Sulong Roxas - Roxas City, Captivating Capiz Theme
Sulong Roxas - Roxas City, Captivating Capiz Theme
Sulong Roxas is a theme song of encouragement and dedication in the development of Roxas City (by Iver Astronomo)
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Sulong Roxas - Roxas City, Captivating Capiz Theme
Sulong Roxas is a theme song of encouragement and dedication in the development of Roxas City (by Iver Astronomo)
Capiz Aswang: Excursion Into Myths
The myth of the aswang is popular in the Western Visayan regions such as Iloilo, Antique and our very own Captivating Capiz.
Western Visayas region of Captivating Capiz is the subject or focus of many aswangs, and other types of mythological creatures such as ghosts (multo), goblins, ghouls, manannagal, witches (mangkukulam), giant horse men (tikbalang) and other stories, often covered by national tabloids.
Captivating Capiz is rumoured to have a number of aswangs and covens of witches Superstitious folk who believe in their existence can still be found in these parts. They typically adorn windows, rooms, etc. with garlic bulbs, holy water, etc. which supposedly repels these creatures.
Aswangs have the ability to transform into other shapes as for a dog, a bat and/or a snake.
Western Visayas region of Captivating Capiz is the subject or focus of many aswangs, and other types of mythological creatures such as ghosts (multo), goblins, ghouls, manannagal, witches (mangkukulam), giant horse men (tikbalang) and other stories, often covered by national tabloids.
Captivating Capiz is rumoured to have a number of aswangs and covens of witches Superstitious folk who believe in their existence can still be found in these parts. They typically adorn windows, rooms, etc. with garlic bulbs, holy water, etc. which supposedly repels these creatures.
Aswangs have the ability to transform into other shapes as for a dog, a bat and/or a snake.
Behaviour
The trademark or major feature of Aswangs which distinguish them from other Filipino mythological creatures is their propensity to replace stolen cadavers with the trunk of a banana tree carved in the cadaver's likeness.
They are also said to like to eat small children. Their favourite body parts are the liver and heart, and they are known to be viscera suckers.
Description
Sometimes aswang is the generic term applied to all types of mythological creatures, ghosts, manananggals, tiktik, tikbalang and monsters. Though the aswang is often confused with manananggal, they are different creatures. There are also characteristics and features that the Aswang also varies from Filipino to Filipino. Aswang comes from the dreams of sex.
Superstitions
Aside from entertainment value, mothers are said to tell their children stories about aswangs to keep them off the streets and keep them home at night. Similar to Count Dracula of Transylvania in Vampire stories, the most popular characters are the clan of Teñente/ Tenyente/ Tiniente Gimo, in Dueñas, Iloilo.
Behaviour
- An aswang is a regular townsperson by day and prefer an occupation related to meat, such as butchery.
- Aswangs have an ageless appearance and a quiet, shy and elusive manner.
- They can be distinguished from humans by bloodshot eyes from staying up all night looking for opportunities to sneak into houses where funeral wakes are being held, and stealing the dead bodies.
- According to the elderly, the aswang can also transform fr om human to animal and animal to human.
- Supposedly if a person looks at them in the eyes, the reflection would appear inverted. During their nocturnal activities, they walk with their feet facing backwards.
- One type of aswang is named tik-tik which transforms into a huge bird at night and prowls. The tik-tik looks for a sleeping person. Then extends a very long proboscis into the unsuspecting victim and proceeds to suck the blood. While performing, a 'tik-tik' sound is heard.
- Some stories tell about the tik-tik as an aswang's familiar, said to confuse people by it's 'tik-tik' sound. If the aswang is near, the sound would be faint so that people hearing it would think that the aswang is still far away.
- In the town of Capiz, Panitan, another type of aswang is believed to exist, which they refer to as the Dangga or Agitot. This type of aswang is typically funny because some say it is a handsome gay man that hunts women during the night and eats fresh blood like a vampire. But its existence cannot be properly supported by ev idence.
- Another familiar is thesigbin or Zegben. Some say that this is another form that the aswang transforms into and yet some say it is the companion of the tik-tik. It appears to be similar to the chupacabra and Tasmanian devil in appearance with the exception of spotty fur. It supposedly has a wide mouth with large fangs.
