History of Cupid ~ The God Of Love !... thanks to http://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/cupid.htm

Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols and everybody knows that boy armed with bow and arrows, and piercing hearts . He is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrows. The arrows signify desires and emotions of love, and Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love. Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Roman's he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.

There is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche in Roman mythology. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him.

Psyche was happy until her sisters persuaded her to look at Cupid. as soon as Psyche looked at Cupid, Cupid punished her by leaving her. Their lovely castle and gardens vanished too. Psyche found herself alone in an open field with no signs of other beings or Cupid. As she wandered trying to find her love, she came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love gave Psyche a series of tasks, each harder and more dangerous then the last.

For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld. She was told to get some of the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto, and put it in the box. During her trip she was given tips on
avoiding the dangers of the realm of the dead. She was also warned not to open the box. But Temptation overcame Psyche and she opened the box. But instead of finding beauty, she found deadly slumber.

Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the deadly sleep from her body and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods, moved by Psyche's love for Cupid made her a goddess.

Today, Cupid and his arrows have become the most popular of love signs, and love is most frequently depicted by two hearts pierced by an arrow, Cupid's arrow.

The Story of Valentine's Day... thanks to http://www.holidays.net/amore/story.html

The Story of Valentine's Day

The holiday of Valentine's Day probably derives its origins from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. In the early days of Rome, fierce wolves roamed the woods nearby. The Romans called upon one of their gods, Lupercus, to keep the wolves away. A festival held in honor of Lupercus was celebrated February 15th. The festival was celebrated as a spring festival. Their calendar was different at that time, with February falling in early springtime.

One of the customs of the young people was name-drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man drew a slip. The girl whose name was chosen was to be his sweetheart for the year

Legend has it that the holiday became Valentine's Day after a priest named Valentine. Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time,II, ordered the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor's decree and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death

Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th - Valentine's Day. Now the holiday honored instead of Lupercus.

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Diamonds before me. from YOUNGBLOOD of INQUIRER.net

YOUNGBLOOD
Diamonds before me
By Rayah Dizon-Maniago
Inquirer
Last updated 01:45am (Mla time) 02/13/2007

I envy people who can forget the arguments and pains of a relationship by just looking at their engagement ring. They say that looking at the ring seems to make the world stop and sends musical notes floating in the air.

It is not so me! I cannot stare at a diamond and suddenly be transformed into a blissful mood. If there is an issue to address, we need to talk it over. When I am not in the mood, I would not think twice before throwing a diamond ring into the river, I swear.

It all boils down to the fact that although I appreciate gems, I am not really a jewelry person. I didn't develop strong guilt feelings when I lost most of the gems I got from Mom. For me, pieces of jewelry just seem to pop like bubbles in the air.

An engagement ring is not an exception. It is a big responsibility, a burden to keep that teeny-weeny thing. When we got engaged, Jim and I had a big argument over whether he should get me an engagement ring.

I want to be free of any jewelry, especially when I am doing yoga or swimming. And why not give me a car when it has the same monetary value anyway? To me, anything bigger than a minute stone, like a good book or DVD, is better.

I cannot see the point of wearing an engagement ring. If it is supposed to announce to everyone that the big day is coming, why should the woman alone be carrying that momentous message on her ring finger while the man remains free as a bird?

If the ring is supposed to be a gift, I would much rather have a nice painting. If it is supposed to be a reminder of his love, I would rather that we spend special time and do things together; it is safer to keep those moments in my memory than on my ring finger. If it is supposed to signify commitment, then let the blessed matrimonial ring be the symbol.

People assign values to things. What is precious to one may not be worth much to the rest of the world. Not all women love diamonds.

I love Jim dearly. As we prepare to celebrate Valentine's Day as husband and wife, he has been telling me half-seriously that he would buy a piece of jewelry for me to keep. No, please!

Rayah Dizon-Maniago, 27, is taking up her Ph.D. at Aichi Shukutoku University in Japan.

