go forth...make a difference

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK OR A VAN?

Every school year, 

KaEskwela is fortunate enough to find 

like-minded individuals and organizations 

that are willing to donate school supplies, 

books, slippers and other items 

for public schoolchildren. 

The challenge we face every year is 

TRANSPORTING the goods to our partner schools 

in 

Pampanga, Laguna, Montalban and Bataan. 

If you own a van or a small truck, 

do consider helping out. 

It will take just one day to bring help 

that will last a year :) 

Email kaeskwelavolunteers@yahoo.com 

if you want to help us get to our destinations this June.

For more information on KaEskwela, 

go to 

www.kaeskwela.org

"What if Jonah went to hell?"

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible 

for a whale to swallow a human 

because even though it was a very large mammal 

its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that 

a whale could not swallow a human; 

it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, 

"When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".

The teacher asked, 

"What if Jonah went to hell?"

The little girl replied, "Then you ask him".

[another funny yet profound spam]

"But no one knows what God looks like."

A Kindergarten teacher 

was observing her classroom of children 

while they were drawing. 

She would occasionally walk around 

to see each child's work.

As she got to one little girl 

who was working diligently, 

she asked what the drawing was..

The girl replied, 

"I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, 

"But no one knows what God looks like."

Without missing a beat, 

or looking up from her drawing, 

the girl: replied, 

"They will in a minute."

[another funny yet profound story from spam :)] 

this is just basic economics

Now, lyrically, my game is nice.
I can steal a rhyme without your mindin’ and sell it back to you for half price.
I might even do it twice.

Cause see, I spit [TK1] paragraphs that’ll penetrate your pituitary gland
And make your mind expand, make you understand
There’s a [TK2] so hot between slinging rock and trading stock.

See, this is basic economics. Buy low, sell high.
Your price determines whether demand meets supply.
See, most of us don’t want to even admit it or even hear it,   
But see, being a drug dealer is the epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit.

See, capitalism breeds capitalists, so if there’s demand for a product,
you best believe somebody gonna supply it. See they’ve got the right mind,
the wrong grind. Cause see really even [TK3] sells drugs of all kinds
we don’t have to worry about packing knives or tapping their phone lines
because they’ve got politics and public opinion on their side.

The only way to survive in this society is to have a hustler mentality.
See as long as you’re working for your money, your money’s not working
for you, you’ll forever be a slave. Bill Gates did not stack all that cake just
sitting around waiting for a promotion to raise it. Now, he got the whole game
on lock and gate worrying about prison time.

So if you can slip a 16th into an ounce, and an ounce into a key,
there seem to be no reason to me you can’t exert that same amount
of energy into learning the hustle of the Dow Jones industrial.
So, you need to be fucking with that NASDAQ
and leave that crack alone.

Or you could just invest in a duplex home and rent it to two
different tenants and you could rent money to pay off the loan
in half the time. Or you could continue to grind and hustle them
drugs in the street, but peep, it ain’t about what you got, it’s about
what you can keep. You see, when that task force sweep, best believe
they’re taking the cars, the rims, the beats, the cash, the crib,
and the platinum [TK4] piece.

And I’m getting cents to ten piece to get release and try to look for peace,
but you can’t get you a piece cause that felony on your record has got you
marked as a beast. You’ve got to go back to the streets so you can get cop
you a piece so you can take you a piece. That’s why the streets don’t see peace.

See that’s just one of the many vicious cycles that compromise the struggle.
Understand we can’t all do it like Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable, so don’t stop
hustling, just change your hustle.

See America is designed for the get rich. There’s a million and one ways
for you to get paid off of this bitch. And most of them’s legit. Just find
a market you want to target, produce a service and/or product and
your revenue minus your expenses is going to equal your profit.

See, it’s just basic economics. As long as you have the haves,
you’ll always have the have nots, so it’s up to you to decide
whether or not you’re happy with what you got.

And if not, you’ve got to concoct a plot that’s gonna raise
the stock you’ll be willing to hustle and grind from sunrise
to sun-drop, cause believe me, ejaculation is the only thing that comes easy.
Too many cats who’ll play the lottery think the stock market is too risky.

Now, I know I spit this poem with a whole lot of Ebonics, but it don’t matter
who say it or how it’s been said, it’s still just basic economics.

[“Basic Economics,” by Tommy Bottoms]

end of journey- finally!

THE FROZEN BIRD

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. 
  
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! 
  
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. 
  
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him. 
 

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Morals of the story: 

(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy; 

  (2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend; and 

  (3) When you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

***ANOTHER WISDOM I GOT FROM SPAM MAIL***