How to recognize an aswang
It is said that an Aswang can be revealed, with the use of a bottle of a special oil made from coconut and mixed with certain plant stems upon which special prayers were said. When an Aswang comes near or walks outside the house at night, the oil is sup
posed to boil and continue boiling until the aswang leaves the area. They are also said to abhor garlic.
Incidents and tabloids
Aswang stories are one of the favourites in unreliable sensational
ist tabloids, especially when there are grave robberies, child kidnappings, people with eccentric or peculiar habits and other incidents that can somehow be attributed to them. There are also quite a number of superstitious people, in the provinces mentioned who believe in their existence.
Capiz: A Hidden Paradise
A dream of being in a paradise where there’s no problem but a lot of sea foods specially the delectable oyster dishes and fishes grilled and spiced up were on my plans. All are for the satisfaction of my palate. Even if it will make a great “side effect” on my very carefully engraved figure, I will leave that thinking. I will not stop, I will eat those foods in front of me. What I am talking about or what I am referring to is the place called Captivating Capiz which can be found in the heart of the country called paradise Philippines. This is a small province in the Philippines where the first ever president of the independent Republic of the Philippines was born and raised, His honorable President Manuel A. Roxas. Aside from this historical and honorable political figure of the Philippines, captivating Capiz is also the home of one of the great legislators of the country, Mar A. Roxas who is tagged as Mr. Palengke because of his vision in making an affordable primary commodities in markets or called palengke in the Philippines.
Captivating Capiz is been the most promising province for investors and tourists. The place is a great source of great skilled workers and also known for having very vast natural resources and raw products that can be used by manufacturers on their leading products. One known raw products used for making furnitures is the Capiz shells which is very abundant in the place (and maybe the reason why the province is called captivating Capiz).
My attraction on this captivating province is becoming enormous in every each day of searching about the grand features of Capiz. I actually made this blog to give my tribute and hail to the future eco-cultural hub in Visayas. Will the captivating Capiz succeed from this grand vision? Hope I could help with this mission!
Captivating Capiz!!!!
Captivating Capiz is about the wonders of the
She's Just My Bestfriend
IT'S 7TH GRADE..
I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called "best friend". I stared at her... Long, silky hair... And I wished she was mine... But she didn't notice me like that... I knew it... After class she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before... And I handed them to her... She said "thanks"... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know that I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't know why...
IT'S JUNIOR YEAR..
My phone rang... On the other end it was her... She was in tears... Mumbling on and on about how her love had broken her heart... She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone... So I did... As I sat next to her on the sofa... I stared at her soft eyes... Wishing she was mine... After 2 hours... I Drew Barrymore movie... And 3 bags of chips... She decided to go to sleep... She looked at me.. Said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I want her to know... That I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy to tell her... And I don't know why...
IT'S SENIOR YEAR..
The day before prom... She walked to my locker... "My date is sick" she said... He's not going to go... Well... I didn't have a date and in 7th grade... We made a promise that if neiter of us had dates... We'd go together just as "best friends"... And so we did...
IT'S PROM NIGHT..
After everything was over with... I was standing at her front door step... I stared at her ... She smiled at me... I wanted her to be mine... But she doesn't think of me like that... And I know it... Then she said "I had the best time... Thanks!"... And she gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I wanted her to know that I don't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why...
IT'S GRADUATION DAY..
A day passed... And then a week... And then a month... Before I could blink... It was graduation day... I watched her... Perfect body... Floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma... I wanted her to be mine... But she doesn't think of me that way... And I know it... Before everyone went home... She came to me in her smock and hat... And cried as I hugged her... Then she lifted her head from my shoulders and said "you're my best friend"... "Thanks!"... And gave me a kiss on the cheek... I wanted to tell her.. I wanted to know that I wanted to be more than "just friends"... I love her but I'm too shy... And I don't know why...IT'S
A FEW YEARS LATER..
Now I sit in the pews of the church... A church that she is getting married in now... I watched her say "I do" an drive off to her new life... Married to another man... I wanted her to be mine... But she didn't see me like that... And I knew it... But before she drove away... She came to me and said "You came!... Thanks!"... And she kissed me on the cheek... I wanted to tell her... I wantd her to know that I didn't want to be "just friends"... I love her but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why...
YEARS PASSED..
