shot dead outside the musician's New York apartment.
The 40-year-old was shot several times as he entered the Dakota, his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, opposite Central Park, at 2300 local time.

1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe.

1659 - Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.

1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of origin

al sin.

1864 - The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon is officially opened.

1869 - Timothy Eaton founds T. Eaton Co. Limited in Toronto, Canada.

1886 - The American Federation of Labor is founded in Columbus, Ohio.

1904 - Konservativ Ungdom (Young Conservatives) in Denmark is founded by Carl F. Herman von Rosen. Still existing today, it is the oldest political youth organisation in Denmark and believed to be one of the oldest in the world.

1907 - King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

1912 - First Balkan War: The Greek army captures Korçë that had been under Ottoman rule. 1914 - World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands - The Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy.

1935 - The Japanese military police launches a violent suppression of the religious sect Oomoto, beginning with a crackdown on the sect's operational bases of Ayabe and Kameoka in Kyoto Prefecture and the arrest of its leader Onisaburo Deguchi.

1940 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Washington Redskins 73-0, in the NFL Championship Game. This is the most lopsided game in NFL history.

1941 - World War II: The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan.

1941 - World War II: Pacific War - the Republic of China officially declares war against Japan. 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in China issues a proclamation which declared war against Japan and Germany on behalf of Korean people, who were under Japanese occupation since 1910.

1941 - World War II: First Japanese attack on Wake Island.

1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans are first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Łódź in Poland.

1942 - Holocaust: in Ternopil, Ukraine, the German SS organises the last deportation of the last 1,400 Ternopil Jews to the death camp in Belzec. The chief of the Gestapo, SS Sturmbannführer Hermann Müller, bore overall responsibility for the mass murder of the Jews of Ternopil and Berezhany county.

1949 - Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. 1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the Atoms for Peace speech.

1966 - The Greek SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.

1969 - An Olympic Airways Douglas DC-6 crashes in Keratea during a storm, killing 93 people. 1972 - United Airlines Flight 533 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people.

1974 - A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.

1980 - Mark David Chapman shoots and kills John Lennon in front of The Dakota apartment building with five bullets.

1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.

1982 - In Suriname several opponents of the military government are killed.

1987 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.

1987 - The Queen Street Massacre: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills 8 people at the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne, Australia before being killed himself.

1987 - Alianza Lima air disaster

1987 - National Hockey League Goalie Ron Hextall becomes the first goalie in the modern era to score a goal

1991 - The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

1991 - The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.

1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.

2002 - The Caribbean Community Heads of Government meet with the Government of Cuba and declare the date to be "CARICOM-Cuba Day" - To celebrate diplomatic ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba.

2004 - "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott is shot and killed by Nathan Gale while performing on stage with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.

2004 - The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. 2005 - Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police.

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Psychopath test

Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result.

This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has got it right.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she did not know.

She thought this guy was amazing.

She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him.

A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

[Give this some thought before you answer, see answer below]

Answer:
She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath.

This was a test by a famous American Psychologist used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer.
Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly.

If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.

If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my email list and life...

just something i read on the net...

Got something that might get you into tears. A very touching story !!!


A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.


“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”


“Yes sure, what is it?” replied the man.


Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”


“That’s none of your business, why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.


“I just want to know, please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.


“If you must know, I make $20 an hour”


“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, “dad, may I please borrow $10?”


The father was furious, “if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed, think about why you are being so selfish. I work long hard hours everyday and don’t have time for such this childish behavior.”


The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.


The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. "How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?"


After about an hour or so, the had calmed down, and started to think hey may have been a little hard on his son. "Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often."


The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep, son?” he asked.


“No daddy, I’m awake” replied the boy.


“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $10 you asked for.”


The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.


The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.


The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.


“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumble.


“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20 now, can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow, I would like to have dinner with you.”


Share this story with someone you like…..but even better, share $20 worth of time with someone you love.


Its just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.


We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.



this one is about a mom....

My mom only had one eye. I hated her... she was such an embarrassment.
She cooked for students & teachers to support the family.
There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me.
I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me?
I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out.
The next day at school one of my classmates said, "EEEE, your mom only has one eye!"
I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear.
So I confronted her that day and said, " If you're only gonna make me a laughing stock, why don't you just die?!!!"
My mom did not respond...
I didnt even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger.
I was oblivious to her feelings.
I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her.
So I studied real hard, got a chance to go to Singapore to study.
Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own.
I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts.
Then one day, my mother came to visit me.
She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't even meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited.
I screamed at her, "How dare you come to my house and scare my children!" GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"
And to this, my mother quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address," and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house in Singapore.
So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip.
After the reunion, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity.
My neighbors said that she died.
I did not shed a single tear.
They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
"My dearest son, I think of you all the time. I'm sorry that I came to Singapore and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion.
But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you.
I'm sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see... when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye.
As a mother, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with one eye.
So I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.
With my love to you,
Your mother.