It pays to entertain visiting people

Erap has been quoted as saying: "I have forgiven everyone." Big deal. But the Greeks say: "To forgive everyone is as much cruelty as to forgive no one."

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Mahatma Gandhi, wherever he is now, must be saluting Erap. "Forgiveness," according to Mahatma," is the attribute of the strong." He adds: "The weak can never forgive."

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Speaker Jose de Venecia is in a hurry to shift our government form to parliamentary. He wants the Senate abolished so he can be the top man in the legislature.

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No, Joe is not ambitious. He's just a dreamer. And what did James G. Huneker say? "All men of action," he said, "are dreamers."

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It really pays to entertain visiting people/friends who talk a lot about anything under the ceiling of your office. Like Leo (not Lastimosa) who used to be a stringer for Banat News. He dropped by recently and passed on to me some interesting but unconfirmed bits of info. If you call it tsismis so be it.

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Item. A city councilor is being pushed to fill the vacancy left by the death (so very untimely) of Jojo de la Victoria. The post would suit this councilor fine. "Total," says Leo, "gusto man sab kining konsehal magpapolispolis ... so give him the post where he can fight those troublesome fishers." And yes, those violators of the market rules and regulations, too. Right?

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Item. Another city councilor is being groomed for Congress. The possibility of his/her being fielded against Rep. Tony Cuenco in the South District is being studied, according to Leo. He/she might be of more use for Cebuanos in Congress than in the City Council whose session hall is too small for his/her voice, according to Leo.

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I just got a text messages from Bobit Avila, which I want to share with you right now. Yes, now na! Here: A blind girl hated herself for being blind. She also hated everyone except her boyfriend. One day the girl said that if she could only see the world she would marry her boyfriend. Someone donated eyes to her and she saw everything including her boyfriend who asked her, "Now that you can see, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked. When she saw that her boyfriend was blind she refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears and said: "Just take care of my eyes."