I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my "best friend"... At the service they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years... This is what it said... "I stare at him... Wishing he was mine... But he doesn't notice me like that... And I know it... I wanted to tell him... I wanted him to know... That I don't want to be "just friends"... I love him but I'm just too shy... And I don't know why... I wish he would tell me he loved me"... I wish I did too... I thought to myself and I cried...rest in peace my Love
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents
101 WAYS TO BUG YOUR PARENTS :D
Here is a list of a hundred and one ways to bug your parents written by Lee Wardlaw. Mind you, he asked a lot of children in order to finish this list.
Synopsis:
When Sneeze's plans to take his latest gadget to the annual Invention Convention are torpedoed by his parents AND they enroll him in a (yuck!) summer-school class, he is appalled. His best friend, Hiccup, has to join the class too, along with Goldie, the Vice-Principal's daughter, Pierre, the future-famous French pastry chef, Hayley, whose father owns the bankrupt Gadabout Golf minature golf course, and Ace, who's so cool he doesn't even have a last name.
For his first class project, Sneeze starts a list of ways to bug parents. It keeps growing until he hits upon a brillant plan -- a plan that will make him rich and famous, and enable him to attend the convention WITHOUT his parents - - because Sneeze was born to invent things!
1. Slurp your dinner.
2. Chew with your mouth wide open.
3. Burp with your mouth wide open.
4. Don't say "excuse me" after you burp.
5. Feed the dog/cat from the table.
6. Blow your nose at the table. Loudly.
7. When your dinner arrives, hold your nose and say "eww!what smells?!"
8. Blow bubbles in your milk.
9. Laugh with a mouthful of milk until some squirts out your nose.
10. Take one look at your plate, then say "i'm not hungry." Later, ask for icecream.
11. Use all the hot water in the shower.
12. Use all the toilet paper and don't pull on a new roll.
13. Only brush your front teeth.
14. Don't brush at all-just wet your tooth brush.
15. Eat candy after you brush.
16. Wait unlit your mom's in the shower, then bang on the door and shout :it's an emergency!"
17. Turn on the hot water when your dad's in the shower.
18. Fill the bathtub to the rim, then pretend there's a typhoon.
19. Don't flush.
20. Don't make your bed.
21. Leave half-eaten food under your bed. For weeks.
22. Read in the dark.
23. When it's time to go to bed, ask to stay up a half hour more. Then another. And another.
24. Don't get up on time.
25. Miss the bus so they have to drive you to school.
26. Take a nap instead of doing you homework.
27. Wake them up when they're sleeping in on weekends.
28. Turn on the tv really loud then say "i can't hear it"
29. Say "shut up" when they interrupt your fave tv show.
30. Give your brother/sister a haircut.
31. Tease your brother/sister.
32. Blame everything on your brother/sister.
33. Bribe your brother/sister to do your homework and housework.
34. Make goofy faces during the family holiday photo.
35. Give them the silent treatment.
36. Repeat everything they say.
37. Ask for 6month advances on your allowance.
38. Ask "what'd'ya bring me?" everyday when they come home from work.
39. Never play with the toys they buy you.
40. Sell your toys.
41. Sell your brother's/sister's toys.
42. Sell your brother/sister.
43. Spend 2hours opening your birthday presents, then say "is that all?!"
44. Forget to write thank-you notes to your grandmother.
45. Say "but everyone else's parents bought them one!!"
46. Pretend to barf in the new car.
47. Lose French fries under the car seat.
48. Play with the car's automatic door locks and windows.
49. Ride with your feet out of the window.
50. On a trip say "i have to go to the bathroom" every 10minutes.
51. Alternate # 50 with :are we there yet?"
52. At home say "this place is boring. When can we go on vacation"
53. On vacation say "this place is boring. When can we go home?"
54. Forget to pack your toothbrush and clean underwear.
55. Beg for a dog/cat.
56. After they give you a cat/dog, don't feed it when it's your turn.
57. Pretend you don't notice when the dog/cat wets on the floor.
58. Leave the door open every time you go in and out of the house.
59. Don't help carry in the groceries.
60. Come in the house with muddy shoes.(extra points if the floor is freshly mopped.)
61. Snap, crackle, and pop your bubble gum.
62. Leave chewed bubble gum in the pockets of your dirty pants.
63. Put clean clothes back in your dirty hamper.
64. Throw your dirty clothes on the floor, not in the hamper.
65. Never change your underwear.
66. Wear jeans with holes on the knees.
67. Don’t wear the new clothes they buy you.
68. Don’t answer the telephone or the door.
69. Say “huh?!” a lot. =)) (my fave.he he)
70. Leave wads of used Kleenex all over the house. Saggy wads.
71. Listen in on their telephone conversations.
72. Say you don’t have a book when it’s time to do your homework.
73. Make them go to school to bring the homework you “forgot”.
74. Do your homework, but don’t turn it in.
