BOYCOTT: Boyet Fajardo

UPDATED with the longer video from ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol World last night.

First Update: March 23, 2009 7:41PM after airing of the official news at TV Patrol World.

Have you heard about this Boyet Fajardo-Duty Free Philippines scandal? If you haven’t yet, the incident goes like this…

Last March 13, 2009, Filipino fashion designer Boyet Fajardo created a scene in Duty Free Philippines. He threw a humongous tantrum and threatened to have two employees of the said store fired. Guess why? A cashier politely asked for an ID because he presented an unsigned credit card! WTF?!@?%$

If you have been using your credit card in major shopping stores lately, you know that it is standard operating procedure to be asked for an identification for the card you are presenting. That’s SOP these days. Even if your credit card is signed and has a photo. Fajardo reportedly got angry and berated the poor cashier, now named as Marvin Fernandez, and the store managerofficers of Duty Free, named as Susan Gonzales. Officers arrived at the scene Gonzales tried to pacify the angry designer to no avail. Fajardo whipped out his cellphone, threatening to call on a high positioned government official. Dito pa lang nag

pi-feeling na itong designer na ito! And then onlookers were shocked when he shouted…

Mga leche kayo! Hindi niyo ako kilala? Ako si Boyet Fajardo! At itong p…ina na babaeng ito (pointing to a lady officer) at ang baklang ito (pointing to the cashier) ay walang kwentang mga tao! I want them fired!!!

An officer Gonzales asked him what he wanted just to calm him down. Did you know what he wanted? For the poor cashier to kneel down in front of him so he could slap his face! The poor cashier had no choice but to kneel down in front of the high-flying designer. There’s a video of this incident below…

The poor cashier was crying in shame afterwards. Have you seen it? No, he was not slapped. But then, what happened to him was more than being slapped!

You know, I am all for customer rights and all that. I have been writing about it here again and again. But you should know if you are in the right or wrong. Boyet Fajardo was clearly wrong in throwing his weight on a hapless cashier when the only “fault” of the poor guy was to ask for an ID from him. You can be a well-known personality, yes. But when it’s SOP to present an ID, do it! Hindi yung ipagmamanduhan mo na well-known personality ka!

Angelino Boyet Fajardo: O, kilala niyo ba siya? Remember that face!
Para naman sumikat na siya.
Photo credit: Inquirer.net

A Concerned Citizen is now calling for a boycott of the products being sold under Boyet Fajardo. He’s apparently selling his clothes in major malls. The information given by the Concerned Citizen is as follows:

With such disrespect, discrimination and humiliation towards a good worker, a less fortunate person and a fellow Filipino…

1. We are calling all citizens to stop patronizing Boyet Fajardo’s RTW labels such as Substance in SM department stores, Boyet Fajardo and Initials in Landmark and Robinson’s department stores.
2. We are calling on all malls to pull out or stop distributing his products in your outlets.
4. We are calling on the Commission on Human Rights, Department of Labor and Employment and all human rights and labor activists to take appropriate legal actions on this matter.5. We are calling all foreign embassies to deny him of entry to your respective countries.
6. We are calling on the Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines to dishonor him of his membership and profession.

…To give him a lesson and to help us stop him from victimizing the underprivileged over and over and over again.

 

Contact Information:
Boyet Fajardo
Tel: +632 6327120 / +632 6366871
Email: info@boyetfajardo.com
Website: www.boyetfajardo.com

You do not show your evil side in public and not expect a backlash. Remember that, Boyet Fajardo!

Chinese Sick Leave

'I NO COME WORK TODAY'!!!

Hung Chow calls into work and says, 'Hey, I no come work today,  I really sick,  Got headache, stomach ache and legs hurt, I no come work.'

The boss says, 'You know something, Hung Chow, I really need you today.  When I feel like this, I go to my wife and tell her to give me sex.  That makes everything better and I go to work.  You try that.'

Two hours later Hung Chow calls again. 'I do what you say and I feel great.  I be at work soon ....... You got nice house


(no offense chinese people!)

George Carlin

GEORGE  CARLIN 

(His wife  recently died... and George followed her, dying July 2008) 

Isn't it amazing that George  Carlin -comedian of the 70's and 80's - could  write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate. 

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox  of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways,  but  narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have  bigger houses and smaller families, more  conveniences, but less time. We have more  degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less  judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more  medicine, but less wellness. 