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TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 1

TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 1

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by seichi_gw7 /cybermyx

from abs cbn t.v. ratings thread c/o seichi_gw7:

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Good news, mga Kapamilya! ABS-CBN maintains its overwhelming dominance
in national urban

ratings (aka nationwide ratings) as shown in the second batch of
national ratings (for

2007) produced by AGBNielsen NUTAM Panel for January 7-13, 2007... as
featured in today's

edition of BusinessWorld, Feb 12, 2007, Section S3 (Wealth Manager
section), page 3

Top 10 Programs, in terms of individuals, 2:00am - 1:59am(the next
day) (or in military

time, 0200-2559)


National Urban Philippines
Current Rank/ Previous weeks's rank/ Program/ rating/ share

1/na/Sana Maulit Muli/19.5/56.0
2/2/Super Inggo/17.8/47.6
3/5/Komiks/17.2/54.4
4/1/KDOND 4M Edition/17.0/45.1
5/4/Maging Sino Ka Man/15.6/53.4
6/7/Captain Barbell/15.5/40.6
7/9/John En Shirley/15.2/44.8
8/11/Maalaala Mo Kaya/15.0/54.4
9/6/XXX/14.9/44.7
10/8/TV Patrol/13.9/45.7

Breakdown:

Luzon

1/na/Sana Maulit Muli/16.8/49.3
2/1/Captain Barbell/16.7/45.3
3/3/Super Inggo/14.8/40.9
4/2/KDOND 4M Edition/14.2/38.9
5/6/24 Oras/14.0/46.5
6/5/Atlantika/13.5/37.3
7/7/Maging Sino Ka Man/13.5/46.9
8/15/Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho/12.9/41.0
9/10/Komiks/12.8/44.4
10/17/Maalaala Mo Kaya/12.5/47.2

Visayas (take note: wlang bakekang dito, no wonder insecure si
Sunshine Dizonkay Matt

Evans...hahaha)


1/4/Komiks/28.3/78.9
2/3Super Inggo/27.9/69.8
3/na/Sana Maulit Muli/27.3/74.5
4/1/KDOND 4M Edition/26.5/67.5
5/6/John En Shirley/25.2/67.9
6/7XXX/22.8/63.7
7/9/Maalaala Mo Kaya/22.1/75.3
8/8/ Tv Patrol/21.6/65.1
9/5/Maging Sino Ka Man/21.6/71.5
10/13/Goin Bulilit/18.8/60.9

Mindanao

1/2/Komiks/33.8/74.6 --> amazing!!!
2/9/John En Shirley/29.1/69.2
3/na/Sana Maulit Muli/28.9/75.5
4/3/Super Inggo/25.3/60.2
5/1/KDOND 4M Edition/24.4/55.5
6/7/TV Patrol/24.1/62.8
7/5/Maging Sino Ka Man/23.0/73.2
8/6/Maalaala Mo Kaya/23.0/72.3
9/8/XXX/22.1/61.7
10/13/TV Patrol Sabado/21.9/64.7

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TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 2

TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 2

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by seichi_gw7 /cybermyx

from abs cbn t.v. ratings thread c/o seichi_gw7:

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In Terms of Major Metropolitan Areas

Metro Manila

1/1/Captain Barbell/18.0/47.4 (oh well, malakas talaga ito sa Metro
Manila)
2/na/Sana Maulit Muli/16.2/44.5
3/5/24 Oras/15.7/49.4
4/2/Atlantika/15.6/41.4
5/8/Maging Sino Ka Man/15.0/45.5
6/22/Maalaala Mo Kaya/14.8/43.1
7/7/Super Inggo/14.5/40.6
8/3/Bakekang/14.5/40.6
9/6/KDOND 4M Edition/13.7/36.4
10/9/XXX/13.6/39.2