75. Pretend the dog ate your homework.
76. Pretend your brother or your sister ate your homework.
77. Ask them your help with your homework, then let them do it while you watch tv.
78. Beg them for things when they’re too tired to say no.
79. Don’t comb your hair.
80. Don’t bathe.
81. Drink milk or juice directly form the carton.
82. Say to your mom “that’s not a woman’s job.”
83. Say to your mom “that’s a woman’s job.”
84. Say to your mom “my teacher’s as old as you.”
85. Call your mom babe, toots, or chick.
86. Call your dad mac, buster or by his first name.
87. Offer to count or to pull off their gray hairs.
88. Be rude to their friends.
89. Take home the school rat for the weekend.
90. Take home the school rat for the whole summer.
91. Hit the newspaper when they’re reading it.
92. Put ketchup on your self and pretend to be hurt.
93. Bring bugs into the house. Big ones.
94. Say “I need a Halloween costume” 15 minutes before you do.
95. Be gross thing for Halloween.
96. Volunteer them to do things at school.
97. Don’t tell them where you’re going or when you’ll be back or who you’ll be with.
98. Lose your report card.
99. Say “I’ll be there in a minute.” Then never go.
100. Record weird answering messages in your answering machine.
101. When you don’t get your way, sulk, cry, whine, or say “please, please, please, puh-leeeezzzzzeeeee?!”
The Mysteries of Our Moon...
The moon--linked in myth with goddesses of witchcraft and the hunt, with gods of magic and wisdom--is nearly as old as Earth itself, with enigmas of its own. As close as the moon is to Earth, we are still far from solving all its mysteries--from how the moon was born to whether life on Earth has its past and future there.
How was the moon made?
How was the moon made?
Most scientists think the moon was born from a gargantuan collision--when a young, 30-million-year-old Earth was sideswiped by an embryonic planet the size of Mars some 4.5 billion years ago, with debris from our planet and this impactor eventually coalescing into a molten, red-hot moon.
Curiously, while the latest computer models suggest most of the moon came from the impactor, lunar samples from the Apollo and other missions suggest the moon is very chemically similar to Earth's mantle.
"Perhaps that means the impactor, this embryonic planet, was similar to Earth, drawn from the same materials our planet was," said Bernard Foing, principal scientist on SMART-1, a European Space Agency satellite that orbited the moon from 2004 to 2006. Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya, which launched Sept. 13, and India's 2008 lunar craft Chandrayaan-1 should return more details about the moon's composition, evolution and, ultimately, its mysterious origin.
Water on the moon? The relentless bombardment of the moon by comets and water-rich asteroids over billions of years could have left water behind on the lunar surface, possibly hidden in permanent shadows in craters at the moon's poles. In 1999, the Lunar Prospector orbiter discovered unusually high levels of hydrogen. This could be linked with water--which is, after all made from hydrogen and oxygen--"although hydrogen in the solar wind could have been trapped at the poles as well," Foing said. Although ground-based telescopes suggest ice may not exist in thick deposits at lunar polar craters, ice could still exist in grains mixed in with the dirt. NASA's 2008 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will carry along two probes that will crash onto the moon to search for water ice at its south pole. The Lunar Cataclysm The moon was rocked by a chain of devastating cosmic impacts known as the Lunar Cataclysm or the Late Heavy Bombardment about 4.2 billion to 3.8 billion years ago, which gouged out 50 or so giant basins still visible on the lunar surface. Astronomers suspect it occurred when the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn shifted, with the gravitational pull of these giant planets hurling more asteroids and comets around. All the inner planets likely got hit at the same epoch as well--Foing estimated Earth suffered 25 or 30 times more impacts than the moon. Scientists aren't quite certain when the Late Heavy Bombardment occurred and how long it lasted, but it apparently took place around when life arose on Earth. Pinning down when these impacts occurred could help shed light on whether they scoured primitive life that had just developed on Earth--or whether they planted chemical ingredients that helped life emerge. "It will be necessary to go to many impact basins on the moon to measure samples to try and figure out when they were created," Foing said. Clues of life's origins on the moon? Millions of tons of rocks blasted off Earth by cosmic impacts during the planet's earliest days could have landed on the moon, stones that could hold secrets concerning the origins of life -- including the remote possibility of microbial fossils. "As much as 200 kilograms from the early Earth could have fallen on every square kilometer of the moon," Foing said. "These rocks could be a very interesting scientific goal for robot and human expeditions to dig and look for." 