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too  little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.  

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbour. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.  

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We  plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.  

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose  either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. 

Remember - spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe,  because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. 

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is  the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to  say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. 

Remember to hold  hands and cherish the moment for someday that  person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your  mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: 

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

The Pastor & His Son

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts.

This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, 'OK, dad, I'm ready.'


His Pastor dad asked, 'Ready for what?'

'Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out.'

Dad responds, 'Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain.'

The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?'

Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.'

Despondently, the boy asks, 'Dad, can I go? Please?'

His father hesitated for a moment then said, 'Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son.'

'Thanks Dad!'

And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted.

Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered.

He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him.

Again, he turned to the door and rang the b ell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch!

He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, 'What can I do for you, son?' With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry if f I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE.'

With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave.

She called to him as he departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'

Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit.  As the service began, he asked, 'Does anybody have testimony or want to say anything?'

Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet.

As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, 'No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before.  You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live.

So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on

that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, 'I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.'

I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly.

I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.

When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eye s, for t here on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you!

The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, 'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.' Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand.

As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more.

You see-- -I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by

so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell.'

There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honor to THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated.

He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for One.

Our Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named.

Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.

Don't let this message die, read it again and pass it to others. Heaven is for His people!

Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the life of someone close to you.

Please share this wonderful message...

Spread His word, and share His goodness and faithfulness.

Matthew 10:32 says:
'Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before MyFather in heaven'

THE CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it, and just popping it into our mouths.  It's not as easy as you think.  It's important to know how, and when to eat. What is the correct way of eating fruits?  * IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss, and other life activities.    FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.  Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so. In the meantime the whole meal rots, and ferments, and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach, and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil. So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eatwater-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat bananas, I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.   The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food, and produces gas, and hence you will bloat! Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. There is no such thing as some fruits like orange, and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness, and normal weight. When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits, because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.  But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.  Just eat fruits, and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!  >  KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.  APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?  Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.  STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.  Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & prote ct the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging free radicals.  ORANGE: Sweetest medicine.  Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer. WATERMELON: Coolest  Thirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant > dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.  GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for Vitamin C.  They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content .  Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation.  Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes. Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer!  Can you believe this??  For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.  It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.  Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down, and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.  Very soon, this will turn into fats, and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup, HOT TEA or warm water after a meal.  A serious note about heart attacks  HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)  Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.  You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.  Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.  Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware.  The more we know, the better chance we could survive...  A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.  Read > this ...It could save your life!!  Let's say its 6.15 pm and you're driving home.  Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm, and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.  'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':  Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person  whose heart is beating improperly, and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.  However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly, and very vigorously.  A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep, and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.  A breath, and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.  Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart, and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.  In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this.  It could save their lives!!

A Man's Complaint About His Wife

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through --

So he prayed: 

"Dear Lord: 
I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home. 
I want her to know what I go through. 
So, please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen!"

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man's wish. 

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. 
He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, 
awakened the kids, 
set out their school clothes, 
fed them breakfast, 
packed their lunches, 
drove them to school, 
came home and picked up the dry cleaning, 
took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, 
went grocery shopping, 
then drove home to put away the groceries, 
paid the bills and balanced the check book.
He cleaned the cat's litter box and bathed the dog. 
Then, it was already 01 P.M. 

And he hurried to make the beds, 
do the laundry, vacuum, 
dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. 
Ran to the school to pick up the kids 
and got into an argument with them on the way home. 
Set out milk and cookies 
and got the kids organized to do their homework. 
Then, set up the ironing board 
and watched TV while he did the ironing. 
At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes 
and washing vegetables for salad, 
breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. 

After supper, 
he cleaned the kitchen, 
ran the dishwasher, 
folded laundry, 
bathed the kids, 
and put them to bed. 
at 9 P.M . 

He was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't finished, 
he went to bed where he was expected to make love, 
which he managed to get through without complaint. 

The next morning, 
he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said: - 
'Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. 
I was so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all day. 
Please, oh! oh! Please, let us trade back. Amen!'

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied: 
'My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were. 
But You'll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last night.' 

You know you're a nurse when...

(The same could be said for other health care professionals as well....)

1)   The front of your scrubs reads 'Nurses... here to
      save your ass, not kiss it!'

