Hoop Addict http://www.hoopaddict.com Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights Reserved Death http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/471435607/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/12/01/death/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:08 +0000 hoop General http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/12/01/death/ My dog died to day. It was a sudden illness. He hanged on long enough so that I could say goodbye to him. We buried him in the backyard. It wasn’t a peaceful death adding further to our sadness.

And thus continues the cycle of dog and master relationship… where one will always outlast the other…

Tags:

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/12/01/death/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F12%2F01%2Fdeath%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/12/01/death/ Prayer for Finding Lost Things http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/466559193/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/27/prayer-for-finding-lost-things/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:04:37 +0000 hoop Faith http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/27/prayer-for-finding-lost-things/ Prayer for Finding Lost ThingsSt. Anthony of Padua is the patron saint of finding lost things. St. Anthony has always helped me find what I was looking for whenever I prayed to him for intercession. But what I am most thankful to him for, is when he helps me find my Faith in God whenever I lose it during times of weakness and trials.

So whenever you have lost something, tangible or intangible, Pray to St. Anthony for intercession to God so that God may grant you to find what you have lost.

Prayer to St. Anthony

Glorious Saint Anthony, for centuries you have exercised the God-given power to find what was lost. Help me to recover God’s grace and make me zealous in the service of God and in the practice of virtue. Let me find whatever I have lost, thus showing me the presence of your goodness.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be)

Let us pray

Saint Anthony, glorious servant of God, famous for your merits and powerful miracles, help us to find what was lost, give us help during moments of trial and enlighten our minds in the search for God’s will. Help us to find once again the life of grace, which our sin destroyed, and lead us to the glory promised to us by our Saviour. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.[source]

Tags: , , , ,

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/27/prayer-for-finding-lost-things/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F11%2F27%2Fprayer-for-finding-lost-things%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/27/prayer-for-finding-lost-things/ Defeat http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/459148972/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/20/defeat/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:12:07 +0000 hoop General http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/20/defeat/ Quintus: People should know when they’re conquered.
Maximus: Would you, Quintus? Would I?
Maximus: At my signal, unleash hell.

~ Gladiator

Tags: ,

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/20/defeat/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F11%2F20%2Fdefeat%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/11/20/defeat/ A Snake’s Demise http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/432039338/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/10/26/a-snakes-demise/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:13:52 +0000 hoop General http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/10/26/a-snakes-demise/ Snake is DeadThe snake is dead. A few days ago he was found slithering along our garden and as fate would have it, the guy we hire to tend the garden every month was in the house. So it was swiftly dispatched with a bolo. I was asleep at that time.

I was contemplating whether to have this snake killed or not as i was not sure if it was really poisonous. Also, since that one time we came face to face, he turned tail and slithered away from me quickly. If this was its reaction to humans, then I found no point in trying to end its life since it meant no harm.

Information on this particular snake was something I couldn’t find in the internet so I couldn’t pass judgement right away. Looks like I don’t have to anymore.

Tags: ,

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/10/26/a-snakes-demise/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F10%2F26%2Fa-snakes-demise%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/10/26/a-snakes-demise/ Rest in Peace Paul Newman http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/405743983/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/29/rest-in-peace-paul-newman/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:56:21 +0000 hoop Academy Awards Movies http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/29/rest-in-peace-paul-newman/ Paul Newman was more than just an actor… he was a humanitarian and philanthropist… he was also one of my favorite actors… he will be surely missed.

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/29/rest-in-peace-paul-newman/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F09%2F29%2Frest-in-peace-paul-newman%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/29/rest-in-peace-paul-newman/ Money as Debt http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/404386446/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/27/money-as-debt/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:18:27 +0000 hoop Business http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/27/money-as-debt/ A scary reality…

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/27/money-as-debt/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F09%2F27%2Fmoney-as-debt%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/27/money-as-debt/ The Roof the Roof! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/403484889/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/26/the-roof-the-roof/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:40:48 +0000 hoop Humor http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/26/the-roof-the-roof/

Wife: Ever since we had the roof fixed it hasn’t rained very strong.
Me: *nods*
Me (again) : Maybe that’s part of what we paid for?
Us: Bwahahahaha

Life is fun in the house of Hoop. But yeah it sounds more funny in Filipino.

Tags: ,

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/26/the-roof-the-roof/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F09%2F26%2Fthe-roof-the-roof%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/26/the-roof-the-roof/ The Breaking Point http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Hoopaddict/~3/388139643/ http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/10/the-breaking-point/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:18:17 +0000 hoop General http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/10/the-breaking-point/ So you come into my domicile and steal my mangoes… fine.
Then you steal my santol… sure.
Then you decide to throw the peelings on my roof which clog my drains… go ahead.
Then when there are no more fruits left you decide to throw rocks… hey, take the whole thing…

A few months later I find out that my house is leaking because those rocks made holes on my roof…

That’s it… No more Mr. Nice Neighbor… the next person who throws anything on my roof will be tossed there too…

I subscribe to the “give your other cheek” and the “give to the less fortunate” practice but yeah I have my limits… even if they are just neighborhood kids…

Tags:

]]> http://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/10/the-breaking-point/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=Hoopaddict&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoopaddict.com%2F2008%2F09%2F10%2Fthe-breaking-point%2Fhttp://www.hoopaddict.com/2008/09/10/the-breaking-point/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=Hoopaddict