What It Takes To Be A Teenager
Being a teenage, one is at a most difficult stage in life. It is where you become introduced to the outside world and learning many new things. So because the brain is still fresh one easily absorbs anything that he\she comes across. That can prove fatal. One can find him\herself starting to be involved in bad activities e.g drugs, gangsterism and teenage pregnancy. The lack of communication between kids and their parents is a very effective tool in the lost youth. That is affecting the country as a whole. Not the culprits as individuals. Teenagers should learn to have discipline,be responsible and have confidence in everything they do. So they can be aware of their mistakes. They need to realize that becoming a criminal or a drug addict is the life you choose, because one has will-power in everything they do. They are only using it for the wrong things and in foul beliefs. If that enthusiasm of stealing and getting drunk can be of being successful and leading an optimistic life. That would result in less teenage pregnancy, and less crime in the country.
Being a teenager can be bothersome - for you and for us. Heed this advice, look, listen and accept.
Just because you, the teenager, can’t afford something that you want (even if the parents do not feel that you should have it or need it in the first place) it doesn’t mean that parents can offer extended credit facilities. Extended credit facilities often mean a permanent loan that will never get paid back. Banks provide credit but they also provide legal representation to get their cash back at some stage in the future.
Life isn’t fair, nobody said it would be fair and I, as a parent, am not going to tell you that it’s fair. It wasn’t fair for me either when I was your age. If you really want to go and live with somebody else’s family, do it. It looks better over there, it might feel better when you’re there, but they don’t have you 24 hours a day and they won’t understand some of your distressing or odd habits like we do.
When you sneeze, use a tissue. When that mucus comes out of your nose it is not appropriate, no not appropriate, for you to wipe it on your sleeve or any other piece of clothing that you may be wearing. It is less appropriate to wipe it on the clothing of other people. Tissues are sold in shops and provided free of charge in this house for your use.
Get out of the habit of expecting everything to drop in your lap. Sometimes you have to work for things, sometimes ask politely for things and sometimes justify things. Accept it.
The teenager years will pass.
Typical Teenagers
Typical Teenagers
Happy, sad, sleepy, mean, Feelings often change, a common act of a typical teen, I find it rather strange.
Talking to a friend, or sending them a text, they talk for hours on end, what’ll they think of next.
They’ll leave their room a mess and give cleaning it a miss, but yes I must confess to also doing this.
They think their folks are ancient, and utterly unfair, the result is to ignore them, before they start to swear.
Their music cracks the ceiling, and makes their parents fume, emotions always reeling, and more time in their room.
Being a teen may seem pretty bad, but from experience I can tell, it’s much worse for the mum and dad, for them its living hell!
Porky Juks : Tips To Make Life Simple
It is always important to have a plan of action ready in case an unfortunate event occurs at home. Here are some helpful tips that could really help out...
1. If you are chocking on an ice cube don't panic. Simply pour a kettle of freshly boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage almost instantly removed.
2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.
3. Avoid argument with the missus about lifting toilet seat by simply using the sink.
4. High Blood pressure sufferers: Make an incision in your left or right wrist and bleed yourself for several hours, reducing the pressure in your veins.
5. A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep when you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough
7. Avoid the mess when your toilet backs up, use the yard.
Old telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know.
Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote control up to your ear and occasionally swerving across the road and mounting the curb.
Lose weight quickly by eating raw pork and rancid tuna. I found that the subsequent food poisoning/diarrhea enabled me to lose 12 pounds in only 2 days.