Metro Cebu

1/na/Sana Maulit Muli/26.9/72.7
2/3/Super Inggo/24.3/65.0
3/1/Komika/24.2/76.0
4/8/Maalaala Mo Kaya/ 23.7/75.1
5/4/Maging Sino Ka Man/22.3/69.2
6/5/KDOND 4M Edition/21.3/60.2
7/10/John En Shirley/19.4/58.1
8/6/XXX/18.8/57.0
9/7/Princess Hours/17.3/68.8
10/13/TV Patrol World/17.1/57.5

Iloilo

1/4/Komiks/37.8/81.5 (81.5% Audience Share!!!!)
2/6/John En Shirley/30.1/68.5
3/2/Super Inggo/28.0/69.8
4/na/Sana Maulit Muli/26.4/74.1
5/3/KDOND 4M Edition/26.3/67.9
6/9/XXX/24.1/64.4
7/5/Maging Sino Ka Man/22.2/72.9
8/7/TV Patrol/20.8/62.9
9/24/TV Patrol Sabado/20.6/63.5
10/8/Maalaala Mo Kaya/19.7/73.6

Metro Davao

1/2/Komiks/31.8/68.0
2/8/John En Shirley/28.7/60.7
3/na/Sana Maulit Muli/26.4/65.7
4/3/Maging Sino Ka Man/23.9/69.1
5/5/Super Inggo/23.0/52.0
6/14/Princess Hours/22.0/74.4
7/15/TV Patrol Sabado/20.6/60.9
8/7/XXX/20.3/52.4
9/4/KDOND 4M Edition/20.0/46.3
10/11/Rated K/19.7/63.6

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TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 3

TV RATINGS - ABS CBN 2/GMA 7 Nation Wide Part 3

From PEX

Research by Jun Jun aska26ph2001@...
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ABS-CBNKapamilyaPEXers2
Posted by seichi_gw7 /cybermyx

from abs cbn t.v. ratings thread c/o seichi_gw7:

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Take note: the ratings here are in terms of individuals... the ratings
that are shown by

GMA in its press releases are in terms of households...

Overall ratings were not posted in the feature. However, we can know
who is really leading

by these figures:

National Urban Philippines: 9 ABS-CBN/ 1 GMA
Luzon: 6 ABS-CBN/ 4 GMA
Metro Manila: 6 ABS-CBN/ 4 GMA
Visayas: 10 ABS-CBN/ 0 GMA
Metro Cebu: 10 ABS-CBN/ 0 GMA
Iloilo: 10 ABS-CBN/ 0 GMA
Mindanao: 10 ABS-CBN/ 0 GMA
Metro Davao: 10 ABS-CBN/ 0 GMA

We can conclude that ABS is weak in the suburbs but is strong in Metro
Manila and in

non-Mega Manila provinces and is incredibly strong in other parts of
the country...

Nationwide ratings are very important now due to the elections...
Senatorial candidates

have to tap ABS-CBN's dominance in the nationwide viewership.

i'm sure the ABS higher-ups already know this... please for heaven's
sake... have ur

affiliated press people to let this good news known to the masses...
it's as if majority of

people read BusinessWorld...

Good Day!

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TV RATINGS - 2/11/2007

TV RATINGS - 2/11/2007

 

AGB NIELSEN MEGA MANILA TV RATINGS

 

TAKESHI'S CASTLE 12.6

IT STARTED WITH A KISS 10.7

 

SOP 15.2

ASAP 16.5

 

MAGIC KAMISON 14.7

YOUR SONG 12.0

LOVE SPELL 10.1

 

S-FILES 11.9

THE BUZZ 15.7

 

MGA KWENTO NI LOLA BASYANG 18.7

TV PATROL LINGGO 15.7

 

STARSTRUCK 20.0

GOIN' BULILIT 21.5

 

MEL AND JOEY 18.4

RATED K: HANDA NA BA KAYO 20.9

 

ALL STAR K 22.1

SHARON 16.2

 

DADDYDIDODU 21.3

SUNDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE 16.1

SUNDAY'S BEST 8.9

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