2)  You occasionally park in the space with the
      'physicians only' sign ... and knock it over.
 
3)  You believe some patients are alive only because it's
      illegal to kill them.
 
4)  You recognize that you can't cure stupid. 

5)  You own at least three pens with the names of
      prescription medications on them.

6)  You believe there's a special place in hell for the
      inventor of the call light.

7)  You believe that saying 'it can't get any worse'
      causes it to get worse just to show you it can.

8)  You wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom.

9)  You believe that any job where you can drive to work
      in your pajamas is a cool one.
 
10)  You consider a tongue depressor an eating utensil.

11)  Eating microwave popcorn out of a clean bedpan is
      perfectly natural.

12)  You've been exposed to so many x-rays that you
      consider it a form of birth control.  

13)  You've ever heard a patient with a nose ring, a brow
      ring, and twelve earrings say 'I'm afraid of shots.'

14)  You've ever placed a bet on someone's alcohol level.

15)  You've told a confused patient that your name is that of

a coworker and to call if they need help.
 
16)  Your bladder can expand to the size of a Winnebago's
          water tank.
 
17)  You have seen more es than any could dream of. 

18)  You believe that not all patients are annoying...
          some are unconscious.

 19) Your family and friends refuse to watch medical
          sitcoms with you because you spend the whole time
          correcting everyone and pointing out upside down
          x-rays.
 
20)  You don't get excited about , unless it's your own.

21)  You've sworn to have 'do not resuscitate' tattooed on
          your chest.  Soon.
 
22)  Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal
          is perfectly normal to you.

23)  Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down
          to eat.

24)  Your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift 

change.

25)  You believe in the aerial spraying of prozac.

26)  You believe that shallow gene pool should be a
          recognized diagnosis.  

27)  You believe that the government should require
          permits to reproduce.

28)  You believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone
          who utters the phrase 'Wow, it's really quiet, isn't it?

29)  You have ever wanted to write a book entitled 
          'Suicide: getting it right the first time.'
 
30)  You have ever had a patient look you straight in the
          eye and say 'I have no idea how that got stuck in there.'
 
31)  You've had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably. 

RESTroom ;p

Traveling down the interstate and needing to use the restroom,
I stop at a rest area and head to the restroom.

I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
"Hi, how are you?"



I'm not the type to start a conversation in the restroom and I don't know what got into me, but I answered, somewhat embarrassed, 
"Doin' just fine!"



And the other person says:
"So what are you up to?"




What kind of question is that?  At that point, I'm thinking this is too bizarre so I say: 
"Uhhh, I'm like you, just traveling!"  




At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can when I hear another question.
"Can I come over?"




Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I could just be polite and end the conversation.  I tell them  
"No..I'm a little busy right now!!!"  




Then I hear the person say nervously...

"Listen, I'll have to call you back.  There's an idiot in the other stall who keeps answering all my questions   




…Cell phones, don't you just love them.

12 Ways to turn a bad day into a better one

They are inevitable. Bad days happen to everyone. But, there are things you can do to make them better. Here are a few…

1. Play with kids.

I dare you.

2. Give someone a compliment.

Not a fake one, but take the time to see something that someone else is doing well.

3. Sing in your car.

And sing as loud as you can. Have you ever noticed how hard it is to frown while you are singing?

4. Read Philippians 4.

And while you are at it, just think about where Paul was while he was writing it.

5. Bake your favorite kind of cookies.

Then eat some.

6. Count your blessings.

I mean it. Start a list of all the things you are thankful for. Write until you can’t write anymore. Staple it to the wall.

7. Watch people.

Go find a crowded public area, sit down and watch. Allow yourself to wonder what he ate for breakfast, or what her name is, or where he bought that shirt.

8. Do something for someone you love.

Do the dishes for your wife, take your neice out for ice cream, take your mom to Starbucks for a coffee.

9. Pray.

It’s #9 because you expected it to be #1. What could be more encouraging that talking to the Creator of the universe?

10. Think of the most encouraging person you know and call them.

But don’t complain. Refrain from telling them how bad your day is and focus on making their day better.

11. Write a letter.

A good old-fashioned paper and ink letter. Bonus: write it to someone who has impacted your life and thank them and let them know how much you appreciate their role/impact in your life.

12. Remember the truth.

That God causes all things to work together for GOOD (Romans 8:28)