Avoid parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to fast wipe whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
No time for a bath? Wrap yourself in masking tape and remove the dirt by simply peeling it off.
Apply red nail polish to your nails before clipping them. The red nails will be much easier to spot on your bathroom carpet. (Unless you have a red carpet, in which case a contrasting polish should be selected).
If a person is choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a jug of boiling water down their throat and presto! The blockage is almost instantly removed.
Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whiskey. The following morning you can create the effects of hangover by drinking a thimble full of dish washing liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.
Barack Obama: Reactions From Around The Globe
Reaction from people across the world to the election of Barack Obama as US President
- "The black guy is a good choice, he has so much more energy than the other one, who was far too old. Really I never thought a black man could become president." Han Xue, a cigarette and alcohol shop owner, from Beijing
- "John McCain, personally, is responsible for the single worst Republican general election presidential campaign since 1964. Worse than the fair-to-middling Bob Dole 1996 effort, and even worse than the execrable Bush 1992 campaign." Quin Hillyer, writing for the American Spectator
- "I think with Obama we will have some improvement. We're going to breathe a little, because if McCain had won we would be in bad shape - and not just the Cubans." Cristina Recio, 50, from Cuba
- "It feels like hope won. It feels like it's not just victory for Barack Obama. It feels like America did the right thing. It feels like there's a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has happened here, like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen. It feels like anything is now possible." - Oprah Winfrey
- "This marks one of the greatest shifts in mind in the history of mankind. It's good that I have managed to witness the time in history where a black man of African origin has made it to the presidency in the world's biggest economy" Steven Chikopa, from Malawi
- "I felt like my vote was the vote that put him into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true but that's how much power it felt like I had." Rap tycoon P Diddy
- "Obama's victory will do nothing for the Iraqi issue nor for the Palestinian issue. I think all the promises Obama made during the campaign will remain mere promises." Muneer Jamal, from Baghdad
- "David Brent would vote for Barack Obama. Definitely. He'd love to be on the side of the fact this could change the American landscape."Ricky Gervais
- "What an inspiration. He is the first truly global US president the world has ever had. He had an Asian childhood, African parentage and has a Middle Eastern name. He is a truly global president." Pracha Kanjananont, 29, from Bangkok
- "It's a great day, it's a beautiful morning, a new dawn, a new beginning - not just in America but the world over." The film-maker Spike Lee
- "Americans have shown once again why they are world leaders. Obama's victory has shown me that the American dream is real, you just have to dream. My heart is filled with joy." Basimane Bogopa, from Botswana
Herewith is the full text of president-elect Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday before a crowd of some 125,000 cheering and teraful supporters:
"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
"It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
"It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
"I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.
"I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
"I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
"To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
"But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to it belongs to you.
was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
"It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
"I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime, two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
"Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you we as a people will get there. "There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for 221 years block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
"What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
"Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, 'We are not enemies, but friends though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.' And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president too.
"And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
"For that is the true genius of America that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
"This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing -- Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
"She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
"And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
"At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
"When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
"When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
"She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that 'We Shall Overcome.' Yes we can.
"A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
"America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
"This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:
"Yes we can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America."
The Prince of Tennis: Anime zone
Twelve-year-old Ryoma Echizen joins the Seishun Gakuen Middle School tennis team, known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Freshmen rarely have a chance to actually play during their first year, but Ryoma's cool confidence, combined with a deadly, un-returnable "twist serve," gain him a coveted starting spot. With rigorous and extremely intense practices, the upperclassmen of the team expect the very best from themselves, and expect even more from the new members of the team. He's made the cut but can he survive the intense competition? Join Ryoma and other first year players, as they train hard, make friends, and try to find a place for themselves on the team. Ryoma’s cute but chronically shy classmate, Sakuno Ryuzaki, also has problems of her own as she hopes he will notice her. Ryoma Echizen is The Prince of Tennis. He may be ready for the Seishun Gakuen tennis team, but are they ready for him?
The exciting backdrop of high school tennis serves as the setting for the sports drama and coming-of-age story, The Prince of Tennis, or Tennis no Ōjisama . From creator Takeshi Konomi, the manga and anime depict the life and adventures of Ryoma Echizen, both on the court and off of it. The series has becomes one of the most popular manga and anime titles to hit Japan. In Japan, the manga is published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump (and is still ongoing), and in North America (and in English), it is published by VIZ Media as a Shonen Jump graphic novel series.
