COUNTER STRIKE

"Strike while the iron is hot."

When you have an opportunity to do something, do it before you lose your chance.

I was just about to press my uniform for my trip to Cairo but the iron was not too hot so I began thinking about opportunities in my life, or if they've stopped knocking.

And I started striking my uniform with the iron.

DO NOT WAIT TO STRIKE TILL THE IRON IS HOT BUT MAKE IT HOT BY STRIKING IT.

RICH

If you are able to eat two, three times a day, able to buy a Snicker bar anytime you crave for it, have more than four pairs of shoes or even double that...
If you can afford a ticket to watch a movie or have a cappuccino at Starbucks, and go to the parlor to have your hair and nails done...
If you finished college or even almost did, are receiving a monthly payslip and have bills to pay...
If you have a facebook account to publish your thoughts, and an electronic means to publish those thoughts...

Then you are lucky.

And you should have reasons to smile like this little girl who knocked on my window, asking me to buy her popcorn.

In this life, there are two: The rich and the poor.

I didn't really know how to classify myself.

But I'm starting to think I'm rich, because I have more than I need.

SUPERMAN

"I haven't prayed for a long time now, but if you're up there, please save me Superman."

I AM NOTHING

Hi. My name is Mika and I come from the Philippines.

I used to think I'd live my life and die in the Philippines, and everything else in between.

But life took me elsewhere; far from the Pacific.

And it's very nice to feel. I'm nothing. I'm just nothing when I'm near the Atlantic.

PAUSE

His name is Seif Zbidi --- one of the cabin crew in this flight we did to Casablanca, Morrocco.

I thought he was going to start praying. I watched. I waited. And I started to feel the burn on my skin.

Sometimes, the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

VERSION 1: FISHY

They say, "There are many fishes in the ocean."

But sometimes there's only one.