Additional Seven Deadly Sins

March 10, 2008,  3:01 pm

Seven More Sins, Thanks to Vatican

By Mike Nizza

Lust, gluttony, greed and the rest of the seven deadly sins gathered in the 6th century will have to get used to a modern companion. A Vatican official has articulated seven new categories of sin “due to the phenomenon of globalization.”

“While sin used to concern mostly the individual, today it has mainly a social resonance,” Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti told L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican City’s local paper. Bloomberg News parsed his remarks into a clip-n-savable list:

1. “Bioethical” violations such as birth control

2. “Morally dubious” experiments such as stem cell research

3. Drug abuse

4. Polluting the environment

5. Contributing to widening divide between rich and poor

6. Excessive wealth

7. Creating poverty

The message, according to a leading scholar on Catholic thought talking to BBC News, was meant as a reality check to priests “not sufficiently attuned to some of the real evils in our world.” There is more to life than following the Ten Commandments, it would seem.

The seven deadly sins served another purpose, too: inspiring artists from Bosch to Balanchine. Can anyone picture a similar renaissance fueled by this new list. Or has it already happened?

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Those who will rot in hell, raise your hand.

I understand sins 3 to 7, even if they are redundant. But what's with the "Bioethical violations such as birth control??

Ano, papalaganapin na lang natin ang STD? Hala, ipagkalat na ang AIDS, Syphylis, HPV at kung ano-ano pang sakit na hindi masaya kapag nakuha.

Hayaan na rin nating dumami pa ang populasyon ng mundo para lalo tayong mabaon sa kahirapan.

Pati ba naman "Stem Cell Research", MORALLY DUBIOUS EXPERIMENT?? Kung sa bagay, nadadaan naman sa dasal at himala ang lahat. Huwag na lang tayong mag-aral.


Lalo akong napapaisip sa relihiyon ko.


EDIT: This is not yet official. Pero kahit na. Mag-aaral na nga lang ako.

Proud Girlfriend Moment

Everybody!!! Grab today's Manila Standard Today (January 28, 2008) and go to page C1.

See that picture on the upper right corner? Looks familiar?? See?!? Uh-huh!!! It is the boyfriend!!!

Here are the ugly scans of the article. The ugliness is from the laziness of the scanner (me). Hehehe. Oh and the t-shirt his wearing is from Team Manila and he is not denying it.

Read the article here: Turning Manila's streets into fashion runways

And now I plug: Go buy Born Again clothes at Baul and Yellow Door located at Saguijo. Do your research. Ikaw na maghanap saan yun. Bwek bwek bwek!

And do check out other designer friends: Womyn in the Kitchyn by Alice and Love Parade Atelier by Santi

Now I sleep. Congrats ulit! Yihii!!


EDIT: OH look! The pictures are not pixelized anymore. Anu ba yan, ngayon ko lang napansin yung mali ko. hahaha.

Odd News Galore!!!

I am having a problem writing my homework. Hindi ko alam kung paano tutuhugin ang mga ideyang importante. Tapos kelangan pang i-relate sa Pilipinas.

At dahil hindi ko na alam kung paano ito ipagpapatuloy, nagbasa ako ng Odd News sa Reuters. Ang saya!

Heto, basahin at ma-aliw sa mga kwentong ito:

• Goodness, gracious, great balls of protest in Rome - Sana nandun ako noong nangyari yun. Ang saya siguro tignan ng mga bolang tumatalbog. Bouncey! Bounce!
  

• "Oh, I'm not actually recording, honey..." - Aba!
  

• Police ask suspect: aren't you dead? - Grabe, akala ng mga magulang mo patay ka na, yun pala nakapag shoplift ka pa!
  

• Don't send in the clowns - Tao rin naman ang mga clowns. But they could be really annoying!
  

Taking a break from the Exam marathon

Today I had four exams non-stop. I had to take all of it today because the midterm period is about to end. I had no choice. I was not able to take all of it on the scheduled date because I had an Acute Respiratory Infection. That's what the medical certificate said that was issued by the pediatrician.

A pediatrician. I am a 20 year old human being who still goes to the pediatrician. Yeah... It's really weird when I go to her clinic to have a check up. All of the mommies would look at me all weirded out thinking "What the hell is this girl/woman/lady/tigulang doing in this clinic for kids??"

Back to the exams. It was really tiring, writing for 6 hours. In the end my right hand was numb. And it got stuck to the pen-holding position for quite sometime.