The anime aired its final episode in 2005 on TV Tokyo in Japan. On this side of the hemisphere, The Prince of Tennis anime series is slated to air on Cartoon Network's new online broadband service called Toonami Jetstream on July 17 2006.
The exciting backdrop of high school tennis serves as the setting for the sports drama and coming-of-age story, The Prince of Tennis, or Tennis no Ōjisama . From creator Takeshi Konomi, the manga and anime depict the life and adventures of Ryoma Echizen, both on the court and off of it. The series has becomes one of the most popular manga and anime titles to hit Japan. In Japan, the manga is published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump (and is still ongoing), and in North America (and in English), it is published by VIZ Media as a Shonen Jump graphic novel series.
The anime aired its final episode in 2005 on TV Tokyo in Japan. On this side of the hemisphere, The Prince of Tennis anime series is slated to air on Cartoon Network's new online broadband service called Toonami Jetstream on July 17 2006.
Character Profiles
| Name | Echizen Ryoma |
|---|---|
| Year | 1 |
| Height (cm) | 151 |
| Blood Type | O |
| Birthday | December 24th |
| Constellation | |
| Hand | Left & Right |
| Cloth | Fila |
| Shoes | Fila |
| Racket | BRIDGESTONE (DYNABEAM GRANDEA) |
| Special Skill | Twist Serve, Drive B |
| Quotes | Mada Mada Dane (Not yet) |
| Favorite Subject | Science |
| Favorite Color | Silver |
| Hobby | |
| Description | Echizen is the featured tennis player in the show. His father is a famous professional tennis player who retired really early but otherwise could have became the number 1 tennis player in the world. Echizen is the only 1st year regular player in Seigaku, since he short compared to the other members, he's been nicknamed O'Chibi (baby boy) by fellow player, Eiji. Additional info worth noting: Echizen grew up in United States and knows English very well (many classmates admires him for this). |
| Name | Fuji Syusuke |
|---|---|
| Year | 3 |
| Height (cm) | 167 |
| Blood Type | B |
| Birthday | February 19th |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Nike |
| Racket | Prince (Michael Chang Titanium) |
| Special Skill | Swallow return |
| Quotes | |
| Favorite Subject | Classics |
| Favorite Color | Beige |
| Hobby | Photography |
| Description | Fuji is known as a tennis tensai (genius). He's extremely famous among all the tennis players in the region. Fuji's skill is right behind Tezuka's. He also has a brother who goes to a different tennis school, mainly because he didn't want to be compared to his big brother - Fuji, who's already known as the tensai player at Seigaku. Fuji is always smiling no matter in what situation, this gives him a really friendly appearance, although in fact, Fuji is a deadly strong tennis player that most Junior high players should pray to never meet in the court. |
| Name | Kikumaru Eiji |
|---|---|
| Year | 3 |
| Height (cm) | 171 |
| Blood Type | A |
| Birthday | November 28th |
| Constellation | |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Wilson (slash DT mid) |
| Racket | Dunlop |
| Special Skill | Acrobatic Play |
| Quotes | Hoi Hoi, Nya |
| Favorite Subject | Japanese History |
| Favorite Color | Red |
| Hobby | Brush Teeth (with his precious toothpaste), tour pet shops. |
| Description | Eiji is perhaps the most popular character in this anime. He's well known for his acrobatic play, together with Oishi, they are known as Seigaku's golden pair. Eiji has a big teddy bear at home and when it falls, it's always towards left. Eiji was able to use this as a game strategy with Oishi in one game. Eiji has a terrific personality although he loves to tease others as well, this got Oishi, who is a really sensitive person really mad in one occasion and caused the biggest crisis of Seigaku - the breaking up of the golden pair. |
| Name | Momoshiro Takeshi |
|---|---|
| Year | 2 |
| Height (cm) | 170 |
| Blood Type | O |
| Birthday | July 23rd |
| Constellation | |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Puna |
| Racket | Mizuno |
| Special Skill | Dunk Smash |
| Quotes | I prefer to be liked by many (girls) |
| Favorite Subject | Math |
| Favorite Color | Red |
| Hobby | Music, Games |
