Fun in a City!?!

I had a great weekend, I stayed in a five star hotel for an overnight. The hotel is located in the heart of Manila, facing the very beautiful Manila Bay. I had a great dinner in a Spanish inspired restaurant in Intramuros, Manila. Stuffed myself with all kinds of food, from seafood, to meat, to fruits, to veggies to whatever served n the buffet. I must have gained 10 lbs. in a matter of 59 minutes. Well...this things happen once in a while, besides it's free of charge coz' it's a company outing. I may have chose to get out of the city, but I have enough of the traveling...I just don't get the point of spending more time traveling than having fun, traveling in a bus for hours is not my kind of fun. And well...it's all worthy. In the morning when I woke up I went to the spa, bath in the Jacuzzi, after of which I spent 10 minutes for a steam bath, its my first time and oh golly...it was good. And just to maximize all the amenities of the hotel I swim in their pool, but the Jacuzzi is just more relaxing and enjoyable so I went back there after a few minutes. And of course, I had to eat again for the breakfast buffet...oh it was a feast, again a never-ending pour of food. And just like any other folks, I took home some yogurts, cookies, butter, sugar, coffee, tea, and a whole lot more of souvenirs. All complimentary right?! Well then it’s true enough as the saying goes “some of the best things in life are free”

Passion of the Jews

I know it's too late to say something about the Mel Gibson film that depicts the few remaining hours of life of Jesus. But I just cannot pass on this one, it’s the talk of the town, and for many years to come. In my perspective the actors did a good job portraying their roles, it was pretty much realistic most especially with the use of the Aramaic language. Mel Gibson, took a lot of guts making a film with a non-Hollywood touch, he did it away with the traditional ones. Though, some opinions we heard from the Jews are probably partly true. It is because I don't think there can be a Jesus Christ movie, which can't represent a strong antagonizing Jews, which undeliberately and unfortunately lead to anti-Semitism in part or in a way for the too soft and sensitive audience. Not that it was intended to be anti-Semitic it's just that the life of Jesus revolves around the Jews; the place, the people, the servant, the disciples, the antagonist they are all Jews and they played a vital role in Jesus life. I am not anti-Semitic, I am a Christian and just like what the Pope said "You can neither be a Christian and be an anti-Semitic at the same time" the Jews are our elder brothers and sisters, the discrimination of faith/religion and race has no place in this world.

While for the too conservative Jews that criticize the film, we cannot blame them on how they see the movie as anti-Jewish. Being victims of the worlds darkest past, they instinctively try to correct what many have failed to understand of their religion and race.

Now, I do get their point, crystal clear. And actually I believe many have learned to understand of it, that it is wrong to be anti-Semitic. So how come up to this today Jews live like paranoids in their own land? Perhaps, the children of Zion triumphantly erase in the minds of the world that they are not to blame to the death of Jesus, and all other Prophets that came before the Son of Man, which is entirely correct. Though the children of Zion might have failed miserably, not in making the world live with them harmoniously, but in living and sharing amicably a piece of their land to the deprived Palestinians. The deprivation of right to decent life to the Palestinians is the root cause of many troubles in the world. With this I believe, the Jews should not worry much to what the film put to the minds of the people, the world is wise enough not to bring the horrors of the past. But what the Jews should work on is how they can bring peace in their region and live with the Palestinians like how the God of Abraham thought them to.

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