I find it amusing that I know a lot of terms about politics and war. Brinkmanship, deterence, treaties, arms race and all that stuff. But somehow reading about wars make me sad. Really.

You see, I was reviewing for my History exam tomorrow about World War II. Reading about the Holocaust and all those lives that were lost made me want to stop studying. And I can't do that, yet. I have to pass the exam first. But shit.

Masakit sa puso. Madaming pumapasok na mga imahe sa utak ko. Mga sundalong nagpapaalam sa mga minamahal. Mga batang hindi alam na mamamatay na pala sila sa pagpasok sa susunod na kwarto. Mga inang pilit tinatago ang mga anak nila para lang hindi sila madala sa mga gas chamber. Aray aray aray.

To think I have another exam on International trade. Which also makes me think about the conflict between globalization and cultural identity. Culture culture culture.
Eisa, something we should talk about while window shopping.

Ang daming iniisip. Masakit sa ulo, may kurot sa puso.

I need a breather. I need to go out!!!

Maglalaro na lang ako ng Magic Vines.

A bit Political... or maybe not.... and some stuff I learned in school

Now that I'm taking up my major subjects, we have been discussing about politics non-stop. Yeah, me doing political discussions. Nagugulat din ako sa sarili ko at madami din akong nasasabi. But right after class marathon, I feel like shouting "Ang ganda ng mundo!!!!".

Anyway, I have noticed that in every discussion, USA would be mentioned. Then I would think "That country is LIKE soooo self-centered (with dumb blonde accent)". Ahahaha. Could we set aside USA, even for one day, when discussing EU or China or Congo Republic or some other country?


The Filipino dream is to finish college and work abroad, to be specific USA. Then work hard, send money to the family every now and then. Then petition mother, father, brother, sister, lola, lolo, pinsan, pamangkin, bala-e, hipag... at buong barrangay! (Yes, I am exagerrating.)

That's not my dream. My dream is to marry a rich, old, old, man. Persuade him to leave me all of his belonging when he dies (he should write it in his will). Then wait. For him to die. hahahaha. Nyak!!! a bit Anna Nicole Smith (may she rest in peace), don't you think? Of course, I'm kidding.

Seriously, I want to travel and explore the whole Philippines, then the world. I want to learn about different cultures. My reason is still for the culture and arts even though the course I'm taking is leaning towards politics.

When I get back from all my travels, I'll share with the people what I have learned. Culture is about sharing and learning, right?


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Tama na. Hindi ako sanay na nagpapaka seryoso. Nakakabaliw.

Things I learned form school:
"Imagine, Rizal was able to write Noli Me Tangere with a candle as his light. You have Electricity, ano pa ang masusulat niyo kung ganon"
- my International Trade Professor

"The number one Senatorial Candidate is Loren Legarda. The number two is Bamboo Mañalac. Hindi nga. Paluwain niyo lang mata ni Chiz, kamukha na niya si Bamboo."
- My Research Method Professor explaining "We see what we want to see"

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HOY! Don't forget to watch VIRGIN LABFEST!!! Especially Children's Plays. Bring your kids, nephew and nieces and all the kids in your neighborhood. Come! Come!

FOUND Magazine | Find of the Day

http://www.foundmagazine.com/
While walking, a crumpled note catches your attention. What do you do? You post it here.

Interesting notes and pictures. Bahala kang gawan ng kwento yung nakita mo.

The Name Game

    I have always been proud of my name. I would even correct people who would mispronounce Antoinette (it should be an-twa-net, not an-toy-net). I also enjoy sharing the story of how I was named (Antoinette -derived from my father's Antonio that why Carl got Anthony, Isabelle -from the actress Isabelle Adjani whom my father read about her accident on the day my birth).

    Out of boredom and curiosity, I googled the meaning of my two names. Here are results:

• Isabelle
• Origin: French
  
• Meaning: Consecrated to God

• Antoinette
• Origin: French
• Meaning: praiseworthy, flourishing, beyond praise (usually associated with French queen Marie Antoinette)

    Then I found out that Isabelle "is also a is a popular generic theorem proving environment developed at Cambridge University and TU Munich". Click here to know more about it.

    It turns out I share the same names with a Brazilian princess of the Bragança Dynasty and  a  member of  the Netherlands  nobility.


    Talaga nga naman! Praiseworthy daw at consecrated to God. Of royalty and nobility pa.Ang galing talaga ni Papa gumawa ng pangalan.