| Description | Momoshiro Takeshi perfers to be called "Momo-Chan" (chan is a suffix used on Japanese names, usually refers to a really close friend or a kid) Momo is the power house of Seigaku, he plays really powerful balls and his "dunk smash" is beyond regular Junior high tennis level. Momo-chan is also the first Seigaku player to meet the star of the show: Echizen Ryoma, afterwards, the two behind good friends. *** Spoiler alert Unfortunately, after losing to Tezuka and Inui, Momo was dropped from the regular's team after the second regulars match in the series. |
| Name | Tezuka Kunimitsu |
|---|---|
| Year | 3 |
| Height (cm) | 179 |
| Blood Type | O |
| Birthday | October 7th |
| Constellation | Libra |
| Hand | Left |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | MIZUNO (WAVE DUAL LITE <>) |
| Racket | MIZUNO (PRO LIGHT S90) |
| Special Skill | Drop Shot |
| Quotes | 20 laps around the around, now! |
| Favorite Subject | Worldwide History |
| Favorite Color | Green/Blue |
| Hobby | Mountain-climbing, camp, fish |
| Description | Tezuka is the captain of Seigaku. He's well respected by all the teammates and also by the players in other top tennis schools. Tezuka also made it into the regulars as a freshmen, now he's in his third year and is about to graduate. Tezuka sees great potential in Echizen and taught Echizen the meaning of playing tennis by having a match with Echizen despite his arm injury. Even though Tezuka never smiles, he appears to be extremely popular among the female fans. |
| Name | Kaidoh Kaoru |
|---|---|
| Year | 2 |
| Height (cm) | 173 |
| Blood Type | B |
| Birthday | May 11th |
| Constellation | |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Puma |
| Racket | Head (TiS7) |
| Special Skill | Boomrang Snake |
| Quotes | zzzzzzzz…… |
| Favorite Subject | English |
| Favorite Color | Blue |
| Hobby | Marathon, gathering bandanas |
| Description | Kaidoh is nicknamed "the sniper" by his fellow teammates since he is always really serious and is easily irritable. Kaidoh's famous move is the "boomrang snake" which makes the tennis ball go around the pole and back into the court. Kaidoh trains extremely hard, most of the time under Inui's instructions in order to improve his tennis skills. (additional note: he lost to Echizen in the first Seigaku regular selection matches, but he was able to save his regular's position after defeating Inui) |
| Name | Kawamura Takashi |
|---|---|
| Year | 3 |
| Height (cm) | 180 |
| Blood Type | A |
| Birthday | November 18th |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Asics (Gelstroke) |
| Racket | Dunlop (Rimbreed XL) |
| Special Skill | Burning Serve |
| Quotes | |
| Favorite Subject | Math |
| Favorite Color | Aqua |
| Hobby | Monopoly |
| Description | Kawamura's special feature is that he's in fact a really timid person who changes drastically when he's playing tennis. Kawamura used to tennis and often plays doubles with Fuji in the games. |
| Name | Ryuzaki Sakuno |
|---|---|
| Year | 1 |
| Height (cm) | |
| Blood Type | A |
| Birthday | January 14th |
| Constellation | |
| Hand | |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | |
| Racket | |
| Special Skill | |
| Quotes | |
| Favorite Subject | |
| Favorite Color | |
| Hobby | |
| Description | She's the grand-daughter of Seigaku's coach. The girl also has a crush on Echizen Ryoma. She was introduced in the first episode and first met Ryoma on the bus to a tennis competition. |
| Name | Inui Sadaharu |
|---|---|
| Year | 3 |
| Height (cm) | 184 |
| Blood Type | AB |
| Birthday | June 3rd |
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Hand | Right |
| Cloth | |
| Shoes | Puma |
| Racket | Prince |
| Special Skill | Data Tennis |
| Quotes | I'm just here to take data |
| Favorite Subject | Physics |
| Favorite Color | Black |
| Hobby | Make vegetable juice |
| Description | The brain behind Seigaku's team. He takes data for all the games, including personal data for his rivals along with teammates. He's formerly known as Seigaku number 3 (right behind Fuji and Tezuka) - the data tennis man. But due to losing the Seigaku's regular selection matches in the beginning of the series (mostly because of Ryoma's appearance), he played Seigaku's manager for the first 50 or so episodes. |
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